Three Middle-English versions of the Rule of St. Benet and two contemporary rituals for the ordination of nuns.
Benedict, Saint, Abbot of Monte Cassino., Kock, Ernst A. (Ernst Albin), 1864-1943.
XXIII.
In þis sentence leris sain Benet hys cuuent hu þaire fautes sal be amendid. Yef any be of grete herte and wyl noht be buxum, ouþir prud, ouþir ani greuching make aigain haly religiun, ouþir þe cumandement [folio 18b] hauis in despit, þa þat ere of suilke dedis, Priuelike man sal amoneste þam, þat tay amende þaim. yef þay wyl nohtPage 21 amende sua, þai sal be broht by-fore þe cuuent and tare amende hir faute. Yef sho wyl not yet amende, sho sal be cursyd. yef sho be a fole & ful of iuil, and mas na force of þe cursing, sho sal be berid ful wel, and do hir*. [hir, MS. it; cf. p. 25, l. 16.] a-mende it sua. Lauerde schilde vs fra þat cursing; and yef ani þar-inne be, god for his grace bringe þam vte. AmeN.
