name and therfore the matter ys doubtfull As Dunstane was on a tyme hallowynge of a churche in the honoure of Saynt deuyll saynt Deuys I shuld saye he behelde the ryght thombe of the foreseyd Edithe thaÌ„ beynge abbesse of wylton as she was crossynge aÌ„d blessynge her forhead And moche delyghtynge therin he toke yt in hys hande and sayd Neuer myght thys thombe peryshe Immedyatlye after he beynge at Masse and dolouroussye wepynge sayd vnto the deacon that serued hym Alas thys floryshynge floure will fade thys redoleÌ„t rose wyll be gone this dayntye Dyamonde wyll peryshe thys swete byrde wyll awaye for euer And after her deathe he founde all her bodye resolued into ashes except that thombe and the secrete part vndre her bellye for those .ij. partes of her he had blessed afore In dede he was verye homelye to serche so farre But the cause of thys they saye she afterwarde declared vnto hym in a secrete vysyon Thys storye sheweth VuillyaÌ„ of Malmesburye li. 2. de pontificibus Ranulphus in polychronico li. 6. Ca. 9. Vincencius li. 25. Ca. 33. Antoninus par 2. ti 16. Ca. 8 Iohannes Capgraue in uita Edithe ¶ Kynges become th Beastes Images VVhan Kynge Edgare had ones perfourmed hys .vij. years penauÌ„ce for hys aduowterye with fayre Wilfrith whom DuÌ„stane paraueÌ„ture prepared for hys owne store he became altogyther the dumme Image of the Beast and myght not vtter froÌ„ thens fourth but as they gaue hym sprete Apo. iâ— Than caused they hym to call a generall counsell at London some saye in the yeare of our lorde DCCCC and .lxix. by the vngracyouse autoryte of the aforeseyd pope Iohan. And there was yt fullye enacted and establyshed for a lawe euer to endure that all canons of cathedrall churches collygeners persons curates vycars prestes deacons and subdeacons shuld eyther lyue chast that ys to saye become Sodomytes for that hath bene their chastyte euer sens or els be suspended from all spirytuall iurysdyccyon Thys more than Pharaonycall constytucyoÌ„ was the kynge sworne to ayde maynteyne and defende with the materyall swerde by the popes antoryte ThaÌ„ were there chosen oute .ij. pryncypall vysytours Ethelwolde the Byshopp of Wynchestre that nest ys euer vngracyouse Oswalde the Byshopp of Worcestre both monkes to se thys throughe out the whole realme executed Vincencius li. 24. Cap. 83. Antoninus par 2. li. 16. Cap. 6. Guilhelmus Malmesburye Ranulphus Guido de columna Ioan Capgraue et opus nouum De utraque potestate fo 57. ¶ Dunstane ys accused of yll rule IN thys counsel were some wyse men as all these writers wytnesse though yt be sumwhat fayntly which layed for their marryage the scripturs and substancyallye proued themselues the maynteyners of vertu therin aÌ„d not of aduouterye as they were there vncharytablye noted But that wolde not serue theÌ„ The holye Ghost myght in no wyse preuayle the popes bawdye bulles beynge in place but they must nedes haue the preferment no remedye An other sort were there which accused Dunstane of yll rule in the darke For Petrus Equilinus sayth in Catalogo Sanctorum li. 8. Ca. 49. that he was put to hys purgacyon of manye thyngs there layed agaynst hym Of a lyekelyhode therfore they had smelled oute sumwhat that was not all to hys spirytuall honestye Neyther wolde these accusacyons helpe the popes Power ones so largelye publyshed The kynge durst vtter nothynge that was agaynst hym for feare of newe penaunce and for as moche as yt was wele knowne that in the tyme of hys olde penaunce he had occupyed one mynyon at Wynchestre an other at Andouer besydes alfrede whoÌ„ he at the lattre gote to wyfe by the craftye mourther of her husbaÌ„de Ethelwolde an earle ¶ The kynge defendeth Dunstane destroyeth wolues BVt to pacyfye and please thys Dunstane kynge Edgare in hys oracyon there to the clergye rebuked the prestes verye sore for banketynge with their wyues for slacknesse of their masse saynges for pretermyttynge their canonycall houres for their crownes shauynges with their vnprestlye aparellynges and soche other lyke More ouer he alleged vnto theÌ„ in the seyd oracyon the lamentable complayntes good knauerye I waraÌ„de yow of hys fathers sowle aperynge to Dunstane and reprouynge the wantoÌ„ behauer of the prestes with their wyues He also tolde them in repressynge their former accusementes that by hys peramoure Stephana of hys breames and vysyons for the tyme of hys progresse desyeryng hys power agaynst the prestes also with manye other wonders IohaÌ„nes Capgraue in Catal. Guilhelmus Malmesburye Vincencius Antoninus Ranulphus Guido de columna â–ª et Polydorus ¶ Oswalde with hys Beastlye autoryte ON the other syde went Oswalde with hys autoryte froÌ„ that wycked counsell which had stodyed necromancye with other vnpure scyeÌ„ces at floryake besydes Orleaunce in fraÌ„ce where he was first made monke and afterwarde in Englande bycame byshopp of Worcestre Thys fellawe so wele armed with deceytes as euer were Pharaoes sorcerers was thought a man mete to deceyue with lyenge sygnes the commoÌ„ sort So trudged he fourth with hys craftye caâ—kynges and first expelled the Canons of the cathedrall churche of worcestre with their carefull wyues and chyldren and out of .vij. other churches more within that hys dyoces and there placed for them the laysye leane locustes which not longe afore had leaped out of the bottomlesse pytt Apoca. 9. the monkes which at that tyme were bare and nedye ThaÌ„ went he farther abrode and wrought there lyke masteryes wherof EnglaÌ„de hathdepelye felt euer sens Hys suggestyons were lyke the other as that the prestes lyued wantonlye and wolde not masse in due forme For hys trauayle in thys was he made archebyshop of Yorke by the laboure of Dunstane To tell hys other feates yt wolde axe to moche tyme and therfor I passe yt ouer These .ij. promoted the seyd DuÌ„stane aboue all other as men hauynge most wylye craftes to assyst hym in hys busynesse These .iij. Monkes brought the Kynges so vndre that they had than all the realme at their pleasures Ioannes Capgraue Malmesburye Vincencius Antoninus Ranulphus Guido de Columna et Polydorus ¶ Dunstane maketh a Kynge at hys pleasure AFter the decease of Kynge Edgare in the yeare of our lorde DCCCC and .lxxv. was a wonderfull varyete and scysme through out the whole realme partlye for hym that next shuld succede Kynge and partlye for the great iniurye done to the marryed prestes The quene Alfrede with Alpherus the duke of Mercia and other great lordes fauorynge her quarell worlde nedes haue Ethelrede Kynge whiche was her sonne by Edgare on the one syde Dunstane and hys moÌ„kyshe byshoppes with the earle and Eastsexe and serten other lordes part both of the nobles and commons iudged the prestes to haue great wronge and sought euerye where by all meanes possyble
her that had bene a ladye and tenderlye brought vp And as she on a tyme resorted vnto hym onlye to haue hearde the swete worde of the Lorde her commynge thydre so sore discontented hys mynde that wyth a charme he put out both her eyes For I am certayne yt come by no Godlye power she beynge ledde of so Godly a sprete If this be saynt Paules lernynge a man so myserablye to leaue hys wyfe ād so vngodlye to vse her for axynge good counsell I report me to yow Yet must he be styll a faynte in the Popes holye churche bycause he was a tyraūt to marriage for non other holynesse had he So the Sayntes recken I more fytt for hell thā for heauē Wale this story hath also Iohā Capgraue in Catalogo sāctorū Anglie ¶ Vrsula with her sort appoynted to marrye OF Vrsula and her .xi. thousande companyons haue the spyrytuall hypocrytes by helpe of their spirytuall father the deuyll practysed innumerable lyes by them to make their newlye sought out vyrgynyte to apere sumwhat gloryouse to the worldlye dodypolles that neuer wyll be wyse The veryte of the hystorye ys thys after all iust writers Whan our Brytaynes had ones gotten by theyr warre the lande of Armorica that we now call the lesser Brytayne and were put in perpetuall possessyon therof by their Kynge Maximus aboute the yeare of our Lorde CCC and XC they accorded amonge themselues through the assent of Conanius their captayne onlye to marrye with their owne nacyon and in no wyse to haue a do with the frenche women there for dyuerse parels Wherupon they sent by ād by ouer the see to Dionothus the duke of Cornewale which than in the kynges absence had gouernan̄ce of all the realme instaūtlye desyerynge hym to make prouysyon for them Which immedyatlye gathered from all partes of the lande to the nombre of .xi. thousande maydes ād other womē and so shypped them at London vpō the Thamys with hys owne dere doughter Vrsula for so moche as Conanus despered to haue her to wyfe And as they were abroode vpon the mayne sees soche contrarye wyndes and tēpestes fell vpon thē as drowned some of their shyppes and droue the resydue of them into the handes of their enemyes the hunnes and the pyctes which slewe a great nombre of them as they founde them not agreable to their fleshlye purposes Thys sheweth Galfredus Monemuthēsis li. 2. ca 4. Alphredus Beuerlacensis Ranulphus Cestrēsis Ioānes Harding Robertus Fabiā Tritemius in Cōpēdio Volateranus Polydorus ¶ An historye to their ghostlye purpose BVt se here the cōueyaunce of these spyrytuall gentylmen in Playsterynge vp their vnsauerye sorcerye◠They saye they all vowed vyrgynyte were persuaded of saynt Michaell the Archāgell of saynt Iohā the Euāgelist neuer to marrye as though they were dyswaders of maryage for their lecherouse vowes so wēt frō thēs relygyously to Rome on pylgrymage with great deuocyō .ij. and .ij. togyther were honorablye receyued there of the Pope and hys clergye If this be not good ware tell me I thynke there wanted no spyrytuall occupyenge for the tyme they were there yf the storye were true For Daniel sayth that the lust of that proude kyngedome shuld be vpon women Daniel 11. In all fleshlye desyres sayth Hieremye they are become lyke ranke stoned horse neyenge at euerye mannys wyfe Hieremi 5. And in dede fome wryters haue vttered yt that they were neuer good sens their beynge there Now marke the sequese In their returne homewarde agayne towardes Coleynt they had in their cumpanye saye theyr wryters pope Ciriacus yf there euer were anye soche Poncius Petrus Vincencius Calixtus kilianus Florencius Ambrosius Iustinus and Christianus all cardinalles Cesarius Clemens Columbanus Yuuanus Lotharius Pantalus Mauricius Maurilius Foillanus Sulpicius Iacobus Guilhelmus Michael Eleutherius Bonifacius and vij more of the Popes howsholde all Byshoppes besydes a great nombre of Prestes and Chaplaynes Diuerslye is this holye legende handeled of Iacobus Bergomas in Li. De claris mulieribus of Sigebertus Vincencius Antoninus Hartmānus Carsulanus Vorago Vuernerus Nauclerus Mantuanus Vuicelius Caxton Capgraue Hector Boethius Maior and a great sort more scarselye one agreynge with an other ¶ Fyne workemanshyp to be marked HE that wolde take the payne to conferre their Chronycles and writynges but cōcernynge this onlye matter obseruynge dylygentlye their diuerse bestowynge of tymes places and names with other thynges perteynynge to the cyrcumstaunce of hystorye shuld anon perceyue their subtyle cōue yaunce in manye other matters The solempne feast of these .xi. thousande she pylgrymes for their goynge to Rome ys yet no small matter in their Idolatrouse churche and yet they poore sowles neuer came there as the moste auctentyue writers doth proue Their goynge out of Brytanie was to become honest Christen mennys wyues and not to go on pylgrymage to Rome and so become byshoppes bonylasses or prestes playefers Se what our auncyēt Englyshe writers hath sayd in thys matter which more experimentlye knewe yt and lete the forē lyars go whiche beynge farre of cared the lesse to lye In dede thys ys a verye straunge procurynge of Sayntes yf ye marke yt wele but that the monkes and prebendes of Coleyne thought to do sumwhat for the pleasure of their Nonnes there whiche had gathered togyther an heape of dead mennys bones For their bones coude they not haue beynge drowned in the great Occeane see as Galfredus and the other autours veryfyeth afore But both Christ and Paule ones tolde vs that we shuld be subtyllye cyrcumuented of that wylye generacyan whan they shuld worke their deceytfull wonders Math. 24. and. 2. Thes. 2. ¶ Vowynges ded not yet constrayne ALl thys tyme were there no constraynynge vowes but all was fre to leaue or to holde For Constans the eldeste sonne of kynge Constantyne the seconde beynge a mōke of Sayt Amphibalus abbeye in Cairguent that ye now call Saynt Swythunes in wynchestre was taken out of yt without dyspensacyon about the yeare of our lorde CCCC xliij ād crowned kynge of Brytayne beynge in full lyberte of marryage Galfredus Ranulphus Hardyng Capgraue Caxton and Fabyan In lyke case Maglocunus as Gildas reporteth was first a monke and afterwarde constytute kynge in the yeare of our lorde CCCCC lij contynuynge styll by the space of more than .xxxiiij. years and had for the tyme .ij. wyues besydes hys concubynes Thys Maglocunus was rekened the most comelye persone of all hys regyon and a man to whom God had than geuen great vyctoryes agaynst the Saxons Norweyes and Danes Yet was he in hys age as was longe afore hym Mempricius hys predecessour geuen to most abhomynable sodometrye whiche he had serued in hys youthe of the consecrate chastyte of the holye clergye Galfredus Ranulphus Hardynge Fabian and Flores Historiarum Verye vehement
tolde a serten abbot the same tyme that goynge homewarde he shuld fynde in a wydowes howse .ij. of hys holye monkes whych had lyen with her the nyght afore for easement of their chastyte Saynt Bartellyne hermyte of Stalforde stale out of Irelande the kynges doughter there And as she was afterwarde trauelynge of chylde in a forest whyls he was sekynge the mydwyfe a wolfe came and deuoured both her and her chylde These storyes hath at large Iohan Capgraue in Catalogo sanctorum Anglie Guilhelmus Malmesburye et Ranulphus ¶ Englysh monkes become Antichristes Apostles IN those dayes the moÌ„kes of Englande were becomen so myghtye in superstycyouse lernynge that they were able to peruert all other christen regyons as they ded than in dede Some of them went into Germanye some into Fraunce some into Italye and Spayne and became the Popes instrumentes of all falshed falshyonynge hym vp there a newe kyngedome of all deuylyshnesse to withstande the manyfest glorye of God and subduynge therunto all pryncelye Powers Yow that are exercysed in Chronycles and Sayntes Lyues marke for that age what ys written of Columbanus Colomannus Totimannus Vuenefridus Vuilibrordus Vuilibaldus Vuenebaldus Burghardus kilianus Vuigbertus Egbertus Heuualdus the whyght and the blacke Etto Bertuuinus Eloquius Lullius Lebuinus Liuinus IoaÌ„nes Embertus Gallus Gaudus Gaâ—abaldus Gregorius Megingolus Sturmio and a great sort more with their women and ye shall se in them practyses wonderfull I wyll geue ye out one here breuelye for an example for to moche yt were to write of them all Wenefridus was admytted of Pope Gregorye the seconde for the Archebyshop of Magunce great Apostle of all Germanye and for hys bolde countenaunce was of hym named Bonifacius In London was he first borne and professed a blacke Monke at Cissancestre now called Chichestre vndre abbot wolfharde After the great Synode holden at London by the afore named Brithwalde about the yeare of our Lorde DCC and .x. where as prestes Marryage was iudged fornycacyon and the honourynge of Images accepted for a christen relygyon Daniel than Byshopp of Wynchestre sent thys wenefride to Rome with hys letters of commendacyon for hys manfulnesse there shewed Iohannes Capgraue et Georgius Vuicelius in Hagiologo de sanctis ecclesie ¶ The great Apostle of all Germanye THe Pope after certen conmunycacyons perceyuynge hym in all poyntes fytt for hys purpose sent hym anon into Germanye with hys fulle autoryte as afore ys specyfyed to do hys false feates there and to brynge that styffe necked people vndre hys wycked obedyence whom they call the holye Christen beleue I thynke sens Christes incarnacyon was there neuer non that more lyuelye wrought the Propertees of the other Beaste in Saynt Iohans Apocalyps whyche ryse out of the earthe hauynge .ij. hornes lyke the lambe yf ye marke yf wele Apocal. in the .13 chapter For he was next in autoryte to the Pope by the Popes owne witnesse soche tyme as he came with the hyghe legacye from hys owne ryght syde into all the quarters and Prouynces of the seyd Germanye hym concernynge vowed chastyte rellyques Images the Popes prymacye Kynges deposycyons othes breakynge and soche lyke errours Loke the workes of Nauclerus Vuicelius Bernardus Lutzenburg and Alphonsus de castro ¶ Doctryne of Bonyface with sale of whores MOst dampnable was the doctryne of thys Bonyface concernynge the Pope In a serteÌ„ Epystle of hys we fynde thys most execrable sentence That in case the seyd Pope were of most fylthye lynynge and so forgetfull of hym self and of the whole christente that he ledde with hym to hell innumerable sowles yet ought no man to rebuke hys yll doynge For he he sayth hath power to iudge all men and ought of no man to be iudged agayne Thys haue the Canonystes regestred in the popes decrees for a perpetuall lawe and for a necessarye artycle of Christen beleue Dist. xl Ca. Si Papa Yet wrote he at another tyme to Pope Zacharye to se the manyfest abusyons of Rome reformed specyallye their maskynges in the nyght after the paganes maner and their open sellynge of whores in the markett there For they were he sayd sore impedymentes to hys preachynges For they that had seane those reuelynges there mystrusted moche that faythe He wrote also vnto kynge Ethelbalde and other great meÌ„ in Englande requyrynge them to leaue the aduouterouse occupyenge of noÌ„nes least soche a plage fell on theÌ„ as chauÌ„ced vpoÌ„ kynge Colfrede and kynge Ofrede for lyke doynges And though thys Bonyface allowed not christeÌ„ matrymonye in prestes but hated yt yet after that one Geraldus a marryed byshop was slayne in Thuringia in tyme of the warres there he permytted hys sonne Geilepus to succede hym in that offyce HelinaÌ„dus monachus VinceÌ„cius Antoninus Capgraue c. ¶ The monasteryes of fulda floryake HE buylded the great monastery of Fulda in Germanye in the yeare froÌ„ Christes incarnacyon DCC .xliiij. Into the which no womeÌ„ myght entre but onlye Lieba Tecla .ij Englysh nonnes hys best beloues The bodye of the seyd Lieba he commaunded by hys lyfe of most teÌ„dre loue to be buryed in one graue with hys owne precyouse body So rytche was that monasterye within fewe years after that yt was able to fynde the eÌ„prour in hys warres .lx. thousaÌ„de meÌ„ For the which the abbot had alwayes thys pryuylege to syt vpoÌ„ the ryght hande of the seyd emproure at the hygh feastes An other abbeye was buylden afore that at floriake in fraunce and not farre from orlyaunce in the yeare of our lorde DC.li. These .ij. monasteryes floriake and fulda with their olde inhabytauntes wolde I counsell all Chronycle readers to marke as they fall in their waye for wonders whiche hath comen from thens as wyll apere after A custome the holye fathers had in those dayes to leade nonnes aboute with theÌ„ in straunge laÌ„des where they went As we reade of walburga Hadeloga Lieba and soche other I thynke yt was to helpe theÌ„ to beare their chastyte whose carryage was sumtyme verye comberouse vnto them and they founde not than in all contreyes soche plentye of Nondryes as hath bene sens Sigebertus Capgraue Tritemius Nauclerus Vuicelius ¶ Oxforde shurned And Aleuinus monkes AShamed are not these prestygyouse Papystes to vtter yt in their storyes and reade yt in their Sayntes legendes in contempt of their christeÌ„ gouernours that no kynge maye entre the towne of oxforde without a myschefe bycause one Algar a Prynce aboute thys age wolde haue had Saynt frideswyde to wyfe As though to be a kynge were a farre vyler or vnworthyer offyce than to be a pylde shytten Nonne O blynde bludderynge Balaamytes without all iudgementes godlye Of God only ys the worthy office of a Kyng Prouer. 8. where as your fystynge NoÌ„nes were of Antichrist
aÌ„d the deuyll Capgraue Fabiane Polidorus Aboute the same tyme was Alcuinus a doctour of Englande made abbot of Turonia in Fraunce by the gyft of Charles the great which on a nyght founde all his monkes dead in the dorter by the soden stroke of God for their Sodometrye one only excepted Odo cluniacensis Guilhelmus Malmesburye Vincencius Antoninus Ranulphus Capgraue post uitam Ythamari A great matter had yt bene in the popes bokes yf these men had had wyues For thaÌ„ he coud not haue sent them to the deuyll so fast accordynge to generall commyssyoÌ„ which he had of Sathan hys great mastre in that vycarshypp of hys ¶ Englyshe men ponnyshed at Rome AFter Kynge Ethelwolphe beynge subdeacon through wanton occupyenge had had a bastarde by the popes dyspensacyoÌ„ he marryed Osburga hys butlers doughter and had by her iiij sonnes which all succeded Kynges after hym Guilhelmus Malmesburye Ioannes Harding As this Kynge on a tyme chaunced to be at Rome he se manye Englysh men there wearynge fetters and gyues delyuered of chylde without mydwyfe and so dyed Wherin God declared manyfestlye to the worlde that their glytie rynge churche was altogyther an whore to make good that was written in the reuelacyon of Saynt Iohan. Apo. 17. Oh he that had seane the couÌ„tenaunce of the prelates than shuld haue beholden a great change ¶ Popes chosen from thens fourth by their N. SEns that tyme hath popes alwayes bene chosen as stoned horse are in a colte feyer by their dontye dymyceryes that they can nomore be deceyued that waye For at the solempne stallynge of them the last deacon Cardynall doth grope them brechelesse at an hole made in the seate for that ghostlye purpose and than cryeth yt out before all the multytude that he hath ware suffycyent to proue hym no woman More ouer the strete where she was delyuered hath euer sens bene shurned in all generall processyons for feare of yll happes As ys of women a sexten brydge in a Scottyshe Ile called Leuissa where as yf but one woman shuld passe ouer they saye there are no salmons seane in that ryuer all the yeare after Hector Boethius in Scotici regni descriptione For the hystorye afore reherced of this woman Pope was yt partlye my desyre that ye shuld marke that monasterye of fulda For she was one chast frute of our Englyshe clergye yssuynge from thens ye maye chauÌ„ce after this yet to heare of more Soche an enemye to prestes marryage was not in hys tyme as was that Boniface which was therof the first buylder For euerye where ded he in all his generall Synodes condempne yf for aduouterye by the popes canon lawes For the scripturs wolde not serue hym The lyfe of this female pope sheweth more at large Iacobus Bergomas in li. De claris mulieribus Platina Sabellicus Martinus Carsulanus Volateranus Nauclerus Mantuanus Iohannes Stella Ioannes textor Robertus Barnes in uitis Romanorum Pontificum ¶ Holye water with a boke agaynst marryage IN the yeare of our Lord DCCC LVIII as a serten daydeuyll at the forsayd Maguncia was hunted of the prestes with processyon and holye water for dyuerslye vexynge the cytie he hyd hym selfe for feare they saye vndre one of the prestes copes â–ª saynge He myght wele be bolde there consyderynge he had by hym the fleshlye occupyenge of the generall proctours doughter there This relygyouse example of holye churche sheweth Sigebertus Vincencius Antoninus Capgraue in uita Etheldrede Ethelstanus a monke at one tyme takynge presthode with Dunstane and Ethelwolde within a whyle after left all hys orders and toke hym to a wyfe Wherfor they prophecyed of hym that hys ende shulde be myserable And bycause they wolde apere no false Prophetes they inchaunted hym charmed hym and changed hym in to an ele and so he lyued in the water euer after with a great sort more of hys companye Wherupon they saye that monasterye and towne hath euer sens bene called Elye Guilhelmus Malmesburye et Ioannes Capgraue A yonge infante called Brithgina beynge nomore than one daye olde professed Elphegus into the monasterye of wylton aboute the same tyme So ded he also an other called Wilfhilda into the nondrye of Wynchestre so sone as she was weaned from sucke Whom afterwarde kynge Edgare claymed in marryage but she was to famylyer with Ethelwolde a monke and a bysshop to graunt therunto Whan he came to the howse where she was afterwarde abbasse there was no small fyllynge in of cuppes Ioannes Capgraue ¶ Miracles and wonders wrought VVhan Odo the Byshopp of Salysburye â—as elected Archebyshopp of Caunterburye in the yeare of our lorde DCCCC and .xlvi. he wolde in no case be consecrated tyll he was by the abbot of Floriake professed a monke Partlye bycause all hys predecessours in that seate to the nombre of .xxi. had bene monkes and partlye for that the prestes in those dayes were in hate of the people for their marryage at the monkes suggestyons And after he had receyued hys palle with Antichristes autoryte from Rome he wexed so frantyck vpon the kynges concubynes that some of them he sealed in the faces with hote burnynge Irons most shamefullye and some of them he bannyshed into Irelande for euer but vnto hys owne store he was gentyll ynough For most haynouse heresye helde he than the christen marryage of prestes and made synodall constytucyons agaynst yt to enryche the moÌ„kes through that craftye colour with their great possessyons Hys neuye Oswalde founde he to scole at floryake the welsprynge of Necromancye to lerne there all craftye seyences In hys tyme was a stryfe amonge the clergye at Caunterburye for Christes fleshe and bloode in the Sacramente the prestes most ernestly affyrmynge yt to remayne styll breade 〈◊〉 an onlye fygure of Christes bodye and the monkes to be Christes essencyall bodye yea Christ hymselfe But whaÌ„ scripturs fayled ones vpon the monkes syde â–ª they were dryuen to false myracles oâ— playne experymentes of sorcerye For Odo by a cast of legerdemayne shewed vnto the people a broken host bledynge as a popishe prest called sir Nicolas Gerues ded a. ij years a go in Surreye by pryckynge hys fyngar with a pynnne ¶ Monkerye augmented by Dunstane SAynt Dunstane here in EnglaÌ„de beynge taught of Iryshe moÌ„kes at Glastenburye was founde verye connynge in waÌ„ton musyck in sorcerye and in Image makynge out of all maner metals stone and kyndes of wode By these and soche lyke occupyenges he founde the meanes to augmeÌ„t and enryche the monasteryes of moÌ„kes and nonnes euerye where whithin Englande not withstandynge he had oft tymes moche a do with deuyls and with women Yet had he at length these pryuyleges than aboue all other spirytuall doers He wanne by hys musyck and fayre speche the good fauer of dyuerse women yea of some