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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…
A potacio[n] or dry[n]king for this holy time of le[n]t very co[m]fortable for all penitent sinners, newly prepared by Theodore Basil.A potacio[n] or dri[n]kynge for this holi time of le[n]t very co[m]fortable for all penitent synners, newly prepared by Theodore Basille.
printed for Joha, 1542printed for Ioha, 1542
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
PHIL. Tarry a while, & I shall de clare to you altogether. But first ye shall note, that there come forth certain children before the naked ⟨image 66⟩Cross, •ngynge a certain song, which beginneth, En rex venit. Behold the king cometh.
PHIL. Tary a whyle, & I shall de clare to you altogyther. But fyrste ye shall note, that there come forth certayne chyldren before the naked ⟨image 66⟩Crosse, •ngynge a certayne songe, whiche begynneth, En rex venit. Beholde the kynge commeth.
EVSE What meaneth that.
EVSE What meanethe that.
PHIL? This 1may be understood by those Pro phetes, which prophesied of Christs coming a little before he was borne, showing that he was near at hand, or it may right well signify S. John Baptist, which did not only show before that Christ was at hand, but also pointed him even with his finger, saying: Behold 2the lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. Now as touching the naked cross, 3it signifieth Christ already come, & borne into this world. And they that go with the cross, betoken the people of the new Testament, which believe in Christ, & receive him with