suche sobrenes that his seruauntes neuer sawe hym excede in mete or drynke he punysshed his body with vigylles fastyngê pryuely vsed to weer the heere and in the yere of our lorde M.CC.lxxv he was made bysshop of Herforde for defence of the right of his church to his great payne he went to Rome where he was honorably receyued of pope Martyn in retournynge home he deê‘ted out of this world at FlorentynÌ„nygh the hylle of Flascon the .vi. nonas of Octobre in the yere of our lorde god M.CC.lxxxvii and .vi. dayes his body was kept and gaue a swete sauoure and then his flesshe was shauen fro the bones and buryed in the Churche of seynt Seuery there and his bones were brought to Herforde Threscore and ten men haue ben reysed fro deth to lyfe by his meryt â–ª and .xii. blyndemen recouered theyr syght with dyuers other coÌ„tracte mute syke of the palsey that haue ben also made hole ¶ De sancto 〈…〉 THe lyfe and hole proses of this gloryous 〈◊〉 seynt 〈◊〉 of 〈…〉 and of his fader moder How his moder beynge a pagan came to London fro fer countres and by the goodnes of our lorde was conuerted to the fayth how 〈…〉 was in fauoure with the kynge and was made his Chaunceller And after Archebysshop of Caunterbury where he lyued a blessyd lyfe in good eâ—ample dedes of charite and how he agreed at Clarendon to certeyn Articles which he after reuoked bycause they were agaynst the lyberte of the Churche and how he was therfore called ê‘iured and of the persecucion that he hadde for the lybertye of the Churche and how al his olde fauoure with the kynge tourned to malyce How he fledde at Northampton and went to Rome where he was as an outlawe .vii. yerê his kynnesfolke banysshed the Realme for his sake all his goodes and possessions seased and his frendes tourned to his enemyes howe he was logged in a place of the Cisteux by the 〈◊〉 assygnement and was put out fro thens for fere leste the kynge wolde haue hurted that Relygion in Englande how he went into Fraunce was there greatly cherysshed how after by the meanes of the kynge of Englande the Frenche kyng tolde hynthe was to wylfull so he knew none other but he shulde be banysshed from thens then the Frenche kynge seyng his constaunce toke hym in more great fauour then he dyd byfore how the Archebysshop of yorke was accursyd for that he toke vpon hym to crowne the kyngê sone where it belonged oonly to the see of Caunterbury whiche was cause of more grugge how he in the ende was 〈…〉 where by whom that the kynge sayd he was nat assentynge to his deth of the great repentaunce that the kynge toke by cause he had so moch attemptyd agaynst hym is so openly knowen to most people that the spekyng of it in this short treatyse shuld but make the story the more darke nat to open as it shuld be wherfore I coÌ„mytte the reder hereof that is disposed to se more of this 〈…〉 to rede his hole LegeÌ„de When 〈…〉 in his lyfe lyued moche prayed at his tumbe for helth had it after his desyre After when he was hole he consyderyd that ê‘case that helthe was nat expedyent to the helth of his soule wherfore he went agayne to his tumbe prayed that if that bodely helth were nat to the helth of his soule that his sykenes shuld co â— agayne so it dyd ¶ De sancto Thoma monacho a gallis occiso WHen Lowys sone to the Frenche kynge at the desyre of dyuers of the noble men of England came with a great hoste into EnglaÌ„de they founde this blessydmaÌ„ seynt Thomas at douersyttyng alone in the dormytorie a maÌ„ of a venerable age meke sobre fro his you the brought vp iÌ„ monastical â—uersacioÌ„ al his felowes were fled for fere of the FrenchmeÌ„ wheÌ„ he wold nat by fayr wordes neyther by thretes discouer the Riches of the Monastery But also boldely rebuked theym for theyr sacrelege and cruelte with a swerde in great malyce they martyred hym the nonas of August the yere of our lorde M. CC.lxxxxv and at his Tumbe a man of the Frenesy was made hoole Foure men had theyr fyght .v. were reysed fro deth to lyf ¶ De sancta Walburga virgine SEynt Walburgh was suster to seynt Willibrord Wynnybolde and with theym she went out of Englande when they came to seynt Bonyface bysshop of MaguntineÌ„se he made Willibrord bysshop of Heystatense Wynnobolde entered into Religion at Heydanhem and after theyr deth seynt Walburgh was made Abbes of that Monastery had rule of many virgyns And when the keper of the churche at nyght denyed to gyue her lyght and she toke it in great pacyence there was in the dortor where she went a great heuynly lyghte that endured to Matens tyme so that al the susters meruayled at it and she thanked our lorde therof and attrybuted it to the merytes of her bretherne and nat of her owne On a nyght she went vnknowen to a Riche mannes house where a mayde lay syke and when the man sawe her he badde her beware of the dogges and she sayd he that had brought her thyther shuld saue her fro the dogges and when he had lerned what was her name he toke her into his house with great reuerence and when it was tyme to go to reste he asked her where she wolde lye and she sayde there as her suster lay syke where she gaue her to prayers and helyd the mayde and in the mornynge retourned to her Monastery and full of good werkes she went to our lorde the. Kalend of May and was honorably buryed in the same Monasterye She appered After her deth to Otgare bysshop of Heystatense and blamyd hym that he kept the Monastery neclygently and tolde hym that she wolde shewe hym such a token that he shulde ê‘ceyue that he had nat done well to her and shortly after at the rofe of a house there was settynge vp the North wall fell and feryd theym moche and then Otgare repayred the Churche and remouyd the body of seynt Walburgh and of her brother Wynnybold to Heystatense ¶ De sancto Walleno abbate SEynt Wallene otherwyse called Walthesse was sone to Syrnon Erle of Huntyngdon his moder was doughter to the Erle of NorthumberlaÌ„de accordynge to his name he was a good thefe for he stale mekely the kyngdome of heuyn kepynge all his Reuelacions and vertues close when his fader was disheryted and was deed in Fraunce seynt Wallene was made Chanon in the Monastery of seynt Oswalde in yorke and there beyng sexten he was chosen to be Pryor of KyrkehmÌ„ and how moche he was in the oppynyon of other men hyer so moche he was in his owne syghte the more meke As he was at masse on Cristenmasse daye and he had spoken the
vpon the drye grouÌ„de by her prayer was anone taken vp with the see and so she escaped and came into an I le called Ippleffec and as she sette her fote vpon a foure square stone her fote sanke into the stone as it hadde bensnowe after by seynt Theodre she was made abbesse to .lxx. nonnes On a tyme the deuyll as she was prayeng blewe out her candell and an AuÌ„gell lyght it agayne She dyed the .iii. I de of Iulye her successours whiche was called Edburgh toke vp her body to remoue it to a more honorable place and founde it vncorrupt more lyke to slepe then to be deed After her monastery was destroyed and was made a parysshe churche her Relykê were brought to Caunterbury but whether they lye in the church of seynt Augustyne or of seynt Gregorie the Legende leuyth it in doute and dyuers myracles be here omytted On a nyght as she was in prayer the holy ghost appered to her lyke aboue satte vpon her hedde with his wynges compassynge her hedde lyke a crowne with suche a lyght that she myght skarsely be seen the space of an houre ¶ De sancta Modwenna virgine abbatissa SEynt Modwen was borne in Irlande and by prechynge of seynt Patryke she entered into Relygyon and fro thens she gaue her self to lernynge to despyse the vanytes of the worlde to kepe her herte stedfast with all dylygence to punysshe her bodye with fastynges and vygylles no thynge she put byfore the loue of god hauynge great desyre to the Ioyes of heuyn with contynuell feere of the paynes of hell and her broder by her example forsoke the worlde and after was made a bysshop She made a monasterye and there lyued with her brother with rawe rotes gettynge her lyuynge with her owne laboure many noble matrones came to her quenes and virgyns to here the worde of god Eyght virgyns Ioyned them selfe to her wherof seynt Bryde and orbila were in the company and when Orbila for her youth fered to take the rule of the monastery vpon her seynt modwen put the gyrdell aboute her and brethyd vpon her and anone her heere waxed hoore and she was lyke an olde woman and thenne she toke the rule of the Monasterye with good wyll She caused a wolfe that had kylled one of her calues to folowe the cowe and kepe her and other wolfes of that kynde vse to do so to this day A great thefe called Glunelach kylled .viii prestê that seynt Patrike had sent to vysyt seynt Modwen and she herynge therof went thyder with .xlix. nonnes to burye theym and Glunelache with .xlix. theuys mette theym and thought to haue rauysshed theym but when they wolde haue layde handes vpon the virgyns they fell sodeynly a slepe and slept .ii. dayes and the spyryte of seynt Modwen and Glunelache were ledde with an Aungell into heuyn hell when Glunelache came to hymselfe agayne he was coÌ„uerted and his neue we also lyued a good and a blessyd lyfe A holy bysshop called Cheuyn was brought in beleue by craft of the deuyll that Glunelach the thefe by prayer of seynt Modwen shuld haue his place in Heuyn and that all was in vayne that he had done in the seruyce of god wherfore the bysshop thought to destroye her and her Monasterye and as he was coÌ„mynge therto she had knowlege therof by our lorde and so she met hym and shewyd hym that his enemye had deceyued hym greatly and anone he sawe the deuyll that brought hym to the temptacyon lyke a blacke Ethyope wherfore he toke great repentauÌ„ce Then seynt Modwen to the entent she myght the more surely conferme hym in our lord put her staffe into a welle that she vsed oftymes in the wynter to stande in tyl she had sayd a hole Psaulter she drewe her staffe after her agaynst the hylle the water folowed the staffe into the toppe of the hylle wherupon he depê‘ted lyued after a blyssed lyf On a tyme when she entended to go into EnglaÌ„de she lacked a shyp at her prayer the grouÌ„de reysed it self vp about her lyke an I le so coÌ„ueyed her her company ouer the see into Englande where she and seynt Edith that was suster to kyng Edgar rered Ositha that was drowned fro deth to lyfe She went thryse to Rome for remyssion of her synnes and she dyed in Irlande the thyrde Nonas of Iulii after whose deth great varyauÌ„ce was bytwyxt Englysshemen Irysshemen and Scottes for her bodye and the bysshop Counceyled theym that eyght men shuld take vp her bere that countre that our Lorde wolde haue theym go towardes shulde haue the body and by the wyll of our lorde they went streyght towardes Englande so she was brought into Englande and lyeth at Andreseia After her deth she apperyd to one of the Nonnes after compleyne and tolde her that she herde some of the susters speke in tyme of scylence and that her body yet beyng amonge them vnburyed she meruayled that they forget her doctryne and reguler obseruaunce and bad them nat to breke the leste obseruauÌ„ce lest by lytell lytel they fell into greatter defautê sayinge vnto the suster that she appered vnto that she shuld make her redy for after .vii. dayes she shuld come vnto her and so it was done ¶ De sancto Neoto abbate confessore SEynt Neotus comonly called seynt Eed was the kynges sone of west Englande of Kent and when he came to age he forsoke the pryde pompe of the worlde was made a monke at Glastenbury vnderseynt DunstanÌ„ where he ascendyd to hygh perfyte relygion he was so lytel of stature that at masse he had a thynge vnder his fete but he was full of vertues and good maners Eloquent of speche discrete of wordes and of great lernynge beynge byloued of all men and to the entent that he wolde eschewe the recourse and fauour of the people he went into Cornewale where he lyued .vii. yeres in a wyldernes whiche after his name is called Neotstoke after he went to Rome and was there honorably receyued of 〈◊〉 Martyne fro thens he retourned into his owne couÌ„tre where he made a monasterye and was ofte vysyted with Aungellys he had a water that had thre Fysshes in it and if he toke one euery day yet alway there were thre Fysshes He tolde the kynge Alfred his broder that for his pryde and tyrauntrye he shulde be put out of his Realme and be as an outlawe but he sayd by his prayers he had opteyned of our Lorde that he shuld be restored agayne and shuld coÌ„uerte his enemy to the fayth it ê“ued after iÌ„ euery thyng as he had sayd By seynt Ede the kyng was correct tyrauntrie tourned into sobernes the worshyppyng of deuylles abated and the people of our lorde moche encreasyd in all the countre he lefte this worlde the day before the kalend of August and paâ—â—e of his Relykes lye at Ramsey the
yet conuerted seynge thyse myracles fell downe to the fete of Bennowe and desyred to be cristened so they were and then she was made a Nonne kept virginite accordynge to her auowe and gadered many virgyns after her mayster went fro her and euery yere she vsed to sende hym a certeyne pÌ„sent and lapped it in a lynnen cloth layde it in the sayd welle as her mayster had appoynted her to do and it was conueyed to hym fyftye myles in the water And yet the cloth was neuer wette and after her maysters deth by the wyll of our lorde she went to a place called Wyltheriacus and the Abbot there by spirit knewe her coÌ„myng and met her and brought her into the company of virgyns and made her the ruler of theym where our lord Ihesu criste appered to her and tolde her that her tyme drewe nere in the fourth nonas of Nouembre she yelded her spiryte to our lorde for whom hath ben shewyd many myracles and now she lyeth at Shrewesburye whether she was translated in the yere of our lorde a thousande a C. and .xxxviii. ¶ De sancta Wereburga virgine THe Quene Ermenylde moder to Seynt Wereburghe came by Lyny all descent fro seynt Ethelbert kynge of Kent that was conuerted by seynt Augustyne a goodly pedegre is therof in the Legende Wulferus was her fader This glorious virgyne despysynge all concupyssence and pleasures of the worlde entered into Relygyon at Ely vnder her Aunte seynt Ethel drede where she shewyd her selfe to be the very meke hand mayde of our lorde And when her fader was deed her broder Ethelredus made her to haue Rule of all the Monasteryes of Nonnes in Englande natwithstandynge she shewyd her selfe rather to be a mynystrice then a maystres enformynge theym that were vnder her rather by good â—â—mple then by coÌ„maundement her body beynge in Erth her mynde was in heuyn when she was in the mansyon of Wedun that is by Hampton certeyne fowles destroyed the corne wherfore she coÌ„maunded that they shuld be brought home and put in holde so they were on fote as though they coulde nat haue flowen in the mornynge when she had lycensyd theym to go away and one of the mynystres had hyde one of them Al the flocke came aboute the house where seynt Wereburgh was wolde nat away tyll she had caused theyr felowe to be delyuered then they went away wtout retournynge of theym or any of that kynde when she knewe that the tyme drewe nere that she shuld dye she wylled the where soeuer she dyed her body shuld be had to the Monastery of Hamburgense after in the .iii. nonas of February she went to our lorde when her body was brought to TrykenhmÌ„ was dylygently kept with the dores shet sodeynly all the coÌ„pany fell aslepe men of Hamburgense came to fet away the body accordyng to her wyll the dores flewe open so that they toke the body wtout resystence buryed it honorably where many myracles were shewyd for her by our lorde .ix. yere after her body clothes were founde vncorrupt so her body lay vncorrupt vnto the coÌ„myng of the Danes that her flesshe was incyuerate by the goodnes of god rather then her body shuld be vngoodly touched by the infydels her bones were after traÌ„slated to Chestre wher they lye at this daye ¶ De sancto Wylfryde EpÌ„o confessore SEynt Wylfryde was borne of noble blode in Englande and in his youthe he gaue nat hym selfe to lyghtnes and wantonnes but ordered hym selfe soberly in all thyngê nat vsyng any chydyng bacbytyng or stryfe and when he came to age of .xiiii. yeres he shewyd the Quene Elflede that his purpose was to leue the world to serue our lorde wherupon the quene sent hym to Lyndefernense where he associated hymself to a College of monkes there a sertayne tyme he seruyd our lorde After he went towarde Rome with seynt Benet Bysshop by the waye the bysshop of Lyons lyked hym so well that he wolde haue gyuen hym great possessions and haue maryed hym to his broders doughter but that he tolde hym that he hadde purposed a nother way of conuersacion And when the bysshop herde that he sent hym to Rome with great gyftê and there in the Churche of seynt Andrewe he prayed hertely for remyssion of his synnes that he myght haue wysedome and eloquence to vnderstande and shewe the worde of god And streyghtway he ê‘ceyued in hymself that a more quyknes of wytte was gyuen to hym then he had before and after he retourned into Englande where kynge Oswy gaue hym the churche of Rypon abiectynge the Scottes that wold nat kepe the right Ester and in tho dayes was great busynes in Englande for the kepynge of Ester and dyuerse coÌ„nynge men and also good men were of contrarie opynyons And somtyme when the kynge kept Estre the Quene kept Palme sonday whiche contrauersy at a great counseyll at Whytby was appesed by seynt Wylfryde with great reasons and Auctorytes in the yere of our lorde god .vi. hondred .lxiiii After he was made bysshop of yorke though he with al his power refused it and therupon by InstygacoÌ„n of the Quene the kynge Egfryde enformyd seynt Theodre archebysshop of Caunterbury so sore agaynst â—eynt Wylfryde that he by that wrongfull informacyon put hym out of his see then the kynge deuyded in it thre sees Lyndeâ—ernense Lagustaldens and Candyda casa whiche that tyme belongyd vnto Englonde wherfore he appelyd to Rome and when he was goynge thyder on the see the wynde droue hym into Frysya where he conuertyd many thousande people to the Feyth and there the grouÌ„de that before his commynge was drye and bareyne was aftre plenteuouse and fruteful And when he came to Rome he shewyd his cause so charytably that he neyther accusyd seynt Theodre ne yet omyttyd his owne Innocencye and when the 〈◊〉 agathone had herde all his aduersaryes he restoryd hym agayne to his see And when he shewyd to the Kynge the 〈◊〉 bullys He set them at nought and by the entysynge of the Quene he was with great derysyon put into pryson which he toke in great pacyence and there he helyd the kepers wyfe and when that keper was lothe to kepe hym ony lenger he was coÌ„myttyd to anoder â—ryson And there the fettoâ—rys wolde not abyde vppon hym And also â— deuyll enteryd into the quene whiche was thought was for the wronge that was doon to seynt wylfryde wherfore he was let goo And then by his prayer the Quene was made hoole After he coÌ„uertyd many of the Lordys and of the people in the countrey of westsaxons to the feythe where the Kynge of that Countrey was before conuertyd and very fewe of his people Also he conuerted the I le of wyght The kynge Egfryde was after slayne in Batayle which seynt Wylfrede sawe in vysyon as he was at Masse then seynt
nedyd bothe in Body sowle so that before god man she lyuyd without offeÌ„ce more apperyth not of her lyfe nor of her myracles but the thre blynde Women that came all at oon tyme oon to seynt Alburgh a noder to seynt Hyldelythe And the thyrde to seynt Wulfhylde receyuyd all thre theyr syghte ¶ De sancto Honorio archiepÌ„o confessore SEynt honorye was discyple to seynt Gregory after seynt Iustus he was electyd to be archebusshope of CauÌ„terbury he was coÌ„secrate by paulyn archebusshope of yorke the Pope honoryus sent to hym a pall with his letters wherin he decreyd that whether of the archebusshope of CauÌ„terbury or yorke dyed furste that he yâ— ouerlyuyd shulde haue auctoryte to make a newe not to goo at euery tyme to Rome by so great iourneys And this blessyd man made seynt Felyx busshope of eest Englonde which conuertyd all the CouÌ„trey to the feythe when seynt Edwyn was deed all the CouÌ„trey of northamhuÌ„bre was trowblyd with Paganes seynt paulyn and the quene Ethelburghe which was wyfe to Kynge Edwyn went to seynt Honorye he made seynt paulyn Busshope of rochester the quene Ethelburghe a Nonne at a place callyd lymmynge where she had foundyd a Monasterye vppon the grouÌ„de that she had of the gyfte of her Broder kynge Edbalde where she was Mother to many virgyns wydowys This blessyd man made parysshys ordeynyd clerkys pÌ„chourys bad them that they shulde instructe the people aswell by feyrenes pacyence as by hygh doctryne so that the rude people myght be broughte to the loue of almyghty god aswell by swete techynge as by sharpenes drede our Lord so adournyd this blessyd man with pure feythe goodlye conuersacyon in many sygnys vertues that he shone in this Realme of Englonde as a lanterne put away errours coÌ„uertyd many paganes to the feythe releuynge the wretchydnes of the people with prayer consolacyon so that his lyfe shone lyke glasse to all that wolde loke in it he was strayght harde to hymselfe lyberall to the pore people seruynge our lord iÌ„ humylyte charyte he went out of the prysone of this worlde the day before the kalendas of october in the yere of our lorde god syx Hundred fyghtye and thre lyeth in the monasterye of seynt Peter and paule at CauÌ„terbury many yerys after when his Body was remouyd there was so goodly as wete sauoure that all that were there pÌ„sent gaue thaÌ„kynges laudys to our lorde ¶ De puero Hugone a iudeis crucifixo IN the yere of our Lorde a M.CC. .lv. aboute the feestys of seynt Peter paule the Iewys of Lyncolne stale a cristen Chylde that was aboute the age of .viii. yerys callyd hugh they put hym iÌ„ a secrete house fedde hym .x. dayes with mylke that he myght abyde the gretter turmeÌ„tys thereupoÌ„ they sent to all the townys in EngloÌ„de wherein were any Iewys to haue some of theÌ„ to be at the sacryfyce of this Chylde which they entendyd to crucyfye in despyte of our lorde Ihesu Cryste And when they were gaderyd they appoyntyd a Iuge as for Pylat so they Iugyd Hym to deth And then they bet hym soo that the blode folowyd they crownyd hym with thorne they spyt vppon hym and mockyd hym and euery man pryckyd hym with his Knyfe they gaue hym to drynke Gall And with great opprobryes blasphemouse wordys with gnasshynge of theyr teth they callyd hym Ihesus the Cursyd prophet And after they Crucyfyed hym And with a spere thruste hym to the Herte And when he was deed they toke his Body fro the Crosse and vnbowelde hym for theyr enchauntementys After when they leyde his Bodye into the grounde the grouÌ„de wolde not kepe it but caste it vppe agayne wherfore they were merueylously aferde And threwe hym into a Pytte After the moder of the Chylde which made great sorowe and dylygentlye enqueryd for hym harde say that he was seen laste at a Iewys house pleyinge with Iewys chyldren And so she went sodeynly into the House And there she founde the Chylde and vppon that suspeccyon the man that owyd the House was takyn And he confessyd the murder wherupon .xviii. of the Rychest of the Iewys of Lyncolne that assentyd to the martyrdome of the sayd blessyd chylde were drawyn hangyd the chanoÌ„s of LyncolnÌ„ askyd the Body of the sayde Chylde buryed hym lyke a gloryouse martyr ¶ De sancto hugone epÌ„o confessore SEynt hugh wheÌ„ he was but .viii. yere olde was set to Reguler discyplyne was euer broughte vp in vtue he neuer knewe pleasurys of the Worlde nor lernyd any maner of disportê after he was made a Chanon regler in a monastery in GraÌ„miople where his fader lyued vnder reguler discipline as loÌ„ge as his fader lyued he wiped his shone made his bedde was dylygent to hym in all other thyngê after for zele of a streyghter Religion he entred into relygioÌ„ in the ordre of Chartuc there he was made prest And whan he was at Masse he ordred hymself as if our lorde had ben visibly there present and he vsed moch vigylles fastyngê and scorgynges ofte fasted brede and water and weer the heere as the vse of the Relygion is and after when he was made proctour he thought in his slepe that he that made hym prest came to hym opened his bely with a Raser and cut fro hym a thyng lyke a bylle of fyre and he neuer after felt temptacion of the flesshe but that he myght lyghtly despyse After by desyre of kynge Henry the seconde he was sent into Englande to be Pryor of WythmÌ„ thoughe he moche refused it and on a tyme whan he came to the kynge for certeyne thynges that they neded and the kynge gaue hym lytell comforte but fayre wordes one Gerarde that came with seynt Hughâ— sayd to the kynge that he wolde go home agayne into his Countre and tolde the kyng that he sawe well that al that he gaue for his soule helth he thought it loste and seynt Hughe bad hym leue suche wordes or holde his peace and then he spake to the kynge in suche sobre charytable maner that when he had doon the kynge enbraced hym and sayd verayly he shuld neuer go from hym but that he wolde kepe hym and take counsell of hym for the helth of his soule anone he gaue to seynt Hughe all that he asked one a tyme when the kynge was in great ê‘ell of the see he had great truste in the prayer of seynt Hughe and of his bretherne and as it is sayd he aduowed that if he came safe to lande he wolde make hym a bysshop and forthwith the tempest ceasyd when the buyldynge was done at Wytham he wolde euer be occupyed in prayer redynge medytacyon or in some spirituell collacion or exortacion he wolde neuer lye in his
of seynt Cuthbert he toke Dekon he prophyted meruaylously in cuÌ„nynge so that profouÌ„de clerkes had hym in great reuerence he was oft in the Churche at prayer and as to the world he was nat studyous what shuld fall on the morowe he endeuoured hym self to helpe the necessyte of euery man the beste he coulde he gaue almes to the pore he forgaue theym that had offended hym he clothed the naked and coÌ„forted them that were iÌ„ heuynes as he was helpyng seynt Cuthbert to masse a pore man that was syke of the Axes came lenynge on his staffe to offer to kysse seynt Cuthbertê hande and seynt ywyo seynge hym toke hym by the hande to helpe hym and anone he was hole whiche he arected to the holynes of seynt Cuthbert and nat of his owne he gaue a man syder to drynke and anon he was hole of a desease that he had longe had after dredyng the vayne glorie of the world he went into lytel Brytayne there he helyd one of the palsey and there he punysshed his body with oft vigylles fastynges gaue example of mekenes and of all vertues and the daye byfore the daye byfore the Nonas of Octobre he passed to our lorde he lyeth now at WyltonÌ„ and in the Legende in the lyfe of seynt Edyth it apperyth how his body was brought thyder ¶ De sancto Iustinano martire SEynt Iustinan was of the noble blode of lytell brytayne after he was made preest he herde a voyce that bad hym leue his countre his kynred and the house of his fader so he dyd with certeyne felowes went into the see ia shyp made of ledder and roddes besought almyghty god that it myght brynge hym to a place where he myght lyue a solytarye lyfe and so he came into a lande called CormÌ„ where many by his example forsoke the world and yet he was eftsones warned to leue that place and so he went into the see and as the wynde droue hym he came into an I le called Lemonia and the fame of this holy man came to seynt Dauid the whiche was very glad of the coÌ„mynge of such a holy man and sent messengers for hym receyued hym honorably chewsynge hym to be his ghostly father and on a tyme wyckyd spiritê in the lykenes of men shewyd hym that seynt Dauid was syke and had sent for hym wherfore anone he toke shyp with theym and on the see he perceyued they were wycked spirites and no men thenne he lyfte vp his herte to almyghty god and began the psalme Deus in adiutorium meum intende And when he came to this verse ConfundaÌ„tur reuereantur qui queruÌ„t animam meam they vanysshed away lyke blacke crowes and left hym in the see and on a stone that rose fro the bottom of the see he was brought saufe to lande founde seynt Dauid in good helth The deuyll seynge he coulde nat preâ—ayle agaynst hym by any maner temptacoÌ„n styred his seruauÌ„tes agaynst hym with suche malyce that they despysed his doctryne and stroke of his hedde and he toke his hedde in his armes and bare it vpon the see into a place where he was buryed there as his hedde fell sprange a fayre welle and the water therof helyd a man that was poysoned and they that kylled hym were stryken leper and dyd great penauÌ„ce all theyr lyues in a hylle that yet is called the lepours hylle after seiÌ„t Dauid brought his body to Menonia now called seynt Dauidê where he buryed it honorably ¶ De sancto Iusto ArchiepÌ„o et confessore AFter kynge Ethelbert his people were conuerted to the fayth by seynt Augustyne he sent worde therof to Rome to seynt Gregorie that there was moche corne fewe werkemen wherfore seynt Gregorie alway diligent for Englande sent seynt Iuste and thre other holy Faders Mellite Paulyne and Rufyne into Englande to assiste seynt Austyn in ghostly werkes and instructyng of the people and seynt Austyne made hym bysshop of Rochester After he was dryuen out of his see by Edbald that was kyng Ethelbertes sone and by the thre sones of Sabert kynge of est saxons whiche were Apostatase as in the lyf of seynt Mellyte apperyth wherfore he wente into Fraunce and when Edbald was coÌ„uertyd by seint Laurence he came agayne and aftre seynt Melyte was deed seynt Iustus was made Archebysshop of Caunterburye he endeuoured hymselfe all that he coulde to magnyfie our lorde amonge the poeple by fayre speche by thretenynges by promes of euerlastyng Ioye by fere of payne in all Charite and he conuertyd moche people to the fayth and was a man of great merytes as apperyth by letters that 〈◊〉 Bonyface wrote vnto hym wherin he conforted hym to preche by the wordes that oure lorde sayd to the prechours I shall be with you vnto the ende of the worlde and he sent hym a palle and gaue hym auctorite to make other bysshoppes where nede was he went out of this wrold the fourth Idus of Nouembre and was buryed at Caunterbury and when he shuld be translated as soone as his tumbe was opened ther was a goodly swete sauour and as for other myracles it is nat moche matery all where the good lyfe suffycyently apperyth ¶ De sancta Iuthwara virgine martyre SEynt Iuthwara virgyne fro her youth serued out lorde in good werkes ê‘seuerauÌ„tlye and was veray dylygent to serue pore pylgrymes that came to her fathers house her moder iÌ„ lawe sought oftymes occasions agaynst her and with watchynges fastyngê and longe prayers she waxed pale coloured and after her fathers dethe her moder in lawe vnder coloure of medysyne aduysed her to ley new these to her tetes to helpe the sykenes of the brest and so she dyd mystrustynge no thynge And afterwarde her moder in lawe tolde her broder called Banam that she was with childe bad hym loke on her brestê he shuld fynde mylke in them therupon afore moche people in great hast he demaunded of her who had goten her with childe she therwith astonyed denyed sayd she was nat with childe then her broder as he was taught opened her brestê when he sawe mylke aboute theym in a furyous wodnes with his swerde he strake of her hedde she toke vp her hedde afore all the people bare it to the churche there as her hedde was stryken of sprange a fayre welle atre by myracle grewe vpon the same welle whiche many yeres after with great wynde was blowe downe vpon the next house so that the bowes stopped the coÌ„myng in wherfore the owner of the house wolde haue cut away the bowes and anone the tree Rose vpright agayne and toke a yonge man with it that was aboute to haue lopped it so that he was fayne to crye for helpe whiche all the people referryd to the merytes of seynt Iuthwara At her sepulchre a knyght that was lame and went with staues recouered
.ix. kalendr of NoueÌ„bre De sancto Malichia ¶ De sancto Malichia Episcopo confessore SEynt Malachie was borne in Irlande amonge barbarous people and as a fysshe is in the salt see and is nat salt so was seynt Malachie good amoÌ„ge euyll people he went to a man that lyued a solytary lyfe seruynge our lorde in fastyngê and prayers and of hym he toke his example of lyuynge and in shorte tyme had many disciples and there he toke the ordre of presthode The bysshop coÌ„mytted to hyÌ„ his auctoryte to pÌ„che vnto the rude people whiche he dyd with great fauoure and what so euer he sawe out of good ordre he spared nat to reproue theym of it He had great loue and zele to the seruyce of god honoure to the Sacramentes of the Chuche and went to a holy bysshop called Malcus that was borne in Irlande brought vp in Englande and that had ben a monke at Wynchester to lerne at hym that he taught nothynge but as the Churche coÌ„mauÌ„ded after he was made bysshop of CoÌ„nereth in Irlande where anone he ê‘ceyued that the people were bestely and rude Cristen men in name and nat in dede they payed no tythes they lyued out of laufull matrymony they made no confessions there was no man to enioyne penauÌ„cene to aske it they made more noyse in the Churche then the precher or they that sange wherfore to refourme thyse people he put hym selfe in Ieopardye as a good Sheperd and admonysshed theym of theyr defautes openly and also secretely he wepte vpon theym tenderly nowe he spake sharpely and anone more easely And whenne henothynge preuayled he humbly watched in prayer for them to our lorde when they wolde nat come to the Churche he wolde go in to theym lokynge who he myght wyn to our lord when euyll wordes were sayde to hym he spake fayre and when he was wronged he toke pacyence and so with goodnesse he ouercame euyll Thus were the people reformed Churches were buylded the lawes of the Churche receyued the Sacramentes duely mynystred the people went to confessyons and toke penaunce after the deth of the Archebysshop Celsus he was made Archebysshop of Archemacan and yet he wolde neuer haue seruaunt ne house of his owne he went in maner a wayes aboute the parysshes prechynge the worde of god and leued of the Gospell Other prelates toke Lordshyp in the Clergye and he made hymselfe seruaunte to all men After he gaue vp the Archebysshopryche and went to his parysshe agayne Thenne he wente to Rome there the Pope toke a Myter fro his owne hedde and set it vpon his hedde and also gaue hym a stole and a phanon Fro thens he went to Clareuall to seynt Bernarde and leuynge with hym foure of his disciples he went in to Scotlande where our Lorde shewyd for hym many myracles and after he went into Irlande and there he helyd a monke of the great fallynge sykenesse Thenne he went agayne to Scotlande and so thorughe Englande to Clareualle to seynt Bernarde And there he dyed the .iiii. Nonas of Nouembre In the yere of our Lorde god a Thousande a hondred and .xlviii. and Seynt Bernarde wrote his lyfe wherin be many notable thynges ¶ De sancta Margareta Regina Scocie SEynt Margaret Quene of Scotlande was doughter of Edwarde outlawe sone to Edmonde Irneside And she by prouysion of god was Maryed to MalcolynÌ„ kynge of Scotlande she delyted more in good werkes thenne in possessions or ryches Ofttymes she called her children afore her and admonysshed theym to loue and drede our lord and dayly she prayed for theym that they myght pleas hym she enduced the kynge to do Iustyce with mercye and to gyue alines in her dayes the kynges seruauntê durst nat take any thynge fro pore men or otherwyse hurte theym She reproued the people of Scotlande in that they begann at Lent so that they myght faste .xl. dayes besyde the sondayes and that theyr prestes sange nat masse after the custome of the Churche and that the people were nat howseled at Ester that they kept nat the sondayes and that they maryed theyr moders in lawe and susters in lawe she reformed theym in thyse poyntê The kynge seynge the holy ghost was with her helped her forewarde in all that she went aboute She serched where she myght fynde pore people to do almes vpon on the nyghtê she sayd Matens of the Trinite of the holy crosse of our ladye the Dirige and the Psalter And thenne she vsed to wasshe .vi. pore men and then she toke rest In the mornynges she refressed .ix. orphanes and serued theym knelynge And afore dyner the kynge and she serued CCC pore people her boke fell into the water and lay there a daye and a nyght without hurte she knewe the deth of her husbonde sone that were slayne in Batayle whiche she toke pacyently she dyed the .iiii. Idus of Iune lyeth in the Churche of the holy trinite that she had buylded in the same place where she was maryed ¶ De sancta Maxencia virgine martyre SEynt Maxence was doughter to Marcolane soÌ„tyme kynge of Scotlande fro her youth she entended to kepe virginite after a prynce called maxencius was a pagan desyred her in maryage wherto he had her fathers assent and she perceyuyng that fledde to a churche and coÌ„mended her virginite to oure Lorde And after with an olde man and a Mayde she fledde secretely and came into Fraunce into a place called Pontis and as it is sayd in the way thyder she went ouer the water of ysara wtout bote and the sayd the prynce made suche serche that he founde where she was and when he coulde by no mean haue her assent in a fury he toke her by the heer and stroke of her hedde after kylled both her seruauntê and she toke vp her hedde and bare it to the place where she now lyeth and ouer her is buyldyd a godly churche where our lorde hath shewyd for her many myracles kyng Charles that reyned in tho dayes loued her churche moche gaue many great thynges to it ¶ De sancto Mellito ArchiepÌ„o confessore SEynt Gregorie was moche dylygent for the conuertynge of the people of Englande to the fayth and also to haue the people well ordered after they were conuerted wherfore he is moche to be honoured by Englysshmen after kynge Ethelbert his people were coÌ„uerted by seynt Augustyne he sent worde therof to seynt Gregorie as in the lyfe of seynt Mellytapperyth and then seynt Gregorie sent Mellite Iuste and Pallyne with dyuerse other into Englande to preche to the people and Mellite in the yere of our lorde .vi. hondred and foure was made bysshop in the prouynce of Eest saxons nyghe to Thamyse where London is metropolys and by hym that prouynce was conuertyd and the Churche of seynt Paule that was made by kynge Ethelbert is the bysshoppes see and after the deth of kyng
other ê‘te at seynt Edis after his deth he apperyd dyuers tymes to his broder kyng Alfrede comfortynge hym in his trouble and by his helpe he had great victorye agaynst the Danes ¶ De sancto Niniano EpÌ„o SEynt Ninian in Englysshe called seynt Tronyon was a Kynges sone of great Brytayne anone as he had passed his yerê of childhod he had great deuocion to be in the Church had great loue spirituell to his Felowes he was Sober in diet difcrete of wordes besy in Redynge sadde of maners absteynyng fro pleys and alwayes laboured to subdewe the body to the spyryte He went to Rome on Pylgrymage where he profyted moch in lernynge and was in synguler fauour with the 〈◊〉 and he grewe in all vertue charite after the 〈◊〉 made hym bysshop and sent hym into the weste parte of Englande to preche the worde of god and in the waye homewarde he came by seynt Martyn and seynt Martyn knewe by reuelacion that he shuld profyte to moche people And when he came thyder as he was sent the people receyued hym Ioyously and toke hym as a veray Prophet whereby his prechynges examples and myracles he conuertyd all the people And he buyldyd the firste Churche of stone that euer was buyldyd in Brytayne he conuertyd also the Southe pictes where he dyd many myracles and if a man thynke of the lyues of seynt DunstanÌ„ seynt Cuthbert seynt ModwynÌ„ seynt Goderyke seynt Ninian and suche other he shall thynke it right lytell that is done by the people for the loue of god in thyse dayes a disciple of seynt Tronyon that hadde offendyd feâ—ynge punysshement toke seynt Tronyons staffe and went into the see in a lytell shyppe and anone with a sodeyne tempest he was dryuen so ferre into the see that he wyst nat what to do wherfore he was conpunct and in his herte asked forgyuenes and cryed to seynt Tronyon for helpe sodenly the wynde tourned and brought hym safe to lande And when he came to laÌ„de in testefyinge of the myracle he prayed o r lord that the staffe myght growe when he set it into the grouÌ„de forthwith it grewe had rotê new barke with goodly armes brauÌ„ches at the rote therof spraynge a fayre welle wherof the water is very holsome forsyke men he dyed in the .xvi. Kalend of Octobre lyeth in a Churche that he made of newe in the honour of seynt Martyne A childe that was borne with great deformytes to the great heuynesse of his father moder at the tumbe of seynt Trony an resceyued perfyte helth two lepous wasshyd theym at seynt Tronyons welle and theyr flesshe was made clene lyke the flesshe of a Childe ¶ De sancto Odone Archiepiscopo SEynt Odo was sone of a Paynym of the blode of the danes that came in with Hynguar bycause he vsed moche to speke to his fader such thyngê as he had lethed at sermones of the Cristen fayth his fader corrected hym cruelly And also disheryted hym wherfore he lefte his fader moder came to a Duke a noble man in kynge Edwyns house he receyued hym Ioyously There he was baptyzed lerned both latentunge and greke tunge whiche fro the tyme of seynt Theodre was moch vsed in Englande after he toke ordres was made Dekon so he taryed dyuerse yeres was after made preest By his prayer the Duke was made hole of a great sykenesse as he was goynge towarde Rome And after he was made bysshop of Salisbury and fro thense was electyd to be Archebysshop of Caunterbury whiche he wolde nat take vpon hym tyll he was made monke and so he entred into Relygion and when he was Archebyssop he reproued the kynge of his abhominable aduoutrie and the women that the kynge kepthe toke theym and burned theym in the face with yron abanysshed them the Realme To reforme certeyn clarkê that erred in the sacrament of the Aultre affermynge it to be a fygure of the passyon of our lorde by his prayer as he was at masse at the brekynge of the Hoest very blode ran out therof into the Chales and the clerkes seynge it were conuerted and then the blode went agayne into the nature of wyne By his prayer there felle noo rayne in his Churche all the whyle it was in buyldynge whiche was thre hole yeres He was alway aduersarye inflexible agaynst synne The pleasure or Ioyes of the world ne yet thretes coulde nat fere hym neyther lette hym fro doynge Iustyce he prophesyed that seynt Dunstaâ— shuld be Archebysshop after hym and so he was he dyed the fourth Nonas of Iulii and lyeth at Caunterbury ¶ De sancto Odulpho confessore SEynt Odulphe was borne of noble blode in FrauÌ„ce and he forsoke his frendes and went to the Bysshop of Traiectense where he lyued dyuerse yerê in vigylles fastynge prayeng and holy redynge he coÌ„uerted the Frysonnes by his prechynge He set nought by any Erthly thynge so that after this lyfe he myght haue euerlastynge rewarde in heuyn By his prayer the fyre ceased fro his â—eâ—â— and he dyed of the Axes the daye byfore the Idus of Iune at his deth was a swete sauoure that comforted all that were present his Relykes were after brought to London the tyme of kynge Kinite and fro thens they were conueyed to Enesshm honorably and though he was neuer in Englande whyle he was a lyue yet bycause his Relykes be in Englande he is put into the Legende ¶ De sancta Ositha virgine martire SEynt Osithe was doughter to kynge Frethewalde and she was bytaken iÌ„ her youth to seynt Modwen to Instructe seynt Modwen bytoke her to seynt Edith she on a tyme beynge at Pollesworth sent a boke to Osyth to seynt Modwen on a brygge she was blowen with the wynde into the water and drowned and when she had lyen deed thre dayes by monycion of an AuÌ„gell seynt Modwen went to the brygge nat knowynge wherto where she met with seynt Edith and there by theyr prayers she was Reysed fro dethe to lyfe After she was maryed by her frendes agaynst her wyll to the kyng of Estsaxons and a longe season by certeyne excuses she kept her husbonde fro the Acte of matrymony and when he had fully purposed to receyue no ferther excuses sodeyn tydynges came to hym that a harte was founde nygh to the paleys and in the tyme that the kynge made taryeng dyuerse dayes about his huntynge the virgyne sent for two bysshoppes was made a Nonne And when the kynge retourned and knewe therof though he was greatly moued yet he suffred her and gaue her the towne of Chychensen and in the yere of our lorde godsyx C. .liii. Danes came into the couÌ„tre of Estsaxons bycause seynt Osith wolde nat do sacrifice to their Idollê she was beheded she bare her hedde to the churchedore there fell downe her fader moder buryed her at Aylesbury wher she lay
bysshop was a great man in that countre where there is a cyte called the cyte of Magnil the bysshop to this day Our lorde was with hym in all that he went aboute he was a great confounder of Enchauntours and by his prayers he put awaye snowes derkenes that they had made sodeynly by helpe of the deuyll land one that was moche malycyous to hym was sodeynly lyfted vp into the Eyre and lette fall agayne wherof he dyed myserably an Erthquake sodeynly came fered a kynge that meynteined the sayd EnchauÌ„tour wherby the kynge came to repentaunce He reysed a man to lyfe that hadde ben deed .x. yeres This was his dayly lyfe he sayd euery day the Psaulter with CC. prayers dayly sayd masse he taught disciples pÌ„ched to the people euery houre he marked hymself with a. C. crosses In the begynnynge of the nyght he sayd CC. psalmes and CC. tymes he knelyd and fro the Cokkes crowyng he stode in water tyll he had sayd his prayers Then he toke slepe lyeng vpon a bare stone a nother vnder his hedde Often tymes he sawe heuyn open our lorde Ihesu stondyng with his Aungellys in heuyn wherfore his herte alway brenned in an vncomê‘able fyre of the loue of god He was a Clene irgyne in body and spirite he chaunged this lyfe the .xvi KaleÌ„dr of Apryl And after one oppynion he was buryed in the Cyte of Dimense in Irlande but in the latter ende of the Legende it is sayd that after he had coÌ„uerted IrlaÌ„de he came into the I le of Aualony was ther .xxxix. yerâ— that at this day seynt Patrike seiÌ„t benygne disciple lyeth both iÌ„ one Shryne on the southe syde of the hygh Aulter at Glastonbury ¶ De sancto Paulino EpÌ„e confessore SEynt Paulyn came into Englande with seynt Augustyne and conuerted kynge Edwyn whiche was kynge of NorthmÌ„humbre moche ê‘te of all the countre in the yere of our Lorde .vi. C. and .xxvii. And the people there had such Feruour and desyre to the fayth that .xxxvi. dayes fro mornynge to Euenynge he baptysed the people iÌ„ the water of Gleni whiche is in the kyngdome of Bernyshe for at that tyme there were no fontes He baptised also many in the water of Swala that is in the kyngdome of Deyre also in the prouynce of Lyndesey in LyncolnÌ„ and in the water of Trent six yeres whiche was all the dayes of kyng Edwyn he contynued in prechynge baptisynge the people kyng Edwyn made for hym a bysshoppes see in yorke there began to buylde for hym a Churche of stone iÌ„ honour of seynt Peter byfore it was Fynysshed he was martyred seynt Oswalde that succeded hym buylded the resede wetherof He made dyuerse Churches one in LyncolnÌ„ where longe after that it was decayed yerely were done myracles and when Iustus that was bysshop there was deed seiÌ„t PaulynÌ„ made Honorius bysshop there He was of a longe stature somwhat stowpynge of blacke heere lene faced venerable also terryble of couÌ„tenauÌ„ce after the good kyng Edwyn was martyred seynt PaulynÌ„ left Iame his Deakon at yorke came iÌ„to kent with the quene Ethelburgh that was wyfe to kyng Edwyn brought with hym a goodly Crosse a Chaleys of golde that yet be to shewe in kent He was made bysshop of Rochester by honorius the said Iames lyued to the tyme of venerable Bede in the yere of o r lorde .vi. C. xliiii the .vi. I de of October he chauÌ„ged this lyf lyeth at Rochester where he left his palle A woman that had longe coÌ„tynued in synne on a tyme as she was goynge to offer to hym was stopped at the first gresse dyuers tymes she sawe nothyng wherby she was moche coÌ„puncte prayed the monkê to pray for her was coÌ„fessyd yet neuerthelesse she fel agayne after wher she was syke she was meruaylously sore aferde of the harde IugemeÌ„t of god was confessed to the bysshop sent offrynge to seynt PaulynÌ„ seyinge if seynt Paulyne receyue myne offryng I am forgyuen if nat I shal haue euer lastynge payne And when it was sent thyder he receyued it that had firste refused for he regarded nat the offrynge but there â—entaunce of the woman ¶ De sancto Petroco abbate confessore SEynt Petroke was borne in Cumber and was a kynges sone fro his youth he was a folower of the Appostellys He was sober meke feruent in Charite redy to all merkes of relygyon And when he shuld haue ben made kynge he forsoke the pompe of the world toke with hym .lx. Felowes entered into Relygyon after he went into Irlande was there .xx. yeres where he profited moche in lernynge entendynge to go agayne into his couÌ„tre founde a shyp redy there that he had left without keper And whan he came into Brytayne he founde there men labouryng that spake harde wordes to hym whether it were to tempte his holynes or to restreyne theyr drynesse they bad hym make a welle of swete water in a Rocke that was therby he dyd so then he harde of a holy man called SaÌ„pson that he ledde therby a solytary lyf in great streyghtnes with barley brede iÌ„ fastyngê prayers when he sawe Sampson he prayed our lorde that he shuld nat remoue tyll he had spoken with hym his prayer was herde saÌ„pson therby was bouÌ„den tyll they had saluted eche other nygh to SaÌ„pson he made a Monastery lyued theyr .xxx. yerê iÌ„ great fastiÌ„gê prayers and colde restreynyng glotony and vnlaufully mocyons all which tyme he lyued in suche innocencye that he dyd nothynge that he wolde nat haue done to hym After .xxx. yerê he went to Rome came agayne into Cornewayle wherin a great tempest to coÌ„forte his discyples he sayd the tempest shuld cease the next day And whan it dyd nat so he was heuy aud repented hym self moche of the pÌ„suÌ„pcion that he had sayd otherwyse then as it folowed wherfore the thirde day after he went to Rome agayne so to Ierâ—m and there he toke purpose to go into ynde after had come with great labours to the Est occean there he fouÌ„de a vessell mete oonly for one man wherby he went into an Ilande where he lyued in coÌ„templacion .vii. yeres al that tyme he was fedde with one fysshe and afterwarde by an Aungell he was conueyed in the same vessell into the West parte of brytayne where afore that tyme had ben a Cruell kynge that had gathered many venemous serpentes to punysshe felons men that had offended and when he was deed his sone wolde none of yâ— crueltye so that one of the serpentes for hunger kylled a nother tyl one terryble serpent preuayled that kylled man and beste whom seynt Petroke droue into a wyldernes where he shuld hurte no man by his prayer byfore all the people he reysed a man fro
sacramentall wordes he sawe a goodly childe more whyte then the snowe with a crowne of golde that with mylde countenaunce touched his face and hedde whiche oft kyssed hym and blessyd hym and soo he vanysshed awaye leuynge nothynge but the hoste he neuer after Remembred that vysyon but he wept for Ioy After fro more streyght lyfe he entered into Relygyon of Cisteur at wardonÌ„ after he was made Abbot at Mailrose By his mocyon his kynnesman Symond made the Monasterye of Seynt Andrews in Northampton the NoÌ„nery without the towne and saltery Abbey Thre gestes came to hym whiche he receyued mekely wassynge theyr handes and fete and sodeynly one of theym was gone and in the nyght folowynge an Aungell appered to one of the Brethene and sayd he was the geste that the day byfore went sodeynly fro them addyng therto that he was appoynted by our lorde to be keper of that place sayd the almes and prayers of theyr Abbot dayly ascended byfore our lorde lyke swete encense he sawe in vysyon the thre kynges do theyr offrynge how our lorde was scourged dispysed crowned with the crowne of thorne crucifyed and suffred deth and how water and blod came out of his syde and how he rose fro deth leuynge the kepers as deed and after went into heuyn On a tyme when the deuyll appered to hym he toke the Sacrament and badde hym cursed wretche se his Iugge that shulde sende hym into helle And thenne he myght abyde noo lenger but vanysshed awaye He refused to be Bysshop he multyplyed corne and brede that seruyd moch people and helyd a man of the dropesye he went to heuyn the thride nonas of August In the yere of our lorde god a Thousande a hondred thre score after he appered to a broder that by temptacoÌ„n of the Deuyll preferred the lawe of the Iewes byfore the cristen lawe And also sayd there was no lyf but this and he shewid hym in vysyon 〈…〉 hell and heuyn and then whenne he came to hymselfe agayne he forsoke all his errours and lyued a good lyfe and conuerted many people and byfore his deth sawe our lorde with his bodely lyen ¶ De sancto Walstano Confessore SEynt WalstanÌ„ was borne in the Southe parte of Englande in a towne called Bauburgh and was of the kynges blode And whenne he was aboute the Age of .xii. yeres by Inspyracyon of the holy Ghost he forsoke all his Enherytaunce and his Countree and went into the Northe partes and put hym selfe in seruyce to a man in the towne of Tauerham He was a great gyuer of almes in so moche that he gaue nat oonly his owne mete to poore men but also on a tyme he gaue his shone to a poore man went hym selfe barefote And whenne his dame perceyued it she feyned that she hadde great nede to haue thornes caused hym to go to the wodde to fet theym home and by the goodnes of oure Lorde the thornes were to hym lyke rose flowers hurtynge hym no thynge And whenne his dame knewe that she cryed hym mercy and he anone forgaue her His mayster seynge the sygnes that he dyd loued hym moche and wolde haue made hym his heyre whiche he refused and wolde no thynge haue in any wyse but oonly that whiche one of his Mâ—ysters keen hadde in her bely at that tyme and she had aâ—â—er two Calues whiche his mayster gaue hym with good wyll and as he was after mowynge in a medowe with one of his felowes an auÌ„gell appered to hym and shewyd hym that the thirde daye folowynge he shulde departe this world wherfore he was howseled and toke all the sacramentê of the Churche and at the sayd daye he toke his mayster and dyuerse other honest ê‘sones with hym and went to the sayd medowe and there he wylled that when he was deed his body shuld be put in to a carte and his two oxen to be put in it and to be suffred to go with it where they wold without any leder and there as they taryed he to be buryed he had graunted of our lorde that what laborer that called vnto hym for helpe of his desease or for his bestes that he shuld be herde and so he departed out of this worlde the thirde Kalend of Iune in the yere of our lorde a thousande and syxtene And when he was leyde in a Carte the sayd two Oxen brought hym to Bauburgh and by the way they went ouer a water the wheles of the carte dyd nat synke into the water and in thre places where they rested sprange vp thre fayre welles he lyeth in Bauburgh where a Churche is halowed in the honoure of his name and there our lorde hath shewyd for hym many great myracles as well vpon men as vpon brute bestes De sancta Wenefreda virgine martyre A Man of great vertues called Bennow came to the fader of seynt Wenefrede desyred of hym a grounde wherin he myght make a churche to serue almyghty god therin he gladly assented and assygned a place vnto hym also coÌ„mytted his oonly begoten doughter called Wenefrede to hym to enforme and she herynge his prechynge and Doctryne purposed secretly her herte to forsake all the plesures of the worlde and to kepe virgynyte whiche purpose she durste nat shewe to her fader and moder but to her mayster he shewyd it to theym wherwith they were ryght well contented and after it happened that when her fader and moder on a Sonday were at Churche Cradoke sone to kynge Algare founde her alone in her faders house and promysed to her great gyftes to assent vnto hym and she sodeynly astonyed dissembled with hym and sayd that she was sory that she was so euyll appareylled and prayed hym that she myght go into her Chamber to apparell her more honestly and when she came into the Chambre she ranne pryuely towarde the churche and when he ê‘ceyued that iÌ„ great angre he folowed and when he had ouer taken her on a hylle and she wolde in no wyse assent to hym he strake of her hedde and there as the hedde fell anone sprange a fayre welle and the stones therof haue redde spottes lyke blode to this day the hedde ran downe into the Churche there as they were at seruyce wherat all the people were meruaylously astonyed and her fader and moder made great Lamentacyon wherupon her mayster takyng the hed went to the place where her body lay where was yet the kynges sone dryinge his swerde and when he had reproued hym for his wycked dede and he had no repentauÌ„ce therfore sodeynly he dyed and it was nat knowen where his body became and then her mayster leyde the hedde to the body and shewyd the people how she had aduowyd to be a Nonne and therupon he made his prayer anone she rose vp as she had ben a slepe nothynge apperyng of the cuttynge but oonly a lytell whyte cercle aboute her necke and the people nat
othe that he wolde neuer after ete mete of that kynde after he was made monke at WygornÌ„ where he had dyuerse offyces and at laste was made pryor He vsed moche fastynges vigylles and prayers moste coÌ„monly he toke slepe in the Churche with his boke vnder his hed euery sonday he vsed to preche to the people Wherfore one reproued hym sayinge a monke shulde kepe his Cloyster And in the nyght folowyng that man in his slepe was brought byfore a Iugge and was coÌ„maunded to be beten so he was so sore that the markes apperyd vpon hym whenne he was awake And seynt UulstanÌ„ herynge therof with his blessyng made hyÌ„ hole agayne Thre dayes in the weke he absteyned fro all mete kepynge also scylens the other thre dayes he ete lekes and wortes soden and barley brede Whenne he was chosen to be bysshop he wolde in no wyse assent to take it tyl a holy man blameâ— hym for his obstynacye and then he toke it vpon hym The kyng Wyllyam Conqueroure bycause seynt WlstanÌ„ coulde speke no Frenche and that he thought he was but of small conynge wolde haue deposed hym and whenne seynt Lamfranke then Archebysshoppe of Caunterburye at a counseyll bad hym to sygne his staffe and his synge he sayd he knewe wel he was neuer worthye to haue the roâ—e but he sayd saynt Edwarde by Auctoryte of the 〈◊〉 and by hole assent as well of the clergye as of the people leyde that burden in his necke agaynst his wyl Wherfore he sayd he wolde resygne to hym wherupon he went to seynt Edwardes Shryne there put his staffe vpon the stone that lay vpon seynt Edwarde sayd he resygne vÌ„to hym and the stone receyued the staffe and hede it fast And when the kynge and saynt Lanfranke makynge his prayers attempted to haue pulled out the staffe but it wolde nat remoue And whenne seynt Wulstane toke it it came lyghtly out wherfore seynt Lamfranke he toke the bysshopryke agayne He wold haue all his seruauÌ„tes here masse And when he sent any of his seruauntes in any Iourney he wolde enioyne theym to saye prayers .vii. tymes euery daye as clerkes be bounden to do and he that swere any othe shuld haue a certeyne punysshemeÌ„t He harde daly â— masses and sayd hym selfe the thirde He helyd a woman and also a man that had deuylles in theym and the woman was after a Nonne and lyued a blessyd lyfe A lepur with the water yâ— seynt Wlfstans wasshed in was helyd with his blessynge helyd a Nonne that was kynge Heroldes 〈◊〉 of a sort 〈◊〉 When he rode he wold begyn the Psaulter nat cease tyll he had done one was alway redy to gyue almes In euery of his townes he had a hous wherin he wold be 〈◊〉 tyl one warned hym that it was tyme to go to â—uyce or to go to dyner When he was at Wygorn he wold synge hygh masse he sayd he wold as gladly resygne his bysshopryke as leue that offyce He wolde be at collecion of the bretherne and when Confessyon was done and benediccyon gyuen he wolde departe There was a man that by no Instaunce wolde forgyue the deth of his brother wherfore seynt Wlstane coÌ„mytted that sayd man to hym whose he was and his body to sathan wherupon he was taken with a spyryte and was not hole tyll he had clerely forgyuen the offence He was desyred by Elsyn that somtyme was seynt Edwardes seruauÌ„te to halowe a Churche iÌ„ a place where was a tree that letted the lyght of the Churche whiche the sayde Elsyn bycause he vsed somtyme to ete playe vnder it wolde nat haue cutte downe wherfore seynt Wlstane accursed it wherupon it waxed drye wherfore the lorde cutte it downe sayinge there was nothynge more bytter thenne Wlstanes curse and nothynge more swete then his blessynge In the pene of our lorde a Thousande .lxvii. the .xiiii. kalend of ◠〈◊〉 he went to our lord amd a hondred yere after his body was remoued whiche with his pontyfycall vestymentes was founde vncorrupt Amonge other myracles that our lorde shewyd for this blessyd man A woman that .v. yeres bowed downe to the grounde was made hole A child that had his tunge cutte of restored fyue blynde men had theyr syght fyue obcessed of deuylles delyuered 〈◊〉 deed men reysed to lyfe â—â—â— lepurs clensed â—â— a tyme within the space of thre dayes by merytes of seynt Wlstane .xxxv. were helyd of dyuerse deceases grupynge thankyngê vnto â—â—â—â—â—â—tye god and to seynt Wstane ¶ De sancto Edgaâ—eâ—ege â—t â—â—â—fessore THe lyfe of this blessyd Kynge was founde in the boke that is called Cathologus sanctoruÌ„ when the great Legend was nygh fynysshed and bycause it coulde not be put in after the ordre of the letters it is â—ette laste of all the seyntes and in the Kalendre it shall kepe the ordre as other seyntes do after the letter Seynt Edgâ—rekynge of Englande when he was aboute the age of .xvi. yeres beganne his Raygne in the â—yme of Otho the Emperoure at his byrth seynt Dunstane Archebysshop of Caunterbury haâ—â—e the voyce of an Aungell fro Heuyn sayinge peas be to Englande as lâ—nge as this childe shall Raygne and as longe as our Dunstane shall lyue He raygned .xvi. yeres euery yere he foundyd a new Monastery gouernyd the Realme iâ— hygh peas Iustyce he subdued yâ— kynge of scotlande the kyngê in Wales to the nombre of â—yue and dyuers other he compellyd to come to his court toke a perpetuall â—the that they shuld be 〈◊〉 vnto hym What by by polycye and what with fere he refreyned his people fro great outragyous drynkynge and he was so terryble and streyght of punysshement that there was noo pryâ—â—t theâ—â— in all the Countrey nâ— any great Robâ—er of the people He kylled al yâ— wylde bâ—stes in Englande that weâ—e â—â—uenours and lyued by blode and coÌ„maunded Guydale kyng â—f â—â—â—les that he shuld for his â—ribute yerely brynge vnto hym thre Hundred Wâ—lnes whiche he dyd many yeres tyll he sayde there were no mâ—â— Euery yere afterê Ester he 〈…〉 serche the see to take Pyratys and râ—bbers of the see And in wynter he wolde go 〈◊〉 by euery prouynce to put away theuys and to serche the Demeaner of great mâ—n that they breke nat Iustyce On a sondaye he was dysposyd to goâ— on huntynge and desyred seynt Dunstane to 〈◊〉 of masse tyll he came And whenne the houre drewe nere seynt Dunstane put on his vâ—â—tymentes and lenyd vpon the Aulter and sodeynly fallynge a slepe he was ledde into Heuyn where he harde Aungelles synge Kyrie eleyson .ix. tymes After he awakyd and taryed a whyle and was rapte agayne and harde theym synge with an hyghe voyce Ite miss a est wherto was answeryd Deo gratias Thenne after his clerke came to hym and tolde hym that the kyng was come to whom he answeryd that he had harde Masse that he nedyd nat any
more to say Masse for that daye and when the kynge askyd hym why he wolde nâ—t say Masse he shewyd hym his vysyon by that occasion he ê“hybyted the kynge that he shuld neuer after go a huntynge on the sonday which monycion the kynge toke benygnely fro thens kept it all his lyfe This blessyd kynge in many thyngê maye be resembled to the great kynge Dauid for as kynge Dauid was fyrste kynge of Iuda and after was kynge of all the Lande aswell of Iuda as of Iherusalem and helde it at his deth peasyblye So this noble kynge was kynge of all this Realme of Englande and hadde the hole monarchye therof peasybly whiche hadde ben byfore tyme deuydyd in to many kyngdomes and was called Reâ—pacificus Also as kynge Dauid was a myghty defender of his subgettes a subduer of â—â—bellys and so was this blessyd kynge as in his lyfe And also in Crâ—nycles wyll appere and as kynge â—auâ—d moche encreasyd the seruyce of almyghty god And appoyntyd dyuers men therto pÌ„payrynge many thynges to haue buyldyd the Temple to the honoure of god so this blessyd man made repayred dyuerse Monasteryes in this Realme wherby the seruyce of god was moche encreacyd Also when kynge Dauid had offendyd and was wherfore reprouyd by the Prophete Natham anone he coÌ„fessyd his offence cryed mercy and dyd penauÌ„ce in lyke wyse when this blessyd kynge had offendyd and seynt Dunstane reprouyd hym therof anone ferynge the Iugement of god he knowlegyd his offence and dyd seuen yeres penaunce as in the lyfe of seynt Dunstane apperyth in the latter ende of seynt Patrykes lyfe in the Legende it apperyth that many yeres after the departynge of this blessyd kynge his body was founde vncorrupt and that when the place that was newly ordeyned for hym was to lytell Oon presumptuously attemptyd to make the body mete for the place wherupon incontynent the blode folowed so that all that were there present fearyd greatly and therupon he was honorably leyde in a Shryne by the hyghe Aulter whiche he had gyuen to the sayd Churche and anone he that so presuÌ„ptuously had offendyd sodeynly fell downe and expyred A man that was madde and also a blynde man at the tumbe of this blessyd kyng receyued helth and he lyeth at Glaston bury Praye we then to thyse glorious seyntê that be in this present Kalendre that by merytes of theyr prayers we may haue grace so to passe by thyse transytorye thynges that after this short lyfe we may come to the Euerlastynge lyfe in the kyngdome of heuen Amen ¶ Explicit ¶ Thus endyth the Kalendre of the new Legende of Englande Emprynted to the honour of the gloriouse Seyntê therin conteyned by Richarde Pynson prynter to our Soueraygne lorde Kynge Henry the .viii. ¶ Here 〈◊〉 the lyfe of seynt Birgette SEynt Birget was of the 〈◊〉 and lynage of the noble kyngê of Gothis of the kyngdome of Swecia hir Faders name was Byrgerus and his moders name was Sighryd One tyme as hir graunâ—moder was walkynge with hir seruauntê by the Monastery of Shoo one of the NoÌ„nes of the sayd monastery byholdâ—â— hir beaute apparell in maner despysed hir for the great pryde that she adiuged to be in hir And in the nyght folowynge there appered vnto the sayd Nonne a certeyne ê‘sone of a meruaylous beaute whiche as it had ben with an angrye couÌ„tenauÌ„ce sayd vnto hir why hast thou bakbyten my handemayde adiugynge hir to be proude whiche is nat trewe I shall make a doughter to come of hir ê“geny with whom I shall do great dedys in the worlde and I shall gyue hir so great grace that all people shall meruayle After whaÌ„ seynt Birget was in hir moders wombe iâ— happenyd hir moder for dyuerse causes to take the see where hir shyp with moche people were drowned with a sodeyn tempest and she was brought saue to the lande And in the nyght folowyng a persone appered vnto hir with shynynge apparell And sayd thou art sauyd for the childe that thou haste in thy body norysshe it therfore with the charyte of god for it is gyuen to the of the especyall goodnes of almyghty god And after whenne that blessyd childe was newly borne a preest which was curate of a Churche therby and was after Bysshop of Aboens a man of good and blessyd lyuynge as he was in his prayers sawe a bryght shynynge clowde and in the clowde a virgyne hauynge a boke in hir hande and a voyce sayde vnto hym Byrgerus hathe a doughter borne whose meruaylous voyce shal be harde thorugh all the worlde whiche shal be a voyce of gladnes and helth in the tabernacles of ryghtwyse men Fro the tyme of the byrth of this blessyd childe vnto the ende of thre yeres she was in maner as thoughe she had hadde no tonge and as she shuld neuer haue spoken but sodeynly agaynst the comon course of children nat stuttynge lyke the maner of other children that begynne to speke she speke complete and full wordes of suche thynges as she harde and sawe in hir tendre youth she was neuer ydell fro doynge some good werkes And when she was of the age of seuen yeres she sawe nygh vnto hir bed an Aulter and vpon the aulter she sawe our Lady syttynge in bryght clothynge hauynge in hir hande a precyous crowne whiche sayd vnto hir Birget wylt thou nat haue this crowne and she with mylde coâ—tenaunce assentyng to our Lady put it vpon hir hedde wherby she felte in maner as though a cerkyll of a crowne had gyrde hir faste aboute the hedde and furth with the vysyon vanysshed awaye whiche she neuer after coulde forgette In the .x. yere of hir age Whenne she on a tyme had harde in a Sermon of the passyon of our lorde the same nyght our lorde appered vnto hir lyke as he hadde ben the same houre newly Crucyfyed and sayd vnto hyr loo Birget howe I am woundyd and she â—hynkynge that it hadde ben newly done sayde O lorde who hathâ— done thus to the our lorde answeryd sayd they that do contempne mâ— and forgette my charyte they do this to me And fro that daye euer after she hadde suche affeccyon to the Passyon of oure Lorde that she syldome refreyned hir from wepynge whenne she remembred it seruynge our lorde as the Appostell techyth with mekenes and terys And â—boute the .xii. yere of hir age hir Aâ—â—te wente on a nyght vnto the bedde of the holy virgyne Seynt Byrgette where she founde Seynt Birget out of hir hedde knelynge all nakyd and she somwhat suspectynge the lyghtnesse of the virgyn commaundyd a rod to be brought vnto hir and as soone as she layde it vpon the backe of the virgyn to haue â—etyn hirtherwith the rod breke all in small pecys wherupon hyr Aunte merueylyng greatly sayd vnto hir Biâ—get what hast thou done â–ª hath nat some women taught the some falâ— prayers and she wepyng answeryd and sayd no Lady but I rose out