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A09670	The Virgin Maries life Faithfully gathered out of auncient and holie fathers. Togeather with meditations and documents vpon the same. Writen first in Italien by the reuerend father Lucas Pinelli, of the Societie of Iesus. And now translated in to English by R.G.	Pinelli, Luca, 1542-1607.; Gibbons, Richard, 1550?-1632.	1604 (1604)	STC 19940; ESTC S106100	40,335	122

Consider likewise of this how much it importeth to be vnder the protection of the virgin Marie who is the Queene of heauen so puissant and so charitable we being so weake and so needeful and remaining in so daungerous a banishment as we doe Documents 1 He that hath charitie as the virgin Marie had getting vp to dignitie doth not forget those whome he leaft behind him 2 The more vertuous that thou shalt be the more God wil fauour thee thou shalt more easilie obtaine the graces thou doest damaund 3 Be thou a true deuoute of the virgin Marie and shee wil deliuer thee from the daungers of this troublesome life FINIS OF THE VIRGIN Maries stature and manners taken out of auncient and holie fathers THe virgin Marie was of a meane stature although some be of opinion as Nicephorus writeth that she was of a little more then a meane stature ●icephor 〈◊〉 2. hist. 〈◊〉 23 ●●iphan ●onstanti ●esbyter ●●b de vita ●ariae ●edrenus 〈◊〉 compen ●io hist Ansel●us apud ●anis lib. 〈◊〉 ca. 13. Her coloure was sōwhat more broune then white and was much like the colour of wheate Her heare was yellow yet without art or humaine industrie Her eyes were quick liuelie and of a graue colour but the apple of her eye was like to an oliue colour Her eye liddes were decentlie blacke and somwhat bowed her nose was meane her lippes of coral colour her face somthing longe her hands and fingars long In conuersation she was affable and gracious in speeche yet graue modest her talke was litle and not without necessitie she did honour al most willingly she was shamefast and demure without laughing disdaine or anie other perturbation The holy famous martyr S. Ignatius who liued at the same time the virgin Marie did In epistel ad Ioan. Euāgelist in a certaine epistle of his after he had called her a patterne of penance and a mistresse of christian religion doth saie that from many parts of the world there came sundrie to see her as if she had bene a celestial miracle a most sacred sight to whome she seemed so maruailous that euerie one of them was incredibly glad to haue seene her or spoken with her Amongst those was that greate Dionysius Areopagita Apud Canis lib 5. ca 1. inter mediū finē in ca 22. post princip who being at the maiestie of the virgin Marie and woundering at the holines of her manners and beholding in her I know not what celestial and diuine brightnesse did say that if Christ had not bene reuealed to him he would easelie haue beleeued that there had bene no other god then the virgin Marie Homil. de hypapan Domini Hence it is that the holy doctor Saint Chrysostome doth cal our Ladie the great miracle of the vvorld CERTAINE AVNcient miracles vvrought by the virgin Marie VVHat time Leo Isauricus sought to take awaie holie images out of the church of Christ S. Iohn Damascene did write three bookes in defence of them wherewith the aduersaries of images being offended they did accuse him as a breaker of the Princes peace saying that he had written letters of treason whereupon his right hand was out of But Damascene entring into his closet and kneeling downe before the image of oure Ladie said in this manner See heere o most holie mother how for defēding holie images my hand hath bene cut of to thee doe I humblie commend mie selfe which when he had vttered with teares he slept and in sleepe did see the blessed virgin restore him his hād so that waking he found his hād whole there remayninge onlie a signe of the cut This miracle was most famous in al the East and written by Iohn Patriarcke of Ierusalem Theophilus Archdeacon in Cilicia being accused by some enuious persons was put out of his office and offended at the matter did denie Christ and oure Ladie and by a certaine writing did giue him self to the diuel wherunto to he was induced by a certaine Iew that was a magician But afterwards repenting him selfe he went into a church of oure Ladie praying her with teares and fastings for manie daies and nights that she would help him At the length the virgin Marie made the writing to be restored to him by the diuel and so being reconciled to the Church he entred into grace with god and liued in such manner that he was a Sainct whose feast is celebrated the 4. daie of februarie This historie is written by Metaphrastes and others Marie surnamed Aegiptiaca of Aegipt a publicke harlot going to see the churche of the holy Crosse in Ierusalem would often haue entered but she could not whereat astonied and touched of god inwardlie she did enter into her selfe and ashamed of her life did turne her selfe to an image of the virgin Marie that stoode neere to the church doare and saide O virgin and mother seeing that god whome thou hast brought forth became man therby to cal sinners to penance assist and succour me voide of al helpe and I doe promise if I enter into this churche to chaunge my life She entred by the virgin Maries intercession was reconciled to god and after this retiring her selfe into the desert she did penance died a holy woman This historie was written by Paulus Diaconus is to be reade in the second Nicene councel actione 4. In the yeare 1094 a certaine womā of Laudune was condemned to death for committing a murder secreatlie and as she went to the place of execution where she was to be burned she entred into a church of our Ladie and there inwardlie contrite did confesse her sinne publiklie and afterwards weeping she turned her selfe to an image of the blessed virgin requestingher helpe for her sowle cōmēding her self to her with al her hearte departing that she was frō the church and come to the place of punishment she was twise cast into the midest of a great fire which nether did burne nor touch her and that which made the miracle more manifest was that nether her garments were as much as touched of the fire whereat al the people astonied did returne with the woman to the Church giue thanks to the virgin Marie by whose praiers they acknowledge this miracle to haue bene wrought Thus writeth Sigibert in his chronicle Nestorius was strooken of God with diuers tribulatiōs Canis de Maria Depara lib. 3. ca. 18. lib. 5. ca. for his blasphemies vsed against the virgin Marie but because he amended not him self his tongue was cruellie eaten 〈◊〉 ●icephor 〈◊〉 14 ●st eccl 〈◊〉 36. with wormes and he did dye most miserablie whose body being buried the earth did open and swallowe it vp Moscus Euiratus also doth write that when the virgin Marie did appeare to the Abbot Cyrriacus in sleepe richlie adorned and hauing in her companie S. Iohn Baptist and S. Iohn Euangelist he did praie her that she