|b{The_Rewyll_Of_Seynt_Sauioure}
|b{Ed._James_Hogg}
|b{Volume_3:_The_Syon_Additions_for_the_Brethren_and}
|b{The_Boke_of_Sygnes}
|b{from_the_St._Paul's_Cathedral_Library_Ms.}
|b{Salzburg:_Institut_fr_Anglistik_und_Amerikanistik_der_Universit„t,_1980.}
|b{pp._12-133:_The_Syon_Additions_for_the_Brethren.}



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|r[f.6a]                Capitulum primum.

     Here begynneth the fyrst chaptyr of če addicions.
          For as moche as we offend in many činges, it is
     nedeful that in many wyses, we be correcte therfor.
     Wherfor, whan the ordinary chaptyr is holde, the
 |r5 president schal come so rathe therto, that he may
     correcte the lay brethren, or the clerkys come,
     they beyng there tofore and abydynge hym. And ther
     chaptyr schal be holde with the same obseruauncys
     that the clerkys chaptyr is holde, excepte thes
|r10 redyng[.] And yf any of the more greuous defautys,
     be proclamyd in ther chaptyr, it schal be iugyd
     and correctyd whan the clerkys ar com*ne. |r[f.6b]
          Whan therfor they come afore ther setys in the
     chaptyr hows, they schal inclyne religiously to_warde
|r15 the mageste, and aftyr that, they schal in
     clyne a lytyl to them, betwix whom they schal
     sitte. If the confessour kepe the chaptyr, al
     schal ryse whan he cometh in, and as he goeth
     before hem they schal inclyne. To another presi
|r20 ydent, they schal aryse, but not inclyne.
          Aftyr čis whan the president sayth: Benedicite,
     they bowyng somwhat down čer hedys schal answer:
     Dominus. And whan the president hath seyd Loquamur
     de ordine nostro, al tho that fele hemself gylty
|r25 in any open defaute litel or moche, schal fal down
     prostrat afore the presidente. To whom the pre_sidente
     schal say: Quid dicitis. What |r[f.6c] say ¨e?



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     And than al they so prostrate schal answer as it wer
     but the voyce of oon Mea culpa. To whom čan the
     president schal say a¨en Surgite. Ryse vp. And
     than forthwith they schal ryse up and stonde afore
 |r5 the president in ther order, the eldest in the
     myddys. Whiche inclynyng schall knowlage hys de
     fautys and after hym euerych of hem do in lyke wyse
     in hys order, sayng ther defautys compendiously,
     playnly, and so audibly, that they may cleerly be
|r10 herde of al that ar there, and also behote amend
     ment.
          If any serche haue wherof to proclame any of
     hem so stondyng afore the president he schal do
     so tofore čat the president enioyne any penaunce
|r15 to hym whom he schulde proclame, that he be not
     compelled to caste a¨ene. |r[f.6d]
          Whan the president hathe ¨euen his iugement,
     and commaunded hem to go to her place, they schal
     first inclyne and than goo to ther place. He that
|r20 schal proclame other schal not in hys proclamation
     speke derkly nor couertly but he schal say openly
     and playnly the defawte, and the name of hym that
     ded it, hauyng hys face and hys wordes directe to
     the president. None schal proclame other of pure
|r25 suspicion, or of heryng only but yf he expresse the
     person of whom he had it, and also the same persone
     be ther present. None schal proclame other of any



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     cryme that he may not preue by thre or two witnesses
     at the leste upon hym that he proclameth, in case
     that he wolde denye it as he wyll eschewe the |r[f.7a]
     same payne dewe to hym accusyd, yf he wer fownde
 |r5 gylty by hys owen confession, or by sufficient prefe
     afore expressyd. Neuertheles lest thorow hydyng of
     suche vices be hadde boldenes to synne, and the
     synne not ponyschyd for lakke of suche profe,
     wherbi the vengeaunce of god may gretly growe, he
|r10 that seyth or hereth suche defautes, oweth to notyfy
     them to the general confessour, which may be other
     lawful and honeste menys wysely and warly cure suche
     sores [.]
          Whan the clerkys ar comne and the lesson is
|r15 redde, yf any brother čat hath be seek and is re
     couered of hys sekenes, and wylle ioyne hym to the
     comente and to ther labours, he schal first ryse
     and take hys veyne for hys defawtes |r[f.7b] and omissyons
     in the tyme of hys sekenes. And whan he hath take
|r20 hys penaunce, he schal go to hys place. And after
     thys whan the president byddeth the lay brethren go
     ther way, they schal go forth owte of the chaptyr
     howse. Neuertheles yf the chauntour or any of the
     serches haue wherof to proclame any of them, they
|r25 schal do it or they go forthe. And who that is
     proclamyd, he schall nott speke in hys place, butt
     he schal ryse anoon forthwith and take hys veyne
     before the president. To whom the president schal



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     say Quid dicitis[?) What say ¨e. And than he that
     lyeth prostrate , yf he be gylty schal answer thus:
     Mea culpa. And whan he is rysen, he schal mekly say
     hys defaute, and mekly take hys correccion, and goo
 |r5 to hys pla*ce |r[f.7c] where he is commawndyd. Moreouer,
     yf any be proclamyd and is founde gylty whils he
     stondeth afore the president, he schal not take hys
     veyne a¨ene for any defaute, but euer say thus: It
     is soth. Mea culpa. I wyll amende me. Nevertheles
|r10 yf it passe lyght defautys, or els he wyll excuse hym
     self of the defawte proclamyd, as to hys knowlage
     therin not gylty; or els whylst he stondeth čer, he
     trespasyth in hys port or in hys wordes, in suche
     cases he must take hys veyne a¨ene and not els. In
|r15 tho thynges that he kan not fele hymselfe gylty, he
     schal answer thus: Domine cum licencia vestra non
     recordor. Syr with ¨our licence I haue not in mende
     that I seyd so or dyd so. It schal not be leful to
     any to excuse |r[f.7d] hym other wyse. But he oweth to
|r20 thynke in hymselfe that he is gylty afore god in ful
     many other synnes, and in happes more greuos. Whiche
     in this lyfe or after must be purged. And therfor he
     schold accepte mekly what the president enioyneth hym
     but yf the defawte put vpon hym be so greuous that he
|r25 schuld therby be gretly defamyd, or očer gretly hurte
     in hym. For in suche cases, it shal be leful to euery
     person so accusyd and not gylty, mekly to excuse hym
     in fewe wordes and softe.
          In the chaptyr, none schal defende hys own cause,



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     nor če cause of another; nor noon schal speke there
     but the president, the chantour, the serches, and
     they that confesse her owen defautes. And also they
     that ar charged |r[f.8a] to speke, or els haue licence to
 |r5 speke. And ther answer schal be but only in that,
     that is askyd of hem[.] There schal no brother speke
     in an hygh voyce, nor inordinatly, nor inhonestly,
     nor wrawly; nor noon schal speke betwene themselfe
     one to another, al yf it be in a lowe voyce; or make
|r10 any token or bek from that one syde to čat other, or
     smylynge, or wrothly behold another. Who that other
     wyse doeth and is perseyuyd, he schal be proclamyd,
     correcte and ponysched, like as for another defaute.
     So than euery worde in the chaptyr schal nowght els
|r15 sauour but correccion of lyvyng, helth of sowles,
     kepyng of the order, and the comen profite. None
     shal be so bolde to absent hym from the chaptyr or
     col*lacion |r[f.8b] withoute special licence, excepte the
     seeke lyeng in the fermery.
|r20     Who schal take the longe veyne, he must knele
     first vpon hys lefte kne and aftyr vpon hys ryght
     kne. And than forthwith ley hymself esyly down
     alonge streght, somwhat more restyng to the ryght
     syde than to the lefte, but not notably moche.
|r25 Hangyng the over parte of the left fote, vpon the
     sole of the ryght fote, and the bakke of the lefte
     hande vpon the palme of the ryght hande, hauyng hys
     handes in thys wyse, betwyxe hys face and the erth[.l
          But he that schal take the curte veyne must
     30 fyrst knele down vpon bothe hys knees, fallyng down



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     esyly upon hys elbowes hauyng hys face restyng vpon
      hys handes ,betwix |r[f.8c] hys face and the erthe.



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     Secunde chaptyr. Of Iyght defawtes.
          It is a lyght defawte, yf it be not ronge in
     dewe tyme to diuine seruise as the howre is assigynd;
     or if any whan it is ronge therto, auoydeth not anone
     al maner of besynes that may be lefte withoute hurte,
 |r5 and cometh not spedyly and ordynatly therto.
          Also yf any boke lakke that schulde be occupyed
     in syngyng or in redyng.
          Also yf any be ly¨ht of lokyng abowte, or of any
     vnreligious meuyng or li¨tnes of chere per schew*ynge |r[f.8d],
|r10 or slepe or slombyr in any conuentual acte.
          Also yf any com not in dewe tyme to the chap
     tyr[,] collacion, and freytour and other comen ob_seruauncys.
          Also yf any be absente from the sermon with
|r15 inforth or from other comen obseruauncys.
          Also yf any in the chirche in tyme of diuine
     seruise, or in the chaptyr in tyme of chaptyr or
     collacion, or in the freytour in tyme of conuentual
     refeccion or drynkynge, or in the dortour in tyme
|r20 of reste, make any noyse of vnreste.
          Also yf any from the begynnyg of the fyrst
     psalme of complyn into the begynnyng of this psalme:
     Ecce nunc; or at any tyme in procession withoute
     the quere, excepte hem that ar in surplys |r[f.9a] or that



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     bereth the crosse; or at any conuentual refeccion
     or drynkyng in the freytour excepte the seruitours;
     or els in the dortour withoute the cellys, hath hys
     hede vncouered, saue alonly in the freytour from
     ester day than to begynne, into michaelmas day, than
     to leue. Which tyme it schal be leful to haue ther
     hedys bare.
          Also yf any any defowle any boke in any place or
     trete it vnhonestly.
 10   Also yf any mystrete the ornamentys of the
     awtyrs or anythyng of the chirche, or breke or hurte
     or lese any vstilment of the monastery vessell, in_strument
     or other.
          Also yf any myskepe hys thynge, clothe or očer
|r15 or rente it, or bren it, or breke it.
          |r[f.9b] Also yf any behaue hym otherwyse in the chaptyr
     than is expressyd afore in the first chapter.
          Also yf any spylle any lycour upon the tabelles
     wherof the clothe is defoulyd, or kytteth hys fynger
|r20 or hys hande; or taketh mete or drynke withoute
     blyssyng, or els taketh mete or drynke oute of dewe
     tyme, in the sight of other.
          Also yf any go bare hede in the dortour, or entyr
     into any other celle čan hys own withoute leue or haue
|r25 hys hede bare in the reredortour or howse of esement;
     or theer schew anythyng bare in ther nether party
     whilst they sytte at ther esemente; or behaue them



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     ther vnhonestly or dissolutly.
          Also yf any when the comen schauyng is had,
     is |r[f.9c] not schauen; or els not in dewe tyme taketh
     hys clothes to waschyng nor in dewe tyme chaungeth
 |r5 hem, like as the comen custom and honeste of religion
     wyll[.]
          Also, yf any be founde negligent in ther office
     or ministracion.
          If any take anythyng of others office withoute
|r10 leue, or go into any place that is forboden.
          If any fynde anythyng that is not hys, and taketh
     it not to hym it perteyneth to by the vse therof or
     els to hys office; or leyth it not in suche place,
     wher as suche thynges be assigned to be leyd, or
|r15 putte.
          If any lyghtly breke silence, or speke in a
     lowde voyce.
          If any be ¨ouen to ydelnes, or to veyne speche,
     |r[f.9d] or to moche; or of negligence sayth ought, wherby
|r20 other arn hurte.
          If any dissolutly laugheth, or styrre any other
     by worde or by dede to the same.
          If any lightly afferme anythyng with any othe;
     or in lyke wyse denye anythyng, al yf it be trewe
|r25 that he denyeth or affermeth.



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          If any sustyr or brother speketh vnreverently to
     other, or ¨et calle or name other by ther propyr name,
     withoute suche addicion putt afore: Sustyr; Syr; or
     Brother or suche other accordyng to ther state and
 |r5 degre.
          If any festenyth ther syght to the sustres
     crates wher that they may be seen.
          If any withoute leue wylfully offreth hymself |r[f.10a]
     to speche or sight of the seculers whan they be within
|r10 the clausure.
          If any be not confessyd ones in the wyke.
          For thees and suche other lyght defawtes, to
     suche that wylfully take ther veyne, ther penaunce
     schal be more esy. But to suche that do not proclame
|r15 themself but ar proclamed of other, ther penaunce
     schal be the gretter. And forsothe, yf suche de
     fautes be had in custom, bodily disciplyne is for
     to be ¨ouen[.l For than they ar not to be callyd
     lyght defawtes, but in a maner greuous defautes.
|r20    Whan any therfor is commaundyd to make hym
     redy to dysciplyne, he schal go to the neder party
     of the chapter hows. And ther vnder hys cowle, he
     |r[f.10b] schall preuyly drawe hys armes oute of hys
     sleuys, and vnder hys cowell make hys body bare from
|r25 hys nekke unto hys myddes and than gyrde hymselfe
     streyte, that hys clothes falle down no lowgher.
     Thys doon, he schall turne a¨ene to the place



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     where he was tofore. And ther before the presydente
     castynge the vtter parte of hys cowle ouer hys hede
     he schal fall down vpon hys knees and elbowes, for to
     receyue mekly hys penaunce of disciplyne. And whilst
 |r5 he is disciplyned, he schal nothyng say but Mea culpa.
     I wyl amende me[.] And thys he schal reherse ofte and
     thyk. Ande whan the dysciplyne is doon, he schal clothe
     hymselfe a¨ene in the same place, and not go thens,
     tyl the president hath ¨ouen hys ful iugemente |r[f.10c] and
|r10 seyd to hym Goo vnto ¨our place. For than he schal
     inclyne and go to hys sete.



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     The iii=de chapter. Of greuous defautes.
          It is a greuous defaute yf any brother stryue
     dishonestly, or haue any debate with another, and
     namely a lay brother with a preste or dekon.
          If any bereth fals witnes a¨enst another, or
 |r5 be take with a lesynge made wylfully and of purpose
     or with any foule worde, or that customably swereth
     or breketh hys silence, or at any tyme sweryth
     horrybly |r[f.10d] be criste, or by any parte of hym, or
     vnreuerently speketh of god, or of any seynt, and
|r10 namely of our lady.
          If any despise the comen doctrynes, sette of
     olde fadyrs,and ¨ouen to them of ther souereynes to
     be kepte, or be to negligent to kepe hem.
          If any defende or mayten hys own defaute,
|r15 or the defaute of any other in the chapter or in
     any other place.
     If any repreue another of hys defaute for the
     whiche he was correctyd or els maliciously or
     skornfully reherse it aftyr the correccion.
|r20    If any haue any thretnyng, or cursyng, or
     unreligios wordys, to hym or of hym, of whom he was
     proclamyd.
          If any brother to sustyr |r[f.11a] or sustyr to



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     brother say wordes of despyte, reprefe, schame, or
     vileny.
          If any of malice, caste,or ¨ete ovte the euells
     that any sustyr or brother hath doon.
 |r5  If any putt vpon any sustyr or brother a dedly
     synne whiche he may not preue be sufficiente witnes.
          If any lye in a wayte or in a spye, or bysyly
     or curyosly serche what other speke preuyly betwyxt
     hemself, that they aftyrwarde may reuele the sayng
|r10 of the spekers to ther grete hurte.
          If any sowe discorde amonge sustres or brečren[.]
          If any be founde a preuy rowner or bakbyter.
          If any vnresonably grudge for mete or drynke,
     or for any other thynge, and namely yf they styre |r[f.11b]
|r15 other therto.
          If any saue brother to brother, excepte the
     kepers of the locutories, wheyles and gates , and
     ¨et not they but for fulfyllynge of ther obedience
     only, be founde to speke alone, outake only in
|r20 confession. Or when they have leue to speke, take
     any other with hem than suche ande the same that
     the souereyne assygneth.
          If any brynge in any thynges withoute leue of
     ther sovereyne.



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          If any be not confessyd in fourten days, of ther
     own negligence[.]
          If any be not comonyd on comonyng days aftyr the
     precepte of the rewle withoute licence or forbyddyng
 |r5 of the generall confessour or of hys dayly confessour;
     or els for cause resonable, expressyd to one of hem,
     and alowyd |r[f.11c] be hym that the cause is expressyd to.
          If any lay brother be comenyd any other day than
     the days of precepte and saterdayes without licence of
|r10 the generall confessour.
          If any breke the fastes of the religion or ab
     stinencys withoute leue of the souereyn, or els of
     the chirche, withoute leue or dispensacion of the
     generall confessour.
|r15     If any withoute leue of the souereyne, go into
     any others celle, or receyue any thyng of any, that
     hath not cure of mynystracion of the same thynge.
     And he also that so ¨eueth it.
          If any hauyng mynystracion of thynges necessary,
|r20 and haue sufficiently in ther office to mynyster to
     the nedy, and do not charytably and dewly the neces_saryes
     that be |r[f.11d] askyd in dewe tyme and in dewe
     places, mynyster vnto the askers.
          If any commaundynge or maneschyng or vnrest
|r25 fully aske ther necessaryes, or els oute of dewe
     tyme or dewe place whan ther nede myght than forbere;
     and also yf they whan they receyue ther newe thynges,
      wyl not delyuer her olde.



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          If any hauyng chaurge of ¨ates or dores of the
     clausure, leue them vnschette.
          If any be a costomable faller into light de
     fautes.
 |r5    For thes and  suche other defautes, to them that
     wyfully proclame hemselfe, schal be ¨ouen streyte
     correccion of disciplyne with seuen psalmes and
     letany or oure lady sawtyr. But to them |r[f.12a] that be
     proclamed of other, schal be ¨oven, two dyscyplynes,
|r10 with silence of two days atte leste.
          The vnresonable grudgers, schal absteyne cer_tayne
     days from that kynde of mete or drynke, or of
     any other thyng that they grutche fore, aftyr that
     the president semyth for to be doon.



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     The fourte chaptyr. Of more greuous defautes.
          It is a more greuous defaute , yf any of pryde,
     or of open rebellyon be inobedyent to hys souereyne
     be an hole day, or malapertly stryue with hym as yf
     he wer egal to hym, or |r[f.12b] maliciously say any euyll
 |r5 of hym.
          If any say iniuryous wordes to hys souereyn or
     to any other of the presidentes or serches.
          If any sowe discorde betwene the abbes and
     generall confessour[.l
|r10      If any afferme the reuelacions of saynt birgitte
     as dremes, or els detracte hem.
          If any of hem that ar chydynge or stryuynge wyll
     not cese when the sovereyne or any of the serches
     sayth Sit nomen domini benedictum.
|r15      If any be founde in any suspecte or forboden
     place, spekyng with any sustyr or with any man or
     woman seculer or reguler[.l
          If any publysch or reuele the secretes of the
     religion, to any outewarde persone.
|r20    If any put any cryme vpon another, whyche he
     may not preve be suf*ficient |r[f.12c] wytnes, or els
     bereth fals witnes to the preue therof.
          If any schulder, pusche, or threten to smyte
     another, with any maner of wepen, be sygne, worde,
|r25 or vngodely countynaunce; or blame hym of nacion
     or kynrede with sclaunderous wordes.



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          If any not requisite of hys sovereyne, swere any
     greuous othes as be če body of criste or be thys
     boke, or any suche očer lyke; or els that he be
     conuycte of periury.
 |r5    If any be a smyter or manysche to smyte.
          If any do any thefte or sacrilege.
          If any withoute licence and knowlage of the
     souereyn, sende owte, or receyue from withoute,
     any letter or ¨efte.
|r10   If any of contempte, brake the fastys or the
     abstynences of the |r[f.12d] chirche or of če religion.
          If any vse sorsry or witchecrafte.
          If any withoute knowlage, and licence of the
     souereyn lete in or bryng in within the clausure
|r15 any persone, thof it be a persone not suspecte.
          If any in defence of hys own trespas or of any
     other; or to auoyd or make lasse the penaunce to
     be enioyned therfore, bryng in or aledge any lawe,
     or induce other so to do, or schewe them any fauour
|r20 therto[.l
          If any appele from reguler correccion.
          If any violently breke a dore, or with blowyng
     of the lok, or with any other lyke crafte open any
     dore.
|r25      If any be impression in waxe, or in any other
     impressable matyer, con *iecte |r[f.13a] or make any seal or
     key.
          If any be a customable doer of greuous defautes[.l



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     For thes defautes and suche other, they that be
     defauty and wylfully proclame themself, shal do čis
     penaunce that foloweth seuen days. Twyes in the
     wyke at leste, they schal have a disciplyne. And
 |r5 the monday and the wensday, they schal be seruyd and
     be content with oo maner of potage, and oo maner of
     flesch or fysch and smal ale, but yf ther fal a
     doble feste. For than they schal be seruyd as other,
     excepte pytaunce, wyne and frute[.l But in all more
|r10 doble festys they schal be serued as all other be.
     The fryday they schal have but brede and gode ale
     and one maner of po*tage |r[f.13b]. And yf it be doble feste,
     they schal fulfylle thys penaunce the wensday before
     or aftyr. The sonday, tuesday, thursday, and saturday,
|r15 they schal be seruyd as in doble festys . And al thes seuen
     days they schal kepe streyte silence, and in al places
     in al conuentual actes kepe the lowest place in ther
     order, outake in the quyer and in processions. And al
     thys tyme they schal not be comonyd nor mynyster at
|r20 awtyrs withoute special leue or commaundment of the
     souereyne. For al thys tyme they stonde in maner of
     censures into tyme they haue performyd ther penaunce.
          To them that be proclamyd of other, the penaunce
     schal be incresed in every party / aftyr the dis*_crecion |r[f.13c]
|r25 of če souereyne.
          If any appele from reguler correccion, but yf
     he openly in the next chaptyr aftyr, goo from hys
     appele, he schal be put into pryson into the nexte
     visitacion of the buschop and do the seyd penaunce
     30 of more greuous defautes in the mene tyme.



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     Fyfte chapter. Of most greuous defautes.
          It is a moste greuous defawte, yf any be con_uicte
     of propyrte, wherof the penaunce is taxed in
     the rewle. Whiche penaunce yf any propyrtary refuse
     to do, he schal be putte / in pryson. |r[f.13d]
 |r5      If any forsake obstinatly to accepte and fulfyl
     the penaunce enioyned hym of the presydent[.]
          If any goo away in apostasy, or els attempte and
     assay to goo ouer the wallys of the clausure.
          If any conspire a¨enst hys sovereyn, or be con_federed
|r10 or werketh to the subuersion of the order, or
     to the destruccion of the pryuylegys or of the addi_cions,
     constitucions, or statutes or els of ambicion,
     rankour, or hate, laboureth to the priuacion of the
     chantour, or of any serche of the order.
|r15     If any be inobedient and rebelle to hys souereyn
     by two hole dayes and so stande stylle.
          If any be rymes, verses, or scrowes cast forth
     within or withoute, defame or sclaunder the abbes or
     confessour, sustyr or brother of any cryme, al |r[f.14a] yf
|r20 they wer or be defauty in the same.
          If any stele or destroy če comen register, or
     any other comen euydences, or els put oute or in,
     any thynge in them, withoute the comen deliberacion
     and assente.
 |r25     If any sende oute any lettres of carnal affec_cion
     or of sclaunder.



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          If any ley violent hande upon hys souereyn or
     els smyte or hurte spytuosly or wonde, or els profer
     to smyte hym, or any brother, thof no blode be reysed.
          If any do kyll or mayme another.
 |r5    If any falle openly into fleschly synne kyndly
     or vunkyndly.
          If any do open sacrilege or thefte[.]
          If any in hys madnes or drunknes, horrybly
     blaspheme god or oure |r[f.14b] lady or any of hys sayntes.
|r10      If any be founde vncorrigible, in so moche,
     that he neyther dredeth to do trespace, neyther he
     fulfylleth the penaunce enioyned hym for hys defautes;
     or els openly he refuseth to do hys penaunce[.l
          In thes and for these defautes and suche other
|r15 yf any be founde gylty he must algates be comnytted
     to pryson, leste one scabbyd schepe infecte al the
     flokke. Neuertheles yf so be that he of hys own
     fredom meke hymself afore all, and trewly knowlage
     hys defaute behotyng amendes, he schal be pardoned
|r20 of prysonment, and fulfyl the penaunce that is sette
     and expressyd for them that be delyuered |r[f.14c] oute of
     pryson. But conspiratours, sclaunderers, mankyllers,
     and fyghteres, incontynent lyuers, apostataes, and
     they that be vncorrigyble, be neuer to be pardonyd
|r25 of prysonmente.
          A wylful mankyller schal be put to perpetuall
     pryson.
          If any suche be, that by the felyng and doom of
     the souereyne, and of the more and holler party of



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     the congregation, may not be suffred in the seyd
     congregacion withoute grete perel of soules or of
     boydes, suche schal be schett vp in pryson or in
     some očer stronge place.
 |r5     He čat schal be prysoned or is in pryson, he
     schal be vnder the kepyng of suche one, that kan
     and may suerly kepe hym mynystrynge to hym |r[f.14d] as
     the souereyn byddeth, and he schal leue hys gyrdel
     and hys knyues at the presydentys fete.



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     Sexte chaptyr. Of apostataes.
          Aftyr open apostasy, who that turneth home a¨ene
     wylfully, schal be receyued in thys foorme. He schal
     come openly in the same habite and clothyng that he
     vysd in hys apostasy[.] And atte the dore in the
 |r5 chyrche of the brethren clausure than openyd, he
     schal fal down prostrat afore the confessour there
     present with hys brethren, in the syght of seculer
     peple, and so lyenge aske leue to speke. And leue
     grauntyd, he schal |r[f.15a] than knelyng, knowlage afore al,
|r10 the gretnes and če enormyte of hys syn, as moche as
     belongeth to hys apostasy, commyttyng hymself lowly
     to al reguler correccion. And be goddys grace,
     amendmente of lyuyng, and stable purpose of abydyng
     eueraftyr[.]
|r15   If any apostataes be brought home with stronge
     hande and wyl not submytte hym to reguler correccion,
     they schal be take in openly by another dore and go
     to pryson into tyme that they of al ther hert repent
     hem and sorow ther syn. And oftesythes and with
|r20 moche instaunce, offer hemself mekly to al maner of
     reguler correccion. And also to make menys to
     other to pray for hem čat they may be admyttyd, and
     that to suche, as they |r[f.15b] suppose be wordy for to be
     herde and schal spede. And than they schal be brou¨t
|r25 forth with ther chaynes into the chaptyr, and be
     assoyled of ther apostasye. Whych doon, they schal
     be had to pryson a¨ene, there to be tretyd aftyr the
     discrecion of the souereyne, and the quantyte of the



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     trespace.
          Whan če apostasy is preuy and not open, they
     schal be take in preuyly by some other dore, and be
     punysched and tretyd aftyr the dyscrecion of the
 |r5 souereyn as it is aboue seyd.



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     |r[f.15c] Seuenth chapter. Of them that be in pryson.
          The reclusyd in pryson, schal not goo fro thens,
     tyl he repente hym of al hys herte. And in al
     thynges he schal be tretyd aftyr hys demerytes.
     Neyther to be schaue nor pollyd or clypped; nor he
 |r5 schal haue mantel nor cowle, gyrdel nor knyfe, vnto
     the delyueraunce fro pryson. To whom noon schal
     speke nor go to, nor ¨eue, nor sende nor anythyng
     take of hym, but only by precepte or lycence of the
     sovereyn[.] The doer of the contrary schal bere the
|r10 punyschment dew for a more greuous defaute. And yf
     any brynge or sende any instrumente, or owght els be
     the whyche he myght escape theuyschly or priuyly
     oute of pryson, he schal |r[f.15d] be put in pryson
     hymself[.]
|r15     And euery day whylst any is in pryson, hys pre
     bende schal be brought tofore the presidente, whiche
     schal aftyr hys discrecion lesse it or encrese it,
     or els sende it forth as it cometh[.l
          Thof so be, the prisoned may be confessyd of
|r20 hys synnes, leste they be for¨ete, ¨et he schal not
     receyue sacramental absolucion, nor the sacramente
     of če auter, nor holy water, nor holy brede, and
     such other withoute special licence of the souereyn,
     because he scholde the more attendably study and
|r25 seke the menes more spedyly, and do thoo thynges
     that myght cause and haste hys delyueraunce[.]
           Whan sufficient prefe is had, eyther be hys
     confessour, or by hys keper, or by them that visitt
     hym, that he hath veray con*tricion |r[f.16a] and repentaunce



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     of hys transgression, the souereyn schal lymyt a
     conuenient day for hys delyueraunce whan he seeth hys
     tyme. Whyche day hys keper schal brynge hym forth
     into the chaptyr, hauyng in eyther hande a rodde.
 |r5 And in hys entre, he schal inclyne to the mageste,
     and whan he cometh nygh to the president, he schal
     inclyne a¨ene. And the rodde that he hath in the
     ryght hande, he schal ley it down on the lefte syde
     of the presidente, and that other rodde on hys ryght
|r10 syde, and anone fal down prostrate and aske leue to
     speke. Whiche grauntyd, he shal than knelyng know_lage
     hys defaute, committynge hymself to al reguler
     correccion, and be goddys grace to amende hys maners.
     |r[f.16b] And after thys at the commaundment of the president,
|r15 he schal make hym redy to dyscyplyne. Whyche ¨ouen
     and he clothed a¨ene, he schal fal down a¨ene before
     the president[.l To whom than the president schal
     say Quid dicitis? What say ¨e. And he schal than
     so lyeng prostrate answer thus: I aske god mercy
|r20 and ¨owe and beseche ¨owe that I may be delyueryd of
     prison. And he schal aryse whan he is boden. And
     as sone as the president sayth: I assoyle ¨owe from
     the bondes of pryson, he schal fal down a¨ene
     prostrate at hys fete, offryng hymself to kysse hys
|r25 fete. And than he schal thanke al that arn there
     first on the ryght syde and čan on the lefte.
          Thys doon, |r[f.16c] the president schal enioyne to hym
     the penaunce of a more greuous defaute, eght days at
     leste, wherof one schal be in brede and watyr, vpon
     30 če florth in myddes of the freytour. Whyche day he



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     schal at euery conuentual entre, and comyng oute of
     the brethren, at the leest with grace, lye prostrate
     at chirche dore, sayng in a lowe voyce to them that
     come in or go oute: Orate pro me fratres.

 |r5     Moreover euery day that he taketh discipline
     he schal fal down prostrat before the president,
     askyng some relaxacion of hys penaunce. And as ofte
     as he is relesyd, he schal thanke hym and al the con
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     |r[f.16d] Eghte chaptyr. Of the president and hys office.
          Be thys name presidente, is vnderstonde euery
     person that amonge the congregacion gadryd togyder
     in any conuentual acte, hathe ther the rewle amonge
     them. For they that be so gadryd be neuer withoute
 |r5 a president[ . l The souereyn only, is president in
     al places. And in hys absence, the eldest serche is
     president, and he not present the secunde serche; and
     bothe absente, the eldest preste presente schal be
     president. The president whoeuer it be, in the
|r10 absence of the souereyne, doeth čat the souereyn
     schuld do yf he hymself were čer present, excepte in
     cases specially and only reseruyd to the souereyn.



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     |r[f.17a] Nyenth chapter. How dede persons schal be
     buryed[.]
          Whan a brother dyeth, the dede body schal be
     leyd bare vpon a borde ordeyned therfor and leedyd
     yf nede be, and waschen with warme water, by hem
     that haue charge of the fermery or by other sadde
 |r5 persones suche as the souereyne wyl assygne therto.
     Whyche doon, the body schal be clothyd, not with the
     rewle cote, but with a stamyn, cowle, mantel, hosen,
     and schone tannyd and gyrte with a gyrdyl[.] And al
     thees schal be of the vilest and symplest; and in al
|r10 thees excepte the mantel the body schal be byryed,
     both of sustres and brethren. And after that the
     body is thus arrayed, it schal be leyd honestly and
     reuerently vp*on |r[f.17b] the bere, and brought into the
     fermary chapel, or sette in some očer place more con
|r15 uenient[.l So that the body schal neuer be withoute
     two persones at leest, prayng for the sowle, sayng
     the sawter or dirige, tyl it be had to chyrche; nor
     ¨et than it schal be lefte alone, tyl it be byryed.

          Other suffrages and obseruaunces aboute the dede
|r20 schal be expressyd more playnly in the two and fourty
     chaptyr folowyng[.l



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     |r[f.17c] Tenthe chaptyr. Of the visitacion of the buschop[.]
           Whan the buschop cometh to visitte he must be
     receyued worchypfully with ryngyng of bellys and
     procession as hym aught to be. Whyche ryngyng schal
     be kepte in hys fyrste comyng and last goynge, whan
 |r5 that euer he cometh.
          After thys whan he hath publysched the cause of
     hys comyng as the custom is, he shal purpose to the
     brethren thre thynges to be kepte of alle. Fyrst,
     that noon depose to hym, or to any that cometh in with
|r10 hym, any thyng that hath be correctyd before and is
     amendyd. Secunde that they neyther of ther souereyn,
     nor of any sustyr or brother say any greuous thyng, |r[f.17d]
     wherof they haue not be charitably warnyd tofore. Nor
     that they depose ought, or accuse any but only of suche
|r15 thynges that have be doon syth the laste visitacion.
     Thryd, that none of hem differre or reserue any thyng
     that they knowe to be amendyd, to the comyng of the
     visitour, to the more sclaunder of the doers; for
     that wer most wykkedly doon. For al thynges schuld
|r20 be proclamyd in dewe tyme and correctyd as they fall.
     They therfor that doo the contrary, must greuously be
     correctyd be the buschop, that al očer may be afferde
     to do so at any tyme.



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     |r[f.18a] xi=te= chaptyr. For what causes the buschop and
     other schal entyr into the monastery.
          The buschop may entyr into the monastery in hys
     visitacions, in professions, in consecracions of
     abbesses and for other dyuers causes. Noone other
     schal euer entyr the clausure, but yf hys entre be
 |r5 veray necessary, as phisicians, werkmen and suche
     other. And čer entre must be in suche wyse, that
     they be seen of none but of hem that schal schew
     them anythynge to be made or repayred, and of tho
     that schal receyue medycyns or mynyster hem. But
|r10 none of hem that entreth into the clausure schal
     abyde ther all the nyght, but he schal |r[f.18b] be lodged
     withoute, yf nede be, that he may come in a¨ene whan
     he is callyd.



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     Xii=te chaptyr. Of the eleccion of the abbes and
     confessour.
          In the day of eleccion, before masse of the holy
     gost, which than schal stonde for hygh masse, al the
     bellys schal be rongen to the same lyke as in princi
     pal festis. And they schal be ronge a¨ene after the
 |r5 eleccion, whylste Te deum is in syngyng; and a¨ene
     whylst they be installynge, before or after the kysse
     or token of pece and of charite, yf |r[f.18c] it be ¨ouen in
     the quyer.
          Aftyr thys, the brethren schal make čer obedyence
|r10 to the confessour syttyng in hys place in the chapter
     hows under thys foorme: In nomine patris et filii et
     spiritus sancti Amen. I brother .N.N. behote to the
     .N.N. generall confessour of thys monastery, me for
     to kepe obedience, after the rewle of seynt austyn
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      |r[f.18d] Xiii=te= chaptyr. Howe officers schal be putt in and
     oute.
          Whan the confessour hath to put any brother into
     office or put hym oute of office, the brother that is
     callyd in the open chapter muste aryse anone and come
     and stonde before hym. And yf he purpose to put hym
 |r5 in office, he must say čus to hym: Brother, I assigne
     ¨ow thys mynystracion or occupation, expressyng it
     specially be name. Whan the bročer hereth thys, he
     schal fal down prostrat. To whom the confessour
     schal than say : Quid dicitis? What say ¨e? He schal
|r10 answer thus to hys souereyne: I aske grace and licence
     to speke. And than the confessour schal say thus:
     Surgite. Aryse vp. Than |r[f.19a] schal the brother ryse
     and vnder inclynacion say thus: Fader ¨e know ryght
     wele myne vndiscrecion, and vnabelnes to execute
|r15 suche an occupation. I beseche ¨ow therfor that ¨e
     put not čis charge vpon me, but that in al wyse I be
     excusyd therof , and some other brother charged čer_with,
     that hath more discrecion and experience. To
     whom the confessour yf he be vttyrly determyned to
|r20 haue hym in the seyd office, schal say a¨ene: Not
     withstondyng ¨our excusacion that ¨e make or schal
     make herein, I wyl that ¨e accepte obediently thys
     charge, and to ¨our power and konnyng fulfyl it
     effectuelly. Aftyr thys he may no more excuse hym,
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          Whan any hereth that he is discharged of any oc
     cupacion, he schal fal down prostrate, offrynge hym
     self to kysse hys souereynys fete. And he schal there
     openly delyver the keys perteynyng to that occupacion,
 |r5 to hym[.] But the souereyn schal not entyr into that
     office, withoute presence and assistence togyder of
     hym that is discharged and of hym that is newe charged
     therwith, that it may truly and veryly be known in
     what state it is delyueryd and taken. And ¨et it is
|r10 better čat the souereyn take with hym yf nede be, some
     other elder brother, that hath experience in suche
     occupacion.
          Whan any brother hereth hym*self |r[f.19c] dyscharged of
     hys office for open neglygence, he schal fal down pros
|r15 trat at the souereynes fete, and commaunded to ryse,
     he schal openly and mekly knowlage hys defaute knel
     yng. And forthwith he schal aske mercy and for¨eue
     nes of the souereyne and of al the congregacion; than
     to be punysched as the trespace asketh.



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     Xiiii=te= chapter. Of the placys in whiche silence is
     streytly to be kept[.]
          In the chirche, quyer, cloyster, freytour, dor
     tour, and in the hows of esemente sy*lence |r[f.19d] is alway
     to be kept but yf the souereyn dispense therwith.
          Silence also is to be kept in the librarye in
 |r5 tyme of study, and in the schauyng hows in tyme of
     schauyng, for to eschewe kyttyng, and hurtyng; and in
     the chapter howse after the begynnynge of the laste
     pele to the collacion, but yf it be in a styll voyce,
     for a thynge necessary, honeste and profitable, than
|r10 to be askyd or doon. And the same wyse it is to be
     kept in the waschyng howse in tyme of wasschyng of
     the comen gere. Also silence is to be kept in the
     reuestry save in suche thynges that concerne dewe myn
     ystracion to be execute in that howse. But that
|r15 speche schal |r[f.20a] be so moche the softer, as that hows
     is nygh the quyer and the chyrche.
          Therfor yf anyčyng be to be asked or doon in
     sylence tyme or sylence place, thys schal be doon
     with sygne and not by worde. Neuertheles yf it may
|r20 not be expressyd with vsuell sygnes, nor the place
     chaunged were it falleth, than it may be expressed by
     worde; but euermore in a lowe voyce, and in as fewe
     wordys as it may well be. And silence is also to be
     kept in the belfray in tyme of ryngyng[.]



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     |r[f.20b] xv=te chapter. Of the ¨ere of profe.
          None schal entyr into thys religion, before an
     hole ¨ere of profe. In the whyche ¨ere, he must be
     assayd,wheytherhe be able or no, to fulfyl suffic
     iently the charge of the state and degre, that he
 |r5 asentynge schal be admyttyd to, or is lykly to be
     able. And whan he is admyttyd to the ¨ere of profe,
     he schal vse syde clothes playn in the scholdres, and
     lyve vnder the obedience of če general confessour,
     assayeng that ¨ere how he may acorde with the strayt
|r10 nes of the rewle and some maner of reguler obseruaunce,
     as he is enformyd.
          At the renownsyng of hys ¨ere of profe he schall
   |r[f.20c] say thus knelyng att the locutory wyndowe[: Ego
     peto intuitu caritatis[.] I aske in the way of char_ite,
|r15 that I may be receyued to lyue with ¨ow in thys
     holy congregacion, and so forth as it scheweth in the
     comen register.
          Before the day of profession of any brother, pro
     uysoun is to be made for hys celle, and for al other
|r20 necessaryes longyng to hym, and that euery place be
     clene and honeste, that he fynde nothyng, wherof he
     may take any ensample of euyll. And the mynyster of
     the sextry, schal make redy the bere with fayre newe
     erth therin, vpon the whyche erth, he schal make a
|r25 brode crosse with a |r[f.20d] smothe lath or with some other
     instrument made therfor, that it may well be seen, a
     ferre of. And he schal sette it in suche a place,
     that it redyly may be borne oute, whan tyme requireth[.l



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     Also he or els another lay brother schal puruey that
     ther lakke no holy water at schauyng of the newe
     brother or brethren.
          If the buschop diocesan or the archbuschop of
 |r5 cauntyrbery make the profession, al the bellys schal
     be rongen at hys fyrst comyng and last goynge. But
     neuer for none other buschop, archbusschop, nor suf
     frygan, but yf the confessour commaunde other wyse.



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     |r[f.21a] xvi=te= chapter. Of the day of profession.
          On eche profession day after morowe masse, the
     hygh autyr schal be arayd as it is wonte in doble
     festys excepte relikes. And yf it be sonday, the
     water schal be halowed after the same masse. Before
 |r5 the sermon yf ther be any, če grete bell schal be tollyd
     xiii. strokes to the same aboute the laste ende of the
     sustrys last houre[.l And at ende of the sermon, or
     at lest or the buschop begyn the profession, al the
     belles schal be ronge to hygh masse .ii. miserere
|r10 while. And than the ryngers schal hye them fast to
     chirche and stonde amonge ther brethren at the gerrys
     |r[f.21b] in procession wyse euery man in hys order and degre,
     kepyng ther sy¨th and čer countynaunce saddly and re
     ligiously.
|r15   Whan the buschop entreth, the crosse berer of
     that wyke schal take the rede baner and bere it to
     the south syde of the hygh auter and sette it wher
     it schal stonde al the masse tyme; and the .ii. ta
     perers of the same wyke schal take the two torches
|r20 and folowe the banerer al thre in surplys, and sette
     them wher they schal bren al the masse tyme. After
     hem schal folow al the buschops mynystrys, he
     comyng behynde, and so goynge into the reuestry.
     And whan the chaunter begynneth masse, foure sustres
|r25 |r[f.21c] assygned be the abbes or foure lay brethren yf the
     profession be of brethren assygned be the confessour,
     schal open the dore in the cloyster syde, and in ther
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     religiosly two before and two behynde the seyde beere
     that is spoken of afore in the .xvte chapter, and
     sette it before the newe brethren, that they may be
     holde it. And than they schal inclyne to the awter
 |r5 and turne in a¨ene into the cloyster by the same dore,
     after the seyd foorme, and schett the dore after them,
     hygheng hemself to the chirch as fast as they may. So
     that every brother do hys |r[f.21d] office aboute the auter in
     holdyng of tapers, sensour, torches, and in tollynges
|r10 after the gosbel and att leuacion as they be wonte,
     takyng hede diligently that euery thynge be redy at
     hande and nothyng to seke.
          The keper of hygh masse or els another sad lay
     brother depute by the confessour, schal be in hys sur
|r15 plys al the masse tyme, and attende diligently that
     nothyng wante. And he must take hede to the buschops
     see that it be honestly arayd and sette it in hys
     dewe place anone aftyr the fyrst collectes of the
     masse, leyng a clothe of golde or of sylke in the
|r20 buschops lappe nerhande down |r[f.22a] to hys fete, and take
     al away whan tyme is. He also must hold the boke to
     the buschop knelyng or stondyng as the case requireth,
     and bere it from that one syde of the autyr to that
     other whan it is nede.
|r25     Aftyr the offeryng, the lay brother that kepeth
     the chaumbre beyng in hys surplys, schall brynge the
     habite to the autyr before the buschop to be blyssyd.
     And he must delyuer to the subdekon euery persons



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     habite by and by, with all thynges that longe therto
     wrappyd in the same, and take goode hede that none
     haue others gere.
          Abowte the last ende of Agnus dei, the mynyster
 |r5 of the sextry |r[f.22b] schal sprede a cloth, vpon the which
     the professours must lygh prostrat, whylst the letany
     is in syngyng aftyr masse. And whan they receyue the
     sacrament, two lay brethren in surplys schal holde
     the towel before hem one, knelyng at one ende and another
|r10 att other. So that no brother do any mynystracion
     aboute the autyr neuer withoute a surplys at the
     leste.
          Whan Veni creator is bygonne after the comonynge,
     the seyd four sustres or foure lay brethren that bare
|r15 oute the bere before masse, schal brynge it in a¨ene
     by the same way and after the same foorme in ther re
     guler habite. |r[f.22c] And whan Veni creator is endyd, the
     two taperers in surplys schal take the seyd .ii. tor
     ches afore expressyd and bere them before the pro
|r20 fesseurs, behynde the buschop, folowyng hym to the
     dore by če whyche the professour or professours schal
     entyr. And whan the buschop hath delyueryd hem into
     ther souereynes handes, čey schal go thens and
     quenche the seyd torches, and hye them to če chapter
|r25 hows in ther reguler habite, yf the profession be of
     the brethren syde, kepyng če same obseruaunce čer as
     the clerkys do.



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     |r[f.22d] xvii=te= chapter. Of obedience makyng, and how the
     professours schal be bounde to kepe the streytnes of
     the rewle after eght days.
          After viii=te= days be fullyche passyd, the profes
     sours schal make ther obedience as it is expressyd in
     the comen register of the chapter howse, and subscribe
     lyke as other haue doon before tyme[.] Whyche doon,
 |r5 they schal offer hemself to kysse če confessours fete,
     lyke as they schal be enfownyd tofore of hem that haue
     the rewle ouer them. And than the souereyn or another
     preste commaundyd by hym, schal say to them suche
     maner of exhortynge wordys:
 10   Dere brethren, nowe ¨e be astrycte to kepe |r[f.23a] the
     straytnes of the rewle and obseruaunces reguler like as other
     brethren professyd before ¨owe. Therfor ¨e schal vnderstode that the
     begynnyng of thys religion
     and of helth of sowle, it is very mekenes, pure chastite, and wylful
|r15 pouerte.
          Very mekenes , is to drede god euermore and not to loue propyr
     wylle; to make ¨ourself sugett to the obedience
     of ¨our souereynes and elders for god[.] Not
     to grudge with contrary thynges thoug contrary
|r20 thynges be commaundyd. Not to hyde euyl thoughtys or
     euyl dedys; but to schew them to ¨our gostly faders
     in confession yf they be preuy, and also proclame them
     here in the chaptyr howse yf čey be openly done. |r[f.23b]
     Also it is veray mekenes, yf ¨e be contente with vile
|r25 nes and abieccion and lowest place of al; yf ¨e schew
     ¨ourself not only with mouth, but also beleue it in
     wardly in hert, that ¨e be more vile and lower than



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     other. Also yf ¨e do nothing but as the comen rewle
     commaundeth, or the goode ensample of elders enform_eth,
     lernyn of one mekenes, of another pacience, of
     another discrete abstinence, of another to kepe ¨our
     tunge, and so forth of other vertues. It is also
     veray mekenes, yf ¨e kepe silenoe into tyme ¨e be
     askyd, yf ¨e be not lyht of laughynge, yf ¨e speke
     fewe wordys and resonable with sadnes. Also yf ¨e
     bothe in ha*bite |r[f.23c] and outewarde wordys schewe meke_ness
|r10 thynkyng alway and in euery place howe ¨e schal
     be presentyd to the fereful dome of god sayng with
     the publycan: I am not wordy to lefte vp meyne eyen
     to heuen.
          Pure chastete stondeth not only in clennes of
|r15 body, but also of sowle.
          And so also wylful poerte stodeth not only in
     forsaking of wordly godes for god, but also in for_sakyng
     of wyl to haue anything in properte a¨enste
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     |r[f.23d] xviii=te= chaptyr. Of dyuyne seruyse generally and
     how the brethren schal inclyne.
          In tyme of dyuyne seruyse, the lay brothren
     schal conforme hemself to the clerkys, as it is more
     openly expressyd in the seuen and fourty chapter
     folowyng, kepyng the same forme in makyng of in
 |r5 clynacions and of other obseruauncys but yf it be
     anywhere other wyse sette[.]
          Whan therfore they come into the chirche they
     schal inclyne to the autyr in ther place assygned
     hem. Not makyng a lyght bekke and sterte away, but
|r10 sadly and manerly they schal with dewe reuerence and
     worchyp gader togyder the sydes of ther |r[f.24a] mantels
     with bothe handys before hem, hauyng them in crosse
     wyse within ther mantels the ryght hande ouer the
     lefte. And they schal inclyne so lowe that ther
|r15 handys withoute any stretchynge owte of armys may
     toche bothe kneys, bowyng the bak with the loynys not
     lyke a bowe bente, but euen playn and streght oute,
     that yf nede were a staffe myght lye ther vpon. And
     thys maner of inclynyng, they schal obserue as ought
|r20 as čey inclyne in ther mantels and as ofte as they
     passe by the sacrament, or by the myddys of the hygh
     autyr or quyer, or by the ymage of our lady, or by
     the general confessour. And whan they |r[f.24b] inclyne
     withoute mantels, they schal holde her handes in ther
|r25 cowell sleues , one caste ouer another in crosse wyse,
     and inclyne as it is seyd before. Also eche brother
     schal do reuerence to other, as ofte as they mete to
     gyder, or receyue anythyng, or any seruyse of other



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     aualyng ther hodys , and somwhat bowyng down with her
     hedys and bodyes, the ¨onger namely to the elder. But
     to this names ihesus and maria, they schal inclyne pro_foundly
     as ofte as čey here them rehersyd.



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     |r[f.24c] xix=te= chaptyr. Of obseruaunce at matens.
          Whylst they rynge allyn to matens the tapers
     schal be lyght by the lay brethren as it is expressyd
     in the eght and fourti chapter folowyng[.] And whan
     allyn is ronge, they schal hye them fast to the
 |r5 chirche and stonde in the quyer in the lower stallis,
     keping the same stondyngis and syttyngis that the
     quer doth, and none to depart thens without special
     licence. The ebdomedar of duty schal byde in the
     quyer euermore, and ley the legende on the lectron,
|r10 and se that the quyer haue lyght whan it is nede, and
     čat nothyng lakke whan it schal be sett a werk. Whan
     the lessons be done, he schal take a / way the le*_gende |r[f.24d]
     and other bokes and deskes as the tyme requyreth,
     and quenche the skonses. And it is to be markyd that
|r15 whan he leyth any boke upon any lectron or deske, he
     schal open it in the myddes, and so schett it a¨ene,
     whan he taketh it away. Of the ryngynge to the sus
     trys matens, it schewyth in the nyen and fourty chap
     tyr, and whan the autyrs schal be made redy to the
|r20 brethren masses, in the seuen and fourty. Of incly_nacions
     and očer obseruaunces, it scheweth of the
     chaptyr goyng tofore.



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     |r[f.25a] xx=ti= chaptyr. Of obseruaunce at prime and teers
     and ladymasse and soforth[.]
          Of ryngyng to prime and to our lady masse, it
     scheweth in the nyen and fourty chaptyr and also of
     tollyng to De profundis at graue. To the whyche all
     the brethren schal go in procession wyse; and whan
 |r5 it is endyd, the lay brethren schal go streght into
     če chirche for to mynyster to the prestys att masse[.]
     After the whyche masses yf it be a comonyng day,
     they schal be comonyd, eche brother of če preste he
     helpeth atte masse sayng confiteor before as the
|r10 maner is[.] And yf ther be many brethren comonyd att
     one masse, they schal say confiteor togyder and be
     comonyd togyder |r[f.25b] after the prestys or dekons yf any
     be than comonyd at the same masse for no lay brother
     schal be comonyd with hem.
|r15 Att ende of our lady masse after the benediccion
     is seyd, the lay brother that mynystreth at the hye
     masse schal tolle the Aue belle, nyen strokys att
     thre tymes, kepyng the space of one pater noster and
     one aue betwene eche thre tollynges, and after thys
|r20 he that kepeth če ladymasse schal quench the tapers
     ther and make up the awltar



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     |r[f.25c] xxi=ti= chaptyr. Of the seuen psalmes and letany on
 fridays.
          To the seven psalmes it schal be tollyd as it is
     wonte to de profundis. Ande whan the houre of sexte
     or none is doon before hygh masse, the crosse berer
     schal bere the crosse in hys reguler habite before the
 |r5 procession withoute tapers and holy water, turnyng
     into the quyer a¨ene at the sygne of the chauntour.
     And whan he perceyueth čat the president or eldeste
     prest of that procession is in hys stalle, he schal
     sette vp the crosse in če reuestry and come and knele
|r10 amonge hys brethren in the quyer withoute the stallys.
     Of če ryngyng to hygh mas*se, |r[f.25d] it schewyth in the
     nyen and fourty chaptyr folowyng. They čat kan not
     rede, in stede of the seuen psalmes and letany schal
     say our lady sawtyr.



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     xxiite chaptyr. Of obseruaunces at hygh autyr and
     lady autyr.
          As ofte as tapers ar to be holde, če taperers
     schal ioyne hemself to the preste as sone as he is
     come to the gree of the autyr, stondyng by the dekon
     and subdekon, hauyng her facys to the autyr and som_what
 |r5 inclynyng as they may forholdyng of the candel
     stykkes. The mynysters of hygh masse and ladymasse,
     schal helpe at mynysteryng of the chalyce, and they
     schal |r[f.26a] bere the masse bokys, from corner to corner of
     the autyrs whan tyme is, doyng other mynystracions
|r10 aboute the autyrs as they be enformyd and taughte.
     Of sensyng of the autyr in the begynnyng of masse and
     before and aftyr the gosbel, it schewyth in the seuen
     and twenty chaptyr folowynge.
          Whan the dekon or subdekon cometh from the quyer
|r15 to the auter after the sensyng of če quyer, the lay
     brethren schal stonde in order at ende of the lefte
     syde, offryng themselfe to kysse the pax. So that
     none of hem mynyster aboute thes .ii. autyrs withoute
     surplys, but yf it be in a sodeyn case of nede[.]



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     |r[f.26b] xxiii=ty= chaptyr. Of obseruauncys in the quyer at
     hygh masse tyme.
          As it is seyd in če eghtenthe chaptyr goyng be
     fore, and in the seuen and fourty chaptyr folowyng
     aftyr the lay brethren schal conforme hemself to the
     clerkys in syttyng in stondyng, in knelyng and in
 |r5 enclynyng at matens, masse, and euensonge and at al
     očer hourys. Neuertheles none of hem schal be sensyd
     but the taperers at magnificat and benedictus. Thyes
     must take gode hede among hem, that the bokes be leyd
     open on the deskys betymes, and that every thynge be
|r10 redy at hande. Whan ther is any dysciplyne ¨ouen
     before or aftyr hygh masse, one |r[f.26c] of hem schal tolle
     the belle therto lyke as it is tollyd to de profundis
     that al the brethren may be ther atte.



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     xxiiii=ti chaptyr. Of obseruaunces at euensong [.]
          From Indulgete none schal absente hymself wyl
     fully at any tyme, nor go to hys place behynd the
     quyer tyl gloria patri is endyd aftyr deus in adiuto
     rium.
 |r5     On saturdays in somer tyme, whan procession is
     had to the crosse, he that kepeth the sensour and he
     čat holdeth the boke schal abyde styl in ther surplys
     tyl after the proces*sion. |r[f.26d] But no crosse is to be
     had excepte in ester wyke.



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     xxv=ti= chaptyr. Of obseruaunces at collacion and at
     complyn.
          None schal absent hym from the collacion nor com
     plyn withoute special licence of the presidente; nor
     none schal go to hys place behynde the quyer, tyl [če
     office] is begon.
 |r5     Atte the collecte aftyr the antem of our lady or
     att tibi domine commendamus whan commendacions be seyd
     aftyr complyn of the day, they schal inclyne two and
     two togyder in the comen place as*sygned |r[f.27a] vnto them,
     and go forth in procession wyse to the holy water
|r10 stoppe. And as they receyue holy water, they schal
     inclyne to the preste that ¨eueth it. So that the
     mynyster of hygh masse holde lyght vnto hym whan
     nede is, and also to the brečren whan they go from
     the collacion if it be derke, turnyng the lygth in
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     |r[f.27b] xxvi=ti= chaptyr. Of the maner of doyng aboute dyuyne
     seruyse, in festys that be callyd in the tabIe, maius
     duplex[.]
          Euery dowble feste that is callyd by the table,
     maius duplex, the confessours stall is wonte to be
     honestly arayd with clothes, as it is acordyng for to
     be, by the mynyster of če sextry. Whiche also schal
 |r5 ordeyn for the deske in myddes of the quyer, stolys,
     cuschens, and stauys for the rectours[.] And the lay
     brethren at the preface of hygh masse schal sette
     forth the seyd stolys before the rectours that they
     may knele at hem, and atte agnus dei they schal sette
|r10 hem in ther places a¨ene, or els folde hem togyder
     and sett |r[f.27c] hem in suche place, čat the brethren be
     not lette goyng by them.



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     xxvii=ti= chaptyr. Of taperers and of sensynge.
          In al dowble festys and sondays generally, and
     whan it is inuitatorium triplex aftyr the table, also
     al ester wyke, and in the festys of seynt kateryne
     and of the enleuen thowsande virgyns, the tapers
 |r5 schal be holde and the hygh autyr and quyer sensyd at
     matens, masse and euensong, and in the begynnyng of
     masse aftyr confiteor, and a¨ene before če |r[f.27d] gosbel.
          Also aftyr the gosbel, the sacryfyse schal be
     sensyd eche day in the ¨ere. But the quyer schal
|r10 neuer be sensyd in masse tyme but whylst the Crede is
     in syngyng yf ther be any. And in eche of the seyd
     festys and days a tapete schal be leyd before the
     hygh autyr[.]
          Lyke obseruaunce is to be kepte at oure lady
|r15 autyr in oure lady masse tyme, except certayn days
     expressid in ther placys.
          The taperers schal go before the preste or
     stonde by hym as they be informyd. And he that kepeth
     the sensour schal say Benedicite outetake at hygh
|r20 masse, and lady masse, for than the dekon schal say
     it. Also he that kepeth the sen |r[f.28a] sour schal holde
     vp the rygth syde of the cope whylst the preste sen
     seth at euensonge and at matens. And after the sen
     syng of the auter he schal sense the preste in hys
|r25 place .iii. castes and than he schal go into the
     quyer and sense the confessour in hys stalle as many,
     inclynynge to hem both before and aftyr. Than he
     schal sense the quyer, fyrst the ryght syde and aftyr



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     the lefte, eche preste and dekon, two castys, and
     eche voyde stalle excepte the confessours one. And
     than he schal sense eche taperer two castys inclynyng
     before and aftyr, but neuer no mo of the lay brethren.
 |r5 Whyche doon, he schal inclyne at če |r[f.28b] lowest gree of
     the autyr and bere up the sensour into the reuestry
     a¨ene; or els stonde styl ther, tyl the procession
     goeth forth to the crosse, yf any procession be,
     doyng suche obseruaunce as belongeth therto.
|r10     In festys clepyd maius duplex ther schal be two
     sensours at euensonge and matens and a schyp berer.
     And he schal than say: Benedicite to the preste to
     fore encense be put into the sensours. But at fyrste
     euensonge schal be .ii. schyp berers. So that in
|r15 sensyng of the autyrs one of hem, and oo taperer,
     and oo sensour go before the preste of the ryght
     syde; and ther felawe the same wyse before the
     preste of če |r[f.28c] lefte syde al in surplys[.]
          Whan al be comne into the quyer a¨ene, the se_cundary
|r20 preste schal sense the fyrste, and the prin_cipal
     senser of the lay brothern, schal sense the
     seyd secundary preste, thre castys. Whyche done,
     they schal one at oo syde and another at očer syde
     sense the rectours, the quyer, and taperers as it is
|r25 seyd before, eche of hem two castys and eche voyde
     stalle one with dewe inclynacions, and than go ther
     ways. If so be that the confessour be presente in
     the quyer and not executeth seruyse, he shal be sen
     syd .iii. castys aftyr the rectours, by če pryncipal
     30 sensour. The taperers aftyr tyme they be sensyd,



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     čey |r[f.28d] schal stonde by the preste conformyng hem to
     the obseruaunces of the quyer as moche as they may.
          And it is to be markyd that in our lady masse
     schal be holde no tapers but at the dysposicion of
 |r5 the general confessour because the prestys than beyng
     at masse, schal not be lefte alone withoute helpe.



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     xxviii=ti= chaptyr. Of halowyng of holy watyr[.]
          On sondays whan holy watyr is halowyd in the
     quyer the mynyster of the sextry schall ordeyne for
     water and salte, and |r[f.29a] so he schal do al so whan it is
     to be halowyd withoute note in the reuestry. The
 |r5 crosse berer with tapers lyght schal stonde at the
     lowest gre of the hygh autyr, and the mynyster of our
     lady masse schal sette forth watyr and holde the
     salte on the ryght syde of the preste. And he schal
     powre holy water into the holy water stop and holde
|r10 it al togyder in the sleue of hys surplys whylst he
     sprenkleth it in the left syde of the quyer. The
     keper of hygh masse schal bryng forč the towel and
     cope, and he schal putt the cope vpon the preste
     and caste it ouer hys scholders and holde it vp be
|r15 hynde hym, whylst he ¨eveth holy water; and the
     holder of the boke schal take hede to the same, and
     se that the deske be remouyd and sett a¨en |r[f.29b] whan
     tyme is, but to the confessour he schal holde the
     boke hymself; and al čes schal be in ther surplys.
|r20 In takyng of holy water, the lay brethren schal con
     forme hem to the clerkys, saue none of hem schal go
     with any preste or dekon at any tyme.
          And it is to be known, that in al dowble festys
     and profession days, and in the feste of saynte anne
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     lenton, palme sonday, secunde sonday aftyr ester day,
     sonday within the vtas of seynt petyr ad uincula, and
     al other sondays as the confessour semeth best, holy
     water schal be made in the reuestry after morow masse;
 |r5 wheras euery sonday thorow the ¨ere holy / water is |r[f.29c]
     wonte to be made after the seyd masse and holy brede,
     če brother that kepeth če wheyle ordeynyng for al
     thynges longynge therto, for sustres and lay brethren.
     So that every sonday holy brede is to be taken reue_rently
|r10 before al other bodyly sustynaunce. Se more in
     the fyue and fourty and sex and fourty chaptyrs folow
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     xxix=ti= chaptyr. Of processions before masse.
          Euery sonday and in the concepcion and annuncia
     cion of our lady, and in the feste of petyr and paule
     |r[f.29d] and on mychaelmasse day before hygh masse schal be
     procession in thys wyse. The holy water berer schal
 |r5 go before castyng holy water on euery syde as he
     goeth, the crosse berer schall folowe, and aftyr hym
     če taperers with tapers brennyng. After the taperers
     schal go the boke berer in somer tyme, and behynde
     the prest schal come the mynyster of hygh masse
|r10 beryng vp the cope, al in surplys, goyng bare hede.
     Other brethren schal folowe in ther reguler habite
     ther hedys coueryd, goyng so ferre asondyr that none
     scholdyr another, and kepyng the space of a mannys
     lengthe or at lest fyue fote space betwene hem and
|r15 them that go before |r[f.30a] hem.
          Ouer thys in euery feste that is klepyd maius
     duplex .ii. lay brethren in surplys bare hede schal
     bere .ii. torches before the sacrament, of the whyche
     two,the ¨ongest schal bere the lytel belle and rynge
|r20 it contynually[.] But on estyr day and on corpus
     cristy day, four lay brethren schal bere foure
     torches after če seyd foorme .ii. before and .ii.
     behynde the sacramente. And whan če procession is
     ended, the crosse schal go hys way and the tapers
|r25 schal be sett vpon the autyr[ . ] But the torches
     schal abyde by the sacrament and not be quenched
     tyl it be sett a¨ene in hys place. Of the proces
     sion on the frydays it schewyth in the one and |r[f.30b]
     twenty chaptyr goyng before, and of other in her own



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     xxx=ti= chaptyr. Of obseruaunces in aduente.
          To the fyrst evensonge of če fyrst sonday of ad
     uente, the fyrst pele schal be with oo belle, and the
     secunde with two only, thof če feste of seynt andrew
     fal the same saturday[.] At whiche euensong schal be
 |r5 no procession nor from thens to estyr. But to the
     sustres euensong it schal be ronge with thre bellys,
     and the autyrs schal not be chaungyd tyl after the
     brethres com*plyn |r[f.30c] as they be wonte[.]



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     xxxi=ti= chaptyr. Of cristmasse day and twelfte.
          Att ende of the nyenth lesson of matens on cryst
     masse day, ther schal be two torches lyght and sett in
     conuenyent places wher they schal bren, whylst the
     genelogy is in syngynge. And att begynnyng of the
 |r5 last response the crosse with two tapers and a sen_sour,
     but no holy water, schal stonde att the lowest
     gre of the hygh autyr al in surplys. And after sen
     syng of the seyd autyr, they schal goo |r[f.30d] down by the
     sowth syde of the quyer in procession wyse rownde
|r10 aboute the rectours deske fayre and esyly, the crosse
     before and tapers and sensour aftyr, stondyng styl
     ech one whylst the dekon taketh the blyssynge of the
     confessour or preste. Thys doon, they schal go vp
     a¨ene by the nor syde of the quyer to če hygh autyr,
|r15 stondyng ther as they be wonte at gosbel tyme whylst
     the genelogy is in redyng. Saue the crosse schal
     stonde behynde the subdekon turnyng the ymage to the
     dekon; and the sensour schal stonde behynde the dekon
     about the ryght corner of the autyr.
|r20      The genelogy endyd, they al schal turne into re_uestry
     a¨ene in procession |r[f.31a] wyse lyke as they came
     oute. And than če seyd torches schal be quenched,
     and al the bellys rongen to the fyrst masse and
     sustres matens vnder oo pele .ii. miserere whyle. So
|r25 that some of the brethren, tukke the mynystyrs and
     holde the tapers and sensour in the begynnyng of
     masse, and also tuk the confessour whan he taketh
     the cope aboute the ende of the same masse.
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     and bren in conueniente place at the masse tyme[.]
          All other obseruaunces at matens, masses and
     euensonge, schal be kepte as they be wont in očer
     principal festys.
 |r5  Also on twelfte day the same obseruaunce schal
     be kept than abow |r[f.31b] te the genelogy, that was on
     cristmasse day[.] But than the confessour taketh
     hys cope aboute the laste therof.



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     xxxii Chaptir of Candelmasse daye.
          In če fest of purificacion before halowyng of
     candels shal be light ii tapers vpon the auter of
     saynt sauior whiche če taperers shall ber afore
     če executour to če autir wher he shall halowe the
 |r5 candels and čer sett them down[.] And if it be Son_day
     they shall hold them at če ¨euyng of holy water
     and after that bryng če executour to če auter as is
     afore sayde. Att the halowyng of candels muste be
     the sensour with colys and holy water; and the
|r10 mynyster of the sextry and other lay |r[f.31c] brethren must
     helpe in distribucion of tapers and candels to the
     quyer, sustrys, and seculers. After the brethren
     haue receyuyd ther tapers, they schal reuerently holde
     hem styl in ther handes; ¨e also the taperberrars as
|r15 moche as they may, in reuerence of the feste, into
     tyme they haue offred hem at autyr to the preste. In
     the whiche offryng they schal conforme hemself to the
     clerkys; but no lay brother shal go nor offer with
     any preste or dekon. The mynyster of the sextry,
|r20 schal quenche the tapers as they be offryd.



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     |r[f.31d] xxxiii=ti= chaptyr. Of asch wensday.
          On asche wensday before hygh masse a tapett schal
     be caste tofore the hygh autyr only, and a lytel forme
     sett by the mynyster of the sextry at če gre of the
     same with a cloth and cusschens and boke thervpon, for
 |r5 the preste and hys mynysters. Also before the seuen
     psalmys, schal be lyght ii tapers vpon the autyr and
     .ii. in the grete candelstykes. The seuen psalmys
     endyd, the seyd brother schal take away the seyd lytyl
     forme, and the keper of hygh masse schal holde the
|r10 boke to the preste, and sett holy watyr at the dekons
     hande whan the sustres take asches[.] The lay brethren
     schal |r[f.32a] take ther asches aftyr the dekons, conformyng
     them to the same obseruaunces in the takyng ande the
     tapers schal be holde and auter sensyd, as it is on
|r15 sondayes.
          And it is to be markyd that thyes asches schal be
     made the same day by the mynyster of the sextry, of
     palme halowyd on palme sonday goyng before, whiche
     schal sett hem vpon the autyr in the ryght corner
|r20 therof in an honest basen before masse with holy watyr
     besyde it. He also schal ordeyn for salte and branne
     in two fayr saucers, and for a towel and a klene basen
     with warme water, for če prest to wasch hys handys
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     |r[f.32b] xxxiiii=ti= chaptyr[.] Of lenton seson.
          In al processions in lenton excepte the fyrste
     sonday, our lady day, and processions of deuocion
     or worchyp, as in the receyuyng of če kyng, quene,
     buschop, corse present and suche other, the lente
 |r5 crosse is to be born; ¨e on seynt mathy day also and
     on seynt gregory day whan they fal on the fryday.
          The keper of hygh masse schal drawe the veyle
     at the same. Aftyr sacryng of the whyche masse, hys
     felawe schal bere oute and quenche bothe torches,
|r10 whylst he schetteth the seyd veyle and ryngeth the
     fyrste Pele to euensong yf it be tofore mete. And
     after that he must help to rynge allyn. Whiche |r[f.32c]
     must euermore be at suche a tyme, that all may be at
     Indulgete[.]
|r15     To the sustres euensonge schal be two pele as
     ofte as the brethren euensonge is before none, and
     the dortour bel schal be ronge before as it is wonte.
     Whyche is to be obserued thof the kynge or any suche
     other person be comyng or goyng in lenton, only with_in
|r20 the wyke days, and in the sustres euensonge tyme
     al schal kepe sylence tyl aftyr drynkynge.
          In al dowble festys and festys of nyen lessons,
     the veyle schal be drawen at morowe masse or masse
     of the iune into the gosbel; and than it schal be
|r25 opend and so abyde styl lyke as it is wonte on the
     saturdays, yf so be that mas*se |r[f.32d] of the iune be seyd
     at hygh autyr.



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          Mydlent sonday, al the bellys schal be ronge to
     the seruyse of brothren and sustren, as they be wonte
     in principal festys, and the hygh autyr and our lady
     autyr shal be solempnly arayd only, with the chefe
 |r5 candelstykkys. But no tapers schal be lyght vpon
     the autyr but at magnificat and benedictus, and the
     holy water schal be made in če reuestry. To the
     sermon the grete bell shal be tollyd, but no bell
     herd in the sermon tyme, excepte the sacryng bell,
|r10 whosoever come or go. Which is to be obseruyd in al
     sermonys.
          To the fyrste euensonges of passion sonday and
     palme sonday schal never be ronge but oo bell for
     the fyrst pele and two for allyn, thof a |r[f.33a] dowble
|r15 feste be seruyd če same saturdays.



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     xxxv=ti= chaptyr. Of palme sonday.
          On palme sonday the holy watyr schal be made in
     the reuestry; and aboute the ende of the sustres
     houre of sexte, two tapers and no mo schal be lyght
     vpon the autyr. Whan holy water is ¨ouen, the
 |r5 mynyster of hygh masse, schal set a lettron vnder
     the lower gre of the hi¨e autyr a¨enst the rygth cor
     ner of the same estewarde and ley the epistle boke
     open thervpon. And he schal sett anočer lettron este
     warde with the |r[f.33b] gosbel boke thervpon, vpon the hygh_est
|r10 gre of the seyd autyr, wher če two taperers schal
     stonde face to face whilst the gosbel is in redyng.
     Whyche endyd, he schal sette a lettron vpon the same
     gre wher as the palme lyeth to be halowyd, at whiche
     most be a sensour and holi watyr. In distribucion of
|r15 palme schal be kept the obseruaunce that is had in
     distribucion of tapers on candelmasse day. In the
     procession, the seyd brother schal se that ther be a
     lettron set in the ¨endyr corner of the ambytys for
     redyng of the gosbel, towarde the este; but the
|r20 taperers schal stonde ther as they dyd in the chirche
     face to face. And aftyr thys, he schal sprede a
     tapet or a clothe whervpon the preste |r[f.33c] schal knele
     with hys mynystrys toward če sacrament. Before the
     whiche, two lay brethren in surplys schal bere two
|r25 torches with a sacryng bell ryngyng contynually. And
     whan the chantour begynneth Dignus es domine, the



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     crosse berer schal leue the lenton crosse, and bere
     the chefe crosse before the sacrament, and tyl al the
     procession is endyd.
          The wensday before ester, če veyle schal be let
 |r5 fall, at hygh masse, or yf it be dowble fest at morowe
     masse, at thes wordys of the passion: Velum templi
     scissum est. And the first pele to euensonge for
     thursday, schal ever be with oo bell and the secunde
     pele with .ii. as it is on sondays thof ther fal a
|r10 dowble fes*te |r[f.33d] the seyd wensday. But to the sustrys
     euensonge it schal be ronge as it is wonte.



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     xxxvi=ti= chaptyr. Of schyre thursday.
          To matens and masse on schyrthursday the bellys
     schal be ronge as they be wonte on the sondays and
     than cese tyl estyr eue. Before matens schal be
     lyght xxiiii=ti= tapers only, before the lower gre of
 |r5 če autyr. And at the begynnyng of eche antem and
     response, the keper of hygh masse schal quenche one
     of hem aftyr če sydys of the quyer, begynnynge be
     nethe and |r[f.34a] goyng vp from syde to syde.
          At the seuen salmys, the same obseruaunce schal
|r10 be kepte that was on aschwensday, al the brethren
     knelyng in the quyer in the mene tyme; and atte be
     gynnyng of masse the tapers schal be holde[.] At
     the whiche masse al the lay brethren schal be co
     monyd aftyr the clerkys in ther reguler habite with
|r15 oute surplis[.] So that the mynyster of the sextry
     ley forth a stole before euery preste that schal be
     comonyd at the same masse before the sacryng
     or anone aftyr, of the beste stolys[.]
          The keper of the wasschyng hows must ordeyn
|r20 that ther be hote watyr in the mornyng for the breth_res
     fete and clene towels to wype |r[f.34b] with. And
     he schal ordeyn for watyr both hote and colde and for
     a clene basyn for the mawndy[.l
          Aftyr hygh masse or els aftyr mete, al the
|r25 autyrs schal be made bare, and the mynyster of the
     sextry schal ordeyn for two bysoms made of boxe and
     ewe that was halowyd on palme sonday, for waschynge



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     of če autyrs. And he or els če mynyster of hygh
     masse schal helpe the sextayn to halowe the holy
     water, and ordeyn for cruettys of wyne and cuppys
     for to powre watyr vpon the autyrs.
 |r5     To the sustyrs euensonge schal be two pele
     ronge with the clappe be the seyd kepers of če
     sextry and of hygh masse. And whan the last pele
     is cesyd, the taperers in surplys schal holde če |r[f.34c]
     tapers turnyng to the autyr behynd the mynysters
|r10 of the same, but none of the lay brethren schal kysse
     any autyr aftyr če waschyng.
          Whan al the autyrs be wasche, če crosse berer
     and taperers, with the chefe crosse al in surplys
     schal go before the dekon and subdecon in the chap
|r15 tyr hows thorow the chirche, wher muste be sett a
     lettron before, by the keper of hygh masse. And
     whan the gosbel is red, he schal take it away, the
     seyd crosse and other goyng into the reuestry a¨ene
     as they cam oute, in procession wyse.
|r20      In waschyng of fete, the lay brethren shal con
     forme hem to the prestys sayng Misereatur nostri
     omnipotens deus, as they do. Saue the mynyster of
     hygh masse schal bere the ba*syn |r[f.34d] and holde it to
     the confessour or serche whylst he wascheth the
|r25 brethres fete, excepte whylst hymselfe is in wasch
     yng, chaungyng the watyr whan one syde is waschen.
     At complyn the tapers schal be lyght as they be wonte



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     vpon the bare autyr[.]
          Of the clap it schewith more playnly in the nyen
     and fourty chaptyr[.]



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     xxxvii=ti=  chaptyr. Of obseruaunces on goode fryday.
          A goode friday before matens the tapers schal be
     lyght as they wer a schyrthursday at laste pele of the
     clappe[.] And that day schal be kept streyte silence
     and occupyed in prayer tyl čat aftyr none, but yf it
 |r5 be for a nedeful thyng, čat |r[f.35a] may not be done withoute
     speche.
          The sygne to hygh masse schal be made whan the
     sustres begyn ther letany aftyr ther seuen psalms[.]
     Whyche endyd, iiii. tapers schal be lyght, and the two
|r10 taperers schal holde two of hem in surplys whan the
     preste cometh forth as they be wonte, withoute sensour
     as ¨ette. And whan the dekon in če passion sayth: Parti_ti
     sunt vestamenta mea, the mynyster of hygh masse on
     the ryght syde and mynyster of our lady masse on the
|r15 lefte syde of the awtyr, bothe of them in surplys,
     schal take away two lynnen towels lyeng in the corners
     of the autyr, religiously. And inclynacion made be
     fore the |r[f.35b] myddes of the autyr, bere them into the
     revestry[.]
|r20      Before the worchyppyng of the crosse, the myn
     yster of the sextry schal ley a clothe with cuschens
     thervpon, at the lowest gree of the hygh autyr. And
     than he schal sprede the pawment with clothes down to
     the quyer dore. Whervpon the ministrys of the autyr
|r25 reuest, and general confessour though he be not reuest,
     schal take ther veynes. But all other schal take ther
     veynes vpon the bare pamente; al beyng bare fote.



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     At eche longe veyne is one pater noster, one Aue,
     and Adoramus te christe; and at curte veyne at the
     crosse, is only Adoramus te christe. They that kan
     not say adoramus, schal say instede |r[f.35c] therof one Aue.
 |r5 And instede of Domine ihesu christe, they schal say
     one Pater noster and one Aue maria at ende of seruise.
     Aftyr the whiche, the tapers schal be lyghte abowte
     the sepulcre be the minister of the sextry.
          Whan the quyer is come to the awtyr ther schal
|r10 be one sensour redy wyth colys; but at sensyng of
     the sepulcre schal be two. And the seyd tapers
     schall bren stylle, tyl after the resurreccion, ex
     cepte at Benedictus at matens on ester eue, and at
     blissyng of the newe fyre[.] Saue a nyghtes tyme
|r15 čey shal be do owte, and ii. other tapers schal bren
     instede of them in a more syker place for eschewyng
     of perelle; and aftyr complen at ferdeste the
     paschal schal be rey*sed |r[f.35d] vp.



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     xxxviri chaptyr. Of ester eue.
          On ester eue atte matens. al schal be after the
     fore seyde rewles, so that al tapers be qwenched be
     fore benedictus. Aftyr matens al the awtyrs schal
     stonde open in ther principal aray; and the sygne to
 |r5 De profundis schal be as it is wonte; and če sygne
     to our lady masse schal be in the brečres houre of
     teers. At whyche masse no tapers schal be holde, thof
     the chefe tapett be leyd forth and the chefe candel
     stykkes stonde vpon the autyr. |r[f.36a] Aftyr our lady
|r10 masse the mynyster of the sextry schal ordeyn for fyre
     of coles to be halowyd, smyten oute of the flynte
     stone; and in the sustres laste howre, the sygne
     schal be made to hygh masse.
          Whiche howre fullyche endyd and the tapers aboute
|r15 the sepulcre quenchyd and al other lyghtes in the
     chirche, the quyer schal go to halowyng of the fyre
     vnder thys forme by the north dore of the awter.
     The holy water schal go before, the schafte after,
     with .ii. tapers unlyght, the sensour aftyr withoute
|r20 colys, goyng with the frankencense, and the boke
     laste before the subdekon et cetera[.]
          At halowyng of the fyre, the holy water schal
     stonde on the ryght syde of the preste; and by hym
     on hys rigth hond frankence and sensour, before |r[f.36b]
|r25 the preste the boke berer and behynde hym oo taper;
     behynde the preste, another taper; and hehynde hym,



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     the schafte, euerychone turnyng to če preste. And
     aftyr the sensyng of the fyre, the schafte schal be
     lyght only; and than the holy water, schafte, taper,
     sensour, and encense, schal go before the procession
 |r5 into the quyer, čer stondyng as they be wonte aftyr
     procession on sondays tyl the ympne be endyd callyd In-uentor
     rutili, Comyng by the sougth dore ynto the
     qwyre[.]
          At halowyng of the paschal, the dekon schal
|r10 stonde at a lectron northwarde hauyng če paschal on
     hys ryght hande and tapers on euery syde vnlyght.
     Behynde the subdekon schal stonde the schafte, and
     behynde če dekon the sensour with coles and franken
     cense, all |r[f.36c] turnyng to the dekon. The mynyster of
|r15 the sextry schal lyght the paschal, lampes, tapers,
     and other lyghtes as he is assygned. And aftyr the
     dekon hath doon, če schafte schal be sette on the
     sowth syde of the hygh autyr, when it schal bren tyl
     masse be endyd.
|r20      Atte begynnyng of the whyche masse, the tapers
     schal be holde lyghte; and at Gloria in excelsis
     aftyr the kyrie, al the bellys schall be ronge. Also
     at gosbel the tapers schal be holde a¨ene quenchyd,
     and they schal be lyght a¨ene after the gosbel ; and than
|r25 the bell schal be tollyd xiii strokes, and other
     bellys schal be tollyd and rongen as they be wonte in
     principal festys et cetera[.] Saue from curfewe bell
     into the resurreccion, |r[f.36d] no bel schal be herd for any



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     cause.
          As for the paschal, whan it is maius or minus
     duplex by the table, it schal be lyght at bothe euen_songes
     of the day, complens, matens and masse; and
 |r5 so it schal be lyght al ester wyke, excepte at com
     plyn, thursday and fryday. In al očer dowble festys,
     sondays sengle, and sermon dayes, it schal be lyght
     only at hygh masse. But in sermon tymes it schal be
     quenched, outetake ester day and ascencion day, so
|r10 that aftyr the sermon it be lyght a¨ene. So also,
     that from the tyme it is lyght on ester eue, into
     the ende of the brethers complyn on ester day, it
     schal bren contynually or els another taper halowyd
     therwith instede therof a nyghtes tyme. |r[f.37a]
|r15     Aftyr the resurreccion the tapers aboute the
     sepulcre schal be lyght and quenched as other tapers
     ar wonte to be, saue at complyn they schal not be
     lyght, as it schewyth in the nexte chaptyr folowynge.



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     xxxix. chaptyr. Of ester day and ester wyke.
          The first sygne to the resurreccion schal be at
     twelue; fyrst aboue the steple, than thorowe the dor
     tour, and aftyr by the horloge. The fyue strokes
     schal be in the cloyster, and the secunde sygne schal
 |r5 be made at suche tyme that it may |r[f.37b] be endyd be twelue
     and čan the clappe schal be leyd vp tyl the nexte
     ¨ere. Betwene the seyd sygnes clothes and cuschens
     and al other thynges necessary to the worchyppyng of
     the crosse schal be made redy at our lady autyr by
|r10 the mynyster of the sextry or by another brother.
     Whiche also schal sett the principal candelstykkes
     wyth tapers vpon the hygh autyr, and brynge torches
     to the brethers quyer, that eche preste and dekon
     vnreueste may bere one aboute in the procession.
|r15   The seyd torches therfor and al other lyghtes
     lyght thorough če chirche and .iii. lay brethren
     redy in ther surplys with .ii. sensours and encense,
     al schal take ther curte veyne and say a pater nos
     ter, an Aue, and a Crede, with Adoramus |r[f.37c] te christe.
|r20 And anone atte begynnyng of the resurreccion, al the
     bellys schal be ronge the space of oo Miserere; whiche
     also schal stonde for the fyrst pele to matens; and
     than the ryngers schal hye them to the worchyppyng
     of the crosse. Atte the whiche al must be bare fote,
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     take ther veynes vpon clothes; but al other vpon the
     bare pawmente. Ande ther schal be .ii . curte veynes,
     at fyrst of the whyche the brethren .ii . and ii . to
     gyder, schal say oo pater noster, one Aue and Ado_ramus
 |r5 te christe; and at secunde Adoramus, kepyng the
     same obseruaunce that the clerkys do, at eche veyne.
     And whilst the crosse / is in worchippyng, ii. tor*_ches |r[f.37d]
     schal bren, and other lyghtes excepte the paschal
     schal be quenched; and al the ymages in the chirche
|r10 schal be vncouered[.] And whan the chantour begynneth
     thys antem Regina celi, the brečren schal rynge allyn
     to matens.
          In the procession before masse schal be .iiii
     torches, ii. goyng before and ii. behynde the sacra
|r15 mente.
          Allyn to the sustres euensonge thys day and al
     the wyke aftyr vnto saturday, schal be at begynnyng of
     če iii=de= psalme of euensonge of the day; and the
     crosse both at euensonge and at matens schal come oute
|r20 of the revestry to go before the procession to our
     lady auter and to the crosse and aftyr into quyer a¨ene,
     lyke as it is wonte on |r[f.38a] saturdays in somer tyme with
     tapers, sensour and boke et cetera. But at matens it
     schal not go no forther than to the grete crosse in
|r25 the chirche. And the brethren most beware that they
     come not to late aftyr ther ryngynge to sensyng of the
     autyr at Magnificat on ester day et cetera.



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     xl=ti= chaptyr. Of the first and secunde sonday aftyr
     ester day.
          Atte fyrst euensong of the first sonday aftyr
     ester day, and euery saturday into the ascencion,
     excepte at seconde euensonge in the feste of the in_uencion
     of the |r[f.38b] crosse, schal be procession as it
 |r5 is wonte in somer tyme withoute crosse.
          Secunde sonday, the hygh autyr and our lady
     autyr aftyr morn masse, schal be arayd as they be
     wonte in dowble festys excepte relikes; and holy
     watyr schal be made in the reuestry. And to the
|r10 seyd masses only, all the bellys schal be ronge;
     whiche solempnite schal be kepte ¨erly, because of
     the first profession that was made the seyd sonday
     and for the encrese of the religion. Aftyr the seyd
     masses, the autyrs schal be chaunged but yf it be
|r15 dowble feste the same day.
          Of the feste of seynt marke and of rogacion
     days.
          In the feste of seynt marke and in the rogacion
     days, aftyr the sacrynge of hygh masse schal be |r[f.38c]
|r20 thre tollynges, eche of hem the space of oo pater
     noster, one Aue and a crede, and as moche betwene
     eche tollyng: The fyrst tolle schal be with iii the
     smallest bellys; the ii=de with foure; and the iii=de=
     with al fyue, of one acorde. So that the crosse and
|r25 holy water be redy at lowest gre of the hygh autyr to
     go forth with the procession at ende of masse with al
     očer brethren al in ther reguler habite. And they
     schal go fyrst aboute the ambites of the chirche, than



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     aboute the cloyster as ofte as the chavntour assygn
     eth; and whan the letany is begon, they schal go
     aboute the gardyn tyl the chauntour make assygne to
     turne home. And whan the brethren in če chirche
 |r5 begyn mater ora filium, the crosse schal go |r[f.38d] into
     the revestry and not before.



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     xli=ti= chaptyr. Of witson eue et cetera.
          On witson eue, aftyr our lady mas the hygh
     autyr schal be arayd as it is wonte in principal
     festys but not our lady autyr. Nor no relikes schal
     be sett forth in tofore euensonge. Al the houres
 |r5 schal be had before masse; wherto it schal be ronge
     with the ii=de= and iii=de= bell only; bot to other
     seruise of the day with ii. smale bellys.
          Att begynnyng of masse, iiii. tapers lyght as
     it is wonte; ii. of them schal be holde be the
|r10 taperers, and a¨ene at confite |r[f.39a] or. At Gloria in
     excelsis, al the bellys schal be ronge, and aftyr
     grace the grete bell.
          On witsonday the ryngyng to our lady masse schal
     be at begynnyng of Ihesu Christe; and att Agnus dei
|r15 of the same masse, the grete bell shal be ronge .ii.
     Miserere whyle to Veni creator spiritus. Whan masse
     is endyd, če schyp and iii . sensours al in surplys,
     schal go before če prestys oute of the reuestry to the
     autyr[.] Of the whiche the fyrst taperer schal holde
|r20 one of the sensours, al stondyng behynd the prestys in
     order and ever redy to mynyster ther sensours whan
     tyme asketh, holdyng vp the copes as it is acordyng,
     whylst the autyr is in sensynge. Before the first
     verse of the seyd ympne the confessour |r[f.39b] schal blysse
|r25 the encense and put it into the sensours but at al



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     other verse, the schyp berer schal do it withoute
     blyssyng. And the ympne al endyd, they schal in
     clyne and bere in ther sensours a¨ene, and than the
     tapers schal be quenchyd and not before.
 |r5     In the feste of corpus christi, foure torches
     schal be born in the procession as they wer on ester
     day.
          In the feste of saynt anne and decollacion of
     seynt iohn baptiste, to the seruise of the sustres
|r10 it schal be ronge as it is in principal festys; but
     to seruise of the day as it is wonte[.]
          Lammas day and the sonday within the vtas, no
     bell schal be herde as it scheweth of that is seyd
     before in myd lente sonday.
|r15     On seynt laurence day,the bell schal be tollyd
     the sermon in / the sequence tyme. But whan it is son*_day, |r[f.39c]
     it schal be tollyd aftyr the gospel as it is
     wonte.
          In the feste of assumpcion and natiuite of our
|r20 lady and every day within both vtasses outake holy
     rode day, the minister of hygh masse schal brynge
     the legende into the chaptyr house for the collacion,
     and bere it into če chirche a¨ene whan it is doon.



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     xliitr chaptyr. Of suffrages for the dede.
          Whan any of the professed be passed to god, eche
     lay brother that kan, schal say within xxx=ti= |r[f.39d] days,
     dauid sautyr thryes and iii. diriges, or els tenne
     tymes the seuen psalmes and letany. They that kan
 |r5 not rede, schal say foure hundreth and fyfty pater
     nostres and as many Aues, and o Crede at eche fyfty;
     and for eche dirige our lady sautyr. Also besyde čis
     kan they rede or not rede, eche of hem xxx=ti= days to_gyder
     in the stede of .iii. orisons at masses schal
|r10 say for the trintal iii. pater nostres and iii. Aues
     with other suffrages assygnyd be the souereyn.
          Or the brethren go to brynge any corse to chirche,
     al the bellys schal be ronge, one miserere whyle at
     leste. And than če chaptyr bell schal be ronge oo
|r15 pater noster while. And the brethren gadryd togyder
     holy water and chefe crosse schal go before withoute
     |r[f.40a] tapers. The torches lyght and sensour schal folowe
     aftyr before the quyer, al in reguler habite excepte
     the confessour, the eldest goyng before. If it be
|r20 the coorse of an abbesse or general confessour, it
     schal be born of prestys or dekons yf it may be, or
     els of lay brethren, with ii. torches before and ii.
     behynde. All other coorses schal be borne of lay
     brethren, with ii. torches only before če corse. And
|r25 whan the corse is sett wher it schal abide, al the
     bellys schal be ronge if they were not ronge in the
     begynnyng[.]
          Also the lay brethren schal dresse the pytte
     and ley the bodyes therin and couer them reverently



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     and religiosly, and not hastly or bustyously. So that
     whilst če brethren synge Circumdederunt me, they schal
     |r[f.40b] rynge al the bellys, two Miserere while. And aftyr
     that, the body schal be borne to the graue, as it was
 |r5 brought to chirche the holy water, crosse, sensour,
     and ¨ongest brethren goyng before, and the body with
     torchys folowyng the quyer, al in reguler habite ex
     cepte the confessour and hys dekon. At graue the
     crosse and torches schal stonde att the fete west_warde,
|r10 and the holy water and sensour schal stonde by
     the preste at hede of the graue.
          To dirige for a coors presente who euer it be,
     al the bellys schal be ronge ii peles če first iiii
     miserere while če secounde on miserere whyle[.] And
|r15 they schal be ronge on the morne to our lady masse and
     hygh masse, and aftyr the gospel as they be vpon al soul day.
     For the abbes and confessour |r[f.40c] the hygh autyr and our
     lady autyr schal be arayd and also the herse, as it
     is in the founders dirige. And besyde the iiii tapers
|r20 čat be wonte to bren aboute al corses, schal bren .ii.
     torches al the dirige and requiem masse tyme.



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     xliii=ti= chaptyr. Of dirige differryd, and of trintals
     and ¨ere dayes.
          Whan dirige is differryd for any coors presente,
     the ryngynges also to masses schal be differryd ther
     with, et cetera.
          To diriges withoute note, the grete bell or els
 |r5 another bell aftyr the assygnement of the ge*neral |r[f.40d]
     confessour schal be ronge and also to requiem masse on
     the morne instede of prime bell, the space of iii. mi
     sereres. And whan iiii tapers bren aboute the herse
     or crossyd clothe at dirige, they schal also bren in
|r10 the same place at requiem masse, lady masse, and hygh
     masse.
          Fro the fest of seynt Austeyn tyll the founders
     obet be done the principall apparell of seynt Petyr
     seynt Sauyour and our ladys aulters shall hange styll
|r15 without relykes candylstykes or principall tapettes
     but the cheff candelstykes and princypall tapettys
     shall be had at the seyd obet, but no relykes[.]
     And the herse schal be couered with a clothe of golde
     with .iiii. tapers stondyng theraboute, and ii vpon
|r20 the autyr al the dirige tyme brennyng. At Magnificat
     and Benediktus the autyr schal be sensed; and therfor
     the confessour schal be in the chefe cope and hys stal
     schal |r[f.41a] be arayd as it is wonte in principal festys.
     And from the sensyng of the autyr and herse into the
|r25 colectes be endyd, the taperers schal holde the tapers,



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     turnyng westwarde whilst the seyd herse is in sensyng.
     As for the bellys, they schal be ronge as they be for
     a coors presente. Saue in the sustres euensonge,
     they schal be ronge as they be on al halowe day as it
 |r5 scheweth in be next chapter[.]



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     xliiii=ti= chaptyr. Of al halowe day and al soule day.
          Upon al halowe day it schal not be ronge to the
     sustres euensonge outtake it |r[f.41b] be saturday as it is
     wonte; but aftyr euensonge whan the brethren begyn
     placebo. Att magnificat the taperers schal holde the
 |r5 tapers besyde the confessour, but neyther the autyr
     schal be sensyd, neyther the quyer saue at euensonge
     of the day. Moreouer, al the bellys schal be ronge
     in the sustres euensonge tyme, iiii. or v. Miserere
     while, or els more or lasse as the brethren be dis_posed.
|r10
          Al soule day, the autyrs schal be arayd as čey
     be wonte on werke days and to seruise both of sustres
     and brethren it schal be ronge as it is wonte, whan
     it is Inferius duplex; and ii. tapers schal bren
|r15 vpon the autyr in secundary candelstykkes and ii. in
     če pamente al matens tyme and masses, |r[f.41c] withoute
     holdyng of tapers and sensyng at Benedictus. But to
     our lady masse and to hygh masse, it schal be ronge
     with all the bellys the sustres, two houres tyme,
|r20 or els as the space wyl ¨eue, aftyr the day is; and
     aftyr the tollyng aftyr the gosbel, al the bellys
     schal be ronge into Agnus dei or into masse be almost
     doo[.] Aftyr the whiche the brethren schal go in
     procession aboute the ambites and cloyster, the crosse
|r25 and holy watyr goyng before withoute tapers, the sen



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     sour and schyp folowyng aftyr al in regular habyt.
     Oute of mete it schal be ronge with the lytel belle.



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     xlv=ti=  chaptyr. Of the chauntours office[.]
          The chauntours office is to proclame |r[f.41d] the lay
     brethren of al defautes made in the chirche or in
     any other place longyng to diuine seruise only.



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     xlvi=ti= chaptyr. Of the office of the lay brethren
     from wyke to wyke .
          In the chirche, they schal begyn ther offices on
     saturdays at euensonge, and kepe stylle tyl the nexte
     saturday folowyng from the eldest to the ¨ongest. So
     that the first wyke, one schal kepe hygh masse, ii=de=
 |r5 wyke our lady masse, iii=de= wyke first taper, iiii=de=
     wyke, secunde taper, vte wyke, the crosse, vite wyke,
     the boke, viite wyke the |r[f.42a] schyp, and the viiite wyke
     he schal be voyde. Saue whan the numbyr is not ful,
     or any is absent, čey that be present schal fulfylle
|r10 ther stedes.
          The mynyster of hygh masse schal helpe to rynge
     allyn to both euensonges matens, and masses of breth
     ren and sustres; ley the bokes vpon the deskes by
     hym sette forth in al places; kepe the fyrst sensour
|r15 and ordeyn for coles; lyght the quyer sconses and
     rolles as ofte as nede is; tukke the preste and hys
     mynystrys before the same masse; and helpe at miny
     stryng of the chalice; remoue the masse boke from
     that one ende of če autyr to that other; tolle the
|r20 grete bell aftyr be gosbel outtake sermon days;
     bryng in the torches and holde one of them[;] |r[f.42b]
     quenche the lyghtes by hym lyght; draw the curteyns
     in al places and veyle in lente; rynge če bell oute
     of mete and suppyr; ordeyn for lyght and brynge the
|r25 legende and other bokes as he is assygned to the
     chaptyr or freytour whan nede is; and holde lyght at
     sprenklyng of holy water whan it is derke; with many



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     other thynges expressyd more largely in other dyuers
     chaptyrs of thes addicions.
          The minyster of our lady masse, schal kepe the
     secunde sensour; helpe to rynge to če same masse;
 |r5 tukke the preste and hys mynystres; lyght the tapers
     before and quenche them aftyr masse; ley the epistol
     ary and gosbellary vpon the deskes and ordeyn for
     lyghte; helpe at ministracion of the chalice; and
     remove the |r[f.42c] boke; bryng forth the torches and holde
|r10 one of them; and make vp the autyr aftyr; bere holy
     water and sprenkle it before processions as it schew
     ith of that is seyd in the xxviii=ti= chaptyr; and
     tolle to the sermon on sondays and other sermon days.
          The first taperer schal brynge in and bere oute
|r15 the pulpet; helpe to rynge in double festys ; holde
     the torche on hys own syde atte both masses. So that
     whoso holde the taper or torche on the ryghte syde,
     schal ringe the sacryng bell and tukke the prest and
     caste on the cope before Magnificat and Benedictus[.]
|r20 Also the first taperer, schal holde the iii=de= sensour
     on witsonday as it is seyd in the xli=ti= chaptyr.
     |r[f.42d]     The secunde taperer also schal helpe to sette
     forth the pulpet and to remoue it; and to rynge in
     double festes whan it is nede.
|r25     The crosse berer schal go before in al proces
     sions whan the crosse is had excepte holy watyr; and
     he schal turne home a¨ene as the chauntour assygneth



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     hym; and he schal bere the rede baner in profession
     days, as it scheweth in the sextenth chaptyr.
          The boke berer schal bere it in processions and
     holde it to the preste whan nede is.
 |r5     The schyp herer schal bere the schyp with encense
     as ofte as ther be mo sensours than one, behynd the
     sensours.
          Oute of the chirche, they schal begynne ther
     offices on the sondays in the mornyng and kepe forth
|r10 al če |r[f.43a] wyke folowynge Amen.



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     xlvii=ti= chaptyr. Of ther dayly seruise et cetera.
          They that kanne rede, schal dayly say our lady
     seruise, seuen salmes, fyften psalmes and letany; or
     any other thynge lymyt hem by the general confessour,
     so that če quyer be not interrupte be ther lowde sayng,
 |r5 whisperyng, or any očer noyse. They that kan not rede,
     schal in stede of matens say dayly, fourty pater nos
     tres with as many Aues and oo Crede, and as many for
     euensonge. For pryme, houres, and complen, they schal
     say for eche of hem, tenne pater |r[f.43b] nostres with tenne
|r10 aues and oo crede; and for hygh masse .xv. pater
     nostres and xv. aues and oo crede. Of the prayers
     for them that be anelyd it scheweth in the lviiti
     chaptyr, and for them that be passyd, in the xliiti
     chaptyr.
|r15     Thes also bothe werke day and holy day schal be
     at seruise of the day, there stondynge in the lower
     stallis reuerently before the prestes and decons
     eche in hys order, after their seniorite in religion,
     kepyng the same obseruances, in standyng, syttyng,
|r20 inclynyng, and knelynge and other, as the quyer doeth.
     So that none of hem presume to absente hymselfe from
     any houre of the day, or from our lady masse with
     oute a resonable cause allowyd by the general con_fessour.
|r25     If any come late, they schal |r[f.43c] inclyne wher as
     they be assygned and go to ther places, or aboute ther
     ministracion in the chirche and make amendys in če
     chaptyr the next chapter day. And yf they use suche
     defautes customably, or els wilfully and of purpose



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     withdrawe čemselfe, they schal the more greuosly be
     punysched. At begynnyng of matens they schal do as
     it seyd in the xixte chapter.
          Atte begynnyng of the brethres laudes or ther_aboutes,
 |r5 the mynyster of the sextry with helpe of
     hys brethren, schal make al autyrs redy to masse
     with al thynges requisite therto. And whilst they
     mynyster anythyng to the prestys at autyr, they
     schal leue ther bokes and bedes and powre wyne into
|r10 the |r[f.43d] chalices with both handes[.] And they schal
     behaue them aboute the autyrs like angels, whos
     stedes they ther occupy. At ende of Agnus dei, they
     schal knele with the pax besyde the preste, tyl he
     haue kyssed it excepte masses of requiem. Whiche
|r15 pax they schal bere no ferther but to them that be
     neye to the same autyr. Also they muste beware of
     noyse aboute the autyr be ratlyng of bedes or whis_peryng;
     and that they gace not the preste in the
     face, fixyng ther eyn vpon hym, namely whilst he
|r20 holdeth the sacrament ouer the chalice.
          Thes therfor be not receyued to thys holy reli_gion
     for to be ydel, but be ther contynual labours
     and seruise mekly to mynyster to če prestys and dekons
     al ther |r[f.44a] necessaries, in the chirche, at table, and
|r25 al other conuentual places aftyr če byddyng of ther
     souereyn. To make ther fyre, wasche ther clothes,
     schaue them, kepe ther gardyn klene dygge and delue
     and sette and sowe therin to the comen profite but
     not to take vp any trees or herbes necessary to



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     sustyr or brother withoute licence of ther souereyne.
     Also to rynge and tolle the bellys, at dewe tymes,
     and to kepe all places honeste and klene with al
     thynges perteynyng therto; and to do any other
 |r5 thyng commaunded by če general confessour aftyr the
     rewle and ordynaunce of our holy fader pope martyn
     the .vte in hys bulle articulo xxxvto.



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     |r[f.44b] xlviii=ti= chaptyr. Of the mynyster of the sextry.
          Mynyster of the sextry, schal ¨elde hym redy and
     seruisable to the sextayn, be it prest or dekon, in al
     thynge concernyng hys charge. As in distribucion of
     candels and palme, in hangyng vp and takyng down of
 |r5 autyrs, veyle, and paschal, in foldyng vp of vesti_mentes,
     copes and suche other. Also he schall make
     redy the autyrs to masse, sett forth the chalyces,
     candelstikkes, and candels of waxe and talowe, for
     eche autyr; poure wyne and water into the cruettes
|r10 and sett them forthe. Also ley the masse bokes and
     vestimentes vpon the autyrs, and lyght and quenche the
     lampes in the chirche and dortour; haue oute the
     tapettes, mattes, nattes, and rowndlettes; |r[f.44c] and the
     duste schake out and sonnyd ley them a¨ene fayre and
|r15 klene in ther places. Also wasche and purge, the
     pottes, cruettes, basyns, and lampes ones in the wyke
     at leste; skoure the candelstykkes as ofte as nede
     is, that they be euer bryght schynyng; and kepe the
     chirche clene aboue and beneth fro coppe webbes
|r20 rounde aboute; and also the cloyster and preyll,
     chaptyr and sextry. Also he schal kepe the clokke
     and watche; and also the belles with al thynge that
     longeth vnto them; ryngyng al pelys that be ronge
     with oo bell allone. Also he shall wache the tyme
|r25 of ryngyng the secunde pele to the bretherns matens
     and euynsong, with many other thynges expressed in
     the nexte chapter and in many other chaptyrs of thes



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     addicions. So ¨et that in suche labours as passe hys
     power, other lay brethren as |r[f.44d] sygned be the souer_eyne
     schal helpe hym fulfyllyng hys office. Suche as
     wyl not, schal be punysched in the chapter. Aftyr
 |r5 curfewe bell, he schal lokke the chirche and dortour
     dores and open them a¨ene in če mornyng.
          Al the smale autyrs schal be arayd, take down or
     chaunged and foldyd vp in doble festes by other lay
     brethren[.]
|r10     Forthermore euery day in the ¨ere before matens
     euensonge and complen, wylst they ryng allyn, and be
     fore masses with note whan the sustres be atte laste
     colette, they schal lyght the ii. tapers vpon the
     grete candelstikkes. And before Magnificat and Bene
|r15 dictus whan the autyr is to be sensyd, the taperer of
     the lefte syde schal li¨t other ii. tapers vpon the
     autyr. At prime and |r[f.45a] houres schal neuer be taper
     lyght; nor at any masse with note vpon any autyr, but
     whan ther is a subdecon therat. Att complen eche
|r20 nyght in the ¨ere schal be ligth ii. tapers only and
     neuer no mo, vpon the hygh autyr.
          Neuertheles in al double festes, at euensonge,
     matens and masses besyde the ii. tapers brennyng vpon
     the grete candelstykkes, schal bren other ii. tapers
|r25 vpon the autyr al seruise tyme[.]
          Also in the feste of eche seynt that hath an
     autyr, ther schal bren oo taper at leste thervpon,
     or before it, in seruise tyme and be quenched whan
     other be. But on cristmasday, ester day, and wit_sonday,
|r30 eche autyr schal haue oo taper brennyng at



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     leste, in reueren*ce |r[f.45b] and worchip of the feste.



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     xlix=ti= chaptyr. Of ryngyng of bellys.
          Before the fyrst pele to euensonge and matens,
     the dortour bell schall be ronge oo pater noster and
     one Aue while, excepte before ester iii days; and
     whan the brethren and sustres haue dirige that aftyr
 |r5 none togyder; and anon forthwith schal be ronge the
     first pele, and aboute halfe an houre aftyr, the se
     cunde.
          The fyrst pele schal euer be one Miserere while;
     the secunde two and aftyr čat če tollyng with seuen
|r10 or eght strokes at moste. So that betwene the first
     and secunde pele to |r[f.45c] matens only, the grete bell
     schal be tollyd fyue strokes, excepte ester day[.]
          To pryme and teers togyder excepte witsonday, it
     schal be ronge at ende of the laste psalme of the
|r15 sustres laudes, one Miserere while, or els iii, as
     ofte as masse of requiem is to be seyd in the breth
     res prime. And than eche day in lenton and as ofte
     as the first pele to matens is atte ii. of the clokke
     or before, the rynger schal knokke at eche dore
|r20 sadly, wher as any brother lyeth that may come to
     chirche. Whiche is also to be obserued at al other
     tymes, if it happe to be ronge to late to any seruise.
          To our lady masse it schal be ronge at begynnynge
     of the houre of teers of če brečren al če ¨ere excepte



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     witsonday ii. miserere while[.] In the mid / des of the |r[f.45d]
     laste psalme of the whiche houre, or els aftyr the laste
     kyryeleyson whan ferial preces be had, the minister of
     hygh masse schal tolle the quyer bell to De profundis
 |r5 oo pater noster while[.]
          And it is to be marked, that .iii. strokes alone
     of the seyd bell, betokeneth that it is tyme to rynge
     to any seruise; .ii. strokes, that prestys lakke helpe
     at autyrs; and oo stroke, that there is litel helpe
|r10 in the quyer.
          To the houre of sexte it schal be ronge oo pater
     noster and aue while ahoute the ende of the laste
     psalme of the sustres houre after our lady masse, but
     on sondays at begynnyng of bonitatem et cetera.
|r15     To the seven psalmes, peculiar processions and
     disciplines the chaptyr schal be tollyd as it is
     wonte to De profun*dis |r[f.46a] at graue.
          To hygh masse it schal be ronge in conuenient
     tyme .ii . Miserere while with the same bellys that
|r20 were ronge for allyn to matens outake certayn days in
     ther places expressyd, aftyr the procession of the
     brečren but yf the sustres also haue procession. And
     aftyr the gosbel of hygh masse the grete bell schal
     be tollyd .xiii.strokes every day excepte a fewe;
|r25 and the same bell or els another schal be tollyd iii
     strokes at eche leuacion of the same masse of whom
     čat euer it be, but yf it anywher be excepte.
          Aftyr mete and suppyr whilst the brečren go to
     chirche with grace, oo bell schal be ronge oo pater



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     noster while and one Aue. And the same wyse the
     fyrste pele schal euer be ronge with the leste bell
     to |r[f.46b] collacion; and the pele to complen aftyr the
     collacion[.] But the secunde pele to collacion
 |r5 schal be iii. Miserere while at leste.
          Curfewe bell schal euer be ronge with the iii=de=
     bell outake dowble festys iii. miserere while, aftyr
     the sustres haue fullyche endyd ther complen. So
     that betwene the tollynges before and aftyr, be the
|r10 space of .v. aues. Ande than he schal schette the
     chirche and dortour dores and go to bedde.
          Before ester whan the belles be not ronge, lyke
     sygnes schal be made with the clappe.
          Whilst any sustyr or brother lyeth in passyng,
|r15 the grete bell schall be tollyd continually excepte
     certayn tymes et cetere[.] And whan the soule is
     passyd, it schal be ronge oute .iiii. or v Miserere
     while as the tyme ¨eueth[.] |r[f.46c]
          And it is to be knowen that whan it is maius du_plex,
|r20 and on mydlent sonday, the fyrst pele to euen_songe
     and matens schal be with iiii. the smallest
     bellys; the secunde with al fyue. And the secunde
     pele to collacion, and to complen, curfewe, prime,
     sexte, and grace aftyr meles, schal be with the
|r25 grettest bell.
          If it be Minus duplex the first pele schal be
     with iii. the mydle belles, and the secunde with
     iiii. the grettest; and the pele to collacion, com
     plen, curfew, prime, sexte and graces, with the



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     iiiite bell.
          If it be Inferius duplex the first pele schal be
     with the secunde and iii=de= belles and the secunde
     with iii. the mydle. And the longe pele to collacion
 |r5 and peles to complen, curfewe, prime, sexte, and
     graces, with |r[f.46d] the iii=de= bell, outake al soule day
     as it schewith in the foure and fourty chapter[.]
          If it be, nouem lecciones or De dominica, or
     Inuitatorium triplex or of any commemoracion or De
|r10 octavis or De festo iii lectionum cum regimine chori,
     the first pele, schal be with the secunde bell and
     the secunde, with the same and the iii=de= bell. To
     collacion, complen, prime, sexte, and graces, the
     leste belle; and for curfewe the iii=de= bell[.]
|r15  In al other days schal be ronge .ii. the small
     est bellys aftyr the seyd forme excepte certayn days
     in ther places expressed[.]
          As for the sustres, čei schal neuer outetake in
     lente haue but oo pele to ther seruise with the same
|r20 belles and the same space that it is ronge to seruyse
     of the day. But to our lady masse, it schal euer be
     ronge with the secunde |r[f.47a] and iii=de= belles outake
     dowble festes et cetera. To ther euensonge it schal
     be ronge aboute the laste psalme of the brethren, or
|r25 as the ryngers may come betymes to sensyng of the
     autyrs. To ther matens at laste response of matens
     of the day; and to our lady masse, as it is seyd
     before.



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     l=ti= chaptyr. Of myxtom takyng in the freytour.
          Aftyr our lady masse the brethren be licence of
     the presidente may take brede and drynke and fisch,
     day mete in the freytour. But no maner of flesch
     mete withoute special licence of be |r[f.47b] general con_fessour,
 |r5 and that in the fermery.
          Neuertheles the legister andseruitoures euery
     day before mete but yf they take myxtom aftyr our
     lady masse, may take a messe of potage or any očer
     thynge ordeynd be the keper of the wheyle in the
|r10 freytour aftyr the assygnemente of the souereyne.
     And this bothe fastyng day and other, čat they may
     the better do ther offices, and abide into the secunde
     mele.
          The fyrst stroke of the chyme before mete,
|r15 schal besmyten by the keper of the wheile, and the
     seconde by the seruitour. And at the first chyme če
     butler schal sett forth the pottys fyllyd with
     fresch drynke vpon eche table before the places of
     euery brother. Whych drynk schal be drawn at suche
|r20 tyme, čat neyther ther be taryeng of the chyme,
     nor resonable complaynte of pallyd drynke. So čat
     bytwene euery chyme, ther be the space of Miserere
     mei deus. For by the iii=de= chyme, |r[f.47c] al owe to be
     in the freytour, the seruitours in ther rewle cotes,
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     honest naprons gyrde aboute hem, kepyng the same ob
     seruaunce čat the clerkes do.
          And it is forboden that none take any mete or
     drynk but in the freytour or fermery withoute special
 |r5 licence of the souereyne but yf the more soden case
     fall.



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     li=ti= chaptyr. Of late comers to grace, et cetera.
          If any lay come late aftyr grace is bygon, he
     schal stonde in the lowest place. And yf |r[f.47d] grace be
     fullyche endyd, he schal aske leue and say grace ther
     in the same place; and than go helpe hys brethren to
 |r5 serue the freytour as it is wonte. They that vse
     ofte to come late, schal lakke a parte of ther pre
     bende and be correctyd in the chaptyr. Therfor none
     schal absente hym from grace nor go from the covent
     tyl aftyr waschyng of the handes, but yf the nede be
|r10 the gretter.
          In the freytour al schal be sylence; and they
     schal sytte religiously, kytte, and ete ther mete
     honestly and soberly, holdyng the cuppe with both
     handes whilst they drynke, hauyng ther handes vpon
|r15 the table or goodly before them, ther erys to the
     worde of god and ther hertes vpwarde to heuen.
          If they hurte the clothe or defoyle it, they
     shal |r[f.48a] make it klene aftyr grace[.] But yf any
     preste or dekon happe to defoyle it with any lykour,
|r20 the buttler or seruitour of the same wyke schal make
     it clene be the nexte mele. Aftyr the meles, they
     schal put vp ther cvppes and spones vnder the table.
     Of warnes of noyse makyng, seke in the next chaptyr;
     and of beryng ouer of činges[.]



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     lii=ti= chaptyr. Of the seruitours in the freytour.
          Anone as grace is endyd, the seruitours and očer
     lay brečren inclynyng to če mageste shal go to
     brynge in the seruise. Fyrst seruyng the presidente,
     than the prestes and dekons, from the eldest to the
 |r5 ¨ongest; and aftyr that themselfe. So that they |r[f.48b]
     brynge in two maner of potages yf ther be so many,
     honestly at ther brestys; and aftyr that two messe
     of the prebendes, that če eldest haue the choyse of
     every thyng. To the president they schal inclyne,
|r10 bothe before and aftyr they sette anythyng before
     hym, sayng at the gree of the freytour one Aue maria
     to the mageste in silence[.] To al other they schal
     inclyne aftyr they haue sett anythyng before them
     only, withoute Aue maria[.] None schal be seruyd
|r15 coueryd, but the abbes and general confessour only.
          In settynge down or remouyng of anythyng, they
     schal euer haue warnes that they make no combres
     noyse and that they schouel not with ther fete vpon
     the pament, wherby če reder may the wers be |r[f.48c] herde.
|r20      And they shal serue the brethren charitably with
     oute grudgyng honestly, reuerently, cherefully,
     paciently, mekly, and indifferently; rostyng, boylyng,
     buttryng, and hetyng al ther necessaryes[;] waschyng
     ther cuppes and glasses whan nede is. So that none be
|r25 compellyd to ryse from the table or to compleyn of vn_charitable
     seruise. If anythyng be askyd of them be
     sygne or be a stylle worde yf ther be no sygne for it,
     anone they schal inclyne and fetche that is askyd. If



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     čei may not gete it, they schal excuse them godely be
     another softe and honeste sygne.
          One of čem schal euer be present, and se diligent_ly
     aboute that the brethren lakke nothyng, that is to
 |r5 say ey*ther |r[f.48d] the seruitour of the same wyke, or els
     the keper of the wheyle, whiche is euer one of the
     seruitours[.] If both be absente, the ¨onger lay
     brother in če freytour schal haue an ey and fulfil
     ther stede. And they schal euer stonde bare hede,
|r10 but yf the presidente commaunde them or licence them
     other wyse. Whan any goeth from one syde to another,
     he schal inclyne in the myddes to the mageste, but
     yf he bere any mete ouer or drynke, askyng leue of
     the presydente, yf any brother sende ouer anythyng
|r15 to other.
          The pytaunce schal fyrst be brought before the
     president, and than at hys sygne it schal be born
     rownde aboute the freytour, nowe at oo syde, nowe at
     other begynnyng at eldeste, |r[f.49a] and than it schal be
|r20 lefte before the president after twyes beryng aboute.
     Neuertheles if it be a sermon day, it schal be brought
     fyrst to the president, but the prechour schal fyrst
     take therof outetake the confessour, and at laste it
     schal be lefte before the prechour.
|r25     Atte ende of meles whan oo stroke is smyten vpon
     če freytour bell, the lay brethren schal ryse and take
     vp the platyrs and bere hem to the wheyle begynnyng
     at neder endes. And aftyr thys one schal take vp the
     pottes, another the garnapes, another the brede,



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     another the salte but yf it be suppyng day; and the
     seruitour the crommes endyng with the president and
     inclynynge to euery brother as he taketh hem away.
     Whiche al togyder schal be sette |r[f.49b] into the sustres
 |r5 and go to the poer aftyr če rewle.
          Whan the couent goeč forth with grace, the
     legister and seruitours schal inclyne tyl they be
     passyd, and than sytt down on the legystours syde,
     and refresche them as dyd the couente, kepyng ther
|r10 silence withoute redyng, and the same obseruaunce.
     Saue they schal say grace aftyr meles withoute note
     and withoute the quyer before če stalles. And whan
     they haue wasche they may speke and no erste.
          Atte fyrst pele to euensonge, to collacion,
|r15 and aftyr our lady masse, the butler shal ley a
     towel or a cloth vpon the the nether table in če
     freytour and sett brede and ale thervpon for the
     brethren to drynke, excepte watyr days et cetera,
     with fayre honeste coppys . Whiche owen to be
|r20 changyd every quartal onys att leste.
          And on fastyng days whan |r[f.49c] the first stroke of
     the chime is smyten aftyr the sustres euensonge, he
     schal caste a towel vpon the hygh table and sette a
     lofe before the place of the president, and than
|r25 drawe ale fresch for the couente. And aftyr a Pater
     noster while the reder hath redde, the seruitour
     schal take vp the seyd towell and serue the pre_sident
     of brede and the buttler of ale in a cuppe.



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     And al other brethren schal be serued of brede the
     same wyse and of the same seruitour, fyrst the
     eldest syde and than that other syde down to the
     lay brethren whiche shal be seruyd laste, but of ale
 |r5 they schal be seruyd oute of pottes bothe of smalle
     ale and goode ale. Saue on water days, oo cuppe of
     water is inough for al the freytour. |r[f.49d] Whan the pre_sidente
     maketh a sygne, the seruitour schal haue away
     the crommes as it is seyd before.
|r10     And it is to be markyd that the seruitour eche
     wyke schal swepe the freytour klene al aboute vnder
     fete and ouerhede that no webbes growe in no place.
     And the nexte wyke folowyng he schal kepe the kychen[.]
     Wherin dayly before euery mele he schal make fyre,
|r15 dresse potage, kepe the ladels, spones and garnapes
     clene, and helpe to take vp the latter meles and to
     folde vp the borde clothes. Also he schal auoyde al
     vnklennes oute of the kychen; and aboute the laste
     ende of hys wyke wasche the lauatory, swepe the weys
|r20 to chirche, brynge in coles sufficient for the |r[f.50a]
     nexte wyke folowynge and so leve hys office klene to
     another brother on saturday at nyght.



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     liii=ti= chaptyr. Of the dortour[.]
          In the dortour none schal vse to goo bare hede;
     nor to do anythyng openly of dishoneste; nor none
     schal lye oute of the dortour withoute knowlage and
     licence of the souereyne. The mynyster of the sextry
 |r5 eche nyght before son goyng downe, or as ofte as
     nede is, schal lyght the lampes in the sconses; but
     he schal not quenche them tyl the brethren may  |r[f.50b]
     clerly se withoute candel lyght in ther celles. If
     any falle seke in the dortour another brother may go
|r10 into hys celle and comforte hym into the morne with
     drynke yf nede be and softe speche; or els haue hym
     down into the fermery.
          Euery fryday or at leste ones in the wyke what
     day the confessour assygneth, the brethren schal be
|r15 schaue rownde almoste to the vpmoste part of bothe
     eres. But prestes and dekons schal haue crownes
     brode and rownde, with cercles of an ynche of brede.
          In the chafyng hows, al brethren schal speke
     latyn or els kepe silence, outake certayn days of
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     |r[f.50c] liiii=ti= chaptyr. Of silence and taciturnite.
          Forasmoche as ther schal be asked a streyte
     rekenyng at the day of dome of eche ydel worde,
     therfor moche speche felawe to synne, is to be
     fledde of al, namely aftyr meles, for than mater
 |r5 of syn begynneth more lyghtly to weylige all.
          Of sygnes to be vsyd in stede of speche in
     silence tyme it scheweth in če boke of sygnes.



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     lv=ti= chaptyr. Of the offices of the prechours.
          Eche of the prechours schal besyde the sermon
     day haue thre |r[f.50d] hole days at lest oute of the quyer
     to recorde hys sermon et cetera.



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     lvi=ti= chaptyr. Of other officers and of ther quali
     tes[.]
          None schal be sette in any office but suche as
     be of goode name and fame amonge sustres and breth
     ren, of laudable lyfe and conuersacion, swete and
     gentyl in wordes, softe and prudente in answers, besy
 |r5 and pacient in labours, sadde and honest in maners;
     not dronklewe nor wasterys, not troblous nor wrethful,
     not lyght or vayne of wordes nor ouer grete chaterers ;
     but sober and chereful to speke to, discrete, pesyble,
     wyse, sad, |r[f.51a] and circumspecte in ¨evyng and takyng of
|r10 answers; knowyng to whom and what, how moche and how
     they delyver anythyng; or of whom they receyue any
     thynge inwarde or outewarde; whos saddenes is not
     wante to suffyr them notably to square oute in wordes
     or dedes. Thes in distribucion of necessaryes, schal
|r15 euer serue the eldest of the beste of eche degre aftyr
     ther nede. Whan čei haue not redy at hande that is
     asked, they schal promyse godely to make puruyaunce
     for it. Soche as aske vnresonably they schal not
     mokke them or make them sory, but they schal answer
|r20 gently in suche maner of wordes: Syr or brother, if
     I take ¨owe that ¨e aske, I trowe I |r[f.51b] scholde trespas,
     and ¨e in če receyuyng. Neuertheles late our fader
     commaunde and ¨e schal haue it with a goode wyll. And



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     so be thys mene euery man schal be in pece and none
     offende in hys office. Aboute the seke they schal
     euer haue tender cure, and beware that če godes of
     the monastery be not spended in waste ever hauyng an
 |r5 eygh to the poer peple.
          The keper of the wheyle shal aske and take in and
     put oute by the same al the brethres necessaryes.
     Whiche none schal do but he withoute special leue of
     the souereyne. And čerfor whan he hereth any ryngyng
|r10 or knokkyng at če wheyle, anone he schal hyghe thyder
     to wyte what they wyll and ¨eve an answer a¨ene. Not
     |r[f.51c] multyplyeng wordes or holdyng them with fables, but
     he schal ¨eue an answer and go hys way. For outetake
     for hys office, he schal not speke there withoute
|r15 leue no more than other brethren do; nor ¨et with
     the suster that kepeth the wheyle. In silence tyme
     he may speke to the sustres for anythynge of nede,
     but no brother schal speke to hym there in silence
     tyme but be sygnes.
|r20      If če confessour assigne another brother to
     kepe the office with hym, the brother so assygned
     schal here and se, but nothynge speke nor do with
     oute special licence of the confessour.
          And the same forme is to be obseruyd of all
|r25 other officers, at locutory, at gates, in the but |r[f.51d]
     try and in al other places[.] So that none officer
     open any gate or dore owtewarde, nor bryng in any
     person, tyl he haue warned the brethren there present
     for to awoyde. He that kepeth the gardyn gates or
     30 dores, schal knok vpon them strongly eche nyghte



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     or euer he schett hem, at an houre depute by the con_fessour,
     that none lygh al nyght in the garden.
          Thes therfor schal behaue them honestly in ther
     offices aftyr če commaundemente of ther souereyne,
 |r5 and aftyr the counsell of the serches depute by hym
     to haue the ouersyght of eche officer as ofte and
     as longe as hym seeth it expedient.



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     |r[f.52a] lvii=ti= chaptyr. Of the keper of the fermery, and
     of them that be anelyd.
          To the kepyng of the fermery schal be depute
     suche a lay brother that hath god in drede and kan
     skyl on seke folke, hauyng a ¨ele and loue to them
     for to do hem seruyse. Stronge and myghty to lyfte
 |r5 and moue hem from pla[ce] to place whan nede is,
     may lede hem to chirch or fermery chapel; and kan
     styre, exhorte, and comforte them to be confessyd
     and receyve the sacramentes of holy chirche. Often
     chaunge ther beddyng and other clothes, ley to her
|r10 plastres, ¨eue hem ther |r[f.52b] medicyns, and mynyster
     vnto them ther mete and drynke, fyre[,] water and al
     other necessaryes nyght and day aftyr the counsel of
     the phisicyans and precepte of the souereyne. Not
     squaymes to handel hem and wasche hem; not angry
|r15 nor vnpaciente, though one haue the vomett, another
     the flyxe, another the frensy, now cryeng, now syng
     ynge, now chidyng now fyghtyng. For ther be some
     maner of sekenes that prouoke the seke to angyr,
     and whan the matyr is drawen into the brayn it
|r20 alyenth ther mendes. Wherfor he oweth to haue moche
     pacience with suche, that he therby may gete hym euer
     lastynge rewarde.
          A¨enewarde the seke oughte not to be to im_portune
     vpon |r[f.52c] ther kepers. Nor prouoke them to
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     that. Thynkyng inwardly that yf they paciently suffer
     ther bodyly sekenes in thys presente lyfe, it schal
     stonde for ther purgatory in tyme to come. And for a
     lytel payne her suffred esyly, they schal gete hem
 |r5 euerlastynge ioy hereaftyr. Thynke therfor eche per_son,
     that whatsomeuer seruyse be doon to the seke, our
     lorde taketh it as doon to hymselfe. For he sayth:
     I was seke and ¨e visitte me. I was naked and ¨e
     coueryd me . I was in pryson and ¨e came to me.
|r10     In the fermery the same tyme of meles and drynk_ynges,
     and of sayng of graces and ke*pyng |r[f.52d] of sylence
     with suche other obseruaunces, schal be kepte as it is
     in the freytour; but yf the sekenes be the gretter,
     or that the souereyne ¨eue licence očerwyse. Whiche
|r15 hous shal neuer be withoute crosse, nor holy water
     nor holy candel.
          Whan any brother is to be anelyd, the fermerer
     shal ordeyn for salte and bran in two fayre sawcers,
     and for a towel, basen, and ewer of warme water, all
|r20 stondyng vpon a stedfaste table coueryd with a fayr
     borde clothe and not vpon a stole. To the whiche
     anelynge the chefe crosse and holy water withoute
     taperers schal go before the procession al in reguler
     habite; bot goyng oute of the chirche, and |r[f.53a] comyng
|r25 in a¨ene, but to the anelynge of the abbes or of any
     sustyr schal go no crosse nor holy water. Neuertheles,
     whan the sacramente goeth to any seke brother or sus
     ter, one of če lay brethren assygned by the general
     confessour in reguler habite, schal bere the torche
     30 and sacryng bell before the sacrament[.]



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     Aftyr the anelynge of any suster or bročer eche
     lay brother schal say for the anelyd, nyen days to
     gyder at ende of the brethers matens knelyng in the
     quyer withoute the stalles, ix Pater nostres with ix
 |r5 Aues and one Crede; or els the same prayers that the
     clerkes say. So that none be absente from that ob
     seruance in no wyse, withoute knowlage and |r[f.53b] special
     licence of the presidente. And whilst any is in
     passynge, the grete bell schal be tolled as it seyd
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     lviii=ti= chaptyr, Of the consecracion of the abbes,
     et cetera.
          In the day of consecracion of the abbesse, to
     hygh masse schal be ronge al če belles, and so they
     schal a¨ene aftyr masse whilste the brethren synge
     Te deum laudamus, and the grete bell schal be tollyd
 |r5 aftyr the gosbel as it is wonte.
          As for the general confes*sour, |r[f.53c] all sustres
     and brethren be bounde to open ther hertes to hym in
     confession thryes in če ¨ere at leste. In the whiche
     confession, they be not bounde to telle ther synnes
|r10 confessyd before, but yf they be suche synnes, wherof
     he hath reseruyd the assoylynge only to hymselfe[.]
     Neuertheles they owe to telle, what greuous tempt]
     cions they be wonte to fele, and the affeccion of
     ther sowles, and what difficulte they haue in kepyng
|r15 of the order. But yf they wyll confesse hem of al
     the synnes that they kan remembre of čey haue doon
     syth the tyme they wer borne, it schal be to ther
     more meryte and crown in heuen, ioy and blysse. |r[f.53d]
     To the whiche our lord ihesu criste brynge us fynally,
|r20 withoute ende Amen[.]
     Of če buschops iniunccions[.]
          For as moche as the decre of ¨our religion, hathe
     ordeyned eght lay brethren for to be minysters to če
     prestes and dekons it is acordyng that they mynyster
|r25 to them in all thynges. Wherfor we ordeyne that they
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     be doon by them, and that they haue warenes contin
     ually, čat for any vnclennes, the clerkes, that is
     to say prestes and dekons abhorre not to take any
     ministracion or seruise of them, in the chirche, in
 |r5 the freytour, or in any other place.
          Also we enioyne and commande, alle and eche |r[f.54a]
     lay brother, whiche of ther office be bounde to do
     seruise to the clerkes, that they behaue themself
     more lowly to the prestes and dekons professyd, in
|r10 worde, gesture, and dede, beryng themself reuerently
     towarde them in alle ther seruices and ministracions
     in alle places and tymes. Under payne taxed in the
     addicions for greuous defautes.
          Also for it is an excesse to outerageous, for
|r15 to putte the power of the hyghest dignities to in
     iuryes, or malapertly and stybornly, to speke or
     labour be any maner of mene, for to destroy, im
     pugne, or to make to stonde for nought, anythyng
     graciously ordeyned, and stablysched by them;
|r20 therfor we ordeyne, and enioyne, and also com |r[f.54b]
     maunde in the vertu of holy obedience, to alle and
     to eche of ¨owe, that no suster nor brother, namely
     the elder, openly or priuyly, presume to dispute or
     interprete of the popes bulles, or of the addicions;
|r25 nor in no wyse to speke any frowarde or synyster
     worde of them. Ande that no professe, expounde,
     schewe, or make known by worde, or writyng, or by
     any maner of mene, openly or priuyly, anythynge of
     the byhavour, dedes, wordes, or saynges, of any of



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     ther predecessours, to any for to be admytted and
     make profession in tyme to come, wherby sclaunder,
     or suspicion of euyll, myght growe to any person, or
     to the religion. Under paynes assygned for moste
 |r5 greuous defautes, and vnder payn |r[f.54c] of inhabilite to
     alle maner of offices vsyd in the monastery, on the
     suster or brother syde inwarde or outwarde. And
     vnder payn of lesyng of ther voyces in euery
     eleccion of abbesses and general confessours, and of
|r10 al other men and women, for to be admytted to the
     religion in tyme to come; and of alle other matyrs
     of deliberacion, concernyng the state of the
     monastery, wherin the consente of alle is to be
     requyred. Whom everychone and eche trespasyng in
|r15 the premysses, we vnable for euermore in the self
     dede doyng, and adnulle, make stonde for voyde, and
     cassatt, ther voyces in eleccions, and other actes,
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     |r[f.54d] lix. chaptyr. Of the profession of proctours and
     focaryes.
          Before the day of če profession of proctours and
     focaryes, the mynyster of the sextry schal ordeyn for
     the bere, and aray seynt sauyour awter with honest
     araymente with ii. tapers and iii torches. And he
 |r5 schal puruey for rowndlettes, formes and cuschens,
     and for a chayre honestly coueryd with a clothe for
     the confessour and for other hys ministyrs that schal
     assiste hym in the profession tyme. Also he schal
     provide for holy water and for a tapet whervpon the
|r10 professyd schal knele and make ther prostracions.
          In the day of profession, the lay brothern schal
     be redy to helpe certayn prestys to masse in the
     sustres matens tyme. And in the begynnynge of the
     brethers houre of teers, they schal |r[f.55a] rynge to our
|r15 lady masse and profession masse togyder with iii.
     bellys, thof it be no doble feste. After thys the
     seyd tapet schal be leyd at the profession dore
     withouteforth by the seruauntes of the monastery;
     and the ii. tapers vpon the awter schal be lyght with
|r20 a torche. Whiche torche schall bren all the masse
     tyme wher it is moste conuenient[.]
          Thys done, and the martilage with preciosa endyd,
     they schal go down to the seyd dore on thys wyse.
     The mynyster of the sextry schal go before with holy
|r25 water; the boke berer of the same wyke schal folowe
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     whan he is beden, to the confessour, and both schal
     be in surplices. After them schal folowe the dekon,
     the confessour and the prestys. Moreouer |r[f.55b] the seyd
     two brethren, schal holde the tapers att begynnynge
 |r5 of masse and the ii. torches at sacryng ande the
     keper of hyghe masse schall be redy with the sensour
     after Confiteor and after the gospel only.
          Also the seyd .ii. brethren after Confiteor schal
     sette the seyd bere before the professyd, knelynge
|r10 before the same bere all the masse tyme for the moste
     parte. Whyche bere ¨etatt ende of masse at seynt
     Iohns gospell, they schall bere a¨ene into the
     clausure; and the same schall be obseruyd of the
     sustres in bryngynge in and berynge oute of the bere
|r15 yf it be a woman. Also the seyd .ii. brethren, schall
     holde the towell atte comonyng of the professid after
     seynt Iohns gospell; and dewly kepe ther inclinacions
     as ofte |r[f.55c] as they go before the myddys of the hygh
     auter. Thys doon, the professyd schal be taken in,
|r20 and ledde to čer celles; and al thyng schal be lefte
     as it is acordynge to the day Amen[.]