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Ichardꝰ de ſancto victoIre quēdā edidit librū qͥnqꝫ ꝑtes ꝯtinētē vbi multū ſubtīlit̓ at̄qꝫ ẜm ꝓfūdā ſciētiātractat materiā iſtā ſcꝫ de ꝯtēplatiōe. diuides ip̄am ꝯtēplatione inſpēs ſex ſeu modos Quoꝝ modorū duo in imaginatiōe ſūt poſitiduo in rōne. itē duo in intelligentia Scd̓m hͦ p̄fatus doctor ponittres modos celoꝝ intra aīaꝫ. ⁊ iuxta hͦ ꝙ ip̄a aīa cogitando ſeu meditādo ſeip̄aꝫ vertit diuerſimodeſcꝫ aut meditādo corꝑalſa q̄ ſenſibus ꝑcipunt̉ exterioribꝰ. aut ad ſeip̄am cogitādo aut angelos ⁊ eorū ſtatū. aut certe ip̄am deitatemEt preẜtim dc̄s Rich̓. in qͥnta ꝑtelibri memorati tradit quo ꝯtēplatio format̉ ſeu diuerſificat̉ modistribꝰ Aliqn̄ ꝑ hͦ ꝙ ip̄a aīa dilatatur interdū ampliꝰ ⁊ qn̄qꝫ plꝰ eleuat ſuū intellc̄m ⁊ qn̄qꝫ ꝑ hͦ ꝙ ip̄ahꝫ ip̄m ſcꝫ intellc̄m ſic̄ alienatumſeu oblitū Declaratqꝫ ꝑ ꝙͣ modūiſtud fiat ⁊ qͣlit̓ qn̄qꝫ hͦ accidit. adducēs auctoritates atqꝫ exemplaſcripturaꝝ ⁊ naturarum. ꝙ hoc fiat ꝑ admirationē vehemētē aut ꝑmagnā deuotionē. vel certe ꝑ delectationē nō modicā ſpūalē atqꝫꝯſolationē Sed qꝛ mee intētiōiseſt loqͥ nō ſubtilit̓ ſꝫ rude ⁊ breuit̓idcirco poſtpono vobis declarare noīati doctoris doctrinā qͣſi nimis ſubtilē niſi forte in certis punctis ſb̓ſequētibꝰ ⁊ hͦ mō capacioriatqꝫ vobis familiariori

De tertio graCapl. xxxiii. du cōtēplationis et ſil̓itudines q̄dam naturalesUnc reſtat de gradū tercio ſcale contemplatōnisdiſſerere. quē fortem forbaptiſaūt ꝑſeuerāciā Aū̓ adiutorio enī gratie d̓ine ꝑſeuerātia fortis ponit atqꝫ collocat in altitudinē ꝑfecte ꝯtēplationis. ordinat ꝙhōinē in ſtatū ꝑfc̄o in qͦ p̄t dici viuere amore Tūc eī recipit d̓inasꝯſolatiōes amoris. nō ſentiendotribulatiōes carnis aūt mūdi Denulla enī re alia ei extūc cura ē niſi deū amare. de ip̄o meditari atqꝫloqui. ⁊ ꝓ eiꝰ amore fugit fatuasdelectatiōes hꝰ mūdi. atqꝫ eiuſdēmūdi aduerſitates cū gaudio ſuſcipit. ⁊ ideo nō ē qd̓ ei poſſit obeēſeu note̓ Nō ꝓſꝑitas. iſtā eī ſubifugit aut certe ip̄aꝫ humillime ſuffert ⁊ in magna gratiarum actiōeItē nō aduerſitas. hanc eī ardenter deſide̓at ſic̄ mediāte qͣ deo adducit̉. ⁊ qͣ ip̄a deuota aīa purga⁊ edocet̉. ꝑ quā qͦꝫ ſponſo ſuo acamico ieſu xp̄o ſimilat̉ qui plenfuerat tribulatiōibus. Recipit itiaduerſitatem quemadmodum ſignū certū ꝙ deꝰ oīpotes ſponſuseiꝰ eā diligat. ex qͦ dignat̉ ſic ſe viſicare ⁊ caſtigare Et in ſtatu iſtoaīa deuota ardet dulcit̉ ſuauiteratꝫ pure igne ſpūali ſuccēſa. rectevt carbo clarꝰ ⁊ totꝰ ignitꝰ ⁊ ſinefumo ⁊ ſine crepitatiōe aut ſine tumultū Ibi eſt aīa totaliter radica

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