Defēſio iohānis d̓ ſcohauia dictoꝝ ſpūs ille ab humano videat̉ in diuinū de ficere ita vt ip̄e iā nō ipſe eo dūtaxat tꝑe qͦ dn̄o incipit altiꝰ inherere. Qui aūt adheret deo vnꝰ ſpūs eſt. Et ſic totū ī iſtud diuinitatꝭ archanū ītrat clamās cū pͣs. defe cit ī ſalutare tuū aīa mea. hec ille. Iſto ha bito ⁊ intellecto facillime oīa illa dicta hu ius tercie partis de nuptijs intelligunt̉ ⁊ exponunt̉. ¶ Ex iſto patet facillime intel lectꝰ clauſule illiꝰ q̄ ſubiungit̉. In ip̄a qui dem ſui vacuitate ꝑfruitiuū amorē ſpūs ꝑdit ſemetip̄m deiqꝫ claritatē nullo inter mediāte ſuſcipit. Spūs ſemetip̄m ꝓ tāto dicit̉ ꝑdere. qꝛ ī tali ſtatu vbi ſpūs humanus intantū amoris feruorē ſupra ſe rapitur vt merito ſine ſpū eſſe dicat̉. factus eſt tanqͣꝫ vas ꝑditū. eo ꝙ ſemetip̄m nō ſentit ſꝫ penitꝰ a ſeip̄o exinanit̉ abſorbet̉ ⁊ deficit. luce clariꝰ ꝯſtat ꝙ ꝯgrue dicit̉ ꝙ regina ſaba ſpūm ſuū ꝑdidit q̄ vltra ſpūm nō ha bebat. Sic ſil̓r paulꝰ ꝯueniēter dicit̉ ſpiritū ſuū ꝑdidiſſe qn̄ in raptu ꝯſtitutꝰ vtꝝ in corꝑe vel extra corpus eſſet ignorauit. Qn̄ aūt mens humana hūc ſup̄mum ver ticē id eſt mētis exceſſū attigerit tunc dei claritatem nullo intermediāte ſuſcipit qꝛ ab om̄ibꝰ imaginibꝰ ⁊ ſimbolis abſoluit̉ ⁊ ab oībꝰ oꝑatōibꝰ oīm viriū app̄henſiuarū tā inferioꝝ qͣꝫ ſuperioꝝ ociat̉ atqꝫ in ſuper ſubſtātialē radiū diuine luciditatis ducit̉ remoto om̄i velamine ⁊ īmediate deo vni tur. ſicqꝫ dei claritatē nullo inter mediāte ſuſcipit. Iſtud auteꝫ qd̓ dicit ac ſine inter miſſione ip̄e ſit ea claritas quā accipit ſatꝭ claret ex p̄dictis nō ſic intelligendū ⁊ qua liter doctores ſancti idē ſentiūt. Un̄ ī epi ſtola inferiꝰ annotata ſic habet̉. Hac hora incēſi ſic̄ aqͣ gutta vniat̉ infuſa multo vino. Sic iſta efficit̉ lux in dn̄o optimata ī optimo. Optima quippe ac om̄ipotēs efficit̉. qn̄ in optimū ac in om̄ipotentē tota traijcit̉ Cui ſatis ꝯcordat ſuꝑ ſeptimū an gelice hierarchie dicēs. Contēplatio ē dei fica ſil̓itudo qꝛ dū ꝑ eā illuminati lucētes fiūt qd̓āmodo ip̄iꝰ lumīs lucētis ſil̓itudi nē accipiūt. Qūo em̄ aer ſolis luce ꝑfuſus in eandē trāſformat̉ lumīs claritatē adeo vt nō tā illuminatꝰ qͣꝫ ip̄m lumē eſſe videatur. Et ſic̄ ferrū in ip̄m ignē miſſū magiſ efficit̉ ignis qͣꝫ ignitū. Sic viri ꝑfecti cha ritate induti ſiue imbuti charitas vident̉ potiꝰ vt emphatice loqͣr qͣꝫ charitate ſuccenſi. Induimini ergo dn̄m ſic̄ aer lucē ſi cut ferrū ignē. ⁊ eritis lux in dn̄o. Sic̄ em̄ ferrū inflāmatū accipit ī ſe formā ignis et dat ſe totū ⁊ nō partē ⁊ eripit ſe ſibi rema nendo ī ſe ſubſtātialiter inflāmatū ita aīa vnita deo ꝑ ignē diuini amoris qͣſi totam dat ſe ⁊ mittit ſe in deū ⁊ in deū trāſforma ta nō mutata ſubſtātia ꝓpria trāſformat ſe totā in deo amore qͥ eſt vita ſua ⁊ ꝑ amo rē ſit qͣſi tota diuīa. Naturale nāqꝫ eſt qn̄cunqꝫ aliqd̓ trāſformat̉ in aliud iſtud acci piat ꝓprietates ⁊ ꝯditōnes illiꝰ nature in quā trāſformat̉. Sic igit̉ mēs deuota cū ī lumē thearchicū trāſformat̉ ſit qd̓āmodo claritas quā accipit. ¶ Itē qd̓ ſequit̉ depē detqꝫ noſtꝝ eſſe creatū ab eſſe eterno ⁊ ẜm eſſentialē exiſtentiā vnū cū illo eſt ſic acci piendū eſt. ꝙ mēti nr̄e diuīa eſſentia realit̓ ⁊ p̄ſentialiter cōicat̉. Ubiqꝫ totꝰ eſt deꝰ ꝑ exiſtentiā ſꝫ nō in ſingulis eqͣliter ꝑ efficiē tiā. Et licet ex toto ſe vbiqꝫ oꝑet̉ tn̄ nō to tū qd̓ potētie ſue ē vbiqꝫ īmo potiꝰ nuſqͣꝫ oꝑat̉. Un̄ qꝛ ꝓpriū eſt diuine nature rebꝰ illabi ⁊ eoꝝ intimis cōmorari ⁊ ꝑ ſui illapſum ꝯſeruare reꝝ naturas ne decidāt in nō eſſe. idcirco dicit ꝙ nr̄m eſſe creatū dependet ab eſſe eterno. iuxta illud qd̓ ph̓s dicit ī libro de celo ⁊ mūdo. Ab hͦ quideꝫ ente.ſ. deo depēdet celum ⁊ terra. Et qꝛ ex nature ſue ꝓprietate cōpetit ip̄i deo vt in habitet ī intimo aīe rōnalis. ꝓpter qd̓ dic̄ Auḡ. tu intimior intimo meo ꝓpterea dicit ꝙ eſſe noſtꝝ creatū ẜm eſſentialē exiſtē tiā vnū cū illo eſt. diuerſe ſubſtātie ſūt ſpiritus dei ⁊ ſpūs hoīs ⁊ ergo ſpūs hoīs nō eſt ita vnꝰ cū ſpū dei ſic̄ filiꝰ cū patre vnuſ eſt deꝰ. Sꝫ qꝛ illapſu ſue p̄ſentialitatꝭ inhabitat aīaꝫ rationalē quā inter oīa creata imagine ſua inſigniuit. penes quā ima ginē tranſformat̉ trinitati ꝑſonaꝝ ⁊ ꝑtici pabilis eſt diuine nature ⁊ beatitudinis il lius. ideo dicit ꝙ om̄e noſtꝝ creatū ẜm eſſentialē exiſtētiā vnū cū illo eſt. Deꝰ em̄ ſā ctis ſuis triplicē vnionē tribuit.ſ. nature. gr̄e. ⁊ gl̓ie. Et de hac vnione naturali per quā deꝰ cōmorat̉ in intimo aīe rōnalis di ctū iſtud eſt intelligendū. ¶ Qualiter aūt illud ſit accipiendū. Uniuerſi quoqꝫ ſupͣ ſui creationē in vite ꝯtēplatiue altitudīe ſublimati vnū ſūt cū hac deifica claritate īmo ip̄a claritas ip̄i ſūt. atqꝫ in eo qͦ vidēt ⁊ qd̓ vidēt lumine idē fiunt. ſatis patet ex p̄dictis ⁊ ſpēaliter ex his q̄ dicta ſūt in illa clauſula. Ac ſine int̓miſſiōe fit ip̄a claritaſ
