Paulus primꝰ heremi.Uirgiliꝰ ge-orgicoꝝ. .ij.
igitur ciuitas: quādo pauco in tꝑe tota īfidelis fiat. Queꝑſecutio antiquitꝰ nō fuit cū om̄is fere mūdus ditiōi ro-mane ſubditus eſſet: quo in tꝑe mirabilit̓ martyrio fidesnr̄a creuit. Niſi hoc gothoruꝫ tꝑe ⁊ vuādoloꝝ etiā fuiſſedicamus. Inſtat ⁊ cōtra ſolā animā ꝑſecutio: qn̄ illā infi-deles occidere: hoc eſt: ad eoꝝ ꝑfidiā viuēte corpore cō-ducere ſatagūt: que ꝑſecutio ſola ꝯtra xp̄ianos antiqͥs tēporibus fuit: ⁊ qͣꝫto magis inualeſcebat (vt ait Lactātiꝰ)tanto maior credētiū numerꝰ reſultabat. Sed hoc in tꝑefortiſſime nos ꝑſequit̉: vt nō ſolū dulcibꝰ illecebris: ⁊ la-ga licētia (qual̓ nec int̓ romanos gētiles fuit) ſb̓ditos ſibixp̄ianos vl̓ ẜuos peſſimi infideles ſeducant ſed a remotiſxp̄ianoꝝ ꝑtibꝰ: plures quos fortiſſimos credidiſſē ꝓhdolor aliqn̄ traxerūt: vt corꝑis voluptatibꝰ illecti: ad illosaccedētes: xp̄m ſuū dn̄m negare nō formidēt: quotidieqꝫalij negēt: ⁊ illoꝝ legi ingrati ſe ſb̓ditos ꝓfitent̉. Magnaeſt hec ꝑſecutio: nec ob maiorē ad heremū Paulꝰ here-mita pͥmus aufugit. Eſt nanqꝫ ꝓna ad voluptates omneſhomīs natura: que niſi ꝟtutibus alijs: ⁊ fide firma ſolidetur: labit̉ ⁊ diſcurrit: vt id clariſſimi poete verū videaturdicentis: ꝙ niſi quecunqꝫ maxīa vi teneant̉: In peiꝰ ruereac retro ſub laſſa referri. Nō alter qͣꝫ qui aduerſo vix flu-mine lembū Remigijs ſubijt: ſi brachia forte relaxat. At-qꝫ illū in preceps prono rapit alpheus amni. Ideo taliaMoameth ſubtilit̓ cōſiderāſ: ſripſit in Alchoran. ca. xiiij.Grauioris hoſtilitatis ⁊ inueſtatiōis iudei ſēꝑ erga vos.Amicitie ꝟo maioriſ xp̄iani reꝑiunt̉: xp̄ianoꝝ etenī ſacerdotes ⁊ p̄ſules nō indignātes p̄ſumptuoſe: cū verbū ſuꝑꝓphetā ꝓpoſitū audiūt: veritatiqꝫ cognoſcunt: lachry-mant̉ ⁊ dicūt: O deꝰ nos cū illis bonis homībꝰ: credētesnos illis aſſociatuꝝ: ſume ſperamꝰ. Hec ille. Statutis ſi-milit̓ ⁊ cōſtitutionibꝰ ſuis aīas nr̄as occidere curāt: ſtatuentes ꝙ ſi qͥs xp̄ianus creditores xp̄ianos ſub eoꝝ domi-nio vl̓ alibi habeat: ⁊ xp̄ꝫ negās ſe ꝑfidi lege ſubdat: omne illi debitū remittat̉. Et ſic vnū ego (nōdū p̄terit ānꝰ