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capite deo. ita ī meo corꝑe ſub ſūmo pōtifice pͥmates vl̓ pr̄iarche archiep̄i ⁊ ep̄i. archiO p̄ſbyteri p̄ſbyt̓i ⁊ abbates ⁊ reliqͥ. ¶ Eſt aliapͥncipalior ⁊ cuiꝰ gr̄a hͦ īſtituta fuit vt qͣꝫtūpatit̉ corpꝰ corruptibile qd̓ celeſtes hn̄t ꝑfecte habeāt t̓reſtres ex ꝑte Illi vidēt ꝑ ſpēꝫvideāt iſti ꝑ ſapīaꝫ ⁊ fidē. Illi deū tenēt pn̄tē ꝑ cōp̄hēſionē. teneāt abn̄tē iſti ꝑ ſpeꝫ. illi deo fruunt̉ plēa charitate. fruant̉ iſti qͣꝫtapn̄t ī corꝑe p̄gͣuāte Deū colāt ⁊ adorēt quōbtī. caſti ſint quō btī. ſapiāt q̄ ſurſū ſūt nō q̄ſuꝑ t̓rā quō btī. ⁊ ſic poſſeꝫ diſcurrere ꝑ ceteras v̓tutes. recte ſane ſic ordīauit ſapiensartifex. Nā ſi ꝓpͥa rō mea q̄rit̉ ⁊ mei collatio ad celeſtē ciuitatē faciēda ē. Ego ſū via⁊ motꝰ ī illā illa finis ac terminꝰ. Ego peregrīatio raptī trāſiēs. illa pr̄ia ſꝑ manēs.Ego militātiū iugecertamē. illa letꝰ victorū triūphꝰ. Ego vall̓ miſerie illa mōs leticie. Ego mare tēpeſtuoſū. illa portꝰ trāqͥllꝰEgo exiliū. illa natale ſoluꝫ. Itaqꝫ quēadmodū motꝰ ex ſuo t̓mīo ad quem vadit. ſicego ex illa ꝓpriā traho rōnē. Quātū ad illāacceſſero tātū ꝟitatꝭ acqͥro Si tēdere d̓ſidero amiſſo noīe ꝓpͥo ī alterā formā ꝯuertor.Un̄ deꝰ ꝯditor meꝰ aſcēdēs ī celū qͥd aliuovoluit qͣꝫ vt eū mente ſeq̄rer qͦ ꝓgrediebat̉corꝑe vt illic eēt cor meū vbi eēt theſaurusmeꝰ. amor meꝰ. ſpes ⁊ deſideriū. Nōne affixit mihi pēnas qͥbꝰ ī terrꝭ corꝑe iacēte mēte volarē ī celos. Sūt etem̄ pēne volucresmihi q̄ celſa ꝯſcēdūt poli. qͣs ſibi cū veloymēs īduit/ t̓ras ꝑoſa deſpic̄. Sꝫ q̄ ſūt ille?fides ſpes charitas nihil cū t̓ra cōe gerēteſſꝫ tote celeſtes. Nōne ẜꝫ has v̓tutes me cōſuſcitauit deꝰ ⁊ ꝯſedere fec̄ ī celeſtibꝰ in xp̄oieſu. O mira atꝫ deſiderabil̓ imitatio qͣ celeſtior qͣꝫ t̓reſtrior effecta n̄ dubitor. Oīa ciuitatꝭ illiꝰ ordinē eloquūt̉ celi/ ſidera/ elemētamixta cuꝫ ordīatiſſimis legibꝰ deo ſeruiātUn̄ ⁊ natura duce an̄ xp̄m meū natū/ gētitiliū ſacerdotū ptātes ita erāt ordīate vt archiflamībꝰ flamīes ſubeſſent. a qͥbꝰ adhucꝓuīciarū ac dioceſiū diſcretōeꝫ ꝑtitionēqꝫretineo. Ptātes aūtterrenas qͥs ordīatasambigat? Nō ē ptās niſi a deo. q̄ āt a deo ſt̓ordīata ſūt. Ueꝝ ordīs mei pulcritudo lōge p̄ſtātior exp̄ſſior atqꝫ vicinior. Huiꝰ curā p̄cipuā ac pene vnicācuſtodibꝰ qͦs mihi reliqͥt in terrꝭ meꝰ ꝯditor mādauit. Exēplū īquiēs dedi vob̓ vt quēadmodū ego feci ita ⁊ vos faciatꝭ. Si ſil̓itudīes pulcherrimas celeſtꝭ ordīs in terrꝭ poſui vos illas
ẜuate. vr̄m ē officiū vt cet̓os purgetꝭ illuminētꝭ ꝑficiatꝭ qͣtinꝰ celeſtē portēt imaginēIdcirco vos purgaui illuminaui ꝑfeci. qꝛnec ſordulētū mūdificat. nec tenebroſū illuminat. nec diminuta ꝑficiūt. ¶ Et vos qͣles Ecuſtodes mee ſpōſe ſubſtitueritꝭ etiā atꝫ etiam caute ꝯſideretꝭ. qͣꝫdiu recte his mādatꝭeſt obeditū. ſpūs valuit. caro iacuit. eximiaꝑ totū orbē t̓raꝝ diffuſa ſū. Pax vbiqꝫ portabat̉/ vbiqꝫ recipiebat̉/ ferrea corda līguisigneis ⁊ v̓bis ignitꝭ liq̄ſcebāt. Sꝫ heu qͥdde calamitate pn̄tiū tēpoꝝ q̄rar miſera? qͥbꝰꝓ celeſti ordīe ꝑturbor ꝯfuſiōe/ ⁊ ex ſil̓itudine celeſti q̄ mihi vita ē/ ad īferni ſil̓itudinēvbi nullꝰ ordo ſꝫ ſempit̓nꝰ horror inhītat q̄mihi mors ē manibꝰ īpij ꝑtrahor? Deniqꝫex diſtīctiſſima mēbroꝝ d̓cētia ī chaoſanaxagoreū/ niſi manꝰ ꝯditoris retētaret ꝓpedilaberer. Siccine mi rex te ſeqͦr? Siccinecelos peto? Siccine mr̄is celeſtis venerat̉imago? Uix iā ordo meꝰ quē īſtituiſti legitur in librꝭ. qͣꝫto minꝰ ī moribꝰ. Cernere eſtarchiep̄os/ pͥmates ſuos/ vel igͦrare vl̓ ꝯtēnere aduerſus illos aut ꝯſuetudīs diuturne p̄ſcpͥtōeꝫ aut exceptōꝫ allegare. Et nonne hec eadē ab inferioribꝰ ſuis archiep̄i patiūt̉? Cernere ē ꝓfeſſos pauꝑtatē ita vt necī pͥuato nec ī cōi ſibi qͥcqͣꝫ reẜuauerint. qͦ liberiꝰ ī terris charitatꝭ ardore ſeraphin. ſcīeplenitudine cherubin imitarēt̉/ aut ad p̄laturas niſibꝰ ſūmis aſpirare. aut ſi hͦ nō audeāt ad bn̄ficioꝝ minoꝝ qd̓ ē inuſitatiꝰ cōmēdas currere. nō veritoſ ne cū vxore lothretroſpiciētes ī ſalis effigiē redigāt̉. neqꝫ ſatis mēores ananie ⁊ ſaphire. Miꝝ ē nō alios cō feſtinare ditari his qͦꝝ ꝓfeſſio vetatditari. Cur enī aſſidue pulſant aures apl̓icas/ qͣtinꝰ noua pͥuilegia valeāt extorquereSi hͦ vt pb̓lice ꝓficiat/ magꝭ qͣꝫ marſupiarepleāt. ſplēdide viuāt. pauꝑtatē quā vouerūt exuāt ip̄i viderint. qͣꝫ qͣꝫ ml̓ta me exꝑientia mgr̄a docuerit/ nolim tn̄ iudicare Uideas alios nouē ordībꝰ nō ꝯtētos. nō eniꝫnouenis bn̄ficijs ſaturāt̉. tādiu nouos hiatus pādere qͣꝫdiu viuāt. ꝯiūgere domū addomū/ agrū agro copulare qͣſi ī medio t̓reſoli hītarēt. ip̄m veꝝ ve ꝓpheticū ꝓ fabulaꝯtēnere. Uideas fere oēs ſūmis īportunitatibꝰ ī leges irruere dū nūc petūt gr̄aꝫ obtinēdoꝝ ſil̓ īcōꝑatibiliū nūc ī abſentia poſſe fructꝰ colligere. nunc an̄ oēs magnas dignitates aſſeqͥ. nūc ad ſacros ordīes nō cōpelli. ⁊ mille alia rectꝭ legibꝰ vetita. Ubi nō