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trahendo ſiue temperando potū ⁊ hic eſtſobrietas. Nā luxurioſa res eſt vinū: ⁊ iōſubtrahendū: ſicut dicit Ualeriꝰ maximꝰꝙ vini vſus romanis feminis olim incōgnitus fuit ne .ſ. in aliqͥd deteriꝰ laberentur. Proximus em̄ intemperātie gradusa Libero pr̄e ad incōceſſā venerē eſſe conſueuit: vl̓ ſaltē ē tēperādus: ẜm illd̓ Apl̓i.j. Timoth̓. v. Modico vino vtere ꝓpt̓ ſtomachū. ¶ Septīo ꝓpter electurā. Nam illud cīnamonū ē eligendū qd̓ ē ſubtile: etacutū habēs ſaporē dulcedini intermixtūcū multa aromaticitate ⁊ colore ſubrufuꝫ.¶ In qͥbus ſignificat̉ ꝙ electoꝝ ꝯtinentiaeſt: cū ſb̓tilitate abſtinētie: cū acumīe prudentie: cū ſapore ⁊ dulcedine deuotionisinterne: cū aromaticitate ⁊ odore mūdicieet cū rubedine charitatis inflāmate ¶ Itēqꝛ caſtitas amat tenuitatē cibi ⁊ ſobrietatē potus: aſſimilat̉ lenti q̄ amat terrā tenuem̄ magis qͣꝫ pinguem: ⁊ aerē ſiccū magisqͣꝫ humidū. Similit̓ enī caſtitas magis diligit victus tenuitatē qͣꝫ delitiarū pinguedinē: qꝛ perit caſtitas in delitijs ſic̄ Bern̄.dicit. ¶ Itē potius ſobrietatē potꝰ qͣꝫ nimiam vini humiditatē vt dictū ē ſupra. Et iōnazarei dn̄o conſecrati non ſolū mente: ſꝫcarne vinum nequaqͣꝫ bibebant.¶ Capitulum:XIOntemplationis ⁊ oratiōis ꝯtinuatio aīam īmelius prouehit ⁊ a caſu peccati protegit. Tuius exemplū apparet in oliuis: de qͥbus dicit Plinius ꝙ qͣꝫdiu ſuntin arbore nō pereunt: ſed quāto diutiꝰ ibiſunt tanto meliores fiūt. Semꝑ enī vt dic̄nouas vires reſumūt ⁊ difficilius inde cadunt. Quaſi aūt oliua ſuſpenſa in arboreeſt anīa leuata in cōtēplatiōe vel oratiōe.que quanto ibi diutius poteſt perſiſtere:tanto manifeſtius eſt eam magis in deo ꝓficere: quantoqꝫ ibi melior fit tanto difficilius cadit in peccatū. vel quāto aliquis cōtinuat qͥetē contemplationis: tanto difficilius inde cadit .i. tanto moleſtiꝰ recedit.¶ Item contemplatio aſſimilat̉ mandragore. Prīo propter ſuauitatē odoris. Mādragora enī ſic eſt dicta: eo ꝙ mala i. poma habeat mire redolētia. Cantꝭ. vij. Mādragore dederūt odorē ſuum in portis noſtris. Hanc herbam quidā fingunt habe-
re radicē humane ꝑſone ſimilem: ſed ꝯtrariū d̓r in Platōnē. Quaſi autē poma māͣdragore ſūt ſtudia cōtemplatiue vite quemultū redolēt deo. Et iō Gen̄. xxx. Rachelquē contēplatiuā vitā ſignat mandragoras a lya accepit: ⁊ ſibi viri thorū ⁊ filioꝝpartū cōceſſit. Quia ſcꝫ vita actiua q̄ perlyam ſignat̉ viro ſuo: id eſt deo ī laboribꝰet doloribus p̄ſentis vite fructificat. qͦ perpartū filioꝝ ſignificant̉ ꝓ qͥbus Rachelmandragoras obtinet: qꝛ .ſ. cōtemplatiuavita ſuauia deo ⁊ grata valde ſtudia poſſidet. Et iō dic̄ Proſper in li. j. de vita contemplatiua. Actiua vita habet ſollicitumcurſū: cōtēplatiua gaudiū ſempiternū. Inhac acqͥrit̉ regnuꝫ: in iſta ꝑcipit̉. hec facitpulſare bonoꝝ operū velut qͥbuſdā manibus ianuā: iſta vocat cōſūmandos in patriā. In hac ꝯtēnitur mūdus: in illa videbitur deꝰ. ¶ Secūdo ꝓpter inſenſibilitatēſaporꝭ: qꝛ huiꝰ herbe cortex vino immixtꝰet potatꝰ hoīem inſenſibilē facit. Un̄ ill̓ qͦrū corpꝰ incidendū ē datur ne dolor ſentiatur. Nā ſicut dic̄ Diaſ. Iſta potata vt dictū eſt ita dormire fac̄ ꝙ oēs dolores compeſcit: ita vt nec ferri nec tꝑis ſentire dolorem qͥs poſſit. Sic continue ꝯtemplatiōisintuitꝰ cū vino etiā diuini amorꝭ atqꝫ eterne conſolatiōis admixtus abſtrahit aīamqn̄qꝫ a ſenſibilibꝰ: ſicut ẜm Aug. fuit abſtractꝰ Paulꝰ ī raptū. Et iō dixit. ij. Corī.xij. Siue ī corꝑe ſiue extra corpus neſcio:deꝰ ſcit: Unde ipſa cōtemplatio ē q̄ ſāctosmartyres dū ſecarent̉ ⁊ vrerent̉ ⁊ moribꝰafficerent̉ varijs: ita īſenſibiles fecit vt nihil de illis penis curarēt tanqͣꝫ ſi eas nullatenus ſentirēt. Aſpiciebāt enī ꝑ contemplationē deū remuneratorē ¶ Tertio ꝯtēplatiua vita aſſimilat̉ mandragore ꝓpt̓ fecūditatē ꝓlis: qꝛ ẜm Cōſtātinū ⁊ Pliniūmandragora d̓r prebere feminis ꝟtutē adconcipiendū: ⁊ hoc ſi ex nimio calore matrix ſit īpedita: qꝛ cū hec herba frigida ſitet ſicca matricē ad ꝯueniētiā reducit: ⁊ ſicad cōceptū diſpōit: ꝓpt̓ ꝙ mulieres frigidas nō iuuaret: ſꝫ potiꝰ īpediret. Sic ꝯtēplatio celeſtis premij dū ad bene operandum ſollicitat ipſam animā fructibꝰ meritorū fecundat: ſi tamē nō ſit in contemplādo anima per accidiam vel negligentiamfrigida ¶ Item cōtēplatiua vita actiue addita fecundiorē eam facit ſcꝫ operibꝰ bo-