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A68080 The interpretacyon, and sygnyfycacyon of the Masse Here begynneth a good deuoute boke to the honoure of god, of our lady his mother, [and] of all sayntes, and ryght profytable to all good Catholyke persones, to knowe howe they shall deuoutly here masse. And how salutaryly they shal confesse them. And how reuerently and honourably they shall go to the holy sacrament or table of our sauyour Ihesu chryste, with dyuerse other profytable documents and oraysons or prayers here conteyned, composed and ordeyned by frere Gararde, frere mynoure, of the ordre of the Obseruauntes. Gherit, van der Goude, fl. 1507. 1532 (1532) STC 11549; ESTC S110806 95,539 244

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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
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 rēplysshed and fyllyd the hungrye and nedy persones with goodes / hath left the ryche voyde He hathe receyued Israel his sone / remēbrynge 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 sacramēt 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 thyngꝭ 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 cōforte 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 frō hensforth thou gyue me grace to syn̄e 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 sacramēt / 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 cōforte 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 woūdes 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 graūt 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 aūgelles 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 mā 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 / Archaūgelles / with all Patryarches / Prophetes / Apostelles / Martyres / Cōfessours 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 archaūgelles and to thy holy aungell O Holy archaūgell saynt Mychaell prynce and faythfull defēsoure of the holy churche stronge and myghty conqueroure of the enemyes of hell O
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
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 thē 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 nr̄ Aue maria O Blyssed lorde Ihesu chryste / I do thāke 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 thē sayth with great deuocyon Confiteor / and doth confesse hym selfe as a syn̄er / albeit that he hath confessed hym selfe afore of all his deedly syn̄es 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 nr̄ Aue maria O Blyssed lorde Ihesu chryste / I do humbly thanke the for thou hast suffred thy selfe to be cyrcūcysed on the .viii. daye / after thy natyuyte with a knyfe of stone / for to take awaye the vengeaūce of our synnes / and hast cōmaūded 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 tēptacions / that I may laude and prayse thy holy name Ihesus euerlastyngly Amen ¶ The fourth artycle of the masse HOwe the preest after Cōfiteor 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 nr̄ Aue maria O Blyssed lorde Ihesu chryste / I do thanke the that thou haste wytsau●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 nr̄ Aue maria O Blyssed lorde Ihesu chryste / I thanke the that thou hast suffred deuoutly and obedyently thy selfe to be presented ī 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 syn̄es 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 nr̄ 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 ī to Egypte amōges 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 cōmaūdemēt of the holy aungell ¶ Orayson Pater nr̄ Aue maria O Blyssed lorde Ihesu chryste I thanke the for after that thou had ben vii yeres ī Egypte / thou retourned in to thy cytie of Nazareth / I praye the good lorde graunt me poore syn̄er 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 foūde her dere sone Ihesus in the temple amōges the doctours / and dyd go with her in to Nazareth ¶ Orayson Pater nr̄ Aue maria Credo O Blyssed lorde Ihesu chryste / I thanke the that thou hast reioysed and cōforted 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 cōmaundementes 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 scylēce doth make redy / prepare and offre the sacryfyce and afterwarde goth to the ende of the aulter doth wasshe his hādes 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 Iohn̄ Baptyste ¶ Orayson Pater nr̄ 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 graūt me poore synner that I
may so puryfye me ī the baptysme of my cōfessyon declaryng of my faultes and synnes / by thyne humble baptysme all my synnes maye be pardoned euerlastyngely Amen ¶ The .x. Artycle of the masse HOwe the preest doth go to the myddes of the aulter prayeng al those that be ī heuen to pray for hym and than he doth tourne hym towardes the people desyryng them also to praye for hym This doth sygnyfye that chryste dyd pray for vs in the deserte or wyldernes / whā he dyd fast .xl dayes and .xl. nyghtes / and after was tempted of the euyll spyryte and enemy of hell ¶ Orayson Pater nr̄ Aue maria O Blyssed lorde Ihesu chryste / I do thanke the that thou beyng ledde by the inspyracyon of the holy ghost in to the wyldernes / there dyddest fast .xl. dayes and .xl. nyghtes / and afterwarde hauynge hungre dyde ouercome thyne enemye / I praye the good lorde graunt me the vertue of abstynence to fast alwayes from synne / and to haue thryste or desyre / of the vertue of equyte iustyce / that I maye ouercome the temptacyon of myne enemyes Amen ¶ The .xi. Artycle of the masse HOwe the preest beynge in the myddes of the aulter begynneth to synge with a hygh voyce the preface / Per omnia secula seculorum This doth sygnyfye that oure lorde hath preched at his .xxx. yeres to the people the holy catholyke fayth confyrmynge the same by meruaylous myracles to the honour of his father celestyall ¶ Orayson Pater nr̄ Aue maria O Blyssed lorde Ihesu chryste / I do thāke the of the great loue that thou hast had for our helth / and for the holy catholyke fayth / which thou thy self hath taught and confyrmed by myracles / I beseche the good lorde graunt me to accomplyss●e that that thou hast taught / and to byleue stedfastly in that / whiche thou hast done to the entent that so I maye lyue in thy cōmaundementes / and dye in thy holy fayth Amen ¶ The .xii. Artycle of the masse HOwe after that the preest hath songe the preface they do synge Sāctus Sanctus Sanctus / benedictus qui venit in noīe domini This doth sygnyfye howe the hūble Ihesus on Palme sonday dyd humbly come ī to Ierusalem syttynge vpō an Asse where the Iewes dyd receyue hym with great reuerēce the chyldren dyd synge bn̄dictus qui venit osanna in excelsis ¶ Orayson Pater nr̄ Aue maria O Blyssed lorde Ihesu chryste / I do thanke the that thou haste come volūtaryly in to Ierusalem to thy passyon / syttyng vpon an Asse / I beseche the humbly good lorde that thou wylt so come to me poore synner / and vysyte me by thy dyuyne grace / to the entent that ī body / soule / and in all thynge / I maye be obedyent vnto the / that thou maye gouerne me for to go / to be conuersaunt / to kepe scylence / and to speke that thynge / that maye be acceptable to thy dyuyne wyll Amen ¶ The secōde parte of the masse in the whiche is declared the passyon of oure lorde Ihū christe ye shal rede these prayers shall haue .xlvi. yeres of pardon O Lorde Ihesu chryste I do worshyppe the hangynge vpon the crosse and beryng vpon thy heed a crowne of thornes / I praye the that thy crosse maye delyuer me from the euyll aungell Amen ¶ Pater noster Aue maria O Lorde Ihesu chryste / I do worshyp the hangynge on the crosse all woūded / to whom gall vynegre was gyuen to drynke / I praye the that thy wordes maye be remedy to my soule Amen ¶ Pater noster Aue maria O Lorde Ihesu chryste I do worshyppe the beynge in the sepulchre oynted with myrre and other good odours / I pray the that thy deth maye be my lyfe Amen ¶ Pater noster Aue maria O Lorde Ihesu chryste / I do worshyp the descendynge in to hell / and delyuerynge the prysoners / I pray the do not suffre me to come there Amen ¶ Pater noster Aue maria O Lorde Ihesu chryste / I do worshyp the rysynge from dethe / ascendynge in to heuen / syttynge on the ryght hande of god the father almyghty / I praye the that thou haue pytie of me Amen ¶ Pater noster Aue maria O Lorde Ihesu chryste / good pastoure and gouernoure / kepe and preserue the good iuste men / and make synners ryghtfull and iuste Haue mercy of all faythfull soules departed / and of me poore synner Amen ¶ Pater noster Aue maria O Lorde Ihesu chryste / I do worshyp the for the bytternes of thy passyon / which thou hast suffred on the crosse specyally at the houre that thy holy soule departed from thy blyssed body haue mercy on my soule / whan it shal departe from my body Amen ¶ Pater noster Aue maria ¶ The .xiii. Artycle of the masse HOwe after Sanctus / the preest begynneth with scylence secretly the Canon hauynge the curteynes drawen to the entēt that he be not troubled / and dothe inclyne hym selfe very lowe This doth sygnyfye howe our lorde Ihesus with the dore closed / hath eaten the pascall lambe with his dyscyples and afterwarde he hath inclyned hym selfe downe to the grounde / wasshynge the fete of his apostelles ¶ Orayson Pater nr̄ Aue maria O Blyssed lorde Ihesu chryste / I do thanke the for that thou haste in thy last supper ordeyned thy holy body to be meate for vs / and thy precyous blode to be drynke / to the entent that we maye haue alwayes remembraunce of the / I praye the good lorde illumynate my herte by thy dyuyne dyleccyon / to the entent that I desyre no thynge that may drawe me to synne / but that all thynge be bytter vnto me / excepte onely the remēbraunce of thy blyssed passyon Amen ¶ The .xiiii. Artycle of the masse HOwe the preest after the fyrste Memento / maketh thre crosses vpon the chalyce / sayenge secrete wordes This doth sygnyfied showe vnto vs that our lorde hath prayed to his father almyghty in the garthen / thre tymes secretly in the nyght ¶ Orayson Pater nr̄ Aue maria O Blyssed lorde Ihesu chryste / I do thanke the that thou hast wylled to swete for vs poore synners / water and blode for drede and fere of deth / I pray the good lorde for the great payne and anguysshe that thy herte dyde suffre / delyuer me from al payne anguysshe of the herte and he le vs bothe in body soule / and graunte vs helpe in trybulacyon / consolacyon and conforte in persecucyon / pytie of our synnes passed / amēdement of those that be present proteccion and defence from those that be to come / to the entent that thy precyous blode be not lost in vs. Amen ¶ The .xv. Artycle of the masse HOwe the preest is in his fyrste Memento / and thā he prayeth for all his frendes lyuynge / that god
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 cōprehende 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 cōmaūded 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. cōmaundemētes / and Ian vnclene creature shuld I presume to receyue the whiche hath made all lawes all creatures Salomon the prudent kynge was .vii. yeres ī 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 dyfferēce 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 sayntꝭ the charyte of all aūgelles and archaūgelles / 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 vnderstāde 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 vnderstāde and knowe for to cōforte the / that whan the man dothe prepare hym selfe to it by true cōtrycyon and confessyon that god doth not regarde what he is or hath ben / but onely doth se regarde yf he wold be better thā he is / for god doth than forget all his synnes / and doth molyfye hym selfe by the holy sacrament And therfore the mā shall proue and serche his cōscyence 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 feruēt 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 cōfessoure 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 incōparable 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 hertꝭ with the same dyuyne dyleccyon loue / wherwith ye be illumynate And helpe vs in all temptacyons and trybulacyons / and strēgthen 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 sayntꝭ 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 thyngꝭ 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 foūde 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 ī 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 Euāgelystes / 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 graūt 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 iugemēt 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 Xp̄ofore / 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 graūt 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 Ihū 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 Cōfessours 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 annūced 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 cōuerte 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 syn̄er 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 wydowꝭ / 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 perseueraūce 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 Iohn̄ Euāgelyste / 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