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Ineffabiliter gͦ delectamurdū fit īeffabl̓isſumme cōuenientis coniūctio. ¶ Et quoniam eodem dicente Dioniſio diuinus amor extaticus eſt et ꝑfecte amantem ſui iuris eſſe nō ſinit. ſed amati. ¶ Ad hanc delectatiōem amoroſam ſequitur tranſformatio. Exemplo auri ⁊ argenti qd̓ qͥdem durū eſt ⁊ ſolidū. ſed ꝑ virtutem ignis calefit ⁊liqueſcit ac in alia mutatur maneriē. vt qͣꝫlibet formam poſſit acciꝑe. Exēplo p̄tereaferri candētis qd̓ plicabile redditur; naturam induēs ignis. Exemplo rurſus aerisluminoſi. Exēplū de gutta aq̄. q̄ multo vino mixta cōuertitur in ip̄m nō placet. ꝓptererrorem Almerici ꝑiſius damnati ⁊ aliorūdicētiū aīam cōtēplantis in deū cōuerti. etꝑdere iam eē qd̓ hēbat in ꝓprio generer habere ſolū eſſe ideale in deū. Itaqꝫ nō hͦ mō.ſed pͥoribꝰ fit in aīo tranſformatio q̄dam ꝑſpm̄ſctm̄ ſicut notat Apl̓s. Nos aūt reuelata facie gl̓am dn̄i ſpeculātes tranſformamura claritate in claritatē tanqͣꝫ a dn̄i ſpū:Aclaritate fidei in claritatē cognitiōis. Aclaritate rōis/ in claritatē intelligētie. a claritate in intellectu/ in claritatem exꝑimētal̓noticie in affectu ¶ Deinde ſeqͥtur defectōſiue caſus vel extaſis. Exemplū de alaudaque qn̄ illuminat̉ aſcēdit. aſcēdens cantat ⁊iubilat. cantās obliuiſcit̉ ſui. ⁊ tandeꝫ velutſtupida vel ſpāſmata cadit. ſic Dioniſius.Nos inqͥt caſtiſſimis cōtemplatiōibꝰ ⁊ diuinis ſplēdoribꝰ repleti ſuꝑ apparentiamradioꝝ. in btīs exꝑimētis ꝑ exceſſum mentis deficimꝰ. Cōcorditer ad pſal̓. Defecit īſalutare tuū aīa mea. Et iteꝝ. Defecit caromea ⁊ cor me. de. cor. mei ⁊ ꝑs mea deꝰ ī eternū. Et in ꝓſa. Mirant̉ ⁊ deficiūt Tl̓ia ſūtſine nūero. Hec eſt p̄cioſa in cōſpcū domini mors ſctōꝝ eiꝰ quā obtinere balaā niſꝰeſt dicēs. Moriat̉ aīa mea morte iuſtoꝝ. obōa mors. ſuſpirat Bern̄. q̄ vitā nō aufertſed mutat in meliꝰ. Qn̄ enī formidat̉ luxuria/ vbi nō ſentit̉ vita? Quō hꝫ peccādi potentiā. qͥ trāſcēdit peccādi cōſuetudinē. Excedere qͥppe aīaꝫ etſi nō a vita ſaltē a ſenſuvite neceſſe eſt. vt nec vite tentatio ſentiat̉.Utinā frequēter hac morte cadā. vt laq̄osmortis euadā. nec ſentiā luxurie mortiferablandimēta. nec ire auaricie vel impatientie ſtimulos. moleſtias ſolicitudinū ⁊ curarū ¶ Talis vt opinor defectio/ angl̓ice puritatis ē. mūdi delectatōibꝰ. corꝑm ſil̓itudinibus nō inuolui. Sꝫ hoc plane facit for-

tis vt mors dilectio. qꝛ ſicut aīam mors acorꝑe. ſic aīm dilectio ſeꝑat a mūdi vanitate. īmo ⁊ qn̄qꝫ ab ip̄o corꝑe. ¶ Legiſſe memini me/ de quadā muliere deuota. q̄ ẜmonē ſuꝑ tranſformatione mētis in deū ꝑ dilectiōem die pētecoſtꝭ. audiēs concutiebat̉Primo gemitibꝰ inenarrabilibꝰ ſuſpirijsatqꝫ ſingultibꝰ q̄ dū culparet̉ ⁊ pulſibꝰ clanculis ꝓhiberet̉ a circūſtantibꝰ/ ne clamoribus ſuis turbaret audiētes. nec hipocriſiꝫoſtentaret. tace fatua quieſce miſera. Ipſacōpreſſo ſpū velut muſtū ſine ſpiracl̓o qd̓lagūculas nouas dirūpit. nō valens plenitudinē amplius feruidi ſpūs intra ſe capere. diruptis venis ⁊ neruis expirauit. Btāꝑ meam fidē. ſic enī pie credere fas mihi eſtBtā martir amoris/ effecta. q̄ iā canere poterat nedū illud amore langueo. philocapta ſum: amo ꝑ amorē Uulnerata charitateego ſum. ſed ⁊ amore mortua. mortua mihi. ⁊amato viua. ¶ Rurſus defectiōem p̄dictā ſeqͥtur aut cōcomitatur abſorptio q̄dam/ ſimplificās ⁊ vniēs cuꝫ deo. atqꝫ ſuomō mentē deificās. qn̄ ꝑditis nr̄is alteritatibꝰ ⁊ ꝯcupiſcētijs/ curiſqꝫ cōcluſis ⁊ ſuꝑmūdane explicatꝭ. in diuiuū monadē cōgregamur. ait diuinꝰ dioniſiꝰ. Cōformiter ad illud eruditoris ſui pauli. mortui eſtis. ⁊ vita vr̄a abſcōdita eſt cū xp̄o in deo. Hec eſt.pax q̄ exuꝑat oēm ſenſum. pax quā mūduſdare nō pōt. qꝛ in mūdo p̄ſſurā. in me pacēhēbitis. ait xp̄us. Gira regira in ventrē. inlatus. in dorſum. nō alibi pacē inuenies. n̄alibi ſocietatē. Exēplū eſt alexander cui totus orbis nō ſatietatē ſed ardētiorē dn̄atōnis libidinē inſtillauit. nec erat totus orb̓illi niſi ꝑuulus bolus. Sic in auaris. ſic īvoluptuoſis intellige. qͥ de ſiliqͥs porcoruꝫq̄rūt nec pn̄t ſatiari. Nonne rabida famesqn̄ nec ſaturat̉ oculus viſu nec auris auditu? Solus ſpūs dn̄i eſt qͥ replet in bōis deſideriū nr̄m. qͥ adipe frumēti ſatiat nos. qͥdat manna abſconditū qͦ ꝓph̓a paſtus eructat. Quaꝫ magna multitudo dulcedinistue dn̄e. quā abſcōdiſti timētibꝰ te. ¶ Hiceſt calculus filioꝝ dei habēs nomē ſcriptūqd̓ nēo nouit niſi qͥ accipit. Hic in diuinācaliginē inſtar moiſi vocat̉ ſpūs. Hic in ſibilo aure tenuis ſentit̉ dn̄s. Hic in thalamo dormit ⁊ reqͥeſcit ſalomon pacificus. ⁊beniamin adoleſcētulus in mētis exceſſuHic gaſtatur fauus mellis. fauus ꝓpter illuminatiōem intellectus. mel ꝓpter dulco-

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