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A02208	The dialogues of S. Gregorie, surnamed the Greate: Pope of Rome: and the first of that name deuided into fower bookes. Wherein he intreateth of the liues, and miracles of the saintes in Italie: and of the eternitie of mens soules. With a shorte treatise of sundry miracles, wrought at the shrines of martyrs: taken out of S. Augustin. Together with a notable miracle wrought by S. Bernard, in confirmation of diuers articles of religion. Translated into our English tongue by P.W.; Dialogi. Part 1. English	Gregory I, Pope, ca. 540-604.; Woodward, Philip, ca. 1557-1610.; Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo. De civitate Dei. Book 22. Chapter 8. English.	1608 (1608)	STC 12349; ESTC S121026	216,240	619

reprochefull wordes they ●ntreated him where vpon he sent them by and by this message sayinge Amende your tongues otherwise I do excommunicat you which sentence of excommunication notwithstandinge he did not then presentlye pronounce against them but only threatened yf they amended not them selues But they for all this chāged thiere conditions nothing at all both which not longe after departed this life and were buried in the churche and vvhen Solemne mass solemne masse was celebrated in the same churche and the Deacon accordinge to custome saide with lowde voice yf any there be that do not communicate let them departe the nurse which vsed to giue vnto our Lorde an Offring for the dead offringe for them behelde them at that tyme to rise out of thiere graues to depart the churche Hauing often tymes at those vvordes of the Deacon sene them leaue the churche and that they could not tarry within she remēbred what message the man of God sent them wh●les they were yet aliue For he tolde them that he did depriue them of the communion vnlesse they did amende theire tongues and conditions Then with great sorrowe the whole matter was signified to the mā of God who straight-waies with his owne handes gaue an oblation saying Go your waies and cause this to be offered Oblation for the deade vnto our Lorde for them and they shall not remayne any longer excommunicat which oblation beinge offered for them the Deacon as he vsed crying out that such as did not communicate shold departe they were not sene any more to go out of the churche whereby it was certaine that seeinge they did not departe with thē which did not communicate that they had receiued the communion of our Lorde by the handes of his seruant Peter It is very straunge that you report for howe coulde he thoughe a venerable and most holy man yet liuinge in mortall body loose those soules which stoode nowe before the inuisible iudgement of God Gregory Was he not yet Peter mortall that hearde from our Sauiour whatsoeuer Math. 16 thowe shall binde vpon earth it shall be bound also in the heauens whatsoeuer thowe shalt loose in earth shal be loosed also in the heauēs whose place of bindinge and loosinge those haue at this tyme which by faith and vertuous life possesse the place of holy gouernement and to be stowe such power vpō earthly men the creator of heauen and earth desconded from heauen to earthe and that fleshe mighte iudge of spirituall thinges God who for mans sake was made fleshe vouchesafed to bestowe vpon him for from thence our weaknes did rise vp aboue it selfe from whēce the strength of God was weakened vnder it selfe Peter For the vertue of his miracles your wordes do yelde a very goode reason OF A BOYE THAT AFTER HIS buriall was cast out of his graue CHAPTER XXIIII Gregory VPon a certayne daye a younge boye that was a monke louinge his parentes more then reason wolde went from the Abbey to thiere house not crauinge the fathers blessinge before hand and the same daye that he came home vnto them he departed this life And beinge buried his bodye the next daye after was founde cast out of the graue which they caused againe to be put in and againe the daye following they founde it as before Then in great hast they went to the man of God sell downe at his feete with many teares beseeched him that he wolde vouchsafe him that was deade of his fauour To whom the man of God with his owne handes deliuered the holy communion of our Lordes body sayinge Goe and lay with great The Sacrament was not buried with him but only laid vpon his brest and taken of againe reuerence this our Lordes body vpon his breast and so burye him which when they had done the deade corps after that remayned quietly in the graue By which you perceiue Peter of what merit he was with our Lorde Iesus Christ seeinge the earth wolde not giue entertainement to his bodye who departed this worlde out of Bennets fauour Peter I perceiue it very well and do wonderfully admire it HOVV A MONKE FORESAKING the Abbey mett with a dragon in the way CHAPTER XXV Gregory A Certaine monke there was so inconstant and fickle of mynde that he wolde needes giue ouer the Abbey for which fault of his the man of God d●d daily rebuke him and often tymes giue him goode admonitions but yet for all this by no means wolde he tary amongest them and therfore continuall sute he made that he mighte be discharged The venerable man vpon a tyme wearied with his importunitye in anger bad him departe who was no soner out of the Abbey gate but he founde a dragon in the waye expecting him with open mouth which being about to deuoure him he began in great feare and tremblinge to cry out aloude sayinge Helpe helpe for this dragon will eate me vp At which noise the monkes running out dragon they sawe non but finding him there shaking trēbling they broughte him backe againe to the Abbey who forth with promised that he wolde neuer more forsake the monasterye and so euer after he continued in his profession for by the praiers of the holy man he sawe the dragon comminge against him whom before when he savve not he did willingly followe HOVV HOLY BENNET CVRED a boye of the leprosy CHAPTER XXVI BVt I must not here passe ouer with silence that which I had by relation of the honourable man Anthonye who saide that his fathers boye was so pitifully punnished with a leprosy that all his heare fell of his body swelled and filthy corruption did openly come forthe Who beinge sent by his father to the man of God he was by him quickly restored to his former healthe HOVV BENNET FOVND MONEY miraculously to relieue a poore man CHAPTER XXVIII NEither is that to be ommitted which one of his disciples called Peregrinus vsed to tell for he saide that vpon a certaine daye an honest man who was in debt founde no other meanes to helpe him selfe but thought it his best waye to acquaint the man of God with his necessitye wherevpon he came to the Abbey and findinge the seruant of almighty God gaue him to vnderstande howe he was troubled by his creditor fortwelue shillinges which he did owe him To whom the venerable man saide that him selfe had not so muche money yet giuinge him comfortable wordes he saide Go your wayes and after two dayes come to me againe for I can not presētly helpe you in which two daies after his manner he bestowed him selfe in praier when vpon the thirde daye the poore man came backe there were founde suddainly vpon the chest of the Abbey which was full of corne thirtene shillinges which the man of God caused to be giuen to him that required but twelue both to discharge his debte and also to defraye his owne charges But nowe will I returne to speake of such

thinges as I had from the mouthe of his owne scollers mentioned before in the beginninge of this booke A certaine man there was who had an enemie that did notably spite and maligne him whose damnable hatred proceded so far that he poisoned his drincke which althoughe it killed him not yet did it chaunge his skinne in such sort that it was of many colours as thoughe he had bene infected with a leprosy but the mā of God restored him to his former helthe for so sone as he touched him forthwith all that varietye of colours departed from his bodye HOVV A CRVET OF GLAS was throwne vpon the stones and not broken CHAPTER XXVIII AT suche tyme as there was a great dearthe in Campania the man of God had giuen away all the wealth of the Abbey to poore people so that in the celler there was no thinge lefte but a little oile in a glasse A certaine subdeacon called Agapitus came vnto him instantly crauinge that he wolde bestowe a little oile vpon him Our Lordes seruaunt that was resolued to giue away all vpon earth that he mighte finde all in heauen commanded that oile to be giuen him but the monke that kep●e the celler hearde what the father commaunded yet did he not performe it● Who inquiringe not longe after whether he had giuen that which he willed the monke tolde him that he had not adding that yf he had giuen it away that there was not any lefte for the Conuer●t Then in an anger he comaunded others to take that glasse with the oile and to throwe it out at the windovve to the end that nothinge mighte remayne in the Abbey contrary to obedience The monkes did so and threwe it out at a windowe vnder which there was an huge downefall full of roughe and craggye stones vpon which the glasse did lighte but yet continewed for all that so sounde as thoughe it had neuer bene throwne out at all for neither the glasse was broken nor any of the oile shedde Then the man of God did commande it to be taken vp againe and whole as it was to be giuen vnto him that desired it and in the presence of the other brethren he reprehended the disobedient monke both for his infidelity and also for his proud mynde HOVV AN EMPTYE BARRELL was filled with oile CHAPTER XXIX AFter which reprehension with the rest of his brethren he sell to prayinge and in the place where they were there stoode an empty barrell with a couer vpon it and as the holy man continewed in his praiers the oile within did so increase that the couer began to be lifted vp and at lengthe fell downe and the oile that was nowe higher then the mouthe of the barrell began to runne ouer vpon the pauiment which so sone as the seruaūt of God Bennet behelde forth with he gaue ouer his praiers and the oile likewise ceased to ouerflow the barrel Then did he more at large admonish that mistrustinge and disobedient monke that he wolde learne to haue faithe and humilitye who vpon so holsome an admonition was ashamed because the venerable father had by miracle showne the power of almighty God as before he tolde him when he did first rebuke him and so no cause there was why any sholde afterward doubt of his promise seeinge at one and the same tyme for a small glasse almost emptye which he gaue awaye he bestowed vpon them an whole barrell full of oile HOVV BENNET DELIVERED a monke from a deuill CHAPTER XXX VPon a certaine tyme as he was goinge to the oratory of S. Iohne which is in the topp of the mountaine the olde enemy of mankinde vpon a mule like a phisition met him caryinge in his hand an horne and a morter And when he demanded whether he was goinge To your monkes quoth he to giue them a drench The venerable father went forwarde to his praiers and when he had done he returned in all hast but the wicked spirit founde an olde monke drawinge of water in to whom he entred and straight-waies cast him vpon the ground and grieuously tormented him The man of God comminge from his praiers and seeinge him in such pitifull case gaue him only a little blowe with his hande and at the same instant he cast out that cruell deuill so that he durst not any more presume to enter in Peter I wolde gladly knowe whether he obtained alwaies by praier to worcke suche notable miracles or els sometymes did them only at his will and pleasure Gregory Suche as be the deuoute serua●ntes of God when necessity require●● vse to worcke miracles both manner of wayes so that sometyme they estecte wonderfull thinges by theire praiers and sometyme only by theire power and authoritye for S. Iohne saithe So Iohn 1. many as receiued him he gaue them power to be made the sonnes of God They then that by power be the sonnes of God what maruaile is it yf by power they be able to doe wonderfull thinges And that both waies they worcke miracles Act. 9. Act. 5. we learne of S. Peter who by his praiers did raise vp Tabitha and by his sharpe reprehension did sentence Ananias and Saphira to death for theire ●yinge For we reade not that in the death of them he praied at all but only rebuked them for that synne which they had committed Certaine therfore it is that sometymes they do these thinges by power and sometymes by praier for Ananias and Saphira by a seuere rebuke S. Peter depriued of life and by praier restored Tabitha to life And for prooffe of this I will now tell you of two miracles which the faithfull seruaunt of God Bennet did in which it shall appeare most plainlye that he wroughte the one by that power which God gaue him and obtained the other by vertue of his praiers OF A COVNTRY FELLOVVE that with the only sighte of the man of God was loosed from his bandes CHAPTER XXXI A Certaine Goth there was called Galla an Arrian he retike who in the tyme of kinge Totilas did with suche monstrous crueltye persecute religious men of the Catholike church that what Priest or monke soeuer came in his presence he neuer departed aliue This man on a certaine daye sett vpon rapin and pillage pitifully tormented a poore countrye man to make him confesse where his money and wealthe was who ouercome with extremitye of paine saide that he had committed all his substance to the custodye of Bennet the seruaunt of God and this he did to the end that his tormenter giuinge credit to his wordes mighte at least for a while surcease from his horrible crueltye Galla hearinge this tormented him no longer but binding his armes fast with stronge cordes draue him before his horse to bring him vnto this Bēnet who as he saide had his wealth in keepinge The country fellowe thus pinyoned and runninge before him carried him to the holy mans Abbey where he founde him sittinge before the gate readinge vpon a booke