Lyde vvij virgo.CCCCXV.

ſuꝑiorē ingredit̉ egiptū Cuiꝰ deſertapenetrās: inuenit cellulā ꝑ gradusaliqͦt in arbore a terra ꝓpter lupos ⁊cederas beſtias eleuata Adduxerataūt ⁊ duos ſocios eiuſdē cōuerſationis grā. qui pꝰ paucosdies reu̓ſi ſūtad ſeculū Pactis at in hac ſolitaria⁊ he̓mitica vita fere decē ⁊ ſeptē āniſꝯtigᵗ ep̄m quēdā de anglia cū duobꝫſocijs viſitādi grā ſcā locat adive iheroſolimā. Tandē intrātes egiptū inheremo qͣſierūt ſi aliqͥs patrū moreantiqͦꝝ ibi refide̓t. Inueniētesqꝫ hꝰgherardi cellulā nō longe a terrā inarboe̓ ꝯſtructā: aꝑto oſtio vidēt viꝝvultū quidē angelicū. ſꝫ corpore itacraſſū qͣſi int̓ carnales delicias ꝯuerſaret̉ Diſcūt ab eo eum in. xij. ānis ⁊vltra hoīem nō vidiſſe. Interrogatꝰab eis quonā alimēto veſceret̉: de qͦita craſſus effectꝰ eſt Rn̄dit ſe ex ſoladina grā nutriri .ſ. māna celeſti: cuiuſmodi filij iſrahel vtebāt̉ cū egrederent̉ de egipto. qd̓ cellule eiꝰ influens: collige̓ ſolebat ⁊ comede̓ Conſoquent̓ illiſ ſciſcitātibꝫ vtꝝ inueniret̉hoīes qͥ viuerēt ſine cibo hūano ſicutipſe. Rn̄t in ꝑtibꝫ hollādie in cītateſchyedā fore v̓ginē q̄ multꝭ ānis diuerẜ infirmitatibꝫ d̓mnitꝰ flagellatanullo vtebat̉ corporali alimēto Queetiā ad tantā celfitudinē ꝑfectiōirisꝑueneāt. ꝙ ipſū cetuplū plꝰ excede̓tvite ſcītate ꝙͣ ipſe alios Ideoqꝫ cū ſoliti eſſēt ſil̓ rapi ad celeſtiū cōtēplationē: ſinguli de locꝭ ſuis ⁊ in fingularibꝫ ſchal̓ reſidebāt Illa tn̄ ſic̄ videmerito: ita ⁊ ꝯtēplationis excellētiaipſū ſuꝑaſcende̓t Vn̄ ⁊ mirai̓ ſe aſſerebāt: cū de obitu eiꝰnil p̄ceꝑit: qͥd eiacciderit ꝙ ea iā in ſchala p̄fata cōtēplationis multo tꝑe nō viderit Tn̄cauſā verā dubitatiue aſſerehat heremita. ſcꝫ ꝙ nimis inordinate ſuꝑmorte ꝓpinquoꝝ hec v̓go dolere ſolebat. Atqꝫ ido ipē nūc ea excede̓t. Qd̓in morte pris eiꝰclae̓ patuit. vt ſtatīdicet̉. Heremita aūt rogauit ꝑegrinos vt in veu̓ſiōe ad angliā hac vir

ginē accederēt. ⁊ tres q̄ſtiones ei ꝓponeret. Primo. qͦt ānis ipſe in heremo ꝑegerit. Scdo. qͦt anoꝝ ipē eā̓tqn̄ intrauit heremū Tercio. qͥd cauſeſibi occuxxerit. ꝙ eā multo iā tēporoin contēplatione ſolita non viderit.Qui reuerſi vſqꝫ ad hollandia ⁊ ingreſſi ſchyedā: ab hoſpite eoꝝ dūctiſūt ad domū dicte v̓ginis. ⁊ interrogabat eam q̄ſtiones p̄dictas. ſed ipſa vore hunnl̓ cepit ſe qͣſi neſciā excuſare. Tandē rn̄dit v̓go ꝙ fere. xvijannis heremita in heremo fuit. Scdodixit ipſā hr̄e. xix. annos qn̄ ꝑrexitad heremū. Tercio rn̄dit ꝙ ipſa conuerſabat̉ in medio hominū: ille ꝟoꝙ ab hominibꝫ ſemꝑ ſeꝑatus eſſet⁊ inter angelos cōuerſando incotaminatā puritatē ſemꝑ ſeruabat Etideo nō mirandū. ſi ipſe eā cōtemplationis celfitudine excederet Dicebatetiā v̓go he̓mitā illū tāte fuiſſe craſfitudinis. ꝙ pinguēdo colli eiꝰ depēdebat ꝑ oraꝫ ſuꝑiorē veſtimēti eius. ⁊ideo tam debilē extitiſſe: ꝙ nec ſtarepoſſet nec ſedere: ſꝫ tm̄ flexis genibꝰquietē ⁊ cetera corporꝭ̓ ncc̄aria ſūpſiſſe vel egiſſe. Obijt aūt hic he̓mitaāno dn̄i. ccccxxvj. duodecīo kl̓asoctob̓s Qd̓ ⁊ huic v̓gn fuit velelatūRapta nāqꝫ in ꝑadiſo hora tnͣſitꝰeiꝰ: videbat aīam ipſiꝰ corpoe̓ exutāab āgelo deferri in celeſtis gl̓ie gaudiū Btā at lydebdij magnā triſticiā ī deceſſu pr̄is ſui habuit. tātā ſcꝫꝙ ſolita grā ei ad aliqͦt tēporꝭ fueritſubtracta. qua ſuꝑhabūde iteꝝ vecepit Ad augmētationē etiā eiꝰ triſticie: dyaboli on̄derūt ei deōnē in prisſui for tnͣſfiguratū dicētes Habemꝰpatrē tuū. Que qꝛ de ſaluationē eiꝰfuei̓t c̓tificata: illuſionē eē cognouit⁊ dixit Iſte nō eſt pr̄ meꝰ Quo audito deōnes aufuger̄t I ¶Huic virgini dn̄s nr̄ iheſus xp̄s oſtedit ſe informa parui pueruli quinqꝫ apertavulnera habentꝭ ⁊ ſupͣ cruce quandaad ſil̓itudinē ⁊ mag̓tudinē qͣ vngūt̉egroti iacentꝭ. Cū qūo dū loqueret̉