of frailrie the mind be caried away the fruit of that prayer is not therfore lost or frustrat but hath his effect by vertue of the former intention and purpose And the same is to be said of the second attention if one that vnderstandeth the language in which he prayeth doth purpose to marke the sense of the wordes and yet afterwards faileth to performe it But betvvene this second and the first attention this is the difference that albeit this second is profitable yet it is not so necessarie as the first neither in the beginning nor in the rest of the prayer For those that pray in a tongue they vnderstand not can not haue this attention and yet their prayer is profitable and fruitful by the vniuersal iudgement of al Doctors The third attention by which the mind is lifted vp to God and good spiritual desires and cogitations is not only necessarie in the beginning like as the first attention is but also most necessarie of al the three to be kept stil without interruption in respect of the third effect And this the vulerned may also haue praying in an vnknowne tongue And it sometimes so aboundeth that the mind forgetteth al other things as S. Thomas and before him S. Hugo de Victore and others do teach And in this case it supplieth also the defects which often happen in the other two attentions as wel in those vocal prayers which we are bound vnto by precept of the Church or other obligation so there be no notable defect in reciting the wordes as in other prayers which we are not bound to say And finally this attention perfecteth so much as can be in this transitorie life the spiritual repast of the faithful soule which attention ceassing necessarily the refection of the mind therwith also vanisheth but yet the other two effects do not therfore ceasse but remaine stil For not with standing the mind be caried by humane frailtie without voluntarie consent to thinke vpon base and terrestrial things yet the prayer may both merite increase of grace and obtayne the things that be asked And much lesse is euery euagation of mind in prayer to be reputed a sinne but that only which we either volunrarily admitte or willingly desire of some vaine or hurtful thing And so you see the maner of praying proposed in this booke doth not hinder due attention as the obiection presupposeth but greatly helpeth the same and bringeth also other spiritual commodities Of which some may be here briefly noted For first besides that the mind is hereby directed to the best and most necessarie attention required in prayer such also as be not so wel instructed already may by this forme of saying the Rosaries and Corones here ensuing learne many particular and most necessary points of Christian doctrine which being once knovven can not but moue a true Christian hart to some more or lesse cogitation and meditation of so great and singular benefites bestovved vpon vs by Almightie God And the more one shal meditate vpon the same the more also shal his knovvlege be stil increased So knovvlege and meditation do mutually helpe and increase ech other but one vvithout the other auaileth little For as meditation vvithout knovvlege is erroneous so knovvlege vvithout meditation is drie and fruitles But both together vvil easely inkindle the soul vvith the loue of God and feede it with a spititual refection and sturre vp and inflame the desire to al possible endeuour for the increase of Gods glorie and health of their ovvne and other mens soules Likevvise out of this varietie and copie of diuine Mysteries and benefites the vvel disposed may at al times and occasions choose sufficient and fit pointes to meditate vpon in al their prayers vocal or mental And finally by diligent vewing and beholding the pictures here placed euerie one may better conceiue and consider the Mysteries by them represented and be perhaps more moued to deuotion by sight therof then by only reading If any therfore wil vse this exercise no doubt but for revvard of their paines they shal reape hereby no smal fruite and increase of pietie You at least my deerely beloued in our Lord Iesus Christ vvho haue not better meanes to further your deuotions vvithal vse this helpe And vouchsafe of your charitie to commend al vs vvho to do you good haue bestovved labour and cost in setting forth this little vvorke amongst your other deere frendes vnto our B. Lord and to his B. mother our Ladie to our propre Angels and special Patrons and the vvhole Court of heauen in your svveete deuotions Amen 25. of March 1590. Your ovvne al and euer in Christ T. VV. P. THE FIRST ROSARIE OF OVR LADIES PSALTER resembled to a white Rose containing fiue ioyful Mysteries In nomine Patris Filij ✚ Spiritus Sancti Amen WHat soeuer thou doest ô my soul in word or in worke do al in the name of our Lord IESVS CHRIST and to the glorie of God For God forbid I should glorie sauing in the CROSSE of our Lord IESVS CHRIST 1. Mysterium gaudiosum 1. PATER NOSTER The Annunciation and Incarnation of Christ THe most Blessed Trinitie one God Almightie most iust most merciful forseeing al makind fallen from most happie estate wherin he was created into infinite miserie and calamitie As to haue lost original iustice grace vertues and most excellent gifts and qualities by transgressing Gods cōmandement And contrariwise to haue incurred sinne death and eternal damnation And that he could not be restored to his former estate by the worke or vertue of anie man or Angel or anie other pure creature of his infinite loue which is most agreable to his Diuine goodnes decreed defore al worldes that the Sonne of God the second Person of the same most Holie Trinitie should take mans nature and being made man should pay our ransome by his death on the Crosse And so not only in general take away the sinne of the world but also in particular iustifie sanctifie and bring al those to whom this most souereigne meanes is rightly applied to euerlasting life for which we were first created 1. Aue Maria. Our merciful Lord promised this MEDIATOR immediatly after the fal of Adā saying that the seede of a womā should crusse in peeces the serpentes head 2. Aue Maria. Our heauenlie Father renewed the same promise to the holie Patriarch Abraham saying In thy seede al nations shal be blessed 3. Aue Maria. Almightie God eftsones iterated the same promise to king Dauid saying of the fruit of thy Ioynes I wil set vpon thy seat And establish his kingdom for euermore 4. Aue Maria. About 4000. yeares from the creation of the world the Archangel Gabriel being sent from God to the most pure virgin Marie saluteth her HAYLE FVL OF GRACE OVR LORD IS WITH THEE BLESSED ART THOV AMONG VVOMEN 5. Aue Maria. The most humble virgin is trubled with this speach thinking with her self what maner of
The ROSARIE of our Ladie Otherwise called our Ladies PSALTER With other godlie exercises mentioned in the Preface ANTVERPIAE Apud Ioannem Keerbergium ANNO M. D. C. THE PREFACE Containing diuers Annotations concerning the Rosarie of our Ladie and the other Exercises here folovving VVith the causes of composing and printing the same in this forme and certaine commodities ensuing hereof FOR so much benigne Catholike reader as euerie thing is better vnderstood by the explication of his proper or vsual name it is first of al to be noted that the name of ROSARIE vvhich properly signifieth the place vvhere roses doe grovve or be reserued is here vsed for the forme of praier vvhich the renovvmed religious father S. Dominicke about the yeare of our Lord 1200 or as some thinke a Religious Priest called Peter of Amiens in Picardie aboue an hundred yeares before instituted of certaine Pater nosters Aues and Credes together vvith certaine principal Mysteries to be meditated in honour of our blessed Ladie the virgin MARIE framed by the number of fiue like to a Rose that hath fiue leaues Whereof it is called the ROSARIE OF OVR LADIE Which name of Rosarie is vsed sometimes largely and sometimes strictly Taken largely it containeth fifteene Decades or Tennes that is to say fifteene times one Pater noster with tenne Aues and three Credes and hath fifteene Mysteries applied thereunto that is to euerie Decade one Mysterie And the same is also called OVR LADIES PSALTER because it hath so manie Aues or salutations of our Ladie as there be Psalmes in the Psalter of Dauid which are an hundred and fiftie But strictly taken as it is cōmonly ment vvhen one is appointed for penance or for pardon or for other like cause to say a Rosarie it containeth only fiue Decades to witt fiue Pater nosters and fiftie Aues with one Crede So that in the great Rosarie or Ladie Psalter be contained three particular Rosaries And these three are resembled to three sortes of Roses white read and damaske For as these three colours doe signifie ioye payne and glorie so these three Rosaries do containe three sortes of Mysteries to be meditated ioyful sorowful and glorious This forme of praying the first institutor of the Rosarie did so accommodate to the vse of al faithfull persons as it might be both a necessarie helpe to vnlerned people and also a most profitable exercise to the most lerned in the world as vvel for the better auoiding of idle and hurtful distractions in the often repetition of the same prayers as also for the more fruitful eleuating of the mind meditating vpon the chiefest Mysteries of our faith vvhich concerne our Lord and Redemer his coming into this world and his going our of the same and the happie effects of both For touching his coming into this world which vvas so long and earnestly desired and expected in the first Rosarie are to be meditated these fiue ioyful Mysteries First how the Archangel Gabriel declared to the immaculate virgin MARIE that she should conceiue and beare the Sonne of God Secondly hovv the same sacred Virgin visited her cosine Elizabeth Thirdly the Natiuitie of our Lord with his Circumcision and adoration by the Sages Fourthly the Purification of the vnspotted virgin mother and Presentatiō of our Lord in the Temple Fifthly the finding of our Lord in the same Temple vvhen at the age of twelue yeares he had bene lost three dayes Lykewise in the second Rosarie are to be meditated fiue sorowful Mysteries pertaining to our Sauiours going forth of this world by his most painful Passion and death which are these First his great agonie and pensiue prayer in the garden Secondly his cruel whipping vvith other manie extreme and vile iniuries Thirdly his crovvning vvith thornes and condemnation to death Fourthly his carying of his ovvne Crosse Fifthly his crucifying and death thereupon Finally concerning the effects of his coming into this vvorld and of his going forth of it againe in the third Rosarie are to be meditated these fiue glorious Mysteries First the Resurrection of our Lord. Secondly his Ascension into heauen Thirdly the coming of the Holy Ghost Fourthly the blessed death and Assumption of our Soueraigne Ladie in soul and bodie And fiftly her Coronation and singular dignitie aboue al other Saincts and seruants of God Thus much in general is euident by the tradition and continual practise of al Catholike nations for the space of foure or fiue hundred yeares at least that is since the time of S. Dominicke or before And of the same antiquitie and authoritie is the vse of Beades which were inuēted for the better obseruing of the prescribed number of prayers in saying the vvhole Rosarie And considering that no man can vvel meditate vpon anie Mysterie except he both particularly know and perfectly remember the special points therof vve can nor doubt but that Christian people vere both taught the particular pointes of al the aboue mentioned fiftene Mysteries and also had some forme or order prescribed vvherby they might the better remember the same pointes euerie one in his place Which instructions being not commonly extant and the vse of Beads also inhibited and made dangerous to Catholikes liuing amongst Heretikes in this age for remedie of both these defects a certaine Catholike Priest and prisoner for the Catholike Religion in the tovvre of London and there also depriued both of bookes and Beades framed for him self a forme of meditation in saying the Rosarie by noting so many particular pointes in euerie one of the fiftene Mysteries that ech Mysterie seruing his owne decade euerie Pater noster Aue and Crede should haue their competent and particular pointes alotted Wherby as wel the iust number of prayers may without beades be exactly obserued as also sufficient and apt matter be redely remembred and the mind more eleuated to God and idle distractions better auoided This priuat Exercise albeit very vnperfect as not purposed for the print but rudely writrē and geuē to a priuat freind yet did so content and please some wel disposed persons that presently without knowlege of the author they caused it to be printed and so made common to manie Wherby at last it came into the handes of one that knew better the authors meaning who finding manie faultes and defects in the edition thought good to correct and a mend the same and adorning it with Images to set it forth anew as wel to satisfie the good desires of such as first did print it as also for the like profite to others who either had it not or vnderstood not the vse therof before And for al their sakes hath also added hereunto the Corone of the same most facred virgin first instituted by the aforesaid religious father S. Dominike or by some of his folovvers and lately reduced into the like forme by the same author and novv first printed vvith the like pictures For the better vnderstanding of the name vse and fruite vvherof it is
penāce calleth disciples And by good life heauenlie doctrine and miracles draweth vnto him īnumerable folowers He institeth the Sacrament of Baptisme for the Remission of sinnes wherof Iohns Baptisme was only a figure teacheth the perfection of iustice namely of Almes deedes Praying and Fasting For which albeit the High Priests Scribes Pharisees Saducees Herodians and the rest of the wicked do diuers waies persecute him yet he neuer thelesse perseuereth doing good to al confuting their errors reprouing their sinnes soluing their malicious and captious questions derecting their calūniations euen the secret cogitations of their hartes and to auoide their vilanous purposes seeking to murder him he flieth often from them and that sometimes miraculously Finally hauing in this maner conuersed in the world three yeres and something more hauing also lately in his Transfiguratiō shewed to certaine of his Apostles some glimse of his glorie at last he entereth into Ierusalem riding vpon an asse colt his disciples and the people triumphing spreading their garments and strawing boughes of Palmes and other trees in the way receiue him as their king with ioyful acclamations the children also crying in the Temple HOSANNA TO THE SONNE OF DAVID Blessed is he that cometh in the name of our Lord HOSANNA in the hieghest O King of Israel The second Rosarie of our Ladies Psalter resembled to a redde rose containing fiue sorowful Mysteries In nomine Patris Filij ✚ Spiritus Sancti Amen GOD forbid that I should glorie sauing in the Crosse of our Lord IESVS Christ who humbled him self made obedient vnto death euen the death of the Crosse 1. Mys terium dolorosum 1. PATER NOSTER Our Sauiours Agonie in the garden of Gethsemanie Ovr Lord and Sauiour the night before his passion when he had eaten the Paschal lambe with his twelue Apostles taking water and a towel was heth al their feete And then exhorting them to humilitie and puritie of life he instituteth and administreth the most blessed Sacramēt and Sacrifice of his owne bodie and bloud in the formes of bread and wine And withal instituting the Holie Sacramēt of Orders cōmādeth his Apostles for them selues and successors to do the same that is to consecrate and offer in Sacrifice his bodie and bloud being according to the order of Melchi sedech the Sacrifice of the newe Testament til he come againe to iudge the world Iudas then goeth out And our Lord instructeth exhorteth and cōforteth the rest promiseth them the Holie Ghost praieth his Father for al the elect And so goeth with the eleuen Apostles into the garden of Gethsemani which place Iudas also knew for that our Lord vsed to goe often thither with his disciples 1. Aue Maria. Our lord entring into the garden with his disciples said to them Sitte you here whilest I goe yonder and pray 2. Aue Maria. IESVS taking Peter Iames and Iohn a litle further beginning to waxe sorowful and sad saith to them My soul is sorowful euen to death abide here and watch with me 3. Aue Maria. And parting also from these three a stones cast he prayeth saying My FATHER if it be possible let this chalice passe from me but yet not my wil but thine be done 4. Aue Maria. IESVS cometh to his disciples and finding them asleepe saith to Peter Euen so Simon sleepest thou couldst thou not watch one houre with me watch ye and pray that ye enter not into tentation 5. Aue Maria. He goeth from them againe and prayeth as before MY FATHER if it be possible take this chalice from me yet not as I wil but as thou wilt 6. Aue Maria. He cometh againe and findeth them sleeping for their eyes were very heauie and they wist not what they should answere him Neither saith he anie thing to them 7. Aue Maria. Leauing them he goeth againe and prayeth the third time the self same prayer MY FATHER if it be possible take this chalice from me yet not my wil but thine be done 8. Aue Maria. And there appeareth to him either al the three times or at least the last time an Angel from heauen strengthening him ◠singular humilitie the Lord of al is comforted by his seruant the Creatour by his creature 9. Aue Maria. And whilest he prayeth long in agonie HIS SWEATE BECOME THAS DROPPES OF BLOVD trickling downe vpon the ground 10. Aue Maria. Coming the third time he saith sleepe ye now and take rest shortly after it sufficeth the houre is come behold the Sonne of man shal be betrayed into the handes of sinners rise let vs go behold he that shal betray me is at hand 2. Mysterium dolorosum 2. PATER NOSTER Our Sauiours apprehension contumelious handling and most cruel vvhipping AS our Lord and Sauiour was yet speaking behold the traitour Iudas Iscariote one of the twelue cometh and with him a great troupe with lanterns torches swordes and other weapons who al at the voice of IESVS saying I AM HE going backward fal to the ground yet he suffereth them to rise againe And Iudas saluting his Master with a kisse which was the signe to know him from his Apostles they lay handes vpon IESVS Peter draweth his sworde and cutteth of the right eare of Malchus one of the high Priests seruāts Which our Sauiour presently restoring and healing biddeth Peter put vp his sworde into the scabbard for that it is his Fathers wil he shal now suffer for al mākind otherwise he could haue manie legions of Angels to defend him if that were more agreable to Gods goodnes and mans saluation Then the disciples leauing their maister runne al away And so is the prophecie fulfilled I vvil strike the shepheard and the sheepe shal be scattered 1. Aue Maria. IESVS being bound is first brought to Annas then to Caiphas By them both he is examined of his disciples and of his doctrine falsly accused and strooken on the face by à seruant 2. Aue Maria. Caiphas adiureth our Sauiour to tel him if he be Christ the Sonne of God who answering that he is so they iudge him a blasphemer and guiltie of death vsing him most spitefully and cruelly 3. Aue Maria. Most base fellowes do spitt in the face of Christ our Lord they strike him with their fistes and couering his eyes beat him and bid him read who is it that striketh thee 4. Aue Maria. In the meane time Peter denieth our Lord thrise but IESVS looking vpon him he goeth forth of the palace and weepeth bitterly The Iewes calling à councel condemne IESVS as guiltie of death 5. Aue Maria. Early in the morning the chiefe of the Iewes with their whole councel deliuer IESVS prisoner to Ponce Pilate Caesars deputie Then Iudas seing that IESVS is condemned to die hangeth him selfe desperatly 6. Aue Maria. Pilate asking what accusation they bring against him they say if he wer◠not a malefactor we would not deliuer him vnto thee Pilate testifying his īnocēcie they wil nedes haue him crucified 7. Aue Maria.
Then they accuse him of subuerting theit nation of forbidding to pay tribute to Cesar and of calling him self king not answering at al to the first two being friuolous he coÌ„fesseth that he is à king but his kingdome is not of this world 8. Aue Maria. Pilat perceiuing that Christ is of Galilee sendeth him to Herod by whoÌ„ he is demaÌ„ded many curious questioÌ„s mocked as à foole and sent backe to Pilat 9. Aue Maria. Pilat biddeth the people choose of two only either Barabbas or IESVS to be deliuered they choose Barabbas he offereth them also IESVS but they al crie Away with him and geue vs Barabbas 10. Aue Maria. Pilat to mollifie their stonie hartes causeth our B. Sauiour to be so cruelly vvhipped that from the head to the foote al his bodie is torne thervvith recâ—iuing as is said to haue bene reueled to S. Brigitte 5490 vvoundes in one day 3. Mys terium dolorosum 3. PATER NOSTER The crovvning of our Sauiour vvith thornes and his condemnation to be crucified AFter that our Sauiour is most cruelly whipped the souldiars bring him into the court of the palace where as to à scorneful stage play the whole band coming together they mocke both him and the whole natioÌ„ of the Iewes in sulting vpon their poore and miserable title of a King and Kingdome They pul of againe his owne clothes and put on his bodie al imbrued with bloud à purple garment Then platting a crowne of horrible strong and sharpe thornes they put the same on his tender and most sacred head And leauing nothing vndone that may serue either to scorne or torment him they put à reede in his right hand and so setting him in à high place bowing their knee in derision salute him saying HAILE KING OF THE IEWES And withal most spitefully defile his most sacred face with their abominable spitle beating him also with their fistes as the Iewes had done the night before 1. Aue Maria. They take the reede out of his hand and ther with beate the crowne of thornes into his head forcing therby more sacred bloud to burst out and runne ouer al his bodie 2. Aue Maria. Pilat supposing that the sight hereof should moue the Iewes to so much pitie as to spare his life briÌ„geth forth our Sauiour thus arayed into the vtter court 3. Aue Maria. So shewing him in his purple garmeÌ„t with his crowne of thorns on his head a reede in his haÌ„d al his bodie miserably torne and imbrued with bloud saith to the Iewes BEHOLD THE MAN 4. Aue Maria. The high Priests and the people crie aloud Crucifie him crucifie Him as if they said Thou hast now wel begun hold on crucifie him for this maner of whipping wel besemeth one that is to be crucified 5. Aue Maria. Pilat moued with this crueltie in anger saith Take you him and crucifie him for I find no cause to do it They reply that die he must and he must be crucified 6. Aue Maria. The Iewes seeing Pilat for al their importunitie not disposed to crucifie Christ they threateÌ„ him with his allegeance to Caesar crying If thou release this man thou art not Caesars freind 7. Aue Maria. Pilat hearing this new crie bringeth forth IESVS and sitteth againe in the iudgements seate resoluing rather to put Christ to death though he know him to be most innocent then to hazard his credite with Caesar 8. Aue Maria. Yet once more he sheweth IESVS to the Iewes exprobrating and saying Lo here your king they crie Away away with him crucifie him we haue no king but Caesar 9. Aue Maria. Seeing al this nothing preuaileth he washeth his haÌ„des protesting before the people I am innoceÌ„t of the bloud of this iust man looke ye to it the people crie His bloud be vpoÌ„ vs aÌ„d vpoÌ„ our childreÌ„ 10. Aue Maria. So Pilat ouercome vvith clamour of the people and vvith feare of Caesar geueth sentence that IESVS OF NAZARETH KING OF THE IEVVES be nailed vpon the crosse and there hang vntil he be dead 4. Mys cerium dolorosum 4. PATER NOSTER Our Sauiour carieth his Crosse tovvards Caluarie THE souldiars leade our Sauiour now condemned to death from the iudgement seate into the court of the palace vvhere they cal againe together the vvhole band and pulling of the purple robe which sticked fast in his former vvoundes they drawe our more fresh bloud and put on him his owne clothes but leaue the crowne of thornes fast fixed in his head both for his greater torment and greater ignominie lest perhaps he might appeare like no king at al or should lacke à pillowe to rest his hèad on hanging on the Crosse And hauing in the meane time prepared à most terrible heauie Crosse they lay the same vpon his sore shoulders to carie to the mount of Caluarie tormenting him by the sight and vveight of so huge à burden before he come to be nailed theron And yet much heauier to him is the continual meditation of our sinnes for vvhich he suffereth al this especially our ingratitude in that vve neither go about to imitate his example in taking vp our crosses and folowing him not yet duly consider vvhat he hath done for vs his miserable creatures and vnvvorthie seruants 1. Aue Maria. So IESVS going forth of the citie bewayling vnder the crosse our sinnes marketh the way as he passeth with his owne bloud that whosoeuer wil folow him may not misse of the right path of his steppes 2. Aue Maria. His most sacred mother the immaculate virgin carying also her most heauie crosse of compassion meeteth our Sauiour whose sight and presence greatly increaseth his former sorowe and paine 3. Aue Maria. Our Lord being now weake of bodie and extreme wearie after so great trauel and losse of bloud falleth downe groueling on the ground vnder his Crosse 4. Aue Maria. The cruel tormenters beate our sweet Sauiour lying on the ground as à meke lambe or à poore worme and not à maÌ„ and spurne him with their feete thrusting and haling him forward 5. Aue Maria. Yet fearing he should die in the way and so escape death on the Crosse they compel one Simon Cyrenean to carie the Crosse of Christ the rest of the way to Caluarie 6. Aue Maria. A great multitude of people folow IESVS among which certaine deuour women bewayle and lament him knowing how vniustly he is tormented who did hurt to none at al and good to verie manie 7. Aue Maria. IESVS turning to them saith Daughters of Ierusalem weepe not vpon me but weepe vpon your selues and vpon your children For the daies shal come when al Ierusalem shal be more miserable then now yee thinke me to be 8. Aue Maria. A special deuout womaÌ„ called Veronica reacheth him à handkerchiefe to wipe his face with al being al embrued with sweate and bloud and with filthie spitle of the abhominable tormenters 9. Aue Maria. Our Lord geueth her the handkerchiefe againe not fowle as
might be expected but al faire and in it the most comfortable image of his owne sweete visage expressed 10. Aue Maria. Our Sauiour cometh to Caluarie à place execrable ful of carkases and dead mens bones in vvhich none but notorious malefactors vsed to be crucified Here manie thinke that Adam vvas buried 5. Mysterium dolorosum 5. PATER NOSTER Our Sauiours crucifying and death vpon the Crosse COming to the toppe of mount Caluarie in steede of such confortable good wine as vsually was geuen to refresh and strengthen the hartes of them that were to die they geue vnto our swete Sauiour al vvearied and afflicted vinegre mingled vvith myrrhe and gal vvhich vvhen he had tasted he vvould not drinke Then againe rhey pul of al his clothes with such furie and fiercenes as bringeth more bloud out of the innumerable vvoundes of his sacred bodie and so racking his armes and legges vvith great violence to the length of the Crosse vvith manie knockes of hammers they naile him fast therunto pearcing through the most tender vaines sinevves flesh and bones of both his handes and both his feete vvith great and rugh nailes And for more reproch and ignominie they place our B. Sauiour betwen two theenes as though he were the wickedest of them al and put a title ouer his heade containing his name his countrie and the cause of his death vvritten in Hebrew Greeke and Latin IESVS OF NAZARETH KING OF THE IEWES And so they set vp the Crosse the foote falling into à hole made for that purpose 1. Aue Maria. CoÌ„sider now my soul and thinke with thy self hovv al his holie bodie is miserarably shaken and vvhat fluddes of most pretious bloud do runne forth of those foure great vvoundes 2. Aue Maria. What sorovv also it is to our Sauiour to heare the Priestes Elders Scribes and others both of the greatest and vilest sorte to blaspheme him novv hanging on the Crosse for their sakes and for al mankind 3. Aue Maria. Meditate also his most perfect charitie vvho not only prayeth for al the vvorld but also particularly for those that novv crucifie him and blaspheme him saying FATHER FORGEVE THEM FOR THEY KNOVV NOT VVHAT THEY DOE 4. Aue Maria. Likevvise consider and admire his exceeding mercie tovvardes paenitents so graciously grauÌ„ting to the poeniteÌ„t theefe more then he asketh saying THIS DAY THOV SHALT BE WITH ME IN PARADISE 5. Aue Maria. And much more maist thou admire the depth of his loue tovvards al iust persons and namely towards his deere mother and beloued disciple vvhom he coÌ„mendeth ech to other saying to her BEHOLD THY SONNE and to him BEHOLD THY MOTHER 6. Aue Maria. Great darknes continuing three houres together al are astonished Christ as man offereth him self in Sacrifice to God and that in extreme paines vvhich at last he expresseth saying My GOD MY GOD VVHY HAST THOV FOR SAKEN ME 7. Aue Maria. Our Lord afflicted with bodelie drynes and most sollicitous to saue mankind saith I THIRST his flesh in dede desiring to be refreshed vvith drinke and his spirite to be recreated vvith the saluation of soules 8. Aue Maria. They vvrappe a sponge ful of vinegre in hyssope offer it to his mouth which out svveete Lord mekely taking saith IT IS CONSVMMATE 9. Aue Maria. Hauing therfore accoÌ„plished al according to Gods ordinance for mankind vvith strong and loud voice he sayeth FATHER INTO THY HANDES I COMMEND MY SPIRITE 10. Aue Maria. And so preuenting death though he could haue liued longer bowing his heade he geueth vp the ghost fulfilling that himself had said before No man taketh my life avvay from me but I yelde it of my selfe Erit sepulchrum eius gloriosum CREDO IN DEVM AT what time the Sonne of God dyed vpon the Crosse for the redemption of mankind it pleaseth also the same Diuine power intestimonie and confirmation of so vvnderful a Mysterie to shewe sundrie miraculous and strange euents apparent to the whole world First the Creator of heauen and earth by the iniurie of his creatures hanging on the Crosse the earth is al darkened at midday so continuing three whole houres together by ecclips of the sune aboue al course of nature ouer al the earth at once and that in the fulmoone After vvhich the author of life before nature coÌ„pelleth yeldeth vp the ghost at his owne wil vvhich no other liuing creature can do Then the veile of the Temple is rent in two peeces from the toppe euen to the bottome The earth doth quake The rockes are torne in peeces The graues are opened and after our Lords resurrection manie bodies of the Saincts that had slept do rise and appeare to manie The Capitaine and souldiars vvhose hartes vvere eueÌ„ novv hardened vvith malice going avvay confesse openly that in deede this man is the Sonne of God And manie of the most obstinate Iewes goe also avvay repeÌ„ting and striking them selues on the brest A souldiar vvith a speare pearcing his side incontinent there cometh forth bloud and water Ioseph of Aramathia a noble Senatour who before durst not professe him self a disciple of Christ now goeth boldly to Pilate and beggeth his bodie and so taketh it froÌ„ the crosse In which holie worke an other principal maÌ„ of the Ievves called Nicodem ' vvho vvas vvoÌ„t to resort to Christ by night not daring so do in the day ioyning him self brought a mixture of myrrhe and aloes about an hundreth pounds To al vvhich miraculous accideÌ„ts happening at the death of out Sauiour thou maist iustly adde in thy meditation the singular modestie in uincible courage most heroical fortitude and vnspeakeable pietie of the sacred virgin his mother Who seeing vvith her eyes aÌ„d feeling in her ovvne hart al that passed and vvas done and suffered by her only svveete soÌ„ne yet admitteth nor committeth no act vnsemely to her person and most high perfectioÌ„ in al vertues but taking into her ovvne armes the dead bodie of her former ioy and life bevvaileth the same deliuering it again assisteth in burying therof And so the precious bodie enbalmed vvith spices and vvrapped in fine linnen is buried in à nevv monumeÌ„t made in à rocke wherin none hath bene laid before and agreat stone is rolled to the doore vvhich also the Ievves by permission of Pilate seale vp and set a gard of vvatch men to kepe the sepulchre lest his disciples steale him avvay say he is risen from death The third Rosaire of our Ladies Psalter resembled to a damaske rose containing fiue glorious Mysteries In nomine Patris Filij ✚ Spiritus Sancti Amen OVR Lord IESVS Christ was obedient vnto death eueÌ„ the death of the Crosse For the which God hath exalted â—im and hath geuen him à name which â—s aboue al names 1. MystÌ„erium gloriosum 1. PATER NOSTER The Resurrection of our Lord. THE most holie and euer glorious soule of our Lord and Sauiour leauing his bodie dead on the Crosse goeth incontinent into the
our children Pilate fearing to offend Caesar iudgeth Christ to be crucified 8. Pater noster Taking away the scarlet robe but leauing the crowne on his head they cause him to carie his owne crosse he falleth vndet it but lest he die in the way they force an other to carie it 9. Pater noster Our Sauiour crucified betwen two theeues destitute of al temporal comforth in extreme paine sheweth exceding patience and infinite charitie towards al frends and foes 10. Pater noster After three houres al things being now consummate he yeldeth the ghost His soule presently triumpheth in limbo in the euening his bodie is honorably buried 3. Aue Maria. His constant mother aboue al others suffereth vvith him the svvord of sorovv often pearcing her hart and afflicting her vvith the paines of death The glorie of our Lord after his Passion 1. Pater noster The third day our Lord riseth gloriously from death deliuering out of limbo al the Sainctes of the old Testament appeareth first to his mother then to others disposeth manie things pertayning to the kingdome of God 2. Pater noster The fourtith day he ascendeth into heauen sitteth on the right hand of his Father our singular and proper Aduocate by whom we haue manie intermediators and intercessors 3. Pater noster Vpon Whitsunday he sendeth the Holie Ghost in visible signes By whom he gathereth gouerneth sanctifieth conserueth and glorifieth his Church continually to the end of the world Credo in Deum OVR Lord IESVS CHRIST who before al worlds was ordained to be the Redeemer of mankind Who at the time appointed was borne of the virgin MARIE in great humilitie and pouertie who sustayned most great labours calling al men to penance inuiting al by example and word to grace desirous to saue al who after infinite traualies reproches and torments at last suffered the most ignominious and most bitter death vpon the Crosse who finally is gloriously risen from death ascended into heauen from thence sent the Holie Ghost who continually conserueth and sanctifieth his Church in earth The selfe same Lord and Redemer wil come againe in great powre and Maiestie Iudge of al Angels and men And wil render to euerie one according as they shal deserue wel or euil euerlasting paine or euerlasting glorie AMEN A briefe Rosarie of fiftene Pater nosters and Aues with one Crede in memorie of eight ioyes and seuen sorovves of the most B. Virgin MARIE In nomine Patris Filij ✚ Spiritus Sancti Blessed be the most holie and indiuisible Trinitie novve and euer vvorld vvithout end Amen 1. Pater Aue. The first ioy The Annunciation and Conception of Christ wherby God is made man and the B. virgin the mother of God 2. Pater Aue. The second ioy The B. Virgin visiting S. Elizabeth the infant in Elizabeths wombe both the mothers Zacharias their kins folke and neighbours do al reioyce 3. Pater Aue. The third ioy Our Sauiour is borne the Angels sing the shepheards visite the Infant the Sages adore him 4. Pater Aue. The fourth ioy Presenting her sonne in the Temple Simeon ioyfully taketh the childe into his armes he and holie Anne do prophecie 5. Pater Aue. The first sorowe Ioseph vvith the childe and his mother flie into Aegypt parting avvay by night 6. Pater Aue. The second sorowe Our Sauiour being tvvelue yeres old is lost three dayes his parents seking him vvith great griefe 7. Pater Aue. The third sorowe In the thirtith yere of his age our Lord taketh leaue of his mother as no longer to dvvel in her familie Ioseph also dieth 8. Pater Aue. The fourth sorowe The B. Virgin heareth that her sonne is takē cruelly handled vvhipped crovvned with thornes and cōdēned to be crucified 9. Pater Aue. The fith sorowe The afflicted mother meteth her sonne carying his Crosse and seeth him fal dovvne vnder it 10. Pater Aue. The sixt sorowe She seeth her sonne crucified betvven tvvo theeues and after extreme paines to yeld the ghost 11. Pater Aue. The seuenth sorowe She taketh his bodie in her armes And it is taken from her againe and buried 12. Pater Aue. The fifth ioy Our Sauiour rising from death first of al appeareth to his deare mother 13. Pater Aue. The sixt ioy The blessed mother reioyceth aboue al others for her sonnes Ascension and exaltation in heauen 14. Pater Aue. The seuenth ioy She also reioyceth most for the coming of the Holie Ghost and is thervvith most abundantly replemshed 15. Pater Aue. The eight ioy The glorious mother of God is both in soul and bodie assumpted into heauen and exalted aboue al the orders of Angels OVR Lord IESVS CHRIST in whom there could neuer be anie sinne And the most blessed virgin his mother being alwayes preserued from al spot or blemish therof suffered extreme paines and so entred in to their glorie leauing vnto vs example to folow their steppes How much more then are we most miserable creatures being loadden with sinnes compassed about with infirmities and subiect to al dangerous tentations bound to sustaine necessarie chastisments and sweete corrections reioycing in hope patient in tritribulation instant in prayer not to be wearied in our mindes nor faint vnder the rodde of our heauenly Fathers discipline that we may at last reigne with them be glorified with them and made heyres of God felowe heyres of Christ our Sauiour and our most blessed Ladie his mother of aeternal ioy and glorie which no man can take away from vs. Which he graunt vnto vs who with his owne bloud purchased the same for vs by the intercession of his most sweete mother and of al his glorious Saincts AMEN LITANIES GATHERED OVT OF THE CORONE OF OVR LORD KYrie eleyson Christe eleyson Kyrie eleyson Christe audi nos Chiste exaudi nos 1 Ab Angelo Gabriele annunciate CHRISTE Miserere nobis 2 Baptistam tuum in vtero sanctificans CHRISTE Miserere nobis 3 Ex virgine nate ab Angelis agnite CHRISTE Miserere nobis 4 A Pastoribus in praesepio visitate CHRISTE Miserere nobis 5 Circuncise nomine IESV appellate CHRISTE Miserere nobis 6 A Magis Gentium primitijs adorate CHRISTE Miserere nobis 7 Presentate in Simeonis vlnas suscepte CHRISTE Miserere nobis 8 In Aegypto cum parentibus exulans CHRISTE Miserere nobis 9 Simulachra Aegyptiorum destruens CHRISTE Miserere nobis 10 Archelaum fugiens Nazareth inhabitans CHRISTE Miserere nobis Virgo benedicta his omnibus cooperata or a pro nobis 1 Triduo amisse inter Doctores inuente CHRISTE Miserere nobis 2 In Patris negotijs semper occupate CHRISTE Miserere nobis 3 A Ioanne in Iordane baptizate CHRISTE Miserere nobis 4 In deser to ieiunans tentatorem vincens CHRISTE Miserere nobis 5 Exemplo verbo legem Dei docens CHRISTE Miserere nobis 6 Miraculorum sermon is virtute potens CHRISTE Miserere nobis 7 De Passione tua Resurrectione praemonens CHRISTE