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B00832	The lives of saints written in Spanish, by the learned and reuerend father Alfonso Villegas, diuine and preacher. ; Translated out of Italian into English, and conferred with the Spanish. By W. & E.K. B..; Flos sanctorum. English	Villegas, Alfonso de.; Ribadeneyra, Pedro de, 1526-1611.; Kinsman, Edward.; Kinsman, William.	1614 (1614)	STC 24731.5; ESTC S95676	392,335	715

of the Church Afterwards kneeling vpō his knees continuing his prayers his enemies crying out kill him kill him his head was clouen with many woundes all lighting in one place his braines were scattered about the ground his bodie did fall close besides the Aultar before which he had offered himselfe to God as a sacrifize The Monkes and cleargie men fearing to leese that precious treasure of their Prelats bodie assembling together did strippe him of his cloathes found all his bodie from the neck to the knees couered with a rough haire shirt and his breeches also made of hairecloth With this token of his santity the remēbrance of his vertues they did shed many teares saying one vnto another how farre was he from affecting the Crowne and seeking after earthly honour that did so despise and chastize his owne flesh as if it had bin his mortall enemies They apparailed him in his Pontificall roabes and buried him before the aultar of S. Iohn Baptist and of S. Augustine first Bishop of that citty God that is wonderful in his sainctes working manie miracles to witnesse his santity and glorie This renowned champion of IESVS CHRIST Thomas Archbishop of Canterbury Primate of England Legate of the Sea Apostolique and glorious martyr suffered in the yeare of our Lord 1171. in the 53 yeare of his age scarce a moneth after his exile after he had bin Prelate 12. yeares 5. whereof he liued peacebly in his chaire and 7. in banishment Of him Petrus Blesensis a Frenchman by birth a great fauourite of Henry the 2. King of England and a graue writer of those dayes hath these words Thomas was the publisher of Gods word trumpet of the Ghospell friend of the spouse pillar of the cleargie sight of the blinde tongūe of the dumbe foote of the lame salt of the earth ornament of his countrie minister of the highest Vicar of CHRIST the annoynted of our Lord. All his conuersation was a schoole of vertue the rule of good manners a patterne of saluation He was vpright in iudging industrious in executing discreet in commaunding modest in speaking circumspect in his counsaile most sparing in his dyet most liberall in giuing peaceable in wrath in flesh an Angell meeke in iniuries fearefull in prosperitie well-assured in aduersity allmost lauish in almes giuing and euen altogether mercie the glorie of religious men and the loue and greatest delight of the people with many other prayses to the same purpose Neither is it only hee but all the most famous men of those dayes who extoll S. Thomas as the only patterne and myrrhoure of good Prelats King Henry himselfe did plainely declare how much he did lament his death For he not only swoare that he neuer so much lamented the death of father nor mother nor would haue bin so sorrowfull for the death of his owne childe but he also of his owne accord ca●● vnto Canterbury and going barefooted from S. Dunstans Church presented himselfe before the shrine of S. Thomas and bathing the ground with his teares stripped himselfe out of his Princely roabes and vpon his naked backe receaued ● stripes of euerie Bishop and 3. of euerie monke that was present and afterwards fasted all that day and night with great deuotion A rare example of pietie humilitie and deuotion in a Christian Prince such as scarce hath his match and paragon in all Ecclesiasticall Histories And surely God did manifestly declare how acceptable this penance of the King was in his sight For the selfe same day he by his Captaines obtained a glorious victorie wherein the King of Scottes was taken prisoner And manie other prosperous successes ensued this act of humiliation the holy Saint euidently ayding him from Heauen that humbled himselfe so much vpon earth and helping him that subdued and conquered thus himselfe to conquer subdue and gloriously triumph ouer all his enemies Moreouer his murderers notwithstanding they were men of knowen nobilitie and great possessions and in high estimation for their valoure and cheualrie yet forsooke they all riches and voluntarily crossed all the hopes of their preferments going in pilgrimage to Hierusalem where they did publique penance All of them dyed within three yeares after the facte committed verie penitent for their offence calling vpon the sainct desiring his patronage and intercession whose death they acknowledged to haue bin wickedly contriued and executed by themselues yet pretious in the sight of God and glorious in the eye of all the world That time which they liued was alwayes with a perpetuall trembling of bodie and soule like men astonied and distracted hauing euermore winde and weather against them acknowledging all to be the iust Iudgement of Almightie God for their heynous offence But especially he that gaue the saincte his first wound dyed with a consumption and rotte of all his limmes he himselfe casting away the flesh which rotted off from the very boanes and calling vpon the most glorious martyr for pardon and forgiuenesse God of his mercie and by the intercession of this holie Prelate graunt vs pardon and grace to follow his steppes The life of S. Siluester Pope and Confessor SAINT Paule writing vnto Tymotheus his disciple said a Bishop ought to liue sincerely and it is fit that in him be not any thing to be iustly reprooued And for to showe what ought to be in him he setteth downe some properties that a good Bishop ought to haue among other things he saith that he ought to giue good example to them that be without the Church which be the Pagans left he fall into reproach and into the snare of the deuill S. Iohn Chrisostome saith that one of the things wherewith the Apostles spred their doctrine through all the world and the Ghospell was receiued of all men was because they liued without reprehension and gaue good example to euery one and submitted themselues to great paines and desired no reward at all They fled from honours riches pleasures and embraced troubles tribulations and afflictions They did not complaine nor sought reuenge but pardoned and did good to them that did them euill wherefore the pagans said it was not possible for the man that liued so to be in any errour for that God as they said would not haue suffered it and so thereby they iudged the doctrine they preached to be true and veritable and so holpen by god they receued it On the other side those who by their office and function they haue are bound to giue good example and liue euill do very much hurt by their wicked life And these as S. Paule saith Fall into reproach and snares of the deuill for with their euill and wicked life they giue others occasion to do euill and chiefly vnto the painimes who as S. Iohn Chrisostome saith seing the Christians to steale murder commit fornication and other sinnes say that their God cannot chastise them or els that he is like vnto them And so by their fault the holy name of God is

same being the 21 of October oure holy mother the church doth celebrate the Martirdome of S. Vrsula and and the 11000 virgins her companions Beda Adon in Mart●ol Molan in Addit ad Ma●●● Vsuar in whose historie some things are certaine other some doubtful This is certaine that S. Vrsula and all her holy compainons were Virgins martyrs and were 11000 in number For although neither he Romaine Martyrologe nor the Collecte vsed in their feast doe affirm that they were 11000 yet because venerable Bede and Adon in their Martyrologies and Molanus in the additions he made vnto the Martyrologe of Vsuardus and other authors together with the tradition of the church do auerre it we haue sufficient authoritie to beleaue it But that which is vntertaine and doubtful is the maner of theire martirdome the voyage which these virgins made to Rome with soe great a traine and theire returne from thence with Pope S●ricius when he left his Popedome and other such things which some write without either ground authoritie or any probabilitie contradicting the trueth of Ecclesiasticall Histories and reason it selfe Wherefore leauing out that which commonly is reported of the maner of their meeting and the end for which these 11000 were gathered together and that they all died for the faith of Christ our Lord therby purchased vnto them selues the crounes of virgins and martirs I will relate heere what Cardinalle Baronius and William Lindanus Bishope of Rurimund men of rare learning Baron in An not Ma●tirol 21. Octo. br tom 4 Annal an 383. Lindan apud Baron haue iudged most probable and secure taking it out of a very ancient booke of the Vatican librarie of Rome which treateth of Brittanie whose author is Gaufridus Bishop of Assaffe in the kingdom of England and is after this maner GRACIAN sonne vnto Valentinian the elder being Emperour a certaine captaine of his called Maximus a very stout and valiant man naturall of the Is'land of Britanie which now is called England rebelled against him and was proclaimed Emperour and by the fauour of the soldiers and of other Englishmen his friends and acquaintance entered into France and possessed himselfe of it all but especially of one prouince which then was called Armorica is that which now we call litle Britanie because the Brittons and Englishmen did conquerre and raze it and with great rage and furie putting to sword all the naturalls thereof left it vninhabited as a wildernes Maximus thought it necessarie to people that prouince againe because it lay fit for him therin to conserue and transport his English soldiers and for that purpose he deuided the fertill fields and lands of the lesser Britanie amongst his soldiers which came to him out of England to the end they might till and husband and mannure them reape the fruit therof But because his soldiers might marry and haue succession and settle them selues in that prouince where there were noe woemen for that they were also putt to the sword he determined to send vnto the Ilands of Britanie which comprehend England Scotland and Ireland for a great number of virgins which being brought vnto the newe lesser Britanie might marrie with those soldiers whoe were for the greatest part naturals of their owne countrie The chiefe commander of all that army was called Conanus a man of great birth and of greatest estimation of all the English nation whom Maximus had made his lieuetenant generalle Warden of all the ports of that coaste Conanus desired to marrie with the daughter of Deonocius kinge of Cornwall called Vrsula a most noble and vertuous lady in whom did shine all the gifts of chastitie beautie grace which might be desired in a woman Throughout all the prouinces of Britanie there were culled forth 11000 virgins as well for the intent aboue mentioned as also that they might accompaine Vrsula who was to be their leader and lady Some of these virgins went of their owne accord and others by constraint but seing the cōmaund of Maximus then Emperoure or rather tirant was soe peremptorie that no excuse could be admitted they imbarked them selues in those ships which were prepared for their passage vnto the new prouince of Brittanie It pleased our Lord that these ships lanchinge out of the hauen me●t with a quite contrary winde which in stead of carrying that blessed and holy companie towards Brittanie it furiously carried them quite contrarie and passing by the Ilands of Zealand and Holland droue them into the mouth of the riuer Rhene a riuer of greate capacitie depth and bredth and carried them soe highe as the water did ebb and flowe At that time which this hapned Gratian the Emperour vnderstanding what Maximus had done in England and France and that he carried himselfe as Lord and Emperour not as his Captaine and creature for to represse and chastize him he entertained into his seruice the Picts Hunnes a fearce cruell and barbarous people who had conquered the Gothes and done wonderous thinges by their force of armes These beinge gathered together vnder the commande of Melga Captaine of the Picts and Gaunus generall of the Huns began to molest the seas and to lye coastinge about after the manner of pirats robbinge and spoilinge all that fell into their hands with intent to passe ouer into England to expulse Maximus the tirant and to serue Gratian th'emperour who for that purpose had entertained them These barbarous people were at that present where these blessed virgins arriued perceauinge that the ships which brought the virgins belonged to their enemies and to Maximus in particular against whome they had vndertaken that voiage they encountred with them seing that they were loaden with virgins beinge as dishonest and lasciuious as they were cruell and furious they entended to rauish them But those holy virgins Vrsula their leader incouraginge and exhorting them determined rather to loose their liues then their chastetie and heere vpon as well in deedes as in wordes shewinge their valour and cōstancy that they were prepared rather to suffer what torments soeuer then to offend God those barbarous people conuerting their loue into fury and detestation of the Christian faith fell vpon them like wolnes vpon a flocke of lambes and put them all to the sword because they would remaine there no longer but passe ouer speedely into Englād which they thought had been vninhabited because Maximus had drawne so many soldiers from thence Of all that holy and virginall companie onely one called Cordula remained aliue who through feare hid herselfe at the time of that slaughter but seeinge what had passed and that all the rest of her companions were martirized being encouraged by the motion of our Lord A don in suo Mart. 21. Oct. who had chosen them all for himselfe the next day followinge discouered herselfe and was also martirized as the Roman martirologe recounteth The principall of these virgins which there shed

father both of Prince an People iudged by the Peeres that were his children and Suffragans pronouncing sentence of condemnation against their Metropolitan ouer whom they had no iurisdiction He was further call'd in question about 500li. receaued of the King during the time of his Chanceloureship He acknowledged the receite but pleaded 't was a guift and yet was the money adiudged to the King and he straight wayes enforced to giue securitie for the payment thereof or in plaine tearmes commaunded to his face to remaine there as prisoner When some perceauing the Archbishop quite forsaken of his bretheren and in daunger of shipwrack offered themselues of their owne accord to enter band for the payment of the monie and so this daunger was eschewed Many other controuersies of old forgottē Excheq matters were maliciously enforced against him by his Aduersaries only of purpose as men talked then to ouerwhelm the Bishop But Henrie Bishop of Winchester a man renowned for nobilitie of birth and a sanctlike life found a way to free him from all further troubles in this kinde by auouching That when being Archdeacon and Chanceloure he was chosen for to be Archbishop he was by the Kings authoritie freed and acquitted of all debts and obligations of Courte and Exchequer and so deliuered ouer to the Church of England Which testimonie being so euidently true none could withstand Now remained the last and the fiercest assault concerning those royall Prerogatiues The Archbishop hoping thereby to moue his Maiestie the sooner to compassion and clemencie towards the Church resolued the last day to goe to Court in his sacred roabes and bare footed with his crosse in his hand and kneeling on his knees entreate his Maiestie for peace Heerein also his aduersaries depraued his good intention and informed the King that he was come all armed to courte His Maiestie hearing the bruite of armes and not informed nor reflecting of what sort and condition they were withdrew himselfe into an inner roome there calling vnto him the Noblemen and Bishops made a grieuous complaint and narration how the Archbishop was come not as into the Courte and Pallace of a King but the house of a Traitour in so odious and despitefull a manner as neuer was heard of before in the courte of any Christian King There wanted not others that seconded amplified his Maiesties speeche alleadging that his pride had now drawne him so farre as to make him fall into open Treason and Periurie himselfe and with his manner of proceeding cast vpon the King and all his kingdome an aspersion and infamous note of Treason All the chamber rebounded with Periurie Treason and the officers of the Courte came forth and with enraged lookes pointed at the Bishoppe that was left all alone with his crosse in his handes the banner vnder which he was to fight the portraiture of him that he was to follow only some few of his Chaptaine about him and euen those were not permitted by the officers to speake vnto him Proclamations were made that none should declare himselfe of the Archbishops side vnder paine of being accounted an enemie to the state The Bishops they appealed against their Primate as one that was periured not obseruing the allegiance he had sworne to his Maiestie The Earles and Barons were now come forth to giue iudgement against him To whome all but especially to the Earle of Leister that had spoken in the behalfe of the rest the Archbishop made this answer Iudgement against me my Lord and my Sonne neither law nor reason doth permit that children should iudge and condemne their Father My ordinarie Iudge is the Bishop of Rome to him I appeale from your Iudgement And likewise I summon these my brethren to appeare and decide all matters and controuersies in his Tribunall Hauing said these words and fearing with his stay to giue them occasion of heynous sacriledge hee forthwith departed from the Courte many of his aduersaries and some others of the Courtiers following after and reuiling and calling him a haughtie proud and periured Traitoure All his traine and followers were fledde and only some cleargie men attended on him with a great number of sicke folkes and poore men that hartily reioyced and praised God who had deliuered his seruaunt from the hands of his enemies How glorious a procession quoth the Bishoppe doth accompanie oure returne from the face of tribulation Sithence they haue shared in oure affliction let them all come in that wee may all feast together in our Lord. After prayer some mention was made of the bitternesse and dreadfulnesse of that day Vnspeakeably more bitter quoth the Bishop and more dreadfull will the latter day be And I charge you all that each man demeane himselfe modestly quietly patiently and that none be so bold as to vtter any rough or distastfull words In such traunces as these a patient milde suffering is most gratefull to God and most auaileable to worke good in all men whether inferiours or superiours In the dead of the night two Noblemen of great renowne in the kingdome and his faithfull friends came vnto him and with ruefull lookes and teares in their eyes and knocking their breast protested by the dreadfull iudgement of God almightie how they certainly knew that some debauched and wicked people had conspired together with mutuall oathes bound themselues to kill him Wherefore greatly fearing least the cause of the Church which was not fully made knowen to the world should be not only endamaged but vtterly ouerthrowen with his death he resolued to depart out of the kingdome He desguised himselfe trauailed by night went strange and vncouth wayes lay secret and hidden euen in his owne Lordships hearing seruice from out of a little hoale finally apparailed in a white monkes weede and going barefooted and calling himselfe brother Christian got safely in a little boate out of the Realme and with great labour penurie affliction difficulties and daunger sometimes trauailing twelue leagues in a winters day barefooted arriued at last at Sens in Fraunce where Alexander 3 Pope driuen out of Italie by a schisme resided The King had sent before his comming thither an honorable Embassage by the Archbishop Of Yorke and 4. other Bishops the Earle of Arundell and other Noblemen to certifie the Pope and complaine against the Archbishop and obtaine that he might be sent backe into England with a ●egat which they call a latere to haue his cause decided there And although they obtained not their suite by reason of the Archbishops absence who according to law should first be heard in his appeale before any course were taken against him yet so had they alienated the affections of the Cardinals from him that verily esteeming him a rash presumptuous stiffe-necked man and one that for matters of no importance had made an vproare in the kingdome and broaken that vnitie and bond of peace which before was betweene the king and the cleargie none of them would shew him