eſt ad memoriā q̄ ſupra tetigimꝰ: ꝙ xp̄s pͥmo eccl̓iam dei ſuo ſāguine acqͥſiuit vt ait Paulꝰ in actibꝰ apl̓oꝝ: loq̄ns in Mileto ad maiores natu eccl̓ie epheſi. Et ad illiꝰ imitationē ꝙ ſanguine martyrū maxīe aucta ⁊ ſuſtētata fuerit vt certa nos docuit experientia. Et Lactātius pluriLactātius. bus in locis has cōtrarietates ⁊ bella xp̄iane virtuti ⁊ ex ercitio plurimū cōueniētia eſſe demōſtrat. Et manifeſta interim videamus exempla: ꝙ data eccleſijs vndiqꝫ pace in pluribus ociuꝫ ⁊ inertia ſucceſſit: ⁊ ad hoc vſqꝫ ꝑuenimus: ꝙ infideles ſuccreuerint ⁊ maximā mundi ꝑtē occupauerint: pereat quotidie fides: hoc eſt credentiū numerus: nec eſt qui velit ſuccurrere. Nolūt armis pͥncipes ſe culares: nolūt alij charitate bellare. Nolumꝰ pēſare ꝙ ſicut martyrū potiſſimū ſāguine fides nr̄a creuerit auctaqꝫ fuerit ⁊ ſuſtētata: ꝙ ſimili ratiōe nūc deficiēſ reparari poſ ſet. Sed arguūt: martyrij tꝑus nō eſſe: cū nulla ſit ꝑſecutio: quā nos tamē maxīaꝫ eē oſtēdemꝰ: ꝑiculoſioremqꝫ qͣ vſqꝫ ad horū infideliū tꝑa antiquitus fuerit. Nec mōſtra re difficile putamꝰ. Tribus etenim modis ꝑſecutiōes in xp̄ianos ab infidelibꝰ fieri poſſe deprēdimꝰ. Aut em̄ ꝑſecutio illa corꝑiſ dominiū ſolū q̄rit: aut ſolā anime victoriā: aut aīam ꝑfidie ſue: vna cū corꝑe totalit̓ ſb̓igere intendit. Et licet infidelibꝰ qͥ maximā nūc orbis ꝑtē poſſident: animas xp̄ianorū et corpora ad eoꝝ infidelitatē vt plurimū cōducere querant: his tn̄ tribꝰ vijs ꝑſeqͥ ꝓpoſſe nō ceſſant. Tūc eī ſolū xp̄ianoꝝ corꝑa ꝑſequunt̉: qn̄ illoſ gladio ⁊ potētia ſubiger̄ conāt̉. Nec religionē attēdētes dūmō ꝓ tūc tributū capiāt ⁊ tꝑalit̓ dn̄ent̉: religione ſua viuere ꝑmittūt vt Armenia maior ⁊ minor ab īfidelibꝰ ſb̓ acte tributū ſoluūt: ⁊ cerimōias ac religionē ſuā ille degētes xp̄iano ſaltē noīe obẜuāt. At in Europe ꝑtibꝰ nedū ꝙ religiōe nr̄a xp̄ianos viuere ꝑmittāt: verū ſubacta vrbe illoꝝ claudunt eccl̓ias: nec publice aliqͥd celebrare patiūt̉ vt teſtis ē grecia ⁊ datia q̄ illoꝝ poteſtati ſb̓dunt Et vt magna ꝑs aſie et africe oſtēdit: nulla eoꝝ dn̄io ſub
