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A07575 The helpe and grace of almighty god ...; Festial Mirk, John, fl. 1403? 1493 (1493) STC 17960; ESTC S100722 238,982 226

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t●●●_n on_o thenne_n he_o make_v great_a sorrow_n and_o mourning_a that_o he_o be_v come_v so_o f●●re_o and_o may_v not_o speed_n of_o his_o purpose_n thenne_fw-fr criste_fw-fr take_v a_fw-fr clothe_v of_o the_o peynter_n and_o wipe_v his_o face_n therewith_o and_o thenne_n be_v the_o form_n of_o his_o face_n thereon_o and_o thenne_v the_o peynter_n bear_v it_o to_o the_o king_n thenne_n be_v the_o king_n wonder_v glad_a and_o die_v it_o great_a reverence_n with_o all_o his_o herte_n thenne_fw-fr after_o cristis_fw-la ascension_n thomas_n of_o ind_n by_o the_o assent_n of_o the_o apostle_n be_v send_v to_o this_o king_n abagarus_n and_o when_o he_o see_v
toward_o rome_n then_o say_v vespasian_n i_o be_o glad_a thereof_o for_o i_o have_v herd_n say_v that_o there_o be_v many_o great_a leche_n in_o that_o country_n wherefore_o i_o will_v well_o that_o thou_o can_v heel_n i_o and_o if_o thou_o do_v not_o heel_n i_o thou_o shall_v be_v deed_n then_o aunsweryd_v he_o and_o say_v i_o be_o no_o leche_n my_o selue_fw-mi but_o he_o that_o he_o lie_v all_o seek_v and_o reyse_v the_o deed_n to_o live_v he_o may_v heel_n the_o and_o if_o it_o be_v his_o will_n who_o be_v that_o say_a vespasian_n sir_n say_v he_o iesu_fw-la of_o nazereth_n that_o the_o jew_n slay_v and_o if_o thou_o will_v believe_v in_o he_o thou_o shall_v have_v all_o that_o thou_o will_v desire_v and_o be_v hole_n then_o say_v vespasian_n i_o believe_v very_o as_o thou_o saifte_n that_o he_o may_v heel_n i_o that_o reyse_v man_n from_o dethe_v to_o lyf_v and_o anon_o with_o that_o word_n he_o be_v hole_n then_o be_v he_o glad_a that_o he_o be_v hole_n then_o anoon_n he_o send_v a_o man_n to_o the_o emperor_n of_o rome_n and_o gate_n licen●e_v and_o leave_v to_o distroye_v the_o cyte_n of_o jerusalem_n and_o he_o gadr_v a_o great_a multitude_n of_o people_n and_o tytus_fw-la that_o be_v his_o oune_n soon_o with_o he_o and_o go_v to_o jerusalem_n thenne_n in_o the_o mean_n while_n that_o he_o besegyd_v the_o cyte_n the_o emperor_n die_v &_o thenne_n he_o be_v choose_v emperor_n and_o turn_v again_o to_o rome_n and_o leave_v tytus_fw-la his_fw-la soon_o there_o to_o distroye_v the_o cyte_n then_o tytus_fw-la lie_v so_o sore_o to_o the_o cyte_n that_o he_o 〈◊〉_d famyssh_v theym_a in_o somoche_n that_o they_o eat_v their_o shine_v and_o their_o bote_n and_o the_o fader_fw-mi take_v mete_v fro_o the_o soon_o and_o the_o soon_o from_o the_o fader_fw-mi and_o either_o take_v it_o from_o other_o mouth_n the_o husbond_n from_o the_o wyf_v the_o wyf_v fro_o the_o husbonde_n then_o emonge_o all_o other_o there_o be_v a_o woman_n of_o great_a birth_n and_o be_v come_v of_o gentyll_a bloodde_n and_o haddde_v a_o young_a child_n and_o for_o hungre_n she_o say_v my_o dear_a child_n i_o have_v suffer_v more_o peyne_a for_o the_o than_o than_o evyr_n thou_o dedyste_v for_o i_o wherefore_o it_o be_v more_o reason_n that_o i_o ease_v my_o hungre_n on_o the_o thanne_n though_o i_o die_v and_o thou_o also_o &_o so_o take_v her_o child_n and_o slay_v it_o and_o rosiyd_v halue_fw-mi of_o it_o and_o keep_v half_a till_o on_o the_o morrow_n and_o so_o as_o the_o flesh_n rosiyd_v the_o savour_n go_v into_o the_o cytee_n ▪_o and_o whanne_v the_o people_n feel_v the_o savoure_n they_o wean_v there_o have_v be_v plenty_n of_o meet_a and_o come_v to_o have_v have_v part_n and_o thenne_v this_o woman_n will_v have_v hide_v it_o but_o they_o say_v they_o will_v see_v whatt_n meet_v she_o have_v and_o thenne_n she_o bring_v it_o forth_o and_o shewyd_v it_o and_o say_v 'loo_o here_o i_o have_v rosiyd_v my_o own_o child_n &_o here_o be_v the_o other_o half_a against_o to_o morrow_n thenne_n the_o people_n be_v agrevyd_v thereof_o and_o all_o amaze_a of_o that_o sight_n &_o go_v forth_o leve_v the_o woman_n et_a of_o her_o child_n thenne_n hungre_n increase_v so_o grete_o that_o there_o die_v within_o the_o cytee_n so_o thick_a that_o they_o cast_v the_o body_n ovir_n the_o wall_n out_o of_o the_o cyte_n into_o dyche_n and_o so_o fill_v the_o dyche_n full_a of_o deed_n body_n and_o the_o stynche_n smite_v forth_o into_o the_o country_n and_o enfectyd_v the_o people_n great_o ¶_o thenne_n so_o at_o the_o last_o great_a ●ede_n make_v theym_a to_o yield_v up_o the_o cytee_n thenne_fw-fr tytus_fw-la go_v in_o with_o his_o host_n and_o right_o as_o the_o jew_n sell_v criste_n for_o thirty_o pen_n so_o in_o like_a wise_n he_o sell_v thirty_o jew_n for_o one_o penny_n and_o turn_v the_o cyte_n up_o side_n down_o in_o somoche_n that_o they_o leave_v not_o a_o stone_n stond_v upon_o a_o other_o but_o destroy_v it_o to_o the_o uttermost_a part_n lo_o thus_o may_v you_o see_v though_o god_n almyghtye_a abide_v and_o suffer_v long_o he_o smit_v sore_o at_o the_o last_o and_o take_v great_a vengeance_n on_o theym_n that_o be_v lusty_a to_o shed_v cristen_v man_n blood_n ¶_o wherefore_o every_o cristen_v man_n and_o woman_n amend_v he_o selue_fw-mi pra_v to_o this_o holy_a appostyll_o to_o be_v mediatoure_n bitwene_fw-mi god_n and_o theym_a that_o they_o may_v have_v ve●y_a repentance_n in_o their_o herte_n here_o with_o shryfte_n of_o mouth_n and_o satisfactyon_n in_o deed_n do_v that_o we_o may_v come_v to_o the_o bliss_n that_o nevir_n shall_v have_v end_v amen_o de_fw-fr invencione_fw-la sancte_fw-la crucis_fw-la good_a friend_n such_o a_o day_n you_o shall_v have_v the_o invention_n of_o the_o holy_a cross_n but_o you_o shall_v not_o fast_a the_o evyn_n but_o comme_fw-fr to_o god_n and_o to_o holy_a church_n as_o cristen_v people_n shall_v do_v in_o worship_n of_o he_o that_o die_v on_o the_o cross_n thenne_n you_o shall_v understond_v 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thenne_n he_o set_v this_o branch_n on_o his_o fader_n grave_a as_o the_o angel_n bid_v he_o do_v the_o which_o branch_n growyd_v there_o till_o solomon_n be_v king_n and_o he_o make_v to_o fall_v it_o down_o for_o it_o be_v fair_a to_o the_o werke_n of_o the_o temple_n butt_v it_o will_v not_o accord_v with_o the_o werk_n of_o his_o temple_n solomon_n make_v to_o cast_v it_o down_o to_o the_o earth_n and_o be_v hide_v there_o unto_o the_o tyme._n that_o the_o busshoppe_n of_o the_o temple_n lete_fw-la make_v a_o wayre_a in_o the_o same_o place_n there_o as_o the_o tree_n lie_v to_o wasshe_v in_o sheep_n that_o be_v offer_v to_o the_o temple_n then_o whanne_v this_o wayre_n be_v make_v they_o call_v it_o in_o their_o langage_fw-fr probatica_fw-la piscina_fw-la to_o the_o water_n come_v a_o angel_n certeyn_a time_n from_o hevyn_n and_o do_v warship_n to_o the_o tree_n that_o lie_v in_o the_o ground_n of_o the_o wayre_n and_o mevyd_v the_o water_n and_o what_o man_n or_o woman_n that_o 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croces_fw-la y●_z the_o thevy_v be_v hang_v in_o either_o side_n of_o criste_n and_o bury_v theym_n deep_a in_o their_o the._n for_o cristen_v people_n shall_v not_o wit_n where_o they_o be_v d●d●_n for_o to_o do_v it_o worship_n and_o there_o ●_o lie_v a_o year_n and_o more_o unto_o the_o time_n that_o elyn_n the_o emp●ce_n mother_fw-mi of_o constantyne_n gadr_v great_a people_n to_o fight_v with_o maxencius_fw-la ●●te_fw-la a_o great_a water_n ovir_n the_o which_o water_n lie_v a_o great_a bridge_n for_o desceyte_n of_o constantyne_n maxencius_fw-la lete_fw-la make_v a_o trey_n hope_a for_o to_o have_v disceyve_v constantyne_o that_o he_o shall_v have_v fall_v into_o the_o