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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. Verily the mirth, joy & melody, which the Angels make in heaven, for mans redemption by christ. It showeth ⟨image 74⟩how glad & merry they are, that man is become partaker of y• glory, where of they have the fruition. And this their joy maketh them to come for to mete the souls of the faithful, & to present them to the divine ma jest.
PHIL. Uerely the myrth, ioye & melodye, whiche the Aungelles make in heauen, for mās redēpciō by christ. It sheweth ⟨image 74⟩how glad & mery they are, that mā is become pertaker of y• glory, wher of they haue the fruicion. And this theyr ioy maketh them to come for to mete the soules of the faythfull, & to present them to the diuine ma ieste.
CHRI. This is a very godly ex posicion.
PHIL. When they are once 1entered into the church, whereby he uen is signified, than do the all the people kneel down, & the priest pluc king up the cloth, wherewith the crucifix was covered, and making it open to all that are there present, singeth a certain song, the people in the mean season praying & giving thanks unto God. And so endeth the Procession.
PHIL. Whan they are once 1entred into the chyrche, wherby he uen is signifyed, than do the all the people knele downe, & the prest pluc kyng vp the cloth, wherwith ye cru cifixe was couered, and makyng it open to all that are there presente, syngethe a certayne songe, the people in the meane season prayenge & gyuynge thanckes vnto God. And so endethe the Procession.