PRICK OF CONSCIENCE, ETC.
Vellum, 10.625 x 6.5, ff. 121, 30-36 lines to a page. 15th cent., in current hands.
Donor, T. C. S.
Modern binding.
Collation: 112 - 412 510 612 - 1012 11 (three).
Contents:
1. Stimulus Conscientiae, attributed to Richard Rolle of Hampole.
f. 1 is torn and soiled.
(The ) myghte of…..
(The) wysdom of…..
Ends f. 118a:
To whilke place he us bryng
{th}at for us vouched saue on rode to hyng.
Expl. trattus qui dicitur consciencie stimulus.
Here endes {th}e tretice {th}at es cald ye key of knowyng.
Below (xv-xvi):
Knowe all men by these presentes me & Cetezein Coiffer of
london and stedfastly to bounde to R. of Watford in the
Counte of hertford husbandeman in Cli of lawfull money of
Englond vel sic in xli sterlyng.
2. Articles concerning London . . . . . . f. 118b
These articules byth off Enquest ffor the kyng & the cite
shall be charged ffor to enquier in the wardmo{th}e, etc.
The articulus touchyng the good rule kepyng and honeste of
the Citie of london . . . . . . . 118b
Articules touchyng {th}e ry{y}th and comen profite of {th}e citie 119
Articulus touchyng oppressorys and o{th}er deffaunters . . 119b
Articulis ayenst pepyll ffor fier . . . . . . 120
The oth for them that shall be put under franke plegge. . . 120b
Below: Non est in speculo res quam speculamur in illo
Emenit (!) et non est in muliere fydes.
See C. Brown and R. H. Robbins, The index of Middle English verse, no. 3428 - the 'northern' version of the text.