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ſcirent. Uidete q̄ſo qͣꝫ inanis refectio/ vbiꝑ tot tꝑa/ ꝑ tot ſtudia/ nihil uiſi vanitas inanis in viſceribꝰ aīaꝝ reperta ē. Pretereacognitionis iſta videt̉ eē natura/ ꝙ plus ſatagit rem cognitā ad ſe trahere ac ſibi aſſimilare/ qͣꝫ ad ip̄am eat. Qd̓ innuere videt̉ph̓s dicēs veꝝ eſſe in intellectu/ bonū in rebus. Quid igit̉ miꝝ ſi cognitio ſola/ nō erit mare deſiderioꝝ ſenſualiū ſi etiā portūvel littus eternitatis extra ſe poſitū non attingat. Quēadmodū nauta in regimīe nauis qͦttidie garrula loqͣcitate docte diſſerēsnihil vero eoꝝ agens q̄ loqͥtur/ nūqͣꝫ a medijs pōti fluctibꝰ nauē in littore ſtabiliet/demerget potius eā/ vel piculis oībꝰ expoſitā fluctuātemqꝫ/ iugiter inueniet. Similiter ſpūalis natura/ nūqͣꝫ ex ſola cognitiōemaris intelligibilis nūqͣꝫ ex aſpetcu ſoloſtabilitatē deifici portus poterit adipiſci.¶ Multa ſunt in hāc ſnīam ꝯcordātia diuine ſcripture teſtimonia. Sꝫ libet vnū h̓ſignāter inſerere de vocatione filioꝝ zebedei qͦs dn̄s ieſus a mari galilee ad littꝰ enatare docuit. Ubi theologia miſtica ꝑ ſenſꝰanagogicos cognoſcit̉ ¶ Uidendū eſt qͥdꝑ anagogiā .i. ſurſum ductionem ſignificetmare galilee/ qͥd littus eius/ qͥd nauis/ qͥdvocatio dn̄i/ ⁊ ita de alijs. ¶ Itaqꝫ ſic̄ mare moraliter pn̄s ſeculū. ſic anagogice corruptā nr̄e ſenſualitatis fluctuationē ſignificat/ dicente ſapſente. Cor impij qͣſi mareferuens ¶ Qd̓ iō mare galilee dicit̉ qꝛ mutationē vel migrationē ſignificat galilee.Quid aūt mutabilius. quid inqͥetius. qͥdꝓcliuius ad emigratione qͣꝫ ſenſualitas inuenitur? Nūc arrogātitatumet nūc ſpe attollitur nūc deſperatōe deijcitur nūc efferueſcit ⁊ extra ſeip̄am rapit̉ per iracundiamnūc per inuidiam in ſeipſa frangitur atqꝫfatigatur. Uorax eſt per ingluuiem/ per luxuriam/ ſordida voluptate deſpumat/ eaꝫreddit inſatiabilem inexplebilemqꝫ cupiditas. ¶ Illic deniqꝫ piſces ⁊ reptilia variorum deſiderioꝝ/ quorum non eſt numerꝰ.Porro qui deſcendunt in hoc mare ſenſualitatis/ nauibꝰ ratiociuatōnū naturaliūp̄i vidēt oꝑa dei/ ⁊ mirabilia eiꝰ ī ꝓfundo.Sꝫ qͦ ꝓfūdo? ꝓfundū inquit ſcriptura corhominis ⁊ inſcrutabile ⁊ quis cognoſcet illud. ¶ Ceteruꝫ mirabilia valde operaturdeus. in hoc ꝓfundo que ſtudioſi piſcatores/ philoſopi mūdiales/ per rhetia ſuaruꝫadinuentionū atqꝫ doctrinaꝝ ſcrutari co-
nati ſunt ſed defecerūt ſcrutātes ſcrutinio.neqꝫ enī cām tante tam qͣꝫ inqͥete fluctuatōnis in carne nr̄a attingere valuerūt. nobisaūt reuelauit deus/ qꝛ peccāte pͥmo homīernpta eſt ꝯcordia/ ſciſſum fedus legis indite inter rōnem gub̓natricē/ ⁊ obſequentemſenſualitatē ¶ Inde qͣſi iuxta potētiā fictōnem aꝑto eloī antro qͥ .ſ. eolus fingitur deꝰventoꝝ mox flauerūt vēti .ſ. paſſionū/ quevelut ex aduerſis ꝑtibꝰ/ agmine facto/ ꝯturbauerūt tempeſtate magnū mare noſtrumNā qͥs neſciat. qͥs nō qͦttidiano naufragioꝑiclitatus agnoſcat. meſtū illud eccl̓ie canticum? Cōfuſa ſunt hic omīa ſpes. metus.meror; gaudiū. Nōne qͣtuor iſte paſſionesventi ſunt totidē cardinales/ gaudiū qͣi aboriēte. meror ab occidente. ſpes a meridie.metus a ſeptētrione/ rabido impetu flātesA qͥbꝰ exagitatū mare noſtrū nūc ad celumꝑ ſpem ⁊ gaudiū aſcendit nūc deſcendit vſqꝫ ad abyſſos ꝑ mētū ⁊ merorē hinc metuunt. cupiunt gaudētqꝫ dolētqꝫ/ ait egregiꝰpoeta. ¶ Sentimus heu nimiū vtinā ſicdeſcribere valeremꝰ/ quēadmodū his paſſionibꝰ qͣquauerſum ſine ordine ſine legeperſlantibus abripitur a ſtabili eternitatꝭportu/ nauta noſter id eſt ſpiritus rationalis/ faciens oꝑationem in aquis multis cogitationum ⁊ affectionum/ neqꝫ venit adlittus tranquille contemplationis niſi pretereunte ieſu ſecus mare galilee ⁊ niſi exēplo filiorum zebedei vocantem eū ſequat̉.relictis tamen prius rhetibꝰ mundane curioſitatis ⁊ naui ratiocinationis naturalis/immo ⁊ patre zebedeo id eſt tempore mutabili ⁊ fluido in quo gignimur. zebedeusenim fluidus iſte vel fluens interpretatur.Euehatur autem oportet ſpiritꝰ noſter ſuper omnem temporis mutatiōem ſi ad littus eternitatis/ ⁊ portum virtuoſe ſolideqꝫcontemplationis applicare voluerit/ vbimmotuſ permaneat/ vbi figat ancorā ſperdependentem a naui fidei vbi petre ſtabilique deus eſt/ per amorem totus adhereat/non caſurus; quicquid exagitet aut circuꝫuolet ſenſualium deſideriorum ⁊ fantaſmatum confuſiſſima inconſtantiſſimaqꝫ ml̓titudo. De hac quoqꝫ naui hanc ſimilitudinem ⁊ portum non hic nouam confingimus. dudum enim diuinus Dionyſius inin tertio de diuinis no. illam nob̓ aperuit.¶ Ecce ſummatiꝫ ꝑſtriximus qͥd ꝑ anagogiā verba p̄dicta euangeliſte nr̄i deſignant