This prymer of Salysbury vse is set out a long wout ony serchyng with many prayers, and goodly pyctures in the kale[n]der, in the matyns of our lady, in the houres of the crosse in the. vii. psalmes, and in the dyryge.

The forme of cōfessyon.

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••yrst I knowlege myselfe gylty vnto almy∣ghty god / vnto our lady saynt Mary / and to all the cōpany of heuen / and to you my goostly fa∣ther: that syth the tyme of my laste confessyon I haue offended my lorde god greuously / and special¦ly in the .vij. deedly synnes.

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•• Haue synned in pryde of herte / not lowly thā kynge god of gyf••es and cōnynge whiche he hath lent me. Also I haue synned in pryde of clo••tynge: in strength: in eloquēce: in beaute: in proud wordes. wherof I cry god mercy.

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Also I haue synned in enuy: herynge ••ny man more praysed than I or better cherysshed with his souerayne than I ••or he had more prosperyte than I / & whan I haue mysanswered myn euen crystē reioysynge. wherof I cry god mercy.

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•• Also I haue synned in wrathe: as in rigour of herte agaynst myn euen crysten: whether it were lytell mater or greate & for euery worde I wylled to be auēged on them & answered them with euyll wordes & ofte smyten them. wherof I cry god mer¦cy.

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•• Also I haue synned in slouthe•• and specially in heuynes of hert: and delyted me in idle though••es and ymagynacyons of the worlde & my flesshe / not thankynge god of his benefyte neyther beynge sory for my synnes nor occupyed mys••lfe in good

prayers nor holy meditacyons for the conforte o•• my soule: wherof I cry god mercy.

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••Also I haue synned in couetyse by vnlefull desy¦red of worldly goodes in misspēdynge & vnreasona¦bly kepynge of theym: & I haue ouermoche desyred welth & prosperite & more worldly worshhyp & ry∣chesse than I had / & grutched at trybulacyons / ad¦uersyte and pouerte: wherof I cry god mercy.

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••Also I haue synned in glotony by vnreasonable lustes of metes & drynkes / more for flesshely luste than for bodyly sustenaūce / and I haue done gret•• excesse of metes & drynkes so that nature myght not ber it wherby I was the worse dysposed to s••r¦ue my lorde god & the more styred to synne / wrath and wretchednes: wherof I cry god mercy.

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••Also I haue synned in lechery / by foule tou••chyng by tought of fylthy lustes & vnclēnes / som tyme in dede done / in pollucyons & felynge of m•• owne flesshe / also in syght of vyrgyns and vydo••wes. &c. wherof I cry god mercy.

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••Also I haue synned in brekynge of the .x. cōma∣undementes. I haue not loued my lorde god abou•• all thynge nor my neyghbour as my selfe. I hau•• customably sworne by my lorde god / by his name in vayne / by his swete body & his sayntes all. I h••¦ue not halowed the feestes & holy dayes cōmaun••ded by the chyrche. I haue not done dewe reuerēce to my fader & moder / nor to my goostly fader / nor fo¦lowed theyr techinge. I haue synned ī backbytyn¦ge myn euen cristen / in appayrynge of theyr good name & defylynge them with my wordes. I haue harmed my neygbours takynge theyr goodes aga∣ynst theyr wyll by wronge. I haue synned f••lesshe¦ly

with persones that ben wedded & other moo & more wolde yf myght haue had tyme & place I ha¦ue borne fals wytnes agaynst myn euen christen. I haue coueyted to haue my neyghbours wyfe / doughter or seruaunt and wolde yf I had myght. I haue inordynatly coueyted the goodes of my neyghbours contrary to the lawes of god: whe∣rof I cry god mercy.

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••Ferthermore I haue synned in myspendyng of my .v. wyttes that is to say / in syght of eyen / tastyn¦ge of mouth / herynge of eres / smellynge of nose / touchynge of handes & fete and with other mēbres of the body: wherof I cry god mercy.

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••Also I haue synned ī not fulfyllynge of the .vij. werkes of mercy bodyly by wyll / power & dede. I haue not clothed the naked. I haue not gyuē dryn¦ke to the thyrsty. I haue not ••edde the hūgry. I ha¦ue not visited the prisoners & the seke. I haue not departed of my goodes to the poore. I haue not harboured the harborlesse. I haue not buryed the deed accordyng to the commaundementes of god: wherof I cry god mercy.

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••Also I haue synned in not fulfyllyng the .vij. werkes of mercy spirytuall. I haue not gyuen cō¦seyle to them that had nede. I haue not taugh the ignoraūt. I haue not discretly correcked thē that had offended. I haue not conforted thē that haue ben in heuynes. I haue not forgyued them that haue mysdone or myssayd by me. I haue not pacy∣ently suffred them that haue reproued me. I haue not deuoutly prayed to god for my neyghbour tot gyue hym grace to amēde his synfull lyuynge and continue in vertue.

¶The 〈…〉〈…〉 holy goost.

••Also I haue not vsed the gyftes of the holy goost

to the honour of god: as the gyfte of vnderstādyn¦ge: the gyfte of wysdome: the gyfte of coūseyle: the gyfte of sciēce: the gyfte of strength: the gyfte of py¦te: and the gyfte of drede. whero•• I cry god mercy.

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Also I haue not gyuen thankes to our lorde for the .vij. sacramētes. As the sacramēt of baptym: of cōfirmacyon: of penaunce: of the body of our lor∣de: of wedlocke of preest hode: & of enelynge. whe∣rof beynge repentaunt I cry god mercy.

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Also I haue not disposed me to the .viij. beatitu¦des: as pouerte of spiryte: perfyte mekenes ī aduer¦syte: perfyte mekenes in prosperyte: lust of ryght wysnesse: perfyte mercy: clennesse of hert: peas in desyre ioyfull suffraunce of persecucyon in the cau¦se of vertue. wherof I cry god mercy.

Of these & all other: knowen & not knowē that euer I dyde syth I was borne vnto this daye I as¦ke god mercy: and moost mercyfull lorde god I yel¦de me gylty vnto the and vtterly put me vnto thy grace / pyte / and mercy: and I praye you my goo∣stly fa••er to be bettwene my synne & me that god of his mercy forgyue me for this lowely cōfessyon that I may be free fro my goostly ennemy and op¦tayn the endles blysse that god hath bought me to I deo deprecor. &c.