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ende. Amen.
¶ A prayer full profytable to them that shal saye masse / & here masse /
or to them that shall be houseled & comunyed / and besyde for all other
that ben on lyue or deed.
Ihesu my lorde god / my loue & oonly comforte / the whiche as preest
moost hyghe & synguler bysshop offered thyself to god thy fader / an
hoste & sacrefyce moost clene & vndefouled on the crosse for our gylte
& redempcyon / & hath gyuen it vnto vs / & lefte it in remêbraûce of
thy grete charyte / deth / & passyon / and therwith hast cõmaunded vs
to ete / & cõmone this gloryous sacrament of thy blessyd body ymade
wonderfully by the vertue of the holy goost for our dayly helth / freelte
/ & transgressyon. wherfore blessyd Iesu / to the be laude and
praysynge worlde withouten end. Amen. ¶ And for as moche that by
the holy ordynaunce the consecracyon therof & offerynge vp to thy
hyghe mageste for the quycke and deed oonly belongeth to the order of
preesthode. For thy good lorde of thy grete pyte & grace. Make thy
seruaût or seruaûtes. ¶ here name ye whom ye wyll that shall saye
masse. N. and all other preestes clene in body and soule. And delyuer
them of all vnclene / wycked vayne / and noysom thoughtes / and
strengthe them ayenst all theyr enemyes / and vs also with thy gloryous
angelles / and confounde all suche that pursuen them and vs / and
wolde make vs to perysshe fynally. ¶ Ihesu kyng of virgyns / & louer of

chastyte. Remembre how frele that our substaûce & nature is / & be
mercyfull vnto them & vs as fader / lorde / & god / after thy grete
mercy & for thy bytter passyon. For to the is oonly appropered to be
mercyfull / without whiche no creature may be saued. Beholde swete
Ihesu that our wyll is to worshyp the / & prayse the in the best maner
that we can or may / and lyke as [thou] haste begonne with vs here / so
make vs to contynue in thyn laude & seruyce euerlastynge. And where
it is so that they knowleche themself vnable to do this heuenly mystery.
For thy good lorde Ihesu / by thy grace make them able / the whiche of
synners haste made full often and dayly makest holy sayntes. And gyue
them also thy drede & clennes of herte with the ryuer of teeres in all
spirytuell consolacyon. Make them to fele & vnderstande the swetnes
of thy blessyd presence / & the grete attendaunce of thy holy angelles
about hem at theyr celebracyons. Receyue mercyfull Ihesu this hyghe
& holy sacryfyce to the comfort of all [that] ben on lyue & deed / &
wouchesauf this daye [that] it be to vs & to all them a synguler
refresshynge & feest / that we so releued [with] this brede of lyue &
lambe Inmaculate / borne of the blessyd virgyn Mary may Ioye in thy
laude & glorye eternally. Thou saydest by thy holy mouth. The brede
[that] I shall gyve / my body it is / for the lyf of the worlde. Who that
eteth me / he shal lyue for me / & he abydeth in me / & I in hym. I am
the brede of lyf that came downe from heuen. He that eteth of this
brede shall lyue without ende. Now swete brede of lyfe make both them
& vs fele thy swetnes & loue forsakynge all vanytees. Come in to our
soules / & clense vs goostly & bodely / sanctefye vs Inwarde &
outwarde / & be a contynuell defence of soule & body / so that we may
come to thy kyngdome / there to be fedde of the with a meruaylous &
vnspekable sacyete. Where after we shall neuer haue hongre ne thurst /
seynge the than / not as we now do / in mysteryes & of ferre home / but
thenne shall we see the face to face in glorye with thy fader in vnyte of
the holy goost by all worldes Amen.
¶ Pater noster. Aue maria.
¶ Here foloweth a prayer to all sayntes / examyned and pardonned.
¶ Ad s[ancta]m mariã.

Gaude m[ater] saluatoris felix fide flos decor[is] Mundiq[ue] solacium
Nunc letare celi choris In hoc festo & languoris Nostri sis remedium
¶ Ad s[ancto]s angelos.
Gaude michael î hac die Gabriel raphaelq[ue] messie Angelo[rum]
ordines Vos precamur nobis pie Sitis causa melodie Supra celi cardines
¶ Ad Patriarchas et [pro]phetas.
Gaude ventre [pro]secrat[us] O baptista mire natus Sacer degens seculo
Patriarchis sociatus Et [pro]phetis. vite flatus Fac finire iubilo