ABSTRACT
Besides several service books, and a few standard theological and pastoral works, this included an interesting handful of books of a certain type in English: 'a book of The Lord's Prayer and The Prick of Conscience in English', and 'a certain book drawn from the Bible into English'. The laity leave service books, lives of the saints, and devotional works, 'particularly the Life of Christ, the Passion of Christ, and the works of Richard Rolle', quite a number of which were available at least in part in English. Of the three English books left by William Revetour, one is a book of private devotion and examination of conscience (its dramatic equivalent the Paternoster Play), and two are narratives, possibly narratives with some kind of didactic comment, if Legenda Sanctorum is anything like Golden Legend. The use of characters and incidents as ensaumples of moral action is common to any kind of drama which seeks to comment on human actions.
