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gationis collegio remouendos exēplo ſuoapes oſtendūt: q̄ ſicut Ph̓s dicit in librode animalibꝰ: apes al̓s pacem diſſoluenteſ⁊ mella ſua detrahere cupiētes: mortaliterferiūt vel omnino a ſe repellūt. Talibꝰ enīapibus ſimiles exiſtūt qͥ ſua inquietudinevel ſciſſura pacē ꝓximorū ſeparāt ſiue tollunt. ¶ Itē qui dulcia amicoꝝ cōſortia velobſequia que per mella ſignant̉ aliqͣ artemalicie diripere cōtendūt. Tales ergo merito ſunt vel aſperis verboꝝ pūcturis: velaſperis correctionuꝫ aculeis feriēdi: ⁊ abomnibus tanqͣꝫ peſtiferi inſuꝑ repellendi:Apl̓s Gal̓. v. Vtinā abſcīdātur qͥ vos cōturbāt.¶ Capitulum: LXIIEccatuꝫ aſſimilatur piſci ephimere qui naſcit̉ ſine coitu. de quo ait Iorach in libro ſuo de animalibus: ꝙ poſt tres horasdiei quo naſcitur moritur. Quaſi enī diesilluminās animā penitētia eſt ꝑ quā reſpicimꝰ gratiā: ⁊ hmōi diei tres hore poſt qͣsephimera moritur: ſūt tres penitētie ꝑtesper quas peccatū extinguitur .ſ. contritio:cōfeſſio ⁊ ſatiſfactio. Ꝙ aūt ephimera ſine coitu .ſ. ex putrefactiōe generat̉: ſignificat ꝙ peccatū preter nature ordinē ex appetitus corruptiōe contrahitur. vnde Augꝰ.dicit: ꝙ peccatū nō eſt natura ſed vitiū nature appetentis id qd̓ nō eſt ſui ordinis.Iteꝫ peccatū licet ante delectet: poſtea tamē mentē lacerat et necat. Et ideo aſſimilatur cuidā generi delphini quod ē in nilo.Sunt enī ibi quidā delphini dorſo ſerratoqͥ interna ventrū ſecātes interimūt crocodilos. Delphinuſ ergo qui nō anteriori pectori: ſed poſteriori dorſo ſerrato crocodili lacerat ventrē: peccatū rep̄ſentat mortale: quod nō ante .i. in pͥncipio ſed poſteriuſinficit. peccatoris lacerat ac perimit mētē.Prouer. xxiij. Ingredit̉ blande: ſed in nouiſſimo mordebit vt colube ¶ Itē peccatūin ſola affectionē exiſtēs pōt eſſe mortale:cuius exemplū apparet in turture marina.d̓ qua dicit Ambro. ꝙ ſi qͥs eā etiā mortuam calcauerit: venenoſū ⁊ mortiferū ei aculeū infigit. Quid eſt enī turtur mortuā niſi mortal̓ culpa: q̄ ſi quis pede affectiōis eiinheſerit: ꝓculdubio reatꝰ mortifeꝝ ei aculeū immittit.Ca. LXIII
Eccatores aſſimilantur piſcibus qui ita naturaliter ſūt guloſi ⁊ ad cibū auidiꝙ nō aduertūt laqueū ſiue hamū. Sed qd̓facit in piſcibꝰ natura: hoc facit in hominibus praua ꝯcupiſcētia .ſ. vt ita auide attēdāt ad delectationē pctī ꝙ non aduertuntdiaboli hamū vel laqueū qui pertrahit addolorē ſupplicij. vn̄ d̓r Ecc̄s. ix. ꝙ ſic̄ piſceſcapiunt̉ hamo: ita capiunt̉ hoīes tꝑe malo. ¶ Itē pctōres ſimiles ſūt equis fluuialibus qͦs nilus fluuiꝰ gignit: qͥ ſic vocati ſūtex eo ꝙ equis terreſtribꝰ ī dorſo et iuba aſſimilant̉. Hi de die in aquis morant̉: ſed ꝑterrā de nocte eūtes ſegetes depaſcūt̉. Talibus ergo equis ſūt ſimiles qui in die ꝓſperitatis poſiti ſub aquis delitiarū viuētes efficiunt̉ voluptuoſi. ſed ad noctē aduerſitatis et pauꝑtatis educti: p̄dones efficiunt̉ et noxij. vn̄ in nullo tꝑe bene viuuntquibꝰ vel abūdantia voluptatis vl̓ rapacitatis penuria occaſiōes fiūt ¶ Itē peccator nō pōt gignere .i. facere opꝰ meritoriuꝫniſi deponat peccatū. Cuiꝰ exēplū ē in murenula ⁊ ſerpete. Murenula enī vt Iſid̓. dicit nō inuenit̉ niſi feminini ſexus. Coit autē cū ſerpente: ⁊ ex eo generat aliā murenulam. ſed vt idē dicit: ſerpēs venenū deponit anteqͣꝫ coeat cū murenula: ſed poſt coitū ſuū reſumit venenū. ꝓpter qd̓ murenulanec a ſerpēte ledit̉: nec generat aliqͥd venenoſū vel ſerpentinum: ſed ſibi ſil̓e natura.Quaſi igit̉ ſerpēs venenoſus eſt hō pctō īfectus: qͥ ſi venenū pctī nō deponeret: murenulā bonā .i. bonā actionē ⁊ meritoriamnō gigneret̉: qꝛ al̓s cū matre eiꝰ .i. gr̄a velcharitate q̄ mater eſt omnis boni oꝑis cōiūgere ſe nō poſſet. Hoc tn̄ non imitabile ſꝫd̓teſtabile potiꝰ exiſtit: ꝙ poſt murenule cōiūctionē ſerpēs venenū reſumit .l. poſt receptioneꝫ gr̄e qͥs ad pctm̄ redit. ij. Petri. ij.Canis reuerſus ad vomitū ſuū: ⁊ ſus lotain volūtabro luti. Itē pctōres quidā ſimiles ſunt canibus maris. Nā ſicut canis eſtaīal mordēs ⁊ nociuū in terra: ſic etiā ī mari piſcis canis terribilis ē. vn̄ ſic̄ Amb̓. dic̄Canes ⁊ in mari ⁊ in terra cauēdi ſūt. Tales ſūt pctōres qͥ nō ſolū in terra .i. in tranqͥllitate pacis: ſꝫ etiā in mari .i. ī cōmotiōeguerre ⁊ litis periculoſi et nociui ſūt alijs.de quibꝰ Apl̓s. Philip. iij. Uidete canes
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