¶ De vegetabilibus ⁊ plantis
tio rōne inciſionis. Nā in balſamo ſola exterior correx incidit̉. Lignū aūt nullo mōtangit̉ ferro. Sic etiā in xp̄o ſola caro inciſa eſt ⁊ leſa ligno diuinitatis nullā paſſionem vel leſionē ſentiēte vel ſuſcipiēte. Nota etiā ꝙ temꝑe eſtiuo cū cultello oſſeo rami ip̄ius balſami leniter īcidunt̉: ne lignūinteriꝰ ledat̉: ⁊ ſub cortice inciſo vitree ampulle ponunt̉: in qͥbus gutte ſtillātes colligunt̉. Iſte ampulle vitree ſunt mētes pure ⁊ humiles .ſ. vacue ꝑ humilitatē: ⁊ etiaꝫvitree ꝑ puritatē que recolligūt remēorādo ⁊ compatiēdo guttas ſanguīs xp̄i ⁊ penas corꝑis eius. ¶ Quarto rōne odoris:qꝛ ẜm Pliniū oībus odoribus p̄fert̉ balſamū. Balſamū em̄ illud eſt optimū qd̓ eſtodorifeꝝ: pōderoſiſſimū ſemine maximuꝫ:mordens guſtū atqꝫ in ore feruidū ⁊ colore ruſum. Lꝫ em̄ arbor balſami ſiue eiꝰ frutex q̄ nunqͣꝫ creſcit vltra altitudinē duorūcubitoꝝ ſit viti ſil̓is: ⁊ in folijs ſit ſil̓is rute: ſꝫ albioribꝰ ſemꝑ manētibꝰ: tn̄ liquor rufus eſt. Omīa aūt p̄dicta hꝫ ſanguis ſiuexp̄i paſſio. Eſt em̄ odoriferus ꝑ attractiōiſſuauitatē. Un̄ xp̄s dixit Ioh̓. .xij. Ego ſi exaltatꝰ fuero a terra oīa trahaꝫ ad meip̄m.¶ Itē pōderoſiſſimus .i. grauiſſimꝰ ꝑ doloris īmenſitatē: Thren̄. j. Atrēdite ⁊ vidēteſi ē dolor ſil̓is ſic̄ dolor meꝰ. ¶ Itē eſt ſemīemaximꝰ ꝑ ꝓpagatiōis fecūditatē: qꝛ multifilij dei ex ſanguine xp̄i tanqͣꝫ fruges ex qͦdā ſemīe in terrā ſparſo ꝓgeniti ſunt. Un̄xp̄s aſſimilauit ſe grano frumēti in terramcadēti ⁊ moriēti qd̓ multum fructū affert:Ioh̓ .xij. ¶ Itē dꝫ mordere guſtū aīe ꝑ dolorē cōpaſſionis: ⁊ dꝫ feruere in ore ꝑ ꝟbūp̄dicationis .ſ. vt frequēter xp̄i paſſio p̄dicet̉: Apl̓s. j. Corinth̓. j. Noſ p̄dicamꝰ xp̄mcrucifixū ⁊cͣ. Eſt em̄ ſanguis xp̄i colore rufus: qꝛ charitatis ardore ⁊ cruciatus dolore vehemēter excoctus. ⁊ eſt valde mirabile ꝙ balſamum qͣꝫuis ſit ruſum: tamen veſtem mundam non polluit: vt dicit Iſido.Sed longe ampliꝰ eſt mirabile ꝙ ſanguisxp̄i rubeus non ſolū non polluit: īmo etiāimmūdoſ abluit: Apocalyp. j. Dilexit nos⁊ lauit nos a pctīs noſtris in ſanguīe ſuo.Quinto ſanguis xp̄i aſſimilat̉ balſamo⁊ hoc rōne valoris. valet em̄ balſamuꝫ admulta. Nā fetum mortuuꝫ educit. ⁊ hoc ſignificat: qꝛ ſanguis ſeu paſſio xp̄i mediante pnīa pctm̄ mortale de conſcīa extrahit.
Nam pnīa ⁊ cetera ſacr̄a in virtute paſſioˢnis xp̄i oꝑāt̉ ¶ Itē balſamū mortua corpora incorrupta cuſtodit: qꝛ quātū diſſoluittantū ꝯſumit. Sil̓r exemplū paſſionis xp̄icarnē qͥdem .i. carnalia vitia mortificat: ſꝫmortificatos carne a peccatoꝝ corruptiōeꝯſeruat. Nam qͥ xp̄i ſunt carnem ſuā crucifixerūt cum vitijs ⁊ ꝯcupiſcentijs: vt dicitApl̓s ad Gal̓. v. ¶ Itē balſamū morſibꝰ venenoſis occurrit: qꝛ paſſio ⁊ crux xp̄i valde tentationibus demonū obſiſtit. Et ideofigurata fuit in ſerpēte eneo cuius aſpectꝰa morſibus ſerpentuꝫ liberat: Nume. xxj.LXX¶ Capitulum:Ancti viri aſſimilant̉ floribus. De qͥbus dicitur Cātꝭ. ij. Flores apparuerūtin terrā nr̄a .i. in eccl̓ia vel in carne humana. Sūt em̄ ad modū floꝝ multi odoris inexemplis qͥbus alios attrahunt: Apl̓s. ij.Corinth̓. ij. Xp̄i bonꝰ odor ſumus. Cātꝭ. ij.Uinee florētes odorem dederūt ⁊ vox ⁊cͣ.Itē ſunt dulcis ſaporis in verbis: qͥbusaudientiū mētes reficiūt. Psͣ cxviij. Ꝙdulcia faucibus meis eloquia tua ſuꝑ melori meo. Prouerb̓. xvj. Dulcia eloqͥa maiora reꝑiet. ¶ Itē pulchri coloris .i. gratioſi aſpectꝰ in moribꝰ ſuis honeſtꝭ ⁊ modeſtꝭ:quibꝰ intuentiū oculos alliciūt: ſicut dicitde beato Stephano: Actꝭ. vj. ꝙ intuentesin eū omnes q̄ ſedebāt in ꝯcilio viderūt faciem eius tanqͣꝫ faciē angeli. ¶ Itē ſunt ſic̄flores maxime virtutis .ſ. in miraculis ⁊ ſignis q̄ ſupra naturā oſtendūt ſicut xp̄s di: Signa aūt eos qͥ crediderīt hec ſequētur: In noīe meo demonia eijciēt. ¶ Itemflores: cāpos: ſiluas: ⁊ hortos ſua pulchritudine exornāt ⁊ veſtiūt. Nā in campis lilia: ⁊ in hortis rōſe ⁊ in ſiluis viole īueniri ꝯſueuerūt. Tanqͣꝫ gͦ lilia agri ſunt virgines q̄ in agro corꝑis ſui virginitatꝭ candorē ⁊ odore deo exhibuer̄t. Tanqͣꝫ ꝟo roſe rubētes fuerūt ſancti martyres quoꝝ vita fuit velut hortus: ſpīa ſepe hͦ eſt multitudine penaꝝ ⁊ ſupplicioꝝ xp̄i amore circūdatus: in qͥbus velut roſe albeſcētes puritate nituerūt: ⁊ velut rōſe rubee ſanguīeſuo purpureo rutilarūt. Sꝫ tanqͣꝫ viole ſiluaꝝ fuerūt ꝯfeſſores: quoꝝ plurimi in ſiluis ſeu heremiſ deū ꝯtemplātes latuerūt:⁊ oēs velut viole odore bone vite redolue-