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A61733	The life and gests of S. Thomas Cantilupe, Bishop of Hereford, and some time before L. Chancellor of England extracted out of the authentique records of his canonization as to the maine part, anonymus, Matt. Paris, Capgrave, Harpsfeld, and others / collected by R.S., S.I.	Strange, Richard, 1611-1682.	1674 (1674)	Wing S5810; ESTC R14349	107,722	368

we must so commend this as to leaue the other in its due reuerence and esteem To come now to our B. S. THOMAS his father was William Lord CANTILVPE a person for his worth and greatnes often mentioned in the English History and Records of Heralds The father of this Lord was also another william who ioyntly with his Sonn stood euer firme in the Barons Warrs to both the Kings whose fauovr in employments of highest trust and honour they well deserued Though as a knowne Historian of those Matt. Paris times affirmes theyr family receiud not so iust a measure as theyr meritt requird Yett the father of our Saint bore no less a charge in court then that of great Master or Lord steward of the kings house Which as in other kingdoms so in this of England was euer esteemd of chief fauour and dignity being the eye and hand of the king not onely at a distance and in absence but commanding all in his very presence and in a manner seated vpon the same throne Neyther was this honour or whatsoeuer else they receiud from theyr soueraigns aboue the rank of theyr birth and quality The Cantilupes or Cantelowes vulgarly so calld from the originall Champ de Loup or Campus Lup● were a noble family of speciall note and eminency among those braue Aduenturers who-followd the Norman conquerour in his enterprize of our English Monarchy and purchasd him that crowne with the hazard of theyr liues and fortunes And as they brought with them a fayre inheritance of estate and honour so still continud theyr course with successiue increase as great riuers the further they goe the more they dilate themselues with the reception of other streames The Heyres generall of the Strong-bowes and Marshalls Earles of Pembroke of the Fitz Walters Earles of Hereford of the Breoses or Breuses Lords of Abergauenny left theyr estates and greatnes by right of marriage vnto the Cantelupes Such being the Paternall line of S. THOMAS and his father a person of so high command and creditt the king vpon an exigence being to make a voyage into france could not think of a more powerfull and faythfull hand beyond all exception and enuy to intrust with his crowne and kingdome then VVilliam Cantelupe it was an equall and happy match between this Lord and the Lady Millescenta countess of Eureux and Glocester Mother of our Saint She was daughter of Hugh lord Gournay and the Lady Iuliana sister to Reginald Earle of Dammartin and Boulogne The Gournay's were of the prime nobility of Normandy neerly allyd to the soueraigne Dukes of that country and as neer to our gloirous and blessed King Edward the Confessour The counts of Dammartin were of an inllustrious family in france matchd with the greatest Princes of Europe And this Reginald vncle to the Lady Millescent in right of his wife lda grandchild to Stephen king of England became Earle of Boulogne which title he trāsferrd againe with his daughter Matilde marry'd vnto Philipp Earle of Clermont onely brother to Lewis the 8. king of france and vncle to S. Lewis This the allyance and desent of that noble Lady She was first marry'd to Almerick Montfort Earle of Eureux in Normandy as also of Glocester in right of his mother Mabelle eldest daughter heyre to william Earle of Glocester Grandchild to Henry the first king of England This Almerick being head of that illustrious family of the Mōtforts descended from Robert surnam'd the Pious king of france and dying without issue was the last of that race in Normandy leauing his noble and vertuous Confort the Lady Millescente to be blessd with a happyer and more fruitfull marriage especially in this her sonn who alone illustrated that renownd family with more honour then all the greatnes and titles of theyr famous Ancestres III. CHAPTER Of his Childhood and domestique Education TO looke into the infancy or Childhood of Saints may seeme as little pertinent to theyr meritt as to the glory of God that part of the life of man being Commonly held for a meer Prologue or dumb show before a tragedy of miseryes a dreame or slumber before the soule awake to the light of reason a state of Neutrality betwixt man and beast as vncapable of prayse as blame and onely happy in this that it is vnsensible of all vnhappynes Yett experience and reason teaches vs that this twylight of life is not so dark but that we may read sundry characters though written in a small letter by the hand of God This mute part of the age of man is not so speechless but that it fore-tells vs much of what will follow In fine euen childhood it self hath not so little of the man but that it is capable of deep impressions both of grace and reason as the louely and sweet variety of colours in many flowers receiue theyr first tincture in the very root and the value of Pearles depends much vpon the first dropps of dewe which falls into the shell when thy are newly engendred That the divine Prouidence hath a speciall eye vpon the infancy of man is an vndenyable truth both in humane and diuine history neyther doth this onely consist in certaine prodigyes and dedemonstrations of a power aboue the reach of nature but also and that most vsually in a particular fauour and protection of the diuine hand by connaturall meanes of Education and other circumstances to with draw from euill and lead to vertue The whole sequele of our S. THOMAS his life clearly shewes how highly he was priuiledg'd with both these blessings from heauen A nature he had eleuated aboue the Common strayn a minde full of generous heat and vigour euer tending to a higher sphere like a fire without smoke or mixture of grosser elements which mett with soe noble a temperature of body that though of a prosperous and liuely habitude he neuer knew in his whole life what any thing meant which was not agreeable with the purity of Angells He the first fruit of that happy marriage was borne at a Mannour of his fathers in Lincolnshyre Hameldone by name where he alsoe receiud the Sacrament of Baptisme regenerated therby to the pretious adoption of the Children of God In memory wherof Edmund Earle of Cornwall sonn to Richard once king of the Romans and a great admirer of out saints perfections built there an Oratory to the honour of God and his in the which Oratory our Lord is sayd te haue wrought frequent Miracles by the intercession of the same saint Besydes him his Parents were blessd with a numerous offspring of 3. Sonns and 3. daughters which like so many young Oliues enuironnd theyr table to theyr great loy and the latter were all bestowd in an honorable wed-lock To cultiuate duely these hopefull endowments both of nature and grace by a Good education was the care and endeauour of his pious Parents who as in his infancy they had prouided him of vertuous Nurse the Process of his

a Religious man It was a speciall prouidence of God that this great person was chosen to be the Spiritual guide and Gouernour of our holy Saint from his tender yeares which we may esteem a mutuall happynes and honour to them both being the wise child is the fathers ioy as the fathers worth is the Childrens glory The learned and wise Prelat seeing how pure and generous a soule he had to mannage omitted no care and industry to sett him forward to the highest perfection Wherin finding his Angelicall pupill so ready and pliable and euen to out-runn his wishes he conceiud such vnspeakable ioy and comfort that all the dayes of his life he could neuer name him with out excessiue admiration and praise He neuer mett with stone or bramble in that soule to choak or hinder the full fruit of the heauenly seed he neuer found weed in that bed of Lillyes he neuer saw spott in that virgin stole which he had receiud in baprisme Noe flashes of leuity frowardnes or vnconstant giddynes so incident to that age All his soule in fine Apoc. 4. 6. like that chrystall sea of the Apocalipse without waue or wind not disturbd with the least blast of disorderd passions yett still in motion abhorring nothing more then that canker and bayne of vertue sloath and idlenes He neuer omitted to be dayly present at the holy Sacrifice of Mass with all reuerence and attention which he took for a common duty of all pious Christians and therfore would oblige himselfe to a greater task reciting dayly as young as he was the Canonicall houres or Priests Office which in him was a remarkable act of piety and not onely a presage of his future intentions but also a token not improbable that euen then as much as lay in him he deuoted himselfe to a Clergy life hauing otherwise no tye at all eyther of Benefice or Orders his yeares being vncapable of the one and the discipline of those better times not allowing Ecclesiasticall fruits and titles to any other but such as for ability and age could worthily performe the functions In this manner did our B. Saint pass his first course of litterature with such success and profitt in the Latine tongue that it gaue him new appetite and courage to apply himselfe to the study of higher sciences As they who discouer the first veynes of a rich myne work on with more alacrity to attaine the mayne treasure Wherfore though at that time Oxford florish'd with all aduantage of learning both for knowledg and discipline and could furnish other nations with choyse masters in all sciences yett considerable motiues drew S. THOMAS out of his natiue contry into France and inducd him to chuse Paris for his schoole of Philosophy V. CHAPTER S. Thomas his Study of Philosophy THat Antiquity plac'd the Temples of theyr goddess of learning and wisdome in forts and Castles seated vpon a higher ground and at a cōpetent distance from the common habitation of theyr Townes and cittyes did not onely signify that wisdome and knowledg is the chiefe protection and safeguard of men and a thing highly eleuate a boue the vulgar reach but also that the proper seat of learned Exercises is to be at a conuenient distance from the throng and tumult of the world this being no less an enemy to speculatiue and studious mindes then smoak and dust to the eye and a confusd and iarring noyse to a delicate and harmonious eare This considerd the most populous Citty of Europe and the greatest court might seem very impropper for the improuement of S. THOMAS in his studyes especially for his particular hauing more occasion of distraction then any other by reason of his neer relation and allyance with the greatest Princes of that Court namely Reginald Count of Dammartin and Boulogne great vncle to our Saint and Matilde Countesse of Clermont daughter of the foresayd Reginald marry'd to Philipp onely brother to Lewis the 8. and vncle to S Lewis who raignd at that present time These circumstances might well haue putt a youthfull Spiritt vpon other thoughts then serious and paynfull studys and forcd him euen against his will to spend the greatest part of his time in receiuing and paying courtly visitts But the generous resolution of the Saint and the great light which he receiu'd from heauen to make a true estimate of things gaue him strength and vigour to prosecute his course without diuersion And such were those happy times that he found rather helpe then preiudice in court where the king a Saint taught the world this truth that the disorder of courts is not the fault of the place but men and that vertue is euer at hand where it finds admittance Neyther did the court and Army the two propper spheres of this great Prince and Soldier of Christ onely partake of his holy influences he was as great a Patron of learning as Armes and as piety and discipline is the chiefe support and aduancement of both his powerfull example and industry and the concourse of so many great persons renownd for learning and Sanctity inuited thither by the fame of that happy raigne gaue such life and vigour to the vniuersity of Paris that it neuer flourishd more then in those holy times The famous Colledg of Sorbone so esteemd euen till this day that it is a speciall mark of honour to be a member therof was then first founded and owes the glory of so prosperous a continuance to that happy beginning which made them heyres not onely of the name and patrimony butt also of the eminent learning of theyr worthy Founder Robert de Sorbona The persons also who then eyther taught or study'd in that vniuersity are a sufficient testimony of the flourishing state of these times which bred them whome the Schooles euer since haue reuerencd and admird as chiefe Masters and mirrours of humane and diuine sciences and observe continually theyr method and forme of teaching as the ready and onely way to attaine solid and perfect knowledg That S. THOMAS made the best vse of these aduantages appears euidently by the effect and that publick testimony of his singular ability and learning when hauing finishd that course of studyes he proceeded Master of Arts which honour in those impartiall times was not to be bought with fauour nor vpon any other account then desert Neyther did he satisfy himselfe with that specious ornament of his youth as commonly persons of his ranke and quality are wont to doe and then apply the rest of theyr life to the designments of ambition and pleasure As after his returne into England he changd not his mind with the place but still continu'd like a faythfull louer his constant affection to wisdome whose amiable beauty had so possesst his hart that it wip'd away all other impressions And that he might enioy his happynes without disturbance he retyrd from court and the restles noyse of the world to his knowne repose and first nursery of his