XLIX.Beſta.
malū mͥ faciet. Serpens ſuꝑ lectū eiꝰaſcēdit ⁊ verſus faciē eiꝰ ꝑrexit. Cū voad oculos veniſſꝫ lapide ſuꝑ os cadeve ꝑmiſit ⁊ ſtatī camerā exiuit Cū ꝟolapis duos ocl̓os eiꝰ tetigiſſꝫ: rex clarū viſū recepit. Nō modicū gaudesſerpentē reqͥri fecit ſꝫ nō eſt inuētꝰ. lapidē ſecum cuſtodiuit ⁊ vitā in pacefiniuit. :Moralizatio.Ariſſimi Rex iſte p̄t dici qͥlibethō mūdanꝰ qͥ tenet̉ regere ſeip̄ꝫ⁊ tn̄ cecꝰ eſt qͣntū ad ſpūalia ſꝫ vidēsclare quantum ad temporalia Cāpana ſuſpenſa eſt lingua p̄dicatoris q̄certis tꝑibꝫ debꝫ pulſai̓. Corda cāpane eſt ſacra ſcpͥtura ꝑ quā p̄dicatorhabꝫ deſcēdere ⁊ virtutes atqꝫ vitiā ītimare quō pctōres ꝑ virtutes poterūt celū aſcēdere ⁊ ꝑ pctā infernū introire Serpens qͥ fecit nidū ſub cordacāpane eſt diſcretꝰ ꝯfeſſor qͥ habꝫ ſepone̓ ſub ſacra ſcpͥtua̓ ⁊ in nido id eſtin corde pctōris pullos ⁊ bonas v̓tutes ꝓducere. Si ꝟo aliqͥs ſenſus perpctm̄ ſit īuiciatꝰ habꝫ cordā ſacre ſcpͥture pulſae̓ tūc iudex id eſt ratio debꝫdeſcēdere ⁊ om̄ia ꝑ verā cōfeſſionē excutere ⁊ corrigere. Sed ſepe ꝯtingit ꝙp̄lati ⁊ ꝯfeſſores ſūt tepidi ⁊ negligetes ⁊ ꝑgūt exͣ ad mūdana. Et ſic ſb̓diti manet in ꝑicl̓o Quia bufo dyabolꝰ locū occupat. Ad gͦ eſt faciēd̓?Certe ut ꝯfeſſor vedeat ad pctōrē ducēdo ſecū pullos .i bonas v̓tutes Serpēs habꝫ duoPortat vonenū pm̄e ⁊antidotū abſolutōis ſalutis aīe ⁊ dꝫꝯtra dyabolū pugͣre inforͣndo pctōrēquō dyabolo eſt veſiſtēdū ⁊ ſic eū decorde pctōris expelles Deinde ſerpēslapidē porͣuit. ſic diſcretꝰ ꝯfeſſor ꝑ ſacra ſcpͥturā debꝫ pctōri lapideꝫ .ī xp̄mdare de cuiꝰ v̓tute viſū ſpūalē p̄t reciꝑe ⁊ ꝑ ꝯſeq̄n̄s vitā et̓na obtinere¶ Ꝙ eſt vigilādū ꝯtra fraudesdyaboli ne nos decipiat..cvi.Capitulum.
Lim erāt tres ſocij qͥ ad ꝑeg̓nādū ꝑgebāt Accidit ꝙ cibaria p̄t̓vnū pane inuēire n̄ poterāt ⁊ erāt famelici valde et dixer̄t adīuicē. Si iſtepanis in tres ꝑtes diuidat̉ vnicuiqꝫꝑs n̄ ſufficeret ex nr̄is ad ſaturādūhabeamꝰ gͦ ſanū ꝯciliū quō debeamꝰde iſto pane diſpone̓. Ait vnus. Hicin via dormiemus ⁊ qͥlibꝫ ſomniū habeat ⁊ qͥ maiꝰ mirabile viderit ille totū panē hēat. Rn̄derūt alij duo. Bonū eſt ꝯciliū ⁊ inceperūt dormire. Ille qͥ ꝯciliū dederat ſurrexit ⁊ ipſis dorniētibꝫ panē total̓r ꝯmedit nͨ vnicāmicā ſocijs ſuis dimiſit. Hoc factoſocios ſuos excitauit dicēs. Surgitevelocit̉ tp̄s eſt. ut qͥlibꝫ ſōniū ſuū dicat. Ait pͥmꝰ. kariſſimi mirabile ſōniū vidi ſcꝫ vnā ſcalaꝫ aureā de celodeſcēdētē ꝑ quā angeli aſcēder̄t ⁊ deſcēder̄t ⁊ aīaꝫ meā vſqꝫ ad celū de corꝑe meo extraxer̄t qn̄ ibi erā pr̄em ⁊ filiū ⁊ ſpm̄ ſcm̄ vidi ⁊ tātū gaudiū c̓caaīaꝫ meā ea̓t qd̓ ocl̓s nō vidit nec auris audiuit qd̓ ibidē p̄cepi. Et iſtd̓ ēſōniū meū Ait ſcd̓s. Et ego vidi ꝙ demones cū inſtrum̄tꝭ ferreis ac ignitꝭaīaꝫ meā de corꝑe meo trͣxer̄t ⁊ ibidēme male tractauer̄t ⁊ dixer̄t. Ꝙdiudeꝰ regͣt in celo ꝑmanebis ī iſto locoAit t̓ciꝰ. Audite ſōniū meū Michi videbat̉ ꝙ qͥdā angelꝰ ad me vēit ⁊ aitkariſſiē vis vide̓ vbi ſūt ſocij tui. Rn̄di Etiā dn̄e Int̓ nos hēmꝰ vnū panēdiuide̓ tīeo ꝙ cū pane r̄ceſſer̄t At illeNō ē ita. ſꝫ panis iuxͣ nos ē ſeq̄re meduxit me ad pōrꝫ celi caput ineū tm̄ſcd̓m p̄ceptū ſuū infra pōam poſui etvidi te ⁊ videbat̉ mͥ ꝙ ad celū raptꝰfuiſti ⁊ ſede̓s ī throno aureo ⁊ multacibaria ac vina optīa an̄ te Dixitqꝫ āgelꝰ mͥ. Ecce ſociꝰ tuꝰ habūdat in oīgaudio ⁊ cibarijs ⁊ ibidē īet̓nū ꝑmanebit qꝛ qͥ ſel̓ regnū celeſte intrͣueritexie̓ nō potei̓t. iā mecū vōi ⁊ on̄dā vbialiꝰ ſociꝰ tuꝰ ē. Cū ꝟo ſecutꝰ illū fuiſſēduxᵗ me ad pors īferni⁊ ibi vidi te ſicut dixiſti in penis grauiſſimis ⁊ cūtibi cotidie mīſtrabat̉ panis ⁊ vinū