vere poſſidere cupimus: queramus illā a dn̄o oīm virtutū datore: illā fide ſpe ⁊ charitate impetremus. In tribulatiōibus ⁊ penis magna cū deuotiōe Ieſu xp̄i nomē inuocemus. Illū ſi iuſti erimus adiutorē certe habebimus. qm̄ multe tribulatiōes iuſtoꝝ: ⁊ de omībus his liberabit eos dn̄s. Et iuxta eſt dn̄s his qͥ tribulato ſunt corde. ¶ Qui ſunt abiles ad martyriū Ca. xv. Ehis qui ſūt abiles ad martyriū queſtionem minime feciſſē: niſi ꝙ aliqͥ ſophiſticis argumen tis ſolos ſcripturaꝝ ſacraꝝ ſciētia p̄ditos ad hͦ hodiernis tꝑibꝰ aptos ꝯtēdūt. Cū eūtiū ad īfideles ea ſit maxīa cauſa dei honor: ⁊ ꝓximi ad xp̄m vt poſſibil̓ ē ꝯu̓ſio: ad qd̓ ſcripturaꝝ eruditio neceſſaria videt̉. Quomō enī inquiūt hi poterit qͥs illos de fide inſtruere: ⁊ ad xp̄i cultū ꝯuertere: niſi ſacroꝝ libroꝝ eruditione ſint p̄diti? Nec omnes etiā ſacra ſciētia eruditos ad hͦ abiles dicūt: ſed illos ſolū qͥ ſacro diaconatu aut p̄ſbyterio decorāt̉: cum hi ſolū fidē p̄dicar̄ poſſint: nec laicis ſit ꝑmiſſū. Addunt ad hoc fortiꝰ: ſolū p̄dicandi facultatē int̓ infideles habere: quibꝰ a ſede apl̓ica fuerit indultū: cū nec doctis viris xp̄iano ppl̓o p̄dicare ſit ꝑmiſſū: niſi fide firmoſ fuerīt ꝓbati: ⁊ ſtricto examīe ſufficiētes ꝯfirmati. Quare ⁊ bea tus Frāciſcus in regula ſua dixit: ꝙ nullꝰ frat̓ audeat populo p̄dicare: niſi pͥmo fuerit examīatꝰ ⁊ approbatꝰ: ⁊ officiū p̄dicatiōis ſibi ſpecialit̓ cōceſſū. Sed he ratiōes ſophiſtice ſunt: nec rē ipſaꝫ diſcrete inſpiciūt. Ideo circa hͦ aliqͣ p̄guſtāda ſunt: vt ex his cognoſcere poſſimuſ qͥ ad hͦ ſāctiſſimū opꝰ ꝑficiendū doctrina indigēt: ⁊ qͥ ſine illa int infideles charitatis feruore ⁊ deſiderio martyrij morari poſſūt. Quo p̄cognito ⁊ ip̄oꝝ argumētoꝝ clara liq̄bit ſo lutio. Nā diuerſis quiſ reſpectibꝰ martyrij etiā deſiderio ad infideles tranſire ⁊ inter illos cōmorari pōt. Mittunt̉ nanqꝫ ad illos quidā vt illorū ſint epiſcopi ⁊ paſtores fiant: ſic vt ad chriſti fidē ꝯueniētibꝰ predicatiōibꝰ ꝓpoſſe ꝯuertant ad exēplū chriſti qͥ diſcipl̓os ſuos in vniuerſuꝫ
