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Uxuria aſſimilatur ſulphuri. ¶ Primo rōne ardoris. Nam ſulphur eſt vena terre aereitatis ⁊ igneitatis multum. habens in cōpoſitione. vnde ſulphur dicit̉ quaſi ſolū vrenſvt dicit Iſid̓. vrere enī ignis dicit̉. vn̄ ſulphur ẜm Auicennā eſt calidū ⁊ ſiccū in qͣrto gradu: ⁊ eſt terra partibꝰ aqueis ⁊ terreſtribus in igneas trāſeuntibꝰ in naturāſulphuris trāſmutata. Eiusˡ autē ignea virtus ab aquis feruentibꝰ ſentit̉. Sicut autem ſulphur eſt vena terre: ita luxuria eſtcarnis terreſtris vitiū ⁊ corruptela: q̄ quidem multū habet igneitatꝭ: qꝛ multū corpꝰcalefacit: ⁊ appetitū delectationis incēdit:ita vt tā partes aque .ſ. humores corporisqͣꝫ etiā terreſtres partes .ſ. caro ⁊ mēbra videant̉ trāſire in igneas .i. vehement̉ accēdi ⁊ eſt in quarto gradu caloris: qꝛ luxuria eſt quartū vitiū cui ardor ⁊ calor appropriatur. Nam primus gradus eſt ardor auaricie: que mūdi appetitū inſatiabilit̓ incendit. vn̄ ipſa eſt ignis qui nunqͣꝫ dic̄ ſufficit: Prouer. xxx. Boetius de cōſolatiōelibro. ij. metro. v. Sed ſeuior ignibꝰ ethneferuēs amor ardet habendi ¶ Secūdus ēardor ire que ẜm Ph̓um eſt accēſio ſāguinis circa cor. ¶ Tertius eſt gule: cui attrihuit̉ ardor: tum qꝛ delectatio cibi ⁊ potusappetitū accēdit et acuit: in cuius delectationis inordinata cōcupiſcētia vitiuꝫ gulecōſiſtit: tū qꝛ gule ſacietas libidinē inflammat. vn̄ Hiero. dicit ꝙ ſine cerere friget venus .i. ꝑ abſtinentiā cibi ⁊ potꝰ refrigeſcitluxuria. ¶ Quartus gradus ardoris ⁊ caloris eſt ignis cōſūptionis omniū virtutū.Psͣ .cxlviij. Ignis ſulphur ⁊cͣ. igniſ .ſ. auaricie. ſulphur luxurie ⁊ ſpūs ſuꝑbie. ¶ Secūdo rōne fetoris. Nam aque ꝑ venas ſulphureas trāſeuntes ex vi ignea ſulphurꝭꝯͣhūt calorē: ſaporē: efficaciam ⁊ fetorem.Aque aūt ſulphuree .i. ꝑſone luxurioſe cōtrahūt calorē in cogitatiōe: ſaporem in delectatiōe. efficaciā .i. affectū in oꝑatiōe. fetorē plerūqꝫ infamie in publicatiōe. Iō deluxurioſis d̓r Eſa. xxxiiij. De cadaueribuſeoꝝ aſcēdet fetor ¶ Tertio ratiōe coloris.Nā ſulphur aliqn̄ eſt albū: puꝝ: claꝝ ⁊ cūhͦ ſb̓tile. Aliqn̄ ꝟo ē feculētū: groſſū ⁊ craſſū. qn̄qꝫ ꝟo mediocre. Opꝰ enī carnale cū
ītra limites matrimōij ⁊ rōnis ꝯtinet̉ tūc ēalbū: qꝛ famā nō denigrat. puꝝ qꝛ mētemnō d̓fedat. claꝝ qꝛ rōne nō offuſcat. ⁊ ſubtile qꝛ rō carnē regulat vt nō ſequat̉ appetitū delectatiōis ſꝫ ſinceritatē ītētiōis. Sꝫ ſifiat extra mr̄imoniū tūc ē feculētū ꝑ īmundā oꝑatiōeꝫ. craſſū ꝑ īordīatā d̓lectationē:groſſū ſiue ſpiſſū ꝑ nimiā frequētationē vl̓mētꝭ hebetationē. Qn̄ ꝟo fit int̓ ꝯiuges ſꝫnō cū debito mō vl̓ debita moderatiōe: tūcqͣſi mediocre ꝑticipat de vtroqꝫ. Nā inqͣꝫtū infra matrimoniū fit ſic ē excuſabile: tn̄magis vel minꝰ ẜm qd̓ plus vl̓ minꝰ recedit̉ ab ordīe rōnis.Ca. XXIAria mater domini aſſimilat̉ calcedonio ¶ Primo ratione generatiōis: qꝛ calcedoniꝰ vt dic̄ Iſid̓. diuturno ībre generat̉.Sic btā virgo fuit generata ībre .i. gr̄e diuine oꝑatiōe .ſ. ꝑ miraculū ex parētibꝰ ſterilibꝰ: ſic̄ legit̉ d̓ eiꝰ natiuitate: Apoc̄. xxj. Fūdamētū tertiū calcedoniꝰ. Tria enī ſūt humane ꝓductionis pͥncipia ſeu fūdamēta.Primum ē gr̄a ſic̄ in his qͥ ꝓducti ſūt īmediate a deo: vt adā ꝑ creationē: ⁊ eua ꝑ miraculū de coſta: qd̓ fuit de gr̄a liberali. Secundū pͥncipiū ſiue fūdamētū ē natura. ſic̄in his q̄ ꝓducunt̉ ꝑ viā generatiōis abſqꝫmiracl̓o ſic̄ ſeth ⁊ cain ⁊ ſequētes. Tertiūeſt mixtū ex gr̄a ⁊ natura. ſic̄ hi qͥ ꝓducuntur ex viro ⁊ muliere tn̄ ſterilibꝰ: ⁊ iō ꝑtimꝑ naturā ⁊ ꝑtī ꝑ miracl̓i gr̄aꝫ ſterilitatē remouētē. ſic̄ fuit ꝯcepta bt̄a virgo Maria.⁊ iō ip̄a fuit calcedoniꝰ hn̄s tertiū fūdamētū. ¶ Scd̓o rōne īuētiōis: qꝛ calcedoniꝰ vtidē Iſid̓. dic̄ ad reꝑcuſſū lune plene īuenit̉Quaſi eī plēitudo lūe ē plēitudo tꝑis gr̄ein qͦ btā virgo ē nata ⁊ mr̄ ſaluatorꝭ īuēta.ꝓpt̓ qd̓ dic̄ Apo. Gal̓. iiij. ꝙ qn̄ vēit plēitudo tꝑis miſit deꝰ filiū ſuū factū d̓ muliere.¶ Tertio rōne coloratiōis: qꝛ calcedoniuspallido colore eſt coloratꝰ. Pallor aūt cōuenit timēti: qꝛ timētes palleſcūt. ⁊ etiammultū ꝯuēit abſtinenti. ꝓpt̓ qd̓ dic̄ abbasIſaac ī libro ſuo de vita ſolitaria ſiue monaſtica: ꝙ decor monachi eſt pallor ⁊ macies. Qd̓ dic̄: qꝛ monachꝰ dꝫ eſſe abſtinēs ⁊macies ⁊ pallor ex abſtinētia cauſāt̉. vtrūqꝫ pallorē .i. pallorꝭ cām habuit btā Maria .ſ. timorē dn̄i: Eccī. xxiiij. Ego mat̉ pulchre dilectionis ⁊ agnitiōis et timoris ⁊