re intēdit ⁊ eoꝝ linguā pͥus ſcierit vl̓ didicerit: laicꝰ ſit ſim plicit̓ ⁊ ſacraꝝ ſcripturaꝝ penitꝰ ignarꝰ. Et ſi nec xp̄i fidē p̄dicādo explanare nouerit: poterit ad Exemplū ſctīſſimi martyris Menne ꝑ hūc aliū modū ꝓcedere. Ut cum Mennas. cōgregatos infideles vl̓ ꝓ oratiōe vl̓ alia ſolennitate cognouerit: in eoꝝ ſe mediū inijceat: exclametqꝫ voce magna ſe eſſe xp̄ianū: ⁊ ꝙ niſi baptiſma ⁊ fidē xp̄i ſuſceperīt ſaluari nō poſſūt. Nā tꝑe diocletiani ⁊ Maximiani impe ratoꝝ Mennas Egyptiuſ ⁊ xp̄ianus ſub Pat̓niano tribu no militabat: ⁊ ne cōuerſatiōe paganoꝝ ꝯtaminari ſe cōtingeret: relicta militia ad heremū ſeceſſit. Et cognoſcēs ꝙ in Sytia metropoli frigie p̄fatoꝝ imꝑatoꝝ natalicia ce lebrarent̉: deſcēdēs ex heremo ad vrbē deuēit vbi h̓ age bant̉. Et vidēs ml̓titudinē in theatro dixit: Ecce tꝑs glo rificādi nomē tuū dn̄e. Et ingreſſus theatꝝ vbi pyrrhus p̄ſes ſedebat: ⁊ om̄is ppl̓us aderat: exclamauit voce magna dicēs: Dn̄e deꝰ meꝰ reſpice in me: qm̄ inuētus ſum a nō querētibꝰ me: palā apparui ꝓpt̓ nomen tuū in medio inimicoꝝ tuoꝝ. Hec eo vociferāte factū eſt ſilentiū: ⁊ cōſurgētes om̄es intuebant̉ in eū: admirātes fiduciā eius: qͥ int̓rogatꝰ a p̄ſide q̄s eēt: rn̄dit: Ego ſū ẜuꝰ dn̄i mei Ieſu xp̄i factoris celi ⁊ t̓re: qͥ etiā ꝯſtituit om̄ia q̄ in eis ſūt. Et cū ad ſacrificia deoꝝ cōuerti nō potuiſſet: capite trūcatus fuit. Tu ergo qn̄ ad tale opꝰ a ſpūſctō ꝯcitaberis: capta illoꝝ oportunitate forti aīo vl̓ hec eadē ꝟba q̄ ſan ctiſſimꝰ hic martyr p̄dixit: vl̓ q̄ nos ſupra deſcripſimus in eoꝝ mediū ꝓclamabis. Et hic ꝓcedēdi modꝰ ab aliqͥbus plurimū approbat̉: ſic vt de eo tractatulū vnū eē audiuerimꝰ in monaſterio minoꝝ mōtis ſyon in hierl̓m. Eſt etiā ⁊ aliꝰ laudabil̓ modus: quē ſapiētes plurimi antiquitus diligentiſſime obẜuauerūt. Et ꝑticulares cōponebant libros in quibꝰ gentiū errorē ⁊ xp̄i veꝝ cultū oſtēdebant. Inuehebātqꝫ aliqn̄ ꝯtra pͥncipū ignorātiā: ꝙ diu̓ſiſſimas turpiſſimaſqꝫ religiones in mūdo paterent̉: ⁊ ſolam verāqꝫ chriſti religionem tam crudeliter inſequi nō ceſſarent.
