CLXVij.Matheꝰ apl̓s.

preſtigia detegebat ꝙ quicqͥd ip̄i faciebāt hoībꝰ in ꝑnicie: hoc ip̄e cōuerteret in ſalutē. Eunucho āt ſcm̄ atheū interrogāti quō tot linguas loquereʳ ⁊ intellige̓t: expoſuit Matheꝰquō ſpūſcō deſcendēte oīm linguaꝝſcīaꝫ apl̓i recepiſſēt. vt ſic̄ illi qͥ ꝑ ſuperbiā turrī vſqꝫ in celū edificae̓ volebant p̄ ꝯfuſione linguaꝝ ab edificādo ceſſauerūt: ſic apl̓i ꝑ oīm ſcientiāſinguaꝝ turrī n̄ de lapidibꝫ ſꝫ de v̓tutibus ꝯſtruāt ꝑ quā oēs qͥ crediderītin celū aſcendat. Tūc venit qͥ diceretmagos illos cū duobꝫ adueniſſe dr̄cōnibꝫ qͥ ignē ſulphureū ex ore ⁊ naribꝰ euonētes hoīes occidebāt. pl̓sāt ſigno crucꝭ ſe muniēs: ad eos ſecūrus exijt. quē mox vt dr̄cones videētan̄ pedes eiꝰ ꝓtinꝰ dormier̄t. Dixitqꝫmagl̓ Et vbi ē ars vr̄aᶜ. Excitate eosſi pōdeſtis. ego at n̓ dn̄ꝫ rogaſſē: qd̓in me cogitau̓eratꝭ inferre: in vos ꝓtinꝰ retorſiſſē Cū āt ppl̓s ꝯueniſſet. innoīe iheſu dxͣconibꝫ vt abirēt p̄cepᵗ⁊ nullū ledētes abierunt ¶ Cepitqꝫppl̓o de gl̓a ꝑadiſi terreſtris magꝭſermone cōtexere. aſſeres oībꝰ montibꝰ emine̓ ⁊ ꝓximiū celo eē. ſpinasvel tribulos ibi nō eſſe nec lilia necvoſas ibi marceſcere. ſenectutē ibi n̄venive. ſꝫ hominē ſꝑ iuuenē ibidē manere. Angeloꝝ organa ibidē ſonareaues vocatas ꝯtinuo obedtire De hocaūt paradiſo terreſtri dixit hominēeiectū eē. ſꝫ ꝑ xp̄i natītatē in ꝑadiſūceleſtem reuocatū fuiſſe ¶ Et cū hocppl̓o loq̄ret̉: ecce ſb̓ito tumultꝰ exortus eſt in quo filius regis mortuusplangeba? Quē cū magi ſuſcitae̓ nōpoſſēt ſuadebant regi ꝙ in deoꝝ ꝯſortiū raptus eſſꝫ: ⁊ ido ſimulachꝝ ⁊ tēplū ſibi ꝯſtrui oporterēt. Predictusaūt Eunuchus magos cuſtodiri faciens apl̓m aduocauit Qui orōe fuſaꝓtinus eū ſuſcitauit Quapropt̓ vexnoīe Egeſippus ꝑ vniu̓ſas ſuas prouincias miſit dicēs. Venite ⁊ vidētedeū in effigie hoīs latentē. Vener̄t gcū coronis aureis ⁊ diu̓ſis ſacrificioꝝ

generibus volentes ſibi ſacrificanQuos matheꝰ cōpeſcuit dicēs. Viriquid facitis? Ego deꝰ nō ſū: ſed ſeruꝰdnn̄i iheſu xp̄i. Illi gͦ de auro ⁊ argento qd̓ ſibi attulerāt: ipſo iubente eccleſiā magnā fabricauerūt quā intra trignita dierū ſpaciū cōſūmauerunt In qua apl̓s. xxxiij. ānis ſeditet totā ethiopīa ad fidē xp̄i cōuertitRex aūt egeſippus cū vxore ſua ⁊ filia ⁊ ōni ppl̓o baptizatꝰ eſt ¶ Epigeniā qͦꝫ filiam regis apl̓s deo dicatam pluſꝙͣ ducētis virginibꝫ p̄fecitPoſt hoc at hirtacuſ regi ſucceſſitavirginē p̄dictā cū feruore ꝯcupiſcēsdimīdiū regni ſui apl̓o promiſit: ſieam ſibi in ſuū ꝯiugiū face̓t ꝯſentireCui apl̓s ait vt iuxͣ morē p̄deceſſorisſui die dnn̄ica ad ecc̄iam ꝯuenie̓t. ⁊ p̄ſente epigenia cū ceteris v̓ginibꝫ ꝙͣboͣ ſint iuſta ꝯiugia audie̓t Quo rexcū gaudio feſtinauit putans ꝙ epigenie vellet ꝯiugiū ſuadere Matheꝰigit̉ v̓gmnibꝫ ⁊ omni ppl̓o ꝯgregatisde bono mnrimonij diu locutꝰ: a regeplurimū eſt laudatꝰ. credente ꝙ hocidō diceret vt v̓ginis animū ad ꝯſenſū mr̄imonij ꝓuocaret Deinde imꝑato ſilentio ſermonē repetijt d. Cū bonū ſit matrimoniū ſi ſaluo federe teneả̓ bn̄ ſcitis aſtātes ꝙ ſi regꝭ ſpōſāaliqͥs ſeruorū vſurpae̓t nō ſolū regoffenſā ſꝫ mortē inſuꝑͣ mereret̉. Nōqꝛ vxorem duxiſſe probatur: ſed qꝛſponſā dnn̄i ſui accipiens eius matrimoniū violaſſe cōuincit̉ Ita ⁊ tu rexſciens epigeniā regis eterni ſponſāeffectaꝫ ⁊ ſacro velamine conſecrataquō poterꝭ ſponſā potētioris te tollereˢ ⁊ tuo ea matrimonio cōpulae̓ꝰQūo audito vex p̄ ira inſaniēs furibūdus abſceſſit. pl̓s āt intrepidꝰ ⁊cōſtās ad patīam oēs ⁊ ꝯſtantiā cōfortauit a Epigeniā corā ſe ex timōeꝓſtratā cū ceterꝭ v̓ginibꝫ benedixitPoſt miſſaꝝ āt ſolēnia rex ſpiculatorē miſit qͥ iuxͣ altare Ratheū ſtantē ⁊ expanſis manibꝫ orantē: miſſoa tergo gladio interfecit ⁊ martirem