¶ Quintus defectus monaſticorum ſes nō mō in dinis ſtudijs q̄ pi etatꝭ ſūt ſꝫ ⁊ in hūanis vtputa in oī dot̓na egiptioꝝ edoctꝰ: te ſte Hiero. inflatiſſimi daniel: ananias: azarias ⁊ miſahel: tā cauti ſcīa ⁊ docti diſciplina: vt in eis inueniret caldeoꝝ rex: oē ꝟbū ſapīe et intellectꝰ decuplū ſuꝑ cūctos ariolos et magos qͥ erat in vniuerſo regno eiꝰ Daniel̓.i. Sꝫ et de ſaluatore nr̄o ſcribit̉ reqͥeſcet ſuꝑ eū ſpūs ſapiētie ⁊ ſcīe. ⁊ paulꝰ de eo ait: in qͦ ſunt oēs theſauri ſapīe ⁊ ſcīe abſcōditi. Legiſti ſcīaꝫ inflātē ⁊ nō legiſti ſcīaꝫ: caſtitatē quā ꝓfeſſus es adiuuantē. vel Hie ronimū igͦras qͥ ad ruſticū monachū ait ſtudia lr̄aꝝ amā ⁊ vi tia carnis nō amab̓: Idē ī epl̓a ad paulinū de ſacraꝝ lr̄aꝝ ſtudio ait. Oro te frat̓ cariſſime inter hec viuere: iſta meditari: nihil aliud noſſe: nihilqꝫ aliud q̄rere. nōne videt̉ tibi iam h̓ in terris: regni celeſtꝭ hītaculū: hͦ ille. ¶ Nōne vetꝰ laberij ꝓuer biū eſt in ſaturnalibꝰ a macrobio poſitū: comes facūdꝰ in via ꝓ vehiculo: ⁊ qͥs eſt d̓o in ſacra ſcpta loq̄nte comes facūdior: erit inqͥt ſapiēs collocutio cogitatiō ⁊ tedij mei. intrās in domū ꝯceſcā cū illa: nō eī hꝫ amaritudinē ꝯu̓ſatio eiꝰ nec tediū ꝯuictꝰ eiꝰ ſꝫ leticiā ⁊ gaudium Sap. viij. Et hͨ ip̄a theologia tit qͥ oꝑant̉ in me nō peccabūt qͥ elucidāt me: vitā eternā poſſ debūt Ecc̄i. xxiiij. Et ſepheriꝰ papa ſic̄ ſtellas celi nō extīguit nox: ſic nec mētes fideliū firma mento ſacre ſcripte inherētes md̓ana n̄ obſcurat iniqͥtas. īmo ⁊ Beda hꝰ religiōis ꝓfeſſor ve nerabilis: etiā a ſeculariū lr̄arū ſtudio neqͦqꝫ eos qͥ dīnis etiā intēdere volūt lr̄is: det̓rendos eſtīat. ait em̄ in liꝰ regū: turbat acumen legentiū ⁊ deficere cogit qͥ eos a legēdis ſecularibus oīmode exiſtimat ꝓhibēdos. xxxvij. diſ. c. turbat. ⁊ qͥdē etiā in ſecularibꝰ lr̄is multos hꝰ religiōis viros etiā ꝓbatiſſimos ꝯſtat fuiſſe eruditos: inter qͦs ⁊ venerabil̓ vilhelmꝰ etiā diuis oꝑibꝰ magnꝰ hꝰ hirſaugiēſis ce nobij in eo loco qͦ nūc xp̄o militat̉ inſtaurator pͥmariꝰ haut q̄qꝫ vltimꝰ apꝑuit cū eēt etiā in mathematicꝭ pl̓imū inſtitutꝰ. In celos vſqꝫ extollit̉ religiōꝭ ꝓfeſſio. at Ioh̓is de gerſona cācellarij ꝑiẜ ſn̄a citra aſſertio nē poſita audiat̉. Ab aliqͥbꝰ in qͥt forte nō mīoris meriti iudicaret̉ ſe in ſtudiū theologie deuouere: qͣꝫ ſine ea religionē ꝓfi teri. ¶ Sile igitur et digitum ori tuo ſuꝑpōe qm̄ ſi tacuiſſe: ſapiēs ac p̄dictā pauli ſn̄am in telligēs eſtimari potuiſſes Nō em̄ vt ſcīam ⁊ potiſſimū ſacraꝝ litteraꝝ reyciamꝰ: hec a paulo dicta ſunt qͥ et ipſe obſcientie