¶Of a lityl rehersyng of thī¦ges said before / & of makyng of offryng that shold be offryd to god / Caplm xxiii. (Book 23)
NOw I haue tolde the fyrst of ende whiche thou shalt beholde in thy desire / & drawe to¦ward it as nygh as thou may / Also I haue said the of the be¦gyn̄yng what y• nedeth for to haue / as mekenes siker trouth / & an hole entēt to god / vpō the whiche groūde thou shalt sette thy ghostly hous by prayer & by meditacōn & other ghostly ver¦tues / Then̄e say I to the th{us} / pray thou or thinke thou. or oni other dede that thou doost gode by grace / or bad by thyn owne freilte / or what that thou felist seest or herest: smellest or saue rest wythoutforth in thy bodily wyttes / or wythin in ymagi¦nacōn knowyng or felyng in thy resō / bryng it all wythin y• trouth & the rules of holy chirche / & cast al in ye morter of me∣kenes / and breke it smalle wyth the pestell of drede of god / & thrugh the powder of al this in the fyre of desyre / & offre it so to god / and I telle y• forsoth wel shal that offryng lyke in the syghte of thy lord Ihū / and swete shall the smoke of that fy∣re smelle to the face of thy lorde Ihesu / This is for to saye /