Dialogorum liber j. ¶ Beati Gregorij pape in libros dialogoꝝ: p̄fatio feliciter incipit Uadā die nimijs quorūdaꝫ ſe culariū tumultibꝰ dep̄ſſus: qͥ bꝰ in ſuis negotijs plerūqꝫ co gimur ſoluere etiā qd̓ nos cer tū eſt non debere: ſecretū locū petij amicū meroris vbi oē qd̓ de mea mi hi occupatiōe diſplicebat ſe patēter oſtēderet: ⁊ cūcta que infligere dolorem conſueuerant: cōgeſta ante oculos licēter venirent. Ibi itaqꝫ cū afflictus valde ⁊ diu tacitus ſederē: dilectiſſimus filius meus Petrꝰ diaconus affuit: qui mihi a prime uo iuuētutis flore in amicitijs familiarit̓ obſtrictꝰ eſt atqꝫ ad ſacri verbi indagationē ſociꝰ. Qui graui excoqui cordis languore me intuens ait: Nunqͥd nā noui tibi aliqͥd accidit ꝙ plꝰ te ſolito meror tenet? Cui inquā: Meror petre quem quotidie patior: ⁊ ſemꝑ mihi ꝑ vſuꝫ vetꝰ eſt: ⁊ ſem per ꝑ augmentū nouꝰ. Infelix qͥppe animus meꝰ occupatiōis ſue pulſatꝰ vulnere meminit qualis aliqn̄ ī mōaſterio fuit: qūo ei labētia cūcta ſubtererāt: ꝙͣtū rebꝰ oībus q̄ voluunt̉ eminebat: ꝙ nulla niſi celeſtia cogitare cōſueuerat: qd̓ etiā retētus corꝑe ipſa iā carnis clauſtra contēpla tione trāſibat. Qd̓ mortē quoqꝫ que pene cūctis pena eſt: videlicet vt ingreſſum vite laboris ſui premiū amabat. At nunc ex occaſione cure paſtoralis ſeculariū hominū negocia patit̉: ⁊ poſt tā pulchrā qͥetis ſue ſpeciē terreni actꝰ puluere fedat̉. Cūqꝫ ſe ꝓ cōdeſcēſione multorū ad exteriora ſparſerit: etiā cū interiora appetit: adhuc ꝓculdubio minor redit. Perpendo itaqꝫ qd̓ tolero: ꝑpēdo qͥd amiſi: dūqꝫ intueor illud qd̓ ꝑdidi: ſit hoc grauiꝰ qd̓ porto. Ecce etenī nūc magni maris fluctibus quatior: atqꝫ ī naui mētis tēpeſtatis valide ꝓcellis illidor. Et cū prioris vite recolo: qͣſi poſt tergū ductis oculis viſo li tore ſuſpiro. Qd̓qꝫ adhuc grauiꝰ eſt: dū īmēſis fluctibꝰ turbatꝰ feror: vix iā portū videre valeo quē reliqͥ: qꝛ ⁊ ita ſunt caſus mētis vt priꝰ quidē ꝑdat bonū qd̓ tenuit: ſi tn̄ ſe ꝑdidiſſe meminerit. Cūqꝫ lōgiꝰ receſſerit: etiā boni ipſiꝰ qd̓ ꝑdiderat obliui ſcit̉. fitqꝫ vt poſt neqꝫ ꝑ memoriā videat qd̓ priꝰ ꝑ actionē tenebat. Un̄ alias hoc agit̉ qd̓ p̄miſi: qꝛ cū nauigamꝰ lōgius: iā nec portū qͥetis quē reliquimꝰ videmus. Nōnunꝙͣ vero ad augmētuꝫ mei doloris adiūgit̉ ꝙ quorūdā vita qͥ pn̄s ſeculū tota mēte. reliquerūt: mihi ad memoriā reuocat̉. Quorū dū culmē aſpicio: ꝙͣtū ipſe in infirmis iaceā agnoſco: quoꝝ plurimi cō ditori ſuo ī ſecretiori vita placuerūt: qͥ ne ꝑ hūanos actꝰ a nouitate mētis vetereſce rēt: eos oīpotēs deꝰ huiꝰ mūdi laboribꝰ noluit occupari. Sꝫ que iā ꝓlata ſūt meliuſ īſinuo: ſi ea q̄ ꝑ inquiſitionē ac rn̄ſionē dicēda ſūt: ſola noīm p̄notatiōe diſtīguo. ¶ Beati Gregorij pape dialogoꝝ liber primꝰ: de vita ⁊ miraculis patrū Italicoꝝ feliciter incipit. De petitione petri diaconi vt aliq̄ ſibi patrū narrent̉ exempla ac reſpōſione ſancti Gregorij: cū expoſitōe vite: ac miraculoꝝ ho norati abbatis monaſterij Fundenſis. ¶ Cap. I. Petrus. On valde ī Italia quorū dā vitaꝫ virtutibꝰ fulſiſſe ꝯgnoui. Ex quoꝝ igit̉ cō paratōe accēderꝭ ignoro. Equideꝫ bonos viros in hac terra fuiſſe nō dubito ſigna tn̄ atqꝫ virtutes aūt ab eis neqͣꝙͣ fa cta exiſtīo: aut ita ſūt hactenꝰ ſilētio ſupp̄ſſa: vt vtrū ne ſint facta neſciamus. Gregorius. I ſola petre referā q̄ de ꝑfectis ꝓ batiſqꝫ viris: vnꝰ ego homuncio: vel bonis ac fidelibꝰ viris atteſtā tibꝰ agnoui: vl̓ ꝑ memetip̄m didici: dies vt oꝑinor anteꝙͣ ſermo ceſſabit. Petrus. Ellē querenti mihi de eis aliqua narrares: neqꝫ hac ꝓ re interrum pere expoſitionis ſtudium graue a iiij
