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A73774
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Here begynneth a lytell treatyse of the dyenge creature enfected with sykenes vncurable with many sorowfull complayntes.; Dyenge creature.
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STC 6033.5; ESTC S113427
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desyre you to this occupacyon / for and ye twayne wolde denye to saye for me I thynke I shall fall in dyspayre for on whome to call after socour I wote not / and to put my selfe in prees as a poore naked best vnclothed of vertue and repleted with vyces naked of grace and in myn owne defaute and to come to the presence of the kynge of all kynges and vnpouruayed of all thynges that wolde accorde with his moost ryall and Imperyall estate I dare not take it vpon me I sholde be in suche drede fere I sholde not con ne dare not speke for my selfe for I haue prayed my good aungell to speke for me and he hath denyed it I haue called vpon Reason Drede and Conscyens they haue answered me full heuyly that they be loth to accuse me and exscuse me they can not / alledgeth many a grete resonable cause why that I can not saye nay to I haue called vpon my seruauntes whiche were take me to rewle and gouerne as I wolde answere for them / and they answere me ryght sorowfully saye yf they sholde saye ony good worde for me they sholde not saye trouth of me casteth to me that peryll that no body wolde gyue credence vnto them yf they wolde saye well on me but call theym flaterers fals dyssymulours and flaterers of synne Alas alas I haue heuyly dyspēded my longe lyfe that in all this longe tyme haue not purchased me One frende to speke for me had our lorde of his moost ample grace ordeyned me unmedyatly after my crystendome to haue dyed forth with I myght saye I had be borne in a gracyous houre But wolde it please your goodnes to speke for me and vnderstande whether I shall haue hardynes to make a byll to the blessyd lady and moost holy vyrgyn that euer was and she that dysdayneth not nor denyeth not sȳnard sȳners whan they call after grace Notwithstandynge her chastyte and her pure virgynyte excelleth all other virgyns Now good go your waye lette me wete how I shall spede for all this tyme I lyue in suche drede fere that me were better dye anone than lyue ony lenger in the drede that I am in And also I haue so grete drede fere of the ryghtwysnes of almyghty god that I am almoost deed for fere For reason drede conscyence sayd to me full shortly that the hyghe Iuge wolde not be percyall nor he wolde not be corrupte with good but he wyll mynyster to me Iustyce certaynly but and he atteyneth to mynystre to me Iustyce without fauour I wyll appele to his mercyes certaynly for other remedy is ther̄ none par de Origene our blessyd lady helpe Thyofull / syr Emery how sholde they haue done ne the moder of mercy had ben many another synner that her grace hath holpe She is quene of heuen lady of the worlde and empresse of hell / and saynge to her sone cryst Ihesu hath dyed suffred so tourmentous a deth in her owne syght to her grete socour and motherly compassyon I hope she wolde be loth that theke precyous passyon sholde be loste in ony creature that her blessyd sone suffred so pacyently ¶ The answere of fayth hope to the dyenge creature HAue ye none acqueyntaunce wyth our brother Charyte we meruayle that ye haue not spoken of hym in all this tyme / for and ye were Ioyned with vs twayne your message sholde be the more acceptably herde manyfolde ¶ The lamentable complaynt of the dyenge creature to fayth hope and charyte CErtaynly I haue but lytell deled with hym I was neuer conuersaunt with hym that me repenteth now / for I fele by you twayne that he may do moche in the hygh courte I haue more deled with vengeaunce than I haue with charyte / for I wolde haue ben auenged vpon euery man by my wyll whan the people had slayne my chyldren my kyn my frendes robbed spoyled my selfe certaynly I wolde haue ben a wroke ryght fayne and I had had power to my wyll but though my power were lytell certaynly I haue hated them and wylled them to haue ben done to as they haue done to me / and wel I wote that is not the ordre of charyte But now I hertely crye god mercy our blessed lady you holy charyte of the that myn enemyes here afore god oure blessed lady you thre I forgyue them all that they haue done agaynst me / wyl not be auenged thought I myght And I pray you holy charyte thoughe it were longe or I were acqueynted with you be not the lother to doo for me I sore repente me that I haue thus vnresonably vnwyttyngely absented me frome you hertely I crye you mercy / praye