Uiſum mortalem/ veluti ſol materialis Lucidior tuitus obſcurat nicticoracis Multa videre tn̄ fidei mediante berillo Conceſſuꝫ nobio ī enigmate voceqꝫ certa. ¶ Miror loqͣr facies ſpeculāti qͣtuor offert Fons h̓ vt ſpecula quedā ſic ezechielis Uiſio dat vultus aīalibꝰ eſſe quaternos Quatuor ancillis facies ſapientia donat Senſus bis binos verbo nā mōſtrat ī vno Litera geſta docet/ quid credas allegoria Moralis qͥd agas qͦ tendas anagogia He penetrāt aures mētis dulcore latenti Tetralogo ſiml̓ ac vno ſermone loquētes Prīcipio fons hic ꝑfudit myſticꝰ adam Poſt terris legit̉ fluuijs fluxiſſe qͣternis Irrigat ⁊ totū riuis felicibus orbem Te torrente replet fecundius o ſtudiorum Mr̄ pariſiꝰ/ paris expers/ maior athenis Maior ⁊ egipto prior eſt tua philoſophia Pura/ nec errorum ſceno ꝑmixta nocenti Sola cares mōſtrꝭ/ nec hēs portēta deoꝝ ¶ Quidā theoſophus iſta nutritꝰ in vrbe Gr̄a cui nomē/ cognomē ⁊ aduena fecit Hūc iuxta fontē viridante in ceſpite ripe Fructifero vite ſub ligno membra locauit More ſuo/ lenire vie faſtidia querens Oreqꝫ cordis aquas fontis guſtare beatiDulce refrigeriū cōtra tentaminis eſtum ¶ Eſſe ꝑegrinꝰ ſignis erat agnitus aptis. Caſſidulū dextro fartū dependet ab armo Ad latus oppoſitū/ celſū caput orbicularꝭ Pileꝰ obnubit ſoles qͦ pellat ⁊ imbres A vultu infeſtos baculꝰqꝫ teres regit artꝰ. Ferrea cui cuſpis/ munit̉ ſura cōturno. Scutū leua gerit ſaphiro/ celo ve ſereno Cōcolor hic auro ſeptē radiare planetas Inſpiceres medio cor pēnatū velut ignis Emicat ⁊ thau rutilo ſibi ſignat in auro Egide theoſophꝰ hac hoſtica tela retūdit/ Nec caret āgelico duce ſꝫ caro viſibꝰ obſtat Sedulꝰ hūc catulus vt thobiā comitat̉ Uidi eqͥdē ſynodū conſtātia dū generaleꝫ Colligit eccl̓ie fieret ſibi paſtor vt vnus ¶ Ueſꝑ erat gelidas ꝓtēdēs lōgiꝰ vmbras Aduena labenti iocūdo murmure riuo Lumīa dū figit meditās/ de fonte/ canora Uiſa loqͥ ſibi vox ꝓprijs accōmoda votis. Uita ꝑegrinis q̄ te p̄mit exul in oris Uult libertatem patrie te querere celis Hoc moyſes hoc ip̄e leui/ dū noīa gerſon Dant primogenitis ſignāt multis alioꝝ Niteris exemplis. ſed ꝙ deus accola terraſ Uenit ī has fieri/ nihil hoc hortamīe maiꝰ Terrꝭ genā petere quod te celeſtia cogat ¶ Ergo fides cū corde pio vult carmīe dici Qūo terrene voluit regionis ad ima Deflecti/ claudiqꝫ deꝰ ſub ventre marie Quē natū ioſeph ī memphī geſtare ꝑegre Iuſſus/ vbi ſeptē fugitiuus cōficit annos Inde relatꝰ fit(miꝝ o) ſibi ſubditus vltro Donec eū ſenio mors exoptata recepit Theoſophꝰ gaudet dū vox ſymphōica tal̓ Inſonat aure ſua/ tollit ſuetudo timorem Quāuis mirāda vox ē froneſi/ qꝛ tetras Eſt ancillarū/ dat̉ ⁊ ſua cuiqꝫ loquela Qua dignoſcat̉ velut in fidibꝰ cytharedi Organicis ſiue modulis ſeu carmīs odis Comodat ip̄e pias dictis ſolertior aures Senſibꝰ ac imis/ res ē nō parua/ reponit. Quatinꝰ aūt reſeret audita ſodalibꝰ oreInſerat aūt cartis. ſuplex priꝰ īchoatorās Alme ioſeph pr̄iarcha ſacer ꝓ cuiꝰ honore Nr̄a canit phroneẜtu ꝟgo/ tu ieſus olim. Uos tres vna domꝰ anguſtis incola terrꝭ. Quos īmēſa locāt mō celica regna/ fauete Nr̄aqꝫ ſit facite/ pietas accepta camene Ancillans fidei/ nulli preiudica vero Multa ꝓbabilit̓ ſuadēs/ temeraria nuſqͣꝫ Apta ꝑegrinū cor ſurſum attollere celis Hactenꝰ hͨ ſubeat primū narratio fugit Cur ioſeph a pr̄ia/ ſpōſa comitāte ieſuqꝫ? Exēplū primis magis id ſe ſenſibꝰ offert. Diſtinctio Ioabore Embra ioſeph ſōno r̄creās d̓feſſa Corde vigil iuſſa q̄ nūciat āgl̓s au Criſtia ſurge ioſeffili dd̓ accipe mr̄eꝫ(dit Cū puero/ fuge neu tardes/ egiptia rura Feſtiuus pete/ nā pueꝝ trux q̄ret herodes Perdēt ꝓ pietas laxat tremefactꝰ ⁊ horrēs Mox grauidas artꝰ hūiliſtratu exilit atqꝫ Uirgineū ſpōſe thalamū meſtiſſimꝰ intrat Forte maria ih̓m quē cunis ſomnꝰ hēbat Tunc vigili blande cura deuota fouebat Ut vidit ſpōſuꝫ cui nō mos nocte venire Inſtantis p̄ſaga mali. ꝯclamitat/ o vir En qͥd id ē qͥd hēs q̄ fert te ſors rogo pāde Eheu ſurge cito pueꝝ rape querit̉ infans Perdi crede mihi/ ꝑ reges dirus herodes Se dolet eluſuꝫ/ ꝓpera/ mō nūcius alto Demiſſus celo iuiſit nec fingo/ repente Sic fieri. Tibi tunc animi qͥd ꝟgo fuiſſe Crediderī noua tc̄ iuueniſqꝫ puerꝑa pauꝑ Simplex ſueta domi regionū neſcia tales Tete dū voces vrgent. ſed fiſa deo mox Cōploſis māibꝰ lacrimiſqꝫ ꝑ ora volūtis
