Prologus tem curādi ſpūaliū morborū ha beat qͣꝫ emplaſtrū ſanādis vul­neribꝰ adhibeat. vt ait Gr̄. ī regi. Uerecūduꝫ ē dicere pu­det ſacerdotes ducatū arripi­unt exordiū religioſe vite non nouerūt. Licꝫ ī qͥbuſdā catholi cis myſterijs ignorātia tolerada foret. eo ī pleriſqꝫ meliꝰ eſt ve lare qͣꝫ enudare. In qͥbuſdā etiā iuxta Auguſti. in li. de ꝟbis dn̄i meliꝰ eſt fidelis ignorantia qꝫ te merata ſciētia. In eccl̓iaſticꝭ tn̄ miniſterijs ordinādis diſponē­diſqꝫ oīo dānabil̓ ē. De qͥbꝰ ē il lud ꝟbum apl̓i.i. ad Chor. xiiij. Si qͥs aūt ignorat ignorabitur. Ordīs nāqꝫ ignorātia: videliꝫ ordīe qͥcqͥd agendū ē in eccl̓ia turbat negocioꝝ naturā formā­qꝫ meritoꝝ Nam ſtatutis facere iniuriā vl̓ ꝯtraire eſt ītellige­re ſꝫ errare. vt inqͥt Amb̓. ſuper Btī īmacl̓ati. Hinc ē dn̄s re­qͥrit ſeruū prudentē quē cōſtitu it ſuꝑ familiā ſuā. Matt. xxiiij. Prudentē dixero. vt ſciat or­dine: quo ſenſu: quo modo: quo fine qͥcquid gerendū ſit. Alioqͥn̄ ſic cecꝰ ceco ducatū p̄ſtet. nonne ambo ī foueā cadūt. Matt̉. xv. em̄ cecꝰ cecū ducere p̄t. ſic nec īdiſcretꝰ p̄latus ſubditū īdi ſcretū pōt viā ducere ſalutis. Et qm̄ his ꝑicl̓oſis tēporibꝰ in pluribꝰ eccleſijs ꝯtra ſctā īſtitu­ta ī adminiſtrādis ſacramētis: ſunt īſtrumēta ſpūalis curatōis pleroſqꝫ erraſſe qͣꝫ variaſſe circa eadē cognouimꝰ. adeo vt ꝟa ſit illa rabanēſis ſentētia. mune eſt medicoꝝ ſꝑ circa egri­tudīes variare. Un̄ ſi tres vl̓ qͣt tuor medici veniūt ad infirmū nunqͣꝫ ī aſſignatōe vl̓ exhibitio­ne cure ꝯueniūt. Hec ille. Et idē qͣꝫ veꝝ ſit heu nr̄is tꝑibꝰ. res fidelibꝰ ſubiecta popul̓ qͦttidia­na experientia clariꝰ manifeſtat. Profecto ſiqͥdem aliqd̓ ſacra mentoꝝ adminiſtrādū ſit ī eccle­ſia dei. vix dyoceſis tociꝰ clerꝰ in ip̄o ritu canonice tradēdo con cordat aut cōuenit. Sed nūc in hac eccl̓ia hic addit. ī alia ille mi­nuit. Ille p̄ponit poſtponēda. il le poſtonit p̄ponēda. Ille bn̄­dictionē ꝑſuadet. ille nequaqͣꝫ aſ ſerit. Ille corrigit librū tanqͣꝫ de­uiū erroneū. Ille corrigit corri gentē tāqͣꝫ ignaꝝ. Sic p̄lati mu­tua diſcrepatiōe collidētes: ſi ne graui ſcādalo aīos ſubditoꝝ in ꝯfuſiōis labyrinthū p̄cipitāt demergūt. Porro nos ſtaniſ­laus dei apl̓ice ſedis gr̄a ep̄us poſnoniēſis paterna ſollicitudi ne paſtoralis officij excitati inter tot fluctiuagos excurſus viā cu piētes oſtendere certiorē pn̄tem tractatū de ammīſtrādis rite ec­cleſiaſticꝭ ſacramētꝭ celebrādiſqꝫ miſſaꝝ ſolēnijs cēſuris eccl̓ia­ſticis canonice̓ obẜuadis ve­nerabilē viꝝ mgr̄m Nicolaū de ploue decretoꝝ doctorē capella noſtrū deuotū fideliter colle ctū plena diſcuſſiōe maſticatū