idolis immolare precepit Alioqͥnin craſtinū diuerſa reciꝑet generātormentoꝝ Cui Silueſter Stultehac nocte morieris et ſempiternatormēta recipies. Et velis. nolis.verū deū eſſe quē colimꝰ recognoſcēs. Silueſter igit̉ carceri tradit̉¶ Tarquinꝰ ad prandiuꝫ inuitat̉Dū ergo comederet. os piſcis inciꝰ gutture ſic verſat̉ vt nulla ration reijcere poterat vel glutire. ſicqꝫ media nocte defunctꝰ ad tumūlū cū luctu ducit̉ ⁊ Silueſter cumgaudio a carcere liberat̉. Qui nōſolū a chriſtianis ſed etiā a paganis miro diligebat̉ affectu. Erat ēnim aſpectu angelicꝰ. ſermone nitidus. integer corpore. ſanctꝰ opereconſilio magnꝰ. fide catholicꝰ. ſpepatientiſſimus. caritate diffuſus.Mortuo igit̉ ep̄o vrbis rome melchiadē ſilueſter ab omni plebe plurimum renitens in ſummum pontificē eſt electꝰ. Hic oēm orphanorū ⁊ viduarū ⁊ pauperuꝫ noīa inmatricula ſcripta habebat ⁊ om̄ibus neceſſaria ꝓuidebāt. Hic qͣrtū ⁊ ſextū diē ⁊ ſabbatuꝫ ieiunijsinſtituit obſeruādū quintū ꝟo qͣſidn̄icum celebrandū Grecis verochriſtianis dicētibꝰ ſabbatū potius qͥnto die celebrādū. rn̄dit hocfieri nō debere Et qͥa hoc ē traditionis apoſtolice. et qꝛ debet̉ paſſio dn̄ice ſepulture Cui illi. Unuꝫeſt ſabbatuꝫ ſepulture in qͦ ſemel ēin anno iciuniū exhibēdū. QuibꝰSilueſter Sicut oīs dies dn̄icuseſt reſurrectionis gl̓a. ſic om̄e ſabbatū decorat̉ dn̄ica ſepl̓tura. igit̉de ſabbato adquieſcūt. Sꝫ de qͥnta ferīa vehement̓ ꝯtendūt. aſſerētes nō debere chriſtianoꝝ ſolennitātibus ſociari. Silueſter āt eiꝰ dignitatē p̄cipue in tribꝰ on̄dit. qm̄hac die dn̄s ad celos aſcendit Etcorꝑis ⁊ ſanguīs ſui ſacr̄m inſtituit. et ſacrū chriſma ecc̄e ꝯficit Oēsigit̉ eiꝰ rōnibus ad qͥeſcunt Perſequēte āt Conſtātino chriſtianosSilueſter de vrbe exiuit ac in qͦdāmonte cū ſuis clericis māſit Ipſeāt Conſtantinꝰ merito ꝑſecutōistirannice in incurabilē cecidit plagam lepre Tandē ad ꝯſiliuꝫ pontificū idolorū adducta ſūt tria milia puerorū vt eos occidi faceret.et ſe in eoꝝ ſanguine recenti ⁊ calſdo balnearet. Egrediēte āt eo adlocū vbi balneuꝫ parari debebatmatres pueroꝝ obuiant q̄ reſolutis crinibus miſerabilit̓ vlulabāt.Et lacrimās Conſtātinꝰ iuſſit ſtare currū Et erigens ſe dixit Audite me comites ⁊ commilitones etoēs ppl̓i qui aſtatis. Dignitas romani imperij de fonte naſcit̉ pietatis. qd̓ hanc etiā legē dedit vt capitali ſententie ſb̓deret̉ qͥcunqꝫ inbello aliquem occidiſſet infantemQuāta ergo erit crudelitas. vt hͦnr̄is faciamꝰ filijs. qd̓ fieri ꝓhibuimus alienis; Quid iuuat barbaros ſuꝑaſſe ſi a crudelitate vincamur; Dā viciſſe exͣneas nationesvirtus eſt bellantiū populoꝝ. vincere aūt vicia ⁊ peccata virtus eſtmorū. In illis ergo prelijs fortiores nos exiſtimus illis. In his vero nob̓ ipſis fortiores ſumꝰ Quienim fuerit in iſto certamine ſuperatus. victoriam obtinet victus.Uictor enim poſt triumphuꝫ vincitur. ſi pietas ab impietate ſupe