Legenda. xlvi.
Qui lr̄is traditus oēꝫ in breui legis etꝓphetaꝝ ſcīaꝫ apprehendit Laſciuiam qͦꝫabhorrēs pueriles ānos moꝝ maturitate vincebat Informabat̉ qͦꝫ eiꝰ animꝰ adꝟtutē vt eſſet ad intelligentiā habil̓. admiſericordiaꝫ facilis. in ꝓſperis nō clatus. in aduerſis ꝯſtās ⁊ intrepidus Satagebat vt qd̓ iuſſu p̄cepeat oꝑe ꝯpleret⁊ oris doctrinā manuū oꝑatiōe mōſtraret Hic cuꝫ ꝑ iudeaꝫ p̄dicaret cecos illuminabat. leproſos mudabat demōes expellebat. claudis greſſuꝫ. ſurdis audituꝫ.mortuis vitā reſtituebat. qͥ cū corā pōtifice accuſaret̉ in multis. rn̄dit De obiectis q̄ crimina dicitis nō oportet me ml̓ta dicere. quoniā chr̄ianū eſſe nō ē criminis ſed gl̓ie Cui pontifex. Si tibi daturinducie vis penitere. Et ille. Abſit vt averitate quaꝫ ſemel inueni ꝑ apoſtaſiaꝫdigrediar Igit̉ mathias in lege erat doctiſſimus. corde mūdꝰ. aīo prudēs. in ſoluēdis qſtionibꝰ ſacre ſcripture acutꝰ. inꝯſilio ꝓuidꝰ. in ẜmocinatiōe expeditusQui cū ꝟbū dei ꝑ iudeā p̄dicaret. multos ſignis ⁊ ꝓdigijs ꝯuertebat. Un̄ iudei inuidentes ip̄m in ꝯſilio ſtatuerunt.Duo ergo falſi teſtes qͥ ip̄m accuſauerātpͥmo in ip̄m lapides miſerūt. qͦs lapidesin teſtimoiū illis ſecū petijt ſepeliri Quiduꝫ lapidaret̉ ſecuri more romano ꝑcutit̉. et extēſis in celuꝫ manibꝰ ſpūm dn̄oreddidit Et ſubdit̉ ibideꝫ Cuiꝰ corpꝰ deiudea romā ⁊ inde treuerī eſt trāſlatūE ¶ In qͣdā ꝟo alia legenda legit̉ ꝙ dūmathias macedoniaꝫ adueniſſꝫ. ⁊ fidemchr̄i p̄dicaret. qͣndā potionem toxicataꝫque viſu cūctos pͥuabat ſibi deder̄t. quāin noīe chr̄i bibit et nullā leſionē incurrit. ⁊ cuꝫ illa potione pulſqͣꝫ. ccl. excecaſſent. ille ſingulis manū īponēs oēs illuminauit. diabolꝰ āt in ſimilitudine īfantis eis apparens ſuaſit vt mathiā occiderent qui eoꝝ cultū euacuaret. et cū ipſein medio eoꝝ ꝯſiſterēt. tribꝰ tn̄ diebꝰ euꝫq̄rentes minime inuenerūt. Tertio aūt
die ſe eis manifeſtās dixit Ego ſū. Quēmanibꝰ poſt tergū ligatis. ⁊ fune collo īpoſito crudeliter afflixerunt. ⁊ ſic in carcere recluſerunt. Ubi demones apparētes dentibus in eum fremebant. ſed appropinquare non poterant Dn̄s āt cummulto luie ad eū veniens ip̄m de t̓ra leuauit. ⁊ vincula ſoluēs ⁊ dulcit̉ ꝯfortāshoſtiū aꝑuit. qͥ egreſſꝰ ꝟbū dn̄i p̄dicauit.dū āt qͥdā obſtīati ꝑſiſterēt dixit eis Denūcio vob̓ ꝙ viui in īfernū deſcendetismoxqꝫ t̓ra ſe aꝑuit et cūctos illos deglutiuit. Reliqͥ ꝟo ad dn̄m ſūt ꝯuerſi.A.xlvi.De ſancto Gregorioregoriꝰ dr̄ a grex ⁊ gore qͦd ē p̄dicae̓ ſiue dice̓. vn̄ gregoriꝰ qͣſi greg. p̄dicator Ul̓ dr̄ gregoriꝰ qͣi egregoriꝰ ab egregiꝰ ⁊ gore. qͣi egregiꝰ p̄dicator ⁊ doctor Ul̓ gregoriꝰ ī lingua nr̄avigilās ſonat. qꝛ ip̄e vigilauit ſibi deo ⁊gregi Sibi ꝑ mūdicie ꝯẜuatiōeꝫ. deo ꝑ īternā ꝯtēplatōeꝫ. gregi ꝑ aſſiduā p̄dicationē Et hec tria merent̉ dei viſionem.Auguſtinꝰ in libro de ordine. Is videtdeū qͥ bene viuit. bene ſtudet. et bn̄ oratĘius vitā ſcpͥſit paulꝰ longobardorumhiſtoriographꝰ. quā ioh̓es diaconꝰ diligentiꝰ poſtmodū ꝯpilauitRegoriꝰ ſenatoria ſtirpe ꝓgenitus cuiꝰ pr̄ gordianꝰ ⁊ mr̄ ſiluiadicebat̉ Cū ſūmū ph̓ie apicē ī ip̄aſui adoleſcentia attigiſſet. ac rerū ⁊ diuitiaꝝ copia plurimū abūdaret. cogitauittn̄ hec oīa deſerere. ⁊ ī religionē ſe trāſferre. Sed dū longiꝰ ꝯuerſionē ꝓtrahēt⁊ tutiꝰ ſe chr̄o famulatuꝝ putaret. ſi ſubp̄toris vrbani habitu mundo ſpecietenꝰdeſeruiret ceperūt multa ꝯtra eū ex ſcl̓icura ſuccreſcere. ita vt nō tantū ſpecie ſꝫin eo retineret̉ ⁊ mente Tandē pr̄e orbatus ſex monaſteria in ſicilia cōſtruxitſeptimuꝫ intra menia vrbis ſub honoreſci andree apl̓i ī ꝓprio domate fabricauit