Of ye volūtary afflecciō & paynīg of his own body

OUer all this: many times (whiche is not to be kepte secrete) he gaue almes of his owne body: we knowe many men which (as saynt Hierom sayth) put forth theyr hande to poore folke: but with the plesure of y• flesshe they be ouercomē: but he: many days (and namely those dayes whiche represent vnto vs y• passyon & deth y• Chryste suffred for our sake) bet and scourged his owne fleshe in the remembraūce of that grete benefyte and for clensynge of his olde offences.