Companion to the English prose works of Richard Rolle : a selection / from the edition by Carl Horstman.

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Editor

Horstmann, Carl, b. 1851.

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London: Sonnenschein

1895-1896

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English prose literature -- Middle English, 1100-1500.

English language -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- Texts.

Mysticism -- England

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"Companion to the English prose works of Richard Rolle : a selection / from the edition by Carl Horstman." In the digital collection Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/rollecmp. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 5, 2024.

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VII dedes of Merci

Also I crie God Merci þat I haue not folfuld þe seuen deedes of Merci: Not visyted hem þat ben in prison, not fed hem þat ben hongri, not ȝiuen drinke to þe þhursti, not cloþed þe naked, not visyted hem þat ben bedreden; nouþer wiþ peny ne wiþ half peny. I crie god Merci, doinge aȝeyn þe wordes of þe gospel wher God reherseþ 'þat þat ȝe doþ to þe leste of mine, ȝe do to me'.