Prologus

Prologus.Uerat profectoequum. ⁊ ab omībꝰ mea ſentētiaꝯcedenduꝫ. laudatorio munericōmodatū pollere ingenio p̄ſtare ſcientia. p̄lucere eruditiōe ⁊ exercitatiōe. doctiſſimoꝝquoqꝫ ⁊ eloquētiſſimoꝝ hoīm facūdiā. atqꝫſummoꝝ ph̓oꝝ in doctrina ⁊ moribꝰ. mortalibꝰ cūctis p̄latoꝝ. v̓tutes optimas ī lucēponere conantē voce tum clara ⁊ ſublimi. tūſonora ⁊ ꝑiocūda. ſtiloqꝫ elegāti ſuaui ameno. vti oportebit. Quare ſiqͣ mihi ad laudādū noīatoꝝ virtutes ⁊ excellentias adiumēta vel natura vl̓ diſciplina vel induſtria attuliſſet. in laudibꝰ p̄ſtantis ⁊ ꝑdocti. ꝟtuoſiviri doctoris ſeraphici. ſancti Bonauenture ꝯdignitas nulla eſſet. Attamen qͣꝫ mirificam animi leticiā afferat cōcupita diu atqꝫexoptata ſanctitatꝭ imago. quā corā cerno.⁊ ſi nō carnalibꝰ artubꝰ ſuſtentatā ſed viuis⁊ electꝭ doctrinis (licet in mortalibꝰ pellibꝰdepictā) declarat. illuſtrat cōmēdat. ſingularis huiꝰ ſctī ſūma ſapientia. clariſſima doctrina. exqͥſitiſſima prudentia. honeſtiſſimaꝯuerſatio. vtpote qͥ nihil temere. nihil incōſulto. ſed omīa ꝓ rōne ⁊ rectō animi iudiciometitꝰ ſit. ordinauerit ⁊ executōi debite mādauerit. Sapientia qͥppe in eo claruit. quiatheologie apicibꝰ exactiſſime. nō tam ſtudēdo qͣꝫ alijs ꝟbo ſcriptoqꝫ tradendo diligentiſſimeqꝫ incubuit. Prudētia floruit. qꝛ vniuerſali ꝯcilio Lugdunenſi p̄ſedit. p̄ficiendiſummū pontificē eccl̓ie viduate ptātē accepit. ſui ordinis generalatū pluribꝰ ānis laudabiliter tenuit. ac ſancte mr̄is eccl̓ie cardinalatū. eccl̓ie p̄latoꝝ electione. ⁊ ſūmi pontificis mandato. humilit̓ ſuſcepit ⁊ nobilit̓ꝯtinuauit. Cōuerſatio aūt qͣlis fuerit. libervite in qͦ indelibiliter ſcriptꝰ eſt. on̄dit. Attamen gratiſſima ſua pn̄tia iocundiſſimuſqꝫaffatꝰ. atqꝫ in ſctō oꝑe potētatus. ip̄a re euidentiſſime eorā poſita demonſtrarent. ea q̄nr̄a mens nō ſufficit ſicut nec plene intelligere. ita nec alijs ſcribēdo tradere. Cedantoīa hec ꝓpoſito nr̄o. doctrine laudē. operuꝫſuoꝝ enumeratiōe in mediū feramꝰ. Sanctiſſimā nemꝑe ſuā doctrinā. ⁊ oī laude nobiliſſimā diſciplinā. ⁊ exqͥſitiſſimā eruditione is neget qͥ ſue doctrine auditu ⁊ viſu penitus expers fuerit. Aliū autē neminē cre-

do nō ſūme venerari virū tantū. ex cuiꝰ orenihil prodijt oīno. qd̓ minꝰ ſit quadā mirifica grauitate excultaqꝫ doctrina. preceptiſqꝫhis refertū q̄ tam ad diuīe trinitatꝭ ⁊ vnitatis totiuſqꝫ nature ſpeculatiuā cognitionēqͣꝫ ad bene beateqꝫ viuēdū ⁊ ad oēm honeſtatē dignitatēqꝫ ꝑtinēt. Potiſſime aūt dn̄etheologie fidē quā dedit inuiolabilit̓ ẜuauit. ip̄am ſuꝑ candelabrū ſtatuēdo. Allectꝰqͥppe laude honeſtate ⁊ dignitate hꝰ dn̄e. copioſiſſime operā huic doctrine dedit. quodopeꝝ ſuoꝝ numerꝰ pleniꝰ on̄dit. In pͥmisqͥdē ſe offert copia ſcriptoꝝ circa mgr̄m ſententiarū. In qͥbꝰ mirifice. ſumme maieſtatꝭthronū in colūna tabernaculū tegente collocauit. ameniſſimū totiꝰ creature pratumfloribꝰ elegātiſſimaꝝ ſnīaꝝ venuſtādo. ſuauitatē qͦꝫ diuini nectaris. deū hūanatū nobis intelligenduꝫ diligendūqꝫ ꝓpoſuit. atqꝫremedia celeſtia mūdo delectabilit̓ ſumenda p̄aparauit. Accedit nihilominꝰ paruoꝝopuſculoꝝ p̄cioſus ortꝰ ⁊ delectabilis. lilijsvallatꝰ celicis cū viola. ſūme ciuitatꝭ pigmētarias redolens aromatū areolas. In tātūſtuporē ꝯuertens ꝯtēplantis aciē. vt t̓renūinhabitās corpus celeſtia meditet̉. raptuqꝫextatico ſubleuatꝰ gratulabundꝰ illud Apocalipſis ſepiꝰ replicet. Uidi ciuitatē ſanctāhierl̓m ⁊c̄. Hic ſiqͥdeꝫ hortꝰ varijs decorat̉floribꝰ. ſtipat̉ malis. In qͦ armonizat auiuꝫdulcedo p̄nimia. qui vniuerſis odoribꝰ pigmentoꝝ ſeminat̉. tantoꝝ redolet cariſmatū vbertate celeſtiū. tot ꝯtemplationū. meditationū ac deuotionū vireſcit floribus. acmorum excandeſcit lilijs. vt ſuꝑni paradiſiexemplar p̄ſtantiſſimū effigiet. Quē qͥ diligentiꝰ intrauerit abiſſum intrat diuinitatꝭintermine ꝑ ꝯtemplationē altiſſimā. intratcreaturaꝝ intima ꝑ ardētiſſime caritatꝭ affluentiā. intrat chriſti vulnera ꝑ meditationeꝫ indefeſſam. Quid q̄ſo lucet in huiꝰ viriſapīa ⁊ doctrina niſi multiformis ſapientiachriſtꝰ. diuinꝰ radiꝰ et caracter ꝓ nob̓ miſſade celis. Idcirco hic liber teneat̉ in manibus ſapore mellis dulcior. pigmenti odoribus ſuauior. ſuauiſſimis armonijs meliuſauribꝰ nr̄is tinnizat. cuiꝰ tactu nr̄a ſoporat̉intelligentia. cuiꝰ tanta extat ſubtilitas itavt in ſummo dicā) ꝙ in eo velut in qͦdā ſpeculo tota appareat. tota reſplēdeat. tota noſtris rep̄ſentet̉ oculis machina mundialis.negociatio ſpūalis. ⁊ tota ꝯtēplatio celeſtis