<County: Yorkshire West Riding>
<Code: L0611b>
<MS reference: London, BL Cotton Nero A.iii, Hand B>
<Text: Carthusian form of confession>


<fol. 135v>A compendius forme of
dayly confessions

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<lat></lat> / Specyally J haske god mercy that
J haue not kepytt his commaundmentes / and þe councellis
of þe gospell / nott lowyd hym / dred hym / &
wirschippyd hym / as J awght to do / wt my hole hart
mynde and wyll and strenghes wt body and sawle
aboue all creaturs / nott thangkyd hym of his benefettes
/ and þe grace that he hays gyffyn vnto me / as
J schulde haue doyn ¶ Also that J haue nott luffyd
my bretherus and myn ewyn-crystyn~ dewly
after þe order of charite ¶ Also that J haue not kepyd
the statutes of oure order specyally þe hede wowes
of religion Jn forsakyn myn awne wyll be
true obedience / Slayn chastyte / & wylfull pouerte
wt all other obseruaunce of þe order as syght / sylence /
and cell / þe stall and bell / Jnclinacyons / veneis &
prostracyons / nor byn so obediant to my sowerayns
and my bretherne as schuld be / nor to thayr~
concellys / and techynges / nor sufferd thayme pacyently
for goddes sake ¶ Also in þe vij dedly synnys
and in þe branches of thayme / First of pride J haue
<fol. 136r>exaltyd my-selffe in þe guddes of grace / forton and nature
& reputyd my-selffe aboue myn astate and
vertu / and styrrynges of wayne-glorie / and of all
other spices of pride J aske god mercy Jn ire and Enuy
not so charitabbyll and sufferante as J schuld be & c~
Also in Couates J haue hayd dysordynate luff to warldly
guddes and honors & c~ ¶ Jn glotony J haue nott
kepyd so dew tyme and messure in etyng~ and drynkyng~
bot foloyng my carnall sensualite wt more delectacyon
and excesse than J aught to do / J aske god
mercy / Jn sclawthe þe seruice of god & oure lady J haue
hard / sayd / songyn / necligently & vndewowtly / and
mayd mony defawtes / And my mynd and hart ofte
tymes wt-drawyn ther fro by ymaginacyons of vice
and wanyte & c~ / Also vyle styrrynges of lechery / vncleyn
thoghtes and delectacyons that J haue nott laburet
agayns so sone and perfytly as J aught to do /
J aske god mercy & c~ ¶ The vij warkes of mercy bodely
and gostly after my <decoration> power &
<fol. 136v>astate J haue nott fulfyllyd specyally nott occupyed
my tyme in prayer . meditacyon lecture and
gud operacyon as J myght haue doyn J aske god
mercy ¶ The vij sacramentes of holy churche J haue not
reuerently mynisteryt and receywyd J aske god
mercy / & c~ / And specyally at masse not treyting~
that holy sacrament wt so gret dewoycyon / dred and
reuerence / nor prayed so dewoytly for oure founders
frendys and benefactors / and all other wyke and dede
as J aught to do / J aske god mercy / & c~ / And of all forgettyn
synnys / and forgettyn penaunce J aske god
mercy / ¶ And wher~ J haue offendyd in any artikyll
of þe faythe of holy churche J aske god mercy / Also
my v wyttes þt J haue myspendyd / And of all
ydyll wordes þt J haue spokyn or sylence brokyn~
lesse or more at vnconvenyent tyme & place wt
bretherus or seculers / & c~ / J aske god mercy / Off
these and of all other / as farre as god knawys me
gyltye J knawe my-selffe gylty / and J aske
god mercy <decoration> oure lady sanct
<fol. 137r>mary and all þe cowrte of hewyn / <lat></lat>
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<lat>Alia nota de confessione</lat>
After the sayng~ of sanct Bernarde and other
holy doctors When any man vsyth to confesse dayly
or ofte tymes he schulde nott make a longe confession
bott schort of syche as hys conscience is
most grewyd wt / And first of dydly synnys / &
thoo that he is in dowt / Whether they be dedly or
weniall / & secundly of suche wenyall syns in
generall þt can nott well be expressyd specyally / as
thes be / ydyll wordes / vane thoghtes / necligence /
dulnes in redyng~ or prayng~ / losse / of tyme /
distraccyon of hart or waueryng~ mynd in sayng~
his seruice or other prayers vnthankfullnes
<fol. 137v>of the gudnes of god / more besy for þe body then nede
+ware / lyght turbacyons agayns hys neghtbure /
lyght Juchyng of other men / lyght suspicyon / to be
nott content wt all that god dothe / And nott to vse þe
grace and gyftes þt god hathe gyffyn hym / Wt other suche
that can not be flede / and well forborne / of a febyll
and a wake sawle / When it suffers suche agayns
it wyll / thay are bott lyght veniall / Neuer lesse
thay wolde be confessyd in generall / & c~ /