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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A10829	The admirable life of Saint VVenefride virgin, martyr, abbesse. Written in Latin aboue 500. yeares ago, by Robert, monke and priour of Shrewsbury, of the ven. Order of S. Benedict. Deuided into two bookes. And now translated into English, out of a very ancient and authenticall manuscript, for the edification and comfort of Catholikes. By I.F. of the Society of Iesus	Robert, Prior of Shrewsbury, d. 1167.; Falconer, John, 1577-1656.; Baes, Martin, engraver.	1635 (1635)	STC 21102; ESTC S115985	37,470	252

Pag. 204. lin 7. streames read streame Pag. 225. lin 2. hath read had Pag. 251. lin 9. was read he was Pag. 269. lin vlt. little read so little The Prayer and Sequence of S. Wenefride taken forth of the ancient Missall of England according to the vse of SARVM Oratio OMnipotens sempiterne Deus qui beatam Wenefredam Virginitatis praemio decorasti fac nos quaesumus eius pia intercessione mundi huius blandimenta postponere cum ipsa perennis gloriae sedem obtinere Per Dominum nostrum c. The Prayer ALmighty and euerlasting God who hast adorned Blessed Wenefride with the reward of Virginity grant vs we beseech thee through her poius intercession to set afide the delights of this world and obteyne with her the throne of euerlasting glory Through our Lord Iesus Christ c. SEQVENTIA VIrgo vernans velut Rosa Agni Sponsa speciosa Martyr Christi pretiosa Wenefreda floruit Ex Britannis oriunda Fide firma spe iocunda Actu sancta mente munda Mundi mendâ caruit Hanc occidit Carodocus Quem mox sorbet Orci focus Qui prauorum extat locus Quo Sathan exuitur Huius argumento rei Fons ebullit nutu Dei Rubricatae speciei Quo caput praeciditur Mira multa hic patrantur Caeci vident muti fantur Morbi omnes effugantur Cum fide petentium Gloriosa Wenefreda Maris fluctus nobis seda Ne fiamus hosti praeda Pia fer praesidium Amen The same in old English As a sweete Rose in pleasant spring Of heauenly Lambe Spouse louely faire And Martyr deare of Christ our King S. Wenefrede did flourish heere Descended well of Brittish race In Fayth now firme and Hope secure With workes Holy and Soule in Grace From worldly filth perseuered pure This sacred Mayd did Cradocke kill And him Hell swallowed presently Where teares in vayne do run downe still And Sathan burnes incessantly A Token sure of this strang thing Bespotted all with blouddy red A Well by Gods command doth spring Where Tyrant fierce cut off her head Heere wōders great Gods hand doth worke The blind do see the dumbe do speake Diseases which in bodies lurke Are cured when Fayth is not weake O glorious Virgin Wenefrede To vs the raging sea appease And free vs so from Sathans dread That he on vs may neuer seize Amen THE AVTHORS OWNE PROLOGVE TO THE LIFE OF S. WENEFRIDE To the right Reuerend Father Guarinus Prior of Worcester Robert his spirituall Sonne Prior also vnworthy of Shrewsbury wisheth Grace to walke vprightly in the way of Gods Commandements SINCE he who hath receaued the least talent at Gods hands is bound charitably to imploy the same in the seruice of him who freely bestowed it and to the good of such as may be edified and benefitted spiritually by it not hiding the same vnder a bushell or reseruing it to himselfe alone which will become the more his owne by being charitably communicated to others in a holy imitation of our Redeemers bounties and graces vpon vs universally bestowed I haue iustly feared out of this respect to conceale from others vnited in the same band of Christian Faith and Charity with me and particularly from your Venerable selfe much respected by me the Collection which I have lately made of the Blessed Virgin S. Wenefrides life the reading whereof will I doubt not help much to increase and perfit heauenly piety and love eminently already and exemplarly to many shining in You delighted also to dilate the glory of God his Saints by workes like to this which you haue by frequent letters and earnest intreaties required of me I haue gathered the same partly from the Ancient and vndoubted Monuments of such Monasteries and Churches as this Blessed Virgin is knowne to haue liued in and partly from the relation of sundry Ancient Priests for their great learning sanctity of life and Religious profession made Venerable worthy of all credit in their assertions and depositions vnto me Three causes have moued me to publish the true knowledge of this Saints life so by me attayned vnto The first was a wholsome feare as I haue said to be reproued by my Eternall Iudge for hiding vnder groūd and not imploying profitably as I ought the talent which he hath lent me The second was my especiall loue and deuotion to this most renowned Virgin and Martyr of our Countrey that by her sanctity and great merits heere by me declared she might by faithfull soules be the more deuoutely honoured serued and prayed unto The third was a particular desire which I have charitably had to edifie my owne Brethren humbly in their deuotions and instantly intreating this labour of me As for S. Wenefrides pretended iourney to Rome and other particulars vulgarly only and by persons of no credit fabulously reported I haue wholy omitted them and for borne likewise to set downe some other certaine and vndoubted relations concerning her life because I would not be tedious and ouer-large in my manner of writing this which I have heere gathered being sufficient in my opinion and yours also I hope to declare the eminent sanctity and graces of this most sacred Virgin by whose powerfull intercession and your holy prayers I hope to receaue at her heauenly spouses hands some small reward of my labours and paynes in this worke vndertaken THE FIRST BOOKE conteyning the History of S. Wenefrids Life CHAPTER I. Of S. Beuno his great sanctity how he was inspired by God to goe to S. Wenefrids Father how liberally he was entertayned by him and had his only child commended for her Education vnto him IN the Westerne part of great Britanny called VVales cōioyned Eastwards in the same continent with England and rounded on all other sides with Seuerne and the Ocean flourished in times past innumerable Saintes men and women of singular sanctity and merit as their seuerall Shrines and stately Monuments yet remayning do testify amongst who me in King Eluith the second his tyme one S. Beuno was for his wonderfull graces especially renowned who hauing out of a holy desire to imitate the pouerty of his heauenly Lord and to become a true Pilgrime heere on earth forsaken his owne Countrey and trodden vnder foote such glorious pompes and pleasures of the world as he might at home haue enioyed made himselfe first a Moncke and soone after arriued to such perfection and sanctity of life that he became a common Father of Religious persons For no sooner had he built a Church and Monastery in one place and setled there in regular discipline and great purity of life a certaine number of Religiōs persons but he trauelled to another part of the Countrey to do there the like also as Gods holy spirit for the benefit of many peculiarly directed him so that at length he entred into the territory of a rich potent Lord called Theuith sonne to a chiefe Counsellour of the King a principal gouerner of the Coūtry who equalled

and confirmed in her comfortable persuasion that Christ the Author of her iourney would not in his care and protection be wanting vnto her humbly and thanckfully tooke her leaue of him and went on forwards with her companiō towards Henthlant where Saturnus remayned Comming thither she was most charitably receaued by him as hauing bin concerning herselfe and her iourney before hand diuinely instructed and causing her to remayne that night in prayer and holy conferences with him he gaue vnto her to her great comfort many heauenly holy lessons and towards the morning he tould her that their was a place not far off called Guitherin stored with the pretious reliques of many Saints who had formerly liued there in great holines of life and deerenes vnto God blessing the place for them and for that cause greatly reuerenced by deuout people repayring vnto it This place said he is destined by God for your earthly habitation and to be sanctified more by you where also you shall find a holy Abbot called Elerius of so great mortification prayer vnion with God as the world and all contentments therof are wholy dead vnto him To this Man then am I willed to send you and to tell you with all that you shall find there a heauenly tranquillity of mind and a Monastery of chast Virgins trayned vp from their Infancy in vertue liuing also now holily togeather yet ordeyned by God to be raysed by your holy Example and Instructions to higher and perfecter wayes of gayning sanctity and religious perfection and they will in time for that end humbly and gladly be ready to submit themselues vnto you as to a Mother and Abbesse sent by their Heauenly spouse purposly vnto them CHAP. XV. How S. Wenefride going to Elerius was in the way saluted most charitably by him how also after they had spent a whole night in prayer togeather she was led by him to the monastery of Virgins and there after high prayses vttered of her she was commended as a companion diuinely sent vnto them S. VVenefride replenished with incredible ioy at Saturnus speaches vnto her especially in hearing how holy a place she was going vnto and that she should find there a Monastery of chast virgins to liue withal desired to know of him the way thitherward crauing withall his holy blessing for the better speed of her iourney The Holy man guiding her himselfe some part of the way for the great reuerence he bare towards her after he had giuen her his blessing caused his Deacon to accompany her throughout the whole iourney to Elerius who being diuinely forewarned of her comming and all other particulars of her life met her for honours sake vpon the way and after he had led her into the Church and prayed a while with her he imbraced her in a fatherly louing manner bidding her be of good comfort for said he taking her a part from the Deacon and her Companion I haue already diuinely vnderstood of your noble Virginity with other gracefull signes of your martyrdome in the place thereof yet remayning and will be gladly ready to help you in the cause of your iourney vnto me Whereunto S. VVenefride replyed that she had nothing more concerning herselfe to tell him but that as she had ben by Gods holy spirit guided vnto him so would she be hūbly ready to receaue his further directions and be in the future course of her life an obedient Child and Scholler vnto him The Saint by this her humble and modest answere being exceedingly edified tould her that they would if she pleased spend that night in holy prayer togeather for their surer direction in so important an occasion and he hauing receaued towards the morning new illuminatiōs from heauen about her replenished with excessiue ioy he rose from his prayer and hartily imbracing her willed her to be confident that God would not be wanting in the wonted effects and gracious increasing of his Fatherly loue towards her so leading her out of the Church to the Monastery of Virgins gouerned by him he made this speach vnto them Deare Children of God reioyce for that your heauenly spouse hath sent a new star of wonderful brightnes to shine heere among you prouided such a companiō for you as wil with new treasures of merited graces enrich her owne soule and yours also by the many rare examples and high practises of religious Perfection which from tyme to tyme she will exhibit profitably and holily vnto you For this is VVenefride that renowned Virgin whome you haue heard to haue suffered a glorious death for her virginity defēded This is she whose Triumphs are sung in Churches and her Trophies do yet illustrate the whole Prouince which she dwelled in This is she CHAP. XVI Of the commendation which the Saint made of S. Wenefride to the old Abbesse of the Monastery and how she quickly there deserued his prayses by her eminent and heroicall Vertues S. Elerius hauing spoken so much of her sanctity generally to all the sisters of the Monastery togeather conuerted his speach vnto the Venerable old Abbesse called Theonia a very holy woman saying thus vnto her To you most deare Mother I recommend especially the respectfull entertaynement of this sacred and deare spouse of Christ sent as I say once againe diuinely vnto you wherby you may gather how highly she is to be honored by you ioy withall that the Author of all graces hath in sending her hither so louingly regarded you with this he departed leauing S. VVenefrid amongst them who suitably to his high prayses began to shine in her wonderfull perfections and by heroicall acts of vertue to infuse a new Charity amongst thē easily by all discerned by the Abbesse especially who was no raw beginner in regular and holy courses Her abstinence they noted was admirable her prayer cōtinuall when charitable occasions interrupted not the same very often extaticall a profound Humility in all her gestures and speaches plainely appeared neuer praysing herselfe and sensibly troubled when others for any thing did extoll her Patience the first fruite of Charity as S Paul reckoneth it seemed to haue possessed so fully her hart and so firmely setled the affections thereof as all Anger Enuy and other disordinate Passions of that kind were wholy dead vnto her Her Commands had euer such sweetnes and discretion conioyned as it delighted all the other to do whatsoe ioyed in her deuout scholler and the other was no lesse pleased in hauing such a Mistresse so diuinely prepared by Christ for her CHAP. XVII How S. Elerius experiencing S. Wenefrids great wisedome and Vertue in many conferences with her preached her sanctity to his Brethren And of the many people who moued with the fame of her Martyrdome and holy life came from places farre and neere to see and speake with her S. Elerius liuing with his Monks not far off in a most retired austere and deuout manner delighted many tymes to visit