Parish priests and their people in the Middle Ages in England . dy confession * Together. 234 PARISH PRIESTS AND THEIR PEOPLE, lest they forget before Lent. He is to bid womenwith child to come to confession and holy com-munion, For dread of peril that may befallIn their travailing that come shall. If a child is in danger of death, the midwife orthe father or mother is to baptize it; and he is to teach people what isthe proper form, Ifolowe (baptize) thee,or, I christen thee, inthe name of, etc. Allchildren born withineight days of Easteror of Whitsunday, areto be brought to bap-tism at those
Parish priests and their people in the Middle Ages in England . dy confession * Together. 234 PARISH PRIESTS AND THEIR PEOPLE, lest they forget before Lent. He is to bid womenwith child to come to confession and holy com-munion, For dread of peril that may befallIn their travailing that come shall. If a child is in danger of death, the midwife orthe father or mother is to baptize it; and he is to teach people what isthe proper form, Ifolowe (baptize) thee,or, I christen thee, inthe name of, etc. Allchildren born withineight days of Easteror of Whitsunday, areto be brought to bap-tism at those seasons,unless they are indanger of death. He isto instruct godparentsto teach their god-children the Our Fatherand Creed; and tobring them to bebishoped within their fifth year; but the sponsorsat the baptism are not to hold the child at theconfirming.* Relatives by spiritual ties as well asby blood, are not to marry, and he defines thesespiritual relationships. Irregular marriages are cursed. * Other sponsors were re(j[uired at the Confirmation (see p. 59).. Confession. (From Chaucers Ro-maimt of the Rose, Harl. 4425,f. I43-) INSTRUCTIONS FOR PARISH PRIESTS. 235 Banns are to be asked on three holy days, and thenthe parties are to be openly wedded at the churchdoor. He is to bid all who are of years of discretionto come to church to confession, and to receive com-munion on Easter Day all together: * Teach them then with good intentTo beleve in that sacramentWhat they receive in form of breadIt is Gods body that suffered dead fUpon the holy rood buy our sins and make us free. Every Sunday a holy loaf J provided^by the charityof some one of the laity was cut in pieces, and a piecegiven to all who came up to receive it: the authority for * Archbishop Simon of Sudbury, 1378, made a Constitution thatall should confess and communicate thrice a year, viz. Easter, Pente-cost, and Christmas, on pain of excommunication and refusal of burial(Johnsons Laws and Canons, ii. 444). t
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