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A08886	A short relation, of the life, virtues, and miracles, of S. Elizabeth called the peacemaker. Queen of Portugall Of the third rule of S. Francis. Canonised by Pope Vrban the VIII. the 25. of May. Anno 1625. Translated out of Dutch; by Sister Catharine Francis, Abbess of the English Monasterie of S. Francis third rule in Bruxelles.; Leven van de H. Elizabeth van Portugael. English	Paludanus, François, d. 1631.; Greenbury, Catharine, 1596-1642.	1628 (1628)	STC 19167; ESTC S120727	20,106	84

holyness And that also beholding and considering so manie Saints the Christian Princes that glorie to bee of theyr race may be therby spurred and pricked on to virtue and follovve theyr holyness and choose them for Patrones Aduocates and guides in the vnknowne vvay of this life and after in the iust iudgement of the vpright iudge Those that haue the carde which I set out must note first that it vvas not possible to giue all the Queenes place therin or to set downe theyr names because the piece is little and also because many of them were maried to kings whom it was no need to bring in and those that are set downe are without crownes excepting the Saints and those that were heyres to kingdomes or princedomes who by theyr mariages transferred them to other families Secondly heer in is cleerly to bee seen the right and lawfull succession of the kingdoms of Hungarie and Bohemia and all the Prouinces and Dominions of the howse of Austria vnto the person of Ferdinando Emperour of the Romanes Also the inheritance and succession not only of all the kingdomes of Spaine but also of Sicilie and Naples of the Dukedome of Burgundie Brabant and the rest of the Dominions of the lowe countries lawfully to pertein and fall vpon the person of the Catholick king Philip the 4. Dominic Victor and that not by force of armes much less by prudence and humane industrie but only by the disposition and prouidēce of God who Eccl. cap. 10. translateth kingdomes from nation to nation VVhence may bee seen the idleness and vanitie or manifest impietie of such as preferr the inventions of theyr owne braines or to speak more properly certaine lawes of state before the providence and care-that God hath of the gouernement of Empires and Dominions and for theyr better safeguard and securitie sett faith and conscience à side offend God and his holy church Thirdly all Potentates shall heer note that the strongest castle the chiefest fortification and defence of theyr estates is sincere faith and Religion not affected for although the riches and regions bee moued together although the earth be in vprore and hell come in for à part nothing of all this can shake the Monarch that feareth God and loveth his church and doth not communicate nor participate with the adversaries ther of and is zealous of sincere and perfect iustice Fourthly that no man may haue anie thing to say if it seem to him that I haue done more then the decrees of the church do permit touching the description of the 24. Saints Because they bee not all in the Catalogue of the Canonised by order of the Romane church althoug the greatest part of them bee so yet the others shined and do as yet shine with many miracles in theyr seuerall places and prouinces VVher they are holden esteemed and reuerenced for Saints and of some of them the Martyrologes of theyr orders do make mention so that no doubt being made of theyr sanctitie it remayneth that we endeauour to followe them Ther is in the table à distinction for the Saints Canonised or Beatified are in ouall circles with beames of glorie about theyr heads the other in round circles without beames And because the beatification of B. Ioane Queen of France is laboured for at Rome and the decree from day to day expected shee is sett in an ouall circle For the rest what thing so ever can bee desired more in the description of the carde the markes and distinctions therin sett downe and chiefly the branches of it doe shewe it cleerly Lett this suffice gentle Reader for thy direction enioy my little labour and take it thanckfully F. F. P. COncordat cum originali Teutonico Ita testor 5. Octobris 1628. Fr. Franciscus Bel. Imprimatur Fr. Franciscus à sancta Clara Lector Theologiae Collegij S. Bonauenturae Duaci Guardianus R. P. Ministri Prouinciae Angliae Cis mare vices gerens A SHORT DECLARATION OF THE LIFE VIRTVES AND MIRACLES OF S. ELIZABETH CALLED THE PEACE-MAKER QVEEN OF PORTVGALL Of her parents and bringing vp THE FIRST CHAPTER THIS B. Sainte Elizabeth was daughter to Peeter king of Aragon her mother was named Cōstancia daughter of Manfredus King of Cecilie and Cozen to the Emperour Frederick the second Shee was borne in the yeare of our Lord 1272. In the reign of her grandfather james of whose merits and good workes it is found vvritten that he builded and endowed to the honor of the glorious mother of god 2000. churches when this happy child vvas Christned they named her Elizabeth in memory of that other S. Elizabeth daughter to Andrevv king of Hungary vvho dyed before in great holynes of life and vvas numbred amongst the Saints by Gregory the 9. vvhose sister Called Violence vvas wife to the forenamed james and grandmother to this holy Saint hir birthe did so much reioyce her grandfather that he presētly made peace with his sonne her father with whom he had bene long at variance but novv at this ioyfull time of her natiuity he cōcluded peace between them and tooke this vvelcome guifte his grandchild home to his pallace and brought her vp vvith great care instructing her in all vertues vvhen she vvas 6. yeares ould her grandfather dyed and she vvas brought home to her fathers house where in her tender yeares she gaue great testimony of her future vertues by her grauity and deuotion vvhich was of great edification for shee kepte the same maner of Rule in all her actions and espetially in her praiers and deuotions which she had learned of her grandfather and vvhen she vvas Come to the age of 8. yeares she daily read the 7. hovvres of the diuine office vvith great deuotion and diligence she vvas louing and charitable to the poore giuing according to her age all that she could procure at vvhich her father did very much admire ascribing all the good succes of his affaires to his daughters merits for vvhich he gaue daily thankes vnto almighty God Of the marriage of B. Saint Elizabeth THE II. CHAPTER THe fame of this holy Saint and her naturall indowments vvher-vvith she vvas adorned vvas spred through the vvholl vvorld so that she vvas desired in mariage by many Princes to witt the Prince of Naples and the Prince of Brittan̄y who sent their Embassadores to the king of Aragon her father to desire this royall daughter in mariage but this vvas vnwelcome nevves vn to him vvho greaued to thinke that he should part vvith his beloued daughter and much more grieuous vvas it to the holy Elizabeth that sought after the heauenly Bridegroome not desiring any earthly Prince About this time dyed Alphonsus the 3. king of Portugal and after him reigned in his kingdome his sonne Dionisius vvho being novv setled in his kingdome did Choose out 3. of the greatest Peeres of his Royalme vvhom he sent in Embassage to the king of Aragon to desire this his daughter in mariage the king at that time kepte his

very poore Cloathes she vvas present at all the ceremonies of the holy Catholike church Vpon good frjday she washed the feete of 13. poore men and hauing done she humbly kissed theyr feete and gaue them nevve Cloathes the like she did on holy thursday to 13. poore vvomen It chanched that one of these poore vvomen had à very soare foot which was grieuously eaten vvith à cancre and being loath the princess should perceiue it she drevve it backe and gaue her other foot to vvash but the holy Queene tooke the soare foot into her hand and vvashed it very tenderly and although it had so strong à sauour that it could hardly be endured yet did she humbly kiss it vvherupon the saide soare vvas imediatly healed miraculously The like pious worke she did vpon à good friday at Scalabi vvhen all the people vvere gone but only one poore man who stayd in the court to seeke some remedy of à foare disease vvith vvhich he vvas afflicted the porter seeing him was very angry and in à great fury required of him hovv he came to be infected vvith such à grieuous disease and vvhy he did not goe avvay with the other people and taking à staff in his hand did beat this poore man and vvound him very grieuously this vvicked deed vvas made knovven vnto the holy Queene vvho did grieue very much at that her seruant had done and caused the poore man to be brought vnto her and comforted him in all that she could binding vp his vvoundes vvith her owne handes and gaue order to her seruants that they-should haue care of him but it pleased God that the next day he vvas cured and came to the holy Queen to giue her thankes for his health she continued her acustomed charity and liberalytie to the poore vvhich vvas shevved to be most pleasing to the diuine bounty by this vvhich follovveth It chanced on à time as she carried in her lapp à greate summe of mony to giue to the poore she mett vvith the king her husband who sayed vnto her what is that my beloued that you carry there she ansvvered they be roses and opening her lapp the mony vvas miraculously turned in to fayre roses vvhich did yeeld forth à very fragrant smelle although it vvere then the time of vvinter and hereof it cometh that this holy Elizabeth is alvvayes painted houlding roses in her lapp she vvas euer very hard and sparing to her selfe but to the poore most milde and liberall Of à certaine peace which she made THE VI. CHAPTER WIth great right is this holy Queen stiled Pacifica which is as much to say as Peace-maker for she seemeth to haue been borne for that end to make peace There vvas à very dangerous accident hapned betvveen the king her husband and his brother Alphonsus about certain rentes and revenues which were in question betvveene them and the matter was growen vnto that pass that it seemed impossible to be ended vvithout the sheding of much blood but this vertuous Queene made peace betvveen them vvith her ovvne loss presenting to them as à guift to make the peace à towne Called Cintram and other tovvns of Portugall vvith all her richest reuenues She knevve the office of à Queene vvas to appease the angry mind of the king and make peace betvvene him and his subiectes also to admonish those in office to discouer the deceipts of the enimies in the court She counselled the king to be alwayes liberall to those that deserued well and not to giue eare to those that backbite and detract others and when she knevve of any that were at debate then did she labour all that shee might to pacifie them making conditions that they might not go to lavve and if the partyes vvere poore that sustained the iniury she gaue them of her ovvne goods because the peace should not be broken yet vvithout detriment to iustice if there were any thing that deserued punishment This holy Queen likewise made peace betvveen the king of Aragon her brother and her daughters husband Ferdinandus king of Castile vvhich although many Priestes and Bishops had vndertaken and could not bring to pass yet she by her indeuours brought it to so good an end that they both did choose the king her husband to decide the matter and at an other time this pious Queene made peace betvveen her sonn in lavve Ferdinandus king of Castile and her husband the king that vvere both vp in armes and ready to giue battell and vvhen the Prince Alphonsus had rebelled 2. or 3. times and had taken in one of his citties she so ouer came him vvith faire vvords and iust reasons that she brought him home again to the seruice of his father and therby quieted the Ciuill vvarres in Portugall Of her patience in tribulation THE VII CHAPTER ALthough this holy Queene had alvvayes her desires and endeauors exercised in the making of peace and seeking to conserue it yet could she not her selfe be exempted from enuious tongues for there vvere some that sought to raise à great slander of her and to set debate betvveene her and the king her husband persvvading him that the Queene did giue intelligence to her sonne Alphonsus of all his fathers decrees and that vvas the reason that the kings Army had alvvayes such ill success and so often ouerthrovve and his sonn Alphonso the victory The king being thus incensed à gainst his virtuous and most innocēt queene became so enraged vvith her that he depriued her of all her rentes and reuenues and in banishment sent her to Alanquer giuing her that place for her prison and this caused great grief to all the Royalme but especially to the gouernours of her Castelles vvho all promised to defend her innocencie and right her vvronges vvith theyr svvordes but she refused all human helpe and putting her trust only in God gaue her selfe wholly to her deuotions spending the dayes and nights in holy praier chastising her body vvith very sore penance all the vveeke long eating or drinking nothing but dry bread and could vvater and vvhen the kinge her husband vnderstood of her great austerity and vertuous maner of liuing he vvas moued to pitty and it pleased Almighty God to open his eyes so that beleeuing her innocencie he caused her to be brought home againe according to her Princely estate and after vvard she vvas held in greater estimation Of her loue and loyalty to the king her husband THE VIII CHAPTER THe vvisdome and constancie of this holy Queene hath shined in all the course of her life but espetially it vvas made manifest by the great patience vvhervvith she did beare the disloyall and disordered life of her husband and his loue to other vvomen by vvhom he had children forgetting his plyted faith vnto his vertuous Queene and louing vvife vvho grieued very much for two causes the one that Almighty God was so much offended and the other that the subiects through the kings euill example

in greate sorow yet she made not much shew exteriourly but layed avvay her Costly apparell and in the middest of her grief thought more vpon her soules health then any speaches of men and in this pious consideration she tooke the habit of the poore Clares and cutting of her haire and girding her selfe vvith à cord attired in this holy habit in humble maner she appeared before the peeres and nobles of the land who stood all round about the corps and she sayed vnto them vvith à sad and sorovvfull voyce thinke my good lords that the Queene is also dead vvith the king and let it be your care to bury him with kingly armes as becometh à king but for my selfe j haue no need of any Courtly attendance as ladyes of honor or any other seruants neither let this attire you see me vveare seeme strange vnto you for this shal be the last act of mourning this habit shall bring vnto my memory the death of my decessed husband my head shorn and couered with this holy veile shall vvitness the fidelity of Elizabeth this vnwonted spectacle shall incite all to lament and hauing ended this speach which caused much grieff to all that vvere present she spake many comfortable vvordes to the nobility giuing such vvise and prudent reasons for what she did that they remained both satisfied and edified This holy Queene was present to see her husbands funerall solemnized vvith great honor and her sonne Alphonsus vvith many Prelates and Princes follovved the corps loaden vvith sorrovv after them follovved the holy Elizabeth to the wonder of all beholders in this sort they vvent till they came to à Cloister of Nunnes of S. Bernards order vvhich the king before had builded not far from the Citty ther he had desired to be buried and according to his desire it was done The funeral being ended and all returned home the Queene stayed by the toombe not so much to bevvaile her vvidovvhood as to help the soule of her husband vvith praiers and good vvorkes for there was no naked or needy poore but she clothed and releeued the masses she caused to be sayed for him vvere innumerable these thinges done she vvent to Conimbria because she vvold not giue her Nobles too much sorrovv by parting from them quite She had à private way from her pallace to the Cloister of the poore Clares with vvhom she conuersed much but so as not to bind her selfe to them yet she vvent to the quire vvith the religious to performe the diuine office and did exercise her selfe in all humble workes vvith them according as time gaue her leaue She visited other Cloisters churches and holy places not only those that vvere neer hand but also such as vvere fart off giuing her offering vvith her ovvne hand and that she might the better attend to the help and reliefe of poore people she was counselled to take vpon her the third Rule of S. Francis vvhich she did and kept it alwayes after to the end of her life How S. Elisabeth went to Galicia to visit S. Iames in Compostella and of the offering she made THE XII CHAPTER NOt fully à yeare after the death of the king her husband this holy Queene tooke her vvay towardes Compostella vvith all her court to visit the body of the holy Apostell S. Iames but none knew whither she intended to go till she had travailed some dayes iourny and passed the rivers of Dure and Minie then they all imagined by her deuout and holy maner of life vvhither she vvent When they came neer to the Citty so that they could see the tops of the steeples the Queene alighted and vvent thither on foott to the vvonder of all her followers It is not possible to declare vvith vvhat great deuotion and reuerence she honored the body of the Apostel and stayed ther vntill the day of his feast attending vvith more then ordinary deuotion at the solemnity therof till all vvas finished she likevvise gaue to vnderstand vvith vvhat affection she vvare her costly attire whilest her husband liued for at that time she bestovved all her best apparel imbrodered with pretious stones vpon that holy place she gaue also her Royall Crowne vvith her gould and siluer plate to adorn the temple She gaue moreover à faire mule with à gould bridell with the armes of Portugall and Aragon and à great sum of mony vvith other costly guifts vvhich she bestovved on that place in honor of the glorious Apostle S. Iames vvhere they are seene to the great admiration of all people vvho neuer beheld such riches Hauing finished her deuotion the Archbishop gaue her à mantell and à staff that she might be like to other Pilgrims How shee builded the Cloister of S. Clare after her returne to the Kingdome THE XIII CHAPTER BEeing novv returned home shee kept the solemnity of the yeare day of her deceased husband at Odiuille vvith Alponsus her Sonne and many Bishops and great nobles which solemnity beeing finished shee returned to Conimbria to finish à Cloyster of S. Clare vvhich shee had begun vvhere-vnto shee gaue her gold chaynes and other rich attire shee caused to be sent for all such tradesmen as make things necessary for the seruice of the church as chalices crosses tabernacles candlestickes lamps and all other maner of church stuff vvhat soeuer vsed in the seruice of God one part shee gaue to the Cloyster an other part to other churches in Portugal Some ritch and costly guifts and ievvels shee gaue vnto her maried daughter some to her cosen some also vnto Queene Mary of Castile and some to Leonora Queene of Aragon and other Princesses vvho vvere neer vnto her in blood from thence forth to liue in simplicity and pouerty vvith great strictnes to finish the rest of her life This holy Princess with great care and diligēce finished the Cloister of S. Clare vvith the church before mentioned for to that end shee came to Conimbria and made for her selfe à house adioyning to the Cloyster that from thence shee might come to the sisters to forvvard the vvorkemen shee likevvise encreased the rents of the same Cloister and the number of sisters In building shee had great vnder-standing In the church of the aforsaide Cloister shee caused to be made for her à tombe wherein at her death shee intended to be buried In the building of the tombe there being à great stone which the worck men could not remoue out of the place the holy Queene laying her hand vpon the stone it vvas very easily after vvardes remoued to the right place without labour vvhich could not bee but by miracle How the riuer Tagus was parted to make way for the holy Queene and of one blinde whom shee cured THE XIV CHAPTER HEere also follovveth à vvorthy miracle that God did vnto this holy Queene in the Kingly river Tagus vvhich runneth by the Cittie of Scalabi Ther is in this vvater made by handes of Angells the sepulcher