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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A07135	The myracles of oure blessyd lady		1496 (1496)	STC 17539; ESTC S119571	27,929	58

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 ī dyuyne seruyce sange-deuoutely Te deū laudamꝰ Our blessyd lady saȳt 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 mȳde 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 āgeles 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 coūseyl 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 cōmaūdement 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 beȳg carefull how he myght please her And oftētymes w t grete deuocyon he vsed to saye on his knees to the worshypp of our blessyd lady the .vij. psalmes with other thȳges that he lerned in his youth And gretely he sorowed that he coude no propre thynge of laude and cōmendacyon 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 dn̄m cū tribularer for R Retribue seruo tuo for I. In conuertēdo for the seconde A. Ad te leuaui And this pleased our blelsyd lady saint mary as was shewed after his deth Trewely there was foūde 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 sanctū audomarū ¶ 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 religyō called cisterciēsiū 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

man sholde stonde amonge the lay people And whan he had be longe tyme with a mayster no thynge coude lerne but these two wordes Aue maria so faste he helde tho two wordes y t whether euer he went or what some euer he dyde euermore he wolde saye Aue maria Than at y e last he deyed was buryed in the chirche yerde with other And lo out of his graue spronge a fayre lylye euery lefe was wreten w t golden letters Aue maria Than they ranne all thyd for to see so grete a syght And as they dygged the erthe out of the graue they founde y e rote of the same forsayd lylye spryngyng out of his mouth where by they vnderstode with how grete deuocyon he vsed in his lyf to saye tho two wordes Aue maria for whome oure lorde shewed so grete myracle of worshyppe ¶ An other myracle of oure lady of a good aged woman THere was also on a tyme a good aged woman that knewe nomore of the salutacyon of our blessyd lady saynt Mary but these two wordes Aue maria the whiche euermore she wolde say full deuoutly to whose prayers our blessyd lady was enclyned dyde by her merytes many myracles Than the bysshop perceyuynge this made her to lerne of a clerke all the hole salutatōn of our lady And whan she vsed dayly to saye it as she coude there were no myracles shewed by her whan y e byssop sawe this he warned her to leue al y t she lerned so to worship our lady as she dyd before whan she so dyd myracles came to her ayen ¶ How our lady vysyted a monke at his deth for sayng of her seruyce deuoutely IN spayne in an house of the ordre of cisterciensiū was a yonge monke y t was very feruent deuoute in our ladyes seruyse And ī saynge y e houres of our lady he wolde be so well auysed softe y t he had mynde of her not only in euery verse but also in euery worde so y t an houre of saȳg almost wolde last hym with full grete labour an houre of tyme. And whan he had lyued in his ordre .xvi. yere he fyl seke almost to y e deth And whan it was asked of hym y t serued hym how he dyde he tolde hym sayd Our lady of heuen hath vysyted me tolde me y t I shall passe hens the vij daye next comynge more ouer to me she sayd bycause y u hast serued me more deuoutely than ony other y t lyue I woll do to the y t I dyde neuer to none other clypped me about the necke kyssed me Therfore the vij daye our blessyd lady apered to this monke w t a fayre multytude of aungellys wiche passed hens the same daye as she tolde hym before ¶ How oure lady accused certayn relygyouse persones to her sone bycause they sayd her seruyse vnreuerently and hastely A Certayn relygyous man that was laboured with sekenes by the whyche he deyed sawe before his deth him self rapt to Iugement And whan he taryed to haue his Iugemēt the moder of god came kneled byfor her sone cōplaynynge sayd O moste ryghtwyse Iuge thys mannes bretheren ful neglygently breuely vnreuerently saye myn houres therfore cōmaunde Iugement to passe ayenst theym Than the Iuge toke auysement sayd in this wyse Lete vs sende this man to his bretheren ayen that he may warne theym yf they wyl amende them by hym Sothely than soon after this forsayd seke man was retourned to hymself ayen sat vp in his bedde tolde to them that stode aboute hym tho thynges that he had sene herde besechynge exortynge them in our lorde Ihesu crystus behalue to amende them of all maner defautes neglygences done in goddes seruyce and our ladyes leste she be founde as she is to deuoute persones a moder of mercy to them for neglygence a quene of vengeaunce And whan he had this sayd before them al he deyed ¶ Of a monke whiche had his mynde wanderynge in dyuyne seruyce ALso an other monke was that had his mynde wandryng about in his prayers vndeuoute but to oure ladyes seruyce he behaued hym well dylygently And vpon a tyme whan his bretheren went to chyrche to say matyns he bode alone at home lyenge in his bed he sawe a blacke deuyl comynge to hym that toke hym vp brought hym before a grete Iuge sayd Lo I haue brought to y e one that longe tyme fayntly neglygenfly hath sayd thy seruyce And as the deuyll began to take power of hym he cryed and sayd holy Mary helpe me and anone our blessyd lady delyuered hym from the fende ¶ An exortacion to saye dyuyne seruyce distynctly WHo someuer wolde ordeyne to a grete lord a luce or a pyke therof wold some what stele he wold take neyther the hede nor y e tayle for it wolde be soon aspyed but the myddes Sothely suche theues ben all prestes clerkes that say theyr seruyce hastely for the begynnynge the endynge of the verses of y e psalmes they stele not but the wordes about the myddes But wolde god it myght fall to them that so done as it hapened to a certayne preest in the prouynce of Burgone as I herde of a brother of the place of dunene how a certayne preest vsed to saye full shortly his dyuyne seruyce whome the deuyll often sythes lyfte vp on hye in his chauncell afterward myghtely wolde caste hym downe sore to the groūde And this sayd the deuyll whan he lyfte hym vp Dixit dn̄s dn̄o meo there made a good pause afterwarde he wolde caste hym downe ende y e verse saye sede a dexteris meis Wherfore this preest amendyd him afterwarde sayd his dyuyne seruyce perfyghtely Sothely they y t tolde this herde afore of this prestes fantes oftentymes went to him and of his correctyon amendement they gretely meruayled and asked hym y e cause and he tolde theym as it is sayd before ¶ Of a certayn saynt in Englonde IT is wryten tolde of an holy man in englonde how he was holden taryed in purgatory .l. yere after his deth bycause he vsed for to say his diuine seruice neglygētly shortly breuely ¶ Hw many monkes were repreued blamed for saynge neglygently goddes seruyce theyr seruyce for the dede Now of this myracle that foloweth here we haue taken ful faythful worthy wytnes as by the mouth saynge of the worshypfull fader Dan Symon somtyme abbot of Los The whyche besyde of other gyftes of vertue had specyally y e vertue of mekenes aboue all y e monkes of y e prouynce Sothely he sayd tolde vs y t there was ī a hous a monasterye of the ordre of cisterciensis a certayne monke And after the grace y t our lorde Ihesu cryste gaue hym full deuoute in oure ladyes seruyce