re intēdit ⁊ eoꝝ linguā pͥus ſcierit vl̓ didicerit: laicꝰ ſit ſimplicit̓ ⁊ ſacraꝝ ſcripturaꝝ penitꝰ ignarꝰ. Et ſi nec xp̄i fidēp̄dicādo explanare nouerit: poterit ad Exemplū ſctīſſi-mi martyris Menne ꝑ hūc aliū modū ꝓcedere. Ut cumcōgregatos infideles vl̓ ꝓ oratiōe vl̓ alia ſolennitate co-gnouerit: in eoꝝ ſe mediū inijceat: exclametqꝫ voce ma-gna ſe eſſe xp̄ianū: ⁊ ꝙ niſi baptiſma ⁊ fidē xp̄i ſuſceperītſaluari nō poſſūt. Nā tꝑe diocletiani ⁊ Maximiani imperatoꝝ BHennas Egyptiuſ ⁊ xp̄ianus ſub Pat̓niano tribuno militabat: ⁊ ne cōuerſatiōe paganoꝝ ꝯtaminari ſe cō-tingeret: relicta militia ad heremū ſeceſſit. Et cognoſcēsꝙ in Sytia metropoli frigie p̄fatoꝝ imꝑatoꝝ natalicia celebrarent̉: deſcēdēs ex hęremo ad vrbē deuēit vbi hͨ agebant̉. Et vidēs ml̓titudinē in theatro dixit: Ecce tꝑs glorificādi nomē tuū dn̄e. Et ingreſſus theatꝝ vbi pyrrhusp̄ſes ſedebat: ⁊ om̄is ppl̓us aderat: exclamauit voce ma-gna dicēs: Dn̄e deꝰ meꝰ reſpice in me: qm̄ inuētus ſum anō querētibꝰ me: palā apparui ꝓpt̓ nomen tuū in medioinimicoꝝ tuoꝝ. Hec eo vociferāte factū eſt ſilentiū: ⁊ cō-ſurgētes om̄es intuebant̉ in cū: admirātes fiduciā eius:qͥ int̓rogatꝰ a p̄ſide qͥs eēt: rn̄dit: Ego ſū ẜuꝰ dn̄i mei Ie-ſu xp̄i factoris celi ⁊ t̓re: qͥ etiā ꝯſtituit om̄ia q̄ in eis ſūt.Et cū ad ſacrificia deoꝝ cōuerti nō potuiſſet: capite trū-catus fuit. Tu ergo qn̄ ad tale opꝰ a ſpūſctō ꝯcitaberis:capta illoꝝ oportunitate forti aīo vl̓ hec eadē ꝟba q̄ ſanctiſſimꝰ hic martyr p̄dixit: vl̓ q̄ nos ſupra deſcripſimus ineoꝝ mediū ꝓclamabis. Et hic ꝓcedēdi modꝰ ab aliqͥbusplurimū approbat̉: ſic vt de eo tractatulū vnū eē audiue-rimꝰ in monaſterio minoꝝ mōtis ſyon in hierl̓m. Eſt etiā⁊ aliꝰ laudabil̓ modus: quē ſapiētes plurimi antiquitusdiligentiſſime obẜuauerūt. Et ꝑticulares cōponebant li-bros in quibꝰ gentiū errorē ⁊ xp̄i veꝝ cultū oſtēdebant.Inuehebātqꝫ aliqn̄ ꝯtra pͥncipū ignorātiā: ꝙ diu̓ſiſſimasturpiſſimaſqꝫ religiones in mūdo paterent̉: ⁊ ſolam verā-qꝫ chriſti religionem tam crudeliter inſequi nō ceſſarent.

Mennas.