[Here begynneth a lytell treatyse called, the (myrrour or lokynge glasse of lyfe) for co[m]fortyng of the soule]

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[Here begynneth a lytell treatyse called, the (myrrour or lokynge glasse of lyfe) for co[m]fortyng of the soule]
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[London? :: R. Wyer,
1532?]
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Consolation -- Early works to 1800.
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"[Here begynneth a lytell treatyse called, the (myrrour or lokynge glasse of lyfe) for co[m]fortyng of the soule]." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A01378.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 21, 2024.

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¶ Hocest vt vnum. Deum in trinitate / et trinitas in vnitate veneremur.

I Shall loue my selfe to god warde / & I shall endeuer my selfe to abstayne from all synne / as nere as I may / & specyally from synnes deedly / whiche be dampnable.

¶ I shall not be proude / nor enuyous / nor wrothfull to no creature.

¶ I shall not be no gloton / nor lecherous / nor slowthfull in no wyse.

¶ I shall not be couetous / nor desyryng su perfluyte of worldly goodes.

¶ And all eueyll company I shal esche we and flee as nere as I can.

¶ I shall applye me vnto vertuous ope∣racyons & werkys / and in cōnynge as nere as god shall gyue me grace to my power.

¶ I shall apply my selfe to prayer / & specy ally on the holy dayes.

¶ Also I shall lyue alway temperat and sober of my mouth and worde.

¶ I shall fast the dayes cōmaunded in cry

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stes churche.

¶ I shall withstande my carnall mynde▪ from foule and vnclene thoughtes.

¶ I shall kepe my mouth from swerynge / lyenge / and fowle spekynge of fylthy wor des and vnhonest.

¶ I shall vse my handes from stelyng •…•…y bynge or pykynge.

¶ And thynges stolen away I shall resto re agayne.

¶ And thyng•…•… founde I shal yelde agayn to the owner as nere as I may.

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