Quare fratres mīores predicent

Quinto vt purgēt ſe ad corpꝰ dn̄icū digneꝑcipiēdū fideles ꝑ ꝯfeſſionis medelā. Sexto ꝓ merito gl̓ie vt ex humilitate ꝯfeſſiōismereant̉ in celo exaltari. ⁊ a peccatꝭ citiꝰ expurgari. Propriꝰ ſacerdos d̓r cui qͥſqꝫ ſpecialit̓ gubernādꝰ eſt cōmiſſus ab eccl̓ia vicedei. Pretermiſſis igit̉ diuerſis diſtinctiōibꝰqͣttuor ſunt cuiuſqꝫ plebis ꝑrochial̓ ꝓprij ſacerdotes. Primꝰ ⁊ p̄cipuꝰ eſt ſummꝰ pōtifexcui tota eccl̓iaſtici gregꝭ cura ſingulariſſimecōmiſſa eſt. ita ꝙ oēs inferiores eccl̓ie rectores curā ⁊ totā poteſtatē quā habēt ſuꝑ ſubditos ab ip̄o accipiūt. mediate vel īmediateSecūdꝰ eſt dyoceſanꝰ ep̄s qͥ eſt ordinariꝰ paſtor oīm eccl̓iaꝝ ſub ip̄o ꝯſtitutaꝝ. ⁊ ſui inferiores p̄lati curā aīaꝝ ⁊ auctoritatē regendihabēt ab ip̄o. Tertiꝰ eſt ſpecial̓ paſtor cuiꝰqꝫeccl̓ie ibi canonice īſtitutꝰ. Quariꝰ eſt cui qͥſqꝫ p̄dictoꝝ ꝓtēꝑe vicē ſuā ſuꝑ ꝯmiſſos ſibiad ligandū ⁊ ſoluēdū ex cauſa rōnabili committit. cui tn̄ cōmittere pōt. Suꝑiores autēliberiꝰ ⁊ largiꝰ pn̄t vices ſuas cōmittere qͣꝫinferiores. Un̄ cū plebanꝰ poſſit aliqͥbꝰ cōmittere vt vice ſui plebi ſue p̄dicēt ⁊ eoꝝ cōfeſſiōes audiāt. ⁊ abſoluāt ⁊ pnīas iniūgāt.ita ꝙ ſic abſolutos nō oꝑteat illo anno plebanis ſuis iteꝝ ꝯfiteri niſi velint. multo magis poteſt hͦ ep̄s. ⁊ maxīe ſummꝰ pōtifex. qͥ ſicut vbiqꝫ hꝫ poteſtatꝭ plenitudinē. ita ⁊ cōmiſſam ſibi gerit oīm eccl̓iaꝝ ſollicitudineꝫvt ea q̄ ſingulis neceſſaria ꝓbant̉. ip̄iꝰ ꝓuidētia ſuppleant̉. Alioqͥn vacua eſſꝫ apud ipſuꝫtāta ptās qͣm executiōis efficacia nō comitaret̉ Cōmittit aūt alijs qn̄qꝫ vices ſuastū ꝓ locoꝝ diſtantia vl̓ cauſaꝝ qͣlitate. vel ꝓalioꝝ magꝭ vrgentiū negocioꝝ occupatōnevel ꝓ ml̓titudiniſ reqͥrentiū frequētia. ⁊ neceſſitatis feſtinatiōe. vel ꝓ corꝑis imbecillitatevel certe ꝓ liberiori ſpūs vacatione expediteū ⁊ alios ſecū ad onerꝭ paſtoral̓ ſuſtinētiaꝫinuitare. Nā cū dn̄s ſolꝰ oīa ſine qͣlibet difficultate poſſit ī om̄ibꝰ oꝑari q̄ voluerit. ſicutex nihilo cūcta creauit. ⁊ tamē dignat̉ in quibuſdā oꝑbꝰ ſuis habere coadiutores ⁊ vicarios ſicut in cura aīmaꝝ ⁊ in oꝑbꝰ artificialis induſtrie in hͦ dat exemplū eccl̓ie rectoribus onꝰ ſollicitudinis ſue ⁊ alijs imꝑtiendine ꝑ ip̄oꝝ abſentiā ⁊ inſufficiētiā ſalꝰ fideliūnegligat̉. Predictis gͦ d̓ cauſis in his nouiſſimis tꝑibꝰ de qͥbꝰ p̄dixit apl̓s ꝙ inſtabūt tēpora ꝑiculoſa ex multiplicatiōe pctōꝝ. et numeroſitate rudiū ppl̓oꝝ. ⁊ ſeductōe heretico

rum. ⁊ raritate bonoꝝ ⁊ difficultate regēdi⁊inſufficiētia p̄latoꝝ. ⁊ ꝑplexitate caſuū emergentiū. ⁊ alioꝝ ꝑiculoꝝ eccl̓ie imminētiū exvarijs euētibꝰ ꝓuidit ſedes apl̓ica ad obuiādum p̄fatis ꝑiculis qͥbuſcūqꝫ remediū ſubuentiōis aīabꝰ ꝑeuntibꝰ. ꝙ diuina ordinatōne quoſdā religioſoꝝ ordines inſtituit. etiāqͥ officio p̄dicatiōis ⁊ ꝯfeſſionis ſibi ꝯmiſſoſubueniāt indigētie ppl̓oꝝ ⁊ inſufficiētie clericoꝝ ⁊ obſiſtāt verſutijs hereticoꝝ. ⁊ hoc inſolatiū ⁊ ſubleuamē onerꝭ nō in p̄iudiciumplebanoꝝ. Nō em̄ p̄iudicat eis ſi dn̄s papavel ep̄i eoꝝ. de officio ſuo ſollicito qd̓ ꝑſonaliter implere nō valēt alijs loco ſuo implerdū cōmittūt. ſicut nec hͦ p̄iudicarꝫ eis ſi velent ꝑſonalit̓ in ꝑrochijs eoꝝ p̄dicare vl̓ cōfeſſiones audire. ita ꝙ ip̄i ꝯfeſſi nō tenerenꝰtūc iterato plebāis ſuis ꝯfiteri. cū ip̄i plebāſint vicarij ep̄orū in ſuis ꝑrochijs. ſicut ep̄ſummi pōtificis in officijs ſibi cōmiſſis. qͥanō in diminutiōꝫ poteſtatis ſꝫ in adiutoriūſuſtētandi onerꝭ ſunt inferiores paſtores ſuperioribꝰ ſubrogati. Secūdo nō fit eis p̄iudiciū ſi pōdus laborꝭ qd̓ ip̄i portare tenenin cura anīaꝝ alleuiet̉ eis ꝑ alioꝝ auxiliū vaīe ſaluent̉ ꝓ qͥbꝰ deo rōem reddere debēt īiudicio. ſi ex eoꝝ negligētia vel ignorātia perirent. ita vt ꝓ illaꝝ ꝑditiōe ip̄i damnēt̉. Ezec. xxxiiij. Ecce ſuꝑ paſtores ego reqͥrā gregē meū de manu eoꝝ. ⁊c̄. Tertio nō fit eis īiudiciū. qꝛ nō minuit̉ iuriſdictōis eoꝝ ptāsex tali cōꝑatione alioꝝ. ſꝫ tm̄ pondꝰ ſollicitudinis ⁊ laborꝭ. Tēperatiſſime qͥppe ſic diſpeſuit diuina ſapīa ⁊ inſtituit ſedes apl̓ica vt ꝑordines p̄notatos in p̄dicatōe ⁊ ꝯfeſſiōe defectꝰ cleri ſuppleant̉ ⁊ aīe ſaluent̉. ⁊ nec in tꝑalibꝰ ⁊ ſpūalibꝰ ius clericoꝝ aliquatenꝰ violetur. ne ꝑ ſubtractiōꝫ illoꝝ q̄ eis iure debent̉cōmoti ſalutꝭ ꝓfectu ꝑ frēs ꝓmouendū in eccleſia impedirēt. cū vix etiā nūc ſuſtineant qͥdam eos ꝓ aīaꝝ ſalute inter hoīes ꝯuerſariNā nec decimas eoꝝ nec pͥmitias ſeu oblationes nec alia debita eis p̄ripimꝰ. nec ppl̓mab obediētia eoꝝ abſtrahimꝰ. nec ī debitisminiſterijs ſuis eos vllatenꝰ īpedimus. Ꝙaūt qn̄qꝫ religioſi ad ſaluādos fideles in eccleſia eſſent vocādi on̄dit̉ ex euāgelio Lucev. dn̄s dixit petro. Duc in altū ⁊ laxate retiavr̄a in capturā. Cōcluſerūt aūt piſciū multitudinē copioſam. Rūpebat̉ aūt rethe eoꝝ ⁊annuerūt ſocijs qͥ erāt ī alia naui vt venirētadiuuarēt eos ⁊ īpleuerūt ambas nauicl̓as