Secundusin forma ſerui tanqͣꝫ egreſſus apparuit: ideoetiā ſpūſſanctꝰ: qꝛ et ip̄e corꝑali ſpecie qͣſi columba viſus eſt: ⁊ linguis diuiſis velut ignisvt hoc eis fuerit mitti ad aſpectū mortaliumaliqua forma corporea d̓ ſpiritali ſecreto procedere: qd̓ pr̄ qm̄ nō fecit: tātūmō miſiſſe nōetiā miſſus eē dictꝰ ſit. Deinde queſitū ē: curet pater nō aliquādo dictꝰ ſit miſſus: ſi ꝑ illasſpes corꝑales que oculis antiquoꝝ apparuerūt ip̄e demōſtrabat̉. Si aūt filiꝰ tūc demonGal̓. 4ſtrabat̉: cur tm̄ poſt miſſus diceret̉: cū plenitudo temꝑis venit: vt ex femīa naſceret̉: qn̄quidē ⁊ antea mittebat̉: cū in illis formis corꝑaliter apparebat. Aut ſi nō recte miſſus diIoh̓. 1ceret̉: niſi cū ꝟbū caro factū ē: cur ſpūſſanctꝰmiſſus legat̉: cuiꝰ incarnatio talis nō facta ēSi vero ꝑ illas antiquas demōſtratōes: necpater: nec filius nec ſpūſſcūs oſtēdebat̉: curetiā ip̄e nūc diceret̉ miſſus: cū illis modis etantea nitteret̉? Deinde ſubdiuiſimꝰ vt hecdiligentiſſime tractarent̉: ⁊ triꝑtitā fecimusqueſtionē: cuiꝰ vna ꝑs in ſecūdo libro explicata eſt: due ſunt relique: de quibꝰ deincepsdiſſerere aggrediar. Iam em̄ queſitū atꝫ tractatū ē in illis antiquis corꝑalibꝰ formis ⁊ viſis: nō tantūmō pr̄em: nec tm̄mō filiū: nec tātūmō ſpm̄ſanctū apparuiſſe ſed aut indifferēter dn̄m deum qui trinitas ip̄a intelligit̉: autquālibet ex trinitate ꝑſonā: quā lectiōis textus indicijs circūſtantibꝰ ſignificaret.Utrū cū deus homībus viſus eſt ip̄e ꝑ aſſumptā creature ſpeciem apparuit: an ꝟo angeli ex perſona ipſius locuti ſunt.Capitulū. IUnc ergo primū queramꝰ: qd̓ſequit̉. Nam ſecūdo loco in illa diſtributiōe poſitū ē: vtꝝ adhoc opus tm̄mō creatura formata ſit: in qua deꝰ ſicut tuncoꝑtuiſſe iudicauit: hūanis oſtenderet̉ aſpectibꝰ. An angeli qui iā erāt ita mittebant̉: vtex ꝑſona dei loquerent̉: aſſumētes corꝑalemſpēm de creatura corporea in vſum miniſterij ſui. Aut ip̄m corpꝰ ſuū: cui non ſubdūtur:ſed ſubditū gerūt mutātes atqꝫ vertentes īſpecies quas vellent: accōmodatas atqꝫ aptas actionibꝰ ſuis: ẜm attributā ſibi a creatore potentiā? Qua ꝑte queſtiōis qͣꝫtū dn̄s dederit ꝑtractata: poſtremo vidēdū erit id qd̓inſtitueramus inqͥrere: vtꝝ filiꝰ ⁊ ſpūſſcūs etantea mittebant̉: ⁊ ſi ita eſt: quid inter illammiſſionē ⁊ eā quā in euangelio legimꝰ diſtet:an miſſus nō ſit aliqͥs eoꝝ: niſi cū vel filius factus ē ex maria vigine: vel cū ſpūſſcūs viſibili ſpecie: ſiue in colūba: ſiue in igneis linguisapparuerit. Sed fateor excedere vires intētiōis mee: vtꝝ angeli manēte ſpiritali ſui corporis qualitatē: ꝑ hanc occultius oꝑantes aſſumāt ex inferioribꝰ elemētis corpulētioribꝰqd̓ ſibi coaptatū: quaſi aliquā veſtē mutēt etvertāt in quaſlibet ſpēs corꝑales: etiam ip̄asveras: ſicut aqua vera in veꝝ vinū cōuerſa ēIoh̓. 2a dn̄o. An ip̄a ꝓpria corꝑa ſua trāſforment inqd̓ voluerit: accōmodata ad id qd̓ agūt. Sꝫqd̓libet hoꝝ ſit: ad p̄ſentē queſtioneꝫ non ꝑtinet. Et qͣꝫuis hec qm̄ hō ſum: nullo exꝑimento poſſim cōprehēdere: ſicut angeli qͥ hͦ agūtet magis ea norūt qͣꝫ ego noui: quatenꝰ mutet̉ corpꝰ meū in affectu volūtatis mee: ſiueqd̓ in me: ſiue qd̓ ex alijs exꝑtus ſum: qͥd hoꝝtn̄ ex diuinaꝝ ſcripturaꝝ auctoritatibꝰ credānūc nō opus ē dicere: nec cogar ꝓbare: ⁊ fiatſermo longior de re qua nō indiget p̄ſens q̄ſtio. Nūc illud videndū ē: vtꝝ angeli tūc agebāt: ⁊ illas corpoꝝ ſpēs apparētes oculis hominū: ⁊ illas voces inſonātes auribꝰ: cū ipſaſenſibilis creatura ad nutū ſeruiēs ꝯditorisin id qd̓ opus erat ꝓ tꝑe vertebat̉: ſicut in libro ſapīe ſcriptū eſt. Creatura em̄ tibi factori deſeruiens extēdit̉ in tormentū aduerſuꝫcapainiuſtos: ⁊ leuior ſit ad bn̄faciendū his qͥ ī tecōfidūt. Propter hoc ⁊ tūc in oīa ſe trāſfigurans: oīm nutrici gr̄e tue deſeruiebat: ad voluntatē hoꝝ qͥ te deſiderabāt. Peruenit em̄ſapīa volūtatis dei ꝑ creaturā ſpiritalē vſqꝫad effectus viſibiles atqꝫ ſenſibiles creaturecorꝑalis. Ubi em̄ nō oꝑat̉ qd̓ vult dei omīpotētis ſapīa: q̄ ꝑtendit a fine vſqꝫ ad finē fortit̉Ibidē. 8et diſponit omnia ſuauiter.De mutatiōibꝰ creature ſiue cōſuetudīarijs ſiue inſolitis que nō fiunt extra poteſtatē ac potentiā creatoris. Ca. IIEd aliꝰ eſt ordo naturalis in cōuerſion ⁊ mutabilitate corporū: qͥ qͣꝫuisetiā ip̄e ad nutū dei ſeruiat: ꝑſeuerātiā tamē cōſuetudinis amiſit admirationemſicuti ſunt q̄ vel breuiſſimis vel certe nō longis interuallis tēpoꝝ celo: terra: mariqꝫ mutant̉: ſiue naſcentibꝰ: ſiue occidentibꝰ rebusſiue alias aliter atqꝫ aliter apꝑentibus. Aliavero qͣꝫuis ex ip̄o ordine veniētia: tn̄ ꝓpt̓ longiora interualla tempoꝝ minꝰ vſitata. Quelicet multi ſtupeāt ab inqͥſitoribꝰ huiꝰ ſeculi:cōprehēſa ſunt: ⁊ ꝓgreſſu generationū quoſepiꝰ repetita ſunt: ⁊ a pluribꝰ cognita: eo minus mira ſunt: ſicuti eſt defectꝰ luminariū: ⁊raro exn̄tes quedā ſpēs ſideriū: ⁊ terremotꝰet mōſtruoſi ꝑtus aīantiū: ⁊ queqꝫ ſil̓ia: quo