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Iivrcc ou distribution pour un mois ensemble et tout just
despendu en une sepnieine, len / (337d) ne pourroit pas
mettre reniede si bien comme en un riche ostel. Toutesvoies,
conirne que ce I soit, l'en cloit considerer sa revenue
ou son guaing et scion ce mo(lercr la despense telement
que l'en ne devienne povre, car cc seroit prodigalité; et que
len despense liberalment sans avarice et sans faire grant
tresor. Car plueurs tcsaurizent en leur male aventure, si
conime dit Ic Sage: l,sC alia infirniitas pessima quam vidi
sub sole: divicie conservate in malum domini sui. Car
richeces sunt un instrument dont l'en se aide a bien vivre,
Si conime it appert ou .xvi.° chapitre du .x, d'Ethiques.
Et donques, aussi conirne Yen doit user dun instrument et
ne est pas bon quil soit trop grant, semblablement len doit
user de richeces et trop grands richeces nuisent a bien
vivre, Si commc it appert ou premier chapitre du .'jj.° de
Politiqucs. Et moderer cest instrument et user de Iui deuement
requert bonne diligence et unc especial prudence appellee
yconomique usual on dispensative, de laquelle Aristote
sc passe ici briernient pource que de elle peut asses
apparoir par ce que fu clit on quart livre dEtliiques, ou
chapitre ou it traicte de liberalité et de magnificence et des
vices opposites. Apres it traicte dc l'espece appellee ordinative,
qui cst dc lordenance et aournement de Ia maisoTi.
T. Item, de l'usage et ordenance de utensiles.
C. Comme sunt robes, livres et jouiauz.
T. Tant de ceulz de quoi l'en use chescun jour
comine de ceulz de quoi l'en use pas souvent, l'en les
doit bailler as curateurs qui ont a garder sus ces choses
et sus la garde de ellez. Et doit Yen faire qu'il aient la
garde de elles siques a temps afin qu'au temps mis ii
appare qu'est saif et que fault.
G. Cc // (338a) est a dire que telz servans curateurs,
qui sunt sous les seigneurs et sus les serfs operateurs, doivent
recevoir teles choses par inventoire et rendre compte
a certain terme atm que Ic seigneur voie se tout est bien
garde. Apres it pane de Fordenance des liens.
T. La maison doit estre faicte et composee a la garde
des choses et a la sauté et salut on scurté des habitans.
J e di des choses, Si comine des vivres et des vesteniens
00 robes, quel lieu leur est expedient pour la garde des
choses seches.
C. Si conime sunt les Ws.
T. Et quel rcquerent les choscz moistes.
G. Comme le yin.
T. Item, des autres choses quel lieu est expedient as
choses qui ont vie et as serfs et as enfans et as femelles
et as niasles et as estranges et as citoiens?
C. L'ostel doit estre telement ordenC que bestes et servans
et chambenieres et hostes et iilz et tilles et dame et
seigneur—que chescun ait lieu convenable selon ce qu'il est
possible a Ic honneur et an profit et a Ia seurté dc tout le
ostel. Ft cc vient en la discretion et industrie de ccllui qui
ordene teles choses.
T. Item, quant a sante, it convient que le lieu soit
fret pour esté et chaut pour yver.
G. Et pour cc dient les medicins que les sages se tietinent
chaudement en yver et fredement en esté. Ft scion cc,
surned within a week, / (337d) the remedy could not be
so readily found as in the case o a rich household. In
any case, one should take into consideration the quantity
of his income or profit and measure his expenditures so that
he would not be impoverished, for this would be improvident.
And one should spend liberally, without avarice
and attempting to hoard. For many have hoarded to their
loss; as Solomon says: "There is a sore evil which I have
seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners
thereof to their hurt' [Ecclestes 5: 12]. For riches are an
instrument to assist us to live well, as is stated in Ethics
X, 16. Therefore as one uses an instrument, which is
useless if it is too large, so one should use his wealth.
Too much wealth hinders good living, as is made clear
in Politics VII, 1 [1323b 5 if.]. To moderate this instrument
and use it properly requires great diligence and a
special kind of prudence called utility or dispensative
economics, to which Aristotle devotes little attention here,
having treated it sufficiently in Ethics IV [1-3, 13-171,
where he discusses liberality and magnificence and their
opposite vices. Next he takes up the subject (it the anrangenieiit
and adornment of the house, called the ordinative
division of economics.
T. Regarding the use and handling of implements.
G. Such as clothing, books, and jewelry.
T. Both those in daily use as well as those used only
rarely, they should be turned over to the managers or
caretakers and these latter should look after them and
be responsible for them. And they should have this
responsibility for a fixed period of time, until inspection
reveals what is left over and what is missing.
C. This 1/ (338a) means that such caretaker slaves,
who are under the immediate supervision of the master
and in charge of the laborers, should receive these instruments
on inventory and should render an account of them
in a fixed period of time so that the master may see that
everything is properly kept. Next he speaks of the arrangement
of the buildings.
T. The homestead should be so constructed as to
provide for the shelter of everything and for the health
and safety of the people living on it. I say everything,
meaning to include such items as food, clothing, and
place suitable for keeping things dry.
C. Such as grain, for instamce.
T. And also a place suitable for moist crops.
C. Such as wine.
T. Of the other possessions, what place is suitable
for living things and for the slaves and the children, for
the males and females, for foreigners and for fellowcitizens?
C. The homestead should he so arranged that the animals
and slaves, the houseservants and guests, time children
and the mistress and master should each have a suitable
place compatible in so far as possible with the honor,
profit, and security of the entire household. And this falls
within the discretion and perseverence of the person in
charge of these matters.
T. For reasons of health, the place should be cool in
summer and warm in winter,
C. In this connection, the doctors say that wise persons
keep themselves warm in winter and cool in summer. And