Described Hardwick & Luard: iii.545–7.

[1]

f. 3

… yng lastis coroun of ouercomers armes to holy þouʒtis wiþouten þat no man may pay god wiþ þat no man synnes for if we loue god in al oure herte þer is no þing in us þorou þe whiche we serue to synne verray loue clensiþ þe saule and deliuers it fro þe peyne of helle …

f. 11

… it doþ good and profite to þee þanke god and preye for me the grace of iesu crist be wiþ þee and kepe þee amen pur charyte.

Begins imperfectly. Richard Rolle, Form of Living, lines 664–827 only. IPMEP 351; Wells Rev. 9:3420–2 [11].

Other texts: See Dd.5.64 [1].

[2]

f. 11v

Undurstonde þou þat crist fastide for to ʒyue to us fourme of fastyng soþely þer is double fastynge þat is fruytouse and unfruytouse unfruytouse is foure maner forsoþe þer is fastynge of nede as pore men fasten whiche han not þing þat þei ete of whiche it is seid in þe gospel of þe sone foul waster …

f. 12v

… into ioye of conscience and laweful hope and aftirward into ful cleer solempnitees of euere lastynge lyif amen.

‘Cum ieiunasset’ (f. 11v). English scriptural gloss on fasting. Same hand as [1].

[3]

f. 13

Oure lord god almyʒty spekiþ in his lawe of twey matrymonies or wedelokes þe firste is goostly matrimonye bitwix crist and holy churche þat is cristen soulis ordeyned to blisse þe secounde matrimonye is bodily or fleischly bitwix man and womman by iuste consente aftir goddis lawe …

f. 22v

… to ende in parfit charite and so euer haue her very spouse iesu crist and blisse of heuen wiþouten ende.

‘Hosebonde men and wyues and iueyues’ (f. 13). Same hand as [1]. Of Weddid Men and Wifis and of Here Children Also. IPMEP 521; Wells Rev. 2:525 [26], corrected by Hudson, ‘Contributions’ p. 452.

Other texts: See Dd.12.39 [2].

[4]

f. 23

Seynt austyn in his bok of visityng of seke men seiþ þus forsoþe broþer ʒif þou þouʒtist on þe perischyng of þis lyif and on þe schort and profitable marchaundise of deþ to be bouʒt hou myche wiþoute tellyng schuldest þou wlate to lyue and coueyte to dye in þe lord for þei ben blissid …

f. 24v