DIMEV 5399
IMEV 3429
NIMEV 3429
The might of the Father of heaven
The East Midland recension of the Pricke of Conscience
Note: For the usual text see
1953 and
5398; for an abridged and altered
text see
788.
Author(s): Richard Rolle (attrib.)
Title(s):
The Pricke of Conscience
Subjects: religious instruction; treatises, devotional
Versification: —
two-line —
aa
Manuscript Witnesses:
1.Source: Oxford, Bodleian Library Bodley 423 (SC 2322), ff. 244-351
First Lines:Quia ad tempus credunt & in tempore temptacionis recedunt .
To a
tyme he seith sum beleuyth a thyng
And passith þere fro in time of
soundyng…
Last Lines:…To þe whiche blisse god vs alle brynge
That for oure loue
made alle thynge . Amen quod A.
Note: Missing lines 1-312, 1794-1962. At the end ‘Explicit Stimulus
Conscientie quod Iohannes Appilton’.
Attributed Title: Stimulus Conscientie (on f. 244 in later hand)
2.Source: Oxford, Bodleian Library Laud misc. 601 (SC 1491), ff. 1-115
v
First Lines:The miȝt of þe fader off heuene
þe wit of þe
sone wiþ his ȝiftes seuene…
Last Lines:…To þe which ioye he vs bringe
þat for oure loue made
al þing
Note: Leaves lost between ff. 49 and 50.
Attributed Title: Heere endeþ þe bok þat is ycleped þe prikke of
concience (at the end)
5.Source: Cambridge UK, St John’s College B.7 (29), ff. 5-119
v
First Lines:The myght of the fadir of heuen
And the wit of the son with his
ȝiftes seuen…
Last Lines:…To þe whiche blisse god vs brynge
That for oure loue made
al thynge
Attributed Author: Amen quod A (f. 119v)
Attributed Title: Stimulus Consciencie (f. 5); Explicit Stimulus Consciencie
(f. 119v)
6.Source: London, British Library Addit. 11305, ff. 3-126
v
First Lines:The myght of the fader in heuen
The witte of the sone wiþ his
ȝiftes seuene…
Last Lines:…To the whiche ioy he vs bringe
That for our loue makes all
thinge
7.Source: London, British Library Arundel 140, ff. 41
v-146
v
First Lines:In þe myght of þe fadyr all myghty
The wyte of þe
sonne all wytty…
Last Lines:…To þe which he vs all brynge
Þat for our loue made
heuen & erþe & all þynge
Note: Missing two leaves between ff. 144 and 145.
Attributed Title: þe Pryke of conscience (explicit, f. 146v)
13.Source: Lichfield, Lichfield Cathedral Library 16, ff. 35-189
v
First Lines:The mighte of þe fader al myȝtty
[T]he wytte of þe
son al wytty…
Last Lines:…To þe wuche opye he us brynge
þat for oure loue made
al þynge
Attributed Title: Here endeþ þe bok þat ys cleped þe pryk of concyens (f.
189v)
14.Source: Lichfield, Lichfield Cathedral Library 50, ff. 1-109
v
First Lines:The myth of þe fader of heuene
The wyt of þe sone with
hese ȝeftes seuene…
Last Lines:…And qwo so loue god in a ryt maner
He hat gret dred to wreyin
hym her
Note: Followed by epilogue.
17.Source: San Marino, CA, Henry Huntington Library HM 125 [olim Groves], ff. 1-100
First Lines:ÞE myȝt of þe fader of heuene
Þe witte of
þe sone,with hys ȝiftes seuene…
Last Lines:…To whiche ioye he vs brynge
Þat for oure loue made alle
þ[ynge]
Note: Ends of last ten lines and colophon lost because most of folio 100 cut
away; after colophon, ‘ffinem composui pe[ ]te[ ]’ (f.
100.
Attributed Title: Here endeþ þe pricke of concie[nce] (f. 100)
18.Source: San Marino, CA, Henry Huntington Library HM 128 [olim Ashburnham 130], ff. 1-16
v; 25-17
v; 1-33
v; 1-94
First Lines:The myght of the fadur of heuene
The wyt of the sone wyth hys
ȝyftes seuene…
Last Lines:…To þe which he vs brynge
that for our loue maked all
þynge
Attributed Title: Here bygynneþ þe prologe on the Prikke of consciencie… (f.
1); Here endet þe prikke of conscience (f. 94)
19.Source: San Marino, CA, Henry Huntington Library HM 130 [olim Phillipps 3126], ff. 1-120
v
First Lines:…Euer to knowe boþe gode and ille
And þerto ȝaf
him witt at wille…
Last Lines:…Vnto þat same ioye he vs bringe
þat for oure loue
makede al þinge
Note: Begins imperfectly due to missing folio at beginning; lines 1-76
missing; to right of ending, ‘Amen par charite’ (f.
120v).
20.Source: Dublin, Trinity College, Dublin 69, ff. 83
va-95
vb; 65
ra-72
vb; 97
ra-123
va
First Lines:Þe myȝt of þe fader of heuene
þe wit of þe
sone with his ȝiftes seuene…
Last Lines:…To þe wich place he vs alle bringe
þat for mannus
loue made alle þinge