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A06157	Instructions and aduertisements, how to meditate the misteries of the rosarie of the most holy Virgin Mary. Written in Italian by the Reuerend Father Gaspar Loarte D. of Diuinite of the Societie of Iesus. And newly translated into English; Meditationes de rosario B. Virginis. English	Loarte, Gaspar de, 1498-1578.; Fenn, John, 1535-1614.	1597 (1597)	STC 16646; ESTC S108809	74,621	256

euermore which maketh thee respect more our profite then thine owne peculier torment Consider also how many mischiefes a vain loue and feare of the worlde is cause of where-with this miserable Pilate let him-selfe be ouercome sith that confessing him-selfe that he founde no fault in our Sauiour and knowing that he was accused of mere malice yet for al this did he condemne him iniustly to this torment and afafterwardes to death making more accompt of his owne interest then of iustice and of truth IN THE second point thou maiest entertaine thy selfe meditating with great compassion the crueltie wherewith those vile and wicked ministers stripp the most innocent Lorde of his clothes and binde him with hard cordes fast vnto a piller Consider that his mildnes more then of a Lambe wher-with he suffereth him selfe to be stript and tied without making anye resistance for ought that they could doo to him Beholde with the eyes of thy mind that most sacred body more beautiful then al mens howe it stood al naked ful of shame with necke armes and feete fast bound vnto the piller in maner of a slaue waiting for that greeuous punishment which he was forthwith to receaue and weigh that his redie and prompt wil wher-with he haply saide inwardly that verse of the prophet Dauid I am redie to be whipt and my griefe is alwaies in my sight O most sweete Redeemer me thinkes I see thee fast bound to that hard piller howbeit these cordes be they neuer so stronge would litle auaile to holde thee if thou wert not more straitlye bound therto with the bandes of thy most burning charitie the which tied thee much faster with the desire which thou haddest to warme and mollifie our heartes harder a great deale and more frosen then the piller of marble whereto thou art thus bound They stripp thee like a slaue that being starke naked they maye more cruelly scourge thee and thou willingly consentest thereto that by this meanes thou maiest vesture with thy graces and set at libertie those who had earst with their vices made them-selues the slaues of Satan IN THE third point thou maiest pause very conueniently sith therein thou shalt finde more ample matter to melt thy heart with considering that cruel rage wherewith those wicked executioners beginn to beat this most sacred virginal bodye causing that white flesh to turne to a sanguin hewe and howe with the violence of their blowes they flea his tender skin in such pitiful wise as his most pretious bloud gushed out al ouer his body the which was so barbarouslye torne and wounded that he might wel pronounce that which was writtē of him There is no soundnes in my flesh Beholde nowe O my soule beholde attentiuely this most ruful spectacle and take compassion of such a Lord who hath vouchsafed to suffer suche paines for thee beholde that Reuerend visage made pale and heauie lening against that hard piller wherto he presseth him-selfe close through the most vehement pains he suffreth which made him to breathe verye short and to sounde out most lamentable sighes Beholde howe he standeth fast tied and bounde vnto the piller shedding his bloud on earth his eyes lifted vp to heauen offering those most grieuous tormentes to his celestial Father which he endured most willingly for our trespasses Cōsider how al this punishment and affliction which he suffered sufficed not to disquiet or make him lament at al yea the tormentours waxing wery through the infinite number of blowes which they had laide on him yet was not he for al that weried with suffring and his body being al torne and rent yet was his soule and courage alwaies sounde and readie to abide greater tormentes through his insuperable charitie O immaculate Lambe howe doo I see thee al forlorne besprinkled and died with thy most pretious bloud and thou not onely standest without wailing like other Lambes before them that shere thee but also before them that strike and whipp thy virginal body thou neither speakest nor complainest thee at al. O most sacred Virgin if thou hadst seene the pitiful plight wherin thy most sweete sonne stood bound naked couered with blud and blowes howe would thy heart haue been couered and wounded with mortal woe seing him not onely bereft of that robe which with thine owne handes thou haddest wouen for him but also without a great part of the skinne and bloud which he had taken in thy virginal wombe O how much more iustlye mightest thou haue lamented then Iacob did and vpon greater cause haue saide that which he saide Enuie that most cruel beast hath deuoured my sonn she it is that hath thus wounded and ill intreated him Behold O my soule howe meruailous is the mercie and charitie of thy Lorde that hath endured al these thinges to shadowe thee with his shoulders and with his woundes to heale thy woes vouchsafing to take the correction and chastisment due to thee vppon him that thou mightest present this satisfaction to the eternal Father crauing humblye that it maye please him for these so great and cruel beatinges of his beloued sonne to diuert from thee the whipp of his wrath which thou through thine offences hast most iustly merited A PRAYER O MOST holy Lady who can possibly conceaue how greuous was the sorowe of thy soule when the virginal body of thy most sweete sonne fast bound to the piller was with most cruel scourges whipped O howe did his cordes gripe thy heart howe did his wounds occasionate thy woes I beseech thee therefore holding vp my handes to thee in humble wise O mother of mercie by the moste vehement anguish of this his and thine affliction that sithens he hath been tied for my trespasses I maye be losed by meanes of thy sacred intercessions and that I may for the merite of so manye his blowes escape the punishment due vnto my most greeuous sinnes Amen OF THE CORONATION Spinea serta caput pungunt illudit amictus Purpureus turbis Ecce homo Praetor ait ¶ THE THIRD DOLOrous Misterie is of the Coronation whē our Redeemer was crowned with thorns about the which thou shalt meditate these pointes FIRST howe these cruel ministers hauing beaten our most patient Lorde vntil they were werie they then vnlose him from the piller and how he hauing very hardly made shift to gett on his clothes they stripp him anewe to put on that cote of scorne SECONDLY howe Pilate his souldiers scorned him putting on his backe an olde purple garment crowning him with a crowne of sharpe thornes and geuing him in his hande a reede in stead of a sceptre howe they adored him in mockerie saying Al haile king of the Iewes smote him with the reede and gaue him manye blowes THIRDLY howe hauing thus scorned and mocked him a good while Pilate caused him to be brought forth and shewed him to the Iewes saying Ecce homo Behold the man that by