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
ascende in to heuen / he was sytuate in the Eest parte / where his apostelles dyd worshyppe hym / and where he shal be constytute at the daye of iugement And this doth sygnyfye vnto vs that after we be deed / we be buryed with the hed towardes the west parte / the fete in the Eest parte / for at the daye of iugement whaÌ„ we shal be resuscytate from deth / we shall ryse as we do lye / shall go streyght forth without retournynge / to the iugement of god syttyng in the Eest parte ¶ The thyrde Chapytre / who dyd saye the fyrste Masse vpon the erth / and who hath so ordeyned and composed it sens that tyme. AS the holy scrypture doth teche vs / oure lorde the sone of god in his last supper that he made with his apostelles in his lyfe / dyd instytute the holy sacrament he onely dyd speke the wordes of the consecracyon as a very preest / after the ordre of Melchysedech In the which supper our lorde as a soueraygne bysshop / dyd ordeyne all his apostelles preestes / coÌ„maundynge them and also all other preestê that shall come after them / so to do in his remembraunce and coÌ„memoracyon ¶ After this the apostelles sayd the Masse spekyng the same wordê that our lorde dyd in blyssynge the breade / with a Pater noster and so the masse was sayde and accomplysshed And in this maner saynt Peter dyde the fyrste masse / by the space of foure yeres in the Eest parte / where he was bysshop / after was constytute bysshop in Antyoche And there he sayde after the Pater noster / thre oraysons ¶ Saynt Iames the lesse sayde the fyrste masse at Ierusalem afore that he was bysshop Saynt Marce the euangelyste sayde the fyrste masse in Alexandrye / and so all the other apostels in al quarters of the worlde After them / the holy catholyke churche hath ordeyned and instytute / to saye the epystell and the holy gospell And fynally dyuerse holy popes and bysshopes / by inspyracyon of the holy ghost / as saynt Gregorye / saynt Basilius / saynt Celestyn saynt Ambrose / and saynt Austyn / haue ordeyned instytute it as it is nowe and euer shall be ¶ The fourth Chapytre / yf the fyrst masse of a newe preest be better than the seconde or the thyrde of another preest THe holy sacrament consecrate of the preest / is in all masses of all preestes of lyke power and myght / as touchynge the holy sacrament Yet notwithstaÌ„dynge the fyrste masse is coÌ„monly more profytable and merytoryous than the seconde or the thyrde and that is for foure reasons ¶ The fyrst cause is / for in the fyrst masse there be many reuerences and solempnytes done / whiche be not done in other tymes / as to com to offre to hange the churche with Tapysserye / to cast sprede herbes in euery place other ceremonyes / the which be done by deuocyon to moue the hertes of catholyke people to feruent prayers and oraysons ¶ The seconde cause is / for iÌ„ the fyrst masse the synnes be more habundauÌ„tly pardoned for certayne pardons and indulgences gyuen them / whiche do here the fyrste masse ¶ The thyrde cause is for in the fyrst masse the preestê be wont to prepare them self more deuoutly than at another tyme. And therfore theyr prayers be than more acceptable / deuoute / feruent to praye for them that do here theyr fyrst masses for to obtayne grace ¶ The fourth cause is for in the fyrst masse certayne soules be delyuered from purgatorye / the whiche god hath ordeyned to be delyuered at that tyme / and not in none other masses as it is red of saynt Gregorye / that in his fyrste masse / he delyueryd as many soules as there was folkê heryng his masse and of suche examples there be many ¶ The fyfth Chapytre / yf it be more for the soule helthe / to here masse of a deuoute and vertuous preest / than of an euyll preest VPon this deuoute doctours do saye / that we maye speke of the masse in thre maners ¶ Fyrst touchyng the holy sacrament of the blyssed body of oure lorde Ihesu chryste / the whiche is the most pryncypall in the masse The masse is as good of an euyll preest as of a good / for the holy sacrament is not worse nor the vertue therof dymynysshed by the euyll preest / nor better and of greatter vertue by reason of the good preest Yet neuertheles the euyll preest beynge in synne doth receyue it to his dampnacyon ¶ Secondaryly / a man may consydre / by what persone the masse is done and sayd / for yf it be sayd by the person / or vycare / or chaplayne of the churche / for other persones and not for hym selfe / than the masse is as good of an euyll preest / as of a good and a vertuous preest ¶ Thyrdly a man maye speke of the masse touchynge the prayers and oraysons / the whiche the preest sayth in the masse tyme / And than the masse sayd of a good and deuout preest is more better / than of a synner and an euyll preest ¶ The syxte chapytre / Yf all the masses be lyke good as masse of Requiem / of our Lady / of the holy Sacrament c. and whiche is best OF the offyce or seruyce of the masse we maye speke in two maners / as the Canon lawe dothe shewe vs. ¶ Fyrste there be certayne festes / whiche hath theyr propre offyce and seruyce / as Ester / Pentecoste / the Ascencyon / the Dedycacyon All the festes of our lady and coÌ„monly the Sondayes / and dyuerse other dayes In these hyghe and great feestê it is not coÌ„uenyent but of necessyte that a man shall saye any other masse / and leue the masse of the great feest Therfore we shall not cause to saye any other masse / but the same of the daye and feest ¶ Secondaryly / there be certayne dayes in the weke / which hath no propre offyce and than it is best to saye the masse / wherin the preest or the man hath the greatest deuocyon as of Requiem / or of the Vysytacyon / Annuncyacyon Assumpcyon c. And so there be certayne masses ordeyned by certayne deuoute persones / or by apparycyon / the whiche be very good and profytable to be sayd as well for these that be lyuynge / as those that be deed As the pope Boniface hath ordeyned fyue masses / in the honoure of the fyue woundes of our lorde / the whiche be very deuoute and profytable And also there is founde in wrytynge for a trueth / that there be .vii. masses called the goldeÌ„ masses the whiche sayd of a deuout preest the space of .vii. dayes / euery daye in remembraunce as hereafter is wryten / be very profytable / for to delyuer shortly the poore soules out of purgatorye / the whiche acordynge to the iustyce of god / oughte to
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
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
fyfth vertue or fruyte is that the man herynge masse deuoutly / receyueth spūally the holy sacramēt so that he desyre it deuoutly And so it maye chaunce that the man herynge masse deuoutly / shall obteyne more grace than the preest whiche doth it / for the preest is not alwayes egally well disposed And so maye the man euery daye / receyue the holy sacrament spyrytually ¶ The syxte vertue is / that the man herynge masse and beynge in the state of grace / is parte taker of all the masses done throughout all the worlde / and that is more or lesse after as the man is in the loue and fauoure of god For it is one of the artycles of the holy catholyke fayth / as in the cōmunyon of the holy churche ¶ The seuenth vertue is / that the prayer of them whiche do here the masse / is sooner herde and exalted of god in the masse tyme / than at any other tyme / for than the preest the holy aūgelles which be about the aulter do helpe you to praye ¶ The eyght vertue is / that the soules beynge in purgatorye / whyles that the man doth here the masse and doth praye for them haue a synguler absolucyon durynge the same masse / for there is nothynge that dothe brynge them so shortly out of the paynes of purgatorye / as to cause to saye or to here deuoutly masse for them ¶ The nynth vertue is / that it is better to here one masse in our lyfe tyme than to cause an hondreth to be sayd or herde for vs after our dethe And also that it is better that the man cause a masse to be sayd for hym in his lyfe thā an hondreth after his deth The reason is / for the man maye nowe deserue meryte moche with a masse / but not after his deth but onely that he dothe fynde that thynge / whiche he hath deserued in his lyfe An hondreth thousāde masses nowe done can not augment one moment of glory ioye after this tyme but by a masse whiche I do here / I maye obteyne that I shall not come in purgatorye / but after our deth / the masse delyuereth onely from purgatorye Is it not better than not to come in to purgatorye / than whan a man is there to tary and loke for ayde helpe to be delyuered ¶ The tenth vertue is / that a woman heryng masse deuoutly / yf it chaunce that she do labour of chylde that same daye / she shal be delyuered without faulte the more easely with lesse payne / for the holy aūgelles be veray busye and dylygent aboute her Therfore all women beynge with chylde / yf it be possyble shall here masse euery daye for by the vertue of the same / the fruyte or chylde is preserued And thā shall put theyr trust in the holy sacrament in our blyssed Lady the mother of god / and in none other thynge ¶ The eleuenth vertue is / that all thynge that man doth enterpryse after that he hath herde masse / doth prospere and com to good ende And that whiche the man doth eate drynke after he hath herde masse / dothe profyte more to the necessyte of nature ¶ The twelfth vertue is / that yf the man dye the same daye that he hathe herde masse / god shall gyue hym a synguler grace which otherwyse he shulde not haue had That is say to that god hym self or his aungelles at the laste houre of his deth shall helpe conforte hym as the man hath serued god at the masse For it is wryten in the holy gospell / with the same measure that ye haue measured / with the same also I wyll measure you euerlastyngly Amen ¶ Thus endeth the fyrst boke of the masse And here foloweth the seconde ¶ Prologue HEre begynneth the seconde boke of the masse whiche is dyuyded in thre as the lyfe of our lorde is dyuyded in thre dyuerse tymes / these thre tymes be cōprehende in .xxxiii. yeres Also the masse is dyuyded in thre partyes / the thre partyes in .xxxiii. artycles ¶ The fyrste tyme is / from his humanyte vnto his passyon / and that doth sygnyfye the begynnynge of the masse vnto the Canon or Sanctus ¶ The seconde tyme / from his passyon vnto his resurreccyon / and that doth sygnyfye from Sanctus vnto that the preest haue receyued the sacrament ¶ The thyrde tyme / from that vnto the fynysshynge of the masse / that doth sygnyfye after his resurreccyon / vnto that tyme that our lorde dyd ascende ī to heuen Vpon euery tyme is a prayer / by the which a man maye deserue veray pardon As of our Lady .xi. M. yeres / in the honoure of his humanyte of saynt Gregorye .xlvi. M. yeres / in the honour of his passyon and resurreccyon .lxxx. M. yeres Som̄e C.xxxvii M. yeres at euery artycle is a deuoute prayer as to pray to almyghty god to obteyn some vertue or to eschewe synne ¶ The holy father pope Syxtus the .iiii. of that name / hath gyuen .xi. M. yeres of pardon so ofte as in the state of grace / with deuocyon a mā doth say this prayer folowynge afore the Image of our Lady in the whiche prayer a man may clerely vnderstande and perceyue / that Mary the holy mother of our lorde Ihesu chryste / is a pure and a clene vyrgyne / and was conceyued without any spotte of orygynall synne / the whiche is clerely declared in this prayer / where it is sayde / thou arte conceyued without synne And of this indulgēce or pardon / is a fayre Bull in the cytie of Coleyne BLyssed be thou Mary holy mother of god / quene of heuen / gate of paradyse / lady of the worlde / thou arte a synguler pure vyrgyne cōceyued without syn̄e Thou haste borne and ben delyuered of the creatoure / redemoure / and sauyoure of this worlde / wherin I do not doubte but stedfastly do byleue Praye for my synnes delyuer and kepe me from all euyll Amen ¶ The fyrste Artycle of the masse HOwe the preest doth make hym redy in the vestry to saye masse / and the deacon and subdeacon do helpe hym / but the preest alone doth take caste vpon hym the chesuble which doth sygnyfie how chryste hath taken vpon hym the nature of man / and was cōceyued in the vestry of the blyssed body of our lady / wherin the father and the holy ghost haue gyuen ayde helpe The mynystrer or he that doth helpe to serue at the masse / doth sygnyfye the aungell Gabryell ¶ Orayson Pater nr̄ Aue maria O Blyssed lorde Ihesu chryste / I do thanke the that by the wyl of thy father celestyall / thou hast ben conceyued by the operacyon of the holy ghoost / in the blyssed body of the vyrgyne mary in al clennes and without any spotte of synne / I beseche the good lord by the meryte of thy dere mother / that I whiche haue
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
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