¶ De conſolatione theologie eſt numerus. videbit oꝑa dei ꝙ nemo poſſit corrigere quē ille deſpexerit. Uidebit ꝙ de p̄meditatis ſecū ⁊ dictis tunc faciā hoc tunc faciā illud. fiet poſtmodū neqꝫ hoc ne qꝫ illud. Uidebit ſe longe fieri ⁊ confundi ab expectatione ſua/ ⁊ velut a torrēte rapido aliorſuꝫ/ ac reatus erat/ trahi. Aīaduertet deniqꝫ aliquādo faciliꝰ eſſe ſpeculātē in cella vel ſtudio deſcribere ſibi pulcrū boni regimīs moduꝫ in republica/ qͣꝫ exequēdo practicare. ¶ Monicus ¶ Quid de hoībꝰ cēſes nr̄e etatis querētibꝰ expectatōnes ad beneficia/ quibꝰ ānexa eſt alioꝝ cura. Pro quibꝰ vel adipiſcēdis/ vel retinēdis ſe litibus inuoluūt/ ſumptibꝰqꝫ ꝯſumūt. ¶ Uo lucer ¶ Uiderint ip̄i qualis ſua ſit intētio et quē ſibi finē prīcipalit̓ ꝯſtituūt. Poteſt itaqꝫ fieri vt idoneꝰ aliqͥs ſeruire deo in regimine publico q̄rat illud intēdēs ex ꝯn̄ti et tanqͣꝫ ſecūdarie ſuſtētationem vite ꝓprie ſufficientē habere. qͣtinꝰ abſqꝫ mēdicitate vel improportōnato ſibi labore ſeruiat in hoc ſtatu liberiori/ quiete deo. Nec eſt leui ter hͦ imputādū ſymoniace prauitati. Sicut nec dū frequentant̉ in eccleſijs hore ca nonice ad recipiendū diſtributōes quotidianas ⁊ ſolitas. Aut dum vicariꝰ deſeruit vni cure ſuſcipiēs inde ſtipēdiū. Dignꝰ eſt oꝑarius mercede ⁊ cibo ſuo. Dicā ampliꝰ Si ꝓfitet̉ aliquis vitā clauſtralē rōnabili ter intendēs illic ſufficiēter ſuſtētari. alioquin nō intraturꝰ neqꝫ tn̄ ſymoniacus eſt dū intētio principalis ē ſeruire deo ⁊ ſuſtē tatio vite eſt ad illū finē ⁊ ſub illo. vbi aūt vnū ꝓpter aliud. iam nō duo ſed vnū ſunt ¶ Monicus ¶ Appares loqͥ fauorabilit̓ in excuſationē ſymonie/ quā tāta ſeueritate decreta dānāt. quā ampliare ita nitūtur aliqui/ ꝙ pene nihil apud eccleſiaſticos in ueniret̉(ſi verū ſentirēt) a ſymonia nō infe ctum: Sed hoc interim omiſſo cū multis que magis ſcholaſtice tractāda ſunt. ꝑfice qd̓ cepiſti de zeli moderatōe ꝑ patientiam reſpectu fraterne correctōis. ¶ Uolucer Correctio fraterna cū ſit opus elemoſine ſpūalis datū ſub affirmatiuo p̄cepto. Si peccauerit in te frater tuꝰ ⁊c. Sꝑ quidē ob ligat ſed nō ꝓ ſꝑ. ¶ Omittēda quippe eſt dū ꝓbabiliter apparet ꝙ fieret vel fruſtravel in deterioratōeꝫ corrigēdi. Hoc aūt ꝓbabilit̓ eſtimat̉ de peccātibꝰ ex malicia ⁊ cō ſuetudine ꝑuerſa. nō ex ignorātia. Secꝰ in correctōe iudiciaria vbi pōt ꝯtēni ſcādalū illiꝰ qui puniri debet. qꝛ fit ꝓ ſalute neduꝫ illiꝰ. ſed totiꝰ reipublice. ⁊ vt punitio ſceleris cedat alijs in exēplū. ¶ Pōt inſuꝑ hec omitti correctō dū ꝓbabilit̓ apparet ꝙ pec cās alio mō ꝑ ſe vel ꝑ alterū corriget̉. Sic enī famelicꝰ nō ē de neceſſitate paſcēdꝰ a pe tro etiaꝫ diuite/ ſi veriſil̓r īmineat modꝰ ꝙ ſuſtētatꝰ ꝑ ſe vel aliū non ꝑibit. Qua ſuper re nemo dꝫ ſibi fabricare leuiter ſcrupulos tanqͣꝫ de neceſſitate p̄cepti. ſicut nec ī alijs plurimis/ q̄ vel p̄tergredi vel agi pn̄t infra termīos diuine iuſſionis. ¶ Attēto p̄terea ꝙ temerariū frequēter eēt ⁊ vſurpatū iudiciū corrigere fratrē qͣſi crimīaliter oꝑantēvbi pōt occurrere multiplex excuſatōis locus/ vel rōne fragilitatis ꝓprie/ vt in puerꝭ et puellis ⁊ ruſticanis. vel qꝛ doctrinis et virtutibꝰ aliūde pollent a quibꝰ eos declīa re nec ſe corrigere nō eſt leuiter p̄ſumēduꝫ. ¶ Rurſus attēdere debet iſta correctio ne p̄tergrediat̉ vllatenꝰ ordinē hierarchicū qͦ inferiores reduci hn̄t ad deum ꝑ ſuꝑiores etiā vbi vr̄ in ſuꝑioribꝰ vel inertia vel lata culpa/ nō inde publicaꝫ poteſtatē vſurpet aliqͥs. neqꝫ in p̄dicatōe/ neqꝫ in ſacramēto rū mīſtratōe/ neqꝫ in ſuꝑioꝝ corā ſubditis ſatirica rep̄hēſione que nō edificatōeꝫ mo rū ſed indignatōeꝫ cauſat ⁊ ꝯtēptū. ¶ Eſt aūt ſpecialiꝰ aliqͥd obſeruādū circa eos qͦrū ꝯfeſſiōes audiunt̉ vt extia neqꝫ publice neqꝫ priuate arguant̉ inde īmo neqꝫ laudē tur ne aperiat̉ via ſuſpecte reuelatōis ī vituꝑato vel fictōis aūt inanis gloriatōis in laudato. vl̓ diffamatōis ꝑ indirectū ī ꝯfitē tibꝰ nō laudatis. ¶ Monicus ¶ Difficile certe iugū ꝓ p̄ſidētibꝰ in vtroqꝫ foro qꝛ ſic obligāt̉ corrigent ſic ſe gerere qͣſi penitꝰ ī cō feſſiōe nil audiſſent. Sed ad vlteriora ꝑ ꝑ gēs dic qͣli moderatōe ſit exercēda tal̓ correctio. ¶ Uolucer ¶ Utiqꝫ nō cū imꝑio. n̄ cū auſteritate. ⁊ mīme cū ꝯtumelia vel improperio. Mēdax eī in ore ꝯtumelioſi cor rectio. Sit exēplo pauli/ cū om̄i humilita te lachrymis ⁊ māſuetudīe. Neqꝫ formidā dū ē hic ne nimia ẜuet̉ hūilitas/ vbi nulla eſt q̄ frāgi timeat̉ regēdi auctoritas. Quid ꝙ in multis diſſimulāda ſūt pctā vl̓ iunio rū/ ne ꝑdāt verecūdiā vl̓ ſenioꝝ ne peſſimē tur ꝑ impatiētiā? increpādi n̄ ſūt/ p̄ſertim ī publico. ſꝫ nec eis delirātibꝰ ē plauſibiliter aſſentiēdū. Modeſtū ſilētiū cū facie ſubtri ſti ſatꝭ erit ꝓ ſua correctōe/ ⁊ nr̄a ne peccē cautōe. Porro ſi pctā talia ſint q̄ doctrinā
