Apologia pauperum

facile ſine artificio ſuſtētarēt hāc vitā. qd̓ indigentibꝰ diſꝑtiti ſunt. credēda eſt eoꝝ infirmitas ⁊ ferēda. Hec Augꝰ. Ex qͥbꝰ colligit̉.ꝙ qͣttuor generibꝰ hoīm digne ⁊ iuſte ꝯpetitab alijs paſci. qͣꝫqͣꝫ ꝓprijs manibꝰ poſſint laborare .ſ. qͥ alios paſcūt vl̓ verbo ⁊ doctrinavl̓ altaris viatico. vel diuinoꝝ diſpēſationeſacramētoꝝ. vel ſuaꝝ diſtributōe facultatū.Scd̓m hec igit̉ illi qͥbꝰ aliqua p̄dictaꝝ cōditionū cōpetit digni ſūt vt de euāgelio viuātilli ꝟo qͥbꝰ plures digniores exiſtūt. qͥbꝰ aūtom̄s vtpote qͥ p̄dicāt. celebrāt. ꝯfeſſiōes audiunt. ⁊ tꝑaliū affluentiā ꝯtēpſerūt. maximedigni eſſe ꝓbant̉. Quibꝰ ꝟo om̄es deſunt etvalidi ſunt ⁊ pauꝑes. ne ocioſi ⁊ infructuoſiſint ſibi ⁊ oneroſi eccl̓ie iuxta ſnīam auguſtini laborare tenent̉. niſi ꝑ hͦ excuſent̉ ꝙ eis qͥp̄fatas ꝯditiōes habēt deſeruiūt ⁊ aſſiſtūt. ⁊ideo cū eis ſuſtētari merent̉. iuxta qd̓ myſterialiter deſignat̉ in Iob. vbi dicit̉ ꝙ bouesarabāt ⁊ aſine paſcebantur iuxta eos. illaqꝫaſtruit̉ lege ſancitū qͣ ſtrenuꝰ pugnator illedauid videlicet iuſte decreuit ꝙ eqͥ portio eſſet deſcēdentiū ad p̄liū ⁊ remanētiū ad ſarcinas. Porro ſi aliqͥ quātūlibet ideote ac ſimplices tāte ſunt deuotōnis in p̄ce. rāte diſtrictiōis in vita. ⁊ tāte edificatōis in ppl̓o ꝙ eq̄fructificāt ſolo exēplo qͣꝫtū alij exēplo ⁊ ꝟ̓boexcuſant eos merita vite etiā ſi deſint verbadoctrine. Hec aūt diximꝰ nō qꝛ ocioſos autociū approbemꝰ. cū potiꝰ caſtigādos hmōi⁊ ad oꝑa cōpellēdos cēſeamꝰ. ſꝫ qꝛ ꝓpter difficultatē ſtudij ſpūalis qd̓ reqͥrit hoīem totū. ⁊ ꝓpter debilitatē corpoꝝ ⁊ inexꝑientiā artiū mechanicaꝝ rarꝰ inuenit̉ aut nullꝰ. qͥ more apl̓i pauli manuali labori ⁊ ſapīe ſtudio ſeptiformi efficacit̓ poſſit intēdere. Et iō compellere hoīes huic ſtudio aptos ad oꝑa manualia. nō eſt aliud qͣꝫ a ſapīa reuocare. et filijs iſrael inſtar philiſtum diuinoꝝ eloqͥorūarma p̄riꝑe. vl̓ more pharaonis oꝑbꝰ duriſluti ⁊ laterꝭ. iugoqꝫ ſeruitutꝭ importabil̓. violēter oppreſſos ab ingreſſu religiōis retrahere. ⁊ ad egreſſum īcitare. quēadmodū inſinuat̉ in exodo ꝑ hͦ qd̓ pharao dixit. Quare moyſes ⁊ aaron ſollicitatꝭ ppl̓m ab oꝑbꝰſuis. Itē ad onera vr̄a. Ubi gloſa ſacri Ambroſij ex omel̓. iij. ſuꝑ Exod̓. Hodie ſi moyſes ⁊ aaron .i. ꝓpheticꝰ ⁊ ſacerdotal̓ ſermo aliquē ſollicitet ad ſeruitiū dei. exire de ſecl̓o. renūciare om̄ibꝰ. attēdere legi ⁊ ꝟbo dei. cōtinuo audiet vnanimes etiā amicos pharao

nis dicētes. Uidete quō ſeducūt hoīes. qͣliter ꝑuertūt adoleſcētes ne laborēt. ne militent. ne agāt aliqͥd qd̓ eis ꝓſit. relictis rebuſneceſſarijs ineptias ſectant̉ ⁊ ociū. laborarenolūt. ⁊ ocij occaſiōes requirūt. Hec gloſa.Qua hoſtꝭ paupeꝝ dolꝰ patēter detegit̉. ꝙ n̄ſicut xp̄i diſcipuiꝰ ad exercitia v̓tutuꝫ conat̉erigere. ſꝫ tāqͣꝫ amicꝰ pharaonis ſpūales iſrl̓filios īpugnare. Alio qͦꝫ mō calūniator h̓paupeꝝ ſtatū ip̄oꝝ deprauare ꝯtendit. ꝓ eoꝙ nihil ſibi retinēt in ꝓprio vel cōi. qͦ nō vidētur ꝟtutis tenere mediū. ſꝫ vicioſitatꝭ extremū. cū dicat Ambroſiꝰ ꝙ nō ſunt effundēdeopes ſꝫ diſpēſande. Ueꝝ ꝯſil̓i rōne poſſꝫ ſācta ꝟginitas on̄di n̄ laude ſꝫ vituꝑio dignaqͣſi extremū nō mediū teneat dū ab om̄i cōcubitu ſiue illicito ſiue ꝯceſſo ſe tā mente qͣꝫcarne ſeq̄ſtrat. Quapropt̓ diligēs ꝯſiderator aduertat ꝙ ſicut alid̓ eſt mediū pudicicie ꝯiugalis. alid̓ ſanctimonie ꝟginalis. ſic ⁊aliud largitatꝭ polytice. aliud pauꝑtatꝭ euāzelice. Largitas nāqꝫ polytica qꝛ circa mūdana verſat̉. poſſeſſionū terrenaꝝ nequaqͣꝫſuadet abrenūciatiōꝫ a xp̄o ꝯſultā. ſꝫ potiuſbonoꝝ iuſte poſſeſſoꝝ dilectiōꝫ moderataꝫ⁊ diſpēſationē largā ⁊ piā. Propt̓ dilectiōismoderātiā dic̄ ſalomō in ꝓuerbijs in ꝑſonaviri polytici. Duo rogaui te ne deneges mihi. mēdicitatē ⁊ diuitias ne dederꝭ mihi ſedtm̄ victui meo tribue neceſſaria. volēs in hͦon̄dere ꝙ ꝟiꝰ polytica tenet mediū et fugitextrema. Propt̓ diſpēſatiōis pietatē dicit ineccl̓iaſte ꝓ ꝑſona rectorꝭ eccl̓ie. Utilior ē ſāpiētia cū diuitijs. ⁊ magꝭ ꝓdeſt vidētibꝰ ſolēQd̓ iō dictū eſt. qꝛ paſtor ſapiens etiā abſqꝫdiuitijs vtilit̓ paſcit dū gregē edificat exemplo ⁊ ꝟbo. ſꝫ cū pia diſpēſatiōe diuitiarū paſcit vtiliꝰ. dū ꝟbo. exēplo. ⁊ temꝑali ſubſidiogregi ꝓuidet ſibi cōmiſſo. Et hͦ eſt qd̓ canondic̄. expedit facultates eccl̓ie poſſideri. Propterea eccl̓iaſtes p̄fato ꝟbo paulo an̄ p̄mittit. Ne dicas qͥd putas cauſe ē ꝙ p̄terita tꝑafuerūt meliora qͣꝫ nūc ſunt. ſtulta eſt eī hmōiinterrogatio In qͦ arguit hereticoꝝ ſtulticiam approbantiū eccl̓ie ſtatū an̄qͣꝫ a pͥncipibꝰdotaret̉. ⁊ reprobātiū poſtqͣꝫ dotata ē. Quibus rn̄det ꝙ vtilior eſt ſapīa cū diuitijs. hͦ ēreipublice ſctē mr̄is eccl̓ie magꝭ expedies. ppter varias ꝯditōes. neceſſitates. infirmitates ⁊ ꝯmoditates multiformiū xp̄ifideliumꝯgregatoꝝ intra eccl̓iaſticā vnitatē īſtar diuerſitatꝭ aīaliū intra arcā noe. qͥbꝰ ip̄e p̄latꝰ