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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A18452	[Thystorye and lyf of the noble and crysten prynce Charles the grete kynge of Frauuce [sic]]	Caxton, William, ca. 1422-1491.	1485 (1485)	STC 5013; ESTC S111576	159,052	186

desyre frequented the bookes 〈◊〉 vpon the crysten fayth for to be protectour and defer 〈◊〉 of the chyrche the whyche is vysyted on mornynges and on euenes in the nyght ofty●es and of good festes be faylled not to doo gretely hys deuoyr in sacrifyses oblacions And also gaf largely almesse for the leue of god and was alway redy to socour the poure people in t●e largest wyse Fo● he socoured not onely the poure folke of his own● contreye with his hauoyr goodes but in many other places beyōde the see he sente golde and syluer and vytayll after the necessyte of the place as in surrye in egypt in affrique in Iherusalem other contreyes as he that sayd gold and syluer is not myn To euery man he desyred amytye and pees Of body he was moche ample boystous of stature well apparysaunt the coppe of hys heed rounde the heere 's in grete reuerence the vysage Ioyous he had the boys clere of grete force at his souper he ete not for the moost parte sauf rosted veneson whyche aboue alle other flesshe he loued and vsed at his souper Alwaye he loued redars for to rede cronycles or other thynges contemplatyues as he that wold as wel fede the soule whiche is ꝑpetuel of spyrituel fode for to mayntene it in vnyon of grace toward god his maker as of refeccyon of the body for to conserue the lyf And emonge al other bookes he delyted strongely in the bookes of saint austyn especyally in that whyche is named de ciuitate dei he drāke not ouer ofte For at souper he dranke not but thre tymes In somer tyme gladly after mydday he wold ete a lytel faiyt drynke ones wold goo reste hym al naked in his bedde two or three houres In the nyght he brake his slepe foure or v tymes and walked in hys chambre Thus Charles preseuerd in felicyte ryal and emperyal sente oueral thorugh hys empyre hys messagers and grete counceylllours for to vysyte hys prouynces and good townes for to be enformed of the gouernoure of them for to do to eueriche Iustyce and reson and made many constytucyons lawes accordyng to the places and commaunded them to be obserued and kepte vpon grete payne Semblably the sayd Charles sente thorugh al the world for to knowe ouer al the gouernement That is to wete for do knowe the meruayllous faytes that were doon in the world And also for to lerne the lyf of sayntes of whom the festes were halowed and made of them bookes for tabyde in eternal memorye euery day he dyd doo put in wrytyng that whyche he dyd In suche maner that after the wrytyng that he thenne fonde were founde more than thre hondred festes of sayntes one tyme of the yere wherfor he excersycyng his spyrituel werkes he was byloued dere reputed of euery body In that tyme Aaron the kyng of perce for the magnyfycence of charles sente to hym an Olyphaunt merueyllously grete for a synguler yefte and many other thynges precyouses ¶ Thys Charles for hys grete holynesse and no blesse was in suche renommce of honour and of vertures On a tyme aaron the kyng of Perse sente to hym emonge other yeftes the bodyes of saynt Cypryan and of saynt speratus and the heed of saynt Panthaleon marters in to Fraunce ¶ The thyrd parte of the fyrst book conteyneth thre chapytres and speketh how by reuelacion deuyne Charles defyuerd the holy londe fro the honde of the paynyms ¶ How the patryorke of Iherusalem sente to Charles for socours after that he was deiecte and caste oute of the Turkes capitulo primo IT is redde that in the tyme that charles was emperour of rome the patryarke of Iherusalem was soo oppressyd of the paynyms by mortall warre that vnnethe he myght saue hym self And thus whan he knewe nomore what to do He had in remembraūce the noble charles and he beyng en formed of hys holynes for socour he sente to hym the keyes of the holy sepulcre of our lord Ihesu Cryst of Caluarye and of the cyte And wyth that he sente to hym the standart of the fayth as to the pyler of crystente and deffendour of holy chyrche After thys the patryarke came to constantynoble vnto themperour constantyn and to hys sone Leo brought wyth hym Iohan of naples preste and another whyche named hym self Dauyd are●●pr●est whome themperour Constantyn sent incontynent to charles And wyth them tweyne ●e ordeyned for to goo wyth them two other whyche were named ysaac and Samuel delyuerd to them a lettre wryton with his owne hande for to bere to char●les And the sayd Constantyn had wryton in one parte of the lettre thus On a nyght me s●●med that I sawe tofore my bedde a yonge womā moche fayre stendyng ryght vp whyche tou●●ed me softly and sayd to me 〈◊〉 swete wordes Cōstantyn whan thou knewest thaffayre 〈◊〉 of the paynyms whyche ho●de● the holy londe by gret● af●ectyon thou hast prayed ●od for to haue helpe ●o what ●●ou shalhe doo Pourchace that ●●ou mayst haue wyth the charles the grete kyng of the gallyens whych is protectour of holy crystente and defendour of holy chyr●●● And after the same lady shewed me a knyght armed in al his body and spores on hys bele● had hys shelde rede gyrde wyth hys swerde had his sleue of purple helde a spere moche grete And the heed of yron whyche was on hye caste in to the ayer grete flambes of fyre he helde in his hōde a bacynet al of golde shynyng and he was auncient wyth a longe herde ryght fayre of vysage and longe of body he had eyen shynyng as ij sterres and hys heerys began to wexe whyte and after was wryton O thou August that neuer refusest the comandements of god enioye the in Ihesu Cryst in thy mynde alwaye yelde to hym thankynges be enclosed in Iustyce lyke as thou hast be reclamed in honour Ihesu Cryste gyue the grace to preseuere and kepe alwaye the commandemēts of god as thou oughtest to doo feemely And as it is wryton themperour Constantyn in hys tyme had deiected the paynyms oute of Iherusalem seuen tymes wherfore whan he myȝt nomore he sente his messagers to kyng Charles whyche at that tyme was at parys And whan the messagers had presented the letters and he had seen them he began to wepe moche greuously in contemplacyon of pyte of the holy sepulcre of our lord so holden of the paynyms After this he sente for tharchebysshop Turpyn and maad hym to preche openlye the pyteous tydynges whyche were thenne presentlye comen the whyche wel herde and vnderstood the peple alle generally were enclyned to goo thyder ¶ How charles with a grete companye wente for to conquere the holy lande and many other maters capitulo ij AFter that thys whyche I haue tofore sayd was publysshed The kynge dyd do make an edyct and dyd do crye it thorugh out al the