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ꝯciuis ipſoꝝ aſcribi mereat̉ ardentiꝰ inhiātes. Iſta eccleſia ꝓmptuariū quidē eſt eoꝝqͥ in celis ꝯſcripti ſunt. Huic eccleſie illa queſuſpēſis orgāis ad deū ſuſpirat adhuc ſupraflumīa babylonis originali cognatiōe ꝯiūgitur: ⁊ naturali affinitate moribꝰ ⁊ votis vnit̉Ab eo vtiqꝫ mīſtro qͥ hmōi eſt vitulus ſaginatꝰ integer ac ꝑfectꝰ: agnꝰ anniculꝰ plenuset imaculatꝰ: cuꝫ oī ſuauitate dulciſſimo ſapore: gratiſſima iocūditate ꝑcipit̉: ⁊ ſumptꝰnō ꝯſumit̉. Cibus enī vite eſt qͥ de celo. deſcendit. Potes ne eſtimare qͣle vel qͣꝫtuꝫ eſthoc ſctm̄ſctōꝝ ⁊ ſacramētum ſacr̄oꝝ: amoramoꝝ: dulcedo oīum dulcedinū? Hec ſuntvere feſta paſcalia: hec ſunt gaudia ⁊ fercula vitalia iuſtoꝝ: hec ſunt ſpūales delitie iuſtoꝝ ⁊ ſctōꝝ. Hic bibunt̉ in loco vberi torrentes lactis: flumīa mellis: liqͦres balſamiceleſtis. Hic efficit̉ vna caro: ſponſa cū ſponſo: ſctā aīa cū chriſto. Exꝑientia hoꝝ ⁊ ſimiliū ſpūs ⁊ vita ē: nec aīalis hō horum ſenſufruit̉ vel acceſſu. Amici ſponſi. id ē. boni ep̄iboni abbates: ⁊ ceteri timorati ⁊ religioſi viri guſtauerūt ⁊ pleniſſime ſunt exꝑti qd̓ nosdicimꝰ. Ideoqꝫ ad mēſam altaris freq̄ntiusaccedūt: oī tꝑe cādida faciētes veſtim̄ta ſuaid eſt. corꝑa ꝓut pn̄t meliꝰ: vtpote deū ſuumanu ⁊ ore ꝯtrectaturi ⁊ colloq̄ntē ſibiipſisaudituri. Ibi eniꝫ celebrat̉ familiare colloquiū int̓ deū ⁊ moyſen amicū ſuū. id eſt. bonū ⁊ fidelē miniſtrū. Ceterū ſermo ille nō eſtſonās ⁊ penetrās: non loquax ſꝫ efficax: nonobſtrepēs auribꝰ ſꝫ blādiens affectibꝰ. Sermo ille nō popularis: ſꝫ angularis ⁊ pͥuatusNō ſonat in foro: nō audit̉ in publico: ſecretū ꝯſiliū: ſecretū q̄rit amicū. Auditui ꝓculdubio gaudiū dabit ⁊ leticiā: ſi ſobria cordiſaure ꝑcipit̉. Audi inqͥt dn̄s iſrael ⁊ tace. Reſpondit fidelis amicꝰ ⁊ fidelis ſeruꝰ pie familiaritatis auſu: non tn̄ vocali plauſu ſꝫ ſuaui.3. plāctu dicēs cū ſamuele: Loq̄re dn̄e: qꝛ aut. dit ſeruꝰ tuus. Et cū ꝓph̓a. Audiā quid lo-quat̉ in me dn̄s deꝰ. Certe ibi loquit̉ chriſtꝰcū mīſtro ſuo. Penſa inqͥt iugit̓: repone fideliter: amplecte̓ ſuauit̉: qd̓ videſ: qd̓ agis: qd̓teneſ: amplecte inqͣꝫ pie recordatiōis affectuet pie imitatiōis effectu: ſcienſ qm̄ talia oportet te p̄ꝑare. Apparatꝰ mēſe iſtiꝰ nō hoīs eſt1ſꝫ fidei: nō facinoris ſꝫ miſterij: nō tꝑalis alimēti ſꝫ eterni. Qui ſum auctor muneris ipſeIſum teſtis veritatis. Altare cui aſſiſtis quaꝫIꝓ te ſuſtinui repn̄tat crucē ⁊ calix ſepulchꝝin qͦ mortuꝰ quieui. Patena lapidē ſuppoſitū: corꝑale ſudariū: ſb̓ſtratoria corꝑalis linnitheamina qͥbus inuolutꝰ fui. Hoſtia quā vix
des: iaꝫ nō eſt panis ſꝫ caro mea q̄ pependitin cruce ꝓ mūdi vita. Sane mutatio iſta bn̄edictiōis opꝰ eſt: nō originis. Uirtꝰ hͦ facit n̄vſus: effectꝰ eſt potētie nō vſus nature: digͣjtio eſt non rō. Miſericordia eſt nō miſeria.Nō cōmune ſꝫ ſolū diuinū eſt: nō humanū.Pietatis ſacr̄m: nō deitatis detrimm̄tū. Hicxꝑeat phyſicale nutrimētū. Cibus iſte nō eſtventris ſꝫ mētis. Nō eſt eniꝫ datꝰ ad ruinashuiꝰ vite q̄ vapor ē ad modicū parens: ſꝫ adeternā vitā aīe ꝯferendā. Iſte ē panis angelloꝝ qͥ neſcit putreſce̓: nō vadit in ſeceſſum ſꝫtendit in excelſum. Illuc reducit hoīem: vn̄traxit imaginē. Caro aūt mea vere ē cibus.Similit̓ liquor iſte quē vides iam nō eſt vinū ſꝫ ſanguis meꝰ queꝫ ꝓ te fudi in p̄ciū tibireſeruās ī altari poculū: in ꝑegrinatiōe tuap̄ſidiū: in exitu de egypto ꝯductum: in celoviaticū. Ego botrꝰ carniſ ꝓ ſalute tua portatus ſum ad torcular crucis: inde eliquatumeſt muſtū tue redēptiōis. Sanguis aūt mevere ē potꝰ. Mira ſunt frēs q̄ de ſacr̄o iſtodicunt̉. Fides ē neceſſaria: ſcīa rōnis ſuꝑuacua. Sciētia rōne ⁊ intellectu colligit̉: fidesſola auctoritate inducit̉. Auguſtinꝰ ꝯͣ felicianū. Hoc fides credat: intelligētia nō reqͥrat:ne aut nō inuentū putet incredibile aut reꝑtū nō credat ſingl̓are. Hec ſunt frēs q̄ fidemneceſſario exigūt: rōnē oīno nō admittunt.Expetūt ſimplicē creditorē: arguūt impiuꝫdiſcuſſoreꝫ. Et iō credi oportꝫ ſimplicit̓: qd̓īueſtigari nō pōt vtilit̓. Hic ē ille torrēs quētrāſuadare nō potuit heliſeus. Nolite ita q̄nolite q̄rere quō fiat: nolite dubitare vtrū fiat. Nolite irreuerent̓ accede̓: ne vob̓ ad mortem fiat. Deus enī eſt: ⁊ qͣꝫqͣꝫ panis myſteria habeat: mutat̉ tn̄ in carne. Deꝰ ⁊ hō eſt:qͥ teſtat̉ panē veracit̓ fieri carnē ſuam. Vaselectiōis ē: qui minat̉ iudiciū nō diiudicātitam ſctām carnē. Idipſum o chriſtiane d̓ vino ſentias: id honores in vino. Creator vini eſt: qͥ vinū ꝓuehit in ſanguinē chriſti. Doctor gentiū eſt: cuiꝰ aſſertiorē mortē bibit: bibens indigne ſanguinē chriſti. Et ſciēdū ꝙaqua mixta cū vino notat vnioneꝫ mēbroꝝcū capite ſuo. Aque enī multe: populi multiTres aūt portiōes q̄ in altari fiūt de corpore chriſti myſticā ſignificationē hn̄t. Eſt enīcorpꝰ chriſti vniu̓ſa eccl̓ia: caput ſcꝫ cū membris: ⁊ inueniunt̉ in corꝑe iſto qͣſi tres ꝑtesex qͥbus totū corpꝰ ꝯſtat. Una ꝑs ipſuꝫ caput. Caput enī ⁊ caput ē: ⁊ ꝑs corꝑis ſil̓iterItaqꝫ caput ipſum ꝑs corꝑis vna ē. Caputinqͣꝫ qd̓ iam īmortale ⁊ impaſſibile reſurrexit nō moriturū neqꝫ paſſurū ampliꝰ. Alte-
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