LLibertertius

⁊ ſurſum tendit: tanto ſemper ſubtilior fit.Similiter beata virgo ſurſum tendebat ītentione ⁊ affectione. vn̄ Odilo cluniacē.in quodā ſermōe: Unū qͥppe ſcimꝰ ꝓ certoꝙ omnis Marie vita ⁊ actio ſꝑ fuit ī dn̄o.Itē ſūmitatē .i. mētē ad celū dirigebat .ſ. īoratiōe ⁊ cōtēplatiōe: ⁊ quāto a terra ꝑ deſpectionē recedebat: tāto ſubtilior in ꝯtēplādo erat. Tāqͣꝫ cortex defenſāſ exteriusfuit in beata virgīe diligēs ſui cuſtodia: ꝓpter quā Cantꝭ. iiij. vocat̉ hortꝰ ꝯcluſus.Igit̉ ip̄a fuit vt virga virtuoſa. de qͣ Psͣ.cix. Uirgam virtutis tue emittet dn̄s ex ſion. ¶ Secūdo aſſimilatur virgē rōne germinis. Naſcit̉ enī ſiue germinat̉ ex virgaflos: ⁊ flos ip̄e de virga egrediēs virgā nōviolat ſꝫ fecūdat. Uirga eī nō accipit fecūditatis gratiā nec germinādi potētiam exaliqͣ ſeminis cōmixtiōe: ſed ſolū a calore ſolis ⁊ celeſti rore. Sil̓r ex virga nr̄a .i. ex virgine beata egreſſus eſt flos xp̄s incarnando ⁊ naſcēdo ſine vteri eiꝰ aliqͣ violatione.vn̄ ſic eſt fecūdata ꝙ tamē nō violata. Nā⁊ ante partū virgo extitit: ⁊ poſt partū virgo ꝑmāſit. Neqꝫ enī ex materiali ſemīe habuit generādi potētiā: ſed ex rore celeſtisgr̄e ⁊ ex ſolis calore .i. ſpūſſctī oꝑe: Luc̄. j.Spūſſctūs ſuꝑueniet in te: ⁊ virtꝰ altiſſimiobūbrabit tibi: Eſa. xj. Egrediet̉ virga deradice ieſſe: ⁊ floſ de radice eiꝰ aſcēdet: ⁊ reqͥeſcet ſuꝑ eū ſpūs dn̄i. ¶ Tertio aſſimilat̉virge rōne culmīs. Vtūtur enī virga p̄cipue qͥ ſūt poſiti in culmine dignitatꝭ vl̓ alicuiꝰ officij ſic̄ reges ⁊ dn̄i. xn̄ nota ꝙ vſusvirge eſt ad quattuor. ¶ Prīo ad dominijoſtēſionē: ⁊ ſic virga v̓tūtur reges ⁊ principes. Et hoc modo beata maria d̓r virga qꝛdata eſt nob̓ tanqͣꝫ dn̄a ⁊ regina. Et iō maria interp̄tat̉ dominatrix. Psͣ. xliiij. Uirga directionis virga regni tui. ¶ Scd̓o addefenſionē ſiue percuſſioneꝫ: ⁊ ſic vtunturvirga bellatores. Et hͦ modo beata virgodata eſt nobis ad ꝑcutiendū ⁊ repellēduꝫhoſtes ſpūales .ſ. demōes: Nu. xxiiij. Cōſurget virga de iſrael ⁊ ꝑcutiet duces moab. ¶ Tertio ad regimen ⁊ directionem ſicut vtuntur paſtores. Sic deus per beatāvirginē nos dirigit ⁊ ad paſcua vite ꝑducit: Michee. vij. Paſce populū tuū in virga tua. vt ſit verbū patris ad filium in virga tua: id eſt in virgīe. ¶ Quarto ad ſuſtētationem: ſicut vtuntur virga ſiue baculo

infirmi ⁊ debiles. Sic ſimilit̓ etiā beata virgo data eſt ad fulcimentū. Psͣ. xxij. Uirga tua ⁊ baculꝰ tuꝰ ip̄a me cōſolata ſunt.Ip̄a eī eſt vt virga ad expellēdū demōes.Ip̄a qͦꝫ ea vt baculꝰ ad ſuſtētanduꝫ meſto⁊ debiles. ¶ Ite aſſimilat̉ viti. ¶ Primo inradice. Nā vitis vt fructificet bonū liquorē debet eſſe plātata ⁊ radicata in loco vbiſit calor ſolis: puritas aeris: ⁊ dulcedo humoris. Calor enī ſolis viti neceſſariꝰ eſt: qꝛquāto directiꝰ ⁊ diuturniꝰ reſpicit ſolē: tato exhibet fructū dulciorē. ¶ Itē vitis dicitur diligere aerē purū ⁊ clarū: ⁊ odire nebuloſū. ¶ Itē dulcē ⁊ nō amarā diligit terrā. vn̄ in collibus bn̄ altis ſoli expoſitꝭ rōne dulcis humoris et fortis caloris vineislocꝰ aꝑtꝰ exiſtit. In cuiuſmodi loco hec noſtra vitis .i. beata virgo maria habuit radicē cordis .ſ. in feruore charitatis: in nitore puritatis: ⁊ in dulcore benignitatꝭ. Ip̄aenī habuit feruorē charitatis in mēte: nitorē puritatis in carne: ⁊ dulcorē benignitatis in cōuerſatiōe. ¶ Secūdo fuit ſimilis viti in ſtipite. Stipes enī ſiue lignū vitis inter arbores creſcit multū. vn̄ ſuꝑ domos ⁊arbores ⁊ citra villas circūduci pōt Gbeata virgo ſuꝑ oēs ſctōs ⁊ ſctās magicreuit ī merito ⁊ ī gr̄e cumulo: Prouer. xxxj.Multe filie ꝯgregauerūt diuitias: tu aūtſuꝑgreſſa es vniuerſas ¶ Tertio fuit ſimil̓viti in palmite. Palmes enī vitis eſt natura flexibilis. Et illud qd̓ app̄hendit qͥbuſdā capreolis quaſi quibuſdā brachijs cōſtringit: quoꝝ adminiculo in alta ſe erigit⁊ a vetis ⁊ a pluuijs tutꝰ ꝯſiſtit. Sic animꝰetiā beate virginis fuit ꝑ fidē ad ꝯſentiendū flexibilis cū dixit angelo: Ecce ancilladn̄i ⁊cͣ. ¶ Itē xp̄m filiū ſuū nō ſolū brachiis carnis dulciter ſtrinxit ⁊ tenuit: ſꝫ etiaꝫbrachijs anime .ſ. intellectu ꝑ fidē: ⁊ affectu ꝑ charitatem: ita ꝙ xp̄m nūqͣꝫ dimiſit:Cantꝭ. iij. Tenui illū nec dimittaꝫ. vn̄ necvento perſecutionis: nec plunia tentationis ab eiꝰ fide ⁊ dilectiōe receſſit ¶ Quarto eſt ſimilis viti in fronde. Frondes enimſiue folia vitis vulnera mundant ⁊ ip̄a mūdata ſanāt. Sunt igitur ſicut folia vitꝭ verba beate virginis que vulnera vitioꝝ mūdant et ſanant ¶ Nam vt iam ſupra factumeſt mundare volens vulnus ſuperbie dixit: Depoſuit potentes de ſede: ⁊ exaltauit humiles. Sed vulnus auaricie volens