Fo.CCCEIIII
nec noua ſtatuēs. nec vincula ſuꝑinducensnec onera gͣuia alligās alijs ⁊ imponēs. ſedtāqͣꝫ annūciator ꝟitatꝭ breuit̓ explico vidēsilla nullatenꝰ retīcēda. Sane ꝑquirēti mihicauſas cur ſplēdor nr̄i ordiniſ qd̓ammō obſcurat̉. ordo exteriꝰ inficit̉. ⁊ nitor cōſciētiaꝝ īteriꝰ d̓fedat̉. occurrit negocioꝝ ml̓tiplicitaſqͣ pecunia nr̄i ordīs pauꝑtati ſuꝑ oīa inimica auide petit̉. incaute recipit̉. ⁊ incautiꝰ cōtrectat̉. Occurrit qͦrundā fratꝝ ocioſitas. q̄ſentina ē oīm vicioꝝ. qͣ plurimi cōſopiti mōſtruoſum q̄ndā ſtatū int̓ cōtēplatiuā ⁊ actiuā eligētes. nō tā carnaliter qͣꝫ crudelit̓ ſanguinē comedūt aīmaꝝ. Occurrit euagatioplurimoꝝ. qͥꝓpt̓ ſolatiū ſuoꝝ corpoꝝ gͣuando eos ꝑ qͦs trāſeūt. n̄ exēpla pꝰ ſe relinquūtvite. ſꝫ ſcādala potiꝰ aīaꝝ. Occurrit īportuna petitio qͣ om̄s trāſeūtes ꝑ terras ad̓o abhorrēt fratꝝ occurſum. vt eis timeāt qͣſi p̄donibꝰ obuiare. Occurrit edificioꝝ cōſtructio ſumptuoſa ⁊ curioſa. q̄ pacē fratꝝ inqͥetat. amicos gͣuat. ⁊ hoīꝫ ꝑuerſis iudicijs ml̓tiplicit̓ nos exponit. Occurrit ml̓tiplicatiofamiliaritatū quā regula nr̄a ꝓhibet. ex qͣ ſuſpitiōes. infamatiōes. ⁊ ſcādala pl̓ima oriūt̉Occurrit īprouida cōmiſſio officioꝝ. qͣ fratribꝰ nōdū vſqꝫ quaqꝫ ꝓbatis. nec carne maceratꝭ. nec ſpū roboratꝭ. īponunt̉ officia virportāda. Occurrit etiā ſepult̉aꝝ ⁊ teſtamētoꝝ auida q̄dā īuaſio. nō ſine magna turbatione cleri. ⁊ maxīe ſacerdotū. Occurrit mutatio locoꝝ frequēs ⁊ ſūptuoſa cū quadā violentia ⁊ ꝑturbatiōe terraꝝ. cū nota incōſtātie. nō ſine p̄iudicio pauꝑtatꝭ. Occurrit tandē ſumptuoſitas expēſaꝝ. Nā cū frēs paucꝭnolint eſſe cōtēti. ⁊ charitas hoīm refriguerit. facti ſumꝰ om̄ibꝰ oneroſi. magiſqꝫ fiemꝰin poſteꝝ. niſi remediū celerit̓ apponat̉. Licet aūt pl̓imi reꝑiant̉ qͥ nō ſunt culpabiles īaliqͦ p̄dictoꝝ. tn̄ om̄s inuoluit hͦ maledictioniſi a nō faciētibꝰ his qͥ faciūt reſiſtat̉. cū luceclariꝰ om̄ia ſupradicta ī maximū ⁊ nullo modo diſſimulādū vergāt nr̄i ordīs detrimentū. licet tepidis ⁊ indeuotꝭ ⁊ ẜm carnē ſapiētibꝰ ꝯſiderātibꝰ ꝯſuetudinē ⁊ allegātibꝰ multitudinē. qͣſi facilia ⁊ excuſabilia etiā irremediabilia videant̉. Excitet̉ gͦ cordis nr̄i d̓uotio ⁊ feruor ad zelū. ⁊ eiectꝭ negociatoribꝰ dedomo patrꝭ celeſtis. frēs om̄es ad oratōis ⁊deuotiōis ſtudiū accēdatꝭ. reſtringatis receptionē ml̓titudīs. qꝛ modis oībꝰ volo ꝙ cōſtitutio de receptiōe ſtricte ſeruet̉. Prauas
p̄dictoꝝ vicioꝝ ꝯſuetudines ⁊ reſecetꝭ: qͥa licet videat̉ fratribꝰ gͣue. reqͥrit tn̄ hͦ ꝑfectio ꝓfeſſionis nr̄e. requirit tribulatōis incurſus.reqͥrit mūdꝰ. Clamat hͦ beatꝰ Franciſcꝰ. etſanguis xp̄i aſperſus. ⁊ dn̄s de excelſis. Ocioſos ſtimuletꝭ ad laborē. vagātes cōpeſcatꝭad quietē. īportune petētibꝰ īponatis ſilētiūintētos exaltādis domibꝰ ꝓfundiꝰ depͥmatꝭfamiliaritates q̄rētes arceatꝭ ad ſolitudinē.Officia p̄dicatiōis ⁊ ꝯfeſſionis cū ml̓to examine īponatis. Cōſtitutiōem de teſtamētis:olim factā ⁊ de nouo de ſepulturꝭ faciatꝭ artiꝰ obſeruari. Locoꝝ ꝟo mutatōꝫ nullatenꝰcōcedatꝭ alicui an̄ capitulū generale. Nā decōſilio diſcretoꝝ ꝓpter ſcādala vitāda iuxtap̄deceſſoris mei mādatuꝫ hoc mihi reſeruodiſtricte ꝑ obedientiā iubēdo. vt nullꝰ deinceps locū mutet ſine mea licētia ſpeciali. Diſcant etiā frēs modicꝭ eſſe cōtenti. qꝛ vehem̄ter a ſapiētibꝰ ⁊ rōnabilit̓ formidat̉ ꝙ oportebit eos modicis eſſe ꝯtētos velint nolint.Si igit̉ obediētes fueritis ꝟbo per epiſtolā⁊ hoc ꝑ viſitatores ītellexero. qͦs volo ſuꝑ p̄dictis corrigēdis tā in capitibꝰ qͣꝫ in mēbrisdiligentiꝰ vigilare. gratias agā omniū cōditori ⁊ vobis. Ꝙ ſi aliter quod abſit acciderit. indubitāter ſciatis ꝙ nullatenꝰ pateret̉cōſcientia mea p̄dicta ſub ſilētio ꝑtranſire.Licet enim nō ſit mei propoſiti nouis vosvinculis innodare. oportet me tamē cōſcientia compellēte totis viribꝰ extirpatiōi intendere p̄dictoꝝ quatenꝰ vitatis ſcandalis (vttenemur regule quā vouimꝰ. ſine cuiꝰ obſeruatione ſaluari nō poſſumus) veritatē perſpicaciter videamꝰ ⁊ impleamꝰ profeſſioneꝫ⁊ totis viribꝰ puritatē cuſtodiamꝰ. que īpugnat̉ euidenter ex om̄ibꝰ ſupradictis. Datūpariſiꝰ ⁊c̄. Hanc autē litterā legi in ſinguliscōuentibꝰ veſtre prouincie faciatis.Finiunt epiſtole.Incipit collatio ſancti Bonauenture decōtemptu ſeculi.Ota ſeptem ſūtin mūdo q̄ ſi hō bn̄ ꝑpēderet. ⁊attēte cōſideraret. facile mūdūꝯtēneret vinceret ⁊ fugeret. ⁊ adſeruiēdū deo ſe ꝯferret. Deo eīſeruire regͣre ē. ſꝫ mūdo ẜuire eſt ẜuitiū ꝑdere. Primū eſt labor amatores md̓i fatigās.