¶ De celo et elemētis
leues ⁊ mobiles in obediētia mādatoruꝫ:ſubtiles ſiue tenues in cōtēptu terrenoruꝫvl̓ in abſtinētia ciboꝝ. ¶ Itē charitas aſſimilat̉ calori. ¶ Primo qͥdē qꝛ calor eſt generatiōis oīm pͥncipaliter effectiuꝰ: ſic̄ patet de calore celeſti. Et ſic charitas eſt quavirtutū oīm oꝑa generāt̉ ⁊ ad ꝑfectū finēꝑducunt̉. ¶ Secūdo qꝛ calor eſt inferioruꝫad ſuꝑiora reductiuꝰ: qꝛ diſſoluit t̓reſtriaī aquoſa: ⁊ aquoſa ī aerea: ⁊ aerea ī ignea:⁊ ſic inferiora ꝑ media reducit ad ſupma.Sic charitas facit incipiētē ꝓficientē ⁊ ꝑficiētē: ⁊ mediāte etiā ꝓximo reducit nosin deū ¶ Tertio qꝛ eſt duroꝝ remollitiuꝰ:ſicut ptꝫ in metallis q̄ diſſoluit et liq̄facitetiā niues ⁊ grādines glacieſqꝫ: ⁊ ſic charitas dura corda dū app̄hēdit ad pietateꝫemollit. ¶ Quarto qꝛ eſt liquidoruꝫ induratiuus: ſicut patet de ouis in igne poſitꝭ:in quibꝰ ſubtilioribꝰ ꝑtibꝰ reſolutis remanētibꝰ terreſtribꝰ res dureſcit: et ſimile facit calor ſolaris. Sic charitas dei mollia ⁊nutantia corda conſolidat ⁊ corroborat.¶ Quinto qꝛ ē groſſoꝝ ⁊ denſoꝝ ſubtiliatiuus. Nā rem in quā agit diſſoluit: ⁊ ſueactiōi idoneā facit. vn̄ cū rē ad ſimplicitatem ducere laborat eā ſubtiliat: vt patet īglacie: q̄ dū diſſoluit̉ ſubtiliat̉. Sic charitas diuites groſſiores mētall̓ ſubtiliat dūeos facit oīa dare in elemoſynas. ¶ Sextoqꝛ eſt metalloꝝ depuratiuꝰ: ⁊ totiꝰ eorū rubiginis ꝯſūptiuꝰ: ⁊ ſic charitatꝭ feruor omnis pctī rubiginē ab aīa tollit. ¶ Septimoqꝛ eſt grauiū alleuiatiuꝰ: qꝛ dū hūiditateꝫq̄ grauitatis eſt cā in rebꝰ cōſumit: pōdusrei diminuit. Calidū enī facit humidū euaporare: qꝛ vapor depuratꝰ eſt in ſubſtātiāaereā vel leue mutatꝰ rem leuioreꝫ reddit.Corpora āt aīaliū dicunt̉ eſſe leuiora poſtprādiū ꝓpter caloris cōfortationē et ſpirituū generationē qͥbꝰ corpus leuiat̉. ⁊ mortua corpora ſūt grauiora viuis. Sic amorcharitatis oīa leuia reddit. vn̄ Augꝰ. dicitin libro de verbis dn̄i ꝙ omnia ſeua ⁊ īmania tolerabilia ⁊ ꝓpe nulla efficit amor.Octauo qꝛ ſimiliū ꝯgregatiuus: ⁊ diſſimiliū diſgregatiuꝰ. Un̄ ſi auꝝ: plūbuꝫ: ferrū et lapides fiāt vna maſſa ⁊ ꝓijciant̉ infortē ignē: calor vnūqd̓qꝫ cōiūgit cū ſuo ſimili: vt auꝝ cū auro: ⁊ ſic de ſingulis: ſꝫ frigus omnia ſimul congregaret. Sic charitatis amor eſt qͥ iuſtos īuicē vnit ⁊ eos ab
iniquis diſtinguit. ¶ Itē charitas aſſimil̓atur argille ꝓpter tria. ¶ Primo qꝛ ex argilla vaſa fabricant̉. Nā argilla eſt terra glutinoſa ⁊ nemoroſa ad varia oꝑa figuloruꝫapta: ⁊ eſt ab argis ſic vocata: apud qͦs pͥmo ex tali materia vaſa ſunt facta fictilia.Sic ꝑ charitatem efficit̉ cor hoīs vas diuinū .i. dei ꝯtētiuū: qꝛ qͥ manet in charitate īͣdeo māet ⁊ deꝰ in eo ⁊cͣ. j. Ioh̓. iiij. ¶ Secūdo qꝛ ex argilla formant̉ lapideſ ⁊ lateresgenerant̉. Nā talis terra vt dicit Iſid̓. peractionē caloris liqͥdiores ꝑtes cōſumētis⁊ terreſtriores cōſolidātis facile in latereꝫcōmutat̉. Sepe etiam terra frigiditate humidi tādē mutat̉ in lapidē. Nā ſicut dicit̉in. iiij. Metheo. Unctuoſū tali tranſmutationi ē valde aptū. vn̄ vnctuoſū eſt mediūinter viſcoſuꝫ et euaporatiuū. Nā gr̄a euaporatiui habet a calore coagulari: gr̄a ꝟoviſcoſi nō pōt ex toto educi: ſed hꝫ ampliꝰcōprimi et cōſolidari ⁊ ſic in lapidē tranſmutari. Sic ꝑ charitatē efficiunt̉ homīesvt lateres ſolidi et vt lapides viui apti .ſ.collocari ī edificio ſuꝑne hierl̓m. vn̄ dicit̉.j. Petri. ij. Ipſi tā qͣꝫ lapides viui ſuꝑedificamī ī domos ſpūales. ¶ Tertio qꝛ cū argilla fluxus ſāguinis refrenat̉. Na argilla frigiditate ſua eſt ſāguīs cōſtrictiua vtait Cōſtātinꝰ: vn̄ ſi cū forti aceto fuerit diſtēperata ⁊ timporibꝰ et frōti appoſita ꝓhibet de naribꝰ ſanguinē fluere. Sic acetumcōpunctiōis cū argilla dilectiōis cohibet¶ Capitulū: XIIII.fluxū peccati.Aro in mundovidet̉ vt in pluribꝰ ſpiritui p̄ualere ⁊ eſſe fortior eo: ſꝫ in celo ecōuerſo totalit̓ ſpūs dominabit̉ ipſi carni: etcaro erit ꝑ oīa ſpiritui ſubiecta. Uidemusenī ꝙ qͥlibet planeta celeſtis fortior ē in ꝓpria qͣꝫ in aliena domo exiſtit: ⁊ fortiꝰ eē inde impͥmit ⁊ agit. Domꝰ enī planetarū dicunt̉ ſigna celi ī quibꝰ quilibet planeta dicitur habere domū ſuā. Nā domꝰ ſaturnivt dicit Albumaſar pͥma et ꝓpria eſt capricornus ⁊ ſimilit̓ aquariꝰ. domus iouis piſcis et ſagittariꝰ. domꝰ martis aries ⁊ ſcorpio. domꝰ veneris libra ⁊ taurꝰ. domꝰ mercurij virgo ⁊ gemini. domꝰ ſolis leo. lunecancer. Et patet ꝙ ſol in leone qͦ eſt domuſeius ꝓpria fortior eſt qͣꝫ in alio ſigno. ⁊ ſimile eſt de alijs. Sic quia in mūdo iſto eſt