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.
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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 June 5, 2024.

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Off chastyte.

Be þou not defoulyd wiþ eny vnclennes, be þou not spotted þoruȝe eny luste; lete lechyrye growe no more in þe. ¶ Chastyte ioyneþ a man to god, to chastyte ys byhyte þe kyngdome of heuen. Yf þou ȝite fele the styryngges of þi flesche, yf þou ȝite be touched wiþ pryckenges of þi flesshe, yf þou ȝite be styryd wiþ þe suggestyon of luste, yf þe mynde of lecherye tykylle ȝite þi wylle, yf þi flesshe ȝite fyȝte aȝens þe, yf lecherye ȝit tempteþ þe, and yf luste ȝit styreþ the to synne: sette byfore þee þe mynde of deeþ, putte byfore þee þe day ofe þi deeþ, sette byfore þinne yȝen þe ende of þi lyf, putte byfore þee þe streyte dome þat is to come, putte byfore þee þe hard tormentys þat ben to come, sette byfore þee þe euerlastynge fyer of helle, putte byfore þee þe orryble peynes of helle.

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