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«' Furthermore he comaunded hem to kepe wel hise com- 

 aundementys yn alle thyngis, and sayde to hem, gif ye lovith 

 me kepith my comaunderaentis. And moo other thyngis he 

 sayde to hem thereof, as it folevveth yn the text." 



And again, at page 15, column 2, where it is said of our 

 Lord: 



" He was nevere ydell, but spak and taugt helpfull 

 thyngis for us, for he sayde sevene wordys" (while on the cross) 

 " which we fynde yn the gospell." 



At page 26, column 2, after stating that our Lord appeared 

 to his disciples and others fourteen times after his resurrection, 

 it is added : 



" Neverthelates ye shull understonde that yn the gospel 

 buth but X. apperynges. For that he apperede to his moder 

 ys not yn the gospel, nevere thelates yn the legende it is y sey 

 of the resurreccioun yn diverse places. And that he apperede 

 to Joseph of Arimathie, it is y radde yn the passion of Ni- 

 chodemus. And that he apperede to James, the same apostle 

 hym silf dyde write to the Corynthyos, and Jerom tellith it 

 also. 



" Of the apperynge to ^" (five hundred) "brethren the 

 apostle writeth there of. And all the other apperynges buth 

 y wrete yn the Gospel. And furthermore thou mast well 

 bethynke, and sooth it is that oure blyssid lord oftetyme visited 

 his moder, and hise disciples, and Mawdeleyne, comfortynge 

 hem, whiche were feruentliche sory of his passioun. And 

 that felyd weel Seynt Austyn seyenge of the tyme aftre his 

 resurreccioun." 



Other references to commentaries and sermons of Saint 

 Austin (or Augustin) occur at page 4, column 2, and page 28, 

 column 2, where the writings of Saint Gregory are also re- 

 ferred to. 



This manuscript may have been used as a lectionary in 

 the abbey of Bonamargy ; but it would not appear that the 

 words " hora vesperarum," and " bora completorium," which 



