Described Hardwick & Luard: iii.264–5.

[1]

f. 2

How a man or a woman of symple kunnynge shall make his preier to almyghty god a prologe of þe pater noster wiþ þe vij askynges of þe pater noster folowyng the aue maria a prologe of þe byleue wiþ þe xij articles of þe feithe folowynge a prologe of þe comaundementis

…

f. 3v

… 35 of a songe of þe loue of oure lorde iesu crist 36 of a songe of þe loue of oure lady seynt marie.

‘This is the kalender that maketh mencyoun of alle the chapettels þat ben in þe book’. Table of contents to the MS listing thirty-six items, with marginal numbers in red. Entries 2–34 can be matched to the contents of the volume. The MS begins and ends defectively causing the loss of the nos. 1, part of 2, part of 34, 35 and 36. The first item mentioned here, now missing from the MS, is chapter AB of Contemplations of the Dread and Love of God (also known as Fervor Amoris): IPMEP 362; Wells Rev. 9:3446 [41]; Jolliffe H.15.

[2]

f. 4

… þat ye loue togider as i haue loued yow in þe foure askyngis þat swen aftir of þis hooly pater noster we aske all anoþir þynge for in hem we praye oure heuenly fadir to gife us kepe us and deliuir us and but we haue þese foure we are ded and shente in þis worlde and þerfore sey to oure fadir oure ylke dayes bred gyfe þou us to daye …

f. 8v

… and to be delyuered fro all yuel and to come to euerlastynge rest of blys þeder he us brynge þat bouʒte man wiþ his blode amen.

Exposition of the Pater Noster. Part of the Pore Caitif. No. 2 in the Contents List where it is described as ‘a prologe of þe pater noster wiþ þe vij askynges of þe pater noster folowyng.’ Begins imperfectly due to loss of leaf from MS. Wells Rev. 9:3470–71 [87]; Jolliffe B. Other selections from the Pore Caitif occur as items [4], [5]–[9], [11]–[17] and [31] below.

Other texts: For the full text see Ff.6.34 [1]; for extracts see Ff.5.45 [9], Ff.6.55 [1], and Ii.6.40 [7].

[3]

f. 8v