Companion to the English prose works of Richard Rolle : a selection / from the edition by Carl Horstman.

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Title
Companion to the English prose works of Richard Rolle : a selection / from the edition by Carl Horstman.
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 May 23, 2024.

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Off conscience.

There may no man flee hym-selfe, & þouȝ an opene fame harme þe not, [yit] þin owne conscience dampneþ þee; ffor þere ys no peyne gretter þen ys pryckynge of conscience. If þou woldeste neuer be sorye, lyue welle; a syker conscyence suffereþ esylye heuynes, a good lyuer haþ euermore ioye; þe conscience of a synnefulle man ys euermore in peyne, a gylty soule ys neuermore syker; neyþer wounde neiþer deeþ schalle fere þe, yf þou lyue welle and treuely.

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