ever in ioy and rest without trouble and sure never to lose it Thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven as to love all that thou lovest and to hate all that thou hatest and that wee keep evermore thy commandements Our daily bread give us to day that is to say bread of doctrin bread of penance and bread for our bodily sustentation And forgive us all our sins that we have done against thee against our neighbours and against our self Semblably as we forgive other that have offended us by words in our bodies or our goods And suffer not that we be overcome in temptation that is to say as by the devill the world and the flesh But deliver us from all evill works ready done and also them for to come Here followeth the History of the Pater noster row OVR Father which art in Heaven hallowed be thy name Let thy kingdome come Thy will be done as well in earth as it is in heaven Give us this day our daily bread And forgive us our trespasses as we forgive our trespassers And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evill For thine is the kingdome and the power and the glory for ever and ever Amen IN the story here before sheweth the simple people how this holy praier the Pater noster should be said to God the father to God the son God the holy Ghost to none other The which praier containeth and taketh all that be rightfully asked of God our Lord Iesus Christ made it there to the intēt that we should have more hope and devotion and he made it on a time when he taught his Apostles speally to make orison And then the disciples said Lord and master learn us to pray and then our Lord opened his holy mouth and said to his Apostles when ye will make any prayers after this maner as here followeth shall you begin saying thus Our father which art in heaven hallowed be thy name Thy kingdom come Thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven Give us this day our dayly bread And forgive us our trespasses as we forgive them that trespasse against us and let us not be led into temptation But deliver vs from evill Amen Hereafter followeth the salutation that the Angell Gabriel made to the glorious Virgin Mary with the greeting of the holy woman S. Elizabeth Haile Mary full of grace our Lord is with thee Blessed art thou of all women and blessed be the fruit of thy wombe Iesus Secondly in the booke of Iesus the Salutation is such Haile Mary full of grace our Lord is with thee Blessed be thou amongst all women and blessed be the fruit of thy wombe Iesus Christ Amen The salutation of the Angel Gabriel IN this salutation is three mysteries The first is the salutation that the Angell Gabriel made The second is the loving commendation that S. Elizabeth made mother to S. Iohn Baptist The third is the supplicatiō that our mother holy church maketh And they be the most fair words that we can say to our Lady that is the Ave Maria wherin we salute her praise her pray her and speak to het And therfore it is only said to her and not to S. Katherine nor to S. Margaret nor to none other Saint And if thou demaund how thou maist then pray to other saints I say to thee thou must pray as our mother holy Church praieth in saying to Saint Peter Holy S. Peter pray for us S. Thomas pray for us That they may pray to God to give us grace he forgive us our sins And that he give us grace to doe his will penance keep his commandements so we shall pray to the saints in heaven after the necessity that we have S. Peter S. Andrew S. Iames the great S. Iohn S. Thomas S. Iames the lesse S. Philip S. Bartholomew S. Matthew S. Simon S. Iude and S. Matthias CHAP XI Thirdly in the book of Iesus is salutary science and is the Credo which we ought to beleeve on pain of damnation I beleeve in God the father almighty maker of heaven and Earth and in Iesus Christ his only Sonne our Lord. which was conceived of the holy Ghost and suffered passion under Ponce Pilate crucified dead and buried went into hell the third day rose from death Ascended into heaven and siteth on the right hand of God the Father And after shall come to iudge the quick and the dead I beleeve in the holy Ghost The Holy Catholick Church the communion of Saints and remission of sinnes The rising of the flesh The life everlasting Amen SAint Peter put the first article and said I believe in God the Father almightie creator of heaven and earth Saint Andrew put to the second and said I beleeve in Iesus Christ his onely son our Lord. Saint Iames the great put to the third saying I beleeve that he was conceived of the holy Ghost born of the Virgin Mary Saint Iohn put to the fourth saying I beleeve that he suffered passion under Ponce Pilate was crucified dead and buried Saint Thomas put to the fift saying I beleeve that he descended into hell and the third day arose from death to life Saint Iames the lesse put to the sixt saying I beleeve that he ascended into heavē and sitteth on the right hand of God the father omnipotent Saint Philip put to the seventh saying I beleeve that after he shall come to iudge the quick and the dead S. Bartholomew put to the eight saying I beleeve in the holy Ghost S. Matthew put to the ninth saying I beleeve in the holy Church Catholike S. Simon put to the tenth saying I beleeve the communion of saints and remission of sinnes Saint Iude put to the eleventh saying I beleeve the resurrection of the flesh Saint Matthias put to the twelfth saying I beleeve the life eternall Amen Here followeth the Creed as it ought to be said I Beleeve in God the father almighty creator of heaven earth And in Iesus Christ his only son our Lord. That was conceived by the holy Ghost born of the Virgin Mary Sufferd passion under Ponce Pilate crucified dead and buried Descended into hel and the third day arose from death Ascended into heaven and sitteth on the right hand of God the father omnipotent And after shall come to iudge the quick and the dead I beleeve in the holy Ghost The holy Church Catholike The communion of saints Remission of sins Resurrection of the flesh and life eternall Amen THis Creede was made composed by the xii Apostles of our Lord of the which every Apostle hath put to his Article as is here above shewed in the Creed as much of one part as of the other our faith Catholike is cōtained in the said xii Articles that is the begining of our health without which none may be saved ne do nothing that is agreeable to God and faith ought to be at the
be noysome and after labour it well and then sow good seeds In like wise a man should labour and cleanse his conscience of all his sins labour by holy meditations and sow vertues and good operations for to gather fruit of everlasting life Then sith that here before hath been spoken of vices rudely and lightly now it behoveth hereafter to speak of vertues in the third part of this present book the which shall be as a little garden pleasant full of trees flowers in the which the contemplative person may sport play by good ensignments gather sundry vertues and edify himself in good exercise wherewith his soul shall bee enormed and ordained after his spouse Iesus Christ when he shall come to visit and dwell with him In the beginning of the which part shall be the Orason dominicall of our Lord with the declaration the better to understand it and the said part shall contain six parts The first part shall be the declaration of the said prayer the second of the salutation Angelike that Gabriel made to Mary when shee conceived her child Iesus the third shall be of the twelve articles of our faith the iv shall be of the ten Commandements of the Law the v. shal be of the field of vertues For the first ye ought to know that by the orison of our Lord that is the Pater noster when wee say it wee demand of God suffisance of all things necessary for salute and help of our souls and of our bodys not only for us but for all other and for all this cause we ought to have the said orison in great contemplation say it with great devotion unto God And unto young people it should be taught and said to them for though they understand it not yet it profiteth them to have the kingdom of heaven and they say it in perfect love and charity In the Pater noster we ask seven petitions by each petition we may understand seven other things as the seven Sacraments of holy Church the seven gifts of the holy ghost the seven armours of iustice spirituall The seven vertues principall that wee should exercise The seven works of mercy bodily The seven works of mercy ghostly The seven deadly sinnes that we should dread The declaration is this Our father which art in heaven thy name be made holy In this petition we ask of God our Father to be his Sons for otherwise we cannot be called his Sons nor he our Father and that his name may be made by us more holy than any other thing wherefore we receive the Sacrament of baptism without that man may not be made the Son of God and to receive the vertue of meeknesse against pride and then to cloth the naked and help the needy both bodily and ghostly The second is thy kingdome come to us in this petition Insomuch the name of God may not be perfectly hallowed of us in this world we ask his realm in the which perfectly we shall hallow it for to that kingdome we be very heirs This petition is the sacrament of priesthood by the which we are taught to good works and the gift of the holy ghost is the gift of understanding for to understand and desire the kingdome of heaven and we arm us with the helm of largess against covetous The third petition is thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven for it is the perfect will of God that his will should be fulfilled that is his commandement by this petition we make obeisance to God in our hearts when we desire to do his will by this is understood the sacrament of marriage by the which we avoid fornication and the gift of counsell of the holy ghost for to order our obeysance veritably and so we arm us with the armour of salvation against Envy The fourth petition is our daily bread give us this day Here we ask of God to be sustained with materiall bread for our bodies and spirituall bread for our souls that is the bread of life the body of Iesus Christ the which wee receive by faith in mind of his passion The gift of the holy ghost is strength to be faithfull in our belief take we the sword of patience against the sinne of ire and visit the sick men bodily and use vertue of temperance against wrath The fift petition is forgive us our sinnes as we forgive all men for trust well he that will not forgive for the love of God God will never forgive him his sinnes And these three petitions following we ask of God to be delivered from all evill as of the sin that we have done deadly and by these wee ask of God to be assoiled and to give us pardon by his mercy by the which we understand the sacrament of penance and forgiveness of sinne the holy ghosts gift is science for to understand the works of mercy and to escape sin And so clothe us with lightnes against covetise comfort poor prisoners and give good counsell to them that ask and need it and take the vertue of faith against covetise The vi petition is suffer us not to be overcome in temptation by the second evill that is done but it may happen and we fall by the way of temptation Here we ask of God to be stedfast in the faith that we may gladly do good works in the vertue of hope and strength to do good deeds and to withstand temptation to the which profiteth to us the sacrament of confirmation which giveth to us the knowledge of God by the vertue of verity The gift of the holy ghost so take we the spear of soberness against gluttony comfort Pilgrims by vertue of hope The vii petition is to deliver us from evill Amen The third evill is evill of pain that sinners may have if they serve not God by this petition we ask that we may be delivered from all pains and saved in Paradice unto this say we all Amen By these we ask so it be done as we desire By the which we receive the sacrament of the latter annointing which giveth us the sure way of salvation the gift of the holy ghost is dread of iudgements of God and gird us with the girdle of chastity against letchery and bury we them that be dead bodily and pray for our enemies ghostly get in us the vertue of charity and eschue the sin of letchery Thus endeth the Salutary science of the garden of vertues CHAP. X. Hereafter followeth another declaration of the Pater noster OVr Father right marvellous in his creation sweet and loving rich of all goods that be in heaven mirror of trinity crown of iocundity and treasure of felicity Holy be thy name and sweet as hony in our mouth thou art the melodious harp that causeth devotion to sound in our ears and to have it continually by the desire of our hearts Thy realm come to us in the which we shall be
the earth have taken on me to indite this little treatise for to instruct and endoctrin the people not lettered First to know God their maker Secondly to govern their bodies and eschue infirmities And thirdly to know the course of the firmament and of the celestiall bodies conteined in it with the disposition of the vii Planets But who that will know his properties ought first to know the Month that he was born in and the sign that the Sun was in the same day I will not say that such things shal be but that the signs have such properties and is the will of God After Poets and Astronomers Aries is the first sign that sheweth the fortunes of men and women as saith Ptolomeus The first sign of Aries I Find that he which is born in the sign of Aries from mid March to mid Aprill shal be of good wit and shall neither be rich ne poor he shall have damaâ—â— by his neighbours he shall have power over deaâ—â—â—lkes goods he shall be soon angry and soon appeased he shall have divers fortunes discords he will desire doctrine and haunt eloquent people and shall be expert in many degrees he shal be a lyer and unstedfast of courage and will take the vengeance on his enemies and he shal be better disposed in youth in all things than in age unto xxxiii year he shall be a fornicatour and shal be wedded at xxv year and if he be not he shall not bee chast he shall be a mediatour for some of his friendes and will gladly be busie in the needs of other he shal be awaited to be damaged he shall have a sign in the shoulder in his head and in his body yet he shall be rich by the deathes of other his first son shall not live long he shal be in danger of four footed beastes hee shall have great sickenesse at xxiii year and if he escape he shall live lxxxv year after Nature The woman that is born in this time shal be irefull and suffer great wrongs from day to day she will gladly make leasings and shall leese her husband and recover a better shee shall be sick at five year of age and at xxv she shal be in great danger of death and if she escape she shal be in doubt till xliii year and shall suffer great pain of the head The days of Sol and Mars to them shal be right good and the days of â—upiter shal be contrary to them and aswell the men as the women shal be semblable to the Sheep that every year leeseth his fleece of wool and within short space recovereth it again Of the sign of Taurus HE that is born in the Sign of Taurus from mid Aprill till mid May shal be strong hardy and full of strife delicious and shall possesse goods given to him by other men that he would have done shal be incontinent and will enforce to himself to finish it In his youth he will dispise every person shall be irefull he shall goe pilgrimages and will leave his friends and live among strangers he shall be put in offices shall exercise them well and shall be rich by women he shall be thanklesse and come to good estate he will take vengeance on his enemies he shal be bitten of a dogge and shall experiment many pains by women and shall be in perill at xxxiii year he shall be in perill of water and shal be greeved by sicknesse and venym at xxiii year and at xxx year he shal be abundant in riches and shall rise â—o great dignity and shall live lxxxv year and three monthes after nature and shall see his fortune sorrowfull The woman that is born in this time shall be effectuall laboring and a great lyer and shall suffer much shame she shall reâ—oyce in the goods of her friendes that which she coâ—â—â—â—veth in her mind shall come to effect and shall have the best party she shall â—â—ve many husbands and many children she shall be in her best estate aâ— xvi years and she shall have a sign in the middest of her body she shall be sickely and if she escape she shall live lxxvi years after nature She ought to bear rings and precious stones upon her The daies of Jupiter and of Luna been right good for them and the dayes of Mars contrary As well the man as the woman may be likened to the bull that laboreth the land and when the seed is sowen he hath but the straw for his part They shall keep well their own and it shall not profit to them ne to other and shall be reputed unkind Of the sign of Gemini THE man that is born in the sign of Gemini from mid Maie to mid Iune shall have many woundes and he shal be fain and mercyfull he shall lead an open and a reasonable life he shall receive much money he will goe in unknown places and do many pilgrimages he will praise himself and will not bide in the place of his nativitie he shall be wise and negligent in his workes he shall come to riches unto xxvi year his first wife shall not live long but he shall marry strange women he shal be late married he shall be bitten of a dog and shall have a marke of Iron or of fire he shal be tormented in water and shall passe the sea and shall live an hundred year and x. monthes after nature The woman then born shall come to honor and set forward with the goods of other and she shal be agrieved of a false crime she ought to be wedded at xiv year if she shall be chaste and eshewe all perill and shall live lxx year after nature and shall honor God The days of Mercury and Sol to them been right good the days of Luna and Venus been to them contrary and as wel the man as the woman shall augment and assemble the goods of their successors but skantly shall they use their owne goods they shall be so avaricious Of the sign of Cancer NExt after he that is born under the sign of Cancer from mid Iune to mid Iuly shal be very avaricious and of equal stature he will love women he shal be merry humble good wise and well renowned he shall have domage by envy he shall have the money of other in his guiding he shall be a conductor of other folkes things he shall have strife and discord among his neighbors and will avenge him on his enemy by his arrogance maâ— shall mock him he shall have often great fear on the water he wil keep his courage secretly in himself and shal suffer dolour of the womb he shall find hidden money and labor sore for his wife he shall see his peril in a certain year the which shal be known of God his favour shall decrease at xxxiii year he shall passe the sea and shall live lxx year after nature and fortune shall be agreeable to him The woman that shal be born in