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A08886	A short relation, of the life, virtues, and miracles, of S. Elizabeth called the peacemaker. Queen of Portugall Of the third rule of S. Francis. Canonised by Pope Vrban the VIII. the 25. of May. Anno 1625. Translated out of Dutch; by Sister Catharine Francis, Abbess of the English Monasterie of S. Francis third rule in Bruxelles.; Leven van de H. Elizabeth van Portugael. English	Paludanus, François, d. 1631.; Greenbury, Catharine, 1596-1642.	1628 (1628)	STC 19167; ESTC S120727	20,106	84

A SHORT RELATION OF THE LIFE VIRTVES and miracles of S. ELIZABETH CALLED THE PEACE-MAKER QVEEN OF PORTVGALL Of the third Rule of S. FRANCIS Canonised by Pope VRBAN the VIII the 25. of May. Anno 1625. Translated out of Dutch by Sister Catharine Francis Abbess of the English Monasterie of S. FRANCIS third Rule in Bruxelles AT BRVXELLES By Ihon Pepermans at the signe of the goulden Byble 1628. ●●●●●BETHA PORTVGALLIAE REGINA 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 S. Francisci Vixit annis LXV Obijt an o 1336. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ●…lp et Excud St o Van Schore TO THE REVEREND RELIGIOVS AND DEVOVT seruant of Iesus Christ SISTER CATHARINE FRANCIS Abbess of the English Monasterie of S. Francis third Rule in Bruxelles Euerlasting health REVEREND MOTHER Having seen in English the little booke of the life of S. ELISABETH Queen of Portugall vvhich F. Paludan abbridged and gaue out to all the people in Spanish French and Dutch in the solemnitie made at the publishing of her Canonisation in Bruxelles I knew it to be your Reuerences hand wrighting and being farder certified that it was your ovvne labour and that you had your selfe translated it out of the dutch Esteeming it so much the more I conferred it with the originall and finding it in all things to agree and to be à mirrour not only for Religious but also for Princes I had scruple to hide vvhat vvas so behouefull for the commun good therfore witnessing heer the truth of the translation I demāded of our superiour his approbation that it might be printed vvhich had I dedicate your worck to your ovvne selfe vvilling you to go forvvard in so good exercise for nothing moveth more to perfection then the examples of those saintes that vvere in all respectes of the same profession that our selves are nor contrarievvise can any thing more hinder it then to be bound to one profession and in affection to follovv another Verely to your serious looking into theyr liues next vnto your dayly and nightly exercise of quire and meditation I must attribute that principall spirit of gouernement to vvhich in short time you haue attained by the assistance of him who needeth no long times in teaching Almightie God who euer bless your endeavours and bring vs all to see his face in heaven Pray for your pore Chaplain BR FRANCIS BEL. THE AVTHOR TO THE READER TVrning ouer diuers Authors and with attention reading theyr histories the better to informe my selfe of the parentage affinitie and life of our holy Queen Elizabetb I haue found that her Origen is the illustrious howse of Aragon and her alliance by mariage with the kingly howse of Portugall which howses I haue noted to haue been very fruictfull of holy persons And not only in thees two but also in many others as France Castile Bohemia Hungarie Poland and Brabant I haue observed the like blessings and favours Amongst which kingdomes and Princedomes the mutuall mariages and alliances from all antiquitie by course even till this time haue caused an affinitie worthie the consideration In so much that the Princes and Potentates liuing this day if they bee come of thees families haue either theyr origen from the number of thees Saintes or elles are allied and of kinred to them reigning now in glorie with Christ our saviour Chiefly it is to bee noted how this holy Saint Elisabeth Queen of Portugall is Parent to the Emperour Ferdinand the 2. and the Catholique King of Spaine Philip Dominicus victor by right line in the tenth degree To the Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia gouerness of the lowe countries and Burgondie in the 9. degree To the Duke of Bavaria and the Duke of Nuburg in the 11. degree The most Christian King of France that now liveth is to her and S. Lewes his predecessor in the kingdome of France who was also of the third Order of our Seraphicall father S. Francis and to her Sister S. Elisabeth who was à Nunne of S. Clares Order in the eleventh degree he is also cozen to S. Lewes Bishop of Tolosa who was à Freer of S. Francis Order and also to B. Ioanna Queen of France Foundress of our B. Ladies order called the Anuntiates The King of Poland that reigneth at this day hath in his Parentage S. Hedwigis and her daughter S. Gertrude and B. Aleyda Princess of Poland and B. Salomea Queen of Halicia Moreover he hath S. Casimirus his vncle Brother to his grandfather The Lantsgraue of Hessen descendeth from S. Elisabeth Queen of Hungarie and Bohemia shee was of the third order of S. Francis hee is in the 10. degree from her The kingdomes of Hungarie and Bohemia haue honored theyr kings and Princes with parentage of Saints and Beatified Saint Elisabeth before mentioned and S. Margarite of the order of S. Dominick Cunegunda and Iolenta of the order of S. Clare all daughters of Andrew the 3. and Bela the 4. Kings of Hungarie B. Agnes of the order of S. Clare daughter to Primislaus king of Bohemia S. Albertus Cardinall and Martyr Bishop of Leedes whose reliques ly in Bruxelles in the church of the Discalced Carmelites translated thither from Rhems by the Archduke of happy memorie Albertus the Iust and Isabella Clara Eugenia his beloued wife the year 1612. who was sonn brother and vncle to the Dukes of Brabant But heer I desire you to marck how the kingdome of Portugall goeth beyond the others for setting aside the holy Elisabeth whose life shall heer briefly bee set downe yee shall finde coming out of this kingdome the first king Alphonsus the 3. daughters of his sonne Sancius Theresa Queen of Leon Mafalda Queen of Castile after Religiouse of S. Bernards order and Sancia of the same order The Prince Ferdinand sonne to king Ihon the first and the Infanta Ioane daughter to king Alphonsus the fifth all eminent for holyness of life and miracles wher in many thousand families again you shall not finde one All thees Saintes to the number of 24. haue sprong out of thees ten Catholick families within the space of about 400. yeares And had vve looked further back to theyr first beginning or theyr conversion to the Christian faith everie familie would haue yealded more for in Hungarie vve should yet haue found S. Stephan and Emeric kings and Ladislaus Prince of that Kingdome In Bohemia S. VVenceslaus Martyr In Austria S. Leopoldus In Brabant SS Pipin Arnulphus Emebert Begga Gertrude Gudula Pharaildis Reynaldis VValtrudis Aldegund c. and so in the rest And to returne again to S. Elisabeth Queen of Portugall Note that of her are come 7. Emperours consequently one after another six Empresses 36. Kings and 43. Queenes All vvhich together is to bee seen as cleer as the sunn in à table which I haue sett forth to the honour of the same Saint and vvithall that the devout reader may see therin hovv men in this vvorlde if they vvill cooperate with Gods preventing grace notvvithstanding maiestie greatness might honour and kingdome may attaine to great

holyness And that also beholding and considering so manie Saints the Christian Princes that glorie to bee of theyr race may be therby spurred and pricked on to virtue and follovve theyr holyness and choose them for Patrones Aduocates and guides in the vnknowne vvay of this life and after in the iust iudgement of the vpright iudge Those that haue the carde which I set out must note first that it vvas not possible to giue all the Queenes place therin or to set downe theyr names because the piece is little and also because many of them were maried to kings whom it was no need to bring in and those that are set downe are without crownes excepting the Saints and those that were heyres to kingdomes or princedomes who by theyr mariages transferred them to other families Secondly heer in is cleerly to bee seen the right and lawfull succession of the kingdoms of Hungarie and Bohemia and all the Prouinces and Dominions of the howse of Austria vnto the person of Ferdinando Emperour of the Romanes Also the inheritance and succession not only of all the kingdomes of Spaine but also of Sicilie and Naples of the Dukedome of Burgundie Brabant and the rest of the Dominions of the lowe countries lawfully to pertein and fall vpon the person of the Catholick king Philip the 4. Dominic Victor and that not by force of armes much less by prudence and humane industrie but only by the disposition and prouidēce of God who Eccl. cap. 10. translateth kingdomes from nation to nation VVhence may bee seen the idleness and vanitie or manifest impietie of such as preferr the inventions of theyr owne braines or to speak more properly certaine lawes of state before the providence and care-that God hath of the gouernement of Empires and Dominions and for theyr better safeguard and securitie sett faith and conscience à side offend God and his holy church Thirdly all Potentates shall heer note that the strongest castle the chiefest fortification and defence of theyr estates is sincere faith and Religion not affected for although the riches and regions bee moued together although the earth be in vprore and hell come in for à part nothing of all this can shake the Monarch that feareth God and loveth his church and doth not communicate nor participate with the adversaries ther of and is zealous of sincere and perfect iustice Fourthly that no man may haue anie thing to say if it seem to him that I haue done more then the decrees of the church do permit touching the description of the 24. Saints Because they bee not all in the Catalogue of the Canonised by order of the Romane church althoug the greatest part of them bee so yet the others shined and do as yet shine with many miracles in theyr seuerall places and prouinces VVher they are holden esteemed and reuerenced for Saints and of some of them the Martyrologes of theyr orders do make mention so that no doubt being made of theyr sanctitie it remayneth that we endeauour to followe them Ther is in the table à distinction for the Saints Canonised or Beatified are in ouall circles with beames of glorie about theyr heads the other in round circles without beames And because the beatification of B. Ioane Queen of France is laboured for at Rome and the decree from day to day expected shee is sett in an ouall circle For the rest what thing so ever can bee desired more in the description of the carde the markes and distinctions therin sett downe and chiefly the branches of it doe shewe it cleerly Lett this suffice gentle Reader for thy direction enioy my little labour and take it thanckfully F. F. P. COncordat cum originali Teutonico Ita testor 5. Octobris 1628. Fr. Franciscus Bel. Imprimatur Fr. Franciscus à sancta Clara Lector Theologiae Collegij S. Bonauenturae Duaci Guardianus R. P. Ministri Prouinciae Angliae Cis mare vices gerens A SHORT DECLARATION OF THE LIFE VIRTVES AND MIRACLES OF S. ELIZABETH CALLED THE PEACE-MAKER QVEEN OF PORTVGALL Of her parents and bringing vp THE FIRST CHAPTER THIS B. Sainte Elizabeth was daughter to Peeter king of Aragon her mother was named Cōstancia daughter of Manfredus King of Cecilie and Cozen to the Emperour Frederick the second Shee was borne in the yeare of our Lord 1272. In the reign of her grandfather james of whose merits and good workes it is found vvritten that he builded and endowed to the honor of the glorious mother of god 2000. churches when this happy child vvas Christned they named her Elizabeth in memory of that other S. Elizabeth daughter to Andrevv king of Hungary vvho dyed before in great holynes of life and vvas numbred amongst the Saints by Gregory the 9. vvhose sister Called Violence vvas wife to the forenamed james and grandmother to this holy Saint hir birthe did so much reioyce her grandfather that he presētly made peace with his sonne her father with whom he had bene long at variance but novv at this ioyfull time of her natiuity he cōcluded peace between them and tooke this vvelcome guifte his grandchild home to his pallace and brought her vp vvith great care instructing her in all vertues vvhen she vvas 6. yeares ould her grandfather dyed and she vvas brought home to her fathers house where in her tender yeares she gaue great testimony of her future vertues by her grauity and deuotion vvhich was of great edification for shee kepte the same maner of Rule in all her actions and espetially in her praiers and deuotions which she had learned of her grandfather and vvhen she vvas Come to the age of 8. yeares she daily read the 7. hovvres of the diuine office vvith great deuotion and diligence she vvas louing and charitable to the poore giuing according to her age all that she could procure at vvhich her father did very much admire ascribing all the good succes of his affaires to his daughters merits for vvhich he gaue daily thankes vnto almighty God Of the marriage of B. Saint Elizabeth THE II. CHAPTER THe fame of this holy Saint and her naturall indowments vvher-vvith she vvas adorned vvas spred through the vvholl vvorld so that she vvas desired in mariage by many Princes to witt the Prince of Naples and the Prince of Brittan̄y who sent their Embassadores to the king of Aragon her father to desire this royall daughter in mariage but this vvas vnwelcome nevves vn to him vvho greaued to thinke that he should part vvith his beloued daughter and much more grieuous vvas it to the holy Elizabeth that sought after the heauenly Bridegroome not desiring any earthly Prince About this time dyed Alphonsus the 3. king of Portugal and after him reigned in his kingdome his sonne Dionisius vvho being novv setled in his kingdome did Choose out 3. of the greatest Peeres of his Royalme vvhom he sent in Embassage to the king of Aragon to desire this his daughter in mariage the king at that time kepte his

Courte at Barcinona where the aforsayde Embassadores arriued theyr names vveare the Lord Iohn Velho Lord Iohn Martinium and the Lord Vasco Perez vvho presenting their Embassage to the king he deliberating vvith him selfe on vvhich of these 3. Princes he should bestovve his daughter so deare and delightfull vnto him in regard of her virtuous disposition at the last he made choice of the king of Portugall rather then either of the other tvvo Princes in regard they were not as yet established in theire kingdoms as the kinge Dionysius was Besides this king was not so neer in blood vnto the lady Elizabeth as the other tvvo Princes vvere all vvhich vvere Motiues that made the king her father vvilling to bestowe her vpon the aforsayd king Dionysius and so soone as consent was giuen thervnto the Lord Velho as cheefe of these Embassadores toke this holy Elizabeth to vvife in the name of his king vvho vnderstanding therof did much reioyce vvith all his subiects exceedingly congratulating this hopefull mariage and vvith great desire expected her Coming esteeming her as giuen them from heauen vvhen shee vvas to depart from her fathers pallace tovvards her husbands courte the king her father vvith greate attendance accompanied her to the borders of Castile vvhere shee vvas honorably receiued by Aminitius Sancius vvho at that time being hindred vvith vvarres Gaue her to the protection of his brother james and the best of the nobility of Castile At Brigante vpon the Borders of Portugall Alphonsus brother to the aforsaide king Dionysius avvaited her and brought with him many Bishops and nobles of the land honorably conducting her Royall parson to Trancosie vvhere the king did attend the Comming of his bryde and the mariage vvas solemnised with vnspeakable ioy of all In the yeare of our lord 1282. the king gaue her for vvelcome after the custome of Portugall great speciall rents out of certain citties and also courtiers and attendants as beseemed her Of her holy life in her mariage state THE III. CHAPTER THis nevve state of life and greate honor did not any vvayes diminish her accustomed deuotions for although this holy Queene vvere but 12. yeares of age yet did she measure and dispose of all her affaires in due time and knevve hovv to direct and turne all her actions to the honour of God as her mirthe into modesty her ioy into teares her ievvells and costly apparell to sharpe discipline and chastising her body She vvas much giuen to the seruice of God in holy contemplation yet did she neuer neglect her seruice and due respectes vnto the king her husband shee kepte a iust accounte hovv shee spent the day rising early in the morning to read her Matines and Prime and so soone as the Priestes and musicians vvere ready to performe the diuine seruice she went with speed to the Chappell vvhere she heard mass very deuoutly vpon her knees and after mass hauing reuerently kissed the Priests hand she made her offering according to the solemnity of the day that she might not appeare vvith empty hands before allmighty God this being done she read the rest of her hovvres and this vvas her accustomed maner all the time of her life and for the last shee read the office of Our B. Lady and the office of the dead in the after noones shee vvent à gaine to the Chappell to heare the Vesperas and to performe the rest of her office after which she gaue her selfe to holy contemplation vvherin she shed à boundance of teares that proceeded from the tendernes of her hart she also vsed to reade deuout bookes vvhich incite to virtue and after this shee exercised her selfe in skilfull needle vvorke Chiefly to shun idleness and to giue others good example she made vvith her ovvne handes all thinges that vvere necessary for the church she vvent often to confession and received the most holy Sacrament of the Altar with greate deuotion Of her greate abstinence and how her fasting was confirmed with à miracle THE IV. CHAPTER THis holy Queene vvas not only à louer of praire but also of great abstinence accustoming her selfe to à very spare diett that her soule might be the more pleasing vnto God and besides the fasting days appointed by the holy church she kepte 3. in à weeke and she likewise fasted the aduēt of our lord and from the Eue of S. Iohn Baptist vntill the day of our B. ladyes assumption and some times she fasted the lent of S. Michael when these fastes seemed easie to her then did she fast the. Freedayes and Saturdayes with the Eues of our lady and all the Apostles vvith bread and vvater and she vvould haue proceeded further in fasting but that the king her husband ouer ruled her This vvise and virtuous Queene knevv vvel that costly meales greate banquettes and fine apparell was often times the nurce of many sinnes and it pleased God to shevv by à miracle hovv pleasing the sobriety and abstinence of this his hand maide was vnto him for being sick at Alanquerti she vvas appointed by the Doctor to drinke vvyne for the recouery of her strength but she for the loue of abstinence did refuse to drinke it verely beleeuing it was not good for her health For not she alone but all the kinges and Queenes of Portugall vvere noe drinkers of vvyne so that it pleased almighty God vvonderfully to looke vpon her for as her waighting vvoman brought her tvvice à Cuppe of Could vvater to drink it vvas both times miraculously turned in to good vvyne Of her mildnes to the poore likewise confirmed with à miracle THE V. CHAPTER THis holy Queene vvas all vvayes found milde and very charitable tovvards the poore being euer vvilling and redy to helpe and comfort them in all that possibly she might so that her liberality seemed to go aboue her Estate she neuer let any depart from her vncōforted although there came many vnto her not so much driuen by corporall necessity as to receiue of her some consolation and ease of their griefes by her pious counsell and virtuous example She had great compassion vpon all strangers and outlandishe pilgrims tenderly receiving and charitably releeuing them according to their necessity vvith mony Cloathes and lodging She gaue to all Cloisters as vvell of men as of vvomen to the vttermost of her povver She did much commiserate the disstressed estate of poore gentilmen vvhich through any misfortune vvere fallen to decay and she sought out meanes to helpe them Likewise this pious Queene did vnderstand that vvithin her Royalme vvere very many vvomen of good account which suffered greate misery for vvant of maintenance and therby vvere in danger to fall in to sinne a but she employed her most trust● seruants to releeue they re necessity and by her meanes preferred many in mariage and although her piety vvere alvvayes plentifully manifested to the needy yet vpon fasting dayes and in the holy vveeke she exercised most charity and aparelling her selfe in