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His qͣi ꝑ exceſſum tactꝭ qͣlit̓ te int̓ aduerſa⁊ ꝑſpera īmobilem ꝯſerues. ne ꝓſpera extollant vel aduerſa deijciāt. qꝛ aduerſitas maxime verſat̉ circa carentiā vel amiſſionē cupiti ⁊ timorē vel tolerantiā exoſi.Regreſſus ad ꝯſideratiōes vicioꝝ.D remedia ⁊ qͣlitates vicioꝝ ꝯſiderandas redeamꝰ. Nō mediocriteraūt valet ad morbos vicioꝝ ſanandos. ſcire eqͣnimit̉ carere his q̄ caro vel carnalis affectꝰ appetit. ⁊ patient̓ ſuſtinere ⁊ nōꝑtimeſcere q̄ horret ⁊ odit. Exemplū. ſicut ⁊in medicina corꝑali ſanitati ꝓpinqͣt. qͥ beneſeruat dietā quā ſibi indicit medicꝰ ſuus etcauet a nociuis. ⁊ qͥ ꝯſtant̉ recipit ⁊ ſuſtinetmarū poculū ꝯfectōis. Gregoriꝰ. Qui appetit plene vicia vincere. ſtudeat hūilit̓ purſaturari vbiqꝫ ⁊ in om̄ibꝰ.e luxuria ⁊ eius ſpeciebus.lxuria qͣdruplex eſt. Prima eſt incorde qn̄ hō īmūdas ⁊ lubricas cogitatiōes ſcient̓ ⁊ volūtarie cā prane delectatiōis ꝟſat in cogitatiōe ſine repunatiōe ꝯſenſus. Sap̄. Peruerſe cogitationes ſeꝑant a deo. Math̓. Quicunqꝫ videit mulierē ad ꝯcupiſ. ⁊c̄. Scd̓a qn̄ circappus generatiuū hō ſatiat ſe libidinoſis geibꝰ amplexādo. oſculādo. palpādo. impulice reſpiciendo. ⁊ loquēdo ⁊ auſcultandourpia. ſola delectatiōe praua vel alijs meetricijs blandicijs carnali affectiōi ſatiſfait. Hec tanto grauior eſt qͣꝫ pͥma qͣnto lonius ad exteriores conatꝰ cā praue delectationis eſt ꝓgreſſa. Si em̄ ſola praua mensea eſt in ſe ꝑ ꝯſenſum male ꝯcupīe. quantomagꝭ habenis laxatis ad vlteriora libidīsincitamēta exterioꝝ ſenſuū ⁊ mēbroꝝ miniſterio adiuta ꝓuocant̉. Et ſi ſolū ꝯcupīa inorde mechia a dn̄o iudicat̉. qͥd gͦ ex ꝯcupīaoſculari. palpare ⁊c̄. Nemo gͦ ſtulte ſeducat̉vt putet tūc ſolū ſe peccaſſe qn̄ opus generatiuū ꝑficit. vel laborat ꝑficere. cū etiā iſtiꝰoꝑis p̄ambula dānabilia ſint. In ip̄o eī licito cōiugio ſepe excuſabilior eſt ſimplex cōcubitꝰ qͣꝫ tales inhoneſte blandicie tactuūindecentiū ⁊ ſpectaculoꝝ ⁊ collocutionumlaſciuarū.Intentio quorundā.I aūt aliqͥs dicat apud ſe. exquo nōq̄ro opus prauū fornicādo ꝑficere.licite poſſum amorꝭ blaudicijs frui
cū dilecta mea mūda intentiōe interduꝫ admutue ⁊ ſctē dilectiōis nutrimētū vt igniscaritatis magꝭ ac magis in nob̓ accendat̉.cū ex dilectiōe ꝓximi nutriatur ⁊ augeat̉ amor dei. Sciat qͥcūqꝫ talis ſe ſub ſpecie ſpiritualis amoris carnali dilectiōe ⁊ delectatiōe deludi. qꝛ ſpūs ſpm̄ diligit. nec corꝑalibus amplexibꝰ indiget. qꝛ hoc carnal̓ amoris eſt indiciū. qͥ qͣnto plus creſcit in corde.tanto magꝭ amor ſpūalis minuit̉ ⁊ refrigeſcit. ⁊ ecōuerſo ſpūalis amor carnalē reprimit ⁊ expellit.Ꝙ talis triplicꝭ peccati reus efficit̉.Riplicis aūt pctī reus efficit̉ qͥ talibus corꝑalibꝰ blandicijs. vti ſe licite poſſe putat. etiā ſi nullā vlteriuspraue oꝑatiōis habeat volūtatē. Primoqꝛ ſe nimis incaute tēptatōis expoſuit periculo cū proni ſint ſenſus hoīs ⁊ cogitatioin malū. ⁊ tēptatio q̄ nōdū fuit occaſione etoportunitate noxie familiaritatis acceptapotuit corrūꝑe voluntatē. ⁊ in pctm̄ p̄cipitare. ſicut ſepe accidit qͥ mūda intētiōe mutue familiaritatꝭ inheſerūt ſocietati. mutatꝭaffectibꝰ ſpūalibꝰ in carnales. lapſi ſūt ī peccatū. Tali gͦ periculo ſe ingerere eſt ꝯtra p̄ceptū illud videlicet. Nō tēptabis dn̄m deum tuū. ſicut qͥ ſuꝑ tenueꝫ glaciē ex ſua ſtulta curioſitate incederet. ſi mergeret̉ reus eſſet in ſeip̄o. īmo ip̄m ſtulte tēptare gͣuis culpe eſſet. etiā ſi nō mors ſeq̄ret̉. Scd̓o ꝙ ⁊ſi in ſe nil temptatōis ſentiret. tn̄ alteri daret occaſiōem temptatōis ⁊ pctī. dū qͥ alterifodit foueā ip̄e incidit in eā. Qui alt̓i mortꝭpoculū ꝓpinat nō ideo eſſet innocēs. qꝛ ipſenō bibit. Iob. Alitꝰ eiꝰ .i. diaboli prunas ardere facit. Ignitꝰ em̄ flatꝰ eiꝰ eſt ex igne gehennali. cū duos carbones cōpoſitos inuenerit ⁊ ſemiuiuos ſufflat īdefeſſe donec eoſintendit. nec curat moras ſi tādē ꝑficiat qd̓intēdat. cū omī tꝑe ad nihil aliud vacet. necalijs curꝭ intēdat niſi aīas ſeducere. Terciū ꝓpter malū exēplū ex qͦ alij gͣuit̉ ſcādalizant̉. nō carentes praua ſuſpicione. de talinoxia familiaritate ⁊ iudicātes eſſe malumindignant̉. murmurāt. detrahūt ⁊ irridentinnocētes eoꝝ collegas qͣi ⁊ illi ſil̓ia faciāt.⁊ vilipendit̉ religiōis reuerētia ex talibus.⁊ plurima mala fiūt. Alij vero exēplo eoruꝫaudaciꝰ faciāt ſil̓ia. putātes etiā ſibi licere. ⁊iſti ſe innoxie facere arbitrant̉ ⁊ diſcunt abeis. Itē audēt eoꝝ exemplo. qd̓ an̄ non auTT 4