Instructions for Parish Priests By John Myrc [i.e. Mirk]. Edited from Cotton MS. Claudius A. II, by Edward Peacock |
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The artykeles of the fey
Teche þy paresch þus, & sey;
That seuene to dyuynyte,
And .vij. to the humanyte.
The fyrste artykele ys þou wost
Leue on fader and sone & holy gost.
The secounde ys to leue ryȝt
Þat þe fader ys god al myȝt.
The þrydde ys, as þow syst,
For to leue on ihesu cryst;
Þat he ys goddes sone ryȝt,
And boþe on god & of on myȝt.
The holy gost, persone þrydde,
Leueth also, I ȝow bydde,
That he ys god wyth oþer two,
And ȝet on god and no mo.
Leste þys be hard ȝow to leue,
By ensaumpul I wole þat preue:
Se þe ensaumpul þat I ȝow schowe,
Of water and ys and eke snowe;
Here beth þre þynges, as ȝe may se,
And ȝet þe þre alle water be.
Thus þe fader and þe sone & þe holy gost
Beth on god of myȝtes most;
For þagh þey be personus þre,
In on godhed knyt they be.
These þre in on godhede
Wyth on assent and on rede,
Alle þynge made wyth on spelle,
Heuene, and vrþe, and eke helle.
The sexþe artykele, ȝef ȝe wole fynde,
Holy chyrche taketh in mynde
That þorȝ þe myȝt of þe holy gost
Is in vrthe of power most,
And as myȝty, as I ȝow telle,
Boþe of þe ȝates of heuene & helle
To tuynen and open at heyre byddynge
Wythowte ȝeyn-stondynge of any þynge.
The seuenþe artykele, for soþe hyt ys,
Þat he schal ende in ioye & blys
When body and soule to-geder schal come,
And the gode to ioye be I-nome,
And the euel be put a-way
In to the peyne that lasteþ ay.
The eghþe artykele ys not to hele,
Þe strengþe of oure feyth þe more dele,
The flesch and blod þat ihesus tok
In mayde mary, as seyth þe bok,
Þorȝ the holy gostes myȝt
Þat in þat holy vyrgyne lyȝt.
The nynþe artykele ys for to mene
Þat he was bore of a mayde clene.
Þe tenþe artykele oure synne sleth,
Crystes passyone and hys deth.
The eleuenþe ys for to telle
How he wente to spoyle helle,
In soule and godhede wyth-owte nay
Whyle the body in towmbe lay.
The twelfþe artykele makeþ vs fayn,
For he ros to lyue a-gayn
The þrydde day in the morowe
For to bete alle oure sorowe.
The þreteneþe artykele, as telle I may,
Þat cryst hym self on holy þursday
Stegh in to heuene in flesch & blod,
That dyede by forn on þe rod.
The fourteneþ artykele, ys soþe to say,
Þat cryst schale come on domes day
Wyþ hys woundes fresch and rede
To deme þe quyke and þe dede.
Here ben þe artykeles of þe fey;
Preche hem ofte I þe prey.
Teche þy paresch þus, & sey;
That seuene to dyuynyte,
And .vij. to the humanyte.
The fyrste artykele ys þou wost
Leue on fader and sone & holy gost.
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Þat þe fader ys god al myȝt.
The þrydde ys, as þow syst,
For to leue on ihesu cryst;
Þat he ys goddes sone ryȝt,
And boþe on god & of on myȝt.
The holy gost, persone þrydde,
Leueth also, I ȝow bydde,
That he ys god wyth oþer two,
And ȝet on god and no mo.
Leste þys be hard ȝow to leue,
By ensaumpul I wole þat preue:
Se þe ensaumpul þat I ȝow schowe,
Of water and ys and eke snowe;
Here beth þre þynges, as ȝe may se,
And ȝet þe þre alle water be.
Thus þe fader and þe sone & þe holy gost
Beth on god of myȝtes most;
For þagh þey be personus þre,
In on godhed knyt they be.
These þre in on godhede
Wyth on assent and on rede,
Alle þynge made wyth on spelle,
Heuene, and vrþe, and eke helle.
The sexþe artykele, ȝef ȝe wole fynde,
Holy chyrche taketh in mynde
That þorȝ þe myȝt of þe holy gost
Is in vrthe of power most,
And as myȝty, as I ȝow telle,
Boþe of þe ȝates of heuene & helle
To tuynen and open at heyre byddynge
Wythowte ȝeyn-stondynge of any þynge.
The seuenþe artykele, for soþe hyt ys,
Þat he schal ende in ioye & blys
When body and soule to-geder schal come,
And the gode to ioye be I-nome,
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In to the peyne that lasteþ ay.
The eghþe artykele ys not to hele,
Þe strengþe of oure feyth þe more dele,
The flesch and blod þat ihesus tok
In mayde mary, as seyth þe bok,
Þorȝ the holy gostes myȝt
Þat in þat holy vyrgyne lyȝt.
The nynþe artykele ys for to mene
Þat he was bore of a mayde clene.
Þe tenþe artykele oure synne sleth,
Crystes passyone and hys deth.
The eleuenþe ys for to telle
How he wente to spoyle helle,
In soule and godhede wyth-owte nay
Whyle the body in towmbe lay.
The twelfþe artykele makeþ vs fayn,
For he ros to lyue a-gayn
The þrydde day in the morowe
For to bete alle oure sorowe.
The þreteneþe artykele, as telle I may,
Þat cryst hym self on holy þursday
Stegh in to heuene in flesch & blod,
That dyede by forn on þe rod.
The fourteneþ artykele, ys soþe to say,
Þat cryst schale come on domes day
Wyþ hys woundes fresch and rede
To deme þe quyke and þe dede.
Here ben þe artykeles of þe fey;
Preche hem ofte I þe prey.
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