า

Crossing thyself, In mynde of god here I me blesse,

in memory of

Christ, ask the

with my blessyng god sende me hesse.

blessing of the Blessed.

In nomine patris & filii & spiritus sancti. Amen
Pater noster. Aue maria. Credo.

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Here ends my treatise.

H

ow pou at po messe þi tym shuld spende

The rubric is good haue I told: now wil I ende.

How thu at the masse thi tyme schal spende,

I haw tolde now wel to pe ende.

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The ribrusch* I rede thu loke somdel,

[* Sie in MS.]

The praierys pu record with-oute boke wel;

That cristene here hare masse, stil or loude,

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reader's prayers, Sey a pater-noster for the writere,

In eche a masse that he schal this here,

and may God reward him.

And an aue-maria, 3ef he may;

For godis low sey noght nay.

And that hey holi god he queyte the thi mede,
Of whom we spek of when we say oure crede.

Gratias. God, that his brede brake

at his maw[n]de whanne he sate
Amonge his postyllis twelue,
He bles oure brede and oure ayl
hat we haw and haw schal,

and be with vs him-selwe.

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Bidding Prayers

ACCORDING TO THE USE OF YORK.

I. XTH CENTURY. GOSPELS--YORK MINSTER.

II. 1405. MS. MANUAL, SIR JOHN LAWSON, Bart.

III. CIRC. 1440-50. MS. MANUAL, YORK MINSTER LIBRARY—XVI,

M. 4.

IV. CIRC. 1490-1500. A SHORTER FORM, WRITTEN AT END OF SAME

MANUSCRIPT.

V. 1509. MANUAL, W. DE WORDE, RIPON MINSTER LIBRARY.