more to say Masse for that daye and when the kynge askyd hym why he wolde nâ—t say Masse he shewyd hym his vysyon by that occasion he ê“hybyted 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 thyngê 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 Reâ—pacificus Also as kynge Dauid was a myghty defender of his subgettes a subduer of â—â—bellys and so was this blessyd kynge as in his lyfe And also in Crâ—nycles wyll appere and as kynge â—auâ—d moche encreasyd the seruyce of almyghty god And appoyntyd dyuers men therto pÌ„payrynge 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 coÌ„fessyd his offence cryed mercy and dyd penauÌ„ce 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 presuÌ„ptuously 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 seyntê 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 Seyntê 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 kyngê of Gothis of the kyngdome of Swecia hir Faders name was Byrgerus and his moders name was Sighryd One tyme as hir graunâ—moder was walkynge with hir seruauntê by the Monastery of Shoo one of the NoÌ„nes of the sayd monastery byholdâ—â— 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 ê‘sone of a meruaylous beaute whiche as it had ben with an angrye couÌ„tenauÌ„ce 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 ê“geny with whom I shall do great dedys in the worlde and I shall gyue hir so great grace that all people shall meruayle After whaÌ„ seynt Birget was in hir moders wombe iâ— 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 coâ—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 â—hynkynge that it hadde ben newly done sayde O lorde who hathâ— done thus to the our lorde answeryd sayd they that do contempne mâ— 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 â—boute the .xii. yere of hir age hir Aâ—â—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 â—etyn hirtherwith the rod breke all in small pecys wherupon hyr Aunte merueylyng greatly sayd vnto hir Biâ—get what hast thou done â–ª hath nat some women taught the some falâ— prayers and she wepyng answeryd and sayd no Lady but I rose out
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
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
kept the vygylles with the Couent in the nyght And also the seruyce in the day and fedde the hungry clothed the naked comforted theym that were in heuynes appesyd stryffes and norysshed loue so vsyng actiflyfe that he forget nat contemplatyfe somtyme when he was at masse he was in so hyghe deuocyon that he coulde nat absteyne fro wepynge and that he reputed to his feblenes often tymes he wolde admonysshe his bretherne to be ware of temptacyons and to exclude women fro theyr company he wolde alway dyne and soupe with the bretherne in the fraytour without great company of straungers caused the contrarye he lay in the Dortor and wolde weer no furre but of lambe On a tyme one of his bretherne openly afore moche company spake euyll and vngoodly wordes vnto hym and he answered nothyng agayne and when one of the company meruayled therat he sayd it was nat best where was to great a fyre to ley to more styckes but he sayd by good dylyberacion the mater shuld rightwell come to reformacion and so though he was of Colerike complexcion by grace he subdued nature to reason and agaynst theym that wolde trouble his Churche he was armed with great constaunce and on a tyme nat iÌ„ angre but charitably he sayd to a great mannes seruaunte that entended to do great wronge to his Monasterye that he shuld beware that for his maysters pleasure he went nat hymselfe to helle and tho wordes toke sueffecte in that man that in the mornyng he sayd whyle he lyued he wolde be a frende to the house so his mynde chauÌ„ged and the varyaunce ceased our Lorde shewyd for hym many myracles he appered to men in the see that were in ê‘ell and saued theym in lyke maner as it is redde of seynt Nicholas and they after knewe hym by the Fygoure that appered to theym in the see By his prayer a woman that by lykelyhode of age dispeyred to haue children coÌ„ceyued and had two doughters one of them had a great deformyte in her face wherfore he hadde the Father that when he came home he shuld ley his thumbe vpon the place so deformed he in the meane tyme wolde praye for her and he dyd so and within the space of an houre the deformyte went away Also by his blyssynge whete in his barne encreased ten tymes asmoch as it was after he fell syke of the sykenes and then he called his bretherne and exorted theym to kepe humylyte vnyte obedience and charite and theyr statutes Reguler nat to breke the leest obseruaunces of theyr Relygion and bad them when he was gone they shuld electe a nother tha shuld ordre and norysshe the bretherne and they shuld welse that he had nat habundaunce of Ryches and that yet he was out of dette In his sykenes he toke Fysyke for he sayde he wolde do that was in hym for his helthe and thre dayes he was vysyted with Aungellys And when he had ben Pryor .xvii. yeres he went to heuyn In the yere of our Lorde a Thousande thre hondred .lxxix. And lyeth in his Monasterye for whom our lorde hath shewyd innumrable myracles ¶ De sancto Ioseph Ab arimathia WHen our Lorde Ihesu Criste was crucefyed Ioseph Ab Arimathia asked of Pylate the bodye of our Lorde and leyde it in a clene Sendell and put it in a Sepulcre that no man had ben buryed in as the Euangelyst testifie the Iues heryng therof put hym in a derke Pryson that had no wyndowe and Annas and Cayphas locked the dores and after when they had thought to haue put hym to deth they sent for hym to the pryson and before theyr coÌ„mynge on the saterday at nyght our lord apperyd to hym with a great bryghtnes as he was in prayer foure aungellys lyfted vp by the house that he was in and our Lorde sayd to hym I am Ihesus whom thou hast buryed and then Ioseph sayd lord if thou be he shewe me the monumeÌ„t that I put the in and our lord toke hym by the hande and ledde hym to the sepulcre fro thens he brought hym into his house at Arimathe after the Iues sent for hym asked of hym howe he came out of pryson and he tolde them as byfore apperyth and then they let hym goo he became disciple to seynt Phylyp of hym he and his sone Iosefes were baptised and he was a messeÌ„ger fro Ephese bytwyxt seynt JohnÌ„ Euangelyst and our Ladye and was at her deê‘tynge with other disciples he was a Constaunte precher of the worde of god as he had herde of our lorde and of our Lady and conuertyd moche people after he with his sone Iosefes went into Fraunce to seynt Phylyp and he sent Ioseph and his sone with .x. other into Brytayne at last they came to a place then called InswytryuÌ„ nowe called glastonburye and thyse verses be made at Glastonburye of theyr coÌ„mynge Intrat AualloniaÌ„ duo dena caterua virorum flos Arimathie Ioseph est primê° corum Iosefesex Ioseph genitê° prÌ„em coÌ„mitatÌ„ hiis aliisque decemius glastonie ê“priat And after by monycion of the ArchauÌ„gell gabryell they made a Churche or oratory of o r Lady there they lyued a blessyd lyf in vigylles fastyngê prayers And two kynges seynge theyr blessid lyfe though thy were paynymes gaue to eueryche of theym a hyde of lande whiche to this day be called the .xii. hydes and there they dyed and Ioseph was buryed nygh to the sayd oratory ¶ De sancto Iltuto abbate confessore SEynt Iltute was sone to a noble knyght of kyn to kynge Arthur and in his youthe when he was put to lernyng what soeuer he ones herde of his mayster he euer bere it away after he went to kyng arthur where he was honourably receyued then he went to the kyng of Morgan and there he was in suche fauour that he was as the seconde to hym and after heryng that the grounde opened and swalowed vp his seruauntes for doynge wronge to seynt Cadoke he askyd forgyuenes of seynt Cadoke then by counsell of seynt Cadoke And also by monycion of an Aungell that bad hym that he shuld neuer loue transitory thingê he left the world And of Dubrice bysshop of Landaffe he toke ordres then he made a Churche where he lyued a blessyd lyfe in fastyngê and prayer he wolde laboure his owne handes and nat trust to the laboure of any other in the nyghtê he wolde be prayng in the water on his knees halfe the nyght seynt Sampson paulyne gyldas and Dauid were his disciples with many other in so great nombre that he appoynted fyftye alway to be in prayer whenne the great wawes of the see troubled the Monasterie by his prayers the see withdrewe his course and lefte the grouÌ„de drye a great spase whiche so enduryth to this daye a fayre welle of Fresshe water sprange in the same grounde so beyngenyghe vnto the salte water The kynges bayliffe troubled the Monasterye
in a Tree in the Wode with a corde and wente to the Sheryfe for a C. marke the Sheryfe causyd the man to be sworne that he shulde neuer dyscouer it whyle he lyuyd .v. yerys after when he shulde dye Seynt wyllyam apperyd to hym bade hym that he shulde dyscouer hit ferynge nothynge And so he dyd and then a lyghte fro heuyn shewyd vppoÌ„ the place where he laye And after on an Eester euyn his Bodye was founde by a Nonne in the wode lyenge at the Roote of an Oke in his Cote hosed and shodde and his Hedde shauen and there were by hym two Crowes that attemptyd to haue Torne hym and etyn hym But they hadde no power therto and then he was takyn vp with all the people and buryed with great Ioye A man that had ben longe syke was ledde in a vysyon by an Aungell into a goodlye place full of plesaunte Flourys and there he sawe our Lorde syttynge in a Trone and innumerable of Aungellys and Seyntys aboute hym and on his ryght hande in great magestye was the sete of oure blessyd Ladye and at the Feet of our Lorde he sawe a Chylde aboute the age of .xii. yerys syttynge in a sete of golde and a Crowne of Golde vppon his hedde his Face shynynge bryghte as the sonne and Aungellys dyd honour to hym Then he askyd of the Aungell who he was and the Aungell sayde this is he that in derysyon and opprobrye of the passyon of our Lorde the Iues of Norwyche dyd put to deth and by hym he sayde he shulde be made hoole And so he vanysshed a waye and when his spyryte was come agayne to the Bodye he went to Norwyche was made hoole as the Aungell sayde many other myracles our lord hath shewyd for this blessyd Chylde foure that were blynde fyue that were mute two of the drop sye thre bexyd with Deuylls men of the fallynge sykenes dome perysshynge in the see feterd deformyd of dyuerse other sykenesse were helyd delyuered by thys gloryouse martyr De sancto Wilhelmo epÌ„o confessore SEynt wyllyam was sonne to emme suster to kynge Stephan as he was of noble blode he was also noble of maners and for his vertue and good Lyfe he was made tresorer of yorke he thought nothynge gretter Tresure then to helpe them that were in penuâ—ye And after the Deth of the Archebusshope of yorke he was electyd to be Archebusshope But his eleccyon was lette by the Archedeacon that moch desyryd to be Archebusshope when the matter was appelyd to Rome that pope Eugenye which was of the ordre of Cysteux for fauoure to his relygyon made one Henry murdache archebusshope wherupon agaynste all â—uyll wordys bacbytyngys that this blessyd man had in that behalfe he toke paâ—pence for his comforte and went to his vncle Busshope of Wynchester which receyuyd hym gladlye assygnyd all his seruauntys to attende vpon hym that he refusyd and went into a place of the Busshoppys where he dyd great penaunce in hyghescylence quyet maners encreasynge his deuocyon with remeÌ„braunce of the great peynys ordeynyd for synne And of the Ioyes ordeynyd for vertue and what great peyne shall be iÌ„ the latterende to see almyghtye god and to departe fro hym wente neuer oute of his mynde when Geestys or straungers came to hym thoughe he were lothe he wolde shewe hym selfe to theym so honorable merye and full of grace that he was lyke an AuÌ„gell iÌ„ maners not hauyng ony voyde wordes that myght let his mynde from contemplacyon And after the 〈◊〉 Engenye and the Archebusshope murdache Dyed bothe in oon daye And thenne seynt wyllyam was ellectyd agayne by the ChanoÌ„s to be archebusshop And the newe 〈◊〉 confyrmyd the same and as he was commynge to yorke with the great recourse of people the Brydge sanke and he makynge the sygne of the Crosse all came vp safe and in fewe yerys after full of good werkys Almesdedys Fastynges and vygyllys He went to oure Lorde the .vi. I de of Iune by his merytys a mayde blynde fro her Natyuyte receyuyd syght thre that were contracte restoryd to theyr goynge a deffe man had his herynge a man of the dropsyehelyd one of the passey a Lepoure restoryd to heâ—the one reysyd fro deth and vnto this daye in the place where he lyeth myracles contynue ¶ De sancto wilhelmo martire SEynt Wyllyam the Martyr was borne in seynt IohnÌ„s towne in Scotlande and in his youthe he lyuyd a wanton secoler lyfe and after he was sodeynly turnyd into a newe man chastysynge his Bodye subduyd his flesshe to the spyryte He vsyd the crafte of Bakynge and euery tenth Loâ—e he wolde geue for the loue of god to poore men dayly he vsyd to be at the Churche and in a mornynge erlye he fouÌ„de at the Churche dore a enfaunte in poore apparell whom he brought whom norysshyd hym taughte hym his crafte and louyd hym syngulerly aboue eny other of his seruauÌ„tys after he porposyd to goo on pylgrymage to the placys where our lorde suffred his Deth and passyon and toke with hym onlye the sayde yonge man whom he had brought vp as before apperyth and so he came to Rochestre as he was goynge fro thens to Caunterbury the sayde yonge man full of the Deuyll in purpose to kylle hym ledde hym oute of the hyghe wayes tolde hym that he had lernyd that it was the waye when he had broughte hym after his porpose out of all wayes he kyllyd hym with a Hachet there lefte hym in the wood wheropon a madde woman that ranne nakyd into the woddys came by the place where the gloryous martyr laye and when she sawe hym she made hym a garlande of Erbys and put it vpon his hedde and lyke a Woman in that case spake to hym as if he had ben a lyue and on the nexte daye she came agayne sayde she wolde haue her Garlonde agayne and so toke it fro his Hedde and put it ou her Hedde and fourthwith as it touchyd her Hedde she was hoole and had her wyttys restoryd and anon was a shemyd of her nakydnes knewe that she was made hoole by the merytys of the sayd gloryous martyr And he lyeth at Rochester ¶ De sancto winwaloco abbate confessore SEynt wynwaloco was borne in Brytayne And his Fader herynge that ther was a place iÌ„ Armoryca now callyd lytell Brytayne that the great sykenes was not in went thyder nygh by the porte callyd breste And when a great Tempest toke theym on the See so that his Fader feryd moche he bade his fader put his truste in oure Lorde that ruleth bothe See and Londe addynge therto that he shulde loue hym and feer nothynge And that sayde anon came feyre weder when he was at Scole where he prophyted moche in lernynge He helyd one of hys felowys that had brokyn his thyghe And when he harde any poore man anon he
holy vyrgyne Inmedyatlye alâ—yghty god not suffrynge thyse cruell Tyrauntys to goo all quyte without takynge vengeauÌ„ce of the Blode of his holy virgyns which was shed for his loue sent put into them such a â—eer that with all theyr myght they flâ—dde ran awaye glad to escape with theyr lyuesâ— for as them thought they sawe coÌ„mynge vppon theym to persecute them such a companye so great a multytude of armyd men so terrybly that they thought neuer to haue escaped so they fled iÌ„ all haste that they myghte where thrughe the wofull prysoners all desolute the Cytezyns of Coleyne which had loÌ„ge tymâ— be holden kepte thrall in dyspayre of lyfe seynge theyr enemyes chasyd fled awaye openyd theyr Gates went fourth all Ioyfull glad of theyr sodeyne delyuerauÌ„ce coÌ„syderynge this to be the hande of god thrughe the merytes of thise holy virgyns which they sawe lye in the felde slayne by theyr enemyes full dylygently gatheryd the bodyes of them togeder which were full â—yde caâ—â— sparkelyd in pecys and with great honoure reuerence buryed them vnto this day there dare noon burye any other Bodye within the coÌ„passâ— whâ—tâ— they ben buryed which myracle suffyseth to declare make open howe dere acceptable thyse holye blessyd vgyns were to almyghty god many other myracles appere in the hystory which I omytte for shortness Also seynt Elyzabeth that holy vyrgyn in her reuelâ—cioÌ„s spekyth moch of thyse holy vgyns which for the cause before sayde I leue to speake of after in ê“ces of tyme men beynge forgetfull by dulnes of wytte colde anf drye 〈◊〉 to beleue thyngys which they see not nor canot coÌ„preheÌ„de by theyr blynde Reason by theyr neclygens put thyse holy virgyns vtterly in oblyuyon wherfore our lord not sufferyng his deer belouyd vgyns so to be forgotten to his honoure praysynge pryncipally to the honoure of the sayd gloryous virgyns also for our socoure helpe many yerys after the passyon of them shewyd by reuelacyon the foresayd hystâ—â—ye to hym that was the wryter maker thereof furthermore the sayde blessyd seynt Ursula dyuerse other of the sayde virgyns apperyd vnto hym as he was wrytynge therof affermynge it to be true as apperyth more at large in the sayde legende there was of the same company of Blessyd virgyns one virgyn callyd Cordula the whiche when the other virgyns were in theyr martyrdoms hyd hyrselfe all nyghte in the bottom of a shyppe neuerthelesse in the mornynge she offeryd her selfe frely to deth as the other vgyns dyd receyuyd the Crowne of martyrdome and it is not for any man to thynke that this Blessyd virgyn by that lytyll fear ony thinge hyndred her rewarde or Crowne of martyrdom wheÌ„ neyther Peter denyinge our Lorde nor Thomas doubtynge of the resurreccion were aâ—â—â—â—â— fro the honoure to be Apostyll And parcase thys Blessyd Uyrgyne somewhat hadde presumed by the purpce of her Lyfe and constaunce of her feyth to putte a truste in her selfe to suffre Martyrdome soo that it was expedyent for her to be mâ—ked or to lerne to truste in our Lorde and not in her selfe After many yerys this blessyd virgin Cordula apperyd vnto a holy woman callyd Hellentâ—ude beynge recluse seyinge vnto her I am oon of those blessyd virgyns that suffred martyrdome at Coleyne lyuyd one nyght after them in the mornynge offred my selfe gladly vnto the deth so dyinge in our lorde I neyther lefte the company of my susters ne yet lackyd lyke rewarde as they had of the crowne of martyrdome wherfore I woll that thou shalte in my name commaunde the susters that the nexte daye after that they shall haue seruyd all the hoole companye of the sayde blessyd virgyns that they doo some thynge to my honoure for it is not expedyent for them that I only be lefte vnhonouryd amonge that company And then the â—ecluâ—e askyd of her what was her name she bade hee loke in her forhed what she sawe wrytten there and she lokynge vp sawe wrytten dystructlye Cordula whereupon she made relacyon to the Nounes therof wherfore in the daye folowynge they halowed her feest accordynge to the sayde coÌ„mauÌ„dement a certeyne Abbot desyryd of the abbey of Coleyne the body of one of those virgyns promysynge that he wolde sette her in his Chyrche in a Coffer of syluer And when he had kepte her a hoole yere vppon the Aulter in a Coffer of wood in a nyghte as the abbot and couent were 〈◊〉 matens they sawe the sayde vyrgyn descende vppoÌ„ the Aulter and goynge downe she â—â—wyd her 〈◊〉 to the 〈◊〉 and went thrâ—ghe the quere that all the brethe 〈…〉 we so she departyd wheropâ—n that 〈◊〉 went to the Coffer and fyndynge nothynge therin wente to the Abbesse of Coleyne and shewyd heâ— then ofâ— And thenne they wente to the place fro whens the Bâ—dye was taken and there they fouÌ„de it agayne wherforâ— lawght at it And as he was goynge to dryue a way the hyndes he fell fro his Horse streyghtwaye dyed After full of good werkys good exaumples she went to our Lord and was buryed at dereham After that monastery was destroyed by Danes nowe ther is a parysshe Churche And in the yere of oure Lorde .ix. C.lxxiiii in the tyme of Kynge Edgar her Body was translatyd to Ely whiche was then newely repayryd by seynt Ethelwolde all the wey in the Nyghtys a bryght sterre folowyd the Bodye nyghe all the nyght longe in the yere of our Lorde a. M. and .xxvi. her Bodye was remouyd by Richarde the laste Abbot to the Place where it lyeth nowe And the Bodye also the clothes were fouÌ„de vncorrupte A munke towchyd her Bodye fouÌ„de it flexyble hir chekys rodye as roses lyke as she had ben a lyue ¶ De sancta Ursula et vndecim milibus virginuâ— martiribus THere was in moche Brytayne nowe callyd Englonde a Crysten Kynge whiche hadde a noble and a vertuose Quene to his wyfe and they lyued loÌ„ge togeder without ony chylde wherfore they were ryght heuy at the laste thorough contynuell prayers good werkys they opteynyd of almyghty god to haue a doughter whom they crystenyd namyd vrsula norysshed brought her vp in the feythe of our lorde full vertuosly gracyously with all theyr myght and cunnynge which encreasyd soo meruaylously in all vertue grace and therto was soo feyre that the fame of her was in short tyme spronge ouer all into many CouÌ„treys and Landes so farre that it came to knowlege of a certen Kynge heynge a Paynym but he was veray myghtye of great power and therto veray Harde cruell but the Quene his Wyfe was ryght noble in all her behauyoure Courteys and Gentyll and of euery persone bylouyd This Kynge had a yonge sone callyd Olyfernes Ryght lowly and Courteys and they herynge of this Fayre vertuous yonge Lady vrsula desyryd moch