Ep̄s ſeruus ſeruoEnediclls rū dei. ¶ Aae̓petuā rei memoriā. Fulgens ſicut ſtella matutina in medio nebule ſacer Ciſtercien̄ ordo in eccleſia militante/ ſtrenue militat operibus ⁊ exempliſ/ feruideqꝫ ſatagit ꝑ ſanctecōtemplationis applauſum/ ⁊ innocētis vi-te meritū mōtana ſcādere cū maria ſeqꝫ ꝑA0exercitiū laudabiliū exactionū/ ⁊ penſumpioꝝ operū curioſū/ Marthe ſatagētis officio cōformare. Hicnempe ordo/ in diuini cultꝰ miniſterio ſedulus vt ſibi ⁊ alijs ꝓficiat ad ſalutē/ in ſacre lectiōe pagine ſtudioſus/ vt ad ꝑfectāexcellentie ſuꝑne cognitionē valeat ꝑuenire p̄ſtant ⁊ ꝓmptusin operibus caritatis vt adimpleat legē chriſti a mari vſqꝫ admare palmites ſuos meruit dilatare/ qꝛ gradualiter ad virtu-tum culmina patenter aſcendit/ ⁊ ꝓinde ꝑ ſacri pneumatis in-Nāmatis corda debilia fiſtulas gratijs abundauit/ dignūqꝫ ſereddidit a Romana eccleſia/ eccleſiarū omniū magiſtra/ mul-tis inſigniri priuilegijs ⁊ gratioſis fauoribꝰ cōmuniri. Huiusquoqꝫ ordinis ab adoleſcētia noſtra ꝑſeuerant̓ iugū ſuſtulim⁊ in eo alumni effecti ꝑ temporū curricula diuturna creuimus/tam in illo qͣꝫ extra ip̄m ſucceſſiuis prelationū honoribꝰ/ ⁊ tandem cōſcendimus qͣꝫqͣꝫ īmeriti ſūmi cathedrā paſtoratꝰ. Licetaūt exigente apl̓ici magiſterij cura cuiuſlibet ordinis approba-ti crementū felix ⁊ floridum plenis affectibus in eo zelemur aquo celice ac terrene ſalutis ꝑfectio deriuatur/ eundē tamen ciſtercien̄ ordinē acie interne deuotionis ⁊ caritatis aſpicimus/⁊ ea que ipſius ſalutē ⁊ proſperitatē reſpiciant/ quatenꝰ eternipatris beneplacitis gratificari credimus fauorabiliter ꝓmo-uemus. Sane recenſentes memoriter ꝙ ab olim dum eramusintra ordinē prelibatā certa nos experientia inſtruebat/ ꝙ ſuꝑqͣꝫ plurimis articulis inferius explicatis ordo ip̄e apoſtolice ꝓuiſionis remedijs indigebat. Nos hactenus ⁊ moderno tem-pore ſuꝑ eis ⁊ nōnullis alijſa dilectꝭ filijs Guillerino ciſtercien̄Iohāne de Firmitate/ Iohāne de Claraualle/ ⁊ Raynaldo deg 2