tuū/ ait pſalmiſta dn̄o/ et lumē ſemitꝭ meis Sit oportꝫ ip̄i gaudiū. qͥ delectabile lumē ocl̓is īſpicit qͦtidie. Neqꝫ hēt vt tobias ꝯq̄ ri. qͣle mihi gaudiū erit. qͥ ī tenebris ſedeo. et lumē celi nō video Uidet plane lumē ce li ſcriptor nr̄ qd̓ ē v̓bū dei deſcēdens a pr̄e luminū. dū alij accumulāt ſuꝑ ſe terrā īſtar talpaꝝ defoſſi tenebris ſeculariū vel lr̄aꝝ vel oꝑationū. Gaudeāt pueri tales habuiſ ſe parētes vel mgr̄os qͥ talibꝰ eos artibꝰ ſalubria ſcribēdi voluerūt inſtruere. Gaude ant qͥ talētū artꝭ hmōi ſuſceptū nō ignauit̓ infodere ſꝫ vt lucernā ⁊ luce ſtrēnuitate diligēti/ conāt̉ pn̄tibꝰ ⁊ futuris on̄dere. Uide Hō hoī ⁊ ars arti qͣntū p̄ſtat ⁊ p̄fert̉/ Dedi tus ſcꝫ ad ſalutaria ſpūaliaqꝫ/ p̄ derelictis aūt īpulſis ad noxia. q̄ vl̓ auariciā nutriāt vel ad flagicia ꝑtrahāt nō diſtrahāt a pctīs ¶ Demū collige tecū ſcriptor nr̄ qͣle ſit tibi donū dei. poſſe freq̄nter emergere de tenebris mūdanoꝝ hoīm cū actibꝰ ſuis teter rimis. ī ſeditiōibꝰ/ ī bellis ī cōtradictiōibꝰ. Emergere dixerim ꝑ obligatiōeꝫ animi dū lucidis ⁊ trāqͥllis actiōibꝰ mēs occupat ſe. Nā vbi locꝰ eēt ī corde tuo tenebris. ꝙ lux ſcripturaꝝ attētiōe ſua cōplet. Qua ī re nō paruū accipit fructū ſcriptor qͣꝫuis illr̄atꝰ. nō minꝰ crebro qͣꝫ hō nō intelligēs eccl̓e cā ticis occupatꝰ/ Sēſit hāc lucē. ¶ Auguſti nus dū obediens celeſti oraculo. tolle lege tolle lege. cōiectꝭ ī ſcriptura apl̓i ocl̓is. mox depulſe ſūt ab eo dubitatiōis tenebre luce ſecuritatis infuſa. Itaqꝫ dici nō p̄t qͣꝫ mul tiplex olim ⁊ qͦtidie lucis ſplēdide fulgor in radiet legētes ī ſcripturis qͣs hr̄i nō poſſe ſine ſcriptoribꝰ qͥs neſciat. Preſto ſūt vbilibet ſcripta tibi ſi volueris. verba nō eque Uides ī illis defectꝰ tuos tanqͣꝫ ī ſpeculo ſi ne verecūdia vl̓ pudore cuiꝰ qͣꝫ inſpiciētis vel culpātis. Potes ꝓ variatiōe palati ſpi ritualis nūc iſtis nūc illis ſcriptoꝝ refici ſa poribꝰ. Propterea ſuꝑuacuaꝫ ip̄oꝝ multiplicatiōeꝫ qͥs eē culpauerit. Nōne lautiſſimā eē ꝯuenit ſapīe mēſam multaqꝫ ferculo rū varietate refertā/ Sumat vnuſqͥſqꝫ qͥd et qͣntū ſatis erit vel vſqꝫ ad ſobriā ebrietatē ſpūs. ad quā ſpōſus inuitat cariſſimos. Comedite inqͥt amici ⁊ bibite ⁊ in ebriami ni cariſſimi Qualis ebrietas nō tenebroſi tatē obtuſitatēqꝫ ſꝫ luminoſitatē affert inſo litam ⁊ vere diuinam. Nona conſideratioꝙ ſcriptor eccleſiam ditat. C Ciptor nr̄ eccl̓iam ditat Refertur Auguſtinꝰ moriēs frībꝰ inculcaſſe ꝙ eccl̓iaſtica bibliotecaꝫ magno ſtudio qꝛ magnū ſciebat eē theſauꝝ cuſtodirēt. Quo cōtra nō hn̄t tyrāni de populatores regionū ſeu religionū efficaciꝰ machinamētū qͣꝫ ſi libris ip̄as in pͥmis ſpoliauerīt atqꝫ pͥua uerit. Patuit ī regibꝰ aſſyrioꝝ reſpectu hie ruſalē ⁊ iudeoꝝ. Hoc pͥdē aīaduerſū ē incō modū cepiſſe circa regnū francie xp̄ianiſſimū a qͦ libri diſtracti ſunt aſſidue. etſi non aꝑta tn̄ occulta ⁊ palliata dep̄datiōe ꝓpter lucrū ad exteras natiōes colligēdū. qͣꝫqͣꝫ ne qꝫ defuerīt aꝑtiſſimi violētiſſimiqꝫ direpto res. Dicit̉ ī prouerbio vulgari. Les bons liueres faut les bons cleres.i. boni libri fa ciūt bonos clelicos. Hoc ꝓuerbiū veꝝ eſt Mutatꝭ qͦꝫ librꝭ. vt policia mutet̉ vno mō vel altero nc̄e ē. Hec ad laudē ſcriptoꝝ ſpe ctāt. qͦꝝ ſtudiū ē ad oppoſitū libroꝝ d̓ pau perationē ꝯtrariū. ditare ſcꝫ ⁊ populare libris ſctīs. ¶ Admirabil̓ fuit ardor hn̄di libros ſacros apd̓ ptolomeū regē. qͥ p̄cio ingēti cōꝑauit ſibi ꝑ ſeptuagīta īterp̄tes trāſlatione eoꝝ. Quō vtinā ꝓuocarēt̉ īfidelis regꝭ exēplo fideles pōtifices ⁊ pͥncipes xp̄i anī. Fert̉ huiꝰ regis libraria qͥnqͣginta mi lia libros habuiſſe. ¶ Ceteꝝ diuitias hic nō accipimꝰ ſolū ī decore libroꝝ. qͥ tn̄ addi tus ſi fuerit valori ſpūali p̄cium duplex ac creſcit. ſic̄ ī ornamētis eccl̓iaſticis iſta laudamꝰ. Sit ſcpͥtura laudabil̓ ꝓ theſauro qͣlis nō ē ī papiris ilico pereūtibꝰ. vbi dicūt̉ ſil̓ labor recte papireꝰ deperire cū oꝑa ⁊ im pēſa. Pergamenū durabiliꝰ ē. q̄ ꝯditio cariſtiā eiꝰ ſupra papirū compēſat abūdant̉. ¶ Sꝫ neqꝫ qͥſpiā excuſauerit ſuā ī ſcriben do ſegniciē ſi neſciuerit lr̄as artificioſe ml̓ tū formare. lr̄a ſit legibilis. ſit pūctuata. ſit purgata. qͣlis ē lōbardoꝝ. nō īuoluēs ſe tra ctibꝰ ſuꝑfluis. Sit demum ſine mēdis fal ſitatis. cū orthograuia vera. Illa ſufficit ī eccl̓ie theſauro reponi qͣꝫuis paꝝ fucati de corꝭ obtineat. nec tātūdem precij tēporalis Non autem oportet ad extremum vnūquēqꝫ ſimiles ad ſcribēdū libros aſſumere quēadmodū nō eſt par in legētibꝰ ſtudium Captat hic ampliꝰ deuotiōeꝫ vel gignere vel nutrire/ cui parua ſatiſfaciūt opuſcula. Uult aliꝰ ī altum eruditiōis intellectualis aſcēdere tali grādia doctoꝝ hn̄da ſunt vo lumīa. qͦꝝ traditiōes ordīe doctrinali ſcru
