¶ TractatusPrimus
motu Requirit̉ inſuꝑ ad illuminationē medij ꝑſpicuū Supplet autēofficiū lucis exterioris ip̄m lumenintrinſecū et naturale quibuſdamoculis quod in cattis et lupis etaliqͥbus hoībus videre eſt. qui nocturnis vident in tenebris ¶ Diſcipulꝰ. Appares diſgredi nec ldonea dicere rei noſtre. ¶ Magiſter.Oſtendā mox idoneitate Itaqꝫ ſineceſſe ſit ꝯgnitionē ſpūs/ etiā abanima diuiſi. ſue cognitōnis initiūſumere per inſpectionē fantaſmatū Quid ꝯſequentius qͣꝫ iuxta variā fantaſmatū p̄ſentationeꝫ fiatin ſpiritu cognitio; Hoc eſt. fiatclara et ſerena cognitio ſpiritualis ſi talia p̄ſentantur fantaſmataſerena clara ordinata quoqꝫ ⁊ imperturbata. Quo cōtra contrarijeuenient cognoſcendi defectꝰ Capis hec; ¶ Diſcipulus. Capio etquotidiano probamus exꝑimēto¶ Magiſter. Uides ꝓinde iuuari ſpiritus cognitionē ꝑ om̄e illudquod efficit ſerenationē fātaſmatum circa rem que intelligenda ēp̄cipue ſpūalē et diuinā. ¶ Diſcipulꝰ. Uideo dū tn̄ ſerenitas illanō efficiat aliūde per ꝯuerſionē intellectus ſimul et affectus ad libidinoſā ꝯcupiſcentiā terrenorū¶ Magr̄. Hoc excipis ſapient̓ ⁊ ſolerter. qͥa nō om̄is hn̄s clara ⁊ ordinata fantaſmata ꝯuertit ꝓtinꝰilla ad ſolā diuinoꝝ cōquiſitionēmeditandā ſeu ꝯtemplandaꝫ. Atvero ſupponamꝰ amodo loqͥ nosde ꝯtēplatīs. qui qͥdē ſūt ſꝫ nō nul
li tn̄ accipiūt ꝓinde duplex illudqd̓ p̄tactū eſt auxiliū Inū deſuꝑper angelicā oꝑationē ꝓpriā abſqꝫ nouo miracl̓o Aliud per ꝓpriāextrinſecus exercitatione. in ꝟtutibus moderatiuis paſſionū necnō in ſciētijs illuſtratiuis vel cauſatis pulcraꝝ meditationū ꝑ ſpeculationē fantaſmatū ¶ Diſcipulus. Explica modos MagiſterScis quēadmodū fit r̄ceptō ⁊ diſpoſitō fantaſmatū ẜm diſpoſitōꝫſp̄s aīalis qui radicalit̓ a corde ꝓlieniēs ad cerebrū fit aīalis ꝑ depurationē et actioneꝫ in cerebro.Qui ſpūs dū ſolū mouet hūoresin corꝑe dicit̉ nat̉alis. dū aūt implet cerebrū bn̄ diſpoſitū dr̄ aīalis. ꝯgnitiuus et motiuꝰ. ¶ Diſcipulꝰ. Sciunt̉ hec ex ph̓ia ¶ MageSciunt̉ fateor. ſꝫ iſta repetere breuiter ⁊ ſupponere ncc̄e fuit ad tueexplicationē q̄ſtiōis ¶ DiſcipulꝰPlacet. vltra ꝑge ¶ Magr̄. Expeditur iſte ſp̄s aīalis. vt aptū ſit inſtrumentū ꝯgnitiōis. et motꝰ vnomō dū remouet̉ illud qd̓ impeditet turbat obſcurat vl̓ oppilat ip̄mAlio modo ſi poſitiue iuuetur vtclarus ſit ſerenus et tranquillꝰ.¶ Diſcipulus. Iaꝫ cōceſſi qͦtidianūſuꝑ hͦ eſſe teſtimoniū exꝑiētie. cuiꝰhoc vnicū ſuffice̓t exēplū ariſtotil̓poſitū de vini actiōe. qd̓ exceſſiuēſumptū turbat ad inſaniā. moderate ꝟo bibitū ꝯfert ad ꝯgnitiōꝫ¶ Magr̄. Collige ꝓtinꝰ ex his qͦmedio p̄t āgelꝰ iuuare fantaſiā vtſpūi ſua pn̄tet fantaſmata clara