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badly governed and sown with unhappiness and error.
If they persist in what they have undertaken,
after having given up all the goods of this world
without ever regaining them, then they deserve much praise. For out of love
for Our Lord they have taken up a life of poverty,
and many others in the world act likewise and follow their example,
since they see that such people are doing what is right.
And for this we should give thanks
to God and set our hearts to doing good,
so that we might rightly enter into the
glory of Paradise by our good deeds. And may
God give us the strength to serve Him so that
we may be partakers of His glory. But now that
you have heard how the seven arts
were invented and by whom, I will go further
to tell you what they are and what use they have.
For from them proceeds all human wisdom,
all handiwork, all acts of prowess,
all skill, all good actions, and all kinds of
humility. And for this purpose I want to describe,
with the appropriate matter and substance, the virtues
of each one of them,