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mures ⁊ glires depingi. Hoc nihrlaliud ſigͣt niſi ꝙ ſcā v̓go diabolū: qͥtales viles beſtias tenebras diligētes deſigͣtur ſuꝑauea̓t. ⁊ ꝙ aliosquoſcūqꝫ potuit de tn̄bris in quibꝰtalia aīalia ābulare cōſueuerūt: adclaritatē et̓ne lucꝭ ꝑ ſuā ſāctā vitā ⁊doctrina reuocare laborauit.¶ De ſcō Edboardo rege āglie ⁊ mr̄enctꝰ EdOardꝰ rex in regniſolio ſublimatꝰ: a rege regūdn̄o in oī viā iuſticic a veītatꝭdirigebat cꝰ ⁊ auxilio fretꝰ: magnoanimi īgenio ac ſūma hūilitate indies creſcebat Nā nouit̓ adepto honore: mox pͥſtine ꝓbitati h̓ ſuaꝝ incremēta v̓tutū accumulauit: iuuenūvideliceta minꝰ ſapiētū ꝯſilia poſtpone̓. dunſtam archipſulis monitꝭnientē ſalubrit̓ intēdere ⁊ ẜm ꝯſiliūeiꝰ ⁊ alioꝝ veligioſoꝝ ſpectabiliū viroꝝ ſua iudicia in oībꝫ exerce̓ Or̄narū trͣditionū emulator feruētiſſimꝰeffectus. ⁊ tā in militari v̓tute ꝙͣ ineccleſiaſticꝭ negocijs diſponēdis deuobe ac ſtrenue intētus ꝯtra hoſtes⁊ male agētes qͣdā crudelitate vtebat̉ Pievero viuētes ⁊ p̄cipue in ſacris ꝯſtitutos ordinibꝫ: ſolerti curaveluti a pr̄e pijſſiō didicea̓t: ab oī infeſtatione ꝓtegebat. Preterea etiāquēdā cōtidie ꝯſuetudīs ritū agebatinopes alere: pauꝑes vecrea e̓?nudisveſtimenta largiri: ꝓ magno vtiqꝫlucro ea ꝯputās q̄ in tali oꝑe ꝯſūmauit Tc̄ in angloꝝ ppl̓o magͣ extititiocūditas. magͣ pacꝭ ꝯſtātia magnarerū opulētia. qm̄ rex eoꝝ talibꝫ inpͥmo adhͦ iuuētutꝭ flore pͥncipijs deditus: cūctis ea̓t affabilis. caſtitatelaudabil̓. facie decorꝰ ⁊ hylarꝭ. ꝯſilioac prudētia ꝓbatiſſimꝰ Sꝫ totiꝰ bonitatis iimicꝰ dyabolꝰ felicibꝫ actibꝰeius īuidēs: ⁊ oīa regni totiꝰ gaudiadiſturbae̓ cupiēs: nouercā eiꝰ alfritham in odiu ipſiꝰ cōcitat. Cꝰ mulieris p̄ſūptuoſa v̓ſutia ꝙͣ ſit execrabil̓ex euētū rei facile aīadu̓ti p̄t Nā inuidie zelo ſuccēſa ⁊ d̓inis hūana p̄-

ponēs: cogitae̓ cepᵗ qͣl̓r virū a regnoextirpae̓t: ut filiꝰ ſuꝰ eteldrēdꝰ liberiꝰin regno ſb̓ſtitueret̉. Talia itaqꝫ eadiu in aīa ꝑtractante: qͥbuſdā pͥncipibꝫ ꝯſiliarijs ſuis ſecreta cordis ſuiaperiēs ꝯſiliū ſuꝑ hͦ cū ill̓ hūit orās⁊ obteſtās vt ei vna aſſenſū p̄berēt⁊ qͦ ordine id fieri poſſꝫ excogitarentꝘ ꝓtinꝰ in nece illiꝰ oēs ꝯſenſer̄t. ⁊vt hͦ ꝙͣtociꝰ ꝑficerēt: fraudulēta machinatōe meditabat̉. Quid pluraᵉCōfirmato vt ſupͣ dictū ē venerabiliviro in regno cū iā tribꝫ ānis ⁊ octoniēſibꝫ ſeptrohereditario potireʳ: forte die qͣdā cū canibꝫ ⁊ eqͥtibꝫ venādigratia in ſiluā acceſſit que iuuxͣ villāS arham dictā admodū grādis habebả: ſꝫ nūc rara tantū ſpineta nūcarboe̓s neglecta ſitu cāpis late patētibꝫ ibi cernūt̉. Vbi em̄ aliꝙͣdiu inſiſte̓t: vemīſcens frīs ſui adoleſcētisetheldredi ad videndū illū ire diſpofuit: qꝛ eū puro ⁊ fincero corde dilexᵗErat at iuxͣ eādē ſiluā domꝰ nouercaſue in qͣ p̄dictus puer nutriebat̉: inloco qͥ ab incolis corph nuncupat̉ avilla mēorata tribrmiliaribꝫ diſtāſvbi nūc caſtꝝ ſatꝭ celebre cōſtructūeſt. Ad qua dū affūpto pauco ſecuꝫcōmitatū ꝓficiſce̓̉: ecce ſb̓ito ī medievie ſpācio hoībus illiꝰ ludētiū morehūc illucqꝫ ſparſis ⁊ euagātibꝫ: ipſeabſqꝫ vllo cōmite remāſit At ille vterat ſolꝰ ad domū illā qꝛ iā eminꝰ eāaſpiciebat: tāꝙͣ agnꝰ māſuetiſſimꝰtēdit: nemine veres aut ꝑtimeſcēs.qꝛ nec minimū ſibi aliquē ſe offendiſſe vecognoſcebat Cui dū approximae̓t: nūciatū eſt īpijſſime regine amſtrꝭſuis: illuc regē edboardū ſolūaduenire Illa aūt iniqua cogitatōo⁊ doloſa ad explenda neqͥcie ſue deſideria adipiſci ſe tp̄s ydoneū gaudēsobuiās mox cū ſatellitibꝫ iniqͥtatistamꝙͣ de aduentu eius cōgratulansrecrdit? blandeqꝫ eū ⁊ amabiliter ſalutās ad hoſpitiū inuitat Ꝙ rēnuitſed fratrē ſuū etheldredū ſe videre ⁊alloqͥ velle denuciat. Mox īpijſſimaj-

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