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.

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Michel, Dan, of Northgate, fl. 1340.

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

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London: Oxford University Press

1965

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"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 14, 2025.

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OF ÞE ÞRI UERSTE UIRTUES.

Þe þri uerste clepeþ saynte paul: beleaue. hope. and charité. and byeþ ycleped / godliche. Vor þet hi ordayneþ hare herten to god. Beleaue / ase zayþ saynt austin: ous zet onder god. and hi ous deþ beknawe / and to byknawe. to þe lhorde / of huam we healdeþ al þet we habbeþ. of guode. Hope: zayþ. hi ous arereþ to god / and ous makeþ strang / and hardi / uor to ondernime uor him þet hi þet paceþ uirtue of man. Charité. þis zayþ. hi ous ioyneþ to god. Vor charité ne is oþer þing bote dyere oninge. uor hi deþ of þe herte and of god: al on. ase zayþ saynyte Pol. Beleaue / y-ziȝt ine gode þe heȝeste zoþnesse. Hope. cuerlyche heȝnesse. and ouerliche magesté. Charité. ouerliche guodnesse. Þise þri uirtues byeþ to-deld be þri degres of loue. Vor þri þinges me loueþ ane man. Oþer uor þet me heþ y-herd grat guod of him. Oþer uor þet me onderstant grat guod of him. Oþer uor þet me heþ onderuonge grat guod of him. Þise þri maneres of loue: byeþ ine þise þri uirtues. Loue of beleaue: hyerþ ine dede. Loue of hope: uelþ þane smel / and zekþ. Loue of charité : nimþ. and zikþ. and zuelȝþ / and halt.