Tertia conſideratio..Meditandi difficultas prouenitex pena pcc̄i principaliterAbemꝰ ecce primariā cāmdifficultatis qͣm in meditatōe ſentimꝰ qͣm in habēdisſꝑ ad dn̄ꝫ ocl̓is exꝑimur. facit hocpenalis grauedo deorſū iugit̓ impellēs. quēadmodū videre ē ſenſibiliter in aqͣductū. qui tota facilitatedefluit in ima. cōtinet̉ aūt cū ſurſūleuat̉. nō tn̄ cū violētia Nō alit̓ ē dehūano corde qd̓ ad infima ꝓnumleuiter effluit. hacqꝫ ⁊ illac̄ veluti ſine retinaculo vel labore deſcendit.Qm̄ facilis ē vt ait poeta deſcenſauerni. Sꝫ reuocare gͣdū ſuperasqꝫ euadē ad auras. hoc opus hiclabor eſt.Quarta cōſiperatioMeditatio non ſolū fit in cognitiua ſed etiā in affectiuaErſcrutemur ꝯſequēter exp̄dictis naturā ſeu ꝓprieta-tem meditatōis qm̄ ex hocipſo qͣꝫ nc̄aria nobis ad deū tēdentibꝰ exiſtat videbimꝰ Diximꝰ autēet repetimꝰ ꝙ meditatio ē fortis ⁊vehemens applicatio vel attentioaī ad aliqd̓ inueſtigandū et inueniendū fructuoſe. Addimꝰ fructuoſe. ne meditatio ꝟgat aut in ſuꝑſtitionē aut in curioſitateꝫ. vel in melācolicā ſtoliditateꝫ. Dicamꝰ ergoꝯplectētes ꝙ meditatō ē vehemēset ſalubris ai applicatio ad aliqͥdinueſtigādū vel exꝑimental̓r ꝯgnoſcendū. Ponimꝰ hͦ vltimū ꝓpt̓ naturā ip̄iꝰ affectiōis q̄ diuerſa ſortitur

noīa ꝓportiōal̓r ad ꝯditiōeꝫ cognitōis Nō em̄ p̄t aliter affectio ꝯgnoſci qͣꝫ exꝑimental̓r. per eū qui ꝑ eāafficit̉ Quā exꝑimētalis affectōiscognitiōem nō p̄t eā hn̄s in aliumverbis qͥbuſlibꝫ funde̓. niſi ſil̓r affectꝰ ſit ille alt̓. Qm̄ ſolꝰ nouit ſicut inapoc̄. ſcribit̉. qͥ accipit. Proptereavocat̉ māna abſcōditū Exēpluꝫē ꝑſꝑicuū in illo qͥ nouit dulcedinēmellis ſolū ꝑ doctrinā. ſicut medicus ſanꝰ noſcit infirmātis doloreꝫHec āt dulcedo a guſtāte. et h̓ dolor ab egrotāte lōge al̓r ꝯgnoſcūt̉Quinta cōſideracioMeditāti neceſſaria ē lōganimitas vt ignis deuotiōis ardeat.Erpēdimꝰ ex his qͣꝫ ꝓfunde ſenſerit ꝓph̓a naturā meditatiōis dū ait In meditaLtiōe mea exardeſcet ignis Itrūqꝫem̄ amplexꝰ eſt et lumē in intellectuet ardorē in affectu. Quātū ꝟo ſitdifficile. ꝙ ignis deuotionis ſpūal̓exardeſcat flatū meditationis. fietnotū deſiderātibꝰ ignē materialeꝫdū q̄rit̉ a lignis aquoſis viridibꝰ aluto reſꝑſis elici. Suffla qͣntuꝫ potes. iteꝝ atqꝫ iteꝝ multo conatu reſuffla. emergit plurimꝰ ab initio fumꝰ cōturbās oculos. vix emicabitſcintilla q̄ mox euaneſcit Diſꝑgesforſitan iratus ꝯgeſta pͥus lignā ſinō in lōganimitate ꝑſtiteris quamlōganimitatē appellamꝰ h̓ meditatiōeꝫ aut meditatiōi conſūgendā.Sexta cōſideracio.Adifficile valde eſt dare regulamcertā de modo meditandi.