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Erudijt tellus. emula turba fugatAſt hūc dū fugeret. fouet germania felixFit ſibi lugdunum/ poſterior requiesQuod viuū recipit defuncti ſic tenet oſſa¶ Imprecor vt redeat ſpiritus ad dn̄m¶ Aliud¶ Fortis in eccīa bellator maxime gerſonArmatus gladio/ cingis ouile deiUiuūt ſcpͥta tua. quāuis ſint oſſa ſepultaOmnibꝰ exemplar ſe dāt imitabile doctis¶ Epithafiū ſcriptuꝫin circūferētia ſepulcri in Lugduno in eccleſia ſctī Pauli et in tabula muro appēſaiuxta arma ſua.M Magnū parua tenet v̓tutibꝰ vrna ioh̓emPrecelſū meritis gerſon cognoīe dictūPariſius ſacre ꝓfeſſor theologieClaruit ectīe qui cancellarius; annoMilleno dn̄i centū qͣter/ atqꝫ vigenoNono luce petit ſuperos iulij duodena¶ Epiſtola fratris iohānis de Gerſon ordinis celeſtinoꝝ directa fratri Anẜelmo eiuſdeꝫ ordinis ſuꝑ opuſculis. Ioh̓is Cancellarij pariſien̄.Oſtulaſti ſepius amantiſſime mipfrater ī xp̄o/ vt ea tibi cōicarē opuſcula que a germano meo dn̄o pariſien̄. cancellario compilata ꝯgnoſcimuraſſerēs te feruētiſſimo amoris deſiderio illoꝝ ſtudiū incūbere. Pareo libēs petitiōitue. tū qꝛ nil tibi denegare q̄o. tum qꝛ miraꝯplacētia ſicuti creberrime ſū exꝑtꝰ/ eadeꝫamplecterꝭ adeo vt tāta importunitate dēſiſſimaꝝ occupatōnū qͥbꝰ artarꝭ nō potueris abduci/ qͥn pl̓ima ex his ꝓpria māu trāſſcripſeris/ ⁊ auide ruminādo vētri mēorietenacit̓ ꝯmēdaueris Crudele gͦ mi fr̄ exiſtimarē / ſi doctrinā hāc ſaluberrimā ſimilagineū panē/ quē ī diuerẜ tractul̓/ veluti qͥbuſdā cōphinis aut ſportell̓ recōditū largiterhabeo eſuriēti tibi ⁊ tā auide poſtulāti nōcoīcarē. Proinde nōne ſacrilegij ꝯuīcererſi hūc doctrīe theſaurū quē mihi īdigniſſimo eiꝰ fr̄i ꝓ mea eruditōe/ grādi zelo ꝯmēdauit humo defoſſuꝫ ⁊ abſcōditū retinerēScīa enī et theſaurꝰ abſcōditꝰ q̄ vtilitas īvtriſqꝫ. Qua īſuꝑ rōe luceruā accēſā abſcōderē ſub modio/ q̄ ponēda potiꝰ erat ſupracādelabꝝ/ vt luceret oībꝰ qͥ ī domo ſūt. Nōne etiā ſaluator nr̄ admonuit Sic luceātoꝑa vr̄a bōa corā hoībꝰ/ vt gl̓ificēt pr̄eꝫ ve

ſtrū qͥ ī cel̓ ē. Addo ꝙ ſic̄ mihi crebriꝰ abſqꝫvlla palpātꝭ adulatōis nota teſtatꝰ ē/ ⁊ alijqͣꝫ pl̓imi vix aliqͥd ſtudēdo reꝑis qd̓ āpliẜm ſubiectā mat̓iā tuū dilectet aīm/ illūietꝓficiatqꝫ hͦ idē certiſſime ꝯfirmarē ī memetagi/ ſi n̄ ꝯtinuo fr̄nal̓ amor ſuſpectū reddere teſtīoniū diceret̉. ¶ Quid gͦ nōne p̄ferrevolumꝰ hūc nouiſſimū vl̓ ſui ſil̓es antiqͥſſimis ⁊ ſcīſſimis diuīe ſcript̉e doctoribꝰ quiabyſſal̓ ſapīe ⁊ ſcīe fōtes ſcaturiētes/ ⁊ ī maximos fluuios excreſcētes eccl̓iaꝫ vniuerſāirrigarūt ⁊ qͥ ſalubriꝰ ꝟbis docuer̄t/ vite cōfirmauer̄t exēplo miracul̓ creberrimis choruſcātes. Quoꝝ eqͥdē ī elucidatōe diuīe legis/ tātꝰ fuit labor vt īcredibili ſtudio peneplures ediderīt libros/ qͣꝫ exiguitas īgenijſequētiū vl̓ legere vl̓ app̄hēdere potuerit.Patuit hͦ ī augu. ī ambro. ī origene cuiꝰ totmilia voluminū hieronimꝰ ſe legiſſe teſtat̉Abſit hͦ abſit vt hos relinqͣmꝰ hoꝝ obliuiſcamur vt nouis adueniētibꝰ veteres doctores ꝓiciamꝰ/ eos potiꝰ īmēſis honoribꝰattollimꝰ nouis p̄ferimꝰ Nā ip̄i ꝓculdubioſūt qͥ laborauerūt. ⁊ hi nouiſſimi ī laboreseoꝝ ītroier̄t illi dētiū robore maſticauerūtqd̓ ī meatꝰ fauciū lenit̉ hi trāſglutiūt illi acumīe nat̉al̓ īgenij ⁊ tota mētꝭ āuiſu cū gr̄adei radiāte ꝟitates altiſſimas ⁊ abſcōditasvalde ꝑſcrutātes/ a crimīe oretenꝰ eructauerūt/ veluti ſiqͥs ex abiſſo t̓re ꝓfūdiſſima ſuffoſſis ⁊ egeſtꝭ īgēti conamīe ruderibꝰ p̄cioſiſſima auri vl̓ argēti pōdera ſuſtollat. hi ātſua q̄uis opuſcl̓a nō aliūde qͣꝫ ex illoꝝ ſentētijs ſapiēt̓ ꝯtexētes/ qꝛ forte clariꝰ ſeu politiꝰ locuti ſūt nō aliud egiſſe vidēt̉ hoꝝ plurimi/ qͣꝫ ſiqͥs rudē ⁊ īformē ſeu ſcabrā mētalli maſſaꝫ nouit̓ e minera ꝓductā in ſplēdētē ⁊ gratiorē diuerſo limat̉e genere formaꝫartificialit̓ educat. Nemo gͦ nouiſſimoꝝ p̄ſumat ſe prioribꝰ ꝯꝑare. nēo illos vetuſtateſua ꝯtēnere. Quēadmodū ab hac temeritate lōge eē nō dubito fr̄ vnanimis germanūnr̄m / quē loqͥmur ſic̄ ⁊ dicta ⁊ facta eiꝰ oīateſtīoniū ꝓhibēt. Qui lꝫ int̓ ceteros huiꝰ īfeliciſſimi nr̄i tꝑis/ pace oīm dixerī/ velutivas electiſſimū repletꝰ eēt ſpū ſapīe ⁊ ītellectus ⁊ ob hͦ a me meisqꝫ ſil̓ibꝰ ſepiꝰ int̓pellatꝰ fuerit/ vt ẜm talētū ſibi creditū de ſcpͥturis ſctīs ad īformatōeꝫ moꝝ nob̓ aliqͣ ſaltēſuo mō diſſerere vellet / vix tādē ad hͦ adduci potuit/ vt extra ea q̄ vl̓ ex iniūcto cācellariatꝰ officio/ vl̓ rōe ſcolaſtici exercitij ꝯpilare coactꝰ ē pauca opuſcl̓a īferiꝰ ānectata ſub

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