THIS BOOK IS PRESENT IN OUR LIBRARY THROUGH THE GENEROUS CONTRIBUTIONS OF ST. MICHAEL'S ALUMNI TO THE VARSITY FUND \v THE THE MANNER OF HEARING WITH EUBEICS AND DEVOTIONS FOE THE PEOPLE IN FOUR TEXTS r*s n ACCORDING TO THE USE OP YORK FROM MANUSCRIPTS OF THE XTH TO THE XVTH CENTURY WITH aitfr , THOMAS FREDERICK SIMMONS, M.A. CANOlf OP YOEK, BEC1OB OF DAtTON UOL1IB LONDON PUBLISHED FOR THE EARLY ENGLISH TEXT SOCIETY BY N. TRUBNER & CO., 57 & 59, LUDGATE HILL MDCCCLXXIX 71 BUNGAY CLAY AND TAYLOR, PRINTERS. : CONTENTS. PAOB PREFACE ix xvi INTRODUCTION to the Four Textsof the Mass Book ... xvii Ixxi Theirphilological and liturgical interest ... ... ... xvii Origin ofsubsidiarydevotionsandtheir development xviii Purpose and character of Dan Jeremy'swork ... ... ... xxvii TheAuthor not Hieremias Senonensis ... ... ... ... xxxii Original written in French ... ... ... ... ... xxxii Accordingtothe Use of Rouen xxxv Aboutthe middle oftwelfth Century xxxvi ForNormansresidingin England ... ... ... xxxviii Identification ofthe Author ... ... ... ... ... xl Charters attested by him ... ... ... ... ... xliv Translation into English in the thirteenth Century ... ... xlix Dialectof Translation and Variationsby Scribes liv Subsequent Ritual Revision ... ... ... ... ... Ixi Thesix known MSS. ... ... ... ... ... ... Ixv THE FOUR TEXTS 160 Translator's prelude ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 Vesting ofpriest ... ... ... ... ... ... 6 Mutual Confession ofpriestand people ... ... ... 6 FormofGeneral Confession ... ... ... ... ... 7 Office (Introif) 10 The Gloriain Excelsis ... ... ... ... ... ... 14 The Gospel 16 The Creed 20 The Offertory 22 The Orate 24 The Secreta 26 The Preface 28 VI CONTENTS. PACT? The Canon 30 The Elevation 38 Prayerforthe Dead ... ... ... ... ... ... 42 The Paternoster ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 46 The Pax 48 The Eincing 51 The Postcommon ... ... ... ... ... ... 56 Prayer aftermass ended ... ... ... ... ... ... 68 GRACE BEFORE MEAT AND DRINK 60 BIDDING PEAYEES YOEK USE 6180 I. Before Conquest ... ... ... ... ... ... 62 II. From SirJohn Lawson's MS. 64 III. From MS. Manual, York Minster 68 IV. ShortForm 74 V. From York Manual. A.D. 1509 75 [The presentform, p.320.] YOEK HOUES OF THE CEOSS 8187 APPENDIX YOEK OEDEE OF MASS 90117 I. BeginningofMass to Gospel and Creed 90 The Offertory 98 The Preface 102 The Canon 104 TheLord's Prayer, Agnus Dei, and Pax 112 The Communion ... ... ... ... ... ... 115 The Postcommon 116 APPENDIX DOCTEINE OF THE EUCHAEIST 118121 II. ... APPENDIX III. PEEPAEATION BEFOEE EECEIVING THE SACEAMENT OF THE ALTAE 122127 APPENDIX IV. MANNEE AND MEDE OF THE MASS 128147 Medesofthe Mass 131 Legendof SaintAustin and thejanglingwomen 136 The Offertory 142 The Elevation 144