Intro

In around the 1380's, the Augustinian canon John Mirk authored a series of sermons in vernacular English.  It was called "Festial," and is the only pre-Reformation collection in existence.  An interesting feature is that they contain a solid amount of scripture translated into contemporary, vernacular English, in stark contrast with the idea that church services were only in Latin.  These sermons are designed for the ignorant with short attention spans, so they are both educational and entertaining.  But whereas it is freely available out of copyright, it is also written in Middle English.  This blog is an amateur's attempt to translate them so they are understandable to modern readers.  Thus, there may be any number of mistakes and misinterpretations.  Mea culpa.  

Jana atte Hille