¶ devout prayers in english of th'acts of our redemption. Christ with halo, crown of thorns, and stigmata standing beside the cross, with instruments of the passion, empty tomb, a cock, etc. Christ on the cross surrounded by St. John, Mary, and another woman (with haloes?) (left) and a group of Roman soldiers (right) ¶ Here beginneth five devout prayers/ moving man unto the meditation of Christ'S passion. O Lord jesus Christ the son of the living god/ for thine unspeakable pity/ and the most excellent life of thy most holy mother Marry/ and for the merits of saint Francyse and of all thy saints: grant (we beseech thee) unto us most wretched sinners unworthy any of thy benefits/ that we might love the alone/ & ever be burning or fervent in thy love/ and that we might continually magnify the work of redemption/ that we might ever desire thy honour/ & daily bear & remember in our heart the benefit of thy passion. That we might know & consider our misery/ and continually desire to be despised & rebuked for thy love. So that nothing should comfort us or abide in our heart/ but thy death and passion/ and nothing displease or trouble us but our own sin and wretchedness. Amen. ¶ Here followeth a prayer. O Lord jesus Christ which freely & with thine own will came unto thy passion: come also to me a wretch/ by thy grace into my heart or soul. And thou that then did repair me by thy death on the cross/ repair me again that am fallen to sin/ repair me I say by the merits of that same most blessed passion. Grant to me lord that in all things I might keep mildness & meekness/ and subdue my flesh and my spirit holly unto the. And that I may be made as a be'st unto thee/ that thou sitting upon me and ruling me as thy be'st: may lead me now unto the taste of inward peace and desire of heavenly peace And at last may bring me into the vision and sight of the same eternal peace. Amen. ¶ A prayer. O Lord thou made a general sign or token of thy terrible judgement when thou cast out of the temple all buyers & sellers with a whip made of iii cords/ showing in thy face or cyne the flame of thy divinity: I pray & beseech the lord to grant me to remember and so to consider thy terrible presence. That I might fear the with an holy fear/ for thy judgements be great & not to be searched/ which when I consider all my bones quake for fear. For there is no man living upon the earth that is sure of thy glory/ but all things be reserved as uncertain unto the time hereafter to come. That we should ever serve the devoutly and virtuously in fear: and also joy in the with dread. Amen. ¶ A prayer. O Lord jesus Christ/ which in the cuyntyde made thy last supper with thy disciples in a great and large chamber/ strawed & made ready for thee/ and there fed them with thy most sacrate body & blood: make my heart a great and large chamber prepared for thee/ enlarge in it true faith/ hope & charity. Magnify or make it great with longammite/ patience and meekness. And straw it with all manner of virtues. Grant me lord that my heart contrite and thus prepared: may take & receive the after my poor manner/ whom heaven and earth are not able to take & contain: and by thy grace inhabytant in me I may think and perform in deed all things pleasing to thee/ and decline or avoid all vice and sin by perfit hate of them. And so continuing unto the end/ I may worthily receive thy precious body and blood in the sacrament of the altar. Amen. ¶ A prayer. O Mild jesus and the exemplar of very meekness/ which washed the feet of thy disciples. I ask and also beseech the lord/ purge & cleanse thou my affections/ that I so purified in both feet/ and kindled with a double charity/ that is with the love of god & of my neighbour: I might surely come to the my purifyer & clenser: keep me good lord unto the end of my days/ and cleanse me from all spots of sins/ that all my negligences and sins forgiven: mine enemies confounded and rebuked might go fro me at the hour of my death Which specially will lie in a wait of me at that hour. direct and order my feet lord in to the way of peace/ that I delivered from the hands & power of all mine enemies: might bless and praise the with all thy elect servants world without end. Amen. ¶ Here endeth the .v. prayers/ concerning .v. particles of Christ's passion. ¶ Here beginneth .lxv. prayers of our lords passion with a ix other prayers of the Resurrection/ ascension. &c. ❧ The first prayer of the fear and heaviness of Christ. Math. xxvi. D. O Lord jesus Christ son of the living god which at midnight thy passion drawing nigh would take upon the fere and heaviness for me most wretched sinner: grant me continually & faithfully to refer all my tribulations/ heaviness & pains unto thee: the god of my heart/ that thou would vouchsafe to bear them with me in the union of thy passion and heaviness. That so by the merits of thy most holy passion/ they might be made to me fruitful and profitable. Amen. ☞ The second prayer of the bloody sweat of Christ. Luce. xxii. E. O Lord jesus Christ son of the living god/ which in thy long prayer would be comforted of th'angel/ and in thy agony sweat marvelously drops of blood: grant to me by the virtue of thy prayer/ that thy holy angel might ever assist me in my prayer and comfort me/ that I resting in the sweet remembrance of thy most bitter passion: might devoutly sweat the drops of tears for thy blood in thy sight and knowledge. Amen. Math. xxvi. B. ❧ The third prayer of the vendition or selling of our lord. O jesus which would be set at nought and sold of one of thy disciples for a vile price. Grant to me that I never change the my god and creator for any transitory thing. And also that I may patiently bear all rebukes and despisings for the glory of thy holy name. Amen. Math. xxvi. E. ☞ The four prayer of the betraying of our lord. O jesus that suffered thyself to be betrayed by a kiss of judas: grant to me that I never betray the in myself nor in my neighbour. And also that I never deny to mine adversaries th'office of love/ that is charity to love them/ and to correct them with charity. Amen. ❧ The .v. Math. xxvi. E. prayer of the taking of Christ. O jesus Christ the son of the living god/ which would be wilfully taken and holden of the jews: grant to me that I may continually subdue all my senses and understanding unto thy service/ that by thy infinite goodness I may be delivered from eternal death and captivity. Amen. ☞ The vi johan. xviii. C. prayer of the binding of our lord. O jesus which would be bound with the hands of wicked men: I beseech the lose the bonds of my sins/ and so bind me to the with the bonds of thy precepts/ that never the membres of my body/ nor the powers of my soul be loosed and at liberty to do any thing contrary to thy will. Amen. ❧ The vii Math. xxvi. F. prayer of the fleeing or departing away of the disciples of Christ. O jesus that did suffer all thy elect and chosen disciples to i'll from thee/ receive thou me thy fugitive servant for thy great virtue & omnipotent power: & suffer me not to wander from thee/ through the liberty of my froward will. Amen. Marci. xiiii. E. ☞ The viii prayer of the leading of Christ. O jesus which bound as a thief and an evil doer/ would be led by the armed hands of wicked men from place to place with rebuke and great shame: grant to me that grace/ that I never be led unto any sin/ though the persuasion of the devil or counsel of any wicked person/ but that I may be led by thy holy spirit unto all things that shallbe/ pleasant unto the. Amen. johan. xviii. C. ❧ The ix prayer/ how Christ was presented unto Annas. O jesus which would be first led and presented unto the bishop Annas: grant to me that I never fear to be led or presented for thy name & faith/ before any tyrraunt or secular judge of this world. And also that thy grace and right reason have ever the dominion in me/ that I may learn to present all mine acts/ wills and desires unto the examination of right reason before that I do them in deed: thy grace at all times being assistant unto me, Amen. Math. xxvi. G. ☞ The ten prayer of the denying of Petre. O jesus which suffered thyself to be denied thrice of the prince of thy Apostles/ whom also thou mercifully beholding/ made him to weep bitterly for his sin. I beseech the behold me with the eye of thy mercy/ that I may worthily weep in thy sight for my sins/ and that I never deny the my lord god/ neither in words nor in deeds. Amen. ❧ The xi Math. xxvi. G. johan. xviii. D. prayer/ how our lord was smitten upon the cheek. O jesus which would be smitten for me most unworthy/ of the vile minister and servant of Annas: grant to me I beseech the thy grace/ that I may stop my mouth from all evil & vain speech/ and that I never cease from thy laud and praisings. Amen. ☞ The xii prayer/ how jesus was presented to Cayphas. Math. xxvi. F. johan. xviii. E. O jesus which for me most unkind wretch/ would be sent from Annas unto Cayphas: & also would be examined before him: grant to me I beseech the for the love of thy name/ that I fear not the judgement of evil persons. And also that I may appear in thy sight with a good & pure conscience. Amen. Math. xxvi. F. ❧ The xiii prayer of the bringing forth of false testimony against Christ. O jesus which would for me be blamed of the Jews/ & by their false testimony accused: grant to me that I never blame or rebuke man for thee/ nor falsely that I accuse any person. And also that I patiently suffer all false accusations for thy honour and glory. Amen. Math. xxvi. G. ❧ The xiiii prayer of the blasphemy imputed to Christ. O jesus which did suffer the abominable sin of blasphemy to be put upon thee: keep me that thy name be never blasphemed by me in word nor in deed. And that never any blasphemy or any other evil word be spoken or uttered with my mouth. Amen. Marci. xiiii. G. ❧ The xu prayer of the condemnation of Christ. O jesus which feared not the wicked voice of the most cruel jews when they said of thee/ Reus est mortꝭ he is worthy death/ & patiently did suffer/ the same for me most wretch: keep and preserve me/ that I never be found worthy eternal death in thy sight. Amen. Math. xxvi. G. ❧ The xvi prayer of the buffeting or smiting in the neck of Christ. O jesus which would be smitten by the cruel jews in the neck for my love: grant to me that I may so confess the my lord god with my mouth that I never do contrary thy precepts in my deeds. Amen. ❧ The xvii Math. xxvi. G. prayer of the spitting in Christ's face. O jesus which would suffer thy most fair & amiable face to be defiled for my love with the felthy spittings of the jews: grant to me that I never defile the face of thy image in my soul/ by my sinful actis or filthy cogitations. Amen. ❧ The xviii Math. xxvi. G. prayer of the smiting of Christ in the face. O jesus which would suffer for my love/ thy most lovely face to be smitten with the hands of the most wicked jews: grant to me that I may ever keep the face of thy image pure and undefiled in my soul/ that it never be spotted or hurt by the sinful hands & works of my iniquities or sins. Amen. ❧ The xix Marci. xiiii. G. prayer of the covering or blyndfylding of Christ's face. O jesus which did suffer for my love thy most gracious face (the which Angels desire to behold) to be covered of the wicked jews to thy great rebuke: I beseech the make thy face shynt upon me thy most wretched servant/ that thy godly image in me be never darked or covered. And that mercifully thou would take away the cloak of sin/ and the darkness of ignorance from my heart/ with the light of thy heavenly grace. Amen. Math. 〈◊〉. ●. ☞ The twenty prayer of the mocking of Christ when they bade him prophecy. O jesus which with scornful mockꝭ of the jews was smitten upon the heed/ & bidden to a reed or prophesy who smote the. I beseech the good jesus prophecy & show to me/ that I might know what a wretch and sinner I am/ which so oft (alas for sorrow) have smitten the with the hand of mine evil and sinful deeds. Amen. Math. xxvii. A. ❧ The xxi prayer/ how christ was presented before pilate. O Lord jesus Christ son of the living god/ which in the first hour of the day for our health/ would be presented by the jews unto Pilate a pagan judge: grant to me for the love of thy name/ that I despise no manner of power. but that I may give due & worthy honour to my superiors & to all judges. Amen. ☞ The xxii Math. xxvii. B prayer how the jews falsely accused Christ before pilate. O jesus which would for me be falsely accused in many false things before the judge : teach me to avoid the deceits of wicked men/ & truly to profess thy faith with good works Amen. ❧ The xxiii Lace. xxiii. B. prayer how Christ was sent to Herode. O jesus which for my love did not fear to be sent from pilate unto Herode grant to me I beseech the that I with a glad mind for thy love may obey to the commandments of my superiors/ though they be wicked. And to do my obedience promptly and readily without any grudging. Amen. ☞ The xxiiii Luce. xxiii. B. prayer how Herode derided and mocked Christ. O jesus which for me would suffer Herode scornfully to demand many questions of thee/ to the which thou would not answer one word: grant to me for thy love/ that I may patiently here & bear scornful questions & mocking words. And that I may decline & avoid my vain praise by my silence. Amen. ❧ The xxv Luce. xxiii. B. prayer how Christ was accused before Herode. O jesus which presented before Herode would for my love suffer the false accusations of the jews/ and thou would not excuse thyself nor deny in any word their must sayings: grant to me that I be not overcome by the injuries of wicked men/ nor that I show thy holy mysteries to the unworthy persons. Amen. Luce. xxiii. B. ☞ The xxvi prayer/ how christ was despised of Herode. O jesus which was content to be despised for me/ of Herode and his company or servants: grant me to despise all worldly pomp for the. And not to regard the despisings of wicked men for thy love and for justice. Amen. Ibidem ❧ The xxvii prayer/ how Christ was clothed with a white garment to his despising. O jesus which would be for me clothed in a white garment & mocked as a fool of Herode & his servants: grant me warily to decline or avoid the wisdom of this world which in thy sight is but a foolishness. And with a pure heart to come to thee/ which art the very true wisdom. Amen. Vbi supra. ☞ The xxviii prayer/ how christ was sent again to pilate. O jesus which for me would be sent again from Herode unto Pilate and thereby would make them friends: grant me that I fear not the petition of wicked men against me/ but rather that I may so profit by their exercise/ that I may deserve to be conformed and made like unto the. Amen. ❧ The xxix Math. xxvii. C prayer/ how Christ was forsaken of the jews. And Barrabas by them was delivered. O jesus Christ the son of the living god/ which for man's salvation disdained not in the iii hour of the day to be reproved and forsaken of the jews that did ask the seditious thief Barabas to be delivered from death unto his liberty: & would have the the auctor & giver of life to be crucified: grant to me that I may ever choose the my creator & maker before all other/ & never to reprove or forsake the for any creature. ☞ The xxx Math. xxvii. D prayer/ of the pulling of the garments of Christ. O jesus which for me would have thy clothes pulled vyolentely of thy back & would be strippeth naked to be scourged: grant to me that I may cast of from me mine old sinful cote or life with all his operations/ by true/ pure & plain confession of all my sins. And that I never appear in thy sight naked from virtue. johan. nineteen. A. ❧ The xxxi prayer how Christ was scourged. O jesus which would be bound for me to a pillar & grievously scourged: grant to me that I may patiently and gladly bear the scourges of thy fatherly correction/ and never to scourge the again with my sins. Amen. Marci. xv. B. ☞ The xxxii prayer/ how they put an old purple cote upon Christ. O jesus which for me would be clad in an old purpul rob to thy despising: grant me continually to have in my mind/ or to be clad with the remembrance of thy passion/ & to hide & cover my sins with the purpul of charity. Amen. Math. ●7. D. ❧ The xxxiii prayer/ how christ was crowned with thorns. O jesus which for me would be crowned with thorns: make me so worthily to be compunct by the thorns of penance/ that I may deserve to be crowned of the in the heavenly kingdom. Amen. Math. 27. D. ☞ The xxxiiii prayer/ how the Saugiours put a reed in Christ's right hand. O jesus which would have a reed to be put in thy right hand scornfully for a royal sceptre: I beseech the so to strength my imbecility & frailty with the right hand of thy power/ that thy kingdom may be continually confirmed and stablished in me. Amen. ❧ The xxxv johan. nineteen. A. prayer/ how the Saugiours scornfully saluted Christ. O jesus which for me would be scornfully worshipped & saluted of the Saugiours kneeling & saying. Hail king of the jews: grant to me that I may worship the my very lord and god in spirit & truth. And reverently to salute thee/ the only king of all kings. ☞ The xxxvi johan. nineteen. A. prayer/ how the Saugiours smote Christ with their hands. O jesus which would be smitten of the Saugiours for me: make me ever to laud & praise the both in word and deed. And also that the deeds of other men though they be evil/ may ever turn to my good & profit. Amen. ❧ The xxxvii Math. 27. D. prayer/ how the Saugiours did spit in the face of Christ. O jesus which for me did suffer the vile soldiers to spit in thy most beauteous face: grant to me that I never pollute or defile thy face in the sacrament of the altar by my unworthy receiving thereof. And that I never defile my conscience with unclean thought. Amen. Math. 27. D. ☞ The xxxviii prayer/ how the Saugiours smote Christ upon the heed with a reed. O jesus which would have thy noble and precious heed smitten with a reed for me: grant to me that I never offend the our heed with my vain and idle life. But that I may ever please the with my good and quiet manners and living. Amen. johan. nineteen. A. ❧ The xxxix prayer/ how pilate did show Christ scourged unto the jews. O jesus which for me would be showed and presented unto the jews in so scornful and despiteful array: grant me to avoid all ostentation of vain glory/ and appear before the at thy judgement in such array as shall stand with thy favour. Amen. johan. nineteen. A. ☞ The xl prayer/ how the jews did cry. crucify him/ crucify him. O jesus which for me was not afraid to here the terrible & fearful voices of the jews crying. Crucifige crucifige/ that is crucify him/ crucify him: grant to me that I be not afraid of the cursed and malicious words of mine enemies. And that I never hurt my neighbour with my speech. Amen. ❧ The xli johan. nineteen. C. prayer/ how Christ was brought unto his judgement. O Lord jesus Christ the son of the living god/ which in the vi hour of the day would for me most wretched sinner be presented before the judge sitting in judgement: grant to me so to judge myself in myself of all my sins/ by the testimony or witness of mine own conscience. And also so patiently to suffer thy judgement in all adversities: that I may in surety appear in thy last & terrible judgement. Amen. ☞ The xlii Marci. xv. B. prayer/ how Christ was condemned. O jesus which for me would patiently and innocently suffer the unjust sentence of death/ & that of the most shameful death of the cross: grant to me that I never deserve the just sentence of death in soul or in body. And that for thy love I fear not the wicked judgements of men. And also that I never judge any person wrongfully. Amen. johan. nineteen. D. ☞ The xliii prayer/ how christ bore his cross. O jesus which for me a wretch would bear thy heavy cross upon thine own shoulders/ make me wilfully and gladly to take the cross of penance and straighter life. And to bear it daily after the and for thy love. Amen. Ibidem. & Math. 27. D. ❧ The xliiii prayer how Christ was led unto Golgoltha/ that is the mount of Calvary. O jesus which for me would be led unto Golgotha to be there crucified: lead me in the path of thy commandments/ that I may follow the steps of thy passion with the holy women/ and weep upon myself the misery of my frail condition. Amen. Ancelmus in dialogo passonis. ☞ The xlv prayer/ how Christ was spoiled of his clothes before the cross. O jesus which for me would be spoiled of thy clothes & sit naked be/ fore the cross: make me to be spoiled or naked from all worldly things that be hindrance to my salvation/ that I naked might follow thy naked cross. Amen. ❧ The xlvi Ancelmus ubi supra. prayer/ how Christ was laid or spread upon the cross. O jesus which for me would be extended upon the cross/ & that so cruelly that all thy bones might be numbered: make me to extend all my membres and powers both of soul and body unto thy laud and praising. Amen. ☞ The xlvii johan. nineteen. D. prayer/ how Christ was crucified. O jesus which for me would be nailed with most hard nails unto the cross/ and thereby would fasten the obligation and writing of our sins and death unto thy cross. Nail fast I beseech the my flesh with thy fear/ that I surely cleaving fast to thy commandments/ may evermore be fastyned to the & to thy holy cross. Amen. ❧ The xlviii prayer/ how Christ's hands & feet were nailed/ and specially of the first or left hand. Psal. 21 O jesus which for me most wretched would have thy left hand digged or bored with a nail & fastened to the cross: grant me that I may ever put and hide all mine adversities & temptations in the most sweet wound of that left hand/ and that I may find in it a sure and wholesome remedy against all manner of tribulations. Amen. ❧ The xlix prayer of boring or nailing of the second or right hand of Christ. O jesus which for me a wretch would have thy right hand ꝑsed through with a nail/ & so fastened to the cross: grant to me that I may hide in thy most sweet wound of thy right hand with thanks: all my good works that it shall please thy goodness to work in me. And that all my negligences and imꝑfections may thereby be performed and supplied. Amen. ☞ The l prayer/ of the nailing of the first foot or lift foot of Christ. O jesus which for me would have thy most holy feet pierced with a great cross and hard nail/ and so to be fastined unto the cross: grant to me that when so ever I am impugned or troubled with evil cogitations/ sinistral affections and desires: I may come to the wound of thy lift foot/ and there to find & receive wholesome medicines for my salvation. Amen. ❧ The li prayer of the nailing of the second or right foot of Christ. O jesus which did make a fountain of thy grace/ spring to us from the wholesome & most sweet wound of thy right foot: grant to me that I may fasten and join all my good desires to that same thy wound with a lovely kiss. And to make them conformable and agreeing to thy holy desires. Amen. ☞ The lii Ancelmus in dialogo passonis. prayer/ how the cross with Christ upon it was raised up. O jesus which for me would be lifted upon the cross/ and so would be exalted from the earth: make me I beseech the to be elevate from all earthly affections. And to be conversant in mind in heavenly things. Amen. ❧ The liii prayer/ how ii johan. nineteen. D. thieves were crucified with Christ. O jesus which for me a wretch would be crucified betwixt ii thieves and would be reputed as one of them: grant that my spirit may be crucified betwixt the flesh & the world/ that I may rest quietly in the in the middle the extremes that is the flesh and the world crucified to me. Amen. Math. 27. D. ☞ The liiii prayer/ how the Saugiours divided Christ's garments. O jesus which for me would have thy garments divided amongst thy crucifyers/ and would have them cast lots for thy unsewed cote that was woven or knit and without seams: grant to me to take part with thy saints and to follow their examples in the keeping of thy commandments. And that I may ever keep thy charity in me. Amen. johan. nineteen. D. ❧ The lu prayer of the writing of the title above Christ's heed. O jesus which for me would be defamed scornfully with the subscription of thy victorious title: grant to me that I may strongly live & fight under that banner and victorious title/ jesus Nazarenus rex judeorum. That my ghostly enemies afraid by the sight or hearing thereof/ should not dare to come nigh unto me. Amen. Math. 27. E. ☞ The lvi prayer of the illusion and mocking of Christ crucified. O jesus which for me crucified would be mocked and despised with many rebukeful words/ and yet would so charitably pray for thy crucifiers make me that I never descend from my religion or any good work for no suggestion of the devil or dispisyngꝭ of man. But that I may continually perceiver in thy love/ and that I may for thy love forgive all them that do or say any evil to me or against me. And that I may evermore pray heartily for them. Amen. ❧ The lvii Luce. xxiii. F. prayer/ how the thief of the left hand rebuked Christ. O jesus which for me would be scornfully rebuked of one thief/ and of the other would be honourably confessed to be god: make me for thy glory of thy name to suffer patiently the rebukes of evil persons when need requireth/ and never to suffer thy injuries. And also to possess the joys of paradise with this holy thief. Amen. ❧ The lviii johan. nineteen. E. prayer of the compassion that Christ had upon his mother's sorrow and heaviness. O jesus which for me would be crucified & having compassion of thy mother's sorrow & compassion/ would diligently commend here to thy dear beloved disciple Iohn/ and also commended him to her: I commend me unto thee/ and also all mine in that faith and love that thou commendest them together/ meekly beseeching thee/ that for the tenderness of so great love thou would make me to come truly and perfitly to thy love/ and through their prayer and commendation I may be preserved and kept from all adversity and peril in the perils & dangers of this world and life. Amen. Math. 27. F. ❧ The lix prayer/ how the manhood of Christ complained himself to be forsaken of god. O Lord jesus Christ the son of the living god/ which at the ix hour of the day for me most wretched hanging upon the cross cried to thy father with a great voice saying: Hely/ hely lama hazastani/ that is. My god my god/ why hast thou forsaken me: grant to me that in all my trouble & anguish I may cry to the my lord god with the great voice of my heart. That so thou never suffer me to be reproved as left & forsaken of thy mercy. Amen. ☞ The lx Math. 27. F. prayer how they gave him to drink vyneagre or asell. O jesus which thirsting our health would have vinegar & wine mixed with myrrh & gall offered & given to the to drink: make me worthily to offer to the the wine of devotion mixed with the myrrh of mortification of my sensuality/ and with the gall of contrition for my sins/ and that I never drink of the vinegar of infidelity or of slander/ though I taste of any slander/ that is/ suffer wrongfully any slander. Amen. ❧ The lxi johan. nineteen. F. prayer of the consummation and end of the passion of Christ. O jesus which offering the consummation of thy hole passion as it were in a sum to god thy father for me/ did say. Consummatum est/ it is ended/ grant to me that I may duly finissh and end all the good works & pains/ that it shall please thy grace to work in me and by me: & so ended/ to offer them with due thank unto god the father by the. ☞ The lxii Luce. xxiii. F. prayer of the yielding up of his soul or of the death of Christ. O Blessed jesus which for me dying upon the cross did commend thy soul to thy father: grant to me that I may spiritually so die to the & with the in this life/ that it would please the at the hour of my death to have my wretched soul recommended to thee/ which lives & reigns with god the father & the holy ghost world without end. Amen. johan. nineteen. F. ❧ The lxiii prayer/ of the opening of Christ's side and heart with a spear. O jesus which for me would have the side of thy deed body opened/ from whence came plenty of blood & water for our health & comfort: wound I beseech the my heart with the spear of thy charity/ that I may worthily receive thy sacraments/ which flowed out of that thy most holy side. Amen. Math. 27. G. ☞ The lxiiii prayer/ how the body of Christ was taken down of the cross. O jesus which for me a wretched sinner after thy death would have thy body taken down from the cross by joseph & Nychodemus/ and so anointed and dressed with sweet ointments and spices/ would be wrapped in fair linen clothes: grant me worthily to receive thy blessed living body in the sacrament of the altar/ as if I should take him of the cross/ & so to anoint him with the ointments of virtues/ that I may continually keep him in a pure heart and chaste body. Amen. ❧ The .lxv. Math. xxvii. G prayer of the burying of Christ's body. O jesus which for me at the hour of complen would be buried in a Sepulchre lamented and kept: grant to me that thou my lord god may be buried in the sepulchre of my heart and there lamented and kept/ that I buried with thee/ may deserve to come to the glory of thy resurrection. AMEN. ☞ Here endeth .lxv. prayers/ and here after followeth ix prayers of the Resurrection/ ascension. etc. ❧ The first prayer/ how christ descended unto hell. O Good jesus thy unspeakable petty and charity was not yet saciat & content with the death/ but that thou would visit the clausures of hell/ & redeem thy people there being in captivity. Therefore thy most blessed and glorious soul knit to thy godhead/ descending unto the hells/ delivering thy elect people from that darkness & shadow of death. I beseech the O merciful jesus that thy grace & mercy might descend upon the souls of our parent's/ brethren/ cistern & all our kinsfolks. Also upon the souls of our familiar acquaintance benefactors/ and all other that we be bound to pray for/ and of all christian souls: That thou would deliver them from the pains that they have deserved for their sins. And that thou would bring them to eternal glory. Amen. ☞ The ii prayer/ of the Resurrection of our lord. O Lord jesus Christ our eterne & only sweetness/ which breaking the bonds of death/ hath glorified thy body and hath ryson from death in glory unspeakable: I pray the & I beseech for thy glorious and flourishing Resurrection/ to grant to me that I rising from vices & the death of soul may ever floryssh in virtues/ & so to walk in the newness of good life/ that I may saver & follow those things that be above & heavenly/ and not though things that be earthly and transitory. Also good lord by the virtue of thy clearness/ purge my soul from the darkness of sin. That by the same virtue at the day of general Resurrection my body may arise unto glory/ that I may joy both in soul & body/ eternally with the in thy glory. Amen. ❧ The iii prayer how Christ appeared to his mother Mary. O Mary the mother of god most gracious virgin and comforter of all desolate persons calling and crying unto thee: I beseech the for that great joy whereby thou were comforted when thou knewest that thy son jesus Christ was risen the third day from death unto life immortal and impassable. That thou would be a comforter of my soul/ that what time I shall arise both in body & soul at the last day of judgement/ & there appear before that same son of thine jesus Christ/ & there to render mine account of all my thoughts/ words & deeds: it would please thy motherly pite to help me that by thee (O blessed mother & virgin) I might escape the sentence of eternal damnation/ and graciously to come to everlasting joy and glory with all the elect & chosen people of god. Amen. ☞ The four prayer/ how jesus appeared to Mary Magdalayne. O Most sweet master/ O most sweet jesus/ how good art thou to them that be clean in heart. How sweet art thou to them that love the. O how happy are they that sech the & find the. How blessed are they that trust in the. It is truth that thou lovest all them that love the. Thou never forsake them that trust in the. Lo lord this Mary thy true lover of a good simple mind sought the and truly she found the. She was not forsaken of the. But she had more of the than she looked for. I beseech the lord grant me to love thee/ to seek the and to trust in thee/ that I may deserve to find the and to be loved of thee/ and never to be forsaken of the. amen. ❧ The .v. prayer how jesus appeared to his disciples/ Thomas being also present. O Lord jesus Christ which showed unto Thomas that doubted of thy Resurrection/ the places of thy nails & the spear/ & hath revoked him from error by the putting of his finger in to the holes of thy hands/ & of his hand into thy side: grant to me that I having ever the remembrance of thy wounds and passion/ may expend and put in my finger & hand/ that is what so ever good work or discretion be in me I may put it in & expend it all hole in thy service to thy honour. And that I may confess with Thomas that thou art my lord which hath bought me with thy precious blood: and my god which hath create & made me. And that which thou said before of our faith/ that blessed be they which have not seen and believe: I may have experience thereof in myself/ and that by thy grace I may be found blessed in thy sight. Amen. ☞ The vi prayer of the ascension of our lord. O jesus our crown & glory which rising from death did ascend unto the right hand of thy father/ draw my soul unto thee/ that I might fervently seche and desire the only/ grant to me I beseech the that I may with all my desire & study come to that place: to the which as I steadfastly believe thou hast ascended. And that I being here in body/ may be with the in love & desire/ that my heart may be there: where as thou art my love & treasore most to be loved and desired/ draw me after thee/ that by thy grace I ascending from virtue to virtue may deserve to see the my lord god in the heavenly zion. Amen. ❧ The vii prayer of the sending of the holy ghost. O jesus the giver of all gifts which sent thy holy ghost unto thy disciples in the likeness of fire. I pray and beseech the O most merciful lord/ that I (though most unworthy) might receive to my perpetual health by thy grace those gifts which thy disciples received of thy only bounteous goodness. And send upon us (good lord thy servants the spirit of thy charity/ love & peace/ which might visit and comfort our hearts/ purge them from vices/ lighten them with virtues/ bind us in the bonds of peace & love illumynate us with the light of thy knowledge/ and inflame us with the fire of thy charity/ forgive us our sins and bring us to life everlasting. Amen. ☞ The viii prayer of the Assumption of our glorious Lady. O Lord the giver of joy the granter of solace/ the diligent reliever of the desolate person/ the chaser away of all heaviness & sorrow/ which hast gladded and make joyful the most blessed virgin Mary thy mother the glass of thy majesty/ the solace of angels/ the image of thy goodness/ the beginner of our health (thou hast gladded her I say) with manifold joys both in heaven & in earth: I beseech the grant to me thy suppliant/ that I which presume to come trustily & faithfully to her/ as to the well and fountain of joy in all my sorrows and troubles: may by her merits and prayers feel & receive the effect of her prayers & comforteth in this present life. And finally to come to that ineffable joy/ to the which she assumpt joyeth with the eternally in heavens. Amen. ❧ The ix prayer of the last judgement and of the coming of the judge to the same. O Lord jesus Christ judge of both quick & deed vouch safe to order and set me in the last judgement on thy right hand. And that I may than here thy most sweet voice to my comfort/ which thou shall than speak to thy chosen people that is. Come ye blessed children of my father/ and take possession of the kingdom of glory that was prepared for you before the beginning of the world. And also keep me that I fear not the hearing of that most terrible sentence/ which than thou shalt speak unto the reproved sinners/ saying. Go ye cursed people in to everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his company. O thou only begotten son of god have mercy on us/ that we never feal that incurable and intolerable pain/ that is to be excluded from the glory and sight of god. And to burn perpetually in everlasting fire. O my god my mercy & succour/ be merciful to us. Amen. ¶ Imprinted by me Roberte Redman Cum privilegio. Christ on the cross surrounded by St. John, Mary, and another woman (with haloes?) (left) and a group of Roman soldiers (right)