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 .vi. Chapytre / howe and in what the man shall serche and examyne hym selfe / that worthely wyll go to the holy sacrament.

A Man that worthely wyll go to the holy sacrament he shal examyne dylygently his cō∣scyēce / in lyke case as he wol decyue and make a compte to a great lorde of many dettes. And to the entent that euery man whiche can not well confesse hym selfe maye knowe the maner howe to confesse hym / I wyll wryte a cō∣mon and a shorte maner / wherin al cōmon synnes be inclosed / in leuynge that whiche apperteyneth not to be wryten / to the entēt that some do not lerne that which they kno¦we not. And by this the man may lerne to cōfesse hym / in addynge & takynge awaye as his state and occupacyon doth requyre / or also after as his conscyence doth testyfye and moue hym: for it shulde not profyte nor be possyble to wryte all maner of synnes. Therfore the man shall prouyde hym of a

good confessoure in cōtynuynge with hym without rennynge from one to another / the whiche shall knowe his state and lyfe / to the entent that he may the better helpe hym in that that he shall haue forgoten and be ygnoraunt. And thou shall come in tyme to confessyon / so that thou be not last / and that thou maye haue space ynough to con∣fesse the / And whan thou doest confesse the a daye before / and thou doest remembre in the meane tyme any venyall syn̄es / it shal not nede to go agayne to confessyon / but to knocke vpon thy brest with cōtrycyon say∣enge. O good lorde haue mercy of me poore synner. And kepe the in as moche as thou can from vayne wordes / and carnall thoughtes and frequētacyons / and from brekyng thy pacyence one day after thou hast receyued the sacrament / and one daye before / for the dygnyte of the same.