Diſtinctio Octaua
multū ſeſe inutilibꝰ ꝟbis immiſceāt. et vnꝰaliū nō expectet. Poſtremo duxit eū ad capitulū. ſꝫ cū an̄ oſtiū capituli fuiſſet demonnullatenꝰ ītrare voluit. ſꝫ ait. Hūc locū nūqͣꝫ ingrediar qꝛ locꝰ maledictionis eſt. et ibiamitto qͦd in alijs locꝭ lucror. Nā cū aliquēfrēꝫ ꝑ aliquā negligētiā delīq̄re fecero moxin loco hͦ maledictōis de ip̄a negligentia ſepurgat. ⁊ corā oībꝰ ſe ꝓclamat. ⁊ ſic totū amiſiſſe me doleo qd̓ alibi me lucratū gaudebāEt his dictis euanuit.XIIIICū aliqͣꝫdiu apd̓ caſtꝝ qͦd d̓r phanū iouis in p̄dicatōe q̄dam ſctūs Dn̄icꝰ fideꝫ ꝓbans catholicā. h̓eticoꝝ ꝑfidiā multipl̓r inprobaſſꝫ. poſt p̄dicatōꝫ in eccl̓a more ſolitoremāſit ad orādū. ⁊ ecce nouē matrone nobiles ex eodē caſtro eccl̓aꝫ ītrātes ad pedeſeiꝰ ꝓcider̄t dicētes. Serue dei adiuua nosſi v̓a ſunt hͦ q̄ hodie p̄dicaſti iā diu mentesnr̄as errorꝭ ſpūs excecauit. Nā qͦs h̓eticostu vocas bonos hoīes appellamꝰ. vſqꝫ ī hodiernū diē credidīꝰ et adheſimꝰ toto corde.nūc āt in medio fluctuamꝰ Serue dei adiuua nos ⁊ ora dn̄m deū tuū vt notā hob̓ faciat fidē ſuam in qͣ viuamꝰ. moriamur. ⁊ ſaluemur. Tūc āt vir dei ſtans aliqͣꝫdiu intra ſeip̄m orās. Poſt aliqͣntulū dixit eis. Cōſtātes eſtote. expectate ītrepide. cōfido in dn̄odeo meo ꝙ ip̄e qͥ neminē vult ꝑire. iā on̄detvob̓ qͣli dn̄o hactenꝰ adheſiſtis. Statīqꝫ viderūt ī medio ſui cattū vnū teterrimū ꝓſilire qͥ magni canis p̄ferēs qͣntitatem. hēbatgroſſos ocl̓os ⁊ flāmātes. līguā lōgā latāqꝫatꝫ ſāguinolētā ⁊ ꝓtractā vſqꝫ ad vmbilicū.caudā ꝟo hn̄s curtā ſurſūqꝫ ꝓtēſaꝫ. poſteriorē turpitudinē qͦcūqꝫ ſe ꝟteret oſtēdebat.de qͥbꝰ fetor intolerabil̓ exalabat. Cūqꝫ circa matronas illas ſe ꝑ horam aliquā huc illucqꝫ ꝟteret ad cordā ex qͣ cāpana pēdebatexiliens. ⁊ ꝑ eā vſqꝫ ad ſuꝑiora ꝯſcēdēs. tandē ꝑ cāpanile lapſus diſparuit feda poſt ſeveſtigia derelinquēs. Cōuerſus aūt ad matronas illas vir dei Dn̄icꝰ ⁊ ꝯſolās eas Ecce inqͥt ꝑ hͦ ꝙ corā ocul̓ faciēte deo figuratiue cōparuit. poteſtꝭ aduertere qͣlis ē ille cuihactenꝰ ſeq̄ntes hereticos ſeruiuiſtis. Illevo deo gras referentes ab illa hora ad fidem catholicā ꝑfectiſſime ſunt ꝯuerſe.Ex vita ſancti Uincentij ordinispredicatoꝝ.
XVUodam tempore dū circa qͣrtā horā noctꝭ ī cellula ſua btūs Uincentiꝰ ordinē p̄dicatoꝝ dudū īgreſſꝰ libꝝ illū quē edidit bt̄sHieronimꝰ de Marie ꝟ̓ginitate ꝑpetua. ⁊int̓ ſuauitatē lectōis ip̄aꝫ ꝟginē obſecraſſetvt eius ꝟ̓ginitateꝫ cuſtodiret. facta ē ad eūhmōi vox. Nō oēs poſſumꝰ eē ꝟgīes. Nāqꝫtā ⁊ ſi vſqꝫ nūc te ꝟ̓ginem appellare potuiſtinō tn̄ vlterius patiar vt tam honorato noīegaudeas. Uir dei ad hͦ v̓ba plurimū attendēs. intra ſe tacitus ſolicituſqꝫ voluebat qͥdſibi vellet ẜmo quē audierat. Nō em̄ inducipoterat vt crederet v̓ba illa ex ore Marieꝟ̓ginis emanaſſe. quippe q̄ v̓ginitatꝭ cuſtodes ſꝑ amauit. ꝯfortauit. iuuit. magnificauit. Itaqꝫ genua flectēs ab ip̄a ꝟgine petijtvt qͥd ſignificare vellent illa verba terrificadignaret̉ on̄dere. Nec multo poſt ei beatavirgo multa cū luce apparuit. Et poſtqͣꝫ ſuiviſione eū ꝯfortauit letumqꝫ reddidit hocpacto locuta eſt. Uerba illa ad te paulo ante facta diaboli fuerūt. qͥ tibi ꝓpoſuit bonorū opeꝝ difficultatē vt territꝰ ab incepta ꝟtute deſiſtas. Tu tn̄ cautꝰ eſto vt ꝯſtāti anīoſeueres. Et qͣꝫqͣꝫ crebras tibi parabit inſidias ac freq̄nt̓ conabit̉ vt ꝑiclitet̉ ꝟginitastua atqꝫ cetere ꝟtutes q̄ in te ſunt corruāt.tn̄ ne diffidas ſꝑ ſpera ī dn̄o. qm̄ ip̄e erit clipeus tuꝰ qͦ nō ſolū arma diaboli poteris facile ꝯtēnere. ſꝫ ⁊ ip̄m cūctaſqꝫ artes verſutieeiꝰ magnanime ſuꝑabis. Hec v̓ba a ꝟgīe dicta ſunt. eiqꝫ a Uincentio gratie referūturet illa diſparuit. ex eo āt tꝑe xp̄i militi tantūferuoris accreuit vt nō terreſtrꝭ homo ſedangelus celeſtis videret̉.Erat btūs Uincentiꝰ nō ſolū v̓tutibꝰ p̄ditus. ſꝫ etiā corꝑe pulcer ⁊ aſpectu vald̓ venuſtꝰ. Quo fiebat vt eius ꝟtutes eſſent gratiores facerētqꝫ vt ab oībꝰ vehemēter amaret̉. Fuit igit̉ valētie ml̓r q̄dā tā nobilitategenerꝭ clara qͣꝫ forma corꝑis p̄ſtans q̄ ſuggerente diabolo capta eſt amore ip̄iꝰ Uincentij tam ardēter ꝙ nullam aut animi autcorꝑis qͥetem hr̄e poterat. ſꝫ ſingulis diebꝰfreq̄ntabat loca in qͥbꝰ eū vel audire vel alloqui poſſet. Uincentius licet eam ad ſe venire freq̄nt̓ videret. tn̄ nihil tale ſuſpicabat̉ſꝫ arbitrabat̉ eam aliqͣ deuotione ꝑmoueri