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A dayly exercyse and experyence of dethe, gathered and set forth, by a brother of Syon Rycharde Whytforde; Dayle exercice and experience of dethe.
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Whitford, Richard, fl. 1495-1555?
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¶_o a_o daily_a exercise_n and_o experience_n of_o dethe_v /_o gather_v and_o set_v forth_o by_o a_o brother_n of_o zion_n rycharde_n whytforde_n â§_o unto_o the_o devout_a reder_n in_o our_o lord_n god_n &_o moo_v sweet_a savyour_fw-mi jesu_n salutacyon_n this_o little_a treaty_n or_o draght_o of_o death_n do_v i_o write_v more_o than_o twenty_o year_n ago_o /_o at_o the_o request_n of_o the_o reverend_a mother_n dame_n elizabeth_n gyb_n /_o who_o jesu_n perdon_n /_o they_o abbe_n of_o zion_n and_o by_o the_o oft_o call_v upon_o /_o and_o remembrance_n of_o certain_a of_o her_o devout_a sister_n and_o now_o of_o late_o i_o have_v be_v compel_v by_o the_o charytable_a instance_n and_o request_n of_o dyvers_a devout_a person_n to_o write_v it_o again_o &_o again_o and_o because_o that_o writing_a unto_o i_o be_v very_o tedyouse_a i_o think_v better_a to_o put_v it_o in_o print_n /_o whereunto_o i_o be_v the_o rather_o move_v /_o that_o i_o perceyve_v by_o the_o prynter_n you_o have_v thankful_o take_v such_o other_o poor_a labour_n as_o we_o before_o have_v send_v forth_o reed_n this_o i_o pray_v you_o once_o over_o &_o after_o as_o you_o like_v it_o be_v but_o very_o short_a and_o therefore_o have_v i_o not_o divide_v it_o into_o chapytour_n but_o only_o into_o ii_o part_n in_o the_o first_o part_n whereof_o be_v entreat_v of_o the_o fere_n /_o or_o drede_v of_o death_n to_o be_v exclude_v exile_v and_o utter_o put_v away_o in_o the_o ii_o part_n be_v put_v forth_o the_o daily_a exercise_n and_o experience_n of_o death_n â§_o of_o the_o daily_a exercise_n of_o death_n the_o first_o part_n which_o be_v of_o the_o fear_n or_o drede_v of_o death_n /_o to_o be_v exclude_v exile_v and_o to_o utter_o be_v put_v away_o reverend_a mother_n and_o good_a devout_a sister_n you_o have_v many_a &_o oftentimes_o with_o great_a instance_n require_v i_o to_o write_v unto_o you_o some_o breve_fw-la /_o or_z short_a lesson_n of_o death_n and_o how_o you_o shall_v prepare_v and_o ordain_v yourself_o daily_o thereunto_o this_o lesson_n be_v very_o short_a &_o plain_a after_o saint_n augustine_n thirty-nine_o de_fw-fr tempore_fw-la serm_fw-la two_o c._n thirty-nine_o for_o he_o say_v the_o lest_o lesson_n and_o the_o best_a mean_a to_o dye_v well_o be_v well_o to_o live_v for_o who_o so_o well_o lyve_v say_v he_o may_v not_o evyll_n dye_v then_o do_v we_o learn_v to_o dye_v well_o /_o when_o we_o learn_v well_o to_o live_v /_o and_o that_o lesson_n can_v you_o teach_v i_o better_o than_o i_o you_o for_o you_o have_v long_o use_v the_o craft_n and_o give_v more_o dilygence_n thereunto_o notwithstanding_o somewhat_o in_o part_n to_o satisfy_v your_o devout_a mind_n somewhat_o /_o after_o our_o poor_a understand_v shall_v we_o say_v but_o first_o as_o seem_v unto_o i_o it_o be_v necessary_a &_o spedefull_a that_o we_o enforce_v and_o gyve_v dilygence_n to_o avoid_v exclude_v exile_n and_o put_v far_o away_o that_o chyldyssh_a vain_a and_o folyssh_a fear_n and_o drede_v of_o death_n that_o many_o person_n have_v for_o doubtless_o it_o be_v both_o vain_a and_o folye_a to_o fear_n &_o drede_v that_o thing_n that_o by_o no_o mean_a may_v be_v avoid_v &_o yet_o some_o person_n be_v so_o a_o fray_v of_o death_n /_o that_o they_o shrug_v tremble_v and_o quake_v when_o they_o here_o speak_v thereof_o and_o run_v or_o depart_v out_o of_o company_n /_o because_o they_o will_v not_o here_o tell_v of_o dethe_v and_o to_o excuse_v their_o folye_n they_o take_v auctoryte_n of_o aristotle_n the_o great_a philosophour_n a._n iii._n ethicorun_v ca._n i._o troth_n two_o m._n xxvi_o d._n mar._n iiii_o d._n l._n xxii_o t_o two_o co._n v._o a._n that_o say_v that_o of_o all_o terryble_a thing_n death_n be_v most_o terryble_a /_o &_o over_o that_o our_o savyour_fw-mi before_o his_o passion_n be_v afraid_a of_o death_n and_o natural_o do_v abhor_v it_o for_o the_o pain_n thereof_o saint_n paul_n say_v also_o /_o that_o we_o will_v not_o be_v spoil_v of_o our_o body_n /_o and_o yet_o will_v we_o have_v the_o clothing_n of_o immortalyte_n upon_o which_o /_o and_o apon_n like_o auctoryte_n they_o conclude_v that_o death_n be_v peynfull_a and_o therefore_o to_o be_v fear_v and_o dread_a for_o declaracyon_n hereof_o you_o must_v understande_v that_o the_o drede_n of_o death_n may_v be_v take_v ii_o way_n for_o ii_o cause_n /_o one_z for_o the_o pain_n that_o be_v in_o the_o departing_a of_o the_o soul_n /_o and_o the_o body_n by_o death_n and_o a_o other_o way_n /_o or_o cause_n for_o the_o uncertente_n of_o the_o hour_n of_o death_n and_o of_o the_o state_n of_o the_o ê‘son_n in_o that_o hour_n or_o tyme._n this_o fear_n &_o drede_v of_o death_n shall_v every_o person_n have_v every_o hour_n but_o as_o unto_o the_o first_o fear_n that_o be_v for_o the_o drede_n of_o the_o pain_n in_o death_n that_o fear_n be_v vain_a for_o in_o death_n be_v no_o pain_n or_o right_a little_a to_o be_v fear_v /_o as_z after_o we_o shall_v show_v arystotle_n say_v in_o deed_n su_fw-es vbi_fw-la su_fw-es that_o death_n be_v terryble_a &_o fearful_a /_o but_o that_o be_v unto_o they_o alone_o say_v he_o that_o doubt_n of_o any_o other_o life_n after_o this_o present_a life_n obiecti_fw-la ∣_o on_o yet_o say_v they_o that_o every_o man_n do_v abhor_v and_o loath_a dethe_v and_o do_v what_o he_o can_v to_o avoid_v death_n /_o and_o to_o prolong_v life_n /_o and_o that_o be_v general_a in_o all_o lyve_a thing_n /_o unto_o that_o i_o say_v aunswe_v ∣_o re_z that_o nature_n do_v work_v /_o and_o cause_n in_o all_o thing_n the_o appetyte_n and_o desire_v to_o be_v continue_v and_o to_o endure_v and_o last_o for_o ever_o /_o and_o thereunto_o dethe_v infor_n as_o much_o as_o nature_n may_v /_o other_z in_o themselves_o or_o in_o their_o fruit_n and_o kind_n but_o thereof_o do_v not_o follow_v that_o any_o peyne_n be_v in_o death_n ne_o any_o fear_n or_o drede_v to_o be_v takyn_n therefore_o as_o by_o example_n of_o tree_n and_o fruit_n as_o well_o as_o of_o sensyble_a bests_n the_o tree_n when_o they_o wax_v old_a do_v natural_o put_v forth_o new_a spring_n from_o the_o rote_n and_o the_o fruit_n when_o they_o be_v green_a and_o young_a will_v not_o depart_v from_o the_o tree_n nor_o the_o sedes_fw-la from_o the_o herb_n /_o or_o grain_n except_o violence_n but_o when_o they_o be_v full_a ripe_a /_o then_o will_v they_o natural_o of_o themselves_o /_o and_z by_o themselves_o depart_v without_o any_o violence_n so_o be_v it_o in_o man_n after_o a_o like_a manner_n that_o when_o the_o person_n be_v in_o nature_n young_a green_a lusty_a and_o strong_a /_o and_z in_o the_o body_n conformyte_v /_o and_z like_o state_n of_o complexcyon_n death_n be_v then_o horrible_a hugsum_n and_o fearful_a unto_o the_o person_n because_o it_o be_v then_o violent_a but_o when_o the_o person_n be_v full_a ripe_a that_o be_v to_o say_v /_o wear_v by_o age_n or_o sekenes_n unto_o the_o point_n of_o death_n then_o be_v not_o death_n unto_o that_o person_n any_o thing_n loathsome_a fearful_a ne_o peyneful_a /_o but_o rather_o sweet_a pleasant_a and_o desirous_a and_o so_o say_v arystotle_n in_o his_o book_n of_o natural_a philosophye_n v._n phi._n v._n mors_fw-la senum_fw-la dulcis_fw-la est_fw-la iwenum_fw-la vero_fw-la violenta_fw-la the_o dethe_v of_o age_a person_n say_v he_o be_v sweet_a and_o pleasant_a /_o but_o the_o dethe_v of_o young_a person_n be_v violent_a and_o grevous_a /_o yet_o say_v i_o that_o the_o fear_n be_v not_o for_o the_o peyne_n of_o death_n in_o depart_v of_o the_o soul_n for_o than_o be_v no_o peyne_n /_o but_o all_o the_o peyne_n be_v in_o the_o sekenes_n disease_n /_o and_o affliccyon_n before_o dethe_v for_o the_o person_n that_o as_o i_o say_v be_v wear_v or_o waste_v unto_o the_o point_n do_v die_v and_o depart_v this_o life_n not_o only_o without_o sorrow_n or_o peyne_n but_o also_o with_o gladness_n swetnes_n and_o pleasure_n and_o so_o say_v the_o same_o philosophour_n arystotle_n in_o a_o other_o book_n tusc_n aristot_n de_fw-fr vita_fw-la &_o morte_fw-la &_o cicero_n i_o tusc_n and_o so_o do_v also_o a_o other_o great_a philosophoure_v /_o and_z learned_a tully_n and_o i_o dare_v well_o say_v that_o in_o dethe_v be_v less_o peyne_a unto_o such_o person_n then_o be_v in_o the_o prycke_n of_o a_o pin_n or_o nedyll_v unto_o a_o whole_a person_n the_o fear_n than_o that_o our_o savi-had_a before_o his_o passion_n /_o be_v not_o for_o the_o peyne_n of_o death_n but_o it_o be_v of_o the_o fraylte_n of_o our_o nature_n in_o his_o carnal_a flesshe_o part_n for_o the_o pain_n that_o he_o know_v well_o shall_v precede_v /_o and_o go_v before_o dethe_v and_o the_o peyne_n do_v our_o sensualyte_n /_o and_z
oftsayde_a cicero_n say_v how_o may_v that_o thing_n be_v unto_o any_o person_n evyll_n and_o hurt_v that_o almyghty_a god_n have_v ordain_v unto_o all_o person_n indifferent_o /_o for_z their_o good_a and_o profet_z and_o as_o the_o end_n of_o all_o evyle_n good_a lord_n than_o how_o curragyous_o &_o glad_o shall_v that_o journey_n and_o voyage_n be_v interpryse_v &_o take_v /_o which_o one_o make_v and_o finyssh_v no_o care_n ne_o woo_v /_o no_o think_v ne_o business_n /_o no_o turmoil_n ne_o trouble_n no_o strife_n ne_o debate_n /_o no_o pain_n ne_o disease_n /_o no_o vexacyon_n ne_o displeasure_n may_v remain_v ne_o follow_v but_o unto_o they_o that_o well_o hope_v /_o shall_v well_o happen_v /_o what_o time_n so_o ever_o they_o go_v but_o yet_o be_v they_o most_o happy_a /_o and_z gracyouse_a that_o in_o state_n of_o saluacyon_n do_v dye_v and_o depart_v this_o life_n in_o their_o youth_n /_o and_o strength_n for_o unto_o they_o immedyate_o after_o their_o death_n must_v nede_o follow_v one_o of_o these_o twain_o that_o be_v that_o they_o must_v go_v straight_o way_n unto_o hevyn_n or_o else_o unto_o pain_n if_o they_o go_v unto_o pain_n /_o than_o the_o soon_o they_o dye_o /_o &_o the_o short_a time_n they_o live_v the_o less_o there_o and_o the_o short_a time_n shall_v be_v their_o pain_n and_o over_o that_o they_o shall_v have_v the_o great_a comforde_n that_o any_o creature_n may_v have_v be_v out_o of_o hevyn_n for_o the_o which_o comforde_v to_o be_v have_v any_o faithful_a person_n will_v be_v glad_a to_o suffer_v any_o manner_n of_o most_o cruel_a &_o horryble_a pain_n or_o passion_n that_o be_v to_o say_v surety_n of_o saluacyon_n l._n sanctus_n thoma_n iiii_o send_v di_fw-it xv_o q._n iii_o be_v l._n for_o all_o the_o soul_n be_v in_o pain_n be_v commune_o sure_a &_o certain_a of_o their_o saluacyon_n that_o when_o their_o penance_n be_v paste_n and_o their_o sin_n purge_v /_o they_o know_v for_o certente_a they_o shall_v go_v into_o heaven_n unto_o 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hevyn_n than_o be_v they_o far_o more_o happy_a that_o from_o the_o misery_n of_o this_o wretched_a world_n they_o be_v come_v unto_o the_o pleasant_a possession_n of_o so_o great_a unspekeable_a joy_n for_o you_o may_v be_v sure_a it_o be_v a_o excellent_a joy_n to_o be_v there_o in_o company_n with_o the_o pure_a virgyne_n the_o holy_a confessor_n /_o the_z glorious_a martyr_n /_o divyne_a apostle_n sage_a patryarch_v /_o bright_a shine_a angel_n /_o and_o the_o virgyn_v mother_n our_o blessyd_v lady_n and_o all_o these_o to_o se_fw-mi and_o behold_v with_o our_o reverend_a lord_n and_o soverayne_a savyour_fw-mi jesu_n chryst_n /_o and_o all_o before_o the_o presence_n of_o the_o blessyd_v trinyte_n /_o father_n son_n &_o holy_a ghost_n there_o prayenge_a all_o for_o we_o and_o lowly_a besechinge_a that_o high_a mageste_v eterne_a &_o everlasting_a god_n for_o all_o mankind_n i_o think_v &_o very_o believe_v that_o any_o faithful_a christiane_n will_v be_v glad_a to_o expire_v &_o suffer_v dethe_v every_o day_n new_o /_o if_o it_o be_v possible_a &_o ofttimes_o in_o the_o day_n so_o he_o be_v sure_o that_o he_o thereby_o may_v atteyne_v &_o come_v unto_o the_o pleasure_n /_o why_o than_o now_o i_o speak_v with_o stomach_n why_o for_o shame_n shall_v we_o as_o coward_n or_o child_n fere_n &_o drede_v death_n special_o since_o death_n be_v nothing_o but_o like_v unto_o a_o sleep_v for_o the_o old_a philosophour_n say_v that_o sleep_v be_v a_o very_a image_n of_o death_n &_o as_o one_o man_n may_v know_v a_o other_o by_o his_o image_n although_o he_o have_v never_o see_v ne_o hin_a before_o job._n two_o mac._n twelve_o johan_n xi_o job._n so_o may_v we_o know_v what_o death_n be_v by_o the_o image_n which_o be_v sleep_v &_o so_o be_v it_o call_v also_o in_o scripture_n in_o diverse_a place_n &_o our_o saviour_n himself_o say_v the_o lazarê°_n sleep_v when_o he_o be_v dead_a /_o &_o death_n also_o be_v call_v a_o shadow_n /_o but_o you_o ê‘ceyve_v well_o &_o see_v that_o folk_n ben_fw-mi nat_n afraid_a of_o a_o shadow_n nor_o yet_o of_o step_n neither_o for_o ofttimes_o we_o sleep_v with_o our_o fear_n or_o drede_n and_o without_o any_o pain_n or_o grief_n /_o but_o rather_o with_o desire_n and_o pleasure_n /_o why_o shall_v we_o than_o fear_n dethe_v since_o we_o so_o evydent_o do_v â—e_n &_o perâ—eyve_v by_o the_o image_n how_o little_a dethe_v be_v to_o be_v drede_v /_o let_v we_o therefore_o put_v away_o this_o opinyonatyve_a fear_n and_o drede_v of_o dethe_v /_o and_o since_o it_o do_v daily_o approach_v &_o wait_v for_o we_o let_v we_o again_o with_o glad_a mind_n and_o ready_a good_a will_n abide_v and_o wait_v for_o it_o and_o have_v thereof_o a_o thirst_n and_o a_o desire_n /_o rather_o than_o any_o fear_n or_o drede_v how_o be_v it_o of_o a_o suretye_n dethe_v be_v then_o lest_o fear_v and_o most_o desire_a when_o the_o life_n of_o the_o person_n /_o may_v at_o the_o time_n of_o death_n be_v of_o sure_a and_o unfeigned_a godly_a 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