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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
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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.
CHRI. GOD give us grace to do it alway, which he requireth of us.
CHRI. GOD giue vs grace to do yt alwaye, which he requireth of vs.
PHIL. Your fruits since that time have manifestly declared the novity and change of your life, whereof I very much rejoice ⟨image 13⟩& give God herty thanks, de sirynge hym to finish that in you prosperously, which he hath begun godly. And this is the cause neighbours that I have ben so bold to caul you again now to a Potation or dryn king, trusting that if you mark those things well, that shall at this time be spoken, ye shall feel no less 1sweetness in them, than ye did in the Banquet. For ye know that this is a time not for the body, but for the soul, not for the belly, but for the spirit, not for the mouth, but for the mind. This time requireth a modest sobriety, & not luxurious riot. This time requireth a penitent & sorrowful heart, & not a mind set all on pleasure. This time requireth abstinence and not delicate welfare. This time requireth sober prayer, & not vain jestings. This time requireth lamentation for our since, & not a pleasure to remain in ⟨image 13⟩them. Therefore have I now prepared for you a godly Potation, worthy this time, that ye may go home again from me, not with mouths but with minds, not with bellies, but with souls, […] and e• farced with celestial meat. I will now declare unto you, what your Potation shall be. I pray you hear me diligently.
PHIL. Your fruytes syns that tyme haue manifestly declared the nouyte and chaunge of your lyfe, wherof I very muche reioyse ⟨image 13⟩& gyue God herty thanckes, de sirynge hym to fynysshe that in you prosperously, which he hath begūne godly. And this is ye cause neighbou res yt I haue ben so bold to caul you agayne nowe to a Potacion or dryn kynge, trustynge that if you marke those thinges well, that shall at this tyme be spoken, ye shall feale no lesse