ABSTRACT
Crystyn men and woymen, suche a day 3e schal haue þe fest of Saynt Mary Mawdelen þat was soo holy a womon, þat our 4 Lorde Ihesu. Crist aftyr his modyr louyd her most of all woymen. Wherfore 3e chull come þat day to holy chyrch, forto worschip God and þis holy woman, for scho was þe forme yn tyme of grace þat dyde penawnce for her syynnes, and soo recouered a3ayn þe 1 8 grace by doyng of penaunce, and repentyng þat scho had lost by lust of flesch and sore synnyng. Þe whech ys made a spec-takyll to a synfull to schow to all þat wyll leue hor synne, and do penawnce for her trespas, þay schuld rekeuyr a3eyne þe grace 12 þat þay haue 2 lost, and oft moch more. And soo dyde þis womon, and how 3e schul here.
