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soul_n to_o god_n /_o which_o the_o holy_a angel_n bare_a in_o to_o heaven_n in_o the_o presence_n of_o the_o assystence_n in_o sing_v song_n and_o dyctee_n celestyall_a /_o ¶_o of_o the_o monastery_n of_o saint_n ysodore_n beginning_n in_o latyn_a ¶_o vidimus_fw-la apud_fw-la thehaidam_fw-la /_o caplm_fw-ge xvii_o in_o thebayde_v be_v a_o monastery_n and_o covent_n of_o saint_n ysodote_n playsaunte_n and_o great_o renom_v /_o ¶_o the_o relygyouse_n that_o be_v there_o within_o have_v moche_o great_a and_o large_a house_n /_o ¶_o there_o be_v many_o pond_n gardynes_n and_o tree_n bere_v fruit_n /_o with_o this_o there_o be_v all_o thing_n necessary_a for_o the_o bodily_a life_n in_o such_o wise_a
she_o pray_v the_o blessyd_v lady_n that_o she_o will_v be_v always_o help_a atte_n her_o need_n /_o and_o so_o go_v from_o the_o cytee_fw-mi /_o ¶_o and_o in_o goo_v she_o find_v a_o man_n which_o gaaf_n to_o her_o iii_o pen_n with_o which_o she_o buy_v she_o three_o love_n of_o breed_n /_o ¶_o and_o after_o askyd_v of_o he_o that_o sell_v the_o breed_n which_o be_v the_o way_n to_o go_v to_o flom_o jourdan_n /_o ¶_o and_o whane_a she_o know_v the_o gate_n by_o which_o she_o shall_v go_fw-mi /_o all_fw-es the_o day_n she_o go_v weep_a and_o wail_v /_o ¶_o and_o from_o the_o hour_n of_o tyerce_a unto_o the_o hour_n of_o syxte_v and_o abowte_n the_o son_n goo_v down_o she_o go_v and_o arryve_v atte_n a_o chyrche_n of_o saint_n johan_n baptyste_v by_o the_o say_v flom_o jourdan_n /_o in_z to_o which_o chyrche_n she_o enter_v for_o to_o make_v her_o prayers·_n the_o which_o accomplyssh_v she_o descend_v in_o to_o the_o flode_v aforesaid_a &_o wish_v her_o face_n &_o her_o body_n with_o the_o holy_a water_n of_o the_o say_v flom_o jourdan_n ¶_o and_o after_o that_o she_o have_v admynistre_v the_o holy_a sacrament_n of_o the_o altar_n she_o eat_v half_a a_o loof_o &_o the_o same_o night_n she_o lie_v all_o nakyd_n upon_o the_o earth_n /_o ¶_o on_o the_o morn_n she_o make_v her_o prayer_n to_o the_o glorioê°_n virgyn_v mary_n /_o prayeng_a she_o that_o she_o will_v address_v she_o for_o to_o go_fw-mi where_o as_o shall_v be_v good_a for_o her_o helthe_n ¶_o fynable_o she_o be_v come_v to_o the_o place_n where_o as_o zozimas_n have_v find_v she_o /_o ¶_o and_o as_o she_o say_v she_o have_v be_v there_o forty_o year_n /_o ¶_o zozimas_n ferthermore_o demand_v &_o question_v of_o she_o what_o thing_n she_o have_v eten_v /_o ¶_o she_o answer_v two_o loove_v and_o a_o half_a of_o breed_n /_o which_o be_v bycomen_v as_o hard_a as_o stone_n as_o soon_o as_o she_o be_v pass_v over_o the_o flom_n jourdan_n /_o ¶_o zozimas_n say_v to_o she_o /_o haste_v thou_o thê°_n pass_v thy_o life_n so_o long_o time_n wythoute_n pain_n or_o sykenesse_n /_o ¶_o she_o ansueryd_v my_o fader_fw-mi i_o dare_v not_o tell_v the_o the_o peril_n that_o i_o have_v endure_v /_o ¶_o zozimas_n say_v leave_v no_o thing_n but_o say_v alle_fw-mi /_o ¶_o true_o my_o fader_fw-mi say_v she_o i_o have_v be_v seventene_v year_n that_o i_o have_v contynuel_o desire_v to_o eat_v and_o drink_v such_o mete_v /_o as_z i_o eat_v in_o the_o world_n /_o ¶_o and_o by_o cause_n i_o may_v not_o have_v it·_v i_o be_v in_o so_o great_a hevynesse_n that_o i_o may_v not_o endure_v it_o /_o ¶_o in_o like_a wise_n the_o flesshe_o thought_n and_o devyllyssh_a song_n come_v to_o my_o mind_n /_o by_o the_o which_o i_o be_v grete_o torment_v /_o ¶_o but_o incontynent_n i_o weep_v and_o smite_v my_o breast_n in_o sayenge_a to_o before_o my_o eye_n the_o promise_n that_o i_o have_v make_v to_o god_n and_o to_o the_o blessyd_v vyrgyne_n marye_n /_o ¶_o whanne_n i_o depart_v from_o the_o chyrche_n of_o iherusalem_n /_o pryncypal_o i_o come_v for_o socour_v to_o the_o holy_a vyrgyne_n marye_n ¶_o and_o in_o weep_a and_o lament_v i_o pray_v she_o to_o have_v consolacyon_n &_o comfort_n /_o ¶_o towching_n the_o flesshe_o temptacyon_n that_o come_v so_o moche_n tofore_o i_o that_o i_o can_v not_o express_v ne_fw-fr telle_fw-fr ¶_o for_o they_o make_v i_o so_o inflame_a of_o my_o first_o sin_n that_o i_o may_v not_o bear_v it_o /_o ¶_o but_o when_o i_o be_v in_o thyse_n passion_n i_o fall_v down_o to_o the_o earth_n for_o to_o weep_v and_o waylle_v abundant_o /_o ¶_o and_o in_o so_o do_v i_o know_v spyrytuel_o that_o the_o blessyd_v vyrgyn_v marye_n which_o have_v holpen_v i_o come_v for_o to_o socoure_v i_o /_o and_z i_o never_o lyfte_v uppe_o my_o eye_n from_o the_o earth_n till_o i_o be_v out_o of_o these_o cursyd_v thought_n /_o in_o have_v always_o my_o herte_n to_o our_o lady_n tresorye_fw-mi of_o grace_n comfortress_n of_o desolate_a /_o ¶_o and_o the_o very_a adresseresse_n of_o theym_n that_o ben_fw-mi out_o of_o the_o way_n /_o ¶_o zozimas_n after_o demand_v of_o she_o â—aste_v thou_o have_v no_o mete_v ne_o clothing_n the_o holy_a egypcyen_n ansuer_v /_o i_o have_v eten_v the_o two_o love_n and_o a_o half_a as_o i_o have_v tell_v /_o ¶_o and_o the_o resydue_n of_o the_o time_n i_o have_v eat_v herb_n of_o the_o desert_n ¶_o by_o cause_n that_o my_o clothing_n be_v all_o to_o tear_v &_o in_o pyece_n i_o have_v leave_v theym_a and_o be_o alle_fw-mi nakyd_n /_o ¶_o lete_n we_o think_v here_o how_o many_o alte_fw-la raconn_n as_o well_o by_o reins_n and_o great_a cold_n as_o by_o extreme_a hete_n of_o the_o son_n that_o she_o endure_v /_o ¶_o think_v we_o also_o how_o many_o carnal_a temptacyon_n she_o throw_v from_o she_o /_o which_o ben_fw-mi somoche_n dyffycyle_n to_o overcome_v to_o theym_v that_o have_v ben_fw-mi accustom_v therein_o more_o thanne_v any_o other_o temptaconn_n /_o ¶_o after_o she_o say_v to_o zozimas_n /_o alas_o my_o friend_n i_o be_o nouryssh_v and_o clothe_v onn_o with_o the_o word_n of_o my_o god_n which_o have_v do_v to_o i_o so_o many_o grace_n /_o the_o which_o say_v that_o one_o lyve_v not_o oon_o by_o breed_n but_o also_o by_o his_o word_n which_o quykenyth_v more_o than_o the_o bodily_a meet_v /_o ¶_o zozimas_n hear_v that_o she_o speak_v of_o holy_a scrypture_n say_v to_o she_o ¶_o mother_n haste_v thou_o learn_v the_o book_n of_o moses_n /_o the_n psaulter_v and_o other_o holy_a scrypture_n /_o ¶_o she_o thenne_v smile_v say_v to_o he_o fader_fw-mi byleve_v i_o certain_o that_o since_o i_o passyd_v the_o flom_n jourdan_n i_o see_v never_o man_n lyve_v but_o the._n ne_fw-fr other_o be_v of_o the_o world_n /_o ¶_o i_o never_o learn_v book_n ne_o never_o hear_v the_o psaulter_n radde_a ne_fw-fr songen_fw-mi /_o ¶_o but_o the_o word_n of_o god_n which_o have_v so_o great_a virtue_n have_v enformyd_fw-la my_o entendement_n /_o ¶_o and_o this_o suffice_v to_o the._n that_o i_o have_v tell_v to_o the_o ¶_o and_o from_o hen_n forth_o pray_v for_o i_o poor_a sinful_a lecherous_a woman_n /_o ¶_o and_o whanne_v she_o have_v say_v thyse_n word_n /_o zozimas_n kneel_v down_o on_o his_o knee_n and_o begin_v to_o say_v /_o ¶_o blessed_n be_v the_o oon_o god_n that_o do_v thing_n so_o merueylous_a and_o in_o so_o many_o person_n ¶_o blessyd_v be_v thou_o my_o god_n which_o haste_n show_v to_o i_o the_o good_n that_o thou_o do_v to_o theym_v that_o dreden_fw-mi the._n and_o keep_v alle_fw-mi thy_o commandment_n /_o ¶_o very_o my_o god_n thou_o leve_v never_o theym_a that_o sechen_a for_o to_o serve_v the_o /_o ¶_o the_o good_a woman_n suffer_v he_o not_o to_o lie_v on_o the_o earth_n /_o ¶_o but_o pray_v he_o that_o he_o will_v never_o show_v that_o she_o have_v say_v to_o man_n lyve_v /_o ¶_o and_o after_o say_v to_o he_o /_o my_o fader_fw-mi go_fw-mi now_o forth_o on_o thy_o way_n in_o pease_n /_o ¶_o and_o within_o a_o year_n hereafter_o i_o shall_v come_v again_o &_o show_v i_o to_o the_o /_o if_o god_n gyve_v we_o the_o grace_n ¶_o with_o this_o i_o pray_v the_o to_o do_v that_o which_o i_o shall_v ordain_v /_o ¶_o by_o cause_n that_o in_o your_o monasterye_n whanne_v you_o make_v your_o holy_a fastynge_n which_o be_v call_v lente_n /_o you_o be_v custom_n be_v to_o go_v in_o to_o desert_n eke_v by_o himself_o for_o to_o keep_v his_o fast_a ¶_o when_o that_o time_n shall_v come_v thou_o shall_v not_o go_v out_o of_o the_o chyrche_n but_o keep_v the_o monasterye_n /_o ¶_o zozimas_n be_v more_o abasshyd_a thanne_n tofore_o of_o that_o she_o know_v the_o rule_n of_o the_o monasterye_n /_o and_o begin_v to_o cry_v ¶_o o_o my_o god_n glory_n be_v give_v to_o the_o /_o i_o know_v that_o thou_o gyve_v more_o grace_n with_o out_o comparyson_n to_o theym_v that_o serve_v the_o true_o thanne_v they_o demand_v or_o ask_v /_o ¶_o the_o holy_a egypcyen_n repryse_v his_o word_n and_o say_v /_o fader_n harken_v /_o ¶_o for_o whanne_n thou_o will_v depart_v from_o the_o monastery_n thou_o shall_v not_o mow_v ¶_o but_o the_o holy_a thursday_n of_o cene._n thou_o shall_v take_v the_o precious_a body_n of_o our_o lord_n ihesu_n cryste_n and_o his_o precyous_a blood_n in_o like_a wise_n in_o a_o holy_a vessel_n and_o shall_v come_v to_o i_o on_o that_o other_o side_n of_o flom_n jourdan_n without_o to_o pass_v over_o /_o ¶_o and_o thenne_n by_o the_o grace_n and_o mercy_n of_o my_o god_n and_o of_o thy_o i_o shall_v receyve_v he_o benygne_o /_o ¶_o for_o i_o never_o receyve_v he_o since_o
i_o be_v admynystre_v in_o the_o chyrche_n of_o saint_n johan_n in_o iherusalem_n /_o ¶_o i_o pray_v the_o that_o thou_o despise_v not_o my_o request_n /_o but_o do_v as_o i_o have_v say_v to_o the_o /_o ¶_o with_o this_o thou_o shall_v say_v to_o john_n abbot_n of_o thy_o monasterye_n that_o there_o ben_fw-mi some_o thing_n to_o be_v correct_v in_o his_o chyrche_n and_o abbaye_n the_o which_o i_o wool_fw-mi not_o tell_v to_o the_o now_o /_o ¶_o but_o nevertheless_o thou_o shall_v advertyse_v he_o to_o take_v heed_n to_o his_o relygyouse_n /_o ¶_o thyse_n word_n say_v the_o good_a woman_n return_v in_o to_o her_o cave_n and_o dwelling_n place_v accustom_v ¶_o the_o good_a zozimas_n returning_n to_o his_o monastery_n kyss_v the_o ground_n where_o as_o she_o have_v markyd_v /_o in_o praise_v god_n /_o and_o say_v non_fw-la thing_n alle_fw-mi that_o year_n of_o that_o he_o have_v seen_v /_o ¶_o for_o by_o cause_n he_o dare_v no_o thing_n say_v /_o he_z enterteyn_v with_o his_o brother_n whanne_v they_o be_v return_v from_o the_o desert_n after_o their_o custom_n /_o ¶_o all_fw-es the_o year_n sygh_v zozimas_n somoche_n desire_n have_v he_o that_o it_o be_v passyd_v ¶_o whanne_n the_o time_n be_v come_v that_o the_o brother_n shall_v depart_v for_o to_o go_fw-mi in_o to_o desert_n to_o make_v their_o fastynge_n as_o they_o have_v be_v accustomyd_fw-la /_o ¶_o zozimas_n be_v take_v with_o a_o fever_n /_o and_o therefore_o he_o abide_v in_o the_o monasterye_n /_o ¶_o thene_n he_o remember_v that_o she_o have_v say_v to_o he_o whanne_v he_o will_v have_v go_v with_o the_o other_o he_o may_v not_o ¶_o the_o day_n of_o the_o cene_z come_fw-mi /_o and_o after_o that_o alle_fw-mi the_o brother_n be_v return_v from_o desert_n /_o ¶_o zozimas_n in_o obeyenge_a that_n which_o that_o the_o good_a lady_n saint_n marye_n egypcyen_n have_v say_v to_o he_o /_o ¶_o he_o take_v a_o chaly_n and_o the_o precyous_a body_n and_o blood_n of_o our_o savyoure_n ihesu_n cryste_n /_o ¶_o and_o after_o he_o put_v fygge_n and_o date_n in_o a_o lytyll_a pannier_n and_o in_o a_o lytyll_a pot_n pottage_n with_o water_n /_o ¶_o and_o so_o go_v forth_o as_o he_o have_v be_v cauzâ—e_o unto_o the_o rynage_n of_o the_o flom_n jourdan_n /_o in_o abide_v the_o good_a woman_n marye_n egypcyen_v /_o ¶_o and_o notwythstond_v that_o it_o be_v long_o â—â—_o she_o come_v thyde_a /_o yet_o zozimas_n slepte_v not_o /_o fere_a that_o she_o have_v be_v there_o tofore_o his_o come_n /_o ¶_o wherefore_o he_o weep_v and_o pray_v god_n in_o sayenge_a /_o my_o god_n which_o haste_v will_v to_o yeve_v to_o i_o the_o grace_n to_o see_v this_o holy_a woman_n /_o i_o byseche_v the_o that_o it_o may_v pleyse_v the_o to_o grant_n to_o i_o again_o that_o i_o may_v yet_o once_o see_v she_o /_o ¶_o and_o in_o prayenge_a and_o make_v his_o orison_n come_v to_o he_o a_o neither_o fantasye_a /_o ¶_o and_o after_o he_o say_v /_o alas_o what_o shall_v i_o do_v when_o she_o shall_v come_v /_o how_o shall_v she_o 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the_o holy_a sacrament_n of_o the_o altar_n her_o maker_n and_o â—â—res_n /_o ¶_o and_o after_o lyfte_v uppe_o her_o ande_fw-mi to_o heaven_n and_o say_v /_o ¶_o o_o my_o god_n suffer_v now_o thy_o honde_a maid_n and_o poor_a servant_n in_o pease_n after_o thy_o word_n /_o ¶_o for_o my_o eye_n have_v seen_v thy_o helthe_n ¶_o after_o she_o say_v to_o zozimas_n go_v now_o in_o to_o thy_o monasterye_n and_o live_v in_o pease_n with_o god_n /_o ¶_o and_o whanne_v this_o year_n shall_v be_v pass_v thou_o shall_v come_v again_o unto_o the_o lytyll_o break_v where_o i_o first_o speak_v to_o the_o /_o and_o yet_o thou_o shall_v see_v i_o again_o if_o it_o plaice_n to_o my_o god_n /_o ¶_o zozimas_n answer_v /_o will_v god_n that_o i_o may_v always_o be_v with_o the_o /_o ¶_o my_o mother_n i_o pray_v the_o that_o thou_o may_v eat_v a_o lytyll_a of_o the_o meet_a that_o i_o have_v bring_v to_o the_o /_o ¶_o thenne_n she_o take_v three_o grain_n of_o his_o lentylle_n and_o put_v it_o in_o her_o mouth_n sayenge_a /_o ¶_o it_o suffyse_v to_o have_v the_o grace_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n for_o to_o sustain_v the_o soul_n undefoyl_v of_o sin_n /_o ¶_o thenne_fw-fr say_v zozimas_n pray_v for_o i_o /_o and_o remember_v my_o infelycyte_n /_o ¶_o zozimas_n take_v she_o by_o the_o foot_n in_o prayenge_a her_n that_o she_o will_v have_v the_o state_n of_o the_o poor_a synnar_n and_o himself_o for_o recommend_v /_o ¶_o thyse_n thing_n thus_o do_v the_o good_a woman_n make_v the_o sign_n of_o the_o cross_n upon_o flom_o jourdan_n and_o go_v upon_o the_o water_n as_o she_o die_v tofore_o /_o ¶_o zozimas_n dredefull_a and_o joyeous_a return_v again_o in_o to_o his_o monasterye_n /_o ¶_o but_o he_o be_v dysplayse_v by_o cause_n he_o have_v not_o ask_v her_o name_n /_o ¶_o the_o year_n pass_v he_o come_v again_o in_o to_o the_o place_n afore_o say_v /_o ¶_o and_o byhold_n on_o alle_fw-mi side_n if_o he_o may_v see_v she_o ¶_o but_o he_o cowde_v fyude_v none_o apparaunce_n nor_o knowledge_n 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wreton_n this_o that_o folowyth_o /_o ¶_o fader_fw-mi zozimas_n put_v in_o sepulture_n the_o poor_a body_n of_o marye_n egypcyen_n to_o the_o end_n that_o in_o so_o do_v thou_o rendre_fw-fr to_o the_o earth_n that_o which_o be_v his_o /_o and_o powder_n to_o powder_n /_o in_o prayenge_a god_n for_o my_o soul_n /_o ¶_o zozimas_n be_v moche_o admerueyl_v in_o think_v how_o thyse_n lettre_n have_v be_v wreten_v /_o nevertheless_o he_o rejoice_v he_o of_o that_o he_o know_v her_o name_n /_o and_o praise_v and_o
i_o know_v that_o i_o shall_v not_o live_v long_o and_o that_o god_n have_v holpen_v i_o to_o fyghte_n against_o the_o devyll_n unto_o now_o /_o it_o restyth_v oon_o that_o i_o gyve_v the_o consolacyon_n of_o thy_o daughter_n eufrosyne_n /_o ¶_o byleve_v sure_o that_o i_o be_o she_o /_o and_o therefore_o be_v constant_a and_o mighty_a wythoute_n in_o any_o wise_a to_o anger_n the_o ¶_o and_o this_o that_o i_o show_v to_o the._n ne_o show_n ne_o declare_v it_o to_o any_o man_n lyve_v /_o ¶_o but_o thou_o allone_n tofore_o that_o i_o be_v put_v in_o the_o earth_n shall_v wasshe_v i_o to_o the_o end_n that_o no_o man_n know_v that_o i_o be_o a_o woman_n /_o ¶_o i_o have_v promise_v many_o londe_n and_o possessyon_n to_o the_o chyrche_n here_o within_o /_o ¶_o and_o therefore_o thou_o shall_v accomplysshe_v and_o fulfil_v my_o promise_n it_o be_v a_o place_n of_o great_a devocyon_n /_o ¶_o pray_v for_o i_o i_o command_v the_o to_o god_n and_o my_o body_n and_o my_o soul_n /_o ¶_o and_o in_o sayenge_a thyse_n word_n she_o render_v and_o gaaf_a her_o spiryte_n to_o god_n ¶_o whanne_n pafunce_v the_o fader_fw-mi of_o the_o good_a lady_n have_v herd_n thyse_n word_n /_o seenge_v that_o she_o be_v thenne_n deed_n fall_v down_o to_o the_o earth_n as_o deed_n /_o ¶_o after_o this_o run_v agapytus_n and_o he_o seenge_v that_o smaradyn_n be_v deed_n and_o pafunce_v fall_v down_o to_o the_o earth_n cast_a water_n in_o to_o the_o visage_n of_o pafunce_n in_o sayenge_a /_o ¶_o what_o eyle_v thou_o my_o lord_n and_o friend_n arise_v uppe_o /_o ¶_o pafunce_fw-mi ansuer_v alas_o that_o i_o dye_n not_o right_a here_o /_o this_o day_n have_v i_o seen_v thing_n enarrable_a /_o ¶_o after_o he_o roo_v up_o and_o fall_v upon_o the_o face_n of_o his_o daughter_n &_o wysshe_v she_o with_o his_o teere_n /_o ¶_o and_o whane_a he_o have_v long_o wayll_v and_o weep_v upon_o the_o body_n /_o he_o say_v with_o a_o high_a voice_n ¶_o alas_o my_o sweet_a daughter_n why_o haddeste_v not_o thou_o 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honour_v and_o praise_v be_v to_o god_n of_o heaven_n and_o of_o earth_n /_o which_o that_o makyth_v not_o oon_o to_o man_n merueyllouse_a thing_n but_o also_o to_o wymmen_v /_o ¶_o and_o thus_o as_o alle_fw-mi be_v there_o assemble_v for_o to_o bury_v the_o corpse_n /_o a_o brother_n which_o have_v but_o one_o eye_n kyss_v she_o and_o incontynent_a he_o see_v cler_o with_o that_o other_o eye_n /_o ¶_o her_o fader_fw-mi dystrybute_v and_o deal_v all_o his_o possessyon_n and_o lyvelood_n to_o the_o say_a chirche_n and_o monastery_n and_o render_v and_o become_v himself_o relygyous_a in_o the_o same_o place_n and_o monasterye_n /_o where_o as_o he_o live_v ten_o year_n after_o /_o and_o after_o he_o dethe_v fynable_o be_v bury_v by_o saint_n eufrosyne_n his_o oon_o daughter_n and_o savyd_v in_o heaven_n /_o ¶_o to_o the_o whrche_n by_o their_o intercessyon_n and_o prayer_n it_o may_v plaice_n god_n that_o we_o may_v all_o come_v atte_fw-mi the_o end_n of_o our_o day_n /_o ¶_o the_o which_o grant_v we_o the_o fader_fw-mi soon_o and_o holy_a ghost_n /_o amen_n /_o ¶_o thus_o endyth_v the_o life_n of_o the_o glorious_a saint_n eufrosyne_n /_o ¶_o of_o saint_n frontynyan_n which_o begynnyth_v in_o latyn_a ¶_o quomam_fw-la sepe_fw-la desideratis_fw-la /_o caplm_fw-ge xlu_o ¶_o those_o ben_fw-mi the_o condycyon_n of_o they_o that_o lyven_v in_o the_o world_n /_o ¶_o lete_n we_o demand_v and_o ask_v first_o the_o ream_n of_o heaven_n /_o ¶_o and_o lete_fw-la we_o do_v after_o justyce_n ¶_o and_o by_o this_o moyen_fw-fr alle_fw-mi good_a thing_n shall_v come_v to_o we_o /_o ¶_o after_o that_o ever_o yche_a of_o theym_n after_o his_o power_n intend_v to_o prayer_n the_o best_a wise_n they_o may_v ¶_o but_o the_o good_a fader_fw-mi pray_v not_o only_o for_o himself_o but_o for_o alle_fw-mi the_o other_o ¶_o long_o time_n after_o that_o they_o have_v live_v in_o the_o say_a desert_n /_o the_o enemy_n of_o nature_n which_o be_v always_o enuyouse_a /_o pryncypal_o of_o theym_n which_o do_v penance_n /_o tempt_v theym·_fw-la and_o assail_v with_o many_o assault_n /_o in_o such_o wise_n that_o he_o make_v theym_fw-mi all_fw-ge to_o murmur_n and_o to_o grutche_n against_o their_o abbot_n /_o and_o say_v that_o one_o to_o that_o other_o /_o wherefore_o be_v it_o that_o our_o abbot_n have_v make_v we_o to_o come_v in_o to_o this_o desert_n /_o ¶_o they_o that_o be_v in_o town_n and_o castellis_fw-la shall_v have_v as_o well_o heaven_n as_o we_o so_o that_o they_o do_v good_a werke_n ¶_o and_o we_o slay_v ourself_o here_o by_o fastynge_n and_o by_o abstynence_n we_o deyen_v for_o hungre_n /_o ¶_o and_o thus_o the_o moost_n part_n of_o they_o be_v movyd_v to_o return_v to_o the_o world_n /_o ¶_o this_o know_v saint_n frontinyan_n come_v to_o theym_v and_o say_v /_o wherefore_o ally_n my_o bredern_n come_v you_o hither_o with_o i_o for_o to_o murmur_v and_o grutche_n against_o god_n /_o knowe_n you_o not_o well_o by_o holy_a scrypture_n that_o a_o just_a man_n shall_v never_o dye_n for_o hungre_n /_o ¶_o and_o if_o he_o have_v not_o for_o to_o eat_v god_n shall_v send_v he_o some_o by_o his_o angel_n like_a as_o he_o have_v do_v to_o many_o of_o who_o we_o rede_n /_o ¶_o think_v that_o god_n have_v always_o his_o eye_n upon_o the_o devowte_n soul_n /_o think_v also_o how_o god_n nouryssh_v the_o ravenn_n within_o theye_n nee_v whanne_v the_o fader_fw-mi ne_fw-mi the_o mother_n will_v not_o nourysshe_v they_o by_o cause_n they_o be_v white_a /_o ¶_o whanne_n they_o be_v first_o hayghte_n or_o bear_v /_o ¶_o my_o brother_n have_v you_o always_o the_o love_n of_o god_n in_o your_o herte_n and_o i_o assure_v &_o certefye_v you_o for_o truth_n that_o you_o shall_v never_o have_v default_n of_o meet_a ne_fw-fr of_o drink_n /_o ¶_o and_o if_o it_o so_o happen_v /_o which_o i_o byleve_v shall_v never_o come_v that_o you_o shall_v have_v hungre_n or_o thurste_v /_o and_o whane_v it_o so_o be_v /_o thenne_fw-fr may_v you_o have_v cause_n to_o 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dysplaysaunte_n /_o ¶_o on_o a_o night_n after_o that_o they_o have_v so_o be_v correct_v /_o a_o angel_n apperyd_v to_o a_o rich_a man_n /_o ¶_o and_o say_v thus_o to_o he_o /_o ¶_o thou_o man_n that_o lyvest_n in_o great_a delyce_n &_o worldly_a playsure_n and_o have_v habundaunce_n of_o good_n and_o the_o poor_a servant_n of_o god_n be_v in_o desert_n which_o have_v great_a hungre_n /_o ¶_o i_o advertyse_v and_o counseylle_v the_o that_o thou_o arise_v uppe_o and_o that_o thou_o send_v theym_fw-mi some_o meet_a for_o to_o eat_v /_o ¶_o or_o ellis_fw-la thou_o shall_v run_v in_o to_o the_o indygnacyon_n of_o
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i_o shall_v have_v be_v spouse_n and_o marry_v go_v his_o way_n secret_o that_o never_o since_o be_v seen_v /_o ¶_o and_o whanne_v i_o see_v that_o he_o be_v depart_v from_o rome_n and_o that_o his_o parent_n and_o kynnesman_n and_o friend_n seek_v he_o in_o great_a hevinesse_n /_o i_o be_v not_o joyous_a but_o the_o same_o night_n depart_v also_o pryvely_a with_o out_o take_v leave_n of_o any_o person_n and_o have_v passyd_v
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and_o so_o they_o devyseden_fw-mi long_o with_o in_o the_o say_a cave_n that_o one_o sytting_a by_o that_o other_o /_o ¶_o and_o in_o speak_v togyder_n the_o forsayde_a woman_n towchyd_v his_o ande_fw-mi by_o manere_v of_o flaterye_n as_o now_o many_o do_v for_o to_o moeve_v the_o man_n to_o we_o â—â—â—ouse_n and_o foul_a sin_n of_o lechery_n /_o ¶_o and_o in_o thus_o do_v the_o poor_a man_n without_o to_o bless_v he_o ne_v comaund_v he_o to_o god_n fall_v a_o sleep_v /_o as_o if_o he_o have_v be_v traveyl_v of_o many_o labour_n /_o ¶_o now_o it_o happen_v in_o sleep_a by_o thou_o be_v or_a subtyltee_n and_o shrewdenesse_n of_o the_o devyll_n /_o that_o he_o dremyd_fw-la to_o be_v with_o his_o wife_n and_o to_o have_v her_o company_n in_o such_o wise_n that_o whanne_v he_o awake_v he_o find_v himself_o alle_fw-mi dyscoveryd_n and_o ponish_v oâ—_n defoyl_v /_o as_z he_o have_v flessh_o do_v with_o his_o wife_n /_o ¶_o thenne_fw-fr know_v he_o that_o it_o be_v the_o devyll_n by_o cause_n that_o after_o he_o have_v slepte_v he_o see_v ne_o apperceyve_v she_o no_o more_o /_o ¶_o thenne_n he_o begin_v to_o lament_v and_o make_v sorrow_n and_o make_v many_o exclamacyon_n and_o cry_n to_o god_n in_o requyre_v he_o humble_o of_o pardon_n and_o mercy_n /_o ¶_o now_o it_o be_v to_o be_v note_v that_o the_o two_o lion_n which_o he_o have_v find_v in_o his_o cave_n whanne_v he_o there_o first_o arryve_v after_o he_o have_v do_v this_o sin_n forsoken_a he_o and_o depart_v from_o he_o the_o which_o thing_n by_o he_o know_v and_o for_o the_o great_a dysplaysaunce_n that_o he_o have_v for_o his_o sin_n he_o put_v he_o again_o to_o prayer_n prayenge_a god_n that_o he_o will_v enseygne_v and_o show_v he_o /_o what_o suffysaunt_a penance_n he_o ought_v to_o do_v /_o and_o that_o it_o will_v plaice_n he_o to_o send_v again_o to_o he_o his_o two_o lion_n /_o ¶_o and_o incontynente_fw-la after_o by_o the_o will_n of_o god_n which_o hear_v his_o request_n and_o petycyon_n will_v reduce_v and_o bring_v he_o to_o the_o way_n of_o helthe_n the_o say_a lion_n return_v /_o and_o begin_v prompte_o to_o make_v a_o fossae_n or_o a_o pytte_n of_o the_o largeness_n &_o depnesse_n suffysaunt_a to_o the_o comyn_v stature_n of_o a_o man_n ¶_o the_o holy_a man_n that_o seenge_v /_o think_v that_o god_n will_v that_o he_o shall_v do_v his_o penance_n in_o the_o say_a pytte_n /_o ¶_o and_o command_v the_o lion_n that_o they_o shall_v covere_v he_o in_o the_o same_o /_o and_o so_o they_o die_v /_o ¶_o he_o be_v in_o the_o say_a pytte_n by_o the_o space_n of_o three_o year_n /_o happen_v that_o by_o the_o great_a inundaconn_n and_o flow_v of_o water_n the_o which_o descend_v there_o the_o say_a cave_n be_v break_v and_o a_o part_n fall_v upon_o his_o heed_n in_o such_o wise_n that_o by_o the_o moyen_fw-fr of_o the_o say_v rumpure_a and_o break_v where_o as_o he_o have_v not_o seen_v no_o light_n in_o three_o year_n he_o see_v the_o son_n clere_o shine_v and_o gyve_v light_a /_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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dethe_v /_o ¶_o and_o always_o through_o his_o grece_z mercy_n &_o painful_a passion_n so_o moche_o benygne_o he_o have_v buy_v we_o again_o ¶_o we_o also_o shall_v consydre_v that_o at_o all_o time_n that_o we_o fall_v in_o dede_o sign_n the_o devyll_n may_v slay_v us._n &_o bring_v in_o to_o hell_n /_o and_o in_o deed_n he_o shall_v do_v it_o ne_o be_v the_o perfyghte_a love_n that_o our_o lord_n have_v to_o we_o ¶_o for_o contynuel_o by_o his_o daughter_n that_o be_v the_o chyrche·_n he_o pray_v we_o to_o return_v to_o penance_n to_o the_o end_n we_o may_v have_v his_o grace_n /_o ¶_o o_o moost_n swetnes_n when_o he_o that_o may_v both_o dampne_a &_o save_v we_o at_o his_o will_n and_o that_o alle_fw-mi thing_n may_v wythoute_n we_o /_o and_o without_o he_o we_o may_v no_o thing_n /_o nevertheless_o he_o pray_v we_o that_o we_o will_v love_v he_o /_o ¶_o how_o many_o thief_n &_o evyll_n doer_n be_v in_o the_o word_n that_o god_n punysshyth_v not_o but_o coveryth_v their_o sin_n /_o 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