quiſqͥs fuerit niſi huic ſe ſctē ꝯfeſſiōi addiderit: int̓presaffuturꝰ vaiat: ſubito em̄ ꝑtimeſceret: ac ꝓ poſſe periculū euitaret. Nec oportuno in tꝑe aliū forte ex infidelibuſqͥ linguā tuā didicerit ꝓmptum habere poſſes. Quare ethec tecū primū cogitar̄ oportet: ꝙ ſi poſſibile hͦ ꝑpendas:tua ſctā ꝯuerſatiōe int̓ illos ꝓ tꝑe degas: ⁊ linguā vt plures fecerūt om̄i ſollicitudīe addiſcas: qͥbꝰ tūc ꝯfeſſionē ⁊p̄dicationē tuā vt ſupradiximꝰ palā ⁊ forti animo expli-cabis. Sic monachꝰ qͥdā ex regl̓a ſctī Bn̄dicti: cuiꝰ nomēnō teneo: ſed in ill̓ ꝑtibus palā vbiqꝫ habet̉: vix duobꝰ annis elapſis in ciuitate q̄ nūc dicit̉ Thuneſi: magnificētiſ-ſime ꝑegit: linguā em̄ deo auxiliate ꝑuo in tꝑe optime didicit: ml̓tis hincinde xp̄m p̄dicauit: ⁊ capta oportūitate:vt abilius ſuū poſſet cōſequi intētū: illoꝝ vna die infideliū habitu veſtitur: tacituſqꝫ locū vbi illi ad orationē cō-uenerant incognitus intrauit: pulpitumqꝫ cōueniēti tꝑeaſcēdens: xp̄m vt mirabilit̓ p̄dicauit: ſic ⁊ eoꝝ legē clariſſime cōfutauit. Ex qͦ cū martyriū crudeli tormēto depo-neret: ad illius exemplū cōpūctiōe cōmotꝰ alt̓ ⁊ penitē-tia ductus: chriſtū quē lōgo tꝑe negauerat: in mediū oīmꝓſiliēs publice ꝯfeſſus eſt: ⁊ ſe corā om̄ibꝰ xp̄ianū ꝓcla-mauit: ex qͦ ſimul cū illo felix martyrij coronaꝫ ꝓmeruit.Et modꝰ hic ſi hͦ in tꝑe comode impleri poſſit (cū via ſit ⁊ꝓgreſſus apoſtoloꝝ) int̓ om̄es qͦs recitaturi ſumꝰ lauda-bilior p̄dicat̉. Et ſcripturaꝝ ſacraꝝ doctis: ꝙ verbuꝫ deioportuno in tꝑe p̄dicēt maxīe ꝯueniēs reꝑitur. Und̓ qͥ ſeep̄os ad infideliū loca cōſecrari: vl̓ diaconos ſiue preſ-byteros ill̓ coadiutores ordinari ꝑmiſerint: linguā hͦ mōaddiſcere obligant̉: vt ill̓ ꝟbū dei annūciēt: ⁊ alia epiſcopalia ⁊ ſacerdotalia tractent: que ſine ideomatis noticiaexerceri nō poſſūt. Quare nec alia ītētiōe officia hec int̓illos legitime acceptare potuiſſe vident̉. Ideo antiqͥori-bus tꝑoribꝰ neminē etiā int̓ chriſtianos cōſueuerat Ro-mana eccl̓ia epiſcopū ordīare: qͥ eiꝰ gētis linguā ignora-ret. At ſi vir h̓ qͥ ꝯfeſſionē hāc xp̄i nōis int̓ infideles ꝑfice