1S6. Remedy against idle tJioughts. 115 



48 and steke the doore, and praye to the father of heuen. 



Isodorus, Ardens oratio est non labtorum sed cordium, potius Isidore. 



enim orandum est corde yuam ore. The hoter prayer is 



with the harte than with the lyppes, rather pray with 

 52 thy herte than with thy mouth. Regum primo. Anna t Sim. uiy 



loquebatur in corda. Anna spake with the harte. 



166. A meane to put away ydle thonghtes in prayinge. [FoI. 82*.] 

 And to auoyde wauerynge myndes, in worldlye occu- Agrainst idle 



thoughts. 



pations whanne thou shalte praye, I shall shewe vnto you 

 the beste experience that euer I coulde f^-nde for the same, 

 4 the whiche haue benne moche troubled therwith, and that 

 is this. He that can rede and vnderstande latyne, let if yon 



, ,,.,,., , understand 



hym take his booke in his hande, and looke stedfastely Latin, keep 



your eye on 



vppon the same thynge that he readeth and seeth, that the book, 



and remem- 



8 is no trouble to hym, and remembre the ensrlysshe of^^""^^^ , 



° ■' English of 



the same, wherin he shall fynde greatte swetenes, and shall '*• 

 cause his mynde to folowe the same, and to leaue other 

 worldly thoughtes. And he that canne-not reade nor 

 1 2 vnderstande his pater noster, Aue, nor Crede, he must if not, think 



11 ^ ^1 . . °f Christ's 



remembre the passyon of Christe, what peyne he suffered passion, 

 for hym, and all mankynde, for redemynge of theyr soules. 

 And also the miracles and wonders that god hath doone, 

 16 and fyrste what wonders were doone the nyghte of his 



natiuitie and bjTthe. And howe he turned water in-to and of His 



miracles ; 



wyne, and made the blynde to se, the dombe to speake, 

 the deafe to here, the lame to go, the sycke to be hole. 



20 And howe he fed fj-ue thousande with two fysshes, and [FoI. 83.] 

 fyue barley loues, wherof was lefte .xii. coffyns or skyppes 

 of fragmentes. And howe he reised Lazare from deathe 

 to lyfe, with manye moo myracles that be innumerable to 



24 be rehersed. And also to remembre the specyall poyntes 



of his passion, howe he was solde & betraved of Tudas, how He was 

 and taken by the iewes, and broughte before Pylate, than 



