Original Series - Early English Text Society Volume 120 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1902 Excerpt: ...So fat scho hase witnes al-ways, Als fe wise man witnes & says: "Fac cum consilio, et post factum non penitebis --Do al fi dedes be gude counseH, Jjan satt fe noght rew f i trauayle." 556 Jjair-for a souerayn sal not do, Bot if scho ask counsel fair-to OwJer of sum or els of aH, Efter fe thyng es grete or smatf. 560 The prioress is not to chastise sisters too severely. ln matters of lees im-portance ehe needs only consult a few of the wisest. leaf 78 But she shall always take some advice. IV. De vij4TM1 operibws misericordie. Here er fe warkes on raw to rede Jjat sesis oure sins & makes mede. First sal we luf god loud & stiH With al our hert & al our wiH, And syen our neghburs sal we luf Als our-self for our saul be-houe; No man ne women slay wttA wrang Nof er with word ne wapyn Strang. Of of er mens we sal not steyl Ne couet here no wordly wele. Fals witnes we sal non bere, Bot honor al fat cristynd ere. Godes nay we sal not tak in vayn, Ne swer it bot for thyng sartayn. And to non here sal we do Bot als we wold war don vs to. Oure awn self we sal deny, 555. Originally counsaile, or the like. Cf. 1518., MS. ne. And folow oure lord god al-niyghty, Pine oure flescb-with penance grete, And couet non deliciws mete, Fast & do gude almus-dede, And eleffi f e naked fat hase nede. Seke men suld we viset wele, And bring f e dede vn-to biriele, Help al f fat harmes haues, And counsaile fam fat counsele craues, And rek not of fis ertbli gude, Bot vnto crist turn al our mode. In our hertes sal we hold non ire, Ne vengeance saH we non desire. Fais frenschep we sal non make, Trew charite so for to sake. We sal not s wer on ne morn For fardnes for to be for-sworn. Euyl for euyl ...