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¶ Ad Apostolos et euangelistas.
Gaude petre cû sodali Paulo. cristo speciali Lucens orbis climata Et
caterna generali Vestra sita loco tali Nos cû eis adiuua
¶ Ad martires.
Gaude thoma spes ãglo[rum] Et georgi tutor ho[rum] Cum Edwardo
nobili Tu laurenti rege lo[rum] Vt tuamur poli cho[rum] Cum fauore
stephani
¶ Ad. s. confessores.
Gaude presul o martine Nicholae. hugo. line. Posce nobis graciam
Erkenwalde q[ue] birine Iam cû tuis augustine Da supremo gloriam
¶ An. s. virgines.
Gaude virgo katherina Margareta. magdalena Cum brigitta. brigida
Anna. fides. et cristina Nos seruãdo nûc diuina Gens celo[rum] iubila
[*V*]. Letamini in [domino].
[*R*]. Et gloriamini.
Oratio.

Concede quesum[us] omnipotentes deus. vt intercessio sancte dei
genitricis marie sancta[rum]q[ue] omnium celestium virtutum. et
beatorum patriarcharum. [pro]phetarum. apostolorum. euangelista[rum].
martirum. confessorum. atq[ue] virginum. et omniû electorum tuorum
nos vbiq[ue] letificet. vt dum eo[rum] merita recolim[us] patrocinia
senciamus. Per eundê [christum] [dominum] nostrû. Amen.
¶ Here folowen the seuen degrees of humylyte.
¶ Caste thy syght downwarde / and shewe mekenesse / bothe in thy
herte and body.
¶ Beware of hyghe speche & clamorous / and see that thy wordes be
fewe well sette & resonable. Be not lyght for to laugh / but vse euer
sadnesse.
¶ Be stylle & kepe sylence / tyll nede requyre that answere must be
hadde. Kepe well the comyn rule as the holy place hath vsed.
¶ Thynke the moost vylest of all other / & so pronoûce thyself.
Knowlege the vnworthy & not profytable to ony thynge / & to byleue
in dede.
¶ Make ofte confessyon of thy synnes / and that with greate contrycyon.
Kepe pacyence in thy obedyence at all thy paynes & trouble.
¶ To all people be thou subgette for thy maysters sake / thyn owne wyll
forsake it / and loue it in no wyse.
¶ And euer kepe the from synne / for fere of hym aboue. Amen.
¶ Here folowen the seuen degrees of obedyence.
¶ The fyrste is to do that is cõmaûded of thy souereyne without
grutchynge.
¶ The seconde is to make none excepcyon / neyther of the tyme /
neyther of the dede that is to be done.

¶ The thyrde is to be gladde & cherefull in thy herte to do suche dedes
cõmaûded without ony cõpulcyon / settynge a side all beestly
condycyons.
¶ The fourth is to be quycke in suche dede doynge & leuynge all other
occupacyons for that tyme or ony maner of excuse.
¶ The fyfthe is to do suche thynges with all thy myght and power /
thynkynge that thy rewarde shall be grete.
¶ The sixte is to do them also with al mekenesse bothe in spyryte and
gesture.
¶ The seuenth is to contynuye suche obedyence for the ende of thy lyf /
euer folowynge thy mayster Ihesu cryste / that was moost obedyent for
thy synne vnto deth Amen.
¶ The seuen degrees of pacyence thou mayst beholde here.
¶ To euyll done to the or aduersyte / make no resystence. ¶ Do no euyll
for euyll / ne gyue an euyl answere. ¶ Loue thyn enmye / & do good for
euyl to hym in recompence. ¶ Grutche not ayenst aduersyte / but take it
as swete as encence. ¶ Accõpt it for best medycyne / and be gladde in
thy payne. ¶ Thanke god therfore / & loke for more with all
benyuolence. ¶ And whan thou hast no grutchynge in these / thenne
meyst thou be fayne.
¶ The .xv. degrees of charyte.
¶ These make parfyte charyte after Poules epystle. ¶ Be pacyente
contynuelly for ony aduersyte. ¶ Lyberall to the nedy / & do good for
euyll. ¶ Of other mênes welfare. enuye not ne be heuy ¶ Lette not by
thy crokednesse good werkes to multeplye. ¶ Swelle not inwarde by
malyce yf thy nyghbour prospere. ¶ Loue to be in lowe degree / & loth
to be hye. ¶ To labour for other as thyself do thy vtter deuour. ¶ Be not
moued for ony cause to vêgeaûce or to yre. ¶ Thynke none euyll to
another for ony prouocacyon. ¶ Ioye thou not in wyckednesse but
sorowe [thou] rather. ¶ Be gladde in trought & ryghtwysnesse & hate

dyssymulacyon. ¶ For suche ryght bere aduersyte or ony trybulacõn. ¶
To [that] the chirche techeth the put ful credulyte. ¶ That god hath
promysed trust it well without defalcatyon. ¶ In hope abydynge his
rewarde and euerlastynge glorye. Amen.
¶ A lytell Instruccõn for them that shall entre in to religyon / drawen
out of the longe rule of sa[yn]t Iherom that he wrote to saynt Eustochiû
&c.
Loue god aboue all thynge / & thy neyghbour as thyself. In these two is
fulfylled all [the] lawe & cõmaûdementes