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.
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Vt nichil accipiant sine lisencia.
If litters or bils be sent to rede,
Or oþer giftes of greter mede
Be send fro frendes in feld or toun
Til women of religioun,
1988
Scho sal resaue non hir vntil,
Bot scho first wit hir souerayn wil.
And if hir frendes fer or nere
Send hir gudes or giftes sere,
1992
Or scho þam tak for ony nede,
[folio 108b] To þe priores scho sal þam bede.
And if þe priores at hir wil
Gif þo giftes a-noder vntil,
1996
Scho vnto wham þe giftes whor sent,
Sal not be greuyd in hir entent,
If hir presand be so puruayd,
Bot in hert sal scho hold hir payde.
2000
For what þer souerayn dose ilk dele
Aw þam to think worthi & wele.
