Described Hardwick & Luard: iii.229–30; Repertorium i. 29–31.

[1]

f. 22v

Frendes ther be many thynges the whiche shulde move men to hye them to confession amonge whiche first i note the unkyndenes that þe synner shewth to allmyhti god þe whiche tarieth and deferryth to return unto hem the unkyndenes shewthe virgil in a booke callid eneidos by a noble kynght the whiche is callid eneas …

f. 23

… þerfor cum and open your sowles to allmyti god and he shal entre into you and replenysche you with all grace and vertu and brynge you to everlastyng blisse þat never shall have ende

A sermon on the theme ‘Confitemini domino et invocate nomen eius’ (Psalm 104:1), added by a minute hand, later than that of the main scribe. Wells Rev. 11:4303 [58]. Previously listed as a tract on confession by Jolliffe E.9, and Wells Rev. 7:2524 [87]. Ed. Galloway (1994) 259–69. For a full description see Repertorium i.30–1

Other texts: Cambridge, Trinity Hall 16, f. 92v; cf. Dd.14.26 [1].

[2]

f. 104

It is nedeful to understonde how þe fende deseyvith many men and hath hem under his gouernayle quanne þay wenyn þat þay weryn owt of his thraldam and so quanne thay wenyn þei weryn owth of synne þai arn in þe myddes but ho þis shul be knowe it may be shevyd be þe v wylis þat kynge farrowe dede to þe childeryn of israel …

f. 105

… goode werkes of kende and þe mede þat shuld swue of hem iesu þoru his grace deliuer us from þe snares of þe fend and owt þe weye of evirlestyng dampnacyoun amen iesu crist.

‘The 5 Wyles of Pharoah.’ By a larger hand than that of the main scribe. Large portions of the text marked ‘vacat’ in the margin. The Five Wyles of Pharaoh.. Wells Rev. 7:2568–9 [222]; Jolliffe K.7.a.

Other texts: See Ff.6.33 [8].

[3]

f. 154v

Sentences: ‘good lord haue mercy on me i pray god’; ‘no more to youe at this tyme but iesus preserue youe [.. …]’

Inscriptions: the name ‘John Dotmotte’, a former owner from Lewes in Sussex, occurs on ff. 4, 36v, and 37.

s. xv2.