_+S+et in carne remanet forma color ⁊ sapor._ ac on þe holi fleis bileueð þe shap ⁊ hiu. ⁊ smul of ouelete. ⁊ on þe holi blod héw ⁊ smul of win. More mihte doð ure helende þenne þe holi word þe he þurh his muð spec. þanne he giueð ma{n}nes cuinde. {160} [his fleis ⁊ his blod.] ⁊ Naþeles þanne man eteð ⁊ drinkeð þureh þe lichames cunde þ̵ bred wurð to fleis. ⁊ þe drinke to blod. for þi mai godes word t{ur}nen þe ouelete to fleis. ⁊ þ̵ win to blod. ⁊ swo doð. ⁊ þ̵ is þe felefolde heste. þe is alre hestene heste þ̵ alle c{ri}stene men agen to dai to note{n}. for þ̵ þis dai is cleped estre dai {165} þ̵ is estene da[i]. ⁊ te este is husel. ⁊ no man ne mai seien husel{;} wu god it is. _+Q+{ui}a {est} p{re}ciu{m} mu{n}di._ for it is wurð al þe wereld. ⁊ bet{er}e þene [f. 46v] al þe wereld. þis is þe holi manne þe ure driht{en} sende alse snow sleðrende alse þe p{ro}ph{et}e seið. _+P+luit ill{is} ma{n}na ad ma{n}duca{n}d{um} ⁊ pane{m} celi dedit eis._ {170} _[P]ane{m} ang{e}lor{um} ma{n}ducau{it} h{om}o._ he let he{m} reine ma{n}ne to bi{}liue. ⁊ gef he{m} bred of heuene. ⁊ men ete{n} englene [bred]. _+M+anna i{n}t{er}p{re}tat{ur}. q{ui}d {est} h{oc}?_ Manne bitocneð wat is tis{;} ⁊ þo ure drihte{n} sende þis mete fro heuene þe israelisse folke{;} it warð on eches muð wat mete se he mest luuede. ⁊ bitocneð holi {175} husel{;} þe ech c{ri}steman understont nuðe. þe is þe ma{n}ne hegeste sweteste este þe is of sinne clensed. oðer bigunne to clensende. ⁊ alre bit{er}e bit{er}est eches mannes soule þe ne haueð alle michele sinnes forleten. ⁊ bet. oðer bigunnen alse þ{e} ap{ostel} seið. [Linenote: 179. _þe_] _þa_ MS.] _+Q+{ui} ma{n}ducat c{orpus} d{omini} ⁊ b{ibit} ⁊c._ Ech þe understandeð þ̵ holi husel {180} unwurðliche he understant hi{m} seluen eche pine. ⁊ endelese wowe. Nime we nu geme ure ech agen hi{m} seluen. gif we bien cumen on bicumeliche wise. þ̵ is to soð shrifte. to hol[i] axen a palm sunedai{;} to p{ro}cession. a shereðursdai to absoluciun. a langefridai to holi c{ru}che. an ester euen to p{ro}cession. ⁊ gif we ben cumene mid {185} bicumeliche wede. of lodlesnesse þ̵ is clensinge. swo þ̵ we hauen ure sinnes forleten. ⁊ bi shriftes wissenge bet. oðer bigu{n}nen to beten. ⁊ milce bidden. þanne muge we bicumeliche to godes bord{;} bugen. ⁊ his bode wurðliche bruken. ⁊ þureh þe holi este cumen to driste. _Quod nobis prestet qui hodie surrex{it} ⁊ uiuit c{um} deo p{at}re {190} in unitate sp{iritu}s s{an}c{t}i._ [Linenotes: 189. _driste_] _d_ corr. out of _e_.] XIII. VICES AND VIRTUES [[MS description from Notes volume: “Stowe 34, British Museum: of the early part of the thirteenth century; written on vellum, 223 × 160 mm., by three scribes, with numerous corrections by at least three other hands.”]] [[Each selection was printed as a single paragraph. They have been broken up for this e-text.]] A. THE ARK OF HOLY CHURCH