Purificatio Marie.XLvi.
guebant̉ Vn̄ dicūt iudei ꝙ cū mariapulcerrima fuit a nullo potuit vnꝙͣcōcupiſci. Et ratio eſt qꝛ virtus ſuecaſtitatis cūctos aſpiciētes penētrabat. ⁊ oēm de eis ꝯcupiſcentiā expellebat. Vn̄ comꝑatur ordro. qꝛ ſicutcedrus ſerpentes ſuo odore int̓ficit:ita ⁊ eius ſanctificatio in alijs radiabat. ⁊ oēs motus in carne ⁊ ſerpentes occidebat. Comꝑatur etiā mirreqꝛ ſicut mirra int̓ficit vermes. ſic eꝰſanctitas cōcupiſcentias carnales.Ido ⁊ hac prerogatiuam habuit p̄ceteris ſanctificatis in vtero. ⁊ virginibus. quia earuꝫ ſanctitas ⁊ caſtitas in alios non tranſfundebả̉ neccarnales motus ī alijs extīguebatVirtus aūt caſtitatis mai̓e v̓ginisetiā impudicorū corda medullituspenetrabat ⁊ ea qūo ad ſeipſā protinus caſta reddebat. ¶ Tercio ordīauit eccleſia: ut in hac die deportaret̉candele accenſe in manibus ꝓpter vepreſentandū hodiernam ꝓceſſionē.Nā maria ⁊ Ioſeph ⁊ fimcon ⁊ ānahodie venerabrlē proceſſionē fecerūt⁊ puerū iheſū in templum preſentauerunt. Sic ⁊ nos ꝓceſſionē facimꝰ⁊ cerrū accenſuꝫ per quē ſignificat̉iheſus in manibus baiulamꝰ ⁊ vſqꝫin eccleſiam deferimꝰ. Tria nāqꝫ ſūtin cereo .ſ. cera lignꝰ ⁊ ignis. ⁊ ꝑ hͦtria ſignificātur illa tria que fuer̄tin xpriſto. Nam cera ſignificat carnem xpriſti que nata eſt de virgineſine corruptōe carnis. ſicut apes ceram gignunt ſine alterutrum ꝯmixtione Lignus in cera latens ſignificat animam candidiſſimā in carnelatentē Ignis vero fiue lumē ſignificat d̓imnitatē. quia deꝰ noſter ignisꝯſumens eſt. Vnde quidā de cera lumiue ⁊ ligno ſic dicit v̓. Hanc in honorē pie candelā portō marie. Accipr ꝑ cerā carnē de virgīe verā P lignū animā mundā ſub carne latēteꝫD lumē numē maieſtatiſqꝫ cacumē¶ Qrͣto ꝓpter noſtrā īſtructōꝫ In hͦautē inſtruimur ꝙ ſi volumꝰ eſſe an̄
deū purificati ⁊ mūdi:tria in nobishabere debemꝰ .ſ. fidē veram actōembona ⁊ intentionem rectā Nā candela in manu accēſa ē fides cū oꝑatōebona. ſic̄ cādela abſqꝫ lumine dicit̉eſſe mortua ⁊ lumen per ſe ſine cādela nō lucet ſꝫ mortuū eē vidẻ ſic operato ſiī fide ⁊ fides ſine bono oꝑe mortu a eē d̓r. Lignꝰ āt in vera occultatꝰeſt ītētio recta Vn̄ Gre. Sic ſit opꝰ inpb̓lico ut tn̄ ītētio maneat ī occultonec forꝭ aliqͥd on̄daʳ qd̓ mēti interiꝰeē nō ꝯſonū potei̓t iudicari Quedāmatronā nobilis in beatam virginēmaxima deuotōnem habebat. Hecquādā capellā iuxta domū ſuā conſtruxerat ⁊ ꝓpriū capellanū habensomni die miſſaꝫ de beata virgīe audire volebat Appropinquāte aūt feſto purificatōis btē marie virginisſac̓dos ob ſuū negociū longius diſceſſit. ⁊ dn̄a illa die miſſaꝫ hr̄e nonpotuit. vl̓ ut alibi legit̉ omnia quehabere poterat etiā veſtimēta ſua ꝓhonore beate v̓ginis dabat Vn̄ cuꝫclamidē dediſſet. ⁊ ad eccleſiā ive nōpoſſet. ſine miſſa illā eā die manereoportebat De quo cū plurimū dole̓t⁊ eccleſiā ꝓpriā ſeu camerā intraret⁊ an̄ altare beate marie virginis ſeproſtrauit Tunc ſubito in exceſſummentis facta videbat̉ ſibi ſe in qͣdaꝫeccleſia pulcerrima ⁊ ſpecioſa collocatā eſſe. ⁊ veſpiciens vidit turbammaximiā virginū in eccleſiam veniēbeꝫ. quas quedā virgo pulcerrimadiademate coronata: veſtitu decentiet virginum cōmitiua laudabili preibat Cūqꝫ omnes ꝑ ordinē conſediſſent. ecce turba aliā iuuenū venit qͥet ipſi iuixta ordinē conſederūt Et ecce quidam maximium cereoꝝ facemdeferens cereū primo virgini que ceteros adeibat dedit ⁊ poſtea ill̓ alijsvirginibꝫ ⁊ iuuenibꝫ tribuit Deniqꝫad illam matrona venit ⁊ cereum eiobtulit. quē ipſa libēter accepᵗ Tūcꝑ choꝝ reſpiciēs vidit duos cero fea̓rios ſb̓diacoᵐ diacoᵐ et ſac̓dotē ſac̓s