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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

¶ The .xlviii. chapiter speketh of dayly hande laboure IDlenes is an vtter and extreme enemy of the sowle and therfore certeyne tymes susters must be occupied in laboure of the hande and certayn tymes in redyng godli lectours or ī good meditaciōs And therfore we thinke bothe the sayd tymes in this wyse to be well ordred that is to say that frō Easter vnto the Kalēdas of October in the morninge fro the firste houre of the day vnto almoste the .iiii. of the daye let theym laboure aboute suche thynges as be necessary And from the .iiii. houre of the day vnto almost the syxte houre they must gyue them selfe to redynge ¶ Aftur the .vi. houre rysynge from the table they shall reste a wyle in their beddꝭ with all silence or els if she woll gyue hir selfe to reding let hir so rede softli bi hir selfe that she trouble none other And the houre of none must be executed at the halfe houre before the .viii. houre of the daye And then agayne what so euer is beste to be doon let them laboure in it vnto euynsonge tyme. And if the necessite of the place or els pouerte compelleth that they muste be occupyed theym selfe aboute the gatheringe in of Corne they may not take it heuely nor be greued there with for than they be very trewe mynchins whan they lyue with the laboure of their owne handes as dyd our faders and the appostles notwithstondynge all thynges shal be be doon in measure and with discrecion bycause of them that be feble and weke in bodye or spirite From the kalēdas of October vnto shrouetyde they shall gyue theym selfe vnto redynge tyll the seconde houre of the day be full And at the seconde houre of the daye they shall execute the thirde houre And then vnto the .ix. houre of the day euery of theym shall laboure aboute hir busines whiche is inioyned vnto hir Than the firste signe of the .ix. houre stricken euery oon of theym shall departe frome hir worke that they may be redy whan the .ii. sygne stryketh And after they haue dyned they shall gyue som to redynge of lessons and som to redynge of psalmes In the dayes of lent from the mornynge vnto the thirde houre of the daye full they must gyue them selfe to redynge and from that tyme tyll the .x. houre of the day full they muste laboure in suche occupacion as is committed vnto theym in the whiche dayes of lent euery of theym shall haue by her selfe a boke oute of the lybrary whyche boke she shall rede from the beginninge to the endinge by order and the same bokes must be delyuered vnto them at shrouetyde Byfore all thyngys oon or two sustres of the eldest ī the religiō shal be deputed whych shall goo aboute the monastery at all soche tymes seasons as there susters be at there redinge ouersee theym lesse perauenture som suster be founde slothfull which gyueth hir selfe to idlenes tellynge of tales and is not myndyd towardꝭ redyng And so is not oonly vnꝓfytable to hir selfe but also she disturbeth and letteth other Suche oon if she as god forbede be founde let hir be rebuked ones and the secōde tyme if she do not so amēde let hir be submitted to correcciō regular in suche wyse as other by hir may haue cause to be effrayde Nether oon suster shall accompany hir selfe with a nother but in houres and tymes conuenient ¶ Vppon the sonday they shall all gyue thē selfe to redinge except those which be deputed to dyuers offices And if any of them be so neglygent and slowthfull that she wyl not or elles she cannot gyue hir selfe to meditacion or to redynge let some maner of busines be inioyned vnto hir to th entent that she be not idle The susters that be feble or elles be tendre or haue be delicatly brought vp to theym suche occupacion or busines shal be cōmitted that nether they be idle ne yeat oppressed with ouer moche laboure where throughe they shulde forsake the monastery whiche wekenes tendrenesse muste be cōsydered by thabbasse after hir discreciō ¶ The .xlix. chapiter treateth of the obseruing of lent THough at all tymes a mynchin in hir lyuinge ought to kepe the obseruāce of lēt yit ī so moche as that vertue of that cōtinuall obseruance is but ī fewe persons therfore we coūsell that they kepe their lyfe in the dayes of lent with all clēnesse that is to say that they in those holy dayes clense and washe clene away all their necligences of other tymes paste The which is thē doon acceptably as it ought to be when they kepe their Selfe from all maner of vices and gyue their diligēce to prayer with wepynge to reding to cōpunction of herte and to abstinence Therfore in those dayes of lent let vs encrease some thinge in our selfe ouer aboue the duty of our custumeable seruyce which we were wont to do and pray at other tymes that is to say addinge specyall and pryuate prayers with more abstinence of mete and drynke And let euery oon in those dayes of lēt offre vnto god of hir owne fre wyll with gostly Ioy som thinge aboue hir custumable seruice or dutie and aboue the measure to hir cōmaunded that is to say let hir withdrawe from hir body somwhat of meate drinke of slepe of spekynge of skoffynge tryfelinge and with Ioy of a spirytuall desyre let hir longe for the feste of Easter Howe be it that selfe thynge that ony of them doth aboue hir custumable deuty she must showe it to hir abbasse And with hir wyll prayer it muste be doon For what so euer be doon without the wyll and leue of hir spirituall moder shal be accompted presumpcion and vayne glory and to no rewarde Therfore all thynge muste be doon with the wyll of the abbasse ¶ The .l. chapiter speketh of susters that labourth farre from the quere SVsters whiche be ferre fro the monastery or oratory in laboure and may not com to the quere in a cōuenient houre if thabbassed do perceyue it so to be of trewthe let them thē there do their dewty vnto god where as they laboure with goodlye drede and fere knelynge vppon their knees Also the houres of goddes seruyce accustumed and appoynted may not be forget of theym that be sent forth in iorneys But as moche as they may they must do their dyuyne seruyce and negligent not to pay the duty of their seruice in dewe and conuenient tymes ¶ The .li. chapiter speketh of susters whiche goith forth but no ferre Iorney SVsters that goith forth in any maner of messayge truste to returne to the monastery the same day shall not presume ne take vppon theym to eate without the monastery all though they be desyred of any person except perauenture they haue a cōmaundement of thabbasse And if they do other wyse let them be excōmunicate ¶ The .lii. chapiter treateth of the quere of the monastery THe oratory whiche is as moche