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EPITHOMA . VITAE IOAN
NIS GERSON .
Nno ſalutis . M . ccc . lxiij . natus eſt Ioannes Ger
ſon in pago eiuſdē noīs dioceſis Remen̄ / ex ho
neſtiſſimis deuotiſſimiſqꝫ parentibus / patre Ar
nolpho Charlier : & matre Eliſabeth qui ab ine¬
unte ætate ad dei amorē illum ſollicite induxe¬
runt : moxqꝫ tradiderūt bonis artibus in Pariſienſi gymna
ſio inſtituendū . Deinde ipſe cōuolauit ad ſtudiū legis diui
næ ſacrarūqꝫ litterarū / in quibus ita ſeipſum exercuit : vt
breui tꝑe oēs illic Theologiam ꝓfitentes longe ſuperaret
Seruata ſemꝑ morū integritate : in laboribus em̄ fortis : in
conſilio prudens & modeſtus : in zelo feruētiſſimus erat :
quotiens Legatiōis munus in cauſis fidei . & xp̄ianæ reli¬
gionis obibat / mira pericia vſus eſt & grauitate . Incremē
tum a decorē regni Franciæ ſicut alter Leodegarius ap¬
prime dilexit . Contra ſcyſma periculoſiſſimū / vtiliſſima
multa nō ſolum ſcripſit : ſed etiā diligentia incredibili / &
vehementiſſima vi dicendi / ad cōmunē eccleſiæ pacē Re
uerēdiſſimos ⁊ ampliſſimos patres in Concilio Conſtan
tien̄ monuit & induxit . in cognoſcendo vero / expeditiſſi
inus erat . In defendendo firmus & īperterritus / adeo ut ꝓ
ipſa ſancta d̓ xp̄iana veritate tutanda potentiſſimū prin¬
cipē nō metuerit / tandemqꝫ in Germaniā pulſus exilium
velut alter Criſoſtomus aut Athanaſius patientiſſime per
peſſus ſit . Et quia ſciebat iugū dn̄i ſuaue eſſe : onuſqꝫ eius
leue / conatus eſt oīa p̄cepta : om̄eſqꝫ conſtitutiōes huma¬
nas / quantūuis graues & numeroſas quo tolerabiliores
eſſent ad xp̄i lege referre / vnde & nō indigne xp̄ianiſſimi
doctoris meruit habere cognomē . Neqꝫ em̄ inherebat cu¬
rioſis ſpeculationū ambagibus / nec circa vanā ſubtilitatū
oſtentationē ſollicitus : nec ī nouitatibꝰ adinueniendis tur
gidus fuit . Verſabat̉ aūt in hijs ſtudijs / quæ ad dei laudē
ad fidei robur ad plantandā eccleſiā / ad conſcientia pa¬