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A07143	The rosarie of our Ladie. Otherwise called our Ladies psalter With other godlie exercises mentioned in the preface.	De Vos, M., artist.; Collaert, Jan, ca. 1540-1628, engraver.; Worthington, Thomas, 1549-1627.	1600 (1600)	STC 17546; ESTC S120319	41,059	148

to be noted that it is called the CORONE or Crowne of our Ladie because it containeth so manie AVES or salutations of the B. Virgin as she is supposed to haue liued yeares in this vvorld before she receiued her Crovvne in heauen vvhich are threescore and three And it is diuided into seuen partes Euerie part containing one Pater noster and tenne Aues sauing the last which hath one Pater noster and only three Aues with a Crede in the end In saying of vvhich Corone certaine particular points of the singular priuileges vertues and dignities of the same B. virgin grounded vpon the testimonie of hohe Scriptures and auncient Fathers are so accommodated to euerie Pater noster Aue and Crede in historical order from before her Conception vnto her most glorious Coronation that as nere as vvel may be obserued in the first part are proposed those things to be meditated that belong to the preparation made for her coming before she was borne In the second such as pertaine to her birth and education In the third how she cooperated with the B. Trinitie in Christs incarnation and natiuite In the fourth her participation with him both in ioyes and afflictiōs most part of his life in this world In the fifth her singular compassion in the time of his Passion and death In the sixth the rest of her life with her death and assumption And in the seuenth and last part her most glorious Coronation and exaltation aboue al Saincts and Angels next to her sonne aboue al created persons And because Christs Crowne and glorie is aboue al here is added also an other godlie exercise called the CORONE OF OVR LORD Which albeit in dignitie is first and chiefest yet here it is placed in order of the time in which it was instituted by a certaine holie Heremite in monte Camaldulensi in the yeare of our Lord 1515. alowed and priuileged with indulgences by Leo the tenth and others his successors This Crowne consisteth of thirtie and three Pater nosters according to the number of yeares which our Sauiour liued in this world and foure Aues with one Crede And so is diuided into foure partes ech part cōtaining tenne Pater nosters and one Aue sauing the last which hath but three Pater nosters and one Aue with the Crede in the end And to these prayers are likewise applied certaine Articles or points of our Sauiours acts and sufferings to be meditated in this order In the first part of his coming into this world In the second of his conuersation amongst men for their saluation In the third of his going forth of the world by his bitter Passion and death And in the fourth part of his most glorious victorie and Exaltation Finally here is also added an other briefe ROSARIE of fiftene Pater nosters with so manie Aues and one Crede in memorie of seuen principal sorowes and eight ioyes of our B. Ladie Which Rosarie who so euer saith dayly shal in the space of a yeare recite so manie Pater nosters and Aues as our Sauiour susteyned woundes for vs in one day as is sayd to be reueled to S. Brigit And thus much might suffice for this Preface touching the contents and occasion of printing this litle booke but that some may perhaps moue a doubt or two against this maner of praying which I thought necessarie here to solue before I conclude The first doubt is vpon what authoritie or godlie example this numbring of prayers is grounded To which I answere That we haue for this not only the practise of the whole Church of later time that is of foure or fiue hundred yeares which is a sufficient warrant to al Catholikes for that so vniuersal a practise of the whole Church can not be erroneous as S. Augustin Proueth in his exposition of the. 118. Psalme v. 43. and very often against the Donatists but also the confirmation of holie Scriptures and examples of Christ him self and of diuers Saincts euen from the primitiue Church to our time As for example we read in the 6. chap. of Isay and in the 4. of the Apocalyps that the Angels and other Saincts ceasse not day nor night to repete continually one thing saying HOLIE HOLIE HOLIE Lord God of Hostes Which forme of praising God the Church militant in the self same wordes obserueth in the Canticle TE DBVM and in the Preface of the daylie Sacrifice Likewise the Royal prophet Dauid offered vp his holie prayers and praises to God seuen times euery day as him self testifieth in the 118. Psalme And the whole Church of Christ doth the same in the seuen Canonical houres Also our B. Sauiour in the garden of Gethsemani the night before his death repeted the same prayer three times as the Euāgelists do exactly note And in the 18. of S. Luke he cōmandeth that we continue and perseuere in prayers Which the vulerned especially can not doe but by often repeting the same prayers S. Barthlemew the Apostle agreably to his Masters instructions prayed euery day an hūdred times as witnesseth Abdias The same did St. Macha●us in Aegypt manie yeares together as Zozomenus recordeth lib. 6. cap. 29 And St Paul the Heremit recited euerie day three hundred prayers as is written in his life For obseruing of which number he put so many litle stones in his bosome and taking them forth one by one after euerie prayer when al were so remoued he knew thereby that his taske of prayers was accomplished Euen as Catholike people doe now by their beades and may do by obseruing the particular pointes of the Mysteries set downe in this booke and that without booke after some diligent practise or by anie other like meanes An other doubt is How this maner of praying with meditation vpon such Mysteries as are not expressed by the wordes of the prayers may helpe attention or produce the fruit of prayer and not rather hinder the same by leading the mind of purpose into other cogitations different from the proper and literal sense of the wordes For solution hereof it is to be noted that in vocal prayer there be three sortes of attention that may be obserued and three fruites which may be reaped as the Angelical Doctor S. Thomas teacheth 2. 2. q. 83. a. 13. One attention is to pronounce the wordes perfectly and distinctly An other is to attend to the sense of the same wordes either literal or spiritual The third attention is to remembrer the cause why we pray or the thing we pray for which ought euer to be the glorie of God the saluation of our owne and other soules or some other good thing directed thervnto And the first effect of prayer is to merite the second to obtayne that which is duely requested and the third is a spiritual refection of the mind So then I answere to the doubt proposed that to al the three effects it is necessarie that we intend and purpose to haue the first attention but if afterwardes

tenne continual daies for the comming of the Holie Ghost promised them by our Sauiour how much more ought we wretched sinners most fraile and weake vessels to perseuere in penāce prayer and obsecratiō that we may receiue the Holie Ghost either for remissiō of our sinnes if yet we remayne in that state or for increase of grace if we be alreadie restored into Gods fauour And here ô my soule thou oughtest to be so much more diligēt in meditating this Mysterie because here thine owne free cōsent and cooperatiō is necessarily required to thy iustificatiō wheras in thy creation redēption and vocation thou diddest nor couldest nothing at al further nor hinder Gods worke But now except thou doest volūtarily accept of the grace offered thee and cooperate therewith thou shalt not only neuer attayne eternal life but also incurre greater damnation for so great benefites by thee neglected 1. Aue Maria. The tenth day after the Ascension being the fiftith from Easter the third houre frō sune rising sodenly cometh à sound from heauen as of a vehement wind and filleth the whole house where they were praying 2. Aue Maria. And immediatly there appeare to them parted tongues as it were of fire which do light and rest vpō euerie one of these 120. persons so praying together 3. Aue Maria. And they are al replenished with the Holie Ghost receiuing abundāt increase of grace with the seuē gifts of wisdome vnderstanding counsel fortitude knowlege pietie and of the feare of our Lord. 4. Aue Maria. This voice being heard the people flocking together of manie nations and diuers languages euerie one heareth the Apostles speake in his owne tongue the great workes of God 5. Aue Maria. Some deriding say These men are ful of new vvine But S. Peter confuteth this surmise prouing that IESVS vvhom they had crucified is risen and ascended and hath sent the Holie Ghost And 5000. are conuerted and baptized 6. Aue Maria. The Apostles preach boldly Christ crucified confirming their doctrine by Scriptures and miracles notwithstanding the Iewes commande them and that vvith threates not to speake at al of IESVS 7. Aue Maria. Ananias and Sapphira for their sacrilege at S. Peters vvorde fal downe dead Others are cured of diseases euen by the shadowe of S. Peter vvho vvith others being cast in prison are deliuered by an Angel and preach openly in the Temple 8. Aue Maria. They are al apprehended againe and brought into the councel indited for trāsgressing the commandement of the High Priests but they answere That God must be obeyed rather then men Finally they are vvhipped and therof they reioyce 9. Aue Maria. S. Steuen vvith six others is made Deacon preacheth Christ vvorketh miracles confoundeth the aduersaries is accused of blasphemie and stoned to death But is crovvned in heauen And manie by his death and prayers are conuerted 10. Aue Maria. The twelue Apostles make the Crede and going into diuers partes of the vvorld preach the Gospel Saul à notorious persecutor is conuerted and made à chiefe Apostle And so preacheth Christ conuerting manie nations 4. Mysterium gloriosum 4. PATER NOSTER The death and Assumption of our B. Ladie VVhen the Apostles according to their function preach the Gospel of Christ and trauel in gaining soules in diuers and specially in these parts of the vvorld Peter first in lurie then in Syria Antioche and other places finally in Italie Andrew in Achaia Iames the greater in Spaine Iohn in Asia Thomas in India Iames the lesse in Ierusalem Philip in Phrygia Bartholomew in Scythia Matthew in Aethiopia Simon in Persia Thadaeus in Mesopotamia Matthias in Palestina Paul in most parts of the world the whole Church floorishing in al kinds of vertue aboue al others the most sacred virgin the mother of God excelleth vvho albe it so excellently endued with diuine knowlege that she teacheth the Euangelists manie things concerning our Sauiours Incarnation Natiuitie education and other like Mysteries best knowne to her of al mortal persons yet being a vvoman and most humble of al creatures she neither preacheth openly nor conuerseth with manie but liueth in priuate state in cōtinual exercise of al vertues leauing in the world by her vvhole life a most perfect Rule and liuely example to al those that desire to tend towards perfection 1. Aue Maria. After our Lords A scension his B. mother our Ladie being more frie then euer before from vvorldly cares imployeth her selfe vvholy to deuotion S. Iohn the Euāgelist prouiding for her al necessaries temporal and spiritual 2. Aue Maria. After fifteene yeares more expectation it is reueled to the sacred virgin that she shal change her mortal life for life immortal and so enioy the euerlasting fruition of her blessed sonne 3. Aue Maria. She humbly beseketh her sonne our Lord that he vvil voutchsafe to graunt her the sight of his Apostles before she part out of this transitorie life 4. Aue Maria. Al the Apostles at one instant are taken vp into the ayre and brought into lerusalem to visite the B. virgin except S. Iames already martyred and Thomas vvho by Gods special prouidence cometh somewhat later 5. Aue Maria. The Apostles and other Apostolical men being thus met together the most holie soule of the sacred virgin sweetly parting from the bodie ascendeth into heauen with à troupe of glorious Angels 6. Aue Maria. Her sacred bodie of which God tooke flesh is most honorably buried in Gethsemani with Apostolical and Angelical musike most heauenly melodie 7. Aue Maria. The same Angelical quier remayneth three whole dayes at the sepulchre singing Psalmes Hymnes and spiritual Canticles praysing God and the mother of God 8. Aue Maria. After three dayes the Angels cease singing and Thomas the Apostle arriuing with most feruēt deuotion beseketh the rest of the Apostles to graunt him the sight of the most venerable and sacred bodie 9. Aue Maria. To satisfie his deuote desire they opē the sepulchre Where finding only the linnen most sweete and fragrant in vvhich the holie bodie had bene wrapped the bodie it selfe can nowhere be found in earth 10. Aue Maria. Wherupon these so many and so excellēt eye witnesses do assuredly deme that he who tooke flesh of this imaculate bodie hath assumpted the same into heauē reunited to the soul in eternal glorie 5. Mysterium gloriosum 5. PATER NOSTER The Coronation of our B. Ladie THE Apostles are againe restored to the places from whence they were brought and by them and others the death and Assumption of the most immaculate virgin mother of God is denounced in al parts of the world And so beginneth more and more to be fulfilled that prophecie of hers saying FROM HENCE FORTH AL GENERATIONS SHAL CAL ME BLESSED For euen from her Assumptiō the whole Church of Christ begā as stil it cōtinueth most solemly to celebrate not only the ascēding of her most holie soul into heauen as of other Saincts but also the resurrection assumption and

glorification of her bodie in heauē where she enioying the perfect vision of God in the highest degree after her sonne of al creatures is established Quene of heauen and of al blessed Saincts and Angels adorned with so excellent à crowne as no earthly thing can expresse though often prefigured by diuers excellent things and persons but al infinitly inferior to the thing it self 1. Aue Maria. She is crowned Quene of al holie Cōfessors and holie Angels for that fhe in this life keeping in Matrimonial state Angelical puritie was blessed with fruite wherby mankind is redeemed 2. Aue Maria. She is crowned Q. of holie widowes and of Archangels who being saluted by an Archangel conceiued the sonne of God And afterward became an exāple and consolation of al faithful widows 3. Aue Maria. She is crowned Q. of virgins and Angelical Principalities vvho so farre excelled al others in virginal puritie as a Quene excelleth her subiects in princelie dignitie 4. Aue Maria. She is crowned Q. of al Religious Orders and of Angelical Potestats because she renouncing the vvorld and by vowe of virginitie excluding the ordinarie maner of conceiuing conceiued by the Holie Ghost our Redemer 5. Aue Maria. She is crowned Q. of Euangelists and of Angelical Powres for that she instructed euen the Euangelists in diuine Mysteries and conceiued and bare him vvho only is the author and vvorker of al miracles 6. Aue Maria. She is crowned Q. of al holie Bisshops and Postors and of Angelical Dominations because she by geuing her special assent to that the B. Trinitie had decreed brought into the vvorld the bread of life the true foode of soules 7. Aue Maria. She is crowned Q. of Patriarches and of the Angelical Thrones for that she by an ineffable meanes conceiued and nine moneths bare in her wombe the Sonne of God her owne also proper sonne 8. Aue Maria. She is crowned Q. of al holie Prophets and of the holie Cherubims for that she more perfectly knew al diuine Mysteries being the mother of God then any other mere creature vvhosoeuer 9. Aue Maria. She is crovvned Q. of al Christs Martyrs and Apostles and of the burning Seraphims for that she farre excelled them vvherin they excel the rest of Gods seruants in feruent charitie 10. Aue Maria. She therfore vvho excelled in grace al orders of men and Angels doth also excel the same in most high degree of glorie and is placed and crowned by her owne most excellent sonne the Quene of al creatures Omne iudic●●m dedit Filio quia Filius Hominis est CREDO IN DEVM BE thankful ô my soul to the most B. Trinitie one aeternal God who created thee after his owne Image to the end thou shouldest serue him and therby inherite his heauenly kingdome who also to redeme thee being through sinne become the bond slaue of the Diuel and guiltie of aeternal death and damnation sent his owne only Sonne the second Person of the same Holie Trinitie to take flesh of man and to be borne of à virgin to liue in pouertie labours tribulatiōs and worldlie miseries and finally to suffer the most ignominious and painful death of the Crosse who the third day rose againe for thy iustification the fourtith day folowing ascended into heauen for thy glorificatiō And after tenne dayes more sent the Holie Ghost the third Person of the same most B. Trinitie in visible signes to his Church thē beginning in Ierusalem to continue with the same Church to the end of the world that by his grace and operation thou and euerie soule shouldest be made partaker of these so great benefites so dearly purchased by our sweete Sauiour And in particular be thou most thankful for that by this grace of the Holie Ghost which thou by no meanes couldest deserue thou art now a mēber of the Catholike Church and therby partaker of diuers Sacramēts and other most holie Mysteries and of al the prayers and merites of the faithful in this world yea and of al the court of heauen By which graces also thou hast bene washed from thy sinnes iustified and sāctified and that not once only but often thy Redemer not hitherto suffering thee to die in thy sinnes as manie others haue done but stil offereth thee his grace and sweete pardon readie to receiue thee whē and how often soeuer thou doest truly conuert and sincerely wilt accept thereof euē at this instant except thou thy selfe repel the same from thee And finally so thou perseuere in his seruice to the end he wil geue vnto thee my soule shortly after death and to my bodie for thy sake in the general iudgement day when al flesh shal rise againe an inaestimable crowne of glorie and life euerlasting AMEN The Corone of our B. Ladie With certaine particular points to be meditated in saying the same In nomine Patris Filij ✚ Spiritus Sancti Amen BE mindful ô my soul of the Passiō of our Lord and of the Compassion of our Ladie his mother Suffer thou with them in this world that thou maist reigne with them in glorie In sudore vultus tui vesceris pane 〈◊〉 1. PATER NOSTER Certaine singular Priuilegies of the B. virgin Marie before her Natiuitie THE aeternal vvisdom of God ordayning before al vvorldes that Christ our Lord should be borne of a virgin die vpō a crosse and therby redeme mākind from the captiuitie of sinne and damnation into which we fel by the trāsgression of A dāordayned withal that there should be extant in the world at the time designed a certaine virgin excelling al other creatures euen the pure Angels in grace and sanctitie who should be the mother of this our Redemer And by cooperating with him to our saluation as old Eue had done with Adam to our fal and destructiō should do more then recompence the hurt of the former For as Adam was the proper and principal cause and Eue the next occasion of sinne and death so Christ is the only proper cause ād his mother the next occasion of grace and life Wherupon saieth sweete S. Bernard Albeit by one man in deede and one woman we were excedingly damaged yet God be thanked by one man and one woman al losses are repared And that not without great increase of graces For the benefite doth farre excede the losse Our merciful Father geuing vs for à terrestrial Adam Christ our Redemer and for old Eue Gods owne mother 1. Aue Maria. Our merciful Lord promiseth this singular virgin straight after the fal of man saying to the serpent I vvil put enmitie betvven thée and the vvomā betvven thy seede and her seede but she shal bruyse thy head in peeces 2. Aue Maria. The first woman being by sinne the mother of death yet is called EVA that is the mother of the liuing in figure of this blessed virgin ordayned to be the Mother of life 3. Aue Maria. Likwise Sara Rachael Anne Elizabeth and others being long barraine but afterwards