ABSTRACT
Goode men and woyme[n], 3e schull know wele þat ych curatour ys holden by all þe lawe yn holy chyrehe, forto expowne þe ‘Pater 4 Noster’ to his paryschons ones oþyr twyse yn þe 3ere; and yf he do not so, he schall be hard enpeehet of God for þys necligens. Wherfor as God haþe 3eue me grace of vndyrstondyrcg, || I wol at 160 b þis tyme schew you, as I fynde wryton. Then schull 3e know at 8 þe begynnyng þat hit ys moch more spedfull and meritabull to you to say your ‘Pater Noster’ yn Englysche þen yn suche Lateyn, as 3e doþe. For when 3e spekyth yn Englysche, þen 3e knowen and vndyrstondyn wele what 3e sayn; and soo, by your vndyr- 12 stondyng, 3e haue lykyng and deuocyon forto say hit. Then schull 3e know þat yn þe ‘Pater Noster’ ben vij prayers þe whech yche man and woman han gret nede forto pray God for; for þat puttyth away þe vij dedly synnys, and getyth grace of God forto 16 haue all þat man nedyth forto haue necessary, boþe to þe lyfe and to þe soule.
