A potacio[n] or dry[n]king for this holy time of le[n]t very co[m]fortable for all…A potacio[n] or dri[n]kynge for this holi time of le[n]t very co[m]fortable for all…

PHIL. In declaring to you this thing, whom should I rather fol low than our Saviour Jesus Christ, the teacheth of all trueth? Howe we ought to fast he teacheth us in the Gospel of Math. on this ⟨image 50⟩manner, saying, when ye fast, be ¹not sad as the Hypocrites are. For they disfigure their faces, that they might be seen of men to fast. Verily I say unto you, they have their reward. But thou, when thou tastest, anoint thy head, & wash thy face, that it appear not unto men, that thou fastest, but to thy father which is in secrete, and thy father which seeth in secret, shall reward the openly. Christ in this place, doth not only rebuke the hypocritical and superstitious manner of the ungodly fasters, but he also teacheth us the true & germane manner of fasting.

PHIL. In declaryng to you this thynge, whome should I rather fol lowe than oure Sauioure Iesus Christe, the teachet of all truethe? Howe we ought to fast he teacheth vs in the Gospell of Math. on this ⟨image 50⟩manner, sayenge, whan ye faste, be ¹not sad as the Hypocrites are. For they disfigure theyr faces, yt they myght be sene of men to fast. Uerely I say vnto you, they haue theyr rewarde. But thou, whan thou tastest, annoynt thy head, & wash thy face, that it appeare not vnto mē, that thou fastest, but to thy father whych is in secrete, and thy father which seeth in secret, shall rewarde the opēly. Christ in this place, doth not only rebuke ye hipocritical and supersticious māner of the vngodly fasters, but he also teachethe vs the true & germayne manner of fastyng.

1. 1Math. vi.