Prologus
Prologus.Uerat profectoequum. ⁊ ab om̄ibꝰ mea ſentētiaꝯcedenduꝫ. laudatorio munericōmodatū pollere ingenio p̄ſtare ſciētia. p̄lucere eruditiōe ⁊ exercitatiōe. doctiſſimoꝝquoqꝫ ⁊ eloquētiſſimoꝝ hoīm facūdiā. atqꝫſummoꝝ ph̓oꝝ in doctrina ⁊ moribꝰ. mortalibꝰ cūctis p̄latoꝝ. v̓tutes optimas ī lucēponere conantē voce tum clara ⁊ ſublimi tūſonora ⁊ ꝑiocūda. ſtiloqꝫ elegāti ſuaui ameno. vti oportebit. Quare ſiqͣ mihi ad laudādū noīatoꝝ virtutes ⁊ excellentias adiumēta vel natura vel diſciplina vl̓ induſtria attuliſſet. in laudibꝰ p̄ſtantis ⁊ ꝑdocti. v̓tuoſiviri doctoris ſeraphici. ſancti Bonauenture ꝯdignitas nulla eſſet. Attamē qͣꝫ mirificam animi leticiā afferat cōcupita diu atqꝫexoptata ſanctitatꝭ imago. quā corā cerno.⁊ ſi nō carnalibꝰ artubꝰ ſuſtentatā ſed viuis⁊ electꝭ doctrinis (licet in mortalibꝰ pellibꝰdepictā) declarat. illuſtrat. cōmēdat. ſingularis huiꝰ ſctī ſūma ſapientia. clariſſima doctrina. exqͥſitiſſima prudentia. honeſtiſſimaꝯuerſatio. vtpote qͥ nihil temere: nihil incōſulto. ſed omīa ꝓ rōne ⁊ recto animi iudiciometitꝰ ſit. ordinauerit ⁊ executiōi debite mādauerit. Sapientia qͥppe in eo claruit. quiatheologie apicibꝰ exactiſſime. nō tam ſtudēdo qͣꝫ alijs ꝟbo ſcriptoqꝫ tradendo diligentiſſimeqꝫ incubuit. Prudētia floruit. qꝛ vniuerſali ꝯcilio Lugdunenſi p̄ſedit. p̄ficiendiſummū pontificē eccl̓ie viduate ptātē accepit. ſui ordinis generalatū pluribꝰ ānis laudabiliter tenuit. ac ſancte mr̄is eccl̓ie cardinalatū. eccl̓ie p̄latoꝝ electione. ⁊ ſūmi pontificis mandato. humilit̓ ſuſcepit ⁊ nobiliterꝯtinuauit. Cōuerſatio aūt qͣlis fuerit. libervite in qͦ indelibiliter ſcriptꝰ eſt. on̄dit. Attamen gratiſſima ſua pn̄tia iocundiſſimuſqꝫaffatꝰ. atqꝫ in ſctō oꝑe potētatus. ip̄a re euidentiſſime corā poſita demonſtrarent. ea q̄nr̄a mens nō ſufficit ſicut nec plene intelligere. ita nec alijs ſcribēdo tradere. Cedantoīa hec ꝓpoſito nr̄o. doctrine laudē. operuꝫſuoꝝ enumeratiōe in mediū feramꝰ. Sanctiſſimā nemꝑe ſuā doctrinā. ⁊ oī laude nobiliſſimā diſciplinā. ⁊ exqͥſitiſſimā eruditione is neget qͥ ſue doctrine auditu ⁊ viſu penitus expers fuerit. Aliū autē neminem cre
do nō ſūme venerari virū tantū. ex cuiꝰ orenihil prodijt oīno. qd̓ minꝰ ſit quadā mirifica grauitate excultaqꝫ doctrina. p̄ceptiſqꝫhis refertū q̄ tam ad diuīe trinitatꝭ ⁊ vnitatis totiuſqꝫ nature ſpeculatiuā cognitioneꝫqͣꝫ ad bene beateqꝫ viuēdū et ad oēm honeſtatē dignitatēqꝫ ꝑtinēt. Potiſſime aūt dn̄etheologie fidē quā dedit inuiolabilit̓ ſeruauit. ip̄am ſuꝑ candelabrū ſtatuēdo. Allectꝰqͥppe laude honeſtate ⁊ dignitate hꝰ dn̄e. coptoſiſſime operā huic doctrine dedit. quodopeꝝ ſuoꝝ numerꝰ pleniꝰ on̄dit. In primisqͥdē ſe offert copia ſcriptoꝝ circa mgr̄m ſententiarū. In qͥbꝰ mirifice. ſumme maieſtatꝭthronū in colūna tabernaculū tegente collocauit. ameniſſimū totiꝰ creature pratū floribꝰ elegantiſſimaꝝ ſnīaꝝ venuſtādo. ſuauitatē qͦꝫ diuini nectaris. deū hūanatū nobiſintelligendū diligendūqꝫ ꝓpoſuit. atqꝫ remedia celeſtia mūdo delectabilit̉ ſumēda p̄parauit. Accedit nihilominꝰ paruoꝝ opuſculorū p̄cioſus ortꝰ ⁊ delectabilis. lilijs vallatus celicis cū viola. ſūme ciuitatis pigmētarias redolens aromatū areolas. In tantūſtuporē ꝯuertens ꝯtēplantis aciē. vt t̓renūinhabitās corpus celeſtia meditet̉. raptuqꝫextatico ſubleuatꝰ gratulabūdꝰ illud Apocalipſis ſepiꝰ replicet. Uidi ciuitatē ſanctaꝫhierl̓m ⁊c̄. Hic ſiqͥdē ortꝰ varijs decorat̉ floribꝰ. ſtipat̉ malis. In qͦ armonizat auiū dulcedo p̄nimia. qͥ vniuerſis odoribꝰ pigmentorū ſeminat̉. tantoꝝ redolet cariſmatū vbertate celeſtiū. tot ꝯtemplationū. meditationū ac deuotionū vireſcit floribꝰ. ac morumexcandeſcit lilijs. vt ſuꝑni paradyſi exēplarp̄ſtantiſſimū effigiet. Quē qͥ diligentiꝰ intrauerit abyſſum intrat diuinitatꝭ intermine ꝑꝯtemplationē altiſſimā. intrat creaturaꝝ intima ꝑ ardentiſſime charitatis affluentiaꝫ.intrat chriſti vulnera ꝑ meditationeꝫ indefeſſam. Quid queſo lucet in huiꝰ viri ſapīa⁊ doctrina niſi multiformis ſapīa chriſtusdiuinus radiꝰ et caracter ꝓ nobis miſſa decelis. Idcirco hic liber teneat̉ in manibusſapore mellis dulcior. pigmēti odoribꝰ ſuauior. ſuauiſſimis armonijs melius auribꝰnr̄is tinnizat. cuiꝰ tactu nr̄a ſoporat̉ intelligentia. cuiꝰ tanta extat ſubtilitas. ita (vt inſummo dicā) ꝙ in eo velut in qͦdaꝫ ſpeculotota appareat. tota reſplendeat. tota noſtrisrep̄ſentet̉ oculis machina mūdialis. negociatio ſpūalis. ⁊ tota cōtēplatio celeſtis. Cū