Bernardinꝰ cōfeſſor.CCCC.
viſitae̓ ſupra nomīatā picturā in camollia cū mihi videat̉ pulchrior ⁊ īſua maieſtate decētior ꝙͣ aliqͣ q̄ ſit īhc̄ cītate. ipſā qͦtidie viſito flexis genibꝰ me ſibi recōmittens ſperās abea ꝯſeqͥ grāma mīam quā vltimatedefidero ⁊ hec eſt amaſia meā et ſpesmea virgo mater dei. Tobia hec audiēs lac̓mas ꝯtinere nō valens aniplexata eſt illū dicēs Fili mi vere nōcadebat in mētē meā de te finiſtr̄ ſuſpicio. ſed aliꝙͣtuluꝫ titubaui intuēsmachinatōes demonis ⁊ vorſuciasa quibꝰ om̄ibꝰ eſt conātibꝰ p̄cauendū. ſed bn̄dicte fili mi optimā amaſiā cepiſti. optimū tue ſalutis refugiū. ſpem indubitatā om̄ibꝰ pctōribꝰ. illā qͣre. illā ſeqͣris. om̄iqꝫ deuotionē in ea ꝯfidas. Nullū em̄ ſuſtētaculū tue ſaluti ſalubriꝰ hr̄e potes. ꝙͣipſā matrē pietatis ⁊ miſericordienec aliqͥs in ea cōfidēs vacuꝰ recedit.E ¶ Cōtinuauit demū bernardinushanc deuotōem viſitatōis p̄fate p̄luribꝰ annis. ⁊ ec poſtꝙͣ in veligiōe ſeriuit ſepiꝰ viſitauit teſtātibꝫ ſocijs.Vere multis ex ꝯiecturꝭ tā ex dictisſuis ꝙͣ ex euidētiſſimis ſignis colligi potuit Bernardinū toto tꝑe viteſue fuiſſe btē virgini deuotiſſiᵐ. Egoillo p̄dicāte ſenis de btā virgine inanno. Accccxxvij. in die ſue natītatis ab ipſo audiui hec verba formaliter. Ego frat̓ Bernardinꝰ ſꝑ fui btēvirgini deuotꝰ Ego em̄ in die natiuitatis ſue natꝰ fui. in eadē die in baptiſmate xp̄ianꝰ effectꝰ. in eadē die renatus ⁊ veſtitꝰ fui veligioni. eadē diefeci ꝓfeſſiōꝫ eadē die cātaui pͥmā miſſam. ⁊ in eadē deſidero mori. hec illeEt vere nūꝙͣ audiui aliquē de beatavirgine deuotiꝰ libētiꝰ ⁊ ardētiꝰ p̄dicantē ꝙͣ bernardinū Probꝰ iuueīsbernardinꝰ dū ſeculo viue̓t deo ẜuivecupiēs: ut ſuas deuotōes augm̄tarꝫꝓcurauit ſe anūerari in cōfrat̓nitatē diſciplinatoꝝ btē marie virgīs inhoſpitali de laſcāla fituatā ut in eodēdeuotiſſimo oratorio ⁊ ꝯſortio iuxta
eoꝝ ꝓbatos ⁊ deuotos mores ſuā deuotōeꝫ ꝑfice̓t. Et cū ibi nō admittāʳniſi ꝓbati viri de qͥbꝫ bona opimio hēbat̉: cū locꝰ ille fuerit longiſſiō tēꝑeſpeculū deuotoꝝ ſeculariū: is tāꝙͣ ꝓbus ab om̄ibꝰ cōfratribꝫ approbatꝰalacrit̓ admiſſus eſt. Or̄oes diſciplinas ⁊ alias iocūdas auſteraſqꝫ deuotōes die noctūqꝫ ibidē cōſuetas ſuꝑalios exerorbat. hic locꝰ antiqͥſſimꝰille eſt. vn̄ fere oēs deuotōes ytaliediſciplinatoꝝ laicoꝝ originē traxer̄thinc ſcī⁊ bt̄ī plures egreſſi ſūt. Ieſuatoꝝ pͥmꝰ ille feruētiſſimꝰ ioh̓es cōlūbinꝰ cū ſocio ſuo dilectiſſiō fraciſcode vincētis hinc traxit exordiu mōtꝭoliuēti? ordīs fundatores hinc ortiſūt. btūs petronꝰ de petronijs. deindecartuſiēẜ effectꝰ ē. Andreas de galleranis ſpeculū ſcītatꝭ. alij ꝙͣ pl̓imi heroici ꝯtēplātes. ⁊ iniuieri fere veligioſi hinc originē hūer̄t. n̄ eſt gͦ miruſi bernardinꝰ btē virgīs deuotiſſimꝰin domo ſua voluit aggregai̓. de qͣ totſtellas ⁊ d̓inos viros videa̓t ꝓdeūtesquā tn̄ domū ſuꝑ oēs alios ſibi ꝯfratres illuſtrauit. ſꝫ cū vide̓t̉ adhuc n̄ſibi ſuffice̓ locū illū ad ꝯplem̄tū ſueferuide deuotōis ad macea̓tōꝫ ſui corꝑis fide digniſſiō relatū ꝑcepi. cuꝫ ꝑplura tꝑa vltra freq̄ntata ieiunia ſeflagell̓ funicul̓ afficiebat ⁊ macerabat ⁊ ſepiꝰ cū vrtica ⁊ cilicio ⁊ licꝫ hͦoccultiſſiē face̓t ut ſoli docui ẜuiebatnec alteri cognitū eſſꝫ dn̄o diſponerꝫꝓbitates iuueīs illiꝰ aliqn̄ luceſce̓ ꝑmiſit. hec nota fieri dēre. ⁊ adhͦ ſuꝑſūt qͥ nō ex ꝓpoſito. ſꝫ ī excogitatꝭ caſibꝫ bernardino mīme ꝓpēdēte: hͦ oīavider̄t ⁊ tetiger̄t. Veſtitꝰ ānis pluribꝫ dormiuit ſuꝑ capſā potiꝰ ꝙͣ ſuꝑlectū. Cibꝰ ⁊ eꝰ potꝰ licꝫ parcꝰ ⁊ tēperatꝰ cōis erat. neqꝫ ī exceſſu ſeu defectu delicatoꝝ ſeu ignobiliū ⁊ viliū cboꝝ ſingl̓aritatē. ſꝫ cōeꝫ vitā īueniohilarꝭ. iocūdꝰ. affabil̓. humil̓. ⁊ cūoībꝰ cōis ſꝑ fuᵗ. triſticie torporꝭ et igͣuie mimicꝰ In actōe viuꝰ ⁊ aſſiduꝰiraſci nūꝙͣ malo aīo vſus ē. veritatꝭ