Epiſtola ad dn̄m cameracen̄.
ctionis nō affui/ quā tn̄ ꝯcluſam īpugnare ꝑtinaci anīoſitate nō p̄ſūpſi. Sꝫ poſtqͣꝫdn̄s nr̄ Bn̄dictus viā ceſſiōis ⁊ alia q̄ perebāt accōmoda ꝓ pace ⁊ reformatōe eccleſie dictꝰ eſt acceptaſſe/ opponit ſe paruitasmea cū odijs et diſcrimībꝰ nō modicꝭ/ vtip̄e neqꝫ papatū d̓ facto irreuerſibilē amiſiſſe/ neqꝫ hereticus aut ſciſmaticꝰ iudicādoeſſe cauſaret̉. Placuit quoqꝫ reſtitutio quā⁊ p̄dicaui corā celeberrimo cetu apl̓orum.Per hāc itaqꝫ ab ea nr̄a ſecū vnita/ portuꝫpacis general̓ attīgere faciliꝰ ſperabat̉. Deniqꝫ nō tā miſſus qͣꝫ coactꝰ legatꝰ ad dominū noſtꝝ ſuꝑ hac mat̓ia ꝓ ꝑte vniuerſitatꝭp̄clariſſime ſtudiorum/ cui ego filiꝰ negarepotui nihil ꝓpoſui pͥmo maſſilie. Dehic taraſcone ẜmonē hūc/ quē decorꝰ p̄ſentie veſtre nobiliſſime fulgor illuſtrauit. Hūc ſermonē ſicut ⁊ p̄ſentē ꝓpoſitiōem/ poſtularedignata ē celſitudo vr̄a ab exiguitate mea.qͣlis aūt ego ſum vt vel hͦ vel alid̓ qͥppiā denegare p̄ſumpſerim? accipite itaqꝫ ẜmoneꝫqͣliſcūqꝫ ille eſt. vbi aliqͣ ſed pauca ex dictatis/ in margine poſita ſunt/ q̄ breuitas preceps eripuit ne ꝓferreꝫ. Bn̄ valeat p̄claradn̄atio vr̄a ad ꝯmunē pacē et ꝓpriā ſaluteꝫꝯſeq̄ndā. ſcriptū taraſcone Anno dn̄i. M.cccciij: in vigilia epiphanieEpiſtōia dn̄o cameracenſi exiſtenti in curiaEcreuerā reuerēde pater et p̄ceptor ſingularis accuratiuſſi vacaſſet ꝑ dictatū quedamſcribere ꝯq̄ſturꝰ de ſiniſtra vl̓interp̄tatōe vl̓ relatōe dictoꝝīmo pluriū nō dictoꝝ in ẜmone circūciſioniſ habito taraſcōe corā dn̄o nr̄o tꝑe legationis mee ꝓ ꝑte alme vniuerſitatis pariſienſis mr̄is mee. Exꝑior itaqꝫ verā eſſe comici ſententiam nihil eſſe qͥn male narrando poſſit det̓iorari. Hāc ego eē vnā ex maximis difficultatibꝰ eſtimo q̄ reddūt officium p̄dicationis oneroſiſſimū. qͣs difficultates atqꝫ diſcrimīa Grego. et Chryẜ. qͥlibet in ſuo paſtorali. ⁊ Aug. iiij. d̓ doc. xp̄iana/ copioſiſſime narrauer̄t. Fit enī plerūqꝫ(loqͦr centies exꝑtus) vt p̄ſentes ī ẜmōe aliqͦ nō ſolū depͣuent bn̄ dicta/ ſed ea q̄ nullomō dicta ſūt ꝯſtāter affirmēt ꝓ ꝓlatꝭ Stultoꝝ qͥdem infinitꝰ ē numerꝰ. Eſt tn̄ ſapiētꝭaſſertio. Stultus nō capit verba prudētieniſi ea dixeris q̄ verſant̉ in corde ſuo. Ueꝝ
quoqꝫ eſt dictū apulei/ multos eē qͥ ſol̓ auribus corꝑis philoſophant̉. intellectū vero vel nullū habēt/ vel illū variāt ꝓ varictate paſſionū ⁊ affectionū. quēadmodū in ſonitu campanaꝝ ſumimꝰ argumētū. Dicūtenī (vt vulgari more loqͣr) quod volumusPorro mihi cōſcius ſuꝫ nihil ꝓtuliſſe tūcquod nō eſſet ſacre fidei/ monitiſqꝫ ſalubribus accōmodū et examinata veritate ſtabilitū. Nihilominus quot bone ieſu ſuꝑ eodē ſermone mihi reuelata ſunt/ q̄ nedū nondixerā ſꝫ nec cogitauerā. Quot peruerſe capta et ꝑuerſius impugnata audacter aſſerere quoſdā poſtmodū p̄ſentes/ viderīt ip̄tꝰquo ſtudio vel cōtradicēdi vel vane ꝯplacendi ſeu zelo vel ignorātia moti queſiſſeꝟitates ꝑ me poſitas impugnare/ ⁊ ꝑ rōespalā erroneas. ſed nolo ſequi relatōnes ſolas hominū in tanto negocio defēdēde veritatis/ ne pugnemus/ vt dicit̉ in tenebrꝭ.Habuiſſent igit̉ dictorū meorū for mā ꝓpriā et limitatōnē/ adeo vt trāſpoſitio ſepevel omiſſio vnius vocabuli ſentētiā variaſſet. habuiſſent inqͣꝫ formā ip̄am / habuiſſem viceuerſa ſolide que dixiſſent. nūqͣꝫ refugiſſem ꝓ veritatꝭ defenſiōe ꝯgredi. ſꝫ qͥdagerem? nihil obiectū eſt qd̓ ſtruerim dumeſſem p̄ſens/ potēſqꝫ v̓botenus reſpōdere.ſꝫ lōgo poſtmodū interuallo me abſente et̓ſurdo vocibꝰ eoꝝ plurima variaqꝫ ī oppoſitū dicta p̄dicataqꝫ ego ſolis rumoribꝰ accepi/ qͥbꝰ cur nō magno conatu rn̄dere parauerim iā exp̄ſſi. Nouiſſime aūt heſternoveſꝑe ſcripſit ex vnus amicis fideliſſimis/ſe audiſſe ab alt̓o qui ſil̓r audierat ab alijsgrauibus (vt dicebat viris) me dixiſſe intercetera ꝙ hoīe in articl̓o mortꝭ exn̄te qͥlibetſacerdos habꝫ eqͣlē ptātē cū papa in indulgentijs dādis a pena et culpa. ¶ Hāc veroaſſertōem certiſſimus ſū nec ſenſiſſe nec dixiſſe/ qͣꝫqͣꝫ ſi de ptāte ordīs ī caſu neceſſitatis fieret locutio/ ſcitū ē ſatis qͥd doctoresſentētient. Deniqꝫ qͥd dixerim vn̄ error tal̓potuerit in aliqͥbus paꝝ forſan aduertentibus ad v̓boꝝ formā elici. Pono diffuſioriẜmone ī cartula colligata p̄ſentibꝰ Tu p̄textor ſapiētiſſime corā tuis ocul̓ totꝰ palamſum tibi intꝰ et ī cute noīꝰ. Dignerꝭ acciꝑebaculū defenſiōis mee ī hoc articulo. quoapp̄hēſo voces oppoſitas (ſi ita dignū viſum fuerit) valeas ꝯpeſcere. Poſtremo totū ip̄m ẜmonē quē hactenꝰ recōditū abſqꝫmultiplicatōne in alias manus habui mit