ABSTRACT
God men and woymen, such a day 3e schul haue Seynt 16 Margretys day. And þagh hit be a 3 ly3t holyday, saue þeras a chirch ys deynt yn hor name, 3et I warne you, for as I suppos þer byn some of you þat hauen such a loue to hure, þat 3e wol fast hor evyn. But þen 3e þat fastyn hur evyn, 3e qwyt you not to 20 her as 3e schuld do, but yf 3e come to chyrch on þe morow to here a masse of her; for scho wyll con you more þonk forto make a masse sayd yn þe worschip of her þen forto fast mony evenes 4 bred and watyr wythout masse. For þe masse makyth ioyfull all 24 þe angels of Heuen, hit fedyth and confortyþ þe sowlys yn purgatory, 114 b and sokeryth all þat lyuyt || yn erþ and charite. And he þat fastyth þe euyn, he helpyth hymselfe, and no fyrþir. Then forto sture your deuocyon þe more to þys holy maydyn, I wyll schow yn parte 28 of his lyfe, and what scho suffyrde for Godys loue.
