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eſt ꝓrſus tāta humilitas q̄ aliqͣ dulcedineglorie nō tāgat̉: Iob. .xxvij. Edificauit ſic̄tinea domū ſuā. ¶ Tertio qꝛ tinea amaris⁊ odoriferis fugat̉. Vn̄ ſi folia lauri vel cedri vel cyp̄ſſi ⁊ hmōi ponant̉ cū veſtibꝰ etetiā cū libris nō pn̄t a tinea ledi: vt dic̄ Cōſtātinus. Sil̓r īanē gloriā excludit vl̓ amaritudo tribulatiōis: vel odor celeſtis gl̓ie:Matth̓ .vj. Theſaurizate vob̓ theſaurosin celo vbi nec erugo nec tinea demolit̉.Nā odor .i. intētio celeſtis gl̓ie excludit tineā vane gl̓ie. ¶ Capl̓m: CXIXIrtus fidei bonū ꝓpoſitū ꝯcipit: humilitas cuſtodit: ſꝫ charitaſ oꝑe ꝑficit. Etideo hec ꝟtus qͥbuſdā herbis qͥbus ceruepoſt ꝯceptionē vtunt̉ aſſimilat̉: qͥbus .ſ. iuuant̉ ⁊ ad fetū in vtero retinendū ⁊ etiamad faciliꝰ pariendū. Fetū qͥppe in vtero gignit qͥ fide illuminatus bonū ꝓpoſitū ꝯcipit: qd̓ qͥdē in vtero mētis nō perit: nec inde inanit̓ exit ſi hoc diſcreta hūilitas ad tēpus occultū cuſtodit qd̓ tandē charitas ꝑficit: qꝛ qͦdā feruoris īpulſu qͣſi qͦdā violēto ꝑtu exire in opus cōpellit. Et iō Apl̓sait ꝙ fides ꝑ dilectionem oꝑat̉: qꝛ .ſ. illudqd̓ fides cōcipit dilectio oꝑe ꝑficit. ¶ Iteꝫꝟtus ⁊ prudētia mētis recōpenſat in aliqͥbus defectū corꝑis. Nā formice vt dic̄ Solinus: maiora ſepe ferūt onera qͣꝫ ſint eoꝝcorꝑa. Un̄ recōpēſant ꝑuitatē corꝑis ꝑ magnitudinē ꝟtutis: morſu pōdera gerunt ⁊qͥ p̄ magnitudine ore ferre nō pn̄t nitunt̉voluere pedibus. ⁊ ſic etiā hō ꝟtuoſus ingeniat̉ vt qd̓ vna via facere non pōt faciatalia. In qͦ etiā maior ē exn̄tia ꝟtutis qͣꝫ ſitapparētia foris. ⁊ onus ꝓximi fert ore cuꝫad patiētiā eū īducit ſua exhortatiōe. Et fiore facere nō ſufficit: ſaltē pedibꝰ .i. cōpaſſion affectuū voluit. ¶ Capl̓m: CXXIta ſpiritualispaucioribꝰ indiget qͣꝫ vita corporaliſ. Et huiꝰ exēplū apparetin inſtr̄is qͥbus aīal mouet̉. Nā ſicut dicitAuicē. Om̄e aīal hn̄s ſanguinē nobilē qͣttuor mouet̉ inſtr̄is .ſ. vel qͣttuor pedibꝰ vtbruta: vel duobus pedibus ⁊ duabus manibus vt hoīes. vel duobus pedibꝰ ⁊ duabus alis vt aues. Sꝫ q̄dā anīalia ſunt q̄hn̄t plures qͣꝫ qͣttuor pedes: vt ptꝫ in can-
cris ⁊ in qͥbuſdā vermibus: ⁊ qͣdā pluresalas vt pꝫ in papilionibꝰ ⁊ apibꝰ ⁊ ſil̓ibus.Sꝫ hͦ ex defectu ⁊ paucitate ſanguīs accidit: ꝓpter quā cauſam efficacius oꝑant̉ qͣttuor organa in pͥmis qͣꝫ multiplicia in ſecudis. Ille ergo hꝫ in ſe nobilē ſanguinem qͥhabet gratie humorē. Nā aīa .i. vita omīscarnis in ſanguine ē: vt dicit̉ Leuitꝭ. xvij.Un̄ deficiēte ſanguine deficit vita corꝑis:ita deficiēte gr̄a deficit vita ſpūalis. Namſicut dicit Ph̓s: Uiuere ē viuētibus eſſe:ſꝫ eſſe ſpūale eſt ꝑ gr̄aꝫ: ẜm illd̓ .j. Corinth̓.xv. Gr̄a dei ſum id qd̓ ſum. ergo aīa ꝑ gratiā hꝫ ſpūalē vitā. ¶ Quattuor pedes qͥbus quilibet habēs gr̄aꝫ recte viuēdo gradit̉: ſunt qͣttuor morales ꝟtutes ſiue cardinales .ſ. prudētia: iuſticia: fortitudo ⁊ tēperantia. Itē duo pedes volantiū qͥbusad bōa oꝑa tendūt duo amores ſunt .ſ. dei⁊ ꝓximi. Sꝫ qͣſi duplex ala duplex eſt doctrina duoꝝ teſtamētoꝝ q̄ eleuat volādo:id eſt ꝯtēplādo in vera dei ꝯtēplatiōe. Ul̓due ale ſunt orō ⁊ ieiuniū: qͣꝝ vna leuaturaīa: altera leuat̉ corpus. Vel vt duo pedesſpūales hoīs ſunt intellectus ⁊ affectus qͦrū vnus ꝑ fidei viā: alter ꝟo ꝑ viā dilectionis in deū tēdit. Due aūt manus ſunt bn̄.oꝑari in ꝓſꝑis qd̓ ꝑtinet ad dexterā: ⁊ bn̄oꝑari in aduerſitate qd̓ ꝑtinet ad ſiniſtrā:vel bn̄facere amico ⁊ inimico. Alia autemignobilia q̄ ex defectu ꝟtutꝭ multꝭ inſtr̄isvtunt̉: ſignificāt pctōres gr̄a ⁊ ꝟtutibꝰ deſtitutos: qͥ multis inſtr̄is .i. multis curis ⁊occupatiōibus īuoluunt̉ qd̓ eſt ex defectunature corrupte ꝑ vitia ⁊ nō frenate ꝑ gratiā vel ꝟtutibus regulate. Natura em̄ integra ⁊ ꝟtutibꝰ modificata paucꝭ minimiſqꝫ ꝯtēta eſt ẜm Boetiū. Un̄ accidit ꝙ carnales plura vite fomēta exqͥrūt qͣꝫ viri ſpūales: ⁊ qͥetius viuūt ſpūales cū paucis bonis qͣꝫ carnales cum multis bonis ⁊ diuiCXXI¶ Capl̓m:tijs.Itiā aſſimilanturⁱ ſcorpionibus. Nā ſicut ſcorꝑiones ſe inuicē pariūt: ita ſe innicē occidūt. Dicit̉ em̄ ꝙ ſcorpio parit vndenos fetus quos omnes occidūt matresp̄ter vnū. Sꝫ ille vnus ſupra matrē aſcendit ⁊ interficit: ⁊ vltor ē fraterni ſanguīs.Et hͦ fecit deꝰ ne ꝓgenies illa peſtifera creſceret nimis. Sicut autē ex vno ſcorpione