ABSTRACT

28 Good men and woymen, such a day N. 3e sehull haue Seynt Lukes day, Goddys holy euangelyst. Þe wheche day 3e schull 32 com to chyrch, and worschip God and his holy euangelyst. Then schull 3e know þat Cryst had IIII euangelystys: Marke, Mathew, 261Luke, and Ion. Þe whech wryttyn þe foure gospell þat ben Cristys wordis; for gospell ys yn redy Englysch, Goddys spelle, þat ys, Goddys word. Wherfore þese foure 1 wrytton not only what Crist spake, but also what he dyd and what he suffyrde here 4 yn erþe for mankynd, for encheson þat we and all oþer þat werne before vs and schull come aftyr vs, schull know and wyte, what he dyd and taght yn helpe and saluacyon of monkynd.