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Tunc vngatur infirmus.

Ȝet I wole wryte more,
To hym þat ys mene of lore,
Of neclygens, more & lasse,
Þat may be-falle in þe masse.
Fyrst se, prest, as I þe mynne,
Þat þow be out of dedly synne,
Þyn auter þenne þou do dyȝt,
Þat hyt be after thy myȝt.
Se þe cloþes þat þey be clene,
And also halowet alle by-dene,
Wyth þre towayles and no lasse
Hule þyn auter at thy masse,
Al oþer thynge þow knowest wel,
What þe nedeth euer-y del.
Loke þat þy candel of wax hyt be,
And set hyre, so þat þow hyre se,
On þe lyfte half of þyn autere,
And loke algate ho brenne clere,
Wayte þat ho brenne in alle wyse,
Tyl þow haue do þat seruyse.
Þy bred schal be of whete flour,
I-made of dogh that ys not sour,
Þat hyt be rounde and hol wayte wel,
And loke þy wyn be not eysel;
Poure water to thy wyn,
As þow const wel and fyn,
Sey þe wordes of þat seruyse
Deuowtely wyth gode a-vyse;
Cotte þow not þe wordes tayle,
But sey hem oute wyþowte fayle;
Sey hem so wyþ mowþe & thoght
Þat oþer þynge þow þenke noght,
But al þyn herte & þyn entent
Be fully on that sacrament.
Ȝef hyt be-falle, as god hyt scylde,
Þat þow of wyt be so wylde,
Þat bred or wyn be a-way,
Consecracyone when þou scholdest say;
Ȝef þe be-falle þat ylke cas,
Ley bred on þy corporas,
And þaȝ þow forth I-passet be,
Be-gynne a-gayn “qui pridie.”
Ȝef wyn and water be bothe a-way,
Powre in boþe wythowte lay,
And turne a-gayn as I þe kenne,
And “simili modo” say þow þenne.
Ȝef þou haue water and no wyn,
A-non-ryȝt do hyt yn,
And by-gynne, as I ȝer taȝte,
At “simili modo” euen straȝte;
And ȝef þow be neȝ þe ende,
Ȝef syche mynde god þe sende,
Þat þow haue wyn & no water,
Þen powre hyt in neuer þe later,
And by-gynne “oremus,
Preceptis salutaribus.”
Ȝef þe wonte stole or fanoun,
When þow art in þe canoun,
Passe forth wythowten turne,
But þat þow moste rewe ȝerne;
Ȝef a drope of blod by any cas
Falle vp-on þe corporas,
Sowke hyt vp a-non-ryȝt,
And be as sory as þou myȝt,
Þe corporas after þow folde,
A-monge þe relekus to be holde;
On oþer þynge ȝef hyt falle,
On vestement oþer on palle,
A-wey þow moste þe pece cotte,
And hyt brenne & a-monge þe relekus putte;
Ȝef hyt falle on sum oþer what,
Tabul or ston, vrþe or mat,
Lyk hyt vp clene þat ys sched,
And schaf hyt after þat ys be-bled,
And do þe schauynge for to brenne,
Amonge þe relekus put hyt þenne;
Ȝef any flye, gnat, or coppe
Doun in-to þe chalys droppe,
Ȝef þow darst for castynge þere,
Vse hyt hol alle I-fere,
And ȝef þy herte do wyþstonde,
Take vp the fulþe wyþ þyn honde,
And ouer the chalys wosche hyt wel
Twyes or thryes, as I þe telle,
And vse forth þe blod þenne,
And do þe fulþe for to brenne;
Do more ȝet also thow most,
Vche day chawnge þyn ost,
Redy þat þow haue mowe,
To vche seke ay I-nowe.