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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A16354	The life of the holie father S. Francis Writen by Saint Bonauenture, and as it is related by the Reuerend Father Aloysius Lipomanus Bishop of Veron. In his fourth tome of the life of Saintes; Legenda maior beatissimi patris francisci. English	Bonaventure, Saint, Cardinal, ca. 1217-1274.; Montagu, Anthony Maria Browne, Viscount, 1574-1629.	1610 (1610)	STC 3271; ESTC S112955	142,663	258

overpassing the night according to his vsuall manner in the praier of God albeit that he were then in bodie absent from his children Behold yet even aboute the verie pointe of midnight some of the bretheren being bent to sleepe and some other of them continuing in praier a fierie chariote of marveilous splendoure entring in at the dore of the house whirled vp and downe the place one while one way and one while another vntill it had at length gone three severall times rounde about the roome vpon the toppe whereof might be seene to rest a globe of shining beames as bright as the sunne which caused the darke some night for the time to seeme as cleere as the day Heere with all the watchfull were amased and the sleepy both waked and astonished every of them finding no lesse clearenes in their harts than outwardly vpon their bodies it being effected by the power of this marvailous light that the naked consciences of them all were discovered one to another For they did all of them agreably vnderstand every of them seing into each others harte that the holy Father being absent in body but present in spirit and in such apparence transfigured was with the beames of brightnes from aboue inlightened and inflamed and out of supernaturall power in a shining and fiery Chariot by God represented vnto them that as true Israelites they might follow after him who as an other Elias was by God ordained to be the Chariot 4 Reg. 2.11 and Chariot Driver of spirituall men And verily good cause we haue to belieue that he who opened in former time the eies of a Boie 4. Reg. 6.7 wherby to see the mountaine filled all with horses and fiery Chariots in compasse of Aeliseus did now also at the praiers of his holy Servant Saint FRANCIS in like manner open the eies of this simple company that they might see and behold the woonderfull workes of God But the holy man after this returning vnto his brethren beganne to sift the secrets of their consciences to refresh their spirits vpon occasion of this marveilous vision and to foretell many things concerning the increase of the Order At what time disclosing vnto them many and sundry points which far surpassed all humane vnderstanding the brethren well perceyued that the spirit of our Lord had in so great aboundance setled it selfe vppon this his servant Saint FRANCIS that it should be their safest and most certaine course to imitate his life and doctrine After this S. FRANCIS the Pastor of that litle flock being guided and directed by the grace of God conducted this poore number of twelue brethren to the Church of Saint Mary of PortiuÌ„cula to the end that where the order of the Friers Minors had by the merits of the Mother of God taken his beginning there also by her helpe it might take increase And in this place also being made a preacher of the Gospell he went about preaching through the Citties and townes Not in the learned words of humane wisedom but in the power of the spirit denowcing the Kingdome of God He seemed vnto all that sawe him to be a man of another world for as he was allawayes intentiue to heaven both in minde and countenance so did he seeke with his whole endevour to draw all men thither with him And even now about this time Of virgins were converted by him to imbrace perpetuall chastity false it is that it is mipossible to keeps Virgiuity beganne the vineyard of Christ to bud forth the buds of the sweete smels of our Lord and having brought forth the flowers of sweetnes Honor and Honestie did yeild a plentifull and fruitfull harvest For many both men and women inflamed with the zeale of his preaching serving our Lord in the Chastitie of wedlock according to the forme receaved of the servant of God did binde themselves vnto new lawes of Pennance whose manner of living the said servant of Christ decreed to be named The Order of the brethren of Pennance For as the way of pennance is one and the very same vnto all such as desire to come vnto heaven so likewyse this order S. Clare now glorified in heauen is worthily worshiped in earth of the Church admitting both the Clergie and the lay pepple Virgins and Married folkes of both sexes of how great merit it is in the sight of God it is manifest by many miracles which some of them haue wrought as may be knowen to the world Even now also divers Virgins were by him converted vnto perpetuall chastity among which Saint Clare that notable Virgin and most deare to God was the first plant and most beautifull blossome of all the rest who as as pure springing flower gaue a sweet savour of holynesse and glimmered forth her beames as a bright shining star she being now glorified with God in heaven is worthely honored of the Church in earth who being the daughter in Christ of the holy poore Father Saint FRANCIS did also become the Mother of the poore And many not only moved with devotion but inflamed with desire of Christian perfection contemning the vanity of wordly things did follow the steeps of Holy S. Francis Who increasing daily more more were quickly spreede forth to the end of the world For that same holy poverty which was the only thing they desired to carrie with them for the defray of their charges made them evermore ready vnto all obedience strong in sustaining of labours and nimble in prosecuting their iourneis And for so much as they possessed no earthly thing nothing did they loue nothing did they feare to loose but were in every place secure never assailed with feare never distracted with care wherby living as men in every point free from all manner of trouble of minde they had patience in expectance of their morning and nightly sustenance Many and sundry reproaches they sustained in diuerse parts of the world as men conteÌ„ptible and vnknowen but the loue of the Gospell of Christ had endewed them with so perfect patience that they sought in those places rather to be were they might suffer persecution in body than where vpon observation of their vnfained holinesse they might haue occasion to glory in the favour of the world And even that very penury of all things which they continually sustayned seemed vnto them a superabouÌ„dant plenty meane while that according to the wisemans Councell In steed of a great thing the least did contente them For some of the brethren comming into the infidells countries it happened that a certaine Saracin moved with pittie offered them mony for their necessary foode which he perceiving them to refuse wondered not a litle thereat seeing them notwithstauding to be both poore and needy But at the lenght perceiuing that having voluntarily made themselues poore for the loue of God they would possesse no mony he was thereby conioyned vnto them in so great loue and affection that he offered to Minister vnto them all

mourning and lamentation wherevnto with redoubled sighes he incessantly gaue ouer himselfe vntill such time that after long instance of Praier he obtained of our Lord with his inclinable eare to heare the same For one day as he was praying in a solitary place through excesse of fervour wholly in manner absorpted vp in God Christ Iesus our Lord voutsafed to appeare vnto him fast nailed as it were vpon the CROSSE At the sight wherof his soul melted within him the memory of the Passion of Christ was so efficatiously imprinted into his heart that from that houre so often as he remembred the Crncifijng of Christ he was hardly able to abstaine from sighes and teares externally bursting out vpon him as himselfe afterward familiarly reported drawing then nigh vnto his end For hereby the man of God did fulwell vnderstand that those wordes of the GOSPEL If thou wilt come after me denie thy selfe and take vp thy Crosse and followe me were directly spoken vnto himself From that time did he therfore put on vpon him the spirit of poverty a perfect sence of humility and a zealous affection of inward Piety For wheras before he could not abide the company of such as were infected with Leaprosie no not so much as to see them though distant a good way from him nowe for the loue of Christ Crucified who according to the wordes of the Prophet seemed contemptible as a Leaper that he might fully contemne himselfe he did with a godly kind of benignity even towards the Leapers performe the duties of humility and of all manner of good humanity For he visited oftentimes their houses liberally bestowing his almes among them with great affection of charitable commiseration disdained not to kisse their handes their mouthes As for poore beggars also it was his desire to bestowe vpon them not only his goodes but himselfe therewithall sometimes putting off his owne apparell sometime vnripping the same sometime for lack of other more conuenient meanes cutting it in partes to bestowe vpon theÌ„ To poore Priests also he gaue succoure with much reuerence and deuotion especially in the ornaments of the Aulter that he might both be partaker of the honour giuen vnto God might also supply the wants of such as were to exhibite the same vnto him One time visiting the Church of Saint Peter the Apostle with religious deuotion and beholding a great multitude of poore people before the doores of the Church he being then partly moued with the sweetnes of piety partly allured with the loue of pouerty gaue vnto one of the poorest of them his owne apparell and couering himselfe with the ragges of the poore man spent that whole day ioyfully in the middest of the poore with an vnwonted alacrity and ioy of spirit Thereby aswell to contemne all wordly glory as also to arise as it were by degrees and to clime vp to the top of Euangelicall perfection Very vigilant he was in mortification of the flesh that so he might externally in his body Se how the holy Father doth subdue the concupiscence of the flesh by his mortification carry about the Crosse of Christ as he did internally enermore beare the same in his hart All these things did Saint Francis the servant of God not being yet either in habite or conversation sequestred from the world THE SECOND CHAPTER Of his perfect conuersion vnto God and how he repaired three Churches BVT because the servant of the highest had no other teacher in these matters Churches were builded for to pray in Learn that to beÌ„d ones knees vnto images to pray to those whom they do represent is a good and pious work se what a miracle Christ did worke by this his image but only Christ himselfe it pleased his merciefull goodnes yet further to visite him in the swetnes of his grace For as being one day gone forth into the feild to meditate he walked along by a Church dedicated vnto Saint Damian which was so old and ruinous that it seemed ready to fall to the ground by the instinct of Gods holy spirit he entered into the same to pray and falling prostrate before the image of Christ Crucified was in his praier replenished with a singular consolation of spirit And as he did with weeping eies beholde the Crosse of our Lord he heard with his corporall eares a voice from this same Crosse speaking thus three times vn to him Francis go and repaire my House which as thou seest is wholy destroied Saint Francis being then alone in the Church trembled not a litle thereat as being much amased at the hearing of so woonderfull a voice and feeling in his hart the efficacie of Gods heauenly worde He arose signeing himselfe with the signe of the Grosse became as it were alienated from himselfe in minde But returning afterwards to his perfect remembrance he readily prepared himself vnto obedience wholy disposing himself towards the performance of the commaundement coÌ„cerning the repairing of the materiall Church though the more principall inteÌ„tion thereof had relation vnto that Church which Christ had purchased with his owne bloud as he was afterwardes taught by the holy-Ghost and did himself reueale vnto his brethren Rising vp therefore and arming himfelf with the signe of the Crosse he tooke vnto him certaine clothes provided for sale which he speedily carried vnto the Citty of Fulligney and there selling his wares and also the horse whereon he rode the happy marchant beinge well contented departed with the price thereof in mony And so returning to Assisium he reuereÌ„tly entered the church which he was commaunded to repaire and finding a poore Priest therein after due reuerence done vnto him made offer of his mony for the reparation of the Church and towardes the releefe also of the poore making furthermore his humble sute vnto him for licence to abide with him there for a time The Priest well allowed of his aboade in the place but misdoubting his parents assent for the mony vtterly refused to accept thereof which neuerthelesse the true contemner of mony casting into one of the windowes esteemed it no better than pelfe and dust Now whilest the seruant of God was thus abiding with the forementioned Priest as soone as his Father got knowledg thereof he as one much perplexed in minde ruÌ„ne with great hast and speed to the place But Francis being as yet but a yong soldier in the armie of Christ when as he hearde the threatenings of them that did perfecute him and did also perceiue their comming at hand being then desirous to giue place to the force of their sury betooke himselfe to a secret Caue whearein closely concealing himself for a few daies he incessantly besought our Lord with aboundance of teares that he would vouchsafe to deliver his soule from his persecutors handes and that the good purposes which he had inspired into his hart he would also vouchsafe to bring to a finall end and accomplishement being

for a while they offered that sacred body ennobled and adorned with those heavenly pearles to be seene and kissed by those holy Virgins And comming afterwards to the Citty with exceeding great icy they did withall reverence place the precious treasure which they brought in the Church of Saint George For in that place being but a litle child he learnt his letters and there afterwards he preached and there last of all be receaved his first place of rest The venerable Father passed out of the shippewracke of this worlde in the yeare of our Lords incarnation on thousand two hundred twentie sixe the fourth day of October being Saterday in the evening and was buried vpon the Sunday And by the influence doubtlesse of Gods divine aspect this blessed man did forthwith beginne to shine with many and woundrous miracles that the highe degree of his holinesse which duringe his life heare one earth had binne throughly notified vnto the world touching the mannadgement direction of manners by the exaÌ„ples of perfect iustice might nowe be by miracles of devine power ratified made good from Heaven wheare he raigneth with Christe for ever to the absolute confirmation of all faith and true belief And whereas in divers parts of the world his gloriouse miracles and the large benefitts by him obtained had inflamed very many vnto the devotion of Christe and had also recited very many vnto the reverence of this his Saint by generall reports both of wordes and workes it came to the chred of the supreame Bishoppe Pope Gregory the ninth what goeat and admirable thinges God did worke and effect by his servaunt Saint Francis Wherevpon that worthy Pastor of the Church knowing his marveilouse holinesse by testimony of most credible authority and being thereof centified not only out of such miracles as he had heard to haue binne donne by him after his death but out of such also as he himselfe had seene with his eies and felt with his handes to be tried by experience in his life time wherby he had no manner of doubt but that he was now glorified by Christ in Heaven to the intent he might conformably worke with Christ whose Vicar he was did purpose vpon a good Godly Consideration to make him famous vppon the earth as being most worthy of all honour reverence And for to giue more absolute and vndoubted assurance vnto al the whole world of the glorified estate of this most holy man he caused the miracles by him donne having bin formerlie founde out drawen together in writing and approved by convenieÌ„t witnesses to be examined by such of the Cardinals as seemed to be lesse favourable vnto that matter and businesse After diligeÌ„t enquirie whereof the Miracles being by them al fully ratified and allowed he did by the vniforme Councel and assent of his brethren and of all the Prelats that were then resident in his Courte resolue and decree to accomplish his Canonization And comming personally vnto the Citty of Assisium in the yeare of our Lords incarnation one thowsand two hundred rewentie eight he did on Sunday the sixteenth of Iuly with great solemnities to long to be rehearsed enrolle the blessed-Father in the Catalogue of Saints But in the yeare of our Lorde one thowfand two hundred and thirtie the brethren beinge assembled to a generall Chapter then celebrated and kept at Assisium the body dedicated vnto our Lord was on the siue and twentith of May translated vnto a goodly Church that was built erected in honor of him And whils that sacred treasure signed with the seale of the most supreame and Soveraigne king was to that place transported he whose Image and likenesse he bare did vouchsafe to worke many and sundry miracles that by his health working odoure the affections of the faithfull might be drawen to runne after Christ For it was in very deed Cant. 1.4 befitting and well beseeming that whom God having made to be in his life time pleasing welbeloved vnto himselfe had by the grace of contemplation translated into Paradice like vnto Enoch Gen. 5.24 4. Reg. 2.11 and had by the zeale of charitie taken vp into heaven in a fierie Chariot like vnto Elias nowe might those happy bones of him flourishing among the heavenly flowers of eternall planting by meane of a strange and admirable kinde of blosseming yeild forth a sweete and pleasant favour from the place wherein they were enshrined And therefore as this blessed man had binne in his life time famous for many signes of vertues soe from the day of his passadge vntill this very present he doth in divers of the world by power divine glorifieing it selfe in him most beautifully and clearely shine with many prodigious and notable miracles For the blinde and deafe the dumbe and lame the diseased of the Dropsie and sicke of the Palsey possessed persons Leapars they that haue binne in shippewracke and Captivity haue by his merrittes found help and remedie as also all diseases necessities and perrills haue thereby binne relieved Yea and by the miraculouse restoring of life by him to many that haue binne dead in this blessed Sainte hath binne sufficiently notified to all faithfull people the marveilouse magnificence of the Power of the Highest to whom to be all honor and glory world without end Amen THE SIXTEENTH CHAPTER Containing certaine miracles donne by Saint Francis after his death Which because it is long and considering that the miracles be of diuers kindes is therefore parted into tenne diuisions according to the seuerall Titles of the miracles The first diuision Of the vertue and force of the holy Stigmatter BEING to the honor of Almighty God and to the glory of the blessed Father Saint Francis to write those approved miracles which were by him donne after his glorification in heaven from that pointe I thought it most especially meete to take my beginning wheare in the efficacie of the Crosse of Iesus is shewen vnto vs and wherein the glory thereof is vnto vs renewed This newe man therefore Saint Francis flourished nowe by meane of a newe and admirable miracles in that he appeared to be ennobled with a singuler priuiledge in alâ— former ages not graunted vnto any namely to be graced and adorned with the Sacred Stigmattes of our Lord and in the body of this death to be configurated vnto the bodie of him that was Crucified Of whom what soeuer may be saied by tonge of man shal be inferiour vnto his due and worthy praise For the whole indeavour doubtlesse of the man of God aswell that which was publique as that which was private was altogether emploied about the Crosse of our Lord. And to the ende he might outwardly signe his body with the signe of the Crosse which was from the beginning of his conversion imprinted in his harte incompassing himselfe with in a very Crosse he tooke vpon him the habite of pennance which did plainely represent the Image and forme of a Crosse that even

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