ꝘIN. octaua

multi de ſcholis ſuis exierūt doctores eximij veſtigia ſcitatis eiuſdeꝫ ꝓviribꝰ ſecuti. Nonnulli etiā ecc̄iaſticis honorati vel potius onerati bn̄ficijs exonerātes ſeip̄os religioni ſedederūt eiꝰ ſuccenſi facibꝰ lectionis.Nimirū ignis in altari cordis eiꝰ ardens iugiter alijs oſtendebat lucisiter. Hinc ⁊ qͣdaꝫ nocte vidit ꝑ ſomniū in ſcholis ſuis igneꝫ fieri copioſum. de qͦ ſeptē ardentes extrahebāt̉facule ꝯtinentes myſteriū rei ſecutūre. In craſtino em̄ illiꝰ diei dū legētintrauit ſcholas abbas qͥdā ordinisciſtercyenſis. qͥ ꝯpletis lectionibꝰ abduxit ſecū ſeptem de ſcholaribꝰ ſuisqͦs ignis ſeptiformis accēderat charitatis. Un̄ ſpretis tꝑalibꝰ ⁊ mundovalefaciētes viam vite feliciter arripuerūt in dicti abbatis monaſterioHabuit etiā ſc̄s edmūdꝰ.ꝓ conſuetudine qͣlibet die vel noctedn̄ice paſſionis inſignia meditandorecole̓. ⁊ in eis ſuauiſſime delectādoillis medullitꝰ inherere. Quadaꝫ itaqꝫ feſtiua die multis occupationibꝰ⁊ curis fatigatꝰ cum preuide̓ nō poſſet lectionē craſtina ſequētē noctemin vigilijs expendit fere totaꝫ. vndecirca aurorā irrūpente ſomno eiusoccurrit memorie ꝙ in nulla illiusdiei hora meditatus fuiſſꝫ iuxta morē de dn̄ica paſſione Times vero negrauē capitis dolorē incurrēt. ſi anqꝫ iret ad ecc̄iam ⁊ ſcholas non dormiret. elegit aliqͣntuꝫ quieſce ac ſolitam ꝯtēplationē ī ſpe gratie dei tūcirrumꝑe. Cū ergo ſe inclinaſſꝫ ad lectū apparuit ei hoſtis antiquꝰ tetrūvultū exhibēs ⁊ horrēdum. Un̄ territus dexterā manū leuauit vt ſignūfacet quā demon apprehenſam tenuit ne leuaret. Ip̄e vero ꝯfiſus in domino qͣſi ambidexter ſiniſtraꝫ erexitvt idem face̓t ſignaculū. ſꝫ diabolus

ip̄a ſimiliter apprehenſa qͣi ſaccꝰ grauiſſimꝰ cecidit ſuꝑ eum. Tunc deficientibꝰ ſibi viribꝰ corporis orauit inſpū dn̄m. vt ſua virtute ſeuienteꝫ cōtereret inimicū. Sic qꝫ demō ab eoauulſus ſubito cecidit inter lectum ⁊parietē ꝓximū in momēto. Surgēsigitur celerit̓ ⁊ ſic ꝓſtratū inueniensdemonē confortatꝰ in fide ip̄m cepitaggredi velut hoſtē. eūqꝫ ꝑ horribile guttur eiꝰ arripuit. ⁊ illud ſtringēdo fortiter ita dixit. Adiuro te ꝑ aſperſionē ſanguinis xp̄i vt mihi nonomittas dice̓ quid ſit illud ꝑ qd̓ tibi valeā plus noce̓. ⁊ te a meis infeſtationibꝰ coherce̓. Et diabolꝰ ait.Per illud qd̓ nunc noīaſti. Et ſic diabolus victus diſparuit. ſe victū dolens ab eo quē ſuis vincēdū viribꝰeſtimauit.Paſſa ē ſub diocleciano apud ceſareaꝫ paleſtine theodoſia virgo deeadē ciuitate nobiliſſimo gene̓ ortaanno. xviij. parentibꝰ vnica deo conſecrataⁱ elegantis ſpēi. Dignū qͥppeerat in tali fabrica. xp̄i palatiū fabricari Hec igit̉ neſciētibꝰ parētibꝰ abmartyres ī carce̓ recluſos ꝯfugit eisqꝫ ſe ꝯiuuxit ⁊ vt orarent ꝓ ea rogauit. Qd̓ cuꝫ facet facta eſt vox de celo dicēs. Ego eā oleo athlete ꝑūgomeoqꝫ ſpū ꝯfirmo ad vincēdas oēscrutiationes. Deinde interrogata ap̄ſide vrbano libe̓ ac prudent̓ ad omnia rn̄debat. pſalmos qͣꝫ frequenterruminabat. Poſt hoc ſtipite capillis ſuſpenſa eſt. in quo cum nuda ſtaret nubes niuea apparuit q̄ illā velauit. Urbano aūt minante ſe acrioraſupplicia illaturū. Rn̄dit. Exurge vrbane nullū de parato mihi prandioferculū fraudes. In omnibus itaqꝫtormentis ſuis quaſi dolorē nō ſentiebat. quia aīa eiꝰ in corona tota pēdebat. Amator inqͥt caſtitatis in ho