nunqͣꝫ terreri hoſtibꝰ: nūqͣꝫ in fugā verti. Diſce a clariſſi-mo viro illo Iuda machabeo: qͥ virilitate ⁊ magnanimi-tate nulliꝰ nūqͣꝫ hom̄is vultū fugit: pͥuſqꝫ potuit vita pͥua-ri: qͣꝫ in fugā ꝟti. Nōne ⁊ leo irratiōale aīal qꝛ magnani-mitate decoratꝰ: a venatoribꝰ circūſeptꝰ nūqͣꝫ fugit: ſꝫ medius in locū ꝓſiliēs: om̄ibꝰ ſe oſtēdit: lāceis ⁊ vulneribꝰſe exponēs: ſui cordis altitudinē mōſtrat. Ideo magnanimus Uincētiꝰ: dū ad martyriū ꝑ datianū p̄ſidē vocaret̉intrepidꝰ ad btūm Ualeriū epiſcopū ſuū ꝯuerſus dixit:Quid ſb̓ murmure ꝟboꝝ māſuetoꝝ ſuꝑbū alloq̄ris. Ex-clama potiꝰ ⁊ increpa iſtū infidelē: vt rabies q̄ cōtra dn̄mſuū latrat: ip̄a vocis auctoritate frāgat̉. Inſpiciēdū tn̄ ꝙſicut nos magnanimitate tueri oportet: ſic ſuꝑbiā ⁊ arro-gātiā omnino fugere tenemur: cū ſuꝑba aīa in ſua ꝯfidēspotētia ẜua ſit formidinis. Ut vnū ex ml̓tis accipe exemplū de Xerxe ꝑſaꝝ rege: qui tumido qͦdā illo ac ſuꝑbiſſi-mo fauſtu ꝑicl̓a ⁊ hoſtes ꝑuipēderet (vt ſcribunt hiſtorie)mirādū illū exercitū miẜabilit̓ ꝑdidit. Ex qͦ de illo meri-to ſcribit̉: ꝙ vbi abeēt ꝑiculū: plurimū inflatus: et in p̄liopoſtremꝰ ſꝑ erat. In fuga pͥmꝰ ⁊ in ꝑicul̓ timidiſſimꝰ apparebat. Nō ergo ſuꝑbia/ ſꝫ hūilitate: non arrogātia/ ſꝫ man-ſuetudine: nō timiditate/ ſꝫ magnanimitate: ad bellū proIeſu xp̄i gl̓ia gradiamur. Et tūc ꝯfitebimur tibi dn̄e in timore tuo: ⁊ nō in noſtra potētia q̄ nulla eſt ſperabimus:ſed in tua dn̄e fortitudīe: q̄ ſola nos ſuſtinet: ⁊ ſine qͣ nosſuccumbere eſt neceſſe. Ideo dicebat Auguſtinꝰ: Uelleqͥppe mihi adiacet: ꝑficere aūt nō inuenio. Uelle etiā qd̓bonū eſt nō poſſum: niſi tu velis: nec qd̓ volo poſſum: niſitua potentia me confortet. Debemꝰ etiā ſi ad martyriumvocati ſumus cū alacritate illud velle. Hylarē em̄ dato-rem diligit deus. Quare in actibꝰ apl̓oꝝ gaudētes a conſpectu ꝯſilij ibant apl̓i: qm̄ digni habiti fuerāt ꝓ nomineIeſu ꝯtumeliā pati: vt paulo ſupradiximꝰ. Id̓o letiſſime⁊ gloriant̓ Agatha ad carcerem ibat: vt quaſi ad epulasīuitata. Accedēdū etiā ad mariyriū om̄i liberalitate nō
Iudas ma-chabeus.Uincētius.Ualerius.Xerxes.Auguſtinꝰ.Agatha.