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last_o of_o all_o the_o seynte_n and_z in_o the_o kalendre_a it_o shall_v keep_v the_o order_fw-fr as_o other_o seynte_n do_v after_o the_o letter_n seynt_a edgâ—reking_n of_o england_n when_o he_o be_v about_o the_o age_n of_o xvi_o year_n begin_v his_o reign_v in_o the_o â—yme_n of_o otho_n the_o emperor_n at_o his_o birth_n seynt_a dunstane_n archebysshop_n of_o caunterbury_n haâ—â—e_v the_o voice_n of_o a_o angel_n fro_o hevyn_v sayinge_v pea_n be_v to_o england_n as_o lâ—nge_v as_o this_o child_n shall_v reign_v and_o as_o long_o as_o our_o dunstane_n shall_v live_v he_o reign_v xvi_o year_n &_o every_o year_n he_o foundyd_v a_o new_a monastery_n &_o governyd_v the_o realm_n iâ—_n high_a pease_n &_o justyce_n he_o subdue_v yâ—_z king_n of_o scotland_n &_o the_o kyngê_n in_o wales_n to_o the_o nombre_fw-fr of_o â—yve_a and_o dyvers_a other_o he_o compellyd_v to_o come_v to_o his_o court_n &_o take_v a_o perpetual_a â—the_v that_o they_o shall_v be_v 〈◊〉_d unto_o he_o what_o by_o by_o polycye_n and_o what_o with_o fere_n he_o refrain_v his_o people_n fro_o great_a outragyous_a drynk_n and_o he_o be_v so_o terryble_a and_o straight_o of_o punysshement_n that_o there_o be_v no_o pryket_a theâ—â—_n in_o all_o the_o country_n nâ—_n any_o great_a robber_n of_o the_o people_n he_o kill_v all_o yâ—_z wild_a bâ—stes_n in_o england_n that_o weâ—e_a â—â—uenours_n and_o live_v by_o blood_n and_o command_v guydale_n king_n â—f_a â—â—â—les_n that_o he_o shall_v for_o his_o tribute_n yearly_o bring_v unto_o he_o three_o hundred_o wâ—lnes_n which_o he_o do_v many_o year_n till_o he_o say_v there_o be_v no_o mâ—â—_n every_o year_n afterê_n ester_n he_o 〈…〉_o serche_fw-fr the_o see_v to_o take_v pyratys_n and_o rubber_n of_o the_o see_v and_z in_o winter_n he_o will_v go_v 〈◊〉_d by_o every_o provynce_n to_o put_v away_o thevy_v and_o to_o serche_n the_o demeanour_n of_o great_a mâ—n_z that_o they_o break_v not_o justyce_n on_o a_o sondaye_v he_o be_v dysposyd_v to_o goâ—_n on_o 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upon_o who_o the_o lot_n felle_n be_v go_v toward_o watzstenes_n to_o fulfil_v his_o a_o vow_n by_o the_o way_n he_o be_v takyn_n prisoner_n and_o be_v grevous_o betyn_a &_o leyde_a in_o prysone_n with_o many_o iron_n upon_o he_o wherefore_o estesones_o he_o pray_v to_o seynt_a birgette_n for_o help_v and_o anon_o as_o he_o have_v so_o do_v all_z his_o iron_n and_o bondys_n felle_n from_o he_o and_o he_o take_v his_o journey_n toward_o seynt_a birgette_n without_o let_n with_o great_a devotion_n in_o the_o city_n of_o lyptzyge_a there_o be_v a_o peynter_n callyd_v henry_n which_z for_o the_o great_a love_n that_o he_o have_v to_o seynt_a birgette_n be_v wont_a to_o say_v many_o thing_n among_o doctor_n of_o her_o holiness_n and_o of_o the_o booky_n of_o her_o heavenly_a revelacyon_n wherefore_o on_o a_o time_n oon_o of_o the_o doctor_n with_o great_a indygnacyon_n say_v unto_o he_o but_o thou_o levesayde_v he_o to_o speak_v of_o this_o new_a he_o resye_v &_o of_o the_o boky_n of_o that_o old_a matron_n i_o shall_v cause_v the_o to_o be_v burnyd_v for_o thy_o erroure_n and_o so_o he_o porposyd_v to_o have_v do_v and_o cause_v the_o painter_n to_o be_v cytyd_v that_o the_o day_n follow_v he_o shall_v appear_v before_o the_o juges_fw-la whereupon_o the_o say_a peynter_n go_v to_o a_o clerk_n that_o have_v also_o great_a denocyon_n to_o seynt_a birgette_n to_o ask_v he_o counceyle_n and_z he_o comfortyd_v he_o right_n charytable_o and_o advysyd_v he_o to_o be_v dylygent_a in_o prayer_n to_o almyghtye_a god_n and_z to_o seynt_a birgette_n and_o bid_v he_o drede_v nothing_o but_o they_o will_v help_v he_o and_o more_o over_o he_o say_v that_o he_o and_o another_o priest_n callyd_v master_n john_n torto_fw-la which_o also_o have_v great_a devotion_n to_o seynt_a birgette_n will_v pray_v for_o he_o to_o seynt_a birgette_v and_o so_o they_o dydde_v in_o the_o morning_n the_o say_a peynter_n be_v much_o ferefull_a apperyd_n before_o the_o juges_fw-la where_o he_o be_v strayght_o examynyd_v and_o many_o thing_n be_v leyde_v to_o his_o charge_n to_o have_v convyctyd_v he_o of_o heresy_n but_o by_o the_o prayer_n of_o seynt_a birgette_n for_o who_o he_o sufferde_v that_o trowble_n the_o say_v simple_a lie_v man_n not_o letterde_a be_v so_o fulfyllyd_v with_o the_o holy_a ghost_n and_o speak_v so_o effectuouslye_o great_a high_a mysterye_n of_o almyghtye_a god_n that_o his_o adversaries_n can_v not_o resyste_v the_o spyryt_n that_o speak_v in_o he_o wherefore_o he_o be_v dyschargyd_a and_z his_o adversaries_n confysyd_v not_o long_o after_o our_o lord_n take_v vengeance_n of_o he_o that_o be_v the_o pryncypall_a causer_n of_o that_o dysturbaunce_n for_o as_o he_o go_v on_o a_o night_n hoole_n to_o his_o bed_n the_o same_o night_n he_o be_v smytten_v with_o the_o falling_n sykenes_n whereof_o he_o die_v and_o anon_o his_o body_n rottyd_v and_o corruptyd_v with_o such_o a_o horryble_a stench_n that_o few_o man_n dare_v come_v nyghe_a it_o and_z with_o handle_v of_o the_o body_n the_o flesche_n come_v from_o the_o bony_n by_o great_a peace_n and_o at_o the_o last_o when_o man_n for_o his_o horryble_a savoure_n refusyd_v to_o bear_v he_o to_o his_o grave_n certain_a ê‘sony_n that_o be_v usyd_v to_o clensevyle_n stynk_v pryvye_v where_o hyryd_v to_o bear_v the_o wretchyd_a body_n to_o his_o grave_n and_o whenne_n they_o have_v do_v they_o say_v that_o if_o they_o have_v know_v before_o that_o he_o have_v have_v so_o horryble_a a_o savoure_n that_o they_o will_v not_o have_v bear_v he_o though_o they_o may_v have_v have_v the_o dowble_n price_n that_o they_o have_v finis_fw-la a_o prayer_n to_o seynt_a byrgette_n ¶_o now_o let_v we_o pray_v unto_o this_o glorious_a spouse_n of_o our_o savyoure_n cryste_n ihesu_n seynt_a byrgette_n that_o she_o pray_v for_o we_o unto_o our_o lord_n that_o by_o the_o meryty_n of_o her_o prayer_n after_o this_o transytory_n &_o short_a life_n we_o may_v come_v to_o the_o everla_a life_n in_o the_o bliss_n of_o hevyn_n amen_n ¶_o a_o prayer_n to_o seynt_a byrgette_n o_o birgitta_n mater_fw-la bona_fw-la dulcis_fw-la ductrix_fw-la et_fw-la patronâ—_n nobis_fw-la fer_fw-fr suffragia_fw-la naufragantes_fw-la in_o hoc_fw-la mari_fw-fr tuo_fw-la ductusalutari_fw-la duc_n ad_fw-la vite_fw-la brevia_fw-la o_fw-la preclara_fw-la tu_fw-la dignare_fw-la delictorum_fw-la impetrare_fw-la nobis_fw-la christi_fw-la veniam_fw-la Ê‹t_fw-la possimus_fw-la respirare_fw-la et_fw-la excessus_fw-la emendare_fw-la consecuti_fw-la gratiam_fw-la confer_v vite_fw-la sanctitatem_fw-la corpori_fw-la da_fw-la sanitatem_fw-la et_fw-la quieta_fw-la tempora_fw-la auge_n veram_fw-la charitatem_fw-la cordium_fw-la da_fw-la puritatem_fw-la nos_fw-la languentes_fw-la robora_fw-la uite_fw-fr nostre_fw-fr rege_fw-la cursum_fw-la post_fw-la hanc_fw-la vitam_fw-la transfersursum_fw-la animas_fw-la ad_fw-la gaudia_fw-la ubi_fw-la deum_fw-la contemplari_fw-la tibi_fw-la quoque_fw-la sociari_fw-la possimus_fw-la in_o gloria_fw-la amen_n uersus_fw-la ¶_o ora_fw-la pro_fw-la nobis_fw-la beata_fw-la birgitta_n sponsa_fw-la christi_fw-la preelecta_fw-la Ê‹t_fw-la ad_fw-la celestem_fw-la patriam_fw-la sit_fw-la ipse_fw-la nobis_fw-la via_fw-la recta_fw-la oremê°_n deus_fw-la qui_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la tuam_fw-la per_fw-la beatam_fw-la birgittam_n sacris_fw-la illuminare_fw-la dignatus_fw-la es_fw-la et_fw-la consiliis_fw-la &_o exemplis_fw-la concede_fw-la propicius_fw-la eius_fw-la intercessioneut_fw-la que_fw-la pro_fw-la nostris_fw-la purgandis_fw-la excessibus_fw-la clementer_n ei_fw-la revelasti_fw-la devotis_fw-la mentibus_fw-la exequamur_fw-la per_fw-la christum_fw-la â—nmm_n nostrum_fw-la amen_n ¶_o another_o prayer_n to_o seynt_a byrgette_n o_o beata_fw-la birgiâ—ta_fw-la late_a collandata_fw-la principissa_fw-la suecie_fw-la in_o terris_fw-la vocata_fw-la uita_fw-la verbo_fw-la stabilis_fw-la solid_a fundata_fw-la omnibus_fw-la affabilis_fw-la humilis_fw-la monstrata_fw-la post_fw-la sponsi_fw-la exequias_fw-la casta_fw-la approbata_fw-la remotas_fw-la provincias_fw-la es_fw-la peregrinata_fw-la cristo_n sponsa_fw-la nobilis_fw-la pie_n adoptata_fw-la nunc_fw-la manes_fw-la laudabilis_fw-la christo_fw-la copulata_fw-la sanctorum_fw-la reliquias_fw-la pielate_fw-la grata_fw-la devotis_fw-la obsequiis_fw-la multum_fw-la venerata_fw-la in_o multis_fw-la misteriis_fw-la aliis_fw-la prelata_fw-la coruscas_fw-la miraculis_fw-la celo_fw-la sublimata_fw-la justis_fw-la desideriis_fw-la assist_v perata_fw-la regnis_fw-la et_fw-la ecclesie_n pace_fw-la confirmata_fw-la pro_fw-la nostris_fw-la miseriis_fw-la matrona_fw-la beata_fw-la sponsa_fw-la sponsum_fw-la dominum_fw-la flecte_fw-la advocata_fw-la uersus_fw-la multe_fw-la filie_n regum_fw-la congregaverunt_fw-la divicias_fw-la tu_fw-la superegressa_fw-la es_fw-la universas_fw-la oratio_fw-la domine_fw-la ihesu_n criste_fw-fr qui_fw-la beatam_fw-la birgittan_n propter_fw-la multorum_fw-la secretorum_fw-la inspiracionem_fw-la et_fw-la singularem_fw-la virtutum_fw-la adornacionem_fw-la sponsam_fw-la tuam_fw-la vocari_fw-la decrevisti_fw-la presta_n quesumus_fw-la ut_fw-la eadem_fw-la in_o vite_fw-la moribus_fw-la conformemur_fw-la &_o cum_fw-la ea_fw-la de_fw-la mundi_fw-la illecebris_fw-la ad_fw-la visionem_fw-la celestium_fw-la transferamur_fw-la qui_fw-la vivis_fw-la &_o regnas_fw-la etc._n etc._n ¶_o thus_o endyth_v the_o life_n of_o seynt_a byrgette_n enprynt_v at_o london_n in_o flere_fw-la street_n at_o the_o sign_n of_o the_o george_n by_o rycharde_n pynson_n prynter_n unto_o the_o king_n noble_a grace_n the_o twenty_o day_n of_o february_n in_o year_n of_o our_o lord_n god_n a._n m._n ccccc_n and_o xvi_o hereaftre_n follow_v a_o devoute_a book_n compylyd_v by_o master_n walter_n hylton_n to_o a_o devoute_a man_n in_o temporal_a estate_n how_o he_o shall_v rule_v he_o which_o be_v right_n expedyent_n for_o every_o man_n most_o in_o especyall_a for_o theym_v that_o live_v in_o 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