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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A08190	Saynt Nycholas of tolle[n]tyne		1525 (1525)	STC 18528; ESTC S104420	7,861	18

her sone and wete it in water / and anone he sholde amende And as he was cōmaūded in his slepe he dyde whā he waked trustȳge in almyghty god the blessed vyrgyn mary and saynt Austyn to be heled / so he was lctō v. THis blessyd saynt Nycholas punysshed his flesshe his body with grete hardnes correccyon And for more correccyon he ware moost often chaynes of yron And also softe easy beddes syttynges softe and easy clothes raymentes he euer refused He laye vpon chaffe the whiche he thoughte was to easy for his body Also the clothes the he ware was sharpe course and harde and often chafed his body in many places Also in hym was grete stedfastnes / for on a tyme whan he was entysed counsaylled of a certayne ryche kynnesman of his / that he sholde leue so sharpe harde a lyfe and go backe to an other place the he coude gete him to where he myght lyue more plenteously / and more delycyously saynt Nycholas euer refused it vtterly with a stronge mynde in god / for he coude neuer bowe his mynde therto His mekenes obedyence was excedynge without mesure / for not alonely to his superyour / but also to his euenall and his inferyor He was obedyent in goodnes and suffred them all He had to all folke a synguler and a meruaylous pyte and charyte / namely to poore folke / and nedy / to theym that were in ony trouble or sekenes / whome often he vysyted conforted whan he was very seke and weyke hymselfe Somtyme he comforted them releued them with wordes and somtyme he exhorted theym to kepe pacyence with good doctryne of scrypture And somtyme he refresshed theym with bodely fode and clothynge euery man after his nede Also he caused thrughe his swete exortacyon and grete dyly gence many men that he knewe had rychesse to do the same too the poore and nedy Whan this blessed saynte Nycholas had knowledge of ony folkes synnes or fautes eyther by preuy confessyon / or by ony otherwyse he was so sory that he wolde wepe and praye for them and punysshed his body sore with fastes and correccyon to gete them forgyuenes and grace to amende themselfe and to contynue in goodnes This blessed saynt Nycholas was pale of face shamefast and gladde / and mery of countenaunce / of a smothe and fayre flesshe / and kynde to euery body And he was moost myse / redy / and dylygente to ony thynge that he sholde do that was good goodly Lctō .vi. ALso this blessed saynt Nycholas sayd masse euery daye / but he neuer sayd masse but he was clene shryuen afore / ne there can no tongue tell the deuocyon that he had euer and in especyall at masse / for the streyght of his masse was so spedy towardes god that on a tyme whan he wente to a place called Pethaurus in a certayne wyldernesse by the waye and layde hym downe vpon the grounde for fayntnes / and was halfe a slepe there appered vnto hym the soule of a certayne man whome saynt Nycholas knewe well ynoghe and loued in his lyfe / the whiche prayed hym instauntly that he wolde saye masse for hym / the whiche sholde not delyuer and do profyte alonely to hym but also it sholde profyte vnto innumerable other soules the whiche soules were in a certayne playne there nye by that he shewed to saynt Nycholas / where they were punysshed and tormented with greuous paynes / and that same soule the whiche was comen vnto saynt Nycholas for socoure and helpe was also tormented with them with the same selfe tormentes that they hadde And euen so it was done ¶ For seuen dayes after this blessed saynt Nycholas had done the masse he sawe than in his slepe the same soule in grete infynyte Ioy and myrthe thankynge saynt Nycholas entyerly besechynge hym that thrughe his helpe the other grete innumerable multytude of soules myght be delyuered from theyr greuous paynes / and that they myght come to heuen to euerlastynge Ioye and gladnesse Feria ij lec j. THe custome of syngynge of this blessed saynte was euer to be besy so that he slepte neuer a nyght almost / but prayed contynually / and the daye also / saue whā he was besy eyther in refresshynge his body with mete or drynke / the whiche he toke full soberly and full seldome as it is shewed before / or elles in herynge confessyons or doyenge other necessary thynges that were good and vertuous He prayed with so grete stedfastnes and entencyon was eleuate fyrmly set with so grete attendement vehemente of deuocyon that he semed holely rauysshed in god / vtterly delyuered done of fro man / nor there was nothynge so hygh and grete to obteyne but with the excelente delyte besynes as who sayth with soo hote affeccyon hyghe deuocyan of his moost stedfast prayers this blessed saynt obteyned it gate it lctō .ij. FOr the whiche namely he vsed a certayne oratory praynge place Ioyned fast by an aulter where nowe his moost holy bones are rest Also in his celle laye a stone the whiche he kneled vpon / another the he lened his armes vpon whan he was so wery that he coude in no wyse holde theym vp no lenger / and wynter and somer kneeled on the colde stones lectio iij. HErof the fendes had grete dyspyte so that they cesed not alonely to tempte hym with dyuers temptacyons / but also they seynge that they coude in no wyse cause hym to consente to no maner suggestyons of temptacyons / sette agaynste hym open bataylle / and vexed hym with moost sharpest rebukes / threttes vexacyons and sore woundes More ouer more Inwardly and hardly than a man can thynke ¶ And more ouer on a tyme whan this blessed saynt Nycholas amended his garmentes the deuylles toke it awaye frome hym bycause his prayer was of soo grete effecte / they wolde haue caused hym to leue of his prayer / and muse on thynges vnprofytable to his soule the whiche this blessed saynt Nycholas knewe ryght well bycause of his good lyuȳge mooste grete payne in resystynge temptacyon the whiche two thynges good lyuinge and forsakynge the consentynge of temptacion for the same cause another tyme they put out his lampe cast it on the grounde and brake it lctō iiij ALso oftentymes these forsayde deuylles made grete noyses in his celle houlynge abhomynably / bycause his prayers was of so grete effecte / made russhynge claterynge of stones / and crackynge of the tymbre as all the celle shold haue fallen downe And forall this they seynge that they coude not in no wyse let hym of his prayer / nor ones too make hym to loke asyde for he thought on god And ones he sayd yf it be tēptacyon I wyll praye moche more to haue grace to with stande it yf it be goddes sonde I wyll praye feruentely to

haue mercy and grace for I care not what payne come to my body so it be to the helthe of my soule And the deuylles seynge that they coude not let hym but he prayed more and more / they came in at his dore with huge and oryble lokes ferefull noyses / rorynges and cryenges And they scorged hym so gretely bette hym so fyersly that many days after the markes of the whyppes scorges appered in all the partes of his body Lectio v. THe whiche also another tyme they dydde vnto hym in his celle dore where they mette hym by nyght goynge to his oratory / they chydde hym ouerthrewe hym greuously to the grounde And euer whan he wolde haue rysen vp they bete hym downe agayne and hurte him ryght sore / and made so grete noyse that the freres herde it and rose from theyr beddes And as they knewe the horryble batayle of this holy man they toke hym vp as deed and bare hym too his bedde And therof this blessed saynt Nycholas was soo feblysshed that euer after he was lame And lyke wyse we rede that it happened soo to saynt Anthony abbot This thynge was of gret proue holynes / that he was good whiche the deuylles hated so / dyde so grete payne and persecucyon that he was a martyr ghostly lectio vi THese wycked deuylles also had greate enuy of saynt Nycholas good bretherne of the bryghtnes of his moost holy lyfe / fro whome as they knewe wel came so bryght bemes of vertue that chased all derkenes of deedly synne and lyghtynge with good ensample / and gloryfyed all holy chyrche bothe ferre brode Also thrughe the grete counsayll of god it fortuned that this blessed saynt Nycholas sawe a meruaylous vysyon of a starre the fyrste appered vnto hym whan he was a slepe as there were a grete multytude of people vpon it so that hȳ thought it stratched fro the towne that he was borne in / vnto Tollentyne where after he deseased At laste it appered vnto hym more oftener / whan he was awaked euer it wente afore hym to an aulter that stode by his oratory that he prayed in Feria iij. lctō j. WHan this blessed saynte Nycholas turned his backe to go fro the aulter the starre vanysshed away / the whiche whan this vertuous father vnderstode many yeres afore his dethe cōmaunded that his body sholde be buryed there whan he shall departe and that no mā sholde take it fro thens Also by this vysyon playnly god wolde it sholde be sygnyfied that the moost bryghtest clerenes of his moost holy lyfe and the bryghtnes of his grete deserues shewed eueuery where the ful constaunt shyninge bryghtnes of his grete and innumerable myracles sholde lyghten sprynge out at the aulter where by the vysyon of god wolde he sholde be buryed HEre shall be shewed the myracles of this blessed saȳt bryefly There was a certayn womā that euer whā she conceyued the chylde was borne or the tyme / she toke grete sorowe confessed herselfe with grete waylynges wepynges / betoke herselfe to hym do what he wolde with her / mekely besechynge hym too praye for her / for it was vtterly agaȳst her wyl And this blyssed saynt Nycholas soo prayed for her vnto god that euer after she had good delyueraunce ¶ The same woman had a lytyll doughter that had so greuous a swellynge vnder her chȳne that it must nedes be cut not without grete peryll And yet this blyssed saynt Nycholas thrughe his prayer yelded her safe soūde to her mother lcō iij. ALso this blyssed saynt Nycholas delyuered an other woman the whiche thrughe trauayll .viij. dayes tofore was greuously payned vnto dethe Also he heeled another woman fro grete payne that she had in her eyen in her heed in her face swellynge / thrughe the besechynge of her sone to saynt Nycholas that knewe than his vertue Also another chylde that fel in the fyre the handes the armes was so sore brēned that the fyngers grewe togyder / whiche was heeled thrughe the prayers of saynt Nycholas lctō iiij IN lykewyse he heled another womans sone that fell also in to the fyre brent all his face lost his syght And also he gaue another woman her sight that had two grete eyen they stared out and yet she coude not se Also another woman had so grete disease in her eyen that she coude not se at all And she had bothe leches and charmes for the same cause / and whan they hadde done the beste that they coude she was neuer the better but had more sorowe / for she lost bothe her wytte naturall strengthe / but by the prayers of this blessyd saynt Nycholas she had perfyte syght and strength lctō v. ALso it is to be noted that he perfytely heeled an other woman that was so often vexed with so grete need ache that she myght nother heere nor se ¶ Also he perfytely heled a woman of the blody flyxe / whome no leche nor medycyne coude helpe Also he perfytely heled a womans breste that was sore hurte Also he fully heled a certayne relygyous man of his ordre that was brusten sore vexed withall Also he heled perfytely another that had loste the strength of all the lefte syde of his body / and that fote of his lefte syde And also another that was moost greuously vexed with heed ache many other he delyuered fro moost greuous and ferefull axes Also he fully heled another man that hewed blockes cut the shynnes of his legges with so grete stroke that all the leches sayd playnly that there was no hope at all that euer he sholde be heled lctō vi THis saynt Nycholas also knewe afore and proued full many thynges by the holy ghost Al●o a poore woman gaue hym a certayne of floure for almesse / he lefte some of it / and she had that lytyll home in her vessell / and it was so encreased whā she sholde occupye it by myracle that it was moche more than euer it was Also at masse whan there was water brought hym and he lacked wyne / by his prayer the water was torned in to good wyne Also partryges was brought hym deer and rosted / he cōmaunded them to flee and they had fethers and lyfe / flewe forth with all as well as euer they dyd Also by his prayer he made a stone hole agayne the kynge afore the crucyfyxe with yron chaynes fell vpon his heed Also by his prayer he made hole another stone that a grete blacke byrde lyke a kyte dyde breke / whan there was a counsayll taken in the cloyster of Tollentyne too make a pyt and wyte where it myght best be done thrughe the prayers of this holy man it is sothe that in the top of a certayne rede the water sprange vp / by the whiche token they vnderstode playnly that there it was best to dygge it ¶ In translatio sctī Nicolai Lectio j. ALso this greate myracle is to be had in mynde that whan this pytte was in dyggynge a greate quaue began bothe in the pytte in the foundacyon of that chyrche And whan this blyssed saynt prayed wepynge the grounde was sad sure / so that there was no fere fallynge Whan that this moost holy man shone with so grete myracles at the laste god ordeyned to call hym vnto hym / and whan the ende of his lyfe drawed nye he herde by nyght before matyns tyme the moost swetest aungelles the which abode contynually .vi. monethes before his dethe lctō ij THis blessed saynt Nycholas had so grete delyte in the herynge of them that he brennynge for that desyre of another lyfe and ceased not to saye with saynt Paule I desyre and coueyte to be departed to be with cryste / for than I were surer And openly he sayd vnto them that were present that the tyme of his dethe was nye / the whiche h e toke with so grete mekenes and deuocyon that they meruayled that stode by / namly whan they sawe hym with so grete mekenes askynge theym forgyuenes for all that he had trespassed them He wente with so grete Ioye gladnes that he was sene stonde euer by the heuenly company of aungelles / and it was no meruayll bycause our sauyoure Iesu cryste appered to hym with his blyssed mother vyrgyn / saynt Austyn his aduouryes confortynge hym sayenge / well thou be thou good seruaunt and true come in to the Ioye of thy god c. ¶ Thus endeth the lyfe of saynt Nycholas of Tollentyne Enprynted at London in Fletestrete at the sygne of the sonne by Wynkyn de worde Wynkyn de Worde