mmrat nanuiūmuta dlip̄xtt. Atamū

¶ Prima diſtinctio.De conuerſione.miſit. et habitū regulariter induēs nobiſcum permanſit.Rat̉ gerlacus ſacerdos et moͣchus nr̄ propter ſigna vnius deuotōnis. quā in quodā ¶ Cap̄. xxiiij.moͣcho nr̄o vidit. ſic̄ mihi ꝯfeſſus eſt primū ꝯuerſionis amoremꝯcepit. Die quadā cū moͣchus ille quē bn̄ noſti miſſaꝫ in eiꝰ parochia celebraret. tantā ẜm ꝯſuetudinē hēbat gr̄am lachrymaꝝ. vt gerlacus quiꝓpter miniſteriū ex latere ſtabat. eandē ꝯſiderans grām admirans dn̄mgl̓ificaret. Ex illa hora ita cepit ordinē diligē vt nō quieſcēt donec vnusex ordinis ꝑſonis fieret. Multa tibi adhuc poſſem dice̓ de his qͥ exemplo alioꝝ ꝯuerſi ſunt ſꝫ breuitati ſtudendū eſt. ¶ Nouiciꝰ. Ex his que iāaudiui certū eſt alios ꝯuerti ꝑ ſermonē exhortationis. alios ꝑ virtutemorōnis. nōnullos ſolo exemplo religionis ¶ Nochus. Dictū eſt ſuperiusadhuc alias eſſe cauſas multiplices. q̄ multis occaſiones ſūt ꝯuerſionisſcꝫ infirmitatē. pauꝑtatē. captiuitatē. notā alicꝰ infamie. periculuꝫ pn̄tisvite. timorē ſiue viſionē gehennalis pene. ſolū deſiderium celeſtis patrie.¶ Nouicius. De his p̄cor vt exempla ſb̓iungas ¶ Mochus Ꝙ quoſdācompellat infirmitas conuerti quotidie videmus. ¶ Cap. viceſimūquintum.Nte hoc triennium miles qͥdam lodo wicus noīe de caſtro Arein acutis laborabat et vocatꝰ eſt dn̄s abbas vt infirmuꝫ viſitaret. Inardeſcente infirmitate. cū miles idem iā om̄ino eſſet deſperatus. monitꝰ eſt ab abbatę vt ſe ordini redderet. et votū cōuerſionis vtmos eſt verbis exprimeret. Qui ꝯſilio adqͥeſcens. mox vt ex conſenſu vxoris int̓ manus abbatis ſe reddidiſſet. facies eiꝰ cepit immutari et quodāmodo alterari. ita vt pallor verteret̉ in candoreꝫ. et color liuidus ꝓfice̓tin ruborē. cūctis qͥ aderant ſtupentibus et dei donū in moribundo mirātibus. Et vt pius dn̄s adhuc manifeſtiꝰ on̄deret. qꝛ ꝓpter votuꝫ ordinisinfirmū diſtuliſſet. cepit idem miles ſine ſudore. ſine ſāguine. ſine ſternutatione. ꝯtra infirmitatis naturā ꝯualeſcē. Qui nō ingratꝰ bn̄ficijs diuisdeportari ſe fecit ad moͣſtęriū nr̄m in qͦ factꝰ nouiciꝰ et mōchus nō ml̓topoſt migrauit ad dn̄m ¶ Nouiciꝰ. Sic̄ ex ꝟbis tuis colligo opinio tua ēinfirmū ꝑ penitentiā et or̄ones dies ſuos poſſe ꝓlongare ¶ Monachꝰ.On hoc dico qꝛ nō credo quempiam poſſeterminū ſibi a deo ꝯſtitutū extendeē. ſꝫ mor ¶ Cap. xxvj.tem qn̄qꝫ imminentē euade. Qd̓ ſi veꝝ non eſſet. ecc̄a ſuꝑflue ꝓinfirmantibꝰ oraret. Cū or̄o ſancta mortuos ſuſcitet ad vitā. cur nō qd̓minus eſt morituris obtineat ſanitatē: Ezechie penitenti et flenti ꝑ Iſaiam a dn̄o dr̄ Audiui orōnem tuaꝫ. vidi lachrymas tuas. Ecce ego ad-b. 3