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igit̉ qͣttuor manꝰ ſiue pedes ſtellionis qͣttuor ꝟtutes penitētis: qͦꝝ oꝑibꝰ gradit̉ admanſiōes regales .i. celeſtes .ſ. iuſt cia quavtit̉ .ſ. ſatiſfaciēdo: tēperātia qͣvtit̉ in abſtinēdo: foritudīe qͣ vtit̉ ꝯtinuādo vl̓ tētationibꝰ reſiſtēdo: ⁊ prudētia qͣ vtit̉ a nociuisſibi cauēdo. He qͣttuor virtutes ſil̓es ſuntpedibꝰ qn̄ habent̉ in affectiōe: ſꝫ tūc ſuntvelut manꝰ qn̄ habent̉ in vſu ſiue oꝑatione. Tertio qꝛ ſtellio ī viſu hebetat̉. Nā inhyeme latet ⁊ viſus eiꝰ hebetat̉. Eſt eī tp̄shyemis aſperitas tentatiōis in qͣ penitentes ſe abſcōdunt in ſecreto orōnis vl̓ in latibulo hūilitatis: ſed tū eſſe non pōt qͥn extenebra tentatiōis viſus hebetat̉ mētis: qꝛſaltem dū hō tentat̉: offuſcat̉ ⁊ remittiturintuitus ꝯtemplatiōis. ¶ Quarto qꝛ ſtellio in viſu clarificat̉. Nā in vere exiens etviſum hebetatū inueniēs: locū q̄rit vbi ſolē orientē reſpicere poſſit: in quē dū reſpicit deſiccat̉ humor qͥ erat in oculis: ⁊ ſic lumē reſpicit ſic̄ innuit Glo. Prou̓. xxx. Sicpenitens ī vere .i. in tꝑe trāquillitatꝭ poſtqͣꝫ abijt hyems tentatiōis: dꝫ ꝑ ꝯtēplationē mētis ⁊ orōnē reſpicere ad ſoleꝫ xp̄m: qͥviſitauit nos oriens ex alto: ⁊ eiꝰ intuitu affectus mētꝭ inflāmat̉: oīs humor ſiue affectus indebitꝰ ex tentatiōe relictꝰ purgat̉:⁊ ſic mētis ipſiꝰ viſus miro modo clarificatur ¶ Ite penitētes aſſimilant̉ leonibꝰ quiin pͥncipio naſcunt̉ īformes ⁊ parui ad modū muſtele: ſed poſtea cū creſcūt efficiunt̉fortiſſimi. Sic penitētes incipiētes a timore ſeruili ſūt parui ī ꝟtute ⁊ īformes: qꝛ nōdum ī charitate: ſꝫ poſtea creſcentes ꝑ charitateꝫ roborant̉ ⁊ fortiſſimi efficiunt̉. Un̄Grego. dicit ꝙ ī via dei a timore incipit̉ vtad fortitudine veniat̉. ¶ Itē peuitētes aſſimilant̉ ceruis: qꝛ ſic̄ dicit Iſido. Cerui ſūtinimici ſerpentū: ⁊ cū ſentiūt ſe gͣuatos ſpiritu nariū attrahūt eos de cauernis: ⁊ ſuperata veneni ꝑnicie eorum pabulo ſolutireddunt̉. Serpentes igit̉ ſūt pctā q̄ odienda ⁊ fugiēda ſūt tanqͣꝫ venenoſi ſerpētes:ẜm illd̓ Eccī. xxj. Quaſi a facie colubri fuge pctm̄. Cū gͦ ꝑ remorſum ꝯſcīe aliqͥ ſentiunt in ſe grauamē culpe: tunc ſpū nariū .i.feruore pnīe. Nā in ſpū intelligit̉ feruor ⁊dolor cōpunctionis. de quo Psͣ. l. Sacrificiū deo ſpūs ꝯtribulatꝰ. In naribꝰ ꝟo dīſcretio ſatiſfactiōis accipit̉: extrahunt eosde cauernis .i. de latibul̓ ꝯſcīaꝝ .ſ. cū pctā
ad lucē deducūt ꝯfitēdo ⁊ accuſando. Uſtvirꝰ pctī depellit̉: ⁊ fit eis memoria pctōꝝ:nutrimētū lachrymaꝝ qͥbꝰ a pctōrū reatuſoluunt̉ ⁊ purgant̉. ¶ Itē cerui herbā diptāni pͥmitꝰ ꝓdiderūt: cuiꝰ paſtu ſagittasqͥbꝰ vulnerant̉ excutiūt. Cerui enī ſagittꝭꝑcuſſi: ſūt hoīes tentatiōibꝰ deuicti. Perdiptānū vero q̄ ē herba hn̄s virtutē diſſoluendi: attrahēdi ⁊ ꝯſumēdi venenuꝫ pnīaintelligit̉: q̄ venenū pctī diſſoluit ī ꝯtritione: attrahit in ꝯfeſſiōe ⁊ ꝯſumit in ſatiſfactionē. Un̄ hec cū a ceruis .i. pctōribꝰ ſumitur: ſagitte tētationū repellūt̉: ⁊ pctōꝝ vulnera miro modo ſanant̉. ¶ Ca. XCVIIEregrinos et viatores dirigere et defendere nosdocēt elephātes. Nam elephas ſihoīem ī via īueniret errantē: pͥmo ne eumterreat de via aliqͣntulū exit ⁊ gradū figit⁊ paulatī ip̄m p̄cedēs ei viā on̄dit: ⁊ ſi draco eis occurrerit: ꝓ defenſiōe hoīs draconi ſe opponit: eūqꝫ defendit. Sic hoīes magni p̄cipue ⁊ potētes debēt ꝑegrinos vlatores nō expoliare vt multi faciūt: cum adterriroriū eoꝝ veniūt: ſꝫ potiꝰ ꝑ ſe vl̓ ſuosdirigere ⁊ a mal̓ hoībꝰ defendere. ¶ Itē ledētes ꝑegrīos ⁊ hoſpites eos expoliātespeiores ſūt qͣꝫ venenoſi ſcorpiōes. Traditenī Ariſt. ī qͦdā mōte a ſcorpiōibꝰ hoſpitesnō ledi: ſꝫ indigenas occidi ⁊ ledi.¶ Capitulum: XCVIIIErſeuerare deet hō ⁊ eē firmꝰ in doctrīa bonaquā audiuit. Nā om̄e anīal hn̄saures eas mouet p̄ter hoīem. In qͦ ſignificat̉ ꝙ illi qͥ in bona doctrīa quā audiūt n̄ꝑſeuerāt nec ſūt ſtabiles: ſil̓es ſūt brutꝭ aīalibꝰ q̄ aures mouent: qꝛ ab eo ꝙ audierūtcito mouent̉: ſed qͥ ſtabilit̓ ꝑſeuerāt in audita doctrina ſunt hoīes vere rationales:Ioh̓is. viij. Si vos manſeritis in ſermonemeo: veri diſcipuli mei eritis: ⁊ cognoſcetꝭ¶ Ca. XCIXveritatem ⁊cͣ.Redicator aſſimilatur cani. ¶ Primo ex eo qꝛcanis dn̄m ſuū diligit. Et ſimililiter predicatorē verbi oportet eſſe amicuꝫdei. Unde predicator qui dominū non diligit nō eſt dignꝰ annunciare verba dei. Un̄