ſuper Cantica canticorum Cap. V⁊ tamē tanꝙͣ peccator eſſet ad mortis paſſionē acceſſit. Cui per ꝓph̓aꝫ dicat̉ Quare ergo rubrū eſt indumentū tuū: Electꝰvero ex milibus: qꝛ ex totius generis humani maſſa: nullus ſine pctō reperit̉: ipſeꝟo nō ſolū ſine pctō fuit: ſed etiā pctōresſua iuſticia ⁊ ſanguine redemit. Sequit̉.aa ¶ Caput eius aurū optimū.¶ Caput xp̄i deus. Qd̓ caput bene auruꝫdicit̉: qꝛ ad cōparationē creatoris oīs creatura res viliſſima perpendit̉.bo. ¶ Come eius elate palmaruꝫnigre ſicut coruus.Quid per comas xp̄i: niſi fideles quoſqꝫintelligimus: Qui dū fidem trinitatis inmente cuſtodiūt: ⁊ deo adherētes qd̓ credūt faciūt: quaſi capite pēdentes honorēportanti ꝯferūt. Palma aūt in altū valdecreſcendo proficit: ⁊ victoriā ſignificatiōeſua p̄tendit. Come ergo ſicut elati palmarū ſunt: qꝛ electi quiqꝫ dū ſemper ad altavirtutū ſe efferūt: per dei gratiaꝫ qn̄qꝫ advictoriā ſe perducūt. Nigre aūt ſicut coruus exiſtūt: qꝛ ꝙͣuis virtutibus in celū ſeerigāt ſemper tamen peccatores ſe eſſe cōgnoſcūt. Sequitur.¶ Oculi eius ſicut columbe ſuper riuulos aquarum que lacteſunt lote: ⁊ reſident iuxta fluenta pleniſſima. I¶ Oculi ſponſe ſicut colūbe ſunt: qꝛ p̄dicatores xp̄i qui viā nobis oſtendūt in ſimplicitate viuūt. Suꝑ riuulos aūt aquaꝝ eſſeperhibent̉: qꝛ ſemꝑ in refectiōe diuinarūſcripturaꝝ ꝯuerſant̉. Lacte vero ſunt lote: qꝛ gratia creatricis ſapiētie tanꝙͣ lactematris a pctīs per baptiſmū ſunt mūdateQuid aūt per fluēta pleniſſima iuxta quereſidēt intelligimus: niſi ſacre ſcripture ꝓfunda ⁊ archana dicta: que deſcripſimus:qͥbus nos reficimus: dū ea legēdo vel audiēdo haurimus: Ad hoc etiā colūbe iuxta fluēta reſidere ſolent: vt volantiū auiūvmbrā in aqua videāt: ſuꝑ aquā ſe ꝓijciētes vngues rapaciū ſic effugiāt. Sic ſancti viri in ſcriptura ſancta fraudes demonū perſpiciūt: ⁊ ex deſcriptiōe quā videnquaſi ex vmbra hoſtē cognoſcūt. Dūqꝫ ſecōſilijs ſcripture ex toto addicūt: vt vꝫ nihil agāt: niſi qd̓ ex reſponſo ſcripturaꝝ audiūt: quaſi in aquā ſe ꝓijcientes hoſti illudūt. Que fluēta pleniſſima dicunt̉: qꝛ dequibuſcūqꝫ ſcrupulis in ſcripturis conſiliū querit̉ ſine minoratiōe de omnibus adplenam inuenitur.da ¶ Gene eius ſicut areole aromatū: conſite pigmentarijs.Si per oculos p̄dicatores intelligunt̉:bene per genas ip̄i in eccleſia figurant̉: q̄martyrio vitā finiſſe perhibent̉. Duꝫ em̄ꝓ fide xp̄i ſanguinē ſuū fundere nō dubitāt: qͣi gene ī facie xp̄i rubēt. Per eos qͥppe pulchritudo fidei xp̄iane publicat̉: qꝛad quantū fidei premiū tendant: oſtendūtdū pro ea moriunt̉. Que gene bene ſicutareole aromatū eſſe dicunt̉: qꝛ dum in cōſtantia fidei martyrie electi exercent̉: percultū virtutū ſancte opinionis fama quaſiaromatū dilatant̉. Sed areole pigmentarijs cōſerunt̉: qꝛ martyres ſancti: ⁊ a p̄cedentibus p̄dicatoribus ad cōfeſſionē roborant̉: ⁊ a ſubſequētibus ad imitatiōisexemplū populis adducunt̉ ab illis qui p̄ceſſerūt pigmēta virtutū colunt̉: ab his vero qui ſequūtur pigmenta exemploꝝ ſumunt̉. Unde ⁊ ſequit̉.ce ¶ Labia illius lilia ſtillantiamirrham primam.Quid em̄ per labia ſponſi niſi ipſos qͦsdicimus p̄dicatores xp̄i intelligimꝰ Quidū mortes martyrū populis p̄dicant: quaſi mirrhā mortificādis carnibus ad cōdimentū diſtillāt. Que mirrha bene primaeſſe dicit̉: qꝛ nullus ſic mortificat̉: qūo illeꝓ xp̄o martyrio finit̉. Primā em̄ dixit nōpro tꝑe: ſed pro dignitate. Quid eſt ꝙ labia ſponſi lilia eſſe dicunt̉: niſi ꝙ illi perquos xp̄us loquit̉ neceſſe eſt vt mūdi ſint⁊ per eos bonus odor aſpergat̉. De quibus erat apl̓us paulus qui dicebat: Bonus odor ſumus deo in om̄i loco: ⁊ in his2