Emporibꝰ lodonui̓ci pijſſimi auguſtierat qͥdā virvenerabilis ex nobili ꝓſapia francorū oriūdusnoīe bogdis. de quo deo p̄deſtināte ꝓcreatꝰ eſt filiꝰ noīe odulphusqͦ mox cū ſacra baptiſmatis vnda renaſcit̉. celeſti rore d̓initꝰ irrigatur. ablactatꝰ āt ilico ſacre eruditionis addit̉ ſtudijs. ac ſcīs ⁊ deodenotis hoībus canonica religione ꝯmendat̉ erudiētibꝰ Cui deustale diſcendi ſtudiū tanteqꝫ ſolertie ꝯtulit ingeniuꝫ vt euo maioresmirū in modū in diſcēdo p̄celleret. ſuāqꝫ etatē adhuc ānis īmaturaꝫd̓mno dogmate nō ſegniter decoraret. Creuit āt etate ſapīa ⁊ ſāctitate intm̄ vt his qui tunc tꝑis religioſe deo deſeruire conarentur nōuus ſamuel exoriri videret̉ Illi vero corā religioſorū pn̄tia celitꝰ tāta cōcedit̉ grā vt vnanimit̓ ab omnibꝰ diligeret̉ ꝓbabiliſqꝫ vite ſūma veneratione coleret̉ quos ⁊ ipē ꝯdigna viciſſitudine. pureqꝫ dilectionis dilexit amore Iā eī puervenerabilis ſb̓ ipſis adoleſcentie ānis id p̄figurabat ſe velle ꝯtinuo qd̓ oꝑibꝰ ꝑficere ſatagebat ī futi-ro. qm̄ tūc iā ſe nō īmemorem dnīci ſermonis. affuturū ꝓpoſuit quēdn̄s diſcipul̓ ſuis loquēs ait. Qui amat patreꝫ aut matrē plꝰ ꝙͣ menō eſt me dignꝰ Et qͥ vult pꝰ me venire abneget ſemetipſuꝫ ⁊ tollatcrucem fuā quotidie ⁊ ſeqͣt̉ me Huiꝰ etem̄ euāgelice lectionis laudabilis puer ſebulo recolēs. ac ſecū die noctuqꝫ reuoluēs pijs moribꝰſāctiſqꝫ oꝑibus deo deuouit inceſſant̓ ſeruire ſpiritualiqꝫ matre ſcēeccē inextricabilit̓ adherere qd̓ ⁊ factū ē Sāctus igr̄ adoleſcens Odulphus deo dilectus viris ꝓbatis admodū acceptus ſed ſoli deo tātūmodo famulās ſolicitus ſāctaruꝫ virtutū gradus aſcēdit. quo aduſqꝫ in virum perfectum occurreret Semꝑ etem̄ vt moris eſt ſāctoꝝmentem ad celeſtia ſtuduit erigere ſeculariſqꝫ pompe triūphaliterillecebras euade̓ ſicut ſcriptū eſt Ibunt ſancti de virtute in virtuteꝫQuid in tantis morabor. Omni ꝟtute ꝓficiens ꝑ gradus eccleſiaſtici ordinis aſcendit iuxta diuinā vt credendū eſt predeſtiinationē adſacerdotalis officij peruenit benedictionem atqꝫ cōoperante gratiaſpūſſancti ſacerdos effectus eſt regis altiſſimi. quo rite ꝑacto ſtatiꝫſibi delegauit in animo ꝙ pie cōuerſationis ſtubio ad qd̓dā ſacrereligionis ꝓperaret monaſterium Quē ſui parentes rogauere n̄ itavelle agēre ſed vt voluntati eorū aſſentiretatqꝫ eccām que nūcupat̉oroſcoth cū populo regeret. Nā illic natus extitit ⁊ nutritus Quoruꝫp̄cibus euictus votis eorum pro tꝑe paruit vel inuitus. Sꝫ nō multo poſt viſum eſt ei adire ſūme reuerentie locū noīe traiectū more pͥ ſtino Viltenburh nūcupatum vt ibi ꝙͣdiu in hac luce viueret cum alijs dei famulis ibideꝫ ſub caſtris dei degētibꝰ Criſto regi militaret