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ꝓbatiſſime ph̓atuꝫ euthicianū q̄bithima circa olimpū morabat̉Frat qͥppe grā d̓ina repletꝰ ad cua̓tiones paſſionū. ⁊ miracula reꝝ ⁊opeꝝ. ita vt ip̄i ꝯſtantino ꝓpt̓ virtute vite amicus eēt. Illo ſiquidē tꝑeiunctꝰ qͥdā ſpatariꝰ qͦ in ſuſpiconēvenerat qͣſi ꝓ aſſumpta tyrānidefugit. ⁊ reqͥſitꝰ circa olimpū ꝯphēſus ē. Rogatibꝰ aūt neceſſarijs eiꝰeuthicianū vt ꝓ eo apd̓ pͥncipeꝫ legacōne fungeret̉. priꝰ inqͥt ꝓuidendū ē vt is hō liberet̉ a vicul̓. ne crudelit̓ ꝯſtrictꝰ intereat. Tūc d̓r ad vīculorū direxiſſe cuſtodes: rogas vteū ab hmōi neceſſitate releuarēt.Qui cū hoc facere noluiſſent. ſpōteianue clauſe reſerate. ⁊ iuncti cātene ſūt r̓pēte dirupte. Poſtea v̓o adpnͥcipe venies bizātio tūc degentē.ꝑatiſſimū bn̄fitiuꝫ ꝓmeruit qd̓ popoſcit. Nō em̄ poterat ꝯſtātinꝰ eiꝰpeticōibꝰ denegae̓. cū ei ſūmi honoris cumulū exhibe̓t Hec itaqꝫ breuit̓ a nob̓ dicta de monachis qͥ tūcclare ſūt ph̓ati ſuffitiāt. Cui vero d̓hijs ſb̓tilior cura fuerit: querēs inueniēt plurimoꝝ vitas h̓ nō eē cōſcriptas.¶ Theodoricꝰ. Capitulū. xij.Tlicet per oīa ita florereteccīa nō tn̄ ꝑtulit inimicꝰeleuatā ſimul atqꝫ ſplendētē valde r̄ſpitiēs. ſꝫ maliuola cepitmouere ꝯſilia. ꝯtendēs gubernatāa dn̄o. ⁊ vniu̓ſoꝝ creatore ſubmergere Videbat itaqꝫ paganoꝝerroreꝫ fuiſſe nudatū. captaqꝫ varia demonū machinamenta. ⁊ creaturā

a plurimis iā nō adorari. ſꝫ creatori ymnos decent̓ offerri. ea gra īan̄ aꝑte ꝯtra dn̄m ⁊ ſaluatorē nr̄mexcitabat belluꝫ. ſꝫ viros inueniēsxp̄ianos qͥdē ſe vobulo ꝓfitētes ſꝫ amoe̓ hōris ⁊ vane gl̓ie ſeductos adẜuitutē organū eoꝫ ſue machīacionis hūit: ꝑ qͦs pl̓imos ad p̄ſtinūr̓duxit e̓rorē. n̄ qͥdē creaturā rurſuſadorari p̄cipiēs. ſꝫ ipſū creatoreꝫ ⁊nnidi opifice coeqͥtū aſtruēs creature Vbi at hͦ pͥncipiū. ⁊ quēadmodū h̓ īimicꝰ zizaīa ſemīauerit. ena̓rabo. Alexādria citas ē maxīa ⁊hōim multitudīe copioſa. n̄ egyptioꝝ ſolūmō ſꝫ ec tebeoꝝ ⁊ libitoꝝc̓ca egyptū obtinēs pͥncipatū. Inhꝰ itaqꝫ cītatis p̄ſulatu ptꝰ petꝝ illū īclitū ꝓpugͣtorē qͥ ſb̓ īpijs tyranniſ diocletiāo ⁊ maximiāo nouiſſime īꝑiū ſpōte d̓ponētibꝰ ma̓tirij cōrōna ſuſceꝑat. ſucceſſit achillas Iſeī ſb̓ illo egregio petro arriū ordīatū diacōnū captūqꝫ ī meletij nouitatibꝰ ⁊ ab eccīa pulſuꝫ rogatꝰ a fidelibꝰ denuo ſuſcipiēs mīſtrare cepit. Ptꝰ achillā v̓o alexāder fortiſſimꝰ euāgelici dogtis p̄dicator ordinat̉ ep̄s. Hoc tꝑe arriꝰ ī ordineqͥdē p̄ſbiteroꝝ ea̓t ⁊ expoſicionē diuinaꝝſcriptua̓ꝝ videbat̉ hr̄e ꝯmiſſā. Vidēs at alexādꝝ potificatꝰ gubern̄ acula ſuſcepiſſe. euētū tꝑis n̄portauit. ſꝫ ⁊ mordacitate ꝯpulſuslitis q̄rebat iitiū. Porro laudabilēvidēs viri ꝯu̓ſacionē neq̄ꝙͣ calumas ꝯtexe̓ pͥualebat. veꝝtn̄ q̄eſce̓ nllū ꝓhibebat īuidia. Hūc gͦ inueniens immiciis veritalis ꝑ eū inſus ē