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We rede in 'Vitis Patrum,' how þer was a man̛ þat was gretlie tempid̛ with temptacion̛ of his flessℏ: and he luked̛ vnto a gude
ald̛ man̛ & lete hym̛ wete þerof, & prayed̛ hym̛ to pray for hym̛; and so he did̛. & when̛ he had long prayed̛ for hym̛ he mendid̛ no þing, & þis olde man̛ merveld̛ gretlie at his prayer was not hard̛. So on̛ a nyght as he lay in his prayers, he saw in a vision̛ þis yong man̛ sittant, & evuƚƚ spyrittis in lyknes of wommen̛ playand̛ befor̛ hym̛, & makand̛ hym̛ grete myrtℏ; and he saw þis yong mans gude angeƚƚ [MS. ans, with g written over the s, to make angeƚƚ.] grete wrotℏ becauce he wold̛ nott ryse & make his prayer vnto almighti God̛. And þan̛ þis olde man̛ sayd vnto þis yong man̛; "Bruther! þe fawte is þine þat þe prayers þat er prayed for þe er nott harde. For þou hase a delectacion̛ in evuƚƚ thoghtis, and it is impossible to remofe iƚƚ thoghts fro the with other mens prayers, bod if þou doo som̛ labur þerin þi selfe. For it is with the as it is with a man̛ þat is seke; ffor & a man̛ þat is seke wiƚƚ nott abstene hym̛ fro guttus meatis, what profettis it to do vnto hym̛ any cure of lechecrafte?"