erles barones whiche kyng hym self toke the cheste vpon his sholders and wyth the other prelates lordes brought it wyth grete Ioye and honour in to the place where it is now worshipped and was leyde in a fayre and moche riche shryne At whos holy translacion were shewde by the merites of thys holy martir seynt Thomas many myracles To blynde men was gyuen theyr sight To deef men theyr heryng To domb men theyr speche And to dede men was restored lyf Emong alle other there was a man by cause of grete deuocyon that he had for to be at thys holy translacion and visite the holy martir whyche cam to the bridge at braynforde by london And whan he was in the myddle of the bridge metyng there one was cast in to the water This man not forgetyng hym selfe called seynt Thomas vnto hys helpe and besought hym not to suffre his pilgrym to perisshe ne to be there drowned And fyue tymes he sanke doun to the grounde And fyue tymes aroose aboue the water And thenne he was cast to the drye ground Thenne he affermed that he receyued no water in to hys mouthe ne in to hys eris that dide to hym greuauÌ„ce ne hurte that he felte sauf in hys fallyng he felte in his mouth a lytel salte water And added more therto sayeng that whan he sanke A bisshop helde hym vp that he myght not synke This holy translacoÌ„n was don and accomplisshed the yere of our lord MCCxx In the nonas of Iuyll at thre of the clock the fyfty yere after his passyon For thys gloryous seynt our lord hath shewed many grete myracles as wel by his lyf as after hys deth martirdom For a lytel to fore hys deth a yong man deyed and was reysed agayn by myracle And he sayd that he was ledde to see the holy ordre of sayntes in heueÌ„ And there he sawe a sete voyde And he axed for whom it was and it was answerd to hym that it was kept for the grete bisshop of engloÌ„d seint thomas of cauÌ„terbury there was also a symple preest that dayly song none other masse but of our lady wherof he was put to to seint thomas his ordnary whom accused he apposed foÌ„d hym ful symple of connyng wherfor he suspended hym and inhybited hym his masse wherfor thys preest was ful sorye and prayed humbly to our blessyd lady that he myght be restored agayn to say his masse And thenne our blessid lady apperid to thys preest and bad hym go to seynt Thomas and byd hym by the token that the lady whom thou seruest hath sewed his sherte of here with rede silke whiche he shalle fynde there as he leyde hit that he yeue the leue to syng masse and assoyle the of his suspendyng and thyn Inhybytyng restore the agayn to thy seruyse and whan seynt Thomas herd thys he was gretely abasshid and went fonde lyke as the preest had sayd And thenne assoyled hym and lycensyd hym to say masse as he dyd byfore commaundyng hym to kepe thys thyng secrette as long as he lyuyd There was a lady in englond that desyred gretely to haue graye eyen For she had a conseyt she shold be the more beauteuous in the sight of the people and only for that cause she made a vowe for to vysite seynt Thomas vpon hir bare feet and whan she cam thether and had deuoutly made hir prayers to haue hyr desyre Sodenly she wax start blynde And Thenne she perceyued that she had offendyd and displesid our lord in that requeste And cryed god mercy of that offence And besought hym ful mekely to be reestored of her sight agayn And by the merites of the blessyd seynt Thomas she was restored to hyr sight agayn and was glad to haue her olde eyen And retorned home agayn and lyued holyly to her lyues ende Also ther was a lordes karuer that brought water to hym at his table to whom the lord sayd yf thou euer hast stolen ony thyng of myn I pray god and seynt thomas that thou haue no water in the basyn And sodenly it was al voyde of the water drye And there was he preuyd a theef there was a tame byrd kepte in a cage whiche was lerned to speke And on a tyme he fledde out of the cage and sleygh in to the felde And there cam a sparhawke and wold haue take this byrd and pursewed after And the byrd beyng in grete drede cryed Seynt Thomas helpe lyke as he had herde other speke and the sperhauke fyl doun dede And the byrd escaped harmeles Also ther was a man that seynt thomas loued moche in his dayes and he fyl in a greuous sekenes wherfor he went to the tombe of seynt Thomas to praye for his helthe and anon he had hys desyre and was alle hool and as he torned homeward beyng alle hool thenne he began to drede lest thys helthe shold not be most prouffytable for hys soule Thenne he retorned agayn to the tombe of seynt Thomas And prayed yf his helthe wer not prouffytable to his soule that his olde sekenes myght come agayn to hym And it cam anon agayn to hym and endured vnto hys lyues ende And in lyke wyse there was a deuout blynd man whiche had his sight restored to hym agayn by the merites of seynt thomas but after he repented hym for he coude not be so quyete in his mynde as he was byfore he had thenne so moche lettyng by seyng the vanytees of the world wherfor he prayed to our lord that by the merites of Seint Thomas he myght be blynd agayn to the world as he was byfore anon he had his desire lyuyd after ful holily to his lyues ende who shold telle alle the myracles that our blessid lord hath shewed for thys holy martir it shold ouer moche endure For euer sith his passion vnto this day god hath shewed contynwelly for hym many grete myracles Thenne late vs praye this holy seynt to be a specyal aduocate for vs wretchid synners vnto our lord god who bryng vs unto his euer lastyng blysse in heuen Amen Thus endeth The translacyon of Seynt Thomas martir Here foloweth the lyf of seynt Kenelme kyng and martir â—Aynt kenelme martir was kyng of a parte of engloÌ„d by walys hys fader was kyng to fore hym and was named kenulph founded the abbey of wynchecomb and sette therin monkes and whan he was dede he was buryed in the same abbey And that tyme wynchecombe was the best toun of that contraye In Englond ben iij pryncipaul riuers And they ben tamyse Seuarn and Humbre This kyng kenelme was kyng of wurceter shyre warwik shyre and gloucetre shyre and the bysshop of wurcetre was bisshop of those iij shires and he was kyng also of Derby shyre chesshyre shropppyre staffordshyre her fordchyre notyngham shyre norhamptoÌ„ shyre Bokynghamshyre oxfordshire leycetreshyre and lyncolnshyre Alle this was called the marche of walys and of alle
that I haue halowed the chirche of westmynstre this nyght And saye to hym that he saye masse therm to morowe yf he wylle not byleue it saye to hym whan he cometh he shall fynde there tokenes suffycyent And I shalle be patrone of that chirche and vysyte it of tymes and bere in the syght of almyÈty god the prayers and deuocions of trewe cristen peple that pray in that place take thou the remenaunt of the fysshe for thy labour And this sayd saynt Peter vanysshed away Thenne the fyssher merueyled gretely of the syght that he hadde sene And erly by the morowe he wente to the Bisshoppe Mellyte of london delyuerd to hym the fysshe that saynt Peter had sent to hym tolde to hym by ordre lyke as saynt Peter hadde gyuen hym charge as ye haue herd to fore but the Bisshop wold not bileue hym til he cam to westmestre see the tokenes for to put hym oute of doubte whan he had opened the chirch dore he fonde a crosse made of sonde fro that one syde of the chirche vnto that other witâ— a b c lettres of grewe he fonde also xij crosses made on the walles in dyuerse places of the chirche thendes of xij candels almost brent out also he sawe the places that were enoynted with hooly oyle whiche yet were moyst and appyered newely done Thenne the Bisshop byleuyd this thynge veryly sayd masse that same daye in the chirche And there prechyd to the peuple a gloryous sermon And declared the grete myracle openly wherfore the people gaf laude and praysynge to god and to hys gloryous Appostle saynt Peter And whanne saynt Edward vnderstode that this chirche was of old tyme halowed by saynt Peter And how saynt Peter hadde commaunded hym to repaire the same Chirche as the lettre of the recluse maketh mencion Soo thenne euer after he hadde full grete deuocion to the same place And he dyd do caste doune the old werke and dyd do bylde it vp newe and endowed that Monastery worshipfully with lyuelode Iewellis And at that tyme pope Leo was deed And pope Nycholas was after hym And thenne the kynge to gyue relacion to hym of his penaunce enioyned by leo his predecessour to reâ—difye a monastery of the gloryous appostle saynt Peter And sente Alurede the Archebisshop of yorke to Rome with other Clerkes tenforme the pope that he hadde accomplisshed his penaunce that is to wete bothe distrybuted his goodes to poure men And also repayred a monastery of saynt Peter And how he hadde by reuelacion what place he shold repayre prayenge hym to ratefye and conferme the same whiche pope Leo hadde done to fore hym Thenne pope Nycholas consyderyng the grete deuocion and trewe entent of this Crysten kynge saynt Edward confermyd the bulle of absolucion and ratefyed the fundacion and the statutes of the monasterye And gaf therto grete and large pryueleges that who soo euer presumed to take awey ony moeuable or inmeuable goodes or wolde take ony man by force or strengthe oute of that chirche or of the precyncte of the same shold be acursyd by thauctoryte of peter and Pawle to be dampned with Iudas in helle euerlastyngly to lye in payne Thenne the Messagyers retourned ageyne fro Rome with the lettres of confyrmacion And whan the kynge sawe the grete benyuolence of our hooly fader the pope and hys fauour and gentylnesse gyuynge to hym by wrytynge moo pryueleges fredom than he desyrede Thenne he was fulle of gladnesse and ioye and thonked almyghty god of alle his yeftes On a tyme the kynge was in the chirche of saynt peter at westmynstre and was disposed in grete deuocion as his customme was to here masse Erle Leofryke kneled behynde the kyng and sawe with his bodyly eyen our lord Ihesu cryst bytwene the preestes handes appyerynge in the lykenes of a gloryous childe or beauteuous persone whiche blessyd the kynge with his ryght honde And the kynge whiche was gretely comforted with the sight bowed doune his hede and with grete deuocion and mekenes receyued the blessynge of our lord Thenne the erle aroos to telle the kynge supposynge that the kynge hadde not sene it but he knewe the erles entente and bad hym stonde stylle For that thou seest I see And hym I honoure And whanne masse was done they talkyd to gydre of their visyon and they were merueylously refresshyd with the yeftes of the hooly ghoost and myghte not wel speke for ioye and wepynge Thenne the kynge commaunded Leofryke that this vysyon shold neuer be vtteryd ne openly knowen tylle the tyme that they shold deye And when Leofryke shold departe hens he told it in Confession to his ghoostly fader and made it to be wreton And that wrytyng was leyd in a chyste among other relyques And many yeres after whanne they were bothe deed the wrytynge was found and radde And thenne the holynes of the kynge was knowen and his mekenes shewyd whiche wold not hit shold be shewed by their lyf for vayne glorye There was a yonge woman yeuyn in maryage to a noble man and not longe after she hadde tweyne mysfortunes Fyrst she was barayne And also ther aroos vnder her cheke many fowle botchys and kernellys full of corrupt humours whiche engendryd fowle woâ—mes and made her flesshe to stynke soo that she was abhomynable and hateful vnto her husbond and to alle her frendes And whanne she couthe not be heled by no medycyne thenne she put al her hope and trust in almyÈty god And with many a bytter tere bothe day and nyght besought and prayd hym to delyuer her fro that repreef and dysese or els to take her oute of this world And whanne she hadde thus longe contynued in prayer she was commaunded by a voys in her slepe that she shold goo to the holy kyng Edward And yf he wold wasshe her face with his hondes she shold be all hoole And whanne she awoke she auowed to seke the kynge in his palays And thenne she cam thyder and maad meanes that the kynge myghte haue knowlege of her dreme And whanne the kynge vnderstood it he callyd her to hym and sayd yf god wylle that I shold wesshe thy face I wylle not refuse it And callyd after water and with his owne handes he wesshe her face And wronge oute the wormes and all the fowle bloode oute of her face And badde her tarye there thre or four dayes tylle the skynne myght couer ageyne her vysage And thanke thou god for thy delyueraunce And whanne she was maade parfyghtely hoole and her vysage fayre and beauteuous thenne she fylle doune at the kynges feete and thanked hym humbly of her delyuerauÌ„ce but he forbad her for to yeue ony praysynge to hym therfore but badde her to gyue lawde and praysynge to god therfore For he is the doar and not I Thenne she prayd the kynge that he wold pray to god for her that she myght
laus honor sit tibi rex xpeÌ„ and the emperour was presente and hit plesyd so mâ—che to themperour that he toke hym out of prison and restablysshed hym in to hys see The messagers of mychel themperour of constantynople brought yeftes to lowys the sone of charles and emonge al other they brouÈt the bookes of saynt denys of the Ierarchye of aungellys translated out of greek in to latyn and he receyued them wyth grete ioye And thenne were there aboute a twenty seek men of dyuers maladyes whiche al were helyd that nyght in the chyrche of saynt denys And whan lowys was dede Lothayr helde th empyre and lowys charles his brethern made a bataylle ageynste hym where there was so grete occysion of one and other that there had neuer tofore ben suche in no tyme in fraunce atte laste it was accorded that charles shold regne in fraunce Lowys in almayne and lothayr in ytalye and in the parte of fraunce whyche is named Lorayne and after that he lefte the empyre to Lowys hys sone whiche was emperour after hym and he took the habyte of a monke And it is sayd in a cronycle that serge was thenne pope whych tofore was named os porcy that is to saye the mowth of aswyn but his name was chaunged and was called Sergyus and fro than forthon it was ordeyned that alle the popes shold chaunge their names by cause our lord chaunged the name of hym that he chaas to be prynce of thappostles For as they be chaunged in name soo shold they be chaunged in perfeccion of lyf and by cause that thys man was chosen in to a noble offyce he shold not be defouled by a dyshoneste name In the tyme of this lowys in the yere of our lord viij hondred and xvj as it is sayd in a cronycle in the paroche of magonce a wycked spyrite smote on the walles of the howses as it had be wyth hamers and spake openlye in sowyng dyscordes and tormented so the peple that in what hows he entrid anone the hows brennyd and whan the preestes sayd the letanyes he caste at them stones and greuyd them cruelly and atte laste he confessyd that whan holy water was caste he hydde hym vnder the cope of a certeyn preest as his famylyar accusyng hym that he had synned wyth the doughter of the procurour In that tyme the kyng of bulgarys was conuerted vnto the feythe was of so grete perfectyon that he made his oldest sone kyng and he hym self toke thabyte of a monke but his sone gouerned hym so yongely the he toke ageyn the ryte and lawe of the paynyms thenne his fader reprised his knyghthode pursyewyd his sone toke hym put hym in prison and thenne he ordeyned his other sone to be kynge reprised his habyte ageyn It was sayd that in ytalye that tyme in the cyte of bryxe it rayned blood thre dayes that same tyme cam in to fraunce brezes or locustes Innumerable whiche had vj wynges syxe longe feet two teeth harder than ony stone fledde by companyes as armed men by the space of a day iourneye stratchyng a four myle or fyue myle brode they deuoured al thyng that was grene in trees and in herbys and came vnto the see of brytaygne but in th ende they were drowned in the see by force of the wynde but the hete of thoccean see threwe them to the ryuage and the ayer was corumped of their rotyng and therof ensewed a grete famyne and grete mortalyte that almoste the thyrd parte of the peple perysshed and deyed And after thys the fyrste otto was emperour in the yere of our lord ixC and xxxviij and as thys otto on an ester day had ordeyned a grete feste to his prynces tofore they were sette a sone of one of the prynces in the maner of a chylde toke one of the messys of mete fro the borde the keruar smote the chylde with his fyste and slewe hym And he that had the chylde in kepyng sawe that and slewe hym anone that had slayne the chylde and whan themperour wold haue dampned hym without audyence he toke themperour and threwe hym to the grounde and wold haue strangled hym and with grete payne he was taken from his handes and after themperour made hym to be kepte and sayd that he hym self was culpable and to blame and for the honour of the feste he lete the man goo frely his waye after thys fyrst otto the second otto succeded whan the ytalyens had ofte tymes broken the pees bytwene them and the romayns he came and made a grete comune feste to al the barons bysshoppes and grete lordes and whan they were al sette at dyner he enuyronned them al wyth men of armes and thenne he made his compleynte and dyd doo name them that were culpable by wrytyng and anone dyd doo smyte of her heedes there And vnto alle the other be made good chere and moche honoured theym And Otto the thyrd came after hym the yere of our Lord ix hondred foure score and ten And he had to surname the meruaylle of the world And as it is sayd in a cronycle he had a wyf whyche wold haue been loue or lemman vnto an erle And he wold not consente to hyr Wherfore she had soo grete malyce vnto hym that she dyffamed hym in suche wyse vnto hyr husbond the Emperour that he commaunded to smyte of hys heed wythout hauyng ony audyence But tofore he was byheded he prayed his good wyf that she sholde shewe hym Innocent not gylty by the preef of hote yren and thenne after came a day that the emperour shold do right to wydowes and to orphanes And thenne thys wydowe came and brought the heed of hir husbond bytwene hyr armes and demaunded of what dethe he ought to haue that had slayne a man wrongefully And he sayd that he ought to haue hys heed smyton of and thenne she sayd thou arte he that hast slayne my husbonde by the false entysemente of thy wyf Innocentlye and that I shal preue that I sawe trouthe by the beryng of thys brennyng yron And whan the emperour sawe that he was al abasshed and gaue hym self to be punysshed in to the handes of the woman Neuerthelesse by the prayer of the bysshoppes and of the barons the emperour took terme of ten dayes and after of viij and after of seuen and after of vj tyl the cause was examyned the trouthe knowen Thenne themperour the cause examyned and the trouthe knowen dyd doo brenne his wyf al quycke gaue to the wydowe foure castellys for hys redempcyon whyche castellys been in the bysshopryche of lymencis and been callyd the termys of the dayes And after this emperour reygned Henry which was duc of lauyer in the yere a M ij and gaue his suster named Geysyle to the kynge of hungarye in maryage that same kyng al hys peple she conuerted to
of kenulf the kyng And that tyme thys holy Seynt Swythyne serued oure lady so deuoutly that alle peole that knewe hym had grete Ioye of his holynesse And elmeston that was in that tyme bysshop of wynchester made hym preest And theÌ„ne he lyued a strayter lyuyng than he dyd byfore And he become thenne so holy in lyuyng that kyng Egbert made hym his chaunceler and chyef of hys counseyll and sette ethulf hys sone and his heyer vnder his rule and guydyng And prayd hym to take hede to hym that he myght be broughte vp vertuously And within short tyme after the kyng deyed And thenne his sone ethulf was made kyng after hym And he guyded this lond ful wel wysely that it encreased gretly in good lyuyng thrugh the counseyl of Seynt Swythyne ¶ And whan Elmeston the bysshop of wynchester was dede Swythyne was made bysshop there after hym wherof the people were ful glad by his holy lyuyng he caused the peple to lyue vertuously And to paye truly theyr tythes to god and holy chyrche ¶ And yf ony chyrche fyl doun or was in decay seint Swythyne wold anon amend it at his owne cost ¶ Or yf ony chyrche were not halowed he wold goo thyder a fote and halowe it For he louyd no pryde ne to ryde on gay hors ne to be praysed ne flatred of the peple whyche in thyse dayes suche thynges be vsyd ouer moche god ceasse it Seynt Swythyne guyded ful wel hys bysshopryche And dyd moche good to the toun of wynchester in hys tyme He dyd do make wythout the west gate of the toun a fayr brydge of stone at hys proper cost And on a tyme ther cam a woman ouer the bridge wyth her lappe ful of egges And a rechelles felaw stroglyd and wrestlyd wyth her And brake alle her egges And it happed that this holy bisshop cam that waye the same tyme And bad the woman lete hym see her egges And anon he lyfte vp his honde and blessed the egges And they wer made hole and sounde euerichon by the merytes of thys holy bysshop And beyng thenne glad thanked god and this holy man for the myracle that was don to her and sone after deyde kyng ethulf And hys sone Egbert reyned after hym And after hym was athelbert kyng And in the thyrd yere of his regne deyde thys blessyd bisshop seynt Swythyne And whan he shold deye he charged hys men to bury hym in the chircheyerde For the people shold not worship hym after hys deth ¶ For he louyd no pompe by his lyf Ne none wold haue after hys deth ¶ He passyd to our lord the yere of grace viij hondred and vj And he laye in the chyrche or he was translated an hondred and ix yere And odde dayees But in the tyme of holy kyng Edgar hys body was translated and putte in a shrine in thabbay of wynchester by seynt dunstone and Ethelwold And the same yere was seynt Edward kyng and martyr shryned at shaftesbury Thyse two bysshops dunston and Ethelwold were warned by our lord to see that thyse two holy seyntes Swythyne and Edward shold be worshypfully shryned ¶ And so they were wythin short tyme after And an holy man warned Ethelwold whyles he lay seke to helpe that thyse two holy bodyes myght be shryned ¶ And thenne he shold be parfyghtly hool And so endure to his lyues ende And the token is that ye shalle fynd on Seynt Swythynes graue Two rynges of yron nayled fast theron ¶ And assone as he sette honde on the rynges they come of of the stone and no token was seen in the stone where they wer fastned in and whan they had taken vp the stone fro the graue they sette the rynges to the stone agayn And anon they fastned to it by them self And thenne thys holy bysshop gaf lawde and praysyng to our lord for thys myracle And atte openyng of the graue of seynt Swythyne suche a swete odour and sauour yssued out the kyng edgar and alle the multitude of peple were fulfilled with heuenly swetenes ¶ And a blynd man receyued there hys syght agayn And many men heled of dyuers sekenes maladyes by the merites of this holy Seynt Seynt Swythyne to whom â—ate vs preye that he be our aduocat to the good lord for vs cÌ„ Here endeth the lyf of Seynt Swithyne Here foloweth the translacion of Seynt Thomas of caunterbury THe Translacion of the gloryous martir Seynt thomas of Caunterbury we shal shortly reherce â—â—to the laude and praysyng of almyghty god Thenne in the fifty yere after his passyon whiche was the yere of Iubylee that is of remyssyon For of auncyent tyme the fyfty yere was called the yere of the Iubylee of pardon and remyssyon and is yet vsed emonge relygyous men For whan a relygyous man hath contynued in his cedre l yere thenne he shal be admytted to make his Iubylee and that made he is pardonned and hath remyssyon of many obseruauÌ„ces that to fore he was bouden vnto Thenne in this yere of Iubylee fro his passyon was the solemnyte of hys translacion accomplysshed In the tyme of honoryus the third pope of that name The whiche graunted yerly remyssyons and Indulgencies so grete and large that to fore in no tyme of mynde hath be seen ony popes to haue graunted and yeuen lyke Thenne late vs calle to mynde that on a tewysday his translacion was accomplisshed On the tewysday happed to hym many thynges On a tewysday he was born On a tewysday he was exyled On a tewsday our lord appered to hym at pounteney in frauÌ„ce seyeng thomas my chirche shal be glorifyed in thy blood On a tewsday he retorned fro his exyle And on a tewsday he suffred martirdom Thenne how hys holy translacion was fulfilled now ye shal here The reuerend fader in god Stephen Archebisshop of caunterburye Rychard bisshop of salisbury Waltere the pryour of the same wyth the couent wyth spyrytual songe and deuoute ympnes whan it was nyght went to the sepulcre of this holy martir And alle that nyght and day of his translacoÌ„n they perseuered in prayers and fastynges And after mydnyght iiij prestes electe therto chosen approchyng to his body toke vp the holy hede with grete deuocion reuerence And vnto them alle offrid it for to kysse it Thenne tharchebyssop and al the other made grete honour to it toke al the relyques of the precious body And leyed them in a cheste and shette it fast with yron lockes And sette it in a place for to be kepte vnto the day that the translacoÌ„n shold be solempnysed ¶ The day thenne of thys holy translacoÌ„n beyng comyn There were present a grete Innumerable multitude of peple as wel of riche as of poure there was pandulphus a legate of our holy fader the pope and two archebysshopis of fraunce of Reynes and arensis wyth many other bysshoppis and abbottes And also kyng harry the thyrd wyth