Of his feruent loue to god

OF outward obseruaūces he gaue no very grete force we speke not of those obseruaunces which the chyrche ꝯmaundeth to be obserued for in those he was dilygēt but we speke of those cerymonyes which folke brynge vp settynge ye very seruyce of god a syde which is (as chryst sayth) to be worshipped in spirite & in treuth. But in the inwarde affectes of the mynde he cleued to god with very feruent loue and deuocyon / some tyme that meruelouse alacrite langwysshed and almoost fell: and efte agayne with grete ftrength rose vp in to god. In the loue of whome he so feruently burned that on a tyme as he walked with Iohan fraūcis his neuewe in an orcharde at farrare in y• talkynge of the loue of chryst he brake out in to these wordes / neuew sayd he this wyll I shewe the I warne the kepe it secrete: the substaunce y• I haue lefte after c[…]rtayne bokes of myne finysshed I entende to gyue out to pore folke & seneynge my selfe with the crucifyx […] about the worlde in euery towne and ca[…] […] pose to preche of chryst. Afterwarde I […] by the e[…]pecyall commaundement of god he […] that purpose and appoynted to pro […] […] in the ordre of freres prechours.