The english register of Godstow nunnery, near Oxford : written about 1450 / edited with an introduction by Andrew Clark.

¶ Also al maner of haserdowres and comyn dyes players, ȝif þei at warenyng of holichurch sease not ther-of, þei shulle be acursed, as lawe of holichurch seyth. d[istinctione] ȝij. ca[pitul]o . . .: ȝif a bisshop or a preste vse such haserdyng or dyseplayng, but ȝif he leue hit, certenly he is dampned: ȝif a deken or a subdeken or any clerke vse hit, he shal be put out of comenyng of cristen men: Also ȝif he be a lay man, he shal be a-cursed. ¶ Also in þe ciuile hit is wrytten. Codice de episcopis & clericis. Auctentica. We interdiȝten al bysshopes, prestis, dekenes, subdekenes, and al men of religion what-soeuer þei be, þat vsen haserdyng or dyseplayng, or ellis maken hem parteneres or ellis come to be-holden such maner men playng. ¶Siquis autem ex hijs in hoc deliquerit, iubemus hunc tribus annis venerabili misterio prohiberi & in mona|sterio redigi. Sed si medio tempore se penitentem ostenderit: liceat sacerdoti sub quo constitutus est muner . . . t . . . Et hunc rursus proprio misterio reddere. tj l.l

¶ Excommunicacio.

By þe auctorite of oure lorde god almyȝti, and our lady seynt mary, and al þe seyntes in heuen, of angelis and archaungeles, patriarkes and prophetis, apostolis and euaungelistis, Marteres, confessoris and virgynes, and also by þe power of holichurch þat oure lorde Ihesu christe ȝaue to seynt Petur and to al his successoris,

We denownce al þo openly acursed þat we haue þus rekened to ȝow; and al þo þat maynten hem in her synnes, or ȝeve þem any helpe þerto or counsell. So þat þei be departed fro god an[d] al holy church, and þat þei haue no parte of þe passion of criste ne no parte of prayeres amonge cristen folke, but þat þei ben acursed of god and of al holichurch, fro þe sole of her [fote] to þe crowne of her hede, slepyng and wakyng, sytting or stondyng, And in al her workes workyng and in al her wordes spekynge. And but ȝif þei haue grace of god for to amende hem here by her lyfe, for to dwelle in þe payne of helle for euer with-out ende. And riȝt as þis Candelle is qwenched and departed fro liȝt: so þei for to be departed fro god þat is liȝt of þis worlde for euer and to dwelle in helle all way in derkenesse without ende. Fiat Fiat. Amen.

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The english register of Godstow nunnery, near Oxford : written about 1450 / edited with an introduction by Andrew Clark.
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London :: Pub. for the Early English Text Society by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner,
1911 [i.e.1905-11.]

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