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 a-vowe made.

Do þe good þat þou haste be-hote; be not lyȝte in worde and harde in dede. Þou schalte be myche gylty to god, yf þou ȝeelde not þat þat þou haste a-vowede; þei dysplesen god þat fulfylen not her avowys; þey ben a-counted amonges heþen men þat performen not her avowys. I seye not of avowes þat ben yuelle, but good; ffor yf þou þoruȝ þin owne folye haste made a fonned avowe, þoruȝ þe doome of a dyscrete man be yt wysely turned in to good.