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.

Publication

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.

Pages

Off paciencye.

Be more redy to suffre dysese, þen to do yt. Be pacyent, be meke, be softe, be esy. Kepe pacyence in alle þinges, kepe softenes, kepe mekenes. Sette byfore a scharpe worde þe schylde of sufferaunce, and þouȝ eny man sterre þe to wraþe, þouȝ he whette þee, þouȝ he chyde þee, þouȝ he blame þe, þouȝ he repreue þee, þouȝ he do wronge to þee: be þou stylle, holde þi pees, sette not þere-by, speke not a worde þere-aȝens; for by sylence þou schalte þe sonner ouercome.