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The Index of Middle English Prose Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 March 2023
Described Hardwick & Luard: iii.722–4.
[1]
f. 1
Gostely freynde in god as touchyng thyn asking of me how þou rewle þin hert in the tyme of thy prayer i answer unto þe so febly as i kan and i say þat me thynke þat it schuld be full speedful unto þe at þe fyrst begynnyng of þi prayer what prayer so euer it be long praier or schorte …
f. 8
… rede ofte forget it noʒt sett þe scharply to þe proue and fle all lettyng and occasyon of lettyng in þe name of iesu amen.
‘Here begynneth a pistle of prayer’ (f. 1). A Pistle of Preier. IPMEP 250; Wells Rev. 9:3429 [27].
Other texts: See Ff.6.31 [12].
[2]
f. 8v
Forþi þat þer bene diuerse kyndys of spirites þerfore it is nedefull to us discrete knowyng of heme seþ it so is þat we bene lerned of þe apostyll seynt john not to beleue to alle spirites for it myʒt seme to somme þat bene bot lityll in kunnyng and namely of goostely thynges þat iche thoʒt …
f. 15v
… bot þe consent to þe þouʒt whatsoeuere it bee þat is euere more oures iesu graunt us hys grace to consent to þe good and aʒenstond þe yuell amen.
‘Here begynneþ a tretyse of discrecion in knowyng of spirites’ (f. 8v). A Tretis of Discrescyon of Spirites. IPMEP 240; Wells Rev. 9:3429 [25].
Other texts: See Ff.6.31 [10].
[3]
f. 15v
Gostely freynd in god þat same grace and ioy þat i wil to myselfe wyll i to the at godes wylle þou askyst me counsell of sylence and of spekyng of comun dyetyng and of synguler fastyng of duellyng in companye and of onely wonnyng by þiself and þou [f. 16] sayst þat þou ert in grete were …
f. 26
… and þis suffyce for answer to alle þi lettre the grace of god be euermore wiþ þee in name of iesu amen.
‘Here begynnyth a pystle of discrecion in styrrynges’ (f. 15v). A Pistle of Discrecioun of Stirings. IPMEP 252; Wells Rev. 9:3428 [24].
Other texts: See Ff.6.31 [11].
[4]
f. 26v
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