• John Mirk's Instructions for Parish Priests

to þ e church fare Byd them leeve here mony wordys There ydull Spech & nyse bordys And put A-way ther vanyte And sey ther pat er n oste r & ther Ave No man yn church Stonde Shalle Ne

• Miracles connected to Mary

w t she conne on candilmasse day to þe church and whe all þe peple hadde gone on p ro cesson w t candels brendyng brennyng & stoden all in þe church ech on w t his light in his

• South English Legendary

To c ri stne wiþ-oute n ooþ þo stood þe abbot stille & lou And seide w t hym to church he goþ þe abbot me clepid gregorye his name þ er þ t child he toke And monkes many

• Piers Plowman C

County: Shropshire Code: L4218a MS reference: London, BL Add. 34779 Text: Piers Plowman C Tranche 1 fol. 8r and dauid vndoþ him-selff as þe dombe sheweþ To-morwe worþ mede iweddet to a+manset wreche To on fauel faiþles off

• Burgh's Cato, Titus and Vespasian

that Cyte that come thyder from dyvers contre And Jh esu c thou3t hit was a grete dyspayr Jn holy church to make a fayr A chepyng place he seyd is nou3t to be thus For an hows of prayer

• Rolle, Psalter

kut a-wey for peyri n g of þe treo Ande al-so þis by-houeful tyme fol. 3rbis a-3eyn us *creaseaueros & church us þ t 3ifen no frut but whe n n hit is rotu n & o t of tyme