The saluting of the wounde
of the right fote of our Lorde.
All hayle holy wounde of the
right fote, whiche sweetely stepist
in to my herte by deepe rememberance
there leauing the prynte
of my hope.

The prayer.

O Moste louely & swete Iesu
Cryst / vnto the be prayse
honour & glorye / for that greuouse
wounde of thy right fote.
Into this holy wounde do I lay
of & put al my synnes / lyfe / ingratitude /
my infirmites and vyle
naugthynes / desyeri~ge the for thy
inestimable goodnes to do me these
al away thorowe thy graciouse
fauour / & so to purifye & heale me.
And what so euer thinge is in me
displeasaunt vnto the / take it awaye / powering into me that at
pleaseth the. And by thy fauour &
grace delyuer me euer frome all
synne. Amen.

A.ij.

The lorde God created man
aftir his owne similitude / man &
woman them he created. Gene.j.
The lorde God made the woman

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out of that rybbe which he had taken
out of Ada~: & brought her vnto
Adam. And Adam sayd: This
bone is now made of my bones / &
this flesshe of mi flesshe. Gene.ij.

The prayer.

O Lorde God threfolde & one
I worship the / I prayse &
thanke the / which hast made me:
which hitherto also hast suffered
me a synner & nourysshed me with
thy benifites for all my vnkindenes.
I besech the geue me grace to
knowe the my maker / to serue the
faithfully with feare & reuerence
& my neighebour for the / & that I
may studye with all my herte to
please the alwayes in euery thinge.
Amen.
Hayle Marye.

A.iij.

It is reded in the storye of the
xij. trybis of Israel as Iames
the apostle & bisshop of Ierusalem
saith that Annes ki~red came out
of Bethlee~ / whose husbande was
Ioachim /whose house was in
Galile at Nazareth: of whom the
blessed virgen Mary the mother
of Criste was borne: as Ierom
sheweth in his sermons.

The prayer.

O Lorde Iesu Cryste / the do
I worship / prayse & thanke /
wich hast chosen before al other
this noble virgen to be thy
mother: whom prefigured & borne
of these holy parents thou hast
fulfilled with godly giftis and
good werkis: Graunte me I beseche
the perfaitly to knowe my
sinnes & my nowne fylthines to
sorow for the~ with trw contricio~
& holy hatered / & flee what so euer
displease the. Ame~. Hayle Ma.

A.iiij.

There were some tyme. xv.
stayers in the te~ple / according to
the .xv. psalmes so entytlede. these
stayers Mary ascended alone
with out helpe /signifying what &
how highe she shuld be in tyme to
come: whom thei brought to presente
in the te~ple before the lorde
there to abyde as it is sayd of Samuel
.j. Regum .j.

The prayer.

O Lorde Iesu Cryste / who~
I worshipe prayse & tha~ke:
whiche so didist inspyre this moste
swete pure & beutiful mayde
& virgen Mary thy mother: that
she offered herself vnto the in the
temple to dedicate & kepe hir perpetual
virginite. Geue me most
swete Iesu perfayt chastyte bothe
of body and mynde / feruent deuocion
of herte / humble purite and
constancye. Amen.
Hayle Marie.

A.v.

When Mary the mother of
Iesu was maryed vnto Ioseph:
before they came togither / she
was fownde with chylde by the

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holy goste. And Ioseph beyng ful
of thought: lo / the aungel of the
lorde apered to him in his slepe /
sayng: Ioseph sonne of Dauid fere
not to take Mary thy wyfe vnto
the. For that at is co~ceyued in
hyr / it is of the holy gost. Mat.j.

The prayer.

O Lorde God almighty / who~
I worship: the I prayse &
thanke: wich woldist woychsalfe
to mary that most chaste virgin
Mary vnto chaste Ioseph / preseruing
the~ bothe pure & clene. Oh
wolde god I myght ouercome & co~tempne
the worlde with al hir vicis
& concupiscencis / and with feruent
pure loue cleue vnto the onely.
Amen.
Hayle Marye.
The lorde / he shal geue you
a sygne. Beholde / a virgen shal
co~ceyue and bringe forth a sonne /
and his name shalbe called Immanuel.
Esaie.vii. The angel sayd
vnto Mary: Hayle ful of grace /
the lorde is withe the. Fere not
Mary for thou art in the lordis
fauour: Lo thou shalt co~ceyue in
thy wombe and bryng forth a sonne
whose name thou shalt call Iesus.
&cetera.

The prayer.

O Lorde Iesu Cryste / the do
I worship / prayse & thanke /
which hast voichsaue to salute
the holy virgyn Mary by the
aungel / to make hir with chylde
by the holy goste / and to be made
man in hyr wombe. Moste swete
Iesu / make my herte free from
al syn & vyce / that it may be thy
perpetuall dwellyng place. Ame~.
Hayle Mary.
Aftir that Mary was saluted/
she went withe spede ouer the
mountayns vnto a cyte of Iuda
into the house of Zachary / & saluted

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Elyzabeth. And as sone as
Elizabeth harde hyr salutacion /
the chylde hopped for ioy in hyr bely.
And Elizabeth fylled with the
holy gost sayd: Blessed art thou
aboue all wemen.&c.

The prayer.

O Lorde Iesu Cryste / I
worshipe prayse & tha~ke the
which hast voichsaue .ix. moniths
to be borne in the virgens wombe
and to be knowne & prophecyed of
thy forerunner not yet borne: I
beseche the so wounde my herte
with the chaste loue of the / that it
might yrke all worldly thingis / &
fele the theryn an inhabitour &
pessessour for euer. Amen.

Hayle Mary.
It chaunced in those days /
that there went out a commandement
from Augustus the emprour
that al the worlde shuld be valwed

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& taxed.And Ioseph went
vp from Galile out of the cyte of
Nazareth vnto Bethlee~ in Iwry
with Mary his weded wyfe
now beyng grete with chylde.
And when they were there / hyr tyme
was come to be deliuered. And
she brought forth hir firste & onely
begote~ sonne. Luce.ij.

The prayer.

O Maker & gouerner of heue~
& erthe / I worship & tha~ke
the / which grauntedst the inuyolate
virgyn to bring forth thy sonne
with out sorow or payne. I beseche
the moste merciful god to fyl
my hart alwayes with the gyft
of trw & perfit contricion / that
I might be the chylde of euerlasting
lyfe. Amen. Hayle Mary.

B

The aungel sayd vnto the herde
men. Beholde I brynge you
tydingis of grete ioie / that shal come
to all peple. For now haue ye

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borne a sauiour in the cyte of Dauid /
euen Criste the lorde. And as
sone as the angellis were gone fro~
the~ into heue~ / the herdeme~ sayde
one to a nother: Let vs go to Bethlee~
& see this thing there done.&c.
And they came with grete spede &
fownde Mary & Ioseph and the
babe laied in the maunger. Lu.ij.

The prayer.

O Lorde Iesu Crist / who~ I
honoure prayse and tha~ke:
which poorely in colde laied in the
mau~ger yet wast thou praysed of
aungellis & honourd of the shepherdis.
Graunt me Cryste that
I neuer wexe colde in thy seruice
neuer to ceasse from thy praysinge.
Amen.
Hayle Mary.

B.ij.

At the .viij. dayes ende / the
chylde was circuncysed / & his name
was called Iesus wich was
named of the angel before he was

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conceyued in his mothers womb.
Luce.ij.Cap.

The prayer.

O Lorde Iesu Cryst whom
I honour loaue & thanke:
which not being subiecte vnto the
lawe / yet to fulfyll it didist voichsaue
to be circuncised and wounded:
and for our consolacion named
Iesus. I desyer the. O lorde
Iesu Christ / that I might deserue
thorow the sheding of thy
bloude / wholly to be purified / and
from all offence and blame / perpetually
to be preserued. Amen.

Hayle Mary.

B.iij.

When Cryste was borne in
Bethlee~ a towne of Iury / in the
dayes of kinge Herode: beholde
ther came certaine lerned men frome

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the east to Ierusalem sayng:
Where is he that is borne kynge
of the Iwes? Which enteringe
the house fownde the chylde
with Mary his mother & they
now prostrate on the grownde
worshiped him. And their tresure
layd forthe / thy offred him gyftis /
golde / Sense / and myrh. Mat.ij.

The prayer.

O Lorde Iesu Cryst whom
I honour loaue & thanke:
which wast sought to the .iij. lerned
wyse / worshiped & honourd
with their giftis: I praie the moste
swete Iesu that I might myselfe
whol resigne & offer vnto the
& spende al that I haue / & euen
my very self altogither euer more
in thy plesure. amen. Halye Ma.

B.iiij.

Unto the wounde of the
left fote.
Halye holy wounde of the left
fote / wherby the plantis of vertu
sprynge so swete: defende vs frome
our aduersarye.

The prayer.

O Moste louely and swete
Iesu / to the be prayse honour
and glorye for the paynful
wounde of thy left fote. Into this
wounde I put al my synnes negligently
done and that bynde me
to damnacion / prayng the not to
reken them / but to absolue me co~firmed
with thy grace theryn to
growe neuer to leese it. Amen.

Ower fader

B.v.

When the tyme of their purificacio~
was come~ / accordinge to
the lawe of Moses / they brought
the chylde Iesus vnto Ierusalem

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to present him vnto the lorde: who~
Symeo~ tha~ked sayng thus vnto
his mother Mary. Beholde / this
childe shalbe the fall & the rysing
ageyn of many in Israel / he shal
be set forthe a marke to be agayn
sayde. Luce.ij.

The prayer.

O Lorde Iesu Cryste / who~ I
adoure loaue & tha~ke / that
thou woldst be offered into the te~ple
there withe that pure virgyn
Mary thy mother to fulfyll the lawe.
Geue me swete Iesu that perfait
humilite wherby I maye renownce
all the glory of this worlde
fle all honour / & almen for thy
sake humbly to submitte my selfe
and dewly to obaye. Amen.
Hayle Mary.
The aungel of the lorde apered
vnto Ioseph in his slepe saynge:
Aryse & take the childe & his
mother / & fle into Egypt / & tary

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there tyll I bid the come age~: for
Herod wyll make serche for the
chylde to destroye it. And then he
arose and toke the childe with his
mother by night conuayng them
into Egypt. Matthei.ij.

The prayer.

O Lorde Iesu Christ / who~ I
honoure prayse and tha~ke:
which to fulfill the scriptures didist
fle fro~ Herod thyne enimye
to auoyd thy deth / thy hower not
yet come. Graunt me swete Iesu
that I may so thorow the / auoid
& fle the persecutio~s of my aduersaries
that I may gladly at laste
if it shalbe for the glory of thy name
offere my selfe to dye for it.
Amen.
Hayle Mary.
The chylde Iesus remayned
still in Ierusalem vnknowing
his father & mother. Who~ aftir
iij. dayes seking / they fownde sitting

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in the te~ple in the myddes of
the doctours hering & asking the~.
And he sayd to his father & mother
now finding him / wherfore
sought ye me? Knew ye not that
it behoueth me to do my fathers
pleasure? Luk.ij.

The prayer.

O Lorde Iesu Cryste / worthy
onely to be honoured loaued
& tha~ke which remayni~g in
the te~ple wast sought & fouwnd
aftir .iij. daies of thy mother. I beseche
the most merciful Iesu that
I maye with al my herte & moste
feruent desyer thirste aftir the /
seke the incessauntly / and so graciously
at laste fynde the that I neuer
aftyr leise the. Amen.
Hayle Mary.
Aftyr this / Iesus we~t downe
with them & came to Nazareth
and was obedient vnto the~. And
his mother conserued and kept al

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these thingis in mynde whyle Iesus
encreased in wysedome / age /
& fauour with God & man. Lu.ij.

The prayer.

O Lorde Iesu Cryst onely
to be honoured / loaued & tha~ked /
which .xxx. yere lyuedst vnknown
with thy mother / estemed
to haue bene but a carpe~tours sonne:
I desyer the lorde Iesu be thy
grace to plucke al pryde out of me
and slaye all arrogancye / that I
may aborre to be sene and magnified /
and loue to not be auaunced
and hyghly reputed. Amen.

Hayle Mary.

C

Iesus came from Galile vnto
Iordane / to be baptised of Iohan.
And lo / the heuen opened
ouer him / & he sawe the holy gost

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deseending lyke a douue & lyghted
vpon him. And beholde ther
came a voyce from heuen saynge:
This is my dere beloued sonne
for whose sake my wrathe is peased /
him heare. Mat.iij.

The prayer.

O Lorde Iesu Cryste whom
I worship prayse & thanke
which for oure sake didist voichsaue
to be baptised in Iordane / &
to be declared the sonne of god heuenly
of the father: I beseche the
graunte me faithfully to receyue
thy mercy with continuall teares
that I clensed from all synnis /
maye be made moyste al togither
withe the feruent desyer and loue
of that lyfe euerlasting. Amen.
Hayle Mary.

C.ij.

´Iesus was led forth into the
deserte / to be te~pted of his aduersarye.
&ce. whose fyerye dartis he
bore of with the buckler of holy
scripture / sayng: It is wryten:
Man lyueth not onely by brede /
but by euery worde that procedeth
out of Goddis mouthe. It is wryten:
Thy lorde god thou shalt worship
and him onely shalt thou honour
and cleaue to. It is wryten:
Thou shalt not tempte thy lorde
god. Mat.iiij.

The prayer.

O Lorde Iesu Cryst / whom
I onely honour / praise and
tha~ke / which aftir thy faste in the
deserte didist voichsaue to be te~pted
of the deuel. Moste mercyfull
Iesu defende me by thy grace and
make me to escape all the engynnes
of the deuel / & by thy powre
to ouercome all his temptacions.
Amen.
Ower father.

C.iij.

Aftir that Iohan Baptiste
was deliuered into presone: Iesus
came into Galile preching
the gospel of the kyngdom of heuen.
&c.At eueninge when the sonne
was sette / they brought vnto
Cryste all that were deceased /
whiche healed many vexed with
diuerse deceases. &ce.He rose also
erly and went forthe into a solitary
place where he prayed. Mar.j.

The prayer.

O Lorde Iesu Cryst onely
to be honoured / loaued & tha~ked
whiche for our soulis helth didist
wery thy selfe with co~tinuall
prayer / watche / cures / goynge &
prechinge. Graunt me swete Iesu
that I maye thirst thy honour
and my soulis helthe / for these
thingis gladly spending my body
and all that I haue. Amen.
Hayle Mary.

C.iiij.

Iesus and his Disciples were
called to a weddi~ge: where / the
wyne done / his mother sayd vnto
him: they haue no wyne. &c. And

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Iesus sayd: fyl the pottis with
water and now power oute and
bere it to the master of the feste.
This beginning of myracles did
Iesus in Cana of Galile to declare
his glorie. Joan.ij.

The prayer.

O Lorde Iesu Cryste whom
I worship prayse and thanke /
which didist honour wedlok
with thy presence & first miracle
and gauest forth the benefittis of
thy cures to al nedy and syk. Fyl
my herte with pyte compassion &
mercy / that I may gyue forth liberally
vnto all men / especially to
my enmyes the benefitis of perfit
loue with pure affecte. Amen.
Hayle Mary.

C.v.

Iesus entering in to a Pharisais
house sate downe to meate.
And lo there was a woma~ in the
cite a synner which as sone as she

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knewe that Iesus was sette she
brought an allabaster boxe of ointement:
And stonding behinde
him nyghe his fete / begane to water
them with hyr tearis & wype
them with the hearis of hyr head
and she kyssed his fete and anoynted
them.&c. Luk.vij.

The prayer.

O Lorde Iesu Cryst / whom
I onely honour / praise and
thanke for that moste benigne familiarite
and mercy showed vnto
Mary Maudelyn / Zachye / Mattheu
and to the woman taken in
aduoutry with wother penitent
persons. Geue me the gyft of humilite /
benignite & charite. Ame~.

Hayle Mary.
Tell the daughter Syon. Beholde
thy kynge cometh vnto the
meek & pore sitting vpon an asse /
the foel of an asse vsed to the yoke.
And many of the comen peple
spred their garme~tis in the waye /
both they that went before & they
that folowed him kryed saynge to
the sonne of Dauid. Saue vs we
beseche the / lorde make al thinge
prospere. O blessed whiche comest
in the name of the lorde. Mat.
xxi. & Psal.cxviij.

The prayer.

O Lorde Iesu Cryst / whom
I tha~ke whiche wateredst
thy prayse & honour at Hierusalem
with the tearis of thy eyes
when they receyued the so honourably:
power into my herte the
zele of perfit loue / that I maye
wepe vnfaynedly for other me~nis
synnes as for my nowne / and fele
my neighbours hurte as thoughe
it wounded myn owne herte. Ame~
Hayle Mary.
Vnto the wounde of the
ryght hande.
Hayle right hande of Cryste
DPeersed so geuously
Sette vs at thy right hande
O vhen thou shalt iuge vs trwly

The prayer.

O Moste amiable and swete
Iesu praise / honour & glorye
be vnto the for the wounde of
thy right hande. Into this wounde
let me put and commende all
my dedis and thoughtis / & what
so euer by thy fauouris done by
me that thou mightist kepe them
sainctifie and fynisshe them vnto
the laude and the glorye of thy
name. Amen.

Ower father.
There went his waye one of
the twelue called Iudas the couuitouse
vnto the cheife of the priestis
saing vnto the~. What wyll

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ye geue me & I shal betraye him
and deliuer him into your ha~dis.
And they promised him .xxx. pesis
of syluer. And thenceforthe he
sought a conuenie~t tyme and place
to betraye him. Mat.xxvj.

The prayer.

O Lorde Iesu Cryste who~ I
honour loaue & tha~ke whiche
wast sold of thy Disciple vnto
the Iwes persuynge the & conspyring
thy dethe. Oh swete Iesu /
graunt me / bothe to receyue
all goodnes at thy ha~de with tha~kis
and loue / & to haue euer tranquilite
of mynde. Amen.

Hayle Marye.

D

Cryste arysing from his souper /
his ouer garme~t layed a syde
toke a towel & put it aboute him
he powerd water into the bason

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he stowped downe and begane to
wasshe his Disciples fete & wype
the~ with the towell where with
himself was gyrte. Whereat Peter
sayd: Lorde shalt thou wasshe
my fete? And Iesus answerde:
What I do / thou wotest not nowe /
but thou shalt know it here
aftir. And Peter sayd vnto him:
Thou shalt neuer wasshe my fete
Iesus answerde. If I wasshe not
thy fete. &c. Joa~.viij.

The prayer.

O Lorde Iesu Cryste / who~
I honour / prayse & thanke
whiche aftir they maundey didist
wasshe thy Disciples fete. Make
me to forsake all thingis worldly
for thy loue / to prefer the aboue
all / & to submitte my selfe gladly
vnto thy seruice. ame~. Hyle ma.

D.ij.

Iesus sayd vnto his Disciples:
I desyer ferue~tly to eat this
pash lombe with you before I suffer.
Luk. xxii. And they bei~g yet

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at souper Iesus toke the brede / &
gaue thankis / he broke it / & gaue
it them / saying: Take it / eat it.
This is my body which is geuen
for you. And he taking the cuppe
gaue thankis / and gae it the~ saying:
Drynke of this ye all. For
this is my blode of the newe testament.
Mat. xxvj.

The prayer

O Lorde Iesu Cryst I tha~ke
the which didist institute
the sacrame~t of tha~kis geui~g / dealing
it to thy disciples / & leaui~g it
vnto vs. Swete Iesu kyndle my
herte to ho~ger for this sacrame~t /
that thorow it I may be certified
as with an ernest peny of thy fauour
to truste in th mercy purchased
by the and geue~ vs. Ame~.
Hayle Mary.

D.iij.

Jesus we~t forth with his disciples
ouer the brooke Cedron /
where was a garden. & ce. Ioan.
xviij. And begane to praye sai~ge.

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O my father / if it be possible / let
this passid passe ouer fro me. But
yet / not my will but thyne be done.
The~ ther apered vnto him an
angel fro~ heue~ conforting hi~. And
he being in that agonye praid lenger.
And the swette that ranne
from him was lyke dropis of blode
running downe and falling on
therthe. Luk. xxii.

The prayer

O Lorde Iesu Cryste / I
worshipe prayse & tha~ke the
which wast taken / bownde & wykedly
entreted of thy enmys. Make
me fre fro~ all vyces & to be neglecte
lytel to be set by and suffer
gladly bothe rebukis and iniury.
Amen.
Hayle Mary.

D.iiij.

Then the company / the capitayn
& seruantis of the Iews toke
Iesus & bownde him / ledinge
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he asked of his doctrine / he answerd:
I haue spoken it ope~ly vnto
the worlde. &ce. And when he
had sayd these thingis / one of the
bisshops ministers stondinge bye
gaue Iesus a blowe / sayng: Answerst
thou thus the Bisshop?
Joan.xviij.

The prayer.

O Lorde Iesu Cryste whom
I worship loaue and thanke /
which ledde vnto Anna didist
paciently suffere the blowe
of his seruant. Geue me grace to
loue my foes / to do them good for
euill /and shewe good mynde vnfaynedly
vnto all men. Amen.

Hayle Mary.
They thus holding Iesus /
led him to Caiphas cheif bisshop
where the scrybes & Pharisais withe
the elders were gatherd togither.
And the cheef of the preistis
with the elders & their wholl counsell
sought false witnes age~st Iesus
that they might comitte him
to dethe / but yet fownde they none.
Matt.xxvj.

The prayer.

O Lorde Iesu Cryste / who~
I honour / prayse & tha~ke /
which in the house of Cayphas
suffredst the wyked witnesses of
thy accusers / and mercyfully beholding
Peter thryse denyinge
the didist call him bak to repenta~ce
with weping. Geue me grace
to bewayle my sinnes / my ingratitude
and negligence and to
studye to please the with all my
herte. Amen.
Hayle Mary.
Then did they spet in his face
and all to buffetted him. Some
clapt him in the face with their
handis / saying: Prophecy and reken

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vs / o Cryste who smote the?
Matth.xxvj.

The prayer.

O Lorde Iesu Cryste / the
bryghtnes of the Father /
whom I honour loaue & thanke
which condempned / bespetted / beten
and blynfolden suffredst so
many revylingis and contumelious
ignomynyes. Let thy loue
be so kindled in me / that I may
aborre to be reputed and honoured /
and desyer vnfaynedly to be
not knowne / to be despysed and
to suffer. Amen.

Hayle Marye.
When the morning was comen /
all the cheiftens of the priestis
with the elders of the peple toke
their counsel agenst Iesus to

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put hi~ to dethe. And they brought
him bounden & deliuered him vnto
Ponci=9= Pylat the debite. And
he asked Iesus standing before
him sayng. Art thou the kinge of
the Iwes? Who~ Iesus answerde:
Thou sayest it. Mat.xxvij.

The prayer.

O Lorde Iesu Cryste whom
I worship prayse & thanke
whiche before Pylat vniustly accused
didist mekely holde thy tonge:
I beseche the let thy feare refrayne
my tongue so that I speke
no ydle worde but all thingis to
thy glory and prayse and profite
to my neighbour and myn owne
soule. Amen.
Hayle Mary.

E

Then did Pylate sende Iesus
age~ to Herod / which himself was
then at Ierusalem. And Herod
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he desiered longe to se him because
he had hard myche of hi~ / & trusted
to haue sene some myracle done
of hi~. The~ questioned he with
him of many thingis / but he answerde
him nothinge. But the hyghe
Priestis & the Scrybes stept
forth stiffely accusing him. &ce.
Luc.xxiij.

The prayer.

O Lorde Iesu Cryst / whom
I onely honour / praise and
tha~ke / whiche despysed & scorned
of Herode / wast sent agene with
derision vnto Pylat. Graunt me
moste swete Iesu / that I maye
iuge the beste of euery man / none
to conde~pne nor despyse / but to
preferre all men before my selfe / &
thi~ke myselfe of all me~ moste vile
& inferiour. Amen. Hayle Ma.

E.ij.

It was I that trode the wyne
presse all alone / and of all the folke
was ther not one man to helpe
me. Esaie.lxiij.
Unto the wounde of the lift ha~e
Hayle holy lift hande
Suffering so greuouse a wounde
Lyft vs vp frome this so wretched
a lyffe
In which we wer brought by Eue
the mother of stryfe.

The prayer.

O Swete Iesu Crist / to who~
be honour / prayse & glorye
for that sorowful wounde of thy
lyfte hande. Into this wounde I
offer all giftis / benefittis & thankis
& what so euer thou hast geue~
vnto me so vntha~kful agayn. I
beseche thy mercy for all these blodye
dropes whiche ranne out of
that ha~de that thou woldest co~serue
me these graces & giftis vnto
the. glory of thy name. Ower fa.

E.iij.

And Pylat calling togither
the high Priestis & rulers / & the
peple / sayd vnto the~: ye haue here
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of the peple. And lo / I examininge
him before you ca~ fynde no
faute in him as touching the thingis
werof ye accuse him / I will
therfore punesshe him & let hi~ go.
Luk.xxiij. Then Pylate toke &
scourged Iesus. Joan.xix.

The prayer.

O Lorde Iesu Cryst whom
I honour / loaue & thanke /
whiche for my sake didist voichsalfe
to be stript naked & bounde
to a pyler / al thy body scourged &
full of blody woundis. Geue me
grace patie~tly to suffer thy chastising /
that I now purified by faithe
in thy merits / may strayte aftyr
my departinge / ioye with the
& loue the euerlastingly. Amen.
Hayle Mary.

E.iiij.

Then the deputyes serua~tes
toke Iesus in the come~ hall / all the
co~pany gathered togither / & stript
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And they plasshing a crowne
of thornes did put it vpo~ his hed /
with a reed in his right honde.
And so they bowing their kneis
before him / mocked him sayng:
Haile ki~ge of Iwes. Mat. xxvii

The prayer.

O Lorde Iesu Cryst / whom
I onely honour / praise and
thanke which hast suffred for me
that thornye crowne smyten and
pressed into thy hed / with mockis
derysions / buffettis and spetting
vpon. Swete Iesu / prynte into
my herte the continuall remembera~ce
of thy passion / incessantly
to prik my mynde / to mollifye it:
that it maye be hole swellowed
vp in thy loue. Amen.
Hayle Mary.

E.v.

Iesus came forth bering the
crowne of thorne / and his red vesture /
Pylate sayng vnto the~: Beholde /
this is the ma~. Joan.xix.

The prayer.

O Lorde Iesu Cryste whom
I worship prayse & thanke
which albeit thou waste brought
forthe & shewed to the peple in so
careful a state full of woundis &
payne / yet the inuyouse Iwes cryed
& obtained the to be crucified &
sediciouse Barrabas to be delyuered.
Moste swete Iesu / mortifye
& quenche in me all pryde & desyer
of vayn glory / all inuye & vyce / &
make me humble patie~t and meke
in herte. O moste gloriouse passion
of my sauiour / wounde thou
my soule. O moste precyouse
woundis of my loue / make moyst
my mynde. Amen.

Hayle Mary.
The~ Pylat seing he coude nothing
profit & helpe / but that the
more noyse & tumulte arose / he toke
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peple / sayng: As for me / I am innocent
fro~ the blode of this ryght
wyse man / but as for you / take heed
to your charge. And all the peple
answerde / sayng: His blode
vpon vs and our chyldern. Mattheu.
xxvij.

The prayer.

O Lorde Iesu Cryst whom
I honour / loaue & thanke /
which for my sake stodist before
the iugeme~t seat / suffering thy selfe
to be conde~pned of thy enymis
reioysing thy dethe. I beseche the
my god for this thy loue to gife
me grace neuer to sclawnder obloquyously
or to iuge my neghbour
nor to geue care nor co~sent to any
other abusing their tongues in siche
vices. Amen.
Hayle Mary.
Aftyr they had scorned Iesus
they did of the roob & cled hi~
with his owne clethes / & led him
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forth they met on of Cyren called
Simo~: hi~ thei co~pelled to bere his
crosse. Mat xxvij.And thus he
bering his crosse went forthe vnto
the place called Caluary / for
there laye bare bones of the dede /
in Hebrew named Golgotha.
Johan.xix.

The prayer.

O Lorde Iesu Crist / I tha~ke
the for all thy sorowful paines
suffred with many obprobriouse
wordis & betyngis beri~g thy
crosse vnto the mounte of Caluary /
geue me o Iesu thy crosse to
not refuse / but mortifie my selfe
that I maye folowe with feruent
loue the stipis of thy lyfe.
Amen.
Hayle Mary.
It was eue~ he doutelesse that
dyd beare our synnes & payne dewe
therunto. It was he that was
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thus smyten for our vngodlynes.
He was led lyke a lambe to be offred
vp / as styll as a shepe vnder
the clippers handis not once openinge
his mouthe. Esai.liij.

The prayer.

O Lorde Iesu Cryste / who~
I honour / prayse & thanke
whose me~bres at the plucking of
thy clethes were made naked & so
thy woundis a fresshe renued. Make
my herte naked fro~ all vayne
thoughts & bare from all vnclene
affectis & all fauour of visibil thi~gis /
that at the presence of thy visitacion
I may be dayly renwed /
bre~t & swelowed vp wholl of thy
moste feruent loue. Amen.
Hayle Mary.

F

When they had crucified Iesus /
they deuided his clothes casting
for the~ what eche ma~ shuld
haue. And it was about the thirde

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hower whe~ they crucified him.
And the tyile of his cause was
thus wryten: The kinge of the
Iwes. And withe him they crucified
two theues / one of his right
syde & the tother one his lifte: so
that the scripture was fulfyllyd /
sayng: He shalbe reputed to dye
amonge the vngodly. Marc.xv.

The prayer.

O Lorde Iesu Cryste / I tha~ke
the wiche cruely stretched
vpo~ the crosse & nayled therto
haddist nether the princely beuty
nor fauour of that Messias /
but rather iuged worthely so to be
deiected & smite~ withe some plage
of God. Geue me grace to not
repute nor magnifie my selfe.
Amen. Hayle Mary.

F.ij.

Iesus hanging on the crosse
sayd: Father forgeue the~ / for they
know not what they do. And one
of the theues ha~ging by him / blasphemed

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him sayng: If thou be
Cryste saue thy selfe & vs. But
the tother answerde & rebuked hi~
sayng: And doist not thou feare
God? And he sayd vnto Iesus:
Lorde reme~bre me when thou comest
into thy kyngdom. And Iesus
sayd vnto him: Derely I saye
vnto the / that this daye shalt
thou be with me in Paradyse.
Luc.xxiij.

The prayer.

O Lorde Iesu Cryste whom
I worship loaue & thanke
whiche set betwene the theues didist
praye for thy enymes / promysinge
the penite~t mysdoer paradyse.
Graunt me perfitly to mortifie
all vyce in me / to suffer all aduersite
patie~tly / & to aspyre vnto the
that very paradyse. Ame~. Hayle.

F.iij.

There stode by the crosse of
Iesu his mother / & his mothers sister
Mary the wyfe of Cleophas
& Mary Maudelyn. And Iesus

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beholding his mother & a Disciple
who~ he loued / sayd vnto his
mother: woma~ beholde thy sone.
And the~ he said vnto the Disciple:
Beholde thy mother. And fro~
that tyme the disciple toke hir into
his custodye. Joan.xix.

The prayer.

O Lorde Iesu Cryste who~ I
honour / prayse & thanke for
that heuines which cleued thy herte /
whe~ thou co~mendidst thy moste
faithfull mother standing by
the vnto Ioha~ thy disciple. I beseche
the most swete Iesu grau~t me
so to be occupyed & affectionated
in thy honour & loue / that I forsaking
father and mother here in
erthe / may folow the onely my
lorde God. Amen. Hayle Ma.

F.iiij.

Aboute the .ix. hower Iesus
cryed with a mighty loude voyce
sayng: Eloi / Eloi / lama zabathani /
that is to saye: My God / my

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God why hast thou forsake~ me?
Which some of the standers by
hearing sayd: This man calleth
Helias. And anone ther ra~ne one
of the~ & toke a sponge fylling it
with vinager / & put it vpo~ a reed
geuinge it him to drinke. Mathei.xxvij.

The prayer.

O Lorde Iesu Cryste / I
worshipe prayse & tha~ke the
whiche in the middis of thy moste
bytter paines criedst & complaynedst
to be forsake~ / & whe~ in thy
moste hette thyrste not haui~g one
drop of water waste geue~ gall to
drinke with vinager. I beseche
the swete Iesu that in all my te~ptacio~
I may fle vnto the / the onely
to thyrste & to desyer. Amen.
Hayle Mary.

F.v.

Unto the wounde of Crystis
herte.
The holy wounde i~ cristis flesshe
heale our hertis & vyce represse.
Hayl holy side pearsed so depe
Moist vs withe that liquor flowing
so swete
That we astir this lyfe present
Marye haue the in heue~to vs assistent.

The prayer.

O Moste / amiable & swete Iesu
for the wounde of thy herte
be thou praysed & worshiped &
glorified. Into this wounde I
offer laie vp & resigne vnto the
my herte al my stre~gthe affeccio~s
dedis & ententis desieri~g the for
the effusion of thy bloude & water
to take me into thy onely possession
and tuicio~ / and to knitte me
wholl vnto the in loue. Amen.

Ower father.
It was almost the .vj. hower
& ther was a derkenes ouer all the
lande vntyl the .ix. hower: & the
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the te~ple rent thorow the middis.
And Iesus cried with a grete voice /
saing: Father into thy ha~dis I
co~mende my spirit. And when he
had thus sayd he gaue vp the goste.
And whe~ the Centurio~ sawe
what was done / he glorified god
sayeng: Verely this was the sone
of God. Luc.xxiij.

The prayer.

O Lorde Iesu Cryste who~ I
honour / prayse & thanke for
thy moste innocent & bittre deth
when thy holy soule was so paynfully
separated fro~ thy gloriouse
bodye. Oh God my sauiour and
my hope / graunt me to dye perfit
by fro~ all vice & concupiscence and
onely to the my very God to cleue
perpetuassyd. Amen.
Hayle Marye.
The Iwes / because it was
the Sabboth eue~ / that the bodies
shulde not remayne there on the
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daye was an highe daye they
praied Pylat that their thighes
might be broke~ & so take~ downe.
But whe~ they came vnto Iesus
they brake not his thighes when
they sawe hi~ nowe dede. But one of
the soudiers opened his side with
a spere & forthe with ranne therout
blode & water.

The prayer.

O Lorde Iesu Cryste whom
I worship loaue & thanke
for that wounde when thy harte
smiten thorow powered vs forth
bloude & water / moun my harte
I beseche the with the spere of
thy loue / that I nother think vpo~
nor desier no thing els then the
my lorde for me crucified. Let no
thi~g els please me but onely thou
my god my life. Amen. Hayle.
Beholde there was a man called
Ioseph / capitain ouer .x. good
man & iuste / this man consented
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was of Arimathy a cyte of the
Iwes / whiche same also wayted
for the kyngdome of God. This
man we~te vnto Pylat & asked hi~
the bodie of Iesus: he toke it downe
& inuolued it in a fyne sheet &
layed it in an hewen out toumbe
wheryn was neuer none layde before.
Luc. xxiij.

The prayer.

O Lorde Iesu Cryste whom
I worship prayse & thanke
for thy dolorose deposition of thy
bodye frome the crosse. Replenesshe
all my sensis with the memoriall
of thy passion / let it occupye
all my thoughtis / that I non other
thinge so fele nor vnderstande
but the my lorde for me crucified
and dede. Amen. Hayle Ma.

G

Then they toke the bodye of
Iesu / & wounde it in a sheit enbaumed
aftir the maner of the
Iwes is to burie. And there was

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a garden in that place where Iesus
was crucified / & in the garde~
a newe sepulchre / wheryn yet had
neuer no man layne. There therfore
because of the Iwes Saboth
euen & the graue was nyghe
at hande / they layde Iesus. Joan.
xix.

The prayer.

O Lorde Iesu Cryste whom
I worship loaue & thanke
which woldst be inuolued in a fyne
clothe & buryed in a nother ma~nis
graue. Burye thou my harte
my wittes and all my strengthes
in the / knitte them vnto the by loue /
and make me insensible and
with out feling of all thingis co~trary
vnto the. Amen.
Hayle Mary.

G.ij.

In my tribylacio~ I cried vnto
the lorde & he harde me. Euen
frome the bely of hell I cried and
thou hardst my prayer I sunke

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downe vnder the foundacions of
the hillis / and was barred with
waters from the erthe for euer.
But yet didist thou O lorde my
god lyft me vp agayne fro~ dethe
& corrupcion. Jonas.ij. In that
he ascended / what els meaneth it
then that he firste went downe in
to the nether parties of the erthe.
Ephe.iiij.

The prayer.

O Lorde Iesu Cryst / whom
I onely honour / praise and
tha~ke which voichedst salf to descende
vnto hellis to deliuer the
captiued fathers. I beseche the
most mercifull Iesu let the vertwe
of thy passyon and bloude desce~de
into the soulis dede thorow
synne geuing them the knowlege
of thy goodnes. Hayle Mary

G.iij.

The first daie of the weke erly
they came to the sepulchre. And
ther was a grete erthe quake: for
the aungel of the lorde descended

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fro~ heue~ & came & rolled of the stone
fro~ the mouthe of the sepulchre
& sate ther vpon. And his countena~ce
was as bright as lighteni~ge
& his clothes as whight as snowe.
And for feare of him the kepers
were sore astunned insomyche
that they were almost dede.
Matth.xxviij.

The prayer.

O Lorde Iesu Cryste who~ I
honour / prayse and thanke
whiche arysing fro~ dethe aperedst
gloriously vnto Mary Maudelen
and the apostles. I beseche the
swete Iesu graunt me to dye fro~
all vyce / passions & inordinat mocions /
to lyue in the / to please the
& onely heue~ly thingis to fauour
and desyer. Amen.
Hayle Mary.

G.iiij.

As the eleven Disciples sate
at meat / Iesus apered vnto them
abbroyding the~ of their vnbeleif
& hardnes of herte sainge: Gett

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ye into all the worlde & preche the
gospell vnto euery man: who so beleueth
& is baptised shalbe saued.
And the lorde Iesus when he had
spoke~ vnto the~ / he was take~ vp
into heuen / & sitteth on the right
hande of God. Marc.xvi.

The prayer.

O Lorde Iesu Cryst whom
I honour / loaue & thanke /
whiche with melody of angellis
asce~didst vnto heuen. Make my
harte to be syk for thy loue / make
it to yrke all worldely thingis
onely to thirst & honger aftir the
so feruently that nothi~ge els may
make me glad and occupye my
affections but the onely o lorde
my God. Amen.
Hayle Mary.

G.v.

When the feste of Pe~tecoste
was come they were all of one
mynde in one place. And sodenly
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it had bin the cominge of a vehement
winde. And there apered
vnto them / deuided fiery to~gues /
& it rested vpon eche of the~. And
they were all fylled with the holy
gost / & they begane to speke dyuerse
languages. Actu.ij.

The prayer.

O Lorde Iesu Cryste who~
I honour / prayse & thanke
whiche thy holy gost geuen / sentest
thy Disciples to conuert the
worlde. Geue me perfit purenesse
of harte and perpetuall stablenesse
of mynde that the holy gost
may replenisshe me / gouerne and
possesse me / and make me worthy
his ryche giftis. Amen.

Hayle Mary. All fayer art thou my frendely
spouse and spot is ther none in
the. Come fro~ Libanus my spouse
come & be crowned. Canti.iiij.
What is she that thus cometh
forthe lyke the morni~g rose / fayer
as the moon / electe as the sonne /
terrible as the set fronte of a castell.
Canti.vi.

The prayer.

O Lorde Iesu Crist / who~ I
honour / prayse & tha~ke whiche
extollest & glorifiest thy spouse
the chirche with so meruellous
giftis / so that for hyr sake thou
woldst suffer al these forsayd paines.
Make me & all other whom
thou knowest before to be thyne
endwed with faith & workis neuer
to be separated fro~ this felawship /
but to be crowned at last blessedly
in thy kingdom. Amen.

Hayle Mary.
I telle you for a suertye / hence
forthe shall ye se the sonne of
man sittinge one the mighthy
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cominge in the cloudis of heuen.
Mat.xxvi.And whe~ he shall come
in his gloriouse maiestye and
his angellis withe him / then shal
he sit vpon the seat of maiestye /
and all folke shalbe gathered togither
before him / and he shal separat
the~ in sondrye. Mat.xxv.

The prayer.

O Lorde Iesu Cryste / I worship
the which arte to come
the iuge to gyue euery man aftir
his dedis / other paine or plesure.
Graunt me most mercifull Iesu
all my lyfe to ende aftir thy plesure /
that my soule departing fro
my bodye may retourne vnto the
hyr maker where with oute ende
it may loaue the withe all thy
sayntis. Amen. Hayle Mary.