¶ Titulus¶ Quartus

facere. et ꝑuam materiā ꝯtinuate nature oꝑantis in maximū corpus excreſcit. ⁊ aquā mollēꝑſeuerāteꝫ ꝑcuſſione ſuꝑ duꝝ lapidē cadēdo cauare. hoc totū bonū efficit ꝑſeuerātia in actibꝰmoralibꝰ. multo efficatiꝰ ꝙͣ natura ī naturalibꝰrebꝰ. Cecus a natiuitate a xp̄o illumīatꝰ cū eūpͥus ignoraret: ꝯͣ pharizeos ꝯminātes et blaſphemātes ꝯſtāter in ꝯfeſſione veritatis ꝑſeuerauit Io. ix. Exemplū d̓ Nic olao ſene incōtinētiſſio. ꝓ qͦ andreas ꝑſeuerās in or̄one obtinuitvt ꝯtineret ¶ Tertō ꝑſeuerātia acqͥſita ꝯẜuat.Freq̄nter em̄ hō qͥ v̓tutes multas acqͥſiuit: extorpoe̓ ⁊ negligētia eas ꝑdit. Nā lꝫ ꝑ d̓tutē hēatꝙ ſit bonꝰ. n̄ tn̄ hꝫ ꝙ ſꝑ in bono ꝑſiſtat. Ad hocem̄ reqͥrit̉ gͣtuitū dei donū ꝯẜuantis hoīem inbono uſqꝫ in finē vite. Cū em̄ libeꝝ arbitriū deſe ſꝑ ſit v̓tibile. ꝙͣdiu viuimꝰ ī hac vitā vt dictūē ſupͣ. nō dat̉ ei ꝑ hītus v̓tutū etiā infuſaꝝ. ꝙ ſeīmobil̓r in bono ſtatuat. Un̄ dīc Aug. in li. decorreptōe et gr̄a. ꝙ pͥmo hoī datū ē. nō vt ꝑſeueraret: ſꝫ vt ꝑſeuerare poſſꝫ. Et hoc multomagis verificat̉ ī ſtatu nature corrupte. Et ſic pꝫꝙ ad ꝯſeruatōem v̓tutū reqͥrit̉ ꝑſeuerātia v̓tutū. q̄ negligētiā ⁊ torporē tollit. ⁊ v̓tutes in oꝑatione ſꝑ vireſce̓ facit. Un̄ dīc Aug. ꝙ ꝑſeuerantia magnū donū dei ē. qͦ cetera dei dona ꝯẜuāt̉Daniel ꝓpter crudele regis darij edictū. trinaꝫor̄onē quā an̄ deū faciebat .i. ter in die n̄ dimiſit: ſꝫ ꝯſtāter in his bonis q̄ agere ꝯſueuerat: ꝑſeuerauit Dan̄. vj. Exemplū etiā de ſara vxorethobie ¶ Quarto ꝑſeuerātia virtutes in bonoꝯſumat. ẜm em̄ apl̓m. jͣ. ad corin. ix. Multi qͥdēin ſtadio currūt: ſꝫ vnꝰ accipit brauiū. qd̓ de ꝑſeuerāte ē intelligendū. ẜm glo. Un̄ dīc Grego.in moral̓. Incaſſū bonū agit̉. ſi an̄ vite terminū deſerat̉. qꝛ et fruſtra velocit̉ currit. qͥ pͥuſꝙͣad metā venerit: deficit. de pe. di. ij. Et Criẜ. dicit. Tolle ꝑſeuerātiā. nec obſequiū mercedē hꝫ.nec bn̄fitiū grās. nec laudē fortitudo. Deniqꝫ n̄qͥ inceꝑit: ſꝫ qͥ ꝑſeuerauerit uſqꝫ in finē hic ſaluus erit. Et igit̉ (vt dīc Bern̄) ſingularis ſiliaſūmi regis. v̓tutū finis et ꝯſumatō. Et qꝛ tantūbonuꝫ ꝑ iſtā acquirit̉. ideo diabolus multū etinſidiat̉. Un̄ dīc Bern̄. in epl̓is. Scias diabolū ſoli ſꝑ ꝑſeuerātie inſibiari. quā ſolā v̓tutemnouit coronari. Ergo ſtude ꝑſeuerātie que ſolacoronat̉. Et ſigͣuit deus Gen̄. ij. loq̄ns ad ſerpētem. Et tu quidē inſidiaberis calcaneo eiꝰ. Percalcaneū nanqꝫ intelligit̉ extrema ꝑs vite. cuidiabolus multū inſidiat̉: ſꝫ ꝯͣ eius inſidias ꝑſeuerātiā eius caput ꝯterit. Complemētū gͦ ⁊ cōſeruatō oꝑm nr̄oꝝ ē ꝑſeuerātia. In lege iubet̉in om̄i ſacrifitio cauda offerri Leuit̓. iij. Et iacob filio ſuo ioſe phtunicā fecit uſqꝫ ad talos:totū corpus tegentē Gen̄. xxxviij. ¶ Et nota ꝙꝑſeuerātia ē v̓tus ſpālis ꝓut importat ꝓpoſitumꝑſiſtēdi ī bono. nec defitiēdi ꝓpter aduerſa vllotꝑe: ſꝫ ꝓut importat ip̄am actualē ꝯtinuatōemin bonis oꝑbꝰ uſqꝫ in finē vite. non ꝑtinet hocad v̓tutē ſpālem. Et de hac dicit Augu. de pe.

di. iiij. Si ex bono. Cur hoc vt hō finiat hāc vitā anteꝙͣ ex bono mutet̉ in malū cur aūt illudalijs donet̉ alijs n̄ donet̉: ignorat̉. Id tn̄ donūdei eſſe in bono ꝑſeuerātiā ẜm ſcripturas fateātur nobiſcū. Et cur alijs det̉ alijs nō detur. ſinemurmure aduerſus deū dignēt̉ igͦrare nobi ſcū¶ Titulus quartus de tꝑantia. Quid ſit tēperātia. et circa quā materiā verſat̉. Capi. j.Oſt hoc agendu ē detemperatia. De quaqͣtuor videnda ſūt. Et pͥmo qͥdſit. ⁊ circa quā materiā verſat̉Secūdo d̓ ꝑtibꝰ eius integͣlibꝰſcꝫ verecūdia et honeſtate. Tertō de ꝑtibꝰ ſubiectiuis .ſ. abſtinentia. ſobrietate. et caſtitate.Quarto de ꝑtibꝰ potētialibꝰ .ſ. ꝯtinētia. māſuetudine. clementia. modeſtia. eut̉ pelia. ſtudioſitate. et hūilitate. ¶ Ad primi euidētiā duo breuiter ſūt vidēda .ſ. de rōne appropͥatōis hꝰ noīstꝑantia ad ſpālem v̓tutē. ⁊ de ip̄a materia ſeuob̓o v̓tutis. Sciēdū ē igit̉ ꝙ ẜm ꝯſuetudīēꝫ humane locutōis. aliqͣ noīa cōia reſtringūt̉ ad ſignādū ea ſolū. q̄ ſūt p̄cipua int̓ illa q̄ ſub talicōi ſignatōe ꝯtinēt̉. ſic nomē vrbis qd̓ cōiter ⁊indr̄nter ſigͣt quālibet ciuitatē. Anthonomatice accipit̉ ꝓ ciuitate romē. Scd̓m hoc gͦ nomētꝑantia dupl̓r p̄t accipi. Uno mō ẜm cōitatemſue ſignificatōnis. ⁊ ſic tꝑantia n̄ ē v̓tus ſpālisſꝫ potiꝰ generalis. Vel p̄t dici ꝯditio ſeq̄ns oēmv̓tutē. ẜm qd̓ quedā moderatō reqͥrit̉ in qͣlibetv̓tute morali. Hoc em̄ importat nomē tꝑantia.Sigͣt eī quādā tēperiē quā rō ponit in hūanisoꝑatōibꝰ et paſſionibꝰ. Alio mō ꝯſiderat̉ qͣi anthonomatice. ẜm qd̓ ſigͣt moderatōem in his q̄hn̄t maxīe hoīem allice̓ ⁊ a bono rōnis abduce̓cuiuſmōi ſūt delectatōes ciboꝝ ⁊ venereoꝝ. Ethoc mō tꝑantia ē v̓tus ſpālis. ¶ Ex hoc at̄ facil̓r apparꝫ circa quā materiaꝫ exiſtit. Dictū ēem̄ ſupͣ. ꝙ ad v̓tutē moralē ꝑtinꝫ ꝯẜuare bonuꝫrōnis ꝯͣ paſſiones eiꝰ ordini repūgͣntes. Cōcupīe aūt delectatōnū tactꝰ. circa qͣs tꝑantia ꝯſiſtit: maxīe ſt̄ rōni repugͣntes. Nā delectatō tāto ē vehem̄tior. quāto ꝯſequit̉ oꝑatōem magisꝯnaturalē. Maxīe autē aīalibꝰ naturales ſuntoꝑatōes. qͥbꝰ ꝯẜuat̉ hūana natura. hec at̄ ꝯſeruatō ꝯſiderat̉ vel in indiuiduo ⁊ hoc fit ꝑ cibūet potū. Uel in ſpecie. ⁊ hoc fit in ꝯiūctōne maris ⁊ feīe. Et iō circa delectatōes ⁊ ꝯcupīas rep̄mēdas. ciboꝝ ⁊ potuū ac etiam venereoꝝ ꝓpehꝫ cōſiſte̓ tꝑantia. Un̄ dīc Aug. in li. de lib̓. ar.Tꝑantia ē affectꝰ cohercēs ⁊ cohibēs appetitiab his rebꝰ q̄ turpit̉ appetunt̉. Et Tulliꝰ in. j.reth. dīc. Tꝑantia ē rōnis ī libidinē atqꝫ aliosn̄ rectos animi īpetus firma et moderata dn̄atio. Sācta iudith tꝑatiſſima fuit in oī generetꝑantie. Nā ſicut dicit Hiero. Ieiunijs erat ꝯfecta. lugubri habitu ſordidabat. cilitiū hn̄s ſuꝑlūbos ſuos. ſecretū cubiculū in ſuꝑioribꝰ domꝰfecerat. vbi clauſa manebat cum puellis ſuis.