ꝓ xp̄o a religione ſancti auguſtini trāſierit adreligionē fraciſci. Et lꝫ vt inqͥt Tho. ſcd̓a ſcd̓eq. clxxxix. Nō liceat tranſire de vna religionead aliā: tum qꝛ ſcādalizant̉ illi qͥ relinquunt̉: tūqꝛ faciliꝰ ꝓficit aliqͥs in religione in qͣ viuere cōſueuit qͣꝫ in alia: tn̄ qn̄ hͦ fit vel ꝓpter magnā vtilitatē: ſiue ꝓpter neceſſitatē laudabile ē. Hodieꝟo qͣſi oēs ordines obtinuerunt ne poſſit qͥs ꝓfeſſus ꝓ libito ordine ſuo dimiſſo ad aliū cōmeare. Olim etiā fiebat trāſitus ab ordinibꝰ mendicantiū ad ordines monachales quoſcunqꝫ ſine diſpēſatione pape. Et reputabat̉ licitꝰ in foro iudiciali eccl̓ie tāqͣꝫ trāſitꝰ ad ꝑfectiorē ſtatūſcꝫ ꝯtēplationis: cū tn̄ in rei ꝟitate nō hoc intēderēt trāſeuntes: ſꝫ vt maiori libertate ad malūyterent̉: ſicut apparebat in ꝯuerſatione eorum.Sꝫ ꝑ ꝯſtitutionē martini qͥnti in ꝯſilio ꝯſtantienſi decretū eſt vt de ordine mēdicātiuꝫ nulluspoſſit trāſire ad aliquē ordinē monachalē: niſicartuſienſiū: etiaꝫ cū licētia ſui ordinis niſi ſuꝑhoc haberet diſpēſationē a papa: ⁊ ꝙ in bulladiſpēſationis fieret mētio de ꝯſtitutiōe martinial̓s eſſet iſte apoſtata: nec poſſet manere in illoordine ad que tranſit. Sanctus ergo antoniusaudiēs famā quorundā fratꝝ minoꝝ qͥ in marrochio ꝓ xp̄o martyriū paſſi fuerāt ꝯcepit animo fratꝝ minoꝝ ſocietati ſe copulare vt cū eisliberius ad martyriū ꝑgeret̉: etiaꝫ p̄lati ſui licētia ⁊ ſi cū difficultate obtenta venientibꝰ ad ſuūmonaſteriū fratribꝰ minoribus habituꝫ ſanctifranciſci deuotus recepit: moxqꝫ cuꝫ ip̄is indereceſſit. Quidā ꝟo ex canonicis ſuꝑ hoc grauiter dolens: abeunti antonio ī amaritudine cordis dixit. Uade vade qꝛ forſitā ſanctꝰ eris Cuihumiliter ſic reſpondit. Cū me ſanctū audierisdeū vtiqꝫ collaudabis.De p̄dicatiōe beati antonij qͥ ſcientiāhabuit nō ſolū acqͥſitā: ſꝫ infuſā: qͣrcum huilitate p̄dicās. meruit qͣꝫplurimis ſignis ⁊ miraculis coruſcare. Capitulum. II.Eęcūda excelletia ſācti antonij d̓r p̄dicatiōis. Naꝫferuētiſſime xp̄i euangeliū p̄dicauitFuit aūt ſua p̄dicatio triplici ꝯditiōe decorata¶ Prima ꝯditio fuit clara intelligētia.¶ Scd̓a humilis obedientia.¶ Tertia gratioſa aſſiſtentia.¶ Prima ꝯditio q̄ decorā fecit beati antonij p̄dicationē: fuit clara ītelligētia .ſ. ſcripturaꝝ ſanctaꝝ: quā ⁊ legēdo ⁊ orādo atqꝫ ꝯtēplando cōparauit: nā vt ſcribit̉ in eiꝰ legēda. Poſtqͣꝫ admonaſteriū ſācte crucꝭ de colibria ꝑuenit ꝓpel-labat eū iā ſpūs quodaꝫ futuroꝝ p̄ſagio ad diuinaꝝ ſtudia lr̄aꝝ in qͥbꝰ iugiter meditādo nōſolū qͣliter ī agro alieno vitia extirpando: ꝟtutes inſereret: ſemetip̄m ſollicite pͥmitꝰ excolēdocognouit: verūetiaꝫ qͣliter fidei norman aſtrueret: ac ꝯfutaret errores: firmiſſimis patrum ſentētijs ſe muniuit. Sicqꝫ factū ē vt illo inſpirāteqͥ īteruallo tꝑis ī docēdo nō indiget: nō multopoſt vir dei ſapīe plenꝰ eēt. hͨ in legēda. Et vt īcronicis ordinis notat̉. cū tꝑe generalis ꝯcilijrome coraꝫ papa ⁊ cardinalibꝰ vniu̓ſoqꝫ populo p̄dicaſſet ſuaqꝫ natiua lingua ſatiſfeciſſet nationibꝰ varijs: q̄ referebāt diſtincte illius ꝟba intellexiſſe: cū oēs fuiſſent ī admiratiōe ſuſpenſi:papa ip̄m archā teſtamēti vocauit. In ip̄is adhuc cronicis ſcribit̉ ꝙ beatꝰ antoniꝰ de bn̄placito pr̄is frāciſci fuit primꝰ ſtudēs ī theologiacū fiatre adā de mariſco anglico in ordine ꝑ generale capl̓m ordinatꝰ. Et acceſſerūt ad abbatēſancti andree de ꝟcellis: qͥ clariſſimꝰ theologuslibros beati dioniſij nouit̓ ex greco trāſtuleratī latinū atqꝫ pulcherrime cōmētauerat Abbasꝟo eos benigne recepit: ⁊ cuꝫ inſpexiſſet animipuritatē: ⁊ intelligētie limpitudinē in beato antonio īſuo cōmēto ſuꝑ dionyſiū d̓ myſtica theologia. ca. iij. de beato antonio ſic dixerit. Frequenter amor penetrat vbi cognitio phiſica foris ſtat. Legimꝰ em̄ quoſdā ſanctos ep̄os minꝰimbutos fuiſſe phiſicis: qͥ ⁊ myſticā theologiācaptū mētis hauriētes: celos penetrabāt: oēmphiſicā cognitionē ſubtiliſſime trāſcēdētes: vſqꝫ ad beatiſſimā trinitatē: qd̓ ⁊ ego in ſācto fratre antonio d̓ ordine fratꝝ minoꝝ peculiari familiaritate exꝑtus ſū: qͥ cū eſſet minꝰ imbutuslr̄is ſecularibꝰ: animi puritate ⁊ mentis ardoreſuccēſus myſticā theologicā captu mētis ⁊ feruēter deſiderauit: ⁊ abundanter hauſit: vt poſſim dicere de eo qd̓ ſcribitur de Ioh̓e baptiſtaIpſe erat lucerna ardēs ⁊ lucens qꝛ em̄ amoreardebat interius lucebat exterius. hec ille. Ipſe inſuꝑ antonius glorioſus d̓ licētia ſancti frāciſci theologiā fratribꝰ eū rogantibꝰ legit. Cuitale in ſcriptis ſanctꝰ franciſcus dedit reſpōſū.Chariſſimo meo fratri antonio. Frater frāciſcꝰſalutē in xp̄o Placet mihi ꝙ ſanctā theologiālegas fratribꝰ dūmodo ꝓpter hmōi ſtudiū ſācte orationis ⁊ deuotiōis ſpiritū nō extinguātſicut ī regula ꝯtinet̉. Uale. Propter theologieſacre cognitionē atqꝫ ſpeculationē reꝝ diuinarū introducit̉: qͣſi de ſe loquēs beatꝰ antoniꝰ inepl̓a hodierna q̄ ſcribit̉ Sapīe. vij. ca. Optaui⁊ datus ē mihi ſenſus. Inuocaui ⁊ venit in meſpūs ſapīe: ⁊ p̄poſui illa regnis ⁊ ſedibꝰ ⁊ diuitas nihil eē dixi in cōꝑatiōe illiꝰ: nec cōꝑaui illilapidē p̄cioſū: qm̄ oē auꝝ ī cōꝑatiōe illiꝰ arena