Ertia excellētiabeati Frāeiſci d̓r ſingularis magnificationis: voluit deus magnꝰ ⁊ excelſus ſuum ſeruū decorare lꝫ in multis vt patuit īſermone precedenti de ſtigmatibus ſacris: precipue tamen in quinqꝫ.¶ Primo in intellectus illuſtratione.¶ Secundo in creaturaꝝ condeſcēſione.¶ Tertio in felici cōſūmatione.¶ Quarto in ſolēni canonizatione.¶ Quinto in miraculoꝝ coruſcatione.¶ Primo magnificauit illū deus intellectus illuſtratione. Nā vt aſſerit Bonauē. in legēda īca. de intelligētia ſcripturaꝝ ⁊ ſpiritu ꝓphetieꝘuis Frāciſcus nō habuerit ſacrarū lr̄aꝝ peritiā: ꝑ doctrinā eterne tn̄ lucis irradiatꝰ fulgoribꝰ: ſcripturaꝝ ꝓfundo miro intellectꝰ ſcrutabat̉ acumine. Interrogatꝰ ſenis a quodaꝫ religioſo viro theologie ſacre doctore de qͥbuſdaꝫq̄ſtionibus difficilimis tanta claritate doctrinediuine ſapiētie patefaciebat archana: vt vehemēter ſtuperet vir ille peritus. ⁊ cū admiratione referret: vere theologia ſancti pr̄is iſtiꝰ puritate ac ꝯtēplatiōe tā qͣꝫ alis in altū ſubuecta eſtaqͥla volās: nr̄a vero ſcientia venter gradit̉ ſuper terram: lꝫ em̄ imperitꝰ eēt ẜmone: ſciētia tamen plenꝰ enodabat dubia queſtionū: ⁊ abſcōdita ꝓducebat in lucē. Claruit etiā in ip̄o ſpūsꝓphetie: vt ⁊ p̄uideret futura: ⁊ cordiū ꝯtueretur occulta: abſentia qͦꝫ velut p̄ſentia cerneret:⁊ ſe p̄ſenteꝫ abſentibꝰ mirabiliter exhibet̉ Apd̓celanuꝫ ſupplici deuotione a milite quodā inuitatus ad prandiū benignū hoſpitē familiaritermonuit vt cito ꝯfiteret̉ ⁊ domui ſue diſponeretQd̓ cū ille diligēter feciſſet intrauerūt tādeꝫ admenſam ⁊ incipiētibꝰ alijs manducare: hoſpesſubito ſpm̄ exhalauit iuxͣ ꝟbuꝫ hoīs dei repentina morte ſublatꝰ: dū ſemel fatigatus ⁊ laſſuseqͥtaret ſuꝑ aſelluꝫ. eſſetqꝫ in itinere cum fratreLeonardo de aſſiſie: frater ip̄e Lęonardus cepit dicere intra ſe humanū aliqͥd paſſus nō depari ludebāt parentes huiꝰ ⁊ mei. Et ip̄e eqͥtat⁊ ego pedeſter aſinū eiꝰ duco: hec illo cogitāteꝓtinus de aſino deſcēdit vir ſanctꝰ ⁊ ait. Nonfrater ꝯuenit vt ego equitē tu venias pedes qꝛnobilior ⁊ potētior me in ſeculo fuiſti: obſtupuit frater ⁊ ad pedes eiꝰ ꝓuolutꝰ hūiliter veniaꝫpetijt. ¶ Scd̓o magnificauit deꝰ beatū Frāciſcū in creaturaꝝ obediētia ⁊ ꝯdeſcēſionē. Apd̓aretiū viuus viro dei fuit oblatꝰ lepuſculꝰ: quilꝫ in terra poſitꝰ cū poſſet qͦ vellet effugere vocāte eū pr̄e benigno in ſinū illiꝰ ꝓpero curſu ſatauit. Qd̓ cuꝫ pluries effeciſſet iuſſu pr̄is a fratribꝰ delatꝰ ē ad loca ſolitudinis tutiora: mō cōſimili in inſula lacus ꝑuſmi cuniculꝰ qͥdam captus: ⁊ viro dei oblatꝰ: cū ceteros fugeret manibꝰ ſuis ⁊ ſinu ſe domeſtica ſecuritate cōmiſitApud lacū reatinū eidē ad heremū de artio ꝓperāti: piſcator vnaꝫ ex deuotione obtulit auēfluuialē: quā cū libēter ſuſceptā apertis inuitaret manibꝰ ad receſſum nec illa vellet abire: erectis in celū oculis in oratione diutiꝰ ꝑmāſit Etqͣſi aliunde poſt horā reuerſus ad ſe iterato dulciter mādatū auicule fecit vt deū laudatura recederet. Suſcepta itaqꝫ cū benedictione licētiageſtu corporis quoddā p̄tēdens gaudiū aduolauit. Alio tēpore ambulās cū quodā fratre ꝑpaludes venetiaꝝ: inuenit maximā auiū multītudinē reſidentiū ⁊ cantantiū in ꝟgultis: qͥbusviſis dixit ad ſocium: ſorores aues laudāt creatorem ſuū nos itaqꝫ in mediū ip̄aꝝ euntes laudes ⁊ horas canonicas domino decātemꝰ: cūqꝫ in medio eaꝝ intraſſent nō ſunt aues cōmotede loco: ⁊ qꝛ ꝓpter garritū ip̄aꝝ in dicēdis horis ſe mutuo audire nō poterāt: cōuerſus vir ſāctus dixit ad aues: ſorores aues a cantu ceſſatedonec laudes ⁊ horas canonicas ꝑſoluamꝰ Atille cōtinuo tacuerūt: tādiu in ſilētio ꝑſiſtentesqͣꝫdiu dictis horis ⁊ laudibꝰ ꝑſolutis a ſācto decantādi licentiā receperūt. Dante aūt viro deilicentiā eis ſtatim cantū ſuū more ſolito reſumſerunt. Eidē ſenis infirmo faſianꝰ qͥdam de nouo captus: a nobili quodā trāſmiſſus eſt viuꝰ:qͥ cōtinno vt virū ſanctū audiuit ⁊ vidit: tantailli amicabilitate coheſit vt nullo pacto pateretur ab ip̄o diſiungi. Nā pluribꝰ vicibꝰ extra locellū terraꝝ ī vinea poſitꝰ vt abiret ſi vellet rapido ſemꝑ curſu redibat ad patrē: tāqͣꝫ ſi ab eodem fuiſſet omni tꝑe educatꝰ: deinde cuidā collatus viro: qͥ ex deuotione ſeruū dei viſitare ſolebat: velut ſibi moleſtū foret a pij patrꝭ abſentari cōſpectu ē ſcā recuſauit omnino. Reportatus tandē ad famulū dei ſtatim vt cōſpexit eundem: qͥbuſdaꝫ hilaritatis p̄tenſis geſtibus auide māducauit. Cū ex cōtinuo fletu infirmitatēoculoꝝ incurriſſet grauiſſimā cōſuluerūt medici: vt pateret̉ ſibi ꝑ cocture remediū ſubueniriaſſenſit vir dei vocatuſqꝫ venit cirogicꝰ inſtrumentū ferreū igni ſubmittens ad faciēdū cocturam. At ip̄e ſeruꝰ corpus ꝓprium iam horroreconcuſſum cōfortans ſicut amicū cepit ignē alloqui dicens: mi frater ignis ꝟtuoſuꝫ pulchrū⁊ vtilem te creauit altiſſimꝰ eſto mihi in hac hora ꝓpitius eſto curialis: p̄cor magnuꝫ deum qͥte creauit vt tuū mihi calorē tēperet. Orationefinita ꝯtra ignē ſignū crucꝭ edidit ac deincepsintrepidus ꝑſiſtebat. ꝓfundatuꝫ eſt crepitansferrū in tenera carne: et ab aure vſqꝫ ſuꝑciliumcoctura ꝓtracta. Statim ſanctꝰ ad frēs dixit.