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All Saints North Street, York, Window of Corporal Works (Acts) of Mercy, c. 1410: Feeding the hungry, Giving drink to the thirsty, Giving shelter to the homeless (here shown as welcoming pilgrims), Clothing the naked, Visiting the sick, Visiting the imprisoned. Donors (not original to this window) © Raguin/MMK

Feeding the hungry, window of Corporal Works of Mercy: © Raguin/MMK

Giving drink to the thirsty, window of Corporal Works of Mercy: © Raguin/MMK

Giving shelter to the homeless (here shown as welcoming pilgrims), window of Corporal Works of Mercy: © Raguin/MMK

Clothing the naked, window of Corporal Works of Mercy: © Raguin/MMK

Visiting the sick, window of Corporal Works of Mercy: © Raguin/MMK

Visiting the imprisoned, window of Corporal Works of Mercy: © Raguin/MMK

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Clothing the Naked and Visiting the Sick with Donor, window of Corporal Works of Mercy: © Raguin/MMK
 

See The Lay Folks' Catechism, ed. Thomas F. Simmons, and Henry E Nolloth, London, 1901 (EETS series). 70. The Catechism was issued in a Latin and English versions by William Thoresby archbishop of York. Both are dated from his manor of Cawood, November 25, 1357.

The feerthe thing of the sex to knaw god almighten,
That us behouves fulfill in al that we mai,
Is the seven dedis of merci until our even-cristen
That god sal reherce us opon the dai of dome,
And whit how we haf done tham here in this lyfe,
Als saint matheu mas mynde in his godspell

Of whilk the first is to fede tham that er hungry.
That other, for to gif tham drynk that er thirsty.
The third, for to clethe tham that er clatheless
The ferthe is to herber tham that er houseless.
The fifte, for visite tham that ligges in sekenesse.
The sext, is to help tham that in prison er.
The sevent, to bery dede man that has mister.


THE IMITATION OF CHRIST, by Thomas à Kempis (1380-1471)
Published 1425.  See Book I chapters XXIII through XXV Meditations concerning death, Visions of the Last Judgment, on the Zeal of Reforming our lives. .
http://ccel.org/k/kempis/imitation/imitation-bod.html

http://ccel.wheaton.edu/k/kempis/imitation/imitation.html

See The Pricke of Conscience now ascribed to an anonymous 14th century author (The Pricke of Conscience (Stimulus Conscientiae), A Northumbrian Poem by Richard Rolle de Hampole ed. Richard Morris. A. Asher & Co.: Berlin, 1863).
The poem describes the end of time and the Last Judgment : Book V (lines 6189-6201). Christ judges the soul on six of the corporal works of mercy (the burying the dead is omitted) as in the All Saints North Street window.

And than sal he (Christ) say thus, als the buke tels,
I hungred and had defaute of mete,
And yhe wald noght gyfe me at ete;
I thrested, and of drynk had nede,
And yhe wald na drink me bede;
I wanted herber, that I oft soght,
And alle that tyme yhe herberd me noght;
Naked with-outen clathes I was,
And with-outen clathes yhe let me pas;
Seke I was, and bedred lay,
And yhe visite me nouther nyght ne day
In prison I was, als wele wyste yhe.
And yhe wald ne tyme com til me. See also THE IMITATION OF CHRIST, by Thomas à Kempis (1380-1471) also version
Published 1425.  Christian Classics Etherial Library from Calvin College; Website Wheaton College
See Book I chapters XXIII through XXV Meditations concerning death, Visions of the Last Judgment, on the Zeal of Reforming our lives.