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aūt infirma. Feruor igit̉ ſpūs inflāmat vehemēter ⁊ ſuſpiria ad deū fac̄: ſꝫ frigus .i.infirmitas carnis incuruat ⁊ trahit ad infima. Sed tn̄ ex iſta pugna volare cogituranima: qꝛ ex carnis anguſtia ſpūs magisincendit̉ ⁊ carnem poſt ſe violenter attrahens in deum velocius tendit. ¶ Decimaignitio vocat̉ aſub qn̄qꝫ apparēs qn̄qꝫ nō:⁊ hoc eſt ex vapore ſicco ⁊ inflāmabili medio mō ꝑtingēte ad regionē mediā et nonpenetrāte ip̄aꝫ: qꝛ ex frigore loci expellit̉:⁊ qꝛ ſub ip̄o nō ſunt multe nubes: ideo incendēs nubē occultat̉ ⁊ penetrās nubemapparet iteꝝ: ⁊ iſte ē aſub tertius. Hic eſtalius effectus amoris .ſ. vtrāqꝫ vitā alternādo: aliqn̄ vacādo actiue: aliqn̄ ꝯtēplatiue: qn̄qꝫ latere ad ꝯtemplandū: qn̄qꝫ apparere ad obſeq̄ndū. hec em̄ oportet fieri⁊ illa nō omittere ¶ Item nota ꝙ amor ſpiritual̓ creſcit ⁊ minuit̉ ſicut cupiditas mūdi creſcit et decreſcit. Cuius exemplū eſt:qꝛ decreſcēte vmbra creſcit calor ⁊ creſcente minuit̉: et ſic decreſcēte amore tꝑaliumcreſcit feruor charitatis: ⁊ ecōuerſo eo creſcente minuit̉ ⁊cͣ. Hiere. vj. Ue nob̓ qꝛ declinauit dies: ⁊ ꝓlixiores facte ſūt vmbreveſperi. ⁊ hͦ eſt qꝛ abūdauit iniqͥtas et refriguit charitas: Matth̓. xxiiij. ¶ Amorcarnal̓ aſſimilat̉ veneri. Nā venns vt dic̄Ptole. ex ꝑte corꝑis diſponit ad pulchritudinē: ⁊ ad voluptates tactus: olfatꝰ: guſtus ⁊ auditus inclīat ⁊ īpellit: veſtiū muliebriū inciſores efficit. Domus eiꝰ ſunt libra ⁊ taurus: regnat in piſcibus: ſꝫ in virgine regnum eius deficit et abſcedit. Sicetiam amor carnalis ad pulchritudinē corporis aſpicit: ſenſuum voluptates exquirit ſiue tactuū ſiue odorū ſiue ciborū ſiuecātionuꝫ: ornamenta ⁊ mulieres appetit.Aliquādo etiā iuſtos viros qͥ deſignant̉in libra ꝓpter equalitatē iuſticie: qꝛ ī libraexiſtēs ſol facit eqͥnoctia ⁊ viros fortes qͥdeſignant̉ in tauro aggredit̉ ⁊ inficit. Regnat aūt maxime in piſcibꝰ .i. in hoībꝰ ſubaquis delitiaꝝ viuētibꝰ: ſꝫ in ꝟginibꝰ .i. īcōtinentibꝰ deficit vigor eiꝰ. ¶ Amor tꝑalis ꝓſperitatis impedit dulcedinē cōtemplationis ⁊ pͥuat fructū boni oꝑis. Cuiꝰexēplū apparet in rore. Cadit eī aliqn̄ rosfluēs ⁊ viſcoſus ad modū mellis ſuꝑ herbas ⁊ folia arboꝝ. Sole aūt agēte in ip̄meuaporat humidū ⁊ t̓reſtre ſiccū cōburit̉
et efficit̉ quaſi farina ſperſa que a ſua ſiccitate ſiccat herbas ⁊ inducit ſterilitateꝫ.Quaſi enī dulcedo roris ē delectatio contemplationis: quā calor ſolis .i. amor tꝑalis ꝓſperitatꝭ: humidū deuotiōis educēset terreſtrē affectū accendēs ⁊ menteꝫ advana ſpargēs tollit: ⁊ a fructu boni oꝑisanimā ſterilē reddit ¶ Item amor cōis ꝓut .ſ. ⁊ ſpūalem ⁊ ſenſibilē amoreꝫ includitaſſimilatur radio. Prīo qꝛ radiꝰ habet penetrare. Un̄ ī ꝑſpectiua diſtinguit̉ triplexradius .ſ. rectꝰ: cōfractꝰ ⁊ reflexꝰ. Rectꝰ ſiue ꝑpēdicularis: ē qͥ a corꝑe radioſo emiſſus recto ⁊ lineari motu ſine obliqͥtate aliqua petit cētrū. Et huic aſſimilat̉ ſpūalishomo qͥ totus eſt rectꝰ. Un̄ Cantꝭ. j. Rectidiligūt te. Et iſte petit centꝝ. .i. cor. Deutꝭ.vj. Diliges dn̄ꝫ deū tuū ex toto corde tuo⁊cͣ. Confractus radius ſiue collateraliseſt qui a corꝑe luminoſo egrediēs ⁊ aliqd̓diaphanū inueniēs nō ꝑfecte obediēs nōrecte incedit ſꝫ ad aliquā partē diuertit.Et talis obliquatio dicit̉ radij cōfractio:⁊ huic radio ꝯfracto aſſimilat̉ amor ſocial̓ſiue ciuilis qͥ nō eſt amor totalit̓ rectus: qꝛfrequēter nō eſt ꝓpter deū ſiue ẜm deū ſꝫvt plurimū habet reſpectū ad aliqd̓ mundanum. Reflexus aūt radius eſt qͥ dum aſuo principio recte vel oblique ꝓgrediturdum corpus denſuꝫ incurrit repercutituret repellit̉: nec tranſitus ei dat̉. Vnde cuꝫnō poteſt ſe diffundere in interiora poſterius: neceſſe ē vt redeat ⁊ ſe ibi ml̓tiplicet.Et talis reꝑcuſſio dicitur radij reflexio.Huic autē radio reflexo aſſimilatur amorvtilis qͥ ſcꝫ reflectit̉ ad ſeipſum. Vn̄ ſi proximū vel aliquid diligit nō ex hoc ꝓficitinterius ſcꝫ in deū tentēdo: ſed potius retrocedendo in ſeip̄m redeundo. Eſt etiamtalis amor carnalis qui ſolum ad corpusproximi procedit: ⁊ interius ad animamnon tranſit: ſed potius retrocedit dumalium corporaliter ad delectamentum ſuivel proprium comodum diligit aut amat.Sexto amor aſſimilatur radio: quia radius habet colorare. Nam radius ſolaris dum in nube rorida ſoli oppoſita includit̉ diuerſos colores in ip̄a nube ⁊ aere oꝑat̉: ſicut ptꝫ in arcu celeſti. Ita ſil̓r ⁊amor qui dū in anima tenera ⁊ molli intēditur: diuerſas ibidem paſſiones ⁊ affectiones operat̉: quibus videlꝫ paſſionibus