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audire nolu{er}is[11] vocem d{omi}ni dei tui, ut custodias {et} facias
[Footnote 11: MS. volu{er}is.]
om{n}ia mandata eius, ve{n}iant sup{er} te om{n}es maledicc{i}ones; iste
maledictus eris
in ciuitate &c.??? {et} infra; ???ad-iu{n}gat t{ib}i pestilenc{iam}
donec consumat te de t{er}ra, p{er}cuciat te d{omin}us egestate, 4
febre, {et} frigore, ardore {et} estu,
{et} aere corrupto ac rubigi{n}e, {et} p{er}seq{ua}tur
donec p{er}eas??? hec ib{ide}m; {et} infra ???p{er}cuciat te d{omin}us
vlc{er}e egipti, {et} p{ar}tem
corp{or}is p{er} q{uam} stercora eg{er}ant{ur}.
scabie q{uoque}, {et} p{ru}rigine, ita ut curari nequeas; p{er}cuciat te 8
d{omin}us necessitate ac furore mentis??? // Therfore a gret fool
[These plagues a man would be a great fool to presume to cure,
but all other pestilences from evil planets may be cured by
our Quinte Essence with Aloes, Euphorbium, &c., and a laxative
Quinte Essence that will send the patient to stool once a day.]
were he ??at wolde p{re}sume to cure ??ese plagis of pestilence ??{a}t
ben vncurable, ??at ben sent of god to ponysche synne // Also
??e schal vndirstonde ??{a}t me{n} may die in .iij. maners. in oon 12
maner by naturel dee??, in ??e teerme ??{a}t is sett of god / In
ano??ir maner bi violent dee??, and also in ??e .iij. maner occasionaly
wi??i{n}ne ??e teerme ??{a}t is sett of god; as ??o me{n} ??{a}t to
myche replecioun, or to greet abstynence or by disp{er}aciou{n}, or 16
ellis by necligence, sle hi{m} silf / but sikirly alle o??{er}e maner
of feueris pestilence ??at god suffri?? to come to ma{n}kynde by
p{er}ilous influence of yuele planetis, by ??e g{ra}ce of god & good
gou{er}nau{n}ce may be curid p{ar}ti{a}ly wi?? oure 5.
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