Here begynneth the pystles and gospels, of euery Sonday, and holy daye in the yere

¶ The Pystel on saynt Thomas day of Canterbury the. v. chap̄. to the Hebre. A

BRethren euery hye Preest that his takē from among mē ys ordeyned for mē / in thynges {per}∣taynynge to god / to offre gyftes & sacryfyces for syn∣nes whichcā haue ••passyō on the ygnoraūte / & on thē that are out of the hye waye bycause that he hī selfe also his ••passed with infirmyte for the which ī firmi∣tes sake he is boūde to offre for syn̄es / as well for his owne parte / as for the peoples. No man taketh ho∣noure vnto hym selfe but / he that is called of god / as was Aarō / euē so lyke wyse chryst honored hym self that he myght be the hye preest / but he gloryfyed hī that sayde vnto hym. Thou arte my sone / this daye begat I the / as he also in another place speaketh.

Thou art a preest for euer after the ordre of melchi sedech.

¶ The gospell on saynt thomas daye of Canterbury. The. xix. chap̄. of Luke. B

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IEsus put forthe a parable vnto his disciples sayenge. A certay∣ne noble mā wēt in to a farre coūtre / to receaue him a kyngdom & then to come agayne / he callede his tē seruaū∣tes / & delyuered them ten poūde sayēg vnto thē. Bye & sell tyl I come. But hys cytesens hated hī / & sente messen gers after hym sayenge we wyll nat haue this man to raygne ouer vs / & it came to passe when he was come agayne & had receaued his kyng∣dome he cōmaūded his seruaūtes to be called to him to whome he gaue his money / to wytte what euery mā had done. Then came the fyrst sayēge / lorde / thy poūde hath encreaseth ten poūde / & he saydvnto hym well good seruaūt / because thou waste faythfull in a very lytell thynge / take thou auctoryte ouer ten cyti¦es: and the other cā sayēg lorde. Thy poūde hath en creased fyue pounde & to the same he sayde. And be thou also ruler ouer fyne cyties. And the thyrde came & sayd lorde / beholde here thy poūde which I haue kept in a napki for I feared the bycause thou arte a streyghte mā / thou takeste vp that thou laydeste nat downe and repest that thou dydest nat sowe. And he sayde to hī of thyn owne mouthe iudge I the. Thou euyll seruaūre / knewest thou nat that I am a strayte mā / takynge vp that I layde nat downe & repynge that I dyd nat sowe: wherfore thē gauest nat thou my money ī to the banke: & then at my cōmynge I myght haue reqⁱred myne owne vauntage: & he sayd to thē that stode by. Take frō him that poūde & gyue it hym that hath tene poūde. And they sayde to hym Lorde he hath ten poūde. I saye vnto you / that vnto

all them that haue it shall be gyuē. And frō hym that hath nat / euen that he hathe / shall be taken awaye frō hym. Moreouer those myn enemyes: whiche would nat that I shoulde raygne ouer thē / brynge hyther & sle them before me / And when he had thus spokē / he {pro}ceded forth before thē. And went vp so to Ierusalē