Diſtinctio octaua

re beate ꝟgīs ⁊ btī ioh̓is euangeliſte dicereꝯſueuerat diligent̓ ac deuote Seq̄nti ei nocte btūs ioh̓es apꝑuit. ⁊ vt eī manū ſuā extēderet īꝑauit. Gerebat ſiqͥdē in māu ferulaꝫq̄ velut ī eū ſeuiēs minabat̉ eiꝰ ꝑcutere palmā. Uiſū eſt ei ꝑ ꝯminatōis magnitudinēꝙ ſi eū ꝑcuſſiſſet ex ictu incurriſſet morteꝫ.At ille mox clementior factꝰ erectam manūmox ſuſpenſam tenuit. ⁊ vt dictam orōeꝫ extūc dicere non omitteret familiarit̓ ꝑſuaſit.VIIISacre ſcpͥture edmūdꝰ doctor effectꝰrat tanqͣꝫ lucerna ſuꝑ cādelabꝝ poſitꝰ Exem̄ p̄dicator egregiꝰ. diſputator acutiſſimꝰ.lector piꝰ. Et in his oībꝰ effūdebat alijs qd̓ip̄e hauſerat de fontibꝰ ſaluatorꝭ. Freq̄ntermulti ⁊ magni viri qͥ ad eū in ſchol̓ audiendū ꝯfluebant int̓ legendū a lachrymis ſe cōtinere n̄ valentes libros claudebant. Melſiqͥdem ⁊ lac ſub lingua hēbat. Iōqꝫ dulcedinē nō modicā diſcipuloꝝ mentibꝰ inſtillabat. Un̄ multi de ſcholis ſuis exierūt doctores eximij veſtigia ſctītatꝭ eiuſdem ꝓ viribꝰ ſecuti. Nōnulli etiā eccl̓iaſticꝭ honorati vl̓ potiꝰ onerati bn̄ficijs exonerantes ſeip̄os religiōi ſe dederūt ei ſuccenſi facibꝰ lectionis. Nimiꝝ ignis in altari cordis eiꝰ ardens iugit̓ alijs on̄debat lucꝭ iter. Hinc ⁊qͣdā nocte vidit ꝑ ſomniū in ſchol̓ ſuis ignēfieri copioſuꝫ. de qͦ ſeptē ardentes extrahebant̉ facule ꝯtinentes myſteriū rei ſecuture. In craſtino em̄ illiꝰ diei dū legeret ītrauit ſcholas abbas qͥdam ordīs ciſtercienẜ.qͥ ꝯpletꝭ lectōibꝰ abduxit ſecū ſeptē de ſcholaribꝰ ſuis qͦs ignis ſeptiformis accēderatcharitatꝭ. Un̄ ſpretis tꝑalibꝰ ⁊ md̓o valefacientes viam vite felicit̓ arripuerūt in dictiabbatis monaſterio.Habuit etiā ſctūs edmūdꝰ ꝓ ꝯſuetudīeqͣlibet die vel nocte dn̄ice paſſiōis inſigniameditādo recolere. ⁊ in eis ſuauiſſime delectando illis medullitꝰ inherere. Quadā itaqꝫ feſtiua die multis occupatōibꝰ ⁊ curis fatigatꝰ cū p̄uidere nō poſſet lectōeꝫ craſtināſeq̄ntem noctē invigilijs expēdit fere totaꝫvn̄ circa aurorā irrūpente ſomno eiꝰ occurrit mēorie ꝙ in nulla illiꝰ diei hora meditatus fuiſſet iuxta morē de dn̄ica paſſiōe. Timens ꝟo ne gͣuē capitꝭ doloreꝫ incurreret. ſianteqͣꝫ iret ad ecc̄iam ⁊ ſcholas nō dormiret. elegit aliqͣntulū qͥeſcere ac ſolitā ꝯtēplationē in ſpe gr̄e dei tūc irrūpere. Cū gͦ ſe īcli

naſſet ad lectū apparuit ei hoſtꝭ ātiquꝰ tetrūvultū exhibens ⁊ horrēdū. Un̄ t̓ritꝰ dexterā manū leuauit vt ſignū faceret quā demōapp̄henſaꝫ tenuit ne leuaret. Ip̄e ꝟo ꝯfiſusin dn̄o qͣi ambidexter ſiniſtra erexit vt ideꝫfaceret ſigͣculū. ſed diabolꝰ ip̄a ſil̓r app̄henſa qͣi ſaccꝰ gͣuiſſimꝰ cecidit ſuꝑ eū. Tūc deficientibꝰ ſibi viribꝰ corꝑis orauit in ſpū dn̄mvt ſua ꝟtute ſeuientē ꝯtereret inimicū Sicqꝫ demon ab eo auulſus ſubito cecidit int̓lectū ⁊ parietē ꝓximū in momēto. Surgēsigit̉ celerit̓ ⁊ ſic ꝓſtratū inueniens demonēꝯfortatꝰ in fide ip̄m cepit aggredi velut hoſtem. eūqꝫ ꝑ horribile guttur eiꝰ arripuit. ⁊illud ſtringendo fortit̉ ita dixit. Adiuro teꝑ aſꝑſionē ſanguīs xp̄i vt mihi nō omittasdicere qͥd ſit illud ꝑ qd̓ tibi valeā plꝰ nocere⁊ a meis infeſtatōibꝰ coercere Et diabolusait. Per illud qd̓ nūc noīaſti. Et ſic diabolꝰvictꝰ diſparuit ſe victū dolēs ab eo quē ſuis vincēdū viribꝰ eſtimauit.Paſſa eſt ſub diocleciano apud ceſareaꝫpaleſtine theodoſia ꝟgo de eadē ciuitate nobiliſſimo genere orta anno. xviij. ꝑentibusvnica deo ꝯſecrata elegantꝭ ſpeciei. Dignuꝫqͥppe erat in tali fabrica. xp̄i palaciū fabricari. Hec igit̉ neſcientibꝰ parentibꝰ ad martyres in carcere recluſos ꝯfugit. eiſqꝫ ſe ꝯiunxit ⁊ vt orarent ꝓ ea rogauit. Qd̓ cū faceretfacta eſt vox de celo dicens. Ego eam oleoathlete pungo meoqꝫ ſpū ꝯfirmo ad vincēdas oēs cruciatōes. Deinde interrogata ap̄ſide vrbano libere ac prudent̓ ad omniarn̄debat. pſalmoſqꝫ frequenter ruminabat.Poſt hͦ ſtipite capillis ſuſpēſa eſt. in qͦ cū nuda ſtaret nubes niuea apparuit q̄ illaꝫ velauit. Urbano aūt minante ſe acriora ſupplicia illaturū. Rn̄dit. Exurge vrbane. nulluꝫde parato mihi prandio ferculuꝫ fraudes.In oībꝰ itaqꝫ tormentꝭ ſuis qͣi dolorē n̄ ſentiebat. qꝛ ania eiꝰ in corona tota pendebat.Amator inqͥt caſtitatꝭ in honeſtꝭ vultibꝰ habitat. fruſtra qͦꝫ mihi minaris corruptōemqꝛ nō pōt caro corrūpi niſi mens fuerit ante corrupta. Poſt hͦ ait p̄ſes rebellē ꝟginē inanguſtū heronē coartate ⁊ eiꝰ collo gͣuiſſimū ſaxū alligate. eāqꝫ ī mare p̄cipitate. Qd̓cū factū fniſſet ab angelis ad t̓rā reducta ē.ſaxū qd̓ ei ad collū pependerat māibꝰ reportās. Poſt hͦ dimiſſi ſunt ad eā leopardꝰ ⁊ togala. lenitatꝭ ſue ſigna demōſtrātes ⁊ nihileā leſerūt. Tandē dū decollaret̉ viſa eſt de