Of god [et] man but with out.

Of god & man but with out p••••itence And cōfession with fylth and v…… Of dedely synnys presumyth to accede Vn to the holy mysterise in dede He etith & drynkith his dome to hym for sothe ••che dedely synner that cursidly so dothe But we therfore that many day before with confession of oure synnes soore with penitence are chastysid & made thynne with leane lent and fast ageyn oure synne with almesse doyng & bitter teris wepyng And fro synnes sluggye & fro slepyng Are cleney wasshe with outyn foul enfection Than in the day of holy resurrection Of oure lorde we to his borde accede In feyth catholique with flessh & blode vs fede Of the vnspottyd lambe of crist iesu Not vn to dome but to encrese of vertu we it teceyue to remission of synne Finally the blisse of heuyn to wynne That is callid helthfull beatitude It for to take with the hoole multitude Of ioy & blisse to alle oure reparation we take this fest as to oure preparation And thus my frendes it nedith you to do These textis and resons for to cōsent vn to whan this peple in general had {per}ceyuid The qwenys word{is} & specially cōceyuid These textis holy & trew exposition Her wyse word{is} of trew humble cōdition They coude answere in no maner wyse

For ripe sentence with wordis ware & wise But when they knew the chirchis institution•• Frō thens forwarde to thexecutions Of holy chirchis rite & gouernaunce They toke to them this gentil obseruaunce In parceyuing of this helthful mystery And kept it forth with conscience good & mery

Preterea in aliquibus locis. &c.

ANd in scotland also in dyuers plac{is} Men ther were I trowe for lakke of grac{is} Ageyn holy chirchis cōsuetude That vsid to sey myss that peple rude with out the chirchis powere & licence Abhoiable was this insolence The which mysse vse this blessid holy qwene In that erroure in no wyse wolde sustene In goddis cause she sette her hert on fire with al her study it was her hole desire For to destroye & bryng to nowght y^t rite That after ward none durst in soyl nō site So presume or of that fecte appere In alle the londe of scott{is} ferr ne new Also they vsid ayens the reuerence Of holy sonday ageyn cristys cōplacence In seruile werk{is} to be laborious But the qwene deuout & vertuous She wyd theyr defaut by autorite And by reson to ech in his degre Seyeng thus that crist{is} holy day

which is sonday was ordeynyd this is no nay For crist{is} high blessid resurrection That euery cristen man shuld haue affection It to haue in laude & veneration That we shuld do noo werk nor operation That were seruile for fro seruilite Of the fende his bondage & pooste we were bought as wel we knowyn alle Thus are we fre after that we were thralle That day we shuld be deuout & holy Kepyng vs fro nycete synne & foly This affermyth the pope seynt gregory wher he seyth thus in his deuout story In the sonday no man put hym in prease Fro seruile werk{is} but fro that labowr cease Insist to prayer in al maner wise In gostly labour shuld he so deuise That if owght of vice and insolence By six dayes before of necligence In the hole weke it happynyd to be done That in sonday that cometh after sone Of cristis risyng shuld be expiation Clene by praier{is} in gostly consolation And seynt Gregor the pope & holy clerk A certeyn man for an erthly werk Done on sonday espied in probation He smote with cursyng & strait increpation with hert blamyng & them that hym also So conseylid & styrid hym ther to He Iugid them for to be denouncid By .ii. moneth is cursid it was {pro}nouncid

In opyn chirch this was his decre Til it was correcte it wold no other be whan the resons of the qwene deuout wel autorisid were thus brought about They were cōcludid & cowd not ageyn say But that they must kepe holy the sonday Fro werk seruile & so they did in deede Fro thens forward the better for to spede And forther more vnleful mariag{is} Of stepmodres had yey in vsag{is} And that a man shulde wedde his brotheris wife Aftir that he was passid fro this life These were vsed & therfor the qwene These cursid vses she coude not sustene And seyd that all feythful peple must Her cursid vse for sakyn & her lust And as dethe such mariage escheu And to good vse conforme them in vertue And in that lond were many thing{is} mo Of wikkid rite & cursid vse also Ageyn the chirchis goodely ordynance which in that counsel by her gouernance were adnullyd dāpuyd & cassate And fro thoo bowndes fully extirpate Out of the realme by her prouidence Such was her witte prudence & sapiens

Explicit scða distinctio & incipit tertia Cum enim de salute. &c.