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mi vn̄ ſemꝑ ē ſordidus ⁊ īmūdus: ⁊ ē valde tardi motꝰ: Etiā quādā conchā in dorſo gerit intra quā ſe īcludit ⁊ qͥbuſdā cornibus viā q̄rit: qꝛ debilis viſus exiſtit: ⁊ ſiqͥd ſibi obuiā p̄ſenſerit ſtatī cornua retrahit ⁊ in cōchulā includit. Sic voluptas eſtvermis limi .i. corruptio carnis ſiue carnalis appetitꝰ. ⁊ ideo voluptuoſus ē ſordidꝰꝑ gula: īmūdus ꝑ luxuriā: ⁊ tardi motusꝑ pnīaꝫ: ⁊ cōcha quā gerit intra quā ſe includit ē ꝯſuetudo mala quā accipit ⁊ deponere neſcit. Hec etiā hebetat viſum mētꝭ .ſ.ad ſpūalia. ⁊ iteꝝ voluptuoſus qͥbuſdā cornibus .i. qͥbuſdā ſtudijs viā ſibi q̄rit ad delectatiōes carniſ: q̄ .ſ. ſtudia ꝑtinēt ad prudentiā carnis. vn̄ qͥcqͥd carni obuiat refugit ⁊ ad prauam cōſuetudinem ſe reducit.Ite limax qͣꝫuis lēto paſſu incedat ad arvoꝝ tn̄ ſummitates aſcēdit qͣꝝ folia depaſcit ⁊ vbicūqꝫ ſerpit īmūda poſt ſe veſtigiaderelinqͥt. Sil̓r voluptas carnis paulatiꝫexcreſcit ⁊ magnarum arboꝝ ſummitatesaſcēdit: qꝛ qn̄qꝫ magnos viros occupat etvincit. Sic̄ gula vicit adā: luxuria dauid⁊ ſalomonē. ⁊ folia .i. ornamēta ꝟtutū deuaſtat in eis. vbicūqꝫ em̄ ſerpit immundaveſtigia .i. exempla turpia ⁊ īfamia poſt ſerelinquit.¶ Capitulum:CXXIIISurarij et alijqͥ ſunt ex iniqͦ māmone diuites aſſimilant̉ pigmeis qͥ citocreſcūt ⁊ cito deficiūt. Nā pigmei qͥ ſunt ſtatura cubiti: vn̄ a grecis a cubito ſunt dicti: habitāteſ in motanis indieiuxͣ oceanū: ſic̄ dicit Augꝰ. in tertio annoſunt ꝑfecte etatꝭ qͥnquēnes pariūt: ⁊ in ſeptimo anno ſeneſcunt. Sic̄ gͦ pigmei breuietate cito veniūt ⁊ cito recedūt. Sic diuitie male acqͥſite vſurarioꝝ ⁊ alioꝝ cito creſcūt ⁊ cito deficiūt. Cito enī efficiunt̉ diuites ⁊ cito pauꝑeſ: Prouer. xiij. Subſtātiafeſtinata minuet̉. ¶ Itē ſic̄ dic̄ Chryſoſtomus ſuꝑ Matth̓. Sil̓is ē pecunia vſurariamorſui aſpidis. Percuſſus enī ab aſpideqͣſi delectant̓ vadit in ſomnū ⁊ ꝑ ſuauitatem ſoporis morit̉: qꝛ tūc venenū latenterꝑ oīa mēbra decurrit. Sic qͥ ſub vſura accipit ſub temꝑe qͣſi bn̄ficiū ſentit. Sꝫ vſura ꝑ oēs facultates eius decurrit ⁊ totumCXXIIIIconuertit. ¶ Capl̓m:
Hriſtus aſſimilat̉ rhinoceroti .i. vnicorni de qͦdicit̉ ꝙ hꝫ vnū cornu in frōte velin loco nariū qͦ oīa ꝑforat: qd̓ eſt indomabile aīal ⁊ crudeliſſimū niſi domet̉ ⁊ manſueſcat. Venatores aūt vt dicit̉ qͥ volūt h̓aīal caꝑe ꝟginē aliquā nudā ligāt ad arborē iuxͣ quā illud aīal̓ dꝫ trāſire qd̓ trāſiens dū ſentit ꝟginei odoris fragrantiā itaīmutat̉ ꝙ oī ferocitate depoſita in eiꝰ gremio recūbit: ⁊ vbera eiꝰ lābit: ⁊ ſic qͣſi agnꝰmāſuetus factꝰ ligat̉ capit̉ ⁊ tenet̉. Sic deꝰqui ante aduentū erat ſeueriſſimꝰ attractꝰodore btē ꝟginis: de qͦ Cātꝭ .j. Dum eſſetrex ⁊cͣ. Uirgis dico nudate a terrenis delitijs: ⁊ ligate voto ꝑpetue caſtitatis: in gremio vteri illiꝰ deſcendēs: ita hūanꝰ ⁊ manſuetus ē factus vt poſſit teneri: ligari ⁊ occidi: Iob. xxxix. Nunqͥd volet rhinoceroſſeruire tibi? ¶ Itē xp̄s figuratus ē in illavacca rufa de qͣ fiebat aqͣ expiationis in lege moyſi. Nam īmundicia eoꝝ qͥ tetigiſſetaliqd̓ aīal īmūdū expiabat̉ ꝑ aſperſioneꝫcuiuſdā aqͣ: de qͣ habet̉ Nūe. xix. Mādat̉cm̄ ibi a dn̄o ꝙ accipiāt vaccā ruſam ⁊ occidāt ⁊ cōburant exͣ caſtra: ⁊ intingebat ſacerdos digitū in ſanguīe eiꝰ: ⁊ aſꝑgebat ꝯͣfores ſanctuarij ſeptē vicibus: cōburebat̉aūt vacca illa igne cū pelle ⁊ carnibus: cūſanguīe ⁊ fimo flāme traditꝭ. Adiūgebat̉etiā cōbuſtioni lignū cedrinū: iſopus coccuſqꝫ bis tinctꝰ. Cinis aūt cōbuſtiōis colligebat̉ totus ⁊ in aqͣ ponebat̉ ad expiandū. Sꝫ cōburēs ⁊ cineres colligens: ⁊ illeqͥ aſꝑgebat aqͣs in qͥbus cinis ponebat̉ īmūdi reputabāt̉. Sꝫ ab hac īmūdicia purificabant̉ ꝑ ſolā ablutionē veſtimentoꝝ:nec indigebāt aqͣ aſꝑgi. ⁊ ꝑ iſtā vaccā rufam figuratus ē xp̄s ẜm īfirmitatē aſſumptā quā femineus ſexus deſignat: ſanguiuē aut paſſiōis eiuſdē deſignabat vacce color. Debebat aūt illa vacca eē etatꝭ ītegre:qꝛ oīs oꝑatio xp̄i eſt ꝑfecta in qͣ etiā nullaeſſet macula nec portaſſet iugū: qꝛ xp̄s nōportauit iugū pctī. Precipiebat̉ aūt duciad moyſen: qꝛ xp̄o imponebat̉ trāſgreſſiolegis moyſi in violatione ſabbati. Precipiebat̉ etiam tradi Eleazaro ſacerdoti: qꝛxp̄s occidēdus in manus ſacerdotū traditus eſt. Immolabat̉ aūt exͣ caſtra: qꝛ extraportaꝫ chriſtus paſſus eſt. Intingebāt au