Instructions for Parish Priests By John Myrc [i.e. Mirk]. Edited from Cotton MS. Claudius A. II, by Edward Peacock |
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De sacramento baptismatis.
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De sacramento baptismatis.
Ȝet I mote in thys worchyngeTeche the more of folowynge,
For hyt ys syche a sacrament
Þat may lyȝtely be I-schent
But hyt be done redyly
In vche a poynte by and by;
Therfore do as I the say,
Lest thow go out of þe way.
Hast þou wel vnderstonde my lore
As I taghte the by-fore,
How þou schuldest wymmen lere
Þat wyth chylde grete were?
But þys ys for þyn owne prow
Þat I here teche the now.
Ȝef a chylde myscheueth at home,
And ys I-folowed & has hys nome,
Ȝef hyt to chyrche be broȝt to þe
As hyt oweth for to be,
Thenne moste þou slyly
Aske of hem þat were þere by,
How þey deden þen in þat cas
Whenne þe chylde I-folowed was,
And wheþer þe wordes were seyde a-ryȝt,
And not turnet in þat hyȝt;
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As lo here I do þe schowe.
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