In replicas ꝙ nō diuidit̉: ſed bene myſticꝰ multiplicat̉. Attende frater rogo: ſi cōꝑas ſenſus ſacre ſcripture adinuicē ẜm eoꝝ limitationeꝫ ad materias de quibꝰ agūt: manifeſtū ē ꝙ qͥlibet ſenſus myſticꝰ limi tat̉ ad certā materiā. Tropologicꝰ em̄ ſēſus ſolū agit de agēdis ẜm mores. Allegoricꝰ vero d̓ credēdis. Anagogicꝰ de ſperādis Senſus aūt lr̄alis de ſingul̓ p̄dictis ⁊ etiā de iā geſtis manifeſte tractat. Nec credo ꝙ doctor irrefragabil̓ huiꝰ oppoſitū aſſerat: ⁊ ſic cōꝑatio tua potiꝰ facit ꝓ me. Itē ſi attendiſti vniuerſalitateꝫ quā attribuo ſenſui lr̄ali ſatis maifeſta ē: ꝯſiſtit aūt in hoc ꝙ nō ſolū lr̄ati ſeu ſapientes: ſꝫ etiā rudes: qui ad intelligibilia capien da nō ſunt ydonei: tn̄ ꝑ ſenſum lr̄alē capiūt ſpūalia: ſaltē ſub ſil̓i tudinibꝰ corꝑalibꝰ: iuxta illud apl̓i. Sapiētibꝰ ⁊ inſipientibus debitor ſum: vn̄ ex ꝑte huiꝰ vniuerſalitatꝭ ſenſus lr̄alis manifeſtā hꝫ p̄eminētiā. In hoc aūt qd̓ obijcis de incōicabilitate: ſi ſic opi naris a veritate deuias manifeſte. Cōicat̉ em̄ ſenſus lr̄alis cuilibet ꝓpoſitiōi ſacre ſcripture vt dictū ē: ⁊ iteꝝ in multꝭ locis vnꝰ paſſus hꝫ multiplicē expoſitionē lr̄alē: ꝓut fuit oſtēſum in tercio articulo queſtiōis. Eſt ēt ſenſus lr̄al̓ abyſſus multa ꝑꝑ magnaſ difficultates in ea cōtentas: circa ea que ad fidē ⁊ mores ꝑtinent Nec mirādū: nā ſcīaꝝ hūanaꝝ libris ī qͥbꝰ ſolꝰ ſēſus lr̄al̓ ē inqͥrē dus: qͣꝫplurima cōmēta ſunt: ⁊ plures expoſitiones ſeu ſcripta. Sil̓r ⁊ multiplices qōnes ad mentē auctoꝝ intelligēdā ſeu eluci dādā: vt pꝫ in ph̓icis: metaph̓icis: ⁊ ethicis. Sil̓r in facultatibꝰ vtriuſqꝫ iuris ⁊ hmōi: in qͥbꝰ nec ī textu nec in gl. ē ſenſus niſi lr̄a lis. Si igit̉ in illis in qͥbꝰ ſolū illa tractāt̉ q̄ in lumīe naturali rō nis cognoſci pn̄t: tot ml̓tiplicitates cōmētoꝝ: varietateſqꝫ qōnū ⁊ expoſitionū ⁊ hmōi circa ſenſū lr̄alē inueniūt̉: quātomagis in ſcriptura diuina vbi agit̉ de his q̄ ſuꝑnaturali lumine tm̄mō cognoſcūtur īueniri pn̄t multiplices ſenſus lr̄ales ſeu expoſitōes ⁊ hmōi. Nec credo te latere ꝙ ſenſus lr̄al̓ diuidit̉ in tres ſpecies ẜꝫ Augu. in libro de vti. cre.ſ. in hyſtoriacā: ethymologicaꝫ: ⁊ ana gogicā: vt in tercio articulo expoſui. Sil̓r ⁊.vij. claues ſeu regl̓e quas Iſi. tradit in li. de ſū. bo. q̄ in ꝓlogo a poſtillatore ponūt̉ nō ſunt niſi quedā ſpēs ſenſus lr̄al̓: vt pꝫ intelligēti. Ex qͥbꝰ ma nifeſte pꝫ: ꝙ ſenſus lr̄al̓ ē cōicabil̓ ⁊ multiplicabil̓. Dicis.n. cōſequēter ꝙ dignitas iſtoꝝ ſenſuū attēdit̉ penes maiorē vtilitatē q̄ cōſequit̉ maiorē certitudinē: qd̓ tibi cōcedo ꝓut in qōne p̄dicta largiꝰ ē deductū: ſꝫ ꝙ ſubiūgis: ꝙ certitudo ſpūal̓ intelligētie nō ē ſpeculatiōis ſicut lr̄al̓ intelligētia. ſꝫ ē certitudo experiētie ⁊ ẜꝫ affectū ⁊ ꝑ modū guſtꝰ: ꝑ īſpirationē ⁊ teſtimoniū ſpūſſancti: hͦ manifeſte inuoluis ſnīas. Attribuis em̄ ſēſui ſpūali ſeu myſtico qd̓ ī hoīe ſpūali hꝫ locū: nō em̄ de rōne ſēſus ſpūal̓ ſeu myſtici ē vt det gr̄aꝫ eū intelligēti ſeu inueniēti: nec etiā ē neceſſariū ꝙ ha bēs veꝝ ſenſuꝫ myſticū ſeu ſpūalē ſacre ſcripture ſit in gr̄a gratifi cāte: ſufficit em̄ ad ſenſuꝫ ſpūalē ſeu myſticū recte inueniendū ſeu habēdū: hr̄e ſeu ꝑticipare donū ꝓph̓ie ſeu donū īterp̄tatiōis ſer monū: que lꝫ ſint gr̄e: tn̄ ſūt gratꝭ date tm̄: ⁊ ſic certitudo illa quā dicis ꝑ modū guſtꝰ ꝑtinet ad donū ſapiētie: ẜꝫ ꝙ ſpūalis hō iu dicat oīa etiā ꝓfunda dei. Ex hoc dicto tuo etiā ſeq̄ret̉ ꝙ nullus haberet certitudinē alicuiꝰ ſenſus myſtici ſeu ſpūal̓ ſacre ſcripture niſi exn̄s in gr̄a. Et cū nemo ſciat d̓ lege cōi vtꝝ ſit dignꝰ amore vel odio: ſequit̉ ꝙ nullꝰ ſciret ſe hr̄e tale certitudinē p̄dicti ſēſus myſtici d̓ lege cōi: qd̓ eſſꝫ valde incōſonū rōni. Cōſequēter dicis ꝙ nō ꝓbo ꝟba ſctī Tho. eē igne charitatꝭ examinata: ſi bn̄ atten diſti ꝟba mea ſic dixi. Credo ꝟba ſctī Tho. eē igne charitatꝭ examinata. vn̄ de credulitate mea nō requirit̉ aliud teſtimoniū: niſi ꝙ in dictꝭ ⁊ in ſcriptꝭ meis ſemꝑ ſequor iſtū ſcm̄ d̓ octorē: vtinā di gne ⁊ ſufficiēter: nec ignoro ꝙ dicta ſua in pluribꝰ ſūt īpugna ta ꝑ plures īgenioſos theologos viros admirabiles: vt dicis. nec ex hoc īpedit̉ mea credulitas ſeu ꝓſecutio. Tū qꝛ ſepe ꝯtīgit doctrinas veras impugnari: taꝫ in theologicis quoꝝ pͥncipiū poſi tū ē in ſignū cui ꝯͣdicet̉: ꝙͣ in ꝑypatheticis. Tū qꝛ illa in qͥbꝰ ꝯͣdi cit̉ nō referūt vt firmiter credo ad expoſitionē alicuiꝰ paſſus ſacre ſcripture: an ſic vel aliter teneat̉. ⁊ iō talia apud me qͥ de ſolo ꝟo intellectu ſacre ſcripture ⁊ diuine curo: magis ſunt curioſa ꝙͣ fructuoſa: vn̄ ⁊ apl̓s de ſil̓ibꝰ dicit: ꝙ qōneꝫ magis p̄ſtant qͣꝫ edifi cationē ⁊c. Ultimo cōmēdas mgr̄m Nicolaū: eo ꝙ ſnīas ſctōꝝ doctoꝝ ꝓprie ſnīe poſtpoſuit: vt auctorizaret opꝰ ſuū: ⁊ ſi ſimpli citer illū cōmēdares recte vtiqꝫ faceres. Cōmēdandꝰ em̄ ē qͥ tāto ſtudio ⁊ labore ſacrā ſcripturaꝫ expoſuit ſub plano ⁊ ſuaui ſtilo: ſꝫ miror te ex hoc illū cōmendaſſe ꝙ ſnīas ſuas dictis ſctōꝝ p̄po ſuit: vt ais ad auctorizādū opꝰ ſuū: cū huic ꝯmēdatiōi nō ſoluꝫ ſacra ſcriptura repugnet. Legit̉ em̄. Nō qͦ ſeip̄m cōmēdat ille ꝓbatus ē ij. Coꝝ. x. ⁊ alibi. Laudet te os alienū nō tuū. Prouer xxvij. hoc ēt ph̓ica doctrina ſuadet. ait.n. ph̓s. Laudamꝰ ſeipſos vituperātes. Scd̓o ꝑ oppoſitū ſeip̄m laudare ſeu alijs p̄ponere: nō ē cōmēdabile p̄ſertiꝫ cum poſtillator de quo loquimur vt ordinis minoꝝ dignꝰ ꝓfeſſor hūilitatē nō p̄ſumptionē ſeqͥ eſtimādus ē. magna.n. de ſe ſentire hi qͥ mollibꝰ veſtiūt̉ in domibꝰ regū eē cōſueuerunt. Nec em̄ adduci poſſum: vt credā ꝙ poſtponere ſnīaꝫ ſancti Hiero. vel alicuiꝰ ſancti doctoris dicto ra. Sa. p̄ſertim vbi rō nō ſuadet cōmēdatiōe reputes dignū. Lauda ergo cū in quo laudādus ē: in recta videlꝫ intētiōe quā credo eū habuiſſe: ⁊ ꝑꝑ laborē magnū quē ſuſtinuiſſe dubiū nō ē: vt ſacrā ſcripturā exponeret: ⁊ ꝓ maiori ꝑte recte: nō aūt ex eo ꝙ a ſcōꝝ doctoꝝ interdū expoſitiōibꝰ inde bite deuiauit. Scd̓o ꝟo cōmēdas poſtillatorē ex hoc ꝙ ꝑ habitū theo logicū veritatē ſnīe habuit: lꝫ in lacte nō ſuxiſſet ꝓpͥetatē hebraici ẜmonis: qd̓ ſalua pace vr̄ minꝰ rōnabilit̓ dictū: notū eſt em̄ ꝙ habitꝰ theolo gicꝰ nō ſe extēdit ad donū linguaꝝ habendū: ⁊ iō cū theologꝰ dicit: ſic ē in hebraica veritate: ⁊ ibi nō ſic inuenit̉: nō ē ex hoc cōmendādꝰ. Cōmē das eū tercio ex hoc ꝙ inter doctores hebraicos nō īuenit meliorē theo logū qͣꝫ rabi Sa. Circa qd̓ notū ē ꝙ ſi in rei veritate ille fuit minꝰ peritꝰ ꝙͣ alij: nō dꝫ cōmēdari ex eo ꝙ ſequit̉ eū: p̄ſertim in deuijs ⁊ īcōſonis au ctoritatibꝰ ſctōꝝ. Cōmēda ergo illū in his vt ex his qͥbꝰ cōmēdādꝰ ē: ⁊ libēter amplectar cōmēdatiōes tuas. Cōcludēdo ergo chariſſime frat̓ nō credas me reprehēdere voluiſſe poſtillatoreꝫ vt dicis: abſit a me: ſed potiꝰ poſtillā ſuā eē ſimplicit̓ cōmēdādā exp̄ſſe aſſerui in qōne p̄dicta: lꝫ in aliqͥbꝰ locis ſentiā ea minꝰ ſufficere: qd̓ nō reputat̉ viciū ſimpl̓r. Nemo nāqꝫ mortaliū ꝑfecte oīa examinare pōt. ſepe em̄ dormitauit Home rus. Sactū aūt ē in oībꝰ ſcientijs p̄ſertim in ſcriptura diuina ſemꝑ prehonorare veritatē. vtinā frater dilectiſſime eſſes in meo cōſortio ſaltem aliquātulo tꝑe: vt ſil̓ diſcurrere valeremꝰ additiūculas has: ⁊ ſic experi mēto cognoſceres: ꝙ in illis locis in qͥbꝰ ab eiꝰ dictꝭ deuiare videor: zelo veritatꝭ nō reprehēdēdi ſtudio ꝓceſſi: ⁊ ēt in his nō iudicio ꝓprio deuiā ſed ſequendo maioꝝ ſnīaꝫ. Vale frat̓ ī dn̄o ⁊ meliora chariſmata ſemꝑ emulare ⁊c̄. Incipit prologus in replicas defēſiuas poſtille fratris Nicolai de lyra ab impugnatiōibꝰ dn̄i Burgꝭ. editas a venerabili ⁊ religioſo pr̄e fr̄e Mathia doring: ſacri ordinis minoꝝ: ꝓuincie Saxonie mīſtro: ad plu rimoꝝ rogatū prefatā poſtillā vt veritate lucentē amplexantium. Odeſtiā antiquā tenere hoīes iuſtos atqꝫ ſanctos docebat: ⁊ ordinata regl̓arit̓ iniurijs nō grauare moleſtis. Nā ſicut mi nus bn̄ geſta correctiōis limē: ſic optime facta laudē ⁊ gloriam requirūt: ſꝫ qꝛ oīmoda ꝑfectio ſolis diuinis rebꝰ cōpetit: ī cūctis humanis oꝑbꝰ reperiri poterit qd̓ rep̄hēſione dignū ē: cū modeſtia tn̄ vt ait Beatꝰ Aug. in pͥnci. retrac. que modeſtia nō mō in agibilibus: ſꝫ ⁊ ſcibilibꝰ locū hꝫ. Nā ẜm verū intellectū ſacre ſcripture: circa di uinū ſcibile errare nō cōtingit. iō ipſa ſola hūc honorē ſibi vēdicat: vt re cte intellecta ſine reprehēſiōe cōſiſtat: vt vult btūs Diony. de diuinis no. capitulo. ij. Nihilqꝫ ei ꝯͣriū niſi ſit oīno falſū: in ea quoqꝫ nihil reꝑit̉ abſurdū ẜm Aug. xi. ſuꝑ Gen̄. ca. i. Diuerſitas igit̉ ⁊ ꝯͣrietas in eiꝰ expo ſitiōe nō hꝫ ortū ex illa doctrina irrefragabili: ſꝫ ex eo ꝙ eiꝰ expoſitores intellectū plenū nō ſūt aſſecuti: vt vult btūs Hylariꝰ. ij. de trinita. Que tn̄ expoſitoꝝ diuerſitas nō oīno inutilis ē: qͥnīmo ꝑ ea pigritia ſtudētiū excutit̉ vt veritas inquirat̉: ſicqꝫ eccl̓e ꝓficiūt inſurgētes hereſes: vt inquit btūs Auguſtinꝰ.i. ſuꝑ Gen̄. ꝯͣ manicheos. Oēs igit̉ ſācti ⁊ catho lici ſacre ſcripture tractatores ātiqͥ nedū ꝯſentiēdo: verūetiā ſalua fide diſſentiēdo: a ſucceſſoribꝰ gr̄as meruerūt īmortales. Nā poſt ⁊ ꝑ eoꝝ ve nerādos ſanctoſqꝫ labores excitati ꝓ patribꝰ nati filij: doctores in eoꝝ cōparatiōe moderni nō parū laude digni ſurrexerūt: qͥ in ſacre ſcripture expoſitiōe deſudātes vt vitā haberēt eternā talibꝰ ꝓmiſſam: ip̄aꝫ elucidauerūt ſenſū ipſiꝰ lr̄alē tanꝙͣ magis auctēticū inquirētes. Inter quos magiſter Nicolaus de lyra in lingua hebraica ſil̓ ⁊ latina peritus: vni uerſalior ⁊ p̄clarior reperit̉ cuiꝰ ſpiritū tanꝙͣ pueri iunioris de minorum fratrū ordine deꝰ illuſtrādo miſericorditer ſuſcitauit. Ipſe quoqꝫ ſic ſuſcitatꝰ qd̓ ſine fictiōe didicit: ſine inuidia cōicauit: ⁊ tanqͣꝫ ſapientibꝰ ⁊ inſipiētibꝰ magnis ⁊ paruulis debitor effectꝰ ſatiſfacere cupiēs opꝰ egre giū ꝯpoſuit: ⁊ in eccleſie ſancte gazophilatiū pauꝑ ꝓfeſſione cū vidua paup ercula ſtudere volētibꝰ ꝓfutuꝝ obtulit: ⁊ hocip̄m opꝰ ſuū poſtillā nūcupari decreuit: hoc inqͣꝫ opꝰ poſtille ⁊ ſi tāte ſufficiētie fuerit ꝙ ipſuꝫ nō ſolū ꝑuuli: ſed ⁊ magni: nec ſolū fideles: ſed ⁊ infideles in dubijs cir ca ſacre ſcripture lr̄aleꝫ ītelligētiā requirūt: ipſe tn̄ mgr̄ Nicolaus vt ve re humilis imꝑfectū ſe recognoſcēs: ⁊ vt pius culpā agnoſcēs vbi fortaſ ſis culpa nō ē: in ꝓhemio ſui oꝑis: ſe ⁊ ꝑ eū ſcripta determinatiōi ſancte
