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^{page 301 note 1} Ibid. p. 85.

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^{page 301 note 3} Ibid. p. 117.

^{page 301 note 4} Ibid. p. 13.

^{page 301 note 5} Ibid. p. 37.

^{page 301 note 6} Ibid. p. 62.

^{page 301 note 7} Ibid. p. 67.

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^{page 304 note 3} Sermons on the Song of Songs, 31–33, etc.

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^{page 304 note 5} Ibid. 31. II. 4.

^{page 304 note 6} Ibid.

^{page 304 note 7} Ibid. 31. III. 6.

^{page 305 note 1} Ibid. 31. III. 7.

^{page 305 note 2} Ibid. 32. I. 2.

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^{page 308 note 1} Julian of Norwich, Showings, p. 129.

^{page 309 note 1} Ibid. p. 136.

^{page 309 note 2} Ibid. p. 131.

^{page 309 note 3} Ibid. p. 193.

^{page 309 note 4} Ibid. p. 130.

^{page 309 note 5} Ibid. pp. 130–5.

^{page 310 note 1} Ibid. p. 133, p. 190.

^{page 310 note 2} Ibid. p. 178.

^{page 310 note 3} Ibid. p. 178.

^{page 310 note 4} For a further explanation of these prayers in their context see my Julian of Norwich, Mystic and Theologian (London:SPCK, 1987), ch. 4.

^{page 311 note 1} Ibid. p. 180.

^{page 311 note 2} Ibid. p. 181.

^{page 311 note 3} Julian of Norwich, ch. 5.

^{page 311 note 4} Ibid. p. 135; cf. Tugwell, Simon, ‘Julian of Norwich’, in his Ways of Imperfection (Darton, Longman and Todd, 1984).Google Scholar

^{page 311 note 5} Ibid. p. 135.

^{page 311 note 6} Ibid. p. 191.

^{page 312 note 1} Cf. my Julian of Norwich, ch. 2.

^{page 312 note 2} Julia Gatta is importantly correct in her presentation of Julian's writing as intended for the spiritual direction of her readers, not merely as autobiography. See her Three Spiritual Directors for our Time (Cambridge, MA.: Cowley Publications, 1987).

^{page 313 note 1} Ibid. p. 342.