¶ Gerſon cōtra tertiaꝑtē Ruylbroich

Epiſtola Io gerſon adfratrē bartholomeuꝫ Tarthuſien̄ſuꝑ tertiā parte libri Ruyſbroichde ornatu ſpiritualiū nuptiarū.enerabili patri ⁊ bone ſimplicitatis fr̄i in xp̄i caVritate dilectiſſimofratri bartolomeocarthuſiēſi Suus Ioh̓s Dancellarius indignus ecc̄ie ꝑifien̄ Nuptiarū agni ꝑticipem fieri Pridē librūquendā ꝑ te habitū cuiꝰ titulus ēde ornatū ſpūaliū nuptiaꝝ in trāſcurſu legera. nouiſſime illū attētiꝰrelegens ꝯperi multa ibidē tradiſalubria et alta documēta Naꝫ pͥma ꝑs inſtruit ad vitā actiuā Secūdā ad vitā ſpūalem q̄ affectual̓dici p̄t inducit ſub varijs ⁊ pulcrꝭ.ſil̓itudinū manuductionibꝰ et tropis qͦrū intelligentiā ſoli exꝑti plene ꝯcipient Sūt nēpe ex eis que inaffectu plꝰ agunt̉ qͣꝫ in intellectū ⁊q̄ ꝑcipiūtur aplius ſaporꝭ. cuiꝰ dāintimo guſtū qͣꝫ ratōcinatōe vl̓ diſcurſu Tertia ꝑs notificare nititurq̄ ſit excellentia vite ꝯtēplatiue. q̄beatifice viſioni in aīa aꝓpximatTradūt quidā ſic̄ accepi. ꝙ p̄fatūlibrū ydiota vnꝰ ſine lr̄is ꝯpoſuitExinde nō ſine miracl̓o et inſpiratione d̓ina ip̄m fuiſſe ꝯfectū Patēter aſtruūt Exquo ꝯn̄s eſſꝫ om̄iaꝯtenta in eodē eſſe ꝟiſſima ſāctiſſimāqꝫ Sed meū qͣle ſit ſuꝑ hac reiudiciū tibi nō eē celādū decreui

Ine fortaſſis incerta aut falſa ꝓ veritate certa aut d̓ina āplecti ꝯtingeret Scis qͥd iubet apl̓s; Doct̓nis varijs ⁊ ꝑegrinis nolite abduci Sūt vt meū interim eſt iudiciūdue ꝑtes pͥores ſatis vtiles in qͦbus nihil dep̄hendi qd̓ nō poſſitſalua fide ⁊ moꝝ puritate ſaluariqͣꝫqͣꝫ mōdeſtū lectorē ī multꝭ. afflagitent. ⁊ talē qui nō ſit penitus expers eaꝝ q̄ ſcd̓a ꝑs loquit̉ affectionū Teteꝝ ſtilus ip̄e libri nonſordidus eſt nec abiectus Terte tn̄induci neq̄o crede̓ libꝝ ip̄m fuiſſecōflatū ꝑ os ydiote qͣſi per miraculū Stilus enī ip̄e magis ſapit⁊redolet humanā eloquentia qͣꝫ diuinā. Ntā et poetaꝝ ꝟba vt terentij et hoecij et ph̓oꝝ ſn̄ie ⁊ orōniscurſus on̄dūt palā illic ſtudioſaꝫinduſtriā et diligētie laborem diuturnū p̄ceſſiſſe Plane impar valide eſt ſtilus diuine ſcpͥture ꝓph̓arum et euāgeliſtaꝝ ab hoc loquedi genere Quāuis hic dicerꝫ pertinax aſſertor oppoſiti. ꝙ deus ſcientiarum dn̄s eſt. hn̄s facultatemnūc hoc. nūc illo mō ſcribēdi perora ſcribarum ſuorū. fatemur itapoſſibile fieri Sic autē in ꝓpoſitoſatis ꝯtigiſſe nō elucet p̄ſertiꝫ qꝛteſtat̉ aucͣtor ſe ip̄m latinis ꝟbisplurimū deſudaſſe Hoc vero curoportuiſſet ſi fuiſſet immō calamus ſcribe velocit̉ ſcribētis ſp̄mſc̄m loqͥr qui tarda molimīa neſcitet cuius velocit̉ currit ſermo Uerum alia potior eſt rō quē me nōita ſentire ꝯpellit Siquideꝫ tertia