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.

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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.
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Gherit, van der Goude, fl. 1507.
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[London :: Imprynted by me Robert Wyer, dwellynge at the sygne of saynt Iohn Eua[n]gelyste, in saynt Martyns parysshe in the felde, in the bysshop of Norwytche rentes, besyde Charynge crosse,
In the yere of our Lorde God a. M. CCCCC. xxxii. The .xiiii. daye of the moneth of Octobre] [1532]
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Mass -- Early works to 1800.
Lord's Supper -- Catholic Church -- Early works to 1800.
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"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." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A68080.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 16, 2024.

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¶ The .xxiiii. Chapytre / what thynge a man shall rede whan he cōmeth fyr∣ste before the holy sacrament.

¶ Orayson.

O Blissed and mercyfull lord Ihesu chryste / I cōmende this daye in the presence of thy holy body and at all ty∣mes: my soule and my body by the vertue of thy holy natyuyte: thy blys¦sed crosse / and sharpe and bytter passyon / &

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thy gloryous resurreccyon. O father euerla¦stynge god almyghty / thou arte the begyn∣nynge and the ende of all creatures / thou art the waye and the trueth and the helth of al men. O father euerlastynge / I crye and call pryncypally vnto the for my helpe & ayde / by the vertue of the holy sacrament / to the entent that thou wylt defende me frō all thynge that may be hurtfull to the helth of my soule. Albeit that I am a poore syn∣ner / Yet neuerthelesse I am thy vnwor∣thy creature / redemed and delyuered by the precyous blode of thy sone. And I byle∣ue stedfastly in the: wherfore good lorde de∣fende me alwayes from all perylles and daūgers of myne enemyes vysyble and in∣uysyble / and from all venom and poyson in metes and drynkes / from shame and so∣dayne deth / by the vertue of the holy sacra∣ment / in the whiche I put all my hope and byleue. O holy and most worthy sacramēt in the which be vnyed ī godhed / the father / the sone / and the holy ghost / thou dost exalt all that do crye and call vnto the and that do byleue in the. Therfore exalte me nowe specyally in all that is necessary & helthful for my soule / & that from hensforth I maye accomplysshe and fulfyll thy wyll.

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