Epiſtola Archiepiſcopi

collectorio de magnificat. Et in ſpāli iungit̉ tractatus pͥncipalis d̓ verbo ⁊ hymnogl̓ie ꝓ intellectu ꝯſūmato ẜm theologiaꝫmyſticā v̓ſiculi iſtiꝰ/ gl̓ia pr̄i ⁊ filio. ¶ Tādem ꝓ monimēto vacue ſenectutis ſue cōformit̉ ad annos diſciplinarꝭ exercitatōisin puericia/ ꝯpoſitū ē opꝰ metricū ſuꝑ magnificat v̓ſibus exametris ⁊ penthametrishoc ē carmine elagiaco. ꝑ multa v̓ſuū millenaria magis ad ꝓprij ingenij reſolutōꝫcirca materias difficiles ⁊ apices theologiemaxīe ꝑ anagogiā ꝙͣ vt docerēt̉ indocti. ꝙͣuis inſpectio ⁊ ſtudiū cū modeſtia nō nocebūt cupidis qͥbuſcūqꝫ q̄ ẜm pietatē ē veritatis. ¶ Proinde ſūt in p̄noīatis et alijsopuſculis pl̓ima ꝓ varietate legentiū documēta qͦꝝ maxīa ꝑs eſt ꝓ vacare volētibꝰ⁊ valētibus ocioſe ꝯtēplatōi. tam ẜm intellectū ꝯformit̉ ad ph̓icā ⁊ ſcholaſticā theologiā/ ꝙͣ ẜm aſpectū iuxͣ myſticā ⁊ xp̄ianātheologiā/ quā ſolus docuit ſpūſſct̄s ꝑ ospauli ⁊ ſcripturas dyoniſij/ qͣles in vnū iūgere ⁊ ꝯcordare. p̄cipua fuit auctoris intētio p̄noīati. ¶ Quocirca ſi fuerint inuētequedā doctrine nimis abhorribiles vel extranee ꝓ ſimplicibus religioſis ⁊ occupatis penitus in regularibus ⁊ exterioribusdiſciplinis poterūt ille placētes ⁊ vtiles eēceteris vel ſecularibus vel ſcholaſticis velmonaſticis/ qͥbus ociū querende veritatiscū exercitio ſtudioſo a iuuētute maiꝰ ineſtBeniqꝫ mēſa ferculis abūdans eſt ⁊ agereplātulis. aſſumat vnuſqͥſqꝫ qd̓ ſibi viſumfuerit ad aptādū facta cōicatiōe fraternaliſine liuore vel tēpore. Deniqꝫ vult petit etrogat idē ioh̓es cācel larius/ ꝙ abſqꝫ difficultate vel ſcrupulo: venerādi pr̄es et frēschariſſimi de ordine celeſtinoꝝ ī auinion̄.cōicet pure. ſimpl̓r ⁊ libere oīa ⁊ ſil̓ia opuſcula ſua. q̄ apd̓ eos ſūt honorādis pr̄ibꝰ ⁊dn̄is d̓ domo maiore carthuſie aut ad mādatū eoꝝ cū bona fide reſtituendi. tꝑe ⁊ loco ꝓut cōicationis qͣlitas exegerit citiusaut tardius reſtituēdi ꝓut intēdit ſignificare idē. d. c. et iā ſignificauit. Et ſit eiſdeꝫceleſtīs ꝓ teſtīonio ſufficiēti ſcedula māuſua ſubſcripta. Anno. Mcccc. xxix. aplis.Uenerabili patri fratri Iohi de Gerſon priori celeſtinorū Lu

gdunen̄. in oībus ſingulariſſimoEnerabilis pr̄ recōmēdatōne p̄miſſa in eo qui abſterget oēm lachrymā ab oculis ſuoꝝ / margaritā hic nuꝑ in eccleſia eminētius rutilatēin vigilia margarete v̓ginis eius gl̓ioſe hoſpitis. deſcribitis migraſſe. margarita eſſecōcupierat dū adhuc tenera ⁊ iuuenili carne tegeret̉/ ⁊ margaritā inueniēs vendiditoīa q̄ in carnis deſiderijs habuit vel habere potuit vt emeret agrū illū cuius iam piecredimus eū beatū eſſe poſſeſſorē. altera ſinon fallor repromiſſio pr̄iarche nr̄o abraefacta a deo venerabilis pr̄ vobis ꝯceſſa eſt.Ille nanqꝫ deo pr̄i carnē ſuā in vnico filioimmolās angelū ne iugulū filij admitteret/ inuenit. vos v̓o deo ſil̓r pr̄i oīpotenticarnē ꝓpriā in vnico germano (cōmitto inqͥt te oīpotēti deo chariſſime frater) ne iugulū ſathane inueniret angelū pie credodeū inuenit/ et cū altera margarita v̓gineeius patrona ⁊ hoſpite lucidas ſedes accepit. ꝯueniebat nāqꝫ mēs eius deuota margarete v̓ginis votis. Illa draconē vicit/ etcrepuit victus. Iſte ſil̓r vicit tortuoſū ſerpentē/ ⁊ ab eo ſuꝑatus remā ſit ꝯfuſus. Illa crudelitatē olibrij ſuꝑauit. Iſte olibriasveſtes (vt legalem ſequar ſapīam) oīno deſpexit. Nouerat em̄ plene nr̄ pius pr̄/ ꝙ qͥmollibus veſtiūt̉ in domibus regū ſunt.Dixiſſeqꝫ libeat. poſt tantos ſeculi huiꝰ honores vbi pͥmus pr̄ alme vniuerſitatis pariſien̄. re ⁊ noīe ac merito exiſtebat q̄ interceteras vniuerſitates ſicut ſidus radiat matutinū. vbi tātis rerū copijs ⁊ bn̄ficioꝝ valoribus abūdabat. ꝓ veritate lōgū paſſuꝫexilium/ etiam interdum in lingua quamnō nouerat apl̓ica fretꝰ doctrina. ſciuiſſe ſil̓abūdare ⁊ indigere viciſſe vicia et ſeruiſſev̓tutes ꝯfutaſſe hereſes ⁊ exaltaſſe veritates in xp̄iqꝫ gl̓ioſa ꝯfeſſione ⁊ ſua ꝑegrinacōe deuote obijſſe martyrio nō carere. ml̓tos nāqꝫ ſcōs legimꝰ ⁊ ī cathalogo martyꝝd̓ſcribīꝰ qͥ ſoli paſſi ſt̓ exilia/ ꝙ ſi lucidas ſedes accipiēs ꝯciuis celeſtis effectꝰ ē/ qꝛ gaudiū ē angelis d̓ loco p̄uaricationū aīas excarne aſſummi ſue ciuitatis conſortes. Uospater venerande qui re et noīne celeſtinuseſtis ⁊ cuius conuerſatio in celis eſt nō dicam gaudij panem qui corroborat ⁊ ꝯfir-