Described Hardwick & Luard: iii.314–5.

[1]

f. 3

In the name of oure lord iesu crist which name is swete and delectable to deuout lyuers counforte and tristi hope to synful men i purpos to write a fewe wordis of þe sacrament of penaunce bi þe instaunce and praier of suche þat y haue in goostly affeccion for as y wene bi comunyng and bi experience of word outward …

f. 4

… of þis waischinge and clensyng oure merciful lord iesu graunte me grace to write withouten errour to his worschip and to ʒoure goostli counforte amen.

Prologue to The Clensyng of Mannes Sowle, see [2] below.

[2]

f. 4

Beth waische and beth cleene a gracious medicyne and counseil oure lord hath ʒeue us in þese wordis of þe prophete firste he biddiþ us and techiþ us in tokene of merci to waische oure soulis þat ben defouled with synne bi doyng of penaunce and wirching of good deedis whanne he seid …

f. 112

… biseching him lowli grace to graunt us cleerli to be clensid and so in þis lijf to be refoormed þat after we ben passid we moun se him glorified bi whom and in whom is euerlastyng lijf amen.

‘þe clensing of manes sawle’. The Clensyng of Mannes Sowle. Wells Rev. 7:2523–4 [84]; Jolliffe E.14. Preceded on ff. 1–3 by a table of contents, and on ff. 3–4 by a prologue (see [1] above).

Other texts: Wells Rev. lists 7 MSS comprising 4 of the full text and 3 partial witnesses. For a MS already indexed see IMEP 13 Lambeth 3597 [10], but the reference given there to another copy in IMEP 11 Camb. Trinity Col B.14.53 [5] is incorrect.

[3]

f. 112v

Credo in deum patrem omnipotentem creatorem celi et terre þat is i trowe in god euer wiþ trewe bileeue with hertili loue louyng him wiþ alle my strenkþis wiþ al my witte and wiþ good werkis in loue wrouʒt go y wole into him forþi seiþ seint austyn what is it for to seie he seiþ i trowe in god but trowyng loue him …

f. 135v

… but in þat lijf he þat haþ maad no purueiaunce bifore he schal haue diseese hungur þrist and defaute of al þat him neediþ fro þe which iesu crist us schilde amen.