Super Cantica canticorum
tationē cooꝑante gr̄a dei q̄ non dat̉ ꝯmuniter ſe nō exercentibꝰ. et ingratis in qͥbus deigratia vel nulla ē vel in vacuū accepta. ſꝫ tāvtiqꝫ nulla eſt ſi in vacuū recipit̉. qꝛ non minus horret vacuū gratia qͣꝫ natura. ¶ Dicūt̉ꝟo cātica cāticoꝝ ꝑ excellentiā vel anthonomatice. qꝛ ſola ī eis rō cātādi ē amor pure gͣtuitꝰ. nō deliberatō ab hoſtibꝰ/ vt pͥmū illd̓cāticū. Cātemꝰ dn̄o gl̓iſe. Nō a viſitatōe ⁊redēptōe dei ſic̄ illud. Bn̄dictꝰ dn̄s deꝰ iſraelEt ita d̓ reliqͥs ſuo mō. ſꝫ ī his cāticꝭ ſola cātādi rō ē ip̄a cātatio ſe exercēs ī amore n̄ qͣlicūqꝫ/ ſꝫ d̓ino ⁊ ſup̄mo qͥ ſeraphicꝰ iure d̓r. eoꝙ ad eiꝰ ſil̓itudinē ſit exēplatus. ¶ Dr̄ nihilominꝰ amor ſpōſe. qm̄ tal̓ amor caſtꝰ ⁊ zeloteſ⁊ ſūmꝰ eē dꝫ/ qͣſi ip̄m noīe ꝓ qͣlitate mat̓ie duximꝰ ī ſeq̄ntibꝰ appellādū ¶ Placuit igit̉ duce ſpūſctō/ vr̄aꝝ ope p̄cū coartare ẜmoneꝫ etaptare pͥncipal̓r ad ſenſū anagogicū d̓ amore ſpōſe. qd̓ vt ſinceriꝰ fiat/ ⁊ abſqꝫ inuolutrꝭſil̓itudinū expediēs eē/ cēſui ꝯditiōes vl̓ effectꝰ ⁊ ſigna vel ꝓpͥetates huiꝰ amoris ſub qͥnquaginta ꝯſideratiōibꝰ qͣſi totidē ſcītill̓ autlinguis igneis annotare ¶ Uerū tn̄ ne videamur nimis a lr̄a exorbitare/ ſtuduimuſ iſtasamorꝭ ꝓpͥetates ab inuolutrꝭ ⁊ fumis lr̄e qͣdā exagītatiua depuratōe ī emicatōꝫ deducere. Hic em̄ modꝰ tractādi ꝓximior ē ſcholaſtico qͣꝫ rethorico ſtilo. qͣli hactenꝰ vtiqꝫ ſtuduimꝰ/ ꝑmixtōe qͥdē facta qͣꝫ accōmode velvtil̓r iudicꝫ lector/ ſꝫ benignꝰ. Gratꝰ īſuꝑ accipiat ꝓ ſuccīcto qͣſi ꝓhemio ī auxiliū mēoxle d̓ eadē v̓ſuū elegiacoꝝ/ ī qualibꝰ nūc objectat ſe ocia ſenectꝰ mea ſtudij mēor pueril̓.¶ Iſti ꝟſus reſpiciūt ſenſuꝫ anagogicū. vicꝫanīe ⁊ dei. ⁊ nihil aliud reſonāt niſi amo te. q̄ex fiducia amici cauſari ſolet vt r̄amet̉/ vt pꝫoſculetur me quia melior oleum trahe mei Oſcula poſcit amor/ delectat/ lenit ⁊ ardetin cellarianigra ſum ſed formoſaIngreditur cellas/ pulcer ⁊ ipſe nigerpugnaueruntin meridieOppugnatur amor/ deſiderat alta tenereſi pro nonne vagariſi ignorasequitatuiEſſe vagus refugit doctus/ equeſqꝫ dei eſtcū eēt rex faſciculꝰ ſic̄ colūbaꝝ en lectulꝰ nr̄ flo.Gratꝰ amor/ cor hꝫ ſimplex/ cui lectulꝰ extatSecundo capitulo2 Floridus/ Eſt fructus dulcis in ore ſuoamplexabitur mevinariamPotas amor/ languet/ cōplexibꝰ heret amici
ecce iſte venit endilectꝰ dilectꝰ meꝰ mihiQuo ſecūqꝫ rapit hunc videt audit/ habetTercio capitulotenui eū ſicut virgulaQuerit amor qd̓ amat/ tenꝫ/ ī ſb̓līa ſurgiten lectulū ferculū fecit in dyademateAut cubat aut fertur/ aut dyadema gerittota pulcra Quartū capitulū in vno oculoꝝPulcer amor totꝰ / ꝑ ſingl̓a mēbra vidēdoper totū reſiduū quarti capituliUulnerat ⁊ miris delicijs redoletſurrexit Quinto capituloDormit. ego dormioſurgit amor/ liq̄fit/ paſſꝰ qͦꝫ vulnera lāguet 5et ipſe eſt amicus meusDilectum laudat/ iactat amiciciamvna eſt columba Sexto capituloUni iungit amor ſoli ꝑfectus eſt ⁊ parvt ſol et lunavt caſtroꝝ acies ordinataAurore/ nitidus/ ordine terribilisneſciui per quadrigas chriſti ſpōtanei per admirationē reuertere quater diciturNeſcit amor/ vehit̉/ cubat̉/ crebro vocaturSeptimo capitulo per totum prope finēPareat vt veniens laus ſibi multa dat̉Uiſit amor vineas ortos ⁊ poma reſeruatOctauo capitulo. Quis mihi detOſcula vult pueri fortis amor qͣſi mors¶ Ceteꝝ fiet reductio ī hac partitiōe ſcd̓a adſympſalmatꝭ decacordū cū dyapſalmate totiēs int̓poſito iuxta decadē v̓ſuū. ⁊ ꝓ nūerodragmatū totidē ab expoſitoribꝰ notatorūqͣtinꝰ cātica cāticoꝝ reſonēt ẜm pſalteriū decacordū dauid regꝭ. ⁊ iuxta cāticū filie Marie pulcerrīe femīaꝝ. ¶ Deniqꝫ tercia ꝑtitiocolliget oīa ſub amoris oſculo ſcō qͣtinꝰ Oreuoluet ad A. intelligibili quodā gyro.Incipit primū ſympſalma. hoc eſt ꝯcordia pſallētiū ī canticis.¶ Prima conſideratio.Scula poſcit amor. Exilit hͨamoris ignei ꝓprietas ab hacoparticulal Oſculit̉ me oſculooris ſui Oportet (vt iā notauimꝰ) nos hoc loco ſcholaſticis theologie ⁊ ph̓ie regul̓ vti/ maxīe dū q̄rimus ad intelligentiā ꝯmunē/ cātica cāticorū traducere. aut ſaltē ꝙ credulitatē ſecretiſſimoꝝ ſenſuū ⁊ caſtiſſimoꝝ/ quos īcludit fumus lr̄alis ⁊ qͣſi carnal̓ nullꝰ abhorreat. neqꝫ ſcādalū fede carnalitatꝭ qͥs incurrat. Puderet referre/ qͥd expertus audiui/ offenderet