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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A68972	Here begynneth the lyfe of saynt Radegunde	Bradshaw, Henry, d. 1513.	1525 (1525)	STC 3507; ESTC S104675	21,988	60

went To tell whan and whyther and whiche way y t she is Auoydyng great displeasure shewyng nat amys Worshipfull maisters the husbande than can say Suche a fayre lady we se this way gone Rennyng fast and spedely the same selfe day That we cast this corne in the erth alone Sweryng to them depely for more affirmacion The courteours beleued this honest man certayne And heuely retourned to the kyng agayne ¶ How Radegund was made relygious after elect abbasse of Pictauis howe by grace she was preserued from daunger of her husbande y e kyng WHan nyght aproched this forsayd fayre lady Priuely departyd to the place of Pictauens Thankyng our lorde and his mother Mary Of her expedicion with micle reuerence The abbasse of the place gladed of her presence So dyd the couent and the company all Of this noble quene to be conuentuall Mekely she made singuler peticion To be religious vsyng lyfe monasticall Thabbasse graunted and the couent echone Receyued her gladly and made her a moniall Where fyrst she layde a syde her purpull and pall All riche vestures of golde and tissewes fyne Her crowne and coronall set with stones celestyne She was reclothed with religious vesture The mantell of mekenesse the vaile of blacke colour The wympull of wayling of humble gesture With other many vestures of vertue that same hour Thus for the loue of our sauyour All wordly pleasures vayne and transitore She hath refusyd obedient to be Whan the yere passed of her probacion She truly professyd the essencials thre Made a solempne vowe afore the congregacyon Obedience to kepe also pure chastite Enduryng her lyfe with wilfull pouerte She receyued the ryng of heuenly spousage Was maryed to Iesu enduryng this pylgrymage And as myne auctour playnly doth expresse The venerable Antoninus in his historie This lady Radegund of her great goodnesse Bylded afore tyme the sayd monastery By the helpe of her husbande kyng Lothary Where after she was elect lady and abbasse By helpe of saynt Medarde a man of great grace Whan she was abbasse she toke to her company A nomber of virgyns in hye perfeccion To whome she gaue the example dayly Of pure humilyte and perfyt deuocyon Of vertuous lyueng and contemplacion Perfourmyng in her persone for goostly mede All thyng commaunded to her systers in dede But the mortall enemy of all mankynde Consideryng in her suche grace and vertue By malyce and enuy forcast in his mynde By some subtylte this mayd to subdue He tempted her husbande a prince full of vertue By power and slouth to take his wyfe agayne Out of religion the more pyte certayne This sayd kyng Lothary in conscience blynde Came with his company to the citie of Turon Under craft and polesy prepensyd in mynde With the notable prince Sygibert her son Dyssemblyng pylgrymage and goostly entencion Approchyng Pectauis the rather that he myght Take from religyon his wyfe that same nyght Whan Radegunde hard tell his subtell polysy Howe he was paruerted as man without grace She wept and wayled in soule tenderly For sorowe of her husbande whiche somtyme was In her hert no confort was founde nor solace For drede of deceyte and ymagined treason Prayeng to our lorde for helpe that same season She made secret letters and send her entent Closed and sealed vnto saynt Garmayne Bysshop of Parise whiche than was present With kyng Lothary makyng her complaynt Wofully lamenting expressed in dede playne Desiryng the bysshop with humble supplycacion To conuert the kyng from his wrong opynion Whan saynt Germayne these letters had reed He prostrat hym selfe to the fete of the kyng Afore saynt Martyns tombe prayeng hym in dede By the order of charite many salt teares wepyng And for the loue of god to conferme his askyng That he no further wolde procede in way Nor come to Pectauis for drede of deth that day The kyng consideryng in soule his great trespace With bytternesse of hert remembryng his peticion Shulde come of Radegund by singuler grace With contrit hert and mynde made playne confession Excusing his defaute by euyll suggestion Prostrat his person vnto saynt Germaynes fete Desiryng indulgence with salt teares and wete Reputyng his presence symple and vnworthy For to call agayne his wyfe from religion Whiche is the spouse of our lorde almighty And vnder his licence entred professyon Required the bysshop spedely to gone To lady Radegunde absolued for to be Lest punysshement fell on hym soone and hastele Whiche thynge the bysshop was glad for to do Came to Pectauis vnto her oratorie And kneled at her fete desiryng her also To forgyue the kyng his entent and miserie Whiche thyng she dyd in hert and worde gladly Thankyng our lorde that she was at lyberte To serue hym day nyght delyuered from captiuite ¶ Of the feruent deuocyon of saynt Radegunde and of the great penaunce and charitable warkes she vsed in religion WHat hert may thynke or tong is sufficient To expresse the vertuous of this moniall In deuout orison in vigils conuenient In discret abstinence in vestures small Example gyueng vnto her systers all To the common people howe they in great vertu Shulde dayly encrease pleasyng our lorde Ihesu This abbasse vsed silde to eate whyte brede But of rye or berly kept secretly That no man perceyued howe that she fedde Her drinke was water or litell better dayly From her profession by saynt Medarde truly Her repast was potage and herbis for to eate Nother fysshe flesshe egges frutes ne mylke meate Also after the vsage and rite of saynt Germayne She had a litell mylne in her secret cell alon In whiche all the lenton she laboured certayne As wolde well suffyce for .iiii. dayes refeccion A maruell howe she dyd satysfy euery person Where nothyng wanted that was necessary The more that was gyuen euer the more plenty Whan obsruaūtes were done eche saturday at nyght She toke a lynen cloth cloused about her body And wasshed the heedes of all poore folkes aright Rubbyng all theyr soris sekenesse and malady She ayded and succoured and dyd them remedy After combyd them or they passed the place Nothyng abhorring suche mekenes in her was To all poore creatures the prouince round about She euer ministred the warkes of pytie Gyuing to them clothyng of almes without dout Bothe lynen and wollyn sytting for theyr degre Whan they were greued with any infyrmyte She toke theyr vestures and wasshed them echone With her owne handes after dyd them vpon She send for poore folke in her hall to dyne Afore the ryche estates for all theyr clothyng ryall She serued the sayd poore after Christis doctryne Fyrst water to theyr handes with a towell to them all To persons impotent she ministred speciall Wasshyng theyr mouthes theyr handes louingly Suche was her custome she was so full of pitie Whan all the seruyce on the table was set She wolde stande fastyng to make them good chere And deuyde theyr vitayls as she myght get Shewyng them

good counsell theyr soul is to lere All blynde halte and lame to her were full dere Whome with her handes she fed with a spone After gaue them drinke with Christes bene sone Women full of lepre and vile corrupcion In armes she wolde embrace and kysse swetely And gaue to them clothing and refeccion That many of them were healed therby Wherfore it was sayd O thou swete lady Who shall the kysse or aproche the nere Which kysses suche lepurs most vile in fere ¶ Of the great perfeccion and penaunce that lady Radegunde vsed in the tyme of lent THis noble Radegunde venerable abbasse All the tyme of lent after her profession Whan she solitary in her cell set was She absteyned from breed costly refectiō Using herbis potage made of malous alone Without oyle and salt except vpon the sonday She toke brede alon a lytell for that day She absteyned so sore from drinkyng of water The .xl. dayes of lent with suche great penury That she myght nat sing nor say with voyce clere The seruice of god nor orison priuatly She vsed the rough heer next her tender body Watchyng all the nyght vsyng meditacion Her bed was dry asshes and an heer layed vpon Her clothyng was so poore symple and small She had nat a sleue vpon her armes to do But of her hoses she made twayne at all To couer her from colde from frost and wynters wo Thus she dyd punysshe her propre body so That she assembled a seruaunt for to be Rather than an abbasse of great auctorite Also whan her systers all in bed were layed This lady Radegunde wolde euery nyght Wype clene theyr showes lyke a poore mayde And with soft oyntment anoyent them full right Make all thynge redy agayne the day light Of all vile labours that among them there was She wolde fyrst serue moost subget in the place Wherfore as her cours came wekely about She swepped all places of the monastery All great vile burthens she bare them out From stretes and corners fulsom for to se Secret purgacions horible to the eye She nothyng disdayned nor was dismayde On her childers to cary in story as is sayd She humbled her selfe as lest in degre Bearyng wod to the fyre in her armes twayne Seruyng her systers vexyd with infirmyte Preparyng sustentacion meate and drynke certayne Wasshyng theyr fysnamy and fedyng them playne Sundry tymes kyssyng them with great humilyte Therby recoueryng dyuers from penalite Unto all people she shewed good lyberalyte Truly fulfyllyng her holy professyon Theyr fete and handes wasshyng at the fyrst entre Of straungers to the place desyryng them of pardon Where was no offence but all thyng well don Example gyueng of mekenesse and charyte Unto all ladyes within christente ¶ Of the great affliccion hard punysshement that y e lady Radegunde vsed aboue the cours of nature in the sayd tyme of lent THis noble princesse mayden Radegunde A comly quene a moniall an abbasse A floure of vertue a rose moost rubicunde Of our lorde was elect circumfulsed with grace To be ruler and lady of a religyous place Whose strayte herd penaunce fame and holynesse We can nat discrybe nor them expresse This blessyd abbasse all the tyme of lenton Suffred bytter penaunce maruelous punysshment Usyng certayne bandes of yren in custome Fast knyt to her necke and armes in chastment Also .iii. yren chenes about her body went Full straytely bounde the holy fast enduryng To punysshe more pytiously her flesshe freatyng That whan fortie dayes of lent were past And the mayde mynded to take them away The sayd bandes and chenes remayned so fast Persyng her body that she ne myght verray Without great violence remoue them that day That blode yssued downe fro the necke to the fete In dyuerse parties of her body full wete She caused to be wrought for greatter penalty A plate of coper the sygne of the crosse hauyng Whiche layed in the fyre in her cell solitary She toke the sayd plate as it was hote brennyng And layde to her flesshe as a martyr sufferyng Punysshyng her corps to bryng it in subiection Obedient to the soule by payne and deuocion This abbasse addyd newe payne vpon payne In punysshyng her person more greuously For why all the lent sayth the story playne Natwithstandyng her vigils and abstinence openly She exercysed newe penaunce and paynes secretly The heer set with brystels and yet she vsed more A chafyngdisshe of coles to be set her afore Thus whan she was set solitary in her cell Her body quakyng and her membres all Dredyng greuous paynes maruelous to tell Her soule was armed to suffre payne temporall She broyled her body with the sayd fyre materiall To anymat and refresshe the soule in reason To stand as a martyr where was no persecucion Hoote brennyng brasse she layde to her sydes Her tender flesshe tremblyng y e skynne was cōsumed The body was cōbust with many greuous wondes The flesshe from the bones in sundre partꝭ deuyded The blode semydecot to the erthe distylled Shewyng the verite of the passyon certayne Where scilence was kept for all the greuous payne Thus a fragill femynyn for the loue of Ihesu Paciently suffred greuous punysshment Usyng contynually deuocyon and vertue Prayer almisdedes and charitable feruent Thorowe which by grace there folowed incontinent Myracles for why all vayne pleasures transitory Radegunde refused myndyng moost our messy ¶ How this holy abbasse vsyng meditacyon refourmed her syster neglygent with a lytell exortacion folowyng THis lady neuer spake agayne good conscience She neuer defamed nor vsed detraccion Agayne verite she neuer bare euidence She neuer dissymuled nor vsed adulacion Hastynes ne yre debate nor derysyon She prayed for her enemyes to amende by grace Mouyng her susters to the same in the place Great grauite goodnesse and humilyte True loue to god in her hert was feruent Pacience in aduersyte faythe hoope and charyte Iustyce attemperaunce fortitude were lent With prudence benygnite euer resplendent Gostely example with good exortacion Had resydence in Radegunde and holy religyon Her example was better than a commaundement Unto her subgettes within the monastery Her doctryne was profytable and expedyent By her fact and dede she gaue examplary Unto her subgettes and all the famyle Her precepte and dede agreed bothe in one As Christ gaue example for our saluacyon Also afore mydnyght moost commenly she sayd All Dauid psaulter long before mattence After whan her systers in bedde were layed She styll contynued prayeng in presence Of the blessyd sacrementes departyd nat thence Tyll the day lyght knelyng in deuocion With wepyng teares and meke medytacyon That vnder lycence and reformacyon Of all them that this lytell werke shall se We purpose to reherse with deuyne proteccyon Parte of her myracles folowyng the story Requiryng all reders of theyr pure charite To excuse my ignoraunt boldnesse also And acccept myne entent symple tho it be Quia bona voluntas reputetur pro facto This gracyous