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cuſtodie: tanti gregis copie crederētur. Porro. niſi eſſꝫ miles qͦdamodoveteranꝰ: ⁊ in agone martirij fortꝭa imꝑterritꝰ neqͣꝙͣ in acie xp̄i ſūmꝰtribunꝰ: neqͣꝙͣ pͥmipulus legionisꝯſtitueret̉ exercitꝰ. G ¶ Verū hijsallegorice p̄libatꝭ: moraliter qͦꝫ nosaperie̓ oportet: q̄ ſint exercitia qͥbusin expugnabilem iſtū militē p̄clarūfuiſſe nō dubitamꝰ. Quod quidē inpaſtoralibꝫ pͥmo eſt demonſtrandūIn quibꝫ ſiue leo ſeuiēs: ſiue lupusinfidians: nō modicū xp̄i ouibus detrimentū exportant Vbi niſi paſtorperuigil aūt infidias cauerit: aut rapinā fortit̓ reſiſtēdo excuſſerit; ſaluogrege ad caulas dn̄i eas nō veminabit. Si aūt in cōtidiano ꝓcinctu poſitus arma nūꝙͣ depoſuerit: ſed vel decaſtrꝭ hoſtem repulerit: vel in cāpoaꝑte dimicās rite triūphauerit int̓ſancte ciuitatꝭ meniā pꝰ hͦ tutiſſimeimꝑabit. Que nimiꝝ vtraqꝫ beatiſſimū ſuicbertū feciſſe: nō igoramusNam dū in ecc̄ia p̄ſulatuſ officiū gerens frēs ſuos ſiue a deceptorijs pſuaſionibꝫ retrahe̓t: ſiue a ꝯtentionibus publicꝭ reuocae̓t: qͣſi beonē ferociſſimum: ⁊ qͣſi lupū callidiſſimū: agrege dominico excludebat. Cū voaut regum potencia h̓ preſſos: autqͣlibet pͥncipum crudelitate vexatosgladio verbi dei ſcutoqꝫ fidei a tyrānica ꝑſecutione defenderet: profectotāꝙͣ dux egregius milites ſuos adcaſtra incolumēs reducebat ¶ Igitſi noſſe deſideras q̄ fuerūt noſtri hꝰducis arma incōtidianis cōgreſſibꝫ:nō ea fabiefacta: ſꝫ plane ſpiritualiafuiſſe cognoſce. Neqꝫ enim erat illeoneratꝰ ferro: ſed potiꝰ fidē ſpe ⁊ caritate p̄cinctus: fundam dauid cū ſuolapide tenēs: ⁊ terribilem philiſteūin fronte ꝑ̄cutiens: omnēqꝫ iſraheleꝫa ꝑiculo mortis eripiens orro aūtne exiſtimeſ illū huiuſcemodi armanunꝙͣ deponere eſſe ſolitū: hijſdemerat in pace ornatus: quibꝫ in belloſtabat armatus. Semꝑ em̄ erat hu

milis: ſemꝑ māſuetus ⁊ mitis. Patiens in aduerſis: modeſtꝰ in ꝓſperꝭErat quoqꝫ in pudiciciā ſplendidꝰin abſtinentia ſtrenuus: in vigilijsſobrius: in oracōne ſtabiliſſimꝰ Iniudicio pͥorabat equal̓r: nō ꝑſonal̓r⁊ in ꝯpaſſione miſerabat̉ hūaniternō tenaciter Alienoꝝ nō erat appetitor: ſed ꝓpriorū largiſſimꝰ erogatorViciū in homine acriter p̄ſeq̄batur:hominē vero familiariter amplectebatur. Sermo eius vt mel dulcis: p̄dicatio eius admodū delectabil̓ Conuiuiū eius ſpiritualibꝫ fercul̓ plenūcōtuberniū eius angelicū Mala oīatamꝙͣ venena mortifera reſpuebatbona omnia tamꝙͣ paradiſi aromata diligebat ¶ ¶ Poſtremo ſi velutquēdā epilogū facere vobueris: totuserat ille p̄fectus: ⁊ totus ea̓t ille deoplenus. hec erāt fratres patroni nr̄iſuicherti in aduerſis ⁊ in ꝓſperis arma. cū hijs in omni agone dimicabat: ac ſemꝑ ⁊ vbiqꝫ vnicebat. Nonem̄ erat illi colluctatio adu̓ſus carnem ⁊ ſanguinē. ſed aduerſus pͥncipes ⁊ poteſtates: adu̓ſus mūdi rectoves tenebraꝝ haꝝ: cōtra ſpiritualranequitia in celeſtibus. ¶ Agamusergo ompotēti deo in die ſolemnitatꝭhuius ſacroſācti antiſtitis orātes ſimul ⁊ poſtulātes vt cuiꝰ vitā gl̓oſāp̄dicamꝰ in terris: eius patrocimioꝑfrii mereamur in celis¶ De ſācta Runegūdē imꝑatriceZ nobiliſſimo parentum auguſtoꝝ magnoꝝqͦꝫ ſanguinedu̓o īmarceſſibil̓ gl̓ie floresemicuerūt. ſcd̓s videlicet hēricus rōmani imperij gl̓oſiſſimū decꝰ eiuſqꝫdigniſſima collectalis pie memorieRunegundis impatrix Eadem verobeata ⁊ dō dilecta kunegūdis terrenō iꝑatori corporal̓r nō carnal̓r coniuncta: celeſti regi v̓ginitatē ſuā cōſecrauit quā vſqꝫ in fine caſti coniugis cōſenſu deo teſte ꝯſeruauit. Qd̓poſtmodū d̓initatis teſtimoniū nelumē in tenebrꝭ lateret on̄dit. dū eā

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