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in oriente videre gentileꝫ. quemille cū magna gloria ⁊ exultacōne ſuſceptum expertꝰ eſt honeſtum hominem moribꝰ ſagaceꝫingenio ⁊ pre ōnibus liberalemſecumqꝫ tenet illum non paruotꝑe nec paruis expenſis. Quicū redire deliberaret ad patriaꝫeum ad theſauros incomperabiles introducit. ſed cū aliqͥd illeacciꝑe recuſaret ꝯſtātiſſime tādem oſtendit illi ſeptem puellasvirgines ī ꝯclaui nobiliſſimasgenere et pulch̓rimas ī decoreqͣs ẜm ritum ſuum ducere ꝓpōnebat tempore oportuno: ⁊ dixit ei; Ex hijs tibi vnam eligasin vxorem. Nec mora. Iuuenisſuper modū aīmo captus ⁊ oculis vnam elegit preſtantioremmoribꝰ et decore; Cui gentilis.Opcōnem inquit dedi tibiʳ ⁊ tuqͥdem michi pre omnibꝰ dilectiſſima elegiſti; ⁊ tu qͥdem vt ſapiens exꝑieris quod dederi tibi ⁊ego vt minꝰ ſapīēs ꝓpter te qd̓dimiſerī nō cauſabor. Hec dicēsſpōſe tradidit ꝯdigͣ munuſcula⁊ ea tradidit xp̄ano. At ille adꝓp̓a veīens ſpōſaꝫ ſuā ī mag̓ gloria baptizatam accepit vxorē ⁊mulierē mire v̓tutis inueīt. Ip̄eaūt auctꝰ gloria ⁊ diuicijs ī viꝝprofecit maximū ciuitatis. Gētilis aūt frequēter recolens qd̓
indicta iuuencula perdidiſſetgrauari cepit aīo vltra ꝙͣ credipoteſt ⁊ paulatim pre triſtitiaꝯtabuit in eo ſpēs atqꝫ ſenſus.De die autem in diē de ano inānum de tꝑe in tempus decreſcēs rebꝰ. cū nichil curaret de oībꝰ que haberet tandem ad extremā miſeriam deueniens exuldepatria qͣſi īfatuatꝰ pulſus ē abamicis. Qui cum qd̓ ageret ignorarꝫ īcidit cordi eiꝰ aīcū viſitare debere ꝓ qͦ iſta ꝯtulea̓t. necpoſſe credere eū futuꝝ īmemorē⁊ nūc tāti piaculi ꝯtēptorē. Aggreſſus ergo īter veīt ad lecumvbi illa manebat. pulſauit adportā quōdam aīci ſui dixit qͥseſſet. neglexit nūciꝰ verbū nōintromiſſus ē. Quo ī facto gentil̓ cōtriſtatꝰ eſt ad mortēꝫ Veſpere vrīente ſuꝑvaſtū ecc̄īe atrium ſe ꝓiecit. In tempeſte ergonoctis ſilētio qͥdā īſidiatꝰ latrūculus tnͣſeūti occidit eū clāqꝫdiſceſſit. Mane aūt inuētꝰ eſthō occiſus. ⁊ iuxta gētilem ignotus capit̉ ⁊ ꝯgurgatis nobilibꝰ ⁊populo ciuitatis offert̉ captꝰ ⁊ſibi factū īponit̉. Qui cū deſperacōe fractꝰ hoīcidiū nō negarꝫille quōdā aicꝰ eiꝰ ſtās diuciusſtupēfactꝰ cōtemplatꝰ ē hoīeꝫ ⁊cognouiti ſtatīqꝫ ꝓſiliēs cū illeduceret̉ ad mortem clamauit.