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⁊ fines ſuos pabulo mortis refertos: ī qͥbus paſcūt nec tecū nec ꝓpter te. quorumvtiqꝫ terminos nō intraui nec appropiaui eis. Ip̄i ſunt qͥ dicūt. Ecce hic eſt chriſtus. ecce illic eſt. ꝓmittētes ſapiētie ⁊ ſcīepaſcua vberiora. ⁊ credit̉ eis. ⁊ cōfluūt adeos multi. ⁊ faciūt eos filios gehenne duplo qͣꝫ ſe. Cur hoc niſi qꝛ nō eſt ibi meridies ⁊ ꝑſpicua lux vt liquido ꝟitas cognoſcatur. facileqꝫ ꝓ ea recipit̉ falſitas ꝓpterveri ſimilitudinē. q̄ nō facile in obſcuro aꝟo diſcernit̉. p̄ſertim qꝛ aque furtiue dulciores ſunt ⁊ panis abſcōditꝰ ſuauior. Etꝓpterea queſo vt indices mihi vbi paſcatvbi cubes in meridie .i. in manifeſto. ne ſeducta incipiā vagari poſt greges ſodaliūtuoꝝ. quēadmodū ⁊ ip̄i vagi ſunt. nullaſtabiles certitudine veritatꝭ: ſemꝑ diſcentes ⁊ nūqͣꝫ ad ſcīam veritatis ꝑuenientesHec ſpōſa ꝓpter philoſophoꝝ ⁊ hereticorū varia ⁊ vana dogmata. Mihi ꝟo videt̉ nō ſolū ꝓpterea: ſꝫ ⁊ ꝓpter dolos inuiſibiliū poteſtatū. ſicut ſunt ſeductorij ſpiritus ſedētes in inſidijs: ⁊ parantes ſagittas ſuas ī pharetra: vt ſagittēt in obſcurorectos corde. Propt̓ hos (inqͣꝫ) ⁊ maximevidet̉ mihi illa meridies optāda etiā nobis: vt clara luce dep̄hendamus aſtutiasdiaboli. atqꝫ angelū ſathane illū qͥ ſe trāſfigurat in angelū lucis ab angelo noſtrofacillime vl̓ diſcernamꝰ. Nō enī alit̓ noscuſtodire ſufficimꝰ ab īcurſu ⁊ demoniomeridiano. niſi in meridiano eque lumīeQd̓ quidē demoniū idcirco meridianuꝫdictū exiſtimo. qꝛ ſūt aliqͥ de numero malignoꝝ qͥ cū merito tenebroſe obſtinateqꝫvolūtatis ſue nox ⁊ nox ꝑpetua ſint: diemtn̄ ſe ad fallēdū ſimulare nouerūt. nec modo diē: ſed ⁊ meridiē. ſicut eoꝝ pͥnceps nōꝯtentꝰ eſſe equalis deo: etiā aduerſat̉ ⁊ extollit̉ ſupra id qd̓ dicit̉ aūt qd̓ colit̉ deus.Itaqꝫ niſi cordi illiꝰ quē forte aliqd̓ iſtiuſmodi demoniū meridianū temptandumacceꝑit: oriēs ex alto illuxerit verꝰ meridies: qͥ falſum ꝯuincat ⁊ ꝓdat: non poteritomino caueri: ſꝫ tēptabit ⁊ ſupplātabit ſine dubio ſub ſpecie boni. ꝓ bono ſcꝫ malum incauto ⁊ improuido ꝑſuadens. Ettūc meridies. id eſt. maior claritas apparet tēptatis: cū quaſi boni maioris imaginē p̄fert. Quotiēs (vbi cauſa) ſuggeſſitanticipare vigilias: qͦ ad ſolēnia fratrū il-

luderet dormitāti? Quotiens ꝓduci ieinnia vt diuinis obſequijs eo inutilē redderet: quo imbecillē? Quotiēs bn̄ ꝓficientibus ī cenobijs inuidēs obtētu qͣſi maioris puritatis heremū petere ꝑſuaſit. ⁊ cognouerūt miſeri tādē qͣꝫ verꝰ ſit ẜmo quēfruſtra legerāt. ve ſoli. qm̄ ſi ceciderit nonhabꝫ ſubleuantē? Quotiēs ad opꝰ manuum plꝰ qͣꝫ opus fuerat incitauit. ⁊ fractūviribꝰ: ceteris regularibꝰ exercitijs inualidum reddidit? Quāmultis exercitatōemcorꝑis (que iuxta apl̓m ad modicū valet)nō modicam ꝑſuaſit ⁊ pietate fraudauit?Deniqꝫ ip̄i exꝑti eſtis quō quidā (ad vere Icundiā illoꝝ dico qͥ ante inhiberi non poterant) ita in ſpū vehemēti ad omnia ferebant̉: poſt ad tantā ignauiā deuenerūt vtẜm illud apl̓i cū ſpū ceperint: nunc carneꝯſumēt̉. qͣꝫ turpe iniere fedus cū ſuis corporibꝰ. qͥbꝰ crudele ante indixerāt belluꝫ?Uideas ꝓchpudor importune ſuꝑflua q̄ritare: qͥ pͥus neceſſaria obſtinātiſſime recuſabāt. Quāqͣꝫ ſi qͥ ī ſua forte inuicti obſtinatione ꝑdurāt indiſcretius abſtinēteſ⁊ ſingularitate notabili cōturbantes eoscū qͥbꝰ habitare debēt vniꝰ moris ī domoaut ſcio ſane an ſe exiſtimēt pietatē retinere. cū hmōi mihi vident̉ ⁊ longiꝰ abieciſſe. Nā qͥ ſapiētes in oculis ſuis decreuer̄tapud ſe nec cōſilio acquieſcere nec p̄ceptovideāt quid reſpōdeant: nō mihi: ſꝫ dicenti. qm̄ quaſi peccatū ariolādi eſt repugnare. ⁊ quaſi ſcelus idolatrie nolle acqͥeſcerePremiſerat aūt: qꝛ melior eſt obediētia qͣꝫvictima. ⁊ auſcultare magꝭ qͣꝫ offerre adipem arietū. id eſt. abſtinentiā ꝯtumaciuꝫUn̄ dn̄s ꝑ ꝓph̓am. Nūqͥd manducabo(ait) carnes thauroꝝ aūt ſanguinē hircoꝝpotabo? ſignificās mīme ſibi accepta fore ieiunia ſuꝑboꝝ vel īmundoꝝ. Sed ſa 4ne vereor ne damnātes ſuꝑſtitioſos videamur frena laxare guloſis. ⁊ audiāt illi adꝑiculū ſui qd̓ ad remediū his d̓r. Quāobrem audite vtraqꝫ pars: quattuor eē temptationū genera: ⁊ ip̄a nobis ita ꝓphetico ſermone deſcribi. Scuto (inqͥt) circūdabit te veritas eiꝰ: nō timebis a timorenocturno: a ſagitta volante in die: a negocio ꝑambulāte in tenebris. ab incurſu etdemonio meridiano. Attēdite nihilominus ⁊ vos alij: quod om̄ībꝰ ſpero ꝓfuturum. Illud omēs in nobis ſentimꝰ ⁊ ſen-