Epiſtola frīs gerſon ordīs celeſtinoꝝ C.

Propter eū natale ſolū linquēs peregrinusOris ſe externis tradidit atqꝫ locisUn̄ a re ſumpſit gerſon cognomē honeſtū.Quod ſi tranſfert̉ aduena ſignificatTalia pͥncipia meritoꝝ totqꝫ triūphosQuis finis claudet meta ve qualis eritHeu mors ſeua nimis ſubijt q̄ florida cunContriuit vaſtās ac cito ꝯminuit (ctaTot bona furat̉ vna qua proximat horaFilum ſuccidens impia parca feroxSꝫ qͥd ago dū te mors crudelē vocitaui.Illi cū potius grandia dona paresEgit em̄ moriens xp̄s/ ꝙ porta quietisPerpetis / atqꝫ fores luminis introitusHinc ipſi refero grates ꝙ deſpoliauit.Occiſuſqꝫ tuā ꝑniciem perimitQuo fuerit natꝰ anno vel obit/ retinereIn promptu ſi vis/ calculus iſte dabitAnnos mille cape xp̄i centū quater addeUicenū nonum tu ſimul accipitoIulius orbe ſuo lucē voluit duodenāCuraꝝ requies/ que ſibi grata fuitIam ſexagenis terris cū liber abiretEt ſextus ferme fluxerat annus eiHūc cāpanꝰ ager gallꝰ dat pariſioꝝErudijt tellus/ emula turba fugaAſt hūc dū fugeret/ fouet germania felixFit ſibi Lugdunū/ poſterior requiesQd̓ viuū recipit defuncti ſic tenet oſſaImp̄cor vt redeat ſpūs ad dn̄m.AliudFortis in eccleſia bellator maxime gerſonArmatus gladio cingis ouile deiUiuūt ſcripta tua qͣꝫuis ſint oſſa ſepultaOm̄ibus exemplar ſe dāt imitabile doctisEpithaphiū ſcriptūin circumferentia ſepulcri in Lugduno ī eccleſia ſancti Pauli/ ⁊ in tabula muro appenſa iuxta arma ſua.Magnū ꝑua tenet v̓tutibꝰ vrna IohannēPrecelſum meritis gerſon cognomīe dictūPariſius ſacre profeſſor theologieClaruit eccleſie qui cancellarius annoMilleno dn̄i centū quater/ atqꝫ vigenoNono/ luce petit ſuperos iulij duodenaEpiſtola fratris Iohānis de gerſon ordīs celeſtinoꝝ directa fratri Anſelmo eiuſdē ordīs ſuꝑ opuſculis Iohānis cancellarij pariſienſis.Oſtulaſti ſepiꝰ amātiſſime mi fratein xp̄o/ vt ea tibi cōicarē opuſcula q̄

a germano meo dn̄o pariſien̄. cācellario cōpilata cognoſcimus aſſerēs te feruētiſſimoamoris deſiderio illoꝝ ſtudiū incūbere. Pareo libēs petitioni tue. tum qꝛ nil tibi denegare queo. tuꝫ quia mira complacētia ſicuticreberrime ſum exꝑtꝰ/ eadē amplecterꝭ adeovt tanta īportunitate denſiſſimaꝝ occupationū quibꝰ artaris/ non potueris abduci/ qͥnplurima ex his ꝓpria manu trāſcripſeris/ etauide ruminādo vētri memorie tenaciter cōmendaueris. Crudele gͦ mi frater exiſtimarēſi doctrinā hanc ſaluberrimā ſimilagineumpanē/ quē in diuerſis tractatulis/ veluti quibuſdā cōphinis aut ſportellis reconditū largiter habeo eſurienti tibi ⁊ tā auide poſtulāti nō ꝯmunicarem. Proinde nōne ſacrilegijꝯuincerer/ ſi hunc doctrine theſauꝝ quē mihi indigniſſimo eius fratri ꝓ mea eruditiōegrādi zelo ꝯmēdauit/ humo defoſſum et abſconditū retinerē. Scīa em̄ inuiſa ⁊ theſaurus abſcōditꝰ q̄ vtilitas ī vtriſqꝫ? Qua īſuꝑrōne lucernā accēſaꝫ abſcōderē ſub modio q̄ponēda potiꝰ erat ſupͣ candelabꝝ / vt luceretom̄ibꝰ qͥ ī domo ſūt. Nōne etiā ſaluator noſter admonuit. Sic luceāt oꝑa vr̄a bona corā hoībꝰ/ vt gl̓ificēt patrē veſtꝝ qui in cel̓ eſtAddo ꝙ ſic̄ mihi crebriꝰ abſqꝫ vlla palpātiſadulatōis nota teſtatꝰ ē/ et alij qͣꝫ plurimi vixaliqͥd ſtudendo reꝑis qd̓ amplius ẜm ſubiectā materiā tuū delectet animū illuminet ꝓficiatqꝫ hoc idē certiſſime ꝯfirmarē ī memetagi/ ſi nō ꝯtinuo fraternalis amor ſuſpectūreddere teſtimoniū diceret̉. Quid gͦ? nōne p̄ferre volumꝰ hunc nouiſſimū vel ſui ſil̓es antiqͥſſimis et ſctīſſimis diuīe ſcpͥture doctoribus qͥ abyſſal̓ ſapiētie ⁊ ſciētie fontes ſcaturiētes/ ⁊ ī maximos fluuios excreſcentes eccleſiā vniuerſā irrigarūt. ⁊ qͥ ſalubriꝰ vbis docuerūt/ vite ꝯfirmauerūt exēplo miracul̓ creberrimis choruſcātes. Quoꝝ eqͥdē ī elucidatione diuine legis tātus fuit labor/ vt incredibili ſtudio pene plures ediderīt libros qͣꝫexiguitas ingen̄ij ſeq̄ntiū vel legere vel app̄hēdere potuerit. Patuit hͦ in Augꝭ. ī Amb̓. īOrige. cuiꝰ tot milia voluminū Hiero. ſe legiſſe teſtat̉ Abſit hͦ abſit vt hos relinquamꝰhoꝝ obliuiſcamur / vt nouis adueniētibꝰ veteres doctores ꝓijciamꝰ/ eos potiꝰ immēſishonoribꝰ attollimꝰ/ nouis p̄ferimꝰ. Nā ipſiꝓculdubio ſunt qͥ laborauerūt. ⁊ hi nouiſſimi ī labores eoꝝ introierūt. illi dentiū robore maſticauerūt qd̓ in meatus fauciū leniterhi trāſglutiūt. illi acumīe naturalis ingenijOP 4

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