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rūt: ⁊ ꝑ mētis humilitatē p̄cipuā inclinataſemꝑ capita deo tenuerunt: ſic̄ viola circaItē ſancti viriflore aliqͣꝫtulū incuruat̉.aſſimilant̉ gario folis: qͦꝝ illi ſunt electi qͥhabēt nigrū colorē: acutū ſaporē: ſuauemodorē. ⁊ q̄ manu comp̄ſſi emittūt aliquemhumorē. Sic viri ſancti ⁊ ꝑfecti ſunt colore nigri ꝑ apparētie deſpectionem: ſaporeacuti ꝑ ſapīe ꝯtēplatione: odore ſuaues ꝑgr̄e vel gratā ꝯuerſationē: cōplexione humidi ꝑ lachrymaꝝ emiſſionē. Nā comp̄ſſiiniurijs plꝰ iuuāt ſe lachrymis qͣꝫ vindictꝭ.Un̄ Ambro. de ſe dicebat aduerſus milites gothos: Arma mea lachryme mee fuerūt. ¶ Itē gario foli cerebꝝ ⁊ ꝟtutē aīalemꝯfortat: qd̓ faciunt ſancti ſuis ꝯſilijs: cordis pauorē reuelāt ſuis exēplis: ⁊ ꝟtuteꝫnature deficiētis in ꝓximis adiuuāt ſuiselemoſynis vel bn̄ficijs. ¶ Iteꝫ ſancti viriaſſimilant̉ palmitibꝰ ¶ Prīo rōne nutritionis: qꝛ palmites a vite nutrimentū ſuſcipiunt. Et ideo tādiu viuunt ⁊ fructificantqͣꝫdiu viti ꝑmanēt vniti. Nā nutrimentuꝫqd̓ a vite ſuſcipiūt: ſolū qͣꝫtū neceſſe ē retitinent. qd̓ ꝟo ſuꝑfluit in materiā germīs:frōdis: floris ⁊ fructus trāſmittūt. Undepalmites a vite ſeꝑati: nō fructꝰ faciūt ſedareſcūt. Sic ſil̓i etiā mō ſancti viri qͣꝫdiu ꝑgr̄aꝫ vel charitatem viti xp̄o: qͥ dixit Ioh̓.xv. Ego ſum vitis vera. ſic vniti viuunt ⁊ſpūales fructꝰ faciūt: ſꝫ ab eo pctm̄ ſeꝑatinō faciūt fructꝰ vite .i. oꝑa vite eterne digna. Et ideo dixit ip̄e xp̄s Ioh̓. xv. Ego ſuꝫvitʸ vos palmites. ⁊ ſic̄ palmes nō pōt ferre fructū niſi māſerit in vite: ſic nec vos niScd̓o ſctī viri aſſimilāſi in me māſeritꝭtur palmitibꝰ ⁊ hͨ rōne inſertiōis: qꝛ ſurculus vniꝰ palmitꝭ ſiue vitꝭ inſerit̉ in alio palmite ſiue vite: ⁊ fructificat in eo. Un̄ docēt̉hoīes ex eadē vite facere vuas diuerſi coloris: qꝛ ſi dū vitis inſerit̉ viti fiat inſertioin tribꝰ ramis ꝓcedētibꝰ ab vno ramo ipſiꝰ vitis: ⁊ cū vno ſurculo inſertiōis colorērubeū appoſuerꝭ: ⁊ cū alio blaueū: ⁊ cumtertio colorē croceū vel etiā alium. ſingulipalmites ex p̄dictis ramiſ ꝓcedētes talesvuas faciūt qͣles appoſiti ſunt colores. Etſil̓r etiā poſſet fieri in alijs p̄latis ſuo mō.Sic̄ aūt palmites vel rami vitis inuicē incorporant̉ ꝑ inſertionē: ita fideles xp̄i debēt inuicē vniri ⁊ incorꝑari ꝑ charitatꝭ dilectionē. Et tūc vnuſquiſqꝫ faciet vuas di

uerſoꝝ coloꝝ: qꝛ .ſ. ꝑticipabit merita ſinguloꝝ: Psͣ. cxviij. Particepſ ego ſuꝫ oīm timētiū te ⁊ cuſtodiētiū mādata tua. ¶ Tertio ſctī viri aſſimilant̉ palmitibꝰ rōne ꝓtectionis: qꝛ palmites pāpinis veſtiunt: qͦꝝſb̓ſidio ab ardore ⁊ frigiditate defendūt.Hi pāpini ſunt ꝟtutes q̄ nos defendunt ⁊a calore ꝓſꝑitatis ⁊ a frigore aduerſitatꝰ.Nam in ꝓſperitate ardet luxuria ⁊ gula.In aduerſitate ꝟo frigeſcit inuidia ⁊ accidia. Sꝫ a luxuria ꝓtegit pāpinus ꝯtinentie. A gula pāpinus abſtinētie. Ab īuidiapāpinus charitatis. Ab accidia pāpinusſpei: qꝛ ſpes p̄mij multū ſollicitat ⁊ confortat. Sꝫ nota ꝙ qͥlibet pāpinus vt dic̄ Ambro. eſt alicubi īterciſus vt ſolis calorē admaturitatē fructuſ admittat. Et ſil̓r q̄ libetvirtus ad hͦ vt eiꝰ fructus ſit cōpletus .i. vtfaciat meritoriū opus oportet ꝙ admittatcalorē ſolis .i. amorē charitatis ſine qͣ nullum opus eſſet meritoriū ⁊ nulla ꝟtus ꝑfecta. ¶ Quarto ſācti viri aſſimilant̉ palmitibus rōne colligationis. Nā palmites vitis q̄dā de ſe vincula emittūt qͦꝝ āminiculo turbinibus vētiſqꝫ reſiſtunt: ⁊ ſuos fructus melius ſuſtinere poſſunt. Multū enīa pͥncipio ſunt graciles illi. Et ideo hmōiretinaculis indigent qͦuſqꝫ fiāt ſolis bn̄ficio fortiores. Sil̓r etiā illi qͥ ſunt imbecilliores ⁊ imꝑitiores vel mīores in via dei debēt ſe maioribꝰ atqꝫ peritioribꝰ qͥbuſdā obediētie vel familiaritatis ⁊ diſcipline vincūlis obligare ⁊ ꝯiūgere vt ſuſtētent̉ ab eis:⁊ eoꝝ exemplo ꝯſilio ⁊ auxilio ꝓtegent̉ aturbinibꝰ tribulationū ⁊ vētis tetationuꝫqͦuſqꝫ diuīe gr̄e bn̄ficio ip̄i efficiant̉ ꝑfecti.¶ Quīto ſct̄i viri aſſimilant̉ palmitibꝰ rōne putatiōis: videlꝫ ꝙ palmites ſingul̓ annis volūt putari ⁊ ſic ſe magꝭ dilatāt: ⁊ magis fructificāt ⁊ ſi diu putati n̄ fuerīt degenerāt: ⁊ in labruſce ſpēꝫ ſe cōmutāt. Et ſil̓rhoīeſ qͥ volūt ꝓficere ⁊ ī meritꝭ dilatari necdegenerare a iuſtꝭ vt efficiāt̉ pctōreſ: debētcogitatꝰ ⁊ actꝰ ſuos ſepe cū gladio lingue ꝑꝯfeſſionē putare ⁊ ꝓnūciare: ſꝫ ſaltē ſemelſingul̓ annis tenet̉ hō ꝯfiteri ex p̄cepto eccleſie ⁊ dꝫ putare vineā ꝯſcīe ſiue vite ſue:Ioh̓ .xv. Oēꝫ palmitē qͥ fert fructū purgabit eū vt fructuꝫ plꝰ afferat. ¶ Itē ſctī viriſunt ſil̓es lignis thinis ¶ Prīo qꝛ talia ligna ſunt ſpīoſa: ⁊ albe ſpīe ſimillima. Sil̓retiā ſctī viri ſūt ī hac vita ſpīoſi .i. cōpūcti-