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arise, for indeed the devil is full of all iniquity
and without force or power arising from his own person.
For he cannot conquer anyone except the one who
consents to his power. If someone wants to act well,
evil cannot destroy him nor have any effect that
that would give him reason to grieve, so long as
he wishes to turn to the good. And of this one can
well say "fy." (see note) For they are more than weak when
he overcomes them and takes them into evildoing, from which
he leads them into perdition where they will never be
without pain, nor will they ever have joy or goodness,
nor any mercy or hope. We will not speak any
more on this subject now, in order to tell you about King Ptolemy,
who spent his time in the works of Our Lord. From his
books were extracted the numbers by which the years
are ordered, and there also is found the course of the moon,
by which one can see when it is new. From this Julius Caesar,
who was Emperor of the Romans, made a book called the
Sums, which is very necessary in the holy
church. It explains the golden number of the calendar.