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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- Cite this Item
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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 16, 2024.
Pages
Page 115
And al þe couent, small & grete,
Aw no day forto for-gete,
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Bot ilkay day to mak þer bone,
When seruys of þe day es done,
For þer sister þat er not þair,
Þat god enforce þam in þer fair.
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And when on so hase bene to play,
When scho cummes home, al þe first day
Prayng sal þai put þam to,
Besekand oder to pray also
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Þat god for-gif with gude entent,
[folio 117a] If þai oght wrethid hym, sen þai went,
In sight or in hering of eres,
In word or dede þat þe sawle deres,
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Or wantunly if þai haf wroght
Outher in word, or dede, or thoght.
Of god þai sal ask for-gifnes
And make amendes for mor & lese.
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To þer sisters þai sal not tell,
Whils þai wer furth how it befell
Of thing þat myght oght turn to tene;
For of slik hase harmes bene sene.
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Ne outward sal þai no thing say
Þat es done with-in þeir abbay;
Ne oute of close sal þai not pas,
Bot þai leue of þer souerayn ass;
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Ne no charge and [MS. chargeand.] thing sal þai do,
Bot if þai haue hir lef þerto.
And who so dose oght here-ogayn
Efter þe rewle sal suffer payn.
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