<County: Yorkshire West Riding>
<Code: L0217>
<MS reference: London, BL Harley 2250>
<Text: Memoriale Credencium>
<Tranche 1>
<fol. 88ra>For als mykell as ilk man whils he
life here in þis worlde And is A
pilgrem~ ilke day of hys lif Tra
vaylynng<?> A dayes jorne tovarde þe place
where he shall dwelle Ay wt-outen ende
After þe day of dome And sith þer is ij
Diuers place <lat><four words></lat> þt on
is euer-lasting payn of helle þt is ordyned
for wykked men þe whilke dye oute of
þis world in dedly syn~ And þt oþer is
euerlasting lif þt is ordened to Rightwise
men þe whilke dye oute of þis worlde
jn luffe & charite And þerfore it is
medefull And spedefull to ilke man
þt will cum to euer-lasting lif þt he
knawe þe way þt ledes þerto And þt
ilke man liffyng here is A pilgrym
As witnes wele þe profett ps 28 <lat><two words></lat>
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þat is to say A A lorde j am A cumlyng
Anens þe & A pilgrem~ As all my fads
before me haue ben Also saynt poule
witnes þe same <lat>Ad Corinth 5</lat> where
he says þus <lat><five words></lat>
<lat><five words></lat> þat is
we weten wele whils we ere here
in bodye we er~ pilgrems And os
straungers for oure lorde god For as
lange as we are bodyly liffyng opon
erth All þt tyme we walke in þis
pilgremage traualyng towarde þe
duellyng-place where he shall ay
be wt-owten ende after þe day of
dome And sith þer is in þt on place
þe whilke is ordeynde for þe wykked
so mykell payn þt no man can+tell
And in þt oþer place þt is ordeynd
for rightwise men js so mykell
<fol. 88rb><mrg>joye</mrg> þt no hert may thynke jt is nedfull
to euery man þt will be saved þat he
knawe whilke way will lede to þe ton
And whilke to þe toþer wherfore 3e
shall vnderstande Right as A waye
ledes A+man fro on towne to an-oþer Or
fro on Cite to an-oþer So in þt same
maner Trespasyng And brekyng of
goddes commaundement ledes þe hye
way to euerlastyng payn And to þe
fyer of helle As witnes þe profett
ps 128 <lat><four words></lat>
<lat><one word></lat> AA lorde cursed And waried ere
þose þt go A-way fro þi commaundementes
And breke þem And þt all þos waryed
wightes At þe day of dome Shall be
casten in euer-lastyng fire As witnes
þe gospell <lat><four words></lat>
<lat><three words></lat> þise wordes shall
crist speke to all þt shal+be dampned
And ere þus mykell to say So 3e
waried into euerlastyng fyre þt is ordend
to þe fende And hys seruantes And þus
holy writt witnes þt trespasing And
brekyng of goddes commaundementes is þe
hye way to euerlasting payn And to
þe fire of helle And þerfore who so
kepes cristes commaundementes gos þe
hye waye þt ledes to euerlastyg lif
jn þe blisse of heven And þis witnes
crist hym-self in þe gospell <lat><two words></lat>
<lat><four words></lat>
þat is to say jf þu will entre into euer
lastyng life kepe þe commaundementes
For os saynt Marke telles vs in þe
Gospell þer kneled A man before crist And
sayd þus to hym AA goode<?> Maister what shall
we do For to haue euer-lastyng lyfe And
Crist taght hym non oþer waye how he
<fol. 88va>he shulde cum to blisse bot þis <lat><three words></lat>
þt is to say jf þu will entre euer-lastyng
life kepe þe commaundementes And þer
fore syn it is so þt þe kepyng And
þe fulfillyng of goddes commaundementes
es þe hye way to þe blisse of heven
And no man may kepe þe way Bot
so be þt he knawe itt þerfore j thynke
wt þe grace of god all-mighty to teche
3owe þe commaundementes So þt 3e may
jn þis pilgremage here opon erth
Forsake þe perlious waye þt ledes to
þe payn And for to walke to þe way
þt ledes to þe blysse of heven~ <decorative leaf as linefiller>
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<lat></lat> God hym-self spake all
þise wordes And saide j am þi lorde
god þt ledde þe out of þe land of
Egipt And oute of þe hows of Thral
dom~ þu shall not make to þe A graven
jmage And þis is vnderstande þus For
be reson þt þing shuld be best loved þt
is þe most worthy he shulde be þe most
luffed And þe most worshipped And so
what þing þt man or woman do lufs
most þai make it þer god jn as mykell
as in þem is Be it wif or childe
gold or siluer or juels or any oþer worldly
catell And þerfore what þing þt A man
lufs most Bot if it be god hym-self
he makes it falsly hys god And it
is to hym a fals god For he lufs it souer
aynly as god And it is no god And so
he brekes þis commaundement of god
<fol. 88vb>Bot sirs þer are iij maner of fo <exp>k</exp> þt folowe
þe stirryng of þer [iij] enmyes þt is þe Flesh
þe world & þe fende And þai þt do so
þai breke þis commaundement For þay luf
more þaire enmyes þan god Os for þe
first men þt lif in glotony And in lechory
þai luf more þer belyes þan god And
þaire bodyes þai make þer god of whom
Saynt Paule spekes <lat><four words></lat>
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<lat><three words></lat> þt is to say many
men go Of whom j haue sayd oft to
3ow And now j say wepyng þai er~ þe
enmyes of Cristes crosse Of whom þe
ende is dede And of whom þaire
wombe is þaire god And þaire ioye
And þer owne confusion þt saver erthly
thynges . So þose men þt luf Glotony &
lechory þai make þer wombe þer god And
breke þis first commaundement þe ij
maner of men þt brekes þis commaund
ment And also makes þem fals goddes
er~ couetous men þe whilk luf more
And set þer hert more opon worldly
thyng Os<?> landes Rentes Golde Siluer
or any oþer catell more þan on god
þai trespas agayns þis commaunde
ment And þai make synfully slike
goddes þer fals goddes For as saynt
Paule says <lat><six words></lat>
<lat><two words></lat> þt is to say A couetus
man he is thralle to Mavmentes
And slyke A couetus man þt lufs
<fol. 89ra>Any wardly gode more þan god he dos
Mavmentry And he makes slyke wardly
godes hys Mavment And so he worshippes
fals goddes Þe iij maner of men þat
breke þis commaundment Are þese þt
folowe þe fende And settes þer hartys
most opon wardly godes worshippes
vayn-glorie And hynes<?> of þem-self
þis maner of worship Couet þe fende
to haue had of Crist þt he shulde
haue fallen downe And worshipped
hym <lat><six words></lat>
And in þis syn of pride synned lu
cifer þt was þe hyest Aungell of heven
whan he thoght in his hert <lat><1 word></lat>
<lat><2 lines></lat>
<lat></lat> þt is to say j shall go up
in-to heven And j shall enhance
my sete vp all abowne And j shal+be
lyke to god hym-self And þerfore he
Fell downe lowest jnto þe depest
pitt of helle And þerfore says saynt
Gregory <lat><five words></lat>
<lat><2 lines></lat>
<lat><three words></lat> þat is to say
jf lucifer thorow pride fell oute of
heven into hell how shall þu þan
be pride cum vp to heven Traist wele
þerto it will not be Bot as syker as
god is in heven þe higher þt þu makes
þi-self here wt pryde Agayn þe will
of god Bot if þu amende þe here
in þis lif þu shall saue<?> after þi dede
for þi pryde be nerrer lucyfere And
<fol. 89rb>depper in helle-fyre And þerfore j
councell þt a-gayns þe temptacion of
þi flesh be mesurable of mete And
of drynke And chast of 3our bodyes fro
lechory And agayn þe temptacion
of þe worlde to covetise halde þe
payed wt þt at god sendes þe with
trouthe And Agayn þe temptacion of
þe fende to pride and waynglorie hald
þe payed of þt state þt god has sett
þe inn And sett þi luf And þin hart
opon god ouer all þinge sen he is most
worthy And þen þu kepes þe first
commaundement <lat><two words></lat>
<lat></lat>
<lat><two words></lat> þt is to say þu shall noght
take þe name of þi lorde god in
vayne Or in jdell þt is to vnderstande
þu shall not swere be any name of
of god wt-oute resonable cause þerfore
Crist hym-self says in þe gospell
of sant Math . 5 . <lat><three words></lat>
<lat><8 lines></lat>
þt is to say swere noght in no
maner þt is to vnderstande swere þu
noght for no maner of cause resounable<?>
or vnresonable Noþer be heven for it
is goddes trone Nor be þe erthe
for it is þe benke of hys <ill><rest of the line></ill>
<Tranche 2>
<fol. 100ra>And he saw a man writhe wandes .
& eftsons sitt & make a garland of bowes .
& eftsons go into a certayn place & byd
hys bedes . And þen an Angell sayde
to hym do . þu . þus Os who say cast þe to
ocupacions of god . & þu shal+be saved
þe ij Medicyn agayn sleuth is to have
consideracion of þe perels þt we be in For
iij maner of perels þer be þt er~ wont to rase
men oute of þer slepe þt is to say perill
of water perill of fyre & perill of theves
þe whilk perels fall in vs gostly oft
tymes For þer is no day bot ill thoghtes
cum into oure hert3 And þe fire of fleshly
lust is kyndeled in oure house of concience
Theves þai er fendes of helle þt ere
thyk abowte vs þerfore says þe gospell
wakes & praye3 þt 3e fall not into temp
tacion þe iij Medycyn agayn slewth
is to haue consideracion of þe grete
mede þt men shall haue þt be besy in
gode dedes And also of þe gret
pyn þt þai shall have þt cast þem to sleuth
whilk norish syn <lat></lat>
Strenghe is properly medycyn agayn sleuth
And A vertue þt wtdrawes all maner of
ill meuynges in A mans hert Or elles it
is a wise vnderstandyng of perels & a
longe suffering of perels & of trauayls
Or elles it [is] on affeccion to god thurgh
whilk A man takes no rewarde to
travayle ne<?> to mischeves of þe world
And to þis vertue it befalles to
assayle grete þinges & gode for it liftes
up a mans hert þt sleuth wold put
downe For sleuth febles a mans sovle
as it is beforesaide Of strenghe be iiij
braunches Os gret wille . Trist Syker
nes & stedfastnes Gret will is a resonable
<fol. 100rb>is a resonable assaying of here þing for
who-so shall begynne a grete godnes him
behoves to have a gret wille for þe
lettyng of sleuth & hevynes Ensaumple
of judas Machabeus For he was in
All þing euermore redy in body & sovle
to dye for hys lynage & for his peple
þe ij braunche is trist þat god will
help vs to þt ende þt he has gyven vs
vs gode begynnyng Trist all þu have
grete tribulacion~ wene þu noght þt þu
ert forsaken of god thynke what holy
writ says wt hym j am in tribulacion
God says þe tene wo & tribulacion
of A man j am redy to help hym in nede
Ensaumple hereof we fynde of
sant Stheven in hys passion when
þe jves were abowte to stone hym
to dede he saw an Aungell before
hym redy to help hym Also of holy
sayntes we shall have trist of help in
nede And in þe prayers of holy kyrk
os men bydyn for saynt peter whan
he was in bendes wt-ovten sesyng
Right so prayes holy kyrke for þem þt
are in tribulacion Saying þus lord god
deliuer jsraell of all hys tribulacions
þe iij braunche is sykernes And þt is
whan A man dredes noght þe Angwish
& þe mischef þt is ioyned to þe godnes
þt is begune þis sikernes encrese and
waxes in iij þinges of clennes of hert
of fulfilling of goddes comaundement
& of wilfull pouerte Saynt laurence
saynt Mergrete & saynt Katerine & all þise
oþer gode sayntes . thurgh þe sykernes þat
þai had to god . to bryng þer lif to a gode
ende . þai toke to þem slyke a hardynes
þt þai dred noþer tirant . ne prisonyng ne non
oþer martirdom~ . þe iiij braunche is sted
fastnes & perseueraunce & þt is þe end of herd
<fol. 100va>þinges & of gode<?> dedes Bot oft it be
falles þt þing þt þing þt is wele begune
is broght to no gode ende For many A
man begynnes A gode lyf & holynes &
at þe last turnes A-way þerfro & endys
wykkedly & synfully Ensaumple of judas
Scariot þt was first a gode+man & sithen
betrayed hys lorde Also An armet þt
was closed in a celle xxx wynter & wex
hevy of hys penance be temptacion &
wolde have turned agayn to þe lykyng
of þis worlde And he stygh vp into þe
rofe of hys hows to breke a hole þt
he might go oute atte And when he wold
have leped he fell & brake hys neke
To suche ende brynges men sleuth Mour~
nyng & wanhope Ensaumple of þis we
fynde in þe ij boke of þe kyng Archito
fell þt gaf councell to Absalon þe son
of kynge Dauyd to have fallen sodenly
on hys fader & have slayn hym And for
hys covncell was not hert he went
hom~ & hanged hym-self And þerfore
men shulde euer be in drede & in sorow
for þer syns For he wot neuer what ende
he shall have Many fayle of gode end
for þai turne a-way fro gode purpose &
gode dede Siche be þer sumwhile of
religion þt þe first 3ere be aungels þe
ij 3ere . men And þe iij 3ere devels
and gyf þem to bysines of þe worlde
& to oþer syns Religion shulde be as
Gret at þe ende os at þe begynnyng
or gretter for A mans devocion shulde
rather encrese to-warde hys ende þan
wax lesse þer ere iiij maner of stedfastnes
in mans hert On is stedfastnes of hert
þe ij of mouthe þe iij of chere þe iiij of
werkes Bot he þt is variynng of hert
<fol. 100vb>is vnstedfast in all hys wayes & in all
all his dedes Bot þe best þing þt
is for a man is to stable hys hert in
god Also stedfastnes of mouthe is þt
he speke not jdell wordes For of euery
jdell worde þt a man spekes he shall
3elde a reknyng at þe day of dome also
þt a man lye not For þe mouthe þt lyes
dampnes þe sovle For no lesing is wt
outen syn And also þt no man say fals
wordes for sothnes Also stedfastnes
of chere þt a man be not chaungeable
of contenance or sumtym to mery or to
gladde for vaynglorie of worldes
blisse or for flatering of glosers Nor
to drery nor to hevy for no mornyng
for no tribulacion or Angwise scorne
or represe Bot euer-more hold hym sadde
of countenance And be his power
in on chere jn ioye & also in sorowe
full & fastyng Also stedfastnes of
werkes þt A man do no dedes þt he
has ben blamed fore befortyme & þt
a man turn~ noght fro gode dedes þt he
has begun~ For he þt dvelles in godnes
till hys lyffes ende he shall haue þe
blisse of heven And he þt turrnes A-way
fro godnes to wykkednes þt godnes
þt he has don~ shall not be acounted
bot os A man is founden in godnes or
wykkednes þer shall he be demed oþer to
ioye oþer to pyn~ Bot many fare as dos
a rede þt wayves wt þe wynde in þe water
heder & þider þt is to say now gode .
now ill . now stedfast . now vnstedfast
Gula Glotony is A misordened savour
to mete or to drynke of þe whilke
<fol. 101ra>A man may syn in v maners First to take
metes or drynkes in vntyme os to erly to late
or to oft or to breke wt-owten chefon
skylfull vigils or jmberdayes or oþer
fastyng-dayes þt er byden to fast to
euery cristyn man be þe biddyng of holy
kyrke Or to make a vowe be gode de
liberacion who-so brekes þt An-oþer maner
of glotony is þer þe ij spice For to be
delicate to desire mykell metes & drynkes
þe iij for to take mykell mete or drynk
wherefore A mans body is rather warrer
þan bettur or his hede greved or hys
stomake ouer-charged or his speche
letted or hys goyng febled or þe
helth of hys body apayred or any
oþer wittes wtinfurth or of hys body wtoute
forthe distrobled & þis is a foule spice
of glotony þe iiij maner of glotony is
for to take mete or drynk wt ouergret
an appetite . noght holden honest
in etyng or in drynkyng bot devoures
lyk an hounde þe v spice is to be to
coragevs or for to st<?>dy of what
delicates he may devaure For at
þe begynyng of þis worlde mans
fode was brede & water And nowe
suffice noght to glotons . all þe frutes
of all þe trees . nor all þe rotes of
herbes nor all þe herbes þt groves
nor all þe fowles of þe ayer . ne all
þe fishes in þe see Also rede wyn
whit wyn . Osey & bastarde Maluesyn
& romney of moton~ And 3it be þer ordend
pyment clarre & jpocrase vernage Gete<?>
& Musadell And many oþer qwaynt
confeccions And also þer metes shall now
be soden wt gret besynes . & wt
grete craft of Cokes more for þe body