26fundandū etiā cōſentiret monaſteriū ipſum/ in nullo eidē ep̄oſubijci/ ſed ſolū abbati ciſtercij qui cōditor dicte carte caritatiſinter ceterā dicit. Curā tn̄ animarū illoꝝ gr̄a caritatis retinerevolumꝰ oēm ꝑ hoc iuriſditionē intelligēs/ ſtatimqꝫ ꝓſequit̉/ inclauſtro noſtro ⁊cͣ. necnō ſuis patribꝰ abbatibꝰ īmediatis a qͥ-bus talia monaſteria īmediate dependerēt/ ẜm gradus ſuos.Ex quibꝰ euidēter cōſtat eos qͥ aſſeruerūt ciſterciū/ ⁊ ordinemqn̄qꝫ/ ⁊ pͥmo tꝑe fuiſſe ep̄is ⁊ ordinarijs ſubiectos/ minꝰ ſufficienter ordinis ſecreta ⁊ fundamēta ītellexiſſe/ ⁊ falſā opinionēpoſuiſſe. O ſi ita fuiſſet/ qͣꝫ inuite vniuerſi ep̄i ꝑ totā mūdi latitudinē diſperſi ꝯcordit̓/ nullo eoꝝ diſcrepāte/ tā glorioſū ⁊ fa-moſū ordinē ab eoꝝ iuriſditiōe eximi ꝑmiſiſſent. Ut neqꝫ ibidē viſitatiōes quaſcūqꝫ facerent/ nullas ꝓcuratiōes reciperēt⁊ penitus nihil auctoritatis inibi ſibi reſeruaſſent. Diuina igitur ꝓuidētia ſanctos pr̄es Robertū ⁊ eiꝰ fratres inſpirāte ⁊ dirigēte/ ciſterciū ⁊ vniuerſa eiꝰ mēbra in ſūma libertate ſeu exēptione ab ordinariorū ſubiectiōe nata/ ⁊ cōtinuata fuerint. Etcū exēpta dicunt̉/ exēptio nō p̄ſupponit ſubiectionē aliquā fuiſſe p̄uiā ſed ſolū p̄ſeruationē/ ne in ſubiectionē ruerent/ ſic ſuomō accipiēdo exēptionē/ ſicut cū glorioſa virgo Maria a pec-cati originalis macula qn̄qꝫ exēpta dicit̉. Ab illa em̄ totaliterīmunis ⁊ p̄ſeruata ſemꝑ fuit/ qꝛ tota pulchra ſine macula/ autruga. Et ſuꝑ iſtis principijs fundant̉ originaliter p̓uilegia p̄cedētia ⁊ multa ſequētia in qͥbꝰ gradatim plura pͥoribꝰ addunt̉.¶ Quia inſuꝑ dicta priuilegia tā p̄cedentia qͣꝫ plura ſequētiatotiens rememorāt ep̄os in bn̄dictionibꝰ abbatū ꝯtentari de-bere ꝓfeſſione que ab ordinis exordio noſcit̉ inſtituta/ ⁊ aliamab eis reqͥrere nō poſſunt/ filios ordinis latere nō debet ꝓfeſ-ſionē hic multū generaliter ꝓ deuota quadā ꝓteſtatione reuerentie ⁊ honoris ipſi ep̄o ꝑ abbatē in exhibitione bn̄dictionisfacte accipi. Et qꝛ in aliquibꝰ pͥuilegijs ſequētibus dicit̉/ ꝙ ep̄idebeant eſſe cōtenti forma ꝓfeſſionis quā ciſtercij abbas fa-cit in ſua benedictione. Idcirco vt cū ꝑſone ordinis ꝑ dei gra-tiam ad illū actum ꝑuenient/ nō oīno ꝓfiteant̉ ẜm formā in li-