Queſtiones circa regulā
Unuſquiſqꝫ ī ſenſu ſuo abūdet. Meliꝰ eſt hͦfacere qͣꝫ repoſitꝭ oꝑbꝰ īcubare. Sꝫ tibi aliud ꝓpoſitū eſt xp̄m veſtire in pauꝑibꝰ. viſitare in languētibꝰ. paſcere in eſurientibꝰ. ſuſcipere in his qͥ tecto indigēt. maxime ī domeſticis fidei. virginū alere monaſteria. ſeruoruꝫ dei ⁊ paupeꝝ ſpū hr̄e curā. qͥ diebꝰ ac noctibꝰ ſeruiūt dn̄o tuo. qͥ in terra poſiti imitātur angl̓oꝝ ꝯuerſationē. nihil loquunt̉ niſiqd̓ ad laudes dei ꝑtinet. habēteſqꝫ victum ⁊veſtitū his gaudēt diuitijs. qͥ plꝰ hr̄e nolūtſi tamē ſeruat ꝓpoſitū. alioqͥn ſi ampliꝰ deſiderāt his q̄ neceſſaria ſunt ꝓbātur indigni.Ex his hieronymi ꝟbis colligit̉ ꝙ ſuſtētarehmōi euāgelicos pauꝑes opꝰ eſt pietatꝭ maxime. ac ꝑ hͦ ip̄os ꝑſequēdo calūniari ſceluſeſt nō parue ꝑfidie. Nō em̄ inopia voluntaria vt hic dicit eſt cauſa maloꝝ ⁊ multipliciūcriminū. ſꝫ vt dic̄ Chryſoſtomꝰ. ⁊ ſupra habitū eſt. infinitoꝝ cauſa bonoꝝ. Sic̄ em̄ radix oīm maloꝝ eſt cupiditas q̄ eſt amor diuitiaꝝ. ſic pauꝑtas cūctoꝝ eſt origo bonoꝝſpūaliū. q̄ eſt ꝯtemptꝰ affluētie ⁊ amor penuriaꝝ. Nō ergo multi deliquerunt ꝓpter inopiam quā dilexerūt. ſꝫ ꝓpter inopiā quā oderunt. vl̓ certe ſicut gloſa dic̄. verbū illud ītelligit̉ nō de inopia bonoꝝ tꝑaliū ſꝫ ſpūaliuꝫvirtutū atqꝫ chariſmatū. Hec idcirco diximus. nō qꝛ cōmendemꝰ effrenatā mēdicātiū multitudinē. aut oēm mēdicādi moduꝫvt ꝑfectū approbare velimꝰ. ſed eū dūtaxatqui annexū habꝫ ſtudiū ſapiētie ſeptiformevel laborē manualē cū ꝓfeſſione ⁊ obẜnātiaeuāgelice pauꝑtatꝭ ⁊ exercitationē ꝑfecte ꝟtutꝭ. Quē quidē modū cū tota xp̄i vita ⁊ doctrina euāgelica cōprobet. ſi qͥs ip̄iꝰ ꝯtrariūeuāgeliſauerit iuxta verbū apl̓i anathemaſit Deſinat igit̉ ꝑſecutor hic paupeꝝ a malignis calūnijs ⁊ ꝟbis maledicis. nec balaātrāſcendēdo maliciā illiſ maledicat qͥbꝰ dn̄sbenedixit. ne bn̄dictionē ꝑdens celitꝰ repromiſſam. maledictionē incurrat eternā. Ꝙ ſiceſſare noluerit. verꝰ pauꝑ clamare nō ceſſꝫAdiuua me dn̄e deꝰ meus. ſaluū me fac ꝓpter miſericordiā tuā. Et dehine media ꝓſequēs in fine ꝯcludat. Cōfitebor dn̄o nimiſin ore meo. ⁊ in medio multoꝝ laudabo euꝫQui aſtitit a dextris pauꝑis vt ſaluā facerꝫa ꝑſequētibꝰ aīam meam.Finit Apologia paupeꝝſancti Bonauenture.
Incipiūt determinatiōes multaꝝ queſtionū ſuper regulā beati Franciſci. edite adoctore ſeraphico ſancto Bonauentura.Um īter aliosordines religioſoꝝ ordo fratrū minoꝝ datꝰ ſit eccl̓ie adedificationē fideliū in fide eimoribꝰ ꝑ ꝟ̓ba doctrine ⁊ exēpla bone ꝯuerſatiōis. quibꝰ ⁊ fideles erudiant̉ ad imitandū. ⁊ fides muniat̉ ꝯtra prautatē hereticā. ſicut lucerna fugās ī domo tenebras. ⁊ operātes ꝓmouēs. Vt aūt eademedificatio afferat fructū ampliorē. neceſſe ēordinē ip̄m qͣttuor ornamētꝭ eſſe p̄ditū. ſineqͥbꝰ minꝰ ꝓficeret ī alijs. licꝫ forte qͦ ad ſe aliquo illoꝝ poſſet carere. Primū eſt vita irrep̄hēſibilis q̄ maxīe ſibimet ꝓdeſt. ⁊ alios edificat. Secūdū ſcīa ſacre ſcpͥture. ſine qͣ nec ſecure nec vtilit̓ poſſꝫ alios docere. Tertiū ēauc̄tas p̄dicādi ⁊ ꝯfeſſiōes audiēdi. in qͥbuſmaxīe ꝓſunt fidelibꝰ frēs. Quartū rō ſatꝭ factoria ſuꝑ qͥbuſdā dubijs apd̓ illos qͥ nō intelligūt qͣliter fiāt rōnabilit̓ ⁊ licite. imo neceſſario ⁊ meritorie ī ordīe. ſuꝑ qͥbꝰ aūt mirātur aūt ſcādalizāt̉ vt ſciāt qͣliter ⁊ quō iſtaſant rōnabilit̓. cū ad hͦ teneamur Nā vt corceco offendiculū nō ponamus. oꝑa nr̄a luxdebēt eſſe corā hoībꝰ. iuxta illud Matth̓. v.Ut luceat lux vr̄a corā hoībꝰ. vos eſtis lmūdi. Et ideo expedit in lucē ponere ⁊ rōeꝫon̄dere de his q̄ nō intellecta poſſent putari tenebre. ⁊ ꝑ ꝯſequēs poſſent alioꝝ edificationē de nob̓ aliquatenꝰ īpedire. Sicut em̄artꝭ alicuiꝰ ignarꝰ videt̉ aliqͣ ab illiꝰ artꝭ opificibus inſtrumēta haberi que nō intelligitad qͥd valeāt. Ita plerūqꝫ ſeculares ⁊ rudeſmirant̉ quare ſpūales hec ⁊ hec faciāt. Itavt expediat aliqua ab eis abſcōdere. non exſimulatiōis palliatōe. ſed ꝓ cautela ne ponatur offendiculū infirmis. ⁊ puſilli intelligētia materiā ſcādali inde ſumat. Aufer rubiginē de argēto ⁊ egrediet̉ puriſſimū vas. h̓eſt. tolle de bono qd̓ facis ſuſpitiōꝫ. rationēreddēdo ⁊ apparebit puꝝ ⁊ bonū qd̓ putabat̉ vicioſū. jͣ. Pe. iij. parati ſꝑ ad ſa. ⁊c̄. Ipſaem̄ oꝑa dei puriſſima ī ſe. ſepe ſūt ī rudibꝰ ⁊ īinfidelibꝰ occaſio ſcādali cū nō intelligunt ⁊ſiniſtre ac ꝑuerſe interpretant̉. Matthe xij.Beatus qͥ nō fuerit ſcādaliſatꝰ ī me. pͣs. xvij.Cū ſctō ſanctꝰ eris ⁊ cū ꝑuerſo peruerteris.