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Capitulum. lvij.Unc vtiqꝫ videamꝰ q̄ īpediūt ꝯtēplationē. Sūt aūt īpedimēta eiꝰ qͣttuCor. de qͥbꝰ ſic d̓t bern̄. xxiij. Can̄. Inhͦ archanū ꝯtēplatōis ⁊ ī hͦ ſanctuariū dei ſiquē forte nr̄m aliqͣ hora ſic rapi ⁊ ſic abſcōdiꝯtigerit vt mīme aduocet aut ꝑturbet l̓ ſenſus egēs vl̓ cura pūgēs. vl̓ culpa mordēs. l̓certe ea q̄ difficiliꝰ amouēt̉ irruētia imaginūcorporeaꝝ fantaſmata. poterit qͥdē hic cumad nos redierit gl̓iari ⁊ dicere. Introduxitme rex ī cubiculū ſuū. Hucuſqꝫ Bern̄. Prmū igit̉ impedimētū d̓t ꝙ ē ſenſus egēs. ſcꝫcorꝑis. Intm̄ eī aīa ad corpꝰ afficit̉ ꝙ ea ī aliqͣ ſui ꝑte vl̓ ſenſu defectū notabilē patienteꝯtēplari nō delectat. Tꝑe igr̄ infirmitatꝭ n̄eſt locꝰ ꝯtēplatōis niſi dn̄s facerꝫ de gratiaſpēali. Sil̓e ꝯtingit cū valida fames vl̓ ſitiſvl̓ frigꝰ īminet vl̓ alid̓ corꝑis impedimentūScd̓m impedimētū d̓t ꝙ ē cura pūgēs .i. ſolicitudo curaꝝ ⁊ occupationū. ⁊ hͦ ſatꝭ p̄t eēclaꝝ ꝑ auc̄tates ſupͣ ꝓximo poſitas. Idē etiam Bern̄. plixioribꝰ v̓bis narrās īpedimēta ꝯtēplatiōis ī qͣrto ẜmōe de aſſumptionedn̄e. Int̓ alia d̓t ꝙ ſic̄ puluis iniectꝰ īoculūcorꝑalē impedit viſū. ſic cura terrenoꝝ actuum ocl̓m ītelligētie ꝯfundit. atꝫ a ꝯtēplatōeveri lumīs excludit. Tertiū īpedimētū dic̄.ꝙ ē culpa mordēs .i. pctm̄. ⁊ hͦ duobꝰ modisp̄t ꝯtingere. Primū cū pctm̄ eſt ī aīa. Scd̓ocū fuit ⁊ deletū eſt ꝑ ꝯtritiōꝫ ⁊ ꝯfeſſiōꝫ. ſed inmemoria reuocat̉. vtrūqꝫ eī impedit ꝯtēplationē. vt ī eodē ẜmōe refert ſic int̓ alia dicēsꝘ ſic̄ tenebre īpediūt viſū corꝑalē. ſic pctm̄cū eſt in aīa īpedit ip̄aꝫ qꝛ tenebroſa ē (ſꝫ acꝯtēplāduꝫ reqͥrit̉ puritas ⁊ pulcritudo aīe)⁊ ſic tūc nō ē locꝰ ꝯtēplatōi. Sil̓r ſic̄ ſanguiſvl̓ humor ꝯcretꝰ fluēs ī ocl̓m īpedit viſū. ſicpctm̄ cū redit ī memoriā īfluit ī aīaꝫ ⁊ īpeditviſū eiꝰ. ⁊ ꝓpterea cauere debes tꝑe ꝯtēplatōnis cogitare ſuꝑ pctīs. Oī qͥdē tꝑe nos debemꝰ pctōres reputare. ſꝫ ſignant̓ n̄ dēmuscogitatōꝫ nr̄aꝫ reflectere ſuꝑ aliqͦ vl̓ aliqͥbuſpctīs tꝑe qͦ volumꝰ ꝯtēplare. Et de hͦ idemBern̄. ſic d̓t. lvij. ẜ. Can̄. Hēmꝰ qͦꝫ mariamꝯtēplātē in ill̓ qͥ ꝓceſſu lōgiorꝭ tꝑis cooꝑātegr̄a dei ī aliqͥd meliꝰ ⁊ letiꝰ ꝓficere poteruntqn̄ iā de indulgētia p̄ſumētes. nō tā ꝟſari inter ſe ſoliciti ſūt triſtē imaginē pctōꝝ qͣꝫ certe in lege dei meditari die ac nocte inſatiabiliter d̓lectari. interdū etiā reuelata facie gloriā ſpōſi cū ineffabili gaudio ſpeculātes in

eandē imaginē trāſformāt̉ ⁊ d̓ claritate ī claritatē tāqͣꝫ a dn̄i ſpū. Hucuſqꝫ Bern̄. Quatū impedimētū d̓t ꝙ ſūt fantaſmata corporeaꝝ imaginū. ⁊ hͦ ē difficiliꝰ alijs ſupͣdictꝭ. ⁊ꝓpt̓ea ꝯmēdat̉ intm̄ ī hͦ ſtatu ſolitudo. Optꝫem̄ ꝯtēplātē eē mutū ⁊ ſurdū ⁊ cecū. vt vidēſnō videat. audiēs nō ītelligat nec loqͥ delectet̉. hͦ ē vt ita ſit abſtractꝰ ab his trāfitorijs⁊ ita deo ꝯiūctꝰ ꝙ ī audiēdo. vidēdo. loq̄ndonō minuat curſū ſuū. ſꝫ fugiat qͣꝫtū p̄t. ⁊ ſi qn̄neceſſitas ad id cogit. nō ſecū reportet imagines q̄ ꝑ has feneſtras intrāt ad aīaꝫ nr̄aꝫUn̄ nō dꝫ ꝯtēplatiuꝰ ſic̄ actiuꝰ obẜuare mores alioꝝ ne inde fantaſmata reportꝫ. Ml̓to gͦ magꝭ tu debes a ſeculariū collocutōneceſſare qͣꝫtūcūqꝫ ꝯiūcti ſint vt inde tepl̓iesmonui. Si qn̄ etiā obediētia vl̓ neceſſitasobſequiū vl̓ recreatio ad aliqͥd laborādū vl̓oꝑandū te īpellit. fidelit̓ facias. ſꝫ nō ſic adhereas volūtate vl̓ delectatōe vt inde reportes imagines. ne poſtea deo vacās īpediarDe qͦ ſic ait Bern̄. xxx. c. ad frēs de mōte d̓i.Aliqͥd oꝑandū eſt manibꝰ qd̓ iniūgi ſolet. n̄tā ꝙ aīm delectādo detineat ad horā qͣꝫ qd̓ſpūalibꝰ ſtudijs delectatiōꝫ ꝯẜuet ⁊ nutriatin qͦ ſi remittat̉ ad horā animꝰ nō reſoluat̉vn̄ ſe facile mox vt ad ſeip̄m redeundū viſūfuerit expediat abſqꝫ ꝯtrouerſia inherētꝭ volūtatis abſqꝫ ꝯtagio ꝯtracte delectatōis vl̓memorie imaginātis. Nō em̄ vir ꝓpter mulierē ſꝫ mulier ꝓpter viꝝ nō ſpūalia exercitꝓpt̓ corꝑalia. ſꝫ corꝑalia ꝓpt̓ ſpūalia. ꝓptereſic̄ viro creato collatū vl̓ cōꝑatū eſt ei adiutoriū ſil̓e ſibi ex ip̄a hoīs ſub̓a. ſic cū in adiutoriū ſpūalis ſtudij neceſſaria ſint corꝑalia. xnon tn̄ in hͦ ſꝑ eque ꝯuenire vident̉ ſil̓itudine ⁊ affinitate. Sic̄ meditari qd̓ ſcribat̉. vel uix.ſcribere qd̓ legat̉. Subdiualia tamen exercitia ſic ſepe etiā ſpiritū exhauriūt vt cū grauiori ruraliū operū exercitio ſit magna contritio corꝑis vſqꝫ ad cōtritiōem vel humilitatē cordis. ⁊ fatigationis ſue preſſure exprimunt ſepe vehemētioris affectū deuotiōisSeruꝰ tn̄ bonꝰ ⁊ prudēs ad ociūʸ ſepe ꝯꝑataborē. nec in eū diſſoluit̉ ſꝫ ꝑ eū magꝭ ī ſeip̄ꝫcolligit̉ qͥ ſꝑ p̄ ocul̓ hūit n̄ tā qd̓ agit ſꝫ quodagēdo ītēdit oīs ꝯſūmatōis attēdēs finem.hucuſqꝫ ber̄. Uideſ qͣꝫ vigilāt̓ cauere oꝫ ne īmanualibꝰ laboricijs aīum occupes. Nouienim in hoc qͣꝫtū impedimentū ꝯtēplatiōisīcurres ꝓpt̓ curā ſolitudinū Et hͦ de īpedim̄tꝭ ꝯtēplatōis dicta ſufficiāt. Ex qͥbꝰ māifeſte