Companion to the English prose works of Richard Rolle : a selection
Rolle, Richard, of Hampole, 1290?-1349.
Horstmann, Carl, b. 1851.
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Pieces of Ms. Vernon (Bodl. Eng. poet a.1)
Forms of Confession*. [Numerous confessional texts bearing this name exist. The version recorded in the Vernon MS is listed in the Manual of Writings in Middle English, vol. 7 as Prose Version R.]
Also I crie god Merci þat I haue sunged in Couetise: Coueyting to haue worldly goodes, not holde me payed of þe stat þat god haþ sent me, but desyred for to beo at beter astat, at more worschupe of þe world; in deseyt and disseyung of myn euencristen, in forswering, not paynge my dettes þat I ouȝte to paye, ne helpe him þat haþ nede; and in alle þe spices of couetise I knowleche me gulti, [&] Criȝe God Merci. Also I crie God Merci þat I haue sunged in Glotonie: Ofte-tyme eten and drunken out of tyme, haue lykynge in dilicious metes and drinkes, and eten and dronken more þen I schulde, and also eten and drunken ofte whon I hedde no wille þerto; and in alle þe spices of Glotonye I knowleche me gulti, and crie god Merci.
