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 May 23, 2024.

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Also I crie God Merci þat I haue sunged in Lecherie: In lechours þouȝtes, disyryng wimmen, in chirche, in chepyng, ofte whon I seo feire wimmen beholden hem disyringe for to haue dalyaunce wiþ hem, in cluppyng, in cussyng, in vnclene touching; ofte-tyme stured to þe foule synne, and in þouȝtes and ymaginacions of lecherie, and þenke ofte-tyme of þe membre of mon and wommon, and what lykynge hit is to haue dalyaunce wiþ hem; and ofte-tyme concentyng to þat foule synne, þat neore hit more for sclaundre of þe world þen for drede of god . . . I crie God Merci in polucions of niht or tymes slepyng or wakyng diuersliche, not wel con telle wher hit come of eny fore-þouȝt of Mon or wommon, or of eny sorfet of mete or drinke. And of alle suche vnclene þouȝtes and ymaginacions of lecherie I crie God Merci in circumstaunces and spices þat toucheþ lecherie; and to seuen dedly synnes I knowleche me gulti and biseche god Mer(ci).