De ſeptem itineribus eternitatis
hoc vehemēter ⁊ fortit̉ inſiſtat iā nō eſt cogitatio ſed modū cogitatiōis cogitādo excedit. ⁊ cogitatio in meditationem tranſijt.Scd̓o igit̉ ſciendū eſt ꝙ ꝯtēplatio etiaꝫdiffert a meditatiōe ꝑ hoc ꝙ in deſcriptiōeꝯtemplatiōis ponit̉ ꝙ ip̄a eſt mentꝭ ꝑſpicacia. De qͦ ſciendū eſt ꝙ ꝑſpicacia eſt actꝰ intelligentie. Intelligentia autē vt dicit auctor libri de ſpū ⁊ anīa eſt ea vis anīe q̄ ſupponit̉ deo immediate qua de diuinis qͣntū homini poſſibile eſt cognoſcit̉. Sed ſicut dicit Richar. de archa myſtica lib̓. jͣ. ca.iij. Ex intelligētia oritur cōtēplatio. ex ration autē orit̉ meditatio. ex hoc ip̄e oſtēditquātū cōtemplatio excedat meditationeꝫ.ex quo ptꝫ etiā differētia eoꝝ. Un̄ Richar.dicit ſic. Ecce tria. imaginatio. ratio. intelligētia. Inter hec intelligētia obtinet ſupremū locū. imaginatio infimū. ratio mediū.⁊ omīa que ſubiacēt ſenſui inferiori neceſſeeſt ea ſubiacere ſenſui ſuꝑiori. ſed nō econuerſo. Un̄ cōſtat ꝙ cuncta q̄ imaginatio vl̓ratio cōprehēdit ſub intelligētia cadunt. etetiā illa que nec imaginatio vel ratio cōprehendit. Sequit̉. Uide qͣꝫ late cōtemplationis radiꝰ ſe expandat qͥ om̄ia luſtrat. ⁊ quōcōtemplatio ſub vno viſionis radio ad innumera ſe extendit. Sequit̉. Per intelligētiam ſiquidē ſinus mētis in immēſum expandit̉. ⁊ cōtemplātis animi acies acuitur.vt capax ſit ad multa cōp̄hēdēda. ⁊ perſpicax ad ſubtilia penetrāda. Hec ille. Et propter hoc dicit Richar. ibidē. Ꝙ meditatioin cōtemplationē. cōtemplatio in meditationē tranſit tanqͣꝫ in illud qd̓ ꝑfectiꝰ eſt. id ēaliquē gradū cōtemplatiōis. qui dicit̉ ſpeculatio. qͥ nō eſt ꝑfectus gradꝰ cōtemplationis. licet vnū ꝓ alio ponat̉. vt ptꝫ. Tercio ſciendū eſt ꝙ cōtemplatio differt a ſpeculatione ꝑ hoc. qͥa in deſcriptiōe cōtēplationis ponit̉ ꝙ fertur in ſapiētie ſpectacula. De qͦ nota ꝙ ẜm Augꝰ. libro. xv. de trini.Speculatio dicit̉ cū aliqͥd nō in ſe ſed perimaginationē ſuam videt̉. ⁊ in enigmate .i.obſcure. Richar. lib̓. v. de archa myſtica dicit. Ꝙͣuis cōtemplatio ⁊ ſpeculatio ꝓ inuicem ſoleāt poni. ⁊ in hoc ſepe ſcripture ſententie ꝓprietatē obnubilēt ⁊ inuoluāt. apertius tamē ⁊ expreſſius qn̄ veritatē ſine aliqͦinuolucro vmbrarūqꝫ velamine in ſui puritate videmꝰ. Ex qͦ apparet ꝙ cōtemplatioin ſpeculationē ſapiētie clariorē aſpectū ha
bet qͣꝫ ſpeculatio ⁊ guſtū ſapidioreꝫ. UndeRichar. ibidē exponēs illud pͣs. Montesexultauerunt vt arietes. ⁊ colles ſicut agniouiū. dicit. Colles ad agnoꝝ ſil̓itudinē exultant qn̄ immēſa illa intime ſolēnitatꝭ triudia eos vſqꝫ ſupra ſemetip̄os leuat. vt celeſtiū ſecretorū archana ſaltē ꝑ ſpeculuꝫ inenigmate videre valeāt. mōtes vero qͣſi adinſtar arietū exultant qn̄ maiores in iocunditatꝭ ſue exceſſibꝰ in pura ⁊ ſimplici veritate vident. ⁊ minores vt iā dictū eſt vix ꝑ ſpeculum in enigmate videre valēt. Hec ille.Expedit etiā ſcire ꝙ Lincon̄. cōmentatorDionyſij loquēs de ſpeculis ſpūalibꝰ ſupiij. ange. hierar. dicit. Ꝙ ſpecula ſpūalia pra. clara ⁊ plana ſpūaliter pͥmo recipiūt radios ſolares ſibi incidētes īmediate a fonte luminis. ⁊ tale dicit̉ lumē cōtemplatiōiscōtemperatū tamē in oculo ꝯtēplantis. v.infra patebit. ⁊ ſecūdario lumē receptū ſpecula refundūt in eos qͥ luminis ſunt capaces. nō tamē ẜm claritatē illā qua ip̄i recipiunt. ſed ẜm cuiuſlibet capacitatē. ⁊ hoc dicitur lumē ſpeculatiōis. qꝛ mediāte ſpeculoſpūali recipit̉. vel ꝑ ſcripturā. vel doctrinā.vl̓ ꝑ exēpla ab illumīatis ſpecul̓ ꝓcedentia.quēadmodū ſpeculū materiale pͥmo a lucido ſuſcipit radios ſibi incidentes. qͦs reflectit in oculos ꝯſpicientꝭ. qͦs ocl̓os tāqͣꝫ ſibiiā mediāte ſpecl̓o ꝓporcionatos recipit. qͦstn̄ in fonte lumīs ꝓpt̓ nimiā refulgētiā oculus debil̓ īmediate videre nō potuit. vt ꝑad ſenſuꝫ. nec lumē ſpeculare ita efficacirep̄ſentat lucidū ocul̓ videntꝭ ſic̄ lumē indiate receptū a lucido. vt ptꝫ in ꝑſpectiuin epiſtola Iacobi vbi dicit̉ ca.j. Ꝙ cōſidrans vultū ſuum in ſpeculo ſtatim oblitieſt ⁊c̄. Quarto ſciendū eſt ꝙ ꝯtemplatiodiffert ab intuitiua cognitiōe ꝑ hͦ ꝙ in deſcriptione ꝯtēplatiōis ponit̉ āmiratiōe ſuſpenſa. Suſpenſio em̄ dicit qͣſi qͣndaꝫ violentā eleuationē. dū anīa natiue ſue poſſibilitatis ſuꝑgredit̉ termīos. Un̄ Rich̓. li.v. de archa myſti. c. xiiij. dicit ſic. Procuſdūhio cū aīa ſctā de interno qͦdaꝫ tripudijſapplauſu a ſemetip̄a excutitur. dum ſuꝑſemetipſam mentis alienatiōe vrgetur. duin celeſtibus tota ſuſpenditur. dum angelicis ſpectaculis tota immergit̉ natiue poſibilitatis terminos ſuꝑgreſſa videt̉. ꝓpteqd̓ anīa ꝯtemplatiua freq̄nter ad inferioradilabit̉. Un̄ ſequit̉ ibidē. Nōne velut terſa