CCCLXXXi.Berwyardus ep̄s.
quē vniuerſali vixtutū decore reſperſum venerabat̉ ¶ P idē tp̄s venerabili epō geſdago decedēte: hic veligioſus vir berboardꝰ votis oīm ad pōtificatū eligit̉ Ano igit̉ dn̄ice incarnatōis nongēteſiō nonageſimot̓cioindictōe ſexta. a &illegiſo archiepōep̄s hyldēſemēſi eccīe ordinat octauodecīo kalēdas februarij C. ¶ Adeptus itaqꝫ pōtificatū. qͣnta ꝯtinētie iuuenile corpꝰ ad v̓tutū culmē cōegei̓tdici nō pōt. modū in cūctis agēdīs p̄cipue amplectēs. iuxͣ illud ſapiētis.ne qͥd nimis. Aoꝝ qͦꝫ gͣuitate mirifice ſenes ipſos ſuꝑabat. ado̓ ut ſb̓ditos ſeueritatis ceſura ad agēda inpleriſqꝫ inſtituerit. Frugalitateꝫ ꝟoin appetēdis ciboꝝ delicijs. in eo laudare vix vllꝰ ſufficit. Temꝑe v̓o nocturne quietis ſtratis cōpoſitus: lectioni interdū intēdebat Sepe ſōnū interrūpens: furtiue orōni donec clerici ad matutinos p̄nos ꝯſurgerēt vacabat. Vmniſqꝫ expletis: multotiēspſalmodiā in duturnū vſqꝫ crepuſculū extēdebat. Deīde aliꝙͣtulū pauſans corpuſculū vecreabat. donec itēdilucl̓o canonicū curſū pͥme hore ineccīa ꝑſoluebat Quo expleto. qͣſi vegulariter ſub diſciplina cōſtitutꝰ capitulū cum fratribꝰ adijt. feriā qͦꝫ etlunatōem. nomīaqꝫ fratꝝ qūorū ānualis memoria īſtabat: cōtidie vecitari iubebat. Orōe ꝟo ꝑacta. circat̓ciā horā ad miſſarū ſolēnia feſtiuacelebratōe ꝓceſſit. ⁊ magna aī ꝯtritione ſeipſū totū dn̄o ꝓfudit Inde inpublicū ꝓgreſſus: forēſes cauſas ⁊oppreſſoꝝ negocia breuit̓ examinabat. qꝛ ingenio ac facūdia adpͥmecallebat habuitqꝫ clei̓cū diſpēſatorēqͥ elemoſine ac pauꝑibꝫ p̄erat. qͦruꝫmultitudinē centenos videlicꝫ vl̓ eoampliꝰ dietim abundātiſſime victurefecit. Pleroſqꝫ ed vel argento autceteris ſubſidijs ꝓut facultas ꝯceſſitſubleuabat. Inde officinas vbi diu̓ſi vſus metalla fiebant circuiēs: ſingulorum oꝑa librabat. donec circa
nonaꝫ rite omnibꝰ ꝑactis cū timoreac dni bn̄dictōe ad mēſaꝫ ſrm̄ ppl̓iqꝫſtipatꝰ freq̄ntia cōſedit: nō pōpaticequidē: ſꝫ religioſo ſilentio cūctis adlectōem intētis. q̄ int̓ cenandū nonbreuis legebat̉. Infirmis quidē fratribꝫ ⁊ ſenio confectis: benedictōemde manū ſua hylarit̓ dirigebat. cutn̄ nullū egenuꝫ in vrbe vl̓ ſuburbioquē ſcire poſſet hmōi pietate pͥuarꝫIta qͥppe iuxta apl̓m. om̄ia om̄ibuseſſe deſiderabat. ut om̄es in xpō lucrifaceret Arduū ⁊ difficile eſt cōtidianū eiꝰ ſtudiū verbis ꝑſtringe̓. qꝛ oīniſu int̓ diē noctēqꝫ ī d̓inis ꝑſtabatNihilominꝰ quoqꝫ cūctos ſibi adherentes ad hmōi negociū impellebat. nec aliqͥd artis erat qd̓ nō attēptaret. etiā ſi ad vnguē ꝑtingere nōvaleret. Scriptoria nāqꝫ arte non inmoͣſterio tm̄ ſed in diuerſis locis ſtudebat. vn̄ et cōpioſam bibliotecā tad̓inoꝝ ꝙͣ philoſophicoꝝ cōdicū ꝯꝑauit Ingenioſos etiā pueros ſecū vl̓ad curtē ducebat. qͦs qͥcqͥd digniꝰ īvlla arte occurrebat: ad exercitiū īpellebat. Et cū in xp̄i gazophilatioqueqꝫ ydonea ſciuit fideli deuotōe cōgeveret: nō minꝰ tn̄ ceſari iuxͣ euāgeliū ſua ꝑſoluebat. Nā t̓cio ottōni īꝑatori affectuoſiſſiō aīmo ꝓ ſcire acpoſſe obſeq̄bat̉. D ¶ Saxonia qͥppemagna ex ꝑte pyrataruꝫ ceterorūqꝫbarbaroꝝ feritate depopulata: cōtinuis latrocinātiū incurſibꝰ ſine int̓miſſione patebat. Quā peſtem depellere magno ſui ſuorūqꝫ ꝑiculo inſtabat. ⁊ nūc cū alijs int̓dūqꝫ cū fuis ſolis ſuper eos irruēs: fortit̉ illosattriuit ¶ Demū d̓ino inſtinctu municiunculā admodū munitā extruxᵗin qua copijs militū diſpoſitis barbaroꝝ īpetuꝫ reppulit. ppl̓mqꝫ dei abhoſtili feritate liberauit. Hac āt induſtria ſac̓dotꝭ xp̄i barbarico tumultu in illis locis eliminator acrius incircūſita loca debachati ſūt. Quibꝰvigilātiſſiꝰ dn̄ici gregꝭ paſtor ut fortis gigas ſe oppoſuᵗ ⁊ ī rureiribolt