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 June 5, 2024.

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Off yuel þouȝttys.

Euery day ransake þin herte, euery day examyne þin herte; kepe þi soule fro synnefulle þouȝte, and lette not foule þouȝte ouer-þrowe þi mynde. Whan a

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schrewed þouȝte towecheþ þee, consent not to hyt; kylle þe serpent whane he fyrste apereþ, trede a-downe þe serpentys hede, ¶ caste vnder foote þe bygynnynge of yuelle suggestyon or styrynge to synne, amend synne þere w[h]ere yt is knowen. In þe bygynnynge wiþstond a schrewde þouȝte, and þou schalte ascape welle the remenaunte.

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