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cause_n	child_n	good_a	see_v	1,850	5	3.5052	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
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

he muste be borne in to the felde and put his fete agaynste his brest and for a trouthe he shall neuer make an euyll ende Glose Then Emenye fauuele sayd to this purpose that whan a woman is delyuered of a doughter she must be set vppon her moders brest in saynge god make the a good woman and she shall neuer haue shame of her body ¶ The .xviii. chapytre ¶ Whan a woman lyeth with her husbande and that she wolde sooner haue a sone than a doughter it behoueth her for to holde her handes close whyle y t her husbande dothe the werke of nature for a trouthe she shall haue a sone Glose Some auncient matrones maynteyneth that who that wyll make a sone it behoueth to make hym in the mornynge by daye and a doughter at euen by nyght ¶ The .xix. chapytre ¶ A woman that wyll haue small chyldren whyles y t she bereth hym she ought to breke her fast in the mornynge w t a tost of whyte brede in wyne and withoute ony faute the chylde that she bereth shall be lytell Glose Sayd a matrone that was there I byleue better that the lytell chyldren ben sooner engendred in the defaute of y e mone than other wyse for customably the men ben than in defante ¶ The .xx. chapytre ¶ My good frendes neyghbours yf that ye wyll knowe yf a woman be with chylde cause her to make water in a basyn and then lette her put a locke or a keye in to it but a locke is better and let the locke abyde therin thre or foure houres and then empte y e basyn and take out the locke yf that ye se that the prynte of the locke abyde in the basyn knowe for a certaynte that the sayd woman is with chylde ryght grete ¶ The conclusyon of the Iourneye of Frydaye FOr this last glose sourded grete tumulte amōge the wyues that were there assembled also well of laughynge as of spekynge all togyder and it semed none other thynge but a market where as is but he ha without ony ordenaunce and without ony herkenynge the one of the other nor abydynge the ende of theyr reasons Wherfore whan I sawe that murmuracyon I rolled vp my paper stopped myn ynkehorne and put vp my penne and arose vp thyn kynge for to stele awaye secretely from them but anone I was apperceyued of some of them the whiche retayned me and made me abyde by force for the whiche cause they made a lytell scylence that endured but a whyle In the whiche they prayed me all togyder that I wolde retorne vpon the morowe with them at the houre accustomed to the ende for to encheue and make an ende of theyr entencyon the thynge the whiche was so wel begonne and for to put in wrytynge the resydue of theyr gospelles y e dame Berthe the horned that was the last assembled sholde make where as they ought for to conclude and make an ende of theyr artycles I consyderynge the comon prouerbe that sayth Who serueth and maketh not an ende leseth his mede dyde vttre vnto them theyr request lyberally And after that I had taken my leue gracyously of them I went vnto my chambre for to take my rest For my heed was gretely emty bycause of the folysshe reasons that they babeled vnto me in suche wyse that myn vnderstandyng coude not comprehende them So I lefte them there trussynge theyr bagages and wente me to my bedde ¶ The contynuacyon of the Iourneye of Saterdaye THe Saterdaye at nyght aboute syxe of the clocke after the salue of our lady and that I hadde taken a lytell shorte refeccyon as wel for the honoure of the daye as for y e affeccyon that I had to se and here to what ende they wolde take conclusyon of theyr gospelles and after whan I hadde taken my gobettes bothe paper pēne and ynke I transported me to the place accustomed And I comen theder sat me downe in my syege accustomed Dyuers of y e scolers was comen theder alredy that began for to voyde theyr dystaues For they myght not spynne for the honoure of the saterdaye and of the vyrgyn Mary I had not soiourned there but a whyle whan dame Berthe y e horned came accompanyed with dyuers of her frendes and neyghboures for to rede her gospell and contynue as to doo that whiche she was chosen to do But or that I procede to her chapytres I wyll wryte somwhat of her genealogy and yssue Dame Berthe the horned was of the countree of Leage was aboute the aege of foure score yere or more she was doughter vnto Reynarde the horned a meruayllous wyse man In his tyme he had studyed at tollette in the arte of grammer and geomatrye and after that he had ben at monpellyer where as he had studyed in physyke and of that arte he lyued all his lyfe and dyde enduse dame Berthe therin in the whiche she profyted moche and lyued therwith afterwarde in Tapynage dyshonestly ynoughe she then set downe in her syege scylence obteyned began her gospell in this maner My good frendes neyghbours sythe that my torne is comen that I must make an ende and conclusyon of the werke that by my good ladyes was begonne I shall treate to my power of the scyence that I haue lerned as touchynge physyke and shall acquyte me the beste wyse that I maye Wherfore make ye dylygence for to reteyne them for they ben dygne to be put in the profoundenes of your memory ¶ The fyrst chapytre ¶ For the fyrste chapytre I tell you that who that hathe y e axes and he fast the fyrste sondaye after that they haue taken hym knowe for a trouthe that they shall leue hym ¶ The seconde chapytre ¶ He that hathe the feuers tyerces and he bere aboute hys necke with a lytell sylke the hye names bounde withoute ony doubte he shall guarysshe ¶ The thyrde chapytre ¶ Yf ye haue a husbande rebell the whiche wyll gyue you no moneye at your nede take the fyrste knotte of a whete strawe but it must be gadered nere the erthe vpon saynt Iohannes euen whyles that they rynge none and put y t in the keye hole of the coffre and withouten faute it shal ones open ¶ The fourth chapytre ¶ He that hathe the feuer quarteyns let hym do so moche that he fynde a trayfle with foure leues and breke his fast foure tymes with them and they shall leue hym ¶ The .v. chapytre ¶ The woman that is syke of the rogereule let her take holy water and make a candell therof and after suppe it of and for certayne she shall be hole ¶ The .vi. chapytre ¶ Dyuers folke speketh of the maladye of the whyte axes the whiche knoweth full lytell what it meneth for they be twyes as yl as y e feuer quartayns neuerthelesse they may be heled with ones drynkynge in saynt Georges vessell ¶ The .vii. chapytre ¶ For to hele feuers contynuelles one muste

drawe swerde afore a woman with chylde but yf that ye lye your swerde fyrst vpon her heed all softely to the ende that she abyde stedfast her fruyte shall be the hardyer all his lyf Glose Peronne Beuette sayd y t bycause they dyde not so to her moder whan she dyde bere her she was and is so ferde that she dare not go to bedde without the company of men ¶ The .xvi. chapytre I tell you for as true as the gospell that yonge maydens sholde neuer ete cheryes with theyr louer who shold haue the last for oftentymes it happeneth so that they whiche haue the last chery is the last maryed of all Glose Dame Sebyll of mates sayth vpon this passage that yonge women shold not ete potage with theyr louer for by custome it happeneth often that theyr husbandes haue acqueyntaunce aparte and not the women ¶ The .xvii. chapytre Systers and neyghbours yet I tell you that god and reason defendeth euery man woman that they sholde not speke afore a woman maryed or able to bere chyldren or afore a woman grete with chylde of ony maner of mete that for the present and at a nede may not be founde to the ende that the fruyte that she bereth haue not a marke vpon his body Glose Dame Abunde of the ouen sayth that by castynge on a womans vysage that is with chylde cheryes or rede wyne that the chylde shall bere a marke or some token vpon hym ¶ The .xviii. chapytre Knowe that the man y t doubleth in maryage is vnable to come to ony dignyte yf his wyfe do to hym the same w t outen faute he shall be cause of y e one euyll of the other and she ought to be Iuged quyte wtout punycyon Glose Dame Ysoree the shorte sayth vpon this pase that the woman that wyll not haue her husbande medle with other wyues that she make to synge masse of saynt Auoye thre mondayes togyder I saye to you for certayne that the women beyonde the see do so to theyr husbandes ¶ The .xix. chapytre Whan ony childe is baptysed be it a sone or a doughter yf the doughter haue two godfaders she shal haue two husbandes or moo also yf the sone haue two godmoders he shall haue two wyues Glose Certaȳly sayd Ampelune huket I ought well to curse y e houre that Wyllymyne my husbande had euer so many for he hath thre wyues besyde his acqueyntaunce that I knowe not ¶ The .xx. chapytre Whan ye se lytell children renne thrugh the stretes rydynge vpō horses of wood with speres dysguysed in maner of men of warre it is a true signe of warre nere hande or dyscencyon in y e coūtree Glose Perrine Hulortore sayth vpon this paas that whan lytell chyldren go in y e stretes with baners syngynge it is a sygne of mortalyte ¶ The .xxi. chapytre ¶ Yf a woman wyll knowe certaynly yf her husbande do double let her take heede yf that he touche her not in y e ful of the mone and yf he haue not ado with her there is noo suspeccyon wtout a cause Glose This gospell is very true sayd maroye ployarde for it is more than thre mones syth Iohan ployarde my husbande smote stroke nor halfe stroke and yet I am a woman for to endure it well ¶ The xxii· chapytre ¶ One ought not to gyue to a woman with chylde no heedes of fysshe to ete to the ende that by theyr ymagynacyō theyr fruyte brynge not forth theyr mouthes more greter more sharper than it is of custome Glose Paret fatoys mydwyf sayd that she had receyued dyuers chyldren that had theyr mouthes more greter out of mesure than other had ¶ The .xxiii. chapytre ¶ If by aduenture a man bete his wyf or defyle her with his fete she shall be delyuered with grete payne oftentymes they deye in the payne Glose Dame Hermofrode sayth that there is no remedye in this saue that she muste drynke in the shoo that dyde defyle her and knowe yf she do so she shall be delyuered quyckely ¶ The .xxiiii. chapytre ¶ If it happen that some body stryde ouer a lytell chylde knowe ye for certayne that he shall neuer growe more but yf they stryde backewarde ouer it agayne Glose Certaynly sayd Sebylle of suche thynge cometh dwerfes and lytel women ¶ The .xxv. chapytre ¶ Knowe ye for as true as the gospell that yf the hose of a woman or of a mayden vnbyndeth in the strete that she lese it it is sygne fayleth neuer that her husbande or her loue gothe elles where Glose At these wordes lefte spynnynge one named Transye of loue yonge of the aege of .lx and seuen yere and sayd that there was nothynge more truer than y t gospell for syth wednesday last paste I sawe not my loue Iolyet bycause that the same daye I lost my garter ¶ The .xxvi. chapytre ¶ And for conclusyon my frendes and neyghboures and for to make an ende of my chapytres I tell you that whan there cometh to a wyfe the sekenes in her pappes she nedethe none other thynge but that her husbande make her with his instrument naturall thre sercles aboute the sore without ony doubte she shall be hole Glose Sayntefoute ne tempremure sayth that it ought to be vnderstande that those thre sercles sholde be made at the ende of the bely a lytell vnder the gyrdell ¶ All the assystentes began for to laughe a pase of that Ioyous conclusyon and dyde prayse ryght strongely the wysdome of dame Ysengryne that soo hyghely had conteyned her gospell and departed it in .xxvi artycles that were all of grete auctoryte and importaunce and promysed that they wolde take payne for to lerne them by rote for to publysshe them to them that had not ben at that lecture ¶ Full gladde was I whan dame Isēgryne made an ende of her speche for bothe paper and candell dyde fayle me with slombre that dyd strongly assayle me for it was almoost mydnyght wherfore I wolde haue taken leue of them but they made me abyde tyl another was electe to rede on the morowe So they toke counsayll and of a comyn accorde dyde chese Transelyne of the croke which was an auncyent damoysell the whiche toke on her the charge ryght gladly and requyred me instauntlye before them all that at her nede I wolde serue her and I promysed her to do it but of one thynge I requyred her y t was that she sholde come a lytell sooner than they had done vpon mondaye to the ende to eschewe the trauaylle of the nyght ¶ Here foloweth the contynuacyon of the gospelles made redde by dame Transelin of the croke for the tewesdaye in the house and at the houre accustomed WHan it came vpon the tewesdaye aboute fyue of the clocke at nyght there began for to come wyues as well olde as yonge from all sydes for they had alredy publysshed y t whiche had ben done vpon the