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go ꝟtutū: ep̄m vnius vxoris viꝝ p̄ceꝑit ordinandū. Miror aūt te vnū ꝓtraxiſſe in mediū:cū oīs mūdus his ordinatiōibꝰ plenus ſit. Nōdico de pbr̄is: nō de inferiori gradu. Ad ep̄osvenio qͦs ſi ſingillatī voluero noīare: tātus numerus ꝯgregabit̉: vt Aryminēſis ſynodi multitudo ſuꝑet̉. Sꝫ indecens eſt ſic vnū tueri: vtplures accuſare videaris ⁊ quē rōne nō poſſisſocietate peccātiū defendas. Suſtinui Romea viro eloquētiſſimo cornutū: vt d̓r ſyllogiſmūvt qͦcūqꝫ me ꝟterē ſtrictius retinerer. Uxoreꝫinqͥt ducere pctm̄ eſt: an nō: Ego ſimplex: ⁊ qͥinſidias vitare neſcirē: dixi nō eſſe pctm̄. Rutſum aliud ꝓpoſuit in baptiſmate bona oꝑa dimittunt̉: an mala? Et in hͦ idē ſimpl̓r rn̄di pctādimitti. Cū me ſecutū putarē ceperūt mihi hīcinde cornua increſcere: ⁊ abſcondite pͥus aciesdilatari. Si inqͥt vxorē ducere nō ē pctm̄: baptiſmū aūt pctā dimittit: qͥcqͥd nō dimittit̉: reſeruat̉. Ilico mihi qͣſi a fortiſſimo pugili ꝑcuſſuseſſem: an̄ oculos caligo obu̓ſari cepit. Statīqꝫrecordatꝰ Chryſippi ſophiſmatis ſi mētiris: ⁊ q̄veꝝ dicis mēt iris: ⁊ in me reu̓ſus ꝯu̓ti in aduerſariū ꝓponis ſtrophā. Queſo inqͣꝫ te: vt rn̄deas. Baptiſmus hoīem facit nouū: an nō? Uixdedit ꝙ nouū faceret: gͣdatiꝫ intuli: ex toto nouū facit: an ex ꝑte? Rn̄dit ex toto. Deinceps īterrogaui? Nihil gͦ veteris hoīs in baptiſmatereſeruat̉. Mouit caput. cepi ꝓtinus texē. Sibaptiſmus nouū hoīeꝫ facit: ⁊ ex toto nouū creat: nihilqꝫ in eo veteris hoīs reſeruat̉: non pōtnouo imputari: qd̓ in veteri qͦndā fuit. Primūſpinoſulus nr̄ obmutuit: poſtea ꝟo Pyſoniano vitio cū loqͥ neſciret: tace̓ nō potuit. Sudare tn̄ frōs: pallere gene: tremere labia: here lingua: ſaliua ſiccari: ⁊ plus timore qͣꝫ etate ꝯͣhi. erupit aliqn̄. Nōne legiſti ab apl̓o vnius vxorꝭviꝝ aſſumi in ſacerdotiū: ⁊ reꝫ nō tꝑa definiri:qꝛ me ſyllogiſmis ꝓuocauerat: ⁊ videbā tēdere hoīeꝫ ad int̓rogatiū culas tortuoſas: ſua ꝯͣ illū tela iaciebā. Baptizatos inqͣꝫ apl̓s elegit inep̄atū: an cathecuminos? Rn̄de̓ nolebat. Egotū id ip̄m ingerere: ⁊ ſcd̓o ac tertio ſciſcitari cepi. Niobā putares: q̄ nimio fletu in lapidē ꝟſaē. ꝟto me ad auditores: nihil int̓eſt o boni iudices adu̓ſariū vigilantē: an dormientē ligē: niſiꝙ facilius ē qͥeſcēti qͣꝫ reluctāti vincula innectere. Si apl̓s nō cathecuminos in cleꝝ elegit. ſꝫ fideles. fidelis āt ē qͥ ep̄is ordinat̉: vitia cathecumini nō imputabunt̉ fideli. Torq̄bā iſtiuſmōiſpicula: ⁊ vibrātes haſtas in lethargicū dirigebā. Oſcitabat tm̄: ⁊ qͣſi ꝑ mētis crapulā ructās⁊ nauſeās euomebat. Apl̓s dixit Paulus hecdocuit. Proferunt̉ gͦ apl̓i epl̓e vna ad Tymotheū: altera ad Tytū. In pͥma ſcpͥtū erat. Siqͥsep̄atū deſiderat: bonū opꝰ deſiderat. Oꝑtet gͦ

ep̄m irrep̄hēſibilē eſſe: vniꝰ vxoris viꝝ ſobriūprudētē orna tū hoſpitalē doctorē: n̄ vinolētū:nō ꝑcuſſorē: ſꝫ modeſtū: nō litigioſuꝫ: nō auaꝝ:domū ſuā bn̄ regētē: filios hn̄tē ſubditos cū oīcaſtitate. Siqͥs aūt domui ſue p̄eſſe neſcit: quōeccl̓e dei diligētiā adhibebit? Nō Neophituꝫ:ne in ſuꝑbiā elatus in iudiciū incidat dyaboli.Oꝑtet aūt eū ⁊ teſtimoniū hr̄e bonū: ab his qͥforis ſunt: vt nō in obprobriū incidat ⁊ laqueūdyaboli. Ad Tytū ſtatī in pͥncipio hec mandata ponunt̉. Huius rei gr̄a reliqͥ te crete: vt ea q̄deerāt corrigas: ⁊ ꝯſtituas ꝑ citates pbr̄os ſic̄ego tibi diſpoſui. Siqͥs ē ſine crimīe vniꝰ vxoris vir: filios hn̄s fideles: nō in accuſatōe luxurie: aut nō ſubditos. Oꝑtet gͦ ep̄m eſſe ſine crimine tāqͣꝫ dei diſpēſatore: nō ꝓteruū: nō iracūdū: nō vinolētū: nō ꝑcuſſorem: nō turpis lucricupidū: ſꝫ hoſpitalē beniuolū: prudētē: iuſtumſcm̄: ꝯtinētē: obtinētē eū: qͥ ẜm doctrinā ē: fidelē ſermonē: vt poſſit exhortari in doctrīa ſana:⁊ ꝯͣdicētes reuincere. In vtraqꝫ epl̓a: ſiue ep̄i:ſiue p̄br̄i (qͣꝫqͣꝫ apud veteres ijdē ep̄i ⁊ p̄br̄i fuerint: qꝛ illud nomē dignitatis ē: hͦ etatis) iubentur monogami in cleꝝ eligi. Certe de baptizatꝭapl̓i ſermonē eſſe nēo dubitat. Si gͦ oīa q̄ in ordinatōe q̄runt̉ ep̄i: nō p̄iudicāt ordinādo: lꝫ eaan̄ baptiſma nō habuerit. Querit̉ em̄ qͥd ſit: ⁊nō qͥd fuerit. qͣre ſolū nomen vxoris impediat.Qd̓ ſolū pctm̄ nō fuit. Dicis qꝛ pctm̄ non fuit:iccirco nō ē dimiſſum in baptiſmate. rem nouāaudio. qꝛ pctm̄ nō fuit in pctm̄ reputabit̉. Oīaſcorta ⁊ pb̓lice colluuionis ſordes: impietas indeū: parricidiū ⁊ inceſtus in parētes: atqꝫ in exͣordinarias voluptates vtriuſqꝫ ſexus mutatanatura xp̄i fonte purgant̉. Uxoris inherebūtmacule. ⁊ lupanaria thalamis p̄ferēt̉. Ego nōtibi imputo meretricū exercitus: exoletoꝝ greges: effuſionē ſanguīs: ⁊ inſtar ſuis: in oī cenolibidinū volūtabra: ⁊ tu mihi olim emortuā deſepulchro vxorculā ꝓtrahis: quā ideo accepi:ne facerem qd̓ feciſti. Audiāt ethnici meſſes eccleſie: de qͥbus qͦtidie horrea nr̄a ꝯplent̉. Audiant cathecumī: qͥ ſunt fidei cādidati: ne vxoresducāt an̄ baptiſma: ne honeſta iungāt mr̄imonia: ſꝫ ſcottoꝝ ⁊ atticoꝝ ritu: ac de repb̓lica platōnis ꝓmiſcuas vxores: cōes libros habeāt. īmo caueāt qͣlecūqꝫ vocabulū ꝯiugis: ne poſtqͣꝫin xp̄o crediderint: noceat eis: ꝙ aliqn̄ nō ꝯcubinas nec meretrices: ſꝫ vxores habuerint. Recolat vnuſqͥſqꝫ ꝯſcīaꝫ ſuā: ⁊ totius vulnera plāgat etatis. Cūqꝫ veꝝ iudicē pͥoꝝ ſe exhibueritdelictoꝝ: audiat increpātē Ieſum. Hypocritaeijce pͥmū trabē de oculo tuo: ⁊ tūc videb̓ eijcere feſtucā de oculo fratris tui. Uere Scribaꝝ ⁊Phariſeoꝝ ſil̓es: culicē liquātes: ⁊ camelū glutiētes. Decimamus mētā ⁊ anethū: ⁊ dei iudi-

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