De regione creaturarū

creaturaꝝ laudibꝰ ꝯſūmaret qͣꝫtū in deū eleuabat̉vbi floꝝ pulchritudinē ſolis ⁊ lune claritatē ꝯtēplabatur. teſtant̉ eꝰ cātica quāta habuit ex eiꝰ cōtēplatione hmōi recreamēta. Sic ⁊ prēs heremicole ex horridiſſimis bufonibꝰ in laudē ſurrexerūt ¶ Eſt aūt altior qͥdā ⁊ nō indeuotior modꝰ ꝯſiderandi quē nouihabuiſſe quēdā ſapientiſſimū. Qui in oībꝰ oꝑantemdeū inſpiciebat. In igne .ſ. calefacientē. in ſole lucētē. feruentē. fouentē. germinātē. Ut ſcꝫ ꝯſideremusꝙ non tā nob̓ creature ſubſeruiāt qͣꝫ creator nob̓ oīaſuo iuſſu p̄ſtet Quā cōtemplationē dn̄s etiaꝫ docuitmechteldim vt ſuꝑ oēs oꝑationes creaturaꝝ referretīmediate ad deū Uere deuota Ecce ſunt hi mōi qͥbꝰdeuoti in creaturaꝝ regione negociari pn̄t vel d̓ apeſmedio vere florido in cāpo vndiqꝫ inueniētes qͦ ſe ferant in deū qͥcquid decoris cernūt ei attribuēdo. vt īSoliloquio Bern̄. ⁊ Ancel. in de qͣttuor exercitijs¶ Cōſideranda a ſpeculatiuo Capl̓m quartumErtio hꝫ hic ſpeculatiuꝰ qͦ p̄t aſcendere in deūcui totꝰ mūdus ē velud ſpeculuꝫ ꝑ qd̓ ꝯtēplat̉artificē ſūmū ⁊ vehiculis ꝑ qd̓ aſcendit in eū A magnitudine nāqꝫ ſpēi ⁊ creature cognoſcibiliter p̄t horūcreator videriArcatione ꝑ q̄ patēt īui potentiaEx eoꝝᵐ gubernatiōe ſibilia dei .ſ. ſapientiaꝯſeruatiōebonitas.Inuiſibilia qͥppe eꝰ a creat̉a manifeſtata ꝑea q̄ fctāſunt intellcā ꝯſpiciūtur. In illis āt tribꝰ ⁊ oīa ꝯſiſtūtab illis oīa ꝓcedūt. ꝑ ea oīa regūtur Potētia creat.Sapīa gub̓nat. benignitas ꝯẜuat. Ita tn̄ ꝙ ſicut indeo vnū ſūt. ita in oꝑatione ſeꝑari nō pn̄t. Que triainter cetera on̄dit ſeptiformis cōditio creaturarū. vtvult Bōauentura ⁊ ſunt iſte(ordoOrtꝰ. mag. mult. pulch. plenūqꝫ oꝑato et¶ Primo ex reꝝ origine q̄ ẜm creatione diſtinctionē⁊ ornatū qͣꝫtū ad oꝑa ſex dieꝝ dīnā p̄dicat potentiāde nihilo cūcta ꝓducentē. Sapīaꝫ lucide cūcta diſtīguentē Bonitatē cūcta largiter adornantē Iō eī mūdū ꝑduxit vt ſe noſcibilē exhiberet. ſicut artifex ex artificio tali. Hic nota de tribꝰ oꝑbꝰ Secūdo ex creaturaꝝ magnitudine q̄ cōſiſtit in mole lōgitudīs. latitudīs. ⁊ ꝓfundi In excellentia virtutis lōge. late ꝓfunde ſe extēdentis. In efficatia oꝑatiōis Intime cōtinue ⁊ diffuſe. In qͥbꝰ oībꝰ hec tria patēt. Potiſſimū tn̄ ad oculū potētia hic relucet Patet em̄ ꝙ immēſe ſit magnitudīs qͥ tā magͣ fecit Nā vt magītudinē celi trāſeamꝰ. qd̓ āt Anthoni. ⁊ Bernardi. allegāt tāte magnitudīs d̓r eē a ſapientibꝰ ꝙ ſi de nouocrearent̉ tot terre ⁊ tāte qͣꝫta ē ea q̄ nūc eſt qͦt ſūt grana arene maris oēs ſil̓ nō adequarent̉ magnitudiniceli. qͥ tn̄ pl̓es bn̄. xiij. de quoꝝ magnitudīe mirabiliadicūtur. ſꝫ trāſitis illis qͥs magnitudinē terre digneeſtimabit Ampliꝰ āt aq̄ cꝰ ſpera decies ad minꝰ maior ⁊ ꝯn̄ter de ceteris elemētis Quis etiā cōtentoruꝫ

in his aīaliū magītudinē ſatꝭ mirabit̉: qͣles dracōesquātiqꝫ inueniātur neō niſi qͥ geſta patꝝ nō legit ignorat Sed vt de aīalibꝰ taceamꝰ qͥs volucꝝ magnitudinē ⁊ quantitatē ꝯp̄hendet Si forſan qd̓ Marcus paulꝰ vir fide digniſſimꝰ de auc q̄ d̓r Cuſch narrat ego voluero narrare ꝙ ſcꝫ elephantē ſubleuet inaera Qꝭ ſi inſuꝑ de trocco q̄ adiecero qͥs nō expaueſcet quō facili velatū balenas cete ⁊ naues onuſtas inaere ex vnguibꝰ veſcit̉ more qͦ apud nos miluꝰ murēdilaniat Laceo cetera Nec mirū ſi aīantia repiantur tā magna cū hōies quantitate nimia ſint repti.Qui Augꝰ. de cītate dei legit qͥ iteꝫ hiſtorias vidit q̄dico nouit Nōne tytionis ſepulchrū nouē iugeꝝ oſtēditur. Horreo dicere qd̓ de pallāte alijſqꝫ gigatibusaudiui ⁊ legi d̓t ſe Augꝰ vidiſſe vnū dētē vn̄ facile cētū nrōꝝ erui potuiſſent Scribit decanꝰ mogūtinꝰin Ioppe eē coſtā gigātis lōgitudīs xl. pedū Magnaergo aīalia terra hꝫ. Narrat aūt Henricꝰ haſſie ſuꝑbiblie initio ꝙ aīalia aq̄ in tribꝰ excedūt aīantia terre ⁊ aeris ſcꝫ quātitate. nūeroſitate. mōſtruoſitate.⁊ cās aſſignat Hec pauca cōmeōraui de magnis oꝑibus dei vt maior ip̄e pateſcat. vn̄ hec ꝯtemplās Ambroſi. dixit. Accedat inquiēs q̄cūqꝫ creatura ⁊ faciattale celū ⁊ talē terrā. īmo adijcio vel beſtias tl̓es dicāqꝛ deꝰ ē Sꝫ qꝛ nulla creatura hoc facere p̄t ꝯſtat hūcſolū eē potētiſſimū deū Tertio ex multitudīe reꝝ q̄ꝯſtat in diuerſitate gn̄ali ſpēali ⁊ indiuiduali ſubſtātia forma vel figura ⁊ efficacia. In ſil̓ibꝰ diuerẜ mixtis O potētia qual̓ nō ſolū grādia: ſꝫ ⁊ cōdere tammulta Nūeret ſtellas celi arenā maris puluerē terrepluuie guttas. pēnas volucrū. piſciū ſquamas pilosaīaliū. gramīa cāpoꝝ. folia vel fructꝰ arboꝝ. īmol̓ īdiuidua vniꝰ ſpēi ſcꝫ hōis qͥ p̄t Sūt em̄ īnūerabilesnobis ſpēs reꝝ noͣ indiuidua ſolū hic in via diſcurreꝑ āgelos hōies beſtias ⁊c̄ Et certe videb̓ ꝙ īnumerabilia ſunt nobis ⁊ ꝙ rcē dixit ꝓph̓a Arenam maris ⁊guttas pluuie ⁊ dies ſeculi qͥs dinumerauit. Quaſidiceret niſi tu deꝰ ¶ Attēde qͣꝫ magnꝰ ⁊ potēs ſit ille qͥ tam multa ſil̓ ⁊ magna fecit. Metire moles mōtiū. tractus fluminū. ſpacia corꝑm. altitudinē celi: ꝓfunditatē abiſſi Miraris qꝛ deficis. ſꝫ meliꝰ d̓t Hugo deficiēdo miraris. Quarto ex pulchritudine q̄ eſtẜm varietatē luminū figurarū ⁊ coloꝝ Oīa em̄ creauit in luce que fecit vt ſint laude digna. miris ⁊ varijſfiguris res decorans. Aliqn̄ qͥdē magnitudīe vt gigantem inter homines. cetū inter piſces Aliquādoaūt paruitate. vnde ait Auguſti. de ciuitate dei ꝙ aīmalia que mīmum habent molis habent plꝰ anmirationis Plus em̄ formicularū ⁊ apicularū oꝑa ſtupe mus qͣꝫ immēſa corpora beluarum vt late illic eſtꝓſecutus. inquiens quo nā terebello vſus ſit deꝰ ī ꝓmuſcide formāda culicis Et venerabilis Nugo neſcit qͥd magis debet mirari ſcilicet dentes apri vel cine e Alas griphis vel ciniphis caput equi vel locuſte

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