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

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702 Caj). CLVIII. De uutleciin uiillibiis virginiini.<br />

divinitiis iiispirata patri suasit, iit pracdictu rcgi asscnsuin prac-<br />

berct, ea tainen eoiidilionc proposita, ut ipse rex cuin patrc dcccni<br />

virgines elcctissimas sibi <strong>ad</strong> solatiuui tr<strong>ad</strong>eret et tani sibi quain<br />

aliis milie virgines assignaret et coiuparalis tiicribus inducias<br />

triennii sibi darct <strong>ad</strong> dedicationcm suac viiginitatis, ct ipscjuvenis<br />

baptizatus in liis tribus annis in fide instrucrctur, sapienti siquidcm<br />

usus consilio, ut aut difficnltate propositae conditionis aniinuin ejus<br />

ab hoc avcrterct aut hac opportunitate prae<strong>dicta</strong>s virgines sccuin Dco<br />

dcdicaret. At juvcnis libcnter hac conditione accepta apud patrein<br />

institit et prolinus baptizatus accelcrari cuncta, quac bcata virgo<br />

praeccpcrat, imperavit. Patcr autem puellac ordinavit, quod filia<br />

sua, quam valde diligebat, viros , quorum solatio tam ipsa quain<br />

ejus cxercitns iiuligcbat, in comitatu suo haberet. Undique igitur<br />

virgincs coiifliiunt, undique viri <strong>ad</strong> tam grande spcctaculum currunt.<br />

Nain multi episcopi <strong>ad</strong> eas confluxerunt , ut secuin pergcrent, intcr<br />

quos erat Pantulus Basilcensis episcopus , qui eas usque Romam<br />

perduxit et inde rcvcrsus cum iis martiriuin suscepit. Sancta quo-<br />

que Gerasina regina Siciliae, quae viruni suiini rcgcm crudclissimum<br />

quasi de lupo feceratagnum, soror ')Macirisi episcopi ctDariac malris<br />

sanctaeUrsulae, cum eidempater sanctacUrsulac secretuin per litteras<br />

intimasset, continuo inspirautie Deo cum quatuor filiabus suis, Babilla,<br />

Juliana, Victoria et Aurca et parvulo suo H<strong>ad</strong>iiano, qui amorc sororum<br />

suarum ultro sc pcrcgrinatioiii ingcssit, relicto reguo in manu uniiis<br />

(ilii sui usqne in ^)Britanniam navigavit. Cujus consilio v4rgines de<br />

diversis regnis colligebantur ct caruin scinper ductrix cxsistcns cum<br />

iis tandem martirium passa cst. Juxta condictuin igilur virginibus,<br />

trieribns et suintibus praeparatis cominilitonibus suis rcgina se-<br />

creta revelat et in novam militiam omncs coiijurant. Nain inodo<br />

belli praeludia inchoant, modo currunt modo discurrunt, intcrduin<br />

belli causa, plcrumquc fugain simulant omniquc gcncre ludorum exer-<br />

citatac nihil, quod animooccurrebat, relinqucbant intactuin, aliquando<br />

mcridic, aliquando vix vespcre redibant. Conflucbant procercs et<br />

primatcs <strong>ad</strong> tain grande spcctaculum et omncs <strong>ad</strong>miratione ct gau-<br />

dio rcplebantur. Tandein cuin Ursula omncs virgincs <strong>ad</strong> fidcin<br />

convcrtisset, sub unius diei spatio flante prospero vento <strong>ad</strong> por-<br />

tum Galliac, qui T^ella dicitur, et inde Coloniam dcvciieruiit , ubi<br />

Ursulac angelus doinini apparuit ct pracdixit, cas illuc intcgio<br />

ndtlil<br />

1) R'-c. Mfilrisii Ipguiil. 2) M.iiiifeslu Kd. Vr. ex glossn A ii (; 1 i ii iii

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