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ad libitum cauſis ſecularibꝫ nūcſpiritualibus animo deditum exhoc in hoc libere tranſiens īclinaret mirabilē. ¶ Mirabile dehoc viro excellentiſſimo dictuab abbate vilariēſi guilhelmoprobatiſſima veritate cognouiꝙ digiti manuum eius quos inconſecracionem corporis criſtiextendebat ad ſtudium et īſpectionē lrāꝝ vel librorū nocte inſtar cadelarū lucebāt. Hinc cūlegatꝰ in alemaniam vnde nobiliſſime natꝰ erat a ſede apoſtolica mitteret̉ veīt pariſius. ⁊ videns fratres ordīs predicatorūqͥ de nouo illuc aduenerāt viſitauit eos. Dubiū aūt qͥd gerensde eis in corde orauit dn̄m vt ſibi ad quid ordo iſte adueniſſetoſtendere dignaret̉. Nec moraoblato ⁊ aꝑto libro ad qd̓ ordopredicatoꝝ adueīſſet. Reſpōſū ēcogitacōm eiꝰ dicēs. laudare benedicere et predicare. qͥ ſtatī effuſus in laudē criſti corā eis dixit. Iicet alterius ꝓfeſſioīs ſimhabitu. frater tn̄ veſter ero ꝙdiu ſubſiſtā ī vita. nec vlla vniꝙ a vob̓ adu̓ſitate diuellar. Ethinc qͥdem nacta occaſiōe videndum eſt predicatorū ordo quaretali noīe vocatꝰ eſt. ¶ Cum enīordo confirmari ab apoſtolicodebuiſſet precepit notario vt ī

ſcripcōne ordinis fratres predicātes poneret. Qui ordinās litterā ꝯfirmacōis fratres predicatores poſuit rectō modo. Et lr̄ainſpecta apoſtolicꝰ dixit noͣrio.Vt qͥd ſcd̓m ꝙ dixeram tibi nōpoſuiſti fratres predicantes etfrēs p̄dicatoe̓s ponere voluiſti;At ille ꝯſtāti vultū reſpōdit. predicātes īqͥt nomē adiectiuū eſtlicꝫ a ꝑticipio ſubſtātiuari poſſe ꝯcedat ⁊ ē ꝯmune nomen inactu. predicatores v̓o ꝓprie nōmē ſubſtātiuū eſt et nomē v̓bale ſimul et ꝑſonale in qͦ nomenofficij maīfeſtiſſīe declatat̉. Vide ergo lcōr ꝙͣ veridice noriusreſpōderit ad obiecta. predicāsenī ſigͥficat ꝑ modū actꝰ. predicator ſigͥficat rē ſuā ꝑ modū habitus. licꝫ ſit tn̄ ſemꝑ in actu ⁊ideo debuit ponere ꝯgrue p̄dicator. Conſentiēte ergo dn̄o apoſtolicō euidētiſſīe racōi ordo ītitulatꝰ ē noīe predicatoꝝ. ⁊ ītercardīales ſolēniter cōfirmatꝰ.¶ Proinde dictꝰ cardinal̓ poſtea v̓bū memoa̓bile rn̄diſſe fertur cuidā ī coloma ſac̓doti. Illienī in ſynodo preſidenti qͥdamſac̓dos ꝑrochial̓ cōqueſtus eſtdicēs. Ecce frēs ordīs predicatorū qui in damnum noſtrumcoloniā ītrauerunt falcem mittūt ī meſſem alienā. Audiunt