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ditas/ vbi ſil̓es ſubintelligunt̉ exceptōnesinſtruit̉ qͥlibet etiā paꝝ doctus ita poſſe ⁊debere fieri circa inſtitutōeꝫ pn̄tē/ qͣꝫtūcunqꝫ generalit̓ lata ſit. dūmō illā q̄ ſubintelligēda ē exceptōeꝫ ꝑ exp̄ſſa v̓ba neqͣqͣꝫ excludat. Si em̄ diceret ꝯſtitutio illa ꝙ in nullo caſu/ etiā cuiuſcūqꝫ neceſſitatis extremeliceret comedere carnes ſub mortali pctō.neſcirē fateor ꝯſtitutōeꝫ iſta ab iniqͥtate defendere. Sꝫ ita nō eſſe docet textꝰ inſtitutionis quē īſpexi. vbi nec obligatio fert̉ ſubpena pctī mortalis. ſꝫ ſolūmō ſub pena diſcipline ordīs. Nec etiā caſus talis neceſſitatis extreme ſecludit̉. Interrogati ſiqͥdemeoꝝ aliqͥ excellētes viri ꝑ meip̄m/ qͥd agerētvbi in deſerto aliqͦ vel carcere nihil haberent p̄ter carnes ad veſcēdū? Rn̄derunt ſecomeſturos fore abſqꝫ oī ſcrupulo priuſqͣꝫ (ſe mori ꝑmitterēt. ¶ Audite narratōeꝫ. Cōtigit vnū ex carthuſien̄. dū eqͥtaret/ in tantāſemel famē ⁊ ſit ī incidere/ ꝙ de ſanguīe eqͥſui biberet ne periret. aliud qͥppe qͦ tūc ſuſtentaret̉ nō habebat. Delatū fuit hͦ ad reliquos frēs/ qui neceſſitatē circūſpecte attēdentes q̄ legē non habet/ eundē abſqꝫ diſciplina vel quauis pena velut innoxiū ſuſceperūt. maxime/ qꝛ ſufficiēter ꝯſtare poteratomnibꝰ de neceſſitate ſua. alioqͥn fortaſſisſubiacuiſſet diſcipline ordinis. nō qͥdē exculpa ꝓpria. ſꝫ ad euitandū ſcandalū aliorum. ne deinceps licentiā ⁊ exemplum alijtraxiſſent ad comedendū carnes ꝓ libito.Meruiſſet aūt frater ille illā diſciplinā ordinis humilit̓ ⁊ innocēter tolerādo. quemadmodū ſentiūt doctores de illo qͥ ꝑ eccleſiaſticā cenſurā cogeret̉ habitare cum illaque ad veritatē nō eſt vxor ſua legitima/ qͣꝫuis ita decerneret eccl̓ia. q̄ nō de occultis/ſꝫ de manifeſtis determinat. Caſus alibi ēexp̄ſſus. Sic dico ꝙ nō eſſet qͥn̄qꝫ incōueniens innocentē carthuſien̄. ꝓ eſu carniuꝫaut earundē miniſtratōe diſcipline ordīsad alioꝝ terrorē ⁊ regule inuiolabilitatemſubiacere. ¶ Atuero dicit alios. Cur nō exp̄ſſus eſt ⁊ exceptus caſus iſte neceſſitatisectreme? Dixi iam ⁊ repeto. ꝙ illud fieri nōoportuit. vt ꝓbaui. īmo nec cōgruū apudeos fuit vt deduco. Senſus certe homīsqꝛ ꝓni ſunt ad malū ab adoleſcētia qͣꝫtūcūqꝫ ī freno ⁊ chamo ꝯſtrīgant̉. vix edomaripn̄t qͥn effluāt ⁊ effrenes fiāt. Dū gͦ ꝑuulaeis aꝑit̉ rimula licētie/ aut frenū eis tātiſꝑlaxat̉/ fiūt ꝯfeſtī occaſiōe aſſumpta ex ipſa

licentia deteriores. Oēs em̄ deteriores ſumus licētia. vt Comicꝰ dic̄. Quāobrem ſicaſus aliqͥs fuiſſet in inſtitutōe p̄fata ꝯceſſus exp̄ſſe de comedēdo carnes formidandū erat ne paulatī ſuccedētibꝰ tꝑibꝰ magꝭac magꝭ dilatata fuiſſꝫ ⁊ extēſa hmōi licētia⁊ tādē plus ad voluptatē qͣꝫ neceſſitatē deſeruiſſet. Totū hͦ declarabūt āpliꝰ ſequentiā. ⁊ exꝑientia teſte defendit̉.Erciā poſtremo cōcluſionē poſui Fꝙ abbreuiatio vite corꝑal̓/ aut ſanitatis debilitatio/ nō tollunt rōnabilitatē p̄tractādū h̓ eſſe arbitror ⁊ declarādū/ quēfate legis aut ſtatuti. ¶ Non penitꝰ inutilit̓admodū licitū ē agere ml̓ta ſiue tꝑalia ſiue 8ſpūalia ſint/ ꝑ qͥ ⁊ in qͥbꝰ/ abbreuiat hō vitaſuā. aut īfirmitatꝭ debilitatē īcurrit. ¶ Secludo tn̄ in pͥmis ꝙ intētio tal̓ hoīs citiusnature ꝯſumētis curſuꝫ .i. ꝑiodū etatis ſuenō ferat̉ directe ⁊ īmediate ſuꝑ eo qd̓ eſt abbreuiare vitā ſuā. vel corpꝰ in egritudinemtrahere/ tāqͣꝫ ſuꝑ fine pͥncipali/ aut ꝙ nō fiat ꝓ fine ꝓhibito ⁊ nequā. quēad modū ml̓ti deſꝑatoꝝ ⁊ fortūas ſuas ferre nō valētiūfeciſſe legunt̉. ⁊ vt ſtoycoꝝ error facere ꝯſulebat. In hͦ ſiqͥdē caſu tales gͣuit̉ peccāt/ etꝑ leges merito dehoneſtant̉. Hic hꝫ qͦꝫ veritatis locū illa hieronymi ſnīa. ꝙ nō refertſi qͥs ꝑ īmoderatā abſtinētia ſe paulati int̓ficiat/ aut ſubito. His p̄miſſis ꝓbo qd̓ aſſumptū ē. licere .ſ. plerūqꝫ abbreuiare vitaꝫſuā/ ī varijs occupatiōibꝰ ſtudijs ⁊ artibꝰ.¶ Ad oppoſitā em̄ aſſertōeꝫ ſequunt̉ abſurditates īnūere. int̓ qͣs illa nō mediocris eſtꝙ qͥlibet teneret̉ vacare ſtudio medicīe autmedicoꝝ ꝯſilijs atꝫ regiminibꝰ ꝯtinue vtideberet. Quare ſic? Conſtat nempe. ꝙ exignorantia medicinarum preſeruatiuaruꝫab infirmitate. ⁊ conſeruatiuaꝝ ſanitatis.ex omiſſione inſuꝑ medicīalis regiminisirruimus in crebras egritudīes. ⁊ vite abbreuiationē incurrimus. ¶ Rurſus quilibet obligaret̉ deſiſtere ab oꝑibus ⁊ actibꝰ/ex quibꝰ veniūt cōiter debilitatōes in corpore. ⁊ eiuſdē corruptio velocior ſubſequit̉p̄ſertim dū tꝑa ſunt intemꝑata/ ⁊ ex nimiogelū vel eſtu feruido diſcraſiant armoniaꝫdebite ſanitatis. ¶ Quid ꝓinde? Sic certe agricole/ colere terrā. opilio paſcere gregem. vindemiator vuas colligere. ruralisfalcare fenum vl̓ ſegetes/ curſor legationeꝫexplere deſiſteret. Et ita paſſim in omnibꝰhuiuſmodi penalibus oꝑbꝰ/ ⁊ debite va-