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Natiuitate virginis beatiſſime
mirabilis vel humilitas in maria vel in io
ſeph ſublimitas qͣꝫuis incōꝑabil̓r exuꝑet
vtrūqꝫ puer Ieſus bn̄dictus in ſecl̓a de qͦ
ſcriptū et iam dictū eſt . ꝙ erat ſubditꝰ eis .
Subditus fabro is qui fabricauit auro
rā ⁊ ſolē . Subditꝰ femīe textrine . cui flecti
tur om̄e genu . celeſtiū terreſtriū ⁊ inferno
rū ¶ Cuꝑem mihi verba ſuppeterēt / ad ex
plicandū tam altū ⁊ abſconditū a ſeculis
myſteriū . tā admirandā . venerādāqꝫ trini
tatē Ieſu Ioſep ⁊ Marie . Uelle mihi qͥdē
adiacet . ſed poſſe nō inuenio ac in ipſo co
natu deficio . Un̄ cū grā ſil̓r ⁊ gl̓a . naturaꝫ
nō tollat ſed extollat ⁊ ꝑficiat . recogitem
pia deuotōe . ꝙ ſi vincl̓o qͦdā naturali / ob¬
ligatio cōſurgit filij ad matrē ⁊ matris ad
ſpōſum ſuū ⁊ vtriuſqꝫ ſcꝫ filij ⁊ matris ad
fideliſſimū vigilantiſſimū ⁊ ſedulū cuſto¬
dē et nutritiū Ioſeph qͥ fuit caput marie .
habēs inde autoritatē aliquā principatū
dn̄atōem vel imperiū in mariā / ſicut ⁊ ma
ria ſuo modo . in filiū ſuū Ieſum iure na¬
turalis maternitatꝭ quātus exiſtimādus
eſt iuſtus ipſe Ioſeph / nūc in gloria et in
celis / qui talis ⁊ tātus inuētus eſt . hic in
miſeria ⁊ in terris ? ¶ Profecto ſi nō men¬
tiebat̉ Ieſus qui ait . Ubi ſum ego . illic et
miniſter meꝰ erit Ille ꝓximior videt̉ collo
cādus in celis qͥ in miniſterio fuit vicini¬
or obſequētior atqꝫ fidelior poſt mariā in
uētus in terris . ¶ Sed hec hactenꝰ de ip
ſa natiuitate corꝑali ieſu xp̄i cuiꝰ ꝑticeps
quēadmodū Ioſeph extiterit ſupra viros
ceteros . ⁊ de ſublimitate ſua aliqͣliter aꝑ¬
tum eſt honore ſanctorū ſanctarūqꝫ oīm
inter quos nō eſt ꝯtentio . qͥs eorū videat̉
maior eſſe ac intelligētie ſobrietate ſemꝑ
ſaluis ¶ Nūc de tertia natiuitate . q̄ ſpūal̓
eſt . et om̄i deuote viuēti cōicabilis ſermo
loquat̉ de qua xp̄s apud Ioh̓eꝫ ait Opor
tet vos naſci denuo . Et iterū qd̓ natū eſt
ex carne caro eſt . ⁊ qd̓ natū eſt ex ſpū ſpūs
eſt . ¶ In hac autē natiuitate . viciſſitudo
mirabilis eſt qꝛ dū naſcit̉ Ieſus in aīa de¬
uota ꝑ fidē ⁊ gratiā . fit ipſa verbigena hoc
eſt verbū generās . ⁊ mat̓ dei q̄ tn̄ aīa nedū
ꝑ naturā . ſed ꝑ gratuitā adoptōeꝫ eſt filia
vt veꝝ ſit de qͣlibet tali aīa ꝙ ipſa eſt vir¬
go . mater . ⁊ filia . Itaqꝫ ꝙ mater ſit . teſtis
eſt om̄i exceptōe maior q̄ ait . Qui fecerit
volūtatē patris mei qͥ in celis eſt . ip̄e me
frater ſoror ⁊ mater eſt . Porro de filiatiōe
quid ioh̓es . qͥd paulꝰ dixerint ſcimꝰ . De¬
dit eis ptātem filios dei fieri inqͥt ioh̓es .
Et quo ? ſubdit ꝙ ꝑ fidē . qꝛ his qͥ credunt
in noīe eiꝰ . Eodē enī teſte Om̄is qͥ credit
qm̄ ih̓s eſt xp̄s . ex deo natus eſt . Seqͥtur
aliud qd̓ ꝑtinet ad anīe verbigene . dei ma
tris ⁊ filie virginitatē Qui nō ex ſanguini
bus ait neqꝫ ex voluntate carnis / neqꝫ ex
volūtate viri / ſed ex deo nati ſunt . Neſcio
dicere qd̓ ſentio . neſcio ſi ſatis aſſeqͦr ver¬
bis / ſuppleat imꝑfectū meuꝫ ſapiētiſſima
btītudo veſtra ¶ Itaqꝫ ꝯſiderat̉ in aīa rō¬
nali indiuiſibili quidē ſub̓aliter . portiū¬
cula quedā virginalis / q̄ nec obnoxia pōt
eſſe violatōni . Hec appellatur quādoqꝫ a
doctoribꝰ ſinderiſis . quandoqꝫ apex men
tis / quādoqꝫ ſcintilla rōis / quādoqꝫ natu
ralis inſtinctꝰ in bonū . Hāc autē ſinderi¬
ſim . nec ip̄i violatores ⁊ ꝯſtupratores aīa
rū demones corrūpere pn̄t etiā in īferno
quin ad bonū ſtimulet ⁊ ad malū remur¬
muret Hinc naſcit̉ acerbiſſimꝰ ille vermis
qui nō moriet̉ . Hīc rixa diſcerpēs ⁊ diſſi¬
pans / ſupra qͣꝫ cogitari p̄t aīam infeliceꝫ /
dū ſinderiſis impellit ad dilectōem dei . ſꝫ
reproba volūtas toto odiorū conatu reſi¬
lit in aduerſum . ¶ Sed ad qͥd iſta de ſin¬
deriſi ? Certe vt on̄deremꝰ eā ſꝑ virginē eē .
que dū caret obūbrante ⁊ fecundāte ſpiri
tuſctō . manet infeliciter ſterilis . dū āt ad¬
eſt idē ſpūs viſitans gratificās ⁊ fecundās
fit ipſa verbigena hoc eſt verbū pariens . ⁊
hoc ſine corruptōe qꝛ nō ex ſanguinibus
corporaliū fantaſmatū . neqꝫ ex voluntate
carnis deſiderioꝝ carnaliū . neqꝫ ex volun
tate viri hoc eſt ex ptāte liberi arbitrij / ſed
ex deo eſt quicqͥd hic natū eſt . Nec tamen
excludit̉ ſinderiẜ / rōisqꝫ ꝯſenſus . Sꝫ dū
nūciatrix gratia . afflatu ſecreto et intimo
veluti clauſo ſuper aīam oſtio ſuggerit ad
uentū verbi in mentē . rn̄det ſinderiſis hu
mili genuflexione . Ecce ancilla dn̄i . Fiat
mihi ẜm verbū tuū . Deinde viſitat Eliſa¬
beth ſenem ⁊ corruptā ꝑ quā myſtice deſi¬
gnat̉ inferior portio rōis / ſe cōuertens ad
corꝑalia ⁊ terrena vn̄ quodāmō violat̉ . ſed
ex munere diuino iohānē in ſe recipit / hͦ
eſt gratiā ꝑticipat . Et ita gaudiū Marie
verbigene in eliſabeth grauidā partu tali
gratie deriuari recte memorat̉ . ¶ His ita
qꝫ breuiter ⁊ ꝓ captu tante rei tenuit̉ expo
ſitis de hac virginali natiuitate ⁊ filiatiōe
dum in aīa naſcit̉ Ieſus qͥ vocat̉ xp̄s . nul
li dubia relinqͥtur veritas nrē hꝰ pͥncipal̓
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