Dan Michel's Ayenbite of Inwyt : or, Remorse of conscience : Richard Morris's transcription now newly collated with the unique manuscript British Museum MS. Arundel 57, volume 1, text / by Pamela Gradon.

About this Item

Title

Author

Michel, Dan, of Northgate, fl. 1340.

Editor

Morris, Richard, 1833-1894., Gradon, Pamela.

Publication

London: Oxford University Press

1965

Rights/Permissions

The University of Michigan Library provides access to these materials for educational and research purposes. These materials are in the public domain. If you have questions about the collection, please contact [email protected]. If you have concerns about the inclusion of an item in this collection, please contact [email protected].

DPLA Rights Statement: No Copyright - United States

Link to this Item

http://name.umdl.umich.edu/Ayenbite

Cite this Item

"Dan Michel's Ayenbite of Inwyt : or, Remorse of conscience : Richard Morris's transcription now newly collated with the unique manuscript British Museum MS. Arundel 57, volume 1, text / by Pamela Gradon." In the digital collection Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/Ayenbite. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 9, 2025.

Pages

ÞE ÞRIDDE STAPE OF PROUESSE.

Þe þridde stape of prouesse: is zikernesse. zykernesse ase zayþ þe filozofe is a uirtue / huerby me ne dret naȝt þe kuedes / ne þe perils / þet bieþ beuore hare eȝen. And þet is þe þridde guod / þet þe yefþe of strengþe deþ. Vor þe holy gost / huanne he heþ y-armed his knyȝt of his uirtue : uerst he him yefþ noble herte / greate þinges to nimene. Efterward he him yefþ ane greate hete / and a grat wyl to uolȝy / and grat hope uor to uoluelle. Efterward he makeþ him ziker ase lyoun. zuo þet he ne heþ drede / ne of perils / ne of pinen / ne of dyaþe / ne of torment. ac he his wilneþ / ase deþ þe newe knyȝt þe tornemens. an suo dede þe martires ase hit þingþ ine hare liue. huer-of we redeþ of zaynte agase / þet mid greate blisse hi yede to torment alsuo ase hi yede to feste / oþer to a bredale.