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tue plene ſūt ſanguīe. Sed qꝛ de mēbrispirit dignū ē vt d̓ capite loqͣt̉. iō ſubdit̉.¶ Caput tuū vt carmelꝰ: et come capitis tui vt purpura regꝭiuncta carnalibus.¶ Caput eccl̓ie xp̄s qui bn̄ vt carmelꝰ dr̄:qꝛ ipſe ꝑ paſſionē quā ſuſtinuit. ad gl̓iaꝫpatris e exaltatꝰ. De qͦ ſcriptū ē. Et erit īnouiſſimis diebuſ pręꝑatus mōs domusdn̄i ī vertice mōtiū. In carmelo qͥppe helyas orās obtinuit pluuiā. Et nos in carmelo orātes pluuiā impetremꝰ qm̄ ī xp̄mcredētes xp̄m deſideramꝰ ⁊ a pr̄e irrigationē gr̄e ſuſcipimꝰ quā rogamꝰ. Moralit̓autē caput ſpōſe mēs vocat̉ qꝛ ſicut a capite mēbra ſic a mēte oēs cogitatꝰ noſtri diſponunt̉. Carmelꝰ aūt ſcīa circūciſionis īterpretat̉. Caput ergo ſpōſe vt carmelꝰ eſſe ꝑhibet̉ qꝛ q̄libet ſctā mēs nouit qualit̓digne circūcidat̉ nouit qꝛ nihil ē qͥcqͥd incorꝑe agit̉ ſi mēs īmūda fuerit q̄ templūxp̄iſi efficit̉. efficit̉ qd̓ ⁊ ab ip̄o inhabitabitur. Ꝙ qꝛ phariſei non agebāt iō dicebatbtūs Stephanꝰ eis qͥ eū occidebāt. Duraceruice ⁊ incircūciſi cordibꝰ ⁊ auribꝰ ſꝑ reſtitiſtis ſpiritum ſancto.MIEome autem capitis eiusvt purpura regis iuncta carnalibus eſſe memorantur.¶ Purpura q̄ppe ꝑ faſciculos in canalibꝰligat̉ ſuꝑ quos dū aqͣ ꝓijcit̉ ꝑ canales adveſtē q̄ ſuppoſita ē currit vt veſtis tingat̉⁊ mihi nomē accepit vt tīcta color̄ purpurea purpura vocet̉ q̄ oīa ſctē mēti ꝯgruūtſi ītelligant̉. Come qͥppe capitꝭ ſūt cogitatiōes mētis q̄ in canalibꝰ ligātur: qꝛ inſcripturis diuinis ne īutiliter fluāt ligant̉qꝛ dū in cogitationibꝰ ſcē mētis gr̄a celeſtis ſuſcipit̉: ⁊ totā aīam ī celeſte ornamētū ꝯponit ita vt iā tota aīa in vitā eternaꝫin ardeſcat: ⁊ ad eternū ſpōſum ēt ꝑ ſanguineꝫ martirij ꝑgere cōcupiſcat. De totaqͥppe eccl̓ia Paulꝰ dicit ¶ Qui exhibuitſibi eccleſiā veſtē ſine macula ⁊ ruga. Etde ſingulis eccl̓ie fidelibꝰ dr̄ his oībꝰ ve-

lud ornamēto veſtieris. Sic tincte ergoſic pulchre ſic purpuree fcē ſpōſe ad gaudens ſpōſus loquitur dicens.N¶ Quā pulchra es ⁊ quā decora kariſſima in delitijs.¶ Notandū ꝙ chariſſima ē in delitijs qͥaad charitatē ⁊ ad familiaritatē xp̄i non ꝑuenit qͥſqͥs ſcripture ſcē delitijs abūdarenō ꝯtēdit. Inde enī dr̄ oī habēti dabit̉ ethabūdabit: ei āt qui nō hꝫ ⁊ ꝙ videt̉ hr̄eauferet̉ ab eo. His enī delitijs qͥ habūdatreficit̉. his refectꝰ aſſidue ad maiora ꝑcipiēda preꝑat̉. Un̄ ⁊ huic ſponſe krmīe dr̄.O ¶ Statura tua eſt aſſimilatapalme ⁊ vbera ſua botris.)Palma qͥppe dū creſcit deorſuꝫ ſtringit⁊ ſurſum dilatat̉. Sic ſctā aīa ab imis admīma īcipit ⁊ paulatim ad maiora creſcēdo vſqꝫ ad amplitudinē ꝑfecte charitatisꝑuenit. Nemo enī ſicut ſcriptū eſt repēteſit ſūmꝰ. In pſalmo āt de iuſto hoīe dicit̉.Iuſtꝰ vt palma florebit. Ubera āt ſponſeduo p̄cepta charitatꝭ exiſtūt q̄ aīam quaꝫpoſſidēt vino celeſti inebriat ⁊ nutriunt.Pōt tn̄ ꝑ palmā crux xp̄i intelligi. Palma iam in ſublime valde creſcēs dulciſſimos fructꝰ gignit ⁊ crux xp̄i celeſtē cibuꝫnobis preꝑauit. Cui ſtatura ſpōſe aſſimilat̉ qꝛ ꝓ xp̄o nō dubitat qͥſqͥs xp̄m vald̓ diligēs digne imitatur. De palma ſequiturSponſus dicens.PDixi aſcendā in palmaꝫ apprehendā fructꝰ eius. Dixi vere ⁊ aſcēdit qꝛ ſicut an̄ ſecula ꝓ morte nr̄a mori diſpoſuit ſic ī fine mūdi ꝓpicius ⁊ verax adimpleuit. In palmā ergo aſcēdit ⁊ fructꝰeiꝰ apprehēdit: qꝛ in cruce ſuſpēſus fructū vite inuenit ac apprehēdit ⁊ nobis tribuit. Un̄ adimpletū ē quod Sequitur.QEt vbera tua erunt ſicut botri vinee. I ¶ Uere ꝑ crucē vbera ſpōſe ſicut botri vinee exiſtūt: quia in morte xp̄iduo precepta charitatis ſenſus aīe ſuſceperūt quibus paſta aīa debrietur: debriata poſteriora obliuiſcat̉ ⁊ in anteriorā ex-