Here begynneth the rule of seynt Benet

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Here begynneth the rule of seynt Benet

Author

Benedict, Saint, Abbot of Monte Cassino.

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[[London] :: Imprinted (by the co[m]au[n]dement of the reuerend faher i god, Richard Bishope of Winchester) by me Rycharde Pynson printer vnto the kynges noble grace,

[1517]]

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Monasticism and religious orders -- Rules -- Early works to 1800.

Benedictine movement (Anglican Communion) -- Early works to 1800.

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Contents

• frontispiece
• preface
• text
  • ¶In the name of the Trinite / Here ensueth the {pro}logue of the rule of the blacke monk{is} & minchins / made by the moost religiouse fader seynt Be∣net / whiche in the begynnīge of the sayde prologue sayth thus.
• ¶Here beginneth the rule of our holy fader seynt Benet.
  • ¶The first chapiter treateth of .iiii. maner of monkes.
  • ¶The seconde chapiter treateth of what qualites an Abbasse ought to be.
  • ¶The .iii. chapiter treateth / howe and when the abbasse shall aske counsell of hir susters.
  • ¶The .iiii. chapiter treateth of the instrumentes of good workes
  • ¶Here foloweth the .v. chapiter which treateth of thobedience of Minchins.
  • ¶The .vi. chapiter treateth of silence and sobernesse in wordes.
  • ¶The .vii. chapiter treateth of humilite.
    • ¶The firste degre of humilite
  • ¶The .viii. chapiter treateth of the diuine seruyce by nyght.
  • ¶The .ix. chapiter treateth what psalmes shal∣be sayd at the nocturnes in the wynter tyme.
  • ¶The .x. chapiter treateth of the diuine seruice by nyght in the so∣mer tyme.
  • ¶The .xi. chapiter sheweth howe the Nocturnes shalbe sayde vp∣pon the sondayes.
  • ¶The .xii. chapiter treateth howe the matyns whiche we call the laudes / shalbe sayd vppon the sondaye.
  • ¶The .xiii. chapiter treateth howe matyns or laudes shalbe sayd vpon the feryall dayes.
  • ¶The .xiiii. chapiter treateth howe the nocturne shalbe sayd vpon sayntes dayes.
  • ¶The .xv. chapiter treateth what tymes alleluya shalbe sayde.
  • ¶The .xvi. chapiter treateth howe diuine seruyce on the daytyme shalbe sayd.
  • ¶The .xvii. chapiter treateth what psalmes shalbe sayde at diuine ser∣uice in the daytyme.
  • ¶The .xviii. chapiter treateth by what order the same psalmes shalbe sayde.
  • ¶The .xix. chapiter treateth of the doctrine of syngynge.
  • ¶The .xx. chapiter treateth of the reuerence that ought to be had in prayers.
  • ¶The .xxi. chapiter treateth of the deanes of the monastery.
  • ¶The .xxii. chapiter treateth in what maner Mynchyns shall take their reste and slepe.
  • ¶The .xxiii. chapiter treateth of excōmunicacion.
  • ¶The .xxiiii. chapiter treateth of the maner of excōmunicacion.
  • ¶The .xxv. chapiter treateth of the offen∣ses that be mooste greuouse.
  • ¶The .xxvi. chapiter treateth of them that accompany with excōmunicat persons.
  • ¶The .xxvii. chapiter treateth howe the Abbasse muste be diligent aboute the susters excōmunicate.
  • ¶The .xxviii. chapiter treateth of them that amēde not them selfe after due warnyng{is} and monicions.
  • ¶The .xxix. chapiter treateth / whether that susters which haue departed or be put out of the monastery / shalbe receyued agayn.
  • ¶The .xxx. chapiter treateth howe mynchins beinge chyldren shalbe corrected.
  • ¶The .xxxi. chapiter treateth of the Selleresse and hir offyce.
  • ¶The .xxxii. chapiter treateth of the ke∣pynge and occupyenge of the goodes of the monasterye.
  • ¶The .xxxiii. chapiter treateth of proprietie.
  • ¶The .xxxiiii. chapiter sheweth whether euery Mynchyn shall equally receyue the thynges that be necessary for them /
  • ¶The .xxxv. chapitre treateth of the wekely kychynners.
  • ¶The .xxxvi. chapiter treateth of syke susters.
  • ¶The .xxxvii. chapiter treateth of olde men and children.
  • ¶The .xxxviii. chapiter treateth of the wekely reder.
  • ¶The .xxxix. chapiter treateth of the mesure of meate.
  • ¶The .xl. chapiter treateth of the measure of drynke.
  • ¶The .xli. chapiter sheweth at what houres the susters shall take their refection.
  • ¶The .xlii. chapiter sheweth that after complayne all the Sisters shall kepe silence.
  • ¶The .xliii. chapiter is of them that cōme late to the seruice of god and to grace byfore they goo to mete.
  • ¶The .xliiii. chapiter treateth of those that be excōmunicat / howe they shall do satisfaction.
  • ¶The .xlv. chapiter treateth of theym that doth amysse in the quere.
  • ¶The .xlvi. chapiter treateth of thoos which in any maner of other thynges doo offende
  • ¶The .xlvii. chapiter treateth of thappoyntment of the houre of diuine seruice
  • ¶The .xlviii. chapiter speketh of dayly hande laboure.
  • ¶The .xlix. chapiter treateth of the obseruing of lent.
  • ¶The .l. chapiter speketh of susters that labourth farre from the quere.
  • ¶The .li. chapiter speketh of susters whiche goith forth / but no ferre Iorney.
  • ¶The .lii. chapiter treateth of the quere of the monastery.
  • ¶The .liii. chapiter treateth of hospitalite and the maner of receyuinge of gestes.
  • ¶The .liiii. chapiter sheweth that a mynchin ought not to receyue letters or tokyns.
  • ¶The .lv. chapiter treateth of the rayment of the myn∣chins and the houses of office belongyng to the same.
  • ¶The .lvi. chapiter treateth of the table of thabbasse.
  • ¶The .lvii. chapiter treath of the artificers of the monastery.
  • ¶The .lviii. chapiter treateth of the maner & forme of the receyuinge of susters into the monastery.
  • ¶The .lix. Chapiter treateth of the children of noble men and poure men.
  • ¶The .lx. chapiter treateth of seculer prestes that desyre to entre into religion in any monastery.
  • ¶The .lxi. chapiter treateth of mynchyns Straungers.
  • ¶The .lxii. chapiter treateth of monkes {pro}moted to presthod after their {pro}fession in the monastery.
  • ¶The .lxiii. chapiter speketh of the ordre of the couēt.
  • ¶The .lxiiii. chapiter treateth of the elecciō of thabbasse.
  • ¶The .lxv. chapiter she with of the proueste or priores of the monastery.
  • ¶The .lvi. chapiter treateth of the porters of the monastery.
  • ¶The .lxvii. chapiter treateth of bretherne sent forth in iorney.
  • ¶The .lviii. chapiter treateth what is to be doone if impossible thinges be inioyned to a suster.
  • ¶The .lxix. chapiter cōmaūdeth that oon presume not in the monastery to defende a nother.
  • ¶The .lxx. chapiter cōmaundeth that none presume to bete a nother.
  • ¶The .lxxi. chapiter sheweth that susters be obedient eche to other.
  • ¶The .lxxii. chapiter treateth of good zele whiche mynchins ought to haue.
  • ¶The laste chapiter sheweth all obseruacion of Iustice is cōteigned in this rule.
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