Diſtin. ſecunda

Eatus iohannes ab adoleſcētia ſua vſqꝫ ad ꝑfectā virileꝫ qͣꝫetatē ſeniori ſuo deſeruiēs donec īhuius vite ꝯuerſatione durauit tanta hūilitate inheſit eiꝰ obſequijs vtip̄i qͦꝫ ſeni ſtuporē ſūmū eiꝰ obuiaꝫincuteret. cuiꝰ hanc virtutē vtrū devera fide ac ꝓfunda cordis intention deſcenderet an fictitia ⁊ qͦdāmōcoactitia p̄beretur volēs manifeſtius explorare ꝙͣ plura ei ec̄ ſuꝑfluaminꝰ ꝙͣ neceſſaria vel impoſſibiliafrequētius iniūgebat ex quibꝰ aliqͣponā ꝑ que manifeſtari poſſit ſcirevolētibꝰ vel mētis eiꝰ vl̓ ſubiectōisintegritas. Sūpſit nāqꝫ de lignarioſuo virgultū ſenex qd̓ olim exciſumvſibꝰ foci fuerat preparatū dūqꝫ coctionis retardat occaſio. non mōaridum ſed prope putridū iacebattꝑis vetuſtate. Cunqꝫ hoc fixiſſꝫ coraꝫ ip̄o ī terrā. precepit aduecta aqͣbis rigari quotidie. vt ſcilꝫ diurnishum oribꝰ radicatuꝫ atꝫ in antiqͣmarborē reuiuiſcens. diffuſis ramisamenitatē oculis atqꝫ vmbraculuꝫin eſtu feruenti ſubter refidentibusexhiberet. qd̓ preceptum veneratōeſolita ſine vlla impoſſibilitatis cōſideratione ſuſcipiens adoleſcens itaquotidianis diebꝰ expleuit vt aqͣmꝑ duo fere miliaria indefinenter aſportās nullatenus lignuꝫ rigare ceſſaret atꝫ per totum anni ſpaciū noninfirmitas corporis non feſtiuitatꝭ.ſolennitas. non occupatio neceſſitatis vllius que illum etiam honeſteexcuſaret ab executione mandati.Non deniqꝫ hyemis aſperitas ītercidens ab obſeruantia precepti huius potuit impedire. Cūqꝫ hanc ſedulitatem eius tacitus ſenex latent̓diebus ſingulis exploraret. videret

qꝫ eum ſimplici cordis affectu mandatū ſuū velut diuinitus emiſſū ſiuevlla perturbatiōe vultus vel rōnisdiſcuſſione ſeruare. ſinceram humilitatis eius oebedientiaꝫ ꝯprobanspariter etiaꝫ miſerās tā longū laborē quē ꝑ totū anni ſpaciū ſtudio deuotionis impenderat ad aridū virgultū accedens. O inquit iohānesmiſit ne radices hec arbor an nonCunqꝫ ille ſe neſcire dixiſſꝫ. ſenex velut īqͥrēs rei veritatē ⁊ tꝙͣ tētās vtꝝſuis radicibꝰ iā vteretur. euulſit corā ip̄o leui ꝯmotione virgultum ſicqꝫ proijciens illud precepit vt deinceps rogare deſineret. Aliquibꝰ edificari cupientibus beati iohannisobedientie exemplo vacans ſenior.Curre inquit iohannes ſaxu in illd̓aduolue ꝙ tocius. qui confeſtim ſaxum illud īmane qd̓ multe hominūturbe mouere non poſſent applicānunc ceruice nūc toto pectore. totoniſu atꝫ conatu peruoluere contēdebat vt ſudore omniū membrorū ſuorum non ſoluꝫ infunderet veſtimētum. ſed etiā ip̄m ſaxum ſuis ceruicibus humectaret. In hoc quoqꝫ parum mētiēs impoſſibilitateꝫ p̄ceptivel facti pro reuerentia ſenis ⁊ obſequij ſimplicitate ſincera qua credebat ſenem tota fide nihil poſſe ī caſſum ac ſine rōne precipereAbbas pafnutiꝰ abrenū. ccxxv.ciare deſiderās huic mūdo taꝫ diuꝓ foribus monaſterij excubās ꝑdurauit. donec īmobili perſeuerantiaſua ꝯtra conſuetudinem cenobioꝝcum filio paruo qͥ octo circiter eratannoꝝ vt ſuſciperetur eliceret. Cunqꝫ tandem recepti fuiſſent confeſtiꝫnon ſolum diuerſis prepoſitis traditi. verumetiam celle habitatione