¶ Sermo factus de
preconijs / qͣꝫ recte qͣꝫ religioſe faciūt ⁊ fecerūt qui celebritatē de virginali cōiugio
¶ L
Marie et Ioſeph / qui feſtiuitatē ſolennē de beato trāſitū eiuſdē Ioſeph ꝑagere
ſenſerūt tam verbis qͣꝫ ſcriptis ſuis que ſcripta qm̄ vel hn̄tur vel facil̓r haberi pn̄t
ea breuitatis amor linqͥt . Et ad vltimā ſe trāſſert ꝯſideratōem . q̄ poſt verbū de no
bilitate ioſeph ⁊ marie in prīa ꝯſideratōe . De hinc de ipſoꝝ ſanctificatiōe in alte¬
ra . Rurſus de fomitis rep̄ſſione in tertia . Loquit̉ de multiplici natītate Ieſu ⁊ de
habitudine quā hꝫ ad marlā atqꝫ ioſeph hmōi natiuitas .
¶ Quarta conſideratio De maria na
tus eſt ieſus qͥ vocat̉ xp̄s ; nedū corꝑaliter ſed ſpūal̓r quidē Et de virginali ſponſo
ſuo ioſeph ſuo mō dici p̄t . Nō eqͥdē dici p̄t . ꝙ de ioſeph natꝰ ſit ieſus . mō quo blaſ
femat iudeꝰ infelix qͥ dicit xp̄m ex ioſeph ſemīe eſſe natū / ꝓcul hoc a pietate fideli
um ¶ Sꝫ attēdo triplicē natiuitatē Ieſu xp̄i / attēdat ⁊ veſtra btītudo ſcꝫ eterna¬
lem / corꝑalē ſpūalē vel mētalē . Naſcit̉ enī eternal̓r ex patre . quēadmodū naſcitur
ſplēdor ex luce coeuus luci . Hinc eſt illd̓ eccl̓ie cāticū . O oriēs ſplēdor lucis et̓ne
Et in ꝑſona ſapīe increate dic̄ ecc̄iaſticꝰ . Ego ex ore altiſſimi ꝓdij prīogenita an̄
oēm creaturā Et yſaias Generatōꝫ eiꝰ qͥs enarrabit ? Et in pſal . Ex vtero an̄ lucife
rū genui te In hac eternali natītate xp̄i ieſu . neqꝫ maria . neqꝫ Ioſeph cōicat ¶ Al
tera natiuitas xp̄i ih̓u / fuit corꝑal̓r in mūdo ex virgīe . De qͣ angelꝰ ad mariā Spi
rituſſctūs ſuꝑueniet in te ⁊ virtꝰ altiſſimi obūbrabit tibi . Ideoqꝫ ⁊ qd̓ naſcet̉ ex te
ſanctū vocabit̉ filiꝰ dei Et hoc factū eſt qn̄ ꝯpleti ſunt dies marie vt pareret ⁊ pepe
rit filiū ſuū primogenitū . Et in hac qͥdē natiuitate ſola maria . materiā mīſtrauit
At vero qꝛ corpꝰ marie fuit ipſiꝰ Ioſeph . iure matrimoniali qͦ ſit mutua trāſlatō
corpoꝝ viri ad ml̓ierē ⁊ ecōtra . Uideamꝰ ſi cū intelligētie ſobrietate dicere fas no
bis ſit ꝙ ex corꝑe ⁊ carne Ioſeph natꝰ eſt xp̄s ih̓s . Et hoc dici forſitan poſſet niſi
piaꝝ auriū timeret̉ offenſio . ¶ Aīaduertamꝰ tn̄ ex lege veteri / ꝙ ſi frater deceſſiſſet
¶ ⁊
ſine prole / frat̓ ſuꝑſtes ducebat vxorē defuncti vt ſuſcitaret ſemē eiꝰ Ac natꝰ in̄ pu
er dicebat̉ filius nō quidē natural̓ . ſꝫ legal̓ illiꝰ qͥ iā obierat frīs Sic enī cōcordat̉
euangelica ſeries genealogie xp̄i dū ioſeph legit̉ habuiſſe duos pr̄es vnū quē ma
theꝰ noīat iacob . Alteꝝ quē appellat lucas hely . qͥ legal̓ fuit pr̄ iacob vero natura
lis Quorſum iſta ? Nimiꝝ ꝓ intelligētia lr̄e ne pateat irriſiōi vl̓ ſcādalo neſciētiū
morē ſcripture . qͣi ioſeph habuerit duos pr̄es naturales Uel ꝙ euāgeliſte mētiti
ſunt ꝓut opponit Iulianꝰ ¶ Proinde qͣtenꝰ daret̉ intellectꝰ quo ioſeph dictꝰ ē pr̄
Ih̓u xp̄i / nedū a iudeis hͦ putātibꝰ ⁊ carnal̓r ſentiētibꝰ / ſꝫ ab ip̄a etiā virgine Ma
ria . Fili inqͥt . Quid feciſti nob̓ ſic Ecce pr̄ tuꝰ ⁊ ego dolētes q̄rebamꝰ te ¶ Fuit ita
qꝫ Ioſeph pr̄ ieſu reputatōe Fuit pr̄ curatōe . qꝛ nutritius Fuit t̓tio pr̄ generatōe
nō qͥdē ſua ſꝫ marie vxoris ſue / cooꝑante ſpūſctō ⁊ qͦdāmō vices ioſeph gerēte / nō
virili ſemīe ſꝫ miſtico ſpiramīe Propterea pr̄ qͥdē ioſeph nō natural̓ ſꝫ legal̓ pue
ri ieſu dici p̄t . cui ſpūſſctūs ſuſcitauit ſemen carna le Ualētiꝰ Natꝰ ē igit̉ ih̓s in t̓ra
ſeu fundo ip̄iꝰ Ioſeph de qͣ t̓ra clamat Iſaias Rorate celi deſuꝑ ⁊ nubes pluāt iu
ſtū aꝑiat̉ terra ⁊ germīet ſaluatorē Et in pſal . Ueritas de t̓ra orta ē . Quidni ꝯpe¬
tat igit̉ ipſi Ioſeph ius aliqd̓ legale vltra cet̓os hoīes ī bn̄dicta pueri ieſu forma
tōe qm̄ natꝰ ē in ea . ⁊ ex ea carne cuiꝰ dn̄iū iure mr̄imoniali vere trāſlatū erat ī ip̄ꝫ
Ioſeph Un̄ nō ꝯfundebat̉ maria vocare Ioſeh dn̄m ſuū quēadmodū de ſara ad
abraa ſcribit apl̓s petrꝰ . Un̄ ⁊ p̄ponit eū ſibi vbi priꝰ . Ecce pr̄ tuꝰ ⁊ ego q̄rebamꝰ
te . Nimiꝝ Quia maior in maria qͣꝫ ſara hūilitas ⁊ Ioſeph dignitas abrae digni¬
tatē ſuꝑabat Fuit āt hec ꝓcreatio pueri Ih̓u ī te maria ꝑ ſpm̄ſctm̄ de ꝯſenſu vero
vel interp̄tatiuo viri tui ioſeph Uolebat enī ꝙ fierꝫ volūtas dn̄i ꝑ oīa cū eēt iuſtꝰ .
¶ Hec āt dicimꝰ ad excludēdū ꝑtus adulterinos vxoꝝ . in qͥbꝰ mariti vl̓ nō ꝯſenti
¶ ꝯ
unt . vel ꝯſentire rōnabilit̓ nequeūt . Nullū idcirco ius pr̄nitatꝭ in talibꝰ filijs . lꝫ ī
fundo ſuo genitꝭ vēdicare pn̄t ¶ Libet hic exclamare . O mirāda ꝓrſus Ioſeph
ſublimitas tua O dignitas incōꝑabilis . vt mat̓ dei . regīa celi . dn̄a mūdi . appella
re te dn̄m nō indignū putauerit Neſcio ſane pr̄es orthodoxi qͥd hic āplius hēat /