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⁊ ſcribe̓ nō poſſe iudico dictis meis ſororibꝰ (q̄ dei gr̄a pͥdem abſqꝫmatrimonij vinculo viuē ꝓpoſuerunt) qͣꝫ quomō ⁊ ip̄e deo placerepoterint eidē famulando cōtinue.eūqꝫ amādo ⁊ honorādo Nec earū me ſimplicitas ab opere illo retardare hꝫ. cū ẜm intellectꝰ ſui capacitatē velim ꝓcede̓ quē in eisexꝑtꝰ ſum. nihil incōprehēſibile dicturus aut difficile.j. Litteratura magna¶ AIIII. I. et ſcīa non eſt omninō ꝯtēplatiuis neceſſariaUāuis autē copia ſciētie⁊ lr̄atura eruditioqꝫ legꝭ.diuine ac ſacre ſcpͥture nōmodicū ad apicē ꝯtēplatiōis volare cupiētibꝰ p̄ſtet āminiculuꝫ. nihilominꝰ id ip̄m interdū obeſt ml̓tū pluribꝰ. nō qͥdē ex ſe. ſꝫ occaſiōeinflāmatiōis ex ſciētia ꝓueniētis⁊ accepte Impoſſibile autē eſt adverā ꝯtēplationē alio itine̓ qͣꝫ perhumilitateꝫ ꝑuenire ſic̄ dicit apl̓sSi qͦs int̓ vos videt̉ ſapiēs eē inhoc ſeculo. ſtultus fiat vt ſit ſapiens. hoc ē. intellectū ſuū humiliet.ſtultum ſe reputās reſpectu diuine ſapiētie. puta nō valēs ꝯp̄hendere dei iudicia atqꝫ oꝑa Hinc ēꝙ in ꝯtēplatiōis adqͥſitione pluribꝰ ſcientificis viam ad eam perueniendi nil tantū intercludit qͣꝫ ꝙſe humiliare dedignātur ſcilicꝫ eorum intellectuꝫ occupando ⁊ ſummittendo myſterijs redemptionis domini noſtri. ſuis qꝫ factistā humilibus et exemplis relictis