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.

Pages

Dyspysynge of preysynge.

Dispyse þou cheryschynge, preysynge and fauoure of peplys; stodye raþer to be good þen to seme good; take noon hede who preyseþ þee, or who dyspyseþ þee, leste preysynge dysceyue þee, or blamynge lete þee. If þou sette not be preysynge, lyȝtely þou schalt sette bysydys þe blamynge. þerfor suppose not þi-selfe good, þouȝ þou be holde goode in oþer mennys tungges; aske þin owen conscience, deme þi-selfe by þin owne dome, and not by oþer mennys speche but in þin owne mynde enscherche þi-selfe; þere may noman knowe better what þou arte, þen þou þat knoweste þi-selfe; what profyteþ [it] þee, syþen þou arte a schrewe, to be hoolde goode?