And therfore the women shall not wasshe the lynnen clothes of the same afore that the preest hath wasshed them But that women maye not helpe the masse / we haue not so great coÌ„mauÌ„dement in the lawe / for the holy churche doth admyt the spyrytuall persones and maydens maye helpe and serue at the masse iÌ„ necessyte / whiche they shal not do yf there be any man present that can do it wherfore the maydens whaÌ„ they shal helpe the masse in necessytye / they shall alwayes loke deuoutly afore them / and shall not beholde the preest in the face / But they shal knele down honestly behynde the prest and shall not come to nere the aulter for the dygnyte of the holy sacrament ¶ The .xxxi. Chapytre / yf the mynyster maye helpe and serue and here the holy masse all togyther And also yf a man maye here many masses togyther at one tyme with as great meryte / as yf he herde euery masse by it selfe AS the doctours do wryte the lyfe of all good and iuste catholyke people is as a coÌ„pany of marchauÌ„tes in the whiche that that the one doth wyn the other doth lease So it is with all them that be in the loue and grace of god and of holy churche / so that they be not onely parte takers of the masse at the which they be present with theyr iyes / but also so longe as they be in the state of grace and iÌ„ the loue of god / they be parte takers of all the good dedes that be done in the holy churche through out all this worlde / of all good and iust catholyke people And the coÌ„trarye is of them whiche be in deedly synne / which do not meryte for them selfe any rewarde iÌ„ heuen / for they be deed afore god and also theyr good workes O yf the synÌ„er dyd remembre this in takynge it to the herte / what goodnesse shulde come vnto hym ¶ The .xxxii. Chapytre / what the aornementes of the preest / dothe sygnyfye FYrste the aulter where the preest sayth the masse / doth sygnyfye the crosse of oure lorde god ¶ Item the preest at the aulter / doth sygnyfye our lorde vpon the crosse ¶ Item the chalyce afore the preest / doth sygnyfye the sepulchre of our lorde ¶ Item the corporas sygnyfyeth the lynneÌ„ cloth / in the which our lorde was wrapped in the sepulchre ¶ Item the lynnen cloth of the chalyce / sygnyfyeth the lytell cloth put vpon the face of oure lorde in the sepulchre / for to wype the swete ¶ Item the patyne of the chalyce sygnyfyeth the stone that dyd couer the sepulchre ¶ Item the amys which the preest doth put on his heed / sygnyfyeth the cloth whiche the Iewes dyd bynde afore the iyes of our lord whan they dyd mocke hym ¶ Item the albe whiche is whyte and longe / sygnyfyeth the whyte and longe robe / wherwith Herode dyde cloth oure lorde in derysyon ¶ Item the longe stoyle that the preest hath aboute his necke / sygnyfyeth the corde the whiche the Iewes dyd cast about the necke of our lorde / and afterwarde about his body whan they dyd take hym in the garthen ¶ Item the short stoyle or maniple the whiche the preest hath on his left arme sygnyfyeth the corde with the whiche the handes of our lorde were bounde / for whan they dyde vnbynde hym they left the corde hangynge at the left hande ¶ Item the corde / wherwith the preest is gyrde / sygnyfyeth the corde wherwith oure lorde Ihesus was bounde to the pyller ¶ Item the chesuble whiche is the vpper vestement of the preest / closed behynde and before and withoute fasshon open of bothe sydes / sygnyfyeth the robe of purple / wherwith Pylate dyde cloth our lorde whan he dyd mocke hym ¶ Item the crosse vpon the chesuble vpon the sholdres of the preest goth to the grouÌ„de behynde / sygnyfyeth the heuye crosse of our lorde of .xv. fote of length / the whiche he bare vpon his sholdres vpon the mount of Caluarye ¶ Item the crowne of the heed of the preest doth sygnyfye the crowne of thornes / whiche our lorde ware vpon his heed ¶ Item the lytell peacê vpon the albe vpoÌ„ the handes of the preest / and also hangyng behynde and before at the fete of the preest / do sygnyfye the great nayles / whiche were stryken through the handes and fete of our lorde vpon the crosse ¶ Item the breade whiche is consecrate / is verely the blyssed body of oure lorde / And the wyne after the consecracyon / is the precyous blode of our lorde habundauÌ„tly shed vpoÌ„ the crosse This may a symple person whiche can not rede thus thynke and remeÌ„bre in the masse tyme / and to occupye hym selfe with the passyon of our lorde ¶ The .xxxiii. Chapytre / what vertue or fruyte doth consyst and lye in deuoutly herynge masse the whiche vertues be in .xii. maners THe fyrste vertue or fruyte is / as some doctours do wryte / that the man doth meryte more whyles that he dothe here masse deuoutely / than yf he shulde gyue for godes sake / as moche grouÌ„de lande as he could passe and go ouer in the space of the same masse O what maye he than deserue whiche doth here euery daye thre or foure masses And what doth he lease / what compte shall he make afore god at the daye of iugement / whiche hath not so great busynesse / but that he maye here one masse at the left euery daye O what it shal greue you that ye haue lost so moche This ye shall vnderstande accordynge to the dygnyte and excellentnes of the masse ¶ The seconde vertue is / that the holy auÌ„gelles be glad to be nyghe vnto that person in kepynge hym whan he hath herde masse As Dauid sayth / god dyde coÌ„maunde his aungelles to kepe and preserue you / in all your wayes and busynes ¶ The thyrde vertue is that the man beholdynge with deuocyon and reuerence the holy sacrament in the masse / as saynt Austyn sayth / god doth gyue hym that same daye al thyngê necessary for his body Item vayne wordes and vnaduysed othes be forgyuen and pardoned / and he is preserued from sodayn deth A man doth lease no tyme whyles that he doth here masse All the steppes in coÌ„mynge and in goynge / be compted of the holy aungell And yf the man dyed the same daye that he hath herde masse without receyuynge the sacrameÌ„t / god shall compte it as spyrytually receyued ¶ The fourth vertue is / that the person beynge in synne ofte tymes in the masse tyme by the presence of the holy sacrament / doth receyue a good iÌ„spyracion so that from theÌ„sforth he doth conuerte hym from his synnes As the good thefe vpon the crosse / Mary Magdaleyne afore the fete of our lorde Yf they had not ben present with our lorde / perauenture they shulde not haue had pardon of theyr synnes ¶ The
nere that he shuld resuscytate hym selfe from dethe / wherfore resuscytate hym nowe at this tyme. O my dere sone I haue seen the all redy wounded longe ago O yf I myght se the now resuscytate from deth gloryfied ī body O my dere son thou hast ofte tymes tolde that on the thyrde day thou wold ryse frō deth / now it draweth nere Mary thus prayenge / as the sondaye at mydnyghte her dere sone dyde ryse from deth / and dyde reioyse make glad his mother afore all other / wherfore ye shall saye in the honour of her this prayer folowynge ¶ Who that sayth this prayer with repentaunce of his synnes / shall meryte .lxxx. M. yeres of pardon O Lorde Ihesu chryste / I praye the forthe loue of that ioye whiche thy mother had / whan thou dyddest appere to her in the holy nyghte of Ester / And for that ioye that she had / whan she dyde se the gloryfyed with the dyuyne clerenesse / that thou wylt illumynate me with the .vii. gyftes of the holy ghost / to the entēt that all the dayes of my lyfe I maye accomplysshe thy dyuyne wyll whiche doth lyue and reygne euerlastyngly Amen ¶ The .xxix. Artycle of the masse HOwe the preest dothe take all that is within the chalyce and dothe emptye it leue it open This doth sygnyfye how our lorde on the thyrde daye / dyd ryse from deth and left the sepulchre emptye and open / and dyd fyrste appere to his heuy mother than afterwarde to his other frendes ¶ Orayson Pater nr̄ Aue maria O Blyssed lorde I thāke the that thou haste broken the bondes of deth / and areysynge thy holy body from deth / hast gloryfyed the same by the .iiii. vertues of the claryte or clerenes / I praye the good lorde graūt me to ryse in my soule from the deth of synne / to the entent that from hensforth I maye walke in the waye of reason that I do not serche ne taste any other thynge / but that which shall dure euerlastyngly in heuen Amen ¶ The .xxx. Artycle of the masse HOw the preest cōmeth with the chalyce towardes the ende of the aulter takynge wyne for the percepcyon This doth sygnyfye howe our lorde after that he was rysen from deth / dyd appere to his dyscyples eatynge with them fysshes rosted the which they had taken by the cōmaūdement of god ¶ Orayson Pater nr̄ Aue maria O Blyssed lorde Ihesu chryste / I do thanke the that after thy resurreccyon / thou hast appered to thy dyscyples in eatynge with them naturall meate I praye the good lorde norysshe me here in erthe with the breade of the holy scrypture / to the entent that after this tyme I may be parte taker of the heuenly and pardurable refeccyon Amen ¶ The .xxxi. Artycle of the masse HOwe the preest in the myddes of the aulter doth tourne hym ī dysioynynge and takynge his handes a sondre sayth / Dominus vobiscum This doth sygnyfye howe our lorde after that he was rysen from deth / dyd appere showe hym selfe amonges his dyscyples sayenge / Pax vobis / that is to saye / peace be with you / showynge his hādes fete persed through ¶ Orayson Pater nr̄ Aue maria O Blyssed lord I thanke the that thou hast appered to thy dyscyples / there where they were with the gates fast shytte to them / and hast showed amonges them thy fyue woundes / I praye the good lorde shytte and close faste the locke of my fyue wyttes interyoure exteryoure from all tēptacyons / that I maye be within illumynate with the lyght of thy dyuyne grace euerlastyngly Amen ¶ The .xxxii. Artycle of the masse HOwe the preest doth tourne hym sayeng / Ite missa est / that is to saye in a maner / go ye the mysterye of the masse is done This sygnyfyeth howe god afore that he dyd ascende in to heuen / he cōmaunded to his dyscyples / to go preche sayenge / Go through all the worlde and preche the holy gospell to all creatures And he that doth byleue and is baptysed / he shall be saued ¶ Orayson Pater nr̄ Aue maria O Blyssed lorde I do thanke the that by the prechynge of thyne apostelles hast called vs beynge infydelles / to the holy catholyke fayth / to the ende that al those that shuld byleue in the on erth shuld haue the fruycyon of the afterwarde in heuen / I pray the good lorde graunt me to byleue in herte faythfully / with my mouthe truely / and by my workes fruytfully / that so I maye dye salutaryly / and lyue pardurably Amen ¶ The .xxxiii. Artycle of the masse HOwe the preest / whan he hath sayd and red all he gyueth the benedyccion vpon all those that be there presēt than he dothe tourne hym from the people retournynge thyther from whens he came This doth sygnyfie that after that the sone of god had accomplysshed all thynge after the wyll of god his father / he gaue his benedyccyon to all those that were vpō the mount of Olyuete / dyd ascende ī to heuen where he doth syt on the ryght hande of god his father ¶ Orayson Pater nr̄ Aue maria O Blyssed lorde I thanke the that after that thou had accomplysshed all thynge in erth / after the wyll of the father celestyall for the helth and profyte of vs / thou dyddest ascēde in to heuen / I pray the good lorde drawe my herte to the in heuen / to the entent that onely I maye loue serche the ī erth / and that here beynge in erth I maye be alwayes with the by desyre in heuen / where I maye se the syttynge on the ryght hande of thy father Amen HEre endeth the seconde boke of the masse / treatynge of the lyfe / passyon / and resurreccyon of our lord Ihesu chryste / in the which euery good catholyke person maye be in his deuocyon occupyed / and specyally in the masse tyme. For as doctours do wryte there be .xii. vertues in remembrynge the lyfe and passyon of our lorde ¶ The fyrste vertue is / that the synner ofte tymes is conuerted therby / from his euyll peruerse lyuynge to good and holy lyuyng so that god graunt hym repentaunce of his synnes / true confessyon and penaunce afore his deth ¶ The seconde vertue is / that the remembraunce of the passyon of our lorde is a medycyne agaynst the tēptacyon of the deuyll For howe great soeuer the temptacyon be / yf the man remembre cordyally the passyon of oure lorde / tournynge his iyes deuoutly vpon the crosse of god / he shal be delyuered from the temptacyon ¶ The thyrde vertue is / that our lord wyl make a sure and a stedfaste peace betwene the synner and his father celestyall ¶ The fourth vertue is / that all trybulacyons aduersytes / syckenes / dyseases / displeasures / and temptacyons / shall be easye and lyght for that man
conscyence afore / nor remembre not theyr euyll and peruers lyuynge / nor also haue not contrycyon in theyr hertes / nor do not make theyr confessyon And suche folkes albeit that they haue not knowlege of any deedly synne by them cōmytte / yet neuertheles they goynge to the holy sacrament cōmytte a deedly synne / for they do put them selfe ī peryll Saynt Paule sayth / that the man shall examyne his cōscyence afore that he go therunto O what nombre of people there is which bere many and great synnes vpon them / and careth no thynge at all therfore They do chose a confessoure whiche is very symple whiche doth lede both the synner hym selfe to hell ¶ The .xxviii. Chapytre / howe greatly he synneth / whiche receyueth the sacrament vnworthely THe greatnesse of the synnes of those / whiche receyue the holy sacrament vnworthely and in deedly syn̄e to theyr euerlastynge dampnacyon / maye be consydered by foure reasons ¶ Fyrste / for suche folkes be reputed afore god for murderers of Ihesu chryste the sone of god And as saynt Gregorye sayth they do cōmyt greater synne whiche do dyspyse god reygnynge in heuen / than those whiche dyd crucyfye hym in erth O what penaunce wolde a good catholyke man do / whiche shulde haue crucyfyed our lorde / what penaunce is he than bounde to do / which hath vnworthely receyued the body of oure lorde god ¶ Secondaryly / suche folkes be oft tymes punysshed in theyr bodyes by syckenes / or by sodayne deth And therfore cōmonly after easter cōmeth syckenes / pestylence / and other inconuenyence / And that is bycause the man so vnworthely and in deedly syn̄e receyueth the holy sacrament ¶ Thyrdly / for they synne more enormely than the Iewes / for the Iewes dyd synne by ygnoraunce And as saynt Paule sayth yf they had knowen it / they wold not haue crucyfyed the lorde of glorye But the synners chrysten men knowlege god / knowe well that they be in great synne The Iewes haue crucyfyed our lorde but ones / but the chrysten men do crucyfye hym very ofte / in so moche that wyttyngly they do go to the holy sacrament in deedly synne ¶ Fourthly / suche folkes receyue vpō them the iugement of god / whiche he shall gyue vpon the dampned soules at the daye of iugement / where he shall say go ye cursed people to euerlastynge fyre ¶ Fyfthly / those that vnworthely receyue the holy sacrament / be lyke to Iudas the traytoure / whiche dyd betraye and delyuer our lorde Ihesu to the Iewes And it shall chaunce vnto them in hell / as it dyd to Iudas for after that he had vnworthely receyued the holy sacrament the deuyll dyd entre in to hym / so that he dyde betraye our lorde Ihesu chryste / wherfore afterwarde he fell in dyspayre and dyde hange hym selfe So they become more obstynate in synne / those whiche receyue the holy sacrament dayly in deedly syn̄e / they dare boldly do that thynge whiche other dare not thynke / ye and moreouer do that thynge whiche the deuyll dare not do And as Iudas delyuered our lorde to the Iewes so in lyke case men delyuer our lorde Ihesu chryste / in as moche as they can / to the deuylles of hell For they receyue our lorde Ihesu chryste in the place / whiche the deuyll doth possesse / and apperteyneth vnto hym ¶ Syxtly / this is an vnkynde man / for he dyspyseth god his creatoure / which for hym hathe suffred bytter dethe vpon the crosse This is yet a greater vnkyndnes ī the mā that the diuynyte power of god is redy for to come to vysyte hym with his dyuyne grace inclosed in the holy sacrament / the man maketh him self vnworthy to receyue hym ¶ Seuenthly / suche persones be more vnhappy than other / for the soueraygne goodnes whiche is god is hurtfull and dampnable vnto them / the medycyne of the soule is infyrmytie and deth vnto them For as the holy sacrament is an euerlastynge lyfe vnto them whiche do receyue vse it well so it is deth vnto those / whiche euyll vnworthely receyue it ¶ The .xxix. Chapytre / of those whiche receyue the holy Sacrament spyrytually and not bodely THere be yet foure maner of folkes / whiche receyue the holy sacrament spyrytually or ghostly and not bodely / that is to saye / they receyue the grace of the holy sacrament secretly ī theyr soules / albeit that they receyue it not vysybly in theyr bodyes / and shall be rewarded afore god / as yf they had receyued it bodely ¶ The fyrste sorte whiche receyue it spyrytually / be those whiche by feblenes of infyrmytie and syckenes can not holde meate in theyr bodyes / or whiche do coughe moche / or do cast and voyde fleume very sore suche other These persones shall coueyte and desyre hertely to receyue it / in beholdynge it with great deuocyon sayenge O good lorde I do thanke the that I maye paye / satysfye / and content the by a good wyll mynde O good lorde I thanke the / that in all places I maye fynde the. O good lorde I thanke the / that no persone maye hurte or hynder me towardes the. And I do thanke the good lord that whan I haue the / no persone maye take me ¶ The seconde sorte whiche receyue the holy sacrament spyrytually / be those whiche sodaynely be taken with sodayne deth / as maryners on the see / men of warre ī the felde / women trauaylyng of chylde and other lyke / whiche can not haue a confessoure to confesse them / and to receyue the holy sacrament Suche persones hauyng contrycyon and repentaunce for theyr synnes and desyre to receyue the holy sacrament / haue afore god receyued the holy sacrament ī theyr soules Yet neuertheles they shall confesse them selfe afore yf it be possyble / shall not trust to moche in that / to the entent that god do not withdrawe his grace ¶ The thyrde sorte be those / whiche serue god in purenes of cōscyence / yet neuertheles they refrayne somtyme through humylyte / to go to the holy sacrament / but they here masse with deuocyon reuerently beholdynge the holy sacrament / and by desyre to receyue it Suche persones yf so and in suche maner they here masse / they shall be rewarded afore god as yf they had receyued the holy sacrament ¶ The fourth sorte whiche spyrytually receyueth the holy sacrament / be those whiche be prepayred therto and humbly desyreth to receyue it / but theyr confessours wyll not agre therto Also relygeous persones whiche after the rule of theyr ordre / maye not go to the holy sacrament / but on dayes ordeyned by theyr heedes Yet notwithstandyng they desyre to receyue it somtymes / the whiche must be content for afore god they haue receyued it spyrytually And it is somtymes more acceptable to god that the man do absteyne deuoutly with Centurio / than to
generacyon to them that fere hym He hath made power in his arme / he hath sprede abrode the prowde herted men He hath deposed and put downe the myghty men from theyr place / hath exalted the humble persones He hath reÌ„plysshed and fyllyd the hungrye and nedy persones with goodes / hath left the ryche voyde He hathe receyued Israel his sone / remeÌ„brynge his mercy As he hath spoken showed to our fathers Abraham / and to his sede for euermore Glory be to the father / the sone / and the holy ghost / through out all the worlde for euermore Amen ¶ A man shal rede this prayer after that he hath worthely receyued the holy sacrameÌ„t O Lorde Ihesu chryste / thankes praysynges be to thy ineffable and incomparable benygnyte and goodnes whiche so louyngly hathe made me parte taker of thy blyssed body / and precyous blode / wherw t thou hast now norysshed fedde my soule O penetrable and persyng lyght O lyght reluysant and shynynge aboue all lyghtes Illumynate and clere my vnderstandyng and shyne perce my soule of all sydes So that no maner of spotte do abyde there where as thy dygnyte hath come / thankes be to our lorde god the father in his puyssaunce magestie / thankes be to oure lorde god / the sone in his sapyence and wysdom thankes be to the holy ghoste / in his amyable pytie O lorde Ihesu chryste / in these thre thyngê thou arte one O amyable lorde god Ihesu chryste / I thanke the that thou hast vouchesafe to here me / an vnworthy creature / and to reioyse coÌ„forte my pensyfe herte That that I haue desyred of the / thou hast gyuen it me And that whiche of longe tyme I haue coueyted and desyred / now I haue receyued it O lorde god / thou arte the fruytefull tree of our helthe / the whiche thou thy selfe hathe planted in oure blyssed Lady thy mother / And of that same thy mother beynge a vyrgyne thou hast receyued nature humayne / wherwith nowe I am fedde O lorde god / nowe is the same selfe tree planted in erth where there is no humydyte nor moystnes of grace Wherfore I beseche the of mercy / that in the same it may please the to sende the swete moystnes and dewe of the holy ghost / the whiche shall cause the noble rote whiche thou good Lorde hath planted in my soule to florysshe sprynge O hyghe power and mageste of the father entre in to my thoughtes O sapyence and wysdome of the sone / entre in to my vnderstandynge intellygence O pyte of the holy ghost / entre in to my wyll / so that these thre myghty vertues maye answere to thy trynyte from whens they be com And I beseche the good lorde for the great loue that thou hast to thy dere mother and to all sayntes / that froÌ„ hensforth thou gyue me grace to synÌ„e no more / and to fulfyll thy wyl in all thynges to the whiche the father / the sone / and the holy ghost helpe lede vs. Amen ¶ Another prayer that a man shall say after that he hath ben at the holy sacrameÌ„t / wherby the the pope 〈…〉 gyueth moche pardon and indulgence O Most holy soule of Ihesu chryste sanctyfye me O most pure body of Ihesu chryste saue me O most swete blode of Ihesu chryste make me entre in to thy loue O most pure and clere water of the syde of our lord Ihesu chryste wasshe me from my synnes O most bytter passyon of Ihesu chryste coÌ„forte and strengthen me O most feruent swete of the face of our lorde Ihesu chryste he le me O good lorde Ihesu chryste here and exalte my prayer / and in thy wouÌ„des hyde me / and do not suffre me to be seperate from the delyuer me from the deuyll enemye of hell at the houre of deth helpe me and let me be set nere to the / to the entent that euerlastyngly I maye reioyse with all the aungelles in heuen / in gyuyng praysynges and thankes vnto the. Amen ¶ Another prayer after that a man hath ben at the holy Sacrament O Lorde Ihesu chryste I praye the / that thy body and precyous blode / whiche I a poore synner haue receyued / maye remplysshe and satysfye my soule / and graunt that in me there do not abyde any spotte of synne / where nowe the holy sacrament is entred O good lord sauyoure of all creatures / whiche doth not desyre the deth of synners I beseche the most humbly by thy blyssed body precyous blode / that thou wylte assure me from al fere drede / and to grauÌ„t me peace with all men / and remyssyon of all my synnes / to the entent that the holy sacrament be not to my dampnacyon / but to the helth and medycyne of my soule I beseche the also graunt me grace and felycyte / helth to lyuynge persones / and euerlastyng rest to those that be deed and specyally haue mercy of the soules of my father mother / my brother or syster / and of all my frendes which haue done me good / or for the which I am bounde to praye And whan the last houre of my lyfe shall come / that the holy auÌ„gelles maye receyue me and brynge and lede me to euerlastynge ioye Amen ¶ This prayer maye a man saye / whan he hath ben at the holy sacrament whan he goth therto / or eueryday in the weke / whan a maÌ„ hath herde masse ¶ A prayer on the Sondaye to all the sayntes in heuen O Most holy aungelles of heuen / Seraphyn / Cherubyn Trones / Pryncypalytes / Potestates / Vertues / Domynacyons / Aungelles / ArchauÌ„gelles / with all Patryarches / Prophetes / Apostelles / Martyres / CoÌ„fessours Vyrgynes / and all the chosen soules frendes of god / which without ceasynge be laudynge / praysynge / and louynge god / beholdynge his amyable face / and tastynge his perdurable glory I pray you all as a poore synner vpon my knees with feruent desyre and hole herte that ye wyll faythfully pray to god for me and all good catholyke persones / in what estate soeuer they be in body in soule Also for all chrysten people that god wyll haue prayed for / and specyall for those that I am bounde to pray for / be they lyuynge or deed / that it wyll please god to forgyue vs all our synnes offences / whiche we haue done agaynst his dyuyne wyll to the entent that by your prayers and merytes / we may all obteyne grace in our soules to escape the payne of hell in possedynge euerlastynge lyfe with you / the whiche almyghty Ihesu chryste graunt vs. Amen ¶ Pater noster Aue maria ¶ A prayer to be sayd the Mondaye to thre archauÌ„gelles and to thy holy aungell O Holy archauÌ„gell saynt Mychaell prynce and faythfull defeÌ„soure of the holy churche stronge and myghty conqueroure of the enemyes of hell O
is sanctyfyed and dedycate vnto god And that he which doth sell it / hath receyued it of god for no thynge And so both he that doth sell it that dothe bye it do coÌ„myt deedly synne For it is agaynst al lawes / as agaynst the lawe of god / the lawe of man / the lawe of nature Wherfore whan the intent of the preest is pryncypally vpoÌ„ money / and maketh marchaundyse of the masse And that those whiche cause the masse to be sayde / do take it that they do bye it for so moche money / they do both coÌ„mytte Symonye and is deedly synÌ„e Therfore whan a man wyl haue a masse sayd for hym or for his freÌ„des / he shall say to the preest Syr we maye not make marchaundyse of the masse / but I praye you say so many masses for me or for my frendes / and I wyll prouyde for you and recompence your payne And than ye shall prouyde hym of an honest lyuynge accordynge to his estate and degre For as the apostell saynt Paule sayth / he that serueth at the aultre / he must lyue by the aultre / for the preest hath none other occupacyon ¶ The .xx. Chapytre / In what thynge wherby a man may consydre the greatnesse and dygnyte of the masse THe dygnyte holynes of the blyssed masse maye be consydered by fyue reasons ¶ Fyrste for in the masse is 〈…〉 the same blyssed flesshe / that Mary the mother of god dyd conceyue and the precyous blode shed vpoÌ„ the crosse on good frydaye And therfore sayth Crysostome / that touchynge the holy sacrament of the aulter the masse is not of lesse dygnyte and value / than the deth of our lord god vpon the crosse for the helth of the man For as the deth of our lorde hath delyuered man from euerlastynge deth / so is euerlastynge lyfe gyuen to them / whiche be delyuered by the masse ¶ Secondaryly / a man maye consydre the dygnyte of the masse / for there is alwayes present all the holy coÌ„pany of heuen That is to say / the holy trynyte / Mary the mother of god / with all the holy auÌ„gelles sayntê beholdynge and worshyppynge the holy blyssed sacrament For as saynt Gregorye sayth / who is he that wolde doubte that whaÌ„ heuen doth open / at the tyme that the preest doth consecrate the sacrament / and that the sone of god as the kynge of glory / doth descende vpon the aulter / that there doth not come a great multytude company of holy aungelles with hym For a myghty kynge or prynce whan he wyl showe his mageste he doth take with hym / his nobles / his knyghtes and other his seruauntes Shuld thaÌ„ the kynge of glory descende hym self alone and without company / I do not byleue it ¶ Thyrdly / ye shall consydre that without lyght the preest maye not say masse / whan there shulde be bothe Sonne / Moone / and sterres shynyng vpon the aulter And that doth sygnyfye / that there shall be in vs a hote and feruent loue of god / and a ferme stedfast fayth byleue Also the ornameÌ„tê of the masse ought to be dedycate and halowed And also the chalyce / the corporas / the aulter clothes and towelles / and other preparementes / ought also to be halowed / or elles a man maye not saye masse Also he that shall say the masse / ought to be a preest consecrate and otherwyse he maye not / were he as holy as our lady the mother of god For all the sayntes and auÌ„gelles in heuen can not saye nor do one masse ¶ Fourthly / ye shall consydre that all that is done and sayd in the masse hath a synguler mystery and deuocyon in it / so that the preest doth not say one worde / nor doth not moue ones his hande iÌ„ the masse but it doth sygnyfye some thynge of the lyfe of our lorde For as Aureolus sayth in CoÌ„peÌ„dio theologie / in the syxt boke in the .xviii. Chapytre / that the masse in a maner of spekynge is as full of dyuyne mysteryes / as the see of droppes of water / the sonne full of lyght the skye full of sterres And also all chrysten people beynge here in erthe and in purgatorye / and all the sayntes in heuen / haue a synguler ioye and gladnesse of the masse And some doctours do saye / that there is neuer a masse sayd here iÌ„ erth / but there is one soule delyuered out of purgatorye / or a synner conuerted / or a good and iuste man preserued and kept from fallynge in to temptacyon ¶ Fyfthly / ye maye also consydre the hygh dygnyte of the masse / for it is aorned with many dyuerse languages prayses Fyrste Hebreu / as Amen / alleluya / sabaoth / osanna also Greke / as kyry eleyson / chryste eleyson / also Laten / as dominus vobiscuÌ„ / pax tecum Also ye here the voyce of oure lorde in the gospell the whiche euery person ought to here with great deuocyon / not syttynge nor knelynge / but standynge vpryght / redy to fyght vnto deth for to defende it and the holy fayth And as ye do here god speke in the gospell / so ye here also the voyce of aungelles / as in Gloria in excelsis deo Also the voyce of the apostelles / as in the epystelles Also the voyce of the synner / in the CoÌ„fiteor Also ye here the voyce of the iuste man / as in the graduall or grayle / alleluya offetorye coÌ„munyon or coÌ„mon And therfore euery good chrysten person shall dyspose hym selfe deuoutly to here masse / with a feruent herte and with great reuerence / as yf he were vpon the mount of Caluerye / there dyd se our lorde god hangynge vpon the crosse O with what and howe great deuocyon shulde we be at the masse / and shuld remembre the blyssed passyon of our lorde god the whiche is represented showed in the masse ¶ The .xxi. Chapytre / what the persone shall rede in the mornynge whan he doth ryse from bedde O Lorde god Ihesu chryste / I thanke the most humbly that thou haste preserued kepte me this nyght from sodeyn deth / and also from euerlastynge daÌ„pnacyon / by the whiche neuertheles moche people must be seperate from the the whiche haue not done so many greuous offencê synnes as I haue done But thou hast preserued me to the entent that I may amende myne euyll lyuynge Wherfore I praye the good lorde / by thy incomparable mercy / and by the merytes of thy most blyssed mother of all sayntes / that thou wylt kepe and preserue me this daye from all maner of deedly synne and euyll thoughtes wordes / and from all vnlawfull workes to the entent that I maye so with a pure coÌ„scyence / entre in to thy temple / and there to fynde thy great mercy / wherby I shall be worthy to be the temple and
dayne deth yf we do receyue with all humylyte the blyssynge of the preest / at the ende of his masse / for his handes be moche more holy / thaÌ„ were the haÌ„des of the olde fathers And by the blyssynge of the preest / we be made worthy of the blyssynge of our lorde god in heuen Therfore whan the preest gyueth the blyssynge after masse / ye shall knele downe vpon your knees with your heed bare and inclyned towardes the grounde / in receyuynge the same Wherof we haue many fayre examples / the whiche shuld be to prolyxe and longe to descrybe Yet neuer theles ye shall haue twayne in shorte wordes here declared ¶ Example WE rede that there was a couereur of howses whiche beynge vpon the toppe or hyghte of a howse there workynge / sodaynly fell downe to the grounde / without hurtyng hym selfe or hauynge any maner of harme The people seynge this dyd renne vnto hym / thynkynge that he was dede / and they dyd fynde hym hole sounde and they dyd say vnto hym Thou haste ben well blyssed this daye / He answered and sayd it is true for I had this daye the blyssynge / whiche the preest gaue after the masse / whose handes had touched the body of our lord Ihesu chryste And my fayth byleue was / that after the blyssynge which I receyued huÌ„bly after the masse I shulde not dye sodaynly without confessyon / as nowe ye maye se ¶ Example WE rede moreouer of two men whiche were coÌ„paygnons felowes in marchaundyse / of the whiche the one receyued alwayes the blyssynge of the preest / and the other neuer dyd regarde nor care for it And one day as they were goynge in theyr iourney / there came a great tempest of thondre and lyghtnynge / of the whiche tempest he that was neuer wont to receyue the blyssynge of the preest nor to regarde it / was stryken to deth / and the other whiche was alwayes wonte to receyue the blyssynge / was saued and not hurte ¶ The .xxiiii. Chapytre / what thynge a man shall rede whan he coÌ„meth fyrste before the holy sacrament ¶ Orayson O Blissed and mercyfull lord Ihesu chryste / I coÌ„mende this daye in the presence of thy holy body and at all tymes my soule and my body by the vertue of thy holy natyuyte thy blyssed crosse / and sharpe and bytter passyon / thy gloryous resurreccyon O father euerlastynge god almyghty / thou arte the begynnynge and the ende of all creatures / thou art the waye and the trueth and the helth of al men O father euerlastynge / I crye and call pryncypally vnto the for my helpe ayde / by the vertue of the holy sacrament / to the entent that thou wylt defende me froÌ„ all thynge that may be hurtfull to the helth of my soule Albeit that I am a poore synner / Yet neuerthelesse I am thy vnworthy creature / redemed and delyuered by the precyous blode of thy sone And I byleue stedfastly in the wherfore good lorde defende me alwayes from all perylles and dauÌ„gers of myne enemyes vysyble and inuysyble / and from all venom and poyson in metes and drynkes / from shame and sodayne deth / by the vertue of the holy sacrament / in the whiche I put all my hope and byleue O holy and most worthy sacrameÌ„t in the which be vnyed iÌ„ godhed / the father / the sone / and the holy ghost / thou dost exalt all that do crye and call vnto the and that do byleue in the. Therfore exalte me nowe specyally in all that is necessary helthful for my soule / that from hensforth I maye accomplysshe and fulfyll thy wyll ¶ The .xxv. Chapytre / what thynge the man shall rede / whan he coÌ„meth before the holy crosse of our lorde Ihesu chryste O Lorde Ihesu chryste / I pray the by the vertue of the same orayson prayer / that thou dyddest make in great anguysshe and payne of herte / vnder the mount of Olyuete where for fere drede of deth / thou dyddest swete droppes of blode rennynge downe to the grounde Offre and show that same blode to thy father celestyall / agaynst the multytude of my synnes / and delyuer me at the houre of deth / from all fere and drede whiche I haue deserued for my synnes ¶ Pater noster Aue maria O Lorde Ihesu chryste whiche hath dyed vpon the crosse for me poore synner / I pray the that thou wylt showe offre to thy father celestyall / all the payne and bytternes of thy passyon / and specyally whan thy blyssed soule departed out of thy blyssed body / agaynst the multytude of my synnes And delyuer me at the houre of deth from all payne / whiche I haue deserued for the multytude of my synÌ„es Amen ¶ Pater noster Aue maria O Lorde Ihesu chryste / I praye the by the inestymable loue that caused the to descende from heuen vnto erthe / there to suffre deth vpon the crosse most cruelly for me poore synÌ„er / to showe and offre the same vnto thy father celestyal agaynst the multytude of my synnes And after this lyfe to open me the gate of heuen Amen ¶ Pater noster Aue maria ¶ The .xxvi. Chapytre / what thynge the man shall rede / whan he doth come before the Image of our Lady O Moste benygne Mary doughter of the father of heuen mother of the sone of god / espouse of the holy ghost I praye the that as the father celestyall of his great myght power hath exalted the in the hyghest trone of heuen / so I pray the most benygne vyrgyne and mother mary / to socoure and helpe me and all my frendes And to defende vs from the teÌ„ptacyons of our enemye Amen ¶ Aue maria O Most humble mother of Ihesu chryste Mary thou art a paradyse of ioye the hyd treaso r of the secrete of god I pray the that as the son of god of the myght power of his incoÌ„prehensyble wysdome hath aorned the / that ouer and aboue al the sayntê thou shulde vse haue the fruycyon most perfytly / of the face preseÌ„ce of the holy trynyte so I pray the most pure virgyn mary / that thou stande by me assyste me and all my frendes at the houre of deth / in remplysshynge and in puttynge in our soules / the lyght of the holy catholyke fayth / to the entent that oure fayth / be not occupyed with erroure ¶ Aue maria O Most swete mary / beaute of the aungelles / flower of the patryarkê / maystres of the apostelles / courage of the martyres / swete fouÌ„tayne of the coÌ„fessours honoure and ioye of vyrgynes / consolacyon solace of all synners / I praye the that as the holy ghoost hathe remplysshed and fylled the of his swetnes and dyuyne grace to the entent that thou be the most benygne and mercyfull next after god / so I beseche the most holy
ben conceyued in malyce and synne / may be puryfyed of all my synnes Amen ¶ The seconde artycle of the masse HOwe the preest doth go out of the vestry towardes the aulter with the deacon and subdeacon where he doth tary a lytel space betwene theÌ„ with scylence / the whiche doth sygnyfye / howe Ihesus was borne betwene Ioseph and our lady / and layde betwene an Oxe and an Asse ¶ Orayson Pater nrÌ„ Aue maria O Blyssed lorde Ihesu chryste / I do thaÌ„ke the bycause thou hast wylled to be borne after the nature of man / of the vyrgyne mary in this worlde for our synnes / for the whiche synnes thou hast afterwarde suffred deth vpon the crosse I beseche the good lorde gyue me grace so to bere the crosse of penaunce herein erthe for my synnes / that I maye come to thy glory in heuen Amen ¶ The thyrde artycle of the masse HOwe the preest beynge betwene theÌ„ sayth with great deuocyon Confiteor / and doth confesse hym selfe as a synÌ„er / albeit that he hath confessed hym selfe afore of all his deedly synÌ„es whiche doth sygnyfye that the innocent chylde Ihesus / dyd suffre hym selfe to be cyrcumcysed as a pure a clene myrrour without any spotte ¶ Orayson Pater nrÌ„ Aue maria O Blyssed lorde Ihesu chryste / I do humbly thanke the for thou hast suffred thy selfe to be cyrcuÌ„cysed on the .viii. daye / after thy natyuyte with a knyfe of stone / for to take awaye the vengeauÌ„ce of our synnes / and hast coÌ„mauÌ„ded that thy holy name shuld be Ihesus / I praye the dere lorde graunt me thy dyuyne grace / that I maye cyrcumcyse me with the knyfe of thy dyuyne fere and drede from all euyll teÌ„ptacions / that I may laude and prayse thy holy name Ihesus euerlastyngly Amen ¶ The fourth artycle of the masse HOwe the preest after CoÌ„fiteor gothe to the aulter with great reuerence / lowly inclynyng hym selfe doth worshyppe god almyghty / whiche doth sygnyfye vnto vs / howe the thre Kynges with great reuerence deuocyon / haue worshypped the swete chylde Ihesu / and haue humbly gyuen hym theyr offrynges ¶ Orayson Pater nrÌ„ Aue maria O Blyssed lorde Ihesu chryste / I do thanke the that thou haste wytsauâ—e to showe manyfest thy selfe to the thre kynges / by the tokenynge of a shynynge sterre hath brought them home agayne in to theyr owne countre by another waye / I beseche the good lorde to illumyne the obscuryte and darkenes of my conscyence / by the lyght of thy grace / that I maye gyue offre myrre of feruent deuocyon / insence of busye and dylygent prayer / and golde of dyuyne dyleccyon / that I maye come to the waye of helth Amen ¶ The fyfth artycle of the masse HOw the preest after that with great reuerence doth begynne the masse / betwene deacon and subdeacon at the one syde of the aulter whiche doth sygnyfie that Ihesus was presented in the temple / vpon the aulter of the soueraygne preest / with great deuocyon and reuerence betwene Ioseph Mary / and his other frendes ¶ Orayson Pater nrÌ„ Aue maria O Blyssed lorde Ihesu chryste / I thanke the that thou hast suffred deuoutly and obedyently thy selfe to be presented iÌ„ the temple by the soueraygne preest to the entent that we maye be present in heuen with the father celestyall Wherfore father celestyall / I do offre accordynge as I am worthy this daye in the masse / Ihesu chryste thy onely sone for all my synÌ„es and praye the that this oblacyon be not loste in me Amen ¶ The .vi. Artycle of the masse HOwe the preest / the deacon and subdeacon do go from the aulter / the preest and the deacon do sytte them downe / and the subdeacon doth synge the epystell This doth sygnyfie vnto vs how Ihesus Mary and Ioseph fled out of theyr countre from the face of Herode where they dyd dwell in to Egypte / where Ioseph laboured for them ¶ Orayson Pater nrÌ„ Aue maria O Blyssed lorde Ihesu chryste / I do thanke the for thou beyng yonge of age / was constrayned to flye from Herode out of thy countre iÌ„ to Egypte amoÌ„ges the paynyms / I beseche the good lorde that thou wylt gyue me grace / that I may pacyently contempne all persecucyons / trybulacyons / and false tales and lyes surmysed vpon me / to the entent that hereafter I may be founde a true pylgryme of Ierusalem Amen ¶ The .vii. Artycle of the masse HOwe the preest dothe come agayne to the aulter / where dylygently he doth rede the gospell This sygnyfyeth howe Ihesus Mary and Ioseph / haue retourned from Egypte in to theyr countre from whens they fled / by the coÌ„mauÌ„demeÌ„t of the holy aungell ¶ Orayson Pater nrÌ„ Aue maria O Blyssed lorde Ihesu chryste I thanke the for after that thou had ben vii yeres iÌ„ Egypte / thou retourned in to thy cytie of Nazareth / I praye the good lorde graunt me poore synÌ„er to retourne from my synnes / and so to serche / fynde / and holde the here in erth / that we be not separate from hensforth / the one from the other for euermore Amen ¶ The .viii. Artycle of the masse HOwe the preest after that he hath red and herde the gospel he goth to the myddes of the aulter and doth synge with a hygh voyce Credo in vnum deum This doth sygnyfye that mary with great ioye and gladnesse hath fouÌ„de her dere sone Ihesus in the temple amoÌ„ges the doctours / and dyd go with her in to Nazareth ¶ Orayson Pater nrÌ„ Aue maria Credo O Blyssed lorde Ihesu chryste / I thanke the that thou hast reioysed and coÌ„forted thy heuye mother / in goynge with her in to Nazareth / and hast alwayes ben obedyent vnto her / I praye the good lorde gouerne me alwayes that I may lyue after thy coÌ„maundementes and those of the holy churche / to the entent that so lyuynge I maye byleue as a good catholyke person ought to byleue / in the whiche I desyre to lyue and dye euerlastyngly Amen ¶ The .ix. Artycle of the masse HOwe the preest with scyleÌ„ce doth make redy / prepare and offre the sacryfyce and afterwarde goth to the ende of the aulter doth wasshe his haÌ„des This sygnyfyeth vnto vs that chryste from the .xii. yeres of his age vnto .xxx. yeres / dyd nothynge openly that a man can fynde in wrytynge Yet neuertheles he was not Idle / but at the .xxx. yeres of his age he went towardes Iordan / for to be baptysed of saynt IohnÌ„ Baptyste ¶ Orayson Pater nrÌ„ Aue maria O Blyssed lorde Ihesu chryste / I thanke laude the that thou beynge god almyghty / hast gone in the humanyte towardes Iordan to be baptysed / to the entent that our baptysme myght be ordeyned / confyrmed / sanctyfyed by the same / I beseche the good lord grauÌ„t me poore synner that I
enuye I haue done the best that hath ben iÌ„ me / to let hym therof Also for enuye I haue be ryght sory of his good fortune / prosperyte / auauncement / and haue ben very glad of his mysfortune / trybulacyon / and aduersytie / troublynge and oppressynge hym to my power where soeuer I coulde I haue also dyffamed hym behynde his backe and haue gladly herkened and herde other which haue spoken euyll of hym And I haue also made dysceÌ„cyon where there was peace coÌ„corde ¶ Fyfthly / I haue synned in glotonye / for I haue not fasted and kepte abstynence on fastynge dayes / vygyles / other coÌ„maunded by the holy churche I haue also eaten afore the tyme and houre of the repase / and somtyme without appetyte / more for carnall voluptuousnes than for the necessytie and mayntenaunce of nature I haue also taken meate and drynke so abundauntly excessyuely / that I haue ben sycke euyll dysposed therby / hauynge loste reason / memorye / and vnderstaÌ„dynge I haue caused ouer delycate and precyous meates to be ordeyned for me / wherin I haue had great pleasure I haue also eaten meatê not lawfull to be eaten on suche a daye / after the coÌ„maundementes of the holy churche ¶ Syxtly I haue synned in yre and wrath for I haue ben ofte tymes vexed angry with my husbande / or my wyfe / with my chyldren or my menye seruauÌ„tes I haue wylled through wrath to be venged / and haue desyred vengeaunce And I haue borne in my herte the iniurye and wronge whiche hath ben done vnto me / and for yre and wrath / I haue not ben wyllynge to forgyue hym that dyd it / nor to speke vnto hym / but rather I haue eschewed his companye I haue also for angre and wrath / cursed sworne abhomynably / and haue done all the hurte and doÌ„mage that I coulde to my neyghboure / both in his body and goodes Also I haue not ben wyllynge to here reason nor to be content therwith / but haue cryed out agaynst trueth I haue made dyscorde varyaunce / and without ryght or reason haue holden more with one than with another ¶ Seuenthly / I confesse me to haue synned in slouth / where as I haue consumed and loste moche goodes wherwith I was bounde to do good dedes / and by my conscyence exorted therto I haue ben slouthfull in godes seruyce / and to go to confessyon / to do my penauÌ„ce I haue not fulfylled my penaunce inioyned to me by my coÌ„fessoure for my synnes / nor promyses and vowes by me made / or els slouthfully I haue fulfylled them I haue ben Ydle / haue spent my tyme iÌ„ vayne And I haue somtymes done good dedes with lytell deuocyon / by heuynes shame or vayne glory I haue ben also neclygent in lernynge that thyng that I was bounde to knowe / in all these .vii. deedly synnes or in some of them wherin I haue offended my lorde god / I knowlege my selfe gylty / and crye god mercy ¶ The .xvi. Chapytre / howe a man shall confesse hym selfe / of the .vii. workes of mercy bodely I Knowlege me yet to haue synned in the .vii. bodely workes of mercy ¶ Fyrste I haue not fedde those that were hungrye and indygent persones ¶ Secondaryly / I haue not gyuen drynke to those that were thrustye ¶ Thyrdly / I haue not herboured ne lodged pylgrymes other lackynge lodgynge And I haue not showed the ryght waye to those that went wronge ¶ Fourthlye / I haue not vysyted / with myne almesse the poore and sycke folkes ¶ Fyfthly / I haue not gyuen clothynge to them that were naked ¶ Syxtly / I haue not delyuered those that haue ben prysoned vniustly and withoute reason ¶ SeueÌ„thly / I haue not buryed nor caused to burye the deed bodyes ¶ The .xvii. Chapytre / of the .vii. workes of mercy spyrytually I knowlege me to haue synned in the .vii. spyrytuall workes of mercy ¶ Fyrste / I haue not taughte and instructe those that were ignorauÌ„t / that thynge whiche was necessarye for the helthe of theyr soules / and to whom I was bounde to showe and teche ¶ Secondarylye / I haue not gyuen them good counceyll whiche demauÌ„ded it of me / wherby they haue ben in great peryll and daunger both in body and soule ¶ Thyrdly / I haue not reproued and correcte them whiche haue erred synned / wherin I myght haue done great profyte ¶ Fourthly / I haue not corroborate comforte them / whiche haue ben in dyspayre ¶ Fyfthly / I haue not ben wyllyng to forgyue theÌ„ / which haue troubled vexed me ¶ Syxtly / I haue not pacyeÌ„tly borne nor suffred iniuryes / wronges / dyspysynges / teÌ„ptacyons / syckenes / oppressyons or other aduersyties ¶ Seuenthly / I haue not hertely / affectuously / and faythfull prayed for my frendes and for myne enemyes / and for them that I am bounde to praye ¶ The .xviii. Chapytre / howe the man maye confesse hym of the syx synnes whiche be agaynst the holy ghost I Confesse me yf I haue any maner or wyse synned in the syxe synÌ„es agaynst the holy ghost ¶ Fyrste in dyspayre / that I haue not byleued throughe dyspayre that god is mercyfull / wyll pardon and forgyue all synnes after repentaunce / contrycyon / and confessyon ¶ Secondaryly / that I haue wyllyngly spoken agaynst the catholyke fayth and haue spoken agaynst that whiche was for the helth of my soule ¶ Thyrdly / I haue ben so harde of herte so roted in synne / that I wolde not be broughte out of it ¶ Fourthly / that by presumpcyon I haue not dred god nor deth / nor the iugement of god / but I haue thought that I shall be saued without penaunce and good workes ¶ Fyfthly that I haue ben enuyous for the grace of god in another / whiche dyde withdrawe hym selfe from synne / to good vertuous lyuynge ¶ Syxtly / that I haue dyspysed to do penaunce for my synnes ¶ The .xix. Chapytre / howe a man shall confesse hym of the fyue senses or wyttes and of the other membres of the body MOreouer / I confesse me to haue synned / to haue offeÌ„ded god in my .v. wyttes by all my membres ¶ Fyrste / that I haue trymmed and aorned the heer of my heed and browes with great pryde I haue not honoured nor showed reuerence to god / and my superyours with my heed / nor haue not ben obedyent therwith I haue also gyuen myne eares to here vnhonest wordes and coÌ„munycacyon / and to detraccyon I haue not ruled and kepte myne iyes from the beholdynge of vnlawfull dyshonest syghtê I haue delyted to smell with my nose suche thynges as haue prouoked me to synne I haue also opened my mouthe / to curse / to swere / to lye / and to deceyue I haue also abused my tongue for to eate and drynke delycyously and my throte in
receyue our lorde worthely with Zachee Suche persones shal thynke that god hath seen some thynge in them / wherfore they maye not be admyt to receyue the holy sacrament bodely And so they maye go afore the blyssed sacrament / and shall rede deuoutly these prayers folowynge / the which saynt FrauÌ„cys was wont to saye and rede with great deuocyon / or a man maye saye them in his chambre afore the crucyfyxe or crosse of our lorde god / thynkynge that the very sone of god doth hange there ¶ The .xxx. Chapytre / what thynge a man shall rede whiche desyreth spyrytually to receyue the holy sacrament with his dyuyne grace THat man whiche spyrytually desyreth to receyue the body of our lorde Ihesu chryste with his dyuyne grace / vertue / and fruytes he shall huÌ„ble hym selfe perfoundely afore god And shall rede these fyue prayers deuoutly vpoÌ„ his knees or in his chambre iÌ„ the maner here showed ¶ Here thou shalt knele on thy knees and shall saye O Lorde Ihesu chryste here I am vpoÌ„ my knees afore thy blyssed iyes and presence / as a synner and an euyll doer afore a iuge And I knowe that after thy iustyce / I haue lost and forfayte my body soule Wherfore I praye the good lorde Ihesu chryste / by the senteÌ„ce of deth wrongfully gyuen of the / that thou wylt be a mercyfull iuge to me / whan my soule shall departe from my body Amen ¶ Pater noster Aue maria ¶ Nowe thou shalt ryse vp and saye O Good lorde Ihesu chryst here I am afore thyne iyes and in thy presence as a bonde man afore his lorde and mayster / whom I and all other creatures be bounde to serue euerlastyngly I praye the good lorde Ihesu chryste that thou wylt lette me knowe thy dere wyll in all thyngê to be done / and to let it be acceptable to the / and lette me not do that thynge / wherby I maye lease thy loue euerlastyngly Amen ¶ Pater noster Aue maria ¶ Here thou shalt knele agayne / and shall saye hertely O Lorde Ihesu chryst here I am on my knees afore thy blyssed face / as a pore begger afore a ryche kynge I praye the O kynge of glory that thou wylt cloth my soule with the vestment of thy dyuyne loue / and to enryche the same with thy grace in all vertue / to aorne the same with the perles of pacyence / to the entent that so aorned I may com to the soueraygne maryage wherunto thou hast called me Amen ¶ Pater noster Aue maria ¶ Here thou shalt ryse with fere / and shall saye O Lorde god Ihesu chryste here I am afore thy reuereÌ„de presence as a man afore his derest frende / whom I al other creatures be bounde to loue / for thou haste made delyuered vs by thy precyous blode O benygne Ihesu chryste I pray the kepe and defende me alwayes / and graunt me to perceyue howe good and swete thou art / to the entent that therby all payne and ioye / and also all creatures maye be bytter vnto me Amen ¶ Pater noster Aue maria ¶ Nowe thou shalt knele agayne / and shall saye O Lorde Ihesu chryste here I am humbly on knees afore thy dyuyne iyes / as a chylde afore his father of whom I haue receyued body and soule / albeit that I haue not ben at all tymes obedyent / as a true and faythfull chylde ought to be to his father I pray the O my father euerlastynge by thy paternall loue / that thou wylt norysshe me here in erth with the heuenly breade / and in chastysynge me for my faultes / haue mercy of me / to the entent that so I puryfyed of my synnes / we maye reioyse / thou in me and I in the / with all the sayntê in heuen euerlastyngly Amen ¶ Pater noster Aue maria ¶ The .xxxi. Chapytre / of those whiche neyther spyrytually nor bodely receyue the holy sacrament THyrdly / there be some ê‘sones whiche neyther spyrytually nor bodely / receyue the holy sacrament / and that do withdrawe them selfe from the lyfly fountayne of grace wherby they become drye in theyr soules / as a braunche cut from a tree ¶ Fyrste / they be those whiche be harde herted / obstynate / and roted in theyr euyll and peruers lyuynge / and wyll not leue it / As those which be in adultery / those whiche do lede theyr lyues in a lyght and coÌ„mon maner / those whiche do haunt olde fylthy / and vnhonest tauernes or lodgyngê / or whiche do possesse goodes vnryghtfully / or also whiche be in enuye or suche lyke deedly synnes These persones / albeit that they synne lease bycause they do not go to the holy sacrament in suche an euyll and peruers lyfe yet neuertheles they synne deedly / bycause that one iÌ„ the yere they do not prepare them selfe to the holy sacrament For they myght leue theyr synne and confesse them therof / and so go to the holy sacrament / where as nowe they tarye in deedly synne and in the state of euerlastynge daÌ„pnacyon in the whiche they maye at all houres dye ¶ Secondaryly / all Infydelles / as Turkes / Sarazyns / Iewes / and paynyms / other whiche do not byleue in Ihesu chryste the sone of god in the holy catholyke churche All persones blynded in theyr malyce synne / wherby they dyspyse the holy sacrament / mocke them that do receyue it And bycause that they byleue not in the sone of god / and do not receyue hym in the holy sacrament / whiche is the lyfe of the soule / therfore they abyde and dwell in dethe / and be deed in theyr soules ¶ Thyrdly / there be yet some which do not receyue the holy sacrament / as Herytykes / that is to saye chrysten people / whiche vnderstaÌ„de the holy scrypture otherwyse than the holy ghost doth speke it by the prophetes and that that is ordeyned by the holy churche / as to go to confessyon / to faste / to go to the holy sacrament / to repute as no thynge excoÌ„munycacyon / and not to sanctyfye the holy dayes / and to honoure our lady other sayntes / or to gyue any almous in theyr honoure to the poore folkes / to dyspyse and set at nought pardons indulgences / and of suche other artycles they haue many And these persones go not to the holy sacrament whan and where they may / for they byleue not in the holy sacrament And yf they go to confessyon or to the holy sacrament / they do it without fayth / and bycause that they shall not be knowen from other / and in lyke case they com to the churche to here masse ¶ Fourthlye / they be those whiche take so great payne in worldly busynes / as to go in to the countre for marchauÌ„dyse and other transytory thynges / that they forgette to receyue the holy sacrament For there be some
endeth the regystre or table of the fyrst boke of the masse And hereafter foloweth the table of the seconde boke ¶ Here begynneth the table of the seconde boke of the masse FYrste a prayer of our blyssed Lady in the Sonne / in the whiche you shall meryte .xi. M. yeres of 〈◊〉 The fyrste Artycle ¶ A prayer in the honoure of the natyuyte / of our sauyour Ihesu chryste / for to bere the crosse of penaunce The .ii. Artycle ¶ A prayer in the honour of the circuÌ„cysion of our sauyour Ihesu chryste / for to be circuÌ„cysed The .iii. Artycle ¶ A prayer in the honour of the thre Kyngê for pure conscyence The .iiii. Artycle ¶ A prayer in the honoure of the presentacion of our sauyour Ihesu chryste / bycause that the humanyte of Ihesu chryste / shall not in vs be loste The .v. Artycle ¶ A prayer that the swete chylde Ihesu fled in to Egypte / for pacyently to bere / suffre all persecucyons The .vi. Artycle ¶ A prayer that the swete Ihesus was thre dayes lost / for to be sought The .vii. Arty. ¶ A prayer that the swete Ihesus was fouÌ„de in the temple / for to be alwayes obedyeÌ„t vnto god The .viii. Artycle ¶ A prayer that he was baptysed in iordan for to be puryfyed of all synnes The .ix. Artycle ¶ A prayer that our lorde Ihesu chryste fasted the .xl. dayes / for alwayes to abstayne from all synne The .x. Artycle ¶ A prayer that Lazarus was resuscyte / for to be resuscyte c. The .xi. Artycle ¶ A prayer that our lorde Ihesu ryd vpon an asse the palme soÌ„day c. The .xii. Arty. ¶ A prayer secondly of the vysyon and apparycyon of saynt Gregorye the which one shall meryte .xlvi. M. yeres of pardon ¶ A prayer that our lorde Ihesu chryste in holdynge his last supper The .xiii. Artycle ¶ A prayer that our sauyoure chryste swet water and blode The .xiiii. Artycle ¶ A prayer that our lord Ihesu chryst was taken and bounde of the cursed Iewes The .xv. Artycle ¶ A prayer / that oure Lorde Ihesu was brought afore the Iuges / where they mocked reputed hiÌ„ as a fole The .xvi. Arty. ¶ A prayer that o r lorde Ihesu chryst was brought before Pylate / for to iuge hym self The .xvii. Artycle ¶ A prayer that our sauyoure chryste was condeÌ„pned to the deth c. The .xviii. Arty. ¶ A prayer that our sauyour Ihesu chryste was crucyfyed and lyft vp in the eyre vpoÌ„ the crosse The .xix. Artycle ¶ A prayer that our sauyour Ihesu chryste was drawen and hanged vpon the crosse The .xx. Artycle ¶ A prayer that our lord Ihesu chryst was mocked and scorned hangyng on the crosse The .xxi. Artycle ¶ A prayer that our lorde Ihesu spoke the .vii. wordes vpon the crosse / for to obteyne pardon of the .vii. deedly synÌ„es The .xxii. Artycle ¶ A prayer that in the deth of our lord Ihesu chryste / the sonne loste his clerenes / for to haue compassyon of the passyon martyre of Ihesu chryste The .xxiii. artycle ¶ A prayer that our lord Ihesu chryst prayed on the crosse / for to haue a good houre / in the houre of his deth The .xxiiii. artycle ¶ A prayer that our lorde Ihesu chryste coÌ„uerted in the crosse / thre estates of persones / for to haue and knowlege of the synnes for goten The .xxv. artycle ¶ A prayer that oure lorde Ihesu chryste is dyscended in to hell / for the delyuerynge of the soules of purgatorye The .xxvi. arty ¶ A prayer that our lorde Ihesu was takeÌ„ of the crosse / for alwayes preserue and procede in vertues The .xxvii. Artycle ¶ A prayer that our lord Ihesu chryst was put in sepulchre of Ioseph for to obteyne of god a good holy lyfe The .xxviii. artycle ¶ Thyrdly a prayer of the gloryous resurreccyon of Ihesu chryste / in the whiche one shall meryte .lxxx. M. yeres of 〈◊〉 ¶ A prayer that our sauyour Ihesu chryste dyd resuscyte and ryse of the deth / for c. The .xxix. Artycle ¶ A prayer that our lorde Ihesu chryst made redy after his resurreccyon / for to be fortyfied at the holy sacrameÌ„t The .xxx. arty ¶ A prayer that our lorde Ihesu chryst dyd showe his fyue woundes / for conseruacion of the fyue wyttes The .xxxi. Artycle ¶ A prayer that our lorde Ihesu chryst sent his apostles to preche / for to obteyne of god a stronge fayth The .xxxii. Artycle ¶ A prayer that our sauyour Ihesu chyrste ascended in to heuen / for to be alwayes occupyed of the thynges celestyalles The .xxxiii. Artycle ¶ The .xii. fruytes that the man may obteyne in deuoutly remembryng the passyon of our sauyoure Ihesu chryste ¶ Here endeth the table of the seconde boke ¶ And here begynneth the table of the thyrde Boke of the masse THe fyrste Chapytre / what thynge is necessary for the man that wyl receyue worthely the holy sacrament ¶ The seconde Chapytre / howe the man goth in thre maners of wayes to the holy sacrament in deedly synne ¶ The thyrde Chapytre / yf the man maye go vnworthely to the holy sacrament / or be dampned for certayne deedly synnes which he hath forgoten / and that he knoweth not ¶ The fourth Chapytre / wherby the man maye trust that he receyueth the holy sacrament worthely / and who is in the state of grace ¶ The fyfth Chapytre / yf the man be bouÌ„de in and for any cause / to confesse hym more than ones in the yere ¶ The .vi. Chapytre / howe and in what the man shall serche and examyne hym self that worthely wyl go to the holy sacrameÌ„t ¶ The .vii. Chapytre / howe the man shall confesse hym selfe / fyrste of the .xii. artycles of the holy catholyke fayth ¶ The .viii. Chapyter / of the .xii. vertues of the holy ghost / wherof thou shal coÌ„fesse the. ¶ The .ix. Chapytre / of the .xi. Capytall synnes / whiche be called crymynall ¶ The .x. Chapytre / of the .x. coÌ„mauÌ„dementes / the whiche euery persone is bounde to knowe ¶ The .xi. Chapytre / of the ix strauÌ„ge synnes / howe a man shall confesse hym of the same ¶ The .xii. Chapytre / howe a man shall coÌ„fesse hym self brefly of the .viii. beatytudes ¶ The .xiii. Chapytre / of the .vii. gyftes of the holy ghost / and howe a man shall confesse hym of the same ¶ The .xiiii. Chapytre / howe a man shall confesse hym selfe of the .vii. sacramentes / of the holy churche ¶ The .xv. Chapytre / howe a man shall confesse hym of the .vii. deedly synnes ¶ The .xvi. Chapytre / howe a man shall confesse hym self of the .vii. workes of mercy bodely ¶ The .xvii. Chapytre / of the .vii. workes of mercy spyrytually ¶ The .xviii. Chapytre / how the maÌ„ may confesse hym of the syxe synnes / whiche be agaynst the holy ghost ¶ The .xix. Chapytre / howe a man shall confesse hym of the fyue
may gyue them grace and mayntayne them iÌ„ all goodnes This doth sygnyfye showe howe oure lorde Ihesus was taken in the garthen at the most secrete tyme of the nyght / prayenge the Iewes to spare his dyscyples to do them no hurte ¶ Orayson Pater nrÌ„ Aue maria O Blyssed lorde Ihesu chryste / I do thanke the that thou hast suffred thy selfe to be taken and bouÌ„de of the cursed Iewes / and so to be led to the howse of Annas to the entent that thou myght breke the bondes of deth of our synnes / I praye the delyuer me from the bondes of myne enemyes vysyble and inuysyble / and vnbynde the bondes of my conscyence / to the entent that I so delyuered maye laude and prayse the euerlastyngly Amen ¶ The .xvi. Artycle of the masse HOwe the preest doth make fyue crosses vpon the hoste afore that he do consecrate it in sacrament This doth sygnyfye that the thre fyrste crosses do sygnyfye that there was thre pryncypall Iuges examynynge our lorde to deth / as Annas / Cayphas / and Pylate The other two crosses sygnyfye the two pryncypall effusyons of blode as whaÌ„ our lord was scourged crowned ¶ Orayson Pater nrÌ„ Aue maria O Blyssed lorde Ihesu chryste / I do thanke the that at the houre of pryme thou hast suffred thy selfe to be led to the counceyll of the Iewes / before Annas / Cayphas / Pylate / where they haue mocked and dyspysed reputed the as a sole / I pray the good lorde for the passyon payne that thou dyddest suffre there / grauÌ„t me pacyeÌ„tly to bere al maner of mockyngê dyspysynges / and wronges done to me Amen ¶ The .xvii. Artycle of the masse HOwe the preest maketh clene his haÌ„des vpon the aulter as puryfyenge them This doth sygnyfye how Pylate hath wasshed his handes afore the Iewes / as knowlegynge hym selfe not culpable of the deth of the innocent Ihesus / to the whiche the Iewes dyd seduce hym / for fere of leasynge of his offyce / not to be loued of the Emperoure ¶ Orayson Pater nrÌ„ Aue maria O Blyssed lorde Ihesu chryste / I do thanke the that thou hast suffred thy selfe to be ledde as an euyll doer to the consystory of Pylate / I praye the good lorde seene me to ascende and go vp to the consystory and courte of my conscyence / to the entent that there I maye iuge my fault and not those of myne euen chrysten that also I maye haue no nede to care for the iugement of men But that I maye onely before thy face be founde innocent and not culpable Amen ¶ The .xviii. Artycle of the masse HOw the preest taketh the hoste in his handes and doth mynyster it lyftynge the chesuble vpon his sholdres / doth make hym redy to consecrate and offre the holy sacrament and body of oure lorde This sygnyfyeth howe after the sentence of Pylate / our lorde made hym redy to dye takynge the heuye crosse vpon his blyssed sholdres / and went therwith towardes the mount of Caluerye ¶ Orayson Pater nrÌ„ Aue maria O Blyssed lorde Ihesu chryste I thanke the that thou after the sentence of deth which Pylate gaue of the / was charged of thy heuy crosse / preparynge thy selfe to deth wyllyngly / I praye the good lorde graunt me whan my tyme shal come to gyue me wyllyngly in to thy handes to lyue and dye / to the entent that therby and by thy bytter passyon / I may be delyuered from euerlastynge deth Amen ¶ The .xix. Artycle of the masse HOwe the preest whan he hath consecrate the holy sacrament / he dothe lyfte the body of our lorde on hygh / afore all the people betwene his two handes / as a medyatoure betwene god the father man This dothe sygnyfye howe the sone of god was lyfte vp of the Iewes / nayled vpoÌ„ the crosse betwene two theues and of two sortes of people mocked / as of the Iewes and infydelles ¶ Orayson Pater nrÌ„ Aue maria O Blyssed lorde Ihesu chryste / I thanke the that after many paynes and sorowes suffred here on erth fynally thou was crucyfyed and lyfte vp iÌ„ the ayre vpoÌ„ the crosse with great sorowe payne / I praye the good lorde lyfte my herte vp to heuenly thynges tourne it from all erthly thyngê not necessary for the helth of my soule / to the entent that so I maye crucyfye my spyryte betwene the flesshe and the worlde that by desyre I maye rest in the. Amen ¶ The .xx. Artycle of the masse HOwe the preest after that he hathe lyfte the blyssed body of oure lorde / he doth lyfte the chalyce with the precyous blode of god This dothe sygnyfye howe oure lorde beynge lyfte vp with the crosse / the Iewes dyd lette it fall so rudely with the body in to the mortays that all his woundes and specyally the fyue woundes dyd renne downe with blode abundauntly as a fountayne vpon the erth ¶ Orayson Pater nrÌ„ Aue maria O Blyssed lorde Ihesu chryste / I thanke the that thou hast suffred thy selfe to be drawen and nayled vpon the crosse / so that a man myght haue compted all thy membres / wherof dyd yssewe abundauntly thy precyous blode vpon the erth / I pray the good lord grauÌ„t me that I may vse all my power vertues in thy seruyce and to thy honour and not in synne / to the entent that all my membres maye laude prayse the euerlastyngly Amen ¶ The .xxi. Artycle of the masse HOwe the preest after the eleuacion doth stande vp ryght with his armes spred abrode / prayenge for the people This doth sygnyfye howe oure lorde hangynge on the crosse / was mocked of the Iewes and paynyms whiche dyd not knowe hym Yet neuertheles he dyd praye for them / whiche dyd kyll and crucyfye hym / as for symple folkes and infydelles whiche dyde not knowe what they dyd ¶ Orayson Pater nrÌ„ Aue maria O Blyssed lorde Ihesu chryste / I do thanke the that thou haste suffred to be mocked for me / to the entent that I maye be honoured and exalted in heuen / I pray the good lorde graunt me by thy dyuyne grace / that I neuer do erre nor go froÌ„ the crosse of penaunce by any temptacyon / interyoure or exteryoure / the whiche from hensforth I desyre to take for my synnes / vnto that tyme that my soule shal be departed from my body Amen ¶ The .xxii. Artycle of the masse HOw the preest after this dothe make .vii. crosses vpon the Sacrament This sygnyfyeth howe God hangynge on the crosse / dyde speke these vii wordes in great sorowe and anguysshe of his herte The fyrst worde / Father forgyue them / for they can not tell what they do The .ii. thou shall be with me this daye in paradyse The .iii. mother se here thy sone / and to his dyscyple / se here thy mother The .iiii O my god / why hast thou
forsakē me The .v. I am a thrust The .vi. all is accomplysshed and ended The .vii. father I betake or cōmende my soule in to thy handes ¶ Orayson Pater nr̄ Aue maria O Blyssed lorde Ihesu chryste / I do thanke the for the .vii. wordes that thou hast for me on the crosse ī great payne sorowe spoken for the helth of my soule / I beseche the good lord by the vertue of the same wordes that thou wylt pardon me of all the offences that I haue done in my lyfe / and ī any of the .vii. deedly syn̄es as pryde / coueytous / enuye / wrath / glotonye / slouth / and lechery / wherof I do aske mercy for euermore Amen ¶ The .xxiii. Artycle of the masse HOwe the preest beynge in his seconde Memento / prayeth for the soules that be departed beynge in purgatorye This doth sygnyfie the great darkenes and scylence that was throughout the worlde / whyles that god dyd speke on the crosse afore that he dyed for our synnes ¶ Orayson Pater nr̄ Aue maria O Blyssed lorde Ihesu chryste / I thanke the for from the houre of syxe vnto the houre of noone the Sonne lost his clerenes or lyght / and the worlde was darke I beseche the good lorde shed and put in to my herte cōpassyon of thy payne and passyon / to the entent that all dygnyties ioyes of this worlde and of all creatures / maye be darke / bytter dyspleasaunt vnto me euerlastyngly Amen ¶ The .xxiiii. Artycle of the masse HOwe the Preest after the Memēto with a hygh voyce dothe synge to the father celestyall Pater noster quies ī celis This doth sygnyfye that our lorde preparynge hym selfe on the crosse to dye / hath cryed with a hygh voyce / the heed inclyned / the iyes closed / the vysage pale / the voyce sorowynge agaynst nature / O father celestyal in to thy handes I do yelde my soule ¶ Orayson Pater nr̄ Aue maria O Blyssed lorde Ihesu chryste / I do thanke the that thou hast suffred for me poore synner / bytter deth vpon the crosse / to the entent to delyuer me from euerlastynge deth / I praye the good lorde for the bytter passyon that thou hast suffred on the crosse and specyally at the houre that thy holy soule departed from thy blyssed body / graūt me that in all trybulacyons and paynes / I may onely conuerte and tourne me vnto the / and haue mercy of my soule at the houre of deth Amen ¶ The .xxv. Artycle of the masse HOwe the preest doth breke the holy sacramēt in thre partyes and sayth thre tymes Agnus dei qui tollis peccata mūdi miserere nobis This doth sygnyfye howe god hangynge on the crosse / hath cōuerted and hath had mercy of thre maner of folkes That is to say / of the thefe at his ryght hande of Longius whiche dyde perce the herte of oure lorde with a spere / and of many other of the cōmon people which were there present ¶ Orayson Pater nr̄ Aue maria O Blyssed lorde Ihesu chryste / I do thāke the that thou hangynge on the crosse / haste suffred thy selfe to be taken downe of synners by great loue / wherwith thy dyuyne hert was inflamed of thy great mercy / I praye the good lorde suffre thy great mercy to dyscende vpon the multytude and ygnoraūce of my synnes / to the entent that my soule may be a conuenyent place of the dyuyne grace here in erth / and after in the glory Amen ¶ The .xxvi. Artycle of the masse HOwe the preest brekynge the sacrament doth let one peace fall in to the chalyce This dothe sygnyfye that whan the herte of oure lorde was braste on the crosse / he descended in to hell brekynge the same / and delyuered from thens the patryarches / prophetes / and the auncyent fathers there beynge prysoners ¶ Orayson Pater nr̄ Aue maria O Blyssed lorde Ihesu chryste / I thanke the that incontynent after that thy holy soule was departed from thy body / thou dyddest descende in to hell / there delyuerynge the auncyent fathers whiche were there present / I praye the good lorde descende by thy great mercy delyuer from purgatorye the soules of my father and mother of all my frendes / where I am bounde to pray for them / to the entent that we they maye laude and prayse the euerlastyngely Amen ¶ The .xxvii. Artycle of the masse HOwe the preest dothe take the paxe holdynge the sacramēt a lytell space in his handes / and after doth lay it downe vpō the aulter This doth sygnyfye how chryste a lytel whyle after his deth was taken downe from the crosse / layed before the lappe of our lady his blyssed mother there present very pensyfe dolent ¶ Orayson Pater nr̄ Aue maria O Blyssed lorde Ihesu chryste / I thanke the that at the houre of vespres or Euensonge thou was in the armes of Ioseph deposed and taken downe from the crosse / in the presence of thy dere mother and layed before her / I pray the good lorde graunt me to ascende euery day the steppes of vertues and to do no more synne / for the whiche thou hast ben crucyfyed to the entēt that I maye receyue the in myne armes of loue and dyleccyon / that it maye please the to dwell with me I with the euerlastyngly Amen ¶ The .xxviii. Artycle of the masse HOwe the preest doth take the blyssed sacrament with both his handes / reuerently receyuynge it This dothe sygnyfye howe god was reuerently put in the sepulchre / betwene the hādes of Ioseph and Nycodemus after moche heuynes and sorowe whiche our lady other his frendes there had showed and made afore that they dyde let hym departe from them ¶ Orayson Pater nr̄ Aue maria O Blyssed lorde god / I do thanke the for at the houre of cōplyne / thou hast suffred thy self to be buryed wonne or wrapped in a whyte and clene cloth and to be oynted with precyous aromatyke / I pray the good lorde graunt me to oynte the with clene lyfe deuoute prayers / to wrap the in a whyte cloth by pure and clene thoughtes / to bere the in myne armes by good workes and humylyte / and to burye the in my herte by stedfast remembraunce of thy bytter passyon / to the ende that in glory I maye be resuscytate Amen HEre begynneth the thyrde parte of the masse / of the gloryous resurreccyon of our lorde Ihesu chryste / in the whiche the blyssed soule of oure lorde was templysshed with great ioy / and also mary the mother of god For as the doctoures do wryte / she was so sore trauayled on good frydaye for the intollerable passyon of her dare sone / that she was borne home halfe deed wherfore she dyd loke and tary for the resurreccyon of her blyssed sone / prayenge thus O father celestyall I knowe well that the tyme is nowe
sygnyfye howe Pylate hath gyuen and myxte the bytter sentence of deth / with the humanyte of oure lorde Ihesu chryste ¶ The .xviii. the breade thus myxte made / it is couered with a cloth This doth sygnyfye howe after the sentence gyuen by Pylate / the Iewes dyd cloth our lorde agayne with his owne clothes ¶ The .xix. the breade begynneth to ascende ryse This doth sygnyfye howe swete Ihesus charged with the heuye crosse / dyd ascende vp to the mount of Caluerye ¶ The .xx. the ouen is prepared for to bake the breade This doth sygnyfye that the Iewes dyd prepare the crosse / for to crucyfye our lorde vpon the same ¶ The .xxi. the fyre is put in to the ouen / wherwith it is made hotte This dothe sygnyfye the brennynge feruent loue / wherwith the herte of our lorde was kyndled set on fyre for to saue mankynde ¶ The .xxii. the cooles asshes be drawen out of the ouen the ouen made clene This doth sygnyfye howe our lorde ones agayne was spoyled of his robes by the Iewes / was lefte all naked ¶ The .xxiii. the breade is put in to the ouen to be baked This doth sygnyfie that the Iewes dyd cast our lorde vpon the crosse and there dyd fasten and nayle hym with great nayles ¶ The .xxiiii. than the ouen is iust stopped that there go none ayre forthe of it This dothe sygnyfye that the sonne was darke stopped from his lyghte at the deth of oure lorde Ihesu chryste ¶ Fynally whan the breade is well baked it is drawen out of the ouen This doth sygnyfye howe after that our lorde was wel dryed and baked with the hete of the sonne / he was taken downe from the crosse And as a man doth shytte locke vp the breades so was the body of our lorde buryed / shytte fast and kepte / and the thyrde daye dyd ryse from deth All this done / the breade is perfyte / wherof our lorde Ihesu chryste doth speke sayenge I am the lyuynge breade descended from heuen all those that do eate of this breade shall lyue euerlastyngly O what it is swete to here in the ere 's of synners Our lorde doth moue exorte vs poore synners spoyled and voyde of all vertues / to receyue his blyssed body for the meate and reseccyon of our soule But O good lorde man maye say / what am I that wolde presume to receyue the for neyther heuen nor erth can not coÌ„prehende the / and shall I receyue the. O good lorde / howe shall I be so bolde as to receyue the / whiche hath done no maner of good afore thy face / but ofte tymes haue greued and offended thy dyuynyte The holy aungelles tremble for fere in thy presence and the iust men fere and doubt thy power and yet exhorteth and moueth me to receyue the. O most benygne lord Ihesu yf thou haddest not spoken this / who wold byleue it Yf thou haddest not coÌ„mauÌ„ded this / who wolde haue ben so bolde as to do it Noe the iust and good man was an hondreth yeres in preparynge a shyppe to saue eyght persones And howe myght I prepare my selfe in so lytell space to receyue the / whiche hast made heuen / erth and all creatures Moyses thy faythfull seruaunt and frende / made a tabernacle of precyous wode couered with golde / for to put in the tables of thy .x. coÌ„maundemeÌ„tes / and Ian vnclene creature shuld I presume to receyue the whiche hath made all lawes all creatures Salomon the prudent kynge was .vii. yeres iÌ„ makynge a precyous temple for to honoure worshyp the there / there dyd offre thousandes of offrynges / and I a poore synner howe shall I be so bolde as to receyue the in my soule / whiche hath not occupyed my selfe deuoutly one houre of this daye O good lord what great dylygence haue they gyuen in the olde testament for to please the / howe lytell haue I trauayled and busyed me to receyue the worthely There is great dyffereÌ„ce betwene the tabernacle of Moyses with the relyques / and thy blyssed body Yf they haue showed suche deuocyon afore the arche or tabernacle of the testament / moche more shulde I prepare my selfe to receyue the blyssed body of our lorde Ihesu chryste in the holy sacrament O father of heuen albeit that I shulde be a thousande yeres in preparynge my selfe / and that I shuld haue the holynes of all sayntê the charyte of all auÌ„gelles and archauÌ„gelles / the desyre of all iust pernes / yet neuertheles I knowlege my selfe vnworthy to receyue thy onely sone Ihesu chryste in the holy sacrament O man this thou shall vnderstaÌ„de after the dygnyte of the holy sacrament / for there is no person ne creature in heuen so holy / nor in erth so iust that myght worthely receyue it But thou shall vnderstaÌ„de and knowe for to coÌ„forte the / that whan the man dothe prepare hym selfe to it by true coÌ„trycyon and confessyon that god doth not regarde what he is or hath ben / but onely doth se regarde yf he wold be better thaÌ„ he is / for god doth than forget all his synnes / and doth molyfye hym selfe by the holy sacrament And therfore the maÌ„ shall proue and serche his coÌ„scyence in these thre poyntes ¶ Fyrste / yf his conscyence doth moue and prycke hym in any of the deedly synnes ¶ Secondaryly / yf his wyl be vnyed and ioyned to the wyll of god / so that all thynge do please hym whiche doth please god / that all thynge do dysplease hym / whiche doth dysplease god ¶ Thyrdly / yf the man do fynde in hym selfe that charyte the loue of god is augmented by the holy sacrament / and that the fere of god is not dymynysshed In these poyntes the man shall examyne hym selfe And yf he fynde that by oft tymes goynge to the holy sacrament / the loue of god is not feruent and quycke in hym and the fere of god is dymynysshed / than by humylyte he shall refrayne and shall not go so ofte For the lyfe of one man is the deth of another / but yf he fynde that the loue of god is more ferueÌ„t and quycke in hym by reason of the same / and that the fere of god doth encrease rather than dymynysshe / he shall ofte tymes go to the holy sacrament after the counceyll of a good coÌ„fessoure and ghostly father For the desyre of god is / that he maye dwell in the herte of man and by the same habytacyon or presence of the holy sacrament / the man doth drawe hym selfe from transytory thynges / doth delyte in heuenly thynges Also by his holy body / ours is renewed / with it is vnyed and ioyned so that all thynge is oure whiche belongeth vnto hym / so that his herte and ours is all one our body is his our wyttes be his / our power / and all our membres be vnyed
with god by the holy sacrament Wherfore he doth speke by the prophete Dauid I haue spoken O men ye be godes and all togyther chyldren of heuen / For the soule of man is so vnyed with god by the holy sacrament that all the auÌ„gelles Cherubyns ne Seraphyns can not fynde any dyfference betwene theÌ„ two for where they do moue the soule / thyther also they do moue god There was neuer thyng so vnyed as god is with the soule of man / for he is nerer and more vnyed / than the soule and the body / whiche do man a man This we may consydre by many sayntes and perfyte men whiche haue suffred great paynes / punysshementes / and tourmeÌ„tes of tyrauntes vnto deth / that theyr bodyes dyde departe from theyr soules Yet these tyrauntes could neuer separate god from theyr soules with all theyr tourmeÌ„tê This vnyon is greater than yf a droppe of water were put in to a great tonne full of wyne / the which droppe of water shall be incontynent conuerted in to wyne And therfore man yf thou wylte procede from vertue to vertue / from grace to grace / from charyte to charyte / from desyre in to desyre / from the lyght of grace to the lyght of glory / and to come to the perfeccyon of good workes / exercyse thy selfe in the passyon of our lorde / and go oft tymes true tenâ—ly and worthely to the holy sacrament For there is nothyng that doth quycken the wyttes so moche / nor that doth illumynate the herte with deuocyon / nor that doth lyfte vp the man so moche to hygh contemplacyon / as to receyue the body of our lorde / and remeÌ„bre his passyon O man yf thou wylt also be perfytly pourged from synne / enryched in vertues / hyghly illumynate in the holy scrypture / boldly vaynquysshe thyne enemyes / be coÌ„forted in all paynes and trybulacyons / lyue deuoutly in erth / feruently be enbrased in thy herte / to wepe swetely in thy prayers / oft tymes to be illumynate / in thy desyres to be ferme and stedfast / to contynewe in good operacyons / to be remplysshed and fulfylled with spyrytuall ioyes / to be drawen to heuenly thynges / to know that thynge that god hath hydde and kepte darke / to dye wysely / to lyue euerlastyngly with god / exercyse thy selfe here in erth with god in the holy sacrament and his bytter passyon For the man myght with suche and so great medytacyon / desyre / and with suche loue and deuocyon receyue the holy sacrament that from the lowest trone of aungelles he shulde be set iÌ„ the hyghest For god doth not promyse nor also rewarde the man in heuen / after the multytude of his good workes / but also after the greatnes of his desyre loue Therfore many do erre which do withdrawe them selfe from the holy sacrament sayenge I worde very oft tymes go to receyue the holy sacrameÌ„t / but I haue no spyrytuall rychesse in me / that is to saye vertues wherwith honestly and competeÌ„tly I maye aorne my soule for to receyue the great kynge beynge present in the sacrameÌ„t The other do say / I haue not in me the water of teares for to clense and wasshe my coÌ„scyence from all fylth and synne Other do say / I haue no feruent deuocyon iÌ„ my prayers / but I am colde / feble / and slouthfull towardes god And so they wyll tary vnto they be ryche in vertues and that they haue abundaunce of teares and feruent deuocyon as they were assured therby to receyue god worthely iÌ„ the holy sacrameÌ„t O poore man there be many Turkes / Sarazyns / Infydelles / whiche haue done many vertuous dedes haue great deuocyon in theyr sacryfyce / yet neuertheles they do consyste be in dampnacyon of theyr soules It is not that that god doth serche Our lorde Ihesu chryste doth desyre and demauÌ„de of vs that we after our poore power prepare our selfe by trewe confessyon / repentaunce / and contrycyon and ferme purpose neuer to retourne more to synÌ„e In this we do prepare our selfe And yf our lord god gyue vs this grace / than we shall tourne vs to deuocyon to the teares of our iyes And yf we can not do it / we shal coÌ„myt it to god and shall not therfore leue and refrayne to go to the holy sacrament / specyally yf thy herte greatly desyre it That suche people do erre / I wyll showe you by thre reasons ¶ Fyrste / it shulde be great foly madnes for a poore man beynge clothed in ryche and precyous apparell / to demauÌ„de and begge of a ryche kynge / but it shulde be better that he shuld come lyke a poore man showynge his pouertie and so demaundynge rychesse So do the poore people that do sytte at the churche dores / showynge to the ryche men theyr nakednes and pouertie and therby the ryche people be moued with pytie So also shall we do showyng our nakednes of vertues / howe feble so euer we be / howe colde and flowe in deuocyon / howe indyscryte in wordes inclyned to all synÌ„e These faultes other lyke showynge to god the ryche kynge of Ierusalem / he wyll ayde and helpe vs in our pouertie with the treasoure of his dyuyne grace / and shall haue mercy of vs in lykewyse as he dyd to the woman of Canane / the whiche humbly dyd demaunde and desyre to eate with the fytell dogges the crommes lytell peaces of breade / that dyd fall from the table And bycause that she dyd not repute her selfe worthy to receyue a great grace / god dyd graunt her that / that she dyd demaunde / ye and yf she had desyred a greater thynge And this is that / wherof he doth speke by the prophet Dauid The poore shall eate shall be fylled / and those that do serche god shall prayse laude hym / theyr herte shall lyue with god euerlastyngly In this ye maye consydre two thynges ¶ Fyrste / god is the meate of the poore / in the soule ¶ Secondaryly / that they shall eate vnto they be full And bycause that that is impossyble so longe as we be here in erth / vnto that we come to heuen where we shall be fylled Therfore all deuoute persones shall dyspose themselfe for to go ofte tymes to the holy sacrament For as saynt Gregorye faythe / there is great dyffereÌ„ce betwene spyrytuall meate carnall meate For the man maye take so moche of carnall meate or ioye / that he shall be wery therwith But of spyrytuall meate or ioye / the man can not take so moche that he wyll be wery therwith / for the more that he dothe take therof / the more he doth demaunde and desyre And of this it is spoken in Ecclesiastico sayeng Those that do eate me shall haue hungre Wherfore he that wyll go to receyue the Sacrament worthely / he shall do that is in hym / than he shall
and accordynge to the prolyxyte of the tyme that he was last confessed And than he doth serche for a good confessoure / that can helpe examyne hym in that wherin he is ygnoraūt Who that so goth to the holy sacramēt with repentaunce and contrycyon of his synnes receyueth in the holy sacrament remyssyon of all his synnes / confessed and forgoten But yf he do renne neclygently to confesse hym / as the dogge to the potage / without remembrynge his euyll lyfe / it shall not helpe nor profyte hym afore god / that he hath forgoten his synnes For it semeth that he careth not for it / and that he doth dyspyse it ¶ Secondaryly / the man maye doubte in deedly synne for the erraunt and varyable conscyēce / so that he maketh cōscyence where it nedeth not / wherof cōmeth ofte tymes great peryll For the varyable conscyence byndeth the man to electe a good sage and wyse confessoure / whiche hath knowlege and vnderstādynge therof / and so he shall take awaye from hym the varyable cōscyence or the erroure of the same And than he shall go to the holy sacrament but so longe as that erroure of conscyence dureth or the most parte / he shall not go to the sacramēt But yf the man doubte yf it be deedly syn̄e or no / he shall confesse hym afore that he go to the holy sacrament / or els he shall cōmyt a deedly synne / in puttyng hym ī the peryll of deedly synne ¶ Thyrdly / the man maye yet be in deedly synne / and that he knoweth well that he hath not confessed hym therof And neuertheles he shulde haue confessed hym therof / where he cōmytteth a deedly synne bycause he doth not knowe it / for he is boūde to knowe it And in so goynge to the holy sacramēt it is deedly synne and the ygnoraūce doth not excuse afore god / for he myght go / where he myght be instructed ¶ The thyrde Chapytre / yf the man maye go vnworthely to the holy sacrament / or be dampned for certayne deedly synnes whiche he hath forgoten and that he knoweth not VPon this answereth / saynt Bonauenture that ī case that the man haue fyue poyntes in hym / god shall not compt his synnes forgoten / albeit that there were many ¶ Fyrste / he shall aduyse hym selfe well afore that he go to his confessoure / in examynyng his conscyence in the .x. cōmaūdementes / and in the .vii. deedly synnes / and afterwarde in his state / offyce or crafte ¶ Secondaryly / he shall praye to god dylygently that he maye haue knowlege of his synnes forgoten / of the whiche he is redy to confesse hym and to do penaunce for the same after the counceyll of his confessoure ¶ Thyrdly / he shall gladly go to the Sermons for to here and lerne / what thynge is deedly synne and what is not ¶ Fourthly / he shall take counceyll with his confessoure / and shall demaunde that wherin he doubteth / whether it be deedly synne or venyall For many folkes do make no synne of that that is synne / thynkynge so to begyle theyr confessours / the which neuerthelesse shall be reputed great synne afore god ¶ Fyfthly / the man shall kepe hym in as moche as he can and may from deedly syn̄e for those that synne an hondreth tymes and esteme it no more thā yf they dyd it not but .x. or .xx. tymes / it is no meruayle yf they do forget moche / the which our lorde god wyll iuge at the daye of iugement ¶ The fourth Chapytre / wherby the man maye truste that he receyueth the holy sacrament worthely / who is in the state of grace SAynt Thomas saythe / that no man so longe as he lyueth here ī erth may knowe certaynly yf he be in the state of grace / yf he receyue worthely the holy sacramēt or no / excepte that god do manyfest and showe it vnto hym For saint Paule speketh of hym selfe / I do not knowlege me to be culpable in any deedly synne / yet notwithstandyng I am not iustyfyed afore our lord god whiche knoweth all the hertes Neuertheles after that the man hath confessed hym selfe afore his confessoure / and hath dylygently declared all his synnes There be yet foure tokens / by the whiche he maye surely truste and also haue knowlege / that he is well cōfessed and that he is in the state of grace / so goth worthely to the holy sacrament ¶ The fyrste / yf the man after his confessyon / gladly doth here the worde of god and to speke of god For our lorde sayth / he that is of god / gladly doth here to speke of god ¶ The seconde is / so longe as the man feleth hym selfe redy to dwell to serue god / it is a token that he is in the loue of god for where the charyte and loue of god is / there it doth worke some good / and yf it can not do it by workes / it doth it by desyre And as saynt Gregorye sayth / the token of loue is the showynge of the workes ¶ The thyrde is / that the man ought to haue a stedfast purpose / from hensforth neuer to synne more For so longe as the man is in the mynde and wyll to synne / so longe is he in the state of dampnacyon ¶ The fourth is / that the man ought to haue great repentaūce and contrycyon of his synnes passed Therfore the man shall not reioyse nor vaunte hym selfe / nor also shall not reherse his synnes for by hauynge pleasure and delyte in any deedly synne / a man maye cōmyt another deedly synne of newe / and is great peryll and daunger to the soule In these foure poyntes as saynt Gregorye sayth doth consyste true and perfyte penaunce ¶ The fyfth Chapytre / yf the man be boūde in and for any cause / to confesse hym more than ones in the yere YT is cōmaūded in the Canon lawe / that all good catholyke persones which be come to theyr aege certayne great necessyties excepte at the leste / ones in the yere do confesse them and do receyue the holy sacrament / or elles he that doth it not / he shall be excōmunycate in his lyfe / and after his deth he shal be buryed in the feldes lyke a beest Yet notwithstādynge doctours do saye / that the man is bounde vnder the payne of a deedly synne / to confesse hym in contynent and not to tarye to Easter / and that for foure reasons and causes ¶ Fyrste / so ofte as the man is in peryll of his lyfe as women afore that they begynne to trauayle and laboure of theyr chylde / or those that wyl interpryse any great iourney or to go ouer the see or those that do go to the warre for to fyght / or those that do vndertake any thynge / wherof many do dye / or those that be in peryll to dye / as in the tyme of pestylence ¶ Secondaryly
wyll of god / and the greatnes of synne ¶ Fyfthly / deedly synne maketh place for the deuyll / by his temptacyons in the soule of man / but the holy sacrament doth arme the soule of man agaynst the deuyll and his dartes or temptacyons For where he seeth the blode of our lorde / he flyeth from thens and the auÌ„gelles do helpe the man to fyght agaynst the deuyll and enemye of hell ¶ Syxtly / deedly synne inclyneth the man and doth plucke hym to many other deedly synnes / yf it be not incontynent wasshed taken awaye by true penaunce / but by the blyssed sacrament man becoÌ„meth stedfaste and stronge in grace and redy to all vertue so longe as he doth not fall to synÌ„e agayne ¶ Seuenthly / by deedly synne man is beseged of the deuyll / but by the blyssed sacrament he is vnyed with god / so that he loue god wherby he doth pourchase and obteyne taste and sauoure of euerlastynge lyfe ¶ Eyghtly / the soule of man dyeth of euerlastynge deth by deedly synÌ„e / so that it knoweth not what to do that maye be acceptable to god / and to hym selfe profytable / but the holy sacrament doth preserue and kepe the soule of man from the deth of synne / so that he doth abyde in the lyfe of grace / And his workê be acceptable to god / and to hym selfe profytable ¶ Nynthlye / deedly synne maketh a man sorowfull pensyfe heuy of herte / and harde and euyll wyllynge to all vertue / but the blyssed sacrameÌ„t maketh the man worthy mete redy to all vertue / and tourneth all his inwarde myght towardes god / and spyrytuall ioye and gladnes ¶ Tenthly / man doth depryuate hym selfe by deedly synne of the passyon / payne / and tourment of our lorde Ihesu chryste / of mary the mother of god / and of all the sayntes Also of all the good workes and coÌ„munyon of the holy churche / and of all the goodnes in heuen and in erth / but by the holy sacrament man maketh hym selfe parte taker of all the goodnes that the sone of god hath done vpon the erth / and of all other good dedes ¶ Eleuenthly / man is dayly cursed of god of the holy churche for deedly synne / wherby man hath alwayes an inconstaunt and troubled conscyence / but by the holy sacrament he pourchaseth in his soule / a swete spyrytuall ioye and gladnes / and great peace and rest in his conscyence / the which doth passe all gladnes pleasure that man may haue in all his lyfe in this worlde ¶ Twelfthly / man is for deedly synne put out of the gate of Paradyse and of euerlastynge lyfe dysinheryte of the soueraygne rychesse / but by well and worthely receyuynge the holy sacrament it is forgyuen as to a chylde heyre of the precyous treasure of the glory of heuen / the whiche they onely shall possede and euerlastyngly vse and enioye / whiche worthely / bodely / and ghostly receyue here in erth the holy sacrament / As chryste hym self sayth as it is wryten in the begynnynge of the thyrde boke Hic est panis c. This is the breade descended from heuen / and all those whiche eateth of this breade shall lyue euerlastyngly / to the whiche brynge vs Ihesu chryste very god and man / inclosed and conteyned in the holy sacrament Amen ¶ This prayer shall a man saye whan he goth to the holy sacrament / or for to here masse deuoutly I Do salute the moste holy body of oure lorde Ihesu chryste / conteyned in this sacrament / I do confesse knowlege the with my lyppes / and with my hert I desyre coueyte the / I pray the that thou wylte this daye come to conforte my poore soule gracyously / the whiche desyreth and coueyteth to receyue the holy oblacyon and fountayne of all grace / to the ende that I may be with the in ioye and consolacyon of thy presence / in body in soule O benygne lorde Ihesu chryste / haue not regarde to my many folde synnes / but haue regarde to thy great mercy / for thou arte he by whom all the worlde is made delyuered Thou arte the innocent lambe which is offred vp this daye to the father of heuen / for all the worlde O most swetest heueÌ„ly breade O most ioyfull buurayge or drynke / Gyue to my mouth a swete sauoure of thy holsome presence / illumynate me with thy loue / take awaye my malyce and synne and put in me vertue and grace to the helthe of my soule O most worthy sacrament / I praye the that by thy presence all myne enemyes maye be chased awaye / all my synÌ„es forgyuen / and all euyll temptacyon withstande and put awaye / graunt me a good and holy lyfe / correcte my maners and condycyons / and all my workes and dedes / tourne them to thy wyll O good lorde open heuen come to me for to illumynate my vnderstandynge by this newe lyght / illumynate my desyres / and corroborate strengthen my truste and hope / to the entent that from hensforth my lyfe maye so amende / that fynally I maye come to good ende Amen ¶ Another deuoute prayer that a man shal saye in goynge to the holy sacrament O Lorde Ihesu chryste I desyre and coueyte this day to receyue thy blyssed body / as perfytely as mary thy most honourable mother receyued it in her vyrgynall wombe so good lorde descende and come in to my soule / not accordynge and after my deseruynges / but after thy great mercy O lorde Ihesu chryste I desyre and coueyte this daye to receyue thy blyssed blode / in wasshynge awaye all my synnes O lorde Ihesu chryste / this daye I coueyte to receyue thy blyssed spyryte / in recouerynge all my tyme loste and mysspent O benygne lorde Ihesu chryste / I desyre this daye to receyue thy blyssed soule / in infusyon of thy dyuyne charyte loue O lorde Ihesu chryste / this day I coueyte and desyre to receyue thy blyssed dyuynyte / in assuraunce and securytye / of the euerlastynge lyfe Amen ¶ Saye thre tymes this verse afore that ye go to the holy sacrameÌ„t O lorde god I am not worthy that thou entre in to my howse but speke onely and my poore soule shall be hole Than go forthe and receyue the sone of god with all mekenes and feruent desyre And whan thou shalt haue receyued hym / rede this prayer whiche our lady dyd speke / after that she had receyued the sone of god / the whiche was this psalme Magnificat anima mea dominum ¶ The Magnificat in englysshe MY soule dothe magnyfye our lorde And my spyryte hath reioysed iÌ„ god my sauyoure For he hathe beholden the humylyte of his mayde seruaunt / therfore all generacions shall blysse me For he whiche is myghtye / hathe done great thynges to me / and his name is holy And his mercy is from generacyon to
saynt Gabryell most faythfull swete messenger of our helth O saynt Raphaell reuerende and amyable medycyne and phesycyen of god O thre soueraygne messengers of the holy trynyte I do call vnto you for helpe / with my good aungell / whiche hath me in kepynge / and all holy sayntes / whiche be afore god with incoÌ„parable ioye laudynge god and with one voyce sayeng Sanctus / Sanctus / Sanctus / that is to say holy lorde god of the heuenly company I praye you all togyther by the incomparable ardaunt loue / whiche abundauntly ye vse and enioye afore the face of god that ye wyll come to helpe me a poore synner and all my frendes and enemyes / in all maner of necessytie and at al tymes in all places to defende kepe and conserue vs And illumynate our hertê with the same dyuyne dyleccyon loue / wherwith ye be illumynate And helpe vs in all temptacyons and trybulacyons / and streÌ„gthen vs in all vertue and specyally socoure vs in extreme necessytie / and delyuer vs from the temptacyon and snare of our enemye / to the entent that throughe your helpe we maye at that tyme obteyne a holy and good lyfe / and may procede in all vertue / so boldly fyght / pacyently suffre / and well happely to dye / that after this lyfe we maye come to the euerlastynge lyfe / where with you and all sayntê we maye laude and prayse oure creatoure euerlastyngly Amen ¶ Pater noster Aue maria ¶ A prayer to the Patryarches and Prophetes / on the Tuesdaye O Holy gloryous reuerende fathers / Adam / Abraham / Isaac / and Iacob / Moyses / Aaron / Iosue / Samuel / Dauid / Helye / and Helyzeus / Isaie Hieremye / and Danyell / with all other holy Prophetes and Patriarches / messengers of the perpetuall trueth of god oure lorde Ihesu chryste / which for our helth was borne of a vyrgyne and suffred deth / as ye holy patryarches haue fygured in the olde testament / and ye true prophetes haue prophecyed by the myght of the holy ghost / I pray you holy fathers that ye wyll praye for me a poore synner to our lorde Ihesu chryste / that he wyll illumynate my herte by the holy ghost / to the entent that alwayes I may haue afore myne iyes / those extreme thyngê that be to come / as the iugement / deth / the paynes of hell / and the euerlastynge ioye of heuen And so by his grace specyally at the houre of deth I maye be founde redy therto and at the daye of iugement I maye onely trust in hym by his grace escape the payne of hell / and that I may be fouÌ„de amonges the nombre of those whiche from the Eest west shall come to rest in the skyrte or lappe of Abraham Isaac / and Iacob / in the euerlastynge lyfe the whiche graunt vs he that without ende lyueth reygneth iÌ„ the worlde of worldes Amen ¶ Pater noster Aue maria ¶ A prayer on the wednesdaye / to all the Apostelles / and to the Apostell that ye do honoure O Heuenly senatures and clere lyghtes iuges of the world holy Apostelles and EuaÌ„gelystes / saynt Peter / saynt Paule / saint Andrewe and saynt Iames / saynt Iohan / and saynt Phylyppe / saynt Iames / saynt Mathie / saynt Symon / and Iude Thadee / saynt Thomas / saynt Barthylmewe / saynt Mathewe / saynt Luke / saint Marke / saint Barnabe / with all other dyscyples of our lord Ihesu chryst And specyally saynt N. whom I serue and haue chosen to be myne aduocate and to pray for me I beseche you all humbly with my very herte / to praye to your mayster our lorde Ihesu chryste for me / that he do grauÌ„t me perfyte / ryght / and stedfaste fayth hope towardes hym / and true charyte and loue towardes god and al persones And as that he hath drawen you from this worlde to dyspyse it / so drawe me also from all carnall ioyes and worldly loue / and from all transytorye thynges And that he do graunt his dyuyne grace / to folowe his doctryne showed vnto vs by you to the entent that at the day of iugemeÌ„t I may appere and come afore the consystorye / as a good chylde of the holy churche / to lyue with you in euerlastynge lyfe Amen ¶ Pater noster Aue maria ¶ A prayer the Thursday to all Martyres / and to hym that ye do serue O Noble knyghtes of god and gloryous Martyres of oure lorde Ihesu chryste / saynt Stephen / saynt Laurence / saynt XpÌ„ofore / saynt George / saynt Cornelys / saynt Adryan / saynt Sebastyan / saynt Lambert / with all other Martyres / whiche haue suffred deth for the name and loue of god / with whom ye do reygne and reioyse in heuen euerlastyngly / and specyally saynt N. whom I do serue and haue chosen to praye and speke for me I pray you all for the loue of hym whiche hath chosen you / and for the confessynge of whose name / ye haue receyued gloryous martyrdome / that ye praye for me a poore synner / that as he hath gyuen you strength and pacyence agaynst his enemyes in all the great and intollerable tourmentes that they dyde you / that he wyl grauÌ„t me also by his great mercy and your prayers / strength / myght / and pacyence in all temptacyons and persucyons of the enemye / of the worlde / and of my flesshe / that I maye vaynquysshe ouercome them and that he do graunt me to dyspyse all transytorye thynges / and to inclose in my herte / onely heuenly thynges O shynynge rubyes O reed roses heuenly baners / obteyne vs of the holy trynyte to folowe you stedfastly and feruently / in the holy catholyke fayth / to the entent that of the kynge of heuen IhuÌ„ chryste / we may be crowned with the crowne of spyrytuall martyres in the euerlastynge lyfe Amen ¶ Pater noster Aue maria ¶ A prayer the Frydaye to all CoÌ„fessours and to hym whom ye do serue O Holy blyssed Confessours of oure lord / saynt Gregorye / saynt Ierom saynt Ambrose / saynt Augustyne / saynt Martyne / saynt Frauncys / saynt Alexe / saynt Bernarde / with all Confessours your dere heuenly company / whiche haue confessed / knowleged / and annunced god in erth and specyally saynt N. whom I serue and haue chosen to praye and speke for me / I praye you all / O heuenly trompettes by the whiche god hath ben herde / that as ye haue showed annuÌ„ced in erth with the herte / with the mouth / and with the dedes that by your prayers I may obteyne to byleue with herte / to speke with the mouth / and with dedes to accomplysshe that that ye haue showed and taught / to the entent that by your holy doctryne and predycacyon I may receyue the blyssed name Ihesus with his grace / wherby I maye be saued O happy and noble louers and frendes of god and possessours of the euerlastynge lyfe / praye for me to almyghty god / that by your merytes he wyll graunt me to do penaunce for my synnes afore my deth / and to pardon and forgyue all that I haue mysdone in all my lyfe / agaynst hym and my neyghboure And do not dyspyse me poore synner for the multytude of my synnes but coÌ„uerte me at al tymes to god / to the entent that he maye sende you to be present at my passyng of the bytter deth And delyuer my poore soule from the fere / drede / and payne of hell / and to brynge it in to euerlastynge ioye Amen ¶ Pater noster Aue maria ¶ A prayer on the Saturdaye to our blyssed lady to al Vyrgynes and to that Vyrgyne that ye specyally serue O Noble and honourable mother of god / I worshyppe praye to the this daye aboue all vyrgynes / for thou arte quene of al vyrgynes / whiche hath ben worthy aboue all women / to bere hym in thy vyrgynall wombe whom I vnworthy synÌ„er coueyteth and desyreth to receyue in the holy sacrament / afore my deth Therfore I pray the most blissed lady with all holy vyrgynes chosen espouses of god / saynt Katheryne / saynt Babara / saynt Agnes / saynt Lucye / saynt Cycyle / saynt Agatha / saynt Dorothe / saynt Margarete / saynt Clare / saynt Gertrude saynt Vrsula / with all other vyrgynes and wydowê / saynt Anne / saynt Elyzabeth specyally the chosen vyrgyne saynt N. whom specyally I do serue I praye you all togyther with a profounde herte / that ye wyll faythfully pray for me to your espouse and husbande / that he wyll take awaye from me all euyll and carnall concupyscences / all pryde and vanytie of the worlde And that he wyll graunt me true humylyte and pacyence in aduersytie / payne / tourment / helth and holynes in my soule / true contrycyon / perfyte confessyon / and penaunce for all my synnes / in all vertue a feruent begynnynge and a ferme and stedfast perseuerauÌ„ce vnto my deth the which almyghty god / the father / the sone / and the holy ghost graunt me Amen ¶ Here endeth the ryght deuoute Boke / of the sygnyfycacyon of the Masse / to the honour of god of our lady his mother of all sayntes ¶ Imprynted by me Robert Wyer / dwellynge at the sygne of saynt IohnÌ„ EuaÌ„gelyste / in saynt Martyns parysshe in the felde / in the Bysshop of Norwytche rentes / besyde Charynge crosse ¶ In the yere of our Lorde God a M. CCCCC.xxxii The .xiiii. daye of the moneth of Octobre ¶ Cum priuilegio Regali pro spatio septem annorum ROBERT WYER