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daniele legit̉. inueni in illo decupluꝫī oī diligētiā ſuꝑ coeuos ſuos irūnēpe in modū tenera etas celeſti irradiata luīe. ſubtili meditatōe interiorā d̓ini ſophiſmatis iugi ſtudiorimabat nūc cōi ſtūdio cū alijs. nūcqͦs diligetiores in ſcō meditamīe cernebat familiai̓ꝰ ſeorſū aſſumēs ꝓpoſitis q̄ſtionibꝰ ſcrupuloſa q̄qꝫ ad medullaꝫ euētilabat. moe̓ prudētiſſimeapis ſingulas lectōes qͣs in ſcolis indiuerẜ libris exponebā vemotiori loco ſedēs intēto auditu captabat qͣstn̄ poſtea pueris cōſidēs felici furtōꝑfecte docebat ⁊ illoꝝ ſcīe īprimebatVenerabil̓ igit̉ dn̄s oſdagꝰ ep̄s. ingͣnū qͥd futuꝝ in illo p̄uidēs exorciſtāeū ordinauit. diligētiꝰ me adhortāsitē itēqꝫ curā illiꝰ age̓. Quē ec mecuꝫinterdū in ſeruitiū dn̄i ep̄i exͣ moͣſteriū excedēs ducebā. ut illiꝰ ingeniuꝫqd̓ in multitudine epheboꝝ diſcerne̓ac ad votū ieū diſcute̓ nō potui. ill̓remotꝭ ſingulai̓ ſtūdio ſb̓tiliꝰ diligētiuſqꝫ euētilarē. mirūqꝫ ī modū vario ꝟtutū pigm̄tario vltrͣ id etatꝭ rn̄ſum reperi. Nā ſepe totū diē int̓ eqͥtatū ſtudēdo attriuimꝰ. nūc legēdo n̄minꝰ ꝓlixā lectōeꝫ ꝙͣ in ſcol̓ ad hacvacaremꝰ. nūc poetiſando ꝑ viā metro colluſimꝰ. inde ad ꝓſaicā paleſtrā exercitiū alternātes. interdū ſimplici ꝯtextu ratōeꝫ cōtulimꝰ. ſepe ſilogiſticis cauillatōibꝫ deſudauimꝰ.Ipſe qͦꝫ crebro me ⁊ ſi verecūde acutꝭtn̄ ⁊ ex intimo aditu ph̓ie ꝓlatis q̄ſtionibꝰ ſollicitabat. Pene at nullahora refectōis quidē deſidie illū argūebat. Et quāꝙͣ viuaciſſiō igne aī inoī liberali ſcīa deflagrae̓t: nihilomnꝰ tn̄ in leuioribꝰ artibꝫ qͣs mechanicas vocāt. ſtudiū imꝑtiuit In ſcribēdo ꝟo adpͥme enituit. picturā etiā limate exercūᵗ. fabrili qͦꝫ ſciētia ⁊ artecluſoria oīqꝫ ſtructura mirifice excelluit ut in pleriſqꝫ edificijs q̄ pōpatico decore ꝯpoſuit: poſt qͦꝫ claruit. Innegocijs ꝟo domeſtid. ⁊ ad vſū faīliaris vei ꝑtinētibꝫ: viuaciſſimꝰ exe-
cutor ac ſi a puero hijs innutritꝰ calluit B ¶ Auꝰ at eiꝰ Athelbero palatinꝰ comes hūc preclaꝝ adoleſcētē inaffectū filij ſibi adoptauit. qꝛ in eo ſalutarꝭ cōſilij ſtatōꝫ ſaluberrimā repperit. Adeptꝰ vo a Erllegiſe venerabili archiepō ſb̓dyaconatꝰ gradumaliꝙͣdiu cū illo ꝯu̓ſatꝰ cū ꝓpt̓ moꝝ honeſtātē ac vite ꝓbitatē veligiōis ꝓfectū in illo ſentiret. diaconū illū ordinauit. Int̓iectoqꝫ n̄ lōgo ſpacio: p̄ſbiterij eū honore ſb̓limauit. Reuerſuſqꝫ ad p̄fatū cōmitē affectuoſiſſiēab illo ſuſceptꝰ ē. cui tāta hūilitateac inſtātīā famulabat̉. ut ceterꝭrefrigerādi cā interdū vemotis: ipē diesnocteſqꝫ ꝯtinuas indefeſſus ei adheveret. egri ſenis ībecillitatē patiētiſſime ſuppōrret. int̓ ip̄ꝫ et familia mediꝰ incede̓t. ſalutaribꝫ monitis illosinformās ⁊ curā eoꝝ apd̓ cōmitē vigilāti benignitate freq̄ntās Pro pr̄nō qͦꝫ affectū ad filios cōmitꝭ totū ſeꝓfudit. magnāqꝫ grāꝫ int̓ illos cōciliabat. Et ꝙͣuis in hmōi familiaritate inuidia facile ſurrepat: hāc maxima cautela ī pleiſqꝫ declīabat Int̓pr̄eꝫ qͦꝫ ⁊ filiū dn̄ꝫ videlꝫ ep̄ꝫ int̓nūciꝰſepe diſcurrebat. magnāqꝫ int̓ illosfaīliaritatis grāꝫ cōciliabat. IIp̄i qͦꝫepō tātū ꝯplacuit. ut dauētreſi cenobio ſua vice illū p̄pone̓ vellet. ſꝫ ipē ībecill̓ cui īfirmitatē ſuſtētae̓ ꝙͣ ep̄ales delicias appete̓ malebat ¶ Qūodefūcto ad palatiū ſe ꝯtulit ī ẜuitiūtercij videlꝫ ottōnis īꝑatorꝭ. qͥ ſeptēnis adhuc puer cū veneābili nr̄e domina theuphaū auguſta rebꝫ p̄ea̓tA qͣ benigne ſuſcipỉ atqꝫ ī breui fūme faīliaritatꝭ locū apd̓ illā optinūᵗadeo ut dn̄ꝫ regē fideli illiꝰ lr̄is imbuendū moribuſqꝫ inſtituendū ꝯſenſucūctoꝝ ꝓceꝝ cōmēdabat. In te̓a dn̄aīpatrix: maximo dolore totiꝰ regnivebꝰ exceſſit. Vn̄ dn̄s rex vtroqꝫ parēte deſertꝰ: totū ſe regendū in ſtationē fidiſſimi magr̄i ꝯtulit. Quē familiaritate amplexabả p̄cipua. necab vllo inferiꝰ tractari patiebatur.
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