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baptiſaturꝰ aduenerat: dū ꝓhiberet eū Iohānes. ſine inqͥt mō. ſic nos decet implereomnē iuſticiā. Et qͥd om̄is iuſticia/ ſi nōhūilitas/ īferiori ſe ſubijciēs ſicut ecōtrario oīs īiuſticia ſuꝑbia ē ſuꝑiori ſe p̄ferēs¶ Diſcipulꝰ. Eſt ne putandū ꝙ btīſſimavirgo viſitauerit vnqͣꝫ in deẜtis cognatūiohannē/ ⁊ filiolū quodāmō ſuū/ tā in vtero dū ſanctificatꝰ ē. qͣꝫ poſt vteꝝ dū natuset circūciſus ē ¶ Hgr̄. Uiſitaſſe eū cū ieſu ſil̓ ⁊ Ioſeph/ pie credi p̄t. dū in deẜtisieiimauit xp̄s pꝰ baptiſmū. Ꝙ ſi ieſumſathan ē auſus aggredi diuerſis tēptationibꝰ/ n̄ eſt incredibile iohānē eiꝰ impulſibus exortē nō tranſiſſe qͣtinꝰ ꝓbatꝰ vinceret. ⁊ vincens coronā adqͥreret. ¶ Attn̄ vtaſpicis. diuturna nos locutō/ traxit ad veſperū: dū ſuꝑ marie ꝯtēplatōnibꝰ ceꝑamꝰhr̄e ẜmonē. ⁊ vix pauciſſimas nūeraſſe ſuffecimꝰ Quid exiſtimas ſi ꝑ totū euāgelicū cōtextū/ ẜm capitula vel rubricas notatas in qͣtuor vt vnū ꝓgredi ſtuderemus?Eſſet iſta ſctā ⁊ ſaluprꝭ recogitatio. ſed ꝓſua infinitate minꝰ forte cōueniēs ad ſcribendū. Nō ſunt itaqꝫ ſolitarijs ⁊ ꝯtēplātibus/ explicāde ꝯtēplatōes marie ꝑ ſingl̓aMittant ip̄i manu ad fortia. hn̄t abundeqͣs ruminēt dente meditatōis; digerātqꝫruminata viuido calore caritatis. ſi nō cōtēpſerint ea q̄ locutꝰ ē dn̄s ad abraā pr̄emnr̄m. ⁊ ſemī eiꝰ qd̓ eſt xp̄s in ſecl̓a. Amen.¶ Incipit tractatusduodecimꝰ In ꝑſona marie ꝑ ſoliloqͥumſummatim colligēs ſenſū hꝰ cantici cāticorū marie ꝑ notulas centū. qͣſi ꝑ pſalteriūdecies decacordū. Suꝑadditꝭ his duobꝰꝟſiculis ab eccl̓ia freq̄ntatis in quolibetpſalmo. Gloria patri. Sicut erat ⁊cͣ:Prima notula.Agnificat aīa mea dn̄m Iuſtequidē qꝛ magͦficꝰ eſt in ſctītateqꝛ fecit mihi magͣ qui potēs ē:qꝛ ſanctū nomē ⁊ Et exultauit ſpi. meꝰin deo qͥ factꝰ ē ſalutarꝭ meꝰ. ieſus meꝰ. qꝛreſpexit hūilitatē ācille ſue. ecce enī ex hocbtām me dicēt om̄s generatiōes. ¶ Singularia ſunt hec mihi magnifica. vn̄ ſingulariter/ magnificat aīa mea dn̄m. vn̄ exultauit ſpūs meꝰ in deo ſalu. meo Sūt aliaq̄ magnifice fecit ⁊ oꝑat vſqꝫ mō general̓rꝑ decurſus ſeculoꝝ. magnꝰ mpe dn̄s et laudabilis nimis cꝰ magͥtudinis nō eſt finiscuiꝰ ſapīe nō eſt nūerꝰ. cuiꝰ nō eſt terminꝰ ī

bonitate; qm̄ mīa eiꝰ a ꝓgenie in ꝓgeniestimentibꝰ eum Quia fecit potentiā ī brachio ſuo diſꝑſit ſuꝑbos mēte cordis ſuiQuia depoſuit potētes de ſede ⁊ exaltauithūiles. Eſurientes īpleuit bōis; ⁊ diuiteſdimiſit inanes. Suſcepit iſrl̓ pueꝝ ſuumrecordatꝰ mīe ſue Sicut locutꝰ eſt ad prēsnrōs; abraā ⁊ ſemī eiꝰ in ſecl̓a. ¶ Sub hocverſuū denario/ meū cōſtituit̉ pſalterij decacordū. placꝫ imitari prēm meū dauid regem. qͥ pꝰ necem goliatis dn̄o victoriaruꝫnō ingratꝰ. deus inqͥt canticū nouū cantabo tibi; in pſalterio decacordo pſallā tibiBonū ſane eſt ꝯfiteri dūo ⁊ pſallere nomītuo altiſſime in decacordo pſalterio cumcantico ⁊ cythara. Diuidit̉ hoc pſalteriuꝫin duos tomos ſeu ꝑtitiones; qͥ ex tetracordo ⁊ hexacordo/ reddūt decacordū. Sonat magnifica. dn̄i ſpecialia ī tetracordoporro magnifica cōmunit̉ largita. cātant̉in hexa cordo. ¶ Magͥficat igit aīa mea dominū: qꝛ me dn̄am ꝯſtituit ẜm nomē meum. Matīa nēpe ſua interp̄tatōe dn̄aꝫ inſinuat. Futuꝝ eſt p̄terea vt me dn̄am nōqualēcunqͣꝫ ſꝫ dn̄am md̓i. dn̄am btāꝫ medicent oēs generatiōes. Scitote qm̄ dn̄sipſe ē d̓s. deus aūt ſcientiaꝝ dn̄s eſt. ſcientie ꝟo inquā que illūinat; q̄ deſcēdit a pr̄eluminū. Propterea conſeqͥns fuerit vtdn̄am me dn̄s inſtituēs illūinaret ẜm nomen ſctm̄ ſuū et meum. Maria quippe d̓rillumīata. ⁊ ipſe ē luxqͥ illūinat oēm hoīeꝫvenientē in hūc md̓m. qͣnto ampliori ꝑfūdit lumīe dn̄am mūdi. Proinde ſuꝑeſt vtdn̄a illūinata refundat lumen in ceterosEſt enī lumē ſuupius naturali liberalitate diffuſiuū. quod factū eſt vt iure dicererillūinatrix. Sic enī ſonat maria ꝓpriumnomē meū. Sic maria ꝑ ethimologiā dicor maris ſtella quā illūinatricē eē ꝯſtatHec illa ſum q̄ ꝓxima deo cardini totiusmachine mūdi/ dirigo nauigātes in ciuitatē quā nō hn̄t hic manentē ciuitatē; ſedfuturā inquir̄t hoīes. Et qui hoīes? Certe viatores ꝓcellis hꝰ marꝭ magni grauitimpulſi. fluctibuſqꝫ ⁊ cautibꝰ inceſſant̓ impulſi. Futuꝝ eſt ꝑ om̄s generatōes vt meſtellam eſſe maris p̄dicent. me reſpiciantcurſus ſuos ad illuſtratōeꝫ meā dirigantNec fallent̉ hec agētes nec errabūt in deuijs. nec in ꝑiculis ꝯtabeſcent. Itaqꝫ dn̄opropicio me dominā inuocantes me illuminatā ⁊ illūinatricē aſpicientes. patrieportū ſalutarē introibūt. Hec ſunt q̄ ma

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