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Legenda aurea : vulgo historia Lombardica dicta ad ... - Pot-pourri

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274 Cap. LXII. De virgJne qn<strong>ad</strong>am Antiocliena.<br />

qucm<strong>ad</strong>motlum spcm castitatis rcligioncm tolicrcnt, nt cum id ah-<br />

stulissent, quod crat amplius, ctiam id criperent, quod dcrelinquc-<br />

rent. Aut sacrificarc virgincm aut Inpanari prostitui jubctur. Quo-<br />

niodo colunt Deos suos, qui sic vindicant, aut quem<strong>ad</strong>modum ipsi<br />

vivunt, qui ita judicant? Hacc puella. non quod dc religione am-<br />

bigeret, scd quod dc pudore trcpidarct , ipsa sccum inquit: quid<br />

agimus hodic? aut martir aut virgo, altera nobis invidctur corona.<br />

Sed nec virginis nomcn cignoscitur, ubi virginitatis auctor ncgatur.<br />

Nam qucm<strong>ad</strong>modum virgo , si mcrctriccm colas, qucm<strong>ad</strong>niodum<br />

virgo, si <strong>ad</strong>ulterum diligas, quem<strong>ad</strong>modum virgo, si amorem pctas?<br />

Tolerabilius est menteni virginem quam carncm habcrc. Utrumque<br />

bonum, si liceat, et si non liceat, saltem non homini castae, sed<br />

Dco simus. Et Raab uicrctrix fuit, sed poslquam domino credidif.<br />

salutcm invenit. Et Judith se, ut <strong>ad</strong>ultcro placeret, ornavit, quae<br />

tamen quia hoc rcligioiie non amore faciebat, ncmo eam <strong>ad</strong>ultcram<br />

judicabat. Bene succcssit cxcmplum, nara si illa , quae sc com-<br />

raisit rcligioni, ct pudorem servavit ct patriam, fortassis et nos<br />

servando religionem servabimus etiam castitatcm. Quodsi Judilh<br />

pudicitiam religioni praeferrc voluisset, perdita prima ctiara pudi-<br />

citiam pcrdidisset. Itaquc talibus informata cxemplis silcntcr auinio<br />

tcnens rerba domini , quibus ait : quicunque perdiderit animam<br />

snam propter rae, inveniet eani. flevit et tacuit, ne cam vcl lo-<br />

qucntcm <strong>ad</strong>ultcr audirct , ncc pudoris clcgit injuriam scd Cliristi<br />

recusavit. Aestimatc , utruni <strong>ad</strong>ultcrare potuerit corporc , quac ncc<br />

voce <strong>ad</strong>ultcravit. Jamdudum vcrecundabatur oratio mca ct qnasi<br />

<strong>ad</strong>ire gcstornm scricm criniinosam atquc cxplanare formidat. (;iau-<br />

difc aurcs, virgincs Dci! ducitur puclla Dei <strong>ad</strong> lupanar, sed apcrite<br />

aurcs virgincs Dci, virgo prostitui potcst , <strong>ad</strong>ulfcrari non*i)otcst.<br />

Ubicunque Dci virgo est, tcmplum Dci cst, ncc lupanaria infamant<br />

castitatcm , scd castitas ctiam loci abolct infamiam. Ingcns pctu-<br />

lantium concursus fit <strong>ad</strong> forniccm. Discifc marfiris miracula sanctac<br />

virginis, distitc locorum vocabula, clauditur infus coluniba, sfrc-<br />

punt accipitres foris , certant singuli , quis pracdara primus in-<br />

v<strong>ad</strong>at. At illa nianibus <strong>ad</strong> coclum Icvafis quasi <strong>ad</strong> doraum orafio-<br />

nis vcnissct, non <strong>ad</strong> libidinis dcvcrsoriuni : (liiristc, inquit, doinuisfi<br />

virgini feros leoncs , potcs domarc ctiam honiinum fcras mcntcs.<br />

Ohaldaeis roravit ignis , Judacis scsc unda suspcndit miscricordia<br />

tua, non nafura sua, Susanna <strong>ad</strong> supplicium genna flcxit ct dc <strong>ad</strong>-<br />

ullcris triumpli:ivif , aruit dexfra. quae tcmpli lui dona violabat,

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