The rule of saynt Augustyne, bothe in latyn and englysshe, with two exposicyons. And also the same rule agayn onely in englysshe without latyn or exposicyon The tra[n]slatour doth aduyse [and] cou[n]seyll all the disciples of this rule to bere alway one of these bokes upo[n] them syth they ben so portatyue, [and] may be had for so small a pryce.
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- The rule of saynt Augustyne, bothe in latyn and englysshe, with two exposicyons. And also the same rule agayn onely in englysshe without latyn or exposicyon The tra[n]slatour doth aduyse [and] cou[n]seyll all the disciples of this rule to bere alway one of these bokes upo[n] them syth they ben so portatyue, [and] may be had for so small a pryce.
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- Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo.
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- [Imprynted at London :: In Fletestrete, at the sygne of the Sonne, by me Wynkyn de Worde,
- The yere of our lorde god.M.CCCCC.xxv. the xxviij. daye of Nouember] [1525]
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"The rule of saynt Augustyne, bothe in latyn and englysshe, with two exposicyons. And also the same rule agayn onely in englysshe without latyn or exposicyon The tra[n]slatour doth aduyse [and] cou[n]seyll all the disciples of this rule to bere alway one of these bokes upo[n] them syth they ben so portatyue, [and] may be had for so small a pryce." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/B11254.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 16, 2024.
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¶ To stretche out ye necke is a sygne of pryde. If he∣uen were not a place cōuenyent for ye proude aūgels / how may the monastery be a place cōuenyent for ony proude persone. For though ye place of relygyous per∣sones be holy / the habyte holy / the werkes / exercyses and maner of lyuȳge holy / yet a lytell patche of pryde marreth all togyder / destroyeth all / loseth all / and ma¦keth all without {pro}fyte or meryte / & therfore note well the cōmune prouerbe / pryde hath a fall.* 1.1 wherfore the prophete prayed vnto our lord.* 1.2 Non veniat mihi pes su{per}bie. Good lorde (sayth he) let me neuer haue a fote of pryde. An euyll metall is pryde to make a fote of / & therfore the prophete shewed why he axed yt peticyon lest he shold slyppe & fall.* 1.3 Quia ibi ceciderūt: qui ope∣rant{ur} iniqitatē. For there (sayth he) done they fall that done werke iniquite & synne.* 1.4 Expulsi sūt / nec potue∣rūt stare. They were euer and euer shall be expelled & put out of all places of pleasure / bycause they had no myght nor power by theyr owne frowardnes to stan¦de & byde in perfeccyon: from heuen the aūgell / & man frō paradyse fell by pryde. Than fye on pryde fye. For therby all ye werkes & exercyses of religyon ben made nought / & clene wtout profyte. And contrary the same werkes & labours what so euer they be / ben by meke¦nes very {pro}fytable & moche merytoryous. For ye meke persones / ben ye scolers of our lorde. Scripture sayth. Docebit mites vias suas.* 1.5 He wyll teche ye meke per∣sones his wayes. And in an other place. Amittit fon¦tes in cōuallibus. He sendeth out foūtaynes of fresshe water in the valeys / that is to saye / he gyueth grace vnto meke persones. For they lose not theyr good la∣bours / bycause they put not from them the keper and
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nourysshers of al vertues / that is mekenes.* 1.6 And for by¦cause (after ye gospell) they syt in ye lowest place / & (af∣ter ye prophete) they chose to be as abiectes in ye hous of our lorde. Therfore doth he exalte them / and make them honourable. So he promysed in ye gospell.* 1.7 Oīs qui se exaltat: humiliabit. Et qi se humiliat: exaltabit. Euery persone yt exalteth hymselfe / shall be brought lowe. And who yt done make themselfe meke & lowe / shall be exalted. And in an other place.* 1.8 Almyghty god doth resyst & withstande proude persones. And vnto ye meke he gyueth his grace. And thus an ende of the fyrst chapytre of the rule & the exposicyon therof.
Amen.
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* 1.1
Nota.
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* 1.2
psal. xxxv
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* 1.3
psal. xxxv
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* 1.4
psal. xxxv
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* 1.5
•…•…sal. xxiiij psal. ciij.
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* 1.6
Lu. xiiij. {pre}s. lxxxiij
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* 1.7
Lu. xviij
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* 1.8
Iaco. v.