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demus ꝯfiteri verā carnis naturā qͣꝫtumad humanitatē qd̓ eſt altare de terra vl̓ lapide facere. ⁊ qͣꝫtū ad deitateꝫ debemus ineo ꝯfiteri patris eqͣlitatē qd̓ eſt nō aſcēdere ꝑ gradus ad altare. Ip̄e em̄ xp̄s nō minor patre ē aut ſpūſancto: ſꝫ coeternus etcoequalis vtriqꝫ viuens ⁊ regnans deusin ſecula ſeculoꝝ. Amen.¶ Explicit liber nonus de exemplis ⁊ ſimilitudinibus rerum.¶ IIncipit ꝓlogus eiuſdem libri decimi deexemplis ⁊ ſimilitudinibus reꝝ.Or ſuum dabit in ꝯſūmationē operū:Eccī. xxxviij. Quia om̄eagēs agit ꝓpter finē generaliter: oꝑarius oē ceptuꝫappetit opus ꝑficere: maximeqꝫ qd̓ laboribus plurimis lōgiſqꝫ ꝓſecutū ē ſtudijs: fine deſiderat debito feliciter conſummare.Poſtqͣꝫ igit̉ in p̄cedentibus libris exēplade rōnis oꝑbus qͣ hoīes aut lege iubenteaut arte dirigēte ꝓducūt qͣꝫplurima ſuntinducta ad reliquoꝝ ꝯſummationē operūhumanoꝝ de qͥbus exēpla ꝓmiſimus: licetcor ⁊ ſtilū ꝯuertere: ⁊ de reſiduis humāisoꝑbus q̄ ad vite neceſſitatē vel cōmoduꝫrōnabiliter p̄ter legis humane decretum:vel p̄ter artis habitū hoīes oꝑant̉: ac demoribus ⁊ ꝯſuetudinibus varijs: ⁊ q̄ ex rōnabilibus cauſis inter hoīes obſeruant̉ ⁊interdū etiā de fortuitis caſibus in hͦ vltimo noſtri oꝑis libro exēpla vel ſil̓itudīesponere: ac ea vt de alijs fecimus ad moralem inſtructionē inflectere. Cuꝫ his inſuꝑinducent̉ exēpla de moribus ⁊ actibus fidelium iſraelitici ppl̓i: ⁊ de qͥbuſdā ꝑticularibus actibus inſigniū ꝑſonaꝝ q̄ in illofideliuꝫ populo celebres extiterūt. De moribus quoqꝫ ⁊ actibus clericoꝝ miniſtrantiū ⁊ populi xp̄iani ⁊ de his rurſum q̄ adfemineū ſexū vel puerilē etatem ꝑtinēt: acde his q̄ ad defectū ſpectāt tā corporat̓ qͣꝫſpūalis vite: necnō ⁊ q̄ ad damnū vel tedium plerūqꝫ inter hoīes fiūt nōnulle ſil̓itudines ītroducent̉. Dabit itaqꝫ huius operis auctor in hͦ libello cor ſuū iuxta verbuꝫꝓpoſitū in ꝯſūmādis exēplis opeꝝ hūa-

noꝝ: vt videlꝫ hmōi opeꝝ ſil̓itudinibꝰ ꝯſūmatis labor ſuſcepti oꝑis totalit̓ termīet̉.Ceteꝝ ne ordīe diſpari a pͥoribus poſteriora degenerēt ẜm modū obſeruatū ſuꝑiusdiuerſoꝝ capituloꝝ materias volo ſub alphabēti litteris ⁊ ordine diſponere.¶ Explicit ꝓlogus.Incipit liber decimus. Ca.Biectos amūdo xp̄s plerūqꝫ fuſcipit: ſic̄ nōnūqͣꝫ vnaciuitaſ ſuſcipit ⁊ honorat expulſos ab alia.Et ſic̄ etiā vnꝰ hō miſericors famulū ſuſcipit pauperē ⁊ infirmū ab alio crudeli dn̄oderelictū: ſic̄ legit̉ .j. Regꝭ. xxx. de quodaꝫegyptio puero in via laſſaſcēte quē amalechita egrotū in itinere deſeruit: dauid ꝟoinuenit: cibo reficit: ducē ſui itineris fecit:amalechitā ꝑſequit̉ epulātē reꝑit et extinguit. Quid em̄ ē ſic̄ Grego. dic̄: ꝙ egyptiꝰa malechite puer in itinere laſſatur niſi ꝙamator pn̄tꝭ ſeculi pctī ſui nigredine oꝑatus ſepe ab eodē ſeculo īfirmꝰ deſpectuſqꝫrelinquit̉ vt cū eo neqͣqͣꝫ currere valeat iꝫfractꝰ aduerſitate torpeſcat. Sꝫ hūc dauidīuenit: qꝛ redēptor nr̄ veraciter manu fortis nōnūqͣꝫ quē fractū a mūdi gl̓ia reperiein ſuo amore ꝯuertit. cibo paſcit: qꝛ verbiſcīa reficit: ducē itineris eligit: qꝛ ſuū etiaꝫp̄dicatorē facit. Et qͥ amalechitā ſeqͥ nō valuit dux dauid efficit̉: qꝛ is quē indignummūdus deſeruit nō ſolū ꝯuerſus in ſua mēte dn̄m recipit: ſꝫ etiā p̄dicādo hucuſqꝫ adaliena corda ꝑducit: qͦ videlꝫ duce dauidamalechitā ꝯuiuātē inuenit ⁊ extīguit: qꝛip̄is xp̄m p̄dicātibꝰ mundi leticiā deſtruitqͥs mūdꝰ comites hr̄e deſpexit. ¶ Ca. IIBlatio ⁊ priuatio tꝑaliū alicui etiā innocēti facta diuino iudicio nō on̄dit deūeſſe iniuſtum cum ip̄e ea dederit et omniaſua ſint. Cuius exēplū ē: qꝛ nec aliqn̄ iniuſtus ē creditor qͥ dū p̄fixo reqͥrēdi tꝑe nonꝯſtringit̉ qn̄ vult exigit qd̓ fenerat̉. ita dūdeus aufert q̄ dedit nō aufert noſtra ſꝫ re-

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