dendū eſt: vt mirabilit̓ ſeraphicꝰ vir ille Frāciſcus in ſuapͥma regula a papa Innocētio ꝯfirmata declarauit. De-dit em̄ eūdi ⁊ ſtādi modū ⁊ formā tā indoctis qͣꝫ etiā ſciētificis hoc mō: Fratres ꝟo qui vadūt poſſūt duobꝰ mo-dis int̓ eos ꝯuerſari. Unꝰ modꝰ eſt ꝙ nō faciāt lites neqꝫcōtētiōes: ſꝫ ſint ſubiecti om̄i creature ꝓpt̓ deū: ⁊ ꝯfiteā-tur ſe eē xp̄ianos. Aliꝰ modꝰ eſt: ꝙ cū viderīt placere deoannūciēt verbū dei: vt credāt in deū om̄ipotētē: patrē filiū ⁊ ſpūmſāctū. Creatorē oīm: redēptorē ⁊ ſaluatorē fi-liū. Et vt baptizent̉ ⁊ efficiant̉ chriſtiani. Qd̓ niſi qͥs re-natꝰ fuerit ex aqua ⁊ ſpūſctō nō pōt intrare in regnū dei.Hec ⁊ alia q̄ placuerint dn̄o: ipſis ⁊ alijs dicere poſſunt.Quia dicit dn̄s in euāgelio: Om̄is qui ꝯfitebit̉ me coraꝫhominibꝰ: cōfitebor ⁊ ego illū corā patre meo qui in celiſeſt. Et qui me erubuerit ⁊ meos ẜmones hūc filiꝰ homīserubeſcet in maieſtate ſua: ⁊ patris ⁊ ſctōꝝ angeloꝝ. Hirabilit̓ ergo vir hic deo plenꝰ: vtriſqꝫ viroꝝ generibus: etpͥmo ſcripturaꝝ ſacraꝝ indoctis formā int̓ infideles eun-di ſtādiqꝫ explicuit: vt eoꝝ vite integritas humil̓ ⁊ charitatiua ꝯuerſatio ſpiritual̓ ⁊ magna fieret ill̓ predicatio.Et qd̓ ore expͥmere neſcirēt: vite exēplo ⁊ re ipſa declararēt. Un̄ ⁊ de fratre quodā laico ordinis illius ſcriptū ha-bet̉: ꝙ cū int̓ infideles integrā ⁊ exemplarē vitaꝫ duceretab illis interrogatꝰ accepit in manibꝰ regulā: ⁊ genufle-xus xp̄ianū ſe eē: ⁊ regulā ꝓfeſſus martyrij coronā ꝓme-ruit. Quare ⁊ quilibet xp̄ianꝰ charitatis amore ſuccēſusqͣꝫuis laicꝰ ⁊ ſecularis: eandē pōt ꝯuerſationē ⁊ moduminter infideles obſeruare ⁊ ſe chriſtianū profiteri: ⁊ cōpe-tenti tempore illis quilibet denūciare poteſt: ꝙ ſine chri-ſti fide ⁊ baptiſmate minime ſaluari poſſunt. Nec ad hocmagna ſcripturarū noticia eſt neceſſaria: nec hi ad illosofficio predicationis accedunt: ſed vt ſuam profiteanturfidem ſine qua nec illi ſaluari poſſunt. Et iſtis ſimpliciterdictum eſt: Quicunqꝫ vult venire poſt me abneget ſe-metipſum et tollat crucem ſuam et ſequatur me. At

Franciſcus.