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amoris idē ꝙ dilectōnis. volens on̄dere hͦ noīe amoris ꝑ oīa in d̓inis eēvtendū: ait. Scribit aūt d̓iuꝰ ignātius. Amor meꝰ crucifixꝰ ē ¶ Legỉ inhyſtoriā triptita: ꝙ ignatiꝰ audiuᵗangelos cantātes antiphonas ſuꝑmōtē q̄ndā. ⁊ exinde inſtituit antiphonas cātari in eccīa ⁊ pſalmos ẜꝫantiphonas intonari. C ¶ Cū igit̉btūs ignatiꝰdiu ꝓ pace eccīe dn̄ꝫ exoraſſꝫ nō ſuū ſꝫ infirmoꝝ ꝑiculū metuēs Traiano īꝑatori devictoria redeunti ⁊ xp̄ianis oībꝫ mortē minātioccurrit ⁊ libere ſe xp̄ianū eē aſſerūᵗQuē traianꝰ ferro vinctū decē militibꝫ tr̄didit. ⁊ romā adduci p̄cepitminas eidēꝫ ꝙ ibidē trade̓̉ beſtijs deuorādꝰ. Cū gͦ romā duceret̉ ad oēseccās epl̓as deſtinabat ⁊ eas in fidexp̄i ꝯfortabat. Int̓ qͣs vnā ſcripſitad romanā eccīam ſicut legit̉ in hyſtorijs eccāſticis: rogās ne ſuū martiriū īpediant vbi ſic dic̄ Afiria vſqꝫad romā cū beſtijs t̓ra mariqꝫ depūgno die ac nocte. cōnexꝰ et colligatus decē leopardis: a militibꝫ ducorad cuſtodiā datis qͥ ex bn̄ficijs nr̄isſeuiores fiūt. Sꝫ ego eoꝝ neqͥtijs magis erudior. O ſalutarꝭbeſtie q̄ iamp̄parant̉ mihi. Qn̄ veniēt. qn̄ emittēt̉. qn̄ eis licebit frui carnibꝫ meisInuitabo eas ad deuoratōeꝫ meā ⁊dep̄cabor ne forte ut in nōnullis fecer̄t: deficiāt neqꝫ timeāt ꝯtinge̓ corpꝰ meū. Quinimo ⁊ ſi cūctabūt̉: egovimi faciā. ego me ingerā. Date q̄ſoveniaꝫ. ego noui qͥd mihi expediatignes. cruces. beſtie. diſpſiōes oſſiūdiſcerptōes oīm mēbroꝝ ⁊ totiꝰ corporis ⁊ oīa pene in me viiū mr̄ij ſuꝑplicia dyaboli arte q̄ſita cōflent̉ dūmō ih̓m xp̄m merear adipiſci ¶ Cuꝫergo romā veniſſꝫ ⁊ an̄ traianū adductꝰ fuiſſꝫ dixit ei traianus Ignaticur antiochia vebellare facl̓ ⁊ gentēmeā ad xp̄ianitatē ꝯu̓tis? Cui ignatiꝰ. Vtinaꝫ ⁊ te poſſē cōuertere ut ſꝑobtineres fortiſſimū principatū Cuitraianꝰ. Sacrifica dijs meis ⁊ ſac̓do-

tū oīm pn̓ceps eris. Cui ignatius.Nec dijs tuis ſacrificabo nec tuā dignitatē affecto. De me qͥcqͥd vis facere poteris: ſꝫ nullatenus me īmutabis. Traīanꝰ dixit. Plūbatis ſcāpulas eiꝰ ꝯtundite ⁊ vngulis lateraeiꝰ lamiate. duris lapidibꝫ eiꝰ vulnera cōfricate ¶ Cūqꝫ hec om̄īa in eū feciſſēt. ⁊ ipſe mimobilis ꝑmaneret.Dixit traianus militibꝫ ſuis. Carbones viuos afferte ⁊ ip̄m veſtibꝫ expoliatū: nudis plantis deſuꝑ ambulave facite ſuꝑ eos. Cui ignatius Necignis ardēs: nec aqͣ ebulliēs poteritin me xpē ih̓ū extinguere caritatemCui traianꝰ Maleficia ſūt hͦ ꝙ tātapatiēs nō ꝯſentꝭ. Cui ignatiꝰ. Nosxp̄iani malefici n̄ ſumꝰ: ſꝫ ī legē nrāmaleficos viue̓ꝓhibemꝰ. Sꝫ vos malefici eſtis qui idola adoratis. Traīanus dixit. Dorſū eius vngulis laniade et plagas eius ſale perfūdite. Cuiignatius. Nō ſūt condigne paſſiones huiꝰ tꝑis ad futurā gloriā Traianꝰ dixit Iā nunc eū tollite. vincul̓ferreis alligate. in cippo īimo carceris cuſtodite. ſine cibo ⁊ potū eū eſſeꝑmittite. ⁊ poſt triduū deuoranduꝫbeſtijs date ¶ Terciā ig̓r die īꝑator⁊ ſenatus omiſqꝫ populꝰ cōuenerūtut videret ep̄m antiochenū qui eratcū beſtijs pugnaturꝰ. Dixit traianꝰQm̄ ignatiꝰ ſuꝑbus ⁊ cōtumax eſt:ip̄m alligate ⁊ duos leones ad ip̄mlaxate ut nec vllas veliqͥas ex eo velīquāt. Tūc ſcūs ignatiꝰ dixit ad populū qͥ aſtabat. Viri romani qui hͦcertamē aſpicitis. nō ſine mercede laboraui. qꝛ nō ꝓpter prauitatē. ſed ꝓpter pietatem hec patior. Deinde cepᵗdicere ſicut legit̉ in hiſtorijs eccleſiaſticis. Frumentū xp̄i ſū. beſtiaꝝ dētibus molar ut paīs mūdus efficiarHec audiēs imꝑator dixit. Grādiseſt tolerātia xp̄ianoꝝ. Quis grecorum tāta toleā̓t pro deo ſuo?. Reſpōdit ignatiꝰ. Non hec mea virtute. ſꝫxp̄i adiutōi̓o toleāui Tūc ſcūs igͣtiꝰleōes cepit ꝓuore ut ad ſe deuorādū