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frenauit. aſtroꝝ multitudine celumornauit. ſoleꝫ ⁊ lucē diei creauit ⁊ lunā ad ſoliū noctis ꝯdidit. ⁊ ſepauitinter tenebras ⁊ lucē. menfurā dicipoſuit ⁊ finē nocti:oīa ex eo qd̓ nō ēvt ſint deducēs. nā oīa in ſapīa ſicutdeus fecit In vltimis aūt diebꝫ ꝓpternoſtrā ſalutē in terra natꝰ nō ex voluntate hoīs nec ex volūtate carnisſꝫ ex ſpū ſcō ex puella ſꝑ v̓gine. ⁊ cōuerſatꝰ eſt cuꝫ hoībꝰ docēs nos veu̓tia vanis ydol̓ iſtis ⁊ ipſū cognoſcereatqꝫ patrē eius deū verū. Et ſi ſcd̓mcarnē iudei eū occiderūt: ꝟtute tn̄ fuedeitatꝭ ⁊ inferos expoliauit: ⁊ terciadie a mortuis reſurrexit: ⁊ legē īcorruptibilitatꝭ poſuit: atqꝫ mortuis reſurrectionē D ¶ Hoc audiēs imꝑator plus ꝙͣ ante furore ſucrēſus eſteorū accuſatores in eoruꝫ loco iuſſittaxari milicie: ⁊ ad eos dixit Anthiocho duci mittā vos maledicti. Cuiꝓpter amiciciā ⁊ fiduciā quā hūiſtꝭerga me: poteſtatē hāc ꝓuidiſtis: ⁊in hanc eū dignitatē induxiſtis. vtſciatis ex quo cecidiſtis honorē: dūab extremo vel viliſſiō iudice vltimūdebeatꝭ ſufferre ſuppliciū ꝓpter blaſp̄hemi ā quā auſi fuiſtis in deos ꝓferre Hec dicēs iuſſit eos ad anthiochū duce̓ ⁊ iuſſit grauibꝰ cathenisꝑ om̄e corpꝰ ligatos ad ꝑtes oriētꝭꝑ fingulaꝝ ciuitatū officia duci Scpͥſit autē ⁊ epl̓aꝫ talē (Imꝑator maximianꝰ pius ac triūphator auguſtꝰAntiocho duce ſalutōꝫ. Deoꝝ maxima ꝓuidētia oēs quidē hoīes p̄ſertiꝫaūt cuſtodes ⁊ ſatellites impij meinō vult īpios atqꝫ alienos familiaritatis eoꝝ eſſe. Ideoqꝫ ſua ꝯſcientiavictos ſergiū ⁊ bachu impie xp̄ianorū eſſe veligionis: vltimis indicauit obnoxios eſſe ſupplicijs. Quosimpi aliū iudiciorū queſtione nō eēdignos exiſtimātes: ad tuā ſtrēnuitatē direximꝰ. vt ſi qͥdē penituerīt⁊corā te dijs ſacrificauerīt: donās eisveniā: ſine tormētꝭ ad nos vetnͣſmittas. Mox em̄ milicie recipiēt ⁊ dig-
nitatē: ⁊ meliores ꝙͣ an̄ tūc erūt. Siaūt hec face̓ mīme voluerīt: ſꝫ in ſuaimpietate ꝑmaſerīt: eos nō differasſubice̓ legū ſeueritati. ⁊ longā viteſpem ab eis incidē. Bene valeas)Huiꝰ miniſtri ſuſceperūt eos. Ipſadie ſero facto. xij. ab vrbe miliariomāſerūt in ſtabulo cū magna tuicion atqꝫ cuſtodia. Circa mediā veronoctē venit angl̓s dn̄ ⁊ dixit eis Cōfidite ⁊ pugͣte ꝯtra dyaboli ſpm̄ fic̄fortiſſimi atqꝫ adlethe xp̄i. vt pluctantes: eū ponatꝭ ſub pedibꝫ vr̄is Etdū veneritꝭ viſuri regꝭ gl̓am xp̄i. occurret vob̓ celeſtis exercitꝰ cū multitudine angeloꝝ laudē canētes victorie: portātes vob̓ palmā ꝑfecte fideiatqꝫ ꝯfeſſionis coronas Aurora aūtfacta cū oī leticia gaudētes ambulabant in via. Erāt aūt cū eis ⁊ ex ſeruis eoꝝ quidā qͥ amore pietatis xp̄i⁊ corporaliū dn̄oꝝ nec in talibꝫ neceſſitatibꝫ eos velinq̄re nobuerūt. qꝛnarrātes eos inuiceꝫ audier̄t de aduentū angeli quē in nocte viderant.Ambulabāt aūt pſallentes ſimulaorātes qͣſi exvno ore dicētes. In viateſtimonioꝝ tuoꝝ delectati ſumꝰ ficut in ōnibꝫ diuitijs In mādatꝭ tuisexercebim̉ xp̄ē. nūc redde ſeruis tuisvt viuamꝰ ⁊ cuſtodiamꝰ v̓ba tuaE ¶ Sic aūt ſcd̓m imꝑatorꝭ p̄ceptūꝑ ſingula ciuitatū officia cū trāſmitdebant̉ cuſtoditi ad ꝓpoſitā eis mr̄ijviā: xp̄i milites vſqꝫ quo dūcti ſuntab auguſto eufratenſis ꝓuincie. admilites qͥ ſūt iuxta ſaracenoꝝ gēteꝫin caſtro noīe barbaliſſo. in qͦ ſedeꝫhabebat antiochꝰ ⁊ in purpura ſueclamidis ſuſcepit imperatoris lrāsQuas intra ſe legit. ⁊ vocauit commētarienſē officij ſui ⁊ dixit ei. Suſcipe ligatos hoīes: ⁊ eos in militat̓ depone cuſtodia: fine aliqͣ cōſueta moleſtia. nec in pluribꝫ ꝯplicibꝫ cippi ꝑcuſſis pedes eoꝝ inice Poſtera autēdic adduc eos ad iudiciū: vt audiaꝫeos ſcd̓m legē. Cōmētarienẜ aūt fic̄ei p̄ceptū eſt ſuſcepit ⁊ miſit eos in