Neglect and misgovernment

Meaning

Neglect is one possible explanation of the work’s faulty signs, alongside improper beginning and governance. The source does not attribute every failure to an intrinsically wrong material: careless attention can also spoil what has been undertaken. Its examples include premature changes and failure of the desired final condition. The English “carelessly neglected” preserves the moral-practical force of vnfleissig verwahrloset, while “governed” refers to the ordering of the work. These are retrospective diagnostic categories within the treatise, not a guarantee that an inexperienced reader can safely infer and correct an operation from visible signs alone.