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reducere. vt ꝑ hͦ pctōribꝰ venie ſpem p̄beret.Iteꝝ magꝰ idē ē qḋ ſapiēs. Nā ꝑſice magꝰhebraice ſcriba. grece ph̓s. latine ſapiēs dicit̉Dicūt̉ ergo magi .i. ſapiētes. Un̄ ⁊ magi qͣrin ſapīa magni. Venerūt ergo hī tres ſapiētes ⁊ reges cū magno comitatū hieroſolyma. ¶ Sꝫ q̄rit̉ qͣre magihierl̓m venerūt cūibi dn̄s natꝰ nō ſit. Suꝑ hͦ aſſigͣt Remigiuqͣttuor rōes. Prīa qͦuiā magi tꝑs natiuitatis xp̄i agnouerūt. ſꝫ locū ignorauerūt. Ꝙāt hierl̓m erat ciuitas regal̓. ⁊ ibi erat ſūmūſacerdotiū. ſuſpicati ſūt ꝙ tā egregiꝰ puer n̄niſi in regia ciuitate naſci deberet. Scd̓a vtcuiꝰ natiuuatis locū diſcere potuiſſent. cuminibi ſapiētes legis ⁊ ſcribe reſiderēt. Tertiavt iudei inexcuſabiles manerēt. potuiſſent eidicere. Nos q̇dē natiuitatis locū cognouiꝰtꝑs aūt ignorauimꝰ ⁊ iō n̄ credimꝰ. Magiergo on̄derūt iudeis tꝑus. ⁊ iudei magis locu. Quarta vt ſic ſtudio magoꝝ cōdēnaret̉pigricia iudeoꝝ. Nā illi vni ꝓph̓e credidert̉iſti pluribꝰ credere noluerūt. Illi q̇rūt regeꝫalienū. iſti nō querūt ꝓpriū. Illi venerūt delonginq. iſti manſerūt in vicino. Iſti regesfuerūt ſucceſſores balaā. ⁊ ad viſionē ſtellevenerūt ꝓpter illā ꝓphetiā patris ſui. Oriet̉ſtella ex iacob ⁊ exurget homo de iſrl̓. ¶ CAliā ei cām vn iſti moti ſūt ad veniēdū ponit Chryſo. in originali ſuꝑMath̓. aſſerēsqͦſdā dicere ꝙ quidā ſecretoꝝ inſpectores elegerūt de ſeip̄is duodecim. ⁊ qͣs moriebat̉. filius eiꝰ aūt aliqͥs ꝓpinquoꝝ in eiꝰ loco ſubſtituebat̉. Hi ergo ꝑ ſingulos annos pꝰ mēſem aſcēdebāt ſuꝑ monte victorialē. ⁊ tribudiebꝰ ibidē morātes ſe lauabat ⁊ orabāt deūvt eis illā ſtellā quā balaā p̄dixerat on̄deret.Quadā igit̉ vice .ſ. ī die natalis dn̄i dum ſicibidē manerēt ſtella q̇dā ad eos ſuꝑ mōtemvenit q̇ habebat formā pulcerrimi pueri. ſuper cuiꝰ capite crux ſplēdebat ꝗ̇ magos allocuta eſt dicēs. Ite velociꝰ ī terrā iuda ⁊ ibid̓rege que qͣritis natū inueniētis. Tūc illi ꝯnuo venire ceperūt. Sꝫ quo in tā ꝑuo tꝑe .ſ.in tredecim drebꝰ ꝑ tāta terraꝝ ſpacia veīrepotuerūt .ſ. ab oriēte vſqꝫ in hierl̓m q̇ in meditullio md̓i d̓r eē ſita. Dicēdū eſt ẜm Remi

giū. qͦniā talis puer ad quē ꝓperabāt eos intā breui ſpacio ꝑducere potuit. Uel poteritdici ẜm hierony. ꝙ ſuꝑ dromedarios venerūt q̇ ſunt aīalia velociſſima. q̇ tantū currūtvna die qͣntū equꝰ in tribꝰ. Un̄ d̓r dromedariꝰ a dromos qd̓ eſt curſus ⁊ ares qḋ ē v̓tꝰ.Cū ergo hieroſolimā veniſſent īterrogauerūt dicētes. Ubi eſt q̇ natꝰ eſt rex iudeorumNō interrogauerūt an natꝰ ſit. qꝛ h̓ cred̓bātſꝫ q̄rūt vbi natꝰ ſit. Et qͣſi aliqͥs interrogaſſeteos. vn̄ ſcitis hūc regē natū eē. rn̄derūt. Uidimꝰ ſtellā eiꝰ in oriēte ⁊ venimꝰ adorare eū.Hoc eſt. Nos exiſtētes in oriēte. vidimꝰ ſtellam eiꝰ .i. eiꝰ natiuitatis on̄ſiuā. vidimꝰ inqͣꝫſuꝑ iudeā poſitā. Ul̓ nos exiſtētes in noſtraregione vidimꝰ ſtellā eiꝰ in oriēte .i. in oriētali ꝑte. His v̓bis ſicut dicit Remigiꝰ in originali veꝝ hoīem ⁊ veꝝ regē ⁊ veꝝ deū cōfeſſiſunt. Ueꝝ hoīem cū dixerūt. Ubi eſt q̇ natꝰeſt. Ueꝝ regē cū aiūt. Rex iudeoꝝ. Ueꝝ deum cū ſubiugunt. Uenimus adorare eumPreceptū enī fuit vt nullꝰ niſi ſolꝰ deꝰ adoraret̉. ¶ Sꝫ herodes hͦ audiēs turbatꝰ eſt ⁊oīs hieroſolyma cuꝫ illo. Triplici de cā rexturbatꝰ eſt Primo ne iudei regēnatū tāqͣmſuū reciꝑent. ⁊ ſe tanqͣꝫ alienigenā expellerēt.Un̄ Chryẜ. Sicut ramū arboris in excelſopoſitū leuis etiā aura mouet. ſic ⁊ ſublimeshomines in culmine dignitatū exiſtentes leuis etiā fama ꝯturbat. Secūdo ne a romanis culpari poſſet ſi aliqͦs ibi rex vocareturquē auguſtꝰ nō ꝯſtituiſſet. Sic enī ordinauerāt romani vt nullꝰ deꝰ vel rex ſine ſui licētia ⁊ imꝑio diceret̉. Tertio qͦniā ſicut dic̄Grego. Celi rege nato rexterre turbatꝰ eſt.qꝛ nimiꝝ altitudo terrena ꝯfundit̉ dum celſitudo celeſtis aꝑit̉ ¶ Oīs etiā hieroſolimacū illo turbata eſt triplici de cā. Primo q̇aimpij gaudere nequeūt de aduētū iuſti Secundo vt regi turbato adularent̉ ꝑ hoc ꝙ ſeſil̓r turbatos on̄derēt. Tertio quia ſicut ſeſeventis cōcutientibꝰ vnda concutit̉. ſic ⁊ regibus ad inuicē certantibꝰ ppl̓s ꝯturbatur. ⁊io ex hoc timuerūt ne ſcꝫ pn̄ti ⁊ venturo rege ad inuicē certātibꝰ ip̄i ꝑturbationibus īuoluerent̉. Hec rō eſt Chryſoſtomi ¶ D