Eccleſiaſtice hiſtorie

ciant vt aūt ip̄e Arriū ſuſciꝑet: aut ſi reniteret̉ ſe eccl̓ia pulſo ⁊ in exilium truſo: abalio eū ſuſcipiēduꝫ ſciret. Tū ille nocte q̄ad ꝯſtitutā intererat diē ſub altario iacēsatqꝫ ī oratiōe ⁊ lachrymis totā ꝑuigilemducēs: eccl̓ie cauſā dn̄o cōmēdabat. Cūqꝫ lux fuiſſet exorta: nec tn̄ Alexāder aboratōe ceſſaret: Euſebiꝰ cū ſuis oībꝰ velutheretici belli ſignifer: domū Arrij matutinꝰ aſcēdit: eūqꝫ ꝓpere ſeqͥ ad eccl̓iam iubet: ꝓteſtatꝰ ꝙ Alexander niſi p̄ſens acqͥeſceret: expulſus cederet loco.¶ De probroſo Arrij interitu.Capl̓m. XIII.Bitur oīm ſūma expectatio: qͦvel Alexādri ꝑſeuerātia: vl̓ Euſebij Arrijqꝫ inſtantia declinaret. Cūqꝫ cūctoꝝ animi eſſent vt ī tali reexpectatiōe ſuſpēſi: Arriꝰ ad eccl̓iaꝫ ꝑgēsep̄oꝝ ⁊ ppl̓oꝝ frequentia ꝯſtipatꝰ hūaneneceſſitatis cauſa ad publicū locuꝫ declinat. Ubi cū ſed eret: inteſtina eiꝰ atqꝫ oīaviſcera ī ſeceſſus cuniculuꝫ defluxere: actali ī loco dignā mortē blaſphemie ⁊ fetide mētis exoluit. Qd̓ poſtea qͣꝫ ī eccleſianūciatū ē Euſebio: atqꝫ his qͥ vna ſecumſanctū ⁊ īnocentē virū Alexādrū de Arrio recipiēdo fatigabāt: ſuꝑati pudore: etadoꝑti cōfuſione diſcedunt. Tūc cōpletꝰē ſermo ad gl̓iam dn̄i: quē Alexander inoratiōe ſua ad deū ꝓclamauerat dicens.Iudica dn̄e īter me ⁊ Euſebij minas atqꝫ Arrij vim. Sed hi ad p̄ſens qͥdē paululum pudoris habuere. Cōueniētes ꝟointer ſe heretici: veriti ne forte ſi ſicut resgeſta ē integre ad imꝑatorē Cōſtātium ꝑueniſſet: nō ſolū a ꝑfidia eoꝝ in qͣ callideirretitꝰ tenebat̉ abſcederet: verū ⁊ ī auctores deceptionis ſue ſeueriꝰ aliqͥd ex regiaauctoritate decerneret. Cōponūt ꝑ eunuchos qͦs iā ꝑfidia deceptos tenebant: vtide Arrij morte imꝑator qͣꝫ fieri poſſet cōpoſite et cōmuniter noſceret: neqꝫ aliqͥdqd̓ dei vindictā iudicare videretur audiret. Quibꝰ ita geſtis: de cauſa fidei vt ceperāt ꝓſequuntur.¶ De Athanaſij ep̄i principijs.¶ Capl̓m. XIIIIGitur apd̓ Alexādriā defūctoAlexādro: Athanaſiꝰ ſuſceꝑat

ſedē. Ꝙ ꝟo eſſet idē vir acris ingenij: ⁊ ineccl̓iaſticis negocijs apprime vigilās: ſatis iā tūc hereticis īnotuerat: cū ad conciliū Nicenū cū ep̄o ſuo ſene Alexādro venerat: cuiꝰ ſuggeſtionibꝰ hereticoruꝫ doliac fallacie vigilāter detegebant̉. Statimergo vt eū ep̄m factuꝫ cognouere: rati idqd̓ res indicabat: ſua negocia ꝑ illiꝰ ſollicitudinē nō facile ꝓceſſura oībus modisq̄rere aduerſus euꝫ machinas deceptionū parabāt. ¶ Uerū nō mihi abſqꝫ ordine videt̉ pauca de huiꝰ viri origine ſuprarepetere: ⁊ cuiꝰ a puero inſtitutiōis fueritſicuti ab his qͥ cū ip̄o vitā duxerant accepimus memorare. Temꝑe qͦ apd̓ Alexādriā Petri martyis diem Alexander ep̄sagebat: cū poſt expleta ſolēnia ꝯuēturosad cōuiuiū ſuū clericos expectaret ī locomari vicino: videt eminus pueroꝝ multitudinē ſuꝑ oram maris ludū imitātiuꝫvt fieri ſolet ep̄m: atqꝫ ea q̄ ī eccl̓ijs gerimos ē. Sꝫ cū intentiꝰ diutino pueros inſpectaret: videt ab his geri q̄dā etiā ſecretiora et myſtica. Perturbatꝰ ilico: vocariad ſe clericos iubet: atqꝫ eis qͥd eminusip̄e videret oſtēdit. Tū abire eos ⁊ cōprehenſos ad ſe ꝑducere oēs pueros imꝑat.Cūqꝫ adeſſent: qͥs eis ludus: ⁊ quid egiſſent: vel quō ꝑcuctat̉. Ill i (vt talis habetetas) pauidi: negare pͥmo: deinde rem geſtam ꝑ ordinē pādūt. Et baptiſatos a ſeeſſe quoſdā cathecumīos ꝯfitēt̉ ꝑ Athanaſiū: qͥ ludi illius puerilis ep̄s fuerat ſimulatꝰ. Tū ille diligēter inqͥrēs ab his qͥbaptiſati dicebant̉ qͥd īterrogati fuerint:quid ve reſpōderint ſimul ⁊ ab eo qͥ interrogauerat Ubi videt ẜm religionis nr̄eritū cūcta ꝯſtare: collocutꝰ eū ꝯcilio clericorū ſtatuiſſe tradit̉ illis quibꝰ ingreſſisinterrogationibꝰ ⁊ reſponſionibꝰ aqua fuerat infuſa iterari baptiſmū nō debere: ſꝫadimpleri ea que a ſacerdotibꝰ mos eſt.Athanaſiū ꝟo atqꝫ eos quos ludus illevel p̄ſbyteros habere viſus fuerat vl̓ miniſtros: ꝯuocatis parentibꝰ ſub dei obteſtatione tradit eccl̓ie ſue nutriēdos. Paruo aūt tꝑe exacto: cuꝫ a notario integre: ⁊a grāmatico ſufficiēter Athanaſius fuiſſet inſtructꝰ: ꝯtinuo tanqͣꝫ fidele dn̄i commendatū a parētibꝰ reſtituit̉ ſacerdoti: ac