CXIX.Septē dormiētes.

Qd̓ audiēs vex: eas ad ſe adduci fecit dicēs Ergo ⁊ vos ſeducte eſtis. ꝑdeos iuro ꝙ n̓ ſacrificaueritis mālamorte ꝑibitis. Que rn̄derūt. Si visut ſacrificemꝰ: iube plateas mūdari⁊ oēs ad tēplū cōgregari. Quo facto cū tēplū introiſſēt: cingulū poſuerūt in colla deoꝝ ⁊ ad terrā trahētesin puluerē ꝯfregerūt. Dixer̄tqꝫ aſtātibꝰ Ite vocate medicos ut curēt deos vr̄os. Tūc iuiſſu regis aqͥlina manibꝫ ſuſpendit̉ ⁊ ligato ad eiꝰ pedesmagno ſaxō mēbra eꝰdiripiū? Quecū ad dn̄m migraſſꝫ ſoror eiꝰ nicea īignē ꝓijcỉ. ſed inde illeſa exiēs ꝓtinꝰdecolla? ¶ Poſt hoc xpriſtoferus vegi preſentatur qui eum virgis ferreis cedi iuſſit ⁊ caſſidem ignitā in caput eius poni. Deinde ſcamuū ferreum fieri fecit ⁊ xpriſtoferum ibidemligari. ⁊ in ignē iniecta pice ſuccediSed inſtar cere ſcamnum confringitur⁊ xpōferꝰ illeſuſ egredi; Deīde iuſſit eū ad ſtipitē ligari ⁊ a qͣdringētꝭmilitibꝫ ſagittari. Sagitte at oēs inaere ſuſpendebant̉ nec ip̄m aliqͣ cōtingere potuit Rex aūt putās ip̄ma militibꝫ ſagittatu cū eidē infultae̓tſb̓ito vna de ſagittis ab aere veniēs⁊ vetro ſe vertēs regē ī oculo ꝑcuſſit⁊ ip̄m ꝓtinꝰ excecauit. Cui xpōferꝰCraſtina die ꝯſumēdꝰ ſū Tu g̓ tiranne lutū de ſāguine meo facies ⁊ oculū inūges: ⁊ ſanitatē recipies Tunciuſſu regis ad decollandū ducỉ ⁊ ibifuſa orōē decollat̉ Rex autē modicūde ſanguine eius accipiēs ⁊ ſuꝑ oculū eius ponēs ait. In noīe dei ⁊ ſāctixpōferi vide. ⁊ ꝯtinuo ſanꝰ effectꝰ eſtTūc vex credēs p̄cepit. ut ſi qͥs deū āxpōferū blaſphemaret cōtinuo gladio ferivẻ Ambro. at in p̄fatōe ſicait de hoc martire Xpōfero tāte virtutis cumulū ⁊ doctrine grām dn̄e ꝯtuliſti: ut qͣdragintaoctomilia hoīꝫ degētilitatis erroe̓ ad xp̄iani dogmatis cultū coruſcātibus miraculis veuocaret. Quiqꝫ niceā ⁊ aqͥlinā pubRicō lupanari longo tꝑe ſb̓ me̓tricia

ſorde faūlātes ad caſtitatis hītū peuocauit. eaſdēqꝫ cororiā ꝑ̄cipere edocuᵗ. Propt̓ea int̓ igneū rogū ferreoſcamno ꝯſtrictꝰ nimiū calorē nō tiinuit. atqꝫ ꝑ diē integrū oīm militūſagittis tnͣſfigi nō potuit. ceteꝝ vnaex hijs carnificꝭ oculū colliſit. cui tn̄bti mr̄is cruor mixtus terve lumē veſtituᵗ ⁊ corꝑis cecitatē tollēdo illuīauit ⁊ mētē. Nā ⁊ apd̓ te veniā impetrauit: atqꝫ ut morbos et infirmitates repellat ſupplicit̓ obtinuit.¶ De ſeptē dormentibꝰEptē dormiētes ī cītate epheſi orti ſūt. Deciꝰ āt īꝑator ꝑſeq̄ns xp̄ianos cū veīſſꝫ epheſū iuſſit edificari tēpla in medio cītatis ut oēs miſcerent̉ cū eo ſacrificijsydoloꝝ Cū gͦ oēs xp̄ianos inqͥri iuſſiſſꝫ ⁊ cūctos a̓ ſacrificare ā mori cōpelle̓t: tātꝰ penaꝝ t̓ror cūctis ineratꝙ pr̄ filiū ⁊ filiꝰ pr̄em abnegaret Invrbe illa ſeptem inuēti ſūt xp̄iani .ſ.maximianꝰ. malchꝰ. marcianꝰ. dyomſiꝰ. iohānes. ſerapion. ⁊ cōſtātinꝰ. qͥ hoc vidētes nimis dolebāt. Etcū eſſēt primi palacij ſac̓ficia ydolorū ſpernētes: in domo ſua ſe celabāt⁊ ibi ieiuriijs ⁊ orationibꝰ vacabātAccuſati igit̉: ante decium ſtatuunt̉et cōprobati voraciter xp̄iani: datoeis reſipiſcendi ſpacio vſqꝫ ad reditū decij dimittūt̉ At illi patrimoniūſuū interī in pauperes expēdēteſ: into ꝯſilio in montē celion ſeceſſerutaibi eē ſecretiꝰ decreuerūt. Viu gͦ ſic latētibꝫ vnꝰ eoꝝ ſꝑ miniſtrauit ⁊ quotiēs intrͣbat vrbē hītu mendici ſe veſtiebat. Cuꝫ gͦ deciꝰ in vrbē rediſſet eteos ad ſacrificādū ꝑqͥri iuſſiſſꝫ malchus eoꝝ miniſter t̓ritꝰ ad ſociosvedijt ⁊ eis furorē imꝑatorꝭ indicauit Qui cū grauit terrerē̉: malchꝰtn̄ allatos panes eis appoſuit ut cibo ꝯfortati fortiores vedderent̉ Poſtꝙͣ āt cenauer̄t ſedētes ⁊ colloq̄n̄desin lūctu ⁊ lacrimis: ſubito ſicut dn̄svoluit dormierūt Māne facto cū qͥnti fuiſſēta inueniri nō poſſēt: et deciꝫ