Iohtur Si ad obiectionē alicuius tractatus ſufficeret aliqd̓ dictū in eocorrigendū. pauci tractatꝰ recipiēdi eſſent Negare nō poſſū nec debeo ait Augꝰ. ſicut in ip̄is moribꝰmeis. ita multa eſſe in tam multisopuſculis meis que pn̄t iuſto iudicio et nulla temeritate culpari Itēideꝫ noli meis lr̄is quaſi canōicisſcpͥturis inſeruire. ſed in illis ⁊ qd̓nō credebas incūctanter tibi inueniendū crede. in iſtis aūt qd̓ certūhēbas niſi certū vel certe intellexeris noli firmiter tenere Non enimpar aucͣtoritas ſcripture canōicedebet̉ et earū expoſitionibꝰ In oībus bene agere et in nullo deuiaenō eſt humāitatis ſꝫ deitatis Eſtimo tn̄ ꝙ doctrina eius qͣntum adintellectū ſuū in paucis calumniāpatiatur licet forte quedā planiꝰet irrep̄henſibilius potuiſſꝫ dixiſſeHec dc̄a ſufficiant ꝯtra eos qͥ doctrinā p̄dicti viri vident̉ calūniariſub correctione tn̄ ſemꝑ meliꝰ ſentientiū. ¶ Sꝫ dicet aliqͥs qͥs ē iſtequi auſus eſt os ſuū ponere in celum et reſpōdere dn̄o Cācellariopariſienſi diſcretiſſimo ⁊ eruditiſſimo viro. Fateor chariſſime ꝙ egoſum minimꝰ clericorū et religioſorum qui nō ſum dignus vt ſoluaꝫcorrigiam calciamentoꝝ dn̄i meiCācellarij qui incōꝑabiliter vitāmoribꝰ et ſcientijs me p̄cellit Proteſtor tn̄ ꝙ nō oſtentationis gr̄anec temeritatis motus audacia p̄ſūpſi rn̄dere obiectionibꝰ tāti viri
Sed duo ſunt que me mouerūt etincitauerunt ad ſcribēdū iſta Primū eſt quia emulator exiſtens paterne traditionis et zelum gerēspro doctrina pr̄is nō potui patiēter ſuſtinere vt ille liber quem perſpiritū ſanctū ſpero fuiſſe ꝯpilatūvilipenderet̉ abijceret̉ et cōtēptuihaberetur Scd̓m eſt quia ānuenspijs p̄cibus et deſiderijs fr̄is bartholomei qui inſtanter ꝓut qͥbuſdam referētibus intellexi rogauitſibi intellectū verboꝝ illius tertiepartis libri de ornatu ſpiritualiūnuptiarū exponi et reſerari inſtitiet laboraui inquantū potui dictatertie partis prefati libri explansre et ad quē intellectū eſſent capiēda enodare Sed ſcripſi vt debuiapproba tu et tui Si vero non vtdebui ignoſce xp̄e tu et tui AmenExplicit libellus Ioh̓. de ſchoenhouia in quo defendit dicta fr̄isIoh̓is Ruyſbroich ꝯtra magr̄mIoh̓em Gerſon Cancellariū Pariſienſem.