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ce pͥmū opus xp̄i bene ergo d̓r hoc facitein mea cōmemoratōem ſcꝫ incarnationis. ¶ Secūdū opus fuit eiꝰ natiuitas.qꝛ voluit naſci ī diuerſorio palā ⁊ manifeſte. etiā nox claruit ſicut dies. Itemvoluit naſci inter ioſeph ⁊ virgine mariam ⁊ iacere inter bouē ⁊ azinū. Itē audita fuit ⁊ viſa multitudo angeloꝝ dicētiū Gloria in altiſſimis deo Luc. ij. Itēpaſtores dicebāt tranſeamꝰ vſqꝫ bethlehem ⁊ videamꝰ hoc ꝟbū. Ecce ergo qͥſtabat in illa ſacriſtia glorioſa ſecrete poſtea ī natiuitate ſe manifeſtat publice ethoc repn̄tat preſbiter qn̄ exit de ſacriſtia.Nam p̄ſbiter rep̄ſentat xp̄m. Dyaconꝰbtām virgine. ſubdyaconus ioſeph. quierat collateral̓ xp̄o. Duo aūt acoliti rep̄ſentant boue ⁊ azinū. lux quā portātacoliti in candelabris repn̄tat illā claritatē que reſplenduit in nocte illa Chorꝰcanes gloria patri rep̄ſentat chorū angelorū canenciū. In exitu p̄ſbiteri de ſacriſtia cantat introitus. ꝑ que repreſentat̉gaudiū paſtoꝝ ſonātiū fiſtulas. Itē ſacerdos exit de ſacriſtia bene ablutus facie ⁊ manibꝰ. cū caſula aurea ⁊ totꝰ mūdus ſine macula cū leticia magna. hoc fitad deſignādū. ꝙ ita xp̄s fuit natus abſqꝫmacula de virginē. Unde dauid in ſpuſciēs natiuitate xp̄i eſſe immaculatā dict ps. xviij. In ſole poſuit tabernaculuꝫſuū ⁊ ip̄e tanqͣꝫ ſponſus ꝓcedens de thalamo ſuo qꝛ exiuit totus formoſus ſicutſponſus qͥ exit cū annulo ⁊ hoc repn̄tatep̄s qͥ induit ānulos. ¶ Terdū opꝰ fuitqn̄ octaua die voluit circūcidi ⁊ qͥ diligent̓ meditaret̉. qͣre dabat̉ circūciſio videret excellentiā huiꝰ oꝑis quō xp̄us ſehūiliauit. Nā ſicut latroni datur/ cauteriū igneū vel ſcindit̉ aure in ſignū furti.vt cognoſcat̉. Sic deꝰ in ſignū illiꝰ furti qd̓ fecit adā faciebat hoīes circūcidi īilla ꝑte verecundoſa. ⁊ tamen licet chriſtus non teneret̉ ad circūciſionē nec adinciſionem cum non veniſſet ꝑ illā gene-

rationem corruptam ſcꝫ ade ſed erat purus ſine macula. voluit tamen circūcidi⁊ hoc rep̄ſentat p̄ſbiter qn̄ inclinatus coram altari. Dicit̉ confiteor deo ⁊cͣ. Nālicet p̄ſbiter fuit confeſſus ſacramentaliter. alias in damnationē ſuā aſcendit adaltare ſi habet cōſcientiā peccati mortal̓⁊ copia aſſit cōfeſſoris ⁊ facta cōfeſſione qͣꝫuis non habeat pctm̄ mortale tn̄ tenet̉ ſe dicere pectōre etiā ſi eſſet ita ſāctꝰſicut Ioh̓es baptiſta. ⁊ hoc ad oſtendendum ⁊ ſignificandū ꝙ chriſtus qͥ ē inidiū ⁊ plenitudo totiꝰ ſanctitatis on̄ditſe pctōre ſubijciēs ſe legi circūciſionis.Aucͣtas. Filiū ſuū miſit in ſil̓itudinemcarnis pctī factū ſub lege ut eos qͥ ſub lege erāt redimeret ad Gal̓. iiij. ¶ Quartūopꝰ fuit apparitio qn̄ de fine mūdi a parte orientali duxit reges ꝑ ſignū ſtelle etibi in p̄ſepe inter beſtias iacentem eumadorauerūt ⁊ obtulerūt ei aurū thus etmirrā hͦ repn̄tat p̄ſbiter qn̄ pꝰ cōfeſſionē inclinat ſe ꝓfunde. ⁊ ſic capite inclinato adorat ⁊ dic̄ aufer a nobis dn̄e ⁊cͣEt ſicut reges obtul erūt tria ſcꝫ Auꝝthus ⁊ mirrā ſic p̄ſbiter inclinatꝰ offertthꝰ ꝑ orōne deuota dicēs Aufer a nob̓Offert auꝝ cū adorat altare cū reuerēti adorōne. Offert mirrā amarā qn̄ facit ſignū crucis ad ſolutōnē ⁊ remiſſione ⁊cͣ ⁊ ec̄ ſignādo ſe memorādo doloroſe amarā paſſionē xp̄i qͣſi dicēs illudTrenoꝝ. iij. Memoria memor ero ⁊ tabeſcet in me aīa mea ⁊ hec memoria doloroſa rep̄ſentat amaritudinem mirre.¶Quintū opꝰ qd̓ fecit ſaluator nr̄ fuit ꝙvoluerit pn̄tari ī templo ⁊ btā virgo inter brachia ſua portauit eū ad templū ⁊obtulit eū ſacerdoti ⁊ erat ibi ſymeon ⁊illa ſcā Annaꝓphetiſſa laudātes deū. ⁊hoc rep̄ſentat p̄ſbiter qn̄ vadit ad cornualtaris an̄ librū dicēs introitū miſſe dyaconꝰ ⁊ ſubdyaconꝰ exn̄tes ad latera repn̄tāt ẜmonē ⁊ aīaꝫ ⁊ acoliti ⁊ alij qͥ audiūt officiū qͥ nō dn̄t accedere ad altare