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A17943	Here begynneth the kalendre of the newe legende of Englande; Nova legenda Anglie. English. Abridgments.	Hilton, Walter, d. 1396. Epistle on the medled life.; John, of Tynemouth, d. 1290? Sanctilogium Angliae, Walliae, Scotiae, et Hiberniae.	1516 (1516)	STC 4602; ESTC S107496	190,729	324

so to saye is to thynke playnly and to saye that seyntys haue no charyte that is not so for if they had charyte when they were here ī Erthe moche more they haue it nowe in heuen But when they were here they hadde great charyte as it is open by the great labourys that they hadde for the saluacyon of the people of this Realme and prayed for theym not callyd vppon so to doo Thenne what shall the great charyte do that they haue nowe in heuen Let vs beleue as seynt Paule sayth Charitas nunquam excidit The charyte that any persone hath here doth contynewe therin whyle he lyueth seasyth not in Heuen neyther is there dimynysshed but it is there encreasyd and made more So of thyse sayntes theyr charyte is more in heuen nowe thenne it was here wherfore if the great charyte that they had here made them so redy to pray for the people that callyd not vnto theym for any helpe or prayer as is aforesayde shall not theyr great charyte that they haue now ī heuen make them moche more redy to pray specyally for all suche as doth worshyp them call for helpe vnto thē More ouer if theyr prayer were harde here byneth in the Erthe where they were sofer from the blessyd p̄sence of god must not then theyr prayer be herde now aboue ī heuen where they haue god p̄sent face to face therfore sythen we be sure fyrste of this that they be redye to pray for all that wyll deuotly call vnto them sure also secōde of this that theyr prayer shal be herde lette vs deuoutly as we can with all our hartes call vnto them for helpe to pray for vs by the grace of our lorde they shall here our prayer shall opteyne for vs that we desyre or a nother thynge that shal be more ꝓphytable for vs where the people of this Realme of Englond honour the gloryous martyr seynt George as theyr chief patrone defēder by whose prayer speciall protecciō they haue ben ī tyme past p̄seruyd agaynste theyr enemyes by the grace of our lorde ī tyme to come shal be yet neuerthelesse if they also honoure theyse gloryous seyntes that haue laboured ī this Coūtrey for the helthe of the people as is aforesayde they shall therby ryghthyghly please theyr Patron seynt George so they shall do all other sayntes suche as they haue honoured had deuocion to ī tyme past for there is amonge the blessyd seyntes in heuen one wyll one loue one full charyte where the honoure to all is honour to one the honoure to one is honoure to them all if any thynge herein be mystaken or nat spoken in cōuenyēt Englysshe or dewe ordre as it shulde be or if it be ouer shortlye touched or nat suffycyētly exp̄ssyd wherby any maner of ꝑsone myght be offēded or take occasion of excepciō that it wyll please hym to take it for the best for so it is ment charytably to refourme it by the Legende Where nede shal be takynge the pryncypall intēt of this treatyse to be as a Kalendre to shewe the names of the seyntes of theyr coūtrey where they lye as it shal do when it apperyth so ferre in the Legende as it doth moost comēly but not ī all places to shewe also some lytell thynge of theyr vertues myracles with some ꝑte of theyr storyes shortlye towched that it maye be as a preparatyfe or a begynnynge to reduce the people of this Realme the rather to haue the sayde blessyd seyntes in loue honoure for there can no thynge be loued honoured but it be knowē And for almoche as it is but of late tyme syth the sayde Legende was gatheryd to gyther in suche maner as it is nowe and that euery thynge in this treatyse is shortly touched more lyke to be a Kalendre then a Legende cōsyderynge also that the most parte of tho sayntes that be in the sayd legende in this kalender were eyther borne in this Realme or were abydynge therin that theyse other countreys Irelande Scotlande and Wales of veray ryght owe to be subiecte obedyent to this Realme of Englonde as it semyth this lytyll treatyce maye conuenyentlye be callyd the kalender of the newe Legende of Englonde ¶ Moreouer next after the sayde Kalendre foloweth the lyfe of seynt Byrget shortlye abrygged a holy and blessyd wydowe which lyfe is ryght expedyent for euery maner of persone to loke vpon moost in especiall for them that lyue imatrymony or in the estate of wydowhod that they may se what grace and vertue was in this blessyd woman which lyued in the same degre as they do and the rather to be encouraged to desyre to haue lyke grace and vertue In the latter ende of this boke is a lytell draught of Mayster water Hyltō of the medled lyfe she wynge howe and by whome it shulde be vsed though it haue ben Imprynted before this tyme yet take it charytably for the more a good thynge is knowen the better it is and parcase by this occasyon it may come to the knowlege of some men that otherwyse shulde neuer haue hardespeke of it ¶ Explicit Prologus Tabula ¶ Here after foloweth the Table of the seyntes De sancto Adriano Abbate confessore Folio i. De sancto Aidosiue Aidano abbate folio i. De sancto Aidano Ep̄o confessore fo ii De sancto Albano martyre fo iii. De sancto Aldelmo ep̄o confessore fo iii. De sancto Alredo Ep̄o confessore fo iiii De sancto Amphibalo martyre fo iiii De sancto Anselmo archiep̄o fo v. De sancto Audoeno Ep̄o confessore fo vi De sancto Augustino Ep̄o confessore fo vi De sancto Bartholomeo monacho fo viii De sancto Benedicto cognomento biscop fo viii De venerabili Beda presbitero fo ix De sancto Benigno Ep̄o confessore fo ix De sancto Bernaco Abbate confessore fo x. De sancto Birino ep̄o confessore fo xi De sancto Bonifacio Ep̄o martyre fo xi De sancto Bothulpho Abbate confessore fo xii De sancto Bregwino Ep̄o confessore fo xiii De sancto Brendano abbate fo xiii De sancta Brigida virgine fo xiiii De sancto Brithuno abbate fo xiiii De sancto Bertelino Heremita confessore fo xv De sancto Cadoco Ep̄o martyre fo xv De sancto Carodoco heremita fo xvi De sancto Carantoco confessore fo xvi De sancto Cedde Ep̄o confessore fo fo xvii De sancto Cedda ep̄o confessore fo xvii De sancto Claro presbitero martyre fo xviii De sancto Iosephab Arimathia fo lv●●● De sancto Clitanco Rege martyre fo xviii De sancto Colfrido Abbate confessore fo xviii De sancto Columba Abbate confessore fo xix De sancto Columbano Abbate confessore

¶ Here begynneth the Kalendre of the newe Legende of Englande ¶ The Prologe THe firste treatyce of this presēt 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 ī 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 Scotlāde 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 ī 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 Laurēce which was busshop of Caūterbury 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 ī 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 thē they reduced to the fayth of our lord And neuerthelesse ryght fewe of this Realme of Englande specyally of the Cōmen 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 ī this Realme whiche haue done many notable thynges for the comen welthe of the people therof as well ꝓfytable 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 apꝑyth the fayth of our Lorde hath ben p̄ched 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 apparaūte to the kyngedome of heuyn And if the lawe of god had nat ben knowen ī theyse parties both we our Aūcestours myght ꝑcase haue lyued in erroures as other do wherfore we be moche boūden to loue theym honoure them in lykewyse to do that is in vs to helpe other as they dyd to helpe vs our Aūcestours and frendys And veryly if there were nowe in thyse dayes the hygh Charyte ꝑfyte 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 ī our lord as was ī 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 ꝑfeccyon of vertues as euydently wyll appere to theym that wyll rede theyr Legende trewe mekenes inuyncyble pacyence symple obedyence heuenly wysdome ꝑfyght charyte loue of Iustice with mercye pyte cōpassyon 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 cōmenlye 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 ī 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 ī 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 ī 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

more to say Masse for that daye and when the kynge askyd hym why he wolde n●t say Masse he shewyd hym his vysyon by that occasion he ꝓhybyted the kynge that he shuld neuer after go a huntynge on the sonday which monycion the kynge toke benygnely fro thens kept it all his lyfe This blessyd kynge in many thyngꝭ maye be resembled to the great kynge Dauid for as kynge Dauid was fyrste kynge of Iuda and after was kynge of all the Lande aswell of Iuda as of Iherusalem and helde it at his deth peasyblye So this noble kynge was kynge of all this Realme of Englande and hadde the hole monarchye therof peasybly whiche hadde ben byfore tyme deuydyd in to many kyngdomes and was called Re●pacificus Also as kynge Dauid was a myghty defender of his subgettes a subduer of ●●bellys and so was this blessyd kynge as in his lyfe And also in Cr●nycles wyll appere and as kynge ●au●d moche encreasyd the seruyce of almyghty god And appoyntyd dyuers men therto p̄payrynge many thynges to haue buyldyd the Temple to the honoure of god so this blessyd man made repayred dyuerse Monasteryes in this Realme wherby the seruyce of god was moche encreacyd Also when kynge Dauid had offendyd and was wherfore reprouyd by the Prophete Natham anone he cōfessyd his offence cryed mercy and dyd penaūce in lyke wyse when this blessyd kynge had offendyd and seynt Dunstane reprouyd hym therof anone ferynge the Iugement of god he knowlegyd his offence and dyd seuen yeres penaunce as in the lyfe of seynt Dunstane apperyth in the latter ende of seynt Patrykes lyfe in the Legende it apperyth that many yeres after the departynge of this blessyd kynge his body was founde vncorrupt and that when the place that was newly ordeyned for hym was to lytell Oon presumptuously attemptyd to make the body mete for the place wherupon incontynent the blode folowed so that all that were there present fearyd greatly and therupon he was honorably leyde in a Shryne by the hyghe Aulter whiche he had gyuen to the sayd Churche and anone he that so presūptuously had offendyd sodeynly fell downe and expyred A man that was madde and also a blynde man at the tumbe of this blessyd kyng receyued helth and he lyeth at Glaston bury Praye we then to thyse glorious seyntꝭ that be in this present Kalendre that by merytes of theyr prayers we may haue grace so to passe by thyse transytorye thynges that after this short lyfe we may come to the Euerlastynge lyfe in the kyngdome of heuen Amen ¶ Explicit ¶ Thus endyth the Kalendre of the new Legende of Englande Emprynted to the honour of the gloriouse Seyntꝭ therin conteyned by Richarde Pynson prynter to our Soueraygne lorde Kynge Henry the .viii. ¶ Here 〈◊〉 the lyfe of seynt Birgette SEynt Birget was of the 〈◊〉 and lynage of the noble kyngꝭ of Gothis of the kyngdome of Swecia hir Faders name was Byrgerus and his moders name was Sighryd One tyme as hir graun●moder was walkynge with hir seruauntꝭ by the Monastery of Shoo one of the Nōnes of the sayd monastery byhold●● hir beaute apparell in maner despysed hir for the great pryde that she adiuged to be in hir And in the nyght folowynge there appered vnto the sayd Nonne a certeyne ꝑsone of a meruaylous beaute whiche as it had ben with an angrye coūtenaūce sayd vnto hir why hast thou bakbyten my handemayde adiugynge hir to be proude whiche is nat trewe I shall make a doughter to come of hir ꝓgeny with whom I shall do great dedys in the worlde and I shall gyue hir so great grace that all people shall meruayle After whā seynt Birget was in hir moders wombe i● happenyd hir moder for dyuerse causes to take the see where hir shyp with moche people were drowned with a sodeyn tempest and she was brought saue to the lande And in the nyght folowyng a persone appered vnto hir with shynynge apparell And sayd thou art sauyd for the childe that thou haste in thy body norysshe it therfore with the charyte of god for it is gyuen to the of the especyall goodnes of almyghty god And after whenne that blessyd childe was newly borne a preest which was curate of a Churche therby and was after Bysshop of Aboens a man of good and blessyd lyuynge as he was in his prayers sawe a bryght shynynge clowde and in the clowde a virgyne hauynge a boke in hir hande and a voyce sayde vnto hym Byrgerus hathe a doughter borne whose meruaylous voyce shal be harde thorugh all the worlde whiche shal be a voyce of gladnes and helth in the tabernacles of ryghtwyse men Fro the tyme of the byrth of this blessyd childe vnto the ende of thre yeres she was in maner as thoughe she had hadde no tonge and as she shuld neuer haue spoken but sodeynly agaynst the comon course of children nat stuttynge lyke the maner of other children that begynne to speke she speke complete and full wordes of suche thynges as she harde and sawe in hir tendre youth she was neuer ydell fro doynge some good werkes And when she was of the age of seuen yeres she sawe nygh vnto hir bed an Aulter and vpon the aulter she sawe our Lady syttynge in bryght clothynge hauynge in hir hande a precyous crowne whiche sayd vnto hir Birget wylt thou nat haue this crowne and she with mylde co●tenaunce assentyng to our Lady put it vpon hir hedde wherby she felte in maner as though a cerkyll of a crowne had gyrde hir faste aboute the hedde and furth with the vysyon vanysshed awaye whiche she neuer after coulde forgette In the .x. yere of hir age Whenne she on a tyme had harde in a Sermon of the passyon of our lorde the same nyght our lorde appered vnto hir lyke as he hadde ben the same houre newly Crucyfyed and sayd vnto hyr loo Birget howe I am woundyd and she ●hynkynge that it hadde ben newly done sayde O lorde who hath● done thus to the our lorde answeryd sayd they that do contempne m● and forgette my charyte they do this to me And fro that daye euer after she hadde suche affeccyon to the Passyon of oure Lorde that she syldome refreyned hir from wepynge whenne she remembred it seruynge our lorde as the Appostell techyth with mekenes and terys And ●boute the .xii. yere of hir age hir A●●te wente on a nyght vnto the bedde of the holy virgyne Seynt Byrgette where she founde Seynt Birget out of hir hedde knelynge all nakyd and she somwhat suspectynge the lyghtnesse of the virgyn commaundyd a rod to be brought vnto hir and as soone as she layde it vpon the backe of the virgyn to haue ●etyn hirtherwith the rod breke all in small pecys wherupon hyr Aunte merueylyng greatly sayd vnto hir Bi●get what hast thou done ▪ hath nat some women taught the some fal● prayers and she wepyng answeryd and sayd no Lady but I rose out