in Libanus the Cipresse tree in Sion the towre of Dauid the throne of Salomon the citie of God the gate of heauen and by manie the like And by al the renowmed women from the beginning of the world but by none of al these no nor by al together can be sufficiently expressed thy singular graces giftes vertues priuilegies and dignities who art al faire neuer touched with anie spot who alwaies remaining a virgin hast coÌ„ceiued him in thy wombe whom the heauens could not comprehend Who art the singular spouse of the Father of heauen the mother of the Sonne of God and aboue al mere creatures ful of the Holie Ghost the inaestimable gemme of the celestial and terrestrial world which we thy Catholike clients euery where most assuredly beleeuing and sincerly professing do admire thy singular grace and congratulate thy most praeemineÌ„t glorie To thee we repaire crauing in al our necessities thy praerogatiue intercession because next to thy sonne thou art our aduocate our hope our refuge our comforth our helpe our supreme Ladie and Quene mother of al good mother of Christ mother of God we therfore most humbly besech thy celestial Maiestie voutsafe to intreate thy sonne for vs sinners nowe and in the houre of our death that we may be made worthie of his promises through the same Christ our Lord thy Sonne who with the Father and Holie Ghost liueth and reigneth one God world without end Amen The Corone of our Lord. With particular pointes to be meditated in saying the same In nomine Patris Filij ✚ Spiritus Sancti Amen THE B. Trinitie decreed before al worlds that the Sonne of God should be borne of à virgin by death on the crosse redeme mankind and iudge the whole world The coming of our Sauiour into this world 1. Pater noster The Archangel Gabriel sent from God saluteth the B. virgin MARIE and imparteth to her that she shal conceiue the Sonne of God wherunto she consenting CHRIST IS INCARNAT God made man 2. Pater noster The B. virgin visiting her cosin Elizabeth the Infant in Elizabeths wom be is sanctified and leapeth for ioy of our Sauiours presence 3. Pater noster Our SAVIOVR is borne in Bethleem wrapped in clothes and laid in à maÌ„ger Angels declare his birth to poore shephards and sing Glorie to God in the hieghest 4. Pater noster The shephards presently do visite this childe in Bethleem and finding al as the Angel had told them they returne glorifying God 5. Pater noster The eight day folowing the childe is circumcised and his name called IESVS that is SAAIOVR for he shal saue his people from their sinnes 6. Pater noster Three Sages called Gaspar Melchior and Baltasar coming from the East adore him ech one fotering three giftes gold frankincense and myrrh 7. Pater noster Our Lord is presented in the Temple His mother offereth a paire of turtles and two pigeons Simeon ioyfully taketh the childe into his armes He and holie Anne do prophecie 8. Pater noster Herod seeking to kil our Sauiour in his cradle Ioseph warned by an Angel flieth with the childe and his mother into Aegypt 9. Pater noster Herod killeth al the male-children vnder two yeres old in and nere BethleeÌ„ They are al Martyrs And the Diuels flie out of the Idols in Aegypt 10. Pater noster Herod being dead Ioseph with the child and his mother returne from Aegypt and dwel in Nazareth of Galilee not daring to go into Iurie for feare of Archelaus Herods sonne 1. Aue Maria. The virgin mother cooperateth with the B. Trinitie and our Sauiour in al these Mysteries meditating vpon the same Our Sauiours conuersation in this world 1. Pater noster Our Lord at the age of twelue yeares remaining in Ierusalem vnknowne to his parents after three dayes is found in the Temple sitting amongst the Doctors 2. Pater noster His mother demanding why he stayed behind them he answereth that he must be occupied in his Fathers affayres And so returning to Nazareth liueth subiect to them 3. Pater noster In the thirtith yeare of his age he is baptised by Iohn Baptist The Holie Ghost descending vpon him à voice declareth This is my Sonne in whom I am wel pleased 4. Pater noster In the desert he fasteth fourtie dayes and fourtie nights is tempted and vanquisheth the Diuel Instructing vs as wel by example as by word how to fight with the spiritual enimie 5. Pater noster Then he calleth disciples preacheth the kingdom of heauen to be at hand and to be obtayned paenance and by perfect workes of iustice 6. Pater noster He confirmeth his doctrine by miracles Scriptures reasons testimonie of good men and by his owne so perfect life that none can charge him with anie sinne 7. Pater noster He often foretelleth that he shal be betrayed in Ierusalem deliuered to the Gentiles mocked whipped spitt vpon crucified and the third day shal rise againe 8. Pater noster That none be scandalized with his Passion he fortelleth of the glorie to come And before three of his Apostles is transfigured shewing them à glimse of his glorie 9. Pater noster He often detecteth the calumniations of his enimies conuinceth their errors reproueth their sinnes and sometimes deliuereth him selfe miraculously out of their handes 10. Pater noster He rideth into Ierusalem is receiued with great triumph and saluted king of Israel And driueth byers and sellers out of the Temple 2. Aue Maria. The B. virgin is partaker with her sonne in ioy and tribularion most diligently heareth his diuine worde and of al others most faithfully keepeth the same Our Sauiours passing forth of this world 1. Pater noster Our Sauiour eateth the Paschal lambe with his tvvelue Apostles washeth their feete and instituteth the B Sacrament and Sacrifice of his owne bodie and bloud 2. Pater noster He praieth in the garden that the cuppe of his Passion may be taken from him yet submitteth his wil to his Fathers wil sweateth bloud is comforted by an Angel and betrayed by Iudas 3. Pater noster He is brought bound to Annas and Caiphas scornfully and cruelly handled falsly accused thrise denied by Peter and condemned by the Iewes councel as guiltie of death 4. Pater noster In the morning he is deliuered to Pilate by him found innoceÌ„t yet sent to Herod by him also iudged innocent but mocked as à foole and sent back to Pâ—late 5. Pater noster The Iewes with great clamour require that Barabbas be deliuered and IESVS crucified Pilate to appease their furie causeth our B. Sauiour to be most cruelly whipped vvhere he receiueth 5490. stripes 6. Pater noster They put on him a scarlet robe a crowne of thornes and à reede in his hand saluting him as King Pilate so sheweth him saying ECCE HOMO the Iewes crie Crucifie him Crucifie him 7. Pater noster Pilate washeth his handes protesting that he is innocent the people crie his bloud be vpon vs and vpon
of frailrie the mind be caried away the fruit of that prayer is not therfore lost or frustrat but hath his effect by vertue of the former intention and purpose And the same is to be said of the second attention if one that vnderstandeth the language in which he prayeth doth purpose to marke the sense of the wordes and yet afterwards faileth to performe it But betvvene this second and the first attention this is the difference that albeit this second is profitable yet it is not so necessarie as the first neither in the beginning nor in the rest of the prayer For those that pray in a tongue they vnderstand not can not haue this attention and yet their prayer is profitable and fruitful by the vniuersal iudgement of al Doctors The third attention by which the mind is lifted vp to God and good spiritual desires and cogitations is not only necessarie in the beginning like as the first attention is but also most necessarie of al the three to be kept stil without interruption in respect of the third effect And this the vulerned may also haue praying in an vnknowne tongue And it sometimes so aboundeth that the mind forgetteth al other things as S. Thomas and before him S. Hugo de Victore and others do teach And in this case it supplieth also the defects which often happen in the other two attentions as wel in those vocal prayers which we are bound vnto by precept of the Church or other obligation so there be no notable defect in reciting the wordes as in other prayers which we are not bound to say And finally this attention perfecteth so much as can be in this transitorie life the spiritual repast of the faithful soule which attention ceassing necessarily the refection of the mind therwith also vanisheth but yet the other two effects do not therfore ceasse but remaine stil For not with standing the mind be caried by humane frailtie without voluntarie consent to thinke vpon base and terrestrial things yet the prayer may both merite increase of grace and obtayne the things that be asked And much lesse is euery euagation of mind in prayer to be reputed a sinne but that only which we either volunrarily admitte or willingly desire of some vaine or hurtful thing And so you see the maner of praying proposed in this booke doth not hinder due attention as the obiection presupposeth but greatly helpeth the same and bringeth also other spiritual commodities Of which some may be here briefly noted For first besides that the mind is hereby directed to the best and most necessarie attention required in prayer such also as be not so wel instructed already may by this forme of saying the Rosaries and Corones here ensuing learne many particular and most necessary points of Christian doctrine which being once knovven can not but moue a true Christian hart to some more or lesse cogitation and meditation of so great and singular benefites bestovved vpon vs by Almightie God And the more one shal meditate vpon the same the more also shal his knovvlege be stil increased So knovvlege and meditation do mutually helpe and increase ech other but one vvithout the other auaileth little For as meditation vvithout knovvlege is erroneous so knovvlege vvithout meditation is drie and fruitles But both together vvil easely inkindle the soul vvith the loue of God and feede it with a spititual refection and sturre vp and inflame the desire to al possible endeuour for the increase of Gods glorie and health of their ovvne and other mens soules Likevvise out of this varietie and copie of diuine Mysteries and benefites the vvel disposed may at al times and occasions choose sufficient and fit pointes to meditate vpon in al their prayers vocal or mental And finally by diligent vewing and beholding the pictures here placed euerie one may better conceiue and consider the Mysteries by them represented and be perhaps more moued to deuotion by sight therof then by only reading If any therfore wil vse this exercise no doubt but for revvard of their paines they shal reape hereby no smal fruite and increase of pietie You at least my deerely beloued in our Lord Iesus Christ vvho haue not better meanes to further your deuotions vvithal vse this helpe And vouchsafe of your charitie to commend al vs vvho to do you good haue bestovved labour and cost in setting forth this little vvorke amongst your other deere frendes vnto our B. Lord and to his B. mother our Ladie to our propre Angels and special Patrons and the vvhole Court of heauen in your svveete deuotions Amen 25. of March 1590. Your ovvne al and euer in Christ T. VV. P. THE FIRST ROSARIE OF OVR LADIES PSALTER resembled to a white Rose containing fiue ioyful Mysteries In nomine Patris Filij ✚ Spiritus Sancti Amen WHat soeuer thou doest ô my soul in word or in worke do al in the name of our Lord IESVS CHRIST and to the glorie of God For God forbid I should glorie sauing in the CROSSE of our Lord IESVS CHRIST 1. Mysterium gaudiosum 1. PATER NOSTER The Annunciation and Incarnation of Christ THe most Blessed Trinitie one God Almightie most iust most merciful forseeing al makind fallen from most happie estate wherin he was created into infinite miserie and calamitie As to haue lost original iustice grace vertues and most excellent gifts and qualities by transgressing Gods cōmandement And contrariwise to haue incurred sinne death and eternal damnation And that he could not be restored to his former estate by the worke or vertue of anie man or Angel or anie other pure creature of his infinite loue which is most agreable to his Diuine goodnes decreed defore al worldes that the Sonne of God the second Person of the same most Holie Trinitie should take mans nature and being made man should pay our ransome by his death on the Crosse And so not only in general take away the sinne of the world but also in particular iustifie sanctifie and bring al those to whom this most souereigne meanes is rightly applied to euerlasting life for which we were first created 1. Aue Maria. Our merciful Lord promised this MEDIATOR immediatly after the fal of Adā saying that the seede of a womā should crusse in peeces the serpentes head 2. Aue Maria. Our heauenlie Father renewed the same promise to the holie Patriarch Abraham saying In thy seede al nations shal be blessed 3. Aue Maria. Almightie God eftsones iterated the same promise to king Dauid saying of the fruit of thy Ioynes I wil set vpon thy seat And establish his kingdom for euermore 4. Aue Maria. About 4000. yeares from the creation of the world the Archangel Gabriel being sent from God to the most pure virgin Marie saluteth her HAYLE FVL OF GRACE OVR LORD IS WITH THEE BLESSED ART THOV AMONG VVOMEN 5. Aue Maria. The most humble virgin is trubled with this speach thinking with her self what maner of
our children Pilate fearing to offend Caesar iudgeth Christ to be crucified 8. Pater noster Taking away the scarlet robe but leauing the crowne on his head they cause him to carie his owne crosse he falleth vndet it but lest he die in the way they force an other to carie it 9. Pater noster Our Sauiour crucified betwen two theeues destitute of al temporal comforth in extreme paine sheweth exceding patience and infinite charitie towards al frends and foes 10. Pater noster After three houres al things being now consummate he yeldeth the ghost His soule presently triumpheth in limbo in the euening his bodie is honorably buried 3. Aue Maria. His constant mother aboue al others suffereth vvith him the svvord of sorovv often pearcing her hart and afflicting her vvith the paines of death The glorie of our Lord after his Passion 1. Pater noster The third day our Lord riseth gloriously from death deliuering out of limbo al the Sainctes of the old Testament appeareth first to his mother then to others disposeth manie things pertayning to the kingdome of God 2. Pater noster The fourtith day he ascendeth into heauen sitteth on the right hand of his Father our singular and proper Aduocate by whom we haue manie intermediators and intercessors 3. Pater noster Vpon Whitsunday he sendeth the Holie Ghost in visible signes By whom he gathereth gouerneth sanctifieth conserueth and glorifieth his Church continually to the end of the world Credo in Deum OVR Lord IESVS CHRIST who before al worlds was ordained to be the Redeemer of mankind Who at the time appointed was borne of the virgin MARIE in great humilitie and pouertie who sustayned most great labours calling al men to penance inuiting al by example and word to grace desirous to saue al who after infinite traualies reproches and torments at last suffered the most ignominious and most bitter death vpon the Crosse who finally is gloriously risen from death ascended into heauen from thence sent the Holie Ghost who continually conserueth and sanctifieth his Church in earth The selfe same Lord and Redemer wil come againe in great powre and Maiestie Iudge of al Angels and men And wil render to euerie one according as they shal deserue wel or euil euerlasting paine or euerlasting glorie AMEN A briefe Rosarie of fiftene Pater nosters and Aues with one Crede in memorie of eight ioyes and seuen sorovves of the most B. Virgin MARIE In nomine Patris Filij ✚ Spiritus Sancti Blessed be the most holie and indiuisible Trinitie novve and euer vvorld vvithout end Amen 1. Pater Aue. The first ioy The Annunciation and Conception of Christ wherby God is made man and the B. virgin the mother of God 2. Pater Aue. The second ioy The B. Virgin visiting S. Elizabeth the infant in Elizabeths wombe both the mothers Zacharias their kins folke and neighbours do al reioyce 3. Pater Aue. The third ioy Our Sauiour is borne the Angels sing the shepheards visite the Infant the Sages adore him 4. Pater Aue. The fourth ioy Presenting her sonne in the Temple Simeon ioyfully taketh the childe into his armes he and holie Anne do prophecie 5. Pater Aue. The first sorowe Ioseph vvith the childe and his mother flie into Aegypt parting avvay by night 6. Pater Aue. The second sorowe Our Sauiour being tvvelue yeres old is lost three dayes his parents seking him vvith great griefe 7. Pater Aue. The third sorowe In the thirtith yere of his age our Lord taketh leaue of his mother as no longer to dvvel in her familie Ioseph also dieth 8. Pater Aue. The fourth sorowe The B. Virgin heareth that her sonne is takē cruelly handled vvhipped crovvned with thornes and cōdēned to be crucified 9. Pater Aue. The fith sorowe The afflicted mother meteth her sonne carying his Crosse and seeth him fal dovvne vnder it 10. Pater Aue. The sixt sorowe She seeth her sonne crucified betvven tvvo theeues and after extreme paines to yeld the ghost 11. Pater Aue. The seuenth sorowe She taketh his bodie in her armes And it is taken from her againe and buried 12. Pater Aue. The fifth ioy Our Sauiour rising from death first of al appeareth to his deare mother 13. Pater Aue. The sixt ioy The blessed mother reioyceth aboue al others for her sonnes Ascension and exaltation in heauen 14. Pater Aue. The seuenth ioy She also reioyceth most for the coming of the Holie Ghost and is thervvith most abundantly replemshed 15. Pater Aue. The eight ioy The glorious mother of God is both in soul and bodie assumpted into heauen and exalted aboue al the orders of Angels OVR Lord IESVS CHRIST in whom there could neuer be anie sinne And the most blessed virgin his mother being alwayes preserued from al spot or blemish therof suffered extreme paines and so entred in to their glorie leauing vnto vs example to folow their steppes How much more then are we most miserable creatures being loadden with sinnes compassed about with infirmities and subiect to al dangerous tentations bound to sustaine necessarie chastisments and sweete corrections reioycing in hope patient in tritribulation instant in prayer not to be wearied in our mindes nor faint vnder the rodde of our heauenly Fathers discipline that we may at last reigne with them be glorified with them and made heyres of God felowe heyres of Christ our Sauiour and our most blessed Ladie his mother of aeternal ioy and glorie which no man can take away from vs. Which he graunt vnto vs who with his owne bloud purchased the same for vs by the intercession of his most sweete mother and of al his glorious Saincts AMEN LITANIES GATHERED OVT OF THE CORONE OF OVR LORD KYrie eleyson Christe eleyson Kyrie eleyson Christe audi nos Chiste exaudi nos 1 Ab Angelo Gabriele annunciate CHRISTE Miserere nobis 2 Baptistam tuum in vtero sanctificans CHRISTE Miserere nobis 3 Ex virgine nate ab Angelis agnite CHRISTE Miserere nobis 4 A Pastoribus in praesepio visitate CHRISTE Miserere nobis 5 Circuncise nomine IESV appellate CHRISTE Miserere nobis 6 A Magis Gentium primitijs adorate CHRISTE Miserere nobis 7 Presentate in Simeonis vlnas suscepte CHRISTE Miserere nobis 8 In Aegypto cum parentibus exulans CHRISTE Miserere nobis 9 Simulachra Aegyptiorum destruens CHRISTE Miserere nobis 10 Archelaum fugiens Nazareth inhabitans CHRISTE Miserere nobis Virgo benedicta his omnibus cooperata or a pro nobis 1 Triduo amisse inter Doctores inuente CHRISTE Miserere nobis 2 In Patris negotijs semper occupate CHRISTE Miserere nobis 3 A Ioanne in Iordane baptizate CHRISTE Miserere nobis 4 In deser to ieiunans tentatorem vincens CHRISTE Miserere nobis 5 Exemplo verbo legem Dei docens CHRISTE Miserere nobis 6 Miraculorum sermon is virtute potens CHRISTE Miserere nobis 7 De Passione tua Resurrectione praemonens CHRISTE
to Ierusalem to adore him 9. Aue Maria. King Herod and al Ierusalem with him are trubled hearing these newes yet there the Sages lerne of the hiegh Priests that Christ shoÌ„uld be borne in Bethlehem 10. Aue Maria. The Sages going towards BethleheÌ„ see the starre againe and it leadeth them euen to the house where they finde the childe and adore him euerie one offering three giftes Gold Frankincense and Myrrhe 4. Mysterium gaudiosum 4. PATER NOSTER The Purification of our Ladie and Presentation of our Lord. KIng Herod expecteth the returne of the Sages whom he had willed to seeke diligently for the childe and when they should finde him to informe him therof that he also might go and adore the same new borne king for so he pretended meaning in dede to murder Christ in the cradle but God vvarned the Sages by an Angel in their sleepe not to returne to Herod and so they teturne into their countrie by an other vvay In the meane time the immaculate virgin needing no purification nor being bound to that ceremonie of the Lavv yet vvilling to obserue the custome of other vvomen prepareth for her iourney as also to make her oblation according to yea and aboue the same lavv a pare of turtles and tvvo pigeons for albeit a pare of either of both sortes vvouâ—d haue suffised for that purpose yet she offereth of ech sort a paire And that not vvithout Mysterie the turtles being solitarie birdes signifiing the secret sighes and cries of the seruants of God and the pigeons being sociable signifying the publike prayers of the vvhole Church Both vvhich she offereth novv in heauen as Patronesse of al. 1. Aue Maria. The virgin mother goeth vp to Ierusalem carying thither her sonne with her oblation Ioseph her husband and supposed father of IESVS accompaining and assisting her 2. Aue Maria. The sacred virgin presenteth her Sonne to God in the Temple the fourtith day after his birth 3. Aue Maria. Simeon a iust and religious old man had receiued an answere of the Holie Ghost that he should not die til he had first seene the ANOINTED of our Lord that is CHRIST the expected MESSIAS 4. Aue Maria. This holie old man Simeon by the particular prouidence of God is present in the Temple when the childe IESVS is brought thither by his parents to be presented 5. Aue Maria. The venerable old man seeing the childe IESVS taketh him by and by into his armes and his hart ful of ioy reioyceth in spirite 6. Aue Maria. So soone as he can speake for ioy he blesseth God saying NOVV THOV DOEST DIMISSE THY SERVANT OÌ„ LORD ACCORDING TO THY VVORDE IN PEACE BECAVSE MYNE EYES HAVE SEENE THY SALVATION 7. Aue Maria. The parents admiring the things that are sprokeÌ„ concerning the childe Simeon blesseth them and sayth to the mother Behold this childe is set vnto the ruine and vnto the Resurrection of many in Israël 8. Aue Maria. And he sayth moreouer to the mother A sworde shal pearce thyn owne soule that is griefe and compassion of this thy sonnes Passion shal be to thee as death it selfe or as a svvorde passing through thy hart 9. Aue Maria. An auncient religious widowe called Anne who remayned night and day in the Temple seruing God by fastings and prayers doth also prophecie of this childe to al that expect the redemption of Israel 10. Aue Maria. After they haue done al things according to the lawe they returne homewards in peace and safetie God not suffering Herod to suspect that this is the childe vvhom he feareth and seeketh to destroy 5. Mysterium gaudiosum 5. PATER NOSTER The finding of our Sauiour when he had bene three dayes lost KIng Herod perceiuing that he is deluded by the Sages is exceeding angrie and sending a troupe of soldiars murdereth al the men children that are in Bethlehem and in al the borders therof from tvvo yeares old and vnder To the number of fourteene thovvsand vvho al by special priuilege receiue crovvnes of Martyrdome In the meane time Ioseph admonished by an Angel taking the child and his mother and parting the same night fleeth into Aepypt and so is fulfilled the prophecie of Esay Our Lord ascendeth vpon a light cloude Christ being caried by his mother à virgin and shal enter into Aegypt and the Idols of Aegypt shal be ouerthrovvne before his face and the hart of Aegypt shal languish verified by the falling dovvne of Idols whilest Christ is in Aegypt vvhich vvas about the space of six yeares Then Herod dying they returne into the land of Israel But hearing that Archelaus reigneth in lurie for Herod his father they feare to goe thither and Ioseph being so vvarned in sleÌ„epe they repaire into the quarters of Galilee and dvvel in Nazareth vvherof our Sauiour is called IESVS of Nazareth 1. Aue Maria. IESVS being twelue yeares old according to their custome at the solemne day of Pasch he and his parents goe vp vnto Ierusalem to keepe there the Feast 2. Aue Maria. The dayes of the Feast being expired the childe IESVS remaineth in Ierusalem his parents returning homewards not knowing of his abode 3. Aue Maria. They supposing him to be in the companie goe a dayes iourney without him and at night they seeke him among their kinsfolke and acquaintance but finde him not 4. Aue Maria. The next day they returne very sorowful and lamenting towards Ierusalem to seeke him there 5. Aue Maria. After three dayes they finde him in the Temple sitting in the middes of the Doctors hearing them and asking them questions 6. Aue Maria. Al are astonied that heare the childe speake as wel at his wisdome in demanding as in his answeres 7. Aue Maria. His mother sayth to him Sonne why hast thou so done to vs Behold thy father and I sorowing did seeke thee 8. Aue Maria. He sayth to them What is it that you sought me did you not know that I must be about those things which are my fathers affayres 9. Aue Maria. He then goeth downe with them to Nazareth and is subiect to them Dwelling there together the greatest patt of his life in this world 10. Aue Maria. The virgin mother obserueth and keepeth in her hart al the doings and sayings of our Sauiour diligently meditating thereupon Caepit IESVS facere et decere CREDO IN DEVM PATREM THe eternal Sonne of God the increated wisdome of the Father our Lord and Sauiour hauing taken vpon him the forme of à seruaÌ„t esteemed vulgarly à carpenter and a carpenters sonne and as altogether vnlerned in the thirtith yere of his age bidding his mother farewel being now to dwel no more in her familie goeth to Iohn the Baptist and is baptized of him in Iordan And thence he departeth presently into the desert there fasteth not eating nor drinking anie thing at al fourtie dayes and fourtie nights then is tempted by the Diuel and vaÌ„quisheth him Afterwards he manifesteth him self to the world preacheth
Infant in Elizabeths vvombe leapeth for ioy of Christs preseuce And the mother admireth the great humilitie of the Mother of God 6. Aue Maria. The B. virgin after three moneth returning home appeareth to be with childe Ioseph is therwith trubled but an Angel telleth him that she hath conceiued by the Holie Ghost 7. Aue Maria. They go to Bethleem according to an Edict made by Caesar There our Lord is borne and laid in a manger the Angel sing the shepheards visitie the Infant and glorisie God 8. Aue Maria. The eight day the child is circuÌ„cised and his name called IESVS a name that is aboue al names For God in geuing vs. SAVIOVR powreth as it were vpon vs al his owne bountifulnes 9. Aue Maria. Three Sages seeing à strange and bright starre appeare come from the East to Ierusalem seeking the king of the Iewes And finding him in Bethleem they offer vnto him gold myrrhe and frankincence 10. Aue Maria. The most pure virgin not obliged therto obserueth the ceremonie of Purification presenteth her sonne in the TeÌ„ple Where Simeon ioyfully receiueth him into his armes Yet fortelleth the mother of sorowes to come Virgula ex arâ—matibus mvrrhae et thurts 4. PATER NOSTER The most special tribulations and comforts of our Ladie from her Purification to the Passion of our Lord. HErod seeking to kil our Sauiour in his infancie Ioseph vvarned in sleepe by an Angel to flie into Aegipt vvith the child and his mother presently parteth away the same night In vvhich banishement for their sustenance something the holie virgin gaineth by spinning and sowing something Ioseph getteth by his carpenters art the rest they receiue of almes so much as sufficeth for their state of pouertie which they professe For hauing meate and clothes in very meane sorte they require no more And as vvel in Aegypt as after and before in this happie familie alwaies remaineth vvith singular peace à most holie contention For that euerie person humbling them selues vvil needes be much inferior to the other two IESVS being in deede Lord of heauen and earth yet liueth subiect to his mother and supposed father the B. virgin nourishing and tending her owne sonne yet honoreth him as he is also the Sonne of God and obeyeth Ioseph as her head and Lord. Ioseph helpeth and directeth them both in temporal affayres yet vvith al humble and due reuerence honoreth the Sonne as Lord and king and the mother as Ladie and Quene of men and Angels 1. Aue Maria. Herod being dead Ioseph returneth vvith the childe and his mother into the Land of Israel but fearing ARchelaus his sonne and successor in Iudea they dwel in Nazareth in Galilee 2. Aue Maria. IESVS being tvvelue yeares old remaineth in Ierusalem vnknowne to his pareÌ„ts Who seeking him at night amongst their kinsfolke and not finding him returne the next day and seeke him in Ierusalem 3. Aue Maria. After three daies they find him in the Temple sitting amongst the Doctors hearing them and asking questions To his mother he answereth that he must be about his Fathers busines 4. Aue Maria. The thirtith yeare of his age he taketh leaue of his mother as no more to dwel with her About this time Ioseph dieth And so the mother virgin and widow dwelleth with her cosines 5. Aue Maria. Our Lord is baptized of Iohn fasteth fourtie daies Then calleth disciples and preacheth the kingdom of God And at his mothers instance turneth water into wine at à Mariage 6. Aue Maria. She most deuoutly heareth her sonne Diuine Sermons often seeth his Miracles diligently obserueth the diuers affections of men and continually meditateth vpon al. 7. Aue Maria. A certaine woman bursting out in middes of the troupe in praise of Christ and of his mother sayeth Blessed is the wombe that bare thee and the pappes that gaue thee sucke 8. Aue Maria. Wherunto our Lord ioyneth greater praise saying Yea blessed are they that heare the word of God and keepe it As much to say as my mother is more blessed for hearing me then for hearing me 9. Aue Maria. Seeing manie thousandes folow and admire her sonne and others busie to destroy him she remayneth stil in one state knowing farre greater matters are yet to come 10. Aue Maria. Whilest others receiue our Lord with triumph into Ierusalem as their King onlie his deare mother meditateth vpon his Passion which he is to suffer within fewe daves after Tuam â—pâ—â—â—â— animam pertransibit gladius 5. PATER NOSTER The Compassion of our Ladie at our Lords Passion and death VVhat à sacred ftorehouse of al vertues the B. virgin is doth abundantly appeare in her vvhole life but most specially in the time of her sonne our Lord his Passion and death Where aboue al other vertues her feruent charitie Quene of al the rest doth most excel which neither the obstinate rancor of the high Priests Scribes Pharisees and other deadlie enimies nor the most vvicked treason of Iudas nor the extreme ingratitude of the Iewes his owne people nor the raging furie of most bloudie executioners nor anie other malice could anievvhit diminish but in deede contrariwise infinitly increased the same For how much further she seeth sinners runne in vvickednes to their euerlasting ruine so much the more she thirsteth after their repentance and saluation And therfore seeing her owne death sufficeth not to redeme mankind for vvhom she is most vvilling to yeld her life she spareth not her owne sonne as our heaueÌ„ly Father spareth him not nor he him self but most freely offereth him to suffer al that the exact iustice of God requireth for the redemption of the vvhole vvorld 1. Aue Maria. Our Lord praying in the garden his B. mother also praying at home seeth in spirite and after heareth by his disciples dispersed that her sonne is takeÌ„ and brought bond to Annas and to Caiphas 2. Aue Maria. She seeth also in spirite and in the morning heareth that he is falsly accused vilely and most cruelly handled beaten mocked spit vpon and by the Iewish councel iudged guiltie of death 3. Aue Maria. In the morning she vnderstandeth that he is deliuered vnto Pilate by him sent to Herod there derided and sent back Then most cruelly whipped Crowned with thornes and condemned to the Crosse 4. Aue Maria. Then going forth with S. Iohn and others she meeteth her sonne al embrued with his owne bloud crowned with thornes and carying his owne Crosse vpon his sore shoulders 5. Aue Maria. She seeth her sweete sonne fal downe vnder his Crosse Which then an other is compelled to carie lest he should die in the way before he be crucified 6. Aue Maria. She seeth her sonne and Lord being nailed through both haÌ„des and both feeâ—â— to the Crosse hoissed vp on height and from thence his most sacred bloud streaming downe euen to the ground 7. Aue Maria. Then she heareth him mekely pray for those that do blaspheme and crucisie him Also promise