nedyd bothe in Body sowle so that before god man she lyuyd without offeÌ„ce more apperyth not of her lyfe nor of her myracles but the thre blynde Women that came all at oon tyme oon to seynt Alburgh a noder to seynt Hyldelythe And the thyrde to seynt Wulfhylde receyuyd all thre theyr syghte ¶ De sancto Honorio archiepÌ„o confessore SEynt honorye was discyple to seynt Gregory after seynt Iustus he was electyd to be archebusshope of CauÌ„terbury he was coÌ„secrate by paulyn archebusshope of yorke the Pope honoryus sent to hym a pall with his letters wherin he decreyd that whether of the archebusshope of CauÌ„terbury or yorke dyed furste that he yâ— ouerlyuyd shulde haue auctoryte to make a newe not to goo at euery tyme to Rome by so great iourneys And this blessyd man made seynt Felyx busshope of eest Englonde which conuertyd all the CouÌ„trey to the feythe when seynt Edwyn was deed all the CouÌ„trey of northamhuÌ„bre was trowblyd with Paganes seynt paulyn and the quene Ethelburghe which was wyfe to Kynge Edwyn went to seynt Honorye he made seynt paulyn Busshope of rochester the quene Ethelburghe a Nonne at a place callyd lymmynge where she had foundyd a Monasterye vppon the grouÌ„de that she had of the gyfte of her Broder kynge Edbalde where she was Mother to many virgyns wydowys This blessyd man made parysshys ordeynyd clerkys pÌ„chourys bad them that they shulde instructe the people aswell by feyrenes pacyence as by hygh doctryne so that the rude people myght be broughte to the loue of almyghty god aswell by swete techynge as by sharpenes drede our Lord so adournyd this blessyd man with pure feythe goodlye conuersacyon in many sygnys vertues that he shone in this Realme of Englonde as a lanterne put away errours coÌ„uertyd many paganes to the feythe releuynge the wretchydnes of the people with prayer consolacyon so that his lyfe shone lyke glasse to all that wolde loke in it he was strayght harde to hymselfe lyberall to the pore people seruynge our lord iÌ„ humylyte charyte he went out of the prysone of this worlde the day before the kalendas of october in the yere of our lorde god syx Hundred fyghtye and thre lyeth in the monasterye of seynt Peter and paule at CauÌ„terbury many yerys after when his Body was remouyd there was so goodly as wete sauoure that all that were there pÌ„sent gaue thaÌ„kynges laudys to our lorde ¶ De puero Hugone a iudeis crucifixo IN the yere of our Lorde a M.CC. .lv. aboute the feestys of seynt Peter paule the Iewys of Lyncolne stale a cristen Chylde that was aboute the age of .viii. yerys callyd hugh they put hym iÌ„ a secrete house fedde hym .x. dayes with mylke that he myght abyde the gretter turmeÌ„tys thereupoÌ„ they sent to all the townys in EngloÌ„de wherein were any Iewys to haue some of theÌ„ to be at the sacryfyce of this Chylde which they entendyd to crucyfye in despyte of our lorde Ihesu Cryste And when they were gaderyd they appoyntyd a Iuge as for Pylat so they Iugyd Hym to deth And then they bet hym soo that the blode folowyd they crownyd hym with thorne they spyt vppon hym and mockyd hym and euery man pryckyd hym with his Knyfe they gaue hym to drynke Gall And with great opprobryes blasphemouse wordys with gnasshynge of theyr teth they callyd hym Ihesus the Cursyd prophet And after they Crucyfyed hym And with a spere thruste hym to the Herte And when he was deed they toke his Body fro the Crosse and vnbowelde hym for theyr enchauntementys After when they leyde his Bodye into the grounde the grouÌ„de wolde not kepe it but caste it vppe agayne wherfore they were merueylously aferde And threwe hym into a Pytte After the moder of the Chylde which made great sorowe and dylygentlye enqueryd for hym harde say that he was seen laste at a Iewys house pleyinge with Iewys chyldren And so she went sodeynly into the House And there she founde the Chylde and vppon that suspeccyon the man that owyd the House was takyn And he confessyd the murder wherupon .xviii. of the Rychest of the Iewys of Lyncolne that assentyd to the martyrdome of the sayd blessyd chylde were drawyn hangyd the chanoÌ„s of LyncolnÌ„ askyd the Body of the sayde Chylde buryed hym lyke a gloryouse martyr ¶ De sancto hugone epÌ„o confessore SEynt hugh wheÌ„ he was but .viii. yere olde was set to Reguler discyplyne was euer broughte vp in vtue he neuer knewe pleasurys of the Worlde nor lernyd any maner of disportê after he was made a Chanon regler in a monastery in GraÌ„miople where his fader lyued vnder reguler discipline as loÌ„ge as his fader lyued he wiped his shone made his bedde was dylygent to hym in all other thyngê after for zele of a streyghter Religion he entred into relygioÌ„ in the ordre of Chartuc there he was made prest And whan he was at Masse he ordred hymself as if our lorde had ben visibly there present and he vsed moch vigylles fastyngê and scorgynges ofte fasted brede and water and weer the heere as the vse of the Relygion is and after when he was made proctour he thought in his slepe that he that made hym prest came to hym opened his bely with a Raser and cut fro hym a thyng lyke a bylle of fyre and he neuer after felt temptacion of the flesshe but that he myght lyghtly despyse After by desyre of kynge Henry the seconde he was sent into Englande to be Pryor of WythmÌ„ thoughe he moche refused it and on a tyme whan he came to the kynge for certeyne thynges that they neded and the kynge gaue hym lytell comforte but fayre wordes one Gerarde that came with seynt Hughâ— sayd to the kynge that he wolde go home agayne into his Countre and tolde the kyng that he sawe well that al that he gaue for his soule helth he thought it loste and seynt Hughe bad hym leue suche wordes or holde his peace and then he spake to the kynge in suche sobre charytable maner that when he had doon the kynge enbraced hym and sayd verayly he shuld neuer go from hym but that he wolde kepe hym and take counsell of hym for the helth of his soule anone he gaue to seynt Hughe all that he asked one a tyme when the kynge was in great ê‘ell of the see he had great truste in the prayer of seynt Hughe and of his bretherne and as it is sayd he aduowed that if he came safe to lande he wolde make hym a bysshop and forthwith the tempest ceasyd when the buyldynge was done at Wytham he wolde euer be occupyed in prayer redynge medytacyon or in some spirituell collacion or exortacion he wolde neuer lye in his
bysshop was a great man in that countre where there is a cyte called the cyte of Magnil the bysshop to this day Our lorde was with hym in all that he went aboute he was a great confounder of Enchauntours and by his prayers he put awaye snowes derkenes that they had made sodeynly by helpe of the deuyll land one that was moche malycyous to hym was sodeynly lyfted vp into the Eyre and lette fall agayne wherof he dyed myserably an Erthquake sodeynly came fered a kynge that meynteined the sayd EnchauÌ„tour wherby the kynge came to repentaunce He reysed a man to lyfe that hadde ben deed .x. yeres This was his dayly lyfe he sayd euery day the Psaulter with CC. prayers dayly sayd masse he taught disciples pÌ„ched to the people euery houre he marked hymself with a. C. crosses In the begynnynge of the nyght he sayd CC. psalmes and CC. tymes he knelyd and fro the Cokkes crowyng he stode in water tyll he had sayd his prayers Then he toke slepe lyeng vpon a bare stone a nother vnder his hedde Often tymes he sawe heuyn open our lorde Ihesu stondyng with his Aungellys in heuyn wherfore his herte alway brenned in an vncomê‘able fyre of the loue of god He was a Clene irgyne in body and spirite he chaunged this lyfe the .xvi KaleÌ„dr of Apryl And after one oppynion he was buryed in the Cyte of Dimense in Irlande but in the latter ende of the Legende it is sayd that after he had coÌ„uerted IrlaÌ„de he came into the I le of Aualony was ther .xxxix. yerâ— that at this day seynt Patrike seiÌ„t benygne disciple lyeth both iÌ„ one Shryne on the southe syde of the hygh Aulter at Glastonbury ¶ De sancto Paulino EpÌ„e confessore SEynt Paulyn came into Englande with seynt Augustyne and conuerted kynge Edwyn whiche was kynge of NorthmÌ„humbre moche ê‘te of all the countre in the yere of our Lorde .vi. C. and .xxvii. And the people there had such Feruour and desyre to the fayth that .xxxvi. dayes fro mornynge to Euenynge he baptysed the people iÌ„ the water of Gleni whiche is in the kyngdome of Bernyshe for at that tyme there were no fontes He baptised also many in the water of Swala that is in the kyngdome of Deyre also in the prouynce of Lyndesey in LyncolnÌ„ and in the water of Trent six yeres whiche was all the dayes of kyng Edwyn he contynued in prechynge baptisynge the people kyng Edwyn made for hym a bysshoppes see in yorke there began to buylde for hym a Churche of stone iÌ„ honour of seynt Peter byfore it was Fynysshed he was martyred seynt Oswalde that succeded hym buylded the resede wetherof He made dyuerse Churches one in LyncolnÌ„ where longe after that it was decayed yerely were done myracles and when Iustus that was bysshop there was deed seiÌ„t PaulynÌ„ made Honorius bysshop there He was of a longe stature somwhat stowpynge of blacke heere lene faced venerable also terryble of couÌ„tenauÌ„ce after the good kyng Edwyn was martyred seynt PaulynÌ„ left Iame his Deakon at yorke came iÌ„to kent with the quene Ethelburgh that was wyfe to kyng Edwyn brought with hym a goodly Crosse a Chaleys of golde that yet be to shewe in kent He was made bysshop of Rochester by honorius the said Iames lyued to the tyme of venerable Bede in the yere of o r lorde .vi. C. xliiii the .vi. I de of October he chauÌ„ged this lyf lyeth at Rochester where he left his palle A woman that had longe coÌ„tynued in synne on a tyme as she was goynge to offer to hym was stopped at the first gresse dyuers tymes she sawe nothyng wherby she was moche coÌ„puncte prayed the monkê to pray for her was coÌ„fessyd yet neuerthelesse she fel agayne after wher she was syke she was meruaylously sore aferde of the harde IugemeÌ„t of god was confessed to the bysshop sent offrynge to seynt PaulynÌ„ seyinge if seynt Paulyne receyue myne offryng I am forgyuen if nat I shal haue euer lastynge payne And when it was sent thyder he receyued it that had firste refused for he regarded nat the offrynge but there â—entaunce of the woman ¶ De sancto Petroco abbate confessore SEynt Petroke was borne in Cumber and was a kynges sone fro his youth he was a folower of the Appostellys He was sober meke feruent in Charite redy to all merkes of relygyon And when he shuld haue ben made kynge he forsoke the pompe of the world toke with hym .lx. Felowes entered into Relygyon after he went into Irlande was there .xx. yeres where he profited moche in lernynge entendynge to go agayne into his couÌ„tre founde a shyp redy there that he had left without keper And whan he came into Brytayne he founde there men labouryng that spake harde wordes to hym whether it were to tempte his holynes or to restreyne theyr drynesse they bad hym make a welle of swete water in a Rocke that was therby he dyd so then he harde of a holy man called SaÌ„pson that he ledde therby a solytary lyf in great streyghtnes with barley brede iÌ„ fastyngê prayers when he sawe Sampson he prayed our lorde that he shuld nat remoue tyll he had spoken with hym his prayer was herde saÌ„pson therby was bouÌ„den tyll they had saluted eche other nygh to SaÌ„pson he made a Monastery lyued theyr .xxx. yerê iÌ„ great fastiÌ„gê prayers and colde restreynyng glotony and vnlaufully mocyons all which tyme he lyued in suche innocencye that he dyd nothynge that he wolde nat haue done to hym After .xxx. yerê he went to Rome came agayne into Cornewayle wherin a great tempest to coÌ„forte his discyples he sayd the tempest shuld cease the next day And whan it dyd nat so he was heuy aud repented hym self moche of the pÌ„suÌ„pcion that he had sayd otherwyse then as it folowed wherfore the thirde day after he went to Rome agayne so to Ierâ—m and there he toke purpose to go into ynde after had come with great labours to the Est occean there he fouÌ„de a vessell mete oonly for one man wherby he went into an Ilande where he lyued in coÌ„templacion .vii. yeres al that tyme he was fedde with one fysshe and afterwarde by an Aungell he was conueyed in the same vessell into the West parte of brytayne where afore that tyme had ben a Cruell kynge that had gathered many venemous serpentes to punysshe felons men that had offended and when he was deed his sone wolde none of yâ— crueltye so that one of the serpentes for hunger kylled a nother tyl one terryble serpent preuayled that kylled man and beste whom seynt Petroke droue into a wyldernes where he shuld hurte no man by his prayer byfore all the people he reysed a man fro
sacramentall wordes he sawe a goodly childe more whyte then the snowe with a crowne of golde that with mylde countenaunce touched his face and hedde whiche oft kyssed hym and blessyd hym and soo he vanysshed awaye leuynge nothynge but the hoste he neuer after Remembred that vysyon but he wept for Ioy After fro more streyght lyfe he entered into Relygyon of Cisteur at wardonÌ„ after he was made Abbot at Mailrose By his mocyon his kynnesman Symond made the Monasterye of Seynt Andrews in Northampton the NoÌ„nery without the towne and saltery Abbey Thre gestes came to hym whiche he receyued mekely wassynge theyr handes and fete and sodeynly one of theym was gone and in the nyght folowynge an Aungell appered to one of the Brethene and sayd he was the geste that the day byfore went sodeynly fro them addyng therto that he was appoynted by our lorde to be keper of that place sayd the almes and prayers of theyr Abbot dayly ascended byfore our lorde lyke swete encense he sawe in vysyon the thre kynges do theyr offrynge how our lorde was scourged dispysed crowned with the crowne of thorne crucifyed and suffred deth and how water and blod came out of his syde and how he rose fro deth leuynge the kepers as deed and after went into heuyn On a tyme when the deuyll appered to hym he toke the Sacrament and badde hym cursed wretche se his Iugge that shulde sende hym into helle And thenne he myght abyde noo lenger but vanysshed awaye He refused to be Bysshop he multyplyed corne and brede that seruyd moch people and helyd a man of the dropesye he went to heuyn the thride nonas of August In the yere of our lorde god a Thousande a hondred thre score after he appered to a broder that by temptacoÌ„n of the Deuyll preferred the lawe of the Iewes byfore the cristen lawe And also sayd there was no lyf but this and he shewid hym in vysyon 〈…〉 hell and heuyn and then whenne he came to hymselfe agayne he forsoke all his errours and lyued a good lyfe and conuerted many people and byfore his deth sawe our lorde with his bodely lyen ¶ De sancto Walstano Confessore SEynt WalstanÌ„ was borne in the Southe parte of Englande in a towne called Bauburgh and was of the kynges blode And whenne he was aboute the Age of .xii. yeres by Inspyracyon of the holy Ghost he forsoke all his Enherytaunce and his Countree and went into the Northe partes and put hym selfe in seruyce to a man in the towne of Tauerham He was a great gyuer of almes in so moche that he gaue nat oonly his owne mete to poore men but also on a tyme he gaue his shone to a poore man went hym selfe barefote And whenne his dame perceyued it she feyned that she hadde great nede to haue thornes caused hym to go to the wodde to fet theym home and by the goodnes of oure Lorde the thornes were to hym lyke rose flowers hurtynge hym no thynge And whenne his dame knewe that she cryed hym mercy and he anone forgaue her His mayster seynge the sygnes that he dyd loued hym moche and wolde haue made hym his heyre whiche he refused and wolde no thynge haue in any wyse but oonly that whiche one of his Mâ—ysters keen hadde in her bely at that tyme and she had aâ—â—er two Calues whiche his mayster gaue hym with good wyll and as he was after mowynge in a medowe with one of his felowes an auÌ„gell appered to hym and shewyd hym that the thirde daye folowynge he shulde departe this world wherfore he was howseled and toke all the sacramentê of the Churche and at the sayd daye he toke his mayster and dyuerse other honest ê‘sones with hym and went to the sayd medowe and there he wylled that when he was deed his body shuld be put in to a carte and his two oxen to be put in it and to be suffred to go with it where they wold without any leder and there as they taryed he to be buryed he had graunted of our lorde that what laborer that called vnto hym for helpe of his desease or for his bestes that he shuld be herde and so he departed out of this worlde the thirde Kalend of Iune in the yere of our lorde a thousande and syxtene And when he was leyde in a Carte the sayd two Oxen brought hym to Bauburgh and by the way they went ouer a water the wheles of the carte dyd nat synke into the water and in thre places where they rested sprange vp thre fayre welles he lyeth in Bauburgh where a Churche is halowed in the honoure of his name and there our lorde hath shewyd for hym many great myracles as well vpon men as vpon brute bestes De sancta Wenefreda virgine martyre A Man of great vertues called Bennow came to the fader of seynt Wenefrede desyred of hym a grounde wherin he myght make a churche to serue almyghty god therin he gladly assented and assygned a place vnto hym also coÌ„mytted his oonly begoten doughter called Wenefrede to hym to enforme and she herynge his prechynge and Doctryne purposed secretly her herte to forsake all the plesures of the worlde and to kepe virgynyte whiche purpose she durste nat shewe to her fader and moder but to her mayster he shewyd it to theym wherwith they were ryght well contented and after it happened that when her fader and moder on a Sonday were at Churche Cradoke sone to kynge Algare founde her alone in her faders house and promysed to her great gyftes to assent vnto hym and she sodeynly astonyed dissembled with hym and sayd that she was sory that she was so euyll appareylled and prayed hym that she myght go into her Chamber to apparell her more honestly and when she came into the Chambre she ranne pryuely towarde the churche and when he ê‘ceyued that iÌ„ great angre he folowed and when he had ouer taken her on a hylle and she wolde in no wyse assent to hym he strake of her hedde and there as the hedde fell anone sprange a fayre welle and the stones therof haue redde spottes lyke blode to this day the hedde ran downe into the Churche there as they were at seruyce wherat all the people were meruaylously astonyed and her fader and moder made great Lamentacyon wherupon her mayster takyng the hed went to the place where her body lay where was yet the kynges sone dryinge his swerde and when he had reproued hym for his wycked dede and he had no repentauÌ„ce therfore sodeynly he dyed and it was nat knowen where his body became and then her mayster leyde the hedde to the body and shewyd the people how she had aduowyd to be a Nonne and therupon he made his prayer anone she rose vp as she had ben a slepe nothynge apperyng of the cuttynge but oonly a lytell whyte cercle aboute her necke and the people nat
¶ Here begynneth the Kalendre of the newe Legende of Englande ¶ The Prologe THe firste treatyce of this preseÌ„t boke is taken out of the newe Legende of the sayntys of Englande Irelande Scotlande and Wales for theym that vnderstande not the Laten tonge that they atte theyr pleasure may be occupyed therwith and be therby the more apte to lerne the resydue when they shall here the hole Legende And it is to vnderstande that nat oonly those sayntes that were borne in theyse Countreys be in the sayde Legende and iÌ„ this lytell treatyse But also dyuerse other blessyd sayntes that were borne beyonde the see and that came into any of theyse countreys Englande Irelande ScotlaÌ„de and Wales doynge there any notable thynge to the honour of god and to the profyte of the people as to preche to theym the Faythe of oure Lorde and to sette the people in good ordre Or that haue lyued a blessyd lyfe iÌ„ any of theyse Countreys to gyue the people example of good lyuynge Be also in the sayde Legende and in this present treatyse be accompted to be of that countrey that they so came into As seynt Augustyne the appostell of Englande whom blessyd seynt Gregorye then beynge pope sent fro Rome with seynt Paulyn seynt Laurence the confessoure and dyuerse other in his company to preche the faythe of oure Lorde to the people of this Realme then beynge Idolatroures and clerely alyenatyd fro trueth wherupon Seynt Augustyne Faythfully accomplysshynge his Auctoryte with his company conuertyd Seynt Ethelbert then kynge of Kent and all his people to the fayth of our lorde And after seynt Paulyne conuerted seynt Edwyn then kynge of Northamhumbre and all his people in whiche countreys Churches were buylded Temples of Idollys destroyed or turned into Churches bysshoppes preestes ordeyned in all the countrey And the fayth gladly resceyued with great deuocyon and after the deth of seynt Augustyne and of kyng Ethelbert kynge Edbalde that was sone to kynge Ethelbert fell to Idolatrye forsakynge the cristen fayth wherby the faythe there was lyke to haue holly perysshed whom the sayd seynt LaureÌ„ce which was busshop of CauÌ„terbury next after seynt Augustyne by especyall myracle of seynt Peter reduced agayne to the faythe as in the lyfe of seynt Laurence apperyth longe after theyr tyme other holy men seynt Adryan seynt Honorye seynt Felyx seynt Beryn and dyuers other cam fro beyonde the see and moche edefyed the people iÌ„ this Realme of Englande and establysshed greatly that fayth whiche seynt Augustyne seynt Paulyne seynt Laurence and theyr company had begon also dyuerse countreys in Englande whiche were nat holly conuerted in seynt Augustynes dayes some that after his dayes fell agayne to Idolatrye theÌ„ they reduced to the fayth of our lord And neuerthelesse ryght fewe of this Realme of Englande specyally of the CoÌ„men people haue harde of any suche men in soo moche that the oonly herynge of theyr names wyll be a lernynge to most men and so it wyll be of dyuerse other blessyd men and women that were borne iÌ„ this Realme whiche haue done many notable thynges for the comen welthe of the people therof as well ê“fytable for this lyfe as for the lyfe to come as seynt Dunstane seynt Deus dedit seynt Wylfryde Seynt Oswalde seynt Cedd and seynt Chadde bysshoppes Seynt Ethelbert seynt Edwyn seynt Edgare and seynt Oswalde kyngys seynt Sexburgh seynt Ermenylde quenes seynt Wallen seynt Gylbert seynt Wulryke and dyuerse other holy men and women as in the sayd Legende and also in this treatyse apperyth by which gloryouse sayntys with other borne in other Countreys as before apê‘yth the fayth of our Lorde hath ben pÌ„ched receyued greatly prosperyd in this Realme so that many of oure Auncestours neyghboures and frendes by the mercye of our lorde be now in the Ioyes of heuyn to praye for vs. And for all the people we also by the grace goodnes of our lord be heyrys apparauÌ„te to the kyngedome of heuyn And if the lawe of god had nat ben knowen iÌ„ theyse parties both we our AuÌ„cestours myght ê‘case haue lyued in erroures as other do wherfore we be moche bouÌ„den to loue theym honoure them in lykewyse to do that is in vs to helpe other as they dyd to helpe vs our AuÌ„cestours and frendys And veryly if there were nowe in thyse dayes the hygh Charyte ê‘fyte loue to almyghty god to oure neyghboure that was in theyse blessyd seyntes or at leest a desyre therto with loue of Iustyce zele of the comen welthe lyke desyre to brynge the people to good lyfe with hole truste sure faythe iÌ„ our lord as was iÌ„ theyse blessyd men women It wolde renewe the face of this worlde and brynge a newe lyghte amonge the people as it dyd in the tyme of the sayd gloryous seyntys in whom florysshed shyned all ê‘feccyon of vertues as euydently wyll appere to theym that wyll rede theyr Legende trewe mekenes inuyncyble pacyence symple obedyence heuenly wysdome ê‘fyght charyte loue of Iustice with mercye pyte coÌ„passyon vppon theyr neyghbourys ryches in pouerte pouerte in ryches with other lyke vertues and gracyous gyftes of god many of them were nedye outwarde but within forthe they were replenyssed with goostlye swetnes and Comforte In the syght of the worlde and in theyr owne syght they were vyle and abiecte but in the syght of almyghtye god of all seyntes they were precyous syngulerly elect Wherfore the people of Irelande haue seynt Patryke for his blessyd lyfe and for that he conuerted moche people there to the faythe in great honour and in theyr necessyties they call vnto hym for helpe with great deuocyon And in lykewyse in Scotlande the people there haue seynt Nynian coÌ„menlye called seynt Tronyon in great honoure for the same cause And in Wales they haue deuocyon to seynt Dauyd for his blessyd lyfe and for confermynge and establysshynge of the people in the faythe by his prechynge good example but in this Realme of Englonde what so euer is the occasyon fewe people in comparyson of the multytude haue deuocyon to any of thyse blessyd seyntes that haue laboured for the welthe of the people in this Realme iÌ„ tyme paste or that haue theym in honoure as other Countreys haue other seyntes in lyke case yet we knowe ryght well that seyntys in heuyn be iÌ„ suche fauoure with almyghty god the they re prayer is herde for suche persones as they pray for and we maye not dowte but they be redye to pray for vs if we do worship theym and call vnto theym by our prayer for helpe God forbede that any of vs shulde thynke or saye the contrarye as thynkynge in his mynde or sayinge in this wyse Sayntes be aboue iÌ„ heuen and we be here bynethe and therfore they haue no mynde vppon vs for to helpe vs or to pray for vs so to thynke or
greatly wherfore he meltyd away lyke waxe and the kynge herynge therof was angry and wolde haue kylled seint Iltute wherfore he flede and hydde hymselfe a yere in a Caue where euery daye he had brought to hym of the prouysyon of our Lorde a barly lofe and a pece of flesshe Theuys that on a nyght stale his hogges in the mornynge came agayne to the gates of the Monasterye when they wolde nat yet beware but stele agayne the nexte nyght they were tourned into stones that be there to this day In the ende of his lyfe he went into lytell Brytayne And there he dyed the .viii. I de of Nouembre and lyeth at Dolence ¶ De sancto Indracto sociis eius martiribus SEynt Indracte martyr was a kynges sone borne in Irlande and he with .ix. Felawes and his suster Domynyke went into Brytayne and there they made an Oratorye and lyued a strayght lyfe in the seruyce of god many yeres he had a water with certayne Fysshes therin and thoughe one were taken dayly the nombre mynysshed nat tyll one of his felawes stale one of theym and then they mynysshed and heseyng that thought it was nat the wyll of god that he shuld tarye any lenger there and so with his .ix. felawes he went to Rome and after retourned to Glastonburye to worshyp seynt Patryke for in tho dayes Irysshe men came moche to Glastonburye for loue of seynt Patryke as he wolde haue retourned into his countre he with his companâ—â—â—â—ere martyred at Shapwyke in theyr beddes by mynysters of â—ue Kynge of Westsaxons that thought that they had hadde moche Riches the kynge as he rose in the nyght thre nyghtes togyder sawe a clere shynynge beame ouer the place were they were hydde in a depe dyke and so they were Founde and conueyed honorably to Glastonbury and they that martyred theim were taken with deuylles so wodely that they ete their owne flesshe a woman that byfore that tyme by no maner of prechynge wolde be conuerted when she sawe the beame that the kynge sawe vpon the blessyd sayntê she was conuertyd foure score ê‘sons were also conuerted by the reporte that she made of that that she had seen ¶ De sancto IoheÌ„ Beuerlaco EpÌ„o confessore SSeynt IohnÌ„ of Beuerley was borne in EnglaÌ„de in his yonge Age he was coÌ„mytted to seynt The oder Archebysshop of Caunterbury to instruct he enformed hym in holy scripture and when he was well instructed he prechyd in the countre in small vyllages to the people and when Cata the bysshop dyed he was made bysshop gaue ordre of presthode to venerable Bede he vsed euery Lent to prouyde some pore impotent persone that he myght do charyte vpon one that was so ê“uyded whiche was mute fro his natiuyte he helyd also with his blessynge he helyd a Nonne that with lettyng of blode in vncoÌ„uenyent tyme was at the poynt of deth after the deth of Bosa Archebysshop of yorke he was electetd thyther and when he came to great age he lefte his Bysshopryche and went to his Monasterye at Beuerley there he lyued a blessyd solytarie lyfe he dyed in the yere of our lord .vii. C. .xxi. in the Nonas of Maii for whom our lorde hath she wyd many great myracles he helyd two blynde children two women that were contracte in the yere of o r lord M.CCC .xii. oyle came out of his tumbe tyll thre of the cloke of the next day that helyd many blynde men kyng EthelstanÌ„ prayed vnto seiÌ„t IohnÌ„ that by his prayer some euydeÌ„t tokeÌ„ myght apê‘e that of right ScotlaÌ„de shuld be subiect to Englande therupon with his swerde he strake vpon a rocke of stone by DuÌ„barre in scotland it waxed holowe with the stroke an Elne depe which coÌ„tyenuyth to this day as he was praying this lyf in yâ— porch of seiÌ„t Michellê of york the holy gost apperid to hyÌ„ iÌ„ lykenes of a Doue more bryght then the sonne beame and when the people in the Churche meruayled at the lyght one of the dekons went to the porche sawe the bysshop there in prayer and with the hete of the holy ghost his face was stryken so that the skyn shranke togyther and then seynt IohnÌ„ handeled his cheke and made it hole and bad hym kepe that vysyon secret ¶ De sancto Ithamar EpÌ„o et confessore SEynt Ithamar was of the countre of Kent was bysshop of Rochester and as Bede wytnessyth he succedyd to seynt Paulyn and was in vertuous lyfe and cuÌ„nynge lyke to his predecessour and after his deê‘tynge out of this world almyghty god shewyd for hym many myracles dyuers that were vexed with the Axes that had sore iyen by his prayers were made hole A childe that with great feblenes was become dombe deffe at the tumbe of seynt Ithamar receyued ê‘fyte helth and he lyeth at Rochester he helyd a bysshop of Rochester of a great desease that he had in his iyen therfore in the fourth Ide of Iune he remouyd his Relykes and put theym in a newe cheste at that day his seruyce is kept in remembrauÌ„ce of that myracle and of other that our lorde shewyd for hym ¶ De sancto Iuone EpÌ„o confessore SEynt yue was a Kynges sone borne in the Cytie of Fryane in ê‘syde and there he was made bysshop after he was made Archebysshop of Asitanda where he was dylygent for the helth of the people to hym coÌ„mytted tyl for the synnes of the people there fell suche a derth that the Father ete the sone the moder the doughter the prelatê theyr subgettes wherfore seynt yue with .xi. felowes relygyous went to Rome and by councell of the Pope they seuered in to dyuerse couÌ„tres seynt Iue with Sythyo his neuewe and Inthyo his kynnesman aboute the yere of our lorde six hondred came into Brytayne now called Englande into a towne called Slepe thre myle fro HuÌ„tyngdonÌ„ there ended his lyfe seruynge almyghty god in fastynge and prayer and other good werkes and lay vnknowen many yeres vnto his tumbe was fouÌ„de by a husbondman with his plough And then he by reuelacion shewyd to a smythe who he was and what was his name wherupon he was translated to Ramsey as he appoynted to be the yere of our lorde a thousande one in the .viii. kalend of Maii and the .iiii. I de of Iune his translacion was coÌ„secrate coÌ„maunded to be halowed out of his tumbe spryngyth fayre water that hath gyuen helth to manâ— people A childe toke of the water to seth mete it wold in no wyse be made hote though it had great plente of fyre o r lord hath shewid for hym many myracles ¶ De sancto ywyo confessore SEynt ywyo was of noble blode of the Brytons was brought vp in the I le of Lyndefernens and was disciple to seynt Cuthbert In his youth he toke orders or his fader or moder were ware and
his helthe ¶ De sancto Kebio EpÌ„o confessore SEynt Kebius was borne of noble blod in Cornewale and after he had studyed .xx. yere in his countree he went to Hillarie bysshop of Pictanens and was with hym l. yeres where he gaue blynde men theyr syght clensyd Lepours helyd men that had the palsey that were dombe or that were obsessyd with deuylles and there Hillarie made hym bysshop after by monycoÌ„n of an auÌ„gell he retourned agayne into his countre therwith his company he lodgyd in the kynges medowe as the kynge was coÌ„mynge to haue dryuen theym away his hors fell sodenly deed vnder hym he with al his company were stryken blynde and by prayer of seynt Kebius they were all helyd agayne and then the kynge gaue hym two churches fro thens he went to seynt Dauidê and so into Irlande where the seruauntes of a Rycheman toke his calfe bonde it to a tre and wolde nat delyuer it but after by prayer of seynt Kebius bothe the calfe the tre pulled vp by the rotes came fro the ryche man to the dame whiche seynt Kebius had ordeyned for an olde man that was his kynnesman that could ete none other mete but mylke after the ryche man wolde nat suffer hym to abyde wtin his lande but remoued hym diuerse tymes was very greouse vnto hym and euer an aungel she wyd hym what he shuld do and in a vessell that had no lether he went ouer the see into an I le called Monie where he sent one of his disciples to a smyth for fyre he wolde none gyue hym without he wolde bere it in his bosome so he dyd without hurte on a tyme as the kynge was on huntynge a gote for socour fledde to seynt Kebius and the kynge folowed bad hym let her goo or ellys he sayd he wolde put hym out of that place then he answeryd that it was nat in his power to put hym out of that place but in the power of god but he sayd if the kynge wolde gyue to god and to hym asmoche grounde as the gote wolde go aboute afore his hounde come to hym agayne he wolde let her go wherto the kynge assented and she went aboute the Kynges Castell and came agayne to the man of god wherupon the kynge though he somwhat resysted at length gaue hym the Castell accordynge to his promesse and the .vi. Idus of Nouembre full of good werkes he went to our lorde ¶ De sancta Keyna virgine SEynt Keyne virgyne was doughter to the kynge of Breghenoke in the West parte of great Brytayne and nygh of kyn to seynt Dauid and awnte to seynt Cadoke when her moder was with childe with her she sawe in vision her bosome full of myrre and balme and her tetes shynynge of a heuenly lyght and she thought that in stede of a childe she was delyuered of a fayre wyght and when she was first borne her face was somtyme whyte lyke snowe somtyme bryght shynynge lyke the sonne at her yeres of maryage she forsoke all mariages aduowynge to kepe virginite lyued in a desert beyonde seuerne where by her prayers serpentê that byfore that tyme had made the countre Inhabitable tourned into stones seint Keyne made many oratours after she went to seynt Myhellis mount and there she met with seynt Cadoke by monicion of an Aungell she went into her countre agayne and dwellyd at the fote of a Hylle where by her prayers sprange a fayre welle wherby many haue ben helyd she saw in her slepe a beame of fyre descende there wher as she lay on a bare pauimeÌ„t with grene bowes vnder her two aungelles appered vnto her one of them Reuerently dyd of a heer that she had vsed to weer appareylled her with goodly apparell bad her be redye to go with them into the kyngdome of her fader when she gladly wold haue folowed theym she awoke felyng her selfe seke of the Axes and then she called seynt Cadoke to her and tolde hym she wolde be buryed in that same place whiche she sayd she wolde in spiryte ofte vysyte before her deth she sawe a great company of Aungelles redy to take her soule with great Ioy without feere or parell and when she had tolde theym that stode aboute her therof she departed the .viii. Idus of Octobre and anone her face was of a coloure lyke red roses and a swete sauour was aboute her that all that were there thought it lyke a Ioye of Paradyse and seynt Cadoke buryed her in her oratorye where she had lyued a harde and a blessyd lyfe many yeres ¶ De sancto Kynedo confessore THe fader and moder of seynt Kynede were of lytell Brytayne but seint Kyned was borne in great Brytayne in the tyme when kynge Arthur reygned and his lyfe is so full of the meruaylous grete power and goodnes of almyghty god that I leue to wryte of it in this lytell kalendre refer it to them that lyste to rede the hole Legend how he was immediatly after his byrthe caste into the water preserued in a lytell crybbe in the great wawes of the see and was taken vp out of the see by birdes and in his youth dyd souke on a belle that had a lytell thynge lyke to a tete which sauoured to hym of dyuers maners as Manna dyd to the children of Israell and howe he had nat the fylth that other children naturally haue how a man his wyfe founde hym brought hym to their house wherfore the byrdes destroyed their house their bestê so that they were fayne to bere hym agayn how he was aft fed with a hynde that fylled the sayd bely with her mylke how an auÌ„gell apperyd ofte to hym and tolde hym what mete he shuld vse and that the harder that it was the better it was for hym And howe he went fro that place by monycion of an Aungell after he had kept an Heremytes lyfe there .xviii. yeres and how his seruauÌ„t forsware hym self vpon the bell wherupon he went madde went vpon the water to seynt Dauides then called Meniuia where he lyued lyke a beest .vii. yere with herbes and rotes his heere couerynge hym lyke a beest whiche after by prayers of seynt Kyned was made hole agayne and many other thynges appere in the Legende whiche be here omytted he went to our lorde in the kalend of August ¶ De sancto Kenelmo Rege martire IN the yere of our Lorde god Eyght hondred xix Kenulphus kynge of Mershes forsoke the worlde left his sone Kenelmus a yonge childe to be kyng after hym when his suster Quendreda whiche was desyrous to Reygne coulde nat by any meanes poyson hym she enduced Aschebercus that had the rule of hym by great rewardes and by promes that he shulde be felowe with her in the rule of the Realme to assent to kyll hym and so he ledde the yonge kynge yet beynge
where he profyted so moche in vertue coÌ„nynge that of all the countre yonge folkes came to here his Doctryne and after when his fader was syke and he was called to haue taken the charge of the Realme an Aungell appered to hym and aduertysed hym to kepe his firste purpose and nat to coueyt the desceytfull enheritauÌ„ce of this worlde for he sayd all that we se shall shortly vanysshe away with heuynes and ê‘ell and so on the mornynge with .viii. felowes he went into Wales in a shyp without sayle or ore whenÌ„e they were come ouer as they were restynge theym in a towne therby he sent one to tye the bote that he came iÌ„ where the messenger founde a harte holdynge the rope and sauynge the bote fro drownynge then the harte was ledde to seynt Thathe where by the power of god he lay downe on the grouÌ„de stretched out his hed and made sygnes that he shuld be kylled so he was to make mete for the bretherne After at the desyre of the kynge called Cradoke he gathered many Scolers and made a Churche of the blessyd Trinyte by counseyll of the Bysshop of Landaffe he sette in it .xii. Chanons The kynges seruauÌ„tes with theyr horses destroyed his grounde and sodeynly all the horses dyed when the kynge herde of it he came to hym and cryed hym mercy anone all the horses rose agayne then the kynge seynge the myracle gaue hym all the towne with his owne Palays the seruauntes of kynge Gundlens stale his cowe kylled her and seth her in cawdren the more it seth the rawer it was and seynt Thathe herynge therof folowed and by the way founde the prynt of her fote meruaylously prynted in a stone and so folowed to the kynges Palays whereof malyce and in mockage the euyll seruauntes couered the cawdren and made it lyke a sete that when he had syt downe theron he shuld haue ben skalded and it was to hym when he satte downe harde sure the kyng heryng therof kneled downe and asked hym mercy and then he made the flesshe bones to be layde in the skynne and the Cowe anone rose vp afore theym all and seynt Cadoke sone to the kynge seyng that myracle became his disciple and after many vertuous werkes vigylles and abstynence he yelded his soule too o r Lorde the seuynth Kalend of Ianuarii lyeth in his Monasterye ¶ De sancto Theliao EpÌ„o confessore SEynt Thelianus fro his youth vsed vigylles and prayers gaue all that he had to pore men he made hym self lene that he myghte make other fatte and he was enformed in scripture of seynt Dubryce And after went to a wyse maÌ„ called PaulynÌ„ where he accompanyed with seynt Dauid in suche affeccoÌ„n that there was bytwyxt theym but one wyll when wodde lacked at the Monastery seynt Thelians lefte his stody and went to the wodde where two hartes offered theyr neckes to the yoke and so they brought home the wodde and seruyd longe after in the Monasterye This blessyd maÌ„ by the monycoÌ„n of an auÌ„gell went with seynt Paterne and seynt Dauid to Iherusalem and there they were .iii. dayes in contemplacion and had forgotten all erthly thynges and after there were thre Cheyres ordeyned for theym and for humylyte seynt Thelians satte downe in the lowest of the thre Cheyres And it was a cheyre that our Lorde hadde sytten in and whenne he knewe that he knelyd downe with great reuerence Then the people desyred hym to preche and so he dydde and the people of straunge tonges vnderstode hym After he was made bysshop and in token of the grace that he had receyued there was gyuen to hym a Cymbale whiche helyd dyuerse men and condempnyd them that were ê‘iuryd vpon it and euery houre it sowned withoute to wchynge tyll wretchyd synners presumptuously towched it and so it loste the vertue This blessyd man as the trumpe of our Lorde perseuerantly by worde and example admonysshed the people to Heuynly thynges and he lefte this worlde the fyfth Idus of Februarii And anone there was gret stryfe for his body bytwyxt .iii. ê‘ties and as the people by comen assent fell to prayer there appered thre bodyes al I lyke and there was no varyaunce in fauoure coloure nor vestymentes and so Landaffe had one of the bodyes another was had a lytell bysyde Caremerthyne the thirde into West wales where it is had in great honour ¶ De sancto Theodero ArchiepÌ„o confessore SEynt Theodre was of the countre of Tarse Celicie and was a man of approued maners instruct aswell in Latyn as Greke tunge and when seynt Adryan of mekenes refused to be Archebysshop of Caunterbury he appoynted for his excuse seint Theodre and the Pope admytted hym with that condycyon that he shuld accompany seynt Theodre into Englande and he assented and when they came into Englande anone seynt Theodre went aboute the countre and taughte the people the trewe way of good lyuynge and the dewe tyme when they shuld kepe theyr Ester And he was the firste Archebysshop to whom the hole Churche of Englande obeyed He with seint Adryan taught the maner of syngynge in all the Churches of Englande that byfore his tyme was oonly vsed in Kent he ordeyned scoles aswel for Latyn as greke tuÌ„ge taught theym Astronomye Arythmetryke and also Dyuynyte many of his Discyples were as experte intho speches as in theyr owne he went aboute the Realme and ordeyned bysshoppes where nede was and correctyd that was nat ê‘fyte when the Errour of Entycetê rose at Constantinople seynt Theodre to kepe the Churche of Englande fro that errour gathered all the people an Clergye togyther with great dilygence and when he founde theym hole stable in the â—ayth for instruction of theym that shuld come after hym he wrote a letter of theyr by leâ—e and sent it to Rome He knewe by reuelacyon how many yeres she shuldelyue he went fro this transitory lyfe to yâ— euerlastyng lyfe the .xiii. kalend of Octobre In the yere of our lord syx hondred foure score and ten and in his tyme the Churche of Englande profyted more spyrytuelly then euer it dyd byfore his dayes ¶ De sancto Thoma EpÌ„o Herfordie SEynt Thamas of Herforde was borne in EnglaÌ„de sone to Wylliam de CaÌ„tslupo in his youth he vsed dayly to say Maâ—â—â— to here masse After he went to stody first at Oxford then to Parees where he was made mayster and after he came agayne to Oxforde where he was made Doctour of lawe and then Chaunceller of the Uniuersite and after agaynst his wyll he was made ChauÌ„celler to kyng Henry the thirde in whiche offyce dayly he encreased in vertue and kept him clene fro all rewardes for pleasure of ryche men or pore he wold nat do agaynst Iustyce and after the deth of the kynge he retourded agayne to Oxforde and there he stodyed Dyuynyte This blessyd man was of