¶ That a mayden was rauysshed in a daūce and vyoled and after went and hanged herselfe .lxviii. F Fo. Clxii Fudus ¶ Examples of players on the feestes cōmaunded ¶ Of a player the whiche blasphemed the wombe of the gloryous virgyn Mary yll came to hym .lxii. C Fo. Cl ¶ Of a man dampned that yode to playe at the tauerne c. lxvii D Fo. Clix ¶ Of chyldren the whiche in playenge and swerynge were drowned .lxiii. B Fo. Cli ¶ Of a player blasphematour that the deuyll slewe .lxii. G Fo. Cl ¶ Another example .lxii. F Fo. Cl ¶ Of two players vnto whom there came harme .lxii. I Fo. Cli ¶ That the heed of a player was tourned that that was before behynde in swerynge and blasphemynge .lxiii. C Fo. Cli ¶ Ecclesia ¶ Examples of the chyrche ¶ That Nychanor was slayne after that he had thretened the chyrche .lxix. A Fo. Clxix ¶ That Iulyan the appostate was slayne dyuynely the whiche hadde persecuted the chyrche .lviii. A Fo. Cxiii ¶ How there came yll of a chyrche the whiche was made of vsuryes / rapynes / euyll goten goodes .lxxxvii. D. Fo. Clxxxxiii ¶ Of a knyght that was tourmented in purgatory for that he vyolated the chyrchyarde slewe a man in it .lxxvii. F Fo. Clxvi ¶ That Helyodorus was punysshed in takynge the treasours of the chyrche of Iherusalem .lxxxii. B Fo. Clxxxiii ¶ That many were dampned for that / that they posseded vniustly an herytage the whiche hadde ben taken awaye frome the holy chyrche .lxxxii. A Fo. Clxxxiii ¶ That haynours were punysshed diuynely for that / that they slewe a man within the chyrche .lxxix. B Fo. Clxxix ¶ That the kynge Ozyas became lepre in the chyrche for that / that he toke the encenser and presumed to doo the dyuyne offyce of the preestes .lxxxv. G. Fo. Clxxxix ¶ Sepulchra ¶ Examples of sepultures ¶ Of a synner that deuylles drewe out of the chyrche .lxix. B Fo. Clxii ¶ That people the whiche deye cursedly sholde not be buryed within the chyrcheyarde .lxii. G Fo. Cl ¶ That an vsurer buryed in a cloyster of a monastery kepte the monkes from slepe reste .lxix. C Fo. Clxii ¶ That the cattes cryed vpon the graue of a swerer .lxiii. C. Fo. Clii ¶ Quartum preceptum ¶ Filii ¶ Examples vpon the fourthe commaundement of god THat Absalon deyed myscheuously bycause that he warred with his fader Dauyd lxx A Fo. Clxiii ¶ That a sone the whiche defayled vnto his fader moder bare a tode .iii. yere in his face lxx B. Fo. Clxiii ¶ That yl came vnto Cham that mocked his fader Noe. lxx C Fo. Clxiiii ¶ Of two sones the whiche slewe theyr fader lxx D Fo. Clxiiii ¶ Of a sone the whiche dyde stryke his moder lxx E Fo. Clxiiii ¶ Of a chylde that the deuyll dyde bere away lxx G. Fo. Clxiiii ¶ That a good a true chylde loued his fader myght not suffre that a man dyde to hȳ ony yll lxxi A Fo. Clxiiii ¶ That the nature of byrdes techeth to remembre his frendes lxxi B Fo. Clxv ¶ Of a doughter the which nourysshed her moder with soukynge the mylke of her bre stes lxxi C Fo. Clxv ¶ Of a chylde that bote of the nose of his fader lxxi D Fo. Clxv ¶ That the kinge Salamon honoured his moder xxi H Fo. xlviii ¶ That a mannes berde grewe longe after as he hanged lxxi E Fo. Clxv ¶ Of a man the whiche was felle harde vnto his fader and his yongest sone repreued hym lxxi F Fo. Clxv Patres ¶ Example of a fader of his sone the whiche cursed eche other in helle And of a good fader and his sone the whiche blyssed eche other in heuen lxxi G Fo. Clxvi ¶ Of a fader his sone dampned for yf goten goodes lxxiii A Fo. Clxviii ¶ That a fader sholde loue god more than his owne chyldren / parentes / and frendes carnalles lxxii A Fo. Clxvii ¶ Of a fader that badde his sone to holde his fynger in the fyre tyl that he had sayd Aue maria lxxii B Fo. Clxvii ¶ That a fader sholde do good dedes why les that he lyueth without trustynge to his chyldren and heyres lxxii C. Fo. Clxvii ¶ Other examples of semblable maters thynges lxxii D. E Fo. Clxviii ¶ Another example that a man sholde doo good dedes And that a fole taught wel a wyse man lxxii F Fo. Clxviii ¶ Of a fader the whiche put an heuy malet in a coffre and toke the keyes vnto his chyldren lxxiii B Fo. Clxix ¶ That a fader was put out in his aege of his two doughters lxxiii C Fo. Clxix ¶ That a good moder loued naturally her chylde and myght not endure that he had ony harme lxxiii D Fo. Clxix ¶ That a moder cursed .x. chyldren that she had / and they trembled incōtynent were punysshed deuynely lxxiii E Fo. Clxx ¶ That i◠dyspleased vnto god that a woman aourned her doughter clothed ouer pompeously lxxiii F Fo. Clxx Correctio ¶ Examples of correccyon ¶ That softe correccyon prouffyteth more than sharpe lxxiiii A Fo. Clxx ¶ Of the softe correccyon that was doone vnto a chylde lxxiiii B Fo. Clxx ¶ That saynt Benet bette and correcked a monke that the deuyll drewe out of the chyrche whan other prayed lxv G Fo. Clvii ¶ Of the correccyon of two relygyous mē wherof the abbot correcked the one spared the other lxxiiii C Fo. Clxx ¶ That a man sholde correcke hym whan he is admonested lxxii D. Fo. Clxviii Et lxxvii E Fo. Clxxvi ¶ Of a woman dampned the whiche dyspraysed all they in that repreued her of synnes ylles ixxi H Fo. Cixvi ¶ That a man sholde drawe abacke correcke y◠synners swetely lxxiiii E. Fo. Clxxi ¶ That Ysaac the sone of Abraham was obedyent vnto his fader whan he wolde haue sacryfyed hym li. A. Fo. Cxxvii ¶ That many persones correcked them in herynge the worde of god / as it is sayd in verbum dei lv A / b / c / d. Fo. Cxxxvi ¶ That Helye correcked not well his chyldren as apperteyned lxx F Fo. Clxxiii ¶ That Absolon was in youth so yll correcked that he made warre on his owne fader Dauyd lxx A Fo. Clxxiii Caritas ¶ Examples of charyte ¶ Of a cluster of grapes the whiche was sent vnto many by charyte / and vnto the weykest lxxv A Fo. Clxxi ¶ Of the charyte loue of .ii. men that wolde deye the one for the other lxxv B. Fo. Clxxi ¶ That an holy man named Sāctulus delyuered hymselfe to be slayne for loue charyte of his neyghbour lxxv C Fo. Clxxii ¶ Another example lxxv D Fo. Clxxii ¶ That the herte of a vyrgyn was cut for the grete loue that she hadde vnto our lorde god lxxv E Fo. Clxxii ¶ Of the charyte of hym that wanne his broder that was fallen in to fornycacyon in ke kynge hym
CCiii ¶ That the prynce of theues that saynt IohnÌ„ conuerted was saued by penaunce and correccyon lxxiiii E Fo. Clxxi ¶ That of theues were reuoked to doo penaunce made restytucyon by the pacyence of an olde fader lxxxxii H. I Fo. Clxxxv ¶ That theues repented them and dyde penaunce by that an holy man made to kepe his dore with dragons liii C Fo. Cxxxi ¶ Of hym the whiche wanne his broder that was fallen in fornycacyoÌ„ in doynge penauÌ„ce for hym lxxv F Fo. Clxxxiii ¶ The goodnes that penaunce the other sacramentes done shall be founde in the floure of the commaundementes of god in the nombre viii B. c. Fo. xviii ¶ That a man sholde do of good dedes in his lyuynge wtout to trust his frendes after his dethe lxxii A b / c / d / e / f. Fo. Clxvii Contritio ¶ Examples of contrycyon ¶ Of a synner that repented hym at a predycacyon at euery teere that he wept he brake a lynke of the chayne that he had about his necke lv A Fo. Cxxxvi ¶ Of the contrycyon correccyon of a relygyous haâ—lot Cxiii A Fo. CCxliii ¶ Of a thefe that repented hym was saued by contrycyon Cii C Fo. CCxvii ¶ That by contrycyon a relygyous apostate was saued Cii B Fo. CCxvii ¶ That a woman the whiche renyed her faythe slewe her chylde was saued by the grete contrycyon that she had / for beynge in wyll to confesse her lx I Fo. Cxlvii ¶ Of a doughter that slewe her fader / and her moder had mercy by contrycyon and confessyon lxxvii D Fo. Clxxvi ¶ Of the correccyon of a man of grose conscyence lv B Fo. Cxxxvi ¶ That a woman vnto whome the deuyll gaue in charge .iiii. thynges was saued by grete contrycion her sone dyde penaunce for her lxv F Fo. Clvii Confessio ¶ Examples of confessyon ¶ That by detaute to confesse one synne the doughter of a kynge was dampned the whiche hadde be a grete gyuer of almesses to the poores lxxxxiii H Fo. CCiii ¶ That a woman a gyuer of almesse was dampned by defaute to confesse one lecherous thought C. A Fo. CCxiiii ¶ That a woman was dampned for that she ne made hole coÌ„fessyoÌ„ lxxxx A Fo. clxxxxvi ¶ That a womaÌ„ a giuer of almesse that slewe two of her chyldren was daÌ„pned by defaut of confessyon lxxxxii D Fo. CCi ¶ Another example Cxxii D Fo. CClvi ¶ That a man and a woman were dampned for that / that theyr confessyon at the dethe was made without charite good purpose And that a woman synner was saued for that that her confessyon was salutary and wel made lxxxxii B Fo. CCi ¶ That a bysshop saw on Eester day some men confessed / of the whiche some were all blacke and some whyte the whiche denoteth that all they that go to confessyon be not in the state of grace lxxxxiiii C Fo. CCiiii ¶ That a blacke man bounde with a grete te chayne of yren went to confession and he came agayne more strongely bounde blacker than before Cii Z Fo. CCxxiii ¶ That confessyon is the thynge that noyeth the deuyll moost Cii Fo. CCxxiii ¶ That the deuyl knewe not a man after his confessyon Ci. C Fo. CCxvi ¶ Another exaÌ„ple lyke lxxxxv f. Fo. ccxlvii ¶ Another example Cxxiii F Fo. CClvii ¶ Of a myller daÌ„pned that wolde not coÌ„fesse hym at his dethe Cx. A Fo. CCxxx ¶ Of a clerke dampned for lacke of confessyon / the which yode to the tauerne to play to drynke c. whan he sholde haue be at the masse lxvii D Fo Clix ¶ Of an vsurer that confessed him restored at his dethe lxxxvii F Fo Clxxxxiii ¶ Of a detractour dampned that coÌ„tempned to confesse hym at his dethe yet he was warned lxxxxviii C Fo. CCâ—x ¶ Of a woman that bare an hote yren in her hande wtout hauynge yll after her confessyon and after that she retorned to synÌ„e was brente lxxxxii K Fo. CCii Eucharistia ¶ Examples of the sacrament of the auter ¶ Of an abbot that sayd that the hostye consacred was not the body of Ihesu cryst but that it was his fygure lxxxxii D Fo. CCxviii That Iudas receyued his creatour in mortall synne and euyll dyde come vnto hym therfore Cii E Fo. CCxix ¶ Of a woman that laughed whaÌ„ saynt Gregrory admynystred vnto her on Eester daye the whiche was incredule towarde the holy sacrament Cii F Fo. CCxix ¶ Of a woman that put the body god before hogges Cii L Fo. CCxx ¶ Of a mayden that shed the body of god vp on colwortes Cii M Fo. CCxx ¶ That the vyrgyn Marye many other vyrgyns the whiche were at the dethe of a wydowe yode on knees and worshypped the body of our lorde whan it was brought to her Cv. A Fo. CCxxvii ¶ That the hony bees made to the body of our lorde a chapell and an auter in doynge hym honoure Cii O Fo. CCxxi ¶ That a hors / an oxe / and an asse knewe Ihesu cryst in the sacrament and honoured hym Cii I Fo. CCxx ¶ Of the hors of a Iewe the whiche knewe Iesu cryst in the sacrament of the eucharystye Cii K Fo. CCxx ¶ That the oxes knewe Ihesu cryst in the felde Cii N Fo. CCxx ¶ Of a chylde of .ix. yeres the was admynystred at his dethe Cxxiii A Fo. CClvi ¶ Of the sone of a Iewe the whiche was preserued from brennynge for that / that he hadde receyued the body of our lorde Ihesu cryst Cii P Fo. CCxxi ¶ Of a man hanged the whiche might not deye tyll that he hadde receyued his creatoure Cxiiii C Fo. CCxlv ¶ That a vyrgyn sawe a preste replenysshed with grete clerenesse beaute in syngynge masse lxxxxiiii A Fo. CCiiii ¶ That a bysshop sawe on eester day some men confessed the whiche were blacke the other whyte lxxxxiiii C Fo. CCiiii ¶ Of a holy fader the whiche withdrewe the synners from receyuynge theyr creatour in mortall synne Cii S Fo. CCxx ¶ Of the punycyon of the relygyous of saynt Bernarde that receyued his creatour in mortall synne Cii R Fo. CCxx ¶ Of the punycyon of two prestes the whiche dyde receyue theyr creatour in mortall synne xxxvii E Fo. lxxxx ¶ Of an euyl preste synÌ„er the whiche receyued the body of Ihesu cryst with grete dyffyculte Cii G Fo. CCxix ¶ Of a preste fornycatour that deye sodaynly as he preprayred hym to synge the masse at the auter lxxxxiii D Fo. CCiii ¶ Of the punycyon of a curyal that knewe lecherously a yonge doughter the nyght of Eester lxxxx C Fo. Clxxxxvii ¶ That the daye of Eester the body of our lorde lept out of the mouthe of a man / and he myght not receyue it for that / that he hadde knowen his wyfe on the vygyll of the sayd Eester lxxxiii A Fo. CCii ¶ Another example lxxxxii G Fo. CCi ¶ That the seruaunt that
best purpose of delyberacion of stedfast courage to god or vnto his sayntes with enteÌ„cyon hym to oblege Vnde secunduÌ„ magistruÌ„ in quarto di .xxxviii. tho et alios theologos Qd votum est coÌ„ceptio spontanea melioris propositi animi deliberatione deo vel saÌ„ctis eiê° firmita cum intentione se obligandi And it is to be noted that many thynges ben requysyte vnto lefull vowe accomplysshed the whiche ben touched in the sayd dyffynicion ¶ Fyrst it is requysyte concepcyon of some made in the entendement by the holy goost ¶ Secondly it is requysyte that the vowe be not yll And therfore the dyffynycyon sayth melioris Yll and synne desordoneth vs towarde god Vnde legitur Qd votum non est vinculuÌ„ iniquitatis Vowe is not the lyen and bonde of inyquyte And therfore it is wryten Dissolue vinculuÌ„ iniquitatis Vnbynde or louse the lyen of inyquyte Et legitur .xxxij. q .iiij. Ysodo In malis promissis resciÌ„de fideÌ„ / in turpi voto mutu decretum / quod incaute vouisti noÌ„ facias / impia est promissio que scelere adimpletur In cursed wordes rescyndeth the fayth chaunge thy wyll in that vowe the whiche is foule and euyll / do not the thynge the whiche thou hast vowed vnwysely The promysse is euyll the whiche is doone accomplysshed by synne ¶ Example wryten in the .xxiij. chapytre of the dedes of the appostles that .xl. Iewes vowed that they sholde neyther eete ne drynke tyll they hadde slayne saynt Poule / theyr vowe was euyl and in synne / and they myght not accomplysshe it c. ¶ Thyrdly it is requysyte that he there haue concepcyon fre in as moche as the dyffynycyon sayeth spontanea / that is that euery man may vowe the thynges the whiche ben in his lyberte and in his ryght and not otherwyse / and therfore seruauntes / chyldren / relygyous prisoners c. in some thynges may not vowe Quia non sunt sui iuris ¶ Fourthly it is requisyte that he there haue delyberacyon and therfore the dyffynycyon sayth / animi deliberatione vnto the dyfference of those the whiche voweth sodaynly without delyberacyon and consentement of reason ¶ Fyfthly vowe ought to be made vnto god or to his sayntes and not vnto men for many thynges the whiche abydeth bycause of shortenes ¶ Syxtely with entencyon to bynde hym for loue bereth oblygacyon to do some thyÌ„ge or to loue it c. E. ¶ Vowe the whiche is lefully made of ryght ought too be accomplysshed as it is sayd / but in .ix. maners a man is not bounde to accomplysshe his vowe ¶ The fyrst is whan ony hath vowed vnder condycycyon as to say I shall do suche a thynge yf suche one haue his helthe / or yf he lyue not or yf he deye not of suche a sekenes / whan the condycyon hathe none effecte a man is not bounde to accomplysshe the sayd vowe ¶ The seconde is whan it hath be made sodaynly and without delyberacyon ¶ The thyrde is the vowe of them the whiche hath lost theyr wytte / or the whiche ben furyous ¶ The fourthe is whan by infyrmyte / pouerte / or other lefull lettynge a man may accomplysshe the sayd vowe ¶ The fyfth is whaÌ„ a man voweth by yre / or other passion so grete that they leue true delyberacyon ¶ The .vi. whan it sholde be to the hurt of ony grete good or comyn welfare ¶ The vij is whan the vower is subgect to another as yonge people / a mayde vnder .xiij. yere / a man chylde vnder .xv. yeres / a relygious a wedded woman / a seruaunt yf the vowe sholde be lettynge of the seruyce that he oweth whan the souerayns beforesayd ben not so content / or gaynsayeth there vnto the subgectes ben not bouÌ„de to theyr vowes of saynt Iohan in the floode of Iourdayn Nono / on the sondaye our lorde made his fyrst myracle to chaunge the water in to wyne at the weddynge c. Decimo / on the sondaye our lorde Ihesu cryst fedde fyue thousande men with fyue loues of breed / and with two fysshes Vndecimo / on the sondaye our lorde Ihesu was honoured with palmes the whiche is the sonday before Eester daye Duodecimo / on the sondaye the redemptoure of the worlde rose frome dethe to lyfe Terciodecimo / on the sonday the holy goost descended vpon the appostles the daye of penthecost or whyt-sonday Quartodecimo / the clerkes presupposeth that god shall holde his Iugement on the sonday / but for certayne no persone knoweth ony thynge but all myghty god onely By these thynges beforesayd it appereth that the sonday is establysshed for to be kepte / sanctyfyed / honoured / and laudably feested amonge all the pryncypall festes Vnde secundumius canonicum CoÌ„stat diem dominicuÌ„ inter summas et precipuas festiuitates contineri dicitur in decreto In dominica die nichil est agendum nisi soli deo vocandum de consecratione distinctione tercie Ieiunia Noo thynge is to be doone on the sonday / but to be besyed towarde god / hym for to honoure and his gloryous sayntes And by this the whiche is before wryten Sabbata sanctifes A man sholde vnderstande that in the auncyent testament men kepte and sanctifyed the saterdaye But for the mysteryes beforesayd the whiche hathe ben doone on the sondaye / and to th ende that we do not as the Iewes dooth the whiche kepeth the sa-saterday we shall kepe and solempnyse the solempnyte the daye of the sondaye ¶ Examples of dyuers people the whiche hathe wrought on the sonday And fyrst of a maÌ„ the whiche wrought on the sonday and his handes claue vnto the wood Quere in the examplary .lxiiij. C. ¶ Another exaÌ„ple of a man the whiche ledde haye on the sonday and he was thretened dyuinely to be brent Quere in thexaÌ„plary .lxiiij. D. ¶ Another example of two women the whiche baked on the saterday after the sonne goynge doune / one of them became drye / and the pele of the ouen cloue to the handes of the other Quere .lxiiij. G. ¶ Another example of a mowyer the whiche left werke on the saterdaye / his felawes wolde not do soo and he founde some golde Quere in the examplary .liiij. M. ¶ Secondly it is good reason to sanctyfy the festes of god and of the gloryous vyrgyn Mary for the mysteries of theyr solempnytees the whiche sholde be longe for to declare by the whiche our redempcyon hathe ben made ¶ Thyrdly mayster Wyllyam of Anserre techeth .vi. reasons in the somme of the offyce wherfore it was establysshed that we make solempnyte of the sayntes of paradyse The fyrst is for the honoure of the dyuyne mageste / for whan we doo honour vnto sayntes we honoure god in his sayntes / and we saye that he is meruaylous in theym He the whiche dooth honour vnto sayntes he honoureth specyally hym the whiche theym hath sanctyfyed The seconde for to haue ayde
tauerne whaÌ„ he sholde haue gone vnto the chyrche Quere in thexamplary .lxvii. E. ¶ Many other examples of glotons shall be founde in the thyrde commaundement of thexamplary Quere ê‘ tabulam .lxvii. a.b.c.d.e. B. ¶ Of fastynge and abstinence that god commaundeth xxxix IT is wryten GenÌ„ iii. ca. De ligno scieÌ„tie boni et mali / ne comedas Incontynent that Adam was fourmed god him defended that he sholde not ete of the fruyte of the tree of scyence bothe good euyll He dysobeyed vnto the sayd commaundement and euyll came vnto hym / in lykewyse as it is wryten in the examplary Quere liiii a. Also god wyll that we fast and do abstynence in some dayes that the chyrche determyneth vs. Fastynge is instytued for the helthe of our soules / in lykewyse as sayeth the scryptures Vnde hiero Ieiunio et oratione sanande sunt passiones corporis et pestes mentis The passions of the body / and the pestelence of the thought ben heled by fastynge and prayer And Ysodorus sayeth Abstinentia enim carnem superat / luxuriam refrenat / et alia vicia calcat AbstyneÌ„ce surmouÌ„teth the flesshe / refreyneth lechery / and fouleth the other vyces A man may not well ouercome the temptacions but by fastynges abstynences Vnde Ysidorus Non potes teÌ„ptationes viÌ„cere nisi ieiunus insisteris Also fastyng lyfteth our thought vp vnto god in deuocyon and contemplacyon / and also augmenteth the vertues the rewarde eternall / in lykewyse as sayth the preface of lenten Qui corporali ieiunio vicia coÌ„primis / menteÌ„ eleuas / vtuteÌ„ largiaris premia c. Also abstynence fastyng ben moche prouffytable in lykewyse as it appereth by many storyes of the byble It is writen in the .xiii. chapytre of the boke of Iuges how the aungell of god appered vnto the wyfe of MaÌ„ne brehaigne vnto whome he commauÌ„ded that she ne sholde drynke wyne ne sydre and that she sholde not eete ony vnclene thynge and that she sholde haue a sone / and so it was done And she conceyued Sampson the stronge Another hystory is wryten in the .xx. chapytre of the boke of Iuges that after that the chyldren of Ysrael had fasted and wept they fought with the sones of Beniamyn and they had victory Another hystory how the prophete Helye dyde grete abstyneÌ„ces whan he demauÌ„ded of a woman wydowe a lytell of water to drynke a shyuer of breed / the sayd wydowe gaue it hym / and her mele or floure multyplyed / as it is wryten in the .xxii. chapytre of the thyrde boke of kynges And it it wryten in the .xix. chapytre of the sayd boke how the aungel of god brought vnto hyÌ„ breed and water after that he had moche fasted and trauayled Another history wryten in the .xxi. chapytre of the .iii. boke of kyÌ„ges that after that kynge Achab had made Naboth to be slayne he was manassed and thretened and knowleged his defaute / he cutte his vestementes / ware the hayre / fasted / and slepte vpon a sacke / and god atteÌ„pred his payne and sentence c. Another hystory wryten in the thyrde chapytre of the prophete Ionas that whan those of the cite of Nynyue herde that theyr cyte sholde be subuerted that they sholde be punysshed for theyr synnes / they fasted al grete and lytell / and they clothed them with sackes / chauÌ„ged theyr cursed wayes / and god had pyte on them / and dyde not vnto theym the euyll that he wolde haue done vnto them c. Another hystory wryten in the fourthe boke of Iudyth that after that the chyldren of Ysraell had herde the terryble puyssaunce of Holofernes they fasted and prayed god they had vyctory Another hystory wryten in the fourthe chapytre of Hester how before that Hester made request vnto the kynge for some people the whiche sholde be slayne she sayd vnto a man Mardocheus that he sholde go vnto the sayd people to make theym pray for her / and that by thre dayes they ne sholde ete ne drynke / and that she and her seruauÌ„tes sholde fast / so it was accoÌ„plyshed and her request vnto her was grauÌ„ted c. Another hystory wryten in the fyrst chapyter of danyell how danyell and his company Ananias / azarias / mysaell also abstened them to ete of metes of the kynge and to drynke of the wyne / and god gaue vnto the thre chyldren scyence in all bokes / and vnto danyell he gaue entendement of visions of dremes c. Another example wryten in the thyrde chapytre of the gospelles of saynt Mathewe how the mete of saynt Iohan baptyst was greshoppes and wylde hony / and he neyther dranke wine ne sydre / and was so full of grete abstynences holynes that it is wryten of hyÌ„ Internatos mulierum non surrexit maior iohanne baptista A question / who soo demaundeth what fastyng dayes the chyrche commaundeth to faste / and what people ben bounde to faste them The answere The chyrche commaundeth fastynge vnto all those and them the whiche may do it by helthe of theyr bodyes / the fourtymes of the yere / that is the ymbre dayes / and the vygylles of the feestes the whiche foloweth That is to vnderstande / the vygyll of crystmas / of whytsontyde saynt Iohan baptyst / saynt Laurence / the assumpcion of our lady / the vygyll of saynt Peter saynt poule / saynt Andrew / saynt Symon saynt Iude / saynt Mathew / the day of saynt Marke / but it yf come vpon the sonday the fastyng and processyon shal be on the monday after Also the custome is now to fast all the vygylles of the feestes of our lady / and in many places the thre dayes of the crosse c. Also the quarantyne of the lenten is of commaundement of the chyrche to faste / in lykewyse as sayeth these doctours Alijs diebus ieiunare remedium at premiuÌ„ est / in quadragesima non ieiuna re peccatum est alio tempore qui ieiunat accipiet indulgentiaÌ„ / iÌ„ quadragesima q i potest et non ieiunat sentiet penaÌ„ ¶ A questyon / A man may demaunde in what aege a persone is bounde to faste the lenten Saynt Thomas answereth ii.ii q. xlvii Et dicit quaÌ„diu aliquis stat in statu augmenti non tenetur ad oiÌ„a ieiunia / scilicet ad finem tercij septeÌ„nij i.xxi yeres And after the sayd saynt Thomas sayth / it is conuenable that euery persone vnder the sayd aege of .xxi. yeres excercyse hym to fast the moost that he may doo / as he of xiiii yeres sholde faste more than he of .x. yeres And howbeit that a man ne may fast all / yet he sholde enforce hym to do euery of them after his puyssaunce We rede in the .xxiiij. chapytre of Exodi how Moyses fasted .xl. dayes whan he receyued the lawe and the commaundements of god Also we rede in the thyrde boke of
a woman Vnde ecclesiastici .ix. Concupiscentia carnis quasi ignis exardescet et sequitur Colloquium mulieris quasi ignis exardescet The whiche is for to saye / who so wyll kepe hym from brennynge / drawe he a ferre from the fyre / that is from company of harlottes For as the fyre brenneth those the whiche toucheth it / in lyke wyse to touche or to handle a woman harlot or enclyned to synne / and to take pleasure in her face and langayge / a man brenneth dystroyeth hymselfe And yf parauenâ—ure some there ben that therwith ben touched the more ferther lette them drawe backe / from the company of euyll women For a bronde that one tyme hathe ben brente the more lyghtely taketh it fyre yf it be not with drawen ferre backe from the fyre A man ne maye be better exyled dystroyed than by fortune of fyre Nor the good spyrytuel of the man and of the woman to be loste / as by the embracemente of lecherye For mayster Hugues of saynt vyctor sayeth / Qui perdit puditiam perdit animam suam perdit deum et perdit seipsum He the whiche leseth chastyte leseth his soule / he leseth god and hymselfe / he is as he the whiche brenneth hymselfe vnto his wyttynge his house and his goodes within it Vnde scryptura Qui peccatum committit quasi qui ignem in propria domo ponit And the moo of synnes that he coÌ„mytteth he is he the whiche putteth as many of fagotes and byllettes of wodde in his house for to brenne it that is for to brenne his soule in helle Example of the doughter of a kynge the whiche was a ryght grete gyuer of almesse / and also moche deuoute towarde god in her prayers and oraysoÌ„s that was dampned bycause that she conceyued a chyld and deyed impenytent without confessyoÌ„ Quere lxxxxiii h. ¶ Another example of a woman the whiche was a greate gyuer of almesse that was dampned for the delyberacyon of wyll to commytte and doo lecherye Quere .c. a. Also he the whiche syÌ„neth mortally as he the whiche hateth his broder euen crysten / or his neyghboure in desyrynge the ylle of his body / or the losse of his temporel goodes / he quencheth and bryngeth vnto nought charite and the other vertues and good operacyons the whiche resteth in his soule In lyke wyse as it is declared and shewed in the synne of hate Quere ante .xxvii. b. And how be it that mortall synne adnychyllateth in suche wyse the vertues and maketh so many of ylles yet sholde not a man drawe backe nor cease to doo euer more of good dedes yf it so were that a man sholde be dampned as it is declared before Quere ad numerum xliii b. C. ¶ Secondly inobedience the whiche is mortall synne letteth and kepeth for to gete vertues and goodes spyrytuelles / the whiche ben merytoryous vnto the 〈◊〉 Capitulo xâ—â—iiâ—â— PEccatum meum contra me est seÌ„per Dicit dauid iÌ„ psal Miserere After that the kyÌ„ge Dauyd had commytted mortall synne / he sayd that his synne was euermore agayne hym Also thou man reasonable knowe thou and holde thou for certayne that yf thou be in ony synne mortall thy synne shall be euer more agayne the and noyeth vnto the soule in al maners and sortes that a man can tell it the. For yf thou wylte gete paradyse and to possede the ioyes the whiche there ben thy synne shall kepe the from goynge theder ony synne mortall what so euer it be And yf thou wylte not haue of payne / ne punycyon temporall / or dampnacyon eternell / thy synne shall make the to haue in this worlde punycyon And yf thou haue not by penaunce / correccyon and amendement / thou shalte haue dampnacyon eternall and shalt be constrayned to be in the fyre and tormentes of helle wylte thou or not And yf thou haue goten of vertues that tyme that thou commytte in wyll or dede ony mortall synne / incontynent withoute ony delaye as thou haste commytted it / it bryngeth to noughte all the good dedes that thou hast done before / as it is specifyed aboue And yf it soo be that thou wylte purchase here in this valeye of myserye of vertues and of goodes spyrytuelles / thy syÌ„ne shall kepe the in al the sortes and maners that thou woldest gete as thou shalte here herafter soo that thou synner mayste saye with dauyd the prophete PeccatuÌ„ meum ê¯tra me eÌ„ semper Synne is sayd mortall bicause it mortefieth good dedes acquired And also it sleeth the meryte the rewarde eternell of the good dedes that a man wolde gete And therfore a man may saye by symylytude that mortall synne is a sekenes spyrytuel vnto the soule the whiche letteth all his goode dedes as the sekenes corporell letteth all the goodes of the body Verbi gratia Yf a seke body drynke or ete also the sekenes letteth / that thynge that he taketh that it ne gothe vnto the nouryture of the body Also the synne letteth the taste / the appetite / the sauoure and the odoure and taketh awaye the strengthe / the beaute and courage of the body Also it letteth to saye his matynes / his seruyce / to go vnto the chirche / to laboure / and to werke In lyke wyse dothe the sekenes and infeccyon of mortall synne to speke spyrytually For yf mortall synne regne in a persone it taketh awaye the taste / the appetyte / the sauour / and the odoure of glorye / draweth backe the wyll for to do good dedes Also it taketh awaye all strengthe / deuocyon to do good operacyons / and kepeth that they ne prouffyte vnto meryte vnto the nourysshynge of the soule in lyke wyse as sayeth these scryptures Vnde papius dicit de consecratione v. Nichil prodest ieiunare scêª quantum ad meruum et orare et alia religionis opera argere nisi mens ab iniquitate reuodetur That is to saye that it prouffyteth nothynge to faste as vnto merite and rewarde eternel / and to praye vnto god and to doo other operacyons of relygyon / yf the thought be not taken awaye and called incontinent with out ony delaye from synne / and saynt poule sayeth in his epystyll i. ad corinth xiii Si linguis hominum loquar et angeloruÌ„ c. et si distribuero iÌ„ cibos pauperum omnes facultates meas c. Caritatem auteÌ„ non habuero nichil michi prodest quantum ad salutem This same auctoryte is expouÌ„ded and declared before all alonge Quere ad numerum Et sanctus thomas dicit Nulius homo potest mereri nisi median te gratia ¶ There is no man the whiche may do a thynge merytoryous but by the meane of grace beynge withoute mortall synne ¶ Example how the fastynges / oraysons and good operacyons that a woman dyde prouffyted her nothynge as vnto saluacyon for the synne of hate and rancoure that she had within her herte
gospellys And in many other bokes that iudas solde our sauyour redemptour iesu crist vnto the iewes for .xxx. penyes vnto whome he sayd he that I kysse take and bynde hym for he it is and after that he had lyuered hym vnto them betaken by the sayd tokeÌ„ repented hym And yelded vnto them the sayd pence More ouer he despeired haÌ„ge hym selfe and estrangled Than the princes of the prestes and the couÌ„seil of the iewys sought the wayes the meanes to make hym to daye by enuie and coursednes For they se the miracles predicacions that he made And the worlde wente after hyÌ„ They sawe that he was iuste and good that he reproued them of theire synnes And therfore they sought false wytnes for to accuse hym / but they founde none they accused hym of .iiii. thynges The fyrste was that they sayd that they had a lawe after the whiche he sholde deye The secoÌ„de that he deceyued / moued the people vnto yll The thyrde that he deffended to paye the tribute vnto cesar The .iiii. that he dide agayne the maieste in as moche as he sayd hym selfe to be god Of the thre laste thynges pylate knewe wel that they lyed they sayd it by enuie Vnde mat xxvii Sciebat eniÌ„ ê™ per inuidiaÌ„ tradidissent euÌ„ And therfore pylate restyde at the fyrste and sayd vnto them Syth that I haue a lawe after the whiche he sholde dye theÌ„ iuge ye hyÌ„ after your law Than they answerd hym that it was not lefull vnto them that they sholde put ony man vnto dethe For to be shorte in the mater Pylate ne fouÌ„de cause of dethe in Ihesus And for to satysfye vnto the Iewes sayd that he shold be punysshed for his fautes And made hym to be bounde vnto a pyller to be beten and so moche was he broken that al his body was in blode woundes And soo betoke hym vnto the Iewes / but yet were they not coÌ„tent they crowned hym with thornes and put it downe with staues / cryed vnto Pylate that they might crucefye him And by cause that he sayd that he ne founde in hym cause to make hym deye / they cryed SaÌ„guis eiê° suê‘ nos et suê‘ filios nostros That is to saye His blode be vpon vs vpon oure chyldren And soo it was done For afterwarde Vaspasien beseged the cite of Iherusalem And they were so affamysshed that a woman ete her owne chylde And they ete theyr treasoures wenynge for to bere them awaye And whan the cyte was taken / some deyed of hongre / some other with the swerde / other take prysoners sold And men gaue .xxx. for a penye And one of those accused them the they hadde eaten theyr treasours So euery man yode to sle his prysoners for to haue theyr moneye so theyr chyldren had for to doo Whan men ledde Ihesus to crucefye the women of Iherusalem wepte Vnto whom Ihesus said wepe ye not vpon me / but vpon your chyldren For the dayes shall come that the wombes shal be blyssed the whiche hathe not borne / the pappes the whiche hathe not gyuen souke The Iewes were homycydes the cause of the dethe of our lorde the whiche was Iuged vniustely condampned of Pylate to be crucefyed / so suffred dethe passyon / had in his body fyue thousande CCCClxxvi woundes for oure redempcyon Pylate the whiche Iuged hyÌ„ abode not vnpunysshed / deyed myscheuously For afterwarde the Emperour cesar wolde make hym to deye as he was in pryson he dyspayred hym slewe hymself with a knyfe And for as moche as he slewe hymselfe Cesar made a stone to be hanged aboute his necke to caste him in to tybre the whiche ranne by the cyte of rome And incontynente the deuylles cursed spyrytes there made suche a lyghtenyÌ„ge tempest for the reason of suche a cursed body that man ne woman ne myght dure / ne bote / ne shyppes durste not theron go And whan the romaynes sawe suche tempest they made hym to be drawen out cast in to the ryuer of Rosne A. ¶ Another example how Lucrece made to slee saynt Beatryce lxxvii IT is wryten in the legende of saynt Beatrice that a cursed man named lucrece coueyted to haue the heritage of beatryce And to th ende that he myght come to his entencyon accused her that she was crystyenne And made her to be slayne by martyrdome but he abode not vnpunysshed For whan he had taken the possessioÌ„ of the sayd herytage he reioysed hym and made a dynere And a lytell chylde at the pappe cryed Lucrece thou hast slayne beatryce and possedeth her herytage And thou arte gyuen in to the possessyon of the deuyll And incontynent Lucrece gaped / the deuyll entred in hym the whiche tormented him thre houres and after slewe him So it appereth that homycydes theues couetous ben punysshed in this worlde or in the other / or in bothe B. ¶ Another example of a man that slewe his fader and his moder / whan he was dronken lxxvii MEn fynde by wrytynge this the whiche foloweth how the dyscyple recyteth in his promptuarye sayeth that as a dronken man came from the tauerne he mette his fader the whiche blamed hym and repreued of his exces of drynke / And then incontynent he drewe oute his swerde and slewe his sayd fader And as his moder herde the bruyte the clamour she ranne theder a grete pace / and he dyd slee her as he hadde done his beforsayd fader Incontynente the neyghbours came oute and toke hym / and ledde hym into a pryson And in the mornynge there was grete meruayle of that that he had done C. ¶ Another example of a seruaunt that seruyd wele his maister in youth / whan he was dronke slewe hym lxxvii THe dyscyple reciteth in his promptuarye of a man that serued a kynge ryght faythfully And whan he was yong he gouerned hyÌ„ wele moche pleased his seruyce vnto his mayster And he was seÌ„t vnto a dyner at the whiche he became droÌ„ken slewe the kynge his sones ¶ Also whan we faste the vyces flee from vs and make our seruyce agreable vnto god our kynge And whan we be dronken we slee all our vertues / the kyng that is our soule reason And the sones they ben his fyue wyttes with the whiche we sholde gouerne our bodyes / do meritoryous dedes D. ¶ Another example of a doughter the whiche slewe her fader her moder / and after hadde mercy by contrycion and confessyon lxxvii THe disciple reciteth in his proÌ„ptuarye that Peter sayeth in his seconde boke de amore that a knyghte had a fayre doughter the whiche synned with her and her moder knewe that they synned togyder by euydent sygnes / of the whiche men aduerted her / but they ne wolde sclauÌ„dre for the confusyon Whan the mayde vnderstode that her moder knewe her syÌ„ne /
bysshop of coleyne / the sayd bysshop arose on a nyght for to giue laudes to god our lady And after that he had walked through his hall he behelde out at a wȳdowe women that bare in a panyer .viii. chyldren borne in that nyght of a noble matrone of the cyte The whiche for shame retayned one gaue grete somme of money vnto the women for to go drowne viii The sayd bysshop toke the sayd chyldren / baptysed them made them to be nourysshed secretely / made them to be instructe in lettre in songe .x. or .xii. yeres The bysshop made his occupacyons with a burgoys that toke the chyldrē they folowed hym In th ende the sayd bysshop reueled the dede vnto the burgoys and vnto the moder of the chyldren And by the grace of god a cloyster was edyfyed / in the whiche the bysshop the chyldren yelded them vnto god c. ¶ Sacrilegium D. ¶ Examples of men of the chirche lecherous And first example how a preste fornycatour deyed sodaynly lxxxxiii IT is wryten in the lyfe of saynt Loye bysshop how a preste of his bysshopryche was infamed of fornycacyon for a concubyne that he helde with him And after that the sayd preste was often tymes warned to abstayne hym from that synne / that be wolde not the sayd bysshop excōmunycate hym defēded hym to synge masse The preste dyspysed the sentence prepayred hym to synge masse And whan he was at the auter he fell towarde it was strangled of the deuyll deyed sodaynly before al the people ¶ This example denoteth many thȳges The fyrst fyrst is that these lechours that wyll not correcte thē amende whan they ben warned shall be punysshed of god The seconde is that people of the chyrche ne other sholde attende to receyue theyr creatour in synne / without to haue wyll dysposed to abstayne them fro yll For yll came to the preste The thyrde is that excōmunycacyon is moche to drede for as moche as the sayd preste dredde not yll dyde come vnto hym bothe vnto body and vnto soule c. E. ¶ Another example how two relygious were appostates / lecherous / after dyd penaunce lxxxxiii IT is wryten in the lyfe of faders that two relygyous were tēpted of fornycacyon / they yode in to the worlde toke two wyues Afterwarde they sayd togyders What haue we wonne where as we haue left the ordre angelycke for to come to this immundycyte vnclennesse / after these thinges we shall come vnto the fyre of tourmentes Than retorne we vnto our hermytage / do we penaunce of thynges that we haue presumed And they went in to the hermytage prayed the faders that they wolde receyue them confessynge penytentes of thynges that they had cōmytted They wete thā receyued enclosed an hole yere And by penaunce men gaue vnto theym breed water by measure In beholdynge theym they were semblables of one replexym Whan the tyme of theyr penaūce was accomplysshed they yssued And the one was pale / lene / sorowfull / the other fayre ruddy And eche had meruayle for they had egally breed water And they axed hȳ that was lene heuy what he dyde with the thoughtes whan he was enclosed He sayd I thought that I sholde go in to paynes for the euylles that I haue cōmytted my bones harded them to my flesshe for grete fere that I had They demaunded the other what he thought whan he was enclosed He answered I yelded thankes to god that had wtdrawen from me the soylenes of the worlde the paynes of hell / called to the cōuersacyon angelyke And I reioyse whā I thynke on my god And the aūcyents sayd that the penaunce of bothe twayne was egal towarde god ¶ By this example those the whiche hath cōmytted synne sholde retorne vnto god doo penaunce as dyde the sayd relygyous What shall it prouffyte vnto a persone to do synne at his pleasure / after to be dampned c. F. ¶ Another example of the punycyon dampnacyon of a nonne that cōmytted lechery lxxxxiii MEn fynde by wrytinge this the whiche foloweth how the dyscyple recyteth in the boke of his promptuary and sayeth that a nonne slewe her chylde in her wombe / so deyed without cōfessyon Afterwarde she appered vnto her cosyn that prayed for her helde a chylde of fyre in her armes / vnto whome she sayd I am dampned / this chylde of fyre that I bere I haue conceyued slayne it And I must bere it eternally by punycyon G. ¶ Another example how a pylgrym sawe a prelate cast within the depnesse of helle lxxxxiii ARnoldus the discyple recyteth in theyr bokes that there was a pylgryme that solde his robe to drinke stronge wyne And he dranke so moche that he was dronken lost his wyt / and that men estemed that he was deed And that houre his soule was borne in too hell in the place of tourmentes / specyally in to a pyt brennȳge couered with a lydde of yron enbrased in fyre And there was the prynce of derkenes / the pylgrym sawe aprelate that was presented vnto y sayd deuyll the whiche greted hym / hym presented to drynke of a cuppe enbrased full of soulphre in fyre molten And whan the prelate had dronken the lydde of the pytte was taken away the prelate was cast within the pytte of fyre And whan the sayd pylgrym sawe that he had grete fere And the deuyl cryed on hygh Brynge me hyder that pylgrym that hath solde his vestement and made himselfe drōken And whan the sayd pylgrym herde those wordes he behelde his good aungell that had brought hym thyder / requyred his ayde / promysed vnto god him that he wolde neuermore be dronken so that he wolde delyuer him at that houre And forth with his sayd soule was put in to his body And the sayd pylgrym noted the houre the day that it so befel went in to his countree and founde that the sayd prelate deyed at the daye at the houre that he was borne in to hell For he was of his countree wherby he wyst that it was very table And therfore the excesse of meet and drynke is to fle c. H. ¶ Another example of a relygyous woman dampned the whiche in her lyfe gaue grete almesse / but she cōceyued a chylde slewe it lxxxxiii MEn fynde by wrytynge this that whiche foloweth how the dyscyple recyteth in his promptuary sayth that the doughter of a kynge was soo moche deuoute / so good an almeswoman chaste that it was meruayle She nourysshed all the dayes of her lyfe a nombre of poore folke / of wydowes of orphelyns And it befel that by folysshe loke that she made vpon one of her seruauntes she coueyted to lye with hym / and conceyued a chylde And by the counceyle
intysed the chylde in experte of malyce / demaunded hym yf he wolde haue suche a wyfe as she was / he said ye The which ledde hyÌ„ hastely vnto bed as not knowinge instructe hym He promysed to do it / After the lyenge the chylde was dyspoylled of innocence / came to the forge toke the hote shoe as he was accustomed but he was greuously brente / â—â—yed / of whiche thyng the abbot was moche troubled thought in his courage that the soule â—as hurte within syth that he was hurt without that innocence that had kepte hym before was no more in hym Then the abbot led him agayne in to the abbaye / enquyred hym dylygently for to tell the trouthe He confessed the said dede symply And after by grete teres trembled his doÌ„mage dyde repente hym c. F. ¶ Another example that the deuyl vnknewe the synnes of â— synneres after true confessyon / and said that she was a good woman â—xxiii MEn fynde by wrytynge that god gaue dyuers goodes vnto a man his wyfe beyngâ— in the cyte of â—ome / that whiche myght haue no children / and therfore they prayed god that they myght haue some / he gaue them a sone / that whiche was so moche beloued of the moder that she held him often betwene her armes slepte / the fader of the sayd sone had a vyage to go to Iherusalem / sayd vnto his wyfe whan he sholde departe that she sholde do almesse haboundauÌ„tly / that she sholde kepe wele theyr sone And she layde hym with her / by the admonycyon of the deuyl had his company was with chylde Then she was moche angrye fered the synne and the dyshonour of the worlde of her husbande / by the entysemente of the deuyll that admonesteth to do yll qr peccatuÌ„ peccatuÌ„ atrahit / kylled her childe whan he was borne / without that ony body knewe it saue only god Then the deuyl wolde that the synne were manyfest for to lese the wyfe came vnto rome in guyse of a doctour dyuyne astronomyer / the whiche deuyll tolde many thâ—Ì„ges to the romayns that sholde happen And amonge the other thynges said that there was in rome a wyfe that had conceyued of her sone her husband beyng out the whiche had slayne her sayde chylde / And that yf the sayd syÌ„ne were not auenged that god sholde make the cyte perysshe all they Then the romayns were moche abasshed myghte not byleue that the sayd woman had done the synne for her holly lyfe that she ledde her almes / was made to come before the sayd deuyne or doctour / the whiche accused her to haue done the sayd syÌ„ne before al. The sayd woman that had done the sayd daye seruyce to the vyrgyn marye was sodaynly prouyded of that that she sholde answer sayd Syr ye accuse me of a grete thynge And for to gyue answere I demauÌ„de thre dayes of terme I shall answer you It was graunted And the meane whyle she yode to confesse her to the pope / the whiche gaue her in penaunce to serue the vyrgyn marye / And whan it came vnto the terme establysshed the said woman was presented before the senatours of Rome / before the said deuyll in guyse of a doctour / the whiche senatours sayd vnto the deuyl in guyse of a greate doctoure Thou haste accused this woman vnto vs to haue conceyued of her sone to haue slayne her chylde / here she is what sayest thou And the deuyl answerd it is not this woman here I neuer sayd yl of â—er / this here is a good woman the whiche dothe many good dedes And also she hathe in her company marye the moder of god the whiche maketh me to fere And for her it behoueth me depart / for I am a deuyll redy to deceyue folkes ¶ Virtus A. ¶ Examples of people vertuous / and fyrst exaÌ„ple of vtues of .v. bredern cxxiiii THe dysciple recyteth in his promptuarye sayeth that a holy abbot demaunded of fyue of his brederne / whiche ben the vertues that pleaseth you before other how haue ye lyued syth that ye were relygyous The fyrste sayd I haue in suche wyse lyued that I remembre euery daye my synnes with dolour of herte / I am confessed of all that whiche I haue done to day The seconde sayd I haue deuysed all my tyme in two partyes the one to be employed in deuocyon oraysons / the other in labours in seruyces of the freres And I haue dystrybute faythfully where I haue might vnto lytel grete The thyrde said I am all gyuen vnto the werkes of mercy vnto compassyon / in suche wyse that I wepe with those that wepe / I am Ioyful with them that are Ioyous The .iiii. said I haue euermore gone adioyned where I was dyspreysed And I haue in suche wyse gouerned me to th ende that I may come to playne humylyte pacyence The v. said I haue lyued in suche maner that I neuer troubled no man I was neuer troubled of ony The sayd abbot requyred of god that these thynges here were vnto hyÌ„ reueled And a voyce came fro heuen that sayd vnto hym I gyue me I suffre that I be founde I sell me I suffre that I be stoleÌ„ I suffre that I be surmouÌ„ted of man And the abbot yet prayed god to knowe theym more euydently Than he herde a voyce that sayd I gyue me vnto the repentauÌ„t I suffred me to be fouÌ„de in oraysons labours I sell me vnto hym that hathe compassyon on his neyghbours / that enioyeth them of theyr good wele I suffre that I be stolen of the humble dyspreysed And I suffre that I be surmounted of man the whiche ne troubleth none and holdeth hym in peas Than the abbot requyred to knowe whiche was the best amonges them Than a voyce came fro heuen the sayd It is he that troubleth noo man / is not troubled c. For to knowe what vertue is vnderstond the scryptures of saynt Austyn that sayth ê™ virtê° eÌ„ quedaÌ„ equalitas vite vndique consonans rationi That is the vertue is an equalyte of lyfe the whiche alwayes soundeth conformeth vnto reason Et crisos dicit ê™ virtê° animi eÌ„ recto de deo sentire et recte iÌ„ter homines agere That is to saye / the vertue of courage is felyng of god ryghtfully / do wel ryght amonge the men Et hieronimê° dicit ê™ sola apud deuÌ„ libertas eÌ„ non seruire peccatis suÌ„ma apud deuÌ„ nobilitas est clarere virtutibê° That is to saye / onely lyberte towarde god is / serue not vnto synnes / souerayne noblesse towardes god is resplendysshe by vertues / Et legitur in quarto ethicoruÌ„ ê™ virtuosê° bene vtitur qibuâ—cuÌ„que The vertuous vse well in all thynges Et iÌ„ nono ethicorum drÌ„ ê™ virtuosoruÌ„
was proude ouer humayne force .lxxxv. D. Fo. Clxxxix ¶ That the deuyll was seen vpon the trayne of a womans gowne pompeously aourned .lxv. D Fo. Clvii ¶ That it dyspleased vnto almyghty god the creatour that a certayne woman clothed and aourned her doughter pompeously gaye .lxxiii. F Fo. Clxx ¶ Of the cursed ryche man that was pompeously clothed .lxxxiiii. A Fo. Clxxvi ¶ That the kynge Cosdroe that was proude had the heed stryken of .lxvii. G Fo. Cxli ¶ Of an ypocryte the whiche fayned to faste and eate secretely and he was choked of a dragon infernall Cv. C Fo. CCxxv ¶ That the deuylles gate the soule from the myserable body of an ypocryte with an hoke Ciiii. C Fo. CCxxvi ¶ That Nychanor had his heed smyten of his ryght hande the whiche reysed hym proudely ayenst the prestes .lxix. A Fo. Clxii ¶ Of a womā dampned that aourned her heed .lxxx. C Fo. Clxxxxvii Humilitas contra superbiam ¶ Example that a holy nonne fayned to be a fole / and wasshed the pottes / wyped the dysshes / and dyde all thynges meke humble .lxi. C Fo. Clviii ¶ That humylyte kepeth a man from fallynge in to the laces and nettes of the deuyls of hell Cii r Fo. CCxxiii ¶ That the prynces the whiche prayed He lye humbly was not brent as the other the whiche spake proudely .lx. G Fo. CCxlvi ¶ Secundum preceptum Blasphemia ¶ Examples vpon the seconde commaundement of god OF a sone of a woman of ysrael that was stoned for his blaspheme .lxii. A Fo. Cxlix ¶ Of a childe of the aege of .v yeres blasphematour that the deuylles dyde drawe out from his faders lappe .lxxii. B Fo. C.xlix ¶ Of a player the whiche blasphemed the wombe of the vyrgyn Mary and yll came vnto hym .lxii. C Fo. Cl ¶ Of an erle blasphemer .lxii. D Fo. Cl ¶ Of one of the burgeys of Parys the whiche hadde his tongue bored thorowe for his blaspheme .lxii. E Fo. Cl ¶ Of a player blasphematour the whiche brake the armes of the ymage of the vyrgyn Marye / and he was strangled of the deuyll his mayster .lxii. F Fo. Cl ¶ Of a blasphematour that the deuyll dyde sle .lxii. G Fo. Cl ¶ Of a blynde knyght the whiche was enlumyned for that / that he strake a Iewe the whiche blasphemed the vyrgyn Mary moder of god .lxii. H Fo. Cli ¶ Of .ii. players to whome there came yll for blasphemynge .lxii. I Fo. Cli ¶ That there came yll vnto kinge Sennacheryb the whiche sente vnto kynge Ezechyas wordes blasphemynges agaynst almyghty god .lxii. K Fo. Cli ¶ That the kynge Nabugodonozor made a decrete that all people that blasphemed the god of Sydrac / Mysaac and Abdenago sholde perysshe his hous wasted .lvii. b Fo. Cxi ¶ That a dāpned woman was tourmēted for her blasphemes c lxxxx a. Fo. clxxxxvi ¶ That the deuyl bare away a tauerner that permytted to blaspheme to swere in his tauerne .lxxi. I Fo. Clxvi Periurium ¶ Example that a tauerner lost the vsage of speche for swerynge by the vyrgyn Mary moder of god .lxiii. A Fo. Cli ¶ Of chyldren the sware / and in playenge were drowned .lxiii. B Fo. Cli ¶ That the heed of a swerer was tourned that / that was before behynde / the cattes cryed on his graue .lxiii. C Fo. Clii ¶ That two marchaūtes sayd vnto theyr curate that they myght sell nothynge without lyenge swerynge lxxxxix K Fo. CCxii ¶ Other examples of swerynge ben wryten in the .viii. commaundement of god Quere lxxxxviii A / b / c. c. Fo. CCxix Vota ¶ Examples that a man sholde accomplysshe his vowes ¶ That the chyldren of ysrahel accomplysshed theyr vowes after that they had the vyctory on theyr enmyes lxili D Fo. Clii ¶ Of a vyrgyn that vowed chastyte after wolde be maryed .lxiii. E Fo. Clii ¶ Of a man the whiche had made a vowe the whiche was dampned Also example of extorcyon and of the paynes and tourmentes of hell .lxiii. F Fo. Clii ¶ Of a doctour the whiche had vowed the whiche lost his syght for that / that he accomplysshed not his vowe .lxiii. G Fo. Cliii ¶ That it is grete peryll to fayle to accomplysshe his vowe .lxiii. H Fo. Cliii ¶ That a preste the whiche wolde not accomplysshe his vowe defyned yll his dayes also of his Iugement and of his cruell punycyon .lxiii. I Fo. Cliii ¶ Another example Cxiii B Fo. CCxliii ¶ Of a chorle the whiche vowed to saynt Myghell a kowe and her calfe accomplysshed not his vowe .lxiii. K Fo. Cliiii ¶ That some Jewes made a folisshe vowe to sle saynt Poule .lxiii. L Fo. Cliiii ¶ That a woman was blynde for that / that she defayled to accomplysshe her vowe as she had promysed .lxiiii. G Fo. Clv ¶ Tertium preceptum Operatio ¶ Examples vpon the thyrde commaundement of god OF a man that Moyses made too stone for the / that he gadred wood on the day of the feest cōmaunded .lxiiii. A Fo. Cliiii ¶ That a woman was dyuynely punysshed for that she enclosed her felde on saynt Iohans day .lxiiii. B Fo. Cliiii ¶ Of a man the whiche wrought on the sonday .lxiiii. C Fo. Cliiii ¶ Of a man the whiche caryed hey on the sonday .lxiiii. D Fo. Clv ¶ Of a man that bare his wheet on the feest day .lxiiii. E Fo. Clv ¶ Of a carle that went to the ploughe on the holy daye .lxiiii. F. Fo. Clv ¶ Of two women the whiche baked theyr breed in the feest of sonday .lxiiii. G. Fo. Clv ¶ Of a woman that baked breed on the feest commaunded .lxiiii. I Fo. Clv ¶ That god sent punycyon to them that brake his commaundements .lxiiii. K Fo. Clv ¶ Of cordweyners the one kept the feestes the other not .lxiiii. L Fo. Clv ¶ Of a mowyer that ceased to mowe on the saserday at euensonge tyme and his felawes wolde not .lxiiii. M Fo. Clvi ¶ That byers sellers on the feestes ought to be reproued .lxiiii. N Fo. Clvi ¶ Example that yll came vnto a ryche mā that fledde the seruyce and the predycacyons and lepte on horsbacke and went vnto mondanitees whan they range to masse on the feestes .lxv. A Fo. Clvi ¶ Of a woman that wolde haue hāged her selfe / as she herde rynge too the sacrynge she sette her vpon her knees and so was delyuered lxv B Fo. Clvi ¶ That the deuyll bare a boke wherin was writen the synnes of men and women in especyall a complyn that saynt Austyn had forgoten .lxv. C Fo. Clvi ¶ That the deuylles were seen vpon the trayne of a womans gowne pompeously arayed in the chyrche .lxv. D Fo. Clvii ¶ That saynt Bryce sawe the deuyll the whiche wrote the yll wordes that were spoken in the chyrche .lxv. E Fo. Clvii ¶ That the deuyll gaue in charge to a woman to lette the oraysons of other in the chyrche by her Ianglynges .lxv. F
from synne made hym to doo penaunce lxxv F Fo. Clxxii ¶ That one â—rere wtdrewe another frome cursed wyl / not by force but by charite and pacyence lxxv G Fo. Clxxiiii ¶ Of people the whiche haue lyued out of charyte as the cursed ryche man Dyues Quere in tenacâ—tas in sexto pÌ„cepto lxxxiiii A / b / c. Fo. Clxxxvi ¶ Of a charitable man the whiche yode vnto heuen after his dethe before that his body was colde lv B Fo. Cxxxvi ¶ Examples of the werkes of mercy Que re xxiii C / d / e / f / g. Fo. l ¶ Of almesdede quere post ¶ Quintum preceptum Homicidum iniustum ¶ Examples vpon the .v. commaundement of god OF Cayn that slewe his broder Abell lxxvi A Fo. Clxxiii That kinge Achab his wyfe made to sle naboth to haue his vyneyarde lxxvi b. Fo. clxxiii ¶ That Herode ascolonita made to sle the Innocentes lxxvi D Fo. Clxxiiii ¶ That Ioab slewe the prynce Abner malycyously and Amasam and euyll came vnto hym lxxvi C Fo. Clxxiiii ¶ That Herode antyppa made to sle saynt Iohan baptyst lxxvi E Fo. Clxxiiii ¶ That Iudas / Pylate / and the Iewes were homycydes of the dethe of our lorde Ihesu cryst lxxvi F Fo. Clxxv ¶ That a man named Lucrece made for to sle saynt Beatryce lxxvii A Fo. Clxxv ¶ Of a man that slewe his fader moder whaÌ„ he was dronke lxxvii B Fo. Clxxv ¶ Of a seruaunt that slewe his mayster whaÌ„ he was dronke lxxvii C Fo. Clxxvi ¶ Of a doughter the whiche slewe her fader her moder after had mercy by contrycyon confessyon lxxvii D Fo. Clxxvi ¶ Another example of an archdeaken that slewe the bysshop lxxxv I Fo. Clxxxx ¶ That many ydollatres and tyrauntes hath made to martyr and to sle of crystiens I mustly as dyde Egeas / Dyascorus / the prouost Tarquyn / Dacyen / Valeryan / Hy race / Quyncyen / Neron / and the cursed Maxymyen lvii C / d / e / f. Fo. Cxli ¶ Of the dethe of two cursed auncyent prestes the whiche wened to haue made Susanne todeye lxxxxvi C Fo. CCvii ¶ That Dauyd made to sle Vrye vniustly coÌ„mytted aduoutry lxxvii E Fo. Clxxvi ¶ That a knyght was gretely tourmented in purgatory for that / that he vyâ—led the chyrchyarde and hurte a man greuously within the same lxxvii F Fo. Clxxvi ¶ Of a none the whiche dyde slee her chylde lxxxxiii F Fo. CCiii ¶ Another example lxxxxiii H Fo. CCiii ¶ That the aungell shewed vnto Tongdalus a valey replenyâ—shed with coles of fyre in the whiche were put the homycydes and murderers lxxvii G Fo. Clxxvii Homicidium dubium ¶ Examples of homycyde doubtfull ¶ That saynt Peter made to dye Anamye his wyfe Saphyre for that that they detrauded the pryce of a felde lxxviii A. Fo. Clxxvii ¶ That Dauyd made to sle the yonge maÌ„ the whiche lyed to hym that he had slayne kynge Saul lxxviii B Fo. Clxxvii ¶ That Helye the prophete fell frome his chayre / of his two sones the whiche were slayne lxx F Fo. Clxiiii Homicidium iustum ¶ That an archebisshop named Vdo was beheded within his chyrche for his synnes cursed lyuynge by the Iust Iugement of god Cvi D Fo. CCxxviii ¶ That Achar was Iustly stoned slayne for he was a thefe lxxx A Fo. Clxxx ¶ Of a man that was stoned by the commaundement of Moyses for that that he gadred bare wood on the day of the feest coÌ„maunded lxxiiii A Fo. Clxx ¶ That Iulyan the appostate was Iustly slayne lviii A Fo. Cxlii ¶ That Cosdroe was slayne Iustly for his yll lyfe lviii G Fo. Cxlii Ira. ¶ Examples of Yre ¶ Examples of a woman dampned for the kepynge of yre without beynge in wyll for to pardon lxxviii D Fo. Clxxviii ¶ That a lady Impacyent and yracundyous tourmented gretely her chambyrere / that was vysyted of god lxxxxix B Fo. CCx ¶ Of a man ful of stryfe dyscorde that dyed myscheuously lxxxxix A Fo. CCx ¶ Of a man that sayd to his wyfe / goo in the deuylles name lxxxxix D Fo. CCx ¶ Of hym that sayd to his seruaunt / vnhose me deuyll lxxxxix E Fo. CCxi ¶ That god is wrothe with them that breke his commaundementes lxiiii K Fo. Clv Impacientia ¶ Examples of Impacyence ¶ Of a woman that the deuyll dyde bere away lxxxxix O Fo. CCxiii ¶ Of a man the whiche commaunded him selfe vnto the deuyll of hell by his Impacyence lxxxxix P Fo. CCxiii ¶ Of a clerke Impacyent that wrothed him agaynst god lxxxxix Q Fo. CCxiii ¶ Of a woman ImpacyeÌ„t for that her chylde wepte And of a man the whiche dyde lede an hogge lxxxi C Fo. Clxxxi ¶ That a crysten man loste the crowne of glory by his Impacience / for that he myght not endure with the other the whiche were martyred lviii E Fo. Cxliiii Of a womaÌ„ iÌ„pacyent lxxxxix B. Fo. CCxx Paciencia ¶ That a mayden had pacyence whan her maystresse cursed her lxxxxix B. Fo. CCxx ¶ That saynt Machayre was pacyent as he was wronged and beten for a woman that had imposed vpon hym that she had coÌ„ceyued of hym lxxxxi A Fo. Clxxxxviii ¶ That a seke man was vesyted of the aungell of god xxiii G Fo. li ¶ That a thefe was taken put to dethe / and the vyrgyn Marye made hym to be buryed honestly Cxx. F Fo. CCliii ¶ That a synner bare vnto his dethe his sekenes in remembraunce of the passyon of our lorde Cxiiii A Fo. CCxliiii ¶ Of the pacyence of a man the whiche loued better to be slayne brent than to breke the commaundement of god NoÌ„ mechaberis C. B Fo. CCxiiii ¶ Of the pacyence of a good chylde that praysed god in al aduersytees xvii B. Fo. xxxvii ¶ Of an holy man that scorged them that had taken his hors lxxxii H Fo. Clxxxv ¶ Of an olde man that had pacyence whan that theues bare away his godes bare them a sacke after them the whiche they had forgoten lxxxii I Fo. Clxxxv ¶ That by the pacyence of saynt Domynyk he conuerted an heretyke lix F Fo. Clxv Inuidia ¶ Examples of enuye ¶ That Cayn dyde slee his broder Abel by enuye lxxvi A Fo. Clxxiii ¶ That the Iewes made our lorde to deye by enuye lxxvi F Fo. Clxxv ¶ That Herode wende to slee our Ihesus by enuye lxxvi D Fo. Clxxvii ¶ Of enuye xxvii K Fo. lxxiii Odium ¶ Examples of hate ¶ That a knaue was dampned for hate / the wolde be reuenged lxxix A. Fo. Clxxviii ¶ Of haynours the whiche slewe a man in the chyrche and they were punysshed dyuynely lxxix B Fo. Clxxix ¶ That the deuyll slewe a man for kepynge or hate wolde not pardoÌ„ lxxix c. Fo. clxxix ¶ That the deuyll wolde haue letted saynt Thybauit to pacyfye the barons of champayne that were at debate lxxix D Fo. Clxxix ¶ Another example
the whiche confessed restored lxxxvii F Fo. Clxxxxiii ¶ Of a man that restored to other and put hymselfe in good operacyons for that / that none of his parents frendes wolde put theyr lytell fynger in the fyre a whyle for the loue of hym lxxii A Fo. Clxvii ¶ Other examples of semblable mater that a man sholde restore to other do good operacyons wtout taryenge to his parents after his dethe lxxii c / d / e / f. Fo. Clxvii ¶ Of a riche man the whiche restored who sayd vnto his sone that he sholde holde his fȳger in the fyre tyll he had sayd one Auemaria lxxii B Fo. Clxxvii ¶ Of theues the whiche dyde make restytucyon lxxii H. I Fo. Clxxxv Excommunicatio ¶ Examples of excommunycacyon ¶ That a whyte lofe became blacke in the excōmunycacyon lxxxix A Fo. Clxxxxiiii ¶ That storkes left theyr nest that was in the hous of a man incontynent that he was excommunycate lxxxix B Fo. Clxxxxv ¶ That the sparowes that made noyse in a chyrche yode out incontynent that they were excōmunycate lxxxix C Fo. Clxxxxv ¶ That the floures of an apple tree fell dryed incontynent that the excōmunycacyon was drawen for a portos that was in the sayd apple tre lxxxix D Fo. Clxxxxv ¶ That a rauen became hydeous his feders fell fro him as soone as the bysshop had excommunycate for his rynge that the rauen had taken lxxxix E Fo. Clxxxxv ¶ That excommunycacyon cast Iustly or Iniustly is to drede as it appered in .ii. monkes that gelded thē selfe lxxxix f. Fo. Clxxxxv ¶ Of a preste the whiche was excommunycate the whiche deyed sodaynly as he wolde synge lxxxxiii D Fo. CCiii ¶ That the lyghtnynge consumed one excommunycate lxxxix G Fo. Clxxxxvi ¶ That a gardyn excommunycate wolde bere no fruyte tyll the tyme that it was assoyled lxxxix H Fo. Clxxxxvi Maledictio ¶ Examples of maledyccyon ¶ Of the maledyccion the whiche came vnto Adam for the brekȳge of the cōmaundement of god liiii A Fo. Cxxxiii ¶ That Cayn was cursed of god for that / that he slewe his broder Abell / also for that / that he tythed yll lxxvi A Fo. Clxxiiii ¶ Of a woman that cursed her .x. chyldren / they were incontynent punysshed dyuynely horrybly lxxiii E Fo. Clxx ¶ That Noe kest maledyccyō vpon his neuew the sone of Cham / for that / that the sayd Cham mocked the sayd noe lxx C. Fo. Clxiiii ¶ Of a fader his sone that cursed eche other in hell lxxi G Fo. Clxvi ¶ Of the maledyccyon of .iiii. monkes that slewe a beere lxxxix I Fo. Clxxxxviii ¶ Of the maledyccyon that saynt Machayre vttred vpon hym that brake the commaundements of god lvii A Fo. Cxl ¶ Of a lady the whiche cursed her chamberere lxxxxix B Fo. CCx ¶ That the sone of kynge Achab bare in this worlde the punycyon maledyccion of his faders synne lxxvi B Fo. Clxxvi Dyabolus ¶ Example of a man the whiche sayd vnto his seruaunt / vnhose me deuyll And incontynent the deuyll was redy began to vnhose hym lxxxxix C Fo. CCxi ¶ Of a man that sayd vnto his wyfe go in the deuylles name and the deuyll posseded her incontynent lxxxxix D Fo. CCxi ¶ That the deuyl serued to the carte of saynt Thybault lxxix D Fo. Clxxix ¶ That the deuyl strake a monke with a strawe in slepynge lxvi B Fo. Clviii ¶ Of an yll erle that the deuyll dyde bere away lxxxxix N Fo. CCxiii ¶ Another example Cx. A Fo. CCxxxv ¶ Of a woman impacyent that the deuyll bare away lxxxxix O Fo. CCxiii ¶ Of a man that the deuyl dyde drowne in a water lxxxxix P Fo. CCxiii ¶ That the deuyl bare away a tauerner in body and soule lxxi I Fo. Clxvi ¶ That the deuyll toke a man that had solde his soule lxxi K Fo. Clxvii ¶ Of a chylde that the deuyll dyde bere away lxx G Fo. Clxiiii ¶ Of a chorle that gaue vnto the deuyll that that he had to eate lxxxxvii H Fo. CCviii ¶ Of an aduocate that the deuyl dyde bere away lxxxi E Fo. Clxxxii ¶ That the deuyl wrote synnes within the chyrche lxv E Fo. Clvii ¶ That the deuyll bare a boke wryten of synnes lxv C. Fo. Clvi ¶ That the deuylles were vpon the tayle of a woman lxv D Fo. Clvi ¶ That the deuyll gaue a monke pytche to drynke lxvi C Fo. Clviii ¶ That the deuyll encharged a woman iiii thynges lxv F Fo. Clvii ¶ That the deuyll made a woman to renye her faythe to sle her chylde lx I Fo. cxlvii ¶ That the deuyll gaue a payre of shone to an olde woman for too put dyuysyon in a maryage lxxxxix E Fo. CCxi ¶ Other examples of decepcyons of the deuyl lviii B Fo. Cxliii Et. lx G Fo. Cxlvi ¶ That the deuylles vnburyed a synner in the chyrche lxix B Fo. Cxlii ¶ Septimum preceptum Luxuria ¶ Examples vpon the .vii. commaundement of god OF a woman dāpned that knewe lecherously one of her parētes dyde many synnes of whose mouthe yssued many todes venymous bestes in her confessyon lxxxx A Fo. Clxxxxvi ¶ Of the punycion of a curyal that habyted his god doughter lxxxx B Fo. Clxxxxvii ¶ Of a woman dampned for tyrynge and aornynge of her heed for shewynge of her pappes / for dauncynge / vnshamefull enbracementes lxxxx C Fo. Clxxxxvii ¶ That .xxiii. M men were brent with the fyre celestyall for the synne of lechery / Balaam gaue the counceyle lxxxx D Fo. Clxxxxviii ¶ That by the occasion of the lechery of Herode his Herodyen saynt Iohans heed was smyten of lxxvi E Fo. Clxxiiii ¶ That Absalon knewe his faders cōcubynes as it is wryten in the .xvi. chapytre of the seconde boke of kynges / soone after was slayne cruelly lxx A Fo. Clxiii ¶ Of a yonge man lecherous that conuerted hym Cxv. F Fo. CCxlvii Stuprum ¶ Examples of deflourynge of vyrgyns ¶ That a vyrgyn was corrupte with a yonge man and by malyce she imposed the synne vnto saynt Machayre the whiche was pacyent lxxxxi A Fo. Clxxxxxviii ¶ Of a knyght dampned and tourmented in hell the whiche toke the maydenheed of a vyrgyn lxxxx B. Fo. Clxxxxix ¶ That Ammon the sone of Dauyd was slayne of Absalon for that that he had deflored Thamar lxxxxi C Fo. Clxxxxix ¶ That a doughter was rauysshed in the daunce and vyoled / and after hanged her selfe lxviii F Fo. Clxii ¶ That Sychem the whiche deflored Dyne the doughter of Iacob was slayne his fader Emor c. lxxxxi D Fo. Clxxxxix ¶ Of hym the whiche enbraced the ketles the cawdrons of the kechyn wenynge to enbrace vyrgyns lxxxxi E Fo. Clxxxxix Concilium malum ¶ That an olde baude coūceyled yll a yonge woman lxxxxi F Fo. CC ¶ That Ionadab counceyled yll Ammon to deflour Thamar lxxxxi C. Fo. Clxxxxix ¶ That Balaam gaue yll
counceyle for to make to commyt fornycacyon with the chyldren of ysraell / for there were .xxiiii. thousāde brent with the fyre that descended from heuen lxxxx D Fo. Clxxxxviii ¶ That a wytche counceyled yll Theophyle to renye god lviii B Fo. Cxliii ¶ That kinge Ezechyas sought counceyle of the deuyll / his messagers were brent with the fyre celestyall lx G Fo. Cxlvi ¶ Of a man that gaue yll counceyle to martyr the crysten men / that counceyle redoūded fyrst on hymselfe lviii F Fo. Cxliiii ¶ That the yonge men counceyled yll the kynge Roboam to gyue proude answere to the chyldren of ysrael lxxxxix M Fo. CCxiii Adulterium ¶ Examples of aduoutry ¶ That a woman vsed her lyfe in lecheryes and glotonyes / and her husbande was vnto the contrary the whiche lyued ryght sobrely lxxxxii A Fo. CC ¶ Of the dāpnacion of a burgeys aduoutrer of a woman wedded lxxxxii B Fo. CCi ¶ Of an aduoutrer that deuyls posseded at the chyrche dore lxxxxii C Fo. CCi ¶ Of an aduoutresse dampned that two dragons tourmented lxxxxii D Fo. CCi ¶ Of the payne of a man that knewe the wyfe of his neyghbour lxxxxii E Fo. CCi ¶ That a man sawe a woman payned for her aduoutry lxxxxii F Fo. CCi ¶ Of a yonge man that synned with his wyfe maryed lxxxxii G Fo. CCi ¶ That .ii. aduoutresses bet eche other for a pyece of clothe lxxxxii H Fo. CCi ¶ That a quene rode on Arystotle that was a grete clerke lxxxxii I Fo. CCii ¶ That Dauyd cōmytted aduoutry and homycyde lxxvii E Fo. Clxxvi ¶ Of a woman aduoutresse that bare an hote yren lxxxxii K Fo. CCii Deccatum in matrimonio ¶ That in the solempnyte a man sholde abstayne fro his wyfe lxxxxiii A Fo. CCii ¶ That the chyldren of a man and of a woman might not haue baptym for the synne the whiche they commytted togyder in maryage lxxxxiii B Fo. CCii ¶ That a woman chylded .ix. chyldren at a burden lxxxxiii C Fo. CCii ¶ Of this mater .iiii. examples ben wryten in the floure of the commaundementes of god xxxvi e / f / g / h / i / Fo. lxxxvii Sacrilegium ¶ Examples of lecherous people of the chyrche ¶ That a preest that was a fornycatoure deyed sodaynly lxxxxiii D Fo. CCiii ¶ That two relygyous were lecherous appostates lxxxxiii E Fo. CCiii ¶ Of the dampnacyon of a nonne that cōmytted lechery lxxxxiii F Fo. CCiii ¶ Of two lecherous prestes Iuges that coueyted Susanne lxxxxvi C Fo. CCvii ¶ That the deuyll charged a woman to do lechery with prestes lxv F Fo. Clvii ¶ That a relygious appostate lecherous had mercy in requyrȳge the sone of the vyrgyn mary on crystmas day Cxiiii A Fo. ccxliiii ¶ That a pylgrym sawe a preste caste in the pytte of hell lxxxxiii G Fo. CCiii ¶ Of the punycyon of two prestes the whiche receyued theyr creatour redemptour in synne xxxvii E Fo. lxxxx ¶ Of a relygyous woman dampned that was a grete almeswoman in her lyfe / but she conceyued a chylde and secretely dyde sle it lxxxxiii H Fo. CCiii ¶ Of the terryble Iugement and horryble punycyon that was doone of an archebysshop named Vdo a grete harlot of cursed lyfe Cvi D Fo. CCxxviii ¶ Of a relygyous that couered his handes of drede to touche his moder in goynge ouer a water xxxvii F Fo. lxxxx Castitas et bonitas ¶ That a vyrgyn sawe a preste clere fayre in syngȳge masse lxxxxiiii A Fo. CCiiii ¶ That two relygyous vyrgyns were fro crystmas tyl the day of saynt Iohn̄ baptyst in spekȳge of god wende to haue be there but two houres lxxxxiiii B Fo. CCiiii ¶ Other examples xxxviii E Fo. lxxxii ¶ That a bysshop chast and pure sawe on ester day some cōfessed the which were blacke other whyte lxxxxiiii C Fo. CCiiii ¶ Other examples xxxvii F Fo. lxxxx Peccatum sodomyticum ¶ Examples of the synne of sodomye ¶ Of the lechery and meruaylous punycyon of Sodom lxxxxv A Fo. CCv ¶ Of the warre and slaughter that was made vpon the sodomytes Beniamyn for the lechery that they commytted in the wyfe of Leuyte pylgrym lxxxxv B Fo. CCv ¶ Of a man the whiche haunted his wyfe sodomytly lxxxxv C Fo. CCvi ¶ That a sodomytyke deyed Impenytent dyspeyred that sayd that he sawe hell / the tourments the deuyls lxxxxv D Fo. CCvi ¶ That a woman sodomytyke was vnburyed horrybly lxxxxvi E Fo. CCvi ¶ That the deuylles haue horroure of the synne of sodomye lxxxxv F Fo. CCvi ¶ Octauum preceptum Testimonium ¶ Examples of fals wytnessynge OF a crystyen that forsware hym cauteloussion the auter of saynt Nycolas lxxxxvi A Fo. ccvi ¶ That they the whiche kept the tombe of Ihesu cryst toke money for to wytnes fals that the dysciples had stolen the body by nyght lxxxxvi b. Fo. CCvi ¶ Of the fals wytnessynge that two auncyent prestes made agaynst Susanne yl came vnto them lxxxxvi C Fo. CCvii ¶ That the kynge Achab Iesabell made to make fals wytnesses agaynst the good man Naboth for to slee him and to possede his vyneyarde lxxvi B Fo. Clxxiii Periurium ¶ Examples of periurynge ¶ Of thre persones the whiche forsware them in imposynge fals cryme vpon a patryarke lxxxxvii A Fo. CCvii ¶ Of a man that forsware hym myght not wtdrawe his hande lxxxxvii B Fo. CCvii ¶ Of a man that wolde forswere hym for money lende lxxxxvi C Fo. CCviii ¶ Of two men the whiche forsware them and the one was mesell and the other was seke of the fyre of saynt Anthony by dyuyne suffraunce lxxxxvii D Fo. CCviii ¶ Of a kynge of many of his people the whiche forsware theym and they deyed sodaynly lxxxxvii E Fo. CCviii ¶ Of maryners the whiche forswore them of drede for to gyue of almesse vnto a poore man lxxxxvii F Fo. CCviii ¶ Of hym the whiche constreyned a man to swere and knewe well that he sholde be forsworne lxxxxvii G Fo. CCviii ¶ Of a earle that gaue vnto the deuyl that the he hadde to ete whan two clerkes him demaūded almesse lxxxxvii H Fo. CCviii ¶ Of a frere deane of Coleyne the whiche forsware hym for money that had be lende to hym lxxxii C Fo. Clxxxxiiii Mendatium ¶ Examples of lyenge / and it is to be noted that al fals wytnesses and periuryes ben lyes ¶ That the holy saynt Iherom was belyed before god / the whiche commaunded that he were beten / and af er the sayd Iherom dyde penaunce lxxxxviii A Fo. CCix ¶ That two marchaūtes sayd vnto theyr curate that they coude nothȳge sell wtout lyenge swerynge lxxxxix K Fo. CCxii ¶ That the deuyll lyed vnto a noble man to deceyue hȳ at his dethe lx B Fo. Cxlv ¶ That the deuyll lyed vnto our fyrst moder Eue. liiii A Fo. Cxxxiii ¶ Of a doughter the whiche
dyde make a lye lxxxxi A Fo. Clxxxxviii ¶ That the yonge man that made a lye vnto Dauyd was slayne / for he sayd that he hadde slayne Saul had not lxviii B Fo. lxxviii ¶ Another exaÌ„ple lxxxxvii A Fo. CCvii Detractio ¶ Examples of detraccyon ¶ Of some relygyous the whiche made detraccyon of theyr broder the whiche was in deyenge lxxxxviii B Fo. CCix ¶ Of a detractour dampned for his detraccyons lxxxxviii C Fo. CCix ¶ Of a detractour that had his tongue amonge todes lxxxxviii D Fo. CCix ¶ Of a detractour that bote hyÌ„selfe wasted his tongue lxxxxviii E Fo. CCx ¶ Of a good fader that slepte whan herde detraccyon lxxxxviii F Fo. CCx ¶ That one deed apered to a knyght as he detracted hym lxxxxviii G Fo. CCx ¶ Of .iii. detractours that imposed fals cryme to a patryarke lxxxxvii Fo. CCviii Derisio ¶ Examples of derysyon ¶ That yll came vnto a boucher the which mocked the holy asshes and vngreaced his tethe to drynke at the tauerne whan other were at masse lxvii F Fo. Clx ¶ That yll came to Cham that mocked his fader Noe. lxx G Fo. Clxiiii ¶ Of a rybaude the whiche mocked his felawe for that / that he yode to here a predycacyon lv A Fo. Cxxxvi Murmuratio ¶ Examples of murmure ¶ That Chore / Dathan / and Abyron / and CCl. men descended in to hell all quycke hosed shodde for that they murmured agaynst god Moyses liiii H Fo. Cxxxix Another example in eodem loco ¶ Of a frâ—xe the whiche was punysshed dyuynely for that that he murmured agaynst god liiii I Fo. Cxxxix ¶ That an hermyte murmured ayest god for his diuyne IugemeÌ„ts Cvi b. Fo. ccxxvi Loqui ¶ Examples of euyll spekers ¶ Of a man full of bate dyscorde the whiche sayd at his dethe that all those that he troubled apposed agaynst him enforced them to sle hym lxxxxix A Fo. Cx ¶ Of a lady full of wrathe that cursed her mayden lxxxxix B Fo. Cx ¶ Of hym that sayd to his seruaunt vnhose me deuyll / and incontynent the deuyl vnhosed hym lxxxxix C Fo. Cxi ¶ Of a man that sayd to his wyfe / goo in the deuylles name lxxxxix D Fo. Cxi ¶ Of a woman that put diuysyon in good maryage lxxxxix E Fo. Cxi ¶ Of a woman that cursed her .x. chyldren and they trembled incoÌ„tynent of punycion dyuyne lxxiii E Fo. Clxx ¶ That saynt Bryce sawe the deuyll that wrote the euyll wordes that men spake in the chyrche lxv E Fo. Clvii ¶ Of a woman that had the vpper parte of her body brent in the chyrche after her dethe for her cursed tongue lxxxxix F Fo. Cxi ¶ Of a man dampned of whome Lucyfer demauÌ„ded a songe for them that he had songeÌ„ in the worlde Cvii D Fo. CCxxxi ¶ Of a knyght that spake horcely for that that he gloryfyed him in syngynge swete lecherous wordes lxxxxi B Fo. Clxxxxix ¶ Of an aduocate the whiche loste his tongue in his dethe / for that he had habounded in yll languages lxxxxix G Fo. Cxii ¶ That the aungelles ben presente whan men speke good wordes / whan euyll wordes ben spoken the deuylles ben alway present lxxxxix H Fo. Cxii ¶ That a knyght abstayned hyÌ„ fro spekynge to fle yll wordes Ciiii. D Fo. CCxxvi ¶ Of a maÌ„ that solde his soule the deuyll bare it away lxxi K Fo. Clxvii Audire ¶ ExaÌ„ples of them the herken yl wordes ¶ That the syster of saynt Damyen was tourmented for that that she had taken pleasure to here songes lxxxxix I Fo. CCxii ¶ That a bysshop was tourmented in purgatory for that / that he herde the detraccyons of his clerke lxxxxix L. Fo. CCxiii ¶ Of a man tourmented in hell for his vayne songes that he hadde vsed in the worlde folysshely Cvii D Fo. CCxxxi ¶ Of a woman daÌ„pned that had arowes wtin her eeres / for that / that she herde folysshe wordes lxxxx A Fo. Clxxxxvi ¶ Nonum preceptuÌ„ et decimum Cogitatio mala ¶ Examples vpon the .ix. and .x. commaundement of god THat Lucrece coueyted to haue to possede the herytage of saynt Beatryce the deuyl posseded slewe hym lxxvii A Fo. Clxxv ¶ That a grete almesse woman was dampned for the wyll that she had to coÌ„myt lechery C. A Fo. CCxiii ¶ That Arystotle synned whan he coueyted prayed the quene to commyt lechery / albeit that he performed not the operacyon outwarde lxxxxii I Fo. CCii ¶ That a woman brake this commaundement whan she desyred and prayed a clerke to vse of his enbracyÌ„ges C. B Fo. CCxiiii ¶ That a noble woman brake this coÌ„mauÌ„dement whaÌ„ she desyred her porter of lechery though that she dyde nothynge / for he wolde not consent C. C Fo. CCxiiii ¶ That the auncyents the whiche coueyted Susanne brake this commaundement albeit that they dyde nothynge as they purposed lxxxxvi C Fo. CCvii ¶ Of a frere that delyted him in thoughtes of fornycacyon without resystynge therfore his aungel was sory the orayson of an holy fader the whiche prayed for him was not exalted C. D Fo. CCxiiii ¶ That the deuyll had slayne a yongman replete with yll thoughtes yf god had not ayded hym Cxv. F Fo. CCxlvii ¶ Of a monke vnto whom god sent breed good fayre / after that he had lecherous thoughtes elacyon he loste the sayd good breed Ci. A Fo. CCxv ¶ Of a frere that was tempted in his thought of the spyryte of fornycacyon and god suffred that he sawe it in the lykenesse of a woman Ci. B Fo. CCxvi ¶ That incontynent that a man hadde of yll thoughtes in walkynge the deuyll felowshypped with hym after that he was confessed the deuyll knewe hyÌ„ not Ci. C Fo. CCxvi ¶ That it behoueth to yelde accompt at the daye of the Iugement of euyll thoughtes Ci. D. Fo. CCxvi Cviii. D. Fo. CCxxxii Cogitatio bona ¶ Examples of good thoughtes ¶ That a frere wanne .vii. crownes on a nyght for resystynge agaynst yll thoughtes temptacyons Cii A Fo. CCxv◠¶ That a relygyous apostate repeated hyÌ„ it appereth that the wyll is reputed for the dede Cii B. Fo. CCxvii ¶ Another exaÌ„ple Cxv. F Fo. CCxlvii ¶ That a thefe came vnto an hermyte in good wyll to amende hym the whiche hermyte dyspraysed hym / a tree slewe hym he went to heuen Cii C Fo. CCxvii Penitentia ¶ Of Theophyle the which was saued by penaunce lviii B Fo. Cxliii ¶ Of the penaunce of a monke that had renyed god lviii C Fo. Cxliii ¶ Of the penaunce of a bysshoppe that renyed god lviii D Fo. Cxliii ¶ Of a man that gaue hymselfe to the deuyll to th ende to be enryched / and after he was saued by penaunce lx H Fo. Cxlvii ¶ Of two relygyous men the whiche were apostates and harlottes and after saued by penaunce lxxxxiii E Fo.
had stolen his maysters fygges myght not receyue our lorde of saynt Thomas lxxxi B Fo. Clxxxi ¶ That a woman that wolde haue hāged her selfe was delyuered in herynge them rynge to a sacrynge lxv B Fo. Clvi ¶ That the deuyls kept an heretyke from brennynge / but whan the body of Iesu cryst was brought they myght noo longer kepe hym lix A Fo. Cxliiii ¶ Of a man that wolde not leue his synne came to receyue his creatour agaynst the defence of the preste Cii Q Fo. CCxx ¶ That a woman appered to a preste in sȳgynge masse lxxxx C Fo. Clxxxxvii ¶ Of the punycyon of some the whiche retourned vnto theyr glotonyes and synnes after Eester Cii T Fo. CCxxii ¶ Another example lxxix C Fo. Clxxxxv ¶ Of a man the which was delyuered fro the paynes of purgatory by the saynge of thre masses Cii V Fo. CCxxii ¶ Of a frere the whiche sholde haue be .xv. yeres in purgatory / he was delyuered by one masse Cii x Fo. CCxxii ¶ That one of the relygyous of saynt Gregory was delyuered fro purgatory by .xxx. masses lxxxii E Fo. Clxxxiiii Perditio bonorum ¶ Examples of them that deye in mortal syn̄e dampne themselfe / lose paradyse and al goode spyrytualles as vnto the soule ¶ In lykewyse as the water departeth fro the broken pot euen so dooth all the vertues of a man by mortall synne Cii Y. Fo. CCxxiii ¶ Another example that the aungell sayd to a vyrgyn / chaste / deuout / almesgyuer / and charytable that she myght not be saued but yf she had pacyēce / for the synne of yre reygned in her lxxxxix B Fo. CCx ¶ Of the doughter of a kynge a grete almesgyuer the which was dampned for one mortall synne lxxxxiii H Fo. CCiii ¶ That a woman a gyuer of almesse was dampned for the delyberacyon of wyl to do lechery C. A Fo. CCxiii ¶ Of a woman gyuer of almesse dāpned that slewe .ii. chyldren lxxxxii D Fo. CCi ¶ That a woman the which fasted excercysed her in oraysons good operacyons was dampned for kepynge of yre without wyll to pardon lxxviii D Fo. Clxxviii ¶ That a monke lost the breed celestyall after that he had done synne Ci. A Fo. CCxv ¶ That a yonge man the which had lyued lowably ynough in Innocence vyrgynall was dampned and lost by cōmytynge mortall synne lxvii D Fo. Clix ¶ That the sone of a ryche man that serued god in fastynges / orayson / in good operacyōs was dampned for kepynge yre in his herte wolde be auenged lxxix A Fo. Clxxviii ¶ That an erle was dampned for an herytage yll wtholdē though that he had done good operacyons lxxxii A Fo. Clxxxiii Finis iniquorum est peccatum ¶ Examples of mortal synne the whiche is the lyne wherby the deuylles holdeth synners ¶ That the deuylles helde a man bounden with a chayne and ledde hym with grete so lace Ioye Cii Z Fo. CCxxiii ¶ That saynt Bernarde sawe a synner that had a chayne about his necke the whiche had mo than an C. lynkes / at euery teere that he wept there fell a lynke lv A Fo. Cxxxvi ¶ That the deuyll sayd to a doctour that a man beynge in synne is so bounde that he ne may do ony operacyon the whiche to hȳ is merytoryous Cii Fo. CCxxiii ¶ That saynt Anthony sawe the worlde ful of the deuyls nettes Cii r Fo. Cxxiii ¶ That a monke sawe of ryche men hāged wtin the fyre of hell / hanged that is to say by the lyne of the deuyll lxxxiiii D Fo. Clxxxviii ¶ Of a woman dāpned bounde with chaynes in a basket lxxxx C Fo. Clxxxxvii ¶ Of some auarycyous vsurers hanged in the fyre of hell lxxxvi A Fo. Clxxxxi ¶ That foure men were hanged in hell for that / that they dyde possede vniustly an herytage lxxxi G Fo. Clxxxiii Mors bonorum ¶ Examples of some the whiche hath accōplysshed the wyll cōmaundement of god hath deyed of good dethe hath had consolacyon of god of his sayntes ¶ That a holy fader sawe at his dethe god his prophetes Ciii A Fo. CCxxiiii ¶ That the sayntes of paradyse and the angelles god came vnto the dethe of an holy fader Ciii B Fo. CCxxiiii ¶ That a woman sawe Ihesu cryst at her dethe Ciii C Fo. CCxxiiii ¶ That a frere shewed Iesu cryst with his fȳger in syngynge Ciii D Fo. CCxxiiii ¶ That a holy bysshop was cōforted with sayntes at his dethe Ciii E Fo. CCxxv ¶ That sayntes conforted an holy bysshop at his deche Ciii F Fo. CCxxv ¶ That saynt Peter conforted a mayden named Gelyne Ciii G Fo. CCxxv ¶ That a preste that fledde the company of a woman was conforted at the dethe of the sayntes of paradyse Ciiii. A Fo. CCxxv ¶ That by the good correccyon the whiche was done vnto a chylde he fynysshed well his dayes lxxiiii B Fo. Clxx ¶ That a frere went to heuen as swyftly as an arowe Ciiii. B Fo. CCxxvi ¶ Of the dethe of a pylgryme that was conforted of angelles of paradyse / of the dethe of a synner Ciiii. C Fo. CCxxvi ¶ That a knyght sawe the dethe of an yll man that the deuylles tourmented And also he sawe the dethe of a good man that angelles bare to heuen Ciiii. D Fo. CCxxvi ¶ Of an holy fader that deyed in the drede of god Ciiii. E Fo. CCxxvi ¶ Of a pryour relygyous the whiche sayd that he deyed lawfully / faythfully / amyably Ioyously Ciiii. F Fo. CCxxvii ¶ Examples of the inestymable Ioyes of paradyse xlvii b / c / d. Fo. Cxix ¶ Of a monke the which was chosen to be bysshop and he refused it / and after deyed well Ciiii. G Fo. CCxxvii ¶ Examples of the dethe of many holy persones of the whiche the byble maketh mencyon Ciiii. H Fo. CCxxvii Mors malorum ¶ Examples of some the whiche hath not wylled to accomplysshe the cōmaundementes of god they ben deed of euyll dethe in paynes and dolours ¶ That the deuyll drewe the soule from the body of a cursed riche man with a hoke a woman wydowe was conforted of our lady other vyrgyns Cv. A Fo. CCxxvii ¶ Of a monke ypocryte that eate secretely fayned to fast / and the dragon infernall deuoured hym Cv. C ¶ That the deuylles gate the soule of an ypocryte with an hoke Ciiii. C Fo. CCxxvi ¶ That a knyght sawe that the deuyls take a yll mannes soule Ciiii. D Fo. CCxxvi ¶ Another example Cvii D Fo. CCxxxi ¶ Another exāple lxxxxiii H Fo. CCiii ¶ That Cayn was cursed of god deyed impenytent lxxvi A Fo. Clxxiiii ¶ That the pyllars of sodom deyed impenytentes lxxxxv A Fo. CCv ¶ That Chore / Dathan / and Abyron impenytences descended all quycke in to the helles liiii H Fo. Cxxxix ¶ That Absolon impenytent deyed myscheuously lxx A Fo. Clxiii ¶ That the harlot Iesabell was caste by a
shewed at his dethe that he had receyued the crosse and the deuyl fledde away Cxvi E Fo. CCxlix ¶ That well came to a man that made memory of the passyon and of the token of the crosse Cxiiii D Fo. CCxlv ¶ That the oraysons the whiche ben made in the remeÌ„braunce of the crosse passyoÌ„ please hym gretely Cxiiii F Fo. CCxlv ¶ That the sygne of the crosse was founde in a martyrs herte Cxv. B Fo. CCxlv ¶ That a mayden dyde eate a letuse without makynge the sygne of the crosse sheete the deuyll lxvii A Fo. Cxlix ¶ That a relygyous conuers dranke wyne wtout makynge the sygne of the crosse and agaynst his obedyence and he dranke the deuyll lxvii B Fo. Cxlix Aqua benedicta ¶ Examples of holy water ¶ That the deuylles whiche were in a seke mannes hous were chased away by castynge of holy water Cxvii A Fo. CCxlix ¶ That the deuyll myght not entre in to a dronken mannes mouthe for a droppe of holy water that was fallen therin that same day Cxvii B Fo. CCxlix ¶ That as a knyght sprynkled hym with holy water the deuyll cryed that he sholde not touche hym Cxvii C Fo. CCxlix ¶ That whan a synner obstinate had dronken of holy water he repented confessed hym and chaunged his lyfe from euyll to good Cxvii D Fo. CCxlix Maria. ¶ Examples of the gloryous vyrgyn Mary ¶ That the vyrgyn Mary delyuered an abbot and many other persones for syngynge this responce Felix namquees / to haue her helpe Cxviii A Fo. CCl ¶ That salue regina auayleth for to dye well Cxviii B Fo. CCl ¶ That the vyrgyn Mary apeased the thonders / tempestes of weder for sayenge of salue regina Cxviii C Fo. CCl ¶ That the vyrgyn Mary restored the hande of Iohan Damascene that made salue sancta parens Cxviii D Fo. CCli ¶ Of the salutacyon angelyke how a relygyous made the chapelet vnto the vyrgyn Marye Cxix A Fo. CCli ¶ Aue maria expounded Cxix b Fo. CCli ¶ Of hyÌ„ that knewe nothyÌ„ge of good but Aue maria Cxx. A Fo. CClii ¶ Of hym that kneled in the name of the vyrgyn Marye Cxx. B Fo. CClii ¶ Of a moder that taught her chylde to salue the vyrgyn Mary Cxx. C Fo. CClii ¶ That the deuyll myght not strangle a knyght for that that he saluted the vyrgyn Marye lvi H Fo. Cxxxix ¶ That the virgyn Marye ayded a woman that was borne slepynge vpon the pytte of hell lxiii E Fo. Clii ¶ That the vyrgyn Marye ayded a woman to thylde in the see of the mounte of saynt Myghell Cxx. D Fo. CCliii ¶ That the virgyn Marye kept a paynter from harme Cxx. E Fo. CCliii ¶ Of the good honoure that the vyrgyn Mary dyde vnto a thefe that fasted the saterdayes in her honour and absteyned fro doynge yll Cxx. F Fo. CCliii ¶ That a thefe beheded myght not deye with out confessyon for that / that he fasted the saterdayes in the honour of the gloryous vyrgyÌ„ Marye Cxx. G Fo. CCliiii ¶ That the virgyn Mary ayded a thefe at his dethe for he hadde fasted on the saterday in the honour of the gloryous vyrgyn Marye Cxx. H Fo. CCliiii ¶ That a thefe hanged myght not deye with out receyuynge the sacramentes / for he had fasted the vygylles of the gloryous vyrgyn Marye Cxx. I Fo. CCliiii ¶ That a thefe broken myght not deye with out confessyon for he had fasted the vygylles of our lady Cxx. K Fo. CCliiii ¶ Of a monke dyspencer that was dronke to whome the ennemy appered for to sle hym and the integrate vyrgyn Mary dyde saue hym Cxxi A Fo. CCliiii ¶ That our lady delyuerd a lecherous clerke from dampnacyon Cxxi Fo. CClv ¶ That the gloryous vyrgyn Mary and saynt Peter delyuered a monke from dampnacyon Cxxi C Fo. CClv ¶ Of some monkes the whiche qrake theyr scylence Cxxi D Fo. CClv ¶ Of hym the whiche brake the armes of the chylde of the vyrgyn Mary that was choked of the deuyll Cxxi E Fo. CClv ¶ Of a knyght with one eye that was illumyned for that / that he smote a Iewe that had blasphemed the vyrgyn Marye lxii H Fo. Cli ¶ That the vyrgyn Mary was meane for Theophyle to haue pardon saluacyon of that that he had renounced god and the sayd vyrgyn Marye lviii B Fo. Cxliii ¶ Of theym the whiche slewe a man in the chyrche of that vyrgyn Marye the whiche had terryble punycyon lxxix B Fo. Clxix ¶ That a woman that deyed in mortal synne was brought agayne in to her body for to do penaunce at the request of the gloryous vyrgyn Marye for that that the sayd woman serued her Cxxii A Fo. CClv ¶ How as a man sholde haue be sentenced and dampned he was delyuerd at the request of our lady his soule was brought agayne to his body Cxxii B Fo. CClv ¶ That a fayre doughter pompeously clothed wery of dauncyÌ„ge on a sonday was delyuered from the deuyll that wolde haue borne her away for that / that she called the ayde of the vyrgyn Marye lxviii C Fo. Clxi ¶ That the vyrgyn Marye ayded a frere that was enflambed in hate ayenst the procurour of the couent Cxxii C Fo. CClv ¶ That the vyrgyn Mary vesyted coÌ„forted a poore woman at the dethe and assured a deaken Cv. A Fo. CCxxv ¶ That the vyrgyn marye ayded in the Iugement of a man that was mercyfull and voluptuous Cxxii D Fo. CClvi ¶ Of a relygyous that was at his dethe in IugemeÌ„t before god / our lady the sayntes ayded hym Cxxii E Fo. CClvi Innocentia ¶ Examples of innocent people ¶ Of a chylde innocent that kept the ordre of myneurs relygyous wold take no money he lyued debonayrly deyed in good confiâ—macyon Cxxiii A Fo. CClvi ¶ Of a scoler innocent that chased the deuyll from a mayden Cxxiii B Fo. CClvii ¶ That a lytel innocent gate pardoÌ„ of god for an appostate Cxxiii C Fo. CClvii ¶ That the oraysons of chyldren innocents is moche worthe for the deed bodyes and the quycke Cxxiii D Fo. CClvii ¶ Of a chylde innocent that touched an hote yren Cxxiii E Fo. CClvii ¶ Of a womaÌ„ aduoutresse that bare an hote yron in her hande wtout hauynge yll after true confessyon lxxxxii K Fo. CCii ¶ That the deuyl knewe not the synnes of a syÌ„neresse after true coÌ„fessyon sayd that she was a good woman Cxxiii F Fo. CClviii Virtus ¶ Examples of vertuous people ¶ Of the vertues of fyue holy deuoute freres Cxxiiii A Fo. CClvii ¶ That foure vertues were in foure holy hermytes Cxxiiii B Fo. CClix ¶ Of the excercytees of fyue contemplatyf freres Cxxiiii C Fo. CClix ¶ Of the vertue of .iiii. freres lii g Fo. Cxxx ¶ Of foure other sortes of vertuous people lii H Fo. Cxxx ¶ Of a relygyous obedyent and of an abstynent lii I Fo. Cxxx ¶ That a man his wyfe
sayd sacrament ¶ Also they sholde drede punycyon dampnacyon / for all mortell synne byndeth vnto dampnacyon H. ¶ Example of a man maryed moche deuoute / by the voluptuosyte of his flessh yode vnto his wyfe in other manere than nature ne techeth hym / therfore he was dampned in the ende of his dayes As it was after shewed by vysyon vnto his sone relygyous by his prayers and by the holy lyfe that he was of I. ¶ Another example that men fynde in wrytyng of a man maried that vsed his wyf dyshonestly as the sodomytes / moche dyspleased vnto his wyfe one tyme agayn her wyl cōmyt in her the synne of sodomy and incontynent after that he arose from his bedde to goo in to the chambres in the whiche his bowelles fell from hym dyscended by the foundement with grete torment than he began to crye / the people came of the doloure that he felte he tolde hys sayd synne / that god hym venged punysshed / my scheuously he deyed ¶ Another example of a man that knewe his wyfe on ester euen Que. lxxxxiii a. ¶ Another example how the chyldren of a man and of a woman ne myght haue baptysme for the synne that they commytted in maryage / Que. lxxxxiii b. Those that haue offended in theyr maryages make they true confessiō they shal haue mercye Que. viii.c. A. Of defloracion that god defendeth xxxvii NOn mechaberis kepe the from doynge lecherye in ony wyse what soo it be / he that dothe the werke of nature out of maryage deceyueth hymselfe ¶ A man cōmytteth defloracyon whan one of the partyes or bothe twayne ben vyrgins they cōmyt lecherye out of mariage In the auncyent testament she the whiche suffred that she were deflored was brent vn̄ le xxi Puella si depreheusa fuerit in stupro et violauerit nomē patris sui flāmis exuretur For that that sychem deflored dine the doughter of iacob / he his fader with them of his house were slayne as it is wryten ge xxxiiii He that defloreth a vyrgyne vnto her dothe dōmage inaprecyable / so that ther nys golde ne syluer ne ony thinge temporel of what valoure so euer it be that may be compared vnto the valoure of one soule contynent as a vyrgyn mayden Of whome it is wryten eccl xxvi Oīs pōderatio sclm cuiuslibet rei tp̄oralis cuiuscūque sit pōderis valoris nō e digna aīe cōtinēti Saynt ierome sayth that vnto these vyrgȳs is promysed fruite a. C. tymes / whan they be one tyme corrupte or brused they shal neuer recouer the sayd fruyte ne theyr vyrgynyte / no more than a man may repayre a lampe broken in peces how be it it is to be vnderstonde but that they maye be saued in doynge of penaunce / but they shall neuer be of the nombre of vyrgyns in paradyse ▪ they shal be of the nombre of those that haue done penaōce Vnto wedowes that haue wele kepte chastyte is promysed fruyte threscore tymes This sayeth saynt Iherome And vnto women maryed fruyte thyrtye tymes euery one shall haue after theyr deserte Also the harlot the whiche corrupteth a vyrgyn is cause of all the payllardises ylles that the sayd vyrgyn doth euer after / as he the whiche maketh a breche in the corne wele closed is cause that the said bestes entren in to the sayd corne there done of dōmage / for to satyffye of the said ylle the said harlot sholde close the breche vnto his power / that is to withdrawe the sayd woman from synne And after the droitm he her sholde marye with his goodes / or to take her in mariage yf she be not maried or he sholde entre in to a monastery for to do penaūce perpetuell ¶ Examples how ylle is comen vnto many the whiche haue dyspoylled vyrgyns of theyr maydenhede Fyrste how a knyghte was dampned for that / that he hadde deflored a vyrgyn Quere lxxxxi b. ¶ Another example how a vyrgin was rauysshed in the daunce and fyled after henge herselfe Que. lxviii f. Many other examples ben wryten in the examplayre / Quere lxxxxi a. b. c. B. ¶ Of inceste that god defendeth xxxvii NOn mechaberis Fle al synne of lecherye loue clene lyfe and pure / A man cōmytteth inceste whan the parties the whiche accomplysshen lecherye ben of lygnage / or of affynyte or vnder from the fyfte degre / or whan there is betwene thē gossiprede by the meane of the sacrament of baptysme or of confyrmacyon After the auncyent lawe those the whiche cōmytted this synne were put vnto deth vn̄ leui xx Qui dormierit cū nouerca sua cum muru sua vterque moriatur / quia scelus operati sunt sanguis eorū sit super eos He the whiche hathe slepte with his stepmoder / or with his syster in lawe / the one / the other shall deye / for they haue done synne / theyr blode be vpon them Also he the whiche hathe taken his syster the doughter of his fader or the doughter of his moder ben they slayne before the people vn̄ in dicto ca. Qui acceperit sororē suam filiam patris sui vel filiam matris sue c. Occidatur in cōspectu populi sui For this synne Ammon the sone of dauyd was slayne by the cōmaundement of his broder Absalon / for he had deflored theyr syster Thamar as it is wrytē ii regum xiii Also all malediccyon dyscendeth vpon them the whiche cōmytte thys synne as it is wryten deutero .xxviii. Maledictus qui dormit cū vxore patris sui et cū sorore sua filia patris sui vel matris sue et dicit omnis populus amen That man is accursed the whiche slepeth with the wyfe of his fader / with his syster the doughter of his moder And all the people shall saye amen so be it ¶ Also punycyon and dampnacyon foloweth vnto them the whiche knowe theyr gossyppes men or womē or god sones / or god doughters as we rede in the dyalogue of saint Gregorye that for the lecherye of a curyal the whiche corrupte a fayre doughter that he had holden on the fonte of baptysme he deyed sodaynly in the chirche before the people Que. post ad numerum lxxxx b. ¶ Another example of a woman dampned and terrybly tourmented the whiche had cōmytte lecherye with one of her kynnesmen Quere lxxx◠a. Yf thou haue offended in this vyce goo vnto penaunce Quere .viii. b. B. ¶ Of sacrylege as vnto lecherye that god defendeth Ca. xxxvii SAynt Bernarde sayeth Tangere qui gaudens meretricem qualiter audes Palmis pollutis regē palpare salutis Thou man of the chirche the whiche enioyest the to touche an harlot / how darest thou touche the kynge of helthe with thy handes soylled Thou arte sacryleged the whiche soyllyst the holy sacramente of ordres that thou haste receyued Sacrylege is cōmytte in
kynges in the .xix chapytre how the prophete Helye fasted .xl. dayes .xl. nyghtes whaÌ„ the aungel brought hym meet c. Also we rede in the .iiij. chapytre of the gospelles of saynt Mathew that our blyssed sauyour redemptoure Ihesu cryst fasted .xl dayes Vnde mathei iiij Et cum ieiunasset quadraginta diebus et quadraginta noctibus postea esurijt c. Also the sayd lenten sholde be fasted / and it is of the commaundement of the chyrche vnto them that haue aege and that may do it C. ¶ Many persones ben holly excused / as women with chylde for her fruyte / also nouryces yf they may not fast they sholde do after theyr power with the nuryture of the chylde ¶ A questyon of women that ben stronge and may well faste it / but theyr husbondes defendeth it them The answere is / scdm innocen vbi dicit Licet dimittere debeaÌ„t mulieres vota voluntarie suscepta ê“pter habitationeÌ„ viroruÌ„ / non tameÌ„ ieiunia ab ecclesia precepta Also the seke / the weyke ben excused ¶ A questyon of pylgrymes people sore labouryÌ„g The answer after saynt Thomas Yf the pylgrymage or labour may be deferred or taken awaye wtout inconuenyent fastynges sholde not be broken And yf it be necessyte to walke to do the grete Iourneyes or to labour moche that they ne may do it with fastyng they ben not bouÌ„dede to faste In suche thinges it sholde be surer to haue recours to be dispenced of the prelate And a man sholde not vnderstande in comyn prouerbe how all the labourers ben excused to faste it For yf ony be ryche and hath suffycyent nourysshynge wherwith to kepe the fastyng day he ought to labour the lasse to th ende that he may faste satysfye vnto the commaundement of the chyrche But yf he be poore that necessyte coÌ„streyne hym to laboure strongly for that he ne may haue his necessytees for his wyfe chyldreÌ„ yf he dyde not the sayd grete labour he synneth not mortally yf he ete on the fastynge daye sygnauntly so that he haue his coura-and wyll that he wolde obey gladly vnto the coÌ„maundement of the chyrche yf he might haue the sayd necessytees Also it is to vnderstande that fastynge is so greuous and so harde vnto some persones that scantely and with grete payne they may faste one daye in the weke in lenten for theyr laboures and trauayles that they aledge Vnto those a man sholde answere that they shall haue the more greter meryte in paradyse for the grete laboure that they take to faste / that god shal rewarde vnto euery persone the fastynges and the laboures after the operacyons that they do Vnde psal Retribu et vnicuique scdm opera sua And yf he wyll not fast do almesdedes or oraysons or good operacyons in recompence and in shewynge token that he wolde obeye gladly yf he myght Questyon of poore beggers yf they ben holden to faste The answer after Thomas ii.ii q. cxlvii where he sayth that yf they may haue as moche of almesse togyder as shal suffyce vnto them to ete at dyner / they shall not be excused of fastyÌ„ge And yf they may not soo moche assemble for to suffyce them on that day to fede they ben not bouÌ„de to fast / or whan they ben weyke for the pouerte therof procedynge they ben excused ¶ Example of fastynge Quere in the examplarye .cv. C A. ¶ The eyght commaundement of god defendeth all wordes the whiche ben agaynst the dyleccyon of thy neyghbour xl ¶ False wytnesse loke thou none bere Ne yet lye in ony wyse Drede thou also to speke or swere Agaynst thy neyghbour by myn aduyse THis commaundement is wryteÌ„ in the auncyent testament Deutero v. ca. et exodi xx Non loqÌ„ris contra proximum tuuÌ„ falsum testimonium Thou shalte not speke ne bere false wytnesse ayenst thy neyghbour And it wryten Leuiti xix ca. NoÌ„ mentiamini nec decepit vnusquisque proximum suum Ye shall not lye and neyther of you shall deceyue his neyghbour And it is wryten in the newe testament Mathei xix ca. et luce xviii Non falsuÌ„ testimoniuÌ„ dices Thou shalt not say false in wytnessyÌ„ge but that thou be punysshed as many haue ben in lykewyse as thou mayst se by examples Quere lxxxxvii a.b. In this coÌ„maundement god defendeth generally all fals euyll languages in al the maners that a man may brynge theym forthe with the tongue the whiche ben agaynst the dyleccyon of thy neyghbour / in lykewyse as it shall be declared in particuler herafter / vs commaundeth the vertue of veryte For syth that he defendeth in suche wyse al lesynges euyl languages it foloweth well that he vs coÌ„maundeth that we bringe forthe good and verytable wordes c. B. ¶ Of false wytnessynge that god defendeth xl NOn falsuÌ„ testimoniuÌ„ dices thou not say fals in witnessyÌ„ge He that maketh fals reporte in iugement of certayne conscyence for to noye vnto neyghboure synneth ryght greuously in thre maners Primo / in as moche as he forswereth hym falseth his fayth that he taketh vpon the font of baptysme that he renounceth god that is ful of veryte / leueth his feaute the othe that he had made vnto him for to drawe hyÌ„ vnto the deuyll the fader of lyenge and the hande that he lyfteth vp in forsweringe hyÌ„ apperteyneth vnto the deuyll / whan he blysseth and crosseth hym it is with the deuilles hande Scdo in as moche as he is the cause wherby the ryght Iustyce is fyled corrupt wherby falleth grete incoÌ„uenyent Tercio / in as moche as he is a lyer / false / corrupter of veryte Those the whiche forswereth them wytyngly in iugement ben infamed as it is wryten in ryght extra qÌ„relaÌ„ Et. vâ— q.i. Infames Also they ne sholde neuer be take in wytnes extra de testi Sicut e. vii q.i. Quicunque They deceyue thre persones that is the Iuge / the innocent / and themselfe They deceyue euyll the Iuge / wors the Innocent / and worst of al themselfe They deceyue the Iuge by that / that he beleueth that they saye veryte / and he maketh false Iugement agaynst ryght Iustyce the whiche is to yelde vnto euery man that thynge the whiche is his They deceyue yet wors the Innocent / for by the false witnessynge somtyme the Innocent leseth his herytage / somtyme his goodes / his good renounce / or soÌ„tyme is slayne and put vnto dethe They deceyue worst of all themselfe / for they do dampne theyr soules / and they bynde them to make restytucyon of al the losses and domages in the whiche the sayd Innocent reÌ„neth by the sayd false wytnessynge In lykewyse as a thefe or harlot the whiche taketh withdraweth the goodes of his neyghbour is holden to make restytucyon In lyke maner a false wytnesse the whiche wtdraweth the goodes of his neyghboure by
shal be declared herafter Also god tolde it vnto Moyses Delebo enim memoriam amalech sub celo c. E. ¶ Another example of the obeyssaunce of kynge Saule liiii IT is wryten in the .xv. chapytre of the fyrste boke of kynges how god sente vnto kynge saule by the prophete Samuell that he his armye sholde go to slee and to dystroye the kynge synner Amaleche all his people / all his beestes / and that al were dystroyed loste withoute takynge ony vnto mercye And without coueytynge ne takynge ony thynge .vi regum xv Vade percute amalech demolire vniuersa eius et non concupisces ex ipsius ali quid noÌ„ parcas ei sed interfice a viro vsque ad mulierem paruuluÌ„ atque lactanteÌ„ bouem oueÌ„ asinuÌ„ c. Than Saule yode he and his armye the whiche was grete accomplysshed not the coÌ„maundement of god / for he toke the kynge Gag quycke / slewe Amalech / the good bestyall was spared Also they toke the precyous vestymentes clothes / the best of the goodes And slewe the wulgarye people bestyall dystroyed all that the whiche was not gode precyous agaynst the wyll and commaundement of our lorde Ihesu cryst by his prophete c. This thynge dyspleased vnto god for that that Saul was inobedyeÌ„t where as he punysshed not the synners as it was coÌ„maunded hym And for as moche that he pylled and toke theyr goodes the whiche was defended him c. After that that the prophete samuell had spoken vnto god / knewe that he was wrothe of the sayd inobedyence He came vnto Saule demaunded hym werfore he had not obeyed vnto god / that he was gone vnto the pyll erye Saule answered vnto Samuel sayd vnto hym So haue I obeyed vnto god I haue brought Gag the kynge also Amalech haue I slayne / the people hathe be pylled brought of fayre shepe and of oxes to th ende that he dide sacryfyce vnto god MelioreÌ„ eniÌ„ obedieÌ„tia quam victime / That is to saye obedyence is better than sacryfyce Also the prophete Samuell reproued another tyme the sayd saul for his inobedyence said vnto hym illud i. reguÌ„ xiii Stulte egisti nec custodisti mandaradnÌ„i dei tui qÌ„pÌ„cepit tibi quod si noÌ„ egisses iam nuÌ„c pÌ„parasset dnÌ„s regnuÌ„ tuuÌ„ suê‘ israhel in seÌ„piternuÌ„ sed nequaquam consurget c. Thou haste done folysshely haste not kepte the coÌ„mauÌ„dementes of thy lorde god the whiche he coÌ„maunde the. Yf thou haddest not done it our lorde had prepared thy realme vpon the people of Israhell in eternyte But from hensforth he ne shall lyfte hym vp For as moche as the sayd saul lefte god dyde the wyll of the deuyll / the deuyl hym posseded tormented gretely as it is wryten in the bokes of the kynges / the ende of hyÌ„ was ryght yll / for he drewe his swerde slewe hymselfe Saul arripuit gladiuÌ„ suuÌ„ irruit super euÌ„ c. F. ¶ Another example of the dysobeyssauÌ„ce of Pharaon of his punycyon liiii IT is wryten in exodi in the .vii. viii chapitre c. How the kynge Pharaon had the herte so enhaâ—ded / rebelle inobedyent that he ne wolde obey vnto god / vnto his seruauÌ„t For he ne wolde let go the chyldre people of Israhell by many tymes in lykewyse as god hym commaunded And therfore at euery tyme that he dysobeyed vnto our lorde Ihesu cryste he sente a punycyon ¶ The fyrst punycyon that oure lorde sente them was that all the waters and ryuers of the kyngdome of Egypte was chaunged and torned vnto bloode ¶ The seconde that god sent them so many of frogges that they spradde ouer all egypte ¶ The thyrde god sente soo many of gnattes and flyes vpon bestes and people that they ne myght defende them ¶ The fourth other flyes and more terryble or al sortes ¶ The .v. was mortalyte vpon all the beestes of egipte ¶ The .vi. was wouÌ„des bladders vpon the beestes people ¶ The .vii. was thondres lyghtenyÌ„ges hayle and fyre in the myddes ¶ The .viii was grasseloppes and other the whiche ete all the verdure grenesse of egypte The ix was derkenes ¶ The .x. was mortalyte vpon the fyrste borne / for that that he had the herte so harde that he ne wolde obeye to god ne by worde ne by punycyon moyses stroke the water of the see the whiche departed on the one side and on the other And syxe hondred thousande men of the chyldren of Israhell without the women passed with drye fote And pharaon and all his armye entred afterwarde all we redrowned VnÌ„ exo .xv. Curus pharaonis excertitus eius proiecit in mare Et electi principes eius sub mersi sunt in mari rubro abyssi operuerant eos descenderuÌ„t in ê“funduÌ„ quasi lapis Filii auÌ„t israel ambulauerunt ê‘ siccuÌ„ in medio mari By Pharaon the whiche was soo obstynate that he ne wolde neuer obeye vnto the seruauÌ„tes of god / ne hym correcte for plage nor punycyon that god sente vnto hyÌ„ ben vnderstonde the synners obstynate the whiche ne correcte them for prechynges ne wrytynges that a man vnto them myght tel / ne for sekenes of fortune what so euer the god vnto them sente And for asmoche as they be in dauÌ„ger to haue in th ende conclusyon as pharaon had / that is that god shall punysshe them make to deye myscheuously and that they shall descende in to dampnacyon in to helle c. G. ¶ Another example of the inobedyence of the prophete ionas liiii IT is wryten in the fyrste chapytre of Ionas how god him commaunded that he sholde go to preche in the cyte of Nynyues / the whiche obeyed not redely fled from the face of our lorde / mounted vpon the see in a shyppe and incontynent these began to moue for the tempest of the tyme. For to make short Ionas was caste into the see / a fisshe named a whale him swalowed / was in his wombe thre dayes thre nyghtes And in the wombe of the said fysshe made his orayson vnto god Afterwarde god coÌ„maunded vnto the fysshe that he sholde vomete Ionas He was obedyent and vometed hym and caste hym on drye londe And whan Ionas came forthe of the wombe of the whale / god hym commauÌ„ded secondly that he sholde go to preche in the cyte of Nynyue / and he was obedyent forthwith H. ¶ Another example how chore dathan and abyron / theyr alyes dyscended in to hell for theyr inobedyence murmure Also how the chyldren of Israhell gadred of the manna agayne the coÌ„maundemente of Moyses Ca. liiii IT is wryten in the .xvi. chapytre of the boke of nombres / how chore / dathan abyron two C. l men murmured agaynste god Moyses ylle came
demaunded them yf they knewe those persones there They answered that ye And that they ben suche suche Than the holy man sente them vnto the houses of theyr neyghbours for to seyf they were there they founde them in theyr houses Whan they had reported it vnto the holy man / he constrayned the deuylles to tel what they were And they confessed that they were deuylles and that they deceyued in suche wyse the men c. G. ¶ Another example of a kynge the whiche sente to seche counsayll of belzebub / his messengers were brente of the fyre celestyall And he deyed myscheuously lx IT is wryten in the fyrste chapytre of the .iiii. boke of kynges how the kynge Ozochias was seke in bedde The whiche sent for messengers for to take couÌ„sayll of belzabub god of Acharon That is to vnderstonde yf he sholde lyue or dye of the sekenes And the aungell of god came vnto the prophete Helye / vnto whome he seyd Aryse goo thou before the messengers of the kyng of Samarye thou shalt say vnto hym Is it not the god of Israel that is to vnderstonde vnto whome ye shold go to take counsayll / not vnto belzebub god of acharon For this thynge our lorde hathe said from thens that thou art mouÌ„ted thou shalt not dyscende / but thou shalte deye The said prophete made his message and the sayd messengers retourned to tel it vnto the kynge And the sayd kynge said why are ye come agayne And they tolde how a man herye cladde vnto the raynes with a skynne is comen agayne vs. c. the whiche sayd it is Helye Than the sayd kynge sent vnto the sayd prophete a Capytayne and fyfty men vnder hym / the whiche capitayn came vnto hym said Gods man the king hathe coÌ„mauÌ„ded that thou dyscende Homo dei Rex pÌ„cepit vt disceÌ„das And Helye answerde Yf I be gods man dyscende the fyre from heuen the deuoure thy fyfty men And incontynent the fyre dyscended from heuen hym deuoured with his .l. men And agayne the sayd kyng sente another capytayne with fifty men the whiche were brente as the other in the same maner / yet agayne the sayd kynge sente another capytayne and fyftye men vnder hym / the whiche came before the sayd helye / yode on knees prayed humbly / not as the two other the spake proudely / said Man of god ne dyspreyse thou my soule / the fyre is dyscended from heuen that hathe deuoured those that haue ben sent towarde the before me / I praye the haue mercy on my soule / and the auÌ„gell of god spake vnto the sayd prophete sayd Dyscende with him drede thou not Than he came vnto the sayd kyÌ„ge with hym / vnto whome he sayd For that that thou hast sent messengers to take thi couÌ„sayll with belzebub god of Acharon / as yf there ne hadde be of god in Israhell of whom thou mayst axe a worde And therfore from the bedde wherin thou art mouÌ„ted thou shalt not dyscende but thou shal deye of dethe Than he deyed alter the worde of the prophete This example denoteth manyfestly howe a man sholde euermore seche counsayll after god good maneres And so men sholde take hede to byleue ylle counsayll in lyke wyse as sayeth the saige Vnde ecclesiastici .xxxvii. A coÌ„siâ—io malo serua aiÌ„am tuaÌ„ And by that that these two fyrste capytaynes the whiche spake proudely in sayenge / the kynge hathe coÌ„maunded that thou dyscende / is here to be noted that god punyssheth boweth downe dystroyeth the proude men And exalteth preserueth the humbles as he byde the thyrde capytayne the whiche humbled hym on knees and spake humbly c. H. ¶ Another example of a man the whiche gaue hymselfe vnto the deuyl bycause that he sholde enryche hym lx THe dyscyple reciteth in his promptuarye sayeth that a ryche man came vnto pouerte afterwarde submytted hym of his good wyll vnto the deuyll to th ende that he sholde enriche hym And the deuyll toke hym baptyzed hym in sayenge I baptyse the in the name of Lucyfer of all the deuylles that thou be ours in body and soule Afterwarde the deuyll toke hym many rychesses sayd vnto hyÌ„ For as moche as thou art ours thou sholdest bere oure token the whiche is pryde in clothyng and in all thy membres After that he had be in suche estate by some yeres it befell that he entred in to the chirche and herde a predycacyon of the mercy of god / And afterwarde abode in the chirche contryte and sorowfull of his synnes He fell prostrate vnto the erthe and prayed god lyenge that he vnto hym wolde yelde hys grace / and that he wolde correcte all that that he had done Whan our lorde had sene his humylyte / his teres / his wyll that he wolde correcte amende his lyfe / profered from the aulter sayd Aryse thou vp thy synnes be pardoned the. Go and sinne thou no more The whiche arose and with the grete contrycyon that he had he was chaunged that is as an auncyent man so that ryght fewe of his housholde knewe him more The whiche dide afterwarde so grete penaunce tormented his body by correccyon that it was knowen that he had the lyfe eternall Oure lorde sheweth hys mercy vnto synners whyles that they benlyuynge in this worlde shall shewe tyll vnto the iugement / but whan the sayd Iugement shall be come He shall shewe and do Iustyce vnto the good vnto the yll I. ¶ Another example of a woman the whiche renyed the fayth / slewe her chylde and betoke herselfe vnto the deuyll / and after had mercy lx THe dyscyple recyteth in his promuarye how a woman had a husbande the whiche vnto her was moche coÌ„trarye For whan he came fro the masse / From the market / frome the tauerne / he bet her euermore And she toke couÌ„sayl of an olde woman what she sholde do to the ende that her husbande sholde loue her She promysed her to fynde the meane / ledde her in to a garnyer Whan she was there the olde woman called the deuyll the whiche was present incontynent Vnto whom the olde woman said This woman wolde serue you soo that ye make that her husbande loue her He sayd that he sholde do it with good wyll so that fyrste she muste slee her chylde that she had Whan she had slayne it she retorned vnto hym Ye shall do yet a thynge / the whiche is that ye shall renye the fayth and the ayde of god and of al the sayntes And she sayd that she consented / that she coÌ„mytted her vnto hym bothe body soule And the deuyll sayd vnto her Go ye now al assured vnto your house / than she theder yo de Ioyous And her husbande came to bete her that came from the tauerne And as he had be before ylle
¶ Another example of some chyldren the whiche sware / and in swerynge they were drowned lxâ—â—â— IT is wryten in a boke that is called mariall how a good woman instructe her chylde to salue the vyrgyn Mary The whiche as he ye de with other chyldren to playe they sware and stryued by a water side The water flowed vp the whiche drowned them al in blasphemynge / reserued hym before sayd that our lady toke from the water set hym on her lappe / conforted hym and saued c. ¶ By these examples a man shold vnderstande that swerynges ben to fle / that it is grete synne case too swere vaynely And to name in suche wyse god his sayntes vnlefully Legit ecclesiastice .xxiii. In rationi non assuescat os tuum / multus eâ—â—casus in illa sequitur nominatio dei non sit assidua in ore tuo neque in omnibus factoruÌ„ admiscearis quoniam non eris immunis ab illis / quia omne iuramentum requitet a te C. ¶ Another example how the heed of a swerer torned that that was behynde before / and the cattes cryed vpon his graue after his dethe lxiii MEn fynde by wrytyÌ„ge this the whiche foloweth how the dyscyple recyteth in the boke of his promptuary and sayth that a yonge man wrothed hym moshe / for that that he had lost at the playenge at the tenes Therfore he began to swere and to dyspyte god and the vyrgin Mary And incontinent his heed was tourned that / that was behynde before / and his tongue lepte out of his mouthe more than halfe a fote / and thre dayes after he deyed / and was buryed in an abbaye But euery nyght there came so grete multytude of cattes the whiche made there so grete tempest that the moÌ„kes ne myght take no rest / and this dured longe tyme / soo longe that fynally it behoueth to put hym out of the chyrcheyarde / â—kest hym in a dyche ¶ Vota D. ¶ Examples how a man sholde accomplysshe his vowes And fyrste example how the chyldren of ysraell accomplysshed theyr vowes after that they had vyctory lxiii IT is wryten in the byble in the boke of Iudyth that whan the chyldren of Israell were besyeged of holofernes / that they felt grete necessyte they made vowes vnto god for to go in to Iherusalem for to make gyftes oblacyon yf it pleased hym to delyuer them And it is wryten in .xvi. chapytre that after that they had vyctory that Holofernes was slayne all they yode in to Iherusalem to worshyp god fulfyll theyr vowes E. ¶ Another example of a vyrgyn that vowed chastyte after wolde be wedded lxiii SOme maysters hathe wryten this the whiche foloweth how the dyscyple recyteth in the boke of his promptuary / and sayth how a vyrgyn serued faythfully in chastyte the vyrgyn Mary / bounde herselfe by vowe to serue her her sone Iesu cryst in chastyte vnto her dethe And the deuyll of hell had enuy of her good operacions the whiche moeued the courage of a ryche man in her loue for her beaute / dyde so moche that he demaunded her in maryage / offred worldly glory / honour / rychesses / euery day he ceased not by flateryes and promesses to drawe her soo to consent what more The sayd vyrgyn was so wery of the temptacyons of the ennemy that she fell and consented to mary with the sayd ryche mortall man / left the espouse of the kynge eternall the whiche is Ihesu cryst the goodes perpetualles for to haue that godes transytoryes The day of the weddynwas constytute and set And the nyght precedent the day that the weddynge sholde be as she rested in the hous of her parentes / she sawe in her dreme as she slept that she was rauysshed vpon the mouthe of a well / from the whiche proceded so moche stynke that it semed vnto her that the worlde was infect and vndone And also kest so grete clowdes of smoke that she thought that all the clerenes of the worlde was dryuen away / all boyled of serpentes wormes of soules tourmented And as she meruayled her of the horryble clamours of those the whiche were wtin the tourmentes she sawe sodaynly go forth of the sayd well of these moryens of fyre they ben deuylles the whiche toke wtout dyffereÌ„ce the soules deputed to the tourments them plunged kest wtin it And as they drewe the sayd vyrgyn amonge the other for to be plonged there she loked on the one syde on the other as despayred yf there were ony ayde sawe a ferre of her auncyent lady the gloryous vyrgyn Mary that torned to her the backe And the whiche was for that she might not drawe her backe In th ende she coÌ„uerted vnto her with al her herte / called her name and sayd O lady thynke on thy handemayden constytute in so grete bytter necessyte And she approched more nere sayd vnto her What art thou And she answered I am thyn handmayden / I haue be euermore deuout in thy seruyce in thy memory And she sayd / it is not so / thou art not myn / for thou hast dyspised me and my sone / thou arte his that thou hast chosen / thynke on hym and he wyll delyuer yt. And she ne myght bere the wordes sayd O lady ferre of is he fro me / fro my herte / fro my mynde / delyuer thou thyn handmaydeÌ„ and deferre it not O dnÌ„a iam absorbet me ê“funduÌ„ / iam vrget suê‘ me puteê° os suum And she excused her for to ayde her that the ennemyes drewe her without gyuynge vnto her dylacion The moder of pyte Mary the moder of god approched vnto her / touched with her honde toke her / incontynent the enmyes fledde ferre of / durst nomore loke whan they sawe the helpe of the moder of god Than she spake conforted her benygnely sayd Here ben the fruytes of the flesshe / the rewarde of volupt Thou knowest not that thou gyuest the to be cast in this deluge of tourment / fle it now syth that thou hast seen thexperyence / drawe the with all thyn herte and with al thy might to recouer grace to serue me in tyme to come chastely / I shall helpe the by my prayers Than the vyrgyn Mary departed yelded the soule / so she awoke The frendes of the ryche man were there the whiche demaunded what the man sholde do And she answered / mynystres of dethe departe ye ferre of / in grete indygnacyon she put them backe The parentes all were troubled / vnto whome to al togyder she tolde all the thynge before sayd And they left her fre whan they had herde that that she had shewed / she retorned vnto her fyrst purpose And with all her force she excercysed her in penaunce wepynge for to recouer
indulgence chyrches And afterward as he was seke his doughter the whiche was moche deuout prayed hȳ instauntly that after his dethe he wolde appere vnto her and for to shewe her of his estate and beynge The whiche appered after his dethe within .xxx. dayes and helde in his hande the vessell infernall the whiche was all in fyre And whan his sayd doughter sawe hȳ so enbrased she had grete feere / and demaunded hym what he was / and what he wolde with that cup. The whiche answered I am thi fader And this cuppe is the tourmente wherin I drynke Wherof speketh the psalmyst Ignis sulphur et spiritus procellarum pars calicis eorum And she demaunded hym secondly yf she myght helpe hym by prayer or good dedes And he sayd nay / ne all the sayntes of heuē for the sentence of the gospell was gyuen agaynst hym Ligatis manibus pedibus proucite eū in tenebras exteriores ibi erit fletus et stridor dentium Mathei xxii Than he cryed with an hye voyce thre tymes ve in sayenge Ve in amaritudine / ve in multitudine / ve ī eternitate penarum And saynt Gregory sayth in his moralles Qui nunc se male in voluptatibus dilatat / illum postea in suppliciis pena angustat c. ¶ Venatio A. ¶ Examples of hunters And fyrst exāple how a lorde the whiche hunted on the feestes had a chylde the whiche had ere 's lyke a dogge lxviii THe dyscyple recyteth in his sermōs this the whiche foloweth the whiche is wryten in libro apū and sayth that a noble mā was all gyuen vnto huntynge in suche wyse that he neyther herde masse on the saterdayes ne on the sondayes And his wy that was deuout reproued hym often / but he toke no hede And it befell that after that the sayd wyfe had many chyldren she chylded an euyll shapen thynge the whiche had the heed as a dogge / and the eeres hangynge And whan she sawe it she was confused shamed before many damoysels good matrones the whiche were there in presence / the whiche counceyled all that incontynent it were couered with erthe without beyng more sene / and it was done And forthwith the husbande came from huntynge the whiche demaūded where the childe was that he wolde seit And for as moche as she dyfferred it for shame he drewe his swerde sayd that he wolde se it Than the sayd woman made to take out of the erthe the heuy and horryble monster the whiche sayd vnto her husbande Beholde how the puyssaunt god by shewynge manyfest hath venged thyn vnwytte for that thou hast doone no good dede ne honour vnto the holy dayes and festes / and hast not gyuen ony reuerence vnto the holy sacramentes of the sacred body of Ihesu cryst / but vnto vayne huntynge thou hast taken hede on the sayd holy feest dayes c. Than the sayd noble man correcked hym worthely and dyde penaunce moche bytter B. ¶ Another example the men knewe not where an hunter became in huntinge of a beest lxviii ALso it is wryten in libro apum this that foloweth how the dyscyple recyteth in his sermons And sayth that ryche lorde parforced his mē subgectes to go with hym euery daye to hunte / the whiche men left to labour to do theyr seculer occupacions tyll that they became poore / thēself / theyr wyues / and chyldren And it befell one day that the sayd lorde went to the huntynge in a wood he and his housholde the houndes reysed the wylde beest He was on horsbacke folowed hym / and sawe hym euermore / but his rennynge prouffyted hym nothȳge for he myght not take hym and perceuered to folowe hym by night and from that day afterwarde neuer man sawe him more / ne no man wyst what there was done of hȳ / and he was not founde Some saye that in lykewyse as the erthe opened the whiche swalowed Chore. Dathan / Abyron the whiche descended all quycke in to hell that soo it myght be happened vnto the foresayd hunter ¶ Chorea C. ¶ Example of dauncynge on the feestes And fyrst example how the deuyll wolde haue borne away a mayden the whiche daunced on the sonday lxviii IT is wryten in the myracles of the blyssed vyrgyn Mary of a fayre doughter the whiche in her dedes was desolute dauncer and a synger the whiche wolde not correct her for her moder And her fader loued her for her beaute the whiche clothed her pompeously with fayre garmentes And one daye of the sondaye after that she was werye of dauncynge she sate her downe vnder an apple tree for her recreacyon And incontynent the deuyll came vnto her the whiche sayd vnto her Aryse thou and come with me And she sayd What arte thou He answered I am the deuyll vnto whome thou enforcest the to do my wyll / thou arte our armes and our doughter to take the soules And therfore now thou shalt receyue paynes / not alonely for thy synnes / but for all the synnes of them the whiche ben drawen vnto cursed concupyscence for thy clothyn-and aournementes of thy body And as the deuyll enforced hȳ to rauysshe her vyolently she cryed twyes Lady mary helpe me Her moder had taught her in her youthe so to call the vyrgyn Mary for to salue her And she lerned her to say Auemaria gratia plena c. And the deuyl sayd Cursed be they that taught the that orayson Yf thou hadde not sayd it I had borne the now in to hell and he departed ¶ By the example of the mayden that was fayre / well clothed / of abyte to daunce to synge must be vnderstande that she pleased vnto the deuyll dyspleased god For suche vanytees draweth vnto synne / corrupteth vertues good maners ledeth vnto dampnacyon Also by that the she called helpe of the vyrgyn Mary that is the floure of vyrgynyte is vnderstande that in lykewyse sholde these vyrgyns do in necessyte / and them conferme vnto the vyrgyn Mary to th ende that they may goo in to paradyse c. D. ¶ Another example of men and womē the whiche daūced a yere wtout that ony persone myght socour them lxvii MEn fynde by wrytinge this that whiche foloweth how the dyscyple recyteth in the boke of his promptuary and sayeth that in the yere of the incarnacyon of our lorde M. .xi. There happened in a cyte of the countre of saxonye wherin there was a curate of the parisshe chyrche of saynt Mayng the whiche curate was called Tulles how in the vygyll of crystmas many of his parysshens men and women put them to daunce in the sayd chyrcheyarde and to synge in suche maner that they letted the sayd curate in his offyce of the chyrche Wherfore he sent to them that they sholde cease / but they ceased not ne wolde not obey for hym Than he cursed them in requyrynge god that they myght not cease all that
faders and parentes And the sayd tode remoued not from his vysage And whan the man ete he ete And whan men wolde take awaye the sayd tode with instrumentes he streyned soo sore with his fete that the face became so blowen that the eyes remeued from theyr place he lyued so thre yeres without that that a man coude take hym awaye In that tyme frere Iohan du pont of the ordre of prechers sawe him at parys with many men women and chyldren The said chylde the whiche ne dyde honoure vnto his fader moder / hymselfe was dyshonoured quia legit eccle xxix Peccator transgredyens maÌ„data dnÌ„i iÌ„cidet iÌ„ ê“missioneÌ„ ne quam This example sheweth that punycyon shall come be it in this worlde or in the other vpon the chyldren the whiche defaylleth vnto fader moder in theyr necessytees God the whiche is all puyssaunt wolde that this thyng were sene and knowen ouer all the countree / to th ende that all the chyldren meruaylled them And knewe the grete offence the whiche is to defayl vnto theyr parentes c. C. ¶ Another example of Cham the whiche mocked his fader noe lxx IT is wryten in genese that Noe had thre sones / that is to vnderstond / sem Cham Iaphet And it happened one tyme that after that Noe hadde strongly laboured at the gaderynge of wyne that he was wery slepte / the whiche was vncouered byneth / one of his sones named Cham came there / the whiche mocked of the thynges naturell of his fader / whiche wente to seke his two other bretheren for to se it for to mocke withall And the two other whan they sawe that couered them dyde chyde with Cham / to wome they sayd that it was not well done to mocke with his fader After this the said Noe knewe it by reuelacyon and cursed him / not that he was cursed / but al his lynee / not that the soules were cursed / but they that proceded of hym sholde be subgectes to grete trybulacyons / as of pouerte of godes / or fortunes temporelles And more than two thousande yere after as our sauyour and redemptoure preched a wyfe yssued of the sayd lynee of Cham came to requyre our lorde to hele her doughter that was tormented of the deuyl DnÌ„e misere mei filia mea male a demonio vexatur c. And our lorde answered to her that it was not good to gyue the brede of sones vnto dogges Non est bonuÌ„ sumere paneÌ„ filioruÌ„ et sumere canibus He called the sayd people dogges / bycause that they were euyl / and yssued of the said cursed fader Cham that mocked with his fader as sayd is D. ¶ Other example of two sones that slew theyr fader lxx IT is wryten in the .xxxvii. chapitre of the boke of Ysaye that the armye of kynge Sennacheryb was punysshed diuinely for theyr pride and synne / that sholde be a longe thynge to recounte And the aungel of god slewe in one nyght C. foure score fyue thousande And the kyng Sennacheryb fledde in to the cyte of Nynyues / and it was soo that as he adoured in the temple his god / his two propre sones drewe their glayues and slewe him in the sayd temple The whiche sones wend to haue succeded and regned in the realme after hym / but the one nor the other was not kynge E. ¶ Other example of a sone the whiche stroke his moder lxx THe dyscyple recyteth in his promptuary how a sone cast downe and stroke his moder with the fete And of the permyssyon dyuyne that fote where with he hadde stryken her was cut from hym Another example of a sone the whiche dyshonoured his moder / And in shorte tyme all his chyldren deyed / without doubte al chyldren the whiche done yll vnto the fader and vnto the moder / or the whiche dyshonoureth them / or the whiche fayl them in theyr necessytees shall be punysshed in this worlde or in the other For they dysobeye vnto god and ben vnnaturelles c. F. ¶ Another example how the two sones of Helye wolde not be corrected for theyr fader and they were slayne lxx IT is wryten in the thyrde chapytre of the fyrste boke of kynges how hely was iuge of the people of Israhell by .xl. yeres And he had two sones named ophiÌ„ and phynees the whiche lyued delicyously and prepayred them delycatyuely the meates the whiche came vnto the temple in sacryfyces / and made of synnes and cursydnesses Theyr fader hely the whiche herde the tydynges repreued them / but he punisshed them not And therfore god suffred that they deyed myscheuously / for the chyldren were slayne in batayll And the sayd hely fell frome his chayre and slewe hymselfe whan men brought hym the tydynges that his chyldren were slayne / and that the arke wherin were the coÌ„maundementes was taken of the phylystyens The clerkes presuppose theyr dampnacyon / more soner than otherwise / for the synnes the whiche regne in chyldren / and for the faute of their correccyon G. ¶ Another example of the chylde that the deuyll bare awaye lxx IT is wryten in the dyalogue Cesarii how a deuyll bare awaye a chylde in body and soule for the malediccion of his parentes In suche manere that his parentes sawe hym no more afterwarde And god suffred it to th ende that these other parentes haue drede how they curse theyr chyldren / but that more sooner they correcte them with a rodde c. A. ¶ Another example how a good and true chyld loued his fader and myght not endure that a man dyde vnto hym ony yll MEn fynde by wrytynge how the dyscyple recyteth in his promptuary and sayeth how a man had thre sones with his wyfe after the opynyon And it befel that they wrathed theym one tyme togyder / that the sayd wyfe sayd vnto hym Thou wenest to haue thre chyldren of me / but the ne haste but one And he demaunded her whiche it was And she ne wolde tell hym After that that the sayd woman was deed as the fader lay in his dethe bedde / by his testament he lefte all that he had vnto hyÌ„ the whiche was his owne sone And whan he was deed they stroue who sholde haue his goodes and herytage And the kynge commauÌ„ded that the sayd fader deed werâ— bouÌ„de vnto a tree / and that the thre sones sholde shote at hym And that he the whiche sholde shote moost strâ—â—â—htest sholde haue the herytage And afâ—â—â— that he was bounde two of the sones shotte â—han the thyrde sawe that they had shotâ—◠〈◊〉 suche wyse vnto his fader he was wroche agayÌ„ them / and said that he ne wolde in no manere shote vnto his fader Than men knewe truely that he was the very chylde the whiche ne wolde none yll do vnto his fader And vnto hym it was iuged that he sholde haue the goodes and herytages Also al good
chyldren sholde loue theyr fader deed and quycke A beest loueth naturelly her fruyte semblables Eccle. xiii OmÌ„e animal diligit simile sibi And those the whiche loue not theyr faders parentes ben gretely vnnaturell / worse than a dombe beest / therfore they ben worthy of punycyon / the whiche they shall haue yf they correcte them not whyles that they ben lyuinge in this worlde B. ¶ Another example how the nature of byrdes techeth vs to thynke and remembre our parentes lxxi WRyten it is in the boke of Ysydore of the nature of byrdes that the nature of cranes is suche that they withdrawe them from mete endure hoÌ„gre / to the ende that they puruaye vnto theyr lytel byrdes And after that theyr lytel cranes maye fle take proye yf theyr parentes haue necessyte / afflyccyon and lennes they haue coÌ„passyon gadre them in to a neste / nouryssheth them whyles that they haue conualescence / do good the one vnto the other In lyke wyse done the good chyldren vnto theyr parentes These lytel grypes ne done not so vnto theyr parentes of whome the naturyens saye that after that theyr parentes haue longely laboured to nourysshe them / to go to gete them mete in many places / that they haue kepte themselfe frome mete for to gyue it vnto them After that those lytel grypes be grete to fle and haue puyssaunce Than they bete with theyr wynges theyr parentes / Also they ne gyue them to ete of theyr proye / but with theyr bylle and with theyr wyÌ„ges they bete them out of theyr nest The yll chyldren done in lyke wyse vnto theyr parentes c. C. ¶ Another example of a doughter the whiche nourysshed her moder the whiche was enclosed in a toure / with the mylke of her brestes lxxi VAlerian recyteth that for the synnes that a noble woman had coÌ„mytted she was iuged vnto the dethe / but the Iuge ne wolde punysshe her openly / for the honoure of her parentes And she was enclosed in a pryson to th ende that she sholde deye for hongre And her doughter the whiche was maryed vysyted her moder euery daye by the leue of the Iuge in suche wyse that she was serched before that she entred for to se yf she bare ony thynge to be eten And the said doughter gaue vnto her / her pappes to souke nourysshed her And at the laste the Iuge knewe of it wherfore he was moued with pyte gaue the moder vnto the doughter c. D. ¶ Another example of the chylde that bote of his faders nose lxxi IT is wryten in many bokes this the whiche foloweth how the dyscyple recyteth in his boke and sayeth that there was a fader the whiche ledde his sone with hym in to tauernes playes And he lerned that in suche maner that whan he was grete he ne myght kepe hym from playnge and vsynge the tauernes / after was a thefe Fyrste vnto his fader / after vnto his neyghbours / was so cursed that hys fader delyuered hyÌ„ two tymes from hangynge in gyuyÌ„ge grete money And thirdly for a thefte was ledde vnto the galowes And there requyred that he myghte kysse his fader / from whome he bote the nose with his tethe And as the sone was rebuked of that he answered I haue done wele and iustely / for he is cause that I am hanged in asmoche as he correct me not in youthe of my fautes / for yf he had correcte me I had not be here This example denoteth that the sage sayth ê“uer xxix Puer q i dimittitur voluÌ„tati â—ue coÌ„fudit matreÌ„ suaÌ„ iÌ„mo patreÌ„ oeÌ„s cognatos c. The chylde the whiche is suffred to do his owne wyll confoundeth his moder / also his fader and al his kynnesmen And therfore a man sholde punysshe him correct in youthe Men plye bende the rodde whyles that it is yonge / so dothe men a chylde And who so taryeth tyl they be growen men / he ne may ayde hyÌ„ Yf the sayd fader had correct hys chylde he hadde not byte of his nose nor be hanged / he that wele loueth wele chastiseth E. ¶ Another example of hym whose berde grewe after he was hanged lxxi THe dyscyple recyteth in his boke sayeth that there was a cursed chyld inobedyent vnto fader and moder the whiche slewe his felowe / for his demerytes was hanged in his yonge aege And with in thre dayes after that he was hanged a grete gray berde grewe vpon hym so moche that it came tyll vnto his gyrdyll wherof the people meruayled And afterwarde it was reueled vnto a holy man al the dede of it the whiche sayd that he shold haue lyued in as grete aege as the sayd berde shewed yf he had be obedyent vnto fader moder And all suche chyldren abrydge theyr lyues / ben in the waye of dampnacyon yf they haue not grete bytter repentauÌ„ce c. Et legitur in psalmi Subito defecerunt propter iniquitatem â—uam F. ¶ Another example of a man the whiche was fell harde vnto his fader hys yonge sone repreued hym lxxi THe dyscyple recyteth in his promptuary that there was a man yll vnnaturell vnto his fader auncyent / For he made hym to lye in the stable with hys shepe And gaue vnto hym a vyle vesture the remenaunte wherof men couered the horses The sayd auncyent had gyuen vnto hym his herytage for to lyfte him vp in grete estate Now it happened that the sone of the sayd felon was heuy displeased to se his grandfader soo entreated And for this thynge he came vnto his fader / and demaunded hym suche another couerture of hors as his sayd grandfader had And his fader asked hym what he wolde do with it And the chylde answerde I shall kepe it tyll that thou be auncyente / than I shall clothe that with it in lyke wyse as thou doest thy fader my grandfader the whiche begate the nourysshed the / lefte vnto the his herytage c. Legitur mathei xv et marci vii Honora patreÌ„ tuuÌ„ matreÌ„ tuaÌ„ qui maledixerit patri vel matri morte moriatur The holy scrypture procedeth of the mouth of god coÌ„maundeth that men honoure theyr fader and theyr moder And he sayth vnto the chyldren that do the contrary That is they the whiche curse theyr faders or moders / or the whiche theym dyshonoure or defayle in necessyte that they deye of deth And it is to vnderstonde not of dethe corporell alonely / but of dampnacion and dethe eternell the whiche is dethe withoute dyenge yf they deye without correccyon amendement G. ¶ Another example how a fader his sone cursed eche other in hell Also of a gode sone that blyssed his fader in heuen lxxi THe dyscyple recyteth in his promptuarye sayeth howe a holy man desyred to se the paynes
of helle / and the glorye of the blyssed the whiche was ledde in to helle by his aungell And amonges many other paynes he sawe a fader stryue with his sone And the fader sayd vnto his sone Cursed be the tyme that euer I begate the. All that that I haue done for that is cursed For for that I was a cursed vsurer / to th ende that thou haddest grete haboundaunce of goodes in the worlde and he said many other thinges vnto his sone in cursynge hym The sone sayd vnto the contrary Cursed be the hour that thou begatest me for thou ne haste taught me the coÌ„maundementes of god / ne to do penauÌ„ce ne other good dedes / but thou taughte me pryde to make false vendycyons / he reproched him many other thynges bycause he corrected him not of his yl dedes Than sayd the holy man vnto his aungel the whiche ledde hym It is a cursed thynge to here to se these thinges here Afterwarde the aungell shewed hym the glorye of the blyssed And in that he sawe a fader his sone the whiche were in grete Ioye And the sone sayd vnto his fader Fader be thou blessyd of god For thou me haste made to lerne scyence And thou haste led me vnto the chirche / vnto predycacions thou haste taught me many good thinges and haste correcte me of the ylles that I dyde More ouer thou haste lerned me the coÌ„maundementes of god to loue and to drede god aboue all thynges And many other thynges that the sone sayd vnto the fader in blyssynge hym For by the sayd thinges he had saued his soule And the fader blyssed the sone in spekynge vnto hym seÌ„blable thinges good and prouffytables by the whiche they were saued c. This exaÌ„ple denoteth that god hathe suffred that this thynge were sene and knowen to the ende that the faders and moders chyldren in lykewyse take hede doo And that they correcte lerne vnto theyr chyldren the good for to come vnto the glorye of heuen And yf they do the contrary that they know that they shall haue punycyon in helle Where they shall curse other eternally c. H. ¶ Another example of a woman damned whiche dispreysed those that repreued her of her synnes Ca. lxxi THe dyscyple recyteth in his promptuary sayeth that a woman moche deuoute and loued of god was ryght curyous of her moder departed The whiche wolde knowe of her moders estate for to helpe her yf she were in purgatorye / it requyred of oure lorde Ihesu cryste / ✿ And one time as she was at the chirche with teres requyred god of this thyÌ„ge / she was put in horrour sawe by her a derke spirite Than she made the token of the crosse demaunded who it was And the spyryte sayd I am thy moder And she her demaunded how it was with her / she answered it is with me ryght yl / thy prayers ne maye serue me of nothynge / for I am dampned eternally Than the doughter with grete wayllynge sayd Alas my moder what is the cause of thy dampnacyon And she answered For that that I lyued haue be nourysshed of thynges yl goten by vsuryes otherwyse / I culpable toke no hede to restore vnto other And that the whiche was yll done agayn god of my subgectes in my house I forced not of it / but I am entred in the wayes of the world yll and vnryghtfull And also I haue dyspreysed those the whiche me haue repreued of my synnes ylles And I ne me amended ne repented in no manere And in suche wyse I deyed And whan the sayd moder had sayd these wordes she departed / the sayd doughter prayed no more for her Vnto this purpose saynt Austyn sayeth Si scireÌ„ patreÌ„ meum in inferno non plus orareÌ„ ê“ eo quam pro dyabolo That is to saye yf I knewe my fader were dampned in helle I sholde pray no more for hym than for the deuyll This example denoteth that those the whiche lyueth of thynges yll goten ben in the waye of dampnacyon / yf that they dye without restitucyon Also a man sholde not dyspreyse one that repreueth hym of his vyces synnes I. ¶ Another example of a tauerner that the deuyll bare awaye in body soule for that he repreued not those the whiche dyd ylle Ca. lxxi THe dyscyple recyteth in hys sermons sayeth that a tauerner receyued to ete to drynke to lodge all sortes of people / that is to vnderstonde good yll / suffred to playe / to swere / to be dronke / to blaspheme / to coÌ„mytte baudrye and other synnes in his tauerne for temporell gayne And one tyme on a sondaye as he bare of wyne from his seller before his yate for that that his hous was ful of other hostes / there arose vp a tempeste of wynde deuylles amonge it the whiche toke vp vyolently the sayd tauerner on hye in the ayre before all the people And whan he sawe hymselfe so lyfte vp and of the deuylles borne awaye cryed by grete contricion of herte O deê° quid fatiet aiÌ„a mea O my god what thyÌ„ge shal be done of my soule thaÌ„ the deuylles suffred hym to fall in to a felde / they sayd vnto hym For asmoche as thou haste forgoten all thynges transytoryes the lyfe of thyn owne body / thy wyfe thy chyldren / thy frendes / that thou haste prayed alonely god for thy soule by contrycyon of herte we ne maye bere the no ferther / for god ne wyll suffre vs to excercise in the our wyll For that that thou haste called hym by contrycyon And yf the haddest not done it we had borne the in to hell in body and in soule Than the said deuylles yode awaye / and he was founde in the sayd felde / and borne in to his house / And he laye in his bedde certayne dayes / and after that he was in conualescence he corrected hym and amended / put away his tauerne And more ouer he neuer suffred in his house to playe / to blaspheme / ne to do other ylles All tauerners and hostyllers sholde wele note this thynge that god ne punysshe them as he dyde the sayd ylle tauerner K. ¶ Another example of a man the whiche was so ylle instructe and correcte that he solde his soule / and the deuyll bare it awaye with the body lxxi THe disciple recyteth in his sermoÌ„s and sayeth that a man sayd vnto his compaygnons as they dranke at the tauerne yf they byleued that there was of soules / and that he byleued nothynge / and that he ne had none sene And that the prestes and prechers had founde that there was of soules in helle for the gayne temporell And that he byleued nothynge And hys compaygnons affermed that after the fayth catholyke that there was of soules in hell and in heuen / and that the soule of
and haste fledde this payne ryght horryble and cruell / but take hede that thou serue we le god And euen in lyke wise as he spake these wordes the sone came and appered as the sayd fader had done with grete boylyons of fyre in swymmynge on hye within as a pece in a potte And the sayd sone toke hym to curse his sayd fader in paynes and said in this manere Cursed be thou my fader in pardurabylyte For by these thynges that thou haste yll goten thou haste dampned me loste And vnto the contrary the fader said vnto the sone Cursed be thou sone / for for the I haue goten suche goodes and them hathe witholden And so am I put from al good And therfore I am discended in to this payne Vnto whome the sone lyuynge sayd Is there neyther prayers ne suffrages maye prouffyte you nor ayde The whiche sayd that no. For in hell there is no redempcyon And the sayd aūgell ledde agayne the sayd hermyte / The whiche lyued afterwarde more faythfully and serued god deuoutely he was saued This example denoteth that those the whiche taketh witholdeth the goodes of another vniustely yf they dye in suche wyse with out restitucion amendement that they shal dyscende in to helle in payne and in grete torment B. ¶ Another example of a fader the whiche put a malet in a cheste / and toke the keyes vnto his chyldren Ca. lxxiii MEn fynde by wrytynge this the whiche foloweth how the dyscyple recyteth in his promptuarye sayeth that a riche man maryed hys chyldren enryched them of his goodes And in the ende became poore And his chyldren gaue no force And afterwarde he called his chyldren vnto whome he gaue the keyes of a coffre wherin he had a locket / and within it was a heuy malet / in lyke wyse as yf it had be moneye / but he reteyned one key to th ende that they ne myght go vnto the cheste And he sayd vnto his chyldren You ben myne herytours frendes / whan I shall be deed open ye the cheste / ye shall fynde within it a lettre the whiche deuyseth howe moche I haue lefte vnto euery of you For this hope the chyldren the one after the other inuyterent the sayd auncyent / they honoured hym and ayde After his dethe they founde within the sayd loket a malet and a lettre the whiche conteyned That man is worthy to be beten on the heed with his malet the whiche hathe soo moche gyuen vnto his chyldren and trusteth the whiche nothinge reteyneth for hȳ selfe C. ¶ Another example of two doughters the whiche put oute theyr fader in his olde aege Ca. lxxiii IT is wryten in some bokes thys the whiche foloweth how the discyple recyteth in his promptuarye and sayth that a man hadde two doughters vnto whome he gaue all his goodes and maryed them after that he was poore his doughters sones in lawe wolde no more reteyne him with them And the one of the doughters sayd vnto her fader Go vnto my syster / the other sayd in lyke wyse That thou shalte repast with me one daye / and after go another daye vnto my syster And the auncyent man was instructe of one of his nere neyghbours the whiche was sage / whiche sayd vnto hym that he sholde take a fayr coffre aourned and besene withouteforth and that he sholde put of stones within / he sholde make to bere it vnto the chirche on a sonday whan the people ranne vnto the masse / that whiche thynge he dyde Whan his doughters sones in lawe sawe thys thynge they stroue togyders who sholde haue to kepe the sayd auncyent / the which made bargayne with one that he shold haue the said coffre after his dethe / that with in it for to nourysshe hym And toke a lettre kepte towardes hymselfe thre keyes Whan he was deed his sone in lawe opened the coffre / and whan he foūde nothynge but stones he was confounded c. D. ¶ Another example how a good moder loued naturelly her chylde and myght not endure that he had ony yile lxxiii IT is wryten in the thyrde chapytre of the thyrde booke of kynges that two harlottes came before kynge Salamon / the one sayd vnto hym Syr this woman here and I dwelled togyder in one house / I haue chylded by her And the thyrde daye after she childed also We were togider And there was but we two / She hathe ouerlayne her chylde in the night in slepynge and it is deed And she arose vp softely by night in scylence / and toke secretely my sone by my syde and put it betwene her armes And hers the whiche is deed she put it by my syde Whan I rose vp in the mornynge for to gyue the brest vnto my sone it appyered to be deed And whan that I hadde ryghte well beholden it on the daye I knewe incontynent that it was not my sone the whiche I hadde engendred The other woman answered that it was not soo and that she hadde lyed falsly and vntruely / and sayd my chylde lyueth thyne is deed And the two women stryued soo before the kynge Salamon And thenne the kynge Salamon sayd vnto the assystence This woman sayth my sone lyueth and thyne is deed And the other answereth naye / but thy sone is deed and myne lyueth Brynge vnto me a swerde sayd the kynge and deuyde ye the chylde quycke in two partyes gyue vnto euery of theym one of the sayd halues of the sayd chylde / And the woman vnto whom apperteyned the quycke chylde sayd vnto the kyng Salamon My herte and myn entraylles is all moued vpon my chylde I praye you gyue vnto her the chylde quycke and slee it not And the other cryed vnto the contrarye That it ne be vnto me ne vnto her but that it be deuyded The kynge answered and sayd Gyue the quycke chylde vnto this woman here the whiche wyll not that it be slayn That she is his propre moder So the people knewe that the kynge Salamon had gyuen ryghtwyse Iugemente that a good moder loueth naturelly her propre chylde and ne maye endure that it haue ylle E. ¶ Another example how ten chyldren trembled were punysshed dyuynely after that that theyr moder them hadde cursed for that that they had offended her Ca. lxxiii IT is wryten in the legende of saynt steuen that a noble matrone a wedowe woman was wrothe tormented of the multytude of the ten chyldren that she had wherof there was seuen males And thre females And one tyme they offended theyr sayde moder the whiche requyred of god that maledyccyon sholde come vnto them And in contynent they were stryken of diuine vēgeaunce For they all by semblable payne horrybly tremble in theyr bodyes by all theyr membres / by the whiche thyng they were moche sorowfull And for as moche as the people of the countree
ne myght endure them of the horrour that they had to se them in suche horrybly to tremble / they departed them thorowe out the world vacabondes And ouer all where they yode euery man behelde them And two of them were heled a sone and a doughter by the merytes of saynt steuen in the presence of saint Austin This example sheweth that all chyldren sholde drede to offende theyr faders moders that maledyccyon dampnacyon come not vnto them Also faders moders ne sholde curse theyr chyldren / but sholde desyre that they haue benedyccyon and saluacion / yf they ben as forsaken they sholde punysshe them correcte sagely and dyscretely F. ¶ Another example that it displeaseth vnto god that a woman aourned her doughter and clothed pompously lxxvi THe dyscyple recyteth in his booke that a fader a moder had a doughter the whiche serued god deuoutely vnto the example of her moder purposed to abyde in virginite And the fader coÌ„mauÌ„ded vnto the moder that she shold aourne her doughter after the course of the worlde the whiche dredde her husband and clothed her doughter pompously seculerly and aourned her face her heere Than the aungell by the coÌ„maundement of god appered vnto her moder and sayd vnto her Wherfore haste thou more dredde thy husbande than god to aourne thy doughter / to take her frome Ihesu cryste for to put her in to the worlde For this thynge thou shalt dye within four wekes / thou shalt be dampned yf thou repente the not with in the sayd tyme. And more ouer within the sayd tyme all thy chyldren shall deye / And this daye thy handes shall begyn to drye in payn for that that thou hast aourned the heere of thy doughter Than the sayd woman dyde true penaunce and all happened in lyke wyse as the other had sayd vnto her For she deyed and her chyldren within the sayd terme / also her handes dryed c. Those and they the whiche ben culpable sholde loke vpon this take example for to correcte them amende to the ende that oure lorde Ihesu cryste be not wrothe agaynst them / and that they haue not punycyon c. ¶ Correctio A. ¶ Examples of correccyon And fyrste example how swete correccyon more profyteth vnto the yll than sharpe lxxiiii IT is wryten in the lyfe of the faders in many other bokes that as saynt Machayre walked one tyme by the countree he sayd vnto his dyscyple that he sholde go acore And as he yode he met with the prest of the ydoles the whiche bare a grete staff the dyscyple sayd vnto hyÌ„ wheder goest thou deuyll that thou arte And the sayd preest wrathed hym agaynst hym for his harde wordes / bette hym soo moche that he lefte hym as for halfe deed After the sayd preest yode his waye And as he yode his way he met the sayd Machayre whiche sayd vnto hym Thou arte a saue walker / thou be saued And the preest meruaylled sayd vnto hym What haste thou sene of goodnesse in me the wiche salutest me in suche wyse And he sayd I haue beholde that thou labourest strongly in walkynge And the preest sayd vnto hym that in his salutacyon he hathe had composycyon / he knewe the he was the seruaunt of god that he had mette a cursed monke that had iniuried him and that for his iniuryes he had strongly beten hym For to be short by the swete wordes of the sayd Machayre the sayd preest yode with hym / conuerted hymselfe / and was relygyous / many paynyms coÌ„uerted them by the example of the sayd preest And here the sayd Machayre sayd that a proude worde an yll conuerteth somtyme the good vnto the yll And a humble worde good somtyme draweth the yll to do good Vnto this purpose it is wryten ê“uer xv ê™ respoÌ„â—io mol is fraÌ„git iraÌ„ / sermo durus excitat furoreÌ„ Et eccle vi Dulce vbuÌ„ inimicos mitigat et amoreÌ„ multiplicat B. ¶ Another example of the good correccyon that was done vnto a chylde lxxiiii THe dysciple recyteth in his promptuarye that a fayre sone noble / was gyuen of his parentes in to a monasterye of the blacke ordre / for to be discyplyned regulerly in good maners / the whiche was instructe of the pryour correcte by wordes / somtyme by rodde / in so good maner that he refrayned hym from all thynges infancybles vnnefull / that he was informed in all goodnes And the sayd chylde toke the sayd correccyon humbly And in lyke wyse grewe he in good perfeccyon tyll vnto the aege of .xx. yeres so deyed / And after his dethe appered the soule of hym vnto the pryour so clere fayre that the chambre was all replenysshed with lyght he sayd Pryour I yelde vnto the thankes of the correccyon that thou hast put in me I am not fallen by lytell by lytell in to synne by the whiche I had be dampned / and by the I am saued c. C. ¶ Another example of the correccyon of two relygyous of the whiche the abbot corrected the one spared the other lxxiiii IT is writen in the boke of the sermons of the dyscyple how there was two freres in a monasterye / of the whiche the one was gracious agreable vnto his abbot and vnto the other relygyous / therfore he was spared was not punysshed of his necligences And the other was not agreable And he was punysshed incontynent that he dyde a faute So they deyed bothe twayne And he the whiche was gracyous appered vnto his abbot after his de dethe and sayd vnto hym that he was in grete paynes And his sayd abbot demauÌ„ded hym Where is the cursed the whiche commytted more of neclygences than thou And he sayd O fader he is not cursed / for he is in the clere vysyon of god For the neclygences that he coÌ„mytted were incontynent punisshed And by that that the satisfaccyon of his synnes is made / but for that that thou sparedest me in my neclygences for my gracyousnes I am nowe tormented in purgatorye And therfore my fader I requyre the praye vnto god for me And that ye recoÌ„maunde me vnto myn other bretherne in theyr messes to the ende that ye delyuer me from the greate paynes wherin I am By this example a man sholde vnderstonde that these synners the which ben ofte tymes punysshed corrected or those the whiche gone often vnto confessyon do penaunce ben more sooner saued than those the whiche be not repreued / and the whiche go not vnto confession but one tyme in the yere c. D. ¶ Another example how a man sholde correcte hym whan a man is warned THe discyple reciteth in his sermoÌ„s and sayeth that a good relygyous conceplatyf was rauysshed in iugemente the whiche sawe an erle accused before god also a grete prelate agayne whome god was
the collocucyons of the faders in lyke wyse as recyteth the dyscyple sayeth that after that a holy abbot named iohan hadde done many myracles there was brought vnto hym a man the whiche had the deuyl in the body And the sayd Iohan was strongly requyred of many that he sholde chase the deuyll from the sayd man And for to be shorte that sayd Iohan coÌ„maunded vnto the deuyll from god that he sholde go oute The whiche deuyll answered that he wolde not / that he ne sholde go out for hym And vpoÌ„ his wordes there arryued a goode symple man yll clothed the whiche bare his tythe vnto the preest the whiche herde how the deuyll answered that he ne sholde go oute for the sayd abbot / that whiche symple man sayd to the deuyll And wherfore ne goest thou oute so thou shalt I coÌ„maunde the from god that thou go oute Than the deuyll yode oute the whiche sayd that he ne was gone forthe for the sayd Iohan / but that he was constrayned by god to go forthe for the bounte of the sayd symple man than the good abbot was a meruaylled the whiche demauÌ„ded of the symple man of what lyfe he was And how be it that he drewe backe to tell it / he answerd that he payed well his tythes incontynent that they were deu And them put vnto prouffyte and payed them Ioyously of the beste / and bare them vnto the person or vnto the vycayr I go vnto the chirche sayd he euery daye And yf I maye there I here euery daye masse I kepe wele the feestes the commaundementes of god / at the begyÌ„nyng of my yonge aege I had wyll to be relygyous for that that my fader hadde no more chyldren but me / they ne wolde that I were relygyous to th ende that to possede theyr herytage I obeyed vnto them they maried me vnto a good woman / we kepe wele our maryage togyder And yf she deyed I haue yet the wyll to be relygyous / it is not yet chaunged There is the life that I am of Than the sayd Iohan fel on knees before hym and requyred hym that he wolde praye for him c. In this example is to be noted that a good symple man labourer is somtyme more nerer vnto god more holy persone digne to do myracles than ne ben the grete bysshoppes doctours prelates Whan the daye of Iugement shall come god ne shall demaunde hast thou be doctour or mayster in suche scyence or in suche / but he shall demaunde hast thou done the werkes of mercy / hast thou payed thy dysmes / hast thou obeyed vnto the chirche c. D. ¶ Another example of those the whiche take of dysmes lxxxiii MEn fynde by wrytynge how saint renobert the whiche was the seconde bysshop of bayeux sawe one tyme that a man toke a iauel of corne out of a shefe of dysme for to gyue it vnto his hors / and saynt renobert badde hym leue it / but he wolde not / wherfore his hors enraged c ¶ Tenatitas A. ¶ Other examples of people to moche holdynge vnmercyfull And fyrst example of the cursed ryche man lxxxiiii IT is wryten in the .xi. chapytre of the gospelles of sayÌ„t luc that ther was a ryche man clothed with purple with precyous vestymentes / that whiche ete dranke euery daye delycyously And ther was a lazar full of woundes the whiche let hym before the yate of the sayd ryche / whiche demaunded the croÌ„mes that fell from his table but he gaue hyÌ„ none but set dogges on hyÌ„ they lycked his fete So he deyed and the ryche man also / the poore man wente to heuen the ryche man to helle The yll ryche lyft vp his eyen as he was in torment sawe Abraham a ferre of the lepre in his bosome He made two requestes of the whiche he was denyed The fyrst was of one droppe of water The seconde to goo tell vnto his brederne that they myghte correcte them c. This ryche man is an exaÌ„ple vnto all cursed ryche men the whiche vse yll of theyr rychesses / this poore is example of all good poores that haue pacyence in aduersite The riche was dampned for many thynges pryncypally for foure The fyrste is bycause he was wtout mercy / for he lete the poore deye for hongre at his gate CupieÌ„s saturari de micis qÌ„ cadebant de meÌ„sa diuitis And therfore god sent hym in to the fyre of hell wtout pite / shall say to hym at the daye of Iugement I haue had hongre thurst thou hast not gyuen me mete nor drynke Et ideo Ite maledicu iÌ„ igneÌ„ eternuÌ„ math .xv. The seconde for bycause he appetyted the honours of the worlde And he was proude in herte And therfore the gospel sayeth sygnantly that he was clothed in purple with precyous vestymentes the whiche denoteth vaynglorye Induebatur pupura et bysso The thyrde that he was moche lykorous and that he nourysshed his bely with metes made dylycatyuely the whiche draweth vnto lechery / maketh the man vnmercyfull And therfore sayth the gospell Expulebatur cotidie splendide He lyued after the wyll of the body the whiche ledeth vnto dampnacyoÌ„ VnÌ„ ad roma viii Si scdm carnem vixeritis monemini He ne lyued in this worlde buâ— .xl. yeres to lyue delyciously / and he is in the fyre of hell fro the tyme of Moyses two M. yeres past in so grete pouerte that he ne myght haue one droppe of water / so was it vnto hym a ryght cursed market from the kechyn The fourth is that he declyned not frome euyll wordes the whiche comynly he spake in dynynge And therfore sygnauntly he playned that he was tourmented in the toÌ„gue whan he demaunded a droppe of water What prouffyted vnto that man the rychesses / honoures / and meetes whan he is dampned The rychesses delyuereth hym not from dethe The metes kepeth not his body from wormes / and the honours from stynke Vnde bernardê° O diuites quid ê“sant vobis diuitie / quid epule / quid honores diuitie non liberabunt vos a morte / epule a verme / honores a fetore ¶ Et poeta dicit Quid tuÌ„c the sauri / qid aceruê° ê“derit auri Quando pctoÌ„res / mittuntur in inferiores Malet preterite / ê™ in omni tempore vite Pauper vixisset / quam diuitias habuisset Et math .xvi. Quid prodest homini si munduÌ„ vniuersum lucretur / anime vero sue detrimentum patiatur This saued begger is the example of all good poore folke He is blyssed in as moche as he had pacyeÌ„ce in pouerte VnÌ„ luce vi Beati pauperes quia vestruÌ„ est regnum dei Also he is blyssed in as moche as he had pacience in honger and thurst whan he coueyted to haue of the crommes Vnde luce vi Beati qui esuritis qr satura bimini Et
Balaam is wryteÌ„ in the byble in the .xxii. .xxiii. chapytre of the boke of nombres In the begynnynge of his lyfe he was good prophecyed the comynge of our redempcyon For he sayd that a sterre sholde go out of Iacob Orietur stella ex iacob / the whiche denoteth the blyssed vyrgyn Mary c. Also he had suche gyft of god that those that he blyssed were blyst / and those that he cursed were curst And for that the Balaac made warre with the chyldren of ysrael / and that he might not surmount them he sent to seche the prophete Balaam for to curse the sayd people of ysraell And for the grete honours and rychesses that the kyÌ„ge Balaac made to offre hym / he was peruerted ouercome so strongly that he demaunded of god by two tymes that he myght go to curse the sayd people And god not so accorded For his request was vniust yll in two maners Primo For that he wolde curse the people the good had blyssed Secundo for to to haue golde / syluer / and honoures worldly Vnde marci xxii dicit dnÌ„s Noâ— ire cum eis / neque maledicas populo qr bnÌ„dictus est And after that Balaam had excused him to the messagers of the kinge / he was yet so gretely desyred ouercome for worldly honours that he lept vpon his asse for to goo speke with the kynge But the asse yode backewarde wolde not go his way / yede ouerthwarte the feldes drewe him amonge breres thornes He bette hym / but for nothynge he wolde go forwarde And by the vertue of god the asse spake hym demauÌ„ded Wherfore smytest thou me He answered Thou hast deserued it / thou mockest with me And Balaam aduysed the aungell the helde a swerde all naked Than Balaam worshypped hym vpon the erthe hastely And the auÌ„gell hym demaunded wherfore he hadde beten thyrdely his asse I am come for to persecute the. And yf thyn asse had not gone backe agaynst thy wyl I had slayne the / he had lyued And Balaam sayd I haue synned I knewe not that thou was agaynst me And yf it dysplease the that I thyder go I shall retorne And the aungell sayd vnto hym Go with these messagers / and kepe the that thou speke nothynge but that that I shall coÌ„maundethe Than Balaam yode And whaÌ„ he was in the cyte the kynge sent vnto hyÌ„ gyftes prynces / was receyued in grete honoure For to be shorte Balaam made to edyfy by thre tymes auters / in thre places for to do sacryfyce to god of lambes bulles to knowe yf god sholde consent more soner in one place than in another for to curse the people of Israell But god that is not varyable consented nomore in one place than in another Afterwarde for to obey to the kinge Balaam counceyled hyÌ„ how he sholde make to commyt fornycacyon in the men of armes of ysraell wherby god sholde be wrothe with them ryght cruelly punysshe them And the maner of the counceyle was that they prepayre all the fayre maydens of the cyte assyeged of the ysraelytes / that those fayre women sholde holde them at theyr dores / theyr ydols by them And that whan the cyte were take the meÌ„ of armes wolde go to the fayre women And so god wrothed ayeÌ„st theÌ„ The yll couÌ„cell of the sayd Balaam was done the synne accoÌ„plysshed And god the creatour wrothed hym agaynst the sayd chyldren of ysrael in suche maner that fyre celestyall descended vpon them the whiche breÌ„ned .xxiii. M. In lykewyse as expoundeth Haymo vpon the wordes of saynt Poule the whiche ben wryten .i. ad coriÌ„ x. Neque fornicemur sicut quidam eorum fornicati sunt et cecideruÌ„t vno die viginti tria milia And yet of the aboue sayd chyldren there was yet a thousande of the prynces the whiche were hanged by the commaundemeÌ„t of god of Moyses as it is wryten numeri .xxv. And the Ire of god was appeased by that the one of the chyldren of Ysraell named Fynees rose vp and slewe in the zele of god of Iustyce a man and a womaÌ„ in coÌ„myttynge fornycicaon c. All this sayd punycyon and this synne was by the counceyle of the cursed prophete BalaaÌ„ the whiche requyred of god that he myght deye as the Iuste men Vnde numeri .xxiii. Moriatur aiÌ„a mea morte iustoruÌ„ / et fiant nouissima mea horuÌ„ similia He wolde deye well / but he wolde not lyue well And therfore his request was not Iuste for to haue well wtout deseruynge it .. ¶ Stuprum A. ¶ Examples of deflouringe of vyrgyns And fyrst Example how a vyrgyn was corrupt of a yonge man / by malyce imposed the synne vpon saynt Machaire that was pacyent lxxxxi IT is wryten in the lyfe of faders how the deuyll tempted a vyrgin the whiche was defloured And whan she was grete her frendes asked her of whome she had conâ—eyued And she answered This solytarye hath slept with me And her frendes men of the strete toke Machayre / hanged pottes kettilles about his necke / ledde him betynge through the stretes And so moche they Iniuryed hym / bette oppressed that he was in lykewyse as halfe deed / he bare all pacyently And a seculer man that had mynystred vnto hym his necessytees was also rebuked in saynge vnto hym Thou sayd that he was an holy man / he hathe defloured our doughter For to be shorte they wolde not leue to bete the sayd Machayre tyll that the sayd man had pledged that he sholde nourysshe the doughter And after that he was pledged Machayre sayd vnto hymselfe I fynde a woman it behoueth me to nourysshe her And he put hyÌ„selfe to werke nyght and day made baskettes And the pryce that they were solde for he made to be born vnto the sayd woman / he bare all pacyeÌ„tly And whan the sayd woman sholde chylde she was sore seke / so longly to trauayle that it was meruayle And she was demaunded the cause wherfore she chylded not She answered It is for that / that I falsely hath imposed the synne vnto the solytary the whiche is innocent / suche a yonge man hath commytted the dede Whan the man pledge of Machayre herde the case he bare tydynges that the woman myght not childe for the false cryme that she had imposed that all the people came vnto hym to crye hym mercy to do penaunce Whan Machayre herde these tydyÌ„ges here to fle vain glory he abode not tyll the people came vnto hym for to gloryfye hym / he fledde in to another place solytarye c. ¶ By the sayd doughter the whiche was punysshed for that that she had imposed the sayd synne by lyenge vpon saynt Machayre is for to vnderstonde that lyers and yll sayers shall be punysshed of god And that theyr lesynges shall be dyscouered and shewed
vpwarde she knewe her sayd doughter and sayd vnto her in cryenge Alas my doughter for myn owne operacyons I bere these tourmentes It semed me that the lyfe of sobrenesse chastyte was but mockery I beleued not that the lyfe of lechery rybaudry gaue suche tormentes Lo for the lytell delectacyon of lechery of glotony / for the delytes worldely Ioye that I had I suffre so grete cruelte of fyre tourment And as she required her doughter for helpe he that ledde her toke her set her there as he had taken her / sayd to her Chuse now whiche lyfe thou wylte / eyther of thy fader or of thy moder Than she toke relygyon was saued ¶ By this example it appereth that this woman that lyued after her body was daÌ„pned For the lytell delectacyon that she toke she brenneth and shal brenne eternally shall be in so grete paynes that there is no wryter that it caÌ„ wryte ne clerke / ne tongue tell it And her husbonde the whiche lyued sobrely is in Ioye eternall c. Tu reddes vnicuique iuxta opera sua dicit dauid in psal B. ¶ Another example of the dampnacion of a burgeys aduoutrer of another woman maryed lxxxxii MEn fynde in wrytynge this the whiche foloweth how the dyscyple recyteth in his promptuarye and sayeth that an holy maÌ„ prayed for his wyfe departed deed She appered vnto hym ledde hym in to a place obscure In the whiche he sawe deuylles horrybles / the whiche keste in a tonne of fyre full of metall boylynge a burgeys deed beynge of her towne and the wyfe of another man / and they were breÌ„t bayned in the sayd metall and they swyÌ„med wtin it as peasen in the pot boylynge they cryed bothe twayne / maledyccyoÌ„ / maledyccyon And the sayd holy man was admeruayled The sayd woman sayd with those here I had ben bayned yf the mercy of god had not called me vnto penaunce / afterwarde sayd These two here hath left theyr propre maryages hath drawen them vnto synne longe time togyders And I haue ben theyr example meane and vnto them I haue taught the way to aske pardon of the sayd synne of aduoutrye / but they ben deed wtout penaunce salutary For the confessyon that they made was wtout charyte for the drede of dethe And my confession was salutary agreable vnto god / I made in it charyte of the loue of him ¶ This exaÌ„ple denoteth that punyssyon dampnacyoÌ„ foloweth to coÌ„myt lechery And for that that the confessyon of the burgeys / of the woman was not good it is to vnderstande that in confessyon a man sholde haue true coÌ„trycyon repentauÌ„ce to haue offended god by synne to be agaynst his coÌ„maundemeÌ„tes For those the whiche repente them for â—rede to be dampned / alonely they loue but them selfe they ben out of the loue and charyte of god For they ben not wrothe ne sory to haue of offended god by synne as the sayd woman the whiche made confessyon in charyte she was saued No good dede done is merytoryous whan charyte there fayleth As it is wryten .i. ad cor xiii ca. ¶ Another example of an aduoutrer that the deuylles posseded at the entre of the chyrche lxxxxii THe dyscyple recyteth in his sermons of a man that after that he had coÌ„mitted aduoutry entred in to the chirche / forthwith the deuylles posseded hym tourmented / so myscheuously deyed he impenytent before the people D. ¶ Another example of a womaÌ„ aduoutres dampned that two dragons tourmented lxxxxii IT is wryten in the boke of gyftes that an honest man with his wyfe gaue to gods seruyce ony chylde yf it vnto them were gyuen of god or sente And they had a sone the whiche was good relygyous Than the fader and the moder dyde grete almesdedes / but the moder was deceyued chylded .ii. chyldren of other than her husbande that she slewe secretly so she deyed wtout confessyoÌ„ And as her sone prayed for her in his masse she appered to hyÌ„ in grete tourment had two foule dragoÌ„s that bote her pappes She was requyred to tell of her estate And she sayd / I am dampned Than as her sone was heuy she sayd I trusted me in the almesdedes that I dyde am deed wtout confessyon charyt These two dragons that biteth me is for the two chyldren that I had in aduoutry whiche I sholde haue gyueÌ„ souke nourysshed I slewe them ¶ By this example is denoted that dampnacyon cometh for coÌ„myttinge of aduoutry bawdry And for that the sayd woman trusted in almesdedes that she had done a man sholde vnderstande that mortall synne bryngeth to nought maketh to forgete the good operacions done vnto saluacyon rewarde eternall so dampneth the persones the whiche so deyeth wtout correccyon penaunce amendemeÌ„t Howbeit that those the whiche hath done in theyr lyfe of good operacyoÌ„s hath not so many paynes in hel as yf they had done no good dede And therfore none sholde wtdrawe to doo good dedes c. E. ¶ Another example of the payne of a maÌ„ the whiche knewe the wyfe of his neyghboure lxxxxii SOme maysters wryteth this the whiche foloweth how the discyple reciteth in the boke of his promptuarye and sayeth that a yonge man synned with the wyfe of his neyghbour / vnto whome god sent a plaghe he deyed of sodayne dethe wtout confessyon wtout receyuynge the sacrameÌ„tes The whiche by the suffraunce of god vnto the terrour of other aduouterers he appered vnto his rybawde after his dethe in grete tourment and payne And the sayd woman asked hym of his estate He answered I am dampned for the aduoutryes that I coÌ„mytted with the. And he sayd after Wylt thou se how I brenne wtout and within / keste of his vrine the was as metall molten in breÌ„ninge fyre Of this vysyon the woman had so grete fere that she went to confesse / correct / amended her lyfe F. ¶ Another example how a man sawe a woman punysshed for the aduoutry that she had commytted lxxxxii THe dyscyple recyteth in his sermons that he hath redde that a man was rauysshed before the gates of hell the whiche sawe a woman ryght greuously tormeÌ„ted / and a flambe of fyre enuyroned her beset about in all partes And the man demaunded wherfore that woman was tormented so greuously The answere was gyuen that she suffred suche tourmentes for the rybaudryes that she commytted with straunge men G. ¶ Another example of a yonge man that synned with a wedded woman lxxxxii ALso the dyscyple recyteth in the boke of his promptuarye and sayth that a yonge man sinned with a woman maryed and ê‘iured hyÌ„selfe The whiche was seke / the body of Ihesu cryst was brought vnto him / but he wolde neuer receyue it tyl he had made confessyon verytable of
He brought in the pylgryme / wasshed his fete / applyed vnto his supper / all that that to hym was necessary And as they toke theyr refeccion the sones of the cyte chyâ—dren of the deuyl came cryenge to the auncient that he sholde delyuer the man that was entred in to his hous for to knowe hym lecherously And the auncyent yode vnto them sayd My bredren do not this yll here / for I haue lodged hym / cease you of this foly I haue a doughter vyrgyn he hath a wyfe I shall brynge them vnto you to th ende that ye accoÌ„plisshe your lechery I pray you do not this synÌ„e agaynst nature in man But for that they ne wolde obey vnto the auncyent in noo maner The pylgrym betoke them his wife the whiche abused commytted so strongly theyr lechery all the nyght in the sayd woman that in the mornynge she came to deye at the dore where her husbande was Whan he fouÌ„de her deed he charged her vpoÌ„ his asse bare her in to his hous / and afterwarde brake her body in .xii. pyeces bare them in to all the endes partyes of Israell tolde vnto them the case sayd that they sholde make IugemeÌ„t sentence Than .xl. M. men on fote of the chyldren of Israell assâ—mbled them made recenser to vnderstande of Leuyte husbonde of the deed woman as the dede was done And after that he had agayne recounted all the people of Israell of one accorde wyll sayd that they sholde neuer entre in to theyr houses tyll the synners were punysshed They constytued people for to brynge them vytayles And sent messagers in to the cyte of Gabaa to aske them wherfore they had coÌ„mytted so grete synne / that they sholde betake theÌ„ those the whiche had coÌ„mytted the synÌ„e for to take away the yll from Israell Those of the cyte wolde not / made theyr alyaunce for to defende them But to be shorte grete warre was made for that synne And they moued theÌ„ in suche maner that grete murdre was made on bothe partyes But in conclusyon all the harlottes all those the whiche susteyned in theyr quarell were slayne degraded In the fyrst batayle there was .xxii. thousande men In the seconde .xxv. M. an hondred men At the thyrde whan the towne of the sayd harlottes sodomytes was taken there was .xviii. M. slayne .v. M. of them the whiche fledde After that as they proceded ferther they slewe two thousande / and brenned al the townes / stretes / houses of the sayd sodomytes Also they slewe bestes people the whiche were in them / by the wyll of god / as it is wryten in the .xix. .xx. chapytre of the sayd boke of Iuges ¶ By this example men may se that grete occysyons came for the horryble abhomynable synne that was commytted in the sayd woman And not al onely were punysshed those the whiche had commytted the sayd synÌ„e but with that all the consenters and alyes and al that the whiche vnto them apperteyned was wasted And so it appereth that grete multitude of bodyes / of goodes / of soules yode vnto perdycion for synne coÌ„mytted in a woman c. C. ¶ Another example of a man the vsed his wyfe sodomytly lxxxxv THe dyscyple recyteth in his proÌ„ptuary that a man knewe his wyfe sodomytly And moche it displeased vnto his wyfe Anâ— on a tyme agaynst her wyll he coÌ„mytted in her the sayd synne And incontynent after he arose from his bedde for to go in to the chambres in the whiche his guttes fell from hym descended by the foundemeÌ„t with grete tourment Than he toke hym to crye The people came / of dolour that he felte shewed his synne / that god venged hym / and he stanke myscheuously deyed c. as reason was to commytte so horryble synne in his owne wyfe / to soyle the holy sacrament of maryage D. ¶ Another example how a sodomytike deyed impenytent dyspeyred him / the whiche sayd that he sawe hell / the tormentes the deuyls lxxxxv ALso the discyple reciteth in his promptuary that a Sodomytyke was stryken of god / whan he came to the dethe he was warned to repent him / to confesse receyue the sacramentes of the chyrche And in dyspayre he answered Wherfore shal I call on me the ayde dyuyne I se now late the tourmentes in hell the deuylles presents apparayled to rauysshe me And as the people present bad hym make the sygne of the crosse the myscheuous deyed in lykewise as he had gyuen no force / and he tourned his face / closed his eyen / and with a grete and horryble clamoure he yelded his goost and deyed c. E. ¶ Another example how a woman Sodomytyke was vnburyed and drawen horrybly lxxxxv SOme maysters wryteth this the whiche foloweth how the discyple reciteth in the boke of his promptuarye and sayeth that a woman culpable of the synne of sodomye deyed was buryed And the nyght folowynge a sowe ryght blacke with seuen blacke hogges were seen openly wrote dyggynge the erthe from her pytte brake membre after membre of the sayd woman / and drewe the guttes alonge brake them Whan this was done the sayd sowe her pygges departed theym and kest grete stynke F. ¶ Another example how the deuyls haue horrour of that synne lxxxxv ALso it is wryten in the boke of hony bees that a woman sodomytike layde her in her bedde / and whan she synned in herself she herde the deuyll betwene her the walle the whiche cryed fy / fy / fy And whan she herde the deuyl in suche wyse cry she had fere / yode vnto confessyon / dyde penauÌ„ce more than she had charge ¶ By these examples it appereth that the synne of lechery is a synne that moche dyspleaseth vnto god the whiche maketh to haue grete punycion dampnacyon eternall And therfore euery persone sholde wtdrawe to doo the sayd thynge obey to god for to gete paradyse escape punycyon eternall ¶ Octauum preceptum ¶ Testimonium A. ¶ Examples of fals wytnesses And fyrste example of a crysten man that forsware hym cautelously on the awter of saynt Nycholas lxxxxvi IT is wryten in the legende of saynt Nycolas that a Iewe lent money vnto a crysteÌ„ man Whan the terme came that he sholde yelde the money the crysten man sayd that he had yelde it vnto hyÌ„ And for that the Iewe ne might proue it he gaue it hym vpon his othe yf he wolde swere vpon the auter of saynt Nycolas Than the crysten man put the sayd money wtin his staffe clouen perced craftely And whaÌ„ he was redy to swere he toke his sayd staffe vnto the Iewe whyles that he sholde swere And so sware surely that he had takeÌ„ hym the sayd money His malyce shall be dyscouered For as he yode in to his hous he slepte
gyue praysynges vnto our lorde of his mercy And the aungell touched her comforted her c. D. ¶ Of the ouen with the flambe ¶ Afterwarde they yode another waye / whan they were gone longely by derkenes they sawe an hous moche hygh the whiche was rounde as an ouen In the sayd hous there was well a thousande wyndowes / from the whiche yssued fyre strong / sharpe moche hote Whan the soule sawe the sayd hous she had grete feere sayd vnto the auÌ„gell A syr we approche to the gates of dethe Alas caytyfe who shall delyuer me fro this tourment The aungell answered From the fyre the whiche yssueth out by these wyndowes thou shalt be delyuered / but in to the hous it behoueth to entre Whan they were approched they sawe wtin the sayd hous in the myddes of the fyre grete multytude of deuylles the whiche helde axes / knyues / hachettes other instrumentes of yron sharpe for to tourment the soules that were there of the whiche soules there was grete multytude Than sayd the soule vnto the aungel Syr I pray the yf it please the that thou delyuer me fro this tourment / in all the other where thou shalt lede me I graunte me to be there tourmented And the aungell sayd This tourment is greter than al those that thou hast seen / but yet shalte thou se greter Now entre here for the deuils tary for the as dogges enraged Than the soule began to quake and to tremble of the grete feere that she had prayed the aungell moche that he wolde make hym to passe the sayd tourment / but it vayled hym nothynge And whan the deuylles herde that she was graunted vnto theÌ„ for to tourment they toke her with theyr instruments tormented her sharpely The mayster of this hous had to name Phisternus His hous was ful of fyre brennynge in the whiche soules strayned theyr tethe and wayled for the grete doloures that the suffred And there were men women / not al onely of people of the worâ—de / but also of relygyon There was this soule tourmented the whiche sayd that she had wel deserued that that she had suffred But whan it pleased god she founde herselfe out of the sayd tourmeÌ„t she wyst not in what maner Thâ—n she aduysed her aungell by her to whome she sayd A syr where is the worde that the prophete Dauyd speâ—â—th Mia dnÌ„i plena est terra That is to say The erthe is full of the mercy of god Than the aungell answered and sayd By those wordes many soules ben deceyued God is ryghtwyse though that he be full of mercy / many synÌ„es he vengeth and punissheth / also he pardoneth Yf god pardoned all the synnes wherfore sholde the man be Iust And yf a man ne dredde the torments wherfore sholde he drede to do synÌ„e his wyll And what sholde it nede that these synners sholde repente theym and confesse them of theyr synnes yf they ne drede god God by his grete mercy spareth the synners in theyr lyfe and tarieth them for that they sholde do penaunce But yf they ben obstynate in theyr synnes wyll not reuerte he theym punyssheth for theyr synnes after theyr dethe And god soÌ„tyme taketh awaye the goodes temporelles from the Iust for to punysshe them temporally of some outrages that they haue done / and also to th ende that they enpryde them not But he kepeth vnto them the goodes perdurables of his glory E. ¶ Of the cruell beest of the ysy ponde ¶ After the aungell ledde the soule in to another place wherin they sawe a beest moche meruaylous the whiche had two fete two wynges the necke ryght longe And his neb and his nayles were as yren / and from his sayd neb yssued a flambe a fyre by ryght grete sharpenes force And the sayd beest was vpon a ponde full of stronge yse The whiche beest deuoured the soules within his wombe in such maner that they became as vnto nothynge by the tourmentes that they suffred Afterwarde he put theym out of his wombe wtin the yse of the sayd ponde And there were they tourmented of newe tourment And all the soules the whiche into the ponde descended were in throwes in lykewyse as women with childe And not alonely the women / but also the men as the women And within theyr belyes they felte the sharpe bytynges that the serpentes made / of the whiche they were engryped And there were the caytyues soules tourmented And whan the tyme came approched that they sholde chylde they cryed so horrybly that they fylled hell of noyse and of howlynges Than they chylded serpentes as well the men as the women And the sayd serpentes yssued not onely by the membres wherby the women chylde naturally But also by the armes / the fete / and all the other membres yssued out the horryble beestes the whiche hadde hedes of fyre brennynge moche sharpe / wherwith they tourmented ryght cruelly the sayd soules from whens they yssued And the sayd beestes hadde horryble tayles and nedles about theyr tayles made as they were crochettes and hokes made as yf they were crochettes And whan they yssued from the sayd caytyues soules yf they myght not drawe theyr tayles after them for the hokes they retorned they nebbes smote the soules gnawed them vnto the synewes and bones / and of the grete payne and tourment that they suffred they keste so grete and horryble cryes that they were herde vnto the heuen Morouer the sayd soules were replenysshed of dyuers maners of beestes on theyr membres the whiche dyde them ete and gnawe vnto the bones And they had tonges the whiche fastened wtin the sayd soules tyll vnto the lyghtes This payne sustayne the fals monkes / chanons / the false nonnes these other benefyced of holy chyrche the whiche haue not well kepte theyr bodyes from euyll doyenge / ne theyr mouthes from euyll saynge spekynge Also those the whiche hath vsed lechery susteyne this payne tourment And for that / that thou arte culpable it behoueth the to sustayne this sayd tourment Whan the deuylles herde this worde they toke the sayd soule gaue it vnto the sayd beest to torment and to deuoure And whan she was in tourmeÌ„t as the other soules and that she was engriped with serpentes as the other / and whan the tyme came that she sholde chylde the aungell came vnto her touched her / and she was incontynent hole / and sayd vnto her / come after me F. ¶ Of the valey of smythes ¶ Afterwarde they yode in to another way moche horryble dyseasefull full of so grete derkenes that they had no lyght but of the clerenes of the aungell And it semed that they descended from a ryght hygh mountayne in to a grete and depe valey And the more that they yode the lesse hadde the soule of esperaunce for to retorne vnto lyfe Than the soule sayd vnto
they sholde kepe them dylygently fro troublyÌ„ge one another / vnto them recouÌ„ted this example the whiche was comen in this wyse A frere troubled me on a tyme iniustly / and afterwarde within a fewe dayes he deyed from this present worlde with out beynge at peas with me And in a nyght in slepyÌ„ge he appered vnto me for to be pardoned And as he demauÌ„ded me pardon I me aduysed that he was deed / and I sayd vnto hym Go broder and demaunde pardon of our sauyour and redemptour Iheâ—u cryst in whose hande thou arte The which departed fro me And as he demauÌ„ded pardon of Ihesu cryst in lykewyse as I sayd to hym Our lorde Ihesu cryst answered vnto hym I shall not graunte the pardon but yf thou demaunde pardon fyrst of hym that thou hast offended And in that nyght the sayd body came agayne vnto me and brought me agayn the wordes of Ihesu agayne demaunded me pardon and had it Afterwarde he sayd vnto me Broder Nycolas beholde what yll it is as to offende his broder / and that it is a greuous thynge as not to be at peas and faythfull accordauÌ„ce with hym c. ¶ Natiuitas christi ¶ Examples of the natyuyte of Ihesu cryst And fyrst example how that a nonne that whiche habandoned herselfe vnto synne had mercy in requyrynge the sone of the blyssed vyrgyn Mary on the day of Crystmas Cxiii MEn fynde by wrytinge this that whiche foloweth how the dyscyple recyteth in the boke of his promptuary and sayeth that a nonne left her ordre was an open harlotte And many yeres afterwarde she came agayne vnto her monastery and gaue herselfe vnto penaunce And as she thought on the Iugement and on the Iustyce of god and on the horryble paynes of hel she despayred / as who sayth that she was not worthy to haue pardon for the multytude and gretenâ—s of her synnes And as she thought on the Ioyes of heuen she defyed herselfe that noo soylenes ne corrupcyon of synÌ„e there sholde entre And as she thought on the passyon of god she regarded how many of paynes he had suffred for her in wepyÌ„ge she cryed sayd Quid retribuaÌ„ dnÌ„o pro oiÌ„bê° que retribuit michi What thinge shall I graunte vnto god for all the thyÌ„ges that he hathe gyuen vnto me And in one of the solempnytees of the natyuyte of our sauiour she wept and thought Quod puer natê° est pro nobis That is to say that the chylde is borne for vs. And that a chylde is appeased with a lytell thynge whan he is offended Than she yode before the ymage of the vyrgyn Mary the whiche helde her chylde betwene her armes thought on the chyldhode of our sauyoure / there was moeued in grete teeres by bytter contrycyon of herte that god gaue vnto her And with all her herte might in wepynge requyred pardoÌ„ of our lorde for his benygne chyldhode that he came in to this worlde to saue the synÌ„ers Than she herde a voyce the whiche sayd vnto her that for the benygnyte of his infancy that she alleged she sholde knowe that all her synnes were pardoned After these wordes here she amended her lyfe ryally fyned well her dayes c. ¶ Vnto the example of this synneresse that demaunded grace obteyned pardon in the name of the natyuyte infaÌ„cy of Ihesu cryst / so sholde these synners do they shall haue grace yf they haue gretely offended / for so dyde the nonne Whan a chylde is wrothe he is lyghtly appeased / so is Ihesu cryst VnÌ„ ysaie lv Derelinquat iÌ„pius viam suaÌ„ vir iniquus cogitaciones suas reuertatur ad dominuÌ„ miserebitur eiê° Also whan our lorde Ihesus was borne the aungelles gaue glory vnto god and songe / peas vnto men of good wyll Vnde luce .ii. Gloria in excelsis deo in terra pax hominibê° bone voluntatis And thou synner that hast commyt lechery / theft c. yf thou wylt repente the demaunde gâ—â—ce as it is sayd thou shalte be pertener vnto the natyuyte of Ihesu cryst of the nombre of those for whome peas was songe And vnto the contrary yf thou be obstynate in synne peas shal not be songe betwene god the. And also thou shalt not be partener vnto the redempcyon of the sayd natyuyte of Ihesu cryst the whiche natyuyte was ryght meruaylous whan the lytell chylde Ihesus that had be conceyued of the holy goost in the vyrgyn wtout corrupcyoÌ„ / sede / ne atouchement of man as the scrypture sayth VnÌ„ cantatur BnÌ„dicta et venerabilis es virgo maria qÌ„ sine tactu pudoris inueÌ„ta es mater saluatoris in vua AnÌ„ NescieÌ„s mater virgo viruÌ„ c. He was borne of the vyrgyn Mary wtout payne ne dolour / and wtout fraccyon ne ouerture Peperit sine dolore saluatoreÌ„ sclorum ipÌ„m regem angelorum sola virgo lactabat vbere de celo pleno In lykewyse as the face of man is wtin the myrour or glasse / the sonne passyÌ„ge through the glasse wyndowe wtout ony fraccyon / semblably Iesus the sone of god entred within the vyrgyn Mary whan he was conceyued of the holy goost And yode forthe of her wombe in the chyldynge wtout fraccyon ne openynge / ne wtout hauynge ony payne ne dolour / was vyrgyn before the chyldynge / in the chyldynge / after the chyldynge And soo she was moder vyrgyn togyder For she chylded as it is sayd the sauyour of the worlde / the kinge of aungelles / gaue him souke of her brestes the whiche were ful of the mylke of paradyse Vbera de celo pleno c. B. ¶ Another example how the chyldehode of Ihesu cryst delyuered a relygious from temptacyon Cxiii THe dyscyple recyteth in his sermons this the whiche foloweth the whiche is also wryten in other bokes sayth that a clerke founde hymselfe in necessyte that whiche vowed vnto the vyrgyn marye that he sholde entre in to relygion / he entred in to that of the freres prechers Afterward he was tempted horrybly of apostasye / Than he worshypped the enfance of god on our ladyes lappe / requyred him that he wolde ayde hym / or gyue hym lycence to go in to another relygyon And in wepynge and wayllynge he kyssed deuoutly the fete of the ymage And hastely he apperceyued suche consolacyon that he perseuered in the seruyce of god in relygyon C. ¶ Another example that Ihesu cryste appered vnto a woman in the lykenes of a ryght fayre chylde Cxiii THe dyscyple reciteth in his promptuarye sayeth that a deuoute woman had affeccyon specyally towardes the enfance of our lorde in the tyme of the natyuyte of Ihesu cryste prayed our lorde that he wolde shewe vnto her the face of his enfance / and after some dayes a fayre chylde assysted as she abode in the chirche in orayson in lyke wyse as
she had accustomed / of the whiche enfant she demaunded / yf he coude his aue maria The whiche answered Saye it vnto me before / whan she sayd benedictê° fructus ventris tui / the chylde sayd I am he / he vanysshed out of her syght Than the sayd woman cryed in enioyenge her / come agayn chylde ryght dere / ryght swete / and ryght welbeloued And so ceased not to calle by xxx dayes / the .xxx. daye Ihesus came the whiche sayd I the whiche am called am comen vnto the / nowe thou shalte come after me shall regne with me / that whiche in enioyenge herself deyed debonayrly Another example lxxxxiiii b. quere aÌ„te ¶ Passio christi A. ¶ Examples of the passyon of our sauyour redemptour Ihesus And fyrste example of a grete synner the whiche bare vnto his dethe sekenes for his syÌ„nes in the remembraunce of the passyon of oure lorde Ihesu cryste Cxiiii THe disciple reciteth in his sermoÌ„s sayeth that a grete synner was constytute vnto the dethe / he toke his sykenes in reparcussyon of his synnes as he sayd It is good reason that I endure yl in all my membres that whiche hathe offended god by synne And in suche anguisshe he gaue hym to thynke on the passyon of our lorde Ihesus That is to vnderstond yf he endured in his heed heere it was of good ryght / for he had aourned his said heere offended god the whiche for to redeme hym had endured the crowne of thornes And also his eyes the whiche hadde made the fals lokes were derked suffred that was of good ryghte For oure lorde endured for to redeme hym that his eyen were bended with a kerchyef / hys face stryken buffeted And yf his body that whiche had coÌ„mytte the lecheryes pleasauÌ„ces carnalles and synnes suffred it was good reason For our lorde endured for to redeme hym that his body was rente beten hewen And also his mouthe the whiche had spoken yll wordes dronken to exces suffred payne it was of good ryghte For oure lorde endured for to redeme hym to drynke vynagre gall And so of the other membres as the handes that whiche had done of cursed operacyons And the fete the whiche walked yll wayes he bare the said sekenes wyllyngly for his owne sinnes in thynkynge that god had had the fete the handes perced endured dethe for to redeme hym And it is not to doubte but that he had helth with the good thefe whan his soule parted frome this worlde c. This here is a grete example to instructe al persones for to do penaunce as dyde the said man whan they shall come vnto the bedde of dethe For yf they take paciently the said sekenes the dethe for theyr owne syÌ„nes in sayng that they haue wele deserued punycyon theyr meÌ„bres that haue offended god as it is sayd in the example Suche punycyon corporell by sykenes shal serue for penaunce for the synnes coÌ„mytte after confessyon / shal be agreable vnto god sayÌ„t gregorye sayeth Si passio christi ad memorieÌ„ reducitur nihil eÌ„ quod noÌ„ equo aiÌ„o telleretur Yf the passyon of Ihesu cryst be broughte vnto mynde / that is to vnderstonde that he hathe endured for to redeme the frome hel with moche paynes There is none aduersyte so harde but that thou shalt endure it with good courage Yf the kynge bere a greate maste for the loue of the / thou sholdest bere for the loue of hym a strawe The good thefe that was hanged on the right hande of Ihesu cryste bare the dethe agreably and blamed the yll thefe vnde luce .xxii. Nos quideÌ„ iuste naÌ„ digna factis recipimê° morteÌ„ hic vero scilicet xpuÌ„s nichil mali gessit He sayd that he receyued the dethe Iustely / that he hadde wele deserued it for his propre dedes In so sayenge he confessed that he was a synner and that he toke it wyllyngly in gre by penaunce punycyoÌ„ for his owne synnes / so he had confessyon dyde penaunce It is gretter penaunce to endure the dethe for his synnes / than it is to faste to saye oraysons Also whan a man confesseth openly in iugement his synne as dyde the good thefe / it is more grete thynge than to confesse it vnto one onely / but the custome is to be absoyled of hym the whiche hathe auctoryte God absoylled the sayd thefe gaue vnto hym pardon of his synnes in consyderynge the grete contrycyon / confessyon / fayth that he had in sayenge vnto the yll thefe NoÌ„ times deuÌ„ et memeÌ„to mei duÌ„ veneris in regnuÌ„ tuuÌ„ Also it was grete penaunce as it is sayd that he toke the dethe for the punycyon of his synnes And therfore of good ryght god sayd vnto hym Thou shalt be with me this daye in paradyse Hodie mecumeris in paradyso Before that a man dieth hym behoueth to demauÌ„de grace and pardon For it sholde be to late after the dethe VnÌ„ eccle xviii Ante laÌ„goreÌ„ adhibe medicinaÌ„ et ante iuditiuÌ„ iÌ„terroga te ipsuÌ„ et in coÌ„spectu dei iÌ„uenies ê“pitiationeÌ„ That is to vnderstonde / take medecyne / that is penaunce before that thou fal in to langour in helle aske thy conscyence before that the Iugement be made of ye. And thou shalt fynde of debonayrte mercy before god and saynt gregorye sayth Qui tpÌ„s ageÌ„di peniteÌ„tiaÌ„ ê‘dit frustra ante ianuaÌ„ paradisi cuÌ„pÌ„cibus venit He the whiche leseth the tyme to do penaunce / cometh as voyde for nought before the yate of paradyse with prayers to demaunde lyfe eternell c. B. ¶ Another example of the swetnes of the passyon that a man hadde that sayd fyue tymes pater noster Cxiiii THe dyscyple recyteth in his booke of sermons sayth that there was a man the whiche loued moche god for the reuerence of the fyue wouÌ„des of Ihesu crist he sayd euery daye fyue pater nosters / one tyme our lorde appered to hyÌ„ and gaue hym fyue meruayllous swetnesses / soo that he studyed alonely for to serue god / And he prouffyted gretely in good operacions vertues / in th ende he fyned wel his dayes / yode in to paradyse c. C. ¶ Another example of a knyght the whiche ne myght deye on the gybet for that that he sayd euery daye thre pater nosters in the honour of the passyon of Ihesus Cxiiii IT is wryten in the dyalogue cesarii that a knight was accused vnto the emperour that he dyspoyled wasted his lande the whiche knighte was taken hanged by the coÌ„maundemente of the sayd emperour / on the thyrde daye the cosyn of the sayd knighte hanged passed therby with his seruauÌ„t the whiche had coÌ„passyon of hym / for he was a fayre man a noble approched vnto the gybet for to vnhange hym to burye
porcyon that he ete put it before the chylde of the vyrgyn marye And it fortuned one daye that he fell in the water before his sayd moder / was drowned / she ranne to fetche people to drawe hym oute all dyscomforted and whan she came agayne / she founde hym where he yode oute of the water played hym with two apples He was demaunded how he came out / he answerd that the vyrgyn marye that he saluted / had drawen hym out had gyuen hym the two apples D. ¶ Another example how the vyrgyn marye ayded a woman to chylde in the see of the mounte of saynt myghell Cxx. VIncent sayth in the myrrour hystoryall in the fyrste partye of the eyght booke that a woman with chylde the tyme comen for to chylde put herselfe on the waye to the mouÌ„t of saynt myghell in one of the solempnytees with dyuers persones And whan they were on the sandes the sygnes appered that the see came The people had fere toke them for to crye inferinge the dethe / began for to renne towarde the mounte of saynt myghell The woman with chylde myght not flee / but abode in grete fere trauayll / wyst not what to do saue for to call the ayde of the vyrgyn marye saynt myghell And grete multytude of people lamented her on the ryuage of thâ— see cryenge towarde heuen for the helpe of the vyrgyn marye for to abredge the vyrgyn marye came to the ayde of the sayd woman / couered heâ— and was as in a sure place / kepte her from the water in suche maner that neuer droppe of water touched her / also she was delyuered of a sone in the myddes of the see / without hauynge fere / for she was well kepte Whan that the see was withdrawen / the vyrgyn marye shewed her the waye / And after the sayd woman came to the ryuage with her chylde / founde the people to whom she recounted the myracle c. E. ¶ Another example of a â—aynâ—er that the vyrgyn marye defended / and kepte from hauynge ylle Cxx THe disciple recyteth in his promptuarye of the vyrgyn marye that there was a paynter that paynted in a chirche the ymage of the deuyl the moost horryblest that he myghte / also paynted the ymage of our lady the moost fayrest and with the fayrest colours that he might fynde And the deuyll hym demauÌ„ded why he made that / and he answerde bycause it was soo as the payntynge shewed And then the deuyll by enuye made the tymbre to falle that he stode on bycause he sholde fall downe / as he began to fall the ymage of our lady paynted toke him by the hande so that he myght not fall / kepte hym frome the malyce of the dâ—uyll And the â—ynners wtdrewe them from yll doynge in beholdyÌ„g the sayd ymages / the one horryble and the other fayre â— F. ¶ Another example of the good honoure that the vyrgyn marye dydde vnto a thefe the whiche fasted the saterdayes in her honour and absteyned hym from ylle sayenge Cxx. IT is wryten in dyalogo cesarii As men saye that there was a thefe in a forest renoÌ„med ryght yll for that that he pylled slewe dyde many ylles with many compaignons And he fouÌ„de a monke precher in the waye vnto whom he sayd that he sholde sle him yf he yode not after him And in walkynge the sayd monke demauÌ„ded hym what he was / what operacyoÌ„ he dyde He answerde I am a thefe so gretely renoÌ„mâ—d the whiche hathe so to name And the sayd monke sayd vnto him / thou wakest moche dredest thou not the peryll of thy soule He answerd no / no more than a beest And the sayd monke asked hym what had ben his lyfe / he answerd whan I was a chylde I stryued with my felawes after I was a thefe / to be shorte I neuer dyde no good dede / but euer dyde ylle nowe am I the mayster of theues / and the monke sayd vnto hym Dredyst thou the paynes of helle the whiche ben made redy for the for thy cursed dedes / he answered Of the soule without doubte she is lost And the monke the whiche wolde conuerte hym sayd vnto hym Yf I shewe vnto the how thou shalte be saued wylte thou do it He sayd ye And the monke counsayled hyÌ„ that he sholde faste euery saterdaye in the honour of our lady / in doynge none ylle that daye / that the vyrgyn marye sholde be the meane that he shold be saued And the said thefe therto consented vowed He kepte that vowe letted his felowes also to do ylle And the people that his felowes toke on that daye he delyuered them in the honour of the vyrgyn marye Also on the saterday he ne armed hym ne bare staffe of defence And on a saterdaye his enemyes founde him and his felowes dysarmed for the saterdaye he was taken neuer wolde defende hym / albeit he had be more stronge Also he ne excused hyÌ„ Whan he was led in to the cyte and that he was knowen he was Iuged to be hanged How be it afterwarde the Iuges were moued with pite as men byleue by the vyrgyn marye and toke theyr counsayll togyders / wolde that he ne sholde deye But he said that he wolde nothynge soo / that he loued better that he sholde wepe his syÌ„nes here than in hell And the Iuges sayd to hym wylte thou be byhedede He answerde sayd I care not what the payne be so that I deye And they said vnto hym / wylt thou haue a preest He answerd ye ben al crysten men I confesse vnto you my synnes I ne dyd neuer no good deed c. but onely that I haue fasted the saterdayes there nedeth no preest Than he repented hym ryght bytterly in confessynge openly his synnes And bare and endured the payne dolour of the dethe wyllyngly for his syÌ„nes the whiche was vnto hym harde penaunce To be shorte he was byheded without the cite And the nyght folowynge the watche men watchynge in the cyte sawe in the place wher he was buryed lightes celestielles / fyue fayre matrones the whiche vnburyed hyÌ„ the whiche set his heed vpon his body the whiche there toke agayne / layde it honourably in a coffyn bare it in to the cyte vnto the chirche dore / of the whiche matrones there were foure the whiche bare the said coffyn hadde candelles in theyr handes / the .v. was more fayrer than the other the whiche yode by with candelles / Whan the gardiens of the chirche sawe that they dredde and wende it had ben a fantasye vnto whom one of them sayd Say vnto your bysshop that he burye honourably my seruauÌ„t in the chirche in suche place the whiche hathe be byheded without the cyte And yf he were neclygent that to do she menaceth hym More ouer she named the vyrgyn marye Whan the
impolluted And incontynent the habyte of the ordre of the freres myneurs that was caste vpon hym ne appered more / that is they were neuer more sene after And after his dethe in his buryeng some of the freres myneurs wereÌ„ the whiche ne myght neuer say this psalme deprofuÌ„dis / albeit they forced theÌ„ and began agayne many tymes / the whiche gaue to vnderstonde that that holy soule ne had indygence of orayson After the dethe of the chylde the fader and the moder prouffited so moche in the example of theyr sone that they lefte al delyces of the worlde And the fader was relygyous in yeâ—rdre of prechers the moder in the ordre of women And so they entred in to relygyon serued debonayrly c. Vnto the example of this innocent we sholde lyue wele to y ende that we may deye we le / he was innocent that is without synne / without yll wyll / he taught to do the good to flethe yll And so sholde we do to th ende that we may escape dampnacyon For innocence vertue kepe a man from peryl of dampnacyon eternell Also god sayeth in the gospell that yf ony man kepe his coÌ„maundement without coÌ„myttynge synne that he ne shall be dampned VnÌ„ iohÌ„ .viii. Si qis sermoneÌ„ meuÌ„ seruauerit morteÌ„ noÌ„ videbit iÌ„eternuÌ„ The said chylde kepte the worde of god Than he ne ranne in to dampnacyon eternell Also sayÌ„t gregorye sayth Nulla nocebit aduersitas si nulla domineiÌ„ iniquitas That is to saye none aduersytee shall noye the as vnto the soule yf no syÌ„ne haue domynyon in the / noo synne ne had domynyon in the sayd innocent ergo c Also the holy ysydore sayth Nec plaga nec mors te trebitur si bene vixeris That is to say / that neyther the plage / ne dethe shall fere the. Yf thou haue wele lyued The sayd childe lyued wele without synne than the dethe ne noyed hym by the consequent he is saued And so shall be those the whiche lyued in innocence without synne c. B. ¶ Another example of a scoler innocent the whiche chased the deuyll from â— mayden Cxxiii THe disciple recyteth in his promptuarye that certayne relacyon was made of those the whiche were present the whiche hadde sene that a mayden ryght moche daunced on a sondaye with many yonge men Whan she was wery she retourned vnto the house / slepte was posseded of the deuyl She cryed the housholde arose she was bounde for her woodnes In the mornynge she was borne into the oratorye founded of the vyrgyn marye where many myracles were done as the lytel scolers apperceyued her they ran after where she was tormented Of the whiche chyldren one of the aege of .xii. yeres the whiche was mâ—re hardy and wyse than the other began to expelle the deuyl that hâ— sholde yssue out of the mayden It was shewed that the deuyll was besyde the nauâ—l The said chylde made with his thombe the sygne of the crosse vnder / so by lytell lytell thrughe the sygne of the crosse he chaced the â—euyll vpwarde made hyÌ„ to come in to her mouthe / in the whiche all sawe it in the guyse of a grene orchyn pylled foule A meruayllous thynge / the people cryed that he forced to reentre in agayne And the chylde opposed in makynge the sygne of the crosse / constrayned hym to yssue with grete vyolence ¶ Whan he was out as sayd is in lykenes of an orchyn / he toke it hardely in his ryght hande keste it in â— dytche where the rayne dyscended The whiche departed before all the people The hande of the chylde was blacke with touâ—hynge of the mayden / but by the wasshynge of holy water it was made clene / ¶ By this chylde innocent without syÌ„ne that dyde this myracle is to vnderstonde that the estate of innocencye is moche vtyle agreable to god / but they muste haue symplesse wysedome as the sayd chylde had And by that that the mayde was a dauÌ„ceresse the doughter of the deuyll for to take deceyue soules for her beaute and by her maners / the sayd deuyll had puyssaunce to entre in to her tormente her / wherfore all daunceresses beware by her lest that the deuyll tormente you in helle / withouten ende c. C. ¶ Another example that a lytel innocent impetred of Ihesu cryst pardon for an apostate Cxxiii THe disciple recyteth in his promptuarye sayth that a lytel monke innocent spake with Ihesu cryste a lytell chylde in namynge hym his lytel broder / and was before the ymage of the vyrgyn marye that helde her sone in her armes And Ihesu cryste answered spake to hym amyably as broder to broder And an auncyent monke that had be longe in apostasye herde this thynge / supplyed the lytel monke that he wolde praye his lytell broder that he wolde forgyue hym his synnes / and that he wolde receyue hym to mercy And the lytell yonge Innocent obteyned of his lytell broder that requeste / the auncyente was moche Ioyous c. D. ¶ Another example that the orayson of chyldren innocentes auaylleth moche for the quycke the deed Cxxiii THe disciple reciteth in his sermoÌ„s that it is wryten in many passages that a deuoute bysshop sawe in hys slepe a chylde fysshynge in a welle with a hoke of golde and with a lyne of syluer / and from the well drewe a fayre woman Whan he was waked he sawe that chylde in the chircheyarde the whiche prayed on a tombe / he hym demaunded what he dyde there He answerde I saye pater noster / myserere for the soule of my moder And the holy man vnderstonde that the soule of that woman was delyuered frome purgatorye by the prayers of that chylde innocent / that pater noster was the hoke of golde / miserere was the lyne of syluer E. ¶ Another example of a chylde innocent the touched a hote hors shoe Cxxiiii THe dysciple reciteth that it is wryten in the boke of hony bees that ther was a chylde in the monastery of the ordre of saynt benet Innocent ryght symple in his yonge aege And one tyme his abbot ledde hym with him for recreacyon / for cause to shoe his horses / the said abbot descended before the dore of a smyth / the whiche abbot meruaylled hym of the simplesse of the sayd chylde y toke a hote shoe in his naked hande lyfte it vp without brennynge hym Then the abbot they that were presente were abasshed honoured the innocence of the sayd chylde / that thyÌ„ge they proued often After that the abbot his people were occupyed in other thynges / the sayd chylde entred within the house The wyfe of the smyth set hym on her knees in meruayllynge her of the dede / in playenge with hym And the wyfe
Fo. Clvii ¶ Of a monke that the deuyll drewe oute of the chyrche whan the other waked in orayson and prayer .lxv. G Fo. Clvii ¶ Of a man dampned the whiche yode to playe and to drynke at the tauerne whan he sholde haue ben at the seruyce wthin the holy chyrche .lxvii. D Fo. Clix Somnolentia ¶ Examples of slepynge in herynge the seruyce of god ¶ Of a monke indeuout the whiche slepte in orayson .lxvi. A Fo. Cviii ¶ Of a monke the whiche was stryken with a knotte of strawe in slepynge for bycause that he was indeuout and weyke in speryte towarde god .lxvi. B Fo. Clviii ¶ Of a monke vnto whome the deuyll gaue vnto drynke of hote boylyngâ— pytche in slepynge .lxvi. C Fo. Clviii Pigricia ¶ Example of a soule dampned that wept the tyme that it had loste Cviii. B Fo. CCxxxii ¶ Of a relygyous that wolde do noo good dedes .xix. C Fo. xlii ¶ Of a man that was dampned for that he wolde do no good dedes .xix. D Fo. xlii ¶ Of a curate the whiche taryed to admynyster the holy sacramentes vnto his parochyen seke .viii. C Fo. xix Oratio ¶ That a man sholde take hede to the orayson that he maketh .lxvi. E Fo. Clviii ¶ Of a deuout relygyous that ceased not to be in that orayson of the psalmody / good odour yssued out of his mouthe .xiii. yeres after his dethe .lxvi. F Fo. Clviii ¶ That at the prayer of a syÌ„ple shoo maker a good man ferme in the faythe a mouÌ„tayne was taken fro one place transported in to another .lxi. A Fo. Cxiviii ¶ That by the oraysons fastynges that saynt Basyll made with his college they were preserued from yll that Iulyan the appostate wolde haue done to them .lviii. A. Fo. Cxlii ¶ That at the prayer of the prophete Helye fyre descended from heuen that brent an hondred men the whiche yede to seche couÌ„câ—yle of the deuyll .lx. G Fo. Cxlvi ¶ Of a sone that prayed for his moder dyde penaunce she appered vnto him at the ende of .vii. yeres / and she was saued by his prayers .lxv. F. Fo. Clvii ¶ That one of the relygyous of saynt Gregory was delyuered from purgatory for to synge masses for him .lxxxii. E. Fo. Clxxxiiii ¶ That the prayer of Balaam was vniust whan he desyred to deye wel / and he wolde not lyue well lxxxx D Fo. Clxxxxviii ¶ That the orayson of those the whiche beÌ„ yll is somtyme exalted to theyr shame and confusyon lxxxxvii D Fo. CCviii ¶ That a knyght deed wolde not the prayyer of theym the whiche were in synne / but desyred the prayer of a good and holy hermyte lxxxxviii G Fo. CCx ¶ That the prayer of SusanÌ„e was herde she kept fro dethe lxxxxvi C. Fo. CCxvi ¶ That the orayson of an holy fader was not exalted / for that he for whome he prayed delyted in the thoughtes of fornycacyon with out resystyÌ„ge therto hoÌ„dred d. Fo. CCxiiii ¶ Of a man the whiche resysted not ayenst the synnes / therfore the orayson of the heremyte was not exalted C. e Fo. CCxv ¶ That the request of the cursed ryche man was not graunted whan he demauÌ„ded one droppe of water / and that the Lazare sholde go to his bredren .lxxxiiii. A. Fo. Clxxxvi ¶ Gula. ¶ Examples of etynge drynkyÌ„ge whaÌ„ men sholde serue god ¶ That yll came vnto Adam and Eue the whiche eate of the apple agaynst the coÌ„maundement of god .liiii. A Fo. Cxxxiii ¶ That the dragon infernal strangled a relygyous the whiche eate secretely and fayned to faste Cv. C Fo. CC.xxvi ¶ That a nonne the whiche eate a letule before that she serued god / without makyÌ„ge the sygne of the crosse was posseded of the deuyll .lxvii. A Fo. Clix ¶ That a conuers dranke of wine without makynge the token of the crosse without lycence / and he was posseded of the enmye the deuyll .lxvii. B Fo. Clix ¶ That yll came vnto a smyth the whiche vsed to drynke ete whan other were at the seruyce of the chyrche .lxvii. C Fo. Clix ¶ That a seruauÌ„t sawe by vysyon his mayster tourmented in hell / vnto whom the deuylles gaue too drynke of fyre and sulphre brennynge Cvii D Fo. CCxxxi ¶ That a ryche man was put in to a chayre of fyre the whiche was constrayned of deuylles to drynke of a lycoure ryght bytter / stynkynge / foule Cvii B Fo. CCxxxi ¶ Of the cursed ryche man that eate draÌ„ke delycatyuely lxxxiiii A Fo. Clxxxvi ¶ Of a man that slewe his fader his moder whan he was dronke .lxxvii. B Fo. Clxxv ¶ Of a seruaunt that serued wel his mayster in his youthe / and whan he was dronke he slewe hym .lxxvii. C Fo. Clxxvi ¶ Of a seruaunte that stale fygges from his mayster .lxxxi. B Fo. Clxxxi ¶ Of some the whiche retorned vnto theyr glotonyes after ester Cii D. Fo. CCxviii ¶ Of a man dampned that yode to swere and to drynke at the tauerne with his felawes whan he sholde haue ben in the seruyce of the chyrche .lxvii. D Fo. Clix ¶ Of a man named Vodo that yode vnto the tauernes whan he sholde haue gone vnto the chyrche / what drynke and bedde he hath now in hell .lxvii. E Fo. Clx ¶ Of a pylgrym that solde his gowne for to drynke wyne lxxxxiii G Fo. CCiii ¶ That the deuylles approched them at a dyner to those the whiche spake euyll wordes / and the aungelles drewe them backewarde lxxxxix H Fo. CCxii ¶ That yll came vnto a boucher that mocked the holy asshes / dranke at the tauerne whaÌ„ other were at the masse .lxvii. F. Fo. Clx ¶ That yll came vnto a knyght the which yode to vylyte the tauernes whan he sholvysyte the dedycacyons and pardons of the chyrches .lxvii. G Fo. Clx ¶ Of an holy man that eate of breed dranke water agaynst the coÌ„maundement of god / a lyon strangled hyÌ„ .liiii. B Fo. Cxxxiii ¶ Of a woman dampned the whiche vsed her lyfe in glotony / lechery And her husbande was vnto the contrary the whiche lyued sobrely lxxxxii A Fo. CC ¶ Of a tauerner that the deuyl bare away in body in soule .lxxi. I Clxvi ¶ Of a man that solde his soule for a quarte of wyne and the deuyll dyde bere hym away .lxxi. K Fo. Clxvii ¶ Venatio ¶ Examples of honters ¶ That lorde the whiche honted on the holy dayes hadde a chylde that hadde eeres of a dogge .lxviii. A Fo. Clxi ¶ That no man wyst where a honter became that honted on the feestes .lxviii. B. Fo. Clxi ¶ Chorea ¶ Examples of dauncynge on the feestes ¶ That the deuyll wolde haue borne away a mayden the whiche daunced on the sondayes .lxviii. C Fo. Clxi ¶ Of men and women the whiche dauÌ„ced a yere without that ony persone myght socour them .lxviii. D Fo. Clxi ¶ Of a woman dauncer .lxviii. E. Fo. Clxii
of an olde woman she dystroyed and slewe it After that she had nomore Ioye requyred to be put in relygyon Her fader put her / and there she was solytary wtout laughynge or playenge the whiche was the example vnto other in all bounte relygyō Afterwarde she deyed without confessyng her of that synne / within .xxx. dayes she appered vnto her abbesse to whome she sayd that she was dampned And the abbesse sayd Alas tell me the cause wherfore / for thou was so good that thou was our light our example in al goodnes Than she tolde that for the sayd syn̄e commytted she was dampned Moreouer she sayd that yf she had be confessed of it that she sholde haue had pardon yf she had commytted it a M. tymes ¶ By this exāple a man sholde vnderstande that the good operacions saueth not the persones yf they deye in mortall synne wtout confessyon and correccyon It is that / that the prophete Ysaie sayth Iusticia iusti non liberabit eū in qua cūque die peccauerit c. Also note well that no persone ne sholde drawe backe to doo good dedes also he shold do as many as he may albeit he sholde dampned for he shal haue the lesse of tourmentes in hell c. as it is declared before Quere xlii b. Also a man sholde vnderstande by this example that by true cōfessyon all synnes ben pardoned c. ¶ Castitas et bonitas A. ¶ Example how a vyrgyn sawe a preste chaste / pure / clere and fayre in synginge masse lxxxxiiii IT is wryten in the promptuary of the dyscyple that there was a virgyn religyous named Oda in the towne of Bendāce that sawe that as a preste of the vyllage sāge masse his body his holy vestements were decored honourably And whan he lyft the hostye put it on the corporas the aungels toke the sleues that they ne touched the sayd hostye And lyfted theyr handes enclinynge theyr hedes with grete reuerence worshypped the body of god Whan tyme came to receyue the sacrament the vyrgyn was also rauysshed out of her thought / sawe the body of the preste so pure clere that she sawe the body of god as by a fyole of crystal Whan the masse was ended that the preste had put of his clothes the vyrgyn came agayne vnto her selfe and sawe the body of the preste lytell lytell thycken retorne in the first forme And the sayd mayden had suche grace that she sawe those the whiche receyued theyr creature worthely And she sawe on an Eester day that all onely .x. persones receyued theyr creatour worthely in a chyrche c. ¶ This example sholde moeue the prestes to accede in the holy sacryfyce of the masse worthely holyly in estate of grace for to haue the grace that the sayd preste had Also the virgyns sholde kepe holyly theyr chastite maydenheed / to lyue deuoutly in doynge good werkes as dyde the the sayd vyrgyn for to gete grace towarde god c. B. ¶ Another example how two relygyouses were from crystmas tyll vnto the feest of saynt Iohan to speke of god / they wened not to haue ben but the space of two houres lxxxxiiii IT is wryten in the boke of the dyscyple and in many other places approued that two yonge vyrgyns relygyouses felawshypped togyders the nyght of crystmas after the masse of mydnyght entred in to an hall deserte nere vnto the cloyster bare with them thre pylowes otherwyse called cuysshyns And one of them demaunded of the other wherfore she bare two cuysshyns I shall syt on the one the other shall be betwene vs that the chylde Ihesus also may syt For he hath sayd whan two or thre ben assembled in my name I am in the myddle of them Vn̄ math xviii Vbi sunt duo vel tres cōgregati in noīe meo ibi sūm medio illorum The two vyrgyns sate and spake of the natyuyte of Ihesus of good wordes / were in the sayd place wtout enoyenge theym tyll vnto the day of saynt Iohan baptyst fro the nyght of crystmas And theyr abbesse demaunded them made to seke theym ouer all And it befell that a vacabonde the whiche walked by the cloyster the vygyll of saynt Iohan entred in to the sayd halle sawe the two vyrgyns speke / laughe / and enioye thē in the myddle of them there was a ryght fayre chylde The sayd man bare the tydinges vnto the abbesse of the relygyouses that she demaunded And she came in to the sayd hall sawe the fayre chylde her relygyouses the whiche enioyed them Than she demaūded them what they dyde there They answered that they taryed tyl masse were rongen of the day And they wened to haue bē there but a lytel whyle as two houres The chylde departed the abbesse ledde them with her They were demaunded where the sayd lytell chylde became And they answered that they had not sene hym And the abbesse sayd Systers haue no drede / in your company hath be the chylde Ihesus that ye haue not sene I haue sene hym He hath holden you in suche Ioy fro crystmas tyll the vygyll of saynt Iohan baptyst that is this day wtout hōger or thyrste These relygyouses had grete Ioye therof / of theyr systers that they demaunded c. C. ¶ Another example how a bysshop chaste pure sawe on Eester day some men confessed the whiche were blacke other whyte lxxxxiiii IT is wryten in the promptuarye of the dyscyple in the boke of gyftes that an holy bysshop prayed god the day of Eester to knowe the merytes the estate of them that receyued theyr creatour And god exalted his oraysons / in beholdynge the people there came some blacke as pytch / some enbrased as yron al reed as blode / the other whyte shynynge as the sonne And the aungell of god appered vnto hym tolde hym that the blacke were lecherous and proude And they the whiche were enbrased were auaryous / the blody were dyse players blasphemers And sayd vnto hȳ that all they were vnworthy / that vnworthely they had receyued theyr creatour / that all be it that they had had contrycyon made cōfessyon / yet had they no purpose to abstayne them fro synne in tyme to come And sayd afterwarde that all the other the whiche where whyte clere ben those the whiche had acceded worthely with ferme purpose to abstayne thē fro synne to amende theyr lyfe c. ¶ Another example It is wryten in the lyfe of faders that two men were sklaundred to be aduoutrers dyshonestes And for as moche as they were of the nombre of good people the bysshop prayed god that he myght knowe yf the sklaunder were true And as the people acceded to receyue theyr creatour after the consecracion the sayd bysshop knewe the dedes