ſuper Cantica canticorum Cap. V tamē tanꝙͣ peccator eſſet ad mortis paſ ſionē acceſſit. Cui per ꝓph̓aꝫ dicat̉ Qua re ergo rubrū eſt indumentū tuū: Electꝰ vero ex milibus: qꝛ ex totius generis hu­mani maſſa: nullus ſine pctō reperit̉: ipſe ꝟo ſolū ſine pctō fuit: ſed etiā pctōres ſua iuſticia ſanguine redemit. Sequit̉. aa Caput eius aurū optimū. Caput xp̄i deus. Qd̓ caput bene auruꝫ dicit̉: qꝛ ad cōparationē creatoris oīs cre­atura res viliſſima perpendit̉. bo. Come eius elate palmaruꝫ nigre ſicut coruus. Quid per comas xp̄i: niſi fideles quoſqꝫ intelligimus: Qui fidem trinitatis in mente cuſtodiūt: deo adherētes qd̓ cre­dūt faciūt: quaſi capite pēdentes honorē portanti ꝯferūt. Palma aūt in altū valde creſcendo proficit: victoriā ſignificatiōe ſua p̄tendit. Come ergo ſicut elati palma ſunt: qꝛ electi quiqꝫ ſemper ad alta virtutū ſe efferūt: per dei gratiaꝫ qn̄qꝫ ad victoriā ſe perducūt. Nigre aūt ſicut cor­uus exiſtūt: qꝛ ꝙͣuis virtutibus in celū ſe erigāt ſemper tamen peccatores ſe eſſe gnoſcūt. Sequitur. Oculi eius ſicut columbe ſu per riuulos aquarum que lacte ſunt lote: reſident iuxta fluen ta pleniſſima. I Oculi ſponſe ſicut colūbe ſunt: qꝛ p̄dica tores xp̄i qui viā nobis oſtendūt in ſimpli citate viuūt. Suꝑ riuulos aūt aquaꝝ eſſe perhibent̉: qꝛ ſemꝑ in refectiōe diuinarū ſcripturaꝝ ꝯuerſant̉. Lacte vero ſunt lo­te: qꝛ gratia creatricis ſapiētie tanꝙͣ lacte matris a pctīs per baptiſmū ſunt mūdate Quid aūt per fluēta pleniſſima iuxta que reſidēt intelligimus: niſi ſacre ſcripture ꝓ­funda archana dicta: que deſcripſimus: qͥbus nos reficimus: ea legēdo vel au­diēdo haurimus: Ad hoc etiā colūbe iu­xta fluēta reſidere ſolent: vt volantiū auiū vmbrā in aqua videāt: ſuꝑ aquā ſe ꝓijciē tes vngues rapaciū ſic effugiāt. Sic ſan­cti viri in ſcriptura ſancta fraudes demo­ perſpiciūt: ex deſcriptiōe quā viden­quaſi ex vmbra hoſtē cognoſcūt. Dūqꝫ ſe cōſilijs ſcripture ex toto addicūt: vt vꝫ ni hil agāt: niſi qd̓ ex reſponſo ſcripturaꝝ au diūt: quaſi in aquā ſe ꝓijcientes hoſti illu dūt. Que fluēta pleniſſima dicunt̉: qꝛ de quibuſcūqꝫ ſcrupulis in ſcripturis conſi­liū querit̉ ſine minoratiōe de omnibus ad plenam inuenitur. da Gene eius ſicut areole aro­matū: conſite pigmentarijs. Si per oculos p̄dicatores intelligunt̉: bene per genas ip̄i in eccleſia figurant̉: martyrio vitā finiſſe perhibent̉. Duꝫ em̄ fide xp̄i ſanguinē ſuū fundere dubi­tāt: qͣi gene ī facie xp̄i rubēt. Per eos qͥp pe pulchritudo fidei xp̄iane publicat̉: qꝛ ad quantū fidei premiū tendant: oſtendūt pro ea moriunt̉. Que gene bene ſicut areole aromatū eſſe dicunt̉: qꝛ dum in ſtantia fidei martyrie electi exercent̉: per cultū virtutū ſancte opinionis fama quaſi aromatū dilatant̉. Sed areole pigmenta rijs cōſerunt̉: qꝛ martyres ſancti: a p̄ce­dentibus p̄dicatoribus ad cōfeſſionē ro­borant̉: a ſubſequētibus ad imitatiōis exemplū populis adducunt̉ ab illis qui p̄­ceſſerūt pigmēta virtutū colunt̉: ab his ve ro qui ſequūtur pigmenta exemploꝝ ſu­munt̉. Unde ſequit̉. ce Labia illius lilia ſtillantia mirrham primam. Quid em̄ per labia ſponſi niſi ipſos qͦs dicimus p̄dicatores xp̄i intelligimꝰ Qui mortes martyrū populis p̄dicant: qua ſi mirrhā mortificādis carnibus ad cōdi­mentū diſtillāt. Que mirrha bene prima eſſe dicit̉: qꝛ nullus ſic mortificat̉: qūo ille xp̄o martyrio finit̉. Primā em̄ dixit pro tꝑe: ſed pro dignitate. Quid eſt la bia ſponſi lilia eſſe dicunt̉: niſi illi per quos 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 his 2