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A07143	The rosarie of our Ladie. Otherwise called our Ladies psalter With other godlie exercises mentioned in the preface.	De Vos, M., artist.; Collaert, Jan, ca. 1540-1628, engraver.; Worthington, Thomas, 1549-1627.	1600 (1600)	STC 17546; ESTC S120319	41,059	148

glorification of her bodie in heauē where she enioying the perfect vision of God in the highest degree after her sonne of al creatures is established Quene of heauen and of al blessed Saincts and Angels adorned with so excellent à crowne as no earthly thing can expresse though often prefigured by diuers excellent things and persons but al infinitly inferior to the thing it self 1. Aue Maria. She is crowned Quene of al holie Cōfessors and holie Angels for that fhe in this life keeping in Matrimonial state Angelical puritie was blessed with fruite wherby mankind is redeemed 2. Aue Maria. She is crowned Q. of holie widowes and of Archangels who being saluted by an Archangel conceiued the sonne of God And afterward became an exāple and consolation of al faithful widows 3. Aue Maria. She is crowned Q. of virgins and Angelical Principalities vvho so farre excelled al others in virginal puritie as a Quene excelleth her subiects in princelie dignitie 4. Aue Maria. She is crowned Q. of al Religious Orders and of Angelical Potestats because she renouncing the vvorld and by vowe of virginitie excluding the ordinarie maner of conceiuing conceiued by the Holie Ghost our Redemer 5. Aue Maria. She is crowned Q. of Euangelists and of Angelical Powres for that she instructed euen the Euangelists in diuine Mysteries and conceiued and bare him vvho only is the author and vvorker of al miracles 6. Aue Maria. She is crowned Q. of al holie Bisshops and Postors and of Angelical Dominations because she by geuing her special assent to that the B. Trinitie had decreed brought into the vvorld the bread of life the true foode of soules 7. Aue Maria. She is crowned Q. of Patriarches and of the Angelical Thrones for that she by an ineffable meanes conceiued and nine moneths bare in her wombe the Sonne of God her owne also proper sonne 8. Aue Maria. She is crowned Q. of al holie Prophets and of the holie Cherubims for that she more perfectly knew al diuine Mysteries being the mother of God then any other mere creature vvhosoeuer 9. Aue Maria. She is crovvned Q. of al Christs Martyrs and Apostles and of the burning Seraphims for that she farre excelled them vvherin they excel the rest of Gods seruants in feruent charitie 10. Aue Maria. She therfore vvho excelled in grace al orders of men and Angels doth also excel the same in most high degree of glorie and is placed and crowned by her owne most excellent sonne the Quene of al creatures Omne iudic●●m dedit Filio quia Filius Hominis est CREDO IN DEVM BE thankful ô my soul to the most B. Trinitie one aeternal God who created thee after his owne Image to the end thou shouldest serue him and therby inherite his heauenly kingdome who also to redeme thee being through sinne become the bond slaue of the Diuel and guiltie of aeternal death and damnation sent his owne only Sonne the second Person of the same Holie Trinitie to take flesh of man and to be borne of à virgin to liue in pouertie labours tribulatiōs and worldlie miseries and finally to suffer the most ignominious and painful death of the Crosse who the third day rose againe for thy iustification the fourtith day folowing ascended into heauen for thy glorificatiō And after tenne dayes more sent the Holie Ghost the third Person of the same most B. Trinitie in visible signes to his Church thē beginning in Ierusalem to continue with the same Church to the end of the world that by his grace and operation thou and euerie soule shouldest be made partaker of these so great benefites so dearly purchased by our sweete Sauiour And in particular be thou most thankful for that by this grace of the Holie Ghost which thou by no meanes couldest deserue thou art now a mēber of the Catholike Church and therby partaker of diuers Sacramēts and other most holie Mysteries and of al the prayers and merites of the faithful in this world yea and of al the court of heauen By which graces also thou hast bene washed from thy sinnes iustified and sāctified and that not once only but often thy Redemer not hitherto suffering thee to die in thy sinnes as manie others haue done but stil offereth thee his grace and sweete pardon readie to receiue thee whē and how often soeuer thou doest truly conuert and sincerely wilt accept thereof euē at this instant except thou thy selfe repel the same from thee And finally so thou perseuere in his seruice to the end he wil geue vnto thee my soule shortly after death and to my bodie for thy sake in the general iudgement day when al flesh shal rise againe an inaestimable crowne of glorie and life euerlasting AMEN The Corone of our B. Ladie With certaine particular points to be meditated in saying the same In nomine Patris Filij ✚ Spiritus Sancti Amen BE mindful ô my soul of the Passiō of our Lord and of the Compassion of our Ladie his mother Suffer thou with them in this world that thou maist reigne with them in glorie In sudore vultus tui vesceris pane 〈◊〉 1. PATER NOSTER Certaine singular Priuilegies of the B. virgin Marie before her Natiuitie THE aeternal vvisdom of God ordayning before al vvorldes that Christ our Lord should be borne of a virgin die vpō a crosse and therby redeme mākind from the captiuitie of sinne and damnation into which we fel by the trāsgression of A dāordayned withal that there should be extant in the world at the time designed a certaine virgin excelling al other creatures euen the pure Angels in grace and sanctitie who should be the mother of this our Redemer And by cooperating with him to our saluation as old Eue had done with Adam to our fal and destructiō should do more then recompence the hurt of the former For as Adam was the proper and principal cause and Eue the next occasion of sinne and death so Christ is the only proper cause ād his mother the next occasion of grace and life Wherupon saieth sweete S. Bernard Albeit by one man in deede and one woman we were excedingly damaged yet God be thanked by one man and one woman al losses are repared And that not without great increase of graces For the benefite doth farre excede the losse Our merciful Father geuing vs for à terrestrial Adam Christ our Redemer and for old Eue Gods owne mother 1. Aue Maria. Our merciful Lord promiseth this singular virgin straight after the fal of man saying to the serpent I vvil put enmitie betvven thée and the vvomā betvven thy seede and her seede but she shal bruyse thy head in peeces 2. Aue Maria. The first woman being by sinne the mother of death yet is called EVA that is the mother of the liuing in figure of this blessed virgin ordayned to be the Mother of life 3. Aue Maria. Likwise Sara Rachael Anne Elizabeth and others being long barraine but afterwards

paradise to the penitent theefe And commend her selfe and his beloued disciple ech to other 8. Aue Maria. Againe she heareth him complaine that he is destitute of al temporal comforth op●●●ssed vvith thirst affirme that al is consum●ate and commend his spirite into the handes 〈◊〉 his Father 9. Aue Maria. An other great wound she seeth made ●n her sonnes side with à lance from whence issueth his last bloud and wa●er withal Neither doth she yet depart ●●om the Crosse 10. Aue Maria. She taketh the dead bodie into her ar●es Which when she hath à litle behol●en and washed with teares it is taken ●●om her againe buried shut vp and guar●ed that none may take it away Conseruat omnia verba haec conferens in corde suo 6. PATER NOSTER The actes of our Ladie from Christs Resurrection to her ovvne death and Assumption THE vvonderful Mysterie of Christs most sacred Passion being accomplished some busie in this sorte some in that sorte as they vvere very diuersly affected and almost al either doubting or altogether despairing of our Lords Resurrection onlie the most faithful virgin mother firmely beleeueth and assuredly expecteth her Sonnes Resurrection the third day Wherupon she retyring to her chamber after that she hath awhile meditated vpon the sacred vvoundes of her deare sonne and Lord and other torments by him suffered she turneth her cogitatiōs from that tragical act to thinke vvhat he now doth vvhere he is And so as vvel in the sepulche she adoreth him as God knowing that his humaine flesh albeit vvithout soul yet is continually vnited to his Godhead by vvhich it vvas assumpted as also in Limbo vvhere his soule by his excellent brightnes driuing away the wonted darknes triumpheth ouer death losseth the captiuitie of the old fathers and by his most glorious presence maketh that place vvhich hitherto vvas à prison to be to them as heauen or paradise 1. Aue Maria. The third day our Lord rising from death appeareth first of al to his deare mother who being neerest vnto him both by nature and grace best deserued that priuilege 2. Aue Maria. She often enioyeth his conuersation til his Ascension and then of al others is also most ioyful for his exaltation most assuredly beleeuing and hoping in him and aboue al desiring his glorie 3. Aue Maria. On Whitsunday al the faithful are replenished with the Holie Ghost but she most abundantly who by howe much she was more ful of grace before is so much more capable of increase therof 4. Aue Maria. The rest of her life being most free from al worldly cares and altogether attending to Gods seruice she passeth with the deuoutest Christians 5. Aue Maria. Whē the time drew nere that she should go to her sonne he first voutchsafeth her the sight of al his Apostles then liuing except S. Thomas who by special prouidence cometh after her death 6. Aue Maria. The Apostles and other Apostolical persons attending about her and Angels singing praises of God and of his mother she most sweetly yeldeth her ghost 7. Aue Maria. The Apostles lay the holie bodie with al solemitie in an honorable tumbe in Gethsemani Where quires of Angels do sing three dayes together 8. Aue Maria. After three dayes the Angels cease singing and Thomas the Apostle cometh who requesteth most instantly his felow Apostles that he may see and reuerence the sacred bodie 9. Aue Maria. They willing to do him this fauour open the tumbe but find nothing saue only the linnen wherin the bodie had ●ene wrapped and those yelding à most ●weete sauour 10. Aue Maria. Wherby these so notable eye witnes●es do vndoubtedly iudge that our ●ord who tooke flesh of this bodie ●ath raised and alreadie glorified and ●ssumpted the same into heauen Eta ergo ADVOCATA nostra illos tuos misericordes oculos ad nos conuerte PATER NOSTER The Coronation of the glorious virgin the mother of God SEeing the glorie of euerie Sainct in heauen is so great as no tongue can expresse nor the mind of man vnderstand for neither eye hath seene nor care hath beard neither hath it ascended into the hart of man vvhat things God hath prepared for them that loue him how much lesse can the glorie of the mother of God exalted aboue al the quires of Angels be vttered or conceiued by anie mortal man But shal we therfore be silent and say nothing at al therof shal we also cease to thinke and meditate therof because it so farre surmounteth both our sense and vnderstanding No in no wise can we ●e so excused but so much the more we are bound to reioice and as we can ●seing we can not as we would vtter forth the praises of the mother of mercie mother of grace mother of life mother of glorie mother of God now ●eigning Quene of heauen whom also ●l generatiōs of the faithful in earth do cal ●lessed deuoutly serue religiously honour euery where preach magnifie and humbly beseke to obtaine for vs al things behooful for our saluation 1. Aue Maria. She is crowned Quene of al holie Confessors widowes and Virgins And of the Orders of Angels Archangels and Principalities 2. Aue Maria. She is crowned Quene of al holie Religious persons Pastors and Bishops And of the Angelical Potestates Powers and Dommations 3. Aue Maria. She is crowned Quene of al holie Patriarkes Prophets Martyrs and Apostles And of the Thrones Cherubims and Seraphims And of al created persons Credo in Deum BE thankful therfore ô my soul to the most blessed Trinitie who for thee and for al mankind hath not only sent the Sonne of God IESVS CHRIST à new and heauenlie Adam to redeme the world from the thraldome into which we fel through the old terestrial Adam but also vvheras our old mother Eue was in à sort the cause or occasion of our ruine by suggesting to Adam that sinne which was our vniuersal destruction hath bestowed vpon vs à new and most blessed woman the immaculate virgin MARIE who in like sort is à meanes of our saluation by cooperating with our Sauiour in diuers Mysteries of our Redemption and by continual intercession for vs to her Sonne much more profiting vs by ech of these waies then the other woman did vs harme And to thee ō most sacred virgin what thankes shal I render for thy exceding great benignitie and goodnes towards me and the whole world Or with what praises shal I a poore wrech extol thee whose incomparable excellencie as à shadowe may resemble à bodie or à figure signifie à truth was long before thy birth represented by the brightnes of the sea starre by the bewtie of the moone the clearnes of the sune the bush burning and not consuming Aarons rodde Gedeons wool-fleece the looking glasse without blemish the fountaine of the gardens the welspting of liuing water the garden iuuironed the lilie of the valley the palme tree in Cades the rose in Ierico the bewtiful Oliue the high Cedar