elyke to one spouse Ihesu cryste in one wyl & vowe / whiche loue
none suche syngularyte / pompe & vayne glorye. For in his court
shall not a kynges doughter haue prerogatyf afore an other in
lower degree borne. Goostly lyf requyreth no dignyte temporall /
though all ye be neuer so meke / yet your spouse was & is moche
more meker. See in your mynde how [that] sa[yn]t Peter was a poore
fyssher / and Bartylmew a noble man of byrth. Netheles Peter was
preferred & made prynce of Bartylmew & of all the worlde. Beware
of grutchynge [that] whiche gretly dyspleaseth god. Commende neuer
your self of ony goodes gyuen or to be gyuen of you or by yours to
[the] monasterye or els where / but euer lerne & vse you to take
[the] crosse & to folowe your spouse in penaûce / & do that ye
come for / kepynge obedyence / pacyence / mekenesse / sylence /
prayer / fastynge / & suche other as your relygyon wyll gyue you
Instruccyon. And in ony wyse shewe mekenesse in your langage /
countenaûce & all other behauyour / & in especyall to your heed &
souerayne / the whiche representeth cryste your spouse / & that in
all obedyence / drede / loue / & reuerence. Neuer disputynge of
theyr wyll or of other that be your souerayns / but thynke [that]
all is ryghtfull [that] they do / presume not to correcte theyr
Iugementes. For as by example yf eche man sholde haue the guydynge
of a shyppe [that] they be within / it sholde neuer prospere ne
come to the hauen [that] it desyred. And as ye be professed deed
to the worlde so be ye deed in other mennes dedes. ¶ Also remêbre
that ye must forsake your owne wyll & offre it vp & gyue it to
god & to them that shall be your souerayne & heed for euer more.
Enforce eche one of you that shall come to religyon to passe an
other in obedyence / for than doubtles ye shall please god A true
obedyencer that hath vtterly forsaken his owne wyll / knowe not
ony thynge harde to do [that] is cõmaunded of theyr souerayne ne