The myroure of Oure Ladye, containing a devotional treatise on divine service, with a translation of the offices used by the sisters of the Brigittine monastery of Sion, at Isleworth, during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Edited from the original black-letter text of 1530 A.D., by John Henry Blunt.
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- The myroure of Oure Ladye, containing a devotional treatise on divine service, with a translation of the offices used by the sisters of the Brigittine monastery of Sion, at Isleworth, during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Edited from the original black-letter text of 1530 A.D., by John Henry Blunt.
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- London,: Pub. for the Early English text society, by N. Trübner & co.,
- 1873.
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- Bridget, -- of Sweden, Saint, approximately 1303-1373.
- Catholic Church -- Liturgy -- Brigittine.
- Catholic Church -- Liturgy -- Syon abbey.
- Bridgettines.
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"The myroure of Oure Ladye, containing a devotional treatise on divine service, with a translation of the offices used by the sisters of the Brigittine monastery of Sion, at Isleworth, during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Edited from the original black-letter text of 1530 A.D., by John Henry Blunt." In the digital collection Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/CME00040. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 7, 2024.
Contents
- title page
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Pages 1& 2of the only known MS. of the Myroure, that at Aberdeen. - prologues
- And begynneth the Chapytres of the fyrste parte of thys presente boke.
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And begynnyth the fyrste parte of thys Boke, that is called oure Ladyes myroure.
- ¶ How and why goddes seruyce is sayde, eche daye in .vii howres.
- ¶ Why these vii houres, rather then other.
- ¶ Why oure Lady oughte to be praysed and seruyd in these same houres.
- ¶ How youre seruyce and your legende, and the rewle were all gyuen of one spyryte. And how holy a man he was, that by heuenly inspyracyon set your songe, & your seruice.
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¶ How the holy goste wroughte bothe by the angell and by master Peter, but dyuersly in ether of them. And what rewarde the same master shulde haue for writynge of your so
n ge. - ¶ How an angell was sente of god to saynte Byrgyt to endyte youre Legende in the tongue of Swethe whyche mayster Peter drew fyrste into Latyn.
- ¶ That thys holy seruyce ought to be sayde with more dylygence and deuocion then other prayers.
- ¶ That the seruice of these houres oughte to be sayde in dew tyme. And why youre seruyce is sayde after the brothers seruice.
- ¶ That these holy houres ought to be sayde in dew place that is the chirche.
- ¶ How perylous yt is to be absente from chyrche in tyme of these holy houres wythout very nede.
- ¶ That ye ought nether to be to slowe to chyrche warde ne hasty to go thense.
- ¶ What profyt ys in the songe of dyuyne seruyce more then in the songe wythoute note.
- ¶ Who ordenyd fyrste the praysyng of god to be songe in quyers, and why psalmes ar oftener songe in holy chyrche then other partes of holy scrypture.
- ¶ That the houres of this holy seruyce ought to be songe and sayde in clennesse of conscience.
- ¶ That the harte ought to be kepte in tyme of these holy houres from distraccion, and thynkynge of other thynges.
- ¶ What causeth dystraccyon of the mynde in tyme of goddes seruyce and what remedyes ar to be vsed there agenste.
- ¶ Of them that are vayne or troubelous in tyme of goddes seruyce and lette bothe hymselfe and other.
- ¶ Of them that ar lyght to speke or to slepe in tyme of goddes seruice.
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¶ That thys holy seruyce ought to be sayde or so
n ge, or harde wyth entendaunce therto And what pareyle yt is to leue eny parte therof vnsayde. - ¶ Of hasty sayng of these holy houres and of ouer∣skypynge.
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¶ What entendau
n ce ought to be had aboute the songe of these holy houres. -
¶ How thys so n ge of thys holy seruyce oughte to be meke & sad without all vanyte and curyosyte. - ¶ How ye oughte to dresse youre entente in saynge, or syngynge of this holy seruice.
- ¶ Of reuerence & deuocyon that oughte to be had in this holy seruyce bothe inwarde and outwarde.
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Here begynneth the seconde parte of our Ladyes Myrroure that ys of youre vii storyes and fyrst how ye shall be gouerned in redyng of this Boke and of all other bokes. -
¶ Here begynneth the story and Seruice of the Sonday, and fyrste of rysynge to mattyns.
- ¶ Of the Inuitatory.
- ¶ Of Hympnes and Psalmes.
- ¶ The Hympne.
- ¶ Of Antempnes and Psalmes.
- ¶ Why ye haue thre psalmes in the begynnynge of eche story.
- ¶ Of the Versicle.
- ¶ Of the Pater noster before the lessons.
- ¶ Of the Absolucyon.
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¶ Of
Iube domine. and of the blyssynge. - ¶ The fyrste lesson.
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¶ Of
Tu autem. after the lesson. - ¶ Of the Responce.
- ¶ The seconde Lesson.
- ¶ The seconde Responce.
- ¶ The thyrde Lesson.
- ¶ The thyrde Responce.
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¶ What is vndersto
n ded by the thre lessons wyth the Responces & verses folowynge. - Te deum laudamus.
- ¶ The Versicle.
- ¶ Of the Lawdes.
- ¶ Of the psalmes at Laudes.
- ¶ Of the Antempne at Laudes.
- ¶ The Chapyter.
- ¶ A nother chapyter.
- ¶ The Hympne.
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¶ Of the psalme
Benedictus. -
¶ The Antempne.
Benedictus. - ¶ Of Collectes. and Orysons.
- ¶ A nother Oryson.
- ¶ A nother Oryson.
- ¶ Oratio.
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Oremus. Pray we. -
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Antiphona, Sponsa regis. - ¶ Oratio.
- ¶ At Pryme.
- ¶ Of the Psalmes at Pryme.
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¶ Antempne.
O speciose. -
¶ The Chapyter. -
¶ Oryson.
Sancta maria. - ¶ At Tyerse Antempne.
- ¶ The Chapyter.
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¶ Of thys psalme
De profundis wi th the Oryson folowynge. - ¶ The Oryson.
- ¶ At sexte. Antempne.
- ¶ The Chapyter.
- ¶ A nother chapyter.
- ¶ At None Antempne.
- ¶ The Chapyter.
- ¶ Another Chapyter.
- ¶ Of Euensonge and of Indulgete.
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¶ Antempne.
Beati metuentes. - ¶ The Chapyter.
- ¶ The Hympne.
- ¶ Of the Psalme Magnificat.
- ¶ Antempne.
- ¶ Oratio.
- ¶ Of Complyn. and Collacyon.
- ¶ The Chapyter.
- ¶ The Hympne.
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¶ Of the psalme,
Nunc dimittis. - ¶ Oratio.
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¶ Antempne.
De te virgo. - Antempne.
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¶ Oratio
- to the reader