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A08254	Here begynneth the rule of seynt Benet	Benedict, Saint, Abbot of Monte Cassino.; Fox, Richarde, b. ca. 1447.	1517 (1517)	STC 1859; ESTC S110729	56,422	88

shall take refection with them that be hebdomadarys in the kychyn and seruitours in the refectorie The susters shall not rede nor synge indifferētly by order but oonly they that can beste to the difyenge of the houres ¶ The .xxxix. chapiter treateth of the mesure of meate WE thynke that in all monethꝭ of the yere .ii. diuerse maners of meates be sufficient to the dayly refection as well at the .vi. houre of the day that is to say at none vppon etinge dayes as at the .ix. houre vppō fastynge dayes in all monethes of the yere and that for the diseases of dyuerse persones to the entent that she whiche ꝑauenture may not eate of that oon may eate of that other Therfore two maner of meates well dressed and seasoned shal be sufficient to all the susters and if any oon of the sayd two meates be appules herbes or pease let them then haue the thyrde meate brede of a pounde in wayght shall suffice to oon of theym for a daye and that whether they take but oon refection or elles dyne and suppe And if they shall suppe the thirde parte of the same pounde of brede shal be Reserued by the Celleresse to be delyuered to hir Supper And if the labour of the susters be great it shal be in the discrecion and power of the abbasse when it shal be expediēt somwhat to encrease their porcion surfettes alwayes set a syde that a mynchyn neuer fall vnto indigestion byfore she be ware For nothinge is more cōtagiouse and contrarye to a christen man or woman than surfet or dronkenes as our lorde sayth Se that your bodis be not ouercom in surfet or dronkenes But vnto damaselles and childrē yonge in age the quātite abouesayd shall not alwayes be kept mustrid but lesse then to theym that be elder scarcite kept in all thinges The etynge of flesshe of .iiii. foted bestes must alwayes be forborne of all mynchins except theym alwayes that be feble or seke ¶ The .xl. chapiter treateth of the measure of drynke EVerye person hathe a gyfte by him selfe of god oon after oon maner a nother aftur a nother maner And therfore the measure of meate and drynke for other persons sayth seynt Benet is set an ordred by vs with som scrupulosite and doubte Notwithstandynge we consyderynge the wekenes of theym that be deseased thinke verely that hemma the which is nygh abowtes a mydes in the Italion toonge a pynte in the frenche and the Englysche toongꝭ which be nyghe by all oon measure suffyseth to euery person in wyne for oon daye But they to whome god graunteth that they may suffre abstinence of lesse drynke may well knowe that they shall haue their rewarde accordyngly And if the necessite of the place or great laboure or elles the great hete of sommer woll require more Let it stōde in the wyll and arbytrement of the soueraygne regardynge amonges all thynges that repleccion or dronkenes vndre myne theym not before they be ware All thoughe we rede that wyne ought in no wyse to be the drynke of mynchyns yet for as muche as in our dayes that thynge cānot be perswaded vnto theym at the leest let vs graunt and obserue this that we drynke not to our full and saciate but scarcely and soberly for wyne causith yea them that be ryght wyse for to erre and goo out of the way of good lyuynge and the same reason tochynge sobernesse is to be vnderstonde not oonly of wyne but also of ale bere and all other drynkes But where the pouerty of the place cōpelleth that the mesure aforesayde cannot be hadde but muche lesse or els nothynge at all let them thanke god that their dwell grouch not at it For this we warne counsayll and exhorte aboue all thynge that susters leede their lyue to gydder without grutchynge ¶ The .xli. chapiter sheweth at what houres the susters shall take their refection FRom the holy feeste of Easter vnto witsontyde the susters shall goo to dyner at the .vi. houre of the daye whiche is after the Englyshe rekenyng abowtes an houre before the mydday sope ī the euynnynge And frō witsōtyde thurgh out all the sōmer if the mynchyns haue no laboure in the felde or if they be not trowbled with ouer moche hete ī sōmer thē vppō wednisdays frydays they shall faste vnto che .ix. houre of the day which is aboutꝭ .ii. of the clocke in the after none vppō other dayes they shall dyne at the .vi. houre of the day which .vi. houre if they haue busines in the feelde or elles the hete of sōmer be feruent shal be cōtinued kept also the wednesdaye and frydaye if thabbasse so woll dispose ordere it And yet in all dispensaciōs moderacions and lycences the abbasse must haue suche regarde ꝯsideraciōs that hir sustreses sowles may be saued and that they shall doo may be doo without grudge or murmure resonable From the Idus of Septembre vnto Shrouetyde they shall take their refeccion at .ix. of the day In lent tyll Easter they shall eate at the euyn tyme and euēsong shall soo be doō that at their meate they shall nede no lyght of candel but all shal be ended by day lyght Also at all tymes be it soper or other refeccion so shall the houre be moderate that all thinges be doon by daylyght ¶ The .xlii. chapiter sheweth that after complayne all the Sisters shall kepe silence AT all seasons mynchins ought to doo their deuoure to kepe silence and chefly in the houres of the nyght And therfore at all tymes beynge fastynge daye or etynge day If it be etyng day anone as they aryse from soper they muste sit all to gydder in oon place and oon of them muste rede collacions that is to say a boke called collacions or els Vitas patrum er els som other boke that is apt to edifie and doo good to the herers They shall not rede the bokes of the olde lawe or the bokes of kynges for vnto them that be feble of vnderstōding it shal not be fruteful not to hir that redes scripture ī suche an houre At other tymes they may be red If it be fasting day thē withī a lyttell whyle after that euensong is doon anon they shall cōme to the lecture of the collacion as we haue sayde before and .iiii. or .v. leues therof redde or elles as moche as oon houre wyll permit so that all the couēt in the meane tyme may cōme to gydder if any of them be then occupied in any maner of thynge cōmitted vnto hir she must forthwith leueof and cōme to the couēt and so all they gaderyd to gydder in oon shall make an ende execute cōplene And departyng srome cōplene it shall not be lefull to any of theym afterward to speke any worde to any person And if any of them be foūde to haue broke this Reule of silence let hir be subdued to a strayt punishement except that necessite of gestes com vppon

cōuersacion byddeth or exhorteth ¶ The .ix. degre of humilite is whā a mynchyn refrayneth hir toonge from spekynge and whan she kepeth silēce and putteth not fourth nor speketh no worde tyll she be questioned holy scripture shewinge that in moche spekynge syn is hardely auoyded and that a man fulle of wordes cannot be well ordered or kepe strayght waye in this presente lyffe ¶ The .x. degre of humylyte is whan a mynchyn is not lyght or prone to lawghter for it is writtē he is a fole that exalteth his vice in lawghter ¶ The .xi. degre of humilite is if a mynchyn when she speketh doo speke sofftly without lawghynge with mekenes of spirite and body and with grauite fewe wordes and resonable and that she be noo great cryer nor speke a lowde as it is written A wyseman is knowen in fewe wordes ¶ The .xii. degre of humilite is if a mynchyn shewe mekenes and lowlenes to theym that loke vppon hir not only in hart but also in body that is to say when she is ī hir laboure when she is at worke when she is in hir oratorye when she is in prayer when she is in monastery ī garden or wheresoeuer she be syttynge walkynge or stondynge she boweth downe hir hedde hir yes fyxed towarde the Erth. And supposynge and euery houre thynkynge hir selfe to be gylte of hir synnes thynketh that she is presented to the ferefull Iugement of all myghty god saynge all way as the publican of whome is made mencion in the gospell the whiche his yes fyxed into the erth sayd Good lorde I am not worthy to lyfte vp myne yes towardes heuen And ageyn with the prophete I am bowed downe and made meke in euery cōdicion ¶ Nowe in cōclusion all these degres of humimilite ascended and clymed a mynchyn at oons shall cōme to that brennynge loue of god the whiche loue cōmes stablyshed and made parfeyte in hir dreueth out all fere by the whiche she shall begynne to kepe of custome and in maner naturally without laboure and payne all maner of vertueux thynges whiche she kepte not byfore without greate payne labour And that not for the feare of the bytter paynes of hell but for the loue of christe and for the same goode custom and for the delectacion of vertu whiche thynges all myghty god shall then vouchsaue to shewe in his seruant puryfyed and made clene of vices and synnes thurghe the grace of the holy gooste ¶ The .viii. chapiter treateth of the diuine seruyce by nyght IN wynter that is to say fro the fyrste day of Nouembre vnto the feste of Easter mynchyns muste aryse at the .viii. houre after it be nyght that is to saye after the sōne be serre takynge the same houre durynge all that tyme as it is aforesayde Fyrste daye of Nouembre to thintent that they may take their reste vnto somewhat after mydnyght and then aryse hauynge naturall dygestion And when the nocturne is ended they shall all the resideue of the tyme bytwene that and matyns or laudes whiche is all oon gyue them selfe to redynge som the spaulter som lectournes or other diuine seruyce whereof they haue most nede or wherein they be moste vnredy From Easter vnto the firste day of Nouembre a forsayde the houre of their wakynge and arysynge shal be so ordred that a lyttel pause made after the nocturne is ended wherein the mynchyns may goo to doo suche necessary busines as nature requireth anon matyns or laudes shall followe which they muste be saynge in the breke of the daye ¶ The .ix. chapiter treateth what psalmes shal be sayd at the nocturnes in the wynter tyme. IN wīter after this verse Deus in adiutorium meum intende Dn̄e ad adiuuandum me festina followethe next and immediatly Domine labia mea aperies os meum annūciabit laudem tuam the whiche thryse songe followeth this psalme Dn̄e quid multiplicati with glia patri and after that Venite with the Inuitatorie must be songe Thā followeth the hymne after it .vi. psalmes with their antems thē the versicle whiche ended theabbasse shall gyue the vn̄diction And all the quere syttynge ī their stalles or setꝭ there shal be red by .iii. mynchins appoynted therto .iii. lectours within boke vppō the deske or lectourne bytwene which lessons .iii. respōses must be songe wherof ii responses shal be without glia patri the thirde with glia patri And when the gloria patri is begonne anon all shall aryse out of their setes makynge obeyssance towardes the hygh aulter in the worship and reuerēce of the holy Trinite The lessons which they rede at the nocturne shal be of bokes as well of the olde testementes as of the newe and also the expositions of both the testamentes whiche haue be made of moost famose doctours and beste lerned in holy scripture mooste catholique faders After these .iii. lessons with their respondes followeth other .vi. psalmes with alleluya then the Chapiter muste be redde by harte with a versicle and kyryeleyson with the preces And soo ended the nocturne whiche we call comunely matyns to the laudes ¶ The .x. chapiter treateth of the diuine seruice by nyght in the somer tyme. FRome Ester vnto the firste daye of Nouember the quantite of the psalmodie shal be obserued as is abouesayde but the .iii. lessons which were wont to be redde in the boke shall by cause of the shortnes of the nyght not be redde but for them there shal be redde oon lesson of the olde testamēt by hart without boke with the which a short respōse shall followe all the remenant shal be obserued done as is abouesayd And it is to vnderstōde that neuer lesse then .xii. psalmes shal be songe at the noctourn by sydes domine quid multiplicati and venite ¶ The .xi. chapiter sheweth howe the Nocturnes shal be sayde vppon the sondayes UPpon sondayes the Mynchins must aryse more erely to the nocturne ī the which must be kept a nother mesure that is to say the .vi. psalmes shal be songe as we haue a fore ordred with the versicle then all sittyng in order ī their seetes there must be redde vppon the boke .iiii. lessons with their respondes where oonly after the .iiii. responce shal be songe gloria patri whiche begonne anon all muste aryse with reuerence makynge their obeysance After the whiche lessons followith by order other .vi. psalmes with their antemes as the .vi. afore dyd and with a versicle after the whiche ageyne other .iiii. lessons muste be redde with their responses after the order abouesayde After the whiche muste be songe .iii. canticles of the prophetes which the abbasse shall assigne and they shal be songe with alleluya Then the versicle songe and the benedictiō gyuen by thabbasse other .iiii. lessons of the newe testamēt must be redde after the maner abouesayde after the .iiii. response thabbasse shall begyn Te deum the whiche ended she shall rede a lesson of the gospell with dewe