Described Hardwick & Luard: ii.31–3; Manly & Rickert i.126–9; Wakelin pp. 108–9; Seymour 1 pp. 132–4; Repertorium i.13–14.

[1]

f. 1

… disese for whan his fader and his moder were deed bothe they left hym worldly good ynough the whiche he spende on hem that were nedy þan fell it so that ther was a ryche man that had iij fayre doughtres yong wommen but by myschef they were falle into pouerte so þat for greet nede he ordeynyd his doughtres to be …

f. 3

… than he wepte sore and with that he fell on slepe and whan he woke he was in the chirche of his fadur etcetera.

Begins defectively due to loss of leaves from MS. At the top right-hand side of the text on f. 1 is the marginal heading: ‘S. Nicholas’. Part of the sermon for St Nicholas's day (6 Dec) from John Mirk's Festial. IPMEP 734; Wells Rev. 11:4271–78 [18]. Ed. Erbe; text begins at Erbe p. 12 line 25, and is more extensive than that version with additional material occurring at Erbe p. 14 line 21, and also after the text ends.

Other texts: See Dd.10.50 [5].

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f. 3

﹛S﹜uche a day ʒe shal have the concepcioun of our lady the whiche day holy chirche makiþ mencioun of the concepcioun of her for iij special poyntes the ferst for her fadur holynes 2e for her modur goodnes and the iij for her owne chosen meeknes she had a fadur þat was callid joachym that was of suche holynes …

f. 5

. … be thy spouse and thou shalt have of me a crowne of euerlastyng lyf in the kyngdom of heven and also loke thou worship my concepcioun and so he did.

Sermon for the Conception of Mary from John Mirk's Festial. IPMEP 734; Wells Rev. 11:4271–78 [18]. Ed. Erbe pp. 15–18. The text is more extensive than in Erbe and includes two additional narracio about a secular canon and a clerk.

Other texts: See Dd.10.50 [6].

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f. 5