cause_n he_o make_v thedefice_n so_o great_a &_o say_v to_o high_a my_o brother_n leave_v this_o that_o thou_o haste_v begin_v it_o be_v a_o thing_n superfluous_a to_o make_v so_o large_a this_o place_n that_o we_o dwell_v in_o /_o the_z holy_a man_n pachomyen_v hear_v these_o word_n ansuerd_a to_o high_a no_o thing_n but_o endure_v in_o his_o courage_n how_o well_o that_o he_o be_v evyll_n content_a with_o high_a esteem_v to_o be_v eniury_v by_o the_o word_n aforesaid_a /_o the_o night_n follow_v pachomyen_v descend_v in_o to_o a_o low_a place_n that_o he_o have_v begin_v to_o edefye_v &_o fall_v down_o place_n in_o prayer_n wepinge_v &_o waylyng·_v by_o cause_n that_o for_o thoccasonn_n aforesaid_a he_o have_v be_v wroth_a against_o his_o brother_n /_o &_o in_o his_o lamentation_n he_o say_v /_o helas_n maledycconn_v be_v happen_v to_o i_o i_o walk_v yet_o in_o obeyenge_a to_o the_o flesh_n /_o lord_n god_n have_v pyte_n on_o i_o to_z the_o end_n that_o i_o perish_v not_o /_o &_o 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thy_o glory_n &_o felycite_v eternal_a ¶_o thenne_n have_v i_o hope_v by_o that_o thou_o shall_v give_v i_o knowelege_v of_o thy_o name_n that_o after_o my_o dethe_v i_o shall_v be_v of_o the_o nombre_fw-fr of_o theym_n that_o shall_v be_v savyd_v /_o ¶_o ellis_n my_o lord_n god_n if_o thou_o gyve_v i_o not_o scyence_n and_o cunning_a like_a as_o thou_o haste_v promise_v to_o i_o /_o i_o shall_v not_o cunne_v teach_v ne_o enseygne_v the_o relygyous_a people_n which_o thou_o haste_v commyse_v and_o give_v the_o charge_n and_o governaunce_n to_o i_o see_v and_o considere_v that_o i_o have_v not_o curious_o overcome_v the_o voluptuosytee_n and_o passion_n of_o the_o flesh_n /_o ¶_o ne_n also_o obseruyd_v and_o fulfyllyd_v thy_o right_a worthy_a law_n with_o undefoyl_v think_v as_o i_o ought_v to_o do_v /_o ¶_o wherefore_o i_o be_o not_o worthy_a to_o be_v ruler_n and_o governor_n under_o thy_o honde_n of_o so_o many_o relygyous_a man_n which_o shall_v come_v to_o i_o /_o ¶_o and_o 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pachomyen_v and_o begynnyth_n in_o latyn_a ¶_o quadam_fw-la vero_fw-la die_fw-la etc._n etc._n caplm_n lxviii_o on_o a_o day_n as_o the_o holy_a pachomyen_n come_v fro_o sayenge_a of_o his_o devoute_a orison_n &_o prayer_n a_o good_a way_n from_o his_o lytyll_a celle_fw-fr like_o as_o he_o have_v be_v acustomyd_fw-la come_v tofore_o high_a many_o devyllis_n in_o great_a number_n say_v one_o to_o a_o neither_o like_o as_o they_o have_v be_v tofore_o a_o juge_n make_v place_n to_o the_o servant_n of_o god·_v but_o the_o holy_a man_n have_v in_o our_o lord_n full_o hope_v despise_v all_o their_o machinaconn_n like_o as_o it_o have_v be_v bark_v of_o dog_n /_o &_o when_o the_o devillis_fw-la saw_n the_o great_a constaunce_n of_o high_a they_o enforcid_n they_o to_o bete_v down_o that_o be_v undement_n of_o his_o edefyce_n which_o he_o begone_v /_o thenne_n begin_v to_o say_v the_o holy_a man_n o_o my_o god_n whihe_n be_v onnly_a refuge_n &_o the_o defence_n of_o our_o good_a people_n who_o thou_o comforteste_a in_o alle_fw-mi their_o trybulacyon_n /_o if_o our_o enemy_n meve_v and_o take_v the_o earth_n away_o tofore_o uâ—_n you_o for_o that_o we_o fear_v ne_o drede_n theym_fw-mi noâ—_n ¶_o and_o incontynente_fw-la their_o impetuosyte_n sess_v and_o as_o a_o fume_n or_o smoke_v vanyssh_v away_o /_o ¶_o but_o yet_o they_o come_v again_o after_o as_o wood_n hound_n /_o ¶_o and_o in_o the_o same_o wise_n a_o other_o time_n as_o he_o come_v from_o his_o prayer_n /_o the_o devyll_n apperyd_v to_o he_o in_o likeness_n of_o a_o capon_n make_v a_o cry_n so_o merueylous_a /_o that_o alle_fw-mi the_o place_n redound_v /_o the_o which_o thing_n seenge_v the_o holy_a man_n /_o he_z blessyd_v he_o with_o the_o sign_n of_o the_o holy_a cross_n /_o and_o bleugh_o against_o the_o devyll_n and_o incontynent_a he_o depart_v /_o ¶_o and_o thus_o he_o hold_v he_o as_o as_o a_o strong_a tour_fw-fr inexpugnable_a tofore_o his_o enemy_n /_o ¶_o oft_o time_n he_o moche_v thank_v god_n as_o 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to_o be_v still_o /_o ¶_o thenne_n he_o take_v a_o lytyll_o mete_v /_o and_o return_v by_o the_o way_n that_o he_o come_v /_o desyre_a synguler_o to_o see_v the_o holy_a heremyte_n paul_n doubt_v also_o that_o he_o shall_v rendre_fw-fr his_o soul_n to_o god_n in_o his_o absence_n /_o ¶_o and_o after_o fynable_o he_o go_v with_o so_o great_a diligence_n as_o be_v to_o he_o possible_a /_o and_z in_o such_o wise_n as_o that_o he_o have_v not_o walk_v but_o three_o hour_n /_o ¶_o whane_a he_o see_v 〈◊〉_d â—â—ule_n of_o saint_n paul_n among_o the_o a_o 〈◊〉_d apostle_n /_o prophets_n and_o marter_n pure_a clean_o and_o white_a as_o snow_n bear_v up_o in_o to_o heaven_n /_o and_o incontynente_fw-la he_o felle_v down_o to_o the_o earth_n /_o and_o cover_v his_o heed_n with_o sonde_v in_o sayenge_a /_o ¶_o wherefore_o paul_n leve_v thou_o i_o /_o helas_n wherefore_o goo_v thou_o wythoute_n sayenge_a to_o i_o a_o dieu_fw-fr /_o or_o farewell_n /_o helas_n i_o have_v overlate_a know_v the_o /_o and_z over_o soon_o thou_o goo_v /_o now_o have_v i_o lose_v alle_fw-mi comfort_n helas_n if_o i_o have_v not_o seen_v the_o ne_fw-la know_v i_o shall_v not_o now_o have_v the_o harm_n ne_fw-mi evyll_n that_o i_o have_v /_o ¶_o o_o man_n of_o god_n make_v thy_o request_n now_o in_o that_o high_a place_n /_o where_o as_o the_o angel_n have_v bear_v the_o to_o /_o that_z i_o may_v by_o very_a faith_n go_v soon_o and_o follow_v the_o /_o ¶_o after_o that_o he_o have_v well_o egre_o weep_v &_o wayll_v he_o be_v and_o find_v himself_o also_o light_a as_o a_o bird_n or_o a_o foul_a fleenge_v and_o not_o without_o cause_n /_o for_o he_o be_v arryve_v at_o the_o hermytage_n of_o saint_n paul_n /_o he_z fond_a he_o knel_v on_o his_o knee_n unmoevable_a his_o heed_n be_v lift_v up_o on_o high_a and_o his_o ande_fw-mi join_v in_o such_o wise_n as_o saint_n anthonye_n have_v suppose_v as_o he_o have_v be_v yet_o alyve_a /_o but_o by_o cause_n he_o draw_v no_o brethe_v he_o wyste_v well_o he_o be_v deed_n /_o he_o be_v abowte_n to_o bury_v he_o in_o sayenge_a psalm_n and_o ympnes_n /_o like_o as_o thenne_n be_v the_o custom_n to_o bury_v the_o fader_n of_o egypte_n /_o he_o suppose_v to_o have_v put_v he_o in_o to_o the_o earth_n /_o but_o he_o find_v neither_o pykey_n ne_o shovel_n for_o to_o make_v a_o pytt_n or_o grave_n /_o whereof_o his_o hevynesse_n be_v encreace_v consyder_v that_o he_o may_v not_o lyght_o make_v it_o /_o for_o it_o be_v four_o journey_n unto_o his_o monastery_n /_o and_o of_o that_o other_o part_n he_o think_v in_o himself_o that_o without_o pykâ—oys_n and_o shovel_n he_o myghteâ—e_v do_v no_o thing_n /_o ¶_o he_o be_v 〈◊〉_d malencolye_a conclude_v in_o himself_o bide_v there_o till_o he_o shall_v dye_n nyghe_a to_o the_o lay_v body_n ¶_o and_o thus_o think_v come_v two_o lion_n sudden_o which_o make_v saint_n anthonye_n sore_o afeard_a /_o but_o he_o anon_o return_v toward_o god_n by_o devowte_n orison_n /_o and_o anon_o be_v assure_v and_o have_v no_o more_o fere_n ne_fw-fr drede_fw-la /_o ¶_o and_o he_o behold_v the_o lion_n which_o begin_v to_o waylle_v and_o lament_v by_o the_o corpse_n of_o saint_n paul_n /_o like_a as_o they_o have_v have_v understond_v reasonable_a /_o and_o after_o their_o wayllynge_v /_o they_o make_v a_o deep_a pytte_n of_o the_o length_n of_o the_o holy_a saint_n paul_n /_o the_n which_o make_v they_o come_v to_o saint_n anthonye_n /_o and_z lycked_a his_o ande_fw-mi and_o foot_n like_a as_o they_o have_v axyd_v his_o benedyccyon_n for_o their_o reward_n that_o they_o have_v there_o do_v /_o ¶_o thenne_n saint_n anthonye_n in_o praise_v god_n say_v /_o o_o my_o lord_n &_o my_o god_n without_o the_o provydence_n of_o who_o one_o oon_o leef_n of_o the_o tree_n fallyth_v not_o to_o the_o ground_n /_o gyve_v to_o thyse_n lion_n that_o which_o thou_o know_v that_o aught_o to_o be_v give_v to_o they_o /_o ¶_o and_o after_o blessyd_v theym_n with_o the_o sign_n of_o the_o cross_n to_o the_o end_n that_o they_o shall_v go_v their_o way_n /_o and_o after_o when_o they_o be_v depart_v he_o put_v the_o body_n in_o the_o earth_n the_o best_a wise_n he_o may_v /_o and_o on_o the_o morn_n come_v again_o /_o and_o as_o his_o heir_n bring_v his_o robe_n of_o leeve_n /_o the_o which_o he_o wear_v or_o eester_fw-mi day_n and_o whytsondaye_n oon_o /_o ¶_o upon_o this_o matere_n for_o to_o excyte_v theym_a that_o have_v so_o moche_n pain_n for_o to_o hope_v and_o to_o assemble_v by_o neclygent_a way_n town_n castle_n lordship_n and_o other_o temporell_n god_n in_o so_o great_a quantyte_n and_o the_o which_o some_o time_n beg_v in_o the_o end_n of_o their_o day_n /_o saint_n iherom_n know_v the_o holy_a life_n of_o the_o say_v glorious_a saint_n paul_n /_o which_o never_o have_v suffraunce_n ne_o indygence_n makyth_v to_o theym_v such_o a_o exhortacyon_n /_o ¶_o think_v thou_o prow_n man_n that_o drynke_v and_o et_a in_o vessellis_n of_o gold_n and_o silver_n and_o gaye_o make_v fair_a and_o rich_a with_o precyouse_a stone_n /_o think_v that_o to_o the_o devowte_n and_o holy_a man_n which_o have_v not_o but_o oon_o one_o robe_n of_o leve_n of_o palm_n be_v heaven_n open_v and_o to_o the_o proud_a be_v hell_n make_v ready_a ¶_o think_v in_o like_a wise_n of_o thy_o sepulture_n composyd_v of_o stone_n of_o marble_n or_o of_o silver_n &_o gylce_fw-it /_o or_o that_o be_v cover_v with_o velvet_n with_o which_o thou_o may_v be_v brente_a /_o ¶_o helas_n the_o holy_a man_n have_v not_o but_o a_o lytyll_a of_o earth_n /_o helas_n you_o worldly_a man_n deporte_n or_o forbere_fw-la you_o /_o and_o take_v not_o so_o moche_v pain_n to_o gadre_n and_o heap_n richesses_n /_o ¶_o alas_o how_o be_v a_o man_n so_o moche_v a_o fool_n for_o to_o bury_v a_o neither_o in_o cloth_n of_o gold_n or_o of_o silk_n /_o for_o incontynent_n and_o as_o soon_o as_o a_o man_n which_o have_v live_v evyll_n and_o synful_o be_v out_o of_o this_o world_n /_o he_o be_v but_o in_o wepynge_n and_o in_o waylynge_v /_o ¶_o 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it_o to_o this_o present_a book_n which_o be_v make_v of_o holy_a fader_n /_o and_o begynnyth_o in_o latyn_a ¶_o igitur_fw-la antonius_n etc._n etc._n caplm_n xxxvi_o saint_n anthonye_n bear_v in_o egipte_n be_v come_v of_o right_a noble_a parent_n as_o be_v of_o noblesse_n of_o lineage_n as_o of_o holy_a conversacyon_n /_o he_o be_v nouryssh_v so_o solytary_o that_o he_o know_v no_o man_n of_o the_o world_n /_o but_o onn_o his_o friend_n ¶_o when_o he_o be_v a_o lytyll_o great_a that_o be_v to_o wit_v in_o his_o infancy_n he_o will_v not_o go_v play_n with_o lytyll_o chyldern_a but_o he_o go_v in_o to_o the_o chyrche_n hear_v the_o seruyce_n of_o god_n /_o and_o notwythstond_n that_o the_o child_n of_o rich_a house_n have_v a_o custom_n to_o be_v delicyous_o nouryssh_v with_o dyvers_a mete_n /_o nevertheless_o saint_n anthonye_n desire_v they_o never_o /_o but_o be_v content_a with_o such_o as_o man_n gaaf_a to_o he_o /_o ¶_o after_o the_o death_n of_o his_o friend_n he_o abide_v 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the_z which_o thing_n happen_v to_o theym_v in_o the_o day_n of_o that_o so_o lempnyte_v of_o thepiphanye_n /_o ¶_o the_o viii_o be_v in_o come_n to_o the_o monasterye_n of_o nytrye_n in_o which_o place_n they_o find_v a_o great_a stagne_fw-la or_o pond_n come_n out_o of_o the_o water_n of_o nile_n in_o which_o place_n be_v in_o fynyte_a nombre_fw-fr of_o merueyllous_a beeste_n &_o pryncypal_o serpent_n venomous_a named_fw-la cokadrylle_n /_o the_o which_o beeste_n when_o the_o soon_o shine_v come_v to_o the_o ryvage_n of_o the_o say_v stagne_fw-la &_o lie_v there_o like_a as_o they_o have_v be_v deed_n /_o and_o when_o they_o camnnye_n for_o to_o see_v they_o wen_v that_o they_o have_v be_v deed_n /_o incontynent_fw-la they_o aroo_v for_o to_o devour_v theym_a &_o they_o wyste_v not_o what_o to_o do_v but_o call_v the_o name_n of_o god_n that_o which_o inuocaconn_n make_v the_o say_a beeste_n incontynent_a flee_v to_o within_z the_o pond_n as_o they_o have_v be_v chase_v by_o a_o 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honour_n &_o puyssaunce_n eternal_o /_o amen_n /_o ¶_o here_o folowen_v the_o lyve_n and_o faytte_n of_o holy_a fader_n of_o egypte_n that_o dwelleden_fw-mi in_o syrye_n and_o thebayde_v /_o like_a as_o saint_n iherom_n fond_a theym_n antentye_o wreten_v in_o greek_a /_o and_o after_o by_o he_o translate_v in_o to_o eatyn_n /_o to_o who_o he_o adiou_v many_o other_o dede_n of_o the_o say_v holy_a fader_n /_o which_o by_o other_o translatour_n have_v be_v verytable_o translate_v /_o and_o first_o folowith_v short_o the_o prologue_n of_o saint_n iherom_n in_o the_o lyf_v of_o saint_n paul_n the_o first_o hermyte_v /_o &_o the_o foresaid_a prologue_n begynyth_v in_o latin_a ¶_o ini_fw-la multos_fw-la /_o caplm_fw-ge xxxiiii_o many_o ask_v say_v saint_n iherom_n who_o be_v the_o first_o hermyte_v /_o some_o say_v helye·_a &_o other_o say_v saint_n john_n which_o begin_v to_o prophesy_v tofore_o he_o be_v bear_v /_o other_o say_v saint_n anthonye_n /_o but_o saint_n machaire_n &_o amathas_n 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to_o remember_v holy_a scrypture_n /_o ¶_o and_o emonge_v his_o orison_n he_o song_n devowte_n psalm_n to_o god_n as_o he_o have_v be_v present_a /_o ¶_o after_o that_o he_o be_v xxi_o year_n old_a unto_o xxvi_o he_o live_v sobre_o /_o ¶_o and_o in_o three_o year_n he_o eat_v not_o but_o onn_o a_o syxt_a of_o worte_n meddle_v in_o a_o lytyll_o cold_a water_n /_o in_z the_o other_o three_o year_n he_o eat_v but_o breed_v &_o salt_n with_o a_o lytyll_a water_n /_o ¶_o after_o seven_o and_o twenty_o year_n till_o fyve_o and_o thyrty_a he_o eat_v not_o but_o six_o unce_n of_o barley_n breed_v and_o for_o his_o pottage_n a_o lytyll_o cool_a worte_n without_o oil_n ¶_o but_o when_o he_o see_v his_o body_n by_o straytnesse_n of_o lyffe_n become_v scabby_a and_o ronyous_a /_o alytyll_o for_o to_o recomforte_n himself_o /_o he_o put_v a_o lytyll_a oylle_n in_o his_o pottage_n ¶_o and_o he_o live_v in_o this_o life_n sobre_o unto_o thaâ—ge_n of_o three_o and_o forty_o /_o without_o et_a apple_n 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they_o say_v to_o he_o /_o thou_o may_v be_v slay_v /_o ¶_o the_o child_n ansuered_a /_o i_o may_v well_o be_v slay_v true_o /_o but_o for_o that_o i_o drede-not_a /_o for_o i_o be_o ready_a for_o to_o dye_n /_o ¶_o the_o thief_n be_v moche_o admerueyl_v and_o recount_v to_o he_o how_o they_o have_v seek_v he_o /_o ¶_o and_o after_o they_o amend_v their_o line_n ¶_o he_o be_v not_o yet_o but_o two_o and_o twenty_o year_n old_a /_o whanne_v his_o fame_n &_o renommee_n spring_v over_o alle_fw-mi the_o country_n of_o palestyne_n by_o cause_n of_o the_o holiness_n of_o his_o lyffe_n /_o ¶_o and_o in_o that_o time_n be_v a_o woman_n in_o the_o town_n of_o lentâ—opolytane_n who_o her_o husbonde_n dispyse_v and_o have_v in_o hate_n /_o bianca_n cause_v he_o cowde_v not_o con_v have_v of_o she_o in_o fyftene_a year_n any_o child_n /_o ¶_o wherefore_o she_o come_v to_o saint_n helaryon_n demand_v or_o ar_v counseylle_n of_o he_o how_o she_o may_v do_v ¶_o and_o by_o cause_n that_o at_o the_o 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