Three Middle-English versions of the Rule of St. Benet and two contemporary rituals for the ordination of nuns.
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- Title
- Three Middle-English versions of the Rule of St. Benet and two contemporary rituals for the ordination of nuns.
- Author
- Benedict, Saint, Abbot of Monte Cassino.
- Publication
- London,: Pub. for the Early English text society by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & co., limited,
- 1902.
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- Subject terms
- Monasticism and religious orders -- Rules
- Benedictines.
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"Three Middle-English versions of the Rule of St. Benet and two contemporary rituals for the ordination of nuns." In the digital collection Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/AHA2736. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 6, 2024.
Pages
Page 118
[folio 119a] And grath teching til vs at gif,
In cristes law [how] we [MS. law we; cf. 1954.] sal lif,
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And to draw fro alkin strife
Onto perfeccion of gude life.
For it teches to les & more
Of haly faders þat war before.
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And if we þer-in haue delite,
It ledes vs to lif perfite.
For al lessons, als men may luke,
Þat wretyn er in haly buke,
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Wheþer þai be of moises law
Or of cristes, whilk we suld knaw,
And liues of marters & confessours,
And teching of godes dere doctours,
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And þat [Possibly: And liues þat; cf. 1952.] haly virgins lede,
And rewles, þat [er] vntil [MS. þat vntil; cf. 1951, 2117.] vs rede,
Of basil, Bede, & oþer mo—
Al er þai teching vs vnto
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And ensaumpil how we sal vse
Gude vertuse, & vices refuse.
To þam þat lifes wele, old or ȝing,
Er swilk lessons ful grete likyng.
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And to þam þat lifes synfully
And refuses to be rewlid þerby,
[folio 119b] Þan es it gret confucioun
And hertly schame in ilk sesoun.
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For if þeir lifyng be vnlele,
Þam think dedeyn with it to dele.
Þerfor al þat þarto hase hight,
Saue þis rewle & ȝeme it ryght,
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And pray god hertly with gude wil
To gif þam myght & grace þertil.
Þen endles lif sal be þair mede.
Vnto þat lif our lord vs lede! //amen.//
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AMEN.
//Explicit.//