Tertie partis libri. Paſtoralis cure cte mala redarguūt: inde per elatiōis im­pulſum in profundiora mergant̉. Admo­nēdi ſunt ne culpas prepoſitoꝝ cōſide rant: ꝯtra eos audaciores fiant: ſed ſi qua valde ſunt eoꝝ praua oꝑa ſic apud ſemet ip̄os dijudicēt: vt tamē diuino timore ſtricti: ferre ſub eis reuerētie recuſent Qd̓ melius oſtendimus: ſi Dauid factū ad mediū deducamꝰ. Gaul quippe perſe cutor eius ad purgandū ventrē ſpelu fuiſſet ingreſſus: illic viris ſuis Da uid inerat: qui iam tam longo temꝑe per ſecutiōis eius mala tolerabat. Cūqꝫ eum viri ſui ad feriendū Saul accenderēt: fre git eos reſponſiōibus: qꝛ manū mittere in xp̄m dn̄i non deberet. Qui tamē occulte ſurrexit: oram clamidis eius abſcidit. Quid em̄ per Saul niſi mali rectores qͥd per Dauid: niſi boni ſubditi deſignātur. Saul igit̉ ventrē purgare eſt prauos pre­poſitos conceptā in corde maliciā vſqꝫ ad opera miſeri odoris extēdere: cogitata apud ſe noxia factis exterioribus exequē­do monſtrare. Quē tn̄ Dauid ferire me­tuit: qꝛ pie ſubditoꝝ mentes ab om̄i ſe pe­ſte obtrectatiōis abſtinētes prepoſitoꝝ vi nullo lingue gladio percutiūt: etiā cu­de imperfectiōe reprehendunt. Qui etſi quādo ab īfirmitate ſeſe abſtinere vix poſ ſunt: vt extrem aquedā atqꝫ exteriora pre poſitoꝝ mala: ſed tamē humiliter loquā­tur: quaſioram clamidis ſilenter incidūt: quia videlicꝫ prelate diguitati ſaltē in noxie latēter derogāt: quaſi regis ſuper poſiti veſtem ſecant. Sed tamē ad ſemet­ip̄os redeūt ſe vehemētiſſime vel de tenu iſſimo verbi laceratiōe reprehendūt. Un­de bene illic ſcriptū eſt. Poſt hec per­cuſſit Dauid cor ſuum: eo abſcidiſſet ora clamidis Saul. Facta quippe prepo ſitoꝝ oris gladio feriēda ſunt: etiā cuꝫ recte reprehēdenda iudicant̉. Si quādo vero cōtra eos vel in minimis lingua labi tur: nec eſſe eſt vt per afflictionē penitētie cor premat̉: quatenus ad ſeip̄m redeat: prepoſite poteſtati deliquerit eius con tra ſe iudiciū: a quo ſibi prelata eſt perhor reſcat. in p̄poſitis delinquimꝰ eiꝰ ordinatiōi eos nobis p̄tulis obuiamus vnde Moyſes quoqꝫ contra ſe Narō cōqueri populū cognouiſſet ait: Nos em̄ quid ſumus? Nec cōtra nos eſt murmur veſtrū: ſed contra dn̄m. De diuerſo modo admonen­di ſeruos atqꝫ dominos: Capitulum. VI. Liter admonēdi ſunt ſerui: at­qꝫ aliter dn̄i. Serui ſcꝫ vt in ſe ſemper humilitatē conditiōis aſpiciant. Dn̄i vero vt nature ſue qua equaliter ſunt ſeruis conditi­memoriā non amittāt. Serui admonēdi ſunt: ne dn̄os deſpiciāt: ne deū offendant ſi ordinatiōi illius ſuperbiēdo cōtradicūt Dn̄i quoqꝫ admonēdi ſunt: quia ꝯtra do­minū demunere ſuo ſuperbiūt: ſi eos quoſ per conditionē tenent ſubditos: equales ſibi per nature conſortiū non agnoſcunt. Iſti admonēdi ſunt: vt ſciāt ſe ſeruos eſ­ſe dominoꝝ. Illi admonendi ſunt: vt co­gnoſcāt ſe cōſeruos eſſe ſeruoꝝ. Iſtis nā­qꝫ dicit̉ ſerui obedite dn̄is carnalibus. Et rurſum: Quicūqꝫ ſunt ſub iugo ſeruitu­tis dn̄os ſuos omni honore dignus arbi­trent̉. Illis auteꝫ dicit̉ vos domini ea­dem facite illis remittētes minas: ſciētis qd̓ illoꝝ veſter dn̄s eſt in celis. De diuerſo modo admonen. di ſapientes atqꝫ hebētes: Capitulum. VII. Liter admonēdi ſunt ſapiētes huiꝰ ſeculi: atqꝫ aliter hebetes Sapiētes quippe admonendi ſunt: vt ſciant amittere que ſci unt: hebetes quoqꝫ admonēdi ſunt: vt ap petāt ſcire que neſciūt. In illis hoc primū deſtruendū eſt qd̓ ſe ſapientes arbitrant̉. In iſtis edificandū eſt: quicqͥd de ſapīa ſuperna cognoſcit̉: qꝛ minie ſuperbiūt: quaſi ad ſuſcipiendū edificiū corda para­uerūt. illis laborandū eſt vt ſapiētius ſtulti fiant: ſtultā aūt ſapīaꝫ deſerūt: ſa­