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forſan ad modicū durabit vnio niſi ceſſentp̄miſſa ſigna. q̄ etiā fuerunt cauſa ſciſmatꝭ.⁊ ſequatur notabilis ⁊ magna morū reformatio. ¶ Ad hoc enī Re. pa. ⁊ dn̄i deus omnipotens/ miro qͦdam modo cūctis priusineſtimabili vos diuerſos quin ⁊ aduerſostāta multitudīe in vnū ꝯgregauit. Ad vostotus mūdus tanqͣꝫ ad ſignū ducēs naufragantes ad portū/ reſpicit hoc ip̄a eccl̓ia inenarrabilibꝰ lachrymis ⁊ gemitibꝰ a qͦlibetveſtꝝ q̄rendo reqͥrit. Iob. xxix. Quis mihitribuat vt ſim ſicut fui in diebꝰ adoleſcentiemee/ qn̄ omnipotēs erat mecū. Tūc em̄ omnipotēs erat ſecū/ qꝛ in priſcis patribꝰ nullū apparuit ꝯͣdictionis ſignū. ¶ Preſtolaỉetiā dies adoleſcentie ſue vt moribus ⁊ doctrinis ſanctoꝝ patꝝ decorata poſſit (vt aitbtūs Auguſtinus in ſermone ſuꝑ cantica)exēplo v̓ginis credēdo verbū diuinū conciꝑe ⁊ p̄dicādo parere. rebelles qͦꝫ ⁊ ꝯͣdicentes vigore ſue adoleſcētie in ruinā detrudere. Hoc ſignificauit virga aarō qn̄ dn̄s p̄cpit Moyſi. Numeri. xvij. Defer inqͥt v̓gāAarō in tabernaculū. vt ſeruet̉ in ſignū rebelliū filioꝝ iſrael. Uirga aarō florida ⁊ fructifera/ qͣꝫuis non ſarculo culta nec humefacta virginē ꝯcipientē ⁊ parientē qͣꝫuis virūnō cognoſcētē ſignat q̄ poſita erat in ſignūrebelliū .i. contradicentiū ⁊ ruinā. Et hoc ꝓpheta nūcianit domui Dauid. vbi thema.Nunqͥd paꝝ vobis ē moleſtos eſſe hoībꝰ .i.ꝯͣdicētes. qꝛ moleſti eſtis ⁊ deo meor ꝓpterhoc dabit dn̄s ip̄e vobis ſignū.Finit.SSequit̉ declaratioIcōpēdioſa defectuū viroꝝ eccl̓iaſticoꝝ.CTOrte dicit̉ mihi. eccl̓ia fundata eſt ſupra firmā petrā/ flauerūt venti inundauerūt flumina. nō ē paſſa ruinā. quō tu dicis reformatōne indiget? Autdic in qͥbꝰ. Sꝫ ſi in nullis eius ꝑtibꝰ ethrogeneis .i. in eius ſtatibꝰ/ vel in nullis ꝑtibusmaterialibꝰ ſiue fluētibꝰ .i. ſingularibꝰ ſuꝑpoſitis hodie correctōe ⁊ emēdatōne eccl̓iaindiget/ q̄ſo vbi ſunt tūc p̄cedentiū patrumſancte ⁊ rōnabiles ꝯſtitutōes innūere in eorū ꝯcilijs vel epl̓is papalibꝰ tradite? qͣꝝ obſeruātia nūc oblita nedū expediuit olim ſꝫ⁊ magis mō fidelibꝰ ſaluberrima eēt ⁊ oportuna. Et vt de pluribꝰ taceā ⁊ grādioribusl ¶ Primo vbi eſt ꝙ ep̄us bonus ⁊ ꝓbatus
oꝑe ⁊ doctrina eligat̉ nō puer nō hō carnalis/ ſpūaliū ignarus. ij. ¶ Ubi ē ꝙ clerici in duabꝰ ciuitatibꝰ/ ⁊ eccl̓ijs p̄bēdas velp̄latōes nō habeāt. iij. ¶ Ubi ꝙ ꝓ ſepultura/ ꝯfeſſione ordinatōe/ ꝓmotōe nullo p̄textu vbicūqꝫ aliqͥd exigat̉ aut det̉. iiij.Ꝙ nullus pͥncipū laicoꝝ capellanū habeat niſi ab ep̄o datū in caſu ab ep̄o deponendū vel corrigendū. v. ¶ Ꝙ nullus ep̄saut ſacerdos mūeribꝰ p̄cibꝰ ac fauoribꝰ ꝑſonaꝝ acceptōibꝰ ꝓmoueat̉. vi. ¶ Ubi ē ꝙep̄i extra dyoceſim nō morent̉. vij. ¶ Qnō plures qͣꝫ ſufficiāt ordinēt̉. viij. ¶ Ꝙep̄i ⁊ ſacerdotes ſpectaculis ⁊ ludis nō int̓ſint nec delectent̉. ix. ¶ Ꝙ ſacerdotes nihil fenoris/ aut ruſtici mīſterij exerceāt. necmercatores venatores aut negociatores fiant. x. ¶ Ꝙ negocia cauſaꝝ feſtiuis diebus ⁊ in eccl̓ijs nō tractent̉. xi. ¶ Ubi ēhodie ne rectores eccl̓aꝝ in ſuis ſtrēnui ſintrebꝰ/ ⁊ in eccl̓aſticis remiſſi. aut plus ꝓpriaqͣꝫ eccl̓iaſtica iura ꝓcurēt. xij. ¶ Ꝙ nō liceat dn̄is ⁊ p̄latis obſeruatōibꝰ ſuꝑſticioſisgentiliū attendere. nec diuinos ꝯſulere autſtellaꝝ curſus reſpicere in agēdis. xiij. ¶Ubi ſunt ſynodi ꝓuīciales ẜm patꝝ ꝯſtitutiones ſel̓ vel bis in āno celebrāde. xiiij.Ubi ꝙ nō licet quēcūqꝫ clericū vel ep̄m diedn̄ico abſentē eſſe/ ſꝫ miſſaꝝ ſolēnijs int̓eſſeieiunū. xv. ¶ Ꝙ clerici ad matutinū ſeuveſꝑtinū officia nō veniētes deponant̉ niſiep̄o vel decano ſatiſfaciāt. xvi. ¶ Ꝙ nōliceat clericis an̄ terciā horā prādere. ¶ xvijꝘ nullus ſacerdotū a qͥnqͣgeſima vſqꝫ paſcha carnes comedat. xviij. ¶ Ꝙ ſacerdotes aduentū chriſti ieiunēt. xix. ¶ Qclerici a ſubiectōne nō ceſſent. xx. ¶ Ubieſt hodie ne quicqͣꝫ ꝓ gradibꝰ ꝓ dignitatibus/ pro diuinis ſacramētis accipiat̉ xxi.Ne p̄lati monaſterijs vl̓ eccleſijs cōſanguineos ſuos vel eis fauētes p̄ficiāt xxij¶ Ꝙ non ordinent̉ qui pſalmorū canticorū ſeu hymnoruꝫ ignari ſunt. xxiij. ¶ Qꝫſcripturis diuinis ſtudeāt ep̄i ⁊ ſacerdotesmaxime monachi et religioſi. ſciētijs litigioſis et practicis omiſſis xxiiij. ¶ Ubi ꝙopp̄ſſores paupeꝝ potētes ⁊ tyrannos epiſcopi arguant et corripiāt xxv. ¶ Ubi ꝙper annos ſingulos epiſcopi parochias ſuas circūeant cum effectu. xxvi. ¶ Ut admēſam epiſcopi ſcripture diuine legant̉.xxvij ¶ Ꝙ epiſcopus angarias ⁊ impoſitiones vel huiuſmodi grauamina ſubiectꝭ