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PART I.
  
I. La estorie del Euangelie.
  
VII. A preyer at þe leuacioun.
  
VIII. A preyer at þe leuacioun.
  
IX. Þe fyue Ioyes of vr ladi.
  
X. An orisoun to god.
  
XI. An orisoun to vr lord Ihesu.
  
[XIII. A confessioun of wyrschip in orysoun.]
  
[XIV.] [Another Prayer to the Uirgin Mary.]
  
[XV. Prayer for the Seven Gifts of the Holy Ghost.]
  
[XVI. A Confessioun for necligence of þe dedes of mercy.]
  
[XVII. An orysoun for sauynge of þe fyue wyttes.]
  
[XVIII. An orisoun for negligens of þe X Comaundemens.]
  
[XIX. Patris Sapiencia, sive Horae de Cruce.]
  
[XX. Ueni Creator Spiritus, englisht.]
  
[XXIII. Psalterium b. Mariae. BY ALBERTUS MAGNUS]
  
[XXIV. Psalterium b. Mariae, ascribed to Thomas Aquinas, comprising the 50 first psalms.]
  
[XXV. A salutacioun to vre lady.]
  
[XXVI. An orisoun to þe fyue woundes of ihesus cristus.]
  
[XXVIII. A salutacioun to vre lady.]
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[XXIX. Miracles of oure lady.]
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XXX. De festo corporis cristi.
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XXXI. Septem miracula de corpore cristi.
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XXXII. Hou a man schal lyue parfytly.
  
[XXXIII.] þe visions of seynt poul wan he was rapt in to paradys.
  
XXXIV. þe Pope trental.
  
Trentale sancti gregorij.
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[XXXV. þe Spore of Loue.]
  
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Of Meditacion of þi-self knowyng.
  
Meditacion of þe Soule.
  
Of Contemplacion in creature.
  
Þe secunde contemplacion In holy writ.
  
Of þe Seuene blessynges of þe gospel, Seuene dedli Synnes remedie.
  
Of þe Seuen ȝiftes of þe holigost.
  
Of þe Seuene vertues.
  
Of þe ten Comaundemens.
  
Of twelue articles of vre be-leue.
  
Of þe seuene Sacramens.
  
Of þe seuene dedes of Merci.
  
Of þe seuene druweries of Monnus bodi.
  
Of þe doweres of þe soule.
  
Of þe peynes of helle, & amonesting.
  
Of þe þridde Manere of contemplacion in god him-self.
  
Contemplacion at Matines tyme.
  
Of contemplacion at prime: of þe passion, and of þe Resureccion.
  
Of þe Resurexion.
  
Biforen vndurne: Of þe passion, and of Witsuntyd.
  
Bifore vndurne of þe holigost.
  
At Midday: of þe anunciacion, And of þe passion.
  
Also of þe passion.
  
At Noon: of þe passion, and of þe Assencion.
  
At Non of þe Assencion.
  
At euensong-tyme: of þe passion, and of þe Maunde.
  
Now of þe Maunde of Ihesu crist.
  
At cumplin-tyme: of his passion, and of his buriinge.
  
Of þe buryinge of Ihesu crist.
  
Of Contemplacion of god in his owne kynde.
  
[XXXVI. Þe Lamentacioun þat was bytwene vre lady and seynt Bernard.]
  
XXXVII. A dispitison bitwene a god man and þe deuel.
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PART II

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Boþe Meir and Baylifs wiþ folk i-fere
To þe Iewes houene ben gon.
As sone as þei þider come were,
Þe Meir Comaundet: “doþ doun þe ston.”
Þer eueri Mon wel mihte i-seo
Þe houene-Roof, þat was so round,
Hou hit was Blasyng al of bleo
As glouwyng glos, from Roof to grount.
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Þe child sat þere boþe hol and sound,
Ne nouht I-harmet, hond ny her,
A-Midde þe gledes of þe ground,
As he seete in Cool Erber.
Þe childes Moder, whon heo þat seih,
Hire þouhte heo nas neuer er so glad;
In to þe houene heo sturte him neih,
Þus sone wiþ hire him out heo had.
And al þe peple þere present
Wondred on þat selly siht,
And heried god wiþ good entent,
ffor Miracle is more þen Monnes miht.
Hou he haþ non harmes hent
Among þe brondes þat brenneþ so briht,
Þei asken of him bi on assent.
Þe child onswered a-non-riht:
“Of alle þe Murþes þat I haue had
In al my lyf ȝit hider-to
Ne was I neuere of gleo so glad
As aftur I was In þe houene I-do!
Boþe Brondes and Gledes, trustily,
Þat weren bi-neþen vndur my fote,
As feire floures, feiþfully,
As special spices me þhouȝte hem swote;
Þe Blisful Qwen, þat Maiden Milde,
Þat sitteþ in Chirche in hih Chayer
Wiþ þat comely kyng, hire childe,
Þat Blisful Babe, on Barm heo ber,
ffrom alle þe schydes þei cunne me schilde,
ffrom gledes and brondes þat brende so cler,
ffrom alle þe flaumes þat flowen so wilde,
Þat neuer non mihte neihȝe me ner.”
Boþe Men and wymmen, al þat þer wore,
Þei herieden God hertily,
Boþe luytel and muche, lasse and more,
Of þis Miracle, witerly.
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