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tē hanc docuit qn̄ chariſſimū aōris pignꝰ relinquere curauit. Docuit inqͣꝫ vt mgr̄ verba vite et̓ne hn̄sa primis elemētis docēs ⁊ dicēs. hoc facite in meaꝫcōmemorationē. Neqꝫ terreat hūilis actꝰ cōmeōrationis q̄ tanqͣꝫ vēter eſt aīe ⁊ primū indoctis elemētū. Tam em̄ in oībꝰ efficax vt oīm artiū ſciētiarum⁊ ꝯſilioꝝ ꝑfectio ⁊ ꝯſūmatio ſit. Ex hoc em̄ gͣno cōmeōratiōis oīa prodierūt. Scīa oīs vel ars qͣꝫtūcunqꝫ ſplendida vel ſpectabilis polluceat ꝯmeōrādo meditādo accepit vt ex teneris pͥmordijs in eū ſplēdorēerūpet. Qꝭ ſi xe tā ꝑuo fonte cōmeōratiōis etiā in reꝓphana tantꝰ fructꝰ exūdat. qͥd credendū ſperādumīmo fiducialiter p̄ſumendū in re ſacra. ¶ Quicūqꝫigit̉ volet ꝓ foribꝰ acdomi naſcentē hrē ſalutē ambulet cōmeōrando latā planā facilē hanc ſalutis viamquā fidelibꝰ cōſtrauit deus Sola em̄ cōmeōratio exigitur q̄ ſi fidelit̓ fiat reliqua oīa ſpontanea erūt Nemo tā leuis voluntatis potētie aīalis taꝫ debilis vtnō ei cōmeōratio facilis aut ſaltē tolerabilis fiat.Tu igit̉ dulciſſime hoīm amator ieſu qͥ cōmeōrationis gradū docuiſti. oro ꝑ hanc tuā doctrinā concede mihi puero tuo ſꝑ ⁊ vbiqꝫ ſalutaria cōmeōrare.Inſtitue et firma me in hac via cōmeōratiōis qͦ tādeꝫ altiorē gradū attingā cōſideratiōis Et notandū ꝙ in hoc gradū ſufficit cōmēiniſſe t̓m̄ vt ſcꝫ hō cogitet vel cōmeōret ea que fides vel textꝰ de illa mat̓iatenet. Nā cōmeōratio ē cogitatio vel tractatio p̄deꝫcognitoꝝ. Et ꝓ cōmeōrando valēt iteratio ⁊ conduplicatio colores rethorici. Modi qͦꝫ oēs prolōgandi⁊ rē circūducēdi ⁊ colores idē dicētes. de qͥbꝰ nob̓ nilhic dicendū. Hoc itē ſciendū ꝙ in hijs gradibꝰ intellectiuis ꝓcedendū eſt Caſte .i. non vltra qͣꝫ limespoſtulat ne gradꝰ cōfundātur. Pedetentim ex alt̓oin alteꝝ. Lente .i. moroſe ⁊ ordinate vt ex minoribꝰad maiora ex germanis ad germana ꝓcedat̉¶ Cōſideratio. ¶ Secūdꝰ monitiōis gradꝰ qͥ recteſubſeqͥtur gradū priorē Nā ex frequēti cōmeōratiōeꝯſideratiōis oculꝰ vigorat̉ ⁊ acuit̉ vt nō ſolū ꝯͣmeōret iuxta dn̄i primum inſtitutū. ſꝫ accingat̉ ad altiora vt iuxta verbū ſapiētis ꝯſideret ⁊ cōmeōrata ꝯſideret diligēter. Eſt āt hec Cōſideratio ſedula ⁊ iterata cōmeōratio cū intentiōe aliqͥd eruēdi Et attēta īheſio donec ꝓprie qd̓qꝫ ꝯmeōratū ꝯgnoſcat̉. Undepꝫ ꝙ hec nō ſolū ꝯmeorat cognita. ſed ⁊ incognita īueſtigare nitit̉ ⁊ penetrare Et notandū ꝙ duplicit̓Cōſideratio hec capi p̄t Scꝫ gn̄aliter ⁊ ꝓprie Gn̄aliter ꝓut ſcꝫ ſe diffundit ad res vſqꝫqͣqꝫ diffuſas ꝓſpiciendas ꝯſiderās oīa q̄ ſe offerūt circarē ꝯmeōratāꝯſiderāda. Et ſic ſub ſe ꝯp̄hendit oēs gradꝰ intellectiuos Attētionē ſcꝫ explanationē ⁊c̄ vſqꝫ ad diiudicationē. Scd̓o ꝓprie capit̉ ꝓut ſcꝫ limitat̉ circa c̓taaliqͣ ꝯſiderāda. ⁊ ſic diſtinguit̉ a gradibꝰ ceterꝭ intellectiuis. Et ſic hic nob̓ capiēda ¶ Utile em̄ ⁊ oꝑe p̄-

ciū eſt diſtinguere inter ſe hos gradꝰ intellectīos ꝓpter habendā āpliorē fecūditatē ⁊ ꝯmeōratiōeꝫ. Utdū ſingulis his gradibꝰ vtilia p̄cepta reꝑta fuerīt fecūdior ⁊ latior fiat hō ⁊ copioſior in meditatiōe Sigulis em̄ gradibꝰ ſua inſtrumēta .i. colores ⁊ rethorici loci eēt aſſignāda. de qͥbꝰ ſcribētes de rethorica īquirendi Proprie igit̉ ꝯſideratio accepta cōſiderare habetQuidditatēqͥd ſitQualitatē rei cōmeōrate vt .ſ. qͣle ſitScꝫActum inquirat.qͥd agat.Aut ſi thema aliqd̓ fuerit an̄ cōmeōratū Cōſideraſubiectūtio illd̓ dīdere hꝫ ī mͥbra ꝓ ſeq̄nº p̄dicatū thēatꝭ ip̄iꝰdeterminās¶ Precipue tn̄ ꝯſideratio qͥd nōis inqͥrit volēs ꝯuertibile eiꝰ ⁊ diffinite qͥcquid ponit̉ agnoſcere. Un̄ potiſſimū tribꝰ coloribꝰ tractari p̄tint̓p̄tatiōe ꝯmutat qd̓ poſitū ē verbū.ſ. diffinitiōe q̄ eſſe rei ꝑ ſubſtātialia deſignat.deſcpͥtiōe ꝑ accidētalia eſſe rei deſcribit.Qui colores quō fieri hn̄t in rethoricis libris reqͥrendū. Breue aſſignādū cōſideratiōis exemplū. Cōmeōrato xp̄s paſſus ꝓ nobis. Rōſideratio mox inquirere hꝫ. Et quis eſt ille xp̄s niſi ieſus nazarenꝰ. Uerexp̄s totus vnctꝰ: totꝰ ſuauis adeo mei amās vt measamaritudīes duro mihi calice potādas ip̄e ꝓ me biberet qͥppe ꝓ me paſſus ⁊c̄. Sic de paſſus inqͥrēdumqͥd ſit illud pati. Itēqꝫ ⁊ de ꝓnobis qͥ ſunt illi ⁊ qͣlesꝓ quibꝰ ſit paſſus. Singula locis p̄numeratꝭ. Unde grādis eſt latitudo gradꝰ huiꝰ ⁊ copia ml̓ta nīs.Qui tractari p̄t oībus locis topicis ⁊ attributꝭ negocij ⁊ ꝑſone. vt ꝯſideret rei qͥdditatē quo ad nomē naturā ſexū. notā. genꝰ ſpēm ⁊c̄IAtentio. tertiꝰ monitiōis gradꝰ reē ſubſeqͥt̉ꝯſiderationem. Nā vbi aliquid de re ꝯmeōrata ꝑ conſiderationē oculꝰ mentis viderit ⁊ penetrauerit ſcīe amplioris cupidꝰ magis ſe illi ſciēdo ꝑ attentionē infigit Attentio em̄ nihil aliud niſi fixa cōſideratio rei cōmemorate ⁊ ꝓpͥe ꝯſiderate. ꝓprie commemorateqͣꝫtitatēdignū ⁊ p̄cipuūattēdēsmirabilitatē. ſ ſi mirabile caꝝ ⁊ nouū:vt ilitatēvtile ⁊ cōmodoſumHij em̄ ſunt loci attētiōis Et tractari dn̄t illis coloribꝰ qui delucidationē ⁊ acrimoniā hn̄t qͥ ſunt val̓de numeroſi. vn̄ nec a nobis recenſendi. Locꝰ qͦꝫ amplificatiōis ⁊ auctiōis ⁊ modis dicēdi aliqd̓ magnū⁊ nouū q̄ in rethoricis patēt. Pro cōcilianda aūt⁊ cōbinanda attētiōe ad cōſiderationē hͦ mō dicēdūNō negligēter aduertendū. nō ꝑfunctorie trāſeūduꝫnō ſuꝑficietenꝰ hinc gradiendū magis attēdenduminnitendū ꝓfundandū. Quātus ſit is chriſtꝰ pro no

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