De ſeptem donis ſpirituſſancti-
expellit ab anīa. Un̄ Grego. in pͥmo mora.dicit. Scientia in die ſuo cōuiuiū facit. qꝛin ventre mentꝭ ignorātie ieiuniū ſuperat.Ex quo ptꝫ ꝙ ignorātia et vicia cauſant inanīa ieiuniū ſpūale. q̄ qͣꝫuis ſit incorruptibilis tn̄ multū debilitat̉. eo ꝙ interiꝰ nulliſveritatibꝰ cibat̉. ⁊ ex ꝯſequēti nec appetitusveris bonis ſatiat̉. qͥa incognita amare nōpoſſumꝰ. iō nec guſtare poſſumꝰ. vt dic̄ Beda ſuꝑ Lucā. ca. viij. Igit̉ ſicut ꝯſulit Aug.in lib. de vera religiōe. Obmiſſis nugꝭ theatricis ⁊ poeticis. diuinaꝝ ſcripturaꝝ cōſideratiōe ⁊ tractatiōe paſcamꝰ animuꝫ atqꝫpotemꝰ vane curioſitatꝭ fame ac ſiti feſſuꝫ⁊ eſtuantē inanibꝰ fantaſmatibꝰ tanqͣꝫ pictꝭepulis. ⁊ eis velle fruſtra ſatiari cū talia animā nō ſatiēt. Scd̓o donum ſcīe ꝓuocatanīe appetitū ꝑ manifeſtationē dulciſſimarū veritatū. Nā ſicut dic̄ Augꝰ. ſuꝑ Ioh̓eꝫ.Ueritas panis eſt. ⁊ mentē reficit nec tn̄ deficit. Et quāto donū ſcīe dulces veritatesmagis manifeſtat. tāto appetitū magꝭ ꝓuocat. Quia quāto alimēta ſpūalia plꝰ ſumūtur. tāto plus appetunt̉. ait Grego. Alioqͥn(ſicut dicit Hugo lib. de vanitate mundi)fruſtra in nob̓ diuine cognitiōis habūdantia creſcit niſi in nobis diuīe dilectiōis flāma augeſcat. Sed dilectio ſiue caritas ē cibus dulciſſime reficiēs mentē. Un̄ Bern̄.in lib. de. xij. gradibꝰ hūilitatꝭ dicit. Dulciscibꝰ ⁊ ſuauis eſt caritas q̄ feſſos alleuiat. debiles roborat. meſtos letificat. iugū deniqꝫveritatꝭ facit ſuaue ⁊ onus leue in illo .ſ. cōuiuio mentali. Tercio donū ſcīe cōuiuātes multiplicit̓ reficit ꝑ ferculoꝝ diuerſoꝝdelicioſam exhibitionē. que in ſciētia ſacretheologie occulta on̄dit. ⁊ ꝯuiuātes illuminādo guſtare facit. Un̄ Grego. in mora. exponens illud Iob. xxij. Tūc ſuꝑ om̄ipotētem delicijs afflues. dicit. Suꝑ om̄ipotētem delicijs affluere eſt in amore illiꝰ ſacreſcripture epulis ſatiari. In qͥbꝰ nimirū totdelicias inuenimꝰ qͦt ad ꝓfectū nr̄m intelligentie diuerſitates accipimꝰ. Ut mō nosnuda paſcat hyſtoria. Modo ſub textu littere velata nos reficiat medullitꝰ allegoriaModo ad altiora ſuſpēdat ꝯtēplatio anagogie in pn̄tis vite tenebris iā de lumīe eternitatis intermicās. In his v̓bis Grego. innuit triplicē mēſam eſſe ſacre ſcripture. in quibꝰ anīe ſtudioſe mediāte dono ſcientie diuerſimode et dulcit̉ reficiunt̉. Pri-
ma eſt menſa hyſtorie. Scd̓a eſt mēſa allegorie. Tercia eſt anagogie. In mēſa hyſtorie ſimplices cibant̉ fercul̓ groſſioribꝰ. Imēſa allegorie cibant̉ doctores fercul̓ ſubtilioribꝰ. In menſa anagogie ꝑfectiores cibant̉ ferculis dulcioribꝰ. In mēſa hyſtoriſimplices cibant̉ fercul̓ groſſioribꝰ fidē roborantibꝰ. dū ſimplices legūt in ſacra ſcriptura ꝙ aqua in vinū mutat̉. lazarꝰ ſuſcitatur. leproſus mūdat̉. cecus illuminat̉. ⁊ huiuſmodi. Tūc turba ſimpliciū paſcit̉ qn̄ fides exemplis roborat̉. Un̄ Alexāder nequā ſuꝑ cantica. ca. v. dicit. Ecce nob̓ recūbentibꝰ ad mēſam ſacre ſcripture ꝓponunt̉poma mire fragrātie Arbor ſiquidē ꝓpaginis cuiꝰ radix erat ꝓthoplaſtꝰ d̓corata multitudine ramorū qͥ ſurſum tendunt̉ ꝓtulitpoma .i. exēpla cōmeſtibilis ⁊ cōmendabilis ſaporis. ꝑ q̄ intellige bona oꝑa ſeuꝓptarū vaticinia quoꝝ delicioſo odore ſanmr̄ eccl̓ia qͦtidie recreat̉. Hec ille. In mēſa ſcd̓a allegorie reficiuntur ſubtiliores. vtdoctores ⁊ ſil̓es. ſubtilioribꝰ ⁊ dulcioribusferculis. dū eis panis verꝰ de celo ꝓmittit⁊ dat̉. Ioh̓. vj habens in ſe om̄e delectamētū ⁊ omnē ſaporē ſuauitatꝭ Sapīe. xvjcuiꝰ māducatiōe reſurrectio nobis ꝓmtur. vita eterna ſperat̉. ianua celeſtꝭ aperit̉.menſa eterne refectiōis p̄parat̉. corpꝰ chriſti hic vere māducat̉ in qͦ nobis diuinitas ꝓpinat̉. Un̄ Hugo in pͥmo. c. ſuꝑ libꝝ angece ierarchie dicit. Carnem aſſumptā ieſusnobis in eduliū ꝓpoſuit. vt ꝑ cibum carnisad guſtū inuitaret diuinitatꝭ. Ex his autēconfortat̉ aīa. ⁊ ſurgit in ſpē viuā. De qͣ ſpeGrego. lib̓. vj. mora. dicit. Spes in eternitate animū erigit. ⁊ idcirco nulla exteriꝰ aduerſa q̄ tolerat ſentit. qd̓ nō eſt modica refectio mentꝭ. In mēſa tercia ſcꝫ anagogie.ſpiritales ⁊ ꝑfectiores paſcunt̉ ferculis dulciſſimis ⁊ ſapidiſſimis. Cuiꝰ rō pōt eſſe talis. Anagogia vt dicit Hugo ſuꝑ pͥmū libꝝangelice ierarchie. eſt aſcenſio ſiue eleuatiomentꝭ in ꝯtemplationē ſuꝑnoꝝ. Iō aſcendendo trāſcendit narrationē menſe hyſtorice. ſed ꝯtemplādo tranſit vltra velaminamenſe allegorice. Plena autē eleuatio ⁊ pura ꝯtemplatio in mente mirā ⁊ dulcē generat delectationē ⁊ refectionē. Un̄ Grego. libro. jͣ. ſuꝑ Ezech̓. ꝑte. iij. Omel̓. xxj. dicit ſicContemplatio amabilis et mirabilis valde dulcedo eſt. que ſuꝑ ſemetip̄am animaꝫ