De martyribus

¶ Quinto colligit̉ Martyrū dignitas ex xp̄i imitatione ⁊ cōformitate. Hi em̄ mīſtri xp̄i ſūt ſequuti cūcruce eū. ꝯformes pͦ ceteris xp̄o qͥppe qͥ cū illo cādidi⁊ rubicūdi Cādidi ꝑ mētis puritatē. rubicūdi ꝑ paſſionis acerbitatē. Nullo em̄ gn̄e virtutū qͥdā ait magis xp̄o qͥs cōformat̉ qͣꝫ in ſuſtinēdo aduerſa. Un̄ eſtquaſi nobile iocale xp̄i ⁊ quaſi veſtis ſignatica ſuoꝝelectorū. equus aut ſoliū cui dn̄s ip̄e inſidet. cui etiaꝫīponit qͦs vult hōrari Et ſicut ſectati ſunt xp̄m ī vita ꝑ iuſticie obſeruantiā. Ita etiā imitati ſunt eumin morte per pacīe ſuſtinentiā. Uere magna gl̓a ẜuicōformari ſuo dn̄o ⁊ dn̄o tali. ¶ Sexto ex mortꝭ p̄cioſitate Nā. p̄s. teſte Precioſa eſt in cōſpcū dominimors ſcōrū eꝰ. tamēt ſi inſipientiū oculis viſi ſt̓ mori Precioſa inquit .i. p̄cio plēa ꝯꝑantes p̄cio illo ⁊ ōniū pctōrū remiſſionē ⁊ eterne gl̓ie ꝑceptionē. Iſtaem̄ duo p̄cio ſanguīs ſibi emerūt. Hoc tn̄ adiūcto ꝙſtolas ſuas in ſanguine agni lauerūt Hinc Augꝰ decitate dei. Quid ē p̄cioſius qͣꝫ mors ſcōrū ꝓpter quaꝫdelicta dimittūtur ⁊ merita cumulātur. Et ſuꝑ Ioannē. Precioſus eſt inquit ſanguis xp̄i ſine pctō faciens ⁊ ſuorū ſanguinē p̄cioſū. ꝓ quibꝰ dedit ſuū ſanguinē p̄cioſum. Nā ſi ſuorū ſanguinē nō faceret p̄cioſū nō diceret̉ p̄cioſa in cōſpcū dn̄i mors ſcōꝝ eiusHinc etiā Bernar. ait Uere p̄cioſa mors ſcōꝝ Triaem̄ ſunt que cā faciūt p̄cioſā: Quies .ſ. a labore. gaudiū de nouitate. ſecuritas de eterna btītudine ¶ Septimo ex euolationis ſecuritate. Aiūt em̄ doctores qͣtuor hōim gn̄ibꝰ mox pateſcere celū poſt tranſitumſtatimqꝫ dicūt eos euolare ẜm ꝙ quater legiꝰ diuerẜcelos aꝑtos. ſcꝫ pure innocētibꝰ ⁊ baptiſatꝭ. ꝑfcē peītentibꝰ. ſublimia ꝯtemplātibꝰ iā amore ꝑfcīs ⁊ martyribꝰ ſcīs vt ip̄i declarāt ſed de martyribꝰ hic nobisſermo tenendꝰ. De quibꝰ qͥdam ait. Qꝭ hoc pͥuilegiomartyrium decoretur. vt qui ꝑꝑ deum morte ſe offerunt in deo ſtatim inueniāt vitam. ⁊ qui cōtemnuntviuere propter deū mori cupientes. in deo inueniantſibi vitā p̄paratā. falce em̄ martyrij abſcindit̉ ſi quidpurgabile habet Et ideo ait Auguſt. ad menſam xp̄inon ſic eos cōmeōramꝰ quēadmodū alios vt ꝓ eis oremus. ſed magis vt eorum veſtigijs inhercamusO grandis vis martyrij mox aperire potens valuasceli. O terqꝫ quaterqꝫ vos beati qui hoc munere eſtdecorati. Potens ergo potentia martyrij emundāsomnem imperfectionem animi introducens in thalamum ſponſi in quem nil intrabit contaminatum¶ Octauo ex mandatorum chriſti perfecta obſeruabilitate Inter ceteros enim hi perfectius legis cardinem Hoc eſt mandatum de dilectione dei in qͣ omnis lex ⁊ prophete pendent ſeruarunt qui ſeſe ex charitate impenderunt. Qui etiam ſoli illud mandatuꝫchriſti aut conciliū impleuerunt. quod dixit Math̓.xvi. ¶ Si quis vult venire poſt me abneget ſemetipſum ⁊ tollat crucē ſuam ⁊ ſequat̉ me. vbi tria com

plectūt̉ q̄ ad rōem martyrij requirūt̉ ⁊ ab eis īplent.ſcꝫ ꝓprie vite abdicatio. mortis nō naturalis ſꝫ violēte ⁊ opprobrioſe illatio Iuſte cauſe terminatio ſcilicꝫpropt̓ chriſti ſeq̄lam. que in omnibꝰ ē reꝑire. ¶ Nonō ex ſolatioꝝ ml̓tiplicitate Quēadmodū em̄ hūj p̄ceteris aduerſa ꝓ chriſto ſuſtinebāt Ita ⁊ p̄ ill̓ ſolacijsgaudebāt vt ex ſn̄ia illud p̄s dicere pn̄t Secūdū ml̓titudinem dolorū meorū in corde meo ⁊c̄ Et cū apoſtolo ſicut abūdāt paſſiones ⁊c̄ Dicit̉ em̄ in decretisCredēdū ē ꝙ martires tormēta nō ꝓpria virtute ſeddiuina paciēter tulerūt Tm̄ eī erat gaudiū ꝑtis īferioris ⁊ ſuꝑioris a deo īmiſſum ad p̄guſtādū premiumgl̓e eis p̄paratū ad volūtati diuine parēdū ⁊ ad xp̄mdn̄m̄ in paſſione imitādū deſideriū tm̄ quod redūdabat in ꝑtem ſenſitiuā ⁊ refrigeriū p̄ſtabat vt minuspenas ſentirent Et in̄ eueniebat ꝙ in tormētꝭ gaudebant. tyrānis īſultabāt. ad alia tormēta īferēda inuitabāt ꝟba ⁊ geſtus leticie p̄tendebāt. vt ptꝫ in paſſionibꝰ ml̓torū vt laurētij ⁊ vicēcij Ita ꝙ canit eccāGaudet martyr in agone ſpe ſalutis ⁊ corone que datur fidelibꝰ ꝓ chriſto certantibꝰ Annotet qͥſqꝫ dulciailla verba martyrū Sunt em̄ ſuꝑ mel ⁊ fauū dulciora ad meditādum Laurētius dixit. diſce miſer ꝙ carbones tui refrigeriū mihi p̄ſtāt Et rurſus aſſatumē vnū latus iā verſa ⁊ māduca Uincentius tortoresincitabat tortus dicebat has epulas ſꝑoptaui Uereignita eloquia martyrū indicia magnarum ꝯſolationū ¶Poſtremo patet eorum dignitas ex ꝯmendationis multidine ⁊ cultus ſingularitate Nam laushorum in eccā ſcōrū ⁊ eorū memoria non accipiet obliuionem viuēt em̄ noīa eorū in eternum Sunt em̄ꝯmendati ab āgelis in apocalypſi vbi ioh̓i. martyrūexercitus oſtēditur a ſapiētibꝰ vt in libris ſapiētialibꝰ ptꝫ ⁊ pleriſqꝫ epl̓is officio eccāſtico. ⁊ quē pͥmo dixiſſem chriſtus eos ꝯmēdauit dū in turbas oculos attollens btīficauit in myſterio martyruꝫ exercitus. vn̄de martiribus euangelia illa legūt̉ ſed ꝯfitet̉ eos xp̄scorā prē ſuo. deniqꝫ a trinitate coronāt̉ ꝓ meritꝭ Abeccā q̄ celebrat eorū natalicia ⁊ reliquias ſecure venerāt̉ O vere laudādi a nobis qͥ ſunt laudati a tātis¶ Martyrū in nos beneficia Mēbrum quartumAm de martyrum beneficijs videnduꝫ ꝓ qͥbꝰimerito eſt eis regraciandum. Et ſunt intercetera iſta.Excutiūt. firmādo. docet. meritꝭ p̄ce ſōſtāt¶ Primo em̄ torporē excutiūt ⁊ exēploīcitāt dū ip̄inob̓ ſil̓es paſſibiles qͦrū aliqͥ ml̓to nob̓ erāt delicatiores adoleſcētiores ẜm ſcl̓uꝫ potētiores. ⁊ tn̄ tā viriliter ſuſtinuerūt vt Cryẜ. torti torquētibꝰ fortiores ſteter̄t ac laniātes vngulas laniata eorū mēbra vicertEt ideo cryẜ. ait Tu chriſtiane delicatus es miles ſiputas te poſſe ſine pugna vincere ſine ētamīe triumphare Exerce vires fortiter dimica atrocit̉ in prelio