that a holy fader was seke the whiche as he was sene to drede the dethe / the freres hym demaunded wherfore he dredde and he answered in this manere Brederne I haue kepte the coÌ„maundementes of god after my puyssaunce / but I am a man I knowe not yf my operacions hath pleased vnto god or naye And therfore I ne am sure tyll vnto that that I come vnto hym c. F. ¶ Another example of a pryour relygyous that sayd that he dyed lawfully faithfully / amyably and ioyously IT is wryten in the lyfe of faders that the pryour of a couent was in a greuous sekenes replenysshed with meruayllous pacyence And he sayd oftentymes one thynge the whiche is wryten in the cantycles with grete dolour of deuocion Dilectê° meê° michi ego illi donec aspiret di es iÌ„clinentur vmbre Also he sayd vnto his brederne .xv. dayes before his dethe that he sholde deye of that sekenes in the solempnyte of the feest of the vyrgyn Marye the whiche thynge was done For at the fyrste euen songe of the natyuyte of the vyrgyn Marye he deyed / was buryed that daye He had songe the last masse of the vyrgyn Marye And also of her he had made hys laste predycacyon Whan he sholde deye anone he made to assemble before hym his brederne vnto whome he sayd Knowe ye my brederne that I deye lawfully / amyably faythfully ioyously And expounded it in this wyse I deye lawfully For I deye in the fayth of Ihesu cryst of the sacramentes of the chirche Amyably / for I haue perseuered in the dyleccyon of god vnto myn aduyse syth that I entred in to the ordre And I haue studyed how I might best please hym Faythfully for I knowe wele that I go vnto god Ioyously for I go from one lande replenysshed with myserye vnto a good countree I passe from wepynges vnto Ioye sempyternell c. G. Another example of a monke the whiche was chosen to be bysshop he refused it and deyed wele Ciiii. IT is wryten in the promptuary of the dyscyple that Arnoldus sayeth that a monke of cleruaulx was chosen to be bysshop / the whiche refused it agaynst the wyll of his abbot / of the bysshop / sone after he deyed And he appered after his dethe vnto his famylyer / the whiche demaunded hym yf the dysobeyssauÌ„ce beforsayd had noyed hym He answered that nay and afterwarde sayd Yf I had taken the bysshopryche I hadde be dampned And sayd more ouer an horryble worde The estate of the chirche is come vnto that that she is not dygne to be gouerned but of yll bysshoppes c. H. ¶ Another example of the dethe of many holy persones of the whiche the Byble maketh mencyon Ciiii. THe holy scryptures maketh mencyon of the dethe of many holy faders that it sholde be longe thynge confuse for to wryte And for to be shorte who so wyll se in the byble lette hym studye in the chapytres the whiche foloweth here / Fyrst it is wryten of the dethe of abel genesis .iiii. cap. Of the dethe of abraham ge xxv of the dethe of Ysaac genesis .xxxv. of the dethe of iacob gene xlix of the dethe of Ioseph gene l. Of the dethe of Aaron numeri .xx. Of moyses the whiche deyed in the lande of Moab that oure lorde buryed / neuer man ne knewe his sepulcre In lyke wyse as it is wryten deuterono xxxiiii Of the dethe of dauid it is wryten primo paralipo xxix of the dethe of zacharie it is wryten secuÌ„do paralipo xxiiii of the deth of Thobye it is wryten thobie .xiiii. of the dethe of his sone it is wryten thobie vltimo / of the dethe of iob / it is wryten iob xlii of the dethe of mathathias .i. machabioruÌ„ ii of the dethe of saynt Iohan baptist mathei xiiii Of the dethe of the poore lazar begger that the auÌ„gelles bare in to AbrahaÌ„s bosome it is wryten luce xvi of the goode thefe the whiche deyed whan our lorde deyed it is wryten luce xxiiii of the dethe of saynt Steuen the whiche was stoned / it is wryten actuum .vii. c. ¶ Mors malorum A. ¶ Examples of those the whiche hathe not wylled to do the wyl of god ne to accoÌ„plysshe his coÌ„maundementes ben deed of an yll dethe in paynes dolours / fyrste example / how the deuyll drewe the soule of a cursed ryche man with a crochet and a woman wedowe was comforted of the vyrgyn marye and of the vyrgyns Cv. VYcent sayeth in the .viii. boke of the myrrour hystoryall that there was a ryche curate vycyous in a parysshe the whiche had vnder his cure a noble ryche man a poore woman wedowe / the whiche deyed in one tyme. Whan the sayd ryche man was seke he sente to seche the curate to vysyte hym to admynystre the sacramentes the whiche curate theder yode quykly and was moche more curyous to haue the said ryche man couched on feders in a fayre bedde couered with purple with precyous vestymentes / and aourned with golde with precyous stones And also he founde many seductoures the whiche gaue vnto hym consolacyons of flateryes / his wyfe / his chyldren / housholde the whiche lyed And in this thynge hangynge there came a messenger vnto the sayd curate froÌ„ the sayd wedowe strongly seke for to confesse her and to vysyte And the sayd prest the whiche put all his entente for to sowke the ryche synner ne answerde nothyng And a deacon the whiche was presente had pyte of the poore wedowe dredde that she sholde deye without receyuynge the sacramentes / spake vnto the curate the whiche answered by grete furoure O that thou arte of lytell counsayll the whiche wylt that we leue this noble man our patron for to go vnto the olde wedowe And the deacon answered Ne trouble you not / yf you coÌ„maunde me I shall vysyte her And the deacon yode theder by his coÌ„maundemeÌ„t And bare the body of Ihesu cryste The wedowe was gretely poore of worldly godes / but full of good operacyons ¶ She was prostrate vpon the erthe / and a lytel of strawe vnder her ¶ Whan the deacon was at the dore he was meruaylled rested him For he sawe there the vyrgin marye / and grete company of vyrgyns standynge by the wedowe / and marye chered her / vysyted and with a clothe wyped the swetynge from her vysage And whan the quene of heuen and the vyrgyns sawe the body of our lorde Ihesê° they yode on theyr knees and worshyppeth the sacramente / Whan they were redressed they assured affably the deacon that he sholde entre and the vyrgyn mary sayd that he sholde not drede And that he sholde confesse and admynystre the sayd wedowe so he dyde / And afterwarde he said of the psalmes to coÌ„maunde the soule with grete ioye to departe After came in to the hous of the sayd ryche man Whan
CCiii ¶ That the prynce of theues that saynt IohnÌ„ conuerted was saued by penaunce and correccyon lxxiiii E Fo. Clxxi ¶ That of theues were reuoked to doo penaunce made restytucyon by the pacyence of an olde fader lxxxxii H. I Fo. Clxxxv ¶ That theues repented them and dyde penaunce by that an holy man made to kepe his dore with dragons liii C Fo. Cxxxi ¶ Of hym the whiche wanne his broder that was fallen in fornycacyoÌ„ in doynge penauÌ„ce for hym lxxv F Fo. Clxxxiii ¶ The goodnes that penaunce the other sacramentes done shall be founde in the floure of the commaundementes of god in the nombre viii B. c. Fo. xviii ¶ That a man sholde do of good dedes in his lyuynge wtout to trust his frendes after his dethe lxxii A b / c / d / e / f. Fo. Clxvii Contritio ¶ Examples of contrycyon ¶ Of a synner that repented hym at a predycacyon at euery teere that he wept he brake a lynke of the chayne that he had about his necke lv A Fo. Cxxxvi ¶ Of the contrycyon correccyon of a relygyous haâ—lot Cxiii A Fo. CCxliii ¶ Of a thefe that repented hym was saued by contrycyon Cii C Fo. CCxvii ¶ That by contrycyon a relygyous apostate was saued Cii B Fo. CCxvii ¶ That a woman the whiche renyed her faythe slewe her chylde was saued by the grete contrycyon that she had / for beynge in wyll to confesse her lx I Fo. Cxlvii ¶ Of a doughter that slewe her fader / and her moder had mercy by contrycyon and confessyon lxxvii D Fo. Clxxvi ¶ Of the correccyon of a man of grose conscyence lv B Fo. Cxxxvi ¶ That a woman vnto whome the deuyll gaue in charge .iiii. thynges was saued by grete contrycion her sone dyde penaunce for her lxv F Fo. Clvii Confessio ¶ Examples of confessyon ¶ That by detaute to confesse one synne the doughter of a kynge was dampned the whiche hadde be a grete gyuer of almesses to the poores lxxxxiii H Fo. CCiii ¶ That a woman a gyuer of almesse was dampned by defaute to confesse one lecherous thought C. A Fo. CCxiiii ¶ That a woman was dampned for that she ne made hole coÌ„fessyoÌ„ lxxxx A Fo. clxxxxvi ¶ That a womaÌ„ a giuer of almesse that slewe two of her chyldren was daÌ„pned by defaut of confessyon lxxxxii D Fo. CCi ¶ Another example Cxxii D Fo. CClvi ¶ That a man and a woman were dampned for that / that theyr confessyon at the dethe was made without charite good purpose And that a woman synner was saued for that that her confessyon was salutary and wel made lxxxxii B Fo. CCi ¶ That a bysshop saw on Eester day some men confessed / of the whiche some were all blacke and some whyte the whiche denoteth that all they that go to confessyon be not in the state of grace lxxxxiiii C Fo. CCiiii ¶ That a blacke man bounde with a grete te chayne of yren went to confession and he came agayne more strongely bounde blacker than before Cii Z Fo. CCxxiii ¶ That confessyon is the thynge that noyeth the deuyll moost Cii Fo. CCxxiii ¶ That the deuyl knewe not a man after his confessyon Ci. C Fo. CCxvi ¶ Another exaÌ„ple lyke lxxxxv f. Fo. ccxlvii ¶ Another example Cxxiii F Fo. CClvii ¶ Of a myller daÌ„pned that wolde not coÌ„fesse hym at his dethe Cx. A Fo. CCxxx ¶ Of a clerke dampned for lacke of confessyon / the which yode to the tauerne to play to drynke c. whan he sholde haue be at the masse lxvii D Fo Clix ¶ Of an vsurer that confessed him restored at his dethe lxxxvii F Fo Clxxxxiii ¶ Of a detractour dampned that coÌ„tempned to confesse hym at his dethe yet he was warned lxxxxviii C Fo. CCâ—x ¶ Of a woman that bare an hote yren in her hande wtout hauynge yll after her confessyon and after that she retorned to synÌ„e was brente lxxxxii K Fo. CCii Eucharistia ¶ Examples of the sacrament of the auter ¶ Of an abbot that sayd that the hostye consacred was not the body of Ihesu cryst but that it was his fygure lxxxxii D Fo. CCxviii That Iudas receyued his creatour in mortall synne and euyll dyde come vnto hym therfore Cii E Fo. CCxix ¶ Of a woman that laughed whaÌ„ saynt Gregrory admynystred vnto her on Eester daye the whiche was incredule towarde the holy sacrament Cii F Fo. CCxix ¶ Of a woman that put the body god before hogges Cii L Fo. CCxx ¶ Of a mayden that shed the body of god vp on colwortes Cii M Fo. CCxx ¶ That the vyrgyn Marye many other vyrgyns the whiche were at the dethe of a wydowe yode on knees and worshypped the body of our lorde whan it was brought to her Cv. A Fo. CCxxvii ¶ That the hony bees made to the body of our lorde a chapell and an auter in doynge hym honoure Cii O Fo. CCxxi ¶ That a hors / an oxe / and an asse knewe Ihesu cryst in the sacrament and honoured hym Cii I Fo. CCxx ¶ Of the hors of a Iewe the whiche knewe Iesu cryst in the sacrament of the eucharystye Cii K Fo. CCxx ¶ That the oxes knewe Ihesu cryst in the felde Cii N Fo. CCxx ¶ Of a chylde of .ix. yeres the was admynystred at his dethe Cxxiii A Fo. CClvi ¶ Of the sone of a Iewe the whiche was preserued from brennynge for that / that he hadde receyued the body of our lorde Ihesu cryst Cii P Fo. CCxxi ¶ Of a man hanged the whiche might not deye tyll that he hadde receyued his creatoure Cxiiii C Fo. CCxlv ¶ That a vyrgyn sawe a preste replenysshed with grete clerenesse beaute in syngynge masse lxxxxiiii A Fo. CCiiii ¶ That a bysshop sawe on eester day some men confessed the whiche were blacke the other whyte lxxxxiiii C Fo. CCiiii ¶ Of a holy fader the whiche withdrewe the synners from receyuynge theyr creatour in mortall synne Cii S Fo. CCxx ¶ Of the punycyon of the relygyous of saynt Bernarde that receyued his creatour in mortall synne Cii R Fo. CCxx ¶ Of the punycyon of two prestes the whiche dyde receyue theyr creatour in mortall synne xxxvii E Fo. lxxxx ¶ Of an euyl preste synÌ„er the whiche receyued the body of Ihesu cryst with grete dyffyculte Cii G Fo. CCxix ¶ Of a preste fornycatour that deye sodaynly as he preprayred hym to synge the masse at the auter lxxxxiii D Fo. CCiii ¶ Of the punycyon of a curyal that knewe lecherously a yonge doughter the nyght of Eester lxxxx C Fo. Clxxxxvii ¶ That the daye of Eester the body of our lorde lept out of the mouthe of a man / and he myght not receyue it for that / that he hadde knowen his wyfe on the vygyll of the sayd Eester lxxxiii A Fo. CCii ¶ Another example lxxxxii G Fo. CCi ¶ That the seruaunt that
commauÌ„dement of god the whiche is wryten Exo. xx Sabbata sanctifices And therfore the dyleccyoÌ„ of god comprehendeth the thre fyrst commaundementes the whiche vs ordeyneth wel towarde the blyssed trynyte The fyrst vs ordeyneth anenst the puissaunce of god the fader the whiche is of the mageste incomprehensyble The seconde anenst god the sone the whiche is veryte and wysdom souerayne The thyrde anenst god the holy goost the whiche is bounte and loue infynyte Yf we ben well ordeyned anenst god the fader / the sone / and the holy goost the whiche is one onely god in trynyte we shall loue hym aboue all thynges / and we shall accomplysshe the thre fyrst commauÌ„dementes the whiche tendeth vnto his dyleccyon as it is sayd ¶ Also the dyleccyon of god comprehendeth the thre dyuyne vertues theologalles the whiche ben fayth / hope / and charyte with theyr braunches and dependauÌ„ces They ben sayd dyuynes for that / that they doo ordeyne dyuynely the herte of man anenst god Saynt Austyn sayth in eucheridon Fide / spe / et caritate colitur optime deus God is ryght well honoured by fayth / hope / and charite Fayth kepeth soueraynly veryte Hope souerayne hyghnes / Charyte souerayne loue And it is sayd charyte of chere / vnyte / and loue in god We se god but by faythe / and by faythe we beleue in hym and loue hym / we kepe his fyrst commaundement the whiche is VnuÌ„ credo de Also we serue god to haue the good to come / and therfore we put our trust in hym / and we abstayne vs to swere by hym vaynly / and so we kepe the seconde commaundement Ne iures vaâ—a per ipsum Also by charyte / faythe / and hope we loue / serue / and honour god / and we kepe the thyrde commaundement Sabbata sanctifices ¶ Also we loue god for thre thinges The fyrst is for the grete and infynyte goodnes the whiche we haue herde say the whiche is in hym and procedeth of hym / and therto we put faythe The seconde is for the grete good that we hope to haue of hym after our dethe The thyrde is for the grete goodnes that he hath done to vs in our creacyon and redempcyon / that he dooth cotydyally to vs of goodes that he maketh to encrease / therfore we put our charyte within hym By these thre thynges we haue faythe / hope / and charyte with god and loue hym with all herte aboue all thynges The faythe is the foundement of all vertues / for without faythe it is impossyble to please god VnÌ„ paulus ad hebreos .xi. Sine fide impossibile est placere deo B. ¶ Also we ne may be saued by good operacions without hauynge faythe Vnde ad galath ii NoÌ„ iustificatur homo ex operibus legis / nisi per fidem iesu xpÌ„i Et ad gallat iii. Iustus ex fide viuit The Iust man lyueth by faythe Also for to beleue in god after the faythe and by baptym man is saued / and by defaute of faythe baptym man is dampned VnÌ„ Marci xvi Qui crediderit et baptizatus fuerit saluê° erit / qui vero non crediderit condempnabitur How men ought to beleue in god in the artycles of the faythe it is wryten after in the fyrst commauÌ„dement / of faythe cometh obedyence / good desyre / and innocence / relygyon / mundycyte / confyaunce / and chastyte C. ¶ Also the synners ne may be saued without hauynge esperaunce or hope that god vnto them pardoneth theyr synnes after the artycle of the fayth the whiche is Remissionem peccatorum / and therfore they shold put theyr hope in god Cain Iudas ben daÌ„pned by defaute of hope Also we sholde hope that god shal delyuer vs from our enmyes vysybles inuysybles in lykewyse he dyde our forne faders VnÌ„pÌ„s In te sperauerunt patres nostri sperauerunt et liberasti eos IteruÌ„pÌ„s Quoniam in me sperant liberabo eum protegam euÌ„ quoniam cognouit nomen meum He hath trusted in me I shall delyuer hym / for he hath knowen my name Example whan Iob was tourmented he sayd that yf god wolde sle hym yet wolde he put his truste in hym Vnde Iob .xiii. Example that Dauyd hadde good hope whan in the name of god he slewe the proude puyssaunt man phylystyen Quere .lxxviii. Also we shold haue hope that god shall gyue vnto vs beatytude and lyfe eternall Vnde pÌ„s Beate omnes qui sperant in te domine Esperaunce is a fayre vertue of the Whiche cometh pacyence / moderaunce / contrycyon / coÌ„fessyon / ioye espyrytuall / and contemplacyon D. ¶ Also without hauynge charyte we ne may be saued / in lykewyse as saynt poule sayth .i. ad Corinthios .xiii. SiliÌ„guis hominum loquar angelorum caritatem autem non habuero factê° sum sicut es sonaÌ„s aut cimbalum timiens This mater of charyte is wryten here after .iiii. ca. Of charyte procedeth loue / pyte / grace / peas benygnyte / and debonayrte Example of charyte Quere .lxxv. A. E. ¶ Here foloweth the commaundement to loue thy neyghbour .ii. IT is wryten in the gospel of saynt Iohan that our lorde sayd vnto his dyscyples I gyue vnto you a commauÌ„dement of newe / that is that ye loue other in lykewyse as I haue loued you / all men shall knowe in that thynge that ye be my dyscyples / yf ye haue dyleccyon togyders Vnde IohÌ„ .xiii. Mandatum nouum do vobis vt diligatis inuicem sicut dilexi vos / iÌ„ hoc cognoscent omnes quia discipuli mei estis si dilectionem habueritis ad inuicem ¶ Also the gospel sayth that to loue his neyghbour as hymselfe is more greter thynges than sacryfyces Vnde Marci .xii. Diligere proximum tanquam seipsum maius est omnibê° olocaustimatibus et seruictis For to haue paradyse and to escape the paynes of hell it is requysyte that thou obey vnto god / the whiche commaundeth the thou loue thy neyghbour ¶ Whan a kynge temporall maketh to proclame ony thynge within his realme his subgectes therto obeyeth of drede to haue domage And god the whiche is kynge of kynges made to preche throughout al the worlde that we sholde loue eche other vpon payne of dampnacyon and to lese paradyse It is wryten Iohannis .xv. Hec maÌ„ do vobis vt diligatis inuicem Et legitur Mathei .xix. Si vis ad vitam ingredi serua mandata Yf thou wylt entre in to the lyfe eternall kepe the commaundementes Yf thou drede the furour of a kynge temporall the whiche is transytory / by a more greater reason thou oughtest to drede the furour of god the whiche may sende the in to damnacyon eternal F. ¶ Many thyÌ„ges ought to moeue vs to loue our neyghboure The fyrst the whiche is moost pryncypal and fynall is for to obey vnto god / the whiche coÌ„mauÌ„deth it vs. Whan a good fader gooth out of the towne he commaundeth
humbled hym was lyft vâ— and Iustyfyed Luce .xviij. Descendit hâ— iustificatus ab illo scilicet phariseo Sextâ— humylyte maketh to possede paradyse Vâ— prouerbioruÌ„ .xxix. Humilem spiritu susâ—piet gloria Et Iob .xxiij. Qui enim humiliatus fuerit erit in gloria et qui inclinauâ—rit oculos suos ipse saluabitur et psal Hâ—miles spiritu saluabit ¶ Examples of humylyte / fyrst of a nonne the whiche washed the pottes / wyped the disshes / and dâ—de all humble thynges Quere in thexamplary .lxj. C. ¶ Another example that tâ— prynce the whiche humbled hym before Hâ—lye and prayed hyÌ„ mekely was not brenâ— with the fyre celestyall as the other were the whiche spake proudly Quere in thexaÌ„plary .lx. G. ¶ Another example in the gloryous vyrgyn Mary the whiche made her selfe handmayden vnto god Luce .j. Ecce ancilla domini c. ¶ Another example of the humylyte of Ihesu cryst in his natyuyte and in his his his lyfe the whiche wasshed the fete of his dysciples and was humble as it is wryten Math. xi Discite a me quia mitis sum et humilis corde c. A. ¶ Here foloweth the seconde coÌ„maundement of god the whiche treateth of swerynges and blaspheminges .x. The name of god thou shalt not swere by Nor yet by his sayntes in vayne For yf thou do so certaynly Thou shalt suffre eternall payne ¶ This commaundemeÌ„t is wryten Exodi xx ca. Non assumes nomen dei tui in vanum Thou shalt not take the name of god in vayne And it is wryteÌ„ deuterono v. ca. Non vsurpabis nomen dei tui frustra qr non erit impunitus qui super re vana nomen eiê° assumpserit Thou shalt not vsurpe the name of thy god for nought For he the whiche hathe taken his name vpon a vayne thyÌ„ge shall not abyde vnpunysshed ¶ Examples of them the whiche hath ben punysshed for theyr swerynge cursedly Quere in the examplary .xlij. A.B. And it is wryten Leuitici .xix. capitulo Non per iurabis in nomine meo nec pollues nomen dei tui ego dominus Thou shalte not forswere the in my name / and thou shalt not soyle the name of thy god by cursed vyolent wordes c. In this coÌ„maundement many chapytres ben wryten B. ¶ And fyrst that god defendeth all swerynges vayne and vnprouffytable vnder this worde / vanum .x. NEiures vana per ipsum Swere thou not without nede and in vayne of a thynge wherof thou arte not certayne ¶ For to vnderstande all this commaundement in fewe wordes it behoueth to holde for a rule generall that as many tymes and as ofte as a man dooth make othes / sermentes / and swerynges the whiche ben vayne vnprouffytable / without necessyte / without cause good and vtylyte so often taketh he the name of god in vayne Or whan a man maketh lyenge othes / and vowes without trouthe the whiche beÌ„ euyll or deceytfull / or execrables / and detestables he taketh also the name of god in vayne and breketh this commaundement Or whan a man maketh Iust vowes and accomplyssheth theym not accordynge to his promysse he taketh the name of god in vayne And for bycause that men do swere in so many of wyse maners that it is meruaylous and that these generalytees suffyseth not vnto the people of lytell entendement it behoueth here afterwarde to goo more largely to recyte and declare the maners therin to offende This worde here vanum is sayd in scrypture in thre maners Vanum aliquaÌ„do dicitur falsum aliquaÌ„do inutile / aliquando peccatum iniustum ¶ Primo this forsayd worde vanum is taken for a false thynge Thou shalte not take the name of thy god in vayne / that is to knowe berynge recorde in wytnessynge testyfyenge for a false thynge agaynst thy neyghbour wherof speketh the psalmyst â–ª Vana locuti sunt homines vnusquisque a proximuÌ„suum These men speketh vayne thyÌ„ges euery of them vnto his neyghbour whan ony wyl deceyue his neyghbour by ony falsenes / fraude or malyce he maketh serment and othe in callyÌ„ge god vnto wytnes for to conferme his malyce the whiche is to take the name of god in vayne / so he dooth Iniury vnto god For forswerynge is none other thynge but to call hym vnto wytnes for to afferme and conferme that that a man swereth / as swore saynt poule Testis est michi deus And to cal god vnto wytnes for to conferme ony false thyÌ„ge is a grete iniury doone vnto hym / for in that maner there it is to beleue that god ne knoweth the veryte ne the falsenes of the thynge that a man swereth / soo man apposeth on hym ygnouraunce the whiche is ayenst the holyscrypture Vnde paulus ad hebreos .iiij. Omnia nuda et apperta sunt ante oculos eius Al thynges that ben open and and naked ben openly sene before the eyen of god Et legitur ecclesia Oculi dnÌ„i multo plus lucidores super solem circuÌ„spicieÌ„tes omÌ„es vias hominum et ê“fundum abyssi hominum corda intuentes in absconditas partes terre c. The eyen of our lorde ben moche more clerer than the sonne beholdyÌ„ge all the wayes of men and the profundyte and depnes of the hertes of men beholdynge in the partyes hyden of the erthe c. Also whan in swerynge ony calleth god to wytnes he imposeth on hym that he loueth lesynges / or that he is a lyer the whiche is a thynge that he hateth VnÌ„ psal Dilexisti iusticiam et odisti iniquitatem Thou hast loued Iustyce and hast hated synne / also thou hast loued veryte Vnde psal Ecce enim veritatem dilexisti So to impose vnto god that he loueth lesynge / or that he is a lyer is a thynge that moche dysprayseth his bounte and imposeth on hym grete iniury And therfore a forsworne persone is worthy of punycyon ¶ Secundo / this worde vanuÌ„ is taken somtyme in the scrypture for a thyge vayne and inutyle Vnde psal Dominus scit cogitaciones hominum quoniaâ— vane sunt Our lorde knoweth the thoughtes of men / for they ben vayne and vnprofytable / as whan a man confermeth a thiÌ„ge vayne vnprouffytable the whiche is agaynst the thought God the whiche knoweth the thoughtes as it is wryten primâ— regum .xvj. seeth well that man taketh his name in vayne In the auncyent testameâ—â— it was defended that men sholde not swere false But Ihesu cryst defendeth in thâ— newe lawe that men ne swere but in necesyte for a thynge vtyle And the reason 〈◊〉 suche / for that / that the tongue is the membâ— and partye of the man or of the womanâ— is moost frayle / tendre / and lyght applyege for to swere and to vttre language nâ—yenge vnto his neyghboure Et qui iura de minimo de leui cadit He the whiche sâ—reth for a lytell thynge falleth lyghtly / anâ— who soo lyghtly falleth ryseth not agayn whan he wyl
certes thou sholdest do it Vnde .iiij. regum v. Pater si reÌ„ graÌ„dem dixisset tibi ê“pheta certe facere debueras He murmured agaynst the prophete He liscus c. Vnto these faders seculers here euery man sholde bere honour and reuereÌ„ce by this commaundement whan the tyme the place / and the oportunyte it gyueth / after the dygnyte of euery man Vnde .i. petri ii Omnes honorate fraternitatem diligite deuÌ„ timete / regem honorificate That is to say / honour all folke / loue fraternite / drede god / honour the kynge And it behoueth them to obey vnto thynges the whiche toucheth the gouernement of theyr realme or sygnourye in god and after hym for the helthe of soules / and not otherwyse Legitur mathei xxii Reddite que sunt cesaris cesari / et que sunt dei deo Yelde vnto cesar the thynges the whiche ben due vnto cesar and yelde vnto god that the whiche apperteyneth vnto him That is to vnderstande that men sholde yelde vnto the temporall lorde suche honour and the thynge the whiche vnto hym apperteyneth And for to yelde vnto god the dute magnyfycence the whiche belongeth vnto his soueraynte And saynt Peter sayth Be ye subgectes vnto all humayne creatures for the loue of god or vnto the kynge also as vnto the superlatyfe the whiche is aboue the other / or vnto the dukes as sent of the kynge vnto the vengeaunce of the euyl / and vnto the praysynge and laudacyon of the good Vnde .i. petri ii Subiecti estote omÌ„i humane creature propter deum / sine regi quasi precelenti siue ducibus tanquam ab eo missis ad viÌ„dictam malefactorum / laudem vero bonorum And how be it that oure lorde commaundeth that a man honour / serue / and loue his faders it behoueth for to vnderstande as it is sayd that god is the souerayne fader Vnde mathei xxiii Vnus est pater vester qui est in celis Vnto god apperteyne the souerayne honour / for what persone that honoureth / prayseth / loueth / serueth / or putteth his hope or truste in persones / as in prynces more than in god he offendeth in lykewyse as it is declared before in the fyrst commaundemente Quere .i. H. Moreouer the scryptures sayth that the auncyente people ben our faders in aege Vnde paul .i. ad thimo v. SenioreÌ„ ne in crepaueris sed obsecra vt patrem Thou shalte not blaspheme the auncient / but prayse hyÌ„ also as fader And it is wryten Leuiti xix Coram cano capite surge et honora personam senis / et time dominum deum tuum That is to say Aryse thou before the balde heed / and honour the auncyent persone / drede thy lorde god The auncyent hathe seen passed / and can / and knoweth / wherfore a man vnto hym sholde bere honoure and reuerence And whan the yonge presumeth to speke / to knowe / or to do ony thynge before the auncyent men they ben proude presumptuous / and ought gretely to be reproued Also it is wryten Ecclesiastice .xxxii. In medio magnatorum loqui non presumas / et vbi sunt senes non multa loquaris Glosa Si vis interrogatus fueris habeat caput tuum responsum / et multis esto quasi inscius et auditacens simul et loquens / et pro reuerentia accedet tibi bona gratia That is to say Presume not to speke amonge the grete / and where the auncientes ben speke but lytell Yf thou be questyoned two tymes than answere And be thou in many thynges as not knowynge and herken in scylence And soÌ„tyme speke / and good grace shall come to the for to do reuerence Also this worde here pater the whiche is here of the masculyne gendre is taken in .iiii. maners after Grecisme Est pater hic cura / pater est alius genitura Est pater etate / pater ille vocatur honore Ad summum regem facit illa creatio patrem The fyrst after Grecisme is he the whiche hath the cure to baptyse / to confesse / and to admynyster the sacraments The seconde fader is he the whiche hath engeÌ„dred The thyrde fader is the auncient of aege the whiche is called the fader of honoure The .iiii. fader the whiche ought to be the fyrst is the creatour souerayne kynge ¶ Of these faders before sayd many examples shall be founde in the fourth commaundement of the examplary Quere ad numerum .lxxi. A. B. C. A. ¶ The maners how these chyldren sholde loue theyr faders xxi HOnora patrem tuum et matrem tuam Honour thy fader and thy moder After the coÌ„maundemente of god a man shold bere reuerence vnto his faders in many maners / of the whiche we shall tell .vii. B. ¶ Fyrst a man sholde do honoure vnto his faders whan he passeth before theym / or that he speketh vnto theym / or that he bowe the knee / and vncouer and bowe his heed in humylyte / drede / and loue This maner of doynge is comune in all honest persones moche praysed For it is wryten luce .xiiii. mathei .xxiii. Omnis qui se humiliat exaltabitur All men the whiche huÌ„bleth them and boweth downe shal be exalted The more that a tree is charged with fruite / or an ere with corne / the more they bowe downe and enclyne towarde the erth Also a persone the more that he is replenisshed with vertues and with grace / the more gretely he humbleth hym Vnde iacobi iiii ca. Deus superbis resistit / humilibus autem dat gratiam God resisteth vnto the proude people / and to the humble he gyueth grace Also the persone the whiche boweth doune and humbleth hym more lowe than he ne sholde he offendeth not as to passe in at a dore And yf he rayse hymselfe hygher than he sholde he hurteth hym selfe and offendeth Our lorde had humylyte in al maners That is to vnderstande in his natyuyte / and whan he wasshed the fete of his dyscyples / and whan he put hymselfe vnder saynt Iohan for to be baptysed c. Vnde mathei .xi. Discite a me quia mitis sum et humilis corde Lerne of me / that is take ye example of me for I am soft and humble of herte Yf our lorde hath so moche bowed doune and humylyed hym vnder his dyscyples as to wasshe to theyr fete / by a more greter reason we sholde humble vs and bowe vnder our fader and moder Also it is wryten that euery man drede his fader and moder Vnde leuitice .xix. Vnusquisque patrem suum et matrem suam tâ—meat And whan that ony ne humbleth hyÌ„ and boweth doune before his faders whan tyme and place it requyreth it is pryde and gooth agaynst thiq commaundement Secondly a man dooth honoure and pleasure vnto his faders whan that a man speketh vnto theym swete wordes / good and curteys / symple and amyable
and Dauyd sayth Myn eye is troubled with Ire Vnde psalmista Turbatus est in ira a furore oculê° meus A man sholde note that the vengeaunce the whiche is done by ire is iniuste and yll in four maneres The fyrste is whan ony punyssheth / or woide punysshe hym the whiche hathe not deserued it The seconde is whaÌ„ he hym bryngeth or wolde brynge to gretter payne than he hathe deserued The .iii is whan he infere / or wolde inferer asmoche of payne egally as he hathe deserued / but not after the ordre of iustyce as whan he wyll punysshe ony of hymselfe without callyng iustyce superyores / vnto whom it apperteyneth for to do it The fourth is whan ony bryngeth in or wolde brynge in ony iuste / and after the ordre of iustice but not by good iuste entencyon / for good ende The entencyon of hym that whiche punissheth sholde other for the welth saluacyon of him the whiche hathe deserued punycyon / to the ende that he correcte hym / or by the conseruacyon of the iustice comune / to th ende that all other correcte theym by his example / or for to do honoure vnto god in punysshynge the offence that a man hathe done to breke his coÌ„maundemente He than the whiche vengeth hym / or appetyteth to venge hym by hate / rancour / or to the ende that he beholden called a good iusticier / in sechinge the preyse of the worlde / or to the ende that he haue moneye / or for ony other cursed ende / he sholde vnderstonde that he syÌ„neth mortally / after saint Thomas Ire is mortall synne whan ony bryngeth in or wyll do ony vengeauÌ„ce vnto another after the maneres beforsayd / or after some of them / for it is agayne iustyce and charyte Also he the whiche vengeth / hym dysobeyeth vnto god after the scryptures the whiche sayth in many places and passages / that a man ne yelde the yll for the yll Vnde paulus .i. thessal quiÌ„to Videte ne quis maluÌ„ pro malo alicui reddat sed semper quod bonum est sectamini inuicem et in omnes Take hede that none ne yelde vnto ony yll for yll / but that ye folowe euermore togyders that the whiche is good Et legitur ad roma .xii. Noli te prudeÌ„tes tieri aput vosmet ipsos nuilli maluÌ„ ê“ malo reddeÌ„tes Be ye not prudentes ayenst yourselfe ne yeldynge yll for yll vnto ony Sequitur Non vos deffendeÌ„tes carissimi sed date locum ire Ryght de re frendes defende you not but gyue place vnto ire Item ad roma xii Benedicte ê‘ sequentibus vos benedicite et nolite male dicere Blysse ye those the whiche persecuteth you / blysse them and curse them not / Example We rede that our lord appered hym vnto a woman in trybulacyon vnto whome he sayd / kepe thre thynges thou shalte be saued / holde thy peas in malediccyons / be pacyent in trybulacions / yelde not the yll for the yll Quere lxxxix b. Another example how the blyssed and holy saynt Machayre was pacyente and suffred whan he was wronged and beten cruelly and impyteously for a woman the whiche hadde accused him and put vpon him falsly and wrongfully that she hadde conceyued a chylde of his sede and of none other Quere lxxxx a. It is a greate perfeccyon as to bere pacyently aduersyte and to doo the good agayne the yll And therfore god sayth / yf ony stryke the on the ryght cheke gyue vnto hym the other And he the whiche stryueth with the in iugement and take awaye thy robe and gowne / leue it him and the mauntell Vnde mat v. Si quis te percusserit in dexteram maxillaÌ„ tuaÌ„ prebe ei et alteram et ei qui vult tecum in iuditio coÌ„tendere et tinicam tuam tollere dimitte ei et palium vt dictum est Those that whiche be not of suche perfeccyon maketh them to amende the yl done by iustyce Al so thou shalt not seche vengeaunce And thou shalte not be remembred of the iniurye of thy cytezeyns In lyke wyse as it is wryten Leuitici xix Non queras altionem nec memor eris iniurie ciuium tuoruÌ„ Et legitur eccle x. Omnis iniurie proximine memineris et nichil agas in operibus iniurie Thou shalt not remembre the of the iniurie of thy neyghbour / and do nothyng in the operacions of iniurye And Chaton sayth Litis preterite noli maledicta referre Compte not ne reken the cursed thyÌ„ges of stryfes paste Et prouerbiorum .xx. Ne dicas reddam maluÌ„ pro malo sed expecta dominuÌ„ et liberabit te Also god wyl not that a man venge hymselfe In lyke wyse as it appereth clerely in the gospell / of saynt Marke whan the samarytayns wolde not receyue him / and saynt Iamis and saynt Iohan sayd vnto hym Wylte thou that we saye that the fyre dyscende frome heuen and that it consume them Our lorde blamed and repreued them of that thyÌ„ge / vnto whom he sayd luce ix Nescitis cuius spiritus estis filius hominis non venit animas perdere sed saluare Know ye not of whose esperyte ye be / the sone of a man is not come for to lese the soules / but to saue them Example how a boye or knaue was dampned for hate wolde be venged Quere lxix a. I ¶ Also Ire and vengeaunce dyspleaseth vnto god For he the whiche vengeth hym by ire brenneth his temple That is the conscyence of the man the whiche is the place and the house wherin god resteth vnde psal Incenderunt igni sanctuarium tuuÌ„ in terra polluerunt tabernaculum nominis tui That is to saye these wrathful people hathe brente by the fyre of ire thy holy place / where as they haue soyled the tabernacle of thy name in the erthe / and saynt poule sayth ad corinth iii. ca. Descitis qia templum dei estis et spiritus dei habitat in vobis And there foloweth a thinge moche to drede Si quis autem templum dei violauerit desperdet illum deus Certaynly yf ony hathe fyled the temple of god / god shall dystroye hym Iterum in eodem ca. TeÌ„pluÌ„ dei sctuÌ„ est ê™ estis vos The teÌ„ple of god is holy / the whiche ye be Whan an hostyller is angrye or wrothe the hostes that he hathe lodged in his hous be not at their ease herbeged / god is not in the man angry or wrothe Vnde super illud ad ephe iiii Nolite contristari spiritum dei sanctum vnde grego Dum ira animuÌ„ pulsat spiritusancto habitationem turbat Trouble thou not the holy spyryte of god / whan ire stryketh the courage of the man it troubleth the habytacion of the holy ghost And therfore god wyll not enhabyte / nor abyde by grace with a mamirous / furyous / motyf hasty / but he wyll enhabyte and abyde in
leuitici .xxvi. Dabo vobis pluuias temporibus suis et terra gignet getmen suum / et pomis arbores / replebuntur et cetera I shall gyue you of raynes in theyr tymes and whan they haue nede sayeth our lorde Ihesu cryste And I shall make the erthe for to fructefye and engendre his buddes and his floures And also the trees shall be replenysshed with apples c Et legitur deuterono .xi. Dabit pluuias terre vestre temporinam et serotinam vel colligatis frumentum et vinum et oleum fenum ex agris ad pascenda iumenta / et vt ipsi comedatis et saturenimi Moyses sayd vnto the chyldren of Israhell c. God shall gyue raynes couenables in tyme vnto your lande / to th ende that ye gadre whete wyne oyle / haye from the feldes to pasture with your marys / to the ende that ye ete and be fedde Et legitur prouerbiorum .iii. Honora dnÌ„m de tua substantia de primiciis omniuÌ„ fruguÌ„ tuaruÌ„ da pauberi implebuntur horea tua saturitate et vino torcularia redundabunt That is to saye Honoure god of thy substaunce of the newes of all thy cornes and fruytes / gyue vnto the poore and thy graynes shal be fylled of haboundaunce / the pressers shall redounde of wyne E. ¶ Example in iob that whiche was true / obedyente / pacyent / and beloued of god / for he dysmed right faythfully Also after that he had be prouued god sent vnto him haboundaunce of al goodes It is wryten iob xlii that he posseded .xiiii. thousande shepe syx thousande camellys / two thousan couple of oxen / a thousande of asses c. Also Ioachin saynt Anne that payed well theyr dysmes departed theyr goodes in thre partyes / habouÌ„ded in goodes as it is wryten in the legende of saynt Anne and vnto the contrary Those that paye yll theyr dysmes ben punysshed by maledyccyon of famyne and pouerte / as it is sayd of cayn Legitur deutero xii Cauete ne forte de cipiatur cor vestruÌ„ recedatis a dnÌ„o c. Sequitur iratusque dnÌ„s claudat celuÌ„ et pluuie noÌ„ descendaÌ„t nec tra det germenÌ„ suuÌ„ pereatisque velocit de tra optima c. Beware leste parauenture your herte be dysteyned / that ye departe not from god that he be not wrothe close the heuen / that the raynes dyscende not / that the erth ne gyue his sede / and that ye perysshe not hastely from the lande ryght good beste for the defaute to dysme wele to obeye vnto god The seconde good that those haue the whiche we le paye theyr dysmes / is helthe of body / wherof speketh saynt Austyn saynge Si decimaÌ„ bene dederis non soluÌ„ abondaÌ„tiaÌ„ fructuuÌ„ sed etiaÌ„ sanitatem corporis ê¯sequeris Yf thou haue wele payed thy dysme thou shalte not alonely haue haboundauÌ„ce of fruytes / but with that helth of body Also whan thou haste done an almesdede / helth the more sooner shall come to the. Vnde ysaie lviii CuÌ„ feceris elunosinaÌ„ sanitas tua citius orietur And vnto the contrary those that yll dysmeth god vnto them sendeth sekenesse / as of the goute / of the heed / of the stomacke / of the axes c. The thyrde gyfte that those haue that paye wele theyr dysmes / is that god vnto them pardonneth theyr synnes after true confessyon Legitur prouer x. Vniuersa delicta operuit caritas Charyte couereth all synnes Et legitur .i. petri iiii AnteoiÌ„a inutuaÌ„ in vobismeipsis caritateÌ„ continuaÌ„ habentes qia caritas cooperit multitudineÌ„ peccatoruÌ„ The .iiii. gyfte is to possede the realme of paradyse the grete godes and ioyes that there ben Of these two last gyftes speketh saynt Austyn sayeth Qui primuÌ„ desiderat habere aut peccatoruÌ„ indulgentiaÌ„ ê“mereri decimam et de nouem ê‘tibus claÌ„ dare studeat pauperibus q i vero non dat punitur iÌ„ oppositis He the whiche desyreth to haue rewarde or to deserue to haue pardon of his synnes paye hys dysme and studye to gyue vnto the poore of the nynthe partyes of thy goodes that with hym abydeth And those that gyue not as it is sayd / god punyssheth them by the opposyte That those whiche wyl not pay well theyr dysmes haue not haboundauÌ„ce of goods / helthe of body / ne remyssyon of theyr synnes And also they ne shall possede paradyse yf they deye impenytentes after the remedye that vnto it apperteyneth Many examples of those the whiche paye wele theyr dysmes shall be founde in the exemplayre Quere lxxxiii a. A. ¶ Of vsurye the whiche god defendethe Ca. xxxii IT is wryten in the .xxv. chapitre of the boke of leuytes PecuniaÌ„ tuaÌ„ noÌ„ dabis ad vsuraÌ„ / frugum suê‘habuÌ„dantiaÌ„ noÌ„ exiges ego do minê° vester Our lorde made tel to the chyldren of Israhel by his seruaunt Moyses Thou shalt not gyue thy money vnto vsurye / thou shalt not axe superhabouÌ„dauÌ„ce of cornes c. For to vnderstonde wele the mater of vsurye / a man shold knowe that vsurye is somtyme manyfest somtyme hydde / wrapped / dyuers contractz that is defended by this coÌ„mauÌ„demeÌ„t For god wyll not that a man sell the tyme that he hathe gyuen in coÌ„munalte That is to saye the whan a man lendeth ony thynge god defendeth that he take ought ouer for dylacyon of tyme. For in suche manere a man selleth the tyme / wherfore he is an vsurer For without labourynge they wyll haue prouffyte / whiche is agayne the wyll of god as he sayed by his prophete Dauyd Labores manuuÌ„ tuaruÌ„ qia maÌ„ducabis Thou shalte laboure with thy handes / for thou shalt ete Syth it is true that god defendeth vsurye the scrypture speketh in many places Fyrste it is wryten deute .xxiii. Non feueraberis fratri tuo ad vsuraÌ„ pecuniaÌ„ ne fruges nec quaÌ„libet aliaÌ„ reÌ„ Thou shalte not lende vnto thy broder money to vsurye / ne of cornes / ne of ony other thynge And it foloweth in the sayd chapytre / Fratri auÌ„t tuo absque vsura id quod indiget coÌ„modabis vt benedicat tibi dnÌ„s deus tuus in oiÌ„ tempore c. Thou shalte lende vnto thy broder wtout vsurye that thynge wherof he hathe nede / to th ende that thy lorde god blysse the in all tymes God wyll that men lende eche other by charyte / not for hope of ony gayne or retrybucyon Vsury manyfest is whan a man lendeth corne / wyne / golde or syluer pryÌ„cypally for to haue ony prouffyte exprest by the partyes or alonely in hope Canon dicit ê™ vsura est vbi ampliê° requiritur quaÌ„ datur quicqid illius sit sed si non recipit speÌ„ habeat recipiendi vsura est The droit canon sayeth Vsurye is whan a man demauÌ„deth more thaÌ„ a man ne gyueth what
haue twenty shelinges or more after that that the gyuer he couenauÌ„ted togyders by suche condycyon that in the ende of the terme the gardyen hym sholde restore as many of shepe and so many good with the woâ—les To assoyll this questyon after the couÌ„sayll of good experyment a man sholde consyder yf it be tyme of moreyne yf the shepe ben seke / or yf the pasture ben sekely that it appere greate peryll and losse vpon the gardyen not vpon the gyuer / here is vsurye / but yf the sayd pasture the shepe were hole without tyme of moreyne ne of peryll and that a man gyue pryse reasonable that the sayd gardyen maye wele yelde that the sayd gyuer demaundeth / therin sholde be no vsurye A more sure thynge it sholde be to marchaunde alonely for the fruytes paynes kepynge of the sayd shepe And that the perylles of prouffytes were vpon the gyuer and not vpon the gardyen H. ¶ The syxte spyce or kynde of vsurye hydde is whan a man lendeth vnto a terme spoken to yelde the thynge lende vpon payne to paye as moche of auauntage / here may be vsurye after some cyrcumstaunces / but somtyme he may wele do it iustely for to punysshe the neglygence of some as is beforsayd I. ¶ The .vii. kynde of vsurye hydde is whan the vsurer wyll nothynge take ouer the pryce gyuen / but for the sayd prest put in besynes .ii. or .iii. days of the borower in his felde / or whan he ne wyll lende by hys hande / but maketh to lende his seruauÌ„tes or another his frende and kepeth the gratuyte For to be shorte in this mater the malyce of worldly people auaricious is right grete / for they fynde so many of cautelles in betakynge theyr vsury vnder the shadow of pyte in makynge passementes of oblygacions of bargayns of contractes that a man ne maye escrye nor determyne the hydynge of theyr vsurye / but euery man sholde vnderstonde that god coÌ„mauÌ„deth that a man do charyte vnto his neighbour that a man lende hym And more ouer he defendeth that for the preste a man ne sell the tyme as it is beforsayd Those the whiche it selleth or the whiche haue solde it remedye vnto theyr conscyences yf they wyl wele deye surely / to be assured to go in to paradyse For whan they shall be in iugemente before god theyr cautelles noâ— malyce there shall make nothynge And theyr vsuryes wrapped and hydde vnder the shadowe of pyte shall be vnfolded and manyfest Quia nichil occultum est quod non reueletur And our lorde Ihesu cryste shall iuge them and condampne theÌ„ after the trouthe of the thynge / in beholdynge what thoughtes these vsureres hadde ¶ Also god seeth and knoweth yf ony maÌ„ hathe solde the tyme in hydynge his vsurye / yf he hathe taken bounte prouffyte ouer the thynge lende without takynge therin payne ne laboure for the dylacyon of the tyme termyned And for as moche that suche iugemeÌ„t is doubtous and that dampnacyon is to be dredde it is beter to make restytucyon penaunce for to haue assurance of saluacyon T'ene certuÌ„ et dimitte incertuÌ„ Holde the thynge certayn leue that the whiche is not certayne Dauyd maketh a questyon in the psalter sainge DnÌ„s qis habitabit iÌ„ tabernaculo tuo aut quis requiescet iÌ„ moÌ„te sctoÌ„ tuo Seqitur Qui iurat ê“oximo suo et noÌ„ decipit qui pecuniaÌ„ suaÌ„ noÌ„ dedit ad vsuraÌ„ et muneta suê‘ iÌ„nocenteÌ„ non accepit That is to saye Lorde who shall enhabite or dwell in thy tabernacle / or who shall reste in thy holly mountayne The answer That shal be he the whiche swereth vnto his neyghboure / and deceyueth hym not He the whiche hathe not gyuen his goodes vnto vsurye / the whiche hathe not taken gyftes of the innocentes he shal mount in to paradyse c Examples of vsurye And fyrst of an vsurer that wolde not make restytucyon for the amonycyon and warnynge of his preste / the whiche sayd that he wolde proue yf he myght be saued without restytucyon and so myscheuously he deyed .lxxxvii. e. Another example how an vsurer the whiche wolde not restore cryed at his dethe that he brent and broyled .lxxxvi. h. K ¶ Of vsury manyfest notable xxxii IT is wryten math xvi Quid ê‘dest hoiÌ„ si muÌ„duÌ„ vniuersuÌ„ lucretur aiÌ„e vero sue detrimeÌ„tuÌ„ patiatur what dothe it prouffyte vnto a thefe vsurer to assemble wyÌ„ne all the worlde / that at his dethe his soule be sent vnto the tormentes of hell Vsurye open and notoryous is moche detestable / the whiche a man sholde fle for many thynges of the whiche I shall tell foure / ¶ The fyrst is for that that these vsurers be cursed by seÌ„tence of ryght / ipso facto The seconde is for that that they ben pryued from the holy coÌ„munyon / for vnto the vsurers a man sholde denye the sacrament of the aulter as wele in the dethe as in the lyfe / yf they haue not true repentaunce and yf they wyl not make restytucyon Example of an vsurer the whiche wolde not restore Quere .lxxxvii. a. ¶ The thyrde is for that that theyr oblygacyon is not agreable vnto god / it ought not to be receyued The iiii is for that that they sholde be pryued froÌ„ sepulture ecclesiastyke Vt habetur extra devsuris c. quia iÌ„ oiÌ„bus ¶ Example of an vsurer the whiche wolde not restore that was borne by an asse vnto the gybet or galowes there was buryed Quere lxxxvii a. Many other examples of vsurers ben wryten in the exemplayre of the coÌ„maundementes Quere lxxxvi a. b. c. d. An open vsurer knowen the whiche sholde come at the necessyte of dethe ne sholde be assoylled / yf he dyde not that were in hym to restore playnly tyll vnto the last peny all the vsurryes wherin he maye be reproued and redeuable And there vnto he sholde dyspose mouables and herytages / ne also it shold not suffyse to ordeyne that after his dethe they were restored But it behoueth that forthwith the partye endoÌ„maged be contented / or in his absence the ordynayre / or the chapelayne representynge the partye endommaged / otherwyse the testamente that he maketh is of no valoure / ne the absolucyon that he receyueth And yf he deye so he sholde be pryuate froÌ„ the holy grouÌ„de / for he that sholde bury hym sholde be cursed extra de sepulturis eos libro .vii. Also the herytiers the whiche hym shall succede in mouables herytages shall be in lyke wyse bounde to restore the dommages vpon payne of dampnacyon ¶ Example how iiii men of one lygnage were haÌ„ged in hel the one after another / bycause that they dyde possede fasly an herytage withoute beynge in wyll to restore it .lxxxi. g. ¶ Another example how that another Erle and many of his lygnage were dampned and put in to helle
haboundaunce of the derkenes of synne hathe ouerclouded the veryte of the coÌ„maundementes of god in the more parte of the crysten people lyuynge at this daye Noo man ne sholde suffyse to wryte in partyculer the cautellous decepcyon of this condampned synne of symonye But these thynges spoken here shortly iustifieth vnto people of good conscyence to make them enquyre more playnly after the occasyons dyuers maneres the whiche vnto theym maye in this thynge come vpon or happen c. More ouer people symony acques sholde drede maledyccyon excommunycacyon Also they sholde drede irregularyte the whiche shall not be declared bycause of shortenes Also they sholde drede to be founde in the iugement before god Also they sholde drede to lese the ioyes of paradyse Also they sholde drede punycyoÌ„ and dampnacyon ¶ Example of a man dampned the whiche had many benefyces c. Quere .lxxxv. e. Another example how fewe of curates ben saued Quere lvi g. Also they sholde drede to be sente for to abyde in the fyre of helle perpetually Those the whiche hathe offended by symonye / renne they vnto penaunce they shall haue grace and mercye c. Also doo they of almesdedes for that is a good remedye A. ¶ Of restytucyon that god coÌ„maundeth Ca. xxxiiii IT is wryten in the .xxii. chapitre of the gospelles of saynt matheu Reddite qÌ„ suÌ„t cesaris cesari et que suÌ„t dei deo Yelde those thynges the whiche ben of cesar / the whiche ye haue taken vniustely / yelde theÌ„ vnto cesar / that is to vnderstonde to the lorde temporall / vnto whome they apperteyÌ„ the thynges the appertayne to god / yelde them vnto hym To make restytucyon it is necessary for to come vnto paradyse for to knowe clerely the mater of restitucoÌ„n we shall ordeyne it in fyue questyons Prima wherfore a man ought to make restytucyon ¶ Secunda what he is that oughte to make restytucyon ¶ Tertia vnto whome a man sholde make restitucyon Quarta what thynge a man sholde restore QuiÌ„ta / whan a man sholde make restytucyon as vnto the fyrste questyon the whiche is B. ¶ Wherfore a man sholde make restitucyon Ca. xxxiiii MAn reasonable knowe thou that it is requysyte to make restytucyon For asmoche as it is so that to take from another agayne reason and iustyce it is mortall synne In lyke wyse to haue a stedfaste wyll to witholde frome another whan a man it maye and ought to restore it is mortall synne / ne a man may not be assoylled by ony auctoryte durynge suche ordynaunce of wyl ¶ It is wryten in droit xiiii q. vi c. Sires NoÌ„ dimittitur pectatuÌ„ nisi restituatur ablatuÌ„ The syn is not forgyuen yf the thynge taken awaye be not restored And saynt Thomas sayeth scdaÌ„ scde q. lxii ar viii Who so euer letteth another vniustly in the vsage of the thynge the whiche vnto hym apperteyneth / he trespasseth the coÌ„maundement of charyte / is holden to restitucion Quilibet tenetur ad restitutioneÌ„ cuilibet rei subtracte Euery man is holden vnto restitucyon Et iÌ„ decre Infereê° daÌ„nuÌ„ ê“oxiÌ„o noÌ„ eÌ„ absoluaÌ„dê° nisi daÌ„no priê° scdmÌ„ arbitriuÌ„ lesi restituto He that bryÌ„geth in doÌ„mage to his neighbour ne sholde not be assoylled yf the doÌ„mage were not restored to hyÌ„ Que. xiii q. vi c. CoÌ„perimê° And saynt thomas scdaÌ„ scdeÌ„ ii q. dicit ê™ falsê° testis peccat mortalitur tenetur ad restitutioneÌ„ daÌ„ni qd aliê° iÌ„currit I fals wytnes sinneth mortally / is holden vnto restitution In lyke wyse as thou mayst se in many examples wryten in the .vi. commauÌ„dement of thexemplayre qÌ„ lxxxviii a b. c. d. C. ¶ The seconde question demaunded WHat is he that ought to restore The answer It is he that in cause by one or many of maners the whiche foloweth wher ony is put from his thyÌ„ge That is to knowe eyther by commaundement expres / or by counsayll gyuen / or by faute vycyous for to gyue it / or by consentement / or by adulacion For to defende or to susteyne / the endoÌ„mages / or by hydynde or reteynynge in his kepynge the thyng of another / or the whiche gyueth effors / ayde / or refuge vnto the wrong doers / or wyl not saye the trouthe in iugemente / or in other place wherby restytucyon might be made or the whiche ne gyueth vnto the endoÌ„mages / ayde / couÌ„sayll or defence that apperteyneth to his offyce All these maner of people ben called generally / fauourables / parteners / or conseÌ„ters And whan suche maner of fauoure or of conteÌ„nement is suche that it is the cause of the doÌ„mage soo happened / euery of the aforsayd is holden vnto restytucyon / notwtstandynge that he hathe receyued but certayne party or all holly ony thynge But whan they ben many in cause of doÌ„mage yf one restore all holly as he is bouÌ„de he dyschargeth al the other anenâ—â— the partye endoÌ„maged / but euery of the parteners vnto him is bouÌ„den ê“rata / that is to vnderstonde in the soÌ„me the whiche vnto hym apperteyneth / where otherwyse he shall not be dyscharged D. ¶ The thyrde questyon demaunded WHat thynge sholde a man restore The answer The propre thinge yl witholden or his valour vnto the gre of the partye And with that the fruytes of the same / yf it be a thynge the whiche of it selfe dereth fruyte But costes myses dyspence made for to estyme the said fruytes sholde be fyrste rebated and compted vnto the sayd restituant Also a man sholde make satysfaccyon playnly vnto the partye endoÌ„maged of the doÌ„mages lettynges / bycause of his thynge ylle witholden For ryght reason it requyreth E. The .iiii. question demauÌ„ded xxxiiii VNto whome a man sholde make restytucyon The answer Vnto hym the whiche is endoÌ„maged yf he be present / or vnto his ê“pre heyre yf he be deed or yf he were so ferre of that the dyspence sholde be more grete for to go towarde hyÌ„ or in many places thanne the restytucyon sholde amount / or that a man hathe not the knowlege of them vnto whome restytucyon sholde be made Than a man shold gyue vnto the poore for the spryrytuell we le of hym or of those vnto whom may apperteyne the sayd restytucyon For as sayeth saynt thomas These poore ben very heyres in suche case VnÌ„ tho iÌ„ iiii seÌ„ten QnÌ„ incertê° est dnÌ„s rerum ablataruÌ„ tuÌ„c pauperes suÌ„tillaruÌ„ heredes Some hathe wylled to say that suche restytucyon sholde be made by the dysposycyon of the bisshoppes diocesaiÌ„s but reuerence kepte it is not fouÌ„de by wordes expres in ony droit wryten And therfore in lyke wyse as sayeth the scot whan dyuyne lawe or lawe of the chirche ne bindeth vs to do ony thynge determynetly / a man sholde folowe naturell reason the whiche is in this matere presente vs telleth that by his good dyscrete confessour or other man of reason or by hymselfe
a man make the sayd restytucyon anenst the poores The scrypture sayeth that the droit posytyf in place there where it dyffreth not as in droit natural Ibienī ius positiuū locū hm vbi nichil differt quamtum ad ius naturale vnū sic vel aliter fiat Thomas scdā scē q lx articulo primo ad primū F ¶ The .v. questyon demaunded xxxiiii WHan a man sholde make restytucyon vnto onye The answere / It sholde be made incontynent withoute ony taryenge as vnto the wyll For in lyke wyse as he the whiche is in sin mortall sholde repent hym incontynent / and to purpose to make confessyon whan place and tyme. In lyke wyse he the whiche taketh frome another sholde haue a wyll prest that as soone as he may goodly he it shall restore entyerlye A man may dyffer by some tyme the execucyon for to restore that is to vnderstonde that he vnto whome he ought to make restytucyon wyll we le / or sholde wyll by ryght iuste reason that restitucyon were dyfferred for a more grete good As for example Yf a man of armes hathe dystressed a marchaunt of the sōme of a thousande crownes / or gyueth cōmaundement / ayde / fauour / counsayll / or comforte that to do after the forme before declared The whiche fynaūce he ne may restore yf he ne sell hors harneys Wherby he shall be vnprouffytable vnto the seruyce of the kynge for the we le of the realme in suche case or semblables The marchaunt sholde more sooner be in wyll that the sayd man of armes dyfferre for a tyme restytucyon to be made vnto hym than that he sholde yelde the man vnprouffytable so For as men say and it is very true by the defaute of a nayle a man leseth a sho / by a sho an hors / by a hors a man / by a man a batayll / by a batayll a realme And for as moche as the marchaunt wyl not content hym but that restytucyon be vnto hym redely made / yet it shall not folowe that the other were not absoylled / and in the estate of grace by the dyspleasaunce of his synne good purpose to restore in tyme place G. ¶ By these thynges before spoken of restytucyon a man may wele knowe that lordes and offycers the whiche knowe to haue seruauntes subgectes the whiche pylleth the small people / whome men dare not to make them restore for drede of the sayd lordes offycers / yet they ben bounde to restore Saynt Austyn sayth Whan Iustyce is exclused and taken awaye grete lordes ben excessyue pyllers Remota iustitia qid sūt magna regna nisi magna latrocinia vn̄ dicit augustinus in quarto libro de ciuitate dei Those the whiche haue founde ony goodes apperteynynge vnto another also sholde curyouslye enquyre vnto whome they may apperteyn / and yf they ne may fynde hym / they may retayn suche thinge for a tyme and longe ynough with suche conscience that alwayes whan that they knowe vnto whome it apperteyneth they it shal restore Those the whiche by thynges that haue ben stolen / rauysshed / or elles taken awaye where vnto the seller hathe no ryght synneth mortally / yf they haue not entencyon to bye them for to restore them vnto whome they apperteyne / And notwithstondinge that they haue suffycyently gyuen the valoure also they ben bounde to restore them vnto them to whome suche thynges apperteyneth Those the whiche by hontynge or haukynge endommage the cornes the vynes other labourages / or that theyr dogges straūgle a shepe geese or other besty all be holden vnto restytucyon yf the grefe be not soo lyght that it sholde seme very semblable how the labourers it bereth gracyously He the whiche malycyously hurteth another in his body wherby he leseth his iourneyes or is mutyle of ony of his membres he is holden to paye the barbers / and also to saue harmeles of iniurye of the iourneys And he the whiche sholde put to dethe ony man whiche hathe to nourysshe or to susteyn fader or moder / chyldren ouer the penaunce sacramentall sholde be bounde to puruay al these beforsayd yf it vnto hym be possyble And for asmoche as suche restytucyon is ryght harde to estyme it sholde be expedyent for the saluacyon of the soule of suche homycyde to bere pacyently wyllyngly in iustyce the payne of tallyon that sholde be to endure dethe / or to go to dyspose his lyfe for hym that he hathe slayne / for the lawe of Ihesu cryste The scot reproueth them the whiche absoylleth somtyme more lyghtly an homycyde than they ne sholde hym the whiche malycyously hathe slain his neyghbours dogge He the whiche malycyously letteth ony to come vnto benefyce / or offyce / or other good he is holden to restore not egally as moche grete good as is the good in suche wyse letted / but after the estymacyon of some of good conscyence or by hymselfe ¶ Foure cas foloweth without gyuynge diffynyte ¶ The fyrste is of them that reysen in theyr herytages of newe douuehouses / or warennes / vnto the grete preiudise of his neyghbours ¶ The seconde case is of theym the whiche wynneth grete fynaunces in playes defended as of cardes / dyse / other playes of fortune ¶ The thyrde is of the woman maryed the whiche conceyueth lygnee of another than of her husbande ¶ The fourth is of them the whiche by the vyce of detraccyon taketh awaye the good renomme of theyr brother crystyen Legitur prouerbiorum xxiiii Cum detractaribus non cōmiscearis quoniam repente consurget perditio eorum vbi glosa dicit hoc vitio fore totum humanum genus damnatur These befor sayd maye in theyr conscyences by goode counsayll other than by the shortnes of this present treatyse the whiche ne may bere the explycacyon than sholde be necessary in the dyffyculte of suche case and of other the whiche may come vpon Of the whiche is not here made mencyon Examples of restitucyon And fyrste of a man named Fredrycus tormented in purgatorie for that that he hadde not restored tho thinges yll begoten .lxxxviii. a. Another example of a chylde in purgatorye by defaute to restore money borowed .lxxxviii. b. ¶ Other examples of restytucyon in the .vi. commaundement of the exemplayre Quere par tabulam .lxxxviii. c. d. e. A. ¶ Here foloweth the .vii. commaundement of god the whiche treateth of lecherye that a man cōmytteth in operacyon ¶ Kepe the from lecherye thoughtes yll Mysuse not thy body with wife ne mayde In this good mynde be thou euer styll Be she neuer so nycely arayde IN the auncient testament is writen this cōmaundemente exodi xx ca. And in the newe math v. et luce xviii Non mechaberis Thou ne shalte do aduoutrye / or rybaudrye where yf thou do yll shall come vnto the yf thou deye wtoute correccyon amendement In lyke wyse as thou shalt fynde here after by many
vnto them For the erthe opened vnder them And they dyscended all quycke in to hell hosed shod and clothed / and in suche wyse they perysshed Vnde numeri .xvi. Dirupta est tra sub pedibus eorum et aperâ—es os suum de uorauit eos cum tabernaculis suis vniuersa substantia eorum descenderumque vi ni in infernum operti et perierunt c. Also it is wryten in the .xvi. chapitre of the boke of exodi how the children of Israhel murmured that they had not of flesshe and of brede And god sente vnto them of the manna the whiche dyscended from heuen / and Moyses commaunded them that they ne sholde gadre ne kepe but that the whiche sholde suffyse them for the daye withoute kepynge it tyll vnto the morowe And many were inobedyentes kepte it tyll vnto the morowe / the whiche manna stanke therin gadred the wormes These examples here shewe that inobedyence murmure maketh to haue punycyon dampnacyon temporell and eternell and therfore it behoueth to obeye vnto god and vnto his seruauntes I. ¶ Another example of a frere the whiche was punysshed dyuynely for the murmure that he made agayne god liiii IT is wryten in the lyfe of faders that there was a frere honest verytable / after that he had serued god longe tyme in the ordre of prechours / that he ne had apperceyued ony thynge of consolacyons and swetnes of god the whiche redde and that he had herde how these other had tasted ofte tymes In a nyght they were before the crucyfyxe and lamentably began to enquyre before god in saynge these wordes here My lorde I haue herde of the the thou procedest al creatures in bounte and mansuetude And I haue serued the by many of yeres in kepynge harde thynges for the wordes of thy lippes / and wyllyngly I am all mortefyed for the loue of the And my lorde I knowe that yf I had done as moche of seruyce vnto a tyraunt he wolde haue shewed me some sygne of benyuolence eyther in spekynge swetely / or in gyuynge me some thynge / or in coÌ„myttynge me to do some secrete / or at the leest in laughyng on me And certaynly my lorde thou haste not shedde in me ony doulsour / thou haste not shewed in me ony benyuolence Thou lorde the whiche prechest swetnes thou arte in me cruell Thou arte more harde than yf thou were to me a tyraunt / thou lorde what thynge is it or wherfore dost thou it ¶ Than as he sayd these wordes and began agayne many other semblables / he herde one tyme two grete tremblynges / in lyke wyse as the chirche had threted ruyne / and aboue the couerynge of the chirche he herde sco moche of tredynge as yf many dogges there had grated with theyr nayles and gnawen with theyr tethe Whan he herde that he was a ferde hugely and all his body trembled / sodaynly he sawe behynde hym an horryble vysage And with a thynge that he helde in his handes stroke it and fell prostrate vnto the erthe And as he wolde haue rysen / he ne myght in no manere / and in brekynge he drewe hym towarde an aulter / And more ouer he ne myght ferther procede for the grete dolour that he had Whan the freres arose at pryme that they fouÌ„de hym replenysshed with dolours / they bare hym in to the fermerye knewe not the cause of his maladye He laye the space of thre wekes / and vnto hymselfe vnto other he stanke so moche that with grete payne myght they serue hym yf they dide not stoppe theyr nosethrylles ¶ After that he hadde recouered his strength and that he was corrected of his presumpcion retourned vnto the place where he had be stryken and where he hadde deserued the wrathe and ire of god / to the ende that he sholde gete mercy And he sayd My lorde I haue synned in heuen and before the I am the leest of all those of whome thou haste pytye / and am indygne of thy greate graces My lorde thou haste beten me iustely but debonayrly thou hast heled me Than he fell prostrate on his face and requyred pardon many tymes of thynges that he had folysshely thought and lightly spoken agayne god / and a voyce vnto hym was made Yt thou wylte haue the consolacyons that thou hast made And these doulicurs of the holy ghost it behoueth that thou the repute vyle in lyke wyse as a worme and as the myre where vpon thou tredest Whan he herde that he was strongly comforted he rose hym vp yelded graces vnto god / And afterwarde dyd the sayd thynges huÌ„bly brennyngly / and lyberally he shewed this thynge the whiche happened hym vnto the mayster of the ordre of prechours / men byleue that it came vnto hym as it is before rehersed in the lyfe of the faders / therfore inobedyence maketh to haue punycyon c. ¶ VErbum dei A. ¶ Examples for the worde of god and the prechynges And fyrste A. ¶ Example how a grete synner repented hym and was saued by the herynge of a predycacyon or a sermon lv MEn fynde by wrytyng in many bokes this the whiche foloweth the whiche the dyscyple recyteth in his promptuarye and sayeth that as saynt Bernarde preched in the churcheyarde in a cyte / ii rybauldes were nere Of the whiche the one theder wolde go as the other people / the whiche yede theder And the other mocked hym and sayd vnto hym How ledeth the theder nowe the deuyll the whiche nededyste in all thy lyfe ony good dede And nowe thou wylt go vnto the predycacyon And he toke no hede of the rebukes that he sayd vnto hym theder yode And saynt Bernarde preched agayne those the whiche spoke cursed wordes and the whiche lede an yll lyfe The synner began to haue contrycyon and doloure for his synnes / he began for to wepe And saynt Bernard sawe that he had aboute his necke a grete chayne the whiche had more than an hondreth linkes / but at euery iere that he wepte there fell a lynke from the sayd chayne Than saint bernarde began to preche more strongely and ardauntly and to deteste his synnes And the synner more strongly wepte In the ende the chayne was al vndone and broken After the sayd predycacyon saynt bernarde called hym and comforted hym And by his admonycion he coÌ„fessed all his synnes and afterwarde liued holyly and his compaignon abode in syÌ„ne and bonde with a more cheyne than was the other By this example a man sholde vnderstonde that mortall synne is a bonde or a chayne by the whiche the soule of synners is bounde and holden in the handes of the deuyll of helle In lyke wyse as approueth the scrypture in many places / Vnde dauid in psal Funes peccatorum circumplexi suÌ„t me The cordes of my sinnes hathe beset me aboute and compassed in all thynges Et legitur prouerbioruÌ„
answerde I kepe the hogges here that hathe ben charmed that the wulues cruell beestes ne deuoure them And to th ende the men put to fayth vnto the sayd charmours and that they abyde in theyr erroures I kepe them in all dylygence B. ¶ Another example how a deuyll lyed vnto a noble man / put hym in erroure wenynge to deceyue hyÌ„ in his dethe lx SOme maysters hathe wryten this the whiche foloweth howe the disciple reciteth in his proÌ„tuarye sayth that a man noble and puyssauÌ„t with his people passed thorowe a forest by nyght And he herde the voyce of a woman syngynge in lyke wyse as she had be nere by hym / he sayd vnto his seruauntes / is there ony of you that wyll se this woman the whiche syngeth And they ne wolde go they sayd vnto hym that they ne wolde go He theder yode all alone and founde her vnder a tree The whiche was also as a blacke nonne the whiche songe holdyng the handes towarde heuen And the sayd noble asked her what she dyde there She answered I prayse here my god / he byleued that she was one of the holy women He prayed her in saynge I praye the tell me what thinge is to come vnto me She answerd thou haste done many ylles yet shal doo And after that thou haste ouercome thyn enemyes / thou shalte passe the see thou shalte go in to the vyage of Iherusalem / And thou shalte receyue the crosse and so shalte thou deye in the seruyce of thy lorde Ihesu crist Whan he had herde these wordes he departed with grete Ioye And as it was tolde hym he vaynquysshed his enmyes And in awaytynge to goo ouer the see he fell in to a greuous sekenesse Than his frendes and the physicyens prayed hyÌ„ that he wolde confesse hym repente him of his synnes to receyue the sacramentes for the peryll of dethe He ne wolde in no manere And sayd that he ne sholde die yet And as the physyens meruaylled theÌ„ of this thynge they called his broder carnall the whiche was a grete clerke / tolde hym the peryl of dethe that he sholde warne hym of his helthe Whan the sayd clerke had argued the seke He answerde Thou art also a fole as these other / for I knowe wele that I shall not deye nowe And the clerke in wepynge hym demaunded how he knewe it Than he declared vnto hym that that the sayd woman had sayd vnto hym in the wodde And the clerke was stryken of dolour in herte / said vnto hym my dere broder it was the deuyll the whiche lyed vnto the the whiche watcheth the and taryeth to haue the to dysceyue the nowe at thy dethe Repente the thynke of thy helth receyue the sacramentes And without taryenge he repented hym demaunded the preest requyred pardon / confessed his synnes / the erroure wherin he was / establysshed his testamente / toke the body of our lorde / was anoynted in good estate he deyed And so men byleue that he was delyuered from the malyce of deuylles And the sayd clerke broder of the deed knewe the bounte of Ihesu cryst / entred in to relygyon in to the ordre of prechers And lefte in the worlde many of goodes c. C. ¶ Another example how a woman in erroure byleued in a byrde the whiche is called a cuckowe lx MEn fynde by wrytynge this the whiche foloweth how the dyscyple recyteth in his promptuarye sayth that a woman was seke tyll vnto the dethe / her doughter sayd vnto her My moder sende to seche the preest confesse thy synnes Vnto whome the moder sayd What nedeth it I shal be hole to morowe And whan the doughter sawe how she empayred she made the neyghbours to come theder / warned her to confesse Vnto whome she sayd I shall not dye before .xii. yeres for that cokow tolde it me In th ende she was dombe in suche peryll And her doughter made the preest to come with the body of god And the preest demauÌ„ded her yf she wolde ony thinge confesse / she sayd alonely cokow cokowe And soo the preest retourned / she so deyed c. D. ¶ Another example how a relygyous in erroure byleued that he sholde lyue xxii yere / he ne lyued but two yere lx THe dyscyple reciteth in his promptuarye how that a relygyous coÌ„uers herde synge a byrde the whiche is called a cokowe He nombred the tymes that she sange without ceasynge / he founde .xxii. the whiche he couÌ„ted for as many of yeres as he sholde lyue in this worlde And said for certayne puttynge to fayth that he sholde lyue yet .xxii. yeres More ouer he sayd wherfore shall I make me leue in relygyon so longe tyme. I shall retorne in to the worlde xx yeres And I shall repente me the other two yeres the whiche ben yet to come but our lorde Ihesus the hateth all deuyninges dysposed it otherwyse / for he lyued but .ii. yere / was deceyued Saynt poule saith in his epystylles It is vnpossyble to please god without stedfast fayth Sine fide iÌ„ possibile eÌ„ placere deo And therfore menne sholde put to of fayth in suche thynges incredybles E. ¶ Another example how that there is mo of women than of men dampned THe dyscyple recyteth in his promptuary that one deuyne conuerted vnto the fayth coniured one tyme the deuyll that he sholde shewe hym of the whiche was more eyther of men or of women dampned The deuyll answerde that mo of women And the deuyne sayd How may that be / for there ben many vsureres / rauysshers / players / rybauldes / blasphematoures c. The deuyll answerde It is as I haue sayd And the deuyn constrayned hyÌ„ to tell the cause He answerde that it was for the sorceryes / deuynynges / how the lyghtly they falsed theyr fayth catholyque Eue our fyrste moder byleued more soner vnto the deuyll the whiche spake by the serpent than vnto god the whiche defended that they ne sholde eate of the tree of â—ience of good of yll And by that these women the whiche byleue to lyghtly go agayne the fayth coÌ„maundementes of god And by that they go vnto dampnacyon F. ¶ Another example how some prepayred the table vnto deuylles bycause that they wolde enryche lx THe dyscyple recyteth in his promptuarye sayeth that as saynt germayn yode to lodge in an ynne / he sawe that after souper men prepayred agayn the table he meruayled And he demauÌ„ded vnto whome men prepayred suche thynges His hostesse tolde him that good thynges saâ— there by nyght / to th ende that they sholde enryche them in temporall goodes And the holy man waked by nyght Whan the deuylles were come in manes lykenes / and that they were set at the table / the holy man suffred not that they yode cut of the house yode to wake them of the house and
shalt haue gyue vnto me / al that that he shal bâ—â—ge vnto the take it gyue it vnto pylgryÌ„s / good auncyentes theym requyre that they praye for hym The sayd monke dide this counsayll / the sayd seculer yode heuely to laboure And the fyrste daye that the sayd seculer came vnto the monke he brought him halpens / the whiche gaue them as it is sayd Afterwarde he broughte vnto hym of herbes thre loues / the whiche dystrybute them Thyrdly he brought vnto hym of vytaylles / of wyne fysshe / Whan the sayd monke sawe it he meruayled / called the pores fedde them And demaunded of his broder yf he had ony more nede that he wolde ayde hym He answered that naye / sayd vnto hym All that thou gaue me consumed awaye / nowe I take nothynge of the Ihabounde in al goodes that god sendeth me Also these seculers shal not be ryche for to drawe vnto them the goodes of the chirche H. ¶ Another example of an holy man the whiche gaue the whyppe vnto those that had taken awaye his hors lxxxii SAynt gregorye sheweth in his dyalogue that as an holy man named lybertyn was vpon his hors he met an host of men of warre that keste hym to the erthe / toke his hors to lede him awaye / and he sayd vnto them / take this whyppe for to make hym go the better / they departed lepte vpon the hors / gaue hym the sporres impetuously for to make hym to goo / but for to be shorte / they ne myght ferther go / Soo they byleued that this thynge came vnto them for the rauyne that they hadde done vnto gods man / and yelded him his hors agayne And afterwarde yode theyr waye lyghtly c. This example denoteth that the good lybertyn was ryght lyberall pacyent to take vnto them the whyppe after that they had caste hym downe vnto the erthe taken awaye his hors And god shewed manyfestly vnto the pyllers that they had syÌ„ned offended And that they ne sholde trouble ne pyl the people of the chirche where god them shal punysshe eternally yf they deye without correccyon and amendement c. I. ¶ Another example how that theues sacryleges reuoked themself vnto penauÌ„ce / and made restytucyon by the pacyence of an auncyent lxxxii IT is wryten in the promptuary of the dyscyple that there came theues to the monastery of an auÌ„cyent vnto whom they sayd We are come to bere awaye all that is in thy house And he said / chyldren bere awaye what ye wyl Than they toke al that they founde / yode theyr waye And the sayd auncyent founde a sacke the whiche apperteyned vnto theym / the whiche they had stolen / he ran after them sayd vnto them Chyldren bere away this that ye haue forgoten in my house Than the said theues were ameruayled of his pacyence reuoked them vnto penaunce / restored to hym all his goodes ¶ Decime A. ¶ Examples to paye his dysmes and fyrst example of a lorde the whiche reteyned the tenthe of his goodes that he gaue vnto his seruaunt lxxxiii MEn fynde by wrytynge that a grete lorde was requyred of his seruaunt to gyue hym of his godes The whiche lorde gaue vnto hym by condycyon to reteyn / that is to knowe / he gaue hym .x. kye x. shepe .x. geete c. all by tenthes / Vnto whom he sayd I gyue the these goodes here by suche condycyon that I reteyne the .x. pyece euery yere And also I wyll that thou theym nourysshe in my pasture Than he thanked the said lorde toke them ioyously / promysed in suche wyse to do it And dyde it by two or thre yeres / but whan he was riche he gaue it with yl wyl of the worst Than the sayd lorde made hym come before hym demauÌ„ded why he had not gyuen vnto hym the tenthe of his goodes the whiche he had gyuen him / it was by the admonycyon of his wyfe He answered that it was by his proprecouetyse not by his sayd wyfe Than he requyred pardon and promysed satysfaccyon / he it pardoned him c. By this lorde is vnderstonde god the whiche reteyneth the .x. partye of the goodes that he maketh to come / to growe vnto the as thou haste herde by the scryptures And by that that he hathe payed with yl wyl denoteth vnkyndnes or couetyse And by this that he repented hym promysed satysfaccyon is to note that those the whiche haue yll payed theyr dysmes shold repent them reknowlege theyr faute they shold make satysfaccyon / they shall haue pardon of god Vnde ezechielis .xviii. Si auÌ„t impius egerit penitenciaÌ„ ab oiÌ„bus peccatis qÌ„ operatê° eÌ„ c. vita viuet et noÌ„ morietur B. ¶ Another example of a knight the whiche dysmed wele and his vyne bare fruyte two tymes in the yere lxxxiii MEn fynde by wrytynge this the whiche foloweth how the dyscyple recyteth in his promptuarye sayeth that there was a knyght replenysshed with soo moche of vertues of Iustyce that in payenge hys dysmes he had all good condycyons pleasauÌ„tes vnto god / for he them payed without taryenge / wtout malyce / of the best / He had a vyne that bare agayne from yere to yere aboute ten pypes of wyne And it befel one yere more of the dyspensacion of god than of the attempraunce of the ayre after that the wyne was gadred there ne was but one onely pype of wyne And as the sayd knyght had herde that he sayd vnto his seruaunt That the whiche was myn that I sholde lyue wtall of the vyne god hathe taken fro me And I wyll not take awaye his porcyon Goo gyue vnto the preest this pype of wyne for his dysme it was done And in that tyme as the cosyn germayne of the sayd knyghte and a preest past by the said vyne the whiche was all full of grapes / yode vnto the knyght / repreued hym of his neclygence Wherfore haue not you gadered wyne He answered sayd / it is lately gadered And the said preest sayd that it was replenysshed with fruytes Than yode men to se it / and they fouÌ„de more grapes and better than euer they had done before And therfore it is a good thyÌ„ge to paye wele his dismes The sayd knyght was lawful and iuste to pay wele that that he sholde in obeynge vnto god Also he ne was vnkynd / for he reknoleged the good the god to hym hadde done And he was moche lyberall to gyue vnto god the sayd pype of wyne And god the whiche is the rewarder of the goode dedes that men do vnto hym he hym restoreth / and sheweth that he hathe done thynge digne of prayse and of retrybucyon C. ¶ Another example of a symple man the whiche dysmed we le / dyd myracle IT is wryten in
haste not thou departed tyll vnto this houre And he answered no / for thou hast not gyuen me leue And the auncient sayd / wherfore haste thou not waked me He answered I had drede to dystourbe the The sayd auncyent rose hym vp / said matynes and instructe his dyscyple / afterwarde gaue vnto hym leue for to slepe / as the sayd auncyent satte hym alone he was as in a traunce And he sawe an aungell the whiche shewed vnto hym a gloryous place and a syege in that place / vppon the sayd syege seuen crownes And the said auncyent asked hym the whiche shewed vnto hym that thynge in demaundynge vnto whom the sayd syege was and the crownes He answered vnto thy discyple / he hathe deserued to haue the place and the syege for the good conuersacyon of him / and he hathe deserued to haue the seuen crownes in this nyght And the sayd auncyent had meruayll / called his dyscyple and demaunded hym what he had done the said nyght He answered that he had nothyng done And the auncyent wende that by humylyte he ne wolde confesse vnto hym / sayd vnto hym I shall not be contente with the yf thou tell me not what thou hast done or thought this nyght And the sayd dyscyple doubted and thought that he sholde answere / and for that that the auncyente hadde commaunded hym to tell He answered I haue done none other thyng but that I haue thought seuen tymes was moche impugned in my thoughte that I sholde go my waye and that I sholde slepe before that thou had gyue me leue / but for that that thou haddest not gyue me leue I yode not but susteyned resysted tyl that thou were waked and that thou haddest gyuen me thy benedyccyon Whan the said auncyent herde these wordes he vnderstode that at all the tymes that he resysted in his thought as many tymes he deserued to haue crowne of god And therfore a maÌ„ sholde resyst vnto all yll thoughtes for to haue vyctorye agayne the deuyll / and for to haue rewarde in paradyse c. B. ¶ Another example how that a relygyous apostate the whiche repented hym it appereth that the wyll of a body is reputed for the dede Cii IT is wryten in libro cesarii that sâ—ynt bernarde had a monke the whiche lefte the habyte of his ordre by the admonycyon of the deuyll and toke to gouerne a parysshe And engendred a sone and a doughter on a concubyne Than it befel that after that he had dwelled there many yeres his abbot past by the parysshe wherin the sayd monke enhabyted / came to lodge in his house withoute that that he knewe ony thynge and without knowynge hym Albeit the monke knewe hym wele receyued hym also proprely as his owne fader / and vnto hym he admynystred vnto his compaygnons vnto theyr marys all haboundauntly in theyr necessytes Erly in the mornynge whan saynt bernarde had sayd matyns he was prepared to goo his waye And hadde not spoken vnto the monke for that that he was gone ryght erly vnto the chirche He sayd vnto the preestes sone Go and bere suche message vnto thy mayster / that chylde was dombe from his natyuyte the whiche was obeyssaunte at his coÌ„maundemente apperceyued in the vertue of the coÌ„maunder ranne vnto his fader and brought absolutely the wordes of saynt bernard and sayd The fader abbot coÌ„maundeth the suche thinges and suche Whan the fader herde the fyrst voyce of Ioye toke him to wepe and secondly and thyrdly made hym to repete the wordes And enquyred dylygently that that the abbot had done / vnto whome he sayd / he hathe done none other thinge to me but that he sayd vnto me Go and tell vnto thy fader these wordes Than the preest was coÌ„tryte of so greate and euydent myracle / came hastely vnto the holy man and felle prostrate at his fete in wepynge and said vnto hym My lorde fader I was your relygyous in suche wyse am I named and I departed at suche a tyme. Than I praye your good faderheed that I maye goo agayne with you vnto the monastery for god hathe vysyte myne herte in youre comynge vnto whome saynt bernarde answered sayd Abyde me here And whan I haue done my besynesses I shall come anone this waye / I shall lede the with me And the sayd monke dredde the dethe / the whiche he had not dredde before / and sayd My lorde I drede to deye in the space of this tyme. And he hym answered / Know thou for certayne that yf thou dye in suche condycyon purpose thou shalte be founde to be monke before god And so he departed Whan that abbot came he fouÌ„de hym deed newly buryed Than he coÌ„maunded that men sholde open his sepulcre And those the whiche present were demauÌ„ded what he wolde do He answered I wyll se yf he lye in the sepulcre as monke / or as clerke They answered we haue buryed hym as a clerke in habyte seculer Than the erthe was taken awaye and the monument open wherin he had be buryed And he appered before al in tonsure of monke And god was magnified of them all the whiche reputed and toke the wyll for the dede c. C. ¶ Another example how a thefe came vnto an hermyte in good wyll to amende hym / the whiche hermyte dysdeyned him wherfore euyll came vnto hym C.ii. THe dysciple reciteth in his sermoÌ„s that a thefe was moche sorowful of his synnes had good wyll to amende hym the whiche prayed an hermyte that he wolde receyue hym in to his felyshyp / for he purposed neuer to coÌ„myt tho synes and to serue god euermore And the hermyte ne wolde receyue hym / dyspraysed hyÌ„ in his herte and lete hym go without consolacion And as the thefe wolde haue made hym an hermytage a tree that he hewed fell vpon hym and slewe hym And in suche wyse he deyed in grete contrycyon of herte Than the sayd hermyte sawe that aungels came and bare the thefe in to heuen / was sory and sayd Wherfore make I my dwellynge here in this hermytage This man hath be a cursed thefe / and for his good wyll he is nowe mounted in to heuen And I haue be here soo longe I ne maye enter And in that coÌ„mocyon sayd I go in to the worlde I shall be a thefe / and in th ende I shall be saued / and as he excercysed hym to coÌ„myt theftes he was pursued of the people of the cite and in fleynge he fell and slewe hymselfe and the deuilles came the whiche toke the soule and bare it in to helle c. ¶ This example denoteth that by the contrycyon and good wyll that the sayd thefe had he was saued Also it is wryten ezechielis xviii / InquacuÌ„que die ingemuerit peccator oiÌ„m iniquitatum eius non recordabor And the sayd hermyte was dampned by that that he
brede / but of a chylde / the whiche whan the preest wolde haue receyued him he tourned his face and resysted with his fete his handes that he shold not entre in to the mouthe of the sayd preest And this deuoute man sawe this thynge not alonely one tyme but many Vnto whome the cursed preest one tyme amonges other sayd All tymes whan I take the body of Ihesu cryste I take it with so grete dyffyculte that I meruayll therof And the deuoute man sayd vnto hyÌ„ I couÌ„sayll the that thou correcte the / and I haue sene that of the. Than the preest corrected hym And as he songe afterwarde the sayd deuoute man sawe the chylde the whiche ioyned the handes / assembled the fete and entred in to the mouthe of the preest hastely and easely c. By this example a man may vnderstonde that god dwelleth not ne yet wyll dwell by grace with the synners in the synne / but wyll dwell and enhabite with the good the whiche ben in the estate of grace And therfore euery man sholde correcte hymselfe amende c. H. ¶ Another example of a chylde of .ix. yeres the whiche was admynystred at his dethe Cii THe dyscyple recyteth in his boke sayeth that as a yonge chylde seke replenysshed with the holy ghost requyred that the body of Ihesu cryste shold be brought vnto hym And as his frendes refrayned it he cryed strongly Gyue me the body of our lorde / giue me the body of our lorde Whan this thynge was spoken vnto the preest he answered That it was no sure thynge to gyue the body of Ihesu crist vnto suche a chyld the whiche knewe not what it was And the preest toke an hosty vnsacred bare it vnto hym sayd Here is the body of our lorde And god inspyred the chylde for to dystroye the falsnes and infydelyte of many the whiche vse theym yll And answered Wherfore wylte thou deceyue me this is not the body of our lorde that ye offre me Than the preest was meruaylled of this thynge ymagyned that this chylde was enspyred dyuynely / yode to fetche vnto hym the holy coÌ„munyon / that chylde receyued it enough deuoutly I. ¶ Another example how that a horse / an oxe / an asse knewe Ihesu cryst with in the sacrament dyde hym honour Cii IT is wryten in the promptuary of the dyscyple that a deuoute bysshop an herytyke stroue togyders of the veryte of the body of Ihesu cryste And for to proue this thynge they put of otes in a vessel put the eucharystye vpon the otes by cautell And afterwarde ledde theder a horse an oxe an asse the whiche ne touched vnto the prouende / but bowed the knees and worshypped our lorde In lykewyse as yf they had vsed of reason Whan the said heretyke had sene that he conuerted hym after was faythfull / vnto purpose of this example it is wryten ysaie .i. Cognouit bos possessoreÌ„ suuÌ„ asinê° pÌ„sepe dnÌ„i sui israhell auÌ„t me noÌ„ cognouit et populê° meê° noÌ„ intellexit That is to saye The oxe hathe kowen his possessour And the asse the crache of his mayster Certaynly Israhell hathe not knowen me / my people hathe not vnderstonde me That is to vnderstoÌ„de that the beestes irreasonables knowen theyr mayster And the men reasonables ne knowe theyr god lorde master c. K. ¶ Another example of the hors of a Iewe the whiche knewe Ihesucryst in the sacrament of the eucarystye Cii THe dyscyple reciteth in his promptuarye that as a good preest bare the body of Ihesu crist for to admynystre vnto a seke body he met a Iewe vpon a fayre hors / the said hors bowed the knees before the body of Ihesu cryst And the iewe ne myght make hym to passe for the strykynge with the sporres tyll that the body of Ihesucryst was paste And a voyce froÌ„ heuen was harde Know thy creatoure that thou denyest to be borne of the vyrgyn marye And whan the Iewe sawe that he repented hym byleued in Ihesu cryste and receyued baptysme Also thou infydele whan thou seest these examples here thou sholdest byleue stedfastly in the holy sacrament to worshyp it and to conuerte the vnto god as dyde the Iewe. c. L. ¶ Another example of a woman the whiche put the body of Ihesu cryst before the hogges Cii THe dyscyple recyteth in his booke and sayeth that in the tyme that alberte regned in his bysshopryche a woman came vnto hym to confesse that the deuyll ne wolde suffre that she sholde byleue in the sacrament of the aulter that it was the body of Ihesu crist put it before hogges For all the hogges bowed the knees worshypped the sacrament And the cursed woman wolde se the experyence put the body of Ihesu cryst vpon the broche rost it afterwarde with fyre as roste And afterwarde the droppes of blode began to drop / This thyÌ„ge done she was not yet content She toke the body of Ihesu cryst buryed it in the erthe / moche of blode yssued aboue the pitte / in lyke wyse as in boyllynge out of the erthe At this thynge the sayd woman repented her byleued the very body of Ihesu crist to be in the sacrament of the aulter confessed this thynge vnto the sayd bysshop her syÌ„ne / and receyued perpetuall penaunce of hym This example sholde withdrawe al vnfaithfull from errour / sholde worshyp theyr creatour / or they shall be wors than hogges the whiche yode on knees Be ye not so incredule and without byleue as was the sayd woman the whiche wolde nothynge byleue tyll that she hadde sene the experyence of the dede c. T. ¶ Another example of a mayden the whiche shedde the body of Ihesu crist vpon the cabysshe and cole wortes Cii THe dyscyple recyteth in his promptuarye saith that it happened in the yle of saynt Iames that a mayden seculer was posseded of the deuyl And a prest demaunded of the deuyll the whiche was in her wherfore he tormented her so cruelly and so longly the sayd woman He answered by the mouthe of the mayden / she had well deserued it And the preest demauÌ„ded hym wherfore He answered for that that she hathe layde the ryght hye god on the cabysshe herbes And bycause that he vnderstode not this thynge that the deuyll ne wolde expounde it to hym He demaunded of the woman yf she had vnderstonde that that the deuyll had spoken that she wolde expounde it to hym / incontynent she confessed her synne and said Whan I was yonge I entred in to a lytell gardyn to gadre cabysshe herbes that the lytel wormes ete And I loged a woman tourmented on nyght vnto whom I expounded the doÌ„mage of my gardyn that these lytell wormes ete my cabysshe herbes She answered that she sholde teche me a good medecyne Take the body of Ihesu crist and afterwarde breke
he was harde and durate as a stone without correccyon / wtout hauynge compunccyon ne drede for the voyces thretenynge that he had herde The nyght folowynge he herde a semblable voyce And the fole was perseuerynge in his malyce as before The thyrde nyght he lay with the sayd abbesse / and as he excercysed the foule stynkynge worke of lechery the wordes beforesayd were brought forthe in grete terroure Facfinem ludo / qr lusisti satis vdo Whan he had herde this thyrde voyce he was abasshed wayled a lytell / but he refused not Certaynly the acursed was nere his daÌ„pnacyon he hasted him not to go vnto penaunce I wyll tell a thynge meruaylous / but wordes verytable And yf all the people of Saxonye where this thynge was done helde theyr peas / all the elementes wolde crye that these thynges here after ben manyfested Thre monethes after one of the chanones of the sayd chyrche metropolytayne named Frederycus moche venerable of grete holynes / in a nyght as he was in the quere of the chyrche of saynt Mauryce feruently in orayâ—on besought god the creatour for the holy chyrche vnyuersall / pryncypally for his owne metropolytayne that the conductour of all the Iuste Iuge eyther that soone he wolde make to deye theyr chyef archebisshop Vdo / or that he wolde chaunge hym to better His prayer and his worde had effecte / for a vysyon terryble folowed He sawe that a grete wynde came in to the chyrche that blewe out all the lampes of the same So he toke a place / his heere 's stode vp / the voyce was enclosed in the faucettes of his throte Afterwarde came two yonge men the whiche bare two tapres the which set them on the corners of the grete auter And all the place was replenysshed of theyr lyght After them entred two other / one of theym bare tapytes the whiche they spred honestly before the auter And the other sette theron two chayres of golde After them came one alone the helde in his haÌ„de a swerde al naked And he standynge in the myddes of the chyrche cryed strongly in sayng All the sayntes of whome the relykes ben here aryse ye vp and come vnto the Iugement of god These thynges spoken there appered ryght grete multytude of the one sexe of the other ryght clere Some ordeyned in habytes as knyghtes Other in pontyfycall vesture of chasubles / they all entred in to the quere and set them there on the one syde on the other by ordre after theyr merytes Afterwarde there appered .xii. men in the myddes of them there went one clerer than the sone / the whiche had the crowne of a kynge sceptre ryall Whan the sayntes sawe hyÌ„ they worshypped hym hastely made hym to sytte in the chayre And the quene of heuen aryued more clerer than the mone and the sterres after whome folowed a clere turbe of vyrgyns All the sayntes worshypped the moder of god And Ihesu cryst came before her / toke her by the hande / sette her honourably by hym Fynally saynt Mauryce gloryous duke appered with his legyon .vi. M vi C. lx vi the whiche of one courage prostrate them worshypped our lorde saynge O rightwyse Iuge conduter of the heueÌ„s gyue IugemeÌ„t These thinges spoken they stode vp hym requyred reuerently Vnto whome our lorde Ihesu cryst sayd I knowe well what ye requyre gyue vnto vs the archebysshop Vdo And incontynent some of the presentes departed drewe the cursed Vdo from the bedde of the sayd abbesse a ledde hym myserably Whan saynt Mauryce saw him he sayd My lorde ryghtwyse iuge / Iuge iustly / here is Vdo he is no bysshop but a wulfe / no pastoure but a rauyssher / a sleer / deuourer of thy flocke This here is also he vnto whome thy lady moder hath giuen scyence to whome she hath recoÌ„maunded this chyrche made in thonour of thy name of me and of my felawes him before warned sayd Yf thou gouerne the well thou shalte haue lyfe pardurable And yf thou gouerne the yll thou shalte deye in body in soule Morouer he hath be warned thre tymes he wolde not correcke him / he hath prophaned brought vnto nought not all onely this chyrche but himselfe the soules the whiche were vnto hym coÌ„mytted / with that hath vyoled folyly fouly thyn espouses Than thou ryghtwyse iuge / Iuge iustly These thynges spoken our lorde that preceded in Iugement in beholdynge the sayntes sayd What thynke you of this to be doone The champyon that helde the swerde al naked cryed with an hye voyce saynge He is culpable of dethe And the Iuge all the sayntes the whiche were present concorded in sentence treated togyders what maner of dethe he sholde suffre Than the iuge sayd / he hath deserued to lose his heed That is to haue it smyten of Whan these wordes were spokeÌ„ the champyon bad Vdo hastely to stretche out his necke Whan Vdo had stretched it that the champyon had lyft vp the swerde to gyue the stroke one cryed sayd Holde thyn hande tyll the relykes ben taken from hym Than one QuidaÌ„ came vnto Vdo holdyÌ„ge a chalyce And the champyon smote many strokes with his fyst vpon the necke of Vdo / at eche stroke an hostye soyled yssued out by the mouthe of Vdo fell in to the chalyce The whiche hostyes our lorde toke reuereÌ„tly wasshed them for to take away the fylth Afterwarde he put theym wtin the chalyce vpon the auter / enclyned hym besemyngly with his company yode his way departed And after that the sayd champion toke the myscheuous Vdo and beheeded hym And than all that company departed Certaynly the beforesayd chanone a Iust man the whiche sawe this thynge / not in dreme but with eyen open abasshed tremblynge founde fyre in the place of the relykary and lyghted agayne the lampes of the chyrche And as he was yet abashed of the dede admeruayled hym / lytell and lytel he toke hardynes / approched al in peas vnto the place of Iugement / sawe vpon the awter the chalyce with the hostyes the heed cast ferre from the body the pauement wette of the bloode Than he began to crye and to saye O traytre beholde O grete myracle O that the Iugement of god is to drede O that it is a thyÌ„ge horryble as to fall in to the handes of the lyuyÌ„ge god For of those the whiche endureth longly to th ende that they conuerte theym whan they wyll not conuert them they daÌ„pne themselfe more hardely After all the thyÌ„ges beforesayd the sayd chanone shytte the gates with the keyes And suffred not in ony wyse that none entred tyl vnto the tyme of the rysynge of the sonne that he called all the clerkes and lay men Than he opened the gates and shewâ—d vnto all the meruaylous
cruell vengeaunce how god the creatour had Iuged punysshed the archebysshop Vdo And recounted by ordre all the dede in lykewyse as it is before wryten / how it was done And the same day one of the chapelayns of the sayd archebisshop named Brunet whaÌ„ he had made parfayte and accomplysshed his lygacyon coÌ„mysed by the prouynce sent his seruauntes before / he was oppressed greuously to slepe He auysed a tree wel shadowed derke descended from his hors teyed faste the rayne of his brydle vnto his arme slept Whan he was in rest he sawe in vysyon a gaderyÌ„ge of horrible blacke spyrites with busynes / trompets / tympanes / speres / glayues / axes / the whiche hasted theÌ„ to come vnto the place Whan they were altogyder there was one of theÌ„ prynce most horryble of stature And they made a chayre set hym in it And wtout longe tarienge an other multytude of spyrites as grete as the other appered cryenge / mockynge / and dauncynge / wherof one came hastely cryenge Gyue place / gyue place here is our pryÌ„ce Vdo that approcheth After this saynge the satalytes of Sathan ledde vnto theyr pryÌ„ce the soule of the cursed Vdo in semblaunce corporall hauynge a chayne of fyre strayte about his necke / agaynst whome Sathan arose salued hym by wordes peasybles in yll and treason Thou arte ryght welcome O prynce aydour delatatour of our realme / here we ben redy to yelde vnto the the rewarde equyualent for thy deseruynges / also vnto all our faythfull frendes And as Vdo helde his peas Sathan sayd to the presentes Our frende is ryght wery in his cominge hyder / therfore it pleaseth vnto vs that he be chered / gyue vnto than to ete / he refused it tourned his heed And his mynysters constrayned hym vyolently to ete of todes serpentes / after they made hym to drynke of the lycoure of sulphre / yet he spake not And Sathan commaunded him saynge Suche a prince be ledde to be bayned incontynent brought agayne And there was a welle not ferre of that had a coueringe on the mouthe Whan it was vncouered flambe deuourynge lept vp vnto the heuen The whiche wasted noc all onely the trees mountaynes stones / but the water beynge nere vnto it dryed coÌ„sumed The deuyls kest the soule of the sayd Vdo wtin the layd welle / afterwarde drewe hym out the whiche was all on fyre as yron enbrased reed / bare hym vnto theyr prynce / the whiche laughed sayd Hast thou not had a softe bayne as a prynce Than Vdo sawe hiÌ„selfe daÌ„pned And begaÌ„ to blaspheme say Sathan cursed be thou / thy felawes / thy subgectioÌ„ thy reame Cursed be god that hath created me Cursed be the erthe the whiche bare me Cursed be my parents that begate me and cursed be all creatures in heuen and in erthe Than all the deuylles with theyr pryÌ„ce clapped theyr handes sayd Truly this man here is worthy too dwell with vs / for he can wel our cantycle our offyce Than be he put to our pryncypall scole of the dampned to th ende that he se / here / lerne / fele / frothensforthe neuer to yssue Scantly had he ended his wordes that the deuylles toke that cursed soule kest it and plonged in to hell with so grete shoutes and noyse as yf the heuen and the erthe all the mountaynes of the worlde were moeued to smyte togyder Whan the chapelayne beforesayd had seen herde the sayd thynges he dredde hugely Than the prynce of derkenes shewed hym with the fynger sayd Take hede that the clerke the whiche beholdeth vs fle not the whiche hath ben euermore defensour / messager currour of his euylles Than in lykewyse as he hath ben encreaser of his synne so lete hym be partener of the vengeaunce / therfore be he plonged in the welle with his lorde Whan he had spoken that as the deuylles wolde rauysshe hym he enforced hym to fle and awok sodaynly / his hors was so aferde that he lepte hyder and thyder ranne drawynge the meschaunt man tyl that he was vnbounde of the rayne that was about his arme And with grete dyffyculte he lepte vpon his hors came to the cyte metropolytayne And whan he knewe that his lorde was deed he approued the vysyon to be true / recouÌ„ted al the thynges the whiche vnto hym were comen in the way / all that / that he hadde seen herde So they knewe the thynge to be veritable Whan the cytezyns had seen herde this terryble thynge they drewe the carayne of the body ferre fro the cite in a place full of fylthe And for the in the sayd place bestes infernalles were by wyse counceyle the cursed body was brent the asshes casten in to a water A thyÌ„ge meruaylous men tel that al the fysshes left the place yode in to the see and were there tyl god was apeased by fastynges letanyes Ten yeres after scantely came they agayne The demonstrâ—uÌ„ce of the sayd horryble thynge appereth on the whyte pauement where the sayd Vdo was beheded For the cruour of the effusyon of the blode enharded so strongly in the stones of the pauement that it semeth that the sayd blode be of thessence of the stones the whiche ben there yet And ouer that place where the decollacyon ben alway tapytes spred And whaÌ„ they synge Te deuÌ„ laudamê° vpon a bysshop chosen he is borne vnto the sayd place there they prosterne them in orayson to the ende that the bysshop that is chosen beholde the sayd thynge / also to kepe hyÌ„ that he perysshe not as dyde the other ¶ This thynge was done of our lorde to the terrour of bisshops yll prelates to th ende that they tremble to here the terryble Iugement the cruell vengeaunce of god ¶ This example denoteth many thynges Fyrst that the sayd Vdo vsed yll the scyence the counceyle that he had of the vyrgyn Mary Also those the whiche vse yll the scyence that they haue of god beÌ„ to punyshe and synne gretely VnÌ„ iacob iiii Scienti bonuÌ„ facere non facienti pctmÌ„ eÌ„ illi Also he vsed yll of the prelature of the goodes of the chyrche that god had gyuen vnto hym He sholde be the lyght of vertues of bounte / he was the sklaunder of the people / and the example of derkenesses and of synne Also he vsed his lyfe in lecheryes and was corrupter of vyrgynyte chastyte / therfore he was worthy of punycyon Also he wolde not correke hym and yet he was warned from god And for that he was so obstynate harded in synne replete of carnall pleasaunces that he wolde not correcke hyÌ„ of good ryght he was iuged punisshed in body in soule as it is sayd This here is the example of all
the aungell Syr whyder go we The aungell answered This waye ledeth vnto dethe And the soule sayd What is that than that the scrypture sayth Lata est via que ducit ad mortem et multi suÌ„t quuntrant per eaÌ„ That is to saye that the way the whiche is large ledeth vnto dethe and many there ben the whiche entre and go by that way The aungell sayd Of this speketh not the scrypture / but of the cursed waye of the worlde wherby men comen 〈◊〉 to this way And whan they were desceÌ„ded in to the sayd valey moche depe they sawe there of forges Than the aungell sayd vnto the soule The mayster of this valey is called Vulcain the whiche by his engin and falsenes hath casten many soules in to paynes and tourmentes Than sayd the soule vnto the aungell Syr shall I suffre this tormeÌ„t The aungell answered / ye / thou shalte suffre this tourment And whan the deuylles herde that worde they beset the soule about and toke it with theyr Instruments of yren that they helde / and sayd vnto the holy aungell none harme / and keste it in to a chymney full of fyre brennynge And began too blowe the fyre of theyr furneys in lykewyse as men blowe whan the yren is in the furneyse And so they tourmented the soules that whiche were there tyll that they came as to nothynge And whan they were so brent tourmented they toke the sayd soules with theyr Instrumentes of yren .xx. an hoÌ„dred or two hondred and layde them on an hepe vpon an anuelde of yren / and the deuylles the whiche were in other forges sayd Cast vnto vs these caytyues soules we shall yet tourment them agayne Than the deuilles kest them vnto them agayn the whiche werein the other forges And after that they hadde ben there stâ—ongly payned and tourmeÌ„ted they kest them vyolently vnto thosof the fyrst forges And before that they came to the grounde they were taken agayne and so they keste theym from one vnto another and tourmented tyll vnto that / that the skinnes / the flesshe / and the bones came as vnto nothynge Of this mater is wryten ProuerbioruÌ„ .ix. Parata sunt derisoribus supplicia / et mallei percutientes stultorum corporibus After that the caytyues soules were so tourmented as it is sayd they desyred the dethe but they myght not deye Vnto this purpose it is wryten Apocalipsis .ix. In diebus illis querent homines mortem et non inuenient eam / et desiderabunt mori et mors fugiet ab eis And whan the sayd soule had suffred longly these tourmentes the aungel came vnto her and toke her and had her out of the fyre where she was / and sayd vnto her How felest thou thy selfe now Remembre the that for as moche as thou hast done thy wyll and the delyte of thy body thou hast suffred soo grete tourmentes But the soule had not soo moche force that she myght answer one worde for the grete tourment that she had souffred Than the aungell sayd vnto the soule Illud psalmi Dominus mortificat et viuificat deducit ad inferos et reducit Comfort the / for our lorde quyckeneth and mortifyeth / ledeth in to helles and bryngeth agayne And al be it that the tourmentes that thou haste seen ben moche grete yet shalte thou se moche more greter from the whiche thou shalt be delyuered by the mercy of god And knowe thou that al those soules that thou hast seen here abydeth the Iugemente of god But those the whiche thou shalte se from hensforthe ben all redy Iuged Goo we now forwarde for thou arre not yet comen vnto the paynes of hell And the aungel touched her and heled as he hadde ben accustomed for to do c. G. ¶ Of the pytte of hell ¶ After that they entred in to a waye / and whan they were a lytell gone forwarde in spekynge one vnto the other there came to the soule sodayne horrour and colde intollerable stynke and derkenes more thycket than those before / trybulacyon and anguysshe so grete that it semed vnto the soule that all the foundementes of the erthe trembled vnder her fete and sayd vnto the aungell Syr wherfore is it that I ne may holde me on my fete as I haue acustomed to do And whan she had sayd this she ne myght remeue from the place for the grete feere that she had / and incontynent the aungell departed in suche maner that she myght noo morese hym / and forthwith she began to dyspayre For she founde that the whiche is wryten Ecclesiastes .ix. Nec opus / nec ratio / nec sapientia / nec scientia erunt apud inferos que tu ê“peras That is to say that in hell there ne is operacion / ne reason / ne wysdome / ne connyÌ„ge wherby man may ayde hym The caytyf soule was in lykewyse / for she might not helpe herselfe / the whiche herde terryble cryes and howlynges of soules / thonder so horryble that no man may thynke it ne tongue declare the horryble crye and the noyse that there was Vnto this purpose god speketh in the gospell Illud math .xxii .xxiii. Ibi erit fletus et stridor dentium Than the soule loked about her for to knowe yf she myght se the way wherby they were comen / and she sawe a grete square dyche in lykewyse as a cysterne And from that dyche yssued oute a pyler of flambe and of smoke togyders moche horryble and stynkynge And that pyler of fyre was so hygh that it stretched vnto the heuens And in that flambe there was grete multitude of soules and of deuylles togyders the whiche mounted with the sayd flambe in hyghe in lykewyse as lytel flambes And of tourmentes the whiche they suffred they came as vnto nothynge / and after that they fell agayne in to the dyche tyll vnto the botome Vnto the purpose of this sayeth the psalmyste Tu vero reduces me in puteuÌ„ interitus And whan the soule had beholden this she wolde haue drawen her abacke / but she ne myght lyft her fete from the grounde And whan she had assayed many tymes to remoeue her and that she might not she was moche ferefull / and of the grete wodenes that she hadde she tare and rent her chekes with her owne handes and nayles cryed Alas caytyfe wherfore may not I deye And the deuylles the whiche mounted with the sayd flambe herde the sayd soule in suche wyse crye soo they be set her about with theyr instrumentes of yron wherwith they tourmeÌ„ted the soules and sayd in this wyse Caytyfe soule worthy of payne and tourment from whens art thou comen hyder / thou ne hast yet nothynge felte ne suffred / thou shalt endure now that that thou arte worthy by the synnes that thou hast commytted From the whiche tourment thou ne mayst neuer departe ne within it deye / but euermore thou shalt lyue and brenne in tourment
they sholde kepe them dylygently fro troublyÌ„ge one another / vnto them recouÌ„ted this example the whiche was comen in this wyse A frere troubled me on a tyme iniustly / and afterwarde within a fewe dayes he deyed from this present worlde with out beynge at peas with me And in a nyght in slepyÌ„ge he appered vnto me for to be pardoned And as he demauÌ„ded me pardon I me aduysed that he was deed / and I sayd vnto hym Go broder and demaunde pardon of our sauyour and redemptour Iheâ—u cryst in whose hande thou arte The which departed fro me And as he demauÌ„ded pardon of Ihesu cryst in lykewyse as I sayd to hym Our lorde Ihesu cryst answered vnto hym I shall not graunte the pardon but yf thou demaunde pardon fyrst of hym that thou hast offended And in that nyght the sayd body came agayne vnto me and brought me agayn the wordes of Ihesu agayne demaunded me pardon and had it Afterwarde he sayd vnto me Broder Nycolas beholde what yll it is as to offende his broder / and that it is a greuous thynge as not to be at peas and faythfull accordauÌ„ce with hym c. ¶ Natiuitas christi ¶ Examples of the natyuyte of Ihesu cryst And fyrst example how that a nonne that whiche habandoned herselfe vnto synne had mercy in requyrynge the sone of the blyssed vyrgyn Mary on the day of Crystmas Cxiii MEn fynde by wrytinge this that whiche foloweth how the dyscyple recyteth in the boke of his promptuary and sayeth that a nonne left her ordre was an open harlotte And many yeres afterwarde she came agayne vnto her monastery and gaue herselfe vnto penaunce And as she thought on the Iugement and on the Iustyce of god and on the horryble paynes of hel she despayred / as who sayth that she was not worthy to haue pardon for the multytude and gretenâ—s of her synnes And as she thought on the Ioyes of heuen she defyed herselfe that noo soylenes ne corrupcyon of synÌ„e there sholde entre And as she thought on the passyon of god she regarded how many of paynes he had suffred for her in wepyÌ„ge she cryed sayd Quid retribuaÌ„ dnÌ„o pro oiÌ„bê° que retribuit michi What thinge shall I graunte vnto god for all the thyÌ„ges that he hathe gyuen vnto me And in one of the solempnytees of the natyuyte of our sauiour she wept and thought Quod puer natê° est pro nobis That is to say that the chylde is borne for vs. And that a chylde is appeased with a lytell thynge whan he is offended Than she yode before the ymage of the vyrgyn Mary the whiche helde her chylde betwene her armes thought on the chyldhode of our sauyoure / there was moeued in grete teeres by bytter contrycyon of herte that god gaue vnto her And with all her herte might in wepynge requyred pardoÌ„ of our lorde for his benygne chyldhode that he came in to this worlde to saue the synÌ„ers Than she herde a voyce the whiche sayd vnto her that for the benygnyte of his infancy that she alleged she sholde knowe that all her synnes were pardoned After these wordes here she amended her lyfe ryally fyned well her dayes c. ¶ Vnto the example of this synneresse that demaunded grace obteyned pardon in the name of the natyuyte infaÌ„cy of Ihesu cryst / so sholde these synners do they shall haue grace yf they haue gretely offended / for so dyde the nonne Whan a chylde is wrothe he is lyghtly appeased / so is Ihesu cryst VnÌ„ ysaie lv Derelinquat iÌ„pius viam suaÌ„ vir iniquus cogitaciones suas reuertatur ad dominuÌ„ miserebitur eiê° Also whan our lorde Ihesus was borne the aungelles gaue glory vnto god and songe / peas vnto men of good wyll Vnde luce .ii. Gloria in excelsis deo in terra pax hominibê° bone voluntatis And thou synner that hast commyt lechery / theft c. yf thou wylt repente the demaunde gâ—â—ce as it is sayd thou shalte be pertener vnto the natyuyte of Ihesu cryst of the nombre of those for whome peas was songe And vnto the contrary yf thou be obstynate in synne peas shal not be songe betwene god the. And also thou shalt not be partener vnto the redempcyon of the sayd natyuyte of Ihesu cryst the whiche natyuyte was ryght meruaylous whan the lytell chylde Ihesus that had be conceyued of the holy goost in the vyrgyn wtout corrupcyoÌ„ / sede / ne atouchement of man as the scrypture sayth VnÌ„ cantatur BnÌ„dicta et venerabilis es virgo maria qÌ„ sine tactu pudoris inueÌ„ta es mater saluatoris in vua AnÌ„ NescieÌ„s mater virgo viruÌ„ c. He was borne of the vyrgyn Mary wtout payne ne dolour / and wtout fraccyon ne ouerture Peperit sine dolore saluatoreÌ„ sclorum ipÌ„m regem angelorum sola virgo lactabat vbere de celo pleno In lykewyse as the face of man is wtin the myrour or glasse / the sonne passyÌ„ge through the glasse wyndowe wtout ony fraccyon / semblably Iesus the sone of god entred within the vyrgyn Mary whan he was conceyued of the holy goost And yode forthe of her wombe in the chyldynge wtout fraccyon ne openynge / ne wtout hauynge ony payne ne dolour / was vyrgyn before the chyldynge / in the chyldynge / after the chyldynge And soo she was moder vyrgyn togyder For she chylded as it is sayd the sauyour of the worlde / the kinge of aungelles / gaue him souke of her brestes the whiche were ful of the mylke of paradyse Vbera de celo pleno c. B. ¶ Another example how the chyldehode of Ihesu cryst delyuered a relygious from temptacyon Cxiii THe dyscyple recyteth in his sermons this the whiche foloweth the whiche is also wryten in other bokes sayth that a clerke founde hymselfe in necessyte that whiche vowed vnto the vyrgyn marye that he sholde entre in to relygion / he entred in to that of the freres prechers Afterward he was tempted horrybly of apostasye / Than he worshypped the enfance of god on our ladyes lappe / requyred him that he wolde ayde hym / or gyue hym lycence to go in to another relygyon And in wepynge and wayllynge he kyssed deuoutly the fete of the ymage And hastely he apperceyued suche consolacyon that he perseuered in the seruyce of god in relygyon C. ¶ Another example that Ihesu cryste appered vnto a woman in the lykenes of a ryght fayre chylde Cxiii THe dyscyple reciteth in his promptuarye sayeth that a deuoute woman had affeccyon specyally towardes the enfance of our lorde in the tyme of the natyuyte of Ihesu cryste prayed our lorde that he wolde shewe vnto her the face of his enfance / and after some dayes a fayre chylde assysted as she abode in the chirche in orayson in lyke wyse as
loue of god Another presented the clothes wherwith he had clothed the â—oores Another the werkes of mercye that he had done to the poores that he had lodged And the said man the whiche sawe the said thynges thoughte vnto hymselfe Thou haste done more of the werkes of mercye than those here Now thou shalt haue wele before this Iuge So whan it came vnto his course the Iuge ne demaunâ—ed hyÌ„ how many werkes of mercy hast thou done / but he hym demauÌ„ded / what delyces what voluptuosytees hast thou wtdrawen from the for the loue of me And he helde his peas / for he had euermore lyued in delyces And the Iuge sayd vnto hym / hast thou not sene that I haue sayd in the gospel math vii Arcta eÌ„ via qÌ„ ducit ad vitaÌ„ / that is to saye strayte is the waye that ledeth vnto life / that is vnto the realme of heuen and incontynent the sayd man torned hyÌ„ vnto the vyrgy maryâ— / vnto the sayntes that he had serued moost specyall / râ—quyred them that they wolde praye for hym / that in tyme to come he sholde amende his lyf purposed to weyke his body in fâ—stynges abstynences to serue god in tyme comynge And it was so done For at the prayer of the vyrgyn marye of sayntes he came to lyfe agayne / weyked his body all the dayes of his lyfe lyued in grete abstynences / was more mercyful vnto the poore than he ne had be fyned his dayes in good consuÌ„macyon c. E. ¶ Another example of a relygyous that whiche was in his dethe in Iugement before god the vyrgyn marye the sayÌ„tes of paradyse dyde ayde hym Cxxii THe disciple recyteth in his sermoÌ„s that there was a yonge frere relygyous in the realme of englond in the coueâ—â— of bery ryght deuoute the whiche relygyous was seke to the dethe / in the presence of the suppryour of fyue of his bredern he shytte his eyes with his hande with full mouthe began to laugh Vnto whom the said suppryour said Wherfore laugh ye / he sayd That oure kynge saynt Edmonde martyris come / here all the hous is replenysshed with aungelles And he laughed agayne more ententyfly sayd / Our lady is come salute we her And after that that they had all sayd salue regina c. The seke man sayd O how agreably hathe the vyrgyn marye taken this salutacyon in reioysyng made laughyng After that the sayd seke frere adressed his eyen towardes the dore And his coloure chaunged said vnto them Now is Ihesu cryste comen to iuge me His membres were as deed / he trembled so that he swet out of mesure And as he was constytute before the Iuge in all drede he sayd somtyme ye / naye And somtyme he prayed the vyrgyn marye that she ne wolde departe froÌ„ hym / sometyme he reproued all his accusers / amonges other he began to saye / O Ihesus gyâ—e me this lytel Vnto whoÌ„ the suppryoure sayd What is that dere broder / these lytell synnes ben they compted amonges the grete And he sayd ryght greuously Alas ye And the sayd suppryour warned hym that he sholde not dyspeyre for our lorde is mercyfull The sayd seke answered with a Ioyous face It is a thynge verytable that he is full of mercye / and I yelde thankes vnto the blyssed vyrgyn marye â— vnto the sayntes the whiche assyst with her the whiche hathe made intercession faythfully for me vnto Ihesu crist And after a lytell of tyme he deyed and rested in peas c. ¶ Innocentiâ— â–ª A. ¶ Examples of people Innocentes fyrste example Of a chylde innocente the whiche kepte the ordre of the myneurs relygyous ne wolde touche no moneye / deyed wele Cxxiii IT is wryten in the boke of hony bees that there was a childe the whiche was borne of honest parentes / whan he was fyue yere olde / that he had sene the ordre of the freres myneurs he requyred of his parentes that he myght receyue the habyte / as they estymed that his wordes were childysshe / they knewe after verytably that the chylde toke hym to kepe the customes of the freres myneurs / for he yode barefoted gyrde with a harde corde kepte hymselfe in all maners to touche syluer or golde And in this thynge there happened a meruayllous case For there came marchauntes to lodge in his faders hous the whiche meruayled them to se suche a chylde in suche habyte / to knowe yf he touched no moneye one of them caste a peny in to the cuppe wherin they dranke secretely / with a lytell wyne gaue the cuppe vnto the chylde to dryÌ„ke / whiche as he had dronke sawe the peny he began to crye horrybly / caste away the cuppe / sayd with eyen eleuate God all puyssauÌ„t thou hast knowen that I not knowen hath violed myn ordre Afterwarde he trembled and was pale as tendynge to the dethe Whan his fader sawe that he ranne for the preest that absoyled hym / shortly the dolour passed / The sayd chylde on the holy dayes gadred chyldren taught them theyr paturnoster / aue maria And yf he sawe in theym that they were proude or vycyous he repreued them / in byddynge theym serue god In the conuocacyons of this chylde the auncyentes ranne with the lytell chylde / and also delyted them ryght moche in his prudence and in his answers documentes Whan he sawe his fader that swore or was dronke he had compassyon in wepynge sayd vnto hym Fader our preest sayth in the chirche that those the whiche do those thynges ne shall possede paradyse And in a solempnyte he repreued his moder in wepyng afore her pewe felawes bycause she was pompously arayed / sayd My moder ryght dere fle the precyous clothynges that thou deserue not the paynes eternelles And without taryeng by the wordes of the chylde his moder had horrour of suche clothes / wolde no more vse theym / The maners the gestes of that chylde shewed the perfeccyon of vertues / the grace of god beynge in hym The chylde had not yet seuen yeres accomplysshed whan he deyed Whan dethe approched he confessed hym requyred of the preest the sacrament of the aulter / but the preest denyed it hym for his youthe And the chylde with grete grace of orayson stratched oute his handes vnto the heuen sayd My lorde Ihesu cryste thou hast knowen that my souerayne desyre is to haue ye. I haue demaunded the / also I haue done that that I sholde do And I hope that I shal not be voyde of thy presence These thynges spoken the chylde cherid his parentes wepynge that present were theym prouoked to lyue better And amoÌ„ges these wordes of exhortacyon / of orayson of laudynge he yelded his spirite vnto god