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The myracles of oure blessyd lady
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knowynge his desyre appered to hym in his slepe ha uynge in her hande a boke wryten with golden letters And it semed to a monke that all the chyrche was enflammed of fyre And as he skypped out of his bed he fyll before the fete of our blessyd lady loked in her face that was bryghter than the sone And she opened the boke in the whiche was wryten the prophecye of Ysaye of the whyche the monke gretely Ioyed but moche more he delyted to beholde the fayrenesse the rose coloure of her face sayd O moost blessyd lady saynt Marye suffre me ones to kysse thy fete Than she smyled sayd in this wyse to hym I wyll not y t thy mouth with the whiche y u hast so oftymes lauded me touche my fete but thy mouthe shall touche my mouthe the clerenes of my face Than our lady saynt Marye kyssed hym for Ioye therof he thought hym self rauysshed And whan this monke remembred well that swete dreme and for the grete gladnesse of his herte full largely he wept And euer after all the-dayes of hys lyfe full deuoutely he serued our blessyd lady ¶ How our lady apperyd to monkes that were at matyns and shewed her sone to them and sayd-Eccemerces vestra IN a certayne grete abbay on crystmas nyght as the monkes were at matyns full myghtely labourynge iÌ„ dyuyne seruyce sange-deuoutely Te deuÌ„ laudamê° Our blessyd lady sayÌ„t Marye shewed her self to some of them y e whyche sawe her go vysybly through y e myddes of the quere with a grete multytude of angellys with Instrumentes of musyke laudyng praysynge our blessyd lorde Ihesu And she bare in her handes her swete sone our lorde Ihesu cryste offerynge hym to them sayd Ecce merces vestra that is to say Lo this is your mede ¶ How a monke that besely remembred our blessyd lady was receyued of her in to heuen THere was a certayne yonge monke that so moche loued our blessyd lady saynt Mary that he wolde neuer leue her out of his myÌ„de what someuer he dyde or whether euer he wente euer more he wolde deuoutely thynke on our blessyd lady And on a tyme it happened that he fyl seke to whome came deuylles in lykenesse of aÌ„geles whiche had enuy at his clene holy lyuynge and moost bycause he loued our blessyd lady so moche And one of them sayde to hym I wyl hele the. and thou wylt do after my couÌ„seyl Truely y u doste consume thy selfe by ouermoche thynkynge on Mary Leue this do by dyscrecyon There be many blessyd men in this monastery that thynke not soo moche on her what auayleth it to the yf thou be cause of thyn owne dethe lese thy selfe Sothely than this forsayd monke hadde knowlege by the grace of almyghty god that they were wycked spyrytes deuylles wherfore he caste holy water amonge them than anone all tho wycked spyrytes vanysshed awaye Than the thyrde daye the gloryouse virgin saynt Mary came to hym with a noble heuenly felawshyp sayd Bycause thou hast had my euer in mynde I haue not forgoten the gyue me thy soule for it shall dwell with me euerlastyngly when our lady had sayd this the monke anone yelded vp his spyryte our lady assended vp to heuen berynge w t her the monkes soule after the .iij. daye this monke appered to all his brethern as they were in the chirche at dyuyne seruyce sayd brethern thanke-ye our blessyd lady worshyp her by whome I am saued bycause I had her euermore whyle I lyued in mynde she hath set me in euerlastynge Ioyes of heuen therfore brethern be ye myndefull of her y t after your deth ye may reygne w t her whan this-was sayd he vanysshed awaye ¶ Of a monke that was in all thynges full seruysable to our lady blessydly dyed ALso it is not to leue out of a monke called Egnesanensi the whiche wolde neuer leue ony thynge vndone y t longed to the seruyce of our blessyd lady This monke on a tyme was seke whan he was full nyghe his deth he sawe the gloryouse virgyn Marye moder of god comynge to hym ful gladde he was to see her come to helpe hym bowed his hede mekely to her as he myght and sange this response Gaude maria virgo And whan he had songe this response he yelded vp his spyrite at the coÌ„mauÌ„dement of our blessyd lady to be bore in to the blesse of heuen by y e seruyse of angels Therfore al crysten people ought of ryght to be feruent brennynge in her seruyce to studye how they myghte please her not onely they y t ben well vertuously dysposed but also they that ben synners and proue to euyll Sothely she is full benynge redy to al euerychone ryghte largely to rewarde theym with mede that woll deserue it Ryghtful men synners none she doth forsake or refuse gode men preseruynge in grace lyftynge vp synfull men fro wyckednes therfore all crysten people of what degree or meryte y t they be of sholde specyally take hede to her worshyppe and laude For who someuer deuoutely contynueth in her seruyce withouten doubte he shall come to the Ioyes of heuen ¶ How a monke worshypped our blessyd lady w t fyue psalmes after fyue letters of her name THere was a symple monke y t was called Iostyus that to our blessyd lady was ful deuoute nyght daye beyÌ„g carefull how he myght please her And ofteÌ„tymes w t grete deuocyon he vsed to saye on his knees to the worshypp of our blessyd lady the .vij. psalmes with other thyÌ„ges that he lerned in his youth And gretely he sorowed that he coude no propre thynge of laude and coÌ„mendacyon to her by the which he myght specyally worshyp her or grete her So at the laste after his symple vnderstandyng he dysposed hym to saye euery daye whyle he lyued fyue psalmes for the fyue lettres y t be in oure blessyd lady saint Maryes name Maria that is to saye for the fyrst letter M Magnificat for A. Ad dnÌ„m cuÌ„ tribularer for R Retribue seruo tuo for I. In conuerteÌ„do for the seconde A. Ad te leuaui And this pleased our blelsyd lady saint mary as was shewed after his deth Trewely there was fouÌ„de after that he dyceasyd fyue fayre rede roses springynge out of his mouth as fresshe well smellynge as they had be gedryd the same daye And this was done be yonde the see at a place called Ad sanctuÌ„ audomaruÌ„ ¶ How these two wordes Aue marya gloryfyed a knyght after his deth A Certayne knyght that was ryche noble forsoke the world entred in to a religyoÌ„ called cistercieÌ„siuÌ„ And by cause he knewe no letter on bokes the monkes put to hym a mayster that he myght somwhat lerne so by that occasyon to stonde amonge the monkes for they were ashamed that suche a noble