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A01945 The gospelles of dystaues; Evangiles des quenouilles. English. Watson, Henry, fl. 1500-1518.; Fouquart, de Cambray, maistre, attributed name.; Duval, Antoine, attributed name.; Jean, d'Arras, 14th cent, attributed name. 1510 (1510) STC 12091; ESTC S105756 33,007 63

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wolde vndertake to put in scrypture a lytel volume y t for the name of it sholde be called y e gospelles of dystaues in memory mynde of them perpetually and the vpholdynge of all them to come I somwhat ashamed of the praysynge that they gaue me wende for to haue excused me but anone I was caducke and so oppressed with theyr wordes and reasons that all confused I was cōstrayned to vndertake the charge In the whiche yf there be ony faute or euyll endytynge I supply you for to pardon me repute the sayd faute to them that by so grete haste declared it to me that I had no leyser nor space somtyme for to vnderstande them well nor my hande that was by aege made heuy nor myne eyen that were obscure myght not comprehende it soo fast as they had well wolde This charge than by me vndertaken the ladyes thanked me gretely set daye amongest them and houre for to retourne vpon the morowe after souper And charged me that I sholde brynge paper and ynke ynough with me and also pennes for they wolde determyne hyghe and notable thynges ¶ The ordynaunce of this boke put in termes by dame Isengryne ON the morowe at the houre assygned I furnysshed of ynke paper pennes retourned to y e place assigned in the whiche was assembled all redy the syxe ladyes y t after me dyde abyde And they of my comynge were ryght Ioyous as it semed by theyr semblauntes After that they had prepayred for me my place there I as myght here them best one of them the moost aūcient named dame ysengryn of glay began for to speke after that scylence was mad of her felowes the wordes that enseweth My ryght der neyghbours in this vagacion ye se in lykewyse know clerely how the men of this present tyme ceaseth not for to wryte make balades dyffamous and bokes contagyous in dispraysynge the honour of our sexe And seynge y t they we were made of one werkeman descendynge the one from the other And yet syth that I must nedes say it we ben descended of a more hygh noble place than they be and made of a mater more purer and clener than they be It is myn aduyse vnder the correccyon of you all that it sholde be good with y e helpe of this our secretary frende that we made a lytell treatyse of chapytres y t we wyll kepe put by ordre The whiche of longe tyme hath ben founde by our auncyent moders to the ende that they be not put in forgetynge and that it may come in to the handes of them y t bē yet to come The whiche chapytres shall conteyne the gospelles of dystaues with the gloses y t some wyse and dyscrete matrones haue added and yet shal in multeplyenge y e texte And for to entre in to the mater and put ordre in our begȳnynge ye knowe that there ben syxe werke dayes in the weke we be syxe that haue vndertaken this werke and that haue sene and herde recorded by our predecessours dyuers thinges of the olde testament the newe other thynges true of good auctoryte Wherfore it is myn aduyse in cōclusyon that it sholde be good that on mondaye nexte we assemble vs in the hous of Maroye ployarde where as we haue ben accustomed to holde our dysporte at .vii. of the clocke at nyght And there yf ye wyll one of vs shall begyn her lecture and shall recyte her chapytres in y e presence of all them y t shall come theder for to kepe and put them in perpetuall memorye The assistentes anone and without ony other delyberacyon sayd that dame Isengryne had well spoken And in cōclusyon they prayed her that she wolde take vpon her to rede the fyrst monday where as was assigned sayd that withouten faute they wolde be there prayed some of theyr neyghbours as well yonge as olde y t they wolde be there to auctoryse better theyr chapytres This charge toke ryght gladly dame Isengryne sayd that she wold do her best in saynge this she torned her towarde me and requyred me right louyngly that I wolde be her secretary in lyke wyse dyde all the other that they wolde make me be rewarded by some of them the whiche were the yongest at my chesynge for the whiche rewarde I thanked them and helde me for content ¶ The ordynaunce of the fyrst daye of the descrypcyon of dame Isengryne of Glaye what she was Isengryne dame Abūde Gamberde THe mondaye at night bytwene seuen eyght of the clocke after souper assembled y e forsayd syxe ladyes togyder and all the neyghbours that were accustomed to come theder dyuers other that were somoned theder for to here the mystery that sholde be done there Dame Isengryne of glay came theder accompanyed with dyuers of her knowlege the whiche brought with them theyr dystaues and standardes with theyr spyndels and wherles all that apperteyned to theyr arte And to make it shorte it semed a ryght market where as is but solde wordes reasons and dyuers purposes of small effecte and lytell valour The syege of dame Isengryne was prepared at one syde a lytell hyer than the other and myn was euen besyde her and afore me was a lampe full of oyle for to caste lyght vpon my werke and all the assystentes had tourned theyr vysages towarde dame Isengryne the whiche after scylence obteyned spake in this maner But or that I begynne for to wryte her chapytres I wyll reherse to you the estate genealogye of her Dame Isengryne was of the aege of .lxv. yere or there aboute she had ben a fayre wyfe in her tyme but she was becomen gretely wydred her eyen were holowe her eye lyddes somwhat reuersed reed alwaye watrynge she had had fyue husbandes besyde her acquayntaunce aparte She medled in her olde aege to receyue yonge chyldren but in her yonge aege she receyued grete chyldren she was moche experte in dyues artes Her husbande was yonge of whome she was ryght Ialous and made many complayntes of hym to her neyghbours neuerthelesse scylence obteyned she began her gospell and toke her substaunce of her husbande and sayd ¶ Here begynneth the fyrst chapytre of the gospell of dame Isengryne of Glay for the mondaye MI good neyghbours there is none of you but ye knowe that I toke my husbande Iosselyn more for his beaute than for his rychesse for a poore felowe he was loo I sawe hym not to daye nor yesterdaye wherfore I haue grete sorowe at my herte And certaynly he hath grete chepe of the goodes that my husbande 's his predecessours had assembled togyder with grete labour payne wherfore I thynke it wyll be my deth Now to this purpose and for the fyrst chapytre I tell you for as true as the gospell that the man that spendeth the goodes vnduely that cometh to hym by his wyfe
The gospelles of dystaues Isengryne dame Abūde Isengryne dame Abūde THere ben many men at this daye the whiche alleggeth and groūdeth theyr wordes reasons on the gospelles of the dystaues knoweth full lytell of what importaunce auctoryte they ben of nor who was y e wyse doctouresses and the fyrst inuentouresses and yet that worse is they allegge theym more by derysyon and mockery than they do for affeccyon y t they haue to the grete substaunce the whiche they conteyne And this they haue alwaye in demynysshynge and reprochynge of ladyes wherfore it is grete synne and grete shame to them that so doo For they adnychyll the grete noblesse of ladyes and the grete goodnes that from them procedeth for bycause that the fyrst woman was made and create in a place hyghe and noble full of clennesse and fragrant aer therfore ben all women naturally noble honest swete fayre curteyse and full of sapyence lyght and gentyll so ryght so tell that it lacketh but lytell that they knowe thynges for to come For they knowe by theyr propre nature after the comectures dysposycyons of the weder of persones of argumentes of byrdes of beestes shortly of all other creatures as it appereth by this present boke Now it is so that for to contrary suche iniuryes set theyr mockynges at nought and exalte the ladyes veryfye theyr gospelles I haue studyed ben theyr humble seruaunt from my youthe and for the goodnes that they haue done to me I can not prayse them ynough at the request of some my welbeloued I. H. W. haue translated this treatyse y t conteyneth the texte of the gospelles of dystaues with dyuers gloses and postylles added therto by some wyse and dyscrete ladyes of whome I shall speke here after ensewynge in this treatyse ¶ The names of the ladyes that made the texte of the gospelles of the dystaues FOr to begyn than this werke it is clerely knowen to all good and true catholyke crysten men to the ende that there sholde be perpetuall memory of the holy wordes and vertuous operacyons of our redemptoure Ihesu cryst and of his holy apostles and sayntes that there were foure ryghtwysmen electe amonge them that were replete with vertue verite for to make the holy mysteryes the whiche ben named by the scriptures the gospelles by whiche the true and holy fayth catholyke is enlumyned and shall be vnto the ende of the worlde Assemble than for to verefye put forth the wordes and auctorytees of the aūcyent women To the ende also that they shold not be lost nor in suche wyse vanysshed but that the memory sholde remayne fresshe amonge y e women of this present tyme so there hath ben foūde syxe matrones wyse prudent for to recyte rede the sayd gospels of the dystaues in the maner the whiche hereafter shall be declared by cause that in euery wytnesse of vyce there must be .iii. women for two men for to make and accomplisshe than the nombre of the sayd .iiii. euāgelystes it is of necessyte that there hath ben syxe women besy for to make this werke bycause of the more approbacyon of trouth of whome y e names enseweth The fyrst was named dame Isengryne of glay The second was called dame Transelyne of y e croke The thyrde was named dame Abūde of the ouen The fourth was called dame Sebylle of y e mareys The fyfth was named dame Gamberde the fayee The syxth was called dame Berthe horned These syxe ladyes were so ryght wyse in theyr tyme that they myght haue coniured a blacke deuyll or bounde hym vpon a quysshen they were so experte and nymble ¶ Who was the fyrste woman that put forth the gospelles And how the composer of this boke was constrayned to make this werke AFter as I fynde in auncyent regystres these gospels were begon in the seconde aege of the worlde in the tyme that the puyssaunt kynge zoroates dyd reigne that was the fyrst fynder of the arte of nygromancy of the whiche arte he shewed taughte a lytell to the quene his wyfe called Hermofrodita the whiche syth made fayre prȳcyples for the begynnynge of these gospelles but they were not ended in her tyme but from aege to aege and from sede to sede they haue ben multeplyed correcte of the prudent women echone in theyr tyme after the argumentes and sygnes that they myght apperceyue se as well in y e erth as in the ayre And syth that tyme hath not ben yet ony ye that I haue knowen and comen to my memory that wolde take y e payne vpon them to put them in wrytynge or in ordre and this lytell that hath ben made hath ben tossed aboute from one to an other And yet that whiche hath ben made was more made by derysyon mockerye than otherwyse for all that they fayle not to be of grete mystery for to gyue you to vnderstāde how I am comē to this obtuous presumptuous hardynesse wanhope to wyll wryte put in ordre this werke it is trouth that vpon a nyght after souper for to take my disporte passe the tyme Ioyously in the longe wynter nyghtes bytwene Crystmas and Candelmas laste past I transported me in to the hous of a well aeged damoysell my neyghbour nere where as I was accustomed for to resorte deuyse with her for dyuers of her neyghbours came theder for to spynne and deuyse of dyuers small and Ioyous purposes wherat I toke grete pleasure and solace But at that tyme was there the syxe ladyes assembled y t were strongly besy for dyuers reasons often for the grete haste that they had to declare theyr purpose they argued the one w t the other and spake all at ones I whiche was a lytell shame fast of that I had entred in amonge them so sodeynly wolde haue wtdrawen me abacke in takynge my leue of them for to departe thens but sodeynly I was called of them agayne in effecte reteyned by my gowne by one of them at whose request and prayer I retourned sate me downe amonge them prayed them humbly y t they wolde pardon me of that I had entred in amonge them so famylyerly and so sodeynly One toke the wordes for them all and sayd that truly I was welcome vnto them euerychone the whiche was in that place assembled there and welcomer than ony man of the worlde that them semed that god had sent me theder for to be in theyr ayde to vnderstande the mater in whiche they were so besely occupyed at that tyme and that I sholde do theyr werke well seynge that other tymes I had wryten of ladyes vnto theyr laude praysynge And yet they prayed me that in lykewyse I wolde do at that theyr ryght grete werke they in tyme to come or theyr successours sholde make me suche remuneracyon that it sholde suffyse me in prayenge me ferthermore that I