The interpretacyon, and sygnyfycacyon of the Masse Here begynneth a good deuoute boke to the honoure of god, of our lady his mother, [and] of all sayntes, and ryght profytable to all good Catholyke persones, to knowe howe they shall deuoutly here masse. And how salutaryly they shal confesse them. And how reuerently and honourably they shall go to the holy sacrament or table of our sauyour Ihesu chryste, with dyuerse other profytable documents and oraysons or prayers here conteyned, composed and ordeyned by frere Gararde, frere mynoure, of the ordre of the Obseruauntes.

¶ The .xvii. Chapytre / yf it be requysy∣te that the man here and vnderstan¦de the wordes of the masse.

AFter Canon lawe / it is cō¦maunded to all chrysten peo¦ple to here masse / howe be it the preest doth somtyme rede so lowe: that those whiche be but a lytell from hym can not here nor vn∣derstande the wordes of the masse. Wherfo∣re the doctours do saye / that it is suffycyent yf the man be present at the masse whyther he here and vnderstande the wordes or no. And whyther he be farre of or nere / so that he be present: and it is suffycyent yf he do se the preest. But yf there be any that vnder∣stande Latyn / he maye go nere to the aulter whan the preest dothe rede the holy gospell to here it. Therfore many symple folkes do euyll / whiche do make noyse and rumoure in rennynge here and there whan the preest doth lyft our lorde / and do trouble both the preest and other persones of theyr deuocyon. He that can not se our lorde without rēnyn¦ge

here and there and troublynge other fol∣kes / he shall tourne his face to the preest / in castynge his iyes deuoutely towardes the grounde thynkynge with the Publycane / whiche beynge farre of in the temple / dyde esteme hym selfe that he was not worthy / to lyft vp his iyes in to heuen: but knockyn¦ge on his brest sayd. O good lorde haue mer¦cy of me poore synner / for the synner shall oft tymes cast his iyes towardes the groun¦de by humylyte / whan the preest doth lyft our lorde in the masse / estemynge hym selfe not to be worthy to beholde the holy & blys∣sed sacrament with his iyes.