¶ Of the seuen sacramentes of holy chyrche Capitulo lviij (Book 58)
THe fyrst is of bapteme oftimes by ygnoraunce or necly¦gence ben the sacramēts of holy chyrche mesprised & euyll doon therfore we shal saye som what for the symple peple Bap¦tesme is the fyrst sacrament & euery persone in nede may bap∣tise and custene and is of as grete auayll. as yf the prest had ba¦ptised soo that these wordes that folowe be sayd / I baptyse the in the name of the fader and of the sone and of the holy gho¦ost and the persone that shal saye these wordes muste caste the water vpon the child and non other and he muste saye the wor¦des in castyng the water and yf in peull of childyng the hede of the chylde appere and yf a persone baptyse that it is verely criste¦ned For in the hede of the chyld ben the v wyttes of nature and yf ony other membre appere and not the hede / And it be criste∣ned we hope that our lord acomplisshyth the baptesme and per¦formeth that whyche humayne persone may not doo. and yf the chyld be born and haue lyf the preest ought to baptyse it sa∣yeng yf thou art not baptised I baptyse the in the name of the fader and of the sone and of the holy ghoost / Thou oughtest to knowe that wyth wyne wyth veriuse. rose water olyue wa∣ter. or wyth ony other lycour it may not be baptysed but it by∣houeth that it be natural water