<fol. 208va> <lat></lat> . J sal 3eld vengeaunce
til myne enmys . & til yem yat hates me
. i . sal 3elde . J sal 3elde vengeaunce of
endles pyne til my faes yt es ti all yt
was contrarius til me dispisand my commaundementis
. & til yem yt hated me
puttand me oute of yeir hertis . thurght
lufing of othir thyng . i . sal 3elde
wonnyng in helle & yan <lat></lat>
<lat></lat>
<lat></lat> J sal
drunken myne arowes in blode &
my swerde sal deuoure flesshes . Myne
arrowes . yt es my sharpe manascis .
. i sal drunken . yt es fulfille in blode .
yt es in dede of dampned men & my
suerde yt es my vengeaunce sal gredily
ete all yt lifed fleshly & so dyed &
sal drunken arrows . <lat></lat>
<lat></lat>
<lat></lat> . Of ye blode of
slayne & of caitifte of ye naked hede of
enmys . verraly er yei slayne yt er dede
fro ye ioy of god wt-outen ende &
of caytifte in helle of ye naked hede
fro all solace of heuen or of erth of enmys
dampned . Naked heued he sais
at ye lykenyng of takyn prysons &
conquering ye whilk was wonte
to shauen ye heuede & so solde <lat></lat>
<lat></lat>
<lat></lat>
Loue 3e ye folke ye pupil of hym ;
for ye blode of seruaunt he sal venge .
ye gent synful if 3e wille folow his
folke in vertus & godnes at ye lest
haldes all worthi louyng yt lufes
hym & angers yem noght in worde
no in dede for if 3e do he wil venge+it .
<lat></lat>
<fol. 208vb> <lat></lat> . And
vengeaunce he sal 3elde in yeir enmys ;
& merciful he sal be til ye land of his
folke . ye land of his folk[e] es haly kyrke
in ye whilk his folke wonnes in trouth
& charite . in ye land of ye deueles
folke til wham he es ri[g]thwys in vengeaunce
& punnishinge .
<lat></lat> . My
soule worships ye lord . Oure
lady saint mari aftir ye gretynge of
gabriel ye consayueing of goddis sonne .
ye blissing of elizabeth yt called modir of
hir lord . sho rase noght in heghnes of
thoght no in bolnyge of pryde bot in
suetnes of hert . & in fulde noute mekene[s] .
thankes god of all his godenes & says :
my saule fild es of his grace . worships .
yt es loues perfitli ye lord of heuen & erth
yt me yis grace has done . Als who say .
. i . hold noght mi-self grete . bot god . i .
loue of all his giftes in all my hert .
yt saule worships god ye whilk wicked
thoght greues noght vn-clene delite
files noght . vn-cunabil herynge heghes
noght . bot in all vertus of kynde &
of grace it standis in lastand luff & stabul
mekenes . <lat></lat>
<lat></lat>
And my gost ioyed in god
my hele . noght onely yis blissed mayden
& modir loues god enterly . bot alsso
she sais . hir gladnes & hir ioy was
in mynde of god . in luf & likyng of wham
all hir hele she sett . she ioyed noght
in hir-self nor in vanites of yis lif .
Als our~ fond maydens dos now . yt ioyes
more in all thinge[s] of yis world ye whilk
yem list luf yen in god yeir saueour~
. Bot yof ye saules of haly men
<fol. 209ra> worthily worshipped god & wonderfully
be ioyand in ihesu . yis blissed mayden
be-for all other in priuilage of brennand
luf sho loued god & in ye singulere
ioy sho was glad in crist . ye sanges
of louynge er suettest in hir mouth
. & ye notes of luf er delitabilest in ye
melodye yt she shewes . yt gost now ioyes
in god . ye whilk es verraly kyndeld wt
ye fyre of ye holy gost . til ye whilk for
melnes<?> of cristes luf no passand thyng
payes . all fleschly luf & erthly coueitys
vile & laith . bot all his ioy & comforth
es in crist of wham he hopis lif & hele
endeles . <lat></lat>
<lat></lat>
<lat></lat> . For
he loked ye mekenes of his hand-mayden
: lo for whi of yt blisful me sal say all
generaciouns . wreched wimen of yis world
lufes creaturs whilk yem list & worships
yem . & has ioy in yem bot oure leuedy
sett al hir ioy & luf in god & in worship
of hym haly . & yt for he loked wt blyth
eghe of grace ye mekenes of hir yt was
ful of all gode thewes & buxomner til
hym yan any hand-mayden in erth
may be til hir lorde . lo for whi of yat .
yt es for yt mekenes or for yt lokynge
of god til me als war taken in my luf
at a sight . Blisful me sal say all generaciouns
of cristen men in yis werld &
yt es worthi . <lat></lat>
<lat></lat>
For he has done til me grete thyngs
yat myghti es ; & his name haly . grete
thyng he did til hir in quantite of
grace gretter in ministraciouns of aungels grettest
thurgh wonders of gods uertu . Jn
wombe he made perfite hir halowing .
<fol. 209rb> Jn vertu . he gaf til hir clennes of life .
J vow first offerand of maydenhede .
& in all yir yt most semes deppest . mekenes
yus he did til me yt myghty . &
whas name es haly halowand me
& all yt haly es in his godenes noght
in yeir merite . <lat></lat>
<lat></lat>
And ye mercy of hym fro kynredyn
til kenredyns til ye dredand hym .
his merci deliuerand of syn & sorowes
fro ye kynreden of haly men in ye
kynredyns of synful men . for so yei er
made sonnes of ryghtwis men bot
yis mercy es only til ya yt dredis hym
for wt-outen ye drede of god may no
be made rygthwys <lat></lat>
<lat></lat>
<lat></lat> . He did myght in his arme
: he schaterd ye proude fro ye thoght
of yair hert . God did yat es he schewis
yt myght in his vertu when he sett ye help
of his luffers in his sone yan he did
myght in his arme . & so he scatird .
yt es sunderd ye proude yt es yt sekes
ye way of heghnes fro the othir . ye
thoght of yeir hert yt yai myght noght
do in dede ye wickednes yt yei consayued
in yeir wille <lat></lat>
<lat></lat>
He did dowe ye myghty of setil & heghed
ye meke . ye myghty . yt es ya yt ioyes
in yeir myght . & oyses it wrange
& wickedly hi did doune of sitil of yeir
dignite & honour . yt yeir last wrechednes
be to vmthink of yeir state be-fore .
& he heghed til ye setil of aungels felauship
. ye meke yt es ya yt halds na-thyng
lawer yan yem-self . & gifs yem to be
defuled of all yt will es als erthe . & yar
<fol. 209va> fore yei er worthi to be heghed for yt
grete mekenes yt yei er noght stird
til wreth of men if yei sai yam ille &
do yem ille . <lat></lat>
<lat></lat>
ye hungerand he fulfild of godes &
ye riche he left to me . ye hungery
our~ leuedi calles yem yt gretly couaites
rightwisnes wisdom grace & comforth
in ye haly gast . yt ay stirs ye desire
to resaiue more & to continue it &
swilk he ful-fild of godes profitabul delitabul
& honest . ye first helpis til merit
ye tothir drawes ye 3ernyng . ye third
makes perfite til werk of vertu. yir godes
has suete sauour til ye sawil . thre maner
of hungri men ar ye whilk god feles
yt es ya yat desire ye pompe o[f] ye warld
& erthly thinges & harmyg of yeir
neghbur . ye first hungur es of bitternes
ye tothir of auarice . ye third es bakbityng
. & ye riche men of yis warld
in welth & ese . ypocris yt lates als
yai war riche in gostly godes he list<?>
to me of grace & ioy yof yei be ful of fauour
& vile lustes of body . bot in ye
day of dome yai sal fynd noght bot
pyne <lat></lat>
<lat></lat> . He resayued
israel his childe : he es vmthoght of his
merci . <lat></lat>
<lat></lat>
<lat></lat> . Als he spake til oure faders : til
habraham & til his sede in werlds .
yus sal ye letter be ioyand . he resayued
israel his childe . for mekenes . & clennes
als he spake til our~ faders & yt he did
vmthoght ye whilk he hight to do til
habraham & til his sede yt es til all his
folowers in trouth & ryghtwisnes
<fol. 209vb> whiles ye warld stands . he resayued
israel in kynde . & grace . in defence & gouernyng
. thurght takand . in kynde he
righted vs oute of dede . & oute of ire
of god . thurgh takyng in grace he drow
vs out of syn thurgh takyng in defence
he deliuers vs yt our~ enmy haue noght
ye mastri of vs . thurgh takyng in
gouerynng he ledes vs out of all wrechednes
of syn & sorow & settes vs in [ye] ioy of
heuen . <lat></lat>
<lat></lat>
Here er ye ten comaundmentis ye whilk
god hym-self bi-toke til moyses in
ye mounte of synai writen in thwo
tabuls of stone . ye whilk thwo tabils
bi-tokens ye holde lawe & ye newe .
For in bothe ye lawes we er comaund
yem to kepe . ye first comaundment
es y[o]u sal no fals god honour . ye secund
comaundment es you sal noght take
gods name in vayne . ye third comaundment
es vmthynk yt you halow yi haly
day . ye ferthe comaundment es fader
& moder you worship . ye fift commaundment
es . you sal sla no man
wilfully . ye sext comaundment es wt
no woman you sal noght foly . ye seuent
comaundment es you sal noght
stele. ye eghtned comaundment es . you
sal bere no fals wittnes . ye ix comaundment
es . you sal noght couait yi neghbur
hous . ye tende comaundment es
you sal noght coueit yi neghbur wif
no his mayden no his knaue no his
ox no his asse . ye thre first er . i . nence
ye haly trinite . ye first . i . nence ye fader
ye secund . i . nence ye sone ye third . i . nence
ye haly gost . ye tothir seuen er . i . nence
our neghbur .
<fol. 210ra> Ye first of yer ten comaundmetis
Als . i . before sayd es yis you sal
no fals gods honour . Jn yis comaundment
we may se if we haf ay honourd
god if we haue serued hym to payn .
if we haue lufed god our~ al othir thyng
if we haue done ye seruis yt we aght
to god wt-outen gruching . if we haue
fulfild yt we til god in our~ baptem hight
. whe we first for-soke ye deuel & all
his werkes . Jn yis comaundment es
for-boden vs . all mysbileues in maunmentris
wichcrafts & fals coniurisouns .
fals enchauntments & charmyngs ye
whilk may do no remody til any sekenes
of man or of best . bot yei er ye gilders
of ye deuil . thurgh ye whilk he desaiues
many men . & namely & principalli
wimen . And all wichecrafts her~
er for-bodon yt men of mysbileue tra[i]ste[s]
opon . or hopes help in wt-outen god
all-myghty . Als-so in yis comaundment
es for-boden to gif trouth to sorcery
. or to deuynyng be sternes or be dremys
<gap> or be any swilk thynges
Astro<hole in parchment>nomyens biholdes
ye day <hole in parchment> & ye hour in ye
poynt <gap> yt a+man es borne
in & vndir whilk signe he es borne .
& in ye poynt he be-gynnis to go in .
& bi yir thynges & othir yai say yt sal
be-falle aftirward . bot yis er errour
& reproued of hali docturs . Haly crosses
men sal loute & honour . for yei er in
signe of crist crucfiinge til ymage es
ye same loutyng yt es til yam whan
yei er of ymages for-thi in yt entent
only yei er for to loute .
Ye secund comaundment es
you sal noght take gods name
<fol. 210rb> in vaine . Jn yis comaundment athe<s?>
er for-boden vs . wt-outen enchesoune
als for to trye a sothe yt es in drede .
& forsueryng . for he yt sweris for
noght wt-outen chesone he neuens gods
name in vayne . And he yt sweris
fals dispise god . Jn thre maners a
man may syn in forsuerynge . Jf
he swere ogayns his conscience
or if he suer~ be cristis wonds or blode
yt euer-more es grete syn yof it be soth
yat he sueris . for it sounes in irreuerence
of ihesu crist or if he come ogayn
his othe noght fulfilland yt
he has sworne . ye name of god es
taken in vaine on many maners wt
hert wt mouthe & werke . wt hert takes
fals cristen men gods name
in vayne yt resaiues ye sacrament
wt-outen grace in saule wt mouth es
gods name taken in vayne thurgh
il athes brekynge of vow prechyng
yt es for vanite & vn-deuoute prayer
when we honour god wt our~ lippes &
our~ herts es fer fro hym . with
werk ypocrits takes gods name
in vaine . for yei feyne gode dedis
wt-outen & yei er wt-outen charite
& vertus & strengh of soule to stand ogayne
il stirrings .
YE thrid comaundment es vmthink
you hald yi haly day . ye
sonundais & all othir dais yat er ordaynd
of haly kyrk thurgh ye 3ere
to be halowed . yis commaundmet
may be taken in yre maners . First
generally . yt we cese of al vices . sithen
specially yt we cese of al werkis bodyly
yt lettis deuocioun til god in
praynge & thinkynge . ye thred spe
<fol. 210va> ciallest als it es in contemplatif men
yt departs yem fro al warlds thinges
yt yai may haly gif yem til god . ye
first maner es nedful til vs til do . ye
tothir maner we agh to do . ye third
maner es perfeccion . For-thi in [ye] hali men
awe als god bids to leue all syn &
do no werkes yt lettis yeir hert fro
god yt yai halowe ye day in rest of
deuocion & dedis of charite .
YE ferth es . fader & moder you
worship & als wele yt gostly leue
als bodyly . yis honour es in two things
. yat es bodily & gastly . Bodily
in sustinaunce yat yai be helped &
sustand in yeir elde & when yei er vnmighty
of yem-self . Gostly in reuerence
& benisons & yt yei sai til yem no wordis
of missaw no vnhoste bot serue
yem mekely & gladly yt yei may wynne
yt god hight til swilk childer yt es ye
land of lif . yat es heuen & if yai be dede
yai awe to help yeir saules wt almus
dede & prayers . & yei yt worships yem
noght has short life & shames dede
for it es noght worthi yt yei lange
her~ be : yt worships yem noght of wham yei be
YE fyft commaundment es .
yt you sla no man . Jn yis commmaundment
es for-boden flythynge
feghting & al maner of hand-laying
on . Als-so her~ er funden yre maner
of slaghter o slaghter es thurgh hand
a-nother thurgh tunge . ye thrid
thurgh hert . thurgh hande es slaghter .
when men strikes wt wapyn . thurgh
tung es slaghter on twha maners . ane
es thurgh commaundment of a man
yt es mighty . for who-so yt slaghter ma[s]
he yt commaundes it . he slaes . ane othir
<fol. 210vb> to wray a man or gif rede wharethurgh
he may be done to dede . thurgh hert
slaghter may be on thwo maners . Ane when
a+man wt consentynge of hert wild anothir
war broght to dede in yt in hym es
he es a slaer of yt man Ane other maner
es when a+man tholes ane other man to
be slayne & may hym socour & will
noght . Als-so gostly a man-slaer he
may be cald yat thurgh enuy or in hert
hatis dedely or yt gifs encheson of fallyng
til othir yurgh yuel ensaumpil . or
bacbites sclaunders . For als many we
sla in yt at we may als we sclaunder
or bacbites or falsly defames or confoundes
als innocens & yem yt noght trespa[s] .
or wt-draw his liflade fro yem yt nede
has if we be of hauyng for to help yem .
YE sext comaundmet es wt no woman
you salt foly yt es you sal haue
no man or woman bot you has taken
in fourme of haly kyrk for til ya
lawful es to fulfille ye dede of matrimoyne
if it be done als ye lawe wille
all fleshly dedis bot yt may be cald
ye dedi of licherye als <gap> so in
yis commaundment <gap> es
for-bodin al maner <gap> of wilful
polucions procurd on any maner ogayns
kyndly vse or other gates for
yei er dedely syns .
YE seuent commaundment es . you
sal noght stele . Jn yis commaundment
es for-boden theft robyng & reuyng
oker & extorsions of ill lordis
vnleueful raunsons yurgh violence .
drede or threting . fals marchaundis
wt tale wt weght wt mett & gillerery .
sacrilege & symoni & all vnleueful takyngs
& all haldyngs or he leings
<fol. 211ra> o-gayns ye will of yem yt aw it bot if it war
in tyme of most nede when all es comunne .
YE aghtend commaundment es you
sal ber~ no fals witnes . for if you
do . i . say ye you forsakes sothefastnes
& charite . Jn yis commaundment es forboden
all maner of leghes & lesyngs all
fallas & fals losengeris & fals conspiraci[s]
& forsuerings whar-thurgh our euencristen
may lese yair catell faith fauour
or fame or ani-thyng elles whethir
it be gastly or bodyli godes . Bot
al lesing es noght dedely syn . bot ya
yt noyes til man bodily or gastly .
YE nyent commaundmnt es . you
sal noght coueite yo neghbur
hous . Jn yis comaundmnt es for-boden
al wrangwis coueitys of land
or of lith . or of oght elles yt may noght
be lifted no raysed fro ye grunde
No you sal hold othir mens godes if
yo mai 3elde elles yi penaunce saues . ye noght
YE tende commaundmnt ye
es . you sal noght coueite yi
neghbur wif no his mayden no his
knaue his ox no his asse . Jn yis commaundment
es for-boden vs to 3erne
or to take any-thyng yt may be stird
of othir mens godes . als gold siluer
robes or other catel . yt we haue no gode
titil nor no ryght . to yis thwo last
commaundments to ye thwo next be-fore
a-cordes wele yt es to say noght wt no
woman do foly . no you sal noght
stele . Jn two last commaundments god
forbedis syn of hert will . he may
noght longe kepe hym fro wicked
werke . yerfore if a+man or woman
will na dede of licherie do . yeo suld
<fol. 211rb> noght in will assent yer-to . & if yai
wil noght stele yei suld not couet
to haue othir mens gode wt wrang .
Als-so in thwo last commaundmets
er defendid couetis of eghe in
other mens thinges for to yis two
things our corrupcion es gretly
en-clinand her~ es nogh[t] defendid
ye appitit yt dwelles in our flesch
for yt must nede be in vs for ye syn
of adam . bot ye appitit ye whilk
es in consentynge of reson es for-boden
vs Now ye sotilte of our enuyes
de-fende in yis mater . First he put[s]
til vs a foule thoght of lechery or
of a-nothir dedely syn . bot yis es
no syn or litil syn . sythen at ye stirryng
of hym we thynk on it &
lats dwell in our hertis . & yis venial
syn . & sythen we delite in it &
yt es dedely syn if we make lange
dwellyng & sythen our reson consents
yar-til & yis es dedely syn aftir
comes a+brynnand 3ernyng of
dede of lycherye & yt es dedely syn
al hyf he fayle of dede . & on yt maner
we may syn many-sith on a day
thurgh sight of ye quaynte dightyngs
of ladis & other wymen
yat dights . of men & per ad-ventur
yai wene yai do no ille . for yei assent
noght til suilk foly in willis
bot greuosly yei syn als doctours
says . for thuht ye enchesone of yem
yan ye sauls er lost of many a+man .
yt yus 3ernys to syn fleschly wt yam .
And haly writt calles ya wymen
ye de-ueles trappis & his snares
<fol. 211va> whar-wt he takes men[s] saules . yis
er ye wordes & ye commaundmnts of
god . And for als mikil yt no man
may be saued bot he loue god . yerfor
in ye gospel of saint iohn . god
teche vs to knawe if we luf hym .
whar he sais yus . who-so lufes me
kepe my worde . bo<?> he sal kepe my
worde . yt es fulfilled in dede . & saint
gregor in ye gospel sais proue of luf
shewyng of werk . & als-so god in
ye gospel of saint luke bad his discipuls
noght ioy yt deuels wer suget
til yem . bot he bad yem ioy yt yeir names
wer writen in ye boke of lif
whar na mans name es writen
bot yt kepes his commaundments .
And all if you thinkes yis commaundments
& other thinges yt falles to perfite
lyuyng strait & hard . 3e sal arme
3ow with ye vertu of strengh &
deuoute prayer . & sone sal 3ow think
ye ful light yt semid so hard & standes
fast in thinges . yt 3e haue begunnen
. wt wise counseil yt 3e leue
noght lightly of . for saint austyn
sais . better es noght to knawe ye way
of god . yan when it es knawen turne
yer fro . for god in ye gospel of saynt
luke he hetis noght til yam yt wele
by-ginnes . bot til yem yt duellis
til yeir liues ende ye blisse of heuen
til ye whilk blisse god vs bringe
Amen . <lat></lat>
yus made ye apostlis ye crede Petir
Aftir ye resayuyng
of ye haly gost . ye apostlis made
ye crede . Petir sayd yus . i . trow
in god fader al-mighty maker
<fol. 211vb> of heuen & erth . Andrew sayd yus .
yt es consayued of ye haly gast . borne of
ye virgin marie . Jakob3 maior . sayde
yus . Pynde vnder pounce pilate . done
on ye crosse dede & grauen . Thomas sayde
yus . He went til helle . ye thrid day he
rase fro dede . Jacob3 minor sayde yus .
steghe til heuen sittis on ye right syde
of godde ye fadir almyghty . Philip .
sayde yus . yethin for to come to deme
ye quicke & ye dede . Bertilmew . sayde
yus . i . trow in ye haly gost . Mathew
sayde yus . Haly kirk felawschipe of
halowys . Symon cananeus sayde
yus . for-gyuenes of syns . Judas thadeus
. sayde yus . vprysyng of flesch .
Mathi sayde yus . & lyf wt-outen ende .
Amen . yis is ye lawed mens crede .
Trow in god fader almighty maker
of heuen & erth . And in ihesu crist anelepy
sone our lord . yat es consayued
of ye haly gost . borne of ye virgine
marie . Pynde vnder pounce pylat .
done on ye rode dede & grauen . Light
til helle . ye third day rose fro dede .
Steghe til heuen sittis on ye right
hand of god fader almyghty . yeme
for to come to deme ye quicke & ye dede
. J . trow in ye haly gost . Jn haly
kirk in felawship of halowis . Forgiuenes
of synnes . vprysyng of
flesche . & lif wt-outen ende . Amen .