¶ Epiſtola fratris Io. Ger. 99 Erudijt tellus. emula turba fugat Aſt hūc dū fugeret. fouet germania felix Fit ſibi lugdunum/ poſterior requies Quod viuū recipit defuncti ſic tenet oſſa Imprecor vt redeat ſpiritus ad dn̄m Aliud Fortis in eccīa bellator maxime gerſon Armatus gladio/ cingis ouile dei Uiuūt ſcpͥta tua. quāuis ſint oſſa ſepulta Omnibꝰ exemplar ſe dāt imitabile doctis Epithafiū ſcriptuꝫ in circūferētia ſepulcri in Lugduno in eccleſia ſctī Pauli et in tabula muro appēſa iuxta arma ſua. Magnū parua tenet ꝟtutibꝰ vr̄na ioh̓em Precelſū meritis gerſon cognoīe dictū Pariſius ſacre ꝓfeſſor theologie Claruit ectīe qui cancellarius; anno Milleno dn̄i centū qͣter/ atqꝫ vigeno Nono luce petit ſuperos iulij duodena Epiſtola fratris iohānis de Gerſon ordinis celeſtinoꝝ directa fratri Anẜelmo eiuſdeꝫ ordinis ſuꝑ opuſculis Ioh̓is Cancellarij pariſien̄. Oſtulaſti ſepius amantiſſime mi frater ī xp̄o/ vt ea tibi cōicarē opuſcula que a germano meo dn̄o pariſien̄. cancellario compilata ꝯgnoſcimur aſſerēs te feruētiſſimo amoris deſiderio illoꝝ ſtudiū incūbere. Pareo libēs petitiōi tue. tū qꝛ nil tibi denegare q̄o. tum qꝛ mira ꝯplacētia ſicuti creberrime ſū exꝑtꝰ/ eadeꝫ amplecterꝭ adeo vt tāta importunitate dēſiſſimaꝝ occupatōnū qͥbꝰ artarꝭ/ nō potue ris abduci/ qͥn pl̓ima ex his ꝓpria māu trāſ ſcripſeris ⁊ auide ruminādo vētri mēorie tenacit̓ ꝯmēdaueris Crudele gͦ mi fr̄ exiſti marē/ ſi doctrinā hāc ſaluberrimā ſimilagineū panē/ quē ī diuerẜ tractul̓ veluti qͥbuſ dā cophinis aūt ſportell̓ recōditū largiter habeo eſuriēti tibi ⁊ tā auide poſtulāti nō coīcarē. Proinde nōne ſacrilegij ꝯuīcerer ſi hūc doctrīe theſaurū quē mihi īdigniſſi mo eiꝰ fr̄i ꝓ mea eruditōe/ grādi zelo ꝯmēdauit humo defoſſuꝫ ⁊ abſcōditū retinerē Scīa enī et theſaurꝰ abſcōditꝰ q̄ vtilitas ī vtriſqꝫ. Qua īſuꝑ rōe luceruā accēſā abſcō derē ſub modio/ q̄ ponēda potiꝰ erat ſupra cādelabꝝ/ vt luceret oībꝰ qͥ ī domo ſūt. Nō ne etiā ſaluator nr̄ admonuit Sic luceāt oꝑa vr̄a bōa corā hoībꝰ/ vt gl̓ificēt pr̄eꝫ ve ſtrū qͥ ī cel̓ē. Addo ꝙ ſic̄ mihi crebriꝰ abſqꝫ vlla palpātꝭ adulatōis nota teſtatꝰ ē/ ⁊ alij qͣꝫ pl̓imi vix aliqͥd ſtudēdo reꝑis qd̓ āpliꝰ ẜm ſubiectā mat̓iā tuū dilectet aīm/ illūiet ꝓficiatqꝫ hͦ idē certiſſime ꝯfirmarē ī memet agi/ ſi n̄ ꝯtinuo fr̄nal̓ amor ſuſpectū redde re teſtīoniū diceret̉. ¶ Quid gͦ nōne p̄ferre volumꝰ hūc nouiſſimū vl̓ ſui ſil̓es antiqͥſſi mis ⁊ ſcīſſimis diuīe ſcripte doctoribꝰ qui abyſſal̓ ſapīe ⁊ ſcīe fōtes ſcaturiētes/ ⁊ ī ma ximos fluuios excreſcētes eccl̓iaꝫ vniuerſā irrigarūt ⁊ qͥ ſalubriꝰ ꝟbis docuer̄t/ vite cō firmauer̄t exēplo miracul̓ creberrimis cho ruſcātes. Quoꝝ eqͥdē ī elucidatōe diuīe legis/ tātꝰ fuit labor vt īcredibili ſtudio pene plures ediderīt libros/ qͣꝫ exiguitas īgenij ſequētiū vl̓ legere vl̓ app̄hēdere potuerit. Patuit hͦ ī augu. ī ambro. ī origene cuiꝰ tot milia voluminū hieronimꝰ ſe legiſſe teſtat̉ Abſit hͦ abſit vt hos relinqͥmꝰ hoꝝ obliuiſcamur/ vt nouis adueniētibꝰ veterēs doctores ꝓiciamꝰ/ eos potiꝰ īmēſis honoribꝰ attollimꝰ nouis p̄ferimꝰ Nā ip̄i ꝓculdubio ſūt qͥ laborauerūt. ⁊ hi nouiſſimi ī labores eoꝝ ītroier̄t illi dētiū robore maſticauerūt qd̓ ī meatꝰ fauciū lenit̉ hi trāſglutiūt illi acumīe nat̉al̓ īgenij ⁊ tota mētꝭ āuiſu cū gr̄a dei radiāte ꝟitates altiſſimas ⁊ abſcōditas valde ꝑſcrutātes/ a crimīe oretenꝰ eructauerūt/ veluti ſiqͥs ex abiſſo t̓re ꝓfūdiſſima ſuf foſſis ⁊ egeſtꝭ īgēti conamīe ruderibꝰ p̄cioſiſſima auri vl̓ argēti pōdera ſuſtollat. hi āt ſua q̄uis opuſcl̓a nō aliūde qͣꝫ ex illoꝝ ſentētijs ſapiēt̓ ꝯtexētes/ qꝛ forte clariꝰ ſeu politiꝰ locuti ſūt nō aliud egiſſe vidēt̉ hoꝝ plu rimi/ qͣꝫ ſiqͥs rudē ⁊ īformē ſeu ſcabrā metal li maſſaꝫ nouit̓ e minera ꝓductā in ſplēdē tē ⁊ gratiorē diuerſo limat̉e genere formaꝫ artificialit̓ educat. Nemo gͦ nouiſſimoꝝ p̄ ſumat ſe prioribꝰ ꝯꝑare. nēo illos vetuſtate ſua ꝯtēnere. Quēadmodū ab hac temerita te lōge eē nō dubito fr̄ vnanimis germanū nr̄m/ quē loqͥmur ſic̄ ⁊ dicta ⁊ facta eiꝰ oīa teſtīoniū ꝓhibēt. Qui lꝫ int̓ ceteros huiꝰ ī feliciſſimi nr̄i tꝑis/ pace oīm dixerī/ veluti vas electiſſimū repletꝰ eēt ſpū ſapīe ⁊ ītellectus/ ⁊ ob hͦ a me meisqꝫ ſil̓ibꝰ ſepiꝰ int̓pel latꝰ fuerit/ vt ẜm talētū ſibi creditū de ſcpͥturis ſctīs ad īformatōeꝫ moꝝ nob̓ aliqͣ ſaltē ſuo mō diſſerere vellet vix tādē ad hͦ addu ci potuit vt extra ea q̄ vl̓ ex iniūcto cācellariatꝰ officio/ vl̓ rōe ſcolaſtici exercitij ꝯpila re coactꝰ ē pauca opuſcl̓a īferiꝰ ānectata ſub af 4
