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The pricke of conscience (stimulus conscientiæ): a Northumbrian poem / by Richard Rolle de Hampole ; ed. Richard Morris.

How þe tokenns of cristis passioun schul be brought to þe dome (l. 5271)

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Of xv manere accusours þat schul accuse þe synful bifore god atte day of dome, and þo buþ þes (l. 5424)

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1. A mannes owne conscience. þat is his Inwit (l. 5452). 2. The secunde es a mannes owne synne þat he haþ do (l. 5454.) 3. The iii is holy writ (l. 5468). 4. The iiii is þe sonne and þe mone. and al þe world (l. 5472)

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5. The v is fendis of helle, þat schulle accuse men of synnes un|schryven (l. 5480). 6. The vi aungellis schul accuse þe synful cristen, for a fals cristen man schal þanne be worse i-hold þan eny iewe or sarzyne (l. 5498). 7. [The vii. How hethen men schul accuse þe fals cristen] (l. 5508)

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8. The viii. Seintes of heven, and princepallyche martures, schul accuse þe synful (l. 5520). 9. The ix. hy þat suffereþ wronges here, schulle hem accuse þat dide hem wrong (l. 5544)

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10. The x. how children þat were unchastide schul accuse hare fadres and hare modres (l. 5560). 11. The xi. how þe poere men schul accuse þe riche (l. 5578). 12. The xii. how sogettis schulle accuse þe riche (l. 5582). 13. The xiii. how benefices þat god haþ to man schal hem accuse (l. 5588)

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14. The xiiii. how þe tourment of cristes passioun schal hem accuse þat buþ synful (l. 5604). 15. The xv. how þe holy trinité schal þe synful accuse . at þe day of dome (l. 5608)

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Of þe streit acountis þe whiche men schul ȝyf tofore god atte day of dome (l. 5642). How men schul ȝeld acountis of al hare lif (l. 5652). How men schul ȝeld acountis of eche tyme and moment spendid dedliche (l. 5657). How men schold ȝeld acountes of eche idel word and þouȝt (l. 5664)

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How men schnl not onlyche ȝeld acountis of þe synnes þat hy dud in hare elde, but also of synnes þat hi dude in hare ȝouthe (l. 5700)

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How men schul ȝeld acountis of þat hy synned in hare v wittes. How men schul ȝeld acountes not onliche of eche yvul opyn dede, but also of eche privy yvel dede (l. 5742)

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How men schul ȝeld acount of þe seven werkes of mercy þat hy wold not here in hare lif fulfille (l. 5760). How eche man schal ȝeld acountes of his own soul (l. 5776)

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How men schul ȝeld acountes nouȝt only of hare soules but also of hare bodies (l. 5814)

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How men schuld not ȝeld acountes of þe soul by hit self and of þe bodi bi hit self, but of boþe to gadre emeyned (l. 5830)

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How men schuld not ȝeld acountes only of hem self, but also of hare neghboures (l. 5858). How faders and moders schul ȝeld acountis of hare children þat were unchastised (l. 5866). How lordis schul ȝelde acountis of hare maynye (l. 5870). How prelatis schul ȝif acountis of hare sogettis (l. 5882). How scole maisters

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Title: The pricke of conscience (stimulus conscientiæ): a Northumbrian poem / by Richard Rolle de Hampole ; ed. Richard Morris.
Canvas: Page XXXVIII
Publication: Berlin :: Published for the Philological Society by A. Asher,; 1863.

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