oute of the Cytie so he went into wales after when seynt Albon was martyred a great multytude of people sawe a bryght Pyller ascende fro his toumbe to heuyn they mere conuerted and sent for seynt Amphibell to instructe theym in the feyth the messengers fouÌ„de hym in Wales prechynge to the people and in the meane tyme a noyse rose in the Cytie that some of the Cytye wolde goo with Amphybell ouer the see caste away the worshyppynge of theyr goddes wherfore a great company of the people furyously went to hym when they founde hym they bouÌ„de his armes and made hym goo before theyr horses barefote and in the way he helyd a syke man Aud when men of verolame met hym they put hym to cruell Martyrdome And many seynge his constaunce were conuerted wherfore they were put to deth in his syghte a. M. persones whome he coÌ„mytted ioyously to our Lord as he was stoned he was iÌ„ prayer sawe our Lord with many auÌ„gelles seynt AlboÌ„ was amoÌ„ge them a voyce sayd that he shuld be with his discyples in ê‘adyse And so Aungels toke his sowle to heuyn And all that dyd any thynge ageynst hym were greuously punysshed by the haÌ„de of god the people seyng the terryble punysshemeÌ„t that folowid were all coÌ„uertyd many went to Rome to do penauÌ„ce he was buryed at Radbourne lay there longe â—yme vnknowen And by reuelacion of seynt alboÌ„ his body was fouÌ„de brought to seint alboÌ„s ¶ De sancto Anselmo archiepiscopo SEynt anselme was borne in the Cytie of AugustaÌ„ in the mouÌ„tes of Alpey and iÌ„ his youth he came to the monasterye of Becceuse in Normandye And there he was .iii. yeres vnder lamfranke lyued a Religious lyfe wheÌ„ lamfraÌ„ke was takyn to the rule of the monastery of cadomence anselme was made Pryour of Becceuse he abstractid hys mynde fro the worlde wordely thynges gaue hym holly to study coÌ„templacyon And he assoylyd many doutes in scripture that had not ben assoyled afore his tyme And he absteynyd so moche that all glotony was extincte iÌ„ hym so that he had no huÌ„gre nor desyre of etynge as other men haue a yonge broder of frowarde maners enuyed hym he suffred hym all that he mought not brekynge the rules of the religioÌ„ a longe tyme wherby at the laste the chylde began to loue seynt anselme and wolde here his monycions and at laste take his correccyons and an olde broder that longe had enuyed hym when he lay syke cryed out and sayd that two wood wulphes were betwixte his armes that wolde strangle hym and seynt Anselme herynge that made the signe of the Crosse and so they wente away then gladlye he toke penaunce Seynt anselme wrote many Bokes the Deuyll had great enuy to them somtyme he tere them in pecys And he shewyd by dyuerse godlye exauÌ„ples that chyldren shulde aswell be Instructyd by feyre meanes as by rygoure And after he was made Abbot he vsed moche contemplacyon and appoyntyd other approuyd men to haue rule vnder hym he was dylygent in receyuynge of gestys And after he came into EngloÌ„d where after the deth of seynt LaÌ„fraÌ„ke he was made archbusshope of CauÌ„terbury in the tyme of wyllyam Rufus which was a great tyrauÌ„te oppresser of the Churche And by cause seynt Anselme namyd Pope vrban as Pope The kynge toke great displeasour And anon dyuerse of the Busshoppes gaue vp theyr obedyeÌ„ce to Seynt anselme And after when he had asked thryseleue of the Kynge to goo to Rome the Kynge bad hym leue that purpose or go his wey without Retournynge and after he went to Rome and there he had a decre for makynge of Busshopes that they sholde not be made by geuynge of a staffe and as he came homewarde he sawe in vyfyon yâ— â—l the seyntys of Englond complayned to our lorde of the Kynge And our lorde gaue a burnynge Arowe to seynt Albon he sayde he wolde take it to a wicked spiryt that was a taker of vengeauÌ„ce for synne And so he threwe it into the Erthe lyke a comet sterre by which vision seynt Anselme knewe that the kynge was deed And after he came into Englonde by deseyre of Kynge henry the furst he went agayne to Rome to chauÌ„ge the decre when the Kynge knewe the Pope wolde not chauÌ„ge it he seased the Busshopryche of Cauterbury into his handys And after yâ— Kynge and he were agreed And the kynge lefte the olde custome of makynge of Busshoppes by geuynge of a staffe and in the yere of our lorde a. M. a hundred .ix. full of good werkys he went to our Lorde the .xi. kalendas of Maii and lyeth at Caunterbury ¶ De sancto Audoeno epÌ„o confessore SEynt audowen was archebusshpe of Roane after he was choseÌ„ he wolde not pÌ„sume anon to take it vppoÌ„ hym but went fyrste into Spayne And there prechyd to the people and by his prayer they hadde abundauÌ„ce of Rayne that were before .vii. yerys wtoute And he went to our Lorde the .ix kalendas of september and was buryed in Roan And .xxx. yerys after his body was found vncorrupte And in the tyme of kynge Edgare foure clerkys came to his courte And tolde hym that they had brought with them the Relykys of seynt Audoen And when he doubtyd and marueylyd therat they sayde without it appere by Myracles that it is soo let theym be punysshed and put out of the Realme and the Kynge sayde that it belonged to Spyrytuell examynacyon and not to hym And bad them tarye tyll the Archebusshope odo came And whaÌ„ yâ— Archbusshop came the Clerkes ê‘seuered in that oppynyon and prayde that it mought be tryed by the shewynge of almyghty god And so a Lepour was brought furthe with deuoute prayer the Archebussope made a Crosse ouer hym with Bones that they brought And anon he was hoole and a man syke of the palsey with the hede and with deuoute prayer made in the name of seynt Audoen was also made hoole And so the relykys with great honoure were had to CauÌ„terbury and the sayde clerkys seynge the place were made Monkes they endyd theyr lyues in the seruyce of our Lorde and of seynt Audoen in his Lyfe be many notable thynges of his vertues counceyles and myracles De sancto Augustino episcopo confessore SEynt gregory sawe englysshe ChyldreÌ„ to sell at Rome when he had lerned that they were callyd Angli that they were not Cristened he sayde it was great pyte that the spyryte of Derkenes shuld haue so feyre People for he sayde they were well callyd Angli quasi angeli And so he had great desyre to haue prechid the seythe to them hymselfe but that the people of rome wold not suffre hym to go so ferre therfore wheÌ„ he was made Pope he sent seynt Augustyne many other into Englonde as he had loÌ„ge desyred
¶ De sancto Sampsone epÌ„o confessore SEynt sampsone was borne in great Brytayne our Lord shewyd in vysyon to his moder callyd anne whiche was bareyne that lyuyd with her HusboÌ„de a blessyd Lyfe in fastyngys prayers that she shuld haue a sone whom she shuld call SaÌ„pson that shulde be great with our lorde worthye to haue order of preesthod when he was .vii. yerys olde he was commyttyd to seynt Iltut and he sayde he shuld be a great Busshope profyte moche in the chyrche of god and when he toke dekon preesthod and also when he was made busshope a whyte doue was seen descende vppon hym the hyer degre that he toke the streyghter lyfe he ledde iÌ„ all his lyfe he neuer ete flesshe the celerer that was neuew to seynt Iltute which was desyrous to be Abbot aftre his vncle feryd that seynt saÌ„psone shuld haue it wherfore he put a great poyson into his chales he blessyd it dranke it without hurte as the Celerer abydynge in his malyce shulde be houselyd by seynt Sapsone on a sonday the Deuyll enteryd into hym vexyd hym sore by seynt sampsone he was delyueryd with water and oyle that he blessyd and gaue hym by the Daye he labouryd and prayed And on the nyghte he redde scripture vsyd medytacyon and when he toke slepe he lenyd to some wall and neuer slept iÌ„ bedde His fader was syke and sayd he shulde neuer be hole nor receyue the sacrameÌ„tys tyll he sawe his son sampson and though he was ryght lothe to goo yet by counsell of seynt Iltute he went vnto hym which was moche gladde of his coÌ„mynge and confessyd hym to hym of a great hed synne that he had longe kept close after both he his wyfe with all theyr chylderne betoke them to the seruyce of god With the sygne of the crosse he kyllyd a great serpent after the sayde Celerer compleynyd that he had wasted the Houy and when the busshope Dubryee thought to proue it Sampson made the sygne of the Crosse ouer the vessellys and anon all the vessellys whiche he hadde afore geuyn in almes were fyllyd agayne full of Hony after he was Abbot thre yerys Then he wente into Scotlande where he dyd many great Myracles and instructyd the people and when he came whome dubrycyus by commaundement of an Aungell made hym Busshope so he went into lytyll brytayne where he fouÌ„de a man at the seesyde lokynge for oon that as it was shewyd hym by our Lorde shulde come fro be yonde the see that shuld hele his wyfe that was a lepoure and his Doughter that was vexyd with a Deuyll and soo he helyd theym bothe And there the quene had great malyce vnto hym and gaue hym Puyson And after that turnyd a wylde Lyon to hym and he escapyd both and by his worde the Lyon dyed and the Quene seynge that Myracle askyd hym forgyuenes euery Lent he wolde be in some secret place fro recourse of people He departyd fro this Lyfe the fyth kalendas of Auguste And lyeth at the Monasterye of dolo which he had foundyd in lytle Brytayne as he had doon dyuerse other Monasteryes This blessyd man had suche grace that euer as he was at masse he had Aungells to assyste hym and to mynystre to hym in the sacryfyce ¶ De sancta Sexburga regina abbatissa SEynt Sexburghe was Doughter to Anna kynge of eest Englonde And she was maryed to ercombertus kynge of Kent and hadde Issue Egbertus and Lotharyus whiche were after Kyngys and two doughters Ermenylde and ErkeÌ„gode she was in that hyghe degre meke and poore in spyryte she ruled her Ryches it rulyd not her she was good to them in hygh degre and also in lowe degre Seldome it was that she was seen amonge the people often in the Churche she enducyd her Husbonde to destroye all Idollys that were in his Realme And crystendome was brought in thrughe all the Realme and at her desyre he made dyuerse Monasteryes She taughte her Chyldrenne dylygentlye to drede God and to kepe his commaundemeÌ„tys And when the Kynge was dede she enteryd into Relygyon at Ely vnder her suster etheldrede whiche lyuyd there a Blessyd lyfe iÌ„ great Fastynges watchyngys laboure And in great mekenes she folowyd the example of her suster where after her deth she was made abbesse and then she was moche dylygent by cause she knewe she had more cure and charge then she had before and she endyd this present lyfe the daye before the Nonas of Iulii aboute the yere of our Lorde .vi. C. and .xl. and was buryed by her Suster ¶ De sancto Swithuno epÌ„o confessore SEynt Swythune was borne in the tyme of kynge Egbertus which was the .viii. kynge fro kynge kynegelfe that was coÌ„uertyd by seynt Byrynne and after he had taken ordre of preesthode He endeuouryd hymselfe to preche the worde of god catholycallye and truely to vse werkys of pyte to correcte theym that lyuyd inordynately after the deth of Helynstane whiche was busshope of wynchester he was chosen busshope there And he made Churches of newe and repayryd tho that were decayed and when he went to halowe any churche he went not with great pompe but went on his bare fete To his feestys he callyd not Ryche men but poore men euer he callyd vppon synners to do penauÌ„ce And encouragyd men that lyuyd vertuously to perseuer in vertue he neuer toke a full meale but moderatly for sustenaunce and after longe vygyllys great labourys that he shuld not all fayle he toke a lytyll slepe He made the brydge at the eest ende of Wynchester And as he was lokynge vpoÌ„ the werke a woman came bye with egges in a basket and by the neclygence of the werkemen her Eggys were brokyn wherfore she wepte and made sorowe And the Busshope hauynge pyte with his ryght hande blessyd the basket all the Eggys were hole agayne he was euer busy Psalmes and spirituell melodye and with all dylygence he kept his herte in all clennes and ê‘seuered in kepynge of the coÌ„maudementes of our lorde to his departynge out of this worlde whiche was the syxth nonas of Iulii in the yere of our lorde god D. CCC.lxii And he was translated in the yere of our lorde D. CCCC.lxxi in the Ide of Iulii And the same daye of his translacyon our lorde shewyd for hym many myracles A thilde contracte fro his byrth was helyd There blynde wymmen had their syght The yrons of one in pryson brake and the man was delyuered A man syke of the palsey was helyd and .xxv. other were also made hole of dyuers sykenes ¶ De sancto Thatheo confessore SEynt Thathe was sone to a kynge in Itlande called Thathalius fro his yonge age he kepte hym self vndefowled fro al vyces and when his Fader and moder sawe hym despyse all worldy thynges they set hym to scole
suche sobrenes that his seruauntes neuer sawe hym excede in mete or drynke he punysshed his body with vigylles fastyngê pryuely vsed to weer the heere and in the yere of our lorde M.CC.lxxv he was made bysshop of Herforde for defence of the right of his church to his great payne he went to Rome where he was honorably receyued of pope Martyn in retournynge home he deê‘ted out of this world at FlorentynÌ„nygh the hylle of Flascon the .vi. nonas of Octobre in the yere of our lorde god M.CC.lxxxvii and .vi. dayes his body was kept and gaue a swete sauoure and then his flesshe was shauen fro the bones and buryed in the Churche of seynt Seuery there and his bones were brought to Herforde Threscore and ten men haue ben reysed fro deth to lyfe by his meryt â–ª and .xii. blyndemen recouered theyr syght with dyuers other coÌ„tracte mute syke of the palsey that haue ben also made hole ¶ De sancto 〈…〉 THe lyfe and hole proses of this gloryous 〈◊〉 seynt 〈◊〉 of 〈…〉 and of his fader moder How his moder beynge a pagan came to London fro fer countres and by the goodnes of our lorde was conuerted to the fayth how 〈…〉 was in fauoure with the kynge and was made his Chaunceller And after Archebysshop of Caunterbury where he lyued a blessyd lyfe in good eâ—ample dedes of charite and how he agreed at Clarendon to certeyn Articles which he after reuoked bycause they were agaynst the lyberte of the Churche and how he was therfore called ê‘iured and of the persecucion that he hadde for the lybertye of the Churche and how al his olde fauoure with the kynge tourned to malyce How he fledde at Northampton and went to Rome where he was as an outlawe .vii. yerê his kynnesfolke banysshed the Realme for his sake all his goodes and possessions seased and his frendes tourned to his enemyes howe he was logged in a place of the Cisteux by the 〈◊〉 assygnement and was put out fro thens for fere leste the kynge wolde haue hurted that Relygion in Englande how he went into Fraunce was there greatly cherysshed how after by the meanes of the kynge of Englande the Frenche kyng tolde hynthe was to wylfull so he knew none other but he shulde be banysshed from thens then the Frenche kynge seyng his constaunce toke hym in more great fauour then he dyd byfore how the Archebysshop of yorke was accursyd for that he toke vpon hym to crowne the kyngê sone where it belonged oonly to the see of Caunterbury whiche was cause of more grugge how he in the ende was 〈…〉 where by whom that the kynge sayd he was nat assentynge to his deth of the great repentaunce that the kynge toke by cause he had so moch attemptyd agaynst hym is so openly knowen to most people that the spekyng of it in this short treatyse shuld but make the story the more darke nat to open as it shuld be wherfore I coÌ„mytte the reder hereof that is disposed to se more of this 〈…〉 to rede his hole LegeÌ„de When 〈…〉 in his lyfe lyued moche prayed at his tumbe for helth had it after his desyre After when he was hole he consyderyd that ê‘case that helthe was nat expedyent to the helth of his soule wherfore he went agayne to his tumbe prayed that if that bodely helth were nat to the helth of his soule that his sykenes shuld co â— agayne so it dyd ¶ De sancto Thoma monacho a gallis occiso WHen Lowys sone to the Frenche kynge at the desyre of dyuers of the noble men of England came with a great hoste into EnglaÌ„de they founde this blessydmaÌ„ seynt Thomas at douersyttyng alone in the dormytorie a maÌ„ of a venerable age meke sobre fro his you the brought vp iÌ„ monastical â—uersacioÌ„ al his felowes were fled for fere of the FrenchmeÌ„ wheÌ„ he wold nat by fayr wordes neyther by thretes discouer the Riches of the Monastery But also boldely rebuked theym for theyr sacrelege and cruelte with a swerde in great malyce they martyred hym the nonas of August the yere of our lorde M. CC.lxxxxv and at his Tumbe a man of the Frenesy was made hoole Foure men had theyr fyght .v. were reysed fro deth to lyf ¶ De sancta Walburga virgine SEynt Walburgh was suster to seynt Willibrord Wynnybolde and with theym she went out of Englande when they came to seynt Bonyface bysshop of MaguntineÌ„se he made Willibrord bysshop of Heystatense Wynnobolde entered into Religion at Heydanhem and after theyr deth seynt Walburgh was made Abbes of that Monastery had rule of many virgyns And when the keper of the churche at nyght denyed to gyue her lyght and she toke it in great pacyence there was in the dortor where she went a great heuynly lyghte that endured to Matens tyme so that al the susters meruayled at it and she thanked our lorde therof and attrybuted it to the merytes of her bretherne and nat of her owne On a nyght she went vnknowen to a Riche mannes house where a mayde lay syke and when the man sawe her he badde her beware of the dogges and she sayd he that had brought her thyther shuld saue her fro the dogges and when he had lerned what was her name he toke her into his house with great reuerence and when it was tyme to go to reste he asked her where she wolde lye and she sayde there as her suster lay syke where she gaue her to prayers and helyd the mayde and in the mornynge retourned to her Monastery and full of good werkes she went to our lorde the. Kalend of May and was honorably buryed in the same Monasterye She appered After her deth to Otgare bysshop of Heystatense and blamyd hym that he kept the Monastery neclygently and tolde hym that she wolde shewe hym such a token that he shulde ê‘ceyue that he had nat done well to her and shortly after at the rofe of a house there was settynge vp the North wall fell and feryd theym moche and then Otgare repayred the Churche and remouyd the body of seynt Walburgh and of her brother Wynnybold to Heystatense ¶ De sancto Walleno abbate SEynt Wallene otherwyse called Walthesse was sone to Syrnon Erle of Huntyngdon his moder was doughter to the Erle of NorthumberlaÌ„de accordynge to his name he was a good thefe for he stale mekely the kyngdome of heuyn kepynge all his Reuelacions and vertues close when his fader was disheryted and was deed in Fraunce seynt Wallene was made Chanon in the Monastery of seynt Oswalde in yorke and there beyng sexten he was chosen to be Pryor of KyrkehmÌ„ and how moche he was in the oppynyon of other men hyer so moche he was in his owne syghte the more meke As he was at masse on Cristenmasse daye and he had spoken the
lerne this blessyd man omytted nothyng 〈◊〉 he lerned by the euangelystys or ê“phyttys to be 〈◊〉 fulfyllyd it in that he coulde howe be it in that he kepte 〈◊〉 Estre at the due tyme Bede prayseth hym not 〈◊〉 prayseth hym for he seyth ê‘case he knewe it not 〈◊〉 kepte it on a sonday but he praysyth hym that 〈…〉 pynge of his Ester he beleuyd nor worsh 〈…〉 other thynge but as we doo that is to say the Redempcion of mankynde by the Passyon Resurreccyon AsseÌ„cyon of the medyator betwixte God Man our Lorde Ihesu Criste And in the lyfes of Seynt Oswalde and Oswyn kynges And of Seynt Cuthbert dyuerse thynges thynges be spokyn of this Blessyd man ¶ De sancto Albano martire SEynt Albon dwellyd iÌ„ the Towne of verolame that now is callyd seynt Albons And in the tyme of the ê‘secucyoÌ„ of dioclesyan seynt Amphibell came into Brytayne and lodged in the house of seynt Albon and exortyd hym to be coÌ„uerted And shewyd hym sumwhat of the beleue of our lorde and he gaue lytle credence to his techynge And the same nyght seynt Albon sawe a vision that betokened the Misteryes of the Incarnaciou Passyon Resurreccion Assencion of our Lorde as in the Legende apperyth And in the mornynge he asked of seynt Amphibell what his visyoÌ„ betokened wheÌ„ seynt Amphibell had declared the hole misteryes therof how our Lorde suffred Passyon and Deth And how he Rose agayne and assendyd to Heuyn he sayd it was all trewe that he sayde And anon he Beleued and was Cristened And thenne he was complaynyd on that he was Cristened Wherfore he was sent for and was Takyn as he was prayenge before a Crosse And so he was broughte to the Iudge And there constauntly he confessyd that he was a CristeÌ„maÌ„ And so he was put iÌ„ prison there he lay .vi. Monethes in all that tyme there felle no rayne And therfore the people thynkynge that the god that AlboÌ„ worshypped ê“hibited the rayne toke hym out of prysone and wolde haue lette hym goo And he seynge that 〈◊〉 wold haue let hym goo prayde our Lorde that his martyrdome shuld not be lette And opynly dyspysyd theyr Idollys and soo he was had with great vyolence to be behedyd and as he went a ryuer that wolde haue lettyd theyr passage by his Prayer dryed vppe and oon of the Knyghtys that drewe hym to his marterdome seynge the great Myracles that our lorde shewyd for hym was coÌ„uertyd seynt AlboÌ„ was behedyd the .x. kaleÌ„das of Iuli the yere of our lorde god CClxxx vi And anon the eyen of hym that strake it offelle owte he was buryed at seynt Albons sumwhat the LegeÌ„d leuyth it for a dowte whether he lye now at seynt Albons or at ely but it semyth to be the more lyke that he shuld lye at seynt Albons And in the legend apperith how kynge Offa repayred the monastery ofseynt Albons And how the heresy of PelagianÌ„ began at Bangor and how it was extyncte ¶ De sancto Aldelmo episcopo confessore SEynt aldelme was of kynne to Iue kynge of we stesaxoÌ„s iÌ„ his youthe he ê“phyted moch iÌ„ coÌ„nynge after he was made monke at malmesbury so preest then Abbot And his fame went so ferre that it came to the pope Sergyus he sent for hym to Rome wheÌ„ he had sayd masse in the Church of lateraneÌ„se helde the vestemeÌ„t behynde hym to haue takyn it to one of his seruauÌ„tis none was there it hoÌ„ge vppoÌ„ a sonne beame a longe tyme a womaÌ„ that was with Chylde defamed the Popâ— therw t And saynt Aldelme herynge that was moch heuy coÌ„mauÌ„dyd the chylde which was but .ix. dayes olde iÌ„ the name of our lorde Ihesu criste to shewe if the Pope were his fader he sayd nay And so the Pope was delyuerd of the cryme And seynt Aldelme brought with hym fro Rome an Alterstone which by the way brake with his prayer blessynge it was made hoole And as it is sayd the same stone is yet iÌ„ the priory of Briton now callyd Bruton he was a great wryter of Bokes meynteyned moche the due kepynge of Ester he neuer went out of his Monastery without a great cause he gaue great almes wold stonde in the water thoughe it were froste snowe tyll he had sayd a hole psalter And after he was made busshop of Shyryburne and in great age full of good werkes he went to our Lorde the .viii. kalendas of Iune in the yere of our Lorde .vii. hundred .ix. and lyeth in his monastery at Malmesbury ¶ De sancto alredo EpÌ„o confessore When seynt Alrede was in his Cradell his face shone lyke the sonne And in his chyldehod he had the spirit of ê“phecy And tolde the very day of the deth of the Busshop of yorke he was in so great fauoure with Dauyd kynge of Scottys that he was seconde to hym whiche a Knyght enuyed much with great hatred insomoche that somtyme in presence of the kynge he wolde speke opprobrious wordys to hym he toke all paciently so that the Knyght meruaylyd toke penauÌ„ce askyd hym forgeuenes he tolde hym that he ought to loue hym the more for by his hatred he encresyd the more in the loue of our lord And by hym his pacieÌ„ce was prouyd And he was so meke that thoughe he were hurte he was not moche troubled therwith and if any accused hym he was not prouokyd to vengeaunce and he dyd alway good for euyll and when the kynge wolde haue made hym busshope he forâ—oke it entred into Relygyon at ryeuall which is of the ordre of cisteaux and was mayster of the nouyces a Nouyce that was vnstable was by his prayers twyse brought agayne to the Monasterye when he was goynge away and when he was made Abbot oftymes he counceyled his Bretherne that noo foule worde shulde goo out of theyr mouthe ne any detraccion or o the And he refourmyd the hole couÌ„trey of gallway and wrote the lyfe of Seynt Edwarde Kynge Confessoure and dyd many other thynges he was of great abstynence and wolde moche rede in Bokes that shulde moue compunccion and he had great sykenes ten yeres before he dyed and toke it in great pacieÌ„ce and wolde no fysyke and oftymes was visityd with Aungells and he knewe the veray daye of his Deth he sayde to his Bretherne that after he entered into Relygyon he neuer fret in malyce nor detraccyoÌ„ with any ê‘son that for any cause taryed with hym tyll nyghte and that he had louyd alway peace Broderly loue his owne espirituell quietnes he wente to our lord the day before the firste Idus of Ianuarye in the yere of our lorde god a. M. a huÌ„dred .lxvi. and dyuers thynges be here omytted c. ¶ De sancto Amphybalo martire WHen seynt Amphibell had coÌ„uertyd seynt Albon seynt Albon aduertysed hym to go
sone fell to Idolatry And also toke his faders wyfe in lykewyse after sabertus Kynge of eest saxons was deed his thre soÌ„nes fell to Idolatry which was great trouble to the feyth so that mellyte Busshope of London and Iustus Busshope of Rochestre were put oute of theyr Busshoprykes which by assent of seynt Laurence went into Fraunce seynt Laurence thought to haue folowyd but that seynt Peter the same nyghte that he wolde haue departyd as he laye in the Chyrche of seynt Petyr and Paule apperyd vnto hym and bette hym with roddys bycause he wolde forsake the flocke of god which he had takyn the charge of admonescyd hym that for the people of our Lorde he shulde tary vnto the Deth lyke as he dyd And so he went to the Kynge Edbalde and shewyd hym how he was betyn of whom for what cause And so the Kynge receyuyd the feythe And also lefte his aduoultrye And after seynt Laurence conuertyd moch people in ScotlaÌ„de to the Feythe and in the way thyther warde he went ouer the see drye fote And a holy Busshope of Irlande came thyder to hym herynge his Oppynyon of the kepynge of Eester confermyd hym therto and taught his people to folowe the same And after he retournyd into Englonde and reysyd a Chylde where he was lodged fro deth to lyfe And in the yere of our Lord god .vi. hundred and .xix. the thyrde nonas of Februarye he lefte this worlde is buryed by seynt Augustyne ¶ De sancto Lethardo epÌ„o confessore SEynt letharde was assygnyd to come with the Quene Berta when she shuld be maryed to kynge Ethelberte yet beynge a Paynym to be her leder doeter and preseruator in Uertue and to defende her fro the Idolatrye then vsyd in Englonde where he suffred great opprobryes and laughyngys to skorne in doynge the seruyce of god which he vsyd to doo in an olde Chyrche of seynt martyn nygh to CauÌ„terbury in which Chyrche the quene and her seruauntys that were crystenyd vsyd to here dyuyne seruyce At the toumbe of seynt Letharde a blynde mayde receyuyd her syght as a man that with the palsey was lame fro the myddle downe warde was prayinge for helthe at his tumbe he apperyd sayd the people in theyr sykenesse pray with grete deuocyon for helth but when they be hoole they forgette the benefaytys of god And anon be vnkynde and turne ageyn to synne And when the sykeman faythfully promysyd to amende seynt Letharde sayd of the oon legge thou shalt be hoole that thou mayste knowe the goodnes of god the other shal be as it was that thou waxe not vnkynde and so it was doon This blessyd man was the precoursoure of seynt Augustyne and made the waye redye for hym to the bryngynge in of the feythe wherfore he is right moch to be had in honoure by Englysshemen ¶ De sancto Macuto epÌ„o confessore SEynt machute was borne in great Brytayne on Eester euyn in a noble Monastery in the vale of nantcarwan where his moder came to kepe vygyllys And he was baptyzyd by seynt Brendan that was Abbot of the sayd monasterye .xxxiii. men Chyldren were borne the same nyght of womeÌ„ that came to bere his moder coÌ„pany and fro his youth he was vertuous when his felowys were quakynge for colde he swette leyde a wey his Clothys which was of a brennynge Charyte that was in hym On a tyme the see flowyd there as he laye slepte and the grouÌ„de where he laye rose lyke an I le and so he was sauyd Seynt Brendan seynge that the holy gost was with hym aduysyd hym to be preest and he sayde he was not worthy to take that offyce neuerthelesse after he assentyd And when he was made preest a whyte Doue was seen descende vppon his shoulder He saylyd moche with seynt brendane in his Iourneys and in his company with the sygne of the Crosse he droue away a serpent that hadde kyllyd .iii. Chylderne In lytell Brytayne he was made Busshope of alethys And when he shulde be consecrate at turone a whyte doue was seen descende vppon his necke as he helde downe his hedde to bencdyccyon he vsyd gret watchynges fastynges prayers And when he rode by the waye eyther he talkyd of god or prayde there was no tyme but he Prophytyd to other or to hymselfe He vsyd euer a sharpe Heer vppon hym and was a grete precher to the people he went to Rome with seuyn dyscyples and chylderne that he fouÌ„de there to be solde he bought theÌ„ cristenyd theÌ„ In the waye homewarde as he was iÌ„ great perell of the see seynt peter apperyd to hym sauyd hym all his coÌ„pany when he was Cxxxiii yere olde he dyed the .xvii. kalendas of december was honorably buryed at perdma where all his Relykys lye excepte his hed and his ryght hand which lye at alethys He helyd oon that was deffe dome and lame He reysyd a chylde that was drownyd And by his prayers blynde woman recoueryd her syght For the wretchydnes of the people he cursyd them and went into Andygauya was there .vii. yerys durynge whych tyme was great drynes and derth in lytell Brytayne And when he was desyred to come agayne to blesse the people as soone as he came the rayne fell and great plenty folowed in all the countre ¶ De sancto Maglorio EpÌ„o confessore SEynt Maglorye bysshop was borne in great brytayne he was Felowe to seynt Sampson was his successoure by an Aungell he was admonysshed to leue his bysshopryke and to lyue a solytary lyfe and so he dyd he helyd an Erle that was lepre wherfore he gaue hym the one halfe of a Certeyne grounde to the whiche grounde incoÌ„tynent came many byrdes with great plente of fysshes therfore the Erle by counsell of his wyfe toke that grouÌ„de from hym and gaue hym the other half and then the byrdes and fysshes came thyder and left the other And then the Erle perceyuyng that he had done amysse gaue to seynt Maglorye the hole grounde and then the byrdê and fysshes came indifferently to bothe ê‘tes He was a clene virgyne and lyued with barley brede and lekes Euery wednysday and fryday he fasted and punysshe his body with the heer he neuer dranke wyne ne syder somtyme when the bretherne were aslepe he wolde go pryuely to the seesyde there wake in prayers On eester euyn as he watched in the Churche an Anugel appered to hym and shewed hym that his tyme drewe nere to go out of this worlde and heferynge it had ben an Illusion made instauÌ„te prayer and when the Aungell had thryse affermed the same he receyued of the Aungell the blessyd Sacramente and after that tyme if there were nat the greatter lettynge he vsyd euer to saye this verse Unam pecii a dnÌ„o hanc requiraÌ„ vt inhabiteÌ„ in domo dnÌ„i c. And he went to our lorde the
they toke with them interpretours out of Fraunce and they landyd in the I le of Tannet and Ethelbertus was then kynge in Kent and he had maryed a Lady of the Kynges blode of Fraunce which was Cristened And wheÌ„ they shuld mete the Kynge they brought before them a Crosse and an Image of our Lord And when seynt Augustyne had made a loÌ„ge sermon to the Kynge of the power of our lorde of his passyon and resurreccyon of the entent of theyr coÌ„mynge that it was to haue hym forsake Idollys and beleue in our lorde and so to come to an euerlastinge kyngedom the Kynge fayde bycause they were come fro farre countres to shewe hym that they thought was best he wolde receyue theym fauorably and mynystre to theym suche as they neded but as to chauÌ„ge his beleue that his auncestoures had so longe kepte he wolde take respyte therein and so he appoynted theym a lodgynge in CauÌ„terburye and gaue theym lycence to conuerte as many as they coulde and after the Kynge seynge theyr blessyd lyfe Myracles that they dyd was conuerted And seynt Augustyne was made archebusshope of Caunterbury of the Busshope of Arelatense and anone seynt Augustyne sent to rome to seynt Gregory certayn interrogacions wherto seynt gregory answered at great leÌ„gth as iÌ„ the LegeÌ„de apperyth also seynt Gregory wrote dyuers goodly Epystles to the Kynge ethelbert to the quene to seynt Augustynâ— to seynt mellyte amoÌ„ge other thynges he dispraysyth moche the vse in some contreys that women do not norysshe theyr owne Chyldren and exorteth theym to do it and seynt Augustyne with the helpe of the kynge Ethelberte had a great metynge with the Busshopes and clergye of Wales to refourme the tyme of kepynge of Estre dyuerse other thynges that they vsed agaynste the good ordre of the Churche and to haâ—e theym charytably by coÌ„mon assent mynystre the worde of god to the people and they Refused and whenne Seynt Augustyne hadde helyd a blynde Man in prouynge that theyr Tradycyons were not good yet they toke loÌ„ger respyte to a nother day at that day they retourned wtout makynge accorde by cause seynt Augustyne rose not to them when they came which they Iudged to be of pryde and many of the famous monasterye of BaÌ„gor wherin were .xxi. hundred Monkys were there at that day wherfore moch parte of theÌ„ were after destroyed by Ethelfrydus kynge of Northamhumbre a pagaÌ„ bycause it was shewyd hym they came to praye for a Kynge that was his enemy And seynt Augustyne went to yorke on foote to Preche there he helyd oon of the Palsey and there he cristened aboue .x. thousande people And as he went fro theÌ„s he helyd a lepoure at Cerne in dorset shyre our Lorde apperyd to hym And famylierly spake to hym and conforted hym and sayde he was with hym in all that he dyd and in the place where our Lorde stode he sette his staffe and there sprange vppe a fayre Welle whenne he was at Cumpton in oxforde shyre it was shewyd hym that the lord there wolde not pay his tythes after as he was goynge to masse he coÌ„mauÌ„ded that no man accursed shulde abyde within the Churche And anon a deed Body arose and went into the Churcheyarde and seynt Agustyne went to hym and askyd what he was he sayde he was somtyme Lorde of that maner and because he wolde not pay his tythes he was Accursyd by the Curat and so he Dyed And anon the curat by commaundement of seynt Augustyne rose and there assoyled hym so they fell agayne to Asshes when he that denyed payment of his tythes had seen this he fell downe to the foot of seynt Augustyne and confessyd his offeÌ„ce euer after was discyple to seynt Augustyne he went alwayes on foot somtyme barefoot and with longe knelynge he had great calles on his knees and in his tyme kynge Ethelberte made seynt poules Churche in LoÌ„doÌ„â— he made two Busshoppes oon at London anoder at Rochester he went out of this world the .vii. kalendas of Iune lyeth at CauÌ„terbury he was translatyd in the yere of our Lorde god a. M. lxxxxi the thyrde day before the natyuyte of our Lady ¶ De sancto Bartholomeo monacho SEynt bartylmew was borne in the prouynce of whithe and in his youth he sawe with his bodelye eye our Lady seynt Peter seynt IohnÌ„ euaÌ„gelyst our Lady with a plesaunte countenauÌ„ce bad hym kys the steppes of her sone and aske of hym mercy and wheÌ„ he lay ê“strate and cryed thryse haue mercy on me our Lorde answeryd I haue mercy on the and for euer shall haue mercy on the and after he entred into relygyon at Duresme And as he knelyd before the crucyfyx he sawe in spyryte the crucyfyxe bowe downe to hym and take hym in his armes kysse hym And he lyued in grete humilite obedyence suche werkes of god as other Bretherne dyd forgette or coulde not doo he wolde perfourme for he wolde sey that oon Brother shuld euer helpe fourthe a nother And after by monycyon of Seynt Cuthberte he wente to the I le of Pharnense for that place he sayde was ordeynyd for hym of God and there he lyuyd a Strayghte and Blessyd lyfe many yerys And a lyfe of great exauÌ„ple in his dyet Fastynge Prayenge and in his apparell And he was of suche reuerence and goodly demeanoure that Ryche proude men were aferde to appere afore hym And at his desyre wolde â—ote tymes cease fro hurtyng of poure men And he was full of Charyte to syke men poure men alwaye couÌ„ceylyd theym to lede theyr lyfe in Pacyence the Deuyll hadde great malyce to hym apperyd to hym somtyme lyke a Lyon lyke a Bulle or lyke an Ape and ones he laye so heuy vppon hym and helde his Throte so harde that he had well nere fayled vnder hym and as he cryed oure Lady helpe he was delyuered And he was wonte to saye that the wycked spyryt was but frayle and lyke Smoke and soon wolde be ouercoÌ„me And on a nyghte he sawe seynt Cuthbert come vysybly to the Aulter and make hym redye to saye Masse And he helpyd hym to Masse to the ende And the I le of Pharnense is full of Byrdys that be callyd seynt Cuthbertys Byrdys And one of theym hadde loste her Byrde in a Rocke and she came and pullyd seynt bartylmewe by the Skyrte and ledde hym to the place And soo he toke out the Byrde and anone they wente into the water and he knewe the tyme of his Deth .ix. yere before he Dyed And he dyed on mydsomerday lyeth in the I le of Pharnense c. ¶ De sancto Benedicto cognomento Biscop SEynt benet Byscop was of noble Blode of Englonde and hadde great possessyons geuyn hym by Kynge oswy which he refused and entred into Relygyon in the I le of lyxmense and whenne he had ben there .ii.
of god our Lorde crist Ihesu And a merueylous ston fell into his mouthe And as seynt Egbyne helde our Lorde in his armys he lokyd vp and sawe beuyn open and a crosse apperyd vppon the hed of our lorde and Aūgellys came to mete hym And so he assendyd seyinge vnto theym bycause ye haue not refusyd me in my trouble I shall not refuse you in the kyngedom of heuyn And so he was receyuyd into heuyn and seynt winwalogus arettyd it to the merytys of seynt Egbyn for his great obedyence And seynt Egbyn referryd it to seynt wynwalogus for his order of presthode And after seynt Egbyn went into Irlonde and there made a Churche helyd a lame man reysyd a Chylde fro deth and when he was nyghe foure score yere olde thre he yeldyd his spirit to our lorde the .xiiii. kalendas of Nouember ¶ De sancto Egwino ep̄o confessore SEynt egwyn was of the Kyngys blood of marsshes lyuyd a Relygyous lyfe at worcestre leuynge all pleasure of Tēporall thyngys He toke order of Presthod gaue hym all to lyue a cōtēplatyf lyfe by holle assent of the Kynge ethel drede of his people he was made busshop of worcestre after that he vsyd moche p̄chynge here prouyd the people of theyr vnlaw full matrymony And other synnys soo terryble that of malyce they rose agaynste hym with feyned tales putte hym out of his see And complaynyd of hym not only to the kynge but also to the 〈◊〉 And so he disposyd hym selfe to goo to Rome And thoughe he knewe he had not offendyd the worlde yet for offencys doon to almyghty god he fetteryd his Leggys to geder and lokkyd the fetters and threwe the key into the ryuer of auyn And soo he wente feterd to Rome there as he was prayenge in seynt peters Church he sent his seruauntys to bye mete And the key was founde in a fysshes bely that his seruātys had bought And so he vnfetteryd hym selfe And that Myracle fyllyd all Rome moche people cam to se hym and to haue his blessynge And the 〈◊〉 herynge of his great laboryouse Iourney and of the sayd myracle sent for hym And had hym in great famylyaryte a herynge the cause of his commynge he sent hym Downe ageyne to his see And the kynge herynge his myracles and vertues was very gladde and restoryd hym agayne to his see And gaue hym a grounde wherin he foundyd the abbey of Euyshame And he buyldyd it in a place there as our Ladye apperyd to hym and also to a shepherde and for foundacyon therof he went agayne with off a Kynge of est Englonde and with kenred kynge of Marshes to rome And had great auctoryte fro the 〈◊〉 for the foūdaciō therof he alway were the heer and say often in asshes and were a gyrdell with knottys next his bare skyn and with drewe his mynde holly fro the worlde worldly thynges And gaue hym to contemplacyon redynges fastynges and vigyllys and especyally to prechynge and when he had ben longe syke And alwayes thankyd our Lorde therof He callyd his bretherne to hym shewyd theym the very perfyght way of good lyuynge and exortyd them to beware that the worlde deceyuyd theym not so full of good werkys he lefte this present lyfe aboute the yere of oure Lorde seuyn C. .xx. the thyrde kalendas of Ianuary And he lyeth at euesham our lorde hath shewyd for hym many myracles bothe in his lyfe and after his deth ¶ De sancta Elfleda virgine abbatissa SEynt Elfied was borne in Englond And when her moder was with chylde with her she sawe ī her slepe a thynge lyke a shynynge beame of lyghtenynge descend vppon her Hedde And it taryed there a longe tyme And whē she was borne the more she grew in age the more she wantyd the Ambycyousnes of all flesshelye pleasures And after her faders deth her moder by her faders wyll gaue his mansyon that he dwellyd in callyd clare to the monasterye of Romsey and after her moder toke a noder husbonde And then as is ofte seen in suche case enfled lakkyd oftymes that that she nedyd wher fore Kynge Edgare remembrynge the good seruyce of her fader put her to the monastery of Romsey vnder the Abbesse merwenne she louyd her as her owne doughter And broughte her vppe in all vertue And on a tyme her candell fell oute and the fyngers of her ryght hande gaue lyght to all that were aboute her when she was therfore the more honouryd of her systers she studyed to be therfore the more Meke obedyent And after when she was made abbesse no man can tell the almes that she gaue nor the prayers wepyngys that she vsyd aswell for her selfe as for the people on a tyme when she was with the quene she went in the nyghtys into the water was there in prayer And on a nyghte the quene seynge her goo furthe suspectyd it had ben for incontinence and folowyd whē she sawe her goo into the water sodēly she was astonyed went in maner oute of her mynde turnyd in agayne cryenge coulde take no reste tyll seynt Elfled prayed for her seyinge lorde forgyue her this offēse for she wiste not what she dyd And soo she was made hoole whē she was reprouyd as a waster of the goodys of the monasterye certeyn money that she had geuyn in almys by hyr prayer was put into the Baggys agayne when she had lyuyd many yerys in good lyfe she went to our lorde the fourth kalendas of Nouember aboute the yere of our Lourde .ix. C. and .lix. ¶ De sancto Elpheger archiep̄o martyre SEynt elphege was borne in Englōde and in his youthe he was so apte to lernynge of cōnynge vertue that his fader moder marueylyd at his capacyte let hym to scole and after his Faders deth he forsoke his enherytaūce and his moder that louyd hym tenderly he lefte And enteryd into relygyon at deherst and he prophyted to all men that he colde And those that he coulde not prophet to he studyed that he hurtyd theym not and after he cam to bathe where he lyuyd a merueylous lyfe of penaunce And there a great cōpany of Monkys anon resortyd vnto hym And when there was great varyaunce bytwyrte the clerkys and monkys for eleccyon of the busshope at wynchester seynt Andrew apperyd to seynt Dunstane and bad hym chose Elphegus And soo he was electyd And after when seynt Dunstane knewe he shulde dye he prayed to our lorde that Elphegus myght be his successour at caūterbury And so he was at this tyme Danys moche oppressyd this Realme And this blessyd man wolde preche to them the worde of god wolde redeme theym that were in captyuyte and fede theym that were oppressyd with hunger And after when the Cytie of Caunterbury was destroyed by Danys thrughe coūsell
yet conuerted seynge thyse myracles fell downe to the fete of Bennowe and desyred to be cristened so they were and then she was made a Nonne kept virginite accordynge to her auowe and gadered many virgyns after her mayster went fro her and euery yere she vsed to sende hym a certeyne pÌ„sent and lapped it in a lynnen cloth layde it in the sayd welle as her mayster had appoynted her to do and it was conueyed to hym fyftye myles in the water And yet the cloth was neuer wette and after her maysters deth by the wyll of our lorde she went to a place called Wyltheriacus and the Abbot there by spirit knewe her coÌ„myng and met her and brought her into the company of virgyns and made her the ruler of theym where our lord Ihesu criste appered to her and tolde her that her tyme drewe nere in the fourth nonas of Nouembre she yelded her spiryte to our lorde for whom hath ben shewyd many myracles and now she lyeth at Shrewesburye whether she was translated in the yere of our lorde a thousande a C. and .xxxviii. ¶ De sancta Wereburga virgine THe Quene Ermenylde moder to Seynt Wereburghe came by Lyny all descent fro seynt Ethelbert kynge of Kent that was conuerted by seynt Augustyne a goodly pedegre is therof in the Legende Wulferus was her fader This glorious virgyne despysynge all concupyssence and pleasures of the worlde entered into Relygyon at Ely vnder her Aunte seynt Ethel drede where she shewyd her selfe to be the very meke hand mayde of our lorde And when her fader was deed her broder Ethelredus made her to haue Rule of all the Monasteryes of Nonnes in Englande natwithstandynge she shewyd her selfe rather to be a mynystrice then a maystres enformynge theym that were vnder her rather by good â—â—mple then by coÌ„maundement her body beynge in Erth her mynde was in heuyn when she was in the mansyon of Wedun that is by Hampton certeyne fowles destroyed the corne wherfore she coÌ„maunded that they shuld be brought home and put in holde so they were on fote as though they coulde nat haue flowen in the mornynge when she had lycensyd theym to go away and one of the mynystres had hyde one of them Al the flocke came aboute the house where seynt Wereburgh was wolde nat away tyll she had caused theyr felowe to be delyuered then they went away wtout retournynge of theym or any of that kynde when she knewe that the tyme drewe nere that she shuld dye she wylled the where soeuer she dyed her body shuld be had to the Monastery of Hamburgense after in the .iii. nonas of February she went to our lorde when her body was brought to TrykenhmÌ„ was dylygently kept with the dores shet sodeynly all the coÌ„pany fell aslepe men of Hamburgense came to fet away the body accordyng to her wyll the dores flewe open so that they toke the body wtout resystence buryed it honorably where many myracles were shewyd for her by our lorde .ix. yere after her body clothes were founde vncorrupt so her body lay vncorrupt vnto the coÌ„myng of the Danes that her flesshe was incyuerate by the goodnes of god rather then her body shuld be vngoodly touched by the infydels her bones were after traÌ„slated to Chestre wher they lye at this daye ¶ De sancto Wylfryde EpÌ„o confessore SEynt Wylfryde was borne of noble blode in Englande and in his youthe he gaue nat hym selfe to lyghtnes and wantonnes but ordered hym selfe soberly in all thyngê nat vsyng any chydyng bacbytyng or stryfe and when he came to age of .xiiii. yeres he shewyd the Quene Elflede that his purpose was to leue the world to serue our lorde wherupon the quene sent hym to Lyndefernense where he associated hymself to a College of monkes there a sertayne tyme he seruyd our lorde After he went towarde Rome with seynt Benet Bysshop by the waye the bysshop of Lyons lyked hym so well that he wolde haue gyuen hym great possessions and haue maryed hym to his broders doughter but that he tolde hym that he hadde purposed a nother way of conuersacion And when the bysshop herde that he sent hym to Rome with great gyftê and there in the Churche of seynt Andrewe he prayed hertely for remyssion of his synnes that he myght haue wysedome and eloquence to vnderstande and shewe the worde of god And streyghtway he ê‘ceyued in hymself that a more quyknes of wytte was gyuen to hym then he had before and after he retourned into Englande where kynge Oswy gaue hym the churche of Rypon abiectynge the Scottes that wold nat kepe the right Ester and in tho dayes was great busynes in Englande for the kepynge of Ester and dyuerse coÌ„nynge men and also good men were of contrarie opynyons And somtyme when the kynge kept Estre the Quene kept Palme sonday whiche contrauersy at a great counseyll at Whytby was appesed by seynt Wylfryde with great reasons and Auctorytes in the yere of our lorde god .vi. hondred .lxiiii After he was made bysshop of yorke though he with al his power refused it and therupon by InstygacoÌ„n of the Quene the kynge Egfryde enformyd seynt Theodre archebysshop of Caunterbury so sore agaynst â—eynt Wylfryde that he by that wrongfull informacyon put hym out of his see then the kynge deuyded in it thre sees Lyndeâ—ernense Lagustaldens and Candyda casa whiche that tyme belongyd vnto Englonde wherfore he appelyd to Rome and when he was goynge thyder on the see the wynde droue hym into Frysya where he conuertyd many thousande people to the Feyth and there the grouÌ„de that before his commynge was drye and bareyne was aftre plenteuouse and fruteful And when he came to Rome he shewyd his cause so charytably that he neyther accusyd seynt Theodre ne yet omyttyd his owne Innocencye and when the 〈◊〉 agathone had herde all his aduersaryes he restoryd hym agayne to his see And when he shewyd to the Kynge the 〈◊〉 bullys He set them at nought and by the entysynge of the Quene he was with great derysyon put into pryson which he toke in great pacyence and there he helyd the kepers wyfe and when that keper was lothe to kepe hym ony lenger he was coÌ„myttyd to anoder â—ryson And there the fettoâ—rys wolde not abyde vppon hym And also â— deuyll enteryd into the quene whiche was thought was for the wronge that was doon to seynt wylfryde wherfore he was let goo And then by his prayer the Quene was made hoole After he coÌ„uertyd many of the Lordys and of the people in the countrey of westsaxons to the feythe where the Kynge of that Countrey was before conuertyd and very fewe of his people Also he conuerted the I le of wyght The kynge Egfryde was after slayne in Batayle which seynt Wylfrede sawe in vysyon as he was at Masse then seynt