dendū eſt: vt mirabilit̓ ſeraphicꝰ vir ille Frāciſcus in ſua Franciſcus. pͥma regula a papa Innocētio ꝯfirmata declarauit. Dedit em̄ eūdi ⁊ ſtādi modū ⁊ formā tā indoctis qͣꝫ etiā ſciē tificis hoc mō: Fratres ꝟo qui vadūt poſſūt duobꝰ modis int̓ eos ꝯuerſari. Unꝰ modꝰ eſt ꝙ nō faciāt lites neqꝫ cōtētiq̄es: ſꝫ ſint ſubiecti om̄i creature ꝓpt̓ deū: ⁊ ꝯfiteātur ſe eē xp̄ianos. Aliꝰ modꝰ eſt: ꝙ cū viderīt placere deo annūciēt verbū dei: vt credāt in deū om̄ipotētē: patrē fi liū ⁊ ſpūmſāctū. Creatorē oīm: redēptorē ⁊ ſaluatorē filiū. Et vt baptizent̉ ⁊ efficiant̓ chriſtiani. Qd̓ niſi qͥs renatꝰ fuerit ex aqua ⁊ ſpūſctō nō pōt intrare in regnū dei. Hec ⁊ alia q̄ placuerint dn̄o: ipſis ⁊ alijs dicere poſſunt. Quia dicit dn̄s in euāgelio: Om̄is qui ꝯfitebit̉ me cora hominibꝰ: cōfitebor ⁊ ego illū corā patre meo qui in celieſt. Et qui me erubuerit ⁊ meos ẜmones hūc filiꝰ homīs erubeſcet in maieſtate ſua: ⁊ patris ⁊ ſctōꝝ angeloꝝ. Mi rabilit̓ ergo vir hic deo plenꝰ: vtriſqꝫ viroꝝ generibus: et pͥmo ſcripturaꝝ ſacraꝝ indoctis formā int̓ infideles eundi ſtādiqꝫ explicuit: vt eoꝝ vite integritas humil̓ ⁊ chari tatiua ꝯuerſatio ſpiritual̓ ⁊ magna fieret ill̓ predicatio Et qd̓ ore expͥmere neſcirēt: vite exēplo ⁊ re ipſa declara rēt. Un̄ ⁊ de fratre quodā laico ordinis illius ſcriptū habet̉: ꝙ cū int̓ infideles integrā ⁊ exemplarē vitaꝫ duceret ab illis interrogatꝰ accepit in manibꝰ regulā: ⁊ genuflexus xp̄ianū ſe eē: ⁊ regulā ꝓfeſſus martyrij coronā ꝓmeruit. Quare ⁊ quilibet xp̄ianꝰ charitatis amore ſuccēſus qͣꝫuis laicꝰ ⁊ ſecularis: eandē pōt ꝯuerſationē ⁊ modum inter infideles obſeruare ⁊ ſe chriſtianū profiteri: ⁊ cōpetenti tempore illis quilibet denūciare poteſt: ꝙ ſine chriſti fide ⁊ baptiſmate minime ſaluari poſſunt. Nec ad hoc magna ſcripturarū noticia eſt neceſſaria: nec hi ad illos officio predicationis accedunt: ſed vt ſuam profiteantur fidem ſine qua nec illi ſaluari poſſunt. Et iſtis ſimpliciter dictum eſt: Quicunqꝫ vult venire poſt me abneget ſemetipſum et tollat crucem ſuam et ſequatur me. At
