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The Index of Middle English Prose Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 March 2023
Described Hardwick & Luard: ii.547–8.
[1]
f. 4
This tretiis compilid of a pore caitif and nedi of goostli help of alle cristen peple bi þe greete help and merci of god schal teche simple men and wymmen of good wil þe riʒt wey to heuene if þei wolen haue it in mynde and worche þeraftir wiþouten multiplicacioun of manie bookis …
f. 139
… and so to come to euerlastinge reste of blis þidir he us bring þat bouʒte man wiþ his precious herte blood mercyful god amen.
‘Here bigynneþ a tretis þat is clepid þe pore caitif ‘ (f. 4). Extracts from the Pore Caitif, comprising prologue, creed, prologue to the commandments, prologue to the pater noster. Wells Rev. 9:3470–1 [87]; Jolliffe B.
Other texts: For the full text see Ff.6.34 [1]; for other extracts see Ff.5.45 [9–11, 15–18], Hh.1.12 [2, 4–9, 11–17, 31], and Ii.6.40 [7].
[2]
f. 139v
O thou hiʒ increate and euerlasting trinite þat is to seie almyʒti god þe fadir almiʒty god þe sone almyʒti god þe holi goost and naþeles not þre almyʒti goddis but oon almyʒti god þat maadist al þing of nouʒt as it pleside to þin hiʒ holi magiste my lord god my sauiour wherfore i biseche þee …
f. 142
… […] amen. ‘Here bigyneþ a deuout praier of oure lord iesu crist’ (f. 139v). Prayer to the Trinity. The lines on f. 142 are too badly rubbed at this point to decipher any more of the end of the text.
[3]
f. 142
Lord haue mercy of us crist haue mercy of us lord haue mercy of us sauiour of the world haue mercy of us [f. 142v] holi marie moost excellent virgine chosen to be worþi modir of god praie for us holi marie moost deboner and counfortable ledi to be worþi qweene of heuene praie for us …
f. 144v
… and for to haue liues space to amende oure lyf to þe plesaunce of þi child and þee and at þe laste die out of dette and deedly synne amen gloria patri etcetera.
‘Here biginneþ a letanye of oure ladi þat seynt anselm made’. Litany of Our Lady, attributed to St Anselm (f. 142). The lines on f. 142 are too badly rubbed to be easily deciphered so the beginning of the prayer is uncertain.
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