<County: Yorkshire West Riding>
<Code: L0262>
<MS reference: Oxford, Bodleian Library, Laud Misc. 286>
<Text: Rolle, Psalter>
<Tranche 1>
<fol. 41va><line 36><lat></lat> lord my ly3tnynge &
my heel whom shal i drede ¶
A ry3twys+man anoynt wt þe grace of þe ho
ly+gost in sygne of þe kyngdam of heuen
says lord wonnande in me . is my light
nyng a3eyns þe merknes of ignoraunce . & .
synnes . & my heel ageyns sekenes . þt i mai
now stand ageyns synne . for-þi whom shal
<fol. 41vb> i drede . none for none may ageyn him <?> <lat></lat>
<lat></lat> . lord
heyler of my lyf . of whom shal i quake ¶
he gifis my lyf of vertues . & þt he hiles fro my
foes ellis wer~ all lost of whom shal i quik<?>
as who say i shal drede of none bot of hym .
<lat></lat>
<lat></lat> O-whiles noyand neghis on
me þt þei ete my flesch ¶ Myn enemys no
yande ar~ wt wille not in dede . for þey ne
gh on me . to ete my fleshe . þt is to distry
my flesh . 3ernyng not to sle my soul as
þei wende . <lat></lat>
<lat></lat> . Myn enemys
þt angirs me þei ar~ sekid & doun fell ¶ þei
þt angirs me vnskylwysly ar~ sekyd þt ys
enfebild for þair malice & þei fell in synne and
pyne .¶ <lat></lat>
<lat></lat> . If castels be set agay
nes me my hert shal not drede ¶ kastels<?>
ar~ conspiracyons of of our~ foes . þt waytis
how þei my3t vmlappe vs . bot my hert
shal not drede . for i renne til my hiler~
not to þer kastels to seke help . ¶ <lat></lat>
<lat></lat> . If
batail rise ageyns me in þt i shal hope . &
that is if persecucyon of þe world or temp
tacyons wax ageynes me . in þt batail i .
shal hope in my lord þt is i hope þe victo
ry thoro his help . & ioy wt-outen end for
<lat></lat>
<lat></lat> <?> i
askid of lord . þt i shal seke . þt i won in house
of lord in all the daies of my lyfe ¶ OOn i
askid . þt is oon thing is myn askyng . þt is
god ill me askis mony thingis . i bot <ill><rest of line></ill>
& þt i shal seke in alle my my3t . alle þ<ill><rest of line></ill>
daies of my lif : þt is as long as i lyf .
þt i wonne in godis house in erth & in he
uen . <lat></lat>
<lat></lat> . And þt i see þe wille of lord and<?>
vesit his temple ¶ he sees þe wille of
god . þt vndirstondis gostly his biddyng
<fol. 42ra>& . j . visit his tempul . þt is j make his wonnyg stid .
for his restynge is not bot in a meke soule . þt is
wt-outen ill stirynges : & þt j haue my hert ay
vp til his tempul þer crist is . ¶ <lat></lat>
<lat></lat>
<lat></lat> . For he hid me in his taber
nacle in day of illis : he hild me in þe hidd of his
tabernacle ¶ For he hid me in his tabernacle . þt is
in holy kirke & in memorie of his passion
fro myn enemys . in day of illes . þt is in þs
lyf wher~ ill men florishes in ees ioy .
& gode men ar~ in penannce & trbulacyon . &
he hild me fro hurtyng in þe hid of his ta
bernacle . þt is in þe priuete of his godhed
wher~ a ryghtwys+mannys wille is ay <lat></lat>
<lat></lat>
<lat></lat> . Jn þe ston he hegh
id me & now he has heghid my hed abouen
my foes . ¶ Jn ston þt is in stabulnes of ver
tues or in cryst . he heghid me passand fro
vertu to vertu . & now in þis lif he highid my
hed abouen my foes . þt is my thowgth abo
uen synful 3ernyngys . & he lyghtid me wt
in to se before þe dampnacyon of ill men
þt is to cum in domus day ¶ <lat></lat>
<lat></lat>
<lat></lat> I vm3ed & i+offirde
in his tabernacle þe hoste of heghing of vo
yce . i shal syng & psalme i shal say til lor
de ¶ J vmhed . þt is i gedert in my thowght
his benefices þt he has doon to me & vnky
nde i . was not . bot i offirde in his taber
nacle þt is in holy kirke þe hoste of heghing
of voice þt is of gostly cryng & louyng in
wondurful ioy . þt ioy is & cryinge when
a holy soul is filde wt crystus luf . þt makis
þe thowgth to ryse in-til sown of heuen . or
the sown of heuen ly3ttys yer-in . and þt mon
may loue god in heghing of voice . Alle the
clerkis in erthe may not ymagen ht ne wit
what it is . bot he þt has ht & in þt . i . shal
synge in dilatabulte of contemplacyon þus
is saide in þe glose . & . i . shal say psalme til
<fol. 42rb> lord . þt is i shals chew gode dede til his honour ;
E <lat></lat>
<lat></lat> . her~ lord my voi
ce wt the which i . cryed to þe hafe mercy of me
and her~ me ¶ Her~ the voyce of my desire . wt
whilk i . cryed to the stalworthly for to hafe
the . & hafe mercy of me . þt þi mercy me wt my me
rit & her~ me . þt i hafe oon þt i . coueyt . þe more
þt a mon hase the brennandir~ he askis ¶<lat></lat>
<lat></lat>
<lat></lat> . To the said my hert
the my face sowgth . þi face lord i schal seke .
¶ The desire of my hert þt spekis to god . &
he onely heris . sayd to þe my face þt is my
presens sowgth the . & non oyer thing . and fro
nowe i shal seke þi face lastandly to my
deth . & þt i fynd my sekyng ¶ <lat></lat>
<lat></lat>
Turne not away thi face fro me . helde not
in wrath fro þi seruant . Turne not away
fro me for ht is not in my my3t . to wynne
that i . aske . bot in þi godenes . & helde not
fro me in wrath . in þe toþer worlde . þt is
suffur me not for to falle so . þt þu puny
sche me in helle . <lat></lat>
<lat></lat>
<lat></lat> . My helper lord be þu for
sake me not ne dispise me god my heel .
J am sett in the way . bot i suffise not to
fynde þt i seke wtouten þi help . wt-outen
the i faile . for þt forsake me not . bot end
as þu has begonnen . & dispise me not þof
i dedly aske endles ioy . for þu ert god my
hele þu salues the wonde of my synne .
<lat></lat>
<lat></lat> For my fader & my mo
der . has forsakyn me . bot lord has taken
me . Mi fadir the deuyl . þt was my fadur .
in synne & my moder the cite of þe world
of whom i was borne til the fend has
forsakyn me . sekand the and despisand
þaim . for þei may not gif ne . þt i seke bot
our~ lord toke me þt may gif me all þt i
<fol. 42va>wol & he takis me to noryshe & to reule as
fadir & moder . <lat></lat>
<lat></lat>
<lat></lat> . Set to me lord law in thi way
& in ryght stret þu dresse me for myn enemys .
¶ J think to þe for þi set to me lawe of charyte
& dyscyplyne þt ht suffur me not to err~ in þi
way . þt is in crist . & in ryght stret of counseyls
& anguys . dresse me for myn enemys . þt ce
sis not to waite
<lat></lat>
<lat></lat>
<lat></lat> . Gif me not in soules of
angirand me for wykkid witnesis rose in me
& wykkednesse has lied til ht-self ¶ þof þu
suffur þaim to pine me bodely . gif me not in
þair soules . þt is suffur þaim not to be filde
of myn ill . þt i assent to þaim . so þt þei haf
not þair wille of me . for wykkid wyt
nesses ryses ageynes me . sayand fals þing
of me . for to stirre me & make me depart
fro the and wykkednesse has lyed til htsel
fe . not to me that is a wykkid speker~ de
lyted is in his lygh bot he stird not me .
¶ <lat></lat>
J trowe to see the goodes of ˆ [þ/e] lord in þe land
of lyfand . ¶ Thei ligh on me to þair ow
ne harme for i trowe to see verray gode
gode & lastand in heuen . when þei sh
al fele þe fire of hell . & as i am cleyn of
þis ioy . Also ilke cristen mon . ¶ <lat></lat>
<lat></lat>
<lat></lat> . Abyde the lord manly
wyrk & þi coumfortid be þi hert & suffur
god . ¶ Abyde god doand his biddynges
& in þt hafe þi desire . wirke manly wt
outen slownes . & hardely as a man
for~ so þi hert shal be coumfortid in god
and þt þu be not wery in godis way
suffur our~ lord þt is suffur . þt þu suffirs for
god & of god . for who is þaim þt lofis
suffrynge
<fol. 42vb> <lat></lat>
<lat></lat>
<lat></lat> . To the lord i . shal crye
my god still not fro me . leswhen þu stille fro me
and i shal be lyke to lyghtand in þe lake ¶ <?>
in als mykel as he is man settande hym ensam<?>
ple til ry3twys+men mekely says to the fadir~
lord i man cryed to þe . stille not fro me man for
if þu depart fro me on þt maner i shal be+lyke
to þaim þt ly3tis in the lake . þt is to hem þt ar~
holden in helle ¶ <lat></lat>
<lat></lat>
<lat></lat> . Here lord the voice of
my prayng . whils i pray to þe whiles i he
gh my handis to þi holy temple . Heghing
of handis is to wirke gode werkis . in þe lo
uyng of god cryst held up his handis in þe
crosse for to make men godis holy temple .
& men liftis þair~ handis in prayer~ to he
uen . þt is þe custom of cristen men for þe þyn <?>
thei hope help . ¶ <lat></lat>
<lat></lat>
<lat></lat> . Gif me not samen wt synful & wt wir
kand wykkednes lose me not ¶ Gif me not
in deth samen wt synful . þt is let me not
dye in þt entent þt synful men dies in <?>
þay for þair synne . i . for sothfastnes . & lose
me not dampnand as culpabil . as þu dos þaim
þt wyrkis wykkednes . <lat></lat>
<lat></lat> . The
whilk spekis pees wt þair~ ne3ghbur : bot illes
in þair hertis . This is the maner of fals men
to speke pees . & concord wt the mouth . & holde
hateradyn in þair hert . <lat></lat>
<lat></lat>
Gyf to þaim after þair werkis & aftir~ the felony
of þair fyndyngis ¶ 3eld þaim after þair ille
wille not aftir the gode þt comes of þair ille de
de . for the iwes slo crist þt was the most synne
and þe most gode come þer-of . & also ille men to
rmentis gode men & purges þaim of þair
synne . bot þey mun be punyshed after þayr~
<fol. 43ra> dede & aftir the felony of þair fyndynges : Mony il
le dedes dos men & mony þei fynde bryngyng up
new gises . new vanytes & besineses þt gers men
synne . for all þo shal þei be punyschid . þt first fyn
des þaim & all þt vses þaim & mayntenes þaim .
<Tranche 2>
<fol. 65ra><line 6> <lat></lat> Gedirs til him his halo
ghis that ordeyns his testament abo
uen sacrifise . ¶ And syn hit shal be
þus 3e Aungels gedirs til him . his
lufers þat ordeyns his testament . þt
is þat thinkys on his higth thingis
Abouen sacrifice . þat is a-bouen alle
þat þei worke in hert or body þat
is sacrifice to god . As who say . þaim
think þat alle þair serues is nou3t
like to þe mykelnes of ioy þat þei ho
pe to haue . & more sekis to luf god
in hert . þen to offir him any bodely þing
¶ <lat></lat>
<lat></lat>
<lat></lat> . And heuens shal shew
þe riztwisnes of him . for god is iuge .
¶ Apostils & holy lore fadirs prechis
þe ri3twisnes of his dome . to all þe
worlde . þat alle þe gode . shal be
twynnyd fro alle þe ill . for god þat
nowþer~ is deceyfid . ne deceyfis
his iuge departande thaim . <lat></lat>
<lat></lat>
<lat></lat> . heer~ my
folk and i shal speke israel . & i shal
witnes to þe god . þi god i am . ¶ He
shewis þat if we be his folk we
wol gladly her~ his worde . & if we
be israel þat is men seand him . we ta
ke not his seying wt negligens .
bot with besynes . & i shal witnes
it thoro holy writte & myracles . þt i
god of all i<?> am þi god propurly & specy
aly if þu be a cristen man . <lat></lat>
<lat></lat>
<lat></lat>
Not in þt sacrifice i shal withtake
the . bot þine offrandis in my sigth
<fol. 65rb> are ay . ¶ That is þof þu offir not sacri
fice of best or katel . i dampne þe not .
bot þine offrandis þt is when þi soul
all is enflavmyd in þe fire of luf . ar~
in my sygth ay . þt is euermore quemys
me suth offrand luf i . Jf a monnys
soul be kyndeld wt luf hit rauesches
all þe lymes til goddis serues . <lat></lat>
<lat></lat>
<lat></lat> . J shal not take of
þi howse calues . ne of þi flokkis gaytes .
¶ As who say þof þu prey mykel &
gif mykil to pore men . & þerwith lyg~
in dedely synne . þu payes me nogth .
bot þu art as a kalf iosyf wt-outen my
3ok & a+gayt þt stynkys in wykkidnes
<lat></lat>
<lat></lat> . For myn are alle
þe wild of woddis : bestis in hilles &
oxen . ¶ wild of woddis he callys syn
ful men . þat ar~ conuertid til hym . bes
tis in hilles er~ þo þat are holden to þis
world bot foles . & in his sygth ere
heghid in-to contemplatyf lif & in vertu
es : oxen er~ tru men þat are in traueyl
& chewis þe byddynges of god . ¶ <lat></lat>
<lat></lat>
<lat></lat> . J knew alle þe fowlis of heuen
& fairhed of feld is with me . ¶ That
is alle þe holy ordirs of Aungels i luf
& fairhed of feld . þat is þe brigthnes
of alle holy men is wt me þt i delite
me in . <lat></lat>
<lat></lat> . Jf me hun
gird i shal not sey to þe for myn is þe
worlde and þe fulnes of hit ¶ God
hungirs not bot our~ heel . for-þi in all
þt þu wel does he is fild . & if him hun
gred him thrust not to say to ryche
men to fede him for alle is his hym
hungirs þaim-self to hafe in clennes
and þei make þam so fowle in syn
ne þat he may not of thaim for
<fol. 65va><lat></lat>
<lat></lat> . Wheþer i shal
ete fleysch of bulles or i shal drunk blo
de of gaytes . ¶ That is nouþer i delite
me in þe fleschely vices of wykkyd tiran
tys ne i shal take to me þaim þat er~
ded in þair synne . <lat></lat>
<lat></lat>
<lat></lat> . Offir to god þe sacrifice of louyng
& 3eld to þe heghest þi vowes . ¶ As
who say offir me þi-self in luf . þat is
my louyng þat þu thank me in all þin
ges . & so þu may pay me in Almusdede .
& 3eld to me þi vowes . þt þu hygth when
þu toke baptym . <lat></lat>
<lat></lat>
<lat></lat> . And incall me in day of tribula
cyon of holy is for drede of heuen þt
þei lose hit not . & i shal delyuur þe þt
þu fayl not & þu shal honour me . þt is
þu shal be encheson þt oþer men honour me .
<lat></lat>
<lat></lat>
<lat></lat> . Bot to þe syn
ful god sayd whi tellys þu my rigthwis
nesis & takys my testament thoro þi
mowthe . ¶ As who say offir louyng
bot loke þt þu syng not wel & lif ill . for
god sayde to þe synful . whi tellis þu
my ri3twisnes þt þu wol not do in dede
& whi þu vndevout takis my holy tes
tament . thoro þi filed mouth . As who
say . holy wordis a foule mouth le
res not þof it rede þaim . <lat></lat>
<lat></lat>
<lat></lat> . þu sothly hatyd discy
plyne þu kest my wordis be-hynde .
Thou hatys disciplyne . for if gode
chastes þe þu gruchis . if he spare ye
þu louys & þu kastis be-hynd his wor
dis . þt is . þt þu seys þu settys hit behynd~
that þu se it not . & takis be-fore þe
þi vile lust . <lat></lat>
<fol. 65vb> <lat></lat>
<lat></lat> . Jf þu sawgh a+thefe þu ranne
with him . and wt auoutres þi porcyon
þu sett . ¶ Jn þes two he reprehendis
him of alle his synne . for in couetys
and lechery may be vndirstonden all
oþer þat men dos . for þe . <lat></lat>
<lat></lat>
<lat></lat> . Thi mowthe haboundid in
malice & þi tong gedird tresons . ¶ That
is not onely he wol reprehend ill or
hold him stille . bot he louys it . þof he
wot þat hit is ille . þat he louys . & so is<?>
treson in his hert . þt his hert gedirs
til deceywyng of oþer men . wt faire
wordis . <lat></lat>
<lat></lat>
<lat></lat>
Sittand ageyns þi brother þu spake . & a
geyns þe sun of þi moder~ þu set sch<ill><rest of word></ill>
þis þou did . . & i was stille . ¶ Sittand
to me for hit lykes þe to speke ille not
for slyppyng of þi tong . or in channce
bot with study . for þt oon dos stondand
or passand . he dos hit not wt wylle
bot þu sittand spake ageyns þi brother
þt is ilk man . for bakbiters spekys <ill><1 word></ill>
comenly of none . bot if hit be for <ill><1 word></ill>
owne prowe . & ageyns þe sun of þi mo
der~ . þat is holy kirke . to whom luf
ioynes vs . þu sett sclaundur in word or de
de in þe whilk he þat is gode mygth
be holdyn ill or lesser þen he is . þis þu
did & i was stille . þat is i suffirde
if þu wold turne þe til penannce . bot þu
wolt not . ¶ <lat></lat>
<lat></lat>
<lat></lat> . þu wykkid wend þt i
shal be lyke to þe i shal argu þe & i shal
set ageyns þi face . J was stille
and þerfore þu wykkid wend þt i shal be<?>
like to þe assentand til ill . for þu we<ill><rest of word></ill>
yat hit payes me . for þu feles me <ill><1 word></ill>
<fol. 66ra>venger . bot þu shal fele me : for i shal ar
gu þe . þt is i shal þe proue be dome dampna
bil . & so arguand . i shal sett þe ageyns
þe . þt is i shal shew þe to þe . & þen þu shal
myslyke þe & shame wt þi-self . As who
say . þat þu sett behynde þe . i shal sett
before þe . þat þu witt þt þu ill did . & se þi
<?>ilte . <lat></lat>
<lat></lat>
<lat></lat> . Vndirstandis þis 3e þat forgetis
god . leswhen he rauysch . & non be out
to take . ¶ 3e þat forgetis god . for 3our
lust & lykyng or besynes vndirstandis
þis . þat here is sayde . þat god wol
be louyd . bot not of a synful man . and
for þi vndirstondis . for if god rauysch
3ow to þe pyne of helle . 3e fynde none
þat may take 3ow out . & þis vndir
stondis . þt . <lat></lat>
<lat></lat>
<lat></lat> . The sacrifice of louyng
shal honur me & þer way whar-in i shal
shew til him þe heel of god . ¶ The sa
crifice of louyng . not that wykkid men
syngis . bot cristes lufers is syngys .
shal honur me . whom no man louys bot
if he be gode . for þi non ill man of
firs þe sacrifice . þat is way to god .
in þe whilk i shal shew til him . louan
de . þe heel of god . þat is ihesu þt he see
him in þe fairhed of his mageste .
<lat></lat>
<lat></lat> . Hafe mercy of me god
Aftir þer gret mercy . ¶ This is þe psalme
of dauid when he had synned wt vris
wif . þu þat art lesser hafe no delyte . þt he
þt was more fell in-to so gret synne . bot
þu may drede and quake for þi self . da
uid is sett in ensanple til men nogth
to falle . bot if þei be fallen for to rise
& to shew alle maner of meknes . As da
uid did in his penannce . & þer-fore is þis
psalme most hauntid in holy+kirk for her~
<fol. 66rb> mekenes is most shewid .