A Ryght Profytable Treatyse Compendiously Drawen Out Of Many and Dyvers Wrytynges Of Holy Men — John Shaqi
A Ryght Profytable Treatyse Compendiously Drawen Out Of Many and Dyvers Wrytynges Of Holy MenBetson, Thomas
Religion
A Ryght Profytable Treatyse Compendiously Drawen Out Of Many and Dyvers Wrytynges Of Holy Men
Betson, Thomas
Christian life
vs Inwarde & outwarde / & be a contynuell defence of soule & body
/ so that we may come to thy kyngdome / there to be fedde of the
with a meruaylous & vnspekable sacyete. Where after we shall neuer
haue hongre ne thurst / seynge the than / not as we now do / in
mysteryes & of ferre home / but thenne shall we see the face to
face in glorye with thy fader in vnyte of the holy goost by all
worldes Amen.
¶ Pater noster. Aue maria.
¶ Here foloweth a prayer to all sayntes / examyned and pardonned.
¶ Ad s[ancta]m mariã.
Gaude m[ater] saluatoris
felix fide flos decor[is]
Mundiq[ue] solacium
Nunc letare celi choris
In hoc festo & languoris
Nostri sis remedium
¶ Ad s[ancto]s angelos.
Gaude michael î hac die
Gabriel raphaelq[ue] messie
Angelo[rum] ordines
Vos precamur nobis pie
Sitis causa melodie
Supra celi cardines
¶ Ad Patriarchas et [pro]phetas.
Gaude ventre [pro]secrat[us]
O baptista mire natus
Sacer degens seculo
Patriarchis sociatus
Et [pro]phetis. vite flatus
Fac finire iubilo
¶ Ad Apostolos et euangelistas.
Gaude petre cû sodali
Paulo. cristo speciali
Lucens orbis climata
Et caterna generali
Vestra sita loco tali
Nos cû eis adiuua
¶ Ad martires.
Gaude thoma spes ãglo[rum]
Et georgi tutor ho[rum]
Cum Edwardo nobili
Tu laurenti rege lo[rum]
Vt tuamur poli cho[rum]
Cum fauore stephani
¶ Ad. s. confessores.
Gaude presul o martine
Nicholae. hugo. line.
Posce nobis graciam
Erkenwalde q[ue] birine
Iam cû tuis augustine
Da supremo gloriam
¶ An. s. virgines.
Gaude virgo katherina
Margareta. magdalena
Cum brigitta. brigida
Anna. fides. et cristina
Nos seruãdo nûc diuina
Gens celo[rum] iubila
[*V*]. Letamini in [domino].
[*R*]. Et gloriamini.
Oratio.
Concede quesum[us] omnipotentes deus. vt intercessio sancte
dei genitricis marie sancta[rum]q[ue] omnium celestium virtutum.
et beatorum patriarcharum. [pro]phetarum. apostolorum.
euangelista[rum]. martirum. confessorum. atq[ue] virginum. et
omniû electorum tuorum nos vbiq[ue] letificet. vt dum eo[rum]
merita recolim[us] patrocinia senciamus. Per eundê [christum]
[dominum] nostrû. Amen.
¶ Here folowen the seuen degrees of humylyte.
¶ Caste thy syght downwarde / and shewe mekenesse / bothe in thy
herte and body.
¶ Beware of hyghe speche & clamorous / and see that thy wordes be
fewe well sette & resonable. Be not lyght for to laugh / but vse
euer sadnesse.
¶ Be stylle & kepe sylence / tyll nede requyre that answere must
be hadde. Kepe well the comyn rule as the holy place hath vsed.
¶ Thynke the moost vylest of all other / & so pronoûce thyself.
Knowlege the vnworthy & not profytable to ony thynge / & to byleue
in dede.
¶ Make ofte confessyon of thy synnes / and that with greate
contrycyon. Kepe pacyence in thy obedyence at all thy paynes &
trouble.
¶ To all people be thou subgette for thy maysters sake / thyn owne
wyll forsake it / and loue it in no wyse.
¶ And euer kepe the from synne / for fere of hym aboue. Amen.
¶ Here folowen the seuen degrees of obedyence.
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