Seldom shalt [thou] fynde tyme in all the yere in whiche [thou] shalt not haue cause to shryue the of some of these folowynge / that is to wete of hasty or neclygence saynge [the] seruyce of god / or of lesynge of tyme / or els of vayne thought or of vndue reuerence to god or to our lady or his saynt or to [the] other [that] ben thy souerayns. Or in forgetynge god & his dayly benefayt. & not thankyng h[ym] for his creacion & his redempcõn. & [that] he gaf the [that] mynde to dyspose the better than other ben [with] suche other. And also not thankynge h[ym] for thy dayly sustenaunce / clothynge & helth of thy body & for remissyon of thy synnes / for thyn enherytaûce of heuen [with] other Innumerable. Also remêbre thy wode wordes or noysom / or els fals Iugementes in thy mynde / or fals suspycõn. Also of ony mouynge to wrath or to vayne heuynes or vayne gladnes. Also serche in thy mynde yf [thou] haue well spended [the] daye & nyght without synne / as yf [thou] haue prayed or rede to lytell with suche other. Also yf [thou] haue past thy boûdes in wordes or in etynge or drynkynge / slepynge or laughynge with suche other. Also remembre how [thou] haste kepte the maundementes of thy souerayne / chastyte / pouerte / sylence in places & houres accordynge as [thou] art called for to do. Also yf ony persone in worde sygne or dede [thou] haste offended & gyuen ony cause or occasyon of greuaûce. Remembre also yf [thou] hast ouerskypped in the seruyce of god ony wordes / verses / or ony Inclynacyons & suche other. And of the wauerynge of thy mynde / thyn eyen / & other vnmanerly behauyour of all thy body. Also of thy vnhonest & noysom thoughtes / that [thou] sholde miyghtly resyst not taryenge with them by thy wyll. Serche also yf [thou] haue grutched for mete or drynke or other necessaryes for bycause they were not gyue to the after thy pleasyr. Loke also yf [thou] haue synned in moche takynge of mete & drynke / or ony other necessaryes more than nede requyred &c. ¶ Saynt Bernarde to a newe begynner in relygyon.