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 fyfth Chapytre / yf it be more for the soule helthe / to here masse of a deuoute and vertuous preest / than of an euyll preest.

VPon this deuoute doctours do saye / that we maye speke of the masse in thre maners.

¶ Fyrst touchyng the holy sa¦crament of the blyssed body of oure lorde Ihesu chryste / the whiche is the most pryncypall in the masse. The masse is as good of an euyll preest as of a good / for the holy sacrament is not worse nor the ver¦tue therof dymynysshed by the euyll preest / nor better and of greatter vertue by reason of the good preest. Yet neuertheles the euyll preest beynge in synne doth receyue it to his dampnacyon.

¶ Secondaryly / a man may consydre / by what persone the masse is done and sayd / for yf it be sayd by the person / or vycare / or chaplayne of the churche / for other persones and not for hym selfe / than the masse is as good of an euyll preest / as of a good and a vertuous preest.

¶ Thyrdly a man maye speke of the masse touchynge the prayers and oraysons / the

whiche the preest sayth in the masse tyme / And than the masse sayd of a good and de∣uout preest is more better / than of a synner and an euyll preest.