English fragments from Latin medieval service-books : $b with two coloured facsimiles from medieval prymers
Religion
English fragments from Latin medieval service-books : $b with two coloured facsimiles from medieval prymers
Catholic Church -- Liturgy
Beleuyst þow in þe holi gost, the [f]Now when þou hast seyde aỻ þis,
thridde p{er}sone in trinite, and or ȝif þow maist not seye aỻ for
in holy cherche, and þat þe hastynge of detħ, beginne her{e}
sacrementis of holy chirche or his mynde go from hy{m}. Broþer
aren ordeyned in remissiou{n} of or sister, art þou glad þ{a}t
ma{n}nys senne? þow schalt dye in cristyn feythe?
Credo.
Beleuyst þow in þe sacrament of R’. ȝhe.
þe auter, þat is cristes bodi
whiche was born of marie, knowlechist þou ...
wiche criste lefte her among vs [_Rest missing._]
as for þe most p{re}ciows iewel,
whan he schulde departe be
deth from his disciples?
Credo.
Beleuest þow þat alle tho þat been in good lif schul haue part of
alle [3]the[3] gode dedys, and preyeres that been doon in holy
chirche, and [þat] alle tho þat been knet to-gedere here in holy
chirche be grace, schul ben knet to-gedere in eu{er}lastyng ioye?
Credo.
Trustis thow in þe mercy of god, wiche wil not the deth of a synful
man ȝif he be sory of hys senne and schreuen, and in wyl to amende
hym?
Credo.
Trustis þow þat thow schal haue mercy ȝif þow be sori of þin senne?
Credo.
Trustis thow þat thow, and eu{er}y man and woman, schal rise vp at
þe day of dome in body and in sowle, the badde to be dampned in
endeles peyne, and þe gode to be take, bodi and sowle, in-to
euerelasty{n}g blisse?
[4]Credo.
Art þow in wil fulli to forȝeue alle maner of men and women that
þat þey haue trespased to the, so that þow art in wil to kepe no
rancowr ne malise to hym in þe herte, but to be in loue and charite
with eche man and woman?
* * * * *
I knowliche to god, and to owre lady seynt marie, and to alle þe
halwen of heuene, that I haue senned, with mowth spoken, with
feet goon, w{i}t{h} eyen seyen, with eren hered, with nose
smelled, with herte þowht, and with al myn senful body myswrowth;
therfore i preye owre ladi seynt marie and alle the halwyn of
heuene, prey for me; and the prest, þat thow beseche for me,
and me asoyle, for charite.
Ȝif the seke mai speke after that he is schriue, and hath mad his
gen{er}al confessiou{n}, asoyle the prest hym on þis wyse.
* * * * *
[5]Now, brodir or sister, ȝif þow beholde any cros, or ony ymage
mad with ma{n}nes hond, wite wel þat it is not god; therfore
thinke or seye in þin herte: I wot well that þow art not my{n}
god, but maked aft{er} hym, to make me haue more mynde on myn
god; therfore, lord fader þat art in heuene, m{er}ci i aske of
alle þe sennes that i haue trespased aȝens the wilful passiou{n}
of owre lord ih{es}u crist, the whiche he suffred for al mankende.
merciful fader, of thi goodnesse and thi grete mercy, do awey al
my{n} wikkednesse!
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