Eccleſiaſtice hyſtorie
eorum huiuſcemodi exitum: quibus necibi defuit diuine maieſtatis auxiliū. Aliquanti etenī ex his qui ſeuiſſima tormenta ꝑtulerant: nec humane aliquid medeleꝑmiſſi ſunt conſequi. Mirū īmodū virtute domini cōualeſcere et ſubitā mentisalacritatem: ac deſperatum corporis robur recuꝑare ceperunt: ita vt cohortatōeſua ceteros ad patientiā cōfirmarent. ⁊ qͥimpatientes erant penaꝝ illi magis quinuper fuerant correpti: ⁊ quorū corporanōdum tormenta ſolidauerāt: illi deniqꝫerant qui fetoris horrore: ⁊ ꝯcluſionis tenebris necabantur. Ueruꝫ beati FotiniIugdunēſis ep̄i glorioſam martyrij confeſſionē: fas non eſt ſilentio p̄terire. Quicum nonagenario maior eſſet etate ⁊ corpore: vtpote illiꝰ cui inualidus cetera pene iam mortuꝰ: ſolo martyrij amore viuebat. Ducit̉ autē ad tribunalia: īmo potiꝰdefertur: ſenio ⁊ lāguore reſolutus. Cuiꝰad hoc ſolum anima ſeruabatur: vt chriſtus ꝑ eam magnificētiꝰ in fragili corpore triūpharet. Statuitur interea ſenior ꝓtribunalibꝰ impie plebi Undiqꝫ clamorattollitur. hunc ip̄m eſſe inſonāt chriſtianum. Dum ꝟo a p̄ſide interrogat̉ qͥs naꝫeſſet chriſtianorū deus: reſpōdit. Si dignus fueris ſcies. Hinc ꝟo cunctos velutrabies immenſi cuiuſdā furoris inuaſit:ita vt qui ꝓpe aſtabant pugnis: alij calcibus ſubigerēt ſenē: nec grauitati: nec etati aliquid reuerentie deferentes. Illi ꝟoqui longius erant quicquid furentibꝰ teli veniſſet in manꝰ eminus iaciebāt: ita vtvnuſquiſqꝫ ſūmi ſibi eſſe delicti duceret:niſi aliquid in ſenē ſceleris intuliſſet. Inhoc etenī vindicādos deos ſuos eſſe credebant. Quē cuꝫ ſeminecem ꝓieciſſent incarcerem: incōtaminatū paulopoſt ſpiritum reddidit. Per idem tēpus īmenſa q̄dam dei diſpēſatio ꝓcuratur: ⁊ miſericordia ex inſperata chriſti domini arte conquiritur. qd̓ nunqͣꝫ fere prius a ꝑſecutoribus geſtū meminimꝰ. Omnes enī hi quiprimo cōprehenſi negauerant fidē: correpti tradunt̉ in carcerē. ⁊ quo infelicibꝰ neſolamē qͥdem penalis p̄ſtaret̉ exicij: nonqͣſi chriſtiani iā: ſed tanqͣꝫ homicide ⁊ inceſti detinebant̉. habentes miſeri dupli-
cem penā. qm̄quidem ceteroꝝ ſuppliciamitigabat ſpes ⁊ corona martyrij: chriſtiqꝫ charitas: ⁊ ſanctiſpiritꝰ gratia releuabat afflictos. Iſtos aūt ip̄is penalibꝰ cathenis ⁊ pondere carceris grauiꝰ cōſcientia cruciabat: ita vt vultū ip̄o ⁊ aſpectu diſcernerent̉ a ceteris ꝙ illi ꝓducebātur deſupplicijs leti: ⁊ diuinū neſcio qͥd in ip̄isvultibus p̄ferentes: vincula ſua moniliap̄cioſa ducebant: ꝑͦ ſqualorē carceris chriſti bonus odor effecti: ita vt viderent̉ ſibinō in ergaſtulo: ſed in mirretheca ꝯcluſi.At illi alij triſtes demerſis ip̄is qͦꝫ ꝯſpectibus horridi: ⁊ om̄i turpitudinis deformitate fediores. ſed ⁊ ip̄is gentilibꝰ ī multo opprobrio expoſiti erant: tanqͣꝫ degeneres ⁊ ignaui: qͥ fideꝫ ꝑdiderint ⁊ crimēinuenerint: ⁊ qui chriſtianoꝝ qͥdem noīecaruerint: homicidaꝝ tamē penas non effugerint. Que cum ita geri viderent ceteri incredibiliter corroborati ſūt: ita vt cōprehenſi abſqꝫ vlla animi mutatione: cōſtanter ſe nihil aliud qͣꝫ chriſtianos eſſe faterent̉. Et cum q̄daꝫ in his locis fuiſſentlongius ꝓſecuti: poſt aliquanta iterū hecſubiungūt. Poſt hec iam ꝑ diuerſas ſpecies martyrij eoꝝ: velut coronā quādamvarijs floribꝰ cōpoſitā: dominꝰ chriſtꝰ intexens offerebat patri: vt ab eo velut victores magni agonis: remunerationemeternoꝝ ſumerent p̄miorū. Nam Maturus. ⁊ Sanctꝰ. ⁊ Blandina. ⁊ Attalꝰ. nūmerū diebꝰ innumeris milibꝰ gentiuꝫ diuerſarū ad ſpectaculū cōgregatis ſtatuūtur in medio arene. Et rurſū Maturꝰ cūSancto: quaſi nihil prius geſtū fuiſſet:ad om̄ia tormentoruꝫ ⁊ verborū generarenouant̉: certantibꝰ omnimodis aduerſarijs: quatenꝰ eorū patientiā frangerent:et ab ip̄o (vt ita dicā) vertice. coronas eorum diriꝑent: inſanis ppl̓i vocibus inſtigati. Sꝫ illis eo magis aīos roborabatſpes vicine iam gl̓ie: quā ſibi iā iāqꝫ manū ꝯtingere: ⁊ ꝯtrectare dextris videbāt̉.Cūqꝫ ⁊ ſupplicioꝝ genera ⁊ ſpectaculorūiā pene tēpus fuiſſet abſūptū: nec moueri vllatenꝰ a ſentētia valuiſſent: cum etiaꝫſelle ferree ſuppoſiti: conſumptā v̓beribꝰcarnē ignis ſubter miniſtratꝰ exureret: advltimū infatigabiles martyrū ſpūs ferro