|b{The_Rewyll_Of_Seynt_Sauioure}
|b{Ed._James_Hogg}
|b{Volume_3:_The_Syon_Additions_for_the_Brethren}
|b{and The_Boke_of_Sygnes}
|b{from_the_St._Paul's_Cathedral_Library_Ms.}
|b{Salzburg:_Institut_fr_Anglistik_und_}
|b{Amerikanistik_der_Universit„t,_1980.}
|b{pp._134-144:_The_boke_of_sygnes}



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|r[f.69c]     |r[če_boke_of_sygnes.]
Abbas[.]     Make the sign for age and also for
             a woman.
Aftirward.   Meue thy fore fynger of thy right
             hand, undir the litle fynger of thy
             lefte hande.
Agied.       Draw down thy right hande streght
             ouere thy heer, and ouere či righte
             ere[.]
Ale.         Make the signe of drynk and drawe
             thy hande displaied afore thyn een
             dunwarde.
Anone.       Close thy ryght [hand] and holde vp
             thy litill fynger.
Appull.      Put thy thumb in thy fiste and
             close thy hand and meue afore the
             to and fro.
Awtere.      Kysse the bak of thy right hand,
             and make after a blissyng[.] |r[f.69d]

Basyn,       Tvrne thy fore fynger of thy right
             or chargeour. hand, in the palme of thy left
             hande.



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Bedde[.]     Make the signe of an house, and put
             thy right hand vnder thy cheke, and
             close thyne een.
Bedes[.]     Fomell with thy right thombe vpon
             the forefynger, in maner of departyng
             of bedes in praier.
Belles[.]    Make a sygn with both thy handes
             closed, liftyng vp and down in maner
             of rynging[.]
Blissing[.]  Make a signe of blissyng as a bisshop
             doth.
Boke.        Wagge and meve thy right hande in
             maner as thou shulde turne the
             leues of a boke.
Brede.       Make with thy two thombes, and two
             forefyngers a rounde compas. [A]nd
             if thou wole haue white make the
             sign therof of white[.] And if
             brown toche thy cowll sleue.
Brome.       Swepe with thy open hand to and fro
             on thy left cowll sleue.
Broder.      Ioyne togidere sidelynges thy two
             forefyngers.
Buttur or    Draw thy two right vpper fyngers to
other fatnes. and fro on the left palme.
Bisshop[.]   Holde vp thy ryght hand streght ouere
             thy front and hede. |r[f.70a]



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Candel.     Make the sign of buttur, with the
            sign fore day.
Candelstyk. Ioyn thy either fist and holde the
            right ouer the lefte.
Chalice.    Holde vp thy right thombe with thy
            Fingers in maner of bering of a cop.
Chapterhows. Make the sign of a hows with the
            sign of disciplyne.
Chaunter.   Make the [sign] of a preste with the
            sign aftir of syngyng.
Chese.      Holde thy rightehande flatlynges in
            the palme of thy left.
Chirch.     Make the sign of a hows and after
            make a benediccioun.
Chymyng[.]  Make a sign as yf ye smote with a
            hammere.
Cloister.   Make a rounde cercle with your right
            fore fynger toward the erthe.
Clothe.     Rubbe vp and down the endes of all
            thy right fyngers vpon thy left.
Colde.      Make the sign of water tremblyng with
            thy hand, or blowe on či fore fyn_ger[.]
Collectory. Make the sign of a boke and drawe thy
            fyngers to če warde in maner of
            gaderynges. |r[f.70b]



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Confession. Make the sign of heryng and aftir
            ley your hand on youre breste.
Corporas.   Make the sign of clothe, and after
            that a blessyng.
Cuppe.      Holde vp thy thombe and fyngers
            rounde, as beryng a coppe.
Day, or light. Pvt thy right fore fynger streght
            vpon thyn egh.
Dekan.      Make the sign of a brother and
            aftir a crosse on your front.
Dissh or    Make a cercle with thy ri¨t fore-fynger
potynger.   in the myddes of thy left
            palme.
Dortour.    The sign of a hows with the sign
            for slepyng.
Drynk.      Bowe thy right forefyngere and put
            it on thy neder lyppe.
Egges.      Make a token with thy right fore{_}fynger
            vpon thy left thombe to and
            fro as though thou shulde pill
            egges. |r[f.70c]
Etyng.      Pvt thy right thombe with two fore
            fyngers ioyned to thy mouthe.
Epistolary. Make the signe of a boke with a
            crosse on thy breste.



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Encence.    Put thy two fyngers vnto thy two nose
            thirles.
Fader.      Ioyne thy right thombe with his fore
            fynger togider, openly.
Fysshe.     Wagge thy hande displaied sidelynges
            in maner of a fissh taill.
Flesshe.    Reyse vp with thy ri¨t fyngers the
            skyn of thy left hande.
Girdell.    Drawe thy fore fyngers of thy either
            hande rounde about či myddell.
Gode.       Pvtte thy right thomb streght vnder_nethe
            thy chynne.
Gospeler.   The sign of a boke, with a crosse
            on your forehede with your thombe.
Glasse.     Make the signe of a cuppe with the
            sign of rede wyne[.]
Grayll.     Make the sign of a boke bendyng thy
            fyngers |r[f.70d] vp and down in maner of
            gratyng.

Hammer.     Make a sign with thyn hande vp and



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            down as thou dide knokke.
Hard.       Putte thy right fiste ouere thy right
            ere.
Heryng.     Pvtte thy right fore fynger, all the
            other closed, streght on čine ere.
Hote.       Holde the side of thy right fore fyn_ger
            fast vnto thy mouth closed.
House.      Close thy fynger endes togider vpward
            and sprede them abrode donward in
            maner of sparres.
I wote neuere. Meue esely thy fyngers of thy ryght
            hande, flat lynges, and fro the; and
            it serueth, for nay.
I mysilf.   Put thy right fore fyngere ende to
            thy breste[.]
Inke.       Make a signe with thy thombe and two
            fyngers closid as thou shulde write.
Inough.     Close thy fist togider and holde vp
            thy thombe; and this may serue for
            I know it well. |r[f.71a]
Kepyng.     Putte thy right hande vnder thy left
            armehole.
Kerchyf.    Make the signe for clothe with thy
            handes ouer thy hede[.]



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Kyng.       Pvt all thy fynger endes closed
            togyder on thy forehede.
Knyfe[.]    Drawe thy ryght hande sidelynges
            to and fro thorugh thy left hande.
Laybrodur.  Make the sign of a brodur and drawe
            či thombe and two fyngers down on
            thy heere and ere.
Lesson.     Drawe thy forefyngere on lenght
            ouere thy brest, and serueth also
            for: long.
Licence.    Lifte vp thy hande displaied afore
            či |r[f.71b] face, in esy manere.
Litle.      Bowe all thy fyngers and holde vp
            the lytle fynger.
Locutory.   Make the sign of a howse and the
            sign of spech.
Man.        Putte and holde thy berde in thy
            right hande.
Masse[.]    Make the sign of a blyssyng.
Masboke[.]  Make the sign for a boke and of a
            blyssyng.



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Milke.      Drawe thy left litle fynger, in maner
            of mylkyng.
Mvsterd.    Holde thy nose in the vppere parte of
            thy right fiste and rubbe it. |r[f.71c]
Pere.       Ioyne all thy fyngers in lenght of
            thy right hande and wagge dounwarde.
Potenger.   Make a cercle in the ball of thy
            lefte hande wič the fore fynger of
            thy right hande.
Potage.     Make a cercle with the forefynger of
            thy right hande in the palme of thy
            lefte hande.
Preste.     Make the sign of a brodur and put
            thy fore fynger to thyne ere and
            breste, or els make a cercle čer_with
            vpon thyn hede.
Pryuay or   Make the sign of a house, and stryke
reredortour. down thy right hande by thy clothes.
Procession[.] Make a cercle with thy fore right
            fynger towarde the grounde.

Quene.      Make the sign of a woman with the
            sign of a croune on či forehede.
Rede colour. Put thy forefyngere to the rede place



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            of thy |r[f.71d] cheke.
Rynging.    Make a token with thy fiste vp and
            down as thou shulde rynge.
Salte.      Philippe with thy ri¨t thombe and his
            forefynger ouer the left thombe.
Sawser.     Make a ronde cercle in thy lefte
            palme with thy right litle fynger.
Sawter.     Make a signs for a boke with the sign
            for a crown.
Sensyng.    Meue thy right hande to and fro, as
            though thou shulde cense.
Sexteyn.    Make the sign of a brothere with the
            sign for ryngyng.
Silence.    Put thy fore fynger sidelynges to thy
            mouthe and drawe it vp and down.
Sight kepyng. Make the sign of light with the
            signe for kepyng.
Syngyng.    Bowe thy fyngers of thy right hande
            and meue them to and fro afore thy
            mouthe.
Slepyng.    Putte thy right hande vnder thy cheke
            and therewith close thyn een. |r[f.72a]



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Spekyng[.]  Pvtte thy two forefynger endes flat_lyng
            vpon thy mouthe.
Spone.      Lifte sidelynges vp and down thy
            thombe and ii. fyngers ioyned in
            forme of takyng of potage.
Standyūg.   Meue thy hande esely vpwarde.
Sudary.     Rvbbe thy fynger endes of thy right
            hande, vpon the endes of the lefte.
Suster.     Make the sign of a woman, with the
            sign of a brodur.
Texte or pax. Kisse the bak of thy lefte hande,
            with a crosse on thy breste with
            the right thombe.
Vergeous[. ] Drawe thy left fyngers ioyned with
            |r[f.72b] thy right fyngers.
Vyneacre.   Make the sign of wyne and drawe thy
            forefyngere from thyne ere, to thy
            throte.
Warme.      Putte thy forefynger faste vpon thy
            mowthe.
Wasshyng.   Rvbbe thy right hande flatlynges
            vpon the bake of thy lefte hande.
Water[. ]   Ioyne thy fyngers of thy right hande
            and meve them dounwarde droppyngly.



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White.      Drawe thy two right fyngers by thy
            cheke dounwarde.
Wyne.       Meve thy forefyngre vp and down,
            vpon the ende of thy thombe afore
            thy eghe.
Woman.      Drawe thy forefyngere on lenght
            ouere thy both browes .
Writyng.    Make a sign with your thre right
            fyngers as though ye wrote.
Deo gracias.               Prey for youre,
                           thomas betsone.