vtter deuour. ¶ Be not moued for ony cause to vêgeaûce or to yre.
¶ Thynke none euyll to another for ony prouocacyon. ¶ Ioye thou
not in wyckednesse but sorowe [thou] rather. ¶ Be gladde in
trought & ryghtwysnesse & hate dyssymulacyon. ¶ For suche ryght
bere aduersyte or ony trybulacõn. ¶ To [that] the chirche techeth
the put ful credulyte. ¶ That god hath promysed trust it well
without defalcatyon. ¶ In hope abydynge his rewarde and
euerlastynge glorye. Amen.


¶ A lytell Instruccõn for them that shall entre in to religyon /
drawen out of the longe rule of sa[yn]t Iherom that he wrote to
saynt Eustochiû &c.

Loue god aboue all thynge / & thy neyghbour as thyself. In these
two is fulfylled all [the] lawe & cõmaûdementes of god & parfyte
charyte [with]out whiche can noman or woman be relygyous & come
to heuen / & the whiche had among them they make theyr place or
monastery a paradyse in erthe & themself professed therin angelles
full pleasaût vnto god. Wherfor amonge [the] spouses of god ben
one wyll / one comfort / one heuynes Remembrynge [that] he is
prynce of peas & charyte. in whom they shalbe wedded vnto. Forsake
[the] desyre of têporall goodes / for better it is to be ryche
with other in the worlde than to be poore in a monasterye & to
haue a desyre to haue god. Blessyd be they sayth our lorde [that]
ben poore in spyryte &c. ¶ The more noble [that] ye ben & come
of worshypfull lynage [the] more ye shal meke your self / & euer
be gladde of poore & vyle habyte or clothynge / beware of
obstentacyon & pryde or to desyre to be better arayed than an
other syster is. And remembre [that] ye shall be professed & wedde