¶ Euntibus ad conciliū piſis vniuerſitates toto orbe celeberrimas/ et ip ſis nōne fides dari dꝫ. cū illic ſint viri ſpūa les ⁊ ſapiētes ẜm qͣlia iudicia mediū ꝟtutꝭ acciꝑe iubet ph̓s. Illic p̄terea ſunt idonei cōditores legū doctrinal̓r ⁊ inſtructiue qͥbus ſil̓is interp̄tatio ꝑ epileam debita ē. Illic ſunt qͥ mētiri neſciūt/ de quibꝰ nouerunt ⁊ mētiētes. redarguere pn̄t. dū a ꝟo fal ſum a licito illicitū ſciunt ſecernere. Cū ergo cōueniunt cōgregatio multiplex ſapien tū in celebrationē huiꝰ cōcilij generalis tā qͣꝫ in rem expediētē vt in pͥma cā dicebatur In rem p̄terea decentē ſic̄ viſum eſt ī ſcd̓a. Nā qͥd decētiꝰ qͣꝫ vt vnū corpꝰ hēat caput vnū. Poſtremo ſuꝑeſt on̄dere rē hāc eē ꝑ ſe licitā atqꝫ legittimā qd̓ in qͣrta ⁊ vltima con ſideratiōe videbimus que talis eſt. Quarta cōſideratō ¶ Cōgregatio filioꝝ iſrael ⁊ iuda ꝑiter ſu mit ſua efficaciā ⁊ ꝟtutē a diuino ſemīe qd̓ ꝑ eccīaſticū corpus tanqͣꝫ ſanguis viuific diffuſum eſt ⁊ radicaliter ſeu inſeꝑabiliter inſertū. Ponamus ꝓ ſolido fundamēto p̄ ſentis cōſideratiōis ⁊ alioꝝ tā dictoꝝ qͣꝫ di cendoꝝ/ textū apl̓i ad Eph̓. iiij. Solliciti ſeruare vnitatē ſpūs in vinculo pacis vnū corpuū et vnus ſpūs. ſicut vocati eſtꝭ ī vna ſpe vocatiōis vr̄e. vnꝰ dn̄s vna fides/ vnū baptiſma vnꝰ deꝰ ⁊ pr̄ oīm qͥ ſuꝑ oēs ⁊ ſuꝑ oīa et ī oībꝰ Seqͥt̉. Et ip̄e dedit qͦſuā qͥdeꝫ apl̓os. qͦſdā aūt ꝓph̓as. alios ꝟo euangeliſtas. alios aūt paſtores ⁊ doctores ad con ſūmatiōem ſctōꝝ in opus miniſterij ī edi ficationē corꝑis xp̄i/ donec occurramꝰ oēs in vnitatē fidei ⁊ agnitiōis filij dei in virū ꝑfectū. in menſura etatis plenitudinis xp̄i. Sequit̉. Ueritatē aūt faciētes in caritate creſcamꝰ in illo ꝑ oīa qͥ eſt caput xp̄us ex qͦ totū corpꝰ cōpactū ⁊ cōpexū ꝑ oēm iunctu ram ſubmīſtratiōis ẜm oꝑationē in mēſu rā vniuſcuiuſqꝫ mēbri augmētū corꝑis fa cit in edificationē ſui in caritate ¶ Eliciamꝰ ex his pauciſſimis ſed ſentētioſiſſimis apl̓i verbis aliqͣs veritates. ¶ Prima Cō gregatio eccīaſtica ad vnū caput xp̄m facit et cōglutinat̉ ꝑ vinculū amoroſuꝫ ſpūſſctī mediātibꝰ qͣlitatiuis diſpoſitiōibꝰ redden tibꝰ in corꝑe miſtico cōplexionalē armoni am viuificā ⁊ decentē. Hec aūt dona ſunt virtutes theologice fides ſpes ⁊ charitas. ſunt etiā ſacr̄a eccīaſtica. ſunt diuerſe diuiſiones gr̄arū ꝓut vnicuiqꝫ cōceſſum ē. hoc eſt ſemen in qͦ cōueniūt ambe obie/ qͣle nō abſtuliſſet ſciſma peſtiferū/ ſi de pace refor mando nihil actū eēt ꝓut alias ſcripſit ipſis romāis ꝑiſien̄. vniuerſitas. Scd̓a Cōgregatio eccīaſtica ad vnū caput xp̄m copioſior ē/ atꝫ fecūdior/ qͣꝫ fuit cōgregatō ſynagoge Nō eī hūit ſynagoga talē ī ſacr̄iſ et alijs multis cōmutationē adiūctiōis ſic̄ eccīa. nā extra eā ſtabat ſalus. quēadmodū ſaluatus Iob on̄dit. ¶ Tertia. ¶ Cōgregatio eccīaſtica ad vnū caput ſecūdarium/ multiplicior eſt ⁊ maior qͣꝫ ſit cōgregatio ci uilis ſub vno rectore vel imꝑatore vl̓ rege. Cōnexio qͥppe talis politice ciuilitatis fit ꝑ leges ⁊ dona nature pͥncipaliter ⁊ in illis cōſtituit ſuā vnitatē. Eccīa vero vt policia et ordinata hꝫ hāc vnitatem. ⁊ vltra hanc hꝫ alterā ſuꝑnaturalē ⁊ diuinā q̄ dc̄a ē. Et ita ſequit̉ cōſequēter ꝙ eccīaſtica pluribus legibꝰ regit̉ qͣꝫ altera policia. ¶ Quarta. Cōgregatio eccīaſtica nō hꝫ vel hūit ex ſe ptātē ordinādi et cōſumēdi ꝑ gradus vari os atꝫ hierarchicos dignitatū ⁊ admīſtratō nū. qͣles in ip̄a reꝑimꝰ a ſūmo p̄ſulatu vſqꝫ ad infimū adminiſtratiōis gradū qͥcunqꝫ ſit ille. Ptꝫ qꝛ ſuꝑnaturalis eſt hec inſtitutio cōſurgēs ex ſolo bn̄placito liberaliſſimi cōditoris. Nec vt opinor voluiſſꝫ vnqͣꝫ op poſitū ſentire p̄fatꝰ mgr̄ Henricꝰ de haſſia dū ponit ꝙ eccīa poſſet ſibi inſtituere ſum mū pontificē ſi nō fuiſſet īmediate cōſtitutus a xp̄o. Addit enī ꝙ hoc potuiſſet eccīa a ſpūſctō edocta ⁊ auctoriſata qd̓ ē ꝓbabili ter ſentiendū. ¶ Quinta. ¶ Cōgregatio corꝑis miſtici ad vnū caput xp̄m ſꝑ hēbit ꝑ oēm iuncturā gradꝰ dignitatū ⁊ officioꝝ ⁊ admīſtrationū de quibꝰ dictū eſt. ptꝫ ex il lo verbo donec occurramꝰ oēs ⁊c̄. Propte rea d̓r eccīa deſpōſata xp̄o in ſempiternum Ozee pͥmo. Dicit̉ p̄terea hr̄e ſꝑ in ſe ſemen ad ſui ꝓpagationē ⁊ cōſeruationeꝫ vſqꝫ ad cōſūmationē ſeculi. ¶ Sexta. ¶ Cōgregatio eccīaſtica ad vnū caput xp̄m lege ſtā te nō remanebit ī ſola muliere. īmo nec in ſolis laicis ſꝫ erūt vſqꝫ ad cōſūmationē ſeculi ep̄i ⁊ ſacerdotes aliqͥ fideles ¶ Septi ma. ¶ Cōgregatio eccīaſtica dici p̄t habe re duplices ꝑtes integrātes eā. q̄dā ſūt fluē tes. q̄dā ꝑmanētes et vt ita loqͣmur eēntia les Prime ſunt ipſe ꝑſone mortales cōſtitute ī graduū varietate. Alie ſunt ipſimet gradus dignitatū ⁊ admīſtrationū. Exem plū in papa ⁊ papatu. in ep̄o ⁊ ep̄atu ⁊ ſil̓ibus. papa fluit papatꝰ ſtabilis eſt. ¶ Oc
