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A00329
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[Ye dyaloge called Funus]; Colloquia. Selections
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Erasmus, Desiderius, d. 1536.
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1534
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STC 10453.5; ESTC S118122
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Like as he lyued greuous to no man so dyed he He was euery yere greued with the febre coÌ„myng to hym at certeyne tymes The same bothe for bycause he was somewhat in age for he was past thre score yeres are for other causes more than was wont infebled the man and it apered that he felt before that his fatall day was at hande For the fourthe daye before he dyed was Sondaye our lordes daye he wente to the temple was confessyd to his curate he herde the coÌ„mune preachynge and masse and after the masse was done he was howseled and so wente home Merc. Used he no Physycyons Phed. Onely one he counselled but he was no lesse a good maÌ„ then a good Phisycyon his name is Iacobus Castrutius Merc. I knowe hym very wellâ— There is no more pure man Phâ—d He answered that his frende sholde not lacke his dylygence but he thought there was more socoure in god than in physyciens Cornelius dyde as gladly accepte his sayenge as though he had shewed moost certayne hope of lyfe Therfore albeit that after his power he was always very lyberall towarde the poâ—re euen than all that myght be spared froÌ„ necessary ayde of his wyfe and chyldren was dystributed to the poore and nedy men and not to the ambycyous beggers whiche we comynly mete in euery place but to suche as were to be coÌ„mended whiche fought agaynst pouerte with al theyr deuyse and power I desyred hym to lye hym doune rather to call the preste to hym than to fatygate with laboure his feble body He gaue answere that his specyall study was euer to helpe his frendes yf he myght rather than to put theÌ„ to paynes neyther he wolde be vnlyke to hymself at the tyme of his dyenge neyther truely he laye doune ony more but yâ— last day and parte of yâ— night wherin he departed out of this lyfe SoÌ„tyme for werinesse of his body he walked with a staffe somtyme reposed in a chayre He went seldome to bed but in his clothes his heed reysed vpwarde All this tyme he eyther gaue one thing or other to relyue the poore but â—n especyall to them which were knowen poore and dwelled nygh to hym or eâ—les â—e redde suche thynges in holy scrypture whiche prouoketh a mannes conscyence towarde god also declareth his charyte towardes vs. And whan he by reason of his werynesse coud not rede hymself than he herde some frende redyng before hym Often tymes he exhorted with a vehemeÌ„t desyre his famyly to loue one another to loue the trouthe He also louyngly conforted them whiche were pensyfe and sorowfull for his dethe He gaue ofteÌ„ monycion to suche as he put in trust that nothyng of his dettes shold be vnpayde Merc. Made he his wyll Phed. Yes longe before in tyme of his helthe for he denayed vtterly that they were called testamentes whiche were made of suche as lye on dyeng but rather folisshe dotinges Merc. Dyd he bequethe nothynge to monasteryes or to nedy men therin Phed. NothyÌ„g at all I sayd he haue for my parte distrybute those lytell goodes whiche god hathe sent me Therfore now as I gyue the possession of them to other so I gyue also the dispensacyon and orderyng And I trust that they wyll dyspose theÌ„ more vtuously then I haue done my selfe Merc. Dyd he not call to him suche holy meÌ„ as George dyd Phed. Neuer one Neither was there any body at all with hym sauyng his owne familie and two speciall frendes of his Merc. I merueyll what he ment Phed. He said vtterly that he wold be onerous to no mo at his dethe than he was at his natiuitie Merc. I desyre instantly to here the ende of this mater Phed. Thou shalt here it by and by Thursday cam he laye styll vpon his bed felynge extreme werynes of his body the curate was sent for and anoyled hym by and by gaue hym the body of our lorde without any confession at all For he sayde there was no scrupe doubte at all in his mynde The preste began to aske of hym with what pompe and in what placeâ— he wolde be buried He sayd agayn bury me in suche wyse as ye wold bury a christen man of the lowest degree Nor I care not in what place ye lay my wretchyd body whiche shal be fouÌ„de in the last day aswell out of one place as other where so euer it be hyd nor I regarde any thyng at all the pompe of burieng Shortly after whaÌ„ meÌ„cion was made of the ringyng of belles treÌ„tals yeres myndes of bulles of bying part takyÌ„g of merites ThaÌ„ answered he thus my curate I shal do neuer the worse if no bell at all knoll for me If it wyll please you to synge one bare masse for me it shal be more thaÌ„ nede Eyther yf there be ony thynge elles whiche bycause of the comyn custome of the chyrche may without offence of suche as be infyrme persones scarcely be left out that I ê‘mytte to be at your aduyse Neyther I am minded to bye ony manÌ„es prayers eyther to bereue ony man his merytes Haboundaunce of merytes floweth ouer in Chryst and also I trust that the prayers and merytes of all thryâ—ten men yf I be a lyuynge membre dooth prousfyte me Al my hope is in .ii. bulles pryuyleges the one is of my offences that the chyef pastour Iesus chryst hath clene taken them away naylyÌ„g it to the crosse the other is that which he wrote and sealed with his precyous blode wherby he put vs in certaynte of euerlasting lyfe yf so be that we put all our hole trust in hym God forfend that I armed with merytes and bulles sholde prouoke my lorde god to come in to iugement with his bondman beyng certayne of thisâ— that all which be lyuynge shall not be iustyfied in his syght I do appele therfore from his iustyce to his mercy for so moche as it is without measure ineffable ¶ After he had spoken these wordes the preste departed Corneliê° beyng mery and glad as though he had conceyued a grete hope of helthe coÌ„maunded that suche places of holy scrypture sholde be rehersed to hym as were wryten to coÌ„ferme the hope of â—esurrection and the rewarde of iÌ„mortalyte As for example the texte of Esaye declaryng the dethe of Ezechias which was deferred the caÌ„tycle Moreouer the .xv. chapytre of the fyrst epystle of Paule to the Corynthiens Also out of saynt IohnÌ„ the euangelyst of the dethe of Lazarê° but namely the history of Chrystes passyon after the euangelystes With what a mynde deuoured he euery thyngâ— sighyng at some thynges whan he herde some other he lyftyng vp his handes gaue thankes At the heryng of dyuers other thynges he wexed very mery and shewed hym outwardly glad at many sayenges he caste out many shorte prayers After dyner whan he had taken a lytell slepe he coÌ„maunded that one shulderâ— herse to hym the .xij. chapytre of saynte IohnÌ„s Gospell