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tione augmētatiōis: qꝛ ſcꝫ caſia fiſtula producit longa ſemina: q̄ ingroſſant̉ in actione caloris exterius ꝯdenſant̉: medulla interius exiſtēte nigra dulci ⁊ humida: ⁊ admodū faui mellis interiꝰ diſtincta. Sic qͦqꝫ etiā charitas ꝓducit longa ſemina: ideſt diuturna ⁊ vſqꝫ in finē ꝯtinuata opera.Que etiā ingroſſant̉ ꝑ augmētū deuotionis ⁊ ꝯdenſat̉ dū feruent̓ frequētantur: ſicut ingroſſant̉ membra cū ꝑ pinguedineꝫaugent̉ interius: ⁊ illa dicunt̉ eſſe ꝯdenſavbi ſūt multa ⁊ frequētia: ſicut dicit̉ condēſa ſilua vbi ſūt multa ⁊ frequētia ligna.Sed medulla interior: id eſt ītentio ⁊ mēsex charitate operātis debet eſſe nigra perhumilitatē. Nam nigrum ē quod parumoſtendit de claritate. Quia bona intentiooperantis nō debet eſſe ad ſui oſtētationēetiam ſi opus ſit publicū. ſicut nigrū etiaꝫad lucem deductū nō pretendit claritatē:ſed obſcuritatē. Vnde vt dicit Grego. Sicopus ſit in publico vt intētio ſemꝑ maneat in occulto. Itē debet eſſe dulcis ꝑ benignitatē: quia charitas eſt benigna: vt dic̄j. Corī. xiij. Apl̓s ¶ Itē dꝫ eē humida ꝑ pietatē .ſ. vt ſit interiꝰ compaſſibil̓: ⁊ exteriꝰ faciliter effuſibilis ad ſubueniendū. Quiahumidum ē paſſibile ⁊ ad exteriora facilit̓fluxibile ¶ Itē charitas debet eſſe diſtīctaet ordinata: p̄cipue in elemoſynis dandisCantꝭ. ij. Ordinauit ī me charitatē. ¶ Tertio rōne electiōis: quia illa caſiafiſtula eſteligenda q̄ eſt groſſa: qꝛ ſignat multā humiditateꝫ ſibi ineſſe. Vnde leuis ⁊ ſonorareijcit̉. qꝛ vana eſſe dicit̉. Eodem mō veraeſt ⁊ ꝓbata charitas q̄ eſt groſſa ꝑ patientiam. Nā id quod ē groſſuꝫ nō reſonat: ſꝫſubtile: groſſū ē metallū ⁊ ferrū. Et ſic charitatē habēs licet patiat̉: nō tamē reſonatalicuius impatiētie ſonū vel vocē reddendo ¶ Item q̄ eſt ponderoſa .i. firma ꝑ conſtantiam. Nā vera charitas eſt patiens etconſtans ¶ Quarto rōne operationis: qꝛcaſiafiſtula multa operat̉. Nam habet ꝟtutē mollificandi: ⁊ hoc cōpetit charitatique inquā emollit dura ⁊ crudelia ſuperborū corda. Vnde aſſimilat̉ etiā igni cuiꝰcarbones ſūt beneficia eiꝰ inimico duro ⁊ſuperbo impenſa: ẜm illud Romano. xij.Si eſurierit inimicus tuus ciba illum: ſifitit potum da illi: hec enim faciens carbones ignis congeres ſuper caput eius: id
ſt hec erūt ſuꝑ caput eius: hoc eſt menteꝫeius durā tanqͣꝫ carbones ignis ad molliendū eius duriciā. ¶ Item caſia fiſtula habet virtutē mūdificandi: qꝛ charitas coremundat a rubigine peccati: ⁊ p̄cipue auaricie: Greg. Tanto ampliꝰ pctī rubigo cōſumit̉: quāto peccatoris mes magno charitatis igne cremat̉ ¶ Itē habet ꝟtutē feruorem ſanguinis mitigandi: quia charitaſiram mitigat q̄ eſt feruor ſanguīſ circa corẜm Ph̓m. Nam charitas nō irritat̉ ¶ Itēhabet virtutē colerā etiā purgandi: quiacharitas luxuriā purgat quā calor colereincitat ⁊ inflāmat ¶ Item habet ꝟtutē gule apoſtemata diſſoluendi: qꝛ charitas gule delectamētū diſſoluit ⁊ abijcit ¶ Itē habet virtutē ſanguinis purificādi. Quaſienī īpurus ſanguis: eſt ſanguis inuidoꝝqͥ ſemꝑ contra ꝓximū maliuoli ⁊ turbulēti ſūt. Unde ꝑ hoc ſignificat̉ ꝙ charitas īuidiam purgat. Naꝫ charitas nō emulat̉:Uel quia ſanguis impurꝰ ⁊ grauis ⁊ turbulentus eſt ſanguīs melancolicus. Perhoc ꝙ purgat ſanguinē impuꝝ: ſignificat̉ꝙ purgat accidiā ⁊ triſticiā ⁊ grauedineꝫſpiritus: ⁊ facit euꝫ leuē ⁊ ſollicitum ¶ Itēcharitas aſſimilat̉ calamento: qd̓ ē q̄damherba ſil̓iſ mēte: ⁊ hāc ſil̓itudinē declaratPrīo eiꝰ gradus qꝛ ē calamētū calidum ⁊ſiccū in tertio gradu. Et ſic ſil̓i mō etiā a ſacris doctoribꝰ charitatꝭ gradus tres eē ponunt̉. Quia ē charitas incipientiū ⁊ ꝓficiētiū ⁊ ꝑfectoꝝ: ⁊ ī qͦlibet gradu lꝫ nō vniformit̉: tn̄ aliqͦ mō ē calida ⁊ ficca ī effectu.quia calefacit mentē: ⁊ deſiccat carnē: id ēcarnales fluxus ¶ Secūdo declarat illaꝫeius ꝟtꝰ: qꝛ calamentū habet virtutē diſſoluendi ⁊ conſumēdi. Sil̓r ⁊ charitas diſſoluit mētis duriciā ad bonū ſuſcipiendū.conſumit humoris molliciē .i. fluxibilitatēad malū. Vnde ꝑ charitatē efficit̉ mēs humana mollis ⁊ facilis ad bona: ⁊ dura etdifficilis ad mala. ¶ Tertio hͦ on̄dit eiuseffectus. Nā calamentū ſuꝑfluitates humidas in corꝑe deſiccat: ⁊ hͦ competit charitati inquātum excludit vitiū gule. ¶ Itēcalamētū libidinē frenat: quod multo magis cōpetit charitati q̄ caſtitatē diligit ⁊ libidinē odit ¶ Item inteſtinoꝝ ⁊ ſtomochidolorē ſanat: quod cōpetit charitati īquātum ſedat vitiū ire quod eſt cum interioridolore ¶ Itē morſus reptiliuꝫ curat: quod