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qnoris petere vnionē. in ſeip̄o cogitet nihilſe piculi. Dū primo oſculat̉ in pede ꝑ pctōrecordatōꝫ. Scd̓o ī manu ꝑ bn̄ficioꝝollatoꝝ recognitōꝫ. Tertio aſcēdat adIſi amorꝭ ip̄m ſolū deſiderādo ⁊ ip̄i ſoliribꝰ flāmigerꝭ adherēdo. vt ẜm ꝙ ſubſeēter videbit̉ dicēdo orōnem dn̄icā. ꝓut ꝑam mēs cogitādo ꝯſurgit. ordinate aſcēarto ſe exercēdo ẜm viā illā q̄ illumi32. q̄ ibi īcipit. Nox illuīatio mea incijs meis. Cōſcēdit aīa ad ml̓to eminēidū ⁊ ſtatū. in qͦ etiā qͦtiēſcūqꝫ vult ſiogitatiōe p̄uia in deo afficit̉. qd̓ adū nō pōt aliqͣ hūana induſtria edoceri.cēdo ꝑ viā purgatiuā ⁊ illuminatiuaꝫcꝑimētalit̓ ꝑcipit ſolo d̓o interiꝰ dirigēpocēte. qd̓ nō p̄t via aliqͣ mortali vel eloētia reſerari. qd̓ nec ariſtoteles nec platoaliqͥs mortal̓ aliqͣ ph̓ia vl̓ ſcīa p̄t nec potuit nec poterit ītelligere. qd̓ ſolꝰ amor docꝫeriꝰ vt diſcat oīs rōnal̓ aīa a ſūmo docto⁊ et̓no acqͥrere ſcīam. in qͣ oīs rō ⁊ ītellectꝰdeficit. ⁊ affectꝰ ꝑ amorē diſpoſitꝰ trāſcēdēshūanā intelligētiā ſuꝑenatat. ſola amonitiui regl̓a ad ip̄m qͥ eſt fons totiꝰ bonitatꝭ ſpm̄ dirigēte. Hec igit̉ ē myſtica theologia .i. occultꝰ ẜmo diuinꝰ qͦ mens ardorediſpoſita līguis affectionū xp̄m ſuū dilectūocculto alloqͥt̉. in cuiꝰ myſtico tractatū ſic ꝓcedit̉. Prīo manifeſtat̉ via purgatiua ī qͣ declarāt̉ tria. Prīo quō aīma purgari debeat.Scd̓o quō ꝟa orōe gr̄e abudātiā impetrat̉Tertio quō pctōr plenā de pctīs indulgētiam ꝯſeqͥt̉. Scd̓o duo manifeſtāt̉. Prīo devia illumīatiua ſubdit̉. vbi pͥmo docet̉ quōmēs yſualit̓ ꝑ dn̄icā orōnem meditādo adamore ꝯſurgat. Scd̓o quō ꝑ eādē viā in expoſitiōe orōis dn̄ice oīs ſcpͥtura anagogicetū referēdo ī deū ſpūalit̓ exponat̉. Tertōtermīat̉ de via vnitiua q̄ incipit ibi. O ſapſetia q̄ ex ore altiſſimi ⁊c̄. Ubi pͥmo māifeſtat qͣꝫta vite ſublimitas ⁊ qͣꝫta v̓tutū ꝯſummatio ꝑ myſticā ſapīaꝫ ad hͦ vt magꝭ appetatur ab ip̄is exercētibꝰ acqͥrat̉. Ꝙ ſi forte alicili legēti nimis difficile videat̉. vel ꝓpt̓ ſcīep̄fuditatē. vl̓ ꝓpt̓ ꝟboꝝ obſcuritatē. tn̄ tāgatſeriia viā q̄ eſt ſuꝑ oēm ītellectū exerceat ſe īvia purgatiua ⁊ via illumīatiua ſubſeq̄nte.ti exꝑiet̉ ⁊ ītelliget ī ſeip̄o ſolo d̓o iteriꝰinte qͥc qͥd de tertia via īueniet ī ſcpͥto. velnadiēt ab aliquo. Nā in hac ſapīa neceſſe eſtvt in ſeip̄o pͥmo ꝑcipiat exꝑimētalit̓ ꝟitateꝫ.
⁊ deinde ſnīam oīm ꝟboꝝ q̄ ad myſticā ſapientiā ꝑtinēt in cōparatōe cuiuſlibet doctrīefacillimā iudicabit Hec em̄ ſapīa ī hͦ differtab om̄ibꝰ alijs ſciētijs. qꝛ in hac pͥmo oportet vſum hr̄e in ſeip̄o qͣꝫ ꝟba intelligere. ⁊ practica hic p̄cedit theorica. In alijs ſciētijs neceſſe eſt pͥmo v̓ba intelligere qͣꝫ q̄ addiſciturſcīa habeat̉. Que inqͣꝫtū a nobiliori doctoreacqͥrit̉. intm̄ citiuſ poſſidet̉. ⁊ ita fit vt in ip̄aaliqͥs deo docēte ſit ꝑfectior diſcipulꝰ qͣꝫ inaliqua liberaliū artiū ꝑfecte intelligēs magiſter. vl̓ in arte mechanica bonꝰ faber Secūdo ſcꝫ in illo loco. Accedite ad eū ⁊ illu. ⁊c̄docet̉ quō ꝑ om̄es creaturas tā ſuꝑioreſ qͣꝫinferiores aīma rōnalis ad amorē creatorꝭobtinendū ꝑfecte inſtruit̉ Tertio ip̄iꝰ myſtice theologie textꝰ manifeſte exponit̉. in qͦlicet ſint pauca verba. tn̄ eſt qͣſi infinita ſnīa.Qua ꝑfecte intellecta tā libroꝝ btī Dyoniſij difficultas qͣꝫ totiꝰ veterꝭ ⁊ noui teſtamenti ſenſus myſticꝰ verus amantibꝰ eluceſcit.Nā ſicut ab vno fonte deriuāt̉ plures riuuli. qͥ qͣſi in infinitos fluuios deriuant̉. ⁊ ſicutab vno pūcto cētrali ꝓcedūt qͣſi īfinite lineeſic intellectꝭ illis pauculis ꝟbis q̄ ibi exponunt̉. in qͥbꝰ ſpūs edocet̉ quō vniri d̓o debeat ī ſuo ſūmo apice ꝯſtitutꝰ. ⁊ ibidē exꝑimentalit̓ īueniet totiꝰ ſapīe originē. Ex qͣ ꝯiūction mēs de inferioribꝰ ſciētijs p̄clare intelligēdis ſacre ſcpͥture expoſitōibꝰ ꝟ̓bis idoneis ī p̄dicatiōe ad inflāmāda corda audiētiūfidel̓ diſcipulꝰ ml̓tiplicit̓ ⁊ affluētiſſime erudit̉ Quarto ſubdūt̉ octo induſtrie ī qͥbuſaīa ad acqͥrēdā iſtā ſapīaꝫ. ⁊ ꝯẜuādā habitāſagacit̓ edocet̉. Ultīo ꝯͣ aliqͦs ſciolos hāc ſup̄mā ſapīaꝫ īpugnātes ⁊ dicētes ꝙ nūqͣꝫ cōſurgit affectꝰ niſi p̄meditādo ⁊ cogitādo. diſputatō ſb̓dit̉. auctoritatibꝰ ⁊ rōibꝰ ip̄oꝝ errorꝯuīcit̉. ⁊ hꝰ ſapīe ꝟitas efficaciꝰ enodat̉ ꝙſine media p̄eūte diſcretōe ſꝫ ſolo amorꝭ vehiculo ſuꝑ ſeip̄aꝫ qͦtiēſcūqꝫ vult exꝑimētal̓raīa ſb̓leuat̉. qd̓ nec rō ītelligit nec ītellectꝰ ſpeculat̉. ſic̄ ibi d̓r. guſtate ⁊ videte.De via purgatiuaUſticia ⁊ iudiciū p̄paratio ſedis tue⁊c̄. Cū em̄ aīma ꝑ mētis affectū adꝑfectā ſpōſi celeſtis vnionē ꝑueniredeſiderat. neceſſe eſt vt qͥ pane angeloꝝ qͦ beati ſpūs reficiunt̉ in gl̓ia adhuc ī miſeria degens qͣſi quibuſdā micis cadentibꝰ appetitſatiari. triplici officio angeloꝝ qͣſi gradatimaſcēdēdo in miſſiōe diuīe influētie ſubleuet̉