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of_o traiectense_n where_o he_o live_v dyverse_a yerê_n in_o vigylle_n fast_a prayeng_a and_z holy_a rede_a he_o convert_v the_o frysonne_n by_o his_o preaching_n he_o set_v nought_o by_o any_o erthly_a thing_n so_o that_o after_o this_o life_n he_o may_v have_v everla_a reward_n in_o hevyn_n by_o his_o prayer_n the_o fire_n cease_v fro_o his_o â—eâ—â—_n and_z he_o die_v of_o the_o axe_n the_o day_n before_o the_o idus_fw-la of_o june_n at_z his_o death_n be_v a_o sweet_a savoure_n that_o comfort_v all_o that_o be_v present_a his_z relykes_n be_v after_o bring_v to_o london_n the_o time_n of_o king_n kinite_a and_o fro_o then_v they_o be_v convey_v to_o enesshm_n honourable_o and_o though_o he_o be_v never_o in_o england_n while_o he_o be_v a_o live_v yet_o because_o his_o relykes_n be_v in_o england_n he_o be_v put_v into_o the_o legende_n ¶_o de_n sancta_fw-la ositha_n virgine_fw-la &_o martyr_n seynt_a osithe_n be_v daughter_n to_o king_n frethewalde_v and_o she_o be_v bytaken_v 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gloria_fw-la amen_n uersus_fw-la ¶_o ora_fw-la pro_fw-la nobis_fw-la beata_fw-la birgitta_n sponsa_fw-la christi_fw-la preelecta_fw-la Ê‹t_fw-la ad_fw-la celestem_fw-la patriam_fw-la sit_fw-la ipse_fw-la nobis_fw-la via_fw-la recta_fw-la oremê°_n deus_fw-la qui_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la tuam_fw-la per_fw-la beatam_fw-la birgittam_n sacris_fw-la illuminare_fw-la dignatus_fw-la es_fw-la et_fw-la consiliis_fw-la &_o exemplis_fw-la concede_fw-la propicius_fw-la eius_fw-la intercessioneut_fw-la que_fw-la pro_fw-la nostris_fw-la purgandis_fw-la excessibus_fw-la clementer_n ei_fw-la revelasti_fw-la devotis_fw-la mentibus_fw-la exequamur_fw-la per_fw-la christum_fw-la â—nmm_n nostrum_fw-la amen_n ¶_o another_o prayer_n to_o seynt_a byrgette_n o_o beata_fw-la birgiâ—ta_fw-la late_a collandata_fw-la principissa_fw-la suecie_fw-la in_o terris_fw-la vocata_fw-la uita_fw-la verbo_fw-la stabilis_fw-la solid_a fundata_fw-la omnibus_fw-la affabilis_fw-la humilis_fw-la monstrata_fw-la post_fw-la sponsi_fw-la exequias_fw-la casta_fw-la approbata_fw-la remotas_fw-la provincias_fw-la es_fw-la peregrinata_fw-la cristo_n sponsa_fw-la nobilis_fw-la pie_n adoptata_fw-la nunc_fw-la manes_fw-la laudabilis_fw-la christo_fw-la copulata_fw-la sanctorum_fw-la reliquias_fw-la pielate_fw-la grata_fw-la devotis_fw-la obsequiis_fw-la multum_fw-la venerata_fw-la in_o multis_fw-la misteriis_fw-la aliis_fw-la prelata_fw-la coruscas_fw-la miraculis_fw-la celo_fw-la sublimata_fw-la justis_fw-la desideriis_fw-la assist_v perata_fw-la regnis_fw-la et_fw-la ecclesie_n pace_fw-la confirmata_fw-la pro_fw-la nostris_fw-la miseriis_fw-la matrona_fw-la beata_fw-la sponsa_fw-la sponsum_fw-la dominum_fw-la flecte_fw-la advocata_fw-la uersus_fw-la multe_fw-la filie_n regum_fw-la congregaverunt_fw-la divicias_fw-la tu_fw-la superegressa_fw-la es_fw-la universas_fw-la oratio_fw-la domine_fw-la ihesu_n criste_fw-fr qui_fw-la beatam_fw-la birgittan_n propter_fw-la multorum_fw-la secretorum_fw-la inspiracionem_fw-la et_fw-la singularem_fw-la virtutum_fw-la adornacionem_fw-la sponsam_fw-la tuam_fw-la vocari_fw-la decrevisti_fw-la presta_n quesumus_fw-la ut_fw-la eadem_fw-la in_o vite_fw-la moribus_fw-la conformemur_fw-la &_o cum_fw-la ea_fw-la de_fw-la mundi_fw-la illecebris_fw-la ad_fw-la visionem_fw-la celestium_fw-la transferamur_fw-la qui_fw-la vivis_fw-la &_o regnas_fw-la etc._n etc._n ¶_o thus_o endyth_v the_o life_n of_o seynt_a byrgette_n enprynt_v at_o london_n in_o flere_fw-la street_n at_o the_o sign_n of_o the_o george_n by_o rycharde_n pynson_n prynter_n unto_o the_o king_n noble_a grace_n the_o twenty_o day_n of_o february_n in_o year_n of_o our_o lord_n god_n a._n m._n ccccc_n and_o xvi_o hereaftre_n follow_v a_o devoute_a book_n compylyd_v by_o master_n walter_n hylton_n to_o a_o devoute_a man_n in_o temporal_a estate_n how_o he_o shall_v rule_v he_o which_o be_v right_n expedyent_n for_o every_o man_n most_o in_o especyall_a for_o theym_v that_o live_v in_o 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