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
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
many yerê tyll seynt Osith apê‘ed to asmythe bad hym remoue her relykê fro Aylesbury to ChycheÌ„sen so he dyd the bysshop of LoÌ„don layd them iÌ„ a goodly Shryne the bysshop of Rochester there beyng pÌ„sent was helyd of a sykenes that he had longe tyme had Shypmen had stollyn a pece of Marble of the porche of seynt Osithes Churche theyr shyp was made vnmouable tyll they coÌ„fessyd the trespas brought it agayne she helyd a woman that was contract and a childe that was dombe and deffe De sancta Osmanna virgine SEynt OsmanÌ„ was of noble blode in Irlande and fro her youth in her herte secretly as a chosyn vessell of almyghty god she byleued in the faythe her Father moder beynge gentyles And when they sawe that by no compulcion they coulde remoue her fro the faythe of our lorde Ihesu criste they thought to marye her so that by that way she shuld forget our lord his beleue hate cristen men she ê‘ceyuynge that fled with one mayde ouer the see into a wodde by the Ryuer of Lygerim where she lyued with rotes leuys of trees and made her clothes of Russhes longe grasse and she was founden by a wylde bore that fledde to her for socour when she was hunted by a bysshoppes seruauntes And when they wolde haue kylled the bore theyr knyues wolde nat entre into his flesshe and then they went to the bysshop tolde hym they were by wytchyd wherupon the bysshop went to her fouÌ„de her very stedfast in the fayth And she sayd to hym that she desyred nothynge more then to be cristened wherof the Bysshop was veray glad when she was made Cathecumynablyde maÌ„ receyued his syght And then the bysshop left with her a seruaunt to be her gardener that she myght haue Erbes to lyue with and the deuyll moued that man to say oftymes euyll wordes vnto her to angre her therwith and promysed hym a great rewarde therfore when he had assented he was sodeynly stryken blynde so he came to repentauÌ„ce The sone of the Quene of spayne cursed his moder whiche was a pagan bycause she prohibyted hym to gyue almes therfore he loste bothe his speche his syght and the quene seyng that for sorowe fell out of her mynde and by seynt OsmaÌ„ne they were both made hole and so full of great myracles she went to our lorde the fyfth Ide of Septembre De sancto Osmundo Episcopo confessore SEynt Osmunde was bysshop of Salysbury and in his youth he put hym selfe to lernynge and to kepe the coÌ„maundementes of the Faders he was of the kynges blode and dayly in presence of his prynce yet he wolde here the causes of pore men Pupillis and wydowes He gaue great almes to pore folke and endowed the Churche with great possessions abiectyng hymself vtterly fro all temporall thynges and he that wyll accompt his lyfe by ordre one thynge after a nother shall playnely se that our lorde alwayes ledde hym by the streyght pathe gyuynge vnto hym the coÌ„nynge of ê‘feccion wherby he myght deserue the kyngdome of heuyn and so at the laste as an approued seruaunt and faythfull werker in the vyneyarde of our Lorde wysely expendynge his talentes he was coÌ„mauÌ„ded to entre into the Ioye of his lord yeldyng his soule to heuyn the daye byfore the nonas of Decembre and was buryed at Salysburye A childe that was drowned at Salysburye at the tumbe of seynt Osmunde was restored to lyfe agayne On a nyght a Clerke called Thomas that as he thought went to bedde in good helth when he awoke of his slepe he felt his senewes dryed vp and one of his legges drawen vp to his buttockes and the thirde nyght after that he had prayed for helth at seynt Osmunde stumbe he thought in his slepe that he saâ—e seynt Osmunde appere vnto hym and that he toke hym by the fote drewe his legge streight in the mornynge he was perfyghtly hole he was Canonysed by Pope Calixt the thirde in the yere of our Lorde god CCCClvi at whiche Canonisacion the 〈◊〉 beynge of great decrepyt age and in great feblenes sodeynly was made stronge and all men meruaylynge that knewe his feblenes he mynystred solemply the dyuyne seruyce and other thynges necessarye in his owne person and for this blessyd man our lorde hath shewed many and innumerable myracles ¶ De sancto Oswaldo Archiepiscopo SEynt Oswalde in his youth eschewyd all wantonnes and gaue hymselfe to werkes of perfeccion after he coÌ„mytted to his vnkle Odo archebysshop of Caunterbury to lerne coÌ„nynge and good maners when he had opteyned great connynge in scripture he was made Chanon at Wynchestre and after dean And when he coulde nat remoue they there fro theyr olde euyll Customes he went to Floriacum where seynt Benet lyeth there he was made monke and profyted moche in vertue The deuyl appered to hym as he was in prayer and made dyuers fereful noyses to haue made hym cease of prayer somtyme rored lyke a Lyon somtyme lyke a serpent and he stronge in the fayth feryd hym nothynge and the deuyll seyng that went away and came agayne lyke an Aungell of lyght wherfore anon he made the sygne of the Crosse knowynge verayly that if it were a good Aungell it wold nat discontent hym and if it were a wycked spirite he myght nat abyde it and so it proued for the deuyll seynge the sygne of the Crosse vanysshed awaye lyke smoke He was of lytell slepe sobre in dyete discrete in spekynge and busy in prayenge how pacyenthe was meke sobre and benyuolent in clene pure charyte is aboue mannes estymacion to shewe Seynt Odo herynge his fame was veray glad and thankynge our Lorde sent for hym aswel bycause he was in great age as to instructe other in reguler disciplyne wherfore they of Floriacum were veray sory yet bycause they durste nat disobey so holy a Father they sent hym ouer and byfore he came to CauÌ„terbury the Archebysshop was deed thenne he went to his vnkle Oskyltellus at Dorchester and when he was made Archebysshop of yorke seynt Oswalde by meanes of seynt DunstanÌ„ was put into the rule at Dorchestre at westbury he gathered .xii. monkes and instructed them with holsome monycions set theym a warke to watche faste praye after he had made a Monastery where the Erle Aylwyn by monycion of an Aungell had made a Chapell the Erle gaue vnto that Monastery great possessyons an abbot that was of seynt Oswaldes makynge feruent in his relygion but euer moche harde cruell to his subiectes dyed as he lay on the bere he toke his spirite agayne reysed hym selfe vp sayd he was ledde to Iugement by seynt Benet that by the prayers of seynt Oswalde his synÌ„es were forgyuen hym shewyd them that were there present that he was reuyued agayne to shewethe holynes of seynt Oswalde and so he was howselâ—d and
more to say Masse for that daye and when the kynge askyd hym why he wolde nâ—t say Masse he shewyd hym his vysyon by that occasion he ê“hybyted the kynge that he shuld neuer after go a huntynge on the sonday which monycion the kynge toke benygnely fro thens kept it all his lyfe This blessyd kynge in many thyngê maye be resembled to the great kynge Dauid for as kynge Dauid was fyrste kynge of Iuda and after was kynge of all the Lande aswell of Iuda as of Iherusalem and helde it at his deth peasyblye So this noble kynge was kynge of all this Realme of Englande and hadde the hole monarchye therof peasybly whiche hadde ben byfore tyme deuydyd in to many kyngdomes and was called Reâ—pacificus Also as kynge Dauid was a myghty defender of his subgettes a subduer of â—â—bellys and so was this blessyd kynge as in his lyfe And also in Crâ—nycles wyll appere and as kynge â—auâ—d moche encreasyd the seruyce of almyghty god And appoyntyd dyuers men therto pÌ„payrynge many thynges to haue buyldyd the Temple to the honoure of god so this blessyd man made repayred dyuerse Monasteryes in this Realme wherby the seruyce of god was moche encreacyd Also when kynge Dauid had offendyd and was wherfore reprouyd by the Prophete Natham anone he coÌ„fessyd his offence cryed mercy and dyd penauÌ„ce in lyke wyse when this blessyd kynge had offendyd and seynt Dunstane reprouyd hym therof anone ferynge the Iugement of god he knowlegyd his offence and dyd seuen yeres penaunce as in the lyfe of seynt Dunstane apperyth in the latter ende of seynt Patrykes lyfe in the Legende it apperyth that many yeres after the departynge of this blessyd kynge his body was founde vncorrupt and that when the place that was newly ordeyned for hym was to lytell Oon presumptuously attemptyd to make the body mete for the place wherupon incontynent the blode folowed so that all that were there present fearyd greatly and therupon he was honorably leyde in a Shryne by the hyghe Aulter whiche he had gyuen to the sayd Churche and anone he that so presuÌ„ptuously had offendyd sodeynly fell downe and expyred A man that was madde and also a blynde man at the tumbe of this blessyd kyng receyued helth and he lyeth at Glaston bury Praye we then to thyse glorious seyntê that be in this present Kalendre that by merytes of theyr prayers we may haue grace so to passe by thyse transytorye thynges that after this short lyfe we may come to the Euerlastynge lyfe in the kyngdome of heuen Amen ¶ Explicit ¶ Thus endyth the Kalendre of the new Legende of Englande Emprynted to the honour of the gloriouse Seyntê therin conteyned by Richarde Pynson prynter to our Soueraygne lorde Kynge Henry the .viii. ¶ Here 〈◊〉 the lyfe of seynt Birgette SEynt Birget was of the 〈◊〉 and lynage of the noble kyngê of Gothis of the kyngdome of Swecia hir Faders name was Byrgerus and his moders name was Sighryd One tyme as hir graunâ—moder was walkynge with hir seruauntê by the Monastery of Shoo one of the NoÌ„nes of the sayd monastery byholdâ—â— hir beaute apparell in maner despysed hir for the great pryde that she adiuged to be in hir And in the nyght folowynge there appered vnto the sayd Nonne a certeyne ê‘sone of a meruaylous beaute whiche as it had ben with an angrye couÌ„tenauÌ„ce sayd vnto hir why hast thou bakbyten my handemayde adiugynge hir to be proude whiche is nat trewe I shall make a doughter to come of hir ê“geny with whom I shall do great dedys in the worlde and I shall gyue hir so great grace that all people shall meruayle After whaÌ„ seynt Birget was in hir moders wombe iâ— happenyd hir moder for dyuerse causes to take the see where hir shyp with moche people were drowned with a sodeyn tempest and she was brought saue to the lande And in the nyght folowyng a persone appered vnto hir with shynynge apparell And sayd thou art sauyd for the childe that thou haste in thy body norysshe it therfore with the charyte of god for it is gyuen to the of the especyall goodnes of almyghty god And after whenne that blessyd childe was newly borne a preest which was curate of a Churche therby and was after Bysshop of Aboens a man of good and blessyd lyuynge as he was in his prayers sawe a bryght shynynge clowde and in the clowde a virgyne hauynge a boke in hir hande and a voyce sayde vnto hym Byrgerus hathe a doughter borne whose meruaylous voyce shal be harde thorugh all the worlde whiche shal be a voyce of gladnes and helth in the tabernacles of ryghtwyse men Fro the tyme of the byrth of this blessyd childe vnto the ende of thre yeres she was in maner as thoughe she had hadde no tonge and as she shuld neuer haue spoken but sodeynly agaynst the comon course of children nat stuttynge lyke the maner of other children that begynne to speke she speke complete and full wordes of suche thynges as she harde and sawe in hir tendre youth she was neuer ydell fro doynge some good werkes And when she was of the age of seuen yeres she sawe nygh vnto hir bed an Aulter and vpon the aulter she sawe our Lady syttynge in bryght clothynge hauynge in hir hande a precyous crowne whiche sayd vnto hir Birget wylt thou nat haue this crowne and she with mylde coâ—tenaunce assentyng to our Lady put it vpon hir hedde wherby she felte in maner as though a cerkyll of a crowne had gyrde hir faste aboute the hedde and furth with the vysyon vanysshed awaye whiche she neuer after coulde forgette In the .x. yere of hir age Whenne she on a tyme had harde in a Sermon of the passyon of our lorde the same nyght our lorde appered vnto hir lyke as he hadde ben the same houre newly Crucyfyed and sayd vnto hyr loo Birget howe I am woundyd and she â—hynkynge that it hadde ben newly done sayde O lorde who hathâ— done thus to the our lorde answeryd sayd they that do contempne mâ— and forgette my charyte they do this to me And fro that daye euer after she hadde suche affeccyon to the Passyon of oure Lorde that she syldome refreyned hir from wepynge whenne she remembred it seruynge our lorde as the Appostell techyth with mekenes and terys And â—boute the .xii. yere of hir age hir Aâ—â—te wente on a nyght vnto the bedde of the holy virgyne Seynt Byrgette where she founde Seynt Birget out of hir hedde knelynge all nakyd and she somwhat suspectynge the lyghtnesse of the virgyn commaundyd a rod to be brought vnto hir and as soone as she layde it vpon the backe of the virgyn to haue â—etyn hirtherwith the rod breke all in small pecys wherupon hyr Aunte merueylyng greatly sayd vnto hir Biâ—get what hast thou done â–ª hath nat some women taught the some falâ— prayers and she wepyng answeryd and sayd no Lady but I rose out
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
¶ 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
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
holy vyrgyne Inmedyatlye alâ—yghty god not suffrynge thyse cruell Tyrauntys to goo all quyte without takynge vengeauÌ„ce of the Blode of his holy virgyns which was shed for his loue sent put into them such a â—eer that with all theyr myght they flâ—dde ran awaye glad to escape with theyr lyuesâ— for as them thought they sawe coÌ„mynge vppon theym to persecute them such a companye so great a multytude of armyd men so terrybly that they thought neuer to haue escaped so they fled iÌ„ all haste that they myghte where thrughe the wofull prysoners all desolute the Cytezyns of Coleyne which had loÌ„ge tymâ— be holden kepte thrall in dyspayre of lyfe seynge theyr enemyes chasyd fled awaye openyd theyr Gates went fourth all Ioyfull glad of theyr sodeyne delyuerauÌ„ce coÌ„syderynge this to be the hande of god thrughe the merytes of thise holy virgyns which they sawe lye in the felde slayne by theyr enemyes full dylygently gatheryd the bodyes of them togeder which were full â—yde caâ—â— sparkelyd in pecys and with great honoure reuerence buryed them vnto this day there dare noon burye any other Bodye within the coÌ„passâ— whâ—tâ— they ben buryed which myracle suffyseth to declare make open howe dere acceptable thyse holye blessyd vgyns were to almyghty god many other myracles appere in the hystory which I omytte for shortness Also seynt Elyzabeth that holy vyrgyn in her reuelâ—cioÌ„s spekyth moch of thyse holy vgyns which for the cause before sayde I leue to speake of after in ê“ces of tyme men beynge forgetfull by dulnes of wytte colde anf drye 〈◊〉 to beleue thyngys which they see not nor canot coÌ„preheÌ„de by theyr blynde Reason by theyr neclygens put thyse holy virgyns vtterly in oblyuyon wherfore our lord not sufferyng his deer belouyd vgyns so to be forgotten to his honoure praysynge pryncipally to the honoure of the sayd gloryous virgyns also for our socoure helpe many yerys after the passyon of them shewyd by reuelacyon the foresayd hystâ—â—ye to hym that was the wryter maker thereof furthermore the sayde blessyd seynt Ursula dyuerse other of the sayde virgyns apperyd vnto hym as he was wrytynge therof affermynge it to be true as apperyth more at large in the sayde legende there was of the same company of Blessyd virgyns one virgyn callyd Cordula the whiche when the other virgyns were in theyr martyrdoms hyd hyrselfe all nyghte in the bottom of a shyppe neuerthelesse in the mornynge she offeryd her selfe frely to deth as the other vgyns dyd receyuyd the Crowne of martyrdome and it is not for any man to thynke that this Blessyd virgyn by that lytyll fear ony thinge hyndred her rewarde or Crowne of martyrdom wheÌ„ neyther Peter denyinge our Lorde nor Thomas doubtynge of the resurreccion were aâ—â—â—â—â— fro the honoure to be Apostyll And parcase thys Blessyd Uyrgyne somewhat hadde presumed by the purpce of her Lyfe and constaunce of her feyth to putte a truste in her selfe to suffre Martyrdome soo that it was expedyent for her to be mâ—ked or to lerne to truste in our Lorde and not in her selfe After many yerys this blessyd virgin Cordula apperyd vnto a holy woman callyd Hellentâ—ude beynge recluse seyinge vnto her I am oon of those blessyd virgyns that suffred martyrdome at Coleyne lyuyd one nyght after them in the mornynge offred my selfe gladly vnto the deth so dyinge in our lorde I neyther lefte the company of my susters ne yet lackyd lyke rewarde as they had of the crowne of martyrdome wherfore I woll that thou shalte in my name commaunde the susters that the nexte daye after that they shall haue seruyd all the hoole companye of the sayde blessyd virgyns that they doo some thynge to my honoure for it is not expedyent for them that I only be lefte vnhonouryd amonge that company And then the â—ecluâ—e askyd of her what was her name she bade hee loke in her forhed what she sawe wrytten there and she lokynge vp sawe wrytten dystructlye Cordula whereupon she made relacyon to the Nounes therof wherfore in the daye folowynge they halowed her feest accordynge to the sayde coÌ„mauÌ„dement a certeyne Abbot desyryd of the abbey of Coleyne the body of one of those virgyns promysynge that he wolde sette her in his Chyrche in a Coffer of syluer And when he had kepte her a hoole yere vppon the Aulter in a Coffer of wood in a nyghte as the abbot and couent were 〈◊〉 matens they sawe the sayde vyrgyn descende vppoÌ„ the Aulter and goynge downe she â—â—wyd her 〈◊〉 to the 〈◊〉 and went thrâ—ghe the quere that all the brethe 〈…〉 we so she departyd wheropâ—n that 〈◊〉 went to the Coffer and fyndynge nothynge therin wente to the Abbesse of Coleyne and shewyd heâ— then ofâ— And thenne they wente to the place fro whens the Bâ—dye was taken and there they fouÌ„de it agayne wherforâ— lawght at it And as he was goynge to dryue a way the hyndes he fell fro his Horse streyghtwaye dyed After full of good werkys good exaumples she went to our Lord and was buryed at dereham After that monastery was destroyed by Danes nowe ther is a parysshe Churche And in the yere of oure Lorde .ix. C.lxxiiii in the tyme of Kynge Edgar her Body was translatyd to Ely whiche was then newely repayryd by seynt Ethelwolde all the wey in the Nyghtys a bryght sterre folowyd the Bodye nyghe all the nyght longe in the yere of our Lorde a. M. and .xxvi. her Bodye was remouyd by Richarde the laste Abbot to the Place where it lyeth nowe And the Bodye also the clothes were fouÌ„de vncorrupte A munke towchyd her Bodye fouÌ„de it flexyble hir chekys rodye as roses lyke as she had ben a lyue ¶ De sancta Ursula et vndecim milibus virginuâ— martiribus THere was in moche Brytayne nowe callyd Englonde a Crysten Kynge whiche hadde a noble and a vertuose Quene to his wyfe and they lyued loÌ„ge togeder without ony chylde wherfore they were ryght heuy at the laste thorough contynuell prayers good werkys they opteynyd of almyghty god to haue a doughter whom they crystenyd namyd vrsula norysshed brought her vp in the feythe of our lorde full vertuosly gracyously with all theyr myght and cunnynge which encreasyd soo meruaylously in all vertue grace and therto was soo feyre that the fame of her was in short tyme spronge ouer all into many CouÌ„treys and Landes so farre that it came to knowlege of a certen Kynge heynge a Paynym but he was veray myghtye of great power and therto veray Harde cruell but the Quene his Wyfe was ryght noble in all her behauyoure Courteys and Gentyll and of euery persone bylouyd This Kynge had a yonge sone callyd Olyfernes Ryght lowly and Courteys and they herynge of this Fayre vertuous yonge Lady vrsula desyryd moch