University of Virginia Library

previous section Instructions for Parish Priests
next section

Quod sufficit scire in lingua materna.

Ȝef he conne hyt in hys tonge,
To ȝeue hym penaunce hyt ys wronge,
But of þe artykeles of þe fey
Þus appose hym þenne & sey,
29

“Be-leuest þow on fader & sone & holygost,
As þou art holden wel þow wost
Thre persons in trynyte,
And on god, vnsware þow me,
Þat goddes sone monkynde toke,
In mayde mary as seyth þe boke,
And of þat mayde was I-bore,
Leuest þow þys? telle me by fore,
And on crystes passyone,
And on hys resurrexyone,
And stegh vp in to heuen blys
In flesch and blod be-leuest þow þys,
And schal come with woundes rede
To deme þe quyke and þe dede,
And we vch one as we ben here
In body and sowle bothe I-fere,
Schule ryse at þe day of dome
And be redy at hys come,
And take þenne for oure doynge,
As we haue wroȝt here lyuynge,
Who so has do wel schale go to blysse,
Who so has do euel to peyne I-wysse.
Be-leuest also verrely
Þat hyt ys goddes owne body,
Þat þe prest ȝeueth the,
Whenne þou schalt I-hoseled be,
Leuest also in fulle a tent,
How þat holy sacrament,
Is I-ȝeue to mon kynne
In remyssyone of here synne;
Be-leuest also now telle me
Þat he þat lyueþ in charyte
Schale come to blysse sycurly,
And dwelle in seyntes cumpany.
previous section Instructions for Parish Priests
next section