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INde per immensum croceo velatus amictu. Aera digreditur.
[unknown character] In hoc decimo libro dicit. Oui. [unknown character] cum or

Fa.pr[unknown character]a.
pheus vates summus inter vates musicos & filius so
lis: vxorem accepisset euridicen: & ipsa cum sociab9
suis quadam die per hęrbas vagabunda flores colligeret accis.


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dit [unknown character] vipera in pede i[unknown character]am momordit & sic venenata discessit
& obiit. Dolẽs igi[unknown character] orpheus de noua nupta iã mortua ausus ẽ
ad inferos & ad opaca regna descẽdere. I bi[unknown character] tam dulciter cœ
pit tãgere lyrã & tã melodiose canere [unknown character] exangues animę flere
cœperũt:tantalus oblitus est famis & sitis. Ixion [unknown character]termisit ro
tari. sisiphus suũ reuoluere saxum/volucres tytii carpere iecur
& belides doliũ suũ reimplere. Igitur cũ [unknown character]pter dulcedinẽ sui cã
tus: oĩa numina inferni ad pietatẽ [unknown character]uocasset euridice ei reddiť.
adiuncto iñ pacto [unknown character] si retro se respiciat prius[unknown character] de inferno exi
erit [unknown character]dat eam & ad inferos interũ rel abať. Cum igiť simul incederent
& euridice eũ se[unknown character]retur: orpheus amoris impatiẽs: cũ t
iam [unknown character]pe exitũ inferni essent se c[unknown character]tinere n[unknown character] potuit [unknown character]n retro ad
euridicẽ aspiceret. Q [unknown character] cum fecisset statim ad infernũ illa relapsa
ẽ. Et sic mulieris c[unknown character]cessę munere n[unknown character] lætať. Q uod vidẽs or
pheus iterũ ad tartara descendit:sed quia cerber9 ipsum intrare
non permisit: post[unknown character] in ripa.vii. diebus nihil comedens per
mansisset flens & esse deos erebi crudelis questus inde recessit.
[unknown character] Dic allegorice [unknown character] orpheus sili9 folis est x[unknown character]s filius dei patris:
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qui a prĩcipio euridicẽ.i.aĩam humanã per caritatẽ & amorem
duxit:i[unknown character]am[unknown character] [unknown character] spẽalem pręrogatiuã a principio sibi c[unknown character]iũxit.
Verũtñ serpes diabolus ipsam nouã nuptã.i. de nouo creatã:
dũ flores colligeret.i.de pomo vetito appeteret/ [unknown character] tẽptationẽ
momordit & per pct[unknown character] occidit: & finaliter ad infernũ transmi
sit. Q [unknown character] vidẽs orpheus x[unknown character]s i ifernũ [unknown character]sonaliter voluit descẽde
& sic vxorẽ suã.i.hũanã naturã rehabuit: ipsam[unknown character] de regno
tenebrarũ ereptã:ad superos secũ duxit dicẽs illud cãtico[unknown character].ii.
Surge [unknown character]pera amica mea & veni. [unknown character] Vel dic [unknown character] orpheus est pec-
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cator:qui.s.morsu serpẽtis.i.diaboli tẽptatione vxorẽ suã.i.
aĩam [unknown character]dit dum indiscrete ad colligendũ flores.i.ad c[unknown character]gregãda
fluxibilia tẽporalia intendit sed tñ ipsã spũaliter recuperat
qñ ad inferos [unknown character] c[unknown character]siderationẽ descendit & per or[unknown character]nẽ dulcit
modulať. Solus e[unknown character] timor ĩfernalis supplicii facit de vitiis pœ
nitere:& sic facit vxorẽ [unknown character] grãm rehaberi: & maxĩe si melodiã
or[unknown character]nis deuotę cum hoc c[unknown character]tigerit resonare. Verũtñ multi sunt
qui quia retro [unknown character] amorem temporaliũ respiciunt & tan[unknown character] canis
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ad vomitũ metaliter reuertunť:& i[unknown character]am vxorẽ.f.aĩam recu[unknown character]a
tã nimis diligũt:ita [unknown character] c[unknown character]cupiscẽtiis eius fauẽt & adipsã mẽtis
oculos retrouertunt:i[unknown character]am iterũ amittunt:& infernus eam reci
pit.Io.xii. Q ui amat animã suã [unknown character]det eam. [unknown character] Vel dit & I[unknown character]aliter


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[unknown character] sępefit [unknown character] h[unknown character] vxorem vel filiã quã diligit indiscrete & i[unknown character]a
non castigat perdit & ipsarum [unknown character]ditionis causa tam spũalis [unknown character]
corporalis existit. Ecc[unknown character]i.xxx. Lacta filiũ:& pauentẽte faciet:
lude cũ eo: n[unknown character] c[unknown character]rideas illi nec c[unknown character]doleas:& in nouissimo obstu
Fa.ii.
pescent dẽtes tui. [unknown character] Orpheus vidẽs [unknown character] vxorẽ recuperatã [unknown character]diderat:
et eam bis mor videratĩcœpit obhorrere copulã oium
muliserũ. Sedit igitur su[unknown character] mõtẽ vbi nulla erat vmbra: & ĩcepit
dulciter canere cum lyra sua Arbores aũt [unknown character] circa i[unknown character]m erant au
dita cithara tã suauiter mulcebanť [unknown character] cateruatim ruẽtes ad audiendumvatis
melodiã affluebãt & iux ta i[unknown character]m per ordinem se
ponebant: ita [unknown character] circa i[unknown character]m nemus densissimũ fecerunt. Eius[unknown character]
causa & saxa & lapides cum arboribus venerunt. I gitur omẽs
mulieres istum canẽtem:& c[unknown character]cubitũ mulierũ c[unknown character]temnẽtem vtdẽtes
c[unknown character]tra eum veniũt:& lignis & lapidibus i[unknown character]m occidere sta
tim volunt. Lapides tamen c[unknown character]tra eum [unknown character]iecti cantus dulcedine
stabant in medio:& sic vatẽ tangere n[unknown character] audebant: sed eum
potius adorabant. Ipse tñ mulieres clamores tantos fecerunt
[unknown character] saxa [unknown character]iecta cãtumlyrę amplius audire ne[unknown character]uerunt quapropter
vs[unknown character]ad vatẽ veniũt:& eũ nequiter occidũt. Ouid. Tunc
deni[unknown character] saxa n[unknown character] exauditi rubuerunt sanguine vatis. Caputo
phci in uuiũ a ciconibus [unknown character]iiciť: q[unknown character] cũ draco vellet comedere
statim in lapidẽ mutať. I psę aũt mulieres quæ i[unknown character]m occiderãt
a phœbo in arbores transmutanť. Et sic a phœbo mors vatis
et fili grauiter vindicatur: vt diffuse patet in libro sequenti.
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[unknown character] Orpheus significat prędicatorẽ & diuini verbi carminũ dictatorẽ:
qui de inferis.i.de mũdo veniẽs debet in m[unknown character]te scriptu
rę vel religi[unknown character]is sedere carmina & melodiã sacrę scripturę canere:&
ad se.i.ad statũ pœnitẽtię vel fidei saxa & arbores.i.isn
sibiles & induratos pct[unknown character]res trahere & ex eis verbi diuini dulce
dine pp[unknown character]m aggregare. Mulierũ copulã debet fugere & carnis
amplexus penitus exhorrere & c[unknown character]tra ipsarũ malicias [unknown character]dicare
Q uapropter sępefit [unknown character] mulieres tales pct[unknown character]res odiũt:& eos [unknown character]
ifamiã occidũt & c[unknown character]tra eos lapides.i.verba detractoria iaciũt
Sępe e[unknown character] factũ est [unknown character] [unknown character]dicatores [unknown character] c[unknown character]tra malas m[unknown character]ieres libẽter
[unknown character]dicant ab ipsis infamias reportãt.iii.Re.ii. Deprauatum est
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cor eius [unknown character] mulieres. [unknown character] Vel dic [unknown character] orpheus significat sct[unknown character]s & do
ctores primitiuę ecclesię [unknown character] dulcedine cantus.i.[unknown character]dicationis sa
xa.i.corda dura:arbores.i.insensibiles & infideles ad fidẽ ecclesię
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se collegerunt. I gitur mulieres.i.tyranni & principes crudeles
suos ministros tan[unknown character] lapides ad eos occidendos mittebãt. Ve-
runt ipsi ministri qñ[unknown character] audito sono [unknown character]dicationis ad pedes ip
so[unknown character] cadebant & credẽtes cũ ipsis martyria sustinebãt. Sed inualescẽte
tyrannorũ sęuitia martyres occidunť:& tñ p9 mortẽ
facere mirabilia c[unknown character]probanť [unknown character]bus miraculis o[unknown character] [unknown character]secutors [unknown character]
pter stuporẽ ĩmobiles quasilapides sũt efecti.Exo.xv. Fiãt
ĩmobiles quasi lapis. [unknown character] Ruticus quidã herculis socius fuit: [unknown character]
videns cerberũ canẽ inferni cum tribus capitibus: qui serpẽti
Fa.iii.
bus erat crinitus per herculẽ foras extractũ illũ timuit in tãtũ
[unknown character] in lapidẽ est mutatus. [unknown character] Cerberus est mors [unknown character] canis inferni
d [unknown character]eo [unknown character] nun[unknown character] satiať: & i[unknown character]i inferno ad quẽ aias mittit famu
lať. Abacuc.ii.[unknown character]e quasi mors et n[unknown character] adimplebiť. Crinitus ser
pentibus d [unknown character]eo [unknown character] in morte de medula hoĩs serpentes secundum
pythagorã nascunť: vel quia ipsę carnes humanę a serpẽ
ibus deuoranť.Eccli.x.Cum morieť homo hęreditabit serp[unknown character]
tes bestias & vermes. Tria capita habet [unknown character]eo[unknown character] aufert a nobis
carnẽ & sanguinẽ:& pellẽ vel [unknown character]eo [unknown character] facit hoĩ tria damna. Au
ferte[unknown character] illi amicos vitã & tẽpora. Istas igiť c[unknown character]diti[unknown character]es quicũ[unknown character]
c[unknown character]siderat & mort[unknown character] lapis efficiť in [unknown character] tũ obstupescit:& timet & fri
gescit & insensibilis eficiť in[unknown character]tũ sensus suos a variis appetiti
bus c[unknown character]tinet & coercet. Iob.xli. Coreius ídurabiť quasi lapis
[unknown character] Vel dic [unknown character] cerberus est auarus qui canis est ĩferni.i.insatiabi
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lis appetitus qui serpẽtibus est crinitus.i.malicis: et tribus ca
pitibus munitus.i.tribus auaritię vitiis [unknown character] sunt cupiditas siue la
bor in acquirendo [unknown character]citas in seruãdo:& mor in [unknown character]dendo. Stupẽdũ
est igiť tales & eo[unknown character] c[unknown character]ditiones terribiles attẽdere & vide
e.Sa[unknown character].ii. Grauis est nobis ad videndũ. [unknown character] Lethea coniũx ole
Fa.ii.
nii [unknown character]tulit se iunoni: ipsam contumelis & contumaciis infestans
de qua c iuno marito suo oleno c[unknown character]quereretur & ipsãlle
negligeret corrigere:& deęetiã durius responderet irata iuno
vtrũ[unknown character] in lapid mutauit. [unknown character] Applica c[unknown character]tra [unknown character]latos carnaes [unknown character]
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.s.suã vxorẽ carnalẽ parentelã rebellem & malã:& c[unknown character]tra iuno
nẽ.i.c[unknown character]tra deum multa c[unknown character]tumeliose agentẽ nolunt corrigere:
nec tiã diuis monitis obtemperando ipsos de suis vitiis ca
stigare. I deo contingit sępe [unknown character] iuno: id est deus ambos mutat
n lapides in[unknown character]tum maiores & minores & [unknown character]latum deprimit:&
eos facit miscros & ípotẽtes. Eccl:xxx.Lacta filiũ & pauentẽ
te faciet. Et de talibus malis pręlatis dicitur. Ezechie.iii. Fili


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hoĩs speculatorem dedi te domui israel. Et audies de oe meo
verbũ & ãnnũciabis eis ex me. Si dicẽte me ad ĩpiũ morte mo
riris n[unknown character] anũciaueris ei ne[unknown character] locutus fueris: v auertať vir a via
sua pessima & viuat: i[unknown character]e impius in iniquitate sua morietur: sã
guinẽ aũt eius de manu tua requirã. [unknown character] A tis puer speciosissim9
Fa.v
cum diligereť a cibele me deo[unknown character] [unknown character]misit ei nũ[unknown character] se alteri coniũgendũ:
qui fidẽ frangẽs c[unknown character]cubuit cũ gaganitide nympha: de
quo cum a cibele pluries increpareť puer in satisfactionẽ dsi-
bi pręcidisse genitalia. Cui cibeles c[unknown character]patiens i[unknown character]m in pinũ mutauit.
Ita [unknown character] ex tũc pinus cibeli dedicata fuit. [unknown character] Notahic [unknown character] n[unknown character]
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est bonũ iuuenes nimis obiurgare: [unknown character]a cũ sint fragilis c[unknown character]ditionis
sem[unknown character] mouenť ad aliquid inutile faciẽdũ. Nec etiã bonũ est
[unknown character] puer vetulę c[unknown character]iugať:[unknown character]a n[unknown character] vultipsi fidẽ seruare: sed cum iuuenculis
& nymphis carnaliter hĩtare. [unknown character] Dic allegorice [unknown character] m[unknown character]
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deo[unknown character] esteccia quæ pueros speciosissimos [unknown character] fidẽ sibi catholicã
copulauit qui [unknown character]pter fidẽ quã sibi n[unknown character] seruarũt.i.pctã quæ c[unknown character]
miserũt seipsos spiritualiter castrãt votũ castitatis emittendo
& i[unknown character] solet eos in pinus.i.in altas [unknown character]sonas trãsmutare & eos spe-
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cialiter sibi vendicare. [unknown character] Vel dic [unknown character] mater deo[unknown character] est mater dei
et hoĩs [unknown character] innocẽtes sibi per amorẽ coniungit qui [unknown character] castitatẽ se
castrant:& [unknown character] liquorem pietatis quẽ mittũt in pinũ se mutant:
ita vtbeata virgo dicere possitillud Esaię.lxiii. Abies & buxus
& pinus si[unknown character] veniẽt ad ornandũ locũ sanctificationis meę.
Fa.vi.
[unknown character] Ciparissus qui cupressus puer fuit nimiũ dilectus a phbo.
Cumigitur ceruum in pignus amoris a phœbo bi datũ casu
occidisset & ex hoc mori vellet in arborẽ sui noĩs mutať quæ
etiã vt arbor funesta a lugẽtibus in mortuorũ obsequiis mini
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strať. Ouid. Lugebis[unknown character] alios aderis[unknown character] dolẽtibus inquit. [unknown character] Dic
[unknown character] phœbus illos quos plus diligit in arbores lugubres mutat
in[unknown character]tum.s.amicos fuos ad cogitandũ de morte:& ad flendum
inuitat. Eccli.xxxviii. Fili in mortuũ [unknown character]duc lachrymas & qua
sidira passus inci[unknown character]e plorare. Vñ Oui.de isto ait. Munus[unknown character] su[unknown character]
mũ: Hoc petit a superis: vt t[unknown character]e lugeat oi. [unknown character] Ganimedes frigi9
Fa.vii.
siue troianus puer pulcherrim9 intantũ a ioue dilectus fuit [unknown character]
abipso mutato in aquilã fuit raptus et in cœlo stellificatus:&
pincerna deo[unknown character] effectus. Et est illud signũ [unknown character][unknown character] aquari9 d[unknown character]: quia
aquas super manus deo[unknown character] infundere fictũ fuit. [unknown character] I sta aquila si
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gnificat limpitudinẽ sicut ganimedes significat iohãnẽ euãge
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tas ficut ipsum rapuit in cœlũ in [unknown character] tũ i[unknown character] m loqui de cœlestibus
alte fecit. Pincerna vero deo[unknown character].i.plato[unknown character] & virorũ iusto[unknown character] effi
citur in[unknown character] tum aqua sapientię& g[unknown character]ę ab ipsofundiť & hauritur.
[unknown character] Vel aquila est christus qui istũ puerũ dilexit:& adsecreta cœ
lestia sublimauit. Oseę.xi.Puer israel & dilexi eũ. [unknown character] Iacinthus
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fingitur fuisse puer summe dilectus a phœbo: qui cũ eo ludens
Fa.viii
ad discum [unknown character]iiciendum ad terramex disci [unknown character]cussione periit: sed
ipsum phœbus in cœlestẽ florẽ mutauit: qui extunciacinth9
dictus fuit. Oui. Flos[unknown character] nouus scripto gemitus imtabere nostros.
[unknown character] Populi cerastę fuerũt quidã [unknown character] hospites suos in ara iouis
vel veneris imolabant: quapropter venus indignata i[unknown character]os
Fa.ix.
in tauros cornutos mutauit:& sic cerastas.i.cornutos eos vocauit.
Ceras.n.gr[unknown character]ce cornu latine d[unknown character]. [unknown character] Primũ dic c[unknown character]traiuueneslasciuos
[unknown character] idiscrete ludũt. Eti[unknown character] sępe fit [unknown character] [unknown character]pt ludos quos
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exercent [unknown character]eunt. Et sic [unknown character]a i floreiuuẽtutis hoc fit loquẽdo simi
litudinarie flores fiunt. Iob.xiii. Quasiflos egrediť & c[unknown character]teriť
et fugit velut vmbra. [unknown character] I stud vltimũ de cerastis allega c[unknown character]tra
imũdos sodomitas [unknown character].s.in ara veneris.i.[unknown character] officio luxurię ho[unknown character]es
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[unknown character]molant in[unknown character] tũ ip sos impudice [unknown character]tractant. Etideo istos in tauros
venus mutare diciť [unknown character]eo [unknown character] luxuria ipsos facit viuere besti
aliter:& ipsos brutales facere c[unknown character]probať. Contra quos [unknown character]s. dicit
Nolite fieri sicut equus & mulus &c. [unknown character] Pigmalion fuit quid
sculptor imaginũ: qui quia [unknown character]petides meretrices turpiter sevul
Fa.x.
gãtes & o[unknown character]bus indifferent [unknown character]stituẽtesvidebat oẽm c[unknown character]tactũ muliebrẽ
exhorrebat. Vñ Oui. Sine c[unknown character]iuge cœlebs viuebat thala
mi[unknown character] diu c[unknown character]sorte carebat. Accdit aũt [unknown character] i[unknown character]e deebore quãdam
sculpsit imaginẽ fœmineã adeo pulchrã [unknown character] nulla viua mulier
tã pulchra potuit nueniri. Cuius speciositatẽ c[unknown character]siderans in amorẽ
ei9 rapiť intantũ [unknown character] ipsã imaginẽ eburneã mensę & lecti
sociã facit: et cũ i[unknown character]a (acsi viueret) locabať. Igiť cũ iste quodã
die festo ad templa veneris iuisset:& imaginẽ suã in lecto dimi
sisset: in cordesuo rogabat venerem: vtimago sua vera virgo
esset. Ad domũ igitur rediens more solito ebur amplexaturus
lectum ingreditur. Qui vtipsam tetigit: cor palpitans:& caro
calida sentiť saliunt[unknown character] tentatę pollice venæ. Quod admran
dum osculũ dare vellet: erubuit virgo: cœpit[unknown character] more verecũdię
vginalis imago subterfugere etipsum verbis increpare
Vidensigitur pgmalon ebur in virginẽ transmutatum:& se
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dedit:& in ipsa virgine eburnea paphon quẽdã nobilem pu-
rũ generauit. De quo tenetinsula nomẽ: di e[unknown character] insula paphos
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[unknown character] Per istum factorem imaginũ intelligo [unknown character]dicatores qui aiam
sciunt sculpere:& pingere correctionibus & virtutibus: [unknown character] istã
puellã eburneã intelligo quãlibet sctĩmonialẽ: [unknown character] eburnea dicitur
[unknown character]eo [unknown character] casta frigida ponderosa & honesta esse dicitur. Sed
fæpe contingit [unknown character] aliquis bonus pigmaleon.i. aliquis bonus
religiosus [unknown character]ponit perpetuo nec mulierẽ nec carnales amplexus
appetere & talis conuertit se ad imagines eburneas facien
das.i.ad benignas sanctimoniales:& matronas in castitate &
sctitate informãdas:& in moribus spũalibus sculpẽdas:& accidit
[unknown character] vnã inter cęteras sibi eligit quã sororẽ vel filiam
dicit & eã bono ac casto aĩo et amoreassociat & tangit. Sed [unknown character]
certo tandẽ accidit [unknown character] venus dea luxurię.i.carnis cõcupiscentia
se interponit & ipsam imaginẽ mortuã c[unknown character]uertit in viuã:&
ipsam castã mulierem facit carnis stimulos sentire & eam mutat
de bona in fatuã. I[unknown character]e e[unknown character] pigmaleon [unknown character]dicator hoc a vene
re expetit:& istam mutationẽ appetit. Sic igitur cũ more solito
ad colloquia redeunt simul se mutatos inuenit: ita [unknown character] illa [unknown character]
fuerat eburnea: fit carnea & ille qui mulieres horrebat: incipit
carnis spurciciã appetere. I sti igitur carnales sic se mutuo acci
piũt:& qñ[unknown character] filios generant. Non est igitur tutum religioso cũ
mulieribus nimiã familiaritatẽ contrahere vel econuerso. Vñ
Ecci.ix.dť Auerte faciem tuam a muliere compta & ne circũ
spicias speciẽ alienã. Propter speciem mulieris multi perierũt
et ex hoc cõcupiscentia quasi ignis exardescit. Et ibidẽ paulo
ante d[unknown character]. Virginẽ ne c[unknown character]spicias: ne forte scandalizeris in decore
Fa x.
illius. [unknown character] Cinaras fuit quidẽ rex magnus & potens qui filiã habuit
mirrhã virginẽ ad modũ speciosam. Ista igitur insano amore
patr[unknown character] diligens: sed de concubitu desperans secum flẽdo
pulcherrime difputabat:& nunc pro se nũc c[unknown character]tra se allegabat
et [unknown character]hibitionem paterni concubitus in naturę & deo[unknown character] inuidiã
retorquebat. Cum igitur præ desperatiõe se suspendere vellet
nutrix eius causam doloris cognoscẽs: apponere remedium
ei promisit. Regina igitur quadam die absente: nutrix patrẽ
de tradẽdo ipsi quandam iuuenculam alloquitur: ipsam tamẽ
nullo modo velle videri attestatur. Et sic fit [unknown character] patre ignorante
patri pluries myrrha supponitur & impręgnať abeo. Rex
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ne fit infanuis: & euaginato gladio filiam persequitur fugien
tem. Mirrha igitur [unknown character]priũ crimẽ abhorrens deos vt ipsam mutent
in arbore interpellat ne si forte in mũdo remaneat: viuo
violet vel si moriens ad inferos descendat mortuos violet si
ue corrumpat. Et ecce vota suos habuere deos. Nam ipsa pręgnans
in arborem sui nois mutatur: quę [unknown character] doloris amaritudine
adhuc lachrymas amarissimas fundit. Ouid. Sanguis it in
succos: in magnos brachia ramos. In paruos digiti: duratur
cortice pellis. Quæ [unknown character][unknown character] amisit veteres cum corpore sensu:
Flet tamen & tepidę manant ex arbore guttę. Puer vero gen
tus intra ipsum lignum sub cortice perficitur: & tandem com
pleto tempore ab arbore nascitur qui puer adonis nuncupať.
[unknown character] Dic si vis [unknown character] iste rex significat christum: vel pręlatum: cuius
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vxor immediate coniuncta significat quenlibet ecclesiasticũ
virum. Mala vero & impudens filia significat ambitosum.
I gitur dico [unknown character] plærun[unknown character] accidit: [unknown character] aliqua mala filia: id est ali[unknown character]
psona ambitiosa cupit patri suo x[unknown character]o íaliquo beneficio ecclesiastico
c[unknown character]iugari: & ad eius c[unknown character]nubiũ exaltari: quæ [unknown character]uis im[unknown character]fe
ctione meto[unknown character] suo[unknown character] & contra dictamẽ rationis hoc posse vel
debere fieri desperat: solet tñ qñ videt [unknown character] mater sua est absens
.i.quando prlatus est mortuus & vacat aliqua sedes: statim
se occulte supponere: & in lectum patris.i. in ecclesiam x[unknown character]ise
ingerere: & per auxilium nutricis.i.per adiutorium alicuiu
mali fautoris [unknown character]ce vel[unknown character]cio subítrare. Sed talis a patre christo
citur: & tribulati[unknown character]ibus & infortuniis fatigatur: & in
amarissimã mutari diciť [unknown character]eo [unknown character] finaliter qui sic intrat ecclesiã
solet in amaritudinẽ terminari: & in arborem.i.in infernũ trãs
formari: ita [unknown character] talis potest fiualiter dicere: vocate me mara.i.
amarã: quia amaritudine valde me repleuit o[unknown character]s.Rut.i. [unknown character] Vel
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dic [unknown character] ista filia significat aíam peccatricem: quæ cinarę.i.diaboli
dicitur esse nata: [unknown character]a ista a patre suo diabolo cum quo est
fornicata & male delectata: & vitiis íprgnata fuit finaliter ab
ipso [unknown character]sequiť: & morti & inferni tribulationib9 exponiť. Et sic
fit [unknown character] in myrrham.i.in amaritudinem vertitur: in[unknown character]tum í infer
no damnatur: & mortua existẽs perturit in[unknown character]tum errores & vi-
ta ad alios mittit post mortem per mala exempla & documẽ
ta [unknown character] dimisit. Tunc puer de matre mortua in arborẽ conur
sa extrahiť: qñ pct[unknown character] ex mortui dictis & ex[unknown character]plis c[unknown character]cipiť & [unknown character]
imitationẽ ad alios ferť. [unknown character] Vel dic [unknown character] qñd9 pater malã
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filiã.i.aíam peccatricẽ: solet plęrũ[unknown character] in myrrã mutari.i. [unknown character]pœ
nã in amaritudinẽconuerti. I sta igiť sic mutata: & iã tribula
tiobus arbor effecta medicinalis: solet filiũ pulchrũ.i. opus
bonũ sub cortice hũilitatis [unknown character]ere & liquorẽ medicinalẽ [unknown character] myrra
di fundere.i.bonã doctrinã vel elemosinã [unknown character]pinare. Canti.
v.Manus meę distillauerũt myrrã:& digiti mci pleni mya [unknown character]
batissima. [unknown character] Vel dic [unknown character] ista filia est btã virgo [unknown character] de p[unknown character]e c[unknown character]cepit:
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& in myrrã.i.amaritudinẽ est mutata:& in odoris fra gãtiã c[unknown character]uersa.Ecc[unknown character]i.xxiiii.
Quasi myrra electa dedi suauitatẽ odoris.
Ista igiť a patresuo filiũ c[unknown character]cepit.i.x[unknown character]m: & i[unknown character]m intra lignũ &
tortic[unknown character].i.intra vterũ castũ & intactũ sine corruptione c[unknown character]tinuit
etpostea eum n[unknown character] caro: sed lignũ existẽs.i. n[unknown character] carnalis sed virgo
[unknown character]manẽs peperit.Esa.vii. Ecce virgo c[unknown character]cipiet & pait filiũ
Fa.xii.
Figurať in virga aaron [unknown character]sicca floruit.Numeri.xvii. [unknown character] Adonis
filius arboris myrrę ta pulcher extitit:[unknown character] venus diciť i[unknown character]m
amasse. Vulnerata e[unknown character] fuit quadã die telo cupidinis fil sui ma
tr[unknown character] incaut9 osculãtis [unknown character]pter q[unknown character] adonid[unknown character] vid[unknown character]s in i[unknown character]m d[unknown character]exarsisse.
Relicto igiť officio suo circa istũ solũ cœpitvacare: tẽpla
sua: necn[unknown character] & cœlũ dimittere: istũ osculari & pectinare. I giť cũ
ste esset venator monebat e venus c[unknown character]tra apros & leones audaceseẽ
fugacẽ:& c[unknown character]tra lepores & dãmas fugaces audacẽ. Et
ait: Fortis[unknown character] fugacibus esto Inquit in audaces: n[unknown character] est audaca
tuta. Sic ait:& mediis interserit oscula verbis. Sed tandẽho[unknown character]
documento[unknown character] ímemor:& [unknown character]prię virtutis memor aprũ ngentẽ
inuadit:[unknown character] i[unknown character]m dentibus laniat & occidit: fulua[unknown character] moribũdum
strauit harena. Cui tandẽ venus condolens i[unknown character]min florẽ muta
uit. I giť hunc quia mulieres gẽtiles in flore iuuentutis mori vi
derunt flere ãnuatim decreuerũt: i[unknown character]m[unknown character] reuicturum post edi-
derunt: sicut innuere videť scriptura.Eze.viii.vbi d[unknown character][unknown character] mulie
res sedebãtbi plangentes adonidẽ. [unknown character] Cupido matrẽ osculãs
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significat c[unknown character]sanguineos qui nimis familiariter c[unknown character]sanguineos
osculanť: sic [unknown character] iñ [unknown character] appetitũ luxuriæ: ipsę c[unknown character]sanguię vulne
ranť: ita [unknown character] adonid[unknown character].i.aliquẽ extraneũ occasione tẽptationi
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magis diligere c[unknown character]probanť. [unknown character] Dicetiã [unknown character] h[unknown character] non debet contra
feroces leones & apros.i.contra mund potentes & tyrannos
bellum vel insultũ facere: sed potius contra ceruos:& lepore
id est fugaces & pauperes. Illi enim qui c[unknown character]tra mũdi potẽtes in
surgunt: qñ[unknown character] ab ipsis occiduntur & opprimũtur. Et sic in flo-
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[unknown character] alis flet9 & suspiri cã fiũt. [unknown character]s. Exterminauit eã a per de sylua.
[unknown character] Athalanta cenei filia nympha pulcherrima ex responso
Fa.xiii.
deorum habuit: [unknown character] viua seip sa caritura esset si alicui nuberet
quæ territa c[unknown character]iugiu fugiebat:& syluas & inuia frequẽtabat. V e
rũ quia velocissimo cursu erat ordinauit [unknown character] quicũ[unknown character] eã in coniugẽ
habere vellet prius cũ ipsa cursu c[unknown character]tenderet & si eã posset
superare eius c[unknown character]nubio frueretur: si vero su[unknown character]atus ab ipsa existe
ret capite plecteretur. Cum igitur plures sub hac lege c[unknown character]nubiũ
ei9 petissent:& victi capita [unknown character]didisset affuit hippomenes iuuenis
[unknown character]nepos neptuni qui lege c[unknown character]tẽpta cursu cum virgine c[unknown character]ten
dit:& eius motus specie sperat insu[unknown character]abilẽ superare. Virgo aũt
ei9 audaciæ c[unknown character]patiens suũ dissuadebat coniugium: & dum eũ
aspicit dubitat superari an vincere malit.hippomenes igiť ad
veneris fugit oracula & eius in hoc negocio petit opẽ. Venus
aũt miserta iuuenis a casu secũ tria poma aurea deferebat [unknown character] in
arbore sua antetemplũ suũ in agro damasceno c[unknown character]stituta colle
gerat: quæ iuueni largitur benigne ipsũ[unknown character] qualiter vtereť eisdẽ
istruit & informat. I gitur ambo simul cursum arripiũt: sed pri
mo statim virgo iuuenẽ pręterit fatigatũ. Qui vinci metuens
primũ pomũ [unknown character]iicit in obliquũ. Q[unknown character] admirãs virgo ad pomũ
diuertit a stadio:& sic transeundi spaciũ ipsi dedit. Cũ igiť ita
ter fecisset:& [unknown character]pter poma aurea virgo de semita declinasset põ
dus[unknown character] pomorũ ipsam n[unknown character] modicũ onerasset iuuenis primo venit
ad terminũ:& sic optatũ ac[unknown character]siuit cõnubiũ. Quia vero iste
ingratus nulla veneri [unknown character]tanto beneficio thura dedit i[unknown character]m tãto
ardore libidinis [unknown character]cussit:[unknown character] in tẽplo cibelis matris deorũ c[unknown character]cubuit
cumvxore. Propter q[unknown character] ipsos ambos cibeles i leones mu
tauit:& suo currui subiugauit. Et quia luxuriose egerunt ipsos
naturę fornicarię fecit: ita [unknown character] leo cu parda:& pardus cum leęna
adulteria committerẽt ordinauit. [unknown character] Applica contra luxurio-
&
sos iuuenes & iuuenculas. Constat e[unknown character] [unknown character] sæpe fit [unknown character] aliqua no
bilis domicella a pluribus requiritur. Verum quia ista honorẽ
suum diligit ante eos fortiter currit & fugit occasiones euitãs
et ipsorũ libidini taliter c[unknown character]tradicit:[unknown character] nullus eam appręhendit
imo multi sunt qui per eã mentaliter occiduntur: quia dum eã
assequi n[unknown character] possunt stimulis veneris agitantur.ii. Mac.iiii. Cur
su turb ertransii. Sed finaliter Hippomenes venit.i.aliquis
pulcher iuuenis: cuius speciositas magis placet nymphæ intã
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t cursũ suũ retardabit ante iuuenẽ vt [unknown character]cedat. Ipse aũt ad poma.i.ad
munera se c[unknown character]uertit [unknown character] dũ virgo recipit paulatim a cursu
contradictionis:& fugæ se deflectit. Sic igitur fit [unknown character] auaricia
suffragante:& c[unknown character]cupiscẽtia stimulante:& venere.i.luxuria
mediãte virgo a iuuene vinciť:& eius c[unknown character]cubitu subarratur: [unknown character]a
mulier quæ ad poma aurea.i.ad dona & mũera se deflectit diu
nõ põt fugere ĩmo fugam & cursum sistit:& finaliter c[unknown character]sentit.
Ad ga[unknown character].v. Currebatis bene quis vos impediuit. Finaliter igi
tur tales in leones mutanť: in [unknown character]tum adulteria cẽmitt[unknown character]do more
leonũ anhelitu fetent in[unknown character]tũ turpiter diffamãtur:& potissimũ
hoc verũ est de malis ecclesiasticis: qui.s. in tẽplo matris deorum.i.in
ecclesia quæ est mater sct[unknown character][unknown character] (Ad ga.iiii. Hierusal[unknown character]
quæ est mater nostra) impudice sehabent. Etiõ isti leones qui
fetent dici pñtin[unknown character]tum [unknown character] infamiã summe fetent. [unknown character] Vel dic [unknown character]
ista nympha estaia quã diabolus hippomenes tẽptationibus
persequi non cessat: vt ipsam [unknown character] malas c[unknown character]cupiscentias capiat:
& pudiciciã g[unknown character]ę ipsi tollat. I psa tñ qñ[unknown character] taliter per dissensum
pctã fugit:& per bona opera currit [unknown character] ad i[unknown character]am diabolus non
attingit. Sed [unknown character] certo q[unknown character] videt [unknown character] ipsã su[unknown character]are nõ p[unknown character]ttria poma
aurea.i.tria mundi delectabilia.s.diuitias: delicias:& honores
ipsi solet offerre:& sic dum circa ista tria aia solet vacare neces
se habeta a cursu bono[unknown character] operũ se retarare. Sic igi[unknown character] fit [unknown character] ista
tria poma [unknown character] auaritiã [unknown character]tum ad diuitias: [unknown character] luxuriã [unknown character]tum ad deli
cias: [unknown character] su[unknown character]biam [unknown character]tum ad eminẽtias: consequitur & diabolo [unknown character]
vitia coniugatur:& sic i9 spũalis virginitas violať. Vnde de
diabo põt dici illud [unknown character]uer.i.Pedes eius ad malum currunt:& fe
stinãt vt effundant sanguinem.

[unknown character] Explicit liber.x.Metamorphoseos. Incipit.xi.