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{"content": "This book is titled \"Confessio Amantis\" or, in English, \"The Confessio of the Lover,\" composed by John Gower, born in Wales during the reign of King Richard II. The book deals with how Gower was confessed to Genius, the priest of Venus, regarding the causes of love in his five wits and some deadly sins, as the title suggests. Since various histories and fables are included in this book, touching upon every matter, I have arranged a table below of all such histories and fables, indicating where they stand:\n\nFirst, the prologue, in which John Gower is directed to have it:\nOf the state of the realms, temporally the said year, folio 3\nOf the state of the clergy, the time of Robert Gyllonensis, naming himself Antipope, folio 3\nOf the estate of the common people, folio 5\nHow he treats of the image that Nebuchadnezzar saw in his sleep,\nOf the\n\nThis ends the prologue..And first the author names this book Confessio Amantis, that is, the complaint of the lover, in which all this book shall reveal\nHow Cupid struck John Gower with a fiery arrow and wounded him so that Venus commissioned to him Genius her priest to hear his confession folio x\nHow Genius being set, the lover's confessed Genius as his confessor in folio xi\nThe confession of the lover of two of the principal\nHow Athon, for looking upon Dean, was turned into a heart folio xi\nOf Phoebus his three daughters who had but one eye, & how Phoebus\nHow the serpent that bears the chariot and that other with the earth when he is folio xii\nHow Ulixes stopping of his ears folio xii\nHow it follows that there are seven deadly sins, of which the first is\npride having diverse spices, and the first is hypocrisy,\nHere the confessor deals with the lover how some there be that deceive fraudulently by hypocrisy\nHow a knight of Rome named Mun defiled one\nHow by and through hypocrisy..Here is the third species of pride named Insubordination, declared in folio 17.\nHere is the third species of pride, declared in folio 20.\nOf the king of Hungary, who humbled himself to rebuke him, and how the king, by his marvelous wisdom, chastised him, folio 21.\n\nNarcissus, after his hunting, had great thirst and drank from a well where he saw his own face. Believing it to be a nymph, he fell in love with it, and for its beauty, he died, folio 22.\n\nHere is the fourth species of pride named Avantage, and its nature is declared in folio 23.\n\nAlbion, king of the Lombards, after killing Gundemar, a king, made a cup from his skull and took Rosamund, his daughter, in marriage. Later, he made her drink from the cup made of her father's skull..Here the confessor speaks of the fifth vice, called vain glory, and shows its nature in the cause of love to the amant (folio xxvj.\nNabugodonosor, in his greatest glory, God punished his pride and transformed him into a bee, where he remained for seven years until he was restored to his health and kingdom (folio x.\nA prudent king, who was approached by his daughter, and for her wisdom, the king married her (folio xxviii.\nHere ends the first book.\nAnother man's wealth (folio xxxj.\nHow Polyphemus, out of envy, threw a great rock and killed Acis. And when he wanted to carry off Galatea, Neptune kept her from Polyphemus (folio xxxj.\nOf the second vice, called joy in another's sorrow, and its nature in the cause of love (folio xxxii.\nHow Jupiter sent his angel to two envious men, one covetous and the other envious (folio xxxii.\nOf the third vice, named detraction (folio xxxii)..[How the daughter of the emperor was sent to the sultan of Surrey and of her marvelous adventures (Folio XXXIV)\nThe enmity and conflict between Perseus and Demetrius, sons of Phylax, king of Macedonia, and how one caused the other to be slain (Folio XL)\nHere begins the tale of the confessor of the fourth kind of envy, called Dyas, who tells of its nature (Folio XLJ)\nHow Hercules was deceived by Deianira at a river, intending to be rid of Deianira, and of the shirt by which Hercules was poisoned\nHere he treats of the fifth kind of envy, called supplantation, and tells of its nature (Folio XLIV)\nOf Geta and Amphitryon\nHow the son of a Roman emperor was supposed to entertain him, but was later supplanted and found in great misery from hunger and thirst\nHow Ibhagas, captain of David's host, slew Abner, and Achitophel for envy's sake, as he had been preferred over him (Folio XLIX)\nHere the confessor writes of the nature of].How the virtue of charity is contrary to Constantine the Great, who should have been healed of leprosy by the blood of children whom he pardoned, is recounted. This ends the second book.\n\nHow the end of his five sons Malenc, Marculf, and Marcianus, was caused by Constantine's son, Mark, who seduced his sister Canace with child, for which his father judged her to die.\n\nHere he treats of the second species of iron named chest or strife, and tells of its nature and the harm it causes.\n\nHow Patience is a virtue contrary to an enemy, as told in the story of Socrates' wife, who endured patiently.\n\nAnd how he suffered patiently, folio 44.\n\nA question between Jupiter and Juno, whether a man or a woman is more fit to rule.\n\nHow Phoebus transformed the crow that was white into black because she revealed her ladies' counsel, folio 45.\n\nHow Jupiter cut off the tongue of Palamides on his way home to avenge himself.\n\nOf the third species of iron named hate.\n\nHow Palamides was slain on his way home to avenge himself..Of the fourth and fifth spices, how Doygon sits in a tonne, an sword called Alexandre (Folio LIX)\nOf the love of Phaedra for Daphne, and how the hallowed one [hued] her the cow (Folio LXI)\nOf the vengeance of Athene and Demephon in their land after they had returned from Troy (Folio LXII)\nHow Clytemnestra in her bed, and how her son Horus (Here he tells again against the movers of war, which is not only cause of homicide, but desolation of all the world (Folio LXV)\nHow the Greeks worried in every country that was rich and fertile, but Arcadia, by cause it was bare and poor, it abode in peace (Folio LXV)\nOf a sea rover taken at sea and brought to Alisander, who said if he were mighty as he was, he should be called a conqueror, but for he stole but was called a thief (Folio LXVJ)\nOf a bird having the visage of a man, which when it has slain a man by its prayer, and after sees in the water that it has slain one like itself, immediately it dies for sorrow (Folio LXVII).How Achilles fought against Tencer, and when Tencer was cast down, Achilles would have slain him, but Thelaphus, through his pity, saved him (Book III, folio lxvii).\n\nThe confessor speaks of the sin of sloth and its species. The first is latchesse (folio lxvi).\n\nHow Aeneas left Dido, how she slew herself,\nHow Penelope wrote an epistle to Ulysses to Troy, blaming (folio lxix),\nHow an astrologer made [something] and lost it all for a moment (folio lxx),\nAnd also of the five foolish virgins, for their slothfulness they did not enter with the bridegroom into marriage (folio lxx),\nHere he speaks of Puiscilly (Pythagoras) and his nature (folio lxx),\nHow Pygmalion caused an ivory image to grow quick and have flesh and blood through his continuous prayers (folio lxxj),\nHow King Lycodatus transformed into a man (folio lxxj),\nOf the nature and forgetfulness of the Wyde (Wood) (folio lxxij),\nOf Demophon and Philis, and how Philis hanged herself for love (folio lxxiij)..Of the vice of negligence and its nature (Folio lxxiiij)\nHow Perseus failed to save his wife Andra, who drowned (Folio lxxv)\nOf Dedalus and Icarus, and how Icarus was negligent\n\nThe confessor relates the vice of sloth, named idleness, and reveals its nature.\n\nThe king's daughter of Armonia found one follower.\nHe had vowed to make a sacrifice to God, the first to welcome him home. It was his daughter who desired to weep for her sorrow.\nWhy should he leave his exercise for love's sake (Folio lxxviij)?\n\nHere the lover explains his excuse: Achilles left his arms at Troy for the love of Polyxena (Folio lxxix).\n\nHow Ulysses was taken by the Greeks to go to Troy, where he would have preferred to remain with Penelope his wife (Folio lxxx).\nHow Protesilaus, setting his wife's counsel aside, preferred to die by honor at Troy rather than endure idleness at home. (Folio lxxx).How King Saul, despite Samuel and the Philistines, should have been slain if he had gone to battle; yet he preferred chivalry (1 Samuel xxii).\nHow Achilles, in his youth, was encouraged by Chiron, the centaur, to be bold and fierce (Hom\u0435\u0440er, I).\nHow Hercules conquered Achelous out of love for Deianira (Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica, iv).\nHow Patroclus, in his person, refused (Homer, XVI).\nHow Phyllis...\nHow Aeneas overcame Turnus (Vergil, Aeneid, XII).\nThe preference of gentleness and its definition (Boccaccio, Genealogia Deorum Gentilium, xxv).\nOf the diligence of our predecessors and their doctrine (Boccaccio, Genealogia Deorum Gentilium, xxxiii).\nOf the three stones that the philosophers made; that is, the elements of water, animal, and mineral (Plutarch, \"On the Sign of Sagittarius,\" Moralia, 935A).\nHere he begins to tell of his nature and properties (Boccaccio, Genealogia Deorum Gentilium, lxxxv).\nOf King Ceyx of Troy and his wife, and how they were transformed into birds (Ovid, Metamorphoses, xi).\nHow Cerberus awoke and awakened Aegeus, stirring his love and desire for the sun and the moon to lengthen their courses (Ovid, Metamorphoses, VIII).\nHow I was transformed into a guardian of Argus by (Apuleius, The Golden Ass, X)..[How the son of Tencer loved a maid / and because the goddess tormented the maid therefore into a harsh one\nEnd of the fourth book\nHere begins the confessor to treat of coveting each which is written of all evils & of his species folio lxxxx\nHow Mydas, king of Phrygia, and he should have, undiscreetly desired that all that he touched should be turned to gold folio lxxxx\nOf the vice of\nHow Vulcan found Venus in a bed with Mars / whereupon he called all the fellowship of gods to see them / and they laughed him to scorn folio lxxxxiiij\nOf the false sects of God\nThe epistle of Dindymus, king of the Brahmans, sent to King Alisander folio lxxxxix\nOf the first culture in worshipping idols folio lxxxxix\nOf the Synagogue / of the Hebrews or\nOf Christian faith in which is ineffably believed the completion of the mystery of the holy sacrament / & foundation of our salvation folio C\nHow those high priests of the temple of Minerva were corrupted by gold / and turned his face\nSt. Gregory says when peace].Here the confessor treats on the subject of avarice,\nOf those who serve in princes' courts,\nOf Frederick the emperor, how he heard of two poor men who would be rich,\nAnd to prove it, the king made two pasties,\nHere he treats of the subject called false witness and perjury, folio C vii,\nHow Achilles clothed his son in the guise of a maiden, and led her out with child, folio C viii,\nHow Medea falsely for love of Crusus forsook her and was disowned, folio C ix,\nHow Medea made her son's father young again, folio C xi,\nHow the golden fleece first came into Colchis, folio C xv,\nHere he treats of the subject of Avarice called usury and its nature, folio C xvi,\nHow Juno avenged herself on Hecuba,\nHere he treats of the vice of scarceness which will not depart from God nor man, folio C xvii,\nHow Hercules' large and liberal deceitful love of Vyole strangled and avaricious,\nHere he speaks of the subject of avarice called..Of Adrian, how Bacchus pulled him out and rewarded the three best ones / And how the said Adrian spoke of the unkindnesses of Theseus towards Adrian, who had saved his life / & how he left her\nHere he treats of the vice of avarice named Proygne and Philomene, daughters of Tereus / And their tale\nHere speaks of the vice of avarice called Theft, folio C xxvj\nHow Neptune would have oppressed a virgin walking by the sea side, and Pallas delivered her from his hands, folio C xxv\nHow Jupiter, in the guise of a maiden, ravished the virgin Calisto and got her with child, folio C xxvii\nHow Phyrinus, the fairest young man of Rome, plucked out his own eyes because he was desired, folio C xxviii\nHow Valentinian the emperor had more joy that he had kept his virginity than of all the conquests he had subdued to Rome, folio C xxviii\nHere he treats of the vice called Secrecy and its nature, folio C xxix..Of Lenardo, whom Phebus deflowered unwittingly the mother; therefore, her father caused her to be quickly buried. From her tomb grows a book called the Golden Folio C xxx.\nOf Hercules and Hercules and how each of them was guilty of sacrilege, which is to steal holy things and in holy places, folio C xxxii.\nHere he treats of three sacrileges: one was Antiochus, another Nabuzardan.\nHow Paris of Troy stole Helen, wife of Menelaus, from the temple. After all of Troy was destroyed, folio C xxxi.\nHere he speaks of the virtue of chastity, which stands between love and\nThus ends the fifth book.\nHere the confessor relates only of two of his vices: drunkenness and delicacy, and of their nature, folio C xxvii.\nHow Jupiter has in his treasure two serpents full of\nHow at the end, a well springs up at the place where the candlestick stood, folio C xxxviii.\nHere he tells how Tristram, for the drink that Brangwen gave him, was as if drunk in the love of.[How the Centauri, when they were drunk, became violent and in their drunkenness:\n\nHow Galba and Vitellus were [described]\nHere he treats of the vice of gluttony, called delicacy, in folio C xlj\nHere he tells the example of Dives and Lazarus, which is expressed in the Gospel of Luke, folio C xlij\nOf the delicacy of new folio C xlij\nHow impressions imagined in the mind delight and make the hearts of lovers delicate, folio C xliij\nHere he treats how delicacy and drunkenness bring a man to the promotion of carnal concupiscence and cause magic, folio C xliij\nThe names of the auctions [authors] in the isle of Cyllus, where the great witch Circe was, whom he obtained a scroll from:\n\nHow Neet\nHow Zoras\n\nThus ends the sixth book\n\nIn this seventh book, the author intends to tell the doctrine of Aristotle, which he taught to Alexander.\n\nHere he first tells of theoretical knowledge, which is endowed with three sciences: theology, physics, and metaphysics,\n\nOf the threefold essence, folio C lj\n\nThe second part of theoretical knowledge called].The third part is called Mathematical Folio CL, Of Music Folio LI,\nOf Geometry Folio CL,\nOf the Creation of the Four Elements and of Their Natures and Properties Folio CL,\nOf the Earth, the First Element Folio CL,\nOf Water, the Second Element Folio CL,\nOf the Air, the Third Element Folio CL,\nOf the Peripheries of the Eye,\nOf the Fires Flying in the Air by Night and of Their Names Folio CL,\nOf Fire, the Fourth Element Folio CL,\nHow, according to the nature of the Four Elements, there are four complexions in the human body, which are melancholy humor, blood, and choler Folio CL,\nHow the Four Complexions Have Three Manners in the Human Body For,\nWhy the Stomach Serves For CLXIII,\nHere he speaks of the division of the Earth, which was divided after the flood to the three sons of Noah, that is, Asia, Africa, and Europe Folio CLXIII,\nHow the Sea is Called the Ocean Folio LV..Here he speaks of the fourth science of mathematics, called astronomy, and his fellow is astronomy. He speaks of the moon, the fourth planet, folio CLV. The second is Mercury, folio CLVJ. The third planet is called Venus, folio CLVJ. The fourth planet is the sun and its apparition, folio CLVJ. The sixth planet is Jupiter, folio CLVI. The seventh planet is Saturn, folio CLVIJ. Of the twelve signs and effects in twelve months, folio CLVIII. Of the doctrine of Nectanabus that he taught Alexander the Great about the fifteen principal stars with their stones and herbs suitable for natural operation in the art of magic, folio CLX. Of astronomers.\n\nHere the confessor speaks of the second part of philosophy, which is rhetoric, and makes men eloquent, and of its two species, which are grammar and logic. Of the eloquence of Julius Caesar in the cause of Cateline against Cyllene and other, folio CLXI..Here is the third part of philosophy called practise, which has three spheres: ethica, oeconomia, and politica (folio C lxiij.\n\nThe rule of a king and the first is truth (folio C lxiij.\n\nHow Darius demanded his eunuchs, who was strongest: the king, the wine, or the woman (folio C lxiiij.\n\nOf the truth of Alceste's wife, who chose to die. Here he treats of the second policy of a king, which is called largesse (folio C lxv.\n\nHow Aristotle made an example to Alexander the Great by the exactions of the king of Chaldees (folio C lxvj.\n\nHow Julius Caesar relieved such knights as were noble and valiant (folio C lxvj.\n\nHow a king should reward and give by degrees (folio C lxvj.\n\nA king's support of his treasure (folio C lxvi.\n\nHow prodigality of a king brings common poverty (folio C lxvi.\n\nHow flatterers in court (folio C lxvii.\n\nHere he tells what is said to such as take their triumph in Rome (folio C lxviii..An emperor, when he is established in his estate, shall demand of what stone he will have his temple made. Some who make themselves wise are fed in this matter, in folio C lxix.\n\nKing Ahab resisted true prophets and believed slanderers, folio C lxix.\n\nHere he treats of the third policy of a king, which is called justice. An emperor's majesty ought not to be defended alone.\n\nHow Maximus the Wise knew the reputation of a man or he would be, folio C lxxi.\n\nGaius Fabricius refused gifts and would not be corrupted by gold, folio C lxxi.\n\nHow Carmides tarried for keeping of his oath, folio C lxxii.\n\nHow Cambyses fled from a false judge and made his son fit on his father's skin to avenge him, folio C lxxii.\n\nOf the names that first made laws, folio C lxxii.\n\nHere treats the confessor of the fourth policy of a king, which is named mercy, folio C lxxiii.\n\nKing Alexander judged a knight to death, and he appealed his sentence from his anger to his pity, folio C lxxiii..How a Jew and a Saracen met / and how the Jew deceived the pagan, causing a lion to kill him (Folio C lxxiiij)\n\nHow Pompey, after taking the king of Armenia in battle,\nHow Leonatus and what followed (Folio C lxxv)\n\nHow Berillus made a bull of brass for the pleasure of Syculus the king to torture men in / and they were tortured in (Folio C lxxv)\n\nHow Dyonysus yielded himself up and was eaten, and in a strange way Hercules gave Dyonysus to be eaten by the same horses (Folio C lxxvi)\n\nHow Lycaon gave human flesh\nHow a lion spares those who lie prostrate (Folio C lxxvi)\n\nHow Spartacus spared none / but slew those who were overcome / and in the same way, after he was not spared, he was drowned in blood (Folio C lxxvi)\n\nThough a prince ought not to be overly cruel / in the same way, he ought not to be overly timid. (Folio C lxxvii)\n\nHow Gideon with three hundred men only overcame five kings with forty thousand men (Folio C lxxviii).How a king is bound to sleep by right his adversaries sometimes, as shown by Saul because he did not slay Agag, he was put out of the kingdom of Israel and his heirs also (2 Samuel 1:14-16)\nHow David commanded to kill Joab without any mercy (2 Samuel 1:14-16)\nHow Solomon asked wisdom of God to rule his people and all other goods came to him with it (1 Kings 3:5,12)\nHow Lucius the emperor asked his secret counselors what people said of him and how they answered, and what his fool said (Appian, Roman History, Book XI, 11)\nHow Roboam lost ten tribes of Israel because he acted according to his young counselors and refused the counsel of old men (1 Kings 12:1-15)\nA question whether it is better to have a wise prince with evil counselors or a foolish prince with good counselors (Ecclesiastes 4:7)\nHow Antony saved one of his own people rather than kill a hundred of his enemies (Appian, Roman History, Book II, 12).Here treats Aristotle of the fifth politics of a king named Chastyte, and tells what cleanness it observes (folio C lxxxi).\n\nHow Sardanapalus became all female and left the war for the love of women (folio C lxxxii).\nHow David for the love of women left not the war nor the exercise of arms (folio C lxxxii).\nHow Cyrus, king of Persia, could not overcome the liddes, but he dissimulated, by which his enemies were disrupted, and after then suddenly he ran on them and conquered them (folio C lxxxiii).\nHow Amelech sent women to the brews, by whom he overcame them (folio C lxxxiii).\nHow Solomon for love of his concubine (folio C lxxxiv).\nHow Achias the prophet gave ten of them to Jeroboam (folio C lxxxiv).\nHow Arros, son of Tarquinus, deceived the Gabians and caused the town to be taken (folio C lxxxiv).\nHow the said Arros oppressed Lucretia, wife of Collatin, wherefore she slew herself (folio C lxxxvi)..How a knight relinquishes his own daughter because she should not lose her virginity (folio C lxxxviii)\nHow and how they were preserved by the angel (folio C lxxxix)\nThus ends the seventh book\nHere tells the confessor of those who act against nature in the case of their kindred and step-relatives (folio C lxxx)\nHow Caligula lay and ravished his own three sisters, and afterward exiled them (folio C lxxxxi)\nHow Amnon, the son of David, ravished\nHow Loth, after his wife was turned into a saltstone by him and that other Amnon, lay (folio C lxxxxi)\nHow King Antiochus defiled his daughter, and of the problem that he desired, and of Apollonius' answer and his miserable adversities, all well described in the end (folio C lxxxxi)\nHow Genius the confessor enjoins the lover after the confession made to him those things which are most wholesome and expedient (folio CC iii)\nHere he speaks of the conversations between the confessor and the lover (folio CC iv).[The form of a supper provided by Genius to Venus, in volume folio CC iv\nHere is shown how Venus, beholding, gave examples to the lover;\nHow the beloved was fallen down, as if he were dead, and Cupid with a great multitude of men, both young and old, beheld him, folio CC vi.\nOf the named, some young and some old, among whom the old prayed specifically to the god and goddess of love for him, folio CC vi.\nHow Venus anointed him with a cold ornament and enjoyed him; and how he saw in a mirror his age and his beauty, folio CC viii.\nHere in the end he treats it as all love which is not in true charity is of no value; for he who abides in charity abides in God, folio CC ix.\nThe end].This text appears to be a mixture of Latin and Old English, with some errors and irregularities. Here is a cleaned version of the text, translating the Latin into modern English and correcting some errors in the Old English:\n\n\"In the beginning of this book, John Gower, in the sixteenth year of King Richard II, presented and completed this little work for his most generous lord. To the noble Henry of Lancaster, then Earl of Derby, with all reverence,\n\nWe have been taught to write what is written for us. It is good that we also write something new\nIn the old way\nSo that it may be in such a way\nWhen we are dead and elsewhere be\nBelieve to the world before\nIn time commend after this\nBut for men to say and such\nWhoever writes of wisdom\nIt often dulls a man's wit\nTo him who has it all\nTherefore, if you read this\"\n\nHere is a more readable version of the text, with some minor corrections to improve clarity:\n\n\"At the start of this book, John Gower completed it in the sixteenth year of King Richard II, for his most generous lord, Henry of Lancaster, Earl of Derby, with all due respect.\n\nWe have been taught to write down what is written for us. It is good that we also write something new, in the old way, so that when we are dead and gone, it may be commended to the world. But for men to say and such, whoever writes of wisdom, it often dulls a man's wit. To him who has it all, therefore, if you read this\".I will go the middle way and write a book between the two. Something of lust and something of lore, that of the less or of the more, some man may like of that I write, and for that few men endeavor, in our English, to make a book for England's sake. The year is 15 of King Richard. What shall follow hereafter, God knows; for now upon this tide, man sees the world on every side, in various ways so diversified, that it nearly stands all reversed. As for speaking of time, a good thing, the reason why it changes so need not be specified. The thing is so open that every man may behold it, and notwithstanding the old days, when books were less common, writing was beloved by the virtuous. Here on earth among us, I, who am a boring clerk, should, as it were, be lost, so as to magnify the worthy princes who were, the books shown here and there, from whom the world took example, and those who did not then exist, though tyranny and cruelty stood right before us. So wa. Thus I, who am a boring clerk, shall....Purpose for writing a book\nAfter the world, which once took\nLong time in old days passed\nBut for men to say it is now lessened\nIn our time than it was though\nThe world, which neweth every day,\nSo as I can / as I may\nThough I have soughtness in hand\nAnd long have had yet wished to find\nTo write and do my business\nThat in some part as I guess\nThe wise man may be advised\nFor this prologue is so titled\nThat it to wisdom entirely belongs\nWhoever the wise man may be\nHe shall draw into remembrance\nThe fortune of the world's chance\nWhich no man in his person knows\nBut when the prologue is so disseminated\nThe book shall afterward be concluded\nOf love which brings many a wonder\nAnd many a wise maiden has put under\nAnd in this way I think truly\nToward those who now are great\nBetween the virtue and the vice\nWhich longs to this office\nBut for my wits are too small\nTo tell every man's tale\nThis book on amendment\nTo stand at his commandment\nWith whom my heart is in accord.I send to my own lord,\nHenry of Lancaster, named,\nThe high god has proclaimed him,\nFull of knighthood and all grace,\nI now wish to embrace this work,\nWith whole trust and whole belief,\nMay I achieve it,\n\nTempus: past, present before us,\nHe turned ancient ways into streets,\nBrought forth concord, sweet love, peace,\nWhen the human face was a messenger of the mind,\nThe air shone with the laws of that time,\nJustice was held in high esteem,\nIn his reign and kingdom, as they say,\nSecundum tempus, in the time of King Richard II,\nAuno Regis Suo Sextodecimo,\n\nI shall draw into my mind,\nThe time when I found,\nThe world stood in all its wealth,\nMy life was in good health,\nThere was plenty, Riches were,\nFortune was in favor,\nKnightly deeds were in fashion,\nWhose fame is written in chronicles,\nJustice of the law was held.\n\nThe privilege of Regality,\nWas firm, and all the barony,\nWas revered in his state,\nThe cities knew no debate..The people stood in obedience\nUnder the rule of governance\nAnd peace with righteousness kept\nWith charity, though stood in rest\nOf man's heart, courage was shown\nThen in the visage\nThe word was like to the concept\nWithout semblance of deceit\nThere was unenvied love\nThere was virtue set above\nAnd vice was put under foot\nNow stands the crop under the yoke\nThe world is changed altogether\nAnd thereof most in particular\nThat love is fallen into discord\nAnd that I record in every land\nFor his party, the common voice which may not lie\nNot upon one but upon all\nIs that men now call and say\nAnd sign that reigns are divided\nIn place of love is hate guided\nThe war will not purchase peace\nAnd law has taken double face\nSo that Justice out of the way\nWith righteousness is gone away\nAnd thus to look on every estate\nMen see the sore without salvation\nWhich all the world has overtaken\nThere is no reign of all out taken\nFor every climate has its dying\nAfter the tearing of the wheel.Which fortune overthrows\nOf this, the certain man knows not\nThe heavens knew not what was to be done\nBut we who dwell under the moon\nStand in this world upon a wharf\nAnd namely, only the power\nOf those who are the world's guides\nWith good counsel on every side\nKeep us upright in such a way\nThat hate breaks nothing thus\nOf love which is all the chief\nTo keep a reign out of mischief\nFor all reason, this\nThat is unto him who holds the head\nThe members shall be buxom and obedient\nAnd he should also allow her truth\nWith all his heart and make them cheerful\nFor good counsel is good to hear\nAlthough a man be wise himself\nYet is the wisdom more of use\nAnd if they both stand in one\nTo both it would then be at once\nThat God would send His grace\nTo make an end of this war\nWhich grows new every day\nAnd that is greatly to be regretted\nIn particular, for Christ's sake\nWho would forsake His own life\nAmong men to give peace\nBut now men say nonetheless\nThat love is departed from the world..So stand the peace parts,\nWith them that live now day by day,\nBut to look at all assays,\nTo him who would reason seek,\nAccording to the common world's speech,\nIt is to wonder of this war,\nIn which none knew who had it,\nFor land himself deceived,\nAnd of disease his part received,\nAnd yet men took no heed,\nBut that lord who could keep all,\nTo whom no counsel could be hid,\nUpon the world which was betide,\nAmend that whereof men complain,\nWith true hearts and with plain,\nAnd renew love again,\nAs he who is king sovereign,\nOf all the world's governance,\nAnd of his high purseance,\nAffirm peace between the lands,\nAnd take this cause into his hands,\nSo that the world may stand appeased,\nAnd his good pleasure also be pleased,\nQuas coluit Moises vetus aut novus,\nIpse Johann\u00e8s,\nHesternas leges vix colit ista dies,\nSic prius ecclesia bina virtute rokta,\nNunc magis inculta pax estatu cleri ut dicunt secundum spiritualia,\nVidelicet tempore Ro,\nO think upon the old days,\nThe life of clerks to be held..Men seek how they were,\nAn example of wisdom the virtue sought first to the god, before they sought the substance of this school, lest they should be foolish. Their wit upon no earthly works, which were again the state of clerks, and that they might flee the vice which Simon has in his office, taking gold in hand. I once understood that the Lombard made no exchange, bishops for changing, nor yet a letter for sending, for dignity nor for provision, or cured or without cure. The church key in adventure, of arms and brigandage, stood for nothing then upon battle, to fight or to make a chest. Yet they thought it then not honest, but of simplicity and patience, they made then no defense. The court of worldly rule was then no battle, and the vain honor is nothing desired which has the proud heart fired. The humility was then withheld, and pride was a vice held, Of holy church the largesse gave then and did great alms, the poor men that had need..They were equally chaste in word and deed,\nOf which the people took example.\nHer lust was entirely upon the book,\nOr for preaching or for praying.\nTo wise men, the right way was shown,\nOf such as stood for truth unharmed.\nLo, thus is Peter's barge stirred,\nOf those who were at that time.\nAnd thus came first to mankind's ear,\nThe faith of Christ and all good,\nThrough those who were good then,\nAnd sober, chaste, large, and wise.\nAnd now men say it is otherwise.\nSimon has taken the world's sword in hand,\nAnd that is wonderful,\nWhen Christ himself has bidden peace,\nAnd set it in his testament.\nHow now that holy church has gone astray,\nFrom its law posited,\nHas set to make war and strife,\nFor worldly goods which cannot last,\nGod knows the cause to the last,\nOf every right and wrong also,\nBut while the law is revered,\nClerks intend to wage war,\nI don't know how they shall amend\nThe woeful world in other things,\nTo make peace between kings\nAccording to the law of charity,\nWhich is the proper due,\nBelonging to the priesthood..But as it seems, to make manhood,\nHeaven is near to the world,\nAnd vain glory is also to slay,\nThat which covetousness now holds,\nPreventing them from beholding\nAnything but what they might win,\nAnd thus the wars begin,\nWhereof the holy church is taxed,\nIn the point as it is asked,\nThe dispensation goes to the battle,\nAs though Christ might not avail,\nTo do them right by another way,\nIn the sword the church's key\nIs turned, and the holy bed\nInto cursing and every deed,\nWhich should stand upon the faith,\nAnd to this cause an era lays,\nAstonished is of the quarrel,\nThat should be the world's heel,\nNow men say the pestle once\nWhich has expelled patience\nFrom the clergy in particular,\nAnd this is shown elsewhere,\nIn every thing when they are grieved,\nBut if Gregory is believed,\nAs it is written in the books,\nHe does us somewhat to know,\nThe cause of such Prelacy,\nWhere God is nothing of company,\nFor every work as it is found,\nShall stand or else be confounded,\nWho that only for Christ's sake..Desires to take care and nothing for the pride of that estate,\nTo bear a name of a prelate, he shall therefore profit\nIn the holy church upon the piety\nThat he has set his conscience\nBut in the world's reverence,\nThere are many happy\nWhen they are made similar a state,\nNot for the merit of the charge,\nBut for they would discharge themselves\nOf poverty and become great,\nAnd for pomp and for beauty,\nThe seat of Moses on the high seat\nIn which the faith is often forgotten,\nWhich is taken care of them to keep\nIn Christ's cause all day they sleep\nBut of the world is nothing forgotten,\nFor he is well who now may get\nOffice in court to be honored,\nThe strong chest has consumed all,\nUnder the key of avarice,\nThe treasure of the benefice,\nWhereof the poor shall clothe and eat and drink and house both,\nCharity goes unknown,\nFor they no longer know the green of pity,\nAnd sloth keeps the library,\nWhich belongs to the sanctuary,\nTo study upon the world's lore,\nSuffices not delicacy his sweet allure..\"Hath it suffered, so that it has endured all that there is of abstinence, and looked over this, if Ethna burns in the clergy openly to the man's eye at Aunion, you have witnessed an evidence of this, for men have seen them so divided. And yet the cause is not decided, but it is said and ever shall be between two stoles, the fall occurs when men believe they are sitting in such a disturbance in a holy church. It is for our reproof. God grant it may happen to him who has the truth. But often is seen much sloth when men are drunk from the cup harms who the fire is up. But if someone checks the flame and speaks on this custom, which proud envy has caused to spring from schism, bringing a new sect of Lollardy and also many a heresy among the clerks in themselves. It would be better to dig and delve and stand upon the right faith than to know all it says in the Bible and err as some clerks do. Wear a shoe on one hand and put a glove on the foot.\".Acordeth not to the behoove of reasonable men,\nIf men believe the virtue that Christ in earth taught here,\nThey should not in such manner,\nAmong them that be called wise,\nThe papacy so despise,\nUpon diverse elections,\nWhich stand after the affection of various lands about,\nBut when God will it shall be revealed.\n\nBut yet they argue strongly,\nConcerning the pope and his state,\nIn which they have fallen into great debate,\nThis clamor and this,\nAnd each of them amends himself,\nGood, but none intends to consider,\nWhether it is at which coming profit would be,\nThey say that God is mighty there,\nAnd shall ordain what He will,\nThere is no other sky,\nWhere is the peril of the faith,\nBut every clerk lays his heart,\nTo keep his own world in special,\nAnd of the cause general,\nWhich belongs to the holy church,\nIs none of them that understand it,\nTo shape any resistance,\nAnd thus the right has no defense,\nBut there I love and hold,\nWhereof the flock without guide,\nIs devoured on every side,\nIn lack of them that be unwary,\nShepherds whose wits beware..Upon the world in another state,\nThey use now, instead of greetings,\nA sharp prick in place of peace,\nInflicting harm on what they should heal.\nWhat sheep is full of wool,\nThey throw and pull it from its back,\nWhile there is anything to plunder,\nAnd though there be no other sky,\nBut only because they want to win,\nThey leave nothing when they begin,\nUpon her act to proceed,\nThis is no good shepherd's deed,\nAnd upon this also men say,\nFrom the less, which is plain,\nInto the brethren they force,\nHere, because they would linger,\nWith such harshness and regret,\nThat shall leave upon the thorns,\nThe wool which the briar has torn,\nWhereof the sheep are all torn,\nFor though they speak and teach well,\nThey do,\nIf the wolf comes in the way,\nHere spiritual staff is then away,\nWhereof they should here flock defend,\nBut if the poor sheep offend,\nIn anything though it be slight,\nThey are ready for to strike,\nAnd thus however that they tell,\nThe strokes fall upon the small,\nAnd upon others that are great..Hem lacks heart to feel pity,\nUnder the law of the clerks,\nMen see the mermaid misdrawn.\nI will not say in general,\nFor there are some in particular,\nIn whom all virtue dwells,\nAnd those are as the apostle tells,\nQuis vocatur Deus tanquam Aaron,\nThat God of His election\nHas called to perfection,\nIn the manner of Aaron was,\nThey are nothing in such cases,\nOf Simon, who the fold's gate\nHas let and gone through another gate,\nBut they have gone the right way,\nThere are also some as men say,\nWho follow Simon at his heels,\nWhose cart goes upon wheels,\nOf covetousness and the world's pride,\nAnd the holy church goes beside,\nWhich she thinks outwardly shows,\nA great difference there is between,\nThe preaching they give us in audience,\nNo man shall his soul enslave,\nFor all is but a cherished fire,\nThis world's good, as they tell,\nAlso they say there is a hell,\nWhich is due to man's sin,\nAnd they bid us therefore shun,\nThat which is wicked and do the good..Whoever understands these words\nThinks they would do the same\nBut between earnest and game,\nFrequently it turns out differently\nWith holy tales they deceive,\nHow meritorious is that deed\nOf charity to clothe and feed\nThe poor folk and for to share\nThe world's goods / but they depart\nNothing, nothing / for that they have\nAlso they feign good is to save\nWith penance and with abstinence\nOf chastity the continuance\nBut plainly for speaking of that,\nI don't know how that same body fat\nWhich with that deceitful meals keeps\nAnd lays it softly for to sleep\nWhen it has else all its will\nWith chastity shall stand still\nAnd nevertheless I cannot say\nIn another way that I missay\nTouching this / however it stands\nI here and will understand nothing\nFor this reason I have nothing to do\nBut he who first made the moon,\nThe high god of his goodness,\nIf there is a cause he should correct it\nBut what accusation can any man make\nThis may serve as an excuse for the truth\nThe vice of those who are ungood\nIs no refuge for the good\nFor every man his own works.\"Shall be the clerks and thus, according to the good men, come\nAnd all these other gods amend, for they are to the world's eye\nThe mirror of exemplary rule and heed, between men and God,\nSubdued by the royal law, when the mild one submits himself,\nIf his head bows and his law loosens its reins,\nWhere he wills, he is like a ruler,\nTwo rulers, water and fire, lacking in piety,\nYet the people's anger is more violent,\nThe people's state, as they say, is subject to change,\nNow, to speak of the common matter,\nIt is a fear of that fortune\nWhich has befallen in so many low places,\nBut often, due to the lack of bonds,\nSuddenly or if it is known,\nA tongue when its lie arises,\nTo break and run about,\nWhich endless thing should not have come out,\nAnd also frequently, a little spark,\nUpon a bank or men beware,\nA stream which with great pain,\nIf every man it shall restrain,\nWhere law fails, error grows,\nHe is not wise who does not believe it,\nFor it has proven often before this,\nAnd thus the common clamor is\".In every land where people dwell,\nAnd each in his complaint tells\nHow that the world is misvented,\nAnd thereupon his judgment\nYields every man in various ways,\nBut what man would harm himself,\nHis conscience and nothing misuse,\nHe may well at the first excuse\nHis god, who in him is without fault.\nSo it must stand upon us,\nNot only upon ten or twelve,\nBut plentifully upon us all,\nFor man is the cause that shall fall,\nNota contra hoc: what is against this or for us,\nAnd yet some men write and say,\nFortune is to blame.\nAnd some hold the opinion,\nThat it is constellation,\nWhich causes all that a man does.\nGod is the world's creator,\nEver unstable and as the blind,\nHe deems fame improperly,\nHe blames that which is not to blame,\nAnd praises that which is not to praise,\nThus when he shall weigh the things,\nThere is deceit in his balance,\nAnd all is that the variation\nOf us that should better advise.\nFor after that we fall and rise,\nThe world rests and falls with all..So that a man is over all\nHis own cause of well and woe\nThat we call fortune\nArises from the man himself\nAnd he who otherwise believes\nBehold the people of Israel\nFor ever while they did well\nFortune was kind to them\nAnd when they did the contrary\nFortune was contrary\nIt proves well in the end\nWhy the world is wonderful\nAnd may never stand still\nThough it seems well seen\nFor every worldly thing is vain\nAnd every goes the wheel about\nAnd every man stands in doubt\nFortune stands no while still\nSo has there no man his will\nAs far as any man may know\nThere lasts no thing but a throw\nBoecius: O human life is filled with much bitterness\nThe world stands ever upon debate\nSo may be safer none a state\nNow here now there-now to and fro\nNow up now down the world goes\nAnd ever has done and ever shall\nOf which I find in particular\nA tale written in the Bible\nWhich must needs be credible\nAnd that as in conclusion\nSays that upon decision..\"Why no worldly thing can last,\nUntil it is driven to the last,\nFrom the first reign of all,\nTo this day, how it has befallen,\nOf that which is movable,\nThe man himself is culpable,\nWhose governance,\nFortunes prosper and adversely turn,\nImmodus deceives the human race,\nImmodus turns in events as dice in chance. Where is the world,\nStat (and nothing is stable for it except loving God).\nI, in Prosecundus' explanation of this world's variation,\nThe high almighty pursued,\nIn whose eternal remembrance,\nFrom the first was every thing present,\nHe has sent his prophecy,\nIn such a way as you shall hear,\nTo Daniel, concerning this matter,\nHow this world shall tear and wane,\nUntil it comes to its end,\nOf which I shall tell the tale,\nIn which is foretold all,\nAs Nabugodonosor slept,\nA dream he took which he kept,\nUntil on the morrow he arose,\nFor which he was sore displeased,\nUntil Daniel his dream he told,\nAnd prayed him earnestly to reveal,\nWhat it might signify.\".And I saw a bed where I lay, I thought I saw upon a stage,\nA strange image stood there, its head and neck were both of fine gold,\nIts breast, shoulders, and arms were all of silver, but its hands,\nThe waist and down to the knee were of brass, its legs were made of steel,\nAnd its feet were partly steel and partly took part of the earth,\nWhich men might potter make, the feeble figure was with the strong,\nIt could not stand long. He spoke further to the certain lazy gradus:\nAnd then I thought I saw a great stone from a high hill,\nFallen suddenly upon the feet of this figure,\nWith which stone all was broken, gold, silver, earth, steel, and brass,\nAnd ground to nothing. He spoke of the interpretation to soponij:\nThis was the vision which he had,\nDaniel was then immediately brought,\nAnd he said to him that this strange figure signified,\nHow the world would change and become less valuable and less..Till it is reduced to nothing over all\nThe neck and head that were gold\nHe said how that should signify\nA worthy world, a noble, a rich\nTo which none after shall be like\nOf silver that was overthrown\nShall be a world of lead\nAnd after that the semblance of brass\nA token of a worse world it was\nThe which steel he saw afterward\nA world symbolizing more hardship\nBut yet the worst of every deal\nIs last, when of earth and steel\nHe saw the feet departed so\nFor that symbolizes much sorrow / When the world is divided, it must fare amiss for the earth which men call steady / To guide may not last we\nThe stone statue crumbling\nThe stone which from the holy stage\nHe saw fall on the image\nAnd has turned it into powder\nThat vision has unveiled the unknown\nAnd said that it is God's might\nWhich when men think most exalted\nWill cast them overthrow\nAnd that is of this world the last\nAnd then a new one shall begin\nFrom which a maiden shall never twine\nOr all to pain or all to peace.That world shall last endlessly. In Babylon the city,\nThe kings dreamed fair and well,\nWhere the wisest of Chaldeans dwelt.\nBut he revealed the whole intent,\nAs in part it had happened,\nOf gold, the first reign of all,\nDesignated at the head of the golden age, from the time of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, and in the kingdom of Cyrus and Cambyses.\nAs in the king's time it was,\nAnd it lasted many days,\nThere while the monarchy,\nOf all the world in that part,\nWas subject to it,\nAnd held him still in such a plight,\nUntil the world began to diverge,\nAnd it was when the king of Persia,\nWho was called Cyrus again, peace,\nCame forth with his son Cambyses,\nThey put under their subjection,\nAnd took it in possession,\nAnd Babylon's king, Belshazzar,\nWas slain, who lost his reign and all his things.\nDesignated in the breast of the silver age, from the time of Cyrus and Darius.\nAnd thus when they had ruled it,\nThe silver world began,\nAnd that of gold was passed out..And in this way it went into the reign of Darius. Then it fell to Perses, under whom Alexander put them. This caused the monarchy to leave Persia and Perses to be trodden underfoot. They who needed it suffered it. And though the world began of brass and ended in silver, it lasted until it came to pass that at the last this king, when his day came, was overpowered by the strength of death. Nevertheless, before he died, he showed favor to knights who had served him, and after they had deserved it, he gave them the conquests that he had won. From this great war began among them, those who ruled the realms, through proud envy, until it happened again to them thus: The noble Gaius Julius Caesar, who was king of Rome, with great battle and strong hand, conquered Greece, Persia, and Chaldea. He not only conquered their territories but also the march of Thoccydides. He governed it as one who was lord and sovereign, and through his chivalry, he held the monarchy of the whole world..And was the first of that honor,\nWhich takes the name of the Emperor,\nDe seculo ferreo, signified in the Tiber from the time of Julius Caesar, and in the Carthaginian kingdom,\nWhere Rome would assault,\nThere might be nothing contrary,\nBut every country must obey,\nThough the reign of brass departs,\nAnd comes the world of steel,\nAnd stood above upon the wheel,\nAs steel is hardest in its kind,\nAbove all other that men find,\nOf metals such was Rome, the mightiest and last so,\nLong time among the Romans,\nUntil they became so vile,\nThat the false emperor Leo,\nWith Constantius his son also,\nThe two who took Silvester in pure Alms,\nThe first Constantinus left,\nFrom the holy church they were driven,\nBut Hadrian, who was pope,\nAnd saw the chaos of this case,\nWent into France to prepare,\nAnd prayed the great Char,\nFor Christ's sake and soul's health,\nThat he would take up the quarrel,\nOf the holy church in his defense,\nAnd Charles, for the reverence of God,\nThe cause has undertaken,\nAnd with his host, the way takes,\nOver the Mountains of Lombardy..Of Rome and all tyranny,\nWith sword he overcame\nAnd the strength of the city named,\nIn such a way and there he wrought,\nThat holy church again he brought\nInto France and gave him more,\nAnd thus when he had served his god,\nHe took as he had well deserved\nThe diadem and was\nOf Rome, and thus it was abandoned,\nThe empire which came never again\nInto the honor,\nBut a long time it was\nUnder the French,\nUntil fortune led it\nThat afterward the Lombards had it\nNot by the sword but by the suffrance\nOf him who was king of France,\nCharles Calus,\nAnd resigned in this case\nThe empire of Rome to Louis\nHis cousin who was a Lombard,\nAnd so it lasted into the year\nOf Albert and Berenger,\nOf the secular prince Theonicus Otho, named,\nBut they fell and were divided\nAmong themselves, those who were great.\nSo they lost the beatitude\nOf worship and of the world's peace,\nBut the proverb nevertheless holds,\nFull seldom is that wealth\nThat can endure its own state in health..And that was in the marketplace seen such common strife between Thorough covetousness and through any other means. Every man through his party, which might lead any route, within Burgh and also without, The coming right has no fellow. So that the governance of law was left in such a state. Only through devision they stood out of peace. Of the seven princes of Almain, those who were present at her election, The pope of Rome should stand. And thus they left it out of their hands. For lack of grace and it forsook them, the Almain's took it from them. And they confirmed their state of debate. They took possession of it after the composition among them. And they made an Emperor, and that immediately. Whose name the Chronicle tells. Woe to Othea, and so forth. From that day until this, the papacy of Rome has been and is, to the emperors, in this way, as you have heard devise. How Daniel the Swabian explains the image he found..The world that is to come\nBegins now on the feet of the earth;\nSo stands the world, every part.\nDeparted which began right then,\nWhen Rome was divided so,\nAnd this is to be lamented,\nFor ever since more and more,\nThe world grows empty day by day.\nIf we begin at Rome,\nThe wall and the city within,\nThey stand in ruin and decay,\nThe field is where the palaces were,\nThe tone is wasted and over that,\nIf we behold this state,\nWhich once belonged to the Romans,\nOf knighthood and of citizenship,\nTo weigh it against what was before,\nThe remnant is but a small part.\nAnd to speak of Rome's might,\nUnless there is something upright,\nOf worship or of worldly good,\nAs it once stood before,\nAnd why the worship is gone,\nIf a man speaks the truth,\nThe cause has been division,\nWhich brings confusion everywhere,\nNot only of the material,\nBut of the spiritual as well,\nThe deed proves it so,\nAnd has done so for many a day or this,\nThrough poison which that meddled is,\nIn the earthly church..For Cryst himself makes known/that no maia may gather/to serve God and the world but he swerves/Froward that one and stands unstable/And Cryst's word may not fall/The thing so open is at the eye/It needs nothing to specify/Or speak anything more in this matter/And in this way a man may tell/How that the world is gone about/Which, well nigh is worn out/After the form of that figure/Which Daniel in his sculpture/Revealed as fore is told/Of brass, silver, and gold/The world is past and gone/And now upon its old tone/It stands of brute earth and steel/Which accorded never a deal/So may it needs swerve a side/A thing which men have divided/He says this second apple {quod} we are in the boundaries of the world/Thus Hiccilpice writes to us all./And says it is upon us/Therefore of this world may we know/This image is near overthrow/By which this world was signified/That whosoever was magnified/And now is old, feeble, and vile/Full of mischief and peril/And stands divided also..\"Lyche to the feet that were so, I told of the statue above, And thus men say, for lack of love, Whereas the land is divided, It is more acceptable, farewell, And now to look on every side, A man may see the world divided, The wars among the Christians overal, That every man now seeks wretchery, And yet these clerks always preach, And say good deeds may none be, Which stand for nothing upon charity, I don't know how charity should stand, Where deadly war is taken in hand, But all this woe is cause of man, Who with wit and reason can, And in token and in witness, That each image bears likeness, Of man and none other beast, From first unto the man's steed, Was every creature ordained, But afterward and was restrained, When he fell, they fell likewise, When he was sick, they grew sick, For as the man has passion, Of sickness in comparison, So suffering creatures endure, Firstly, the heavenly figures, He writes, quod ex divisionis passione singula creata detrimentum corruptibile paciuntur, The sun and the moon eclipsed to the,\".And it is angry with man's sin\nThe purest air for sin is often corrupted\nRight now the high winds blow.\nAnd soon after they are low,\nNow cloudy and now clear it is,\nSo it can well prove by this,\nA man's sin is to hate\nThat which makes the waters debate,\nAnd to see the property\nOf every thing in its degree,\nBeneath here among us here,\nStands a like one in this matter,\nThe sea now ebbs and now flows,\nThe Lord now wakes and now grows,\nNow the trees with green leaves,\nNow they are bare and nothing seen,\nNow lusty summer flowers,\nNow stormy winter showers,\nNow the days, now the nights,\nSo stands there nothing upright,\nNow is it light, now is it dark,\nAnd thus stands all the world's work\nAfter the disposition\nOf man and his condition\nFor Gregory in his moral work says,\nIn particular,\nThe less world is properly disposed,\nAnd he proves it readily,\nFor a man of soul reasonable\nIs to an angel resemblable,\nAnd like to the best, he has feeling,\nAnd like to trees, he has growing..The stones are and so is he, of his proper quality, The man, as the clergy tells, is a world in his party, And when this world is torn apart, The retained world is overthrown, The land sets the firmament, They ask all judgment, Again the man and make him war, While he stands alone outside, The remaining part would not agree, And in this way, as I record, The man is the cause of all woe, Why this world is divided so, Dionysius the gospel says, One lies upon another, Until the reign overthrows, And thus many a man knows, Dionysius above all, Is a thing which makes the world, It may first prove upon a man, Quod ex suae complexionis mate, He who for his complexion Is made upon Dionysius, Of cold hot moist and dry, He must by true kind die, For the contrary of his state, Stands evermore in such debate, Until a part is overcome, There may be no final peace named, But Made all to gather of one matter, Without interruption, There should be no corruption, Engendered thereupon that unity, But for there is diversity..A man, divided between body and soul as for salvation and damnation, is constantly at war within himself. He may not last in this life, but there is a great divine conflict through which he remains in existence as long as he lives. A man, divided between body and soul, hates what the body loves and debates between them. Yet often war is seen between them. The weaker one gains the victory, and he who recalls how Adam was cast out of Paradise into the land of labor as a sinner, knows the origin of this war. This war began in paradise, and it was proven what disease it brought forth. Through this divine conflict, the vice of all mortal sin entered. The human race, divided among the entire earth, was separated from the cultivation of God by Noah and his followers, except for a few..Why God sent the great floods,\nOf all the world, and brought an end,\nBut Noah with his family\nWas saved alone by ship,\nAnd over that, through sin, it came\nThat Nimrod built the tower of Babel,\nIn the construction of the Tower of Babel, as in contempt of God,\nNimrod first raised his language,\nWhich appeared in various languages,\nCelica vengeance was seen,\nWhen you tour Babel's height,\nLet him make as he will fight,\nAgain, the high gods' might,\nFrom which judgment was divided at once,\nThe language was in such confusion,\nThere was none who knew what other meaning,\nSo that they could not proceed,\nAnd thus it stands of every deed,\nWhere sin takes the cause in hand,\nIt may not long endure,\nFor sin, in its condition,\nIs the mother of all deceit,\nWhy the world, in its divided state,\nIs vexed by daily troubles,\nIs struck by a stone from above,\nThat is, from divine power,\nTo bring about the resolution of all flesh, suddenly to turn to dust.\nAnd know when the world shall fail,\nFor so says Christ.\nPeace and accord will waywardly wend..And charity shall cease among men and hate increase. And when these tokens fall, suddenly the stone shall fall. As Daniel it has foreknown, which this world shall overthrow. And every man shall then arise to either joy or to torment. Where he shall dwell forever, or be confined to heaven or hell. In heaven is peace and accord, but hell is full of such discord, that there may be no love day for thee. While thou art a man. Each one should strive for peace with another, and love as his own brother. So may he win worldly wealth and afterward his soul's health. He narrates an example of concord and unity among men, for the sake of calling upon Arion. But would that another such as Aryon were here. Who had among him such good measure. He sang that the wild beasts made of his note tame and mild. The hind in peace with the lion, the wolf in peace with the sheep, the hare in peace stood with the hound. And every man upon this ground, who at that time heard Aryon, as well the lord as the shepherd..He brought them all in good accord,\nSo that the commoners with the lord,\nAnd the lord with the commoners,\nHe set them in love, both two,\nAnd put a way melancholy,\nThat was a lusty melody,\nWhen every man with another loved,\nAnd if there were such one now,\nWho could harp as he did,\nHe might avail in many a place,\nTo make peace where now is hate,\nFor when men think to debate,\nI know not what other thing is good,\nBut where wisdom wavers,\nAnd reason turned to rage,\nSo that measure upon outrage,\nHas set the world in dread,\nFor that brings in the common dread,\nWhich stands at every man's door,\nBut when the sharpness of the spear,\nGrieves often and now no more,\nAs for this matter,\nWhich none but only God may steer,\nSo were it good at this time,\nThat every man upon his side,\nBesought and prayed for the peace,\nWhich is the cause of all increase,\nOf worship and of the world's wealth,\nOf hearts' rest and souls' health,\nWithout peace, nothing stands good,\nFor thee, Christ, who shed his blood,\nFor peace be with us all, Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen..Explicit Prologue:\nNature's love obeys nature's laws. Subdued am I, and subject to thee,\nWho may not stretch unto the heavens,\nBut set all in heaven,\nThis world which is ever in balance,\nIt stands not in my sufficiency,\nSo great things to compass.\nBut I must let it pass by,\nAnd treat of other things.\nFor this, the style of my writings,\nFrom this day forth I think to change,\nAnd speak of things not so strange,\nWhich every kind has in hand,\nAnd on which the world must stand,\nAnd has done since it began,\nAnd shall while there is any man,\nAnd that is love which I mean,\nTo treat as shall be seen.\nIn which no man can rule,\nFor love's law is out of rule,\nThat of too much or too little,\nIs near every man to know,\nAnd nevertheless, there is no man,\nIn all this world so wise that can,\nOf love, temper the measure,\nBut as it falls in event,\nFor wit nor strength can help,\nAnd which else would he help himself,\nIs rather thrown underfoot.\nThere can no man do amends for it..For there has never been such a coin\nThat could order a medicine\nFor what God in His kindness has ordained,\nNo man can find the right remedy.\nIt has been and shall be forever.\nThat love is master where it wills,\nThere can be no life that makes other wills,\nFor wherever it wishes to set,\nThere is no might that can hinder it,\nBut what shall fall in the end,\nThey can cast no wisdom,\nBut as it falls by chance,\nFor if there ever was a balance,\nWhich of fortune was swayed,\nI may well believe, as I have learned,\nThat love has that balance in hand,\nWhich will not understand any reason,\nFor love is blind and cannot see,\nFor they may not be certain\nTo be set upon his judgment,\nBut as the wheel turns,\nHe grants his undeserved graces,\nAnd from thee, who have served him,\nFull often he takes his fees,\nAs he who plays at dice,\nAnd therefore what will happen,\nHe will not till the chance happens,\nWhere he shall lose or he shall win,\nAnd thus full often men begin,\nThat if they knew what it meant..They would change her judgment. I, in person, question those whom love binds, presenting myself as the author, proposing to write various passions of these lovers in this book through distinct sections. And to prove it is so, I am one of them. I am undergoing instruction at school. It is true, go not long. As for speaking of this matter, I may tell you if you want to hear. A wonder happened to me, which was both hard and bitter for me. Touching on love and its fortune, which I like to share, and plainly to tell out to those who are about love, from point to point I will declare and write of my woeful care, my woeful chance. That men may take remembrance of that which they shall read after this. In good faith, I would read this aloud. Every man should take example of wisdom that befalls him, to teach it forth for such enterprise. It is to praise and therefore I will write and show openly how love and I came together. The world may take example of this after I am gone..Of such unseemly joy and woe,\nWhere rejoicing and joy are now,\nAnd yet it may not be concealed,\nFor anything that men may understand.\nNot I, Sampson, not he,\nHe declares the matter, saying that Cupid, with his burning dart, pierced the memory of his heart, when the Genius, as he says, finding him in a state of spasms, near death, commended himself three times to the Genius for confession, on account of love.\nOn the point that has befallen me,\nOf love in which I have fallen,\nI think I should tell my mother,\nNow listen, who will it hear,\nOf my fortune, how it has endured,\nThis day, as I went forth,\nTo walk as you tell may be,\nAnd that was in the month of May,\nWhen every man makes his mirth,\nOf love that he has achieved,\nBut I was nothing relieved,\nFor I was further from my love,\nThan earth is from heaven above,\nAnd to speak of any speed,\nI knew none other remedy,\nBut as it were a man for fear,\nNot to sing with the birds,\nFor when I was lost in the wood..I found a sweet green plain\nAnd I began my woe there to comply,\nWishing and weeping all my one,\nFor other pleasures I none did find,\nSo hard was it to me that thus,\nI often was overcome,\nTo the ground I was brought without breath,\nAnd ever I wished for death,\nWhen I awoke from my pain,\nAnd cast up many a pitiful look,\nUnto the heavens and said, \"O thou Cupid, O thou Venus,\nThou god of love and thou goddess,\nWhere is pity, where is meekness,\nNow doth plainly live or die,\nFor truly such a malady,\nAs I now have and long have had,\nIt might make a wise man mad,\nIf it should long endure,\nO Venus, queen of love's cure,\nThou life, thou lust, thou man's help,\nBehold my cause and my quarrel,\nAnd give me some part of thy grace,\nSo that I may find in this place,\nIf thou art gracious or none,\nAnd with that word I saw anon,\nThe king of love and the queen both,\nBut he that king with eyes wroth,\nHis countenance away from me cast,\nAnd forth he passed at the last,\nBut nevertheless or he forth went,\nA fiery dart I thought he sent,\nAnd threw it through my heart's root..In find no other solace, but she who is the source and well of both good and evil that shall befall\nThose who love at that time.\nShe appeared to me with good cheer, yet said:\nWhat are you, son, and I have revealed?\nJust as a man does from sleep,\nAnd she took good care of me, gave me mead.\nBut despite this, I was not happy,\nFor I saw no reason why.\nAnd afterwards she asked what I was.\nI said, a captive who lies here.\nWhat would you, my dear lady,\nDecide for me, whether to be whole or to die?\nShe said, tell your malady.\nWhat is the sore from which you suffer /\nDo not hide it, if you feel the need /\nI cannot heal you.\nMadam, I am a man of yours,\nWho have long served in your court,\nAnd ask for what I have deserved,\nSome good after my long sorrow.\nShe began to favor me,\nAnd said there are many of you,\nFairies and perhaps you are one such,\nBy deceit say that you have served me,\nAnd yet she knew well,\nMy words stood on another wheel..Without any feather, but always of my malady, she bade me tell and say the truth. Madame, if you would have mercy, I would tell you. Say forth, she said, and tell me how. She showed me her sickness every day. Madame, that I can do well. Be so my life therefor. With that, her look on me she cast. And she said in answer, if you live, my will is first that you be shriven. And nevertheless, how that it is, I know myself but for this. Unto my priest, who comes anon, I will tell it one by one. Both of your thought and all your work. O Genius, my own clerk, come forth and hear this man's confession. Quod Venus though and I uplifted. My head with that, and began to behold. The self priest, who was ready there and sat down, to hear my confession. Confessus Genio si sit medicina salutis. Experiar morbis quos tulit ipsa Venus. Lesa quidem ferro medicantur membra saluti. Raro tamen medicum vulnus amoris habet.\n\nTranslation: Without any feather, but always of my sickness, she urged me to tell the truth. Madame, if you would have mercy, I would tell you. Say forth, she said, and tell me how. She showed me her sickness every day. Madame, that I can do well. Be so my life therefor. With that, her look on me she cast. And she said in answer, if you live, my will is first that you be shriven. And nevertheless, how that it is, I know myself but for this. Unto my priest, who comes soon, I will tell it one by one. Both of your thoughts and all your works. O Genius, my own clerk, come forth and hear this man's confession. Quod Venus though and I uplifted my head. My head with that, and began to behold. The self priest, who was ready there and sat down, to hear my confession. Confessus Genio si sit medicina salutis. I will experience the diseases that Venus herself brought. Wounds indeed are healed by iron for the sake of health. Rarely does love have a wound that requires a doctor..Ic dicitis: \"A Genius, moved by his profession, sits before me, bending his knees in supplication, yet the confessor, in opposing him in this matter, should be willing to be benign.\n\nThis worthy one begins speaking to me:\n'Benedicite, my son of Felicity,\nOf love and also of woe,\nThou shalt confess both,\nWhat thou or this, for love's sake,\nHast felt. Let nothing be forsaken.\nTell plainly as it has happened.\nWith this word I began to fall,\nOn knees and with devotion,\nAnd with great contrition,\nI said then, 'Dominus,'\nMy holy father Genius,\nSo as thou hast experience,\nOf love for whose reverence,\nThou shalt confess to me at this time.\nI pray thee, let me not mistake,\nMy confession, for I am disturbed,\nIn all my heart and so troubled,\nThat I cannot get my wits,\nSo shall I forget much,\nBut if thou wilt my sin oppose,\nFrom point to point, I suppose,\nThere shall be nothing left behind.\nBut now my wits are so blind,\nThat I cannot teach myself.\".Tho he began at once to preach,\nAnd with his words debonair,\nHe said to me softly and fair,\nIn this place I am set here.\nThy shrift to oppose, and here\nBy Venus the Goddess above,\nTouching whose priest I am of love,\nSermon of a genial priest to a lover,\nBut nevertheless, for certain reasons.\nI must altogether and willingly,\nNaught only make my speaking,\nOf love, but of other things,\nThat concern the cause of vice,\nFor that belongs to the office,\nOf priests whose order I bear,\nSo that I will nothing conceal,\nThat each vice one and one,\nShall the show to everyone,\nWhereof thou might take evidence,\nTo rule with thy conscience,\nBut of conclusion final,\nI would conclude in special,\nFor love, whose servant I am,\nAnd why the cause is that I came,\nSo think I to do both two,\nFirstly, that my order requires,\nThe vices to tell on review,\nBut next above all other, show,\nOf love, I will the properties,\nHow that they stand by degrees,\nAfter the disposition,\nOf veins whose condition,\nI must follow as I am held,\nFor I with love am altogether held..I am only to write\nThough I connect but little\nOf other things that are wise\nI am not taught in such a way\nFor it is not my common use\nTo speak of vices and virtue\nBut all of love and his lore\nFor Venus books teach me nothing\nBut for as much as I suppose\nIt sits a priest to be well-versed\nAnd shame it is if he is lewd\nOf my priesthood after the form\nI will inform you so clearly\nThat at the last you shall hear\nThe vices and to their matter\nOf love I shall remove them\nSo that you shall know and understand\nThe points of confession how they stood\n\nVisus et auditus fragiles suetias me metis\nQue viciosa manus claudere nulla potest..Est ibi longa via qua cordis ad antrum,\nhostis et ingressus fossa rapit,\nhic michi confessor Genius pamordia profert,\ndum sit in extremis vita remorsa malis,\nnunc tu mihi ut potes feminina loquela fateri,\nverba per os timide conscia mentis agam.\nhic confessio amantis cui de duobus precipue quinque sensibus,\nvivebam et moriebam I herde.\nHoc praeses tale eram aspernatus,\net tunc ipsum rogavi, ut loqueretur,\nsuus volens et hoc agree mihi,\nsecundum formam suam apparebat.\nTunc loquitur mihi in talem modum,\net jussit me quod esset shrive,\nquasi couchendus de myis fui,\net parta illa emendare,\nquia sunt propriamenta portae,\nper quas omnia ad cor ingressa videntur,\nquae possunt animam humana empeirare.\nNunc est hoc materia bringta huc,\nMihi fili primum incipiam,\nquomodo tuum oculus stetit,\nquod, ut intelligo, principale omnium,\nper quod periculum potest accidere,\net loquar de tali in amoris genere,\npluribus enim talis homo invenire potest..Whoever casts about her eye,\nTo look if they might spy\nFrequently things which he does not touch,\nBut only that her heart yearns for\nIn the presence of another person,\nAnd thus, full many a worthy knight\nAnd many a lusty lady both\nHave been often wroth,\nSo that an eye is a thief\nTo love and brings great mischief,\nAnd also for his own part,\nFull often that same fiery dart\nOf love which every maiden burns with\nThrough him enters the heart,\nAnd thus a man's eye first\nHarms himself the worst,\nAnd many a time that he knows it,\nGrows to his own harm.\nMy son, listen to me now for this,\nA tale to beware by,\nYour eye for to keep and guard,\nSee that it passes nothing the guard..This is the cleaned text:\n\nHi confessor narrates an example of how Acceon, Cadmus of Thebes' nephew, saw an unclothed nymph while hunting and could not look away. He saw her, for she was bathing in a clear spring surrounded by the beauty of the forest. He gazed at her intently, unwilling to avert his eyes from the naked woman. Indignant, Diana transformed him into a stag.\n\nVyde says in his book:\n\nAn example of myslaying\nAnd says once upon a time\nThere was a worthy lord named Acceon,\nHot and a cousin near,\nTo him that Cadmus was first high set,\nWho above all others cast his face,\nAnd used it from year to year.\nWith hounds and with great horns\nHe roamed among the woods and thorns,\nTo make his hunting and his chase,\nWhere he best thought in every place\nTo find game in his way.\nThere he fell upon a time\nAs he rode for his hunting and play..In a forest, there he was. He saw upon the green grass, the fair fresh flowers spring. He heard among the leaves sing, The thrush with the nightingale. Thus he entered a dale. He came where was a little plain, All around about well beset, With busshes green and cedars high. And there within, he cast his eye, A midst the plain he saw a well, So fair there might no man tell. In which Diana, naked, stood, To bathe and play in the flood, With many a nymph which served her. But he his eye away he could not. From her, who was naked all, And she was wonder wrath with all, And him, as she who was a goddess, Foreswore at once and the likeness, She made him take of an heart, Which was before his houses' start, That ran busily about, With many an horn and many a rout, That made much noise and cry, And at the last unhappily, This heart his own houses sloughed, And him for vengeance all to through. Lo now, my son, what it is, A man to cast his eye amiss. Which Accio had there bought, Beware for thine and do it not..For often he who looked at it was better off winking than looking, and to prove this, the Poet also relates a tale that fits this matter. He puts forth another example concerning a prince named Phorus, who fathered three daughters, commonly called Gorgons. Born from one birth, these daughters had obtained a monstrous serpentine form before they reached maturity, as destined by their nature. Whoever gazed at them was turned to stone instantly, and many who looked carelessly at them perished. Perseus, armed with the shield of Pallas and the sword of Mercury, dared to approach these Gorgons living near Mount Atlas without risk to himself and killed them.\n\nIn Metamorphoses, it is told thus:\nA lord which Phorus had three daughters,\nBorn of such a constitution,\nFrom kind they were so misshapen,\nThat in likeness of a serpent,\nBoth they and one of them were,\nAnd she was called Medusa..That other sister Seraphina\nThe third, as the tale tells,\nWas named Gorgones, Meusa being her given name,\nCommonly known as the Gorgons.\nIn every country around,\nMonstrous beings that men doubted,\nWere called them, and but one eye,\nAmong them three in a group,\nThey had, with which they could see,\nNow this, now she.\nAfter the cause and need it led,\nBy throws each of them it had,\nA wonder yet more amazing,\nTherefore I tell all this,\nWhatever man looked upon them,\nAnd beheld him, he was turned to stone.\nOut of a man into a stone,\nFor their shape, and thus many one,\nDeceived were of that which they would.\nBut Perseus, that worthy knight,\nWhom Pallas of her great might,\nHelped and took him a shield there,\nAnd also the god Mercury,\nLent him a sword, it fell so,\nBeyond Athans the high hill,\nThese monstrous creatures fought,\nAnd there he found diverse men of that land,\nThrough sight of them, amazed stood,\nStanding as stones here and there.\nBut he who possessed wisdom and prudence,\nHad of the god and of the goddess,\nThe shield of Pallas embraced..With it he covered himself, except for his face. Mercury drew his sword through them all three\nAnd so he bore them away, which he sloughed.\nThese dreadful monsters, beware lest you misuse your sight,\nLest your eye be turned to Medusa,\nOr be torn into stone. For a wise man was never none,\nBut if he will keep his eye,\nAnd take no delight in foul things,\nThat with lust is not often named.\nThrough struggle of love and might,\nOf Milky Way, as I have told you now,\nYou have heard this.\nMy good son, take heed,\nAnd over this I leave you,\nThat you beware of your hearing,\nWhich to the heart the tidings\nOf many a white have brought,\nAnd tarry with a man's thought,\nAnd nevertheless, it is good to hear,\nThat to virtue is accordant,\nAnd toward all the remainder,\nIt is good to tear his ear from him,\nFor asses, but if a man does so,\nHim may often misbefall.\nI recommend an example among all these,\nWhereof to keep well an ear,\nIt ought put a man in fear..This text appears to be written in Middle English, and it seems to be a narrative about a serpent and a precious stone. I will clean the text by removing unnecessary whitespaces, line breaks, and meaningless characters, while preserving the original content as much as possible.\n\nThe cleaned text is:\n\nhic confessor exemplum narrat ut non ab auris exaudicione stupida animus deceptus involvatur / Et dicit qualiter ille serpens qui aspis uocatur quendam preciosissimum lapidem nomine carbunculum in sue fronti medi gestas contra verba incantantis unam assignando promisit et aliam sue caudae stimulo firmissime obturavit\n\nThis serpent, who is called asps,\nRelates the example of one,\nWho had a precious stone, called carbuncle,\nPlaced in his head above,\nAnd by a man with slight effort\nWould win the stone and daunt him,\nWith his correct words he would enchant,\nImmediately as he perceives that\nHe lays down one erect on the ground,\nAnd holds the other equally fast,\nHe stops it with his tail so strongly,\nThat he the incantations lessens,\nAnd in this way he himself deceives,\nSo that he has the incantations wasted,\nAnd thus his ere is not deceived..Another example, in the Tale of Troy, relates how a king was compelled by the adversity of the winds to navigate his ship towards Greece, near the monstrous Sirens named for their angelic voices. These creatures, part bird and part woman, dwelled in the great sea. With bodies and faces resembling young women, they sang with voices like heavenly melody. Their songs were so enchanting that ships passing by were bewitched. Believing it was paradise, the sailors willingly followed their advice, only to find it was a hell they could not inhabit..When they the great desires here\nCannot here ships steadfastly\nSo quickly upon the note they listen and associate\nThat they rightly steer and way\nForget and obey here ere\nAnd sail till it falls out\nThat they in peril fall\nWhere the ships are to draw\nAnd they are with the monsters in thrall\nBut from this peril nevertheless\nWith his wisdom King Ulysses\nEscapes and it overpasses\nFor he beforehand compasses\nThat none of his company\nHas power unto that folly\nHis eyes for no lust to cast\nFor he holds them as fast\nThat none of them may sing\nSo when they forth come saying\nThere was such governance in hand\nThat they the monsters have withstood\nAnd slew a great party\nThus was he saved with his navy\nThis wise king through governance\nWhereof my son in remembrance\nYou might take example here\nAs I have told and what you here\nBe well ware and give no credence\nBut if you see more evidence\nIf you would take heed and wisely guard..Thine eye and ere I have spoken,\nThou hadst the gates stoked from such feeble ones as come to win\nThy heart's wit, which is within,\nOf which that now thy love exceeds,\nMeasure and many a pain breeds.\nBut if thou dost choose to rule,\nThou and they three were one to rule.\nFor thee, for thy wits' five,\nI will now reveal no more,\nBut only of these like two,\nTell me therefore if it is so,\nHast thou thine eye anything amiss?\nMy father, I am bound to confess,\nI have cast my eyes upon Medusa,\nThereof I may not excuse myself,\nMy heart is grown into stone.\nSo that my lady, thereupon,\nHas such a print of such a grave,\nThat I can save myself no more.\nWhat sayest thou, my son, as of thine ere,\nMy father, I am guilty there,\nFor when I may my lady here,\nMy wit with that has lost its steer,\nI do nothing as Ulysses did,\nBut fall anon upon the spot,\nWhere I see my lady stand,\nAnd there I do thou understand,\nI am so ensnared in my thought,\nSo that reason leaves me nothing,\nWhereof that I may myself defend,\nMy good son, God the amend.\nFor as I thinketh by thy speech..Thy wites are right for seeking, of thine ear and thine eye, I will no more specify, but I will ask about this of other things, how it is. Celsior is stronger than equus leo. He is moved by the tumor of an elated heart to lofty things. There are five species, by which pride is the leader. The world clings to them and cries out in many things. Washing the face with false pallor, Fraudibus Ipocrisis speaks with honeyed words. So pious minds are often led astray by women. From humble words hiding beneath deceit, this speaks. There are seven deadly vices applied to a form, of which the heart is often ensnared to things which afterward will harm him. Pride, which is principal, has ministers diverse, of which I will rehearse the first, which is called Ipocrisy. If thou art of his company..Tell your son and show him the truth. I do not know what you mean. But this I would ask of you: That you teach me in some way what it means to be a hypocrite. And if I am to write, I will know it as it is. My son and the hypocrite are one and the same: A man who feigns friendliness as though it were all innocence, Without and is not so within, And does so to win the favor he desires. And when he arrives there, he shows himself otherwise than he was. The corn is turned into grass That was a rose is now a thorn, And he who was a lamb before is now a wolf, And thus malicious, Hiding under the color of justice, As the people say, These orders write where he dwells, As he who is of her counsel is, And that world which they call this, He forsakes and draws back in again. He clothes riches as men see, Under the simplest of poverty, And seems of great desert, Though it is little worth within, He says in open scorn to sin, And in secret there is no vice, Of which he is not a master, And ever his face is sober and soft..And where he went, he was often blessed\nBut the blind world despised what he wrought\nYet only he stretched out his rule\nUpon Religion\nBut next to that condition\nIn such as call themselves the holy church\nIt also shows how he can work\nAmong the wild furred heads\nTo obtain for them worldly goods\nAnd they themselves by the same means\nBlame the most the world\nBut yet in contrast to his teaching\nThere is nothing they love more\nSo it seemed they worked in light\nThe deeds which are inwardly dark\nAnd thus this hypocrisy,\nWhich is devout appearance,\nA bitter mask upon his face\nToward the world's grace he seems well-suited\nAnd yet his heart is entirely cursed\nBut nevertheless he remains believed\nAnd has often achieved\nHis purposes of worship and worldly wealth\nAnd takes it as if by theft\nThrough the cover of his falls\nAnd rightly so in similar cases\nThis vice also has its officers\nAmong these other seculars\nOf great men, to account they set no tale\nBut those who pass the common way..With such ones, they are like to commune\nAnd where he says he would succor\nThe people there he will devour\nFor now a day is many one\nWhich speaks of Peter and of John\nAnd thinks Judas in his heart\nThere shall be no worldly good after\nHis hand and yet he gives alms\nAnd fasts often and hears mass\nWith mea culpa which he says\nUpon his breast he lays\nHis hand and raises up his eye\nAs though he sees Christ's face\nSo that it seems at first sight\nAs if he alone all others might\nRescue with his holy deed\nBut yet his heart is in another place\nAmong his bedes most devout\nHe goes about in the world's cause\nHow that he might increase / and in copartnership\nHe treats the confessor with his lover\nOver that hypocrisy which he practiced\nUnder the guise of love, he frequently deceived\nThe innocent with deceit and flattery\nThere are lovers of such a sort\nThat feign a humble port\nAnd all is hypocrisy\nWhich with deceit and flattery\nHas beguiled many a worthy knight..With soft speech and lying looks,\nHe would make a woman believe\nTo go upon the fair green,\nWhen she falls in the mire.\nFor he may have his desire.\nHowsoever it falls on the remainder,\nHe holds no word of agreement.\nBut before the time that helps,\nThere is no sloth in that deed.\nWhich any lonely knight may\nAttempt, if he dares to try,\nAs it becomes him to do.\nThe color of the rainy moon,\nWith medicine upon his face,\nHe sets it and then asks grace,\nAs he who has feigned sickness,\nWhen his visage was so distressed.\nWith eye upcast on her, he feigns sickness,\nAnd many a guise he picks up,\nTo bring her into belief\nOf things which he would achieve,\nWhose pale hue he bears,\nAnd because he would seem true,\nAnd makes himself seem weak,\nBut when he bears his lowest guise,\nThen is he swiftest to beguile.\nThe woman, who is like this,\nBelieves in him in faith or trust,\nMy son, if thou hast been ensnared thus,\nIn confession thou mightst absolve,\nAnd tell it to me if it is so..My holy father indeed, I swear,\nTo feign such sickness is unnecessary,\nThis witness requires no oath from me,\nMy courage is more sick than my appearance,\nAnd I can truthfully avow,\nSo lowly I could never feign humility,\nRather, I'd rather shout,\nWith all the thoughts of my heart,\nFor that thing will never disappoint me,\nI speak to my dearest lady,\nTo make her any feigned cheer,\nGod knows I lie not,\nMy cheer has been such as my thought,\nFor truly this leaves us well,\nMy will was better a thousand times,\nThan any cheer that I could muster,\nBut Sir, in my youth,\nI have acted otherwise in other places,\nI put myself under your grace,\nFor this excuse I shall not shrink,\nThat I have others to love and to keep company,\nBe plain without hypocrisy,\nBut there is one whom I serve,\nAlthough I may not deserve her thanks,\nTo whom I have never yet, up to this day,\nSaid only \"yes\" or \"no,\"\nBut if it were in my thoughts,\nAs concerning others, I would say nothing,\nThat I am somewhat like what you call a hypocrite..My son it is well every night\nTo keep his throat in truth upright\nTowards love in all ways\nFor he who would him well advise\nWhat has happened in this matter\nHe should not with feigned cheer\nDeceive love in any degree\nTo love is every heart free\nBut in deceit of that you feign\nAnd thereupon your lust attain\nThat you have won with your wile\nThough it be like for a while\nYou shall it afterward repent\nAnd for to prove my intent\nI find an example in a courtesan\nOf those who love so besotted\nQuoth Ipocrisy is in love a perilous narrator\nRelates an example how under the rule of Emperor Tiberius\nA certain Roman soldier named Munius, who at that time commanded the militia,\nLoved a lady named Paulina, the fairest of all men's sight,\nAnd as men said also the least,\nIt is and has been ever yet\nThat so strong is that no man's wit..Through beauty no one can be drawn,\nTo love and under the law\nOf that freeborn kind,\nWhich makes the heart eyes blind,\nWhere no reason may be joined,\nAnd in this way so fortuned,\nThis tale I mean to tell,\nOf the wife who in her green lusts,\nWas fresh and tender in age,\nShe could not let the courage\nOf him who would assault her,\nThere was a duke, he was hot,\nMundus, who held in his bailiwick,\nTo lead all the chivalry,\nOf Rome, and was a worthy knight,\nBut he had not such might,\nThe strength of love could not be withstood,\nHe was brought into her hands,\nThat maulgry one, wherever he would,\nThis young wife he loved so,\nHe had put all his efforts,\nTo win things which he could not have,\nGranted in no way,\nBy gift of gold nor by prayer,\nAnd when he saw that by no means,\nToward her love he might proceed,\nBy guile he feigned then he wrought,\nAnd thereupon he thought within himself,\nHow there was in the city,\nA temple of such authority,\nTo which with great devotion,\nThe noble women of the town..Most commonly, on pilgrimage,\nOne went to pray that image,\nWhich the goddess of Childbirth was called,\nAnd named Isis.\nIn her temple, they ruled and ministered,\nAccording to the law that was above all others,\nTwo priests, of whom this duke thought,\nOn a certain day, to win his love,\nHad asked to meet him.\nThey came at his behest,\nWhere they had a rich feast.\nAnd after the meal, in a private place,\nThis lord, who wanted to express his thanks,\nGave a gift to each of them,\nAnd spoke in such a way that, as a penance,\nHe drew them into his family\nTo help and shape how Pauline,\nAccording to his desire, could be deceived.\nAnd they pledged their truths to her,\nThat they would win her by night\nInto the temple, and he there would have all his intent.\nThus, they agreed and went forth.\nNow listen through which hypocrisy,\nThe treachery was ordained.\nThis lady was deceived,\nThese priests had well conceived,\nThat she was of great holiness,\nAnd with a feigned simple appearance,\nWhich hid was in false courage,\nFeigned a heavenly message..They came and said to her, \"Pauline, the god Anubis has sent us both priests here. He will appear to you alone by nighttime for love. He has asked us to come to Isis' Temple as a place where you will see him by night. Upon your condition, which is chaste and full of faith, such a price he has set that he will stand by your agreement and bear witness to it. He has sent us both here. Glad was her innocence though, with humble cheer and she answered, 'The will of the goddesses I am ready to fulfill. By my husband's leave, I will remain in Isis' Temple to serve him by night.' The priests went home again, and she went to her sovereign. As it was of god's will, she told him all the sorrowful circumstances whereof he was also deceived, and begged that she should be made whole again in the presence of the gods. She, who was honest,\"..To God she went, intending at night,\nTo the temple where false priests resided,\nReceiving her there with tokens of holiness,\nAs if they saw their Goddess,\nIn a secret place, a soft bed and ample space,\nThey had prepared and entered,\nWhere she was later engineered,\nBut she, who supposes all honor,\nIs opposed by the false priests,\nAnd asks by what observation,\nShe might most please God that night,\nAnd they bid her to sleep,\nLying upon the lofty bed,\nAs they all whispered and softly said,\nGod Anubis would awaken her,\nCounsel taken in this way,\nThe priests departed from this lady,\nAnd she, who knew of deceit none,\nIn the manner as it was said,\nLay upon the bed in hope,\nTo achieve that which stood upon belief,\nFulfilled with all holiness,\nBut she has failed, as I suppose,\nFor in a hidden closet,\nThe duke was concealed so privately,\nThat she could not perceive,\nAnd he who sought to deceive,\nHad such array upon him..That when he came to her, it seemed to her eye as if she truly saw God Anubis, and in such a way this hypocrite of his disguise awaited ever till she slept. And then out of his place he crept so quietly that she heard nothing. And to the bed he stalked and suddenly, before she knew it, he embraced her in his arms. In womanliness, she woke and did not know what to make of it. But he, with soft words mild, comforted her and said with childlike innocence, \"I will make you such a one that the whole world will remember the worship of that same son. For he shall be with God's own self and be a god also. With such words and more, the which he feigned in his speech, this lady's wit was entirely taken. As she who truly believes, he deceived with blind tales and had his way with her. And when he thought it was with her, again the day he withdrew from her, so privately that she did not know where he came from as he pleased. Out of the temple, he went his way. And she began to bid and pray..Kneel on the bare ground, and after that, she made her offering. To the priests, she gave great offerings. She left and went homeward in the street. The drunk met her and said, \"The mighty god, Anbus, for you are of his disciples, so holy that no man's might can do what he has done tonight. Of the things which you have ever possessed, but I have pursued his grace so relentlessly that I was made his lieutenant. For you, by way of agreement, from this day forward, I am yours. And if it pleases you, this will be mine. She heard this tale and kept it in mind. And she went home as it pleased her. Into her chamber, bed to weep and cry, and said, \"Oh, dark hypocrisy, through whose dissimulation and false imaginations, I have been wickedly deceived. But that I have perceived it, I thank the goddesses all. For though it thus befalls me, I shall never again, while I live. And this I swear to God. And thus she laments and complains. Her fair face and all is disfigured. With woeful tears, her eyes weep so that upon this agony, her husband comes in..And saw how she was overcome with sorrow and asked what her eye betrayed, and she with it confessed more than she had done therefore. And she said, \"Wifhode is love in me, in whom some were honest.\" I am no more than a beast, now am I defiled by two. And as she might speak, she was ashamed with a pitiful mind. She told her husband the whole truth, and in her speech she fainted and pale. He held her in his arms and swore an oath that he was not angry with her, for he knew she could not be unfaithful, but nevertheless, his heart stood in a sorrowful state. He vowed to avenge this disgrace however it fell out, and sent for his friends. And when they arrived in fear, he told them about this matter and asked what should be done. And they advised were soon, and said it seemed best to them to set his wife first at rest and then to play a game before the king. Thus was his woeful wife comforted in every way and entertained..She was somewhat amended, and they spent a day or two dispersing. On the third day, she went to play with many worthy citizens. He did the same with many citizens. When the emperor heard this, and knew the deceit of the vice, he said he would do justice. First, he let the priests take their seats, and warned them not to forsake it. But they, through suggestion, could not refuse a single word, but only sought to excuse themselves by blaming the duke. The counselor said to them that they were not excused, for he was one and they were two, and two have more wit than one. This excuse was invalid, and over that, it was said to them that when men seek virtue, they should find it in the priests. Their order is of such a high kind that they are teachers of the way. If any man swears falsely through them, they are not excusable. And thus, by reasonable law, among the wise Ingess, the priests were both condemned. So the treacherous plot, hidden under false hypocrisy, was then openly revealed..That many a man has cursed\nAnd when the priests were dead\nThe temple of that horrible deed\nThey thought to purge and that image\nWhose cause was the pilgrimage\nThey drove it out and also fasted\nFar into the Tiber they cast it\nWhere the River it has defied\nAnd thus the temple was purified\nThey have of that horrible sin\nWhich was at that time done there\nOf this point was thus advised\nBut of the duke was otherwise\nFor he, with love, was bestowed\nHis domain was not so harshly led\nFor love put reason away\nAnd can see nothing rightly\nAnd because of this cause he was spared\nSo that the death him was acquitted\nBut for all that he was exiled\nFor he had so beguiled his love\nThat he shall never come again\nFor he who is true to unfaithfulness\nHe may not fail of vengeance\nAnd to take remembrance\nOf that hypocrisy has wrought\nOn other souls men shall not lightly leave\nBut then should a wise man steer\nThe ship when such winds blow\nFor first they begin lowly\nAt end they are not movable..But all the masts and cables were broken, so that the ship, with sudden blast,\nAppeared to be overthrown when men least expected, as often a man may see.\nAnd in old times this has happened, I find a great experience to take note of.\nIt is good and necessary to be aware also of the peril it poses.\nHe further relates an example of the deception of Hypocrisy, which is most dangerous when it deceives virtue with virtue. And he narrates how the Greeks, in the siege of the city of Troy, were unable to take it by force or siege, and could not win it through peace. This deceit of simplicity, through the cunning of Calchas and Chryse, they won by such a manner. They let a bronze horse be forged..Of such an entanglement and of such a forge,\nIn this world, no man began a work more crafty:\nThe cunning workman, Epius, made this, and I shall tell,\nHow the Greeks, in that time,\nThought to deceive the king in Troy,\nWith Antenor and with Aeneas,\nBoth of the city's wisest, richest, and mightiest,\nIn private place they met,\nWith fair promises and great gifts,\nOf gold they had contrived,\nTo induce and when they were convinced,\nThey feigned for peace,\nAnd under that, yet nevertheless,\nThey showed the destruction,\nBoth of the king and of the town,\nAnd thus the false peace was taken,\nBy the Greeks and undertaken,\nAnd thereupon they found away,\nWhere strength could not carry,\nThat subtlety should help then,\nAnd from an inch a large span,\nBy color of peace they made,\nAnd told how they were glad,\nOf that they stood in accord,\nAnd for it, they said to the king of Troy,\nIn the name of love, and thus they prayed,\nAs those who would deserve his thanks,\nA sacrifice unto the dead..The persons in charge were to keep in good intent. They must offer or that they went, The king counseled in the case by Anthenor and Eneas. Therefore, you have given your assent. So was plain truth blended through counterfeit hypocrisy of what they should sacrifice. The Greeks, under the holiness, came immediately with great haste. Here was a horse of brass let fair sight, Which was to be seen a wonderful sight, For it was trapped by himself And had twelve small wheels. Upon which men enough With craft toward the town it drove And went gleaming against the sun. Thus was there joy enough begun. For Troy, in great denial, Came also with procession Against this noble sacrifice With great honor and in this way, To the gates they brought it But of their intent when they sought, The gates were too small And thereupon was many a tale, But for the worship of Minerva, To whom they came to serve, The townspeople who understood, That all this thing was done for good, For peace, of which they were glad, The gates that Neptune made..A thousand winters before, they had always broken and torn down the strong walls. So it was that this horse, with great solemnity, was brought into the city. It was offered with great reverence, an evident sign of love and peace for evermore. The Greeks, however, left their camp with all their followers. And they went aboard ship and crossed the sea, making ready as if they were about to sail. But when the black winter night came, without moon or star light, Bederced had the water's edge been quiet and still. Privately they went ashore, fully armed from the ship. Simon, who was made their representative, was within Troy as had been foreseen. When the signal fire was lit, and they had marked their way, they came directly to the place where the gates were to be broken. The purpose was accomplished and spoken of. No man was to be on guard while the city slept. They seized all that was within and took what they could win of such goods as were sufficient. And they burned up the remainder. Thus they came out of the treachery..Whichever hid under false pretenses,\nAnd those who sought peace,\nThose who might find no releases,\nOf the sword which devoured all,\nFulofte and thus the sweet soured,\nWhen it is known to the taste,\nHe spoils many a word, wasting,\nThat shall with such people deal,\nFor when he thinks most to wound,\nThen is he most prone to lose,\nAnd right so if a woman chooses,\nUpon the words that she hears,\nSome may when he most truly appears,\nThen is he most distant from the truth,\nBut yet fulofte, and that is routhe,\nThey spend their lives in untruth,\nAnd love every day a new,\nWhose life is after loathing,\nAnd love has cause to be angry,\nBut he who desires the lust of love,\nAnd conspires with weeds feigned to deceive,\nHe shall not fail to receive,\nHis punishment as it is often seen,\nFor thus I mean, my son,\nIt fits well to take heed,\nThat thou avoidest thy manhood,\nHypocrisy and its semblance,\nThat thou art not deceitful,\nTo make a woman believe,\nThing which is not in thy belief,\nFor in such feigned hypocrisy,\nLove is all the treachery..Through which love is deceived oft' for feigned semblance is so soft,\nUnchecked love beware, for soon as I dare, I charge thee from that vice,\nThat many a woman it hath made nice,\nBut look thou deal not with all,\nIwys father no more I shall,\nNow soon keep that thou hast sworn,\nFor this that thou hast heard before,\nIs said the first point of pride,\nAnd next upon that other side,\nTo shrine and speak over this,\nTouching pride yet there is,\nThe second point I thee beseech,\nWhich Inobedience is hot,\nFlectere [quod] fragile melius reputatur, et omnis Fictilis ad cacabum pugna valere nequit,\nQuis neque lex hominum neque lex divina valebit,\nFlectere multa cords corde reflectit amor,\nQuis non flectit amor, non flec tende ab illo,\nSed rigor illius plus elicet ira,\nDed natura amor potuit quos scire rebelles,\nEt rudibus sorte praestat habere rudem,\nSed qui sponte sui subicit se cordis amore,\nFrangit in adversis omnia fata pius.\n\n(Translation: Through love's deceit, feigned semblance is soft and alluring,\nUnchecked love, beware, for I command thee from this vice,\nWhich hath made many a woman seem nice,\nBut shun all, Iwys' father I forswear,\nNow keep the oath thou hast sworn,\nFor this, heard before, is the first sign of pride,\nAnd on the other side, to worship and speak of this,\nTouching pride, there is a second point I implore,\nFlectere [quod] is considered more fragile, and all Fictilis is unable to withstand the fight at the cesspool,\nNeither human nor divine law will prevail,\nLove's reflection bends many a heart,\nWho does not bend to love's will,\nBut the rigor of his pride elicits greater anger,\nNature's love could make the rebellious known,\nAnd to the rude sort, it grants the rude,\nBut he who yields himself to love's power,\nBreaks all fates in adversity, the pious.).This text appears to be written in Middle English, and it seems to be a passage about the vice of disobedience. Here is the cleaned text:\n\nHe speaks of the second species of disobedience, and first declares its nature simply. He then treats of the obedience that is delayed in Cupid's court, due to its excessive love, which often hinders it from bowing to its master.\n\nThis vice of disobedience,\nAgainst the rule of conscience,\nIt is humble, but it disallows,\nThat it bows to its God,\nAccording to the laws of its master,\nNot as a man but as a beast,\nWhich goes upon its wild lusts,\nSo goes this proud vice unbridled,\nThat it disdains all law,\nIt knows not what is to be feared,\nAnd serves it may not for pride,\nSo it is led on every side,\nAnd this itself of whom I speak,\nWhich will not bow or break,\nI am not if love might sway it,\nFor otherwise to justify,\nIts heart I am not what might daunt,\nFor thy, my son, of such disposition,\nIf that thine heart be disposed,\nTell it out and let it not be closed,\nFor if thou art unbending,\nTo love I am not in what degree,\nThou shalt achieve thy good world,\nMy father, you shall well believe,\nThe young whelp which is affrighted..\"His master has waited better to lie down when he says go low, than I can know. My lady will not bow more. But sometimes I grumble about things that she does. I will tell you the truth about two things. I would rather not obey my lady's command, but I dare make this command, except for those two. I am unyielding to no more. What are the two? He asked. My father is the one she commands me to obey and to keep my mouth shut and not oppose. In love of which I often preach, but quietly of such speech. Forbear and suffer her in peace, but that I cannot. For all this world I would obey, for when I am there as she is, though she allows me no tales, I must still bow to see if I might have grace. But that thing I cannot embrace. For anything I can speak or do, and yet I often speak so, that she is angry and says be still. He who commands shall fulfill, and be obedient. My cause is thus fully spent.\".For speech let me not delay,\nI do not know what to say,\nBut certainly I may not disobey,\nWhat I cannot immediately deny,\nSomething of that which I mean,\nFor ever it is a fresh green,\nThe great love which I have,\nWhich I cannot both keep and save,\nMy speech and this obedience,\nAnd thus I keep silent,\nI break and this is the first point,\nWhereof I am out of my depth,\nYet it is no pride,\nNow then on the other side,\nTo tell my disobedience,\nIt stands heavily to my grief,\nAnd may not sink into my mind,\nFor often she bites,\nTo leave her and choose a new,\nAnd says if I truly knew,\nHow far I stand from her grace,\nI should love elsewhere,\nBut I will disobey,\nFor also she might say,\nGo take the money where it sits,\nAs bringing that in to my mind,\nFor there never rotted tree,\nThat stood so firmly in its degree,\nThat I do not stand more firmly,\nOn her love and may cast,\nMy heart away as though I would.\nYet it stands so that I may not..Here is the cleaned text: \"Hyr love out of my breast renew,\nThis is a wondrous retaining,\nThat malgre where she will or none,\nMyn heart is ever more in one.\nSo that I can none other choose\nBut whether that I win or lose,\nI must her love till I die,\nAnd thus I break as by that way.\nHere are her commands and heres,\nBut truly in none other things,\nFor thy my father what is more,\nTouching to this like lore,\nI beseech you after the form,\nThat you plainly me would inform,\nSo that I might my heart rule\nIn love's cause after the rule.\nMurmur in adversity begins so proudly.\nHe speaks of murmur and discontent,\nToward the vice of which we treat,\nThere are two of this kind,\nHere is the name is murmur and complaint,\nThere can no man here cheer paint.\nTo set a glad seeming therein,\nFor though fortune make them win,\nYet grutch they and if they lose,\nThere is no way for to choose,\nWhereof they might be appeased,\nSo be they commonly diseased,\nThere may no wealth nor poverty.\".Attempt them to the desert of buxomness in no way,\nFor oftentime they despise\nThe good fortune as the bad,\nAs they had no man's reason,\nThrough pride whereof they are blind,\nAnd right of such a kind,\nThere are lovers who, though they have\nOf love all that they would crave,\nYet grumble by some way,\nThat they would not obey love,\nUpon the truth as they should,\nAnd lack that they would,\nSoon they shall be in such pain,\nThat ever unbuxomly they complain,\nUpon fortune they curse and cry,\nThat they would not her hearts play,\nTo suffer till it better falls,\nFor thou if thou among us all\nHast used this condition,\nMy son in thy confession,\nNow tell me plainly what thou art,\nMy father I know well a part,\nSo that thou tell here above,\nOf murmur and complaint of love,\nThat for I see no speed coming\nAgainst fortune complaining,\nI am as one who says for evermore,\nAnd also full often,\nWhen I see or hear\nHeavy word or heavy cheer\nOf my lady I grumble at once,\nBut words dare I speak none..Wherof she might be displeased\nBut in my heart I am displeased\nWith many a murmur, God knows it\nThus I drink in my own sweet\nAnd though I make no semblance\nMy heart is altogether disobedient\nAnd in this way I confess\nOf that you call unyieldingness\nNow tell what your counsel is\nMy son and I read this\nWhatsoever falls of other ways\nThat thou might obey love's lust\nAs far as it might suffice\nFull oft thus obedience in love avails\nWhere all a man's strength fails\nIf thou list to know\nIn a Chronicle as it is written\nA great example thou might find\nWhich is now come to my mind\nI, contra amori inobedientes, in the commandment of obedience, put forth an example, where the daughter of some King's Sealie, in her youth's flowers, was transformed by her nurse's incantations into a most vile old woman. Florentius then, the most amorous Emperor Claudius Nepos, in arms the strongest, intent on the laws, reformed her into her pristine beauty from his obedience..A worthy knight named Florian,\nHe was new to them, a Perour,\nAnd of his court, a courteous man.\nHis wives were called Florentia,\nHe was a man much desirous of arms,\nChivalrous and amorous,\nAnd fame of the world's speech,\nHe sought strange adventures.\nHe rode the marches all about,\nAnd fell a time when he was out,\nFortune, which may every thread,\nTo break and knit of man's speed,\nAs this knight rode in a pass,\nHe was taken by strength,\nAnd to a castle they led him.\nThere he had a few friends,\nFor so it happened that they were,\nThat he had a deadly wound,\nFrightened his own hands to slay,\nBranchus, who was soon and heir,\nWas angry with the captain,\nThe father and mother both,\nThat knight Branchus was of his line,\nThe worthiest of all his land,\nAnd they said they would do vengeance,\nBut remembering his worthiness,\nOf knighthood and gentleness,\nAnd how he stood of consanguinity,\nTo the emperor they took appeal,\nAnd dared not kill him for fear..In great dispute they were among themselves, deciding who was the best. There was a lady, the slyest of all that men knew, though she was so old she could hardly walk and was a grandmother to the dead. And with that, she began to read. She said she would bring him in, the one she would defeat in death, with only his own grace and the strength of true connivance, without blame from any quarter.\n\nShe immediately summoned this knight and, with her son's aid, she said to him:\n\n\"Florent, however wise you may be,\nRespect Branchus' death, as now it is time to act.\nBe so that you stand in judgment,\nUpon certain conditions,\nThat you will answer a question\nWhich I shall ask, and over this, you shall also swear,\nThat if you speak untruthfully,\nThere will be nothing to save you,\nAnd you will receive death,\nAnd for men, you will not deceive,\nSo that you may be advised,\nYou will have time and opportunity to consider,\nAnd safely love,\nUntil the end of your days,\nYou will come again with your answer.\"\n\nThis knight, who was worthy and wise,.This lady prays that he may write\nAnd have it under seals write\nWhat question it should be\nFor which he shall in that degree\nStand of his life in jeopardy\nWith that she feigns company\nAnd says \"Florent, on love it longs\nAll that to my asking longs\nWhat all women most desire\nThis will I ask and in the fire\nWhere thou hast most knowledge\nTake counsel of this asking\nFlorent, this thing has undertaken\nThe time was set and day taken\nUnder his seal he wrote his oath\nIn such a way and forth he goes\nHome to his own court again\nTo whom his adventure plays\nHe told of that which has befallen\nAnd upon that they were all\nThe wisest of the land assent\nBut nevertheless of one assent\nThey might not accord a plan\nOne said this, another that\nAfter the disposition\nOf natural complexion\nTo some woman it is pleasure\nThat to another is grief\nBut such a thing in particular\nWhich to them all in general\nIs most pleasant and most desired\nAbove all other and most conspired\nSuch one they cannot find\nBy Constellation nor by kind..And thus Flor Kent, without remedy,\nStands in his predicament, all ashen and pale,\nAnd lacking a response,\nThis knight would rather die\nThan break his promise and lie,\nIn the place where he was sworn,\nAnd so he shapes to depart henceforth.\n\nWhen the time came, he took his leave,\nRefusing to linger any longer,\nAnd prayed his enemy not to be angry,\nFor this was a point of his oath.\nHe swore that no man would harm him,\nThough afterward men might speak,\nThat he had perhaps died,\nAnd thus he rode forth his way,\nAlone, a knight adventurous and curious,\nTo discover what was best to do.\n\nAs he rode alone, and near at hand,\nHe came to a forest, beneath a tree,\nHe saw where sat a creature,\nA loathsome woman's form,\nThat spoke of flesh and bone,\nSo foul a sight he had never seen.\n\nThis knight gazed at her steadfastly,\nAnd as he would have passed by,\nShe called him and bade him stay,\nAnd he turned his horse's head towards her,\nAnd there he halted and remained,\nTo learn what she meant..And she began to speak to him, saying, \"Florent, by your name, you have such a game that if you are not better advised, your death is shaped and designed. The whole world cannot save you, unless you have my counsel, Florent. When he heard this old woman's words, Florent asked her for counsel again. She replied, \"Florent, if I can help shape your escape in this way, take worship of your deed. What shall I have in return? What do you want me to ask? I promise you a better tax. She said, \"First, or you are sped, you shall leave such a pledge with me that I will have your truth. That you shall be my husband.\" Florent replied, \"That may not be.\" \"Then ride forth your way,\" she said. \"And if you go forth without advice, you will certainly be dead.\" Florent begged for enough land, rent, park, or plow. But all that she considered of no account. This knight fell from his horse in great thought. Now he rode on. He did not know what to make of it. As he rode to and fro..That he chose one of the two, or to take her to his wife, or else to lose his life. And then he cast his aunt aside, who was of such great age, that she might live but a while, and thought to put her on an island where no man should know her, until she was overcome by death. And thus this young, lusty knight spoke to this old, loathsome woman: \"If no other chance makes my deliverance but the same speech which you teach, I will give you my head. I will wed you. And thus he pledged his truth to her. She replied, \"If anything other than that you have learned from me will be required, then let your body be spared from death. I will acquit you of your oath. Otherwise, by no other means, now listen to what I shall say. When you come to the place where they now make great threats, and upon your coming abide, they will immediately oppose you with their answer. I know you will not withhold anything that you think is best. And if you can find rest in that, \" (if so you may)..\"Welcome is he who has more [than] this, and else this shall be my lore, that thou shalt say upon this model, that all women would be sovereign of man's love, for what woman is so above her, she says as she wills, and else she cannot fulfill what thing she most desires. With this answer thou shalt save thyself, and otherwise nothing. And when thou hast finished thy business, come here again thou shalt find me, and let nothing out of thy mind. He goes forth with heavy cheer, for if he dies he has a pain, and if he lives he must bind himself to such an old witch. Of women the most unseemly, thus he knows not what is best, but let him live or let him loathe, to the Castle forth he goes, his full answer to give, or for to die or for to live.\"\n\nThe lord came forth with his counsel, the things are recorded, he sent for the lady's son, and she came, that old woman, in the presence of the remaining council, the strength of all the counsel was openly reherced..And to Florent she bad him tell his auys, the one who knew what is the price. Florent says all that ever he could, but such words came none to his mouth. He might in some way arrest my death by gift or by plea. And thus he tarried long and late till this lady had at last said, \"You shall give your answer in particular concerning that which you first opposed, and then you may truly suppose that you may say nothing but if these words help, which the woman has taught you, in the hope that you will be excused and confess your will. And when this matron heard the manner in which this knight answered, she said, \"Treason, woe be to you, who have revealed the private matter which all women most desire. I would that you were on fire. But nevertheless, in such a plight, Florent is quit, and he began his sorrow anew. For he must go or be untrue to her to whom his truth was pledged. But he, who all shame dreaded, went forth in stead of his penance and took the fortune of his chance..As he that was with trouth affayted\nThis olde wyght hym hath awayted\nIn place where\u25aa as he her in\u25aa lefte\nFlorent his woful hede vp lyfte\nAnd sawe this where that she sytte\nWhich was the lothest wyghte\nThat euer man cast on his eye\nHere nose\nHyr eyen smal & depe sett\nHyr chekes ben with teres weet\nAnd ryuelyn as in an empty skyn\nHangyng doune vnto the chyn\nHer lyppes ben shronken for age\nTher\u25aa was no grace in her vysage\nHyr front was narwe hir lockes hore\nShe loketh forth as doth a more\nHer neck is short her shulders courbe\nThat myght a mannes lust distourbe\nHere body grete & no thyng small\nAnd shortly for to descryue hyr all\nShe hath no lyth withoute a lak\nBut lyche vnto the wolle sak\nShe profereth hyr vnto this knyght\nAnd bad hym as he behyght\nSo as she bath by his warrant\nThat he hyr helde couenaunt\nAnd by the brydel she hym seseth\nBut god wote how yt she hym pleseth\nOf suche wordes as she speketh\nHym thynketh wel nyghe his hert bre\nketh / \u25aaFor sorowe that he may fle\nBut yf he wold vntrewe be.A sick man seeks healing,\nTakes balm with cane,\nAnd with myrrh, the sweet,\nRight so he earns such gain.\nFlorent stands in this state,\nHe drinks the bitter with the sweet,\nHe mixes sorrow with joy,\nAnd lives as one who is dying.\nHis thoughts shall be cast away,\nUpon one whose way is old and unattractive,\nBut need he must fulfill.\nHe would always hold his truth,\nAs every knight is bound to do,\nWhatever may happen to him,\nThough she be foulest of all,\nThe honor of womanhood,\nHe thought he should take heed,\nSo that for pure gentleness,\nAs he could, he would address her,\nIn rags as she was torn,\nHe set her on his horse before,\nAnd forth he takes his way softly,\nNo wonder if he sees often,\nBut as an old woman flees by night,\nOut of all other birds' sight,\nRight so this knight on broad day,\nKeeps himself hidden and guards his way,\nUntil night time till the tide,\nThat he comes where he would abide,\nAnd privately without noise,\nHe brings this foul, great company,\nTo his Castle in such a way..That no man could hinder her\nUntil she entered the chamber,\nWhere he named his most trusted men,\nAnd told them that he must\nMarry this woman, or else lose his life.\nThe private women agreed,\nDrawing her rags aside,\nAnd allowing her to rest and be dressed to her best.\nBut they could not comb her hair,\nAnd she would not be satisfied,\nFor no counsel, and therefore,\nThey arranged that it was excused,\nAnd had such a cunning plan,\nThat no one could see them outside.\nBut when she was fully dressed,\nAnd her veil was all tried,\nShe was uglier to see,\nBut it could not be otherwise.\nThey were married by night,\nAnd he was the most unwilling knight\nEver to be married,\nAnd she began to play and rage,\nAs if she said, \"I am quite enough.\"\nBut he laughed or showed no sign,\nFor she took him by the hand,\nAnd called him her husband,\nAnd said, \"My lord, let us go to bed,\nFor I am here to be wed.\".For thou shalt be my world's delight, and offers himself with that to kiss, as she a lusty lady were, his body might well be there. But as in thought and memory, his heart was in purgatory. Yet the strength of matrimony could make no excuse, that he might alway play the husband's part, and go to bed with company. And when they were abed, naked, without sleep he was awakened. He tore himself on the other side, for he would hide his eyes from looking on the foul sight. The chamber was full of light, the maids were of fine linen thin, this new bride who lay within, though it be not with his accord, in his arms she enfolded her lord, and prayed as he was torn from her, he would turn again towards her. For now she said we are both one. But he lay still as any stone. But evermore one she spoke and prayed, and bade him think on that he had said, when he took her by the hand, he heard and understood the bond. How he was set to his penance, and as it were a man in a trance, he tore himself suddenly, and saw a lady lying by his side, of eighty winters age..Which was the fairest face\nThat ever I saw in this world\nAnd as I would have taken hers near\nShe put her hand and by my love\nBesought me that I would love\nAnd said to win or lose\nI must choose one of two things\nWhere I will have such a one\nOr else upon the daylight\nFor you shall not have both two\nAnd he began to sorrow thus\nIn many a way and cast his thought\nBut for all that yet could he not\nDecide himself which was the best\nAnd she who would his heart rest\nPrayed that he would choose always\nUntil at last long and late\nHe said, O you my lines, say what you will in my quarrel\nI do not know what answer I shall give\nBut ever while I live\nI will that you be my Mistress\nFor I cannot myself guess\nWhich is the best unto my choice\nThus I grant you my whole voice\nChoose for us both I pray\nAnd whatsoever that you say\nRight as you will, so will I\nMy lady said, grant mercy\nFor of this word you now say\nThat you have made me sovereign\nMy destiny is overpassed..That never hereafter shall be lost\nMy beauty which I now have\nUntil I be taken into my grave\nBoth night and day as I am now\nI shall always be such to you\nThe king's daughter of Cecily\nI am / and fell but a while\nAs I was with my father late\nThat my stepmother, for her hate\nWhich to ward me she has begun\nForsake me till I had won\nThe love and the sovereignty\nOf what knight that in his degree\nAll other passes of good name\nAs men say you are the same\nThe deed proves it is so\nThus am I yours forevermore\nThere was pleasure and joy enough\nEach one with other played and laughed\nThey lived long and well they fared\nAnd Clerks that this chance heard\nThey wrote it in evidence\nTo teach how obedience\nMay well fortune a man to love\nAnd set him in his lust above\nAs it befell unto this knight\nFor thy my son if you do right\nThou shalt unto thy love obey\nAnd follow her will by all way\nMy holy father so I will\nFor you have told me such a tale\nOf this example now before\nThat I shall forevermore\nHereafter my observation.To love and obedience, the better keep and guard of this, if there is anything else besides pride. Of which thing I shall reveal what it is, special. My father asks you, I pray, lest my son and I shall say, for yet there is subjection which stands of pride in company, of which you shall hereafter know, to determine if you have guilt or none, according to the form as you shall hear. Omnias scire / putat se presumpuosus / Nec sibi consimile quem putat esse parum / Qui magis astutus reputat se vincere bellum. In the snares of love, he himself falls most forcefully / Often the desire of a man falls in love with one who presumes / False and in empty hopes, the way itself returns to him, the very paths. He speaks of the third kind of pride, which the confessor declares the nature of, according to the vice itself. Pride is that vice\nOf the third kind, which has in its court and will not know\nThe truth until it is overthrown,\nBy fortune and grace it comes,\nI have often had a place for it,\nFor it does all its thing by guess..And voids all sycophancy,\nNone other courtesy seems good to him,\nBut such as he himself deems,\nFor such a way as he compasses,\nHis wit passes all other,\nAnd is with pride so thoroughly sought,\nThat he sets at naught the three,\nAnd thinks of himself alone,\nAnd thus he would bear a price,\nSo fair, so seemly, nor so wise,\nAbove all others and nothing for thee,\nHe says not once, \"grant mercy,\"\nTo God, who sends all grace,\nSo that his wits he dispenses,\nUpon himself as though there were\nNo god who might avail there,\nBut all upon his own wit,\nHe stands till he falls into the pit,\nSo far that he may not arise,\n\nAnd I, the confessor, come with a lover, presumptuously, on that assumption, from whose pride (quod) many foolish lovers, with greater certainty of love, promise themselves to the queen, are more quickly disillusioned.\n\nAnd rightly thus in the same way,\nThe vice sets the heart above,\nAnd does plainly intend to love,\nAny queen,\nHas worthiness and sufficiency..And so, without delay,\nHe often raises himself up so high\nThat chips fall into his eye, and likewise,\nHe believes this place to be loved best,\nWhere he is not beloved at all.\nNow tell me, what is the least\nOf what I have told you here\nA father is nothing in this world, I believe,\nThere is no man less worthy than I,\nOf any kind of worthiness,\nWho holds himself less worthy than I,\nNot for you, I say, in excuse,\nTo all men, love is free,\nAnd certainly, no man should turn,\nFor love of himself, so cruel,\nIt lies in a man's heart,\nBut that I shall not deny,\nTo believe myself worthy,\nTo love, but in her mercy,\nBut sir, do you mean,\nThat I should think myself,\nOtherwise beloved than I was,\nI am known as I was in that case,\nMy good son, tell me how,\nNow let me and I will tell you,\nMy good father, how it is,\nFrequently it has happened before this,\nThrough hope, and was not certain,\nMy longing has been in vain,\nTo trust in things that help me not at all,\nBut only in my own thoughts,\nFor it seems that a beautiful\nWoman, like the words that men tell..Answer right so no more or less, I confess to you, my father, such is the way my wit has ever set that whatsoever may be hoped of me, I have often thought it true, but finally it brings no result. Thus may I tell it as I can. Wishing deceives many a man, and it has deceived me right well I know, for if a man is in a boat which is without bottom or rowing, he must necessarily overthrow it. So wishing has deceived me, for when I thought next to have it, as I cast my wish, then I was left behind. And as a fool I unbent my bow when all was failed, then I thought, for thy, my father, that my wish has gone astray, touching upon Squiretry. Give me my penance or I die. But if you would in any way inform me of this matter, which would be again this vice set, I should fare well the better..The proud knight Capaneus / He was so proud through his chivalry / That he put trust in himself / And to the gods he did not turn / In any quarrel for appeal / But said it was idle speech / This caused pure fear in him / For lack of heart and necessity / And on such presumption / He held this proud opinion / Until at last, about Thebes where he lay / When it was besieged / This knight, as Cromyus showed / In the sight of all men there.When he was proudest in his gear\nAnd nothing could him deter\nFully armed with his shield and spear\nAs he the city would assault\nGod took him himself the battle\nAgain his pride from the sky\nA fiery thunder suddenly\nHe sent and to powder him struck\nAnd thus the pride which was hot\nWhen he most in his strength thought\nWas burned and lost without end\nSo it proves well therefore\nThe strength of man is soon lost\nBut if he it well governs\nAnd over this a man may learn\nThat also frequently it grieves\nWhat a man himself believes\nAs though it should him well please\nThat he all other men can judge\nAnd has forgotten his own vice\nA tale of them that be so nice\nAnd feign themselves to be wise\nI shall tell you in such a way\nThat you no such thing undertake.This is an old text about a king of Hungary. It tells a story about how the king, who was wise and honest in all things, saw his humble servant being humiliated in public. The king, presuming the servant was acting against his will, tried to reprimand him. However, the king was outwitted by the servant's cunning and was instead taught a lesson in humility.\n\nHere is the cleaned text:\n\nI. Find upon Surquedrye\nHow it once was in Hungary,\nBy old days, a king there was,\nWise and honest in all things.\nAnd it happened one day,\nIn the month of May,\nAs was the custom then,\nThis king, with noble pride,\nHad arrayed himself for pleasure,\nOut of the city to ride,\nWith lords and great array,\nOf lusty folk who were young,\nWhere some played and some sang,\nAnd some went and some rode,\nAnd some pricked their horses' sides,\nAnd bridled them now in now out.\nThe king cast his eye about,\nUntil at last he saw,\nAnd came against his chariot..Two pilgrims of great age,\nWho looked like a dry image,\nPale and faded, hewn like a bush renewed,\nHere their beards were hoar and white,\nThere was but little of kindred between them,\nThey seemed not fully alive,\nThey came to the king and begged,\nSome of his good pure charity,\nAnd with great humility,\nOut of his chair he leapt,\nAnd kept both their arms,\nAnd kissed both their feet and hands,\nBefore the lords of his land,\nAnd gave them of his good therefrom,\nAnd when he had done this deed,\nHe went back into his chair again,\nThere was murmuring, there was disdain,\nThere was complaint on every side,\nThey said of their own pride,\nEach to other, \"What is this?\nOur king has done this thing amiss,\nTo abase his royalty,\nThat every man might see,\nAnd humbled him in such a way,\nTo those who were of no importance.\"\nThus it was spoken to and fro,\nOf those who were with him then,\nAll privately behind his back,\nBut to him himself no one spoke,\nThe king's brother was present then,\nAnd it was a great offense,\nHe took note of it and was the same..About all other things that are most to blame,\nA subject has laid before his liege lord,\nAnd has spoken to the lords as he could find time,\nThere shall be nothing left behind,\nThat he will speak to the king.\nNow what happened concerning this matter,\nThey were merry and young, each one with another played and laughed,\nAnd fell into new tales.\nHow the fresh flowers grew,\nAnd how the green leaves sprang,\nAnd how love among the young\nBegan to stir the hearts awake,\nAnd every bird had chosen its mate,\nAnd thus the May Day ended,\nThey led and went home, not expecting the king to come soon.\nWhen he had named his chamber,\nHis brother was not yet ready there,\nAnd brought a tale to his ear,\nOf the shame he had brought upon his own name,\nIn hindering his own name,\nWhen he himself would have acted dishonorably,\nThat against the state of his nobleness,\nHe says he will no longer do,\nAnd that he must excuse himself,\nToward his lords, everyone.\nThe king stood still as a stone,\nAnd to his tale before he laid it down..And thought more than he seyde\nBut netheles to that he herde\nWel curtoysly he ansuerde\nAnd told it shold be amended\nAnd thus when yt here tale was ended\nAl redy was the bord & cloth\nThe kyng vnto his souper goth\nAmong the lordes to the halle\nAnd when they had souped alle\nThey when leue & forth they go\nThe kyng bythought hym seluen tho\nHou he his broder may chastye\nThat he thought his surquedrye\nTook vpon hond to dispreyse\nHumylyte whiche is to preyse\nAnd therupon yaf suche counseylle\nToward his kyng that was vnheyle\nWherof to be the better lered\nHym thynketh to make hym afered\nIt felle so that in thylke dawe\nTher was ordeyned by the lawe\nA Trompe with a sterne breth\nWhiche was cleped the Trompe of deth\nAnd in the Court where ye kyng was\nA certeyne man a Trompe of bras\nHath in kepyng & therof serueth\nThat whan a lord his deth deserueth\nHe shall this dredefull Trompe blowe\nTo fore his gate & make it knowe\nHow that the jugement is yeue\nOf deth whiche shal not be foryeue\nThe kyng when it was nyght anone.This man assented and had gone\nTo trumpet at his brother's gate\nHe who could do so, went forth and did the king's behest\nThis lord who heard this tempest\nKnew that it blew before his gate\nHe knew by the law and knew\nThat he was certainly dead\nAnd as for help, he knew none\nBut sent for his friends all\nAnd told them what had happened\nThey asked him why\nBut he knew not and there was no help for it\nFor it stood thus at that time\nThis Trumpet was of such sentence\nThat there was no resistance\nThey could order in any way\nThat he might not die\nBut if it were so that he could purchase\nTo gain his liege lord's grace\nHere wisdom was cast about\nAnd lenity was appointed at last\nThis lord had a worthy lady\nUnto his wife who also feared\nHer lord's death and her five children\nBetween them two they had one line\nWho were young and tender of age\nAnd of stature and of visage\nRight fair and lusty to see\nThey cast him and her children forth\nWith her on the morrow\nAs those who were full of sorrow..All naked but for smok and shirt,\nTo tend to the king's heart,\nHis grace should go to seek\nAnd pardon of death beseech.\nThus pass those who are woeful night\nAnd early when it was light,\nThey went forth in such a way\nAs thou hadst heard foretold.\nAll naked but her shirt one,\nThey wept and made much moan,\nHer hair hung about her eyes\nWith sobbyng and with sorrow's tears.\nThis lord then an humble pas\nWho once was proud and noble was,\nWhereof the city sore took flight\nOf those who saw that like sight.\nAnd nevertheless openly,\nWith such weeping and such cry,\nHe went forth with his children and his wife\nHe went to pray for his life.\nUnto the court when they come,\nAnd men there had heeded their name,\nThere was no man if he them sight\nFrom water might keep his eye.\nFor so they made a show,\nThe king supposed of this woe,\nAnd feigned as he knew not at all,\nBut at his uprising,\nMen told him how it fared,\nAnd when that he this wonder heard,\nIn haste he went into the hall,\nAnd all at once they fell down.\nIf any pity may be found..The king who saw them fall to the ground\nHas asked them what is the fear\nWhy are you so displeased there\nHis brother said \"A lord have mercy\nI know of no other cause why\nBut only that this night so late\nThe trumpet of death was at my gate\nIn token that I should die\nThus we come to pray\nThat you, my world's death, spare us\nFool, you think too much\nThe king to his brother said\nYou are so little afraid\nThat only for the sound of a trumpet\nHas gone dispelled through the town\nYou and your wife in such manner\nSend forth your children who are here\nIn sight of all men about\nBecause you say you are in doubt\nOf death which stands under the law\nOf man, let it withdraw\nSo that it may perhaps fail\nNow shall you not marvel that I\nDo step down from my chair lightly\nWhen I beheld before my sight\nThose who were of such great age\nMy own death through her image\nWhich God has set by the law of kind\nWhom I may find no reprieve\nFor well I know such as they are\nRight such am I in my degree.Of flesh and blood and so shall die,\nAnd thus, I who obey the law,\nOf which kings are placed under,\nIt ought to be less of a wonder,\nThan you, who are without need,\nFor the law of the land in such fear,\nWhich for accounting is but a joke,\nAs a thing that you might overcome,\nFor my brother after this,\nI bid that you set yourself,\nSince you can fear a man so much,\nFear God with all your heart more,\nFor all shall die and all shall pass,\nAs well a lion as an ass,\nAs well a beggar as a lord,\nTogether toward death in one accord,\nThe king with his wise words,\nHis brother taught and all forgave,\nFor my son if you live,\nIn virtue you must vice eschew,\nAnd with a low heart humbly serve,\nSo that you be not surquedous,\nMy father I am amorous,\nWhom I would ask you to teach,\nWhich might in love's cause stand,\nMy sense you shall understand,\nIn love and other things all,\nIf surquedry falls,\nIt may not be to his advantage,\nWho uses that vice and pride,\nWhich tears wisdom into folly..And swiftly into listening, I shall tell a tale, which fell in days of old. The cleric Ouidas told it in a special tractate called \"The Confessor.\" This proud vice, which caught him worthy to his likeness, made him seek all the world's riches. He was of stature and beauty both, thinking all women loathe him, for there was no comparison to his condition. This young lord Marcius was named, possessing no strength of love, his heart unyielding. But in the end, he was beguiled. For the goddess's allure, it happened one day by chance. He, in all his proud fare, to the forest went to fare, among others that were there to hunt and amuse himself. And when he came to the place where he would make his chase, the houses were within a throw, the horns blew. The great heart was found at once, with swift feet set on the ground. He, with spur in horse's side, hastened fast to ride..Til all men were left behind, and as he would under a yew tree, by a rock as I tell, he saw where a lusty well sprang up. The day was extremely hot with all, and such a thirst was upon him that he must either die or drink. Down he lay and tied his horse to a branch, and lay low to quench his thirst. And as he cast his look and took heed, he saw the likeness of his face, and thought there was an image of such a nymph as this was, whose love his heart essayed. It began, as it was afterwards seen, to stir him and make him believe it was a woman that he saw. The nearer he came to the well, the nearer she came to him again. So he never knew what to do, for when he wept, she wept, and when he cried out, she took good care. The same word she cried also, and thus began the new sorrow that was once so strange to him. It made him love and heartfelt change, to set his heart and begin, a thing which he could never win. And ever among him he began to shout and pray that she would come out..And while he went far, and while he drew near,\nAnd ever he found her in a place,\nHe wept, he cried, he asked for grace,\nWhere none could be gotten.\nSo again a rock of stone\nMet him, who knew no other way,\nHe struck himself till he was dead.\nThe nymphs of the wells and others that were there,\nTo the woods they went, bylong,\nThe body, which was dead, lying,\nFor pure pity that they had,\nUnder grave they buried,\nAnd from his sepulcher,\nSprang up at once, a wonder,\nSuch a sight of flowers,\nThat men might take example,\nConcerning the deeds he did,\nAnd this was seen in other places.\nFor in the winter, fresh and fair,\nThe flowers which are contrary,\nTo kind and so was the folly,\nWhich fell from his surrendering,\nThus he, who had love in disdain,\nWas worthless to all others,\nAnd as he set his price most high,\nHe was least worthy in love's eye,\nAnd most despised in his wit,\nThe remembrance of which is yet,\nSo that you might take example,\nAnd also all others, for his sake..My father touched me, this vice I think to flee,\nFrom whatever woman he ever thought of, and especially of that which grows\nIn love's cause, whether it be well or woe. Yet pride never dwelt in me,\nBut I would that grace would send,\nThat toward me my lady would bend,\nAs toward her I believe,\nMy love should be so apparent,\nThat there should be no pride a place,\nBut I am far from such grace.\nNow as for time, I must endure and pray,\nThat you would pardon,\nIf there is any point of pride,\nFor which I need to be shriven,\nMy son, God will forgive,\nIf you have done amiss,\nTouched by this forevermore,\nThere is another yet of pride,\nWho could never hide his words,\nHe would not help himself avoid,\nThere may not a thing his tongue daunt,\nHe claps as a belle,\nIf you want to know which,\nIt is behooveful for you to hear,\nSo that you might steer your tongue,\nToward the world and stand in grace,\nWhich often lacks in many a place,\nTo him who cannot sit still,\nWho else should have his will..With pride, he magnifies himself, making his speech unstable / Fame, stabilized by honor, strengthens his reputation / He does not perceive his own praise, for he boasts of himself in public / There is a fault in a man when he transfers the reproach of his own faults to others, and seeks to extol his own fame / This is the fourth kind of boasting, caused by human nature, that a man, shrinking from testifying to his own virtues and merits, transfers the blame to others / He himself, speaking of this vice, subverts it / But Venus, in the cause of love, expels from her court all those who are too loquacious, abhorring their excessive modesty / I confess: In opposing the matter, the lover declares more fully\nThe vice is called vanity\n\nWith pride, he takes in vanity /\nSo that his own pride he sets forth /\nWhen he exceeds such measure.\nHe is first, well is he, rather than blamed /\nHe was worthy, rather than deserving of blame /\nAnd thus, the worship of his name /\nThrough the pride of his country..He wins in to vylonye (Vilonye: a place of vice or debauchery)\nI see how this proud vice\nHas this wind in its office\nThrough which it blasts it out\nThe man's name he overthrows\nOf virtue which should else spring\nUnto the world's knowledge\nBut he frustrates it all to sore\nAnd right of such manner is\nThere are lovers for you, if you\nAre one of them, tell how\nWhen you have taken anything\nOf love's right or out or ring\nOr taken upon thee the cold\nSome goodly word as the w (word unclear)\nOr friendly cheer or token or letter\nWhereof thy heart was the better\nOf that she sent the greeting\nHast thou for pride of thy looking\nMade thine avowal where the list\nI would father that you knew\nMy conscience lies not here\nYet had I never such matter\nWherewith my heart might amend\nNot of so much as she sent\nBy mouth and said great him well\nAnd thus for that there is no deal\nWhereof to make mine avowal\nIt is to reason accordingly\nThat may never but I lie\nOf love make avowry (avowry: a declaration of love)\nI know not what I should have done\nIf that I had enchantment so\nAs you have said here many one..But I found cause never none\nBut danger which me welcomes slough\nThereof I could tell you enough\nAnd none other advance\nThus needs me no repentance\nNow ask father further of my life\nFor they are I not guilty\nMy son I am well paid with all\nFor wit to well in special\nThat love of his justice\nA love all other alike this vice\nAt all times most debates\nWith all his heart & most hates\nAnd also in all manner wise\nA country is most to despise\nBy example thou might write\nWhich I find in the books write.Albinus, the first of all lubardes, who bore the crown of lubardie and was of great chivalry, waged war against various kings. In one battle, he fought with Gurmund, a mighty king as well. Yet it fell out that Albinus slew him in the field. No help or shield availed Gurmund; Albinus struck off his head.\n\nAfter this deed, Albinus appeared before the nobles of his realm with this work accomplished. The king immediately ordered that a memorial be made of his victory. Moreover, King Gurmund's daughter Rosamund bore him a child in marriage. Therefore, Albinus could publicly display his victory before the nobles, and this deed itself was accomplished..The king took away the pan and said he would make a cup for Gurmund's sake, to keep and draw in memory the victory in the battle. When he had thus won the field, the land was soon overrun, and he seized it in his own hand. There he found Gurmund's daughter, named Rosamund, who was fair, fresh, and lusty in the sight of every man. His heart filled with love for her at once, and such love he cast upon her that he wedded her in the end. After that time, they lived in peace and rest together, and their love was wonderful. But she, who keeps you blind, appears when they are most in love, during the hottest moments of their love. She tears their manhood and they fall. The king, who stood in all his wealth, peace, and health, and felt no harm on any side, as if he had achieved the world, thought he would make a feast and that for his wife's sake. He ordered and sent it anon..By letters and messengers, and warned all his officers, that every thing be well prepared. The great steeds were tested for jousting and tournaments, and many a pearled adornment was put back in place again. The lords came at the appointed time. One justified himself well against another, and sometimes they engaged in tourney. And thus they cast care aside and took pleasure in their hands. Afterward, you shall understand, they came to the king's hall. They came as they had been bidden, all. And when they were seated and served, then, as was fitting, those worthy knights were rewarded, some here and there. The price was spoken, and it was proclaimed among the heralds all about, and below and above, all was of arms and of love. Whereof around the tables, men had many varied words. That joy which they made, the king himself began to delight in, taking pride in his heart. And saw the cup stand by his side, which had been made from the head of Gurmu\u0304d, as you have heard when he was dead. And was set with gold and rich stones..And stood on a foot high\nOf borned gold, with great craftsmanship it was made,\nOf such work as it should have,\nAnd polished was also so clean,\nThat no sign of the skull was seen,\nBut as it were a grape's eye.\nThe king bade bear his cup away,\nWhich stood before him on the board,\nAnd fetch that in, on his word,\nThe skull is fet and win therein,\nWhereof he bade his wife begin,\nDrink with thy father's dam, he said,\nAnd she to his bidding obeyed,\nAnd took the skull, and what she listed,\nShe drank as if she knew nothing,\nWhat cup it was, then all out,\nThe king in audience about,\nHas told it was her father's skull,\nSo that the lords may know,\nOf his venture a true witness,\nAnd made abroad through what means,\nHe has won his wife's love,\nWhich of the skull had begun.\nThere was much pride aloft,\nThey spoke as if she were soft,\nThought this unkind pride,\nOf that her lord so near her side,\nAuanath him that he has slain,\nAnd picked out her father's brains,\nAnd of the skull made a cup..She suffered until they were up\nAnd though she feigned illness,\nAnd went to a chamber and complained to a maid whom she trusted,\nSo that none other knew,\nThis maid Glodesyde is hot-tempered.\nTo whom this lady had been hot,\nOf sadness all that she could,\nWhich made her drink among them all,\nIn spite of her and her father both,\nWhose thoughts were so angry,\nAnd thus they came to an agreement,\nWith such schemes as they cast,\nTo get from her consent,\nSome injured knight to kill this lord,\nAnd with this deed they began,\nHow they might win him over,\nWhich was the king's butler,\nA proud and lusty young man,\nAnd Glodesyde loves him ardently,\nAnd she to make him more amorous,\nHere love was granted, and by night,\nThey planned how they might manage it,\nA bed was prepared and done,\nThe same night and in this was,\nThe queen herself the second night,\nCame in her place and found,\nA dark chamber without light,\nAnd went to bed with this knight,\nAnd he kept his observation,\nTo love does his obedience..And when it was Gloucester's side,\nAnd she then lay down,\nAnd he asked what he had done,\nAnd she told him thus,\n\"And I am your queen.\nNow shall your love be well seen,\nOf that you have wrought yourself,\nOr it shall be severely accounted for,\nOr you shall work as I command,\nAnd if you will do this way,\nPlease me and keep it secret,\nFor I shall always be at your will,\nBoth I and all my heritage.\nLove, which no man can govern,\nHas made him unable to resist,\nBut he has entirely given in to her,\nAnd thus the wheel is turned.\nFortune, which has this on her hand,\nFor however it may stand afterwards,\nThey live among them in such a way,\nThe king was dead within a while,\nSo cunningly did it not come about,\nThat they were not discovered,\nSo they thought it best for them to flee,\nFor there was no rest.\nAnd thus the king's treasure,\nHis truss and much other things,\nAnd with a certain fellowship,\nThey fled and went away by ship,\nAnd to Ravenna,\nWhere they sought the duke's help..And he granted them a place to dwell, but after she told him of the manner in which they had done it, the duke let them be shaped thus: they had drunk a poison which they had bewitched. And all this was done out of pride. Therefore, it is good for a man to hide his own price. For if he speaks, he may easily break his thanks. An armory lies no disadvantage to him who thinks himself advanced and renowned for his deed, and also to him who thinks to expedite love, for that vice haunts his purposes. His love tongue he must restrain, which bears the key to his honor. For my son, take right good heed of this matter. I thank you, my father dear. This school is of a gentle lore. And if there is anything else more of pride which I shall eschew, now ask forth and I will show what thing it is that you want to inform me. My son yet in another form there is a vice of pride's lore..The proud vice of vanity,\nForgetting purgatorial woes,\nHis worldly joys are so great,\nHe thinks of heaven as void,\nThis life's pomp is all his peace,\nYet shall he die nonetheless,\n\nThe empty glory calls,\nUnmindful of suffering pains,\nIts friend, empty joy, it seeks,\nA man, without deep words,\nClimbing composed mountains,\nA knight will ride victoriously,\nIn love, more than the gentle bait,\nIn the mouth, the bitter brew cannot change,\nAnd yet, adorned,\n\nHe speaks of the fifth species,\nCalled empty glory,\nRevealing its nature first,\nThe confessor opposes love..And he thinks himself but little\nFor all his lust is to delight\nIn new things proud and vain\nAs far forth as he may attain\nI think if he could make\nHis body new, he would take\nA new form and leave his old\nFor what thing that he may behold\nWhich is the common usage is strange\nImmediately his old guise changes\nHe will and fall thereon\nLike unto the Chameleon\nWhich upon every diverse hue\nThat he beholds he may new\nHis color and thus unavailed\nFull of time he stands disgraced\nMore joyfully than the very in May\nHe makes himself ever more festive and gay\nAnd does all his array disgrace\nSo that of him the new array\nOf lusty folk all other take\nAnd also he can make carols\nRoundel, ballad, and verlay\nAnd with all this, if he may\nOf none he grew from his courage\nSo over glad that of his end\nHe thinks there is no death coming\nFor he has then at all time\nSuch manner of pride in love\nHe thinks his joy is endless\nNow sing the son in good peace\nAnd of your love tell me plain\nIf your glory has so been in vain\nMy father, as touched of all..I may not well or shall not\nExcuse me for lacking in vain glory,\nThat I have not for love been\nBetter dressed and arrayed,\nAnd also I have often tried\nRoundel ballads and madrigals,\nFor her: love on whom my heart lay,\nTo make and to paint,\nTo set my purposes aside,\n\nIn ball,\nAnd made merry among the,\nBut yet I feared not the best,\nI,\nFor when I would with her be glad,\nAnd said it was not for her sake,\nSo: to speak of my array,\nYet could I never be so gay,\nSong of love,\nWhereof I might be above,\nAnd have encouragement to be glad,\nBut rather I am often afraid,\nFor sorrow that she says me nay,\nAnd nevertheless I will not say,\nThat I am glad on other side,\nFor all day will bring unto my ear,\nOf that men speak here and there,\nHow that my lady bears the prize,\nHow she is fair, how she is wise,\nHow she is womanly of cheer,\nOf all this thing that I may hear,\nWhat wonder is it that I feign,\nAnd also when I may here see,\nTidings of my lady's health,\nAlthough I may not with her deal,\nYet am I wonder glad of that..\"As for that time, I dare well swear\nNone other sorrow may me deter\nThus am I rejoiced in this way\nBut father of your learning, say\nOf which you are fully taught,\nNow tell me if you think aught\nThat I, the thief, am to write\nOf that there is, I acquit myself\nMy son he said and for your good\nI want that you understand\nFor I think upon this matter\nTo tell a tale as you shall hear\nHow again this proud pride\nThe high god of justice is wroth\nAnd great vengeance does he wield\nNow listen to a tale that is true\nThough it be nothing of love's kind\nA great example you shall find\nThis vain glory to flee\nWhich is so full of emptiness\nHumanity, in its pride, is often subject to greater sorrow\nMinds exalted are often burdened with heavy descents\nMinds humble remain stable and soften the way\nFortune volleys innumerable motions throughout the world\nWhen the lower seeks the higher, the inferior fears the superior\n\nI place before you an example of a confessor against the vice of vain glory, namely King Nabuchodonosor, king of the Chaldeans.\nThere was a king who was mighty\".Whichever Nebuchadnezzar,\nOf whom I spoke before,\nThis name appears in the Bible,\nFor all the world was whole at his commandment,\nThan of kings to his likeness,\nNone was so mighty nor so rich,\nTo his empire and to his laws,\nAs he is said in that prophecy,\nWere obedient and tribute bore,\nAs though he were the god of earth,\nWith strength he put kings under,\nAnd wrought many a wonder,\nHe was so full of vain glory,\nThat he had no memory,\nThat there was any god but he,\nFor pride of his progeny,\nUntil the high king of kings,\nWho sees and knows all things,\nWhose eye nothing alters,\nThe private,\nTo speak and sow in his ear,\nAs though they were,\nHe took vengeance of his pride,\nBut for he would a while abide,\nTo look if he would amend himself,\nHe beforehand sent a token,\nAnd that was in his sleep by night,\nThis proud king, a wonder,\nHad\nHim thought upon a merry day,\nAs he beheld the world about,\nA tree grow he saw there out,\nWhich in the world amidst even,\nWhose height straight up to heaven,.The leaves were fair and large. The four-footed beast it was, that all men could feed. He saw also the bows spread above all earth, in which were the kind of all birds there. And likewise, he thought he saw also the kind of all beasts go under the tree about round, and fed them upon the ground. As he this wonder stood and saw, he thought he heard a voice on high crying and saying above all: \"Hew down this tree and let it fall. The leaves let decay and do not withhold, but let it be destroyed and wasted, and let every branch be shredded. But at the root he bites it and makes it stand. When all his pride is cast to the ground, the root shall be firmly bound, and it shall not bear the heart of any man, but every lust shall he forbear. Of man and ox his mate, of grass he shall purchase and eat, till the water of heaven has washed him seven times. So that he through knowing rightly what is heavenly might, may be made humble to its will, who may save and destroy. This king, out of his swoon aroused, said to the clerks whom he had: but none of them the truth revealed..Was none his swaven unable to undo\nAnd it stood that time so\nThis king had in subjection\nIudea and of affection\nA man named Daniel\nHe loved him for he could well\nDivine that none other could\nTo him were all things possible\nAs he it had of God's grace\nHe was before the king's face\nAnd sent and\nUpon the point the king of tolde\nThe fortune of his swaven expound\nAs it should afterward be found\nWhen Daniel this swaven heard\nHe stood long time before he answered\nAnd made a wondrously beautiful face\nThe king took heed of his manner\nAnd bid him tell that he knew\nTo whom he spoke\nAnd said, \"Be not angry,\nBut Daniel was very loath\nAnd said to all men, \"Sir king,\nYour swaven may fall\nAnd at least touch not this\nI will tell you how it is\nAnd what disease is to the form\nGod knows it if you shall escape\nThe high tree which you have seen\nWhich leaves and fruit\nThe which stood in the world amidst\nSo that the beasts and the birds\nWere governed by him alone\nSir king, this signifies your person.What store above earthly things,\nThus reign under the kings and all the people,\nTo love thee, and all the world doubts thy person,\nSo that with vain honor deceived,\nThou hast reverence withdrawn\nFrom him who is thy king above,\nThou hast it, thou neither fear nor love,\nWilt thou not know of this god,\nWhich now for thee has made a rod,\nThy vain glory and thy folly,\nWith great pains to chastise,\nAnd of the voices thou heardest speak,\nWhich bade the bows to break,\nAnd beware and fall down the tree,\nThat word by\nThy reign shall be overthrown,\nAnd thou dispersed among the people,\nBut that the root shall stand,\nThou shalt well understand,\nThere shall remain of thy reign,\nA time again where thou shalt reign,\nAnd also of that thou heardest say,\nTo take a man's heart away,\nAnd set there a beast,\nSo that like an ox,\nHe shall pasture and be ruled,\nBy times seven and sore punished,\nTill he knows our god's might,\nThen shall he stand again upright,\nAll this portends thy state,\nWhich now with God is in debate..Thy man's form shall be lost\nUntil seven years have passed\nAnd in the likeness of a beast\nOf grass shall be thy royalty\nThe weather upon the rain\nAnd understand that all this pain\nWhich thou shalt suffer this time\nIs a show only for thy pride\nOf vain glory and of the\nWhich thou hast long endured in\nSo upon this condition:\nThy swine hath exposure\nBut before this thing befalls in deed\nI would amend this world\nGive and depart thine almses\nDo mercy forth with righteousness\nBeseech and pray the high grace\nFor so thou might purchase peace\nWith God and stand in good accord\nBut pride is loath to lose its lord\nAnd will not suffer humility\nWith him to stand in no degree\nAnd when a ship has lost its steer\nIs none so wise that can steer\nIt again the waves in a rage\nThis proud king in his courage\nHumility has so forsaken\nThat for no swine he saw before\nNor yet for all that Daniel\nHe has counseled every del\nHe let it pass out of his mind\nThrough vain glory and as the blind.He sees no way or is overcome by woe\nAnd fell within a time so\nAs he went in Babylon\nThe vanity of pride ensnared him\nHis heart rose with vain glory\nSo that he delved into memory\nHis lordship and his regality\nWith words of subjection\nWhen that he most revered that lord\nWho glory intimidated\nSuddenly, as if someone said \"threes,\"\nWhere he stood in his palaces\nHe was taken from men's sight\nAnd none of them was so aware that could\nSee where he disappeared\nThus he was from his kingdom\nInto the wild\nWhere the mighty gods' law\nThrough their power transformed\nFrom man into a beast's form\nAnd like an ox underfoot\nHe grasped as he needed to\nTo obtain his life's food\nThough he thought cold grass good\nThat once ate the hot\nThus he was torn from delights\nThe wine was accustomed to drink\nHe took then from the wells' brink\nOr from the pit or from the slough\nIt seemed good enough to him\nIn place of well-appointed chambers\nHe was then of a bush well paid\nThe hard ground he lay upon\nFor other pillows had he none.The storms and rains fall\nThe winds blow upon him all\nHe tormented day and night\nSuch was the high god's might\nTill seven years an end took\nUpon himself though he began to look\nIn stead of meat and bread\nIn stead of hands long cleansed\nIn stead of man a beast like\nHe saw and then he began to sicken\nFor cloth of gold and of pearry\nWhich him was wont to magnify\nWhen he beheld his coat of heres\nHe wept and with woeful tears\nUp to the heaven he cast his face\nWept and thought in this manner\nThough he no words may win\nThus said his heart and spoke within\nO mighty god that all has wrought\nAnd all might bring again to naught\nNow I know I but all of thee\nThis world has no prosperity\nIn thine aspect be all alike\nThe poor man and also the rich\nWithout thee may no one thrive\nAnd thou above all others might\nO mighty lord to ward my vice\nThy mercy mingle with Justice\nAnd I will make a covenant\nThat of my life the remainder\nI shall it by the grace amend\nAnd in thy law so dispende\nThat vain glory I shall eschew\nAnd bow unto thine hest and serve..He humbly vows and thinks he begins to bow,\nAlthough he lacks boys and speech,\nHe archers with his feet,\nAnd wanders in his beastly steed,\nHe makes his plea to the heavens,\nHe kneels in his way and prays,\nTo seek mercy and to try,\nHis God who made him nothing strange.\nWhen he saw his pride change,\nImmediately as he was humble and tame,\nHe found toward his God the same,\nAnd in a twinkling of an eye,\nHis human form again he took,\nAnd was reformed to the Reign,\nIn which he was wont to reign,\nSo that the pride of vain glory,\nEver afterward out of memory,\nHe let it pass and thus it showed,\nWhat it is to be of pride,\nAgainst the high God's law,\nTo whom no man may be a fellow,\nFor thy son, take good heed,\nSo that thou lead thy head,\nThat thou be not like a beast,\nBut if thy life shall be honest,\nThou must humble take in hand,\nFor then might thou surely stand,\nAnd to speak in other ways,\nA proud man cannot endure.\nFor thou, a woman, would please him,\nHis pride cannot be at ease..There may be no man to blame\nA vice which is to blame for this,\nFor they should not hide anything\nThat might fall under blame of pride,\nWhich is the worst vice of all,\nWhereof so as it was byfall,\nThe tale I think of a king,\nTo tell you if it may please,\nSo that you might humble yourself and\nAlso eschew the vice of pride,\nWhose glory is false and vain,\nWhich God himself in disdain,\nThough it may mount up and overthrow,\nIt shall fall down and be overthrown.\nBut virtue is humble, through which God was always with us,\nYet took our flesh and dwelt among us,\nSo humble yourselves before Him..A king was once wise and prudent,\nThis man, his famous soldier,\nTo him on certain questions came,\nSeeking answers with a capital penalty at stake.\n\nFirstly, he obtained greater aid from the inhabitants of the world than one of lesser need.\nSecondly, he contained merit of greater value in lesser expenses.\nThirdly, what seemed to diminish his goods from his property did not entirely fail to benefit him.\n\nTo the first, she, the virgin daughter of the said soldier, replied to the king in this way:\nRegarding the first, she said that no land needs aid where all its inhabitants are fully engaged in daily labor.\nTo the second, she said that the earthly disputes are ruled by all virtues, yet it does not exceed the measure of prodigality's expenses.\nTo the third, she said that pride destroys all goods, both of the body and the soul, leading to excessive spending of the elders..And strange interpretations, problems, and demands were his wont. His wisdom was to find and seek, in various ways, to oppose those who were wise, but none of them it could be on his word to answer. He took one who was a knight. To him was every thing so light, and as soon as he heard the king's words, he answered truthfully. The king, in part, harbored envy and thought he would employ his wits to set some conclusion, which would be confusion for the knight. To protect himself, he would win all the fame for wisdom. The king began to study and ponder what strange matter could use the knights' wits to confound, and at last he found it. He immediately sent for the knight to tell what he meant on the points of the matter, as you shall hear. The first point of all three was this: What thing in all degrees, of all this world, has the most need, and yet men help it the most?.The king demands these three things of the knight:\nThe second is least put forth in cost,\nThe third is of most cost and least in worth, and goes to loss,\nThe king asks the knight this law he imposes,\nThat he shall go and come again within the third week,\nAnd to every point declare the amount,\nAnd if he miscounts in his answer,\nThen nothing else will fail,\nThe king says that he shall be dead,\nAnd lose his goods and his head,\nThe knight was sorry for this thing,\nAnd wished to excuse himself to the king,\nBut he would not let him be,\nAnd thus this knight departs to take his leave,\nBut afterward, in his thoughts,\nThe more he pondered it,\nThe more he stood in doubt,\nThough he knew well the king's heart,\nThat he should not hasten his death,\nAnd such a sorrow we have for him,\nThat gladness he has forsaken.\nHe first considered his life,\nThen his wife,\nHis children also,\nOf whom he had two daughters,\nThe youngest of them was fourteen years old,\nAnd in appearance..She was very fair and of stature\nLike to a heavenly figure\nAnd of manner and goodly speech\nThough men would all lands seek\nThey should not have found one like her\nShe saw her father sorrowful and sick\nAnd knew not the cause why\nSo she came to him privately\nAnd it was where he made his money\nAlone in a garden\nUpon her knees she fell down\nWith a humble heart and to him called\nAnd said, \"O good father, dear,\nWhy make you thus heavy-hearted?\nI know nothing how it is.\nAnd well you know, father, this:\nWhat adventure fell upon you\nYou might safely tell me.\nFor I have often heard you say\nThat you have such trust laid in me\nThat to my sister or to my brother\nIn all this world or to none other\nYou would have told a secret\nSo well my father as to me.\nFor thy father I pray thee,\nCast nothing away that grieves thee.\nFor I am she who would keep\nYour honor and with that weep.\nHer eye may not be forborne.\nShe wishes to be unborn\nBefore her father so mystified\nTold her of that which he knew.\nAnd ever among mercy she cried..That he should not hide his counsel from her, who would do him good and was so near flesh and blood, weeping at last, he cast his cheek upon his child and sorrowfully replied to her prayer. He told his tale and said:\n\nThe sorrowful daughter whom I beget\nIs not only for my sake but for both and all,\nFor such a chance has befallen me,\nThat by this third day I shall lose all\nThat I ever possessed, my life and all my good, therefore I sorrow so much.\nWhat is the cause, alas, she asked.\nMy father, that you should be\nDestroyed and slain in such a way,\nHe began to explain the reasons,\nWhich the king had told him in private,\nAnd said plainly that he could not answer any point of this,\nAnd she who hears how it is,\nGave her advice and said,\nMy father, since it is so,\nThat you can have no other way\nBut that you must necessarily die,\nI would pray of you one thing,\nLet me go with you to the king,\nAnd you shall make him understand\nHow to find my wits,\nHave an answer prepared for me,\nAnd tell him to such an extent..Upon my word, you will abide,\nThough to live or die whatsoever betides,\nFor perhaps I may purchase,\nWith some good word, the king's grace,\nYour life and also your good to save,\nFor often shall a woman have\nThings which it a man may not reach,\nThe father heard the daughter's speech,\nAnd thought there was reason why,\nAnd saw his own life to win,\nHe rethought it better in adventure,\nTo put himself and all his good,\nThan in the manner as it stood,\nHis life in certainty for to lose,\nAnd thus thought he began to choose,\nTo do the counsel of this maiden,\nAnd also the purposes which she said,\nThe day was come, and forth they went,\nUnto the Court they came anon,\nWhereas the king in his judgment,\nWas set and had this knight in assent,\nArrayed in the best wise,\nThis maiden with her wise words,\nHer father led by the hand,\nInto the place where he found,\nThe king with others whom he would,\nAnd to the king kneeling he told,\nAs he had been informed before,\nAnd prayed the king that he therefore,\nHis daughter's words would take..And he said that he would undertake, upon her words, to stand. There was great merit on his part, that such a wise knight would risk his life on so young a lad. But many held it for folly. Nevertheless, the king commanded peace, and to this maiden he cast his countenance, and said he would hear her tale. And he bade her speak, and she began: \"My liege lord, as I can, I will recite the points which I heard. The first I understood is this: What thing in the world is it that men most help and least need? My liege lord, I would reply: The earth it is, which man's labor ever nurtures, as in winter as in May. The man's hand, what he may, Helps it forth and makes it rich. And for thy men it delivers and digs, and plows it with strength, Where it has enough of itself. So its need is at the least. For every bird and beast, And flour and grass and root and rind, And every thing by way of kind, Shall thrive and the earth it shall become.\".As it was outside the earth's name,\nIt shall turn to earth again,\nThus I may by reason show\nThat there is nothing more necessary,\nAnd most men help it notwithstanding,\nSo that my lord touching this,\nI have answered how it is,\nAnother point I understood,\nWhich is worth and good, and costs a man least to keep,\nMy lord, if you will take heed,\nI say it is Humility,\nThrough which the high Trinity,\nAs for the desert of true love,\nUnto Mary from above,\nOf that He knew her humble intent,\nHis own son down He sent,\nAbove all others / and her He chose,\nFor that virtue which bestows peace,\nSo that I may by reason call,\nHumility is most worthy of all.\nAnd least it costs to maintain,\nIn all the world as it is seen,\nFor who that hath humility unwilling,\nHe brings no worry,\nFor he desires for the best,\nTo set every man at rest.\nThus with your high reverence,\nI think this evidence\nIs sufficient for this point,\nAnd touching on the remainder,\nThe third of your asking,\nWhat last is worth of all things..Who cannot dwell in heaven with pride,\nWith him it fell into hell,\nPride cost him too great a price,\nWhen he lost heaven for his pride,\nAnd afterward in Paradise,\nAdam lost his price for pride,\nIn the midst of earth and also,\nPride is the cause of all,\nThat the world may endure,\nSo stands pride the reprisal,\nPride is the head of all sin,\nWhich wastes all and cannot win,\nPride is the prick of every misery,\nPride is the worst of all vice,\nAnd costs most and is worth least,\nIn its place where it has its power,\nThus have I said that I will say,\nMy lord liege of your office,\nThat you shall grant and such justice,\nOrder for my father here,\nThat after this men may hear,\nThe world of it may say good,\nThe king, who understood reason,\nAnd has heard all that she has said,\nWas inwardly glad and so paid,\nThat all his wrath is overthrown,\nAnd he began to look upon\nThis maid in the face,\nIn which he found so much grace,\nThat all his pride on her he cast..My fair maid, I welcome your answer and also yours,\nFor I like you, and as you will,\nForgive your father's fault,\nAnd if you were of such lineage,\nThat you to me were of parage,\nAnd that your father were a peer,\nAs he is now a bachelor,\nYou should then be my wife,\nSo sure as I have life,\nBut this I say nonetheless,\nThat I will shape your increes,\nWhat worldly good that you will,\nask of my gift and you shall have,\nAnd she, the king's wise words,\nKneeling thanked in this way,\nMy liege lord God mote you quit,\nMy father here has but a little,\nOf Warwick, and that he thought,\nHad all been lost but now amended.\nYou may well, through your noble grace,\nWith it the king right in his place,\nAn earlship which late fell into his hand,\nWas seized by the knight with rent and land,\nAnd thus was all the noise appeased,\nThis maiden who sat upon her knees,\nBefore the king's charity,\nCame death and says evermore,\nMy liege lord right now before you,\nYou said as it is on record..That if my father were a lord, and there unto these others, you would not else let me not be your wife. And thus swears every worthy life. A king's word must be held. For thy my lord, if you would, so great a charity fulfill. God knows it would be well my will. For he who was a bachelor, my father is now made a priest. So when I ever come, I am now an earl's daughter. This young king, who delights all, her beauty and her wit with all, as he who was enamored, gave his consent. He might not the maiden alter. That she is not lady of his heart. So that he took her to his wife to hold while he has life. And thus the king grants this knight as it is right. And over this good is to know. In the Chronicles as it is written, this noble king, of whom I spoke, of Spain by those old days, the kingdom had in governance. And as the book makes remembrance, Alphons was his proper name. The knight also, if I shall name, Dom Petro was called, and as men tell, his daughter Petronelle..Was called she, who was full of grace,\nAnd this was seen in that place,\nWhere her father out of ten,\nBrought forth and made herself a queen,\nOf this she has so well disclosed,\nThe points where she was opposed.\nLo, now my son, as thou mayst hear,\nOf all this thing to my mother,\nBut one I take, and that is pride,\nTo whom no grace may betide,\nIn heaven he fell from his steed,\nAnd paradise him forbade,\nThe good men on earth him hated,\nSo that to hell he must go,\nWhere every virtue shall be weighed,\nAnd every vice received.\nBut Humility is all otherwise,\nWhich most is worthy and no reprieve,\nIt takes again both soft and fair,\nIf anything stands in contradiction,\nWith humble speech it is redressed,\nThus was this young maid blessed,\nThe which I spoke of now before,\nHer father's life she gained therefore,\nAnd with all the kings' love was she crowned.\nFor thy my son, if thou wilt love,\nIt sits well to love pride,\nAnd take Humility on thy side,\nThe more of grace thou shalt receive,\nMy father I will not forget,\nOf this thou hast told me here..And if such a man's humble demeanor should appeal to you hereafter, I ask that you seek more of my forgiveness. My good son, it shall be done. Now listen and lay an ear to this. Pride, fair as I can declare, is the cause of vice, in the name of love, as you have plainly heard above. There is no more to say on that account, but touching envy, I intend to tell. Which, by its own kind of hell, without cause, inflicts harm upon itself and others. After pride, the second, there is one who many a woe has brought upon themselves or brought about within themselves, not without. For in his thought, he burns eternally when he knows another is more levere or more virtuous than he, who passes him in degree, from which he takes his malady. That vice is called hot envy. For my dear son, if it is so, that you are or have been one of these, in the name of love:.If ever your heart was in need of another's healing,\nMy father, a thousand times I say,\nWhen I have seen another, bright with love and good cheer,\nEtha, who burns year after year, was not as hot as I.\nOf this I speak in confession,\nIn a place where one may find grace,\nIt may not harm you, but believe this,\nConcerning my lady I serve,\nThough I knew how to endure,\nMy heart is filled with such folly,\nThat I cannot chastise myself,\nWhen I behold the court of Cupid approach my lady,\nOf those who are lusty and fresh,\nThough it avails them not a whit,\nBut only that they are of speech,\nMy sorrow is then not to behold,\nBut when they revel in her presence,\nThen my fear grows greatest..And when they lasted long,\nMy sorrows are then so strong,\nI cannot tell my disease,\nBut, sir, as of my lady herself,\nThough she has powers ten or twelve,\nI have no mistrust of her,\nIt grieves me not at all, sir,\nI believe in all this world,\nIs there no woman who in deed and speech\nWould judge herself better than she does,\nOr speak a truer truth,\nKeep her honor at all times,\nAnd yet get a thank you besides,\nBut nevertheless, I am known,\nThat when I see anyone throw,\nOr else if I may hear,\nThat she makes any man welcome,\nThough I had not done it myself,\nMy thought will enter soon,\nFor though I am myself a stranger,\nEnvy makes my heart change,\nThat I am sadly left behind,\nOf that I see another glad,\nWith her but of others all,\nOf love whatsoever may happen,\nOr that he fails or that he speeds,\nThereof I take but little heed,\nNow I have said all to my father,\nAnd of this point in particular,\nAs far as I have known,\nNow ask father what you desire,\nMy son or I ask for anything more,\nI think somewhat for your learning..This is an example of such a matter. Touching envy as you shall here, though it be not the hounds kind, I find written in Cyprus: \"To eat chafe, yet I will wear. An ox which comes to the herd, to take any food, and he who understands it, it stands of love in many a place. He who is out of love's grace, he would another should fall, and may him himself not avail, and if he may put any letter, he destroys all that he may let go. Of this purpose, a tale I write. He sets forth the Confessor, an example against those who, in the cause of love, enjoy others' joys instead of their own. There are more than twelve of such. They cannot get love for themselves and, through envy, they spy on others. And because they lack what they desire, they keep that none other should. Touching love's cause, it speeds well. Of this great example I read, which accords with this matter. As Ovid in his book records, how Polyphemus once acted. When he pursued Galatea in love, which he could not catch, he made him wait and watch..By all ways, he waited\nUntil he last knew and heard\nThat another had left\nTo love there as he could\nAs for speaking of any speed\nHe knew no other rede\nBut to wait upon all\nUntil he might see the chance fall\nThat he might harm her\nWhich by himself could not achieve\nThis Galatea says the poet\nAbove all others was unequaled\nIn beauty that men then knew\nAnd had a lusty love and true\nA bachelor in his degree\nJust such another as he\nUpon whom she had set her heart\nSo that it might not be let\nFor gift nor for any command\nThat she was not altogether at his command\nThis young knight, Acis, was hot\nWho was equally hot for her\nDesiring only her and no more\nHe was jealous, Polyphemus, woe is me\nThrough pure envy and ever spying\nAnd waiting on every side\nWhen he might see\nThis young Acis with Galatea\nSo long he waited to and fro\nUntil at last he found them two\nIn a private place where they stood\nTo speak and have their words good\nThe place where I saw them\nIt was near a bank by the sea\nHe above, the great sea beneath.A giant named Polyphemus stood before Galatea, each expressing their love with pleasant words that set his heart ablaze with jealousy. Like a fire from a mighty bow, his envy flew out, causing him to flee when he saw Galatea with Acis, her new lover. Polyphemus, filled with sorrow and great distress, ran around Ethna's hell where the fire was never extinguished. He could not forget the sight of Acis at ease with Galatea. In a fit of jealous rage, Polyphemus returned to the bank where he had last seen them together. He intended to harm Acis, but could not save himself from his own anger. With his brute strength, Polyphemus pushed part of the bank down upon Acis, causing it to fall on him and kill him..She showed sufficient sorrow and, as she fled from the land, Neptune seized her hand and kept her in a hidden place, preventing Polyphemus and his menace from reaching her. This Galatea, of whom I speak, cannot be avenged without a feigned appearance. She has lamented her lover's death and, with her sorrow and woe, moved the gods to pity and grace. They placed Acis in the same place where he lay dead by a well, transformed as the books tell. With clear streams and fresh water, he was revived, as he once was, full of lust, with Polypheme's wrath and hate. They were enraged and, therefore,\n\nMy son, you should understand that, if you wish to stand in grace,\nWith love you must leave envy,\nAnd as you will for your own part,\nToward your love stand free,\nSo must you suffer another to be,\nWhatever may befall you by chance,\nFor it is an unwise revenge,\nWhich brings no other man's life relief,\nAnd is grief to him who inflicts it..My father this example is good,\nBut it will not stand with me as it did\nWith Polyphemus alone,\nTo work any felony in love for such envy.\nIf there is anything else, ask now in what degree\nIt is, and I shall confess to your holiness,\nOrta sibi solito mentalia gaudia: liuor (Du\u0304) videt alteri doloris agit Invidus obridet hodie fletus, aliorum Fletus cui proprios crastina fata paret. Sic in amore pari stat sorte iocos amantes. Cu\u0304 vidit illosus invidus ille quasi.\n\nSuch is the gladness of envy in worldly things and in part,\nFrequently and also in touches it stands right so,\nIf my son has had joy,\nWhen he saw another unhappy,\nConfess to them, my father, I am wiser than you are,\nOf these lovers who are closely bound..And for that point which they cite,\nThey pursue in Soues court when I may forsake,\nNow that they climb upon the wheel,\nAnd when they think all shall be well,\nThey are thrown down at the last,\nThen am I fed of that I fast,\nAnd laugh when I see them lure,\nAnd thus of that they brew lure,\nI drink sweet and am well,\nOf that which they know they have been diseased,\nBut this which I tell here,\nIs only for my lady dear,\nThat for none other that I know,\nMe recommends not to overthrow,\nNor he that stands in love upright,\nBut be he squire or be he,\nWho to my lady ward pursues,\nThe more he lessens of that he shows,\nThe more I think I win,\nAnd am the more glad within,\nOf that I know him to sorrow endure,\nFor ever upon such adventure,\nIt is a comfort as men say,\nTo see another in his pain,\nSo that they both may complain,\nOf him that is so woe beset,\nWhere I myself may not,\nTo see another man's travail,\nI am right glad and let him be.\nAnd though I fear not the let,\nHe and I is to my heart a game,\nWhen that I know it is the same..Whiche to my lady stands inclined and has not terminated his love. I am right joyful in my thought, for such envy causes me no grief. You that are wise and reasonable, my father tells you his advice. My son envies no price of such a form I understand, nor could I, for this envy has such a kind that it sets itself behind, to hinder with another, and gladly loses its own right to make another lose his, and to know how it is, I think you should tell if you will, to show properly the vice and malice of this envy. I find it written: \"That while he would write upon the complaint which he heard among the men about its condition, to justify it, and for that cause he sent an angel who went about.\".That he may truly know, it happened on a day, an angel who was to inform him, was clothed in a man's form and overtook two men who were bound together. Through them, he thought to spy his cause and went in their company. This angel, with his wise words, opposed them in various ways. Now low-voiced words and now soft, which made them dispute often. Each of them his turn had, and thus with tales he led them. With good examination, till he knew the condition, what men they both were and saw also well at the last, that one of them was covetous and his friend was envious. And when he had this knowledge, he feigned departing and said he must away, but listen now to what happened at the end. For then he made them understand that he was of God's seed and said to them for the kindness they had shown him, he would do some grace in return. And he bade one of them to declare what thing was dearest to him and he would give it to him. And over that, he also said that the other should have..The fellow that his rival axes,\nAnd thus to them he imposes his grace,\nThe covetous one was wonderfully glad,\nAnd to that other man he had said,\n\"First I ask you, for I suppose that you\nWould ask for the world's good,\nSince I know well how it stands.\nIf I, by double weight,\nShall afterwards take and thus by cunning,\nBecause I would win,\nThis envious one, though it be late,\nWhen he saw he must,\nFirst made his pleas, whether he sought worship or profit.\nIt shall be double to his peer,\nWhichever one he might choose,\nBut then he shows what he was,\nTowards envy, and in this,\nTo this Angel, and thus he said,\n\"And for your reward,\nTo make you blind in your own eye,\nSo that your fellow sees nothing.\"\nThis word was not yet spoken,\nWhen his own eye was struck blind,\nAnd his fellow was blinded in both eyes two.\nThat other was glad enough,\nThat one wept and that other laughed,\nAnd he set his hand\nUpon that which those two had lost\nOf such an example that fell upon them.\nMen tell of it now full often..The world empiness commonly,\nAnd yet none knows the cause why,\nFor it agrees not with nature,\nMy own harm to be,\nOf that I shall my brother grieve,\nI might never truly achieve,\nWhat is,\nMy father but if I should lie,\nUpon the point which you have said,\nYet was my heart never laid,\nBut in the way I have told,\nBut furthermore, if that you would,\nOught else to my shame confess,\nTouching envy I would pray,\nWho is he that one and he,\nThat confirms his action,\nHe has with holden mouth,\nWhose tongue never crossed nor crouched,\nMay he here so that he pronounces,\nA plain good word without force,\nO where behind a man's back,\nFor though he prides himself as the last,\nThat all the price shall be overcast,\nAnd though there be no cause why,\nYet he will angle not for thee,\nAs he it was which had it heralded,\nOf them that use to lie,\nFor as the nettle which runs up,\nThe fresh red rose burns..And makes him fade and pale in hue,\nRight so this false, envious hue,\nIn every place where he dwells,\nWith false words which he tells,\nHe tears praise into blame,\nAnd worship into worldly shame,\nOf such lies as he compasses,\nIs not so good that he surpasses,\nBut thinks his teeth and backbiting,\nAnd through his false tongue ends it,\nLike the Sharneybirds kind,\nOf whose nature I find,\nThat in the hottest of the day,\nWhen comes the merry may,\nHe spreads his wing and up he flees,\nAnd under all about he sees,\nThe fair lusty flowers spring,\nBut thereof has he no liking,\nWhere he sees any best,\nThe filth there he makes his feast,\nAnd thereupon he would alight,\nThere likes him none other sight,\nRight so this envious angler,\nThough he a man be virtuous,\nAnd full of good condition,\nThereof makes no mention,\nBut else it were not so,\nWhereof that he may see a sight,\nThere runs he with open mouth,\nBehind a man and makes it known.\nBut all the virtue which he can,\nThat will he hide from every man,\nAnd openly the vice tells..As he who is of the school of Hell is taught and fostered up with household and company, where he has his proper office, to set every man a vice, and make his mouth seemly, his word evermore sit on a frown, and say the worst that he may. And in this way, now in love's court, a man may often hear, full oft, this matter, which many envious ones stir up, where it may not be answered, but yet often believed, and many a worthy love is grieved through backbiting of false envy. If thou hast made such jangling in love's court, my son, or this,\nhe in amoris causa huius vicij,\nshrive the sin thereof / My father is. But know ye how not openly, but otherwhile privately, when I meet my dear lady, and think how I am not worthy of her high worthiness, and see her busyness of all this young bustling rout, which pursues her about, and each of them waits his time, and each of them his tale confronts, all to deceive an innocent one who will not be of her assent. And for men say unknowingly..She holds him so close in her fist,\nWith none between,\nThat no man can win land between us,\nShe leaves not all that, she hears,\nAnd thus often she scratches herself,\nAnd is always aware, had I known,\nBut for all that, my heart is envious,\nAnd ever I am afraid of deceit,\nUnless in a moment they might enchant Innocence,\nFor my words often haunt them,\nBehind them as I dare,\nLet my lady beware,\nI say whatever comes to mind,\nAnd were I able,\nFor when I come to speak,\nI can inquire and seek,\nOf such deceit I tell it all,\nAnd ever the worst in particular,\nSo willingly I would that she knew,\nHow little they are for to trust,\nAnd what they intended and met,\nSo that they are of double intent,\nToward those wicked men,\nMy wicked word was ever green,\nAnd yet I tell the truth,\nIn certainty, if it so befalls,\n\nTo choose among a thousand score,\nWhich were all fully for to trust..My lady loved me and I her, yet I would rather spread such tales to my lady if I might, to alleviate his pain and suffer all my own, for I could not bear another to fully win her heart, not even if they were good or bad. I would not want my lady to be blamed for anything, and I would renounce and attack those who dared to harm her, and hinder them in any way I could. I would even sacrifice my life for her, for I would rather lack breath than speak her name amiss. Now you have heard me confess this in love and in detraction..\"This hour will it be worked, I am all ready to bear, My pain and also to learn, What thing that you will allow, For whoever is hunted must bow, So will I bow to youre best, For I dare make this command, That I to you have nothing hidden, But told right as it is meant, And otherwise of no misspeech, My conscience for to seek, I cannot of envy find, That I misspoke have anything behind, Whoseever is misled by me, Now have you heard and I have said, What do you father that I do, My son do no more so, But ever keep your tongue still, You might the more have of your will, For as you say yourself here, My lady is of such a manner, So wise so wary in all things, It needs no backbiting, That you your lady may not enforce, For when she knows all the form, How that your own self is envious, You shall not be gracious, As you perhaps should be otherwise, There will be no man drink of the wells, Which as he knew is poison within, And often such as begin, To ward off other such as they find, That set them often far behind.\".When they were before me, my good son, and you therefore, beware and leave your wicked speech, which has brought woe to many a man before this time. For whoever wants to blame another, seeks often for his own shame. Which else might be quite right. If it is your will to stand upon amendment, here is a tale of great intent. A thought to tell for your sake, from which you might take example..hIc loqiutur Confessor contra istos in amoris causa detrahentes qui su\u2223is obliquijs aliena solacia perturba\u0304t / et nacrat exemplum de Constancia Tibe rij Rome Imperatoris Filia omnium biztutum famosissima ob eius amozem Soldanus tunc Persie vt eam in vx\u2223orem ducere posset cristianum se fieri & misit cuius accepta caucione consilio pe lagij tunc pape dicta filia vna cum du ob{us} Cardinalib{us} aln\u0304s {que} procerib{us} in Persia\u0304 maritagij ca\u0304 naiugio honozifice destinata fiut que tamen obloquenau\u0304 postea detractionis varijs modis abs{que} sui culpa dolorosa fata multipliater pas sa est\na Worthy knyght in Castes law.\nOf grete rome as is ye saw / \nThe ceptre had for to ry\u0292t / \nTybery Consta\u0304tyn he hyght / \nWhos wyf was cleped ytalye\nBut they to gedre of progenye\nNo childre hadden but a mayde\nAnd the hyr god so wel apayde\nThat al the wyde worldes fame\nSpake worship of her good name\nConstance as the Crony{que} seyth\nShe hyght & was ful of the feyth\nThat the grettest of Barbarye\nOf hem whiche vseden marchandye.She has converted as they came,\nAt a time in Rome,\nTo show such things as they brought,\nWhich she worthily bought from them.\nAnd over that, in such a way,\nShe has won them with her wise words,\nOf Christ's faith so well informed,\nThat they were all conformed to it.\nSo they received baptism,\nAnd abandoned all their false gods.\nWhen they were certain of their faith,\nThey went back to Barbary.\nAnd there, the Sultan sent for them,\nAnd asked them what they had done.\nThey have forsaken their first faith,\nAnd those who undertook to keep and hold,\nThe tale of their deeds recounted,\nWith all the circumstances surrounding it.\nAnd when the Sultan of Constantinople,\nOn the point that they answered,\nHeard of her beauty and grace,\nAs he who was then to wed,\nHastened to arrange the marriage,\nAnd furthermore, with good courage,\nHe said, \"May she have him,\nFor Christ came into this world to save.\"\nHe will believe and record it,\nThey are agreed on both sides,\nAnd therefore, to bring an end,\nThe Sultan sent his hostage..To Rome, the princes twelve, of whom your father rejoiced in himself, and with the pope he arranged for the appointment of two cardinals, as well as other lords, that they should go with his daughter to see the Sultan converted. Constancia, who was not well disposed towards him, began to trouble her marriage in such a secret way that none were aware. The mother, who bore the Sultan, was then alive and thought, if it were so, to herself, \"My son, I am glad with all my heart that I have arranged his marriage in this way. Then I have lost my joys here, for my estate will be diminished. She has contrived this by deceit how she may ensnare and fill the time between them two when they were together. She feigned words in his ear, and in this way began to say, \"My son, I am glad with all my heart that I have desired you to receive and take a new faith which will be beneficial to your life, and also such a worthy wife, the daughter of an emperor.\".To wed it shall be great honor for you, my son, I beseech you, if I might receive such grace, that I may do so in particular, when my daughter comes, in a way that seems honest to me. The Sultan grants her request and she was glad enough. Under that, she drew him aside and spoke with false words. Cunning of death behind his back, and she made it so that when Constantine came forth with the Romans, of Clerks and Citizens, a rich feast she made for them. Her close envy though she spoke, and all those who had been of the marriage counsel, she slew in a sudden rage. Long the board as they were set, so that it might not be let. My own son was not quite dead, but died upon the same place. But what the high god wills spare, it may not for any peril misfare. This worthy maiden who was there, stood still. She was all turned into blood. The dish with the cup and all..They were unbearable to behold\nShe saw them on every side\nNo wonder she wept and sighed\nMaking many a woeful moan\nWhen all were slain but she alone\nThis old fiend, this Saracen\nLet take at once this Constancyn\nWith all the good she had brought\nAnd ordered as she thought\nA naked ship without a stern\nWhich the good and her in fear\nProvided enough victuals for five years\nWherever the wind would drive\nShe was put upon the waves wild\n\nQualiter Navem Constanciam in partes Anglie que tune pagana fuit prope Humber sub quodam Castello regis, qui tunc Alleawe bearabatur post triennium, applicuit. Quam quidam miles nomine Elda dicti Castelli tuo custos\u00b7 et navi lete suscipiens uxori sue Hermyngylde in custodiam honorificavit.\n\nBut he who could shield all things\nThree years to bring her to land\nHer ship had taken in hand\nAnd into Northumberland arrived\nAnd happened then that she drove\nUnder a Castle that stood\nWhich upon Humber bank stood\nAnd was the king's own also..The alley was called Thoch, a Saxon and a worthy knight, but he was not the rightful castellan of this castle. Elda, the king's chamberlain, a knightly man according to the law, saw upon the wave a ship driven alone. He ordered men at once to go and see what it signified. This was on a summer day. The ship was inspected and Elda, with his wife, were found nearby. They guarded this young lady. In a short time, they discovered great riches there. But she would not confess what she was. Nevertheless, they took her into their fellowship, as her companions were pleased. But she made no joy, but wept sore and found no Christianity in that land. But else she had her will, and thus she lived with them still. Dame Hermegylde, who was Hermingylda's wife, converted to the faith of Christ, though she had not been a believer before.\n\nCleaned Text: The alley was called Thoch, a Saxon and a worthy knight, but he was not the rightful castellan of this castle. Elda, the king's chamberlain, a knightly man according to the law, saw upon the wave a ship driven alone. He ordered men at once to go and see what it signified. This was on a summer day. The ship was inspected and Elda, with his wife, were found nearby. They guarded this young lady. In a short time, they discovered great riches there. But she would not confess what she was. Nevertheless, they took her into their fellowship, as her companions were pleased. But she made no joy, but wept sore and found no Christianity in that land. But else she had her will, and thus she lived with them still. Dame Hermegylde, who was Hermingylda's wife, converted to the faith of Christ, though she had not been a believer before..Constantce loved and felt so,\nSpeaking all day between them two,\nThrough God's grace, this maiden taught Constantce\nTo this wife, on a day that was fast by,\nIn the presence of her husband,\nWhere they went walking on the shore,\nA blind man who came there called out,\nTo this wife, crying and praying,\nWith both his hands up, he said,\n\"O Hermedy, whom Christ's faith has formed,\nAs Constantce says, have you received sight from me?\nOn this word, her heart was struck,\nThinking what was best to do,\nBut nevertheless, she heard his bone,\nAnd said, 'In trust of Christ's law,\nWhich was done on the cross and enslaved,\nYou blind man, behold and see,\nWith that, to God on your knee,\nThanking, your sight was given at once.\nEveryone marveled at this,\nBut Elda wondered most of all,\nThis open thing that has happened,\nCould it lead them in such a way,\nThat he would most need to obey the faith?\".A certain young knight, inflamed with desire for Constancie, provoked her with abusive words while she herself did not resist him, nor did she reproach him for it in regard to Hermyngyld. But an angel of the Lord struck him in the face for his slander, not only reproving him for his falsehood but also killing him instantly after his confession.\n\nNow, let us consider this matter, Elda went to the king. A morrow rode on and Hermegyld stayed at home. With Constancie, she was at ease. Elda, who wanted to please the king as one who had been wronged, recounted to him the pitiful case as well as she could. The king was pleased and said he would come there in such a way that he might see her. The time was appointed with all.\n\nTrusting in particular, Elda spoke to a knight whom he had raised from childhood to manhood. He told him all that he thought and what he afterwards considered. Nevertheless, at that very time, he commanded him to ride to his wife and prepare everything..Against the coming of the king, this knight thinks of coming himself and keeping him informed. He had considered how Constance could be won, but saw no progress in this. His desire began to wane, turning to hate. He envied her honor, so he plotted treachery. He cast a leisurely look in his heart, intending to come home quickly and convey his message to his wife. They set things in order that night, and when it grew dark, this woman prepared for bed, lying down with the maiden. The false knight delayed until they were asleep. He kept time, intending to fulfill his deadly works in secret. He approached the bed, knowing where the wife was, and in his hand he held a razor knife. He cut her throat and quietly put the knife away..Under the other side, where Constance lay,\nElda came home the same night,\nAnd sat by her husband's side,\nAs he who would not awaken\nHis wife, he had taken away,\nInto the chamber there lying,\nHe found his dead wife bleeding,\nWhere Constance, fast asleep,\nHad fallen so suddenly.\nHe cried aloud, and she awoke,\nAnd at once she cast a look,\nAnd saw this lady bleeding there,\nWhereof she swooned in fear.\nShe was as still as any stone,\nShe lay, and Elda beside her,\nAnd up they all rose and went,\nTo the chamber, where they found,\nThe false knight, with doubtful intent,\nAmong them all,\nRegarding the matter that had befallen,\nAnd to the bed he went,\nAfter the false knight,\nAnd found the knife there, it said,\nThen he cried out and said,\n\"Lo, see the knife all bloody here,\nWhat more need I say in this matter?\"\nHe spoke with false words, which he feigned,\nBut yet, for that he complained,\nElda took no full credence,\nAnd there lay a book\nUpon which, when he looked at it..This knight swore and said aloud that all men could understand. By this book which is written here, Constance is found guilty. With that, the hand of heaven struck him as a sign that he was forsworn. There he lost both his eyes from his head. They started and were found. A wise man was heard when they fell, who said, \"O damned man to hell.\" Lo, thus God has taken his s. That thou against Constance hast spoken. Be it known that the truth or that thou die. He confessed his crime and began his tale at once. Into the ground where all is gone, this dead lady was buried. Elda, who thought she could save his honor, restrained all the sorrow. Queen Quintus Rex. For he, the second day at morning, came as they were reconciled and recorded. And he took it into remembrance and thought more than he spoke. For all his whole heart he laid upon Constance and said, \"For love of thee, if thou wilt, take baptism and Christ's faith. Believe and over that I say.\".He hired her wedding and assured each to other, and for making short tales, a bishop came out of Wales from Bangor, whose name was Lucy. Through the grace of God almighty, the king with many others he chrised and between them two, he fulfilled the marriage. But for no lust or rage, she told him never what she was. Nevertheless, on this case, the king was glad, for he well knew and understood that she was a noble creature, the high maker of nature. Her he had visited in a throe, which was openly known. She was with child by the king. Whereof above all other things, he thanked God and was right glad. And felt that time he was bestowed, upon a war and must ride, and while he should there abide, he left at home to keep his wife. Elda, forthwith the bishop also, and he with power goes to seek again the Scots for the war which he took on hand..This lady, named Constancia, had given birth to a son, whom she was joyful about. She was safely delivered and the bishop administered baptism to the child, whom he named Morys. After the baptism, as recorded in letters, they sent word to her lying lord that keepers were to be sent for the queen. He who should go as a messenger to Knaresborough was to pass through the town. Riding he came on the first day, finding the king's mother, Domylde, lying there. She, after all the cause was spent, wished to reward him generously for his message. He feigned joy and she gave him generous gifts. But in the night, privately, she took his letters which he had and read them from end to end. She discovered his treachery and wrote new ones in their place..In place of them and thus they speak:\n\nA first letter, in commendation to Constancie from the bishop, sent by Domildam in opposition, falsified\n\nOur liege lord, we beseech you,\nMay you not be angry with us,\nThough we have such a thing as is displeasing,\nOn our truth, certify,\nYour wife, who is of fairy birth,\nOf such a child delivered is,\nFrom a kind that stands all amiss,\nBut for it should not be seen,\nWe have kept it out of the way,\nFor fear of the world's shame,\nA powerful child and in the name,\nOf that one who is so displeased,\nWe took and to that we were sworn,\nThat none but you and we\nShall know of this privacy.\nMorys it was called and thus men believe,\nThat it was born of the queen,\nAnd of your own body begotten,\nBut this thing may not be forgotten,\nThat you send us word at once,\nWhat is your will and thereupon,\nThis letter, as you have heard devise,\nWas counterfeited in such a way,\nThat no man should perceive it,\nAnd she who intended to deceive,\nPlaced it where she took the other,\nThis messenger when he awoke.\n\nHe...\nHe...\nAnd took his letters to the king..And when he saw this wondrous thing,\nHe made the messenger no cheer,\nBut nevertheless, in wise manner,\nHe wrote again and gave them charge,\nThat they not suffer his wife to go,\nBut keep her still,\nUntil they have heard more of his will.\nThis messenger was yielding,\nBut with his letter nonetheless,\nIn all haste, he went away.\n\nTo the mod, of that he found to guard the king,\nHe told and she upon this thing,\nSays that he should abide all night,\nAnd made him feast and cheer right,\nFeigned as though she could him think,\nBut he with strong wine which he drank,\nForth with the travel of the day,\nWhich drank a sleep and while he lay,\nShe had his letters overread,\nAnd formed in another way,\n\nThere was a new letter written,\nSecond letter,\nWhich says do you for to know,\nThat through the counsel of you two,\nIt stands in point to be undone,\nAs he who is a king deposed,\nFor every man it has supposed,\nHow that my wife Constance is false,\nAnd if I feign the delay,\nTo put her out of company,\nThe worship of my regality\nIs lost and over this they tell..Here shall not be among you dwell\nAny clansmen other than heirage,\nSo I see none advantage,\nBut all is lost if she abides.\nFor thou to look on every side\nToward the peril as it is,\nI charge you and bid this,\nThat you the same ship convey,\nIn which she took array,\nTherein and put forth both two,\nHer herself with her child also,\nAnd so forth brought in to the deep,\nBe taken her the sea to keep,\nFor four days' time set,\nThat you this thing no longer let,\nSo that your life be not forfeit,\nAnd thus this letter counterfeit,\nThe messenger who was unaware,\nBearing it on the king's behalf,\nAnd where he should have taken it,\nBut when they heard take,\nAnd read that written within,\nSo great a sorrow they began,\nAs they their own mother saw,\nBurn in a fire before their eyes.\nThere was weeping and there was woe,\nBut finally the thing is done,\nUpon the sea they have brought her,\nBut she the cause knew not.\nAnd thus upon the flood they row,\nThis lady with her young son,\nAnd then her hands to the heavens,\nShe straightened and with a mild steer..Kneeling upon her bare knee, she said, \"O high majesty, which seest the point of every truth, take from thy woeful woman's care and from that child I shall keep, and with this word she began to weep. Fainting as if dead and there she lay, but he who can comfort all things and at last, she looked and her eyes cast upon her child and said, \"Of me no manner charge it is. What sorrow I suffer but of myself, I think it is great pity. For if I live, thou shalt die. So may it be necessary by that way. For motherhood and tenderness, with all my whole busyness, I arrange myself for this office, as she who shall be thy nurse. Thus was she strengthened to endure and gave it suck, but ever among her weeping and other while singing, she rocked with her child to sleep and thus kept her own child under the care of the goddesses. In Spain's superior parts, among the Saragossans, she was tossed about. In their hands, God graciously released her. And so fell upon adventure.\".When the year had made its end,\nHe drove his ship as it might bend,\nWith the strength of wind that God had,\nOne eastward was in Spain driven,\nRight beneath a castle wall,\nWhere an heathen admiral,\nWas lord, and he had\nA Thelon, who was all bad,\nA false knight and a renegade,\nHe went to look in what state,\nThe ship was come and there he found,\nA lady alone,\nHe took notice of her person,\nAnd saw she was a worthy woman,\nAnd thought he would that night,\nDominate her at his own will,\nAnd in the ship she kept still,\nSo that no man saw her that day,\nAt God's will and thus she lay,\nUnaware of what her fate would be,\nAnd fell into the night's tide,\nThis knight without shame,\nHad taken a boat and come to the ship,\nAnd thought of taking his lust,\nAnd swore if she made a danger,\nThat certainly she would die,\nShe saw there was no other way,\nAnd begged him for her comfort,\nThat he look first outside at the gate,\nThat no man was near the spot..Who knew what they did\nAnd that he might do as he pleased,\nHe was right glad that she told him,\nAnd to the port he went at once,\nShe prayed to God and he listened,\nAnd suddenly he was out through the we,\nAnd drew and then began to blow,\nWind movable from the land,\nAnd thus the mighty God's hand\nHad conveyed and defended,\nAnd when three years were spent,\nThe ship of Constantine, as it sailed through the deep sea,\nCame upon a day,\nWhere a great navy lay,\nOf ships the world over,\nAnd as God would have it,\nHer ship went among them all,\nAnd did not stop or it would have been disastrous,\nAnd had taken possession of the vessel,\nWhich was master of the entire fleet,\nAnd there it rests and remained,\nThis great ship on anchor,\nThough the lord came forth and when he saw,\nThat another lay so near,\nHe wondered what it might be,\nAnd bade men go in and see,\nThis lady, however,\nWas she who would hide herself,\nFor she did not know who they were,\nThey searched for her and found her there,\nAnd brought up her child and showed it to her..And thereupon this lord began from when she came,\nAnd what she was, \"I am a woman wofully bestowed,\" she said.\nI had a lord; thus he had,\nThat I forthwith on the waves should go alone.\nBut why the cause I knew not.\nBut which things he wrought,\nYet ever I thank him for his might,\nMy child and me he kept upright,\nThat we both be saved.\nThis lord,\nHow she believed, and she says,\nI,\nWhat died upon the,\nWhat is thy name, though he asked.\nMy name is Cust, she replied.\nBut furthermore for nothing he prayed,\nOf her state the truth plainly,\nShe would him nothing,\nBut of her name, which she feigned,\nAll other things she restrained,\nThat a word more she would not tell.\nThis lord then asked if she would,\nWith him abide in company,\nAnd said he came from Barbary,\nTo Rome.\nThough she supposes what it meant,\nAnd says she would with him wend,\nAnd dwell to her life's end,\nIf it so be to his pleasure,\nAnd thus upon her acquaintance,\nHe told her plainly as it stood,\nOf Rome, how that the gentle blood\nIn Barbary was betrayed..And thereupon he attempted\nBy war and took such revenge,\nThat none of that alliance,\nBy whom the treason was contrived,\nIs from the sword alive,\nBut Constance, who could she lie with,\nExcept further she made no choice,\nAnd it happened that\nThis lord, with whom she would go,\nWas the Senator of Rome,\nAnd of her father the emperor,\nHis brother's daughter had become his wife,\nWho also had her father alive,\nAnd was called Salustes,\nHis wife Helen was also called,\nTo whom Constance was related,\nThus, to seek a remedy,\nGod had ordained, of his grace,\nThat forthwith in the same place,\nThis Senator pledged his truth,\nFor as long as he might live,\nTo keep her in honor and wealth,\nMay God give her health,\nThis lady whom fortune had sent to him,\nAnd by ship thus sailing forth,\nHe brought her and her child to Rome,\nAnd to his wife he sought\nTo take her into his company,\nAnd she, who could of courtesy,\nDo all that a good wife should do,\nWas there.\nThe fellowship of such a good one..The emperor's daughter went out with the dog, kept but no one readily knew what she was, not for that they thought in her high estate every life loved her well. Qualiter Rex Alle initiated peace with S. Now listen to this unstable wheel, which ever torneth goes about. The king Alle, who was out, as you have heard before, came home again. He asked his chamberlain and also the bishop where the queen had been and they answered him. He had the letter read to him, which he gave them for warrant, and he plainly told him as it stood. He said, \"To see such a worthy one as she is with such a child, it was suddenly borne. Why didn't they write this? They said, 'Nay, we did.' The letter showed.\".They had forsaken every delay,\nYet it was understood well,\nThat there was treason in the thing,\nThe messenger was brought and suddenly opposed,\nAs he who supposed nothing,\nBut all began to say,\nThat he nowhere stopped upon the way,\nExcept at a certain place,\nAnd the reason why he did so,\nWas as he went to and fro,\nAt\nThe queen's mother did him do,\nAnd when the king heard it told,\nWithin his heart he knew,\nThe treason which his mother had cast,\nAnd thought he would not abide,\nBut forthwith in the same tide,\nHe took his,\nWith him there rode many one,\nTo Kenilworth and thence they went,\nAnd\nIn such a rage as she,\nHis mother suddenly took,\nAnd said to her in this way,\nOh,\nHast thou deserved to die,\nThat thou thus hast put away,\nWith treason of thy backbiting,\nThe truest, in my knowing,\nOf wives and the most honest,\nBut I will make this command,\nI shall be avenged or I go,\nAnd let a fire make them,\nAnd bid men cast her in.\nBut first she told out all her sin,\nAnd did them all for to write..From point to point, as it was written,\nAnd though she was brought to death,\nBurned before her sons' eyes,\nOf that which these others saw and heard,\nAnd saw how the cause stood,\nSeyingetide,\nFor she had served her son so well,\nDeserving this,\nThrough treason of her own tongue,\nWhich through the land was after sung. Costance and every wise couple,\nBut he who alone distresses,\nThis sorrowful king was so beset,\nThat he shall nevermore be glad,\nHe says then for to wed,\nUntil he knew how she fared,\nWho had been his first wife,\nAnd thus his young unlusty life,\nHe drives forth as he may,\nUntil it befell upon a day,\nWhen he had accomplished his wars,\nAnd thought he would be relieved,\nOf soul from hell on faith,\nWhich he had taken then he says,\nThat he to Rome on pilgrimage\nWould go where the pope was in residence,\nTo take his absolution,\nAnd upon this condition,\nHe made Edwin his lieutenant,\nWho was apparent to him,\nThat he in his absence\nShall rule and by providence,\nOf all things well accomplished..He took his leave and went forth. Elda, who was with him, went ahead to pursue. He had Guide with him on the way, in help to be his herald. He was a senator. He knew his name was Ca. He was a worthy knight. Elda went forthright to him and told him of his lord's tidings. She prayed for his coming. He would assign him hospitality, and he did so with good courage. When all was done, the king came after him soon. This senator, when he came to Cust and his wife at home, told him how such a king Allee, of great array, had come to the city. Cust wondered and marveled at what could have caused his wife's sudden illness. He caught her up and when she woke, she looked pitifully ill, feigning sickness of the sea. But it was for the joy that fell in her thoughts that God had brought the king to town. The king had spoken with the pope and revealed all that weighed on his conscience..And he thought in reverence\nOf his estate or that he went\nTo make a feast anon he sent\nTo the Senator to come\nOn the morrow and others to sit\nWith him at meat\nThis tale Cust has not forgotten\nBut to Morris his son he told\nThat on the morrow he should\nBe present in the king's sight\nSo that the king him oft sees\nMorys before the king's eyes\nUpon the morrow where he sat\nFull often stood\nThe king cast his countenance on him\nAnd in his face he thought as fast\nHe saw his own wife Constance\nFor nature, as in resemblance,\nClothes them of one suit both\nThe king had pondered in his mind\nOf it he saw and knew not\nThis child he kindly loves\nAnd yet he knew no cause why\nBut well he saw and understood\nThat he stood towards Arcenne\nAnd asked him directly there\nIf this child was his son\nHe said yes, I would call him so\nAnd it would be well with me\nBut it is all in another way\nAnd then he began to reason..How the child's mother gazed\nUpon the sea from every land,\nWithin a ship she was still,\nAnd this lady spoke to him:\nThe king has understood his saw,\nThe child's name and asked also,\nWhat the mother thought, he prayed.\n\"Moris,\" this child is hot he said,\nHis mother hated Cust and this,\nI don't know what manner of name it is,\nBut Alee knew well enough.\nLaughing somewhat, he said, \"For Cust in Saxon is to say,\nConstance upon the word Romeyn.\nBut who can specify\nWhat was in his fantasy,\nAnd how his wit about runs\nUpon the love in which he burns?\nIt would be wonderful to hear,\nFor he was neither there nor here,\nBut clean out of himself away,\nWho could think or say what to think.\nSo feign he would it were she,\nWhose heart's privacy began the war,\nWhich in such balance lay,\nThat contention for a throw,\nHe lost till he might know,\nThe truth but in his memory,\nThe man who lies in purgatory,\nDesires not heaven more,\nBut longs sore also,\nTo know what will become of him..And when the boards were aside,\nAnd every man was risen about,\nThe king had weighed all the route,\nAnd with the Senator all one,\nHe spoke and prayed him to see\nThis cust where she dwelt,\nAt home with him where he told,\nThe Senator was well appeased,\nThis king no longer was delayed,\nTo see this cust came the king,\nAnd she was warned of the thing,\nAnd with Elayne forth she came,\nAgain the king and he both named,\nGood head and he saw his wife,\nImmediately with all his heart's life,\nHe caught her in his arms and kissed,\nWas never man that sight knew or knew not,\nA man who made more joy,\nThey were all glad who heard tell,\nOf this chance,\nThe king then with his wife Costance,\nWho had a great part of his will,\nIn Rome for a time still,\nAbode and made himself well at ease,\nBut yet could he never please,\nThe truth of her estate,\nHis wife that she would show him,\nOf what country she was born,\nOr what she was, and therefore,\nWith all his wit he did seek,\nThus as they lay in bed and speak,\nShe prayed him and counseled both..That for the worship of them both, he thought it was honest for him to make an honorable feast or go to the city where the Emperor shall be. He granted all that she asked, but at that time when men say that Emperor first sent his daughter away, he was never glad again, but whatever man asked for grace for his daughter's sake, he would not forsake it. Thus, he did great alms.\n\nWhere Constancia, who had previously hidden herself unknown to all during her entire exile, was, when King Alee came to know this, the Emperor left the town. Within a ten mile radius, he had several places to rest. And as fortune would have it, he was engaged in battle at one of those places. King Alee and his wife sent Morice, his son, who was taught thus, to the Emperor. Morice went directly to him and sought his father's favor, as he who sought his lordship's favor did. He would do such great meekness that he came to see his own town..And give him time in the city, so that his father might get him, the one who was with him at table. This fort has granted his request. And when the day was of the feast, an audience of the Emperor, the king and his wife, both two, with many a lord and lady more, rode forth with him again. Until it happened upon a plain, they saw where he was commended. With that Constantia, she immediately seized him and spoke to her lord, saying, \"Lord, may I ride before, to be upon his bench first, the one who will save him. And thus, after her lords' grant, upon a white ambling mule, she rode forth with a few rods in her hand. They wondered what she meant, but riding after a soft pace, when this lady came to the Emperor in his presence, she said aloud in the audience, \"My lord, my father, welcome and of this time that I see, your honor and your good health, which is the help of my quarrel. I thank the might of the gods for this.\" Of that she spoke in remembrance, and when he knew it was Constantia, his father had never been half so glad..Wepend he the coast often,\nHis heart was always overcome,\nFor though his mother had come\nFrom death to life out of the grave,\nHe could no longer marvel,\nThan when he saw her with her own lord come night,\nAnd was obeyed by the emperor,\nAnd when that comfort was being done,\nHow Constance had come about,\nNo hard heart could withstand,\nThat he did not weep for pity,\nArcenius, who found and kept her,\nWas then glad that she had fallen,\nSo that with joy they all rode in at the Rome gate,\nThis emperor thought too late,\nUntil the pope had come,\nAnd he sent some of those lords to pray,\nThat he would hasten,\nAnd he came forth in all haste,\nAnd when he heard the tale,\nHow wonderfully his chance had fared,\nHe thanked God for his miracle,\nTo whom may none be obstructed,\nThe king made a noble feast for them,\nAnd they were all glad,\nA parliament was set for this purpose,\nTo put Morios as apparent heir,\nAnd he should remain with him steadfastly,\nFor such was the will of the land..Mauricius, when every thing was fully spoken of sorrow and quiet was all it smoked, took his leave all that king, and with full many a rich thing which emperor had given him, he had a glad life to live. For he held Constance in his hand, who was the comfort of his land. When he came home again, there was no tongue that might say what joy that one could express. By whom the misfortune of sin was left, and Christ's faith came in. To them that were once blind.\n\nKing All,\nAnd for no gold may be forgiven,\nThe death coming or he begged,\nTook with this king such companions,\nThat he with all his retinue\nCould not defend his life.\nAnd thus he parts from his wife,\nWho then made sufficient sorrow,\nAnd thereupon her heart drew\nTo leave England forever,\nAnd go where she had rather,\nTo Rome when she came,\nAnd thus of all the land she named\nHer leave and went to Rome again.\n\nAfter that the books say,\nShe was not there but a thread through..When death of kind overthrows\nHer worthy father, whom men called\nBetween her arms he died,\nAnd after ward the year ended,\nThe god of her had made an end,\nAnd from this world's fairy land,\nHad taken her in company,\nMoryce her son was crowned,\nWho so farforth was abandoned,\nTo Christ's faith that men call him,\nMorys the Christian of all,\nAnd thus the wheel of love\nWas set above at the last,\nAnd so, as you have heard before,\nThe false tongues were lore,\nWhich upon love would lie,\nFor your touching of this envy,\nWhich longs to backbiting,\nBe ware thou make no lessening,\nIn hindering of another's right,\nAnd if thou would be taught aright,\nWhat mischief backbiting does,\nBy other way a tale is sent,\nHere might thou here anon be sent,\nWho to this vice is accorded,\n\nPhilip of Macedonia the king,\nTwo sons had he by his wife,\nWhose fame is yet in Greece's rife,\nDemetrius the first brother,\nWas hot, and Perseus the other..Demetrius they said was the better knight, to whom the land was attending, as he who was the heir apparent to reign after his father's day. But that thing which no water can quench in this world, but ever burns, ran in his brother's heart. The proud envy of seeing his brother should reign and he obey, drove him to take lessening into his own hand. When he saw the time and spoke, for it happened that at that time his father's great wars were with Rome, which he was leading through his mighty power, as he who had enough knighthood and often. But before the war was accomplished, according to the ordinance, at home in Greece it fell out by chance. Demetrius, who was often riding about at that time, was standing out. So this Perse, who bore the tongue of pestilence, took advantage of his absence and, with false words, slandered his own brother behind his back to his father. My dear father, I am held, he said..By kind, I shall not hide from you\nAnything that might cause grief in your estate,\nFor my heart obeys you in this\nI intend to keep from you\nIt is good that you take heed\nOf a thing that has been told to me:\nMy brother has sold us all\nTo the Romans and you as well,\nFor they wish him to reign in peace,\nThus he has made this arrangement,\nThat your estate shall come to nothing,\nAnd this shall be proven as such,\nSo I take it upon myself\nIt shall not be easily forsaken\nThe king in response answered,\nAnd said if this thing that he heard\nWas true and could be proven,\nIt would not be to his advantage,\nWho has shaped things in the worst way,\nFor he himself shall be the first\nTo be dead if I may be,\nThus on a certain day,\nWhen Demetrius had arrived,\nHis father named him and bade\nHis brother Perse to recount\nThe treason that he had told,\nAnd counseled such high treachery..Be treated where it may speed. In a common place of judgment, the king gave his assent. Demetrius was put in custody. Whereof that Perseus was bold, thus stood the truth under your charge, and falsehood went at large. Which you, the greatest of the lords, some, who were present, stood as witnesses of record. The judge was made favorable. Thus was the law deceivable. Therefore, the front found no rescue, and thus the land, with the king, was deceived. The giles were condemned there and died upon accusation. But such a false conspiracy, though it was pretty for a throw, God would not it be unknown. And it was afterward well proved in him, in whom death had been contrived. Of that his brother was so slain, this Perseus was wonder-fain, as he who was apparitional upon the reign and expected. Whereof he grew so proud and became, That he disdained and set at none account Him who thought him to surmount, That where he was first dear, He was then rebellious and contrary..And not as heir but as a king\nHe took upon himself in all things\nOf malice and tyranny\nIn contempt of Regaly\nLived his father and so wrought,\nThat when the father him thought,\nAnd saw to which side it dragged,\nSuddenly he knew well enough\nHow Perse his false tongue\nHad then consumed his own brother.\nTherefore, suddenly the judge he named,\nWho corruptly sat upon the throne,\nIn such a way and pressed him,\nThat he confessed the truth.\nOf all that he had spoken and done,\nMore sorry than the king was then,\nNo man upon this model,\nAnd thought in certainty that he would\nBut the other party was so strong,\nThat for the law of no statute,\nThere may no right be executed.\nAnd upon this dispute\nThe land was torn apart so down,\nWhose herb is so distraught,\nThat he for pure sorrow has caught\nThe malady of which nature\nIs queer in every creature.\nAnd when this king has passed thus,\nThis falsetongued Perseus\nThe regime has undertaken,\nBut there may be nothing long-lasting..Whiche is not grounded on truth,\nFor God who has brought all things into being\nAnd saw the falseness of his scheme,\nHas set him but a little while\nBefore he shall be deposed.\nSuddenly, as the rose,\nHe fell down in that time.\nAt this time it befell,\nThis new king of new pride,\nWith strength, he showed himself ready to ride,\nAnd said he would waste Rome.\nAnd he made haste to assemble an army,\nWith all that he could muster.\nWhat man that could wield a weapon,\nHe would not spare,\nSo that it might not be numbered\nAmong those who were besieged.\nThrough him, it would be overthrown,\nSuddenly it was known at Rome,\nThe pomp that Perseus had led,\nAnd the Romans of that time,\nA consul named Panle Emilius,\nA noble and worthy knight,\nAnd he who was chief among them all,\nThis war he had undertaken.\nWhen he should take his leave,\nOf a young daughter who was his,\nShe wept, and what cause it was,\nHe asked and she answered,\nThat Perseus was dead, and he heard it.\nAnd wondered what she meant..And upon childhood him told,\nThat Perse his little hound is dead.\nWith that he lifted up his head,\nAnd made right a glad visage,\nAnd said how that was a presage.\nTouching unto that other Perse,\nHe says for such a prophecy,\nMost like a hound was to him,\nFor as it is a hound's kind\nTo bark upon a man behind,\nRight so behind his brothers' backs,\nWith false words which he spoke,\nHe has caused to be slain, and that is a rout.\nBut he who hates all untruth,\nThe high god it shall redeem.\nFor so my daughter prophesies,\nWith her little hounds' death,\nBetokeneth and thus forth he gets,\nComforted by this evil deed,\nWith the Romans in his defense,\nAgainst the Greeks that are coming,\nThis Perseus seems nothing,\nThis meschief which has him abode,\nWith all his multitude rode,\nAnd prayed him upon the thing,\nOf that he was become a king,\nAnd how he had his kingdom gotten,\nThat he has all the right forgot,\nWhich belongs to governance,\nWhereof through good ordinance,\nIt fell upon the winter time..That with his host he should ride\nOne Dauby through that flood\nWhich all before stood\nSo hard that he well thought\nTo pass but the blind wheel\nWhich tears often or men beware\nThose who bore such horses\nTo break so that a great party\nWas drenched of the chivalry\nThe reward it took away\nCame none of them to land drenched\nPaulus the worthy knight Roman\nBy his espial heard it said\nAnd hastens all that he may\nSo that upon that other day\nHe came where he this host held\nAnd that was in a large field\nWhere the banners were displayed\nHe has at once his men arrayed\nAnd when that he was enlisted\nHe goes and has the field assaulted\nAnd slew and took all that he found\nWhereof the Macedonian land\nWhich through King Alexander is honored /\nLong time stood was then devoured /\nTo Persia and all in fortune\nOf all the land his heir exiled\nAnd he despised for the while\nDespaired in a power weighed\nTo Rome he went and there for need\nThe making of lawns and bras\nHe learns for his sustenance\nSuch was the sons pursuit.And of his father it is said,\nIn strong prison that he was laid,\nIn Albe where that he was dead,\nFor hunger and default of bread.\nThe hound was taken in prophecy,\nThat like a hound he should die,\nWhose like was of condition,\nWhen he with detraction\nBarked on his brother so behind,\nLo what providence a man may find,\nWhich hindrance will another man\nBring for thee with all thy might,\nMy son eschew such vice.\nMy father else were I nice,\nFor you have spoken so well of it,\nThat it is in my heart to look,\nAnd ever shall but of envy,\nIf there be more in his bailiwick\nTowards love, say me what,\nMy son, as guile under the hat,\nWith subtleties of a jester,\nIs hid envy of such color,\nHas yet the fourth deceitful,\nThe which is called false semblance.\nWhereof the matter and the form,\nNow hear and I shall inform you..Nil bilinguis aget, nisi duplum concitat ore,\nDumque dies loquitur, vox sua votas tegit,\nVultus habet lucem tenebras mens sermo salutem,\nActus sed morbum dat suus esse grauem,\nPox tibi quam spondet magis est prenostica guerra.\nComoda si dederit disce subesse dolum,\nQuodque patet esse fides in eo, fraus est quod positi.\nHic tractat Confessor super quarta specie Invidiae,\nQuae dissimulatio dicitur, cuius vultus quanto maior ris amicicie apparenciam ostendit,\nTanto subtilioris dolorum fallacias ad decipiendum duas mens imaginatur.\nOf fals semblant yf I shall tell,\nAbove all other it is you well,\nOut of this which deceit flows,\nThere is no man so wise that knoweth,\nOf this loathsome liquid which is the tide,\nNe how he should himself guide,\nTo take safe passage there,\nAnd yet the wind to man's ear,\nIs soft and as it seems without,\nIt makes clear weather all about,\nBut though it seem it is not so,\nFor false semblance ever hath more.\nOf his counsel in company,\nThe dark untruth, Ipocrisy,\nWho's word destroys in his thought..For thy who are brought together\nFrom one lineage of one household\nAs it shall be told hereafter,\nOf false semblance it needeth not\nTo tell of old examples,\nFor a man may see such evidence\nOf fair words which he hears\nBut yet the barge of envy steers,\nAnd keeps it ever from the land,\nWhich false semblance holds in hand,\nIt rows and will not arrive,\nBut lets it on the waves drive,\nIn great tempest and great debate,\nWhere love and his estate are impaired,\nTherefore I advise my son that you flee and fear\nThis vice and what others say,\nLet your semblance be true and plain,\nFor false semblance is that vice\nWhich never was without offense,\nWhere envy intends to deceive,\nHe shall before that very while\nBe a messenger of secret counsel,\nFor when his semblance is most clear,\nThen is he most dark in his thoughts,\nThough men may think they know him,\nNot but as it shows in the glass,\nThing which was never in their nature,\nSo it shows in his visage,\nThat was never in his courage..\"Thus does he act with guile,\nNow lay your conscience in the balance,\nMy good soul and shrive the sin,\nIf you have ever been a customer,\nTo feign semblance in any way,\nFor anything I can yet advise,\nMy good father, truly no,\nFor I have done this for love,\nNow ask I would pray you,\nElse I know never to bend,\nOf feigned semblance how you have given,\nMy son and afterwards that you will,\nThat I shall ask for nothing but,\nTell me if ever was your thought,\nWith feigned semblance and disguise,\nTo know of any creature,\nHow that he stood in love's stead,\nSo weary or sorrowful or he was glad,\nWhen you knew how it was,\nAll that he circles in his eye,\nYou told forth in another place,\nTo set him from love's grace,\nOf that woman whom he best loves,\nThere was no man whose counsel he knew,\nBut you, by whom he was deceived,\nOf love and from his purposes turned,\nAnd thought that his disturbance\nShould advance your own cause,\nAs if I were so secret,\nThere may be no man's privacy,\nArt thou my son of such device,\nTell me on my good father, no,\nAs for the matter more I say, \".But I am aware that I may stand in that row, Among those who sound rude I will not make excuses For pretending my best semblance, I will tell my fellow men of that I know His counsel, both cold and hot, For by that means I make him cheer Until I know his love and here If my heart so desires, whatever touches mine, Of love that he would tell me immediately I run to the well And cast water into the fire So that his heart be near the fire By that I have his counsel known Full often since I have overthrown When he thinks it best to stand But this I want you to understand If a man loves elsewhere, So that my lady is not there And he tells me he will hide it, There shall be no word that escapes unspoken Forth with deceit of no semblance, I forbid myself to break it To him, I like not in other places, To let no man share his grace, Nor inquire into another man's life Where his love or no love is present, That touches nothing to my thought..But all passes through my ear\nJust as a thing that never was\nAnd is forgotten and laid aside\nBut if it touches any side\nMy lady, as I have often spoken\nMy eyes are then nothing looked upon\nFor truly when that by it\nMy will, my heart, and all my wit\nAre fully set to listen and speak\nWhat any man will say of her\nThus have I feigned company\nOftentimes for I would spy\nWhat thing it is that any man\nCan tell of my worthy lady\nAnd for two reasons I do this:\nThe first reason why,\nIs that I might hear and seek\nThat any man might speak of her,\nI will excuse her so fully,\nThat when she knows it truly,\nMy hope should be the more\nTo have her thankful for evermore\nThe second reason I assure you,\nIs why I feign a covering\nHave feigned a semblance often\nTo those who pass by me all day\nAnd are\nFor this I truly believe\nThat there is none of them all\nWho do not love everyone\nMy lady truly I leave\nAnd dare sit it in proof\nNone so wise that should interfere\nBut he would be foolish in his heart\nFor why, and he sees my lady's sight\nHer face and her goodly eye..But he loved her or he went, and for that such is my intent,\nThat is the cause of my spy,\nWhy that I feign company,\nAnd make follow over all,\nFor gladly would I know all,\nAnd hold me covered always,\nThat I fulfill their desire or not,\nNot willing to answer in any way,\nBut feigning semblance as the wise,\nAnd listen to tales till I know,\nMy lady lovers all on row,\nAnd when I hear how they have wrought,\nI fare as though I heard it not.\nAnd as I understood no word,\nBut that is nothing for her good,\nFor truly, sooth it is,\nThat when I know it so is,\nI will but fordern them a little,\nBut all the worst I can endite,\nI tell it to my lady plain,\nFor the furthering of my own estate,\nAnd hinder them all that I may,\nBut for all that yet dare I say,\nI find unto myself no bote,\nAlthough my heart needs must,\nThough of love all that I hear,\nDiscover unto my lady dear,\nFor in good faith I have no might,\nTo help from that sweet wight,\nIf that it touches her in any thing,\nBut this wote well the heaven king,\nThat since first this world began,\nTo no other strange man..I feigned no semblance or cheer,\nTo write or ask about this matter,\nThough he loves x or twelve,\nIt was not my lady herself,\nBut if he would ask for any advice,\nOnly of his own head,\nHow he dealt with other love,\nI heard his tales with my ears,\nBut it came not to my heart,\nNor sank any deeper in my thought,\nBut I gave counsel as I was asked,\nAnd told it never to another,\nBut let it pass.\nNow father say what is your judgment,\nAnd how you will have it punished,\nFor false semblance as I have feigned,\nMy son, if reason is well pleased,\nThere may be no virtue raised,\nNo vice set in price,\nFor my son, if you are wise,\nDo not use your face,\nWhich will not your heart embrace,\nFor if you do within a throw,\nTo another man it shall be known,\nSo you may lightly fall in blame,\nAnd lose a great part of your name,\nAnd nevertheless in this degree,\nFull often you may see,\nOf such men as now there are,\nThis vice attempted,\nI speak for no man's blame,\nBut to warn you of your shame,\nMy son, as I may here speak,\nIn every place where I walk..I not if it be so or not, but it has been many days since I first heard this tale. It is commonly found among us, from year to year, with those we call Lombards. They are the slyest of all. As men say in town about, they feign and show things outside that are reversed to what is within, which they often win when they should otherwise lose. They are the last and yet the chief, while we are first and yet behind. We go where we should find the profit of our own land. They go freely without bond, to do as they please with it, and other men bear all the charge of the Lombards into this country, which all lands connect. False semblance is especially likely among them, for they are always likened to each other. Where they think they will dwell among themselves as they say, they are first informed to learn a craft called falconry. If falconry comes about, then there is no doubt that they will void with a subtle hand the best goods of the land and bring chaos and take corn..Whereas Faustus goes to fornicate in all his way, he finds no let, that do what he desires to enter. And thus Faustus keeps the most secret counsel of every thing, which in strange places he blows. Which he knew it might most grieve, and thus Faustus makes believe, so that oftentimes he has deceived before being perceived himself. Thus is his vice to dread, for who read these old books, of such examples as were, he ought to be the more wary of all those who feign cheer. Here begins the tale of the Confessor's Example against those who hide under false pretenses, and he narrates how Fortune caused the event of Hercules' death, not only for himself but also for Hercules, through false semblance. Of false semblance, which is believed, many a worthy man is grieved. And it was long time before he was born, to my son I will therefore tell a tale of false semblance, which falsifies many a covenant and many a fraud of false counsel. There hang upon his seal and about giltless men..Both Deianira and Hercules,\nThe one in great disease fell,\nThrough false semblance as I shall tell,\nWhen Hercules, alone, had his heart thrown\nUpon the fair Deianira.\nIt fell upon a day of desire,\nUpon a river as he stood,\nThat he would pass over the flood,\nWithout boat and with her led,\nHis love, but he was in fear,\nFor tenderness of that sweet weight,\nFor he knew not the fourth right,\nThere was a giant near,\nWho was named Nessus, and when he saw,\nThis Hercules and Deianira,\nIn his heart he began to conspire,\nAs one who thought his treachery,\nEnvied Hercules greatly,\nWhich he bore in his heart, and thought,\nAnd then he thought it would be wrought,\nBut he dared not nonetheless,\nAgainst this worthy Hercules,\nFall into debate as to fight,\nBut feigned semblance by all means,\nOf friendship and of all good,\nAnd comes where they both stood,\nAnd makes them all the cheer he can,\nAnd says that his own man\nHe is, ready for whatever he may do,\nAnd then, upon his semblance of trust,\nAnd asks them if they know..What thing was best to do\nSo that they might safely and swiftly\nPass the water, he and she,\nAnd when Nessus, the servant,\nKnew what it meant in his heart,\nAs one of double intent,\nHe made them a merry visage,\nAnd when he heard of their passage,\nHe thought of deceit and guile,\nFeigning a semblance for a while,\nBut he thought another way\nTo please and serve them,\nThis Nessus with his words deceived,\nGave counsel before her eyes,\nWhich seemed outwardly profitable\nAnd inwardly deceitful,\nHe bade them beware and take heed\nOf the streams deep,\nSo that they knew not the compass,\nBut only to help in such a case,\nHe said to himself that for his ease,\nHe would if it pleased them,\nTake the passage of the water,\nAnd for this lady undertake,\nTo bear her to that other shore,\nAnd safely set her upon the land,\nAnd Hercules may then also\nKnow how he should go the way,\nAnd they all agreed,\nBut what will happen after that,\nWas well paid for by Hercules,\nAnd this Giant was also glad,\nAnd took his lady up on high..And sets her on his shoulder softly,\nAnd in the flood began to wade,\nHe who made no grumbling,\nBore her safely and south,\nBut when he stood on dry ground,\nAnd Hercules was far behind,\nHe set his truth aside,\nWhoever is there, alive or not,\nWith Deianira and went forth,\nAs he thought to disperse,\nThe company of them for ever,\nWhen Hercules learned of this,\nAs fast as he could, he hastened,\nHe heaves after in a throw,\nAnd happens to have a bow,\nThe which in all haste he bends,\nAs if he were about to send an arrow,\nWhich he had venomously prepared beforehand,\nHe shoots it so well timed,\nThat it pierces him through the body,\nAnd thus the false one falls,\nBut let this not be such a felony,\nWhen Nessus knew he would die,\nHe took Deianira his shirt,\nWhich with his heart's blood was soaked through,\nAnd stained all over.\nHe told her privately, with intent,\nThat if she could make such a mark,\nThat he would take the shirt upon himself..He shall let all others in vein\nAnd turn me to her love again\nWho was so glad as Deianira\nHer heart her thought was on a fire\nUntil it was in her coffer looked\nSo that thereof no word was spoken\nThe days gone the years passed\nThe hearts grew less and less\nOf those who are unfaithful in love\nThis Hercules with a new heart\nHis heart had set on Iole\nAnd thereof spoken were all men\nThis Iole, this fair maiden\nWas said to be at that time\nThe king's daughter of Eurydice\nAnd she made Hercules so kind\nUpon her love and so pleased\nThat he clothed himself in her robe\nAnd she in his was clothed often\nAnd thus weakness was set aside\nAnd strength was put underfoot\nThere can no man do anything about it\nWhen Deianira had heard this speech\nThere was no sorrow to be found\nShe knew of no other help\nBut went to her coffer alone\nWith weeping eyes and a woeful heart\nShe took out that unhappy shirt\nAnd as she intended to do\nAnd brought her work about so\nThat Hercules this shirt was dead\nOf such intent and as I said before\nOf Nessus..But therefore she was not near\nNo fortune may be weighed\nWith false semblance she was deceived\nThen when she thought she had won\nShe lost all that she had begun\nFor the shirt to the bone\nHis body set a fire at once\nAnd cleaves so it may not twine\nFor the venom that was therein\nAnd he then as a wild man\nTo the high wood ran\nAnd as the cleric Ovid tells\nThe great trees to the ground he felled\nWith strength of his own might\nAnd made a huge fire upward\nAnd leapt himself therein at once\nAnd burned himself both flesh and bones\nWhich thing came through false semblance\nThat false Nessus the Giant\nMade to him and to his wife\nWhose life he thus has lost\nAnd she also for evermore\nFor thy my son or thou be woe\nI advise be well aware therefore\nFor when such a man was learned\nIt ought to give a great concept\nTo warn all others of such deceit\nGrant mercy father I am aware\nSo far that I no more dare\nOf false semblance take acquaintance\nBut rather I will do penance\nThat I have feigned cheer or this..The vice of Supplantation, with many a false collusion, which he conspires in secret. Often it has overthrown the worship of another man, so that no life can take it away again, and he cannot cast his deceit aside at the last, but most of all his heart is set on these great offices of dignity and benefices. Thus he goes about with his deceit to hinder and show another out, and stands with his subtle companions in seed there, and so sets himself in place of him. Of that another man shall come what will..And thus often chalk for chief\nHe changes with little cost\nWhereof another has lost\nAnd he shall receive the profit\nFor his fortune is to receive\nAnd for to change upon the wheel\nHis wife with other men's welfare\nOf that another man's advantage\nHis estate thus he raises\nAnd takes the bird to his possession\nWhere other men beat the bushes\nMy son and in the same way\nThere are lovers of such enterprise\nWho shape themselves to be relieved\nWhere it is wrong to be achieved\nFor it is another man's right\nWhich he has taken day and night\nKeep for himself forever\nAnd is his own by the law\nWhich thing asks for no companion\nBut those who work by suppliant\nAnd take a part of that plant\nWhich he has for himself set\nAnd so full often is all unknit\nThat some man thinks himself rightly fast\nFor suppliant with his sly cast\nOftentimes things which another man has\nAnd makes common of property\nWith cunning and with subtlety\nAs men may see from year to year..Thus he molds the boot for thee,\nOf which another master is,\nIf thou or this have been of such profession,\nDiscover thy Confession.\nHast thou supplanted any man\nFor anything that I can tell,\nMy holy father, as for the deed,\nI am without fear,\nAnd guiltless but in my thought,\nMy conscience excuses nothing,\nFor whether it was wrong or right,\nI lack only the might,\nThat I would not long or this,\nBy way of Supplantation,\nHave made appropriation,\nAnd hold that I never bought,\nThough it another man had thought,\nAnd all this speak I but of one,\nFor whom I let all others go,\nBut here I may not overpass,\nThat I must always compass,\nSo that I might in any way,\nFrom such that my lady serves,\nHer heart make for to swerve,\nWithout any part of love,\nFor by the gods above,\nI would it might so befall,\nThat I alone should have them all,\nSupplant and wield her at my will,\nAnd that thing may I not fulfill,\nAnd if I should make a strength,\nAnd that I dare not undertake,\nThough I were as was Alexander..For thereof may arise a slander, and certainly that shall I never do, for in good faith I yet had lender In any simplicity for to die Than to work such supplanting I would not say, If I found a sickly way I would, as for conclusion, Work after supplanting So high a love to win Now father, if this be sin, I am ready to redress The guilt of which I me confess My son as of supplant The dares not fear tant or quant As for nothing that I have heard But only that thou hast misperformed Thou thinkest and I like not at all For God behold a man's thought And if thou understandest truly In love's cause what it does A man to be a supplantor Thou wouldest, for thy honor, By double means take care First for thine own estate keep To be thyself so well thought of That thou were supplanted nothing And also for the worship of thy name Towards others do the same And suffer every man have his But nevertheless, it was and is That in every way at all attempts Supplanting of love in other ways The leaf full often for the lever.Forsake it [Agamenon] and he ever\nFound an example I, of how\nAgamemnon supplanted the worthy knight Achilles for Brexida,\nand Cryseis, whom Troilus desires to love,\nDiomedes supplanted.\n\nOf Amphitryon and Geta,\nWho were once as one in friendship and company,\nI have read how the supplanter in love, as it happened,\nBegan to deceive one of them two.\nThis Geta, whom I mean,\nTo whom lusty fair Alcmena was assured by love,\nWhen he thought she was above,\nAnd most secure of that he had,\nCupid led astray.\nWhile he was out of the way,\nAmphitryon in haste took the next way,\nAnd by night sought out the chamber,\nWhere she lay, and within a while,\nAnd counterfeited and did fill\nThe voice of Geta in such a way..That made her arise from her bed,\nbelieving it was he,\nand let him in when they were,\nto gather a bed in their arms.\nAt last came Geta, and undid the door,\nsaying, \"Undo,\" and she answered and bade him go,\nand said, \"A bed is all warm.\nHer life lay naked in her arms.\nShe believed it was true.\nLook what supplication of love does this Geta bring?\nAnd yet she did not know what it meant.\nAmphitryon had supplanted him\nwith the guise of love and had ensnared her,\nand thus put every man out of the other,\nThe ship of love had lost its brother,\nso that he could no longer stay,\nand so I will speak of this matter further.\nTouching love and its supplication,\nA tale,\nBefore I tell you, listen to this form:\nThe Confessor relates a story about a Roman Emperor who, desiring to excel in the virtues of love above all, went beyond the sea, unknown to his father.\nWhich men you noble Romans call\nBefore it was set to Christ's faith,\nThere was, as Chronicles say,\nAn Emperor who ruled thus..In peace that he had no wars,\nThere was nothing disobedient,\nWhich was subject to Rome,\nBut all was turned to rest.\nTo some it seemed for the best,\nTo some it seemed nothing so,\nAnd that was only to those\nWhose hearts were set on knighthood.\nBut most of all of his manhood,\nThe worthy son of the Emperor,\nWho would be a warrior,\nAs he who was chivalrous,\nOf worldly fame and desirous,\nBegan to beseech his father,\nThat he might seek wars,\nIn foreign marches to ride.\nHis father said he should abide,\nAnd granted him no leave,\nBut he who would not believe,\nA knight of his, whom he trusted,\nRight even as he thought and listed,\nHe took and told him his courage,\nThat he purposed in this journey,\nIf fortune were with him,\nHe said how he would find\nThe great sea to pass unknown,\nAnd there abide for a throw,\nUpon the wars to fight,\nAnd to this point without fail,\nThis knight, when he had heard his lord's words,\nWas sworn and stood of his accord,\nAnd they both were young,\nSo in princely council there,\nThey were assented to depart..And thereby they gathered enough resources and waited for the best time. Suddenly, in a galley from Rome, they set sail and landed on the other side. The tide fell as it usually does for each person. The Great Sultan of Persia, again the Caliph of Egypt, was engaged in a war along the coast. The one who pursued the worship of arms to attain this was the Roman. The Roman immediately ordered that he be ready. When he was well-armed and equipped with everything that belonged to him, he straightway marched towards Care. There he found the Sultan and asked if he might serve him for the war, as he who deserves thanks would do. The Sultan was very glad and even more so when he knew he was Roman, but he was uncertain about anything else. He could not find out in any way what else he was. Thus, the knight of whom I speak is now left with the Sultan and in the marches where the deadly wars were..He wrought such knighthood there,\nThat every man spoke of him good,\nAnd that time it stood,\nThis mighty Sultan by his wife,\nA daughter has that in her life,\nMen said there was none so fair,\nShe should be her father's heir,\nAnd was of years ripe enough,\nHer beauty many a heart drove,\nTo bow to that same law,\nFrom which no life may be withdrawn,\nAnd that is love whose nature\nSets life and death in no measure,\nOf him that undertakes knighthood,\nThis lusty pain has overtaken,\nThe H,\nWho to knighthood more and more,\nProves wisdom an obstacle to his courage,\nLike the lion in his rage,\nFrom whom all beasts flee,\nSuch was the knight in his degree,\nWhere he was armed in the field,\nThere durst none abide his shield,\nGreat price upon the wars he had,\nBut she, who all the chance led,\nFortune showed the marches so,\nThat by their consent, both two,\nThe Sultan and the Caliph alike,\nBattled on a day they sought,\nWhich was in such a distant set,\nThat longer should it not be let,\nThey made them strong on every side,\nAnd when it drew toward the tide..That the battle should be\nThe Sultan in great pride\nA golden ring of his daughter he took\nAnd made her swear upon a book\nAnd also upon the goddesses all\nIf fortune so falls\nIn the battle that he dies\nThat she shall obey that man\nAnd take him as her husband\nWhose same ring she holds\nShe should bring after his death\nThis she swore and he gets\nWith all the power of his land\nTo the marches where he found\nHis enemy fully engaged\nThe Sultan has the field assaulted\nThey who are hardy soon assemble\nWhereof the dreadful hearts tremble\nThat one kills / that other stirs up\nBut above all his price deserves\nThe knight Roman where he rode\nHis deadly sword no man withstood\nAgain, which was no defense\nEgypt fled in his presence\nAnd they of Persia on the chase\nPursued, but I do not know what favor\nFell on an arrow out of a bow\nSuddenly that same throw\nThe Sultan struck and there he lay\nThe chase is left for that day\nAnd he was borne in a tent\nThe Sultan saw how it went\nAnd that he should certainly die..And to this knight of Romany,\nAs to him she most truly pledged,\nHer daughter immediately twined\nThe ring upon his hand. He took him,\nAnd told him all the terms of their betrothal,\nOf the token it represented,\nBy which she would be his wife.\nWhen this was said, the heart of this Soldan\nSoon departed. And then, as was to be done,\nThey carried the dead body well and fairly,\nUntil they reached Care,\nWhere he was worthy to be interred.\nThe lords who wished to save\nThe desolate realm,\nTo bring it into good order,\nSet up a parliament at once.\nNow listen to what followed:\nThis young lord, this worthy knight,\nOf Rome, on the same night,\nHad arranged a meeting the following morning,\nTo his clerk he confided,\nHis counsel and the ring,\nHe showed him through which it would be fulfilled.\nHe said the king's daughter was wedded,\nFor so the ring was laid for the wedding,\nHe instructed her father to hold,\nAnd told him that with the man she found,\nShe would be lady.\nAnd thus he swore, in record,\nBut no one knew who possessed this ring,\nThis clerk, on this matter,\nHis ear and his intent were,\nAnd he thought more than he spoke..And he feigned that he was glad, but his courage wavered. These old philosophers wrote that a man could be beguiled in whom he had the most credence, and this had become evident. Toward this young lord of Rome, his butler, whom he named, would take this ring from his purse when his lord slept, and put another in its place. The next morning, when the court was set, this young lady was fetched and brought before the lords, who did homage to her and asked for her consent to marriage. But she, who intended to fulfill her father's wish in this matter, spoke openly of the charge her father had given. The lord of Rome was pleased, and he drew toward his purse at once. But it was all in vain; his butler had already drawn it out and asked the law that she hold the ring as a pledge. The token was so satisfactory that it could not be forsaken, and yet his lord took quarrel with his own man for no reason he could give..He might at that time have been heard\nSo that his claim is unsolved\nAnd he had failed in his purpose\nThis knight was so counseled\nAnd wedded and of that empire\nHe was crowned lord and sovereign\nAnd all the land had received\nWhose lord was deceived\nA sickness or on the third day\nConceived has brought him deadly sorrow\nAnd as he lay upon his deathbed\nWhile he lasts speech and breath\nHe sent for the worthiest\nOf all the land and also the best\nAnd told them all the truth\nThat he was also the son and heir\nOf the emperor of great Rome\nAnd how they were to come together\nThis knight and he, as it was\nHe told them all the sad news\nAnd because he had revealed this to them\nHe had failed to receive his reward\nAnd for the good he took no heed\nHe only spoke of the love\nOf which he thought would have saved him\nAnd thereupon by letter he wrote\nTo his father about this matter\nThen with a bitter mood\nHe besought the lords\nTo tell his lady how he had bought it..Her love, of which another rejoices,\nFades with that word his hue recedes,\nAnd said, \"A dieu, my sweet lady,\nThe life has lost its kindly heat,\nAnd he lay dead as any stone,\nSorrowful were many one,\nBut none as much as she.\nThis false knight, in his degree,\nWas arrested and put in custody,\nFor openly when it was told,\nOf the treason that had fallen,\nThroughout the land they said all,\nIf it be true that men suppose,\nHis own untruth shall depose him,\nAnd to seek evidence,\nWith honor and great reverence,\nThey sent to the emperor alone,\nThe letter which his son wrote,\nAnd when he knew the truth,\nTo tell his sorrow is endless,\nBut yet in haste nonetheless,\nUpon the tale which he heard,\nHis steward went to Perse,\nWith worthy Romans also,\nHis lying traitor to seek,\nAnd when they there arrived,\nThis knight confessed there,\nHow falsely he had borne him,\nWherefore his worthy lord was grieved,\nThey said he should die,\nBut yet they had found such a way,\nThat he shall not be dead in Perse..And thus the skills are diverse\nBecause he was crowned, the land was abandoned to him, though it was unwarranted. There is no pain to him but to this point and to this end, They granted well that he shall go With the Romans to Rome again. And thus agreed, full and plain, The quick body with the dead, With leave take forth their lead Where the suppliant has his use, Of which you may also assess, Concerning supplantation, That thou, my son, do not so, And be careful also what suppliant does in another's place. There is no man who can find a savior Clearly to heal such a wound, It has been and shall be evermore. When pride is joined with envy, He suffers no man in good condition. Where his honor may let it, And if I shall set an example in holy church, I find that suppliant is not behind, God knows now if that is so, For in Chronicles of time I find A tale agreeable to this, Of suppliant which is no fable, In the manner that I shall tell, So that the things once fell, I.At Rome, as it has often fallen,\nThe vicar general of all\nOf them who live in Christ's faith,\nIs one whom none can see,\nHas shut himself away from the world's eye,\nWhose name, if I shall specify,\nHe was called Pope Nicholas,\nAnd thus he passed away,\nThe cardinals who wished to save\nThe form of law in the conclave,\nWent to choose a new pope,\nAnd after that they could agree,\nEach of them spoke his intent,\nUntil at last they assented,\nTo a holy, reclusive man,\nFull of spiritual virtues,\nWhose patience and simplicity,\nHad raised him to high nobility,\nThus he was pope canonized,\nWith great honor and installed,\nAnd upon chance, as it happened,\nHis name was called Celestine,\nNotified by a bull,\nTo the whole church and to all,\nBut every worship is envied,\nAnd that was the time then,\nFor when this pope, whom I mean,\nWas chosen, and others were set aside,\nA cardinal was that time,\nWhom the papacy had long desired,\nAnd on account of this, had conspired greatly,\nBut when he saw fortune had failed..For a long time, that same fire which Ethna burns\nThrough his sorrowful heart it pours and flows,\nResembling envy, from which comes\nSupplants and treachery, yet still\nHe feigns love, he feigns peace,\nOutwardly he pays reverence,\nBut inwardly, through false imagination,\nHe plots supplantation.\nAnd so it happened that of his lineage,\nHe had a young Clergyon,\nWhom he had in his chamber seduced.\nThis Cardinal had waited on him,\nAnd with his sly and cunning words,\nWhich he could easily paint,\nHe told this clerk to go\nTowards the pope to dwell.\nSo that one night within his chamber,\nHe lay and was a careful watch,\nTowards the pope on nighttime's tide,\nMay no man escape who is destined.\nThis Cardinal, who thought of deceit,\nOn a certain day when he had the opportunity,\nHe took this young clerk and made him swear,\nUpon a book, and told him his intent,\nAnd with a trumpet of brass,\nHe had him seized and commanded this..That shall he say when the time is right and take good care, when the pope is deeply asleep And no other man is near, And then, be so sly, Through the trumpet into his ear From heaven as though a voice it were To soften of such proclamation That he may make and understand As though it were God's summons And in this way you shall see That he does this estate away From the pope in which he stands honored So shall his soul be saved By this worship at the last In heaven which shall ever last This clerk when he has heard the form How he should inform The Cardinal and goes home till at evening And privately the trumpet be hidden Till the pope is in bed And at midnight when he knows The pope sleeps, then he blew Within his trumpet through it all And told in what manner he shall Leave his papacy and take His first estate And thus awake This holy pope has made three times Of which diverse fantasies Have arisen in his heart Because of his great holiness Within his heart he began to impress.The pope, full of Innocence, pondered in his conscience that it was God's will for him to cease, but in what way he might release his high estate, which he knew not. He thought within himself to keep it in memory until he came to the Consistory and there, in the presence of them all, he asked if it was permissible for any pope chief to determine whether the law would suffer it, and if he might choose and nothing else. No one answered for what purpose he meant, for only he who held the scheme knew his intent. This Cardinal, at the same time, openly with a frown, said if the pope was going to ordain such a law, then he might choose and nothing else. And as he said, it was done. The pope, upon the case, with his papal authority, had made and you decree. And when the law was confirmed in due form and affirmed, Innocent, who had been deceived, immediately weighed and renounced his papacy and resigned as well. But underneath such a joke, he had shaped things for himself..That who seems to him the mystery with the diadem,\nHe has, through supplantation,\nAnd in his confirmation,\nUpon the fortune of his grace,\nHis name is called Boneface.\nUnder the visage of envy,\nLo, was hid the treachery,\nWhich has beguiled many one,\nBut such counsel there may be none,\nThis treason when it is conspired,\nIs not like the spark fired\nUp in the roof, which lies hid till when it winds blow,\nIt blasts out on every side,\nThis Boneface, who cannot hide,\nThe treachery of his supplanter,\nHas openly made his announcement,\nHow he the papacy has won,\nBut a thing which is wrong begun,\nMay never stand well at end,\nWhere pride shall the bow bend,\nHe shoots full often out of the way,\nAnd thus the pope, whom I say,\nWhen he stood high the wheel,\nHe cannot suffer himself to be well.\nEnvy, which is loveless,\nAnd pride, which is lax,\nWith such tempests made him err,\nSo that charity goes out of her.\nTherefore, against the lowly king of France,\nAgainst him, the pope's power is turned..He took quarrel of his outrage and said he should do homage to the church bodily. But he who knew nothing why he should do such great service after the world in such a way opposed the wrong of that demanding one. For nothing, the pope may command, the king will not obey the pope. This pope, though, who may work violence in every way, has sent the bull of his sentence with cursing and entered it. The king, upon this wrongful plea, is counseled by his barons to withstand it. Thus was the cause taken in hand, and they said that the papacy honors and magnifies all that is spiritual. But of the pride temporal, of Boniface in his person, they would stand in debate. And thus the man, not the state, the French were able to harm with their might. Sir William de Langley, who was set on this cause, took a route of men of arms and rode out. So long and in hiding he lay that he espied, on a certain day,.The pope was at Avignon\nAnd should ride out of the town\nTo Pontiforge, which is\nA castle in a province of his\nOn the way, and as he rode,\nThis knight who held and abode\nEmbushed upon horseback\nSuddenly broke and seized him by the bridle\nAnd said, \"O you who have wronged\nThe court of France, your retribution\nYou shall sing another song\nYour entrance and your sentence\nAgain your own conscience\nHereafter you shall feel and grope\nWe do not play against the pope\nFor that name is honorable\nBut you who have been deceitful\nAnd treacherous in all your works\nYou Boniface, you proud clerk\nYour false body shall perish\nAnd suffer what it has deserved\nBehold, this suppliant was served\nFor them he led into France\nAnd set him to his penance\nWithin a tower of hard bonds\nWhere he suffers from hunger and dies\nGod knows how or from whom the writing is now\nRegistered, which speaks and says in this manner\nYour entrance was like a fox's sneak attack..Thy reign was proud and haughty, like the lion in his rage, but at the last, at thy passage, thy death was to the hounds like. Such is the letter of thy chronicle, proclaimed in the court of Rome. Whereof the wise example warns, and yet, as far as I dare, I advise others to beware, and carefully look out, lest any man translate his own estate from the holy church in any degree, by fraud or by subtlety. For that Aaron who took honor, shall receive none as the book says, but he who is called by that name. What shall I think in this case, of that which I hear today? I am not he who can and may, by reason both and by nature, help every man's cure. To keep Simon from the fold, I forbid Ioachim's prophecy, relating to the number of merchants in God's oil, to be told to my ears. For Ioachym the abbot foretold how such days would come, that commonly in places all, the merchants would buy and sell with fraud and supplantation, so many that he may not for shame testify to such a sin in man..But God forbid that it be in our days that he says,\nIf the clerk beware his faith,\nIn chapmanhood in such a fair manner,\nThe remainder must necessarily perish\nOf all that belongs to the world,\nFor when the holy church errs,\nI don't know what other thing shall be.\nAnd nevertheless, envy,\nAt man's own eye,\nHas conscience so differed,\nThat no man looks to the vice,\nWhich is the mother of malice,\nAnd that is this false envy,\nWhich causes many a treachery,\nFor where he may see another,\nWho is more gracious than he,\nIt shall not stand in his power,\nBut if he hinders such a one,\nAnd that is well nigh equal to him,\nThis vice is now so general,\n\nQualiter Ioab princeps milicie daevit Invidia, causam Abner subdole inter fecit. Et qualiter Achitofell ab hoc quod Cusy in Consilio Absolon preferetur, attendo Invidia laqueo se suspexit.\n\nEnvy this unhappy thing in drag,\nWhen Ioab, by deceit, slew\nAbner for fear he should be\nWith King David such as he,\nAnd envy also fell\nFrom this false Achitofel..For his counseylle was not ach\nBut that be sawe Cusy byleued\nWith Absolon & hym forsake\nHe henge hym self vpon a stake\nSenec wytnesseth openly\nHow that enuye propyrly\nIs of the court the comon wenche\nAnd halt tauerne for to shence\nThat drynke whiche maketh an hert to bre\u0304ne\n/ And doth the wytt about re\u0304ne\nBy euery wey to compasse\nHow that he myght al other passe\nAs he whiche thorugh vnkyndeshyp\nEnuyeth euery falauship\nSo that thou myght wel knowe & see\nThere is no vyce suche as he\nFyrst toward god abhomynable\nAnd to mankynde vuprofytable\nAnd that ben worth but a fewe\nI shal by reson proue & shewe\nInuidie stumilus sine causa ledit abor\u00a6tus / \nNam sine temptante crimine cri\u2223men habet / \nNon est huius opus temp\u00a6ture cupdinis archum / \nDum {que} facies veneris Ethnica flamina vorat / \nAbs{que} rubore gene palles quies fustus obu\u0304\u2223brat / \nFrigida nature c\nHic describit Confessor naturain in\u2223uidie tam in amore {quam} aliter secundum proprietatem vicij\neNuye yf that I shal deseryue\nHe is not shapely for to wyue.Among the women here, there is none who can please him, for he cannot be had, and within him burns a fire that prevents kindred from profiting, from that which should ease his love. The blood which should reign among the moist veins is dry because of these unkindly pains. Through which envy is kindled continually. And thus I prove that envy is nothing towards love, and otherwise if he had besought, it falls on which side it may. It is the worst vice of all, which of itself has the most malice. For understand that every vice has some cause from which it grows, but no one knows whence envy comes, but out of hell. For the wise clerks tell us that no spirit but of malice comes by kindred, and by such a way envy has put forth a way, and from malice it has its stirring, and is itself thereby diseased. So may there be no kind pleased..For the more he envies,\nThe more he increases himself,\nSo stands envy in good hope\nTo be himself the devil's heir.\nHe who is the next like,\nAnd farthest from the heavenly riches,\nThere he may never dwell,\nFor thy my good dear son,\nIf thou wouldst find a sick way\nTo live, put envy away,\nMy holy father would advise,\nThat we should escape this vice,\nBut yet, to strengthen my courage,\nIf thou wouldst in advance,\nSet a recovery,\nIt would be a great desire of mine,\nThat I might escape this vice,\nNow understand, my son, and see,\nThere is a remedy for the sick,\nAnd virtues for the vices too,\nWhoever would escape the vices,\nHe must by reason sow\nThe virtues, for by this way,\nHe may the vices undo,\nFor they cannot coexist,\nFor just as the water of a well\nAbates the malice of fire,\nSo virtue quenches the vice,\nEnvy is charity,\nWhich makes a man's heart tender,\nThat it may not generate malice\nIn him who is inclined thereto,\nFor his courage is tempered so,\nThat though he might relieve himself..In the Latin books, I find it written of Constantine,\nThe worthy emperor of Rome,\nWho suffered such misfortunes in his youth,\nWhen the leprosy marred his face.\nAnd so on, throughout the text,\nThat he could not ride out of it.\nHe left behind shield and spear,\nAs one who could not make him better.\nHe kept himself in his chamber closed,\nThroughout the world, the fame arose,\nThe great scholars agreed,\nAnd came at his command,\nTo treat upon this lord's healing,\nThey spent so long in deliberation,\nThat they determined on this medicine,\nThey would bathe him in a child's blood,\nBefore the age of seven.\nAs it is said, this would be a cure..The lepers and all who suffered from accidental violence, not by kind, had fallen, and they all agreed for a final conclusion. They openly declared this to the emperor, and he immediately took counsel and with letters and seals sent it out in every land. The young children were sought after, and it was said that their blood should be the cure for the emperor's malady. There was enough to weep and cry among the mothers when they heard how woefully this cause was being carried out. Nevertheless, they had to bow, and thus women with children suckling at their breasts came forth. Many tears were shed, but some were relieved and some were not. The women and children were brought into the palaces with many a sorrowful heart. The mothers, who had borne them, would soon weep in their turn, and many of them swooned. The young babies cried out, and this noise reached the lord, who looked out and saw what was happening. He was amazed..Out of his sleep and thus he said,\nO thou divine providence,\nWhich every man in the balance\nOf kind hast formed to be like,\nThe poor is born as is the rich,\nAnd dies in the same way,\nOn the fool on the wise,\nSeek essence and hell enter in common,\nMay not the poor escape that fortune,\nWhich kind has in her law set,\nHer strength and beauty be given,\nTo every man alike,\nAs in the dispossession,\nOf bodily complexion,\nAnd also of soul reasonable,\nThe poor child is born as able,\nTo virtue as the king's son,\nFor every man his own one,\nAfter the lust of his assay,\nThe vice or virtue chief may,\nThus stand all men franchised,\nBut in estate they are devised,\nTo some worship and riches,\nTo some poverty and distress,\nOne lordeth another serves,\nBut yet as every man deserves,\nThe world yields not his gifts here,\nBut certainly he has great matter,\nTo be of good condition,\nWhich has in its subject,\nThe men that are of its semblance,\nAnd also he took a remembrance,\nHow that he made law of kind..Every man should be bound by law, and have such a man as he wishes towards himself, he should behave similarly towards another. This noble lord, setting his own estate in balance, stood in contemplation. He recognized that it was not good to see so much human blood shed because of him alone. He saw also the great sums of money that the mothers were unhappy about and the sorrow the children expressed. Such tender feelings and pity arose within him. He was willing to sacrifice his own body rather than see such great slaughter inflicted upon the innocent. Therefore, for the sake of the pity he felt, he abandoned all other physicians and placed himself only in the care of God. He declared that whoever would be a master, he should be a servant to pity. Overcome by charity, he dismissed his counselors and officers. He ordered his treasurers to distribute his treasure among the poor and to both women and children, so that they might be fed and clothed..And thus, he returns home without loss,\nThrough charity, he dispenses\nHis goodwill, amending the people and countryside,\nThe harm that he inflicts is turned to joy on the morrow.\nAll was thanking, all was blessing,\nWhich once was weeping and cursing.\nThese women return home, glad enough,\nEach one rejoicing in the other's joy,\nAnd pray for this lord's health,\nWho has released the quarrel,\nAnd has forsaken his own will,\nIn charity, for God's sake.\nBut now, hear after what God wrought in this matter,\nHe who does equal justice,\nTo him who showed charity,\nHe was again charitable,\nAnd pitiful, for it was never known that charity conquers not.\nThe night when he was laid to sleep,\nThe high God who would keep him,\nSent to him Saints Peter and Paul,\nBy whom he would have his leprosy healed.\nThey two appeared to him sleeping,\nFrom God they said in this manner:\n\"Constantine, for you have served,\nHave pity, you have deserved.\".For thou shalt have such pity, that God through pity will grant thee,\nFor the first bodily kind,\nThou shalt be whole of both [parts?],\nAnd for thou shalt not despair,\nThy leprosy shall no more impair,\nTill thou wilt send thereon,\nUnto the mount of Celyon,\nWhere Silvestre and his clergy,\nIn company assemble in fear,\nFor the which many a day,\nHast been a foeman to Christ's lay,\nAnd hast brought great shame,\nTo the preachers of his holy name.\nBut now thou hast somewhat appeased,\nThy God, and with good deeds pleased,\nThat thou thy pity hast deferred,\nUpon the blood which thou hast spared,\nFor thy salvation,\nThou shalt have information,\nSuch as Silvestre shall teach,\nThe need of no other leech.\nThis Emperor, who heard all this,\nGranted mercy, he answered,\nI will do as thou biddest,\nBut of one thing I would pray,\nWhat shall I tell Silvestre,\nOf your name or your estate?\nAnd they told him what they thought,\nAnd forthwith all out of his sight,\nThey passed up into the heaven..And he awakened from his dream and called for men to come at once. He related his dream to them in such a way as he told it, revealing the place where Silvestre dwelt. They sought him out with great haste and found him and brought him before the emperor, who informed them of his dream and what he intended to do. When Silvestre heard this from the king, he was greatly pleased by it. He began, with all his wisdom, to teach them according to holy writ. First, he explained how mankind was created, and how the high God therefore sent his son from above, born for mankind's love. And after his own choice, he took his death upon the cross. In the grave, he was looked upon and broke the chains of hell, freeing those who were lying there. He did this to make us fully joyful, declaring himself to be the true son of the goddess. Again, he was born from the kind of man's womb. From death, he rose on the third day. And when he could, he ascended to his father in the heavens, taking flesh and blood with him. In the same form, he will reform us when the time comes for the quick and the dead..At that wretched day of fear\nWhere every man shall take his doom\nAs well the master as the groom\nThe mighty king's retinue\nThat day may stand of no value\nWith worldly strength to defend\nFor every man must then intend\nTo stand upon his own deeds\nAnd leave as other men's needs\nThat day may no counsel avail\nThe plea and the plea shall fail\nThe sentence of that same day\nMay none appeal be set in delay\nThere may no gold the judge play\nThat he not the truth try\nAnd fetter every man right\nAs well the plowman as the knight\nThe lewd man the great clerk\nShall stand upon his own work\nAnd such as he is found, thus\nSuch shall he be forever\nThere may no pardon be released\nThere may no joy be increased\nBut endless as they have done\nHe shall receive one of the two\nThus Silvester with his saw\nThe ground of all the new law\nWith great devotion he preaches\nFrom point to point and teaches\nUnto this then Emperor\nAnd says the high Creator\nHas under His charity\nOf that He wrought such pity.When he had no control over the children, this lord understood all this and answered Vnto Silvestre, With all his heart, saying, I am ready to the faith. And so the vessel, which had been made for blood, stood there with clean water from the well. In all haste he let it fall and placed Constantine therein, naked, into the cask. And while it was beginning, A light, as if it were the sun, came from heaven into the place where he took his christening. And ever among the holy tales, Like as they were fish scales, they fell from him then and afterwards, Until there was nothing left of all his great sickness. For he who would purify him, The high god had made him clean, So that there remained nothing seen. He cleansed both his body and soul also. This Emperor knew in truth that Christ's faith was to be feared and sent out his letters at once, Commanding that no one, On pain of death, Should be baptized or receive [it]..After his queen Eleanor, he sent and between them two they treated that the city all\nWas christened and she forthwith all\nThis emperor, who had founded\nWithin Rome alone, let found\nTwo churches which he made\nFor Peter and for Paul's sake\nOf whom he had a vision\nAnd gave thereunto possession\nOf lordship and of worldly good\nBut howsoever that his will was good\nToward the pope and his franchise\nYet has it proved otherwise\nTo see the working of the deed\nFor in Cronyque I read\nImmediately as he had made the gift\nA voice was heard on high the left\nOf which all Rome was afraid\nAnd said \"this day venom is shaded\nIn the holy church of the temporal\nWhich meddles with the spiritual\nAnd how it stands of that degree\nYet may a man the truth see\nGod may amend it when he will\nI can thereto no other skill\nBut to go there I began\nHow charity may help a man\nTo both worlds I have said\nAnd if thou hast an ear laid\nMy son thou might understand\nIf charity be taken in hand..How that thou enuye fle\nAcqueynte the with charyte\nWhiche is the vertu souerayne\nMy fadre I shal do my peyne\nFor this etold\nWith al myn hert I haue withold\nSo that I shal for euermore\nEschewe enuye wel the more\nAnd that I haue or this mysdo\nYe\nAnd ouer that to my matere\nOf shryfte whyle ye sytten here\nIn pryuete betwene vs tweye\nNow axe what ther is I preye\nMy good sone & for thy lore\nI wol the telle what is more\nThou shalt so the vyces knowe\nFor when they be to the ful knowe\nThou my\u0292t hem wel the better eschewe\nAnd for this cause I thynke sewe\nThe forme both & the matere\nAs now sewend thou shalt here\nWhiche vyce stant next after this\nAnd whan thou wost what it is\nAs thou shalt here me deuyse\nThou myght thy self the better auyse\nExplicit Liber secundus\nIRa suis paribus est par fu rijs Acherontis / Quo fu\u2223ro\nhIc in \nIF thou the vyces lest knowe / \nMy sone it hath not be vnknowe\nFro fyrste that men theyr swerdes grou\u0304de\nThat ther is none vp\u00a6on ye grou\u0304de.\nA vyce foreyn fro ye lawe\nWherof that many a good felawe.This text appears to be in Middle English, and it seems to be a passage from a poem or a play. I will do my best to clean and translate it into modern English while staying faithful to the original content.\n\nHath been disturbed by sudden chaos,\nAnd yet to kind no pleasure,\nIt does but where it most aches,\nIts purpose being,\nAs he who out of conscience\nIs enemy to patience,\nAnd is by name one of the seven,\nWho often sets the world asunder,\nAnd called is the cruel Ire,\nWhose heart is evermore on fire,\nTo speak amiss and to do both,\nFor his servants are ever angry,\nMy good father tell me this,\nWhat is Ire. It is,\nSoon it is,\nThat in our English, wrath is hot,\nWhose words are always so hot,\nThat a man's patience\nIs fired by its violence,\nFor he with him has ever five\nServants who help him to serve,\nThe first of them Melancholy,\nCalled who is in my company,\nA hundred times in an hour,\nWol as an angry bestial creature,\nAnd no man knows the cause why,\nMy son, shrink now for thine,\nHast thou been melancholic?\nMy father, by Saint Julian,\nBut I use unworthy words,\nI may not excuse myself,\nAnd all makes love well I know,\nOf which my heart is ever hot,\nSo that I burn as does a glad.\nFor wrath that I may not quench..And thus frequently I am alone, filled with my own wrath,\nFor the game goes on with others, I cannot be glad,\nBut I am all the more unhappy,\nSince it is another's game, it brings me great shame,\nThus I am oppressed by my own thoughts,\nWhich I have impressed upon myself,\nAwakening, I dream and eat,\nAnd pray her for some good answer,\nBut she will not gladly swear,\nShe says no to me without him,\nAnd thus I become increasingly angry,\nOutwardly I am afraid and dismayed,\nA thousand times a day, there is nothing sown in my eyes,\nThe very thing she said to me before,\nThus may my wits be lost,\nAnd particularly when I begin to reckon within myself,\nHow many years have passed since I truly loved one,\nAnd never took her head off,\nAnd ever a like for her sake,\nI am the more foolish with her deceit,\nSo that my happiness and all my being\nSeems to me the longer the farther,\nBringing my gladness out of error,\nMy wits are embittered by it..And I, who speak thus disappointed,\nFor finally when I ponder and think\nHow she will refuse me, I am\nDispleased, for all this world might I be glad\nAnd for the while that it lasts, my joy is cast down\nAnd when I may not see my lady,\nThe more I am ready to be angry\nThat for the touching of a lathe, or for the tearing of a sore,\nI would be as wild as the sea,\nAnd am so melancholic,\nThat there is no servant in my house,\nNor any of those about me,\nWho each of them does not doubt\nAnd believe that I would avenge\nMy anger that they see me have,\nAnd so they wonder more and less,\nThat they have seen it surpass.\nBut father, if it should be so,\nThat I approach at any time,\nThe place where my lady is,\nAnd then if she looks kindly upon me,\nTo speak a good word to me,\nFor all the gold that is in Rome,\nI could not be angry after that,\nBut all my anger would pass,\nSo overjoyed am I by her presence,\nThat I forget all offense..Or that she listed nothing to look\nAnd I therefore took good heed\nAnyone into my first estate\nI tore and am with that also mate\nWhoever it appears wicked\nAnd thus my hand again the prick\nI hurt and have done many a day\nAnd go forth as I may go\nFull often biting on my lip\nAnd make unto myself a whip\nWith which in many a chest and he\nMy woeful heart is so to beat\nThat all my wits are unsoft\nAnd am angry I not how often\nAnd all it is melancholy\nWhich grows on the fantasy\nOf love that me will not look out\nSo bear I forth an angry snout\nFull many times in a year\nBut father now you sit here\nIn love's place I beseech you\nThat some example you teach me\nWhereof I may myself appease\nMy Son for thy heart's ease\nI shall fulfill thy prayer\nSo that thou might the better learn\nWhat mischief this vice stirs up\nWhich in its anger does not forget\nWhereof that after him thinks\nWhen he is sober that he thinks\nUpon the folly of his deed\nAnd of this point a tale I read.This is an example of a confessor concerning those who have not truly experienced the power of love against others:\n\nHe had two children, fair Macharius and Canace. The younger son was Macharius, and the daughter was named Canace. They lived together day and night, sharing a room, and often played with each other until they grew up. In their youth, when nature stirred up their courage with love and desire, he could not deny the laws of nature. For whoever is bound by love and he is blind to himself, he makes his own:\n\nIn such a way, as I tell you, they lived together every day. This brother could not prevent himself from casting his love upon his sister, and it came to pass that Macharius and Canace, when they were in a secluded place, succumbed to Cupid's desire. Canace, who was in charge and taught every life without law, took no charge of this matter..But she kept her laws all at large. Nature took them in to learn and taught them so that overmore she had them in such a way that they were as if enchanted and as the blind leading the blind, and till they fell nothing dreaded. Right so they had no insight but as a bird which wants to light and sees the food and not the net which is set in deceit for it. These young folk saw no peril but that was pleasing in her eye. In that they fell upon the chance where wit had lost its memory. So long they gathered and assembled. And she held her in her chamber closed For fear it should be disclosed And come unto her father ere Whom the son also feared And feigned cause to ride For long he durst not abide In her. That he had forsaken his sister He had not yet made known. But right soon after that she was, She heard a woeful case. The truth which may not be hidden Was at the last known and acknowledged..To the king who stood there,\nAnd when he had understood,\nImmediately to Melunoolye,\nAs though in a frenzy,\nHe fell, unable to think,\nHow masterful love is in youth,\nAnd because love was strange to him,\nHe would not change his heart.\nTo be kind and favorable,\nTo love but unmerciful,\nBetween the wave of wood and wrath,\nInto his daughter's chamber he went,\nAnd saw the child was late born,\nWhom he had sworn to protect,\nShe began to cry for mercy,\nOn her bar,\nAnd to her father she said,\n\"Have mercy, father, think I am\nThy child and of thy blood I came,\nThat I sinned in my youth it made,\nAnd in the floods, it forced me to wade,\nWhere I saw no peril though,\nBut now it has befallen so,\nMercy, my father, do no wrong,\nAnd with this word she lost her speech,\nAnd fell swooning at his feet,\nAs she needed to for sorrow.\"\nBut his horrible cruelty,\nThat might have tempered no pity,\nOut of her chamber, he went,\nAnd filled with wrath in his intent,\nAnd took counsel in his heart..That she shall not die prematurely,\nAnd he who is Melan,\nOf patience has no lying,\nWhereof he may his wrath restrain,\nAnd in this wild wood pain,\nWhen all his reason was untamed,\nA knight he became,\nAnd took him as by some chance,\nA naked sword to bear in hand,\nAnd said to him that he should go,\nAnd tell unto his daughter so,\nIn the manner as he bade,\nHow she that sharp sword's blade\nShould receive and do with all,\nSo that she would,\nForth in message goes the knight.\n\nTo this woeful young wight,\nThis sharp sword,\nWhereof all her body shook,\nFor well she knew what it meant,\nAnd that it was to such intent,\nThat she herself should sleepe,\nAnd to the knight she said, \"Now that I know\nMy father's will,\nThat I shall in this way die,\nI will.\nAnd as he wills it shall be,\nBut now this thing,\nIt may be none other,\nI will write a letter to my brother,\nSo that my feeble hand may write,\nWith all my woeful heart I'll endite,\nShe took a pen in hand, thus,\nFrom point to point and all the sorrow,\nAs far as herself it knew,\nUnto her deadly friend she wrote..And she declared how her father's grace\nCould not purchase her for anything\nAnd over that, as you shall hear\nShe wrote and said in this manner:\nO thou my sorrow and my joy,\nO thou my healing and my sickness,\nO thou my wan hope and my trust,\nO thou my disease and all my lust,\nO thou my well-being, O thou my woe,\nO thou my friend, O thou my foe,\nO thou my loneliness, O thou my hate.\nFor the more I am dead indeed,\nThat death may not take me away.\nAnd as long as I last on this earth,\nI will the love in me to my death.\nBut of one thing I shall pray:\nIf my little son dies,\nBury him beside me,\nSo that you will have remembrance\nFor thus it stands in my greeting.\nNow at this time, as you shall know,\nI have this letter in my care,\nIn my right hand my pen I hold,\nAnd in my left my sword I keep,\nAnd in my heart there lies to weep,\nYour child and mine weeps fast.\nNow I have come to my last,\nFarewell, for I shall soon die,\nAnd think how I leave your love behind.\nThe pommel of the sword to the ground,\nShe set and with the point made a wound..Through her heart she made a hole, and fell down dead from where she stood. The child lay bathing in her blood. Out rolled from the mother's womb and for the blood he was heated around there. There was no help for winning. For which he had, the king came in the same throw. And saw how his daughter died, and how this baby all bloody cried. But all that might not suffice, that he neither could bear to do, Upon the child and bear him out, And seek in the foetus, So in wild place that it were To cast him out of hand there, Some beast him may devour Whereas no man him shall succor. All that he Could who had ever sung of such a thing as this was done But he who led his wrath so, Has known of love but a little But for all that he was to know, Through his sudden melancholy, To do such a great felony, For thy my son, how so it stands, By this case thou might understand, That if thou ever in cause of love Shall die, That thou might lead it at thy will, Let never through thy wrath spill, Which every kind should save..For it is fitting for every man to have reward for love and might,\nAgainst whomsoever may not yield,\nAnd since a heart is so constrained,\nRedress ought to be restrained,\nTo him who may be far away,\nWhen he must obey nature,\nFor it is said thus often,\nThat need must yield to need,\nOf that a life does after kind,\nFrom which he may find no reprieve,\nThat nature has set in her law,\nNo power may withdraw,\nAnd he who works\nFrequently it has happened,\nI find a remembrance of this,\nI narrate how Tiresias, in a certain mode, came upon two serpents copulating,\nOver time, afterwards,\nHe gave an example and said thus,\nHow Tiresias, as he was walking one day,\nSaw on a high mountain two serpents in his path,\nAnd they were assembled there and he caught,\nA rod which he held in his hand,\nThinking that he would part them,\nBut the gods were angry,\nAnd because he had disturbed kind,\nAnd was unnatural to nature..Unkindly he was transformed,\nFrom a man once formed,\nInto a woman shaped,\nAn angry jest it was to him,\nBut for his anger he had wrought,\nAngrily he had bought it,\nLo, thus my son Ouid has written,\nWhereof thou mightest understand,\nA man is more than such a beast,\nSo it could never be honest,\nA man to grow angry at that,\nOf which there is no malice,\nBut only this is a vice,\nAnd though a man be reasonable,\nYet after kind he is,\nTo love whom he will or none,\nThink thou my son therefore,\nAnd do melancholy away,\nFor love has its lust to play,\nA man and a woman,\nAnd let every man love as he will,\nBut not my lady,\nFor I shall not be angry with her,\nBut that I am wrath and fear amiss,\nAlone upon myself it is,\nThat with both love and kind,\nI am so well-supplied that I can find,\nNo way how it may depart,\nWhich stands upon my own heart,\nAnd touches no other life,\nSave only to that sweet wife,\nFor whom but if it be amended,\nMy glad days are dispensed..That I myself shall not forget\nThe wrath which I now bear,\nFor there is none other like\nNow,\nIf there be any other cause\nTo show myself soon, concerning the second kind of wrath. I treat of the confessor regarding the second species of wrath. The second is pride,\nWhich has the winds of tempest,\nTo keep and many a sudden blast,\nHe blows whereof we are agast,\nThose who desire peace and rest\nHe is that very ungodly one,\nWho has twisted many a lusty one,\nFor ever he bears his mouth unpinned!\nSo that his lips are unloosed\nAnd his courage is all broken,\nThat every thing which he could tell\nSprings up as death a well,\nWhich may no more of his stumes hide\nBut runs out,\nSo boils up the foul saws,\nChest knows of his fellows,\nFor as a Sycophant keeps ale,\nRightly can chest keep a tale,\nAll that he knew he would displease,\nAnd speak or any man oppose,\nAs a city without walls,\nWhere men may go out over all,\nWithout any resistance,\nSo with his crooked eloquence\nHe speaks all that is within him,\nWhereof men lose more than gain,\nFor often in his chiding..He brings to house such tidings\nThat makes war at bed's head\nIt is the leaven of the bread\nWhich soured all the past around\nMen ought well such one to doubt\nFor ever his boon companion is ready bent\nAnd whom he hates I tell him shun\nIf he may perceive him with his tongue\nAnd e'en that of the noise and the sound\nMen fear him in all the Town\nMore than they did of thunder\nFor that is the cause of more wonder\nFor with the winds which he blows\nFull of the Cities and the polycy\nThat I have heard the people cry\nAnd each one said in his degree\nHe wicked tongue woe betide thee\nMen say that the hard bone\nAlthough himself have none\nA tongue breaks all to pieces\nHe has so many diverse spies\nOf vices that I may not well\nDescribe\nBut when that he falls into a chest\nFull many a wonderful thing befalls\nFor he can no thing forbear\nNow if it has ever been so\nThat thou at any time have called\nThou hardest thy love Father nay\nSuch a chest yet unto this day\nI have never made nor forbidden\nFor then were I altogether beshrewed.And worthy to be put back\nWith all the sorrow upon my back\nThat only man could endure\nBut I spoke never yet by mouth\nThat unto chest might touch\nAnd that I dared right well vouch\nOn her herself as for witnesses\nFor I knew of her gentleness\nThat she would excuse me\nThat I used no such things\nAnd if it should so betide\nThat I had to chide\nIt might not be to my love\nFor so yet never was I above\nFor all this wide world to win\nThat I dared any word begin\nBy which she might be amused\nAnd I of chest also reproved\nBut rather if it might please her\nThe best words I would pick\nWhich I could in my heart choose\nAnd serve them forth in stead of choose\nFor that is helpful to defy\nAnd would my words play\nThat might wrath in chest allay\nWith telling of my soft tale\nThus dare I make a forward\nThat never unto my lady ward\nYet spoke I word in such a way\nWhereof chest should know\nThou sayest more than enough\nBut so well holds no man the plough\nThat he never balks other while..His tongue that sometimes in anger\nHim may some light word overshoot,\nYet he means it not at all,\nBut then I have always\nFrequently spoken I am known to you,\nThat however my will be,\nWhen my time comes, I dare to speak and say all out,\nMy long love, of which she knew,\nThat never in one instance grieves me more than all my diseases,\nI tell and think I speak it forth and nothing leave,\nAnd though it goes beyond her leave,\nI hope and believe nonetheless,\nThat I do not again seek peace,\nFor though I tell her all my thoughts,\nShe knew well that I chide not,\nMen may ask the high God in earnest,\nAnd He will hear a man's speech,\nAnd be not angry that he hears it,\nSo He gives it more grace,\nAnd makes me bold,\nThat I dare the better,\nMy lady, who is a woman,\nFor though I tell her that there is,\nOf love which grieves me sore,\nShe ought not to be angry therefore,\nFor I make no noise or cry,\nMy complaint makes all buxom and full,\nTo put away all wrath,\nSo I dare say to this day,\nIn earnest or in jest,\nMy lady shall blame nothing,\nBut it has often been decreed..That with my soul I have chided,\nWho could not chide better,\nAnd that have been at every tide,\nWhen I,\nForthan I made a pretty man,\nAnd every tale by and by,\nWhich spoke to my lady,\nI think and ponder,\nAnd draw into my remembrance,\nAnd then if I find a lack\nOf any word that I mispronounced,\nWhich was too much in any way,\nAnywhere,\nAnd master a chiding in my heart,\nThat any word should arouse,\nWhich I should have held in,\nAnd so after I begin,\nAnd if there was else aught,\nTo speak and I spoke not,\nAnd if I may seek and find,\nThat any word be long,\nWhich I should have spoken more,\nI would upon myself be wroth,\nAnd chide with myself so,\nThat all my wit is overthrown,\nFor no man may recover his time,\nTherefore I am thus overwrought,\nSo often to much or too little,\nFull often I am myself to write,\nBut all that may me not avail,\nWith chest though I myself travel,\nBut old on stock and stock on old,\nThough more that a man defiles,\nMen know well which has the worse,\nAnd so to me is not worth a straw..But torn into my heart, I would ever chide in such a wife\nOf love as I design for you,\nBut father, you have heard\nIn this manner how I have fared\nOf chest and of discord,\nGive me your absolution.\nMy son, if you know all,\nThat a chest does in particular\nTo love and to his well-being,\nYou would flee from his knowing,\nFor he who can speak fairest\nAnd learn to be debonair,\nIs most agreeable to love.\nFair speech has often brought about\nFull many a man as it is known,\nWho else should have been right low\nAnd failed much of his will,\nFor thou hold thy tongue still\nAnd let thy wit thy will be,\nSo that thou fall not into chest,\nWhich is the source of great discord,\nAnd taste in thy remembrance,\nIf thou mightst give,\nWhich is the seal of all offense,\nAs the old wise say,\nFor when nothing else may suffice,\nBy strength nor by man's wit,\nThen patience is overthrown,\nAnd comes last but he may not,\nWho will not bow or break.\nTake heed soon of what I speak..My father of your good speech and of the wit which you teach me, I thank you with all my heart, for I shall never depart from your words, holding them as you told me, in patience as you have instructed. Furthermore, if you have some good example in particular to tell me in some C [place], it would well please my heart, enabling me to be more obedient to my love and putting my disease away. Behold, you should suffer as Socrates did, leaving this example which is written. And for you shall know the truth of this example that I mean, though it may now seem little sensed among men, yet he was patient in this. Socrates, despite desiring a man to buy him peace, was wedded to a wife who was contrary to his ease. Yet he spoke softly and fairly, until it happened as is told, in winter when the day is cold. This wife came from the well..Where a pot with water stood,\nShe saw how her spouse was set, looking at a book,\nNear the fire as he, who eased himself like an old man,\nAnd she began to gather wood,\nAnd asked him what devil he thought,\nAnd held him back from,\nWhat labor she undertook,\nAnd said such a husband\nWas not worth a straw to a wife,\nHe said neither yes nor no,\nBut kept silent and looked at her,\nAs if she could not hide herself,\nShe began to swell within,\nAnd brought in water from the well,\nThe water pot she,\nAnd bade him speak and be soft,\nSat still and answered no word,\nAnd she was angry,\nAnd asked him if he was dead,\nAnd poured all the water on his head,\nBut he, who would not forsake his patience,\nSaid how he found no end\nIn anything which she had done,\nFor it was winter time then,\nAnd winter, as is natural,\nWhich is stormy as men may find,\nFirst makes the winds blow,\nAnd after that, within a throw,\nHe tries and the water gates,\nWhich are well seen to be reasonable..He has made me wind and pleasure,\nAfter the season of the year,\nAnd then he sat near the fire,\nAnd as he could, his clothes dried,\nSo he no more spoke a word or saw,\nWhat he thought was for the best.\nI am not of that example yet,\nAgreeing with a man's wit,\nTo suffer as Socrates did,\nAnd if it falls in any seed,\nA man among all women,\nIn love's court by judgment,\nShould bear the name of patient,\nTo give an example of patience,\nAnd show how it stood,\nSo that other men might know,\nAnd soon if you are tempted against patience,\nTake heed upon this evidence,\nIt shall pass as the lesser harm,\nMy father so I believe,\nOf that there will be no manner of need,\nFor I will take such good heed,\nThat before I fall into such an attempt,\nI think - as I may,\nBut if there be anything else more,\nWhereof I might learn,\nI pray you so as I dare,\nNow tell that I may beware,\nSome other tale of this matter,\nSoon it is ever good to learn,\nWhereof you might restrain your word,\nBefore you fall into any pain..For whoever cannot conceal counsel, he may not escape sorrow. Whoever will fall or cause it to fall, as I find in the books written, the Confessor gives an example {quod} of another's litigation; and he relates how Jupiter, with Juno, disputed over a certain question, namely, whether a man loved a woman more in amorous desire than Tiresias was appointed as their judge. And because he defined the matter against Juno in the aforementioned lawsuit, both of them, enraged, deprived each other of the light of clarity without remission.\n\nAnd there is no seriousness in that which never had any serious beginning.\nTo seek in all a man's life,\nThough it begins in pure game,\nIt often turns into strife,\nAnd causes harm on one side.\nGreat scholar Ovid,\nAccording to the law which was then,\nOf Jupiter and Juno,\nMentions this in his books,\nHow they fell into discord,\nIn a manner like a border,\nAs they began to argue among themselves in private,\nAnd this was on this account,\nWhich of the two was more amorous,\nMan or wife,\nAnd on this..They could not agree and took a large dispute, which is called Tyreseus. And he, without consent, gave judgment in the case. The goddess, in response, was angry and would not forgive but took a way for herself. She took the light from both his eyes two. When Jupiter saw this injury, he gave another benefit to him and such grace that because he knew he spoke the truth, he said so. A truth-teller he was forever. But the other preferred to have had the looking of his eye rather than the prophecy. But however, the truth was the cause of that he seized such great pain. My son, beware there. And hold your tongue. For whoever has his word disclosed or knew what they mean, he is often near his tenement and loses full many times grace where he would purchase thanks. And over this, my son, dear one, if you might hear in private what they have wrought, hold counsel and discover it not. For chests can no counsel help or be it woe or be it well..And take a tale into thy mind, the which of old I find,\nHe is the Confessor, who relates the central story of those who in love's cause,\nAlphebus, who makes the days light,\nA love he had, which though lofty,\nCornide, who was above them all,\nHe pleases, but what will befall,\nOf love there is no knowing,\nBut as fortune has it through us,\nSo it happened upon a chance,\nA young knight was brought into her acquaintance,\nAnd had of her what he would,\nBut a false bird which she held,\nAnd kept in her chamber, D,\nThe bird's name was as though,\nCorvus, who was also there,\nWel more white than any swan,\nAnd he, who deceives all that he can,\nOf his lady to Alphebus said,\nAnd for wrath drew out his sword,\nWhich Cornide at once beheaded,\nBut after him was avenged,\nAnd took full great repentance,\nWhereof in token and in remembrance,\nOf them who used wicked speech,\nUpon this bird he took his vengeance,\nThat there he was snow-white before,\nEver afterward coal-black therefore,\nHe was transformed, as she thinks,\nAnd many a man yet him bears witness..And call him by this day a Raven, yet by whom men may take evidence when he cries, that some misshape it signifies. Beware therefore and say the best, if thou wilt be at rest. My good son, as I have read, Hec speaks of the same, and Narratus relates how Jupiter adulterated Iuturna, the Nymph who was called Laar. For in another place I have read of that Nymph whom they called Laar, because she kept the privacy by night, how Jupiter lay with Iuturna. God had decreed it. Her tongue he cut and sent her to hell, for ever to dwell there, as she who was not worthy to be of love. For she could not help him, and such days are now felt in the court of love as it is said, that let her tongues go untied. My son, be thou none of those. And especially that thou not reproach, for chests can no counsel hide. For wrath never prospered. My father speaks the truth, every word. Teach me, and I will hold the rule which I am held to, to flee from the chest as you bid. For he is well who never reproached. Now tell me, if there is more..As concerning the lore of wrath, Demoui treats of the third kind of hate, which is called odium, whose nature reduces all hatreds to the mind and brings them back to the time for vindication, like the scripted demons in the heart, commanding them to be remembered.\n\nThere is another kind of wrath,\nWhich is to chastise one's own brother,\nAnd is named hate,\nWhich does not suffice within its gate,\nThat there come other love or peace.\nFor he will make no truce\nOf any debate that occurs.\n\nNow speak if you are one of all\nWho have withheld yourself from this vice,\nAnd I, my father, I do not know what it is,\nIn good faith, soon I too will be with you,\nMy father, nay, but you leave me,\nBut my son and you shall hear,\nHa.\n\nBut of long time gathered,\nAnd dwells in the heart, hidden,\nUntil he sees time to be broken,\nAnd then he shows his tempest,\nMore sudden than the wild beast,\nWhich knows nothing of mercy.\n\nMy son, you are known of this,\nMy good father, as I believe,\nNow I understand what you mean,\nBut I dare safely make an oath,\nMy lady was never loath to me..I will not swear, nevertheless,\nThat I am guiltless of hate,\nFor when I play to my lady,\nFrom day to day and mercy cry,\nAnd she lays no mercy on me,\nBut speaks harsh words to me,\nThough I love my lady ever,\nThe words I must needs hate,\nAnd would they were all spent,\nOr so far from land gone,\nThat I should never hear them here,\nAnd yet I love my lady dear,\nThus there is hate as you may see\nBetween my lady's word and me,\nThe word I hate and she I love,\nWhat shall become of me in love,\nBut furthermore I will confess,\nThat I have hated all my life,\nThese intriguers, who through her envy,\nAre ever ready to lie,\nFor with her false compassions,\nThey have often made me afraid,\nAnd hindered me frequently,\nWhen they could not understand,\nBut only thought of her own mind,\nAnd thus often have I bought\nThe lie and did not drink of the wine,\nI would her happiness were such as mine,\nFor though I now confess,\nThey may not be forgiven by me,\nUntil I see them at debate,\nWith love and then my estate,\nThey might by her own judgment,\nLook how well it would become them..To hinder a man who loves so much, and I hate him evermore. Love torments him because I shall always. To the mighty Cupid, who is a god of love to Smith, with whom I am struck in love, so that they may know and understand how hindering is a painful ordeal to him who loves. I will forever wait and hope until I see him take a leap and cling to the same wound which I now bear for eternity. I would then do all in my power to stand in her light, so that they would not be able to drive her away. I would put them out of love, just as they drove me away. With that they spoke of me, I would do the same if I could. This is all the hate I have for the anglers. I would treat all others well. Thus my father has said my will. Speak now, for I am still here. My son, you have not fully paid me that you wish to hate. Though he may have hindered me a hundred times before, I tell you this reason..Thou might hate the condition of the anglers, as thou didst tell me. But furthermore, if thou wouldst help them in any other way, such as I suggested, for my son's sake I would ask that thou draw him in by friendship, so that thou might not do it out of hate. In this way, thou might get love in return and set my son at rest. For thou shalt find it for the best. And besides this, I also warn thee about other men's hate. For hate is always lurking. And as the fisherman on his bait sleeps when he sees the fish taking the bait, so when he sees an opportunity at the last moment, he shall not be torn from it. Hate will not allow him to fulfill and feign companionship. Yet nevertheless, for fallibility, there is a covenant between them. Under both, the prevailing wrath can clothe him and make him appear a great believer. But beware, thou shouldst not love all that thou seest before thine eyes. So as the Greeks once saw in the book of Troy, there may be an example in deed..This text appears to be in Old English, and there are some errors in the transcription. Here is a cleaned version of the text:\n\nI, Confesso: an example of the Greeks.\nAfter Troy's destruction,\nWhen their king was slain,\nThe Greeks, who caused all this,\nWere unable to return home.\nIt has been seen and felt often,\nThe hard time after the soft.\nBy the sea, as they went homeward,\nA great tempest seized them.\nJuno let her party bow,\nThe sea wind blew,\nThe fiery waves began to thunder,\nAs though the world would shatter,\nFrom heaven out of the water gates,\nThe rainy storm fell down around,\nAnd all their tackle was destroyed,\nNo man could hold himself.\nMen there may cry, shipmen,\nWho stood in the water to die,\nHe who was behind could not keep up,\nCould not keep up with the stern,\nThe ship rose again against the waves,\nThe sailor had lost his laws,\nThe sea beat on every side,\nThey knew not what fortune awaited,\nBut set themselves at God's will,\nWhere He would save or destroy them.\nAnd at that time there was a king,\nNamed Namplus, who was hot,\nAnd had a son..At Troy, where the Greeks,\nHe who was made prince until fortune let him fall,\nHis name was Palamides.\nBut through hate, unnecessary to mention,\nSome of them caused his death.\nHe swore if ever his time came,\nHe would avenge himself if he could.\nAnd to this oath he swore an oath,\nAnd thus this king, through cunning hate,\nLay in wait along the way,\nFor he was not of such pride\nTo avenge himself in open way.\nThe fame which goes wide makes known,\nHow it was with the Greeks,\nHome with all their folly,\nFrom Troy on the sea by ship.\nNamplus, when he understood this,\nAnd knew the tides of the flood,\nAnd saw the wind blow to the land,\nA great deception he found,\nOf cunning hate, as you shall hear.\nThis king gazed at the weather,\nAnd knew they must hold their course,\nAlong the march right through the night,\nAnd made on the dark night\nOf great sails and blocks,\nTo show on the high hills,\nSo that the fleet of Greece it shows..So it seemed as he thought,\nThis fleet which had sought a haven,\nBright fires saw a far errand,\nAnd drew them near and nearer,\nAnd knew and understood well,\nHow all that fire was made for good,\nTo show where men should arrive,\nAnd thitherward they hastened blue,\nAnd in semblance as men say is guile,\nAnd that was proved thus while,\nThe ship which meant to attach itself,\nDrove all to pieces on the rock,\nAnd so did ten or twelve,\nThere might no man help himself,\nFor there they thought death escaped,\nWithout help, death was shaped,\nThus they who came first to the fore,\nUpon the Rocks were lost,\nBut through noise and their cry,\nThe others were all aware thereby,\nAnd when they began to row,\nThey might know the truth,\nThat where they thought friends found,\nThey found friendship behind,\nThe land was soon subdued,\nWhere they had been before,\nAnd took them to the high sea,\nThere they said, \"All ye,\"\nFrom that day forth where they were,\nOf that they have tried there,\nMy son, of this you may gauge,\nHow fraud stands in many ways..Among those who think there is no fraud half written,\nThat stands in such a manner, for the wise men do not deem things to be as they seem, but only after they know and find. The mirror shows in its kind whatever is within and is in truth nothing within, and so hate endures until a man has overcome. Shall no man know by his face which is aunt and which is ar? For my son, think on this: My father, so I will be. And if there is more wrath, now ask for charity. And I, the truth, shall be known. He who holds back an unfit hand and speaks alluringly to us / Fraudis\nHe treats of the Confessor concerning the quarrel\nMy son, you shall understand\nThat yet to ward off wrath,\nOne must be gathered on every side,\nTake as the books say,\nFoolhast has to his chamberlain,\nWho counsels only evil,\nPatience is most despised,\nUntil homicide meets him at table,\nFrom mercy they are all unmet,\nAnd thus they are the worst of all..Of those who fall into wrath,\nIn deed and thought as well,\nThey account not their wrath but this,\nThat there be shedding of blood.\nAnd so they are like a best beast,\nThey know not the good of life.\nBut if they have other sword or knife,\nTheir deadly wrath to wreak.\nOf pity they list not to speak,\nNo other reason they sing,\nBut that they have might.\nBut beware him well in other place,\nWhere every man behooves grace.\nBut there I think it shall fail,\nTo whom no mercy might avail.\nBut wroth,\nThat no pity might them move.\nNow tell my son / my father what,\nIf thou hast been culpable of that,\nMy father, cry not for me forbid,\nI speak only for the deed,\nOf which I was never culpable,\nWith no cause reasonable,\nBut this is not to my purpose,\nWhy we sit here for penance,\nFor we are set to shrive of love,\nAs we began first above,\nAnd nevertheless I am aware,\nThat concerning love's throw,\nWhen my wits overend,\nMy heart's content hath no end,\nBut ever stands upon debate,\nTo great disease of my estate.\nAs for the time that it lasts..For when my fortune overshadows\nHer wheel and is to me so strange,\nAnd she will not change,\nI cast the whole world about,\nAnd think how I have spent all my time in doubt,\nAnd see not how to be amended,\nBut rather find myself impaired,\nAs one who is well nigh despairing,\nFor I cannot deserve any thanks,\nAnd ever I love and ever I serve,\nAnd ever I am like near,\nThus, standing in such a state,\nI am as one who says out of her mind,\nAnd so upon myself I wage war,\nI bring and put out all peace,\nThat I feel in such a restless state,\nAm weary of my own life,\nSo that of content and of strife,\nI am known and have answered,\nAs you, my father, have heard,\nMy heart is wonderfully gone,\nWhich counsel should I follow,\nWhich has reason in company,\nI against which party,\nWhich will have hope in accord,\nAnd thus these bring discord,\nWisdom and reason counsel often,\nThat my heart should soften,\nAnd that I should well renew,\nAnd put out of retirement,\nOr\nFor as they say, if he can\nHave his own rule in hand..There shall be no understanding of hope and so they say that over all where he is, he sets his heart in conflict, with wishing and fantasy, and is not true, so that in him there is no faith. Thus with reason and wit advised, wit and hope are always despised. Reason says that I should leave to love where there is no leave, to speed and will says that such a heart is to be shunned, which dares not leave until he speeds. Let hope serve at such a need. He also says where an heart sits, all governed by wit, he has his life's lust for learning. And thus my heart is all to such a one, but yet I may not well forsake that he is master of my thought or that I speed or speak nothing. Thou dost my son against the right, but love is of such great might. His law may no man refuse. So may thou the better excuse. And nevertheless thou shalt be taught that will should be governed, of reason more than of kind. A tale I find written of this..IC points to the example of Cosmos, who with impetuous desires sought discretion's moderation for governance. And he narrates that once upon a time, an old Philosopher, named Diogenes, was so old that he could no longer endure the world's turmoil and sought to take his rest. He lived in such a way that near his house, he had a large jar dug out. He filled it up to such a degree that it could be turned about. From it an end was taken out, so that he could sit in it and turn himself as he pleased. He would take the eye and look at the heavens, and judge of the seven planets. He, who could much, did this often. Thus, he sat alone, pondering in his philosophy.\n\nOne morning, as he was set where he pleased, to look upon the rising sun, a thing happened that was unexpected. When he saw the sun rising, King Alexander came riding near. As he cast his eye about, he saw the jar and was curious. He wanted to know what it was and sent someone there..A knight, recognizable by his appearance and himself known as such, resided and stayed there. This knight, following the king's will, mounted his horse and went to the Tonne without delay. There, he found an old man and conveyed the message the king had entrusted to him. The old man, who understood the situation, remained silent and spoke no words in response. The knight urged him to speak and said, \"You shall tell me or I will leave.\" It is your king who is asking, he replied. The king asked, \"What is he then, this man who says nothing?\" The knight inquired, \"Is he your man who says I am not here?\" The old man replied, \"He speaks as I believe.\" The man's man, you lie, the knight retorted. The knight was angry and went back to the king to report how the man had answered. When the king heard this tale, he ordered everyone to remain. The king himself rode there and began the conversation in this manner: \"Hail, who are you?\" The old man replied, \"I am the one you see now.\".The king who had spoken wisely\nHis age would not despise, but said, \"Father, I pray, tell me the cause, how I am your man. Sir king, said he, if you will, I say the king replied, \"This is the truth. Since first I understood reason and knew what was evil and good, the will which moves my body, whose works the God reproves, I have restrained more than him who stands under the law of reason. So that he may not do harm. And thus by way of covenant, will is my man and my servant. And ever has been and ever shall be. And will is your principal, and the lordship of your wit. So that you have never yet taken a day's rest from your labor but to be a Conqueror of worldly goods which may not last. You always hold a like fast, where you have no reason to win. Thus your will is the cause of sin, and is your lord to whom you serve. Little thanks you deserve from him.\" The king answered thus. He was not angry but when he heard the haughty words which he spoke..With goodly words thus he prayed,\n\"That you would tell your name, I am the same,\nWhich men call Dionysius.\nThou art the king right glad with all,\nFor I have heard oft before,\nWhat man you are, therefore,\n'O wise Dionysius,\nNow shall your great wit be seen,\nFor you shall, from my gift, have\nWhatever worldly good that you want.\nQuoth he then, \"How out of my son,\nLet it shine into my tone,\nFor you seem to me this gift,\nWhich lies not in your might to shift.\nNone other good of me needs,\nThe king whom every country fears,\nLo, thus he was informed there,\nWhereof my son you might learn,\nHow that your will shall not be believed,\nWhere it is of no wit relieved,\nAnd you have said yourself or this,\nHow there your will your master is,\nThrough which thy hearts' thoughts\nWithin are ever of contact to begin,\nSo that it is greatly to dread,\nThat it no homicide breed,\nFor love is of a wonderful kind,\nAnd has its wits often blind,\nThat they from man's reason fall.\".That will lead the courage in love's cause it is to dread. I find an example written below, which is necessary to know. I, in the cause of love, place Confess and Example against those who hasten their own ruin out of impetuousness. Piramus himself, in a place appointed for their meeting, did not find his friend Tisbe ready for his arrival, impetuous with grief, he drew his mortal sword and turned it against himself. After a short time, coming upon the dead body of his friend, Tisbe, impetuously hastening to her own death, pierced the innermost part of his heart with the same sword.\n\nThere is a tale to tell and retell. There was a city called Semiramis,\nEnclosed within walls,\nOf worthy people with many a route,\nWas inhabited here and there,\nAmong whom were two, above all others,\nNeighbors so near,\nThere was nothing between them but \"woe to woe\" and \"wall to wall.\"\nThis one lord has a special place..A son there was a lusty bachelor,\nIn all the town was none his peer,\nWho had a daughter fair as she,\nIn all the town that for to seek.\nMen knew none so fair as she fell,\nThis fair daughter near this son,\nAs they to gather in one,\nCupid had shaped the things thus,\nThat they might not the hands escape,\nAnd so it fell at the last,\nTo follow his lore and sew,\nWhich no man might escape,\nAnd that was love as it is shaped,\nWhich had her hearts overwhelmed,\nThat they by all ways might seek,\nHow they might win a speech,\nHer woeful pain to alleviate,\nWho loves well it may not miss,\nAnd namely when there be two,\nOf one accord how it may go,\nBut if they somehow find a way,\nFor love is ever of such a kind,\nAnd has its folk so well enamored,\nThat however it be thwarted,\nThere may no man the purpose thwart,\nAnd thus between them two set,\nA hole in the wall to make,\nThrough which they have her counsel take,\nAt all times when they might.\nThis fair Maid Tisbe named..And he, whom she loved hot,\nWas Pyramus by name, hot.\nThey recorded their lessons so long,\nTill at last they agreed,\nBy night time, to wend alone,\nFrom the town's end.\nWhere was a well under a tree,\nAnd he who came first by her side,\nHe should there stay.\nSo it fell by night time's tide,\nThis maiden, who was displeased,\nWas alone.\nShe went through the large town unknow,\nTill she came within a throw,\nWhere she liked to dwell,\nAnd that unhappy, fresh well,\nWhich was also near the forest,\nWhere she coming, a lion saw,\nIn the field to take his prey,\nIn haste, he fled so away,\nSo that fortune should fall,\nFor fear and let her whimper fall,\nNear to the well upon the ground,\nThis wild beast, in his rage,\nFound him there, out and about,\nAnd he had slain and his bloody paw,\nHad eaten what he would,\nTo drink of the stream's cold,\nCame unto the well where he found,\nThe whimper which fell from her hand,\nHe drew and was bathed and all for gnawed,\nAnd he straightway for to drink,\nUpon the well's fresh brink..And after that, out of the plain\nHe tears to the wood again\nTisbe dared not remove\nBut as a bird which was in a cage\nWhich in a bush she kept close\nSo still that she did not arise\nUnto herself and plainly lamented\nAnd fell while she lay there\nThis Pyramus came after soon\nUnto the well and by the moon\nHe found her limp body there\nA sight not to human eyes\nWonder, which caused such a fright\nAt man's heart as it did\nTo him who in the same place\nWith many a woeful complaint began\nTo wring his hands\nAs if he truly believed\nShe was dead and suddenly\nHis sword, naked, he drew\nIn his foolish haste and thus he said\nI am the cause of your crime\nSo it is reason that I die\nAnd she is dead because of me\nAnd with that word upon his knee\nHe fell and to the gods all\nUnto heaven he began to call\nAnd prayed since it was done so\nThat he may not lose his love from her\nGracefully, in this world\nHe would not abide\nHe says as it shall be\nThe pommel of his sword to the ground.He set his heart to a wound\nHe made his way to the hard wood\nAnd thus he himself died\nWith his foolish haste and death he named\nFor she within a while came\nWhere he lay dead upon a knife\nSo woeful was never life\nAs Tyssbe was when she saw him\nShe might not one word on high\nSpeak for her heart shut\nThat of her life no price she set\nBut did swooning died there she fell\nTill afterward it so befell\nThat she out of her trance awoke\nWith many a woeful pitiful look\nHer eye always upon\nUpon her love and at the last\nShe caught her breath and said thus\nO thou which art called Venus\nGoddess of love and thou Cupid\nWhich love's cause hastes to guide\nI well know now that you are blind\nOf this unhappy thing that I find\nOnly between my love and me\nThis Pyramus whom I see here\nBleeding, what has he deserved?\nFor he thinks he has kept and served\nAnd was young, I also\nAlas, why do you do this to us?\nYet set our hearts both on fire\nAnd made us such a thing desire\nWhose fruit that we no longer can\nBut thus our fresh lusty youth.Without joy is all spent\nThat which cannot be amended\nFor as for me, this I will say,\nI'd rather die than have after this\nSorrowful day, and with this word,\nAs he lay there,\nHer love in arms embraces\nHer own death and she purchases,\nNow she wept and now she kissed,\nUntil at last she knew it,\nSuch great sorrow fell upon her,\nWhich overcame her wits all,\nAnd she who could not endure\nThe sword's point against her heart,\nShe set and fell down thereon,\nFrom which she was dead at once,\nAnd thus they were found lying dead,\nNow, my son, have you heard this tale?\nBeware of your own ruin,\nDo not be reckless in your folly,\nAnd keep your wit from being cast\nUpon your thoughts in adventure,\nWhereof your life's forfeiture\nMay fall, and if you have thought thus,\nTell your tale and hide it not.\nMy father,\nMy conscience I will not hide,\nHow for love's sake I have often been moved so,\nThat if I could,\nI would have sworn a thousand times,\nI would have stored up in a day..And I confess, though love does not hold me back\nMy will was to die was now shown\nI am accountable for my desire, and if she is not merciful,\nShe is the one who can give me life and health,\nBut her will is not with me, I know not why,\nAnd I do not know by whose counsel it is,\nAnd him I would long keep or destroy,\nAnd yet I would and ever shall,\nSleep and destroy in particular,\nThe gold of nine kingdoms' lands,\nHe should not save him from my hands,\nIf he were in my power,\nBut he stands at no fear,\nFor nothing can I ever threaten him,\nHe is the one who hinders my grace,\nUntil he is dead, I may not act,\nSo must I take heed and devise,\nHow to get him away,\nIf I may find a way,\nMy son, tell me, who is that mortal enemy,\nThat you threaten to be dead,\nMy father it is, such a quarrelsome one,\nWho is before me and hinders my cause,\nWhat is his name, he is dangerous.\nWho is my lady's counselor,\nFor I have never been so sly,\nTo come to a place near,\nWhere she was by night or day,\nThat danger was not ready always,\nWith whom for speech or money..I could never find love's success\nFor this reason I truly know\nAll that my lady says or does\nDangers end for me\nAnd it makes all my world bitter\nAnd every time I ask for help, he\nMay be rightly called Saun's pity\nFor I continually bow to him\nThe less he grants my tale\nHe has my lady so ensnared\nShe will not let him be remembered\nFor ever he clings to her sail\nAnd is so secretive in counsel\nThat every time I have something asked\nI find danger in her place\nAnd my answer from him I have\nBut for no mercy that I beg\nMercy never a point I had\nAnd thus danger led my fortune astray\nThat I might never be\nAnd thus between danger and me\nI was ever at war until he dies\nBut if I were of such mastery\nThat I could overcome danger\nThen all my joy would come\nSo I would find a way for no sin\nOr even for all the world to win\nIf I could find a way to weigh all my state\nI would desert the country for him\nSo that he comes again, never to return\nTherefore I wish and long to\nThat he were somehow slain.For while he stands in thy place,\nI do not receive my lady's grace.\nThus I hate that wretched sight,\nAnd would he stood in none other office,\nIn a place where my lady is.\nFor if he does, I will be glad,\nThat other he shall die or I,\nWithin a while and not for thee.\nOn my lady, full of\nHow she may help herself extract,\nFor if I die in such a way,\nI think she might not be quit,\nThat she not be an unhappy woman,\nAnd if it should so betide,\nAs God forbid it should be,\nBy double means it is pitiful,\nFor I with all my will and wit,\nHave given and ever served yet,\nFor when I should in such a way,\nApproaching my service,\nBe dead, I think it were a rout,\nAnd furthermore I tell the truth,\nShe who has ever been well named,\nWas worthy to be blamed,\nAnd for reason to be appealed,\nWhen with one word she might heal,\nA man and suffers him to die,\nA who saw ever such a way,\nA who saw ever such a distress,\nWithout pity or gentleness,\nWithout mercy or womanhood,\nThat will so quiet a man his debt,\nWho has ever been to love true,\nMy good father, upon my tale tell me now..And I will stop and listen to you, my son. Attempt your courage, from wrath, and let your heart assuage. For he who undertakes it may keep his grace long, or he may be received in love. And also, unless it is avoided, much may happen that would cause a man to fall from love that ever afterward would not dare to return. In hard ways, men become soft, and before they climb up, they often turn back. And men are seen all day who weep and reweth. And he who brews wicked ale is often compelled to drink the worse. It is better to flee than to sink. It is better on the bridle to chew than if he falls and overthrows. The horse and sticks in the mire. To cast water in the fire. It is better than to burn up all the houses. The man who is malicious and foolhardy often falls, and seldom is he called by love. For it is better to suffer a throw than to be wild and overthrow. Patience has always been the best. To advise him who seeks rest. And thus, if you want to speed love, my son, suffer as I advise. What may the mouse oppose to the ca (ca possibly being a misspelled word for \"challenge\" or \"test\")?.And for that reason I ask who is to make a war,\nOne who does not have himself the war,\nLove asks this,\nAnd he who fights most of all\nShall least conquer of his empire,\nFor this they say, the wise,\nWicked is to serve and have the worse,\nTo hasten is not worth a curse,\nA thing that a man may not achieve,\nThat may not well be done at ease,\nIt must abide till the morrow,\nNor has thine own sorrow we,\nMy son and take this in thy wit,\nHe has not lost that which he cannot abide,\nExample that it falls thus,\nThou mightest well take from Pyramus,\nWhen he in haste drew his sword through,\nAnd on the point he slew himself,\nFor love of Thisbe pitifully,\nFor he thought a best had her slain,\nWhereas he ought to have been right glad,\nFor she was safe right beside,\nBut for he would not abide,\nThis mischief fell for thy beware,\nMy son as I warn thee dare,\nDo now no thing in such a rage,\nFor suffering is the well of peace,\nThough thou to love's court pursue,\nYet sit it well that thou desist we,\nThat thou the court not overcome..Forsooth thy time is wasted, but if thou hast the means, it may not help to force thyself; therefore attempt thy courage. Foolhast brings no advantage, but if it sets a man behind, In the cause of love, and this I shall relate, By old examples, touching love in this matter:\n\nThere was a maiden, whom Daphne was named,\nOf beauty surpassing as it was said,\nPhebus had laid his love upon her,\nAnd therefore he sought her, and thus besought,\nThat she with him no rest had, ever upon love he graded,\nAnd she said ever unto him, nay.\n\nIt happened on a certain day,\nCupid, who has every chance,\nOf love under his governance,\nSaw Phebus hasten himself so sore,\nAnd for his sake, he should hasten more,\nAnd yet not spare,\nA dart through out his heart he cast,\nWhich was of gold and all a fire,\nThat made him desire love more than he did.\n\nTo Daphne also in the same place..A dart he cast and struck what was all cold and nothing hot,\nAnd thus Phoebus in love and haste doth run,\nTo ask if that might win,\nThus was he ever to begin,\nFor every way he flits,\nSo that he never his love sped,\nAnd to make himself believe,\nThat no fool might achieve,\nTo get love in such degree,\nThis Daphne into a laurel tree,\nWas transformed, who is ever green,\nA token yet it may be seen,\nThat she shall dwell a maiden's style,\nAnd Phoebus failed of his will,\nBy such examples as they stand,\nMy son, thou mightst understand,\nTo hasten love is a vain thing,\nWhen fortune is against,\nTo take where a man may leave,\nGood is and else he must leave,\nFor when a man's fortunes fail,\nThere is no hast may avail,\nMy father grant mercy in this,\nBut while I see my lady is,\nNo tree but hold her own form,\nThere may no man so hold her,\nThat I unto my life's end,\nMy son sees it is so,\nI say no more but in this,\nBeware how it was with Phoebus,\nNot only upon love's chance,\nBut upon every governance..When something falls to man's lot, Foolhast is ever to be feared. And a man should take good counsel. For counsel puts Foolhast away. Now, good father Iyowprey, tell me, to learn more, some good example on this lore, you would tell me, that I might the better understand how Foolhast shows itself and the wisdom of counsel reveals. My son, you could enlighten me. Your pace,\n\nWhen noble Troy was sacked and overcome, and the Greeks turned from the siege, the kings found their own liege men forsaking and disobeying them in many places, as it is said. Among these was the case of Demophon and Athemas, who were both kings, and both served thus. Here, the cities would not receive them, so they were compelled to seek land in other places, where they found no grace. Therefore, they took heart from this and each of them assured the other to help as his own brother, to avenge them of this outrage and win back their heritage..And they rode about quickly\nTo gain help and at last\nThey had sufficient power\nAnd made a covenant\nThat no life should be spared\nNeither priest nor clerk nor lord nor knight\nNeither wife nor child of whom they found\nWho bore the semblance of humanity\nSo that no life shall be spared\nBut with the deadly sword devoured\nIn such a hasty manner they planned\nTo take vengeance\nWhen this purpose was known\nAmong their host there was strife\nOf words, many a speech\nOf young men, the lusty rout\nWere glad enough of this tale\nThere was no care for the plow\nAs those who were hasty\nThey were agreed to the S\nAnd said it may not be too great\nTo avenge themselves of such forfeit\nThus speaks the unwise wild tongue\nOf those who were young\nBut Nessus\nThe wise Salmoneus saw beforehand the harm\nAs he who was of counsel wise\nSo immediately by his advice\nThere was a subtle counsel\nThe lords be gathered together\nThis Demophon and Anthemas\nTheir purposes told as they were\nThey sat still and listened..Was none but Nestor answered them, and he bade them if they would win, they should see or begin here the end and set forth their first intent, that they would after not repent, and asked them this question: To what final conclusion would they come if no people were in it, and it seemed a wonder to see a king become a herd where there is no life but only beasts? For who is of man no king? The remainder is as nothing. He also says if he holds the purpose to slay the people as they two would, when it might not restore, Greece would suffer greatly. To see the wild beasts roam where once dwelt a man's son, and for that cause he had treated them and stopped the great manacles. It is better to win by fair speech than such vengeance seeking. For when a man is most above, he needs most to gain love. When Nestor had said this, there was no word withheld. They all thought he spoke well, and thus fortune's deadly wheel turns for war to tear into peace, but they went forth nonetheless. But when the countries heard this..And kings are advised of such power as they led,\nNone was told that he needed,\nAnd they sought peace and prayed forthwith,\nSo that the kings were again received,\nAnd peace was taken and wrath appeased,\nAnd all through counsel that was good,\nBy him who reason understood,\nThis example, soon attempt,\nThy heart and let no will dissemble,\nThy wit and do nothing by might,\nWhich may be done by love and right,\nFoolhast is the cause of much woe,\nFor thy my son do not so,\nAnd concerning Homicyde,\nWhich touches love's side,\nFoolhast falls unfavored,\nThrough will which is not well assured,\nWhen wit and reason are away,\nAnd foolhast is in the way,\nOf which great vengeance has been had,\nFor thou remember,\nTo love in such a manner,\nThat thou desirest,\nFor well I know thou might not prevent,\nThat thou wilt not set thy heart,\nTo love where thou wilt or none,\nBut if thy wit is overcome,\nSo that it turns into malice..There is no need to clean this text as it is already readable and understandable. However, for the sake of completeness, here is the text with minor corrections:\n\nThere was no man of that vice\nWho knew what peril might befall\nAmong all tales, this one\nWhich is great pity to hear\nI think to tell here\nThat thou mayst understand\nWhen thou hast the tale in hand\n\nHe places Confessor as an example to those led astray by concupiscence. Of Troy, at that noble town\nWhose fame still stands in renown\nAnd ever shall to mankind's ear\nThe siege lasted not long there\nBefore the Greeks could win it\nBut of the Greeks that lay about\nAgamemnon led all the rout\nThis is known far and wide\nBut yet I think in particular\nTo tell my tale concerning this\nAnd how Agamemnon,\nThrough chance, was deceived by unfaithful love.\nAn old proverb says, \"He who sees\nA place where he may be near\nMakes the far leaf seem unlovely\nAnd thus, filled with longing, it goes.\"\n\nWhile Agamemnon battled to win Troy and it assailed,\nFrom home it was a long time there.\nEgysius, through his queen near,\nAnd with the lesser forces which he had,\nThis lady at his will he led..Clytemnestra was her right name,\nShe was greatly to blame for loving him,\nBut it could not last,\nShe fell to treachery at last.\nThis worthy noble knight,\nWho came first from Troy,\nSpended his first night at home,\nEgistus, or it was yet day.\nClytemnestra had his consent,\nAnd they were of one accord.\nBut by treason, he was slain in his bed,\nA murder which could not be hidden.\nIt sprang out to every man's ear,\nWhereof the land was full of fear.\nAgamemnon had by this queen,\nA son. And that was after seven,\nBut at that time, he was in youth,\nA baby who could not reason.\nAnd as God would have it, it happened thus,\nA worthy knight named Talthybius,\nThis young child had in keeping.\nWhen he heard of this treachery,\nOf this deed, he began to fear,\nLest this false Egistus\nTake vengeance on this innocent child,\nHe, in haste, took the child out of the land,\nAnd to the king of Greece he went straightway,\nAnd him this young lord he taught,\nAnd prayed him for his father's sake..That he this child would undertake\nAnd keep him till he was of age,\nSo that he was of his lineage,\nAnd told him often the case\nHow that his father Murdered was,\nAnd how Egestus, as men said,\nWas king to whom the land obeyed,\nAnd when Adonemeus the king\n Had understanding of this thing\nWhich that this knight had told,\nHe made sorrow manifold\nAnd took the child into his ward,\nAnd said he would him keep and guard\nTill that he were of such a might\nTo wield a sword and be a knight\nTo woo him at his own will,\nAnd thus Horestes dwelt still.\nThis was the child's right name,\nWhich after grew to manhood.\nThe time of years over got he,\nThat he was a man of bread and length,\nOf wit of manhood and of strength,\nA fair person among all,\nAnd he began to call and name\nAs he who came to manhood,\nTo the king of Greece then,\nPraying that he would him make\nA knight and power with him take,\nFor longer would he not believe,\nHe says but prays the king of Greece to believe,\nTo go and claim his heritage,\nAnd avenge him of such outrage..Whichever thing was it that his father agreed to,\nThe king assented well to that,\nWith great honor and knighted him,\nAnd great power he took with him,\nAnd he set out on his journey.\nSo Horestes, in the end,\nTook back his love and went forth,\nAs one filled with anger in his heart,\nHis first plea was to the city of Athene,\nHe went forth and was received,\nAnd there he was not deceived,\nThey offered themselves to his service,\nAnd he thanked them for their offer,\nAnd said to himself he would offer,\nTo the goddesses for his speed,\nAnd all men give him goodwill,\nSo he went forth to the temple,\nOf offerings that were much worth,\nHis sacrifice and his offering,\nHe made and after his asking,\nHe was answered, if he would,\nHis estate would be recovered,\nUpon his mother he would take vengeance,\nSo may it ever be,\nAnd she,\nHorestes, who was in that office,\nWas no happier than she prayed,\nTo the goddesses there and said,\nThat they should design,\nHow she should take the judgment,\nAnd thereupon he had an answer..That she should pull out her own hands from her breast and draw all lands, with a horse she should be to dwell in, until hands had her bones gnawed without any sepulture. This was a woeful adventure, and when Horestes had heard how the gods had answered, he went forth with the strength which he had, and to a city they went, which was called Cropheone. There was Phoebus, who offered himself without her, his help and all that he could do, as one who was very glad there to avenge his mortal enemy. He told him certain causes why. How Egyste, in marriage, had forsaken his daughter, who was once of full age, and had taken Horestes' mother instead. Men say old sin new shame. Thus more and more, Egystes appeared on every side. Horestes and his host began, and Phoebus went with him. Atrox, Egystes shall repent. They rode forth to Mycenae. There lay Clytemnestra, that queen, who was Horestes' mother. When she heard tell of this, the gates were fast shut, and they were of her..Anone this city was besieged all about, and ever it was among assault, from day to night and so traumatic, till at last they won it. There, Horestes called before the lords and also before the people, and told his tale. He said, \"O cruelly unkind, how might you find any lust for love's draught that you grant to the slaughter of him who was your own lord? Your treason stands of such record. You might not forsake your works. So be it for my vengeance upon your body, as I have commanded. Unkindly for you have wrought, unkindly it shall be avenged. The son shall slay the mother for that time you said, 'You should not have said that,' and he with it held her hand and rent out from the bar her parents both and cast them away in the cart way. Afterward, he took the dead body and gave it to the hound and the raven. She was none otherwise green. Egystus, who was elsewhere, received tidings of this..How Mycenes was betrayed, but he heard of more than this. With great force and a large host, he came in, but all the cunning of this treason, and of his men, he made an ambush wait on him in such a way that he might escape their hands. And in this way, as he had planned, the thing happened: Egyste was taken or took himself, and was brought before his lords. And when a traitor is found and those with him are taken, and which of them are overtaken, they all fall together. But Egyst fell above all others. He was deemed to undergo various punishments, the worst of which was inflicted upon him. And so, according to the law, he was drawn to the gallows, where he hung above all others as a traitor deserves. The fame of his wife spread, not only of her flight but of bare tidings. She made it known in all lands how Horeses with his hands seized her. Some say he did well, and some say he did amiss, according to their opinions. But plainly, this is how it happened..The matter was hidden from us, except for those who were present at the death and commonly involved in such matters. The worst speech is most readily heard and endured until it is answered. The kings and lords began to consider expelling Horace from his reign. He is not worthy to reign. The child who slew his mother is spoken of, and for this reason, the lords gave their common assent. The time was set by parliament, and to King Athena and lord, they were summoned. To know the truth, they sent for Horace, and he came. King Menelaus asked him about this matter, and he who could hear it all answered and told his tale at length. And how the gods had commanded him to do this deed in such a way, with his own hand. With this tale, a duke arose, who was a worthy knight named Menestheus. He said to the lords, \"The wretch whom Horace killed was a thing of the gods and not of his own doing. And if anyone here will say it was otherwise, let them speak out on this matter.\".I will prove it with my body. Then he cast his spell, and Duke Alleyne also said, \"She richly deserved wretchery. First, for the cause of marital unfaithfulness, and afterward she acted in such a way that the entire world should be disgusted. When she, of her own lord Mordred, committed such a vile act, they all sat in silence and no one answered. At length, he said to them all, \"There is no one who will oppose it. When they were pondering the reason, Horestes and all, he was received and crowned king with great solemnity. And it was a wonderful thing that occurred. Egyna, who was the daughter of Egystus and sister on her mother's side, came to this Horestes at that time. When she heard her brother speak of his success, she was overcome by pure sorrow that he had been taken from her. She took her own life on the spot and will forever be a murderer to anyone who consents. He may not fail to repent. This false Egyna was one who gave her consent and assent to murder Agamemnon..\"So that by God's augment,\nThough no other man it would,\nShe took her juice as she should,\nAnd as she to another wrought,\nVengeance upon herself she thought,\nAnd has of her unhappy wit,\nA murder with a murder quit,\nSuch is of murder the vengeance,\nFor thy, my son, in remembrance take good heed,\nFor whoever thinks his love sped\nWith murder, he shall with the world's shame,\nHimself and also his love shame,\nMy father of this adventure,\nWhich you have told, I assure you,\nMy heart,\nBut only for a bold prayer,\nWhat is to be done and what to leave,\nAnd over this by your leave,\nThat you me would tell a pr,\nIf there be lawful in any way,\nWithout sin, a man to kill,\nMy son in various ways you,\nWhat man that is of treachery,\nOf murder or else robbery,\nAttain the judge shall not betray,\nBut he shall slay of pure defense,\nAnd does great sin if that he would,\nFor who that law has upon hand,\nAnd spares to do justice,\nFor mercy does not his office,\nThat he his mercy so bewareth,\nWhen for one shrew whom he spares.\".A thousand good men grieve\nWho such mercy as he believes,\nTo please God he is deceived,\nOr else more reason be wooed.\nThe law stood or we were born,\nHow that a king's sword is born,\nA sign that he shall defend\nHis people and make an end\nOf such as would them devour.\nLo, thus my son to succor,\nThe law and common right to win,\nA man may see without sin,\nAnd thereof a great alms-giving,\nSo for to keep right wisdom,\nAnd over this for this contest,\nAn time of war a man is free,\nHimself to defend with his own hand,\nAnd slain if he may not bet,\nAfter the law which is set.\nNow father, then, ask you this,\nOf them that deadly wars seek,\nA world's cause and shed,\nAwful is the human blood, heu ho, spilled /\nVicta iacet pietas and furo,\nAngelus in termini pax dixit, & ultima Christi..Verba are more desirous of peace than of strife, the high god of justice has forbidden this foul horrible vice of homicide. He did this through Moses, as was decreed when God's son was born. He sent his Angel down therefore, whom the shepherds heard singing on earth among us. So, in this matter, according to the law of charity, there shall be no daily war. And nature itself has defended and peace commended in her law, which is the chief good of man's life and health. But deadly war has brought this country to ruin, of pestilence and famine, of poverty and all woe, of which we blame the world. Now war has taken hold of it until God himself remedies it. For all things that God has wrought, war brings nothing but destruction. The church is burned, the priest is slain, the wife and maid are carried away, the law is lord and god unserved. I do not know what merit he has who leads such wars, whether he does it to win, first to account for his great cost, and to lose the people he has..As for the world's reckoning, he will find no profit. If he does it to purchase heaven's grace, I cannot speak further. Christ has commanded love and peace. Whoever works reversals, I believe his mood is diverse. And since we find wars in their own kind, they are not of God's desert, and they bring poverty of worldly goods. It is marvelous among men what it may yield. That they set peace or connection aside, I believe sin is the cause. And every kind of sin is death. I never knew how it comes about. But we who believe in one faith, in this world I leave, that it is better to choose peace than to lose it in this way. I do not know if it now stands thus. Whoever reads these old looks, knows that one is Covetousness, which led and brought the first wars in. At Greece, if I begin there, it was proven how it stood. To Perse, who was full of good, they made war in particular. Where great riches were in the land, they left no thing standing..For there were no wars made in that land,\nBecause it was bare and poor,\nWhereof they could not recover,\nAnd thus poverty was endured.\nHe who had nothing, not even knowledge,\nYet it is a wonder,\nWhen a rich and worthy king,\nOr other lord, whatever he may be,\nWill ask and claim property,\nIn a thing which he has no right,\nBut only through his great might.\nFor every man can well understand,\nThat both nature and law write,\nExplicitly against,\nBut he must needs say something,\nAlthough there be no reason within,\nWhich seeks a cause to win,\nFor wisdom that his will suppressed,\nWhen covetousness had redirected,\nAnd all reason put away,\nHe can well find such a way,\nTo wage war wherever he pleases,\nAnd of this he enters the word.\nMany a man follows him,\nBut yet always some cause he feigns,\nAnd from his wrongful heart has deemed,\nThat all is well that ever seemed to him,\nSo he may win enough.\nJust as the true man to the plow,\nOnly intends to the gainage,\nRightly so the warrior spends..His time has no conscience, and for evidence of those who make such wars, you might take a great example from them. They excuse their tyranny from the wrongful wars they wage, and they stand in agreement. The poor man, like the rich, display courage to make wars and to plunder, for gain and for no other reason. I read of such a thing as once happened:\n\nHis Highness I relate, King Alexander, I believe,\nIn a march where he lay, it happened by chance one day,\nA pirate of the sea was named,\nWho had overcome many a man,\nAnd slain and taken away their goods.\nThis plunderer, as the books say,\nA famous man in various places,\nWas of the deeds which he did.\nThis prisoner before the king\nWas brought, and on this account,\nHe was accused in audience,\nAnd he excused not his deed..And prayed the king to grant him right\nAnd said, \"Sir, if I were mighty,\nI have a heart like unto thine,\nFor if thy power were mine,\nMy will is most especially\nTo plunder and acquire overall\nThe vast world's good around,\nBut I lead a poor route,\nAnd am as one says at misfortune,\nThe name of Pylour and thief I bear,\nAnd thou, great Routes,\nMay lead and take thy beat,\nAnd dost right as I would do,\nThy name is nothing called so,\nBut thou art named Emperor,\nOur deeds are of one color,\nAnd in effect of one desert,\nBut thy Riches and my poverty,\nThey are not taken evenly,\nAnd yet,\nThis day tomorrow he may have by poverty,\nAnd in contrary also receive\nA poor man to great riches,\nMen say for thy righteousness,\nIs weighed even in the balance,\nThe king beheld his hardy disposition,\nAnd his words were wise,\nAnd said to him in this way,\nThy answer I have understood,\nWhereof my will,\nIn my service and style abide,\nAnd forthwith he has him,\nThe more and because he shall behold,\nHe made him knight and gave him land..Afterward, he who was of his hand\nA man of great prowess in arms, as the Chronicle records,\nAnd in this way they agreed:\nWhoever is set upon destruction,\nSuch a captain, such a retinue,\nBut to see what outcome\nThe king meets with at last,\nIn his great wonder, what men cast,\nHere, where there is no being,\nAnd death dies,\nBut when reason is set aside,\nAnd will,\nThe fawn,\nAnd suffers nothing in the way,\nWhose prey that which he may take is not more set upon plunder,\nThan that man who has set his kin\nIn such manner,\nFor all the world may not suffice,\nTo will what is not reasonable,\nAn example of which is similar,\nTo this point, which I mean,\nWas seen in Alexander,\nWho had set all his intent,\nSo that fortune went with him,\nThat reason did not govern him,\nBut of his will he was so stern,\nThat he overcame the whole world,\nAnd whatever he desired he took and won,\nIn India the supremacy,\nWhen he was fully conquered,\nAnd had his willful purposes won,\nOf all this earth under the sun,\nThis king homeward to Macedonia..When he came to Babylon\nAnd most in his empire\nAs he who was lord and sage\nIn honor to be received\nMost suddenly he was deceived\nAnd with strong poison envenomed\nAnd as he had the world mystified\nNot as he should with his wit\nNot as he would it was acquitted\nThus was he slain long ago\nAnd he who was rich enough\nThis day / tomorrow had nothing\nAnd in such a way as he was troubled\nIn disturbance of the world's peace\nHis war he found endless\nIn which for ever he was in discomfort\nHe was now lo, for what profit\nOf war it helps to ride\nFor covetousness and the world's pride\nTo slay the world's men about\nAs beasts which go thereout\nFor any life which reason can\nOught well to know that a man\nShould not through any tyranny\nDie like these other beasts\nUntil kind would send for him\nI do not know how he might amend\nWho takes away for eternity\nThe life that he may not restore\nFor my son, in every way\nBe well advised I pray\nOf slaughter or that thou be culpable\nWithout cause reasonable.My father understands that you have said more about this, I pray you tell me no more or let me pass over it. To wage war and kill Saracens is not the law, my son, mine to preach and suffer for the faith that I have heard the gospel say. But for me to kill, here I have nothing. Christ with his own death has bought and made free all other men. In token of perfect charity, and after that he taught himself, when he was dead, his twelve apostles went about to preach the faith. Whereof the death in various places they suffered and, through God's grace, the faith of Christ arose. But if they had bought it in another way through war in the creation, it would still have been in balance. And this may be proven in the deed. For what man do the chronicles first record as having weighed the holy church to preach and having received the sword? From which wars were begun a great part of Christ's faith is now misplaced. God grant them amendment. But if he knew what was the best, but if you will live in peace..Of conscience well assured,\nBefore thou sleep be well assured,\nFor man as tells us the clerks\nHas God above all earthly works\nOrdained to be principal,\nAnd also of soul in special,\nHe is made like to the godhead,\nSo it is well to take heed,\nAnd for to look on every side,\nBefore thou fall in homicide,\nWhich sin is now so rampant\nThat it scarcely stands elsewhere,\nBut all the while it is there,\nThe world must need fear amiss,\nFor when the wheel of pity is\nThrough covetousness of worldly good\nDefiled with shedding of blood,\nThe remainder of folk about\nUnanimously stand in no doubt,\nTo wage war each other and to kill,\nSo is it all not worth a straw,\nThe charity whereof we preach,\nFor we do nothing as we teach,\nAnd thus the blind conscience\nOf thee,\nWhich Christ on earth taught,\nNow may I see murder and manslaughter,\nLike as in days of old,\nWhen men the sins bought and sold\nIn Greece before Christ's faith,\nI recommend touching this matter thus,\nIn that time how Pelus..His brother Phocus slough off his sin, but he had enough gold to pay for it. Achilles, who was with Venus, was her priest in this matter. There was no repentance, and as the books recall, it tells of Medea. She slew her two sons, Egeus in the same pitiless act made her penance complete. The son of Amphitryon, whose true name was Almeus, his mother Erypele, but Achilles the priest and he, as the books record, came to an agreement for a certain sum of gold. That horrible sinful deed was absolved and thus paid for with worldly goods. It often falls to us in this life that homicide is set aside, but after this, we shall know how those who commit such things are acquitted. How the church lets such sins pass, and how they acquit themselves of deadly wars, for whoever would take an example, the law which is natural, by the way of nature, holds that homicide in no degree pardons enmity..Among men it is unfitting\nFor a fool that the books relate\nThat a man should not find one like him\nNo best that will take his prey\nAnd since nature has such a way\nIt is a wonder of a man\nWho has both kind and reason\nThat he either more or less\nHis kind and reason surpass\nAnd slay that which is to him similar\nSo is the man not reasonable\nHe, kind and that is not honest\nWhen he is worse than a beast\nAmong the books I find\nSolinus speaks of a wondrous kind\nAnd says of birds there is one\nWhich has a face of blood and bone\nWhich to a man in resemblance\nAnd if it happens to fall in his way\nAs he who is a bird of prey\nThat he finds a man in his path\nHe would kill him if he could\nBut afterward on the same day\nWhen he has eaten all his fill\nAnd that will be beside a well\nIn which he will drink and take\nIn which visage he sees the face\nOf the one he has slain immediately\nHe thinks of his misdeed and it occurs to him\nSo greatly that for pure sorrow\nHe lives not till the next day..By this example it is clear that men should shun homicide forever, for mercy is good to take. But if the law has forsaken, and justice is against them, among wars some have delayed their cause by mercy when they might have slain. And if you wish to record the virtue of mercy, you will never see such a place where it was used like grace. Every law and every kind binds the human mind to mercy, and especially the worthy knights when they stand most upright and are most mighty to harm, they should then most relieve him whom they might overcome. As an example, men know this..That is an excerpt from a chronicle detailing an example of piety from the Confessor. It relates the story of how Achilles and his son Telaphus began a war against King Thucer of Mysia, who was then called Mesees. When Achilles wished to kill the prostrated king, Telaphus, moved by pity, interceded and asked his father for mercy for the king. As a result, the king, still alive, granted Telaphus the position of heir to the kingdom out of free will.\n\nHe [Achilles] would not fail in his duty\nIf he showed mercy in this case,\nI have found this in a chronicle,\nWhen Achilles and Telaphus,\nWere on their way to Troy to guard,\nThey encountered Thucer, the king of Mysia,\nWho wished to wage war and take away,\nThe lands of those who ruled there,\nAnd Thucer declared war against them,\nThus the borders they assaulted,\nBut Thucer gave them a weakened army,\nThey fought on both sides fiercely,\nBut in the end,\nThis worthy Greek, Achilles,\nThe king among all others,\nAs the cruel and ruthless one,\nWith sword in hand, he struck him down,\nAnd struck him with a fatal blow..That he unwilled his feet to the ground\nAchilles alighted upon him, and would at once, as he might,\nHave slain him in that place. But Thephalus his father begged and for pity,\nPrayed that he would let him be and cast his shield between them two.\nAchilles asked him why, and Thephalus told his cause,\nAnd said that he was greatly indebted to Theucer, who had done him great grace and support.\nHe said that he would repay him, and begged his father to spare him.\nAchilles relented, but with the power of the land between them,\nWhen they saw their king act thus, they fled and abandoned the field.\nThe Greeks retreated and, for the most part, all\nOf that country's lords were taken and won a great defeat.\nAnd immediately after this victory,\nThe king, who had a good memory,\nConsidering the great mercy shown to him by Lausus,\nIn the presence of all the land,\nHe took him kindly by the hand,\nAnd in this way he began to say:\nMy son, I must love and desire your increase\nFirst for your father, Achilles..Once upon a time, in the past, when I was embroiled in a dispute and kept my estate in hell, a great distance has come between us, yet I remember the mercy he showed me then. And you, now in this place, have shown the same kindness and compassion. I would not want to lose the mercy you have done for me even once. No matter how this fortune turns out, my trust remains above all. For the mercy I now find in you, that you will show me again, and because of this, my hope is in you. And for my son and for my heir, I receive and give to you all my land, and I see it in your hands. In this way, the cause was mercy's decree. The lords obeyed Thelaphus and pursued him, and he was crowned. And thus, mercy was returned to Theucer, whom he had shown mercy to before. Therefore, take note, my son, and when you see another's suffering, have pity and compassion. Let nothing prevent you from showing mercy to another, for what grieves another man is your own life..And after this, if you desire\nTo stand again against the vice of Ire,\nCounsel yourself with patience,\nAnd take mercy into your conscience,\nSo shall you\nWhereof your heart shall debate\nWith homicide nor hate,\nFor chest or melancholy,\nYou shall be soft in company,\nWithout contempt or folly,\nFor else, you might long waste\nYour time or that you have your will\nOf love for the weather's style,\nMen praise and blame the tempests,\nMy father, I will do your bidding,\nAnd of this point, you have me taught,\nToward myself the better sought,\nI think I bewail while I live,\nBut for as much as I am shrine\nOf wrath and all his circumstances,\nGrant what you will to my penance,\nAnd ask further of my life,\nIf otherwise I am guilty\nOf anything that touches sin,\nMy son or we depart from each other,\nI shall conceal nothing,\nMy good father, with your leave,\nThen ask forth what you desire,\nFor I have in you such trust\nAs you that are my soul's health,\nThat you from me nothing will hold,\nFor I shall tell you the truth..My son, you are culpable of sloth\nIn any point which pertains to you\nMy father, in these points, I long\nTo write plainly what they mean\nSo that I may confess cleanly\nNow listen, I shall explain\nAnd understand well my intent\nFor shame stands of no value\nTo him who will not be virtuous\nTo leave vices, the folly\nFor wind is word but the mastery\nIs that a man defends himself\nOf things which are not commendable\nFew such men there are nowadays\nAnd nevertheless, as I may\nI will make known to your memory\nThe points of sloth you shall know\n\nThe third book, Tercius\nDiscusses acedia, forewarn\nAbout the vices proceeding\nAfter the cause of idleness departs\n\nThe first point of sloth I call\nLaziness and is the chief of all\nWhich has this property by nature\nTo leave all things behind\nOf that which he might do now\nHe delays the entire year\nAnd evermore he says \"tomorrow\"\nAnd so he wishes to borrow time\nThen, when he thinks to have an end\nThen is he most reluctant to begin.Thus brings he much mischief Unaware until he is ensnared And cannot be released And neither more nor less It stands overly and through sloth Somewhere he slows down on a day That he never after gets May, when of this same thing If you have any knowledge That you have done to love this Tell on. I am known as a sloth, That I may stand upon his row As I who am clad in his suit For when I thought my pursuit To make and set a day To speak to the sweet may,\nLachesse stayed yet\nAnd held in hand was no wit\nNor time for speaking as though\nThus with his tales to and fro\nMy time in tarrying he dragged\nWhen there was time enough\nHe said another time is better\nYou shall now send here a letter\nAnd parchas write more plain\nThan you by mouth durst say\nThus I have let time slide\nFor sloth and kept not my tide\nSo that Laches with his vice\nFull of it has made my wit so nice\nThat what I thought speak or do\nWith tarrying is\nUntil I would and could not..I do not know what thing is in my thought,\nOr if it was fear or shame,\nBut ever in earnest and in play,\nI know there is no long time passed,\nBut yet is not the love lessened,\nWhich I have for my lady,\nFor though my tongue is slow to show,\nAt all times as I have prayed,\nMy heart stands ever in one place,\nAnd humbly ask for grace,\nWhich I may not yet embrace,\nAnd God knows it is a trial for me,\nFor this I know right well enough,\nMy grace comes so seldom,\nThat is the sloth which I doubt,\nMore than of all the remainder,\nWhich is to do with love.\nAnd thus, as concerning sloth,\nAs I have confessed to you, my father E,\nThat furthermore you will teach me,\nAnd if there is of this matter,\nSome goodly tale to learn,\nHow I may do away with sloth,\nThat you would tell me, I pray,\nTo wise my son and heed,\nAmong the tales which I have heard,\nAn old example thereupon,\nNow listen and I will tell on..hIc ponit Confessor Exemplum contra Istos qui in amoris causa tardantes delinquunt / Et narrat quali ter Dido Regina Eartaginis Eneam ab Incendijs Troie fugitiuum in amo rem suum gaiusa suscepit / qui cum pos\u2223tea in partes Italie a Cartagine bella turum se transtulit / ninuam {que} ibidem moram faciens tempus redditus sui ad Didonem vltra modum tardauit Ipsa intolieravili gaudio concussa sui cordis intima gladio transfodit\naGeyne lachesse in loues caas\nI fynde how whylom Eneas\nWhome Anchyses to sone had\nWith greete nauye which he lad\nFro Troye arryueth at Eartage\nWhere fo: a while his herbergage\nHe took & betyd soo\nWith hyr whiche was quene tho\nOf the Cyte his acqueyntaunce\nHe wan whos name in remembrau\u0304ce\nIs yet & Dydo she was hote\nWhiche loueth Eneas soo hote\nVpon the wordes whiche he sayd\nThat al hyr herte on hym she layd\nAnd dyd al holy what he wolde\nBut after that as it be sholde\nFro then he goth to Itayle\nBy shyp & thew his arryuayle\nHath take & shope hym for to ryde\nBut she whiche may not long abyde.The hot pain of love thrusts anyone within a little throw within a setter unto her knight has written and done him penance for to witness\nIf he made any tarrying\nTo detain of his own coming\nThat she might feel and see\nShe should stand in such degree\nAs once stood a swan before\nOf that she had her make\nFor sorrow a feather in her brain\nShe showed and had herself slain\nAs king Menander in a lay\nThe truth has found where she lay\nSprawling with her wings two\nAs she who should then die\nFor love of him who was her maker\nAnd so shall I do for your sake\nThis queen said well I know\nLo to Aeneas thus she wrote\nWith many another word of courtesy\nBut he whose thoughts were feigned\nTowards love and full of sloth\nFor she who loves him before\nAnd when she saw him tarry so\nHer heart was so full of woe\nThat complaining much\nShe told her own tale\nTo herself and thus she spoke\nWhoever finds such a lack\nOf sloth in any worthy knight\nNow I well know my death is near.Through him who should have been my guide,\nWhen she saw none other but him,\nRight even to her heart she clung,\nA naked sword she held in her hand,\nAnd thus she found herself at peace,\nIn remembrance of all slow,\nWhereof my son thou might know,\nHow tarrying upon the need,\nIn love's cause is to be feared,\nAnd that Dido sore lamented,\nWhose death shall ever be remembered,\nAnd evermore if I shall seek,\nIn this manner another speech,\nIn a Chronicle I find written,\nA tale which is good to heed,\nHis speaker on the same matter,\nAt Troy when King Ulysses,\nUpon the siege among the press,\nOf them the worthy knights we were,\nAbode long time still there,\nIn that time a man may see,\nHow goodly Penelope,\nWho was to him his true wife,\nOf his laziness she sent him,\nTo Troy her will by letter thus speaking,\nMy worthy love and lord as well,\nIt is and has been ever so,\nThat where a woman is alone,\nShe makes a man more hardy in her presence,\nThe more bold to woo,\nIn hope that she would yield,\nTo such greatness as his will would have.\nWhile her lord was elsewhere..And of myself I tell this, for it is so long since you went from home that every man is well gone and I remain while you are out. Each one who loves me seeks me with great prayer and implores me, and some make great threats that if they could come to the place where they might have their will, there is nothing that should save me from their works. Some tell me tidings that you are dead and some say that certainly you have been seen. But hold fast to what it may be. I thank the gods for all that has befallen me so far. May no man read my checks, but nevertheless it is to be feared that slackness in continuance might work such a thing as no man.\n\nThis lady complains and has written a letter to her lord, praying him to know and consider that she is all his, and that he should not tarry there but should acquit his love to her again and not write but come himself in all haste..That he kept and held his truth, without let or sloth,\nTo liege and love his lord, at Troy where the great siege was laid,\nThis letter was conveyed. He, who wisdom has pursued,\nOf all that belongs to reason, with a gentle heart understood,\nAnd when he had it over read, in part he was right glad,\nAnd in part displeased, but love had through seized,\nWith pure imagination,\nThat for no occupation,\nWhich he began to take on the other side,\nHe might not keep his heart aside,\nFor his wife had informed him,\nOf what he had conformed himself,\nWith all the will of his courage,\nTo shape and take the homeward way,\nSo that he thought one day,\nA thousand years till he might see,\nThat which he desired most of all,\nAnd when the time had so fallen,\nThat Troy was destroyed and burned,\nHe made no delay,\nBut went home in high esteem,\nWhere he found to his foreseeing eye,\nHis worthy wife in good health,\nAnd thus was ended the debate,\nOf love and sloth was excused..Which does great harm where it exists\nAnd hinders many a cause that is honest\nNote: About a certain Astrologer, concerning the same one who once performed an ingenious work, as if to complete it septennially, by delaying one moment, he frustrated all diligence and care of his own /\n\nOf the great clerk Grostest\nI have heard how ready he was\nUpon a head of brass\nTo make and forge it to tell\nOf such things as befell\nAnd seven years' industry\nHe laid aside but for the laziness\nOf half a minute of an hour\nFrom the first that he began labor\nHe lost all that he had done\nAnd at other times it fares so\nIn love's cause, whoever is slow\nThat he without being under the yoke\nBy night five times stands cold\nWhich might if he had wanted\nHis time have kept, have been in\nNote: Concerning the delay of false virgins, but sloth may bring no profit\nBut he may sing in his Carol\nHow late it came to the dole\nWhere he no good reception might\nAnd that was proved well by night\nOnce upon the maidens' five..When that lord came to wed\nBecause she wanted to\nTo light her lamps on the way\nHere sloth brought it about\nFrom him that they were shut out\nTherefore my son, beware\nAs far as I dare tell\nFor I\nAnd if you are not well prepared\nIn love to please sloth\nMy son to tell the truth\nYou might not be able\nTo win love or make it stable\nAs though you most desire love\nMy father that I may well leave\nBut I was never assigned a place\nWhere yet to gain any grace\nThen I would I were unwedded\nOf every limb that I have\nIf I need not help and save\nMy our bethe and also my seed\nIf my lady it had\nBut she is otherwise disposed\nThan granted such time\nAnd nevertheless of my slowness\nThere has been no default I guess\nOf time lost if that I might\nBut if her liking does not agree\nFor ever the more I cry fast\nThe less her liking is to hear\nSo to speak of this matter\nI seek that I may not find\nI am hurried and ever behind\nAnd know not what it may amount to\nBut father upon my account.You are set to examine shrift according to the discipline. Say what your best counsel is. My son's counsel is this: How does it stand in time, go forth and do your duties, so no laxness may be found. For sloth is mighty to confound, the speed of every man. For many a vice, as the clerk says, hangs upon sloth's lap. Of such as make man wretched, I will tell and declare afterwards.\n\n[Speaking now of sloth in its degree]\n\nThere is yet pusillanimity,\nWhich is to say in this language,\nHe that hath little of courage,\nAnd dares not undertake man's work,\nSo he cannot by reason win,\nFor who that dares nothing,\nBy right he shall take no profit..But of this vice the nature\nDare no one take part in it\nHe lacks both worth and deed\nWhereof he should further his cause\nHe will not understand manhood\nFor ever he has feared on his own account\nAll his peril that he shall speak\nHe thinks the wolf is in the way\nAnd of imagination\nHe makes his excuse\nAnd feigns a cause of pure fear\nAnd every time he fails at need\nUntil all is spoiled that he involves himself in\nHe has the sickness which no one heals\nWhich is called lack of heart\nThough every grace surrounds him\nHe will not once stir his foot\nSo that for this reason he dares not begin\nTo speak of love and its service\nThere are truants in such a way\nWho lack heart when they should have it most\nThey speak of love and right out of fear\nThey become mute and dare not tell\nWithout sound, as does the belle\nWhich has no clapper to chime\nAnd right so they, for the time of love,\nDare not ask or seek anything\nAnd thus they lose and win nothing\nFor thy my son if you are anything..Culpable for touching this sloth,\nConfess the deed and tell me the truth.\nI am fully aware that I have been\nOne of the slowest to declare my love.\nMy heart is yet, and ever was,\nAnd though the world should break,\nSo fearful that I dare not speak\nOf the purpose that I have not named.\nWhen I approach my lady,\nLet it pass and go over,\nMy son, do not pursue further,\nFor after a man pursues love,\nFortune often grants him happy chance\nTo him who makes continuance,\nTo pray and beseech as by\n\nHere is one\nI find that once there was one,\nWhose name was Pygmalion,\nA lusty man in his youth,\nSkilled in the arts above all others,\nAnd though fortune favored him so,\nAs he whom love would torment,\nHe made an image of art,\nLycho, in the likeness of a woman,\nIn form and continuance,\nSo fair was never figure,\nA living creature in appearance,\nShe seems to be from your white,\nHe has wrought her of such delight,\nShe was red on the cheeks,\nAnd red on her lips as well..He himself beguiles her, for with a pleasant look she smiles. Through pure Impression, of his own imagination, with all the heart of his courage, his love upon this fair image, he sets it and prays to it alone. But she says no word in response. The long day what thing he did, this image remained in the same place. He would serve her and prayed for her to eat. He put the cup to her mouth and when the board was taken up, he took her into his chamber named. And after the night came, he laid her in his bed naked. He was wept and wasted. He kissed her cold lips often and wished they were soft. He ran his hand in her hair and often his arm here and there. He asked for grace from her, as if she knew what he meant, and thus he tormented himself with such pain of love that no man could torment him more. But how it was of his penance, he made such continuance from day to night and prayed so long that his prayer was heard. Venus, of her grace, heard it..By night and when he was weary,\nAnd it seemed in his naked arm,\nThe cold image felt warm,\nOf flesh and bone and full of life,\nWhich obedient one was at his will,\nAnd if he would hold him still,\nAnd nothing spoke, he should have said,\nBut for he had his word traversed,\nAnd dared to speak his love he sped,\nAnd all that he desired to bed,\nFor they were then but two,\nA man-child between them two,\nThey were,\nA certain one they call and arise by this name,\nBy this example, you might find,\nThat word can work above nature,\nFor if you spare to speak, loss is all your care,\nFor sloth brings in all woe,\nAnd over this, look also,\nThe god of love is favorable,\nTo those who are steadfast in love,\nAnd many a wonder has happened,\nOf which to speak among all,\nIf you list to take heed,\nA solemn tale I now recite,\nIn memory of love's chance,\nHe puts an example on the same,\nThe king Lyg, at that time, was with a child,\nHe swore it should not be let..If she had a daughter,\nAnd she sorrowfully slayed whom, it happened on this occasion,\nWhen she should deliver by night, in her prime,\nThe goddess, who is the giver of childbirth,\nCame to help until this lady was small,\nAnd had a daughter, born along with her,\nWhich the goddess in every way,\nBade keep and that they should say,\nIt was a son; and they named him Iphis.\nUpon this, the father was made to believe,\nAnd thus, in the chamber with the queen,\nThis Iphis was drawn forth,\nAnd clothed and arrayed,\nJust as a king's son should be,\nUntil, after a time,\nWhen he was ten years old,\nHe was taken in marriage,\nA duke's daughter for to wed,\nWhose name was Daun.\nThese children lay she and she,\nBoth of one age,\nSo that within the space of a year,\nThey generated,\nLying in a bed on a night,\nNature, which compels every creature,\nAccording to her law, to ponder,\nForces them to use,\nThings which were entirely unknown to them,\nWhereof Cupid, in his pity,\nThrew a veil,\nLetting kindly desire rule above,\nSo that her law may be observed..And upon her lust they were, for love,\nAgainst that which stands against you,\nOf that nature, for Cupid has so beset\nHis grace upon this adventure,\nThat he accords with nature,\nWhen that he saw the time best,\nEach of them transforms Iphis into a man,\nWhom the kind love he won,\nOf lusty youth Ianthe his wife,\nAnd they led a merry life,\nWhich was to kind none offense,\nAnd thus to take an evidence,\nIt seems love is well disposed,\nTo those who are continued,\nWith what is due to love,\nWhereof my son in this matter,\nThou mightst,\nThat with thy grace,\nThou mightest, at love's command,\nIf there be no sloth,\nI dare well say by my truth:\nAs for my father, in his stead,\nBut see as I myself,\nThere is no other time known,\nWhereof there might be obstacle,\nTo let\nWhat thing be,\nYour fatherhood I pray,\nIf there be another way,\nTouched by this same vice,\nMy son, you of this office,\nThere serves one in special,\nWho has lost his memory..So that he cannot withhold\nIn thing which to keep is required\nWhereof himself often agrees\nAnd he who most presses upon him\nWhen his wits are weary\nHe may little be deceived\nMentis oblita alienis labitur i\nThis treats of Confessor on the vice of forgetfulness, which is called Forgetfulness itself,\nThat may not in his heart impress\nVirtue which reason has set\nSo completely does he forget\nFor in the telling of his tale\nNo more his heart than his male\nHas remembrance of thee\nWhereof he should inform his wit\nAnd then yet he does not know why\nThus is his purpose not for thee\nForlorn of that which he would endure\nAnd scarcely if he sees the tide\nTo love of that which he had intended\nThus many a lover has been sent\nTell therefore, be thou one\nOf them that have sloth so begun\nY\nThat when I am away from my lady\nAnd think unto guard her draw\nThen I cast many a new law\nAnd all the world torn up so down\nAnd so decorate I my lesson..And write in my memorial that I shall tell her, for when I come there she is, I have entirely forgotten what I thought to tell. I cannot help but spell it out unwillingly. I thought it best to have read, so fearful am I of her. As a man who suddenly holds a ghost so near, I am so frightened that I forget myself. But I muse as one who is amazed, the letter may not be read. See, my wits are overlaid, what I thought to have spoiled is taken from my heart and stands as one who is mute and deaf. Of that I well knew I would say, and at last I make a breach, and know not where he shall come. Thus am I often overcome, there where I thought best to stand. But after I have understood and am alone in another place, I make many a woeful moan to myself and speak thus: A fool, where was your heart then? When you beheld your worthy lady's sight, were you? For of her hand there is no fear, I well know her womanly demeanor, in her there is no more old age..Then, in a child three years old,\nWhy have you feared one so good,\nWho possesses every virtue,\nWith no violence, but goodness and innocence,\nWithout spot, a kind heart, oh shame,\nA coward heart unschooled in love,\nWhy are you so afraid of this one,\nThat you would lose your good words,\nWhen you have found time and space,\nHow could you deserve grace,\nWhen you yourself dare ask none,\nBut instantly forget and dispute in love,\nBut help, I cannot find anyone else,\nBut stumble upon my own tears,\nAnd make a cause of my pain,\nFor ever when I think among these things,\nI say, oh fool of all fools,\nYou act as if between forgetfulness and fear,\nA man should ever cause haste,\nAnd thus my holy father dear,\nTurn towards me as you may hear,\nI pray of my faults, but otherwise,\nAll the busyness that may be taken of man's thought,\nMy heart takes and is through and through,\nTo think eternally upon that sweet,\nWithout sloth I bid you..That thought I never\nWhere is it that I laugh or love\nNot half a minute of an hour\nCould I let go of my mind\nBut if Ithe\nThereof shall no sloth prevent\nUntil death takes me from this world\nAlthough I had on such a ring\nAs Moses through his enchanting\nOnce in Ethiopia made\nWhen he had Tharbis wed\nWhich ring bore oblivion\nThe name and was by reason\nThat whereon a finger it sat\nImmediately his love he forgot\nAnd so it fell that like\nWhen Tharbis had it on her hand\nNo knowledge of him she found\nBut all was clean out of memory\nAs men may read in his story\nAnd thus he went quite away\nThat never after that day\nShe thought that there was such one\nAll was forgotten & over gone\nBut in good faith so may not I\nFor she is ever fast by\nSo that my heart touches\nThat for nothing it slows in promising\nI may forget her life or death\nFor wherever she goes\nMy heart follows her about\nThus may I say without doubt.She never departs from my thoughts but when I am there, as she is. My heart is as you said, or this is, and sometimes I am overjoyed, and once in rule and out of my mind. For when I see her lovely face and think upon her high price, it seems to me as if I were in paradise. I am so, to speak to her I cannot, for I cannot unfold my wit to find one word of what I mean. But all is forgiven. And though I stand a mile away, all is frightening for the while. I have a tongue and no words. And thus I stand. Of things that I had thought to speak when I come there, it is forgiven. And stand, that of no thing which I have noted can I sing a note but all is out of knowledge. Thus, what for joy and what for fear, all is forgiven. So that my father of this sloth, I have told you the plain truth. You may it as you list redeem. For thus stands my forgetfulness and my pusillanimity. Say now forth what you like to me. For I will only do by you, my son. I have well heard how you have said and you must amend..For love, his grace would not send\nTo the man who dared ask none\nWe know every one a man's thought without speech\nGod knew and yet men inquire\nHis will is for without bodies\nHe grants his grace in few places\nAnd what man forgets himself\nAmong a thousand is not twelve\nWho will remember him\nBut let him fall and take his chance\nPut up a busy heart\nMy son, and let nothing hinder\nOf love from your busyness\nConcerning forgetfulness,\nWhich many a love has set aside,\nI find a tale of great example.\nThis is the story of the Confessor's Example, or the case of Demophon against forgetfulness.\n\nDemophon, when he sailed by ship\nToward Troy, was carried off\nBy the wind at Rodas\nAnd stayed there at that time\nThat the daughter of Lygurgus,\nThis same time, was there also..A queen from the country was summoned to the city, residing in a castle by the shore. Demophon arrived on the land, and she, of stature and beauty, received him warmly. He could not resist her, and within a day or two, he considered testing his fortune with her. They began to converse with each other, and with kind words in her ear, he sought to put her at ease. He swore to be her knight forever and thus stayed with her until his ship was anchored. He asked for enough time and space to speak of love and seek her grace. The lady listened to all that he said, how he swore and prayed. It was an enchantment to the innocent lady. Yet, she left unchanged by his every word. As her fortune would have it, she granted him all that he desired. Thus, he was in joy until he had to depart to T..But though she made much sorrow\nAnd he laid down truth to sorrow,\nTo come and if he lived,\nWithin a month's day,\nAnd thereupon they kissed both,\nBut was he willing or unwilling,\nHe shipped and went forth,\nTo Troy as was his first intent,\nThe days passed, the month went by,\nHer love increased, and his lessened,\nFor her, she lost sleep and food,\nAnd he, his time had all forgotten,\nSo that this woeful young queen,\nWho knew not what it might mean,\nSent a letter and prayed him come,\nAnd said that she was overcome,\nWith strength of love in such a way,\nThat she could not long survive,\nWithout his presence,\nAnd laid upon his conscience,\nThe truth which he had,\nWhose love she cherished so hotly,\nShe said if he longer delayed,\nOf such a day as she had set,\nShe would steal,\nWhich would be a shame to his truth,\nThis letter is forth upon her send,\nWhereof some comfort she found,\nShe took it as one who would abide,\nAnd waited upon that same time,\nWhich she had written in her letter.\nBut now it is pitiful to write..As he did once, he forgot\nBut she, who could not do so,\nThe tide carried away forever,\nAnd cast her eye upon the sea,\nSometimes no, sometimes yes,\nSometimes he came, sometimes not,\nThus she disputed in her thought,\nAnd knew not what she might think,\nBut held fast all the long day,\nShe was in to the dark night,\nAnd though she had set up light,\nIn a lantern high,\nUpon a tower where she went often,\nIn hope that in his coming\nHe would see the light burning,\nSo that he might find his way\nTo where she was by night,\nBut all in vain she was deceived,\nFor Venus had withheld her hope,\nAnd showed her on the sky\nHow the day was fast approaching,\nSo that within a little throw,\nThe day's light she might know,\nThough she beheld the sea at large,\nAnd when she saw there was no barrier,\nDown from the tower she began to run,\nInto an hermitage all her one,\nWhere many a wonder, woeful moan,\nShe made that no life knew,\nAs she who all her joy must mist,\nNow she swoons, now she plays,\nAnd her face she dist..With her tears which from wells fell,\nShe called upon Demophon, and said: \"Alas, thou slow one,\nThere never was such a knight\nWho through his ungentleness,\nOf sloth and forgetfulness,\nAgainst his truth breaks his bond.\nLook up to heaven, I cast and said:\nO thou unkind, here shalt thou find,\nIf thou wilt come and see,\nA lady dead for love of thee,\nSo that I shall myself destroy,\nWhom if it had been thy will,\nThou mightest have saved me.\nUpon a green bough she knelt and laid herself,\nHer white arms around the tree.\nIt died, and she hanged herself there.\nThe gods were moved, and Demophon was reproved,\nThat from the gods' providence\nWas shaped such evidence.\nEver afterward again the slow one,\nWas shaped into a note tree,\nThat all men might see.\nAnd this tree was called in the yard,\nAnd yet for Demophon's shame,\nTo this day it bears the name,\nThis woeful chance and how it ended..Anon anyone heard of Demephon,\nAnd every man had in speech\nHis sorrow was not to seek\nHe began his sloth to ban\nBut it was all too late then\nLo, thus my son might you write\nAgain this widow how it is written\nFor no man may the harm guess\nThat falls through forgetfulness\nWhereof that I have heard\nBut yet of sloth how it has fared\nIn other ways I think oppose\nIf you have guilt as I suppose\nDum placet cultor qui nongentis\nHic tractat Confessor de vicijs negligence\nWhose condition is filled with sloth's examples\nThere is yet one his secretary\nAnd he is called Negligence\nWho will not look his evidence\nWhereof he may beware before\nBut when he has his cause learned\nThen is he wise after the hand\nWhen help may no manner bond\nThen at first would he bind\nThus evermore he stands behind\nWhen he the thing may not amend\nThen is he aware and says at the end\nA would God I had known\nWhereof he was ensnared with a more\nHe goes, for when the great stead is stolen\nThen he takes heed..And makes the stable door fast\nThus ever he plays an aftercast of all that he shall say or do,\nHe has a manner. He does not want to learn to be wise.\nFor he sets no value on any virtue, but as he pleases for a while.\nSo he often fails to deceive,\nWhen he thinks he is securely standing.\nMy son, if you are such in love,\nYou might not come at your goal.\nOf that which you would most achieve,\nMy holy father, as I believe,\nI may well excuse myself\nWith safe conscience\nFrom negligence towards love in all ways,\nFor though I,\nSo truly I am amorous,\nThat I am ever curious,\nOf those who can best inform,\nTo know and understand all the forms,\nWhat falls under love's craft,\nBut yet I have not found\nThe thing that might accord\nWith the haft to the blade,\nFor I have never heard a man record\nWhat thing it is that might avail,\nTo win love without fail.\nYet therefore could I never find,\nMan who by reason or by kind,\nCould teach such an art,\nThat he did not fail in some part.\nAnd as concerning my own wit,\nI could never yet find one..That might make me love more or less,\nLeaving well without fear,\nThat if there were such a way,\nAs certainly as I shall die,\nI had learned long ago,\nBut I know there is none so,\nAnd nevertheless, it may be,\nI am so rude in my degree,\nAnd also my wits are so dull,\nThat I cannot reach to the full,\nAt such a high a loft,\nBut this I dare say more,\nAlthough my wit is not strong,\nIt is not on my will alone,\nFor that is not in my power,\nTo learn all that I may learn,\nHow that I might win love,\nBut yet I am as yet to begin,\nIf I would make an end,\nAnd for I do not know how it shall end,\nThat is to me my greatest sorrow,\nBut I dare ask God to lend,\nAs after my intent,\nNo other way being necessary,\nThan I have not been to you,\nFor thy pure charity,\nTell me, my father, what you think,\nIn good faith, soon tell me truly,\nThat thou thyself hast thus acquitted,\nToward this vice in which no wisdom,\nA byde may for an hour,\nHe lost all that he might labor.\nThe long year so that men see,\nWhatsoever he does, it is in vain..For through negligence's sloth,\nThere was never such a science or virtue, bodily,\nThat was not destroyed and lost thereby. An example of this is found in books, I find written:\n\nThis man, contrary to negligence, puts forth the Example of the Confessor, and narrates that when Phaeton, the son of the sun, permitted his chariot to run too low, not only did he inflame the orb, but also caused himself to fall from the chariot into some fluid.\n\nHebus, who is the ever-shining hot one that appears upon the earth, hot,\nAnd causes every life's helle,\nHe had a son in all his wealth,\nWhom Phaeton called and he desired,\nAnd with his mother he conspired.\nThe name of the mother was Clemene,\nFor help and counsel, so that he,\nHis father, might be led mightily,\nOn the fair days' light.\nAnd for this thing they both prayed\nTo the father, and he said,\nHe would well but forthwith grant,\nThree points he bade in particular,\nTo his son in every way,\nThat he should well consider,\nAnd take it as by the way of lore:\n\nThe first was that he should prick his horse,\nNot spur and after that he told..That he holds the reins firmly and correctly\nAnd be aware of how he leads his chariot\nLest he mistake his gate\nUpward assistance he should have\nTo ensure a safe way\nThat he does not pull too low or too high\nHis cart should be driven evenly\nFor fear of being overthrown\nAnd thus, by Phoebus' decree,\nPhoeton was placed in charge\nThe son's chariot which he led\nB\nHe was set upon a high throne\nSo that he might not see his own estate\nThrough negligence, he paid no heed\nTherefore, he could not travel long\nFor the horse, without law,\nLet the chariot go astray\nWherever it pleased him, wantonly\nAt last, suddenly,\nHe drove this fiery chariot too low\nAnd set fire to the world around\nWhich caused great doubt among them\nAnd they cried to the god for help\nFrom such misfortunes as threatened\nPhoebus, who saw his negligence,\nPrepared for Phoeton's defense\nHis chariot had driven off the course\nAnd ordered him to find a way\nOut of the chariot into the flood\nAnd drowned. He who was so negligent..That from the high firmament,\nTo go low he was soon overthrown,\nIn high estate it is a vice,\nTo go low and in service,\nIt grieves to go high.\nA tale of Icarus, son of Daedalus,\nOnce upon a time Daedalus,\nWho had a son named Icarus,\nHe was both in prison with Minos,\nThey might find no way out.\nSo they began to devise,\nHow they might escape the prison,\nThis Daedalus, who from his youth,\nWas skilled in many crafts,\nMade wings of feathers and other things,\nFor himself and for his son also,\nAnd gave him in charge,\nAnd bade him consider,\nHow to set his wings on,\nWith wax; and if he took flight,\nSuddenly up to the high sun,\nThey might melt and thus they flew,\nOut of the prison fair and soft,\nAnd they were both aloft,\nIcarus began to mount,\nAnd of good counsel none accepted..He sets this, his father taught,\nUntil the son's wings caught it,\nMelted and,\nWithout any help of flight.\nHe fell to him,\nAnd lay,\nThere fallen often times for lack of governance in wealth,\nAs well in love as in other ways.\n\nIf there is more in the matter,\nM,\nWhich every man's beginning is,\nAnd if you wish to keep it,\nWhich yields to vices rest,\nAnd is of sloth the slowest,\nAbsent laborious vagus vi,\nHere speaks the Confessor on that subject,\nAmong these other kinds,\nWhich all labor sets behind.\nAnd hates all business,\nT\nIt is called and is the most common\nIn man's kind of every vice,\nWhich seeks cases manyfold,\nIn winter does nothing for cold,\nIn summer cannot for heat,\nSo whether it feels or is sweet,\nOr is in or is out,\nIt will be idle all about,\nBut if it plays any part at the dice,\nFor whoever ever takes fees,\nAnd thinks worship to deserve,\nThere is no lord whom it will serve,\nAnd to dwell in his service,\nBut for it were in such a way,\nOf that he sees perhaps..That by lordship and through his power,\nHe may the more easily\nAnd use his idleness at will.\nFor he will take no trouble\nTo ride for his lady's sake.\nBut lives upon all his whims,\nAnd, like a cat, eats fish,\nWithout wetting his cheeks.\nSo he would do, nevertheless,\nHe fails in that which he desired.\nMy son, if you are of such a mold,\nTell me plainly your service.\nMy father, I give you a gift,\nThat as far as love allows,\nI was never idle yet,\nNor shall I be while I may go.\nNow tell me then, what have you done,\nConcerning love and the ladyship,\nOf her whom your lady is.\nMy father, ever yet or this,\nIn every place in every stead,\nWhat she has asked of me,\nWith all my heart obedient,\nI have been diligent.\nAnd if she bids nothing,\nWhat thing comes first in my thought,\nComes before me to suffice,\nI bow and offer my service.\nSometimes in chamber, sometimes in hall,\nRight so as I see the times fall,\nAnd when she goes to hear mass,\nThat time shall not pass me by,\nThat I do not approach her presence..In answer if I may lead\nTo the chapel and again,\nNot all my way is in vain,\nSomehow I may fare the better,\nWhen I cannot feel her bare,\nMay lead her clothed in my arm,\nBut afterward it does me harm,\nOf pure Imagination,\nFor then there is a collusion,\nI make unto myself often,\nAnd say, O lord, how she is soft,\nHow she is round, how she is small,\nNow would God, I had her all,\nWithout danger at my will,\nAnd then I sicken and sit still,\nOf that I see my best thought\nIs turned idle into nothing,\nBut for all that let me not may,\nWhen I see time another day,\nThat I not do my business,\nUnto my lady's worthiness,\nFor I there devote my wit,\nTo see the time and away,\nWhat is to be done and what is to leave,\nAnd so when time is by her leave,\nWhat thing she bids me do I do,\nAnd where she bids me go,\nAnd when her lust to call I come,\nThus has she fully overcome\nMy Idleness till that I serve,\nSo that I may her needs serve.\nFor as men say, need has no law,\nThus must I needily to her be bound.\nI serve, I bow, I love, I lament..My eye follows her around\nWhatever she wills, I will\nWhen she sits, I kneel by her side\nAnd when she stands, I stand\nBut when she takes up her work in hand,\nOf weaving or brooding,\nThen I cannot but muse and pry\nUpon her long and slender fingers\nAnd now I think and now I speak\nAnd now I sing and now I sigh\nAnd now I pick up my countenance\nAnd if it happens at times\nShe seems unwilling to remain by me\nBut engages herself in other things\nThen I make other diversions\nTo pass the long day\nFor I am loath to depart from her\nAnd then I am so simple in my demeanor\nThat to feign some amusement\nI play with her little hound\nNow on the bed, now on the ground\nNow with the birds in the cage\nFor there is none so little page\nNor yet so simple a Chamberlain\nThat I do not make them all cheerful\nAnd all for their sake I make merry\nThus you may see my busy self\nWho goes not idly about.\nI come thus, though I am not invited\nAnd take her in my arms and lift her up\nAnd set her in her saddle softly\nAnd so lead her by the bridle..For I would not be idle\nAnd if she wishes to ride in a chariot\nAnd that I may be aware\nI make myself ready to ride\nRight beside the chariot's side\nAnd as I may, I speak among the crowd\nAnd at other times I sing a song\nWhich Oute wrote in his book\nAnd said, \"O what joyful sorrow\nO what woeful prosperity\nBelongs to the property\nOf love, who so will serve him\nAnd yet therefrom may no man swerve\nThat he need not obey his law\nAnd thus I ride forth my way\nAnd am right busy everywhere\nWith heart and with my body all\nAs I have said to you here before\nMy good father tell me therefore\nOf idleness if I have sinned\nMy son, but if you all will\nOught else than I may now hear\nYou shall have no penance here\nAnd nevertheless, a man may see\nHow now there are such slow hearts\nThat will not hasten to be known\nWhat thing love is until the last\nThat he with strength overcomes them\nThey must obey him\nAnd do away with all idleness\nTo serve well and promptly\nBut soon you are none of such..For love shall the wise excuse, but otherwise if you refuse, to love you might seem harsh. A king once had a daughter named Rosiphele, renowned for her wisdom and beauty, who should have been her father's heir. However, she had one flaw: sloth towards love. No one could say which might hinder her from love's occupation. Through no imagination would she know the one, and thus she was one of the slow. Until Venus, the goddess who rules love's court, brought her under better rule, she remained unmarried and uninterested in the love of paramours, which had been the common course..Among them who were lusty, it was shown to her, for he who has a lowly heart, with a fiery dart which he throws, Cupid, who is the god of love, in chastising has made a rod, to drive away her wantonness, so that within a while I guess, she had on such a chance spurned, that all her moo, which first she had of slow manner, as you shall hear. When came the month of May, she would walk upon a day, and that was or the sun had risen, of women but a few it knew, and forth she went privately, to the park that was fast by, alone she walked softly upon the grass, till she came there the laude was, through which there ran a great river, it seemed fair to her and said, \"I will abide under the shade, and bade her women to withdraw, and there she stood alone still, to think what was in her will. She saw the sweet flowers spring, she heard glad birds sing, she saw beasts in their kind, the bull the doe the heart the hind, the male went with the female, and so began there a quarrel between love and her own heart..For she could not turn away, and as she cast her eye about,\nShe saw clad in one suit a route of ladyes where they rode\nA long line under the wood side,\nOn fair ambulant horses they sat,\nThat were all white, fat, and great,\nAnd each one rode on one side,\nThe saddles were of such pride,\nWith pearls and gold so well adorned,\nSo rich she had never seen,\nIn kirtles and copes richly dressed,\nThey were all dressed alike,\nDeparted evenly from white and blue,\nWith all desires that she knew,\nThey were embroidered overall,\nHere bodies were long and small,\nThe beauty fair upon her face,\nNone earthly thing it could deface,\nCrowns on their heads they bore,\nAs each of them a queen,\nThat all the gold of Croesus' hall\nThe least coronet of them all\nMight not have bought for its worth,\nThus they rode forth,\nThe king's daughter who saw it,\nFor pure abashment drew her aside,\nAnd held her cloak under below,\nAnd let them ride on.\nFor as her thought in her heart\nTo those of such price she was not worthy\nTo ask..From when they came and what they were,\nBeneath less than this world's good,\nShe would have known how it stood,\nAnd put her head a little out,\nAnd as she looked about,\nShe saw come under the yew,\nA woman on a horse behind,\nThe horse on which she rode was black,\nAnd halted as if lame,\nWhereof the woman was annoyed,\nThus was the horse in sorry plight,\nBut for all that a star light,\nAmidst in the front she had,\nHer saddle was exceedingly bad,\nIn which the woeful woman sat,\nAnd nevertheless there was with that,\nA rich bridle for the nones,\nOf gold and precious stones,\nWhere her girdle was somewhat torn,\nAbout her middle twenty score,\nOf horse halters and much more,\nHung then at that time,\nThus when she came the lady near,\nThen she took better heed and saw,\nThis woman was fair of visage,\nFresh, lusty, young and tender of age,\nAnd so this lady there she stood,\nBethought herself and understood,\nTo whom came riding thus,\nNews could tell of them,\nWhich as she saw to fore ride,\nAnd put forth and prayed her to stay,\nAnd said, \"O sister, let me here.\".What are they who ride here now,\nSo richly arrayed,\nThis woman who comes so charmingly,\nOutside with soft speech,\nAnd said, \"Madam, I shall teach you,\nThese are some who once were,\nServants to love and truth there,\nWhere they had their hearts set,\nFarewell, for I may not stay,\nMadam, I go to my master,\nSo must I hasten in every way,\nFor your madam grants me leave,\nI may not long with you stay,\nA good sister, I pray you,\nTell why you are so insistent,\nAnd with these crutches thus depart,\nMadam, once I was one,\nWho had a king as my father,\nBut I was slow and for no reason,\nI did not wish to obey love,\nAnd now I obey most unwillingly,\nFor I once had no love,\nMy horse is now weak and poor,\nAnd all torn is my array,\nAnd every year this fresh may ride,\nThese lusty ladies ride about,\nAnd I must necessarily follow her route,\nIn this manner as you now see,\nAnd tie her crutches forth with me,\nAnd am but her horse knight.\"\nNone other office I have.\nShe thinks I am worthy of no more,\nFor I was slow in the lore of love,\nWhen I was able to learn..And would not the tales here\nOf those who could teach love\nNow trouble me more than I beseech,\nWherefore that rich bridle serves\nWith that away her face she swerves,\nAnd began to weep, and thus she told,\nThis rich bridle which you behold,\nSo rich upon my horse's head,\nLady, before I was dead,\nWhen I was in my lusty life,\nThere fell into my heart a strife\nOf love which me overcame,\nSo that thereof my head I named,\nAnd thought I would love a knight\nWho last well a fortnight,\nFor it no longer might last,\nSo near my life was at the last,\nBut now alas, too late I were,\nThat I had not loved him,\nFor death came so hastily,\nThat it might not be achieved,\nBut for all that I am relieved,\nOf that my will was good thereto,\nThat love suffers it to be so,\nThat I shall such a bridle bear,\nNow have you heard all my answer,\nTo God, lady, I commend you,\nAnd warn you all for my sake,\nOf love that they be not idle,\nAnd by this word, all suddenly,\nShe passes, as it were, a sky,\nClean out of the lady's sight..And though for her heart distressed,\nShe said to herself, \"Alas,\nI am in the same case,\nBut if I live after this day,\nI shall amend it if I may.\nAnd thus homeward went this lady,\nChanging her first intent\nWithin her heart and began to say,\nShe would not bear halters,\nLo, soon here may you take heed,\nHow idleness is to be feared,\nNamely, of loneliness as I have written,\nFor you might understand and know,\nAmong the gentle nation,\nLove is an occupation,\nWhich every gentle heart should have,\nFor as that lady was chastised,\nSo the knight may be awakened,\nWho is idle and will not serve,\nHe may deserve a greater pain than she,\nWhen she and her lad,\nThe horse halters and for thee,\nBe careful there,\nBut look above all,\nThese maidens how it falls,\nThey should take example of this,\nWhich I have told you truly, it is,\nMy lady Venus whom I serve,\nWhat women will thank her for this love,\nShe may not show it through permissiveness,\nBut she must sow it..\"A love seldom found in peace,\nThat is never upon an apple,\nOf jealousy and false envy,\nFrequently mixed with disease,\nBut that love is well at ease,\nWhich sett is upon marriage,\nFor she who shows its face,\nOpenly in all places,\nIs a great marvel, how a maiden,\nWould let her time be spent,\nTo hasten to such a feast,\nWhere the love is entirely honest,\nMen may recover losses of good,\nBut such a wise man never stood,\nWho may recover time lost,\nSo may a maiden therefore,\nTake example from that which she restrains,\nHer love and longing or that she changes,\nHer heart upon her green desires,\nTo marry as it is seen,\nFor thus a year two or three,\nShe left or that she had been wed,\nWhile she could bear the charge,\nOf children whom the woe,\nCannot be but if it fails,\nBut maiden who in her espousals,\nWould tarry when she takes her vow,\nShe shall perhaps have another day,\nLet when her pleasures are sated,\nA tale concerning this deed,\nWhich is culpable upon this act.\".I think I shall tell of that which I heard\nA noble duke named Iepte,\nHe thought he should go to fight\nAgainst Amon the cruel king,\nAnd concerning this matter\nIn his heart he made a vow,\nTo God he said, \"O Lord, if thou\nWilt grant victory to my men,\nI shall in token of thy memory\nThe first life that I may see\nEither man or woman where it be,\nImmediately upon my return home\nTo thee I shall sleep in thy name,\nAnd thus with my chivalry,\nHe went forth where he should go,\nWhen he had won what he would,\nAnd overcame all his foes,\nMay no man know who shall fall.\nThis duke had a lusty daughter,\nAnd fame, which the world had spread,\nBrought to this lady's ear,\nHow her father had done there,\nShe waits upon his coming..With dancing and singing,\nShe who would be merry,\nWas she, therefore, at Mass, at her father's gate.\nThe first time he came, and saw his daughter,\nHe greeted her and said,\n\"Mighty God be among us here.\nNow I do not know in what manner,\nThis world's joy may turn to sorrow.\nI had all that I could see,\nAgain my beloved by your grace.\nSo when I came to guard this place,\nThere was no happier man than I.\nBut now, my lord, suddenly,\nMy joy is turned into sorrow.\nFor I, my daughter, shall tomorrow,\nTo loving of thy sacrifice.\nThough my wife so it may be,\nThe maiden, when she knew this,\nAnd saw her father's sorrow,\nTried to comfort him with words,\nAnd bade him hold his promise,\nAs he had sworn towards God.\nBut nevertheless, her heart was troubled,\nBy what she saw, her death approaching.\nAnd then, to the ground she knelt,\nBefore her father, and fell,\nSaying, \"On this point that she shall die,\nOf one thing first she would pray.\".That for forty days\nHe would grant her this plea,\nThat she might weep\nHer maidenhead, which she keeps,\nSo long possessed and not violated,\nWhereof her youth is let,\nThat she has not drawn forth\nChildren in marriage according to the law,\nSo that the people are not increased,\nBut that it might be released,\nThat she has spent her time,\nShe would, by his leave, go\nWith other maidens to comply,\nAnd afterward, to the punishment,\nOf doom she would come again,\nThe father heard his daughter say,\nAnd thereupon, of one accord,\nThe maidens were in agreement,\nThat they should accompany this maiden,\nTo speak to this end,\nThey went down to the dales and vales,\nWith weeping and woeful tales,\nAnd every maiden with her maidenhead,\nComplains of this need,\nThat she had borne no children,\nWhereof she had preserved her youth,\nWhich she could not recover,\nFor so fell that her last day\nHad come, in which she should take\nHer death, which she could not forsake,\nFor this reason, which I said above,\nMy father, as you have understood,\nToward love..Of maidens I will tell the truth\nYou have this vice of sloth\nI think it well declared\nThat you have not spared\nThose who tarry so behind\nYet it falls in my mind\nConcerning the men how you speak\nOf those who will not seek travel\nIn cause of love on desert\nTo speak in covered words\nI do not know what travel you meant\nMy son and after my intent\nI will tell you how I thought\nHow once men bought their loves\nThrough great travail in strange lands\nWhere they worked with her hands\nOf arms, many a worthy deed\nIn various places as men may read\nHe who is proven in armor's proof, Venus approves and she who has torpor, reproaches that man\nVeor's signs of slothfulness do not know love's nature\nA lazy man comes more slowly to the struggle\n\nThis man speaks, in the cause of love, military virtue does not at all lose its vigor for the labor of arms\nEvery love of pure kind\nIs first drawn forth well I find /\n\nBut nevertheless desert is such\nThat it is the rather had\nIn many places..For those who seek love's grace,\nWhere these worthy women are,\nHe may not spare himself,\nTo serve on his journey,\nFor which he may deserve thanks,\nThese men of arms there as they be,\nSometimes over the great sea,\nSo that by land and also by ship,\nHe must travel for worship,\nAnd make many hasty roads,\nSometimes in Prussia, sometimes in Rhodes,\nAnd sometimes in Tartary,\nSo that these heralds cry out,\nValiant, Valiant, see where he goes,\nAnd he gives them gold and clothes,\nSo that his name may spring,\nAnd to his lady bring some tidings,\nOf his worthiness,\nSo that she may accord more to his love,\nAnd put danger out of her mood,\nWhen all men record good,\nAnd she knows well for her sake,\nThat I mean my son of this journey,\nNow show yourself, for it will be seen,\nIf you are idle in this case,\nMy father, you and ever were,\nFor as I truly think,\nEvery man does more than I,\nAnd if this is the case,\nThat I have done anything or this,\nIt is so little of account..As one may say, it may not amount\nTo win the love of one's lusty gift\nFor this I tell you in truth\nThat I would rather win her love\nThan Prayer and all that is therein\nAnd for to slay the heathen all\nI don't know what good that might fall\nSo much blood though there were shades\nThis finds J written that Christ bad\nThat no man other should slay\nWhat should I win over the sea\nIf I left my lady at home\nBut pass the salt to whom Christ should preach\nTo all the world and his faith teach\nBut now they huddle in her nest\nAnd rest as they please\nIn all the sweetness of delights\nThus they defend us from vices\nAnd sit and fight they bid\nThem whom they should convert to Christ's faith\nBut here I have great marvel\nHow they would bid me travel\nA Sa\nI slee the soul forthwith and all\nAnd that was never Christ's will\nBut now how of that I say no more\nHe alleges Amans in his own defense, in the manner of Achilles at Troy for love.\nBut I will speak of my shame..And to Cupid I make a gift,\nWhoever deserves the prize of arms, I will love to serve,\nAs if I should keep them both,\nI would be as willing to take care,\nWhen it is time to abide,\nAs for traveling and riding,\nFor he who labors ever,\nCupid has his hour,\nI have also heard told,\nAchilles left his arms,\nBoth for himself and his men,\nAt Troy from Polyxena,\nUpon her love when he fell,\nThat for no chance that fell,\nAmong the Greeks up or down,\nHe would not again touch the Trojans.\nAnd so I think, sir,\nA man of arms may rest,\nSometimes in hope for the best,\nIf he may find a way nearer,\nWhat should I then go so far,\nIn strange lands, many a mile,\nTo ride and lose at home the while,\nMy love, it would be a short bite,\nTo win favor and lose where.\nBut if my lady bids,\nThat I for her love should travel,\nI might fly through out the sky,\nAnd so through out the deep sea,\nFor all ne'er I set my foot,\nWhat then\nWhat helps a man to have food,\nWhen drink lacks on the board,\nWhat helps any man's word..I cannot travele fast enough, for the thing I once travelled for is no longer there. If only someone could have reached such a need in good time. But certainly, if I could accelerate my travels in any way, there would be no idleness near my lady's side. But now I see every day, the blind god Cupid, I know not how, is the lord of love. He sets things in discord, causing those who love least to attend to him most frequently. He grants them most of his grace, and thus I find that he who should come last often goes before. On which board shall I speak, I can counsel myself nothing but to set all on adventure, and I am as one who is out of cure. For all that I can say or do, I find it so. The more busies I lay, the more I kneel and pray, with good words and soft, the more I am refused often, and may not win, and in good faith, that is a great sin. For I may say of deed and thought, an idle man have I..For whoever has slain me, I have always attempted, but though my business lasts, it is ultimately meaningless at the end. When the effect is meaninglessness, I do not know what thing is busyness. Say what avails all the deed which helps nothing at need. For the fate of every name Shall learn its end, And for all that is yet befallen, I call myself a useless man. And according to my intention, But upon your amendment, My father as you seem, My reason and my cause seem, My son I have heard the mention of that which thou hast the shrine, And to speak of it, It seems to me that thou dost not understand, But only that thou might not be able to speak, And therefore I will soon redeem, Wait and do not hasten to cast, Thy dies are every day to cast, Thou knowest not what chance shall betide, Better is to wait upon the tide, Than row against the streams strong. For though so be you think long, Of heaven and thy condition, Be not yet of one accord, But I dare make this record, To Venus whose priest I am, That since I came here, To hear as she commanded my life..Wherof thou else art guilty\nThou mightest herefrom excuse thy conscience\nWith great diligence, which thou hast so dispensed long\nThou oughtest well to be commended\nBut if there be anything to say\nConcerning that thou hast chosen to travel\nIn arms to be absent\nAnd for thou makest an argument\nOf that thou saidst here above\nHow Achilles, through strength of love,\nLeft his arms for a throw\nThou shalt know another tale\nWhich is contrary as thou shalt see\nFor this a man may find strange\nWhen knighthood is worn out\nThe bed may then be forsaken\nAnd shield and spear taken in hand\nWhich thing shall make them glad\nWhen they are worthy knights\nWherever it comes to hand\nA tale thou shalt understand\nHow a knight shall arm himself\nAnd for the while he\nHe says:\nOnce upon a time, the king Nausicaa,\nThe father of,\nCame to pray\nWith other Greeks also\nThat he might go with them to Troy,\nWhere the\nAnon upon\nHis wise counsel, whom he loved hotly\nWould not approve of their going\nBut he showed them a wondrous plan..He should deceive them, so he might do\nAt home and wield his love at will.\nEarly in the morning, out he went,\nWhen he was up, he began to fare,\nInto the field he looked and stared,\nAs if he were bewitched, he took a plow,\nWhere oxen should have stood,\nHe let yokels great foxes do the work,\nAnd with great salt the land he sewed,\nBut Namulus, who knew the trick,\nPrepared another trick at that time,\nAnd foxes had their wiles,\nA child was born to Namulus,\nHow men should take the child and set him,\nAnd place him upon the mold,\nWhere his father held the plow.\nIn this uproar,\nHe thought the foxes should pay,\nWhether he was bewitched or not,\nThe knights went forth with the child,\nLamacus was set before the yoke,\nTo lead the oxen and even set,\nWhere his father should drive,\nBut when he saw his child cry,\nHe drove the plow out of the way,\nAnd Namulus began to say,\nAnd half in a joke cried out,\nO foxes, you are discovered..What is this you would mean? For openly it is now seen, that you have feigned this thing, which is great shame to a king. When you, for the lust of any sloth, will a quarrel of truth, forsake honor in arms and dwell at home for love's sake. It is better for you to win honor than love, which liking is within. For you take worship upon yourself, otherwise you shall understand these other worthy knights all, of Greece, who are called towards the wolf, will be right wroth and grieve the parties both, which shall be to the double shame, most for the hindrance of your name. That you, for the sloth of any love, shall set your lusts above, and leave the knighthood of arms, which is the price of your manhood and ought first to be desired. But he who had his heart fired upon his wife, when he heard this, answered not one word, but tore him haltingly, ashamed, and within himself so tamed his heart that all the filth of love for chivalry, he left and went forth with them, or remained, according to his will, to Troy with them..That he might not excuse, a knight refuses the lust of arms to travel. There is no worldly ease away, but if worship be with all. And this is fitting in every way, for a knight to be of high emprise, and put all fear aside. The worthy king Protesilaus, on his passage where he lay, toward Troy and that siege, his own wife, who for his love was pensive, held in her heart all that she had of him. Upon a thing she was to make him dwell, from Troy she sent him this message: how she had asked of him in such a way, concerning him in such a way, that they had done to understand, toward other how it stood. The destiny it has so shaped, that he shall not escape death. For thee, as to their worldly joy, with all her heart she prayed and many another reason urged, that he with her abide at home. But he has cast her letter aside..Took fear from his wife's heart, and went forth as if nothing were, to Troy. He was the first there, and for him, knighthood had ever been a greater desire than to live in all his might and be reproached for his name.\n\nKnightly valor has always held the world in its thrall, unyielding to cowardice.\n\nI also find in the story of King Saul,\nIn Samaria, the king asked him,\n\"Shall I go to battle or not?\"\nAnd Samuel answered him immediately,\n\"On the first day of the battle,\nYou will be slain without fail,\nAnd your son Jonathan as well.\"\nBut this worthy knight, in his courage,\nUndertook the journey,\nAnd would not let his knighthood be hindered\nBy any peril.\n\nOn the Mount of Gilboa,\nThey assembled with their enemies.\nTheir knighthood, held in such high regard by old days,\nHad no other concern.\n\nAnd so, the father, out of reverence,\nWent forth with his son,\nThrough the lust for arms, both were killed..As men find in the Bible, he whose knighthood is still in mind and shall be to the world, it has and shall forever be that the prowess of knighthood is grounded in hardiness of him and his willingness to undertake. Whoever would take example from the form of knights, let him consider how Achilles was daunted by Chiron, who was a Centaur. At that time, this Chiron, this Centaur, dwelt in a large wilderness. There was lion and lioness: the leopard and tiger also, with heart, hand, book, and dew, had their dwelling as if by fate. Near Pylion on the hell, of which there was much speech, Chiron had this child to teach. He was of this time, to make his courage more hardy in another way, in the forest he would hunt and play. What time Achilles would walk, Centaur would not follow, but he who would withstand him, there he should with his dart in hand..Upon the tiger and the lion,\nBuy and take his venison,\nAs a knight is accustomed,\nAnd then a covenant,\nThis Chiron with Achilles swore,\nThat every day without end,\nHe should seek a cruel beast,\nOr flee or wound at the least,\nSo that he might bring a token,\nOf blood upon his homecoming.\nThus Chiron taught him,\nAchilles such a heart caught,\nThat he no longer feared the lion,\nWhen his dart was in hand,\nThan if a lion were an ass,\nAnd that has made him surpass,\nAll other knights in deed,\nWhen it came to the great need,\nAs it was afterward well known,\nThat the courage of valor,\nIs of knighthood the prowess,\nWhich is to love sufficient,\nAbove all the remaining,\nWhoever would no sloth eschew,\nUpon knighthood and not travel,\nI do not know what love him should avail,\nBut every labor a reward,\nOf some kind which I could tell,\nOf them that toward love drew,\nBy old days as they should.\nMy father of this matter I would tell,\nMy son it would be reasonable,\nIn a place which is honorable..A man whose heart sets itself, unwilling to slack, To do what becomes a man; if you want to read the books, There you might see how it was With arms, for they would attain To love, which is without peer, Cannot be obtained through wealth And I take as witness An old crony Whose memory I preserve For his love's sake\n\nA knight should first be made worthy of love Before the event of dignity becomes victorious in battle, and he relates how Hercules and Achilles, for the marvels they wrought, Sought the love of Deianira, And to the king, he went\n\nThe king knew his high lineage And feared also his might, Dared not let his daughter wed, And yet,\n\nHow Achilles or he first prayed To wed her, and in accord, They stood, as the record shows..But for all that this he grants,\nWhoever of them doubts in arms,\nHe should take her, and the king has undertaken,\nThis Achy, a subtle man, deceitful,\nWho through magic and sorcery,\nCould practice all the world's treachery,\nAnd when he heard this tale,\nHow upon that the king answered,\nThat with Hercules he must fight,\nHe trusts in nothing but his slight might,\nOnly when it comes to need,\nBut that which banishes all fear,\nAnd every noble heart stirs,\nThe love that no life forgets,\nFor his lady whom he desires,\nWith courage his heart kindles,\nAnd sends him word without fail,\nThat he will take the battlefield,\nThey set a day which they had chosen,\nThe knights gathered under shield,\nTo assemble at the appointed time,\nAnd each one was with the other met,\nIt seemed they fought both on foot,\nThere was no stone, no obstacle,\nWhich might hinder them the way,\nBut all was void and made a way,\nThey struck strokes but a few,\nFor Hercules, who would display,\nHis great strength for the nones,\nHe rose up against him all at once..And he caught him in his strong arms,\nThis giant knew he could not long\nEndure under such harsh bonds,\nAnd thought he would out of his hold\nEscape by some craftiness in some way,\nAnd as he could, he transformed himself\nInto the likeness of an adder,\nSlipped out of his hand and shot forth,\nAnd like one who fights,\nHe dragged him into a hollow tree,\nAnd began to bellow with such a sound\nAs if the world would sink down,\nThe ground he stamped and he trampled,\nHis large horns he raised,\nAnd cast him here and there about,\nBut he who stood uncertainly,\nWaited well when he came,\nAnd seized him by both horns,\nAnd at once he cast\nUpon the ground and held him fast,\nSo that he could not with any craft\nEscape from his hand in height,\nUntil he was overcome,\nAnd Hercules had what he wanted.\nThe king granted to fulfill\nHis request at his own will,\nAnd she, for whom he had served,\nThought he had well deserved,\nAnd thus, with great desert of arms,\nHe won her to lie in his arms,\nAs he who had her dearly bought,\nFor otherwise, not..And over this, if you wish to learn about the knightly deeds of this matter, you can see both written and painted the story of Pantasile, who was the queen of Thebes. She sought the love of Hector before this and came to Troy with spear and shield. She rode herself into the field with maidens armed all around, to rescue the town that was being besieged by the Greeks. Nota qualiter Philippes, from Phthia and as men say, who stand at the end of the world. At that time, it seemed fitting also to Pholus, who was king of the Phaeacians, to come upon this matter and help the noble town. This was all for the sake of reputation and worldly fame, which he wished to gain. And so he did, and with him came the love of a special woman, a fair tribute for every man. At that time, Pirrus, the son of Achilles, found the worthy queen among the others and killed her with his own hand. Because of this, Pantasile and to Amazo, the king of Phaeacia, took revenge..Where she was queen with him,\nWith such maidens as she had,\nOf those who were left alive,\nFor in this ship till they arrive,\nWhere the body was buried,\nWith worship and the women save,\nAnd for the goodness of this deed,\nThey granted him a generous reward,\nThat every year, as tribute,\nTo him and to his heritage,\nHe shall have three fair maidens,\nAnd in this way he was rewarded,\nWhiche the fortune of arms sought,\nWith his labor he bought his ease,\nFor otherwise he would have failed,\nIf he had not labored,\nEneas also, within Italy,\nHad not won the battle,\nAnd accomplished his might so quickly,\nAgain, King Turnus, his enemy,\nWould not have been overcome,\nBut for he had him overcome,\nHe gained his prize,\nThou mightest well see who is bold,\nAnd dares travel and undertake,\nThe cause of love he shall be taken,\nThe conqueror into love's grace,\nFor commonly,\nWomen love worthiness,\nOf manhood and gentleness,\nFor the gentle are most desired,\nMy father but I were inspired,\nThrough love of you I know no way..What gentleness is to say, I beseech you,\nWhich I shall tell, I ask you kindly,\nHe says {that} Generosity in love can be,\nMy son, to seek,\nWhich for a long time has fallen in age,\nBut not of that matter,\nFor he who understands reason well,\nV,\nFor that is a thing which fails often,\nFor he who stands apart today,\nAnd all the world has in his homes,\nTomorrow he falls all at once,\nOut of riches into poverty,\nSo there is no desert,\nWhich gentleness makes abide,\nAnd on the other side,\nHow a gentleman is born,\nAdam, who was before,\nWith Eve his wife, as from them both,\nAll was noble, though,\nSo that from generation,\nTo make a declaration,\nThere may be no gentleness,\nFor to the reason, if we see,\nOf man's birth the measure,\nIt is so common in nature,\nThat it is,\nAs well to the poor as to the rich,\nFor naked they are born both,\nThe Lord has no more to clothe,\nAs of Himself that same through us,\nThan has the poorest of the row.\nAnd when they both shall pass,\nI not of them which has the least,\nOf the world's good but of charge..The lord is more to be charged\nWhen he shall present his account here\nFor he has had his lusts here\nBut of the body which shall die\nAlthough there are various ways to death\nYet there is but one end\nTo which every man tends\nAs well the beggar as the lord\nOf one nature of one accord\nShe who our elder mother is\nThe earth both that and this\nReceives and all draws near\nThat she favors on both sides\nI know nothing after that\nWhere may gentleness be found\nFor lack of virtue, lack of grace\nWhere riches seem best to stand\nSuddenly goes out of hand\nBut virtue sets in the courage\nThere may be no world so savage\nWhich might take and do away\nUntil the body dies\nThen he shall be rich indeed\nSo that may never fail\nThat it may well be gentleness\nWhich yields such great sincerity\nFor after the condition\nOf reasonable intention\nThe which grows out of the soul\nAnd the virtue from vice knows\nWhereof a man the vice eschews\nWithout sloth and virtue cultivates.That is a very gentleman and nothing else which he can or has, but today in love's court to attend, the poor virtue shall not prosper, for seldom does love permit, a gentleman, though his condition be good, but if a man of both kinds is rich and virtuous, then he is well worth more, but yet he must put himself forth, he must do his business, for neither good nor gentleness can help those who are idle. But he who travels thus, it often happens that he forgets, worship and ease both, for ever it has been so, that love, in various ways, profits, for it drives away the vice and, as the books say, it makes courtesans of the vile, and grants hardiness to the coward, it bestows such prowess upon love's rule, to him who can rule manhood, and also towards womanhood, he who would take heed, for they are better equipped in every way, as men can see..For love ever his lusts grow green in gentle folk, as it is seen. Which thing there may no kind delay, I believe that there is no better, That he with love should acquaint himself, That he would not make it pleasant, As long as it lasts, And thus conclude at the last, That they are idle as it seems to me, Who unto that which love deems, For sloth that they should do, And over this my son also, To speak of love if I shall seek After the virtue moral also, In the holy books wise, I find written in such a way, He who does not love is here as dead, For love above all other is the head, Who has the virtues to lead, Of all that belongs to man's deed, Concerning idleness, He hates all foulness, For sloth is ever to despise, Who in disdain has all apprised, And that agrees not to man, For he who has wit and reason, It suits him well that he travel, Upon some thing which may avail, For idleness is not commended, But every law it has defended, And in examples thereon, The noble wise Salomon, Who had of every thing insight..Seyth as birds to flight,\nLet a man be born,\nTo labor, not lost,\nTo help those who think to succeed,\nFor we who are now alive,\nOf them who were busy once,\nWere as well in schools as elsewhere,\nEvery day taking example,\nIf it were now to make\nThings that first they discovered,\nIt should not be brought about,\nTheir lives were long,\nTheir wits great, their might strong,\nTheir virtues full of industry,\nWhose worldly readiness.\nIn body and in courage,\nHe stands ever upon his advantage,\nAnd to draw into memory,\nTheir names and their story,\nOn the virtue of her deed,\nIn various books you may read,\nExpedit in manus labor ut de cotidiis,\nActibus et vita vivas,\nHere he speaks of every wisdom,\nThe high god of his spirit,\nGives to men on earth here,\nOn the form and the matter,\nOf that which he would make,\nAnd thus came in the first spring,\nOf goods and all good,\nThrough them who once understood,\nThe lore that was given to them..Wherof these other that now live,\nBut every day to learn anew,\nBut all the time that men sew,\nAnd that the labor forth it brought,\nThere was no corn though it sougt,\nIn none of all the fields out,\nAnd or the wisdom came about,\nOf them that first those books write,\nThis may every wise man know,\nThere was great labor,\nThus was none idle of the two,\nThat on the plough had undertaken,\nThe labor which the land had taken,\nThat other took to study and muse,\nAs he which would not refuse,\nThe labor of his wits all,\nAnd in this way it befell,\nOf labor what that they began,\nWe be now,\nHere beginnings yet are seen,\nThat it stands ever each green,\nAl be it so the body die,\nThe name of them shall never away,\nIn the Chronicle as I find,\nCham whose labor is yet in my mind,\nWas he which first the letters found,\nAnd wrote in breve with his hand,\nOf natural philosophy,\nHe found first also the clergy,\nCadmus the letters of the Greeks,\nFirst made upon his own choices,\nTheges of things that shall fall,\nHe was the first anger of all..And Philemon found to describe the courage of Cladius Eldras and Sulpices, Telmegis Panulf and Frigidylles, Menander Epyloquorus, Solius Pandar, and Iosephus. The first were of the endytours and old auctours, and Herodotus in his science of meter, of Ryme and of Cadence. The first was which men note, and of Musyke also the note, in mans voys, or soft or sharp, that found Polius forthwith with phisike. Zeus first found the portraiture, and Prometheus the sculpture, after what form they thought the resemblance anon they wrought. Tubal in iron and in steel found the forge and wrought it well. Iadael, as the book says, first made net and fishes took, of hunting also he found the chase, which now is known in many places. A tent for cold with cord and stake he set up first and did it make. Vergilius the Coke first made delicacy. The craft Myn made and clothed her own hand. Dellora made it of linen. Though women were of great ingenuity..But that which yields food and drink,\nAnd toils to till the lands and plant vines,\nFrom which corn and wines are sustenance to mankind,\nIn old books as I find,\nSaturn, with his own wit,\nFirst discovered and more,\nOf commerce he found the way,\nAnd also the means to coin money,\nOf various metals as it is,\nHe was the first man of this,\nBut how that metal came a place,\nThrough man's wisdom and God's grace,\nThe Route of Philosophers continued by various means,\nFirst, to extract it from the mine,\nAnd afterward to try and refine,\nAnd also with great diligence,\nThey found this experience,\nWhich is called Alchemy,\nFrom which silver multiplies,\nAnd gold also,\nAnd to tell how it is so,\nOf the seven bodies in particular,\nWith four spirits joined together,\nStand the substance of this matter,\nThe bodies which I speak of here,\nOf the planets are begotten,\nThe gold is titled to the sun,\nThe moon of silver has its part,\nAnd iron that stands upon Mars,\nThe lead after Saturn grows,\nAnd Mercury..The Copper set is for Venus, and to Mercury belongs the quick silver as it falls. This which is first called in the book is:\n\nOf spirits which are proclaimed, and the second spirit is:\nSulphur is the third spirit,\nAntimonium, named, is the fourth, which is hot,\nWith blowing and with fire's heat.\n\nIn these things that I say,\nThey work:\n\nFor, as the philosopher told of gold and silver, they are\nTwo principal extremities,\nTo which all other metals correspond,\nAnd so through nature resembling,\nWhatever man could take away\nThe rust of which they become black,\nAnd the savour of hardness,\nThey should take the likeness of gold and silver perfectly.\n\nBut to work effectively between the corpse and the spirit,\nExcept the metal is perfect,\nIt is set in seven forms.\nIf one is let go,\nThe remainder may not fail,\nBut otherwise it may not avail.\n\nFor those by whom this art was founded,\nHave ordained for every point a certain bound..This craft is made by kind\nSo that there is no fable\nBut what man who made this work\nMust avoid at every tide\nSo that nothing is left aside\nFirst of the distillation,\nWith the conjunction,\nSolution, Dissension,\nAnd keep in his intention,\nThe point of sublimation,\nAnd forthwith Calcination,\nOf very approval,\nDo that there be fixation,\nWith temporary letter of the fire,\nTill the perfect Elixir\nOf this Philosophers' stone\nMay obtain from which\nMany one of philosophers that wrote\nAnd if thou wilt the names know\nOf this stone with ether two\nWhich as the clerks made them\nSo as the books it recorded\nThe kind of them I shall record,\n\nNote on the three stones that philosophers compounded. Of the first,\nThese old philosophers wise,\nBy way of kind in various ways,\nMade the stones through clergy,\nThe first I shall specify,\nWas Lapis Vegetabilis,\nOf which the proper virtue is\nTo serve mankind for,\nAs for keeping and preserving,\nThe body from sickness all,\nTill death of kind upon him falls..The second stone is called behote. It is for the ear and eye, nose, and mouth. A man may hear and see, smell and taste it in its degree. It helps a man of both kinds to feel and go. It aids him in keeping what belongs to him. The third stone is called mineral. This mineral tempers metals until they are fine. It puts them through such a process that all vice goes away, leaving them clean. This mineral, as I find, transforms the first kind and makes them able to conceive and receive, both in substance and in figure, of gold and silver, which are extremities. Each metal has its desire with the help and comfort of the fire, and with this stone, as it is said, which is laid to the sun and moon, it has the power to profit. It causes multiplication and fixation. It causes this from its nature..He does the work of that alchemist who is called Alchemy, as it happens to those who were once wise but now it stands all other ways. They speak much of that stone, but how to make it known to none. Despite great diligence, they set themselves upon this deed and spend more than they gain. For always they find an obstacle which brings poverty and debt to those who were once rich. The loss is had, the lucre is lore. To get a pound they spend five. I don't know how such a craft shall thrive in the manner it is used. It were better refused than to work upon a thing which does not stay as they expect. Not for those who know the science of himself is true. Upon the form as it was founded, the names yet remain grounded. Of those who first discovered it, Hermes was one of the first of all. To whom this art is most applied, Geber was magnified..And Ortolan and Maryen, among whom is Auycen, who found and wrote a great part of the practice of Alchemistry. Whose books plainly, as they stand, are understood by few. But yet, many now attempt it who know little of what they mean. It is not one to write and believe in words alone, but they fail in execution. For some, it is too much, for others too little. Yet, there is always a way. So they do not follow the line of perfect medicine, which is grounded in nature. But those who wrote the scripts of Greek, Arabic, and Chaldean, they were of such authority that they first discovered the way of all that I have told you. Whereof the Chronicle of her lore shall stand in price forever. But toward our marches here, of the Latins, if you will hear, Of them who were once virtuous and laborious, Carment made use of their engine. The first letters of Latin, from which the Roman tongue came, Whose name was Aristarchus, Donat, and Dyndymus. The first rule of school and thus..How that Latin shall be composed\nAnd what way it shall be sounded,\nSo that every word in its degree\nShall stand upon congruence,\nAnd that time of Rome also\nWas Tully with Cythero,\nWho wrote on Rhetoric,\nHow that men shall the words pick,\nAfter the form of eloquence,\nWhich is men said a great prudence,\nAnd after that out of their brethren,\nJerome, who the language knew,\nThe Bible in which the law is closed,\nInto Latin he has translated,\nAnd many another writer also,\nOut of Caldee, Arabe, and Greke,\nWith great labor the books wise,\nTranslated and another way,\nThe Latins of them selves also,\nHere studied at that time so,\nWith great travail of school took,\nIn various form for to look,\nThat we may take here evidence,\nUpon the lore of the science\nOf crafts both and of clergy,\nAmong the which in poetry,\nTo the lovers Ovid wrote,\nAnd taught of love to be hot,\nIn what manner it should arouse,\nFor thy my son if that thou feelest,\nThat love brings thee before,\nBehold Ovid and take his lore,\nMy father if they might speed,\nMy love I would his books read..And if they teach to restrain\nMy love it were an idle pain\nTo learn a thing which may not be\nLike unto a green tree\nIf that men took his root away\nRight so my heart should die\nIf that my love be withdrawn\nWhereof touch'd unto this saw\nThere is but only to pursue\nMy love & idleness to eschew\nMy good son, truly say\nIf there be sickness any way\nTo love, thou hast said the best\nFor who that will have all his rest\nAnd do no trouble at need\nIt is no reason that he sped\nIn love's cause for to win\nFor he Who dares no thing begin\nI not what thing he should\nBut over this thou shalt believe\nSo as it sits the well to know\nThat there be other vices slow\nWhich to love have great let\nIs thou thy heart upon them set\nHe speaks of Somnolence, that Toward the slow progeny\nThere is yet one of Company\nAnd he is called Somnolence\nWhich delays his reverence\nThat many an hundred time hath lain\nTo sleep when he should wake\nHe hath with love treasury\nThat wakes who so will wake..If he can lie down his bill,\nHe has all that he desires,\nHe often goes to bed unwoken,\nAnd says that for no duty,\nFor though no man would permit,\nTo sleep rather than to work,\nIs his manner. & thus on nights,\nWhen he sees the lusty knights,\nAway he goes like a hare,\nAnd to his pursuit,\nHow that he sinks in the mire,\nAnd how he sits by the fire,\nAnd claws on his bare shins,\nAnd how he climbs up the banks,\nAnd falls in the slides deep,\nBut then who keeps watch,\nWhen he is fallen in such a dream,\nRight as a ship against the stream,\nHe stirs with a sleepy noise,\nAnd writhes like a monk's frog,\nWhen thrown into the pan,\nAnd sometimes seldom when,\nThat he may dream a lusty dream,\nHe thinks as though he were in heaven,\nAnd as the world were holy to him,\nAnd then he speaks of this and that,\nAnd makes his exposition,\nAccording to his disposition,\nOf that he would and in such a way,\nHe does love all his service.\nI don't know what thanks he shall deserve,\nBut soon but if thou wilt love to serve..I would rather not be in such a slothful state, with such a sleepy snout, having both eyes of my head out, than I would be of such sluggardly behavior. I would rather have any name, God shield me, than when my mother was with child and I lay in her womb closed, I would rather be Antropos, goddess of death, than be cast from my mother's womb. But now I am not afraid. I thank God for His mercy. He did not show me such a destiny at my nativity. My words were set as they would, but they showed that they should avoid sleep and truthfulness. So I hope in such a way to be excused for not having used somnolence. For truly, father Genius, it has been thus at all times. If it had befallen me to come and dwell in a place where my lady was, I would not be slow. For I dare well undertake that when her lust wakes on nights to carole and dance in her chamber, if I may go upon her hand, it may make me more advantageous..Than yf I wynne a kynges lond\nFor when I may h\nWith suche gladnes I dau\u0304ce & skyppe\nMe thynketh I touche not the floor\nThe Roo whiche renneth on the moor\nIs than nought so lyght as I\nSo mowe ye wyten al for thy\nThat for the tyme slepe I hate\nAnd than it fallyth other gate\nSoo that her lyketh not to daunce\nBut on the dyes to caste the chaunce\nOr axe of loue somme demaunde\nOr elles that her lyst commaunde\nTo rede & here of Troylus\nRyght as she wol or so or thus\nI am alredy to consente\nAnd yf so is that I may hente\nSomtyme among a good leyser\nSo as I dar of my desyre\nI telle a part but when I preye\nAnone she byddeth me go my weye\nAnd seyth it is ferre in the nyght\nAnd I swere it is euen lyght\nBut as it falleth at the last\nThere may no worldes ioye last\nSo mote I nedes fro hyr wende\nAnd of my watche make an ende\nAnd yf she than hede toke\nHow pytously on hyr I loke\nWhen that I shal my leue take\nHer ought of mercy for to slake\nHir daunger whiche sayth euer nay\nBut he seyth often haue good day.That I am loath to take my leave,\nTherefore while I may believe,\nI tarry forth the night long,\nFor it is nothing on me alone,\nTo sleep that I so soon go,\nUntil I must needs so,\nAnd that I bid God see her,\nAnd so down kneeling on my knee,\nI take my leave, and if I shall,\nI kiss her and go forth with all,\nAnd otherwhile if I do,\nBefore I come fully to the door,\nI turn again and feign a thing,\nAs though I had lost a ring,\nOr something else for I would,\nKiss her again if I should,\nBut seldom am I so quick,\nAnd when I see that I must part,\nI depart and then,\nWith all my heart I curse and ban,\nThat ever sleep was made for eye,\nFor as it seems to me, I must dry,\nWithout sleep to wake ever,\nSo that I should not depart,\nFrom her in whom is all my light,\nAnd then I curse also the night,\nWith all the will of my courage,\nAnd say away thou black image,\nWhich with thy dark cloudy face,\nMaketh all the world's light deface,\nAnd causeth sleep away,\nBy which I must now depart,\nOut of my lady's company,\nO sleepy night I defy..And yet I would lie with Proserpine, the goddess,\nAnd Pluto, the king of Hades,\nBefore I see the day spring.\nI set by sleep not a jot,\nAnd with that word I sigh and wish,\nAnd say why night should not be day.\nFor yet my lady may I not behold,\nAnd afterwards I think furthermore,\nOf some man how the night eases,\nWhen he has thing it may please,\nThe long nights by his side,\nWhere I fail and go aside,\nBut sleep, which I do not deserve,\nOf which no man his thanks deserves,\nTo get them love in any place,\nBut it is a hindrance to his grace,\nAnd makes them dead as for a throw,\nRight as a stock is overthrown.\nThus my father in this way,\nI despise the sleepy nights,\nAnd ever in the midst of my tale,\nI think upon the nightingale,\nWhich sleeps not by way of kind,\nFor love in books as I find,\nThus at the last I go to bed,\nAnd yet my heart lies to wed,\nThough I depart I wot not where,\nThere is no book may shut him out,\nHe needs not to go about,\nThat perceives the hard wall.\nThat be her..In my heart goes to thee,\nAnd softly takes thee in his arms,\nAnd feels how warm thou art,\nAnd wishes also his body were there,\nTo feel that he feels thee there,\nAnd thus I torment myself,\nUntil the dead sleep takes me,\nBut then by a thousand scores,\nMuch more than I was before,\nI am tormented in my sleep,\nBut what I dream is not of sheep,\nFor I think not of will,\nBut I am drenched to the full\nIn love that I have taken to keep,\nThat now I laugh and now I weep,\nAnd now I lose and now I win,\nAnd now I end and now begin,\nAnd sometimes I dream and m,\nThat I am alone with thee,\nAnd danger is left behind,\nAnd then I find such joy I sleep,\nThat I would never wake again,\nBut after I have taken my leave,\nAnd shall arise upon the morrow,\nThen all is turned to sorrow,\nNot for the reason I shall arise,\nBut for I met thee in such a way,\nAnd at the last I am reminded,\nThat all is in vain and helps not,\nBut yet I think by my will,\nI would lie and sleep still.\nTo measure ever of such a dream,\nFor then I had a sleep heaven..A man can find in times past that many a swan has been certain, although some men say that swans are of no credence, but to show in evidence that they often reveal truths. I tell a tale about this, which happened in old days gone.\n\nCeyx, king of Trozen,\nHad Alceone as his wife,\nWhom he loved deeply, and he also had a brother,\nNamed Ceyxion, who was shaped like a man in every way.\n\nThe king was greatly distressed by this,\nAnd he went on a pilgrimage\nIn a foreign region,\nWhere he performed his devotions\nTo perform his sacrifice and pray,\nHoping in some way to find grace from the gods.\nHe sent his brother to purchase his healing,\nSo that he might be reformed from his transformation..This king is ready to depart, as one who would go to ship and make ready his wife for the sea. With all her heart, she brought him to the shore and begged him to tell her when he thought he would return within two months. In all haste, he took his leave and sailed forth. She wept and bemoaned their separation, and as the months passed, she heard no news. With no care for inquiry, she began to worship Iuno above all other gods and made sacrifices to her on behalf of her lord. To know and understand how he fared, Iuno heard the matter and bade Iris bring the news. Iris, who had undertaken the message, appeared on the high stage and said, \"This is how it was.\" The rain-soaked cloak of the messenger was a wonder to behold..With colors like dinner's hue,\nA hundred more than men knew,\nThe heaven looked like a bow,\nShe bent and came down low,\nThe god of sleep where she found,\nAnd that was in a strange land,\nWhich marches upon Chymery,\nFor there as poetry says,\nThe god of sleep has made his house,\nWhose entrance is marvelous,\nUnder a hill there is a cave,\nWhich the sun may not have,\nSo that no man may know the point,\nBetween day and night,\nThere is no fire, no spark,\nNo door which may bar,\nWhere an eye should be unshed,\nSo that inward there is no let,\nAnd to speak of that without,\nThere stands no great tree nearby,\nWhere a crow or a pie,\nA light for to call or cry,\nThere is no cost to crow day,\nNo best one which noise may,\nThe hill, but all around,\nThere is grown upon the ground,\nPoppy. Which bears the seed of sleep,\nWith other herbs such a peace,\nA stilling pool for the nones,\nRending on the small stones,\nWhich height of,\nUnder the hill in such a manner..There is where you have great appetite\nTo sleep and thus full of delight\nSleep has his house and in his chamber,\nIf I shall touch,\nOf Heavenus that sleeps in tree,\nThe boards all about are,\nAnd because he should sleep softly,\nUpon a feather bed aloft,\nHe lies with many a pillow down,\nThe chamber is strewn up and down,\nWith sweets many a thousandfold,\nThus comes Iris into this hold,\nAnd to the bed which is black,\nShe goes and therewith sleeps she spoke,\nAnd in this way as she was bidden,\nThe message of Juno she did,\nFully or\nBefore he had slept his eyes,\nWith much woe. But at the last,\nHis slumbering eyes he lifted up,\nAnd said to her that it shall be,\nOf whom among a thousand there,\nIn special he chose out there,\nThree which should do this deed,\nThe first of them as I read,\nWas Morpheus, whose nature is,\nTo take the form of what person he likes,\nWhereof that he thereof enters,\nThe life which sleep shall have by night,\nAnd Ithecus, who has the voices of every sound..The third, sent after this is Panthera, which can transform the right form of every thing and change it into another kind. Of dreams, their appearance is all this, which sometimes is evidence, and sometimes just a jest. Nevertheless, it is in such a shape that Morpheus, alone by night, appeared to Alceone in the likeness of her husband. Naked and dead on the shore, he behaved in a special way. These other two she believed she saw. The tempest of the black cloud, the wood saw the loud winds. All this she saw and beheld him die. With this noise of her affright, her women awoke and came about. Some of them were in doubt and asked her how she had feared. And she, just as she saw and heard, told them every detail. They took it as a good omen, but until she knew what it meant, she had no comfort in her heart. On the morrow and rising up, she went to the sea where she had met..The body lay unmoved\nShe drew near and when she came nigh,\nStark dead, his arms spread she saw,\nHer lord wept upon the wave,\nWhereof her wits were withdrawn,\nAnd she, who took no heed of death,\nStraightway leapt into the deep,\nAnd would have caught him in her arms,\nThis double misfortune of harm,\nThe gods from heaven above beheld,\nAnd for the truth of love which stood\nIn this worthy lady, they have\nUpon the salt flood turned both he and she,\nFrom death to life torn asunder,\nShaped into birds, they swam amidst,\nAnd when she saw her lord alive,\nIn likeness of a bird swimming,\nAnd she was of the same sort,\nSo that she might do delight,\nUpon the joy which she had,\nHer wings both spread at once she did,\nAnd him both so as she could suffice,\nBe\nAs she was wont to do,\nHer wings for his arms though,\nShe took and for her lips so soft,\nHer hard bill and so full oft,\nShe found in her bird's form,\nIf that she might her own conform,\nTo do the pleasure of a wife,\nAs she did in that other life..For though she had her power lores\nHer will stood as it was before\nAnd serves so as she may\nWhereof in this like day\nThey gathered on the see they were\nWhere many a daughter and a son\nThey bring forth of birds kind\nAnd for men should take in mind\nThis Alceon the true queen\nHer birds as it is seen\nOf Alceon the name bear\nLo, thus it may the story\nOf dreams for to take keep\nFor oftentime a man in sleep\nMay see what after shall be\nFor thee it helpeth at some time\nA man to sleep as it belongs\nBut sloth no more life undergoes\nWhich is to love appertains\nMy father on covenant\nI dare well make this avow\nThat all my life to now\nAs farforth as I can understand\nYet took I never sleep on hand\nWhen it was time for to wake\nFor though my eye it would take\nMy heart is ever there again\nBut nevertheless to speak it plain\nAll this that I have said here\nOf my waking as you may hear\nIt touches on my lady sweet\nFor otherwise I you beseech\nIn strange place when I go\nMe list no thing to wake so..For when women desire to play,\nAnd I do not see her on the way,\nOf whom I should take delight,\nI do not long remain awake.\nBut if it be for pure shame,\nOf that I would avoid a name,\nSo that none should say, \"A loo, where is such one\nWho has lost his contentment,\nAnd thus among them I sing and dance,\nAnd feign lust there is none.\nFull often is this thought in my heart,\nWhen at night my heart alarms,\nBecause I see her not.\nWhat wakes my thought?\nAnd thus, as timely as I may,\nFull often when it is broad day,\nI take leave of all these others,\nAnd go my way, and they believe,\nThat they see me not.\nAnd I go forth as if nothing were,\nUnto my bed, so that alone,\nI may lie there sighing and groaning,\nAnd wishing all the long night\nTill I see the day's light.\nI am not if it be slothfulness,\nBut upon your conscience.\nMy holy father commands you, my son,\nI am well paid with the sheep that you,\nThe sluggard, keep by night in company,\nEschu west hast and thy pain..So that love may not yield,\nFor love, on lust awakened,\nEver and would that none end,\nThe long night's continuance be set.\nBe warned, to tell a tale I have thought,\nOf love and sleep, discordant,\nHe speaks, {quod} \"Vigils in lovers,\nAnd slumberlessness commendable is not.\nHere's an example of Cephalus:\nFor love, who that lists to wake,\nBy night may try his fortitude,\nOf Cephalus it was told,\nWhen he lay with Aurora, the sweet,\nIn each other's arms all the long night,\nBut when toward the light\nHe, within his heart, saw the day,\nWhich was the morrow's eve,\nStraightway to the sun he prayed,\nFor love's sake, and thus he said,\nPhoebus, who governs the daylight,\nUntil it's night,\nAnd pleases every creature,\nAccording to your nature's law,\nBut nevertheless, there is a thing,\nWhich only love and duty know,\nBelonging to them in privacy.\nDesire does not wish to be part,\nBut in silence and in cover,\nDesires to be shaded.\nAnd thus, when the light is faded,\nAnd Vesper withdraws herself,.And that the night is long and soft\nUnder the clouds rest and still\nThan thing most of its will\nFor you who art the day's eye\nOf love and might no counsel hide\nUpon this dark night's tide\nWith all my heart I beseech thee\nThat pleasure might seek\nShe who sees in my arms\nWithdraw the banner from your arms\nAnd set your lights unborn\nAnd in the sign of Capricorn\nThe house approaches Saturn\nI pray thee to sojourn\nWhere are the nights dark and long\nFor I have taken on my love\nWho lies here by my side naked\nAs she who would be awake\nAnd me lust nothing for to sleep\nSo were it good to take keep\nNow at this time of my prayer\nAnd that the like may cease\nThis fiery cart and so order\nThat thou thy swift horse restrain\nLove under earth in occident\nThat they toward the torrent\nAnd to the Diana I pray\nWho art called one of your noblesse\nThe night's moon and the Goddess\nThat thou be gracious to me\nAnd in Can\nAgain Phoebus in opposition.Stond all this time and delight,\nBehold Venus with a glad eye,\nFor then upon astronomical position,\nThou makest prophecy and dost that children beget,\nWhich if I might get,\nWith all my heart I would serve,\nBy night and thy vigil observe,\nLo, thus this lusty Sephalus,\nPrayed unto Phoebe and to Phoebus,\nThe night in length for to draw,\nSo that he might do the law,\nIn that point of love's haste,\nWhich is called the night's feast,\nWithout sleep of sluggardy,\nWhich Venus out of company,\nHas put away as such,\nWhich lusts far from game,\nIn chamber does oft woo,\nA bed when it falls so,\nThat love should be avoided,\nBut sloth which is evil assailed,\nWith sleep has made his retreat,\nThat which thing is to love due,\nOf all his debt he pays none,\nHe knew not how the night is gone,\nNor how the day comes about,\nBut only for to sleep and rue,\nTill high midday that he arise,\nBut Sephalus did otherwise,\nAs thou, my son, host heard above,\nMy father, who that hath his love,\nA bed naked by his side..And would then hide his eyes\nWith sleep. I do not know what man is he,\nBut certainly, as he touched me,\nHe fell me never yet or this,\nBut other while, when it is so,\nThat I may catch sleep in hand,\nLying alone, then I find\nTo dream a merry sweet or day,\nAnd if so fall that I may\nMy thought with such a sweet please,\nI think I am somewhat in ease,\nFor I have no other comfort,\nSo nothing that I shall ask\nThe sun's chart to tarry,\nNor yet the moon that she carries,\nHere courses long upon the heaven,\nFor I am nothing the more in heaven,\nTo worlds' good in no degree,\nBut in my sleep yet, then I see\nSomething in a sweet dream of that pleases me,\nWhich afterward my heart takes in,\nWhen that I find it otherwise,\nSo I know not of what service\nWhat somnolence to man does,\nMy son, certainly you speak truth,\nBut only that it helps kind,\nSometimes in Physic as I find,\nWhen it is taken by measure,\nBut he who can no sleep measure,\nUpon the rule as it belongs,\nFull often of sudden chance he forgets,\nSuch misfortune that grieves him..But who these old men leave, concerning Sompnolence and its writing, a man of sound mind, if he would take example, can wake another time is good to wake. I think for to specify, Hic loquitur in amoris causa concerning those given to slumber, and they who keep them lose them / And he tells this tale, Ovid:\n\nHow Jupiter, in ancient days,\nLaid by a maid who was called,\nThis one whom Juno, his wife, was angry,\nAnd the goddess of the moon turned her likeness\nInto a Cow to go forth\nAnd get her food upon the green\nAnd thereupon this high queen\nTook Argus to keep\nFor he was seldom wont to sleep\nAnd yet he had a hundred eyes\nAnd all alike they saw\nNow hear how he was deceived\nMercury, who was afflicted, came disguised\nTo steal this Cow and had a pipe well contrived\nUpon the notes of music\nWherewith he might deceive his eyes\nAnd over that he had attempted\nHis lustful tales and passed away\nHis time and thus into the field\nHe came where Argus he beheld..With you was a man beside him,\nHe took his pipe and began to play,\nIn his piping ever among,\nHe sang such a lusty song,\nThat the fool had brought a sleep,\nThere was no eye that could keep,\nHis head, which Mercury had struck,\nAnd forthwith all at once, foot hot,\nHe stole the Cow which Argus kept,\nAnd all this fell for that he slept,\nAn example it was to many more,\nThat much sleep often brings woe,\nWhen it is time for waking,\nFor if a man this vice takes,\nIn somnolence and him delights,\nMen should write his epitaph upon his door,\nFor he to spy and nothing to save,\nIs shaped, and though he were dead,\nFor thy son, hold up thy heads,\nAnd let no sleep thy eye engulf,\nBut when it is reasonable to do so,\nMy father touched upon this,\nJust as I told you,\nThat often a bed, when I should,\nI may not sleep though I would,\nFor love is ever fast by me,\nWhich takes no heed of due time..And hold his scroll in such a way until it is day that I arise. This seldom is when I sleep, and thus from somnolence I keep my eye. And you ask, my son, for sloth which, as a mother is, controls the fourth drawer and the Norrice, which has yet another last of all the dreadful vices. Many a maid has been made to fall by it, so that he might never rise. Of this you shall inquire before you so involve yourself. What vice it is I will declare. Fortuna neither helps those who are desperate. Here speaks one on the brink of despair / whether it is called Tristica or despair / but he, obstinately conditioned, takes away all hope of consolation from anyone. When sloth drives forth the long day until it comes to the need, then at last upon the deed he laments how his time is lost. And is so wretchedly gone therein that he within his thought conceives trust and so deceives himself. Despair brings in wanhope, where there is no comfort to begin..But every joy is delayed,\nSo that within his heart it frightens\nA thousand times with one breath,\nHe wishes for what comes after death.\nWhen his fortune turns adversely,\nHe longs for his happiness to return,\nAs though the world were all lost,\nAnd says, \"Alas, I was lost,\nHow shall I live, how shall I do,\nFor now fortune is my foe.\nI well know that God will not help me,\nWhat should I then sing of joy,\nWhen there is no remedy for my care,\nSo overwhelmed am I for my welfare,\nThat I am shaped only to strive,\nAlas, that I never of this life,\nOr I am fully overcome,\nAnd thus he makes his sorrow,\nAs God might not avail,\nBut yet will he not travel,\nTo help himself at such a need,\nBut hides under such fear,\nWhich is affirmed in his heart,\nJust as he might not stir,\nThe world's woe which he is in,\nAlso when he falls into sin,\nHe thinks himself so far culpable,\nThat God will not be merciful,\nSo great a sin to forgive,\nAnd thus he leaves to be shriven,\nAnd if a man in such a case\nWould counsel him, he will not know,\nThe truth though it be..For tragedy is of such a kind,\nThat to maintain his feeling,\nHe has with him obstinacy,\nWhich is within such sloth,\nThat he forsakes all truth\nAnd will not to any reason bow,\nAnd yet he cannot allow\nHis own skull, but of head,\nThus he dwells till he is dead,\nIn hindering of his own estate,\nFor where a man is obstinate,\nWhen hope follows at the last,\nWhich may not long after last,\nTill sloth makes an end,\nBut God knows whether he shall turn,\nMy son and right in such manner,\nThere are lovers of heavy cheer,\nWho sorrow more than is needed,\nWhen they are retarded from their speed,\nAnd cannot redeem themselves,\nBut lessen hope for to speed,\nAnd hinder love to pursue,\nAnd thus they fade heart and face,\nAnd lust loses in their hearts,\nTherefore I would ask,\nIf thou, my son, art one of these,\nA good father it is so,\nExcept I am overcome,\nIn all that ever you have said,\nMy sorrow is evermore untimely,\nAnd seeks all my veins,\nBut to counsel of my pains,\nI can no good do..And thus, without hope, I go\nI am as one who is despised,\nTo win love of that sweet one,\nWithout whom I beseech thee,\nMy heart, which is so distressed,\nCan never be glad,\nFor by my truth, I shall not lie,\nOf pure sorrow which I dry,\nBecause she says / she will not have me,\nWith dreadful thoughts in such despair,\nI am so fallen that I cannot call,\nAs to speak of any grace,\nMy lady, to purchase,\nBut yet I say nothing for this,\nIt is all in my default,\nFor I have never been in her stead,\nNor said or dared to tell,\nBut never found that she would,\nFor anything she knew of my intent,\nTo speak a goodly word in agreement,\nAnd nevertheless, I dare to say,\nIf a sinful soul prays,\nTo God for His forgiveness,\nWith half the earnestness I have shown,\nTo my lady, in lack of asking for mercy,\nHe should never come to hell,\nAnd thus I may truly tell you,\nSaving only that I see and bid,\nI am in trust, all aided,\nAnd filled with despair,\nAnd therefore give me my penance..My father, as you like it,\nMy son, whose heart aches,\nUnable to mend him with love's grace,\nUntil it is sent,\nYou, for your own cause, empire,\nWhat time you yourself despair,\nI know not what other thing avails,\nOf hope when the heart fails,\nFor such a sorrow is Iphis,\nAnd also the gods are vengeful,\nAnd a man may truly feed,\nThese old books that read,\nOf things which have happened or are,\nNow hear of what example it is,\n\nHe relates how Iphis, Theocritus' son,\nWas unable to win over the girl Araxastra,\nNeither with gifts nor prayers,\nHe hanged himself before his father's doors at night,\nThe gods, moved by his plight,\nTransformed the girl into a most hard stone,\nKing Theocritus, with his son,\nOnce upon a time in olden days,\nHad a knight named Iphis,\nOf love and mastery was he,\nHe set all his courage,\nAs a matter of lineage..Upon a maid of lowly estate,\nYet he, a potentate of the world's good, was subject\nTo love and gave himself so fully,\nExceeding the measure of reason that assured him,\nHe could not, for the more he prayed,\nThe less love she laid upon him.\nHe was ensnared by love, unwise,\nAnd she, with reason, was restrained.\nHis heart's desires he revealed,\nAnd she, for fear of shame, withheld.\nAs she should have heed to save and keep\nHer womanhood, and the thing was in debate\nBetween his lust and her estate,\nHe gave, he sent, he spoke aloud,\nBut for all that he could devise,\nNo way to his advantage he found.\nSo he cast his hope aside,\nIn his heart he began to despair,\nDay after day, until he lost all delight\nIn lust, in sleep, in appetite.\nThrough the strength of some mischance,\nHis wit and reason overcame him.\nAs he never thought of death before,\nHe sought it upon himself.\nBy night his way he named not,\nKnowing not where he was coming.\nThe night was dark, the moon shone,\nBefore the gates he came soon..Where is this young maiden,\nAnd with this woeful word, alas,\nHe began his deadly pleas,\nSo styled that there was no man\nWho heard, and then he said thus:\nO thou Cupid, O thou Venus,\nFortune, by whose ordinance,\nLove is every man's chance,\nYou know all my whole heart,\nThat I may not touch your hands,\nUpon you is ever that I cry,\nAnd yet you do not play with me,\nNor turn towards me your eyes,\nThus, for I see no medicine,\nTo make an end of my quarrel,\nMy death shall be in place of hell,\nHave mercy, my woeful lady dear,\nWho is fighting with your father here,\nAnd sleeps in your bed at ease,\nYou know nothing of my disease,\nHow you and I are now unmet,\nA lord, what sweetmeat shall you meet,\nWhat dreams have you now in hand,\nYou sleep there, and here I stand,\nThough I do not deserve death,\nHere shall I for your love perish,\nHere shall I a king's son die,\nFor love and for no felony,\nWhether you have joy or sorrow,\nHere shall you see me dead tomorrow,\nO hard heart above all,\nThis death which shall fall to me..For you will not grant me grace, it shall be told in many places, I am dead for love and truth, in your default and in your sloth. Your danger shall be an example to many, When they record the woeful death, And with that word he took a cord, With which upon the gate tree, He hanged himself, that was pitiful, The morrow came, the night is gone, Men came out and saw at once, Where this young lord was dead, There was a house without a dead body, For no man knew the cause why, There was weeping, there was crying, This maiden when she heard, And saw this thing how it misfared, At once she knew what it meant, And all the cause how it went, To all the world she told it out, And prayed them that were about, To take from her the winged one, For she was the cause of that chance, Why that this king's son is spied, She takes upon herself the guilt, And is ready to the pain, Which any man would ordain, But if any other would, She says that herself she should, Do wretch with her own hands, Through out the world in every load..That every life of hers shall speak\nHow she herself it should wreak,\nShe weeps, she cries, she faints often,\nAnd raised her eyes up aloft,\nAnd said among her pitifully,\n\"A god, you know it well, I am,\"\nFor Iphis is thus beseeched,\nOrder it so that many may see,\nA thousand winters after this,\nHow such a maiden did amiss,\nAnd so as I did do to me,\nFor I did no pity,\nTo him whom for my love is lost,\nDo no pity to me therefore,\nAnd with this word she fell to the ground,\nA swoon, and there she lay astonished,\nThe goddesses who heard her pleas,\nAnd saw how woefully she suffered,\nTook her life away at once,\nAnd carried her into a stone,\nIn the form of her image,\nOf body both and of visage,\nAnd for the marvel of this thing,\nUnto the place came the king,\nAnd also the queen and many more,\nAnd when they knew it was too late,\nAs I have told it here above,\nHow Iphis was dead for love,\nOf that he had been refused,\nThey held all men excused,\nAnd wondered upon the vengeance,\nAnd to keep remembrance,\nThis fair image of a maiden,\nWith noble and rich company..With torches and great solemnity, they led the corpse and carried it forth to Salamya, the city. They placed it beside the image and buried both the corpse and the image within the city, in the temple of Venus. They set the image upon a high pinnacle so that all could see, and beneath it they made a rich tomb of marble and jasper stones. Here lies he, Iphis, who willingly gave himself for Araxarathen, and an example for women who suffer men to die. His form, a man's, may still be seen, transformed into flesh and bone in the figure of a stone. Be warned, men and women, both of you, of what followed. This is an example of what once was..I. My son, as I see, it grieves in various ways,\nIn despair, a man to fall,\nWhich is the last branch of all,\nOf sloth as you have heard devise,\nWhereof that you yourself inquire,\nGood is, or that you be deceived,\nWhereof the hope of grace is weighed,\nMy father, however it may stand,\nNow have I plainly understood,\nOf sloth's court the property,\nWhich I have touched in my degree,\nFor ever I think to beware,\nBut over this, as I dare,\nWith all my heart I beseech you,\nThat you would inform and teach me,\nWhat there is more of your approval,\nIn love as well as other ways,\nSo that I may cleanly shrive,\nMy son, while you are alive,\nAnd have also your full mind,\nAmong the vices which I find,\nThere is yet one such of the seven,\nWhich this world has set uneven,\nAnd causes many times wrong,\nWhere he the cause has undertaken.\nHereafter you shall hear,\nThe form both and the matter,\nExplanation of the Fourth Book\n\nI. When the high God began to create,\nThis world and the kind of man,\nHe fell into no great increases,.For the world's good was there no pressure,\nBut all was set to the common,\nThey spoke then of no fortune,\nOr for to lose or for to gain,\nUntil Auaryce brought it in,\nAnd it was when the world was woe,\nOf man, of horse, of ox,\nAnd that men knew the money,\nThen peace went out of the way,\nAnd war came on every side,\nWhich all love laid aside,\nAnd of common made his own,\nSo that instead of shovel and spade,\nThe sharp was taken in hand,\nAnd in this way it came to land,\nWhereof that men made deep ditches,\nAnd high walls to keep,\nThe gold which Auaryce encloses,\nBut all to little him supposes,\nThough he might all the world purchase,\nFor that thing which may embrace,\nOf gold, of cattle or of land,\nLet it never out of his hand,\nBut get him more and hold it fast,\nAs though the world should ever last,\nSo he is like unto hell,\nFor as these books tell,\nWhat comes therein less or more,\nIt shall depart nevermore,\nThus when he has his coffer looked on,\nIt shall not after be unwoken,\nBut when him list to have a sight..Of gold shines bright,\nThat he may look and ponder,\nFor otherwise he dares not use\nTo take his part, less or more.\nSo is the power forevermore,\nHe lacks that he has enough.\nAn ox draws in the plow,\nOf that himself has no profit.\nA sheep right in the same place,\nHis wool bears upon a day.\nAnother takes the fleas away,\nThus he has it who neither has nor has not.\nFor he of such a man has good,\nWhoever understands this reason.\nIt is inappropriately said,\nThat good has him and holds him captive,\nThat he neither rejoices with all,\nBut is to his good a servant,\nAnd as a subject thus serves him,\nWhere he should be master.\nSuch is the king of Thauarous,\nMy son, as you are amorous,\nTell me if you fare in love so,\nMy father, as it seems not,\nI, avaricious, was never before,\nSo, as you set me the cause,\nFor as you told here above,\nIn full possession of love,\nYet was I never here before,\nTherefore, I may well excuse my deed,\nBut of my will without fear..If I could obtain such treasure,\nIt should never be forgotten,\nThat I would firmly hold,\nUntil God of love himself would,\nThat death would separate us two,\nFor well I love her so,\nThat even with my own life,\nIf I could have that sweet, lusty wife,\nOnce in my power at my will,\nFor I would hold her still,\nAnd in this way I would take care,\nIf I had her, I would keep her,\nAnd yet I would not fast on Fridays,\nThough I kept and held her fast,\nFie on the bags in the chest,\nI would have enough if I could kiss her,\nFor truly if she were mine,\nI would value her more than all the wealth of the world,\nNo amount of riches made of gold\nCould make me as rich as she,\nWho is so inwardly good,\nI set store by nothing else,\nIf I could obtain such a thing,\nI would consider myself a king,\nAnd though I would hold it firmly,\nI would still be bound to it,\nBut I must now pipe down,\nAnd let it pass over me,\nNot against my will, for thus I would,\nAwaken if I should,\nBut father, I heard him say,\nHow the aroused one has some way,\nSome means by which he may be glad for being,\nMay he see his treasure when he pleases..And I frequently find myself feeling around it all\nBut I am often kept away from there\nWhere my worthy Treasure is\nMy life is like this\nThat they have told me before\nHow an Ox yoke has borne a burden\nFor things that should not hinder it\nAnd in this way I travel\nFor whoever has the welfare, I know well that I have the care\nAnd I am like one who says love's knave\nFor I am taken and have nothing and have not\nNow consider in your own thought\nIf this is avaryce or not\nMy son I have of no wonder\nThough you may be put under\nWith love which accords with kindness\nBut so long as every book records\nIt is to kindness no pleasure\nThat man above his sustenance\nShall serve and bow to the gold\nFor that may no reason allow\nBut Avarice nonetheless\nIf he may gain his increases\nOf gold, that would he serve and keep\nFor he takes of nothing else but keeps\nBut to fill his bags large\nAnd all is to him but a burden\nFor he shares nothing with all\nBut keeps as a servant shall\nAnd thus though that he multiplies\nHis gold without treasure\nHe amended..With gold if it is dispensed\nTo men's use, of which I speak\nA tale, take heed, as the old saying goes,\nAs the chronicler C relates,\nAccording to his divine word,\nA priest named Cillenus, he was,\nWho felt such a need by night\nThat they led him away,\nBut he who wished to hide his vice,\nAnd bade men lead him,\nAnd this priest was soon uncontrollable,\nAnd upon a couch from the ground,\nTo sleep.\nAnd when he awoke, it was the king who summoned him,\nAnd welcomed him kindly,\nSo that this priest dwells there in such a manner,\nAnd all this he tells to Bacchus,\nWhen he came to him again,\nAnd when Bacchus heard him say,\nHow he had done this courtesy,\nHe thinks it was,\nBut he rewards him for his deed,\nAs he might from his godhead,\nUnto this king this god appears,\nAnd calls and summons the other,\nThis god to Midas thanks,\nFor his debonair behavior,\nToward his priest, and bids him say,\nWhat thing it was he would pray for,\nHe should have it of worldly goods,\nThis king was glad and stood still..And was in doubt what was best for him, and the whole world he cast about, What thing was best for his, And with himself stood at debate, Upon three points which I find, Delight, worship, and profit, The first of them it is delight, The two are worship and profit, And then he thought if that I crave, Delight, though I delight may have, Delight shall pass in my age, That is no sick advantage, For every joy bodily, Shall end in woe / delight for thee, I will not choose, and if I worship, Ask and of the world lordship, That is an occupation, Of proud imaginacy, Which makes a heart vein within, There is no certainty for to win, For lord and knave are all one way, When they are born and when they die, And if I profit ask would, I not in what manner I should, Of world's good have security, For every thief upon riches, Awaits for to rob and steal, Such, And also though a man at once, Has all the world within his own, The treasure might have every part, Yet had he but one man's part, Toward him himself so as I think, Of clothing of meat of drink..For more outtake is vainty. There has been no lord in his degree, and thus on various points he began to rehearse what point he thought was best, but plainly for rest. He cannot find a sure way and nevertheless, at the last, he fell upon the covetousness of gold, and then in various ways he thought, as I have said before, how treasure may be soon lost. He had an inward great desire concerning such recovery. How might he aid his cause to get gold without fail? Within his heart and thus he prayed for the gold, and said how that he prayed for it above all other metal. The gold, he said, may lead an army to make war again a king. The gold put under all things and set whom he listed above. The gold can make of hate love and war of peace. And right of wrong and long to short and short to long. Without gold may be no feast. Gold is the lord of man and best. And may them buy and sell. So that a man may truly tell that all the world obeys gold. For this king to Bacchus prays..To grant him gold, but he exceeds\nMeasured need\nMen tell that the malady called Iporosis\nResembles this vice\nBy way of kind and avarice\nThe more Iporosis drinks,\nThe more it thirsts for it, thinking\nIt may not drink its fill\nSo that there may be nothing fulfilled\nThe lusts of his appetite\nAnd right in such manner stands\nAvarice ever and always\nThe more wealth he has of good words,\nThe more he would keep tight\nAnd right in such condition,\nWithout good discretion\nThis king with avarice is smitten,\nThat all the world might know\nFor he prayed to Bacchus then,\nPlacing his hand upon it,\nIt should instantly become gold,\nAnd this god granted him as he asked\nThus was the king of Phrygia glad,\nAnd to put it to the test,\nWith all the haste he could make,\nHe touched that which he touched,\nAnd in his hand, all gold it was,\nThe stone, the tree, the leaf, the grass,\nThe flower, the fruit, all gold it was..Thus he touches him while he lasts, but he grows hungry at the last. He took so that he might need, by the way of kind, his hunger fed. The cloth was laid, the board was set, and all was forth before him. His dish, his drink, his cup, his meat were brought near. But when he would drink or eat, as to his mouth came near, it was all gold, and then he saw Avarice, the folly. And he began to cry and prayed Bacchus to forgive his sin and suffer him to live and be such as he was before, so that he were not forlorn. This god, who heard of this repentance, took pity upon it and bade him go forth readily to a flood that was nearby. In which, as soon as ever he might, he should wash himself entirely. And he said to him that he would recover his first state again. This king, as he heard him say, went into the flood and washed himself both foot and hand and so forth with the remainder. And then he saw marvelous sights. The flood's color began to change..The gravel with the small stones\nTurned all to gold at once\nAnd he was quite of that he had\nThus fortune changed his pace\nAnd when he saw his touch gone\nHe went home right forth soon\nAnd lived forth as he did before\nAnd put all Avarice afar\nAnd the riches of gold despised\nAnd said that meat and clothes sufficed\nThus has this king experienced\nHow fools have done the reverence\nTo gold which of its own kind\nIs less worth than is the rim\nTo sustain the substance of man's food\nThen he made good laws\nAnd all his things set upon the sky\nHe led his people to till\nTheir land and live under the law\nAnd they also should forth draw\nBestowal and seek none increases\nGold which is the breach of peace\nFor this a man may find written\nTo fear the time that gold was smitten\nIn the coin that men the flower knew\nThere was neither shield nor spear\nNor deadly weapon for to bear\n\nThe which now is closed over all\nThough was there no brood\nWhich now takes every cause on head\nSo may it man know how the flower\n\n(Note: The last line appears incomplete and may require further research or context to fully understand.).Was I first of malice and bringing in all war,\nFrom which this world stands out from harmony,\nThrough the counsel of Avarice,\nWhich of its own proper vice,\nWonderful as hell,\nFor it can never be fulfilled,\nThat whatever comes therein\nCan never win it back,\nBut soon do not act thus,\nLet all such avarice cease,\nAnd take your part of that you have,\nI bid not that you do waste,\nBut hold largesse in measure,\nAnd if you see a creature,\nWhich through poverty is fallen in need,\nGive him some good, for this I advise,\nTo him who will not give here,\nWhat pain he shall have elsewhere,\nThere is a pain among all,\nBeneath in hell which men call,\nThe woeful pain of Tantalus,\nOf which I shall shortly tell,\nHow there men stand,\nIn hell you shall understand,\nThere is a flood of that office,\nWhich serves all for avarice,\nWhat man that stands therein,\nHe stands up even to the chin,\nAbove his head also there hovers,\nA fruit which to that pain belongs,\nAnd that fruit touches each one,\nHis overlip and thereupon..Suche thirst and hunger assail him,\nThat never fails his appetite,\nBut when he wound his hungry fed,\nThe fruit withdraws him at need.\nAnd though he have his head on high,\nThe fruit is ever near at hand.\nSo is the hunger still the more,\nAnd also though him thirst sore,\nAnd to the water bowl adown,\nThe flood in such condition\nWithholds his drink from reaching,\nHe may not look now which wretch\nThat meat and drink is so cunning,\nAnd yet there comes none in his mouth,\nLike to the pains of this flood.\nStand Auaryce in world's good grace,\nHe hath enough and yet needs more,\nFor his scarceness it him forbids,\nAnd ever his hunger aftermore,\nTravaileth him always sore.\nSo is he pained elsewhere,\nFor thy thy goods elsewhere,\nMy son look that thou dispense,\nWhereof thou mightest thyself amend,\nBoth here and also in other place,\nAnd also if thou wouldst purchase,\nTo be loved thou must use,\nLargesse for if thou refuse,\nTo give for thy love's sake.\nIt is no reason that thou take,\nOf love that thou wouldst crave,\nFor thy if thou wilt, grace have..Be gracious and do generosity,\nOf Avarice and sickness,\nEschew (avoid) above all other things,\nAnd take example of Midas the king,\nAnd of the flood of hell also,\nWhere is enough of all woe,\nAnd though there were no matter,\nBut only that we find here,\nMen ought to eschew Avarice,\nFor what man practices this vice,\nHe gets himself but little rest,\nFor though his body rest,\nHis heart upon the treasure travels,\nWhom many a night\nFor though he lies a bed naked,\nHis heart is evermore awakened,\nAnd dreams as he lies to sleep,\nHe is busier than he is to keep,\nHis Treasure that no thief it steals,\nThus he has but a woeful wealth,\nAnd right so in the same way,\nIf you yourself will well consider,\nThere are lovers of such Enough,\nWho will to reason have bought,\nIf so,\nWhen they are masters of her love,\nAnd that they should be most glad,\nWith love they are most nourished,\nSo fondly they would hold it all,\nThat her heart / her eye is overwhelmed,\nAnd believe every man a thief,\nTo steal away that which is their life,\nThus through her own fantasy,\nThey fall into Jealousy..The ship has broken its cable with every wind and is movable. My father, you now tell me, I have heard often tell Of jealousy, but what it is I never understood or this. Therefore, I ask you to instruct and inform me, What kind of thing it might be? My son, who is hard for me, But nevertheless, as I have heard, Now listen and you shall be answered. Nota de Ijeousia, whose fantastical suspicion loves the most faithful woman Among men, lacks manhood In marriage, on a whim, Makes a man deceive himself, And of which it is that he conceives This uneasy malady called jealousy. If I were to tell you the truth, It works on a man in this way: A constant fire it is, Which every day comes about Wherever a man may be, At home if a man wants to live, This fire is then common to man Most grievous in a man's eye, For then he makes himself to toil and pry Wherever his love may go She shall not leave him with her little too, But he sees all. His eye is wandering elsewhere..Where she sings or dances,\nHe sees the least countenance,\nIf she looks at a man's side,\nOr rows with him at any time,\nOr laughs, or,\nHis eye is there at every hour,\nAnd when it draws towards the night,\nIf she then is without light,\nImmediately is all the game ended,\nFor then he sets his parliament\nTo speak when he comes to bed,\nAnd says, \"If I were now to wed,\nI would never more have a wife,\nAnd so he plunges into strife,\nThe duty of love's allure,\nAnd all upon diversity,\nIf she is fresh and well adorned,\nHe says her banner is displayed,\nTo cleans,\nAnd if she is not well pleased,\nAnd her desire not to be glad,\nHe bears in hand that she is mad,\nAnd loves not her husband,\nAnd says he may well understand,\nThat if she would have his company,\nShe should then before his eyes,\nWe all the pleasure that she might,\nSo that by day or by night,\nShe does not know what thing is best,\nBut lives well out of all rest,\nFor whatever thing he desires to say,\nShe dares not speak one word against,\nBut weeps and holds her lips closed,\nShe may well write \"Sauce\"..The wife who is married to such a one\nShould be wary, above all women\nFor with his fiery jealousy\nHis every day's fantasy\nIs ever green with sorrow\nSo that no love is seen\nWhile he wishes to remain at home\nAnd when he rides out\nAccompanied by her company\nThere is a gossiping, evil-mouthed one\nWho she may not speak a word or look at\nBut he will not allow it\nAnd follows his own intent\nThough she intends nothing but honor\nWhen the lord comes home again\nThe gossiping one must say something\nSo what is outside and what is inside\nThis fiery one is always beginning\nFor wherever he comes, he cannot end\nUntil death has made an end\nFor though he may not hear or see\nOr understand in any way\nBut all honor and womanhood\nThe jealous one takes none notice of\nBut as a man to love unkindly\nHe casts his staff as the blind do\nAnd finds fault where none exists\nLike one who dreams on a stone\nHow he is laid and grows often\nWhen he lies on his pillow softly\nSo there is nothing but strife and contention..Where love should find rest\nIt is great thing if she kisses him\nShe has lost the night's bliss\nBecause at such time he grumbles ever\nAnd in his hand there is another lover\nShe would rather he were\nInstead of him in bed there\nAnd with those words and more\nOf jealousy he tears her from\nAnd lies on his other side\nAnd she, with that, draws herself aside\nAnd there she weeps all night\nTo what pain she is subjected\u00b7\nThe bond which cannot be unknotted\nI know the time is often cursed\nThat ever was the gold unwrought\nThe which was laid upon the book\nWhen she forsook all others for his sake\nBut she repents it all the same\nShe moans\nThough he would not allow it\nFor man is lord of such fair\nSo may the woman be empress\nIf she speaks against your will\nAnd thus she bears her pain still\nBut if this Fire is a woman t\nShe will be well the more hardened\nBut if she both sees and hears\nAnd finds that there is matter\nShe dares but to herself complain.And thus she endures double pain,\nBehold, my son, as I have,\nThou mightst of jealousy's wit,\nHis fever and his condition,\nWhich is fraught with suspicion,\nBut whence this fever arises,\nThose old books may teach and tell,\nTherein he may find how it is,\nFor they instruct and inform us,\nHow this Fire of jealousy,\nPartly it arises from sloth,\nPartly from love and partly from mistrust,\nFor as a man leaves his lust behind,\nAnd when he cannot obtain his desire,\nHe hates then his own mete,\nJust so this fiery malady,\nWhich is caused by fantasy,\nMakes the jealous in weak moments,\nTo leave love's appetite,\nThrough feigned information,\nOf his imagination,\nBut finally, he takes heed,\nBetween him who is rich and him that is poor,\nThey stand both, it seems to me,\nOne would have his bags at hand,\nAnd nothing depart from his will,\nSo eager he would keep his treasure,\nThat other may not be too glad,\nFor evermore he is afraid,\nOf these lovers that go about..In answer if they put him out\nThey both have little joy\nAs well of love as of money\nNow thou hast a son at my teaching\nOf jealousy a knowledge\nThat thou might understand this\nFrom when he comes and what he is\nAnd also to whom that he is like\nBeware for thou be not sick\nOf that fire as I have spoken\nFor it will in him be kindled\nFor love hates nothing more\nAs men may find by the lore\nOf them who once were wise\nHow they spoke in many ways\nMy father truly says that you see\nBut before this time how it has fallen\nFrom which there might ensample fall\nTo such men as are jealous\nIn what manner it is grievous\nRight willingly I would give an example\nMy good son at your request\nOf such examples I find\nSo as they come now to my mind\nUpon this point of time past\nI think for to tell one\n\nHe puts forward the Confessor's Example against such husbands whom Jealousy\nMoves away\nIn his writings he told of many things\nAmong which in his poetic telling\nHe touched on jealousy\nUpon a certain case of love..Among the gods above, it fell that at this time, Vulcan, the god of fire, was assigned to be the smith of Jupiter and his figure, both in visage and stature. But he had within his house, as a delight of his life, the fair Venus as his wife. But Mars, who was of battles, had an eye for this, as he who was jealous. It fell upon him to be amorous, and thought it was great pity to see such a lusty one as she coupled with such a hard man. So that his pain day and night, he thought if he could win her. And she, who had good insight towards such a noble knightly lord, in love felt the same accord. There lacked nothing but time and place for them to meet. But when two hearts fall in one, such a way was never none. And thus, this fair, lusty, sweet Venus, had often company with Mars. But this unkind, jealousy, which ever opposes the heart, makes Vulcan suspect that it is not well overall. And to himself he said he shall have a plan..And it happened one day\nThat he found them both\nThey were both warm, naked each one\nAnd he had cleverly bound them\nWith strong chains\nAs if he had found them together\nAnd left them both lying there\nThen he began to cry out to the gods all around\nThey came at once to see\nBut none helped him\nExcept those who loved him\nAnd rebuked him here and there\nHe said that he was to blame\nIf any shame fell upon him\nIt was through his misgovernance\nAnd thus he lost face\nThis god let his cause fall\nAnd they scorned him\nAnd look\nFrom which earthly husbands\nMight take example in such a chance\nFor Vulcanus laid the blame upon himself\nWhose shame was the greater\nWhich ought to be a lesson\nFor every man who lives here\nTo rule himself in this matter\nThough such a love chance may upset him\nYet should he not yield his heart\nTo jealousy of that which is wrought..But feign as though you do not know it\nFor if he, the slanderer, shall be the less\nAnd he, the more at ease\nFor this you might well understand\nThat where a man shall need to leave\nThe less harm is to choose\nBut jealousy of his untrustworthiness\nMakes that full many a harm arise\nWhich else should not arise\nAnd if a man would restrain himself\nFrom that affair, to Vulcanus\nHe ought, for reason, to think thus:\nThat since a god was shamed by it,\nAn earthly man should be blamed\nTo take upon himself such\nFor my son, in your office,\nBeware that you be nothing jealous\nWhich often has sent the house\nMy father this example is bared\nHow such a thing might fall to the heavenly ward\nAmong the gods might fall\nFor there is one god of all\nWhich is the lord of heaven\nBut if it pleases you to tell\nHow such gods come to a place\nYou might much thank purchase\nFor I shall be well taught with all\nMy son, it is so over all\nWith them that stand misbehaved\nThat such gods\nIn various places in unholy ways\nAmong them who are unknown\nThere is taken of credence..Wherof I shall clearly write the difference, according to the manner it is written:\n\nGentlemen, according to the poets' tale, Orpheus was among the believers who were in four forms. They of Chaldea, as in this case, had a belief among themselves, which stood upon the signs twelve and seven. The planets, as they saw in the heavens, were in various constellations. In their imagination, they made the figure of gods in elements and also in other ways. They had a belief, and all this was unreasonable. For the elements are servile to man, as experience shows. They are corrupted in various ways. Therefore, no man's reason can say that they are gods in any way. And if men use them well, the sun and moon eclipses both, or they harm or benefit them. They suffer and what is possible for a god is impossible.\n\nNemesius the Fourth decreed that Noah first adored God in Caldea as a deity.\n\nThese elements are creatures. So are these heavenly figures. Of these, it may be justified..That they may not be deified, and what takes away the honor that is due to the Creator and gives it to the creature, he does to a great extent, but of the Caldees, nevertheless. Upon this faith, though it be less, they hold affirmed the creation. So that of hell the punishment, as for those who stand outside of belief, they shall.\n\nThe Caldees stand in this way, keeping belief out of assessment, but in Egypt, the faith is false however it falls. For they have diverse beasts there, honoring them as though they were gods. And yet, with all, the gods most in particular, they have, in whom is all her secrecy, a goddess. They are called Osiris, Cyphon, and Isis. They were all brothers, and the goddess in their degree was Isis, whom Isis' brother Isis killed by night and held as his wife. So it came about that upon strife, Typhon slew Isis' brother Osiris, who had a son named Horus. And he, his father's death, took to prevent Typhon from slaying or devouring him..But yet the Egyptians believed that these brothers were mighty enough to set and keep Egypt right. Isis, as the Chronicle says, came from Greece into Egypt and on her hand named, to teach them how to sow. Which man knew beforehand there? And when the Egyptians saw the field full before their eyes and the land beginning to grow grey for want of seed, they called upon her in distress. For the women in childbirth to her they made offerings and sacrifices.\n\nBut how Egypt sank out of sight,\nFrom reason standing in disbelief,\nFor lack of seed as I believe,\nAmong the Greeks out of the way,\nAs those who held reason at a distance,\nThere was, as the Chronicle says,\nAnother faith of disbelief,\nThat...\n\nAs who says, taking all to guess,\nOf such as were full of vice,\nTo whom they made sacrifices,\nTo whom they paid worship.\n\nNote: Saturn is called the god of the summer solstice..Saturn, king of Crete, was driven out. He stood in frenzy and was so mad that from his wife Rea, he married and ate his own children. But Jupiter, who was full grown and bound his father, seized him with his own hand and cast his genitals into the deep sea. From which the Greeks affirm and say that when they were cast away, Venus emerged by the way of birth, and Saturn also I find. He drove Jupiter into exile and stood in great peril where he was. Look what a god they made chief, who stood highest in rank. And since such a one was he among the gods, you might know. These others that are lower are of little worth as it is found. Jupiter was the second, whom Juno gave to his wife. And yet he was a lecher all his life. He was and in adultery. He wrought many a treachery. And because he was so full of vices, they called him god of delights. Of whom if you want to know more, the poet has written..But yet both stars, Saturn and Jupiter,\nNamed themselves to her own name,\nMars was another, drawing forth,\nOf whom the clerk Vegecius wrote,\nHow he came to Italy and named it,\nHe oppressed a maiden there,\nProfessed in her order as the goddess,\nVenus, was even more to blame,\nThis lady's name was Ilia,\nMen called her so, and she was also,\nThe king's daughter named Minerva,\nWhose name was also Mercury,\nSo again, the laws were broken,\nMars fought against her at that time,\nRemus and Romulus, he fought,\nWho later, in age, became knights,\nOvercame all of Italy,\nAnd founded the great Rome,\nIn arms and of such great enterprise,\nThey were those in such a way,\nMars, the god, was called the name of the battle,\nThey were his children, both two,\nThough he took their name so,\nAnd yet a star upon the sky..He has applied to his name another god, to whom they also sought counsel. This god was brother to Venus and was called Apollon. He was an hunter in the underworld, and had no other power except the ability to play the harp. When he walked through the land, he often woke people up to get his sustenance, as he had no other means of livelihood. At other times, he feigned himself as a red herring in things, receiving the simple folk better. Thus, he is called the god of wit and another god to whom they sought Mercury. What he stole or whom he deceived is not mentioned. Whenever he wanted to transform himself, he often took the form of a woman and left his own behind, doing so more effectively. He was also a skilled speaker in all things..An author that men knew none other like him,\nAnd yet they made of this thief a god,\nWhose life was granted to him,\nAnd whom they called in secret places,\nThe god of merchants and thieves.\nBut Jupiter above the heavens,\nHe has one of the planets old,\nBut Vulcan, of whom I speak,\nHe had a hump on his back,\nAnd there he was lame and halt,\nOf whom you shall understand,\nHe was a rogue in all his youth,\nAnd he could not help himself with any other virtue,\nBut only that he was a blacksmith,\nWith Jupiter in his forge,\nHe made various things,\nSo I do not know for what desire,\nTo call him the god of fire,\nKing of Ceyx Iopolitus,\nA son he had, and Eolus,\nHe was called Eolus by his father's grant,\nHe held the way of covenant,\nThe governance of every isle,\nWhich was longed for by Cecyle,\nOf them that lay foreign from the land,\nLying upon the wind plain and clear,\nAnd from those islands to the land,\nFrequently the wind came into hand,\nAnd after his name, for thee,\nThe wind is called Eolus,\nAnd is called the god of wind..I. The belief is blind, this I tell you now,\nOf Iupiter, king of Crete, the same,\nI spoke before, to his brother Neptune,\nWho desired to share his godly power,\nSo he made him lord of all the sea,\nIn both its parties, where he wielded tyranny,\nAnd the strange islands all around,\nHe sought that every man would doubt,\nOn his march to sail, for he would assail,\nAnd rob them of their cargo,\nHis safe conduct but if they had,\nThe common voice arose,\nHe caught them near, worth a straw,\nHe was called of the sea, the god by name,\nYet he was with them that believed amiss,\nThis Neptune, who was also the first founder,\nOf noble Troy, and he was the more let be,\nBy the herdsman of the shepherds,\nAnd also of them that dwelt in Netherland,\nFrom Archad, and he was taller than,\nOf whom many have spoken,\nFor in the wood of Noverre,\nEnclosed with the trees of pygmy,\nAnd out of the mountain of Paros,\nHe bade the beasts their pasture..And beneath in the valley\nWhere that river as men may see,\nWhich Ladon named made his course,\nHe was the chief of governors,\nOf them that kept tame beasts,\nWhom they make yet the feasts,\nIn the city of Stursalydes,\nAnd forthwith all netherwise,\nHe taught men the fourth drawing\nOf beasts and also the making\nOf oxen and of horses the same,\nHow men them should ride and tame,\nOf birds also as we find,\nFull many a subtle craft of kind,\nHe found which no man knew before.\nMen did him worship also therefore,\nThat he was the first in that land\nWho found the melody,\nOf reeds when they were ripe,\nWith double pipes to pipe,\nThereof he gave the first lore,\nTill afterward men could more,\nTo every craft of man's help,\nHe had a ready wit to help,\nThrough natural experience.\nThus the nice reverence\nOf fools when he was dead,\nThe foot was turned to the head,\nAnd called him god of nature,\nFor so they made his figure,\nAnother god, as they feel,\nWith Jupiter upon Semele,\nBygate in his avenue,\nWhom for to hide his lechery..That none of them should keep\nIn a mountain for to keep\nWhich Dionysus was, in India\nHe sent in books as I find\nAnd he was named Bacchus\nWho, when he could, and all his rent\nIn wine and brothel he spent\nBut always he behaved badly\nAmong the Greeks he had a name\nThey called him the god of wine\nAnd thus a glutton was divine\nThere was yet Aesculapius\nA god at that time as such\nHis craft was based on surgery\nBut for the lust of lechery\nHe slept with Daphne's daughter\nIt fell that Jupiter cast him off\nAnd yet they made him not a god\nHe knew no reason why\nIn Rome he was long a god among the Romans\nFor as he said in his presence\nThere was destroyed a pestilence\nWhen they went to the isle of Delphos\nAnd Apollo went with them\nThis Asclepius his son\nAmong the Romans to dwell\nAnd there he lived for a while\nUntil afterward, in that isle\nFrom when he came again he tore apart\nWhere all his life he had sojourned\nAmong the Greeks until he died\nAnd they upon him then laid.His name was the god of medicine. He was a man, but he was so strong that no man in this world could match him. He was known as Hercules' twelfth labor. He defeated giants and monsters, both horrible and loathsome, with his own hands. But he, with his strength, overcame them. For such great deeds, they named him among all the gods as the god of strength, and called him by that name. However, there is no reason, for he was a man filled with sin. This sin proved to be his downfall. In a rage, he burned himself. Such a cruel man's deeds do not accord with the good Lord. They made another god, which they called Pluto. He was the brother of Jupiter. From youth, with every word that came to his mouth, he would swear by Lethen and Flageton, by Cocheton and Acheron. These, according to the books, are the chief rivers of hell. By Segne and Styx, he also swore..That by the deep pits two of Hades, the most principal Pluto, these others overal Swore of his common custom, until it fell upon a chance, That he for Jupiter's sake Unto the goddesses late do make A sacrifice / & for that deed One of the pits for his meed In Hades which I spoke of ere Was granted him / & thus he there Upon the fortune of this thing The name took of Hades king Lo These goddesses and well more Among the Greeks they had tho And of gods many one Whose names thou shalt here anon And in what wise they deceive The fools which their faith receive Oo as Saturn is sovereign Of all gods as they say So is Cybele of goddesses The mother whom without guesses The folk pray honor and serve As they which her law observe But to know from when she came and what she is Bethnicia the country hight Where she came first to man's sight And after was Saturnus' wife By whom she bore and were called three Children in her life She bore and were cleped Juno, Neptune, and Pluto The which of Nice fantasy The people would deify..And for her, Cybele was also made a goddess, and they called her the mother of all goddesses. So that name was born, and yet the cause is little worth. A voice was told to Saturn that his own son should be put away from his reign. And he, because of this, began to hate Cybele and her progeny as well. While they were angry, on a day by Phoebus, in this controversy, he lay with Iupiter. And this child was born after that, who fulfilled all that was prophesied. So when Jupiter of Crete was a king, a wife met him, the daughter of Sybell. And that was Juno, says the book, of his deification. Afterwards, I have told you this, and for this Juno was the queen of Jupiter and his sister. The fools seek after her and say that she is the goddess of realms both and of the sky. The water Nymphs hold in their hands the power to lead at their own will. And when they please, the sky tempests..The Reynbow is her messenger, revealing which goddess is here,\nA mythical one, who is of the sky, I swear, no other reason why,\nAnother goddess is Min, to whom the grain and she,\nNear the great lay of Tyton, where lay,\nA child, but what she was, none knew the truth,\nIn the manner as I have said,\nAnd carried from that same place,\nTo an island for in trace,\nWhere a Nymph keeps and delights,\nAnd afterwards, she was so wise,\nThat she first in her view,\nDiscovered the art of wool and linen,\nMen said that she was divine,\nAnd the goddess of wisdom,\nThey call her in that belief,\nOf the goddess whom Pallas is called,\nHer speech varied, some say,\nHer father was Palaemon,\nWho in his time was a giant,\nA cruel man, a battle-loving one,\nAnother says that in his house,\nShe was the cause of his death,\nAnd of this Pallas, some also said,\nThat she was Mars' wife, and so,\nAmong the men of mythology, Ryote,\nThe goddess of battles, she was,\nAnd yet she bears the name.\nNow look how they are not for to be blended..Saturn, after his exile from Crete, came to the lands of Italy. There he performed great wonders, and his name still survives because he invented the first craft of plowing and sowing of eringies and corn. He taught men how to set grapes for making wine. His wife, who came with him, was called Ceres. She also taught the same and was his wife. As the people came to know, they made Ceres a goddess. Jupiter, who was deeply enamored with her, fulfilled his desire in secret. He fathered a daughter, Latona, unknown to his wife Juno. Later, Juno discovered it, and Latona, out of fear, fled to an island where she hid her swelling womb. That island was called Delos..In this dwelling place was Diana born,\nAnd she lacked nothing,\nAnd when she reached maturity,\nShe paid no heed to marriage,\nBut she took all to lechery,\nIn forests and wilderness,\nFor there was much to be done,\nBy day and night's tide,\nWith broad arrows beneath her side,\nAnd boar in hand, which she slew,\nTaking all that she desired,\nOf chaseable beasts,\nAccording to the Chronicle of this tale,\nThe gentlest of all,\nAnd the goddess of high hell,\nOf green trees and of fresh,\nThey call her in that belief,\nWhich no reason can achieve,\nProserpina, who was the daughter of,\nCeres, in whose care she was,\nAt that time,\nHer mother, in that same time,\nUpon her blessing and her behest,\nCommanded that she should be chaste,\nAnd learn to weave and spin,\nAnd dwell at home and keep herself in,\nBut she cast aside all that learning,\nAnd as she went out to play,\nTo gather flowers in a meadow,\nAnd that was beneath the mountain,\nOf Etna, fell the same fate..That Pluto came that way riding\nAnd suddenly she was aware\nHe took her up into his chariot\nAnd as they rode in the field\nHer great beauty he beheld\nWhich was so pleasant in his eye\nThat to keep her company\nHe wedded her & held her so\nTo be his wife forevermore\nAnd as you have before heard tell\nHow he was called god of hell\nSo is she called the goddess\nBy cause of him no more or less\nLo, thus my son, as I have told you\nThe Greeks in days of old\nTheir gods had in various ways\nAnd through the lore of her apple\nThe Romans held\nAnd in worship of her name\nTo every god in special\nThey made a temple with all\nAnd also of her years day\nAttributed had and of array\nThe temples were then ordained\nAnd also the people were constrained\nTo come and do her sacrifice\nThe priests\nSolemnly made those festivals\nAnd the Greeks, like beasts,\nThe men in place of god honored\nWhom they could not otherwise court\nWhile they were alive here\nAnd over this, as you shall hear\nThe Greeks fulfilled in fantasy..Seyne also those of the hellish high places,\nAnd the goddesses are particularly called so,\nBut their name in general is Satyrs.\nThere are Nymphs properly,\nIn their presence also,\nOreades they are called,\nAttributed to the mountains,\nAnd for the woods in their domains,\nTo keep them are Dryades,\nOf fresh wells Naiades,\nAnd of the Nymphs of the sea,\nI find a tale about how,\nDorus once, the king of Greece,\nWho had from Fortune a pauper's lot,\nHis wife and daughter were drowned,\nSo that among the Greeks of that time it was said,\nAnd such a name they bore,\nThe Nereids, who are they,\nThe Nymphs who rule over the salt streams,\nLo and behold, if this land holds true,\nBut of the Nymphs, as they say,\nIn every place where they dwell,\nThey are all ready to obey,\nAs damsels attend their goddesses,\nTo whom they must serve.\nWhereof the Greeks beseech them,\nWith those who are also gods,\nAnd have great faith in them,\nAnd yet without experience..Despite only being about Illusion, which caused damnation for the dead men, they had gods, as I have heard, named Manes. To whom they attributed great honor. There was another, contrary to the right faith. I have told you a great part. But it would be too long to rhyme. However, concerning this matter of misbelief, there is a great diversity. My father thinks so too. But one thing I ask of you. That which stands in all men's speech. The god and goddess of love. Of whom you know nothing here. Declare that to me. My son, I have left it for shame. Because I am her own. But they stand near your breast. You shall know the truth from them and understand now the cause. Venus, Saturn's daughter, put all danger aside and turned to lust. So that from her in various places, diverse men had. And such a lusty life she led, that she had various children. Now one by this, now one by that. Of her it was that came Armen. Also Andragene..Anchises, by the will of Mercury, was the father of Aeneas, and Herycon as well. When she saw that there was no one else but Jupiter, her own brother, she gave birth to Cupid. And when he grew up to an age, he had a very handsome appearance. He, too, was as amorous and lecherous as his mother. When they were together, he who had no eyes to resist his mother's kiss, and she who knew nothing but what belonged to his lust, came to forget their love for each other. Thus, they were both blind and unwise. Yet, this is the reason why: Cupid is the god of love, for he dared to love his mother, and she, who thought her lusts were fed, took part in this revelry. She was the first to proclaim that women should sell their bodies, as Semiramis is said to have done. Venus kept this secret..And so it was with fair Neabolle,\nWho sold her body to Regolye,\nShe was beloved by every man,\nAnd held the law of that land,\nWhose lust she obeyed,\nWhich Venus herself had begun,\nFrom whom she won her name,\nWhy men call her the goddess\nOf love and gentleness,\nOf the world's lust and pleasure,\nSee now the foul misconception,\nOf the Greeks in that time, though,\nWhen Venus took her name,\nThere was no ca,\nOf which they had to do,\nEither good or bad, wherever it was,\nThat they took no token in that ca,\nA god to help or a goddess,\nTo witness my testimony,\n\nNote on the letter of Dindymus, King of the Bragmanni, to Alexander,\nWhere he speaks {that} the Greeks then dedicated each member\nTo a separate god, for whom they prayed and sought help individually..For she was wise and of a man,\nThe witte and reson that he can,\nAs in the cells of the brain,\nWhereof they made her sovereign,\nMercury which was in his dawe,\nA great speaker of false laws,\nOn him the keeping of the tongue,\nThey laid when they speak or sing,\nFor Bacchus was a glutton also,\nHim for the throat they beseech,\nThat he would wash it oft with sweet drinks and soft,\nThe god of shoulders and of arms,\nWas Hercules, for he in arms,\nThe mightiest was to fight,\nTo him the goddesses cleaved,\nFor with the heart in his image,\nThat he addressed to his courage,\nAnd of the gall the goddess,\nFor she was full of hastiness,\nOf wrath and light to grieve also,\nThey made and said it was Iuno,\nCupid who the brand of fire bore,\nBare in his hand he was the syre,\nOf the stomach which boileth ever,\nWhereof the lusts are the leaver,\nTo the Goddess Ceres,\nWhich of the corn gave her increase,\nUpon the faith that she was taken,\nThe womb's cure was betaken,\nAnd Venus through the lechery,\nFor which they her deified,\nShe kept all down the remainder..The following pertains to that office:\n\nNote: The first idolatry arose from three principal statues, the earliest of which was one that a certain Panepes dedicated to his sons. It was dispersed in various ways.\n\nThe mythological as I have described\nWith many an entangled image\nOf such as could not help them\nFor they were powerless to see or hear\nOr speak or do or else feel\nAnd yet the fools knelt to them\nwhose own hands had made them\nA lord, how this belief is dark\nAnd far from reason\nAnd nevertheless they did it yet\nThat very day a ragged troop\nStanding in the temple in great numbers\nHow could a man's reason discern\nThat such a staff could help or harm\nBut they belong to such a belief\nAnd call upon such gods\nIt shall rightly befall them\nAnd fail\nBut if one takes heed\nAnd of the first image understands\nPetorinus\nAnd also Nygagorus\nAnd they affirm and write thus\nThat Prometheus was beforehand\nAnd found the first craft therefore\nAnd Cyrephanes as they say..Through council that was taken in hell,\nIn remembrance of his lineage,\nLet the first Image be set up,\nOf Cyrophanes, sayeth the book,\nThat he, for sorrow, which he took,\nOf that he saw his son dead,\nNo other comfort knew we then,\nBut let us make in remembrance,\nA fair Image of his likeness,\nAnd set it in the market place,\nWhich openly to fore his face,\nStood every day,\nAnd they that would please the father,\nShould obey it,\nWhen they came that way,\nStay and of Ninus, king of Assyria,\nHeard how that in his empire,\nOf them that first Images found,\nFor he right in likeness the case,\nOf Belus, who his father was,\nFrom Nembroth in the right line,\nLet make of gold and stones fine,\nA precious Image rich,\nAccording to his father's likeness,\nAnd thereupon a law he set,\nThat every man with pure debt,\nWith sacrifice and with true service,\nHonor should this Image,\nSo that within time it fell,\nOf Belus came the name of Bel,\nOf Bel, can Belsabub, and so,\nThe misbelief went thus..The third statue was one, carved in honor of King Apis of the Greeks. Its name was later changed to Serapis. The figure was made to resemble the king's stature, as the book about Serapis relates. In this book, it is recorded that through long-lasting misbelief, they held a great reverence for him, offering him sacrifice and incense. Among the wonders that occurred, when Alexander from Candace came riding in a wild place, under a hill he found a cave. In this land, Candalus, Candace's son, was born. He told him that the gods were in that cave, and that anyone who dared and wanted to know the truth should dismount from his horse and enter. He found what he sought, thinking that among other gods, Serapis spoke to him. The demon addressed him day after day, promoting the worship of idolatry..Through the fantasy of those who were then blind,\nAnd could not find the truth, thus you have heard\nIn what degree Greece, Egypt, and Chaldea\nThe Mycenaeans once stood, and how they were not good,\nNor true, yet they sprang forth.\nWhereof the wide world took its part of Mycenaean belief,\nUntil it was overthrown, as the book says,\nBy a fall, that God chose for himself\nA people from the twelve tribes,\nAs it is written in Genesis,\nI think I shall tell in such a way\nThat it will be a prize to him\n\nThe sect of the Hebrews or Jews, whose synagogue became the church of Christ upon his coming,\nAfter the flood from which Noah was saved,\nThe world was made anew, as it is said,\nOf the flour of fruit, of grass, of grain,\nOf beast, of bird, and of mankind,\nWhich ever has been ungrateful to God,\nFor not standing in awe of this world, which was made so bare,\nAnd afterward was restored,\nAmong men there was nothing changed\nToward God in good living,\nBut all was turned to liking\nAfter the flesh, so that forgetfulness..Was he who gave them life and food,\nCreator of heaven and earth.\nAnd thus came forth the great error,\nThey did not know the high god,\nBut made new gods, as I have told before,\nNo man at that time was born,\nWho did not choose a god of his own,\nA god to whom he gave his voice,\nFrom which idolatry came,\nIn the time of Abraham,\nBut he found the right way,\nHow men should obey the high god,\nWho holds all might,\nIn heaven, on earth, and even in hell,\nThere is nothing his might cannot tell,\nThis Patriarch to his lineage,\nForbade that they should make,\nAny image,\nBut offer and sacrifice,\nWith all their hearts' love,\nTo the mighty god above,\nAnd they should worship him and no other,\nAnd thus in that time began,\nThe faith on earth,\nWhich of beliefs was the father,\nOf righteousness it was conceived,\nSo it must be received,\nFrom him who is all right,\nThe high god who would win,\nA people to his own faith,\nOn Abraham he lays the foundation..And made him multiply into such a great progeny that they spread all over Egypt, but Pharaoh led them into servitude again, until God let Moses come to make the delivery and take great vengeance for his people. He took it upon himself to hear a wonder. The king was slain; God placed him under the earth. God commanded the red sea to divide. Which stood upright on every side and gave to his people a way, so that they passed through on foot. And they went forth into the desert to keep them in hiding. The days when the sun scorched them, a large cloud went over them. And to comfort them by night, a pillar of fire stood for them. And when they were thirsty, the mighty God began to rain. Manna from heaven fell to the ground, and each of them found food such as pleased him. And as if one had set a ton of bricks as a pillar and pierced the hard rock, and water gushed out at will, so man and beast drank at will. And afterward, he gave the law to Moses to withdraw them..They should not for that he was bad,\nAnd in this way they were led,\nTill they took possession\nOf the land of promise,\nWhere Caleph and Joshua\nDeparted on such degrees,\nAccording to the lineage,\nEach of them as inheritance,\nHis portion had undertaken,\nAnd thus this belief long stood,\nWhich of prophets was governed,\nAnd they had also the people taught,\nOf great honor that should fall upon them,\nBut at most need of all,\nThey failed when Christ was born,\nBut how that they had learned their faith,\nIt needs not to tell all,\nThe matter is so general,\nWhen Lucifer was best in heaven,\nAnd ought most have stood in even,\nTowards God he took debate,\nAnd for that he was obstinate,\nAnd would not align with truth,\nHe fell forever into ruin,\nAnd Adam also in paradise,\nWhen he stood most in all his pride,\nAfter the state of Innocence,\nAgain the God broke his defense,\nAnd fell from his high place away.\nAnd right by such manner way,\nThe Jews in their best fight,\nShould have stood upon the prophecy..They fell among much folly,\nAnd he who came from heaven,\nWhose flesh has no name,\nAnd was among them born and raised,\nAs men who desired not to be helped,\nBy God's son with one voice,\nThey hang and shed their skins upon the crosses,\nFrom which the perfect of the law was drawn forth,\nSo that they stand of no merit,\nBut in servitude as subjects,\nWithout property of place,\nThey live outside of God's grace,\nScattered throughout all lands,\nAnd thus the faith is come about,\nThat once stood perfectly among the Jews,\nWhich is not perfectly good,\nTo speak as it is now fallen,\nThere is a faith above all,\nIn which the truth is comprehended,\nWhereof we are all amended,\nThe Christian faith in which the completion of the supreme one is given,\nThe Almighty God of right wisdom and pity,\nThe sin which Adam wrought,\nWhen he saw time then he thought,\nAnd sent his son from heaven,\nTo set man's soul in even.\nWhich then was so fallen,\nUpon the point which was so fallen,\nThat he could not help himself rise..Gregory says in his apology:\nIt avails not a man if God's son were unborn. For through the first sin, which Adam brought upon us, all men would have been lost. But Christ restores that which was lost and bought it back with his flesh and blood. And if we consider how great the reason was that he paid, as St. Gregory wrote and said, it was entirely becoming to the man. For the reason for whose sake his love began was the cause of all his wealth. He who is the creator of life, the high creator, in the midst of such a struggle, took upon himself the form of a servant and suffered for man's sake. Therefore, no reason can forsake that original sin, which was not the cause in particular of man's worship at the end. Which will last without end. For by that cause, the godhead was assembled to mankind. In the virgin, where he took on our flesh and humanity, of bodily brotherhood. From which man, in his degree, stands more worthy than he was before, as I have told, than a thousandfold..Through baptism of the new law,\nOf which Christ is lord and fellow,\nAnd thus the high goddess might,\nWhich was in the virgin alight,\nThe man's soul has been reconciled,\nWhich had long been exiled.\nSo stands the faith upon the belief,\nWithout which no man can achieve,\nTo gain paradise again,\nBut this belief is so certain,\nSo full of grace and virtue,\nThat what man that calls on Ihesu,\nIn clean life with good deed,\nHe may not fail of heaven's reward.\nSo it stands upon belief,\nThat every man may well achieve,\nThe which taken has the right faith,\nFor else, as the gospel says,\nSalvation may be none,\nAnd for to preach thereupon,\nThus Christ bade to his apostles all,\nWhose power as now falls,\nOn us that be of holy church,\nIf we the good deeds do work,\nFor faith only suffices not,\nBut good deed also be wrought.\nNow were it good that thou for thyself,\nWhich through baptism properly,\nArt unto Christ's faith professed,\nBe ware of Ante-Christ's lollardy,\nFor as the Jews' prophecy,\nWas set by God for advantage..Right so this new tapestry of Lollardy goes about\nTo set Christ's faith in doubt\nThe saints that were before us\nBy whom the faith was first upborne\nThey ought to be believed better\nThan these who feign and blow\nHere Lollardy in men's ears\nBut if you will live without fear\nSuch new learning I advise you to eschew\nAnd hold forth the right way and true\nAs your ancestors did or this\nSo that you believe nothing amiss\nChrist first wrought / and afterwards taught\nSo that the deed his word agreed\nHe gave example in his person\nAnd we the words have alone\nLike to the tree with green leaves\nUpon which no fruit is seen\nNote: {quod} When Anthenor took Palladium from the Temple of Minerva,\nThe high priest of Minerva, corrupted by gold, turned away his eyes\nThe priest Theses, who served the Temple of Minerva,\nKept the Palladion of Troy under key for money,\nOf Anthenor, whom he calls by name..But Antenor, the Jeweler, has suffered Anterior to come, and the Palladion to be stolen, which brought the worship and welfare of the Trojans to ruin. But Thesesus, at the same time, took Antenor captive. Winking aside, he looked away,\nfor a deceit and for a while,\nas one who should beguile himself.\nHe hid his eyes from the sight,\nbelieving that he could excuse his false conscience.\nI do not know if such evidence\nNow at this time in their estates\nWould excuse the prelates,\nAnd all moral virtue,\nWhose keys they bear,\nBut they dislike enforcing it.\nHere goes\nThe world is in adversity's way,\nThey will not labor,\nTo keep themselves from being taken,\nChrist died for the faith,\nBut now our fearful prelate says,\nThe life is sweet, and that he keeps it,\nSo that the faith is left helpless,\nAnd they, under her, intend to spend themselves in her lust,\nAnd every man does what he pleases,\nThus stands this world filled with misery,\nThat no man sees the right way,\nThe wardens of the church's key,\nThrough mishandling, are misused,\nThe world's wave has no dread,.The ship which Peter has to steer\nThe form is kept but the material\nTransformed is in other ways\nBut if they were spiritually wise\nAnd that the prelates were good\nAs they once were in the old days\nIt would then be little need\nAmong men to take heed\nOf that which now comes to dwell\nTo sow Cockle with the corn\nSo that the title is near at hand lo\nWhich Christ first sowed with his own hand\nNow stands the Cockle in the land\nWhere once stood the good grain\nFor the prelates now, as they say,\nNeglect that they should till\nAnd that we may be the cause\nWhen there is lack in them above\nThe people are strange from the love\nOf truth in cause of Ignorance\nFor where there is no purity\nOf light men are in the dark\nBut if the prelates would work\nUpon the faith which they have taken\nMen should not seek their way elsewhere\nWithout light as is now used\nMen see the charge refused daily\nWhich the holy church has undertaken.When Peter, the father of the faith, comes at the Day of Judgment, he will bring with him Judas, whom through his preaching he won, and Andrew with Achaea, to pay their debt. Thomas the Apostle, with his staff of India and poultice, will present the great routes of various lands, and we will be filled with land and rent which we hold here. With empty hands will appear those touching our spiritual charge in particular. I do not know what thing it may amount to on the end of our account. On that end, Christ himself is our auditor, who takes no heed of worldly honor. The office of the Chancellery or the king's treasury cannot warrant it, nor for the writing or the will. It cannot then avail the world which now so well we hold..\"We pass without medicine, and cannot hasten our pace except as we hear that he hastens. And thereupon, none gains but at this time, besides him. What other man deserves thanks but the world is so eager to serve that we are all in agreement. And this is well and truly recorded throughout this earth in all lands. Late knight, for our tongues shall be still and stand upon the flesh's will. It would be a trial to preach the faith of Christ as if to teach. The people pay no heed, but every prelate holds his see with such as he may get of lusty drink and lusty meat. Whereof the body, when it is full and fat, is dull to spiritual labor. And slow to handle that plow. But otherwise, we are swift enough towards the world's avarice, and that is as a sacrifice. Which, after the Apostle says, is openly again the faith. To the Idols you grant it, but nevertheless, it is now haunted, and virtue changed into vice. So that largesse is avarice. In whose chapter may we treat. My father, this matter is yours.\".I shall give heed to myself in many ways, but I want to know now what the branches are of Avarice and how they fare, both in love and otherwise. My son and I will devise a plan in such a manner that you will understand. Avarice is not solely about gold, but of her court in a hidden way, she has many servants, one of whom is covetousness. He, with the large world about him, seeks vainglories, where he may profit and bring in to Avarice. That one draws and the other follows, there is no day that wearies them more than the sun or the moon. When there is anything to be done and especially with covetousness, for he stands outside of all reason of a man's fare. Upon his lucre and his delight..The small path the large street\nThe furlong and the long mile\nAll is but one for a while\nAnd for that he is such a one, hold\nDame Avarice him withholds\nHe who is the principal\nOutward for he is overwhelming\nA pursuer\nFor right as an hungry pie\nThe store beasts are avoided\nRight so is C\nTo look where he may purchase\nFor by his will he would embrace\nAll that this wide world beckons\nBut ever somewhat he overreaches\nThat he may not fully fill\nThe lusts of his greedy will\nBut where it falls in a land\nThat covetousness in mighty hand\nI\nFor then he takes no other heed\nBut that he may purchase\nAnd not what thing it may amount to\nThat he shall afterward have\nBut as the Light in its degree\nOf those that less are than it\nThe fish greatly devour\nSo that no water can soothe them\nRight so no law may save\nFrom him who will not rightly allow\nFor where such one is in might\nHis will shall stand in right\nThus are men destroyed often\nUntil the great god aloft\nAgain so great a covetousness.Redress it in his own way\nAnd in example, I find a tale written so,\nWhich is good to learn.\nHic ponit Confessor Exemplum:\nWhen Rome stood,\nVirgile, who was so perfect,\nMade a mirror of his clergy,\nAnd set it in the Tower of Wes's eye,\nOf marble upon a pillar without,\nSo that they, by thirty miles about,\nBy day and also by night,\nWith all their ordinance there,\nWhich they again the city cast,\nSo that while that mirror lasted,\nThere was no land which might achieve\nTo harm Rome through war.\nWhereof was great envy then,\nAnd it fell at that time so,\nThat Rome had wars\nAgainst Carthage and stood long,\nThe two cities on debate,\nCarthage saw the strong state\nOf Rome in that mirror stand,\nAnd thought privately to find\nTo overthrow it by some way,\nAnd Hannibal was that time,\nThe prince and leader of Carthage,\nWho set all his courage\nUpon knighthood in such a way,\nThat he was worthy and wise,\nAnd by none other was counseled,\nWhereof the world is yet marveled\nAt the masteries that he wrought..Upon the marches he found\nAt that time also, King Pyllus, who thought\nAgainst Rome to rebel. And thus the quarrel\nArose: How to destroy this Emperor\nOf Rome, who was governour. Crassus,\nSo covetous, was ever desirous\nOf gold to get, the plunder of which\nPyllus and Carthage, with wise philosophers,\nBegan to discuss. And in this degree,\nThere were three philosophers\nWho undertook this task. And they,\nWith them, took a great treasure of gold\nIn coffers to Rome. And these philosophers\nWent in company together.\nBut none knew what they meant\nUntil they had buried their gold\nIn various places to be hidden.\nThey seemed to hold it as if it were gold,\nAnd so forth, on a certain day,\nThey presented themselves openly in good array\nTo the emperor and declared it was their intent..To duel under his service, and he asks in what way, they told him in such a polite manner that each of them had a spirit which sleeps and teaches them, through various dreams, about the world that has been hidden under the ground if it should be hidden anywhere. They shall know it in a vision, and on this condition they show what gold is hidden beneath the town. It is Rome's they wish to find, and nothing will be left behind. He grants this and agrees. Thus, cunning comes to dwell with covetousness as I tell. This emperor ordered them to be lodged securely where he himself lay. And when it was morning the next day, one of them said that he had met where a gold hoard should be found. The emperor was pleased and had him led there immediately. The treasure, as they had said, was ready to be found. And who was happy but he?\n\nOn another day, the second, they found another hoard of gold..The second master took upon himself and undertook, and so the emperor gave him such credence that all his trust and faith in him were securely confirmed, as if they were gods' three. Now listen to the subtlety. The third master should meet, as they said, above us and could meet the most. He did this privately, without noise or boast, on the morrow his servant told the emperor right in his ear, and said to him that he knew where a treasure was, so plentiful in gold and also precious in jewels and rich stones, that it would be a sufficient charge for all his horses at once. This lord was glad and asked where it was. The master said, \"Under the glass.\" He also told him that he would arrange such an engine that the work would be set in motion with timber and without hindrance. Men may safely deliver the treasure, so that the mirror stands by itself without impediment. Thus the master, on his honor, said..This lord, who always had his wit, and with covetise blended, gave his assent at once. They set up the timber, of which the pillar stood upright, until it happened on a night. These clerks, when they were aware, saw how the timber alone bore the pillar where the mirror stood. No man could discern this by sight. They went by night to the mine with pitch, sulphur, and other materials. And when the city was asleep, they cast a wild fire into the depths. They did this while the night was dark. Disguised in a poor array, they passed through the town during the day. And when they came upon a hell, they saw how the mirror fell. They rejoiced enough and each of them laughed with the other, saying, \"Lo, what Covetise can do to those who are not wise.\" This was proven later, for every land that had been subject to it before, when the mirror was lost, began to rebel with wars on every side..And thus Rome lost its pride,\nAnd was defiled overall.\nFor this I find of Hannibal,\nThat he in a day sloughed off\nSo great a multitude of Romans,\nThat of gold rings which he drew,\nFrom noble hands that were dead,\nThree bushels full I read.\nHe field and made a bridge also,\nThat he might over Tiber go.\nUpon the corps that lay there\nOf the Romans which he had slain.\nBut now to speak of the feast,\nThe which after the covetousness,\nWas taken upon this Emperor,\nFor he destroyed the mirror.\nIt is a wonder to hear,\nThe Romans made a chariot,\nAnd set their Emperor therein,\nAnd said, \"For he would win\nThe superfluity of gold,\nOf gold he should have plenty,\nReceive it till he said 'ho,'\nAnd with gold which they had then,\nBoiled hot within a pan,\nInto his mouth they poured it then,\nAnd thus you thirst for gold was quenched,\nWith gold which had been intended.\nWhereof my son thou mightst hear,\nWhen covetousness has lost the steer,\nOf reasonable governance.\nThere falls often great grief.\".Then courage about a king,\nIf it is in his person be,\nIt makes the situation worse,\nAnd if it stands in his council,\nIt brings trouble every day,\nAnd if it grows within his court,\nIt will be known for the king will be deceived,\nThe man who has his land titled,\nAwaits nothing more eagerly,\nThe harvest than they do,\nAnd make no ward and watch,\nWhere they may catch the profit,\nAnd yet it often happens so,\nThat he who most covets fastest,\nHas least advantage at last,\nFor when fortune is against him,\nThough he covets it is in vain,\nThe happenings are not all alike,\nOne is made poor, another rich,\nThe court profits some,\nAnd some are always in one place,\nAnd yet they both change sorely,\nCovet but fortune is more.\nTo that one part favorable,\nAnd though it be not reasonable,\nThis thing may a man see every day,\nOf which I tell may serve as an example,\nHow every man may take his chance,\nOr of Riches or of poverty..Here is a king who stood in the desert\nThere is nothing equal to every thing here\nFor often a man may see this yet\nHe who best does least shall have\nIt avails nothing the world to crave\nWhich out of rule and measure\nHas ever stood in adventure\nAs well in court as elsewhere\nAnd how in all days there\nIt stood so that the things fell\nI think a tale to tell\nI begin\nIn a chronicle, this I read\nAbout a king who was in need\nThere were knights and squires\nGreat retinue and also officers\nSome of long time had served him\nTen others who had deserved\nAdvancement and gone without\nAnd some also were of the retinue\nWho came but a while ago\nAnd they were advanced were at once\nThese old men, upon this thing\nSo that they dared to complain against the king\nAmong themselves often\nBut there is no thing said so softly\nThat it does not come out at last\nThe king knew it and as quickly\nAs he who was of high prudence\nHe showed therefore an evidence\nOf them who complained in that case\nTo know in whose fault it was\nAnd all within his own intent.That nobody knew what it meant\nAnyone he ordered two coffins made\nOf one appearance of one make\nSo similar that no life that threw one away\nCould tell one from the other\nThey were brought into his chamber\nBut nobody knew why they were brought\nAnd nevertheless the king had asked\nThat they be placed in private chambers\nAs he it was of wisdom when he saw it\nWhen he thereupon gave his time\nPrivately that none knew\nHis own hands that one kissed\nOf fine gold and fine pearls\nWhich were taken from his treasury\nHe felt full that other coffin of straw and mull\nWith stones measured he felt also\nThus both were filled\nSo that each one upon a day\nHe ordered to be placed within\nThere should be a board set up and spread fair\nAnd then he let the coffins be placed\nUpon the board and did set them\nHe knew the names well of those\nWhich again grasped him so\nBoth of his chamber and of his hall\nImmediately and sent for them all\nAnd said to them in this way\nThere shall no man despise him\nI well know you have long served\nAnd God knows what you have deserved.But if it is long for me or for you, the truth shall be proven now. Look here at two coffers on the board. Choose which one you prefer, and know well that one of these two, as with Trosour long ago, if you happen upon it, you shall be rich men forever. Now choose and take which one you prefer, but beware of that one, for of that one I undertake there is no manner of good in it, from which you might profit. Now go together in one accord and make your assessment. I announce this to you today. It stands upon your own chance. So shall it be shown in this place, that no default shall be mine. They all kneel and with one voice thank the king for this choice. And after that they rise and go aside and make their assessment. And at last they agree. Let him record her tale, that to what issue they came. A knight shall speak for them all. He kneels down to the king and says that they are upon this matter..Or for winning or for choosing,\nThis knight took a yard in hand,\nAnd went there where the coffers stood.\nWith consent of everyone,\nHe laid his yard upon one,\nAnd said the king how this same thing,\nThey chose in regulation by name,\nAnd prayed him it might be theirs.\nThe king, who wished to save his honor,\nHaving heard the common voice,\nGranted them their own choices,\nAnd took from them the key.\nBut he would have it be known,\nWhat good they had as they supposed,\nHe bade anyone the coffin open.\nWhich was filled with straw and stones,\nThus they were served all at once.\nIn the same place, another coffin was undone,\nWhere they saw great riches,\nMuch more than they could guess.\nLo, see now may the king be seen,\nThat there is no default in me,\nFor myself, I will acquit,\nAnd bear you your own wit,\nOf that fortune has refused.\nThus was this wise king excused,\nAnd they left off their hasty speech,\nAnd begged for mercy from their king..Nota hic de duobus pauperibus, quibus Fredericus Imperator Romanorum audivit litigare in via, narrat, quod unus dixit: \"A lord well may the man be rich, whom a king desires to make rich.\" Et alius dixit: \"He is rich and well begotten, to whom God sends wealth.\" Et sic verba fecerunt. Hoc dominus audivit nomen et convocavit ut ad palatia venirent. Et praecepit ordinare cenam, duos pasteles facere et gallinam in uno, et in altero floreas vinci..He let them put great riches,\nOutward they both were, as it seemed,\nThis beggar was commanded though,\nHe that which held him to the king,\nThat he first choose, upon this thing,\nHe saw them but he felt them not,\nSo that upon his own thought,\nHe chose the capon and forsook,\nThat other, which his fellow took,\nBut when he knew how that it fared,\nHe says aloud that men had heard,\nNow I am certainly conceived,\nThat he may lightly be deceived,\nThat trusts unto man's help,\nBut well is he who God will help,\nFor he stands on the sick side,\nWhich else should go beside,\nI see my fellow well recover,\nAnd I must dwell still in poverty,\nThus spoke the beggar his intent,\nAnd poverty he came and went,\nOf that he has riches sought,\nHis fortune it would not bring.\nSo may it show in various ways,\nBetween fortune and covetousness,\nThe chance is cast upon a die,\nBut yet a man may often see,\nThose who put themselves ever in press,\nTo get good, and yet they fail,\nAnd for to speak of this tale..Touch the end of love in thy mother,\nMy good son, as thou mightest here,\nThat right as with thee men stood,\nOf fortune's misfortune in the world,\nAs thou hast me told above,\nRight so full often it stands by love,\nThough thou covet it evermore,\nThou shalt have no more delight,\nBut only that which is shaped\nThe remainder is but a jest,\nAnd nevertheless, I now of thee,\nThere be those who covet so,\nThat where they see a woman,\nTen or twelve though there be,\nThe love is now so unavailed,\nThat where the beauty stands assessed,\nThe man's heart is there anon,\nAnd rounds tales in her ere,\nAnd says how that he loves straight,\nAnd thus he sets himself to covet,\nA hundred though he saw a day,\nSo should he more than he may,\nBut for the great covetousness\nOf sweetness and foolish pride,\nIn each of them he finds something,\nThat pleases him or this or that,\nSome one for she is white of kin,\nSome one for she is noble of kin,\nSome one for she has a rosy cheek,\nSome one for that she seems meek,\nSome one for she has grey eyes,\nSome one for she can laugh and play..Some one for she is long and small\nSome one for she is light and small-sized\nSome one for she is pale and bleached\nSome one for she is soft of speech\nSome one for that she is amused\nSome one for that she has not been used\nSome one for she can dance and sing\nSo that something pleases him\nHe finds and thinks no more but that she has a little hell\nIt is enough that he therefore\nHires her love and thus a hundred scores\nWhile they are new he would have had\nWhom he forsakes she shall be bad\nThe blind man no color discerns\nBut all is one right as he sees it\nSo has his lust no judgment\nWhom covetousness of love has ensnared\nHe thinks that to his covetousness\nHow all the world may not suffice\nFor by his will he would have all\nIf it might so fall\nSo is he common as the street\nI set nothing by his beauty\nMy son have such covetousness\nNay father such love I despise\nAnd while I live shall do ever\nFor in good faith yet had I rather\nThan to covet in such a way\nTo be forever till I die\nAs poor as Job and loveless\nOut taken one for hauls.His thanks are not enough for a man to repay\nThere ought no wise man covet\nThe law was not set so strictly\nFor I myself, with all to save,\nSuch one there is, I would have\nAnd now of all these others, I\nMy son, of that you would have so,\nI am not angry but over this,\nI will tell you how it is,\nFor there are men who otherwise,\nRight only for the covetousness\nOf that they see a woman rich,\nThere will they all display their love\nNot for the beauty of her face,\nNor yet for virtue nor for grace,\nWhich she has else right enough,\nBut for the park and for the plow,\nAnd other things that belong to it,\nFor in no other way does love last,\nIf you have such a condition,\nMy son, tell it right as it is,\nMy holy father, nay I say,\nCondition such have I none,\nFor truly, father, I love one,\nSo well with all my heart I thought,\nThat truly, though she had nothing..And I, as poor as Medea, who was exiled for Creusa,\nI would not love her any less,\nNor if she were above,\nAs was the rich queen Candida,\nWho for love and grace\nGave many a worthy thing to Alexander the king,\nOr else as Pantasylee,\nWho was the queen of Femyne,\nAnd great riches with her name,\nWhen she came to Troy for love of Hector,\nTo save the town,\nI am in such condition,\nThat though my lady is rich as such twelve,\nI cannot love her any less,\nFor I love in such a plain way,\nThat for speaking of covetousness,\nAs for poverty or riches,\nMy love is neither more nor less,\nFor truly, so covetous is no man,\nFor why, he, my lady, sees,\nThat through looking with his eye,\nHe should not have such a stroke within,\nThat for no gold he might win her love,\nBut if he left there his heart,\nBe it such a man as could skill a woman,\nFor there are men so rude some..When they come among the women,\nThey are under protection,\nLove and his affection shall not seize them,\nFor they are outside that belief,\nThey desire no lady's cheer,\nBut ever think here and there,\nWhere the gold is in the Coffer,\nAnd will not offer other love,\nBut he who knows what love amounts to,\nAnd for that reason truly accounts it,\nThen may he know and take heed,\nThat all the lust of womanhood,\nWhich may be in a lady's face,\nMy lady has, and also grace,\nIf men should give her applause,\nThey may well say how she is wise,\nAnd sober and simple in behavior,\nAnd all that belongs to good governance,\nBelongs to a worthy man,\nShe has openly for this night,\nThat she was born for nones,\nNature set all in her at once,\nBeauty with bounty so apparent,\nThat I may well affirm and say,\nI saw never creature,\nOf comeliness and of feature,\nIn any king's realm,\nLike her in comparison,\nAnd to tell the truth as I have told you,\nYet she has more a thousandfold,\nOf bounty and shortly to tell,\nShe is pure head and well..And my mirror and example of a good person,\nWhoever understands her virtues,\nI think it is enough for me,\nWithout any other desire,\nTo love and serve one who, with her face, can deserve,\nTo be loved better than she who is rich in this case,\nAnd has a million of gold,\nSuch has been my opinion,\nAnd ever shall be,\nI say nothing, she is not haughty,\nWho is not rich and well at ease,\nAnd has enough to please,\nOf the world's goods, whoever that pleases her,\nBut one thing I would like you to know,\nThat never for any worldly good,\nMy heart to her ward stood,\nBut only right for pure love,\nThat knew the high god above,\nNow father, what do you say to this,\nMy son, I say it is well done,\nFor take this right good belief,\nWhoever wants to relieve himself,\nTo love in any other way,\nHe will find his covetousness,\nWill sorely grieve him at last,\nFor such a love may not last,\nBut now men say our days are short,\nMen take but a few trials,\nBut if the cause is riches,\nFor the love is well the less,\nAnd who would tell examples..By old days, a man could well understand such love may not long endure. Here's an example of this matter. He [Hic] sets an example against those who take wives not for love but for wealth! And he tells of a certain King's Seneschal who not only took a wife for money but also for the sake of money treated her as a commodity.\n\nAs we stated earlier, I find written here a wondrous thing. There was once a king, a man of high complexion, young but not yet fallen in age, whose affection was not yet weakened. The desire for women, it happened, came upon him by chance. This lord fell into great sickness. Physicians tried various cures to heal him. A worthy master, who was there, gave him counsel on this matter. He told him that if he wanted complete healing, he should be with a woman, a fresh, young, lusty one, to make him well that very night. He promised him that he would be whole by then..And otherwise he knew no cure\nThis king, who stood in peril of life and death for medicine,\nAgreed and of his lineage,\nHis steward, whom he trusted well,\nHe took and told him every detail,\nOf how this master had said,\nAnd upon his liegeance,\nHe charged him to pursue,\nSuch one as were capable,\nFor his pleasure and delight,\nAnd bade him how that ever it stood,\nThat he should spare for no good,\nFor his will is right well to pay,\nThe steward said he would try,\nBut now hereafter you shall write,\nWhat covetousness in love does,\nThis steward, to tell the truth,\nAmong all the men alive,\nA lusty lady has to wed,\nWho nevertheless, for gold he took,\nAnd nothing for love, as the book says,\nA rich merchant of the land,\nHer father was and her beloved,\nSo worthy and such riches,\nOf worldly goods and such largesse,\nWith her he gave in marriage,\nThat only for this advantage,\nOf gold the steward had her taken,\nFor lucre and nothing for love's sake,\nAnd that was well known to the steward..Now listen to what it means:\n\nThe steward in his own heart\nSows that his lord may not discover\nHis malady, but he has\nA lusty woman to save\nAnd though he would give enough\nOf his treasure whereof he grew\nGreat covetousness into his mind\nAnd set his honor aside\nThus he, whom gold had overcome,\nWas trapped in his own net\nThe gold had made his wits weak\nSo that he sought his own shame\nHe went round in the king's ear\nAnd said that he knew where\nA gentle and lusty one was\nAnd there he would go\nBut he must give great gifts\nFor if it were through great pain\nOf gold he said he should not proceed\nThe king commanded him on bended knee\nThat he take a hundred pounds he should\nAnd give it where he would\nAnd let it be in a worthy place\nAnd thus to stand in love's grace\nThis king has bestowed his gold\nAnd when this tale was fully told\nThe steward took the gold and went\nWithin his heart and many a one\nOf covetousness then he cast\nWhose purpose at the last\nAgain love and again his right\nHe took and said how that night..His wife shall lie by the king's side, and ponder this matter towards his inn, until he comes home. In his chamber, he names his wife and tells her all the causes. She, ashamed, prays with both hands that she may reason and explain in what thing he bids willingly. She is ready to do his bidding. But this thing is not honest, that he should sell her for gold. He, with his word, fells her with his ghostly countenance, commanding her to obey and follow his will in every place. Through the strength of his might, her innocence is overruled, of which she was so sore afraid that she must obey his will. And thus, by means of his power, a way was arranged for him to bring his own wife secretly by night out of all men's sight. He brought her to the king, who may do with her as he pleases. When she was there, as she should be, with him under the bedclothes, the steward took his leave and went into the chamber quickly by his side. However, I do not know how he slept..For he saw the cause of Jealousy,\nBut he who has the company of such a lusty one as she,\nHe thought that of his degree\nThere was no man so well at ease,\nShe does all that she may to please,\nSo that all his heart she had,\nAnd thus this king led his joy,\nUntil it was near upon the day.\nThe Steward then, where she lay,\nCame to the bed and in his way,\nBade she should arise.\nThe king said nay, she should not go,\nHis steward said again, nothing so,\nFor she must go before it be known,\nAnd so I swear by that same,\nWhen I bring her to you here,\nThe king's tale would not hear,\nAnd says how that he has bought her,\nFor she shall depart nothing,\nUntil the bright day holds.\nAnd in his arms he took her,\nAs he who delights to play,\nAnd bade his steward go away,\nAnd so he did again his will,\nAnd thus his wife a bed still,\nLay with the king the long night,\nUntil it was high sun light.\nBut who she was he knew nothing.\nTho the steward came to the king,\nAnd prayed him that without shame,\nIn saving of his own name..He might lead her home again\nThis lady and told him plainly\nHow it was his own wife\nThe king heard it and flew into a struggle\nAnd when he heard it, he was nearly out of his wits\nAnd said \"A captive most of all,\nWhere was it ever or in this tale,\nThat any coward acted thus\nBy betraying his wife for pleasure\nYou have her and me deceived\nAnd also your own estate ruined\nWhom this shameless one\nHereafter shall never be\nFor this I swear to God I speak,\nAfter this day if I find you\nYou shall be hanged and to draw\nNow look and withdraw quickly\nSo that I never see you more\nThis steward who feared him greatly\nWith all the haste that he may\nAnd fled away the same day\nAnd was exiled from the land\nLook here, a nice husband\nWho thus has lost his wife forever\nBut nevertheless she had a truer\nThe king wedded and honored her\nWhose name she secures\nWho earlier was lost through covetousness\nOf him who led her astray\nAnd has himself also lost.\nMy son, beware therefore\nWhere you shall love in any place..That thou should not covet\nThat which is not of love's kind\nBut for all that a man may find\nNow in this time of such rage\nGreat disease in marriage\nWhen venom mingles with the sweet\nAnd marriage is made for gain\nOr for lust or for health\nWhat man that shall with another deal\nHe may not fail to repent\nMy father such is my intent\nBut nevertheless, it is good\nFor good may oftentimes save\nThe love which should otherwise spoil\nBut God who knows my heart's will\nI dare well take as witness\nYet was I never for riches\nSet with marriage none\nFor all my heart is upon one\nSo freely that in the person\nStands all my world's joy alone\nI ask nothing else but thee\nIf I had her, it would be enough\nHer love should suffice me\nWithout any other covetousness\nLook now, my father, touching me rightly as it is\nMy shame I am made plainly known\nAnd if thou wilt say anything else\nOf covetousness if there be more\nLove grows weary and the wound festers..Fallere cum nequeat propria vir fraud subornat (A man cannot deceive his own wife with fraud; / Tests are turned to them with truth as a response; / As an avaricious man seeks false witnesses in women, / He desires to have false witnesses of his own; / A perjurer will not go away from them without force, / He who sees the innermost thoughts of the heart, / It is not praiseworthy for a girl to deceive through an oath; / Gloria in falsa condicionis opus (This treatise deals with those avarice species that are called false testimony and perjury, in which the deceitful entourage often reaches the point of deceitfully attaining their desires in the case of covetousness and love).\n\nHic tractat super illis avaritiae species quibus falsum testimonium et periurium vocantur, quorum fraudulenta circumuencio tam in cupiditatibus quam in amoris causa sui desiderij saepe fallaciter attingit. (Here is a treatise on those avarice species that are called false testimony and perjury, in which the deceitful entourage often deceitfully reaches their desires in the case of covetousness and love).\n\nYou shall understand\nHow covetousness yet lies in wait\nIn special two covetous persons\nThat are also his procurers\nThe first of them is false witness\nWhich ever is ready to witness\nWhat thing his master wants him to hot\nPerjury is the second hot\nWhich spares not to swear an oath\nThough it be false & God be wrath\nThat one shall bear false witness\nThat other shall the thing forswear\nWhen he is charged in the book\nSo what with hope & what with crook..They make him often win\nAnd will not know what is the sin\nOf covetousness. Thus men say\nThey make many a false bargain.\nThere may no true quarrel arise\nIn this quest and this assize\nWhereas they two the people inform\nFor they keep ever one manner form\nThat upon gold here conscience\nThey find and take here evidence\nAnd thus with false witnesses and others\nThey win them meat, drink, and clothes\nRight so there be who that knew them\nOf these lovers full many untrue\nNow may a woman find you now\nThat each of him when he shall woo\nAnon he would his hand down lay\nUpon a book and swear and say\nThat he will faith and truth bear\nAnd thus he proposes himself to swear\nAnd all is very treachery\nFor when the truth himself tries\nThe more he swears the more he\nWhen he his faith makes all there m\nThen may a woman trust him least\nFor till he may his will achieve\nHe is no true lover\nThus is the truth of love excluded\nAnd also to speak of false witnesses\nThere be now such many I see\nThat resemble the accusers\nThey make them their secret procurers..\"A man who is worthy of love and can connect all that a good man should, has gone about the cause in which he will proceed, and is certain as the creed they make of that which is false. And thus love is often embraced by false men. But love which is so purchased comes afterward to little price. If thou art my son and wise, now thou hast heard this evidence. Thou mightest oppose thy own conscience if thou hast been such one. Nay, God knows, father I am none, nor ever was, for as men say, when a man shall make his faith, his heart and tongue must accord. For if so be that they discord, then he is false and nothing else. And I dare say, according to my thought, in love it is not discordable. To my word but a and I, father, may right well swear and safely, that I love my lady well, for it agrees with every delight. It needs nothing for my truth to witness should draw me into this day, nor might it sink into my wit. That I should counsel thee.\".To any one who reads this:\nSeek help in such a way, but only from my lady dear.\nAnd though a thousand men may say\nThat I love her and then swear with me,\nIt would not be false testimony.\nFor I dare dwell in this truth: I love her more than I can tell.\nThus I am guiltless as you have heard, and neither more nor less.\nIn your domain I put it all.\nMy son's wisdom in particular,\nIt shall not commonly fail.\nAlthough it may fail for a time,\nThat false witness's cause will prosper,\nOn the point of his falsehood,\nIt shall afterward be acknowledged.\nAs it is said, an example of such things blind,\nIn Chronicle I find,\nHe puts an example of those who falsely testified in the matter of Innocence's chastity / and condemned them.\nThe goddess of the sea, Thetis,\nShe had a son, and his name is Achilles.\nTo keep and guard him while he was young and in training,\nShe thought him safely to be taken,\nAs she feared for his sake.\nIt was said in prophecy that he at Troy,\nWhen the city was taken,\nWould be in danger, as the books say.\nShe cast her wisdom in various ways..A queen, who could disguise herself in such a way that no man should know her body, dwelt near this king named Lycomedes. He was hot-tempered and had many fair daughters. Now you shall hear a wondrous tale. This queen, who was the mother of Achilles in this matter, kept her a secret. She bore a son, but allowed him to suffer all. Whatever she had charged her women with, they did not discover this, but feigned and made a knotting on the counsel which was unknown. In every place where they came to tell and witness this, she bade them serve her, so that Achilles would not understand as a young lady should be served. He was to honor service and reverence, for Thetis taught and admonished him in such a way that he should conceal his manhood from all, so that none would know the truth. But in every man's sight, he should seem a pure maiden..And so she spoke to him:\n\nAchilles, who was once young and smiled,\nBegan when he was in such distress.\nAs the books relate, with pearls on his head,\nFreshly between white and red,\nShe, who was tender in years,\nStood before him with a color in her face,\nSuch that to look upon his cheek\nAnd see his childlike manner,\nHe seemed a woman to behold.\nThen his mother told him:\n\"I gave birth to you,\nBecause I thought I had gone\nTo Lycomedes at that time,\nWhere I said you should abide\nAmong his daughters to dwell.\nAchilles heard his mother say this,\nAnd knew not the reason why.\nYet he was eager to go\nWherever it was his mother's will,\nTo Lycomedes and they departed.\nAnd she...\nAnd he...\nAnd it came to his ear,\nOf such a record of such witnesses,\nHe had great joy,\nIn seeing and hearing this,\nAnd he who did not know how it fared,\nOn the counsel of necessity,\nBut for all that, King Lycomedes\nHas taken his daughter as his wife,\nAnd for Thetis, his mother's sake.\".He put her in company,\nTo dwell with Deydamye,\nHis own daughter, the eldest,\nThe fairest and the comeliest\nOf all his daughters which he had,\nLoo, thus Thetys the cause led,\nAnd left there Achilles feigned,\nAs he who had himself restrained\nIn all that ever he may and can\nOut of the manner of a man,\nAnd took his woman's charming face,\nWhom to his bedfellow, Deydamye,\nHe had by night\nNature, which cannot be overcome,\nHad made both for to rest,\nThey kissed first and more,\nThe high way of love's lore,\nThey went and all was done in deed,\nWhose maidenhead was lost,\nAnd that was afterward well known,\nFor it happened thus,\nAs at Troy where the siege lay\nUpon the cause of Menelaus\nAnd of his queen, Dame Helen,\nThey fought and tried to assail,\nBut they could not overcome\nSo noble a city to win,\nA private counsel they began,\nIn various ways, where they treated..And at last, among them, they agreed that Phores, who was an astronomer and also a great magician, should lead the search for the constellations to determine how they might find the city and he who had not yet studied this subject set himself to this task. So long did he ponder it that he eventually discovered it. But if they had Achilles here, and one who he told plainly how he had been seen and where he would be found, they would have found Vulixes and Diomede within a little while. Vulixes, before he went forth, had arranged things in such a way that he took the most rich array, whereof a woman might be proud, and he took manyfold and more than was told, an armor for a lusty knight, which was as silver-bright in sword, plate, and mail, as though he should do battle. He also took with him by ship, and thus, with Diomede and he, Agamemnon sent forth..In hope they might see\nThe place where Achilles is,\nThe wind did not then stand still,\nBut every topseyle (topseles?)cole it blew,\nUntil Ulysses the marches knew,\nWhere Lycomedes his reign had,\nThe steersman led him so well,\nThat they had come safely to land\nWhere they had gone out upon the strand\nIn the town where they found\nThe king and he who had found\nUlysses sent the message,\nBut the counsel to his courage,\nWhy he came he told nothing,\nBut underneath he was thinking,\nIn what manner he might spy\nAchilles from Deidamia,\nAnd from these other who were there,\nFull many a lusty lady there,\nThey played there a day or two,\nAnd as it was fated so,\nIt fell that time in such a way,\nTo Bacchus that a sacrifice,\nThese young ladyes should make,\nAnd so the strange men's sake,\nWho came from the siege of Troy,\nThey made it even more joyful,\nThere was revel there was dancing,\nAnd every life which could sing,\nOf lusty women in the rout,\nA fresh carol sang about.\nBut for all this nevertheless,\nThe Greeks were unaware of Achilles..So they weren't me in the least degree. They weren't recognized by his voice or by his passions. More than anything upon this occasion, a thing of great prudence had been done. For the array which he had bought, he gave among the women there. He let forth with a knight's armor also, in all the country, to seek men. No faith should they have. And everything in its degree, he placed upon a board. To Lycomedes, and then he prayed that every lady choose what thing of all that she would, and take it as by way of gift. For themselves, it should serve. He said after her own will. Achilles then stood still. When he beheld the bright helmet, the sword, the hauberk, and the shield, his heart fell to them at once. Of all that other worldly goods he wanted none. The knights and that array which belonged to them, he forsook. And in this way, as the book says, they knew then who he was. For he went forth the great pas into the chamber where he lay. Immediately and made no delay. He armed himself in knightly fashion. No man could devise better than that. And as fortune fell..He came forth to face them all,\nThis one who was glad enough,\nBut Lycomedes showed no laughter,\nWhen he saw how it ferried,\nThen he knew well and heard,\nHis daughter had been lost,\nBut he was so overcome,\nThe wonder overwhelmed his wit,\nFor in Chronicle it is written yet,\nThings which shall never be forgotten,\nHow Achilles had taken,\nPyrrhus upon Deidamia,\nFrom which came the treachery,\nOf false witnesses when they said,\nHow Achilles was a maid,\nBut that was not seen at the time,\nFor he was going to the siege,\nWith Ulysses and Diomedes,\nThus it was proven in the deed,\nAnd he spoke at that time,\n\"If one woman another beguiles,\nWhere is there any certainty,\nWhen Thetys, who was the goddess,\nDeidamia had so deceived,\nI do not know how it shall be escaped,\nWith those women, whose innocence,\nIs now always through such credence,\nDeceived often as it is seen,\nWith men who are such untrustworthy men,\nFor they are sly in such a way,\nThat they bring in false witnesses,\nWho often help them to win..Where they are not worthy of thee,\nMy son, do not act as my father did,\nWith false witness, denying the truth and manner,\nAs you have told, I have well heard,\nBut if you said otherwise,\nHow this vice of covetousness\nHas yet persisted in its power,\nIf you wish for some record,\nTo tell another tale as well,\nIn love's cause of times past,\nWhat it means to be forsworn,\nI would pray you therefore,\nFrom which I might take example,\nMy good son, and for your sake,\nI shall fulfill your request,\nAnd the matter I shall declare,\nHow women deceive,\nWhen they seem so tenderly to swear,\nBut when it comes to the test,\nThey find it false another day,\nAs Jason did to Medea,\nWhich still stands in authority,\nIn token and in memorial,\nOf which the tale in particular,\nIs written in the book of Troy,\nWhich I shall now recount..In ancient Greece, there was a king named Peleus, whose fame and knowledge still survive. He had no child of his own to succeed him after his death. He had a brother named Eason, and he had begotten a worthy knight named Iason. Iason was renowned in every land, surpassing all others in arms. He sought worship everywhere. Now listen, and I will tell you.\n\nOnce in the cause of love, Peleus granted an exemption to Jason against Perimedes. He narrated how, before going to the Isle of the Colchians to obtain the golden fleece and enter into love and marriage with the king's daughter Medea by swearing a stronger oath, he had promised to her. However, after completing his business, he left her and sailed back to Greece. There, his father-in-law, the aged Eason, had transformed into a charming young woman through miraculous knowledge. Jason, having forsaken his oath to Medea for other benefits, had left her..An adventure that he sought, which afterward he bought extensively, was an island called Colchos, famously known for this marvel. In all the wide world, nowhere was such a wonder reported. On this island, there was a sheep as was told, whose fleece bore all gold. The goddesses had ordained that it could not be taken by the power of any worldly might. Yet, many a worthy knight had attempted, and it always turned out for the worst. But he who would not abandon it, but undertook the task of knighthood to do what was required, this worthy Jason, alone, longed to see the strange regions and learn of their conditions, and for this reason, he set out to find Colchos. He spoke to Pelias, his eminent king, and was well rewarded for this endeavor. He embarked on his journey immediately, accompanied by those of his lineage and other chosen knights. Hercules, who was full of chivalry, was among them..With Iason, they set sail in the month of May,\nWhen cold storms had passed, the wind was good,\nThe ship was ready, they took their leave,\nAnd sailed towards Colchos. But on their way,\nWhat befell them is long to recount.\nHow King Laomedon of Troy,\nWho should have welcomed them with joy,\nPrevented them from resting in his land,\nAnd thus began the discord\nThat later brought destruction to that city,\nAs men may still see. But that is not my concern.\nInstead, this worthy Greek folk,\nDriven from the ungracious king,\nAnd from his land, set sail once more.\nThen they went forth and saw many a sight,\nThey made many a great sacrifice,\nUntil at last they reached their destination,\nAnd struck their sails and set anchor,\nThey sent word to the king and told him,\nWho they were and what they intended.\nKing Oetes, who then ruled,\nUpon hearing this news,\nOf Jason and the others,\nThought great honor was being paid to him,\nFor they had come directly from the ship..And they straight to the king they went,\nBy the hand of Jason he was taken,\nAt the palace gate this occurred,\nThe king came on, towards Jason to greet,\nHe whom no man lacked,\nWhen the king saw him in presence,\nHe gave him reverence as to a king's state,\nAnd the king received him,\nJason in his arms he caught,\nAnd into the hall he led him,\nThere they sat and spoke of things,\nJason told him the tidings,\nWhy he had come and prayed him to hasten,\nThe king said, \"Jason, you are a worthy knight,\nBut it lies in no man's might\nTo do what you have come to do.\nMany a knight have lost their lives\nTrying to accomplish this,\nBut Jason, you will not be dismayed,\nAnd said of every world's cure,\nFortune stands in the balance,\nParaventure well paraventure go,\nBut however that it goes,\nIt shall be with my hand attempted.\nThe king held him not well paid,\nFor he greatly feared the Greeks,\nLest Jason not succeed,\nHe might thereof incur blame..For there was all the world's fame in Greece, as for speaking of arms. For this he feared harm and began to preach and pray. But Jason would not obey. He said he would hold to his purpose, no matter what anyone told him. When the king heard these words and saw how the knight answered, yet he wanted to make him happy after Medea was gone. She was his daughter, and she came and welcomed him into that land. Softly she took him by the hand and they both sat down together. She had heard of his name and his great worth. For her, she pressed her eye upon his face and his stature and thought that never a creature was so well-endowed as he. And Jason, rightly in such a degree, could not withhold his gaze. He took such good heed on her that he thought under heaven he had never seen her equal, with all that fell to womanhood. Thus each of the others took notice, though there was no word of record..Here both their hearts in agreement\nwere set to love, as if there could be no more words.\nThe king made great joy and feast\nfor all his men, whom he wanted to thank.\nHe ordered them all to serve Jason,\nas long as he wished to dwell there.\nAnd thus the day passed quickly,\nwith many joys dispensed.\nUntil night came, and they all went\neach one to take his leave.\nWhen they could no longer stay,\nIason could not sleep that night,\nbut I well know that among the sheep\nfor which he had come to that island,\nhe thought it would only be a little while.\nBut Medea, who was thought to be\nwise in many ways,\nher mind kept him awake, or it was day.\nSometimes yes, sometimes no,\nsometimes this way, sometimes that,\nas he was stirred to and fro\nby love and also by his conquest.\nAs he held the reins of his horse,\nand thus he rose up by the morning,\nand took Saint John to borrow,\nand said he would first begin\nwith love, and then conquer.\nThe flees of gold for which he came,\nand thus to him he named\nMedea in the same way,\nuntil the day came that she had to rise..She spent the night in thought,\nHow that noble, worthy knight\nCould ever wed, and she did not know\nIf he would, of things he had undertaken,\nShe could not take matters into her own hands.\nFor if he died in battle,\nShe would fail more than ever\nTo obtain him when he was dead.\nSo she tried to devise a plan\nAnd turned her thoughts around,\nTo see how it might turn out\nThat she could join him,\nTo speak and tell of his desire.\nIt happened on the same day\nThat Jason, with his sweet may,\nGathered and had the space\nTo speak and he begged for her grace,\nAnd she listened to his tale,\nAnd afterward she answered,\n\"Jason, as you will,\nYou may live or be split apart.\nFor know well that no man\nCan achieve that fortune,\nUnless I can.\nIf you want to hold a covenant\nTo love of all the remainder,\nI will save your life and honor.\"\nHe said all this at his own will,\n\"Lady, I will truly fulfill\nYour command while my life lasts.\".Thus he prayed and at last she granted, and said to him, \"But when night comes and it is time, I will certainly send someone to bring you privately into my chamber.\" He thanked her for this news, for it had begun his grace. He thought all other things were foolish. The day had ended and lost its light, and the dark night had come. Which, all day long, had blended the eyes. Jason took leave and went forth. And when he came out of the crowd, he counted and told him how it was to be. He prayed him to look after it and that he would take care while he was out. Thus, as he stood and heard his name, a maiden from Medea appeared and led him into the chamber where he found the bed ready. The fairest and wisest one was she, and she came with simple cheer and meekness. When he saw her, he was ashamed. Then her tale was captured by her earnestness for marriage. She set before him a rich image, the figure of Iubites. And Jason swore and said, \"That wise god should help me, if Medea helped me.\".That he might win her, they should never part a twine,\nBut ever while he lived, he would hold her for his wife.\nWith that word they kissed both,\nAnd for their pleasure, she undressed them,\nUntil they were in bed, naked.\nI know that night was well awake.\nThey loathed what they had done,\nAnd then at his leisure, she told him,\nAnd began from point to point to inform,\nOf this battle and all the form,\nThe which he would find there,\nWhen he came to that place.\nShe said at the entrance of the pass,\nHow mighty was that god of arms,\nHe had set two oxen stern and stout,\nThat fought and flamed about,\nSo that they sitting all ablaze,\nAnd for the serpent,\nThe which may never sleep,\nWhoever should conquer it,\nMust begin to stop the fire,\nThe which the fire-beasts cast,\nAnd dance he must with them at the last,\nSo that he may yoke and drive,\nAnd thereupon he must bind,\nThe serpent with such strength assails,\nThat he may slay him in battle..Of the which he must draw out the teeth, as it pertains to that law,\nAnd then he must yoke the oxen,\nUntil they have broken a furrow of land, which of the plow\nThe serpent's teeth he must weave,\nAnd there shall arise knights,\nArmed well at all rights,\nOf whom he need take no heed,\nFor each of them in hasty head,\nShall slay another with death's wound,\nAnd thus when they are led to ground,\nAnd go forth, and take his prey,\nThen must he pray to the gods,\nBut if he fails in any way,\nOf that which I have advised,\nThere may be set no other way,\nThat he need not die at once.\n\nNow I have told you all the peril,\nAnd I will tell you now forthwith,\nQuoth Medea to Jason,\nThat you shall know ere you go,\nAgainst the venom and the fire,\nWhat shall be recovered,\nBut for it is near day,\nArise up, so that I may,\nDeliver to you what thing I have,\nThat may save your life and honor.\n\nThey were both loath to rise,\nBut for they were both wise,\nUp they rose at the last,\nIason cast his clothes on him,\nAnd made him ready forthwith..And she did her shirt on, and wore a mantle close, without anything more than that. She took forth a rich tyne, made of gold and pearl, from which she took a ring. The stone was worth all other things. She said, \"This ring may save him from peril, in water may he not be drenched, where water quenches fire, it overcomes also cruel beasts. There may none adversity arrest it. Wherever he be, on sea or land, that has this ring on his hand.\" And over that she showed him, that if a man will not conceal, within his hand close the stone, and he may be invisible gone. This ring she gave to Jason, and so forth after him she taught what sacrifice he should make. She took him a heavenly figure from her casket, which was wrought and also inscribed with names which he should know how to read, and bade him as he would expedite, without rest of any kind, when he was landed on that isle, he should make his sacrifice..And she taught him on bended knees\nFor so should he please the goddess\nAnd win himself much ease\nAnd when he had thrice read\nTo open a box she gave him\nThat which she took in hand\nAnd was filled with such ointment\nThat there was fire nor poison\nThat should fasten him thereon\nWhen he was anointed with this\nFor she taught him how he should\nAnoint\nAnd for he should have no doubt\nShe took him then a kind of glue\nThe which was of such great virtue\nThat where a man\nIt would bind immediately so fast\nThat no man might undo it\nAnd that she bade him in every way\nHe should throw it into the mouths\nOf these two oxen that fire should blow\nTherefrom to stop the malice\nThe glove shall serve for that purpose\nAnd over that her ointment\nHer ring and her enchantment\nAgainst the serpent should he be\nUntil he him slew with shield and spear\nAnd then he may save\nHis oxen yoke in his plough\nAnd the teeth sow in such a way\nUntil he the knights see arise\nAnd so Medea, as I have said,\nOrders and prays for this..That he should not forget and she prayed him that when he had all his arms done, he would kneel to the ground and thank the gods and so forth. The flees of gold he should see, and when he had seen that, he should go without any tarrying. When this was said to her, she fell as she was, overcome with love and so forth, and all her world on him she cast. But when she saw there was no better, that he need not leave her, she took him in her arms twice and began to kiss him, and said, \"O all my world's bliss, my trust, my lust, my life, to be your help in your quarrel. I pray to the gods all, and with that word she fell swooning, and he raised her up. And forthwith the maiden came and brought her to bed, and then Jason besought her and said to her in this manner: 'My worthy, lusty ladies, comfort yourselves, for by my troth it shall not fail in my sloth that I will throughly fulfill your commandment and your own will.\".Within a while such news\nWhich shall make us both go\nBut he would keep her name hidden\nUntil he knew it was new day\nHe said farewell my sweet may\nAnd forthwith him he took leave\nWhich she bade take him there\nAnd straightway to his chamber he went\nAnd lay that no man him woke\nFor Hercules head of him took\nUntil it was under the day and more\nAnd then he began to sicken\nAnd suddenly awoke from sleep\nAnd then they kept watch over him\nHis chamberlains\nAnd made ready all his gear\nAnd he awoke / and to the king\nHe went and said concerning that thing\nFor which he came / he would go\nThe king therefore was greatly worried\nAnd in order to please him, he tried\nTo dissuade him with many fearful sights\nBut Jason would not listen\nAnd at last they came to an agreement\nWhen he would not wait\nA\nIn it this worthy knight, fully armed,\nTook another by the hand and led him\nTo his battle that belonged to him\nUntil he passed through the water\nAnd when he came to that place\nHe set him on his knee and spoke sternly..And his face, as he was taught,\nHe saw and made his sacrifice,\nThen announced him as Medea did,\nAnd then he arose from the,\nAnd with the glew the fiend,\nHe immediately afterwards confronted,\nThe great serpent and slew it,\nBut before that serpent caused him enough sorrow,\nFor that serpent made him travel,\nSo hard and sore from his battle,\nThat now he stood and now he fell,\nFor a long time,\nHe could not defeat that serpent,\nIt was so shelled all around,\nIt spread its hooded head without,\nIt was so rude and hard of skin,\nThere might be nothing done there,\nVenom and fire he cast,\nAnd if it had not been his ointment,\nHis ring and his enchantment,\nWhich Medea gave him before,\nHe would have lost to that worm,\nBut through the virtue of that,\nJason overcame the dragon,\nAnd he immediately drew out its teeth,\nAnd set his oxen in a plow,\nWith which he broke a piece of,\nAnd sowed them with his own.\nThen he could marvel at every tooth in its degree,\nA knight sprang up with spear and shield,\nImmediately from it fought..Iason did not forget Medea. He fell on both knees and cried out. He took the flees and went to the boat. The sun shines bright and hot. The flees of gold shone forth with all their brilliance. The water sparkled all around. Medea wept and sighed often, standing up to watch aloft, quietly within herself. She heard it not, not ten or twelve times. She prayed and said, \"God speed the knight who has taken my maidenhood. I look toward the isle. When I saw within a while the flees glistening, I said, 'O Lord, all is won. My knight has overcome the field. Now would God that he were here. O Lord God, I would he were on land. But I dare take this on faith. If she had wings, she would have flown to him. She was close to him. The day was coming. The Greeks were in great doubt while their lord was out. They did not know what would happen but waited upon the tide. The nobles stood with the common people of the town, looking up and down.\".They were there, where you came, as they well knew,\nAnd saw how, then they all began to say,\n\"O where was ever, under heaven,\nA knight as noble as Jason is,\nAnd he was a fair knight, indeed,\nAnd thus they began to talk.\n\nWhen Jason came to the land,\nThe king himself took his hand,\nAnd kissed him, and made great joy,\nThinking it a right merry thing,\nAnd forthwith they brought him in.\nEvery man gave praise,\nFor it was a mighty feat\nTo see such property from him.\n\nAnd thus they passed through the city,\nAnd went straight to the place.\nMedea, who had forgotten nothing,\nWas ready there and said,\n\"Welcome, O worthy knight, Iason,\nShe would have kissed him willingly,\nBut shame held her back.\nIt was not the manner for her to do so.\nShe took her leave, and Iason went\nInto his chamber, and she sent\nHer maid to see how he fared.\n\nWhen she saw and heard\nThat he had fared well and all was well with him,\nShe told her lady what she knew..And she kissed her maidenly lips to the joyous baths, which were then adorned with herbs tempered and tested. Iason was quickly disarmed and did as was fitting. He entered his bath at once and was cleansed by her. He took a sop and came out, dressed in his finest attire, and combed his hair when he was pleased. He went forth merry and glad.\n\nImmediately, he entered the king's hall and made them both welcome. The king recounted the events, including how the sheep had fallen. Medea, who came afterward, was overjoyed to see Iason. Every man spoke of him, some saying one thing, others another. But even though he was a god's brother and could make fire and thunder, there could be no greater wonder than him in Cyde. Each man taught another, \"This is he who has the power within himself, and all the world could not win him.\" They exclaimed, \"Behold, the best of all good stands here.\".And both of the Court and town walked up and down. The time for supper came soon. They wished and went there. Medea was with Jason seated. There were many fine diners present and they were seated. But none were as pleasing as the words spoken between them. So, though they:\n\nYet they agreed in that place,\nHow Jason should come at night,\nWhen every torch and every light\nWere out, and other things they spoke,\nFor love is ever in doubt,\nIf it is wisely governed,\nBy those who have learned love,\n\nWhen all was done with dish and cup,\nAnd cloth and board,\nThey:\n\nAnd gone,\nAnd when he thought it was best,\nThat every man was fast asleep,\nIason went forth quietly,\nTo the chamber and ready,\nThere was a maid who kept him,\nMedea watched and did not sleep,\nBut she was in bed,\nAnd he hastily made himself ready,\nAnd made himself naked and warm,\nImmediately he took her in his arms..What is there to speak of ease?\nThey delight in pleasing each other, so that they have enough joy and determine when and how she will be away with him, using such words. When all was settled to an end, Jason retreated to his own chamber in peace. There was none present but Hercules. He slept and woke up, and when it was approaching prime, he took to himself in secret, and told them of his counsel there. His will was that they should have all their things loaded privately in the shipment, so that no one might see their deeds except those of the company. For he would go without leave. But he would not reveal this to them at that time, lest a king or queen should learn of it. They all said that this should be done, and Jason trusted them to do so.\n\nMeanwhile, Medea, who suspected her father of deceit, took the treasure that her father had, and led it away from him privately. With Jason, she set sail and stole away without hindrance. And straightway, they went up through the sea, and all that night this was their counsel..But early when the sun shone,\nMen saw how they were gone,\nAnd came unto the king and told,\nHe knew the truth and was bold,\nAnd asked where his daughter was.\nThere was no word but \"alas,\"\nShe was gone, the mother wept,\nThe father leapt as a woodman,\nAnd began to take his leave,\nSwearing he would not delay,\nWith Calypso and with Galatea,\nThe same course the same way,\nWhich Jason took he would take,\nIf he might overtake.\nThey all said \"alas,\"\nStraightway they were at the sea,\nAnd all as if by one word,\nThey went aboard ships,\nThe sail went up and forth they started,\nBut none unfurled it they caused,\nAnd so forth they turned home again,\nFor all that labor was in,\nJason to Greece with his prey went,\nThrough the sea the right way,\nWhen he there came and men it told,\nEson, when he heard this,\nHow his son had come and had achieved,\nWhat he had sought,\nAnd home with him Medea brought,\nIn all the wide world was none,\nSo glad a man as he was one,\nTo gather these lovers together,\nUntil they had sons two..Wherof they were both glad\nAnd old Eason made great joy\nTo see the increase of his lineage\nThat men away\nWhen he should go away\nIasen, who saw her father old,\nOf art magic\nAnd prayed to her that his father's youth\nShe would make anew\nAnd she, who was true to him,\nPromised him that she would do it\nWhen she saw the time for it\nBut what she did in that matter\nIt is a wonderful thing to hear\nBut yet for the novelty,\nI\n\nThus it happened on a night\nWhen there was nothing but star light\nShe was baptized right as she pleased\nThat no one but herself knew\nThe world was still on every side\nAnd that was at midnight time\nWith open mouth she began to fare\nUpon her clothes girt she was\nSpeechless and on the grass\nShe glided forth like an adder does\nNone otherwise she goes\nUntil she came to the fresh flood\nAnd there a while she withstood\nThrice she turned about\nAnd thrice also she began to drown\nAnd in the flood she w\nAnd thrice on the water there\nShe gasped with a dreadful groan..And though she took her speech on the spot,\nFirst she began to call upon and invoke,\nUpward to the stars all,\nTo wind to air to see, to be,\nShe prayed and held up her hand\nTo Hecate, and began to cry,\nWhich is the goddess of sorcery,\nShe said, \"Help me now in this need,\nAnd as you made me to succeed,\nWhen Jason came to seek,\nSo help me now I implore you.\"\nWith that, she looked up and was aware,\nDown from the sky there came a chariot,\nThe which dragons drew around,\nAnd though she bowed her head,\nAnd up she sat and fair and well,\nShe drove forth both chariot and wheel,\nAbove in the air among the skies,\nThe land of Crete and those parties,\nShe sought and found and drew high,\nAnd thereupon the hulls high,\nOf Otryn and Olympus also,\nAnd likewise of other hulls more,\nShe found and took.\nShe pulled up some by the root,\nAnd many with a knife she slaughtered,\nAnd all into her chariot she put,\nThus when she had the hulls sought,\nThe floods there for yawned,\nEridyan and Amphrydos,\nTo them she went and named,\nBoth of the water and of the flood.\nShe found and also the small stones..She chose out all that was fitting for the nones (feast days) and of the red sea a part, which was suitable to her art, she took and afterwards about. She sought various seats out, in fields and in many sorrows, and also a part she took of lepers. But the thing which most attracted her was found in Crete and in the isle. For nine days and nights she was pursued with great trouble and pain. She was turned back home to Greece. Before the gates of Eson, she let her chariot go and took out first what was within. For she intended to begin such a thing as seems impossible and made herself invisible, as one who was enclosed with a priest and could not be revealed to any man. She took turves of the land without help and healed with the green grass. From which an altar was made to Echates, the goddess of magic and sorcery, and another to Juventas, as she who carried out her whole intent. She took fellows and evergreens of which no better could be found. Around these altars they were set..Two pitches by her side, she made a haste. A black wether she took and drew out its blood into the pitches. Warm milk she put in as well. In such a way, she began to make her sacrifice. And cried and prayed aloud to Pluto, the infernal god, and to Proserpine, the queen. So she sought out the line of those who longed for that craft. No man was left behind. She prayed to them all as she was able. To grant Esau his first youth, she said. This old Esau, who was born before, she bade all go upon peril that might fall. And with that word, they all went and left them two alone. She began to gasp and go, making many signs and saying her words. With spells and her charms, she took Esau in both her arms and made him sleep fast. And cast him upon her herbs. The black wether she took and cut up its flesh, just as a cook does. On either alter part, she laid it. And with the charms that she spoke..A fire descends from the sky and lights,\nAnd when Medea sees it burn,\nShe starts and runs around,\nThe fiery altars all around,\nNo beast escapes her wild appearance,\nAround her shoulders hangs her hair,\nAs if she's lost her mind,\nTransformed into another kind,\nThere lay certain wood cleft,\nOf which the pieces now and then,\nShe dips in the pit and puts in the fire,\nTakes the brand with all the coal,\nAnd thrice she begins to raise,\nAbout Eson there as he sleeps,\nAnd afterwards with water which she keeps,\nShe makes a circle around him thrice,\nAnd also with sulphur's fire twice,\nShe does many another thing,\nWhich is not written here,\nBut she can change her shape and form,\nShe seems fair and no woman,\nWith her craft she departs..She was like a goddess, doing as she pleased in books that surpass human kind. But who wonders here what she did in this matter? To make an end of it, such marvel no man had heard. A point in the new moon, when it was time to do, she set in a cauldron the whole thing, where stood the medicine of water and blood. She let it boil in such a pit until she saw the white foam. Then she cast in rind and root, and saw and flower that was for remedy, with many a herb and many a stone. Of which she had there many one. And also the Cympheyus the serpent lent her all its scales, and she cast them in. She also cast part of the horned owl and of a raven which was told to be nine hundred winters old. She took the head with all the by-product and, as the medicine, she took afterward the bowel of the sea wolf and for the help of Esau with a thousand more of such things that she had..In that caldron she put and drew\nFrom it blue woad, a dry brown branch with,\nWhich straightway began to flower and bear,\nAnd weighed all fresh and green again.\nWhen she this virtue heard,\nShe let the last drop of all\nFall upon the bare flower down,\nWherever the drop fell,\nImmediately there sprang up flower and grass,\nAnd made all meadow quickly green.\nMedea then knew and was aware,\nHer medicine was for to test,\nAnd went to Aeson, lying there,\nAnd took a sword for the trial,\nWith which she made a wound on his side,\nThe blood within which was old and sickly and cold,\nAnd though she used upon him all the best herbs,\nAnd poured it into his wound,\nIt made his veins full and sound,\nAnd though she closed his wounds,\nAnd took his hand, he used it,\nAnd though she gave him a draught of which,\nHis head, heart, and lips\nBecame like those of a twenty-year-old,\nAnd like the fresh meadow,\nHis hoary hairs were away..When passed before cold shores,\nright away recovers he his flowers,\nLook what might any man devise,\nA woman show in any way,\nMore heartily love in any place,\nThan Medea to Jason showed,\nFirst she gave him the fleece to win,\nAnd from all her kit and kin,\nWith great treasure she stole with him,\nAnd to his father forthwith all,\nHis elder had turned into youth,\nWhich no other man could do,\nBut how it was to her, a,\nThe remembrance dwells yet,\nKing Peleus his eme was dead,\nJason bore the crown on his head,\nMedea had fulfilled his will,\nBut when he should have fully filled\nThe truth which to her before,\nHe had in the, b,\nThus was Medea most deceived,\nFor he had received another, c,\nd,\nCreusa she bought, and thus Jason,\nAs he that was to love unfaithfully,\nMedea left and took a new, e,\nBut that was afterward sore regretted,\nMedea with her art has wrought,\nOf cloth of gold a mantle rich,\nWhich seems worth a king's riches,\nAnd that was to Creusa sent,\nIn name of gift and of present,\nFor sisterhood were they between.\nAnd when the young, fresh queen,.That mantle lady hovered around\nOne of whom the fire sprang out\nAnd burned both flesh and bone\nThen came Medea to Jason\nWith both his sons in hand\nAnd said, \"O thou of every land,\nThis shall be thy future,\nLook at this, your sons will be slain\nBefore your eyes and you will be driven out\nThrough your sword and would have killed her, but\nShe was quick and escaped\nTo Pallas' court above\nWhere she pleads for love\nAs one who was with that goddess,\nAnd he was left in great distress\nThus may you see what sorrow it brings\nTo swear an oath which is not true\nIn love's name, namely\nMy son, beware of her\nAnd keep that you are not sworn false\nFor this which I have told before\nOutside tells every detail\nMy father I may leave it well\nFor I have heard him say often\nHow Jason took the fleece away\nFrom Colchis, for I have heard nothing\nBy whom it was first brought there\nAnd it would be good to know\nIf you wish to tell me, I would ask\nMy son, who wants to know it.\".In books you may find it written\nAnd nevertheless if you want to know\nIn the manner as you have prayed\nI shall tell you how it is said\n\nNote: How a golden fleece in the Isle of Colchis first became Athemas, King Phineas had a wife,\nwhose name was Phylon. By her, as fortune would have it,\nhe had two young children: a son named Faunus,\nand a daughter whom men call Helle. He had another son, Helius, by this wife,\nBut for there is no man's life\nThat can endure upon this earth here,\nThis worthy queen, as you may hear,\nBefore the children were of age,\nTook her own life with great worship,\nAnd was buried.\n\nWhat thing it pleases God to have,\nIt is great reason to be his,\nFor this king, as he is,\nWith great suffering he endures,\nAnd afterward, as is fitting for him..When it was tyme for to wedde\nA newe wyf he toke to bedde\nWhiche Iuo hyght & was a mayde\nAnd eke the doughter as men sayde\nOf Cadme whiche a kyng also\nWas holde in thylke dayes tho\nWhen Iuo was the kynges make\nShe cast hou that she myght make\nThese chyldre to hyr fadre loth\nAnd shope a wyle ayene hem both\nWhich vnto the kyng was at vnknow\nA yere or two she sete doo sowe\nThe lond with soden whete aboute\nWherof no corn may spryngen oute\nAnd thus by sleyghte & by couyne\nAroos the derthe & the famyne\nThorugh oute the lond in suche a wyse\nSoo that the kyng a sacryfyce\nVpon the poynt of this dyserrsse\nTo Ceres whiche is the goddesse\nOf corne hath shape hym for to yeue\nTo loke yf it may be foryeue\nThe meschyef whiche was in his lond\nBut she whiche knewe to fore the hond\nThe cyraimstaunce of al thys thyng\nAgeyn the comynge of the kyng\nIn to the Temple hath shape soo\nOf hyr acord that al tho\nWhiche of the Temple prestes were\nHaue sayd & ful declared there\nVnto the kyng but yf so be\nThat he desyuer the countre.Of Fryxus and Hellen, both\nWith whom the goddesses are so angry,\nThat while their children are within,\nNo man shall begin\nTo get any corn from them.\nThus it was said, thus it was sworn,\nOf all the priests that are there,\nAnd she who causes all this fear,\nAlso spoke, and every man then replied,\nAs the queen had asked,\nThe king who has laid his ere (penis) down,\nAnd leaves all that ever he heard,\nAnswered to her tale thus,\nAnd says that he would rather choose,\nTo lose both his children,\nThan himself and all those appearing,\nBefore the land that he shall keep,\nAnd bade his wife to take care,\nIn what manner it should be done,\nThat they were delivered soon,\nOut of the world and she alone,\nTwo men are ordered to go,\nBut first she made them swear,\nThat they should hide the children,\nHere, within the see, that none knows,\nAnd throw them both in.\nThe children are led to the see,\nWhere these men are ready to do,\nAs you commanded.\nThe goddess Iuno..Is it hot in its stead, and has forbidden men to let the children sleep, but to look into the sea and heed the signs. There swam a sheep before her eyes, whose fleece was all of burned gold. This goddess commanded that they should immediately set the children above on the sheep's back, and all was done as she spoke. When they had gone home again, they fell, as the books say, into a deep sleep. Hellen the young maiden, who was in fear of the sea, saw this. For pure fear, her heart had failed her, and she fainted and died. Frixus and this sheep swam forth until they came to the Isle of Colchos, where Juno the goddess found them. She took the sheep to the land and, as you have heard,\n\nWhy was Jason forsworn so,\nTo Medea?\nMy father, who has broken\nHis truth as you have told,\nHe is not worthy to be loved\nNor beloved by me. But every love is not the same..To whoever this newfangled is, and notwithstanding what follows: If you wish to heed my brief, in love's cause yet again, I address the vice of covetousness and avarice. I would write more, but my son finds this. There is yet one of this brood who, for the world's good, gathers a treasure of money. He sets conscience aside. In your confession, I will later declare the name and condition of the one who makes another rich at his expense. This practice is usury. With avarice and usury, I see: He is richly clothed in his own suit, who after making a good chase and pursuit, with his brothers who run about, is like a ratcheting on a route. Such lucre is no more than grounded, which is not found among rats.\n\nThis treatise deals with that species of avarice called usury. The usurer's creditor holds more in money than what is rightfully owed to him as an increase of profit. With avarice and usury, I see: He who usurps excessively, as often as he can, breathes and lives, three heads in one place.\n\nHere, this text discusses the avarice called usury, where the usurer's creditor holds more in money than what is rightfully owed to him as an increase of profit. With avarice and usury, I see: He who usurps excessively, as often as he can, breathes and lives, having three heads in one place..For where they see beet root start,\nIt shall not hinder them in any way,\nBut they drive it into the net\nOf lucre which we have set\nWe have arranged for the rich,\nFor all that ever he buys and sells,\nHe has devised with his cunning,\nMeasure\nOutward he sells by the less,\nAnd with the more he makes his tea,\nWhereof his house is filled within,\nHe spits out nothing, even if he wins,\nThough he may lose ten or twelve,\nHis love is all toward himself,\nAnd to none other but him who sees\nSuch three,\nFor where he ought to give or lend,\nHe will again ward off a good one,\nThere he has lent the small pence,\nAnd right so there are many of these,\nLovers that though they love little,\nThat scarcely weighs a mite,\nYet would they have a pound again,\nAnd we ensure in his purse,\nBut certainly such ensuring is unjust,\nIt falls more to the rich,\nAs well in love as in beet root,\nAs to those who are not great.\nAnd as the simple and poor say,\nFor seldom are they recovered,\nBut if it is through great desert,\nAnd nevertheless men see poverty..With pursuit and continuance,\nFrequently make a great increase,\nAnd take of love its advantage,\nFor with the help of its brocade,\nWhich makes seem what is nothing,\nAnd thus frequently is love bought,\nFor little cost and much taken,\nWith false weights that they make.\nNow soon of that I said above,\nYou know what assurance is of love,\nTell me for your part what you will,\nIf you have any guilt concerning this,\nMy father says nothing here,\nFor of the points you have mentioned here,\nI will by my truth assure you,\nMy weight of love and my measure,\nHas been more large and more certain,\nThan ever I took of love again,\nFor so could I never deceive,\nNor take again by double weight,\nOf love more than I have given,\nFor also wise must I confess,\nAnd have remission of sin,\nAnd so could I never win,\nNor yet so much truth to see,\nThat ever I might have half again,\nOf such full love as I have lent,\nAnd my hope were so well gone,\nThat for the whole I might have half,\nI think I were a goddess half,\nFor where assurance would have doubled,\nMy conscience is not troubled..I have never been so delighted as to my heart's content. That is, there is no excess in my opinion, but still it occurs to me that: for well I know that he will not be. For every day the better I see, that is, in the place where I mean it, I can have nothing again but for that I will not let go, whatsoever befalls of my distress. That is, I shall not yield and lend my love and every thought so clean to her, that toward me nothing unbelievable shall come. And if she, of her good will, would reward me, nothing against my will would age against me. I know that the last of my reproaches will stand upon such a great loss that I may never more recover the cost in this world until I die. Therefore, touching this matter, I may well excuse myself and speak openly with you. If your brother for me went, that point never came into my intent. So that the more it marvels me, what thing it is my lady intends. That is, she has and does no better to me. I have heard it said that thought is free. And nevertheless, in private, to you, my father who are here, my whole confession for hearing..I declare my heart well disclosed to you,\nTouching as I suppose, whoever tells in love is used.\nMy lady may not be excused for one looking at her eye,\nMy whole heart has been won by her until I die,\nWith all that ever I may and can, she has won me to her man.\nWhereof I think it would be good reason that she should reward,\nAnd give a part thereof that she has all.\nI do not know what may follow afterwards,\nBut in this now I dare to say,\nHer lust never yield again,\nA good word in such a way,\nWhereof my hope might arise,\nMy great love to compensate,\nI do not know how she her conscience,\nExcuse me from this uncertainty,\nBy large weigh and great measure,\nShe has my love and I have nothing,\nOf that which I have deeply bought,\nAnd with my heart I have paid it,\nBut all this is aside laid aside,\nBut I go loveless about,\nHer ought to stand in right great doubt,\nUntil she redresses such a sin,\nAnd wins back all my love,\nAnd grants me not to live by,\nNothing also much as grants mercy,\nHer lust to say of which I might,\nSome of my great pain alleviate,\nBut of this point look thus I fare..As he who pays for his merchandise and yet has none, so may he need to leave and have no love. Thus I am poor and have no love, and I may not come above to win more love, but I will never lose touch with the certainty of love's acquisition. And if my lady is wise, I pray to God she grants me such grace that she amends my time. My son, you have answered for touching the certainty of love's acquisition. I have heard it said that you have won small love, but in your tale you accuse me. I think you misuse your words. For by your own acknowledgement, you say that she took her heart from him for one looking. She may be such that her one look is worth the heart manyfold. And then have you truly sold your heart? When you have that which is more worthy. Furthermore, you tell me how her weight of love uneven may stand even in that balance, which stands in love's governance. Such is the statute of this law, that though your love may draw more,.And pay more in the balance, you may not ask for it again, but all of this is by grace. For love is lord in every place. There is no law that can justify him, as he wills, whoever he chooses to help or harm. To love a man can well begin, but no one knows whether he will lose or win. And therefore do not despair, but abide your end. But that you have told and said to me of one thing, I am right well paid. That by trickery or guile, you have not been involved with a pimp for a while. Engineering love for such a deed is more avenged than I read. He sets an example against those husbands who, beyond what they possess in wives, seek new pleasures. Women would not be willing to indulge in superfluous lovemaking, and he relates how Juno took her revenge on Echo, who was aroused by the counsel of her husband Jupiter. Breakers of love who deceive, no wonder they receive, after the wrong they deserve, for a time they go and serve, and please for a while..A woman's own deceit\nDescends upon her own head\nWhich the god of his vengeance says,\nAs a warning from the past, a goo's example, it has been so,\nIt fell once upon a time as it was seen,\nThe high goddesses and the queen,\nJuno then had in company,\nA maiden full of treachery,\nFor she was ever in accord,\nWith Jupiter, her lord,\nTo gain him new lovers,\nThrough such brokage, and was unfaithful,\nIn every other way than him needed,\nBut she, who fears no shame,\nWith clever words and sly,\nBlinded her lady's eye in such a way,\nThat she to whom Juno was betrothed,\nKnew nothing of it,\nBut so privately may nothing be known,\nThat it does not come to light,\nFor things done in the dark night,\nAre known when the day is light,\nSo it happened at the last,\nThis cunning maiden was overthrown and overthrown,\nFor as the truth must be known,\nTo Juno it was done understood,\nIn what manner her husband,\nWith false brokage, had taken charge,\nOf love more than his due,\nWhen he took another than his wife..This maiden was guilty\nOf his assault\nAnd thus was the game ended\nShe suffered him as she had to\nBut the proof of his misdeed\nShe who gave her counsel to this\nRevenge is hers for doing\nFor Juno with her words brought\nThis maiden who\nReviles and says in this way\nO traitor of such\nHave you your own lady serve\nYou have great pain well deserved\nYour cunning words to paint\nWith flattery so clever\nTowards me who am your queen\nThrough you I was made to go\nThat my husband true was\nWhen he loved elsewhere\nBut upon it shall be paid\nThe price for these doings kept secret\nAnd me often of your doings\nDeceived is now the day\nThat I have fully repaid. may\nAnd for you have counseled me\nThat my lord has dealt with others\nI shall deal with you in such a way\nThat ever to the world's end\nWhatever you hear / you shall tell\nAnd shout it out as a bell\nAnd with that word she was transformed.There may be no escape the words from her mouth,\nWhoever in the world may cry,\nHecco will surely reply,\nAnd whatever word he longs to speak,\nShe will say the same word again,\nShe, who once left, is now returned,\nBoth in woods and on hills,\nBecause such brokage is a wife's lot,\nWhich doth lords her heart and change,\nAnd love in other places is strange,\nIf ever it should happen,\nThat you later in chamber or hall,\nHold me, married man, hold fast what you have,\nFor all other love is wasted,\nOne wife is enough, and that if,\nIf love asks for more,\nYou should do again the deed,\nOf all true men, my father,\nMy conscience is not accused,\nFor I have not used such brokage,\nThrough which love of lust is won.\nHe speaks forth, as you began,\nOf avarice upon my shift,\nMy son, I shall bestow the branches,\nIn order as they are set,\nOf whom no good is well beset,\nPars verbis verba munus pro munere reddi, Conuenit ut pondus..This text discusses the nature of avarice, which is described as a reluctance to share any portion of one's substance with either god or men.\n\nFor counsel and for:\nTo withhold against largesse\nHe who keeps it in his house\nIs so avaricious\nThat he will not let go of what he has\nThough God himself should find\nGive him nothing\nAnd if a man would ask\nHe must then fail in need\nWhose own help he cannot speed\nAnd thus scarcity in every place\nPrevents any thing from being purchased\n\nAbove all other things, avarice:\nIs evermore in woe\nIn his estate of his office\nAfter the rule of that vice\nHe takes his leaps, hoping to blend\nThat light is to quench the flame\nThat grows from him neither hard nor necessary\nOnly the value of a Reshe\nOf good in helping another\nNot even if he were his own brother\nAnd in the S\n\nHe thinks of his unkindness\nThat he needs no fellowship\nSo that the bag and he agree\nHe cares not what man records..Of it were it evil or good,\nFor all his trust is on his good,\nAnd so alone he falls often,\nWhen he best intends to stand aloft,\nAs well in love as otherwise,\nFor love is ever of some reprisal,\nTo him that will hold his own,\nFor thy my son as thou art hold,\nTell me thy truth here,\nHast thou been served with large gifts,\nTo thy love to whom thou serve,\nFor after that thou well deserve,\nOf gift thou might be the best,\nFor what thou might do better for,\nThere is no wisdom in sparing,\nFor thus men say in every need,\nHe was wise that first made ready,\nFor where as ready may not speed,\nI know not what helps other deeds,\nFull of that will with idle hands,\nHe claims his hawk, as many a nice man does,\nFor thy my son, tell the truth,\nAnd say the truth,\nMy father it has stored,\nIf the,\nWith all the goods of Oc,\nAnd the riches of Indian,\nOf pearls and of rich stones,\nWere all to gather mine at once,\nI set it at no manner account,\nThan would bear stead among,\nTo give it her all on a day,\nSo that to that sweet may..It might seem more or less to you. And thus the reason for my generosity you may understand and leave, For I shall not more effectively achieve The purposes that are in my mind Unless I gave her nothing, Nor dare approach her, For I well know she will not take, And give only if she also does not, She avoids both of us, And thus I believe, Towards me, for she will not, The cause I have of hope, No more than a drop, But towards others, as I can see, She gives and takes to such an extent, That by the way of friendship, She can so keep her womanhood, That every man speaks of her well-being, But she will take from me nothing, And yet she knew I would, Give and do both what I should, To please her. Therefore, every person knows, For that may in no way alter, She is mistress of her heart, She must be mistress of the good, For God knows well, that all my mode and all my good, While I live, And all my heart and all my thought, Are as freely hers as God has given them to me, It shall be hers while I live..Right as she commands herself,\nIt needs no demand of me to know,\nIf I am sparse in love, for I will answer and say no,\nMy son, who does well,\nIt has been seen that the less is lost, the more, as you shall,\nA tale like this matter,\nHe speaks against those who, in giving generously, confuse benefit in love for gain,\nAnd he puts an example, that for every thing is it right,\nWhen a man has bought it dear,\nAnd in this matter, for sparing a little cost,\nA man is often lost,\nThe large coat for the head,\nWhat man who is scarcely of his good,\nAnd will not give, he shall not take,\nWith gift a man may undertake,\nThe high god to please and come,\nWith gift a man the world may deem,\nFor every creature I bore,\nIf you give him, he is glad therefore,\nAnd every gladness as I find,\nIs comfort to love's kind,\nAnd causes of man to speed,\nSo was he wise that first gave me,\nFor medicine keeps love in its house,\nBut when men are covetous,\nAnd have the space to give a part..They knew not of Cupid's power and allure,\nDeceiving all desire, and hating all neglect.\nLook upon this party, a true example, I find written of Babio,\nWho had a love for his household,\nThere was no rival of her age,\nAnd she was named Vyota,\nFull of youth and game,\nBut such another servant as\nMen knew not in all the land,\nAnd had ensnared to his hand\nHis servant, who was called Spodius.\nThe world's good was held in contempt,\nOnly liking and pleasure remained,\nOf that which belongs to Ric,\nOf love stood in great distress,\nSo that this young, lusty youth,\nOf the thing that fell to love,\nWas ever served above all,\nThat she was so enamored with all.\nUntil Cupid and\nArranged a remedy in this matter,\nJust as fortune then was,\nOf love was uplifted,\nIt fell right as it should be,\nA fresh, free, lusty man,\nWho had no regard for gold,\nThis man named Crocius appeared before her..She saw him generous and amorous and glad of their presence. She liked well to hear the good words he spoke, and on love he prayed. It was all of love that he was, and he asked that she should love him in return. He gave her gifts continually. But men say that bribes are strong. It was well seen at that time, for as it should be, this upstart, and the neglect she did forsake, for he was grasping and ever more. There was none other near him but to pinch and to spare, to get worldly riches. So goes the wretch loveless. He was begged for his scarcity. And he, who was large and free, set his heart to dispense. This Crocius, his to us he has bent. Venus took him for her to hold, and shot as often as he would. Lo, thus departs love from us all. He who will not be a companion to give and spend as I tell, he is not worthy to dwell in love's court to be relieved. For thou, my son, if I am believed, thou shalt be generous in thy dispensation. My father in my conscience. If there be anything amiss..I will amend it as follows:\n\nI will amend it after this, concerning my love, namely my son, well and readily. You say that it is well paid with all. I am and furthermore I shall, to your shrift specifically, about avarice. That vice follows this. You will wonder how it is among the folk in many realms that such a vice might reign, which is common to all assessments, as men may find nowadays. God created all things / and He who created all things\nHere\nThe vice is like the devil\nWhich never yet was mastered\nAnd is called unkindness\nOf kinship and of fellowship\nWith avarice it is withheld\nAnd thinks that it should be bold\nTo the mother that bore it\nOf him may no man be\nIt will not have the merit\nFor that it would not acquit\nThat in this world is much used\nAnd few are there excused\nTo tell of it is endless\nAnd thus I say, nevertheless,\nWhere this vice comes to sound, take no more his thought to heart,\nThough he with all his might serves,\nHe shall of them nothing deserve,\nHe takes what any man may give,\nBut while he has one day to live,\nHe will nothing reward again..He gripes to give again\nWhere he has a bear full,\nThat makes a kind heart dull,\nTo say his trust in such friendship,\nWhere he finds no kindness,\nAnd for to speak plain words,\nI many a man complain,\nThat now you shall find,\nFew friends' kindness in need,\nFor what you have done for them before,\nIt is forgotten as if lore.\nThe books speak of this vice,\nAnd tell how that God of his Justice,\nBy way of kind and also of nature,\nAnd every living creature,\nAnd the law also, who that it can,\nThey condemn an unkind man,\nArs et natura, Christus sit omnia iura, Dampna\u0304t ingratum, lamentantur fore natum.\nIt is all one to the kindly nature,\nA man to yield evil for good,\nFor he who would heed,\nA best is glad of a good deed,\nAnd loves that creature,\nAccording to the law of his nature,\nWhich does him ease and to see,\nOf this matter authority,\nFrequently it has befallen,\nThe which of old,\nI think it worth specifying,\nHe narrates that the beast in its own behalf,\nSpeaks of an unkind man..I find that sometimes Adrian, a great lord from Rome, went to the wood for hunting. It happened suddenly during the chase that he, in pursuit, fell unexpectedly into a pit. The pit was deep, and he fell low. None of his men knew where he had fallen, as none were near enough to see him fall. He lay there calling and crying for help and rescue all day until, by chance, a poor man named Bardus came by with his ass. He had gathered a basket of green twigs and dry ones to sell. As it happened, he stopped to rest and, at that same time, heard the pit. He had his bundle tied fast and heard a voice crying \"Help, Adrian!\" He laid down his bundle and went to the edge and found it was a man who said, \"I will give you all my good if you help Adrian.\".The poor man understood, as he who would gladly win, and to this lord within, he spoke and said, \"If I save what assurance shall I have, of a covenant that afterward, you will give me such reward as you have promised before, that another has sworn by heaven and by God's alle, if it might so happen, that he brings him out of the pit with all the goods that he ought, he shall have even halving. This baron said he would well, and with this word, his ass immediately untrussed and down went the coat. To which he had an end knit, a staff whereby he said Adrian should hold, but it was then fallen, in the pit was an ape, which at that throw, when the rope came low, and suddenly thereupon he seized, and it in both his arms caught, and Bartholomew with his ass immediately drew him up and is gone. But when he saw it was an ape, he thought all had been fairies and sore him dreaded, and Adrian afterwards cried out for help and cast his cord again..But when it came to the ground,\nA great serpent had it surrounded.\nBardus immediately dug up the serpent,\nAnd then he thought it was but a phantom.\nThe serpent spoke and replied,\n\"What are you in God's name?\nI am Quasimodo the same.\nGood fortune to you, Bardus, even half of Od's fortune.\nThe third time I shall try,\nAnd cast my cord forth with all my might.\nInto the pit it came,\nAnd this lord of Rome it named.\nHe then dressed and blessed him,\nAnd with his hand he frequently blessed.\nThen he bade Bardus be well,\nAnd he who understood the conversation between him and his ass,\nSoftly drew him up and set him aloft.\nWithout a word, Bardus begged for mercy,\nBut forth he went to the city,\nAnd left this poor Bardus there.\nNevertheless, this simple man\nKept his covenant as he had promised and had answered.\nHe asked and you replied and spoke,\nThat if it were true that he had upbraided\nAnything that had been spoken or done,\nIt would be avenged upon him soon.\nIt would be better for him to be dead.\nAnd he could make no other reply\nBut to mount his ass again..His truss and hid him homeward fast, and when he came home to bed, he told his wife how he fared, but finally to speak further, he dared not, and so, on the morrow again, in the manner I record, out with his ass and cord, to gather wood as he did before, he went, and when he came there, he saw his ape gathered all about, in piles here and there, and laid them ready to his hand, from day to day. Thus he offered his service, so that he had enough wood. And upon a time as he drew toward the wood, he saw beside him the great ghostly serpent glide, until she came to his presence, and in her kind she paid him reverence and departed, leaving a stone brighter than a castle out of her mouth in his way. She let it fall down and went her way, so that he should not be afraid. Then was this poor bard glad, and he went to God and took up the stone, and had great wonder in his mind..The beest has quit (left)\nWhere the man had failed\nFor whom he had most troubled himself\nBut all he put in God's hand\nAnd returned home and found\nAnd they were both lewd (vulgar)\nAnd he no longer\nBut immediately upon the tale\nThe stone he offers for sale\nAnd right away he sets it\nThe gold and made his payment\nThere was no delay\nThus when this stone was bought and sold\nHomeward with great joy\nThis bardus goes. And when he came\nHome to his house and named\nHis gold out of his purse within\nHe found also his stone therein\nTherefore, for joy his heart played\nAnd to his wife he said:\nHis wife was amazed by this\nAnd asked him how it might be\nNow by my truth said he\nBut I dare swear by a book\nThat to my merchant I gave it\nAnd he had it when I went\nSo I do not know to what end\nIt is now here but through God's grace\nFor you to have it tomorrow in another place\nAnd if it will not dwell with him\nBut rather\nThen I dare safely swear and say\nThe morrow came / and he is gone\nTo sell his stone and so he did..And left it with his chapman the but when he came in\nPresence of his wife at home, out of his pocket,\nHe found it with a gold stone. And thus it fell him out\nWhere he it sold in diverse places. Such was his fortune and grace,\nBut so well may nothing bid\nThat it is not at the last concealed\nThis fame goes about Rome\nTo the Emperor Justinian,\nAnd he let send for that man,\nAnd asked him how that it was,\nAnd Bardus told him all the story,\nHow the serpent and also the beast\nAlthough they made none believe,\nHis travel had well quit,\nBut he that had a man's wit,\nAnd made his covenant by mouth,\nAnd swore thereto all that he could,\nTo part and give value his good,\nHas now forgotten how that it stood,\nAs he that would no truth hold.\nThis Emperor, all that he told,\nHas heard and that unkindness,\nHe said he would him himself redress,\nAnd thus in Court of Judgment,\nThis Adrian was after sent,\nAnd the quarrel in a declaration was made\nIn his presence, of the Emperor and many more,\nWhereof was much speech though\nAnd great wonder among the people..But at last, nevertheless,\nFor the party which hath pleaded\nThe law has deemed and ordained\nBy those who were appointed, we be\nThat he shall have the halved\nThroughout Adrian's good\nAnd thus from that unkind blood\nStands the memory unto this day\nWhere through it every wise may\nEmpathize with him and take note\nWhat shame it is to be unkind\nAgainst which reason debates\nAnd every creature it hates\nFor thy my son in thy office\nI bid thee flee that same vice\nFor right a man like Adrian\nForget for the world's cost\nFull often in such a manner wise\nOf lovers now a man may see\nFull many that unkind are\nThat promise well and perform ill\nThat is their life for at the last\nWhen they have their\nTheir love is gone soon after\nWhat sayest thou soon to this\nMy father I will say all this\nThat ever was such a man born\nThat\nAnd has of love what he would\nThat he onetime should\nEver in his beard after find\nTo be false or unkind\nBut father, as touching me,\nI may not stand in that degree\nFor I took never of love why..I and do my profit for any speed I find there, I may well think about it, but I dare not speak it out. And if I dared, I would plainly say that she, for whom I suffer pain, and whom I love ever as she likes hot, neither gives nor receives any reward in return for my service. It pleases her in no manner, I will not say that she is kind, and for saying that she is unkind, I dare not but God above. He knows that on my own side, unkindness shall not remain, if I shall dwell with my lady. Therefore, I dare not tell more. Now, good father, as it is, tell me what you think of this, my son, concerning the unkindness which you plead for her ladyship, who will not accept it. You are to blame in that thought. For it may be that your desire, though it burns ever as does the fire, or else time has not yet come. It stands upon your destiny. For your my son, I advise you, think well whatsoever may befall. For no man has all his desires. But as you told me before, that you are not forsworn in your love..And thou hast no unkindnesses\nThou mightest thereby bless Thy grace,\nAnd leave not for Thy containance,\nFor there may be no such as love,\nAs unkindness is.\nWherefore to keep Thy worship,\nAs the old books say,\nI shall the tale tell,\n\nNow here,\nFor I will,\n\nHe puts forth an example against those who, in Ionos, as the poet tells,\nWas once king of Crete,\nA son he had and a tyrant,\nHe was called, and so it befell,\nWas sent, and so he bore him there,\nBecause he was of his lineage,\nSuch pride he took in his courage,\nThat he,\nAnd in riot among fools,\nHe did many things wrong,\nAnd used that life so long,\nTill at the last of that he wrought,\nHe found the misfortune which he sought,\nWhere through he fell, it was he was slain,\nHis father, who heard it said,\nWas angry, and all that he might,\nOf men of arms he armed,\nA strong power, and forth he went,\nTo Athens, where he burned,\nThe plain country all about,\nThe Cytes stood in doubt,\nAgainst the power that he led,\nEgeus, who was there king..His counselor took up this matter, for he was then in the city. So peace was made between Minos and Egeus. They felt and agreed as follows: King Minos shall receive, year after year, from Athens, as you will hear, nine men of great age. Of these, he may choose in particular for revenge for his son's death. No other grace there is to be had, but to take the tribute. And this was done in such a way that which stood in a wonder, for at that time, as men still read and sing, King Minos had in his keeping a cruel monster, as the tale tells, half man and half beast, called the Minotaur. It was enraged against Pasiphae, his own wife, while he was out fighting the great siege of Troy. But she, who had lost all joy, saw this monster born. Bad men had arranged another one at the same time. And it happened that there was a craftsman named Daedalus, who had been of her consent, about this matter of the world having deceived her..As he who made this wise decision\nRemembrance of which still exists\nMynotaure, such a wonder,\nSo powerful and marvelous,\nThat any man within\nWent there were so many diverse,\nNo one could escape, but went\nAround and in this place to look and guard\nMynotaur was placed in custody\nWhatever life that came\nMan or beast he overcame\nAnd slew and fed himself on\nAnd in this way, many one\nOf Athenians for their tribute\nWere consumed in this rage\nEvery year they showed themselves\nThey of Athenians or they went\nToward that wretched chance\nAs it was set in order\nOn fortune's lot they cast\nUntil at last\nTheseus, the king's son, was there\nAmong others who were there\nIn that place as it happened\nThe lot fell upon his chance\nHe was a knight worthy with all\nAnd when he saw his chance fall\nHe feared not but did all he could\nWith him and his companions\nOut to Greece he went by ship\nWhere he sought the king Minos..And he offers all that he is worth, upon the point of her accord. This stern king, this cruel lord, took one of the nine each day and put him in discipline to be devoured by the Minotaur. But Theseus was so favored that he was kept until the last, and while he pondered what thing was best for him to do, he saw Adriane, who was the daughter of Minos, and had heard of Theseus and his might, and saw that he was a lusty knight. For her whole heart she laid herself on him, and he who also prayed to her for love, so they were alone and arranged that at once he should save himself in this way: and she gave him a clew of thread, the which within it he should begin at the door, and when he would again turn to go back, with him to take that one end. And over this, as I say, she took him a pouch. He should cast this into the throat of the Minotaur. Such weapons also she made for him, that he might not fail to make an end of his battle..For she taught him in various ways\nUntil he was coming of that enterprise\nHow he should best kill it\nAnd thus shortly I'll tell you\nSo this maiden taught him\nTheseus fought with the monster\nAnd struck off its head, you see which he named\nAnd by the thread, as he came\nHe went again until he was out\nThen great wonder was all about\nMinos the tribute had been received\nAnd so the war was all ceased\nBetween Athens and them of Crete\nBut now to speak of that sweet one\nWhose beauty was without wane\nThis fair maiden Adriane\nWhen she saw Theseus sound\nWas never yet upon this ground\nA happier person than she was then\nTheseus lived a day or two\nWith this maiden spoke and wed\nShe abandoned herself to him\nIn all that she could\nSo that from her lusty youth\nPrivately between them two\nThe first flower he took away\nFor he found her fairer than he had thought\nThat while he lived might he\nShould take her for his wife\nAnd as his own heart's life\nHe should love and be true to her\nAnd she who could not forget\nHim again so much.That which she ever intended,\nWith all her heart she leaves it,\nAnd thus he achieves his purpose,\nSo that assured of his truth,\nWith him she went, and that was a joy,\nFedra her young sister also,\nA lusty maiden, sober and meek,\nFilled with all courtesy,\nFor sisterhood and love, the which was between them,\nTo see her sister made a queen,\nHer father left and forth she went,\nWith him that all his first intent,\nForgotten was within a little throw,\nSo that it was all overthrown,\nWhen she thought that it should stand,\nThe ship was blown from the land,\nWhere they lay sailing there,\nThis Adrian had much fear,\nOf the wind so low it blew,\nAs she knew not of the sea,\nAnd prayed for a while to rest,\nAnd so fell upon an isle,\nThat night they were driven,\nWhere he gave his leave to her,\nAnd she shall land and take her rest,\nBut that was nothing for her good,\nFor when she was brought to land,\nWhich at that time thought nothing,\nBut all truth and took no care,\nHad laid herself down to sleep,\nAs she who long had been watched..But certainly she was evil matched,\nFar from all love's kind,\nFor more than the best unkind,\nTheseus, who kept no truth,\nWhile this young lady slept,\nFulfilled his unkindness,\nForgetting all god's favor,\nWhich Adrian had done for him,\nAnd he bade the sailors soon,\nHale up the sail and not delay,\nBut forth he went the same tide,\nToward Athens and there on land,\nHe left his lady in the strand,\nSleeping till she awoke,\nBut when she cast up her eyes look,\nToward the strand and saw no sight,\nHer heart then was sore distraught,\nNot knowing what to think,\nBut she drew herself to the water brink,\nWhere she beheld the sea at large,\nShe saw no ship, she saw no barge,\nAs far as she could discern,\nO lord, she said, such a sin,\nAs the whole world shall after me,\nUpon this woeful woman here,\nThis worthy knight has done and wrought,\nI thought I had his love bought,\nAnd so deserved at need,\nWhen he stood upon his fear,\nAnd also the love he me swore,\nIt is great wonder how he might,\nToward me now be unkind..And so to let out of his mind\nThings that he said himself\nBut after this, when it is known\nAnd drawn to the world's fame\nIt shall be helpful for his name\nFor well he knew and so I\nHe gave his truth bodily\nThat he my honor should keep\nAnd with that word she began to weep\nAnd sorrowed more than enough\nHer fair tresses she tore through\nAnd with herself she took such a struggle\nAnd she between death and life\nFainted often and lay long\nThis which was to love unkindly\nWhose wrong shall evermore\nStand in Cycle of remembrance\nAnd also it asks for vengeance\nTo be unkind in love's case\nSo as Theseus then was\nThough he were a noble knight\nHe forfeited the law of love's right\nBy putting Adriane away\nThe which was an unkind deed\nAnd after that, as I read\nFedra, who her sister is\nHe took in her place and this\nFelt afterward to meekly submit\nFor that vice of which I speak\nUnkindness where it falls..The truth of man's heart grieves him, for he cannot perform a good deed to acquire merit towards God or men. He is called the world's fool, for he is nothing more than the devil to another man's friend. But all his actions are directed towards himself. In this matter, my son, I think to do as you teach me. But I would also like to add more on this topic. My good son, for your learning, I shall assign the property of every vice in due course. Now listen carefully and beware.\n\nThis vice, above all others, flee, my father as you teach me. I think to do in this matter, but over this I would also like to say something more. My good son, for your knowledge, I shall distribute the property of every vice one by one.\n\nHere he treats of the vice called Avarice, which is called Rapine. Its mother entrusted it to him specifically to serve the magistrates.\n\nMy son, there is another vice,\nIts right name is Ravine,\nWhich has a route in its lineage,\nRavine among the masters dwells,\nAnd with his servants, as men tell,\nExtortion is now withheld.\nRavine from other men's fold..\"Makes him lord and pays nothing, for wherever it may be sought in his houses, there shall nothing lack, and that often brings about the pack of poor men who dwell about. Thus stood the common people in doubt, who can do no amendment, for when he fails in payment, Ravine makes no other shift but takes by strength what he will, and others are the same in the same way. Lovers, as I shall devise, when not else may avail, immediately with strength they assail and get from love the reason, when they see the time by Ravine of love, of love / Certainly father no, for I love my lady so. For though I were as was Pompey, who had the whole world obey me, or such as Alexander, I would not do such a disgrace. He is no good man who acts thus, in good faith you speak the truth. For he who wishes to pursue riches by such a way, his lust will overcome him, he shall suffer it sorely afterwards, but if these old examples lie, now good father tell me one, touching love in this matter. Now listen, my son, and you shall hear.\".A man, a king rich in all worldly things, held Athens in governance by right of inheritance. He was called King Pandyon. He had two daughters by his wife, whom he loved as his life. The first was named Proygne, the second, Philomene..To the one who fell after much toil,\nThe father of his pursuit\nHis daughter Proygne wished to advance,\nAnd gave her to marriage\nA worthy king of his lineage,\nA noble knight also of his hand,\nHe was called Theresus in every land.\nThe Clerk Ouid tells us this,\nThis Theresus led his wife home,\nA lusty life with her he had,\nUntil it fell upon a time,\nProygne, as she lay him beside,\nThought how she might let her sister see,\nAnd to her lord revealed her will,\nWith fair words and him prayed,\nThat she might go with her,\nAnd if it displeased him not so,\nThat then he would go himself,\nOr else send someone else,\nWho might bring her,\nAnd arrange how they might meet.\nHer lord heard this at once,\nGave his consent, and thus answered,\n\"I will,\" he said, \"for your sake,\nThe way after your sister take,\nI myself and bring her if I may,\nAnd she with that there as she lay,\nAnd kissed him with her soft lip,\nAnd said, 'Sir, grant mercy,'\nHe was soon ready after this,\nAnd took his leave to go.\"\nIn sorrowful time he did so..This text goes forth to ship and with him his companions\nBy sea they steer the right course\nInto the country till they come\nWhere Philomene dwells\nAnd of her sister they learn\nHe tells them and they are glad\nAnd both father and mother\nWere loath to leave their daughter\nBut if they were present\nAnd yet at his reverence\nOf him who would travel himself\nThey would not let him fail\nIn asking for her leave\nAnd she who would not deny leave\nIn all haste she makes\nToward her sister to go\nAnd be with his whole intent\nWhen she from her friends is gone\nSo does he set his love on her alone\nThat his eyes might not be without\nThat he need not behold her\nAnd with the sight he desires\nAnd sets his own heart aflame\nAnd fire when it approaches him\nThe strength of it takes hold\nUntil with his heart it is consumed\nThe tower cannot be saved\nAnd so the Tyrant ravisher\nWhen she is in his power.And he saw time and space, and he who has lost has all grace. Forgotten, he was a married man, and in a rage, he ran at her. Right as a wolf taking its prey, she began to:\n\nO my father and mother, dear, help. But they could not. And she was of little might,\nDefense against so rude a knight,\nTo make when he was so wood,\nThat he understood no reason,\nBut held her under in such a way,\nThat she might not arise,\nBut said oppressed and diseased.\nAnd if a Goosehawk had said,\nA bird that dared not for fear,\nRemue, and thus this Tyrant the Bygone\nMay never more be held against,\nAnd that was the Virgin,\nOf such.\n\nBut when she came to herself,\nAnd of misfortune named herself,\nAnd knew how she was no maid,\nWith a woeful heart, thus she said:\n\nO thou of all men the worst,\nWhere was there ever man who did such a deed as thou hast done,\nThat day may fall, I hope so,\nThat I shall tell out my tale,\nAnd with my speech, I shall fulfill,\nThe wide world, that thou hast done to me with strength..And if I dwell among the people,\nTo the people I shall tell,\nAnd if I be within the wall,\nTo the stones I shall call,\nAnd to them I'll recount the felony,\nAnd if I go to the woods,\nThere I'll cry it to the birds,\nSo they shall hear it all around,\nFor I shall speak so loudly,\nThat heaven will perceive my voice,\nO false man where is thy fear,\nO more,\nHow shall thou hold thy promises,\nThe which thou made to my sister,\nO thou that bringest all unkindness,\nAnd art an example of all deceit,\nNow would God my sister knew,\nOf thine unfaithfulness how it stood,\nAnd he, like a lion,\nWith his unhappy hands strong,\nHe caught her by the long tresses,\nWith which he bound her arms,\nA feeble deed of arms it was,\nAnd to the ground her case fell,\nAnd out he clutched also false,\nHer tongue with a pair of shears,\nSo it was out from her eyes and mouth,\nHe made her fair face.\nShe lay swooning unto death,\nThere was no birth beneath..But yet when he tore her tongue a little part, he left some. But she spoke no word, all at once. But that wood hound seized her body from the ground and put her in a strong tower, where she was to remain until her dying day. But nevertheless, now take her. What followed after this misdeed, When all this chaos ensued, This Theseus, that misfortune befell, When he came near his palaces, His wife welcomed him with mild cheer, With all reverence and honorably kept him. And when he saw her, he wept at once. And that he did for grief, For she began to oscillate between life and death, Because she heard this news. But for she saw her lord weeping, She did not doubt but all was true, And had even more grief. The pearls were abandoned, To her and black clothes taken, As she who was gentle and kin, In worship of her sister's mind, She made a rich entreatment, For she found no amendment..To sigh or sorrow more,\nSo was there guile under the gore.\nNow leave we this king and queen,\nAnd turn we again to Philomene,\nAs I began to tell first,\nWhen she came to prison first,\nIt seemed a king's knight strange,\nTo make so sudden a change,\nFrom wealth unto such great woe,\nAnd she began to think,\nThough she by mouth no thing prayed,\nWithin her heart thus she said:\nO thou almighty Jupiter,\nThat sittest and lookest far,\nThou sufferest many a wrongful doing,\nAnd yet it is not thy willing,\nTo thee may no thing be hid,\nThou knowest how it is befallen,\nI wish I had not been born,\nFor then I had not forlorn\nMy speech and my virginity.\nBut good Lord, all is in thee.\nWhen thou thereof wilt do no vengeance,\nAnd shape my deliverance,\nAnd ever among this lady wept,\nAnd thought that she never kept,\nTo be a world's woman more,\nAnd that she wished evermore,\nBut of her here,\nAnd said: O sister, and you knew,\nOf my estate you would reprove,\nI believe, and my deliverance,\nYou would shape and do.\nUpon him that is so false a man,\nAnd nevertheless, as I can..I receive some tokening\nWhereof you shall have some knowing\nOf things I know shall displease you\nThe which you touch and displeases me\nThen within a while as she\nWove a cloth of silk all white\nWith letters and imagery\nIn which was all the folly\nThat she\nAnd cut it to gather soon\nAnd set her signet thereon\nAnd sent it to Proygne at once\nThe messenger that bore it away\nWhat it amounted to was unknown\nAnd nevertheless to Proygne he went\nAnd privately took her the cloth\nAnd went again right as he came\nThe Court of him heard nothing\nWhen Proygne of Philomene heard this\nShe wanted to know how it had happened\nAnd opened the letter the man had brought\nAnd woe\nAnd what mischief had befallen\nIn a swoon she fell down\nAnd afterwards stood up\nAnd afterwards she took the cloth in hand\nBut at the last out of such outrages\nShe said \"To weep is no remedy\"\nAnd swore \"If I may leave, it shall be done otherwise\"\nAnd with that she began to compose herself\nHow first she might be to her delight\nHer sister who no man withheld..But only those who were sworn to know it:\nThus, It should be known that Theseus knew not, and yet, as her own self pleased,\nHis sister was delivered soon,\nOut of the prison and by the moon,\nTo Procne she was brought by night.\nAnd when, in chamber, they were alone,\nThey made many a plot.\nBut Procne made most of sorrow,\nThe one who saw her sister pale and fade,\nAnd speechless and dishonored.\nOf that she had been,\nAnd also concerning her lord,\nShe thought of how untruly he had acted,\nAnd had broken his spouse.\nShe made a vow: it should be broken.\nAnd with that word she knelt down,\nWeeping in great devotion,\nTo Cupid and Venus.\nShe prayed and then said thus:\nO ye to whom nothing is strange,\nOf love, may every heart be yours,\nYou who know, as you who are above,\nThe god and goddess of love.\nYou know well that ever yet,\nWith all my will and all my wit,\nSince first you showed me to wed,\nI have been true in my degree,\nAnd ever thought to be,\nAnd never to love in other place,\nBut all only the king of Troy..The which is my lord, and I his wife,\nBut now alas, this woeful strife,\nThis most unwarranted and unkind,\nThat I find against him anew.\nThe most treacherous and the most unfaithful,\nOne who in lady's arms did lie,\nAnd well I know that little of me he left,\nWhen he took my own sister and forsook me, his wife.\nLook, pray, to Venus and Cupid,\nShe prayed and furthermore she cried\nTo A\nAnd said, \"O mighty god of rest,\nThou dost avenge this dispute,\nMy sister and all her estate,\nThou knowest, and how she hath forsaken\nHer manhood, and I therefore,\nIn all the world, shall bear a blame\nFor my sister's shame,\nThat I sent Thereus to her,\nKnowing full well my intent was\nFor worship and for good,\nO lord, who gavest life to every creature,\nI pray thee, hear these woeful sisters,\nAnd let us not be loath to each other,\nWe are thine own women, loathsome and distressed,\nThus playing the part and asking for vengeance, /\nAnd though her sister speaks to him,\nHe knows full well her sorrow is not less hot..But he who heard them two\nShould have sorrowed each one\nFor sorrow that was between them\nWith signs Progne openly shows (Philomene)\nAnd Progne says she will avenge\nThat all the world will speak of it\nAnd Progne, then sickness feigned,\nTo her lord she confessed\nAnd begged she might keep her chamber\nAnd as she pleases wake or sleep\nAnd he granted her this request\nAnd thus they two live together\nWho would do him but a little good\nNow listen after how it stood\nO woeful adventures that befell\nThese sisters, both fallen\nAnd it was not only on them\nBut only on the great wrong\nThat Thereus had done them\nThey intend to avenge soon\nThis Thereus by Progne his wife\nHad a son that was his life\nBeloved / and this he named\nAnd his mother knew she might\nDo T\nThen she slew his child that was dear\nThus she, it was, as if possessed by madness\nOf woe / which had overcome her\nWithout the insight of motherly love\nForget pity and lost fear\nAnd in her chamber privately\nThat child without noise or cry..She slew and hewed him to pieces. Afterward, with various spices, she took the flesh and made a stew. And the father at his meal, she served and he began to eat, not knowing how it stood. But thus his own flesh and blood, he himself, devoured again kindly, to him who was before unkind. And then or that he could rise up, for his heart should be aghast, to show him his child was dead. This Philomene took up the head, between two dishes, and was enraged. So came forth the sisters both and set it on the table. And they began then the lamentation and said: \"O worst of all wicked, of conscience whom no prick, look what you have done. Lo here are now we, the sisters two. O Ravener, look here is your prey, with whom so falsely on the way, you have wrought your tyranny. Lo now it is somewhat bought, and better it shall be for your deed. The world shall ever sing and recite, in remembrance of your disgrace, for you to love have done such shame, that it shall never be forgotten. With that he started up from the meal..And show the board into the floor,\nAnd caught a sword at once and swore,\nThat they should die by his hands,\nAnd they cried to the goddesses,\nBegan with such a lowly tone,\nThat they were heard up to heaven,\nAnd in the twinkling of an eye,\nThe goddesses changed their forms,\nEach of them in their degree,\nWas transformed into a bird's kind,\nDeliveredly as men may find,\nAfter the seat that they were in,\nTheir forms were set asunder,\nAnd as the tale tells,\nThe first into a nightingale,\nWas shaped and that was Philomela,\nWho in winter is not seen,\nFor then the leaves fall,\nAnd naked,\nFor after that she was a bird,\nHer will was ever to be hidden,\nAnd to dwell in private place.\nFor shame that could not be lessened,\nOf things that were before passed,\nWhen she lost her virginity,\nFor ever upon her womanhood,\nThough the gods would change her,\nShe thinks, and is the more strange,\nAnd holds her close the winter day,\nBut when the winter goes away,\nAnd nature, the goddess..With her own free largesse, she adorns the fields and meadows, as well as the woods and groves, with herbs and flowers. So that between March and May, a bird may hide its hide. For shame and not arisen, when she saw the bows thick and that there is no bare stick, but only wood comes this Philomene, and she makes her complaint night and day.\n\nO why was I yet a maid, she said, for this old woman understood what she meant. Her notes are of such intent, and they said she makes great joy and mirth among. And now I am a bird, and now my face may be hidden, though I have lost my maidenhead. Shall no man see my checks red. Thus she mixes joy with sorrow, and with her sorrow, mirth also. So that of love's malady, she makes diverse melody, and said, love is a woeful bliss, a wisdom that no man can know, a lusty fire, a wound soft. This note she rehearses often to those who understand her tale. Now have I of this nightingale, who was once called Philomene..Told all that ever she meant,\nOf her form and her conduct,\nFrom which men may take note,\nOf her sister Proigne I find,\nHow she was turned out of kind,\nInto a swift swallow in wing,\nThat also in winter lies,\nWhere she may no thing be seen,\nBut when the world is grown green,\nAnd comes the summer time,\nThen flies she forth and begins to chide,\nAnd chats out in her language,\nWhat falseness is in marriage,\nAnd tells in a manner of speech,\nOf terms the spouse breach,\nShe will not in woods dwell,\nFor she would openly tell,\nAnd also for that she was a spouse,\nAmong the people she comes in house,\nTo make these wives understand,\nThe falseness of their husband,\nThat they beware of them also,\nFor there be many unfaithful of those,\nThus are these sisters' birds as,\nAnd are to guard the men so loath,\nThat they will for pure shame,\nTo no man's hand be tame,\nFor ever it dwells in her mind,\nOf that they found a man unkind,\nAnd that was false Thersites.\nIf such one be among us..Within and without, it now commonly happens, and in remembrance I will declare the vengeance that the gods had ordained for one who had pleaded, for he was changed and from his own kind became a lapwing. He made himself a lapwing, and thus he hops on the grass. And on his head stands up right, a crest, a token that he was a knight. And yet, to this day, men say that the lapwing has lost his faith and is the bird filled with fear. Beware, my son, or you may fall in the same way. For if you seek to gain love, your lust may fall thus, as it befell Theresus. My father, the god, forbade me rather to be overthrown by wild horses and to draw than to return again to love and his law. Did he do anything or speak anything that was not my lady's will? Men say that every love has feared, so follows it that I fear her. For I fear her love, and whoever fears to please his love and serve him needs be. Thus may you know by what sign that I will not ravage. Against her will by such a way, but while I live, I will obey..Abdygne on her courtesie,\nIf only mercy would have you, ply (interact) with me,\nFor thy father's sake, as of this, I swear I have not done amiss.\nBut furthermore, I shall ask you,\nWho teaches you some other point,\nAnd asks if there is anything\nThat I may be better taught.\nHe speaks about the aspect of covetousness, which they call a crime,\nWhose minister any law does not fear,\nNot in the cause of love, as in other things.\n\nWhen Covetousness stands in poverty,\nIt debates with itself,\nThrough lack of misgovernance,\nIt cannot find another way to obtain,\nBut the blind one,\nWhich sees not what shall follow,\nThat very vice, it which they call robbery,\nHe takes upon himself openly.\nThrough the water and the land,\nOf things that other men forswear,\nHe gets himself clothes, meat, and drink.\nHe does not recoil from what to do, he begins,\nThough theft soever he may win,\nFor you to make his purchase,\nHe lies waiting on the pass,\nAnd whatever thing it is that passes by,\nHe takes his pass more and less..If it is worth taking, he can keep the packages well in return. A prince does not concern himself with such things, nor does his gold get found out or anything else. He takes it as his property in woods and fields as well. Robbery goes to seek where it may find its purpose. In the same way, my good son, as you might hear, speaking of love in this matter, make a true resemblance, just as a thief makes his disguise and robs people's goods around, in woods, in fields, wherever he goes out. There are some of these lovers in wild places where they come, and find there a woman able and suitable, without let or hindrance. They join in this affair. Even if she were a shepherdess, yet the lord of wantonness would try, for another man's good is sweet. But the wife knows nothing of this. Her lord sits always wishing, after his lord's homecoming. But when he comes home at last, he makes his wife leave, for she should not know. He tells her how his heart began to burn..And how his hounds have run well\nAnd how a merry sun shone\nAnd how his hawks flew well\nBut \nHow \nOf that \nAnd took his lust beneath the shade\nAgain love and again his law\nThe which thing I forbid\nFor whoever takes by robbery\nHis love \nHis cause and so often is\nFor one that he has been happy\nHe shall be after sorrowful trials\nExamples for such robberies\nI find written as you shall here\nAccording to this matter\nHe speaks against them in love \nI read how once William,\nThe fairest, as Ovid said,\nWho was in his time too,\nAnd she was of the chamber also,\nOf \nWife to Mars / of whom the prowess\nIs given to these worthy knights\nFor he is of such great might\nThat he governs the battle\nWithout him it may not succeed\nThe strong hand but he helps it\nThere may no knight of arms cry\nBut he fights under his banner\n\nBut now to speak of my matter\nThis fair, fresh, lusty maid\nAlone as she went on a day\nUpon the shore for to play\nThere came Neptune in her way.The one who rules the sea\nAnd in his heart such pleasure\nHe took when he beheld this maiden's sight\nThat all his heart arose on high\nFor he so suddenly unaware\nBeheld the beauty that she bore\nAnd cast at once in his heart\nThat she would not depart from him\nBut if he took in account\nSomething from her\nNot of no brooches nor of any things\nBut of some other small things\nHe thought to have a share or that she weighed\nAnd in both his arms he took her\nAnd put his hand toward the chest\nWhy to rob he made a proposal\nThat lusty treasure to steal\nWhich passes other goods by far\nThat which is called the May\nThe one who is the flower of womanhood\nThis maiden C\nWas called dreadful of all shame\nSaw that she could not resist\nAnd well she knew he would not desist\nFulfilling his lust of robbery\nSuddenly she began to weep and cry\nAnd said, O Pallas noble queen\nShow now thy might and let it be sent\nTo keep and save my honor\nHelp that I lose not my flower\nThe which now lies hidden under lock and key\nThat word was not soon spoken..When Pallas recovered,\nAfter the will and desire\nOf her, a maiden was,\nSuddenly, on this occasion,\nFrom her woman's kind I find,\nShe was transformed, with all,\nSo that Neptune nothing stayed,\nOf thing that he would have stolen,\nWith feathers black as any coal,\nOut of his arms in a throw,\nShe flew before his eyes a crow,\nWhich was to her more delight,\nTo keep her maidenhood white,\nUnder the weed of feathers black,\nThan in pearly white to forsake,\nThat no life may restore again,\nBut thus Neptune set his heart on theft,\nThe bird was flown away and he was let go,\nThe fair maiden was escaped from him,\nSo that for ever le was,\nAnd scorn from that,\nMy son,\nThat thou no maidenhood steal,\nWhereof men see diseases fall,\nEvery day befall in diverse ways,\nSo I shall tell another tale on that.\n\nA king had a beautiful daughter,\nA maiden of worthy fame,\nCalistona, the daughter of King Lichoantis..Calistona, whose true name was called,\nWas besought by many a lord,\nBut her accord would not yield,\nTo love might no man win,\nAs she who had no lust for it,\nBut swore in her heart and said,\nThat she would ever be a maid,\nTo keep herself and peace,\nWith such as were called Maids,\nAnd with the Nymph,\nBy the spring of fresh wells,\nShe chose to dwell and nowhere else,\nThus came this Calistona\nInto the wood of Tegea,\nWhere she vowed to virginity,\nTo Diana, and pledged,\nHer truth upon the bows,\nTo keep her maidenhead pure,\nThe which, on a certain day,\nWas stolen away in secret,\nBy Jupiter, through his cunning,\nHe took her from her, in such a way,\nThat suddenly, all at once,\nHer womb awoke, and she swallowed,\nSo that it could not be hidden,\nAnd it is said that Diana,\nWho heard this in a secret place,\nAt a well, with Nymphs all around,\nCame in a procession,\nShe said that she would bathe,\nAnd bade every maiden join her,\nNaked, and bathe with her also,\nThen the secret courtship began..But those who did not know the game\nTo whom such a thing befell\nA none they made all naked\nThey hid nothing\nBut she withdrew aside\nAnd nevertheless in the flood\nWhere Diana herself stood\nShe thought to come unperceived\nBut was all deceived\nFor when she came a little near\nAnd that Diana saw her womb\nShe said away, thou foul beast\nFor thy state is not honest\nThis chaste water to touch\nFor thou hast had such a touch\nWhich never may be whole again\nAnd thus goes she who was forsaken\nWith shame & the Nymphs fled\nUntil nature helped her\nShe delivered a son named Arcas\nAnd Juno, who was the wife\nOf Jupiter, angry and hasty\nCame forth on that occasion\nAnd to Calisto she spoke\nAnd set upon her many a reproach\nAnd said, \"Now thou art taken\nThat thou thy work may not forsake\nA thou ungrateful hypocrite\nThou art greatly to be pitied\nBut now thou shalt feel sore\nThat theft and mischief\".That you have taken and done,\nOf which your father Lychao will not be pleased,\nWhen he learns that his daughter is so hot,\nThat she has broken her chaste vow.\nBut I shall chastise you now.\nYour great beauty shall be transformed,\nThrough which you have been misled.\nYour large forehead, your gray eyes,\nI shall change in another way.\nAnd of the feature of your face,\nI shall deface in such a way.\nFor every man shall forget,\nAnd immediately the likeness of a feral creature.\nShe took on the shape of this creature anon,\nAnd within a short time thereafter,\nWith a bow in hand, she went to hunt and find game,\nInto that wood she went to play.\nHer son Archas happened to be on the way,\nAnd when she recognized his name,\nShe drew him near, where he stood under a bow.\nShe knew him well and drew him close.\nThough she had lost her form,\nThe love was not lost therefore.\nThe kind that has set it under its law,\nWhen she, under the wood, showed herself,\nHer child beheld her and was so glad,\nThat she spread her arms around him,\nAnd though she was in womanhood..Toward him they came and paid no heed,\nHow that he bore a bent bow and sent an arrow,\nAnd began to string it in his bow,\nAs he who could not be known by anyone else,\nBut that it was a wild beast.\nBut Jupiter, who wished to shield,\nThe mother and the son as well,\nArranged it so,\nThat they were both forever saved.\nBut thus, my son, you might have seen,\nAn example of how one must flee,\nTo rob the virginity\nOf an innocent away,\nAnd ever this by your own way,\nIn old books as I read,\nRobbery is to be feared,\nAnd especially of that good,\nWhich ever woman who is good,\nDesires to keep and hold,\nAs it was in days of old,\nIf you here my tale well,\nYou may some day understand,\nOld example take heed,\nHow the flower of maidenhood\nWas then held in high esteem,\nAnd so it was and so it is,\nAnd so it shall forever stand,\nAnd for you to understand,\nNow listen to the next tale,\nHow maidenhood is to be commended,\nHe speaks of virginity among the old stories,\nI find how Valery told,\nThat whoever he may be..Emperor of Rome, he should honor\nA virgin, and in the way\nWhere he met her, he should obey\nIn worship of virginity\nWhich was then of great dignity\nNot only of women, but of the chaste men as well\nIt was commended in general\nAnd to speak of it in particular\nHe, Phirinus, the fairest and comeliest of men in Rome, I find\nPhirinus, he was of a noble kind\nAbove all others, the fairest\nOf Rome, and also the comeliest\nIt was she who might\nBehold and have a sight of him\nThus was he tempted often\nBut for the world would be no more\nAmong the women so coveted\nThe beauty of his face restrained\nHe had and thrust out both his eyes\nSo that all women who saw him\nThen afterward had no more regard for him\nAnd thus he bought his maidenhead\nSo may I prove, will I, for you\nAbove all others under the sky\nThat maidenhead is to be praised\nWho that the virtues would prize\nWhich, as the Apocalypse records,\nAre the most beautiful in heaven.\nThey follow the Lamb wherever He goes.\nSo may I show you well therefore..As I have told you before, in heaven and on earth, it is excepted that only two exist, out of his flesh, a man to live. Gregory has given this example. In flesh beyond flesh, living is the angelic life rather than the human. Jerome says it is better told to an angel many times over than to the life of man's kind. There is no reason to find this but through the grace above. In flesh without fleshly love, and man to live chaste here, and yet a man may hear of such as have been or are, and yet it is a virtue seldom won. Now I have begun this matter, I think to tell more. If that the desire takes hold of your lord, to treat on maidenhead, it is said that a rose from thorns prevails, or that the offspring of flowers cease to be numerous. The books say that a man's life, set among knights in war and strife, is among his enemies. The first woman is of all for that war is always ready..It is night / it is day\nSo that a man has never rest\nTherefore is that knight the best\nThrough might & grace of God's son\nWho that battle may withstand\nOf whom it dwells the memory\nOf those who once had victory\nIn the deadly war\nThe high prowess you which they had\nThrough which their souls were amended\nUpon this earth is yet commended\nHe speaks here of Valentinianus Emperor himself, octogenarian\nThere were many emperors by old days\nHe also tried\nA worthy knight was of his hand\nThere was no such one in all the land\nBut yet, for all his vassals\nHe stood unwedded all his age\nAnd in Chronicle as it is told\nHe was a hundred winters old\nBut when men would praise his deeds\nAnd his knighthood of arms\nOf that he did with his hands\nWhen he subjected the kings and the lands\nOf all that price had he no wonder\nFor he set it at no account\nAgainst one point that he has no name\nThat his flesh he has overcome.He was a virgin, as he said,\nOn that battle, his pride he laid.\nLook now, my son, avail thee,\nFather, all this may well be.\nBut all other did so,\nThe world of men were soon agag.\nAnd in the law, men may find,\nHow God to man the law of kind\nHas set the world to multiply,\nAnd he that will him justify,\nIt is not to do the law.\nAnd yet your good saw,\nIs good to keep who so may.\nI will not there again say nay,\nMy son, take it as I say.\nIf maidenhead be taken away,\nWithout law's ordinance,\nIt may not fail of vengeance.\nAnd if thou wilt the truth know,\nBehold a tale that is written,\nHow that the king of Agamemnon,\nWhen he had won the city of L,\nHad dwelt there a maiden fair,\nThe fairest of the land.\nIn that time that men knew best,\nAnd he had from her what he listed,\nWhereof that she was dangerous,\nOf the thing it which was most precious,\nThis fair maiden named was,\nCreusa, the daughter of Cresus.\nThe which was that time special,\nOf that time, bishop principal,\nWhere Phoebus had his sacrifice,\nSo was it well the more vile..Agamemnon was on his way to Troy and took with him a maiden\nWith whom he had great lust. But Phoebus, who had great anger,\nWas displeased that this maiden was stolen away.\nAs he approached Troy, he took vengeance on this deed,\nAnd sent a common pestilence. They sought her evidence\nAnd made calculations to determine\nIn what condition this death had come suddenly and suddenly.\nAt last, they found both the cause and the man,\nAnd at the same time, Agamemnon opposed them.\nHe who had learned of all the events\nCondemned the folly that he had committed,\nAnd they sought mercy towards the god in various ways,\nWith prayer and with sacrifice.\nThey sent the maiden home and gave her enough gold to spend\nFor as long as she would live.\nAnd thus the sin was forgiven,\nAnd the pestilence ceased.\nOh what it is to be incited\nBy love, which is ill won,\nIt were better never to have begun\nThan to take something without leave,\nWhich you must afterwards leave behind,\nAnd yet have misfortune along with all,\nFor you to rob altogether..In love's cause if you begin, I don't know what ease you shall win. My father so will I be, my son beware of this. But now you are exemplary in love, in love is the cause of robbery. I have it right well understood, but over this how so it stands? Yet I will write of your apology. What thing is more of covetousness in,\n\nWith covetousness, if I find\nA servant of the same kind,\nWhich steals hot and much,\nOf whom if I shall tell the truth,\nHe stalks as a peacock doth,\nAnd takes his prey so coverte,\nThat no man wote it in aperte,\nAnd wote the lord at home\nThan would he stake about and come,\nAnd what thing he finds in his way,\nWhen that he saw the men away,\nHe steals it and goes forth with all,\nThat thereof no man knows.\n\nWithout money or star light,\nAnd with his craft the door unpicks it,\nAnd takes therein what he likes,\nAnd if the door be so shut\nThat he be of his entrance let..He crept to the window and, while the lord is soundly asleep,\nHe stole whatever pleased him and went his way unseen.\nFrequently, even in daylight, he would steal and attempt,\nPlacing his hand under the cushion and cutting open his purse.\nHe received what he found there and, with a horn, he didn't blow it.\nFor no one of his council knew\nThat he could obtain from his riches\nIt is all by the wing,\nAnd just as a hound goes to its den\nAnd has taken what it wanted,\nHis mouth on the grass he wiped it,\nAnd with feigned cheer he approached it,\nAnd whatever sheep he strangled,\nNo man could ensnare it.\nTo know who did it was impossible,\nJust as the thief steals in every place,\nWherever his pleasure takes him,\nHe can make his case so well,\nAnd feign and dissemble so skillfully,\nThat no one would suspect\nBut that he was innocent.\nThus, a man's eye he beguiled,\nSo that this craft he might use\nWithout the help of any refuse.\nThere are lovers of that degree..With all her lust in private,\nAs one who says gets all by theft,\nAnd thereof attain great wealth,\nAnd for the time that it lasts,\nLove awayeth ever & casteth,\nHow he may steal and catch his prey,\nWhen he thereto may find a way,\nFor be it night or be it day,\nHe takes his part when he may,\nAnd if he may no more do,\nYet will he steal a kiss or two,\nTell you if ever you did so,\nIn any way your lady unto,\nMy father how my son thus,\nIf you have stolen any kiss,\nOr other thing that belongs to it,\nFor no man such thieves honor,\nTell on for yourself and say the truth,\nMy father no / & that is enough,\nFor by will I am a thief,\nBut she who is to me most left,\nYet dared I never in private,\nTo steal from her or this or that,\nAnd if I dared I wote well what,\nAnd nevertheless but if I lie,\nBy theft not by robbery,\nOf love which fell in my thought,\nTo her did I never naught,\nBut as I seem where heart is failed,\nThere shall no castle be assaulted.\nBut though I had hearts ten,\nAnd were as strong as all men..If I am not my own man,\nI dare not use what I can;\nI may not recover myself,\nThough I be ever so poor;\nI bear a heart, and it is so,\nThat I fail in this,\nHow should I be at odds\nThe servant leads against the lord,\nFor if my foot would go elsewhere,\nOr that my hands would else do,\nWhen my heart is there again,\nThe remainder is all in vain,\nAnd yet I dare not steal,\nOf a thing which belongs to love,\nAnd also it is so high above,\nI may not well reach there,\nBut so be it in speech,\nRarely if I may steal may,\nA word or two and go my way,\nBetween her/his estate and me,\nComparison there may none be,\nSo that I feel and well know,\nAll is too heavy and too hot,\nTo seize without love,\nAnd thus I must always leave,\nTo take that which I may not,\nAnd in this way I must forsake.\n\nOf a thing which I may not fulfill,\nFor that serpent which never sleeps,\nThe flees of gold so well it keeps,\nIn Colchos as the tale is told,\nThat my lady a thousandfold\nIs bet..Where she is clothed or naked,\nTo keep her body night and day,\nShe has a ward,\nWho is so wonderful a knight,\nThat no man's might\nWith sword nor weapon can daunt him,\nNor with any subtle charm enchant him,\nWhereof he might be made tame,\nAnd danger is his right name,\nWho, under lock and key,\nThat no man may steal her away,\nAnd all the treasure underneath,\nThat may last long for love,\nThe least looking of her eye,\nThat might be stolen if he sees it,\nAnd he who grudges for so little,\nHe soon would set a watch,\nOn him who would steal more,\nAnd that grieves me greatly,\nFor this proverb is ever new,\nThat strange looks make,\nA thief.\nFor so well can no man hide\nBy him, nor by any other means,\nTo whom danger would\nOf that treasure he has to keep.\nSo though I would stalk or creep,\nAnd wait on you and you on morrow,\nOf danger I shall nothing borrow,\nAnd steal I know well may I not,\nAnd thus I am right well thought out,\nWhile danger stands in his office,\nOf theft which he calls a vice,\nI shall be guilty nevermore..Therefore I would he were ago (be gone) so far from him,\nI never heard his heart. How it fared afterward,\nI might then purchase something of love,\nBy stealth or by some other way,\nThat now stands from me far away.\nBut father, as you told above,\nHe who steals goes a night for love,\nI may not well forsake that point,\nThat often I do not wake,\nOn nights when others sleep,\nBut how I pray you keep,\nWhen I am locked in such a way,\nThat by night I may arise,\nAt some window look out,\nAnd see the house in commotion,\nSo that I may the chamber know,\nIn which my lady, as I believe,\nLies in her bed and sleeps softly,\nThen is my heart a thief often,\nFor there I stand to behold,\nThe long nights that are cold,\nAnd think on her who lies here,\nAnd then I wish that I were there,\nAs wise as was Nectanabus,\nOr\nThat could both of necromance,\nIn what likeness in what semblance,\nRight as they list themselves transform.\nIf I were of such a form,\nI say that I would flee,\nInto her chamber to see,\nIf any grace would fall..I. So that I might under the palis some thing of love pick or steal,\nAnd thus I think thoughts feel,\nAnd though thereof no thing be true,\nYet if for a time it does,\nBut at the last when I find\nThat I am fallen into my mind,\nAnd see that I have stood long,\nAnd have no profit undergone,\nThen I stalk to my bed within,\nAnd there to think I begin,\nOf love when I shall by night,\nMy will is good / but my might\nMe lacketh both and of my grace,\nFor whatsoever that my thought embraces,\nYet have I not the better fear'd,\nMy father,\nWhat I have stolen by,\nAnd how my will has been thereto,\nIf I am worthy to penance,\nI put it unto your ordinance,\nMy son for theft I beseech,\nThough it be for a time sweet,\nAt end it does but little good,\nAs by example how that it stood,\nWhilst I may tell now,\nI pray you father tell me how,\nMy son of him who goes by day,\nBy way of theft to assay,\nIn love's cause and takes his pray,\nOutside said as I shall say,\nAnd in his madness he told,\nA tale which is good to hold..In love's cause, above this latel place,\nThe poet puts an exemption:\nOf Venus, who holds law in hand\nOver things which cannot be withstood,\nAs she with treasure of love has within her ward,\nPhebus is so constrained by love,\nThat he, without rest, is pained\nWith all his heart to desire,\nA maiden who was kept so closely,\nIn chamber and guarded so closely,\nWho seldom showed herself,\nAccompanied by her mother for play,\nLenctenus, as men say, was her name,\nHer father was, and it came to pass,\nThis daughter, kept so dear,\nAnd had been before year after year,\nUnder her mother's discipline,\nA maiden and a virgin,\nOn her nativity,\nNature has set all that she may,\nThat resembles the fresh may bloom,\nWith either months of the year,\nSurpassing so without measure,\nWas of this maiden the feature,\nOf which Phoebus loves beyond measure,\nHe waits if it may be allowed,\nThat through any sleight he might\nObtain her..His lusty maidenhead was unwrighted,\nThe which were all his world's wealth,\nAnd thus lurking upon his stealth,\nIn his attitude so long he lay,\nTill it befell upon a day,\nThat through her chamber wall he came,\nAnd in suddenly stood and stayed,\nThat thing which was to him so life,\nBut woed the while it was a thief,\nFor Venus, who was enemy\nOf that love's mischief,\nDiscovered all the plain cafe,\nHow it befell and how it was,\nToward Phoebus his concubine,\nAnd she to let the Coune\nOf that love be deadly,\nTo play upon this maid, he goes,\nAnd told her father how it stood,\nWhereof for sorrow, well she knew,\nUnto her mother thus he said,\nLo, what is to keep a maid,\nTo Phoebus, dare I speak naught,\nBut upon this I shall be wreak,\nSo that these maidens after this\nMay take example what it is,\nTo suffer their maidenhead to be stolen,\nWhere she the death may toll,\nAnd bad with that, go make a pit,\nWhere he hath his daughter set.\nAs he that would no pity have,\nSo that she was all quick be grave,\nAnd dead anon in his presence..But Phebus, out of reverence for her love,\nHad wrought, through his power above,\nThat she sprang up out of the mold\nInto a flower named the Gold,\nWhich stone governs the sun,\nAnd thus when love is cruelly won,\nIt often comes to repentance.\nMy father, it is no marvel,\nWhen the counsel is weighed,\nAnd love has often played\nAnd stolen many a private game,\nWhich never yet came to blame.\nWhat he thought were hidden\nBut in your tale as it befitted,\nVenus disturbed all the causes,\nAnd also brought about daybreak,\nWhen Phoebus wrought such filth,\nWhose blame the maiden brought,\nBut before you say, \"How steals love by night\nAnd does its things out of sight?\"\nI too wish to hear\nA tale like this for the matter,\nFrom which I might take an example,\nMy good son, for your sake,\nSo it happened in days of old,\nAnd so the poet told it,\nOn the night's merriment.\nHe, the mightiest of all men,\nHercules with Nemean lion..Whiche was his courage's love,\nTo embark on a pilgrimage towards Rome,\nIt happened to them by the way,\nOn a day, they came upon a cave,\nWithin which was ryal and gloryous,\nAnd of an enchanting nature,\nNamed Thopis, it was hot,\nThe sun shone upon it wonderfully hot,\nAs it was in summer time,\nThis Hercules, who by his side,\nHad Eolen as his love there,\nWhen they were at that cave,\nHe said it would be best for her,\nTo rest there for the day and night,\nAnd she, who was a lusty maid,\nObeyed him in every thing.\nThe long day passed, and so it happened,\nThis cave was beneath the hill,\nOf Thymolus, which was wet,\nFanus with Sabah the goddess,\nAnd other nymphs of her kind,\nWere in a place as I have learned,\nNearby which Bacchus' wood grew high,\nThis Fanus took great delight,\nFor when he saw,\nAnd in his heart he had noted,\nThat he forsook the Nymphs all,\nAnd said he would try another,\nTo win over his heart..He sets and casts himself, so that he might\nPick up love's awakening, which by day is otherwise unobtainable.\nAnd thereupon he waits,\nNow take good bye,\nHe who is overcome by love, fair Eolen, when she came\nWith Hercules into the cave\nHis, and each, and all was done as she bade.\nHe has clad her in his clothes.\nAnd cast upon her his lion-skin.\nWhich of the skin of a lion was made, and he upon the way.\nIt shed and ever thus to play.\nShe took his great mace also.\nAnd knotted it at her girdle.\nSo was she like a man away.\nAnd Hercules then attempted\nTo clothe himself in her array.\nAnd thus they journeyed forth the day\nUntil that her supper was ready.\nAnd when they had supper there,\nThey showed themselves to go to rest.\nAnd as it seemed best to them,\nThey asked for two separate beds to be made\nFor them,\nBy cause that they would offer\nA sacrifice to her on the morrow.\nThe servant and diner served her office.\nAnd two separate beds were made at once.\nWherein they rested, each by himself in separate places..Fair Eolen placed the mace beside her bed, and with the clothes of her love she covered her bed all about. He who had no doubt of her womb wound about his check. Her kirtle and mantle also she spread abroad upon the bed. And thus they both slept in one bed. And what of trouble and what of joy, the servant was like a drunken swine beginning to snort. This Fanus, who had cast off his stole, came to the cave and found them safe. Without noise he entered. The dark night blinded his sight. And yet it happened to him, that Eolen lay alone to sleep, but he intended to guard. Who's bed it was he meant to guard, and there he lay, a lion where he hid. The coat he found and also felt the mace. And then his heart kept him from staying. But he stalked around on every side and searched with his hand for the other bed. There he found one woman lying, and he was glad in his courage. For he found her kirtle and mantle both..He made him naked and soft in the unworn bed,\nWhere Hercules slept at that time, and he thought it was she,\nAnd thus instead of Eole, he offered him love.\nHe who felt a man above,\nThis Hercules threw him to the ground,\nSo hard that they found him lying there the next morning,\nAnd there was not a little sorrow,\nThat Faunus himself made and laughed about,\nWith Sabina and the Nymphs.\nAnd when they heard the truth,\nHe was ridiculed everywhere.\nMy son, beware of such mischief,\nBut if you have the better,\nLook at the example if it happens so,\nAs Faunus did at that time,\nLest you be shamed so,\nBut my holy father certainly not,\nUnless I had good leave,\nSuch mischief I think leave,\nMy faint heart will not serve,\nDespite my will, I do not deserve,\nIn that place where I love,\nBut for you telling here above,\nOf Covetousness and his plunder,\nIf there is more of that lineage,\nWhich touches on my shame, I pray,\nThat you would try it with me,\nSo that I may avoid the vice.\nMy son, you have heard me show..The vices stand in a row, the last one is sacrilege, be thouware of it. He who commits sacrilege debates with God. A sacrilegious person desecrates sacred places to have fields and land for himself. This treatise deals with the last desire, the high god provides for man's food, clothes, and drink. He commanded Adam to toil and get his sustenance, and be set in order according to the law of Moses. Yet, in these days, there are many who will not undertake labor but steal what they can. They consider it safely won, and thus the law is overcome. With them, the robbery of the church goddesses is committed. The theft they then perpetrate is called sacrilege. Again, I think I should mention, from his condition, what arises, both in book and in beauty. Therefore, with all the remainder, to God's properties, he does his theft in a holy place..And takes what he finds there,\nWhen he sees that he may win,\nHe goes for no cursedness,\nNot breaking the holiness,\nAnd does to God no reverence,\nFor he has lost his conscience.\nIf the priest therefore reproaches him,\nHe says he fears it not the worse,\nAnd to speak otherwise,\nThat man who despises the fragrance,\nAnd takes from the holy church his prayer,\nI note what prayers he shall pray,\nWhen he turns from the one who gave all,\nThe property in particular,\nWhich is due to Christ himself,\nHe may not well escape,\nThe pain coming afterward,\nFor he has made his advance,\nWith sacrilege,\nWhich has his heritage in hell,\nAnd if we read of the old law,\nI find written in that day,\nOf princes there were three,\nComparable in this degree,\nAnd one of them was called thus,\nThe proud king Antiochus,\nThat other was named Nabuzaradan,\nWho, with all his might,\nSought to destroy and waste the temple,\nAnd so,\nThe third, who was shamed,\nWas called Nabonidus,\nAnd he put Jerusalem under\nSacrilege and many a wonder..There, in the holy Temple, he wrought,\nBought which Balthasar his heir,\nWhere mane theech Phares wrote,\nOn the wall as thou mightst see,\nDeclared. But for all that spared,\nYet now a day that men dispute,\nAnd make argument and quibble,\nTo sacrilege as it belongs,\nFor what man that thereafter longs,\nHe takes no heed what he does,\nAnd right so to tell the truth,\nAn love's cause if I shall treat,\nThere be of such small and great,\nIf they have no less elsewhere,\nThey will not let for the belles,\nNor though they see the priest at mass,\nThat will they let overpass,\nIf that they find her love there,\nThey stand and tell in her ear,\nAnd ask of God no other grace,\nWhile that they be in holy place,\nBut ere they go some advantage,\nThere will they have and some plunder,\nOf goodly words and of best,\nOr else they take at the least,\nOut of her hand a ring or glove,\nSo near the weather they will show,\nAnd as she said, she shall not forget,\nNow I this token of her can get,\nThus hallow they the high feast,\nSuch theft may no church arrest..For all is lovely to those who like it,\nAnd rightly so in their own kind.\nIn great cities, men may find\nThis lusty folk who make them gay,\nAnd wait upon the holy day.\nIn churches and in monasteries, too,\nThey go the women to seek,\nAnd where such one goes about,\nTo show the fairest of all the route,\nWhere they sit all in a row,\nHe will display his body most.\nHis crooked knee and thereon set,\nAn ouche with a rosary,\nOr else one of the green leaves,\nAnd all for he should seem fresh.\nThus he looks on the flesh,\nJust as a hawk which has a sight\nUpon the bird where he will light,\nAnd as he were a fairy,\nHe seems to her before her,\nAll to make her hearts flutter,\nHis eye nowhere will abide,\nBut look and pry on every side,\nOn her and her as he pleases,\nAnd sometimes among them he sneaks,\nThinking of them that were for me,\nAnd so there think two or three,\nAnd yet he loves none at all,\nBut where his chance falls,\nAnd nevertheless to say the truth..The reason he does this is to steal a heart or two,\nEither from the Church or when he goes,\nAs I mentioned above, it is a sacrilege of love,\nFor well may he steal away\nThat he never yields again,\nTell me, for your my son, have you committed a sin or none,\nAs I have said in this manner,\nMy father, regarding this matter, I will tell you readily,\nWhat I have truly done,\nI can excuse my intent,\nThat I have never gone to church,\nIn such a way as you may think,\nFor no man who is alive,\nThe reason I have kept it hidden,\nMay be because I have taken up this craft,\nI am nothing capable for stealing,\nThough there were never so many,\nBut yet I will not say this,\nWhen I am there, my lady is,\nIn whom lies my quarrel,\nAnd she goes to matins or to chapel,\nTo mass or to masse,\nThat time I wait well and pass,\nTo church I come and there I stand,\nAnd though I take a look in hand,\nMy contemplation is on the look,\nBut toward her is all my look,\nAnd if it happens that I pray,\nTo my god and something say,\nOf the Our Father and the Creed..I am for speeding, so that my prayer in the holy church\nMay some miracle occur. My lady Berta, to change\nWhatever has been strange to me,\nSo that all my devotion and contemplation,\nWith all my heart and courage,\nIs only set on her image.\nAnd ever I wait upon the tide,\nIf she looks at anything a side,\nThen I am with Courtesy.\nSo struck,\nTo be in the holy church a thief,\nBut not to steal a vestment,\nFor that is not my talent,\nBut I would steal if I might,\nA glad word or a goodly sight,\nAnd ever my service I offer,\nAnd especially when she goes to offer,\nFor her I lead then if I may,\nFor something I would steal away.\nWhen I bend down to her on the waist,\nYet at the last I steal a taste,\nAnd other times grant mercy,\nShe says, \"And so I win,\"\nA lusty touch, a good word too,\nBut all the remainder to seek\nIs far from my purpose.\nSo may I say as I said before,\nIn the holy church, if I vow,\nMy conscience yet I would allow,\nProvided that upon amendment,\nI might receive assignment..I speed in other places such sacrilege I hold as grace, and thus my father says to see me in church just as on the way. If I might take anything from love, such a handmaid I have not forsaken. But finally, I confess there is no holiness in me where I see her in any place. And yet, for one thing that ever I did, no sacrilege of her I took but as it were a word or look, or else if I heard her name when I led her toward offering. Take of that what I take may, for otherwise, I would will to do other things and keep such a privilege that I may not do sacrilege. God knows my will nonetheless. Though I must needs keep peace, and in all ways soon let it pass, my will to it is not the least. For I might otherwise be driven away. For thy my father, I pray thee, tell what thou thinkest thereupon, if of this I have committed sin or none. Thy will, my son, is to blame for the remainder, which I have told as yet. But take this lesson into thy wit: that all things have time and place. The which serves for the bede..But if you knew the wretch's deed,\nHow sacrilege it had brought about, not only to this king's realm, but to the eternal peace of the city, as a reminder. Just as one who says he knows, it is in the world through blow. About Troy, Lamedon,\nHe prayed on a piece of land of Troy's rest,\nBut he wrongfully conveyed it,\nAnd when they came to Greece again,\nThey gained power and took vengeance.\nTowards Troy they had made their way,\nAnd they took such vengeance,\nOf which the memory still stands,\nFor they destroyed king and all,\nLeaving only the burnt walls.\nThe Greeks of Troy were slow to heal,\nAnd they took prisoners, among whom was one,\nThe king's daughter, Lamasone,\nEsyona, the fair thing,\nWhich, by Hercules and by his consent,\nThe king, Lamedon, gave to Lamas..Of all the parliament granted, at his will, and this is how great Troy was damaged, and him torn in such a manner. But now you shall hear\nThe reason why I tell this tale, due to the chances that befell\nKing Laomedon, who died thus:\nHe had a son named Priamus,\nWho was not at home at that time.\nBut when he heard of this, he came\nAnd found how the city had fallen.\nHe began on the wall, and made a new city,\nSo fair that in all the world there was none.\nAnd on one side of the town,\nThe king allowed the making of a high tower,\nA strong place unassailable,\nUntroubled by quarrel or engine.\nThough men might try to mine it,\nNo man's craft could approach it,\nFor it was built upon a rock.\nThe walls of the town surrounded it,\nAnd they stood unchallenged from the world,\nAnd after the proportion, six gates were there of the town,\nOf such form and such appeal,\nThat to see them was a great marvel.\nThe ditches were broad and deep,\nAnd few men could keep them..From all the world it seemed, but if the goddesses were not favorable, Great pressures drew that City, so that there were among people known, Of burghers that dwelt therein, There may no man's tongue tell, How that City was rich in good, When all was made and all well stood. King Priam: What they of Greece once wrought, And what was of her sword devoured, And how his sister disgraced, With Thelamon was led away, And he, thinking himself unwilling, Set at once a parliament, To which the lords were assent, In many a way there was spoken, How they might be awakened, But at the last nevertheless, They said all accord and peace, To set each party in rest, It seemed good to them all. With reasonable amendment, And thus was Anthenor sent forth, To ask Esyon again, And know what they would say. So he passed the sea by barge, To Greece to deliver his charge. Which he spoke ready to the lords, By and by. But where he spoke in Greece about it, He heard not but loud words, And especially of Thelamon, The maiden would he not let go..He said for nothing and bade him go home to his king. At the gate he made no amends for anything he could do or send. Antenor went home again to his king, and when he came, he told in Greece what he had heard and how they answered, that they would neither peace nor love, but every man should do his best. But men say that night brings rest. The king thought about it all night and early in the morning took counsel on this matter. They agreed that he should without delay set a certain time for a parliament, and in this way it was convened. Of parliament he set a day, and that was in the month of May. Priamus had in his sight a wife named Hecuba, by whom at that time he had five sons and three daughters, besides two and thirty more, all knights, not begotten on his wife but elsewhere. Of these he knew that such was the world that they threw off, and so he was rich in children..And there was no man like him among parliament that day. There were the lords all and some. This was pronounced and purposed, and all the cause was disclosed. How Anthenor in Greece acted, they sat in silence and heard. And then spoke every man about it. There were alleged many a doubt and many a proud word also. But for the most part, they seemed not to know what was best, or whether to wage war or rest. But he who was without fear was Hector among the lords there. His tale was told in such a way, and he said, \"Lords, you are wise. You know this as well as I. Above all others, he stands in great manhood of worthiness and knighthood. For who so will it agree with if not to them belongs all Europe, which is the third part even of all the world beneath the heaven. And we are but few people. So it is reasonable to avoid the peril or fall therein. Better is it to leave than to begin something that cannot be achieved. He is not wise who finds himself grieved and makes his grief greater. For who looks at all things beforehand?\".And will not see what is behind\nHe may often find his harms\nWick is to strive and have the worse\nWe have encounters for to cause\nThis I well know, and for to hate\nThe Greeks, but or we debate\nWith them that be of such might\nIt is full good that every wight\nBe of himself right thought\nBut as for me, thus I say nothing\nFor while that my life may stand\nIf you take war in hand\nFall it to the best or to the worst\nI shall myself be the first\nTo grieve them whatsoever I may\nI still not once say nay\nTo a thing which it seems good to you\nFor to me it seems better\nThe war certainly than the peace\nBut this I say nonetheless\nAs it belongs to me to say\nNow shape you the best way\n\nWhen Hector had said his due\nNext after him thus spoke Paris\nWhich was his brother and called\nWhen he best thought thus he spoke\nIt is strong to suffer wrong\nAnd to suffer shame is stronger\nBut we have suffered both the two\nAnd for all that yet have we done\nWhatsoever we might to reform\nThis wrong and shame in better form.Sente Antenor, as you well know,\nAnd they blow their great words upon\nTheir wrongful deeds also,\nAnd he that will not make himself peace\nAnd yield to pleasure for no reason takes,\nFor reason will forsake him.\nFor in the multitude of men,\nIs not the strength; for with ten,\nIt has been seen in true quarrels,\nAgain a hundred avengers,\nAnd it has the better by God's grace.\nThus it has happened in many places,\nAnd if it seems so to you all,\nI will try how it may happen,\nOur enemy, if I may harm,\nFor I have caught a great belief,\nOn a plain point I will declare,\nThis day as I began to fare,\nTo hunt unto the great heart,\nWhich was before my hounds' start,\nAnd every man went on his side,\nHim to pursue and I to ride,\nBegan to chase, and I say truly,\nWithin a while out of my way,\nI rode, and I knew not where I was,\nAnd I slipped and fell and lay down\nBeside a well, I laid me down\nTo sleep, and in a vision,\nTo me the god Mercury came,\nGoddesses three with him he named,\nMinerva, Venus, and Juno,\nAnd in his hand an apple he held,\nGolden with letters written..And thus he dyd me to wyte\nHow that they put hem vpon me\nThat to the fayrest of hem thre\nOf gold that Appel shold I gyue\nWith eche of hem I was shryue\nAnd echone faire me behyght\nBut Venus said yf that she myght\nThat Appel of my gyfte gete\nShe wold it neuermore forgete\nAnd said how that in grece londe\nShe wold brynge in to my honde\nOf al this erthe the fayrest\nSo that me thought it for the best\nTo hyr and yaf that appel tho\nThus hope I well yf that I goo\nBut she for me wylle so ordeyne\nThat they matere for to pleyne\nShal haue or that I come ageyne\nNow haue ye herd that I wold seyne\nSaye ye what stont in youre auyse\nAnd euery man tho said his\nAnd sondry causes they recorde\nBut at the last they acorde\nThat parys shall to grece wende\nAnd thus the parlement took an ende\nCassandre when she herd of this\nThe whiche to parys suster is\nAnone she gan to wepe and wayle\nAnd said alas what may vs ayle\nFortune with hir blynd whele\nNe wylle not lete vs stonde wele\nFor this I dare wel vndertake\nThat yf parys his wey take.As it is said that he shall do\nWe have always been against it\nThis Cassandra, in all the world, was thought\nTo be the most beautiful woman, as it is seen\nIn books as men find written\nIs Sybil, whom you know well\nWho is called wise\nWhen she knew of this voyage\nNo woman could fare worse\nOr sorrow more than she did\nAnd right so in the same place\nFerdinand, her brother, who was a prophet and such another\nWas held in high regard\nSo that their purposes, which were shaped\nOr were they alive or unwilling\nWere held, and they went to Greece\nThis Paris with his retinue\nAnd as it happened upon his chance\nIn Greece he landed on an island\nAnd he was told at the same time\nOf people whom he began to frighten\nThere was in that island Queen Elaine\nAnd also of countries around\nOf ladies many a proud display\nWith much worthy people as well\nAnd why they came there\nThe reason was as follows\nFor worship and for sacrifice\nThey would make offerings to Venus\nAs they had previously undertaken\nSome of good will and some of their best..For that was her high feast\nWithin a temple which was there\nWhen Paris knew what they were,\nHe showed his ordinance\nTo go and do his obedience\nTo Venus on her holy day\nAnd he went, dressed in his best array,\nWith great riches he provided himself,\nAs it became such a lord,\nHe was not armed, nevertheless,\nBut as if in the land of peace,\nAnd thus he went out of the ship,\nAnd took with him his following,\nIn such a manner as I tell you,\nTo the temple he made his way,\nNews which went overseas,\nTo great and small alike,\nCome to the queen and told,\nHow Paris came and that he would,\nOffer a sacrifice to Venus,\nAnd when she heard him say this,\nShe thought how that ever it might be,\nThat she would let him abide and see,\nThen Paris came forth with a glad countenance,\nTo the temple on pilgrimage,\nWhere to Venus the goddess,\nHe yielded and offered great riches,\nAnd prayed that she would grant his prayer,\nOn the other side he beheld,\nAnd saw where this lady stood,\nAnd forthwith in his fresh attire,\nHe went to where she was,\nAnd made her cheer as he could,\nIn his manner..That of his world such pleasure she took,\nAs far as her acquaintance went,\nHis heart did lie, or he departed,\nSo he went forth and took his leave,\nAnd thought anon as it was due,\nHe would commit his sacrilege,\nThat many a man should abide,\nWhen he again came to the ship,\nTo him he gave his counsel named,\nAnd all devised the matter,\nIn such a way as you shall hear,\nWithin the night all privately,\nHis men he warned by and by,\nThat they be armed ready soon,\nFor certain things which were to be done,\nAnd they at once were ready all,\nAnd each on other called,\nAnd went out upon the shore,\nAnd took their purposes there on land,\nOf what thing they would do,\nTowards the temple / and forth they went,\nSo it happened that Helen in contemplation,\nWith many another worthy knight,\nWas in the temple and woke all night,\nTo bid and pray to the image,\nOf Venus as was then custom,\nSo Paris right as he listed,\nCame into the temple or they knew it,\nWith his men all suddenly,\nAnd all at once set a watch,\nOn those who were in the temple..For there were many people there\nBut defense was of no use\nSo suffered those who could suffer more\nParis went to the queen\nAnd took her in both his arms\nWith him and his companions\nAnd carried her aboard the ship\nUp went the sail / and they set sail\nSuch wind and fortune sent to them\nUntil they reached the harbor of Troy\nWhere out of the ship they straightway went\nAnd went forth toward the town\nWhich came with a procession\nAgain Paris went to see his prize\nAnd every man began to say\nTo Paris and to his companions\nAll that they could offer in worship\nWas none so little man in Troy\nWho did not make mirth and joy\nThat Paris had won Helen\nBut all that night was sorrow and pain\nTo Helenus and Cassandra\nFor they it brought shame and disgrace\nAnd loss of all common grace\nThat Paris had taken a man's wife\nFrom a holy place by theft\nFor which he would lose his life\nAnd many a worthy man with him\nAnd the city before it\nWhich would never be made again\nAnd so it happened just as they saw\nThe sacrilege which he committed.The Greeks sought reasons to enter the town and laid siege to it, refusing to leave until they had won by both cunning and force. Such a sin is sacrilege in a holy place. Therefore, my son, beware and pray, and do nothing in a holy church but what reason permits. Also remember Achilles, who chose Polixena in the temple of Apollo, causing his own death. Achilles' lust was laid aside, and Troilus was left with Creusis. He recounted the story, and the world listened. Forsaking Creusis, his last love was for Deidamia. I would advise you, my son, by this example, to seek grace where you will and be careful with Anaryce, for I have divided my teachings into parts..The branches which of companies,\nThroughout the world in general,\nLike as you now here shall,\nSpeak of covetousness and perjury,\nOf false brokerage and usury,\nOf scarceness and unkindness,\nWhich never through fellowship,\nOf robbery and of private theft,\nWhich is done is for the world's wealth,\nOf ravage and of sacrilege,\nWhich takes the conscience of a crowd,\nAlthough it may richesse attain,\nIt flourishes / but it shall not grieve,\nUnto the sweet of righteousness,\nBut he that would do largesse,\nUpon the rule as it is given,\nSo might a man with thought leave,\nToward his god / and also,\nToward the world / for by the two,\nLargesse a waywaiteth as belonging,\nTo neither part that he wrongeth,\nHe keepeth himself and keepeth his friends,\nSo steady he saves to both his ends,\nIn such wise that he be sure,\nThat he exceeds not measure.\nWhereof my son thou shalt write,\nSo as Philosophy has written,\nProdigus and parsimonious are extremes / larger than,\nIs an hour a medicine's price..Nota hic de virtute largitatis que ad oppositum auoricie inter duo extre\u2223ma videlicet percimoniam et prodegali\u2223tem specialiter consistit / \nOf vyce stont the propyrtees\nOf v\nTake auaryce and take also\nThe vyce of prodegalyte\nBetwix hem lyberalyte\nWhiche is the vertu of largesse\nStant & gouerneth his noblesse\nFor tho two vyces in discord\nStant euer as I fynd of record\nSo that bitwene debate\nLargesse ruleth his estate\nFor in suche wyse as Auaryce\nAs I to fore haue told the vyce\nThorugh streyte holdyng & scarsenesse\nStant in contrarye to largesse\nRight so prodegalyte\nReuers but not in suche degree\nFor so as Auaryce spareth\nAnd for to kepe his tresoure careth\nThat other al his owne & more\nAyene the wysemans lore\nYeueth and dispendeth here and there\nSo that hym retcheth neuer where\nWhyle he may borugh he wol dispende\nTil at the last he seith I wende\nBut that is spoken al to late\nFor than is pouerte at the yate\nAnd taketh hym euen by the sleue\nFor \nAnd ryght as auaryce is synne\nThat wolde his tresoure kepe & wynne.Right so your prosperity,\nBut of largesse in his degree,\nWhich even stand between the two,\nThe high god and the man also,\nThe virtue each of them commends,\nFor he himself first amends,\nAnd to all others where it needs,\nHe gives his good in such a way,\nThat he makes many a man rise,\nWho else would fall low,\nLargesse may not be unknown,\nFor what land he reigns in,\nIt may not,\nOf his deserved love and grace,\nWhere it shall fail in other place,\nAnd thus between too much and little,\nLargesse\nHolds ever forth the middle way,\nBut he who would tear a way\nFrom that to prodigality,\nAnon he leaves the property\nOf virtue / and goes to the vice,\nFor in such a way as Avarice\nLeft for scorn his good name,\nR\nWhich\nFor no more know what harm it brings,\nBut much joy there remains,\nWhere largesse an heart guides,\nFor governed,\nTo God and to the world also,\nHe does reason to both the two,\nThe poor folk of his alms\nReleased are in distress,\nOf thirst, of hunger and of cold,\nThe gift of him was never sold..But freely you give and neither lessen,\nThe mighty god of his necessities,\nRewards him with double grace,\nAnd you grant him also the world's good,\nAnd thus the ceaseless for the hood,\nWhat man has horses? Men yield horses,\nAnd he who has none of him no forum,\nFor he may then go on foot.\nBut for to look at the two,\nA man to go the sickly way,\nBetter is to give than to take,\nWith gift a man may make friends,\nBut he who takes, either great or small,\nHe takes a charge forthwith all,\nAnd stands not free till it is quiet.\nSo for to judge in man's wit,\nIt helps more a man to have\nHis own good to crave\nOf other men / and make himself bound,\nWhere else he may stand unbound.\nSeneca / If your goods do not suffice, make your possessions sufficient.\nSeneca counseled in this way,\nAnd says, but if your goods suffice\nUnto the pleasing of your will,\nWithdraw your lust and hold the still,\nAnd be to your good sufficient,\nFor that thing is appropriate,\nTo truth & causes to be free,\nAfter the rule of charity,\nWhich first begins of itself,\nFor you are richer than twelve..While you yourself are powerless, I don't know what you think you might receive, While a man has wealth for you, With great rents he may leave, And has his friends eternal, And each of them tells, The one who has his full pack, They say a good fellow is Jack, And when it fails at the last, Immediately his price they overcast, For then is there no other law, But Jack was a good fellow, When they pour and needy see, They let him pass and fare well he, All that he thought of company, Is then turned to folly, But now to speak in another kind, Of love, a man may find such, That where they come in every row, They cast and waste her love about, Till all her time is overgone, And then have they love none, For whoever loves excessively, It is no reason that he shall, Of love have any property, For my son advise thee, If thou of love hast been too large, For such a man is not to charge, And if so be that thou hast, Dispensed all thy time in waste, And set thy love in various places, Though thou the substance of thy grace, Lose at the last, it is no wonder..For he who puts himself under the control of one who says \"come over all,\" he lessens the special love of any one if she is wise. For love shall not bear its price by reason when it passes one. So I have seen many one who were at ease in love, but after they fell into great sickness through the wasting of love that they spent in various places where they went. Right so, my son, I ask of thee, if thou hast here or there thy love wasted. My father no, but I have tasted in many a place where I have gone. And yet love I never of those, but to drive forth the day. For my heart leaves well, always without more. All upon one for I no more desire but her love alone. So I make many a proof of money. For well I feel I have spent my long love and not amended. My speed for nothing I find yet. If this be waste to your wit, of love and prodigality, now good father do you consider this, but of one thing I will make you swear, that I shall for no love suffer, but if she herself will release me. My son, that may well I leave. And yet it seems to me..For what you have yet done of time which you have misspent, it may with grace be amended for things which may be worth the cost. Perhaps neither wast nor lost, that can no world's creature tell in certainty how it shall end till he thereof may see an end. Therefore I note as yet, if thou my son hast won or lost, for often as it is seen, when summer has lost all its green and is with winter wasted and bare, leaving him nothing to spare, all is recovered in a throw. The cold winter is over blown, and still be the sharp showers, and suddenly against his flowers, the summer happens and is rich, and so your grace likes. My son, though you be now poor, of love yet you might recover. My father, grant mercy. You have taught me so readily that while I live, the better I may beware of all things which you have said or this, but evermore how that it is, towards my shame as it belongs to me, to know of other points I long. Whereof that you would teach me, with all my heart I entreat you..This is the fifth explicit book. The sixth book follows, in which I intend to treat of the capital vice called \"original sin.\" Every man in authority, upon his birth, has nurtured an enemy within. In paradise, it was symbolized. When Adam, from that apple, tasted his sweet morsel, deadly was the kindling. In the books I find this vice, which is so far from the rule, is called \"gula\" or \"gluttony.\" Of its practices I will not speak of all, but only of two. The first is drunkenness, which brings the cup full of folly. It can make a wise man seem foolish, and a fool seem wise, able to dispense every law and judgment, reaching as far as the firmament, both of the star and thus, of him who is a lewd man. There is nothing that he cannot do, as long as drunkenness holds him in hand. He knows the sea, he knows the load. He is a noble man of arms..And yet he has no strength in his arms. He was once strong, but it is lost with drunkenness. His estate is changed, and he becomes so feeble and weak that he cannot go or come. He is confined to his bed and forgets all. This is such a pitiful state that he cannot distinguish truth from falsehood, day from night, or even know the passage of time. He knows nothing more than this: what kind of thing he himself is, whether he is man or beast. I hold this in great sorrow. When Reason understood this, he suddenly becomes like wood or a dead man, unable to go or speak. He is often brought to bed and lies there unmoving until he rises up again on the morrow. Then he says, \"O what a sorrow it is to be thirsty,\" and he cries out for the cup..That makes him lose his wit again,\nIs then a morrow all in line,\nThe cup is all that ever pleases him,\nAnd also that most displeases him,\nIt is the cup that he serves,\nWhich all care from him bears,\nAnd all brings to him joy, / in sorrow we sing,\nIt may no while stand in verses,\nFor drunkenness is so diverse,\nHe drinks the wine, but at the last,\nThe wine drinks him and binds him,\nFast, and leaves him drunk by the wall,\nAs him who is his bond thrall,\nAnd all in his subjection,\nAnd like to such condition,\nAs for to speak it otherwise,\nIt falls that the most wise\nBewailed and assuaged, O\nWas none who was half so lost in wit,\nOf drink as they of such things do,\nWho were called the Fates,\nAnd waxed of their own thought,\nSo drunk,\nWhat reason is more or less,\nSuch is the kind of that sickness,\nAnd that is not for lack of brain,\nBut love is so great a main,\nThat where he takes a heart in hand,\nThere may no thing his might withstand,\nWith which Solomon was named,\nAnd strong Samson overcome..The knightly David could not\nRescue him, for he had seen\nBathsheba and was rewarded not.\nAristotle was placed under\nThe charge of my son, it is no wonder,\nIf thou didst drink of love among\nWhich is above all other strong,\nAnd if thou art such, tell me thy sin,\nIt is no shame for a young man\nTo be drunken with such Physick as I can partake,\nAnd as it seems to me in this art,\nThou shouldst, by phisonomy,\nBe shaped to that melody of love-drunkenness,\nA holy father who is truth,\nTell me I am known,\nI am overcome by love so,\nAnd all my heart is through and through drunk,\nYet I can both speak and go,\nBut I am overcome,\nAnd turned from myself so clean,\nThat often I do not know what I mean,\nSo I cannot excuse\nMy heart from the first day\nThat I was near my lady,\nI was never yet sober since,\nWhere I saw her or saw her not,\nWith musing of my thought\nOf love which my heart assails,\nSo drunk that my heart fails,\nAnd all my brain is overthrown..And my manner is such that I forget all that I can,\nAnd stand like a madman,\nWho, when I would play,\nIs drawn out of the way,\nIn solitary place by myself,\nLike a laborer to delve,\nWho can no gentleman's cheer\nOr else as a lewd friar,\nWhen he is put to his penance,\nRight so less I my countenance,\nAnd if it needs be, that I abide\nIn company where I must dance and sing,\nThe house dance and caroling,\nOr for to go the new foot,\nI may not well heave up my foot,\nIf she be not in the way,\nFor then is all my mirth away,\nAnd way alone of thought so full,\nWhereof my limbs are so dull,\nI may unfitly go a pas,\nFor thus it is / and ever it was,\nWhen I on such thoughts muse,\nThe lust and mirth that men use,\nWhen I see not my lady by me,\nAll is forgotten for the time,\nSo therefore that my wits change,\nAnd all lusts from me estrange,\nThey say truly,\nAnd swore that I am not I,\nFor as the man who often drinks,\nThe wine that in his stomach sinks,\nGrows drunk and witless for a throw..Right so my lust is overthrown\nAnd of my own thought I mate, I wex that to my estate,\nThere is no limit willing me serve,\nBut as a drunk man I swerve, and suffer such passion,\nThat men have great compassion,\nAnd each one by himself marvels,\nWhat thing it is that one stirs,\nSuch is the manner of my woe,\nWhich time that I am hurt so,\nBut then it were a nicey,\nTo tell you how that I fare,\nFor when I may upon her stare,\nHer woman he deems her gentleness,\nMy heart is full of such gladness,\nThat overpasses so my wit,\nThat I know not where it sits,\nBut am so drunken of that sight,\nMe thinketh that for the time I might,\nRight straight through the whole wall,\nAnd then I may well if I shall,\nBoth sing and dance & leap about,\nAnd hold forth the lusty rout.\nBut nevertheless it falls so,\nFull often that I from her goes,\nNe may but as it were a stake,\nI stand opposition to take,\nAnd look upon her fair face,\nThat for the while out of the place,\nFor all the world might I think,\nSuch lust comes then to my mind..So that without mete and drink\nOf lust's thoughts which I think\nI might stand ever, and so it were to me preferable\nThan such a sight to leave\nFor well is it that I have leave\nTo have so much of my will\nAnd thus thinking I stand still\nWithout blemishes in my eye\nRight as I thought that I see\nOf paradise the most joy\nAnd so there while I rejoice\nIn my heart a great desire\nThe which is hotter than the fire\nSuddenly upon me rushes\nThat all my thoughts within burn\nAnd I am therefore overcome\nSo that among the hearts strong\nIn stead of drink I undergo\nA thought so sweet in my courage\nThat no pleasure or pain\nWas half so sweet to drink\nFor as I would think, I think\nAs though I were above\nFor so through love I am drunk\nThat all that my senses deceive\nIs truth to me as it seems\nAnd while I may the thoughts keep\nI think as though I were asleep\nAnd that I were in God's arms\nBut when I see my own harm.And suddenly awake, I take from my thought and head,\nThe truth that stands in fact, contrary to my fear,\nAnd joy tears me asunder, so that the heat is all aglow,\nOf such sort as I was before, and then inwardly I begin,\nTo take a new thirst for love, which grieves me most,\nFor then comes the white fire, with its cruel and seductive power,\nAnd so it grows cold within my heart,\nThat I wonder how I do not die,\nFor truly, there was never key or frost,\nMore inwardly cold than I am, all.\nAnd thus I endure the white fire,\nWhich passes over other points unfeeling,\nIn cold I burn and feel in heat,\nAnd then I drink a bitter-sweet,\nWith dry lips and wet eyes,\nI temper my diet, and take a draught of such releases,\nThat all my wit is lifeless,\nAnd all my heart therein sits,\nAs if one were saying without wit,\nSo that I prove it by reason,\nIn making comparison,\nThere may be no difference between a drunk man and me,\nBut the worst of every one is ever he who thirsts in one..The more my heart drinks,\nThe more I may think so,\nMy thirst shall never be quenched,\nGod shield that I am not frightened\nOf such superfluity,\nFor well I feel in my degree,\nThat all my wit is overwhelmed,\nThe more I am astonished,\nThat in defiance of ladyship,\nPerchance in such a drunkenness,\nI may be surrendered or beware,\nFor truly father, this I dare,\nKnow and in my thirst tell,\nBut I have a draught from a well,\nIn which my death is and my life,\nMy joy is turned into staff,\nSo that I shall never be worthy,\nBut as a drunken man for worth,\nSo that in land where I fare,\nThe lust is lost for my welfare,\nAs he who may find no help,\nBut this seems to me a wonderful kind,\nAs I am drunk of that I drink,\nOf these thoughts that I think,\nOf which I find no release,\nBut if I might nonetheless,\nOf such a drink as I long for,\nSo as my desire has one recipe,\nI would approve and fare well,\nBut so fortune turns on her wheel,\nOn him she does not deign to set,\nFor evermore I find a hindrance,\nThe butler is not my friend,\nWho holds the key by the bend..I may wish and that I taste,\nFreshly, I well know. But if my grace is greater,\nI shall try anew. Thus am I drunk from what I see,\nForecasting is forbidden me,\nAnd I cannot stem my own self,\nSo that my father from this branch,\nI am loath to tell the truth,\nMy son, who thinks joy,\nFor love, drunkenness is the most mischievous,\nAbove all others. If he has no lustful thought,\nWhich may his thirst alleviate,\nAs for the time that it lessens,\nTo him who misses other joy,\nFor thee, my son, above all,\nConsider well how it befalls,\nAnd keep the wits that you have,\nAnd let them not be drunk in waste,\nBut nevertheless, there is no might,\nThat can withstand love's might,\nBut why the cause is as I find,\nBut that there is diverse kind,\nOf love-drunkenness, why men complain,\nAfter the Country which ordains it.\nI will tell thee the manner,\nNow listen, my son, and thou shalt hear..This tells of a second poet who, in his cellar, has two jars. The first is filled with sweet liquor, the second with the bitterest. Whoever is given the first to drink will be intoxicated, and whoever is given the second will taste bitterness. Love's drink is a sickness, brought about by the feeling of bitterness. Cupid is its giver, offering both the sweet and the sour. Some laugh, some are drawn in, but often he is deceptive..Whiche hundred men lack food\nWithout cause and forget also,\nSome are of love sick,\nWho ought of reason to be whole,\nAnd some come to the dole,\nIn\nAnd this blind cook\nTo such as come there\nGives of the sweet instead of trouble, L\nAnd makes drunk all upon chance,\nWithout law or governance, I\nThen is the sorrow all overcome\nOf love drink and shall not grieve,\nSo to the drunken each eye,\nFor all is but a game,\nBut when it is not for the same,\nAnd he the bitter one draws,\nSuch drunkenness an heart gnaws,\nAnd weakens all a man's thought,\nThat better he were have drunk none,\nAnd of his bread have eaten dry,\nFor then he loses his lusty way,\nWith drunkenness and knows not why,\nTo go the ways be so slippery,\nIn which he may par casse so fall,\nThat he shall break his wits all,\nAnd in this way men are drunk,\nAfter the drink that they have drunk,\nBut all men drink not alike,\nFor some shall sing and some shall sigh..That thou hast drunk of the dwale,\nWhich bitter is until God sends\nGrace that thou mayst amend.\nBut soon thou shalt bid and pray\nIn such a way as I shall say,\nThat thou thy lust mayst attend,\nThy woeful thirsts to restrain,\nOf love and mayst the sweetness\nAs Bacchus did in his distress,\nWhen bodily thirst tormented him\nIn strange lands where he went,\nNota hic how Bachus obtained\nThe drink, knowing the prayers of the one\nTo whom he came in certain Libyan lands\nWhere he found no drink, neither of water nor other kind..So that he and all his host were nearly destroyed by thirst. Then Bacchus prayed to Jupiter and said:\n\nO high father who sees all,\nTo whom it is reasonable that I should come,\nI will beseech and pray in every need,\nBehold my father and take heed,\nThis wretched thirst that we endure,\nTo stay and grant us victory,\nAnd lead us to the country,\nWhere our lusty loves await us.\nAnd with the voice of his prayer,\nWhich was heard by the gods,\nHe saw before his eyes a cloud.\nWherever he had overturned it,\nA well fresh and clear sprang up.\nFrom which his own\nGave every man to drink his fill.\nAnd for this same great grace,\nLet a rich temple be erected here,\nWhich shall stand\nTo thirsty men in remembrance,\nFor thy son, in your turn,\nMay it be the well that you attend,\nSo that you may pray upon the need,\nAs Bacchus prayed for the well,\nAnd think as you have heard me..He had grace in abundance, as is evident. He was no fool who first read this: \"Words are of great virtue. Ask and pray early and late to quench your thirst and think continually. As blind as you hear me say, and if it might so be, that he is on the blind side, then you will have a sweet draught and become drunk with love, soberly. I advise you to absorb your heart in hope of such grace, for drunkenness is present everywhere. It tears a man to pieces and makes him despise himself, causing him to fall in such a way that he cannot rise again. Hic de amoris ebrietate ponit exemplum qualiter, and for looking in evidence upon the truth in experience, as it has happened or is in every man's mouth. With Bel Isawde, when they drank, Brangien brought the drink that intoxicated him. And you, king Mark, took her as your wife as it was afterward known, and my son, if you want to know, it has happened time and time again in lonely causes and more, of drunkenness before fearing..As it happened in truth,\nWhereof you might the better avoid\nDrunken men that you see,\nThe company in no manner,\nA great one called Centaurs among others,\nThis find I write in poetry,\nOf that fair Iphis,\nWhose beauty there as she,\nSpoke every man and fell in love, as it chanced,\nThat Pyrotheus, so fortuned,\nShould wed her,\nAnd for he wished his love to be glad,\nAgain the day of marriage,\nBy mouth and by message,\nHis friends to the feast he prayed,\nWith great worship and all men agreed,\nHe had this young lady wedded,\nAnd when they were all day honored,\nAnd sat and served at table,\nThere was no wine which could beget,\nThat there was not plenty enough,\nBut Bacchus, that very night,\nThrough whom the greatest of the revelry,\nWere out of reason overtaken,\nAnd Venus, who also had a part,\nHad given them drink, above all,\nOf that cup which excites,\nThe lust in which a man delights,\nAnd thus by two ways drunk,\nOf lust, that very..Hath made them as if they were half mad,\nSo that they understood no reason,\nTo none other thing did they attend,\nBut her whom they exalted before them.\nWas wedded that same day,\nThat fresh wife, so lusty and may,\nAnd so forth, his lusts sought,\nThose whom they called were,\nCentauri at the feast there,\nOf one assent, of one accord,\nThis young wife, despite her lord,\nIn such a rage was led,\nAs they had no insight,\nBut only to her drunken fare,\nWhich many a man has made miserable,\nIn love as well as other ways.\nIf I shall say more on this vice,\nOf custom and of exercise,\nThe man's grace how it endures,\nA tale which was once true,\nOf fools who were so drunk,\nI shall rehearse unto thee,\nI read in,\nOf Gabba and of the six,\nThe which of Spain both were,\nThe greatest of all others there,\nAnd both of one condition,\nAccording to the disposition,\nOf gluttony and of drunkenness,\nThat was a sorry fellowship.\nFor this thou might well understand,\nThat man cannot long endure,\nWho is wind-drunk from common use,\nFor he has lost the virtue..Wherof should he clothe Reason, and that was seen upon them lo (there). Wherof to know the difference between the drunk and the mad, for they are never good. For where wine takes away wisdom, it has no fear of vice any more than a blind man threads his needle by the sun's light. No more is Reason than might, when it is blended with drunkenness. And in this point, they were slain, this pair and also, on account of the cause as I shall tell. Wherof it is good to take heed, for they two with their drunkenness oppressed all of Spain, because of their foul usage. This was done of their custom, of those who drank all day long. There was no wife or maiden there, no matter if they were fair or foul, that they would not defile. Wherof the land was often woe, and they wrought many a diverse thing. But howsoever that the day may be long, the dark night comes at the loss. God would not that they should last, and show the law in such a way that they by the judgment to the use be damned for being lore (fools). But those who had been beforehand..\"To all drunkenness, here and then,\nFor they hope to assuage\nThe pain of death upon the rage,\nThat they may feel less\nOf wine's delight and,\nWith it,\nThus they who\nNeither grant me\nIn any point which I have said\nWhereof your wits are untied\nI bid them come home again\nI shall do as you say\nAs far as I may suffice\nBut well I know that in no way\nThe drunkenness of love can be removed\nIt stands not upon my fortune\nBut if you wish to commune\nOf the second gluttony,\nWhich is called delicacy,\nOf which you spoke here before,\nI beseech you therefore,\nMy son, as of that like vice,\nWhich of all others is the most noble,\nAnd stands upon Venus's retention,\nThe delight comes with divisions,\nHe relates of that species of gluttony called delicacy /\nThere is yet one of such diet. To which no power may prevent,\nFor all is past in painting,\nAnd various wine and various drink,\nOf which he will eat or drink.\".His affected body is waited for, so that he shall lack no delight, as far as his appetite is satisfied, by the hot metes, of which this lusty vice is hot. Of gule, the delicacy, which all the progeny of lusty folk have undertaken to feel, while he may take, riches, of which there is no bound, for the profit it should serve, and yet Phoebus makes many a restoration to his recreation, which would be to Venus's life, for the point of his relief. The cook, who shall array his mete, but he the better may assay his mouth. His lords' thanks shall often lessen, for there may lack not so little that he need not find a way, for but his lust be fully served, there is no way his thought deserves, and yet for man's sustenance, to keep and hold in governance, to him that will, is none so good as common mete. For who looks on the books, it says the confession of cooks. A man should well avoid, how he took it and in what way. For he that uses it knows..Ful seldom sickens he who grows,\nAnd he who tastes the strange,\nThough his nature empairs and changes,\nIt is no wonder he lives on,\nWhen he again finds his own,\nFor in sickness I find\nVice is a second kind,\nPhilosophy / Custom is another,\nAnd so changed his estate,\nHe who is delicate in love,\nFor though he had to his hand\nThe best wife of all the land,\nOr the fairest love of all,\nYet would his heart fall on another,\nAnd think them more delightful\nThan he has in his own house,\nMen say it is often so,\nAid them well who so do,\nAnd to speak in other terms,\nFull often I have heard say,\nHe who has not achieved love,\nThinks he is not relieved,\nThough his lady makes him cheer,\nSo as she may in good manner,\nHer honor and her name save,\nBut if he might have the surplus,\nNothing would withstand her estate,\nOf love more delightful,\nHe sets her charm at no delight,\nBut he has all his appetite,\nMy son, if it be with thee so,\nTell me, my holy father no,\nFor delicate in such a way,\nOf love as you advise me..I have never been unfaithful,\nFor if I had such a wife as you speak of, what more could I desire?\nFor the sake of any womanly charm,\nMy heart is nourished on none other.\nAnd if I did it, it would not be a waste,\nBut all without the company of those you mentioned above,\nOf wife or yet of any other love,\nI can fast and get no food,\nSo that for lack of such delight,\nOf which a heart may be nourished,\nI go to my bed fasting.\nBut if I could get as much as I said,\nMy lady would feed me with her glad countenance,\nThough she lacked all the remainder,\nYet I would still be somewhat consoled,\nAnd for the time well refreshed.\nBut truly, father, she does not do this,\nFor in good faith, I believe,\nIf I should see her once,\nShe would not turn away her eye.\nMy heart is nourished by such a look,\nAnd thus, for such a cook,\nI can fast forevermore,\nBut if there is any woman,\nWho can feed a man's heart well,\nI have at every meeting,\nMore than enough provision.\nBut that is of himself so stingy,\nMy stomach cannot endure it.\nThis is the delicacy of love,\nWhich my heart is nourished by..I have lacked that which I need, yet nevertheless, I say not that I am guilty, nor am I wholly delightful, for if I were fully satisfied, but if I sometimes long for comfort and ease, to take some repast of love, for though I with the full taste may not steal the lust of love, my hunger, of small lusts which I pick, and for a time they please me, if you knew what I mean, now good son, show the clean, of such dainties as are good, from which thou takest thy heart's food. My father I shall rehearse, how that my food is diverse, so that they fall in degree. If feeding is of that I see, another is of that I hear, The third as I shall tell here, it grows of my own thought, and for who that fails in food of herd, he may not well endure death, Not. Of sight is all my first food, Thou. Has that to him is suitable, A lusty food suffices, When I go toward the place, Where I shall see my lady's face, Mine eye which is loath to fast, Begins to hunger anon as fast, That it thinks of one hour three..Before I come and see her, and then after his appetite, he takes a food of such delight, that none other delight needs him. Of various sights he is fed, He sees her face of such color, Fresher than any flower. He sees her forehead is large and plain, Without the frowns of any grief. He sees her eyes like heaven, And sees her nose straight and even. He sees her cheeks rude, and her red lips, Her chin agrees with her face, And what he sees is full of grace. He sees her neck round and white, And all this thing without wit. He may see her naked at least, So it is well the more feast, And well the more delicacy, And to the feeding of the eye, He sees her shape come forth with all, Her body round, her middle small, So well joined with good array, Which passes all the lust of may. When he is most with soft showers, Fully clothed in lusty flowers, With such sights by and by, My eye is filled finally. When he sees the portal and the manner, Of her womanly cheer, Then has he such delight in hand..He thinks he might still stand,\nAnd that he has full sufficiency\nOf life and sustenance,\nAnd to his part forever,\nAnd if it seemed all other so,\nFrom then would he never wend,\nBut there unto the world's end.\nHe would abide if that he might,\nAnd feed himself upon the sight.\nFor though I might stand ever,\nIn time of doomsday and look upon her,\nYet when I should from her gone,\nMy eye would as though it were\nFasted and stored also fast,\nTill ever again that I see her.\nSuch is the nature of mine eye.\nThere is no lust so delectable,\nOf which a man should not be full,\nBut ever mine eye longs for it.\nFor look how that a goshawk tires,\nRight so does he when he pyres,\nAnd tutors on her womanhood,\nFor he may never fully feed\nHis lust but ever yearns sorely,\nHim hungers so that he the more,\nDesires to be fed all the more,\nAnd thus my eye is made the gate\nThrough which the delectables of my thought\nOf lust are brought to my heart.\nRight as my eye with his look\nIs to my heart a lusty cook..Right so my eye is in its estate,\nWhereas my eyes can think him worthy,\nAnd feed him from day to day\nWith such food as he may,\nFor thus it is that in general,\nWherever I come in special,\nI may hear of my lady Price,\nI hear one say that she is wise,\nAnother says that she is good,\nAnd some men say of worthy blood,\nThat she is one and is also,\nSo fair that there is none so,\nAnd some praise her goodly cheer,\nThus every thing that I may hear\nWhich sounds to my lady good,\nIs to my heart a lusty food,\nAnd also my ear has over this,\nA delightful feast when she is,\nThat I may here her self speak,\nFor then alone my fast I break,\nOn such words as she says,\nThat are full of truth and full of faith,\nThey are and of such good disposition,\nThat to my ear great comfort they bring,\nFor all the meats and all the spice,\nThat any Lombard could make,\nNo food is so lusty for to take,\nNo food is so restorative,\nI say, as for my own life,\nAs are the words of her mouth,\nFor as the windows of the south..Ben, most debonair of all debonair,\nWhen her lust to speak is fair,\nThe virtue of her goodly speech\nIs truly my heart's delight.\nAnd if it happens that she sings,\nWhen I hear it, I am so fed,\nThat I am led from life as though\nI were in paradise.\nFor truly, as to my eyes,\nWhen I hear her voice, I think\nIt is a blessing from heaven,\nAnd also from other voices,\nFrequently it happens so,\nMy ear with a good relish\nIs fed on reading and romance\nOf Idome and Amadas,\nWho once were in my case,\nAnd also of other many a store\nThat loved long or I was bound,\nFor when I read of her love,\nMy ear with the tale I was fed,\nAnd with the lust of her story,\nSometimes I drew it to memory,\nHow sorrow may not ever last,\nAnd so hope comes in at the last,\nWhen I know no other food,\nAnd that endures but a moment,\nJust as it were a cherry feast,\nBut for a while yet it exists,\nAnd somewhat of my heart appeases,\nFor what thing to my ear spreads..Which is pleasant sometimes with words such as she may get\nMy lust in place of other meat\nLook thus, my father, as I say\nOf lust which my eye has seen\nAnd also of that which my ear has heard\nFull often I have had the better experience\nAnd the two bring in the third\nWhich has found a place in my heart\nHis place to take to array\nThe lusty food which assays\nI eat and especially on nights\nWhen I lack all sight\nAnd my hearing is away\nThen is he ready in the way\nMy rear supper to make\nOf which my heart takes its food\nThis lusty Cook's name is Hoot\nThought which has ever his pots\nHote / Of love boyling on the fire\nWith fantasy and with desire\nOf which full often or this she fed\nMy heart when I was a bed\nAnd then he set upon my lord\nBoth every sight and every word\nOf lust which I have heard or seen\nBut yet is not my feast all plain\nBut all of words and of fish\nThereof I have my full dishes\nBut as for feeling and taste\nYet might I never have one repast..I like honey on the thorn, and as one who says upon the bridle, I chew so that all is useless, as the effect is the food I have. But like a man who would save himself when sick by medicine, so of love I find all that I may have to feed and drink throughout the day until I may have the greater feast which might arrest my hunger. Such are my three lusts, of which I think and here and see. I take of love my nourishment without tasting or feeling. As the poor does of the herd, I live and am in good hope. That for such delicacies I trow I do no gluttony, and yet to your eyes my holy father who is wise I commend my estate of that I have been delicate. My son I understand well that you have told me every trifle, and as it seems to me by your tale it is delight's wonderfully small matter. Whereof you take your love's food, but soon if you understood what it is to be delicious, you would not be curious. Upon the lust of your estate to be foremost in delicacy, whereof you exceed in reason..For in the books you may read,\nIf man's folly is to be showed,\nIt ought well to be avoided\nIn love as well as other ways.\nFor as these holy books say,\nAll bodily delights, in every point,\nFall upon the soul and cause harm.\nAnd to remind you of a tale fitting this,\nWhich of great understanding is,\nIn man's soul reasonable, I think to tell,\nAnd it is no fable.\nHic puts an example against those who live licentiously / And narrates of the rich man and Lazarus / whose deeds the Gospel of Luke records.\nOf Christ's word, who will it read,\nHow it is this vice to be feared,\nIn the gospel it relates plainly,\nWhich must be certain.\nFor Christ himself bears witness,\nAnd though the cleric and the clergy,\nIn Latin tongue it reads and sings,\nYet for the more knowledge of truth,\nWhich is good to know,\nI shall declare as I have written,\nIn English.\nChrist says there was a rich man,\nA mighty lord of great estate,\nAnd he was also so delicate\nOf his clothing that every day\nHe made himself gay with purple and fine linen..And he ate and drank to his fill,\nAfter the desires of his will,\nAs he stood there in delight,\nPaying no heed to that vice.\nAnd so it happened, a poor leper,\nCame to the gate and asked for food,\nBut there he could get nothing,\nHis ravenous hunger to quell.\nYet he, who had a full pantry,\nOf all pleasures at the table,\nShowed no reluctance to speak a word,\nOnly a crumb for the poor to leave,\nOn the generosity of his alms.\nThus lay this poor man in great distress,\nFor which he could go no further,\nSo was he deeply grieved,\nThat there, as he lay on the green,\nThe hounds came from the hall,\nWhere this sick man had fallen,\nAnd as he lay there to die,\nThe wounds of his affliction,\nThey longed to ease him.\nBut he was filled with such disease,\nThat he could not escape death.\nBut as it was at that time,\nThe soul departs from the body,\nAnd he, who overcomes all things,\nTook him up to heaven,\nWhere he has set him even,\nIn Abraham's bosom above.\nThere he the heavens' joy beholds..And had all that he wanted\nAnd fell as it was fated to be\nThis rich man passed away\nSuddenly, his life was overblown\nAnd out he went, straight into hell\nThe devil led him through the fire\nWhere he suffered enough pain\nFrom the flame that ever burns\nAnd as his eyes ran around\nTowards heaven he cast his look\nWhere he saw and took note\nHow Lazarus sat in his place\nAs far as he could see\nWith Abraham, he then prayed\nTo the patriarch and said\nSend Lazarus down from this place\nAnd let him dip his finger\nIn water, so that he may drop\nUpon my tongue to stop\nThe great heat in which I am burning\nBut Abraham answered him then\nAnd said to him in these words\nMy son, you may judge\nAnd remember how Lazarus suffered\nWhile he was in that other life\nBut you, in all your lust and joy\nSought only bodily delights\nNow you shall take your reward\nOf deadly pain hereafter..In hell which one shall endure last, and this Lazarus now at the last, The world's pain is over run, In heaven he has his life begun, Of joy which is endless, But that you prayed nevertheless, That I shall send Lazarus, With water on his fingers end, Your hot tongue to cool, You shall not feel such graces, For in that foolish place of sin, In which you shall be, There comes none out of this place thence, Nor any of you may come hither, Thus be you parted now asunder, The rich one cried then, O Abraham, since it is so, That Lazarus may not do this to me, Which I have asked in this place, I would pray another grace, For I have yet five brethren alive, Who with my father dwell in one house, To whom as you are gracious, I pray that you would send, Lazarus, so that he might go, To warn them how the world is wet, That afterward they may not be destroyed, From such pains as I dread. Lo, this I pray / & this I cry, That they may amend themselves. The patriarch answered not..And he said how every day his brothers might know and hear of Moses on earth and of prophets and others, what was best. He said no, but if a man could arise from death to life in such a way to tell them how it was, he then said that they should beware by it. Abraham said, \"Nay, that's unlikely.\" For if they now refuse to obey those who teach them the way and preach and tell all day long how it stands between heaven and hell, they will not heed it, though it may happen in reality. Any dead man, however learned from him, will not be better taught than another living man. If thou, my son, canst describe this tale as Christ himself told it, thou shalt have cause to be held in high regard to see such great evidence there of the true experience. It has been shown openly that the bodily delicacy which gives no alms will afterward fall into great distress. And this was seen in the case of the rich man, for he would not give a crumb of his bread to his like, and afterward, when he was dead..A drop of water he was warned\nThus a man's wit may be learned\nOf those who so delight taken\nWhen they with death are overcome\nThat which was sweet is then sour\nBut he who governs\nOf the world's good if he is wise\nWithin his herb he sets no price\nOf all the world, yet he uses\nThe good that he nothing refuses\nAs he who is lord of the things\nThe riches and the precious things\nThe cloth of gold and the pearl\nHe takes. Yet the delicacy\nHe leaves, though he were all this\nThe best meat that there is\nHe eats and drinks the best drink\nAnd takes no heed to think\nDelicacy to put away\nAs he who goes the right way\nNot only for to feed and clothe\nHis body, but his soul both\nBut those who take otherwise\nTheir lusts are none of the wise\nAnd that was shown also\nIf you seek these old books\nAs well by reason as by kind\nOf old examples as men find\nHe speaks of delicacy Newis / who clings more to corporeal delights\nTherefore let that man beware..Delicacy is to despise\nWhat nature disagrees with all\nOf which an example in specific\nMay be told against nature\nWhich contrary to nature often\nHis lusts took until at the last\nThat God him overcame\nOf whom the Chronicle is so sparse\nI no longer wish to speak of him\nNevertheless, for gluttony,\nOf bodily delicacy,\nTo know his stomach's feeling,\nOf that no man could foretell,\nWhich he within himself devised,\nA wonderfully subtle thing was wrought.\nThree men on election,\nOf age and complexion,\nLike him in every way,\nHe took to guard him, to play,\nAnd eat and drink as well as he,\nThere was no disagreement.\nFor every day when they ate,\nBefore his eyes,\nAnd of such food as he was served,\nAlthough they had it not deserved,\nThey showed service of the same.\nBut afterward at that game,\nWas turned into woeful earnest,\nFor when they were thus entertained,\nWithin a time at after meal,\nNero, who had not forgotten,\nThe lusts of his free estate,\nAs he who was most delicate,\nTo know that experience,\nThe men allowed him to come into their presence..And to one of them the same tide\nBrought a courser that he should ride\nInto the field at once he bade\nOf whom this man was wonder glad\nAnd went to Pryke and dance about\nThat other while he was out\nHe lay upon his bed to sleep\nThe third whom he would keep\nWithin his chamber fair and soft\nHe goes now up now down frequently\nWalking a pace that he did not sleep\nUntil he who rode on the courser\nCame from the field again\nNewly as books say\nThese men did take all three\nAnd slew them for he would see\nWhose stomach was best defended\nAnd when he had the truth tried\nHe found that he who went the fastest\nWas defended best of all\nWhich afterward he used always\nAnd thus what thing was most pleasant to him\nHe left none\nWith any lust he was gone\nWhose body might be pleased\nFor he made no abstinence\nBut most of all earthly things\nOf women to the likings\nNero set all his whole heart\nFor lust should not hinder him\nWhen he felt the thirst of love\nWhere that he lust to take a draught\nHe spared neither wife nor maid..That such a one as men said,\nIn all this world was never yet,\nHe was so drunk in all his wit,\nThrough various lusts which he took,\nThat while there is a book\nOf New Men shall read and sing,\nUnto the world's knowledge,\nMy good son, as thou hast heard,\nFor ever yet it has seemed and was,\nDelicacy in love's case,\nWithout reason it is and was,\nFor where that love his heart set,\nHe thinks / it might be no better,\nAnd though it be not fully met,\nThe lust of love is ever sweet,\nLoo thus to gather together,\nDelicacy and drunkenness,\nReason standing out of the way,\nHave made full many a man to err,\nIn love's cause most of all,\nFor then howsoever that it falls,\nWit cannot reason understand,\nBut late the governance stand,\nTo will which then grows so wild,\nThat he can not himself withhold,\nFrom the peril but out of fear,\nThe way he seeks here and there,\nHe recoils not upon what side,\nFor oftentime he goes beside,\nAnd does such things without fear,\nWhich he ought well to fear,\nBut when love is deeply bound..It passes all human knowledge what lust it is that he orders,\nWhere no man's might can restrain it,\nAnd of God he takes no heed,\nBut laws without fear\nHis purposes for he will achieve\nAgainst the points of belief\nHe tempts heaven and earth and hell,\nHereafter I shall tell,\n\nDum stimulatur amor quicquid iubet ord\u014d voluptas, /\nAudet et aggredi tur nulla timenda timens, /\nOmne quod astras quem herbarum siue potestas /\nSeu vigor inferni singula temptat hominem, /\nQuod nequit ipse deo mediante parare sinistrum, /\nDemonis hoc magica credulus arte parat.\nSic sibi non curat ad opus que recusat.\n\nHowever, he takes note of the newcomer,\n\nThis treatise discusses how drunkenness and lethargy, among other things, promote carnal desire and require sacrilege through magic.\n\nWho dares do that which love does not dare,\nTo love is every law unwearied,\nBut to the laws of his choice,\nThe fish, the fowl, the man, the beast,\nOf all the world's kind, recoils,\nFor love is he who nothing doubts..In a man's heart where he sits,\nHe comes not toward his wit,\nThe wolf no more than the well-being,\nNo more the heat than the cold,\nNo more the wet than the dry,\nNo more to live than to die.\nBefore and behind,\nHe sees nothing but as the blind.\nWithout insight of his courage,\nHe does trifles in his rage,\nTo what thing that he will draw near,\nThere is no god, no law,\nOf whom he takes heed,\nBut as Baal the blind steed,\nUntil he falls in the ditch midway,\nHe goes there no man will bid him,\nHe stands so far forth out of rule,\nThere is no wit that may rule him,\nAnd thus to tell him the truth,\nFull many a thing he does,\nThat were better left undone,\nAmong which is such craft,\nThat some men call sorcery,\nWhich is for to win his favor,\nWith many a circumstance he uses,\nThere is no point which he refuses,\nThe craft which Saturn found,\nTo make pricks in the sound,\nThat Gamayunce called is,\nFull often he uses amiss,\nAnd of the flood his Idromauce,\nAnd of the fire the romanace..With questions, each one of them he tempts and also an answer in judgment he brings, to love he brings it from his assent. For these crafts I find, a man may do so, it be to good intent. But he goes another way. Rather than he should fail, with necromancy he would assail, to make his incantation, with hot subfumigation. This art which a spoon is good for, and used is of common route, among pains which that craft also inflicts. Of which his author were The Greeks. He works one by one in a row. Rachel is not unknown to him, nor Salomon Candarye, his ideote, his enthonye, the figure and the how, of balachame and Genball, the sell and thereupon chimage, of the byth for his advantage. He takes it, and somewhat of Gy, which helps is to the matter. Babilla with her sons seven, who has renounced to the heavens, with corn both square and round, he gratifies afterwards upon the ground, making his invocation. Magic he uses to win, his love and spares for no sin..And over that of his story,\nRight as he sees sorcery,\nOf them that are magicians,\nRight so of the naturalists,\nUpon the stars from above,\nHis way he seeks to love,\nAs far as he understands them,\nIn many a varied way he finds,\nHe makes images, he makes sculpture,\nHe makes writing, he makes figures,\nHe makes his call, he makes his demonstrations,\nHis hours of astronomy,\nHe keeps, as for that part,\nWhich concerns the inspection\nOf love and its affection,\nHe would now in hell seek,\nThe devil himself to question,\nIf he knew how to speed,\nTo get from love his lusty reward,\nWhose heart he has set,\nHe leads never to fare better,\nNor knows of other heaven more,\nMy son, if you of such lore,\nHave been or these I bid leave,\nMy holy father, by your leave,\nOf all that you have spoken here,\nWhich to tell the truth rightly,\nI do not know one word what you mean,\nI will not say if I could,\nThat I would not in my lusty youth,\nBewitch in hell and also above,\nTo win with my lady love,\nDone all that ever I might..For I have no insight whereafter I come, so that I can win and overcome her love which I covet. My son goes wandering far away, and for this I can truly tell, there is no man who does so, for all the craft that he can cast, he never escapes it in the end. For often he who seeks to deceive is himself deceived, and thus the deceiver is deceived. I find in a book compiled on this matter an old history, which now comes to mind, and is of great exemplarity against the vice of sorcery, for against which no end can be good. But long ago there was a tale, which is good to know to my son..Nota hic contra istos: A knight and king named Ulixes, renowned for his love of Circe, who ruled on the Isle of Aeaea, tried to apply himself to her seductions. Circes attempted to subdue Ulixes with her many allurements, but Ulixes, in turn, subdued her with his magical powers. From this union, he begot a son named Theogony, who later killed his father. Ulixes, at the siege there, was a worthy knight and king, learned in every subject. He was a great rhetorician, a great magician, a student of Tullius the Rhetorician, King Zoraster the Magician, Tholome the Astronomer, Plato the Philosopher, Daniel the Interpreter of Dreams, Neptune the God of Water, Salomon the author of Proverbs, and the physician Hippocrates..And to Pythagoras, of surgery he knew the cures, but only some of his adventures which I shall relate to my mother, I will record for my son. This king, whom you have heard mentioned,\n\nFrom Troy returned home again,\nBy ship he found the sea diverse,\nWith many windy storms in reverse.\nBut through wisdom, he shaped his passage,\nAnd escaped from many great perils.\nOf which I think I shall relate one.\nHow Mangon the nymph and the stone,\nDrove him suddenly upon the shores of Cyllus.\nThere he was forced to remain a while.\nTwo queens were in that isle,\nCalypso named and Circe,\nAnd when they heard that Ulysses\nHad landed there, they sent also blue,\nWith him such as he would name,\nAnd to the court they came the queen\nOf art and magic, sorceresses,\nWhoever comes to that river's edge,\nThey make him love in such a rage,\nThat upon them he would assail,\nDesiring all that he had of the world's good,\nThey could much, he could more,\nThey shaped and cast against him sore,\nAnd wrought many a subtle wile..But they couldn't resist him,\nFrom the men of his navy,\nThey formed a great party,\nNone could oppose their horses,\nSome transformed into beasts,\nSome into birds,\nBears, tigers, apes, and owls,\nOr by some other means,\nNothing could disobey them,\nSuch craft they possessed above nature,\nBut they couldn't find the art,\nVulcan was deceived,\nHe hadn't overcome them all,\nAnd brought them to such a state,\nThat upon him they both attacked,\nThrough the sciences of his art,\nHe took control of them so well,\nHe begot Circe with a child,\nHe kept him sober and made him wild,\nHe placed himself above,\nWith her goodwill and her love,\nWhoever was for or against it,\nAll quit themselves into his ship,\nCirce swelled both sides,\nHe left and waited on the tides,\nAnd straight through the salt foam,\nHe took his course and returned home,\nWhere he found Penelope,\nA better wife there may none be,\nAnd yet there are still some good ones,\nBut who understood her goodlyship?.For the first wife, it was known:\nHow many loves she forsook,\nAnd how she managed all about,\nWhile her lord was out.\n\nAmong all the remainder,\nShe was one of all the rest,\nWho could set his heart at rest,\nThis king when he found her in belief,\nFor as he could in wisdom deal,\nSo could she in womanhood.\nAnd when she saw without fear,\nHer lord upon his own ground,\nThat in all the world might be,\nA happier woman than she,\nThe fame which cannot be hidden,\nThroughout the land is soon spread,\nThere may no man the full see,\nHow that they were all glad.\nSo much newed,\nHe was with gifts all sewn,\nThe people were of him so glad,\nAnd as it were in pure debt,\nThis was a glad homecoming,\nThus both Ulysses what he would,\nHis wife was such as she should be,\nHis people were to him subject,\nAs they should be without let,\nBut fortune is of such a slippery nature,\nThat when a man is most mighty,\nNo man knows what shall befall,\nThe happiest of men,\nBanged with a tender thread,\nThat proved to be on Ulysses..For when he was most in his poverty,\nAnd set his wealth outside of her,\nOn a day as he was merry and at ease,\nAnd while he slept, he met a dream,\nHe thought he saw a statue, even\nBrighter than the sun's shining,\nA man it seemed, but as it was in figure,\nMost like to man's creature,\nBut as for beauty, it was most angelic,\nAnd thus between angel and man,\nThis king began to behold,\nAnd such a lust took hold of the sight,\nThat willingly he would, if he might,\nEmbrace the form of that figure,\nAnd goes forth toward the place\nWhere he saw that image then,\nAnd takes in his arms two,\nAnd it embraces him again,\nAnd to the king thus began it to say,\nVlixes understood well that,\nThe token of our acquaintance is,\nHereafter to be held most tightly,\nThe love that is between us,\nThat one of us the death shall take,\nWhen death comes of destiny,\nIt may none other way be,\nVlixes then began to pray,\nThat this figure would tell him,\nWhat weight he is that speaks to him,\nThis figure, with a spear then..A pen's white was very large,\nEncircled, he showed him at once,\nThree fish all of one color,\nIn manner as if it were a tour,\nUpon the pen was wrought,\nVixen knew this token not,\nAnd prayed to white in some part,\nWhat thing it might be,\nA sign it is which answered,\nOf an empire, and forth it went,\nSuddenly, when he who spoke,\nVixen awoke from sleep, he brayed,\nAnd that was right again the day,\nThat longer sleep he may not have,\nAnother man has knowledge,\nSave of himself of all things,\nHis own chance no man knows,\nBut as fortune throws it on him,\nYet never so wise a clerk,\nWho might know all God's work,\nOr the secret which God has set,\nAnother man may not be hindered,\nVixen, though he be wise,\nWith all his wit in his eyes,\nThe more that he dreams he counts,\nThe less he knew what it amounted to,\nFor all his calculation,\nHe sees no demonstration,\nPlainly to know an end,\nBut nevertheless, however it went,\nHe feared his own son,\nThat makes him well more astonished,\nAnd showed his fear openly with all..Within a castle wall, Thelamon his son he kept,\nUntil he knew the truth, for there he didn't know,\nUntil fortune overthrew him. But nevertheless,\nWhere he might see and guess, he let make in his land,\nA strength of lime and sand, a place where he would dwell,\nNo man had ever told of such another as it was,\nAnd to strengthen him in this case,\nOf all his servants and the worthy ones,\nHe charged them to keep him within ward,\nAnd make such an ordinance,\nNot for love or acquaintance,\nBut early or late, they should enter at the gate,\nNo man whatsoever, but if it were himself,\nBut all that might not avail,\nFor whom fortune would assail,\nThere may be no resistance,\nThis Cyres, whom I spoke of, state,\nOn whom Ulysses had laid a siege,\nA child though she had forsaken it,\nWhen she was delivered of a son,\nWho was called Thelogonus..The child, when he was born, was about his mother's full age, and could reason and speak in good health. When he was old enough to stand like a man, Circe, his mother, asked him to go to his father. She told him everything: who he was and how his father was a king. He begged his mother to go where his father was and she granted him permission. They prepared to leave. At that time, every man in his country carried with him the sign of his origin when he went into foreign lands. Thelogonus, in this case, bore the sign of his country, which was three fish on the point of a spear. When he was thus dressed and had tested his armor, he was ready. His mother bid him farewell and said, \"Go safely.\".His father greeted Theologonus, his mother Ky.\nAnd took his leave, and where he knew,\nHis father was, the way he named,\nUntil he came to Naxos, that land's chief city.\nThere he asked, \"Where is the king, and how he fared?\"\nAnd when he heard that it was Ulysses,\nAlone upon his horse, he rode.\nHe bore the signal of his land\nWith three fishes, as I have told.\nAnd thus he entered the hold,\nWhere his own father dwelt.\nThe reason why he came, he told\nTo the keepers of the gate.\nAnd would have come in to their feast.\nBut shortly they him denied.\nAnd as fair as ever he might,\nHe begged and told them this,\nHow that the king, his father, was.\nBut they with proud words greeted\nBigan to menace and threat.\nBut he went from the gate fast.\nThey would have taken and bound him.\nFrom words to strokes they fell,\nSo that Theologonus was sore hurt and nearly dead.\nBut with his sharp spearhead, he made defense,\nAnd won the gate from them all.\nAnd slew of the best five..And they assembled all about the castle, on every side men came out. The king's heart was alarmed, and he with all the haste he could muster caught a spear and went out. As if he were new-wooded and angry, he saw the gates filled with blood. Thelogonus and where he stood, he saw also, but he knew not who he was or threw at him. His spear struck out to the side, but destiny which should befall that same time so, Thelogonus knew nothing, not knowing what man it was that cast at him, nor why his own spear lasted, with all the sign upon it, he cast at the king at once and struck him with a mortal wound. Every man cried out and called the king, Thelogonus fell on his knees and said, \"Alas, I have slain my own father. Now I would willingly die.\" He cried, he wept, he said therefore, \"Alas that ever I was born. That this unhappy destiny should come in by me.\".This king, still alive,\nHis heart again to him turned,\nAnd to that voice before he lay down,\nAnd heard and understood all that was said,\nAnd began to speak and said aloud,\nBring me this man and when he sees,\nThelogonus his thought he set,\nUpon the vision which he met,\nAnd asked that he might see,\nHis spear / on which the fishes three,\nHe saw upon a painted scroll,\nThough he knew it / it failed not,\nAnd bade him that he should tell,\nFrom whence he came and what he wanted.\nThelogonus, in sorrow and woe,\nSo that he might tell him,\nTo Ulysses all the causes,\nHow his mother was Circe,\nAnd so forth he said to him,\nHow his mother greatly favored him,\nAnd in what way she sent him.\nUlysses knew what it meant,\nAnd took him in his soft arms,\nAnd kissed him often,\nAnd said, \"Soon as I live,\nThis misfortune I forgive you.\nAfterward, he sent for him and began to treat him kindly,\nAnd came to his father's house.\nBut when he saw him in such plight,\nHe would have run upon that other,\nImmediately and slain his own brother,\nHad it not been for Ulysses.\".Between them they made an agreement and to his heir, Thelamacus,\nHe granted that Thelogonus, with all his power, should keep\nUntil he was healed completely and then he should give him\nLand whereon to live. Thelamacus, upon hearing this,\nAnd said he would do as they wished. So they lived together in harmony.\nThese brothers and the father govern. Look how sorcery serves.\nThrough sorcery his lust he won.\nThrough sorcery his woe began.\nThrough sorcery his love he chose.\nThrough sorcery his life he lost.\nThe child was begotten\nWhich did all this felony.\nA thing which was again kindly wrought.\nUnkindly it was bought.\nThe child slew his own father.\nThat was unkindness enough.\nTake heed how that it is.\nSo to win love unjustly\nWhich ends\nFor all this art I find also\nThat has been done.\nWhere thou mightest take example.\nA great Imperial Cycle\nWhich ever in memory\nAmong the men how it went\nShall dwell until the world's end.\nHe, the high Creator of things,\nWho is king of all kings,\nFulmany worlds' chance, L..There wrote no one the cause why,\nBut he who is all mighty. And that proved once upon a time,\nWhen the king Nectanabus,\nWho had Egypt to lead,\nBut before his death,\nThrough his magic of sorcery,\nOf which he could a great part,\nHis enemies to him came,\nFrom whom he could not defend himself,\nOut of his own land he fled,\nAnd in the way as he feared,\nIt fell for all his witchcraft,\nSo that Egypt was bereft from him,\nAnd he despised fled away,\nBy ship to Macedonia,\nWhere there were three men of his chamber,\nAll only to serve him,\nWhom he trusted well,\nFor they were true as any steel.\nAnd it happened that they with him brought,\nPart of the best goods he had.\nThey took lodging in the town,\nAccording to his disposal,\nWhere he thought best to dwell.\nHe asked then and heard tell,\nHow that the king was out,\nOn a war he had gone,\nBut in that city then was,\nThe queen Olympias,\nHot and with solemnity,\nThe feast of her nativity,\nAs it happened was then held..And for her lust to behold, she prayed to the people around,\nShe showed herself for to ride out,\nAnd after meal, openly,\nAll men were ready,\nAnd this was in the month of May,\nThis lusty queen, well arrayed,\nWas set upon a white mule,\nTo see was a great delight,\nThe joy that the eyes made,\nWith fresh things and with glad,\nThe noble thebehnged,\nAnd every wight was sore longed,\nThere was great mirth on every side,\nWherever passed by the street,\nAnd many a maid caroling,\nAnd thus through it all,\nThis queen rode to a plain,\nWhere she halted and abode,\nTo see diverse games,\nThe lusty folk, just and tourney,\nAnd so forth every other man,\nWho could play,\nTo please with this noble queen,\nNectanabus came to the green,\nAmongst others and through him near,\nBut when he beheld this lady,\nHe took her beauty in his head,\nHe,\nTo see naught else in the field,\nBut stood and only beheld her,\nOf his clothing and of his face,\nHe was all unlike others there,\nSo that it happens at the last,\nThe queen cast her eye upon him..And he knew that he was from her, but he beheld her ever in one place without blemishing his countenance. She took good heed and wondered why he did so. And she commanded men to shield him. He came and did her reverence. And she asked in silence, from whom he came and what he wanted. And he, with sober words, said, \"Madame, I am a Clerk. I come to you in message.\" The which I may not tell here, but if it pleases you to hear it, it must be said privately. Where none shall be but you and I. Thus, for the time, he took his leave. The day went forth until it was evening, that every man might let his work. And she thought continually upon this clerk, what thing it is that he wanted to tell men. And in this way she abode the queen. It passed over that night until it was on the morrow we light. She sent for him and he came with him his Astrologer, whom he named. Who was of fine gold precious, with points and circles marvelous, and also the heavenly figures, wrought in a book full of paintings. He took this lady to show her and told of each of them by turn, the course and the condition..And she listened with great affection,\nSitting still and heeded what he said.\nAnd when he saw the opportune moment,\nHe feigned with his wise words\nA tale and said, \"Lady, but a while ago,\nI was in Egypt, though,\nAnd read in a school of this science.\nIt occurred to me in my conscience\nThat I entered the temple,\nWith all my whole intent,\nAs I performed my sacrifice.\nOne of the goddesses claimed me,\nThat I warn you privately,\nSo that you make yourselves ready,\nAnd be nothing astonished,\nFor he has such love for you cast,\nThat you shall be his own dear,\nAnd he shall be your bedfellow,\nUntil you conceive and are with child.\nAnd with that word, she grew mild,\nAnd somewhat ashamed,\nAnd asked him that god's name\nWhich had granted her company.\nHe said, \"Amos of Luby.\"\nAnd she said, \"May I not leave\nBut if I see a better proof.\nLady, said Nectanabus,\nIn token that it shall be thus,\nThis night for information,\nYou shall have a vision.\nAmos shall appear to you,\nTo show us and teach in what manner\nThe thing shall afterward transpire.\".You ought to rejoice above all\nTo have such a lord among you\nAnd when you are in agreement\nHe will soon beget a son of you\nWhich with his sword shall win and get\nThe wide world in length and breadth\nAll earthly kings shall fear him\nAnd in such a way I recommend to you\nThe god of the earth he shall be hot\nIf this is true, the queen said\nThis night you shall see\nAnd if it falls into my grace\nOf God, Amos, that I purchase\nTo take such great worship from him\nI will do such ladyship for you\nFrom which you shall be rich forever\nAnd he thanked her for that\nAnd took his leave and went away\nShe knew little what he meant\nFor it was guile and sorcery\nAll that she took for prophecy\nNectanabus, throughout the day\nWhen he came home where he lay\nHis chamber with him took\nAnd overthrew many a book\nAnd through the craft of magical art\nHe forgot an image\nAnd looked at his equations\nAnd also the constellations\nHe looked at the conjunctions\nHe looked at the receptions\nHis signs his hour his ascendant\nAnd drank\nThe name of the queen Olympias.In this image written was:\nA middle in the front above,\nAnd thus to win his love,\nNectanabus composed this work,\nAnd when it came within night,\nThat every man is fallen asleep,\nHe thought he would keep his time,\nAs he who has his hour appointed,\nAnd then first he anointed himself with sand,\nAnd thereupon he began to conjure,\nSo that through his enchantment,\nThis lady, who was Innocent,\nAnd knew nothing of this deceit,\nSlept thus while,\nHow from the heaven came a light,\nWhich made her chamber light,\nAnd as she looked to and fro,\nShe saw she thought a dragon,\nWhose scales shone as the sun,\nAnd had his soft passage begun,\nWith all the charm that he may,\nToward the head there she lay,\nUntil he came to the bedside,\nAnd she lay still & nothing cried,\nFor he did all his things fairly,\nAnd was courteous and debonair,\nAnd as he stood her fast by,\nHis form he changed suddenly,\nAnd the figure of a man he named,\nAnd to her into her bed he came,\nAnd such things there of love he wrought,\nWhereof so as she then thought..Through the loving of this god Amos,\nWith child anon her womb,\nAnd she was wonderfully glad with all,\nNectanabus, who causes all\nOf this metre the substance,\nWhen he sees time his necromance is done,\nHe stops and says nothing more,\nOf his character, and she departed,\nOut of her sleep and leaves well,\nThat it is true than every delight\nOf that this Clerk had told,\nAnd was the gladder manyfold,\nIn hope of such a joyful meeting,\nWhich after shall come to pass in deed.\nShe longs sore for the day\nThat she may tell her dream to this gentleman,\nWho knew it as well as she,\nAnd nevertheless, on the morrow soon,\nShe left all other things to do,\nAnd for him sent and all the cause,\nShe told him plainly as it was,\nAnd said how truly she knew\nThat she might trust his words,\nFor she found her vision\nRight after the condition\nWhich he had told to her before,\nAnd prayed him heartily therefore,\nThat he might hold her confidant,\nSo forth of all the remainder,\nThat she may through his ordinance\nToward the god do such pleasure..That she waking might keep him\nIn such a way as she met in sleep\nAnd he who could deceive enough\nWhen he this heard for joy he laughed\nAnd said, madam, it shall be done\nBut this I warn you thereof\nThis night when he comes to play\nThat there be no life in the way\nBut I, or I shall arrange it\nSo that you shall not fail him\nFor this, madam, I advise you\nThat you keep it so private\nThat no one but we three\nHave knowledge of how it is\nFor else it might fare amiss\nIf you did anything that displeased him\nAnd thus he makes her believe\nAnd feigns under guise of faith\nBut nevertheless all that he says\nShe believes. And again the night\nShe has within her chamber right\nWhere this deceitful one lies by\nUpon this god shall he privately\nWait as you make her believe\nAnd thus this noble, trusting queen\nWhen she most trusted was deceived\nThe night came the chamber was prepared\nNectanabus had taken his place\nAnd when he saw an opportune moment\nThrough deceit of his magic\nHe put him out of human form..And he took the form of a dragon, conforming to what she had seen in her dream or this. He came to the chamber in that form. The queen lay in bed and hoped that he was the god of love, so that she would fear him less. But he changed his figure and took the likeness of a weathered noble, with large horns for the nonplus. He bore a crown of fine gold and precious stones on his head. Suddenly, before she was aware, he transformed his form into a man and came to bed, and she lay still. He had his way with her, and she, who did not suspect wrongdoing, was nevertheless deceived. Yet, for all that, she had conceived the worthiest of all the tales, which had ever been before or since, of conquest and chivalry. Thus fell the thing that was to fall. Nectanabus had it in his power..With guile he had gained her love,\nWith guile he came to the bed,\nWith guile he went out again,\nHe was a cunning chamberlain,\nTo beguile a worthy queen,\nAnd this was seen by all,\nBut nevertheless the thing is done,\nThis false god was soon gone,\nWith his deceit he held him close,\nUntil tomorrow came and rose,\nAnd then when there was less time,\nThe queen told him all the case,\nAs she who practices guile supposes,\nAnd of two points she opposed him,\nOne was if this god no longer\nWould come again and evermore,\nHow she would stand in accord\nWith king Philip her own lord,\nWhen he comes home and sees her grieve,\nMadam, he says, let me alone,\nAs for the god, I undertake,\nThat when it pleases you to take\nHis company at any throw,\nIf I know a day before it comes,\nHe shall be with you on the night,\nAnd he has the power to keep you\nFrom all blame, for your comfort, Madam,\nThere shall be no other cause.\nThus he took his leave / & forth goes he,\nAnd then he began to ponder,\nHow he might excuse the queen,\nToward the king who had fallen..And found a craft among all\nThrough which he had carefully concealed himself with his magic and so enchanted,\nThat he flew forth when it was night\nTo the king's tent right\nWhere he lay amidst his host\nAnd when he was asleep most\nWith that the craft brought\nAnother charm which he worked\nAt home within his chamber style\nThe king turned at his will\nAnd made him seem and see\nIn a dream the dragon and the private\nWhich were between him and the queen\nAnd over that he made him believe\nIn the dream how that the god Amoos\nWhen he rose from the queen\nTook forth a ring where a stone was set\nAnd grave thereon\nA son in which when he came night\nA lion with a sword he sight\nWith a print as he then met\nUpon the queen's womb he set\nA seal and went forth his way\nWith that the dream went its way\nAnd then the king awoke\nAnd sighed for his wife's sake\nWith that he lay within his tent\nAnd had great wonder what it meant\nWith that he hastened him to rise\nImmediately and sent after..Among there was one, a clerk named Amphyon, who heard the king's dream and answered, as truly as life, \"A god has laid a claim by your wife, and she will bear a son who will rule over the world and all that is within it. Just as the lion is king of beasts, so will the world obey his commands. He will conquer all with his sword, as far as the sun shines. The king was doubtful of this prophecy but, nonetheless, when he returned to his own land, he found his wife pregnant. He could not hide his joy from her. But Nectanabus, who could alleviate all sorrow, came to the queen the following morning, through the deceit of Nygromance. He took on the appearance of a dragon and burst into the king's hall, causing such a commotion and roar that they were all terrified, as if they were about to die. Yet he felt no fear but went towards the high seat. When he approached the queen, he stopped his noise and spoke wisely to her. He offered his service to her..And laid his hand on her arm. She placed her arm around his neck again. And thus the queen played with him,\nin full view of all men. And at last he began to laugh,\nand showed obeisance to her. He who wished to take his leave,\nand suddenly his loathsome form transformed into that of an eagle. He flew away and perched on a rail.\nThe king was greatly astonished by this,\nfor there he plucked and picked,\njust as a hawk does when it pleases him. And after that, he shook himself.\nWhereupon, all the hall trembled,\nas if it were in an earthquake. They all exclaimed, \"God be with us!\"\nIn such a way he flew back and forth. The king, who had witnessed this wonder,\nwhen he was alone in his chamber,\nwent to the queen and made his confession. He asked for her forgiveness,\nfor he knew well what he had said,\nthat she was with child by a god. Then the king was without a rod,\npunished and the queen excused,\nfor she had been falsely accused. And for the greater evidence,\nyet after that, in the presence of King Philip and others,\nwhen they rode in the fields..A fine figure came before her eye,\nWhich one as they their eyes did see,\nFlew down an egg and let it fall\nAmong them, and it broke for all,\nAnd as they took of that, they saw\nOut of the shell creep\nA little serpent from the ground,\nWhich rampeth all about round,\nAnd in again it would have won,\nBut for the brightness of the sun,\nIt might not, and so he died.\nAnd thereupon the clerks did say,\nAs the serpent when it was out,\nWent envious around the shell,\nAnd might not tear again,\nSo shall it fall in certainty,\nThis child the world shall envy,\nAnd above all to bear the Crown,\nHim shall it befall in his young age,\nHe shall desire in his courage,\nWhen all the world is in his hand,\nTo turn again to the land,\nWhere he was born, and in his way,\nHomeward he shall with poison die.\nThe king who saw and heard this,\nFrom that day forth how it fared,\nHis jealousy has all forgotten,\nBut he who begot the child,\nNectanabus in privacy,\nAt the time of his nativity,\nWaits and relates\nTo the constellation and sign..Make an appointment with the queen on how she should give birth, and every hour appoint a time so that not a minute of it is lost. This child is born and, at the same time, wonders abound. Of remote and unusual occurrence, the sun took on the color of the stone. The winds blew, and many strengths were overcome. The sea changed its own kind, and the entire world changed its form. The thunder, with its fiery beams, was so cruel in the heavens that every earthly creature thought its life was in danger. The tempest finally subsides, and the child is kept and grows older. Alexander and Aristotle teach him philosophy and astronomy, along with other things he is capable of learning. Nectanabus takes charge, but every man can understand how sorcery unfolded. It will prove itself at the end, and especially for the purpose of beguiling a lady who, without guile, believes all that she hears. But he who stirs up evil..His ship was dreading in the middle\nAnd in this case it mattered not at all,\nNectanabus on a night\nWhen it was fair and the stars were bright,\nThis young lord looked up high\nAbove a tower where he saw,\nThe stars, such as he counted,\nHe saw what each of them amounted,\nAnd though he knew of all things,\nYet he had no foreknowledge,\nOf what would happen to him\nWhen he had told all his words,\nThis young lord then opposed him,\nAnd asked if he supposed,\nWhat death he would himself die,\nHe said or fortune had departed,\nAnd every star had lost its way,\nOr else of my own son,\nI shall be slain, I cannot flee,\nThought Alexander in private,\nOf this old fool lies,\nAnd no one else saw or heard,\nSuddenly his old bones\nHe shuffled over the wall for no reason,\nAnd said to him, \"lie down there a part,\"\nWhatever art thou now serves,\nThou knowest all other men's fate,\nAnd of thyself art ignorant,\nThat thou hast spoken among all,\nOf thyself it is not decreed,\nNectanabus, who has met his death..Yet while he lasts life or breathes,\nTo Alexander he spoke and said:\nHe, who was very sorry, was born\nOut of the ditch, his father through\nAnd told his mother how it fared\nIn council, and when she heard\nAnd knew the tokens which he told,\nShe knew not what she should say\nBut stood abashed, as for a while,\nFor his magic and his deceit.\nShe thought how she had been deceived,\nThat she had conceived a man,\nAnd wondered if it had been a god.\nBut nevertheless, such a degree\nThat she might save her honor\nShe showed the body for burial\nAnd thus Nectanabus devised\nThe sorcery which he worked\nThrough his charms and figures,\nThe mastery and the power had\nHis creator to nothing led.\nAgain, whose law his craft he used,\nWhen he, for lust, his god refused,\nAnd took him to the devils.\nLo, what profit is he left with,\nThat thing through which he thought to have\nEndured first. It exiled him from land,\nWhich was his own, and from a king..Made to be underling and then to deceive a queen,\nWho tears him to pieces through love's lust, he hates her\nThat end could he not abate,\nHis old tricks which he cast,\nYoung Alexander overthrew him,\nHis father whom he misbehaved,\nHe slew a great monster, but for one, another was,\nOld and so often is,\nNectanabus' craft misled him,\nAnd so it happened to him or that he went,\nI note what help the clergy is,\nWhich makes a man to do folly,\nAnd especially of Nygromance,\nWhich stands upon the mystery,\nNota: How Zorastes was born immediately after his mother, with great favor, in which the sign of subsequent sorrows was foretold. And he himself was the first inventor of that detestable art of magic, which King Surie later put to a dreadful end. Thus the work of the sorcerer was consumed.\n\nAnd to see more evidence,\nZorastes, who first brought forth the art of magic through experience,\nAnon as he was born he laughed,\nWhich token was of woe seeding,\nFrom his own begetting..He found magic and taught it, but it was little worth to him. For from the Surrey a worthy king slew him, and that was his ending. Yet through him this craft is used, and he is throughout the world accused. It shall never fully achieve, They do not agree right with belief, But resemble evil when spoken of. Who lets himself has little won. And the end proves everything. Saul, who it was of the Jewish king, on pain of death forbade this art, And yet he took part in it. The Phoenicians in Samaria gave him counsel by sorcery, Which afterwards fell into much sorrow, For he was slain on the morrow. To conquer much it helps not, But of too much no man yields. So look on every side, Magic may not well bide, For my son, I will the warning give, That from no earthly love Thou seek to rise above, Whereof, as in the world's wonder, Thou shalt ever be put under. My good father grant mercy, For I shall always beware by this, Of love whatsoever may befall me, Such sorcery above all..From this day forth I will eschew (give up) that which I so will not pursue (pursue no longer) my lust of love to seek, but I would ask you this: as I heard you speak above, about how Alexander was taught by Aristotle and so well taught in all that belongs to a king. My heart sore longs to know what it means. For this reason, I would suppose that if I heard of strange things, yet for a time it should change my pain and lessen it somewhat. My good son, you shall prosper. For wisdom, however it may stand, brings great proof in various ways. But concerning such a high price, which is not known to Venus, I may not know it myself. Who among her court draws all and can do nothing but of her law? But nevertheless, to know more, as much as you and I both long, and for it helps to commune (discuss) of every thing in common, the school of philosophy. Yet I think for to specify (make more precise) in books as it is comprehended, whereof you might be amended. For though I am not all knowing, I am not proficient in the form of his writing..I have heard some part of this matter, in which it has transpired. Following is Book Six, Book Seven. Since all good doctrine brings salvation to the human realm, in this seventh book, at the request of a lover of learning, the genius that inspired philosophers and astrologers to influence King Alexander is presented.\n\nThe genius of love\nMy son, as you have prayed above,\nI shall now declare\nThe teachings of Aristotle and also\nThe education of Alexander, how he was taught\nI am somewhat confused about this matter,\nFor it is not about love why we are here,\nBut nevertheless, because it is pleasant,\nAs you can see, to hear of such things,\nWise, for the sake of your enjoyment,\nI shall relate as much as I can,\nFor wisdom is more valuable than all other things,\nIn the cause of love and elsewhere,\nFor my son, to your ear,\nThough it is not recorded in Venus' register,\nYet of that Calystre and Aristotle,\nWrite this down, O Alexander.\nBut be aware that the teachings are diverse..I think first to the reception of Aristotle's philosophy, the nature of which is as follows: Aristotle, wise and experienced in science, declared intelligence to be the first and primary principle of it. Theory, grounded in him who founded all things, encompasses all knowledge. Next, regarding science, comes Rhetoric, which is eloquent above all others in judging and telling a tale, so well that no man can speak as effectively. The last science among the three is Practical, whose office it is to try virtue from vice and teach good habits, to keep company with worthy men, and to instruct a king how to rule his realm in war and peace. These three screens have divided and decided the nature of each, with the first serving to conserve and keep the remainder, and the most sufficient and chief of philosophy..The philosopher designated three properties in special. The one enlightened with wisdom and high prudence above all others in his science, standing expertly upon the three. The first of these, in its degree, is called in philosophy the science of theology. The second is named physics. The third is called mathematics. Theology is the science that yields evidence to man of things that are not bodily, of which men readily know. The high almighty Trinity, which is one God in unity, without end and beginning, and creator of all things..Of heaven and earth, and also of hell,\nAs old books tell, the philosopher in his reasoning wrote,\nIn his conclusion, about his writing, he called God the first cause,\nThis good thing, without Him, is nothing,\nOf which every creature has being and nature,\nAfter the being of things, there are the forms of beings,\nNote: there are three essences - the first temporal, which begins and ends,\nThe second perpetual, which begins and does not end,\nThe third eternal, which neither begins nor ends,\nA thing that begins and shall end,\nWhich is called temporal,\nThere is also, by another way,\nA thing that begins and shall not die,\nAs souls that are spiritual,\nTheir being is perpetual,\nBut there is one above the sun,\nWhose time was never begun,\nAnd endless shall forever be,\nThat is God, to whom all honor belongs,\nHe is the creator,\nAnd other things are His creatures,\nGod commanded the natures..That they obeyed him all\nWithout him, whatever befell\nHere might be none / and he could all\nThe god was one and ever shall be\nAnd they began with his consent\nThe times are all present\nTo God and to them all unknown\nBut what pleases them, that they know\nThus both an angel and a man\nWhich of all that God created\nBe chief and obeyed to God's might\nAnd he stands endlessly upright\nTo this sentence be proven\nThe clerics of divinity\nWhich to the people preach\nThe faith of the holy church and teach\nWhich in one case of belief\nStands for more than they can prove\nBy way of sensible argument\nBut nevertheless, it is credible\nAnd a man has great reward given\nTo him who thinks himself to save\nTheology in such a way\nOf high sense and high price\nAbove all others stands unique\nAnd is the first of thinking\nNote on the second part of Theory / which is called Physics \u25aa\nPhysics is after the second\nThrough which you philosophers have food\nTo teach various knowledges\nOf man, of beast, of earth, of stone..Of fish and fowl of every kind,\nThat have a mortal substance,\nThe nature and the circumstances,\nThrough this science it is made so soft,\nWhich values not and which values often,\nNotes: The third part of Theory called Mathematics,\nwhose condition contains intelligences, specifically Arithmetic, Music, Geometry, and Astronomy. But first, concerning Arithmetic, the subject matter is that of which a man may learn,\nWhat Algebra signifies in name,\nWhen the wise man computes,\nAccording to the formal property,\nOf Algebra's A, B, C,\nBy which multiplication and division,\nAre made and found,\nOf sums, in this art and science.\n\nNotes: On Music, the second part of Mathematics is called,\nThe second part of Mathematics,\nWhich is the science of Music..That teaches harmony a man to make melody by voice and instrument through notes of accordment, which men pronounce aloft, now sharp notes and now soft, now high notes and now low, as by gamut a man may know which teaches the prolation of note and the condition. Nota de tercia specie artis Mathematice, that is, the third kind of art called Mathematics, has the third intelligence, full of wisdom and clergy, and is called Geometry, through which a maid has this subtle knowledge of length, breadth, and depth. To know the proportion of very calculation of this science in this way, as these old philosophers devise, of all this world's earth round, how large, how thick was the ground, they set point and measure even. Mathematics above the earth of high science above the firmament, which speaks upon Astronomy and teaches of the stars high, beginning upwards from the moon, but first, as it was for to be done..This text appears to be a mixture of Old English and Latin, with some modern English words. I will translate the Latin and attempt to clean up the text while preserving the original meaning as much as possible.\n\nAristotle to this worthy young king,\nConcerning the kind of every element,\nWhich stand beneath the firmament,\nHow it is made, and in what way,\nFrom point to point he can devise.\nFour omnipotent elements created their origin. Four and twenty parts gave form, Our q.\nHere, meanwhile, he treats of the creation of the four elements: earth, water, air, and fire. And also of their natures, for each has singular properties attributed to it.\nTo form the creation\nOf any world's station,\nOf heaven, of earth, and also of hell,\nAs these old books tell us,\nBefore the song is set,\nAnd yet to gather knit,\nJust as the high providence\nHad under its ordinance,\nA great substance, a great matter,\nWhich he would, in his manner,\nMake and form this other thing,\nFor yet without any storm,\nThis matter universal\nWhich his ilem in particular,\nOf ilem as I am informed,\nThese elements are made and formed,\nOf ilem, elements they are hot,\nAccording to the school of Aristotle,\nOf which, if more I shall repeat..Four elements there are diverse.\nNote of earth, which is the first element,\nThe first of them is called earth by men,\nWhich is the lowest of them all,\nAnd in its form is shape round,\nSubstantial, strong, sad, and sound,\nAs that which makes is sufficient,\nTo bear all the remaining,\nFor as the point in a compass,\nStands even amidst right so,\nThis earth is set and shall abide,\nThat it may turn to no side.\nPhilosopher, one, naturally\nDesires his own center,\nAnd has his Centre drawn after the law\nOf kind unto that Centre,\nDesires every worldly thing,\nIf there were no hindrance,\nNote of water, which is the second element,\nAbove the earth keeps its boundary,\nThe water, which is the second of elements,\nIs around it without,\nBut as it shows not for thee,\nThis subtle water mightily,\nThough it be of itself soft,\nThe strength of earth passes often,\nFor right as veins are in man,\nSo the water in its course makes diverse,\nVeins, as well the hills as the plains..And where hills are highest, men can find streams. This is proven by nature. Water is lighter than land. Understood is that air is the third element. Air is divided into three parts. Beneath is one, and one in the middle, and above is the third. From these divisions come various pressures, both moist and dry. These, by the sun, are drawn and lifted up, and form clouds in the sky, as shown to man both by day and night. After the time of the year, various things fall upon the earth here..The first periphery of all\nEngenders mist and overmore,\nThe dew and the frost endure,\nAfter such insertion,\nIn which they take impression,\nFrom the second as it appears,\nThe most drops of the rain,\nDescend into mid-earth,\nAnd temper it to seed and be,\nAnd do to spring grass and flower,\nAnd often also the great show\nMay come from such a place, it may,\nThat it the form shall forsake,\nOf rain / and into snow be turned,\nAnd also it may be stored,\nIn various places up aloft,\nThe third of air, after the law,\nThrough such matter as up is drawn,\nOf dry thing as it is oft,\nAmong the clouds upon loft,\nAnd is so close it may not out,\nThen is it chased sore about,\nTill it to fire and let it fall,\nAnd it breaks the clouds all,\nThe which of such great noise crack,\nThat they the thunder stroke smite or light,\nAnd yet men see the fire full right,\nThe thunder stroke or that men hear.\nSo may it well be proved here,\nIn things which are shown from thence,\nA man's eye is there none,\nThan is the second to mankind,\nAnd neither..Bothe of the stroke & of the fire\nOf whiche is no recouyre\nIn place where that they descende\nBut yf god wold his grace sende\nNota qualiter ignes quos no\nIn this parte of the ayer it is\nThat men ful ofte seen by ny\u0292t\nThe fyre in sondry forme alyght\nSomtyme the fire drake it semeth\nAnd the lewde peple it demeth\nSomtyme it semeth as it were\nAfter whiche that glydeth there\nBut it is nether of the two\nThe philosophre telleth so\nAnd seith that of Impressions\nThorugh dyuerse exaltacions\nVpon the cause and the matere\nMen sene dyuerse forme appere\nOf fyre whiche hath sondry name\nAssub he said is thylke same\nThe whiche in sondry place is founde\nWhen it is downe to the grounde\nSo as the fire it hath anheled\nLyke vnto slyme whiche is congeled\nOf exaltacions I fynde\nFyre kendeleth of the same kynde\nBut it is in another forme\nWherof I shall conforme\nThe fygure vnto that it is\nThese old clerkes tellen this\nFor it is lyke a gote skyppyng\nAnd for it is suche semyng\nIt is hote Capra saliens\nAnd these Astronomyens.Another fire also by night, which shows him to man's fight. They call it eges, which burns like the current fire it runs, on a cord as you have seen, when it is powdered with sulfur and three other things. There is another fire also, which seems to a man's eye by night's time, as though there is a dragon burning in the sky. And that is properly called Basil. Why the fires seem to assume various forms, the wise philosopher tells us, for the air possesses the due property. In various ways you might see this, and how it is under the firmament. Which surrounds both the two, the water and the soil also. Note that the fire is the fourth element. And for telling over this of the elements, which is the fourth, I have said, that is the fire in its degree, which surrounds the other three and is without moisture, all dry. But now what does the church say? For upon them that I have said, The Cleyd, The Kind and the Complexion..Of all mankind, there are four elements, like unto which among men there are also four complexions, and no more. The philosopher treats of this, saying that there is nothing beyond them. He explains how they differ, as I shall recount. Note: According to nature there are four elementary qualities in the human body: every kind\n\nThe mighty God, who created man as I find,\nHas divided human nature,\nSo that none can\nAnd because of this it is so discordant.\nThe life which feels the sickness\nCan stand upon no sickness,\nOf the earth which is cold and dry,\nThe melancholic type of man is called this, and it is the first.\nThe most unwilling and worst,\nFor to love's work it turns not,\nHe lacks both will and might.\nNo wonder is it in a lusty place\nOf love, though he lose grace.\nWhoever has this complexion\nIs full of imagination,\nOf deeds and wrongful thought,\nHe frets himself to nothing.\nThe water, which is moist and cold,\nMakes the phlegmatic, which is many-fold,\nForgetful, slow, and weary soon..Of every thing which is to be done,\nHe is of kind sufficient,\nTo hold love his covenant,\nBut to him lacketh appetite,\nWhich longeth unto such delight,\nWhat man it takes his kind or aye,\nHe shall be light / he shall be f,\n\nFirst his complexion is blood,\nOf all there is none so good,\nForth he hath both will and might,\nTo please and pay love his right,\nWhere he has love undertake,\nWrong is if he be forsake,\nThe fire of his condition,\nApproprieth the complexion,\nWhich in a man's property,\nIt maketh a man to be ingenious,\nAnd swift of foot and wit,\nHe hath a right great busyness,\nTo think on love and little m,\nThough he be hot well,\nOn night when that he will assay,\nHe may fully evil his debt pay,\n\nNota: The four complexions in man are four,\nAccording to the kind of the element,\nThus stands a man's kind gone,\nAs touching his complexion,\nUpon diverse division,\nOf dry of moist / of cold of heat,\nAnd each of them his own seat,\nAppropriated hath within a man,\nAnd first to tell as I began,\nSpleen is the house of melancholy..The spleen is to Melancholy, assigned for herboristry. Pulmo domus est fleumatis - The moist fleece, which is cold, has ordered him a proper place and dwells there as he is bidden. Epar domus est sanguuis - To the sanguine complexion, the nature of his inspection, a proper house has in the liver for his dwelling delivered. The fourth colour with his heat - By way of kind, his proper seat has in the gall bladder. So, as the philosopher tells us, Nota de stomo - Now over - As it is written in physics, of liver/long/of gall/of spleen - They all go to the heart as servants and each in his office intends to serve him, as which is lord above. The liver makes him love, The lungs give him way of speech, The gall serves to do wreak, The spleen doth him to laugh and play When all uncleanness is away. Lo, thus has each of them in deed To suffer them and feed In time of recreation, Nature has creation. The stomach, for a common cook, Ordains it so, as the book says. The stomach/cook/is for the hall..And the heart is provided for them all\nTo make them mighty to serve\nThe heart, which shall not perish\nFor a king in his empire\nAbove all others is lord and sovereign\nSo is the heart principal\nTo whom reason in particular\nIs given for governance\nAnd thus nature has provided\nFor man to live here\nBut God, who formed the soul,\nHas fashioned it in another way\nThat no one can fully describe\nBut as clerks inform us\nIt has a form like God\nThrough which form and likeness\nThe soul possesses many noble qualities\nAppropriate to its own kind\nBut of these\nOnly this point I will explain\nThat their dwelling is connected\nFor with the body to dwell\nOne desires toward hell\nAnother upward to heaven\nThey should never stand in enmity\nUnless the flesh is overcome\nAnd the soul has a holy name\nThe governance and that is rare\nWhile all created things which God made\nWere only made to serve man\nBut the soul alone was made\nTo serve and please itself\nAnd other beasts that men find..They serve unto their own kind, but to reason the soul serves, for which the man deserves thanks and gets with his works good. The enduring souls' food is spoken of further by him concerning the division of the earth. Of that matter it shall be told, a tale resembles manyfold. The better if it is spoken plainly. Thus, and tell plainly therefore, of the earth, of which I spoke before, and of the waters also, as these old scholars speak, and set properly the boundary, according to the form of a map, through which you graze in parties. Departed is the land in three parties: Asia, Africa, Europe. The which, under the heaven's cope, begins:\n\nAs serene as any ground stretches, but after that the lofty wretch,\nThe water ways let out, and over go the hills high,\nWhich every kind made die,\nThat upon mid-earth stood,\nOut took Noah and his blood,\nHis son and his daughters three,\nThey were saved, and so was he,\nTheir names, who that read right:\nSem, Ham, Japhet, the brethren high,\nAnd when that almighty hand\nDrew back the water from the land..And the rage was away,\nThe earth was the man's way,\nThe three sons, of whom I told,\nRight after that they themselves began,\nTo depart from this world. Asia, which lies to the sun,\nOn the march of the Orient,\nWas granted by common consent,\nTo whom, for that party, was the best,\nAnd twice as much as the other two,\nAnd was then bounded so,\nWhereas the flood, which me neither call nor name,\nDeparted from its course and fell,\nIn the sea Alle. There, Asia first saw,\nTowards the west. And over this,\nOf Canaan, where the flood is,\nInto the great sea flowing,\nFrom that into the world's end. After Asia, it is always,\nUntil men come to the gates of paradise and there,\nAnd shortly, to speak of it thus,\nOf Orient in general,\nWithin its bounds, Assyria has all,\nNota bene: of Africa and Europe.\nAnd then, on that other side,\nWestward as it fell at that time,\nThe brother who was called Cam,\nOn his part, Africa named,\nIaphet took Europe; thus they divided the world in three.\nBut yet there are of lands many..In the occident, the sea is called the Chelsea. In the orient, it is called the Hete Sea. Which of the people are forlorn, as in desert lands that are unable, for it may not be arable. Note that the sea called the great Ocean is noted here. The water has various bounds, after the land where it is found, and takes its name from those lands where it runs on the shores. But that sea which has no wane is called the Great Ocean. Out of which arise and come all and some of the high floods. None is so little that it does not take its beginning, like a man who breathes by nature in this way. Out of the sea and again, the water, as the books say. Note, according to the philosopher, that all things created under the sky are contained within its sphere, specifically named the orb. Of the elements, how they stand with respect to the five degrees, as I have now told you, my good son. All matter of earth, water, air, and fire, and for you who say that your desire is to know more, the form of Aristotle's doctrine..He sees in his mind\nThat yet there is an element\nAbove the four / is the fifth\nGiven by the high goddesses, called\nThis orb, and therefore he tells this:\nWhat thing within an eye belongs,\nSo this orb undergoes,\nThese elements each one,\nWhich I have spoken of one by one,\nBut over this, take good heed, my son,\nFor I will proceed\nTo speak of mathematics,\nWhich is grounded in theory,\nThe science of astronomy,\nI think it necessary to specify,\nWithout which to tell plainly,\nAll other science is in vain,\nToward the school of corporeal things,\nFor as an eagle with its wings\nFlies above all men find,\nSo does this science in its kind\nRule the planets, regulated by the stars;\nThis, however, still regulates the work,\nVia the mediating god..Of the four kinds of arts called mathematics, one is called astronomy, to which astrology is also related. First, regarding the seven planets that exist among the more prominent stars, the author intends to treat this matter in isolation.\n\nBeneath the earth, there are things above us that govern us. That is, of the planets, the Sun and the Moon, as well as the chamber of the world, which we call the heavens. Among men's nations, all is determined by constellations. Some men have good fortune, while others suffer diseases. In love, as well as other things, the state of realms and kings is influenced. It is conceived from the star, and this is what the natural philosopher, who is an astronomer, says. But the divine says otherwise. If men were good and wise and pleasing to the godhead, they would not fear the stars. For one man, if things go well for him, is worth more than they all are to him who holds all..But yet the law original\nWhich he has set in nature's course\nWorks more effectively in creatures\nWith no obstacle, but if it stands upon miracle\nThrough the prayer of some holy man\nAnd so, as I began\nTo speak upon astronomy\nAs it is written in the clergy\nTo tell how the planets fare\nSome part I think to declare\nTo my son unto your audience\nAstronomy is the science\nOf wisdom\nWhich makes a man have knowledge\nOf stars in the firmament\nFigure of each of them\nAnd what\nI\nT\nAnd\nTo the climates that stand beneath\nAnd to tell it more plainly\nThat\nIn which the stars stand all\nAmong which in particular\nThere are seven principal planets\nWhich man's sight discerns\nBut through them as we perceive\nAnd also there are signs twelve\nWhich these clerics have compassed in their studies\nIn which they have taken their places\nAnd as they stand in degree\nHere circles more or less are\nMade according to the earth's proportion\nWhose condition is set to be the foundation\nTo sustain the firmament.And by this sign a man may know,\nThe lower they stand, the smaller the Circles are,\nWhich causes why some pass\nTheir due course in front of another.\nBut now, my liege, dear brother,\nAs you desire to know,\nWhat I find in the books write,\nTo tell of the seven planets,\nHow they stand upon the heaven,\nAnd in what sign they are,\nTake heed, for I will begin,\nSo as the philosopher taught,\nTo Alexander and he it imparted,\nOf which he was fully instructed\nIn wisdom, which was bestowed upon him.\nNote here, concerning the first planet, which is called the Moon,\nBeside all others, it stands,\nWhich has with the eye been seen,\nOf its phases and,\nUpon its change, it shall be known,\nAnd every fish which has a shell,\nGrows and wanes in its degree,\nAs by the moon a man may see,\nAnd all that stands upon the ground,\nOf its moisture it must be found.\nAll other stars, as men find,\nShine only the moon's light,\nWhich is not of itself bright,\nBut as it takes it from the sun..And yet he has not fully won\nHis light that is somewhat dark\nBut what hinders this work\nIn all majesty it tells this\nThe moon's circle so low\nWhereof the sun out of sight\nHe sees him not with full face\nFor he with the ground so shaded\nThat the moon is somewhat faded\nAnd may not fully shine clear\nBut whoever is born under his power\nShall change his places\nAnd seek many strange lands\nAnd of his condition\nThe moon's disposition\nOn the land of Almayne\nIs set and also on Britain\nNow called England\nFor they travel in every land\nThe second planet, Mercury, is called\nOf the planets, the second above the moon\nHas taken its orbit\nMercury and his nature is this\nThat under him whoever is born\nIn book he shall be studious\nAnd in writing curious\nAnd slothful and lustful in travel\nIn things which else might help\nHe loves ease he loves rest\nSo he is not the most worthy\nBut yet with some busyness\nHis heart is set upon riches\nAnd as in this condition.The effect and disposition of this planet, named Venus, is most in Burgoyne and France. The third planet from Mercury, Venus is called the planet that governs all nations of love, whether they prosper or not. I believe you are one of these nations. But whether your happiness depends on this planet, Venus, remains to be seen. As it has done to many before, this planet brings joy or woe to some. Despite this, the majority of people born under this planet are soft and sweet. They are gentle, courteous, and debonair, speaking words softly and fairly. By nature, they are inclined towards pleasure and love, desiring joy and mirth. They are amorous and pay no heed to what is vulgar or base, as Venus, the goddess of love, is called not only for her wantonness but also for her love..The climate of lechery is most common in Lombardy. Note that the Sun, which is the middle ruler of the planets, obtains the principality of the stars next to the planets of love. The bright Sun stands above, which is the giver of the night, and as he who is the ruler of the world, through whom the lusty company of birds by the morrow spreads and springs, the high tree covers the ground, and every man's heart rejoices. For it is the head planet. Now that he sits in his seat, of what riches and nobility these books tell and thus they say:\n\nNote of the Sun's chariot and its apparatus /\nOf gold, glistening spool and wheel,\nThe Sun's chariot has fair and well,\nIn which he sits and is crowned\nWith bright stones encircled,\nOf which if I speak, there will be mentioned beforehand,\nSet in the front of his crown,\nH\nHas upon earth, and the first is\nCalled Lycuthis,\nThe other two are called Astryces and Seramyus,\nIn his crown also behind,\nAccording to old books I find,\nThere are three worthy stones..Set each of his degrees, of which a crystal is one,\nWhich crowns it up, is an admonition.\nThe second is noble and admonition, called idryes.\nAnd over this, nevertheless, after the clerk's writing, there is:\n\nThe emerald is one of these,\nAnd dendydes and Iacinthus,\nLook how the Crown is set,\nWhereof it shines well and spreads its light,\nSitting with his diadem on his head,\nThe sun shining in his face,\nAnd to lead him swift and smartly,\nAccording to the bright day's law,\nFour horses are ordered to draw,\nHim and all,\nWhose names I shall tell,\nEarthus the first is hot,\nWhich is called shining hot,\nThe second is acteos, the bright,\nLamps the third horse's height,\nAnd philogeus is the fourth,\nThat brings light into this earth,\nAnd gone so swift upon the heaven,\nIn four and twenty hours even,\nThe chariot with the bright sun,\nThey draw so that over Ronne,\nThey have under the Circles high,\nMid-earth in such a high place,\nAnd thus the sun is universal..The chief planet Imperial above and beneath him runs, as he who holds the middle place among the seven and of its face, be glad all earthly creatures. Taken after their natures, here is ease and recreation, and in his constellation, he who is born in particular, of good will and liberal, shall he have: and also shall stand in the middle, to serve the lords; and great profit and thanks deserve. Above all, it causes a man to be subtle of wit, to work in gold, to be wise in every thing that is precious. But in what cost this earth he reigns most, as for wisdom it is in Greece, where this species is appropriate.\n\nNote: the fifth planet, which is called Mars,\nMars, the battling planet,\nNext to the sun, glorious above,\nAnd wonders perform,\nUpon the fortune of battles,\nThe conquerors were held in olden days,\nBut he who has taken upon himself\nThe property of Mars' disposition,\nBy way of constellation,\nShall be fierce and full hasty..And desirous of war and strife, I will readily tell\nIn what climate most continually\nThis planet has its effect. They say that it has its aspect\nUpon the holy land, so cast\nThat there is no peace steady\nNota: the sixth planet called Jupiter\nAbove Mars, on the heaven\nThe sixth planet of the seven\nStands Jupiter, delightful\nWhich causes peace and no debate\nFor he is called that planet\nWhich of its kind, cold and hot\nAttempts all that is pleasing to it\nAnd whome this planet forgets\nTo stand upon its raiment\nHe shall be meek and patient\nAnd fortunate to merchandise\nAnd lusty to delight\nIn every thing which he shall do\nThis Jupiter is also the cause\nOf the science of high works\nAnd in this way tell the scholars\nHe is the planet of delights\nBut in Egypt of its offices\nIt reigns most especially\nFor there all lusts prevail\nOf all that happens to this life\nFor there no stormy weather falls\nWhich might harm man or beast\nAnd that it is plentiful and pleasant..There is no yard in Venus. Upon such felicitous ground, Jupiter stands in his degree. The seventh planet, called Saturn by the celestial bodies superior to it, stands highest and above all. The planet which men call Saturn, whose complexion is cold and whose condition causes malice and cruelty to him who is placed under its governance, for all its works are grievous and an enemy to man's health. In what degree it shall deal its clemency, its orientation is the orient where it is most violent among the planets. How they stand upon the sky, from point to point, as you may here see, was Alexander taught. But over this, concerning his lore of things that they taught him, listen to philosophy. After it has been said of the seven planets, he who separates day from night, that one dark and the other light, makes a week of seven days. A month of four weeks he has ordained in his law. Of the twelve months and also the leap year, he has also drawn forth. He has also the long year and, as he sets forth of his power,.According to the days seven, planets seven upon the heaven, as thou before heardst decode, to speak right in such a way, to every month by himself, upon the heaven of signs twelve, he has after his ordinary, assigned one in particular. I shall recite here the tides of the year diverse, but plainly to make it known, how that the signs set in array, each after other by degree, in substance and in property, the yodite comprehends within his circle it appends.\n\nNote here of the first sign, which is called Aries, whose month is particularly March. This which of the first, named Aries, resembles in figure a weather god of stature, as it is said in Almagest of the twelve stars, well set, in whose degree the tail has seven, and in this way, as thou might here me say, of mighty Mars the battle-loving, and evermore, the creator of all kind, V, the world when he made man, and of his constellation, the very operation avails if a man therein..The purpose of his work begins\nHe has of property\nGood speed and felicity\nThe twelve months of the year\nAttributed under the power\nOf these twelve signs stand\nOf which you shall understand\nThis Aries, one of the twelve,\nHas marched titled for himself\nWhen every bird shall choose its mate,\nThat every adder and every, suake,\nAnd every reptile which can move\nIts might attempts to prove\nTo creep out against the sun\nWhen its season has begun\nAccording to the sign, it is called\nCaurus, the second after this,\nOf signs which are figured,\nIs dry and cold\nAnd as it is told in books,\nHe is the horse appropriate to Venus,\nSomewhat discordant\nThis bull also has stars set\nThrough which he has his horns knee\nTo the tail of Aries\nSo he is not there starless\nUpon his breast there are eight\nHe also has, as it is seen,\nOn his tail stand other more\nHis month assigned also is\nAurel, which is golden\nMinos, the third sign, is called Gemini..The third sign is Gemini. It is figured readily,\nLike the twins of one kind,\nNaked standing, and as I find,\nThey are with stars well joined.\nThe head has part of those two,\nThat shine upon the bull's tail,\nSo both are of one pair,\nBut of the woman of Gemini,\nFive stars are not for thee,\nAnd upon the feet are two,\nAnd so these old books say,\nWise Tholemeus wrote,\nHis month I well know,\nAssigned is the lusty May,\nWhen every bird on his lay,\nAmong the green leaves sings,\nAnd love of his form stirs.\nAccording to the laws of nature,\nThe youth of every creature.\n\nThe fourth sign is Cancer,\nCalled the month of June,\nCancer, after the rule of the signs,\nHolds the first place,\nLike the crab, it has resemblance,\nAnd has to its retinue,\nSeventeen stars of which ten,\nThese old wise men discerned,\nAnd in the middle two are born,\nAnd four he has upon his end,\nThus goes he starred in his kind,\nAnd of himself is moist and cold,\nAnd he is the proper house and holder..The fifth sign is Leo, whose month is July. The fifth sign is called Leo, whose month is July. In Leo, the sun has begun. The appearance of his image is that of a lion, who among stars has his share. Upon his end, Leo has four [constellations] that resemble his hindquarters. Upon his head and next to it, he has four more upon his chest. And upon his tail behind, in old books we find his proper name, Jule, in which men play many games. The sixth sign is Virgo, whose month is August. After Leo, Virgo is next. Of signs, she is called the sixth. Her figure is that of a maiden. As the philosopher said, she is wealth and the rising, the lust, joy, and liking, to Mercury, and truly with the stars she is well placed. Leo has lent her one [constellation], which sets her head high..Her womb has a V-shape, and her feet also have five and even more. Touching as in complexity, By kindly disposition, This maiden is, And to tell you over this, Her month you shall understand When every field has come in hand And many a man has plied his back To this sign is August applied Septimum signum Libra is called, whose month is September, The vine, pressed by liquor, nourishes it Vine and even Libra is in the heavenly name, Which has a figure and resemblance To a man who holds a balance In his hand as if to weigh In books as it may be said, Many stars are subject to him, Of which he understands First three, and also her womb has two, And down below are eight others, The sign is hot and moist, Both of which things are not displeasing To Venus. She rests in his house frequently, And also Saturn often approaches, Is in the sign and magnified, His proper month is said to be September, Which reminds men of this. If any sore is left behind..Among the signs in the heavens,\nThe eighth sign is called Sorpor.\nIt is represented as a scorpion,\nFigured with a scorpion's tail.\nBut for all that, nevertheless,\nSorpor is still not without worth.\nLibra grants him his end,\nWhere he goes among the stars, the vin.\nHe bears and three more, designed\nUpon his breast, stars three.\nWhich by nature is moist and cold,\nAnd unfavorably many a fold,\nHe bears, but Mars returns to his house.\nBut beware where they dwell together.\nHis proper month is as men call it,\nOctober,\nOf winter that comes next in order,\nThe ninth sign is called Sagittarius,\nWhich follows Scorpio,\nIs called Sagittarius,\nWhose figure is marked thus,\nA monster with a bow in hand,\nUpon whom various stars stand.\nThose that,\nUpon the tail of Scorpio,\nThe head of Sagittarius spreads fair.\nAnd seven,\nUpon his breast and other seven,\nStand upon his tail behind,\nAnd he is hot and dry in nature,\nTo Jupiter, his house is free,\nBut to Mars in his degree..For they are not of one accord, he works great harm. This sign is to his property, a month which is his due, after the season that befalls, The plough ox in winter stalls, after fire into the hall it brings, And he tears must into the wine, Then is the lord of the swine, That is November which I mean, When the leaf has lost its green, Decimum signum Capricornius victur, whose month is December itself, the day of the sailor's net that the giant figures. The tenth sign is dry and cold, The which is Capricornus, cold, It resembles a goat, For whose love and acquaintance Within his houses to mourn, It is like Saturn, But to the moon it is nothing, For no profit is there wrought, The sign, as of his property, Upon his head has stars three, And also upon his belly two, And two upon his tail also, December after the years' form, So as the books inform us, This same sign has undergone, Undecimu signum Aquarius, called the water-bearer. Of two that signify, In the number eleven..Aquarius stands well in Saturn's grace, who dwells in his exaltation. But to the sun he causes outrage. This sign is barely resembled, like the man who holds in either hand a water spout, from which the streams flow. He is of a moist and hot nature. And he who knows the stars says that he has two stars on his head and two at his feet. Capricorn is at his end, and as the books indicate, he has on his waist twelve signs and two at his feet. You should also understand that the frosty cold river, when the new year comes, In his chair has taken his place And looks upon both sides, Some part toward the winter tides, Some part to ward the year waning. That is the month belonging to this sign and of its demeanor. The eleventh sign is called Pisces, as the scripture tells us..Bethes of two fishes is the figure,\nSo cold and moist of kind,\nAnd with stars as I find,\nBeset in the son,\nTwo of his ends are Aquarius,\nHath lent to his head, and two,\nThis sign has of its own also,\nUpon his womb and over this,\nUpon his end also there is,\nA name of twenty stars right,\nWhich is to see, a wonderful sight,\nToward this sign in his house,\nComes,\nAnd Venus also agrees,\nTo dwell as the book records,\nThe month to this sign is ordained,\nIs February, which is reigning,\nAnd with land floods in his rage,\nThat fords lets the passage.\nNow you have heard the property\nOf signs, but in this degree,\nAlbumasar yet says so,\nAs the earth is divided is,\nIn four right, so are designed,\nThe signs twelve and stand assigned,\nEach of them in his party,\nHas his climate,\nWhereof the first regime,\nToward the eastern part,\nFrom Antioch and that country,\nGoverned is by signs three,\nThat is, Cancer, Virgo, Leo,\nAnd toward the west,\nFrom Armenia, as I have learned,\nOf Capricorn it stands governed..Of pisces and Aquarius, and after them I find this: Southward from Alexandria forth, the signs which most govern that day's course, are Libra, Sagittarius, with Jupiter which is conjunct with them and stands upon the point of Constantinople. So the books tell me. The last of this division stands outward towards the north, where Aries has its governance, along with Taurus and Gemini. Thus are the signs properly divided. Of which lands are diverse.\n\nMy son, as you may hear, Alexander was taught about them by those who could do such things. But now I intend to look more into the stars and how they fare.\n\nAlexander, in his youth, was informed by them, by night upon the high stars, about the fifteen stars, one of which was their stones and herbs.\n\nOn diverse creation,\nStand different operations..Some things are worth this, that the fire is hot in his estate\nAnd burns what it may attempt\nThe water may the fire restrain\nThe which is cold and moist also\nOf other things it fares also\nUpon the earth among us here\nAnd to speak in this manner\nUpon the heaven as men may find\nThere stars are of various kind\nAnd work many various things\nTo be that are their underlings\nAmong which forthwith all\nNectanabus in particular\nWho was an astronomer\nAnd also a great magician\nAnd undertook that enterprise\nTo Alexander in his presence\nAs of magical nature\nTo inform them somewhat\nOf certain stars what they mean\nOf which he says the\nAnd specifically to each one\nA grass belongs and a stone\nWhereof men work many a wonder\nTo set thing lothe up and under\n\nThe first star is called Aldebaran,\nThe clearest and the most of all,\nBy right name men it call,\nWhich is of condition\nTo Mars and of completion,\nTo Venus has Carbuncle its proper stone..His herb is called anabella,\nWhich is of great virtue proclaimed,\nThe second is called Clota or Pleiades, whose crystal stone and herb funiculus are,\nClota or Pleiades is hot and of the moon's kind,\nHe is also this I find,\nHe takes on Mars' complexion and resembles such condition,\nHis stone is approved crystal,\nAnd likewise his herb in particular,\nThe virtuous fenel it is,\nThe third which comes after this,\nThe third is called Algol, whose lapis lazuli and herb Eleborum are,\nAlgol, the clear red one,\nWhose kind takes and also of Io,\nHis complexion belongs to his beloved,\nHis proper stone is diamond,\nWhich is most suitable to him,\nHis herb which takes him is hot E,\nThe fourth is called Alhaitore,\nWhose lapis lazuli, as I said,\nThe fourth star is Alhaitore,\nWhose kind takes and is of Saturn and,\nSapphire is its proper stone..And the constellation Canis Major, in its likeness,\nThe fifth star is magical.\nIts kind is Venus.\nAs the astronomer says,\nIts proper stone is sapphire.\nBut to perform and fulfill\nWhatever falls to this science,\nThere is an herb called savin,\nWhich it requires for success.\nSextus is called Canis Minor,\nThe sixth star following,\nCanis Minor is Mercury.\nBy nature and in every way,\nAs it is written in the chart,\nIt takes on the complexion of Mars.\nIts stone and herb, as the school says, are garnet and fresh and green savin.\nOctavia is called Alcor, with the number eight,\nThe eighth constellation in height,\nHas taken its place..Which of his kind must perform\nThe will of Mars and Saturn,\nTo whom\nIs herb but no harm\nHis stone is Hotronachius hot\nThrough which me perform great turmoil\nNona star is called Alaezel\nWhose lapis is Emerald and herb salvia\nThe ninth star is fair and well\nByName is hot Alaezel\nWhich takes its kind, both of Mercury and Venus,\nHis stone is green Emerald\nTo whom is given many a laud\nSulphur is its herb appropriate\nAbove all the remaining\nDecima star is called Almareth\nWhose lapis is Jaspis and herb plantago is\nThe tenth star is Almareth\nWhich in life and in death\nThrough the kind of Jupiter and Mars\nHe does what belongs to his part\nHis stone is\nHe has his herb sovereign\nThe nature of which is as it was\nTake of Venus and the moon\nIn that which he has to do\nOf Adamaunt is that perry\nIn which he works his mastery\nThat herb also which befalls him\nCicero the book calls it..The twelfth star is called Alpheta, with Topasione as its stone and rosemary as its herb, shaped for its offspring. The fifteenth star is Cor Scorpii, governed by Mars and Jupiter, with Sardonyx as its stone and astrology as its herb. The nineteenth star is called Botercadent, obedient to Mercury and Venus, with Crisolite as its stone and saturay as its herb..The fifteenth star is called the heart of Scorpio, whose lapis lazuli and majorana herb are named. But now, the last star of all,\nThe tail of Scorpio men call,\nWhich to Mercury and Saturn return,\nBy kind's motion after due constitution,\nThe calcidium draws nigh,\nWhich for its stone it undertakes,\nFrom majorana its herb is born,\nThus have I said how each star is grounded,\nIn every one in particular,\nWhich has its herb and stone with all,\nAs Hermes, in his ancient lore,\nBears witness to what I have told.\nNote: Here concerning those authors who apply themselves more to the study of astronomy than to other sciences, books on this subject have been composed under distinct names.\n\nThe science of astronomy,\nPrincipal among the clergy,\nTo deny between woe and weal\nIn things that are natural,\nThey had a great struggle in hand,\nWhich first made them understand,\nAnd those who evermore took up this study,\nThey became gracious and wise,\nAnd worthy to bear a prize,\nAnd whome it pleases to write..One of the first who wrote this science was Nemboron, to his disciple Ichonyton, and they made a book from it. Another author in this case is Arachael, a cleric who is noted. Dantholeme is not the least among those who wrote the book of Alma, and Affraganus does the same. Whose book is called Cathenus. Gebus and Alpetragus also wrote about palmesta. The books made before and after this are ful many, and there are many worthy clerics who wrote about the clergy. The books of Aldemetry, Pal nestry, and also belong to these astronomers. Men say that Abraham was one of them, but whether he wrote or not, I cannot find, and Moses also was another, but Hermes was above all others in this science, having great experience. Though there were many stars assigned to him, their books are still authorised. I may not know all those who wrote in that time, but I find mention of judgment by the way of kind..That they all agree on the stars which they recorded, there are a thousand even, and twenty more to the sight, which are so bright that men can judge what they are. The philosophers, those noble ones, informed this young king and gave him knowledge of things belonging to philosophy, which Aristotle called Rhetoric, as you have heard before. But now to speak of the second, which Aristotle discovered, \"He teaches how to speak well, which is a thing full necessary. The counterbalance lacks other sufficiency. Composita pulcra sermones verba placere (Beautifully composed words please the audience). Principio poterunt vera quae fine placent (Truths can please first, but words add more value). Herba lapis sermo tria sui virtute plato (Plato, however, adds more value with his words).\".This text discusses the second part of philosophy, named Rhetoric, which makes speakers eloquent and also deals with its two aspects: grammar and logic. Of all earthly creatures, the maker of nature has given speech to man alone, so that the thoughts of his heart, which are within, may reveal what they mean and be seen nowhere else but in kind with no other beast. Therefore, he should be more honest to whom God has given such a great gift, and carefully choose his words to avoid wickedness. For word is the teacher of virtue. In philosophy, concerning this branch, Rhetoric is the science that deals with the reverence of reasonable words, and for this art, good words will be effective. It has grammar; it has logic, which serve both to speech. Grammar comes first to teach speaking on fitting terms; logic also in its degree is between truth and falsehood..The plain words for this, so that nothing else ensues,\nThat he may rightly decide what follows:\nMany great debates have been reformed to good estate,\nAnd peace sustained upon lofty words,\nWith easy words and soft speech,\nWhere strength should let it fall.\nThe philosopher among all,\nRecommends this art,\nWhich has the rule of eloquence.\nIn stone and grass, there is virtue,\nBut the books tell us this,\nThat every earthly thing is virtuous in its doings,\nGood or evil, as the words seem good,\nAnd well spoken at man's ear,\nWhen there is no truth there,\nThey often do great deceit.\nFor when the word disagrees so greatly,\nSuch Rhetoric is to be despised,\nIn every place and to be feared.\nFor Plautus, I advise,\nAnd in the book of Troy, it is found,\nHis eloquence and his cunning,\nOf lovely words which he told,\nHave sold Antenor the town,\nWhich he won with treason.\nWords have beguiled many a man,\nWith words, the wild beast is tamed..With words the serpent is enchanted,\nAmong men of arms are wounds healed with charms,\nWords are virtuous and fine,\nWhere other medicine lacks,\nOf sorcery the characteristics,\nOf evil and good also,\nWords make friends and foes,\nOf foes a friend and peace of war,\nAnd war of peace and out of fear,\nThe word the world's cause entrance brings,\nReconciles whom it pleases,\nThe word under heaven's cope sets,\nEvery thing or odd or even,\nWith words the high god is pleased,\nWith words the worlds are beguiled,\nThe soft word the low style,\nWhere good lacks, it fulfills,\nTo make amends for the wrong,\nWhen words meddle with the song,\nIt pleases well the more,\nBut to look upon this lore,\nHow Tullius his Rhetoric\nComposes, a man may inquire,\nHow he shall his words set,\nHow he shall loose, how he shall knit,\nAnd in what way he shall pronounce,\nHis tale plain without pretense.\nTake heed and read why..Nota eloquentiae Iulii in causa Catonis contra Tillium et alios urbis Romanae habentes\n\nNote on the eloquence of Julius and Cicero. Which consul was of Rome,\nOf Caton and Tillius,\nBehold the words they spoke,\nWhen the treason of Catiline,\nDiscovered, and the conspiracy\nOf those who were of his consent,\nWas known and spoke in parliament,\nAnd asked how and in what way,\nMen should be done to Juithas,\nCillenus first told his tale,\nAnd as he was to truth behold,\nThe common profit for to save,\nHe said treason should have,\nA cruel death, and thus they spoke,\nThe consuls both and Caton also,\nAnd said that for such a wrong,\nThere may no penalty be too strong,\nBut Julius with wise words,\nHis tale told in another way,\nAs he who would his death respite,\nAnd found how he might excite,\nThe judges through his eloquence,\nFrom death to turn the sentence,\nAnd set their hearts to pity.\nNow told they, now could he,\nThey spoke plainly according to the law,\nBut he the words of his saw,\nColoured in another way,\nSpeaking and thus between the sweet words..To teach on this judgment, each of them presented his argument, from which the tales are to learn. Here at the school of Rhetoric, the second science concerning philosophy, a man shall justify his words in disputation and knit on conclusion his argument in such a form which may the plain truth inform and the subtle caution abate. Every true man shall debate this.\n\nPeoticus quemquam statum partes terciae philosophiae / Ad recte regendum donec in orbis vitae / Set quantum major rex est, tantum ipsum [ipsum signum illegible]\n\nThis treats of the third part of philosophy called practical, which has three species: Ethics, Economics, and Politics. The doctrine of the king is directed towards his subjects in his regime for honor and magnificence through each of these.\n\nThe first is theoretical. The second is Rhetoric. I have told you about the first two as the philosopher told Alexander, and now I would tell you about the third..The practice called \"Practyke\" is based on three things:\n\nThe first, Etiquette, declares the king's conduct in matters of virtue, teaching him how to rule himself with worthy disposition and good living in his person, which is the chief in his crown. It also makes a king learn how to govern his body, including how he should wake, sleep, and keep his health in diet, drink, and clothing. There is no wisdom to be sought elsewhere for the rule of his person, as this science covers completely.\n\nThe second point, Economy, teaches the king how to rule his wife and children and manage his household and estate. This is so that he does not mislead his household.\n\nPractice has a third aspect..A king shall teach how and in what way, through high pursued ordinance, he should rule his realm. This is policy, which pertains to regality, in times of war and in times of peace, to worship and to increase the number of clergy, knights, merchants, and the rest of the common people within and without, of those who are artisans who use craft and mysteries, called Mathematics. Though they are not all alike, yet nevertheless, one law must govern them all, or they will lose or gain, according to their state. Behold, this worthy young king was laughed at by everyone for anything that could give understanding of good rule and good government. He is such a worthy prince as he, but out of very necessity, the philosopher has taken him under his care and has undertaken to observe the following five points, which pertain to his regality, according to the rule of policy: Moribus ornatus regit hic qui regem (He who rules as a man of good morals rules the king), Secundum politiciam tractare in (He should handle matters according to policy)..A king belongs to no one more than to one who, for his knighthood, can both save and plunder his people. It is beneficial for him, as it is at his will. The virtues assigned to a king's rule include the ability to take his intent as they stand. Among these virtues, one is chief, and that is truth, which is to God and man as well. It has always been taught, as Aristotle knew. A king should embrace truth with all his heart, so that his heart is true and sincere towards the world, and certain. He should not speak falsely, for if men seek truth and find none in a king, it would be a senseless thing. The word is a symbol of that which is within. A worthy king should begin to keep his tongue and be true. Thus, his price will always be new. Admonish every man beforehand and beware, or he may be sworn to. It is too late afterward if he wishes to debate his word. A king, in particular, A..Of his power he should be\nMost virtuous in his degree\nAnd that may be well signified\nBy his crown and specified\n\nNot\nThe gold betokens excellence\nThat men should do him reverence\nA\nThe stones, as the books say,\nCommended are in trouble's wise\nFirst they are hard and thus assize\nBetokeneth a king's constance\nSo that there shall be no variation\nFound in his condition\nAnd also by description\nThe virtue which is in the stones\nA very sign is for the nones\nOf that a king shall be honest\nAnd hold true his promises\nOf things which belong to knighthood\nThe bright color, as I read,\nWhich is in the stones shining,\nIs in figure betokening\nThe Chronicle of his world's fame\nWhich stands upon his good name\nThe Ce\nIs token of all that\nWhich stand under his jurisdiction\nThat he it well shall keep and guide\nAnd for that truth however it falls\nIs sovereign virtue over all\nThat longed unto regiment\nA tale which is evident\nOf truth in commendation\nToward thee\nMy son, after thou shalt hear\nOf a Chronicle in this matter..As the chronicle relates, a sultan who was wise and of high lineage, by descent, ruled the empire. He valued wisdom more than other reverence and was himself wise. He held wise men in high esteem and sought them out on every side. Among these were three who were to serve him: Arphages, Monachas, and Zorababel, as recorded in the chronicle. This sultan questioned them on a night when he should have been sleeping. A point had opposed his wits. He asked them, \"Of things that are strongest, is it wine, a woman, or a king?\" He gave them three days to ponder his question..And has promised them by his faith\nThat he who best reasons speaks,\nHe shall receive a worthy reward\nOn this thing they took a pledge, and studied\nOn various opinions of argument,\nThat they by diverse ways\nOf reasoning that they hold,\nArphagas first told his tale, and said,\n\"For a king is mightiest of all things,\nBecause a king has power over man,\nAnd man is that which reason can possess,\nAs he who is of his nature,\nThe most noble creature\nOf all that God has created.\nIt seems nothing can be so mighty as a king.\nA king can spy on a king, save a king,\nMake a lord a knave, and from a knave make a lord also.\nThe power of a king stands so high,\nThat he passes over the laws,\nWhat he wills makes less, what he wills more,\nHe kills, and no man can restore it,\nBut he alone tames all others.\"\nThus speaks a king's might, he says,\nSo strong and of most value is his reason.\nBut Monachas speaks otherwise..That wine is of greater importance, and this is shown in the following way: Wine often takes away reason from a man's heart. It can make a clever man act foolishly and a blind man see. It can make a bright eye grow dark, and a lewd man become a clerk. Wine takes away the clergy's piety and makes the avaricious generous. It also makes good blood, in which the soul, which is good, has chosen a resting place while life wills to embrace it. Monachas answered this and said that wine, by w, is a thing which can blind the heart more than the royalty. Zorobabel, for his part, thought it best to say that women are the mightiest. The king and the winemaker, both two, and he also said that manhood can be transformed into womanhood through love, and that one must obey this. To demonstrate women's mastery, he told a story that he saw with his own eyes..Nota hic de vigore amoris, quod Inter Cirum Regem Persarum et Apamenis filiam,\nsedit in sua dieis,\nQuando ille ardebat in ira,\nAd summum suae imperii,\nCirus rex et sola per eam decora,\nFacie,\nEa regnavit et ipsum,\nEt per oculos et per genas,\nEam regnavit secundum voluntatem suam,\nQuae nunc amabat, nunc osculabat,\nEt faciebat illi quidquid placuit,\nQuando voluit, ille succepit,\nEt quando voluit, ipsa gauderet,\nSic rex ille superabatur,\nCui illa sua lemma erat.\nAmong the men is no solace,\nSi quidem illic non esset mulier,\nQuoniam nisi mulier esset,\nHoc mundi gaudium esset absconditum,\nHoc verum tibi doceo,\nAd militiam et ad,\nIpsa homini timet verecundiam,\nDignum esse desiderat honorem,\nPer eorum pulchritudinem desideratur,\nQuod quidem iocundum poenam,\nQuae omnem terram,\nFemina est homo,\nVita, mors, amor, luctus,\nEt hoc ipsum potest esse nupta,\nQuomodo mulieres bonae et suaves sint,\nHoc mihi exemplum invenio..Nota de fide\nwHen that the duke Ametus\nSeke in his \nMen waiten whan he shold day\nAlcest his\u25aawyf goth for to prey\nDeuoutely pray\nwith sacryfyce vnto Myn\nTo wy\nHow that h\nWherof he was soo \nRecouer myght his hele \nLoo thus she cryed praid\nTille at the last a voys hir said\nThat yf she wold for his sake\nThe malady suffre and take\nAnd dye hir self he shalle lyue\nOf this answere Alceste hath yeue\nVnto Mynerue grete thankyng\nShe that hir deth and his lyuyng\nShe chese with all hir hoole entent\nAnd thus acorded home she went\nIn to the chambre and when she came\nHir houshold anone she name\nIn bothe hir armes and hym kyst\nAnd spak vnto hym what her lyst\nAnd therupon within a throwe\nShe lay doune seke all ouerthrowe\nAnd dyed and he was hoole in hast\nSo may a \nHow next after the god aboue\nThe trouthe of woman and the loue\nIn whome that al grace is founde\nIs myghtyest vpon the grounde\nAnd moost behouefold\nLoo thus Zorobabel hath told\nThe tale of his oppynyon\nBut for finall conclusion\nWhat strengest is of erthely thynges.The truth is mightiest among women or kings. It is mightiest however it falls. The truth, however it comes, may not be overcome. It may endure for a time. But at the last it shall be known. The proverb is: he who is true shall never retract. For however the cause may end, truth is shameless at the end. But it is a thing that cannot be. Shame hinders every one. Privately, there is no power. And without truth in any degree, there is no truth of any kind. And thus, Zorobabel was most commended for truth. The question was ended, and he received his reward for truth, which is most becoming to mankind above all. For there was truth in particular, the first point to be observed. Take this into the governance of Alexander, as it is said. For this reason, the ground was laid for every king's rule. What is most convenient is to set a king in both this world and in heaven..Absit avarice touch the king's heart, For whose spoils the earth is plowed. Fame follows a generous will, Through secular ways, the king is served. In polycycle, as it is found, He who serves the world's fame, In worship of a king's name, Largesse is who's privilege. There may be no avarice abridged, The world's good was first common, But afterward, that common profit ceased, But when the people increased, As we were, For singular behest, With sacrifice unto mine own, To know the answer of the goddess, How that her lord, in his sickness, Was so sore beset, Could recover his health again. Lo, thus she cried, Lo, thus she prayed, Until at last a voice she said, That if she would, for his sake, The malady suffer and take, And die herself, he shall live. Of this answer Alcestis has given, To mine own great thanks. She gave her death and his living, And thus, with all her whole intent, She accorded home she went..In the chamber she came,\nHer husband immediately she named,\nIn both her arms and him she kissed,\nAnd spoke to him what she pleased.\nThen upon him, within a throw,\nThe good wife was overthrown.\nShe died, and he was in great haste.\nSo may a man by reason taste,\nNext after the God above,\nThe truth of woman and the love,\nIn whom all grace is found,\nIs mightiest upon the ground,\nAnd most behooves many fold.\nLo, thus Zorobabel hath told,\nThe tale of his open opinion.\nBut for final conclusion,\nWhat is strongest among earthly things,\nThe wine, the women, or the kings,\nHe says that truth is mightiest above them all,\nThe truth however it comes,\nMay for no thing be overcome,\nIt may well suffer for a throw,\nBut at the last it shall be known,\nThe proverb is: who that is true,\nHe shall his while never reprove,\nFor though the cause may seem,\nThe truth is shameless at the end.\nBut that which is untrue,\nIt may not well be shameless,\nAnd shame hinders every wight,\nSo privily there is no might,\nWithout truth in no degree..And thus Zorobabel was commended for the truth of his degree. The question was ended, and he received his reward for the truth, which is most behooving to mankind above all. For truth was in special regard, the first point in observation. It was taken into the governance of Alysaunder, as it is said, for on the ground was laid of every king's regime whatever was most convenient. It is for setting a king in even rule, both in this world and in heaven. Absent avarice, let it not touch the royal heart, for the earth is scourged by its spoils. Fame cultivates the generous, and the generous king, through his subjects, becomes abundant in joy.\n\nAfter truth, the second point in policy,\nWhich serves to the world's fame,\nIn worship of a king's name,\nLargesse it is, whose privilege..There may be no avarice abbreviate\nThe world's good was first common\nBut afterward, that common profit ceased\nBut when the people grew increased\nAs lineages became great\nThen each man drew to his party\nFrom which came the first envy\nWith great debate and strong wars\nAnd last among the people so long\nUntil no man knew who was who\nNe which was friend or which foe\nWhile at last in every land\nWithin themselves the people found\nThat it was good to make a king\nWho might appease all this thing\nAnd give right to the lineages\nIn parting of their inheritances\nAnd also of all the other good\nAnd thus above them all stood\nThe king upon his regality\nAs he who has to justify\nThe world's good for covetousness\nSo it seems well in all ways\nA king between more and less\nTo set his heart upon largesse\nToward him and also\nToward his people and if not so\nThat is to say if that he be\nToward himself large and free\nAnd of his people take and pile\nLargesse by no way of skill\nIt may be said but avarice..A king is a great vice\nA king also holds it necessary\nTo avoid prodigality, which he measures in expense\nAnd keep that of indigence\nHe may be safe from him who needs\nIn all his work, he should spend his wages wisely\nNota: Aristotle gave an example to Alexander, regarding the exactions of a king of Chaldea /\nAristotle taught this of great authority\nTo others concerning those people\nWho were unsuspecting towards their king for his plunder\nWhose heart he had in his possession\nThat he would intend to three points\nWhere he would dispose of his goodwill\nFirst, he should ensure that all was of his own good\nThe gifts which he would give\nSo he might leave them better\nAnd also he must take heed\nIf there is any need\nWhich ought to be defended\nOr his goods are being spent\nHe must also, among other things,\nSee the merits of his men\nAnd after they are known\nAnd of their estate and merit\nHe shall generously reward them\nOr for the war or for the peace..A worthy poor knight came alone to Rome to present his cause before the court where Julius was present. There was no advocate to plead for his estate, but he lacked nothing in courage. He knew his purse was empty, but he believed in the receipt of his right and openly declared his poverty to the emperor. He said, \"Lord Julius, withdraw your counsel due to the lack of gold for your office, according to the law of justice. Help me here with your counsel on the truth of my matter.\".And Iulius, at that very moment, assigned him a worthy knight, but he himself spoke no word. This knight was angry and filled with rage, and in the presence of the emperor, he said: \"O unkind Iulius, when you were in battle against Aufidius and I was there, I put forth my strength to rescue you, and no man took my place. You know well that I received wounds there. But since I found the situation so dire, I could not even utter one word, either from your mouth or from your horde, to lend me a florin to help. How could I then beg for help from this source of my generosity? When such great unkindness is found in such a lord as you. Iulius knew this well now, and he realized that all that he had told him was true. Unkindness he took as a challenge, and as if from God's own hand, he gave him enough to spend. For eternity, may every worthy king take this as a lesson from his knights, when they see that they have need, for every service asks for payment. But those who have not earned it through merit, a king shall not deserve grace.\".Though he sits in such a place,\nKing Antigonus sets an example for any king,\nwho must have discretion when men ask him,\nso that he may show his gift wisely.\nI find a tale written about Civichus, a powerful knight,\nwho asked his king Antigonus for a sum beyond his power,\nThe king answered him thus,\n\"Such a gift passes my power estate, and I let it go.\nI ask for but a little penny,\nIf I would give you anything,\nThe king answered it is too small,\nFor him that is a ruler,\nTo give such a little thing,\nIt would be unworthy of a king.\nBy this example, a king may learn,\nThat to give is in a manner,\nFor if a king his treasure lessens,\nWithout honor and thanklessly passes,\nWhen he himself wills to deceive,\nI note who will complain or relieve him,\nBut nevertheless, I believe,\nThe king should be supported by his loyal subjects with all favor.\nThe which with his own land..Every man should hold\nTo set upon necessity and also his king's royalty\nEvery liege man should comfort\nWith good and body to support\nWhen they see a reasonable cause\nFor he who is not understandable\nTo hold up right his king's name\nHe ought to be to blame\nAccording to Aristotle, prodigality and poverty induce a prince\nIn policy and evermore\nTo speak in this matter more\nSo that the philosopher told\nA king according to the rule is held\nTo moderate and address\nHis gifts upon such largesse\nSeneca says likewise\nThat the measure not exceed\nIf a king shall fall into need\nIt often causes things\nWhich are unbe becoming to the king's dignity\nWhat man will not measure himself\nMen often think that measure\nHe has forsaken and so does he\nWho practices prodigality\nWhich is the mother of poverty\nWhereof the lands are deserted\nAnd especially when that same vice\nStands above a king in office\nAnd holds the corrupt flattery\nWhich often deceives a worthy king..Or he perceives the falsehood of those who serve the tongue. For those who can please and flatter are as men are reported to the fostering of the vice. Worthy of note is how princes, in their courtiers' adulation, offend threefold. A philosopher, as you shall hear, spoke to a king about this matter and said to him well how flatterers are guilty of three errors. One was toward the gods above, angry because they saw, the mischief that should befall, from the false flatterer told. Toward the king another was, when they deceive and deceive by feigned words, making him believe that black is white and blue is green, concerning his condition. For when he does extortion with many another vice, men shall not find one of those to grumble or speak out, but holding up his oil, they say that all is well whatever he does. Thus, from falsehood, they make truth. So that the king's eye is blinded, and he knows not how the world has gone. The third error is common harm..With which the people might commune\nOf wrongs that they bring in\nAnd thus they work treble sin\nThat are flatterers about a king\nThere might be no worse thing\nAbout a king's regality\nThan is the vice of flattery\nAnd nevertheless it has been used\nAs for to speak of royal court\nFor there it is most particularly\nAnd many long before bore this vice\nBut when this vice of them is borne,\nThat should the virtuous bring forth\nAnd truth is turned into lying\nIt is as if one speaks against kind\nAn old example I find as follows:.\"This man, named Arisippus from Carthage, spoke against vanities and related that he, abandoning his philosophical studies at the beginning and obeying the greater flatterers, attended to them before others. One day, by chance, he found Diogenes, his philosophical companion, washing herbs for his dishes by the riverbank. He said to Diogenes, \"O Diogenes, just as you know what your master would prefer, whether to collect or not to wash these herbs.\" Or Arisippus, indeed, if you were to wash your own herbs, you would know it well.\n\nOf philosophers in this way, there were once two. They went to Athens from Carthage to learn from the soul. Their friends, when they had grown up, sent them and they stood there for a long time until they had undertaken such learning that in their time they surpassed all other men. Of these two, the first was truly named Droges, who had no deceit in him. His companion was named Arisippus, who was very capable and powerful. But at last, the truth is, he said\".They both returned home to Carthage and settled down. This Diogenes did not seek harm or good in the world, nor did he desire long learning. But he took only to dwell at home, as the books relate, near a bridge, as you will hear. There he rested. He thought it best for himself to study philosophy, as he who so wished to defy the world's pomp on every side. But Aristippus, his books by his side, had laid them aside and went to the court. There he spent many a day and many a night with flattery and soft words. He cast aside and put aside how he might please his prince. In this way, he gained vain honor and the world's goodwill. The lands ruled over him, and the king was greatly pleased. All was done as he commanded, both in the court and outside. With flattery, he brought about his purposes of the world's work, which was against the state of the clergy. So, he left philosophy and left himself to riches. But Diogenes dwelt still at home and looked upon his book..He sought not the world's crook\nFor vain honor nor riches\nBut all his herds' busyness\nHe set to be virtuous\nAnd thus within his own houses\nHe lives to the sufficiency\nOf his having and fil perchance\nThis dignity on a day\nAnd that was in the month of May\nThat when these herbs are wholesome\nAnd he walked to gather some\nIn his garden in which his joys\nHe thought to have and thus about\nWhat he had gathered, he set down then\nAnd winnowed his herbs in the flood\nUpon which his garden stood\nNear to the bridge as I told before\nAnd happening while he sits there\nCame Arisippus by the street\nWith many horses and great routes\nAnd straight to the bridge he rode\nWhere he halted and abode\nFor as he cast his eye nigh\nHis fellow Diogenes he saw\nAnd what he did he saw also\nWhereof he said to him thus\nO Diogenes, may you prosper\nIt were certainly little need\nTo sit here and words to winnow\nIf you could be like me, Arisippus replied\nIf I could be like you..Thy words pick truly\nIt were little need or less\nThat thou wouldst worldly compasse\nWith flattery to serve\nWhereof thou thinkest to disserve\nThy prince thanks and to purchase\nHow thou might stand in his grace\nFor getting of a little good\nIf thou wouldst take in to thy mood\nReason thou might by reason deem\nThat so thy prince for to come\nIs not to reason accordant\nBut it is greatly discordant\nUnto the souls of Athene\nAgainst the clerks flattery\nBut men see the assembly\nOf Arisippus is well received\nAnd that of Diogenes is welcomed\nOffice in court and gold in coffer\nIs now men say the philosopher\nWhich hath the worship in the hall\nBut flattery passes all\nIn chamber when the court\nFor upon that lot it chanceeth\nTo be beloved now a day\nI note if it be you or not\nHow Dante the poet answered\nTo a flatterer / the tale I heard\nUpon a strife between them two\nHe said him there be many more\nOf thy servants than of mine\nFor the poet of his lineage\nHas none that will him clothe and feed..A flatour may rule and lead\nA king with all his land aboute\nSo stands the wise man in doubt\nOf them that lead to folly\nFor such is now the common law\nAnd as Commune Boce it tells\nWhere flattery dwells\nIn any land beneath the sun\nThere are full many things begun\nWhich were better left alone\nThat he has shown now and then\nBut if a prince would rule\nThe Romans, after the Roman rule\nIn that time it was used\nThis vice should be refused\nWhose points are assigned below\nBut where the plain truth is noted\nThere a prince may well conceive\nThat he deceives himself\nOf him who speaks plainly\nWho speaks not plainly by reason\nWho warns him or woos him\nAnd that was fully before\nWhen Rome was the world's chief\nWhich would not spare the truth\nBut with his plain word\nTo the emperor his soothes told\nAs in chronicle is yet withheld\nHereafter, according to this matter.This relates to the same occasion when a Roman emperor, returning from war as a triumphator, was due to receive three primary honors: first, four horses abreast in his chariot where he sat; second, he would be dressed in a toga of Jupiter; third, his captives would walk around him and his chariot. Lest his spirit be excessively elevated by such great honors, a jester, anointed with oil, sat beside him in the chariot, mocking him with contemptuous words: \"Know him yourselves, for today he is fortunate and prosperous, but tomorrow the unpredictable wheel may turn against him.\".The first, as specified,\nWas when he came at that time,\nThe chariot in which he should ride,\nFour white steeds should it draw,\nBy Jupiter by that law,\nThe coat he should also wear,\nHis prisoners likewise should go,\nAlongside the chariot on either side,\nAnd all the nobility of the land,\nTo forefront,\nRiding and brought him to Rome,\nIn token of his chivalry,\nAnd for no other reason,\nAnd that was she wed forthwith,\nWhere he sat in his royal chariot,\nBeside him was a jester set,\nWho had his words so beset,\nTo the emperor in all his glory,\nHe said, take this in memory,\nFor all this pomp and all this pride,\nLet no justice go to the side,\nBut know yourself whatsoever befalls,\nFor men often fall,\nThings which men deem certain to stand,\nThough victory be in hand,\nFortune may not always stay,\nPerchance another day,\nMay turn and thou mayest be overthrown,\nThere lasts nothing but a throw,\nWith these words and more,\nThis jester who sat with him spoke,\nAnd evermore after what would be..He spared not, but spoke out plainly as the truth stood, so that every man could tell his tale openly to the emperor on that solemnity. This was the reason why, while he stood in that nobility, he had to repress his vanity with such words as he heard. Towards such a worthy lord, I also find recorded in the chronicle, which has authorized this account, that on the first day of his coronation, the Latins constantly begged him to choose the stone for his tomb, so that, remembering the transience of the vanities of this world, he might more easily repress them.\n\nThe first day of his coronation, where he sat upon his royal throne and held his feast in the palaces, sitting upon his high seat with all the joy that could be obtained, when he was most glad at his meal. And every minstrel had played, and every jester had spoken..What pleased him most there\nEventually arrived his masons, for they would demand\nWhere he would be buried\nAnd what stone his sepulcher\nThey would make and what scripture\nHe would ordain thereupon\nThere was none flatterer there\nThe worthy prince to beadle\nThe king was otherwise shaped\nWith good counsel and other ways\nThey were wiser than they\nAnd understood well and knew\nWhen such soft winds blew in\nFlattery into their ears\nThey set not their hearts there\nBut when they heard feigned words\nPlain truth had disdained\nOf those who were so discreet\nSo the flatterer took no harm\nFrom him who was his prince though\nAnd to prove that it is so\nA tale which I find in a chronicle of Rome I read\nCesar, among other deeds, narrates an example, particularly against those who, in the presence of other wiser princes, commit such things as flattery, through which the less wise are proven in the end\nCesar on his royal throne.A man who sat there and was highest in pride,\nOne who would make him wise,\nKneeled before him and did such reverence,\nAs though he were a high god.\nMen had great marvel there\nAt the worship he performed.\nThis man rose from that place,\nAnd at once the same tide,\nHe went up and sat down beside him,\nAnd said, \"If you who sit here,\nAre god, who rules all things,\nThen I have done right\nIn worshiping you as a god,\nOr if you are not of that opinion,\nBut are a man like me,\nThen may I sit beside you.\nFor we are both of one kind.\"\nCesar answered and said, \"O blind one,\nYou are a fool, it is well seen,\nIf I am a god, you do wrong,\nTo sit where you see that god is,\nAnd I am a man also.\nYou have great folly done,\nWhen you pay worship to one who shall die,\nThe worship of your god unworthily given.\nThus I can clearly prove,\nYou are not wise, and heed this.\"\nIt was a new learning to them..They fear him more and brought nothing to his ear, but if truth and reason were there, many would speak flattering words. To him who can understand it well, not so these advisors should be driven from the court by the council, but rather accept the king's favors. The flatterer cannot love but to bring himself above, for as long as his master prospers, so that he himself stands clear of care. He scorns nothing and often deceives with soft words. The kings who are Innocent, in this regard, the wise philosopher said, any king who lays such treasure upon such people has less of it, and yet he does no generosity. He himself and his own land, and this in many ways. If a man should say in general, where such a thing happens over all, any king rules himself unwisely. The philosopher set forth this rule in particular, which is and has always been the better..In governance about a king,\nAnd that he says is a slave,\nI have declared beforehand in part,\nWhat that vice is. For whoever has his wit beguiled,\nOn a flatterer to believe,\nWhen he thinks best to achieve,\nHis god's word it is most from,\nAnd to prevent it is so.\nExamples there are many one,\nOf which if you want to know one,\nIt is becoming for you to hear,\nWhat once belonged to this matter,\nHe spoke further of the counselors, whose tales princes' ears organize the hearing of truth, called himself prophet,\nI find a tale and it is credible,\nOf one who once was called Ahab,\nWho had all Israel under his rule,\nBut whoever could speak softly,\nAnd in favor, made them rich,\nBut those who wrote words like truth,\nAnd would not forget it,\nFor them was no estate to be,\nThe counsel of such was taken none heed,\nUntil at last, upon a need,\nBenhadad the king of Israel,\nA great party,\nWhich Ramoth-gilead was hotly contested,\nHad seceded and of that,\nHe took counsel in various ways,\nBut not of them who were wise..And yet, on this occasion,\nTo strengthen him for Iosaphat,\nWho then was king of Judah,\nHe sent for him to come, as he\nWho through friendship and alliance\nWas next to him in acquaintance,\nFor Ioram, son of Iosaphat,\nAchab's daughter had wedded,\nWho was fair and goodly,\nAnd thus she came into Samaria.\nKing Iosaphat and he found there\nKing Ahab, and when they were\nEngaged in speaking of this matter,\nThis Iosaphat said to the king,\n\"How gladly would I hear\nSome true prophet in this matter,\nTo counsel my lord as to its outcome.\"\nAnd at that time it happened,\nThat there was such a one in Israel,\nWho set himself to flattery,\nAnd he was called Sedechye,\nAnd after him Ahab had sent,\nAnd he came to him at his command,\nAnd by a ruse,\nHe set two large horns of brass\nUpon his head.\nAnd he, who was a flatterer,\nAnd went about rampantly,\nCast his horns up and down,\nAnd bade men be of good hope,\nFor as the horns appeared in the eye,\nHe said without resistance..So he knew well of his science, Benadab was discomfited when Sedechyas told this tale to this lord. They were of one accord. False prophets many were, to bear up oil and though they affirmed that which he had told, the king Achab was bold and gave them estates all about. But Josaphat was in great doubt. He held a fantasy of all that he heard, praying to Achab, \"If there were any other man who could speak of prophecy or who had gone, then Achab would come.\" Achab replied, \"There is one,\" a man named Michaiah. \"But he never comes into my sight. For he has long been in prison. He has never pleased me to speak a good word to my face. Nevertheless, at your instigation, he shall come out and may say as he has said many a day. For he has never spoken well of me. Yet Josaphat took some comfort in this and bade him to come without delay. And those who were from him went. When they came where he was, they told Michaiah..The manner in which Sedechy declared his prophecy, and thereupon they prayed him fairly that he would say nothing contrary, whereof the king might be displeased. For so shall every man be pleased, and he may help himself also. Much is upon truth, though. His heart sets it and to them he says all that belongs to his faith, and of none other feigned thing will he tell to the king, as far as God has given him grace. Thus came this prophet into his presence, where he willed to hear him. And he answered him immediately in this way: \"My liege lord, for my part, I have always stood with the truth. You have acquitted me with Paschal. But for all that, I shall not hide the truth from you as I suppose. And concerning this battle, you shall not speak the truth sincerely. For if it pleases you to hear, as I am taught in this matter, you may understand it soon. But what is to be done afterward, I forbid you from knowing.\" I was before the throne on high, where all the world seemed to me to stand. And there I heard and understood the voice of God with clear words..In what way should I beguile King Ahab for a while, and on this point they spoke quickly. A spirit spoke last, \"I undertake this enterprise, and God asks in what way I shall deceive and lie to him with flattering prophecy in such mouths as he pleases. He who achieves all things bade him go forth and do so. I also say this: the noble people of Israel are dispersed like sheep on a hill, unguarded and unarmed. As they went about and strayed, I heard a voice saying to them, \"Go home to your houses again until I have fettered you.\" Quoth Sedechyeh, you have feigned this tale, in angering the king and in a wrath on this account. He struck much upon the cheek. The king rebuked him, and every man cried out against him. Thus he was shamed on every side. Against prison he was led, for so the king himself commanded. The truth could not be heard. But afterward, as it has been reported, the deed proves his intent. King Ahab went to battle..Where Benadab for all his shield\nHim slew so that upon the field\nHis people go about a stray\nBut God, who all things may\nSo does that they no mischief have\nTheir king was dead & they are saved\nAnd home again in God's peace\nThey went and all was found less\nThat said before\nSo sit it well a king therefore\nTo love them that are true men\nFor at last it will be seen\nThat flattery is no thing worth\nBut now to my matter forth\nAs for to speak over more\nAfter the philosophers' lore\nThe third point of policy\nI think for to specify\nPropter transgressores leges statuunt in o\nThis treatise deals with the third principle of policy called justice, which is what a king is entitled to in his jurisdiction\nWhat is a land where men be none?\nWhat are the men that are alone?\nWithout a king's governance, what is a king?\nWhat is it to take law in hand?\nBut if the judges are true\nThese old worlds with the new\nWho will take in evidence?\nThere he may see experience..What thing is it to keep law,\nThrough which wrongs are withdrawn,\nAnd righteousness is commended,\nWhereof the realms are amended.\nFor where the law may commune,\nLords, with the commune,\nEach has his proper debt,\nAnd knights, royalty,\nBoth their worship, under one,\nSubmits to his estate as it belongs.\nWhich of his worthiness,\nHas to govern righteousness,\nAs he who shall the law guide.\nAnd yet, on some side,\nHis power stands above the law,\nTo give both and to draw,\nThe beginning of man's life,\nBut things which are excessive,\nAgainst the law he shall not do,\nFor love nor for hate also,\nThe imperial majesty must be armed not only with weapons but also with laws.\nThe might of a king is great,\nBut a worthy king shall,\nNot do all wrong that he might,\nHe who shall the people right,\nIt sits well to his regality,\nThat he first justifies himself,\nToward God in his degree,\nFor his estate is otherwise free,\nToward all others in his person,\nSave only to the God alone..A king should chastise himself\nWhere none other can suffice\nFirst, a king should consider his own deeds\nBetween virtue and vice, he should redress and then administer justice\nHe should maintain an even balance\nTowards others in governance\nHis laws should stand equal to the powerful and the rich\nHe shall except no person\nBut he may not excuse himself\nIn various places, he shall provide justice\nHe shall appoint judges from his royal office\nWith wise consideration\nHe shall order their disputes\nFrom learned judges\nSo that his people are governed\nBy true and wise men\nIf the law of covetousness is set upon the judge's hand,\nWoe is the people of that land,\nFor wrong cannot hide itself\nBut on the other hand,\nIf the law stands with the right,\nThe people are glad and stand upright\nWhere the law is movable,\nThe common people stand reasonable\nAnd if the law turns a misfortune,\nThe people also are distressed..A man, called Maximus of Rome, who wanted to appoint a guardian of a province or region for himself, first acquired his name and had it publicly proclaimed. This was to ensure that the man's virtue or vice was clearly known. Accordingly, he would either place him in office or exclude him entirely. The law held that this was the right way, unaffected by greed. The world functioned in this manner. An example of this can be found in the case of the incorruptible judges. Gaius Fabricius, a consul of Rome, refused to submit to the gold offered by extortionists, regarding the dominion of the nobles as a greater servitude than the freedom from gold's allure.\n\nIn a chronicle, it is recorded:\n\nGaius Fabricius... refused to submit to the gold offered by extortionists, regarding the dominion of the nobles as a greater servitude than the freedom from gold's allure..Whilst he was the consul of Rome,\nBy whom the laws were yielded and came,\nWhen the Samnites to him brought\nA sum of gold and him besought\nTo grant favor in the law\nTowards the gold he began to draw,\nOf which in all men's sight\nA part into his hand he took,\nWhich to his mouth in all haste\nHe put it for to smell and taste,\nAnd to his eye and to his ear,\nBut he found no comfort there,\nThen he began to despise it,\nAnd told them in this way,\n\"I note what is with gold to thrive,\nWhen none of all my wits survive,\nFind savor nor delight therein,\nSo it is but a nice sin\nTo be covetous of gold,\nBut he is rich and glorious\nWho in his subjection\nHolds those who in possession\nAre rich in gold and by this skill,\nFor he may every day, if he will,\nOr be pleased or displeased,\nDo justice upon them both.\nLo, thus he said, and with that word\nHe threw before him on a board\nThe gold out of his hand alone,\nAnd said to them, \"I will none.\"\nSo that he kept his liberty\nTo do justice and equity\nWith lucre of such riches..There are few of such I assume, for it was that time used, that every judge was refused, who was not friendly to coming right. But they that would stand up right for truth only to justice, to deem and judge coming law, which now means is all withdrawn, to set. There is no common profit sought, but above all, the law which is made for peace is good to keep for the best. For that sets all men in rest. The rightful emperor conquered, to keep peace such a law made, that none within the city, in disturbance of unity, dared once move a matter. For in his time, as you might hear, what point that was for law set, it shielded for no good to let it to what person that it were. And this brought in the common fear. Why any man the law dreaded, for there was none which favored had..A Roman consul named Caromydus, recently of the pontifex class, transgressed against Roman law unknowingly, refusing to pardon himself for the penalty despite no one else being present to accuse him of the crime. To this statute and this decree, he himself adhered, for certain reasons that follow.\n\nThis consul had intended to carry out this deed and was riding in the fields. They long awaited him, the lords of the council, and beckoned him to come. He came, girding his sword, having forgotten until he was seated in the council chamber. No one among them spoke until he himself sought to discover the fault and said to the twelve, who were wise among the senate, \"Which of you is able to discern the error?\".I have deserved the judgment in haste,\nYet they said to him \"no\" in reply,\nFor well they knew it was no vice,\nWhen he thought not of any malice,\nBut only of a little sloth,\nAnd thus they left him, out of mirth,\nTo administer justice upon his guilt,\nLest he should be spared,\nAnd when in the manner how,\nThey would have saved him, he made a vow,\nWith manly heart and thus he spoke,\nThat Rome should never be destroyed,\nHis heirs when he was in fear,\nThat their ancestor broke the law,\nFor those who were aware,\nImmediately the same sword he,\nThe statute of his law he kept,\nSo that all Rome wept at his death,\nNota: falsely his son was supplanted,\nWhere that a judge had committed his own deed,\nHe would not avenge his law broken,\nThe king it has himself wronged,\nThe great king whom Cambyses was,\nHe was,\nHe found and to rememberance\nHe did upon him such vengeance,\nOut of his skin he was besprinkled,\nQuickly and in that way slain,\nSo that his skin was shaped all met,\nAnd nailed upon the same set,\nWhere that his son should sit.\nAvoid him if,\nThe law of covetousness..There he was ready his judgment\nIn default of other judge, the king might\nAt times hold up the right law,\nAnd speak of the old dawe,\nTo take example of that which was, I find a tale written also,\nOf a worthy prince who holds,\nThe laws of his land,\nFirst for the high god's sake,\nAnd for that he,\nThe people to guide and lead,\nWhich is the charge of his king,\nHe sets an example of the Ligurian prince, the atheist,\nIn abundance of prosperity, rich and unanimous laws,\nHe willed to restore to the people their own laws, even to their return, miles\n\nIn a chronicle I read thus,\nOf the rightful Ligurians,\nWhich of Athens was the prince,\nHe who should rule the law in every way,\nHad set upon such a rule,\nIn this whole world, none was so well begun,\nForthwith the truth of governance,\nThere was among them no distance,\nBut every man has his increases,\nThere was peace without war,\nWithout envy love stood..Riches should be for the common good and not for the singular order. The power of those in estate was safe, as long as there was nothing debated that could prevent every man from resting. And when this rightful king saw how it fared with all this, since the people were at ease, he, who forever sought to please the high god, whose thoughts he sought, thought of a wonderful thing. He pondered how his law in the city might last forever. On this, he cast his wisdom. He convened a parliament and thus he set forth his wisdom in the presence of the great and the small. God knows and so do you all, how it came about. Yet my will has been to do justice and equity in furthering the common profit. Such has been my delight. But I am aware of one thing: all must be gathered together in the name of God's son. And may it not need to endure yet, and may it last longer if you will..For I will tell you the sky's secret. Mercury, and no man, taught me all I know of such laws. You are all glad of it, and it was the god and nothing I did. He has commanded, by his grace, that I come to a place far out on an island where I must stay for a while. He will speak to me there and tell me such things that as long as the world exists, I shall reveal them to you.\n\nBut before I go there, I want to ensure that my law among you is not withdrawn while I am away. I pray both you and me that you will assure me with an oath that each of you will keep and uphold my laws. They all agreed and took an oath that as long as he is away, they will keep and fulfill his law in every point. Thus, Ligurius has made his will known and took his leave and went forth..Here is the cleaned text:\n\nBut here we come to what he undertook\nFor after that he was good, he never intended to be found\nSo that Athens, which was found,\nNever after should be released\nNor that good law, which was for common profit,\nHis own estate or realm\nDid not have the right\nTo do profit to the common\nHe took from exile the fortune\nAnd left of privately that office\nOnly for love and justice\nFor which he thought if it might be\nFor ever after his death to right\nThe city which was betrothed to him\nWhereof men ought to take example\nWith those who, under governance,\nAdvanced the good laws\nAnd whoever wanted to keep\nThe laws had to keep\nOf those who first found the laws\nAs far as any ground lasts\nOf land their names yet be known\nAnd if it pleases you to know\nSome of their names how they stood\nNow listen and you shall understand\nHic ad eorum laudem qui iusticie causa leges statuerunt aliquorum nomina specialiter commemorat\nFor every beneficial act, the god himself will acquit..And yet it often happens that the world also acquiesces, but this is not always the case with God. He bestows the heavenly riches, while the world grants only a name. This name stands upon the good reputation of those who have done the good deed. In this way, they receive double reward for what they have done well here. If you wish to learn more about this honest industry of those who first sought righteousness among men and the laws they established, which will never fade from this earth as long as there is a tongue, then their names shall be read and sung. Their deeds will be recorded in chronicles, so that men may speak well of them as they ought. Of those who first sought the laws in the pursuit of world peace, there were several: Vulcan was first among the Greeks, Moses among the Egyptians, Mercury among the Romans, Pompilius among the Etruscans, Lycurgus among the Athenians, and Foroneus among the Greeks again. Romulus was the lawgiver of the Romans for such men as were lawless. The law ordains this in such a way..That which the law plainly declares,\nA judge upholds it rightly,\nHe shall be served with his right,\nAnd so forth, it is decreed,\nThat law is common among us all,\nGod lends it more,\nAs every king holds it,\nFor things that are of a king's domain,\nWith a king's power it should not be hindered,\nWhat king neglects the law,\nBy law he may not keep his realm,\nTake law away from a king,\nWhere is the right of anything,\nIf there be no law in the land,\nThis a king should well understand,\nAs he who is sworn to uphold the law,\nThat if the law is lost,\nWithout excuse,\nIt makes a land torn up and overthrown,\nWhich is to the king's shame and scandal,\nFor thou unto King Alfred,\nThe wise philosopher said,\nHe himself first led,\nOf law and then with all,\nTo do justice in general,\nThat all the wide land about,\nDoubts the justice of his law,\nAnd then shall he stand at rest,\nFor law is one of the best,\nAbove all earthly things,\nTo make a liege fear his king,\nBut how a king shall gain love,\nToward the high God above..And a man on earth, this next point, which is a part of Aristotle's lore, teaches what policy it is, he who seeks to know what kind it is, the book recounts after this. Having no reason where, either tyrant, this treatise deals with the fourth principle of government, called the policy of piety, through which princes, in a serious manner, are moved to show mercy from the highest divine. It needs not that I debate, the prince who is praised is altogether, and has been and shall be, regarding this in particular, it is the virtue of pity. Through pity, the high majesty was stirred when his son was slain, and in pity, the world was righted, taking of the maiden's flesh and blood. Pity was the cause of this good, whereof we are all saved. Well ought a man to have pity, and the virtue to value, he himself who is all-wise, having shown why it should be praised. Pity cannot be counteracted by tyranny with any cost. For pity makes a man courteous, both in word and deed. It suits every liege well to fear, his king and to obey his command..And rightly by the same rule, a king should be pitiful and gracious towards his people. He should not work vengeance, which may be called cruelty. Justice, which does equity, is terrible, for it spares no one. But the king may never fail in love, for pity, through the grace above, confirms his reign in good estate. The apostle James says, \"And he has not pity with all his might, the judgment of him who judges all.\" He may himself sorely fear, that he shall lack pity when he would. For whoever pities, it is a point of Christ's love. And to look further, it is becoming as we find, to reason and the law of kindness. Tassyodre, in his praise, tells us that the realm is safe where pity dwells. And Tully also affirms this tale and says that a king who bows to pity and with pity overcomes, has that shield of grace named. In Alisander's history, I read of a worthy knight, of sudden wrath and not of right..Forged bath and he appeals,\nAnd with that word the king quarrels,\nAnd said, none is above me,\nThat knows me well, my lord, indeed,\nFrom your lordship I appeal not,\nBut from your wrath in all my thought,\nTo your pity stands my appeal,\nThe king, who understood him well,\nGave him grace out of pure pity.\nAnd I read in another place,\nConstantine the emperor says truly,\nHe who makes himself a servant of pity,\nIs worthy to be a lord,\nOf all the world's remaining.\nTrajan the worthy, debonair,\nBy whom Rome was once governed,\nAt one time, as he was learning,\nHe said to that counselor,\nThat to be an emperor,\nHis will was not for vain honor,\nNor yet for the redress of justice..But if he could please his lord and people in his office, he thought it a great ease to draw hearts to him with love rather than the fear of any law. For what is done for doubt often comes about in reverse. But where a king is penitent, he is the more gracious. Which else should leave a side the Jewish priest comes to do pity, support, and grace In his writing of old days A tale of great embarrassment was told To the king of Macedonia How between Carius and Babylon When the summer heat comes It happened that two men met As they should enter into a pass Where the wilderness was And as they went forth speaking Under the large woods end One man asked of that other What man art thou my life brother Which is thy creed and thy faith I am a pagan, he said, and by the law which I use I shall not refuse To love all men alike The poor and also the rich When they are glad, I shall be glad And sorrowful when they are distressed.I shall live in unity with every man in his degree. I will treat others as I would be treated. I shall be gracious and debonair. I have told you my faith, my law, and my creance. And if the desire for acquaintance urges you, tell me what kind of man you are. He answered as follows: I am a Jew, and by my law I shall not be a friend to any man. I will keep faith in word only if he is without fear. A true Jew, just as I am. Otherwise, I may deprive him both of life and good. The pagan heard and understood. He thought it was a wonderful law. And thus, in their various ways, they continued talking. The day was hot, the sun was burning. The pagan rode on an ass. And of his cattle, he had less and less. With him, he carried a rich purse. The Jew, who was full of untruth, walked beside him. He thought about how he might ride and, with his sly and wise words, to the pagan said: \"Now it shall be seen what it is you mean. If your law is certain, as you have told, I dare to believe it.\".You shall behold my distress,\nWhich is so full of weariness,\nThat I cannot go on,\nAnd let me ride a mile or two,\nSo that I may ease my body.\nThe pagan would not displease,\nOf that he spoke but in pity,\nIt pleased him to know and see,\nThe plight which another made,\nAnd for he wished to gladden his heart,\nHe lighted and made him no strange thing,\nThus was there made a new change,\nThe pagan the Jew a lift,\nWas set upon his ass softly,\nSo they went forth, mending fast,\nOn this, on that, till on the last,\nThe pagan could go no further,\nAnd prayed to the Jew therefore,\nTo suffer him ride a little while,\nThe Jew, who thought him to beguile,\nImmediately rode forth the great pass,\nAnd to the pagan in this case,\nHe said thou hast done thy right,\nOf that thou hadst me begged,\nTo render aid upon my need,\nAnd that agrees with the deed,\nAs thou art to the law bound,\nAnd in such a way as I told thee,\nI think also, for my part,\nAccording to the law of Judaism,\nTo work and do my duty,\nThy ass shall go forth with me..With all thy good will I have seen,\nAnd that I know thou art diseased,\nI am right glad and not mistaken,\nAnd when he has spoken these words,\nIn all haste he rode away.\nBut on the ground he kneels even,\nHis hands up to the heavens,\nAnd said, \"O thou truthful one,\nThat lovest all righteousness,\nTo thy domain, Lord, I appeal,\nBehold and judge my quarrel.\nWith humble heart I beseech thee,\nThe mercy both and the wrath,\nI set all in thy judgment,\nAnd thus upon his marriage,\nThis pagan has made his prayer,\nAnd then he was with dry cheer,\nAnd goes forth and at his gate,\nThe Jew, if he might see,\nBut for a time it may not be,\nTill at last against the night,\nSo may God grant him to go right,\nAs he who held the high way,\nThen he saw in a valley,\nWhere the Jew lay wounded,\nAll bloody deed on the grass,\nWhich was caused by a lion.\nAnd as he looked up and down,\nHe found his ass tied fast by,\nImmediately his armor was ready,\nWhole and sound as he had left it,\nWhen the Jew had injured him,\nWhich he thanked God, kneeling..How the pyte is due for one who serves as a pitiful person,\nAristotle bears witness to this.\nGod shall press down the feet of such a one,\nSo that they shall always remain subdued.\nThe phrase \"pitiful\" is that which gives rise,\nFrom which all virtues spring.\nWhat misfortune befalls any land,\nLack of pity being the cause.\nAnd may he who sees the world wisely,\nTherefore take heed of what is said before.\nFor from this tale and others now,\nThese noble princes once drew,\nTheir evidence and their advice,\nAs can be found in many ways.\nWhoever reads these old books,\nAnd though they be in the earth dead,\nTheir good name may not die.\nFor pity which they would obey,\nTo do the deeds of mercy,\nAnd he who this tale remembers,\nLet him remember as Aristotle told,\nHe may behold the will of God,\nOn the point as it was ended,\nThe pity being commended,\nWhich is to be a fellow feeling,\nAs those who keep both one law.\nNote here about the pity of princes when he narrates that\nOf pity, for plain speaking..Which is most merciful, he himself often endures pain\nTo keep another from suffering for charity's sake.\nThe mother of pity, which nothing can suffer if it may amend.\nIt sits with every living man to be pitiful, but none so well\nAs to a king whom fortune has set above all.\nFor in a king, if it so befalls,\nThat his pity is firm and stable,\nTo the land it is valuable,\nOnly through the grace of his person.\nFor the king's pity alone\nCan save the entire kingdom.\nSo it is well for a king to have\nPity, as the tale goes,\nAnd he told how, in days of old,\nKing Gorrus, in his position,\nKing of Athens the city,\nWaged war against Dorance,\nAnd to take his evidence,\nHe thought he should counsel himself\nWith Apollo, in whom he trusted,\nThrough whose answer he knew\nOf two choices that he might make:\nEither to risk his own life in battle,\nOr to see his people discomfited.\nBut he who has enduring pity..Upon the point of his belief,\nThe people thought to relieve\nAnd choose him to be dead\nWhere is now such another head\nWhich would for the limbs die\nAnd nevertheless in some party\nIt ought a king's heart to steady\nThat he his liege men detain\nAnd also toward his enemies\nFull often he may deserve praise\nTo take of pity remembrance\nWhere that he might do vengeance\nFor when he has the victory\nAnd then he draw in to memory\nTo do pity in stead of wretch\nHe may not fail of that speech\nWhereof arises the world's fame\nTo give a prince a worthy name\n\nHe sets an example of a victorious prince's pity towards his enemies / And tells of a time when Pompey,\nOnce noble,\nHad a war in Jupateria\nAgainst the king of Ermonia\nWho for a long time had troubled him\nBut at last it was achieved\nThat this king's defeat had taken place\nAnd forthwith him to Rome led\nAs prisoner where many a day\nIn sorrowful pitiness and power he lay\nThe crown of his head deposed\nWithin walls enclosed..And with great humility,\nHe suffers his adversity.\nPompey saw his patience,\nAnd took pity with conscience.\nSo, before all Rome in his palaces,\nAs one who would pardon him,\nLet him have his crown new,\nAnd his estate full and plain,\nAnd restored to his reign again.\nIt is more becoming,\nTo make than to undo a king,\nTo him who had power over both.\nThus they were long angry,\nAccorded to final peace,\nAnd Justice was kept and unoffended.\nPompey was commended.\nNo king may excuse himself,\nBut if Justice is kept and used.\nWhich for to suppress cruelty,\nHe must attempt with pity,\nOf cruelty the felony is engendered is of tyranny.\nAgainst whose condition,\nGod himself is the champion,\nWhose strength no man can withstand,\nFor ever yet it has stood.\nThat God himself has redeemed,\nPity is that most blessed..Which never lets his master fall\nBut cruelty, though it so befell,\nReigns for a throbe. God would it should be overthrown.\nOf examples there are now\nOf those who had such merit\nHe speaks against the tyrants\nI read thus:\nWhen the tyrant Leonatus\nCame to the pyre of Rome,\nFrom which he had the strength withdrawn\nOf the pit\nAs he who was a cruel man,\nHis nose and lips both,\nHe would have rendered both\nTo the people and make himself unable,\nBut he who is all merciful,\nThe high god ordains so,\nThat he, within a time also,\nWhen he was strongest in his anger,\nWas shown out of his empire.\nTiberius held the power,\nAnd Rome, after his power, he led,\nAnd for Leonatus in such a way,\nOrdains that he took use\nOf his nose and lips both two,\nBecause he did another so\nWho was more worthy than he.\nLo, which a fall has cruelty,\nAnd pity was set up again.\nAfter that the books say,\nTiberius, king of Bulgaria,\nWith the help of his chivalry,\nJustinian has unprisoned\nAnd to the pyre again crowned..This is an excerpt from an old text about a cruel king named Siculus. He was merciless and had no pity. He was the first to find a shipwreck on the sea and showed no compassion to those he could not spare. He took pleasure in this and had many counselors, one of whom was named Brillus. Brillus devised a plan to appease the tyrant and created a bronze bull as a statue with a door on its side. When a man cried out in pain, the bull's mouth would open wide, making it seem as if the pain was coming from the bull instead of the man. The devil, who lies in hell, was outwitted by this creation, and for a while, the man was put in the same situation..And he was the first of all\nWho fell into pain for others\nHe found no man complaining\nOf tyranny and cruelty\nBy this example, a king may see\nhimself and his council both\nHow they are to mankind and to the god abominable\nExamples I find of other tyrants:\nDionysius the Great, who set life at no price\nFor his horse, full of men\nInstead of corn and straw\nThey consumed the mules' blood\nUntil fortune at last came\nAnd Hercules overcame him\nHe took the same cruel joy\nAs he did others\nThe same death he died also\nNo pity saved him\nUntil he was consumed by life\nI also find the example of Lycurgus:\nHow he acted against the law of nature\nHis host slaughtered men\nAnd made their bodies into food\nWith other men within his house\nBut Jupiter, the glorious one,\nWas moved by this deed..Vengeance upon this cruel king,\nHe took his form from human kind,\nAnd into a wolf he let be transformed,\nThus cruelty was born,\nLong hidden, it came to be known,\nA wolf he was, openly shown,\nBy nature, privately held,\nAnd to this conclusion,\nThat tyrant is to be despised,\nI find example in various ways,\nAnd especially of those,\nWhom fortune has set upon the wars to win,\nBut however that the wrong may begin,\nOf tyranny it may not last,\nBut such as they did at last,\nTo other men such falls upon them,\nFor against such pity calls,\nVengeance to the god above,\nHe who has no tender love,\nIn saving a man's life,\nHe shall be found guilty,\nWho in time of need shall ask for mercy,\nShall have none given.\nOf the nature I find,\nThe fierce lion in its kind,\nWhich goes rampaging after its prey,\nIf it will, it will slay,\nBut if the man could understand,\nTo fall at once before its face,\nIn sign of mercy and of grace..A lion should in nature\nRestrain his ire in such measure\nAs if it were a beast tamed\nAnd turn away half-ashamed\nThat the man should feel no grief\nHow should then a prince achieve\nTh - D -\nAnd stand upon his mercy all\nBut to speak in particular\nThere have been such and such\nTyrants whose hearts have no pity\nCan play to no point of mercy\nThat they upon their tyranny\nNeither delight the men to sleep\nAnd as the acts of the sea\nAre unpitiful in the tempest\nSo may no pity remain\nOf cruelty the great outrage\nWhich the tyrant in his heart\nEngenders, of which I find\nA tale now which comes to mind\n\nHe speaks against the tyrants, those who ruled in war cruelly, with excessive bloodshed:\n\nI read in old books that\nThere was a duke named Spertachus\nA cruel man, a conqueror\nWith strong power which he bore\nFor this condition he had\nThat wherever victory happened to him\nHis lust and all his glory\nWas for to kill and not to save\nOf reason he would have no good..For saving a man's life\nBut all goes to the sword and knife.\nIf he was a man's blood,\nNevertheless, it stood thus:\nAs fortune turned,\nHe fell right heir as by chance,\nTo Pers and was crowned king.\nAnd who the worship of this\nWas fallen and he was king of Pers,\nIf they were not first diverse,\nHad shape on a tide.\nWhen he was highest in his pride,\nIn his rancor and in his heat,\nAgainst the queen of Mercy,\nWhich they called Themiscyra at that time,\nHe made war as much as he might.\nAnd she, who would defend her land,\nHer own son against him sent.\nWho took the defense,\nBut he was defeated and taken.\nAnd what this king had in hand,\nHe understood no mercy.\nBut he slew him in his presence.\nThe king of his violence.\nWhen it came to the mothers ear,\nShe sent\nTo such friends as she had\nA great power till she led\nIn another way and she cast\nHow she might overcome this king,\nAnd at last agreed\nThat in the danger of a pass\nThrough which this tyrant should pass\nShe showed his power to compass..By strength of men in such a way,\nHe shall not escape away,\nAnd when she had thus contrived,\nShe feigned her own body as if to flee,\nOut of her land, and when that he\n Had heard how this lady fled so fast,\nHe sped after the chase so swiftly,\nThat he was found outside the array,\nIt happened on a day, in the pas, when he was fallen,\nThe embattlements to break all,\nAnd him encompassed on every side,\nSo that flight was not an option for him,\nTherefore, there were killed and taken,\nTwo hundred thousand for his sake,\nAnd thus was laid the great boost,\nOf him and of his tyranny,\nMercy does not help to cry,\nTo him who once did none,\nFor he was brought before the queen immediately,\nWhen she beheld him, this word she spoke and laid upon him,\nO man, who from mankind,\nReason of man has left behind,\nAnd lived worse than a beast,\nWhom pity could not restrain,\nThe human blood to shed and spill,\nYou had never yet filled your quota,\nBut now the last time has come,\nThat your malice is overcome..And thou art to order others to do the same thing to the right side. This lady, who is bad, should bring in a vessel in which she would see the vengeance of his cruelty. She began to design and took the princes whom she led by whom he had his chief counsel. Leaving them only breath, she made them bleed to death. She cast the tyrant into the vessel and said, \"Thou shalt now drink all thy fill and thus only by God's will. He who would have himself spared to pity the cruel, so strange mercy, which without grace is born, may it well be. But cruelty has no good end. Make it so that God is merciful. If there is a reasonable cause, why a king should be pitied, but otherwise if he is doubtful, to kill in the cause of righteousness, it may be said that there is no pity. But it is cowardice, which every prince should flee.\".For if a knight's measure exceeds,\nA king may not always proceed to justice.\nFor it belongs to a knight,\nAs gladly to fight as to rest,\nTo set his liege people at rest,\nWhen war falls upon them,\nHe must act as it befits his knighthood,\nBeing a champion to the people,\nWithout any pity feigned,\nFor manhood is restrained,\nWhether it be peace or war,\nJustice departs,\nSo that knighthood is set aside.\nFrom Aristotle's lore,\nA king shall not be known for his courage,\nBut all honor and worthiness,\nFor if a king acts on a whim,\nWithout virtue,\nHe may be like one I read of,\nAnd though it be like a fable,\nThe example is good and reasonable.\nHe speaks according to philosophers' teaching, not fitting for princes.\nI once heard of a hell,\nWhich made a dreadful noise,\nFor so it happens that on that day,\nThis hill lay upon its offspring,\nAnd when the thing was born,\nIts cry was fearful in men's thoughts,\nOf things which they saw not at all,\nBut well they heard about.\nAs those who think they are learned..Of thing which they found was upon this hill,\nBy chance, to take their deliverance,\nThe more unwillingly he cried,\nEvery man fled a side,\nFor fear and left his own homes,\nAnd lastly it was a mob,\nWhich was loud and noticeable,\nThey took and held them nice,\nFor they without cause feared,\nThus, if a king his heart led,\nWith every thing that he shall hear,\nFull often he should change his face,\nAnd upon fancy feared,\nWhen there is no cause for fear,\nNota hic secundum oracium de mag nanimo,\nOracle to his prince told,\nThat he was,\nOn knighthood Achilles' seed,\nIn time of war, let him avoid,\nSo as Thersites did at Troy,\nAchilles' entire joy,\nSet upon arms to fight,\nThersites sought all that he might,\nUnarmed, to stand and rest,\nBut of the two, it was the best,\nThat Achilles upon the need,\nHath done what his knighthood is yet commended over all,\nKing Solomon says, in particular,\nThat there is a time of peace,\nSo is a time nonetheless,\nOf war, which a prince should always prepare for..Shall a commoner dispute rightly for himself and for his own worship, but it is not becoming to seek only war for worship. Every worthy prince should consider between the simplicity of pity and the foolish haste of cruelty. Wherein stands the hardiness? A king should address his heart when it is time to forsake and when it is also time to take up holy wars. He shall not be afraid if righteousness is with him, for God is mighty over all. He upholds every man's truth, but it may fail him through his own sloth. And especially a king's need. It may not fail to advance. He stands one for them all. So may it better fall and may God favor it more when he supports the common right. And to see the truth in deed, behold the Bible, and you may read of many great examples. I will tell you one: \"A prince should fear justice as the cause of war, and relates how Duke Gideon with the sun.\"\n\nOn a certain occasion,\n\n(Note: The text appears to be in Middle English, and there are some errors in the OCR output. I have corrected the errors while preserving the original meaning as much as possible.).Against Iude of Israel,\nWhen various kings came,\nI\nThe people whom God kept,\nAnd they stood in those days so,\nThat Gideon, who should lead\nThe God's people, was taken to advise,\nAnd sent throughout the land about,\nUntil he had assembled an army,\nWith thirty thousand in defense,\nTo fight and make resistance\nAgainst whom he would assault,\nAnd nonetheless, one of the three enemies\nWas double more than all his,\nWhereof that Gideon feared,\nThat he had so little people,\nBut he who can help in all things,\nWhere man's help is lacking,\nSent his angel to him and said,\n\"Go openly and cry aloud,\nThat every man in your party,\nWho will do so according to his will,\nIn his delight remain still,\nAt home in any manner whatsoever,\nFor purchase or for covetousness,\nFor love or lack of he,\nHe should not stir about,\nBut hold himself still in peace.\"\nOn the morrow he left\nTwenty thousand men and more,\nWho went with him only.\nThe third part remained, and yet God was with them..His angel sent and said to Gideon:\nIf it is as you say,\nThat I shall help you,\nYou shall yet take less trouble.\nBy whom my will is that you speed,\nTake good heed, tomorrow,\nTo the pool, when you arrive,\nWhat man bears the name of the water,\nPlacing his hand in it and lapping it up,\nChoose him and abandon all the others.\nAnd him who is weary and lies down to drink,\nForsake and reject them all.\nFor I am mighty in every way.\nWherever I choose to help,\nIn good men though they be few,\nThis Gideon waits for you,\nAt the well on the morrow,\nAnd every third day,\nAs God commanded him, he did so.\nAnd they remained in that place,\nWith him, three hundred and no more.\nThe remainder was all gone,\nOf which Gideon marveled,\nAnd on God's counsel,\nHe played the part as boldly as he dared.\nAnd God, who willed\nThat he should proceed on his right,\nBade him go that same night,\nAnd took a man with him to hear,\nWhat would be spoken in this matter,\nAmong the heathen enemies.\nSo may he be the wiser.\nWhat will afterward befall him,\nThis Gideon..Phara, to whom he was most bound,\nBy night took toward that host,\nWhich dwelt in a valley,\nTo hear what they would say.\nUpon his foot and as he went,\nTwo serpents speaking he heard.\nOne said, \"Arise, my brother,\nWhich I met in my dream last night.\nI thought I saw a barley cake,\nWhich from the hill its way had taken,\nAnd came rolling down at once,\nAnd as it were for the nones,\nForth in its course as it ran.\nThe tents of Midian,\nOf Amalek, Amalekite,\nOf Ammon and Ishmaelite,\nAnd many another tent more,\nWith great joy as I thought, so\nIt threw to the ground and overthrew,\nAnd all his host in such alarm,\nThat I woke for pure fear.\nThis dream I can well recall,\nSaid the other serpent at once,\nThe barley cake is Gideon,\nWhich from the hill down suddenly,\nShall come and set such a scare\nUpon the kings and us both,\nThat it will bring us such dread,\nThat if we had wings for flight,\nThe way of foot in despair,\nWe would leave and flee in the air.\nFor there shall be nothing to hinder him.\".When Gideon had understood this tale, he thanked God in secret. He hid himself and arranged things so that no one had noticed him. Then he had fully decided that he would attack the large army that night. Now you will hear a great marvel about how wisely he acted. The little people he had brought with him were not among them. He had a pot of earth, a light burning in a cresset, and each of them carried a trumpet in his hand, as well as this. And so, on the night's time, he ordered his people to their work and divided them into three parts. He charged them not to flee and taught them how they should hide themselves in one group. He also instructed them on the word they should speak and how they should break their pots when they heard it. Each one was to do this with the others. He himself went first and acted in this way. The noble duke, when the time was right, broke his pot and shouted loudly..And though they broke on every side,\nThe trumpet was not to seek,\nHe blew, and they blew likewise,\nWith such a noise among them all,\nAs though the heaven should fall.\nThe hill unto their voices answered,\nThis host in the valley heard,\nAnd says, how that the hill a light\nSo what of hearing and of sight,\nThey caught such a sudden fear,\nThat none of them were left there,\nThey forsook their tents holy,\nAnd took none other good,\nBut only with her body bare,\nThey fled as does the wild hare,\nAnd ever upon the hill they blew,\nTill they saw time and knew,\nThat they had fled upon the rage,\nAnd when they knew this,\nThey fill at once upon the chase,\nThus might you see how God's grace\nTo those who are well disposed\nGrants and bestows the victory,\nSo this example from this history\nIs good for every king to hold,\nFirst in himself that he behold,\nIf he be good of his living..And yet the people whom he shall bring\nBe good as well as they may\nBe glad of many a merry day\nIn whatsoever he has done\nFor he who sits above the moon\nIn all things can spy and speed\nIn every case and every need\nHis good king so well he dresses\nThat all his foes he represses\nSo that there may no man hate him\nAnd also well he can forgive\nAnd suffer a wicked king to fall\nInto the hands of his foes\nHe says that where cause and time require,\nThe princes whom he deems adversaries to himself,\nKing Saul, according to Samuel's counsel,\nHe would not himself, by divine judgment,\nDepart from the kingdom of Israel,\nBut his heirs were made perpetual inheritors.\nFurthermore, if I shall say\nOf my matter and turn the argument\nTo speak of justice and pity\nAccording to the rule of royalty\nThis may a king well understand\nWhen it stands upon the need\nHe shall have no rightful cause to fear\nNo more of war than of peace\nIf he will stand blameless\nFor such a cause a king may have..It is better to sleep than to save, whereof you may find an example,\nThe high maker of mankind, by Samuel, bade Saul,\nThat he shall not be adversely opposed,\nAgainst King Agag, to fight.\nFor this the deity had decreed,\nThat Agag should be overcome,\nAnd when it is so, come what may,\nThat Saul has been defeated,\nThe god commanded no mercy,\nBut that he should kill him immediately.\nBut Saul did not obey the deity's command,\nFor Agag made a great plea for ransom,\nWhich he would give.\nKing Saul allowed him to live,\nAnd feigned pity,\nBut he who saw and knew all this,\nThe high god, to Samuel, complained,\nAnd sent him word that Agag,\nWho by no means,\nThe life he would not only lose,\nBut from his reign,\nHe would be put away forever,\nNot only he, but also his eye,\nThat it should never come again.\nThus you might see the truth plainly revealed.\nHe relates ul,\nThat of too much and too little,\nStands the prince, but ever it was a king's right,\nFor in the hands of a king,\nDeath and life are all one thing..After the laws of justice, if a man desires death and a king preserves his life, of him who ought to die, he shall be spared. This is evident in the Bible. When he could no longer endure, he has given his son in charge, and had Ishbosheth shed blood in his stead. And when David had gone his way, the young wise Solomon slew Ishbosheth in such a way that those who heard the news ever after feared him more. And God was also well pleased with this, that he would play his heart's desire. The laws were upheld to justify, and yet he kept forth with all, not working tyranny. He found the wisdom which he sought and was so righteous neither less nor more. That he had no deadly wars, for every man feared his wisdom. And as he was himself wise, so were the worthy men of his council. He held in his retinue only the wise and renewed. The fools, for there is nothing better about a king than this, of all things governance..A king may see what is most necessary for him, when he governs his people, God asked him what he desired and granted him that, a noble king prayed to God in this way: \"Grant me, by Thy power, the wisdom to rule my people, that with them I may honor and save Thy name. When Solomon with love had asked of God, what he had asked was granted him promptly. Not only wisdom was granted to him, but also riches, wealth, peace, and high nobleness. For with wisdom at his side, which stands by him, a king should govern his kingdom in a healthy way. According to Solomon, the kingdom's empire should be governed before all things with sound counsel. A king who wishes to save his reign..A hymn should begin with reverence for God and his belief, followed by counsel that is true and just. Above all, a king shall do equal justice and set the balance even. The high God in heaven and all his nobility should long praise his name. For earthly good is nothing compared to a king being good himself. If a king forsakes this, the madness of kings is punished. It has been said. The common people are subject to the king's sin, and though they may not acknowledge it, they perceive that he deserves it. Here in this world, I note how he shall stand there. A king should trust first in himself, knowing that no other help but God alone rules his person. Within him, through providence, he should possess a better conscience. As an example of this, I find a tale and swear it is true..The emperor Lucius in Rome is given as an example of how a ruler should wisely investigate his own name's reputation among his secret advisors and convert it to the right side if he discovers anything harmful. In a chronicle it is told as follows:\n\nThe king of Rome, Lucius,\nIn his chamber on a night,\nThe steward of his house, a knight,\nAnd his chamberlain also,\nBoth two stood by the chimney,\nEngaged in speaking all three.\nAnd it happened that the king's fool,\nSat by the fire on a stool,\nAs if he played with his babble.\nBut he heard all that they said,\nAnd therefore they took no notice.\nA king asked what they should read,\nOf such matter as came to mind,\nAnd they him told as they could,\nWhen all was spoken of that they meant,\nThe king with all his whole intent,\nThen at last asked this,\nWhat kings say of him among the people,\nOr praise or blame,\nImmediately after that they heard this,\nHe bade them to tell it plainly,\nThat they should not hold back the truth..By the same faith that they bear him, the steward first answered the king and thought it prudent in this matter. He said as far as he could here, his name is good and honorable. Thus the steward was favorable, and he told the truth. The king then asked, as he should, the chamberlain of his advice. He, who was subtle and wise, and seemed to be on his side, told how all the people say that if his counsel were true, they would then know and be well aware that he himself should be a worthy king in his degree. And thus the counsel accuses in part, and the king excuses. The fool, who heard of all this case, laughed at both and said to the king: Sir king, if it were so, of wisdom in your own mode, that you yourself were good, your counsel should not be bad. The king marveled greatly when a fool so wisely spoke, and found out the lack within his own conscience. And thus he felt evidence, which was of God's grace..Maketh it good counsel was desired. He put away the vicious and took to himself the virtuous. The wrongful laws were amended. The land's good was well dispersed. The people were no longer oppressed. And thus stood every thing redeemed. For where a king is properly wise And has such as himself is Of his counsel it may not fail But every thing shall account And the vices then go away And every thing holds its way Whereof the high god is pleased And all the land's folk are pleased. If the common people cry And that a king list not to play To hear what the clamor would\nAnd otherwise than he should\n\nIt has been seen in many places. There have fallen great contrary things. And this I find of example.\n\nHe said, the elders should be admitted to the counsel of princes, the son of Solomon and heir to the senate, renouncing the words of the drunken one, chose from the twelve tribes of Israel ten, and thus with the two he agreed.\n\nAfter the wise king was gone, he held the crown..The people in Parliament were of one mind and to the king they prayed with one voice, \"Your Highness, we beseech you, receive our humble petition. Grant us, we pray, what reason will allow, either by your grace or by your sky, that our father, while he was alive, might both grant and confirm the works which he had begun. The common people, when he made the temple new, closely followed him, bringing up things which had never before been known. He brought them up from his treasure, and all was under his command of works which he had made then. But now it has come about that all is made just as he said, and he was rich when he died. Therefore, it is no longer necessary, if you wish to take heed, to plunder the people further, who have long been grievously troubled. In this way, we humbly pray, with tender hearts, that you release that debt which your father imposed upon us. And if you are willing to do so, we will be your men forevermore, to go and come at your pleasure. The king, who heard this request, says that he will be advised and has already set aside some time for this matter.\".And on this matter, the wise old knights advised him in this way: that he forgive and grant all that is asked of what his father had taxed. In this manner, he may achieve his reign with things that will cause him little grief. The king heard this and passed it over, and with this other wisdom, he considered: the young were unwise, and those who despised these old men. They said it would be a shame, forever, to your worthy name if you do not keep your right while you are in your young might. But tell the people this: as long as you live in your land, the least finger of your hand will be stronger than all of your father's body, and thus, your tale will be: if he strikes with small rods, you shall strike with scorpions; and where your father took a little, you think to take much more, thus you shall make them fear greatly. The great heart of your courage..So to keep them in servitude, this young king had sworn to do as he was last informed, which was to undoing. When it came to speaking, he had the young council hold the same words for all the people in attendance. And when they heard the sentence of his malice and the menace, they had him entirely refused and accused with great reproach. So they began to beg that he himself was willing to save himself. For just as the wild wood's rage makes the sea savage, and it is calm that brings it to a wave, so for lack and grace of the law, this people was stirred up all at once and went out of his homes. Therefore, of the twelve tribes, only two remained with him by themselves, and no more. So they were forevermore without return without espionage. They departed from the rightful heir, all Israel with a common voice. Among themselves, they chose a king, and left his young lord forsaken. They took and left Jeroboam..Which rightful heir was disputed thus, the young cause went, for the counsel was not good. The reign from the rightful blood was ever afterward divided. So may it prove by this case, that young counsel which is to warm or men beware often harms. Old age for counsel serves, and lusty youth his thanks deserves. Upon the journey which he does, and both for to say a truth, by various causes for to have, if he will his wife save, a king ought every day, that one can and that other may. Be it the king both rule or else all goes out of rule. Nota questionem cuiusdam philosophi, utrum regno conveniens principem sapientem quam cum sano consilio ipsum eligere insipientem. And upon this matter also, a question between the two, thus written in book I find, whether it is better for the land, a king to be wise himself and so to bear his own praise, and that his counsel be not good, or otherwise, a king if he be vicious and his counsel be virtuous. It is answered in such a way..That it is better that they be wise\nWho should give counsel\nFor they are many and he but one\nAnd rather shall an only man\nFrom his wisdom be made to fall\nThan he alone should change them all\nFrom vices to virtues\nFor thee, the one\nWho set him onto righteousness\nSo that his high worthiness\nBetween the redeemer and pity\nD\nA king is held over all\nTo show pity and in particular\nTo have pity most\nFor they are ever under his hand\nA king who has\nThe common people to govern\nIf he will, is none so good\nTo the pleasure of God as is good government\nAnd every government is due\nThe pity thus I may argue\nThat pity is the foundation\nOf every king's reign\nIf it is mingled with justice\nThey two remain..And it is most valuable to make a king's realm stable. Here are the four points in governance as they are borne:\n\n1. Of truth first and lawfulness,\n2. Of pity alongside righteousness,\n3. The body and mind should rule,\n4. Neither desire for fame nor unchecked lust is required for a man,\n\nI have told you this, and I will now explain the first point according to the rule of policy, whereof a king should modify the fleshly desire. Consider I speak of such a measure that both nature and the law of God are served.\n\nThe male is made for the female:\nBut where one desires many,\nWhich need not be through nature,\nFor when a man can readily find\nHis own wife, what should he\nIn strange places request to borrow\nAnother man's plow,\nWhen he has great wealth,\nAnd is to him more honest\nThan anything unknown,\nFor every good man should know\nAnd think how in marriage..His truth lies in marriage. If he breaks it, it is falsehood. And this contradicts good conduct, especially towards the great, of which all the books treat. So the philosopher teaches to alias and binds him. He must learn how to measure his body so that no measure of fleshly lust he shall exceed. I shall proceed accordingly. The first point, as I said earlier, is chastity, which seldom comes into place these days, but nevertheless, it is above all others in particular. None who is chaste may be all, but a knight's high estate, which among his order as a prelate, should be anointed and consecrated, he must be more magnified for the dignity of his crown than should another low person, who is not of such high empire. Therefore, a prince should advise him, or else he may fall into such a rout and especially not associate with women to change the worthiness of his manhood. Note: regarding Aristotle's doctrine, as a prince, he should be joyful about his own soul. (Aristotle, I have well read, teaches this regarding aliasing.).That to gladen his courage,\nHe should behold the visage\nOf women when they are fair,\nBut yet he sets an examplar,\nHis body so to guide and rule,\nThat he ne'er passes the rule\nOf which that he himself beguiles,\nFor in the women is no guile\nOf that a man himself bewares,\nWhen he his own wit betrays.\nI can the woman well excuse,\nBut what man will upon him muse,\nAfter the foolish impression\nOf his imagination?\nWithin him burns the fire,\nWhereof the woman knows nothing,\nSo she no thing can be to wit,\nFor if a man himself excites\nTo drench and will it not forbear,\nThe water shall no blame bear.\nWhat may gold though men covet,\nIf that a man will live strait,\nThe woman has him no thing bound,\nIf he his own heart wounds,\nShe may not let folly,\nAnd though so full of company,\nThat he might purchase anything,\nYet makes a man the first chase,\nThe woman flees and he pursues,\nSo that by the way of sky it suits,\nThe man is cause howsoever it falls,\nThat he frequently sees himself fall..Where he may not well arise,\nAnd nevertheless full many wise,\nBefooled have they themselves or this,\nAs now among the men ever was,\nIt sits a man by the side,\nTo love but it is not kind,\nA man for love his wit to lose,\nIf July shall freeze and December be hot,\nThe year distresses me well I vow,\nTo see a man from his estate,\nThrough his own soft eff,\nAnd let a man shall do,\nIt is,\nTo man which ought not to be used,\nBut yet the world has oft accused,\nFull great princes of this deed,\nHow they for love themselves misled,\nWhereof manhood stood behind,\nFrom olden examples as I find,\nHe sets an example in what way Sardanapalus,\nThese old gestes tell us,\nThat once Sardanapalus,\nWho held all in his empire,\nThe great kingdom of Assyria,\nWas through the sloth of his courage,\nFell into the same fiery rage,\nOf love which the man himself assuages,\nWherefrom himself so riots,\nAnd grows so far forth womanish,\nThat against kind as a fish,\nA bid would lie upon the land..In women such a lust he found,\nHe dwelt ever in chamber style,\nAnd only worked according to the will\nOf women, as he was bound,\nThat seldom when in other stead,\nIf that he would turn out,\nTo see how it stood,\nBut there he kissed and there he played,\nThey taught him a lace and weave a purse,\nAnd infuse a pearl and fill that while,\nOne barbarian,\nSee the king in womanhood,\nFell from chivalry,\nAnd got help and company,\nAnd wrought so that at last,\nThis king out of his reign he cast,\nWhich was undone for evermore,\nAnd yet men speak of him so,\nThat it is shame for to hear,\nFor thee to love is in manner,\nNota qualiter David amans mulier,\nKing David had many a love,\nBut nevertheless always above,\nKnightly deeds he kept in such a way,\nThat for no fleshly desire\nOf lust to lie in lady arms,\nHe left not the lust of arms,\nFor where a prince his lust,\nThat he the war not pursued,\nWhen it is time to be armed,\nHis country stood often harmed,\nWhen the enemies grew bold,\nThat they defense none held..In many lands there is a tale\nOf those who so dearly bought\nA place where once they dwelt\nBut now it holds no worth\nHere spoke the Persians, who with some T\nEase is no thing, for it sets every vice forth\nAnd every virtue puts a check\nWhere price turns into lack\nAs in a chronicle I may recount\nWhich tells of the king of Persia, named Cyrus\nWho waged a war against a people\nCalled the Courtisans, but still\nDespite all he did, in battle on the war\nHe had no victory\nAnd when he saw and knew well\nThat by strength he won no deal\nThen at last he feigned a while\nThis worthy people to beguile\nAnd took with them a false peace\nWhich should last endlessly\nSo he said in wise words\nBut he thought otherwise in truth\nFor it betrayed on the case\nWhen this people were at rest\nThey took ease in many folds\nAnd worlds\nBy nature is the allure\nOf every lust that touches vice\nThus when they were in lust's fall\nThe wars were forgotten all..Was none who would the worship\nOf arms\nThey put aside care\nAnd took them to dance and play\nBut most of all other things\nThey took them to the delighting\nOf fleshly lusts that chastity\nReceived was in no degree\nBut every man does what he pleases\nAnd when the king of Persia knew\nThat they intended to folly\nWith his power whomever they pleased\nMore suddenly than does the thunder\nHe came and put them under\nAnd thus lechery has taught\nThe land which had been the best of them that were so\nAnd in the Bible I find also\nNota hic quomodo luxuria bellum infortunatum et narrat quod cum Rex Amalech Hebreis insultantibus resistebat tergo consilio Balaam mulieres regni sui pulcherimas in castro Hebraeorum misit qui ab ipsis conta\n\nA tale like this thing\n\nHow Amalech the pagan king\nWhen he could by no way\nDefend his land and put aside\nThe true people of Israel\nThis Sarasan, as it happened\nThrough the counsel of Balaam\nSent a troop of fair women named\nWho were lusty and young of age..And they went to the lineage of these Hebrews. With eyes grey and brows bent, they were well arrayed, every one. And when they came among the brethren, there was none in sight but each caught whom he might, and each sought his sustenance, which after they had bought fully, grace began to fail. That while they were, in secret, they were taken and discomfited. So within a little, the might of them was overthrown. That which was once accustomed to stand until Pharaoh, has taken this vengeance last. But then it came to pass last. For God was pleased that he did this. For where is found, upon a steed, a more misshapen one? Ensnared them upon the dead, and to the godhead, their old sins for to amend. And he who would send his mercy, grant them to new grace. May it show in various places, of chaos. According to worthiness, of men of arms above all, but most of all in particular, this verse. For upon his fortune it hangs. Of that his bond shall speed or spoil. For if a king should have the will, from..Against himself he makes a tear,\nInto which if he should slide,\nHe were better beside,\nFor every man may understand\nHow for a time that it stands,\nIt is a sorry lust to like,\nWhich tears joys into sorrow,\nThe beautiful night does not veil,\nThe lusty youth of man's might,\nIn age but it stands we,\nMisery steals all the last which,\nHe boquitur qualiter principum ira gulat:\nThat every worthy prince is held\nWithin himself to behold\nThe state of his person,\nAnd think how there are no joys,\nUpon this earth made to last,\nAnd how the flesh shall at last\nThe lusts of his life forsake,\nHe ought a great example take,\nOf Solomon whose appetite\nWas holy set upon delight,\nTo take of women the pleasure,\nSo that upon his ignorance,\nThe wide world marvels yet,\nThat he who in that time had\nOverpassed all men's wit,\nWith fleshly lusts was so cast,\nThat he who had under law\nThe people of God drew back,\nHe has from God in such a way,\nThat he worships and sacrifices..For diverse love in diverse places,\nTo the false goddesses' dedes,\nThis was the wise ecclesiastes,\nWhose fame shall ever last,\nWho forsook the mighty god,\nAgainst the law when he took,\nHis wives and his concubines,\nOf them that were Saracens,\nFor which he did idolatry,\nTherefore I read of his sooth,\nShe of Sidon so him led,\nThat he kneeling his father spread,\nSo strait\nWhich of her bonds was the goddess,\nAnd she that was of Moab,\nSo forth made him to delight,\nThrough lust which all his wit devoued,\nRevealed that he chose her god honour,\nRevealed and other amenities,\nWith love him she had bound so,\nHer god Moloch whom with incense,\nHe sacrificed and did revere,\nIn such a way as she him bad,\nThus was the wisest overthrown,\nWith blind lusts which he sought,\nBut he it afterward repented,\n\nNote: Here is Achias prophet in fig. nu2 qd regna pest mortem Sabomonis ob eis peccatum a suo herede dimuneretur pallu.\nFor Achyas' sake,\nWhich was prophet or his death,\nWhile he was in his lusts all,\nBetokeneth what shall after fall..For on a day when he met Ieroboam the knight, he greeted him and bade him stay to hear what would befall him. And straightway all Achias cast off his mantle and tore it in two. He kept two parts for himself and gave the remainder to Ieroboam, as had been his agreement. He took into his hand the tassels of Naboth and of Abia and said to Ieroboam, \"Such is God's decree as you have seen depart from here. My mantle in such a manner after the death of Solomon, God has ordained this kingdom to be divided. The time you shall also abide by that division. And upon that division, your reign as in proportion as you have of my mantle taken, you shall receive. I undertake this, and thus the son shall depart The lusts and the lechery of him who now is his father. So it is well for a king to be chaste, for otherwise he may easily waste himself and his realm both. And which one sin violent, whereof a king was shaken, the vengeance of his person was not enough to take alone..But after him, he obtained his heritage, as I have more openly stated before in the tale. The philosopher, upon this matter, wrote and advised a king to temper and rule the forfeit of lust with such measure that is sufficient for nature and reasonable. Thus, the ignorance of lust is overcome through good governance, which prevents one from being overthrown, as one who refuses to acknowledge reason. But if a man's wit is turned away, when nature is duly served, it ought to suffice for reason. For if it does not, he may fear the lusts greatly. From Anthony, I read this: he was the son of Severus who lived in common with others. He gave holy vows to this vice and was often so nice. Nature has complained to the god who has departed about the works which Anthony performed concerning lusts which he deeply regretted. For God, in punishment, wrought this: \"But take special care, through C, to drive out the remainder of vice and name it lechery.\" I find written a great part of it..In this tale, as you shall here, is a sample of this matter. Just as these old gestes say, the proud tyrant Roman, and wrought many a wrongful thing, of whom there was one, whose name was the cause. Within a few years, with treason and tyranny, they won a great party of land and took no heed of justice, which was due to her office, according to the rule of governance. But all that ever was, they took only for the flesh's lust and filled themselves with it, undertaking a war which was not achieved, but often times they had grieved him. The Gabians and all by night, this war arose when he was at home in Rome, in a private place he named, within a chamber, and beat himself, making himself wounds, twelve or ten on the back as he was seated, and so forth with his green hurts in all the haste, he rode and came that other day to Gabie the city, and went in. When he was known, the gates were shut. The lords all upon him set, with drawn swords in hand, and the war would not withstand them..And I am here at your will, as it is that you summon me, as if my own father did die and I, within that same place, prayed them that they would see, and told them in what degree my father and his brother both, whom I said were angry, had beaten and expelled from Rome forever. And thus I made them believe, and said if I might, my purposes would be fulfilled, by so doing that they would help me, when the lords heard him speak of his woe, they took pity on his grief, and yet it was a wonder to them that Rome had expelled him so. This Gabriens, by counsel, made him swear that he would be theirs, and that he would strengthen them with all his might, and they also bound him to help them in their turn. They then showed him that he was bathed and anointed until he was in a lusty condition, and then he thought in himself that he might display his tyranny, and took to his council a knave..Whom he sent to his father, and in his message he went,\nAnd prayed his father to say, by his advice he found a way,\nHow they might the city win,\nWhile he stood so well therein,\nAnd when the messenger was come\nTo Rome and named him in council,\nThe king it seemed,\nThat they were in a garden then,\nThis messenger with the king,\nAnd when he had told the thing,\nIn what manner that it stood,\nAnd Turquinus understood,\nBy the message how it fared,\nImmediately he took in hand a yard,\nAnd in the garden, as they went,\nThe lovely crops one and one,\nWhere they were springing out,\nHe struck off as they stood about,\nAnd said to the messenger,\nLo, this thing which I do now hear,\nShall be in place of thine answer,\nAnd in this way as I bear myself,\nThou shalt to my son tell,\nAnd he no longer would dwell,\nBut took his leave and went\nTo his lord and told him all,\nHow that his father had done,\nWhen Arrus heard him tell so,\nImmediately he set all his intent..The prince, through fraud and treachery,\n Had smitten down and won all,\n His father came into the town with the Romans,\n And took and slew the citizens,\n Without reason or price,\n Sparing no degree,\nAnd for the speed of this conquest,\nHe let them make a rich feast,\nWith a solemn sacrifice,\nIn Phoebus' temple, in this way,\nWhen the Romans were assembled there,\nUpon the altar when all was dug,\nAnd that the fires were alight,\nFrom under the altar suddenly,\nAn hideous serpent openly came out,\nAnd devoured the sacrifice and also,\nThe fires' queen and forthwith,\nSo as he came, he was gone,\nInto the deep ground again.\nAnd every man began to say,\nWhat may this signify?\nAnd thereupon they pray and cry,\nTo Phoebus that they might know,\nThe cause, and he the same throw.\nWith ghostly voices that all heard,\nThe Romans answered in this way,\nAnd said, \"How for the wickedness,\nOf pride and of unrighteousness,\nThat Tarquin and his son have done,\nThe sacrifice is wasted so.\".Which might not be acceptable\nUpon such sin abominable\nAnd over that yet he sets it forth\nAnd says which of them first kissed it\nHis mother he shall take revenge\nUpon the wrong and of that speech\nThey are within her hearts glad\nThough they no semblance made\nThere was a knight who thought it was\nAnd he with all the haste he could\nTo ground full and there kissed it\nBut none of them knew the cause\nBut thought that he had spurned\nPerchance and so was turned\nBut Brutus thought otherwise\nFor he knew well in his intent\nHow thereof every man's kind\nIs mother, but they were blind\nAnd saw not so far as he\nBut when they left the city\nAnd came home to Rome again\nThen every man who was Roman\nAnd mother bends to her\nAnd kisses and each of them thinks\nTo be the first upon the chance\nOf Torquatus for to do vengeance\nSo as they heard Phyllis say\nBut every time has its certain\nSo must it then necessarily wait\nUntil afterward upon a time.Tarquin, while intently laying siege to the city of Ardea with strong walls, in secret went to Collatinus' house in Rome. There, under the cover of night, Arrous, his son, deceitfully raped the chaste Servilia, Lucrecia, by force. As a result, she took her own life in great distress. The Romans, grieving for Lucrecia, sent Tarquin and his father into exile from Rome.\n\nTarquin, unexpectedly,\nBesieged a town with strong walls,\nLong called Ardea,\nAnd cast a siege around it,\nSo that no man could pass out.\n\nThat night, Arrous, having finished his supper,\nA part of his knights were with him,\nTo sup in company.\nWhen they had come and sat down,\nAmong other words, Arrous made a great speech,\nBoasting that he had the best wife,\nAnd so began a quarrel.\nFor Arrous said, \"I have the best.\"\nThey continued this without rest,\nUntil at last Collatinus,\nA worthy knight and Lucrecia's cousin,\nInterrupted Arrous in this way,\n\"It is said that you have taken no prize.\".To speak of the deed, heed this: Leap on your horse and let us ride. This way, both of us will know unexpectedly what our wives do. And that shall be a true test. This arrangement says not one \"no.\" On horseback, they leapt at once. They slept nothing, riding forth until they came, privately within Rome. In a strange place, they lay down. They took a chamber out of sight. They were disguised for a throw, so that no life should know them. And to that palace first they went to see what this lady was doing. Of which arrangement, a vaunt was made. And they saw her all gladly, full of mirths and banquets. But among all other words, she spoke not of her husband. And when they had understood of that place what they desired, they went forth, unnoticed, beside that brass yate. There they found Collacea sitting at home, surrounded by women who were abandoned..To work and she wrought all this, and bade them hasten and say that it shall be\nBefore my husband was, who with his sword and his spear lies at siege in great distress.\nAnd if it would not displease him, now would I wish I had him here,\nFor certainly till I may hear some good news of his estate,\nMy heart is ever in debate. For so all men witness,\nHe is of such hardiness that he cannot spare himself.\nAnd that is all my greatest care.\nWhen they should assault the walls, but if my wishes might prevail,\nIt would be a groundless pity. By this, the siege would be unknit,\nAnd I my husband see,\nWith that the water in his eye,\nArises that she might not stop it,\nAnd as men see the dew bedrop,\nThe leaves and the flowers also,\nRight so upon her white cheek,\nThe woeful salt tears fell,\nWhen Collatyn had heard her tell\nThe meaning of her true heart.\nA knight came to you here, as you say,\nAnd she welcomed him with good cheer again,\nEmbraced him in her small arms..And the color which was pale\nTo beautify it was restored,\nSo that it might not be marred\nThe king's son, who was near,\nHeard and saw the things as they fell,\nThe reason of his wits all\nHad lost for love on his part.\nThen came and his fiery dart,\nWith such a desire it had struck him,\nThat he was forced to feel and know,\nOf that blind malady,\nTo which no cure of surgery\nCan help, but yet it avails not,\nAt that time he held his peace,\nMaking no countenance,\nBut openly with words glad,\nSo that he could in his manner,\nHe spoke and made friendly cheer,\nUntil it was time to go,\nAnd collect his leave also,\nHis leave he took, so that by night,\nWith all the haste they might,\nThey rode to the siege again,\nBut he was awakened by thoughts\nWhich rose upon him,\nThat he went not to bed for rest,\nBut to think on the best and fairest,\nThat ever he saw or shall see,\nSo that he thought in his heart,\nWhere he portrayed her image..First, the features of her face\nIn which nature had all grace\nOf womanly beauty bestowed\nSo that it might not be better\nAnd how her yellow hair was dressed\nAnd her attire so well addressed\nAnd how she wept, all this he thought\nAnd how she spoke and how she acted\nThat he had forgotten all else\nBut all it pleased him so well\nIn word or in deed\nShe lacked nothing of womanhood\nAnd thus this tyrannical knight\nWas subdued but not fully right\nFor he took no other head\nBut to fulfill some lust\nAlthough it were against her will\nThe lusts of his flesh fulfilled\nWhich love was not reasonable\nFor where honor is reclaimable\nIt ought well to be advised\nBut he who has his lust assuaged\nWith mixed love and tyranny\nHas found upon his treachery\nA way which he thinks to hold\nAnd says fortune is favorable\nTo help the bold\nAnd thus within himself to shout\nAs he who was a wild man\nUpon his treason he began\nAnd up he started and forth he went\nOn horseback but his intent\nThere knew no wight and he name.The next day, until he came\nTo Cellecia the yate of Rome,\nAnd it was somewhat late,\nRight even upon the sun set,\nAs he who had shaped his net,\nHer Innocence to berate,\nAnd as it should, so myshape,\nAs Priapus,\nHe rode, and from his horse alighted,\nBefore Cellatinus' Inn,\nAnd all friendly he went in,\nAs one who was a kinsman of the house,\nAs she who is the good response,\nLucrece, when she him saw,\nWith goodly cheer drew him near,\nAnd she who all honor supposeth,\nAnd him so as she dares opposeth,\nHow it stood with her husband,\nAnd he too understood,\nWith feigned tales in his way,\nRight as he would himself devise,\nWhatsoever he might her heart gladden,\nThat she the better cheer made,\nWhen she the glad words heard,\nHow that her husband was away,\nAnd thus the truth was deceived,\nWith shy treason which was prepared,\nTo her who meant all good,\nFor as the feasts then stood,\nHis supper was right well arrayed,\nBut yet he had no word attempted,\nTo speak of love in any degree,\nBut with cunning subtlety,\nHis friendly speeches he opposed..As the tiger waits in hope,\nTo catch the herds when they stray,\nWhen they have supped in the hall,\nHe says that sleep falls on him,\nAnd prays he may go to bed,\nWith haste he speeds, so she thinks,\nEverything is ready soon,\nShe brings him to his chamber,\nAnne takes her life and goes,\nInto her own chamber by,\nShe who certainly had a friend and a foe,\nWhom love followed much,\nThis tyrant, though he lies soft,\nRises often from his bed,\nAnd goes about to hear,\nThat all were in bed and sleeping fast,\nThen upon himself he cast,\nA mantle and his sword, naked,\nHe took in hand and she unawakened,\nA bed lay there but what she met,\nGod knows which door he unsheathed,\nSo quietly he crept,\nThe soft pass and forth he went,\nTo the bed where she slept,\nSuddenly and into her arms he took,\nThis worthy wife awoke,\nFor tender-heartedness of womanhood..Her voice had lost for pure fear\nThat one word she dared not speak\nAnd he warned her to be careful\nFor if she made a noise or cried\nHe said his sword lay ready by\nTo kill her and her people about\nAnd thus he put her in doubt\nLike a lamb when it is seized\nIn wolves' mouth so was she held\nLucrece, whom he found naked\nWhereof she fainted in his hand\nAnd he, who had addressed himself to lust,\nTook what he pleased\nAnd went his way, unbeknownst to anyone\nInto his own chamber again\nAnd called out his chamberlain\nAnd made him ready to ride\nAnd thus this lecherous pride\nLeapt onto his horse and rode away\nShe, who remained in her bed,\nKnew when he was gone\nShe called out at once\nAnd rose up long before the day\nAnd kissed away her fresh attire\nAs she who had forsaken the world\nAnd put on the black clothes\nAnd ever continuing\nJust as men see a well spring\nWith eyes full of woeful treasure\nHer hair hanging about her\nShe wept and no one knew why..For eagerly amongst them all\nShe prayed that they would not hinder\nHer husband from fetching\nAlso her father\nThus they came both two\nAnd Brutus came with Collatine\nWhich was a kinsman to Lucrece\nAnd into the chamber they went three\nTo see the saddest sight upon this model\nWhich wept as if to the water she should\nThis chamber door was suddenly locked\nOr they had anything to say to her\nThey saw her clothes all disheveled\nAnd how she had despised herself\nHer hair hanging untidy about\nBut nevertheless she began to weep\nAnd knelt to her husband\nAnd he would have understood\nThe cause why she seemed so wretched\nWith soft words he asked then\nWhat ails you, my good sweet\nAnd she, who thought herself unmet\nAnd the least worthy of women all\nHer woeful countenance let down fall\nFor shame and could not look up\nAnd they took good heed of it\nAnd prayed to her in every way\nThat she would not spare to say\nTo her friends what ailed her\nWhy she so sore lamented herself\nAnd what the truth meant.And she who bears green sorrow\nAttempts to tell then, but tender shame delays her words,\nSo that at various times when she intended\nTo speak on the point, she halted,\nAnd they urged her to tell and there upon,\nWhen she saw she most needed,\nHer tale between shame and fear,\nShe did not tell without pain,\nAnd he who wished to comfort her,\nHer sorrowful husband,\nComforted her as much as he could,\nAnd swore, and also her father,\nThat they would not be angry,\nFor what was done against her will,\nAnd prayed her to be still,\nFor they had all forgiven her,\nBut she who would not leave it,\nRefused forgiveness,\nAnd spoke of that unkindness,\nInflicted on her body,\nEven if it were not so,\nThe world would not reproach her then,\nNor any man of that,\nA naked knife she bore,\nHidden privately in her mantle,\nBetween her hands suddenly,\nShe took it and thrust it through her heart,\nAnd fell to the ground and died..This wife, with her hands, kept herself right,\nNo man looking down from the knees,\nCould see anything of her, thus,\nThis wife lay herself honestly,\nAlthough she died woefully,\nNo sorrow was to be sought,\nHer husband and her father too,\nA sound fell upon their bodies,\nNo man's tongue could tell,\nIn what anguish they were,\nBut Brutus, who was with them there,\nTowards him, his heart he kept,\nAnd to success he leapt,\nThe bloody sword he pulled out,\nAnd swore the gods all around,\nThat he would do vengeance for this,\nAnd she, with a lost hand,\nIn the midst,\nAnd so he held him in this way,\nWhile she could suffer in the book,\nBrutus, with a manly heart,\nHer husband had risen up,\nHer father also, without delay,\nSaid then, let us go without delay,\nFetch a bier for the body,\nHe went to the market place of Rome,\nIn a little space, the city was assembled,\nAnd every man's heart trembled,\nWhen they heard the truth of the matter,\nAnd there, upon the council,\nWas taken, both the great and the small..And Brutus told them the tale,\nOf sin's continuance, which aroused before,\nAnd the new shame of old sins,\nThe town began to cry, \"Away, away, the tyranny,\nOf lechery and covetousness.\"\nAt last, the father and the son were exiled,\nAnd better governance was taken.\nBut another remembrance,\nRighteousness and lechery do not keep company,\nWith him who holds the law in hand,\nAs you will see in this tale,\nOf an old example as it is written,\n\nAt Rome, when Apius,\nWhose other name was Claudius,\nWas governor of the city,\nThere came a wonder to see,\nConcerning a gentle maid as follows,\nWhom Virgil had begotten upon his wife.\nMen said that so fair a life\nAs she was, was not in the whole town.\nThis fame went up and down,\nAnd to Claudius came in his ear,\nWhose thoughts were immediately there..Which knight, with all his heart, had set a fire,\nAnd began the quest for the maiden fair,\nWhose longing was unto virginity,\nAnd sent if he might hasten\nThe blind desires of his will,\nYet that thing he could not fulfill,\nFor he stood upon marriage,\nA knight of great renown,\nIlyas, who then was named,\nAgreed in her father's sight,\nTo wed his daughter,\nBut before the cause was fully sped,\nHer father, who in Rome held sway,\nThe leader of the chivalry,\nHad undertaken a war,\nAnd went forth with all his strength,\nOf men of arms, which he had,\nSo was the marriage left,\nAnd stood upon accord until later,\nThe king, who heard tell of this,\nHow that this maiden was ordained,\nTo marry thought another,\nAnd had at that time a brother,\nMarcus Claudius, hot and hasty,\nA man of great pride,\nJust as the king himself was,\nThey two contrived upon this case,\nIn council found a way,\nThat Marcus Claudius shall say,\nHow she, by way of covenant,\nTo his service appertained,\nAnd thereon he swears he can..In every point, take notice that she, who was summoned and assented to come in the presence of the king, stood in answer to this thing. Her friends knew well that it was falsehood in every part and came to the king and said, \"This noble, worthy knight, your father, for the common right, at that time when it was falling, laid himself on the wild fields armed, so that he should not be harmed nor shamed while he was out. And thus they prayed all around for all the clamor that he heard. The king, on his lust, answered and gave them only two days' respite, for he went thence. But in so short a time, her father could in no way be deceived, except as a result of their deceit. They had all conceived the king's purposes beforehand and thought to be therefor in all haste he came riding and left lying on the field his horse until he came again. And thus this worthy captain appeared ready at his day.\".Whereever anyone may by law have an audience with him, if his daughter, in truth, had accused that Marcus, he had before the court excused the king. The king, who saw his purpose fail, and in anger, as if it were in the presence of them all, blinded by his lusts, had torn the law from its kind, and half in wrath, as if in the presence of them all, deceived by concupiscence, gave his brother the sentence and bade him cease his daughter and make amends. But all this was within his own intent. He knew how the cause went against his brother. His brother was himself to know. But this maiden had wronged him, who was alone against him, and there was no appeal. His father knew well why, on the tyranny, that for the sake of lechery, his daughter should be disgraced, and illicitly separated from the marriage. Just as a lion from the rage, which sets no count and notes what pity should amount, A naked sot. The which, among all the route, he allowed thus he cried..Lo, take her thither, you wrongful king,\nFor I prefer this thing upon,\nThough she be dead,\nIn her life shamed, and I thereby named,\nThe king bade men seize his body,\nLike a hunted wild beast,\nThe hounds when he feels sore,\nTo prove himself and goes forth his way,\nIn such a way to say,\nThis worthy knight with sword in hand,\nHis path made and they marvel,\nNone of them kept his strokes,\nAnd thus upon his horse he leapt,\nAnd with his sword dropping of blood,\nWhich stood before his daughter,\nHe came there as the power was,\nOf Rome, and told them all the cause,\nAnd said them that they might here,\nUpon the wrong of this matter,\nThat it were better to redress,\nAt home the great unright,\nThan to wage war in foreign place,\nAnd left at home her own grace,\nFor thus stands,\nIn her stead,\nOr for his daughter, if they be,\nPassing another in beauty,\nOf this marvel which they see,\nSo appertaining before her eye,\nOf that the king has wronged her,\nTheir oaths they have all sworn,\nThat they will stand by the right..And thus, in agreement, they all went straight to Rome to deal with this tyranny. Every man spoke his mind, so that private treachery was set in motion. It came openly to men's ears, and this brought about the common fire. Every man feared him who led them, for it could have been worse. Through common counsel, they had deposed the king and placed themselves in his stead. By law, they were brought before the judge where they remained. Those who longed for such governance were chastised, and thus the unchaste were punished. This should serve as a warning for a king to avoid the allure of vice and cultivate virtue. Among these men were seven, who were instrumental in this matter concerning chastity. Every lust is to be avoided, as shown by this great example.\n\nThere was a maid named Sara, as I have read,\nHer father was, and this was evident,\nIn both body and appearance..A woman of exceptional beauty among them all, she drew the attention of the wealthy and lusty people of the city who sought her hand in marriage. One in particular was most eager, desiring her for his own pleasure more than for wedlock. He confessed his feelings, which he now regrets, for it was on the very first night when he was to join her in bed. He desired nothing but to gratify his desires, for he was fully aroused. He took her in his arms, as if a demon from hell, and served her as the books tell. Ready there and willing, he embraced this enterprise with great delight. He reveled in such pleasure that he neglected his own needs.\n\nThis young wife was unwilling, knowing nothing of his intentions. Nevertheless, it went as follows:\n\nNot only from this first man, but also from the six others who took her as their wife. They all met their end in bed, not out of respect for the sanctity of marriage, but for that same fiery passion..For whoever wants to know what follows in this matter, here is the truth: When she was married to him, Raphael was in attendance. He taught him how to be honest, Asmodeus nothing desiring from that feast. Yet he, because his desire was so nobly led, both law and nature were served. He has preserved himself from the sentence because of this. Another example of this is: When the degree of loving in marriage may forsake, it is better in every way to be advised by reason rather than by lust. God gave man reason, along with all things, so that he would modify his actions according to the causes, and thus he shall not commit lechery, yet he shall have his desires. The laws both save and every thing put out of slavery. As the wise philosopher taught when he first caught his offspring, not only on chastity but on all honesty..A king may taste for himself how true, large, just, and chaste he ought to be, through the virtue of pity, by which thanks are deserved towards his god for preserving him and his people in wealth, honor, and health, in this world and the next. My son, as we spoke before, in confession, and for your ease as you pray, your love. I would tell and disclose the form of Aristotle's teachings. I have said this and more of other examples to try. If through anything I can say, I pray, father, of that you have told me, I thank you a thousandfold. The tales found in my ear, but yet my heart is restless. I cannot restrain myself from love's pain. Such learning could I never acquire which might make me forget. O, that I could always keep my thoughts on love and his lips. For your good, dear father, if there is anything beyond reason that falls under love's kind, what need is there to conceal it?.Now, while I live, I might amend that which is amiss, My good dear son, your shame, To make it plain, there is yet nothing more to say, Of love which is unwasted, But for you shall be well advised, Unto your shame as it belongs, A point which hangs upon love, And is the last of all things, I will the sword and then the head, Explicit, seventh book, He fares not to the old vice, he, Postquam ad instanciam amantis confessi confessor, Genius his hijs que Aristoteles regem Alexandrum taught one with other chroniclers, In this last volume, in this place, he begins to treat, In amoris causa, confessing, {proponit super hoc} quod non ulli premordia naturae ad tempus, The mighty god which began, He stood of himself and began, All other things at his will, He heaven he lusted to fulfill, Of all the joy where he sits enthroned in his see, And has his angels him to serve, Such as he pleases to preserve, So that he notes no forgery, But Lucifer he put aside, With all the rout apostasized..Which were given to him in hell\nWhich from heaven into hell\nFrom angels into fiends fell\nWhere there is no joy of light\nBut dark as any night\nThe pains shall be endless\nAnd yet of pains relentless\nThere is plenty but they are blind\nFrom which no sight may be taken\nThus when the things have fallen\nLucifer's court was fallen\nWhere deadly pride had conceived\nA none forthwith it was pursued\nThrough him who makes all things\nHe made Adam the sixth day\nIn paradise and to his image\nHe seemed to him also to make\nAnd bade them create and multiply\nFor of man's progeny\nWhich of the woman shall be\nThe number of angels who fell\nWhen they out from the bliss fell\nHe thought to restore and fell\nIn heaven that holy place\nWhich stood then wide upon his grace\nBut as it is well known and understood\nAdam and Eve but a throw\nSo that it should betide them\nIn paradise at that time\nThey did not dwell and the cause why\nIs written in the book of Genesis\nAs all men have heard\nHow Raphael took the fiery sword\nIn hand and drove them out..To get her life's food about, upon this wretched earth here, Metrodorus says to this matter, as he by true relation, it had upon a vision, how that Adam and Eve both came, two in the world, and were ashamed, till nature reclaimed them, to love and taught them that lore, first they kissed and more, they did that which is to kind, whence they had fair issue, a son was the first of all, Cain by name they him called, Abel was after the second, and in the geste as it is found, Nature so the cause led, Two daughters Eve had, The first called Calmona, Was she and that other Delphora, Thus mankind began, For that time it was no sin, The sister for to take her brother, When there was of choice none, other, To Cain was Calmona taken, And Delphora had Abel taken, Of whom was gotten neither less, The world's first increase, Men say that need has no law, And so it was by that day, Lasted unto the second age, Till the great water rage, Of none which was said the flood, The world which then in sin stood..That eight were born,\nA mankind of little weight,\nSem Cam Iaph,\nWho were the sons of none,\nOf mankind's nation,\nInto multiplication,\nWas he restored anew,\nAs the books say,\nFrom them,\nThere was so great a retinue\nOf nations seventy-two,\nIn various places, each one of them,\nBut as nature had excited them,\nThey took little heed.\nThe brother to the sister led,\nTo wed wives, until it came\nIn the time of Abraham,\nWhen the third age had begun,\nIt was necessary to surpass,\nFor there were enough people in the land.\nThen first it came to hand,\nThat sisterhood of marriage,\nWas turned into cousinage,\nSo afterwards, the right line,\nThe wedded the cousin,\nFor Abraham, or until he died,\nThe charge upon his servant spoke,\nThat he his son Isaac,\nDo wed, not for the world's good,\nBut only to his own blood,\nWhom the servant, as he,\nWhen he was dead, his son had led,\nTo her,\nHad wedded with the fair-necked one,\nFor she well knew and saw,\nWas to the child..And thus, as Abraham taught,\nIsaac was taught by God,\nJacob also took to wife\nTwo daughters of Bilhah, his handmaid:\nThe elder was named Leah,\nAnd of Rachel two sons were born,\nThe remaining ones were to seek,\nThat is to say, of four more,\nOf whom he took two and named them Reuben and Simeon,\nAnd of Zilpah he had two more,\nGad and Asher, making twelve in all,\nThrough God's providence, the patriarchs' twelve,\nOf whom, as afterward befell,\nThe twelve tribes of Israel were engendered,\nWhich of the Hebrews, though they had another name,\nLeah's offspring,\nForever kept that custom\nMost continually until Christ was born,\nBut afterward it was forgotten,\nAmong us who are baptized,\nFor according to the law, canonized,\nThe pope has commanded men,\nThat none shall wed of his kindred,\nNeither the second nor the third,\nUnless the holy church permits it,\nSo to restrain marriage,\nYet there are still many among us,\nIn love's rage,\nWho take whom they please,\nFor love's sake,\nAs men are wont to say..Through soul and through nicety,\nOf his voluptuousness he spares no condition,\nOf kin or of religion,\nBut as a cock among hens,\nOr one that goes among all the stones,\nHe can do no good,\nBut takes what comes next to him,\nMy son, you shall understand,\nThat such delight is to be blamed,\nIf you have been the same,\nTo love in any such manner,\nTell forth thereof and confess here,\nMy father, God knows the truth,\nMy fair one is not of such a sort,\nSo wild a man I have never been,\nThat of my kin or love or lover,\nI lust to love in such a way,\nI also note for what enterprise,\nI should assault a nun,\nFor though I had her love won,\nIt might not amount to any price,\nSo thereof I set none about,\nYou may well ask of this and that,\nBut truly for to tell the truth,\nIn this whole world there is but one,\nThe which my heart has overcome,\nI am toward all others free,\nFinally, my son, now I see,\nYour word sticks ever upon a place,\nBut yet there is a grace,\nThat though the might so well excuse,\nThe love of such as some men use..So I spoke of love before, for such a time is learning, and like a bitter sweet, for though it may seem sweet at first, he will feel it sour and cannot escape, for as a morosenus, such love has hidden its lust and offers great examples. A man may find many one. He speaks against those whom Gaius Caligula oppressed with his illicit unions, three of his own sisters. Deus, unable to bear such an impious sin, not only from the empire but also from justice avenged, waged war. He also relates another example concerning Amnon, the son of David, how he prevented his sister Tamar from defiling her virginity out of the desire of false love, because he himself was later killed by his brother Absalom in payment for the sin of his death. Trome first, if we begin, I will find how an emperor was to blame. Gaius Caligula, by name, took away the virginity of three of his own sisters. Once he had done this, he who was entirely unfaithful..He drove them out of the land in exile, but God avenged him within a short time for taking their lives and his large empire. For the sake of a throw, his love was overthrown. I also find this in the same story, his sister Amnon, whom he had forcibly taken from his brother Absalom. She took vengeance for this sin and killed him with her own hand. He related how his two daughters conspired to commit incest with him. The Bible makes this known to you, as evidence on the truth of the matter. When both his wife had been overcome, she turned to the salt pillar, as it is told to this day, and there both lay with child. He made them both great until nature allowed each of them to have a son. Moab was the firstborn, and Amnon of these two later grew to great increase..Two nations and their people:\nFor the stocks were not good,\nThe tranches might not be good,\nDue to false moabites.\nThe strength of amonites,\nFirst misled them,\nThe people of God were often disturbed,\nIn Israel and Judah,\nAs the Bible shows,\nA man may see,\nLo, thus my son, as I say,\nYou might yourself be ensnared,\nOf that which you have of other herds,\nFor ever it has been feared,\nOf love's lust, if it so happens,\nThat it falls in other places,\nThan it is set by the law.\nHe who lets his love thus ensnare him,\nMust afterward repent sorely,\nAnd every man is warned,\nOf that which befalls in time or this,\nThe present time which now is,\nMay be informed how it stood,\nAnd take that to heart,\nAnd leave that which is not so,\nBut for the sake of time,\nHow love's lust exceeds the law,\nIt ought to be withdrawn,\nFor every man should fear,\nAnd especially in his youth,\nWhich often seeks revenge.\nA tale in remembrance,\nWhich is a long process to hear,\nI think for to tell here..Omnibus is the common love, but the immoderate one / Who causes excesses is not considered a lover / Yet fortune, from whence Venus draws hearts to see, / Does not allow those who reason to reason\n\nThis speaks against the lovers who transgress / And tells of a marvelous example from\nof a chronicle in days gone by\nCalled the \"Pant\"\nIn love's cause I tell this story\nAbout the great Aniyochus,\nWhom Antioch took\nHis first name, as the book says,\nWas coupled to a noble queen,\nAnd had a daughter between them\nBut which fortune brought to hand\nThat death, which no king may withstand\n/ But every life must obey\nThis worthy queen took away\nThe king, who made much money,\nHe stood alone, as it is said,\nWithout wife, but nevertheless,\nHis daughter, who was peerless in beauty,\nDwelt about him in a style\nBut when a man has wealth at will,\nThe flesh is free and falls often\nAnd that this tender and soft maiden,\nWho dwelt in her father's chamber,\nWithin a short time knew and felt\nFor the sake of concupiscence\nWithout insight of conscience..The father, blinded by lust,\nCast all his intent on his own daughter,\nTo spy on the king, who acts at his will,\nWith strength and when he chooses the time,\nThe young maiden he pursues,\nAnd she was tender and full of fear,\nUnable to defend her maidenhood,\nAnd thus she has lost\nThe flower she had long borne.\nIt avails her not that she weeps,\nFor those who should guard her body were absent then,\nAnd thus this maiden goes to a man.\nThe wild father thus devours,\nHis own flesh which none protects,\nAnd this was the cause of much care,\nBut after this uncivil act,\nThe king leaves the chamber,\nAnd she lies still and in her heart makes such sorrow,\nThere was nothing that could cheer her,\nFor fear of that horrible vice,\nWith this entered the nurse,\nWho had kept her from childhood,\nAnd asked her if she had slept,\nAnd why her face was unhappy,\nBut she, who had been overpowered,\nCould not be avenged,\nShame could not speak,\nAnd she prayed for mercy..With weeping eye and thus she spoke:\nAlas, my sister, far away,\nThat ever I saw this like day,\nThis thing which my body first begot\nIn this world, only that\nMy world's worship has reference,\nWith that she swore and afterwards,\nAnd ever wishes after death,\nSo that well she lacks breath,\nThat other which heard her words,\nIn comforting of her answered,\nTo let her father's foul desire\nShe knew no recourse,\nWhen thing is done, there is no lot,\nSo suffer they that must suffer,\nThere was none other who knew him,\nSo has this king all that he desired,\nOf his liking and of his pleasure,\nAnd last in such a continuance,\nAnd such delight he took therein,\nHe thought it was no sin,\nAnd she dared him no thing withstand,\nBut fame which goes every way,\nTo various realms about,\nThe great beauty tells it out,\nOf such a maid of high parage,\nSo for love of marriage,\nThe worthy princes come and send,\nAs they who all honor deemed,\nAnd knew not how that it stood,\nThe father, when he understood,\nThat they his daughter thus sought..With all his wit he cast and sought\nHow that he might find a let or such a statute,\nAnd in this way his law taxes that\nWhat man asks his daughter\nBut he could his question\nAssuage upon suggestion\nOf certain things that befell\nWhich he would to them tell\nHe should in certain lose his head\nAnd thus there were many dead\nTheir heads standing on the gate\nUntil at last long and late\nFor lack of answer in the way\nThe remainder that were wise\nDeparted. They avoided\nTo make an attempt\nUntil it befell on a day\nAppollinus the prince of Tyre\nWho had to love a great desire\nAs he, in his high mood,\nWas liking of his h\nA young, fresh, lusty knight\nAs he lay musing on a night\nOf the tidings which he heard\nHe thought to try how that it fared\nHe was with worthy company\nA radiant and with good navy\nTo ship and sails till he arrives\nSafe in the port of Antioch\nHe lands and goes to approach\nThe king's court and his presence\nOf every natural science\nWhich any clerk could teach him..He could enough and in his speech\nWas eloquent with words\nAnd when he saw the king present,\nHe prayed he must have his daughter\nThe king again began to ask\nAnd told him the condition:\nFirst to answer and fail not,\nOr with his head it shall be forfeited\n\nKing of Antioch's question, and he asks what it was,\nThe king declares it to him and said in this manner:\nWith felony I was born,\nI ate and did not withhold,\nMy mother's flesh, whose husband\nI found in seeking her,\nWhich is the sense also of my wife,\nI am inquisitive about this,\nAnd who can save my tale?\nHe shall have my daughter quitted,\nOf his answer if he fails,\nHe shall be dead without fail,\nFor thou, my son, asked the king,\nBe well advised of this thing,\nWhich has life in Jeopardy,\nApollonius.\n\nWhen he had this understood,\nTo the king he answered and rehearsed one by one,\nThe points and said thereupon,\nThe question which thou hast spoken,\nIf thou wilt that it be unlawful,\nIt touches all the privacy..Between you and your own child, and the two of you stand. The king was very sorrowful and wondered if he had spoken it out. Then he would be shameful all around. With sly words and with fell, he said, \"My son, I shall tell you. Though you are little in wit, it is no marvel yet. Your age may not suffice, but look well, do not despise your own life for my grace. Of thirty days full of space, I grant you to be advised. And thus, with love and time, this young prince went forth. He understood well what it meant within his heart, that to make himself afraid, the king had so deceived time. Of treason that he should die, he feared and was amazed. The king had told him the truth, and suddenly the night tide would not keep him. Privately, he summoned his barge and went home again. In his own wit, he said, \"For fear that I betray the king, I know so well the king's heart. Death should not part us.\" The king would pursue him so relentlessly, but he who would escape his death..And he knew all this beforehand\nHe forsake his own land\nFor there he would not abide\nFor well he knew on some side\nThis tyrant of his felony\nBy some manner of treachery\nWould harm his body would not leave\nFor they, without taking leave,\nAs privately as he might,\nHe goes to the sea by night\nIn ships that are with wheat laden\nTheir tacks ready though they made it\nAnd he sails away\nBut to tell of the care\nThat they began then,\nWhen they knew he was gone,\nIt is a pity to hear,\nThey lost joy they lost cheer,\nThey took upon themselves such penance,\nThere was no song there was no dance,\nBut every mirth and melody,\nTo them was then a malady,\nFor lack of that adventure,\nThere was no man who took tonsure,\nIn dreadful clothes they clothe themselves,\nThe baths and the stews both,\nThey shit in every way,\nThere was no life that wanted to play,\nOr take any joy keep,\nBut for their liege lord to weep,\nAnd every man says as he could,\nAlas, the lusty flower of youth,\nOur prince, our head, our governor..Through whom we stood in honor\nWithout the countenance of consent\nThus suddenly it departed from us\nSuch was the clamor of them all\nBut see now what has befallen\nHow Thaliartus the soldier intoxicated Apollonius with poison from Antiochus,\nOn the first tale plainly\nAnd we turned back again\nAntiochus the great king,\nFull of rancor and ire,\nHis heart bears it so, as he heard\nOf this prince of Tyre answer,\nHe had a fellow bachelor,\nWho was his private counselor,\nAnd Thaliart by name he called him,\nThe king ordered a strong poison for him,\nIn a box and gold therefor,\nIn all haste and bade him go,\nStraitway to Tyre and to cost,\nSpare not till he had lost,\nThe prince whom he would spy,\nAnd what the king had said his will,\nThis Thaliart in a galley,\nWith all haste he took his way,\nThe wind was good / they say,\nTill he took land upon the river,\nOf Tyre, and forthwith all at once,\nInto the borough he went,\nAnd took his inn and bid a throw,\nBut for he would not be known,\nDisguised then he goes out.\nHe saw the weeping all around..And they told him all the causes,\nHow suddenly the prince had gone,\nAnd when he saw that it was so,\nAnd that his labor was in vain,\nHe turned back home again.\nWhen he came near the king,\nHe told him that he had heard and seen\nHow the prince of Tyre had fled,\nSo he had come back unexpectedly.\nThe king was sorry for a while,\nBut when he saw that he might achieve his cruelty,\nHe stopped his wrath and let him be.\nApollinus was at Portus Tharsis.\nBut over this, I now want to tell\nOf the adventures that befell\nThis prince, of whom I have spoken,\nHe held his right course forth,\nBy stone and need until he came\nTo there and that land he named,\nA wealthy burgher of gold and fee,\nWas there at that time in that city,\nWhich was strangely called,\nHis wife was Dionysia also,\nThis young prince, as the book says,\nWith him took his herbage,\nAnd it befell that city so,\nThere was none who had any whereabouts,\nApollinus, when he heard\nThe mischief how the city endured,\nGave freely of his own gift..His wheat among them for shifting,\nThe which by ship he had brought,\nHe gave and took from them right nothing,\nBut then first this world began,\nWas never yet to such a man\nMore joy made than they him made,\nFor they were all of him so glad,\nThat they forever in remembrance\nMade a figure in resemblance\nOf him and in common place,\nThey set it up so that his face\nMight every manner man behold,\nSo that the city was beholden,\nIt was of laton over gilt,\nThus was his face not spilt.\n\nQualiter hellicanus civis tiri, Veniens apollinum de insidijs anthiochiae.\n\nOn a day with a route,\nThis lord goes out to play,\nAnd on his way to Tyre he met,\nA man who on his knees him greeted,\nAnd Helican by name he was,\nWho prayed his lord to have insight,\nAnd said to him thus:\n\"How the great Antiochus\nDrives you away if he might harm you,\nThat other thought and held you still,\nAnd thanked him for his warning,\nAnd bade him tell for no reason,\nWhen he came home to Tyre again,\nThat he there had seen him.\".Apollo at Tharsus' port, when he himself sought a successor, was in peril along with the ship and all on board, except himself, near Pylos, amidst the tumultuous events. Fortune is ever changeable. It neither stays nor stands still. Now it raises, now it lowers. Now it sets right, now it overthrows. Now it brings joy, now it brings misery. As for the tale I am telling, hereafter a man may learn, this lord who within himself had little rest, and thought to change his place and seek a more strange land. Of the Tharsians, he took leave and set sail. His course he named with sail up drawn, where fortune leads and reveals her diverse ways to the lord. Upon the sea she bears him, the wind arises, the weather darkens. It blew and brought such a tempest that none could anchor the ship, which had broken all its gear. The sailors stood in such fear, none could do better..But ever away from the learning,\nWhen they should drench all at once,\nThere was enough within the homes\nOf weeping and sorrow though,\nThe young king makes much ado,\nTo see the ship traverse the waves,\nBut all that could not avail,\nThe mast to break the sail to roof,\nThe ship upon the waves drooped,\nUntil they saw the lands cost,\nThey made a vow least and most,\nBy that they might come ashore,\nBut he who holds the sea in hand,\nNeptune would not accede,\nBut he to break cable and cord,\nOr they to shore might approach,\nThe ship to cling upon a rock,\nAnd all goes down into the deep,\nBut he who keeps all things,\nTo this lord was merciful,\nAnd brought him safe upon a table,\nWhich bore him to the land,\nThe remainder was all lost,\nThereof he made much money,\nThus was this young lord alone,\nQualiter Appollinus, naked, was cast upon the shore,\nWhere a certain fisherman, dressed for the sea in pentapolim, directed him to the town..And yet he was so sore calmed,\nThat he himself knew not help,\nIt availed him nothing to move,\nTo regain what he had lost,\nWhich she who had his death delayed,\nFortune, though he would not yield,\nSuddenly had sent him aid,\nWhen he thought all grace away,\nThere came a fisher in his way,\nAnd saw there a naked man stand,\nAnd when he had understood the reason,\nHe felt great pity, and with truth,\nOf such clothes as he had,\nHe clothed this lord with great pity,\nAnd he thanked him and said he should,\nAnd if ever he regained his state,\nHe would see him,\nIf there were any town near for him,\nHe said, \"ye pentopolym,\"\nWhere both king and queen dwell.\nThis tale he heard told,\nHe rejoiced and began to ask,\nThat he would teach him the way,\nAnd he taught him and went forth,\nAnd to God with good intent,\nTo send him joy after his sorrow,\nIt is not yet midday..Appollinus, publicly proclaimed in Pentapolim, approached the city without delay, for a game, instigated by Gigasij. He came there at dusk, ate whatever he could find, and left immediately after eating. He went to see the town and came upon a roundabout of young, lusty men and all. It happened that day was set aside for such an assize, that they should perform in the lands as the people said. And they cried out that they should all come, both the deliverers and the strong, to display such mastery as they could. They made them naked as required for the game, and it was the custom and practice among them. The flower of the entire town was there, as were some from the court. It was in a large place, right before the king's face. The artists then called it the \"playe.\" The game was played right in his sight. Whoever was most worthy was to receive his reward and bear a price in the city..Appolynus, who was wise and skilled in every game, intended to discover who was the best. He planned to join them in their game and win such a name that the king himself would consider him superior to all others.\n\nThe king ordered that Appolynus be brought to his hall at supper time. He came and was not left alone. There was none so handsome a person, in face and body, if only he had something to wear. At supper time, nevertheless, the king summoned all the lords to be present. He commanded his marshal to seat him among them. The king was soon seated and served. The one who deserved the honor was made to begin a middle board, so that both king and queen could see him. He sat and cast his eyes about. He saw the lords in their splendor. He began to debate with himself, taking such sorrow that he remained motionless and thought..As he, who was named Apollinus, sat at the table with the king, the king beheld his heaviness and great gentleness. His fair daughter, following the custom of the time, was bidden by her father to go on her errand and make him happy. She did as her father commanded and went to him with a soft pastry. She asked when and what he was, and begged him to leave his thoughts. He replied, \"Lady, by your leave, I am Apollinus. And of my riches it is thus: I have it on the sea. The country where I was born, where my land and rent are, I left at Tyre when I went. The worship there which I ought to pay, I devoted to the god. And so, as they speak, the tears ran down his cheeks. The king, who took good care of this, felt great pity to see him weep. He sent his daughter back to him and prayed her to be fair and to say: \"You will no longer detain her, but you will immediately fetch her harp and do all that you can to make this sorrowful man happy.\" She did her father's bidding..Her harp was fat and on a chair which they placed,\nNext to this man she sat, with harp and mouth,\nTo him she did all that she could,\nTo make him cheerful and ever seem happy,\nAnd she asked him if he was pleased,\n\"Madam, certainly he replied,\nBut if you play the measure,\nWhich if you wish, I shall teach you,\nIt would be a joy to hear,\nA leave, sir, she said,\nTake the harp and let me see,\nOf what measure that you mean,\nThe king and queen pray,\nThe lords are all present,\nThat he would show some mirth,\nAnd taking the harp in his way,\nHe tempered it and in such a manner,\nSingingly he harped forth with all,\nIt seemed to them as if an angel were there,\nThey rejoiced in his melody,\nBut most of all the company,\nThe king's daughter, who heard it,\nAnd thought also and that he answered,\nWhen it was addressed to her.\nIn her heart she supposed,\nThat he possessed great gentleness,\nHis deeds are witness to this,\nForthwith the wisdom of his lore,\nIt needs not to be said..He might not have such a manner of gentle blood, if he were not the one who had heard all his fill, the king's horse to fulfill, away goes dish, away goes cup, down goes the board, the cloth was up, they rose and went out of hall, the king's chamberlain let call, and bade that he pursue a chamber for this man, which was near his own chamber, it shall be done, my lord, said he. Apollonius, of whom I speak, took his leave of king and queen, and of the worthy maid also, who prayed to her father that she might with the young man, of the sciences which he can, his lore have in this way. The king granted her permission. Thus was it accorded or they went, that he with all that ever he may, this young fair fresh one, should inform of that which he could. He fully assented in this way.\n\nApollonius, the one I refer to, took his leave of the king and queen, as well as the worthy maiden. She had asked her father for permission to learn from the young man all the knowledge he possessed. The king granted her this request, and Apollonius was given a chamber near his own to carry out this arrangement..The daughter of the king adorned herself with an elegant apparatus for dressing / He himself attended to the girl, whom he devotedly tended to / The pleased girl, infatuated with Apollo, grew weaker in her love\n\nOne night they took letters\nAnd when it was morning right\nTo this young man from Tyre\nHe sent clothes and fine attire\nGold and silver for him to spend\nThis worthy young lady sent\nAnd thus he was made comfortable\nHe pleased her with all he could\nShe served him well and fairly in return\nHe taught her certain things\nOf harp, lyre, and rhythm\nWith many a tune and many a note\nOn music, on measure\nAnd of her harp, the temperament\nHe taught her well as he could\nAs men say, youth is fickle\nWith love\n\nThis maiden chance upon\nLove having made him quarrel\nAgainst youth, fresh and free\nWhether she will or not\nShe must with all her heart's thought\nTo love and to his love obey\nAnd that she shall obey fully\nFor she does not know what it is\nBut ever among her feelings, she feels this\nEmbracing this man from Tyre..Her heart is hot as any fire,\nAnd sometimes it is calm.\nNow she is red, now is she pale,\nRight after the condition\nOf her imagination.\nBut ever among her thoughts, all\nHer thought what may befall,\nOr that she laugh or that she weep,\nShe would keep her good name\nFor fear of womanly shame.\nBut in earnest and in play,\nShe stands for love in such a plight,\nThat she has lost all appetite\nFor food, drink, or night's rest.\nAs she considers what is best,\nShe holds herself often still,\nWithin her chamber and goes not out.\nThe king was in doubt about her life,\nWhich knew not what it meant.\nBut there came a time as he went out,\nTo walk among the princes' sons three.\nThere came and fell to his knee, one by one,\nThe daughters of the kings, in supplication,\nAnd each of them in different ways\nBesought and offered her service,\nSo that he might have his daughter.\nThe king, who wanted to save her honor,\nSaid she was shy and of that speech,\nSo there was no time for supplication..Each of them makes a bylaw. He bids and writes his own will. His name, his father, and his good. And when she knew how that it stood, and had her lines overseen, they should have answered again. Of this counsel they were glad and wrote as the king commanded. And every man his own book took into the king's hand. And he sent it to his daughter and prayed her to make an end. And wrote again with her own hand. Right as she found in her heart. Qualiter apollinum regis omnibus alijs reticetis. The bylles were well received. But she has weighed all her loves. And thought it was time and space to put herself in her father's grace. And wrote again and thus she said:\n\nThe shame which is in a maiden\nWith speech dares not\nBut in writing it may be spoken\nSo write, father, thus to you\nBut if I have apollonius\nOf all this world what so be it\nI will none other man abide\nAnd certainly if I fail him\nI know right well without fail\nYou shall for me be fatherless\n\nThis letter came and there was press\nBefore the king as he stood..And when he had understood,\nHe granted them leave by and by,\nBut that was done privately.\nThey took their leave and went forth on their ways.\nThe king would not reveal\nThe counsel for any high reason,\nBut suffered it till the time saw fit.\nQualiter rex et regina in maritagio filia sue cum Apollinio consensuerunt.\nAnd when he comes to chamber,\nHis counselor thereunto named,\nThis man of Tyre, and let him see,\nThe letter and all the private,\nWhich his daughter had sent to him.\nAnd he bent his knee and thanked him and her,\nAnd before they went thence both,\nWith good heart and good courage,\nOf full love and full marriage,\nThe king and he were in entire accord.\nAnd after this was recorded,\nTo the daughter how it stood,\nThe gift of all the world's good\nWould not have made her half so glad,\nAnd forthwith all the king assented,\nFor he will have her good consent.\nThe queen had sent for her mother,\nThe queen came and when she heard\nOf this matter how it was fared,\nShe saw debate, she saw disease..But if she would please her daughter and it is agreed,\nWhich is a deed wonderful,\nFor no one knew the truth\nBut he himself what man he was.\nNevertheless, he thought his deeds were true,\nAnd he was of gentle birth,\nHe lacked only worldly goods,\nAnd there was no dispute,\nFor she would be his heir,\nAnd he was able to govern.\nThus they would not let their love wane\nIn any way, but all agreed,\nQualiter Appollinus, daughter of the king, marries thee,\nThe day of marriage time arrives,\nWhere love is lord of the heart,\nHe thinks it takes a long time or is slow,\nBut at last to the deed,\nThe time has come and in her way,\nWith great offering and sacrifice,\nThey wed and make a great feast,\nAnd every thing was right next to it,\nWithin and without,\nIt was done so that all around,\nOf great worship and great nobility,\nThere cried many a man a largesse,\nTo the lords high and loud,\nThe knights that are young and proud,\nThey joust first and dance after,\nThe day is gone the night's chance..They have seen all the bright sun,\nThe lord who has won his love,\nIs going to bed with his wife,\nWhere they lead a lusty life.\nThis was after some time passed.\nAs they played with one another,\nThey conceived a child between them,\nTo whom much joy followed.\n\nQualiter amassiati were the messengers in some ship to the pentapolis,\nAppollonius brought news of the death of Antiochus' king.\n\nNow I have told of the spouses,\nBut I want to speak of the wonders,\nThat happened to them afterwards.\n\nIt happened one day they rode out,\nKing and queen and all their retinue,\nTo play upon the second day,\nWhere they saw towards the land,\nA ship sailing with great array.\nTo know what it meant,\nThey waited until it arrived,\nThen they saw men standing on either side,\nAlong the ship's side to show,\nA rich reward from the penons.\nThey asked when the ship would come,\nFrom Tyre, an answer came from some,\nAnd over this they said more,\nThe reason was they had come,\nTo seek and to find,\nApollonius, their lying lord,\nAnd of the tale which he heard..He was right glad that they told him,\nThat Antiochus, as men may know,\nFor vengeance, as God would allow,\nWould strike both him and his daughter now,\nFor our liege lord we pray,\nIn the name of all the land,\nThat it pleases you to come soon,\nAnd see your own liege men and kinsmen,\nWho long and desire your return,\nUntil you come again to tire them.\nThis news was spread throughout Pentapolin,\nKing Antiochus having died,\nThere was no joy to be found,\nFor every man spoke of one accord,\nA worthy king shall be our lord,\nWho first brought us heaviness,\nNow shapes us for great gladness,\nQualiter Apollonius came with his wife, impregnated by Pentapolis,\nencountered Tyrrhenian sailors.\nThus goes the news throughout all.\nBut he must come who must.\nApollonius took leave,\nTo God he commended all that bound him,\nWith all the people long and broad,\nHe no longer remained there..The king and queen mourned, yet they were somewhat glad\nOf such things they heard, and thus between the well and woe,\nTo ship he goes with his wife and child,\nWho was ever meek and mild,\nAnd would not leave him, such love was between them two,\nLycho rides for her office was taken,\nTo attend this young wife,\nTo whom was given a woeful life,\nWithin a time as it befell,\nWhen they were in the sea amidst,\nOut of the north they saw a cloud,\nThe storm awoke the winds loud,\nThey blew many a dreadful blast,\nThe wellken was all over cast,\nThe dark night the sun had under,\nThere was a great tempest of thunder,\nThe moon and also the stars both,\nIn black clouds they clothed them,\nWhereof their bright look they hid,\nThis young lady wept and cried,\nTo whom no comfort could avail,\nOf child she began to travail,\nWhere she lay in a cabin chose,\nThis woeful lord from her awoke,\nAnd that was long or any more,\nSo that in anguish and in sorrow,\nShe was delivered all by night,\nAnd died in every man's sight..But nevertheless, for all this woe,\nA maiden child was born, though,\nQualiter Apollinus mourned the death of his wife,\nApollinus, when he beheld this creature,\nSwallowed him self overthrowing,\nSo that no man knew if he had life,\nAnd when he awoke, he said,\nMy joy, my lust, my desire,\nMy wealth and my recovery,\nWhy should I live, and thou must die?\nHa thou fortune, I defy thee,\nNow hast thou done to me thy worst,\nA heart, why wilt thou not burst,\nSo that I might pass by her,\nMy pains would be much less,\nIn such weeping and such cry,\nHis dead wife, who lay by him,\nA thousand times he kissed her,\nNo man ever saw or knew,\nA sorrow like his sorrow,\nWas ever among the living.\nHe flew swooning, as if he thought,\nHis own death which he besought,\nTo the goddesses above,\nWith many a pitiful word of love,\nBut such words as those were heard,\nNever by any man's ear,\nBut only those which he said.\nThe master shipman came and prayed,\nWith others such as were therein,\nAnd said that he might not win\nAnything against the death but they rede..He is well aware and be careful,\nThe sea by way of his nature,\nReceives no creature\nWithin himself as to hold\nThe which is dead for their will\nAs they counsel all about\nThe dead body cast out\nIt is better they say all\nThat it falls to them by chance\nThan if they should all spill\nThe king, who understood her will\nAnd knew her counsel was true,\nBegan again his sorrow new\nWith pitiful heart and thus to say,\nIt is all reason that you pray,\nQualiter suadentibus,\nI am but one alone,\nSo would I not for my person\nThere falls such adversity,\nBut when it may no better be,\nDoes then thus upon my word,\nThat it be firm with lead and pitch,\nImmediately was made his coffin such,\nAll ready brought unto his hand,\nAnd when he saw and found it ready,\nThis coffin made and well sealed,\nThe dead body was besewed,\nIn cloth of gold and laid therein,\nAnd for him to win her favor,\nUpon some cost a sepulcher,\nUnder her head in adventure,\nOf gold he laid some great sums,\nAnd of jewels strong bite.\nCopia literae capiti uxoris sue suppositae..A letter from King Apollynus of Tyre: anyone who finds this letter, for charity, take it to heart and ensure she buries it with the treasure she has. Once the letter is read, they have the coffin / and bind it with iron fast, so that it may last with the waves and prevent water from damaging it. They cast it over the border in hope and good belief of the corpse. The ships then went forth on the waves. The prince has changed his intention and now says he will not come to Tyre, but instead sails towards there first. The wind and storm began to subside. The sun rises and clears the weather. When he saw the winds softening towards there, he set his course. This deceased body, which you know, was cast out with wind and water..Now here at last, at Ephesus by the sea,\nCast the coffin and all that was within,\nOf great marvel, now begin I to tell,\nWho God will save, not spoil, as the corpse was thrown.\nRight as it was placed on the load,\nA worthy clerk and surgeon came walking by the strand,\nAnd also from that land the wisest one,\nWho was called Master Ci.\nThere were some of his disciples with him.\nThis master said there was something in,\nAnd bade him bear it to his own,\nAnd went himself forth with all.\nAll that shall fall / shall fall shall,\nThey came home and tarried not,\nThis coffin was brought into his chamber,\nBut they, with craft, had unlocked it,\nThey looked in and saw\nA dead body, bound in gold as I said before,\nThe treasure also they found there,\nWith the letter which they read,\nAnd thus they took better care,\nThe body was soon unbound,\nAnd he who knew what was to be done,\nThis noble clerk with all his host,\nBegan to taste the veins,\nAnd saw her age was of youth,\nAnd with the crafts that he knew..He found a sign of life with the worthy queen's wife. Honestly, they took an oath and made fires all around. They laid her in a soft couch and warmed her sheet frequently. Her cold breast began to heat, and her heart also to flutter and beat. They anointed her with certain oil and balsam and put a liqueur in her mouth. She covered herself at last and first cast her eyes up. When she had more strength, she stretched out both her arms, held up her hand, and pitifully spoke, \"Where am I? Where is my lord?\" As she who knew not how it was, the worthy leech answered immediately upon her speech, \"Madame, you are saved as you shall be here. Hereafter, for your comfort, my counsel is trustworthy. Without fail, there is nothing that will fail you that ought reasonably to be done. Thus they passed a day or two. Qualiter, the wife of Apollo, was healed at home, in a place protected by sacred veils. They spoke of nothing for an end..She began to amend herself and knew what she intended. This master asks all the questions: how she came there and what she was. I didn't know how she came here. He asked her well, I was thinking about other things. From point to point, she told him everything as she knew it. And he told her how in a chest, the sea threw her upon it. He found treasure with her, which was ready at her will. He who hired him to fulfill it, with all his might, he would. She asked him to do so, and she revealed her heart and told him her thoughts. Her lord be drowned, her child also. She saw nothing but all woe. That in some temple of the city, she must dwell among women. When he heard this tale told, he was right glad and made her know that he had a daughter of his own, which he wanted to give to her to serve while they both lived, in place of what she had lost, entirely at his own cost..She shall be rendered forth with her\nShe says grant mercy, leave, sir\nGod quit it, you, for I cannot pay\nAnd thus they drive forth the day\nUntil time was that she was whole\nAnd though they took her counsel hole\nTo shape upon good governance\nAnd made a worthy pursuit\nAgainst the day when they were veiled\nAnd thus when they were counseled\nIn black clothes they clothe\nThe daughter and the lady both\nAnd yield them to religion\nThe feast and the profession\nAfter the rule of that degree\nWas made with great solemnity\nWhereas Diane is sanctified\nThus stands this lady\nIn order where she thinks to dwell\nBut now again for to\nIn what p (illegible)\nHe sails till he may win\nThe haven of tharsus as I said before\nAnd when he was arrived there\nQualiur Apollinus Tharsus' daughter Strangulonius\n& Dionysius his wife educate\nShe it was through the city knew\nMen might see within a throw\nAs who says all the town atones\nThat come again for the nones\nTo yield him reverence\nSo glad they were of his.And though he was in a rage, yet with a glad face,\nHe made his way to where he once dwelt.\nHe goes there and when you pray,\nHe takes his host to him and says, \"My son,\nAnd thou thyself art one of all.\nForthwith thy wife, whom I must trust,\nIf it pleases you both,\nMy daughter shall be with you.\nI think she shall be happy with you.\nAs for a time, and thus I pray,\nThat she be kept by every means.\nAnd when she has reached the age,\nThat she be set to learn.\"\nThis I grant, I shall ever be,\nMy bird for loving her so.\nIn a reasonable time of age,\nBind her to marriage.\nThus they agreed at his will,\nAnd for a while he remains there.\nA man he takes his leave and tears,\nTo ship and goes home to tire.\nWhere every man waits with great desire,\nBut when the ship came in slowly,\nAnd they perceived it was he,\nNever yet had they such joy,\nSo his heart also began to gladden,\nSeeing his people glad.\nIn various ways he was traveled..But however he may be assailed,\nHis latter end shall be good.\nAnd to speak of those his doubters,\nIn that place as the chronicle says,\nShe was well kept, she was well,\nShe was well taught, and well,\nSo well she brought up her youth,\nThat she of every wisdom could,\nThat for to seek in every,\nNo man found another so wise,\nOr so well taught at man's eye,\nBut ever woo was false envy,\nQualiter those,\nFor it befell that time so,\nA daughter had strangely died,\nWhich was called Phy.\nBut fame, which will ever run,\nCame daily to her mother's ears,\nAnd says where'er her daughter were,\nWith those set in any place,\nThe common voice, the common grace,\nWas all upon that other maid,\nAnd of her daughter no man said,\nWho was wrath but Dyonysus then,\nHer thought a thousand years till then,\nShe might be of those wreaked,\nOf that she heard folk so speak,\nAnd fill that same time,\nThat deed was true lechery done,\nWhich had been their servant,\nSo that she was the worse at ease,\nFor she had then no servant,\nBut only through this Dyonysus,\nWhich was her deadly enemy..Through pure treason and envy,\nShe who of all sorrow can,\nSpeaking to her bondman, who was her phylus,\nAnd made him swear in counsel thus:\nThat he such time as she sets\nShall come there to feed\nAnd lead her out of all sight\nWhere no man her help might\nBy the stream near the sea,\nAnd there he shall this maiden sleep.\nThis charle's heart is in a trance,\nAs he who dreads him of vengeance,\nWhen the time comes another day,\nBut he swore and said he would fulfill\nHer commands at her own will.\nQualiter Dionisia thasim ut occideret theophotes thasim de manu carnificis erupuerunt ipsam cuid leonino scortorum ibid magistro vididerunt.\nAnd treason and the time it shapes,\nSo fell it that the charle's knave\nHas led this maiden where he would,\nBy the stream.\nShe was afraid and rustic, and to her he said,\nThou shalt be murdered in this place,\nThis maid, though for sure she\nShe prays towards heaven for her woe..And with noise and this cry,\nOut of a barge fast by,\nWhere Hyd was there on board,\nMen started out and were,\nOf this fee,\nAnd she began to cry, though A,\nIn the barge they took her,\nAs thieves should, and forth they went,\nUpon the sea,\nAnd despite where they would or none,\nBefore the weather, forth they went,\nThere was no sail, there was no other help,\nFurious and blowing sore,\nUntil at last,\nAt Mytte,\nIn haven,\nThe master\nAnd goes he into the town,\nAnd offers these for sale,\nOne leopard he heard tell,\nWhich master of the,\nAnd bade him go a ready pass,\nTo fetch her and forth he went,\nAnd these out of his barge he took,\nAnd to this board,\nAnd that he by her body would,\nTake advantage, let her cry,\nThat what man would his lechery attempt,\nUpon her maidenhead,\nLay down the gold and he should speed,\nAnd thus when he has cried, \"Hi,\"\nIn sight of all the people about,\nQuater leoninus,\nHe led her to the brothel though,\nNo wonder is, though she be wooed,\nClosed were the doors,\nEach after other ten or more,\nOf young men into her went..But such grace God has sent her\nThat for the sorrow which she made,\nNo one of them who had the power\nCould do her any harm.\nThis leonine lioness\nAnd waits after great harm is done,\nBut all in vain she was left,\nNo man came,\nWhen he heard her name,\nAnd knew that she was yet a maid.\nTo his own man he said,\nThat he with strength would defend her maidenhood.\nThis man went in, but it was feared,\nWhen he heard her woeful pleas,\nAnd he took great pity.\nHe preferred weeping\nRather than catching her.\nAnd thus she kept herself from shame,\nAnd knelt down to the earth and prayed\nTo this man and thus she spoke,\nIf it be that your master will,\nThat I shall increase his gold,\nIt may not fall in this way,\nBut suffer me to go my way,\nOut of this house where I am,\nAnd I shall do him a favor,\nIn some place here in the town,\nWhere honest women dwell,\nAnd thus you may tell your master,\nThat when I have a chamber there,\nLet him cry it far and wide..What board hath a daughter fair and willing that she shall learn, of such a school that is true, I shall help her. Which man, none other in this land, has heard his tale, he goes again and told his master plainly, that she has said, and when he saw no bystanders because of her, he bade his man go, find a place where she might abide, so he might win on some side, by that she can at least. Thus was she saved from this tempest. This is how a virgin is freed from a brothel, living among sacred women in a hospice.\n\nHe has taken her from the brothel, but not for God's sake, but for the lucre, as she told him. Now come, women in their lusty youth, to hear and know what she could. She can the wisdom of a clerk. She can of any lusty work, which is fitting for a gentlewoman. And some of them she remembers. To the citadel and to the harp, and whome it pleases to seize, Proverbs and demand slyly, and other things which they never see. Which science taught her so well..She obtained great riches, which she won to Lionym, and thus her name began. In various things that she taught, all the land sought her. Now let us speak of Dionysus and of Theophile the Vile, of whom I spoke before when they should have been lost. Qualiter Theophilus, returning to Dionysia at dawn, affirmed that they had killed a certain woman over whom Dionysia was alone. Confused, his false jester to his lady, he said, \"Madame, I have slain this maiden, and she is buried in a private place as you ask. For my lady takes care and keeps counsel, and this enemy, who has understood this, is glad and believes it to be true. Now listen to how she behaves. She weeps, sorrows, and feigns illness. She says that they suddenly lie together by night, near my lord. She was a woman of repute, and all that she says is believed.\".And to give more faith,\nHer husband and she both\nIn black clothes they clothe them,\nAnd made a great entertainment,\nAnd for the people shall be blended\nOf these, as for the remembrance,\nAfter the royal old usage,\nA tomb of laton noble and rich,\nWith an image to her likeness,\nLying above it,\nThey made and set it up at once,\nHer epitaph and good assize,\nWas written above and in this way,\nIt spoke,\n\nLo here lies she who was held\nThe fairest and the flower of all,\nWhose names these men call,\nThe king of Tyre Apollinus,\nHer father was now she lies thus,\nFourteen years she was of age,\nWhen death took her to her voyage,\nQualiter Apollinus in his realm existed at Tyre,\nCalling a parliament,\nThus was this false treason hidden,\nWhich afterward was widely spread,\nAs the tale tells a man here,\nBut to declare my matter,\nTo Tyre I think to turn again,\nAnd tell as the chronicles say,\n\nWhen the king came home and left\nIn the salt some food,\nHis wife whom he could not forget,\nFor he some comfort would get..He let someone to a parliament\nTo which the lords were assent\nThat of the time he has been out\nHe sees the things all about\nAnd told them also how he has fared\nWhile he was out of bondage\nAnd prayed all to abide\nFor he would at the same time\nMake arrangements for his wife's mind\nAs he who would not be unkind\nThat office was solemn\nAnd rich was the sacrifice\nThe feast was royally held\nAnd there he was well received\nFor such a wife as he had\nIn those days there were none\nApollonius, after the parliament, approached Tharsim's daughters, asking where he could find his daughter, but he did not find her in the naval fleet and departed.\nWhat was done then he thought\nHe approached his daughters and sought\nSuch of his lords as he wished\nThat they with him to that place should go\nTo prepare his daughter they were ready\nTo ship they went and forth they went\nUntil they had her in their grasp\nThey bound and failed to find what they sought\nBy cunning and sly speech\nThis false man strangely killed\nAnd Dionysus also his wife..That he thought they would take him to see\nWhere their tomb was adorned\nYet the less he was prepared\nAnd nevertheless, he dared\nHe cursed and said the worst\nTo Fortune, as to the blind\nWhich can find no sure way\nFor him she brings evermore sorrow\nAnd mingles it with her song\nBut since it cannot be otherwise\nHe thinks God and departs\nSaying toward Tyre again\nBut suddenly the wind and rain\nBegan upon the sea to rage\nSo that he suffered more and more\nQualiter navis Appollini ventis agitas (The law which Neptune orders)\nThe reason why\nAnd held him even more in awe\nSince he had tried it before\nSo that for pure sorrow and care\nOf this world that he sees so far gone\nThe rest he leaves of his crew\nThat for counsel of no man\nAgainst it he would not come\nBut has hidden his place named\nThere he weeping alone lay\nThere as he saw no light of day\nAnd thus before the wind they drove\nUntil long and late they arrived\nWith great distress as it was seen\nUpon this town of Mitelene.Which was a noble city, though at that time both the lords and the commune held the high festivals of Neptune upon the strand at the ruage. Solely they were present when they beheld this strange vessel come and had its sail halted. One of them spoke and said: \"The prince of the city of Metellus, Apollini, invests this very man so unexpectedly and in such a strange manner.\"\n\nThe lord who was of that city spoke, and his name was: \"What is this ship, and who are they that are in it?\" After a short while, when he saw that it was to dock, his heart was filled with joy. He prepared himself and went forth to examine it. He found the ship richly adorned, but what it could mean, he did not know. They made heavy faces, but he thought they were worthy men of blood. He asked them how it had happened, and they told him all the causes. How their lord had been driven away, and the sorrow that he had made, of which there could be no end for him. He prayed that he might see his lord, but they told him it could not be..For he lies in such a way that no one can see his face, but he found the ladder and went down, and to him spoke none in response. For all that he can do or show, thus he goes back up again.\n\nThus it was spoken in many a way among those who were wise. Now this, now that, but at last the wisdom of the town decreed that the young ones assent. For if there is a remedy, to make merry with this woeful king, who can do so much of every thing, she shall make him glad at once. A messenger has gone for her, and she came with her harp in hand, and said to them that she would find a way to make merry with this sorrowful man. But what he was, she knew not. But all the ships she had sought out, she spent her wit on him. If he could amend it, and say it shall be well recompensed, when he has understood it, she goes down there where he lay..Where she harps many a lay and sings like an angel, but he paid no heed to anything he heard. When she saw that he was far away, she fell into words with him and told him of various lords and asked him strange demands, which caused his heart to change. He laid his error before her and was amazed by what she said. In the proverb and in the problem, she spoke and bade him consider. She asked him many subtle questions, but he would not answer one word for any subtlety she could steer towards him. He behaved like a madman, casting his head away and half in wrath he told her to go. But yet she would not do so. And in the dark, she went forth until she touched him and he became angry. After her, with his hand, he struck and found her. Displeased, she said, \"Go away, my lord, I am a maiden. If you knew what I was and from what lineage I came, you would not behave so savagely.\" With that, he calmed his temper..Qualiter Sicut deus patri filiam inventam recognovit, et ponebat aversum visu tristem,\nBut of the two a man may learn\nWhat is to be so feeble of blood,\nNone knew of other how it stood,\nAnd yet the father at last\nCast his heart upon this maiden,\nThat he loveth kindly,\nAnd yet he knew never why,\nBut all was known or it went thus:\nFor God, who knew her whole intent,\nBoth their hearts at once disclosed,\nThe king opposed himself to the maiden,\nAnd asked first what her name was,\nAnd where she had learned all this,\nAnd of what kin she came,\nShe who bore his name answered,\nSaying, \"I was once well regarded\nIn that place I was withdrawn and fed,\nThere I learned until I was sent,\nOf that I can also tell my father,\nI note where I should seek him,\nHe was told to be a king,\nMy mother's dread was in the sea,\nFrom point to point she told him,\nThat he had long held her in his heart,\nAnd never dared to make her his own,\nBut only to this Lord alone,\nTo whom her heart could not help but turn,\nTorn between wooing and woe..\"Turn it to good, turn it to harm,\nHe who took her in his arm,\nBut such joy as she made,\nWas never seen since they were glad.\nForth had they been before,\nFrom this day forth, fortune has sworn,\nTo lift him up on high.\nSo goes the world, woe now well,\nQualiter allenag.\nThis king has found new grace,\nSo that out of his dark place,\nHe and with him came that sweet wight,\nHis daughter they went and went anon,\nInto the cabin ordained for the king,\nAnd there he did of all his thing,\nAnd was arrayed royally,\nAnd came out openly,\nWhere was the lord of all the bond,\nHe prayeth the king to grant,\nThe castle both and his city,\nAnd thus they went forth in fear,\nT.\nThis lord then made him rich feast,\nWith every thing that was honest,\nTo these with this worthy king,\nThere lacks him no manner of thing,\nBut yet for all this, he would not array,\nWyu,\nAs he that yet was of young age,\nSo fill in to his heart,\nThe lusty woo, the glad pain,\nOf love which no may may restrain,\nYet never might as now before.\".This lord thinks all this world is his, but if the king grants him grace, he waits for the right time and place. His heart longs to speak to this maid and to her father as well, for the marriage to take place. Once all was done right, she wedded him as her lord. Therefore, they are all in agreement. Qualiter Apollinus, with his daughter and her husband, should not enter a ship. When all was done right as they wished, the king told his son of that treachery. And he said, \"How now, in my company, my daughter and I ourselves shall seek vengeance.\" The ships were ready soon, and when they saw it was to be done, without delay, they drew up their sails and went towards that place. But he who knew what was to come, the high god who would keep him, when that king was fast asleep, he commanded him to seek another place. To Ephesus he bade him go, and as it was that time of law, he should do there his sacrifice and bid in all ways..In the temple among others, he was known as the king of this assembly. The king had great imagination, wondering what this signified. Yet, before it was day, he summoned his crew. While he rode on anchor, the wind that was beforehand began to change. Strangely, it turned towards that place as it should. He knew well that God would will it. Before the wind, for he would sail, he went towards Ephesus and arrived there. When he came to the place where he should land, he landed with all the haste he could and shaped himself in such a way that he might rise by morning and carry out the commandment of him who had sent him. And on the morning, he thus worked. He named his daughter and son, and came with a great retinue to the temple. The citizens heard it said of such a king who came to pray to Diana, the goddess, and left all other business behind to see her..The king and the Ephesian Apollinus in the temple of Diana discovered a veiled woman who had joined him on his ship returning to Tyre. With worthy knights surrounding him, the king had abandoned her. He entered the temple in good faith. The door was up and he went in. There, with great devotion and holy contemplation in his heart, he made his confession. After that, he made a rich offering. He offered it with great reverence and in open audience of those who stood around. He told them and declared openly what had happened to him. There was nothing forgotten of all. His wife, as it was God's grace, was there, professed in the place, as she who was the abbess there. Before his tale, she had read herself. She knew the voice and the face. For pure joy, as in a rage, she rushed to him at once and filled the temple with a swoon. The temple floor was stunned. She was immediately bathed in water until she came to herself again. Then she began to say, \"Blessed be the high son of God, that I may see my husband.\".Which while we were one,\nThe king knew her at once,\nAnd took her in his arms and kissed,\nAnd all the town soon knew this,\nThere was great joy throughout the land,\nFor every man this tale has told,\nAs for a miracle and were glad,\nBut not,\nAs the king who has his wife,\nAnd when they heard how her life\nWas saved by him and by whom,\nThey marveled at such a case,\nThroughout the land the speech,\nOf Master Cyrymon the leech,\nAnd of the cure he performed,\nThe king himself asked him this,\nAnd also the queen with him,\nThat he would leave Ephesus,\nAnd go where they be,\nFor never man of his degree,\nHas done them so much good,\nAnd he understood his profit,\nAnd granted them leave to go,\nAnd thus they made an end,\nAnd took leave and went to ship,\nWith all the fair fellowship,\nQualiter appolluius una cum uxere,\nThis king who now has his desire,\nSays he will hold his coat,\nThey hoist sail and forth they go,\nAnd strike never till they come,\nTo Tire where they have a name,\nAnd they..When the queen arrives on land,\nAnd her daughters by her side,\nThere is no man's tongue that can tell\nThe beauty that comes with the well\nOf all womanly grace.\nThe king has taken his royal seat.\nThe queen goes to her chamber.\nA great feast was prepared then,\nWhen it was time for them to eat,\nAll old proverbs were forgotten,\nAnd they were entertained with new joys.\nThe discontented people are now\nA thing of the past.\nThere was no mirth for the taking,\nBut every man had what he wanted.\nThe king, as he well knew,\nMade things right for his people.\nAnd soon after you will hear,\nA parliament was summoned,\nWhere his daughter was crowned,\nMetellus, that one is king, that other queen,\nAnd thus the father's order\nHas set this land under governance,\nAnd said that he would go\nTo that place to put an end\nTo the betrayal of his daughter,\nAnd all men were well paid,\nAnd spoke of how it was to be done.\nThe ships were ready soon..Appollinus, taking astern of Tyre, sought revenge against Strangulion and Dionysia for injuries inflicted on his daughter. He saw on the sky that the wind was favorable. They hoisted anchor with the call. The sail on high they held in hand, and sailed until they came near the city. When they knew it was he, the town showed him reverence. He told them of the violence inflicted by the traitors Strangulion and Dionysius. When they knew how far it had gone, as one he addressed the town, seeking judgment for himself. Both were immediately assenting, with strength of men and stones soon ready. As he thought, they were brought before the law. And they were sentenced to be hanged, drawn, and burned, and their deeds to be made known to the world. The sentence in execution was put into effect without delay. And every man marveled greatly at this chance..And thanked God's providence, which grants mercy with justice, the murderer and the murdered are slain through the very truth of righteousness, and through mercy, simplicity is preserved for her whom mercy protects. Thus, he who deserves well has been well rewarded.\n\nWhen all this thing is done and ended, this king, who was once loved and friendly, received a letter from Persepolis by ship. In this letter, the land wrote to him that he should understand and know how, in good mind and in good peace, King Aristides had been deposed. They all agreed on this, and they prayed him as their liege lord that he would receive the letter and come to receive his kingdom. God and fortune had given it to him, and thus they beseeched him, along with the great lords. This king saw how it had befallen him from there and in prosperity. He took his leave and went aboard ship again. The wind was good, it was plain to see, they did not need a riff to quench their thirst until Persepolis had been taken. The land, which heard of this news, was not mentioned in the text..Was pleased with that coming\nHe rested him a day or two\nAnd took counsel to him thus\nAnd set a time for parliament\nWhere all the land of one consent\nForthwith his wife had him\nWhere all good was for him forgiven\nLo, what it is to be well grounded\nFor he had first his love founded\nHonestly, as for to wed\nHonestly his love he sped\nAnd had children with his wife\nAnd as he listed he led his life\nAnd in example his life was written\nThat all lovers might understand\nHow at last it shall be seen\nOf love what they would mean\nFor see now on that other side\nAntiochus with all his lewd pride\nWhich set his love unkindly\nHis end had suddenly\nSet against kindness for vengeance\nAnd for his lust had his punishment\nConfessor, address your lover\nLo, thus my son, you might learn\nWhat it is to love in good manner\nAnd what to love in other way\nThe reward arises from the service\nFortune, though she be not stable\nYet at some time is favorable\nTo them that are true in love\nBut certainly it is to reprove\nTo see love again fall against kindness.For it makes a man sorrowful to fall, as you might before read. For my son, I will redeem, to let all other love depart, unless it be by such a way, as love and reason agree. For otherwise, if you discord, and take lust as a least, your love may not be honest. For by no sky that I find, such lust is not of love's kind. In this point, I acquit myself. I may right well that never yet, I was attached in my wit, but only in that worthy place, where all lust and all grace is set, if danger were not. I note what fortune accounts, but what thing danger may amount to. I well know for I have tried, for when my heart is best adorned, and I have all my wit through thought, of love to beseech her anything. For all that ever I sick may be..concluded with a nay. That one syllable has overthrown a thousand words in a row of such as I best speak can. But father, for you are a clerk of love. And I can ever longer the less, but yet I may not let it pass. Your whole counsel I beseech, that you teach me by some way how. What is my best, as for an end? My, Now well I, for the love of thee, have finished the confession of the confessor, Genius, and those things that are beneficial for oneself according to sound counsel finally instruct. The more that the need is high, The more it needs to be sly. To him who has the need in hand, I have well heard and understood all that thou hast me say and also of that thou hast me prayed. Now at this time that I shall, As for the final conclusion, counsel upon the need set, So think I finally to knit thy cause where it is, And make an end of that I spoke. For I, First when you come under my shield, That though I toward Venus were, Yet spoke I such words there, That for the priesthood which I have, My order and my estate to save..I would, in my office, value virtue over vice. Encourage and teach my learning, so you may speak more of love, which may avail. Take love where it may avail. For this which you are in, by that you see, is a sin. And sin deserves no price. Without price, who shall serve? I note what might avail in this. If you have no profit in price, you are behaving unwisely. And since you might attain every lust's end is pain, and every pain is good to flee, it is wonderful that such a thing is desired. The more a stock is fired, the rather it tears into ashes. The foot which spurns in the way often overthrows its head. Thus, love is blind and cannot know where it goes until it falls. For you, if it so happens, with good counsel, let him be led. He ought for to leave. For counsel passes all things to him who thinks to be a king. And every man for his party, a kingdom has to justify..That is to say, he who owns his own domain,\nIf he mislays himself, he loses more\nThan if he lost ship or all the world's good with all,\nFor what man in particular\nHas not himself? He has not else\nNo more the pearls than the shells,\nAll is to him of one value,\nThough he had of his own keeping\nThe wide world right as he would,\nWhen he does not withhold himself\nToward himself, all is in vain,\nAnd thus, my son, I would say,\nAs I said or thou arise,\nOr that thou fall in such a way\nThat thou canst not recover thyself,\nFor love which blind was ever\nMakes all his servants blind also,\nMy son, and if thou hast been so,\nYet is it time to withdraw,\nAnd set thy heart under that law,\nWhich reason is to be governed,\nAnd not of will and to be learned.\nExample thou hast many one,\nOf now and also of time past,\nEvery lust is but a while,\nAnd he who wills himself beguiled,\nHe may the rather be deceived,\nMy son, now thou hast conceived,\nSome of that I would mean,\nHereafter it shall be seen,\nIf that thou leave upon my..For I can do no more, but choose if thou wilt live or die. My father's tale I have heard, but if it were answered, I would be much to blame. My woe to you, it is but a game, that feels not of that which I feel. The feeling of a man's hell may not be likened to the heart. I note, though I would avert it, and you be free from all the pain of love, of which I complain. It is right easy to command, the heart which freely goes on its laud. Not of an ox what harm, it often falls to a man to marvel, at seeing another fa. But if he knew himself the fear and felt it as it is in truth, he should do right as he does. For well I know, and so do you, that love has ever been used. So may I be excused, but father, if you would be friendly to Cupid and Venus, be an enemy to my quarrel, so that my heart were in hell, of love which is in my breast. I well know that a better priest was never made to serve me. But all the while that I hold, between the two, I note where I am to fare well or woe..I shall turn that which is all my fear\nSo that I know what is to be redeemed\nBut for the final conclusion,\nI think a supplication with plain words and express\nWrite unto Venus the goddess,\nWhich I pray you to bear and bring again a good answer,\nFor there was between my priest and me\nA debate and great perplexity,\nMy reason understood him well\nAnd knew it was true every detail\nThat he had said, not for thee,\nMy will had nothing set by it,\nFor touching a wise course,\nIt is to love no disport,\nYet never man could behold\nThey are not of one governance,\nAnd thus we fell into distance,\nMy priest and I, but I spoke fairly,\nAnd through my debonair words\nWe eventually agreed,\nSo that he says he will agree,\nTo speak and stand on my side,\nTo Venus and Cupid,\nAnd bade me write what I would,\nAnd said me truly that he should,\nMy letter l,\nAnd I sat down upon the green,\nFulfilled of love's fantasy,\nAnd with the pen in stead of ink I began to write,\nThe words which I would end,\nTo..The form of one who suffers from leprosy\nThe woeful pain of lepers' malady assails me,\nWherever I rest or travel,\nI find it ever ready to assault\nMy reason, which cannot defend itself.\nFirst, to nature I complain,\nThere I find that every creature\nHas love in its domain once a year,\nSo that the bettle worm in its measure\nHas love under its care,\nAnd I,\nSo,\nMy reason surpasses,\nOf that nature teaches me the way,\nTo love, yet no certainty it compasses,\nHow shall I proceed between the two?\nI stood and noted where I shall live or die,\nFor though reason argues against my will,\nI may not flee it, I cannot not love it.\nUpon myself this tale comes:\nWhile Pan, who is the god of nature,\nWith swollen limbs was overcome,\nFor ever I writhe and am behind,\nFinding no strength in all my heart,\nOf which I may not doubt.\nSo far my wit is overcome by love..Who needs help, he must ask for it, or else he shall spoil his need clearly and throughly by seeking all of them. But none of them can help according to my will. Yet I might sit still and pray to my lady for any help. I do not know what I myself can do.\n\nTo the great Jove, and if it pleases him,\nTo grant me the sweet tone which lies under key in his care,\nIt is overcome by fortune.\nBut of the bitter cup, I have begun to drink,\nI note how often and thus I find no relief.\nFor ever I ask and it is the same.\n\nThe world stands still, and the thing which now is low shall rise,\nBut upon this great clerk outside,\nOf love when he makes his remembrance,\nHe says there is the blind Cupid,\nThe one who has love under his governance,\nAnd with his hand, he wounds often where he will not have..Ouyde says that love compels him to serve in the temple of Venus, but when she consults with Saturn, there is no grace, and in that time I guess my love, which my heaviness now and ever shall be, began. I do not know myself what to say. For you, whom Cupid and Venus both command with all my heart's obedience, I pray, if you were once angry when I began to love you, now cease and remove that danger which stands in the way, with all my lady's favor may her place renew. O thou Cupid, god of love's law, who with your burning dart have set a fire in my heart, or grant me salvation such as I desire, for service in your court without her, to me who have ever kept your steed, may never be to love's law dishonest. O thou gentle Venus, love's kind queen, without guile you do.\n\nHe speaks thus on how Venus receives the supplications of lovers and responds individually.\nWhen I make this supplication,\nWith good deliberation..In such a way as you now know, I had written this to Cupid and Venus. A priest named Genius took it in hand to deliver my message and went forth to Venus to learn her will. I remained in the same place and stayed but a little while, not yet having covered the mountaineauce of a mile. Whom I beheld, and suddenly I saw where Venus stood by me, so that I might fall under a tree and to the ground I fell and prayed her for grace. She cast her countenance upon my face and, as if playing a game, she asked me what was my name. Madam, I said, I am John Gower. Now John asked she in my power, thou must stand as in your love, for I have understood thy will in this. And in some way, you have complained to Cupid and to me. And in some way, you have also complained to nature. But that shall stand between you two. For that reason, I have not done it. For nature is under the moon, mistress of every kind of life. But if it be so that she may find some holy man who will withdraw his carnal desire against her law, but seldom does it happen so..For few men there are of those\nBut of these others there be\nWhich of her own nicety\nAgainst nature and her office\nDelight them in various ways\nWhom my court has disdained\nAnd ever shall for it recant\nNone such as kind so deceives\nFor only\nMy court stands / all courts above\nAnd takes not in\nBut thing which is to kindly please\nFor else it shall be refused\nWhereof I hold the excused\nFor it is many days gone\nThat thou among them were due\nWhich of my court has withheld\nSo that the more I am beholden\nFor thy discase to communicate\nAnd to renew that fortune\nWhich many days has the grieved\nBut of my counsel may be leaved\nThou shalt be eased or thou go\nOf those unseemly joyous woo\nWhereof then sayest thy heart is fired\nBut of that thou hast desired\nAfter the sentence of thy bill\nT\nAnd I therefore will advise thee\nAnd hold it shall suffice\nMy medicine is not to seek\nT\nNot altogether as you would\nBut so as you by reason should\nAccordant unto love's kind.So it has decreed, you shall be duly rewarded. And if you desire more, it is not right that you have it. He who desires what he cannot have loses his own time. Where there is no power to please Venus, there is no old age that does not fight against youth. Venus herself seeks obedience, and those who love her confess their submission, mocking the man himself because he is weak and unable to satisfy her with countless demands. Venus, who has no regard for the law, weighs no man in the balance, but as she pleases. The true man often falls from her grace. She puts in his place one who is unfaithful. Thus blindly, the world thinks, in love's cause, as it seems to me. I note what other men should say, but I am so beseeched. I stand among all as one who has fallen from her grace..It requires no witness. The goddess herself spoke, to which part of love I am set for a final end. The point where I shall hold, when she has me well beheld, she said, \"Then you knew that I was Venus. I alone seek my lusts, and I well know that though you beg, my love lusts are not there. Which I may take from your person, for love's lust and locks are not in chamber accord any more. And though you feign a young heart, it shows well by your visage that old grisel is no fool. There are full many years stolen and such other things that outwardly thought so. Try it and see, my heart and I may not. Love is not loved now for days, or you make such attempts to love and fall upon the feet. Better is to make a retreat, for though you may attain me alone, it would be idle pain when you are not sufficient to hold love's covenant. Take back your h, do not travel in vain, lest my court be disgraced..I have conceived it well how your will is good enough, but it is more befitting for the plow, which I believe is lacking. So, if you are in feeble estate or are beginning a thing where you might not succeed, what should a man attempt when he lacks the means to pay? My son, if you well consider this, it touches upon forgiveness and not at all. The thing is turned into waste, which was once green grass. It is high as time now. I advise you to remember well how old you are, and when Venus has told her tale, the lover, discouraged by her scornful exhortation, falls as if dead to the ground. When I thought about it all around, and knew without doubt that there was no recovery, I, as a man quenches blaze with water, was suddenly seized by sorrow that my heart made. My fear made pale and faded. I fell into a swoon and, as I lay there, neither fully quick nor fully dead, I thought I saw before my head Cupid with his bent bow and like a parliament..Which were ordered for the with him arm and all the world atones of gentle folk that once were lovers I saw them all there Forth with Cupid in various routes My eye I cast all about To know among them who was who I saw where lusty youths there As he who was a captain Before all others on the plain Stood with his route well begun Their heads fought and thereupon Garbones not of one color Some of the leaf and some of the flower And some of the great pearls were The new guises of beme were there With various things well devised I saw whereof they were quarreled It was all lust that they wielded with fear There was no song that I heard Of love to love touching Of Pan and all that was liking As in piping of melody Was heard in that company So loud that on every side I thought that all the heaven cried In such accord and such a sound Of bombard and of clarion With cor That it was half a man's hell So glad a noise to hear And as I thought in this matter All fresh I saw them spring and dance..And understanding her intent, he yielded to the desire of youth. There was enough joy and merriment among them, as they laughed and played, setting care aside. He neither sat nor stood near them, and over this I understood. The most important part of her speech was about the names of those lovers, for no older men or women had appeared among the young ones. But the elders earnestly begged for mercy with many complex prayers, appealing to both God and the goddess of love.\n\nIt was of knighthood and arms, and what it means to lie in arms with love achieved. There was sadness that was quelled, with Belisle and Lancelot standing with Gawain and Galahad. With his lady, as I thought, I saw where Jason brought his love, which Creusa named. And Hercules, with mighty Hercules, was there bearing his great mace. And most of all in that place, he paid to make merry. With Eolen, who was dear to him, Theseus was there, though unfaithful to love, yet he was there nonetheless..And Phedra chose him whom she loved:\nFrom Greece, there was Thelamon.\nWho took away Leandros' daughter,\nHecuba's, refusing Iason's pleas.\nEseson, as for his prayer,\nTook her when Jason came from Colchos and the sea.\nIn vengeance for the first hate,\nWhich caused them to argue.\nWhen Priam had made and seen\nThe new town, I thought I saw also:\nHector with his brother Pyrasus,\nHe himself stood with Panrasus,\nAnd next to him I could see\nWhere Paris stood with fair Helena,\nWho was his joy supreme.\nAnd Troilus stood with Cressida,\nBut ever among them, though he played\nA cheerful countenance, he was deeply grieved.\nFor Diomede, as he was taught,\nClaimed to be his partner.\nAnd thus, full many a bachelor,\nA thousand more than I can tell,\nWith youth I saw there well displayed.\nForth with her, their loves glad and bright,\nAnd some I saw who often complained\nAmong the which I saw Narcius and Pyramus,\nBoth sorrowful.\nThe worthy Greeks were also there:\nAchilles, who died of loneliness,\nAnd Agamemnon, as they said,\nAnd Menelaus the king also..I saw with many others, who by fortune had love causes and more,\nWith women in the same case, I saw where one forsook\nWho was with Aeneas, and Philotes I might see,\nWhom Demophoon had abandoned, and Adriane led away\nHer sorrow to her sister, and unkindly forsook her,\nHe saw there also among the presses,\nComplaining about Hercules,\nHis first love died,\nWhich set him afterward on fire,\nMedea was there also, complaining,\nAbout Jason for feigning,\nWithout cause, and took a new one,\nShe said,\nI saw there die,\nWho had lost company,\nOf Achilles and others, among these,\nI saw also the woeful queen,\nCleopatra,\nWith serpents had taken her life,\nAnd she was torn apart,\nFor sorrow of what she had torn apart,\nAntony, whom she loved,\nAnd next to them I saw Antony's wife,\nWho, upon the sharp sword's point,\nFor love died in sorrowful point,\nAnd as my eyes might know,\nShe said, \"Woe is me, worth all slow,\nHow they were both undone,\nAnd next to them I saw Canidia.\".The daughter of King Priam\nWas there in woeful pity\nI thought among others thus\nThe daughter of King Priam\nWas there and made sufficient sorrow\nAs she who died guiltless\nAnd for the sake of amusement\nI saw some other portals\nAnd those were Circe and Calypso\nWho could perform the moon's eclipse\nOf the moon\nThey held in hand many one\nTo love whether they would or not\nBut above all women there were\nWhose name is most commended\nBy them the court stood all amended\nThey came forth in presence\nMen did them reverence\nAs though they were goddesses\nOf all the world or empresses\nAnd as I thought, before I lay down\nAnd heard how that this other spoke\nLo, these are the four wives\nWhose feats are famous in history\nFor in example of all good things\nWith marriage they stood\nFame, which hides nothing great,\nYet the chronicle of them remains\nPenelope was hated\nWhom many a knight had loved ardently\nWhile her lord Ulysses lay\nFor many a year and many a day\nUpon the great siege of Troy..But she, who had no worldly joy\nBut only of her husband,\nWhile her lord was out of the land,\nSo well she kept her womanhood,\nThat all the world took note of it,\nAnd especially of them in Greece.\nThat other woman was Lucrece,\nWife to the Roman Collatine,\nAnd she was constrained by Tarquin,\nTo do a thing against her will.\nShe would not keep herself still,\nBut died only for fear of shame,\nIn keeping of her good name,\nAs she who was one of the best,\nThe third wife was Alceste,\nWho, when Amatus should die,\nUpon his great illness,\nShe prayed to the gods so,\nThat she might receive all the woe,\nAnd died herself to give him life.\nSo was this then a noble wife,\nThe fourth wife, whom I there see,\nI heard from those who were near,\nHow she was clad alone,\nAnd saw him, her lord, all alone,\nAnd to no one else,\nAnd when she saw him weep, she leapt\nTo the waves where he swam,\nAnd there became a sight,\nAnd with her wings she embraced him,\nFor love that she bore to him.\nThese four were they, I thought,\nWho I saw..Among the great company,\nWhich loved to go,\nBut the young one in particular,\nOf love's court was marshal,\nSo\nThat he none heed where he lay,\nHas taken and then, as I beheld,\nI thought I saw upon the field,\nWhere\nToward Venus there, as she was,\nWith him great company he led,\nBut not so few as the young one had,\nThe most part were of great age,\nAnd that was seen in her visage,\nAnd not for this or that, as they might,\nThey made them seem young to the sight,\nBut yet I heard no pipes there,\nTo make mirth in men's\nBut the\nFor old men which sang love's song,\nWith harp and lute and,\nThe house dance and the carol,\nIn such a way as love has bidden,\nA soft pas they danced and tread,\nAnd with the women,\nWith solemn faces there,\nFor laughter was there none high,\nAnd neither\nThat they the more queer it made,\nFor love in whom they were glad.\nAnd there I thought I might see\nThe king David with Bersabe,\nAnd Salomon was not without,\nPassing a hundred in a train,\nOf wives and concubines,\nJewesses also and Saracens,\nTo him I say all intended..I noted he was sufficient [in love] with that written [contract] which love held with his hand. From whom no earthly maiden appeared. And over this, as a wonder, with Dalyda Sampson I knew, whose love overthrew his strength. I saw there Aristotle also, whom the queen of Greece had so bewitched that in that time she made him such a sycophant that he forsook all his art through which he might be excluded, and was fully concluded to love and do obeisance, and also to part from his acquaintance. I saw where he the maiden preyed, who was said to be the daughter of Emperor Why. Sortes and Plato were with him, and so was Ovid the poet. I thought then how sweet love is, which has so wisely been praised by men, and I myself was less ashamed either to lose or to win in the mischief that I was in. And thus I lay. And when they came to the place where Venus stood and I was fallen, these old men with one voice prayed to Venus for my sake, and she, who could not forsake, granted their request..So great a clamor was there, and forthwith all to Cupid,\nShe prays that he on his side would through his grace send\nSome comfort that I might amend\nUpon the point which I him pray,\nCame with Venus where I was laid,\nSo swollen upon the green grass,\nAnd as I thought anon there was\nOn every side so great press,\nThat every life began to press,\nI knew not well how many score\nSuch as I spoke of before,\nLovers that come to behold,\nBut most of them that stood there\nTo see what end shall betide,\nUpon the cure of my woe,\nThere might I hear great party,\nSpeak king and each his own aid,\nHas told one that another this,\nBut among all this I heard..They weren't wary that I feared\nAnd said that for no reason\nAn old man should not associate\nFor as they quickly told\nThere is in him no cause why\nBut if he would be near\nSo much the better and thus despise\nAnd some\nBut that the wild loves rage\nIn men's lives forgets no age\nWhile there is oil for the fire\nThe lamps are lightly set aflame\nAnd it is hard or it is strange\nBut only if it is some saint\nAnd thus me thou\nGod, who prescribes in his grace\nOf those who walk up and down\nThere was die\nAnd so for a while it lasted\nUntil Cupid at last\nForthwith his mother fully advised\nHas determined and devised\nTo what point he would descend\nAnd all this time I was lying\nBefore his eyes on the ground\nAnd those who see my disease\nDo not suppose that I shall live\nBut he who would then give\nHis grace so as it may be\nThis blind god who cannot see\nHas groped until he found me\nAnd as he put forth his hand\nUpon my body where I lay.\nMe thought a fiery law\nWhich once through my heart he passed..He pulls out and quickly, as this was done, Cupid's name is mentioned. I note where he turned, and so did all the remainder, Which were intent on him, in a vision. I had a revelation, as I told now before, But Venus did not go there, nor the genius that was present at that time. And she, who can bind hearts in love's cause and also unbind, Or awaken me from my trance, Venus, who held a closed box, Would not let me die. She took out more cold than any key. An ointment, and in such a way, She anointed my wound. My temples and my realms also, And forthwith, all she took me thus, A wonder, myrcour for to hold, In which she bade me to behold And take heed of that which is, Wherein alone my heart's ease, I cast and saw my color fade, My eyes dim and all ungladdened, My cheeks thin and all my face, With age I might see defaced. So and so it was spoken, That there was nothing plain and clear. I fainted also my heart, My will was then to, But there was no pleasure there, And then in my remembrance, I drew my old days past, And repeated, Quod..I made a vow to the various months,\nIn which the year, in its estate,\nIs made and stands in no debate,\nThat like others none agrees,\nFor who the times well record,\nAnd then at May,\nWhen the lusty year comes in,\nTypified as September,\nThe mighty youth may remember,\nIn which the year has its due,\nOf grass, of flower, of corn, of fodder,\nAnd afterward this time is shaped,\nFrom frost, to snow, to wind, to rain,\nTy.\nThe winter will no summer know,\nThe green leaf is overthrown,\nDispensed is the summer's fare,\nAnd thus thinking thoughts fell,\nI was out of my senses,\nWhereof I saw my wits a-wry,\nAnd began to cogitate,\nAnd when reason heard say,\nThat love's rage was allayed,\nHe came to me and has remained,\nReminding me of the folly,\nOf that unwise fantasy,\nWhereof I was wont to play,\nSo that from that fiery pain,\nI was made whole.\nVenus beheld me then and laughed,\nAnd said, \"What love was, and I,\nFor shame, I knew not what to answer,\nAnd yet I swore by my truth,\nI knew him not.\".So it was out of my thought, right as it had never been, my good son, though you now at this time I leave it to you. So goes the fortune of my wheel. For thy my counsel is thou love. Madame, I said by your love, you know well, and so do I, that I am unworthy. Your court, fix this day forth to serve, and for I may no thanks deserve, and also for I am refused, I pray you to be excused. And nevertheless, as for the last, while my wits have me, I ask an absolution of you or that I go. The priest was ready at once and said, \"Soon as of your shrift, thou hast full pardon and full yielded. Forget it thou and so will I. My holy father, grant mercy, I said to him and to the queen. I fall on my knees upon the green. And take my love to ponder. But she who would make an end, as able, paid. She took and hugged my neck about. Upon the gaudes all without was written in gold, to repose. Now thou art mine, I have for thee, that thou of love no more seek, but my will is that thou beseech and pray..And that you make a plain release\nTo love which takes thee\nOf old men in need\nWhen the lusts for thee are but one way\nFor which reason be thou\nFor he may soon himself misguide\nWho sees not the peril\nMy son be well and keep the sentence of my law\nAnd tarry thou my court no more\nBut go there where moral virtue dwells\nWhere are thy books as may be\nFor this I do well to know\nIf thou thinkest good will purchase\nThou might not make such a chase\nWhere the game is not provable\nIt were a thing unreasonable\nFor thou take heed of that I say\nFor in the law of my commune\nWe are not shaped to commune\nThou and I never after this\nNow have I said all that there is\nOf love as for thy final end\nA dew for I mo\nAnd great welcome have\nAs my disciple and my poet\nFor in various ways a\nOf die\nThe which he for my sake made\nThe bond fulfilled is over all\nWhereof to him in particular\nAbove all other I am most hold\nFor thou now in his days old..Thou shalt tell this message to him,\nThat as my own clerk,\nHe sets an end to all his work,\nMakes his testament of love,\nAs thou hast done thy shrift about,\nSo that my court may record it.\nMadam, I could well agree,\nQuoth I to tell as thou biddest me,\nAnd with that word it so befell,\nOut of sight, all suddenly,\nVenus, who is the queen of love,\nWas taken into her place above,\nMore I knew not where she came from,\nAnd thus I leave her and thee,\nAnd forthwith all the same thing,\nHer priest, who would not abide,\nOr me live or me both,\nOut of my sight, he departed,\nAnd I was left without help,\nSo I knew not what to call,\nBut only that I had lore,\nMy time / and was sorry therefore,\nAnd thus in my thought I pondered,\nWhen all was turned to naught,\nI stood amazed for a while,\nAnd in myself began to smile,\nThinking upon the beds,\nAnd how they had taken me,\nFor I should bid and pray.\nAnd when I saw no other way,\nBut only that I was refused,\nUnto the life which I had used..I have never turned back, and in this way I truly say, I went homeward, where with all my intent, I think to dwell while I live. Marche, pray Christ, save the people, so that the king of England may not be sad or resist some things. Correct those who are fragile without guilt. From the one who within seven days, this vast world, with the heavenly providence of its eternal Creator, has made and given this intelligence to man's reasonable soul, which is to be enduring. Above all earthly creatures, after the soul is immortal, to that Lord in particular, as He who is of all things, the Creator and King, holds the fortunes in His hand, His grace and mercy to find. Upon my bare knees I pray, that He will set this land securely upon good governance. For if men remember what it is to live in vain, there is no state in its degree, that without which it is nothing. There may be no worldly joy last..First, the clergy should justify things that belong to their care, not only for praying and preaching, but also for setting rest and love among us on this earth. If they acted in this manner, according to the rule of charity, I hope that men would see this land improved and, seeking and looking into the nobility, we would find some parts worthy of commendation and others in need of amendment. From their large revenue, the land is full of maintenance, which causes common right in few countries to stand up, but extortion, contention, and plunder hold sway instead. Every day, men here complain greatly of the disease of oppression, which oppresses the people severely. God grant it may be redressed. Knighthood's order should defend and keep the common right and the freedom of the church in every way. Let no wicked man find it a refuge, and may they serve as shield and spear. But it goes another way now..Our grace departs more away\nAnd for this people mourn sore\nToward the laws of our land\nMen say that truth has broken its bond\nAnd with brokage is gone away\nSo that no man can see the way\nWhere to find righteousness\nOr seek sincerity\nUpon the lucre of merchandise\nCompulsion and treachery\nOf singular profit to win\nMen say is the cause of much sin\nAnd especially of disgrace\nWhich many a noble town\nFrom wealth and from prosperity\nHas brought to great adversity\nSo it would be better to be alone\nFor much grace thereupon\nTo the cities should fall\nWhich might avail to us all\nIf these estates were amended\nSo that the virtues stood there\nAnd that the vices were away\nI think I durst then say\nThis land's grace should arise\nBut yet to look in another way\nThere is an estate as you shall hear\nAbove all other on earth here\nWhich has the land in its balance\nTo him belongs the lying\nOf clerk of knight of man of law\nUnder his hand all is drawn forth.So stands it in his power\nOr to spy or to save\nBut though he such power have,\nAnd that his mighties be so large,\nHe hath them not without charge.\nTo which every king is sworn.\nSo were it good that he therefore\nFirst unto righteousness attend,\nWhereof that he himself amend,\nToward his god and leave vice,\nWhich is the chief of his office.\nAnd after all the remainder,\nHe shall upon his covenant\nGovern and lead in such a way,\nSo that there be no tyranny,\nWhereof that his people grieve,\nOr else may he not achieve\nThat which pertains to his regality.\nFor if a king will justify\nHis land and them that first at him\nFirst at himself he must begin\nTo keep and rule his own estate,\nThat in him be no debate,\nToward his god for otherwise,\nThen none earthly king may suffice\nOf his kingdom the people to lead,\nBut he the king of heaven dread,\nFor what king sets him upon pride,\nAnd takes his lust on every side,\nAnd will not go the right way,\nThough God his grace cast away.\nNo wonder is, for at last\nHe shall well know it may not last..The king who seeks here\nBut what king with humble cheer\nAfter God's law eschews\nThe vices and the virtues self\nHis grace shall be sufficient\nTo govern all the remainder\nWhich belongs to his duty\nSo that in his prosperity\nThe people shall not be oppressed\nWhose name shall be blessed\nFor ever and be memorable\nAnd now to speak in finality\nTolching that I undertook\nIn English to make a book\nWhich stands between earnest and game\nI have made it as such\nWhich asks for excusal\nAnd that my book be not refused\nBy learned men when they see it\nFor lack of curiosity\nFor that school of eloquence\nBelongs not to my science\nUpon the form of rhetoric\nMy words to paint and pick\nAs Tully sometimes wrote\nBut this I know and thus I vow\nThat I have truly toiled\nWith rude words and plain\nIn all that ever I could and might\nThis book to write as I desired\nSo that sickness would suffer it\nAnd also for my days old\nThat I am weak and powerless\nI do not know how the world has gone..I pray to my lords, in my old age, how it has befallen me that I must stand in their grace. Though I lack the means to purchase their worthy thanks as I deserve, yet the simplicity of my poverty desires to please them. I hope to speak to abide, but now upon my last tide, I have made and written this book. My muse tells me it will be for the best from this day forth to take rest, and I shall make no more of love or of its deadly hell. Many a heart has been overtaken and overthrown by it, just as the blind are from reason into being of kind. Whereas the wisdom goes away and cannot see the right way, how to govern his own estate, but every day he stands in debate within himself and cannot leave. And thus, for my sinful leave, I take now forevermore, without making any more of love and its deadly hell, which no physician can heal, for its nature is so diverse that it always has some troubles, either of too much or too little, that plainly no man can delight in it. For it fails or this or that, but that love which is..Within a man's heart affirmed,\nAnd standing in charity confirmed,\nSuch love is beautifully to have,\nSuch love may the body save,\nSuch love may the soul amend,\nThe high God such love to us send,\nImmediately the remainder of grace,\nSo that above in that place,\nWhere love and all peace rests,\nOur joy may be endless.\nAmen.\n\nExplicit is this book which passes over,\nMay it remain in the reader's heart without love,\nWho sits in the scansions of heaven, let these words of John,\nMay this page remain gracious in Britain forever,\nThe Derby scholars recall the praise of the learned,\nGo before, O book, rest under him who is to bind,\n\nEpistle on this work, or complement to your former opusculum, John Gower, sent to the philosopher Johannes.\n\nYour happy verses, Gower, sing in discreet places,\nAngelic lauds repeat,\nLet Satire, your happy poet or poet,\nBe the completion of praise, so that glory may be without end..Quia unusquisque prout a Deo acipit, alijs imparte tenetur: Ioannes Gaudet super his que Deus sibi intellectua liter donavit, villicationis sue rationem, dum tempus instat, scundum aliquid aliis noti, inter labores et ocia.\n\nThe first book in Galician language is divided into ten parts, treating of ways and virtues, as well as the degrees of this world's pleasures, and how a sinner should return to his creator's recognition by the right path. This book is called Speculum Hominis.\n\nScandus enim liber, sermone latino versibus, examinat super illo mirabilia.\n\nThe third book is a carmen, composed in memory of Johannes Gaudet, on the consummation of your [belonging to whom is unclear] tuum..Eneidus, Book six begins in this order:\nFearful ventures, as the old example shows,\nTomorrow's flesh is as frail as yesterday's,\nLightly does it move,\nHe who delights in flesh will not long enjoy it,\nThe body will weep or be loathsome from it,\nRestrained flesh,\nHe who governs himself in purity,\nAll statuses will praise him in the assembly,\n\nJohn of Ghent composed this poem on love's complex variety under the name of Carmen,\n\nLove is in the gloss, peace in war,\nGreat in small things, as is your clamor,\nFixed in ambiguous motions, love errs,\nTeach the law to the rich, it says,\nYou are of those whose marriage bonds are firm,\nFragrant as the rose is the beginning of the grain in the field,\nWhen the head and end of love will perish,\nThis is the rule of the bodies of the married,\nSaving ones are sanctified in the world of men,\nFrom the ancient people of Eolus, under the hope of merits,\nIn the order of the brides, I safely bring the shrines.\n\nPray for the soul of John of Ghent,\nFor whoever prays for the soul of John of Ghent..Printed at Westminster by me William Caxton and finished on the second day of September in the first year of King Richard the Third, the year of our Lord 1484.", "creation_year": 1483, "creation_year_earliest": 1483, "creation_year_latest": 1483, "source_dataset": "EEBO", "source_dataset_detailed": "EEBO_Phase1"},
{"content": "The following revelation in this book reveals how a certain devout person, who was a monk in the abbey of Euishamme, was taken by the will of God and led by St. Nicholas for the space of two days and two nights to see and know the pains of purgatory and the joys of paradise, and in what state the souls were in purgatory and also in paradise. Indeed, in both places he saw and knew many persons, both men and women, whom he knew well before in this world, and spoke with them mouth to mouth in both places, as described well afterward in this book. This revelation was not shown to him only for himself but also for the comfort and profit of all Christian people, so that no man should doubt or mistrust another life and world, which every man and woman must go to and experience as they deserve here in this world, so that they may be rewarded there. And as for the truth of this revelation, no man should doubt..A woman ought not to doubt in any way. For a man who reads and understands the beginning with the ending, he shall see it greatly approved in great miracles by almighty God shown to the same person at that time. All reasons and motivations of infidelity, which often arise from human sensuality, will be excluded and quenched. This will greatly cause all Christian people who hear it to fear God and love him, and also to praise him in his works. Such other revelation and so open a new one was never shown in this land or in any other that we read of.\n\nHere ends this prologue.\n\nHow this monk fell into a severe and grievous sickness and went to confession and prayer and compunction of tears.\n\nHow he lay also prostrate in the chapter house as though he had been dead.\n\nHow the figure of our Lord's cross that he worshipped was found bloody.\n\nHow he was brought back to himself.\n\nHow he sought after his staff and his shows and prayed devoutly..He worshiped the cross.\n\u00b6 He told a brother that he loved well part of those things which he had seen.\n\u00b6 He was urged by his brethren to eat something after such a long fast for seven days.\n\u00b6 He told two of his confessors part of those things that he had seen.\n\u00b6 What was his petition specifically and how a certain person approached him?\n\u00b6 He was disturbed in his sleep to worship the cross of [illegible].\n\u00b6 The shadowy figure did this to him at the right foot and of the [illegible].\n\u00b6 He came into the chapel house and [illegible].\n\u00b6 He felt himself first rapt there, the thirteenth time.\n\u00b6 He followed his leader, sent Nicholas.\n\u00b6 Nicholas brought him to the first place of purgatory.\n\u00b6 Of the great diversity of pains that he saw, sixteen.\n\u00b6 Of the second place of pains, purgatory.\n\u00b6 He sent Margaret [illegible].\n\u00b6 Of a golden ball [illegible].\n\u00b6 This monk knew the goldsmith.\n\u00b6 The same goldsmith told the monk in purgatory how he died suddenly and was saved.\n\u00b6 The goldsmith's son told the monk afterwards..He was come to himself again that his father had appeared to his mother three times after his death, twenty.\nOf the third place of penance in purgatory, XXI.\nOf the foul vice and sin of,\nOf a doctor of law that was,\nOf those persons that this monk saw and spoke with in the first place of penance, first with a prior, XXVII.\nOf an anchorite that he saw and knew in the same place, XXVIII.\nOf a certain bishop there also, XXIX.\nOf a certain woman, a poor man's wife, XXX.\nOf religious men what penances they suffered for diverse certain faults, XXXI.\nOf a certain knight who broke a vow, XXXII.\nOf another knight, XXXIII.\nOf those persons that he saw in the,\nOf three bishops that were there, XXXV.\nOf an archbishop of Canterbury, XXXVI.\nA certain description that the monk made of diverse kinds of sinful people and of their penances, XXXVII.\nOf penitents that he saw, XXXVIII.\nOf usurers also, XXXIX.\nOf fugitives from religion, XL.\nOf a certain king of England, XLI.\nOf a bishop who was in penance in purgatory and detested God..In this world, there were shown to him miracles forty-two times.\nOf a certain abbot forty-three times.\nOf a certain abbess forty-three.\nOf two nuns who were lepers forty-four.\nOf a knight who offended in sympathy forty-seven.\nOf a monk a sexton forty-seven.\nOf a cleric who lived piously and did holy things forty-nine.\nOf paradise and the multitude of people he found there fifty.\nHow he saw a certain abbot there fifty-one.\nOf a certain priest who lived devoutly and did holy things fifty-one.\nOf a certain young monk of his fifty-two.\nOf a certain worshipful priest fifty-three.\nHow overrepresented to him the holy souls that were in paradise fifty-three.\nOf the entering at the gate of paradise and the joy that appeared within fifty-five.\nHow this monk came again through the gate of paradise fifty-six.\nOf the sweet melody of the bellys that he heard in paradise fifty-seven and how he came to himself again fifty-seven.\nExplain the chapters\nIn a Monastery called Ewesham there was a certain young man turned with faith..A monk in this worldly vanity, finding himself laboring with great feebleness and weaknesses in the body, and his stomach craving so greatly for food and drink that sometimes for the space of nine days or more he might receive no help. What relief came, but all turned against him. Therefore, he lay sick in his bed, greatly destitute of bodily strength. So that he could not move himself from one place to another without the help of servants. In the third month of his sickness, he was more afflicted and feeble than ever before. Nevertheless, on the eve of Easter, suddenly he began to amend himself in his bodily abilities and with his staff walked about the monastery. That very evening, on the eve of Easter, in the which the office and passion were solemnly sung with great devotion, he received such great compunction and sweetness by the respect of heavenly grace..His holy den cannot contain him. Therefore, he could not keep himself from weeping and praising God from mid-night till six in the morning. This was for remembering with reverence and joy the mercies of our Lord. The which he had done for mankind. And also for remembering with deep sorrow his offenses and sins done before time. And about six in the morning, he called to him two of his brothers, who had the power to hear confessions and grant absolution. To both, he made a pure and holy confession of all his sins and of the least office of his religion or of the commandments of God. With great contrition of heart and the effusion of tears, he wept so immoderately for all of them that he felt himself soon to pass out of this world. Then he said he felt nothing so truly that he took his brother earnestly..Inquiry made to him and he said, \"Sir, I shall understand and know that last night in the chapel house, you received such great sorrow in your heart and joy in your soul that I could not contain or bear myself. He asked also, and it was by the religion that the prior gave that night to the brethren in holy vesture, and when he heard him inquire this, he had gone, having said it due to great weakness of his head or distraction of his mind. Perhaps he had fallen into this by his infirmity and immoderation or fasting. How is it that he, with him, displayed marvelous wisdom and discretion throughout his sickness? Therefore, he commended him to our lord, asking nothing else but inquiring of him, and so he went his way. The sick brother spent the entire day in landing and praising God. And the following night, he had requested to call the community to be present for him in the church, and when he went there, it shall be shown in his words..Following the next good Friday, when the brothers in the chapter house saw the same sick brother lying prostrate as though he should ask mercy of every president. Then the brethren there, seeing this pitifully and willing to take him up, found him a man barely alive without any movement of any member of his body. Truly his eyes were sunk deep into his head, and his eyes and nose were bloody, as if a man had found a little warmth. No movement of his lips could be detected for a long time, and a little thin breath and signs of life were perceived from his heart.\n\nThey washed his hands and feet with cold water, and then saw his entire body trembling and quaking slightly. But he remained insensible for a long time. While they saw him not truly dead, nor anything changing, they consulted among themselves what they might do to him. At last, by consultation, they had him taken to his bed and kept there with great attendants of keepers.\n\nThe brothers meanwhile marveled and wondered at such a sight..a brother, sick and worried about how he could dreadfully and in what way worship the enemy more than anything said. They handed him a cross without great hesitation, to be kissed and worn around his neck, as well as at the right foot. It was a good Friday, the day before which was a good Friday with the following night and the next day after until the sun set, for his relief. But immediately after he went out again. Whatever was put into his mouth seemed to have stopped his throat. Emplasters were also applied to his breast and arms, which they pricked with needles and scraped the soles of his feet. But nothing could be perceived in him of a living man, save a little redness of cheeks and a little warmth of body. The color of his face often changed marvelously, and the color of his face was rainy and well shown. They made a great horn to be blown there..But nothing happened to him then, on the morning that is east even and the same hour that the convent arrived to attend the collation and to complete the brethren's letters, he began to stir slightly, and they seemed as if they had been soaked in water. At last, don came from his eyes on his checks, a yellow humor of water in the manner of tears. Then those with him, seeing this, called for the brethren immediately, assuming that he was about to leave this world. They also saw a little before this time his lips a little to move with his checks pressed together, as if he had received or swallowed some sweet thing. And after that, a flowing out of tears, as it is said here before. He was also seen often and many times sighing deeply in his breast, as a man sleeping had wept. And suddenly after, he revolved certain words beneath in his throat but could not speak them out except in an audible voice and nothing intelligible. Truly..Then his spirit began to return, and these words and voice he first uttered that could be understood. O holy Mary, O holy Mary: And again, O my lady, holy Mary, I shall say those words as I heard them, no additions. He repeated these words frequently. For what sin had he such great joy? And again, O my lady, holy Mary. When shall I recover such great joy that I lose now? These things and many others he repeated often. Yet, as a man was in a sleep and his eyes ever closed, I do not know of what great joy he sorrowed and wept, departed from Sothely suddenly, like a man awakened from a great sleep. He lifted up his head and bitterly began to weep and sorrowfully sobbed, as weeping does, and joined his hands and fingers to raise himself up. Then he put down his head in his hands on his knees, and as he began..\"Tabletably, he lamented and sorrowed so, saying not long after that, one of his brothers asked what caused him such sorrow and how he felt. Then he remained a little while and at last softly said to him, \"Well, well, and truly I was here before, but now evil and truly I am, and feel myself.\" Again, he wept and sorrowed more greatly than before. Because it is too long and impossible to remember all that he said and how much he wept, we leave that aside and intend to draw together briefly the things which we heard him tell with great contrition of heart and mind afterward. He spoke of Lothland sicknesses that he had said with great strength once or twice or thrice to open his eyes that were closed. At last, they opened. Then he began with both his hands all about to seek after his staff that he had left in the church. When it could not be found, he said, \"Sechith here elsewhere.\"\".A fermory is a place or house where sick brothers are kept. Go back and take our sand again into the fermery. There, see you in the fermery and set in your bed. Then he said, \"How came we here and when? Were we not right now in the church for matins? Then his brothers told him that he had been there for two days and tomorrow would be Easter day. Hearing this, he grew even more distressed and said, \"Shouldn't we have reverence for our Lord's cross on Good Friday? And yet we have not in common worshipped it. Then when he heard from his brothers that our Lord's cross had been revered the day before, and he could not be present due to his illness, he said to them, \"After I entered the church, I felt no disease. I pray that you may go to worship the cross.\" Then a cross of silver was brought to him, which he reverently received. And with kisses and tears, he washed it..The feast of the cross. He thanked our Lord and Redeemer, the Father, and the Holy Ghost for innumerable benefits. He referred to many things singularly. For himself and universally for all holy church, and also for all degrees and conditions of all Christian people, and more attendance for his enemies. If any were present, or for the enemies of his friends, he made wonderful prayers and obsequies. And as I suppose, he inclined his head towards the feast of the cross with tears and sobbing, that often times his voice was heard saying these words in his supplications: \"He is sweet, singing stirred many who heard him to weeping and devotion. And whenever we remember them, they cause us to have great inward compunction. They also inspire in us love and devotion to our Lord, to our brethren, and to all men.\".Greet humbly and goodness of our redeemer. He put between certain great things at every singular short prayer as the time required. The men, while this was happening, went thence. And then he said, \"Now I truly know that this is the holy time of Advent. And for what cause I say so, it shall be declared later.\" Truly, a certain brother who loved him familiarly in a holy purpose of religion was with him, moving him somewhat by a wise and meek instance, holding him in a certain stupor and wonder of such things that he had seen. Both of these things that befall him before you he was taken from, and of these things that he had seen spiritually in another world in all places. And as I have said or may say, he remembered many things singularly and particularly. The aforementioned brother who heard him recorded them all, telling him also of two things that were openly revealed to him. Therefore, later on, by lesser and greater means..The man learned and knew things singularly more openly and fully than he knew before. However, for all things he saw in such a long span of time, that is, two days and two nights, he would not tell it to any man. And in his telling, he made mention of some sycophants but began to speak of their processes. And neither they nor we at this time are sufficient to tell all things which truly we knew by his own seeing that he had told before to a few persons of witness on whose devotion he had taken a special trust. Neither can or may we reveal and show so openly the propriety of his sycophants, neither by writing nor by telling as he could and did. Also among other things, he was asked and he hoped to escape his sickness or should leave any length. Then he said, \"I shall leave logging now, and of my sickness, I am fully recovered.\"\n\nAfter this, at evening, he was greatly urged to take some food..So long a fast he kept and then he said, \"Seteth before bread and a little honey that was left the other time.\" When it was done with a very little refreshment, he broke his fast and so he stayed awake in prayer and tears until the hour of matins. Sincerely, when the brothers rose for matins, he went with them. And just as our Lord, who had risen from death to life at that same hour, came to church. Not without joyful marveling from those who saw him, and without sustenance or help of any kind, he did not enter the oratory as he had done eleven months before. And there in great devotion and tears, they stayed until matins were finished and until they had received the holy coming of Christian men. Afterward..This is what he had received our lord's precious body, he was joyful and light, and brought it to the college, a place where they could speak together. They came around him, desiring him to tell them of second things, as he had said before, for spiritual edification and comfort. All who heard his words understood that he had fully come to himself and saw his continual weeping, which had shown him many great and marvelous things. And when they urgently asked him, he hesitated for a little while. At last, to both confessors, he confessed what follows, which was digested and written down with great weeping and sickness. Some things he told to them both, and some things only to the one, and some other things: only to the other, and that not without consideration of a certain meek and good disposition..And this he went on to tell as it now follows:\nSo he said when you were laboring as you saw me with greys and long weeks of body and evermore with heights and soul, you blessed our lord and thanked him that he would grant me worthy in a fatherly chastisement. And then all hope put aside as for any recovering of bodily disposition, I could and might make myself ready. How you might the sandy and light ter escape the pains and sorrows of the world that is to come, and how you might find the rest of every lasting life when you should be called out of my body. And when as you remembered these things after my power beseechingly. Then after a little while passed, a thought came to my mind that you should pray our lord God that he would grant me revelation and understanding of what within a short space as you supposed were to be dreaded. And what you might hope after that you should pass from this world to that world. And so by this to stabilize myself in the fear and love of.And on a certain night at the beginning of Lent, in the doubtful life that I must endure, a worthy person appeared to me in my sleep and said, \"Great is your devotion in praying, and persistent is your perseverance, therefore your continual prayer and humble supplication should not be hasty before the presence and goodness of God. Nevertheless, soon you shall obtain and receive your petition. Then he named to me some persons and their offices, saying, \"Know well that much it will please the prophet. If you may have the prayers of such persons, the goodness of God is wont to hear them gladly. Send also to the monastery of nuns here, that you may know and named her, beseching them to pray for you. God is pleased in her holy purpose and praiseworthy conversation. Therefore, his goodness greatly favors their wills and desires.\" When this was said to me, both sleep and wakefulness departed..In the midst of this, the person who spoke to me departed. Suddenly, I was startled and steadfastly kept this vision in mind. And as soon as I could, I desired the same persons to pray for me, without revealing to them the reason why they should pray for me. This was the week before Shrove Tuesday, as I can remember. When I had taken leave of you and your fellow disciples in the chapter house. That is, I took leave of you and him for that day, and others for the six days of Lent past. From which I was compelled at that time to abstain due to such great abundance of grace and sweetness of heart. I felt replenished there in the receiving of those disciples, and I cannot express it in words. Therefore, the next day after that was sweet to me often, and I wept frequently. And then, on the next night after a great sickness, I fell into a pleasant sleep before the hour for Matins.\n\nElsewhere, as I slept, I heard a voice. But I did not know from where..When she came to me, seeing me in this way, Arise and go to the chapel. And to the altar that is dedicated and hallowed in the worship of St. Lawrence and all martyrs. And there behind that altar you shall find a cross and an image of your redeemer affixed to the same cross. Redeeming the world by his death. And that same cross, make it low and devoutly go to and kiss, in remembrance of your savior, and offer to him with a meek heart, a sacrifice of prayers, knowing well that it will be accepted by God, and to the an holy devotion. In which you shall abundantly delight. Then after this I awoke and with the brethren I came to the church to hear matins. And when the brethren had begun matins, I met a senor I knew well in the church porch, who was one of those who disciplined me in the night before. Then when I saw him, I made a sign to him. To discipline me again in the same way as he did before. And so lightly we both entered the chapel house and with one assent gladly..I came across another lord in the same place where we had met the first. To him, I made a sign to take me as a disciple. He beckoned for me to wait a little while. Then I left my brothers, who had come with me to church, sitting separately. Alone, I went out towards the water that had been indicated to me in my sleep. When I was near the water, I removed my shoes and knelt on my knees on the pavement. I often bowed my head to the ground and, when I reached the water, I found the cross that I had heard about before. I had not known this before by anyone's telling. Nevertheless, I found it as it had been told to me. I was immediately filled with devotional terrors and, prostrating myself fully, I worshipped that holy cross, saying many devout prayers. Then, after I had knelt before the cross, I prayed lengthy, devout supplications and thanksgivings to God..You are asking for the cleaned text of the given input, which is written in Old English. I will do my best to clean the text while staying faithful to the original content. I will remove meaningless or unreadable content, correct OCR errors, and translate ancient English into modern English.\n\nInput Text: \"kissing often the feet of the crucifix & beside the tears of my eyes wet them\nThe mane while I lifted up my eyes that were sore of weeping to the face of the crucifix, I felt some droplets falling down to me. I put them to my fingers and wept and knew by the redness that it was blood. Also I beheld the right side of the image of our Lord's body and it bled profusely, as a man's flesh is wont to bleed. When it was cuppled (cuppled may refer to a container or a wound), truly the place where I saw this was dark. For it was behind the altar about midnight. But I saw there two lights shining at both sides of the cross. As it had been two tapers well burning, I looked from whence the light should come and could see no place from whence it came. Truly then I took in my hopeful hand: I knew not how many drops of that precious blood and therewith I anointed my eyes, my ears, and my nose thrillingly. And at last I put one drop of it blessed blood in my lips and of the great desire and devotion\"\n\nCleaned Text: \"I often kissed the feet of the crucifix and wiped my tear-filled eyes on it. When I raised my eyes to look at the crucifix, I felt drops of blood falling on me. I touched and wept as I realized the drops were indeed blood. I observed the right side of the image of our Lord's body, which bled profusely. When the wound was open, the place was dark, hidden behind the altar around midnight. Two lights shone on both sides of the cross, like two burning tapers. I couldn't determine where the light was coming from. In my hopeful hand, I collected the precious blood and used it to anoint my eyes, ears, and nose. I savored the last drop of the blessed blood in my lips, filled with great desire and devotion.\".I. I have penned this down from my heart. I did it willingly, and I am unsure if I offended God in the process or not. I held the child in my hand, intending to keep it. Also, I beheld and saw the right foot of the same crucified one bleeding profusely the very same day when I was restored to myself and found nothing of that precious blood in my hands. I was deeply saddened and shall remain so for the loss of such great and precious treasure.\n\nFurthermore, to satisfy you, I shall now recount other occurrences. The second light that I saw shining around the crucifixion scene. Suddenly, I then moved towards the southern part of the water. The one kneeling on the north side of the altar, at the right side of the crucifixion, saw it pass and go to the other side, hoping to see some spiritual thing there. When I arrived, I heard the sound of a voice behind me, the same old father I had met before in the church porch, whom I desired to be a disciple of. He bade me tarry a little while..Than lefte y alle that y sawe there and y not howe. nether in what wise anoon y came in to the chaptur howse And whan y had seyd my confite\u00a6or as the vse ys. and he had prayde for me & assoy\u00a6led me with this beneson. In nomine patris & filii & spiritus sancti amen. he gaue me disciplynys vi. tymes as he didde afore Often tymes y desired him that y might reherse my confessyon and to take dys\u00a6cyplynys of hym. for at euery stroke that he gaue me in the stydde of sorowe & peyne. they were turnid to me. an inestymable & incredibulle swetenes of ioyfull conforte. But he wold geue me no more and so y rose vppe. Sothely thanne he went in his albys and sate done in the abbotis sete. that was there in the chaptur hows: And thanne y came & lay prostate before hym. askyng my beny and re\u2223hersyde ageyne my Confiteor &c. and he seyde ouer me Misereatur tui omnipotens deus &c. and so as\u2223soyled me ageyne wyth thys blessyng In nomine patris & filii & spiritus sancti And whenne he had answarde Amen Anoon ther came to me a.A certain worthy father, a senor, had a face and countenance like an angel. He constantly wore white, brighter than the snow. The color of his head and his medium height. He beckoned to me and said only to me these words: \"Follow you me.\" Truly, then he held me by the right hand so severely, softly, and gently that I felt myself first touched in spirit. Then his brother, who was his confessor, to whom he had revealed all these things before, asked him. \"Brother, did you or the other senor give discipline that night as you say?\" or \"did you go into the chapel house alone?\" Then he wondered at his questioning and said, \"Do I not know that this is the truth that I have told you here?\" Then his confessor replied, \"In no way were such things done by us, nor could they have been done. For the order would not allow us to have gone at that time of the night into the chapel house to give discipline.\" Then he said to him, \"Nevertheless, you had gone there.\".You are asking for the cleaned text of the given input, which appears to be written in old English. I will do my best to remove meaningless or unreadable content, correct OCR errors, and translate ancient English into modern English while staying faithful to the original content.\n\nThe given text reads: \"discyply nys and other thynges had be done of yow to me Fulwele y knowe withowtyn dowte. that y resceyued thoes dyscyplynys above rehearsed in the chap|tur house: of men that shewed your persons & liknes wakyngly & bodily and wyth hole mynde for y fel te & herde the strokys of hem and also y wele vndyr stode & dyscernyd the voyce of them that prayde for and assoyled me: as y shulde haue knowe of you bothe Trewly the first night when y went oute of the chaptur hows y thought to haue bidden ther in the same place til the moring in the grete glad|nes of herte & deuocyon that y had receyued there but y was sum what troubl'd & dismayed by the noy se of the couent when they we_t oute of the chirche after matins And lest y shulde have been re{pro}uyd of suspicion / \u0292ef y had taried there all night y wente with our bretheren home to our bedde And when_e y went out of the chaptur hows y mette with bro|ther martin And that night bode y waking in grete lightnesse of soule / til matins of the next nighte Thanne the\"\n\nAfter cleaning the text, I have removed unnecessary line breaks, whitespaces, and meaningless characters. I have also corrected some OCR errors and translated the text into modern English. The cleaned text is as follows:\n\nYou know fully well that many things were done for me by you, which I received in the chapter house: men showed you their faces and bodies, wakingly and wholeheartedly, and I felt their touch and also recognized the voices of those who prayed for me and consoled me. Truly, on the first night when you left the chapter house, you intended to stay there until morning, filled with joy and devotion from the reception you had received. However, you were troubled and dismayed by the noisy crowd when they left the church after matins. Fearing suspicion, you went home with our brothers to bed. When you left the chapter house that night, you met Brother Martin, and that night brought me great wakefulness of soul until matins of the following night..The night after, while I was at the beginning of the third call to the water for prayer, a sound was made, as if a man had struck the pavement with his foot, and I entered the chapel. All other things similar to what I have told you occurred. The only thing I cannot remember is how I came from the last chapel to the chapel house. Without a staff, I couldn't go there; and around the altar in the same water, I knew I had left myself. I cannot remember the way or the obstacles between the chapel houses, such as grids or other hindrances.\n\nUpon returning to myself, I experienced bodily sensations around the water and the cross. I felt so fresh in my mind that I thought I had been found there rather than in the chapel house. He spoke of these things above mentioned.\n\nRegarding the persons I was brought before the chapel:.This is an old text with some irregularities. I'll do my best to clean it up while preserving the original content.\n\nThe house and the man he addressed confessed and granted him discipline in the likeness of his brothers. He knew no one else but them at the time, and they appeared to be holy, angelic beings, sent by God. Regarding the venerable old father whose face resembled an angel and whose clothing was whiter than snow, he took me by the hand when I lay prostrate in the captive house and said, \"Follow me.\" This was the holy and blessed bishop Nicholas, whom he especially loved and worshipped, as will be more openly declared later. Now, after this encounter, let us return to the narrative.\n\nGladly did this monk go with the venerable old father, who cared for me while I was destitute of my bodily faculties. We both went to gather food in hand. This was from midnight on Shrove Thursday, which ends in the morning of Good Friday, during which time I was roused..In the chapter following the eve of Saturday, we journeyed on a plain way by a right path until we reached a certain region. This wide and horrible expanse, filled with foul and murky clay, was truly a sight to behold. There, an infinite number of men and women of every condition and profession were gathered. They were the perpetrators of all sins, punished according to the diversity of their sins and the quality of their persons. I heard and saw them openly and broadly displayed in that field, where no end could be seen. The wretched companies of men and women, bound together in their equally wretched state, cried out in their great and grievous pains. And whoever I saw there being prepared for that painful place, was ready to hear the warder's call..They knew and understood the kind of sin and the measure and quality of its satisfaction. Those who deserved it either through contrition and confession of their offenses, or by the remedies and help of other benefactors. Truly, all those who saw them were comforted for the hope of everlasting bliss which they hoped for some time to come. Some bore patiently and endured great pains, and for the good deeds done for them, they returned thanks and offered up prayers for them. Also, for the great trust they had in having everlasting bliss, they counted it lightly in their soul. The horrible pains they bore were lessened, and to them it became easier. However, many of them suddenly escaped from the place where they were tormented and hastened themselves more than others to go the way that was before them. Suddenly, from beneath, like the ground had been broken, there arose\n\n(Note: The text appears to be written in Middle English. No significant errors were detected in the given text, so no corrections were made.).They were met with flames that included them and the devils. They were severely beaten with scourges and forks, and other various kinds of tormenting. And afterwards, they all returned upon them again with their fury. Nevertheless, they being so weakened and in similar condition as was said before, the further they went, the less punishment there was. Sincerely, in this passage, some suffered greatly, some little, and some almost not at all. To some going there was no relief but a miserable failing, for they went from full cruel punishments to worse. And each of them afterwards delighted or was relieved and that was by the present benefits done and shown for them by their friends in this world. Sincerely, the things which I have learned in my mind or have been informed and taught by speaking with some of them there, I will openly show you as it is beneath this present writing declared. Various kinds and diversities of punishments that I saw there. Some of them..Some were roasted at the fire. Some were fried in a cauldron with fiery nails onto the bones and to the loosening of their joints. Some were boiled in this of pitch and brimstone with an horrifying steak and other things melted by heat, such as lead brass and various metals. And some were grievously tormented. Truly, among those persistently abbots and others of higher dignities, some flourished in prosperity in the spiritual world. Some in the temporal world and some in religion: and were put to penances, however meager the less they had before of worldly dignity and prosperity. In truth, they saw them torn in a more special bitterness of penances above others. Those whom I knew in my time were Iu gyys and Prelates of other. And because it is too long to tell singly of every person, what they suffered and why they suffered, I will only mention some certain persons and what they suffered before their death and after their death. For that was open to me of every person..person Neuerthe less there is no man's tongue that can sufficiently tell the pains of that place, neither by estimation conceive him in mind. The diversity and multiplicity of pains. To which they are cast under, ever among one another, very similarly, no man may number. I take God to witness. That and there were any man who had done to me or to my friends all the hurts and injuries. That may be done by any man in great abasement. I am greatly abashed by this, also because you had no help or remedy before their death of the holy ones and escaped. You died suddenly, you tormented me in my displeasure, this life or else he had flayed us, you said, and had such an enemy put into pains that I saw there to be torment for a long time, a thousand times. For all things there are so painful from sorrow and anguish, let us now consider in this world, how greatly we ought to chastise our waywardness..And to amend our levy and also how greatly we should labor to exercise ourselves to keep doing good works, by which and the mercy of God we may deserve to be delivered from so great evils. And also that our dear friends, father and mother, should be released sooner from there by good deeds and works of mercy and piety devoutly done by us for their redemption and help. And before this, I make any special mention by writing of the painful punishments of some persons that I found and knew, and they also knew me, I will shortly write here the places of penalties that I beheld as I went about, with heavy compassion afterwards, beyond the first painful place and region. Sothly, to our seeming, the length of this first place before said was endurable. But we, that is, my leader and I, went on the other side against it, as did other painful ones among them. Among them we came not to know how, as it seemed to me, we might have done without any fear or hurt or harm. Therefore, after we were past that:.We came to the second place of purgatory, a high hill nearly to the clouds, divided from the first place. Lightly and swiftly we passed on this same high hill. Under the farther side of this hell was a deep, dark valley filled with books and brackets on every side, where no man could see who was lenthe. In the lower part of the valley was a broad, black pond of boiling bull water. And out of that same foul pond suddenly burst a mist of an indescribable stench. Truly, the side of that high hill which hung towards the pond cast out from itself an horrifying burning fire up to the heavens. And also on the other side of the aforementioned hill was such great and inescapable cold with many other cruel storms that I thought and seemed to see nothing so painful and cruel as it could be. The length of that valley beforehand.\n\nBy the mercy of.god, who willed that no man perish in my most blessed lord, sent Nicholas, who graciously and presently follows me now. And who was this, who showed such devotion to him? For any occasion, he never left but what sum could do for his worship, he did it devoutly. And how much each gave me towards drink, they used it ever more to be at my command. For as soon as they ran, and had been his familiar servants and mancipples, they had not sufficed in necessity and to be honorable. Bound by oath and both the sides of the hill, which had in them that horrible fire and cold, were so full of souls. As hines swarming was full of bees. To these souls this was a common and general torment, that now they were drowned in the foreseen pond and from then taken up and cast into fire. And so at last they were borne up and let down on the other side of the hill to the horrible cold of snow, hail, and sharpness of storms, and afterward cast down..And they entered the grey stone chamber of the pond above mentioned and again took up what they had cast into the burning fire. Some of them were held long in the fire, while others were in the cold, and some remained long in the grey smoke of the pond. Some saw others bound and compressed in the midst of flames of fire, which was marvelous to speak of. The condition of all who were there enduring torment and pain in the second place was this: all the space of the pond above mentioned, they were compelled to pass through, from beginning to end, to fulfill their purgation. Nevertheless, there was great and manifold distinction and diversity of their punishments and torments. For some had lighter punishment than others, and some were granted a swifter passage than others, according to the quality of their merits and deeds, and the quantity of their offenses and sins, and those of greater offense and sin were seldom or slowly passed over..In the past, they endured great suffering and pain for a long time as they approached the end of the place. The more they neared the end, the more eager and gentle their pains became. The most cruel pains were at the beginning, as I mentioned before, not equally distributed. The pains and tortures of this second place were much harsher and sharper than those we saw in the first place. Therefore, many who were in the second place suffered more than those in the first place, and some had lost almost all of their strength due to the tortures. However, the diversity of their shapes did not hinder my knowledge. For my knowledge was so prompt, ready, and open that it remained with us in this world.\n\nNow I wish to tell a certain fair deed and work of great pity and mercy, which at that time was a sight of heaven and also a consolation for me, and may be to all the faithful..\"A noble document and teaching why people should have God and His holy saints in worship and reverence. While you behold merely the things above said and many other things, and hold long conversations with them, you heard a great noise and a cry, as if the prayers had been taken or else as if their enemy had arrived with foul mockeries and scorns. And lo, after that noise and cry followed a cursed company of wicked spirits and a mighty leading with them, just as they hoped to depart from her body. O good God, what pains and torments her cruel enemies inflicted upon her. And the more they knew her without help, the more they marveled at her. What man hearing ever would believe any creature telling how wicked spirits and tyrants of the devil cast that soul among them? As a tense ball with fiery instruments, from now on to another.\".inwardly, the victims were struck through with the fiery darts of the cruel tormentors. And as God is my witness, I beheld and saw her endure such great and horrible pains and tortures cruelly inflicted upon her. These things were not hidden from my sight, as a man can see with bodily eyes, that is, the outward pains that frighten the body. But also what they felt inwardly, good or evil, and with what heaviness or with what gladness they were struck within their souls, was all clear and open to me at that time. Therefore, this unfortunate soul, because of the present sorrow or pain that she suffered and the fear of everlasting damnation, was in great anguish and sorrow for the pains and tortures. For there was no hope that comforted her to escape desolate and destitute of all help and succor. Obduracy of all bitterness most bitterly tormented him, whom no trust or help relieved or helped, and despair of the end increased. The day before she left her mortal life..body in the which she lay, strewing herself petulantly and viciously. Now she is ever with the vesture of shame and wickedness. With her is bound the consciousness of shameful deeds done wickedly and without remorse. Truly, then, in her, the words of the holy man Ibo were fulfilled, saying thus of such persons: They draw in sin and only lusts of her body. Lo, suddenly, anon came down a great light from heaven by which brightness and beauty the wicked spirits and ministers of the devil were dazzled and made powerless, falling to the ground with the soul they had. Truly, then, in the same light came down a multitude of virgins shining in white clothes. Whyte as the snow and seated about with gold and precious stones. The grace and joy that was in the beholding of her face and there they make no mention of, for it was so great and inestimable that I can not remember myself that saw it. How might I express it?.Among the most fair and lovely ones we knew was the blessed Virgin and martyr Margaret. As soon as the aforementioned soul saw her, it said, \"Blessed and rightfully put to penances and torments. I acknowledge and truly acknowledge that in all my life I despised the commandments of God and gave my body to all wanton indulgence. Neither God nor any of His saints, men or women, whom I loved affectually or did any worship to in deed. The number of the holy saints in heaven I have loved more heartily, and every Saturday of my own goods before yours I offered up candles. And the custom of my foul living, now late, I left whole of my mind and body for your love and worship. I also believed that by the remedy of confession all my sins had been confessed away. But alas, for sorrow, my confession was not sufficient to wash away and do away with so great and so many foul sins and old ones because I lacked confession beforehand.\".the fervor of contrition and did not make my sins worthy of penance. Therefore, my sins cleansed not yet forgiven the which yet too slowly were washed away by good works. Lo, therefore, for my lady and my sweetness and comfort, my gifts of devotion shall be most persistent, the which you have received faithfully from me and shall be this persistent now also, not only to myself but also to the one to whom I have studied diligently and thought. Not for myself and now for myself and for all things, these things and many others she said with sore and bitter weeping and crying more than a man can believe. For you take God to record and to my witnesses that you saw the tears break out of her eyes as if they had been hailstones. And this while she sorrowed, the glorious virgin and martyr Margaret turned her to her fellow virgins who were there with her and said, \"O sisters, you see now the peril of this woeman. Sum time my servant and you knew her. Therefore, let us now do that thing.\".whiche is left for her, pray we now to the everlasting judge and meek redeemer, that he, who can do all things willingly, with his goodness, grant what we desire to help this wretched soul. Sometimes reminded by his precious venomous teeth, of these wicked spirits. And when this blessed virgin and martyr Saint Margaret had said these words immediately, without any delay, all the virgins bowed down to the ground on their knees and lifted up their hands praying for that sinful woman to her immortal spouse. Our blessed Lord and savior And anon as they had received God's petition, they rose up to depart from prayer. Then immediately this blessed virgin Saint Margaret, with stable continuance of face and soul, grievously and threatening the wicked spirits, came near and made a wound in her sleeve and lifted it up as if she would have struck him. Then they, like a whirlwind, flew away from her and left her alone with her bound soul..Suddenly, on the farther side, appeared a ditch full of boiling water up to the brims. Therefore, in this ditch, she saw her put in and then said to her, \"Blessed and merciful helper, send Margaret. Now thou must fulfill the penance which thou should have done before in thy life. And by my prayer, thou shalt have great help and relief from thy pains. Afterward, when thy sins are fully purged and cleansed by me, thou shalt be admitted to reserve everlasting joy and bliss. Truly, it cannot be said how beautifully this sinful woman took the words said to her, in which she knew the end of her due penance, and afterward might feel the goodness and mercy of God. Thus, this victorious deed done by the glorious virgin ascends up to heaven. Here now follows also another like miracle of great mercy and piety of the excellent bishop, Nicholas. Therefore, I will now tell a noble deed and late work done by him, which therefore is seen of him..A more gladly you will tell me. For this man, whom you now speak of, who by his occupation was a goldsmith, first told and declared to me the merit and name of my leader with whom I went hand in hand. Although I was asked here now what to break out for the order of the narration, because you said before that I would shortly tell of the painful places that were shown to me. But let that be taken of those persons whom I will openly declare to the prophet of them if it pleased them to hear or read this revelation. Therefore, as I suppose I remember how a certain person, a goldsmith and a citizen of this place, was hastily prevented from death and suddenly died. Of whom it was openly known that it filled him for excessive drinking of wine. And therefore, how could a man say to which sort but among those who sent John the apostle specifically in his style? \"It is a sin unto death. I do not speak that anyone should pray for him.\".That is to say. There is sin continued unto death by one who says no man prays for him that continues his sin unto his death. Whoever can be said to continue his sin to his death is like one who continues in deadly sin and thus despises life and takes death. Such a man not only committed the sin of drunkenness unto his death but also filled his death doing that same sin, which is the seed and cause of all evil. Therefore, this man who spoke of now, it should be feared and dreaded in his waking days was overtaken and ready to drunkenness for the last three days before he died of such a cause as it is before said. What should one think or feel of him more worthy than not for praying for him? Leaving my prayer before the righteous judge would be void and of no help to him. Nevertheless, I prayed for him, though it was slowly. Not fully certain of so sorrowful a fate and happiness. Indeed, it was so. By the..provision of God that the goldsmith was in the second place of pain. I saw and beheld him by me. Whom immediately I knew and greatly marveled, seeing him before many others that I was held back. In good hope and lightly bearing his pain, this goldsmith hid us both: and knowing us with an enarrable gesture and behaving of joy and joid, he worshipped my leader with both his hands, spreading them open often, and greeted him with innumerable thanks for his benefits and goodness shown to him. While I was saluting him, he joyfully returned the greeting to me again. Then we inquired of him how it was that he had so soon passed the honorable pain, which we knew by his sight he had endured. He answered,\n\n\"My dear friend, I have been lost and despairing in the world, not knowing the goodness and mercy.\".Here is the cleaned text:\n\n\"Here I had not so suddenly and lastingly lost. Then you said to him. Truly as you say. All we that were your friends sorrowed that you did it so suddenly and unexpectedly, and this life or else he had inflicted such great pain upon us that we saw there to be torment for a long time, a thousand times. It was possibly possible that there were such painful sorrows and anguished bitter pains and wretchednesses that they exceeded measure and mode. Let us now, who are alive in this world, consider and reflect by this how greatly we ought to give alms in kindness and amend our living, and also how much labor we should undertake to exercise ourselves to keep the commandments, to do good works and the mercy of God we may deserve to be delivered from such great evils.\" And also that our dear friends, father and mother and others who were once other lovers, who were sorely punished for their offenses, might be delivered sooner from there by good deeds and works of mercy and penance devotedly done by us for their redemption..and helping. Before I make any special mention by writing of the former punishments and torments of some persons that I found and knew, and they also knew me, I will briefly write here the places of their punishments and the direction we went on the other side, against it, as we did other painful costs of torment. But greatly ashamed inwardly, supposing truly that you had been damned. And because also you had no help or remedy before their death of the holy sacraments of the church. Indeed, I find other ways than we expected, and I would gladly tell you how and in what way you died and escaped eternal damnation. Then he said. Gladly, tell me whatever you desire, I will tell you. I was disposed in my living as two thin things that were open to man's sight. Also, I continued in the foul sin of drunkenness until my last end. Nevertheless, it was not my will. For greatly it displeased me and greatly I sorrowed that I could not leave that vice..Sothly often times I rose against myself, by the mercy of God, who willed that no man perish in my most blessed Lord, sent Nicholas, who now follows me graciously and was present. He was a devout man to him. For any occasion, he never left but what he might do to his worship, he did it faithfully. And however much I gave myself towards drunkenness, I used it ever more to be at his service. For things unnecessary to the ornament of all the church, as it is light or any other things, I would diligently order therefore, as I had been his familiar servant and manservant. And had not sufficient of my own goods to do it, I would move others of the parish to help as it seemed necessary. Sincerely, the gifts that men or women gave, I took them and used them honorably, truly I spent them. Twice in the year, at Christmas and Easter, I would confess my sins clean to him as well as I could to our parish priest..Taking penance for them and in part I did not observe and keep the things that I was commanded by my spiritual father. For frequently I left some things that I should have done and things that I should have avoided. And I added, of my own free will, as many days before Advent as would make up the number of the days of Lent. And so on Christmas day I would be enclosed and receive the holy sacrament of our Lord's precious body and blood. But alas, for sorrow, when I should have been/on those holy days of our Lord's birth, more holy and devout in my living than at other times. I turned myself to other worldly works and business. Therefore, it happened to me also in my last end that the wicked angel of that devil Satan, who is the cause and instigator of all sin, tempted and brought pleasing words and temptations of damnation to his father the devil..The mercy and goodness of my lord saved Nicholas, for which his true servants should be thankful to him for my deliverance. For he had lowly received and delivered me, and as rightfully as he was to condemn and cruelly punish me as I deserved, he has shown mercy and kept me. Truly, on Christmas day after I had received the good Lord, I cannot remember without great horror and sorrow. I was drawn into an evil custom, as I said before, when I had received a sign from the devil beforehand. And on the morrow I went to church as I was accustomed, but I was waylaid by the foul vice which I had committed the day before, intending to be on guard against it and to do no more, but it was in vain. By the occasion of drinking and the devil's instigation, I was destitute and lost the stability of virtue and the mighty purpose I had conceived, and so I fulfilled my wicked purpose in deed. But wretched as I was the day before, so I was the day after, and by..I. The delight of overcoming great drinking brought me down again to drunkenness. Truly, the next day after, which is the third day after Christmas Day, I did not abandon my old custom of drinking. By which, I had lost the virtue of sobriety, and I went home and went to bed as I was clothed. And immediately I woke and wanted to go to matins, but my wife told me no, and so I lay down again. Truly, then and there, death suddenly came upon me. I will tell you how I felt death come upon me. A certain devil that tempted and stirred me to the vice of drunkenness thought to himself that, and you died in such a peril, he would make no contradiction to help him, and would have the power to do whatever he pleased with me, because of my obedience and consent in that vice to him. But again, very much he feared, lest the merits of my patron saint Nicholas would ever prevail against him by my amendment of my living: if I..\"lined any long-haired man and so, by his presumptuous power, cruelly strangled me. Truly, he felt like an owl going into my mouth. The which often times opened to drink and so, through my throat, flew down to my heart. And none knew that it was the devil. Notwithstanding, I was yet mindful of the merciful God and also of my own wretchedness, and with steadfast purpose, I intended in my mind to confess purely and holy to God all my sins. And towards this, I called upon Nicholas. Sincerely, to this request, on the spot was granted me the space of a moment. Truly then, the wicked spirit sat down immediately upon my heart. And it clutched it with its curved arms on every side. Also, it drew out of its mouth an horrible thing and cast it all abroad, and so, in the space of a twinkle of an eye, it expelled and cast me out of my body. And immediately after that, I was taken through dark places by the cruel and\".I. Incredible torments of wicked spirits which beset me, bewildered me, struck me down, and set me aflame, and carried me away with them, I knew not whither, except as they would to eternal torments. Then, at last, my most merciful and dear advocate, St. Nicholas, to whom I had called with all my heart, came and took hold of me and delivered me from their hands. And here he has placed me in this place of purgatory for my purification. And how is it that I suffer here such severe and harsh pains, yet count it lightly while I have no fear of the wicked spirits and also that their tyranny and unbearable cruelty is ceased and gone from me? Truly, after this, I am and trust to have rest and everlasting joy, by my Lord. And now, also and forever, since the time that I was put here to these penances, when I am sorely grieved and afflicted by his most meek and blessed visitation, I am..I am deeply comforted and relieved once again, not only by those who came to me and my companions in the world, but also because I am now severely afflicted. And on this very day, I suffered even more, and thus I endured it. Truly, at times I have been cast down headlong into a great heap of burning money among them, which I burned most intolerably. And though my thoughts were compelled to devour it with an open mouth, I felt all my bowels churn and theirs often touched my hands and fingers. Also, due to our great burning and thirst, my inward bowels were thrown into turmoil and their checks began to fail. These and many other things I heard from him openly, as any man living in his body might tell. And when they came to the deed, each one of them said in his mind, \"Look now, you.\".The man fulfilled what the woman greatly desired. He was taken by God's will to the greatest pains and suffering of death, as though he had heard of this text in the gospels. Stultus enamora (the woman) was found at your door / what were you thinking about, adversary, and also about yourself, for you were very wicked. Nevertheless, as we have learned from him himself, who told us this, when they were put in that bitter sharpness of death, intending to correct and amend their faults if they had been granted any penance, and in their swift and hasty departing sought the mercy of God and also the help of His holy saints. Therefore, by the great mercy of God, their bitter death was a great cleansing of their sins, which they would have suffered fully in places of penances and torments. Furthermore, we inquired and asked of this goldsmith whom we have now told you about, and he said many things, if it were possible by any means, that the people might see and understand..\"eschew sudden death. Then he answered and said to me in this way: Truly and verily, and the crystyn people would write daily on their foreheads and about the places of their hearts with their fine gold in any other way. These words that convey the mystery of the health and salvation of mankind: Ihesus nazarenus, without a doubt, the true people of our savior Thesu Crist should be harmless and preserved for such great peril and harm. Also, they shall have after her death the same letters and words written openly and clearly at their hearts and also in their foreheads as a sign of great worship. I know also that my merry men kept me for eleven days after my death.\".I. In haste, I knew that my soul was departing from my body, which was red and hot from the fierce replies during my wine-drinking. My wife understood or knew this, or could have summoned the priest. The goldsmith's son, a certain young man, came to me with great weeping three nights after my departure. He informed her of his father's appearance and condition, so she could be more comforted and devoted to helping him. The same young man also swore that on the third night of his father's appearance, he heard his mother speaking and conversing with him for a long time, and sometimes inquiring..Some time answering him. Then she told his words the reasons he had told her. Truly, he said that he heard no manner of words from him speaking or addressing her but patiently waited until they had finished. So his mother told him that she had heard of her husband twice before. And as she knew and said, she said that he was full of anger and wrath and greatly blamed her because he had been forgotten and put out of mind from her, whom he had warned by himself after his death to do a little thing for him, and that she would not do so much for him. But she excused herself for the one certainty of others she differed it least that it should be supposed that she had disobeyed and deceived. And then he answered and said, \"Send without delay there as you commanded and tell and say to him how ten times for the same thing it has appeared to you, and also speak of these tokens. That the last time that I saw me, you were in great pain.\".Among other things, he told him how greatly the holy confessor Saint Nicholas had protected me. Truly, he begged me earnestly that I should stay and also bring both his wife and his son. On his behalf, he commanded them to continue the service and worship which he had been accustomed to do in his life, and they too, by example, should send Nicholas. For no reason or occasion should be left, but they should daily amend their living and show and do their devotions and services to his patron and advocate, Saint Nicholas. Also, this merchant and goldsmith, of whom I have now told and spoken about, who was greatly afflicted by the merits of the holy confessor, was in a short time freed from great sorrow by him. Therefore, it is most expedient for all men while they live in this world to serve the holy saint devoutly..saints of God, by whom they may have great need of the grace and mercy of almighty God, as it is shown and provided often. But now let us show as we may the things that remain of the third place, which we saw and beheld. For above all things that may be conceived in any man's mind, it exceeds in cruelty and deadly tormenting. Truly, I know that for the quality of evil that is there, no man may suffice to express or tell the left pains of that place. The great horror of that place so immense, the secure one might see and behold that which he knew was with me. And was also my guide and leader at that same time. The holy byschop and confessor sent Nicholas, whom we have ever specifically worshipped and loved. The more familial that we had him in worship, the more assured was I of his felicity and company. To see and behold the horrifying pains and torment, which now being absent, I cannot remember without great horror and gastly ness..mynde was made of every side full stable and sure. For the fellowship and knowledge the which it had of my guide and leader, the holy confessor sent Nicholas. Therefore leaving the former second place that we were at, as it is above rehearsed, we came to a full great field. And as it seemed, it was set in a low ground secluded and departed from all others that no manner of person might draw near. Except those that were there ponied or should be ponied. Truly the over part of that field was kindled with a full horrible clowde. In the which was mingled and melted together to gather a fume of brimstone with an unpleasant stench and a flame black as pitch was mingled with them. Which broke out on every side like hills and so spread all abroad. And the plains of that place were so replenished and filled with a pungent smell as flowers are wont to be strewn with rushes. And they were above all estimation horrible, wonderful and unhappy. Which with a gasping open mouth breathed out cursed fire..at her noses. And with an unbearable dread, she tormented the wretched company of people that were there. Right now, they were wasted and consumed. Deviously ran over all like mad men and were also cruel and wild towards the wretches. Truly then, the Deevils plunged them with fiery instruments singly by every member of her body: and then afterward they roasted and tore their flesh outwardly onto the bones. And then, after this, they cast them into the fire and there they were made liquid as if they were metal. And also took them out again as burning fire. Little it is that I tell of the pains and torments of that place. For in a full short space of time by all manner diverse types of a hundredfold pains and torments or more they were hidden and saw how they were consumed and wasted to nothing and then immediately restored again. And again, almost they were brought to nothing with pains..None made a hole again in the same place where the lost lives were compelled to suffer. And of these alterations of time in which they were brought to nothing and then restored again, there was no end, no mark, or term. The heat and burning fierceness of that fire was so fierce and consuming that whatever it burned would be like a thing almost completely consumed or wasted. And then the worm-eaten and broken were gathered up and placed on great heaps to be burned and there laid the unhappy, sinful wretches that were there. Therefore, they filled all things with such great stench that it exceeded all the torments and pains before mentioned. And yet one thing remains: the way in which those who were in that place were compelled to suffer, which is more hateful, painful, and shameful than anything above said. Furthermore, all those who were there punished and tormented remained in this world while they lived, doing the foul sin which they ought not to have committed..not named, it was not only a crystal man but also a heathen man who beheld great monstrosities. These were large beasts, naturally shaped, who showed themselves in a fiery likeness, horrible and ghastly to behold. They often came upon them and compelled them to meddle with them. Why they resisted and would not, I abhor and am ashamed to speak of the foulness and uncleanness of that same sin. Between their painful and cursed names, they roared and jelled and cried out, and afterward they filled up like those who had gone and died, and none took them up again. Truly, I do not remember well at that same time the saying of the holy posterity sent in his style concerning such persons. Where he condemns the foul vice and sin against nature for both men and women. And if I had seen and considered the cause, namely now in the time of Christianity, I could not in any way have been..I heard of such a foul sin and vile deed, which naturally should be more shameful for women. I had never heard before nor had any suspicion that the kind of women had been defiled by such a foul sin. Alas, for such a multitude. There was found a company of such innumerable numbers, and many of those persons who were there in that place I could not well recognize due to the quality of their foul sin. The great stench and terrible sights that were there struck me with full great horror and tediousness. It was grievous to me and more than a man can believe to be there in that place for a moment while, or to behold such things that would not move one's heart with pains. For my thought and if I had felt it, it might not have lasted long. Nevertheless, I considered and perceived sufficiently in my mind the intolerable greatness of those wretches that were there sensibly..experience and felt all these pains and other mournful lamentations. No man could tell of their sorrowful cries as each one cried, \"Alas, alas, why did you sin? Alas, why did you not repent for my sins and amend my living? They felt and remembered their grievous pains. Truly, their voices of weeping and sorrowing were exalted and lifted up with such great cry that a man would have thought it should have been heard throughout the world. Though you refused as much as you could to see and behold those things that were done there, you could not avoid the knowledge of one clerk whom you saw and knew at some time. This clerk, who was largely possessed of benefices and rents of the church and yet could not withstand daily, was a doctor of law and also among other doctors of law held in high esteem in that faculty. Full many students of that faculty he ordered in schools, by which he gained great familiarity with worshipful men.\n\nThis clerk was largely possessed of benefices and rents of the church, and yet he could not withstand daily..He had become increasingly ill, as God willed it, who desired that all men should be turned to penance. He fell into great sickness for about nine months, truly due to a meek displeasure of our savior that he should be disposed to correct and amend his sinful living. But when he was in good health of body, he foully and deadly transgressed against God. Contrarily, he was excessively careful of his bodily help, which he valued greatly. And so vainly presumed and thought to have it again. Therefore, he never disposed himself to confess his sins, especially his foul and open living, for the health of his soul, which is the first and chief deed of alms that a man should do, neither had any compassion on poor people to give them any alms nor anything did he do for the senses of God. As in offering meekly his services. For the redemption of his sins, neither studied nor carried it out..Always of his earthly and transitory gods as long as he lived, the heavenly healer, our seeing savior, was never in his days the better for the sickness which he had for his warning, which he showed and gave to him for a spiritual medicine. Neither did he go out of his own living, in which unclean living he was, due to the affliction of his great sickness. Therefore, the evil and weak deeds and actions which could not be cleansed and purged in his young age, our Lord Jesus Christ mercifully put an end to them in his death. What more mercy might be done to them, who, after their hardness and impenitent hearts, he saved from the wrath of our savior Jesus Christ in the day of his wrath and also in the showing of his rightful judgment. And also to be received into the night of death, in which no man may help himself. For then no man may labor anything to deserve. Then his short life of this world is cut short and also from..She took vengeance. In her sins and misdeeds, her pride and destruction grew and what could be more wholesome to them than, through her folly and madness, sharpening a sharp sword and desiring to add strokes to their own wounds than that they be bound and also her weapons taken away - the very ones they misused for their own hurt and damage. This aforementioned clerk, who I knew in my childhood and youth, I did not understand nor did I know that he was deceased and dead. At that same time, when I knew him, he had removed from that province or place where he was accustomed to dwell before to another. Nevertheless, in all the pains and torments mentioned above, I saw and found him, and I marveled at it. For I had gone, he would still have been alive and also an honest man. Then I spoke to him and asked whether he hoped for any time to have the mercy of God. And then he said, \"Alas, alas, I know and know that this is half.\".I will clean the text as requested:\n\ndo mine days you shall have allgate no mercy And they shall have any then I am not certain So they continually set themselves to these penances they increase more and more Then they said to him And why were you not confessed of your sins at your last end did you not do penance for them? Then he said because I hoped to have recovered and also by the deceit of the devil my spiritual enemy, I was ashamed to confess such a foul sin, lest I should have been of less reputation and despised by those whom I seemed glorious and fair. I confessed little and small sins to seek an honest person and a worshipful priest whom you well know. And when he asked me if I had anything else to confess, I bade him go his way and told him that if any other thing came to my mind, I would send for him again and tell him. And when he was gone and this came to his church, I began to die. Then he was called for again and when he came, he found me dead and gone..Truly there is no thing of a thousand pains that you inflict upon me daily that is as grievous as the unwelcome presentation of my foul and unclean living that I endure in the world and now find myself compelled to act out the same foul passion. Besides the horrible greatness of the pains that I am in, I am more confounded by shame, as I am cursed and abhorred in the sight of all men for committing the same sin. Alas, alas, who would have thought that the worship and favor which I had among men would be turned into such confusion and despised and ashamed? For now I appear foul and abhorred to every creature. The which before appeared to every man glorious and honorable. And he said this with full sore and great crying and weeping. And while I marveled at the wretchedness and pains of such a great man sometimes, I saw how he was tormented in innumerable ways. And by two tortures he was brought to nothing and dissolved by strength and here in fire, and so much liquid as ledies..It is true that Nicholas asked me if there could be any remedy or help for this man's liberation. And he said that when the day of judgment comes, God alone will know the hearts of all men and will do rightfully to each one. Therefore, I could know nothing for certain about this man's liberation. Therefore, the things we have spoken of here before may be considered as the scripture says in this way: \"He is not well who is continually in evil, and he who does not give alms.\"\n\nThat is to say, it is not well with him who is in evil, nor with him who does not give alms. See now and consider how greatly they are helped in places of penance by the doing of alms deeds. As our Lord speaks in the gospel, which did them good in their lives. This clerk in his life was wise and witty in his own conceit and trusting to himself set little value on seeking help from others through alms and good works for his sins. That has brought him now to damnation..Somehow and suddenly, he is found only wise and mad. Concerning this clerk and a little before, what was said of a goldsmith openly confirms the sentence of the scripture, saying, \"Powerful powers will endure and scant mercy is granted.\" It is to be noted. Mighty men will mightily bear torments. And to a meek man is granted mercy. The goldsmith, though he was a sinner, was in his own sight meek and little. He neither presumed by his skill nor by any other means, but counted himself ever wise and stable because of his sins. Therefore, by the means of alms-giving, he served as he could. He received the help and intercession of his great and mighty advocate and patron, Saint Nicholas, and in times of need he had mercy as he desired. Contrarily, this clerk, of excellent skill and riches and worship, had forsaken his weakness. And because he thought himself.This cleric was an exception in this world, set apart from common labor of men. In a cruel and bitter example, he was not now punished with others. I saw his tongue protruding from his head and silently burning, as if it were surrounded by fire, and he endured it because he often confessed righteousness as a man speaking generously and defending the persons of the poor. He did not only speak idle words but also spoke forwardly in words contrary to his meek demeanor, exceeding the wrath of many. Therefore, it was no wonder that he was punished in this way for such excesses and faults. After this, the reverend priest came to me to confirm this cleric's small sins, as previously reported. Among other things, I told the priest how this cleric, when he was confirmed, had said: \"When I am confirmed, bid him...\".A priest, who was the father of a religious order, also spoke in this manner at that time. And so it was done as previously stated. When you had told him this, he wept very bitterly and took God to record that it was very true as you said and knew well. Therefore, among that multitude of wretches, I knew this priest who said this to me.\n\nSoon after we had passed the third place, we came to a region where the souls, which had completed their purification in purgatory, joyfully rested. In this place, many were known to us and found them in great felicity and comfort. Truly, as our Lord will grant us grace, we shall later show and declare the joys of that place and the gladness of those who were there. But first, let us turn again to those things which we left out of the penances and merits of certain persons in particular. Which I saw and found in the places of purgatory as previously stated.\n\nTherefore, a prior, who was the father of a religious order, spoke in this manner at that time..This man, whom we knew well for some time, died in the same year. We saw and knew him among the first to suffer in the first place of purgatory that we reached. Truly, he was in great and severe torments and endured grievous pains. Sometimes in fire, sometimes in stinking baths of brimstone and pitch, they scorched his face. Overwhelmed and dreadful it was. As soon as he saw me, he began meekly to call me and greet me with compassion in his heart, and I greeted him in return. I asked him if he suffered such great pains because of the faults he committed in his youth, perhaps neglecting the order he took to himself in his childhood. He said no, but nevertheless, he suffered not only for my sins and excesses that I committed in my own person..That which offends me in many ways, not only for the wickedness and misgovernance of those persons who a little before you had charge and care of. For as concerning my own sins, I would soften as much as I might bear the penalties which are due for them. I used to redeem and console my own sins by frequent confession and taking disciplines and fervent prayers, and also by various other means. Sincerely, these things greatly distress me now the carnal affection and love that I had for my friends. As father and mother and other of my kin to some of them I granted benefits of churches. When they were fully unworthy to have them, I gave right discretely many gifts of the monastery's goods that I was prior of, and they now fully remember me or do anything for me in my need. Truly, the favor of people and the love of worship that they showed me principally, and\nalas, alas for sorrow. For and God take not mercy on me as I am now in penances out of measure. So shall it be..With out end. The courtisans had to keep my worship, and the fear that they had to leave it, so blinded the sight of my soul that they allowed the desires of my subjects and soothed them to do and follow their desires and lusts, as my eyes had been closed. Lest perhaps if I had corrected them and restrained them from their lightness they would have been to me as enemies, to labor and have me out of my work and position that they were in. Furthermore, those who were good religious men and had zeal and love to keep the order, they helped nothing or favored in the conservation of the religion. But they spoke evil of the good and cherished those who were fully evil, disposers and breakers of her holy profession and order. And all this they did, a part of my own lightness and a part because they would defend my prelacy. And for them to play lewd games and speak and clothe themselves triflingly, Iapys and other unmentionables..lewdness and going among secular folks in idleness was pleasant to them, as it was to me. Therefore some of them, by my cruel lightness and what they saw in me, presumed and said to do many cursed things. Hence I am condemned without approval, not for my wicked deeds, but out of a vain fear. Many of them behaved in their foul abuses, going from evil to wars. And some of them continued in evil until their death while I lived in the world. And now they are everlasting damnation. Also some other of them urge her to continue wars and wars in great sins and deadly deeds. Therefore to them and to me, as I am appalled, success comes inextinguishable fire. Also from the hour that I part from my body, I am put to unspeakable torment, which seem to me now light in comparison to the pains that I now endure. Sincerely, of all the sins &.faults that they committed after my death of an old custom that they had before, which they were seen to have taken by my negligence. My penances therefore have continually increased. And because I knew some of them who were dead and others who had fled and fallen beside other sins, to that foul and abominable sin which ought not to be named, and therefore put no correction to them. Nothing dreaded me so greatly. as the increasing of my penances so that I might soften the foul and abominable stench which they suffered and now endure. That same foul and abominable sin, and whenever they left alive damnably offending, the devils ran to me with great scorns and upbraiding words and evermore and more with new penances increasing my torments. He also told me what day, what place, and what time after..He told me who this man was and what sin he had committed, causing him to be expelled from this world. And he recounted many things they did and said, just as they had done any evil. Some among them, who were priests and fathers in that place where this man had been prior, were commended by the Lord for their righteousness and fervor of faith. They also made great efforts to keep all inordinate favor aside and preserve purity and honesty. I knew this to be true, which is why I said to him. However, it was no longer a problem that many things were well reformed and improved in the place where you were prior, if it is now shown to you so greatly that they have fallen into evil. Then he said, \"It is truly as you say that much has been corrected and improved more than it was accustomed to be before.\".Despite her amendments having yielded no fruit or benefit for me, my people were increasing because she was overly reluctant to be corrected or to have things amended. Truly, she was ashamed of her open correction but less so in publicly defaming them. Her conditions were so perverse and obstinate that I had thought they were incorrigible, and whatever was done to bring about amendment. But if the marvelous power and might of God helps, it will be brought to nothing. Alas, why did I believe you to seek counsel? Alas, that I ever favored and magnified those persons by whom I offended the majesty of God so much, allowing them to have their way to do as they pleased. Truly, there were four persons who told me her name that I should say to her. But if they soon do penance for her cursed deeds and counsel by which they have lost themselves and others..After them, they shall have the indisputable and everlasting torments of hell. Truly, if they did penance and satisfaction till Doomsday, they would think it little in comparison to the great and long wrongs and cursed acts by which they have brought me to this punishment that I am in now. One or little any time, though four persons would displease me, I was inclined and bowed to let them do what they wanted. Few there are of all the convent that for me and for my help have done and said the masses, psalms, and other soffragies and prayers. The debtors for whom I am now in sore pain have done none of these things for me. Therefore, what sorrow and fear I have of the present tormentors, I am paid on every side. He, the prior, saw me about this place and spoke to me as above mentioned. I also knew a certain nun, the ancresse..Who was of a good and honest conversation whom greatly loved and saw her there: as she had come late from the world. Truly she was stable and steadfast in continuance and fair of beholding. Home the laborious way that she had gone a little had wearied her. And with the pains of fire that others were involved here and there, she was often times touched and some what burned. But she little considered it and hastily proceeded greatly profiting on the journey to paradise. And this when I saw her take God to record, I had wondered if it had been some fantasy and as it had been a dream, for truly I believed in no wise that she was dead. Then I said to myself, \"I believe that the meritorious leaving of this anguished and servant of Christ is shown to me by imagination.\" For truly she that is alone in her body may not be here. Sincerely, three days after I was come to myself again, a certain tenant of hers was here who spoke with me and prayed him to greet her well on my word. And also that she would be safe..He asked them to pray for him. Then he said, \"Pray also for her, our good friend, for you will understand that she is detested and passed over. I greatly marveled at his saying this, and for the first time, I believed it was true that I had seen her in the first place of purgatory. Furthermore, this general condition of all people is known openly: that all people who are ordained to perceive rest and bliss before the Day of Judgment had, from the first hour of her death, had their penances lessened and lessened. But if it were so that any of them had left others to live wickedly, following their evil example and committing sin, and while they did no satisfaction to God for it before her death, then such an occasion of sin would have begotten him also eternal damnation. They greatly offended by the same sin began to go from bitter penances to wars, and her torments daily increased their own..A bishop I knew there, who had seen the one who was once born on this land and held his bishopric beyond the see. Truly, he died in that same year about the feast of St. Michael. However, now it has slipped my mind which specific events I was occupied with at that time. Indeed, innumerable things there were that I did not note well nor could I keep in my mind all the things that I had noted. Truly, the same man who told me of the passing of the ancestors, as it is said in the next chapter, also told me about the passing of this bishop, but he did not know the exact time. Truly, another young man, who was a cousin and servant to the same bishop, came home to his native land of England and brought certain words to the aforementioned man that the aforementioned bishop was dead. Truly, I saw this bishop almost continually burning in flames of fire and most likely due to his vices..He, who was tormented in numerous ways in his youth, also saw something special about him and thought to remember and speak of him truly. He burned brightly in the fire, yet he had even more an honest cloak on him. This cloak, which was not only damaged by the fire but also made more beautiful and appealing by it, was declared to me as the reason for this marvelous thing. He said this privilege was granted to him when he lay there.\n\nBy a good deed, which he used to do, and this was: he had compassion on poor people who were naked and liberally used to relieve them of their need. Therefore, his clothing will never lack supporters. Until he had fully paid his penance and took from God the stole of everlasting joy and bliss.\n\nAn poor woman, who was her husband's wife, did this last year with him. She was sometimes very fondly beloved..She was very gladly beheld by me in light, penances endured in comparison to swiftly going forth to the great reward and worship of heavenly joys. Truly, in this she patiently endured, stealing and upbraiding those who did her wrong and hated them, greatly offending and therefore suffering penances. Nevertheless, this vice was incurable for her due to her infirmity, and she hated it, often weeping that she could not overcome it. Therefore, she had sooner forgiven that sin. So she was in her prayers deeply devout and well disposed to alms and hospitality more than she could well do of her own goods. Before her death, by the log seizures that she had, she was provided and cleansed as gold in a furnace, almost casting from her the scurf and the hardened shells of her sins. Furthermore, it is fully proven in these days, almost all the conditions of men have gone out..For anyone living in this life who keeps or recovers the pure and clear simplicity and innocence of the holy gospel, they will not dwell in heavenly places nor rest on the mount and hill of paradise of joy and bliss. Therefore, whatever thing of sin and uncleanness contrary to equity and righteousness clings and rests on the soul that passes beyond this world must be purged in another world. And so, by penance, the way and path of a joyful resting will be shown to those who are purged and cleansed. And then, in places of rest, the entirety of heaven and everlasting bliss will be opened widely to those souls for the perfect desire they will have to see God. This only must be taken of those sins which, by their light quality or else by confession and satisfaction, are granted to them by God as a guide and companion among venial sins. For as concerning those sins:.synopsis it be deadly and were not I in this world by the remedy of confession and penance made light and venial it is without doubt that he shall be presented to his judge in the world that is to come as he is found in his leaving when he passes out of this world\nand women how they suffered certain penances as well for little offenses as for great sins and as it seemed to me were the least penances that they suffered for right little offenses as for immoderate laughing and idle word speaking and that they suffered their mind negligently or wandered about in vain thoughts or else for light breaking the rules and forms of their religion as in lightly and nicely behaving themselves and in multiplying signs to meekly and so for going and wandering out of their cloisters and cells on profitably and also for many other things in like ways. For some I saw most miserably weeping and rolling hot burning colics in their mouths for eating fruits and herbs out..of the deceased placers and times not for any medical or need. But for lust and appetite, and for immoderate laughter they had beatings. For idle speech strokes in her face, and for vain thoughts they suffered grevious and varied torments of the air. And those who often died in dissolution of gesture and behavior were bound with sharp bonds and many with fiery bonds, and for superfluity of signs by which they had to endure lewd pleasures and idle games. Some of them had their fingers tied, and some had them by knobbyards. Those also who were wandering here and there were grievously cast and thrown from one place to another, by which their limbs were sore hurt among themselves. Also, those who spoke words of rebellion, whose sound needed clarity or otherwise against the honesty of reverence, were punished or taken to the saint's special help and deliverance in time of fear and peril. And afterward, sure taken of the same vow, were soothed inestimable torments among them, a young knight among whom I saw..burning in the midst of fire, whom you once knew well, and as you inquired of him why he was put in such great pains, he told me this. My life he said was but bare and vain and also vicious, for you were insolent and nasty in pride and elation and foul and unclean due to the vice of lechery. Nevertheless, I am now specifically punished because you cast away from me the sign of the holy cross, which you had taken upon me in a vow to go to the holy land. Truly, every night I labor as much as I may to end this pilgrimage. But what for feebleness of strength and contrary winds and also sharpness of the way, I am let greatly, so that one little day's journey is often delayed. Cruel spirits being mad, they draw me on relentlessly to the place of my penance. Wherever more, alas..days I am greatly pained in the fire. Nevertheless, with a certain amendment of lessur disease, I think it is little, and again when night comes, I am restored to the place where I left last on my pilgrimage. And so I go forth on my pilgrimage. And when the morning comes, I am drawn back again and cast to penance. And all those who have vowed to go to the holy land and did not die, are compelled to perform their pilgrimage. So if they may have the grace of God in the end to repent, as I had to repent for breaking my vow. And thus, by the holiest was deadly sin changed to a venial sin. Another knight also, who well intended and performed this, I saw and knew there. This had overcome all his great pains that he had suffered before. And therefore he said he did well. For by that space of penance he went well toward the joys of paradise. Sincerely he bore there on his first a [something] on his fist..The country let all poor people come to him willingly and gave them hospitality. Truly, his wife lived before him almost thirty years after his death, and he led a content and chaste life, ready and benevolent to all men. Greatly he marveled why such honesty and good condition in his dwelling had not brought him full rest and joy. Then he said to me that it was not to be marveled at. For when he lived, he could often offend in many ways, especially because in his youth and childhood he was nurtured and brought up, and what was drawn to him in his youth was leading him to many noisy things from which he could not be fully purged and made clean in worldly conversation. Where he had to conform himself to the manners and behavior of those he lived among. Sincerely, he complained that the hawk which he bore on his fist suffered greatly as he said, because in hunting which he did all the time of his life..Greatly delighted to see the hankeys when they flowed, how they took other birds. The one hawking left not in his age + neither thereof had any compunction. For he knew not that such a thing was any sin. Many other things also I saw and beheld in this first place of purgatory. For instance, above those things the which I saw and noted in the second place of purgatory, what will I show and declare to you truly, I saw and knew many more there, than did in any other place, sore weeping and sorrowing therein. Their sins by which they had broken God's Three Commandments tormented them. They turned and wallowed most miserably. Now in great fire. And now in sharp storms of hail and snow and whirlwinds. And afterward in a foul stinking pond of black water. Truly they were punished diversely. Not far from one another. And one of them was more bitterly tormented than the others, and that was because he had sat among the secular clergy in his life..In the place and time of pleading, he took great pleasure and delight, and from time to time he was. To many who pleaded for God's cause, knowing himself a violent oppressor, therefore he complained. Whythen an open mouth that his tongue continually burned in flames of fire. And as he was now bringing it in fire and now wet, and steadily from it snow and frost, & now in a stinking pond. And now foul overworked in fen and mire, and his tongue evermore contained in burning fire. The other of them otherwise negligently broke his chastity, which was abominable, and therefore he was drowned often times in the foul and stinking pond that lies between the great heat and cold, as it is said before. Sothly, before his death he left the honor and dignity of his bishopric and took upon himself the humble habit of a monk. The which greatly helped him, among other deeds of satisfaction. And all that so done, great good and profit came to them, for all they were specifically helped by the merits &..The prayers of the Holy Syon nuns, who were before the same, have been known and marked to rise again in the order of those who left this world or at the last end forsook it in full devotion. The third of these nuns greatly delighted in worldly worship and vain glory. For this sin, he was often lifted up in pride, using their power under God to the great harm of themselves and to the peril of their subjects. Therefore, the penances of all such prelates were daily increased, as I have told before, for the sake of their friends who lived in the world, who did for him as in messes, alms-giving, and such other things by which their penances should have been lessened. However, their grievous penances were increased because they despised and brought up in their place, or because they did not correct them in due form as becomes their office. Therefore, all those who did this for such causes were punished accordingly..Sofrid greatly doubted her salvation and was nearly in despair. Truly, there is nothing so grievous to one in pains as the uncertainty of their physicians and the certainty of their afflictions brings great solace and comfort. For the evil and hurt of despair is as great as one can consider, and after these things that I saw, it displeases and torments the souls that have experienced it more than all other pains. I also saw a certain person who at one time was of great name and fame. He, who had lived devoutly in bodily penances, meditation, and many other virtues, was promoted and made archbishop of Canterbury and primate of England. But alas for sorrow, for truly the more he was exalted, the more he grew in it..the sight of the peeple made him feel meekly he had fallen and decreased in the sight of God, who beheld him inwardly, and furthermore, his life would have been forfeit if not for the mercy of God and the merits of his good living beforehand. When he was a monk in good faith and diligent in acceptable labor to God, he truly served our Lord when he was bishop of Canterbury, and especially excelled in counsel. He also feared and was ashamed to execute the law for displeasing the king, as it seemed he was favored by him. Furthermore, he studied and thought by a color of simulation or otherwise how he should trouble them, whom he had greatly offended. In this, he was more to be blamed and more offended, as he hid and kept close the authority of the church and was excellently named, and to them he might have greatly profited and they so do they be..ordende to ful grete peynis. for they be a srotyd wysys the whiche be sowyn in the hertys & t they haue cure & charge of ne thir be aboute by her office to edifie & pla\u0304te i\u0304 her so gettys the nobulnes & \nno more than other that lacke bothe holynes & gode vnderstanding Nehad for to be hedys of the peple as of other the whiche had co\u0304nyng & vndersto\u0304ding how be it yt they had hit but barenly & turmth hit to the more torme\u0304 tyteynyd the whiche as mekyl as is in hem. be not aschamyd to defoule when they be right foule & pollutyd Sothly of the negligens of denys of arche dekons & of other officers mony thingis y saw the whiche y leue out to tel & how by her t shulde haue a zele & a loue to the peple of god reqryth & askyth etnal da\u0304pnacio\u0304 aswel to the clergy as to the laye folke & most to he selfe & to her auctors Trewly for these thigis & many other inumerable in this wise the forseyde arche bishoppe la borde in gret peynys vnder greuys \ncause when he went to the holy londe a pred therof yf hit were trew. & a.A certain person told me how it was ordered and began: Forthwith more greatly, he who performed it had labored when he went on pilgrimage to Jerusalem, where he made it. Also, many priests who, by the grace of God, left their vices living in the utmost contrition of heart and with confession of mouth when they left and because they had not done penance sufficiently, saw him endure innumerable penances. Truly, then, I thought to myself that few priests were there who were truly penitent and contrite while they lived for their sins. Therefore, it is no doubt that the great multitude of them were backward. In this vision, I saw no one who had utterly lost hope of salvation nor was it certain to me of eternal damnation. Nevertheless, some who were in penances had no knowledge when they should be saved, and it was most painful to them. And some who were in penances knew a certainty of their deliverance..that was a great solace, as it is said above, that he saw and knew there thousands more, in the same way, of those persons who suffered greatly and endured painful penances only because they delighted and took pleasure in the fairies' handiwork and long fingers. Weary men were slain by them in their journey. It is not to be left out in any way that those were, for her sins, condemned to have this existence in the world and were only confined so, a priest or openly it most helps in her wickedness and evil deeds in true contrition of heart, and so took her death patiently, forgiving with her heart all her enemies and all manner of wrongs and trespasses done to them, and also her death in remission of all her sins. They were all seen afterward with a special, worshipful countenance, and did what was fitting for them in penance..And also they were urged to leave them [as they hoped] and could not have it, but would have died and in the last end of her life humbly begged God and His holy saints for mercy and help. All were cruelly tormented in pains for their sins. Neither these had lost hope of mercy and forgiveness. Nevertheless, they were ginned up in fiery features and hoisted up on gibbets in the midst of fire, where the cruel tormentors and finders relentlessly beat and broke their bodies with scorching irons and forks, and upbraided them with great scorns and mockeries. Those who were posing and punished people, as well as women who had cast away and forsaken their babies, whom they had caused to be born before their time, I saw such persons frequently weeping and abashed. And also they were inwardly bowels and wretchedly sorrowful through it. Whenever it was brought to them to drink again, truly called such women and stuck her narrowly full in her..neckys and sydys, with their venomous mouths, sucked their papas, and yet they were drowned in great heaps, like hills of burning money, lamenting with great sorrow and wailing because they were not quenched in them when they lay in this world, the evil flame and sin of covetousness. Ruther turned again to his vomit so violently they were struck with pains, I cannot tell nor declare her tortures. One full bite repeated and confession at her last end said such persons elsewhere from e. But what shall I say of a certain prince and at one time king of England, whom I saw in his life was mighty among all the princes of this world? Truly, he was on every side pressed and pained. One might say of him as John the Evangelist says in his Apocalypse, \"Woe is me, for I am a man beset on every side.\" How may that concede in mind what great pains.all his body and limbs were struck with her; he sat upon a horse. Its head blew out of its mouth and no one saw a flame as black as pitch. It emitted white smoke and a stench of hell. The tormentors, arrayed at all sides, were intolerable to him. Truly the torturers who were there, were unbearably bright, like burning jernies. When it is between white hammers and strikes out fiery sparks, he was surrounded by them all, in front and behind, the same torturers burned him greatly. They wounded him deeply and his legs were torn apart. For by the burning heat and the sight of them all, he was greatly pained. No man could tell truly, he would have given all the world if it might have been so, that he might have been delivered from the spur that compelled him to urge his wretched horse, with which he often fell headlong. Also the saddle he sat in was pricked through on both sides with fire..\"Brochys and nails which were a gruesome sight for any maid to behold. The mouth and inward bowels of him that sat in the saddle were severely injured by the sharpness of the brochys and nails. He was cruelly punished for the unlawful shedding of men's blood and for the foul sin of avarice, which he frequently committed. The cruel torturers wickedly mocked and scorned him because he would be averse to my eye, for his desire for women was as strong as a hart and hind's, but he showed little penance as long as he lived. Misery also overtook neither his sons nor his friends, whom he left alive. He had gained much temporal goods and showed nothing after his death for his help and relief. Nothing he said, \"My sons and friends have done for me in these pains.\" Alas, I have lost all my labor and great treasure and riches, and to whom I gave so many rights and possessions, and for whom I offended God so greatly while I lived, and now I am dead.\".He truly did something for me. I saw him severely sorrowful and relieved of his pains only by the prayers of religious men. In his life, he was frequently benevolent. By this, I understood specifically that he hoped to be saved. Furthermore, besides these things above mentioned, he sorrowed and was pained severely. For he had opposed divine times, and the people were disposed without due taxes and religiously. He was pure and devout in heart and clean of body, and by the use and wearing of a sharp hairshirt and other penances, he tempered his flesh. He conformed his face and countenance, as it seemed to me, after the behavior of secular people. And to shun and refuse the allurement of vain glory, which is proved an enemy to virtue, he showed always in words and demeanor gladness and joyfulness when he was contrite. He confessed his daily faults by which in great curses and hard things he had offended, as well as he did other sins which he had committed in his life..A young man, by various chroniclers, was reportedly cruel in his actions and often weeping. He had gravely offended in many things through his negligence, as other bishops did of old. Of this Bishop, it is now openly reported by many people that miracles were shown and demons driven away. The Lord rewarded his servant with such benefits, giving others an example and understanding. He heard and left unchecked the very things he approved inwardly. The Lord was well pleased with him. Indeed, he found them in pains, meaning to come to him without a doubt. Great mercy and rewards were theirs in the everlasting bliss of heaven. And he who does not see them in the pains of purgatory. Sometimes they show miracles in this world. Let them read the fourth book of the Dialogues of St. Gregory. And there they shall see a full example of this thing. Shown and done at Rome by a certain holy man, called Paschasius Decius. An certain abbot, who was well and religious..A man of great worldly wealth, at the end of his life, asked one of his brothers to give much money to the poor for the benefit of his soul. This monk wisely and devoutly fulfilled the abbot's wish and gave all that money to the needy. He knew of any who were cold and hungry or afflicted with sickness and bore of honest, well-conditioned people falling into poverty, where they had not the means to buy their living. And to the beggars, they were ashamed to ask, he opened his hand after his power and relieved them with food, drink, clothes, alms, and wedows. He also gave commandments to the poor scholars, urging them all to pray devoutly for the soul of him for whom the money was given. They did so promptly. When this true and faithful monk had given to the poor all that was taken from him, he fell ill by which he was well provided and purged for a long time. At the end of this, he made a pilgrimage and became blessed..The abbot and the monk endured painful penances in purgatory. Truly, the abbot was deeply engrossed in sharp pains, primarily because he carnally and excessively loved his kinfolk and gave them more than was fitting from his monastery's goods. This is the same vice, namely, carnal love for kin exceeding what is required. It grievously displeased almost all manner of people who were devoted to holy religion in their lives, and those who were dispensers of the church's goods, like this one and others, who probably spent them in ways other than they should. And just as those who wasted the church's goods, thereby becoming rich in dissolute clothing, voluptuous meals, and worldly pomp, so shall those who use scarcely what they have thought of as nothing remain above her threshold..The first generous giving of her goods she made more largely to the poor people of her parish house. Afterward, by discretion, she helped her father and mother as they needed, setting aside all superfluous items and also relieved other poor people who deserved it, without any offense. In purgatory, I first learned of this ruling practice from bishops, abbots, and vicars of the church, for it cannot be broken without great vengeance. And there I saw these things ordered in such a way. For I knew beforehand that the manners and conditions of such prelates were far from it and otherwise disposed. And all who keep and fulfill this law and ordinance as right and reason require shall be rewarded by God as they have given all such goods from their own proper patrimony. Therefore, this Abbot said among others and great pains and torments hastened him toward the rest of paradise. And as he saw and beheld, the aforementioned monk, his brother, was there in a certain place beside him..Removed the monk from the grey peas and torments that were there. And he felt himself painted in comparison to him, bowing himself to the same monk and thanking him with both hands for the great charity he showed in the distribution and delivery of the aforementioned money that he delivered to him. The monk showed himself to the abbot, who held him graciously in sight and gladly in countenance. For he was truly fair and seemly in white clothing, though they were respected and had a few spots. And when I saw this, I was moved in myself. Then Nicholas sent him to me by hand, telling me this about him. Do you know this monk whom you say? He served and pleased God well in his life with great purity of heart and chastity of body. And great evil would have been done in the place where he was, had he not been against it. For he was fervent in zeal of righteousness and hating evil from the heart, wherefore many reproaches patiently he bore for it..The defense and honesty of his religion, particularly those who held it deeply, have almost been destroyed in the monastery. While the number of carnal and worldly men increases, the few spiritual men are suffering rather than recognizing evil and remaining steadfast. They fear the blame and resistance of such evil persons and think that by doing so they can avoid the spies and frauds. Likewise, in the time of Ysmael, carnal people were just as difficult for spiritual people. Carnal people are cruel to spiritual people because they cannot corrupt them. Furthermore, many are deeply sorrowful who began spiritually but are overcome by instability over time..els behaved unwisely and also fell from their purpose, beginning into the mysterious and wicked corruption and slow fullness of this world. induced and drawn by the examples & counsels of evil disposed persons. Truly these great hordes of religious, once before in the time of fathers, nobly flourished & beautiful as a heavenly light, now greatly despise it. So greatly that they cannot endure it. They knew very well what they were coming to, but they did not know what they should have come to. Because they came to the lust and pleasure of this world, but they should have come to the following of Christ's poverty and the care and diligent keeping of her cure. that is the people of God committed to them. And therefore that they seek and that they care, For that they have come and that they have. The people of God they do not feed but destroy and perhaps those who have turned from righteousness they have fled spiritually and..Lesyn formed themselves to hide from fathers and bishops and other great men, not showing themselves, but rather procuring and getting. Truly, the promotion of such persons, kings and bishops and others, looked after them not being rectors and fathers, but rather perverse and destroyers of the soul. Those who think that all things under them that please them are lawful, by the right judgment of God are troubled and churches confounded, and the state of the earthly realm is subverted. And for such denying, they are cursed by God, who should be devoted and meek intercessors to God both for him who lives and for him who is dead, through their merits and prayers. Specifically, the welfare of all Christian domains might be preserved and increased, and all evil far removed from the people of God. While Nicholas conveyed such things and remembered also other things of great commendation and laud for certain persons..In her time, the whych were sought after fully as manly men in their pursuit of pearls and strength. I saw many on every side, the whych I knew beforehand held them in great pains and torments truly. I looked most upon those I knew a little before and loved them right specifically. Among these, a certain worshipful abbess was there who graciously departed from this world toward the everlasting life and joys of heaven. She told me many things, both about her past state and her present state. She also said many things to me, which I should tell to her own natural sisters who were under her command. She said that she had received great relieving and help from their devout prayers and psalms, the servants of God, before she was a spiritual mother. And she commanded me to thank them for many good deeds which they had done for her and for the suffrages and other holy prayers that they offered..They have obtained her, as they could, from certain religious persons. And moreover, they have arranged and ordered daily offerings to our lord on her behalf, without any hindrance from me, as well as numerous devout prayers. Therefore, let him know without a doubt that they shall have therefore great reward, and I have also escaped severe penalties. If they persist as they have begun, I hope to escape the rigors of my penances soon. She told me also that greatly it helped her before she became abbess, that before some of her sisters who were severely afflicted by great sickness or temptation, she showed herself and behaved with great compassion and meekness.\n\nThere was she said, on one occasion, in our presence. It was young virgins who were severely infected with the great plague of leprosy. And because the flesh had fallen from many parts of their bodies, and the bones were visible and the skin above horribly..Butler out of Blaines. And all my sisters of our monastery loathed all most to see or visit them or to teach but to me. I thought and seemed full sweet to have and obtain them in my lap or hold them in my arms. And furthermore, also, to wound and wipe their sores with my own stones. And they were well and gladly endured that plague of leprosy and thanked God for that chastisement and distress. And so He delivered them in it as they had received it from Him graciously as His gifts of diverse ornaments. And where a little while ago they were carried about in the world by a long martyrdom. Now blessedly they follow the heavenly Lamb, their spouse Jesus Christ, without any spot wherever He goes. And for the pity and charity that you had and she showed to them in her need, you had in all my pains evermore had in alms. A swift refreshing and relieving help. Also many other things the same Abbess told me among which she complained that for one thing that she did she had suffered sore pains and that was negligently..A certain man left ten children at a young school. This man was destitute of all his friends and was committed to her by a certain bishop to be brought up. Therefore, the child endured long-term discomfort and sadness. He also saw and knew some of her sisters who were not of her monastery in that place of purgatory in light penances.\n\nA certain knight, who was the patron of a church, sold a benefice to a certain clerk for 27 marks. In truth, afterwards he repented of that deed. And for the satisfaction of such a great sin, he took the cross to go to the holy land. And to uplift our Lord's scepter there, if he might. And for his offenses there, he asked God for forgiveness and mercy.\n\nTruly, at that time, the heathen people had possessed the Christian land and occupied it. Then, the Christian people were prepared from all corners of the world to fight against them. And this knight joined himself among them. Later, he was struck with sickness and ended his life..that you found this knight there, who was in menial penance. He told me that for the sin of simony that he had committed - as it is previously stated - he had suffered severe and great penalties, and even more. If I had not been prevented by the mercy of God from repenting before my death for the sin of simony, in no way would I have escaped eternal damnation. The labor of the pilgrimage that I was undertaking towards the holy land relieved me of those penalties due for the same sin. It was also granted to me by the goodness of God that I should send to her who was my wife. She was warned by a faithful clerk in his sleep about me. He instructed her to have said for me the Tridentine Mass, as the church had ordained for the dead and for such priests who were of honest and chaste living. Among whom, some named. Then she performed these masses with other things beforehand. To be truly done for him. And afterwards, she rewarded them as they were worthy..The reasons why he said his pains were greatly lessened. After my death, I was often compelled daily to endure the hot and burning thoughts I had taken from the priest and person mentioned before. Now, by the mercy of God, I am delivered from that great torment. And although I am severely constrained to soothe the harshness of cold, because when I lay there I had no compassion for those in need and powerless people who were cold. And often when I gave them food and drink, I was right well warmed by the vice of harshness, spending no money on them. Then I said to him, \"What and were messes prepared for you, would you not believe you would perfectly receive rest?\" Then he said, \"And were messes prepared for me, vii. tricennarias with the offices belonging to them, this is a placebo and dirige. I hope that just as they were done for me, I would be delivered from pains to everlasting rest.\" Here it is..Under the circumstances that the same knight, as you know now without a doubt, appeared in a vision to the same cleric mentioned before. He signed him and chose five chaste priests by name to say the Masses and other things as it is said above. Their persons, names, and places of dwelling he revealed to himself. He also revealed this to the cleric and to his wife, who acted dutifully towards him, unknown to others. A certain young man, a monk, whom I had seen at one time, was held in high regard by him and was also one of the six in the church where he dwelt. In this same church there were three or four images of our blessed Lady Saint Mary, holding in her lap the image of our Savior Jesus Christ in the form of a little tyke, and they were set at every altar, well painted and beautifully adorned with gold and diverse other colors. The white swans swam before the people who beheld him, greatly..During the dedication of the church, a lamp hung before every image. These lamps, following the custom of the same church, were customarily lit at every principal feast throughout the year, both night and day, before the images of our blessed lady Saint Mary. Additionally, these lamps illuminated the entire church. Truly, during those Sixteen days, there was a great scarcity of oil in that country at that time. Moreover, no man had any oil to sell, and it was rare for a stranger to offer for sale any such vessel for that purpose. Therefore, the Sixteen, because he did not know where he might obtain oil for necessary use, extinguished the lamps before the aforementioned images. However, on Ascension Day and Whitsunday, he did not..He was carried a light to him. The which were especially won to burn in these festivals. But he did not mount on horseback. Simply, the third day in Whitweek, when he was seen in all things whole and sound, suddenly he was struck with a sharp axe. And so, vexed by this, he was driven out of his mind and, on the Wednesday the next week after, he died. And on Saturday before his death, when he was almost at his last end, he saw in vision the queen of heaven, our blessed Lady Mary, standing on a grace of a certain winding stair in the church that was by one of the same images of our blessed Lady beforehand. And when he saw her, he cried to her, remembering his sickness and peril, and said, \"O holy and blessed Mary, have mercy on me.\" Then she and her companions replied, saying thus, \"Thou hast taken from me the worship of my light on earth, and thou shalt again take from thee the light of this present life.\" When he heard and understood this threatening, he was sore afraid and abashed, and no mercy was left to him..A man cast himself down at her feast, weeping and sorrowing, and asking for forgiveness for his transgressions and promising amendment. The blessed lady's throne is accustomed to be mercifully beholden to him, and she made a sign with her hand, showing him the grace that stood before her. \"Sit down here,\" she then said. He began to sit down, fearful at her feast. Suddenly, she vanished away. When he came to himself again, he called for his brothers and told them this vision he had seen, and prayed them and also urged them with great insistence and worthiness that the next night with the following day should bring the lamps before mentioned to be lighting and burning as the custom was before. He also made a vow that if he might regain his health, he would continually keep them for worship and the glory of the glorious virgin and mother of God, our blessed Lady, Saint Mary. But he could not call back the words and sentence that she had said to him..The Tuesday after Trinity Sunday, he made amends for the restoration of the four aforementioned lamps, out of penance and atonement for his past offenses and neglect of divine service. Truly, he was held in pains and torments due to his frequent transgressions in maintaining his religious observance and behavior, which included eating and drinking excessively, laughing, speaking irreverently, and many other vices.\n\nFurthermore, a certain clerk who had passed from this world in his youth saw him there in the same place. Inspired by the Holy Ghost, he confirmed that almost all the others who were his companions were also present. Truly, he was pardoned there in a light and amenable manner, gladly proceeding forth by the testimony of a good conscience he had towards the joys and rest of paradise. Truly, he was fully detached from worldly manners and conditions and studied in schools with chastity and benevolence, along with other virtues, which pleased our Lord fully..He was especially favored by the most glorious virgin, the mother of our blessed lady, who sent Mary home. He served devoutly in his life and frequently stayed long in prayer before her altar with a humble spirit and a country manner towards her and, for her love, gave generously to the poor. Therefore, without a doubt, they remained with him in eternal joy and great reward in heaven. For the hour of his passing from this world, he received great refreshment, and by her continual solace and help, he was mercifully comforted in his pains.\n\nTruthfully, when he was shown to me, he was somewhat disoriented and in pain only due to the harshness of the air, both in cold and in heat. I asked and was told that he had suffered other pains before. It was also said that this was because, when he possessed temporal goods, he was harder towards the poor people than he should have been..Rightfully, he had great compassion for them, and greatly he did in his life to help and relieve them. But nevertheless, often times he grew weary of them. And especially after he was growing rich in so much that before, when he was powerless and had not so much, he was more liberal in giving to the poor than he was afterwards when his goods were increased. Therefore, it is to be feared how strictly they would account for their lord, Jesus, saying this wisely in the Gospel. \"Whoever is given more, from him will be asked for more.\" Sothly, we have truly written in words many things that we found and saw in places of penance. And afterwards, as God will give us grace, we will say and declare some things that we saw of the comfort and joy of the blessed souls who rest there joyfully in the full meek and yoke-bound place of paradise.\n\nNo longer of the solace and comfort of the blessed souls who have been freed from penance and are at:.Rest and of her everlasting joys, some of which you can and may tell. For no man can sufficiently describe and when we were past and went on, we beheld the great pains and various torments of sinners. We went further, and as we went further, a little and a little more, a full fair light appeared to us, and with it all broke out a pleasant, sweet fragrance. Anon after, we came to a field which was full of all manner of fair and pleasant and pleasurable things. Truly in this field we saw and found infinite thousands of souls, joyful and merry in a full sweet rest after their penances and after their purgation. At the beginning of this field, they had on white clothing. But it was not very bright nor well shining. Notwithstanding, they had no spot of blackness or any other blemish, save as you said before they were not very brightly shining white. Truly among these many, I knew which ones I sometimes saw and knew well when they lived in this world. What you will tell you of....Here was a certain abbess, of worshipful conversation. We knew she was a child when she died, fourteen years ago. She had great fear and zeal for chastity, and was wise, warlike, and diligent in keeping her sisters. She was committed to their care. This abbess I saw among those who were beginning that joyful place. She was but newly come there from her penances. And she seemed by her face and disposition as if she had been long sick or disabled, and had come late from baths. I passed by to tell of some light things for which she had suffered righteous pains. Truly, she had not overcome in her lifetime the vice and allurement of vain glory. Among the merits of virtue and the commendation of flattery and other things is innumerable. Ignorant people often offend through the feebleness of good people. Truly, she told me that she had\n\n(Note: The text appears to be in Early Modern English. No significant OCR errors were detected.).Sofryd penanced specifically because she loved her kinfolk carnally and gave them generous gifts from the place she ruled. When some of her sisters returned home, she acted as a spiritual mother to them, granting them pleasures that suited their living and clothing. She was greatly astonished when she heard of this from them. For you know not one priest in these days who treated his kinfolk as she seemed to have treated her cousins. And concerning superfluous possessions, she gave no time to those of her kin for their necessary needs. But she could not prevent those of her kin from carnal marriage. Instead, she urged them to take up religion to serve God. She behaved kindly and mildly towards them in words and deeds, only revealing her true, gastly and mild self to her cousins when she was seen by strangers. She also inquired carefully for their faults and, when she could find them, corrected them fully..But truly therefore she would punish them also, and observe and keep the chastity of all servants and persons who were attached to the monastery. Mostly of them it was her kin. And there was no brother nor sister whom she favored as others who were not of her kin. And when you had said this to her, and also that she had brought many with her who knew how to keep devoutly her purpose and habit of religion, the same abbess said to me again. But truly, it is she who says so herself. But nevertheless, for the carnal affection and love that I had inwardly to my friends when I was bound to the due spiritual leaving of religion, as well by the reason of my profession as by the office that I bore, I knew I could find no excuse before the strict judgment of God in which I was being examined to the utmost point of my leaving. And mostly because the occasion of temptation and the example of excessive busyness grew to my sisters..I am an assistant designed to help with various tasks, including text cleaning. Based on the requirements you have provided, I will do my best to clean the given text while staying faithful to the original content.\n\nInput Text: \"my fault and negligence for the care and busines that they had to her from the very start truly should rather have been at war and taken head of the hurts of her souls at home that needed cure and charge. than the superfluidities and procurement of worldly goods to my And when this worshipful abbot had told me this and many other things also, we went further on to the same joyful field. There I saw and knew also in this joyful place a certain worshipful person, who was a prior of a monastery. The whych died a. iii jere ago. Truly I saw him most blessedly among the holy spirits & blessed saints in a joyful rest. Excepted and delivered from all pains. Glad and merry of that place it was in, but much more gladder and incomparable for the certain dwelling that he boode. To have the sight of God. And he bore ever while he lived in this world the habit of a monk both on his body and in his heart from the time of his childhood to his old age and to his last end. Also he kept and hid the flower of his\"\n\nCleaned Text: \"My fault and negligence prevented the care and busines that they required from the very start. I should have rather been at war, taking charge of the hurts to their souls at home that needed cure, than occupied with the superfluidities and procurement of worldly goods. When this worshipful abbot had informed me of this and many other things, we proceeded further to the same joyful field. There I saw and knew in this joyful place a certain worshipful person, who was a prior of a monastery. He died a. iii jere ago. I truly saw him most blessedly among the holy spirits and blessed saints in a joyful rest, free from all pains. Glad and merry of that place, he was even more so for the certain dwelling that he inhabited \u2013 to have the sight of God. He bore the habit of a monk both in appearance and in heart from his childhood to his old age and to his last end. Additionally, he kept and guarded the flower of his\".A man could truly comfort them deeply with the virtue of patience. He used great abstinence and long waiting, and was overcome by holy devotion. When necessary, he was compelled to be about works of charity as his office required for the time. He would often be seen saying some psalms or other devout prayers to God. No man had more compassion for those in temptation than he, nor was any man more devout and busy in service to seek men than he. He never denied them their petitions and requests, which were only for things that could be had. And to help those in heaven, an abbot's warning was sufficient. When he was of such holy living and conversation, and also labored continually many jeries before his death, his body grew weak in great weaknesses so that by his feebleness and diseases he had lost the sight of one eye before his obite, when other limbs of his body failed him for various other diseases..He would never depart from the content, the query, or the common table of the frater where he was more fed than of his own, sincerely after his young age. He steadfastly abstained from flesh meals, unless it was sickly and feeble brethren in need, and then he offered them flesh meals for their recovery. And in the end, he fell ill with a sickness that is called [illegible]. When he was almost at the end, he took spiritual comfort and solace from the holy and blessed sacrament of our Lord's last anointing. And he remained thus for almost ten days without any food intending only the benefits of God and the exhortation of his brethren. Truly, the night before the day he passed to God, about the hour of divine Lord, blessed Lady St. Mary came to him with a full meek sign, making a token to him that he should follow them. And immediately after, he called for his brethren and declared to them the vision that he had seen, and told them beforehand, and with a full glad heart, he said to them that he would follow them..\"He should pass the henchmen the next morning. And he did so, for a long time it was necessary for him to tell and remember all that he had said before his end. He commanded himself and his brethren to the God. And he exhorted them to live in good leaving. His words and exhortation were not of man, but of the Holy Ghost that spoke in him. Sincerely, the next morning after about the hour of the third hour, he said to them and when he had heard devoutly the passion of our Lord according to the four evangelists and other psalms with great compunction of heart between the swan and the salutations of our blessed lady. Blessing his brethren devoutly, he expired. Therefore, this worthy father, from my right young age, I was well acquainted with him as soon as I saw him devoutly greet him, and he greeted me kindly in return, and told me many things. The prior also showed me there a certain adolescent, a young man who, in his childhood, with great fervent devotion, entered religion and was a monk in the same place and monastery.\".The prior before mentioned was the father in charge and resided there for a while but not for long. He was suddenly taken ill and passed away from this world. Truly, I never saw him in body, but I often heard the brethren of the same place speak of his pure and innocent life, as well as his holy passing. The prior before me told me of him, \"He is my son,\" he said on numerous occasions. He was my fellow in holy living and denial in the world. He is now also my fellow going to heaven and will be an even heir with me eternally in everlasting joy and bliss, and the same young monk also openly told his brethren before his death the hour of his passing. Heavensly melody was heard at his passing, as many can testify who were in the monastery at that time. Due to various negligences of his own doing and other faults of his brethren, he suffered some small penances..The same young monk also, who was often small and insignificant, fell into some small penances. They were not unwilling, for they were equal in appearance and enjoyed each other's company and joy. The prior, as it seemed, had a greater reward in mind for the better deeds and merits of virtue that he had earned through long-lasting service.\n\nI saw in this same place a certain worthy priest, who in his life did much good to the people through his holy preaching. Truly, he had the grace of preaching so joyful, which was joined with the zeal of righteousness and a good example of living. He did not only call the people of his own parishes away from wicked living and deadly deeds. But he also informed and taught innumerable people of other parishes far and wide how they should serve their senses and fulfill our Lord's commandments.\n\nFar fallen were they into the devil's bonds through their evil and wicked living, whom he called back again through prayer and holy preaching, so that they might afterward understand and know how they had taken themselves to the devil..In the service of God, whom we receive through our Lord's infinite mercy, by confession, satisfaction, and penance, we truly felt and experienced in faith and good living. Nevertheless, for what reasons he had also suffered greatly before, many pains were left unmentioned here, as we drew nearer and further into that joyful place of paradise. We had evermore a clearer light and felt a sweeter savour, and those we found and saw there were whiter and happier than others we had seen before. And where should we tarry there now to number the persons and their merits, which we knew some time before in the world, and also those we did not know before? For all who were there in that place were ordained to be the citizens of the eternal Jerusalem, and all had passed through the strife and battle of this world and were victors over the devil. And so lightly they went through all pains, as they were before less commanded and held by wretched living and worldly desires..In the midst of the blessed and holy souls, neither tongue nor human mind can worthily recount or consider what we saw as we advanced further into the same place. Who is he that can worthily tell in words how in the midst of these blessed and holy souls, the holy cross of Christ's passion was presented and shown to them? Among infinite thousands, there were those standing about it. Just as our Lord had been present in His body, they worshiped and revered His blessed passion. Truly, there was seen the meek Redeemer of mankind, our sweet Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, as if He had just been on the cross. For all His body was black and bloody from scourges and beatings, and cruelly disfigured by spitting. His face was sore pierced with a spear, and from His hands and feet, red blood flowed like purple, and from His holy side came down blood and water abundantly. And at this great and wonderful sight, His holy mother, our blessed Lady Mary, stood there. Not now..in the morning, it was a beautiful and joyful demonstration, and there, with her, stood the sweet Disciples, beholding the blessed sight. O what devotion was there of he who beheld that glorious vision! O what corpses were there of the worshipfully remembering these things in myself! I knew not whether sorrow or devotion or compassion or gratulatory laciness drew my unhappy soul in diverse ways. For wonder and marvel of those things made me alienate from myself and some what absent to myself. Who would not greatly sorrow to see such a fair and solemn body cast under such great injuries and painful penalties? And who would not, with all his heart, have been vexed with torments and upbraids from such wretched people? And what joy and comfort may now be thought here? That by his passion and meek death, hell is fought against. The devil is overcome and bound; his power and strength is destroyed; and man, who was lost, is restored again to grace and taken out of the painful prison of hell and rejoicing blessedly in the holy place..Angels of heaven showed him. He was not marveling at the great mercy and goodness of our savior Jesus Christ, who now being immortal, willingly presents and shows in a vision to the holy souls in paradise. This was meant to increase and encourage their devotion and love for him. Many other blessed sights and holy visions were taken from there. Then the great multitude of souls that came to worship the holy cross of Christ's passion returned to their own places with joy and gladness. Truly, moreover, my duke and I followed, and Lord Disman sent Nicholas, who went farther. He was now replenished with great joy and gladness among the full bright and light mansions of blessed souls. The whiteness of it was estimable and one sight to many, not to mention the understanding and credible wonders that were here displayed.\n\nOnce we were past land, no man might linger..The shining gate stood open. It was signed and handed over with a cross. Truly, a multitude of blessed souls that were near it came flocking and wished to enter through that fair gate. The cross was set in the middle of that gate. And now she was lifted up high and gave an open and free entry to those who came. Later, she was leaned aside to let others out who wished to come in. They remained reverently outside, unable to tell by any words how long they stood there, waiting for the lifting up of the cross again. Sincerely, Nicholas and I remained still. And the lifting up and lowering down of the cross caused some to enter and some to remain outside. I beheld it all with great wonder. And at last, Nicholas and I went there and arrived at the same gate. When we came there, the cross was lifted up. And so those who were there entered. Sincerely, my fellow sent Nicholas freely in, and I followed, but suddenly and unexpectedly, I passed under the cross..The gate approached us and departed, sending Nicholas away. When you saw this, you were filled with great fear. Then Nicholas said, \"Do not be afraid, but have only full certain faith in our Lord Jesus Christ. You shall come in, and after this, my hope and trust came back to me. The cross was lifted up, and so you came in. But what brightness and clarity of light was there within, ask or seek not from me, for you cannot only tell it by word but also cannot remember it in my mind. That glorious shining light was bright, smooth, and so radiant that he who beheld it bore a man above himself by the great brightness of light, in such a great measure that it sharpened it. Truly it shone most marvelously. But more than marvelously, it delighted a man who beheld it, and wonderfully could the sight of many see it. And with this, nothing else could be seen but light and the wall of crystal, and also from the ground up to the top of that wall were grids ordered..They entered joyfully and merrymaking. By which the joyful company that had come in ascended without labor, without difficulty, and the happier they were, the slower they went. And below, I stood on the ground and long watched as those who entered through the gate ascended by the same stairs. At last, as I looked up, I saw them seated on a throne of joy, our blessed Lord and Savior Jesus Christ sitting over it, in the likeness of a man. And around Him, as it seemed to me, were five hundred souls. These, who had recently stood before that glorious throne, came to our Lord and worshipped Him and thanked Him for His great mercy and grace shown to them. Some were seen on the upper parts of the wall as they had walked there and died. Truly, I knew for certain that this place where I saw our Lord sitting on a throne was not the high heaven of heavens where the blessed spirits of angels and the holy souls of righteous men rejoice..The sight of God showing Himself as He is. There, innumerable thousands of holy spirits and angels serve and assist Him. But then, without any hardness or delay, they ascended up to the highest heaven, which is blessed with the sight of the eternal Godhead. There, only the holy angels and the souls of the righteous, who were perfected by angels, saw Him in their incorporeal and immortal forms, face to face. He possesses only immortality and dwells in unapproachable light. For no man may come to Him. He is seen only by bodiless spirits that are pure and clean. They are not affected by the corruption of the body nor of the soul. In the vision that I saw, I understood in my soul with such joy and gladness that one could not express the joy of my heart with words. Therefore, after I had seen all these sights above and many other innumerable ones, I said and many other innumerable things..my lord said to Nicholas, who held me by the hand, \"Shortly this to me, Lo, son. He said now a party after their petition and great desire that you hasten and behold. The state of the world that is to come as it might be possible, as well as the perils of the offenders and the punishments of sinners. The rest also of them who have undergone purgation. The desires of those going to heavenward and their joys. And now you must go back to themselves and to yours. And truly, you shall have and perceive the joys that you have seen and me kill more. Jeffe, continue and persevere in the fear of God. And when he had said this to me, he brought me forth through the same gate that we came in. Wherefore I was full heavy and sorrowful, and more than a man can suppose. For well I knew that I must turn again from that heavenly bliss to this world's wretchedness. And greatly he exhorted me.\".I will clean the text as requested:\n\nYou should dispose me to abide the day of my calling out of my body in cleanness of heart and body, and meekness of spirit with diligent keeping of my religion. He said to me diligently: keep the commandments of God and dispose your leaving after the example of righteous men. Truly, after the terrestrial departure of your body, you shall be admitted blessedly to her eternal fellowship.\n\nWhile the holy confessor sent Nicholas this wise man spoke suddenly to me. There was a solemn peal and a ringing of a marvelous bell. Truly, in this peal and ringing, a marvelous sweetness broke out. And I did not know whether the greatness of the melody or the sweetness of the singing of the bellies was more to be wondered at. And to such great noise, I took good heed, and my mind was greatly suspended to hear it. Suddenly, the great and marvelous singing and noise ceased, and I found myself departed from the sweet sea..My duke and I sent Nicholas Than back to me. As soon as I heard the voices of my brethren standing outside our bedchamber, my body strength returned to me entirely, and I opened my eyes to see as rightly as before. My illness and weakness, which had kept me bedridden for a long time, had departed from me. And I was as strong and mighty as I had been before, although it was sorrowful and heavy for me. I thought I was then in the church before the altar. I believed the cross had been there, and the ring I had made in this vision had seemed to me to be nonexistent. But it was only the space of one matins. Now, as I understand, I have been terrified for two days and more. And now, at your instigation and devout charity, I humbly and tearfully beg you to wait..Save to pray to God for me, an unhappy wretch, that may escape the great and grievous pains of sinners which I saw, and come to the joys of the holy souls that I knew. Also, to see everlastingly the glorious face of our blessed Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and our blessed Lady Mary.\n\nMany instructions and open examples are here at the beginning of this narrative that evidently prove this vision. Not to be of men's conceit but uprightly of the will of God, who would have it shown to Christian people. Nevertheless, there are so great infidelity or infirmity of any persons that cannot believe in these things beforehand. Let them consider the great sickness and feebleness of him who saw it. So suddenly and so soon held in a very witness and truth of this vision that he saw. Also, let them marvel at the great noise that was about him. And also how he was pricked in his feet with nails by the one who he knew not in any way could be moved. Furthermore, let them take heed to his..yes that were so ferre fallyn done in to hys hede and was not seyne onethe\nto brethe space of. ii. days. and also aftyr a ful loperseuyd yn hym a ful smalle meuyng as a thynne drede yn hys vytalle veynys Also let hem consyder hys conty\u2223nualle wepyng and terys the whyche he had aftyr\u2223ward many days. And besyde al thes thyngys we knowe also a nothyr certen thynge that was a ful feyre myracle and a very tokyn of godys curacy\u2223on schewyd on hym the same tyme. and as mekyl to be merueld. Sothely he had al moste the space of an hole \u0292ere yn hys lyfte legge a grete sore and a ful byttur as hyt were a cauker large and brode wherby he was peynyd intollerably. And he was wonte to sey. that he had seche a sorow and peyne ther of. as he had bore an hoote plate of yrne bown de faste to hys legge And ther was no emplastur no oyntmente nethyr any othyr medicyn how be hit that he had mekyl of lechis leyde to hyt. yt myghte \u0292ese hym of hys peyne or drawe the wownde to ge dyr Trewly yn the space of hys raueshyng. he was so fully.He told us that he felt and saw the pain and ache with the wound so cleanly gone, no token or sign of redness or whiteness remained above the marvelous cure of God. Only this difference was in his leg, where the sore was that place was bare and had none here. It was delightful to him as he said from that time forth. Whenever he heard any soft pealing of bells, because it would then come to his mind again. The full sweet peal and melody which he heard. When he was among the blessed souls in paradise. Truly after that he was come to himself and his brethren had told him, that now is the holy time of gestation, when he first believed. When he heard them peal solemnly to complete, for then he knew certainly that the peal and melody which he heard in paradise, with such great joy and gladness, signified the same solemnity of our blessed Lord and Savior Jesus Christ rising up..visibly and clearly signaling a transition from death to life. May we be with the Father and the Holy Ghost, now and forever, eternal joy and bliss. Amen.", "creation_year": 1483, "creation_year_earliest": 1483, "creation_year_latest": 1483, "source_dataset": "EEBO", "source_dataset_detailed": "EEBO_Phase1"},
{"content": "The holy and blessed Doctor Jerome says that this authority always does some good work, so that the devil finds it not idle. The holy Doctor Augustine says in the book of the labor of monks that no strong or mighty man, who is able to labor, should be idle. After I had completed and accomplished various works and histories translated from French into English at the request of certain lords, ladies, and gentlemen, such as the story of the recovery of Troy, the book of the chess, the history of Jason, the history of the mirror of the world, and the fifteen books of Metamorphoses, in which are contained the fables of Ovid and the history of John Cassian, Cassian says that the thought of one who is idle thinks of nothing but lustful meats and vices for his belly. And the holy Saint Bernard, as was said before, says in a letter that when the time comes, it will be necessary for us to render and give accounts of our idle time. What reason can we render, or what?.answer shall we give / when in idleness is no excuse / & prosper says that whoever lives in idleness / lives in manner of a dumb beast / and since I have seen the authorities / that blame and despise idleness so much / and also know well that it is one of the capital and deadly sins detested by God; Therefore I have concluded & firmly resolved in myself no more to be idle, but will apply myself to labor and such occupation as I have been accustomed to do / & for as much as St. Augustine aforementioned says on a Psalm / that good work ought not to be done for fear of pain / but for the love of righteousness / and that it is of true and sovereign joy / and since it seems to me a sovereign good to incite and exhort men and women to keep from sloth and idleness / and to let be understood to such people as are not lettered / the nativities, lives, passions, miracles, and deaths of the holy saints / & also some other notable deeds and acts of times past..I have submitted myself to translate into English the legend of saints, which is called the Golden Legend in Latin; that is, just as gold is most noble above all other metals, this legend is held most noble above all other works. Against me here might some persons say that this legend has been translated before and truth it is. But since I had by me a legend in French, another in Latin, and the third in English, which varied in many and diverse places, and also many histories were composed in the two other books which were not in the English one, I have written one out of the said three books, which I have ordered otherwise than the said English legend was, begging all those who shall see or hear it read to pardon me where I have erred or made mistakes, which if any are, are of ignorance and against my will, and submit it humbly to those who can and may to correct it..I humbly beseech you to do this, and in doing so, you shall deserve a singular lord and merit, and I shall pray to Almighty God that He, in His benevolent grace, rewards you. May it profit all who read or hear it read, and may it increase virtue and expel vice and sin in you. By the examples of the holy saints, may you amend your living in this short life, and by their merits, may we both come to everlasting life and bliss in heaven. Amen.\n\nAnd since this said work was great and overburdening for me to accomplish, I feared in the beginning of the translation to have continued it. Due to the long time of the translation, and also in the printing of the same, I was half desperate to have completed it. I had intended to leave it, after having begun to translate it, and to have laid it aside or had it at your stance and request, noble and virtuous Earl William Earl of Arundel..Desired me to proceed and continue the said work, and promised me to take a reasonable quantity of them when they were achieved and completed, and sent to me a worshipful gentleman, a servant of his named John Stanley, who solicited me in my lord's name that I should in no way leave it but complete it, promising that my said lord would during my life grant and give to me a yearly fee, that is to say, a buck in summer and a doe in winter, with which fee I hold myself well content. Then, at the temple and reverence of my said lord, I have endeavored to make an end and finish this said translation, and also had it printed in the most best way that I could or might, and present this said book to his good and noble lordship as chief cause of its achievement, praying him to take it in grace of me, William Caxton, his poor servant, and that it pleases him to remember my fee, & I shall pray to Almighty God for his long life and welfare, and after this short and transitory life to..come in to euerlastyng ioye in heuen / the whiche he sende to hym & me / & vnto al them that shal rede and here this sayd book / that for the loue & feythe of whome al these holy sayntes hath suffred deth and passyon amen / \n\u00b6And to thende eche hystoryy lyf & passyon may be shortely fou\u0304den I haue ordeyned this table folowyng / where & in what leef he shal fynde suche as shal be desyred / and haue sette the nom\u2223bre of euery leef in the margyne / \n\u00b6 Thaduent of our lord\nfolio primo\nThe natyuyte of our lord\nfoure\nThe circumcysyon of our lord\nfyue\nThe feste of thepyphanye\neyghte\nSeptuagesme\nenleuen\nSexagesme folio\nenleuen\nQuinquagesme\ntwelue\nQuadragesme\ntwelue\nThe ymbre dayes\nthyrtene\nThe passyon of our lord\nfourtene\nThe resurrexyon\neyghtene\nThe letanyes more & lasse\nxxi\nThe ascencion of our lord\nxxiij\nThe feste of whytsontyde\nxxvj\nThe feste of corpus xpristi\nthyrty\nThe feste of dedycacion\ntwo & thyrty\nThe hystorye of adam\nseuen & thyrty\nThe historye of Noe\nnyne & thyrty\nThe hystorye of abraham\nfourty\nThe.History of Isaac and his two sons Esau and Jacob, Joseph, Moses, the ten commandments, Joshua, David, Solomon, Roboas, Iob, Tobit, Judith, Andrew, Nicholas, Genevieve and Victrice, Lucy, Nicholas, Thomas the Apostle, Anastasius, Eugene, Stephen the Protomartyr, John the Evangelist, The Innocents, Thomas of Canterbury, Silvester\n\nThe first ferial Sunday after Trinity Sunday is read the stories of Samuel the prophet and Saul, the first king of Israel. (folio 133)\n\nDavid, Solomon, Roboas, Iob, Tobit, Judith, Andrew, Nicholas, Genevieve and Victrice, Lucy, Nicholas, Thomas the Apostle, Anastasius, Eugene, Stephen the Protomartyr, John the Evangelist, The Innocents, Thomas of Canterbury, Silvester (100).viii\nSaynt paule the first hermyte\nCx\nOf saynt Remyge\nCxi\nOf saynt hylarye\na hondred & twelue\nOf saynt fyrmyn\na hondred & twelue\nOf saynt machayre\nCxiii\nOf saynt felyx\na hondred & thyrtene\nOf saynt marcel\na hondred & fourtene\nOf saynt anthonye\na hondred & xiiii\nOf saynt fabyan\na hondred & syxtene\nOf saynt sebastyen\na hondred & xvi\nOf saynt agnes\na hondred & xix\nOf saynt vyncent\nCxxi\nOf saynt basylle\nCxxii\nOf saynt Iohan thamener\nCxxiiii\nThe conuersyon of saynt poule\nCxxvii\nSaynt paulyne the wydowe\nCxxviii\nSaynt Iulyen the bysshop\nCxxix\nOf saynt Ignacyen\nCxxxi\nThe purificacion of our lady\nCxxxii\nOf saynt blase\nan hondred xxxiiii\nOf saynt agathe\nan hondred xxxv\nOf saynt amande\nan hondred xxxvii\nOf saynt vedast\nan hondred xxxvii\nOf saynt valentyn\nCxxxvii\nOf saynt Iulyan virgyn\nCxxxviii\nOf saynt peeter in cathedra\nCxxxix\nSaynt mathye thappostle\nCxl\nSaynt gregory pope\nCxlij\nSaynt longyus\nCxliiij\nSaynt maure\nCxlv\nOf saynt patryke\nCxlv\nOf saynt benette\nCxlvj\nOf saynt cutberde\nCxlix\nThanunciacion of our lady\nCl\nOf.Saint Second, a hundred li\nOf Saint Mary of Egypt, Cli\nOf Saint Ambrose, Cliii\nOf Saint Alphey, Clvi\nOf Saint George, Clvii\nOf Saint Mark, an hundred lix\nOf Saint Marcellyn, Clxj\nOf Saint Vital, Clxi\nSaint Peter of Melane, Clxij\nOf Saint Philip, a hundred lxv\nOf Saint James the Less, Clxv\nThe Invention of the Holy Cross, Clxvii\nOf Saint John Portlatyn, Clxviii\nOf Saint Gordyan, a hundred lxix\nOf Saints Nereye & Achille, Clxix\nOf Saint Pancrase, an hundred lxx\nOf Saint Urban, an hundred lxxj\nOf Saint Parnel, an hundred lxxj\nOf Saint Dunstan, an hundred lxxj\nSaint Austin, who brought Christianity into England, an hundred lxxiii\nOf Saint Germanus, an hundred lxxv\nOf Saint Peter the Deacon, Clxcij\nSaints Prime & Felician, Clxcij\nOf Saint Bernabe the Apostle, Clxciii\nSaints Vite and Mo, Clxix\nSaints Quirine & Julitte, Clxxx\nOf Saint Maryne, Clxxxj\nSaints Geruase & Prothase, Clxxxj\nSaint Edward the King & Mare, Clxxxij\nSaints Albon & Amphibal, Clxxxiij\nThe Nativity of Saint John the Baptist, four score and seven..saynt wyllyam\nan hondred lxxxx\nOf saynt eutrope\nClxxxx\nOf saynt marcyal\nClxxxxij\nOf saynt geneuefe\nClxxxxiiij\nOf saynt maturyne\nClxxxxviij\nOf saynt vyctor\nClxxxxix\nSaynt Iohan and paule\nCcj\nSaynt leon\nCCj\nSaynt peter thappostle\nCCij\nSaynt paule thappostle\nCCv\nThe seuen brethern\ntwo hondred x\nSaynt theodora\ntwo hondred x\nOf saynt swythyn\nCCxi\nThe translacyon of saynt Thomas of caunterburye\nCCxij\nOf saynt kenelme\nCCxiij\nOf saynt margarete\nCCxiiij\nSaynt marye magdalene\nCCxvj\nOf saynt appollynare\nCCxix\nOf saynt cristyne\nCCxx\nSaynt Iames the more\nCCxxj\nSaynt cristofore\nCCxxiiij\nThe seuen slepars\nCCxxvj\nOf saynt nazaryen\nCCxxviij\nOf saynt felyx pope\nCCxxix\nSayntes symplycyen faustyn and \ntwo hondred xxix\nOf saynt martha\nCCxxx\nSaynt abdon and sennen\nCCxxxj\nSaynt germayn\nCCxxxj\nOf saynt Eusebe\nCCxxxiij\nThe seuen machabees\nCCxxxiiij\nOf saynt peter ad vincula\nCCxxxiiij\nSaynt stephen the pope\nCCxxxvj\nSaynt stephen prothomar\nijCxxxvij\nOf saynt domynyk\nCCxxxviij\nSaynt syxte pope\nCCxliiij\nOf saynt donate\nCCxlv\nOf saynt.cyryake\nCCxlv\nOf saynt laurence\nCCxlvi\nOf saynt ypolyte\nCCli\nThassumpcion of our lady\nCClij\nOf saynt Rocke\nCClxij\nOf saynt bernard\nCClxiiij\nOf saynt thymothe\nCClxviij\nOf saynt symphoryen\nCC\nOf saynt bartylm\nCClx\nSaynt austyn doctour\nCClxxij\nDecollacyon of saynt Iohan \ntwo hondred lxxvij\nOf saynt felix preste\nCClxxix\nOf saynt sauyen\nCClxxx\nOf saynt lowe or lupe\nCC\nOf saynt mamertyn\nCClxxx\nOf saynt Gyles\nCClxxx\nThe natyuyte of our lady\nCClxxxiiij\nOf saynt adryan marter\nCClxxxvij\nOf saynt gorgone\ntwo hondred \nOf saynt proand Iacyncte and eugene\ntwo hondred lxxxix\nThexaltacyon of the holy crosse folio\ntwo hondred lxxxx\nOf saynt Iohan crisostom\nCClxxxxij\nOf saynt cornelye and cypryan folio\ntwo hondred four score & xiij\nOf saynt Eufemye\nCClxxxxiiij\nOf saynt Lambert\nCC\nOf saynt mathewe\nCClxxxxv\nOf saynt mauryce\nCClxxxxix\nOf saint Iustyn\nthre hondred & one\nOf saynt cosme and Damyan folio\nthre hondred and thre\nSaynt forsyn\nthre hondred & foure\nSaynt mychel\nthre hondred & fyue\nSaynt Iherome\nthre hondred ix\nSaynt.remyge\nthre hondred xj\nSaynt logyer\nthre hondred xij\nSaynt Fraunsoys\nthre hondred x\nSaynt pelagyen\nthre hondred xvij\nSaynt margarite otherwyse sayd Pelagyen\nthre hondred & eyghtene\nSaynt Thaysys\nthre hondred xix\nSaynt denyse\nthre hondred xx\nSaynt calixte\nthre hondred xxij\nSaynt edward kyng\nCCC\nSaynt luke\nthre hondred xxxij\nSaint crisant & daria\nCCCxxxv\nthre hondred xxxvj\nSaynt cryspyn and cryspynyan folio\nthre hondred & xxxviij\nSaint symond & Iude\nCCCxxxviij\nSaynt quyntyn\nthre hondred xlj\nSaynt eustace\nthre hondred xlj\nAlle halowes\nthre hondred xlv\nCo\u0304memoracion of sowles\nCCCxlviij\nSaynt wenefrede\nthre hondred liij\nSaynt Leonard\nthre hondred & liiij\nThe iiij crowned marters\nCCClv\nSaynt theodore\nthre hondred lv\nSaynt martyn\nCCClvj\nSaynt bryce\nCCClix\nSaynt elysabeth\nCCClxxj\nSaynt edmund bisshop\nCCClxxiiij\nSaynt hughe\nCCClxxvi\nSaynt edmund kyng\nCCClxxvij\nSaynt cecyle\nCCClxxviij\nSaynt clemente\nCCClxxix\nSaynt grysogone\nCCClxxxiij\nSaynt katheryne\nCCClxxxiiij\nSaynt saturnyne\nCCClxxxx\nSaynt Iames the.The venerable Bede, CCClxxxxij\nSaynt Dorothe, CCClxxxxiij\nSaynt Brandon, CCClxxxxiiij\nSaynt Erkenwolde, CCClxxxxix\nSaynt Pastour, four hundred\nAbbot John, four hundred\nAbbot Mois\u00e8s, four hundred & one\nAbbot Arsenyen, four hundred & one\nAbbot Agathon, four hundred & two\nBalaam & Iosaphat, iiiCiiij\nPelagian and the story of the loaves, four hundred and eight\nSaynt Symeon, iiiCxv\nSaynt Polycarpe, iiiCxvj\nSaynt Quiryace, iiiCxvij\nSaynt Thomas Dalquyne, iiiCxviij\nSaynt Gayus, iiiCxx\nSaynt Arnolde, iiiCxx\nSaynt Turyen, iiiCxxiij\nSaynt Fyacre, iiiCxxiij\nSaynt Iustyne, iiiCxxiiij\nSaynt Demetryen, iiiCiiij\nSaynt Rigoberte, iiiCxxv\nSaynt Laudry, iiiCxxvi\nSaynt Mellonyn, iiiCxxvi\nSaynt Yues, iiiCxxvij\nSaynt Moraunt, iiiCxxix\nSaynt Lowes of Frauce, iijCxxxj\nSaynt Lowes bishop, itiCxxxij\nSaynt Audegonde, iiiCxxxiij\nSaynt Aulbyne, iiiCxxxiiij\nThe story of the mass, iiiCxxxv\nThe twelve articles of the faith folio, four hundred & three & forty\nAdvent folio\nPrimo\nThe Ascension of our Lord, xxiij\nAdam, sevens and.Abraham, Andrew, found three, Anastase, four, Anthony, an hour, Agnes, one hundred and nineteen, Agathe, CXXXV, Amande, one hundred thirty-seven, Anunciacion of our lady, Cl, Ambrose, CLII, Alphey, CLVI, Achyllee, CLXIX, Austin, that brought in to England christendom, one hundred sixty-one, Albone and Amphyabel, one hundred sixty-nine, CCXIX, Abdon, three hundred thirty-one, Assumpcion of our lady, CCLI, Austin the doctor, CCXXIJ, Adrian martyr, CCXXXVIIJ, All hallows, IIICXLV, Arsenyen, four hundred and one, Agathon abbot, four hundred and two, Arnold, four hundred and twenty, Audegonde, IVCXXXIIJ, Aulbyne, IVCXXXIIIJ, Articles of the faith, IVCXLIJ, Basil, CXXIJ, Blase, CXXXIIJ, Benette, CXLVI, Barnabe, CLXXVIJ, Brethern seven, CCX, Beatryce, CCXXIX, Bernarde, CClXIIJ, Bartylme, CClXIX, Bryce, CCClIX, Bede, CCClXXXXXIJ, Brandon, CCClXXXXXIIJ, Balaam, CCCCIIJ, Circuncisyon, fifty-two, Corpus christi, thirty, Commandments ten, sixty, Concepcion of our lady, eighty-nine, Convercyon of St. Pole, CXXVIIJ, Cutberd, CXLIX, Crystine, CCXX, Crystofore, CCXXIIJ, Cyryake, CC, Cornelye & Cyprian, CClXX..three hundred forty-eight Calixtus\nCCCxxx1 Crysanthus\nCCCxxx2 Cryspin and Cryspinian\nCCCxxxvii Commemoration of all souls\nthree hundred forty-six\nthree hundred forty-four Crowned Martyrs\nthree hundred fifty\nCecily\nthree hundred seventy-nine Clement\nthree hundred seventy-nine Dedicacion\ntwenty-three David king\nlxviij Dunstan\none hundred thirty-one twenty-one\nDomynyk\ntwo hundred thirty-nine\nDonace\ntwo hundred forty-five Decolacion of St. John\nCCClxxvii Damyan\nthree hundred three Denise\nthree hundred twenty Decaria\nthree hundred thirty-five Dorothea\nthree hundred forty-four Demetrius\nfour hundred twenty-two Ephiphany\nvii Epiphanies\nfour and forty Esau\nfour score and seventeen Eugene\nEdward the king and martyr\nCCCXCIII Eutropius\none hundred forty-four and ten Eusebius\nExaltation of the cross\nCCClxxxx Euphemia\ntwo hundred seventy-nine hundred ninety-nine Edward the king and confessor\nCCCxxii Eustace\nthree hundred forty and ten Elizabeth\nthree hundred thirty-three Edmund bishop\nthree hundred seventy-nine Edmund king\nthree hundred seventy-nine Erkenwald\nthree hundred seventy-nine Felix\none hundred and twelve Fulcyen\nfour score twelve Fermyn\none hundred Felix..And thirteen: Fabyan, one hundred and sixty-one: Felicyan, one hundred seventy-five; Felix pope, two hundred twenty-nine; Faustyn, two hundred twenty-nine; Felix priest, two hundred seventy-nine; Forsyn, three hundred four; Fraunsoys, three hundred twelve; Fyacre, four hundred twenty-three; Gencien folio, eight hundred fifty-two; Gregory, one hundred forty-three; George, one hundred seven and fifty; Gordyan, one hundred thirty-nine; Germayn, one hundred thirty; Ger, four hundred sixty-one; Genouefe, one hundred seventy-nine hundred and sixty-two; Germayn, three hundred thirty; Gyles, three hundred seventy-nine; Gorgone, three hundred eighty-nine; Grisogone, three hundred seventy-nine; Ga, four hundred twenty; Hilary, one hundred twenty-two; Hughe, three hundred seventy-five; Iacob folio, one hundred forty-four; Ioseph folio, one hundred forty-nine; Iosue, three score and three; Iob folio, three score and fourteen; Iudyth folio, four score; Iohan the evangelist, one hundred; Innocentes, one hundred three; Iohan the chamberlain, one hundred twenty-four; Iulyen the bishop, two hundred thirty-nine; Ignacyen, one hundred thirty; Iulyane virgin, three hundred thirty-seven; Iames the less, one hundred sixty-five; Inuencyon of the cross, one hundred twenty. Iohan portlatyn, one hundred sixty-nine; Iulytte, one hundred and..I. Johan the Baptist 1352\nII. Johan & Paul 200\nIII. Iames the More 220\nIV. Inuction of St. Stephen 1537\nV. Iacyncte 289\nVI. Iohan Crisostom 3200\nVII. Iustyn 301\nVIII. Iherome 309\nIX. Iude 3368\nX. Iames the Martyr 3220\nXI. Iohan the Abbot 400\nXII. Iosaphat 404\nXIII. Iustyne 408\nXIV. Kenelme\nXV. Katheryn 3889\nXVI. Letanies more & less 20\nXVII. Lucye virgin 311\nXVIII. Longyus 1449\nXIX. Loye 400 and 9\nXX. Lorence 200 and 45\nXXI. Lowe or Luke 200 and 81\nXXII. Lambert 200 and 151\nXXIII. Logyer 1302\nXXIV. Luke 331\nXXV. Leonard 300 and 4 and 50\nXXVI. Laudry 420 and 26\nXXVII. Lowes king of France 430\nXXVIII. Lowes bishop 433\nXXIX. Moyses folio 55\nXXX. Machayre 611\nXXXI. Marcel 624\nXXXII. Mathye apostle 100\nXXXIII. Maure 65\nXXXIV. Marye.Egyptians, Clij, Marke, Clix, Marcellyn, Cxlj, Modest, Clxix, Maryne, Clxxxj, Marcyal, Clxxxxij, Maturyn, Clxxxxviij, Margarete, CCxiiij, Mary Magdalene, CCxvj, Martha, CCxxx, Machabees, CCxxxiiij, Mamertyn, CClxxxij, Mathewe, CClxxxxv, Mauryce, CClxxxxix, Mychel, CCCv, Margarete alias Pelagyen, CCCxviij, Martyn, CCClvj, Moyses Tabbot, CCCCj, Mellonyn, CCCCxxvj, Moraunt, CCCCxxix, Masse thexposycyon, CCCCxxxv, Nativity of our Lord, iij, Noe, xxxix, Nicholas, lxxxvij, Nichas, lxxxxiiij, Nereye, Clxix, Nativity of St. John Baptist, Clxxxxvij, Nazarenes, CCxxviij, Nativity of our Lady, CClxxxiiij, Passion of our Lord, xiiij, Paul the First Hermit, Cx, Paulyne, Cxxviij, Purification of our Lady, Cxxxij, Peter in cathedra, Cxxxix, Patrik, Cxlv, Peter of Melan, Clxij, Philip the Apostle, Clxv, Pancras, Clxx, Pernel, Clxxj, Peter deacon, Clxxvij, Prima, Clxxvij, Prothase, Clxxxj, Peter Apostle, CCij, Paul, CCv, Peter ad Vincula, CCxxiiij, Prothe, CClxxxix, Pelagia, CCClxvij, Pastour Tabbot, CCCC..pope CCCCviij Polycarpe CCCCxvj Quynquagesme xij Quadragesme xij Quyrynn Clxxx Quyntyn CCCxlj Quiriace CCCCxvij Resurrexion of our lord xviij Roboas lxxiiij Remyge Cxj Rocke CClxij Remyge CCCxj Rygobert four hundred xxv Septuagesme xj Sexagesme xj Samuel lxiij Saul folio lxiij Salamon lxxj Stephen prothomarter lxxxxviij Sylvester Cviij Sebastyan Cxvj Seconde an hundred lj Seuen brethern two hundred x Swythyn two hundred xj Seuen slepars two hundred xxvj Symplycyen two hundred xxix Sauien two hundred xxxj Stephen the pope two hundred xxxvj Syxte the pope two hundred xliiij Symphoryen two hundred lxix Sauyen two hundred lxxx Symond thappostle iijCxxxviij Saturnyne thre hundred lxxxx Symeon marter four honred xv Thoby folio lxxv Thomas thappostle lxxxxiiij Thomas of caunterburye Cv Theodora two hundred x Translacion of hym two hundred xij Timothe two hundred lxviij Thaysys thre hundred xix Theodore thre hundred lv Thomas dalquyne four hundred xviij Turyen four hundred..The time of Adam's coming or the Lord's incarnation is celebrated in the church in four stages, signifying four distinct comings:\n\nThe first was when he came and appeared in human nature and flesh.\nThe second is in the heart and conscience.\nThe third is at death.\nThe fourth is at judgment.\n\nThe last week may not be completed.\nFor the glory of the saints who will be given at the last coming will never end or finish.\n\nAnd to this signification, the first response of the first week of Advent has four verses to recite: Gloria Patri and Filio for one, to the report of the four weeks, and it is to be noted that:\n\nAlthough there are four comings of our Lord, the church makes mention in particular of only two..That he came in human nature to the world, and at the judgment and doom, as it appears in the office of the church of this time. Therefore, the fasting in this time are of joy and gladness in one part, and in bitterness of heart in another, due to the coming of our Lord in our human nature. Regarding the coming of our Lord in our bodily flesh, we may consider three things about this coming: opportunity, necessity, and utility. The opportunity of coming is taken by the reason of the man who was vanquished in the law of nature due to the default of the knowledge of God, and filled with evil errors, and therefore he cried out, \"Ilui\u0304a oculos meos\" - that is, \"Lord, give light to my eyes.\" After came the law, given by God, in which He was overcome..\"Impossance / as he first cried, there is none that fulfills but one who commands, yet not delivered from sin nor helped by grace. Therefore, he was compelled to cry, \"There lacks none to command but there is none that accomplishes the commandment. Then came the Son of God in a time when man was weary of ignorance and impossibility. Had he come sooner, perhaps man might have said that by his own merits he could have been saved, and thus he would not have had to yield thanks to God. The two things shown to us by this coming are the necessity due to the time, of which the apostle Paul speaks in Galatians, the fourth chapter, \"When the fullness of the time had come,\" he sent forth his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those under the law, that they might receive adoption as sons. Now says Saint\".\"Although many ask why he could not rather come, he answers that it was because the fullness of time had not yet come, which would come through him for the ordering and making of all things. After this fullness of time comes, he will call back the time that has passed and deliver us to him, where no time passes but is perpetual. The three things shown to us concerning this coming are the utility and profit that come from the cause of the universal hurt and sickness. Since the malady was universal, the medicine must be universal, as St. Augustine says, when the great malady was present throughout the world. The holy church remembers this in seven Antemnasian hymns sung before the nativity of our Lord, where the malady is shown in various ways. For we were ignorant and blindly bound to perdition before the coming of our Lord.\".\"Aliied to us by the evil custom of sin, wrapped in darkness, and driven out of our country, therefore we have great need of a doctor or teacher, of an apothecary, of a conduit or illuminator, and of a savior,\nTherefore, when we were ignorant, we had need that we were taught and learned by him,\nAnd therefore we cry in the first anthem, O sapience sovereign,\nwhich art descended from the mouth of the most high,\nCome to us, & teach us the way of prudence,\nAnd as it is over little for us to be taught, we demanded in the second anthem to be again bought and say,\nO Adonai & dux domus Israhel &c.,\nveni ad redimendum nos in brachio extenso,\nO thou sovereign lord & prince of the house of Israhel, come and again deliver us by thy powerful arm.\".O root of Iesse, come and deliver us, do not tarry;\nWhat avails it to prisoners to be bought again and delivered if they are forbidden and not free to go where they will?\nLittle would it profit, and therefore we demand that we may be unbound and lost from all bond of sin when we cry in the fourth anthem,\nO clavis David and others, O key of David that closes, and opens that no man may open,\nCome to us, and cast the prisoner out of prison who sits in darkness and shadow of death,\nFor those who have long been in prison and dark places may not see clearly, but their eyes are dim.\nTherefore, after we are delivered from prison, it is necessary that our eyes be made clear and our sight illuminated, to see whither we should go,\nAnd therefore we cry in the fifth anthem,\nO oriens, splendor lucis aeternae, veni et illumina sedentes in tenebris et umbra mortis,\nO Orient, who art the resplendence of eternal light, come and illumine those who sit in darkness and shadow of death..In darkness and shadow of death, and if we were taught, lit, unbound, and bought, what would it profit us, but if we should be saved? And therefore we require to be saved, and therefore we say in the two last anthems, the fifth and the seventh, we demand to be saved, when we cry, O king of peoples, come and save the man that thou hast formed from the slime of the earth. O thou king of peoples, come and save us, our lord and giver of the law, our God, our lord. The proof of his coming is assigned by many saints in many ways. For Luke says in the fourth chapter that our Lord was sent and came to us for seven reasons, where he says the spirit of our Lord on me, which he rehearses in order: he was sent for the comfort of the poor, to heal those that were sick in sin, to deliver those that were in prison, to teach..They that were unwilling to forgive sins, and before giving reward to those that deserve it, Saint Austin puts here three profits of his coming, and says, \"In this wretched world, what abounds but to be born, to labor, and to die? These are the merchandises of our region. And to these merchandises, the noble merchant Ihu descended. And because all merchants give and take what they have and take what they have not, Ihesu Christ in this merchandise gave and took: He took that which in this world has, to wit, to be born, to labor, and to die, and He gave again to us to be born spiritually, to arise, and to reign permanently. And He Himself came to us to take veils, and to give us honor, to suffer death, and to give us life, to take poverty, and to give us glory.\" Saint Gregory puts forward four causes of the profit of his coming, saying, \"All the proud of the proud race were eager to enjoy a prosperous life in the present.\".They of the world descend from the same lineage, studying to desire the prosperity of this present life, shunning adversities, fleeing reproaches and shames, and clinging to the glory of the world. Our Lord came among them, despising prosperities, embracing vileness, fleeing all vain glory, and He Himself, who descended from glory, came and taught new things. In showing marvels, He suffered many evils. Saint Bernard puts other causes forward and says that we travel in this world for three kinds of maladies or sicknesses. For we are easily deceived, weak to do well, and frail in resisting evil. If we intend to do well, we fail; if we endure pain in resisting evil, we are overcome. Therefore, the coming of Jesus Christ was necessary to us. He dwells in us through faith and enlightens our hearts' eyes, abiding with us..He helps us in our malady, and in being with us, he defends our frailty against our enemies. Of the second coming, which will be at the last judgment, two things are to be seen: first, what comes before the judgment, and second, what will be at the judgment. As for the first, three things will come before the judgment: first, the terrible confusion of signs and tokens; second, the malice and deceit of Antichrist; and third, the immense and marvelous operation of the fiery blood and the stars falling from the heavens. The sun is said to be dark for as much as it is deprived of its light, as though it wept for the dying of men. For St. Augustine says, the vengeance of God will be so cruel at the day of doom that the sun will not dare to look at it. Or, to speak spiritually of the proper signification, the Son of Justice, Ihu Crist, will be so dark that no man will dare to know him. Here the heavens are meant..The stars that are called similar and resemble each other in the heavens. After their coming together, men say that they fall from heaven. This is confirmed by scripture in the common manner of speaking. Then there will be such oppression, for the quality of the fire will be intense. Our Lord will do this for terror, as it is said to fall. Either because they cast out rays of fire, or because there are many that seem clear as stars, and then they will fall from the faith. Or they withdraw their light so that they may not be seen little or not at all. Of the fourth sign, which will be the pressure and those upon it, St. Matthew says in the fourth chapter, \"it will be such tribulation that none greater was ever seen on earth since the world began, nor ever will be.\" The fifth sign will be the confusion on the sea, and of this some speak and imagine that the sea will perish..The first sign is that the sea will rise fifty cubits above the height of the mountains, remaining in its place as a wall. The second sign, according to St. Jerome in the yearly histories of the Jews, is that there will be great trouble in the waves, unlike anything heard before. The sea will be made new, and the waves will be turbulent. St. John in the Apocalypse in the twenty-first chapter says, \"And there was no sea.\" After this, the foam will be very great. The sea will be lifted up forty cubits above the mountains. Afterward, it will subside and go down. Or, to speak plainly, according to the sentence of St. Gregory, then the sea will be made new, and the waves will be troubled like never before. St. Jerome shows us in the fifteen signs and tokens that will come before the Judgment, but he does not declare whether they will continue or if there will be a space between them..The day the sea shall descend so low that hardly it shall be seen. The third sign: the great fishes, as whales and others, shall appear a boue the water and shall cry unto the heavens. And God only shall understand their cry. The fourth sign: the sea and water shall burn. The fifth sign: the trees and herbs shall give dew of blood, and in the fifth day various clerks affirm that all the birds of the air shall assemble in a field. Every kind by themselves and shall not eat or drink, but shall wait for the coming of the Judge in great fear. The sixth sign: the edifices and buildings shall fall down. And in this sixth day thunders and tempests full of fire shall grow in the west where the sun goes down, against the firmament in renting to the east. The seventh sign: the stones shall strike and hurtle together, and shall cleave in four parts, and each part shall strike another, none shall understand or hear the sound but God only. The eighth sign: the moving and general trembling of the earth..The signs shall be so great that no man or beast shall be able to withstand them, falling to the ground. The ninth sign: The earth shall be even and plain, and all mountains and valleys shall be reduced to powder, becoming one. The tenth day: The moon shall issue from the caverns and go by the ways and fields, as if men were leading it and out of their own accord, not speaking to one another. The eleventh day: The bones of the dead shall issue from their graves and hold them upon their sepulchers, and from sunrise to sunset the sepulchers shall be open to those who wish for the dead bodies to issue forth. The twelfth sign: All the stars shall fall from the heavens and spread out rays of fire, and then great quantities shall grow. In this twelfth day, it is said that all beasts shall come to the field holy and not eat or drink. The thirteenth sign: All living things shall die, rising with the dead bodies. The fourteenth sign: The heavens and all that is in them shall burn. The fifteenth sign: [Unknown or damaged text].A new day shall be a new hue, and a new earth, and all things and all deeds shall arise. The two things that will be a forejudgment will be the folly and malice of Antichrist. He shall deceive all men in four ways. The first manner will be by suasion and false exposition of scripture. For as much as he may, he shall make them understand that he is the Messiah, who was promised in the law, whom we call Ihu Cryst. He shall destroy the law of Ihu Cryst and ordain his own law. Citing David the prophet, he will say that it was said for him, as he who was ordained of God to set law upon his place. After this, it is said in the scripture of Daniel, \"abomination and desolation of the temple and so on.\" Antichrist and his colleagues shall give abomination and desolation to the temple of God in this time, as the gloss says. Antichrist shall be in the temple of God as God, for that he shall destroy it..The second manner shall be by wonderful operactions of miracles. The apostle Paul in his second epistle to the Thessalonians, in the second chapter, says, \"Whose coming is after the operacion of Satan with all his signs and lying wonders.\" Of Antichrist it is said that his coming will be in all his signs, miracles, and false lying signs. Saint John mentions this in the Revelation, the fourteenth chapter. Antichrist will perform such signs that it will seem he makes the fire come down from heaven. The gloss says, \"It is like the Holy Ghost descended in the form of fire.\" In the same way, Antichrist will give the evil spirit in the form of fire. To the third manner that he shall do to deceive, it will be in giving of gifts, of which is written in the book of Daniel the prophet, in his eleventh chapter, \"He shall give.\".Antecrist will have power over both militia and land. He will give his servants authority in many things and distribute it according to his will. The gloss says that Antecrist will give many gifts to those whom he will deceive, and to his disciples he will distribute it, and to those he cannot subdue by terror and fear, he will subdue and overcome by avarice, making them submit to him. The four ways to deceive them will be through torments that he will give, of which Daniel speaks in his eighth chapter, \"Believe not a word of him, for he will destroy and torment all who will not believe in him.\" To draw them to him by force, St. Gregory says of him, \"Robustus, indeed, he will make the great and strong to stumble and fall,\" meaning that when he cannot win or overcome them by heart, he will overcome them by torment. The third thing that will precede the judgment will be the vehement fire..Who shall go before the judge, and God shall set this fire for four causes:\nFirst, for the renewing of the world, for he shall purge and renew the elements, and like to the form of the deluge, it shall be forty cubits higher than all the mountains, as it is written in scholastic history. The works of the people may move so high.\nSecondly, for the purgation of the people, for that fire shall be in place of the fire of purgatory to those who are therein.\nThirdly, to give greater torment to the damned.\nFourthly, to give more clarity and light to the saints.\nAccording to the saying of St. Basil, our Lord God, who shall make the purgatory of the world, will separate the heat of the fire from its resplendence and brightness. He shall send all the heat to the place of the damned, because they should be the more tormented. He shall send all the resplendence and brightness to the place of the saints..The more comforted are those who shall witness and follow the Judgment, many of whom will descend from the Judge. The Judge will descend into the Valley of Josaphat and set the good on his right hand and the evil on his left, in a high place where others can see them. It should not be disbelieved that within this small space, after that, many will be present, as Saint Jerome says, as well as others nearby. In a little space of load, there may be men without number by divine power and ordinance. And if it is necessary, the chosen people shall be there for their agility and lightness of body and soul. Then the Judge will dispute and reprove the wicked men for the works of mercy that he ordained for us. They shall not be able to reply, but shall weep upon themselves and upon their deeds, like Saint John Grisostom says upon the Gospel of Saint Matthew, in saying that the Jews shall weep their lives..they shall see their judge / and him who gives life to all men / whom they esteemed and believed to be a dead man / and shall blame themselves for his body hurt and wounded by him. And they may not deny their cruelty but shall weep in great distress.\n\nThe payments which, by the vain disputes of philosophers, were deceived / and supposed to have been folly in worshiping God crucified / The Christians shall weep / who have loved the world more than God / The heretics shall weep / because they held false opinions against the faith of Jesus Christ / whom they shall see the sovereign Judge / whom the Jews crucified / and so shall all the lines of the world weep / for they shall have no force, power, or strength to resist against him / nor may they flee from his face / nor shall they have time or space to do penance for their sins / nor to make satisfaction for the great anguish that they shall have for all things.\n\nThe second thing that shall follow this..Iugement is the difference of the ordres / For thus as saynt gregory saith / at the day of Iugement shal be iiij thynges / two on the partye reproued / & two on the partye chose\u0304 / The first shal be da\u0304pned & perrisshyd to whom he shal saye / Esuhad hongre / & ye haue gyuen to me no mete The other shall not be Iuged & perysshe / of whom it is wreton. Qui no\u0304 credit ia\u0304 iudicatus e\u0304 / he that beleueth not is now Iuged / for they shal not per\u00a6ceyue the wordes of the Iuge / whiche wold not kepe the wordes of god / The other of the partye of the good shal be Iuged / & shal reygne as they to whom shal be said / I haue hadde hungre / & ye / haue gyue me mete / The other shal not be Iuged / and yet shal regne / That is to wyte the parfyght men that shal Iu\u00a6ge other / not that they shal gyue the sentence of the Iugement / For the soue\u00a6rayn Iuge shal only yeue the sentence but they be said Iuges / by cause they be present approuyng the Iugement / And this assistence shal be first to the honour of sayntes / For it shal.It is an honor for them to have their seats and sit with the judge, like Ihu Crist promised them, that they would be sitting upon twelve seats, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. Secondly, to the confirmation of the sentence, for the sentence given by the judge is approved by the assistants in judgment who approve the sentence of the judge that is good and just. And with their hands they set their names as witnesses, as David says, \"Ut faciatis eis Iudicium scriptum et cetera\" (Psalms 69:29). To the condemned, this judgment is a sign and token of the passion of Iesus Christ. That is to say, the cross, the nails, and the wounds. These signs will first show his glorious victory. And by that they will appear in the fullness of his glory..According to Saint John Chrysostom, the cross and wounds will be more shining than any rays of the sun. He explains, the son will be dark, and the moon will provide no light there. Understand then, how much the cross is more shining than the moon and clearer than the sun. Secondly, he will show his mercy by which he will save the good. Thirdly, he will show his justice, how justly he has condemned those who have despised such noble price as his blood and set it not by it. And thus, as Saint John Chrysostom says, he will speak to the hard words in the manner of reproof. For your sake I became a man, for you I have been beaten, bound, scourged, and crucified. Where is now the fruit that I have suffered so many injuries for? Behold the price of my blood that I have given to redeem you. Where is the service that you have done to me for the price of my blood that I have given for you?.And where I was God in my glory, I came down and was made man for you.\nAnd you have made me more vile than anything.\nFor all manner of things of filth you have loved more than my justice and my faith.\nThe fourth thing that follows the decree or judgment is the strictness and rigor of the Judge.\nFor he may not bow or lean for anything.\nFor he is almighty.\nNo man may do anything against him by gifts or otherwise.\nFor all riches are in him and all treasure.\nAnd he says, \"Saint Bernard says: The day will come when clean and holy hearts will be worth more than words around them, and good conscience better than a sack full of money.\nFor this is he who shall not be deceived by words, nor bow for gifts.\nAnd Saint Augustine says: We await the day of Judgment, and that day will be full of equity.\nThe Judge will give no favor to any, however pious or godly they may be.\nFor he is righteous, and so righteous that those whom he calls his brethren..They are false Christian men, whom he shall not deliver, as David says: \"Brother will not ransom brother.\" He shall not be deceived by error, for he is right wise. Of this, Saint Leon, the pope, judges, that is, his regard and looking make all things tremble. To him, all firm and stable things are movable. And all secret things are open. To whom all darkness is clear. All things without voices confess and witness. And without voices, thought speaks. And because his wisdom is so great, against his wickedness no arguments of advocates, nor sophisms of philosophers, nor the fair words around intercessors, nor means, nor the malices of those who are cautious, avail. Of these four, Saint Jerome says: \"Choose rather the simple and mute, the happier among speakers.\" Concerning the first, how many shepherds, concerning the second, how many philosophers, concerning the third, how many orators..Quanti hebetas or argucijs should be preferred according to Cicero, regarding the fourth [issue]: how many shall there be at this judgment who shall have no tongue by which they shall not speak, who shall be more eager and blessed than the fair and great speakers? And the herdsmen and shepherds more than the philosophers? And how many rude and simple men more than the wise men? And how many fools and innocents more than the teachers of Cicero's doctrines than those full of vain learning? They shall be set before and received at that day, as he would say, the first shall be taken, and the other put away. The fifth thing that shall be at the day of judgment will be terrible accusation. For then shall there be accusers against the sinner. The first accuser shall be the devil, of whom St. Augustine says that enemy then shall be ready, who shall recite the words of our profession, and shall show before us all that we have ever done and in what place and what time we have sinned..And what good would they have done / and he shall say to the Judge, right true Judge, judge and sentence this sinner to be mine, for his trespass which would be thine by grace; he is thine by nature, he is mine by his mercy, he is thine by thy passion, he is mine by monition. To the one he has been in obedience, to me he has been obedient, he has received of thee the vesture of Immortality: Of me he has taken this pitiful coat, with which he is clad, he has left thy vesture, and has come to my Righteous judgment, Judge him to be mine for to be damned with me. Alas, Alas, how may the mouth of them open that shall thus be condemned, what they shall be Justly condemned to be with the devil. Second accusation is our own trespass, for our own proper sins shall accuse us. As the wise Solomon says, \"Wisdom 4:7, consider the works of the wicked, and be in dread thereof, and hate them that love them, and keep thy soul distant from them.\" To the Judgment they shall come in the thought of their sins in great dread..their wickedness shall cast them out: Then their works shall say to the judge, \"Thou hast made us.\" We were engendered of the same. We shall not leave the. But always we shall be with the world. And the world, of which Saint Gregory says, \"If you ask who shall accuse us, I say the world, which is offended.\" And Saint John Chrysostom says that on that day we shall answer nothing but the heavens, the earth, the water, the sun, the days, & the nights, shall be witnesses of our sins. And if we speak not, our works and thoughts shall be moved, and all the world shall be against us before God, and shall accuse us strongly. The sixth thing that announces judgment is a true witness without failing. The sinners shall have three witnesses against him. One who is above him, that is to say, the judge, and witness, as he says through the mouth of Jeremiah the prophet, \"I am the judge and witness,\" says our Lord. That other witness is within him, that is to say, his conscience..If thou dreadest the Judge, correct thy conscience. The word of thy mouth is the witness of thy conscience; the angel, deputed to its keeping, will be a witness against thee. This is referred to in Job: \"The heavens, that is, the angels, shall testify the righteousness of the sinner.\" The seventh thing that will be at Judgment is the constraint of sinners: St. Gregory says, \"O how narrow will be the ways of sinners! Above, the Judge will sit full of wrath, and beneath, a terrible and confused region of pain. On their right side, their sins will accuse them. On their left side, their enemies, the devils, without number drawing them to torment. Within them, their conscience will be burning, and without, the world burning. The captive and miserable sinner, thus taken: where shall he flee, or where shall he go? He shall not.\".For it is impossible for him to be pardoned. This sentence shall never be reversed or appealed. It may not be appealed for three reasons: first, because of the excellence of the judge, as a king; for if he renders a sentence, it may not be appealed in his realm, as there is none above him in sovereignty, and the same applies to the emperor and the pope. Secondly, because of the notoriety of the crime. Thirdly, when the thing for which the judgment is given cannot be deferred and has no delay. Therefore, no appeal may be made from the divine sentence, for these three reasons: first, because of the excellence of the judge, for God has none above him, but he is above all others in eternity, dignity, and authority. And in some way, he may be appealed to from the emperor, but not from God..Appellle, as he has none above him, secondly for the crime, all transgressions and sins will be openly displayed. According to St. Jerome, on this day all our deeds will be shown, as if written on a tablet and noted. Thirdly, for the thing which cannot be delayed, all things that will be done in judgment will be done in a twinkling of an eye. Then let us pray that we may receive him in this holy time, so that at the day of judgment we may be received into his everlasting bliss. Amen.\n\nThus ends the story of Adhuentus.\n\nWhen the world had endured five thousand and nine hundred years after Eusebius, the holy emperor Octavian commanded that the whole world should be described, so that he might know how many cities, how many towns, and how many persons he had in the universal world. Then there was such peace in the world that all were obedient to him. And therefore, our Lord was born in that time, so that it might be known that he brought salvation..peas from heaven / And this emperor commanded that every man should go into the towns, cities or villages, from where they were, and should bring with him a penny, recognizing that he was subject to them, the pyre of Rome / And by as many pennies as were found, the number of the persons should be known / Joseph, who then was of the lineage of David, and dwelt in Nazareth, went into the city of Bethlehem / And he took with him the virgin Mary his wife / And when they arrived there, because the inns were all taken up, they were compelled to be outside in a common place where all people went / And there was a stable for an ass that he brought with him and for an ox / In that night our blessed lady and mother of God was delivered of our blessed savior upon the high that lay in the manger / At which nativity our lord showed many marvels / For because the world was in such great troubles, the Romans had made a temple, which was named the temple of peace..They asked Apollo how long it would stand and endure. Apollos answered that it would stand as long as a maid had brought forth and borne a child. Therefore, they wrote on the temple portal, \"This is the temple of Peace that shall endure forever.\" They supposed that a maid could never bear or bring forth a child. This temple, at the same time that our lady was delivered and our lord was born, was overthrown and filled with all falling down. Of this, Crystens men later built a church in the same place, which is called Santa Maria Rotonda, that is, the church of Saint Mary the Round. Also, on the same night, as Innocent the Third records, a well or a fountain sprang up and flowed abundantly all that night and all that day into the River Tiber of Rome. Additionally, according to Saint John Grisostome, the three kings were this night in their orisons and prayers..Montague, when a star appeared among them which had the form of a beautiful child, bearing a cross on his forehead. He said to these three kings that they should go to Jerusalem and there they would find the son of the virgin god and man, who was then born. In the east, three sons appeared, little and insignificant, who came together and were all one. This signifies to us that these three things - the deity, the soul, and the body - are united in one person. Octavian, the emperor, was greatly desired by his council and people to be worshipped as a god. Never before had there been such a master and lord of the world as he. Then the emperor sent for a prophetess named Sebile, to ask her if there was anyone like him in existence or if someone would come after him. At midday, she beheld the sky and saw a circle..of the room was a figure of a woman holding a child in her arms. She then called out to the emperor and showed him. When Octavian saw this, he was greatly astonished. Sebile then said to him, \"This Child is greater than you are. Worship Him.\" When Octavian understood that this Child was greater than he, he would not be worshipped as a god but worshipped the Child who was to be born. Therefore, the Christian men made a church of the same room and named it Ara coeli.\n\nOne night, as the great master Bartolomew, who is of great authority in scripture, records, the rod of Eugaddi, which is by Jerusalem and bears a flame that flows, produced fruit and gave out a liquid from the flame. After this, the angel appeared to the shepherds who were keeping their sheep and said to them, \"I announce to you great joy. For the savior of the world has been born.\".This night, in Bethlehem's city, find him wrapped in clothes. An angel had spoken these words, and then a great multitude of angels appeared with him, singing: \"Honor, glory, and health be to God on high, and peace to men of good will.\" The shepherds were then told by the angel: \"Go to Bethlehem and see this thing.\" Upon arriving, they found what the angel had said, and that night all sodomites who sinned against nature were destroyed. God hated this sin so much that he could not endure the shame it brought to human nature, which he had taken upon himself. Augustine says that it was only a little more that prevented God from becoming man due to this sin. In this time, Octavian ordered to widen and enlarge the ways, and quit Romans of all their debts owed to him. This feast of the Nativity of our Lord is one of the greatest feasts of the year, and to recount all the miracles our Lord has performed is beyond telling..The book should have contained the whole [thing], but at this time I shall leave it and pass over, save one thing that I have heard from a worshipful doctor. A person in clean life, on this day, desires a bone of God, as is rightful and good for him. Our Lord, in reverence of this blessed and high feast of his nativity, will grant it to him. Let us always make ourselves clean at this feast, so that we may please him, that after this short life we may come unto his bliss. Amen.\n\nHere ends the nativity of our Lord.\n\nThe day of the circumcision of our Lord there are four things that make and show it to be holy and solemn. The first is the utensil of the Nativity. The second is the infusion of a new name, bringing health. The third is the effusion of his precious blood. The fourth are the signs of the circumcision.\n\nAs for the first, it appears that:\n\nThe vessels of saints are solemn, but all the more reason should it be of him who is the sanctity of all saints. It seems that:.The nature of our Lord should not have anyone utas / For the nature tends towards death / And the deceases of saints have their utas / because they are born of the nature that stretches towards life durable for being glorified in body / And by the same way, it seems that the nature of the glorious virgin Mary and of St. John the Baptist and of the resurrection of our Lord ought not to have utas / For the resurrection was done / We should consider this day like a doctor says, in which we should fulfill such things as we did not accomplish on the principal day that our Lord was born / Of which ancient times men were accustomed to sing at mass / Vultum tuum dominum / &c / to the honor of our Lady St. Mary / The other octaves or utas / as of the figuration, / For they signify and figure the octave of the last perpetual resurrection, which is the eighth age / And as to the second, / this day was his name imposed upon him / and was..This is the name named by God, called Jesus. After St. Bernard, this is the name that is honeyed in the ear, brings joy in melody, and in the heart. This is the name that, when preached, lights and shines like oil, feeds the soul when it is in the mind of the heart, and is sweet and anointing when called. The evangelist says he had three names: the Son of God, Ihu\u0304s; and Christ, inasmuch as he is God of God the Father; and Jesus, inasmuch as he is God made manifest to our humanity. St. Bernard says, \"Arise from dust and ashes, awake from your sleep, and give praise to God. Behold, our Lord comes to your aid. He comes with splendor. He comes with glory.\".Ihus comes not without health, nor Christ comes not without virtue nor the Son of God without glory. For He is our health, our virtue, and our joy. Regarding this triple name, before His passion He was not perfectly known. About the first, He was somewhat known through conjecture, as His enemies called Him Ihu_Christ, claiming Him to be the Son of God. And as to the second, He was known as Iesus Christ. And as to the third, He was called Ihu_ vocally. But as to the reason for the name, He was not known. Iesus is as much to say as savior, and this they did not understand. After the resurrection, this triple name was clarified and declared. The first to certainty, the second to publication, the third to the reason of the name. The first name is Son of God, and these names are appropriate to Him. According to Saint Hilary in his book on the Trinity, it is written: \"Filium dei unigenitum,\" In diverse ways..maners / this name sone of god is knowen / as it is wit\u00a6nessid of god / God the fader witnes\u00a6sith it / that he is his sone / Thappostles preche it / The religyons bileue it / The fendes our enemyes confesse it / And Therfore we knowe our lord Ihesu Crist in his maners / by name / by nature / by natyuyte / by puyssaunce / and by his passion \u00b6 The seconde name is cri\u00a6stus whiche is interpreted vnction / For he was enoynted wyth the oylle of glad\u00a6nesse / to fore all them that to hym we\u00a6re partye / And by that he is said en\u2223oynted / it is shewed / that he was a prophete / A champyon / a preste / & a kynge Thyse four persones somty\u2223me were wonte to be enoynted / Ihesu Crist was a prophete techyng the doctry\u00a6ne dyuyne / A champio\u0304n in the batayll agayn the deuyll whom he ouercam / a preest in reco\u0304cylyng thumayne lynage to god the fadre / And a kynge in dystrybutyng & rewardyng euery man Of this second name we ben all named For of this name Criste / we be called Crysten men / Of whyche name seynt austyn saith thus /.Every Christian man ought to be Christian of right and justice, of bounty, of kindness, of patience, of chastity, of cleanliness, of humility, of innocence, and of pity. These names belong to Christian men, and you, how do you defend this name and retain for yourself so many things of which you have abundance and no appetite? Know that he is not Christian only because he bears the name, but he who does the works of Christ.\n\nThe third name is Jesus. And this name, after Saint Bernard says, is fitting, nourishing, medicinal, and light. It is fitting for many virtues, for it is comforting, it nourishes, it is strengthening and encouraging, and it increases and enriches. Of these things, he says of himself, \"This name Jesus is fitting, for as often as you remember it, you are comforted. What is it that comforts so much the heart that is thoughtful? Who is it that exercises the mind in such virtue?\" The virtues comfort, enrich good manners and honesty..This is how the text reads, with meaningless characters and line breaks removed: \"is that nothing in the world moves the charming affections as much as this name Ihesus. Secondly, he is said to be a fountain; Saint Bernard says, \"Ihesus is the sealed fountain of life, which spreads into four streams. It gives us wisdom, righteousness, sanctification, and redemption. Wisdom in prediction; it gives us absolution from our sins through righteousness; sanctification in our conversation; and redemption through his passion. In another place, he says, 'three streams flow from this name Ihu: that is to say, the word of sorrow, by which is understood confession; the springing of precious blood, by which is signified affliction; the water of cleansing, which signifies compunction, which God smites to the heart. Thirdly, it is medicine; as Saint Bernard says, 'this name Ihesus is such a medicine that it restrains the strength of wrath; it appeases the swelling of pride; it heals the wounds of envy; it restrains the fire of hatred.'\".This text appears to be written in Middle English and discusses the significance of the name \"Ihesus.\" Here is the cleaned text:\n\nFourthly, lechery [destroys] the flame of Courtesy; it tempers the thrust of Avarice; and it dries all rotten wretchedness. Fourthly, it is light. As Saint Bernarde says, \"You think that such a great light and such sudden clarity can be preached and shown throughout the world, but by this name I Jesus. This is the name that Saint Paul bore before the people and before kings, as a light set upon a candlestick or candelabrum for all to see.\" Also, this name I Jesus is of great sweetness, as Saint Bernard says, \"If you are Christ, it has no savor in me, but if you read this name Ihesus.\" If I dispute or argue, I am not assured unless this name Ihesus is heard. Richard of Saint Victor says thus: Ihesus is a sweet name, a delightful name, a name comforting the sinner, and a name of holy hope. Then Ihesus is sweet to me\u2014that is, my savior. Secondly, that Ihesus is of great virtue. As Peter Ransanensis says, \"You shall call this name Ihesus.\".Ihesus is the name that gives sight to the blind, hearing to the deaf, straightens crooked going, speech to the mute, and gives life to the dead. The strength of the devil is chased away and taken out of the body when this name is possessed. Thirdly, the name Ihesus is of great excellence and great power, as Saint Bernard says, the name of my savior, my brother, my flesh and my blood. This name was hidden from the beginning of the world but revealed and shown. It cannot be expressed and of so much as it cannot be expressed, it is more marvelous. And of so much as it cannot be esteemed, it is of even greater grace. This name was first imposed on him by the angel, and Joseph, the father, named him Jesus. Jesus is called savior in three ways: by power to save, by habituation, or by deed and work. The first, by power or might, is enduring..habitation is to him the beginning of his conception, like an angel showed, and after that he had power of life and worked, following the imposition of his name by Joseph because of the passion that was to come. The gloss says on this word, \"vocabis nomen eius Ihesu,\" and here you shall impose to him this name, which was given to him before the beginning of this world when he said, \"you shall impose to him this name.\" He shows the designation made by Joseph. And when he said this of the angel or of the sovereign, he touched the two other dominions. Therefore, this Circumcision was established in the head and beginning of the year at Rome, which is chief of the world, and ennobled with the first letter of the chief of the ABC set, in the first place thus formed: Ihesu Crist, the head of the church, is this day circumcised; the name is given to him and imposed; and the utensils of nativity are hallowed. The third thing that is.This is the significance of this holy day: the shedding of Jesus Christ's blood; for on this day, he first began to bleed. He shed his blood for us five times. First, at his circumcision \u2013 this was the beginning of our redemption. Second, in the garden of Gethsemane \u2013 he showed his desire for our redemption. Third, when he was bound to the pillar and scourged \u2013 this was the merit of our redemption, as through his wounds we were saved. Fourth, when he was crucified \u2013 this was the price of our redemption. Fifth, when his side was opened \u2013 this was a sign of our redemption, as from his side came blood and water, signifying that we ought to be purified by the water of baptism, which water should have the virtue and effect of the precious blood of Jesus Christ. The sixth thing of this holy day is the sign of the Circumcision..The wise Ihu chose to be circumcised on this benign day, and you ought to know that for many reasons he wished to be circumcised. First, for his own sake, he wanted to show that he had taken on true human flesh. He knew well that some would claim he had not taken the body of the Virgin Mary in reality. Therefore, he was circumcised in the flesh to refute their falsehood and to shed his natural blood. A fantastical body will shed no blood. Secondly, for our sake, he wanted to show us how we should be circumcised spiritually. According to St. Bernard, there are two kinds of circumcisions we ought to do: one outside our flesh and one within our heart. The circumcision of the body is in three aspects: it should not be unpleasant, its operation should not be reproachable, and its words should not be despised. The circumcision of the heart within is also in three aspects: in habit it should not be noisome, in operation it should be beneficial, and in word it should be sincere..He believed it to be holy, in affection that it be pure, in intention that it be rightful, for the rightful cause of us, to save us in this manner, as he was cut in one member to save all the body. In like manner, Ihu Crist suffered the cutting of His circumcision to save the spiritual body of the church. They are the members of the church who believe in Him, by the faith of the church, who shall be saved. Of this circumcision, St. Paul in Colossians second says, \"You have not taken the circumcision made with hands to take away the flesh, but the spiritual circumcision of Ihu Crist is that all vices be cut off and taken away.\" Thirdly, He would be circumcised because of the Jews, that they should have no excuse, but to believe in Him. For if He had not been circumcised, they might say they ought not to receive Him because He did not follow the fathers of the law. Fourthly, because the devil should have no knowledge of the mystery..Of the Thyncarnation / As the circumcision was given against original sin, / the devil thought that he who received it was a sinner / and in need of the remedy of circumcision. / And for this reason, Jesus Christ wanted his mother to be married, / because through the sacrament of matrimony, / his Incarnation would be hidden from the enemy. / Fifthly, to fulfill perfect justice and perfect humility, / the latter being to submit oneself to one lower than oneself, / therefore he would be circumcised, / for to show us this humility, / as he who is lord and master of the law, / submits himself to the law. / Sixthly, to approve and fulfill the law of Moses, / which was good and holy, / for he was not come to destroy the law, / but to fulfill and keep the law. / Thus says St. Paul in the fifteenth chapter, / \"I say to you that Jesus Christ was the minister of the circumcision, / for the truth of God, / to confirm the promises that he had made to the fathers of the old law.\".The reason for circumcision being performed on the eighth day is for several reasons. The first is to understand the meaning of the letter as it lies. Just as Rabbi Moses, who was a great philosopher in theology and a Jew, when a child is born, is circumcised on the eighth day, as if he were still in his mother's womb. At eight days old, he is fortified and affirmed. Therefore, as he says, the Lord wanted little children to be circumcised at eight days old, so they would not be harmed by the great tenants they have yet. He did not want them to wait beyond the eighth day for three reasons. The first is to avoid the risk of death, that they should not die within the eight days. The second is to lessen the pain of the children, as the circumcision is a great pain, and therefore, God wanted them circumcised while they had little imagination. When they have little understanding..Understanding/They feel not so much pain/The third cause/for this reason/The heaviness of the parents is taught/Because many children died from circumcision/And if they had waited until they were greater/Then the father and mother would have been more sorrowful than they were at eight days old/The second cause is understood spiritually/that is to say/the eighth day is taken for the resurrection/which is the utmost of our life/For then shall we be circumcised from all pain and from all misery/And thus/these eight days shall be understood by the eight ages/The first is from Adam to Noah/The second from Noah to Abraham/The third from Abraham to Moses/The fourth from Moses to David/The fifth from David to Jesus Christ/The sixth from Jesus Christ until the world's end/The seventh of the dying one/And the eighth of the general resurrection to heaven/Or by these eight are understood eight things which we have in life perpetually/which are/\n\nSaint..Austyn rehearses/ in reciting that our lord says, \"What else is it that I say? I shall be their god. That is, I shall be to them all that which they shall be fulfilled by, and all that which, for reason, they may demand - that is, life, health, food, habitation, of all glory, honor, and peace, and all goodness. Or otherwise, we may take by the seven days a man in body and soul; of which the four days are understood by the four elements of which the body is composed. And the three days, they are the three natural virtues in the soul, for desiring or coveting, for being angry or moved, for understanding reason and conceiving it. The man who now has seven days, when he shall be joined to God from whom the joy shall never be deflected, then shall he have the eighth day. And in this eighth day he shall be circumcised from all sin and from all pain. The third reason is taken according to the moral sense. And after this, the seven days may be taken in various purposes.\".The first is knowing one's sin, as David says, \"I acknowledge my sin\"; I have knowledge of my sin. The second purpose is to leave sin and take the good, which is shown to us by the Son who spent his goodness foolishly. And when he had perceived that he had done evil and foolishly, he admonished himself and said, \"I shall depart and return to my father. And I shall pray that I may serve him, and that he receive me to mercy, and make me one of his servants.\" The third is the shame of sin, of which St. Paul says to the [illegible], \"For your sins you sorrow and repent, what profit have you derived from those sins in your life, of which you are now ashamed?\" The fourth is the fear of the coming judgment and doom, of which Job says, \"I have feared and doubted God, as men fear the waves of the sea in their great rage and tempest.\" And St. Jerome says, \"Let me come or let me go, and whatsoever I do, I am ever mindful of it.\".I here the sound and voices crying, \"Arise you dead and come to the judgment and I, the very one, am the conviction. The fifth is penance, of which St. Jerome says, \"Give your weeping and bitterness, of that which you have angered your God by your sin.\" The sixth is confession, of which David says, \"I have confessed and purposed in my heart that I shall confess my sin to God and make known my transgression.\" The seventh is hope of pardon. If Judas had had true repentance and hope, and had confessed his sin, he would have had forgiveness and pardon. The eighth is satisfaction and sacrifice. Then the maiden is circumcised most truly, not only from sin but also from pain. The first two days are for the sorrow of sin that has been done, and the third day we should confess the evil that we have done and the good deeds that we have neglected. The other four days are orisons, effusion of tears, affliction of the body, and alms given or other works performed by these eight days..Four things/consideration of which removes all evil will of sin. Whoever ponders these, has made a great journey. Saint Bernard names these seven: the unity of our nature, the wilt and filth of our works, the sorrow of our youth, the mutability of our estate, the transiency and misery of our bodily and soulful nature, the dreadful and horrible damnation, and the consideration of the glory of heaven, which cannot be recounted. The fourth reason is taken spiritually. After this, the five days shall be the five books of Moses, in which the law is contained. The two others are the prophets and the Psalms of David. The seven shall be the doctrine of the gospels. However, in the first seven days, circumcision was not performed..On the seventh day, the circumcision of sin and pain was performed. It is hoped that this will be done in truth. The flesh of Jesus Christ's circumcision is said to have been honorably placed in the church of our lady. After it was taken to Chartres, it is now said to be at Rome in the church called Santa Sabina. There it is reported to be very clear, both the flesh and the nail. Additionally, it is said to be in the church of our lady at Aalst in Brabant. On Trinity Sunday, they display it with great reverence there, and it is born above with a great and solemn procession. I have seen it several times and have read and heard of many miracles that God has shown there because of it. Regarding this, I have heard it said that a cardinal was sent from Rome to see it. While he was at his solemn mass, it was laid before him..\"bled three drops of blood on the said corpora / There they worshipped it, believing it to be the flesh of our Lord, which was cut from His circumcision and named it the prepuce of God. If this is true, it seems remarkable because the flesh that was cut off was of the very flesh that was cut from His human body. Some hold that when Jesus Christ rose from death to life, He returned with His body glorified to His place. This day, called the day of circumcision, is where we find that Jesus Christ, through the mouths of His saints, said, \"Ihu\u0304 Christ did not come to break the law, but to fulfill it.\" He was circumcised that day and named Jesus, which means \"savior.\" At the circumcision, a little of the skin had to be cut at the end of the member or hand. This signified and showed that we ought to be circumcised and cut away from us sins and evil vices, such as pride, wrath, and envy.\".\"You should consume sparingly or avoid gluttony and lechery and all sins. Purge yourself through confession, contrition, satisfaction, alms-giving, and prayers. Give for God's sake of the goods that He has lent us, for we have nothing of our own but Jesus Christ has lent us all that we have. It is reasonable that we give to Him of such goods as are His. For we are but servants, and we ought to give to the hungry food, to the thirsty drink, to the naked clothing, to clothe the sick, and above all things to love God and our neighbor as ourselves, and to despise ourselves from sin, and to clothe ourselves with good works and virtues, and to follow the commandment of Jesus Christ. In this manner we shall fulfill the will of our Father Jesus Christ, if we are thus purged and circumcised. Then let us pray to the Lord of heaven, who says that He came not to break the law but to fulfill it, that He give us grace to fulfill it in such a manner.\".\"Law and his will in this world, that we may come into his holy bliss in heaven. Amen.\n\nThis ends the feast of the circumcision of our Lord.\n\nThe feast of the Epiphany of our Lord is ordered by four miracles, and after them it has four names. On this day the kings worshipped Jesus Christ. St. John the Baptist baptized him. And Jesus Christ changed this day's water into wine. And he fed five thousand men with five loaves of bread. When Jesus Christ was in his eighteeneenth year, the three kings came to him. They came the way the star led them. And therefore this day is called Epiphany, or the Theophany in common language. And this term \"ephiphany\" means \"above\" and \"phanes\" means \"appearance.\" For then the star appeared to them there, and Jesus, by the star that was seen above them, showed himself to the kings.\"\n\nTwenty-nine years had passed, that is, in the thirtieth year, for he had twenty-nine years and eighteen..And began the [x] year as Saint Lucas states, or after this, as Bede records, he had [x] years completed, according to the Church of Rome. And then he was baptized in the flood or river of Jordan, and therefore it is called Theophania, meaning \"god and Phanes,\" which signifies an apparition. For then God, that is the Trinity, appeared: God the Father in voice, God the Son in flesh, and God the Holy Ghost in likeness of a dove. After this, on the same day when he was [xxxj] years old and [xij] days, he turned water into wine, and therefore it is called Bethania, meaning \"house and Phanes,\" or apparition. And this miracle was done with the wine in the house of Beth, revealing to him very God. On this same day, it was [xxxij] years, he fed five thousand men with five loaves, as Bede says, and is also sung in a hymn that begins \"Illuminans altissimus.\" Therefore, it is called Phagiphania, meaning \"food,\" and of this..The fourth miracle is doubted to have occurred on this day. It is not recorded in Bede explicitly. Since the Gospel of John mentions that it was performed near Passover, the four apparitions were set on this day. The first apparition was by the star to the Wise Men on the crest or rack. The second was by the voices of the Father in the water turning into wine at the hour of Archdeacon. The fourth was by the multiplication of five loves in the desert. Of the first apparition, we celebrate primarily on this day. When our Lord was and is called Galagalath, Magalath, and Tharath in Greek, and Iaspar, Melchior, and Balthasar in Latin.\n\nThe name Magus has three significations. It is called illuseur or deceyvous, enchanter, and wise. They are called illuseurs and deceyvous because they deceived Herod. They did not return to him when they departed from the place where they had honored and offered to Jesus, but returned elsewhere..by another way into their core / Magus is also called an enchanter / And of Pharaoh's Magi are spoken these enchanters, who, through their malefice, performed their marvels by the chanting of the craft of the devil / And Saint John Chrysostom calls these kings' magi wicked and evildoers /\n\nFor first, they were full of malefices, but after they were converted, to whom God would reveal his nativity and bring them to him, in order that to sinners he would do pardon.\n\nMagus is said to be wise. In Hebrew, Magus is called a doctor in Greek, and in Latin, wise. Therefore, they are called magi, that is, great in wisdom.\n\nAnd these three came to Jerusalem with a great company and great estate. But why did they come to Jerusalem when the child was not born there? Saint Remigius assigns four reasons.\n\nThe first reason is that the kings knew of the nativity of the child born of the Virgin Mary, and Jerusalem was the most royal city..The See of the sovereign priest was thought to be the child, nobly displayed. The wise men knew where the said child was born through noble means. The third reason was to prevent the Jews from having an excuse. They might have claimed knowledge of the place where he would be born, but they did not know the time and therefore could only say, \"We do not know.\" The kings showed them the time, and the Jews showed them the place. The fourth reason was due to the doubts and curiosity of the Jews. These kings believed in one prophet, whereas the Jews believed in many. They sought a strange king, and the Jews sought not their own king. These kings came from distant lands, and the Jews were neighbors. They came to the vision and sight of the star, according to the prophecy of their father, who said that a star would appear and a man would arise from the lineage of Israel. After they had chosen twelve of them to take charge, and if one of them died, his son would take his place..or next kinship man should be seated in his place. These twelve every year ascended upon a mountain which was called Victoryal, and they stayed there for three days, washing themselves, and prayed our lord that he would show to them the star that Balaam had said and prophesied before. Now it happened at a time that they were there on the day of the nativity of Jesus Christ. And a star appeared over them on this mountain, which had the form of a right fair child and under its shining cross. This star spoke to the three kings, saying, \"Go quickly into the land of Judea, and there you shall find the king whom you sought, who said to you, 'The star that you see is Jesus Christ. Go and worship him.'\" Another cause says Saint John that by the star which appeared to them, which was more resplendent, shining and shinier than the other, it showed the sovereign king to be born there. Then they departed immediately to go to that place. Now it may be asked how in so.They needed only thirty-three days to travel from the east to Jerusalem, which is located in the middle of the world and a great distance. Saint Remigius the doctor responds to this by saying that the child whom they thought they were following might have led them some way in that time. Alternatively, Saint Jerome states that they came on oppened camels, which are beasts that can travel as much in one day as a horse can in three days. When they arrived in Jerusalem, they asked where the king of the Jews was born. They did not ask if he had been born, for they firmly believed that he had been. If anyone had asked them how they knew this, they would have answered that they had seen his star in the east, and that was why they had come to worship him. This is to understand, we being in the Orient saw his star, which showed that he was born in Judaea, and we have come to worship him. Therefore, this doctor Remigius states that they confessed this..this child is a real man, a real king, and a real god. When they asked, \"Where is he who is born to be a real king of the Jews, a real god?\" the child was confessed as such by word, deed, and offerings from their treasuries. Herod was greatly troubled when he heard this, and all of Jerusalem was troubled along with him for three reasons. First, he feared that the Jews would receive the child as their king and reject him as a stranger. Saint John Chrysostom describes this as \"those in high estate being easily moved by the wind,\" meaning that those in powerful positions are easily disturbed. Second, he was afraid of being blamed by the Romans, as the Romans had decreed that no one should be called lord or king unless they were appointed by the emperor..It was by the commandment of them, our third king, who was angry, as St. Gregory says, when the king of Judea was born. The land was troubled by him for three reasons. First, because the earthly lords were not pleased with the presence or coming of the rightful and just one. Second, for flattery and adulation, they were sorry for his anger. Third, like the contrary winds in the sea as long as the waves are moved, so the contrary nature of princes and wrath fell upon the people. Therefore, they doubted and feared lest they should be tormented. Then Herod called all the priests of the law and doctors and asked them where Jesus Christ should be born. And when he had understood from them that he should be born in Bethlehem, the city of Judah, he called the three kings..And they demanded of them diligently the time that the star appeared to them, to know what he should do if the kings returned not to him. And he said to them, as soon as you have found the child and have worshipped him, you should return and show it to him. In feigning that he would also worship him, he thought that he would go and kill him. And it is to be noted that as soon as they entered into Irlem, the sight of the star was taken from them. And for three reasons: first, that they should be compelled to seek out that place of his nativity, as they were certified by the appearance of the star, and by the prophecy of the place of his birth, and this was done; secondly, that those who sought help and the world had deserved to lose divine aid. The three because the signs given to them were misinterpretations and prophecies, and therefore the sign which was given to the three kings, which yet were:.paynims should not approach them as long as they were with the Jews, and when they were issued from Jerusalem, the star appeared to them which went before them and led them until it came above the place where the child was. You should know that there are three interpretations of this star, which Remigius the doctor relates in his document. Some say that it was the Holy Ghost that appeared to the three kings in the form of a star which afterward appeared on the head of Jesus Christ in the likeness of a dove. Others say, like Saint John Chrysostom, that it was an angel that appeared to the shepherds and afterward to the kings, but to the shepherds as reasonable creatures, in the form of a reasonable creature, that is, of a star. Others say more reasonably and more veritably that it was a new star created and made by God, which, when he had done his office, was brought back into the matter..This star was first formed, and this star was the one that was most radiant, according to the ancient text. It differed from the other stars in three ways. First, in position, for it was not fixed in the firmament but hung near them. Second, in brightness, for it shone more than the others. Its brightness was such that the sun's rays could not dim or obscure its light, but at noon it had great light and brightness. Third, in motion, for it moved continuously in front of the kings like a person traveling on a journey, without any turning as a circle does, but rather in the manner of a person walking.\n\nAnd when the kings had departed from Jerusalem and were setting out on their journey, they saw the star, which they had lost sight of, and were greatly delighted. It is worth noting that there are five kinds of stars that the kings saw. The first is material, the second spiritual, the third intellectual, the fourth rational, and the fifth substantial. The first of these is:.They saw in the second, the spiritual; in the heart, and that is in faith. For if this faith had not been in their hearts, they would never have seen the stellar material. They had faith in humanity when they asked, \"Where is he that is born and of his royal dignity?\" when they called him \"king of the Jews,\" and when they said, \"we went to worship him.\" The third was intellectual; that is, the angel that appeared to them in vision when it was shown to them by the angel that they should not return by Herod. But after one glance, it was our Lord who warned them. The fourth was reasonable; that is, the virgin Mary whom they saw in the stable holding her child. The fifth was substantial; that is, he had substance above all other singular beings. And that was Ihu Cryst whom they saw in the manger. And from this is it said in the gospel that they entered the house and found the child with Mary..his moder (or the men) worshipped him. And when they were secretly re-entered into the house and had found the child, they knelt and offered to him these three gifts: that is, gold, incense, and myrrh. St. Austin says: \"O infancy, to whom the stars are subject, and so are angels, the stars bestow virtue, kings joy, and the followers of wisdom bow their knees.\" O blessed little houses, O holy seat of God. St. Jerome says: \"This is heaven, not with precious stones, but incorporating it, there was necessity for a soft bed and a hard cradle.\" For the courts of gold and silk, the fume and stench of donge, but the star of heaven was clearly embellished. I am ashamed when I behold these clothes and see heaven, the heart burns me for heat, when I see him in the cradle a poor mendicant, and over him the stars. I see him right clear, right noble, and rich. O.You kings, what do you do? You worship the child in a little foul house, wrapped in foul clothes? Is he then not God? You offer to him gold. And where is his royal hall? Where is his throne? Where is his court, frequented and used with nobles? The stable is that not his hall? And his throne, is it not a rack or manger? Those who frequent this court, is it not Joseph and Mary? They are as unwitting as to the fact that they become wise. Hilary, in his second book of the Trinity, says: \"The virgin has given birth to a child, but this that she has borne is of God. The child is lying in the manger. Angels are heard singing and praying to him. The dignity of his person is not taken away, though the humility of his flesh is declared. Lo, in this child Jesus, not only the humble and small things, but also the rich and the noble and the high things are present. And of this St. Jerome says in his epistle to the Hebrews. \".You behold the child lying in the manger, but take heed also of how the angels sing and praise God. Herod is persecuted, and kings worship the child. The Pharisees did not know him, but the star showed him to them. He is baptized by his servant, but the voice of the Father is heard above the thunder. He is plunged in the water, but the Holy Ghost descended upon him in the form of a dove. Many reasons are assigned for why these kings offered these gifts. One reason, as Remigius the doctor says, is that according to ancient custom, no one should come to God or the king with an empty hand, but he brought him gifts. The Caldees were accustomed to offer such gifts. The second reason, as Saint Bernard says, is that they offered gold to marry the child's mother to alleviate her poverty. Encyclopedia..Against the stench of the stable and evil air, Mirre was to comfort the ten members of the child and drive away vermin. The third reason was that they offered gold to pay the tribute. Therefore, they made sacrifice with mirroring the flesh of the dead men. The fourth reason for the gold signified election or love. Therefore, incense or prayer was offered. The mirroring of the flesh signified mortification. These three things ought we to offer to God. The fifth because by these three are signified the three things that are in Jesus Christ: the precious delight, the soul full of holiness, and the tempered flesh, all pure and without corruption. And these three things are signified that were in the Ark of Moses: the Rod which flowered, that was the flesh of Jesus Christ which rose from death to life; the tables whereon the commandments were written, that is the soul, in which are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and the science of God; the manna signified the Godhead which has all the sweetness of sweetness..By the gold which is most precious of all metals, it is understood the truth, for this signifies devotion and orisons. By the myrrh which preserves from corruption, is understood the flesh which was without corruption. And the kings, when they were admonished and warned by revelation in their sleep not to return by Herod, and by another way they should return to their country, lo here then how they came and went on their journey. For they came to adore and worship the king of kings in his own person, by the star that led them, and the prophet who enlightened and taught them. And by the warning of the angel they returned, and rested at their death in Jesus Christ, of whom the bodies were brought to Bethlehem, where now is the convent of the friars.\n\nAnd now they are at Colonne in St. Peter's church, which is the cathedral and see of the archbishop. Then let us pray to almighty God that this day may show him to us..This king's / And at his baptism, where the voice of the Father was heard, and the holy ghost seen, / And at the feast, turned water into wine, / and fed five thousand men, besides women and children, with five loaves and two fishes, / that at the reverence of this high and great feast, / he forgave us our transgressions and sins, / that after this short life we may come to his everlasting bliss in heaven. / Amen\n\nThus ends the feast of Epiphany and of the three kings\n\nAt Septuagesima begins the time of deviation or going out of the way of the world, which began at Adam and lasted until Moses, / And in this time is read the book of Genesis, / The time of Septuagesima represents the time of deviation, that is, of transgression, / The sexagesima signifies the time of recall, / The quinquagesima signifies the time of remission, / The quadragesima signifies the time of penance and satisfaction, / The septuagesima begins when the church sings in the office of the mass, \"Circumdederunt me,\" / and lasts until the Saturday after Lent..The septernary feasts were instituted for three reasons, as Master John believes and put in the church's office. The first reason was for redemption. The holy fathers once ordained that, for the honor of Christ's ascension into heaven, where our nature ascended above angels, this day should be solemnly hallowed and kept from profanation. It was also solemnized at the beginning of the church, and a procession was made in representation of the apostles' procession on that day, or of the disciples who came to meet Him. Therefore, the proverb was that Thursday and Sunday were consonant; one was as solemn as the other. However, because the feasts of saints multiplied and were grievous to hallow so many feasts, the festival of Thursday ceased. And to compensate for this, a week of abstinence was ordained, like Lent, and is called Septuagesima..That other reason is for the signification of time / For by this time is signified to us the time of deviation / of going out of the way of exile / and of tribulation of the human lineage / from Adam until then / Which exile is signified upon the revolution of seven days / and of 700 years / Understood by 77 days or 770 years / For from the beginning of the world until ascension, we account for 2000 years, and of the rest we reckon it for the seventh thousand / of which God knows only the term / Now it is so that Jesus Christ bought us out of this exile in the 6th age / in hope of perpetual life / of all those who are invested with the vesture of Innocence / by baptism we are regenerated / And when we shall have passed the time of this exile, he shall clothe us with double vesture / that is, of body and soul in glory / and in the time of deviation and of exile we leave the song of gladness / that is, alleluia / but the Saturday of Easter we sing one alleluia / In..Enjoying vs thanking God for the vesture perpetual, which we hope to recover in the sixth age, and in the mass we set a tract, in figuring the labor that yet we ought to do and in fully carrying out the commands of God, and the double Alleluia that we sing after the evening service, signifies the double vesture that we shall have in body and soul. The third reason is for representation: the seventieth represents the seventy-year period in which the children of Israel were in Babylon in servitude, and in such a way that they cast away and left their usage of singing of gladness, saying, \"How shall we sing the songs of the Lord and be joyful?\" (Psalm 137:4). Thus we leave the song of praise and gladness, after license was given to them to return in the time of the sixtieth year, and began then to rejoice, and so we do on the Saturday of Easter, as in the year of the sixtieth we sing Alleluia, in representing their joy and gladness, how well in the returning they had pain and sorrow to take their things and bear with them..And therefore we sing anon after the tract following the Alleluia. And on the Saturday after Easter, in which the Passions are complete, we sing double Alleluia. In figuring the plain gladness they had when they were returned to their country, this time represents the time of our pilgrimage in the life of this world. For just as they were delivered in the sixtieth, so we are in the sixth age. And as they had labor in gathering and assembling their things to bear with them, so have we in fulfilling the commands of God. And like them, we are in rest when we come into our country and in gladness and in joy, in like manner we sing double Alleluia, it signifies double joy that we shall have, as much in body as in soul. In this time, the church in exile, full of many tribulations, and almost thrown into the depths of despair, sighs for sorrow in saying the office of the mass..Circundering me are the groans of death, and she demonstrates many things suffering, not only for the misery she deserved by sin, but also for the double pain she endures and the trespasses to her neighbor. However, as long as she does not fall into despair, she is promised in the gospels and epistles three forms of remedies. The first is, if she issues forth from these sins and vices, and in the way of this present life she seeks the works of penance, and after that engages in spiritual battle, she defends herself strongly against the temptations of the enemy. If she does these three things, she shall have threefold reward. For in laboring, God will give her the penny, and in well renouncing the price, and in well fighting, the crown. And because the seventy signs signify the time of our captivity, this remedy is proposed to us. By which we may be delivered, by fleeing the misery through renouncing, by victory in fighting, and by the penny..Here ends the mystery of the Seventy. The Sexagesme begins when sung in the church at the office of the mass Exurge domine. This ends on the Wednesday after Easter. It was instituted for redemption, signification, and representation. For redemption, it was instituted. Melchisedech and Silvester instituted that men should eat twice on Saturdays, so that those who had fasted on Fridays, which should always be fasted, were not distressed. And in recompense for the Saturdays of this time, they added and joined a week of Lent to it, and called it the Sexagesme. Another reason for signification: this time signifies the widowhood of the church and the mourning for the absence of her spouse, who was taken up into heaven. There are two wings given to the church. The J represents the exercise of the six works of mercy and the fullfilling of the ten commandments of the law. For sixty makes six sittes ten. And by six are signified..Understood the five works of mercy, and by the third commandment of the law, the reason is for representation. The sixty-first represents also the mystery of redemption. For by ten is understood the man, who is the tenth penny, formed to be the reparation for the nine orders of angels, or for that he is formed of four qualities, to the body and to the soul, he has three powers: memory, understanding, and will, which are made that he may serve the blessed Trinity. By six, six mysteries are understood, by which the man is redeemed by Jesus Christ, which are: the Incarnation, the Nativity, the Passion, his descent into hell, his resurrection, and his ascension into heaven. And because the sixty-first stretches to the Wednesday after Easter, that day is sung Venite benedicite &c..They that fulfill the works of mercy shall come here and enter, as Jesus Christ witnesses. And then the door will be opened to the bridegroom, and the bride shall embrace her spouse. It is warned in a psalm that she should bear patiently tribulations, as Saint Paul did, in the absence of her spouse, and in the Gospel that she should always be attentive to sow good works. And she who had sung despaired, saying, \"Circumdata sum gemitus mortis,\" now returns to demand that she be helped in her tribulations and ask to be delivered in saying, \"Exurge, Domine, adiuva.\" Which is the beginning of the Mass office. And this holy church prays in three ways: For some who are in the holy church and are oppressed by adversity, but they are not cast out; and some who are not oppressed or cast out; and some who are oppressed and cast out. And because they cannot bear adversities, it is to be feared and great peril lest the prosperities all break them. Therefore, holy church..She cries out that he arises, firstly to comfort them, for it seems that he sleeps when he does not deliver them. She cries out secondly that he arises to convert them, from whom it seems he turns his face away in putting them from him. She cries out thirdly that he arises to help them in prosperity and to deliver them.\n\nThis concludes the mystery of the sixtieth.\n\nThe fifty-fifth begins on a Sunday, in which is sung in the church in the office of the mass, \"Esto mihi &c.:\" And this ends on Easter day, and is justified for supplication and fulfilling for signification, and for representation, for fulfilling and accomplishing, because we should fast for forty-six days but I fast not on Sundays. For the gladness and reverence of the resurrection, and also as an example of Ihu Christ, who ate two times with his disciples on the day of his resurrection, when he entered where his disciples were and the doors were shut..And they brought him part of a roasted fish and of a honeycomb at Yates Shitte. Afterwards, with his two disciples who went to Emmaus, he also ate, as some say. Therefore, four days were added for the fulfillment of the Sabbaths which were not fasted. And because the clergy went before the common people, they began to fast two days beforehand and abstain from eating flesh. This is one week, which is called the Quinquagesima. Quinquagesima signifies the time of remission and penance, in which sins are pardoned and forgiven. The fiftieth year was the year of remission. Debts were quit-rented, and bondmen were freed and let go. Every man returned to his inheritances. By this is understood that through penance, our sins are forgiven, and from the servitude and bondage of our enemy, we are freed..And we have returned to the mansion of our heavenly inheritance. The third reason is for representation. The quinquagesima represents not only the time of remission but also the state of beatitude in heaven, which is represented to us. In the fifty-fifth year, servants were made free. And on the fifty-fifth day that the lamb was sacrificed, the law of Moses was given. And the fifty-fifth day after the Holy Ghost was given. Therefore, this name \"fifty\" represents the beatitude of heaven, where the possession of liberty, knowledge of truth, and perfection of charity were taken. It is to be known that three things are contained and set forth in the Psalter and the Gospel: penance, that is, the works of penance are performed; charity, which is proposed in the Epistle; and the memory of the passion of Jesus Christ, and faith, which is understood, by the sight given to the blind man..\"Contained in the gospel, faith makes works acceptable to God. Without faith, no one can please God, and the mind of the passion of God makes the works light, as Saint Gregory says. If the passion of Jesus Christ is well kept in mind, there is nothing that cannot be born and suffered easily for the love of God. If it works, it is great, and if it refuses, it is no love. The Church, at the beginning, despairing and crying out, \"Circumdata sum mortis gemitu,\" afterwards returned and asked to be helped. Now, when she has taken away despair and hope of pardon, she prays and says, \"Estote mihi in Deum protector,\" or she asks for three things: protection, confirmation, refuge, and conduit. All the children of the Church, whether they are in grace or in sin, or in adversity or prosperity, request confirmation. Those who are in grace request confirmation.\".They in adversity demand protection, that they may be defended from their tribulations, and in prosperity demand conduct, that they may be led and guided. And thus it is said that Lent ends and terminates at Easter, because penance makes them rise to new life. In signification of this, the Psalm of \"Miserere mei Deus,\" which is the fifty-fifth Psalm, is used and recited.\n\nThe Lenten season, which we now call Lent in English, begins on the Sunday on which it is sung in the office of the Mass. It invocates me [Invoicat me &c], and the church, much troubled before by so many tribulations, cries out and asks for help in saying, \"Exurgue, Domine.\" Now she shows that she is heard when she says that he has called me and I have heard. It is to be understood that the Lenten season contains forty days..Account the Sundays, and if they are not recorded, there are only 35 days left for fasting in the year. But the four days before are added because the number sacred by the quadragesma is completed. Our savior Jesus Christ sanctified this number of forty through his holy fasting, and because we fast in this number of forty, there are three reasons assigned. The first reason, according to St. Augustine, is that St. Matthew sets forth forty generations to the end, and our Lord, by his holy quadragesima, desired us to send ourselves to him in the same number. Another assigns the same reason, stating that we must add ten for us to attain the quinquagesima and rest in heaven. It therefore behooves us to labor the entire time of this present life, and our Lord allowed forty days with his disciples after his resurrection, and after the tenth day he sent them the Holy Ghost. The third reason assigns this..The text is primarily in Early Modern English, with some abbreviations and irregular spacing. I will attempt to clean and modernize the text while preserving its original meaning.\n\nprepositus in some office of the church which says, \"The world is divided into four parts, and the year into four times, and the man of the four elements and four complexions is composed. And we have the new law which is ordained by four evangelists. And the ten commandments that we have broken require that the number of four be multiplied, thus making the quadragesima. We fulfill the commandments of the old and new law. Our body, as said, is composed of four elements, like as they had four seats in our body. That is, the fire which is in the eyes; there, in the tongue and ears; the water in the natural members named genitalia; and the earth has dominion in the hands and other members. In the eyes is curiosity; in the tongue and ears, scrutiny; in the natural members, voluptuousness; and in the hands and other members, cruelty.\".When he prayed to God, he held himself far in confession of his lust, which is stinking, like this: \"Sire, I dare not approach you, for I might stink in your nose.\" And because he dared not lift up his eyes, he confessed curiosity. In that he struck himself on the breast, he confessed cruelty. And whatever he said, \"Deus propicius esto mihi peccatori,\" he confessed the crime and gluttony, which we ought to repress. St. Gregory in his solitude puts forward three reasons why abstinence is held to the number of forty: For the virtue of the ten commandments in the law, And for the accomplishment of the four books of the angels, And also in this world, we who are in a mortal body are composed of the four elements. And by the will of the mortal body, we gain the commandments of God. Therefore, when we have disobeyed the commandments of God through the desire of the flesh, it is fitting that the same flesh be put to penance and affliction from this..In the present day, coming to Esther in the sixth week, which are 40 days / If Sundays are taken away, remain in abstinence for 35 days / And if the year is reckoned by 361 days, we give the tithe to God during our fast / And this says Saint Gregory / Therefore let us keep this fasting / in the time that Ihu Crist fasted, which was immediately after His baptism / But we begin it so that we continue until Esther / There are assigned four reasons for this in the same office of Master John Bethel / in the office of the church. The first is that we wish to arise with Ihu Crist / For He suffered for us / And we ought to suffer for Him. The second is that we should follow the children of Israel / Who first issued out of Egypt / And in this time also issued out of Babylon / And this thing appears / For just as one as the other / immediately as they were returned, they sanctified the solemnity of Esther / And thus we are to follow them in this time, we fast to the end that from Egypt and from Babylon..The third reason is, in the prime temperatures, the flesh heats and boils, causing us to refrain; in this time we fast. The fourth is, just as the children of Israel before us ate the lamb and were afflicted by penance in eating wild lettuce and bitter herbs, so we ought to withdraw and afflict ourselves by penance to worthy receive the lamb of life. Amen\n\nThus ends the mystery of Lent.\n\nThe fasting of the four quarters, called in English Lenten days, was ordained by the Pope Calixtus. This fast is kept four times in the year, and for diverse reasons. For the first time, which is in March, is hot and moist. The second in summer, is hot and dry. The third in harvest, is cold and dry..The fourth week in winter is cold and moist; then, late in march, we should be in fast march, which is primetime for repressing the heat of the flesh and tempering it, or quenching luxury. In summer, we ought to fast to chastise the burning and ardor of avarice. In harvest, we fast to repress the drought of pride, and in winter to chastise the coldness of untruth and malice. The second reason why we fast four times for these Lenten fasts: the first begins in march in the first week of Lent, to dry out vices in us, for they cannot all be quenched or cast away. And the bows and herbs of virtues may grow in us. We also fast in the Whit Sunday week, for then the Holy Ghost comes, and we ought to be fervent and inspired in the love of the Holy Ghost. They are also fasted in September before Michaelmas, and these are the third fasts, because in this time the fruits are gathered, and we should render to God the fruits..Of good works, in December they are also observed, and they are the fourth fasting periods. At this time, herbs are dying. We ought to be humbled to the world. The third reason is due to the Jews. For the Jews fasted four times a year: once before Easter, once before Whitsun, once before the setting up of the tabernacle in the temple in September, and once before the dedication of the temple in December. The fourth reason is because man is composed of four elements affecting the body, and of three virtues or powers in his soul: understanding, will, and mind. Therefore, this fasting may approach us four times a year, at each time fasting for three days, so that the number four may be reported to the body, and the number three to the soul. These are the reasons of Master Belth. The fifth reason, as John Damascenus says, in march and in primetime the blood grows and increases, and in summer it becomes hot. In September..And in winter, we fast for tempering and subduing the blood of concupiscence, which is disordered due to the natural sanguine's fullness of fleshly concupiscence. In summer, we fast to lessen and restrain anger, from which comes wrath, and then we are naturally of an ireful disposition. In harvest, we fast to restrain melancholy. The melancholic man is naturally cold, covetous, and heavy. In winter, we fast to daunt and make the body of lightness and forgetfulness weak. Such is he who is phlegmatic. The sixth reason is because the seasons are likened to the elements: summer to fire, harvest to earth, and winter to water. Then we fast in march to make the air of pride attainable to us. In summer, the fire of concupiscence and avarice. In September, the earth of coldness and the darkness of Ignorance. In winter, the water of lightness and inconstancy. The seventh reason is because march is reported to Infancy..In September to youth, to steadfast age and virtuous,\nAnd winter to ancient or old age, we fast then,\nIn summer to be young by virtue and constance,\nIn harvest to be ripe by temperance in winter,\nThat we may be ancient and old by prudence and honest life,\nOr at least that we satisfy God of that which in these four seasons we have often offended him,\nThe reason is the Master Guylliam Dancerre,\nWho says we should fast in these four times of the year,\nTo make amends for all that we have failed in these four times,\nAnd they are done in three days each time,\nTo satisfy in one day what we have failed in a month,\nWhich is the fourth day, that is Wednesday,\nIs the day on which our Lord was betrayed by Judas,\nAnd the Friday, because our Lord was crucified,\nAnd the Saturday, because he lay in the sepulcher,\nAnd the apostles were filled with heart and great sorrow.\nThus ends the year..The Passion of our Lord was bitter due to the sorrow He suffered in derisions despicious and from many filthy fruits. The sorrow was the cause of five things. The first was shameful because it took place on Mount Calvary, where malefactors and criminal persons were put to execution. He was put to death there in a foul manner. The cross was the torment of thieves. And if the cross was then a shame and disgrace, it is now a sign of glory and honor in the foreheads or fronts of emperors. And if He had such honor at His torment, what did He do to His servant, for the shameful fellowship He did with him? For He was set with malefactors, but one of them was converted, who was called Dysmas, as it is said in the Gospel of Nicodemus. He was on the right side of our Lord, and that other on the left..\"cursed was he called Gesmas. To one, he gave the kingdom of heaven, and to the other, hell. According to Saint Ambrose in Cruce, the author of mercy, hanging on the cross, divided offices of pardon. To the penitent Christian, he commanded the cross. This is the testament that Jesus Christ made hanging on the cross.\n\nSecondly, the sorrow was caused unjustly. No iniquity was found in him. Principally, they accused him unjustly of three things. The first was, they said, that he refused to pay tribute, and for this, he claimed to be a king, and they accused him of being the Son of God.\n\nAgainst these three accusations, we say, on Good Friday, three exonerations in the person of Jesus Christ. When we sing popule meus, we acknowledge the three benefits that he conferred upon us: the deliverance from Egypt, the sustenance and governance in the desert, and the planting of the vine in a land.\".Iesu like you accuse me, because I defend not paying your wages. You ought to take more from me for what I have delivered to you from the wages and from the servitude of Pharaoh and Egypt. You accuse me that I call myself a king, and you ought rather to give me thanks for governing you in royal manner in the desert with royal food. You accuse me of this, that I say I am the Son of God. And you ought more to thank me that I have chosen you to be in my vineyard and in a good place. I have planted you. The third cause is, because he was despised and forsaken by his friends, which seemed a more tolerable thing to be suffered by his enemies than by them whom he held to be his friends. He continually suffered death for his friends and neighbors, of whose lineage he was born. He spoke this through the mouth of David: \"My friends and neighbors have approached against me.\".I have continued, as I spoke of Job in chapter XXX. Not I, but those who knew me as strangers have departed from me. He suffered, like John records in John VIII, to one to whom he had done much good. I have worked many good things for you, and here Saint Bernard says, \"O good Jesus, how sweetly you have conversed with men. And how great things in the most humble way have you granted to them. How harsh and sharp things have you suffered for them. Hard words, harder strokes, and most severe torments of the cross. Nevertheless, they render and yield the contrary to you.\"\n\nThe fourth reason is for the tenderness of his body, of which David speaks figuratively of him in the second book of Kings. He is like a tender worm of the wood, as Saint Bernard says, \"O Jews, you are stones, but you strike a better stone. He who sows the seed of pity and boils the oil of charity.\" And Saint Jerome says, \"he is delivered to knights.\".for the godhead was hidden / The fifth cause was because she was universal, that is, overall / in other words, in all the natural faculties of his body / And first, the sorrow was in his eyes / For he wept tenderly, as St. Paul says in his epistle to the Hebrews / twice he ascended to a height so that he might be far heard / he cried out strongly / because none should be excused / he added to this weeping that we should have compassion / and soften our hearts / and he had wept twice: once when he raised Lazarus / and that other time when he approached Jericho / the first tears were of love / of which it is said in the Gospel / behold how he loved him / The second were of compassion / for Jericho / But this third weeping was of sorrow / Secondly, the sorrow was in hearing with his ears what was said to him and blasphemy / Ih\u016b Christ had four things in which he heard blasphemies and reproaches / for he had a right excellence of nobility, as to nature..He was one of the king perpetual sovereign, and in human terms, he was born of the lineage Ryal, and as such, he was also king of kings and lord of lords. He was also sovereign truth, for he is the way, the life, and the truth, of whom he said of himself, \"Thy word is truth.\" The Son of God, who is the word of God the Father, he has also sovereign power above all others, for none can surpass him. For all things were made by him, and nothing is made without him. He also has singular bounty, for there is none good in himself, but God alone. In these four things here, Ihu Crist had opprobriums and blasphemies.\n\nFirst, as to his nobility, of which is said in St. Matthew, chapter 11, \"Is not this the son of the carpenter?\" And we know well his mother was named Mary. Secondly, as to his power, of which is also said in St. Matthew, \"This casts out the devils from the bodies in the power of the prince of devils,\" and in another place of Matthew, chapter 27..He has saved others, but he cannot save himself. Yet with his own voice, he made his persecutors fall to the earth when he demanded them in the garden. They answered, \"Jesus of Nazareth.\" And when he said, \"I am,\" they all fell to the ground. As St. Augustine says, \"One voice without any weapon struck a company full of hate, dreadful by arms, down to the ground and put them back, by the power of the Godhead dwelling in him. What will he do when he judges him who has done such things as he himself ought to be judged? What more can he do when he will reign, who has done this? When he should die, thirdly, he endured reproaches to his very person, as it is said in St. John, \"You took away your witnesses from yourself, and your witness is not true.\" Look, they called him a liar, when it is so that he is the way, the truth, and the life. This truth and life Pilate was not worthy to know or understand. After truth, he did not judge him, but began his judgment with, \"What is truth?\".The third cause is according to St. Augustine. The question was so great and of such great difficulty that he needed a long time to advise and discuss it. He labored for the deliverance of Ihu Crist. Nevertheless, it is read in the Gospel of Nicodemus that Ihu Crist answered, \"Truth is from heaven,\" and Pilate said in the earth, \"There is no truth,\" and Ihu said to him, \"How can there be truth on earth, which is judged by those who have power in earth?\" Fourthly, he suffered blasphemy regarding his bounty and goodness. They said that he was a man..Synna and deceit in his words XII / He moved the common people with his doctrine from the beginning. From Galilee, he broke the communal laws / for he does not keep the Sabbath day. Iohannis nono / Thirdly, the sorrow was in the smell of torment and filth / For he could smell great stench on Mount Calvary / where the bodies of the dead were decaying. It is said in scholastic history that Calvary is the bone of the head bare and naked. And because many were beheaded there and many skulls of heads were split open, they called it the place of Calvary. Fourthly, the sorrow in tasting / of which he cried, \"Sicco,\" I am thirsty. There was given to him vinegar mixed with myrrh and gall / to make him die sooner and the keepers could depart sooner. For it is said by vinegar men that death comes quickly. And with this, they also gave him myrrh / to have more pain for the bitterness of the myrrh and gall..of the gall/ According to Saint Austin, his purity was filled with vinegar instead of wine/ His sweetness was replaced with gall/ Innocent is called guilty/ And the life dies for death/\n\nFifthly, the sorrow was in touching/ For in all the parties of his body/ He was touched and wounded/ From the sole of his foot/ To the top of his head/ There was no place unharmed/\n\nAnd how he suffered sorrow in all his natural wits/ Saint Bernard says/ That is, The head that made angels tremble is pierced and pricked with the sharp thorns/ The visage, which was most fair of all other members, is fouled and hurt with the thorns of the Jews/\n\nThe eyes, more shining than the sun, are extinguished in death/ The ears no longer hear the song of angels/ But assaults of sinners/\n\nThe mouth that teaches and signifies angels is made dry with vinegar and gall/ The feet, whose steps are worshipped/ Are attached/\n\nThe hands that formed the heavens are/.The body is scourged and nailced with nails. The side is pierced with a spear, and what more can be said? Nothing remains but the tongue for praying for sinners and commending his mother to his disciple. Secondly, his passion was mocked and derided by the Jews. Four times he was mocked. First, at Anne's house, where he received spitting, buffets, and blindfolding from the Jews. Saint Bernard says, \"Sweet and good Jesus, your desiring face, which angels desire to see, has been defiled by their spitting. With their hands they have smeared it with a veil, covering it, and they have not spared to wound it with bitter wounds.\" Secondly, he was mocked in Herod's house, who considered him a fool and alien from his wits, unable to answer back. And by derision, he was clad in a white vesture. Saint Bernard says, \"Thou art a man and.\".\"you have a chaplet of flowers and I am God, and you have a chaplet of thorns and I have the nails fixed in my hands, you dance in white vestments and I am mocked and vilified, and in Herod's court I received a white vestment, you dance and play with your feet and I have labored with mine in great pain, you lift up your arms in joy and I have stretched them in great reproach, you stretch out your arms as a cross in caroling and gladness and I stretch my own in the cross in great shame and disgrace, you have your side and breast open in sign of vain glory and I have mine opened with a spear, nevertheless return to me and I shall receive thee, but why and wherefore Jesus, in the time of his passion before Herod, Pilate, and the Jews, was thus still and spoke not, there are three reasons and causes. The first was because they were not worthy to hear his answer, the second was because even they sinned by speaking.\".Iesus made satisfaction by being still and not speaking. Thirdly, Iesus was mocked in Pilate's house. They clothed him with a red mantle, took hold of him a reed, and placed a crown of thorns on his head. Kneeling on their knees before him, they said, \"Hail, king of the Jews.\" This crown was made of thorns from the sea. And we hold and say that the blood came out of his head from where St. Bernard says, \"That divine head, and so on.\" The precious and divine head was pierced with thorns to the brain of the soul. There are three opinions about where primarily the soul has its place: whether in the heart, for the scripture says, \"Cut out the heart, come out evil thoughts,\" or in the blood, because the scripture says, \"The soul of every living thing is in the blood,\" or in the head, because the angelist says, \"When he touched his head, he rendered his spirit.\".Iesus had known for when they would make the soul issue out of the body, they sought it in the head when they threshed the thorns to the brain, in the blood when they opened his veins in the feet and hands, and in the heart when they pierced his side. Against these three illusions, on Good Friday before the cross is shown, we make three adorations in saying, \"Agyos, Otheos, Ischyros, and others,\" in honoring him three times, like as he was mocked and scorned on the cross. Fourthly, he was scorned on the cross. The princes of the priests, with the bold men and masters of the law clerks and doctors, said to him, \"If you are the king of Israel, let yourself descend from the cross now, so that we may believe in you.\" Of this, St. Bernard says, \"In that Jesus showed the greater virtue of patience, he commanded humility, accomplished obedience, and performed charity. And in sign of these four virtues, the four corners of the cross are and in the most apparent way, on the top and the sides.\".The right side is obedience,\nAnd on the left side is patience,\nBeneath is humility, the root of all virtues,\nSaint Bernard taught, saying, \"I shall remember as long as I live the labors,\nThe travels from one place to another by land and from city to city,\nMy wakefulness in prayer, my temptations in fasting, my weeping and tears in having compassion,\nThe trials in speaking, in being tested and tempted,\nAnd finally, the insults,\nThe spittings, the mockeries, the objections, and the nails.\nThirdly, his passion was fruitful and productive, which may be fruitful in three ways:\nThat is to say, in the remission of sin,\nIn the giving of grace,\nAnd in the demonstration of glory.\nAnd these three things are shown in the title of the cross.\nThe first is Ihesus,\nThe second is Nazarene,\nAnd the third is Rex in deorum.\nFor we shall all be there..The saint, Austyn, says that our Lord Jesus Christ has put away sins, past, present, and future, through pardoning them, withdrawing us from them, and granting us grace to avoid them. The doctor further states that we ought to praise, thank, love, and honor Him. We have been brought from corruption to incorruption, from exile to our homeland, from weeping to joy, and our redemption was most profitable for the following reasons: it was acceptable to appease God, helpful in saving us, effective, drawing us to Him, a wise means to fight against human nature's enemy, and to reconcile us to God. Saint Anselm then adds that there is nothing more painful or powerful that a man can suffer by his own will, without it being of God, than to:\n\n\"There is nothing more sharp or strong that a man may suffer by his own will, without it being of God, than to be separated from Him.\".Suffers death with his own proper will for the honor of God. No man may better give to God for His honor. This is what the apostle Paul says in Ephesians: He gave himself in oblation and sacrifice for us, an offering of sweetness to God the Father. And how he was sacrificed: it was appeasing God for us. St. Augustine in the book of the Trinity says, \"What thing is more pleasing than the flesh of our sacrifice, which was made the precious body of our priest? Therefore, four things should be considered in all sacrifice: First, to whom it is offered; second, what is offered; third, him who offers; and fourth, for whom the offering is offered. He himself is both the means of both: God and man. He himself was the one who offered, and he himself was the one who was offered. The same doctor also says of this sacrifice: Ihu Christ is the priest, and the sacrifice; He is God and also the temple; He is the priest by whom we are reconciled to God to whom we offer..Ben reconciled, and you, the temple in whom we are reconciled, the sacrifice of whom we are reconciled, and St. Augustine says, considering them who despise this reconciliation and set nothing by it, he says in the person of Ihu Crist: \"When you were an enemy to my father, I have reconciled you. When you were far off, I brought you back. When you were taken, I came to ransom you. When among the mountains and forests you were out of the way, I sought you that neither beasts nor evil creatures had eaten or torn you apart. I guarded you and bore you in my arms and delivered you to my father. I labored, I sweated, I put my head against the thorns, stroked my hands to the nails, opened my side to the spear, have shed my blood, and have given over my soul and life to join you to me. And you have departed from yourself from me.\"\n\nSecondly, Ihu Crist was truly worthy and necessary for our salvation and healing and cure of our malady..And because of the time and place, and the manner of the time, as it appears: Adam was made and sinned in the month of March, and on the Friday, which is the sixth day of the week. And therefore, God in the month of March, on the sixth day, at midday, which is the sixth hour, would suffer death. Secondly, for the place of his passion, which might be considered in three ways: for one place, either it is common or special or singular. The common place where he suffered was the land of Eden. The special place was the mount of Calvary. The singular place was the cross. In the common place, the first man was formed, which was in a field about or near Damascus. It is said in a special place that he was buried there. However, right in the place where Jesus Christ suffered death, it is said that Adam was buried. But this is not certain, for St. Jerome says that Adam was buried in Hebron. And also in the book of Joshua is written the fourteenth chapter..place singular he was deceived, it was not in this one, on which Ihs suffered death, but in another. Thirdly, he was rightly condemned due to the cause, which was similar to a trial. For, as Saint Augustine says in the book De doctrina christiana, By a woman he was deceived, and by a woman he was born a man. The man delivered the man, one mortal delivered the mortal, and the death came by his death. And Saint Ambrose says, Adam was of the earth a virgin. Ihesu Christ was born of the virgin. Adam was made in the image of God. Ihesu Christ was in the image of God. Folly was shown by a woman, wisdom was born by a woman. Adam was naked, Ihesu Christ naked. The death came by the tree, the life by the cross. Adam in desert, and Ihesu Christ in desert. But by the contrary, after Saint Gregory, Adam sinned by pride, by disobedience and by gluttony. For he coveted the serpent's teeth, for the serpent said to them, you shall be like gods..To God, he broke the commandment and desired and coveted the sweetness of the fruit through gluttony. And because the manner of the taste should be contrary, therefore this manner was rightly acceptable through humiliation, fulfillment, and affliction, or of the divine will. And he speaks of this in the epistle to the Philippians: \"He humbled himself, taking the form of a servant.\" Thirdly, Jesus was profitably drawn to himself, for one of the world's free will could never have drawn mankind to his love. And how he draws us to his love, Saint Bernard says: \"Above all things, good Jesus, give me grace to love you.\" By this thing he drew us most to his love: \"This chalice, good Lord, which you have drunk, which was the work of our redemption.\" This chalice, this is the one that draws us playfully to devotion and justly raises it up, and most swiftly strengthens and most vehemently takes our affection. And where you lament and there as you despise the loss of your natural rays,.There is most pity, clarity, and grace there. And we ought to return to his favor. St. Paul says to the Romans, \"Viii,\" He spares not his own son, but for us all. He delivered Him. Of whom St. Bernard says, \"Who is he that is not stirred to hope of His face, which takes no heed of the dispossession of his body? He has his head inclined to be kissed, his arms stretched out to embrace us, his hands pierced to give to us, the side open to love us, the feet fixed with nails to abide with us, and the body stretched out to give to us. Fourthly, he was truly wise and well-advised to fight against the enemy of the human race. Iob xxv. His wisdom has subdued the proud man. And afterward, you cannot take the fiend with a hook. Iesus Christ has hidden the hook of His divinity under the veil of our humanity. And the fiend would take the bait of the flesh, and was taken with the hook of the godhead. Of.This text is primarily in Old English, with some Latin. Here's the cleaned version:\n\nThis wise taking says St. Austin: Our redeemer has come, and the deceiver is vanquished. What did our redeemer do? He laid out his bait for our deceiver and adversary. He set forth his cross. And within, he set his meat \u2013 that is, his blood. For he would shed his blood not as a detour. Therefore, he departed from detours. This debt here the apostle calls Circulation or obligation. Christ bore and touched it to the cross. Of this, St. Austin says: Eve took of the fedo sin by borrowing in pledge, and wrote an obligation. She laid it for pledge. And the pledge is increased and grew to all the remaining of the lineage. Then Eve took of the fend's sin, who contrary to commandment consented to him. She wrote the obligation, when she put her hand as security for the remainder against those who care nothing for this redemption. St. Bernard says in the person of Ihu Crist: My people says Ihu, what might I?.I have done more for you than I have for others, so why do you serve the devil, our adversary, sooner than me? He neither created nor nourished you, but this seems a little thing to those full of ingratitude. I have redeemed you, not he, and not with gold, silver, sun, or moon, nor with any angel, but with my own blood. Consider if, for all the benefits, you ought to choose to have my company. And if you all leave me, at least come with me to earn a penny a day. Because they delivered Jesus Christ to death, that is, Judas for avarice, the Jews for envy, and Pilate for fear, and therefore it is worth seeing what pain was inflicted upon them by God for this sin. But of the pain and ruin of Judas, you will find in the legend of St. Matthew. Of the pain and ruin of the Jews, in the legend of St. James the Less. And of the pain and birth of Pilate, you shall find in -\n\nCleaned Text: I have done more for you than for others. Why do you serve the devil, our adversary, sooner than me? He neither created nor nourished you, but this seems a little thing to those full of ingratitude. I have redeemed you, not he, and not with gold, silver, sun, or moon, nor with any angel, but with my own blood. Consider if, for all the benefits, you ought to choose to have my company. If you all leave me, at least come with me to earn a penny a day. They delivered Jesus Christ to death: Judas for avarice, the Jews for envy, and Pilate for fear. God inflicted great pain upon them for this sin. The legends of St. Matthew, St. James the Less, and St. Pilate detail the pain and consequences of Judas, the Jews, and Pilate, respectively..In one apocryphal text, it is written in this manner: There was a king named Tyrus, who knew carnally a maiden named Pilam. She was the daughter of a miller named Atus. And from this daughter, he engendered a son, whom she named Pilatus. When he was three years old, she sent him to the king. The king had a son by the queen, who seemed to be of Pilate's age. When they grew up and reached the age of discretion, these two sons often fought and played with swords. The king's son, who was legitimate, was more noble and knew more. He was favored more because of his birth. Pilate, seeing this, was moved by envy and anger. He secretly killed his brother. The king heard of this and was greatly angered. He asked his councilors what he could do and make of this treason and fratricide..All who spoke with one voice said that he was worthy to suffer death. The king would not double the pain and punishment, but because he owed an annual tribute to the Romans, he sent him as a hostage to the Romans. This was not only to be free of his son's death and to prevent him from being put to death, but also to be free of the tribute owed to Rome.\n\nIn this time, at Rome, one of the king of France's sons was also sent as a hostage. When Pilate saw him, he immediately accompanied him. And when he saw that he was praised before him for his wit and manners, Pilate also killed him.\n\nWhen the Romans demanded what should be done in this matter, they answered that he who had slain his brother and strangely killed the one who was in hostage, if he could live, would still be very profitable to the commonwealth and would intimidate the necks of the cruel and wild ones. Then the Romans said that since he was..worthy to be sent to an island named Pontus, to those who will not tolerate a judge over them, so that his wickedness may overpower and judge them, or else that he suffers from them as he deserves.\n\nPilate was sent to this cruel and wild people, who before had killed their judge. He was told to whom he was being sent. And considering how his life was hanging in great jeopardy, he went to consider and thought to keep it. He did so much by means of threats and promises of torment as by gifts that he subdued them all and put them under his control. Because he had conquered this cruel people of the island of Pontos, Pilate. And when Herod heard of his iniquities and frauds, he took great joy in it. And because he was wicked himself, he wanted to be wicked with him. He sent for him by messengers and promised him gifts if he came to him. And he gave him power over the kingdom of Judea and Jerusalem..When he had amassed and gathered a great deal of money, he went to Rome without knowing of Herod. And he offered large sums of money to the emperor to obtain from him what Herod held. And so he obtained it. For this reason, Herod and Pilate were enemies up until the time of the passion of Jesus Christ, whom Pilate sent to Herod. Another reason for their enmity is assigned in scholastic history. There was one who claimed to be a god, and had deceived many in Galilee. He had led the people to Gerizim, where he had said he would go up to heaven. Pilate came upon them and, when he learned of the deed, he slew him and all his people because he feared they would deceive the Jews. And therefore, they were enemies to the Jews. For Herod ruled in Galilee. And when Pilate had delivered Jesus Christ to the Jews to be crucified, he doubted the emperor, fearing that he would be reproved for what he had judged to be innocent. And he sent a friend of his to ask the emperor's pardon..Tiberius the emperor sent for a grieving lady / And it was reported to him that there was one in Jerusalem who healed all kinds of ailments / He did not know that Pilate and the Jews had killed him. He told Volusien, who was with him in secret, \"Go to the parties across the sea and tell Pilate to send me the master of medicine or the leech for me to be healed of my ailment.\" When Volusien came to Pilate and delivered his message, Pilate was greatly dismayed and demanded fourteen days' delay. Within this time, Volusien found an old woman named Veronica. She was related to and devout with Jesus Christ. Veronica replied, \"Alas, Lord God, my lord, my God, whom you ask for, whom Pilate condemned to death, and whom the Jews delivered to Pilate out of envy?\" She commanded him to find the one he sought. Then he lamented sorrowfully and said, \"I am sorry because he cannot.\".apply to me, as my lord the emperor has commanded me, that I, Veronice, said to my lord and my master when he went preaching, I often absented myself from him. I painted his image for myself to have his presence always, because the figure of his image would give me some comfort. And so, as I bore a linen kerchief in my bosom, our lord met me and asked why I was gone. I told him why and the cause. He demanded my kerchief, and immediately he imprinted his face and figured it therein. And if your lord had seen the figure of Jesus Christ devoutly, he would be healed and saved immediately. Volusien asked if there was neither gold nor silver that could buy this figure. She answered no, but with courage, devotion, and great affection, I will go with you and bear it to the emperor to see it. Then Volusien went with Veronica to Rome and said to the emperor, \"Ihesus of Nazareth whom.\".You have long desired, Pilate and the Jews, out of envy, and with falsehood have put to death, and have hung Him on the cross. A woman, a widow, comes with me, who brings your image of Jesus. If you with good heart and devoutly behold it and contemplate in it, you will soon be healed.\n\nWhen the emperor heard this, he made ready the way with silken clothes and had the image of Ihu brought before him. And as soon as he had seen it and worshiped it, he was immediately healed.\n\nThen he commanded that Pilate be taken and brought to Rome. When the emperor heard that Pilate had come to Rome, he was greatly angered and inflamed against him. He had him brought before him. Pilate always wore the garment of the Lord that was outside, with which he came before him. As soon as the emperor saw him, all his wrath was gone from him, and in his absence he was cruel towards him; in his presence, however, he was merciful..was always sweet and debonair to him, and gave him leave and departed. But as soon as he had departed, he was as angry and more disturbed than before, as he had not yet shown his fury to him. Then he had him called back, and swore he would be dead. And as soon as he saw his cruelty was all gone, there was great marvel. Now, there was one by your inspiration or at the persuasion of some Christian man, who caused the emperor to take off the coat. And as soon as he had taken it off, the emperor was as full of anger and fury as before, which the emperor marveled at. And it was told to him that it was the coat of Jesus. Then the emperor had Pilate set in prison until he had counseled what he should do with him. And sentence was given that he should die a villain's death. And when Pilate heard the sentence, he took a knife and killed himself. And when the emperor heard that he was dead, he said certainly he is dead, a villainous man..For his own hand, he had not spared him. Then, his body was taken and bound to a millstone and cast into the river Tiber to sink to the bottom. The evil spirits began to stir up great tempests and marvelous waves in the water, along with horrible thunder and lightning. The people were greatly afraid and in great doubt. Therefore, the Romans drew out the body and, in derision, sent it to a place called Viane. Viane means hell, which is also called Iehenna. For there, it was cursed, and so his body is in that accursed place. The evil spirits are there as well as in other places, causing such tempests as they did before. The people of that place could not endure it and took the vessel in which the body was and sent it to be buried in the territory of the city of Losane. They too were troubled, as the others were. It was taken then and thrown into a deep pit..In a place where some have reported seeing illusions and machinations of demons, this is called the apocryphal red book. Let those who have read this believe as it pleases them. In scholastic history, it is read that Pilate was accused before Emperor Tiberius, because he put to death those who were innocent by his power and mauled the Jews, setting up images of pain in the temple. He took the money put in the corban and used it all for his profit, and was rewarded with a face he made in his house, alleys, and conduits for water to run. For these reasons, he was sent to live in exile in Lyon to die among the people from whom he was born. This history may be well supposed to be true, for beforehand the edict was given that he should be exiled to Lyon, and he was exiled before Volusien returned to the emperor..The emperor ordered the death of our Lord Jesus / He ended his exile and came to Rome / According to Eusebius and Bede in their chronicles, he was not imprisoned and exiled, but due to the many mysteries, he took his own life with his own hand / Thus ends the Passion\n\nBeforehand, we have mentioned the division of human lineage, which lasts from the Septuagint to Esther. Afterward, we will mention the time of reconciliation, which lasts from Esther to the eve of Whit Sunday. As the holy church has ordained\n\nThe resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ was on the third day after his death / And of this blessed resurrection, seven things are to be considered / First, the time he spent in the sepulcher, three days and three nights / And the third day he arose / Second, why he did not rise immediately when he was dead / But waited until the third day / Third, how he rose / Fourth, why his resurrection did not occur until /.general resurrection. For the first point, it is important to note that Jesus was in the sepulcher for three days and three nights. However, following St. Augustine, the first day is taken metaphorically, meaning the last part of the day is meant. The second day is taken in its entirety, and the third day begins after the first part. Therefore, there are three days, each with its night preceding and following. Before the Passion and Resurrection of Jesus, the days came before the nights; after this event, the order was changed, and the nights came before the days, symbolically representing filling the night of sin with the day of grace through Jesus' Passion and Resurrection..The second consideration: it ought to be known that after his death, he ought not to arise, but ought to remain until the third day, and for three reasons. The first for the signification: to signify that the light of his death should cure our double death, and therefore he lay in the sepulcher for one day and two nights, so that by the day we understand the light of his death, and by the two nights our double death. The second for certain proof: just as the testimony of two or three establishes a matter in the mouth of witnesses, so in three days all things are proven to be true and authentic. To prove that his death was true, he would lie there for three days. The third: to show his power. If he had arisen immediately, it would seem that he did not have such might to give his life as he had to raise himself. This reason touches the apostle..At Corinthians 15: \"Therefore, the first thing mentioned is his death, shown in detail. Fourthly, to figure the restoration: Petrus Ravennas assigns this reason - Jesus Christ was three days in the sepulcher, in figure, for beneficial doing, that is, to restore those who fall, to repair those who are in need, and to redeem those in hell. The fifth for the representation of the three estates of righteous men: Gregory assigns this reason - The sixth day of the week Jesus suffered death, the Sabbath he lay in the sepulcher, the Sunday he arose. The present life is yet to us the sixth day. For in anguishes and sorrows we are tormented. The Sabbath also is that we rest in our sepulcher. For after death we shall find rest for our soul. The Sunday is the eighth day, that day we shall be free from death and all sorrow in body and soul in glory.\".The sixth day is for sorrow, the seventh for rest, and the eighth for glory. Regarding the third consideration, it appears clearly that he had great power. By his own power, he rose on the ninth day of John [John 10:18], \"I have the power to lay down my life, and I have the power to take it again. This is from the Gospel of John [John 21:18], where he said, 'When I will rise again, I will go before you to Galilee, where you will see me, free and delivered.' Galilee means transition, that is, dying.\" When Jesus rose, he went from sorrow to glory and from corruption to incorruption. Saint Jerome, the pope, says, \"After the passion of Jesus Christ, the bonds of death were broken, and he was transported from infirmity to virtue.\".From mortalities to perpetuate, and from vileness to glory, he carried with him his prey, of which Jeremiah speaks in the fourth chapter. The lion is roused from his bed, Iesus ascended on high upon the cross. And the power of the people enhanced him. Iesus Christ robbed hell, where was the true ligament. As he had said, \"When I shall have been exalted, I shall draw to me all my own.\" Of whom hell had held and kept the souls, which were enclosed in darkness and the bodies in sepulchers. Fourthly, he arose marvelously. For he arose without opening of the sepulcher, which remained fast closed. Likewise, he issued out from his mother's belly, and to his disciples the doors closed and shut, so he issued out of his sepulcher. This is read in scholastic history, of a monk of St. Lawrence without the walls, in the year of the incarnation of our Lord M.jCxj, who marveled at a girdle with which he was girt, which without undoing or opening, it was..cast to form this / when he saw it, he marvelled, and he heard a voice in it saying, \"Thus Jesus Christ issues out of his sepulchre, and the sepulchre is closed. Fifty times he truly arose. He arose in his own body. And by six means he showed that he had truly risen: first, by the angel who lay not; second, by many and frequent appearances; third, by eating openly and by no magical art; fourth, by the touch of his body; fifth, by the healing of his wounds, by which he showed that it was the same body in which he had truly suffered death; sixth, by his coming in to the house, the gates of which shut suddenly and invisibly, and in which he showed that his body was glorified; seventh, he arose immortally, for he shall never die again. Iohannes 11:25-26, and St. Denis in an epistle that he made to Demophilum says that Jesus Christ, after his ascension, said to a holy man named Carpus, \"I am still ready to suffer in order to save man.\".This holy man Carpo told St. Denis that a pagan had led a Christian astray and brought him out of the faith. Angered by this, Carpo, who was of great holiness, became ill. Whenever he sang mass, a heavenly vision appeared to him. But when he prayed daily for their conversion, he asked God to burn both of them in a fire. One night, as he prayed, the house in which he was split into two parts. A great fornication appeared there. He looked up and saw the heaven open, and Ihu Crist, surrounded by a great multitude of angels. Besides the fornication, these two men were trembling with great fear, bitten by serpents that had emerged from the fornication, which drew them by..This holy man Carpo beheld the men being forced into the furnaces and was greatly amused by their fighting. He left the vision of heaven and grew angry that they did not enter the furnaces more quickly. Looking up into heaven, he saw the vision he had previously seen. Jesus Christ, who had pity on these two men, rose up from his throne and came to them with a great multitude of angels. He extended his hand and delivered them. Jesus said to Carpo, \"Strike me from now on. I am ready to suffer to save mankind.\" This example is cited by St. Denis.\n\nRegarding the fourth article, why he did not wait until the general resurrection: Three reasons are given.\n\nThe first reason is due to the dignity of his body. Since he was deified and came from the dead, it was not reasonable for his body to lie there any longer. David says, \"You will not let your holy one see decay.\".Thou shalt not suffer thy holy body to see corruption. The second reason is for the steadfastness of the faith. If he had not then arisen, the faith would have perished. Men would not have believed that he was very God. This appears well. In his passion, save our lady, all lost faith. But when they had knowledge of his resurrection, they recovered it again, as Saint Paul says, \"If Christ has not been raised, our faith is in vain or none.\" If Jesus Christ had not risen, there would be few who would believe in the resurrection to come. And this is our example and our hope. Therefore the apostles say, \"Jesus Christ is risen,\" and \"we shall rise,\" for his resurrection is the cause of ours. As Saint Gregory says, \"Our Lord, by example, has shown that he promised in reward, that we should know him to have risen. In ourselves, we should have hope of the reward..I. His resurrection: Jesus Christ did not prolong it beyond three days, as despair should not exist in the world. (Fifth Article) He arose for four reasons beneficial to us:\n\n1. His resurrection effected the justification of our sins. (Romans 3:25) Jesus Christ died for our sins and arose to justify us.\n2. God raised us in hope of life through the resurrection of Jesus Christ.\n3. The resurrection of Jesus Christ is stated in scripture as the source of life for mankind. \"By man comes death, and by man comes the resurrection of the dead.\" (1 Corinthians 15:21)\n4. Jesus Christ arose from death: through Him, death came to mankind, and through Him, life came to mankind.\n\nAdam was the first in death; Jesus Christ was the first in life through His resurrection. Thus, it appears that Jesus Christ had four properties in His resurrection..Our resurrection is different from the last resurrection; Jesus Christ rose on the third day, as stated in the gloss on this psalm, \"At vesperum demorabitur fletus,\" etc. At Easter time, there will be weeping, and in the morning, joy and happiness. The gloss explains that the resurrection of Jesus Christ is the sufficient cause for the resurrection of souls in this present time and of bodies in the time to come.\n\nThe second property is that we rise through him, and he rose by himself. Saint Ambrose asks, \"How could he seek help to raise his body, which raised others?\"\n\nThe third property is that we become dust or ashes, and his body could not be turned into ashes.\n\nThe fourth property is that his resurrection is the sacramental cause of our resurrection.\n\nRegarding the sixteenth article, how often did he appear on the day of his resurrection? He appeared five times.\n\nFirst, to Mary Magdalene. After his resurrection, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, who represents penitents..For five reasons he appeared to her: first, because she loved him most ardently; second, to show that he died for sinners; third, to verify his word; fourth, because, like a woman was a messenger of death, so a woman should be a messenger of life; fifth, to the hypocrites and Pharisees he said that common women and the public should go before them to the kingdom of heaven. The second time he appeared to the three Maries who returned from the tomb, he said to them, \"God grant you peace.\" Then they approached him and held his feet. This is the figure of humble prayers. To whom the Lord appeared, both for the reason of nature and for the reason of affection..They held his feet, the sign of the heart's affection. Thirdly, he appeared to St. Peter, but neither in what place nor when is known. It might have been, by chance, when he returned from the monument with St. John. For St. Peter might have turned from St. John somewhere, where God appeared to him, or by chance when he was alone in the monument, as it is recorded in the Scholastic History or perhaps in a cave or a fosse. It is read in the histories that when he denied and forsook the Lord, he fled to a cave, where the monument is, which is called the Mountain of the Cock, or else after it is said that he wept continually for three days after he had denied God. And there Jesus appeared to him, comforting him, saying, \"Lord, show yourself to him.\" Fourthly, he appeared to his disciples, who went to Emmaus, which is to say, a desire for consolation, and a sign that they were to comfort the poor members of Jesus Christ..as it is said in the Gospel, \"Sell all that you have and give it to the poor.\" Fifty times he appeared to his disciples, who were gathered in a closed place. This signifies religious men who keep the gates of their minds closed. The five appearances were on the day of his resurrection, and the five represent the priest in the Mass when he turns himself five times to the people. But the third appearing is in silence, which signifies a silent appearance made to St. Peter, the time and place of which are unknown. Sixthly, he appeared to his disciples eight days later, when St. Thomas was present. Thomas had said, \"I will not believe it until I have seen the wounds, the nails, and have put my hand into his side.\" The seventh time he appeared to his disciples fishing, which signifies preachers, who are fishers of men. The eighth time he appeared to his disciple on Mount Thabor, Matthias was present..signifies those who contemplate. In the said hollow, our lord was transformed. The ninth time he appeared to the eleven disciples as they sat at table. There he reproved their unbelief and hardness of heart, by which we understand the sinners in the eleven number of transgressions whom our lord visits by his mercy from time to time. The tenth time he appeared to his disciples on Mount Olivet, signifying those who are full of mercy and compassion. To whom our lord appears, who is the father of mercy and pity. From this place he ascended into heaven. There are three other manifestations mentioned, which are not found in the text of the gospel. The first was his appearance to James the Less, as you will find in his legend. The second was to Joseph, as it is related in the gospel of Nicodemus. For when the Jews had heard this,.Ioseph demanded Jesus' body from Pilate and placed it in his monument. The Jews were angry and took him, secretly keeping him until after their Sabbath day, intending to kill him. Jesus entered the house where he was during the night of his resurrection, lifted up the four corners of the house, wiped and cleansed his face, and kissed him. Without breaking any lock or seal, he brought him to his house in Arimathaea. The third account is that he appeared to his mother Mary, the virgin, although the holy evangelists do not speak of this. The Church of Rome approves it, as the same day is made a station for Our Lady the Major. If we should not believe this because the evangelists make no mention of it, it would follow that after his resurrection he did not appear to her, but this is not to be believed, that such a son should not..He left his mother without seeing her, and did her little honor. The evangelists spoke no word of her, because it belonged to them only to testify of the resurrection. The virgin Mary ought not to be set as a witness.\n\nIf the words of strange women were considered lies, much more should his mother be, because of the love she had for him who was her son. And although the evangelists had not written it, yet they knew for certain that it is right, that he should first comfort and encourage her who had the most pain and sorrow for his death. This is witnessed by Saint Ambrose in the third book of virgins. \"Mary saw [it] and believed.\"\n\nMary saw the resurrection and believed in it perfectly. Mary Magdalene saw it, yet she doubted it.\n\nRegarding the seventh matter, the evangelist does not make it clear how Jesus Christ drew the holy fathers out of hell and what he made there. However, Saint Augustine in a sermon and Nicodemus in his gospel speak about it..Saint Austyn says: Anyone whose spirit was brought to Christ's divinity was quick and living in the depths of hell. Descending to the deepest darkness, he appeared to the rulers of hell, shining and terrible. They demanded and inquired, \"Who is this that is so strong, so terrible, so clear and so shining? The world that is subject to us sent us no such one, nor did he give us such gifts in hell. Who then is this that is so constant, entering the farthest end of our dominion, and doubts not even our torments but has unbound them from their bonds? Those who were accustomed to wail and weep under our torments now assault us with their health. And now not only do they fear us but now threaten and menace us. They asked their prince, \"What prince are you? All your joy is perished.\".in to wepynges / whan thou hengest hym in the crosse / thou knewest not what do\u00a6mage thou sholdest suffre in helle / After thise cruell wordes of them of helle / Atte\ncommandement of our lorde / all the loc\u2223kes / alle the barres / and shyttynges ben broken and to frusshed / And loo the peple of sayntes that come knelyng to fore hym in cryeng with pytous voys sayeng / Oure redemptor thou art comen for to redeme the worlde / we haue aby\u2223den the euery day / thou art descended in to helle for vs / And leue vs not / but that we be with ye / whan thou shalt retorne to thy brethern / lord swete god / shewe that thou hast despoylled helle / And bynde the auctour of deth wyth his bondes / rendre to the world now glad\u2223nes / And quenche the paynes / And for thy pyte vnbynde the caytyfs fro serui\u00a6tude / whyles thou art here / and assoyl\u00a6le the synnars whan thou desce\u0304dest in to helle them of thy partye / this saith saynt Austyn / And it is redde in the gospell of nychodemus / that Carinus and len\u00a6cius sones of old symeon.And they were urged by Annas, Caiaphas, Nicodemus, Joseph, and Gamaliel to tell what Jesus did in hell. They reported and said, \"When we were with our fathers in the place of obscurity and darkness, it was suddenly also light and clear as the color of the sun like purple gold and light ryal which enlightened all the abode upon us. And Adam, the father of the human race, began to enjoy himself, saying, 'This light is the light of the Creator of the eternal light, which promised to send us His perpetual light. And he cried out, \"This is the light of God the Father, just as I said living there, the people in darkness saw a great light. Then our father Simeon came and rejoicing said, \"Glory to our Lord, for I received Jesus, a child born into the world, in my hands in the temple. And I was compelled by the Holy Spirit to say, 'Suffer little children to come to me, and do not hinder them; for of such is the kingdom of heaven.'\".\"A man appeared who seemed to be a hermit. When we asked him who he was, he answered that he was John, the one who baptized Christ, and the one who came before him was to show him to us. He indicated him to us with his finger, and when I said, \"Behold the Lamb of God,\" I was to show you that he was coming soon to visit you. Then Seth said, when I came to the gate of paradise to pray, and asked the Lord to send me his angel and give me some of the oil of mercy for the body of Adam, my father, which was sick, the angel appeared to me and said, \"Do not labor in prayer by weeping for the oil of the tree of mercy. You cannot obtain it until twenty thousand and five hundred years have passed.\" When the patriarchs and prophets heard this, they rejoiced and made great feasts. Then Satan, prince and ruler of death, said to Hell, \"Prepare yourselves to receive Jesus, who glorifies us.\"\".I am the Son of God, and this man Jesus, whom you fear, says that he fears death. Many whom I have made lame and crooked, he has healed and made go right. Then Hell answered and said, \"If you are mighty and so great as you claim, who is this man Jesus that you fear, and who is your adversary in your power? If he says that he fears death, he will die and be mine forever, as long as the world endures. I have tempted and moved the people against him. I have prepared the spear, the vinegar and gall, and the tree of the cross. He shall die, so that I may bring him here.\" Then Hell answered, \"Is this not he who raised Lazarus, whom I held in check? That is truly him.\" And Hell said to Satan, \"I command you by my power and yours, that you bring him not here when I hear the might of his word and his.\".I trembled for fear / I could not keep Lazarus / but he escaped from me / And like an angel, he sprang up high and departed from us / And thus as they spoke, a voice like thunder spoke / \"Take away your gates, you princes, and lift up the everlasting gates.\" / And the devilish ones ran there and shut the gates fast with iron bars / And David said, \"Have I not prophesied this, that I see? When I said, 'Sing to the Lord, for he has broken through the gates of my enemies,' and 'I will exult in your salvation,' is this not he who has broken the gates of Hades of strong material and has broken the bars?\" / And then came a great voice which said again, \"Take away your gates, you princes, and lift up the everlasting gates.\" / And when Hell saw that he had cried twice thus and did not know him, then Hell said, \"Who is this King of glory?\" / To whom David answered, \"This is our Lord, strong and mighty in battle, who is the King of glory?\" / Then the King of glory came in / And he enlightened the darkness and put forth his..And he took the right hand of Adam and spoke to him and all his just sons. And then our Lord departed from hell, and all the saints followed Him. Our Lord, holding the hand of Adam, delivered him to Michael the archangel. And he brought them into paradise. Then came two honorable and ancient men, and they asked them, \"Who are you that are with us and have not yet died, in body and soul, you are set in paradise?\" One of them spoke and answered, \"I am Enoch, who am here translated. And this is Elijah, who, by the will of God, has come here in a chariot of fire. Yet have we not tasted death. But we are kept until the coming of Antichrist to fight with him, and from him we shall be slain. And after three and a half days we shall be received in the clouds in glory.\" And they spoke, and there was another one bearing on his shoulders the tree of the cross. When he was asked what he was, he said, \"I am a thief, and I was crucified.\".With Jesus and I believed in him that he was the creator of the world. I prayed to him, saying, \"Lord, have mercy on me when you come into your kingdom.\" He said to me, \"This day you shall be with me in paradise, and gave to me this sign of the cross. Bear this, and go forth to paradise. And if the angel who keeps paradise will not allow you to enter, show him this sign of the cross and say, 'Jesus Christ, who was crucified, sent me here.' Immediately as I had said this, the angel opened the gate to me and seated me on the right side of paradise. And when Carinus and Lencius had recounted these things here, they were transformed and were no longer seen. And here speaks Gregory Nicene and Saint Augustine, as it is found in some books. Immediately as Jesus Christ descended into hell, the night began to grow light. And the porter, black and horrible, among them in silence began to murmur, saying, \"Who is he that is so?\".This is an assayer and not a deceit, a breaker and destroyer, and no sinner but a despoiler. We see him as a judge, but no bypasser. He comes to fight and not to be overcome. A cast-out one and not one to dwell here.\n\nThe Lenten services are performed twice in a year. The first is performed on St. Mark's day and is called the more Lenten service. The second is performed three days before Ascension Day and is called the lesser Lenten service. Lenten service is as much to say as supplication or prayer. The first Lenten service is named in three ways: first, it is called the more Lenten service; second, the procession of the seven orders; third, the black cross. Then, this Lenten service is said more frequently for three reasons: the first reason is for him who instituted it, who was St. Gregory the Pope, and that was at Rome, which is the head and mother of the city..The world was visited by a great and grievous malady due to the presence of the body of the Pope and the Holy See, and because it was instituted for this reason. This malady, known as the Bubonic Plague, arose among the Romans because they had lived frugally during Lent but then indulged in drinking, plays, and lechery during Easter. In response, our Lord sent them a great pestilence, which was cruel and sudden, causing people to die suddenly while going about their daily business, playing, or even at the table. Sometimes, they died suddenly with a fever, and when anyone was heard to be fainting, those nearby would cry out, \"God help you!\" or \"Christ help you!\" and the afflicted person would make the sign of the cross and bless himself before dying. This custom continued..And this is how the pestilence began, according to the life of St. Gregory. Secondly, this Lenten procession is called the procession of seven orders. When they were made, St. Gregory ordered them through seven ordinances. In the first order were all the clergy. In the second were monks and religious men. In the third were all nuns. In the fourth were all children. In the fifth were all lay people. In the sixth were all widows. And in the seventh were those who were married. However, since we cannot fulfill it in number of persons now, we ought to fulfill it in number of Lenten processions. For it ought to be said seven times or the procession should be left. Thirdly, this Lenten procession is called the black cross procession. Then, in sign of pestilence, they wore black clothes and wept and did penance. And perhaps for the same reason, they covered the cross and the altars with blessed hair. And thus we should take on clothing of penance. There is another Lenten procession called:.Lasse Letanye, instituted three days before Lent, in the time of Emperor Leo I, who reigned in the year 452 AD, instituted Saint Mamertinus as bishop of Vienne. This Letanye differs from the first, as this Letanye was instituted by a simple bishop in a small place, and due to less malady. The cause of its institution was this: At Vienne, there were great earthquakes, which caused many churches and houses to fall. There were also great noises and clamors at night. On Easter day, a terrible thing happened: fire descended from heaven that burned the kings palaces. Yet a more mournful thing occurred: just as the demons had entered into hogs, so by the permission of God for the sins of the people, the demons entered into wolves and other wild animals..bestes (which every doubted) and they went not only by the ways or fields, but also by the cities, running openly. And they devoured the children and old men and women. And when the bishop saw that every day such sorrowful incidents occurred, he commanded and ordered that the people should fast for three days. And he instituted the litanies, and then the tribulation ceased. And from then on, the church has ordered and confirmed that this litany should be kept and observed forever. It is also said to be Rogations. For then we pray and demand the suffrages of all the saints, and we thus have good cause for keeping this ordinance. And for many reasons it is instituted. First, because battles commonly begin in primetime. Second, because the fruits which are then tender, God will multiply. Third, because every man should mortify in himself the stirrings of his flesh, which in that time boil..Forthby, each disposes himself to receive the holy ghost, for by faith, by orisons, and by devotion, one is more able and worthy. But Master William Dancer assigns two other reasons. Firstly, because when Ihu Christ would ascend into heaven, he said, \"Ask ye daily and ye shall receive.\" And we may the more faithfully demand, when we have God's promise. Secondly, because the holy church fasts and prays, having but little flesh to make the body lean by abstinence and to get wings by prayer. For prayer is the wing of the soul, by which it flies to heaven to attend that it may follow Ihu Christ ascending before us to show us the way. And know ye that the foul that is bound in abundance of flesh and has but few feathers or wings, he may not fly well. Thus this Lent is called procession. For then the church makes a general procession, and in this procession, the cross is borne, the clocks and bells are sounded..The bansers are born, and in some churches, a dragon with a great tail is born. Aid and help is demanded of all saints. And the reason why the cross is born and the bansers ring is to make the feuds and evil spirits afraid and to flee. Just as kings have tokens and signs royal in battle, so the king of heaven has his signs manifested in the church: he has bells for business and for trumpets, the cross for banners. And just as a tyrant and malefactor should greatly doubt when he hears the busyness and trumpets of a mighty king in his land and sees his banners, in the same way, the enemies, the evil spirits that are in their realm, greatly doubt when they hear the trumpets of God, which are the ringing bells, and when they see the banners raised high. This is the reason why the bells ring when it thunders, and when great tempests and outrages of weather happen to them..That the fiends and wicked spirits should be ashamed and flee, and cease the moving of tempest, there is also another cause therewith, to warn the Christian people that they put them in devotion and prayer, to pray God that the tempest may cease. There is also the banner of the king, that is the cross, which the enemies dread much and doubt. For they fear the staff, with which they have been hurt. And this is the reason why, in some church, in the time of tempest and thunder, they set out the cross against the tempest, so that the wicked spirits see the banner of the sovereign king, and for fear thereof that they flee. And therefore in procession the cross is borne, and the bells rung for to chase and hunt away the fiends being there, and to make them leave tempest towards us. The cross is borne to represent the victory of the resurrection and the ascension of Jesus Christ. For He ascended into heaven with all power..grete praye And thus this baner that fleeth in the ayer signefyeth Ihesu cryste assendyng vnto heuene / And as the peple folowe the crosse / the baners and the procession Ryght so whan Ihesu Cryste styed vp in to heuen / a grete multitude of seyntis fo\u00a6lowed hym / And the songe that is son\u00a6gen in the procession / signefyeth the son\u00a6ge of angellis and the preysynges / that cam ayenst Ihesu cryste / and conduyted and conueyed hym to heuene where is grete Ioye and melodye In som chirches and in especiall in them of fraunce is ac\u2223customed to bere a dragon with a longe taylle fylled ful of chaff or other thynge The two first dayes it is born to fore the crosse / And on the thirde day / they bere it after the crosse with the taylle all voy\u00a6de / by whiche is vnderstonden / that the first day to fore the lawe / or the seconde vnder the lawe / the deuyl regned in the world / And on the thirde day of grace by the passyon of Ihesu cryste he was put out of his Royame / After in this pro\u2223cession singulerly we calle the.The reasons we call upon the saints are varied. First, for our poverty and the glory of the saints, and for the reverence of God. The saints can understand our vows and prayers in the mirror of Christ, recognizing the value they bring to their joy and our profit.\n\nThe first reason is for our poverty and misery, or for our deficiency. When our merits are insufficient, the intercessions of the saints may aid us. This is also true for our deficiency in contemplating God, allowing us to see more clearly the supernatural light we observe in His saints. Additionally, for our deficiency in loving God, as some show greater affection to a saint than to Him, and such people are indeed perfect.\n\nThe second reason is for:\n\n\"For the glory of God, and for the honor of all the saints.\" (Canon of the Mass).For the glory of saints, we call them saints, as we glorify them through their intercessions. The third reason is for the reverence of God: sinners who have offended Him, unable to approach Him in person, approach Him through the friends of God by requesting their intercessions. In these litanies, we ought to repeat this angelic song: \"Sc\u00e9 deus, Sc\u00e9 fortsis, Sc\u00e9 et inmortalis miserere nobis.\" John Damascene records in his fourth book that in Constantinople, during a trial that took place there, there were litanies held. It happened that a child among the people was carried up to heaven, and there he learned this canticle. Upon his return to the people, he sang it in their midst, and immediately that tribulation ceased. At the Church of Calcidone, this canticle was approved, and the cause was concluded. We know that it is so that the demons are put to flight by it..This canticle, titled \"Sancte Deus,\" is approved by four reasons. First, an angel taught it first. Second, tribulation ceased during its recitation and repetition. Third, Calcydon's senate approved it. Fourth, demons and enemies greatly fear and doubt it.\n\nThe Ascension of our Lord Jesus Christ occurred forty days after His resurrection, and seven things concerning it should be considered. First, He ascended from the mount of Olives. Second, He ascended immediately after His resurrection. Third, the manner of His ascension. Fourth, the company that ascended with Him. Fifth, the merit by which He ascended. Sixth, where He ascended. Seventh, why He ascended.\n\nRegarding the first point, He ascended from the Mount of Olives, also known as the Mount of Three Lights. By night, on the western side, a light appeared..It is lit by the fire that burns in the temple, which never is put out or quenched. In the morning, it is lighted by the torch, for she first receives the rays of the sun before it shines in the city, and it has great prestige because it is nourished by oil. Therefore, it is said to be the hill of three lights. To this hill, Jesus Christ commanded his disciples to go. On the day of his ascension, he appeared twice. Once, to the eleven disciples who were in the hall where they had dined with him. All the apostles and disciples were present, as well as the woman, who is called Mary Magdalene, in the Mount of Zion, where David had built his palace. There was a great hall prepared and arranged for them to sup. In this place, the eleven apostles remained, and the other disciples and Mary Magdalene stayed in various mansions nearby. When they had finished eating in the hall, our Lord appeared to them..them and reprimanded them for their unbelief. After he had eaten with them and commanded them to go to the mount of Olivet, on the side by the road, he appeared again to them and answered their imprudent demands made to him. With his hands lifted, he blessed them, and before them he ascended into heaven. According to Bishop Supplicius of Jerusalem, and it is in the gloss: A church was established at the site where the signs of his ascension occurred. It could not be contained or set there, but rather it issued forth immediately. And the stones of the marble split into the faces of those who set it, and that is a sign that they are stones upon which Christ passed, upon which lies the powder and dust, and remains as a token and sign certain.\n\nAs for the second point, why he did not ascend immediately after his resurrection but stayed for forty days: This was for three reasons. First, for the certification of his resurrection..And it was stronger to prove his resurrection than his passion, as the passion could be well proven from the first day to the third. But to prove the true resurrection required more days, and therefore a greater time was required between the resurrection and the ascension than between the passion and the resurrection. And the pope Lion says in a sermon on the ascension: \"Today the number of forty days is complete, and dispensed by right holy ordinance. For the profit of our instruction and teaching, to those present in his corporeal presence, the faith of teaching was necessary, and we ought to give thanks to the divine dispensation for the tardy creation of holy fathers for us, necessary as they were, for they doubted of that which we do not doubt.\" Secondly, he remained for the consolation of the apostles. Divine consolation surmounts temporal tribulations, and the time of the passion was a time of tribulation for the apostles. Therefore, there ought to be..\"Thirdly, for the mystery of comparison, to give understanding that divine consolations are compared to tribulations as a day to an hour, and a year to a day. And this is true, as the prophet says, \"I will preach a year of reprisal to the Lord, and a day of vengeance to God.\" One day of tribulation renders a year of consolation. This comparison appears in the writing of the prophet, who says, \"I will preach a year of reprisal to the Lord, and a day of vengeance to God.\" Our Lord was dead for forty hours, which was the time of tribulation. Forty days after his resurrection, he appeared to his disciples, which was the time of consolation. The gloss says, \"Because he was forty hours dead, after forty days he lived and ascended into heaven.\" As to the third point, how he ascended, it appears that he ascended mightily. For the prophet says, 'he ascended with power and virtue.'\".To heaven / Isidore lxvij / And also Saint John says /\nNo man ascended into heaven by his own power and might, but the Son of Man who is in heaven. And how was it that he ascended in a cloud? He had no need, but because he wanted to show that every creature is ready to serve its Creator, he ascended in his own power. And this is the difference. After that, the Scholastic history says, concerning Jesus Christ, of Enoch and Elijah. For Enoch was engendered of a man, and he was engendering the second time. The third is Jesus Christ, who was born, not engendered of a man nor engendering. Secondly, he ascended openly. For seeing his disciples, he ascended, as is said in John xvj, \"I go to my Father,\" and none of you asked me, \"Why goest thou?\" the gloss explains..I go openly, so that no one demanded to see me at eye, and therefore he would ascend in their presence, because they might bear witness, and that they should enjoy what they saw, the human nature ascending to heaven, and that they should desire to follow him. Thirdly, he ascended joyously, for the angels singing and enjoying themselves, he ascended into heaven in gladness, as St. Augustine says, \"Ascending Christ, peace be with you,\" Ihesu Crist ascending, the heaven was abashed, the stars marveled, the companies of heaven enjoyed, the trumpets sounded, and all the signs of the playful place made melodies. Fourthly, he ascended lightly, of which David says, \"He stood up as a great mountain with a great pause and much hastily and lightly he ascended when he passed such a great space in a moment.\" Rabbi Moses, who was a great philosopher, recalls that every circle or every heaven of each planet has the thickness and the way of vC years, that is, as one may go in a plain way in vC years..that is the distance between heaven and heaven, and between circle and circle, after that which is said to be so great, and as there are seven heavens after his saying, from the center of them to the concave of Saturn's heaven, which is the seventh sphere and takes 5,472 years, and to the concave of the eighth heaven, 5,472 and 547 years, which is as much space as one would go in a plain way in 5,472 and 547 years, if a man could live so long, and every year be of 36,500 days, and the way of every day be of ten thousand passes or cubits. And this says Rabbi Moses, who was a great philosopher. If it is true or not, God knows. For he who has made and created all in a certain number, in a certain way and measure, he knows all. Then this leap or springing was great that Jesus Christ made from there to heaven. Of this leap and diverse other leaps of Jesus Christ, Saint Ambrose says, \"Jesus Christ came into this world to make a leap. He was with God the Father. He came in.\".To the Virgin Mary, and from the Virgin Mary into the manger or cradle, he descended into the Jordan, he ascended upon the cross, he descended into his tomb, From the tomb he arose, and after ascended up into heaven and sits on the right hand of the Father. As to the fourth point, with whom he ascended, he ascended with a great prayer of men and a great multitude of angels. And that he ascended with the prayer of me, it appears by this that David says, \"Ascended is the Lord to the height, he has taken captivity captive, and subdued prisoners, and released the oppressed.\" (Psalm 68:18) Lord, you have ascended on high, and have led captivity captive, and have given gifts to men. (Ephesians 4:8) And also that he ascended with a great multitude of angels, it appears by the Interrogations, that is, the questions made to them by the angels when Jesus Christ ascended into heaven, as Isaiah records, \"Who is this that comes from Edom, with garments of glowing colors from Bozrah, he that is glorious in his apparel, traveling in the greatness of his strength?\" (Isaiah 63:1) Who is this that comes from Edom, with garments of crimson, from Bozrah, he that is glorious in his apparel, traveling in the greatness of his strength? So it was revealed that some of the angels went down with him at his ascension..Thangelis who did not understand the mystery of the Incarnation, of his Passion and Resurrection, saw the Lord ascend with a great multitude of angels and saints by His own power. Marveling and asking, Thangelis and those who accompanied Him inquired, \"Who is this that comes from Edom?\" They asked, \"Who is this King of glory and so on?\" (Saint Denis in the Book of the Hierarchy of Holy Angels in the seventh chapter says,) \"It seems that three questions were asked to Thangelis when Jesus Christ ascended. The first were the angels to themselves, the second were the princes to Jesus Christ who ascended, and the third were the lesser ones to the greatest. Among them they asked, 'Who is this that comes from the land of Edom?' His clothes dyed in Bosra. The word Edom means 'full of blood,' and the word Bosra means 'anguish and tribulation.'\" Therefore, they would have asked, \"Who is this that comes from the land full of blood, due to the sin of the world, and bearing malice against us?\".And our lord answered, \"I am he who speaks in justice. Saint Denis says this: 'I am he who dispenses justice and righteousness in the redemption of human lineage. I was justice insofar as I, who was the creator, brought back my creatures from the strange jurisdiction. I was righteousness insofar as I cast out and put an end to the dominion I had in human lineage. After this, Saint Denis asks, \"Since the principal angels are near to God and are without envy, why did they ask one of the other, as if they would have learned from each other? But he gives this solution: In that they demanded one of the other, it shows that they desired to know. And in their first encounter, they had communication; it shows that they dared not presume before the divine progression. For this reason, they ought to ask each other.\".The second question was not hastily put to them regarding the illumination they had received from God, without means. The question was, \"And the first and sovereign angel saying to Jesus Christ, 'Why is your clothing red and your vestments as trodden or fulled in a press?' Our Lord's clothing and body are red all over, covered with blood, because when he ascended, he still had the wounds in his body. After this, the bede says, 'He must keep his wounds in his body for five reasons.' And he said, 'Our Lord keeps his wounds.' And until the day of Judgment, he will keep them. This is to confirm his resurrection and to pray to the Father for us. He presents them to him, so that the good may see the great mercy by which he has redeemed them. And that the wicked people may know that they are rightly damned, and that eternally, he bears with him the signs of his glorious victory perpetual.' To this question, our Lord answers, 'Torcular calcaui and so on.'\".I have turned and folded all alone, and there was not one man who would help me. The press is the cross, in which he pressed me so that the blood gushed out. Thus Jesus Christ called the enemy the oppressor, who had wrapped his language with cords of sin and quenched him so clean that he had nothing spiritual but that it was unexpressed, and he only showed it in the virgin Mary. But our champion fought so strongly and defiled the oppressor so foully that he broke the bounds of sin, and ascended into heaven. And after this, he opened the tavern of heaven and poured out the wine of the Holy Ghost. The third question is, \"Who is this king of glory?\" They answered and said, \"The lord of virtues is king of glory.\" And of this question of angels and of the answer of the other, says Saint Augustine, \"All the air is hallowed in the divine company.\" And all the turmoil of devils fleeing there fled..Backward when Jesus Christ ascended,\nto whom the angels that were in His company ran,\nand demanded, \"Who is this King of glory?\"\nThey answered, \"This is He who was white and rosy in complexion,\nthe One who was seen without color and without beauty,\nSeek in the tree, strong in His despisation,\nFowll reputed in His body, well armed in battle,\nstinging in His death, fair in His resurrection,\nwhite-born of the virgin, red in the cross,\npale in reproach,\nand clear in heaven.\n\nAs to the fifth, it is for what merit He ascended,\nand we ought to understand that He ascended in threefold merit,\nof which Saint Jerome says,\n\"Jesus Christ ascended in the merit of truth,\nfor He fulfilled that which had been promised by the prophets,\nin the merit of humility and courtesy,\nas He was sacrificed like a lamb,\nfor the people's life, in the merit of justice,\nbut by justice, and not only by power,\nbut by justice and righteousness,\nYou have delivered mankind,\nand I have withheld from You.\".Puyssance / And thy virtue shall bring thee to heaven / This said God the Father to the Son, / As to the sixth that is where He ascended, / it ought to be known, / that He ascended above all the heavens, / as the apostle says in Ephesians 4:10, / He who descended from heaven, that is He who ascended above all the heavens, / because He fulfilled all things, / He said above all that He had ascended, / \u00b6 There is a material heaven, a rational heaven, an intellectual heaven, and a substantial heaven, / There are many material heavens. The height of them, / which is called aether, / one other called ether, / Another and another empire, / The rational heaven is the man Justus, / whom we call Justus because of the divine habitation, / For just as heaven is the seat of God, as the prophet Cluius says, \"Claudiae sedes est,\" / Our Lord says that the heaven is His seat, / rightly so is the soul of a righteous man like as Solomon says, \"The soul of a righteous man is the seat of wisdom,\" / by reason of the holy..The saints dwell in heaven through holy conversion and desire, as Saint Paul states. Our conversion is in heaven due to continuous operation in virtue. Heavenly beings are called intellectuals and thaugellies. The thaugellies are called heaven because of their dignity and understanding. Saint Denis states in the Book of Divine Names in the fourth chapter that the divine spirits and angels are above creators, living above all things that live and understand, and possessing wisdom and reason beyond all other things that exist. They desire well and good, of which they are participators - that is, God. Secondly, they are beautiful by nature and their glory. The manifestation of their deeds and will is God..The clarities of dark light, he is a mirror pure and right clear, without receiving any filth or spot in him, if it is living to say, he is the beauty and the comformity of the bounty of God. Thirdly, they are right strong, because of their virtue and might, of which strength, says John Damascene in his second book the eighth chapter, where he says, Fortes sunt et parati [1], The angels of God are strong and always ready to fulfill the will of God, and they are found always immediately where God will have them. The heaven has three conditions. It is right high, right fair, and right strong. Of the first, says Solomon [2], Ecclesiastes xliij, The firmament is the beauty of the height, and the beauty of heaven is in the sight of glory. The heaven is substantial, that is the quality of the divine excellence of Ihu Crist ca [3], and after this he ascended, from the high and sovereign heaven the Son of God descended and ascended again.\n\n[1] Fortes sunt et parati: They are strong and ready.\n[2] Ecclesiastes xliij: This is a reference to a book in the Old Testament of the Bible.\n[3] Ihu Crist ca: Ihu is likely a variant of Jesus, and Crist is a variant of Christ..Height is the quality of the divine excellence, and that He ascended above all heavenly matter. David made this clear, saying, \"Your magnificence is lifted up above the heavens.\" Lord God, Your magnificence is exalted above all the heavens, above their material substance. He ascended to the heaven where God the Father sits, not like Heli, which ascends in a chariot of fire to a high region. From whence He was translated into paradise on earth, He went no further. But Ihu Cryst ascended into the highest heaven, that is called the celestial empire, which is the proper dwelling place of God of angels and of saints. And this dwelling place properly belongs to dwellers, for this heaven above all others has excellence in divinity, in priority, in situation, and in circumference. And therefore, it is the commitment of Ihesu Cryst, who surmounts all the heavens of intelligence and reason in divinity, in eternity, in immateriality, and in power..Semblably it is the habitation of saints, of good congruence. For heaven is without discord, immeasurable of perfect light, and of capacity without measure. Rightfully it appertains to angels and to saints, who were all one in operation, immeasurable in affection, shining in the faith and in great knowledge in receiving the holy ghost. It appears from this scripture that says in the Canticles, \"Behold this is he that comes leaping on the mountains and passing over the hills, and who ascended above all the heavens of intelligence, that is, above angels. He who ascended above the heaven of substance, that is, to the quality of God the Father, appears by the Gospel of Mark. Mark in the last, The Lord Jesus Christ, and so forth. Since our Lord had spoken to his disciples, he was set..In heaven, on the right side of God, as Saint Bernard says to my Lord Jesus Christ, it is sung and given to God the Father that He sits on the right side of His glory. In glory, consubstantial by generation, similar in essence, not unlike and eternal, similar. We can say that Jesus, in His ascension, was high above in four ways: in place, in reward, in knowledge, and in virtuality or strength.\n\nOf the first, the apostle to the Ephesians says, \"He who descended is also the one who ascended above all the heavens.\" Of the second, Saint Augustine says, \"The merit of humility is the reward, and the cleanness of meekness is the merit.\" Of meekness, cleanness is the reward.\n\nOf the third, David says, \"He ascended above the cherubim,\" that is, above the cherubim..The plenitude of science and knowledge of the fourth [thing] is apparent, for as it is written, he ascended above the seraphim, which is interpreted as the strength of God. We ought to know that from his Ascension, we have nine fruitful results. The first is the infusion of the love of God, of which is said in the Gospel of John, \"Unless I go away, I will not come to you\" (John 15:4). But if I go, the holy ghost will not come to you, as St. Augustine says, \"If you seek me with carnal love, you cannot comprehend the holy ghost, which is spiritual love.\" The second is the greater knowledge of God, of which St. John says in the Gospel, \"If you love me, you will have great joy\" (John 14:20). For I go to my Father, for he is greater than I (John 14:28). As St. Augustine says, \"I shall withdraw this form of humanity, in which my Father is greater than I, so that you may see God.\" The third fruit is the merit of faith, as St. Lion the Pope says in a sermon on the Ascension, \"Then began the faith to increase.\".Certainly, this approach teaches the son to be equal to the father and similar in substance, which is less than Christ's body, of which he had no need. This vigor is of great courage and firmness, undoubtedly, to believe that which is not seen at the eye, and to fix the desires that cannot be beheld. Saint Augustine says He ascended like a giant, running in His way and tarrying not, but crying out by voice, words, deeds, death, life, descending, and ascending, crying that we should return to Him by good works. Jesus Christ ascended into heaven to be our advocate to the Father. And we ought to hold ourselves well assured when we have such an advocate to the Father. This is witnessed to us by Saint John, who says in his canon, \"We have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ, who is merciful to us for our sins.\" And Saint Bernard says, \"O man, we have a sure going or coming to the Father.\".Where the mother presents the son to whom she shows her breast and her papas. And the son shows to the father his side and his wounds. Then we may not be put away where we have so many signs of love and charity.\n\nThe fifth is our dignity, a great dignity we have obtained when our nature is lifted up to the right side of the Father, of which angels considered it worthy of worship by man. Apocalypse xix. Saint John would have worshipped that angel that spoke to him, and the angel defended him in saying, \"Beware of that which you do not do.\" For I am your brother and your servant. According to the gloss, in the old law, he was not to be worshipped by man but after his ascension when he saw man lifted up above him.\n\nAnd Saint Lion says in a sermon on the ascension, \"This day the nature of our humanity has been born above the height of all creatures to where God the Father sits, as if it were more marvelous when it is.\".se\u2223en that it is moche ferre fro men / so mo\u2223che more shewe they the reuerence and thonour that they haue / \nAnd herof the faith mystrust not / ne hope slaketh not ne charyte amynys\u2223shith not / The syxthe is the stedfastnes and fermete of our faith / wherof saith saynt poul ad hebreos sexto / To Ihesu cryst we renne for refuge / for to kepe the hope that hath be delyuerd to vs / as an ancre / whiche is ferme to the sowle and sure / whiche ledeth to wythin he\u2223uen / where Ihesu cryst byfore vs en\u2223tred / And saynt lyon saith thus / the Ascencion of Ihesu cryst / is our mountyng and lyftyng vp / And where the Ioye of our hede is / there abydeth the hope of our body / shewyng of the waye of heuen / wherof sayth Mychee the prophe\u00a6te he ascended to shewe vs the way / And saynt Austyn saith / Thy sauy\u2223our hath made the way to the / Aryse thou / and goo thyder / For thou hast that thou entendeste be not now slouth\u2223full / The viij is the openyng of the yate of heuen / for lyke as adam opened ye yate of helle / in.Likewise, Ihu (Jesus) opened the gate of heaven, as the church sings, \"Lord God, Ihesu Christ, you have overcome the thief and opened the kingdom of heaven to those who believe in thee. The ninth is the preparation of the new place, of which Jesus says in the Gospel of John, \"I go to prepare a place for you.\" And St. Augustine says, \"Lord, you have made it ready. You make it ready for us, and you make us ready for it. When you make it ready for us, and in us may be the preparation of the place and the mansion of the everlasting health.\" Amen.\n\nThus ends the story of Thescension.\n\nThe holy ghost, as witnesseth St. Luke in the Acts of the Apostles, was sent to the apostles on this day in the form and likeness of tongues of fire. And of this sending and coming, eight things are to be considered. First, from whom he was sent; second, in how many manners he was seated; third, in what time he was seated; fourth, how often he was seen..was set to the apostle / Fifty-three ways he was sent / Sixthly, to whom he was sent / Seventhly, why for he was sent / Eighthly, by whom he was sent\n\nRegarding the first: it is to be known / that he was sent from the Father / and from the Son / He also himself gave and sent the Holy Ghost / Of the first, Saint John in John 14:16 says / The Holy Ghost, who is called Paraclete / that God the Father will send in my name / This is he who will teach you all things\n\nRegarding the second: if I tell you I am sent by the Father / I will send him to you / Now it is to be noted / that the sending is compared to the sender in three ways / First, as one who gives being in his substance / And in this manner, the Son gives his rays or beams / Secondly, as one who gives power or strength / and so the dart is given by the power and strength commands / And after these three ways, the Holy Ghost may be said to be sent / For it is said to be sent from the Father and the Son / as having power and authority in its operation..not withstondyng hym self gy\u00a6ueth & sendeth hym / The whiche thyng semeth to be verytable after this that the gospel of Ioh\u0304n saith / Iohannis decimosexto / Cum venerit ille spiri\u2223tus veritatis &c\u0304 / \u00b6 Whan the spyrite of trouth shal come / whiche procedeth fro the fader / he shal bere wytnes of me that he cometh fro me / Now sayth saynt lyon in a sermo\u0304 of the pentecoste / The Incomutable deyte of the blessyd trynyte / is wythout ony chaungyng one in substaunce / not dyuyded in ope\u00a6racion alle one in wylle / lyke / in omnypotencye / egalle in glorye and in hys mercy / he hath taken to hym self the werke of our redempcion that the fader be to vs mercyful / the sone to vs proufytable / and god the holy ghoost enflawme vs / \u00b6 And by cause that the holy ghoost is god / therfore he gyueth hym self / And that this is trewe / Saynt Ambrose in the booke of tholy ghoost sayth thus / The glorye of the diuynyte is approw\u2223ued by iiij reaso\u0304s / or for he is without\nsynne / or for that he leueth the synnes / or for that he.The Creator is not a creature, and he was not worshiped by anyone. But he is worshiped, and this is shown to us. The Blessed Trinity was given to us. The Father has offered us all that he had, as Saint Augustine says. He has given us his Son in the price of our redemption, and the Holy Ghost in the sign of our adoption. The Son of God has given himself to us, as Saint Bernard says. He is our shepherd, our pasture, and our redemption. He gave his soul for our redemption, his blood as drink, his flesh as food, and his divinity as our final reward. The Holy Ghost gave himself to us, as the apostle says, \"by the same Holy Ghost is given the word of wisdom to one, and the word of knowledge to another, and all graces particular are given by the same Holy Ghost.\" And Saint Leo the Second says, \"the Holy Ghost was sent in four ways: in an invisible and visible way, as touching the heart and chastising it.\".\"descended visible or when by some sign visible he is shown,\nOf the sending Invisible says St. John,\nJohn iii. Spiritus quo vult spirare,\nThe holy ghost where he will he inspires the hearts,\nbut thou knowest not when he comes, nor where he will go,\nAnd it is no marvel,\nFor as St. Bernard says of this word Invisible,\nhe is not entered by the eyes for he is not colored,\nnor by the ears for he sows not,\nnor by the nostrils,\nFor he is not mingled with the air,\nnor does he enter by the conduit of the mouth,\nFor he may not be swallowed nor grasped by feeling or touching,\nFor he is not manifold nor can be handled.\nThou askest then whence he has come in by some natural or human means through which thou mightest know,\nKnow thou says St. Bernard,\nthat from the moving of the heart I have understood by his presence,\nand by the flying of vices I have felt the power of his power,\nand by the discussion and reproof of my sins I have seen.\".I am humbled by the depth of wisdom and the amendment of my manners, which are so little and small. I have experienced the bounty of his manhood and the reformulation and renewal of the spirit in my heart. I have perceived the thicknesses and the nobleness of his beauty, and the regard and consideration of all these things. I am abashed by the multitude of his greatness. The sending visible, when it is in any sign visible, it shows itself, and it is to be known that in five visible signs, the holy ghost is sent and shown. First, in the sign of a dove upon Ihu Crist, who was baptized, the holy ghost descended in bodily likeness and was made manifest to them. This was upon the mount Thabor, where Ihu Crist spoke with Saints Peter, James, and John. And thus, as he spoke there, a clear cloud covered them all. Where the gloss says, \"When Ihu Crist was baptized, and also when he was clarified, the mystery of the trinity was shown. The holy ghost was shown at baptism.\".In likeness of a dove, and in the hill in likeness of a clear mountain and cloud, thirdly he was shown in likeness of a blowing or blast, as Saint John says in the Revelation of John (Revelation 20), He breathed and blew on them and said, \"Take the holy ghost in you; of whom you forgive sins, they shall be forgiven; and of whom you retain sins, they shall be retained.\" Fourthly, in likeness of fire, fifthly in likeness of tongues, and in these two manners he appeared to us to give us to understand that the properties of the tongue and of fire he puts in the hearts, where he descends. The dove has wailing for its voice in an hole or in a wall of stone. And thus the holy ghost, them that he fills, makes them to wail for their sins. Whereof says Isaiah the prophet, Isaiah 53, \"We all shall mourn like bereaved ones, and wail like doves in our minds, humbly and bitterly, how we have erred against the scripture.\" And for this comforts us the apostle Saint Paul, to the Romans 8, \"The holy ghost helps us in our weaknesses.\".The ghost ceaseth not to pray for us, in moving us to waylaying without number, for our sins which are countless. Secondly, the doves are without gall, and the holy ghost makes them such where he descends. For that is his nature, as the wise man says in Proverbs 11: \"O how good and sweet is this spirit in us.\" Item, in the same place, he is called sweet, benign, and human. He makes us benign and human, that is, sweet in word, benign in heart, and human in deed. Thirdly, the doves dwell in the holes of stone walls, that is, in the wounds of Jesus Christ, he makes them dwell, as it is said in the Canticles 2: \"Arise, my spouse, my love, and my dove, my spouse and my love, that is, a devout soul, and come, my dove, for to nourish small pigeons in the holes of the wall, that is, in the wounds of our Lord.\" Where Saint Jerome says:.The spirit of our mouths, as he would say, is Jesus Christ. For he is our mouth, and our flesh makes us speak to Christ, in your embrace, that is, in your passion, in which Jesus Christ was obscure and despised. Secondly, he was shown in the likeness of a cloud. The cloud is lifted up from there by the virtue of the sun and nourishes and engenders rain. It refreshes and cools them and there. Thus, the Holy Ghost lifts up those whom he fills, making them despise worldly things, as the prophet Ezechiel says. The Holy Ghost lifted me up between heaven and earth, and brought me into Jerusalem in the vision of God. Secondly, he refreshes the heart against the dryness of the burning of vices. And this was said to the Virgin Mary: \"The Holy Ghost shall come upon you, and the power of him that is highest.\".The holy ghost quenches all ardor of vices, and the holy ghost is called water, because water has the virtue and nature to refresh and quench. Saint John the Evangelist says, \"From the holy ghost flow living waters.\" He further says, \"This is what he of the holy ghost says, whom the apostles received and they who received him. For rivers ran through all the world upon those who believed in God. Thirdly, he engendered rain, which descends in drops. And this is what David says, 'The holy ghost shall blow and make waters to flow, that is, by tears coming from the heart, dropping from the eyes.' Fourthly, he is shown in the form of a dove, which is a spirit of the heart, cast out by the mouth, which is light, hot, sweet, and necessary for breathing. Thus, the holy ghost is light to be shed into a man. He is most swift of any thing that is movable, as the gloss says on this word, factus est..At the coming of the holy ghost, he made a movement as of thunder and wind, vehement and sudden, and filled all the houses where the apostles sat, who remained in great devotion. For the grace of the holy ghost did not operate in his actions of space or time, but he had sudden motion.\n\nSecondly, he is hot to inflame hearts, as Jesus Christ says, \"I am come to cast fire on the earth; and what will I, but it be kindled?\" (Luke 12:49). He is compared to wind which is hot. This is said in the canticles, \"Come, wind of the south, and blow upon my garden; let my soul be enlarged\" (Song of Solomon 4:16).\n\nThirdly, he is sweet, to make sweet the hearts, and therefore he is named the sweet unction of him. This which pertains to our health is named by the name of dew. The holy church sings, \"I will be like the dew to Israel; he shall grow like Lebanon\" (Hosea 14:5)..And after the stroke of the fire descended a sweet sound of air, soft and small. And there was our lord. Fourthly, it is necessary to breathe in such a manner that if it could not issue out of the mouth, one should not breathe. Immediately, the man should die. And thus we should understand of the holy ghost: after this, David says, \"Take away their spirit and they shall fall; and in the dust return.\" Lord God, as soon as thou shalt take away their spirit, they shall fall. And therefore he says, \"Send forth thy spirit and they shall be created by spiritual life and renewed.\" For the holy ghost is he that gives life. Fourthly, he was shown in the likeness of fire. Fifthly, in the likeness of tongues. And the cause why he appeared in these two forms I shall say hereafter. As to the third principal in which time he was sent, he was sent on the fiftieth day after Easter to give us knowledge that the holy ghost came. And it is the perfection of..The law / the perpetual remuneration / and the remission of sins it appears to be of the perfection of the law. For from the day that the lab was consecrated in that old law, the law was delivered forty days after it, as the church says in fire, and also in the new testament, fifty days after Easter descended the holy ghost on the mount of Zion in the likeness of fire, like as the law was given on the highest mount of Sinai, so the holy ghost in the supper of Jesus Christ and his apostles was made manifest. In this it appears that the holy ghost is the perfection of all the law. For in this is the fullness of love. Secondly, the perpetual remuneration is in the holy ghost; of which the gloss says thus: that the forty days in which the Lord conversed with his disciples signify the holy church, and the fifty day, on which the holy ghost was given, expresses the penny of the last retribution and reward perpetual. Thirdly, of the holy ghost is the:\n\n(Note: The last line appears to be incomplete and may not contain a full thought, so it is left unchanged to maintain faithfulness to the original text.)\n\nTherefore, the text suggests that the holy ghost is the embodiment of the law's perfection, providing eternal love, perpetual remuneration, and the final reward. The forty days following Christ's resurrection represent the holy church, while the fifty-day mark signifies the descent of the holy ghost and the final retribution. However, the last line seems to be incomplete and may not convey a complete thought..The remission of sins, as the gloss says, was given on the fiftieth day because in the jubilee year all things were pardoned. And according to the gloss, it continues: In the spiritual jubilee, prisoners were delivered, debts were quit, exiles were recalled and welcomed home, heirlooms were restored, and bondmen were freed. The guilty of death were made right, and St. Paul says, \"The law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set me free from the law of sin and death.\" After the debts of sin are left behind, charity covers and quenches a great multitude of sins. The exiled are called home, and the prophet says, \"Your good spirit has brought me into the right land, the land of my inheritance,\" that is, to heaven. The heritage lost is restored, and St. Paul adds, \"The Holy Spirit bore witness to our spirits that we are children of God.\".The son of God, and if we are his sons, we are heirs. Those who were servants to sin are made free to God. Where the Holy Ghost is, there is freedom and liberty. Regarding the fourth point, it is often stated that he was sent to the apostles three times: the first and third times to confirm the faith; first, when he sent them to preach and cast out demons and heal the sick, he gave them the power to do so by the Holy Ghost; these miracles were performed not because whoever has the Holy Ghost performs miracles, but because they reveal his holiness, and not every man who performs miracles has the Holy Ghost. Evil people falsely claim to have performed miracles, saying, \"Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in your name, cast out demons in your name, and done many mighty works in your name?\" But he will reply, \"I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.\".vs the spirit of prophecy, God performs miracles through his angels, who are amiable in nature and have supernatural virtues. And the demons, which are naturally created in things, chant by the help of demons. The good Christian man is publicly justified by justice. The wicked Christian man is justified by signs of justice.\n\nSecondly, they had the Holy Ghost, who said, \"Take the Holy Ghost into you, and forgive those whom you forgive, and they shall be forgiven; and those whom you retain, they shall be retained.\" None but God may forgive sins, as the sin that is in the soul and which is a debt to eternal punishment or as the offense against God, which is only forgiven by the infusion of the grace of God and by the sinner's contrition or confession. And it shows that the sinner is reconciled with God, as to that, that the temporal pain that should be perpetual, he receives into purgatory, and also because the temporal pain is paid, he releases part of it.\n\nThirdly, the Holy Ghost was present..give it to them on this day, when he confirmed their hearts, that they feared no torment, by the virtue of the holy ghost, which overcomes all, of which Saint Austin says, Such is the grace of the holy ghost, that if he finds sadness in the heart, he breaks it; if he finds a desire for evil, he destroys it; if he finds vain fear, he casts it out. And Saint Lion the pope says, the holy ghost was hoped for by the apostles not for the first time that he had inhabited them, but because their hearts were more sacred and dedicated to him, and more abundantly by grace should abide in them, increasing his gifts, not thence departing from which he was not newly showing his operation. For his largesse passed all bounds. As for the fifth, that is to say how he was sent, it is to be known that he was sent with great sound in tongues of fire, the which tongues appeared sitting, and the sound was sudden from heaven, vehement and shining. It was sudden, for he had no need of..space temporell / It was fro he\u2223uen / For he made them celestyall that he re / vehement / For he gaf dre\u00a6de of loue / or for that / that he toke away the sorow perdurable / whiche is maledic\u2223tion / or for that / that he bare the herte out of carnall loue / also he was replenes\u00a6shyng / Fofulfyled all thappostles as saith saynt luc / Repleti sunt omnes spiritu sancto / And it is to wete that ther ben iij signes of replenyssyng that were in thappostles / The first is that the place where he is yeueth no sowne / lyke a tonne of wyn that is full / to this pur\u00a6poos spekyth Iob / Shal not the oxe crye and rore / whan the racke is ful / The oxe shall not bowe ne crye whan the cryb\u2223be shal be full / lyke as he wold saye / Wha\u0304 the herte is ful of grace / hym ought not grudche by impacience / This signe had thappostles / For in the tribulacion that they had / they resowned not ne grudched by Impacience / but Ioyously wente to the presence of the tyrauntes to pryson and to tormentes / The seconde signe is that he may.receieve no more / Ellis he was not full / In this manner he who is all filled demands no more / In like wise the saints who have plenitude of grace may receive no other flavor of earthly delight / And because they have tasted the sweetness of heaven they have no appetite for earthly delight, of which St. Augustine says, \"He who drinks but one drop of the delights of paradise, which one drop is greater than all the sea ocean, which ought to be understood, that all the thirst of this world is in him extinguished.\" And this sign had the apostles, who would have none of the goods of this world in propriety but put it all in common. The third sign is to run over, as it appears by a river which arises and runs over its banks. As Solomon says, \"This flood or river Phison, of its nature arises and springs over, and waters and stirs up the earth about it.\" In like wise the apostles began to spread abroad. After them..After receiving the Holy Ghost, they began to speak in various languages. The gloss says that this was the sign of completeness. For the vessel full sheds over, as it appears, of the saint. Peter, for instance, began to preach and spoke three thousand words. Secondly, he was sent in tongues of fire. Here are three things to consider. First, for whom was he sent in tongues of fire? Secondly, why was he sent in tongues of fire more than in another element? Thirdly, why was he sent in tongues more than in another member?\n\nTo the first, for three reasons, Peter was sent and appeared in tongues of fire. First, so that their words would inflame their hearts. Second, so they could preach the fiery law of God. Third, so they would know that the Holy Ghost, which is fire, spoke through them, and so they would not doubt. And because all men should hear the words of God, and they should attribute or take credit for their conversion not to themselves but to the preaching..The second point is that he was sent in the likeness of fire for many reasons. The first reason is taken from the seven virtues of grace. The holy ghost came in the manner of fire to make mighty things meek by the gift of fear. He softens and ameliorates hard things by the gift of pity. He illuminates hard things by the gift of science. He restrains the floods of vices by the gift of counsel. He affirms and consolidates soft things by the gift of understanding. He draws up creatures by the gift of wisdom. The second reason is taken from his dignity and excellence. Fire surpasses and excels all other elements in beauty, order, and virtue. In beauty because of the fairness of light. In order because of its situation. In virtue because of its vigor in operation. In the same way, the holy ghost excels in these three things. For the first, it is called the holy ghost, pure without filth. For the second, the holy ghost, which encompasses all..The third reason is taken as being the Holy Ghost, having all virtue because he is Invincible. He has all strength, seeing all things from far. The third reason is taken as having manyfold effects, and this reason assigns that the fire has four virtues or natures. It burns, it purges, it heats, and it lights. In like wise, the Holy Ghost burns sins, purges hearts, casts away all coldness and fear of hearts, and enlightens those who are ignorant. Of the first, Zachary the prophet says, \"He burns and broils the Lord, I pray thee, burn my reins and my heart, and dry them from all sin. He purges hearts, as it is said by Isaiah, 'When our Lord had washed away the filths of the daughters of Zion, and had purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst of him, in the spirit of judgment, and in the spirit of burning, then shall they be in safety and security.\".and keeps against all tempests, and the prophet speaks of the purgation that shall be made at last, when all shall be purged pure and clean who shall go into heaven. He casts out also all coldness and pusillanimity of the hearts. Of this thing the apostle says, \"Be fervent in spirit, serving the Lord. Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.\" The holy ghost makes this thing when it inspires him with love. And of this Saint Gregory says, \"The holy ghost appeared in fire for all the hearts which he filled, and drove away the coldness of fear, and inflamed them with the desire of the imperishable glory. He enlightened also the ignorant, of whom the wise man says, 'Lord God, who shall know your wisdom, if you give not your wisdom and send us your holy spirit from above? This is he who enlightens and teaches.\" The fourth reason is taken after the nature of his love. Love is signified by fire for three causes. The first cause is, for fire is always moving. So is it of the holy ghost, for those whom he enlightens and teaches..The replenisher makes them continue in perpetual motion with good operation; the love of God is never idle within the heart of a devout person, it bears fruit, and if it does not bear fruit, it is a sign that it is not there. The second is that among all the other elements, fire has little matter but great strength in operation. The Holy Ghost, whom it replenishes, makes them have but little or no love for the world, flesh, spirit, and spiritually. The third cause is that fire abases and makes things high; it has tended to unite high things and those that are desperate to be united by these three things are understood to be the three verities of love. According to St. Denys in the book of the divine names, fire has three virtues: it draws the high things down, it lifts up the low things in height, it does this..Orders the things equally according to their custom / These three things make the Holy Ghost present in those who receive it / For He inclines them through humility / He lifts them up in desire of high things / And orders them to guide by unity of manners\nThirdly, He appeared in the form of a tongue more than in any other member / And for three reasons / The tongue is the member that is inflamed by the fire of hell / and is of great difficulty to govern / And it is profitable when well governed / And because the tongue was inflamed by the fire of hell, she had need that the Holy Ghost should come to temper it, as St. James says, \"It is the fire of the Holy Ghost,\" and because it is evil and lightly governed, she has the greater need\nFurthermore, St. James says in his chronicle, \"All nature of beasts, birds, and serpents are mastered and ruled by man / but the tongue cannot be mastered / And because it is a member profitable when well governed, therefore he had need. \".The holy ghost, who should govern it, appeared in a tongue that was necessary. He is necessary for preachers, for he makes them speak fearlessly. And so he was in that form, as Saint Bernard says. The holy ghost descended upon the disciples in tongues of fire, to enable them to preach and speak the law in the tongues of fire. The holy ghost also makes them speak and preach boldly and constantly with the holy ghost, and they began to speak with boldness the word of God. He makes them speak in various ways because of the great and diverse multitude of hierarchs. And therefore it is said, they began to speak with different tongues, in such a way as the holy ghost administered to them. He made them preach profitably for the edification of the people, as Isaiah says, \"The holy ghost has been descended upon me, and he has anointed me with his grace, from whose mouth God's words have become effective and profitable.\".Creatures / Thirdly, the tongues appeared sitting / in signifying that he was necessary for presidents and judges / For he gives authority to pardon and forgive sins / as Saint John says / take the holy ghost / by whom you shall take away the sins of those who repent / he also gives wisdom for judgment / as Isaiah says / I will put my spirit upon them that shall judge and decide truly / he also gives kindness and sweetness / to support and soften the judgment / as it is said in Numbers x. I will give to my people of my spirit that is in them / to support the burden of my people / The spirit of Moses was the spirit of benevolence and sweetness that was in him / for to judge the people / Moses was most meek and most kind / and therefore God delivered to him his people to govern / The holy ghost gives adornment of holiness for them / as the scripture says /\n\nThe holy ghost has adorned the heavens / that are the hearts wherein he dwells..And the sixth to whom he was sent among the apostles, who were clean and pure and disposed to receive the holy ghost, for seven reasons: first, they were quiet and peaceful in heart; this is signified by the words, \"When the days of Pentecost were fulfilled\" and so on. The day of Pentecost is the day of rest, as it is said, \"But upon whom shall my spirit descend? But upon a humble and meek spirit.\"\n\nSecondly, they were heard by the multitude. And this is what the scripture says, \"And they were all with one accord.\" The spirit of man gives life to the members, but the holy ghost gives spiritual life only to united members. And just as fire quenches and goes out when the brands are taken away, so the holy ghost departs when the members are divided. Therefore it is said, \"When the days of Pentecost were fulfilled.\".of the apostles, who the holy ghost found in agreement through love and charity, and enlightened with clarity shining in them of the divine delight. Thirdly, they were in a secret place. For they were in the place where Jesus Christ made his mandate, or supper, of which is said, \"O see two,\" I shall lead mankind's soul into a solitary place and speak to it in secret. Fourthly, they were in orison and prayer, continuing which is sung, \"Orantibus apostolis venisse,\" and when they were in prayer, then the holy ghost came upon them, which prayer is necessary to receive the holy ghost, as the wise man says, \"I have prayed to God, and the holy ghost has come upon me,\" of which Jesus Christ says, \"John 14:16,\" \"I shall pray to my father, and I shall send to you in my stead the holy ghost that shall comfort you.\" Fifthly, they were clothed in humility and meekness. And that is, they were sitting when the holy ghost came, and thereof David says, \"Lord.\".You are the one who sends the fountains into the valleys; it is the holy ghost, which is the fountain of grace, that you send into humble hearts. Sixthly, they were in peace, that is, they were in Jerusalem, as much to say as in the vision of peace. And peace is necessary to receive the holy ghost. Our lord showed this when he came to them after his resurrection, saying, \"Peace be with you,\" and afterward, \"Receive the holy ghost.\" Seventhly, they were lifted up in contemplation. And this is to understand that they received the holy ghost in a high place, as the gloss says: \"He that now desires the holy ghost in his heart, let him subject the house of his flesh under his feet, by lifting up his heart through contemplation.\" Seventhly, why he was sent: for seven reasons he was sent, which are understood in this authority. Paracletus, however, is the holy one: whom the father sends in my name..The first cause is to comfort the sorrowful, who is called Paraclitus, as God says through Isaiah. The Spirit of God is upon me, and it follows that I should comfort the weary daughters of Syon, who are the ones who have seen God. Saint Gregory says, \"The Holy Ghost is called Comforter, to those whom He finds in wretchedness for their sins, making ready hope of pardon in lifting up their hearts from the affliction of sorrow.\"\n\nThe second is to quicken the dead, as He says, \"spiritus,\" for the Spirit is He who quickens. It is said in Ezekiel, \"Ye dry bones, I will send My Spirit in you, and you shall live.\"\n\nThe third cause is for sanctification and cleansing of sinners. He is called Holy Spirit because He gives life and also sanctifies and makes clean. It is said, \"pure and clean,\" therefore David says, \"The grace.\".The holy ghost, which is pure and cleansing, delights the city of God, that is the holy church. By this flood, our Lord has sanctified His tabernacle. The fourth cause is that He is sent to confirm love among those who are in discord and hate, signified by the word \"Father.\" He is called Father because, as St. John says in the Gospel (John 14:21), \"Jesus said to his disciples: 'He who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and reveal myself to him.' And you, if you love me, will keep my commandments. I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate to be with you always, the Spirit of truth.' And between brothers there should always be love and friendship. The fifth cause is to save the just and true men, as He says, \"In my name.\" That is, I am Jesus, the Savior. In whose name the Father sends the holy ghost to show that He came to save the people. The sixth cause is to instruct the ignorant, as He says, \"He will teach you all things.\" The holy ghost, who He is, He will teach you all things. As for the seventh, He is given or sent..First, in the beginning of the church, a person prayed to God as follows: \"Oratibus applicemus deum, venisse [1]. The Apostles prayed the Holy Ghost and light. Ihu prayed, saying, 'Sancte Spiritus, descendere,' and the Holy Ghost descended in the form of tongues of fire, and rested upon each of them [2]. Secondly, they were attentively and devoutly listening to the word of God being acted out [3]. As Saint Peter was preaching, the Holy Ghost descended upon them [3]. Thirdly, it came about through holy and active operation [4]. Imponebat manus super eos [5], and they received the sign of the cross. The Apostles laid their hands on them, and immediately they received the Holy Ghost. This imposition of hands signifies the absolution of the priest, which absolution gives us the Holy Ghost [6].\n\nThe great generosity and blessings that God has bestowed upon Christ's people give them great dignity, for there is no people or nation whose gods have approached them as near as our Lord God is to us. The blessed Son of God is with us [7].\"\n\n[1] Oratibus applicemus deum, venisse: \"Let us beseech God to come.\"\n[2] The Apostles prayed the Holy Ghost and light. Ihu prayed, saying, 'Sancte Spiritus, descendere': \"The Apostles prayed for the coming of the Holy Ghost, and Ihu prayed, 'Holy Spirit, come.'\"\n[3] As Saint Peter was preaching, the Holy Ghost descended upon them: \"As Saint Peter was preaching, the Holy Ghost came upon them.\"\n[4] it came about through holy and active operation: \"it came about through holy and active participation\"\n[5] Imponebat manus super eos: \"He laid hands on them\"\n[6] This imposition of hands signifies the absolution of the priest, which absolution gives us the Holy Ghost: \"This laying on of hands by the priest signifies absolution, which absolution gives us the Holy Ghost.\"\n[7] The great generosity and blessings that God has bestowed upon Christ's people give them great dignity, for there is no people or nation whose gods have approached them as near as our Lord God is to us. The blessed Son of God is with us: \"The great generosity and blessings that God has bestowed upon Christ's people give them great dignity, for there is no people or nation whose gods have come as near to them as our Lord God is to us. The blessed Son of God is with us.\".Making Himself divine and godlike, and taking our nature, He made men gods. And all that He took from us, He gave back to us for our salvation. He gave His own body in offering to God the Father on the altar of the cross for our reconciliation, and shed His blood in prison and washing away our sins, so that we might be redeemed from the miserable servitude in which we were, and be cleansed and cleansed of our sins. And not only the flesh of calves or oxen, like that which was given in sacrifice for us to taste, but His own proper body. O precious feast and communion! And truly full of great wonder! The feast is healthful and nourishing of all sweetness. What thing may be more precious than this noble company or feast, in which not only the flesh of calves or oxen is like that which was given as a pledge for us to taste, but the very body of Jesus..which is very God presented for reverence and adoration, what thing might be more full of great admiration, than is this holy sacrament in which the bread and wine are substantially combined into the true body of Ihu. And therefore Ihu Christ is contained under the species and likeness of bread and wine. He is eaten and received by the good and true Christian men, but for that, He is not departed in pieces or dismembered in His members, but abides whole and entire in each of His parts. For if this holy sacrament were divided or departed into many parts, in each part should remain increased, and the thoughts be engraved and fulfilled with the abundance of all good virtues. He is offered in the holy church for the living and the dead, to the end that He may profit all who are ordained and instituted to consecrate it. The sweetness of this holy sacrament none can express, by which sweetness is spiritually tasted and remembered..The excellent charity that God showed in his glorious passion, so that it might be more fiercely impressed in the hearts of devout and faithful people, was the great generosity of his charity, which He would bestow on this world and go to His Father, and would eat His paschal lamb with His disciples. Then He instituted this holy sacrament as a perpetual memorial of His passion, as the accomplishment of ancient figures and of the miracles that He performed. And also to the end that those who were sorrowful and heavy-hearted for His absence might have some singular consolation, this is a thing right convenient and commendable for the devotion of devout hearts to remember solely the institution of this healthful and marvelous sacrament and render due thanksgivings and graces to God.\n\nAnd how fitting that the day of the Cenacle or supper, in which this noble sacrament was instituted, is a special memorial of this sacrament. Howbeit, the surplus of the service of the same day pertains to it..In the Passion of our Lord, on this day, our mother church is occupied in a devout manner, and because this institution of such a noble sacrament may be made more solemn, Pope Urban IV, out of great devotion to this holy sacrament, instituted the feast and remembrance of this holy sacrament on the first Thursday after the octaves of Pentecost. He encouraged all good Christian people to use this holy sacrament throughout the year for their salvation. May this devotion be particularly directed towards this holy Institution at the time when the true faithful disciples began to frequent it. According to the Acts of the Apostles, they were persistent in the doctrine of the apostles and in the communion of the breaking of the bread in devout assemblies after the sending of the Holy Ghost. And to this holy Institution of this..amorous sacrament should be the more honorably hallowed on the said day and by the utas or octaves following. In stead of material distributions that are distributed in cathedral churches, the aforementioned pope granted nocturnals of this holy solemnity to those who every good Catholic person should have the more desire to come to one, so great a solemnity. That is to say, at matins on a C day of pardon, at mass as much at first evensong as at second evensong on the day, also on the C days at the hours of prime, terce, sixth, none, and compline at each of these hours forty days. On other days during the octaves, for every day that shall be at matins, at mass, at terce, sixth, none, and compline, a C day of pardon, and all these pardons of the church's treasure by the mercycord divine he has given and instituted perpetually. This sacrament figured our Lord When he sent it..The manna from heaven to the old fathers in the desert, where they were fed with celestial food. It is said that this manna had eaten bread of angels. But all who had eaten of it died in the desert. However, this bread that you now receive is the living bread which descended from heaven, that nourished the substance of eternal life. Whoever receives this bread worthily, he shall never die eternally, for this is the true body of Jesus Christ. Consider here, which is most excellent and most profitable, the bread of angels or the true body of Jesus Christ, which is life-giving. The manna aforementioned came from heaven. This precious flesh is above heaven. This manna is celestial. This flesh here is God, the creator of heavens. The manna was kept until the morning and was corrupted; this bread may feel no corruption. To them in the desert aforementioned, water gushed out of a stone. To us, the blood of the thirsty Jesus Christ has sprung. The water..Refresh them for an hour, but the precious blood of Ihu Crist washes us perpetually. The Jews drank, and they were always thirsty, but you, Christian man, whoever has drunk of this beverage here, you may never have thirst again. That other was given to them in a shadow and cloud, but this was given in truth. Now you shall understand this: they drank of the water that issued out of the stone. This stone was Ihu Crist. Yet they did not always please God in their works, and therefore they died in the desert. All things were done in figure, to give knowledge of things greater and more notable. It is much greater a thing of the light than of the shadow, the semblance of truth than it is of figure. And also much greater of the body of our creator and maker than it is of the manna that came down from heaven. You shall inquire how you affirm and assure me that I receive the body of Ihu Crist, which I see as another thing. We have many examples..by the which we may well prove that what you receive is not that thing which nature has formed, but it is well that the blessing has consecrated; the blessing has greater might than nature, for by the blessing's power nature has been changed. For instance, Moses, who held a rod in his hand, cast it to the earth; it became a serpent. Immediately he took it up, and it turned into the nature of a rod once more. You see then how, by the grace of the prophet, the nature has been changed twice, from the serpent to the rod. The rivers of Egypt ran their natural course at one time, but suddenly, by the wiles of the magicians and enclosed between the sea and them, Moses lifted up his rod, and then the water departed and assembled into the likeness of a wall. And the flood of the Jordan, in its own place against its nature, returned against the hill. The elders in the desert also, at one time, had great thirst; Moses.To took his rod and struck a stone from which great abundance of water issued. This is not the grace of blessing which we have above nature, when the stone gives water, which it cannot by nature. Marah, a river bitter in this way, could not drink it. Moses put a staff in the water, and suddenly, by the grace of the blessing which he wrought there, it lost its bitterness and became sweet. Similarly, in the time of Elijah the prophet, one of the prophet's sons let fall the yoke of his axe in the water. The yoke, after its nature, sank to the bottom of the water. Then he called to Elijah, praying for his axe. Elijah put his staff in the water, and anon the iron began to swim above the water. This is something above nature, for the weight of the iron is heavier than the liquid of the water. By these things and by the blessings of prophets, we clearly see how grace or blessing has worked above nature. Then, moreover, blessing..humayne dyuerse tymes hath thus co\u0304uertid thynges ayenst nature / what shal we saye of\nthe consecracion dyuyne / where the wor\u2223des of god werke / For this holy sacre\u2223ment here that thou receyuest / is consecra\u2223te of the worde of Ih\u0304u\u0304 cryst / Thenne yf ye worde of helye was of so grete effecte that it made fyre to descende from heuen / of moche wor\u00a6de of Ihesu cryst for to torne the lyknes of elementes / ye haue redde of the werkes of the world / as god said and co\u0304man\u2223ded so was it made / he comanded and it was made / And the worde that made alle thyng of nought / may not the same chau\u0304ge the thynges / that haue ben made in to other spece and lyknes / It is not lasse to hym to create thynges than to chaunge thynges / we shewe also the mysterye of thyncarnacion of our maker Ihesu cryst / was not that aboue nature that Ihesu cryst was born of the vyrgyne marye / yf thou demande of thordenaunce of nature / thou knowest that the woma\u0304 hath acusto\u0304me to conceyue by the seed of man / But the vyrgyne marie.\"Engendered and conceived above ordinance of nature, and this holy sacrament that we now consecrate is the proper body of Jesus Christ, who was born of the virgin. Wherefore seek you the transformation of the precious nature of Jesus Christ, when he is above all nature? He that was born of the virgin is the proper flesh of Jesus Christ, which was crucified and buried. And truly this proper flesh is in this sacrament. Our savior Jesus Christ says, \"This is my body.\" Before the blessing of the celestial words it is another species, but after the consecration it is the proper body of our Lord. For as soon as the consecration is pronounced and said, the substance of the bread is converted into the blessed body of Jesus Christ, and in like wise the wine and water in the chalice, after the words of consecration are said, is the very body of our Lord also whole in flesh and blood. All the remainder that is said in the mass are\".Prayers and longing to our lord, and prayers for the church, for the kings, and for the people. But when this holy sacrament is consecrated, the heaven, the earth, and the sea are revealed to be what a worker is the word of Jesus Christ. Since so much might and power reside in the word of Jesus Christ, which never had been or began to be, then by much more reason, He can make that which is, to be converted into other substance. And thus, that which was bread before the consecration, is the proper body of Jesus Christ after the consecration. And thus, our blessed Lord has left His blessed body for us to honor and worship on earth. And by reason, I think He might do no less, considering our instability, and how prone people have been to worship false gods and idols, and how often His own chosen people, the Jews, departed from His laws and took to them false gods, notwithstanding the great miracles..marvelous that he did and showed for them / than to leave his own proper body here among us daily to be remembered in eschewing of all idolatry for the salvation of our souls / Whom we beseech that we may receive unto our perpetual / salvation Amen /\n\nThus ends the feast of Corpus Christi\n\nThe dedication of the church is solemnly consecrated among the other feasts of the church. And because it is a double church or temple, that is, material and spiritual, and therefore it is briefly to be considered regarding the consecration of this double temple, as for the consecration of the material temple, three things are to be considered: first, why it is consecrated; secondly, how it is consecrated; thirdly, by whom it is consecrated. And because there are two things in the church that are consecrated, that is, the altar and the temple, therefore it is first to be seen how the altar is consecrated. The altar is first consecrated for three reasons: first, to make sacrifice to God, as it is said in Genesis 8:\n\n\"And Noah built an altar to the LORD, and took of every clean animal and of every clean bird, and offered burnt offerings on the altar. And the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma; and the LORD said in His heart, 'I will never again curse the ground on account of man, for the intention of man's heart is evil from his youth; and never again will I destroy every living thing as I have done. While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night shall not cease.' And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them: 'Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth.'\" (Genesis 8:20-22, NASB).Noed built an altar to the Lord, and took all the birds and beasts of the earth, offering them upon the altar. The sacrifice we make upon the altar is the body and blood of Jesus Christ, which we sacrifice in memory of His passion, as He commanded us and said, \"Do this in remembrance of Me.\" We have three memories of the passion of our Lord: one is the mind of the passion, which we have in writing; another is the mental image; and the second is the passion preached. The third memory is the passion of our Lord transfigured into this sacrament, which is truly the soul, body, and blood of Jesus Christ..For this text, I will make the following corrections while sticking to the original content as much as possible:\n\n1. Remove unnecessary line breaks and whitespaces.\n2. Correct some spelling errors and abbreviations.\n\nCleaned Text:\n\n\"tasting and if the passion of Ihu Christ, which is written, envelopes and extends the tale, and that which is preached envelopes it even more. This sacrament inflames us greatly in which it is printed so significantly. Secondly, as for calling the name of our Lord, of whom it is said in Genesis 12, Abraham built an altar to our Lord. This invocation or calling should be made, as the apostle says to Timothy, either by prayers made in admiration to take away evils from us, or by orisons made to obtain the goods, or by requests made to the Trinity to create the goods and to keep them. The first, made upon the altar, is called properly a mass because Ihu Christ is sent from heaven. And this word mass is called properly one of sending, and Ihu Christ is sent from his Father to us by his incarnation. Afterward, he is sent from us to his Father by his passion. And first, he began to be with us by being sacrificed. We, in turn, were with him by this.\".The oblation prays for us, and it is worth noting that the Mass is sung in three languages: Greek, Hebrew, and Latin. The title placed on the cross during His glorious Passion was in these languages: Greek, Hebrew, and Latin. Moreover, it signifies that all languages ought to praise God. The Latin tongue is the Gospel and the Psalms. The song in Greek is the Kyrie, which is sung nine times to reach the nine choirs of Angels. The Hebrew is Alleluia, Sabaoath, and Osanna. Thirdly, it is hallowed to sing this, and Ecclesiastes' book (Chapter 47) states that he ordered them against their enemies and made the singers put away from around the altar. He made them sing and give sweet melodies in their voices, and said melodies in plural number. Hugo de Sancto Victor states that there are three kinds of melodies: one by striking, one by wind, and one by song..touching or relating to the harp and its parts: the wind for the organ, the voices for the song. This harmony of song and touch of the harp can be compared to the harmony of good manners. For the touch of the harp can be attributed to the skill of the hands and the blowing of the organ to devotion of thought. And the voices of the song to the preaching of God's word. But the sweetness of the voices without the sweetness of the heart breaks the harmony, but the will maintains the harmony of the voices and good manners. Thus, by example, he accords himself to his neighbor, and by his good will he accords himself to God, and by obedience to his master. This is the triple manner of music, which is reported to the triple difference of the church's office. For the church's office is made in psalms, lessons, and song.\n\nThe first manner of music is made by the touch of fingers, as in the psaltery and similar instruments..The second is the song of the voices, and it pertains to the lessons. It says, \"Sing ye to him in carrying your voices.\" The third pertains to the song of a trumpet, and David says, \"Praise him in the sound of the trumpet.\" The temple or the church is hallowed for five reasons. The first is because the devil and all his power are put out. Saint Gregory recounts this in his dialogue: a church of heretics was given to good Christian men, and they consecrated it and brought in relics of Saint Fabian and Sebastian, and all the people were assembled there. Suddenly, a hog ran among their feet, scratching the doors of the church, and it could not be seen by anyone. The people were greatly astonished, but the Lord showed them that it was the foul spirit that dwelt there before. That night was full of noise covering the church, like,\n\nCleaned Text: The second is the song of the voices, pertaining to the lessons. It says, \"Sing ye to him in carrying your voices.\" The third pertains to the song of a trumpet, and David says, \"Praise him in the sound of the trumpet.\" The temple or the church is hallowed for five reasons. The first is because the devil and all his power are expelled. Saint Gregory relates this in his dialogue: a church of heretics was given to good Christian men, who consecrated it and brought in relics of Saints Fabian and Sebastian. All the people were assembled there. Suddenly, a hog scratched among their feet, scratching the doors of the church, and it could not be seen by anyone. The people were greatly astonished, but the Lord revealed to them that it was the foul spirit that had previously dwelt there. That night was full of noise covering the church..And the second night was noisier, and the third night was so fearful and horrible with a great noise that the church should have fallen down into the foundation. And then the wicked spirits departed and came no more there. The hounds' signs indicated that for certain the fiend had been constrained to leave. Secondly, it is hallowed because those who flee to the church should be safe. Some churches, after their dedication, are privileged by princes, that those who are culpable and flee to the church may be saved. The canon says, \"The church defends the culpables from blood, that they neither lose life nor limb.\" And therefore Joab fled to the tabernacle and took hold of the altar. Thirdly, it is hallowed because the orisons are enchanted there. It is signified in the book of Kings, the eighth chapter, when the temple was dedicated. Solomon said, \"Whoever shall pray in this place, thou shalt hear him, Lord.\".Heaven / And when you have heard him, be kind to him. We worship God in churches toward the east. For three reasons, after Daniel:\n\nFirst, because we show our peasants that we require obedience to us.\nSecondly, because we behold Jesus Christ crucified.\nThirdly, because we show that we await him as a judge to come.\n\nDaniel says in the fourth book, the first chapter, \"God placed paradise in the house of the east. From which He expelled man because he broke His commandment, and made him dwell before paradise toward the east, toward Eden, before he went any other way. Therefore we look now in the church toward the east. And our Lord, crucified, looked toward the east. And thus we worship Him, facing Him, until He comes.\n\nHe was born high, and so we worship the apostles in the same way. And He will come as they saw Him going to heaven. And so we worship Him facing east in anticipation of His coming.\n\nFourthly, the church is hallowed because youth and praises are rendered there..And this is done at the canonical hours or times: at matins, at prime, at terce, and so at others. And yet, God is to be praised in all the hours of the day, but because of our infirmity, it is ordered that we specifically praise God at these hours, because these hours are in some way more propitious than others. For at midnight, when matins are sung, Ihu Crist was born, and also taken and despised by the Jews, and at the same hour he overthrew hell, taking midnight largely, that is, before day he arose from death to life. And he appeared at the hour of prime. It is said that he will come at the doom at midnight. Saint Jerome says, \"I believe that the things that the apostles have said will come to pass before day.\"\n\nFor the vigil of Easter before midnight, it does not leave matins. For the people wait for the coming of Ihu Crist. And when this time comes, men ought to have assurance that all men make a feast..And we sing at that hour praising God, because we give him thanks for his nativity, for his taking, and for the delivery of the holy apostles. So that we may quickly abandon his coming and the laws be dismissed to the matins. For at this hour, tide drowned the Egyptians in the sea and created the world and arose. And at this hour, late we give thanks to God that we are not drowned in the sea of this world with the Egyptians. And that we render praises to God for our and for his resurrection. At the third hour, Jesus Christ came into the temple, and the people assembled to him, as Luke says in the 21st chapter. He was at that hour presented to Pilate. And at this hour, after he rose, he first appeared to the women. And this is the first hour of the day. Therefore, let us read our thanksgivings to God and pray, because we may follow Ihu Christ that we may yield to him the first fruit of all our works. At the third hour, Jesus Christ was crucified..In the tongues of the Jews, I was bound to a stake and beaten before Pilate. And as it is said, the stake or pillar that I was bound to showed my blood. At the sixth hour, I was nailed to the cross, and darkness covered the whole world. The sun wept for the death of its lord and hid itself with blackness, providing no light to those crucifying my lord. And at this hour, I was at dinner with my disciples on the day of my ascension. At the third hour, I gave up my spirit. The knight pierced my side, and the company of apostles had a custom to assemble then for prayer. I ascended into heaven at that hour. For these honors we praise our Lord at all hours. At Easter time, I made the sacrament of my body and blood to be given. I washed the feet of my apostles and disciples. I was taken down from the cross and placed in the sepulcher..He manifested and showed himself to his disciples in the form of a pilgrim, and for these reasons, the church gives thanks to God at this hour. At the Complin, Ihu Crist sweet water and blood were delivered to be kept, and there he rested. And when he was risen, he showed himself in peace to his apostles. Of these things, we give loving and thanks to God. And Saint Bernard says, \"How we ought to render and give thanks to God, my brethren, is by sacrificing to him with prayers and thanksgivings. Join your mind to your words and your talent to your wit, and gladness to your talent, and humility to your gladness. And to humility, freely give willingness. Fifthly, the church is hallowed, for in it the sacraments of the church are administered, like the table of God in which the sacraments are communicated and administered, and some are administered and given to those who enter, such as baptism, and some to those who issue forth..And some are given to the bystanders and dwellers as is order. Some fight and fall to them is given penance. Some contrary ones and to them is given hardiness of courage for enforcement, and that is by confirmation. And to others is given mete for sustenance. This is for receiving the sacred body of Jesus Christ. Sometimes the letting that they fall not into sin is taken away, and that is blessed. And it ought first to be known by the altar servant and afterward by the church. And many things pertain to the consecration of the altar.\n\nFirst, on the four corners of the altar, four crosses of holy water are made. And around about it is enclosed about eight times, and eight times it is raised and sprinkled with holy water stick or sprinkle. Afterward, incense is burned on the altar. And after it is anointed with chrism. Then it is covered with black cloth. This represents those who approach the altar. They ought first to have charity in their hearts..This text appears to be written in an old English or medieval script, and it seems to be discussing the significance of the four crosses on an altar and the importance of bearing the cross of Jesus in four ways: in the heart through thought, in the mouth through confession, in the body through mortification, and in the face through continual impression. The text also mentions the importance of having care and watchfulness over those committed to one's care, and warns against the negligence of prelates. Here is the cleaned text:\n\nFour manners this is, that they love God and themselves, their friends and enemies. And this signifies the four crosses on the corners of the altar, and of these four corners is said in Genesis the twenty-eighth chapter. Thou shalt stretch towards the east, to the west, to the north, and to signify that Ihu Christ saved by the cross the four parties of the world, or for this that they signify that we ought to bear the cross of Ihesu Christ in four ways, that is in the heart by thought, in the mouth by confession, in the body by mortification, and in the face by continual impression. Secondly, to have care and owe to wake, and this signifies by thenurning or going about the altar. For they sing thence, \"The ways of the city have found me.\" For they ought to have care and watch upon them that are committed to them. And for this cause Gilbert the negligence of prelates among the things disordered puts, this foul thing and much perilous, to write..archbishop and halting messengers: a cruel prelate, an unlearned doctor, and a dumb cryer. These are perilous companions. Or, by the signed seven considerations that we ought to have regarding the seven virtues of the humility of Jesus Christ, and to frequently reflect upon them. The first virtue is that he who was rich was made poor. The second, that he was placed in the manger or the cradle. The third, that he was subject to his parents. The fourth, that he inclined his head under the power of his servant. The fifth, that he suffered the disciple to steal and betray him. The sixth, that before a felonious Judas he kept silent and spoke not. The seventh, that he prayed pitifully for those who crucified him.\n\nThirdly, they ought to have in mind the passion of Jesus Christ, and that is signified by the springing and casting out of water, which signifies the seven effusions of the blood of Jesus Christ. The first was in the circumcision. The second was in the anointing. The third was when he was beaten..att the fourth, when he was crowned with thorns,\nhe took the fifth in perching his hands, the sixth in nailing his feet,\nand the seventh in opening his side.\nThese awakenings or springing of blood\nwere made with the sprinkle of humility and charity, without estimation.\nThe altar is encircled seven times to signify that the seven gifts of the Holy Ghost are given in the baptismal font,\nor by the seven goings around are signified the seven comings of Ihu Crist.\nThe seventh from hell, when he arose and ascended to heaven.\nFourthly, they should have ardent prayer, amorous and devout.\nThis is signified by the incense which is burned upon the altar,\nand then it has virtue,\nascending by the lightness of the smoke..To comfort by quality and to join with gum, and to confirm by being aromatic or well smelling, and similarly, God conforts the soul regarding past sins as if with medicine. It restrains one from what is to come, and confirms that which is present in getting defense and keeping. Or it may be said that a devout orison is signified by this, that it ascends to God. Orison of Humility gives God a sweet savour when it issues from a heart enflamed. And the apostle says much enence is given to him. They ought to have resplendor or brightness of conscience, and the odor of good repute. This is signified by the cry or cream. They ought to have a pure conscience, so that they might say with the apostle, \"Our glory is the witness of our conscience, and also good repute, of whom the apostle to Timothy says, 'It behooves you to have good witnesses.'\".Ben out / And Chrysostom says that clerks should not have unbe becoming beauty of the church / And if they are evil, they make the church foul / Sixthly, they ought to have cleanliness of good work / which is signified by the white clothes and the altar being covered with them / The use of coverings and vestments was founded for covering, for heating and keeping warm, and for arranging orderly / And good works cover the nakedness of the soul, of which the apostle says, \"Clothe yourselves with white garments, that the confusion of your nakedness may not appear.\" They array the soul with honesty, of which the apostle says to the Romans, \"Clothe yourselves with garments of light, which enkindle and inflame us in charity.\" It is said, \"Let not your vestments be hot,\" for it avails little to him who goes to the altar if he has sovereign dignity and a defamed life / It would be a horrible thing to see him in a high seat / and a low life / sovereign degree and low estate / A sad visage and countenance..The light is filled with words rather than deeds, noble in authority and fearless. Secondly, it is important to see how the church is sanctified and consecrated. This involves several things. The bishop goes about three times, and each time he comes to the gate or door, he knocks with his cross, saying \"Princes open your gates.\" The church is washed within and without with holy water. An ash cross is made on the pavement, and a traverse is placed against the one who is opposite. The A.B.C. is written within in Greek and Latin letters. Crosses are made on the walls of the church and anointed with cream.\n\nIt is worth noting that the three goings-around signify the three goings-around that Jesus Christ made for the sanctification of this church. The first was when he came from heaven into the world, the second was when he descended from the world into hell, and the third was when he came again..Helle and ascended into heaven, or the three goody men in the throne of the Trinity, or to signify the three estates of those to be saved by the church: virgins, the continents, and married people. The sanctuary signifies the order of virgins, the choir or quire the continents, and the body the order of those who are married. The sanctuary is closer to the choir than the body, and the choir is closer to the body. The order of virgins is more worthy than the continents, and the order of the continents is more worthy than those who are married.\n\nThe second knocking at the door signifies the triple right that Jesus Christ has in the church, and it should be opened to him. For it is his by creation, sweet by redemption, and by promise to glorify him. And of this threefold right Anselm says, \"Lord, indeed.\".I owe myself all to you, because you have redeemed me. I owe myself all to you, because you have promised great things to me. I owe myself to you more, because you are greater than I. For whoever gives himself and promises himself, I owe more to them than myself. And this that the bishop cries three times, \"open your gates,\" signifies the triple power that he has in heaven, in the world, and in hell. And this that the church is thrice washed within and without signifies three causes. The first is to put out the devil, and therefore it is said in the blessing of the water that it is blessed to chase away all the power of the enemy, the devil, with his angels cursed and shrewd. And thou oughtest to know that this holy water is made of four things: that is of water, of salt, of wine, and of ashes, which things put out the devil and chase him away. By the water is signified the shedding of tears, by the wine is signified gladness..\"Spiritual gladness and by the salt is shown mere distinction, and by ashes is profound humility. Secondly, it is dedicated to make herself clean from all earthly things, which were corrupted by sin. And therefore, because it should be clean from all filth, it is washed with holy water, so that it is clean and pure. This was signified in old law that all should be cleansed by water. Thirdly, it is hallowed to take away all malediction. For there at the beginning was cursed with its fruit, by cause man was deceived by fruit, and the water was not cursed. And therefore, it is said that our Lord ate fish, but it is not found that He ever ate any flesh by name, save the Passover lamb, which was in example to fulfill the commandment of the law. And by cause that all malediction and cursing should be taken away, the church is washed with holy water. Fourthly, the A.B.C. is written in the pavement in Latin and in Greek, and this signifies the communion of the one and the holy.\".that other people or those articles of our faith for the scripture of the Greek and Latin letters on the cross's table represent the assembly made by Jesus Christ on the cross. Therefore, this cross is laid and made traverse from the eastern to the western angle to signify that the one on the right side was made the left side, and the one at the head was made at the end. And it represents the scripture of that one and the other testament accomplished by Jesus Christ on the cross. He said, \"It is finished.\" The cross is made traverse because one was changed into the other. For all the law is in a scroll. Thirdly, crosses are painted in the church, and this is for three reasons: the first is to frighten the devil; for when they see the sign of the cross there, by which they have been put to flight..They were afraid to enter / for they greatly feared the sign of the cross. Crystomus says, in what place they shall see the sign of the cross, they shall flee, for they feared the staff from which they had been hurt. Thirdly, it represents new articles being introduced. Those of one people, who ought to regard them as ashes and powder, will do so, after Abraham says in Genesis, \"I will speak to my lord,\" as if I were ashes and powder. Secondly, it shows the sign of Christ's victory. For these crosses are signs and banners of Christ and of his victory. Therefore, they are painted to signify that the place is subject to God. It is also a custom for emperors and other princes, when a town or city is taken or yielded, to set up their banners and signs within it, to signify that it is subject to them. Thirdly, it represents the apostles..for to sette vp xij lyghtes tofore the crosse / for to represente the xij Apostles / whiche by the faith of god crucefyed / they enlumy\u2223ned all the world / And enoynted with creme / in baptesme / For oylle signefieth clennesse of conscience / and bame signe\u2223fyeth thodour of good lyf / \u00b6And it is to knowe that the chirche or the te\u0304ple was as it is said assallyed by thre perso\u00a6nes / By Ieroboas / by nabuzarde and by Anthiocus / For as it is redde in the book of kynges / Ieroboas dide do make two calues gylte / And dyde do sette that one in Iudee / and that other in beleth / whiche is said the hows of god / And this dyde he by couetyse / And therfore it is signefyed that the couetyse of cler\u2223kes maketh moche fowle the house of god / the whiche auaryce regneth moche in them / wherof saynt Iherome saith / that fro the leste vnto the grettest they folowe all auaryce / And saynt bernard saith the same / whome wilt thou gyue me of thise preuostes that entende not more to empte the purse of his subgettis / than to.take away from them their sins / The calves were their new idols and their sons / which they set in Bethel, the house of God / And the church was assaulted by Jeroboam after this, that is said / The church was assaulted when it was adorned and built by the idolaters / and of their idols, of whom it is read that a usurper had founded a church / And then he prayed the bishop to dedicate and consecrate it / And as the bishop and his clerks began the ceremony of the dedication, he saw the devil, who was in a chair by the altar in the guise of a bishop / And said to the bishop, \"Why do you consecrate my church? Cease! For the right thereof appertains to me / because it is built of usury / and of vanity.\" / And then the bishop and his clerks were greatly afraid and fled. And immediately the devil destroyed the church with great storm and great noise. Nabuzaradan, as is read in the 25th chapter of the book of Kings, burned the house of God, for he was prince of the Chaldeans, and signifies those who serve to..The gluttonous and the luxurious / and make their belly their god / And after this, the apparition says / that their belly is their god / And Hugh of St. Victor shows how their belly is their god and says, \"Men were wont to make temples to the gods / and dress altars / or order ministers / for serving them / to sacrifice beasts / and to burn incense / But now the belly and the kitchen is the temple / the table is the altar / the cooks are the ministers / the sacrificed beasts are the flesh boiled and roasted / therefore is the god of the savory /\n\nThe king Antiochus was the most proud and covetous / and assaulted the church of God, as it is read in the Maccabees / \u00b6 And by him are signified pride and covetousness / which covet not to profit / but to serve / And they greatly defile the church of God / \u00b6 Of which covetousness and pride / St. Bernard says, \"They go worshipfully of the goods of our Lord / And yet they give him no worship / they go every day as goliards in habitation, shining.\".And they wore ryall apparal; they bedecked their bridles, saddles, and spurs. Their harness shone more than the altars. And just as the honor of God was dishonored by these three, so was it dedicated by others: Moses made the first dedication, Solomon the second, and Judas Maccabeus the third. By this is signified that in the dedication of the church, we ought to have the humility that was in Moses, the wisdom and discretion that was in Solomon, and the confession of faith that was in Judas Maccabeus.\n\nRegarding the dedication of the spiritual temple, which we are, that is, the assembly of good Christian men, it is made of living stones, as St. Peter says, \"You also, as living stones, are being built up as a spiritual house for a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ\" (1 Peter 2:5). It is said of polished stones, from which the cornerstones are hewn. It is made of square stones, that is, spiritual stones that have four corners..That is to write faith, hope, charity, and good works which are equal, as Saint Gregory says. As long as you believe, you have hope, and love as much as you believe and hope, and love to work in them. In this temple, the altar is the heart. And upon this altar, there are three things that ought to be offered to God. The first thing is the fire of love, enduring, like Apostle says, \"The fire of affection shall be enduring and shall never fail at the altar of the heart.\" The second thing is incense, of orises and prayer well-smelling, as it is said in Paralipomenon, \"Aaron and Phinees burned incense upon the altar of sacrifices,\" that is to say, where the precious and well-smelling things were burned. The third thing is the sacrifice of righteousness, and this is the offering of penance, and David says, \"You shall accept the sacrifice of righteousness, oblations and whole burnt offerings in the manner that the temple material is, for the sovereign bishop.\".He finds the door of the heart's shrine three times, when he brings to mind the sins of the mouth, heart, and work. About the first, I have gone about the city, that is, of the heart. About the second, take your harp. About the third, he comes to those who it should be opened to him, and he strikes by the stroke of benevolence, counsel, and playing. Of this said in the proverb, \"I have stretched out my hand and so on.\" As for evil and benefits given, he says, \"You despise all my counsel.\" And as for counsel perceived, \"You despise my counselors.\" And in the blaming, that is for the plays given, or this triple going about, is done when he reminded us of reasonable knowledge of sin and sorrow for them, and confession and blame ourselves for sin. He arouses or waters the spiritual temple three times with water, and so often..It ought to be watered or besprinkled. This watering signifies three manners of shedding tears. For as St. Gregory says, the thought of a holy man should be confused in sorrow, considering where he was, where he shall be, and where he is, or he was spoken of in sin, or he shall be in judgment, or he is in misery. And there, where there is no joy, when he sheds then his tears of the heart, considering that he was in sin and shall be in judgment to give an accounting for sin, then is this temple watered once. And when he is contrite to weep for his unhappiness and misery where he is, the temple is watered the second time. And when he weeps for the joy where he is not, he arouses or waters the temple the third time. And you ought to know that wine, salt, and ashes are mixed with this water. For with the other sacraments we ought to have wine of the Spirit in taking flesh human, the word human, and by the salt is understood the holiness of his life..This is understood that which is sweet to all of his religion, his passion. Of these three things we ought to water our heart: the blessings of his incarnation by which we are called to humility, the example of his conversation by which we are formed to holiness, and the mystery of his passion by which we are moved to charity. Fourthly, in this temple of the heart, the A.B.C. or the spiritual scripture is written. This scripture is threefold: the evils of things, the witnesses of divine benefits, and the accusation. And of these three things, the apostle to the Romans says: \"The person with the law naturally does the things of the law. Those who have no law make a law for themselves. Those who show the work of the law in their heart, that is the first. The witness of their conscience is the second. And he who thinks to accuse himself is the third.\" Fifthly, the cross ought to be painted in this church..that is to understand that it ought to have the sharpnesses of penance /\nAnd these sharpnesses ought to be anointed / and have light of the fire, for they are not only to be suffered in patience / but with good will and by charity. And he [Saint Bernard] says, he who is threatened and menaced with the dread of Jesus Christ, bears the cross in patience. He who profits in hope, bears it gladly and with good will. But he who is perfect in charity, embraces it ardently. And many people see our crosses, who see not our anointings. He who shall have all these things in him shall be the temple of God, to his honor, and shall be worthy, plainly, that God inhabits and dwells in him by grace, so that he may dwell in God by glory, which he gives us who lives and reigns God in heaven world without end. Amen\n\nThus ends the feast of the dedication of the church /\n\nHere follow the stories of the Bible /\n\nIn the beginning, God made and created heaven and earth. The earth was formless..And void and covered with darkness. And the spirit of God was born on the waters. And God said, \"Let there be light.\" And at once there was light. God saw that the light was good, and He divided the light from the darkness. He called the light day, and darkness He called night. Thus light was made separate from darkness. With heaven and earth the first was made. And evening and morning were made one day.\n\nThe second day He made the firmament, and He divided the waters that were under the firmament from those that were above. He called the firmament heaven.\n\nThe third day He made the grasses and fruits on the earth according to their kinds.\n\nThe fourth day God made the sun and moon, and stars.\n\nThe fifth day He made the fish in the sea and birds in the heavens.\n\nThe sixth day God made the beasts on the earth according to their kinds and every beast according to its kind. And God saw that all these works were good. He said, \"Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness.\" Here spoke the Father to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, or as it were, the common voice of the three..Persons/ when it was said, we/ and to our plural number, Man was made to the image of God in his soul. Here is to be noted that he made not only the soul without the body, but he made both body and soul. As to the body, he made male and female. God gave to man the lordship and power over all living beings. When God had made man, it is written, \"For he saw that it was good, for he knew him to be near to falling.\" Yet he was not perfect until the woman was made. And therefore it is read, \"It is not good for the man to be alone.\" Thus, in six days, heaven and earth were made, and all the formation of them. And then he made the seventh day, in which he rested, not for that he was weary, but ceased from his operation, and showed the seventh day which he blessed. Thus, briefly, are shown the generations of heaven and earth. For here are determined the works of the six days. And on the seventh day he sanctified and made holy. God had planted in the beginning a paradise, a place of desire and delights, and made man therein..The field of Damascus produced him; he was formed from the earth's slime. Paradise was created on the third day of creation and was adorned with herbs, plants, and trees. It is a place of great delight and joy. In its center stand two trees: the tree of life and the tree of good and evil. A well emerges there, providing water for the trees and plants of paradise. This well is the source of all waters. The well is divided into four parts. One is called Phison, which flows around India. The second is called Ganges or Nile. The third is called Tigris, which flows toward Assyria. The fourth is called Euphrates, which is fertile and flows in Chaldea. These four rivers originate from the same well and then diverge, only to meet again in some places. God then took man from the place of his creation and brought him to paradise to work there, not to remain idle..Labors needed, but in delaying and creating him, and that he should keep paradise. For just as paradise should refresh him, so he should labor to serve God. And there God gave him a commandment. Every commandment stands in two things, in doing or forbidding. In doing, he commanded him to eat of all the trees of paradise. In forbidding, he commanded that he should not eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. This commandment was given to the man, and by the man it went to the woman. For when the woman was made, it was commanded to both of them. And here he set a penalty, saying, \"Whatever day you eat thereof, you shall die by death.\" God said, \"It is not good for a man to be alone. Make for him a helper similar to himself for bringing forth children.\" Adam supposed that some helper had been among the beasts which were like him. Therefore, God brought to Adam all living creatures of the earth and the air. Among them were those that were under the water, which he had formed in pairs..The commander came forward and they were brought before him for two reasons. One was because each of them should be given a name, by which he would know that he would rule over them. The second was because Eve should know that there was none like him. He named them in his own tongue, which was only the language and none other at the beginning. And since none were found to be like him, God sent a desire to sleep to Adam. This was not a dream, but as is supposed, in an ecstasy or a trance, in which the celestial court was shown to him. When he awoke, he prophesied about the conjunction of Christ with his church, and about the flood that was to come, and about the judgment and destruction of the world by fire, which he later told to his children.\n\nWhile Adam slept, God took\n\nfrom his ribs, both flesh and bone,\nand made a woman. He set her before Adam, who then said, \"This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh.\" And Adam gave her the name Eve..Here is a name like hers, she said, and it shall be called virago. This means \"made of a man\" or \"manly.\" The name comes from a man. And immediately the name, giving it, prophesied, saying because she is taken from the side of man, therefore a man will forsake and leave father and mother and abide and be adherent to his wife, and they shall be two in one flesh. And though they are two persons in marriage and wedlock, they are but one flesh. And in other things they are two, for neither of them has power over his own flesh. They were both naked and were not ashamed. They felt nothing of the covering of their flesh nor did they refrain, as we now do. For they stood both in the state of innocence. Then the serpent, which was hotter than any beast among them, and naturally deceitful because it was full of the devil, Lucifer, who was cast out of heaven, had great envy towards man who was bodily in paradise. And he knew well if he could make himself to appear as an angel of light and break God's commandment..He should be cast out as well, yet he was afraid to be taken or seen by the man. He went to the woman, who was not so prudent and more prone to slide and bow. In the form of the serpent, for then the serpent was erect as a man. Bede says that he chased a serpent with a maiden's face. Like often applies to like, and he spoke through the serpent's tongue to Eve and said, \"Why did God command you that you should not eat of all the trees of paradise?\" He said this to find an occasion to claim that he was the one coming forward. Then the woman answered and said, \"Lest we die, for perhaps we shall die, which she said doubtfully.\" For she was easily swayed in every direction. Anon he answered, \"No in any way will you die, but God did not want you to become like him in knowledge and knowing.\" And when they ate of this tree, God's jealousy forbade you. And the woman, elated in pride, willing to be like God, agreed to it. The woman saw that..The tree was fair to look upon and clean and sweet of scent. They took and ate of it, and gave some to Adam happily, intending to please him. But Adam, upon seeing the woman was unresponsive, assumed that God had decreed that they should die for their transgression. And then they were forbidden to eat of the fruit.\n\nImmediately their eyes were opened, and they saw their nakedness. Immediately they understood that they had sinned. Their flesh began to stir and move, signaling the onset of concupiscence, the desire they had succumbed to by eating the forbidden fruit. Though these movements were initially repressed and suppressed, like in young children, they soon gave in to their sinful desires. And after they had sinned, they were expelled from the Garden of Eden and knew each other.\n\nLikewise, they were disobedient to their superior, and their members began to move against their will. This was the reason for their shame and embarrassment, and they felt their first stirrings in their private parts, leading to their shame and disgrace. Thus, they knew that they had sinned..And they took fig leaves and sewed them to themselves as loincloths, and after they heard the voice of the Lord God walking, they hid. The Lord called the man and said, \"Adam, where are you?\" calling him in blame, not knowing where he was, but rather as if saying, \"Adam, see in what misery you are.\" He answered, \"I have hidden myself, Lord, for I am naked.\" The Lord said to the man, \"Who told you that you were naked? But you have eaten from the tree that was forbidden to you.\" He confessed not meekly his transgression, but laid the fault on his wife and on himself as her giver, and said, \"The woman you gave to me as a companion gave me of the tree, and I ate of it.\" And the Lord said to the woman, \"Why did you do this?\" She neither accused herself nor blamed the serpent, but laid the fault on the maker of it, and privately she laid the blame on the one who had made him. The serpent was not asked, for he had not done it of himself but the devil through him..The serpent began the curse, keeping an order and congruent number. The serpent was the first to sin, in three ways. The woman was next, sinning less than him but more than the man, who sinned in one way.\n\nThe serpent had envy, he lied and deceived. For these three, he received three curses. Because he envied their excellence, it was said to him, \"Thou shalt go and creep on thy breast.\" He is punished in his mouth when it was said, \"Thou shalt eat earth all the days of thy life.\" Also, he took away his voice and put venom in his mouth. And because he deceived, it was said, \"I shall put enmity between thee and the woman, and thy seed and her seed. She shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise her heel.\"\n\nThe woman sinned in two ways: in pride and eating the fruit. Because she sinned in pride, it was said to her, \"Thou shalt be under the power of man.\" And I shall have lordship over thee..I shall put thee to affliction. Now art thou subject to a man by condition and fear, who was before subject by love. And because she sinned in the fruit, she is punished in her fruit when it was said to her, \"Thou shalt bring forth children in sorrow.\" In the pain of sorrow stands the curse, but in bringing forth children is a blessing. And so, in punishing, God forget not to have mercy, which is to be noted. And because Adam sinned only in eating the fruit, therefore he was punished in seeing his food, as it is said to him, \"Cursed is the earth in thy work; that is, for thy work of thy sin, for which is made this earth that brought forth good and wholesome fruits plentifully from thenceforth shall bring forth but seldom, and also none without man's labor, and also sometimes weeds, thorns shall grow.\" He added thereto, \"Thou shalt eat herbs of the earth,\" as we say, \"Thou shalt be like a beast or an animal.\" He cursed the earth..Because the transgression was of the fruit of the earth and not of the water, he added it to him in labor. In the sweetness of your face, you shall eat your bread until the time you return to it, that is, until you die, for you are earth, and to earth you shall return. Then Adam, mourning and sorrowing the misery that was to come of his transgression, named his wife Eve, that is, mother of all living people. God made for Adam and Eve two leather coats, from the skins of dead beasts, to cover them and bear the sign of mortality. And He said, \"Behold, Adam has become like one of us, knowing good and evil. Lest he put out his hand and take from the tree of life and live forever\" - as if to say, \"Beware and keep him from it.\" And so he was cast out of paradise and set in the field of Eden to work and labor there. Our Lord set Cherubim to guard paradise of delight with a flaming sword..After Adam was cast out of paradise and set in the world, he knew his wife and engendered Cain. Fifteen years after he was made, and his sister Caina were born. They came out of paradise as virgins, as Methodius says. When Adam was made, he was made a perfect man, as a man of thirty years of age. When he was but one day old, he could have had many children before Cain, but after fifteen years Abel was born, and his sister Delilah. When Adam was an three hundred and thirteen years of age, Cain slew Abel his brother. It is true that after many days Cain and Abel offered sacrifices and gifts to God. It is to be believed that Adam taught his sons to offer to God their tithes and first fruits. Cain offered fruits, for he was a ploughman and tiller of the earth. Abel offered milk and the first of the lambs. Moses says of the fattest of the flock, and God beheld the offerings of Abel, for they and his sacrifices were acceptable to Him..And yet, the Lord did not behold Cain and his sacrifices, for they were not acceptable to Him. Cain offered fruits, thorns, and some doctors claim that fire came from heaven and lit Abel's sacrifice. But the Lord disliked Cain's offerings. The sacrifice would not burn or shine clearly in God's light. This filled Cain with envy towards his brother Abel, who rose up against him and slew him. The Lord asked Cain, \"Where is Abel, your brother?\" Cain replied, \"I do not know.\" The Lord then said, \"What have you done with the voice of your brother's blood crying out to me from the ground? Why are you cursed? And cursed be the ground that received Abel's blood from your hand. When you work and labor the ground, it will produce no fruit for you. Instead, you will be a fugitive and a wanderer there. This curse was well-deserved by Cain, knowing the pain of the first transgression of Adam. Yet he added to his sin with murder..And Cain, dreading that beasts should devour him or if he went forth he should be slain by men, or if he dwelled with them, they would kill him for his sin, in despair said, \"My wickedness is more than I can deserve to have forgiven. Whoever finds me shall kill me.\" He said this out of fear or weakness, as if he wished God would kill him. Then our Lord said, \"No, not so. Thou shalt die but not soon. For whoever kills Cain shall be punished nine times more. He should deliver him from fear, from labor, and misery, and added that he should be punished personally ninefold more. This punishment shall endure to him in pain unto the seventh generation. Whoever kills Cain shall lose nine vengeances. Some hold that his pain endured unto the ninth generation. For he committed nine sins and departed not truly. He had envy toward his brother. He worked deceitfully. He killed his brother unjustly. He denied it. He despaired..Cain did not repent / And after he went into the east, he became a fugitive and a vagabond. Cain knew his wife, who bore Enosh, and he built a city and named it Enosh after the name of his son. Here it shows that at this time there were many men, though their generation is not mentioned, whom Cain summoned to his city to help him build it, whom he induced to theft and robbery. He was the first to wall or build cities, fearing those he had injured for security. He brought his people into the towns. Then Enoch took Irath and Irath-Manahel, and he took Matusalas and Lameth, who was the seventh from Adam and the worst. For he introduced the first building projects, and through him came the first adultery against the law of God and nature, and against God's decree. Lameth took two wives, Adah and Zillah. From Adah he fathered Iabel, who discovered the craft of making folds for shepherds and changing their pasture, and ordered flocks of sheep and drove the sheep from the wild..After the lambs provided for themselves and the older ones understood their feeding according to the season of the year. The name of his brother was Iubal. He was the discoverer of music, that is, of consonances of accord, such as shepherds use in their delights, sports, and not of instruments, for they were discovered long after. But he was the discoverer of music, that is, of consonances of accord. And because he heard Adam prophesy about two judgments by fire and water that all things would be destroyed by them, and that his new craft would not perish, he caused it to be written in two pillars or columns, one of marble and another of clay. One was to endure against the water, and the other against the fire. Josephus says that the marble pillar is still in the land of Syria. Of Sella he begat Tubal-cain, who first discovered the craft of smithing and working of iron, and made things for war and sculptures and engravings in metal for the pleasure of the people..Eyeen, while he was working in the balance before mentioned, took delight in the sound of his hammers, from which he formed the consonants and tunes in his song. Noema, sister of Tubal-Cain, discovered the craft of diverse textures. Lameth was shorter and used to shoot at wild beasts, not for their meat but only for their hides for clothing. He lived so long that he became blind and had a child to lead him. By chance, he killed Cain. Cain was always afraid and hid among bushes and branches. The child leading Lameth supposed it was some wild beast and directed Lameth to shoot there, and so, intending to shoot at a beast, killed Cain. When he knew he had killed Cain, he with his bow killed the child. Thus, he killed them both, to his damnation. Therefore, as the sin of Cain was punished sevenfold, so was the sin of Lameth seventy-sevenfold, that is, seventy-two souls that came from Lameth were destroyed..Deluye and Noah's wife caused him great sorrow and evil entered him. He being angry said that he suffered this for his double homicide and manslaughter, yet he never feared him by pain, why do you want to kill me? He will be more and sorer punished than he who slew Abel. After Abel was slain, Strabo says that Ada spoke no more to her husband, but by an angel she broke her vow. Yet nevertheless, Josephus said that Cain was the one slain. And Adam, being 990 years old, engendered Seth, who was like his likeness, and he to the image of God. Seth was a good man, and he begat Enos, and Enos Cainan, and Cainan Malaleel, and Malaleel Jared, and Jared Enoch, and Enoch Methusaleh, and Methusaleh Lamech, and Lamech Noah. And just as in the generation of Cain the seventh was the worst, so in the generation of Seth the seventh was the best, it was..Enoch, whom God took and brought into paradise until he comes with Enoch to convert the hearts of the fathers into sons. Adam lived after he had begotten Seth at the age of 252 years and engendered sons and daughters, some holding the opinion that he had more than three sons and three daughters, and some fewer. However, we find no certainty of this in the Bible. The entirety of Adam's life on earth amounted to 930 years. Towards the end of his life, when he was to die, it is said, without any authority, that he sent Seth his son into paradise to fetch the oil of mercy. There, he received certain grains of the fruit of the tree of mercy from an angel. Upon his return, he found his father Adam still alive and told him what he had done. Then Adam laughed first, and then he died. Adam then laid the grains or kernels under his father's tongue and buried him in the valley of Ebron. From his mouth grew three trees of the three grains..the cross that our Lord suffered his passion on / was made by virtue of which he gained mercy and was brought out of darkness into true light of heaven / to which he brought us, the living world, without end /\n\nHere ends the life of Adam /\n\nAfter Adam died, Eve / was buried by him. At the beginning of the first age, the people lived long. Adam lived 933 years. And Methusaleh lived 969 years. Saint Jerome said that he died in the same year the flood occurred.\n\nFrom Adam in the generation of Seth, in whom the first age ended. The seventy Interpreters say that this first age lasted 2,454 years. Saint Jerome does not fully agree with this, nor does Methodius.\n\nNoah was then a man perfect and righteous and kept God's commandment. And when he was 600 years old, he begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth. This was the time when men began to multiply on the earth. And the children of God, that is, of Seth, saw the daughters of men, that is, of Cain, and were overcome by them..This time was marked by great sin in the realm of lechery, which was misused against nature. God was displeased and determined in His prescience to destroy man, whom He had made, and said, \"I will put away what I have made. My spirit shall not abide in man forever. For he is flesh. As it was said, I will not punish man perpetually as I do the devil. For man is frail. Yet before I destroy him, I will give him space and time for repentance and tame him if he will. The time for repentance will be Cxx years. Then no righteous and perfect person walked with God, who is in His laws, and the earth was filled with their wickedness. When God saw that it was corrupt and that every man was corrupt upon it, He said to no one, \"The end of all people is before me except those who shall be saved. And the earth is saturated with their wickedness. I will destroy them with it or with the fertility of it..Make an arc of hewn and squared tree, and create various places within and without, with pitch, which is so precious that the timber may not be lost. And make it three cubits in length, fifty in breadth, and thirty in height. Create diverse distinctions of places and chambers, and of wardrobes. The Ark has a door for entering and exiting, and a window was made thereon, which the Hebrews say was of crystal. This Ark was being made from the beginning, and God commanded first to make it 600 years. In this time, Noah often urged the people to leave their sin, and he spoke with God, who commanded him to make the ship, for God would destroy them for their sin but if they left it. And they mocked him and said that he raved and was a fool, giving no faith to his words. They continued in their sin and wickedness. Then, when the Ark was perfectly made, God commanded..Take in all beasts and birds of every kind, male and female, for them to live and all comestible foods, so they may serve and feed you and them. And Noah did all that the Lord commanded him. Then the Lord said to Noah, \"Enter you and all your household, that is, you and your wife and your three sons and their three wives, for I have found you righteous in this generation. Of all clean beasts you shall take seven, and of unclean seven pairs, and of birds seven pairs, male and female, that they may be saved on the earth. Yet after seven days, I will rain upon the earth for forty days and forty nights, and will destroy all the substance that I have made on the earth.\" Noah did all that the Lord commanded him; he was 600 years old when the flood began on the earth. And Noah entered, along with his sons, his wife, and the wives of his sons..The waters of the flood receded, taking with them all beasts, birds, and every creature that had life on earth, male and female. Noah took them all into the ark as the Lord had commanded. Seven days after they entered, the fountains of the deep were broken open, and the windows of heaven were opened - that is, the clouds - and it rained for forty days and forty nights. The ark was lifted up and carried on the waters, fifteen cubits above the highest mountains, to purge and cleanse the earth. All that lived on the earth - women, men, animals, and birds - perished, leaving nothing behind except those on the ark. When Noah entered, he shut the door and sealed it with pitch. The waters remained lifted fifteen cubits above the highest mountain for forty days..Lord then remembered Noah and all that were with him in the ark, along with the animals and birds. The waters receded, and the wells and channels were closed. The rains were prohibited and forbidden to rain anymore. In the seventh month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the ark came to rest on the hills of Ararat. In the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops of the hills appeared first. Forty days after the subsiding of the waters, Noah opened the window. He earnestly desired to have news of the cessation of the flood and sent out a raven. When she had gone, she did not return again, for she found a dead carcass of a bird swimming on the water and alighted there. After this, he sent out a dove, which flew around but could find no place to rest or set her foot on, and she returned to Noah. He took her in his hand and released her again. She did not return after seven more days..In the year of Noah 2002, on the first day of the month, Noah opened the ark's covering and saw that the earth was dry. But he did not leave, instead obeying the Lord's command. In the second month, on the 29th day, the Lord spoke to Noah, \"Go out of the ark you, your wife, your sons, and their wives. Exit together, but each family separately. And you, along with all the animals and birds living, and every creeping thing, go out according to your kind and gender. To them, the Lord said, 'Grow and multiply on the earth.' Then Noah, his wife, and his sons with their wives exited, along with all the animals and birds, on the same day, one year after they entered. Each according to their kind. Noah then built an altar to the Lord and took clean animals and offered a sacrifice. The Lord smelled the sweet aroma of the sacrifice and said to Noah, \"From now on, I will not curse the earth because of man, for man is prone to violence.\".From the beginning of his youth, I shall no longer destroy man through such vengeance. Then our lord blessed them and said, \"Grow and multiply the earth and be lords over all the beasts of the earth, and over every bird of the air and over every fish of the sea. I have given you every thing except for flesh with its blood. I command you to kill no man nor shed man's blood. I have created man in my image. Whoever sheds the blood of his brother, his blood will be shed. Go forth and grow and multiply and fill the earth. This said our lord to Noah and his sons. Lo, I have made a covenant with you and with those who will come after you, that I will no longer bring such a flood to destroy all people. And in token of this, I have set my rainbow in the clouds of heaven. For whoever transgresses I will do justice otherwise on him. Noah lived after the flood for three hundred years. From the time of Adam until after Noah's flood, the time and season was all way green and temperate. And all that time men ate..Fruits were then of great strength and effect. They were pure and nourishing. But after the flood, the earth was weaker and brought forth less good fruit. Therefore, Flesh ordered it to be eaten. And then began to destroy thorns and brambles. He planted vines. And at one time, no one had drunk so much of the wine that he was drunk. And he lay and slept. And his loins lay bare and open. Cham, his middle son, espied it. He was ashamed and angered his father and called his brothers. Who came backward to cover their father and would not rebuke Cham for his folly and sin. And when Noe was covered with the mantle, he awoke immediately. And when he understood how Cham his son had shamed him, he cursed him. And also Canaan. And he blessed Shem and Japheth because they covered him. All the days of Noe were 150 years. And then he died. And after his death, his sons divided the earth between them. Sem had Asia. Cham had Africa. And Japheth had Europe. Thus was it..It departed / This is Asya, the best part, and is as much as the other two, located in the east / Africa is the south part, where there is Carthage and many rich countries / There are blue and black men there. Cham had that to his part, Africa / The third part is Europe, which is in the north and west / There is Greece, Rome, and Germany in Europe / In Europe, the Christian law and faith reign, where there are many rich kingdoms. And so the world was divided among the three sons of Noah /\n\nThus ends the life of Noah\n\nThe Sunday called Quasimodo is read in the church history of the holy patriarch Abraham, who was his grandson / This Abraham was the tenth from Noah in the generation of Shem / Iaphet had seven sons, and Cham four / Out of Cham's generation came Nimrod, who was a wicked man and cursed in his works. He began to build the tower of Babel, which was great and high. And at the building of this tower, God changed the languages, so that no man understood another, for before the building of the tower..that tour was one manner of speech in the world, and there were made 71 speeches. The tour was great; it was 10 miles about, and 2,644,000 steps of height. This Nembroth was the first man to discover measurement and idolatry, which endured long and still does. Then I turn again to those who had three sons: Abram, Nachor, and Haran. Of Nachor came Terah, and of Terah came Iob, of whom came Balam. And of Haran came Rebekah and Laban. Of Aram came Lot and two daughters, Milcah and Sarah. Now I shall speak of Abram, of whom our blessed lady came. He married Sarah, daughter of his brother Naram. Abram was ever faithful and true. He was 60 years old when his father died. For him he mourned until the Lord comforted him, who said to Abram: \"Abram, prepare yourself and go out from your land and your kindred and also from the house of your father, and come into the land that I will show you. I will make you grow into a great people. I will bless you and magnify your name, and you shall be a blessing.\".Abram blessed those who blessed him and cursed those who cursed him. In the land of Canaan, all the families of the earth would be blessed. When Abram was 70 years old, he departed from the land of Aram with Sarai his wife, Lot his brother's son, their servants, livestock, and possessions, and came to the land of Canaan and the vale of Shechem. The people there were the people of Canaan.\n\nThe Lord said to Abram, \"I will give this land to you and your descendants.\" Abram built an altar there and sacrificed to the Lord. He blessed and thanked the Lord. Abram beheld the entire land toward the south and saw its beauty, just as the Lord had told him. However, he had not been long in the land before a great famine struck it. So he left that country and went to Egypt with Sarai.\n\nAs they were traveling, Abram said to Sarai, \"I am deeply concerned that when we enter this people's land, they will kill me because of Sarai, my wife.\".And they, lawless ones, intended to take her for your beauty and kill me, as they claimed that you were my sister and I was yours. She agreed to this. When they arrived at that grove, the people saw how fair she was and told the king. He immediately commanded that she be brought before him. Upon her arrival, through God's good grace, no one had the power to harm her or commit vile acts against her. The king feared that God would take vengeance on him for her and summoned Abram. He ordered him to take his wife and reprimanded him for saying she was his sister. He then returned her to him, giving him gold and silver, and instructed that he be worshipped in all his land. Abram took his wife Sarai and returned home. And they came to Bethel and set up an altar of stone there. At this altar, he worshipped..Abram and his herdmen worshiped the name of God. His cattle and Loth's men were also present. The cattle began to multiply so much that the land could not sustain them. This led to rumors and grumbling among the herdsmen of Abram and those of Loth.\n\nThen Abram spoke to Loth, \"This land is great and wide. Please choose which side you will take for yourself and your cattle. Let there be no strife between me and you, or between our herdsmen.\" Abram pointed to the left, and Loth chose the right side. Abram went to the west, and Loth took the land toward the Jordan, which was well-watered and had the river running toward Sodom and Gomor, resembling a paradise..The people of Canaan, at the foot of Mount Mambre,\nAnd Loth dwelt in Sodom,\nThe people of Sodom were the worst of all people,\nThe Lord said to Abram, \"Lift up your eyes and see, from the place where you are now, in all directions - north, south, east, and west. All this land that you see I will give to you and your seed forever. I will make your seed as numerous as the dust of the earth. Who can number the dust of the earth? So shall your seed be. Arise, therefore, and walk the length and breadth of the land, for I will give it to you and your seed.\n\nAbram moved then his tabernacle and dwelt in the valley of Mambre, which is in Hebron, and set up his tabernacle there. It happened soon after that there was a war in that land, and four kings waged war against five kings, who were of Sodom, Gomorrah, and other cities. And the four kings overthrew the five and slew them, and plundered and took all the substance of the country. They also took Lot and all his possessions, and a man escaped from them..And came to Abram and told him how Loth was taken and led away. Then immediately Abram gathered his people to assemble an army of three thousand eighteen. And he pursued after them and overtook them. He struck among them and killed the kings and recovered Loth and all his possessions, and delivered the men of Sodom who were taken and the women. And the men of Sodom came back to him. Melchizedek, king and priest of Salem and all the land, came and met him and offered him bread and wine. This Melchizedek blessed Abram, and Abram gave him a tithe of all that he had. The king of Sodom said to Abram that he should have taken as great a share as he had taken. But he would not take anything except what the soldiers had eaten. And thus Abram gained much love from all the people. After this, the Lord appeared to Abram in a vision and said, \"Abram, fear not, for I am your shield; Your reward and recompense will be very great.\" Abram answered, \"Lord God, what will you give me?\".you know well / I have no children / and since I have none, I willingly accept Eleazar, the son of my steward, as my heir. But the Lord said he shall not be your heir / but he who shall issue and come from your seed shall be your heir. The Lord led him out and commanded him to look up at the heavens and number the stars, if you can, and said to him, \"So shall your offspring and seed be.\" Abraham believed it and gave his faith to the Lord's words. It was reported to him: \"Justice will be done to your seed; your seed will be exiled in Egypt for the space of four hundred years. They will be there in servitude, and afterward, they will come out with great wealth and be brought back here in peace.\" Sarah was still childless. She had a handmaid named Hagar, an Egyptian. One day, Hagar said to Abraham her husband, \"You say I may bear children.\".Abraham took Hagar, his maid, and lay with her, so that he might have a child whom I might keep and raise for the first 15 years after he had dwelt in that land. After this, Abraham took Hagar and gave her and her child to live in the wilderness. As soon as she felt herself with child, Hagar despised her mistress. Sarah said to Abraham, \"You do wrong; I gave permission for my servant to lie with you, and now that she is conceiving by you, she despises me. God judge between you and me.\" To this Abraham replied, \"Your maid is in your power; chastise her as it pleases you.\" After this, Sarah chastised Hagar and put her to great affliction, causing her to leave.\n\nAn angel met Hagar in the wilderness near a well and said, \"Hagar, where have you come from and where are you going?\" She answered, \"I am fleeing from the face of my mistress Sarah.\" The angel said, \"Return to your mistress and submit to her in humility. I will multiply your seed, and so much people will come from it that it cannot be numbered.\".He said furthermore, you have conceived and shall bear a child, and you shall call him Ishmael. He shall be a fierce man. He shall be against all men, and all men against him. Then Hagar returned home and served her lady. And soon after she was delivered of Ishmael, Abram was 86 years old when the Lord appeared to him and said, \"Abram, I am the Almighty God; walk before me and be blameless. I will keep my covenant between me and you, and will greatly multiply your seed.\" And Abram fell down low before the Lord and thanked him. Then the Lord said, \"I am the Almighty God. I will keep my covenant with you. You shall be the father of many peoples. No longer shall you be called Abram, but Abraham, for I have renamed you the father of many peoples. I will make you extremely prosperous. Kings and princes shall come from you, and I will establish my covenant between me and you and your seed throughout your generations. I will give to you and to your seed after you all the land of your pilgrimage.\".The land of Canaan will be yours, and I will be your god, and to Abraham I said, \"Keep your covenant with me and your descendants after you throughout their generations. This shall be the covenant that you shall keep: every male child shall be circumcised in his foreskin as a sign between me and you. Every male child that is born shall be circumcised when he is eight days old. And I will be in your flesh and you and your descendants will keep my covenant. Whoever among you that is not circumcised in his flesh, that person shall be cut off and excluded from my people because he does not obey my statutes and ordinances. Your wife Sarah shall no longer be called Sarah, but Sarah shall be called Sarai. I will bless her, and I will also bless the son that she will bear to you. I will make him a great nation, and kings of peoples shall come from him. Abraham fell facedown and laughed.\".In his heart, he was saying: May a woman of 70 years be able to conceive and bear a child. The Lord spoke to Abraham, saying: \"Sarah shall bring forth a son whom you shall name Isaac. I will keep my covenant with him and his descendants after him. I have heard your request for Ishmael as well. I will bless him and multiply his seed greatly. Twelve dukes shall come from him. I will keep my covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bring forth next year. When these words were finished, Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all the men, both small and great, strangers and those in his household, and circumcised them. Ishmael was 13 years old when he was circumcised, and Abraham was 99 years old when he was circumcised himself. And so, on that same day, he and his son Ishmael, as well as all the men in his household, whether strangers or of what degree they were, received this new law of circumcision, thereby distinguishing them from other people. After this, on another occasion, Abraham....sat beside his house in the vale of Mambre in the heat of the day, and as he lifted up his eyes, he saw three young men coming to him. As soon as he saw this, they stood before him. He ran to them and worshipped one alone. He saw three, but worshipped only one. This one signified to him the truth and comforted him. He took water and washed their feet, and prayed them to stay under the tree. He said he would bring bread to comfort them. They asked him to do as he had said. He went and told Sarah to make three loaves of bread and sent his servant for a tender calf. This was sodden and boiled, and he served it to them with butter and milk. He set the calf before them. He stood by them when they had eaten. They demanded of him, \"Where is Sarah, your wife?\" He said, \"She is in the tent.\" And he said, \"I will go and return, and Sarah your wife will have a son.\" Sarah stood behind the door and heard it. She laughed softly to herself and said, \"How can it be that my lord is so old, and I also should bear a child?\".A child she thought impossible. Then our lord to Abraham said, \"Why laughs Sarai your wife? Saying in scorn, 'Shall I bear a child?' But as I said to you before, I shall return and come again, and she shall have a child in that time. And he asked Sarai why she smiled in scorn, and she said she smiled not. Our lord said, \"It is not so, for you laughed.\" What had they rested Abraham conveyed them on the way. Our lord said to Abraham, \"I will not hide from you what I am about to do. The cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is greatly increased, and their sin is very grave. I will descend and see if the sin is indeed so great that the stench reaches me. I will take vengeance and destroy them. Then Abraham said, \"Lord, I pray you not to destroy the righteous with the wicked. I beg the lord to spare them. Our lord said, \"If there are fifty good and righteous men among them, I will spare them. And Abraham said, \"Good lord, if there are found forty-five, I pray you to spare them. Our lord said, \"If there are forty, I will not destroy it for their sake.\".I shall spare them, from XL to XXX, from XXX to XX, and from XX to X. Our lord said, if there are four good men among them, I shall not destroy them. Then our lord went from Abraham. And the same event, two angels came into Sodom. They both sat at his gate. And when he saw them, he went and worshipped them, praying that they come and rest in his house and abide there and wash their feet. But they said, we shall abide here in the street. He tried to constrain them but brought them into his house and made a feast for them. But before they should go to bed, the sinful and cursed people of the town, young and old, beset and annoyed Lot's house. Lot called to them and said, \"Where are the men that you brought into your house tonight? Bring them forth that we may know and use them.\" Lot immediately shut the door and stood behind it and said to them, \"O ye my brethren, I beseech you that you will not do this wicked sin upon them. I have two virgin daughters who have never known man. I shall give them to you instead.\".Bring them out to you and use them, but spare those men. They have been entrusted under the protection of my authority. They replied to him, \"Go forth and fetch them. You have entered among us as a stranger. Shall you rule and judge us? We shall put you through more affliction than them. Loth resisted them mightily. They almost broke open the doors, but the men held them back and helped Loth, bringing him in and shutting the door fast. They struck those outside with blindness so they could not see or find the door. Then the angels said to Loth, \"If any of your kindred, sons or daughters, remain with you and wish to lead them out of this city, we will destroy this place. For the cry has reached our lord, who has sent us to destroy them. Loth urged his kinsmen and said, \"Arise and take your children and go out of this city. For our lord will destroy it.\" They supposed they had ransacked or plundered, and as soon as it was day, the angels said to Loth:.arise and take your wife and your two daughters and go out of this town lest you perish. Yet they forcibly took him by the hand and his wife and two daughters, because God should spare them. And there they said to him, Save your soul, and look not behind you, lest you perish also, but save them in the mountain. Loth said to them, I beseech you, my lord, for as much as your servant has found grace before you, and that you have shown mercy to me, and that besides, I might take harm on the hill that I may go into the little city here and be saved there. He said to Loth, I have heard your prayers, and for your sake I will not subdue this town, for which you have prayed. Hype thee and save thyself there. For I can do nothing to thee till you are there. Therefore, that town is called Segor. So Loth went into Segor. And the sun arose. And the Lord rained from heaven upon Sodom and Gomorrah sulfur and fire, and subdued the cities and all their inhabitants..towns around that region, and all that was growing and burgeoning there, this wife turned herself and looked toward the cities. And she was transformed into a statue or image of salt, which remains there to this day. Abraham arose early in the morning, looked toward the cities, and saw smoke rising from the places, as if it were the late evening of a furnace. When our lord subdued these cities, he remembered Abraham and delivered Lot from the vicinity of the cities in which he dwelt. Then Lot ascended from Sodom and dwelt in the mountains, and his two daughters with him. He feared to stay any longer in the town, but dwelt in a cave with his two daughters. Then the elder daughter said to the younger, \"Our father is old, and there is no one left on earth who can provide for us according to the ways of the world. Come and make him drunk and lie with him that we may have some offspring of him.\" They gave their father wine to drink that night and made him drunk..And the elder daughter went to him and conceived by him, unknowing of it. And the second night in like manner conceived the younger daughter. Both deceived their father in this way. The elder bore a son and called him Moab. He is the father of the Moabites to this day. The younger bore another son and called him Ammon. He is the father of the Ammonites to this day. Abraham departed from there and went southward, dwelling between Kadesh and Shur. He went as a pilgrim to Gerar. He said that his wife was his sister. Abimelech, king of Gerar, sent for her and took her. God came to Abimelech in a dream and said, \"You shall surely die because of the woman you have taken, for she is married.\" Abimelech did not touch her, and said, \"Lord, will you destroy a righteous and innocent people? She said that she was his sister. Because she said, 'I am your sister,' I have kept from doing this thing and doing other things with her. Now therefore, return the woman to her husband, for he is a prophet, and he will pray for you, and you shall live.\".If thou deliverest her not, thou shalt die, and all who are in thy house. (Abimelech arose that same night and called all his servants and told them all these words. They feared greatly. Abimelech also called Abraham and said to him, \"What have you done to us? We have made a great sin. You have done what you should not have done. In this place was not fear of God? And did you really intend to kill me for my wife? And after I went from the presence of my father, I said to her, \"Wherever we go, say you are my sister.\" Then Abimelech took sheep and oxen and gave them to him, his wife Sarah. \"Behold,\" he said to Sarah, \"the land is before you; dwell and stay where you please.\" He said to Sarah, \"I have given to your brother a thousand pieces of silver. This shall be a sign to your eyes, and remember that you were taken away from there.\" Abraham prayed for Abimelech and his men, and God healed Abimelech's wife.).all his servants and concubines/ Our lord had closed the place of engendering of all the houses of Abimelech for Sarah, the wife of Abraham/ Our lord then visited Sarah and she conceived and brought forth a son in her old age/ that same time that God had promised/ Abraham called his son that she had born Isaac/ and when he was eight days old he circumcised him, as God had commanded/ Abraham was then one hundred years old/ Then said Sarah, who would have supposed that I should give suck to my child being so old, I laughed when I heard our lord say so/ And all who shall hereof may well laugh/ The child grew and was weaned from the pap/ And Abraham made a great feast on the day of his weaning/ After this, on a day when Sarah saw the son of Hagar, her handmaid, playing with her son Isaac, she said to Abraham, Cast out this handmaid and her son/ The son of the handmaid shall not be with my son Isaac/ Abraham took this word hard and grievously for his son/ then God said to him, Let it not be..For thy son and handmaid, whatever Sara says to thee through her voice: For Isaac shall thy seed be called, yet I will make the son of the handmaid grow into great people, for he is of thy seed. Abraham arose early in the morning and took bread and a bottle of water and placed it on her shoulder and gave it to her, and let her go. Which, when she had departed, weary in the wilderness of Beersheba, the water in the bottle being consumed, she left the child under a tree there and went away as far as a bowshot, and sat down; and she said, \"I shall not see my son die\"; and there she wept. Our Lord heard the voice of the child from the place where he was. And an angel called Agar, saying, \"What art thou Agar? Fear not; our Lord has heard the voice of the child from this place. Arise, take the child and hold him by the hand; for I will make him a great nation.\" God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water and went and filled the bottle..and gave the child to drink, and stayed with him, living and dwelling in the wilderness. He became a young man and an archer, and also dwelled in the desert of Paran. And his mother took for him a wife from the land of Egypt. At that time Abimelech and Phicol, the prince of his east, spoke to Abraham: \"The Lord be with you in all that you do. Swear to me and to me after me and to my kin that you will not wrong me, nor any who will come after me or my house, but according to the kindness that I have shown you.\" And Abraham said, \"I will swear.\" And he rebuked Abimelech concerning the well of water which his servants had seized by force. Abimelech replied, \"I did not know who had done this thing. And you did not tell me about it. And I had heard of it until this day.\" Then they made a covenant with one another, and Abraham prayed to God on behalf of Abimelech and his house, and swore to him concerning the well. And Abimelech said, \"I have not taken your wife, and she is yours, behold, I have given her to you, and behold, my people and I will do you no wrong. And behold, I have set my hand to the agreement that you have made with me, and I have let your sister go, and you may go in peace.\" And Abraham prayed to God for Abimelech and for his house, and for all that he had..Abraham, take your only son, whom you love, Isaac, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him as a sacrifice to me on one of the hills that I will show you. Then Abraham rose in the night, made his donkey ready, and took with him two young men and his son Isaac. And when they had cut and gathered the wood for the burnt offering, they went to the place that God had commanded him. On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes and saw from afar the place. And he said to his children, \"Stay here with the donkey. I and my son will go to that place, and we will worship there. We will return to you.\" Then he took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it on his son Isaac, and he bore the fire and the knife in his hands. And as they went to place the wood on the altar, Isaac said to his father, \"Father, my son, what is the purpose of the sacrifice, Abraham?\" And he replied, \"My son, God will provide for himself the sacrifice.\" They went on together..I came to the place where God had ordained, and there I made an altar and laid the wood there. I took Isaac and set him on the wood on the altar, and took his sword to offer him up to God. But the angel of God cried to him from heaven, saying, \"Abraham, Abraham!\" And he answered, \"Here I am.\" He said to him, \"Do not lay your hand on the boy or do anything to him. Now I know that you fear God and have not spared your only son for me. Abraham looked behind him and saw among the branches a ram fastened by the horns. He took it and offered it in sacrifice instead of his son. He called that place \"The Lord sees,\" and the angel called Abraham a second time, saying, \"I have sworn by myself,\" says the Lord, \"because you have done this thing and have not spared your only son for me, I will bless you and multiply your seed as the stars of heaven and as the sand that is on the seashore. Your seed shall possess the gates of their enemies, and in your seed all the peoples of the earth shall be blessed.\".Thee obeyed me, Abraham returned to his servants and went to Beersheba, dwelling there. Sarah lived 127 years and died in the city of Hebron, which is in the land of Canaan. For her, Abraham mourned and wept. He bought a field from the children of Heth and buried her respectfully in a double cave. Abraham was an old man, and God blessed him in all things. He charged and swore to the eldest and highest servant of all his house, by the God of heaven and earth, not to let his son Isaac take a wife from among the daughters of Canaan, but to go to the land where my kindred is, and take a wife for my son from there. The servant answered, \"If no woman comes with me to this land, shall I bring your son from there when you came?\" Abraham said, \"Be careful not to take my son there.\" The God of heaven and earth who took me from the house of my father and from the place of my birth..Natyuyte said and swore to me, \"I will give this land to your seed. He will send his angel before you, and you shall take a wife for my son there, if no woman comes with him. You shall not be hindered by your oath in any way, but you shall lead my son there. His servant swore and promised him this would happen. He took ten camels from his lord's flock and all his goods with him and went into Mesopotamia to the town of Nachor. He made the camels wait outside the town by a well side at the time when the women usually came out to draw water. There he prayed to the Lord, saying, \"Lord God of my lord Abraham, I beseech Thee to help me this day and show mercy to my lord Abraham. I stand here near the well of water, and the daughters of the inhabitants of this town come here to draw water. Therefore, the maiden to whom I say, 'Set down your jar that I may drink,' and she sets it down and says, 'I will give you a drink.'\".And to the camels so that I may understand which one is the maid you have ordered for your servant Isaac, and you show mercy to my lord Abraham. He had not yet finished these words within himself, but Rebecca, the daughter of Bethuel, son of Milcah, sister of Abraham, came out of the town carrying a pot on her shoulder. She went down to the well and filled her pot with water and returned. The servant of Abraham ran to her and said, \"Please give me a little of the water in your pot to drink.\" She replied, \"Drink, my lord,\" and lightly took the pot from her shoulder and gave him a drink. And when he had drunk, she said, \"I will give water to your camels to drink also and draw water for them until they have all drunk.\" She poured the water into a vessel that was there for the beasts to drink from and ran to the well and drew water, each one drinking his draft. Then.The man in his heart thought that God had granted him a successful journey. After they had drunk, he gave her two rings to wear on her ears, weighing two sycles each and as many armlets weighing ten sycles. He asked her whose daughter she was and if there was any room in her father's house to lodge him and his camels and she replied, \"I am the daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son. And in my father's house there is enough room to lodge you and your camels and provision for them.\" The man bowed to the ground and worshiped God, saying, \"Blessed be the Lord God of my master Abraham, who has not withheld His mercy and truth from my master. And I have come to the house of my master's brother.\" Rebecca ran home and told everyone what she had heard. Rebecca had a brother named Laban. The man approached the man standing by the well and said to him, \"Come, you who are blessed by God; why are you standing here?\".standest thou without? I have prepared a place for thee and ordered a spot for thy camels. I brought him in and strawed his camels and gave them fodder and water to wash their feet, as well as the men who came with him. They set forth bread before him. He said, \"I will not eat until I have performed my errand and asked why I had come.\" It was answered to him, \"Say on.\" He said, \"I am a servant of Abraham. God has greatly blessed and magnified him, and has given him oxen, sheep, silver, gold, male and female servants, camels and asses. And Sarah his wife has brought him forth a son in her old age, and he has given him all that he had. My lord has charged and urged me, saying, 'In no way let my son Isaac have a wife from the daughters of Canaan in whose land he dwells, but go to the house of my father and of my kindred, and from them you shall take a wife for my son.'\" Therefore I have come here and told you all. Pray, ask God for a sign and how..Rebecca spoke to him, and in conclusion, she desired to have Rebecca as his wife for Isaac. And if he would not consent, he might depart and go to some other place on the right or left to seek a wife for his lord's son. Then Bathuel and Laban spoke to him, \"This word has come from God. Against His will, we can do nothing. Rebecca stands before you; take her and go forth that she may be a wife to the son of your lord, as our lord has said. These words, which the servant of Abraham had heard, filled the ground, and he thanked the Lord. And immediately, he took out silver vessels and gold and good clothes and gave them to Rebecca as a gift. He also gave gifts to her brothers and mother. And immediately, he made a feast and ate and were joyful together. In the morning, the servant of Abraham arose and desired to depart and take Rebecca with him and go to his lord. Then the mother and her brothers said, \"Let the maiden stay with us for a few days, but only ten, and then take her and go on your way.\" He replied, \"Retain her, do not let her go.\".me not/Our lord has addressed my way/ and achieved my errand for which he sent me to my lord. They said, \"We shall call the maid and determine her will.\" And when she was asked if she would go with that man, she replied, \"Yes, I will go with him.\" Then they let her go and her nurse with her. And so she departed. They said to her, \"You are our sister. We pray that you may increase into a thousand thousand. And may your seed possess the gates of their enemies.\" Then Rebecca and her maidens mounted camels and followed the servant of Abraham, who had returned hastily to his lord. At that time, when they arrived, Isaac was walking in the field and looked up and saw the camels approaching from a distance. Rebecca saw him and asked the servant, \"Who is that man coming into the field against us?\" He answered and said, \"That is my lord Isaac.\" And immediately she took her veil or mantle and covered herself. The servant then reported to his lord Isaac all that he had done, and he received her..Abraham took Sarah his mother into the tabernacle and married her, loving her so much that the love overshadowed his sorrow for his mother. After this, Abraham married another wife, by whom he had numerous children. Abraham gave all his possessions to Isaac and gave movable goods to his other children. Abraham drove away the sons of his concubines from Isaac while he yet lived. The entire life of Abraham was 120 years, and then he died in good mind and age. Isaac and Ishmael buried him with Sarah in a double cave.\n\nIsaac was 40 years old when he married Rebekah, and she bore him no children. Therefore, he prayed to the Lord that she might conceive and bring forth fruit. The Lord heard his prayer, and she conceived and had twins before they were born. However, they fought in their mother's womb. Because of this, she prayed to God to tell her and give her comfort. God appeared to her and said, \"Two nations are in your womb.\".In your belly there will be two people divided. One people will overcome another, and the larger will serve the smaller. Thus spoke the Lord to her. After this time came for her to be delivered, there were two to be born. The first that issued forth was rough from head to foot, and he was named Esau. And immediately after that, the other came out holding the heel of his brother's foot in his hand, and he was named Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when these children were born. And after they had grown to a reasonable age, Esau became a plowman and a trader in seeds. He was also an hunter. Jacob was simple and dwelt at home with his mother. Isaac the father loved Esau, for he ate the venison that Esau hunted. Rebecca, the mother, loved Jacob. Jacob once made a good stew, and Esau his brother had been hunting all day and came home weary and famished, and found Jacob having good stew. He begged Jacob to give him some, but Jacob said, \"I have saved some for myself, in case my own body and my father's household might bless me.\".If you want to sell your patrimony and heritage to me, I will give you a pot of stew. Esau replied, \"I am dying of hunger. What good will my inheritance do me if I die, and what profit will my patrimony bring me? I am content that you take it for this pot of stew.\" Jacob then said, \"Swear to me that you will never claim it, and that you are content for me to enjoy it.\" Esau swore it, and so he sold away his patrimony. He took the pot of stew and ate it, setting nothing aside that he had sold his patrimony.\n\nIsaac grew old, and his eyesight failed, so that he could not see clearly. One day he called Esau, his eldest son, and said to him, \"Son, know that I am growing old and will soon depart from this world. Take your weapons: your bow and quiver with arrows, and go out to hunt. Bring back whatever you have hunted.\".Venison: make for me such kind of food as you know I am accustomed to eat, and bring it to me so that I may eat it, and my soul may bless you before I die. Rebecca heard these words, and Esau went out to fulfill his father's command. He said to Jacob, \"I have heard your father say to Esau your brother, 'Bring to me of your venison and make for me such food that I may eat, and I may bless you before I die.' Now, my son, heed my counsel, and go to the flock and bring me the two best kids you can find. I will make of them such food as your father will gladly eat, and when he has eaten it, he may bless you before he dies.\" Jacob replied, \"Do you not know that my brother Esau is hairy and I am smooth? If my father takes me to him and tastes me, and feels me, I fear he will think that I am mocking him, and will give me his curse instead of the blessing.\" The mother then said to him, \"In me.\".She said, \"I curse you, my son. Go to the flock and do as I have said to your brother. Fetch the kidneys and deliver them to his mother. She prepared them into such food as she knew he liked, took the best clothes Esau had and put them on Jacob. She covered his neck and hands with the skins of the kidneys as he was bare. She gave him bread and the pottage she had cooked. He went to his father and said, \"Father, my son.\" And he answered, \"I am here.\" \"Who are you, my son?\" Jacob replied, \"I am Esau your firstborn son. I have done as you commanded. Arise, sit and eat of the venison of my hunting, that your soul may bless me.\" Then Isaac asked his son, \"How did you manage to find and take it so soon, my son?\" To which he answered, \"It was the will of God that such a thing as I desired came soon into my possession. Come here to me, my son, so that I may touch and handle you.\".The man came to his father, and when he had felt him, Isaac said, \"The voice is the voice of Jacob, but the hands are the hands of Esau.\" He did not recognize him. Therefore, blessing him, he said, \"You are then my son Esau.\" Esau answered, \"I am he.\" Then Isaac requested, \"Bring me the food of your hunting, my son, so that my soul may bless you.\" He offered it and gave it to his father. After he had eaten and drunk a good draught of wine, he said to Jacob, \"Come here to me, my son, and kiss me.\" Jacob went to him and kissed him. As soon as he felt the sweet smell and taste of his clothes, blessing him, he said, \"The sweet smell of my son is like the smell of a field full of flowers. May the Lord give you of the dew of heaven, the richness of the earth, grain, wine, and oil\u2014and may the people serve you.\".and the tribe worship the Lord, and be thou the lord of your brothers, and the sons of your mother shall bow and kneel to the one who curses him, he shall be cursed, and the one who blesses you with blessings shall be filled, unless it was Isaac who had fulfilled these words. And Jacob went out. When Esau came in with his game that he had hunted and entered and offered to his father, saying, \"Arise, father, and eat of the venison that your son has prepared for you, that your soul may bless me.\" Isaac said to him, \"Who are you to whom he answered, \"I am your firstborn son, Esau.\" Isaac was greatly astonished and amazed, and marveled more than what is credibly believable. And he was in a trance, as the master of history says, in which he knew that Jacob should have the blessing. And he said to Esau, \"Who is that little one who is just now a little before your coming brought to my venison, and I have eaten of all that he brought to me before you came? I have blessed him. And he...\".Esau was greatly distressed when he heard his father's words, crying out and saying, \"Father, please bless me as well. I am Esau your firstborn.\" His father Isaac replied, \"Your brother Jacob has deceitfully taken your birthright. He has also received my blessing.\" Esau responded, \"Is it not right for him to be called Jacob? For earlier, he supplanted me of my birthright, and now he has taken my blessing. Yet you have still reserved one blessing for me. You have made him lord over all your household, and have put his brothers under his servitude. I have been provided for with food and wine. What, then, will you give to my son?\" Esau pleaded, \"Father, please bless me as well.\" With a great signing and weeping, Isaac said to him, \"In the fatness of the earth and the dew of heaven shall be your blessing. You shall live by the sword, and you shall serve your brother.\".Then Esau was filled with hatred for Jacob because he had received his father's blessing instead. Esau said in his heart, \"The days of mourning will come for my father. I will kill my brother Jacob.\" Rebecca was told this and immediately sent for Jacob, her son, and said to him, \"Your brother Esau is planning to kill you. So now, my son, listen to my voice and flee to my brother in Aram. Stay there until his anger and fury have passed, and his indignation has ceased. Then I will send for you and bring you back here again.\" Rebecca went to Isaac her husband and said, \"I am weary of my life because of the Hittite women. If Jacob takes a wife from that race, I will no longer live.\" Isaac then called for Jacob and blessed him, commanding him, \"Do not marry a woman from the Canaanite race, but go and walk in the land.\".in the land of Mesopotamia in Syria, to the house of Bathuel, the father of your mother, and take a wife from the daughters of Laban, your uncle. May God Almighty bless you and make you grow and multiply, so that you may increase greatly in numbers, and give you the blessings of Abraham and your seed after you, that you may possess the land of your pilgrimage, which he granted to your forefathers. When Jacob had spoken thus, he gave him leave to go. He departed immediately and went to the land of Mesopotamia in Syria, to Laban, the son of Bathuel, brother of Rebekah, his mother. Esau, seeing that his father had blessed Jacob, sent him to the land of Seir to take a wife from there. After his blessing, he commanded him, saying, \"Take no wife from the daughters of Canaan.\" He went to Peleg, the daughter of Ishmael, and took her, besides the wives he had taken before..Ismael is the son of Abraham. Then Jacob departed from Beersheba. He went on his journey toward Aram. When he came to a certain place after going down of the sun, and wished to rest there all night, he took stones from there and laid them under his head and slept in the same place. And there he saw in his sleep a ladder standing on the earth, and its top reached heaven. Angels of God were ascending and descending upon it, and the Lord stood in the midst of the ladder and said to him, \"I am the Lord God of Abraham your father and of Isaac. The land on which you lie I will give to you and to your seed. Your seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and you shall spread abroad to the east and to the west, and to the north and to the south. And all the families of the earth shall be blessed in you and in your seed. I will be with you and will bring you back to this land. And I will not leave you until I have done what I have spoken to you.\" When Jacob awoke from his sleep..In his sleep, Jacob said, \"God is truly in this place, and I was unaware. He spoke fearfully, \"How terrible is this place. Nothing is here but the presence of God and the gate of heaven.\" Early in the morning, Jacob arose and took the stone that lay beneath his head, raised it as a witness, anointing it with oil. He named the place Bethel, which had previously been called Luz. There, he made a vow to the Lord, saying, \"If God is with me and keeps me on the path I walk and gives me bread to eat and clothes to wear and allows me to return in peace to my father's house, the Lord shall be my God. And of all that You give me, I will offer You a tithe and the firstborn of my flock.\" Then Jacob went toward the east and saw a pit in a field with three flocks of sheep lying beside it. The sheep were watered from that pit, and its mouth was closed with a great stone..For the custom, when all the sheep were gathered, they rolled away the stone and when they had drunk, they placed it back at the pit mouth. Then he said to the shepherds, \"Brothers, when are you?\" They answered, \"We are from Aram.\" He asked them, \"Do you not know Laban, son of Nahor?\" They replied, \"We know him well. He is indeed here. Then Rachel his daughter came there with her flock. For she kept the animals at that time. When Jacob saw her and knew that she was his own daughter and that they were his own sheep, he removed the stone from the pit mouth. And when her sheep had drunk:\n\n\"It is still early,\" Jacob said. \"It is still time for the flocks to be led to drink, and after, to be driven to pasture.\" They replied, \"We cannot do that until all the animals are gathered, and then we remove the stone from the pit mouth and water our animals.\" Rachel came with the flock of her father. For she kept the animals at that time. And when Jacob saw her and knew that she was his own daughter and that they were his own sheep, he removed the stone from the pit mouth, and when her sheep had drunk..He kissed her and weeping, he told her that he was her father's brother and Jacob's son, Rebecca's son. Then she hid herself and told it to her father. When he understood that Jacob, his sister's son, had come, he ran against him, embracing and kissing him, and led him into his house. And when he had heard the cause of his journey, he said, \"Thou art my flesh and my bone.\" After he had stayed there for a month, he demanded of Jacob if he would gladly serve him because he was his cousin, and what his wage and reward would be. He had two daughters: the elder was named Leah, and the younger was called Rachel. But Leah was unloved, and Rachel was fair and well favored. Jacob loved and said, \"I will serve you for Rachel your younger daughter for seven years.\" Laban answered, \"It is better that I give her to you than to a foreign man. Dwell and abide with me, and you shall have her.\" So Jacob served him for Rachel for seven years, and he thought it but a little while because of the great love that he had for her..After five years, Jacob told Laban, \"Give me my wife, for the time has come for me to have her.\" Laban then called all his friends and held a feast for the wedding. That night, he brought in Leah, and gave her a handmaid named Zilpah. Jacob, thinking it was Rachel, went to her in the night. When morning came and he saw it was Leah, he asked Laban, \"Why have you deceived me? I served you for Rachel. Why have you given me Leah?\" Laban replied, \"It is not the custom in our country to give the younger daughter in marriage first. But fulfill this arrangement and complete this marriage this week. Then I will give Rachel to you as my daughter. For another seven years you will still serve me.\" Jacob agreed, and when the week was over, he married Rachel. Laban gave her a handmaid named Bilhah as her servant. However, the wedding of the younger daughter was finished earlier due to circumstances..\"Great love he had for her, he thought the next seven years were brief. The Lord saw that he despised Rachel, he allowed Rachel to conceive, and Leah her sister remained barren. When Rachel conceived and bore a son, she said, \"The Lord has seen my humility and patience. Now my husband will love me.\" She conceived again and bore another son, saying, \"Since the Lord saw me despised, he has given me this son.\" She named him Simeon. She conceived a third time and gave birth to a son, saying, \"Now my husband will be bound to me because I have borne him three sons.\" She named him Levi. She conceived again and was delivered of a son, saying, \"Now I will give myself to the Lord.\" She named him Judah. Rachel was envious of her sister. She spoke to Jacob her husband, \"Give me children or I will die.\" Jacob was angry with her and replied, 'Do you think I am God?'\".\"Pry the fruit from your belly / Then she said, I have my servant Bilhah. Go to her and let her conceive on my behalf, so that I may have some sons from her / She gave Bilhah to her husband to know her / When Jacob had known her and she conceived and bore a son, then Rachel said, \"The Lord has heard my petition; give me a son and I will name him Dan.\" After Bilhah conceived again and bore another son, Rachel said, \"The Lord has compared me to my sister; now give me this one.\" She named him Naphtali. Then Leah feeling that she had conceived no more, she gave Zilpah her handmaid to her husband, who conceived and bore a son whom Leah named Gad. After Zilpah conceived another son, Rachel said, \"This is for my blessing.\" Therefore she called him Asher. It happened that Reuben went out in harvest time into the field and took there a mandrake root, which he brought and gave to his mother. Then Rachel said to her,\".Sister Leah / Give me some part of the mandrake of your son / Leah answered, \"Is it not enough that you take from me my husband, but that you also want part of the mandrake of my son?\" / Then Rachel said, \"He shall sleep with me this night for the mandrake of your son.\" / At evening, when Jacob came home from the field, Leah went before him and said, \"You shall sleep with me this night.\" / \"For I have bought you for the price of the mandrake of my son.\" / He slept with her that night. / \u00b6 And the Lord heard her prayers. / She conceived and gave birth to the fifth son / and she said, \"God has rewarded me / because I gave my handmaiden to my husband.\" / She named him Reuben. / Leah conceived again and gave birth to the sixth son / and named him Simeon. / \"God has endowed me with a good dowry.\" / Yet my husband will stay with me / because I have borne him six sons. / And she named him Levi. / After this, she conceived and gave birth to a daughter named Dinah. / Then the Lord remembered Rachel and heard her / and opened the place of conception..\"When Joseph was born, Jacob spoke to Laban, his father-in-law, saying, \"Grant me leave to depart, that I may go to my country and my land. Give me my wives and children, for whom I have served you, that I may go.\" Then Laban said to him, \"What service have I received at your hands? I have found favor in your sight. I know that God has blessed me because of you. You had but little when you came to me, and now you are rich. Therefore, it is only right that I provide something for your sending off.\" Laban asked, \"What shall I give to you?\" Jacob answered, \"I will take nothing but that you do as I request: I will yet feed and keep your livestock, and depart separately.\"\".The sheep of various colors, and all those that are of various colors and spotted, as in sheep as in goats, I have recently received as reward and payment. Laban granted this. Jacob then took Rodde's green staff and took part of the rim away, making the staff two-colored. He set these before the sheep and beasts when they were to conceive, and the animals, seeing the staff of varying colors, gave birth to lambs that were white and black and of various colors. Then Laban saw that Jacob had the majority, and changed the agreement the next year, intending to have all those of various colors, while Jacob should have all those of one color. Jacob then set staffs of one color before them when the sheep and beasts conceived. At the time of parting, Laban took those of two colors, and Jacob those of one color. In this way, Jacob became very wealthy beyond measure and had many flocks, servants both men and women..After Iacob heard Laban's sons say, \"Jacob has taken all that was our father's from him, and he has become rich from his livestock,\" Jacob was ashamed. He understood, from Laban's look, that he was not as friendly to him as he had been before. Our lord also told him that he should return to the land of his father and his ancestors, and that he would go with him. He then called Rachel and Leah out to the field where he tended his flocks. He said to them, \"I see now by your father's face that he is not toward me as he was yesterday or the day before. Indeed, the God of my father was with me. You know well how I have served your father with all my might and strength. But he has deceived me and changed my wages ten times. And yet the Lord has not let him harm me. When he said that the animals of a particular color should be mine, then all the ewes gave birth to lambs of various colors. And when he said the contrary, they gave birth to all white ones. God\".Jacob took your father's substance and gave it to me. God has commanded me to depart. Prepare and let us leave now. Rachel and Leah replied, \"Shall we have nothing else of our father's power and of his heritage from our mothers' side? Will he consider us strangers, and has he sold and consumed our good? Since God has given our father's goods and us and our children, we must do as God commands. Jacob arose, set his children and wives upon his camels, and went with all his substance and flocks to the land of Canaan. At that time Laban was shearing his sheep. Rachel stole the teraphim of her father. Jacob did not let Laban know of his departure. When he had departed with all that belonged to him, he came to the mount of Galaad. It was told to Laban the third day after Jacob had fled..Anonymous found him after a journey of six days and overtook him in the mount of Galad. He saw the Lord in his sleep speaking to him, \"Be careful that you do not speak angrily or harsh words to Jacob. At that time Jacob had set up his tabernacle in the hill, and when he came there with his brothers, he said to Jacob, 'Why have you treated me this way, taking away my daughters as prisoners taken by the sword? Why did you flee from me and would not let me know this? You have not allowed me to kiss my sons and daughters. Now I can do harm and evil, but the God of your father said to me yesterday, \"Be careful that you speak no harsh words against Jacob. You desire to go to the house of your father, why have you stolen my gods?' Jacob answered, 'I left without knowing, I feared that you would violently take away my daughters from me. And as you reproach me of theft, let him who stole my gods be killed before our brothers.'\".Sech me what you find that is yours, take it, he said, not knowing that Rachel had stolen her father's idols. Then Laban entered the tabernacle of Jacob and found nothing. And when he came into the tabernacle of Rachel, she hid the idols under the litter of the camel and sat upon it. He searched and found nothing. Then Rachel said, \"My lord, I cannot arise now, for such sickness as women are wont to have has fallen upon me.\" And so she deceived her father.\n\nJacob, being angry and aggrieved, said to Laban, \"What is my transgression, and what have I sinned that you have pursued me and searched for everything? What have you now found of all the substance of your house? Lay it before my brothers and yours, that they may judge between me and you. I have served you for twenty years and have been with you. My sheep and goats have not been bartered. I have not eaten the rams of your flock. Nor have I given you any harm.\".I have destroyed none. I shall make it right what was stolen. I prayed therefore, day and night I labored, both in heat and in cold. Sleep fled from my eyes. I served you for twenty-two years, fourteen for your daughters, and six for your flocks. You have changed my wages and reward several times. But if the fear of Abraham and Isaac had been with me, perhaps you would have left me destitute. Our Lord God has kept my affliction and the labor of my hands. He has reprimanded the day before. Laban answered him concerning his daughters and sons, and your flocks and all that you behold. What may I do with my sons and newborns? Now we are friends. Let us make a firm league and confederacy to help each other. Then Jacob raised a stone and raised it as a token of friendship and peace. And they ate together in friendship. And each swore to the other to abide in love ever after. After this, Laban rose in the night and kissed his daughters and sons and blessed them. He returned to his country..Iacob set out on his journey, and God's angels met him. When he saw them, he said, \"These are God's messengers.\" He named that place Mahanaim. He sent messengers before him to Esau his brother in the land of Seir in the land of Edom. He instructed them, \"Tell my lord this: I have dwelled with Laban until now. I have oxen, donkeys, male and female servants. I am sending this delegation to find favor in your sight.\"\n\nThe messengers returned to Jacob and said, \"We went to Esau your brother, and he is coming to meet you with four hundred men. Jacob was afraid then and divided his company into two columns, saying, \"If Esau comes to this one and destroys it, the other will yet be saved.\"\n\nThen Jacob prayed, \"God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac, O Lord, who said to me, 'Return to your land and your birthplace, and I will do well to you,' I am the least of all your mercies, and in your steadfast love.\".I have removed unnecessary line breaks and other meaningless characters, and corrected some OCR errors. Here is the cleaned text:\n\n\"I have crossed the River Jordan with two turmes. I beseech the Lord to protect me from the hands of my brother Esau, for I fear him greatly, lest he come and strike down the mother with the sons. You have said that you will do well by me and spread my seed like the sand of the sea, so that it may not be numbered for multitude. Then, when he had slept that night, he ordered gifts to be sent to his brother: two kine, twenty sheep, twenty rams, forty kine, and twenty bulls, twenty asses and their fools. He sent all these beasts by his servants, and commanded them to say that Jacob his servant had sent this present and that he was following after. Jacob thought to please him with gifts. The night following, he wrestled all night with him until the morning, and when he saw that he could not overcome him, he touched the sinew of his thigh, so that he walked with a limp, and said to him,\".Then Jacob answered, \"I will not leave you, but if you bless me.\" He said to him, \"What is your name?\" He answered, \"Jacob.\" Then he said, \"Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel. For if you have been strong against God, how much more shall you prevail against men? Then Jacob asked him, \"What is your name, tell me?\" He answered, \"Why do you ask my name, which is unimportant?\" And he blessed him at that place. Jacob named that place Peniel, saying, \"I have seen God face to face, and my soul has been saved.\" And as he passed Penuel, the sun rose on his face, so he halted on his thigh. Therefore, the children of Israel do not eat the pigeon, because it was dried in the thigh of Jacob. Then Jacob, living up, lifted his eyes and saw Esau coming with four hundred men. He divided the sons of Leah and Rachel and the two handmaids and their children, and he put each handmaid and her children in front in the first place. Leah and her..Sons were with him Leah and Rachel, and Joseph behind; and he went before, bowing to the ground and worshiping his brother. Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, straining his neck and kissed him; and he looked forth and saw the women and their children, and said, \"What are these and to whom do they belong?\" Jacob answered, \"They are children whom God has given to me, your servant, and their maids and their children came and knelt down and lay down with her children and worshiped him. Lastly, Joseph and Rachel worshiped him. Then Esau said, \"Whose are these towers that I have met?\" Jacob answered, \"I have sent them to my lord, to find favor in your eyes. Esau said, \"I have many myself; keep these and let them be yours. Nay, said Jacob, \"I pray you to take this gift which God has sent me, that I may find favor in your sight. For to me, your face seems like the face of God; and therefore be merciful to me.\".And take this blessing from me,/ given by you, as you took it, late I told you I would accompany you and be your servant in your journey,/ then said Jacob, you know well, my lord, that I have young children and tender sheep and oxen, and if I overlabored, they would all die in a day,/ therefore, please let it be you, my lord, to go before me, and I shall follow with my children and beasts as I may,/ Esau answered, I pray, let my fellows remain and accompany you with whatever need you have,/ I Jacob said, it is unnecessary, I need no one but one who may stand in your favor, my lord,/ and Esau returned then the same way and journeyed to Seir, and Jacob came to Sochot and built there a house,/ and from there he went to Salem, the town of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan,/ and bought there a part of a field in which he pitched his tents from the sons of Emor, father of Shechem, for a hundred lambs,/ and there he erected an altar/ and worshiped upon it the strongest god..Israhel's daughter Leah went out to see the women of the region. When Sychem, son of Emor, prince of that land, saw her, he was attracted to her, slept with her, and oppressed her by force. He approached his father Emor and asked for her hand in marriage, saying, \"Give me this damsel as my wife.\" Jacob learned of this and kept it secret until his sons returned from tending their animals in the field. Then Emor spoke to Jacob about this matter, and when his sons arrived, they heard what had happened and were angry and wrathful because their sister had been defiled. Emor then said to them, \"Sychem, my son, take your daughter as wife.\" And let us each take a wife from the other. Let our daughters be given to you, and yours to us, and live with us all the country is under your control, exercise and..Occupy it and sell it, then I will have this damsel as my wife, said Sichem to his father and brothers. What will you decide, and what do you command? I will gladly give you whatever you ask for this damsel.\n\nBut the sons of Jacob answered Sichem and his father with deceit, disguising their feelings as if they had not known their sister's abduction. We cannot do what you desire, nor give our sister to an uncircumcised man. It is a great sin for us. If you will be circumcised, along with every man among you and every male child, and be like us, we will take your daughters and you ours, and we will dwell together as one people. If you will not be circumcised, we will take our sister and leave.\n\nThis offer pleased Emor and Sichem, his son, and there was no young man who did not immediately agree to their terms. He loved the damsel so much that he went at once into the city and told the people all this: that these men were honorable men who would dwell among them, and that they were willing to be circumcised..There was no letting us be circumcised as they were, and so we were circumcised immediately. On the third day after, the most pain of the wounds grieved them. Then two of Jacob's sons, Simeon and Levi, brothers of Dinah, drew their swords and entered the city scarcely, and slew all the men - both Shechem and Hamor - to take Dinah their sister with them from Shechem's house. And the other sons of Jacob filled in and slew all whom they found, avenging the shame and dishonor done to their sister. They took their wives and children captive. Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, \"You have troubled me; you have made me odious to the Canaanites and Perizzites who dwell in this land. We are few; they will gather against us and destroy me and my household.\" They answered, \"Should we let our sister be held as a common woman?\" After this, the Lord appeared to Jacob..Aryse and go up to Bethel and dwell there, and make an altar to the Lord who appeared to you in the way when you fled from your brother Esau. Jacob then called all his household and said, Cast away from you all your foreign gods that are among you, and make yourselves clean and change your clothes. Arise, let us go to Bethel and make there an altar to our God who heard me in the day of my trouble and was with me on my journey. Then they gave to Him all their foreign gods and the gold that was on their ears. And he gave them a pit there behind the city of Shechem and threw them in it. And when they departed, all the lands around were afraid and dared not pursue them. Then Jacob came to a place called Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, and all the people with him, who otherwise are called Bethel. He built an altar there to our God and named that place the house of God. Our God appeared to him in that place when he fled from his brother..Esau died and was buried at the root of Bethel under an oak. The Lord appeared again to Jacob after he returned from Mesopotamia in Syria and came to Bethel, where He blessed him, saying, \"You shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel shall be your name. He called him Israel and said to him, 'I am God Almighty; grow and multiply, and a nation and its kings will come from your offspring. I will give this land to you and your descendants\u2014the land I gave to Abraham and Isaac. I will be with you and your descendants and establish your offspring as a perpetual kingdom. Then Jacob set up a stone as a memorial in the place where God spoke to him and anointed it with oil. He named the place Bethel.\" Jacob then went to the land of Gethsemane, where Rachel traveled and began to die in childbirth. The midwife said to her, \"Do not fear, for you will have a son.\" And as death approached, she named him Ben-Oni. But Jacob called him BENJAMIN..Say, as the son of my sorrow, the father called him Ishmael, that is, the son of the right hand. Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephratham, that is, Bethlehem. Jacob placed a title upon her tomb. This is the title of Rachel's monument to this day. Jacob then went and came to Isaac his father in Hebron, which is Abraham and Isaac's dwelling place. And all the days of Isaac were complete, which were one hundred and forty-six years. He died in good mind. Esau and Jacob, his sons, buried him.\n\nThis ends the story of Isaac and his two sons, Esau and Jacob.\n\nJoseph, when he was seventeen years old, began to keep and feed the flock with his brothers. He, being yet a child, was accompanied by the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, wives of his father. Joseph tended his brothers and accused them to their father of the most evil sin.\n\nIsrael loved Joseph above all his sons, for he had obtained him in his old age..And made for him a motley coat; his brothers then seeing that he was favored by his father more than they were, hated him and could not speak a peaceful word to him. It happened once that Joseph dreamed and saw a dream and told it to his brothers, which caused them to hate him even more. Joseph said to his brothers, \"Here is my dream that I had: I thought that we were binding sheaves in the field, and my sheaf stood up and your sheaves bowed down around it and worshiped my sheaf.\" His brothers answered, \"Shall you be our king, and shall we be subjects and obey your commandments?\" Because of this dream and these words, the hatred and envy within them increased. Joseph saw another dream and told it to his father and brothers: \"I thought I saw in my sleep the sun, the moon, and eleven stars worshiping me.\" When his father and his brothers had heard this, his father rebuked him and said, \"What may this dream mean that you saw?\" Do you think that I, your mother, and your brothers will worship him on it?\".his brothers had great envy here at Shechem. The father thought and considered something secretly in himself.\n\nOn a time when his brothers kept their flocks of sheep in Shechem, Israel said to Joseph, \"Your brothers are feeding their sheep in Shechem. Come and I will send you to them.\" Which answered, \"I am ready.\" And he said, \"Go and see if all things are well and prosperous with your brothers and their beasts and come again and tell me what they do.\" He went from the valley of Hebron and came to Shechem. There was a man who found him wandering in the field. And he asked him, \"What do you seek?\" And he answered, \"I am seeking my brothers. Tell me, where have they fed their flocks?\" The man said to him, \"They have departed from this place. I heard them say, 'Let us go to Dothan.'\" When his brothers saw him coming from afar, they thought to kill him. And they spoke to one another, saying, \"Behold, the dreamer is coming. Come and let us kill him and throw him into this old cistern. And we will say, 'Some wild evil beast has devoured him.'\".Ruben hearing this thought, wanted to deliver him from their hands and said, \"Late us not sell him nor shed blood, but keep your hands unfouled.\" This he said, intending to keep him from their hands and render him again to his father. Anon, as he came, they took off his motley coat and set him in an old cistern that had no water. As they sat for to eat bread, they saw Ishmaelites coming from Gilead with their camels bearing spices and Resenus into Egypt. Then Judas spoke to his brethren, \"What shall we gain by letting our hands be unoccupied and our flesh agree to his words? And he drew him out of the cistern and sold him to the Midianite merchants passing by to the Ishmaelites for thirty pieces of silver, which took him into Egypt. At this time when he was sold, Ruben was not there but was in another field with his beasts. And when he returned and came to the cistern and found not Joseph, he took his garment and went to his brethren..The child is not there; why should I go and look for him? He had supposed his brothers had killed him in his absence. They told him what they had done and took his coat, besprinkling it with the blood of a kid. They sent it to their father, saying, \"See if this is your son's coat or not.\" The father recognized it and said, \"This is my son's coat. Some beast must have devoured him. Some beast has eaten him, and it has retained his garments and clothed him in a sackcloth, mourning and sorrowing for his son for a long time. All his sons gathered together to comfort their father and assuage his sorrow. But he would take no comfort. Instead, he said, \"I will go down to my son in Sheol.\" Thus, while he was still grieving, Joseph was carried into Egypt, and he was sold to Potiphar, the eunuch of Pharaoh, master of his household. Thus, Joseph was taken to Egypt, and Potiphar, prince of the east of Pharaoh, an Egyptian, bought him from the hands of the Ishmaelites. Our Lord God..Ioseph was always with Joseph, and he was wise and prosperous in all things. He lived in his lord's house and pleased him so well that he stood in his grace, even above all others. Joseph was given the rule and governance of all his household and wisely governed it. The Lord blessed the house of Egypt for Joseph's sake and multiplied its bestowments in the house as well as in the fields, all its substance. Joseph was fair of countenance and well favored. After many days, the lady, his master's wife, beheld him and cast her eyes on Joseph and said to Joseph, \"Come and lie with me.\" But Joseph refused and would not attend to her words nor consent to such a sinful work. He said to her, \"Has not my lord given all that he has in his house to me, and he knows not what he has, except for what is in my power and under my command? How then can I do this evil and sin to my lord?\".\"He frequently spoke sensible words to her, and the woman grew more desirous and distressed towards the young man. He always avoided and refused the sin. One day, Joseph entered the chamber for certain needs. She caught him by his mantle and held it fast, saying, \"Come and lie with me.\" He refused and fled out of the door, leaving his mantle behind. When the lady saw this and held the mantle, she called her husband and said, \"Look, this Hebrew has come into my chamber and tried to force himself upon me. When I cried out, he fled from the chamber and left his mantle behind in haste.\" When her husband came home, she showed him the mantle and said, \"The Hebrew servant you brought into this house entered my chamber to force himself upon me. When I cried out, he left his mantle behind and fled away.\"\".The lord heard this immediately. He gave faith and bought his wife, and being very angry, he put Joseph in prison where the king's prisoners were kept. The lord was with Joseph, and God had mercy on him. He favored and graced him so much that the chief jailer delivered to Joseph the care of all the prisoners. The chief jailer was pleased with all that he did.\n\nAfter this, two officers of the king came to their lord. The lord was angry with them and commanded them to the prison where Joseph was. One of them was the butler, and the other the baker. The jailer handed them over to Joseph to care for.\n\nSome time passed, and while they were in prison, they both saw a dream on one night which astounded and terrified them. When Joseph came in to serve them and saw them sad, he asked them, \"Why are you sadder than you are accustomed to be?\".Ioseph said, \"Suppose God may not give me grace to interpret it. Tell me what you saw in your dream. The butler spoke first and said, 'I thought I saw a vine with three branches. After they had flowered, we were gathering grapes and they were ripe. Then I took the cup of Pharaoh in my hand, took the grapes and squeezed them into the cup I held, and presented it to Pharaoh to drink. Joseph answered, \"The three branches represent the three days after which Pharaoh will remember your service and restore you to your former office and favor, to serve him as you were accustomed. Then, remember me when you are in power and be merciful to me by mentioning me to Pharaoh, so he may take me out of this prison. For I was stolen from the Hebrew caravan and innocently set here in prison.\" The master baker saw that he had wisely interpreted the butler's dream and said, 'I also had a dream: '.that I had iij basket\u2223tes of mele vpon my heed and in that one baskette that was hiest me thought I bare all the mete of the bachows / & bir\u00a6des came & ete of hit / Ioseph answerd / This is thynterpretacio\u0304 of the dreme / ye iij baskettis ben iij dayes yet to come af\u00a6ter which pharao shal smyte of thy heed & shal ha\u0304ge the on the crosse / & the byr\u00a6des shal tere thy flessh / & the thyrd day after this / pharao made a grete feeste vnto his children / & remembrid hym hym emo\u0304g the meles on the maister bo\u2223teler & the maister baker / he restored his boteler vnto his office / & to serue hym of the cuppe / And that other was han\u2223ged that the trouth of the interpretour was byleuyd & proued / Notwithston\u2223dyng the maister boteler in his welth forgate Ioseph his interpretour / Two yere after pharao sawe in his slepe a dreme / hym thought he stode vpo\u0304 the ry\u00a6uer fro which he sawe vij oxen asce\u0304de to the lande which were fair & right fatte & were fedde in a fatte pasture / he sawe other vij come out of the ryuer poure &.\"And they were fed in plentiful places, devouring those that were so fat and fair. He then awoke from his sleep, and after sleeping again, saw another dream. He saw seven ears of corn standing on one stalk, full and fair, and as many other ears empty and shriveled due to drought, which devoured the beauty of the first seven. In the morning, Pharaoh awoke and was greatly afraid of these dreams. He summoned all interpreters and diviners of Egypt and wise men. When they were gathered, he told them his dream. And there was none who could interpret it. Lastly, the chief butler remembering Joseph said, \"I know my sin. Once, when the king was angry with his servants, he sent me and the master baker into prison. There, in one night, we both dreamed prophetic dreams. And there was a young servant to the butler to whom we told our dreams. He interpreted them for us and said what would happen. I have been restored to my office, but the other was hanged.\"\".Joseph was taken out of prison at the king's command and brought before Pharaoh. He said, \"I had a dream which I have told to no one. None can interpret it for me. God will give Pharaoh a reply, things prosperous to you. Then Pharaoh said to him, \"I have dreamed a dream and no one can tell me its interpretation. Joseph replied, \"Pharaoh's dream is one thing with God; God has revealed to Pharaoh what he is about to do. The seven fat cows and the seven full ears of grain signify seven years of abundance in all the land of Egypt. After them, seven years of great famine will come, and all the abundance of the first years will be forgotten because of the great scarcity of those latter years.\".You shall consume all the produce of the first years. The latter dream signifies the same, because God willed that it should be fulfilled. Therefore, let the king provide for a man who is wise and understanding, who may command and order provosts and officers in all places of the realm, to gather in to granaries and barns the fifth part of all the corn and fruits that shall grow in these first seven plentiful years, and that all this wheat may be kept in barns and granaries in towns and villages, so it may be ready against the coming of the seven years of scarcity that shall afflict all Egypt with hunger, to prevent the people from being famished. This counsel pleased much to Pharaoh and to all his ministers. Then Pharaoh said to his servants, \"Where shall we find such a man as this is, who is fully endowed with the spirit of God? And then Pharaoh said to Joseph, \"As much as God has revealed to us all that you have spoken, do you think we might find anyone wiser than you or like unto you?\" You..You shall be uprisen from my house and to the commandment and seat above the one I said Pharaoh to Joseph. Lo, I have ordained the above and master over all the land of Egypt. He took a ring from his hand and gave it into his hand. And clad him with a double stole furred with ermine. And a golden collar he put about his neck. And made him to ascend upon his chariot. The second trumpet crying that all we should kneel before him. & that they should know him as uppermost provost of all the land of Egypt. Then said the king of Egypt to Joseph, I am Pharaoh. Without thy commandment shall no man move hand or foot in all the land of Egypt. He changed his name. & called him in the tongue of Egypt the savior of the world. He gave to him a wife named Asenath, daughter of Putiphar, priest of Heliopolis. Joseph went forth then into the land of Egypt. Joseph was thirty years old when he stood in the favor and grace of Pharaoh. And he went round about all the region of Egypt. The pleasures of the gods and all good things were his..In the fifth year,/ Harvest and shocks of corn were brought into the barns./ All the abundance of fruits was laid in every town./ There was such great plenty of wheat that it could be compared to the gravel of the sea,/ and its abundance exceeded measure./ Joseph had two sons by his wife, before the famine and scarcity came,/ whom he named Manasseh, saying, \"God has made me forget all my labors,/ and the house of my father has forgotten me.\"/ He named the second son Ephraim, saying, \"God has made me grow in the land of my poverty.\"/ Then the seven years of plenty and abundance passed in Egypt,/ and the seven years of scarcity and hunger began to come, which Joseph had spoken of before./ And hunger began to wax and grow in the universal world./ Also in all the land of Egypt was hunger and scarcity./ When the people were hungry they cried to Pharaoh, asking for food./ To whom he answered, \"Go to Joseph,/ and whatever he says to you, do.\".He says to you, do you daily grow and increase the hunger in all the land. Then Joseph opened the barns and granaries and sold corn to the Egyptians. The hunger pressed sore. All provinces came into Egypt to buy food and alleviate the famine. Jacob, father of Joseph, heard tell that corn and provisions were sold in Egypt. He said to his sons, \"Why then are you negligent? I have heard it said that corn is sold in Egypt. Go there, and let us live and not die for want. Then his ten brothers descended into Egypt to buy corn. Benjamin was left at home with the father due to some mishap that happened to the brothers on their journey. They entered the land of Egypt with others to buy corn. There was great famine in the land of Canaan. Joseph was prince in the land of Egypt, and by his command, wheat was sold to the people. Then when his brothers had come and had bowed down and worshiped him, he revealed himself to them as a stranger..words/demanding they say when you are the ones answering, of the land of Canaan, and come here to buy what is necessary for us, and though he knew his brethren, yet was he unknown to them. He remembered the dreams he had once seen and told them, and said, \"You are spies and have come here to test the weakest places of this land,\" which said to him, \"It is not so, Lord. But we, your servants, are coming to buy provisions. We are all sons to one man. We come peacefully, and we, your servants, think or imagine none evil. To whom he answered, \"It is all otherwise. You have come here to spy and consider the most secret places of this kingdom.\" Then they said, \"We are twelve brothers, your servants, sons of one man in the land of Canaan. The youngest is at home with our father, and the other is dead. That is he who said, 'You are spies.' Now I have your experience. I swore to you by the life of Pharaoh, you shall not depart until your youngest brother comes. Send one of you for him.\".for bringing him here, you will remain in prison until the trouble is resolved, whether what you have said is true or false. Otherwise, by Pharaoh's order, you will be identified as spies and kept for three days. On the third day, they were brought out of prison, to whom he said:\n\n\"I fear God if you are as capable as you claim. Do as you have said, and one of your brothers will remain in prison, and go and take the white cow that you have brought into your houses, and bring to me your eldest brother.\" Then I may test your words, lest you die. They did as he said and spoke among themselves: \"We are worthy and have endured this. For we have sinned in our brother. Seeing his anguish when he prayed to us and we did not hear him, this affliction has fallen upon us. Of whom Reuben said: 'Do not speak to me about it. In no way did you sin by not listening to the child, and you would not have heard me.' Now his blood is avenged. They did not know that Joseph understood them, for as much as he spoke with them in Egyptian.\".Always by an interpreter, then Joseph turned him aside and wept. Afterward, he took Simeon in their presence and bound him and sent him to prison. He commanded his servants to fill their sacks with wheat and put each man's money in the top of his sack and give them provisions for their journey. They took the wheat and loaded it on their donkeys and departed on their way. After one of them on the way opened his sack to give his beast food and found his money in the mouth of his sack and said to his brother, \"My money is given to me again! I have found it in my sack!\" And they were all amazed, \"What is this that God has done to us?\" Then they came home to their father in the land of Canaan and told him all things that had happened to them, saying, \"The lord of the country has dealt harshly with us and supposed that we were spies of that land.\" To whom we answered that we were peaceful people and were no such spies, and that we were twelve..Sons of one father, one is dead, and the youngest is with our father in the land of Canaan, which they said to us, Now shall I prove whether you are trustworthy or not. You shall leave here one brother with me, and take home that which is necessary for you, and go your way, and bring with you your youngest brother, so that I may know that you are not spies, and that you may see this brother whom I hold in prison, and then, whatever you will buy, you shall have permission. And this was said. Each of them poured out the wheat, and every man found his money bound in the mouth of every sack. Then said Jacob their father, You have made me childless; Joseph is gone and lost; Simeon is kept in prison; and Benjamin you will take away from me. All these evils have come upon me. To whom Reuben answered, Indeed, and he is left now alone. If any adversity should happen to him on the way that you go, you shall lead my old herds with sorrow to Sheol. In the meantime, famine and hunger oppressed all..The long-awaited grain greatly diminished, and when the corn they brought from Egypt was consumed, Jacob spoke to his sons, \"Return to Egypt and buy for us some food that we may live.\" Judas replied, \"That man spoke to us under oath, saying, 'You shall not see my face nor come to my presence unless you bring your youngest brother with you.' If you will send him with us, we will go and buy for us what is necessary, and if not, we will not go.\" The man said, as we have often said before, \"If you bring him not, you shall not see my face.\" Israel spoke to them, \"You have acted wickedly in my sight, telling him that you had another brother.\" They answered, \"The man demanded of us by order our progeny, if our father lived and if we had any brother. We answered him accordingly, as he demanded, 'Bring your brother with you.' Send the child with us that we may go forth and live, lest he detain us.\".children do not die of hunger / I shall receive your son And require him of my hand / if I leave him there and bring him back, I shall be guilty of the sin forever after / if there had been no delay, we would have been there and returned by this time / Then Israel their father said to them / if it is necessary as you say / do as you will / take with you the best fruits of this land in your vessels / and give and present to that man little resins and honey / storax, scammons, therein and dates and figs / and also the same money that you find in your sacks lest there be any error therefore / and take with you Benjamin your brother / My god, the almighty, make him pleasant to you / And that you may return in safety with this your brother and him also who holds him in prison, I shall be as a man bereaved among children / Then the brothers took the gifts and double money and Benjamin / And went forth into Egypt and came and stood before Joseph..When he had seen Beniamyn, he commanded the steward of his house to prepare sheep, cattle, and make a feast, for these brethren shall dine with me this day. The steward did as he was commanded and brought me into his lord's house. They were all afraid and spoke softly to Gideon, fearing that because of the money we had in our sacks, we would be brought in with the debtors and forcibly brought into servitude. They said to the steward of the house at the gate of the house before they entered, \"We pray you to hear us.\" The last time we came to buy provisions, which we had bought and were departing and preparing to give our beasts food, we opened our sacks and found in the mouths of our sacks our money that we had paid. We now bring it back of the same weight, and we have more to buy what is necessary. It is not in our conscience to keep it. He answered them, \"Peace be with you.\".you hear nothing / the god of your father has given to you the treasure that you have in your sacks / for the money that you paid to me, I have it ready, and then he brought Simon to them, and brought them into the house, and washed their feet, and gave me food for their asses. They made ready and prepared their gifts and presents against the coming of Joseph. They heard him say that they should dine and eat there. Then Joseph entered the house, and they offered to him the gifts, holding them in their hands and worshiped him, falling down to the ground. He graciously received them and demanded, saying, \"Is your father in good health, whom you told me about?\" \"He lives, he is well,\" they answered, and knelt and worshiped him. Then he cast his eyes on his brother Benjamin, who was of the same mother, and said, \"Is this your young brother whom you told me about?\" He also said, \"God be merciful to my son.\" He sent him away from them, for he was distressed in all his spirits, and wept..his brother and we entered his bedchamber. After this, he washed his face and called for food to be set on the table. And after that, he arranged his brothers in order, each according to their age, and we all ate. Joseph sat and ate with the Egyptians, for it was not permitted for the Egyptians to eat with the Hebrews. Each of us was well served, but Benjamin had the best portion. They ate and drank so much that they were drunk. Then Joseph commanded the steward of his house to fill their sacks with wheat as much as they could receive. And the money for the wheat, he put into every man's sack. And he took my silver cup and put it in the youngest one's sack and did all this. And in the morning, they were allowed to depart with their asses. And when they had gone out of the town and a little way on their journey, then Joseph said to his steward, \"Make yourself ready and ride after them and say to them, 'Why have you acted evil for good? The cup that my lord drinks from, you have taken.' \".You brought back the money we found in our sacks from the land of Canaan to him. Why does your lord treat us, his servants, in this way? The money we found in our sacks, how can it be that we stole any gold or silver from your lord's house? Look at whom it was found on us, all his servants. Let him die who it is found on, and the other shall go free and not be guilty. He said to them, \"It shall be according to your sentence.\" Whoever it is found on in the future shall be my servant, and the other shall go free. Then he called for all their sacks, starting with the youngest, and at last found the cup in the mouth of Benjamin's sack. They all cut and rented their clothes and loaded their asses again and returned all into the town again. Then Judas entered first with his brothers to Joseph, and all they bowed down and fell prostrate to the ground..Ioseph said to them, \"Why have you done this? Do you not know that there is no one like me in the knowledge of medicine? To whom Judas answered, \"What shall we answer to my lord? What shall we speak or rightfully request? God has remembered and found favor in you, our lord. For we are all your servants, you and him to whom the cup was found. Joseph answered, \"May God forbid that I should do so. Whoever stole the cup shall be my servant, and go his way and be free and return to his father.\" Then Judas approached him and spoke with a friendly countenance to him and said, \"I beseech my lord to hear me, your servant, that I may say a word to your audience, and that you will not be angry with your servant. You are next to Pharaoh, my lord. You demand first of your servants, have you a father or a brother? And we answered the lord, 'Our father is an old man, and we have a brother, a young child born to him in his old age, who is our brother.'\".moder is the only son whom the father loves tenderly. You told us your servants, \"Bring them here to me, so I may see them.\" We told our lord for truth, \"Our father cannot abandon the child. If he does, certainly he will die. You told us your servants, 'But if you bring him with you, you shall no longer see my face.' When we went to our father and told him all these things, he bade us return and buy more corn. We said, \"We may not go there unless our youngest brother goes with us. If he is absent, we dare not approach or come into the presence of the man.\" He answered us, \"You know well that my wife bore me only two sons. One went out and you said wild beasts had devoured him. Yet I heard nothing of him and he did not appear. If you now take this my son and anything happens to him on the way, bring my whore here in sorrow to hell. Therefore, if I should come home to my father and bring not the son...\".A child's soul and health, as well as my father's, depend on this child. If he has not come to us, he will die. We, his servants, would lead his old age with mourning and sorrow to hell. I myself will be his personal servant, who received him on my faith and promised my father that if I do not bring him back, I will be guilty of the sin to my father forever. I will continue to serve the child in the mystery and service of the my lord. I may not depart, lest I witness my father's sorrow. Therefore, I beg you to allow this child to go to his father and receive me into your service.\n\nJudas spoke more fervently, as Josephus relates more passionately. He said more about this, and Josephus also reports that the reason Judas hid the cup in the gardener's sack was to discover whether they loved him or hated him when they dipped him in the vinegar and sold him to the Galileans. This request could not be granted by Joseph..I am Joseph your brother. Rejoice yet, my father. The brothers were so afraid they could not speak or answer him. Then he debonairly said to them, \"Come here to me.\" And when they came near him, he said, \"I am Joseph your brother whom you sold into Egypt. Do not be afraid, nor be grieved to yourselves, that you sold me here. God sent me before you to preserve life. It is now two years since the famine began, and there are still five years to come, during which there will be neither plowing nor harvest. God sent me before you to preserve you in the land of Egypt, and to make you a great nation. It is not by your own sending that I came here, but God who made me father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and prince in all the land of Egypt. Go to my father and say to him, 'Thus says your son Joseph: God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me, do not delay. And bring my father and all my kindred, and come and live in the land of Egypt; I will provide for you there, because there are still five years of famine coming, so that you and your household and all that you have will not come to poverty.'\".This word is sent to your son Joseph: God has made me lord of all the land of Egypt. Come to me before you die, and you and your sons and the sons of your sons shall dwell there. You shall be next to me. I will feed your flocks, your livestock, and all that you have. Yet you shall remain in the land of Goshen for five more years of famine. Therefore, come before you perish, your household, and all that you possess. Look, your eyes and the eyes of my brother Benjamin see that my mouth speaks these words to you. Show my father all my glory and all that you have seen in Egypt. Bring him to me. He embraced his brother Benjamin around his neck and wept. And he also wept on him. Then Joseph kissed all his brothers and wept on each of them. After this, they dared to speak to him better. It was immediately told and known throughout the king's hall that Joseph's brothers had come. Pharaoh was joyful and glad about this, and all his household. And Pharaoh said to Joseph:.He should tell his brothers, \"Load our beasts and go to the land of Canaan. Bring our father and kin and come to me. I will give you all the goods of Egypt to eat the fruit there. Command also that they take care of this land of Egypt for the carriage of their children and wives. Say to them, 'Take your father and come as soon as you can and leave nothing behind. For all the best things will be yours. The sons of Israel did as they were commanded. Joseph gave them carriage according to Pharaoh's commandment and provided them with food on the way. He commanded that each should be given two garments. To Benjamin he gave three pieces of silver with five garments of the best, and also he sent clothing to his father. He added ten asses which were laden with riches of Egypt. And as many asses were laden and bringing bread and provisions to spend on the way. And thus he let his brothers depart from him, saying, 'Do not be angry on the way.'\".They departing thus into the land of Canaan to their father, and showed him all this, saying, \"Joseph your son lives and reigns in all the land of Egypt.\" Jacob heard this and awoke, as if from a sudden sleep. Yet he did not disbelieve them. They told him all the details of the matter. When he saw the carriage and all that he had sent, his spirit revived, and he said, \"It is enough if Joseph my son still lives. I will go and see him before I die.\" Then Israel set out with all that he had and came to the place where he had formerly sworn to God, \"I will not release these beasts unless God comes to my aid.\" He heard God in a vision that same night saying to him, \"Jacob. Jacob.\" To whom he answered, \"I am here, ready.\" God said to him, \"I am the Almighty God of your father Abraham and Isaac. Do not be afraid. Go down to Egypt, and I will make you grow into a great people. I will go down with you there, and I will be with you.\".Bring theagain when you return, Joseph truly shall put his hands upon your eyes. Jacob then arose early in the morning, and his sons took him with his children and wives, and set them on the chariots that Pharaoh had sent to bring him and all that he had in the land of Canaan. And so he came into Egypt with all his progeny, sons and children, etc. These are the names of the sons of Israel who entered with him into Egypt: The firstborn was Reuben with his four sons; Simeon with his seven sons; Levi with his three sons; Judah and his three sons; Issachar and his four sons; Zebulun and his three sons. These were the sons of Leah that Jacob fathered in Mesopotamia and Dinah his daughter. All these sons and daughters were twenty-seven. Gad also entered with his seven sons; Asher with his five sons, and of his children, two. These were the sons of Zilpah. The sons of Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin. Joseph had two sons in the land of Egypt by his wife Asenath: Manasseh and Ephraim..The sons of Effraim were ten. All these children that came from Rachel were twelve. Dan had one son, and Nephtali had four sons. These were the children of Bala. They were seven. All the souls that issued from his seed that entered Egypt with him, without the wives of his sons, were six hundred and fifty-two. The sons of Joseph that were born in Egypt were two. Sum of all the souls of the households of Jacob that entered Egypt were all two hundred and seventy. Jacob sent them before him Judah to Joseph to show himself to him. And he came to Joseph in Egypt. And immediately Joseph went up on his chariot to meet his father. And when he saw him, he embraced him tenderly and wept. And his father received him joyfully and embraced him also. Then the father said to Joseph, \"Now shall I die in peace because I have seen your face.\" Then Joseph said to his brothers and to all the households of his father, \"I will go down to Pharaoh and will say to him, 'My brothers and all the household of my father, who were in the land of Canaan, are shepherds, and they have become sojourners in the land of Goshen in Egypt.'\".The ways of my father who were in the land of Canaan have come to me, and they have been keeping sheep and can manage it well. They have brought with them their cattle and all that they had. When he calls you and asks what occupation you are, you shall say, \"We are shepherds, your servants, from our childhood to the present, and so were our fathers.\" Say this to dwell in the land of Goshen, for priests hate shepherds. Then Joseph entered before Pharaoh and said to him, \"My father, my brothers and their flocks and cattle have come from the land of Canaan and are in the land of Goshen. And he brought five of his brothers before the king, whom he commanded, \"Of what occupation are you?\" They answered, \"We are keepers of sheep, your servants. We and our fathers have come to dwell in your land. For there is no grass for the flocks of sheep of ours, your servants, the famine is so great in the land of Canaan, we beg.\".The king of Joseph commanded us, his servants, to dwell in the land of Goshen. Then Joseph said, \"Your father and brothers have come to Egypt at your command. Make them dwell in the best place and give them the land of Goshen. If you know them to be skilled, appoint them as overseers of my livestock. After this, Joseph brought his father before the king, who blessed him. The king asked the age of Joseph's father and he replied, \"The days of my pilgrimage in my life are sixty-three years and more; I am not yet come to the days of my fathers. The king blessed him and he went out. Then Joseph gave his father and brothers possession in Egypt in the best land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded. And there he provided for them abundantly, giving them sufficient food for each one. Egypt and the land of Canaan were suffering from a severe famine at this time..Ioseph collected all the money from the lands that he sold wheat and brought it to the king's treasury. When all people lacked money, Egypt came to Ioseph and said, \"Give us a response.\" Ioseph replied, \"Bring to me your livestock, and I will give you food in exchange if you have no money.\" When they brought it, he gave them food and provisions for horses, sheep, oxen, and asses. He sustained them for a year while they exchanged their livestock. Then they came again the second year and said, \"We hide not from our lord that our money has failed, and also our livestock is gone. And there is nothing left but our bodies and our land. Why then should we die in your sight? And we ourselves and also our land shall be yours. Sell us and make us bondservants and servants of the king. Give us seed to sow lest the earth turn into wilderness.\" Then Ioseph bought all the land of Egypt. Every man selling his possessions for the severe hunger they had. He subdued all to Pharaoh and all his people from the last..In Egypt, the people reached the uttermost ends, retaining their land except for that given to the priests by the king. The people were supplied openly from all barns and granaries, and therefore were not compelled to sell their possessions.\n\nThen Joseph spoke to all the people, \"Behold now, and know that Pharaoh owns you and your land. Take seed and sow the fields that you may have fruit. The fifth part of it you shall give to the king, and four parts I promise to you for seed and for your servants and your children.\" They replied, \"Our well-being is in your hands. May our lord only look upon us, and we will gladly serve the king.\" From that time until this present day, in all the land of Egypt, the fifth part is paid to the king, and it is upheld as law, except for the land belonging to the priests, which is exempt from this condition.\n\nIsrael dwelt in Egypt, in the land of Goshen, and held possession..\"There, Jacob increased and multiplied greatly and lived there for eighteen years. All the years of his life were one hundred and seventy-four. When he understood that the day of his death approached, he called his son Joseph and said to him, \"If I can find such grace in your sight, do to me this great mercy: promise me that you will not bury me in Egypt, but that I may rest with my fathers and take me from this land. Lay me in the sepulcher of my ancestors. Joseph answered, \"I will do as you have commanded.\" Then he said, \"Swear that to me.\" So he swore. And Jacob worshiped and bowed his head on the bed.\n\nAfterward, when it was told to Joseph that his father was sick and feeble, he took his sons Manasseh and Ephraim and went to his father. It was then told to the father, \"Your son Joseph is coming to you,\" and Jacob was comforted and sat up in his bed. Joseph entered and Jacob said, \"I am your father; can you now bring me near to you, to smell the smell of your face and bless me before I die?\"\".Almighty God appeared to me in Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, and blessed me, saying, \"I will multiply you and make you fruitful in lands and peoples. I will give this land to you and your seed after you in everlasting possession. Your two sons who are born to you in this land of Egypt before I came to you, shall be your sons, Ethan and Manasseh. They shall be reckoned as my sons and their possessions as your possessions. Then, seeing Joseph's sons, he said to him, \"Who are these children, Joseph replied, \"These are my sons whom God has given me here.\" Bring them here, he said to me, so that I may bless them. Israel's eyes were dimmed and could not see clearly because of great age. He took them in his arms and kissed them, and said to Joseph, \"I am not being deceived; God has shown me your seed. When Joseph took them from his father's lap,.He worshipped him kneeling low to thether, / and set Ephraim on his right side, and Manasseh on the left side of Israel, / and Manasses held his father Israel's right hand and placed it on the head of Ephraim, the younger brother, / and his left hand on the head of Manasseh, who was the firstborn. / Then Jacob blessed the sons of Joseph and said, \"God, in whose sight walked my fathers Abraham and Isaac, / God who has fed me from my youth to this present day, / The angel who has kept me from all harm, / bless these children, / and my name be called on them, and the names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac, / and they grow in multitude upon you. / Then Joseph saw that his father set his right hand on the head of Ephraim, the younger brother, and took it in a sneaky way / and took his father's hand to place it on the head of Manasseh, / and said to his father, \"Not so, father, it is not fitting that you do this. / This is the firstborn son; put your right hand on his head.\".Renied that, and would not do so, but said, \"I have sworn my son, I have sworn what I will do. And this son shall increase and multiply into peoples, but his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall grow into gentiles. And blessed be he who is called by the name Israel, for he shall be said, 'Make God like Almighty God, the God of Israel, over Israel and of Joseph, and blessed be the offspring of Joseph's sons. And I give to the one part above your brethren, whom I have gated and won from the hand of Amorite with my sword and my bow. Then Jacob called his sons to him and said to them, 'Gather all of you to gather to me, that I may show to you things that are to come. And here is your father Israel. And there he told to each of them his condition singularly. And when he had blessed his twelve sons, he commanded them to bury him with his fathers in the double tomb which is in the field of Ephron, against Machpelah.\".The land of Canaan which Abraham purchased, and this said land he had gathered to him as his feet and died. Joseph saw this and filled his face with tears and kissed him. He commanded his masters of physics and medicines, who were his servants, to anoint his father's body with sweet spices and aromatics, which was done. They mourned him for forty days, but the Egyptians mourned him for seventy. When the mourning was past, Joseph said to Pharaoh, \"I have sworn and promised to bury my father in the land of Canaan.\" Pharaoh replied, \"Go and bury your father as you have sworn.\" So he took his father's body and went, accompanied by all the elders of Pharaoh's house and the noblest men of the land of Egypt. Joseph's sons and brothers were with him, except for the young children. He had chariots, carts, and horses in his company, and was a great procession and company. He crossed over..Iordan, where they mourned for seven days and nights. When the people of the country saw this weeping and wailing, they said, \"This is a great mourning for the Egyptians.\" And that same place is still called the \"weeping of Egypt.\" The children of Israel died there as they were commanded, and they carried him into the land of Canaan and buried him in the double tomb which Abraham had bought. Then, when Jacob their father was buried, Joseph and all his brothers returned to Egypt. After the death of their father, Joseph's brothers spoke to him fearfully and apprehensively, lest he would avenge the wrong and evil that they had done to him. They came to him and said, \"Your father commanded us before his death, that we should say to you, 'We pray that you will forgive and not remember the sin and transgression of your brothers, nor the malice that they inflicted upon you.' When Joseph heard this, he wept..bitterly and his brothers came to him kneeling low to the ground and worshiped him, saying, \"We are your servants.\" He answered, \"Be nothing afraid or dread, do you not think we can resist God's will? You thought to do me evil, but God has turned it into good and has exalted me as you see and know. He will save much people. Be nothing afraid. I will feed you and your children. I comforted them with fair words and spoke to them friendly and joyously. And he remained and dwelled still in Egypt with all the house of his father. He lived a hundred and ten years. And he saw the sons of Joseph into the third generation. After these things he said to his brothers, \"After my death God will visit you, and will take you away from this land to the land that he promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. When that time comes, take my bones and lead them with you from this place, and then died. Whose body was embalmed with sweet spices and aromatics. And they laid him..In a chest in Egypt, ends the story of Joseph and his brothers. These are the names of the children of Israel who entered Egypt with Jacob: Ruben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulon, Benjamin, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. All of them, their households and retainers, numbered one hundred and twenty-seven. Joseph preceded them in Egypt, and when he and all his brothers and their children, the children of Israel, had grown and multiplied greatly and filled the land, a new king arose in Egypt who knew nothing of Joseph. He said to his people, \"Look and see, the people of the children of Israel is great and strong than we. Come, let us wisely oppress them lest they multiply and give us battle and fight against us and drive us out of our land.\" He appointed taskmasters and overseers over them to put them to forced labor. They built two storage cities for Pharaoh: Pithom and Ramesses. How much more they oppressed them..The Egyptians hated the children of Israel and subjected them to affliction, scorn, and bitterly oppressed their lives with harsh and laborious tasks in tile and clay. The king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives, one named Sephora and the other Phua, commanding them, \"When you know that the time for birth is at hand, and you shall help in the birth, if it is a boy, kill him, but if it is a girl, let her live.\" The midwives feared God and did not do as the king commanded, but instead reserved and kept the male children alive. The king sent and asked, \"What is the cause that you have reserved and kept the male children?\" They answered, \"There are Hebrew women who can perform the craft of midwifery as well as we, and before the children are born, God has done well for the midwives.\" The people rejoiced and were greatly comforted..A man of the Levite's household feared God and told his people, \"Any male child, cast him into the river; but keep the female children and let them live.\" After this, a man from the Levite's household went out and took a wife from his family. She conceived and gave birth to a son, whom the man found handsome and fair. He hid him for three months, then took a small basket made of rushes and pitch and put the child in it. He set it adrift on the river. The child's sister stood by, considering what would happen. At the same time, the daughter of Pharaoh came down to the river to bathe, accompanied by her maids. When she saw the small basket or cradle, she sent one of her maids to fetch it. The maid opened it and brought it to Pharaoh's daughter, who saw the child..The fair child, having pity on him, said, \"This is one of the children of the Hebrews. To whom shall I say I went and called this child's mother?\" She answered, \"Go thy way. The maid went and called his mother.\" Pharaoh's daughter then said, \"Take this child and nurse him for me, and I will give thee thy reward and recompense.\" The mother took her child and nursed him. When it was weaned and able to go, she delivered him to Pharaoh's daughter. Receiving and adopting him in place of a son, she named him Moses. Pharaoh's daughter, who was named Thermuthis, loved Moses and regarded him as her son by adoption. One day she brought him to her father, who, because of his beauty, took him in his arms and made much of him. He set his diadem on his head, upon which was inscribed:.And Moses took it and cast it under his feet, and it was declared that he would rule and govern the Hebrews. Therefore, the king was angry and demanded of the great doctors and magicians what should happen to this child. They looked at his nativity and said, \"This is he who will destroy your reign and put it under foot.\" So the king decreed that he should be put to death, but some said that Moses had done this as a child and should not die therefore. They contrived a pretext and did so. They set before him a platter full of burning coals and a platter full of cherries and told him to eat and he took the red-hot coals in his mouth and burned his tongue, which hindered his speech ever after. Thus he escaped death. Josephus said that when Pharaoh wanted to kill him, Thermuthis his daughter rescued him. Later, when Moses had grown up, he went to his brethren and saw their affliction. And an Egyptian was striking one of them..Of the Hebrews, his brothers, and he looked here and there and saw none. He struck the Egyptian and killed him, and hid him in the sand. And another day he went out and found two Hebrews quarreling and fighting. Then he said to the one doing wrong, \"Why do you harm your neighbor? This answer came, \"Who has appointed you prince and judge over us? Do you intend to kill me as you killed that Egyptian yesterday?\" Moses was afraid and said to himself, \"How will this deed be known and made public?\" Pharaoh heard of it and sought to kill Moses, so he fled from his sight and lived in the land of Midian, sitting by a wellside. The priest of Midian had seven daughters. They came there to draw water and fill the vessels to give drink to their father's sheep. Then the shepherd came and drove them away. Then Moses rose and defended the maidens and let them water their sheep. They returned to their father Jethro, and he said to Moses, \"Where did you come from?\".They said a man from Egypt had delivered us from the hand of the herdsman, and he drew water for us and gave the sheep drink. Where is he said they, why did you leave the man after you? Call him that he may eat some bread with us. Then Moses swore that he would dwell with him. He took Sephora, one of his daughters, and married her to his wife, who conceived and bore him a son whom he called Gersam. She brought forth another son, whom he named Eleazar. I was a stranger in a strange land. She bore him forth. Another son, whom he named Eleazar, saying, \"The God of my father is my helper, and He has kept me from the hand of Pharaoh. For a long time after this, the king of Egypt died. And the children of Israel lamented for the oppression of their labor and cried out to God for help. Their cry came unto God from their labor, and God heard their lamentation and remembered the promise that He made with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Our Lord kept them..children of Israel and knew it was Moses who tended the sheep of Jethro's father, in the inner part of the desert. He came to the mountain of God, Horeb. The Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire in the midst of a bush. Moses saw the flame in the bush, but the bush did not burn. Then Moses said, \"I will go and see this great sight, why the bush does not burn.\" The Lord, seeing that he was going to see it, called to him from the bush, \"Moses, Moses.\" Moses answered, \"Here I am.\" The Lord said, \"Approach no closer. Take off your sandals, for the place where you stand is holy ground. I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.\" Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God. God said, \"I have seen the affliction of my people in Egypt and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, and I know their suffering. I have come down to deliver them from the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and broad land, a land flowing with milk and honey.\".Deliver them from the hand of the Egyptians and shall lead them into a good and pleasant land, into the land of Canaan. Etehi, Amorrey, Pheresey, Eney and Iebusey. The cry of the children of Israel has come to me. I have seen their affliction, how they have been oppressed by the Egyptians. But come to me and I will send you to Pharaoh. You shall lead the children of Israel out of Egypt. Then Moses said to him, \"Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and lead the children out of Egypt?\" To whom God said, \"I will be with you. And this shall be the sign that I send you: when you have led my people out of Egypt, you shall offer to God upon this hill. Moses said to God, \"If I go to the children of Israel and say to them, 'God of your fathers has sent me to you,' what shall I say to them if they ask, 'What is his name?'\" God said to Moses, \"Ego sum qui sum. I am that I am. You shall say to the children of Israel, 'I am the one who is, and I will be who I will be.'\".Israhel, sent by me, shall tell you: The Lord God of your fathers, God of Abraham, God of Isaac, and God of Jacob, has appeared to me, saying, \"This is my name forever, and this is my memorial from generation to generation. Go and gather the elders and heads of Israel, and say to them, 'The Lord God of your fathers, God of Abraham, and God of Isaac and God of Jacob, appeared to me, saying, \"I have visited you and seen what has been done to you in Egypt. I will lead you out of the affliction of Egypt into the land of Canaan, flowing with milk and honey. You shall hear their voice. Go and take the elders of Israel to the king of Egypt and say to him, \"The Lord God of the Hebrews has called us. We will go three days into the wilderness to offer sacrifices to our God.\" I know that the king of Egypt will not let you go unless compelled by a strong hand.\" I will stretch out my hand..I will clean the text as follows: out of my hand and I shall strike Egypt in all my wonders among them. After that, I shall let you go. I will then grant my grace to this people before the Egyptians. And when you shall go out, you shall not depart empty-handed, nothing but every woman shall borrow from her neighbor and from her hostess, vessels of silver and gold and clothes, and you shall place them on your sons and on your daughters. You shall plunder Egypt. Then Moses answered and said, They will not believe me or listen to my voice; they will say, \"God has not appeared to us.\" God said to him, \"What is that you hold in your hand?\" He answered, \"A rod.\" God said, \"Cast it on the ground.\" He threw it down. And it turned into a serpent, which Moses was afraid of and wanted to flee from. God said to him, \"Put out your hand and hold it by the tail.\" He stretched out his hand and held it. And it turned again into a rod. To those who believe that I have appeared to them, and yet to me..The lord said to him, \"Put your hand into your bosom. When you have put it in and drawn it out, it was like a leper's hand. The lord told him to put it back into his bosom again and drew it out, and it was then like other flesh. If they do not hear you and believe not by the first sign, they will believe by the second. If they believe none of the two or do not hear your voices, then take water from the river and pour it on the dry ground. Whatever you take and draw out will tear into blood. Moses said, \"I pray the lord send someone else, for I am not eloquent but have a hindrance in my speech.\" The lord said to him, \"Who made the mouth of a donkey or who made a man dumb or deaf? Now see, I will be with your mouth and will teach you what you shall speak.\" Then Moses said, \"I beseech thee, O lord, send someone else whom you will. The lord was angry with Moses and said, \"Speak yourself, Aaron your brother. I know that he is eloquent. He shall speak for you.\".Come and meet with me and seeing him, he shall be glad in his heart. Speak to him and put my words in his mouth, and I shall be in your mouth and in his mouth. I will show you what you ought to do. He shall speak for you to the people and be your mouthpiece, and you shall be in things that are pleasing to God. Take this rod in your hand, by which you shall do signs and wonders. Then Moses went to Jethro his father-in-law and said to him, \"I am going back to my brothers in Egypt to see if they still live.\" To whom Jethro replied, \"Go in God's name and peace.\" Then the Lord said to Moses, \"Go back to Egypt and see if they still live.\" All those who sought to kill you are now dead. Then Moses took his wife and sons and set them on an ass and returned to Egypt, bearing the rod of God in his hand. Then the Lord said to Aaron, \"Go to meet Moses in the wilderness,\" which went to meet him at the mountain of God..Moses kissed him, and Moses told Aaron and all the elders of the children of Israel, \"The Lord has spoken to me, and I have been sent with you and with these signs and wonders that He has commanded me. We both came to gather and assemble all the elders of the children of Israel. Aaron spoke to them, saying, 'The Lord has spoken to Moses, and he has shown us the signs and wonders. The people believed it, hearing that the Lord had appeared to the children of Israel and had seen their affliction. Therefore, they fell down low to the ground and worshiped the Lord.' After this, Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said, 'Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, \"Permit my people to go, that they may serve Me in the wilderness.\"' Pharaoh said, 'Who is that Lord that I should allow Israel to go? I do not know of him.' Moses replied, 'The God of the Hebrews has said, \"Let us go and serve the Lord, our God, and we will go with our livestock and take a three-day journey into the wilderness to sacrifice to the Lord our God.\"' Pharaoh also said, 'Why are you, Moses and Aaron, urging the people to go from their work and labor?' Go back to your work.'.The people are very productive. See how they grow and multiply, and even more would do so if they rested from their labor. Therefore, he commanded the same day to the prefects and masters of their works, saying, \"Give no more straw to the people for making bricks, but let them go and gather straw and make as much labor as they did before. Do not decrease it in any way. They do nothing but cry out, 'Let us go and make sacrifices to our god.' Let them be oppressed by labor and exercised, so that they do not slacken. Then the prefects and masters of their works said to them, that Pharaoh had commanded to give them no straw, but they should go and gather as much as they could. And that their work should not be neglected because of this. Then the children were displeased to gather straw, and their masters urged them on, and ordered them to make an end of their work as they were accustomed to do when straw was delivered to them. And thus they were put to even greater affliction..The eldest of the children of Israel came to Pharaoh and complained, saying, \"Why do you subject our servants to such affliction? He replied, \"You are idle; you say that you will go and sacrifice to your God. You shall have no straw given to you; yet you shall still make your bricks.\" Then the eldest and foremost among them went to Moses and Aaron and said, \"What have you done? You have made our odor stink in Pharaoh's sight, and have encouraged him to oppress us. God see and judge between you and us.\" Moses counseled with the Lord, and He said, \"Why have I sent you here? Since I have spoken to Pharaoh in your name, he has put my people to greater affliction than before, and You have not delivered them.\" The Lord said to Moses, \"Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh. With a strong hand, he will let you go, and in a boisterous manner, he will drive you away.\".You are the Lord God who appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, with the name Adonai. I did not reveal to them that I would give them the land of Canaan, where they dwelt. I have heard of the distress and oppression the Egyptians inflict on them. I will deliver them and bring them out of Egyptian slavery. Moses told these things to the children of Israel, but they did not believe him because of their harsh labor and heavy burdens. Then the Lord said to Moses, \"Go and enter Pharaoh's presence and demand that he release my people, the children of Israel, from his land.\" Moses asked, \"How will Pharaoh listen to me, since the children of Israel do not believe me?\" The Lord replied to Moses and Aaron, \"Both of you go to Pharaoh and give him this command: Let the children of Israel leave his land.\" The Lord added to Moses, \"I have appointed you to be their god. \".And Aaron, your brother shall be your prophet. You shall speak to him all that I command you, and he shall speak to Pharaoh that he allows the children of Israel to depart from his land. But I will harden his heart, and I will multiply my signs and wonders in the land of Egypt. He shall not listen to you or believe you. I will lead the children of Israel, my people. I will stretch out my hand and perform wonders in Egypt, so that the Egyptians will know that I am the Lord. Moses and Aaron did as the Lord commanded them. Moses was eighty years old when he came and stood before Pharaoh, and Aaron was eighty-seven years old when they spoke to Pharaoh. Then, when they were before Pharaoh, Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh, and immediately the rod became a serpent. Pharaoh then called for his magicians and sorcerers and commanded them to do the same. And they performed their magic and incantations, and cast down their rods, which became serpents in the same way. But Aaron's rod consumed their rods..Yet Pharaoh's heart was hard and unyielding; he would not obey God's command. Then the Lord spoke to Moses, \"Pharaoh's heart is hardened and will not release my people. Go to him in the morning, as he goes out to the river. Stand on the bank and hold out the rod that was turned into a serpent. Tell him, 'The Lord God of the Hebrews has sent me to say, \"Release my people so they may offer sacrifice to me in the wilderness.\"' Yet he has no desire to listen to me. Therefore, the Lord said, 'In this you shall know that I am the Lord: I will strike the water of the Nile with the rod in my hand, and it will be turned to blood. The fish in the water will die, and the river shall bring forth frogs.' Then the Lord spoke to Moses, \"Tell Aaron, 'Take this rod and stretch out your hand over all the waters of Egypt\u2014the rivers, the ponds, and all the pools where there is water.'\".They tore it into blood, so that it would be a vengeance throughout all of Egypt, in both tree vessels and vessels of earth and stone. Moses and Aaron did as God had commanded them and struck the Nile with their rod before Pharaoh and his servants, which turned to blood, and the fish in the river died. The water became corrupt, and the Egyptians could not drink it. All the water of Egypt was turned to blood. And just as the magicians did with their witchcraft, so was Pharaoh's heart hardened, and he would not let the people depart as the Lord had commanded. But he returned home for this time. The Egyptians went and dug pits for water all around the river, and they found no water to drink, but it was all blood. This plague lasted for seven days. And whatever water the children of Israel took during this time was pure and good water. This was the first plague and vengeance.\n\nThe second was that God sent frogs so that they covered the land..The houses/chambers were filled with frogs, which entered in such numbers that they covered all the land of Egypt. Then Pharaoh prayed to Moses and Aaron that God would take away the frogs. Moses asked what he would offer if the frogs departed, and Pharaoh replied, \"Tomorrow.\" Then Moses prayed, and they were all dead by morning. But Pharaoh did not keep his promise and would not let them depart.\n\nThe third plague that God sent was a great multitude of gadflies, as numerous as the sand on the seashore, which afflicted both men and beasts. The magicians said to Pharaoh, \"This is the finger of God,\" but Pharaoh still would not let them depart.\n\nThe fourth plague was that God sent all kinds of flies and livestock were affected, but in the land of Goshen there were none. Yet Pharaoh:.The text is already in a relatively clean state, but I will remove unnecessary characters and make minor corrections for readability:\n\nIndurable as he was, he would not let them go, but demanded that they should make their sacrifice to God in that land. But Moses would not agree; instead, they journeyed in the desert for three days and sacrificed to God there. Pharaoh said, \"I will allow you to go into the desert, but do not go far, and come back soon. Pray for me,\" and Moses prayed for him to the Lord. The flies were then vanquished; not one was left, and they were gone. Pharaoh would not keep his promise. Then the fifth plague was that God showed His hand upon the fields and upon the horses, asses, camels, sheep, and oxen, and it was a great pestilence among all the beasts. And God performed a great miracle between the possessions of the Egyptians and the possessions of His people of Israel; for not one beast of the children of Israel perished, yet Pharaoh was so hard-hearted that he would not suffer the people to depart.\n\nThe sixth plague was that Moses took ashes from the furnace and cast them on the land. Instantly, all the livestock of the Egyptians died..The people of Egypt, men and beasts, were filled with boils and blains, and wounds, and swellings in their bladders, to such an extent that the magicians could not endure the pain for Pharaoh. Yet Pharaoh would not listen to them or do as God had commanded.\n\nThe seventh plague was an hailstorm so great that there had never been anything like it before. Thunder and fire accompanied it, destroying all the grass and herbs of Egypt. It struck down all that was in the fields, men and beasts. But in the land of Goshen, there was neither heard nor harm done. Yet Pharaoh would not relent.\n\nThe eighth plague was locusts, a kind of great fly called an \"adder bolt\" in some places, which devoured all the remaining corn and herbs, leaving nothing for the people. They came to Pharaoh and begged him to relent, saying that the land was perishing.\n\nThen Pharaoh granted the men permission to go and make their sacrifices, and leave their wives and children there, until they returned. But Moses and Aaron insisted that they must all go..The reason he wouldn't let them depart / The ninth plague and vengeance was that God sent such great darkness upon all the land of Egypt / that the darkness was so great and horrible that anyone among the children of Israel went it was light / Then Pharaoh called Moses and Aaron and said to them / Go and make your sacrifice to your lord God / and let your sheep and beasts only remain / To whom Moses said / we will take with us such hosts and sacrifices as we will offer to our lord God / All our flocks and beasts shall go with us / there shall not remain as much as an nail that shall be necessary in the honor of our lord God / For we do not know what we will offer until we come to the place / Pharaoh was so obstinate and hard-hearted that he wouldn't let them go / And he said to Moses / that he should no longer come in his sight / For when thou comest, thou shalt die / Moses answered / be it as thou hast said / I shall no longer come to thy presence / And.our lord spoke to Moses: \"There is only one plague left, and after that I will let you go. But first, tell all the people to borrow from their friends and women from their neighbors, silver, gold, and clothing. The Lord will grant His people grace and favor to borrow from the Egyptians. Then He gave them a commandment on how to depart. Our lord said to Moses, 'At midnight I will enter Egypt. The firstborn son and heir of Pharaoh who sits on his throne, and the firstborn son of the handmaid who sits at the mill, and all the firstborn of the beasts, will die. There will be a great cry and clamor in all the land of Egypt, such as there has never been before, nor will there ever be again. Not a single dog will be hurt, nor any man or beast, by which you will know that the Egyptians and Israel are distinguished by this miracle.\" Moses and Aaron showed all these signs and plagues to the people..Pharaoh's heart was unyielding, preventing Moses and the children of Israel from departing and observing their Passover rituals, as prescribed by law. At midnight, the Lord struck down every firstborn son throughout Egypt, from Pharaoh's firstborn to the firstborn of animals. Pharaoh became alarmed and summoned Moses and Aaron in the night, ordering them to leave with their people and livestock, and to bless the Egyptians upon their departure. The Egyptians pressured the children of Israel to leave hastily, warning them that they would all die. The children of Israel took their bundles of dough and placed them on their shoulders..They were commanded and borrowed vessels of silver and gold and much clothing. Our lord gave them such favor before the Egyptians that the Egyptians lent them all that they desired, and plundered and robbed Egypt. Aed, the children of Israel, departed, numbering about 600,000 footmen, besides women and children, who were innumerable. And a great multitude of beasts of various kinds. The time that the children of Israel had dwelt in Egypt was four hundred years.\n\nAnd so they departed from Egypt and did not go the right way by the Philistines, but our lord led them by the way of the wilderness, which is by the Red Sea. And the children complained and armed Moses to take with him the bones of Joseph, for he had charged them to do so when he died. They went in the extreme ends of the wilderness, and our lord went before them by day in a pillar of cloud, and by night in a pillar of fire. He was their leader and the pillar of cloud never fell by day nor the pillar of fire by night..Our lord told Moses, \"I will harden Pharaoh's heart, making him pursue and follow you. I will be glorified in Pharaoh and all his hosts. The Egyptians will know I am the Lord. Immediately, it was reported to Pharaoh that the children of Israel had fled. Pharaoh's heart was hardened, as were the hearts of his servants. He said, \"What shall we do? Should we let the children of Israel depart and no longer serve us?\" Pharaoh then took his chariot and all his people with him, along with six hundred chosen chariots, all the chariots and horses of Egypt, and the dukes of his army. He pursued the children of Israel in great pride. When the children of Israel saw him approaching, they were greatly afraid and cried out to the Lord and said to Moses, \"Was there not enough death in Egypt? Must we now die in the wilderness? We said to the Egyptians, 'Go, serve the Egyptians,' it would have been better for us to have served the Egyptians than this.\".To dye here in wildernesses. Moses said to the people, \"Be not afraid. Stand and see the great wonders that the Lord shall do for you today. The Egyptians that you see here, you shall never see again. God will fight for you. Be still. Our Lord then said to Moses, 'What do you cry to me? Speak to the children of Israel and take your rod and stretch out your hand upon the sea and divide it. The children of Israel may go through the midst of it on dry ground. I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and he will follow you and all the Egyptians. I will be glorified in Pharaoh and in all his hosts, his chariots and horsemen. The Egyptians will know that I am the Lord when I am glorified in Pharaoh. The angel of God went before the camp of Israel, and another angel followed behind them, standing between the Egyptians and the children of Israel. The cloud was dark, and the host of Pharaoh could not come to them all night.\".Then Moses struck his hand upon the sea, and a wind blew so strongly that the sea became dry. And the children of Israel went through the midst of the Red Sea, all dry-footed. For the waters stood up as a wall on the right and on the left. The Egyptians then pursuing them entered after them and all the chariots and horsemen through the midst of the sea. And then the Lord looked upon the children of Israel as they were passed over and were on the land on the other side. Immediately the waters returned upon the Egyptians; and the wheels of their chariots turned inward, swallowing up all the host of Pharaoh and drowning them in the depths of the sea. Then the Egyptians said to us, \"Flee from Israel, for the Lord fights for them against us.\" And the Lord said to Moses, \"Stretch out your hand upon the sea and let the waters return upon the Egyptians upon their chariots and horses.\" So Moses stretched out his hand and the sea returned to its first place. And then the Egyptians..The children of Israel would have fled, but the water came and overflowed them in the midst of the flood. It covered the chariots and horsemen and all the host of Pharaoh, and not one was saved of them. The children of Israel had passed through the midst of the dry sea and came to a land. Thus the Lord delivered our Lord the children of Israel from the hand of the Egyptians, and they saw the Egyptians lying dead on the shores of the sea. All the people feared the Lord and believed in Him. Then Moses and the children of Israel sang this song to the Lord: \"Cantemus domino, Magnificatus est. Late nos adoremus Dominum, qui super equos et carros in mari transivit. Et Maria, soror Aaron, prophetissa, tenuit timpana in capite sua, et omnes mulieres secutae sunt eam cum timpanis et cordis, et cantavit ante eos: Cantemus domino. Mose then brought the children of Israel from the sea to the wilderness of Shur, and he walked with them for three days and three nights..and found no water and came to Marah, and the waters there were so bitter that they could not drink them. Then the people grumbled against Moses, saying, \"What shall we drink?\" And he cried out to the Lord, who showed him a tree that he threw into the water, and it was turned into sweetness. There the Lord established ordinances and judgments, and He tested him, saying, \"If you hear the voice of your Lord God and do what is right in His sight, and obey His commandments and keep His precepts, I will not bring upon you any of the diseases or sorrows that I brought upon the Egyptians. I am the Lord your savior. Then the children of Israel came to Elim, where there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees, and they camped by the waters. Then all the multitude of the children of Israel went out into the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, and grumbled against Moses and Aaron in that wilderness and said, \"Would that we had died by the hand of the Lord in Egypt!\".In Egypt, where we sat and had plenty of bread and flesh, why have you brought us into the desert to sleep all this multitude through hunger? Our lord then said to Moses, I will rain bread from heaven for you. Let the people go out and gather each day that I may test whether they walk in my law or not. The sixth day let them gather double as much as they gathered in one day of the other. Then Moses and Aaron spoke to all the children of Israel, \"You shall know that God has brought you from the land of Egypt, and in the morning you shall see His glory.\" I have often heard your murmuring against our lord; what have you murmured against us? What are we? And Moses said, \"Our lord will give you flesh to eat and bread to fill your mouths, for as much as you have murmured against Him; what are we?\" Your murmuring is not against us but against our lord. As Aaron spoke to all the company of the children of Israel, they looked toward the wilderness, and our lord appeared..Speak to Moses in a cloud, and he said, \"I have heard the complaints of the children of Israel, telling them, 'At evening you shall eat flesh, and in the morning you shall be filled with bread, and you shall know that I am your Lord God.' And when the evening came, so many curlews came that they covered all their lodgings. And in the morning, there lay a fine, white substance all around them, which, when they saw and came to gather it, was small and white, like dew. They wondered at it and said, \"Mahuhu,\" which means, \"What is this?\" To whom Moses said, \"This is the bread that God has sent you to eat. God commands each man to gather as much for each person as the measure of an ephah. And let nothing be left until the morning. And on the sixth day gather twice as much, that is two measures of an ephah, and keep one measure for the Sabbath, which God has sanctified and commanded you to honor.\" Yet some of them broke God's commandment and gathered more than they needed and kept it until the morning..And then it began to putrefy and was full of worms. And what they kept for the Sabbath day was good and did not putrefy. And thus our lord fed the children of Israel for forty years in the desert. It was called manna. Moses took one portion of it and put it in the tabernacle to be kept for a perpetual memory and reminder. Then went all the multitude of the children of Israel in the desert of Sin into Rephidim, where there was no water. Then all grumbling, they said to Moses, \"Give us water to drink.\" To whom Moses answered, \"Why grumble ye against me? Why test ye the Lord? The people thirsted sore for lack of water, saying, 'Why have you brought us out of Egypt for to kill us and our children and livestock?' Then Moses cried out to the Lord, saying, \"What shall I do to this people? I think within a while they will stone me to death.\" Then the Lord said to Moses, \"Go before the people and take with you the elders of Israel.\".Take the rod you struck the flood with in your hand, and I shall stand before you on the stone of Oreb. Strike the stone with the rod, and water will come out of it so that the people may drink. Moses did this before the leaders of Israel, and named that place Temptation, because of the Israelites' grumbling and said, \"Is the Lord among us or not? Then Amalek came and fought against the Israelites at Rephidim. Moses said to Joshua, \"Choose some men and go out and fight against Amalek tomorrow. I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in my hand.\" Joshua did as Moses commanded, and he fought against Amalek. Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the hill. When Moses held up his hands, Israel was winning, but when he lowered his hands, Amalek had the better. The hands of Moses grew heavy, so they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it. Aaron and Hur held up his hands, one on each side, and his hands remained steady until the sun set..Not very far in the journey of the sun, and so Joshua made Amalek to flee and his people with the strength of his sword. The Lord spoke to Moses, \"Write this for a remembrance in a book, and diligently teach it to the priests of Joshua. I will utterly destroy Amalek and blot out their memory under heaven. Moses then erected an altar to the Lord and called it by the name of the Lord. The Lord is my rock, saying, \"This is my resting place; I will dwell among them. The battle for the Lord shall be against Amalek from generation to generation. When Jether the priest of Midian, who was a kinsman of Moses, heard this, he said what the Lord had done to Moses and to the children of Israel his people.\n\nTake Sarah, the wife of Moses and his two sons Gershom and Eliazar, and bring them to him in the wilderness. Moses received them with worship and kissed him. And when they were to journey, Moses told him all that the Lord had done to Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel, and all the labor they had endured, and how the Lord had delivered them. Jether was glad for this..All these things that God had kept from the hands of the Egyptians / and said, \"Blessed be the Lord who has delivered you from the hands of the Egyptians and Pharaoh / and has saved his people. Now I know that he is a great lord above all gods / because they acted so proudly against him. Jethro offered sacrifices and offerings to our Lord. Aaron and all the leaders of Israel came and ate with him in the presence of the Lord. The next day Jethro sat and judged the people from morning to evening. When his cousin saw this, he said to him, \"What are you doing? Why do you sit alone, and all the people answered, \"The people come to me demanding judgment and the decree of God. There is no debate or difference among them. They come to me to judge them and to show them the statutes and I say to you, you cannot do this alone. You must be with me and do it, and God will be with you. Be to the people in all things that pertain to God. You shall tell them what.\".They should do and perform the ceremonies and rites to worship God and follow the way. Provide for all the wise men and those fearing God, in whom truth resides, and those hating avarice and covetousness. Order the tribunes and centurions and dens to judge the people. If there is a great charge or weight, let it be referred to them. And let them judge the small matters. It will be easier for you to bear the charge when it is thus divided. If you do so, you will fulfill God's commandment and sustain His precepts. And the people shall return to their places in peace, having heard and understood. He did all that he had previously counseled himself. And he expelled the strongest and wisest men from among all Israel. He appointed the princes of the people as tribunes, centurions, quinquagenaries, and dens. These should judge and determine the people at all times. And all the great and weighty matters they referred to him. Judging and determining the small causes. And then his consul..Moses departed and went into his tent. In the third month after the children of Israel had left Egypt, on that very day they came into the wilderness of Sinai, and in the region of the mountain they set up their tents. Moses ascended the hill to God. God called to him on the mountain and said, \"You have seen what I did to the Egyptians and how I bore you on eagles' wings and brought you to myself. If you will listen to my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be my treasured possession among all peoples. Here are the words you shall speak to the Israelites.\" Moses came down and gathered the people and recited to them all the words that the Lord had commanded him. All the people answered, \"All that the Lord has spoken we will do.\" When Moses had shown the people the words of the Lord, the Lord said to Moses, \"I will come to you in a thick cloud, so that the people may hear when I speak with you and believe you forever.\".People may hear me speaking to those who believe the ever after. Moses warned and told this to the people, and the Lord commanded them to sanctify themselves this day and tomorrow. He instructed them to prepare the marks and terms in the circuit, and said to them, \"Beware that you ascend not on the hill nor touch its ends. Whoever touches the hill shall die by death. There shall be no hand that touches him, but with stones he shall be oppressed, and with casting them on him, he shall be taken. Whether it be man or beast, he shall not live. When you hear the trumpet sound, then ascend to the hill.\" Moses went down to the people, sanctified and hallowed them, and when they had washed their clothes, he said to them, \"Be ready on the third day and approach not your wives.\" On the third day and when the morning was clear, they heard thunder and lightening and saw a great cloud cover the mountain..The cry of the trumpet was so shrill that the people were afraid, when Moses had brought them to the foot of the hill, they stood there, and the mount Sinai smoked so much that the Lord descended upon it in fire. The smoke ascended from the hill like that of a furnace. The mount was terrible and dreadful, and the sound of the trumpet grew little more and continued longer. Moses spoke, and the Lord answered him, \"The Lord descended upon the top of Mount Sinai, even upon its peak. And He called to Moses, and when he came, He said to him, 'Go down and warn the people not to come up to the mountain to see the Lord, for many of them will perish. Let the priests consecrate themselves, lest they die. And you and Aaron shall ascend the mountain, but let neither the people nor the priests pass their boundaries, lest God strike them down.' Then Moses descended and told the people all that the Lord had commanded.\".After this, the Lord called Moses and said, \"I am the Lord God who brought you out of Egypt and out of slavery. I gave you the commandments first through speaking and many ceremonies, as recounted in the Bible, which is not required to be repeated here. But every man is bound to know the Ten Commandments. And after Moses received them, he went up to Mount Sinai and fasted there for forty days and forty nights until he received them. In this time, he commanded him to make many things and to ordain the laws and ceremonies which are not in the new law. Doctors also say that during this time, Moses learned all the stories told before about the making of heaven and earth, Adam, Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph with his brothers. Lastly, he delivered to him two tables of stone, both written with the hand of God.\n\nThe first commandment that God commanded is this: \"You shall not worship any other gods, that is, you shall not worship idols.\".God but me, and do not place your hope in anything but me, for whoever sets primarily his hope on any creature, or believes in anything more than in me, sins mortally. Such are those who worship idols and make their god of a creature. Anyone who does this sins against this commandment, and they love their treasures - gold or silver or any other passing and transitory thing more than they should, or set their heart and hope on anything by which they forget and abandon God their creator and maker, who sustains all that live by him. Therefore, they ought to serve him with all their goods, and above all things to love him and worship him with their whole heart, soul, and strength, as the first commandment teaches and instructs us.\n\nThe second commandment is this: thou shalt not take the name of God in vain, that is, thou shalt not swear by him for nothing. In this commandment, our Lord..Commanded in the gospel that thou shalt not swear by the heaven, nor by the earth, nor by any creature, But for good cause and rightfully, a man may swear without sin, as in judgment or in requiring truth, or without judgment in good and necessary causes. And in no other manner without reason, by the name of the Lord and for nothing, if he swear falsely knowingly, he is forsworn, And that is against the commandment and sins mortally, for he swears against his conscience, & & that is when he swears by every oath and by deliberation, but a man should swear truly and yet not for nothing or for any vain or evil thing, nor maliciously, but to swear lightly without hurt or blame is venial sin. But the custom thereof is perilous, and may well turn to mortal sin. But if he takes heed, but he then that swears horribly by our Lord or by any of His members or by His saints in contempt, and blasphemes in things that are not true or otherwise, he sins mortally, he may have no reason why he may..Excuse me. This is the third commandment: you shall remember and keep holy the Sabbath day, or Sunday. That is, you shall do no work or operation on the Sabbath or holy day, but you shall rest from all worldly labor and attend to prayer and serve God, your maker. He rested on the seventh day from the works that he had made in the six days before. This commandment keeps you in God's power, for you serve him more holyly. The Sabbath day, which the Jews called Sabbath, means rest. No one can keep this day spiritually who is in the conscience with deadly sin. Such a conscience cannot be at rest nor in peace as long as it is in such a state. In place of the Sabbath day, which was strictly kept in the old law, the holy church has established the Sunday..in the new law: Our Lord rose from death to life on Sunday, and therefore we ought to keep it holy and be at rest from the labors of the week beforehand, and cease from the work of sin, and engage in spiritual works, and follow our Lord, beseeching him for mercy, and thanking him for his benefits. Those who break the Sabbath and other holy festivals established in the holy church commit a deadly sin, for they directly oppose the commandment of God and the holy church, but if it is for some necessity that the church permits and grants, but they sin much more than they employ the Sundays and holy days in sins, in lechery, going to taverns during service time, gluttony and drunkenness, and other outrages against God. Alas, I believe there is more sin committed on Sundays and holy days than on other work days, for then they are idle, fight, and sleep, and are not occupied..virtuously, in God's service as they ought to do, and as God commands us to remember and keep in mind to honor the holy day, those who do so, sin deadly and transgress and keep not this third commandment. These three commandments were written in the first table and apply only to God.\n\nThe fourth commandment is, \"Thou shalt honor and worship thy father and mother,\" for thou shalt live longer on earth. This commandment admonishes us to be wary of angering or cursing our father and mother, or setting our hand on them in evil will, for whoever does this sins deadly. In this commandment is understood the honor that we should do to our spiritual and temporal fathers, that is, to those who have the care of us, to teach and chastise us, as are the prelates of the church and those who have the charge and care of our souls, and to keep our bodies. He who will not obey him that has the care over him, whom he teaches and instructs, is in sin..bound to do / he sins grievously / and is disobedient, which is deadly sin /\n\nThe fifth commandment is / that thou shalt not kill / This commandment wills that no man shall kill another / for vengeance / nor for his goods / or for any other evil cause / it is deadly sin / but for to kill malefactors in executing justice for other good cause / if it is lawful / it may well be done / In this commandment is defended the sin of wrath and hate / of rage and of ire / For as the scripture says / he who hates his brother is a murderer / what is by his will and he sins deadlessly /\n\nAnd he that bears anger in his heart long / For such anger long held in the heart is rage and hate which is deadly sin and is contrary to this commandment / And yet sins more he who does or procures shamefully, vilely, or hurts another wrongfully / or counsels or helps to grieve another for revenge him / But wrath or anger lightly passed without will to harm or grieve any other / is not deadly sin /\n\nThe.The sixth commandment is thou shalt not commit adultery. This commandment forbids and defends all manner of sin of the flesh, generally called lechery, which is a foul and vile sin. However, there are some branches of it that are not deadly sin. Such as carnal meetings that may not be avoided, which men ought to restrain and refrain as much as they can. This often comes from outrageous drinking and eating, or from evil thoughts or foul touching. In such things there is great peril. In this commandment is defended all sin against nature in whatever manner it is done in his person or another.\n\nThe seventh commandment is, thou shalt not steal. This commandment forbids taking away another's things, whatever they may be, without reason against their will. In this commandment is defended rapine, usury, robbery..You shall not deceive or induce others to have what is rightfully theirs. He who goes against this commandment is bound to make restitution and return what he has taken or acquired, if he knows to whom he ought to render it. If he does not know, he is bound to give it to God or act according to the counsel of the holy church. Whoever unjustly retains another's good against their will sins mortally, if he does not pay back what he owes where and when he is able and has the means. If he does not know, let him act according to the counsel of the holy church. Whoever fails to do so sins against this commandment mortally.\n\nThe eighth commandment is: thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor. In this commandment it is forbidden for any man to lie willfully. Whoever lies, violates this commandment. Furthermore, he shall not forswear himself in judgment, make a false oath, or make a false denial, nor should he speak evil of his neighbor in intention or thought..Ten people should guard their good name and reputation, for it is a deadly sin to speak evil of good men behind their backs and betray them. This act is called detraction, and those who do it also accuse some of their folly or listen with adulation or flattery when they are not present. Such people violate this commandment, for they are all false witnesses.\n\nThe ninth commandment is: thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife; thou shalt not desire her in thine heart. This commandment forbids consenting to sin with her bodily. This commandment protects against desiring company with all manner of women outside of marriage. Evil signs, such as evil words of the same nature or foul and evil touching, kissing, handling, and similar acts, draw men to sin. The difference between this commandment and the sixth [preceding] one is that.The sixth commandment forbids the deed without consent, and this forbids the consenting within. For the consenting within to have company with a woman who is not his by marriage is deadly sin, according to the sense of the gospel which says, \"Whoever looks at a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.\" This is to be understood of the consenting desire in his thought.\n\nThe tenth commandment is, \"Thou shalt not covet anything that is thy neighbor's.\" This commandment forbids the will to have things that belong to others through evil reason or wrongfully. In this commandment is forbidden every envy of other men's wealth or welfare. For envy comes from evil covetousness to have such good or such grace or fortune as he sees in others. And this covetousness is when the consenting and thought are certainly one, then it is deadly sin. And if there are any ill movements without the will and consent for damage or harm..Every person who has wit and understanding in himself and is of age is bound to know and observe these ten commandments of the Lord, or else he sins mortally. Moses stayed on the mountain for forty days and forty nights and received from Almighty God the tables with the commandments inscribed by the hand of God, and also learned many ceremonies and statutes that God had ordained by which the children of Israel should be ruled and judged. While Moses was thus with the Lord on the mountain, the children of Israel saw that he tarried and did not descend, and some said that he was dead or had gone away and would not return. But some said no, and in conclusion they gathered themselves against Aaron and said to him, \"Make for us some gods that may go before us.\".We do not know what has befallen Moses. Then Aaron said, \"Take the gold that hangs in the ears of your wives and your children and bring it to me.\" The people did as he commanded and brought the gold to Aaron. He took the gold and melted it, making a calf from it. They said, \"These are your gods, Israel, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.\" The people made an altar before it and made great rejoicing and merriment and ate and drank and danced and played before the calf, offering sacrifices to it and making offerings. The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, \"Go, descend, for your people have sinned whom you have brought out of the land of Egypt. They have soon turned away from the way which you have shown them. They have made for themselves a calf, a golden one, and have worshiped it and offered sacrifices to it, saying, 'This is your God, O Israel, who brought you out of the land of Egypt!' I see that this people is of evil disposition. Let me alone, that I may wreak my wrath on them and destroy them. I will make you a ruler over a great people.\".Moyses thenne prayd our lord god sayeng / why art thou wroth lord ayenst thy peple that thou hast brought out of the londe of egypte in a grete strengthe and a boystous hande / I beseche the lord late not thegypcyens saye / that their god hath locked them out for to slee them in the montayns I praye the lord that thy wrath may as\u2223wage / and be thou pleysid and benyg\u00a6ne vpon the wickednes of thy peple / Remembre Abraham. Ysaac and Iacob thy seruau\u0304tes / to whom thou promysyst and swarest by thy self sayeng / I shal multeplye your seed as the sterres of heuen / And the vnyuersal londe of whiche I haue spoken I shal gyue to your seed / And ye shal possede and haue it euer / And with thise wordes our lord was pleased / that he wold do no harme as he had said vnto his peple / And moyses retorned fro the mou\u0304t beryng two tables of stone wre\u2223ton both with the hande of god And the scripture that was in the tables / were the ten comandementis as fore be wreton / \u00b6 Iosue heering the grete noyse of the chyldren of.Israhel told Moses, \"I believe they are fighting below.\" Moses replied, \"It is not the cry of men urging them to fight or noise compelling men to flee, but I hear the sound of singing. When he approaches them, I see the calf and the instruments of merriment. I became so angry that I threw down the tables and broke them at the foot of the hill. I ran and seized the calf they had made, burned and struck it to powder, which I cast into the water and gave it to the children of Israel to drink. Then Moses asked Aaron, \"What have this people done to you that you have led them to sin greatly?\" Aaron replied, \"My lord, do not take wrath upon me. You know well that this people are prone and ready to sin. They said to me, 'Make for us gods that will go before us. We do not know what has happened to this Moses who led us out of Egypt.' To whom I replied, 'Who among you has gold? They gave it to me, and I cast it into the fire. From the fire came this.\".And then Moses said, \"All who are on God's side and have not sinned in making the Calf join me. The children of Levi joined him, and he bade each man take a sword and take vengeance, and kill each his brother, friend, and neighbor who have transgressed. And so the children of Levi went and killed 23,000 of the children of Israel. And then Moses said, \"You have made this day yourselves a kingdom, acting corruptly before the Lord your God. I will ascend to the Lord alone, and I will make atonement for your sin. Then Moses ascended again and received two tables in return, which the Lord had given him. And in these tables, the Lord wrote the commandments. And after the Lord commanded him to make an ark and a tabernacle, in which were kept the following three things: the Rod with which he performed wonders, a pot of manna, and the tablets of the covenant..And Moses taught them the law, indicating how each man should behave towards others and what he should do and not do. He then divided them into twelve tribes and commanded each man to bring a rod to the tabernacle. Moses wrote the name of each man on the rod, and he closed the tabernacle. In the morning, one of the rods was found to have budded, bearing leaves and fruit, which rod was given to Aaron. After a long time, the children desired flesh and remembered the flesh they had eaten in Egypt. They grew discontented with Moses and wanted to install a leader to return to Egypt. Moses, distressed by their unkindness towards God, pleaded with the Lord to release him from life. In response, God sent a great swarm of locusts that covered the ground for two days and one night..\"The height of two cubits, and they had so many that they hung them on their tabernacles and tents. Yet they were not content but continually grumbled. Therefore, God struck them and took vengeance on them with a great plague. Many died and were buried there. After this, Maria and Aaron, brother and sister of Moses, began to speak against Moses because of his wife, who was of Ethiopian descent. They said, \"Has God not spoken only through Moses? Has He not also spoken to us? Therefore, the Lord was angry. Moses was the humblest and meekest man who was in all the world. Then the Lord said to him and to Aaron and to Maria, \"Go you three only to the tabernacle.\" And there the Lord said that there was none like Moses to whom He had spoken face to face, and He reproved Aaron and Maria for speaking against Moses. And being angry, He departed from them. And immediately Maria was struck and made leprous, and white as snow. When Aaron saw this, he\".beheld her and saw her smitten with leprosy. He said to Moses, \"I beseech the Lord that thou dost not set this sin upon us, which we have committed foolishly. And let not our sister be as a dead woman or born out of time. Behold and see, half her flesh is consumed by the leprosy. Then Moses cried unto the Lord, saying, \"I beseech thee, Lord, that thou heal her, to whom the Lord replied, 'If her father had spit in her face, would she not be put to shame? Rebuke her for six days, let her depart from the castles for six days, and after she shall be called in again.' So Maria was cast out of the castles for six days, and the people remained not from the place until she was called in again. After this, the Lord commanded Moses to send men into the land of Canaan, that he should give charge for its fruitfulness and consider its goodness, and of every tribe, he should send some. Moses did so as the Lord had commanded, and they went in and brought back its fruit.\".They brought a branch with a cluster of grapes as large as two could carry between them on a staff, when they had seen the land and considered it for forty days, they returned and told the commodities of the land to the inhabitants. But some said that the people were strong and that there were many kings and giants, in such a way that they said it was impregnable, and that the people were much stronger than they were. Therefore, the people were afraid and murmured against Moses, intending to return to Egypt. Then Joshua and Caleb, who were two of those who had considered the land, said to the people, \"Why do you grumble, and from what are you afraid? We have seen the land, and it is good to conquer. The land flows with milk and honey; do not rebel against God, He will give it to us. Do not be afraid.\" But all the people cried out against them, and when they intended to stone them, the Lord appeared in a cloud on the covering of the tabernacle and said to Moses, \"This people have they provoked me; they will not enter my rest.\".I bypassed the signs and wonders I showed them all / I will destroy them all by pestilence / And I will make you a prince over people greater and stronger than this / Then Moses prayed to the Lord for the people / that He would have pity on them and not destroy them / but to have mercy on them, according to the greatness of His mercy. And the Lord, at Moses' request, pardoned them. Nevertheless, the Lord said that all those men who had seen His majesty and the signs and marvels that He did in Egypt and in the desert and had tempted Him ten times and not obeyed His voice, shall not see / nor enter the country and land that I have promised to their fathers. But Joshua and Caleb, My servants, shall enter the land / and their seed shall possess it. Moses told all this to the children / and they wept and mourned greatly because of it. After this, the people repented and came into the wilderness of Sin. And there, Maria, the sister of Moses, and Aaron died and were buried in the same place. Thenne..The people lacked water and complained against Moses, yet they had stayed in Egypt. Then Moses and Aaron entered the tabernacle, and they both fell with their faces to the ground and prayed to the Lord, saying, \"Lord God, hear the clamor of your people. Open to them your treasure and provide a fountain of living water, so that they may drink and the murmuring of them may cease.\" Our Lord said to him, \"Take the rod in your hand, and you and your brother Aaron assemble the people. Speak to the stone, and it will give water, and when the water comes out late, all the multitude will drink and their beasts as well. Moses took the rod as the Lord had commanded and gathered all the people before the stone. He said to them, \"You rebels and unbelievers! Do you not believe that we can give you water from this stone?\" He lifted up his hand and struck the stone twice, and water came out in the greatest abundance. In such a way that the people and their beasts drank their fill. Then he said,.God spoke to Moses and Aaron because you have not obeyed me and sanctified my name before the children of Israel, giving me the glory, but you have done this in your own name. Therefore, you shall not bring this people into the land that I will give them. And for this reason, this water was called the Water of Contention, where the children grumbled against God. Immediately after this, by God's command, Moses took Aaron upon the mountain and stripped him of his garments. He clothed Eleazar, his son, in them and made him high priest in place of Aaron. Aaron died on the mountain top, and Moses died with Eleazar. When all the multitude of people saw that Aaron was dead, they wept and mourned for him for thirty days in every tribe and family. After this, the people went about the land of Edom and began to grow weary and grumble against the Lord and Moses, saying, \"Why have you brought us out of the land of Egypt to die in this desert and wilderness? The bread fails us; there is no water, and our strength is gone.\".souls abhor and detest this light mete for which cause God sent among them fiery serpents, wounding and slaying many. Then those who were hurt came to Moses and said, \"We have sinned for we have spoken against our lord. Pray to God for us that He delivers us from these serpents.\" Moses prayed for the people, and God said to him, \"Make a serpent of brass and set it up as a sign. And whoever is hurt and looks upon it, shall live and be healed.\" Moses made a serpent of brass and set it up as a sign. And when those who were hurt beheld it, they were healed. After this, when Moses had shown to them all the laws and ceremonies of the Lord and had governed them for forty years, and was one hundred and twenty years old, he ascended from the fields of Moab upon the mount of Nebo against Jerico, and there the Lord showed to him all the land of Gilead to Dan, and all the land..Promises were made from one end to another, and then our lord said to him, \"This is the land I promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying, 'I will give it to your seed.' Now you have seen it with your eyes, and shall not enter or come in. And in that place, Moses' servant died, as God commanded, and was buried in the valley of the land of Moab against Phogor. And to this day, no man knew his sepulcher. Moses was two hundred years old when he died; his eyes had not dimmed, nor his teeth been moved.\n\nThe children of Israel wept and mourned for him for thirty days in the fields of Moab. Joshua the son of Nun was filled with the spirit of wisdom, for Moses laid his hands on him. And the children obeyed him, as the Lord had commanded Moses. And there was never after a prophet in Israel like Moses, who knew and spoke with God face to face, in all the signs and wonders that God did and showed by him in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh and all his servants..Here ends the life and story of Moses. After Moses, Joshua became duke and leader of the children of Israel, bringing them into the land of Canaan. He performed many great battles for whom God showed many great marvels, including one instance where the sun stood still at his request until he had defeated his enemies within a day. The Lord, when He fought, sent down hailstones that killed more of his enemies with the stones than with human hands. Joshua was a noble man and governed Israel well. He divided the land among the twelve tribes by lot, and when he was 105 years old, he died. After Joshua, various judges ruled and judged Israel, including Judges such as Jephte, Gideon, and Samson. I pass over their histories and move on to the stories of the kings, which are read in the church from the first Sunday after Trinity Sunday to the first Sunday of August. In the month of August, the Book of Wisdom is read. In the month of September..This story is about Job of Tobit and Judith. In October, the history of the Maccabees is read, and in November, the book of Ezekiel and his visions. In December, the history of Advent and the book of Isaiah are read, from Crispina Mass to the Septuagesima, the epistles of Paul are read. This is the Rule of the Temporal [through the year &c].\n\nThis story mentions that there was a man named Helcan, who had two wives: one was named Anna, and the other Fenna. Fenna had children, and Anna had none. The good man, at such days as he was bound to go to his city to make his sacrifice and worship God, in this time Ophel and Phineas, sons of the great priest, were priests of the Lord. This Helcan gave to Fenna, at such a time as he offered to her sons and daughters certain parts. And to Anna, he gave but one part. Fenna was much sorrowful and reproached Anna because she had no children, and this she did every year..Anna wept for sorrow and did not eat any food. Her husband Helcan asked, \"Anna, why do you weep, and why do you not eat? Why is your heart troubled? Am I not better to you than ten sons?\" After she had eaten and drunk in Silo, Anna went to pray to our lord Heli, who sat before the posts of the Lord's house. Anna beseeched and prayed to the Lord, making a vow that if she could have a son, she would offer him to the Lord. She prayed so earnestly in her heart and mind that her lips did not move. Heli then took her hand, thinking she was drunk. She replied, \"No, my lord. I am a sinful woman. I have drunk no wine or strong drink that could make me drunk. But I have made my prayers and cast my soul in the sight of Almighty God.\" Do not regard me as one of Belial's daughters. The prayer I have made and spoken is from the multitude of the heavens, and the depth of my sorrow. Then Heli blessed her..The priest told her, \"Go to the God of Israel and present your petition to Him, for you have prayed to Him, and she replied, 'May your handmaid find grace in His sight.' And so she departed. On the morrow they returned home to Ramah. After this, our lord remembered her, and Hannah conceived and in due time gave birth to a fair son, whom she named Samuel, for she had asked Him, 'Why has the Lord given me this child?' And Hannah's husband went and offered a solemn sacrifice, fulfilling his vow. But Hannah did not ascend with him. She said to her husband, 'I will not go up until the child is weaned and taken from my breast.' And after Samuel was weaned and was an infant, the mother took him and three calves and three measures of meal and a bottle of wine and brought him to the house of the Lord in Shiloh to offer the child to the Lord. She said to the Lord, 'I am the woman who prayed to You for this child. In here, Anna.\".worshyppid our lord and than\u2223kyd hym / And ther made this psalme which is one of the canticles / Exulta\u2223uit cor meum in domino of exaltatum est cornu meum in deo meo / and so forth all the remenau\u0304t of that psalme / And thenne helcana with his wif re\u2223torned home to his hows / After this our lord vysyted Anna and she con\u2223ceyuyd iij sones and two doughters whiche she brought forth / And Samu\u2223el abode in the hows of our lord & was mynyster in the syght of hely / But the two sones of hely Ophny and Phy\u00a6nees / were chyldren of belyal not kno\u00a6wyng our lord but dyde grete synnes ayenst the comandementis of god / and our lord sente a prophete to hely be\u00a6cause he corrected not his sones and said he wold take thoffice from hym & from his hows / and that ther shold not be an old ma\u0304 in his hows & kynrede but shold dye er they cam to ma\u0304nes estate And that god shold reyse a preest that shold be faithful and after his herte / Samuel seruyd and mynystred our lord in a surplys to fore hely / And on a tyme as hely laye in his.Samuel slept in the temple where the Ark of God was. God called him, and Samuel answered, \"I am here.\" God replied, \"I did not call you, my son. Return and sleep.\" Samuel returned and slept. God called him a second time, and Samuel arose and went to Eli and said, \"Here I am.\" God replied, \"I did not call you. Go back and sleep.\" Samuel did not yet understand that it was God who was calling him, and no revelation had been shown to him before. God called Samuel a third time, and Samuel rose and went to Eli and said, \"Here I am. For you called me.\" Then Eli understood that it was God who had called him and said to Samuel, \"Go and sleep. If you are called again, say, 'Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening.'\"\n\nSamuel returned and slept in his place. God came and stood there, calling as before, \"Samuel! Samuel!\"\n\nSamuel answered, \"Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening.\".Samuel called me, Samuel. And Samuel said, \"Lord, what pleases you? For your servant hears. Then the Lord said to Samuel, 'I make my word known in Israel: whoever hears his ears shall tremble, and on that day I will raise up against him all that I have spoken concerning his house. I will begin and accomplish it. I have warned him that I will judge his house for wickedness, as much as he knows that his sons do wickedly and has not corrected them. Therefore I have sworn to the house of Saul that the wickedness of his house shall not be purged with sacrifices or offerings. Samuel slept until the morning. And then he rose and opened the doors of the Lord's house in his surplice. Samuel was afraid to reveal this vision to Saul. Saul called him and asked, \"What has the Lord said to you?\" and commanded him to tell him all. And Samuel told him all that the Lord had said, hiding nothing from him. And he said, \"He is the Lord. What pleases him, let us know.\".Samuel was with the Lord in all his work, and it was known to all Israel from Dan to Beersheba that Samuel was the true prophet of the Lord. After this, the Philistines waged war against the children of Israel again. In a battle, the children of Israel were overthrown and put to flight. The Philistines pursued them with a great multitude and took the Ark of God, which Ophni and Phineas, sons of Eli, were bearing. When they came with a great multitude and the Ark, the Philistines were afraid. Nevertheless, they fought against them manfully and slew about thirty thousand foot soldiers of the children of Israel. Ophni and Phineas were slain, and a man of the tribe of Benjamin ran to tell this to Eli, who was sitting watching the battle from a place some distance away. As soon as the man entered the town, he reported how the battle had been lost, the people slain, and the Ark taken. There was great sorrow and weeping when Eli heard this news and lamented..He demanded what this noise was and why they sorrowed so. Then the man came and told him. Hely was at that time 88 years old, and his eyes had grown blind and could not see. The man said, \"What is it, my son?\" He answered, \"The host of Israel has been overcome, and their leader has fled before the Philistines. A great destruction has been made among the people. Your two sons have been slain, and the ark of God has been taken. And when Hely heard him mention the Ark of God, he fell down backward by the door and broke his neck, and there he died. He had judged Israel for 40 years. Then the Philistines took the ark of God and placed it in their temple of Dagon. By their god Dagon in Azotus. On the morning of the next day, early when the people of Azotus came into their temple, they saw their god Dagon lying on the ground before the ark of God, with his head and both hands cut off..There abode no more but the Ark, and God showed many vengeances to the people of the land as long as the Ark was with them. God struck them with sicknesses in their secret places. Wells boiled in towns and fields of that region, and there grew among them so many myses that they suffered great persecution and confusion in that city. The people seeing this vengeance and plague said, \"Let the Ark of the God of Israel not abide with us any longer.\" From His hand is hard on us and on Dagon our god. They sent for the great masters and governors of the Philistines, and when they were gathered, they said, \"What shall we do with the Ark of the God of Israel?\" They answered, \"Let it be carried around the cities,\" and so it was. And a great vengeance and death was had upon all the cities. It struck every man from the oldest to the youngest in such a way that the lower parts of them putrefied and rotted. And they made them seats of furs and skins to sit softly, and then they sent..The Ark of God was brought to Acharon. When the people of Acharon saw the Ark, they cried out, saying, \"We have brought the Ark of the God of Israel to us. It is to kill us and our people.\" They cried out that the Ark should be set back home again, for many people had died by the plague that had afflicted them in their secret places. A great wailing and lamenting was among them.\n\nThe Ark remained in the region of the Philistines for seven months. After this, they consulted with their priests about what they should do with the Ark, and it was concluded that it should be sent back home. But the priests said, \"If you send it home, send it only with the gold you owe and as payment for your transgressions and sins. Then you will be healed and cured of your sicknesses.\" They then ordered, according to the number of the five provinces of the Philistines, five pieces of gold and five talents of gold. They took a way and put two wild cattle on it, which had never borne a yoke, and left their calves at home. They took the Ark and set it on the way..vessels and pieces of gold that you have paid for your passage set them at the side of the ark and let them go where they will. Thus, you sent the ark of God to the children of Israel. Samuel governed Israel for a long time, and when he grew old, he set his sons, Ishmael and Abijah, on the throne over Israel. Their names were Ishmael and Abijah, and they did not walk in his ways but turned after other gods and took bribes and perverted justice.\n\nThen the elders of the children of Israel gathered and came to Samuel and said, \"Look, you are old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Therefore, appoint for us a king that will judge and rule us like all other nations.\" This displeased Samuel greatly when they said, \"Appoint for us a king.\" Then Samuel consulted the Lord on this matter. The Lord said, \"They have not rejected you, but they have rejected me from being king over them. They do what is evil in my sight; they have not listened to my voice or obeyed my laws.\".Since the text is already in modern English and there are no obvious errors or unnecessary content, I will simply output the text as is:\n\nThe king whom I have brought out of Egypt until this day, who have served false gods and strange ones, and who do the same to you: I tell you this beforehand, and this shall be the right of a king who will reign over you. He will take your sons and make them his charioteers and set them in his chariots and carts. He will make them his tribunes and centurions, his reapers and mowers of his corn, and his smiths and armorers of his weapons and carts. He will also take your daughters to be his cooks and ready at his beck and call. He will also take your fields and vineyards, and give the best of them to his servants. He will take your cattle and the rents of your vineyards for himself..his officers and servants, and shall take from you your servants, both men and women, and set them to his work; and your asses and beasts, he also shall take for labor. Your flocks of sheep he shall take and take the tithe or whatever pleases him. And you shall be to him thrall and servants, and you shall cry out, \"Wash Ben-Gath,\" to flee from the face of your king. Our lord shall not hear you nor deliver you, because you have asked for a king. Yet for all this, the people would not hear Samuel, but said, \"Give us a king.\" For a king shall reign over us, and we shall be, as all other people have been. And our king shall judge us and go before us; and he shall fight our battles for us. And Samuel heard all this and counseled our lord to ordain a king for them. And so he did. For he took a man of the tribe of Benjamin, whose name was Saul, a good man and tall of stature. And there was not a better one among all the children of Israel. He was taller than any of the people from the shoulders upward..Only other people, and Samuel anointed him king over Israel, and said to him, \"The Lord has anointed you king over His people, and you shall deliver them from the hands of their enemies who are in the circles and countries around. And he departed from him. After this, Samuel gathered the people and said, \"The Lord says that He has brought you up from the land of Egypt and saved you from the hands of all the kings who were your enemies, and pursued you and afflicted you. And you have forsaken the Lord who has delivered you from all your evils and tribulations. Now therefore, stand in your tribes, and we will determine who shall be our king. Let each one stand in his tribe, and we will let the lot fall to the tribe of Benjamin. In Benjamin the lot shall fall to Saul, the son of Kish. And they sought him and could not find him, and it was told them that he was hiding in his house at home. And the people ran there and fetched him and set him among them.\" And he was taller than any of the people..Among all the people from the shoulder upwards, then Samuel said to the people, \"Now see and behold, for the Lord has chosen one among you. For there is none like Him among all the people. And then all the people cried out, \"Long live the king!\" Samuel wrote the law of the kingdom for the people in a book and placed it before the Lord. Thus, Saul was made the first king in Israel. And immediately, there was much war on the children of Israel from all sides. He defended them, and Saul had many battles and obtained victory. Samuel came to Saul at one time and said that the Lord commanded him to fight against the Amalekites and to slay man and woman, child, ox, cow, camel, ass, and sheep, and to spare nothing. Then Saul assembled his people and had 20,000 foot soldiers and 10,000 men from the tribe of Judah. They went out and fought against the Amalekites, and they slew them, except for Agag, the king of the Amalekites, whom he allowed to live. And all the rest he slew. But he spared the best flocks of sheep and of other livestock and also the good clothing and all that was good and the sheepskins..spared whatever was foul, he destroyed. This was shown to Samuel by the Lord saying, \"I have appointed Saul king over Israel, for he has forsaken me and not fulfilled my commands.\" Samuel was sorry for this and wept all night. In the morning, he rose and went to Saul, and Saul offered sacrifice to the Lord of the sanctuary that he had taken. Samuel condemned Saul for the noise, and he said, \"These are the beasts that the people brought from Amalek to offer to your Lord God. The rest were slain. They have spared the best and fattest to do sacrifice with to your God.\" Then Samuel said to Saul, \"Do you not remember that you were among the least of the tribes of Israel, and I made you king and anointed you by the Lord's hand? Why have you not obeyed the commandment of the Lord and have gone and done evil in his sight?\".And then said Saul to Samuel: \"I have taken Agag king of Amalek and brought him with me. But I have slain Amalek. The people have taken the sheep and the best of the cattle for us to offer to our lord God.\"\n\nAnd then Samuel said: \"The Lord would rather have sacrifices and offerings than to disobey his commandments. Obedience is better than sacrifice, and submitting to the Lord is better than the fat of rams. For it is a sin to withstand and rebel against the Lord, like the sin of idolatry. Because you have not obeyed the Lord and cast away his word, the Lord has cast you aside. You shall not be king any longer.\"\n\nThen said Saul to Samuel: \"I have sinned. I have not obeyed the word of God or yours. But I feared the people and obeyed them instead, so that I might worship the Lord.\"\n\nAnd Samuel answered: \"I will not return with you.\"\n\nAnd so Samuel departed. But before he left, he did slay Agag the king. And Samuel never saw Saul again until his death. Then the Lord....Samuel told Jesse to summon one of his sons, named Jesse or Iesse, to be king of Israel. Jesse came to him in Bethlehem and brought his sons before him. Jesse had eight sons, and Samuel chose seven of them, but he was not pleased. He said that there was no one left but the youngest, who was a boy and kept sheep in the field. Samuel sent for him and said, \"I will not eat until he arrives.\" The boy was sent for and brought to Samuel. He was rough and handsome and well-favored. Samuel took a horn of oil and anointed him in the presence of his brothers. From that day on, the spirit of the Lord came directly upon him.\n\nAfterward, Samuel went to Ramah, and the spirit of the Lord departed from Saul, and an evil spirit frequently troubled him. His servants said to him, \"You have been troubled by an evil spirit. It would be good to have someone who could play the lyre to be with you.\".What the spirit vexes thee, thou shalt bear it lighter. He said to his servants, Provide me with one such one. And one said, I saw one of Jesse's sons play on a harp, a fair child and strong in his talking. And the Lord is with him. Then Saul sent messengers to Jesse for David. And Jesse sent David his son with a present: bread, wine, and a kid to Saul. And whenever the evil spirit vexed Saul, David harped before him. And anon he was eased, and the evil spirit departed from him. After this, the Philistines gathered in great hosts to make war against Saul and the children of Israel. Saul gathered the children of Israel to gather and go against them in the valley of Elah. The Philistines stood on one hill and the children of Israel on another hill. And the valley was between them. And there came out of the host of the Philistines a great giant named Goliath of Gath. He was six cubits and a span high and had a helmet of brass on his head. And he was clad in armor..The warrior's habergeon weighed 20 sheets of metal. He had brass boots and his shoulders were covered with brass plates. His glove was as large as a great colossus, and there were two jars of iron in it. His squire urged him on against the Philistines, declaring that a man should lead a singular battle against Goliath. If he were overcome, the Philistines should become servants to Israel. If he prevailed and overcame his enemy, Israelites should serve the Philistines. He died crying out for forty days. At that time, Saul and the children of Israel were fearful. David was in Bethlehem with his father, keeping sheep. Three of his brothers were in Saul's host. To them David said, \"Take this potage of lentils and ten cheeses. Go run to the host to your brothers and see how they do and learn how they are arrayed.\" David left his sheep with one to keep them and brought these things to the host. When he arrived there,.He heard a great cry and asked about his brothers. At the same time, Goliath came forth and said, as he had before. David heard him speak. All of Israel fled in fear of him. David asked what he was, and it was told to him that he had come to destroy Israel. The king would enrich the man who slew him with great riches, give his daughter to him, and make his father's house tax-exempt. David asked, \"What is this man who has despised the host of the God of Israel, and what reward will he have who slews him?\" The people repeated what had been said before. When David's oldest brother heard him speaking to the people, he was angry with him and said, \"Why have you come here and left the few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride \u2013 you have come to see the battle.\" David replied, \"What have I done? Is it not as the people have said? I will certainly fight with this giant and refused from him..And all this was shown to Saul, and David was brought to him. Saul said to him, \"You shall not withstand this Philistine; you are but a youth.\" This Philistine has been a fighter from his childhood. David replied to Saul, \"I, your servant, kept my father's sheep. A lion and a bear came and took a lamb from the middle of the flock, and I pursued it and caught it and struck it down. It rose against me, and I seized it by its horns and killed it. I, your servant, slew the lion and the bear. Therefore, this Philistine shall be like one of them. I will now go and deliver Israel from this disgrace. How is this Philistine uncircumcised and dares to defy the host of the living God? Yet David said, \"The Lord who delivered me from the paw of the lion and from the paw of the bear will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine.\".Saul said to David: \"Go, and the Lord be with you. Saul armed him with his armor and put his sword around him. But David said, 'I cannot fight this way; I am not accustomed to this. Unarm me.' He took his staff in his hand, picked up five smooth stones from the brook, put them in his pouch, took his sling in his hand, and went out against Goliath. When Goliath saw him come, he despised him and said, 'Is that you coming to me with your staff? I come to you in the name of the Lord Sabaoth of Israel, whom you have defied. This day the Lord will give you into my hand, and I will kill you and take the heads of the Philistine warriors this day and give them to the birds and the wild animals.'\n\nDavid said to Goliath: 'You come to me with a sword and a spear, and I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied. This day the Lord will deliver you into my hand, and I will strike you down and cut off your head. And I will give the bodies of the Philistine warriors this day to the birds and to the wild animals. And the whole earth will know that there is a God in Israel, and all this assembly shall know that the Lord saves not with sword and spear. For the battle is the Lord's, and he will give you into our hand.'\".Then the Philistines rushed towards David, and David ran towards them, took a stone, and put it in his hand. He had no sword, but Goliath came towards him with his own sword. Then the Philistines saw this and fled. David followed them and killed many of them. He returned again and went to the tents and lodgings of the Philistines and took all the plunder. David took Goliath's head and brought it to Jerusalem. And he brought his arms to his tabernacle. Abner brought David, holding Goliath's head in his hand, before Saul. Saul asked him whose son he was, and he replied that he was the son of Jesse of Bethlehem. At that very moment, Jonathan loved David as his own soul. Saul then would not give him permission to return to his father. Jonathan and he made a covenant with each other, and each swore to be true to the other. Jonathan gave him his cloak, which he was wearing, and all his other equipment..garment was to David, and David did all that ever Saul had commanded him wisely and prudently. And when he returned from battle and Goliah was slain, the women came out from every town singing with choirs and timpanes against the coming of Saul with great joy and gladness, saying, \"Saul has slain a thousand, and David has slain ten thousand.\" And this saying displeased Saul greatly, who said, \"They have given to David ten thousand and to me one thousand. What more does he have, save the kingdom and to be king?\" For this cause Saul never loved David after that day; nor looked on him friendly, but ever sought men to destroy David. For he feared that David would be lord with him and put him from him. And David was wise and knew Saul's daughter Michal, and Jonathon made a covenant with David. And on a certain time David was at home with his wife Michal, and Saul sent men to slay him in his house in the morning. And when Michal heard of it, she said to David, \"But if you save your life today, tomorrow you will be the king.\".This night, Michael helped David escape and anointed him with an image and covered it with a robe, placing a goatskin on the image's head. In the morning, Saul sent spies for David, and they reported that he was sick in bed. Then, Saul sent messengers to bring him, ordering, \"Bring him to me in his bed so he may be slain.\" The messengers found a symbol or image in his bed, along with goatskin covers. Saul then asked Michal, \"Why have you mocked me like this and allowed my enemy to escape?\" Michal replied, \"He said to me, 'Let me go or I will kill you.'\"\n\nDavid went to Samuel in Ramah and shared with him all that Saul had done to him. Samuel was informed that David was with him, and Saul dispatched messengers to seize him. When they arrived, they found him with the prophets, and they were prophesying with them. Samuel sent for more messengers, and they arrived..And the third time he sent more messengers, and they also prophesied. Saul, being angry, asked where Samuel and David were and went to them. He prophesied when he came there as well and took off his clothes, remaining naked all day and night before Samuel. David then fled from there and went to Jonathan, complaining, \"What have I done that your father seeks to kill me?\" Jonathan was sorry for this and loved David well. After this, Saul continued to seek to kill David. And once, Saul went into a cave to relieve himself, and David was there. Saul said to him, \"Now the Lord has brought your enemy into your hand. Go and kill him.\" David replied, \"God forbid that I should lay any hand on him, for he is anointed. I will not hurt or touch him, may God deal kindly with him.\" He went to Saul and took a corner of his cloak. When Saul had gone out, David went out as well and called after Saul, \"My lord, God has restrained you from harming me.\".I brought him in my hands / I might have slain him if I had wanted / but God forbade that I should lay hand on my lord, anointed by God / And what have I offended that you seek to kill me? Who are you? Said Saul / Are you not I, David, my son? Yes, said David / I am your servant / And he knelt down and worshiped him.\n\nThen Saul said, I have sinned / and also said / You are righteous, and I have done evil / And you have shown me today that God has brought me into your hand, and has not killed me / God reward you for this, that you have done to me. Now I know well that you will reign in Israel / I pray you to be gracious to my seed and not to destroy my house / and swear and promise me that you will not take away my name from the house of my father.\n\nDavid swore and promised to Saul. And then Saul departed and went home. David and his people went to secure places. Immediately after this, Samuel died and was buried..\"This is in Ramatha, and all Israel showed him great respect. Then there was a rich man in Mount Carmel, who once kept and tended his sheep. David sent certain men to him, asking him to greet him well. Previously, his shepherds had kept his sheep in the desert, and he had never been ungracious to them or allowed them to lose more than a sheep as long as they were with him. He could ask his servants, for they could tell him, and I would now send them whatever he desired. Nabal answered the children of David, \"Who is this David? I will not send the food that I have prepared for them to men I do not know.\" The men returned and reported to David all that he had said. Then David said to his men, \"Each man take his sword and gird himself, and David girded himself.\" David went, and four hundred men followed him. He told Abigail, Nabal's wife, how David had sent messengers.\".From the desert to his lord, and how wrathful and wayward he was, and he said that the men were good enough to them when they were in the desert, neither beast of ours perished as long as they were there. They were a wall and a shield for us both day and night all the time that we kept our flocks there. Therefore, consider what is to be done. They intend to do harm to him and to his house. He is the son of Belial in such a way that no man may speak with him. Then Abigail hid herself and took two loaves of bread, two bottles of wine, a sheep, and five measures of pottage, and five bonds of grapes, and laid all this upon asses. And she said to her servants, \"Go before, and I shall follow after.\" She told her husband Nabal nothing of this. Then she took an ass and rode after. And when she came to the foot of the hill, David and his men descended to meet her, and David said, \"I have protected all the beasts of this Nabal in the desert, and nothing of his perished.\".that served him, and has brought evil for good, by the living God, I shall not leave as much of his life as urinates against a wall, as soon as Abigail saw David she departed from her ass, and fell down before him upon her face, and worshipped him there, and filled his feet with kisses and said, \"In me, my lord, said she, be this wickedness. I pray that my handmaid may speak to your ears, and that you will hear the words of your servant. I pray and beg of my lord not to set your heart against this wicked man Nabal. For, according to his name, he is a fool, and folly is with him. I, your handmaid, did not see your children that you sent. Therefore, my lord, for the love of God and of your soul, do not let your hand shed blood. And I pray that God may make your enemies like Nabal and those who intend harm. I pray that you receive this blessing and the present which I, your handmaid, have brought to you. Give it to your men who follow you. Take away.\".the wickedness from me, thy servant. I beseech God to make a house of truth for thee, my lord, for thou, my lord, shalt fight the battles of our lord God. Let no malice be found in thee, neither in all the days of thy life. If ever any man rises against thee or pursues thee or hurts thee, I beseech God to keep thee. And when our lord God has accomplished all that He has spoken good of thee and has established the duke upon Israel, let this not be in thy thought or scruple in thy heart, that thou shouldst shed blood unjustly, or be avenged. And when our lord God has done well to thee, have thou remembrance of me, thy handmaid, and do well to me. And David said to Abigail, \"Blessed be God of Israel who sent this day to meet me. And blessed be thy speech. And blessed be thou that hast withdrawn me from bloodshed and that I avenged myself not on my enemy with my hand. Else, by the living Lord God of Israel, if thou hadst not come to me there.\".Should not have listened to Nabal in the morning, turning against a wall. Then David received all that she brought and said to her, \"Go peacefully to your house. I have heard your voice, and I have honored your face.\" And Abigail came to Nabal, and David returned to the place he came from. Nabal made a great feast in his house, like the feast of a king. And Nabal's heart was joyful; he was drunk. And Abigail his wife told him no words until the morning. The next morning, when Nabal had digested the wine, his wife told him all these words. And his heart was crushed within him, and he was like a stone. For ten days after the Lord struck him, and he died. And when David heard that he was dead, he said, \"Blessed be the good Lord who has judged the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and has kept me, his servant, from harm. And the Lord has avenged the malice of Nabal on his own head.\" Then David sent for Abigail to be his wife..And she humbled herself and said she was ready to wash the feet of his servants. And she arose and took with her five maidens who went on foot by her. And she rode upon an ass and followed the messengers and became wife to David. And David also took another wife called Ahinoam of Israel. And both were his wives. After this, Saul always sought to kill David. And the people of Ziph told Saul that David was hiding in the wilderness hill fort of Achaloth, which was on the southern side. And Saul took with him three thousand chosen men and followed and sought David. David, when he heard of Saul's coming, went to the place where Saul was. And when he was asleep, he took one with him and went into the tent where Saul slept and Abner was with him and all his men. Then Abishai said to David, \"God has put your enemy in your hands today. Now I will go and strike him through with my spear, and then we shall have no need to fear.\".And David said to Abishai, \"Do not touch the anointed king of God. Be innocent, and David said more, \"But if God strikes him or the days come that he shall die or perish in battle, may God be merciful to me, as I shall not lay my hand on him who is anointed by the Lord.\" Now take the spear that stands at his head and the cup of water, and let us go.\n\nDavid took the spear and the cup and departed thence. And there was not one who saw them or awoke. For they all slept. Then David, when he was on the hill far from them, cried to the people and to Abner, saying, \"Abner, shall you not answer? And Abner answered, \"Who are you that cry out and awaken the king?\" And David said to Abner, \"Are you not a man, and who is like you in Israel? Why then have you not kept your lord the king? For there is one of the people gone to kill the king, your lord, but it is not good that you do this. But you are worthy to die, cause...\".You have not kept your lord's command, given by our lord. Now look and see where the king's spear is and the cup of water that stood there. Saul knew the voice of David and said, \"Is not this your voice, my son David?\" And David said, \"It is my voice, my lord king.\" For what reason do you, my lord, question your servant? What have I done? And what evil have I caused with my hand? You see well that I might have slain you if God had allowed me to judge between us. And Saul said, \"I have sinned. Return my son. I shall never again do you harm.\" For your soul is precious in my sight this day.\" David said, \"Behold, here is the spear of the king.\" Our lord will reward every man according to his justice and faith. Our lord has brought you into my hands today. And yet I would not lay my hand on him who is anointed of our lord. And like as your soul is magnified this day in my sight, so may my soul be magnified in the sight of God. And deliver me from all..Saul said to David: \"Blessed be thou, my son David. David went his way, and Saul returned home again. David said in his heart: 'Sometimes it might happen to me to fall and come into the hands of Saul. It is better that I flee from him and save myself in the land of the Philistines.' He went then with six hundred men and came to Achish king of Gath and dwelled there. And when Saul understood that he was with Achish, he ceased to search for him. Achish delivered to David a town to dwell in named Sykeleg. After this, the Philistines gathered and assembled much people against Israel. Saul assembled all Israel and came to Gilboa. When Saul saw all the host of the Philistines, his heart trembled and fainted greatly. He cried for a seeress, but the Lord did not answer him, neither by dreams nor by prophets nor by priests. Then Saul said to his servants: 'Bring me a woman who has a familiar spirit, otherwise called a witch, and they said that there was one in Endor.'\".A woman in the end, Saul changed his attire and clothing, and both he and two men went to her by night. He made her raise Samuel. Samuel asked, \"Why have you disturbed my peace, to rouse me?\" Saul replied, \"I have been compelled, for the Philistines are fighting against me, and God has departed from me and no longer speaks to me through prophets or dreams. Samuel asked, \"What do you want from me when God has departed from you and has gone to David? God will do to you as He has said to me, and will take the kingdom from your hand and give it to your neighbor David. For you have not obeyed His voice or carried out His commandment in Amalek. Therefore, you will lose the battle and Israel will be overthrown. Tomorrow, you and your children will be with me. And the Lord will allow the children of Israel to fall into the hands of the Philistines. Immediately, Saul fell to the ground. The words of Samuel came to pass..Afterward, there was no strength in him because he had not eaten any bread all day. He was greatly troubled. Then the serpents bit him, and she killed a Paschal lamb that she had prepared and set it before him. When he had eaten, he went with his servants all that night. And on the morrow, the Philistines assaulted Saul and the men of Israel, and they fought a great battle. The men of Israel fled before the Philistines, and many of them were killed on Mount Gilboa. The Philistines pressed against Saul and his sons, and they killed Jonathan, Abinadab, and Melech-the sons of Saul. And all the burden of the battle was turned against Saul. The archers pursued him, and they wounded him severely. Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, \"Draw your sword and thrust me through with it, lest these uncircumcised come and abuse me.\" And his armor-bearer would not, for he was greatly afraid. Then Saul took his sword and fell upon his own sword. When his armor-bearer saw this, he was..That Saul was slain, he took his sword and filled it with his men and was slain along with him. Saul and his three sons and his servant were all killed that day. Then the children of Israel, who were nearby and on the other side of the Jordan, saw that the men of Israel were fleeing. And Saul and his three sons were left and fled. The Philistines came and encamped there. The next day, the Philistines went to plunder and despoil those who had been slain. They found Saul and his three sons lying in the hill of Gilboa. They cut off Saul's head and stripped him of his armor, and sent it to the land of the Philistines all around, that it might be displayed in the temple of their idols and to the people. They hung his body on the wall of Bethshan. When the men who lived in Jabesh-Gilead saw what the Philistines had done to Saul, all the strongest among them arose and went all that night and took down the body of Saul..The bodies of Saul and his sons were taken from the wall of Bethsan and burned. Their bones were taken and buried in the wood of Jabesh. I Samuel 31:12. Saul, the first king of Israel, died in disobedience to God's commandment. His heirs never ruled for long after.\n\nAfter Saul's death, David returned from his campaign against the Amalekites. While David was away with Achish the king, the Amalekites had raided Syichem, taking prisoners, robbing the town, and setting it on fire. When David returned home and saw the town in ruins, he pursued the Amalekites and, with the help of one of them left behind, found them at their feast. David and his men attacked and killed all whom they found. David rescued his wives and all their possessions. II Samuel 1:1-16..taken and took more of them. When he came to Secelech, on the third day after this, one came from Saul's host and told David that Israel had lost the battle and they had fled. And Saul and Jonathan his son were slain. David asked the young man bringing these tidings, \"How do you know that Saul and Jonathan are dead?\" He answered, \"I found it by chance that I came upon Mount Gilboa. Saul leaned on his spear, and the chariots and horsemen of the Philistines approached him. He looked behind him and saw me, and called to me and said, 'Who are you?' I replied, 'I am Amalekite.' Then he said, 'Stand over me and strike me, for I am in distress, but my life still lingers in me.' I then stood over him and struck him, knowing that he could not survive after the battle. I took the diadem from his head and the armband from his arm, which I have brought here to my lord.\" David rent his garment..all the men who were with him mourned and wept greatly for the death of Saul and Jonathan. And David said to the young man, \"From what tribe are you?\" And he replied, \"I am from the Amalekites.\" And David said to him, \"Why did you not fear to raise your hand against the anointed one of the Lord?\" David called one of his men and commanded him, \"Kill him,\" and he struck him down and killed him. \"May blood be on your head,\" David said. \"Your own mouth has spoken against you, saying, 'I have killed Saul, who was anointed by the Lord.' \"\n\nDavid mourned and wept greatly for the death of Saul and Jonathan. After this, David consulted with the Lord and asked if he should go to one of the cities of Judah. And the Lord said, \"Go.\" He asked where, and the Lord said, \"To Hebron.\" Then David took his two wives and all the men who were with him, each with his household, and they lived in the towns of Hebron. And the men of Judah anointed David king to reign over them..The tribe of Judah, and Abner prince of Saul's household, along with other servants of Saul, took Ishbosheth, the son of Saul, and made him king over Israel, except for the tribe of Judah. Ishbosheth was forty years old when he began to reign. He reigned for two years. The men of Judah followed David after this. It happened that Abner prince of Saul's household, with certain men, went out of the castles. Ioab with certain men of David also went out, and they encountered each other near the pool of Gibeon. One party was on one side, and the other on the other. Abner said to Ioab, \"Let our young men play at swordsmanship here.\" And Ioab agreed. Twelve of the Benjamites from Ishbosheth's party and twelve of David's children rose to engage in the contest. When they met, each seized the other by the head and plunged their swords into each other's sides, and all were killed. There arose a great battle, and Abner and his companions were put to flight by David's men. Among them was Asahel..The brothers of Ioab was the swiftest runner and pursued Abner. Abner looked behind him and told him to decline to the right or left and take one of the young men and his armor and not come near me. Asahel would not leave him, but Abner said, \"Go away from me and do not follow me, lest I be compelled to kill you, and then I may not make peace with Ioab your brother.\" But Abner did not heed Abner, but despised him. And Abner then turned and killed him in the same place. And the sun went down, and they withdrew. There were slain of the children of David 19 men, and of the men of Benjamin 360. And thus there was long strife and contention between the houses of David and Ishbosheth. After this, Abner took a concubine of Saul and kept her there, and Ishbosheth reproved him for it. Abner was greatly angry about it and went to David and made friendship with him. Ioab was not there when Abner made peace with David, but when he learned of it, he came..Abner, with a fair semblance, spoke fair to him by dissimulation, and slew him to avenge the death of Asahel his brother. And when David heard that Ioab had slain Abner, he cursed him and greatly mourned the death of Abner. He had him honored with a burial and followed him in mourning himself.\n\nWhen Ishbosheth, the son of Saul, heard that Abner was dead, he was greatly abashed and all Israel was sore troubled. There were two princes with Ishbosheth named Baana and Rechab, who came on a day to where Ishbosheth lay and slept. And there they slew him. They took his head privately and brought it to David in Hebron. And they said, \"Behold, here is the head of your enemy Ishbosheth, who sought to kill you. This day God has given to my lord vengeance for Saul and his seed.\"\n\nDavid answered them, \"By the living God who delivered me from all distress, him that told me that he had slain Saul and thought to have had a reward from me, I killed him. How much more then you.\".wicked to him who is not guilty in his house and on his bed, I shall not ask his blood from your hands and cast you out of this world, yes certainly, and David commanded his servants to kill him, and so they were slain, and cut off their hands and feet, and hang them on the gallows in Hebron, and took the head of Ish-bosheth and buried it in the sepulcher of Abner. And all the tribes of Israel came to David in Hebron, saying, \"We are your mouth and your flesh. When Saul lived and was king over us and reigned, you were coming and going. And because God has said, 'You shall reign over my people and be their governor,' therefore we shall obey you.\" And all the lords of Israel came and did homage to David in Hebron, anointing him king over them. David was thirty years old when he began to reign. He reigned forty years. He reigned in Hebron for seven years and six months over Judah. And in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah. David then made himself a dwelling place..In Jerusalem at the pool of Siloam, David faced wars from the Philistines. He frequently defeated them, killing many and making them tributary subjects. Afterward, David brought the Ark of God to Jerusalem and placed it in his house. The Philistines continued to wage war against him, and other kings joined them. David overcame these enemies. One time, when Joab was leading his soldiers in a siege before a city, David remained at home. While looking out a window, he saw a beautiful woman washing and bathing in her chamber, opposite his house. He asked his servants who she was, and they replied that she was Uriah's wife. David sent for her, slept with her, and she became pregnant. When David learned she was with child, he sent letters to Joab, ordering him to return home. Joab complied, and David demanded to know how the battle was progressing..go home to his house and wash his feet. Then he went. The king sent his dishes with food to him. He would not go home, but lay before the gate of the king's house with other servants of the king. It was told to the king that Vyas had not gone home. Then David said to Vyas, \"Why do you come from a far place? Why do you not go home? And Vyas said to David, \"The ark of God and Israel and Judah are in the pavilions, and my lord Ioab and the servants of my lord lie on the ground. Shall I go to my house to eat and drink and lie with my wife? By your health and by the health of my soul, I will not do so.\" Then David said to Vyas, \"Stay here this night, and tomorrow I will give you leave to abide there that day and the next.\" David made him eat before him and made him drink. Yet he would not go home but lay with the servants of David.\n\nOn the morning, David wrote a letter to Ioab, commanding him to set Vyas in the weakest place..The battle was where most danger lay, and he should be left there to be slain. David gave this letter to Joab, and it was done as David had written. Vrye was slain in the battle. Joab sent word to David about how they had fought and how Vrye was slain and dead. When Vrye's wife heard that her husband was dead, she mourned and wailed for him. After her mourning, David sent for her and married her. She bore him a son. This action greatly displeased the lord. Then the lord sent Nathan the prophet to David. When he came to him, he said, \"There were two men in a city, one rich and the other poor. The rich man had many sheep and oxen, but the poor man had only one little sheep which he bought and nourished and it grew with his children, eating from his plate and drinking from his cup and lying in his bosom. It was to him as a daughter. And one day a certain traveler came to the rich man, and he spared his own sheep and oxen.\".To make a feast for the pilgrim who came to him, the man took the only sheep of the poor man and made food from it for his spirit. David was angry and said to Nathan, \"By the child of death, the man who has done this thing shall pay for it accordingly - fourfold.\" Then Nathan said to David, \"You are the same man who has done this thing.\" The Lord God of Israel spoke, \"I have anointed you king over Israel, and I have kept you from the hand of Saul. I have given you a house and wives in your bosom. I have given you the house of Israel and the house of Judah. And if these are small things, I will add greater things to you. Why have you therefore despised the word of God and done evil in our sight? You have taken the wife of Uriah and made her your wife. You have killed him with the sword of the sons of Ammon. Therefore the sword shall not depart from your house, for as much as you have despised and taken the wife of Uriah.\".taken wife unto thy wife / This said our lord / I shall revenge evil against the / And shall take thy wives in thy sight and give them to thy neighbor / and shall lie with thy wives before thine eyes / Thou hast done it privately / but I shall make this to be done and open in the sight of all Israel / And then said David to Nathan / peccavi / I have sinned against our lord / Nathan said / Our lord hath taken away thy sin / thou shalt not die / but for as much as thou hast made the enemies to blaspheme the name of God / Therefore the son that is born to thee shall die by death / And Nathan returned home to his house / And for this sin David made this psalm Miserere mei Deus / which is a psalm of mercy / For David did great penance for these sins of adultery and also of homicide / For I once was by the sea, riding in the company of a noble knight named Sir John Capon, and was also doctor in both laws, & was born in Malyork, and had been viceroy and governor of Aragon and Catalonia..At that time, Coucherolles spoke to the Duke of Burgundy, Charles. It happened that we were discussing the history of David. This nobleman told me that he had read that David endured this penance following these sins: he stood naked to the waist in the ground so long that worms began to creep in his flesh, and composed a verse of Psalm Miserere. Then he came out and, when he was healed, went back in and stood there as long as previously mentioned, composing the second verse. He repeated this process as many times as there are verses in Psalm Miserere mei deus, and each time he remained there until he felt the worms creeping in his flesh. This was a great penance and a sign of deep repentance, for there are twenty verses in Psalm 20. Therefore, God took away this sin and forgave him, but the son..She gave birth to a dead child and afterward bore another son named Solomon, who was well-loved by God. After Solomon, David was king. After David had much war, trouble, and anger, there was a time when Ammon, David's oldest son, loved his sister Tamar. She was Absalom's sister by their mother. Ammon forced himself upon her and, after satisfying his desire, hated her and threw her out of his chamber. She complained to Absalom, and David knew of it but would not rebuke Ammon because he loved him as his firstborn son. Absalom hated Ammon thereafter. One time when Absalom was sharing his sheep, he invited all his brothers to eat with him and made a feast like a king's feast. At this feast, he slew his brother Ammon. Immediately, it was reported to King David that Absalom had killed all the royal sons..The king was in great sorrow but was soon comforted when he learned that Ammon was the only one slain and his other sons had returned. Absalon fled to Geshur and remained there for three years before being summoned back to Jerusalem. Despite this, he could not enter his father's presence and lived there for two more years without seeing the king. Absalon was the fairest man who ever lived, with not a spot from the sole of his foot to his head. His hair was so thick it weighed two hundred shekels. When he had stayed away for a long time and could not come to his father's presence, he sent for Joab to speak with him. Joab refused to come, so Absalon sent for him again, but he still did not come. Absalon then told his servants, \"Do you know Joab's field that lies near mine?\" They replied, \"Yes, lord.\" \"Go and set fire to it,\" he commanded..Ioab went and burned Barley that was there, and Ioab was informed by his servants that Absalom had set fire to his corn. Then Ioab went to Absalom and asked, \"Why have you set fire to my corn?\" Absalom replied, \"I sent messengers to invite you to come to me, so I could send you to the king. You should have stayed there. I pray that I may come before his presence and see his face. If he remembers my past transgressions, let him put me to death.\" Ioab went to the king and reported all these words to him. Then Absalom was summoned and entered the king's presence. The king embraced him, and Absalom made chariots and horsemen for himself, along with fifty men to go before him. He walked among the tribes of Israel, greeting and saluting them, taking them by the hand and kissing them. By doing this, he gained the hearts of the people, and he said to his father, \"I have been disobedient.\".make sacrifice to God in Hebron and his father gave him leave / And when he was there, he gathered people to him and made himself king / And did proclaim that all men should obey and wait on him as king of Israel / when David heard this, he was greatly ashamed and was eager to flee from Jerusalem / And Absalom came with his people and entered into his father's house and lay with his father's concubines. Afterward, he pursued his father to depose him / and David organized his people and made battle against him. He commanded Ioab, prince of his host, against Absalom / and divided his host into three parts and wanted to go with them / but Ioab counseled him not to go to the battle, whatever might happen. And then David ordered them to save his son Absalom. They went forth and fought / And Absalom with his host was overwhelmed and put to flight / And as Absalom fled upon his mule he came under an oak and his head caught in a branch and hung there until Absalom was dead..The mule ran forth. A man came to Joab and told him that Absalom was hiding by an oak tree, with his hair caught in it while fighting with a bow. Joab asked why the man hadn't killed him. The man replied that God forbade him from shedding the king's son's blood. Joab went and fixed three spears in Absalom's heart as he hung on the tree. After this, three young men from Joab's squad ran and killed him. Joab trampled and blew the retreat. He kept the people from pursuing those fleeing. They took Absalom's body and cast it into a large pit. They placed a large stone on him. When David knew that his son was slain, he made great sorrow and said, \"O my son Absalom, my son Absalom! Who will grant me that I may die for my son Absalom? Absalom, my son!\" It was told to Joab that the king wept and mourned for his son Absalom, and all their victory was turned into sorrow..\"Then Ioab entered the city and told the king, \"You have discouraged the hearts of all your servants today. They have seen you save your life and the lives of your sons and daughters and concubines, yet you love those who hate you and hate those who love you. It is clear that if Absalom had lived, we would all have been slain, and you would have been pleased. Therefore, arise now and go out and satisfy the people, or else I swear to you by the Lord that not one of your servants will remain with you by tomorrow, and that will be worse for you than all the harm and evils that have ever befallen you. Then David the king arose and took his seat in the gateway. It was shown to all the people that the king was seated in the gateway, and then all the people came before the king. The people of Israel who had been with him also came.\"\".Absalon fled into their tabernacles and later returned to David, who knew Absalon was dead. After Absalon, a rebellious man named Siba gathered people against David. Ioab and David's host pursued him and drove him to a city, which he besieged. Through a woman from the same city, Ioab captured Siba over the wall. The city was saved, and Ioab was pleased. After this, David called Ioab and ordered him to number the people of Israel. Ioab walked through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan to Beersheba, and across the Jordan and the entire countryside. In Israel, they found eighty thousand men who could fight and draw swords. From the tribe of Judah, there were fifty thousand fighting men. After the people were numbered, the heart of David was struck by the Lord, and he was heavy. He said, \"I have greatly sinned in this deed, but I pray the Lord to take away the wickedness of His servant, for I have acted foolishly.\" David was on the morrow..Early on, the word of the Lord came to Gad the prophet, saying that he should go to David and tell him that he should either flee from his adversaries and enemies, or face three days of pestilence. God asked David to choose which of these two options he preferred. Gad reported David's response to the Lord. David said to Gad, \"I am faced with a great dilemma, but it is better for me to fall into the hands of the Lord, for His mercy is greater than that of men.\" And so, David chose pestilence. The Lord then sent the pestilence at the appointed time. Seven hundred men from Dan to Berseeba died. When the angel stretched out his hand to destroy Jerusalem, the Lord was merciful and said to the angel, \"Enough! Withdraw your hand.\" When David saw the angel destroying the people, he said to the Lord, \"I am the one who has sinned and done wickedly. What have these sheep done? I beg You to take Your hand away from me and my house.\".Then God came to David and commanded him to build an altar in the same place where he saw the angel and purchased the land. David offered sacrifices to the Lord, and the Lord was merciful, and the plague ceased in Israel. David was old and feeble, and he saw that his death approached. He ordered that his son Solomon should reign and be king after him. However, Adonias, his son, took the throne during David's lifetime. For this reason, Bersabe and Nathan came to David. He told them that Solomon should be king and ordered that he should be anointed by his prophet Nathan. So Solomon was brought to Zion, and there Nathan and Benaiah anointed him as king over Israel. Nathan blew the trumpet, and said, \"Long live King Solomon!\" Then they brought him to Jerusalem and seated him on his father's throne. David worshipped him in his bed, and said, \"Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel.\".Israhel, who allowed me to see my son on my throne, and then Adonias and those with him were afraid and ready for battle. Solomon fled, and Adonias withdrew. The days of David approached, and he was nearing death. He called for Solomon and commanded him to keep the commandments of the Lord, walk in His ways, and observe His ceremonies and precepts as written in the law of Moses. He also commanded Solomon to rule wisely in his stead and do justice and keep God's law. The Lord confirmed Solomon in his reign and sent wisdom to rule it well. When David had thus counseled and commanded him to do justice and keep God's law, he blessed him and died. He was buried with his fathers. This David was a holy man who composed the Psalter, a holy book containing the old and new law. He was a great prophet, for he prophesied the coming of Christ's nativity, passion, resurrection, and ascension. Yet God would not allow him to witness these events..Build a temple for him / For he had shed man's blood / but God said to him his son that should reign after him should be a merciful man and he should build the temple to God / And when David had reigned forty years king of Jerusalem over Judah and Israel he died in good mind and was buried with his fathers in the city of David /\n\nThus ends the life of David, second king of Israel\n\nAfter David reigned Solomon his son / who in the beginning was a good man and walked in the ways and laws of God / And all the kings around him made peace with him / And was confirmed as king, obeyed, and merciful in his possession / And according to his father's commandment, did justice / First to Joab who had been prince of his father's host because he killed two good men by treason and deceit / that were Abner, the son of Ner / and Amasa, the son of Jether / And Joab was afraid and feared Solomon and fled to the tabernacle of the Lord and held the entrance of the altar / And Solomon sent Banaiah and sent word to bury him in his house..In the desert, and on a night as he lay in his bed after sacrificing to our lord in Gabon, our lord appeared to him in his sleep, saying to him, \"Ask and demand what you will that I may give to thee.\" Solomon replied, \"Lord, you have shown great mercy to my father, for he walked in your ways in justice and with a righteous heart. You have always kept for him your great mercy, and have given him a son sitting on his throne as it is today. And now, lord, you have made me your servant to reign in my father David's place. I am but a little child and do not know my going out or coming in. And I, your servant, am set in the midst of the people whom you have chosen, who are infinite and cannot be numbered for multitude. Therefore, lord, give to your servant a heart obedient and taught in wisdom, that I may judge your people and discern between good and evil.\" Who shall judge this people, your people who are here so numerous? This request and demand pleased God much that Solomon had made..And God said to Solomon, \"Because you have asked and requested wisdom and judgment, and have not asked for long life or riches or the souls of your enemies, I have given you what you have not asked for\u2014understanding and wisdom beyond measure. This I grant you, and also you have not asked for, I give you riches and glory that no king who shall reign after your days will be like you, if you walk in My ways and keep My statutes and commandments, as your father David walked. After this Solomon awoke and came to Jerusalem and stood before the Ark of the Lord and offered sacrifices and offerings to the Lord and made a great feast for all his servants and household. Then came before him two common women, and one said, \"Please, my lord, hear me; this woman and I lived in one house, and I was delivered of a child in her presence. She too bore a son, and we lived on friendly terms for many days. But three days after I bore my child, this woman also gave birth. And we were alone together; there was no one else with us in the house. And she said, 'The living child shall be mine, and the dead child shall be yours.' \" But I said, 'No, you must not give me your living son, but you shall give me your dead son.' \" This is what she has done. She has lain with my son when I was away. Now therefore, take note; do not let her live\u2014for she has transgressed against you.\".A child in my custody, and the third day after she bore a child and was also delivered. We were the only ones in the house but the two of us. It was so that this woman's son died in the night. For she, sleeping on top of him and pressing him, crushed him. And she arose in the darkest of the night quietly and took my son from the side of me, her servant, and laid him by her. When I arose in the morning to give milk to my son, it appeared dead. Whom I took and beheld, I understood well that it was not my son that I had given birth to. The other woman answered and said, \"It is not as you say, but my son lives and yours is dead.\" And she, contrary to that, said, \"Thou liest, my son lives and thine is dead.\" In this way they contended before the king. Then the king said, \"This woman says that my son lives and thine is dead. And this one answers in the negative, but thine is dead and mine lives. Bring to me here\".The king said, \"Divide the sword in two parts. Give one half to this woman and the other half to that one.\" The woman who was the living child's mother then spoke to the king. \"I beg and pray, my lord king, give the child to her and do not kill him. But that other woman demanded, \"Let it not be given to me or to her, but let it be divided.\" The king answered, \"Give the living child to this woman and do not let him be slain. This is truly his mother.\" All Israel heard how wisely the king had given this sentence and feared him, seeing that the wisdom of God was in him in the administration of rightful judgments. After this, Solomon sent his messengers to various kings for cedar trees and for workers to make and build a temple for the Lord. Solomon was rich and glorious. All the kingdoms from the River of the ends of the Philistines to the end of them revered him..Egypt received gifts and offerings given to him, and served him all the days of his life. Solomon had daily for the maintenance of his household thirty measures of named chores of corn and sixty of meal. Ten fat oxen and twenty oxen of pasture. One hundred wether sheep without shearing that were taken as Hartes, goats, bubals, and other flying fowls and birds. He obtained all the region that was from Tapsa to Gazam, and had peace with all the kings of all the realms that were in every quarter around him. In that time Israel and Judah dwelt without fear and dread, each under his vine and fig tree from Dan to Beersheba. And Solomon had forty thousand horses for the horses of his chariots and twelve thousand for horses to ride on, by which prefects brought necessary things for the table of King Solomon with great diligence in their time. God gave to Solomon much wisdom and prudence in his heart like the great sand that is on the seashore. And the wisdom and prudence of Solomon exceeded and surpassed all before him..Solomon, wisest of all men from Thornton and Egypt, spoke three thousand parables and five thousand songs. He disputed about all kinds of trees and their virtues, from the cedar in Lebanon to the yew that grows on the wall. He discerned the properties of beasts, birds, reptiles, and fish. People came from all regions of the world to hear Solomon's wisdom. Solomon sent letters to Hiram, king of Tyre, requesting his men to cut cedar trees with his servants, and he would pay them and provide them with food. Hiram responded, granting Solomon all that he desired. Hiram sent cedar trees and other wood, and Solomon sent him large quantities of grain. Solomon and Hiram formed an alliance in love and friendship. Solomon expelled three hundred thousand men from Israel for the workforce, of whom he sent ten thousand to Lebanon..Months passed, and when XM went away, the other came home. They spent two months at home. Adoniram was overseer and commander for them. Salamon had 120 men who did nothing but carry stones and other things for the temple's construction and were bearers of burdens only. He had 150 stonecutters and masons on the mountain, excluding the prefects and masters, who were three and three hundred who did nothing but command and oversee the work.\n\nSalomon commanded the workers to make large and precious square stones for the foundation. The masons of Israel and masons of Hiram hewed them, and the carpenters prepared the timber. Then Salomon began to build the temple to the Lord in the fourth year of his reign. It had 60 cubits in length, 20 cubits in breadth, and 30 in height. The porch in front of the temple was 20 cubits long, according to the temple's breadth, and had 10 cubits of breadth in front of its face. To write the measurements:\n\n60 cubits (length) x 20 cubits (breadth) x 30 cubits (height)\n20 cubits (porch length) x 20 cubits (porch breadth) x 10 cubits (porch face breadth).Curiosities and works of the temple and the necessities. The tables and cost that was done in gold, silver, and laton. It passes my understanding to express and English them. You that are clerks may see it in the second book of Paralipomenon. It is wonderful to hear the costs and expenses that were made in that temple. But I pass over. It was in making for seven years. And his palaces were thirteen years old before it was finished. He made in the temple an altar of pure gold, and a table to set on the loues of proposition, of gold, five candlesticks of gold on the right side and five on the left side, and many other things. And he took all the vessels of gold and silver that his father dedicated and brought them into the treasury of the house of the Lord. After this, he assembled all the noblest and greatest of them of Israel with the princes of the tribes and dukes of the families to bring the ark of God from the city of David Zion into the temple. And the priests and the Levites carried the ark with the poles on their shoulders..leuten took the Ark and bore it, along with all the vessels of the sanctuary from the tabernacle. King Solomon, with all the children present, went before the Ark and offered sheep and oxen without measure or name. The priests placed the Ark in the holy of the temple's oracle, under the cherubim's wings. In the Ark were only the two tables of stone that Moses had put in.\n\nSolomon blessed the Lord before all the people and thanked Him for allowing him to build a house for His name. He begged the Lord that whoever prayed for any petition in that temple, He would hear and be merciful.\n\nThe Lord appeared to him when the edifice was completed perfectly and said to Solomon, \"I have heard your prayer and your supplication that you have prayed before Me. I have consecrated and hallowed this house that you have built for My name.\".\"and my eyes and heart shall be there always, and if you walk before me like your father walked in the simplicity of heart and in equity, and will do all that I have commanded you and keep my judgments and laws, I will set the throne of your reign upon Israel always, as I have said to your father David, saying 'There shall not be taken away a man from your generation from the reign and seat of Israel, if you turn and tear from me and your sons not following and keeping my commandments and ceremonies that I have shown to you, but go and worship strange gods and honor them. I will cast away Israel from the face of the earth that I have given to them, and the temple that I have hallowed to my name, I will cast it away from my sight. And it shall be a proverb and byword, and this house an example, shall be to all people. Every man that goes there by shall be abashed and astonied and shall say, why has God done thus to this land and to this house? And they shall answer,\".For they have forsaken their lord God who brought their fathers from the land of Egypt, and have followed strange gods and adored and worshipped them; therefore, God has brought all this evil upon them. Every man should take warning from this how dangerous and dreadful it is to break God's commandments. Twenty years after Solomon had dedicated the temple of God and finished it perfectly, Hiram, king of Tyre, went to see towns that Solomon had given to him, but they did not please him. Hiram had sent King Solomon a hundred and twenty talents of gold, which he had spent on the temple and his houses and on the wall of Jerusalem and other towns and places that he had built. Solomon was rich and glorious, his wisdom and understanding being renowned throughout the world, and his building and dispensation in his houses, so much so that the queen of Sheba came from distant countries to see him and to test him with demands and questions. She came to Jerusalem with a great retinue..\"Riches with camels bearing aromatics and gold infinite,\nShe came and spoke to King Solomon all that was in her heart,\nAnd Solomon taught her in all that she intended before him,\nShe could say nothing but that the king answered her,\nThere was nothing hidden from him.\nThe queen of Sheba then seeing all the wickedness of Solomon,\nThe houses he had built, and the food and service at his table,\nThe dwellings of his servants, the order of his ministers,\nTheir clothing and array, his butlers and officers,\nAnd the sacrifices he offered in the houses of the Lord,\nWhen she saw all these things, she had no spirit to answer but she said to King Solomon,\n\"The word is true that I heard in my land of your words and your wisdom,\nAnd I believed not those who told it to me,\nUntil the time that I myself came and have seen it with my eyes.\nAnd I have now well seen and proved that the half was not told to me.\nYour wisdom is more and your works also,\nThan I was told.\"\".The blessings I heard: Blessed be your servants, and blessed are those who stand before you and hear your wisdom and understanding. May the Lord God be blessed, who has pleased you and placed you on the throne of Israel. For as God of Israel loves you and has ordained you as a king to do righteousness and justice. The queen of Sheba gave you: a C and twenty besetes of gold, many aromatics and precious gems. Never before had there been seen so many aromatics or such sweet odors smelling as the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.\n\nKing Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all that she desired and asked of him. Afterward, she returned to her country and land. The weight of pure gold offered to Solomon every year was six hundred seventy-one talents. This, however, does not include what the merchants offered and all who sold, as well as the kings of Arabia and the dukes of that land. Solomon made for himself two C shields of the purest gold and set them in the houses of Lebanon. He also made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with pure gold..The throne of Yorube was great and was clad with gold, which had six steps or bases, richly wrought with two lions of gold holding the seat above, and twelve small lions standing upon the steps. There was never such a work in any kingdom. And all the vessels that King Solomon drank from were of gold. The Seyling of the hows of Libanus, in which his shields of gold were, was of the purest gold. Silver was of no price in the days of King Solomon. The navy of the king, with the navy of Hiram, went three years once to Tarshish and brought back gold, silver, teeth of Oliphants, and great riches. King Solomon was renowned above all kings of the world for riches and wisdom. And all the world desired to see the charm and beauty of Solomon and to hear his wisdom that God had given him. Every man brought to him gifts: vessels of gold and silver, clothes and armor for war, aromatics, horses and mules every year..King Solomon had a thousand four hundred chariots and carriages, and eighteen thousand horses. They were lodged in small cities and towns around Jerusalem by the king. There was as great a feast and abundance of gold and silver in those days in Jerusalem as stones or fruits that grow in the field. Horses were brought to him from Egypt and Ethiopia. I shall always write of the wealth and magnificence of King Solomon; it was so great that it cannot be expressed. For there was none before him or after him like him, containing thirty-six hundred chapters. The Book of Canticles, the Book of Ecclesiastes, containing twelve chapters, and the Book of Wisdom, containing nineteen chapters, were written by him. King Solomon loved women much, and especially foreign women of other races, as Pharaoh's daughter and many others. God had commanded the children of Israel that they should not intermarry with them, nor they with them..For God said certainly they should turn your hearts to serve their goddesses. To such women Solomon was compelled with most burning love. He had eight queens and three concubines. These women turned his heart. For when he was old, he doubted and loved them so much that they made him honor their strange goddesses and worship Astaroth, Chamos, and Moboch, Idolities of Sidon, Moabites, and Ammonites. And he made to them tabernacles to please his wives and concubines. Therefore, God was wrathful with him. And He said to him, \"Because you have not observed my precepts and my commandments that I commanded you, I shall cut your kingdom and divide it and give it to your servant. But not in your days I shall not do it for the love that I had for David your father. But from the hand of your son I shall cut it, but not all. I shall reserve to him one tribe. For David's love and Jerusalem that I have chosen. And after these kings became adversaries to Solomon, and he was never in..After Salomon, his son Roboas reignced. He came to Shechem and there all the people came to anoint him king. Iheroboas and all the multitude of Israel spoke to Roboas and said, \"Your father set a heavy yoke and great impositions on us. Now you have no need of that. Why not lessen it and ease us of the great and hard burden, and we will serve you.\" Roboas answered and said, \"Go and come again the third day, and you shall have an answer.\" When the people were departed, Roboas made a council of the seniors and old men who had assisted his father Salomon while he reigned..Roboas said to them, \"What say you to me, and counsel me, that I may answer to the people who said to Roboas, 'If you will obey and agree to this people and agree to their petition and speak fairly and friendly to them, they shall serve us always. But Roboas forsook the counsel of the old men and called the young men who were of his age. And the young men, who had not been nourished with him, advised him to say to the people in this way: \"Is not my finger greater than the back of my father? If my father has laid on you a heavy burden, I shall add to it and put more on your burden. My father scourged you with whips, and I shall scourge you with scorpions.\"\n\nThe third day after, Iheroboam and all the people came to Roboas to have their answer. Roboas left the counsel of the old men and said to them as the young men had counseled him. And immediately, the people of Israel forsook Roboas, except for the tribe of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin..Other ten tribes departed and made Irobam their king, and never returned to the house of David since that day. For the sin of Solomon, and because Roboam would not follow the counsel of the old men but was counseled by young men, the ten tribes of Israel forsook him and departed from Jerusalem, serving Iheroboam and ordaining him king over Israel. Immediately after this, Iheroboam filled Israel with idolatry, and great deception was ever between the kings of Judah and the kings of Israel. And so reigned diverse kings in Jerusalem after Roboam, and in Israel after Iheroboam. Here I leave all this story and make an end of the book of kings for this time. For those who wish to know how every king ruled after this, that is, the lineage of our lady, there was a man in the land whose name was Job. This man was upright, fearing God, and turning away from all evil. He had seven sons and three daughters. And his possession..A man named Job was extremely wealthy, with seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, one thousand yoke of oxen, one thousand asses, and a large family and household. He was a great and rich man among all the men of the Orient. His sons held daily feasts for one another, each one making great festivities on his turn, and they invited their three sisters to eat and drink with them. When they had thus feasted with each other frequently, Job sent for them and blessed and sanctified them. Rising early every day, he offered sacrifices for them, saying, \"Lest my children sin and not bless God in their hearts.\" And this he did every day.\n\nOn a day when the sons of God came before the Lord, Satan came among them. The Lord said to him, \"When did you come here?\" Satan answered, \"I have gone round about the earth and walked through it.\" The Lord said to him, \"Have you considered my servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth? A man who is blameless, upright, fearing God, and turning away from evil?\" To whom Satan answered, \"Does Job not have this?\".\"Fear not God idly, if you overthrow him and all his substance around, he will soon forsake thee. You have blessed the works of his hands and his possession is increased much in that. But stretch out your hand a little and take all that he has in possession, and he will soon grumble and not bless. Then said the Lord to Satan, \"Behold, all that he owes and has in possession, I will give it into your hand and power. But on his person or body set not your hand.\" Satan departed and went from the face of the Lord. On a day, his sons and daughters ate and drank wine in the house of the oldest brother. And a messenger came to Job, who said, \"The oxen plowed and the ass pastured by them. And the men of Shadad smote your servants and slew them with the sword. And I alone escaped to come and show it to you.\" While he spoke, another came and said, \"The fire of God fell down from heaven and burned thy.\"\".Iob spoke, \"Sheep and servants they consumed, and I alone escaped to show it to you. Yet he continually spoke, another man entered and said, 'The Chaldeans made three hosts, and have envied your camels and taken them, and have slain your servants with the sword, and I alone escaped to bring the word.' Yet he speaking, another entered and said, 'Your sons and daughters drinking wine in the tents of your firstborn son, suddenly came a violent wind from the region of the desert and struck the four corners of the tents, which falling upon your children and killed them all. I alone fled to tell you.' Then Iob arose and cut off the throat of the man, and made him show his head and fell down to the ground, worshiping and adoring God, saying, 'I have come out naked from my mother's womb, and naked I shall return again. Our lord has given, and our lord has taken away, as it has pleased our lord, so it is done. Blessed be the name of our lord.' In all these things Job did not sin with his lips.\".spack nothing opposes our lord, but took it all peaceably. After this, on a certain day when the children of God stood before our lord, Satan came and stood among them. And God said to him, \"When have you come to whom?\" Satan answered, \"I have gone around the earth and walked through it.\" And God said to Satan, \"Have you not considered my servant Job, who is unlike any other in the earth? A man simple, righteous, fearing God, and turning away from evil? Yet retaining his innocence. You have provoked me against him, that I should put him to affliction without cause.\" To whom Satan said, \"Skin for skin and all that a man has he will give for his soul. But stretch out your hand and touch his mouth and his flesh, and you shall see that he will not bless you.\" Then God said to Satan, \"I will well that his body be in your hand, but save his soul and his life.\" Then Satan departed from the presence of our lord, and struck Job with the worst sores and blains..You said to place his foot atop your head, which was shaped like a lazar, and cast it there on the dunghill. Then your wife came to you and said, \"Yet you remain in your simplicity. Forsake your god and no longer bless him. Die.\" Then Job replied to her, \"You speak like a foolish woman. If we have received and taken good things from the hand of the Lord, why should we not endure and suffer evil things? In all these things, Job did not sin with his lips.\n\nThree men, enemies of Job, heard what harm had befallen him and came to him from afar. One was named Eliphaz the Temanite, another Baldad the Shuhite, and the third Sophar the Naamathite. When they saw him from a distance, they did not recognize him. Crying, they came to comfort him, and when they considered his misery, they tore their clothes and cast dust on their heads. They sat by him for seven days and seven nights without speaking a word to him..After Iob spoke with Job and they discussed his sorrow and misery, Saint Gregory wrote a great book called \"The Morals of Saint Gregory,\" a noble and significant work. I will bypass those matters and return to how God restored Job's prosperity. It transpired that these three friends of Job had stayed with him for a long time and had said many things to him, and Job to them. The Lord was angry with these three men and said to them, \"You have not spoken righteously as My servant Job has spoken. Take therefore seven bulls and seven rams, and go to My servant Job and offer a sacrifice for yourselves. Job, My servant, will pray for you. I will receive his prayer and look upon his face.\" They went forth and did as the Lord commanded them. The Lord beheld Job's face and saw his penance as he prayed for his friends. And the Lord added to Job double of all that Job had possessed. All his brothers came to him..All his sisters and those who had known him, and had eaten with him in his house, and had anointed their heads upon him, and comforted him in all the evil that God had sent him, gave him each a sheep and a golden ring for his ear. The Lord blessed Job more in his last days than he had in the beginning. And he had then after 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, a thousand yoke of oxen, and 1,000 asses. He had seven sons and three daughters. The name of the first daughter was Jemimah, the second Cassia, and the third Cornelia. There were none so fair-formed as the daughters of Job in the world. Their father Job gave them an inheritance among their brothers. And Job, by his patience, gained so much love of God that he was restored double of all his losses. And Job lived after one hundred and forty years, and saw his sons and the sons of his sons to the fourth generation, and died an old man, full of days. Thus ends the story of Job. [Thobey of].The tribe of Neptalym, in Galilee's upper territories, westward leading, had Neptalym as its city. To its left lay Sand's city. Despite being the youngest in Neptalym's tribe, he did not act childishly. When others went to the golden Calves, Iheroboas, the king of Israel, had made, this Tobye alone fled and went to Jerusalem to the temple of the Lord. There, he worshipped and offered the first fruits, tithes, and other similar things to proselytes and strangers, while still a child. When he grew up and became a man, he took a wife named Anne from his tribe and had a son named Tobye. From his childhood, Tobye\n\n(Note: The text appears to be in Old English, but it's mostly readable as is. Only minor corrections were made for clarity.).The man was taught to fear God and abstain from all sin. After he was brought into the city of Nineveh with his wife and son, along with his tribe, and all ate the meals of the gentiles and paupers, this Tobias kept his soul clean and was never defiled by their meals. Because he remembered the Lord in his heart, God granted him favor with Salmanasar the king, who gave him permission to go wherever he wished, having liberty to do as he pleased. He then went to all those in captivity and gave them warnings of health. Whoever had such blessings as he had, ten talents of silver were given to him by the king. And when he saw one beggar who was of his tribe, he lent him the said weight of silver upon his obligation. Long after this, when Salmanasar the king was dead, Shalmaneser his son reigned for him. He hated and showed no love for the children of Israel. Tobias went to all his kindred and comforted them..and dedicated to each of them as he could, with his faculties and goods. He fed the hungry and gave clothes to the naked. He buried the dead and those slain with diligence. After this, when seneschals returned, fleeing the plague from the Jewery that God had sent him for his blasphemy, and being angry, he slew many of the children of Israel. And they always bore the bodies of those who died, as was told to the king, who commanded to kill him and take away all his substance. Then Thobye, with his wife and son, hid him and fled away naked. For many loved him well. After forty-five days, the sons of the king slew the king. Then Thobye returned to his house, and all his faculties and goods were restored to him again.\n\nOn a high festive day of our Lord, when Thobye had invited his son to have a good dinner with him, he said, \"Go and fetch some of our tribe, fearing God, that they may come and eat with us.\" He went forth and returned immediately, telling him:.One of the children of Israel was slain and lay in the street. And immediately he, leaving his house and fasting, came to the body, took it, and carried it privately into his house, in order to secretly bury it when the sun had set. And when he had hidden the corpse, he ate his meal with weeping and fear, remembering the word that the Lord spoke through Amos the prophet: \"The day of your mourning and weeping is near.\" And when the sun had gone down, he went and buried him. All his neighbors reproached and scolded him, saying, \"For this cause you were commanded to be slain. And yet you have escaped the commandment of death, and yet you bury dead men. But they, more dreadful than the king, took up the bodies of the dead and hid them in their houses. And at midnight, he buried them. It happened on the day after this that he was weary of burying the dead, came home, and lay down by a wall, and slept. From a very swallows' nest above, their fill down hot dung..of them on his eyes, and he was bereft of sight because of it. This temptation God allowed to befall him, as an example to those who would come after him of his patience, like that of holy Job. From his infancy, he feared God and kept His commandments, never grumbling against God for his blindness, but he endured patiently, giving and rendering thanks to God. So Tobit reproached them, as his kinsmen scoffed at him and said, \"Where now is your hope and reward for which you gave your alms and made sepulchres?\" Tobit rebuked them for such words, saying, \"In no way should you speak thus. For we are the sons of holy men, and we endure this life that God will give to those who never change their faith from Him. His wife went daily to the work of gleaning, and by the labor of her hands they lived as much as she could. On one day she gleaned a kid, and brought it home. When Tobit heard the voices of the kid bleating, he said, \"See.\".that it be not stolen, yield it again to the owner. For it is not lawful for us to eat or touch anything that is stolen. To her angry response, he said: Now manifestly and openly is your hope made vain, and your alms lost. And thus with such and like words she reproached him. Then they began to see and prayed our Lord with their saying: O Lord, thou art rightful, and all thy ways are truth and mercy and righteousness. And now, Lord, remember me, and take no vengeance for my sins nor remember not my transgressions nor the sins of my fathers. For we have not obeyed thy commandments, therefore we have been taken into captivity. death. And now, Lord, great be thy judgments. For we have not done according to thy precepts nor walked well before thee. And now, Lord, do unto me according to thy will, and command my spirit to be received in peace. It is more expedient for me..In the city of Media, Sara, daughter of Raguel, was reprimanded on the same day for having been given to seven men. A demon named Asmodeus killed them as they approached her. The maidservant reproached her, saying, \"We shall never again see your face or your daughter on the earth. You, clearer of your husband's bonds, will kill me as you have slain the seven men.\" Sara went up to the uppermost chamber of the house, and for three days and three nights she neither ate nor drank, but was continually in prayer, beseeching God to deliver her from this reproach and shame. On the third day, when she had completed her prayer, she blessed the Lord and said, \"Blessed be Thy name, God of our fathers. For when Thou art angry, Thou wilt do mercy, and in a time of tribulation, Thou forgivest sins to those who call upon Thee. I turn my face to Thee, and I direct my eyes to Thee. I ask of Thee.\".and require you to pardon me from the bond of the reprimand and shame, or certainly on earth keep me. You know well, lord, that I never desired man, but I have kept my soul clean from all concupiscence. I never mingled myself with players, nor had any part of those who walk in vanity. I consented to take a husband with your fear, but I never gave consent to take one with my lust, or I was unworthy to them, or perhaps they were unworthy to me, or perhaps you have compelled and kept me for some other reason. Your counsel is not in man's power; this every maiden who reveres you knows. For the life of him if it is in probation shall be crowned, and if it is in tribulation it shall be delivered, and if it is in correction it shall be land and after weeping and shedding of tears, you bring in exultation and joy. Your name, God of Israel, be blessed world without end. In the same time were the prayers of them both heard in the sight of the glory of the high God..The angel Raphael was sent by God to help both of them, whose prayers were recited in God's presence. When Tobit believed his prayer had been heard and thought he was about to die, he called his son Tobiah and said to him: \"My son, remember the words of my mouth and keep them in your heart. When God takes my soul, bury my body, and you shall worship your mother all the days of her life. You owe it to her to remember what and how many perils she suffered for you in her womb. When she has completed the time of her life, bury her by me. In all your days, keep God in your mind. Be careful not to consent to sin or disobey or break God's commandments. From your substance, give alms and never turn your face from any poor man. As much as you can, be merciful. If you have much good, give abundantly. If you have but little, yet study to give and to deprive yourself of it gladly.\".Thou makest a good treasure and medicine in the day of necessity for alms delivers a man from all sin and from death, suffering not his soul to go into darkness. Alms are a great sickness to the high God for all those who do it. Beware, my son, keep yourself from all fornication, and suffer not yourself to be saved with your wife alone, to know that sin, and suffer never pride to have dominion in your mind or in your words, for sin was the beginning of all destruction. Whoever works for anything, let him yield to him his due and her, let not the hire of your servant or the wages of your hired worker remain with him in any way. That which you hate to be done to you, do not do to others: sand and need. Cover the naked with your clothes. Order your bread and wine upon the sepulcher of a righteous man, but eat it not nor drink it not with sinners. Ask and demand counsel of a wise man. Always and in every time bless God, and desire of him that he direct your ways, and let all thy works..councillors abide in him / I told my son that when you were a little child, I lent to Gabriel x besants of silver in Rages, the city of Media, on an obligation which I have with me. Therefore, seek and ask how you may go to him, and you shall receive from him the said weight of silver and restore to him his obligation. Fear not, my son, though we lead a poor life, we shall have much good if we fear God and go from sin and do well. Then young Tobias answered his father: All that you have commanded to me, I shall do, father. But how I shall get this money, I don't know. He doesn't know me, and I don't know him. What token shall I give him? And also, I don't know the way there.\n\nThen his father answered him and said: I have his obligation with me. When you show it to him at once, he shall pay it back. But go now first and seek for the sum true man who for his hire will go with you while I live, so that you may receive it. Then Tobias went forth and.A fair young man was bound and ready to walk, not knowing that it was the angel of God who had summoned him. The angel asked, \"From whence comes the good young man?\" The young man replied, \"I am of the children of Israel.\" Tobias said, \"Do you know the way that leads one into the region of Media? To whom he answered, \"I know it well. I have often journeyed and lived with Gabael our brother, who dwells in Rages, the city of Media, which stands on the hill of Ecbatanis.\" Tobias requested, \"Please wait here a while, until I have told this to my father.\" Then Tobias went in to his father and related all these things to him. His father marveled and prayed that he should bring him in. Then the angel returned and summoned the old man, saying, \"Rejoice always.\" Tobias replied, \"What rejoicing can there be for me who sits in darkness and does not see the light of heaven?\" The young man replied, \"Be of good courage. It will not be long until God.\".thou shalt be cured and healed. Then Thoby said to him, mayst thou lead my son to Gabele in Rages city of Media, and when thou comest again, I shall restore to thee thy medal. And the Angel said, I shall surely lead him there and safely bring him back to thee. Thoby answered, thou art of a great kin, but I pray thee not be angry though I would know thy kin. The Angel said to him, I shall certainly lead thy son there and safely bring him back and restore him to thee. Thoby then answered, \"Welcome may you walk,\" and \"Our lord be in your journey,\" and his angelic companion with you. When all was ready for them to set out on their journey, young Thoby took leave of his father and mother, and bid them farewell..They should depart/ the mother began to weep and say, thou hast taken away and sent from us the staff of our old age. Would that that money had never been for which thou hast sent him. Our poverty suffices us. That we might have seen our son. Thobye said to her, weep not, our son shall come safely again. And thine eyes shall see him. I believe that the good angel of God goes with him, and shall dispose all things that shall be necessary for him, and that he shall return again to us with joy. With this, the mother ceased her weeping and was still. Then young Thobye went forth, and an hound followed him. And the first dwelling they made was by the River of Tiger. Thobye went out to wash his feet, and there called a great fish to devour him whom Thobye fearing cried out with a great voice, \"Lord, he comes upon me.\" And the angel said to him, \"Take him by the fin and draw him to thee,\" and so he did and drew him out of the water to the dry land. Then..The angel told him to open the fish, take out the gall and milt, and keep them. They are valuable and necessary for medicines. And when he had done so, he roasted the fish and ate it with them on the way. They salted the remaining fish to last until they reached the city of Rages. Then Tobit asked the angel and said, \"Brother Azaria, tell me why you had me keep these?\" The angel answered, \"If you take a little of its heart and put it on the coals, the smoke and fumes of it drive away all kinds of devils, be it from man or woman, in such a way that they will not come near them again.\" Tobit asked, \"Where shall we stay?\" And he answered, \"There is a man named Raguel, a relative and kinsman of yours. He has a daughter named Sarah, and he has no other son or daughter but her. You shall owe him all his substance for her.\".You shall ask for her from her father, and he will give her to you to be your wife. Then you answered and said, \"I have heard it said that she has been given to seven men, and they are dead. I have also heard that a devil slew her. I fear therefore that it might happen to me. I am an only son to my father and mother. I would deprive them of their old age and sorrowfully send them to hell.\" Then Raphael answered and said to him, \"Listen to me, and I will show you how you may prevail against that devil. Those who took their vows in such a way that they excluded God from them and waited only for their lust, as a horse and mule in whom there is no understanding, the devil has power over them. Therefore, when you take a wife and enter into her chamber, be continent by the space of three days from her, and do nothing but be in prayers with her. And that same night put the heart of the fish on the fire, and that will put away the devil.\".The second night you shall be admitted to copulation with holy patriarchs. The third night you shall follow the blessing, so that children may be begotten of both. After the third night, take the virgin with fear of God, more for love of procreation of children than for lust of your body, so that you may follow Abraham's blessing in his seed. Then they entered Raguel's house. Raguel received them joyously. Raguel, beholding them well, said to his wife Annas, \"How like is this young man to my cousin?\"\n\nWhen he had said this, he asked them, \"When are you, young men, my brothers?\" They replied, \"Of the tribe of Nephtali, of the captivity of Niniveh.\" Raguel said to them, \"Do you know him, then?\" They replied, \"Yes, we know him well.\" After Raguel had spoken much in praise of him, Thangael said to Raguel, \"He is the father of this young man.\" Then Raguel went and, with weeping eyes, kissed him, and weeping upon his neck said, \"The blessing of\".god be to my son, for thou art the son of a blessed and good man, and Anna his wife and Sara his daughter wept also, after they had spoken. Raguel commanded to slaughter a fattened calf and make ready a feast, when he then should bid them sit down to dinner. Thobey said, I shall not eat here this day nor drink, but if thou first grants my petition and promises to give me Sara thy daughter. When Raguel heard this, he was astonished and abused. Knowing what had befallen her to seven men who had wed her before, he feared it might happen to this young man in the same way. And when he held his peace and would give him no answer, the angel said to him, Be not afraid to give thy daughter to this fearing God, for to Him thy daughter is ordained to be His wife. Therefore, none other may have her. Then said Raguel, I doubt not that God has granted my prayers and tears in His sight, and I believe that for this reason He has made you come to me, that these matters may be fulfilled. And now have no doubt, but I shall give..Her father took her hand and delivered it to Tobias, saying, \"May the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob be with you. I commission you to guide and fulfill His blessing upon you. Take this charter and record the marriage contract. After this, they ate the blessing from the Lord. Raguel called to him one of his wives and bade her prepare another chamber. She brought Sarah her daughter therein and wept. To whom her mother said, \"Be strong, my daughter, may the Lord of heaven give you joy for your suffering. After they had dined, they led the young man to her. Tobias remembered the words of the angel and took out a part of the heart of the fish and laid it on burning coals and bound him in the uppermost desert of Egypt. Then Tobias exhorted the virgin and said to her, \"Arise, Sarah, and let us pray to God this day and tomorrow and the day after, for these three nights we are joined to God. And after the third night, we shall be in our marriage bed.\".Then they both rising prayed instantly that health might be given to them. Thobye said: \"Lord God of our fathers heaven and earth, seas and floods and all creatures in them, bless them. Thou madest Adam from the slime of the earth and gave to him Eve for a help. And now, Lord, thou knowest that for the sake of lechery I do not take my sister to wife, but only for the love of posterity and procreation of children, in which thy name is blessed world without end. Then Sara said: \"Have mercy on us, Lord, have mercy. And let us both grow old together in health, and after this the cockcrows. At that time Raguel commanded his servants to come to him. And they went to make and dig a sepulcher. He said: \"Lest perhaps it happens to me as it has happened to the seven men who wedded her, when they had made ready the grave and pit.\" Raguel..Returned to his wife and said to her, \"Send one of your handmaidens and let her see if he is safe and whole, so he may be buried before it is light day.\" She sent forth one of her servants, who entered the cubicle and found them both safe and sound. She returned and brought good tidings. Raguel and Anna blessed the Lord God of Israel and said, \"We bless thee, Lord God, that it has not happened to us as we supposed. Thou hast done to us thy mercy, and hast excluded from us our enemy, pursuing us. Thou hast shown mercy on two only children; make them lords to bless thee and to offer the sacrifice of praise and of their health, that the universal people may know that thou art God in the universal earth. Immediately then, Raguel commanded his servants to prepare a feast and ordered his wife to arrange a wedding for us, and to prepare food for all his neighbors and friends. Raguel and his wife both urged me to stay..With him for two weeks, of all that Raguel had in possession of goods, he gave half to thee, and made to thee a writing that thou shouldst have after his death and that of his wife. This man called Thaniel, whom he believed to be a man, he addressed, saying, \"Azariah, my brother, I entreat thee to heed my words. If I make myself a servant to him, I shall not be worthy to satisfy thy provisions. Nevertheless, I entreat thee to take the best animals and servants and go to Rages, the city of the Medes, and render to him his obligation, and receive from them the money, and pray him to come to my wedding. Thou knowest thyself that my father numbers the days of my life. And if I tarry longer, his soul will be heavy, and certainly thou seest how Raguel has beseeched me, whose desire I may not disregard.\n\nThen Raphael took four of Raguel's servants and two camels and went to Rages, the city of the Medes. There, finding Gabiel, he gave him his obligation, and received all..The money told Obie's son Obie, who had donated and made him come to the wedding. When Obie entered Raguel's house, he found Obie sitting at the table and came to him, kissing him. Gabele wept and blessed God, saying, \"God of Israel, bless you, for you are the son of a good and righteous man, fearing God and doing charity. And may this blessing be upon your wife and your parents. May you see the sons of your sons to the third and fourth generation, and may your seed be blessed by God of Israel, who reigns forever.\" And when they had all said Amen, they went to the feast. With the fear of God, they exercised the festivities of their weddings while Obie remained due to his marriage. Obie's father began to be heavy, saying, \"Why does your son tarry? And why is he held there? Do you think that Gabele is dead, and no one is there to give him his money? He began to be sorry and heavy, both he and Anna, his wife..With him I began to weep, and we both wept because on that day he could not come home. His mother therefore wept with unmeasurable tears and said, \"Alas, my son, why did we send you on this pilgrimage? The light of our eyes, the staff of our old age, the solace of our life, the hope of our posterity - all these have only you. We ought not to have let you go from us.\" To them he replied, \"Be still, and do not grieve; our son is safe enough. The man is true and faithful enough with whom we sent him. She could not be comforted in any way, but every day she went and looked and spied the way he should come from afar. Then Raguel spoke to his son-in-law, \"Stay here with me, and I will send messengers of your health and welfare to your father.\" To whom Tobias said, \"I know well that my father and my mother are anxious about the days, and the spirit is in great pain within them. Raguel pleaded with him with many words, but he would not grant him in any way. Then he....delivered to him Sara his daughter and half of all his substance in servants men and women in camels and much money, and safely and joyfully he let him depart from him, saying, \"May God's angel be with you in your journey, and bring you home healthy and sound, and may you find all things well and rightfully about your father and mother. May my eyes see your sons before I die. And the father and mother taking their daughter kissed her and let her depart, warning her to worship her husband's father and mother, love her husband to rule well the estate, govern the household, and keep herself irreproachable. That is, without reproach. When they thus returned and departed, they came to Charan, which is halfway to Nineveh on the thirteenth day. Then said the angel to Tobit, \"Tobit, my brother, do you know how you have left your father? If it pleases you, we will go before and let your family come softly after with your wife and your beasts. This pleased him well..To Tobias, and then said Raphael to Tobias, \"Take some of the gall of the fish's eye. It will be necessary.\" Tobias took some of the gall and went forth in front, his mother sitting every day by the way on the top of the hill from where she might see him coming from afar. While she sat there and looked after his coming, she saw a figure in the distance and knew her son was coming. Running home, she told her husband, \"Look, your son is coming.\"\n\nRaphael then said to young Tobias, \"As soon as you enter the house, go to your father and give him thanks, and then let him kiss you. And immediately afterward, anoint his eyes with the gall of the fish that you are carrying, and you will know that his eyes will be opened, and your father will see the light of heaven and rejoice in your sight.\"\n\nThen the dog that followed him and had been with him on the way came home as a messenger, fawning and wagging its tail. And the blind father arose and began to feel his feet..To Rene, taking his son and leading him by the hand, / And so, taking kisses from him with his wife, began to weep for joy. After they had worshiped God and thanked Him, they sat down together. Then Tobit took the gall of the fish, anointed his father's eyes, and remained there for about half an hour. The slime from his father's eyes began to fall away, like the white of an egg, which Tobit took and drew out. Immediately, his father received his sight. And they praised God. That is, Tobit, his wife, and all who knew him did. Then Tobit said to his father, \"Bless the Lord God of Israel, for He has chastised me and saved me. Behold, I see my son.\" After seven days, Sara, the wife of Tobit's son, entered with all her family. The house was filled with the sweet smell of bees and sound, healthy camels, and much of her dowry. Also, the money that he had received from Gabael was there. Tobit told his father and mother all the benefits God had bestowed upon him through the man who had led him..Then came Achior and Naboth, cousins of Tobit, and thanked God for all the good things He had shown to them. For seven days they feasted together, making merry with great joy. Old Tobit then called his son Tobiah and asked, \"What shall we give as a gift to this holy man who comes to us?\" Tobiah replied to his father, \"Father, what meritorious gift can we give him or what is worthy of him for his benefits? He led me out of captivity and brought me back home. He received the money of Gabael. He gave me my wife and drove the devil from her. He brought joy to my parents and saved me from the fish and allowed me to see the light of heaven. By him we are made rich in all good things. What then shall we worthily give to him? I pray you, father, that you pray him to accept half of all that I have.\" Then the father and the son called him aside and began to pray him that he would graciously accept half of all that they had..Part of all the goods that they had brought. Then he said to them privately, Bless ye the god of heaven, And before all living people know this, for he has shown you mercy. Indeed, to hide the sacrament of the king, it is good, but to show the works of God and to know it is worthy. Prayer and supplication are good with fasting and alms, and more than to set up treasures of gold. Alms deliver from death, and it is she who purges sins and makes a man find everlasting life. Whoever does sin and wickedness, they are enemies of his soul. I show you this for the truth, and I shall not hide from you the secret word. When you pray with tears and do penance for the dead, And leave your dinner, And hide the dead by day in your houses, And at night you bear them, I approved your prayer to God, And for God's sake, it was necessary that you be tested. Now our lord has sent me to heal the sick and Sara..the wife of thy son I have delivered from the devil\nI am truly Raphael, the angel,\none of the seven who stand before our Lord God,\nwhen they heard this, they trembled and filled the ground,\nsaying to them, \"Peace be to you. Do not fear.\nFor I was with you by the will of God, always blessing you and singing to Him. I was seen by you to eat and drink,\nbut I consume invisible food and drink, which of men cannot see.\nIt is now therefore time that I return to Him who sent me.\nYou always bless God and tell all His marvels.\nAnd when he had said this, he was taken away from their sight,\nand after that they could no longer see him.\nThen they fell flat on their faces for three hours,\nblessing God. And rising up, they told all His marvels.\nThen Tobit opening his mouth blessed our Lord and said,\n\"Great art Thou, Lord, evermore, and Thy reign is to all worlds.\nFor Thou scorgest and savest, Thou leadest to hell and\n\n(Note: The text appears to be in Middle English, and there are some missing characters, likely due to OCR errors. I have made some educated guesses based on context to fill in the missing characters. However, there are still some uncertainties, and the text may not be 100% accurate. I recommend consulting a scholarly edition for a more reliable text.).Bring again, and there is none who can escape your hand. Knowledge and confess you to the Lord, children of Israel. In the sight of gentle praise him, for he has made you despised among gentiles, those who do not know him. That you tell his marvels and make them known. For there is no other almighty God but he. He has chastised us for our wickednesses, and he will save us for his mercy. Take heed and see therefore what he has done to us. And with fear and dread, know him. Exalt him as king of all worldly things in your works. I truly, in the land of my captivity, will know him. For he has shown his majesty to the sinful people. Confess yourselves therefore, sinners, and do justice to our Lord, that he may do mercy to you. I truly, and my soul, will be glad in him. All you chosen of God, bless him, and make the days of gladness known to him. Jerusalem, city of God, our Lord has chastised you in the works of his hands..Confess to our lord in his goodness thy good things, and bless the God of worlds, that he may reinforce you in his tabernacle, and call again all prisoners and those in captivity, and you rejoice in omnia secula seculorum. You shall shine with a bright light, and all the ends of the earth shall worship you. Nations shall come from afar, and bringing gifts shall worship our lord, and shall have your land in sanctification. They shall call upon a great name, they shall be cursed who despise him, and all shall be condemned who blaspheme him. Blessed are those who uphold him, you shall be joyful in your sons. For all shall be blessed and gathered to assemble, unto our lord. Blessed are those who love him and rejoice in his peace. My soul bless our lord, for he has delivered Jerusalem his city. I shall be blessed if there is left of my seed to see the cleansing of Jerusalem. The walls of Jerusalem shall be fortified..Of Saphir and emerald, and all his walls of precious stone, all the streets thereof shall be paved with white stone and clean. Alleluia shall be sung by the ways thereof. Blessed be the Lord that hath exalted it, that it may be his kingdom in secular seculars Amen. And thus these words were finished by him. And they lived after he had received his sight, when he was 81 years old, and saw the sons of his new wife, that is, the sons of the sons of his son young them. And when he had lived 105 years, he died and was honorably buried in the city of Nineveh. He was 111 years old when he lost his sight, and when he was 60 years old, he received his sight again. The remainder of his life was in joy, and with good profit of the fear of God, he departed in peace. In the hour of his death, he called to him his son and seven of his young sons, and said to them: The destruction of Nineveh is near. The word of God shall not pass. And our brethren who are desperate from the land..Of Israel, it shall restore them again, all the land thereof shall be filled with desolation, and the wasted places shall be rebuilt. And there shall return all the people fearing God, and gentlemen shall leave their idols, and come to Jerusalem, and dwell therein. And all the kings of the earth shall rejoice in her worshiping the king of Israel. Hear ye therefore, my sons, your father. Serve God in truth, and seek that which pleases Him, and command your sons to do righteousness and mercy, that they may remember God and bless Him in all time in truth and in all their virtue. Now therefore, my sons, hear me and dwell ye no longer here, but whosoever your mother shall die, bury her by me. And from thenceforth, dress your steps that you go hence. I see well that wickedness shall bring an end to it. It was so then after the death of his mother. Tobiah went from Nineveh with his wife and his sons and the sons of his sons..And they returned to their wives' father and mother, who were in good health and old age. They took care of them and remained with them until their death, and closed their eyes. They received all their inheritance of the house of Raguel and saw the sons of his sons up to the fifth generation. He completed his life after living for 79 years, and died in the fear of God. They buried him with joy. All his kin and generation lived in good life and in holy conversation, acceptable to God as well as to men and to all dwelling on the earth.\n\nThus ends the history of Tobias and his son Tobias the younger.\n\nArphaxad, king of the Medes, subdued many peoples under his empire. He established a mighty city, which he named Ecbatana, and built its walls with squared and polished stones. The height of the walls was 120 cubits, and their breadth was 30 cubits. The towers were a hundred cubits high. He glorified himself as one mighty in power and in the glory of his kingdom..Nabugodonosor, reigning in the city of Babylon, fought against Arphaxat and took him in the field near Nineveh. Nabugodonosor was exalted and elevated himself. He sent messages to all regions around, including Jerusalem, to gain their submission without worship. He sent home his messengers empty-handed and swore by his reign and throne that he would avenge them all. Calling all his dukes, princes, and soldiers of war, he held a council. It was decreed that he should subdue the entire world to his empire. He then appointed Olfernes, prince of his knighthood, and commanded him to go forth specifically against those who had despised his empire. He spared no kingdom or town in the subjugation. Olfernes assembled dukes and masters of Babylon's strength, numbering 20,000 foot soldiers and 12,000 horsemen, archers included, before them..He commanded a multitude of infinite Camelians to go, laden with such things as were necessary for the host: gold and silver, much of which was taken from the treasury of the kings. We went to many realms, which he subdued and occupied a great part of Thorient, until he approached the land of Israel. And when the children of Israel heard of this, they dreaded greatly that he should come among them in Jerusalem and destroy the temple. For Nebuchadnezzar had commanded that all the gods of the earth should be extinguished, and that no god should be named or worshiped but he himself, among the nations that Olfernes should subdue. Eliachym, then the priest in Jerusalem, kept the strict ways of the mountains, and so the children of Israel did as the priest had ordered. Then Eliachym the priest went about all Israel and said to them, \"Know ye that God has heard your prayers. If you abide and continue in your prayers and fasting in the sight of God, remember Moses the prophet.\".A servant of God overthrew Amalek, trusting in his strength and power, in his hosts, in his helmets, in his chariots and in his horsemen, not fighting with iron but with praying to holy pray-ers. In the same way, all the enemies of Israel will be, if you persist in this work that you have begun, with this exhortation they continued praying to God, and also those who offered to our lord were clad in sackcloth and had ashes on their heads, and with all their heart they prayed to God to visit His people, Israel. It was told to Holofernes, prince of the Assyrian knighthood, that the children of Israel had made themselves ready to resist him and had blocked the mountain passes. He was greatly enraged in great wrath. He called all the princes of Moab and dukes of Ammon and said to them, \"Say to me what people is this that besieges the mountains, or what cities do they have, or what is their strength and what is their multitude, or who is their king?\".of their knighthood. Then Achiar, duke of all them of Amo\u0304, answered, \"if thou wilt hear me, I shall tell the truth of this people who dwell in the mountains. And there shall not issue from my mouth one false word. This people dwelt first in Mesopotamia and were of the progeny of the Chaldeans. But they would not dwell there because they would not follow the gods of their fathers who were in the land of the Chaldeans, and leaving the ceremonies of their fathers which were in the multitude of gods of heaven, who commanded them to go and that they should dwell in Canaan. Then there was much famine, and they descended into Egypt, and there they abode for four hundred years and multiplied so greatly they could not be numbered. When the king of Egypt oppressed them in his dealings, bringing clay tiles and subjugating them, they cried to our Lord, and He smote the land of Egypt with diverse plagues. When they of Egypt had cast them out from among them, the plague ceased from them. And then they would have taken them captive..aggain and would have called them back, seeing them with manna for forty years, and made bitter waters sweet, and gave them water out of a stone. And wherever this people entered without bow or arrow, shield or sword, their god fought for them. And there is no man who can prevail against this people except when they depart from the culture and honor of their god. And as often as they have departed from their god and worshiped other strange gods, so often have they been overcome by their enemies. And when they repent and come to the knowledge of their sin and cry out for mercy from their god, they are restored again, and their god gives them virtue to resist their enemies. They have overcome Cananeans, the king Iebus, Pherez, Enem, Etam, and all the mighty men in Esau, and have taken their land and cities and possessed them, and shall as long as they please their god. Their god hated wickedness.\n\nFor, up until this time when they went from the laws that their god gave them, he [punished them]..suffered them to be taken into captivity by many nations / and were dispersed / And now lately they have come again and possessed Elim, where is the sacred shrine / & have come over these mountains where some of them dwell / Therefore, my lord, see and search if there is any wickedness in their sight of their god / then let us go to them / for their god will give them into your hands / and they shall be subdued under your yoke of power / and what Achior had said thus / all the great men about Holyfern were angry / and had thought to have slain him, saying each to other / who is this that makes the children of Israel resist King Nebuchadnezzar and his army and host / men cowardly and without might and without any wisdom of war / Therefore, that Achior may know that he speaks not true / let us ascend the mountains / and when the mighty men of them are taken / let him be slain with them / that all may know that Nebuchadnezzar is god of the earth / and that there is none other but he..Then Holofernes, filled with indignation, said to Achiar: \"Since you have prophesied to us about the children of Israel, that their god defended them, I will show you that there is no god but Nebuchadnezzar. For when we have overcome them all and slain them as one man, then you shall die with them by the sword of the Assyrians. And all Israel shall be put in ruin and destruction. And then it will be known that Nebuchadnezzar is lord of all the earth. And the sword of my knighthood shall pass through your sides. And you shall depart and go to them. And you shall not die until I have them and the land. And when I have slain them with my sword, you shall in like manner be slain with like vengeance.\"\n\nAfter this, Holofernes commanded his servants to take Achiar and deliver him to the hands of the Israelites. And so they took Achiar and ascended the mountains. Again, men of war came out against them. Then the servants of Holofernes..Achior was torn from the Israelites and bound with cords, leaving him there. Then the sons of Israel came down from Betulia and released and untied him. They brought him to Betulia, and when he was set among the people, he was asked what and why he was so bound. He told them all the matter as previously stated, how Holofernes had commanded him to be delivered to the Israelites. The people fell down in worship before him, and with great lamentation and weeping, they made their prayers to our Lord God of heaven. They prayed that He would behold their plight, take note of their afflicted faces, and show them His grace, not forsaking them. They prayed for God's mercy and protection from their enemies. Meanwhile, on the other side, Holofernes commanded his hosts to advance, bringing with them 12,000 horsemen, and they besieged the town and cut off their water supply..In the town there was great scarcity of water,\nFor in all the town was not water enough for one day, and such as they had was given to the people by measure. Then all the young and old came to Osias, who was their prince, with Carmy and Gothomel, all with one voice crying, \"God the Lord judge between us and the Syrians. For you have done us evil, which you did not speak peaceably in their ears. Now we shall be delivered into the hands of the Syrians. It is better for us to live in captivity under Holofernes and live than to die here for thirst and see our wives and children die before our eyes.\" And when they had made this pitiful crying and wailing, they all went to their church and prayed and cried unto God for a long time, knowing their sins and wickedness meekly beseeching to show His grace and pity on them. Then at last Osias arose and said to the people, \"Let us wait yet five days,\" and if God sends us no rescue or help in that time, \"that we may give glory to His name,\" otherwise we shall not..And when Judith heard of this, a widow and a blessed woman, left a widow for three years and six months after Manasseh her husband died, she went into an upper part of her house, where she made a private bedchamber for herself and her servants, and having on her body an herb, had fasted all the days of her life except for Sabbaths and the feasts of the house of Israel. She was a fair woman, and her husband had left her well-provided for, but she sent for the priests of Cobbes and Carmel and said to them, \"What does this word mean in which Ozias consented that the city should be delivered to the Assyrians, if within five days no help comes to us? And who are you that provoke the Lord God? This word does not so move God to mercy but rather to wrath and fury. By God, you have decreed a day to him. O God, Lord, how patiently you ask forgiveness of him with weeping tears, he will not.\".\"Threaten as a man neither inflamed in wrath as a son of a man, therefore let us make our souls to him, and in a contrite spirit let us humbly serve him, and say weeping to God that after his will he show us his mercy. And as our heart is troubled by them, so also let our humility and meekness comfort us. For we have not followed the sin of our fathers, who forsook their God and worshiped strange gods, wherefore they were given and taken into captivity and great vengeance, into sword ravage and into confusion among their enemies. We truly know no other god but him. Await meekly his comfort, and he shall keep us from our enemies. And he shall make all gentiles who rise against him bow down before the Lord our God. And now, O God, pray to the Almighty that he make me steadfast in the purpose that I have purposed. You shall stand at the gate, and I shall go out with my handmaid, and pray that he steadfastly keep my soul.\".And do nothing until I come again. Then Judith went into her oratory and arrayed herself with her precious clothing. She took in her hand a maidservant. And when she had made her prayers to God, she departed in her most noble attire toward the gate. When they saw her, Osias and the priests marveled at her beauty. Notwithstanding, they let her pass, saying, \"May God give the grace and strength of your heart with his power and glory to Jerusalem. And may your name be in the name of the saints.\" And they all who were there said, \"Amen,\" and \"Fiat, fiat.\" Then she, praying to God, passed through the gate, and her maidservant with her. And when she came down the hill about the springing of the day, the espies of the eunuchs saw her and asked, \"When do you come or go, and who are you?\" She answered, \"I am a daughter of the Jews, flee from you, for you shall be taken by them, and go to Holofernes to tell him your private matters. I will show him.\".by what means may he win them in such a way that one of his hosts shall not perish? And the one who heard their words beheld her visage and wondered at her beauty, saying to her, \"You have saved your life because you have found such counsel. Come therefore to our lord. For when you shall stand in his sight, he will accept it.\" And they led her to Holofernes' tabernacle. And when she came before him, Anon Holofernes was caught by his eyes. And his terror-struck knights said to him, \"Why do you despise the people of the Jews, who have such fair women, that for them we ought not to fight against them?\" And Judith, seeing Holofernes sitting in his purple canopied bed, which was of gold, smaragds, and precious stones, and when she had seen his face, she honored him by falling down to the ground. And the servants of Holofernes lifted her up. Then Holofernes said to her, \"Be not afraid, nor be afraid of me. I have never harmed or caused sorrow to any man who would serve Nebuchadnezzar. \".If people had not despised me, I would not have raised my people or strengthened them. Take the words of my handmaid, and if you follow her, God will do wonders for you. Nabuchodonosor is indeed the living king of their land, and you have the power to chastise all people. Serve him not only, but also the beasts of the field obey him; his might is known over all, and the children of Israel shall be held captive because their God is angry with them for their wickedness. They are famished and lack bread and water. They are forced to eat their horses and beasts, and take such things as are forbidden by their law, such as wheat wine and oil. All these things God has shown to me, and they intend to waste such things as they ought not to touch. Therefore, and because of their sins, they shall be handed over to the hands of their enemies. Our lord has shown me these things, and I, your handmaid, will worship God and go out and pray to him and come in and tell you what he will say..I will bring you through the midst of Jerusalem, and you shall have all the people of Israel under your control, as sheep under a shepherd, so that not a dog will bark against you. These things are said to me by the providence of God, and because God is angry with them, I am sent to tell you these things.\n\nThese words pleased Holofernes and his people greatly. They marveled at her wisdom and one said to another, \"There is no such woman on earth in beauty and in understanding of words.\" Holofernes said to her, \"God has done well to send you to me, to let me have knowledge, and if your God does these things for me, he will be my God, and you and your name will be great in the courts of Nebuchadnezzar.\"\n\nThen Holofernes commanded her to go where his treasure lay and to stay there, and to take food from his feast, to whom she replied that she could not eat his food but had brought her own..mete with her to eat, then Holofernes said, \"What shall we give to her to eat, when the meal fails?\" And Judith replied, \"I should not spend all of it. I will wait and see what God will do in my hands regarding the things I have planned.\" And the servants led her to his tabernacle. And she asked that she might go out at night and before day to pray and return. And the Lord commanded his eunuchs that she should go and come at her pleasure. And she went out into the valley of Bethulia and bathed in the water of the well. And she lifted her hands up to the God of Israel, praying the good Lord that He would guide her way to deliver His people. And thus she did for four days. Then Holofernes made a great feast, and he sent a man named Vago to invite Judith to lie with his lord and to come and eat and drink wine with him. And Judith said, \"I cannot refuse my lord's desire. I will do whatever he wills.\".I will do this for you every day of my life, and she rose and adorned herself with her rich and precious clothes, and went in and stood before Holofernes. Holofernes' heart was stirred by her beauty and burned with the lust and desire for her. He said to her, \"Sit down and drink in joy, for you have found favor in my sight.\" Iudith replied, \"I will drink, my lord, for today my life is magnified before all the days of my life.\" She ate and drank what her handmaid had prepared for her. Holofernes was merry and drank so much wine that he had never drunk so much in one day in all his life. And when it was night, Holofernes went to his bedchamber, and brought Iudith into his chamber. He closed the door and when Iudith was alone in the chamber, Holofernes lay and slept, overcome by drink. Iudith said to her handmaid, \"You shall stand outside before the door of this secret chamber and wait.\" Iudith stood before the bed, praying with tears..Meuning of her lips secretly saying, \"O Lord God of Israel, confirm me in this hour to the works of my hands. Raise up the city of Jerusalem as you have promised. And let me perform that which I have thought to do. And when she had thus spoken, she went to the pillar at his bedside and took his sword and loosed it. And when she had drawn it out, she took his head in her hand and said, \"Confirm me, God of Israel, in this hour,\" and struck twice in the neck and cut off his head. She left the body lying still and took the head and wrapped it in the canape. And she delivered it to her maid and bade her put it in her scrip. And they two went out, as was their custom, to pray. And they passed the tens and going about the valley came to the gate of the city. And Judith said to the keepers of the walls, \"Open the gates, for God is with us, who has done great might in Israel.\" And anon when they heard her call, they called the priests of the city. And they came running..they had supposed they no longer saw her. And lighting lights all went about her. She then entered in. Stood up, in the Lord, who forsakes not me, hoping in Him, and in Him His woman has fully carried out His mercy, which He promised to the house of Israel, and has slain in my hand this night the enemy of His people, this prince of Assyrian chivalry, Holofernes. And then she brought forth the head of Holofernes and showed it to them, saying, \"Behold, here is the head of Holofernes, prince of the Assyrian chivalry. And lo, the canopy in which he lay in his drunkenness, where the Lord has smitten him by the hand of a woman.\" Forsooth, God lives, for His angel kept me from going there, abiding there, and returning from thence. And the Lord has not suffered my handmaiden to be defiled, but without pollution of sin has called me back to you, rejoicing in His victory in my escaping, and in your deliverance. Know each of you him for good. For His mercy is everlasting. World's blessing be upon the high God before all women on earth..Blessed be the Lord who made heaven and earth, that addressed me in the presence of the prince of our enemies. After this, Judith commanded that the head should be hung up on the walls. And at sunrise, every man should come out with arms against your enemies, and when their spies see you, they will retreat to their prince's tent to rouse him and make him ready to fight. When his lords see him dead, they will be struck with such great fear and terror that they will flee. Then you shall pursue them. Achiever, seeing the power of the God of Israel, left his old pagan customs and believed in God, and was circumcised in his private member and joined the people of Israel. And all the succession of his kindred to this day. Then, at the springing of the day, they hung the head of Holofernes on the walls. And every man took up arms and went out with great noise. These spies, seeing this, came together to assemble..The tabernacle of Holofernes,/\nand Ham making noise to make him tarry and awake, but Namah was so bold to knock or enter into his private chamber. But then the dukes and leaders of thousands came and said to the chamberlains, \"Go and awake your lord. Myes have gone out of their causes and are reluctant to call us to battle.\" Then Ham entered his private chamber and stood before the curtain. He placed his hands on the curtain, thinking he had slept with Esther. When he perceived no sign of life from him, he drew the curtain. Seeing the dead body of Holofernes lying there unmoving in his blood, he cried out with a great voice weeping and renting his clothes. He went into the tabernacle of Judith and found her not. He went out to the people and said, \"A woman of these towns has caused confusion in the house of Nabuchodonosor. She has slain Holofernes and is dead. And his head with her.\" Then the princes and captains of Assyria heard this. Immediately they rented their clothes..And intolerable fear filled them, and they were greatly troubled in their minds, making an horrible cry in their tents. And when all the host had heard how Holofernes was beheaded, courage and mind fled from them. And with great trembling, they began to flee for safety, so that none would speak with another, but with their heads bowed down fled away to escape from the Babylonians, whom they saw armed coming upon them. And the sons of Israel, seeing them fleeing, followed them crying out with troops and showing after them. And they slew and struck down all they overtook. And Josiah sent forth with him to all the cities and regions of Israel, and they sent after all the young men and valiant ones to pursue them with the sword. And so they did to the utmost coasts of Israel. The other young men, however, who were left in the tents, took all the prey that the Syrians had left. And when the young men who were pursuing them were returned..They took all their beasts and all movable goods and things they had left, so much so that every man from the most to the least was made rich by the prey they took. Then Ioachim, the high bishop of Irulum, came with all the priests to see Judith. When she came before them, they blessed her with one voice, saying, \"Thou art the glory of Irulum, thou art the joy of Israel, thou art the worship of our people. Thou hast done much, and thy heart is comforted because thou hast loved chastity and known no man after the death of thy husband. Therefore, the hand of God has comforted thee. And therefore, thou shalt be blessed forever. And all the people said, \"Amen, Amen, let it be done, let it be done, certainly the spoils of Assyria were not gathered and assembled in thirty days of the people of Israel. But all the rich treasures that were appropriate to Holofernes and could be found, they were given to Judith, as well as gold, silver, gems, and clothes.\".this great miracle and victory drew all the people to Irlam to give laude, honor, and worship to our lord God. After they were purified, they offered sacrifices and vows to God. The joy of this victory was celebrated for three months. And after that, each one went home again into his own city and house. Judith returned to Bethulia and was made greater and clearer to all men of the land of Israel. She was joined to the virtue of chastity, so that she knew no man all the days of her life after the death of her husband. She lived in the house of her husband for a hundred and five years and released her maidservant. After this, she died and was buried in Bethulia. The people mourned her for seven days. During her life after this journey, there were no troubles among the Jews. And the day of this victory of the Hebrews was accepted as a festive day and hallowed by the Jews and numbered among their feasts to this day.\n\nAndrew is expounded and means \"fair\" or \"beautiful.\".Andrew is said to be as much as strength or Andor. Andor means strength or Andrew is the antipode of ana, which means high, and of tropos, which means conversion. Therefore, Andrew is a man highly converted and in heaven addressed to his maker. He was fair in his life, answering in wisdom and doctrine, strong in pain, and converted in glory. The priests and deacons of Achaea wrote his passion as they had seen it with their eyes.\n\nAndrew and some other disciples were called three times by the Lord. He called them the first time during his baptism, when Saint Andrew was with John the Baptist and another disciple. John pointed him out, saying, \"Behold the Lamb of God,\" and then Andrew and another disciple went immediately to Jesus Christ and remained with him all that day. The next day, they returned to their trade of fishing. After this, he called them again..They entered a second time by the shores of Galilee, named the Sea of Galilee, he entered Simon and Andrew's ship, and there was a great multitude of fish taken. He called James and John, who were in another ship, and they followed him. Afterward, they returned to their own places. After this, he called them away from their fishing and said, \"Come follow me, I will make you fishers of men.\" Then they left their ships and nets and followed him. After this, they stayed with him and no longer went to their own houses. And he called Andrew and some others to be apostles. Matthew says in the third chapter, \"He called to him those whom he wanted.\" After the ascension of our Lord, the apostles were departed, and Andrew preached in Syria, and Matthew in Ethiopia. The people of this country refused the preaching of St. Matthew outright and drew out his eyes, casting him into prison. Meanwhile, an angel sent from the Lord appeared to him..Saint Andrew responded and said he would go to Saint Matthew in Murghondye. Saint Matthew answered that he did not know the way. Then, Theagle commanded him to go to the sea side and enter the first ship he found. He did so gladly and complied. They waited in the city by the lord's lodging and had wind propitious. When he arrived, he found the prison open where Saint Matthew was. Upon seeing him, he wept sore and worshipped him. Then, the Lord rendered him his two eyes and sight back. After that, Saint Matthew departed to Antioch. Saint Andrew remained in Murghondye. The people of the country were angry that Saint Matthew had escaped. They took Saint Andrew and dragged him through the places, binding his hands in such a way that the blood ran out. He prayed to Jesus Christ for them. Through his prayer, they were converted. From thence, he went to Antioch. This is what is said..I suppose that the blinding of St. Matthew is not true, or at least not entirely so. The young man following St. Andrew against the will of all his parents was not so weak-sighted that he could not see St. Andrew clearly. It happened that a young man followed St. Andrew against the wishes of all his parents. One time, his parents set fire to the house where he was with the apostle. When the flame rose high, the child took a brush full of water and extinguished the fire with all his might. And immediately, his friends and parents exclaimed, \"Our son is an enchanter!\" And as they were about to go up the ladder, they were suddenly made blind and could not see the ladder. One of them cried out and said, \"Why do you persist in opposing God, and yet you do not see it?\" Cease and desist, lest the wrath of the Lord fall upon you. Many who saw this miracle in the Lord were put in a state of awe. And the parents died within forty days and were buried in one tomb..A woman had a child in great pain during her delivery. She could not be delivered. She asked her sister to go to Dyane and pray for help. Her sister went and prayed, and Dyane asked which devil was causing the problem. The sister returned and reported that Dyane had commanded her to go to Andrew the apostle, who could help them both. The sister went to him, and he told her to endure the pain and trust in Jesus Christ. When she did so and repented, she was delivered of her child, and the pain and sorrow passed.\n\nAn old man named Nicholas went to the apostle and said, \"Sir, I have lived for fifty years in lechery. Once I took a gospel and prayed to God to give it to me.\".I am accustomed to this sin and take delight in it to such an extent that I will return to it, having been inflamed by lust I went to the brothel and forgot the gospel upon me. And straightaway the foul woman said, \"Go away, old man, for you are an angel of God. Touch me not, come no near me, for I see a marvel upon thee.\" I was ashamed of the woman's words and remembered that I had the gospel upon me. Therefore, I begged her to pray to God for me and for my health. And when St. Andrew heard this, he began to weep and prayed from terce until none. And when he arose, he would not eat. He said, \"I shall eat no food until I know whether the Lord will have mercy on this old man.\" And when he had fasted for five days, a voice came to St. Andrew and said to him, \"Andrew, your request is granted for the old woman, just as you have fasted and made yourself lean by fasting, so shall he fast and make himself lean.\".And he did so, for he had fasted for six months on bread and water. After that, he rested in peace and did good works. Then came a voice that said, \"I have obtained Nicholas through your prayers whom I had lost.\" A young Christian man spoke to St. Andrew and asked me to commit a sin with her. When I would not consent to her in any way, she went to the judge and threatened to accuse me of the great felony. Pray for me that I may not die an untruthful death. For when I am accused, I will hold my peace and speak not one word. I would rather die than defame and slander my mother so dishonorably. Thus he came to judgment, and his mother accused him, saying that he would have defiled her. It was asked of him often if it was true, and he answered nothing. Then St. Andrew said to her, \"You are the most cruel of all women, who for the fulfillment of your lechery, will make your son die.\" This woman then spoke to the provost, \"Sir, truly, that.\".my son came and accompanied by this man; he wished to do his will with me, but I resisted him so that he could not. And immediately the provost and judge commanded that the son should be put in a sack anointed with pitch and thrown into the river. And St. Andrew was to be put in prison until he had advised him how he might torture him. But St. Andrew made his prayer to God. And immediately came an horrible thunder, which frightened them all and made the earth tremble strongly. The woman was struck by the thunder to death. And the other begged the apostle that they might not perish. He prayed for them, and the tempest ceased. Thus then the provost believed in God and all his main.\n\nAfter this, as the apostle was in the city of Nicaea, the citizens said to him that there were seven devils without the city by the way, which slew all who passed by. And the apostle commanded them to come to him. They came in the likeness of dogs. And since he commanded them that they should not harm the people, they departed from the city..And they should go where they should not harm any man. And soon they vanished away. When the people saw this, they received the faith of Jesus Christ. And when the apostle came to the yard of another city, a young man was brought to him, who had been seized. The apostle asked what had happened to him, and it was told him that seven dogs had attacked him. Then the apostle wept and said, \"O Lord God, I knew well that these were the demons that I had expelled from Nyce. And after he said to the father of the seized man, \"What will you give me if I restore him to you?\" And he replied, \"I have nothing that is dearer to me than him. I will give him to you.\" And immediately the apostle prayed to almighty God and raised him from death to life. He went and followed him.\n\nForty men, by number, were coming along the sea towards the apostle to receive from him the doctrine of the faith. And the devil raised a great storm and such a terrible turmoil that all were terrified. And when.The apostle raised their bodies from death to life immediately. And there they recounted all that had befallen them. It is recorded in a hymn that he restored life to young men drowned in the sea. And the blessed Saint Andrew, who was always in the area, restored the country with churches and converted the people to the faith of Jesus Christ. He informed the wife of Egeas, who was the provost and judge of the town, of her conversion and baptized her. And when Egeas heard this, he came into the city of Patras and compelled the Christians to sacrifice. Saint Andrew came to him and said, \"It is fitting for you, who have deserved to be a judge, to know your Judge in heaven. And you do know Him, that you worship Him. And so, withdraw your heart from false gods.\"\n\nEgeas said, \"You are Andrew, who preaches a false law. The princes of Rome have commanded it to be destroyed.\" To this, Andrew replied, \"The princes of Rome knew nothing of how.\".Some one of God came and taught and informed them that the idols are devils. And he who teaches such things angers God, and he so angered departed from them whom he heard not. Therefore, they are captives of the devil, and are so deceived and deceitful that they issue out of the body all naked and bear nothing with them but sins. Egeas said to him, \"These are the vanities that your Jesus preached, who was nailed on the gallows of the cross. To whom Andrew said, he received the crossbeam with his agreement, not for his culpability and transgression but for our redemption. And Egeas said, when he was delivered from his affliction, taken and held by the Jews and crucified by the knights, how do you say that it was by his agreement? Then St. Andrew began to show by five reasons that Jesus Christ received death by his own agreement and will. For as much as he came before his passion and said to his disciples that it should be, when he said, \"We shall go up to Jerusalem,\".The maid's son shall be betrayed, and for that, Peter reproved him, saying, \"Follow me, Satan.\" For that, he showed he had the power to endure death and rise again, when he said, \"I have the power to take away my soul and give it again.\" For that, he knew beforehand who would betray him, when he gave him his supper and did not show it. For that, he chose the place where he should be taken, for he knew well that the traitor would come. And St. Andrew said that he had been present at all these things. And yet he said more, that the mystery of the cross was great. To whom Egeas replied, \"It may not be called a mystery, but a torture.\" And if you will not grant my sayings, truly I will prove this mystery to you. And Andrew said to him, \"If I doubted the power of the cross, I would not preach its glory. I want you to hear the mystery, and if you know and believe in it, you shall be saved.\" Then he showed it to him..The mystery of the cross / And assigned five reasons / The first is this: / For as much as the first man who deserved death was through the tree / in breaking the commandment of God / Then is it fitting that the second should put away that death / in suffering the same on the tree / The second was that he who was made of earth not corrupted / and was a breaker of the commandment / then was it fitting that he who should repel this fault should be born of a virgin / The third: for as much as Adam had stretched his hand disordinately to the forbidden fruit / it was fitting / that the new Adam should stretch his hands on the cross / The fourth: for as much as Jesus Christ tasted sweetly the forbidden fruit / it is therefore reasonable / that it be taken away by something contrary / so that Jesus Christ was fed with bitter gall / The fifth: for as much as Jesus Christ gave to us his life mortally / it is fitting that he take our mortality..A man had never been made immortal, and then Egeus spoke, telling his disciples such foolishness and obeying me, making sacrifice to the goddesses' almighty power. And then Saint Andrew said, \"I offer a lamb without blemish to God Almighty every day, and he who receives me is whole.\" Then Egeus demanded, \"How can that be?\" And Saint Andrew replied, \"Take the form to become my disciple, and you will know it well. I will question Egeus under torture.\" Angered, Egeus commanded that he be imprisoned. The next morning, he came to trial. And Saint Andrew, at the sacrifice of the idols, Egeus commanded him to be told, \"If you do not obey me, I will have you hanged on the cross.\" For as much as you have prayed for it, and thus he threatened him with many tortures. Saint Andrew replied to him, \"Consider what torture is most grievous that you may inflict upon me, and the more I suffer, the more I shall be.\".Agreeable to my king, I shall be most firm in the torments and pain that were commanded. Egeas should be beaten by twenty men, and bound to the cross with ropes on feet and hands, so that his pain would endure longer. When he was led to the cross, there were many people there who said, \"The blood of the innocent is condemned without cause.\" The apostle prayed to them that they should not hinder or delay his torment or martyrdom. When he saw the cross from afar, he saluted it and said, \"All hail, cross, which is dedicated in the body of Jesus Christ, and surrounded with his members as with precious stones. Before our Lord ascended into heaven, you were the power on earth; now you are the glory of heaven. Receive me willingly and gladly, for I have always worshiped you and desired your embrace. O thou cross, which has received me by my desire.\".beaute and noblesse of the members of our lord, whom I have so long desired and curiously loved, and whom my heart has so much desired and coveted, take me from hence and yield me to my master, so that he may receive me by the hands that redeemed me. In this saying, he dispensed and unclothed him and gave his clothes to the butchers. And then they hanged him on the cross, as it was commanded, and there he lived for two days and preached to twenty thousand men who were there. Then all the company swore the death of Egas and said, \"The holy man and debonair one ought not to suffer this.\" Then came Egas there to take him down from the cross. And when Andrew saw him, he said, \"Why have you come to me, Egas? If it is for penance, you shall have it. And if it is to take me down, know for certain, you shall not take me from here. For I see now my lord and king who waits for me. With this they would have unbound him, but they could not..They touched him / For their arms were weakened and of no power / And the holy saint Andrew saw / that the world would have taken him down from the cross / he made this orison hanging on the cross, as Saint Augustine says in the book of penance / Lord, suffer me not to descend from this cross a live / For it is time that thou command my body to the earth / For I have long borne the charge / And have so much watched over that / which was commanded to me / and have so long traveled / that I would now be weary of this obedience / and be taken away from this agreeable charge / I remember that it is very grievous / in pride bearing, in doubting, in unsteadfastness, in worldliness / And have gladly labored in the refraining of them / Lord, you know how often the world has enticed me from the purity of contemplation / how often it has attempted to awaken me from the sleep of my sweet rest / how much and how often times it has made me sorrow / And as much as I have had might / I have resisted it rightly..In fighting against it, and by your work and aid, I have surmounted it. I request of the just and debonair governor and reward, and that you prevented me from returning to it, but I yielded to the one whom you had delivered me. Command it to another and stop me anymore, but keep me in the resurrection, so that I may receive the merit of my labor. Command my body to the earth, so that it no longer behooves to wake, but let it be freely stretched towards the one who is the font of joy, never failing. And when he had said this, a very bright shining light came from heaven around him for half an hour, in such a way that no man could see him. And when this light departed, he yielded and returned with his spirit. Maximilla, the wife of Egias, took away the body of the apostle and buried it honorably. Before Egias had come back to his house, he was carried away by a devil on the way and died before them all. It is said..that out of his sepulcher comes manna like unto honey and oil,\nwith a right sweet savour and odour,\nand is shown to the people of the country\nwhen there shall be an abundance of goods.\nFor when there comes but little of manna,\nit brings forth but little fruit,\nand when it comes abundantly,\nthe earth brings forth fruit abundantly.\nThis might well have happened in olden times,\nfor his body was transported into Constantinople.\n\nThere was a bishop who led a holy and religious life,\nand loved St. Andrew greatly by great devotion,\nworshipping him above all other saints,\nso that in all his works he remembered him every day,\nand said certain prayers in his honour of God and St. Andrew.\nIn such a way that the enemy envied him and set him up to deceive him with all his malice.\n\nAnd he transformed him into the form of a right fair woman,\nand came to the palaces of the bishop,\nand said that she would be confessed by him.\nThe bishop bade her go and confess..She sent him word that she would not release or reveal the secrets of her confession to anyone but him. The bishop commanded her to come, and she said, \"Sir, I pray you have mercy on me. I am as you see in the years of my youth and a maid, and was deliciously nourished from my infancy, born of royal lineage. But I have come alone in strange attire. My father, who is a right mighty king, would have given me to a prince by Mary's marriage. I answered that I have horror of all beds of marriage, and I have given my virginity to Jesus Christ for eternity. Therefore, I cannot consent to carnal copulation. He compelled me so much that I had to consent to his will or suffer various torments. So I have fled secretly away, and I would rather be in exile than break and corrupt my faith to my spouse. And because I hear the praising of your right holy life, I have fled to you and to your [etc.]\".I. In hope that I may find with you a place of rest, where I may be secret in contemplation and eschew the evil perils of this present life, and flee the diverse tribulations of the world. The bishop marveled greatly at this, not only because of the great nobility of her lineage, but also because of the beauty of her body, for the burning of the great love of God in her, and for the honest fair speaking of this woman. The bishop answered her with a meek and playful voice, Daughter, be sure and doubt nothing. For he, for whose love you have despised yourself and these things, shall give you a great reward. In this present time there is little glory or joy, but it shall be in time to come. And I, who am sergeant of the same, give up my goods. And I will that you dine with me this day. She answered and said, Father, require me of no such thing. For by chance some evil suspicion might come of it, and also the resplendence of your good repute might be tarnished..A bishop answered the one who spoke, saying, \"We shall be many to judge, and I shall not be alone. Therefore, there should be no suspicion of evil.\" They then went to the table and were seated opposite each other. The bishop paid great attention to her and admired her greatly, observing her closely. Her beauty deeply affected him, and his courage was weakened. The devil, taking notice, increased her beauty even more, and the bishop was on the verge of asking her to sin. Then a pilgrim arrived and strongly struck at the door or gate. They refused to open it for him, and he cried out and knocked even harder. The bishop asked the woman if she would allow the pilgrim to enter, and she replied, \"Men should ask him first a question grievous to him and if he can answer it, he may enter.\".should be received and if he could not, he should abide without and not come in, as one unworthy and unwitting. And all agreed to her sentence and inquired which of them were sufficient to put the question. And when none was found sufficient, the bishop said none of us is so sufficient as you, lady, for you surpass us all in fair speaking and shine in wisdom more than we all. Propose you the question. Then she said, ask him which is the greatest marvel that ever God made in little space. And then one went and asked the pilgrim. The pilgrim answered the messenger that it was the diversity and excellence of human faces. For among many men since the beginning of the world, two men might not be found whose faces were like and similar in all things. And when the answer was heard, all marveled and said that this was a true and right good answer to the question. Then the woman said, let the second speak..question was proposed to him / which was more grievous to answer / to prove the better the way of him / this was the question / Whether the earth is higher than all the heavens / And when it was demanded of him / the pilgrim answered / In the imperial heaven where the body of Jesus Christ is, which is the form of our flesh / he is higher than all the heavens / Of this answer they marveled all who heard the messenger report it / and praised marvelously his wisdom /\n\nTherefore she said the third question / which was more dark and grievous to answer / to prove his wisdom a third time and to be worthy to be received at bishops table / demand and ask of him / how much space is from the abyss / to the same heaven /\n\nThen the messenger demanded of the pilgrim / And he answered him / go to him that sent me to you / and ask him this thing / For he knows better than I / and can answer it better / For he measured this space when he fell from heaven into the abyss..And I never measured it. This is not a woman, but a devil, who had taken the form of a woman. When the messenger heard this, he was greatly afraid and told everyone this. When the bishop heard this and all the others were afraid, the devil vanished before her eyes. Afterward, the bishop returned to himself, deeply repenting and asking for forgiveness of his sin. He sent a messenger to fetch and bring in the pilgrim, but he never found him. Then the bishop assembled the people and told them about this event. He prayed that they would all be in order and prayerful, so that the Lord would reveal to someone who this pilgrim was, who had delivered him from such great danger. That night, it was shown to the bishop that it was St. Andrew, who had put the pilgrim in this state for his deliverance. Then began.The bishop grew more and more devoted and mindful to Saint Andrew than he had been before. A provost of a city had taken away a field from the church of Saint Andrew. The provost was struck with a strong fever after the bishop's prayer for him. He begged the bishop to pray for him, and in return, he would give back the field. After the bishop had prayed for him and he recovered his health, the provost took back the field. Then, the bishop fell to prayer and supplications, and broke all the lamps in the church, saying, \"None of them shall be lit until our Lord has avenged me on my enemy, and the church has recovered what it has lost.\" The provost was then severely tormented by his illness and sent messengers to the bishop asking him to pray for him again. He promised to return the field and another comparable one. The bishop answered, \"I have prayed for you before, and God heard and granted my prayer. When he is well, he will return it to me.\".And then the provost made him be born to the bishop and compelled him to enter into the church to pray. The bishop entered the church. And immediately the provost died. And the field was restored to the church. & thus ends the life of St. Andrew the apostle.\n\nNicholas is said to be of Nicosia, that is, victory of the people. Or else he is called victory of the people because he taught much people victory over vices and sins, or Nicholas is called Nichor, that is, the resplendence or shining of the people, for he had in him things that make shining and cleanness. After this, St. Ambrose says, \"The word of God, true confession, and holy thought make a man clean.\" And the doctors of Greece write his legend. And some others say that Methodius the patriarch wrote it in Greek..John the deacon translated it into Latin and made adjustments. Nicholas, a citizen of Panocrates, was born of Rich and holy kin. His father was Epiphanus, and his mother Joan. He was begotten in their early years, and from that time, he led a heavenly life. On the first day he was washed and baptized, he addressed himself upright in the basin and would not take the breast or pap but once on Wednesdays and once on Fridays. In his young age, he avoided the plays and games of other children. He delighted and haunted gladly the holy church, and all that he could understand of holy scripture, he executed in deed and work according to his power. When his father and mother had departed from this life, he began to think about how he might distribute his riches, not for the praise of the world, but for the honor and glory of God. And it happened that one of his neighbors had three virgin daughters at that time, and he was a noble man..but for their poverty, they were constrained and in very purpose to abandon them to the sin of lechery. So that by the gain and winnings of their infamy, he might be sustained. And when the holy man Nicholas knew of this villainy, and threw by night secretly into the house of the man a mass of gold, wrapped in a cloth. And when the man arose in the morning, he found this mass of gold. And he rendered to God therefore great thanksgivings. And with this, he married his oldest daughter, and a little while after, this holy servant of God drew in another mass of gold, which the man found. And he thanked God, and purposed to wake for to know him that so had aided him in his poverty. And a few days Nicholas doubled the mass of gold and cast it into the house of this man. He awoke by the sound of the gold, & followed Nicholas, who fled from him. And he said to him, \"Sir, flee not so, but that I may see and know thee.\" Then he ran after him..more hastily and knew that it was Nicholas. And anon he knelt down and wanted to kiss his feet, but the holy man would not. Instead, he required him not to tell or reveal this thing as long as he lived. After this, the bishop of the city had assembled for the consecration of a new bishop for this church. Among the other bishops was one of great authority. And when he had warned all to be in fasting and prayer, this bishop heard that night a voice which said to him that at the hour of matins, he should take heed to the doors of the church. And him that should come first to the church and have the name of Nicholas, they should consecrate him bishop. He shared this with the other bishops and admonished them to be all in prayer. He kept the doors. And this was a marvelous thing, for at the hour of matins, just as he had been sent by God, Nicholas arrived before all others. The bishop took him when he was there..And he, who was simple as a dove, inclined his head and said, \"I have a name: Nicholas.\" Then the bishop said to him, \"Nicholas, servant and friend of God, for your holiness, you shall be bishop of this place.\" And since they brought him to the church, it is reported that he refused it strongly. Yet they set him in the chair. And he followed as he had done before in all things of humility and honesty of manners. He woke in prayer and made his body lean. He shunned the company of women. He was humble in receiving all things. Profitable in speaking, joyous in admonishing, and cruel in correcting.\n\nIt is read in a chronicle that the blessed Nicholas was at the Council of Nicaea. And on a day, as a ship with mariners was in peril on the sea, they prayed and earnestly requested Nicholas, servant of God, saying, \"If the things we have heard about the said one are true, prove them now.\" And immediately a man appeared in likeness and said, \"Behold, see me.\".not you called me. Then he began to help them in their exploit of the sea. And immediately the tempest ceased. And when they were come to his church, they knew him without any man to show him to them. And yet they had never seen him. And then they thanked God and him for their deliverance. And he bade them to attribute it to the mercy of God and to their belief, and nothing to his merits.\n\nIt was at one time that the entire province of St. Nicholas suffered great famine, in such a way that provisions failed. And then this holy man heard it said that certain ships laden with wheat had arrived in the harbor. And anon he went there and prayed the mariners that they would share the perishing grain with the people at least with a few measures of wheat from every ship. And they said, father, we dare not. For it is forbidden, and measured. And we must give reckoning thereof in the granaries of the emperor in Alexandria. And the holy man said to them, do this that I have said to you, and I promise in truth..of God/that it shall not be lost or minimized/when you shall come to the granaries/And when they had delivered so much out of every ship/they came into Alexandria/& delivered the measure that they had received/Then they recounted the miracle to the ministers of the temple/and worshiped and prayed strongly to God and His servant Nicholas/Then this holy man distributed the wheat/to every man according to that he had need/in such a way that it sustained for two years/not only for selling/but also for sowing/\n\nIn this country, the people served idols/and worshiped the false image of the cursed dean/And to the time of this holy man/many of them had some customs of the pagans for sacrificing to Diana under a sacred tree/But this good man made all the country cease these customs/And commanded to cut down the tree/\n\nThen the devil was angry & wrote against him/and made an oil that burned against nature in water and burned stones also..And then he transformed himself into the guise of a little loathsome creature and put himself in a small boat. He encountered pilgrims who sailed toward this holy man, and addressed them thus: \"I would like to go to this holy man, but I may not. Therefore, I pray you to take this oil to his church and remember me by anointing the walls of the hall. And he vanished away.\n\nNext, they saw another ship with honest people among whom there was one resembling St. Nicholas. He spoke softly to them: \"What did this woman say to you? And what did she bring?\" They told him all in order. He said to them: \"This is the evil and foul deceiver. Cast that oil into the sea. And when they had cast it, a great fire caught it in the sea and it burned long against nature. Then they came to this holy man and said to him: \"Truly, you are he who appeared to us in the sea and delivered us from it.\".And in this time certain men rebelled against them, Emperor Nepocien, Versyn, and Appollyn. And they came to the port Andreu, for the wind which was contrary to them. And the blessed Nicholas came to them to dine with him, for he would keep his people from the Ravene they made. And while they were at dinner, the consul, corrupted by money, had commanded three innocent knights to be beheaded. And when the blessed Nicholas knew this, he prayed these three princes to leave him and go quickly. And when they came there, where they should be beheaded, he found them on their knees and blindfolded. The right ear brandished his sword over their heads. Then Saint Nicholas, filled with the love of God, set himself hastily against the right ear, took the sword out of his hand, and unbound the Innocents, and led them all with him. And immediately he went to the judgment, to the.Consul and fonde the the yates closed / whyche / anon he ope\u2223ned by force / And the Consul cam ano\u0304 and salewed hym / And thys holy man hauyng thys salutacio\u0304 in despyte sayd to hym / Those enemy of god corumper of the lawe / wherfor hast thou consen\u2223ted to so grete euyl and felonye / how darst thou loke on vs / And whan he had sore chyden / and repreuyd hym / he repentid and atte prayer of the iij prynces he receyueshedyng of blood / And syth retorned to themperour / and were wor\u2223shypfully receyuyd / And after thys it happed that som\u0304e other in the\u0304perours hous had enuye on the weel of thyse thre prynces / And accused them to themperour of hye trayson / And dy\u2223de so moche by prayer and by yeftes / that they caused themperour to be so ful of yre / that he comanded them to pry\u2223son / And without other demaunde he comanded that they shold be slayn that same nyght / And whan they knewe it by ther kepar / they rente their clothes and wepte bytterly / And thenne Ne\u00a6pocyen remembryd hym / how seynt ny\u00a6cholas had.Delivered the three Innocents and admonished the other to repent, for Saint Nicholas appeared to them. Afterward, he appeared to Constantine the emperor and said to him, \"Why have you taken these three princes with such great injustice, and judged them to death without cause? Arise quickly and command that they not be executed, or I will pray to God that He incites battle against you.\" He said to him, \"I am Nicholas, bishop of Myra.\" In the same way, he appeared to the priest and frightened him, saying with a fearful voice, \"You who have lost your mind and wit, why have you consented to the deaths of the Innocents? Go forth immediately and do your part to deliver them, or else your body shall rot and be eaten with worms, and your men will be destroyed.\" He asked him, \"Who are you that threaten me?\" He answered, \"Know you not that I am Nicholas, the bishop of this city, Myra.\" Then one awoke the other, and each told the other his dream, and immediately they sent for those who were in prison..The emperor asked them, \"Are you magicians or practitioners of witchcraft?\" They replied, \"We are not enchanters nor do we know any witchcraft. We have not deserved the sentence of death.\" The emperor then said to them, \"Do you know a man named Nicholas?\" At the mention of the saint's name, they raised their hands toward heaven and prayed to the Lord that they might be delivered from their present peril. When the emperor had heard of them and the miracles of Saint Nicholas, he said to them, \"Go forth and give thanks to God who has delivered you through the intercession of this holy man. Worship him and bear your jewels to him as offerings. Pray that he may threaten me no more, but that he may pray for me and for my kingdom to the Lord.\"\n\nSome time after the princes went to the holy man and fell down humbly at his feet, saying truly, \"You are the servant of God, and the true worshiper and lover of.\".Iesus Christ and when they had all finished speaking this thing in order, He lifted up His hands to heaven and gave thanks and prayers to God. And He sent the princes back well informed into their countries. And when it pleased our Lord to have Him depart from this world, He prayed to our Lord that He would send His angels to Him. And as He leaned His head back, He saw angels coming to Him. By this He knew well that He should depart. And he began this holy psalm: In te domine speraui; unto In manus tuas; And saying, \"Lord, into Thy hands I commend my spirit,\" He rendered up His soul and died in the year of our Lord three hundred and forty-four.\n\nAnd when He was buried in a tomb of marble, a fountain of oil sprang out from His head to His feet. And to this day, holy oil flows out of His body, which is very valuable for the relief of many sicknesses. And after Him, in His see, succeeded a man of good and holy life, who by everyone was called from his..A bishop named Riches, when he was out at sea, the oil stopped leaking and renounced to run. When he was restored to it, the oil ran again.\n\nLong after this, the Turks destroyed the city of Myrre. They then called upon four knights of Bar and four monks, who showed them the sepulcher of St. Nicholas. They opened it and found the bones swimming in the oil. They bore them away honorably into the city of Bar in the year of our Lord MLXXVJ.\n\nThere was a man who had borrowed some money from a Jew. He swore upon the altar of St. Nicholas that he would repay it as soon as he could and gave no other pledge. This man held the money for a long time, and the Jew demanded and asked for his money. He said that he had paid him. Then the Jew made him come before the law in judgment. The truth was given to the debtor. He brought with him an empty staff in which he had put the money in gold. He lent on the staff and asked whom he should make it payable to..this man swore to the Jew that he would deliver his staff to keep and hold while he swore, and then demanded his staff back from the Jew after taking an oath. The Jew, unaware of his deceit, returned the staff. This deceitful man then went on his way and soon grew drowsy. He lay down in the road and fell asleep. A cart with four wheels came with great force and killed him, breaking the staff with gold that scattered. When the Jew heard this, he came in a great anger and saw the fraud. Many urged him to take the gold, but he refused, saying that if the deceitful man had not been raised to life again by the miracles of St. Nicholas, he would not accept it. If the man came back to life, he would receive baptism and become Christian. The deceitful man then arose, and the Jew was baptized. Another Jew saw the virtuous miracles of St. Nicholas and was moved to make a similar commitment..A image of the saint and set it in his house, commanding him to keep well his house and all his goods, saying to him, \"Nicholas, lo here be all my goods. I charge you to keep them. If you do not keep them well, I shall avenge myself on you, betraying and tormenting you. Once when the Jew was out, thieves came and robbed all his goods, leaving only the image. When the Jew returned home, he found himself robbed of all his goods. He accused the image, saying, \"Sir Nicholas, I had set you in my house to keep my goods from thieves. Why have you not kept them? You shall receive sorrow and torment, and shall pay for the thieves. I shall avenge my loss and restrain my wrath by beating you. Then the Jew took the image and beat it cruelly. Suddenly, a great marvel occurred: as the thieves departed with the goods, the saint, as if still in his armor, appeared..A man, for the love of his son, who went to school to learn, annually held Saint Nicholas' feast solemnly. On one occasion, it happened that the father had:\n\nThe users spoke to him and asked why he had been beaten so cruelly on their behalf and had endured so many torments. See how my body is hewn and broken, they said. See how the red blood flows down from my body. Go quickly and restore it, or else the wrath of Almighty God will make you one out of his wine, and all men will know your wickedness. Each of you will be hanged. They asked, \"Who are you who speak such things to us?\" He replied, \"I am Nicholas, the servant of Jesus Christ, whom you have so cruelly beaten for his good deeds that you have carried away.\"\n\nThey were afraid and went to the Jew, and heard what he had done to them. They told him the miracle and returned all his goods to him. Thus, the thieves came to the way of truth, and the Jew to the way of Jesus Christ.\n\nA man, for the love of his son, who went to school to learn, annually held Saint Nicholas' feast solemnly. It happened once that the father had:.do make ready the dinner and called many clerks to this dinner. The devil came to the gate in the guise of a pilgrim, seeking alms. The father commanded his son to give alms to the pilgrim. He followed him to give alms and when he came to the quarrel, he strangled him. And when the father heard this, he was greatly sorrowful and wept, and brought the body into his chamber, and began to cry for sorrow and say, \"Right sweet son, how is it with you? Is this the reward you have given me because I have long served you?\" And as he said these words and other similar ones, the child opened his eyes and awoke, as if he had been asleep, and rose up before all and was raised from death to life. Another nobleman prayed to St. Nicholas that he would, through his merits, obtain from the Lord a son. He promised to offer up to him a cup of gold. Then the son was born and grew up..And the father commanded to make a cup. And the cup pleased him much. He retained it for himself and did make another of the same value. And as they wrote, in a ship toward Saint Nicholas' church, the child would have filled the cup. He filled it with water from the cup. And immediately it was lost and could no more be seen. Yet nevertheless, the father performed a second cup. And whatever he had offered it, if it had fallen down like one cast under the altar. And he took it up and set it again upon the altar. And then it was cast farther than before. And yet he took it up and remedied it the third time upon the altar. And it was thrown again farther than before, and all those who were there marveled. And men came to see this thing. And immediately the child that had fallen into the water in the sea came back before them all and brought in his hands the first cup. And he recounted to the people that immediately, as he was fallen into the sea, the blessed Saint Nicholas came and saved him..kept him that he had no harm and his father was glad and offered two cups to St. Nicholas. There was another rich man who, through the merits of St. Nicholas, had a son whom he called Deus dedit - God gave. This rich man built a chapel of St. Nicholas in his dwelling place and annually consecrated the feast of St. Nicholas. This custom was established on the land of Agarians. This child was taken prisoner and appointed to serve the king. The following year and the day that his father devotedly observed the feast of St. Nicholas, the child held a precious cup before the king. He remembered his price, the sorrow of his friends, and the joy that day brought to his father's house. He began to sigh heavily. And when the king asked him why and what he was called, he told him truthfully. And when the king knew it, he said to him, \"Whatever St. Nicholas does or does not, you shall remain with us.\".Suddenly there blew a mighty wind that made all the houses tremble. And the child was startled by the cup. And he was set before the gate. Where his father held the solemnity of St. Nicholas in such a way that all seemed great joy. And some say that this child was from Normandy, and went over the sea, and was taken by the sultan, who made him often be beaten before him. And as he was beaten on the day of St. Nicholas, and was afterwards put in prison, he prayed to St. Nicholas as much for the beating that he suffered as for the great joy that he was accustomed to having on the day of St. Nicholas.\n\nAnd when he had prayed and sighed for a long time, he fell asleep. And when he awoke, he found himself in the chapel of his father, where much joy was made for him.\n\nLate us then pray to this blessed saint, that he will pray for us to our Lord Jesus Christ, who is blessed forever and ever. Amen.\n\nHere ends the life of St. Nicholas.\n\nMaria invemsci gratia apud..When the angel Gabriel approached our lady to reveal to her the blessed conception of our Lord, he comforted her by saying the words mentioned above: \"You have found grace with the Lord. There are four kinds of people: two are good and two are evil. Some do not seek God or His grace, as those outside the faith. Whoever does not believe in his Lord God shall die perpetually. Others seek God and His grace, but they do not find it because they seek it in the wrong way, as covetous men who place all their love in pride and in the world's solace. Such people are likened to those who seek flowers in winter. They seek flowers in winter who seek God and His grace in the covetousness of the world, which is so cold of all virtues that it quenches all the devotion of the love of God. The world is also called 'it'.\".Arise up thou my fair soul,\nwinter is passed,\nI am now past the winter,\nfor thou hast conquered the temptations of the world which kept my love,\nand therefore come into my kingdom,\nwhere thou shalt find dedication,\nof all flowers of the summer,\nthere as sinners cannot come,\nbecause they do not seek God as they should,\nthrough every repentance of heart,\nAnd therefore says our Lord in John's seventh chapter,\nYou seek and you shall not find,\nJohn's eighth chapter,\nand you shall not find me,\nLo, you seek me, and in sin you shall die.\n\nThe third kind of people who do not seek God,\nand yet they find Him not,\nThey are children who die in their innocence,\nand are purged by the lap of God,\nsays the prophet Isaiah in chapter 64.\n\nInquired for those who did not seek me.\nI am found by those who did not seek me..Seeked me not / And that is for default of Age / The fourth manner of people who seek God and find Him / are they who set all their desire to serve God and love Him / like the blessed virgin Mary, who since she was in her infancy placed herself in the service of God and the love of Him / and vowed to Him chastity before all other women / And therefore with right might the Angel well say to her / Maria inuenisti gratiam apud dominum / Mary you have found grace at God our Lord /\n\nWe find in the scripture that this glorious virgin Mary has found grace in three ways / For her coming was long before prophesied / And her birth announced and shown by the Angel / And in the womb of her mother she was sanctified and hallowed / First, her coming was shown and prophesied in many ways and by many figures / For Balaam prophesied, Numbers sixteenth chapter / Orietur stella ex Jacob / et consurget virga de Israhel / That is to say / the virgin Mary shall be born of the lineage of Jacob / and a rod shall rise from Israel..Of Jacob, the patriarch, it is a custom for people to praise a person. They will compare him to a valiant man, as it is commonly said of a hardy man. This is a right Alexander. And of a simple man, this is a right Job. Balaam the prophet compared our lady to a star for three reasons. First, because she is surrounded and gives beauty to all human creatures, like the star does on the firmament. For she has opened to us the gate of paradise. As it is sung in holy church, \"Paradise's gate, which was closed to all men, is now opened by the blessed virgin Mary.\" Secondly, like the star enlightens the night by its clarity, in the same way the glorious lady enlightens by her life all holy church. Of which holy church it sings, \"The noble life of our lady gave light to the world.\" As Hugo de Sancto Victor says, \"O glorious lady, for as much as.\".Thou hast engendered grace and glory to all people unto the deed of life, to sinner's grace and captive's pardon, as is said in Judith, chapter 15: Thou art the glory of Jerusalem, Thou art the joy of Israel, Thou art all the honor of our people. Thou hast kept chastity, and therefore thou shalt be blessed permanently. Chapter same: Comforted is thy heart, that thou mayest love chastity and after thy man thou shalt not know adultery. Therefore, and the hand of the Lord comforted thee, and thou shalt be blessed forever. Judith 7: Pray for us, for thou art a holy woman. Item, chapter 14: Blessed art thou and all the people shall call thee blessed.\n\nThirdly, she is compared to the star, for she has dwelt all her life steadfastly in all works of virtue without doing any..synne is like the star which holds itself on the firmament without descending there / For Saint Bernard says that if it were demanded of all the saints who ever were, they might answer this question written in John's Gospel: \"If we say that we have no sin, the truth is not in us\" / \u00b6 If we say that we have done no sin, we deceive ourselves, and truth is not in us / This glorious virgin was sanctified more plainly and more specifically in her mother's womb than any other / For as Saint Thomas Aquinas writes in his Compendium, there are three manners of sanctification: / The first is common and given by the sacraments of the holy church, such as baptism and other sacraments, and these grant grace but do not remove the inclination to sin mortally and venially / No, this was done in the virgin Mary / For she was consecrated and confirmed in all goodness more than any creature, as Saint Augustine says..\"Although she never sinned mortally or venially, for she was so much enlightened by the holy ghost which descended in her that through the conception of her blessed son Jesus Christ, who remained in her for nine months, she was so confirmed in all virtues that there was no inclination towards sin in her. Therefore, the holy church reveres and honors this feast in its ordering, because this feast became known to the church through some miracles, as we find recorded in this manner. Archbishop Anselm of Canterbury and pastor of England sends greetings and blessings in the name of the Lord perpetual to the bishops under me and to all who remember the blessed virgin Mary, mother of God. Dear brothers, I shall relate to you how the conception of the glorious virgin Mary was once shown in England, in France, and in other countries through miracles. In the time that it pleased God to correct the people of England\".of their evil intentions and to subdue them through his service and conquer the realm of England / And after he became king of the land, he immediately, by the help of God and his prudence, reformed the states and dignities of the holy church into better reformation than it had been. The devil, enemy to all good works, envied and obstructed this, hindering the good works as much by the falsehoods of his servants as by encouraging his strangers.\n\nWhen the Danes heard that England was thus subject to the Norsemen, they made ready to resist it. When King William understood this, he immediately sent Abbot Helisius of Ramesey to Denmark to learn of the trouble. This abbot, after he had carried out his commission diligently and was returning a great part of the sea homeward, encountered a great tempest on the sea in such a way that the ropes and other equipment of the ship broke and the masters and governors of the ship were arrested..and all who were in it lost hope and trusted in the escape from this tempest. And all cried devoutly to the glorious virgin Mary, who is consoling to the distressed and hope to the despairing, and recommended themselves to the keeping of God.\n\nAnd soon they saw coming towards the ship on the water an honorable person in the habit of a bishop. He called out to the said abbot in the ship and said to him, \"Will you escape these perils of the sea and return home safely to your country?\" And the abbot answered weeping, \"I desire above all other things,\" then said the angel to him, \"know that I am sent here by our lady to say to you that if you will listen to me and do as I command, you shall escape this peril of the sea.\" The abbot promised that gladly he would obey.\n\nThen said the angel, \"Make a covenant with God and with me that you shall keep the feast of the conception of our lady and of her creation well and solemnly.\".And the abbot asked in what time this feast should be kept. The angel answered him on the eighth day of December. The abbot demanded of him what office and service he should take for the service in the holy church. The angel answered, \"All the office of the Nativity of our lady, except when you say Nativity, you shall say Conception.\" And immediately after the angel vanished away, and the tempest ceased. The abbot returned safely to his country with his company. He noted for all that he might that he had heard and seen. And, noble sirs, if you will arrive at the port of Health, may you devoutly honor the Creation and the Conception of the Mother of our Lord, by whom we may receive the reward of her Son in the glory of paradise celestial.\n\nIt is also otherwise declared. In the time of Charlemagne, king of France, there was a cleric who was brother German to the king of Hungary. He loved dearly the blessed virgin Mary..He wished to say every day matins of her and the hours. It happened that, by counsel of his friends, he took in marriage a very fair damsel. And when he had wedded her and the priest gave the blessing upon them after the mass, immediately he remembered that on that day he had not said his hours of our Lady. Therefore he sent his bride and the people back to his house. He remained in the church beside an altar to say his hours. And when he came to this Anthem, Pulcra es et decora filia Ierusalem, that is to say, thou art fair and gracious daughter of Jerusalem, the glorious Virgin Mary appeared before him with two angels on either side. She said to him, I am fair and gracious; why do you leave me and take another wife; or where have you seen one more fair than I am? The cleric answered, Lady, your beauty surpasses all the world. You are lifted up above the heavens and above the angels. What do you want? She answered and said, if you will..Thou shalt leave thy wife fleshly. Thou shalt have me as thy spouse in the Kingdom of heaven. And if thou wilt honor the feast of my conception on the eighth day of December, and preach it so it may be honored, thou shalt be crowned in the Kingdom of heaven. And immediately thereafter, our blessed lady [disappeared]. Late then pray to that glorious virgin, our lady Saint Mary, that after this short and transitory life we may be crowned in heaven in celestial glory. God bring us there Amen.\n\nHe concludes the Conception of our blessed lady.\n\nSaints Fulcien and Victorice, from whom this solemnity is honored, came from the city of Rome to preach the faith of Jesus Christ to these parts. They were in the city of Tours and preached there the faith. They returned by Amiens and passed by a little village named Sains. There they found a good man who believed in God, but he was not yet baptized. He was named Gecien. And he said to them, \"Welcome, sirs.\" And they replied, \"God save you.\".And after he demanded which one of you is Quintyne, and they answered that they seek one of their fellows called Quintyne, and he said, \"Fair sirs, he was but recently heard of, not long since,\" and sentence was given that such people who preach of God should be slain, but come near and eat a morsel of bread. And as they were there, a tyrant named Rixionaire came with sergeants and said to the general, \"Deliver them to us who are here,\" and he said, \"They pay no heed to you.\" The tyrant Rixionaire was greatly angry and sorrowful, and made an attempt to take the general and struck off his head. Afterward, he made them take Saint Fulcyen and Saint Victorie, and brought them to the amyens. He said to them that they should forsake their god, whom they had made die a wicked death, and they said they would not. Then he made them take irons and put them through their ears..nosethrelles and after they had struck off their heads, and by the will and power of our lord, they arose up and took their heads in their hands, and carried them two miles far from the place where they had been beheaded. And all three were buried together in that town, which is called Saint Fulcien. A great rage and madness took the tyrant Rixionaire, and he cried through the city of Amiens, \"Alas, Alas, Alas! Now the saints have avenged themselves on me! And since they died in their fury, and thus were the friends of our lord avenged on the tyrant. And by such martyrdom, the glorious saints departed out of this life to the Kingdom of heaven. Therefore, pray we unto the glorious martyrs, Saints Fulcien, Victorice, and Genesien, that they will pray God for us, that by their merits, we may have pardon and forgiveness of our sins. Amen.\n\nThus end the lives of the holy saints Genesien, Fulcien, and Victorice. Lucie is said to be of light, and light is beauty in beholding. After that, Saint.Ambrose says that the nature of light is such:\nShe is gracious in beholding; she spreads over all without lying down.\nShe passes in going right without crooking by a long line.\nAnd it is without delay in tarrying.\nTherefore, the blessed light is shown to have beauty of virginity without any corruption.\nEssence of charity without disordinate love.\nRightful going and devotion to God, without squaring out of the way.\nLong line by continual work without negligent tarrying.\nIn light is said, \"the way of light.\"\n\nSaint Lucy, the holy virgin, was born in Cecille and extracted and engendered of a noble lineage in the city of Syracuse. When she heard of the good fame and renown of Saint Agatha or Agnes, which was published and spread about, she went with her mother, named Eutice, to her sepulcher. At that time, her mother had a malady named the bloody flux. And when they were there at a mass, one read a gospel that mentioned a woman..Heled of the bloody flux, by touching the hem of Jesus' coat, heard Saint Lucye. Anon, she told her mother, \"If you believe that which is red to be true, and that Saint Agatha now has Jesus Christ present with her, and that for his name she suffered martyrdom. And if you believe this, touch her sepulcher without doubt, and you will be instantly healed and anointed upon this. After the mass, when the people had departed, the two knelt on the sepulcher of Saint Agatha in prayer, weeping. Saint Lucye, in making her prayers for her mother, fell asleep. In her sleep, she saw Saint Agatha among angels nobly adorned and arrayed with precious stones. They spoke to her, \"Sweet sister and devout virgin to God, why do you pray to me for your mother? Grant her such things as you can give her yourself, for I tell you truly, that for your faith and your devotion to me, I will grant your request.\".good life/ your mother is safe and whole/ with these words, Saint Lucie awakened all and said to her mother: Mother, you are guaranteed and I am whole. I pray for her sake/ by whose prayers you have been healed/ That you never mention to me the taking of a husband or spouse/ But all that good which you would give me with a man/ I pray that you will give it to me for alms-giving, with all that I may come to my Savior Ihu, Christ.\n\nYour mother answered her: Fair daughter/ your patrimony, which I have received these eight years since your father died/ I have nothing assigned/ but I have greatly increased it/ but wait until I am departed from this world/ Then do as it pleases thee.\n\nSaint Lucie said: Sweet mother, here is my counsel/ he is not beloved of God who gives that which he may not use himself/ but if you find God gracious to you/ give for him that which you may dispose of after your death/ which you cannot in any way use..thou request when thou shalt die / thou request it / because thou cannot bear it with thee / give then for God's sake why / and as to such good as thou oughtest to give to me with a husband or spouse / begin to give all of it to the poor for the love of God. Saint Lucy spoke always to her mother / and every day they gave alms of their goods / and when they had almost sold their patrimony and their jewels / tidings came to the knowledge of her spouse who should have wedded her / and that she was promised to / whom he demanded of the truth from the nun of Saint Lucy / and why they sold thus their patrimony / she answered cautiously / and said that they did it because Saint Lucy, who should have been his wife, had found one who had a fairer and nobler heritage than his was, whom they would buy before they assembled by marriage / you fool believed it / for he understood carnally what the nun had said to him spiritually / and help her..She sold her inheritance, but what she understood was that she gave it all for God's love, and that he felt deceived. Immediately, he complained to Lucye and summoned her before a judge named Paschasius, who was a corrupt and pagan man. This was because she was Christian, and she had acted against the laws of the emperor. Paschasius blamed her and admonished her to worship and sacrifice to the idols. She replied, \"Sacrifice, which pleases God, is to visit the widows and orphans and help them in their need. I have not ceased these three years to make such sacrifices to God. And as much as I have no more of which I may make yet such sacrifices, I offer myself to Him. Let Him do with my offering as it pleases Him.\" Paschasius said, \"You might say such words to Christ's people, but to me, who keeps the commands of the emperors, you say them in vain.\" Saint Lucye replied, \"If you will keep the law of your lords, I will keep the law of God.\".\"You doubt yourself and anger them. I shall keep myself from angering my god. You will please them. I only desire to please our lord Jesus Christ. Pascasius said, \"You have squandered your patrimony with the Rabbles. And that is why you speak as a rabble. She said, \"I have set my patrimony in a safe place. To the corruption of my heart and body, I never agreed or suffered it. Pascasius said, \"Who are those who corrupt the heart and body?\" She said, \"You are those who corrupt the hearts. The apostle said, 'Evil words corrupt good manners.' You counsel souls to forsake their creator and tempt the devil. In making sacrifice to idols. The corruptors of the body are they who love short corporal delights and despise spiritual delights, enduring everlasting. Pascasius said, \"These words that you say will finish when you come to your pains.\" She said, \"The words of God may not end or finish.\" Pascasius said, \"Then how are you God?\"\".She said, \"I am the handmaid of God, and for so much I say, these are the words of God. He says you are not those who speak before the princes and judges, but the holy ghost speaks in you. Pascasius said, and therefore, the holy ghost is in her. She said, \"The apostle says that they are the temple of God who live chastely, and the holy ghost dwells in them. Pascasius said, 'I shall bring you to the brothel, where you shall lose your chastity, and then the holy ghost will depart from you.' She said, 'The body may not be corrupted, but if the heart and will give it consent, it will be. If you make me perform sacrifice by my hands against my will to the idols, God will take it only as a jest. He understands only of the will and consenting. And therefore, if you make my body be defiled without my consent and against my will, my chastity shall increase double to the merit of the crown of glory. Whatever you do to the body which is in your power, that\".Then Pascasius commanded the ruffians of the town to come to him. He ordered them to speak to Saint Lucye, urging others to defile her and labor her so much that she would die. Immediately, the ruffians intended to take her from where she was and bring her to the brothel. But the holy ghost made her so peaceful and heavy that in no way they could move her from the spot. Many of Judas' servants joined in to help, but she remained still. They bound cords to her hands and feet, and all pulled, but she remained unmoved, like a mountain. Pascasius was greatly distressed and angry. He called upon his enchanters, who could never move her through their enchantments. Then Pascasius ordered oxen to be yoked to her, many to pull her, but they could not move her from the spot. Pascasius demanded to know why it was that a:\n\n(Note: The text appears to be incomplete at the end.).A maiden might not be drawn nor moved by a thousand men, she said; it is the work of God. And if you set it to the test yet ten thousand, they would not move me. Of these words the judge was so tormented that he asked, why do you torment yourself thus? If you have proved and tested that I am the temple of God, believe it if you have not tested. Learn to test.\n\nThe judge was more tormented still, for he saw that she mocked him. He therefore did make a great fire about Saint Lucy and cast boiling oil upon her pitch. And she stood still before the fire and said, I have prayed to Jesus Christ that this fire have no dominion over me, until the Christian men make of their derision, and I have prayed for the reprieve of my martyrdom, for taking away from the Christian men the fear and dread to die for the faith of Jesus Christ, and taking away from the mockers the avenging of my..The friends of the judge saw that Saint Lucy was confused by the words and greatly distressed by the drawing. And therefore they ran a sword through her throat. Yet despite this, she did not die immediately but spoke to the people, saying, \"I announce and show to you that the holy church will have peace. Diocletian, the emperor who was an enemy to the holy church, is put out of his power today. Maximian, his fellow, is dead today. In the same way, Saint Agatha is patroness and guardian of Catania. In the same way, I will be commissioned to be patroness of Syracuse this city. And as I speak thus to the people, the sergeants and ministers of Rome came to take Paschasius and bring him to Rome. This was because he was accused before the senators of Rome for robbing the province. Therefore, he received his sentence from the senate and had his head struck off. Saint Lucy never left the place where she was wounded by the sword nor died until then.\".In this place, a church was built in the name of the blessed woman who received the blessed body of our Lord Jesus Christ. And as soon as she had received the blessed sacrament, she rendered and gave up her soul to God, thanking and praising Him for all His goodness. In this place, many benefactions are given in honor of our Lord Ihu Crist, who is blessed without end. Amen\n\nDuring that time, the Wandals wasted and destroyed many cities and lands. They came to the city of Reims in France, where Saint Nicasius was archbishop. He preached the faith of Jesus Christ and comforted the people, urging them to receive in patience the persecution of the Wandals, who had then destroyed the countryside and land all around the city. And as the people of the city came to the archbishop and asked for counsel, whether they should yield to them or go and fight for the city, Saint Nicasius, to whom God had revealed beforehand that the Wandals were coming, advised that the entire city should be surrendered..\"destroyed, he implored and obtained the grace of our lord that this tribulation and death should be for the health of the souls of those who, to their power, should be repentant of their sins. And then he said to them, \"Go surely to the peril of death, and abandon the mercy of God.\" I am ready to sacrifice my soul for my people. Pray for our enemies, and desire their souls as if they were our own. Thus, as he spoke to the people, Saint Eutropius' sister exhorted them as much as she could to receive martyrdom, which was ready. After their sons and signs they had made to the people, they issued out against the Vandals. And Saint Nichas said to them, \"If you will kill my people, kill me first.\" After he preached to them the faith of Jesus Christ and taught them how they might be saved, but they would not understand it. Then the holy man set himself to prayer. And while he prayed, his enemies struck off his head.\".When he finished praying, he said in his tongue this verse from the Psalter: \"Adhesit panimentum &c.\" Upon seeing her brother being martyred, St. Eutropes saw that no one prepared him for martyrdom but strove instead, for her beauty. She ran to the one who had slain her brother and would have gouged out his eyes. Instantly, she was martyred, along with many others. Then the angels saw a great company of knights from heaven come to avenge the great crime they had committed. They heard a great sound in the church and were so frightened and terrified that they abandoned all their armor and fled. A great light and clarity appeared upon their bodies, which could be seen far into the night. Some burghers, who had fled and saw the clarity, felt a great odor around the martyrs and buried them around the city. They thanked the Lord and served Him more perfectly than before. I pray that you pray to the holy Saint Nicholas and to Saint [name missing]..Eutropius requests they receive our lord's grace and join us. Amen.\n\nThus ends the life of Saint Nicholas. Thomas is called \"doubting Thomas\" or \"Didymus\" in Greek, or \"Elisios\" or \"Thomas the Divison.\" Thomas, also known as Didymus or Thomas the Twin, was given this name because he was deemed worthy to penetrate the depths of divinity. At his interrogation, Jesus Christ answered him, \"I am the way, truth, and life.\" Thomas was called \"doubting\" because he knew Christ in his resurrection more than the others did, as they knew him only through sight, but Thomas knew him through both sight and touch. Thomas is also called \"the Divison\" or \"the Departing,\" as he departed from the love of the world and was separated from the other apostles at the Resurrection. Alternatively, Thomas is said to have appeared again, signifying his love for God through contemplation. He had three things within him, as Prosper states in the book of the soul..Contemplating and demanding to know what it is to love nothing but to conceive Him in thought, and the tale of God, and hate of sin, and to forsake the world. Thomas is as much to say, continually going in the love and contemplation of God. Thomas is as much as my God, because he said, when he touched the side of our Lord, \"My God and my Lord.\"\n\nSaint Thomas, what he was in Caesarea, our Lord appeared to him and said, \"The king of India, Goodfellow, has sent his procurator Ananes to seek men who can well the craft of masons. And I will send you to him. And Saint Thomas said, \"Lord, send me over them of India, save to them of India.\" And our Lord said to him, \"Go thy way thither surely, for I will be thy keeper. And when thou hast converted them of India, thou shalt come to me by the crown of martyrdom.\" Thomas said to Him, \"Thou art my Lord,\" and I thy servant. Thy will be fulfilled. And as the procurator went through the market, our Lord said to him, \"Young man, what will you?\".And he said, \"My lord has sent me to bring to him some learned in the science of masonry, to make for him a palace after the work of Rome. And then, our lord delivered to him St. Thomas the apostle, and told him that he was very expert in that work. And they departed and sailed until they came to a city where the king made a wedding of his daughter. He had it proclaimed that all the people should come to this feast of this marriage, or else he would be angry. And it happened that the prior and Thomas went there. An Hebrew maiden had a pipe in her hand, and prayed each with some lord or prayer. And when she saw the apostle, she knew that he was an Hebrew, because he ate not but always kept his eyes fixed on heaven. And as the maid sang before him in Hebrew, she said, 'The God of heaven is one only God, who created all things and founded the seas.' And the apostle made her repeat those words again.\".The bottler beheld him and saw that Thomas neither ate nor drank, but always looked upward to heaven. The bottler approached the apostle and struck him on the cheek. The apostle said to him, \"In the future, it will be forgiven to you, and this transient wound will be given to you. I will not rise from this place until the hand that struck me is fed with dogs.\"\n\nShortly after, the bottler went to fetch water from the well. A lion appeared and killed him, and the hounds tore his body into pieces. In such a way that a black dog brought the right arm into the hall during the dinner. And when they saw this, all the company was abashed. They remembered the words and threw down their pipes or flutes and fell at the feet of the apostle.\n\nThis vengeance is blamed on St. Austin in his book of Faustus. And he says that it was instigated by some false prophets.\n\nWhether this thing might be suspicious to many things, it is unclear..But it is not up to me whether this is true or not. I only wrote that it should be like what our Lord teaches. He says, \"If anyone strikes you on one cheek, offer the other as well.\" And certainly this apostle held in his heart the will of God and affection. And without delay, he required an example of correction. This is what St. Augustine says, and then, at the king's request, the apostle blessed those who were newly married and said, \"Lord God, give to these children the blessing of your right honor, and set in their minds the seed of life.\"\n\nWhen the apostle had departed, a branch of palm full of dates was found in the hand of the young man who had been married. And when he and his wife had eaten of the fruit, they fell asleep. And they had a similar dream. For it seemed to them that a king, surrounded by precious stones, embraced them and said, \"My apostle has blessed you in such a way that you shall be sharers of the imperishable glory.\"\n\nThen they awoke and told each other..And then the apostle came to them and said, \"Your king has appeared to you right now, and he has brought me here with the doors shut so that my blessing may be fruitful upon you. And that you may have the certainty of your flesh, which is the queen of all virtues and the fruit of perpetual health, and above all things, possessions, victory over lechery, lord of faith, discomfiture of devils, and the certainty of enduring joy. Lechery is engendered from corruption, and from corruption comes pollution, and from pollution comes sin, and from sin is confusion engendered. And he saying this, two angels appeared to them and said, \"We are the two angels deputed to keep you. And if you keep well all the commandments of the apostle, we shall offer to God all your desires. And then the apostle baptized them and instructed them diligently in the faith. And long time after, the wife named Pelagia was consecrated with a veil and suffered martyrdom. And the husband named Denys..was the sacred shop of that city / And after this, the apostle and Alban came to the king of India / The king designed to give the apostle a marvelous palace / and delivered to him great treasure / And the king went into another province / And the apostle gave all the treasure to the poor people / And the apostle was always in preachings / for two years or thereabout before the king came / and converted many people without nobility to the faith / And when the king came and knew what he had done, he put him and Alban in the deepest of his prison / Intending fully to flee and burn them / And in the meantime, Gaius, brother of the king, died / And a rich sepulcher was made for him / And on the fourth day, he who had been dead arose from death and lived, and all men were abashed and fled / And he said to his brother, \"This man whom you intend to flee and burn is the friend of God / And Thaugeles of God serve him / And they brought me into paradise / And showed me a palace of gold and silver and of precious stones..\"And when I marveled at the great beauty of the precious stones, they told me, \"This is the palace that Thomas has made for your brother.\" I replied that I would be the porter. They said to me, \"Your brother is unworthy to have it. If you will dwell in it, we will pray God to raise him up so that you may take it from him, giving him the money he had supposed he had lost. When he had said this, he ran to the prison and asked the apostle to pardon his brother for what he had done. Then the apostle released him and prayed that he would take and do a precious vestment on him. The apostle said to him, \"Do you not know that those who desire to have power in heavenly things set nothing in fleshly or earthly things?\" When the apostle was released from prison, the king came before him again and asked for pardon. Then the apostle said to him, 'God.'\".\"he has given you much great grace, when he has revealed to you his secrets. Now believe in Jesus Christ and be baptized, so that you may be prince in the Everlasting Kingdom. Then the brother of the king said, I have seen the palaces that you have built for my brother. I am coming to buy it. And the apostle said to him, if it is your brother's will, it shall be done. And the king said, since it pleases God, this shall be mine. And the apostle shall make it known to the other. And if perhaps he may not, this same shall come to you and to me. And the apostle answered and said, many palaces are there in heaven which have been prepared since the beginning of the world, bought with the price of faith and alms of your riches. These palaces may well go before you, but they may not follow you. And after this, at the end of a month, the apostle gathered all those of the province. And when they were assembled, he commanded that the fallen and sick should be brought in.\".Set apart from them selves, then he prayed for them. Those who were well instructed and taught replied, \"Amen.\" And immediately a clear light came from heaven, which descended upon them and struck down all the people and appeared to them as though they had been struck by thunder. They lay there for the space of half an hour. Afterward, they arose and said, \"Arise up, for our lord has come as thunder and has healed us.\" And at once they all arose whole and glorified God and the apostle. Then the apostle began to teach them and showed them the degrees of virtue. The first is that they should believe in God, who is one essence and three in persons. He showed them sensible examples of how three persons are in one essence. The first example in a man is wisdom. And from this comes understanding, memory, and knowledge. Knowledge is of that which you have learned and retain in memory, and the foundation is that you understand..This text is primarily in Middle English, with some missing characters. I will do my best to clean and translate it while staying faithful to the original content.\n\nThe third example is that there are three things in the mind of a man: hearing, seeing, and tasting or smelling.\nThe second degree is that they receive baptism.\nThe third is that they keep themselves from fornication.\nThe fourth is that they keep themselves from avarice.\nThe fifth is that they restrain themselves from gluttony.\nThe sixth is that they keep their penance.\nThe seventh is that they persevere and abide in these things.\nThe eighth is that they love hospitality.\nThe nineteenth is that in things to be done they require the will of God.\nAnd that they require such things by works.\nThe tenth is that they eschew those things that are not to be done.\nThe eleventh is that they do charity to their enemies and friends.\nThe twelfth is that they keep charity.\nAnd to work diligently to keep these things.\n\nAfter his preaching, forty thousand men were baptized without women and small children.\nAnd in continence, he went into the great Inde, where he shone brightly..Miracles innumerable. He enlightened and made Syntice, friend of Migdon, wife of Carisien, cousin of the king of Inde, see him. Syntice said to Synice, \"Do you think I may see him?\" Then Syntice advised Syntice to change her appearance and join the poor women. She went where the apostle preached. He began to preach about the misery and unhappiness of this life, saying that life is unhappy, wretched, and subject to accidents. It is so sleepy and fleeting that when one thinks to hold it, it slips away. After the word of God, and likening it to four things: first, a color that illuminates the understanding; second, a syrup or purgation, for the word of God purges our affections from all fleshly love; third, an ointment, because it heals the wounds of our sins; and fourth, food, because the word of God nourishes us and delights in heavenly love. Similarly, like these things:.All these things avail not to the sick man unless he takes and receives them. The word of God profitably fits nothing to a languishing sick man unless he hears it devoutly. And as the apostle believed in God and refused the bed of his bondwoman, Carisien did so much that he had the apostle set in prison. And Mygdone went to him and asked him for forgiveness because he was set in prison for her sake. And he comforted her sweetly and said he would endure it nobly. And then Carisien prayed the king that he would send the queen, his wife's sister, to her to try if she might tear her away from the Christian faith. The queen was sent there, and when she saw and knew of the many miracles the apostle performed, she said, \"Cursed be those who believe not in his works.\" Then the apostle taught those who were there the following four things: First, they should love the church, honor, and worship the priests..Assemble them often in prayers and often to hear the word of God. When the king saw the queen, he said to her, \"Why have you remained here so long?\" And she answered, \"I had supposed that Meggive was a fool, but she is wise. For she has brought me to the apostle, who has shown me the way of truth. Fools are those who do not believe in the way of truth. That is, they believe in Jesus Christ. And the queen would never again lie with the king. Then the king was ashamed and said to his cousin, \"Why would I want to recover your wife? I have lost mine. And my wife is worse to me than yours is to you.\" Then the king commanded that the apostle be brought before him, with his hands and feet bound. He was commanded to reconcile the wives to their husbands. And then the apostle said to the king, \"Showing him by three examples that as long as he remained in the error of the faith, they ought not obey them. That is,\".And by example of the king, I say to you who are king, you will have no servants soiled or foul but clean ones and neat chamberlains. And what do you think? God loves chastity and clean services. Am I then to blame if I preach to you to love God and his servants whom he loves? I have made them clean servants to him. I have built a tower, and you say to me that I should destroy it. Also, I have dug in the deep earth and have brought forth a fountain from it. And you say I should stop it. Then the king was angry and commanded to bring forth pieces of iron burning. And he made to set the apostle on them all, naked, with his feet bound. And immediately, by the will of our Lord, a fountain of sour water gushed up and quenched it all. And then, by the counsel of his cousin, he was set in a burning furnace, which was so cold that the next day he was unharmed..Issued out all save without harm. Then Carisien spoke to the king, saying, \"Make him offer sacrifice to one of the goddesses only in such a way that he falls into the favor of his god who delivers him, and as they compelled him, he said, 'King, thou art nothing more noble or mighty than are thy painters. And how do you despise true God and worship a painting, which you believe to be your god? Like Carisien has said to the one who said that my god should be angry when I had worshipped your god. If he is angry, it should be more to your god than to me. For when you believe that I worshipped your god, I should worship mine.' The king replied, 'Why do you speak to me such words?' Then the apostle commanded the devil within the idol, in Hebrew, that as soon as he knelt before the idol, he should break it in pieces. The apostle knelt and said, 'See that I worship, but not the idol. I adore, but not the metal. I worship, but not...'.Not the false image, but I honor and worship my lord Jesus Christ in its name. I command the devil, hidden within this image, to break this false idol. And immediately he melted it like wax. Then the priests came like beasts. The bishop of the temple lifted up a staff and ran through [him/it], saying, \"I shall avenge the insult done to my god.\" The king and Carisien fled, for they saw that the people would avenge the apostle and burn the bishop. The Christian men carried away the body of the apostle and buried it with reverence. Long afterwards, around the year 500 of our Lord, the body of the apostle was born in the city of Edessa, which was once called Rages Syre of the Medes. Alexander the Great brought it there at the request of the Syrians. In this city, no Jew, heretic, or tyrant could dwell. After this, Abagar, king of this city, desired to have a relic written with the hand of our Lord. For if any....men mobilized war against this city. They took a Christian child and placed him on the ramparts. He was to read the epistle there. And on the same day, due to the power of the writing of our savior, as well as the merits of this apostle, the enemies fled or made peace. According to Isidore in the book of the lives of the saints, this apostle Thomas, disciple of our Lord Jesus Christ, preached the gospel to the Pergamumites, the Medes, the Hircanians, and the Brygians. Entering among them, he delivered his sermon on the title of his passion. There he was pierced through with a spear and died. Chrysostom says that when Thomas came among the three kings who came to worship our Lord, he baptized them. They became helpers and aids of our Lord and of Christian faith.\n\nPray we then to this holy Apostle Saint Thomas..Here ends the life of Saint Thomas the apostle.\n\nSaint Anastasia was the daughter of a noble Roman woman, but her father was a pagan. Her mother, who was Christian, was taught and instructed in the faith by Saint Agnes. The aforementioned Saint Anastasia was married to a pagan named Papillon. But she feigned illness, refusing to share his company, and visited the Christian prisoners in various prisons, providing them with whatever they needed from her. Her husband kept her strictly confined as a result, denying her food, and intended to kill her. He wished to use her wealth to enhance his pride and joy.\n\nThen, the lady who was believed to have died sent frequent letters to Saint Agnes. Saint Agnes comforted her through his letters..In the meantime, she was released from prison when her husband died. She had three damsels who served her, whom she had instructed and taught not to renounce their faith or good life, no matter what threats or intimidations the provost might make. One day, the provost came to draw them to him, and St. Anastasia hid them in the kitchen. The provost, intending to seize them, entered the kitchen and found them kneeling and praying. In such a way that the provost lost his wits. And when he supposed he had taken hold of them, he embraced pots and pans and kissed them, becoming so foul and horrible that when he left, her servants, expecting him to have regained his senses, beat him well and fled from him in fear. He went to complain to the emperor..came to the gate / the sergeants who saw him saw him so black and smeared / beat him well with rods & scratched him in the face / and held him for wood / And the prisoner didn't know that he was so foul and black\nAnd therefore he marveled more / why they did such shame to him, before they did such honor / And he had supposed that he had been clad in a white robe / when they told him how he was arrayed / then he supposed the maidens had enchanted him / and sent for them and wanted to deprive them all naked before him / because he might see and behold them and ease himself of his lechery / but their clothes were immediately so stuck to their bodies / that in no way they could be taken off or deprived of them /\n\nAnd then he fell into a deep sleep and rolled so fast that no one could wake him / At last these three virgins were martyred and suffered death / And St. Anastasia was given to another man as a proxy / upon this condition / that if he could make her sacrifice to the idols / he would have her..should have her to his wife / And when she was brought into his chamber / and would have embraced her / became blind / And since made his pilgrimage to his goddess / to know if he might be healed thereof / and they said to him / because you have angered Saint Anastasia / you are given to torment / and shall be always with us / And when he returned and came home to his house / he died suddenly among the hands of the sergeants / Thence our deliverer delivered Saint Anastasia to another provost / he came to the saint and said to her / I know well / that you are Christian / And if you will do as your god commands / I shall let you go / & do as you will / For your god says that we should give to the poor / and not to the Rich / Then if I gave to the poor, I would be going against the commandment of God / Then the provost did\n\n(Note: The text appears to be in Early Modern English, and there are a few minor spelling errors and abbreviations that have been expanded for clarity. The text itself is relatively clean and does not contain any meaningless or unreadable content, so no major cleaning was necessary.).do they set her in prison and defended that only man should give her any food, then God sent her sustenance from heaven for two months. After that, she was exiled with two hundred virgins to an island where many crystenities were exiled. \u00b6 After that, it was not long time, but the provost reminded and sent for St. Anastasia again. He made her burn in the year of the Incarnation of our Lord two hundred and four score, and he made the others die by various torments. Among them was one, Emoge, who was taken from whom was taken much good. And all the while she said, \"At least you may not take from me Jesus Christ.\" Appolyn, who was a christian woman, took the body of St. Anastasia and buried it in her garment. And there they made a fair church. Let us pray then to almighty God that by the prayer and merits of St. Anastasia we may come to His everlasting bliss. Amen.\n\nThis ends the life of St. Anastasia.\nEugenia the noble virgin, who was daughter to Philip, duke..In the land of Egypt, governed by Emperor Alysaundre of Rome, Eugenie secretly left her father's palaces with two servants. She entered an abbey and assumed the guise of a man. In this abbey, Eugenie led such a holy life that she was eventually made abbess. No one knew she was a woman. However, a lady falsely accused Eugenie of adultery before the judge, who was her own father, Emperor Eugene. He was imprisoned to be tried for death. Eugenie revealed her true identity to her father, showing him that she was his daughter who was being held in prison. Her father converted to the Christian faith.\n\nAt the hour of his mass, the bishop was beheaded for his faith in Jesus Christ. The lady who had falsely accused Emperor Eugene was taken to hell with her party. Later, Claudia and her children arrived.\n\nTherefore, the text does not require any cleaning as it is already readable and grammatically correct..And many people were converted by them, and many virgins by Eugene, who was greatly tormented in various ways and in the end accomplished her martyrdom. Thus she offered her body to our Lord Jesus Christ, who is blessed forever and ever. Amen.\n\nEugene is called Stephen in Greek, and in Hebrew, an example for others to suffer. Or Stephen can be translated as noble and truly speaking, teaching and governing, or as a friend and wholehearted one. He was appointed by the apostles to care for the widows. Then he was crowned. He was the first to become a martyr, an example of his patience and good life, nobly speaking for righteous predication, and well governing for the good instruction and teaching of widows.\n\nSaint Stephen was one of the seven deacons in the service of the apostles. When the number of people grew and became disorderly, some began to murmur against the Jews who were disorderly..The widows and wives were refused to serve or because they were more grieved every day than others in service. For the apostles' death, this was because they should be more ready to preach the word of God when the apostles saw their great murmuring. They assembled them all to agree and said, \"It is not right that we leave the word of God for table service and serve at the tables. And the Gospel says that the feeding of the soul is better than the meat of the body. Consider you, fair brethren of good reputation among you, that we shall be in prayer and preaching. And this word pleased them all. They chose seven men of whom the blessed Stephen was the first and the master. And he brought them to the apostles. And they set their hands upon them and ordained them. Stephen, full of grace and strength, made great demonstrations and great signs to the people. Then the Jews took him and sought to overpower him in disputing, and as they said, to overcome him..in three ways/ that was by bringing witnesses/ by disputations/ and by tortures/ And in each of them/ aid and help was given to him from heaven/ in the first, the Holy Ghost administered His words/ in the second, the flight of Angels frightened the false witnesses/ In the third, he saw Jesus Christ ready to help him/ which encouraged him for his martyrdom/ in every battle he had three things/ assault in battle/ the aid given/ and the victory/ And in opposing and beholding this story briefly/ we may well see all these things/ As the blessed Stephen did many things and preached often to the people/ the Jews made the first battle against him/ To overcome him by disputations/ And some from the synagogue called Libertines, or of those that were the sons of those that had been in bondage/ and were made free/ And thus those who first opposed against the faith were of a bondage and thrall lineage/ And also those from Cyrene and Alexandria and of them..That were of Cyllus and Aesye, all disputed with Stephen. This was the first battle, and then they could not resist his wisdom. For the holy ghost spoke in him, and then they saw that by this manner they could not overcome him. They retorted maliciously, and at the second time, because they could overcome him by false witness, they brought two false witnesses for the accusation. And brought him to the judgment. And then the false men accused him of four things: blasphemy against God, according to the law of Moses, in the tabernacle, and in the temple. This was the second battle. And then all those in judgment saw the face of St. Stephen like the face of an angel, and this was by the help of God. This was the victory of the second battle. For when the false witnesses had all spoken, the prince of the priests said to him, \"What sayest thou?\" Then St. Stephen excused himself by order of all that which the false witnesses had said..And first, in blasphemy, God is spoken of as the God of glory, and praised Him in three ways, according to this word: \"Glory be to the God of glory, who gives glory, as it is said in the book of Kings, 'Whoever shall see My name, I will glorify him.' The God of glory may be said to contain glory, as is stated in the proverbs, 'Riches and glory are with me, the God of glory, to whom glory is due.' And thus God was praised in three ways: in that He is glorious, glorifying, and to be glorified. He also excused Himself from blame in Moses' case, praising Him much and especially in three things: His fiery love, for He slew the Egyptian who struck the Hebrew; the miracles He performed in Egypt or the desert; and the familiarity of God, when He spoke to Him many times amicably. After this, He excused Himself from the third blame mentioned in the law:.prey singing the law in three manners / First, because of the cause, / that was God, the second, of the ministers, which was Moses, who was a great prophet, / And the third, because of the people, / For it gives eternal life, / And after he purged himself of the blame of the tabernacle and of the temple, / In praising the tabernacle in four manners, / one was because he was commanded by God to make it, / And was shown in a vision, it was accomplished by Moses, / and that the ark of the witness was there, / & he said that the temple succeeded the tabernacle, / And the blessed Stephen purged him of that which they could not overcome him in that manner, / And then they took the third battle against him, / that they should surmount him by tortures, / And when the blessed saint Stephen saw this, / he kept the commandment of the Lord, / and urged him to refrain from them in three manners, / that was by shame, / by fear, / and by love. / First, by shame, in blaming the hardness of their hearts, / And said to them, \"You contrary ones always.\".The Holy Ghost, unlike your harsh-hearted fathers who persecuted prophets and killed those who foretold God's coming, was not pitied. The Gloss states that they were malicious in three ways: the first by denying the Holy Ghost, the second by persecuting prophets, and the third by murdering Jesus Christ. Yet, because they were like common women, they could not hide their malice. Afterward, they mocked Him, saying in their hearts and gritting their teeth against Him. After this, He corrected them through fear, as He declared that He saw Jesus Christ standing on His right side, ready to help Him and condemn His adversaries. Saint Stephen, filled with the Holy Ghost, looked up and beheld heaven. He saw the Son of the Maiden standing on the right side of God's power, and wondered how He had been corrected thus..And yet they left their malice, becoming worse than before and stopped their ears to those they would not hear him. He blamed them, and they cried out with loud voices and made a great assault against him. They cast him out of the city and stoned him. Supposedly, they intended to act according to their law as a blasphemer, commanding that he should be stoned out of the castles. The two false witnesses, who according to their law should cast the first stone, took off their clothes so that they might better and more lightly wield stones to stone him. They left him at the feet of a child named Sauls, later called Paul. Thus, he kept the clothes of those who stoned him. And he was stoned by them all. When he could not withdraw them from their malice through shame or fear, he chose the third way: love, and the love that would withdraw them..He showed no hesitation when he prayed for him and for those whose passion could not be delayed. And that the sin should not be imputed to those who stoned him. And saying, \"Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.\" And when he was on his knees, he cried out with a loud voice and said, \"Lord, forgive them, for they know not what they do.\" This was a marvelous love, as if he had prayed more for them than for himself. For he desired to be more distressed for them than for himself. And as the gloss says, he knelt down, for he ought to pray more humbly for those from whom much was required. And in this he did, just as Jesus Christ did. For in his passion, he prayed for himself and said, \"Father, I commend my spirit into your hands.\" And for those who stoned him, he said, \"Father, forgive them.\" And when St. Stephen had spoken thus, he slept in the Lord and was not dead. For he suffered the sacrificial death of love. And after sleeping in hope..And the stoning of St. Stephen occurred in the same year that our Lord ascended into heaven, in the next month of August, on the third day. He was buried among the council of the Jews for the Christian men in the field of Gamaliel. They mourned for him greatly, and then there was great persecution of Christians in Jerusalem. For when the blessed Saint Stephen, one of the princes, was slain, they began to persecute all the Christians. So many of them, who were stronger in faith, departed from all the province of the Jews. After this, our Lord had commanded them, \"If they persecute you in one city, flee to another.\" And St. Doctor Saint Augustine recounts that the blessed Saint Stephen performed many miracles. He raised six dead bodies with his merits and healed many who were sick with various maladies and languors. He also performed other miracles worthy and fitting to be recorded..For in the twenty-fourth book of the City of God, the flowers placed on the altar of St. Stephen were given to the sick men. Immediately, they were cured and healed. And the clothes taken from the altar and laid on those who were sick became a medicine for many. As it is stated in the twenty-fourth chapter of the Chronicles of God, these flowers placed on the altar of St. Stephen were laid on the eyes of a woman who was blind, and immediately she regained her sight. Furthermore, it is written in the same book that a man, master of a city named Marcial, and a pagan who refused to be converted, became seriously ill. His son, who was a good man and a lawful heir, came to the church of St. Stephen and took some of the flowers. He placed them under the head of his lord. In the morning, after he had slept on them, he cried out that the bishop should be brought to him. However, the bishop was not in the town, but the priest came to him instead and urged him to believe in God..baptysed hym / & euyr as longe as he lyued after he had alleway in hys mouth / Ihesu cryst receyue my spyrite / and yet he wist not ye tho wordes were the wordes that seynt stephn last spack\nAnd also he reherceth another myracle in the same place that a lady callyd pa\u00a6trone had ben seek moche greuously & had souht many remedies for to be helhad counseyl of a Ie\u2223we / whyche gaaf to her a rynge wyth a stone / And that she shold bynde this rynge wyth alaas to her baar flesshe / and by the vertue of ye stone she shold be hool / And whan she sawe that this helped her not / she wente to the chyrche of the prothomartir / And praid the blessyd saynt steuen for her helthe / and anon without brekyng of the laas or of the rynge the rynge fyl doun to the grou\u0304d / And she felt her self anone all hool / \u00b6 Item the same recounteth a\u00a6nother myracle not lesse merueyllous / that in Cesaree of Capadoce was a la\u2223dy moche noble of whom the husbond was deed / but she had x chyldren / vij sones and iij doughtres / And on a tyme whan.They had angered their mother. She cursed them, and the divine vengeance soon manifested the mother's malediction. All the children were afflicted with a similar and horrible sickness on all her limbs. For this reason, they could not dwell in the country any longer and were driven to wander through the world. In whatever country they went, each man beheld them. Two of them, a brother and a sister, came to Aveton. They were named Paul and Paula. There they found Austen the bishop and told him their story. They stayed in St. Stephen's church for fifteen days before Easter. They prayed fervently to the saint for their health. On Easter day, when the people were present, Paul suddenly entered the sanctuary, prostrated himself before the altar with great devotion and reverence, and prayed intensely..\"were there abode upon the throne of the thing. He arose up apparently all whole of his trembling. Then St. Austin took him and showed him to the people and said that on the morrow he would tell them the cause. And as he spoke to the people, the sister was there trembling on all her members, and she arose and entered into the chamber of St. Stephen. And after she arose suddenly all whole and was shown to the people, as was done before for her brother. Graces and thanksgivings were given to St. Stephen for the health of both. When Orsius came from Jerusalem, he brought to St. Austin the relics of St. Stephen and performed the ceremony. It is to be noted that the blessed St. Stephen suffered not death on the day of his feast, but it was on the day that his Invention is on in the month of August. And if it be demanded why the feast is changed, it shall be said when his Invention shall be said. And this may suffice you for the present. For the church will also ordain the\".The reasons why these festivals follow the nativity of Jesus Christ are twofold. The first reason is that Jesus Christ, as head and spouse, is joined to those who accompany Him. For the spouse of Christ in this world is said to be joined to Him through three companies, of which the company of virgins is mentioned in the canticles. My soul and body, chosen from thousands, are likened to St. John the Baptist, a precious confessor, and to St. Stephen, the first martyr. The second reason is that the Church assembles to guide the manners of the saints. Some by will and by deed, some by will alone, and some by deed alone. The first was blessed Stephen. The second was St. John the Baptist. The third was in the saints and glorious Innocents, who suffered passion for God.\n\nThe life of St. Stephen ends here.\nJohn is revealed as the vessel of God's grace or the one in whom grace dwells..The text describes three privileges granted to the blessed Saint John. The first was Jesus' noble love for him, making him more gracious than to Peter, as he loved him much and showed greater love. The second was virginity, which he was chosen to possess, and the grace of virginity is in a virgin. The third was the revelation of the secrets of the Lord, granted to him to know many things..The text speaks of the secrets and profound mysteries of the divinity of the Son of God and the world. The fourth is the recommendation of the Mother of God, a gift of grace given by our Lord. This gift was given to her when she was entrusted to Him. Miltes, Bishop of Liege, wrote his life, which is called the Nativity and the Death of the Holy Fathers.\n\nSaint John the Evangelist, apostle and evangelist, was the son of Zebedee. He married the third sister of our Lady as his wife, and James of Galilee was his brother. This John signifies the grace of God. He could have had such a name because he received four graces from the Lord above the other apostles. The first is that he was beloved of the Lord. The second was that the Lord kept his virginity, as Saint Jerome says, for he was present at his wedding and remained a chaste virgin. The third is that the Lord granted him great revelation and knowledge..The fourth grace is that our Lord commanded to Him in particular the keeping of His sweet Mother. He was thereafter called \"Ascension\" of our Lord in Jerusalem with the apostles and other [people]. And after that, they were confirmed in the Christian faith by the universal world through the ordination of the holy ghost. John the Apostle went to Greece where he converted many and founded many churches in the Christian faith through miracles as well as doctrine. In this time, Domitian was Emperor of Rome who made great persecutions against Christian men. He had John taken and brought to Rome and cast into a cauldron full of boiling oil in the presence of the senators. However, he emerged from it more pure and more beautiful than he entered, without feeling any heat or burning. After this, the emperor saw this and was amazed..He ceased not to preach the Christian faith; he was sent into exile to an island called Patmos. There was a man named John alone, and he was visited by angels and governed there. He wrote the Revelation of our Lord the Apocalypse there, which contained the secrets of the holy church and of the world to come. In this same year, Domitian the emperor was put to death for his evils. And all that he had done was reversed by the senators and defeated. And thus, St. John was brought again from his exile with great honor into Ephesus. And all the people of Ephesus came against him, singing and saying, \"Blessed is he who comes in the name of our Lord.\" In this way, he raised up a woman named Drusiana, who had much loved him and well kept his commandments. And her friends brought her before St. John, weeping and saying to him, \"Behold, Drusiana, who much loved you and did your commandments, and is dead and desired nothing so much as your return, and that she might see you.\".The text appears to be in Old English, and there are some errors in the transcription. Here is the cleaned text:\n\nThe text begins: \"The hour is near; now thou art come here. She may not see. St. John had great pity on the one who was dying and on the people who wept for her. He commanded them to set down the bier and unbind and take away her clothes. When they had done so, he said, 'Hurry all, with a low voice, 'Dionysus my lord, Jesus Christ, raises thee, Dionysus. Arise and go to thy house, and make ready for me some refreshment.' Anon she arose and went to her house to do the commandment of St. John. And the people made a great noise and cried, saying, 'There is but one God, and that is he whom St. John preaches.'\n\nIt happened on another day that Chrysippus the philosopher made a great assembly of people in the midst of the city. He had ordered two young men, brothers, who were rich, to sell their patrimony and buy precious stones with the money.\".These two young men displayed before the people how these precious and great riches of the world are soon destroyed. At that time, Saint John passed by. And he said to the philosopher Craton, \"This manner of despising the world that you show is vain and foolish demonstration. For it seeks the praise of the world and God reproves it. My good master Jesus Christ said to a man who asked Him how He might attain everlasting life, 'Go and sell all your goods, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven.' Craton then said to Him, \"The price and value of these precious stones is destroyed in the presence of all men here. But if your master is truly God and He wills that the goods of the world be given to the poor, take these pieces of your precious stones and make them whole stones as they were before. For if I have shown this by vain glory, make them to the honor of yours.\".Master/ Anonymous Saint John took the pieces of the precious stones. After making his prayer to God, he showed them to the people as whole as they had ever been or appeared when Chrysippus the philosopher saw this. Anon, he and his two men and disciples fell at the feet of Saint John and received the faith and baptism of Jesus Christ. They sold the precious stones and gave the money to the love of God. Beginning to preach the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ. Then the two brothers, rich and honored in the city of Ephesus, anon they sold all their property and gave it to the love of God. But after they came into the city of Pergamum and saw those who had been their servants clothed in silk and in great honor of the world, and themselves having but a poor mantle or perhaps a poor coat, Anon they repented that they had given away their goods in alms to poor people. This appeared to Saint John, and he said to them, \"I see that you are sorrowful.\".sorrowful, after Jesus' doctrine, you have given your goods for God's sake; if you wish to regain the value of your goods, bring to me rods of trees and stones of the riverbank. And they did so. And when St. John had them immediately by his prayer, he changed the rods into fine gold and the common stones into precious stones. And St. John gave them to take and show to the masters who had knowledge in such jewels, if the rods were gold and the common stones precious. After they came back and said to St. John, \"Sir, the masters say they have never seen such fine gold nor such precious stones.\" Then St. John said to them, \"Go and buy back your lands that you have sold, for you have lost the reward of heaven. Be rich temporally to be perpetual beggars.\" Then he began to preach in contempt of riches and to show six reasons why we should restrain ourselves from loving riches. First, the scripture teaches..vs. Hate riches, / And in the gospels recites, / how the rich man clad in purple, / and feasted sumptuously was lost and damned, / but the poor man at his gate who died full of sores and hungry was saved.\n\nSecondly, nature teaches us to hate riches, / For we are born poor and naked, / and must depart and die in poverty.\n\nThirdly, the creature teaches us, / For the sun, moon, and stars, the rain and the air have come, / and withdraw their influences and their benefits.\n\nFourthly, a man is not often in one estate, / For when he thinks to be rich, plentiful, and free, / he finds himself bound and captive, / For the rich man's adversary is bound and servant to the penny and to the devil. / Amator pecuniae servus est mammona.\n\nFifthly, sorrow and care, / For by day and night he has great labor in acquiring and keeping it, / and great fear to lose that which he has so dearly and with great pain obtained.\n\nSixthly, announcing and praising..Riches give occasion to be vain, glorious, and to praise and gloryify oneself. And by this, it appears that the weakness of humility is lost, without which the grace of God cannot be had. Thus, the world comes to pain and torment through excessive pride. The scripture then, nature, creation, fortune, busyness and care, should make us withdraw from loving riches.\n\nSaint John approved of these two men his doctrine with his miracles, to be true. And in his name, you did miracles, before you were sorry and repented for having given your riches to poor people. Now that grace has departed from you. And you have become mean and wretched, who were once strong and mighty in faith.\n\nBefore the evil spirits feared and dreaded you, and by your commandment they issued out of human bodies. Now have you fear and dread of them, and have become their servants. For whoever loves the riches of the world..This world, he is servant to a devil named Mammon, and is bound and a servant in keeping riches, in which he sets his affiance. And of this, faith the holy ghost through the prophet David: \"A man after my heart, who will spread abroad his garments.\" A man is vainly troubled who assembles treasure in this world, and knows not for whom it is, For what he shall die, he shall have nothing with him, And he knew not who shall spend it. For naked we came upon the earth, and all naked we shall enter into it. And it is not sufficient for what he has here, but he is busy day and night to get more without rest. For riches make him fearful to lose what he has gained, and bring to him many vanities and evil rest, in making worldly delights. And he, deprived of wealth, comes death which takes all from him and bears nothing with him but his own sins. When St. John had said all this, a young man was brought before him, who had only been in marriage thirty days, and his mother..and friends wept sore, whyching before Saint John knelt down on their knees praying him that he would raise him to life, Saint John had great pity. And when he had long wept, he bade them to lose and unbind the body, and said, \"O Satan, why art thou blinded with fleshly love? Soon thou hast lost thy soul. And because thou knewest not thy maker, Jesus Christ, thou hast fallen ignorantly into the lair of the right evil fiends. Wherefore I weep and pray that thou mayest be released from death to life. And show to these two, Actio and Eugenio, what great glory they have lost and what pain they have deserved. Anon, Satan released him in yielding thanks to Saint John, and blamed much the two disciples, saying, \"I saw your two angels weep, and the devils rejoiced in your perdition. Also, I saw the kingdom of heaven made ready for you and full of all delights. And you have forsaken all pains. And therefore it behooves you to pray to the apostle of God that he remit and bring you back.\".aggain to your salvation, as he has raised me kindly, and among all other pains, this Satan recites these that are contained in two following verses: Worm and darkness, scourges, cold and heat, sight of devil, confusion of senses, and lamenting.\n\nThen these two men, by great repentance, prayed St. John that he would pray for them. To whom St. John answered that they should do penance for thirty days, and pray to God that the Reds of gold and precious stones might return to their first proper natures.\n\nAfter these thirty days they came to St. John and said to him, \"Fair father, you have always preached mercy and mercy, and commanded that one should forgive another's trespasses. We are contrite and penitent for our sins, and we weep with our eyes for this evil worldly covetousness, which we have received by them.\" Therefore we pray..you that you have mercy on us / And Saint John answered / Our lord God / when he made mention of the sinners / he said I will not the death of the sinners / but that he be converted and live / For great joy is in heaven of a sinner repentant / And therefore know that he has received your repentance / Go forth / and bear the rods and stones there / where you took them / For they are returned to their first nature / Thus they received the grace that they had lost / so that after they died great miracles were performed in the name of our lord Jesus Christ / And then, after this, when the blessed Apostle Saint John had preached throughout Asia / and sown the word of Christ / Those who worshipped idols moved the people against Saint John / And came and drew him unto the temple of Diana / to constrain him to do sacrifice to that idol / To whom Saint John said / since you believe that your goddess Diana has such great power / call upon her and require her by her power to subdue and overcome / the [idol]..church of Cryst, and if she does, I shall offer sacrifice to her. If she doesn't, then let me pray to my God, Jesus Christ, that He overthrows her temple. If He does, then believe in Him. To this sentence, the most part of the people consented, and so they prayed. And nothing they could do or prevent against the church of Cryst, but St. John made his prayers. And anon, the temple of Diana fell down and was overthrown, so that the foundation turned up so down. And the image of Diana was all to shattered and destroyed. And that same day were converted to Christ's faith twelve men of the gentiles, besides women and children. Then Aristodemus, bishop of the idols, stirred sedition among the people in such a way that one party made them ready to battle against the other party. Then the apostle said to him, what do you want that I do, that you may be pleased? To whom the bishop said, if you will that I believe in your god, I shall give to Thee..Aristodemus asked the consul for two men to be executed and gave them the venom to drink beforehand, as he believed they should fear it more. Aristodemus then took the cup of venom, blessed it with the sign of the cross, and drank it without harm. The people praised and thanked God. Aristodemus expressed his doubts, but if the dead men who had drunk the venom came back to life, he would believe. The apple tree then gave him its coat, which he accepted because he thought the tree was ashamed and confused..The apostle forsake your infidelity, he said. Do you truly believe that your coat can make me believe, and the apostle replied, \"Go and lay it upon the bodies of the dead men.\" The apostle of Christ has sent me to you, he said, for you to arise in the name of Christ. When he had done this, they arose from death to life. Then the apostle baptized the bishop and the proconsul, believing in Christ with all their kin and friends. They immediately renounced their idols. And in the same place, they established a church in the worship of God and of St. John. The holy Saint Clement recounts in the fourth book of Ecclesiastical History that once Saint John the Evangelist converted a handsome and strong young man to the faith and commanded him to take on the keeping, rule, and governance of a bishop. But within a little while after this young man forsake the bishop's position, and he fell into evil company among them. Then after the apostle came to the bishop's position, and....The bishop was distressed when the young man demanded to be released from him. Saint John demanded more insistently, asking for the young man whom I had delivered to the bishop and had given a great charge. The bishop then said to him, \"Father truly, he is dead in soul and is with the devils in that monastery, and is their master and prince.\" Hearing this, the young man rent his clothes and said to the bishop, \"You are a weak keeper, allowing your brother to lose his soul. Immediately, a horse was made ready for him, and he rode quickly to the monastery. When the young man saw and recognized him, he was so ashamed that he fled from him. Then Saint John, forgetting his age, rode after him and cried out, \"My dear son, why do you flee from your father, weak and old? Do not be afraid, my son. I will give an account to Jesus Christ for you, and I am willing to die for you, just as Jesus Christ died.\".for/ The Lord sent me back to my son. Torne again my son, I Jesus have sent me to thee. And he heard him speak thus: he remained with a heavy heart and wept, repenting bitterly. He fell down at the feet of the apostle and kissed his hand. The apostle fasted and prayed to God for him, seeking remission of his sins and forgiveness. He lived so virtuously afterwards that Saint John ordained him a bishop.\n\nAlso, it is recorded in the same history that Saint John once entered a bath to bathe himself. There he found Cerinthus, an heretic, whom as soon as he saw he shunned and left, saying, \"Flee and go hence; leave the evil fall upon us.\" In which Cerinthus, then an enemy of truth, bathed himself. And as soon as he was out, the evil fell upon him.\n\nCassiodorus relates that a man had given to Saint John a patrician's cloak. He held it in his hand, stroking and playing with it for his recreation. And once a young man passed by with it..The young man and his companion saw him play with his bird. The bird said to his companions, \"Behold how the old man plays with a bird, like a child.\" The saints John knew immediately by the holy ghost what he had said, and called the young man to him. He demanded of him what he held in his hand, and he replied, \"A bow.\" Saint John asked, \"What do you use this for?\" The young man replied, \"We shoot birds and beasts with it.\" Saint John inquired, \"How and in what manner?\" Then the young man bent his bow and held it in his hand. When Saint John said no more to him, he straightened his bow again. Then Saint John said to him, \"Why have you straightened your bow?\" The young man replied, \"Because if it were long, it would be weaker for shooting with it.\" Saint John replied, \"It passes quickly by nature and by miracle in contemplation. If it were always bent, it would be too weak. And therefore, it is expedient to have recreation.\" The eagle is the bird that flies highest and fastest..The clearly beholds the sun, and yet by necessity of nature, he must descend low. Rightly, when mankind withdraws him a little from contemplation, he raises himself higher by a renewed strength, and he burns more fiercely in heavenly things. St. John wrote his gospels after the other evangelists, in the year 51 AD. After this, as the venerable Bede says, and when he was required and prayed by the bishops of the countryside of Ephesus, to write them, St. John prayed also to them that they should fast and pray in their dioceses for three days, so that he might truly write them. St. Jerome says of this glorious apostle, St. John, that when he was so old, so feeble, and so unable to walk, his disciples sustained and carried him to church. And as at times when he rested, he said to his disciples, \"Children, love one another, and each of you love your neighbor, and then his disciples asked him why and wherefore.\".said to them so often: \"Our lord had commanded this. Whoever accomplished this commandment, it would be sufficient for him to be saved. And after that, he founded many churches, ordained bishops and priests in them, and confirmed them through his preaching, in the Christian faith, in the year 687 after the resurrection of Jesus Christ. For he was 53 when our lord was crucified and lived for 62 years after that, making his total age 701. Then came our lord with his disciples to him and said, 'Come, my friend, to me. It is time that you be fed at my table with your master, Ihu Christ.' He had desired this for a long time and began to go. Then our lord said to him, 'Come next Sunday. That Sunday, all the people came to the church, which was founded in his name and consecrated on one side of Ephesus. From that night on, he ceased not to preach to the people that they should\".Establysshe them and be steadfast in the Christian faith, and obey the commandments of God. After this he said the mass, and heard confessions and communed the people. And when the mass was finished, he bade and did make a pit or sepulcher before the altar. And after he had taken leave and commanded the people to God, he descended down into the pit or sepulcher. He held up his hands to heaven and said, \"Sweet Lord Jesus Christ, I yield myself unto your desire, and thank you that you have vouchsafed to call me to the everlasting life, if it pleases you. Receive me among my brethren, with whom you have summoned me. Open to me the gate of the life eternal, and lead me to the feast of your well and best dressed meats. You are Christ, the Son of the living God, who by the commandment of the Father has saved the world. To you I render and yield grace and thanksgiving without end. You know well that I have desired you with all my heart. After that he had made these words, he...\".His prayer was most earnestly and piously presented, and immediately came upon him great cleansings and light. The brightness was so great that no one could see him. When this light and brightness had departed, nothing was found in the pit or grave but manna, which sprang up from beneath, like a fountain or springing well, where many people had been delivered from many diseases and afflictions by the mercies and prayers of this glorious saint. Some say and affirm that he died without the pain of death and that he was born into heaven, body and soul, where God knows the truth. And we, who are yet here below in this misery, ought to pray devoutly to him that he would intercede and obtain for us the grace of our Lord, who is blessed forever and ever. Amen.\n\nThere was a king and a holy confessor and virgin named Saint Edward, who had a special devotion to Saint John the Evangelist. It happened that this holy king was at the consecration of a church dedicated in his honor..of God and of this holy apostle. It was Saint John, in the likeness of a pilgrim, who came to this king and demanded alms in the name of Saint John. The king, not having anything to give him by him or his chamberlain from whom he could have had something, took his ring which he bore on his finger and gave it to the pilgrim.\n\nAfter many days, two pilgrims from England were in the holy land. Saint John appeared to them and commanded them to bear this Ring to their king, and to greet him well in his name. They were to tell him that he had given it to Saint John in the likeness of a pilgrim, and that he should make himself ready to depart from this world. For he would not long remain here, but come into everlasting bliss. And so he vanished from them. And immediately as he was gone, they had great desire to sleep, and they lay down and slept. This was in the holy land. And when they awoke, they looked about them and did not know where they were. And they saw flocks of sheep..Shepherds kept them and told those who asked the way and inquired about their whereabouts. When they asked, they spoke enigmatically and said they were in England, near Bermuda Down. The pilgrims thanked God and Saint John for their safe journey and came to King Saint Edward the Confessor on Christmas day. They delivered to him the ring and completed their errand, which embarrassed the king and made him thank God and Saint John for the warning to depart. After the Epiphany next after his death and departure from this world, he is buried in Westminster Abbey in London. According to Isidore in the book of the life and death of holy saints and fathers, Saint John the Evangelist transformed rods of trees into fine gold, the stones and gravel of the sea into precious gems and oysters, and he reformed small broken pieces of gems back to their original nature. He raised a widow from the dead..And he brought back the soul of a young man into his body. He drank venom without harm or peril. Those who had been harmed by the same, he recovered to the state of life.\n\nThis is the life of Saint John the Evangelist.\n\nThe Innocents are called Innocents for three reasons: first, because of their innocent life; second, because of their suffering; and third, because of their innocence. They harmed no one, neither God through disobedience, nor their neighbors through untruth, nor anyone by conceiving any sin. And it is said in the Psalter, \"The innocent and righteous have joined themselves to me.\"\n\nThe Innocents suffered an innocent and wrongful death, for which David says they have shed the blood of the innocent. By reason of their innocence, they were hunted down and made clean of the original sin from which innocence is said in the Psalter, \"Keep innocence, and do good works.\" And see equity and justice.\n\nHoly..The church makes a feast of the Innocents, who were put to death because of our Lord Jesus Christ. Herod the Great sought to find and put to death our Lord, born in Bethlehem. He caused all the children in Bethlehem and around it, from the age of two years and under, to be slain. The number of children killed was around 450. To understand why Herod did this cruelly and killed so many children, it is worth noting that there were three Herods. All three were cruel tyrants and were renowned for their great malice in their time. The first was Herod the Great, who reigned in Jerusalem when our Lord was born. The second was Herod Antipas, to whom Pilate sent Jesus Christ during His Passion, and he had John the Baptist's head cut off. The third was Herod Agrippa, who had Saint James' head cut off in Galilee and imprisoned Saint Peter. However, we now come to the first Herod who slew the Innocents..Children, their father was named Antipater, king of Sidon; he took a wife who was the niece of the king of Arabia. She bore him four children: Herod Ascalon, Antipater, Alexander, Aristobolus, and Philip. Herod Ascalon served Julius Caesar so well that he gave him the kingdom of Judea. The Jews lost their king and then came the prophecy of the birth of our Lord. Herod Ascalon had six children: Antipater, Alexander, Aristobolus, and Philip. Herod sent Aristobulus and Alexander to school. When they returned, they began to argue with their father about who would inherit the kingdom from him. Angered by their words, he put Antipater in charge of the kingdom instead. Uncontrollable, they plotted against their father, which led to his imprisonment by them..Again to Rome and complained to the emperor / Anon after this came the three kings to Jerusalem / and demanded where the king of the Jews was that was newborn / Herod, when he heard this, had great fear / least one were born of the true lineage of the kings of the Jews / and that he were the very true heir / and from whom he might be cast out of the kingdom\n\nWhen he had demanded of the three kings how they had known of the new king, they answered by a star being in their presence / which was not naturally / fixed in the heavens as the others were\n\nThen he prayed them that they would return to him after it they had worshipped and seen this new king / that he might go and worship the child also\n\nThis he said fraudulently / For he thought to slay him\n\nAfter the three kings were gone / without bringing him any tidings / he thought that immediately he would do slay all the children newly born in Bethlehem and around it / among whom he thought to slay Jesus Christ..His thought was impeded, and he received a citation from the emperor that he should come to Rome for an answer to the accusation made against him by Aristobulus and his two sons. Therefore, he could not put the children to death, lest he be accused of such a cruel deed along with his other transgressions. So he was on his way to Rome and staying there for more than half a year. And in that time, Jesus was born in Egypt. When Herod came to Rome, the emperor ordered that his sons should do him honor and obey him, and he would leave his kingdom after his death where it pleased him. Upon this, when he had returned and felt confirmed in the kingdom, he was more bold to slay the children than he had previously thought. Then he sent to Bethlehem and had all the children who were of the age of two years old killed. This was more than a year after the magi had told him about the newborn king of the Jews..But Herod, who slew the children, doubted that Jesus, to whom the stars served, could make himself younger than he was. After this, Herod was filled with righteous anger. Just as he had caused many mothers to give up their children, he was now deprived of his own. He had suspicions about his two sons, Alexander and Aristobulus. One of his servants told him that Alexander had promised him great rewards if he would give his father poison or venom to drink. Another servant reported to the king that Aristobulus had promised him a great thing if he would cut out the king's beard and then kill him. Because of this, Herod had both sons killed. In his testament, he designated Antipater, his son, to be king after him. Upon this, Antipater harbored a secret desire to come to the kingdom and was accused of having prepared poison for his father. For a maid, a servant..Afterward, she showed the same venom to the king, so he put his son Antipater in prison. When Augustus in Rome heard that Herod treated his children in this way, he said, \"I would rather be the swine or hog of Herod's than his son. For he, who is strange in his living, spares his swine and puts his sons to death.\" When Herod was seventy years old, he fell gravely ill, by righteous vengeance of God. A strong fever heated and dried his flesh. His feet swelled and turned pale. The plants under his feet began to rot, and worms issued out. On the other hand, he suffered great pain and annoyance from the anger he held for his sons. When the masters and physicians saw that he could not be helped by any medicine, they said that this lady was a vengeance of God. And because of this, they believed that:.The Jews were reportedly glad of his illness and weakness. Therefore, he assembled the most noble Jews from the good towns and put them in prison. He spoke to Salome, his sister, and to Alexander, her husband, saying, \"I know the Jews will rejoice at my death, but if you follow my counsel and obey me, I will have great lamentation and wailing from many who will mourn my death in this way, which I will show you. Immediately upon my death, kill all the noble Jews in prison. In this way, there will be no way for the Jews to mourn but to mourn my death against their will.\" He had a custom of eating an apple last after his meal. One time, he demanded a knife to pare the apple. Someone brought him a knife. He took it and, appearing to want to harm himself, was about to commit suicide. But his neighbor Achiab caught his hand and cried out loudly. It was supposed that the king had died. Antipater, his son, who was in prison, heard the cry..When his father had been killed, he was glad and promised the prison keepers great gifts to let him out. Herod knew this through his servant, and became even more troubled. This was because his son was more glad of his death than of his illness. And he had him killed immediately. In his testament, he appointed Archelaus to be king after him. He reigned for only five days before dying in great misery in Jerusalem. Salome, his sister, did not carry out his commandment to the Jews who were in prison, but let them go free. Archelaus became king after Herod his father. He was fortunate and happy in battles against strangers, but unhappy as king among his own people. Then I return again, after Joseph had gone with our lord into Egypt, and stayed there for seven years until the death of Herod. According to the prophecy of Isaiah at the entry of our lord into Egypt, the idols fell down. Just as at the departure of the children from Egypt, in every house the firstborn son died..The Gypsies laid one deed in the same way at the coming of our Lord. They laid down the idols in the temples. Cassiodorus says in the History Tripartite that in Hermopolis of Thebes, there was a tree called Perfidia, which is medicinal for all sicknesses. If the leaf or bark of that tree is applied to the neck of the sick person, it heals him immediately. And as the blessed Virgin Mary fled with her son, that tree bowed down and worshipped Jesus Christ. Also, Macrobius says in a chronicle that a young son of Herod was nursed at that time, and he was slain - he was the other children. And then was fulfilled the prophecy that said, \"The voice is heard in Rama of great weeping and wailing. The sorrowful mothers wept for the death of their children and could not be comforted because they were not alive.\" Thus ends the feast of the Innocents. Thomas was as much to say as abyss or double or trenchant and hewn. He was an abyss, profound in humanity, as it appeared in his demeanor..Saint Thomas the martyr was once the servant of Gilbert Bequet, a burgher of the city of London, in washing the feet of the poor people, in word and in example, and he endured and underwent his passion.\n\nGilbert, the good and devout man, took the cross upon himself and went on pilgrimage to the holy land. He had a servant with him. After completing his pilgrimage, he was taken homeward by heathen men and brought before the prince named Americ. For a long time, he and his companions suffered much pain and sorrow.\n\nThe prince had great affection for this Gilbert and had frequent conversations with him about the Christian faith and the realm of England. Through these conversations, it came about that the prince's daughter had a special love for Gilbert and was familiar with him. At one time, she revealed her love to him..if he would promise to marry her, she would forsake friends, heritage and country for his love, and become Christian. After long communication between them, he promised to marry her if she would become Christian. He told her the place of his dwelling in England. And by God's pursuit, the said Gilbert escaped and returned home. After this, it happened that the prince's daughter stole away privately and passed many wild places and great dangers, and by God's pursuit, at last she came to London, demanding and crying \"Beket, Beket.\" For she could speak little English. Wherefore the people drew around her, wondering at her strange appearance, and many a shrewd boy followed her until she came to Gilbert's door. And as she stood there, the servant who had been with Gilbert in prison, named Richard, saw her and knew that it was she. He went to his master and told him how the maid stood at his door..Anon he went out to see her, and as soon as she saw him, she fell into a swoon from joy. Gilbert approached her and comforted her, bringing her to his house. Afterward, he went to the bishops, who were seven at Paul's, and recounted the entire matter. They baptized and married her to Gilbert, and within a reasonable time, they had a fair son named Thomas. After this, the said Gilbert went again to the Holy Land and stayed there for three years. This child grew up and was sent to school, learning well and becoming virtuous. When he was twenty-four years old, his mother passed away. Afterward, he served a merchant of London for a while, keeping his charge and accounts. From him, he went to Stigand, Archbishop of Canterbury, and was in such favor with him that he made him archdeacon and chief of his council. He well executed his office, punishing the culpable and cherishing the faithful..The good people and diverse times went to Rome to support and help the holy church. After Henry II, the emperor's son, became king of England, he appointed Thomas his chancellor and had great rule. The land prospered, and Saint Thomas stood so favorably with the king that the king was content with all that he did. When the king went to Normandy, he entrusted the governance of his son and the realm to the rule of Saint Thomas, who wisely governed until his return. After the death of Thibault, archbishop of Canterbury, the king gave his nomination to Saint Thomas. He was elected by the chapter in the year of his age forty-three, and was fully capable of taking on such a great charge. His bullys had him sacrificed and suddenly changed into a new man, doing great penance as in wearing hair shirts with knots and a breach of the same down to the knees. And on [this/that] note, he was consecrated and enthroned and became a holy man..a tryuyte sonday receyued he hys dygnyte / And ther was at that tyme the kynge wyth many a grete lord & xvj bisshoppis / And fro thens was sent thabbot of euesham to the po\u2223pe with other clerkis for ye palle which he gate & brought to hym / & he ful me\u2223kely receyued it / And vnder hys habyte he ware thabyte of a monke / & so was he vnder withinforth a monke / & out\u2223ward a clerke / & dyde grete abstynence makynge hys body lene and hys sowle fatte / & he vsed to be wel serued at hys table / & toke but litil refectio\u0304 therof / & lyuyd holily in gyuyng good ensam\u2223ple / After this many tymes the kynge wente ouer in to normandye / And in in hys absence alleway saynt Thomas hadde the rule of hys sone & of the Roy\u2223ame / which was gouerned so wel that the kynge coude hym grete thanke / & the\u0304ne abode longe in this Royame / and whan so was that the kynge dyde ony thyng ayenst the fraunchyses & lyber\u2223tees of holy chyrche / Seynt Thomas wold euer wythstonde it to hys power And on a tyme whan the sees of lon\u2223don & of.Wincester was vacant and empty. The king kept both lodges in his house to gain profits from it. Therefore, Saint Thomas was heavy and came to the king, requesting that he give the two bishoprics to some virtuous men. The king granted his wish and appointed Master Roger as Bishop of Wincester and the earl of Gloucester's son as Bishop of London, named Sir Robert. Immediately after this, Saint Thomas consecrated the abbey of Reading, which the first Henry had founded. In the same year, he translated Saint Edward the King and Confessor at Westminster, where he was laid in a rich shrine. However, in a short time after this, due to the temptation of the devil, great debates, variations, and strife arose between the king and Saint Thomas. The king summoned all the bishops to appear before him at Westminster on a certain day. On that day, they assembled before him, whom he welcomed. Afterward, he said to them that the Archbishop intended to destroy his law and would not allow him to hold such things as his predecessors..Had Saint Thomas answered that he never intended to do anything that would displease the king. As far as it touched not the franchises and liberties, he would not suffer the law to be departed from the king's wrath. Then the bishops all urged Saint Thomas to follow the king's intent, or else the land would be in great trouble. And in like wise the lords temporal that were his friends urged him the same. Saint Thomas said, \"I take God to record, it was never my intent to displease the king or to take anything that belongs to his right or honor.\" Then the lords were glad and brought him to the king at Oxford. And the king did not dare to speak to him. Then the king called all the spiritual and temporal lords before him and said he would have all the laws of his ancestors there confirmed. And there they were confirmed by all the spiritual and temporal lords. After this, the king charged them to come to him at Clarendon..this parliament / at a certain day, assigned on pain to run in his indignation / and at that time departed / And this parliament was held at Clarndon in the 11th year of the king's reign / & the year of our Lord 1524 / At this parliament were many lords / who were all against St. Thomas / Then the king sitting in his parliament in the presence of all his lords / demanded of them if they would abide and keep the laws that had been used in his forefathers' days / Then St. Thomas spoke for the sake of the holy church / and said / All old laws that are good and rightful, and not against our mother holy church, I grant with good will to keep / And then the king said / that he would not leave one point of his law / and grew wrathful with St. Thomas / And then certain bishops required St. Thomas to obey the king's desire and will / And St. Thomas asked for respite to know the laws / & then to give him an answer / And when he refused and would never agree to them because of that..The king was angry and said he would keep and hold them as his predecessors had done before him, and would not neglect one point of them. Then St. Thomas spoke to the king with great sorrow and heavy tears. \"Most dear and gracious lord king,\" he said, \"have pity on us, your supplicants, for the sake of holy church, and grant us respite for a certain time.\" And each man departed, and St. Thomas went to Winchester. There he prayed devoutly for the church and for aid and strength to defend it. He had determined absolutely to abide by its liberties and franchises. Falling on his knees and weeping bitterly, he said, \"O good lord, I know that I have offended, and for my offense and trespass this trouble comes to holy church. I, good lord, purpose to go to Rome to be absolved of my offense.\" And he departed toward Canterbury.\n\nImmediately, the king sent his officers to his manors and despoiled them because he would not obey the king's statutes. The king commanded:.The man gathered seas and goods in his hands. Then his servants departed from him. He went to the seashore to cross the sea, but the wind was against him. Three times he tried to take his ship, but could not pass. Then he knew it was not God's will that he should depart yet and returned secretly to Canterbury. His men rejoiced at his coming. In the morning, the king's officers came to seize all his goods because Saint Thomas had fled the land, and they had dispossessed all his men and seized them into the king's custody. They found him at Canterbury, and they were ashamed and returned to the king, informing him that he was there. Afterward, Saint Thomas came to the king at Wodehouse.\n\nThe king spoke to him scornfully, \"Can't we both dwell in this land? Are you of such a stubborn and hard-hearted man?\" To this, Saint Thomas replied, \"Sir, it was never my intention, but I am here.\".I am the bishop of the Church; for them I will maintain, while I live, to the best of my power, with whom the king was greatly displeased, and swore that he would have them kept and in particular, if a clerk were a thief, he would be judged and executed by the king's law, and not by spiritual law. He also declared that he would never suffer a clerk to be his master in his own land. He charged St. Thomas Becket to appear before him at Northampton and bring all the bishops of this land with him, and then he departed. St. Thomas begged God for help and support; however, the bishops who should have been with him were against him. After this, St. Thomas went to Northampton, where the king held a great council in the castle with all his lords. When he came before the king, he said, \"I have come to obey your commandment, but before this time, I, the bishop of Canterbury, have never presented myself in this manner to you. I am the head of the Church of England; and to you, sir king, I am your spiritual father, and it was never God's law..The son should destroy his father, who has charge of his soul, and by your ordering, have made all the bishops who should have upheld the right of the church against me, be against the holy church and me. And you know well that I may not fight but am ready to suffer death, rather than I should consent to lessen the right of the holy church. Then the king said you speak as a proud clerk, but I shall abate your pride or I leave the realm. For I must reckon with you, you understand well that you were my chancellor for many years, and once I lent to you 5 pounds, which you never yet have repaid. I will that you pay me back that 5 pounds or else, inconveniently, you shall go to prison. And then St. Thomas answered, you gave me that 5 pounds, and it is not fitting for you to demand what you have given. Notwithstanding, he found surety for the said 5 pounds and departed for that day. And after this, the next day, the king demanded 30,000 marks that he had supposed him to have stolen, being chancellor..He desired a day to answer why at that time he had declared, when he was archbishop, that he had set him free in that matter without any claim or debt, according to good record. Therefore, he ought not to answer to that demand. The bishops requested that St. Thomas be presented to the king, but he would not agree to such things that would infringe upon the church's liberties. Then they went to the king and forsook St. Thomas, agreeing to all the king's desires.\n\nThe proper servants of St. Thomas fled from him and forsook him. And then poor people came and accompanied him. And on the night came to him two lords and told him that the king's men had conspired to kill him. The next night after he departed in the guise of a brother of Symprynham and so disguised himself that he went over sea.\n\nMeanwhile, certain bishops went to Rome to complain about him, and the king sent letters to the king of France not to receive him. The king of Louys said that though a man were innocent, he could still be condemned..And yet, despite having committed trespasses in Baynsyde, he should be free in France. After the arrival of Saint Thomas, he was welcomed and granted permission to stay and do as he pleased.\n\nMeanwhile, the King of England dispatched certain lords to Archbishop Thomas, who made grave complaints. These lords, having heard that Archbishop Thomas intended to come immediately, refused to wait for his arrival and returned to England instead.\n\nShortly after, Saint Thomas traveled to Rome on Saint Mark's Day. When his servant, Catour, could not buy fish for their dinner due to it being a fasting day, he informed Saint Thomas. Saint Thomas instructed him to buy whatever meat he could find instead, and they were served a roasted capon and boiled food for their meal. It was then that the pope heard of this..The cardinal welcomed him, and found him partaking of flesh at dinner. He immediately reported this to the pope, who disbelieved him and sent another cardinal. The second cardinal, in a show of greater devotion, took a leg of the capon from his sleeve and presented it to the pope. Upon opening the pope's sleeve, they found the leg transformed into a fish called a carp. When the pope saw this, he exclaimed they were not true men to make such claims about the bishop. However, the men insisted it was flesh that he had eaten, as he could find no other food and was compelled by necessity. The pope then understood the miracle..capo II was turned into a capon, a gift to him and all in the diocese of Canterbury, granted a license to eat flesh on St. Mark's day when it falls on a flesh day, and pardon with all that is kept and accustomed to this day. Then Saint Thomas informed the pope how the king of England would have him sent to various articles against the liberties of the church, and what wrongs he had done to the same, and that to die he would never consent to them. When the pope heard him, he wept for pity, and thanked God for having such a bishop under him who had so well defended the liberties of the church. And another wrote out letters and bulls commanding all the bishops of Christendom to keep and observe the same. Then Saint Thomas offered to the pope his bishopric, his mitre with the cross and ring. The pope commanded him to keep it secret, and said he knew no one more able than he was. After Saint Thomas said mass..The pope, in a white chestible, revealed to him that he would suffer death for the right of the holy church. After mass, he told the pope that he had received revelation that the chestible would turn from white to red when his death was imminent. After departing from the pope, he came down to the abbey of Pounteney. There he learned that the spiritual and temporal lords, who had been at Rome, had returned and informed the king that they could have their entente. The king was greatly angered and immediately banned all the kinships that were longing to go to St. Thomas, ordering them to inconveniently void his land and swear that they would go to him and tell him that, for his sake, they were exiled. They went over sea to him at Pounteney, and he, being there, was deeply sorry for them. There was a great chapter in England of the monks of Cysteaus. The king requested that they write to Pounteney to no longer keep this command..Sustains Thomas Archbishop. If they had acted, he would have destroyed the members of that order in England, and therefore they wrote to Pouleney that he must depart then. And so he did. He was then full heavy and remitted his cause to God. And immediately after, the king of France sent to him that he should abide where it pleased him and dwell in his realm. He would pay for the costs of him and his kin. And he departed and went to Seynes. The abbot brought him on the way. And St. Thomas told him how he knew by a vision that he should suffer death and martyrdom for the right of the church, and prayed him to keep it secret during his life. After this, the king of England came into France and told the king how St. Thomas would destroy his realm. And then they told how he would institute such laws as his ancestors had used before him. Wherefore St. Thomas was sent for, and they were brought to judges. The king of France labored sore to set them at accord, but it would not..For that one would not minimize his laws and customs, and Saint Thomas would not grant that he should not do contrary to the liberties of the church. Then the king of France held a dispute with the king of England against Saint Thomas, and the king of France was angry with him and commanded him to abandon his kingdom with all his kin. And then Saint Thomas did not know where to go but comforted his kin as well as he could and intended to go to Provence to beg for his bread. And as he was going, the king of France sent for him again. When he came, he cried mercy and said he had offended God and him, and asked him to remain in his kingdom, where he would, and he would pay for the expenses of him and his kin. In the meantime, the king of England ordained his son as king and had him crowned by the Archbishop of York and other bishops, contrary to the land's statutes. For the Archbishop of Canterbury should have consented, and he should have crowned him..Saint Thomas sought a pardon for those who had harmed him and those who had seized his belongings. After this, the king labored so much that he made an accord with Saint Thomas, which did not last long. The king varied from it afterwards, but Saint Thomas, in accordance with the accord, returned to Canterbury, where he was received with honor. He sent for those who had wronged him and, by the authority of the pope's bull, publicly denounced them as cursed until they came to amends. When they learned this, they came to him and attempted to persuade him to pardon them by force. They sent word to the king about this, and the king was greatly angered. He declared that if he had men in his land who loved him, they would not allow such a traitor to live in his land. Immediately, four knights took counsel to capture him, and they thought they could do the king a favor by killing Saint Thomas and departed suddenly..The knights set sail for England, and the king learned of their departure, feeling sorry and sending messengers after them. However, the messengers arrived after the knights had departed, leaving the king heavy-hearted. The names of the four knights are: Sir Reynold Beresford, Sir Hugh Moreville, Sir William Tracy, and Sir Richard Bryto. On Christmas Day, St. Thomas gave a sermon at Canterbury in his own church, weeping and asking the people to pray for him, as he knew his time was near. That day, the bread that the king handled became unappetizing and inedible for Nomas, but the untouched bread remained fair and good to eat. The four knights mentioned above came to Canterbury on the Tuesday in Christmas week around evening time and went to see St. Thomas. The king had commanded him to make amends for the wrongs he had done..assaille all that he had cursed immediately, or else they would sleep him. Then Thomas said that I should do right as I will, but I may not undo the sentence that is executed. But they should submit themselves to the correction of holy church. For it was done by our holy father the pope and not by me. Then Sir Reynold said, \"If you also curse the king and all other standing in the curse, it will cost you your life.\" And St. Thomas said, \"You know well enough that the king and I were agreed on Mary Magdalene day, and that this curse should go forth on those who had offended the church.\" Then one knight struck him as he knelt before the altar on the head. And Sir Edward Grime, who was his cross-bearer, put forth his arm with the cross to bear the stroke. The stroke struck the cross on the other side and his arm almost off. Wherefore he fled in fear. And so did all the monks who were there at the time. And then each one struck..Saint Thomas the archbishop suffered death in his own church, striking a great piece of his skull with a sword. They then killed and martyred him, being cruel enough to strike the point of their sword against the pavement. This holy and blessed archbishop Saint Thomas met his end for the right of the holy church. Upon his death, they removed his brain and went into his chamber to take away his goods, his horse from the stable, and his bullies and writings. They delivered these to Sir Robert to take to France to the king. As they searched his chamber, they found in a chest two shirts filled with large knots. Then they realized certainly that he was a good man. Coming down into the church ward, they began to fear and tremble that the ground would not hold them and were marvelously astonished. But they supposed that it would have swallowed them all quickly. And then they knew that they had done amiss..It was known all around that he had been martyred, and afterwards someone took this holy body, unclothed him, and found bishops clothing above and a monk's habit underneath. Next, they clothed him and wore his flesh, which was covered in knots that were his shirt, and his breeches were of the same material. The knots were embedded in the skin, and his entire body was full of worms. He suffered great pain, and he was thus martyred in the year 1521. He was 61 years old, and soon after tidings came to the king about his death, the king took great sorrow, and he sent to Rome for his absolution.\n\nAfter Saint Thomas departed from the pope, the pope would daily look upon the white chalice that Saint Thomas had used for Mass. And on the same day that he was martyred, he saw it torn into reeds. By this, he knew well that on that day he had suffered martyrdom for the right of the holy church. He commanded a Mass of requiem to be sung solemnly for his soul. And when the choir began to sing:.Requiem / An angel begins the office of a martyr above the altar. Let it rest in peace. The just one and then all the choir followed, singing forth the mass of the martyr's office. The pope thanked God that it pleased Him to show such miracles for His holy martyr. At whose tomb, by the merits and prayers of this holy martyr, our blessed Lord has shown many miracles. The blind have recovered their sight, the dumb their speech, the deaf their hearing, the lame their limbs, and the dead their life. If I should here express all the miracles that it has pleased God to show for this holy saint, it would contain an entire volume. Therefore, at this time I pass over to the feast of his translation, where I propose, with the grace of God, to recite some of them. Then let us pray to this glorious martyr to be our advocate, that by his petition we may come to everlasting bliss. Amen.\n\nHere ends the life and passion of St. Thomas of Canterbury.\n\nSilvester is said to be of silver or sole. Whyche is.Silvester was the light of the earth, as it is said in the church. Silvester is also referred to as the wild one and the hard one, meaning he drew wild men and hardened them towards the faith. In the glossary, Silvester is described as \"great in contemplation of heavenly things\" and \"tireless in laboring himself.\" He was unorthodox or shady, meaning he was cold and refrained from all fleshly desires. Full of bows among the trees of heaven, Eusebius of Cesarea compiled his legend. The blessed Gelasius, in the council of the 70 bishops, recorded it as follows:\n\nSilvester was the son of Iusta. He was taught and learned from a priest named Cyrinus, who performed marvelous acts of almsgiving and hospitality. Cyrinus received a Christian man named Thymotheus into his house, whom no one else would receive due to the persecution of tyrants. Thymotheus therefore suffered death and passion..that while he preached the faith of Jesus Christ, Yves, the prefect Tarquinus, supposed that Thy Mother had great riches. He demanded these riches from Silvestre, threatening him with death if he did not comply. But when he found out certainly that Thy Mother had no great riches, he commanded Saint Silvestre to sacrifice to idols. If he refused, he would suffer various tortures. Saint Silvestre answered, \"Evil false man, you shall die this night and suffer tortures that will last forever. And you will know whether you want it or not, that he whom we worship is the true god.\" Then Saint Silvestre was put in prison. And the provost went to dinner. It happened that as he ate a bone of a fish that got stuck in his throat and could not be brought down or up. And after midnight, he died. Just as Saint Silvestre had said. And then, Saint Silvestre was released from prison. He was so gracious that all..Christians men and pilgrims loved him, for he was fair like an angel to look upon, a fine speaker, whole in body, holy in work, good in counsel, patient and charitable, and firmly established in the faith. He had in writing the names of all the widows and orphans who were poor, and to them he administered their necessities. He had a custom to fast every Friday and Saturday.\n\nMelchiades, the bishop of Rome, died, and all the people chose St. Sylvester to be the high bishop of Rome, which was against his will. He instituted Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday for fasting, and Thursday for being honored like Sunday.\n\nIt happened that Emperor Constantine slew all the Christian men he could find. For this reason, St. Sylvester fled from the town with his clerks, and hid himself in a mountain. And for Constantine's cruelty, God sent him such sicknesses that he became Lazarus and miserable..\"Council of his physicians gave the order to kill three thousand children, young ones, to have their throats cut and have their blood in abbey, so that he might be healed of his misery. And when he should ascend into his chariot to go to the place where he was to be baptized, the mothers of the children came crying and wailing for the sorrow of their children. And when he understood that they were mothers of the children, he had great pity on them and said to his knights and those about him, \"The dignity of the Roman pyre is brought forth from the fontain of pity, which has stabilized by decree, that whoever slays a child in battle shall have his head smitten off. Then it would be great cruelty for us to do such a thing as we defend against strange nations, for cruelty would thereby overcome us. It is better that we leave cruelty and let pity overcome us. And for that reason, it seems better to me to save the lives of these Innocents than by their death I should be healed.\"\".Have again my health, which we have not yet received, have health, that should be a cruel health, bought with the death of so many Innocents. Then he commanded to render and deliver again to the mothers their children and gave to each of them a good gift. Thus, he made them return to their houses with great joy. For when they departed with great sorrow, and he himself returned again in his chariot to his palaces. Now it happened that the next night after, St. Peter and St. Paul appeared to Emperor Constantine, saying to him: \"Because you have shed and spilled the blood of the Innocents, our Lord Jesus Christ has had pity on you. And He commands you to go to such a mountain where Silvestre is hidden with his clerics. Say to him that you come for baptism from him, and you shall be healed of your affliction.\" And when he was awakened, he commanded his knights, and ordered them to go to that mountain and bring the pope fair..When Saint Sylvester saw the knights approaching him from a distance, he assumed they had come to martyr him. He instructed his clerks to remain firm and steadfast in their faith, preparing them for martyrdom. When the knights arrived, they spoke to him courteously, explaining that Constantine had summoned him and requested his presence. Constantine then shared his vision with Sylvester, and when Sylvester asked who the apparitions were, Constantine was unable to identify them. Sylvester opened a book and asked if they resembled the images of Saints Peter and Paul. Upon recognizing them, Sylvester informed Constantine that he had seen them in a dream. Sylvester then preached the faith of Jesus Christ to Constantine and baptized him. A great light descended upon him following his baptism..I. had seen Jesus Christ and was immediately healed from my afflictions / Then he established seven laws for the holy church:\n\n1. That the entire city should worship Jesus Christ as true God,\n2. That whoever spoke blasphemy,\n3. That whoever committed violence against Christian men, he should lose half his goods,\n4. That the bishop of Rome should be chief of all the holy church, like an emperor is chief of the whole world,\n5. That anyone who had committed or would commit a trespass and fled to the church should be kept there free from injuries,\n6. That no one should dedicate any churches without the church's license and the bishop's consent,\n7. That the seventh part should be given to the church.\n\nAfter this, the emperor came to St. Peter's church and humbly confessed all his sins before all people. He made amends for the wrongs he had done to Christ and bore the burden of the foundation's cost on his shoulders..The empress, who was living in Behroid, wrote to the emperor that she was greatly distressed because he had become Christian. In her letter, she implored him to renounce the false idols and blamed him for abandoning the law of the Jews and worshipping a man who had been crucified. Constantine replied that she should gather the greatest masters of the Jews and he would gather the greatest masters of the Christians to that place, so they might dispute and determine which was the truest law. The empress then assembled twelve masters, the wisest she could find in her law, and Saint Silvestre and his clergy were from the other party. The emperor appointed two gentlemen as judges for them, one named Craton and the other Zenofilus, who were proven to be wise and expert. They were to give the sentence and serve as judges in the dispute. One of the Jewish masters began to maintain and dispute his law..Saint Sylvester and his clerks answered to his disputation, and they all concluded, \"By scripture, the true and just judges favored Saint Sylvester more than the Jews. Then one of the masters of the Jews named Zambri spoke, \"I marvel at you,\" he said, \"that you cling so much to their words. Let us leave these words behind and focus on the deeds. Then he summoned a cruel bull. He spoke a word in its ear, and the bull died. Then the people were against Sylvester. Sylvester said, \"Do not believe that he named Jesus in his last words. If he can raise himself to life by the power of God, I will believe that he is dead. And when the judge heard this, they said to Zambri, who had killed the bull, 'You should raise him to life.' He answered, 'If Sylvester can raise him to life in the name of Jesus of Galilee, his master, then I will believe in him. And they bound all the Jews there.\".And Saint Silvestre first made his prayers to our Lord, and then came to the bull and said to it in its ear, \"Thou cursed creature that hast entered this bull and slain it, go out in the name of Jesus Christ. In whose name I command thee; arise thou up, and go with the other beasts debonairly.\" And anon the bull arose and went forth softly.\n\nAt that time, the queen and the judges, who were pagans, were converted to the faith. In this time, it happened that there was at Rome a dragon in a pit, which every day slew with its breath more than three hundred men. Then came the Bishops of Thydoles to the emperor and said to him, \"O most holy emperor, since the time that thou hast received the Christian faith, the dragon that is in yonder pit or fosse sleeth every day with its breath more than three hundred men.\" Then the emperor sent for Saint Silvestre and asked him counsel on this matter. Saint Silvestre answered that by the might of God he promised to deal with it..make him cease from this hurt and bleeding of this people. Then Saint Sapphire spoke to him and said, \"Go surely to the dragon and take the two priests with you. And when you come to him, you shall say to him in this manner: 'Our lord Jesus Christ, who was born of the virgin Mary, crucified, buried, and arose; and now sits on the right side of the Father; this is he who shall come to judge the living and the dead. I command thee, Satan, that thou abide him in this place till that comes. Then thou shalt bind his mouth with a thread and seal it whereon is the impression of the cross. Then thou and the two priests shall come to me whole and safe. And when he calls to the pit, he descended down an C and fifty steps, bearing with him two and found the dragon. And said the words that Saint Peter had said to him. And bound his mouth with the thread and sealed it. And after he returned.'\".vpward again he met with two enchanters who followed him to see if he descended, nearly overcome by the stench of the dragon, which he brought with him whole and sound. These two were baptized with a great multitude of people with them. Thus, Rome was delivered from double death: one from the worship of false idols, and the other from the terror of the dragon. When Saint Sylvester approached his death, he called to him the clergy and admonished them to have charity and to govern their churches diligently, keeping their flocks from wolves. After the year of the Lord three hundred and twenty, he departed from this world and slept in the Lord.\n\nThis ends the life of Saint Sylvester.\n\nSaint Paul, the first hermit, as Saint Jerome writes, was in the time of the emperors Decius and Valerianus, in the year of the Lord 250. This holy man, Saint Paul, saw men for the Christian faith..The cruelly tormented man fled into the desert, where he saw two men being cruelly tormented. The first man, who firmly abided in his faith, was sentenced to have honey poured over his entire body and had his hands bound behind him. He was then set in the heat of the sun to be bitten and stung by flies and wasps. The other man, who was young, was made to lie in a soft bed, between two sheets, among flowers and delightful roses and sweet-smelling herbs. He was bound so that he could not move.\n\nLater, an harlot named Rybaude came alone to him to touch his members and move his body to lechery. Eventually, when the voluptuousness of his flesh overcame him and could not defend himself or his members, he paid her with a pious spittle in her face. She, who was always enticing him to lechery through touching and kissing, was also vanquished, and he deserved to have lordship..In this time, Saint Paul was about fifteen years old and lived in Thebes, a part of Egypt, with his sister Marc. When he saw the persecutions of Christian men, he departed and became a hermit for a long time and for many years, until he was one hundred and thirteen years old. In this time, Saint Anthony was a hermit in another desert, and was then seventy-eight years old. One time, he thought in himself that there was no one in the world as good or great a hermit as he was. A revelation came to him as he slept that there was a hermit below in that desert who was better than he, and he should go and see this holy man. The next day, he took up his staff and began through that desert. He met a person halfway between a man and a horse, whom the poets' fables call a centaur. This person showed him the sign of the cross before him..After asking him where the holy hermit dwelt, he showed him the way on the right side and then vanished from sight. It is uncertain if this bestiary was a beast of the desert or the devil, appearing in the form of a beast. After St. Anthony met a monster in a valley, bearing the fruit of a palm tree, and having horns and legs and feet like a woodland ghost in appearance, he made the sign of the cross before it. This bestial man gave the fruit of the palm to St. Anthony. St. Anthony asked him what he was, and he replied, \"I am mortal and dwell in the desert.\" The Saracens call us \"sacraros.\" I am the messenger of our company. We pray that you pray for us. We know well that the savior of the world has come. His renown is spread throughout the world. Therefore, no one should have doubt. All men know that in the time of Constantine the Great, such a monstrous creature was brought into the city of Alexandria to be presented to him..\"the people / and when he had filled his body with salt / against the heat of the sun / and was sent to the emperor in Antioch as a marvel / But let us return to our matter / Saint Anthony had great labor in going through the desert / where there was no way / Eventually he found a she-wolf / who brought him, by the will of God, to the hermitage of Saint Paul. But as soon as he knew that Saint Anthony had come, she quickly shut her door. Saint Anthony prayed to her for charity, that she would open it to him, and said, \"You know well who I am and why I am come. I know I am not worthy to render or give anything for your labor. Nevertheless, I shall not depart from here until I have seen thee. At last, she opened her door and embraced each other. And each of them did reverence to the other. And Saint Paul commanded about the state of the world and the governance. And while they were thus talking, a crow came flying and\".brought to them two loves if breed / And when the crow was gone / Saint Paul said be thou glad and joyful / For our lord is debonair and merciful / he has sent us bread for to eat / It is forty years passed that every day he has sent me half a loaf / But now at thy coming he has sent two whole loves / and double provision / And they had question to decide until evening time which of them both should enter or begin to take of the bread / At last the bread departed even between their hands / and then they ate / & drank of the well / or fontain / After graces said / they had all that night collation to decide / On the morrow said Saint Paul / Brother, it is long since I knew / that thou dwelt in this region and in this country / And God had promised to me thy company / I shall now shortly die / and shall go to Jesus Christ / for to receive the crown promised to me / Thou art come hither for to bury my body / when Saint Anthony heard that / anon he began tenderly to weep / and wailed..pray that he might die with him and go in his company / St. Paul said / it is necessary yet that thou livest for thy brethren / to make them form and teach them / wherefore I pray thee to return to thine abbey / And bring to me the mantle / which Athanasius the bishop gave to thee for wrapping in my body / Then St. Anthony marveled at this, that he knew of this bishop and this mantle, and after dared not say anything / and God had spoken to him / And weeping, he kissed his feet and hands / and came and labored / for he had journeyed from that one place to that other through many journeys and foul ways through haystacks and hedges / woods, stones, hills and valleys / and St. Anthony, of great age and weak from fasting and not strong nor mighty, when he was come to his abbey, two of his disciples to him most secretly demanded of him, saying, \"Fair father, where have you been so long, and he answered, \"Alas, I, a wretch, who falsely bears the name of a monk. I have been...\".I have seen St. Paul in paradise, and truly I have seen St. Paul in paradise,\nspeaking and beating his breast. He brought out the mantle from his cell,\nand went again the long way alone, through the desert, to St. Paul,\ndesiring greatly to see him, for he was afraid lest he should die\nbefore he might come again to him.\n\nIn the second journey, where St. Anthony went through the desert,\nin the third hour of the day, he saw the soul of St. Paul shining ascend into heaven,\namong a great company of angels, prophets, and apostles. And anon,\nhe fell down there weeping and wailing, and crying with a loud voice,\n\"Alas, Paul, why have you left me so soon? I who have seen so little of you.\"\n\nThen he had such great desire to see the corpse or body,\nthat he passed all the remaining way as soon as a bird flying.\nAnd when he came to the cell of St. Paul, he found that the body was there..Right upon his knees, with his face and hands addressed toward heaven, he supposed he had been alive and had made his prayers. But when he had adjusted it, he knew that he was passed out of this world. His weeping and wailing were pitiful to hear, among all others he said, \"O holy soul, thy body shows to be dead, this is what you did in your life.\" After this, he was greatly ashamed of how he should bury the body, for he had no instruments to make his sepulcher. Then came two lions, which debonairly made a pit according to the quantity of his body. St. Anthony buried his body therein, and he took with him St. Paul's coat, which was made and fastened to the gyre with the lees of a palm tree, in the manner of a mat. And afterward, for great reverence, St. Anthony wore this coat and clad himself with all, in great and solemn festivals. Thus this holy man, St. Paul, died in the year of the incarnation of our Lord 1238 and 6. Late us then pray..To him who impleads and obtains remission of our sins, that after this life we may come to everlasting joy and bliss in heaven. Amen.\n\nThus ends the life of Saint Paul the first hermit.\n\nRemigius is named after Remus, that is, nourisher and geographer. He is called Remus because he nourished the people with doctrine or because he was a wrestler. He was a pastor and a wrestler; he fed his flock with the word of preaching, with the suffrages of prayer, and with the example of conversation. There are three kinds of armor: one for defense, the shield; one for fighting, the sword; and one for health and salvation, the surcoat and helmet. He wrestled against the devil with the shield of faith, with the sword of the word of God, and with the helmet of hope. Ignatius, Archbishop of Reims, wrote his life.\n\nRemigius, a glorious doctor and confessor, was born of the Lord for his birth and foreseen as an holy hermit. When the persecution of the Waldenses had almost destroyed the Church, he appeared as a beacon of hope..A man, holy and virtuous, recluse and blind, frequently prayed for peace and welfare of France. He once had a vision: an angel appeared to him and said, \"Know that a woman named Aline will give birth to a son named Remy. He will deliver the country from this persecution.\" When the man awoke, he went to Aline and shared his vision. She did not believe him due to her age. The man insisted, \"It will be as I have said. When you have given your child suck, give some of your milk to me to put on my eyes, and with it I shall recover my sight again.\" As he had foretold, these things transpired. Aline gave birth to a son named Remy. When he reached the age of discretion, he renounced the world and entered into a recluse life. Later, due to the great renown of his holy life,.He had been there for 22 years; he was elected and chosen to be archdeacon at his table, and took his meal at his hand. It happened on a day that he was lodged in the house of a good woman who had but a little wine in her cask or vessel. St. Remigius went into the cellar and made the sign of the cross on the cask. He prayed for a while. Suddenly, the cask was so full that it overflowed by the merits of the good saint.\n\nNow it happened that Clodomir, king of France, who was a pagan, could not be converted by any preaching that his wife could do, who was a Christian up to that time. A great host of Alamans came into France by her commandment. Then, by her entreaty, he made a vow that if the god his wife worshipped would give him victory, he would be baptized upon his return from the battle. He demanded this, and he vanquished the battle and, after coming to Reims to St. Remigius, prayed him to baptize him. And when St. Remigius baptized him, he had no chrism ready. Then:.Douge descended from heaven, bearing a crysis in an ampulla. The king was anointed with this ampulla, and it is kept in the church of St. Remy at Reims. Kings of France are anointed there when they are crowned. St. Remy had a niece who was married to a clerk named Genebald. By devotion, he left his wife to enter religion. Then St. Remy saw that the see of Reims was too large, and he ordained a new bishopric at Laon. Genebald was made the first bishop of that place. When Genebald was bishop, his wife came there to see him. She was reminded of the privacy they used to have and lay with her one night, engendering a child. When his wife knew she was great, and let him know, and when he knew it was a son, he commanded that it should be named Theophilus, because he had engendered it by theft. To quell the suspicion and words of the people, he allowed his wife to remain..come to him as she had before and after she conceived a daughter. He commanded her to name the daughter a fox's whelp. And after, he came to St. Remy and confessed his sin. He took the stole from his neck and wished to leave his bishopric. He had confessed, comforted him, and gave him penance, and kept him in a little cell for seven years, giving him bread and water. In the meantime, he governed the church himself. At the end of seven years, an angel came to the prison and said to him that he had completed his penance and should go out of the prison. To whom he said, \"I may not go out.\" For my lord St. Remy has closed the door and sealed it. And the angel said to him, \"Know that the door of heaven is opened to you. I will open this door without breaking the seal, which St. Remy has called for.\" And immediately the door was opened. Then Gabriel filled the middle of the door in the form of a cross and said, \"If our Lord Jesus Christ came here, I would not go.\".Saint Remy, who was bishop of Reims, was held captive in a fortified place and shut in there by those who kept him. Come and bring me out, and then they quickly fetched Saint Remy and took him to Laon. He released him from prison, reassured him, and set him back in his see there, where he lived holyly for the rest of his life. After his death, his son was made bishop in his place, who is also a saint in heaven. Lastly, Saint Remy, after God had shown many miracles on his behalf, departed from this life to eternal joy in the year of the Incarnation of our Lord 500.\n\nSaint Hilaire, who was bishop of Poitiers, was born in the region of Guienne. He had a wife and a child..Daughter / And where he was in habit secular, he lived after the life of a monk, he profited so much in holy life and sciences that he was chosen Archbishop of Poitiers. A manner of heresy reignned in his diocese and throughout France, which was the sect of the Arians. He destroyed it to his power. Nevertheless, by the commandment of the emperor, who was of the party of the heretics due to the suggestion of two bishops of that sect, he was exiled. With these two bishops, he disputed and overcame them afterward. For they could not prove the truth of the matter nor could they bear or answer to his eloquence. So he was compelled to come again to Poitiers. And as he passed by an island in the sea, which was full of serpents, he chased them away by the virtue of his command and by his sight only. He pitched a staff in the middle of the island and gave the serpents liberty to come to that staff and not to pass further. The serpents obeyed him..is no longer a land, but see: When Saint Hilary came to Poitiers, he met a child born to be buried, and the child had not been baptized. By the virtue of his prayer, he raised the child to life. The child had lain long in the dust in prayer, and when he arose from his prayer, the child arose from death to life. Saint Hilary had a daughter named Apra, whom he intended to marry, but Saint Hilary preached so much about the state of virginity to her that she changed her intentions. When she was confirmed in this resolve and purpose, Saint Hilary doubted that she would remain steadfast, and he prayed to the Lord for her while she was in good resolve. And immediately she died. Saint Hilary buried her. When her mother, the wife of Saint Hilary, saw that her daughter was dead, she prayed to her husband that he would intercede and obtain for her, as he had done for his own daughter. And immediately after Saint Hilary had made his orison, she died. By this means, he was left with his wife and his daughter..During the time of Pope Leo X, who favored heresy, a council of bishops was called, but Saint Hilary was not summoned to attend. Despite this, Saint Hilary came to the council. When the pope saw him, he commanded that no one should rise against him or give him a place. Then the pope said to him, \"You are Hilary, the cock, and not the son of a hen.\" Saint Hilary replied, \"I am Hilary and no cock, but a bishop in Gaul, in prison.\" Then the pope said, \"You are Hilary, the rooster,\" and I am Leo, bishop of the papal see. To this, Hilary replied, \"If you are Leo, why then are you not of the tribe of Judah?\" The pope was greatly incensed and said to him, \"Wait a little, and I will pay you your due.\" Saint Hilary answered, \"If you do not come again, who will pay me for it?\" The pope replied, \"I will come again and will trounce your pride.\" Then the pope went down into the lower chamber to relieve himself. By the conduct of both parties, all the excrement was voided out..entrails of his body and he died suddenly, thus the pope, Saint Hilary, found no place to sit on, nor would anyone move to make way for him. And when he saw this, he said, \"The Lord is my refuge.\" He sat down there, and there, by a miracle, he rose up as high as the others. And immediately after, the word came that the pope was dead. Then Saint Hilary confirmed all the other bishops who were there in the faith, and each one went to his country. In the end, when Saint Hilary had interceded to God for many miracles to be shown through his prayer, he became weak and saw his death approaching. Then he called to him one of his chaplains whom he loved and said to him, \"Go out and bring me word what you hear.\" When he had been gone for a long time, he came in and told Saint Hilary that he had heard a great noise in the city. And at night, he sent his chaplain..In the time of Saint Fremyn's tribulation, Saint Savage, Bishop of Amiens, saw before him the vision of Saint Honor. Prior to his return to the chamber to report this, a great clear light entered, which the priest could not behold. Upon the light's departure, Saint Hilary died. It was the year of grace, three hundred and forty. May we pray to him that he pray for us. Amen.\n\nDuring the time of Saint Fremyn's martyrdom, Saint Savage, Bishop of Amiens, saw before him a vision. He saw that prior to the time of Saint Honor, our Lord had taken up the bodies of Saints Fulcien, Victorice, and Genesius. He kept vigil all night over the body of Saint Fremyn the Martyr. When it was day, this holy man Saint Savage summoned the clergy and people of the city of Amiens to fast and pray, in order that our Lord would reveal to them the place where the body of Saint Fremyn the Martyr lay. On the third day, our Lord performed such a miracle that He sent a ray of the sun..why this part of the monastery wall was located where the body lay, they began to dig and delve there. When they approached the body, a great sweetness emerged from the pit. All those present believed they had been in paradise. If all the fragrances of the world had been combined, it would not have smelled as well or as sweet. This sweet scent spread through the city of Amiens and various other cities, such as Terwaus, Cambray, and Noyon. The people of these cities came out of their places with candles and offerings without saying or commanding anything, but only because of the spreading scent. Since the body had been born in the city of Amiens, miracles were displayed that had never been found or seen before for any saint. The elements were moved by the miracle of this saint. The great snow that was present at the time was turned into powder and dust..He who was then / And the ice that hung on the trees / became flowers and leaves / And the meadows around Amiens flowed and became green / And the sun, which by nature / should go low / that day ascended as high as she is on St. John's day at noon in the summer / And as men bore the body of this saint / the trees bent and worshipped the body / And all manner of sick men, of what malady they had, received health / in the Invention of the blessed body of St. Frumentius / And the burghers who were in their gowns and mantles / had such great heat / that they called their servants and bondmen, of whom there were many that day in Amiens / and freed them to carry their clothes into the city of Amiens / Our Lord did show such miracles / and sent the odor so far / that the lord of Bagensy / who was at a window and was sick with leprosy / and he smelled the odor / and was instantly cured and whole / And he took his gold and came and did homage to the body of St. Frumentius..\"In the city of Amiens, our lord has shown many miracles for this glorious saint, and he ought to be honored in this world. Then pray we unto this blessed saint, St. Fremyn, that he pray for us to our lord, that he will pardon us our sins and grant us the glory of heaven. Amen.\n\nMacaire is said to be Maca, which is as much to say as engine, and of Achis, which is to say virtue. Or Macaire is said to be Amatham, that is to say smiting, and of Rys, that is to say master. For he was ingenious against the deception of the devil, virtuous in life, smiting in chastity, and master in the governance of prelacy.\n\nSt. Macaire was in a desert and entered into a pit or sepulcher where many bodies of penitents had been buried to sleep. He drew out of these bodies and laid it under his head instead of a pillow. Then the devils came there to make him a ghost and afraid, and one of them said to him,\".Come with me to bail the body, and the body replied, I may not come, for I have a pilgrimage upon me lying that I may not move. This saint Machinery was not afraid, but he struck the body with his fist and said, arise and go if you may. When the devils saw that they could not make him afraid, they cried with a great voice, Machinery, you have vanquished and overcome us twice.\n\nOnce, as Saint Macharius was near his house, the devil came with a great sickle in his neck, and wanted to smite him with it. The devil said to him, Thou doest great violence and force to me, for I may not prevail against thee. Look what thou doest, I do the same, thou fastest, and I eat not, thou wakest, and I never sleep, but there is one thing in which thou overcomest me. And Macharius said, what is that? To whom the devil replied, that is humility and thy meekness, by which I may not prevail against thee.\n\nIt happened once that a great temptation came upon Saint Macharius, and much tempted him..The holy Abbot Saint Machaire saw a devil in the form of a woman, dressed as a herald all in linen full of holes, and in every hole hung a flask. The devil asked him why he was going. Saint Machaire asked the devil why he carried so many flasks. The devil answered that he was going to give drink to these hermits. Saint Machaire asked him why he carried so many flasks, and he answered that he would offer each one a flask, and if that one could not drink from it, he would offer him another, and so on, until they found something pleasing to them to fall into temptation. When he came again, Saint Machaire called him and asked him what he had found. He answered that he had fared poorly, for they were all so holy and blessed..They retched not of his drink, except one, named Theodistus. Then Saint Machaire arrived and found all the hermits in good condition, except him whom the devil had tempted. Saint Machaire, through his exhortation, brought him back to the right way. Another time, Saint Machaire encountered the devil and demanded to know when he had come. The devil replied, \"I have come from visiting your brothers.\" Then Saint Machaire asked, \"How do they do?\" The devil replied, \"Evil.\" Saint Machaire asked why, and the devil said, \"Because they are all holy. And the worst one is the one who was mine. He is now made holier than the others.\" When Saint Machaire heard this, he granted the land thanksgivings to God.\n\nIt happened once that Saint Machaire found the head of a dead man on the way. He asked the head whose it was, and the head replied, \"It was a peasant's.\" Saint Machaire asked where its soul was, and the head replied, \"In hell.\" Saint Machaire demanded if it was deep in hell../ and he said deper than is fro heuen to erthe / And after he demanded yf there were ony bynethe hym / And he said the Iewes ben lo\u2223wer than he was / he asked yf there were ony lower or bynethe the Iewes / to whom he said that the false crysten men ben yet lower / and depper in helle than the Iewes / For as moche as they haue dyspyted and vy the blood of Ihesu cryst of whiche they we\u00a6re redemed / so moche the more be they tormented / On a tyme saynt ma\u2223chaire wente in a deserte and atte ende of euery myle he sette a reed in therthe for to haue knowleche therby to torne agayn / And wente forth ix day Iour\u00a6ney / and after he slepte / And the de\u00a6uyl toke all thyse reedes & bonde them & leyd them atte hys hede / wherfor he had grete labour / for to come agayn / in to hys hows / An heremyte which was in deserte / was moche tempted for to goo agayn / to the world / And he thought in hys herte / that he shold doo more good to be emong the people / than he shold doo in hys hermytage / Thenne he tolde all thys to saynt.Saint Macharius said, \"Tell your thoughts that for the love of Jesus Christ, I keep the walls of this cell. It happened once that Saint Macharius killed a flea that helped him. When he saw the blood of this flea, he repented and, regretful, would have avenged it. But instead, he immediately unclothed himself and went naked into the desert for six months, suffering himself to be bitten by flies. After this, Saint Macharius, who had long lived and in whose life God had shown many miracles and had been endowed with many virtues, died and returned his soul to our Lord Jesus Christ, who is blessed in the worlds, Amen.\n\nThis ends the life of Saint Macharius.\n\nFelix was surnamed Empices. He is named for the place where he rests, or for the pillars of his relics. A pillar is properly called a reliquary to write in wax tablets by which he suffered death. Some say that he was a schoolmaster and taught children. He was strict with them..was known of the pagans. And because he confessed openly that he was Christian and believed in Jesus Christ, he was delivered to be tortured into the hands of the children, his scholars whom he had taught and learned from. These scholars showed him with their pointed sticks and pricks and cuts. Yet the church holds him for no martyr but for a confessor. The pagans told him that he should sacrifice to their idols, but he blew on them, and immediately they fell to the ground.\n\nIt is read in a legend that when Bishop Maxen and Valerian fled the persecution of the pagans, the bishop was tormented so much by hunger and thirst that he fell to the ground. Therefore, Felix was sent by an angel to him. He brought nothing with him to give to him, and he saw by him a cluster of grapes hanging from his shoulders. Quickly, he took it with him. And when the bishop was dead, Felix was elected and chosen to be bishop. And as he preached once, the persecutors sought to seize him..And he hid himself in the clefts of a broken wall, and inconsolable by God's will, came spies and set their traps and nets before him, so they might not find him. And when the tyrants could not find him, they went their way. And he went then to the house of a widow, and took his refuge there for three months. And yet he saw her never in the visage. And at last, when the peas were made, he went into his church and there died and rested in our Lord, and was buried by the city in a place called Princes. And this Felix had a brother, who was likewise named Felix. And when this Felix was compelled to worship idols, he said, \"You are enemies to your gods. For if you bring me to them, I shall blow upon them like my brother did, and they shall fall to pieces and break.\n\nOn a time this Felix did labor in his garden, where he had set cools and wort for his use. And some of his neighbors would have stolen away..They dug up the cooles and words in the garden all night and on the morning Saint Felix blessed them. And immediately they confessed their sins and he pardoned them. Then they went their way. A little while later, the penitents came to take Saint Felix. And anon such great sorrow and pain took them that they began to howl like dogs. He said to them, \"Believe in God and say that Jesus Christ is true God. And do you submit to be baptized, and you shall be whole and your pain shall cease.\" And so they did, and immediately they were all whole. After the bishop of Thydoles came to him and said, \"Sir, as soon as our God saw him, he fled.\" And when I said, \"Why do you flee?\" He said, \"I cannot endure the power of Felix. And if my God doubts, much more ought I to doubt. And when Felix had confirmed him in the faith, he baptized him. Felix said to those who worshipped Appolin, 'If Appolin is a true god, let him say to me what I hold in my hand.'\" And he had..in his hand a charter / whereon was written the origin of our Lord / that is, the Pater Noster / And he could not answer / therefore the payments were converted to our Lord / And at last, when he had sung his mass and the peas given to the people / he fell down in prayer on the pavement of the church / and passed out of this world into our Lord /\n\nThus ends the life of St. Felix\n\nMarcel is as much to say as refusing to do evil / or it is said as striking the sea / that is to say, the adversaries of the world. For the world assembles the sea / Like Crisostomus says on Matthew, continual fear is its confusion / And in it, continual fear of death and perpetual disorder without ceasing /\n\nSt. Marcell was chief bishop, and the emperor had such great contempt for him that he turned the house of a good woman, of whom St. Marcell had made a church, into a stable for horses / And in the place where St. Marcel had sung mass, the emperor built a horse stable..Saint Marcell lived and served in this capacity after his appointment, and in this service, Saint Marcell died holy in the year of the Lord's incarnation two hundred and forty-six.\n\nHere ends the life of Saint Marcell, pope.\n\nAnthony is said to be of Anna, who is as much to say as she and one holding, or keeping, and despising the world, he despised the world and called it deceitful, transitory, and bitter. And Anthony wrote his life.\n\nSaint Anthony was born in Egypt of a good and religious father and mother. When he was but twenty years old, he heard in the church the gospel read that said, \"If you want to be perfect, go and sell all that you have, and give it to the poor, and then you will have treasure in heaven.\" Following this advice, he sold all that he had and gave it to the poor and became a hermit. He endured many temptations from the devil. Then, on one occasion, when he had overcome the spirit of fornication which tempted him in this regard,.by the virtue of his faith, you appeared to him in the form of a little black child, full of filth, at his feet, and confessed that you were the devil of fornication, which Saint Anthony had desired and prayed to see, to know you, the one who tempted young people. Then Saint Anthony said, \"Since I have perceived that you are this thing, I shall never doubt thee. After he went into a hole or cave to hide himself, he found there a great multitude of devils that beat him so severely that his servant carried him upon his shoulders into his house as if he were dead. When the other hermits were assembled and wept for his death and wanted to perform his service, Saint Anthony suddenly returned and made his servant carry him back into the pit again, where the devils had beaten him so cruelly. He began to summon the devils who had beaten him to battles, and they came in the forms of diverse wild and savage beasts. One howled, another snarled, and another cried:.Another brayed, and as they said, Saint Anthony, one wrestling with another, and with their paws and angles, and distorted his body, supposing him to be dying. Then came a clear brightness, and all the beasts fled away. And Saint Anthony understood that in this great light, the Lord came. He said, \"Who art thou?\" The good Jesus answered, \"I am here, Anthony. Then Saint Anthony said, \"O good Jesus, where have you been so long? Why weren't you here with me at the beginning to help me and heal my wounds?\" Then our Lord said, \"I was here, but I wanted to see and endure your battle. And because you have manfully fought and well maintained your battle, I will make your name known throughout the world. Saint Anthony was of such great fervent and burning love for God that when Maximus emperor slew and persecuted Christian men, he followed the martyrs that he might be a martyr with them and deserve it. He was sorry that martyrdom was not given to him..After finding a silver plate in his way, Saint Anthony thought it was a test from the devil. Seeing it was impossible for any man to pass, and he would have heard it fall, he said, \"The devil tries to deceive me, but it will not be in your power.\" The plate vanished like a little smoke. Similarly, he found a mass of gold and it vanished in the same way. One time, while Saint Anthony was praying, he saw in a vision the entire world filled with snares and temptations. He cried out, \"O good Lord, who can escape from these snares?\" A voice answered, \"I am the devil,\" and demanded, \"Why do these monks and these cursed Christian men do this?\" Saint Anthony replied, \"They do it by good right, for you gave it to them.\".A young man passed by Saint Anthony and his bow in his presence, and beheld how Saint Anthony played with his companions. The young man was envious. Then Saint Anthony said to him, \"You should bend your bow,\" and he did so, shooting two or three arrows before him. Immediately, he unbent his bow. The young man asked Saint Anthony why he had not kept his bow bent, and he replied, \"It should be then over weak and feeble.\" Then Saint Anthony said to him, \"Play with the monks, to be stronger in serving God.\" A man asked Saint Anthony what he could do to please God, and he replied, \"Wherever you will be or go, have God before your eyes and the holy scripture. Keep yourself still and do not roll about in the country. Do these three things.\".A monk came to Saint Anthony to ask for counsel on how to be saved. Saint Anthony replied, \"Have no regard for the good you have done or kept your belly and tongue clean. Repent of the penance you have forsaken. Fish that have been long in the water, when they come to dry land, must die. Monks who leave their cloisters or sells, if they converse long with secular life, will lose their good life. Monks should be solitary and have the three battles: of hearing, speaking, and seeing. If he has but one of these battles, that is of the heart, he has too little. Some hermits came to ask Saint Anthony to visit them, and their abbot was with them. Saint Anthony told the hermits, \"You have a wise man with you.\" To the abbot, he said, \"You have found a good one.\".Brothers/ The brother answered Abbot/ Truly I have good brothers/ but there is none who does their work/ each body may enter who will and go into the stable and untie the ass within / And he said this because the brothers had their mouths open too much to speak/ For as soon as they have thought/ of a thing/ it comes to their mouths/ Then Saint Anthony said/ you ought to know that there are three bodily temptations/ one is of nature/ another of excessive eating/ and the third of the devil/ There was a hermit who had renounced the world/ and not perforce/ For he had something proper to himself whom Saint Anthony sent to the market to buy flesh/ And as he was coming and brought the flesh/ the dogs assailed him and all tried to take the flesh from him/ And when he came to Saint Anthony/ he told him what had happened to him/ Then Saint Anthony said to him/ thus as the hounds have done to you/ so do the devils do to monks who keep money/ and have..Some prophets spoke to themself, on a time as St. Anthony was in the wilderness in his prayer and was weary. He said to our Lord, \"Lord, I have great desire to be saved, but my thoughts distract me.\" Then an angel appeared to him and said, \"Do as I do, and you shall be saved.\" He went out and saw him laboring at one time and praying at another. Do this, and you shall be saved.\n\nOn a time when the Hermites were assembled before St. Anthony, they asked him about the state of souls when they depart from the body. The next night after, a voice called St. Anthony, \"Arise and go out and look up high.\" When St. Anthony looked upwards, he saw one long and terrible figure, whose head touched the clouds. People having wings that wanted to keep them back were held and caught by this great man, but he could not retain or hold back those who flew upwards.\n\nThen he heard a noise full of joy and another full of sorrow. And he understood that this was the separation of souls..deuyll retained some souls that did not go to heaven, and the other he could not hold or keep. Therefore he mourned, and for the other he made joy. And so he heard sorrow and joy mixed together. It happened once that St. Anthony labored with his brethren, the hermits. And he saw a very sorrowful vision. And therefore he knelt down on his knees and prayed to the Lord that He would lessen the great sorrow that was coming. Then the other hermites asked what it was. He said that it was great sorrow. For I have seen a great multitude of beasts surrounding me, fearing all the country. And I well know that this is to say that there will come a great trouble of men like beasts, defiling the sacraments of holy church. Then came a voice from heaven to St. Anthony, saying, \"Great abomination shall come to my altar.\" And soon after the heresy of the Arians began, and greatly troubled holy church and did much evil..bete monks and other naked before the people / and slew Christian men like sheep / upon the altars / and in particular one baluchyn / did great persecution / to whom Saint Anthony wrote a letter which said / I see the iron and malice of our Lord coming upon thee / if thou sufferest not the Christian life in peace / Then I command thee that thou do no more wickedness / or thou shalt have misfortune soon / The unhappy man received these letters / and began to mock Saint Anthony / and spit on him / and beat him who brought the letter / And sent again to Saint Anthony these words / if thou hast such great charge of thy monks come to me and I shall give to them my disciples / But it happened that fifteen days after / he mounted upon a horse over debonair / And nevertheless when the horse felt him upon it, he fell from the legs and died on the third day / It happened another time that the hermits came to Saint Anthony and demanded from him a collection / Then.sayd saynt Anthonye / doo ye thys that is wreton in the gospel / yf one gyue to the a stroke on that one cheke / shewe hym that other / And they answere we may not doo so / Thenne said he / suffre ye it ones debonayrly / they answerd we may not / Thenne said saynt An\u2223thony to hys seruaunt / gyue them to drynke good wyn / For thyse monckes ben ouer delycious / Fayr brethern put your self to prayer / For ye haue moche grete nede / Atte laste saynt Anthonye assembled the heremytes / And gaf to them the peas / and deyde and depar\u2223tred out of thys world holyly whan he was of the age of an honderd and v yere / praye we to hym / that he praye for vs\nHere endeth the lyf of saynt Anthonye\nFAbian is as moche to saye as makyng soue\u00a6uerayn beatitude or bles\u2223sidnes / that is to wyte in getyng in thre maner wises or maners / First by right and reson of adopcion / of by\u2223eng in achate and by vyctorye / \nSAynt Fabian was a cytezeyn & bourgeys of Rome / And it hap\u2223ped whan the pope was deed / that the people as\u00a6sembled for to.Chese another pope / And Saint Fabian came to the election to know who should be elected and chosen to that dignity / And immediately a white dove descended from heaven / and rested upon his head / And they marveled much\nAnd all by common accord chose him as pope / This holy man Fabian, after he was pope, ordered through all the countries seven deacons and to them seven subdeacons / for writing the lives of martyrs / There was an Emperor in his time named Philip / who was much sinful and came boldly into the church for to be anointed and communed / whom the pope drove away / and denied him the communion / until he had gone and shriven himself of his sins / and let him stand among the laity / This holy pope also ordered the baptism in the church / \u00b6 Then at last when he had been pope for fourteen years / Decius the emperor commanded to strike off his head / And so he was crowned with the crown of martyrdom / the year of our Lord 414\n\nSebastian is said.Saint Sebastian was a man of great faith, a good Christian, and was born in Herbon. He was taught and educated in the city of Melan. The emperors Dionesian and Maximian of Rome held him in high regard and made him master and duke of their household and army. They always kept him in their presence, and he was always in the habit of a knight, wearing a golden girdle above his tunic. He did this not for worldly reasons or out of fear of death or for the love of Jesus Christ, but to comfort Christian men.\n\nSebastian is also called Bastian. Through the help of Christ, he flourished in the church and had a custom of comforting the martyrs in their torments.\n\nSaint Sebastian was a man of great faith and a good Christian. He was born in Herbon and was taught and educated in the city of Melan. The emperors Dionesian and Maximian of Rome held him in high esteem and made him master and duke of their household and army. They always kept him in their presence, and he was always dressed as a knight, wearing a golden girdle above his tunic. He did this not for worldly reasons or out of fear of death or for the love of Jesus Christ, but to comfort Christian men.\n\nSebastian is also known as Bastian. Through the power of Christ, he flourished in the church and had a custom of comforting the martyrs during their torments..In their belief, when they were in distress for renouncing the faith out of fear of tortures to their bodies, it happened that two German brothers, named Marcus and Marcellianus, who were very Christian and noble in lineage, were taken and constrained by the persecutors to worship and do sacrifice to their idols. And there was given to them a respite of thirty days to be in prison without receiving death for their Christian faith. Within this time they might consult and advise themselves whether they would do sacrifice to the idols or leave it, and their friends were satisfied in this time of respite to come to them in prison for comfort and recall them from their faith to save their lives. Then came their parents and friends to them and began to say, \"When comes this hardness of heart that you despise the old age of your father and mother, who are now old? You bring upon yourselves new sorrows. The great pain that they had in your birth was not so great as the sorrow that they have now. And the sorrow that your mother...\".Suffers it not to repeat/ Wherefore right dear friends we pray you that you will put some remedy to these sorrows/ And depart from us and leave the error of the Christians/ And anon after these words their mother came in/ crying and tearing the heirs of her head/ showing her hands and said all weeping/ Alas, I am wretched and unhappy that I have given suck and nursed so sweetly/ Thou fair son, thou wert sweet and debonair to me/ And to that other she said/ thou wert like and seemed well thy father/ Alas, to what mischief and sorrow am I delivered/ for you, my fair sons/ I lose my sons which by their own will go/ My most dear children, have mercy on your sorrowful mother/ that am in such great distress/ and in such great/ Weeping, for you/ O pitiful one that I am, what shall I do that lose my two sons and see them go to death/ by their free will/ Alas, this is a new manner of death/ for to desire the death/ before it comes..moder had spoken, but their father was brought between two servants who showed to his sons his wife's dust on the porch of her head and cried, \"Alas, I, sorrowful captive, come to the death of my two sons, who by their own agreement will die. O my dearest sons, who were the sustenance and staff of my old age, gently nourished and taught and learned in science, what is this open folly and rage that has come upon you and causes you to love and desire so the death? There was never such folly and rage seen in the world. O ye my friends, come forth and help me weep for my children, ye who have hearts of pity, and ye old and young, weep ye. I will weep so much that I will not see the death of my sons.\n\nWhile the father thus wept and said, the two wives of these two sons came, each bearing in their arms their children, who weeping and crying said, \"Say now that you leave us and your children in what ward? Alas, what?\".\"shall become of us/ our children and our goods/ that for your sake shall be lost Alas, captives that we are/ what thing is this to us/ how have you, of iron heart, in what manner may you be so hardened and so cruel/ and despise your father and mother/ and refuse all your friends/ chase away your wives/ and renounce and forsake your children/ and with your will deliver yourself for to die shamefully/ Of these lamentable words I forewarn you/ the two said sons, Marcus and Marcellianus, were so abashed and their hearts softened/ that almost they were returned from the Christian faith/ and would, for the favor of their parents and friends, have sacrificed/ to idols/ but at these words was Saint Sebastian/ as a knight/ who, when he saw them thus troubled and so softened/ immediately came to them and said/ O ye right noble knights of Jesus Christ, wise and brave which have come to the victory/ and now go back/ for a few blasphemous words vain and miserable/ you will lose the victory\".permanent / Do not let the bleeding life fade away / for the bleeding words of women / Be an example to other Christians to be strong in faith / Address your hearts above the world / And do not lose your crown for the weeping of your wives and children / Those who now weep certainly should be glad and joyous / if they knew / that you know / They were not that there is no other life / but this / which they see before their eyes / which after this shall come to nothing / if they knew what is that other life / without death and without sadness / in which is joy permanent and everlasting without doubt / they would hasten to go with you to that life / and would consider this life as vain / For it is full of mystery and also false / and since the beginning of the world has deceived all its friends / and conquered all those who have trust in it / For she has lied in her promise / yet she daily does more harm in this life / For she makes gluttons / And other she makes lechers / she makes\n\n(Note: The text appears to be in Middle English, and there are some errors in the OCR transcription. I have corrected the errors as faithfully as possible to the original text while maintaining its meaning. However, I cannot translate ancient English into modern English as the text is already in Middle English.).Theevils cause discord among married people and stir up strife among the peaceful. The world brings all malice and felony. Those who in this life pursue their desires and serve it long, when they have fulfilled its evil deeds, receive its daughter, perpetual death, as their reward. This is what the world gives to its servants who depart from it impoverished, bearing nothing but their sins. Then Saint Sebastian turned to his parents and friends and said to them in this manner: \"O you my friends, behold the deceitful life of this world which deceives you so, that you counsel your friends away from the eternal life, you destroy your children so they will not come to the company of heaven, and to the honor everlasting.\".themperior celestial, by your folly words and false weeping, if they should assent to your repeal, they would but a while dwell with you, and after should depart from your company, where you should see them in torments that should never end. Where cruel flame devours the souls of heretics and worshippers of idols, and dragons eat the lips of cursed men, and serpents destroy them that are evil. There where is nothing but wailing, weeping, and horrible cries of souls which burn continually in the fire of hell, and ever shall burn without dying. Suffer, that your sons escape these torments, and think how you may escape, and let the thought suffice that they, when they have been thus departed from you, go to prepare your place and your mansion in heaven, where you and your children may be in perpetual joy. In this hour and time that Saint Sebastian was in habit of a knight..clad with a mantle, girded with a girdle of gold, and had said these words. A great light appeared, in which a young man clad in a white mantle stood among seven angels. Saint Sebastian gave to Marcus and Marcellianus the peas, saying, \"Thou shalt be with me.\" The wife of Nichostratus, named Zoe, saw this in whose house Marcus and Marcellianus were imprisoned. They had been mute and dumb for two years due to a sickness that she had. But she had learned that Saint Sebastian had said this and had seen the light around him. She fell down at his feet and, by signs of her hands, prayed to him. When Saint Sebastian knew that she had lost her speech, he said to her, \"If I am the servant of Jesus Christ and if all that I have said is true, then I pray him that he will restore to you your speech again. He opened the mouth of Zachariah the prophet. And immediately this woman cried out more loudly and said, \"The word that you have spoken is true.\" Blessed be you. And the word of.thy mouth and bless those who believe in Jesus Christ, the son of God. I have seen certainly seven angels holding a book in which was written all that you have said. Bless those who believe in what you have said. And curse those who do not. Nichostratus, husband of this woman, and the father and mother and all the friends of Marcellianus and Marcus, received the Christian faith. They were all baptized by Polycarp the priest, numbering seventy-six persons, men, women, and children. They spent ten days there, engaging in orisons and prayers, and then thanked God for His benefits. Among them was Tarquyllinus, father to the holy martyrs aforementioned, who had endured ten years of suffering in his feet and hands. And as soon as Polycarp had baptized him, he became as whole and sound in his feet and hands as a child. After the ten days of agony, the Comatian proosts of Rome summoned Tarquillinus for him..demanded of him how his sons were advised and counseled. He answered, \"Much good came of it when you granted them reprieve. For in that meantime, those who were supposed to die found life and joy instead. And the provost supposed that his sons had been torn apart. He said to them, 'May you dwell in peace.' Tarquillinus said, 'Gentleman, if you will justly support and care for me and my sons, you will find that the name of Christian men is of great virtue. And the provost said, \"Tarquillinus, are you mad?\" He answered, \"I have been out of my wits, but as soon as I believed in Jesus Christ, I received health of body and soul. The provost said, \"I see well, that the reprieve of your sons has led you astray.\" Tarquillinus said, \"Know from what works comes error. The provost asked him to speak and he said, \"The first error is to leave the way of life and go the way of death, to dispute that men who are meant to be gods, and to adore their images made of wood or stone.\".The provost said: \"There are no goddesses that we worship. Tarquillinus said: 'It is recorded in our books, what men you worship as goddesses. How wickedly they lived and how shamefully they died. Saturnus, whom you worship as a god, was lord of Crete, and ate the flesh of his children. Is he not one of your goddesses? And Jupiter, his son whom you adore, who slew his father and took his sister as his wife. What evil was this? How are you in great error, that you address these cursed men as gods? And say to the image of stone, \"You are my god,\" and to the stock of the tree, \"Help me.\"' The provost said: \"If there is but one invisible god that you adore, why do you adore Jesus Christ, whom the Jews crucified? Tarquillinus answered: 'If you know of a ring of gold in which lies a precious stone in the mire of a valley, you would send your servants to take it up. And if they could not leave it, you would strip yourself of your clothes of silk and do so.\"'.The provost asked why you had put forth this proposition now. Tarquillinus replied, \"To show to the people that we adopt one only god.\" The provost asked, \"What do you mean by this ring?\" Tarquillinus replied, \"The gold of the ring signifies the body human; and the precious stone signifies the soul which is enclosed in the body. The body and the soul make a man, just as gold and the precious stone make a ring. And much more precious is the man to Jesus Christ than the ring is to the owner. You send your servants to take up this ring from the dirt or mire, and they may not. Thus God sent prophets into this world to draw the human race out of the mire of sins, and they could not do it. And just as you should leave your rich clothes and clothe yourself with a coarse coat, and descend into the prison and put your hands into filth to take up the ring, so also...\".The magesty of God hid the light of His divinity under a carnal vestment, which He took from human nature, and descended from heaven, coming beneath the threshold of this world. He put His hands into the suffering of our miseries, enduring hunger and thirst. He took us up and cleansed us from filth and weakness through the water of baptism. He who despises this [one] because he descends in a foul habit to take up the ring, might just as well put him to death. Therefore, all those who deny or despise Jesus Christ, because He humbled Himself to save mankind, cannot in any way escape the death of hell. The prior said, \"I see well that these are but fables.\" You have taken refuge for your sons; do you not know well that our lord the emperor is cruel against Christian men? Tarquillinus said, \"It is folly to doubt human power more than divine power. Those who are cruel against us may well torment our bodies, but they cannot take from us.\".The priest Ihesu crist / Then the prior put Tarquillinus in the hands of the sergeants, saying \"Show me the medicine by which you are healed of your wound.\" I will give to the gold without number. Know that much evil will come to those who sell and buy, but if you will be healed of the plague on your body, believe in Ihesu crist. And you shall be as healed as I am. The prior said, \"Bring him to me who has healed you.\" Tarquillinus went to Polycarpus and said all this to him. He brought him before the prior and informed him of the faith. He prayed that he might have his health. Saint Sebastian said, \"You must first renounce your idols / and give me permission to break them.\" Then the prior's servants were to break them. Saint Sebastian said, \"They are afraid and dare not break them.\" And if the demons hurt any of them in any way, the bystanders would say, \"They were accomplices.\".They were hurt because they broke their goddesses. Then Policarp and St. Sebastian destroyed more than 200 idols. They told the provost, \"Why haven't you received the health that you showed us a charm which was as light as if it had been of stars. Because of this, his father had spent 100 pounds of gold. By this, he knew that something was coming. Then St. Sebastian said, \"As long as you keep this hole, you can never have health. And then he agreed that it should be destroyed. Tyburcien, his son, who was a noble young man, said openly, \"This noble work should not be destroyed. I will not be against my father's health. Two furnaces of fire should be prepared, and then you may destroy this work. If my father has his health, I will be content. If he does not receive his health, then you two shall be burned in these two furnaces of fire immediately.\" St. Sebastian said, \"Be it as you have said.\" And forthwith they went and broke it..The angel of the Lord appeared to the provost and said his health was given to him. Immediately, he was healed and ran after him to kiss his feet, but he refused. For he had not received baptism. Then, he and Tyburcien, along with their MCCCC family members, were baptized. Zoe was taken by the mob and tortured so long that she gave up her spirit. When Tarquillinus heard this, he came forth and said, \"Alas, why do we live so long? Women lead us to the crown of martyrdom. A few days later, he was stoned to death. And Tyburcien was commanded to walk barefoot on burning coals or else sacrifice to idols. He made the sign of the cross on the coals and went on them barefoot. He said, \"It seems to me that I walk upon roses in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.\" Fabian the provost replied, \"It is not unknown to us that your Jesus Christ is a teacher of sorcery.\".To who said [Thou art not worthy to name such a worthy, holy, and sweet name]. The provost was angry and commanded to cut off his head. And so he was martyred. Then Marcellianus and Marcus were severely tortured and bound to a pillar. And as they were bound, they said, \"Look how good and joyful it is, brothers, to live together in harmony.\"\n\nTo whom the provost said, \"You wretches, do away with your madness and quietly surrender yourselves.\" And they replied, \"We have never been so well fed. We would like to remain here until the spirits have departed from our bodies.\"\n\nThen the provost commanded that they should be pierced through the body with spears. And so they completed their martyrdom. After this, Saint Sebastian was accused to the emperor that he was a Christian. Therefore, Diocletian, emperor of Rome, summoned him before him and said, \"I have always loved you well and have made you the master of my palaces. Why then?\".\"hast thou openly contradicted my health and defied our god Saint Sebastian said, I have always revered Jesus Christ for your health and for the state of Rome. I intend to pray and ask for help from the statues of stone is a great folly with these words. Diocletian was more angry and enraged, and commanded him to be taken to the field and bound to a stake to be shot at. The archers shot at him until he was covered in arrows like a hedgehog is covered in quills. And thus he was left there to die. The night after, a Christian woman came to take his body and bury it, but she found him alive and brought him to her house, taking care of him until he was well. Many Christian men came to him, advising him to leave the place, but he was comforted and stood on a step where the emperor would pass by, and said to him, the bishops of the statues deceive you foolishly, who accuse the Christians for being contrary to the common profit.\".of the city that prays for your estate and for the health of Rome, Diocletian said art thou not Sebastian, whom we commanded to be put to death? And Saint Sebastian replied, therefore our lord has granted me life, to tell you that wickedly and cruelly you persecute Christian men. Then Diocletian had him brought into prison in his palaces and ordered him to be beaten so severely with stones until he died. And the tormentors threw his body into a great pit. Because the Christian men should make no feast to bury his body or of his martyrdom, but Saint Sebastian appeared to Saint Lucy, a glorious widow. He said to her in such a prison, thou shalt find my body hanging on a hook. Why, which is not defiled with any filth, when thou hast washed it, thou shalt bury it at the Catacombs, and the same night she and her servants accomplished all that Sebastian had commanded her. He was martyred in the year of our Lord CCIII..Saint Gregory relates in the first book of Hwedded that Saint Gregory was prayed to go with other women to the dedication of the church of Sebastian. The night before, she was so moved in her flesh that she could not abstain from her husband. And on the morning, having greater shame of men than of God, she went there. And as soon as she entered the oratory where the relics of Saint Sebastian were, the devil took her and tormented her before all the people. Then the priest took the altar cover and covered her. And then the devil assailed the priest. Her friends led her to enchanters, that they should enchant the devil, but as soon as they began to enchant by the judgment of God, a legion of devils entered into her, that is, 20,000. They vexed her more sharply than before. And a holy man named Formatus, through his prayers, delivered her. It is read in the gestes of the Loebards that in the time of King Gilbert, all Italy was smitten with such a great pestilence..\"Before those who were alive could bury the dead, this pestilence was most rampant in Rome and nearby. Then, the good angel was seen visibly by many, and an evil angel following, bearing a staff whom he bade strike and slay. The number of strokes he struck and the hours corresponded to the number of deceased persons. Finally, it was revealed by God's grace that this pestilence would not cease until an altar to St. Sebastian was built at Rome. This altar was then made in the church of St. Peter, and immediately the pestilence abated. Relics of St. Sebastian were brought from Rome, and St. Ambrose, in his preface, says, 'O Lord, the blood of your blessed martyr St. Sebastian was shed for the confession of your name. He has shown your marvels, which bring benefit in sickness and give profit to our studies. And to those not steadfast to it, he gives aid and help. Therefore, let us pray to this holy martyr, St. Sebastian, that he may pray for us.'\".lord that we may be delivered from all pestilence and sudden death, and so depart adversely hence that we may come to everlasting joy and glory in heaven. Thus ends the life of St. Sebastian.\n\nAgnes is called Agnes, which means lamb, for she was humble and obedient as a lamb, or Agnes in Greek, which means obedient and pitiful, for she was obedient and merciful. Or Agnes of agnoscendo, for she knew the way of truth, and after this saint Augustine says, truth is opposed against vanity, falsehood, and doubleness. For these three things were taken from her for the truth that she had.\n\nThe blessed virgin St. Agnes was much wise and well taught, as St. Ambrose bears witness, and wrote her passion. She was fair of countenance, but much fairer in the Christian faith. She was young in age but old in wisdom. In the seventeenth year of her age, she lost the death that the world gives and found life in Jesus Christ. When she came from school, the son of the emperor of Rome summoned them for their temples..\"and when his father and mother learned of it, they offered to give him great riches if he could have her in marriage. They also offered precious gifts and jewels to Saint Agnes, which she refused. This caused the young man to be ardently in love with Saint Agnes, and he came again and took with him more precious and rich adornments, made with all manner of precious stones. His parents and he himself offered Saint Agnes rich gifts and possessions, and all the delights and duties of the world, and all to be allowed to have her in marriage. But Saint Agnes answered him in this matter: 'Depart from me, thou bundle of sin, no tempting of evil, and depart. Know that I am prevented and loved by another lover, who has given me many better jewels, who has pledged his faith to me, and is more noble in lineage and estate than you are.'\".Iewellis of gold has set a sign in my face, that I receive no other pledge but him, and has shown me great treasures which he must give me if I abide with him. I will have no other spouse but him, I will seek none other. In no manner can I leave him, with him am I firm and fastened in love, which is more noble, more powerful, and fairer than any other whose love is much sweet and gracious. The chamber is now ready to receive me, where the virgins rejoice merrily. I am now embraced by him, of whom the mother is a virgin, and his father never knew any woman to whom the angels serve. The sun and the moon marvel at his beauty, whose works never fail, whose riches never diminish. By his odor, the dead are raised to life again, by his touch, the sick are comforted. His love is chaste. To him I have given my faith, to him I have commanded my heart. When I love him, then I am chaste, and when I touch him, they are pure and clean..I am a virgin. This is the love of my god. When the young man had heard all this, he was despairing, as one taken in blind love, and was overcome with so much that he lay down sick in his bed from the great sorrow he had. Then came the physicians and knew his malady and said to his father that he was languishing from carnal love, that he had to some woman. Then the father inquired and knew that it was this woman. And he spoke to Saint Agnes for his son and said to her, \"How does your son languish for your love?\" Saint Agnes answered, \"In no way will I break the faith of my first husband. Upon that, the prior demanded to know who was her first husband, in whose power she so much trusted and avowed. Then one of her servants said that she was Christian, and that she was so enchanted that she said Jesus Christ was her espoused one. And when the prior heard that she was Christian, he was greatly glad because he could have power over her..For the Christian people, if they would not renounce their God and their belief, all their goods should be forfeited. Therefore, then the provost summoned Saint Agnes to come before Justice. He examined her gently, and after cruelly threatening her. Saint Agnes, comforting herself, replied to him, \"Do what you will. For my purposes shall never change.\" And when she saw him now flattering and now terribly angry, she scorned him. The provost, in a rage, said to her, \"Choose one of two things: either sacrifice to our gods with the virgins of Vesta, or go to the brothel to be abandoned to all who come there, to the great shame and blame of all your lineage.\" Saint Agnes answered, \"If you knew who my God is, you would not speak such words to me. But since I know the power of my God, I set nothing by your threats. For I have his angel, who guards my body.\" Then the judge ordered them to take off her clothes..Saint Agnes, naked, was led to the brothel. But when she was unclothed, God granted her grace, and her long hair covered her entire body. When Saint Agnes entered the brothel, she found divine protection in the form of a bright clarity that prevented anyone from approaching her. She transformed the brothel into her oratory and prayed to God. A white vestment appeared before her, which she put on and said, \"I thank you, Jesus Christ, who counts me among your virgins and has sent me this vestment.\" All who entered were filled with awe and reverence at the great clarity they saw around Saint Agnes and left more devout and cleaner than they had entered. Lastly, the son of the procurer arrived with a large company..for when he saw his fellows come out and issue all abashed, he mocked them and called them cowards. Then he arrogantly entered to comply with his evil will. And when he came to the clarion call, he announced himself to take the virgin. But the devil took him by the throat and strangled him, causing him to fall dead.\n\nWhen the provost heard these tidings of his son, he ran weeping to the brothel and began crying out to St. Agnes, \"O cruel woman, why have you shown your enchantment upon my son, and what caused his death?\" To whom St. Agnes answered, \"He took him into his power, to whom he had abandoned his will. Why are they not all dead, he asked, who entered here before him? For his fellows saw the miracle of the great clergy and were afraid and went their way unharmed. For they did honor to my God, who has clothed me with these vestments and has kept my body, but yours...\".Saint Agnes replied, \"It may well appear that you have not put him to death. And she answered, \"Nevertheless, because it is time that the virtue of God be shown, go out all of you so that I may pray to God. And when she was in her prayers, then the devil arose and revived him. He went out and began to cry with a loud voice that the God of Christian men was the true God in heaven and on earth and in the sea. And that idols were vain, which could not help themselves nor anyone else. Then the bishops of idols made a great disturbance among the people, so that all cried, \"Take away this sorceress and witch who turns men's minds and alienates their wits.\" The prior saw these marvels..Saint Agnes gladly would have delivered me, but he doubted and feared being banned, so he set a lieutenant named Aspasius in her place to appease the people. Unable to deliver her, he departed sorrowfully. Aspasius, in doing this, caused Saint Agnes harm. As soon as this was done, the flame divided into two parts and burned those who caused the discord. Saint Agnes remained unharmed throughout. The people believed she had performed an enchantment. Then, Saint Agnes made her prayer to God, thanking Him for sparing her from losing her virginity and from the burning flame. After making her prayer, the fire lost all its heat and was quenched. Aspasius, due to the people's doubt, commanded that a sword be placed in her body. Thus, she was martyred. Immediately, Christian men and Saint Agnes' parents came and buried her body. However, the pagans defended it and pelted them with stones. Neither they nor the Christians escaped unharmed. She..Suffered martyrdom in the time of Constantine the Great, who began to reign in the year of our Lord 312. Among those who buried her body was one Emerenciana, who had been a fellow servant to St. Agnes. Yet she was not yet baptized but an holy virgin. She also came to the sepulchers of St. Agnes, who constantly reproved the gentiles. And she was stoned to death and slain. Anon then came an earthquake, lightning, and thunder, which destroyed many of the pagans. The body of Emerenciana was buried by the body of St. Agnes. It happened that when the friends of St. Agnes watched at her sepulcher on a night, they saw come a great multitude of virgins clad in vestments of gold and silver. A great light shone before them. And on the right side, a lamb more white than snow was seen, and St. Agnes was also seen among the virgins. She said to her parents, \"Take heed, and see that you bury me no more as dead, but be joyful with me. For with all these things.\".virgynes Ihesu cryst haue gyue me most and dwellyng / And am with hym Ioyned in heuen / who\u0304 in erthe I loued wyth my thouht / And thys was the viij day after her passyo\u0304 And by cause of thys vysion / holy chyrche maketh memoyre of her / the viij day of the feste after / whyche is cal\u2223led Agnetis secundo / Of her we rede an example / that in the chyrche of saynt agnes was a preest whych was named paulus / and allewaye serued in that chyrche / and had right grete temptacion of hys flesshe / but by cau\u2223he doubted to angre our lord / he kepte hym fro synne / And prayd to the po\u2223pe that he wold gyue hym leue for to marye / The pope considered hys sym\u2223plenesse and for hys bou\u0304te he gaf hym a rynge in whych was an emerawde / and c that he shold goo to thymage of saynt Agnes / whyche was in hys chyrche / and praye her that she wold be hys wyf / Thys symple man dyde so / And thymage put forth her fyngre / And he sette the rynge ther\u2223on / And thenne she drewe her fyngre agayn and kept the ryng faste / And thenne anon.All his temptation carnal was quenched and taken from him. Yet, as it is said, the ring is on the finger of the thumb.\n\nConstance, the daughter of Constantine, was smitten with a sore and foul leprosy. When she had heard of the vision of St. Agnes at her tomb, and was in her prayers, she fell asleep. In her sleep, she saw St. Agnes saying to her, \"Constance, work constantly, and if you will believe in Christ, you shall be delivered of your sickness immediately.\" With this, she awoke and found herself perfectly whole. She received baptism and founded a church on the body of the virgin. She remained in her virginity and assembled there many virgins because of her good example.\n\nIn another place, it is read that when the church of St. Agnes was empty, the pope said to a priest that he would give him a wife to nurse and keep. He meant to commit the church of St. Agnes to his care. And he delivered to him a ring and bade him to wed Thymage..Thys virgin put forth her finger; he set the ring on it, and immediately she closed her finger to her hand and kept the ring, thus possessing it. Of this virgin, Saint Ambrose says in the book of virgins:\n\nThis virgin, young men, old men, and children praise.\nNone is more to be praised than she who can be praised by all.\nSaint Ambrose says in his preface that this blessed saint Agnes despised the delights of nobility and deserved heavenly dignity. She left the desires of human fellowship and found the fellowship of the everlasting King. Receiving a precious death for the confession of Jesus Christ, she is made conformable to Him, everlastingly to reign in joy in heaven. For whose glorious name and faith, He brings us this glorious virgin saint Agnes, who suffered martyrdom of death.\n\nVincent is as much to say as burning vices or overcoming burning desires and keeping victory. For he burned and destroyed vices by..mortification of the flesh / he endured the burning pains of torments with steadfast suffering / he conquered the victory of the world by despising the same / he endured three things in the world: false errors, foul loves, and worldly desires / which things he overcame by wisdom, cleanness, and constance / According to Saint Augustine, the martyrdoms of saints have shown that the world is overcome by all errors, loves, and desires / Some affirm that Saint Augustine wrote and compiled his Passion, which prudence set right clearly in verses /\n\nVincent was noble in lineage, but he was more noble by faith and religion / He was appointed to Saint Valerian bishop in his childhood / By divine providence, he flourished in both divine and human knowledge most profoundly / To him, Saint Valerian, because he was impeded in his tongue, entrusted to him the duties and works of charge, and himself..intended to pray and contemplate / And by the command of Daican, the provost Vincent and Valerian were drawn to Valence / and there cast in prison / And when the provost had supposed they had been almost perished for hunger and pain / he commanded them to come before him / And when he saw them whole and joyful / he, being angry, began to cry much, strongly, and said, \"What say you, Valerian, under the name of your religion, do you again against the decrees of princes? And as the blessed Valerian answered lightly, Saint Vincent said to him, \"Reverend father, answer him not with a timid heart, but put out your voice and cry out freely. And father, if you will command me, I shall go and answer to the judge.\" To whom Valerian replied, \"Dear son, it is long since I have been entrusted with the charge of speaking. Now it behooves you to answer for the faith, for which we are here.\" Then Saint Vincent turned to the judge and said to Daican, \"You have held words against us long enough.\".faith, but know that it is great felony to the wisdom of Christian men to blame and deny our Christian faith. Dacian, being angry, commanded that the bishop should be put in exile. And Vincent, as a presumptuous and disdainful man, should be put to be tortured in the place named Eculeo. And it was made like a cross through which the two ends were fixed. And his members should be broken on it, to fear the other. And when he was all thus broken, Dacian said to him, \"Say Vincent now, see thou thy unhappy body.\" And Vincent smiling said to him, \"This is that I have always desired.\" Then the provost, being angry, began to say and threaten him with many tortures. And Vincent said to him, \"O unhappy man, how do you think to anger me? The more cruelly you torment me, the more pity God will have on me. Arise, unhappy man and cursed one, and by your wicked spirit you shall be vanquished. For you shall find me stronger by the virtue of\".god to suffer thy tormentors / than thou hast power to torment me / Then the provost was angry / and began to cry / And the butchers took scourges and rods & began to strike and beat him with rods of iron / And St. Vincent said / what sayest thou, daemon / thou thyself avenge me of my tormentors / Then the provost was bewildered & said to the butchers / you wretches what do you why fall and weaken your hands / you have overcome murderers & adulterers / so that they could hide nothing among your torments / and this Vincent alone shall overcome your tormentors / Then the butchers took combs of iron / and began to comb him on the sides within the flesh / that the blood ran down over all his body / And those traumas and intestines appeared by the jointures of his sides / And daemon said to him / Vincent have pity on yourself / in such a way that you may recover your fair youth and win to spare the tormentors / that are yet to come / And Vincent said to him / O venomous tongue of the devil..I doubt not your torments, but I fear only that you will have mercy on me. For as much as I see the angry one blamed and reproved the bookkeepers for their long tarrying, then with his good will, he mounted upon the griddle and there was roasted, broiled, and burned in all his members. And when the blood ran into the fire and made wounds upon wounds, they cast salt into the fire that it should sparkle and spring in the wounds of his body on all parts, so that it should more cruelly burn and do him more pain on his body by the flames. In such a way that the pricks of iron could not hold on his members but on his entrails which hung out of his body, so that he might not move himself. And for all this, our Lord Jesus Christ, with joined hands, was raised up to heaven. And who..The minstrels had told this to Dacien. He said, \"Alas, we are all vanquished/defeated/conquered and he lives yet. And because he may yet live longer, confine him in a very dark prison. Gather all the sharp shells and prick them into his feet. Let him be stretched on a rack without any human comfort. And when he shall be dead, come and tell me. And these cruel minstrels obeyed him as if he were their cruel lord.\" But the king, for whose sake he suffered such inhuman pain, changed all this for him into being chased away from the prison. By great light and the sharpness of the shells being turned into the softness and sweetness of all manner of flowers, his feet were unbound. He used the comfort of the honor of angels. And just as he had gone on singing with angels, the sweet sound of the song and the sweetness and fragrance of the flowers, which was marvelous, was smelled from the prison. When the keepers had seen through the cracks of the prison what they saw within, they were amazed..And they were converted and torn from the faith. When Dacian heard this, he was astonished and said, \"What shall we do to him more? We have overcome him. Now, let him be born anew into a soft bed and soft clothes, so that he may not become more glorious, and let him not die yet but be strengthened again and be bound in new torments. And when he was brought to a soft bed and had rested a while, he rendered and gave up his spirit to God in the year of our Lord 887, under the Emperors Diocletian and Maximian. And when Dacian heard that he was dead, he was much sorrowful and said, \"In this way, I have been vanquished living, but since I cannot overcome him while he is alive, I shall punish him dead. And if I cannot have victory, I shall be disgraced by the pain. Then the body of St. Vincent was cast into a field to be devoured by beasts and birds by the commandment of Dacian, but it was kept from touching any beast by angels..After a raven came, which drove away all other birds and animals greater than itself, and chased away a wolf with its beak and claws. And then he turned his head towards the body, as if marveling at the keeping of angels. And when Dacian heard this, I suppose he said, \"I cannot overcome him when he is dead.\" Then he commanded that he should be cast into the sea with a millstone bound to his neck, so that he who could not be destroyed on land would be devoured in the sea by belues and great fish. Then the sailors who brought the body into the sea cast it therein. But the body arrived sooner on land than the sailors, and was found by a lady and some others through the revelation of Jesus Christ. And they honorably buried him. And St. Austin says of this holy and blessed martyr, St. Vincent, that he conquered in words, he conquered in pains, he conquered in confession, he conquered in tribulation..overcame the fire / he overcame the water / he vanquished death / and vanquished life / This Vincent was tortured for dwelling with God / he was scorched for introduction / he was beaten for enstrengthening / he burned to be purged / he was gladder of the fear of God than of the world he had rather please God than the world / And had rather die to the world than to God / Also St. Augustine says in another place that a wonderful thing is set before our eyes: a wicked judge, a cruel tormentor, and a martyr not overcome. And Prudence wrote of cruelty and pity, saying that Vincent said to Decian: \"The torments of the prison, the nails, the unbearable iron combs with the flames of fire, & death which is the last end of pains, all these are plays and japes to Christian men.\" Then Decian said, as overcome: \"Bind him and draw his arms out of their joints. Break all the bones in such a way that the limbs are separated to the point that the breadth of a sword can pass between them.\".Here ends the life and passion of Saint Vincent.\n\nHym springs out by the holies of his members, torn, and the knight of God laughed at these things and blamed the bloody hands because they did not push the hooks and nails deeper into his members. And when he was in prison, the Angel of God said to him, \"Arise, noble martyr, surely, arise, for thou shalt be our fellow; and thou, invincible knight, strongest of all, now endure these torments and cruel doubt, and prudence says, thou art the only noble one of the world, thou bearest the victory of double battle, thou hast deserved two crowns to bear. Pray then to him who will impetrate grace from our Lord Jesus Christ, that we may deserve to come unto his bliss and joy in heaven where he reigns.\n\nAmen.\n\nBasis is said of Basil in Greek, which is as much to say as a founder or leader, and leos, that is, people. For he was the founder of those who would go to their maker, or else it is said of..Basilisco was a bishop and a solemn doctor; Saint Basil, of whom Amphilus, bishop of York, wrote the life. It was shown in a vision to an hermit named Effraim how holy he was. Once, as the said Effraim went with a white vestment, honorably proceeding with the clergy, then the hermit said to himself, \"I see well, I have labored in vain and for nothing. He who is set in such honor cannot be such as I have seen. We who have borne the burden and labor of the day in great pain, have never had such a thing. And he here who is set in such honor, and also accompanied by such a column of fire, now I have great marvel what this may be.\" And Saint Basil, who saw this in spirit, caused himself to be brought to him. When he came, he saw a tongue of fire speaking in his mouth. Then Effraim said, \"Truly Basil is great, truly Basil is the pillar of fire, and truly the holy ghost speaks in his mouth.\".And Effraim said to Saint Basille, \"Sir, I pray you, impetrate of God that I may speak Greek to whom Saint Basille said, \"You have demanded a hard thing. Yet he prayed for him, and he spoke Greek. Another hermit saw Saint Basille going about as a bishop and thought evil in his mind about his delight in this estate in vain glory. And immediately there came a voice that said to him, 'You delight more in playing and handling your cat than Basille does in all his array, and sustain heretics who took away a church from the Christian men and gave it to the Arabs. And Saint Basil said, 'O thou Emperor, it is written, honor rex judicium diligit; the honor of the king requires true judgment. And the judgment of a king is justice. And why then have you commanded that the Catholic Christian men be put out of the holy church?' The emperor said to him, 'Yet you still speak falsely to me. It does not belong to you.'\" To whom Saint Basil replied..It appertains well to me and I will die for justice, then Demosthenes, the chief magistrate of the emperor's household, spoke on their behalf and made an answer, corrupted in language, to make satisfaction. Saint Basil said to him, it appertains to you to order the emperor's meals and not to inquire about divine matters, which held him still and he said nothing. And the emperor said to Saint Basil, Go forth now and judge between them, not for favor nor great love you have for one party, nor hate for the other.\n\nThen Saint Basil went to them and said to Foretarriens and the Catholiques that the church doors should be shut fast and sealed with the seals of either party. And each one should pray to God for his right, and the church should be delivered to whosoever's prayer it should open. And thus they agreed. The Arians kept them in prayer for three days..And when they called at the doors, they did not open. Then Saint Basille ordered a procession and came to the church, and knocked three times with his crozier, saying, \"Lift up the gates, you princes, and the rest,\" and as soon as he had said the verse, the doors opened, and they entered, giving praise and thanks to God. Their church was returned to them again. After the emperor made a promise to Saint Basille of much good and honor if he would consent to him, Saint Basille said that was a demand to be made to children, for those filled with divine words will not allow one only syllable of the divine science to be corrupted. The emperor was greatly incensed and took a pen to write the sentence of exile on him. The first pen broke, and the second, and also the third. His hand began to tremble with fear. In great incensed, he rent the decree. There was an honest, worshipful man named.A man named Herodius had only one daughter whom he intended to consecrate to God. However, the enemy of mankind, the devil, inflamed one of her servants with love for this maiden. When he remembered that he was merely a servant and thought it impossible to attain the desire of such a noble virgin, he went to an enchanter. The enchanter promised him that he could not help him but would send him to the devil, his master and lord. The young man agreed to do so, and the enchanter sent a letter to the devil on his behalf:\n\n\"My lord and master, because I must urgently and quickly draw all those I can away from the religion of Christendom and bring them to your will, so that your party may always grow and multiply, I send you this young man, enamored of the maiden.\".And he gave him his letter and bade him go, standing upon the top of a pagan at midnight and call the devil. Holding up the letter, he would not come to him. The prince of darkness came forth with a great multitude of demons. When he had read the scroll, he said to the young man, \"Will you believe in me if I grant your desire?\" He answered that he would. Then the devil said to him, \"Renounce Jesus Christ,\" which said, \"I renounce him.\" The devil replied, \"You Christian men are all false and unfaithful. For when you have something to do, you come to me. And when you have what you desire, you renounce me and return to your Jesus Christ. He receives you because he is righteous.\".if you want me to write a land deed with my own hand and give it to me, and let it contain that you have forsaken Jesus Christ, your baptism, and the profession of Christian religion, and that you will be my servant and be with me at judgment to be condemned, and immediately he wrote all this and gave it to the devil, and the devil took him with feasts that served for fornication, and commanded them to go and inflame the heart of that maiden in the love of that young man. He came to her and inflamed her in the love of the man so much that she fell down to the ground before her father, crying pitifully and saying, \"Father, have mercy on me. For cruelly I am tormented for the love of your servant. Have mercy on me. And show to me your fatherly love that you owe to me, that you give to me in marriage the young man that I desire. If you do not, you shall see immediately that I shall die. And from this you shall answer at the day of judgment.\".Father weeping said, \"Alas, wretched that I am, what has befallen me? God have mercy on my daughter. She takes away my treasure and quenches the light of my eyes. I would have given her to the spouse of heaven and saved myself, and you are distressed in worldly love and fleshly desire. Stay, daughter, and tarry, that I may marry you to him whom I had purposed, and bring not my last days in sorrow. And she cried and said, 'Father, do as I have said, or anon you shall see me dead.' And so, as she wept bitterly out of her wits, the father, in great desolation of heart, moved by the counsel of his friends and deceived, did her pleasure and married her to the young man. He gave to her all his substance, saying, 'Go forth, my daughter, very wanton, that you are.' And forth she went and took him as her husband, and they dwelt together. The husband went not to church, nor was he blessed by him, nor was he recommended to God. Many of the neighbors noted it and said to the wife, 'This young man.'\".A man you have taken is not baptized, nor does he attend church. When she heard this, she was greatly dismayed and fell to the ground in sorrow, scratching her face and beating her breast, lamenting, \"Alas, most wretched creature that I am! Why was I born? I wish I had perished in my birth!\" She then told her husband what she had heard, and he replied it was nothing. She retorted, \"If you want me to believe you, we will go to church in the morning, and then I will know if what you say is true.\" He was confounded and could not deny it, so he confessed all his deeds to her. Upon hearing all the details, she wept and went to St. Basil, recounting her husband's transgressions to him. St. Basil summoned the husband and admonished him, \"Will you reconcile with God, my son?\" The husband replied, \"I cannot.\".I have bound myself to the devil and renounced Jesus Christ. I have written this with my own hand and delivered it to him. Saint Basille said to him, \"There is no force. Our Lord is generous and merciful, and He will receive you if you repent.\" And another took the young man and made the sign of the cross on his forehead. He shut him in a chamber for three days. Afterward, when he went to see him, he asked, \"My son, how are you?\" And he answered, \"Sir, I am in great pain and in great anguish in such a way that I cannot bear the clamors, terrors, and torments that the demons inflict on me. For they hold in their hands my writing, accusing me and saying, 'I came to us, not we to me.' Then Saint Basille said, \"My son, be not afraid, but firmly believe in Jesus Christ. Saint Basille gave him a little food for comfort and marked him with the sign of the cross. He closed him in again, and he went and prayed for him after certain days..days passed, he went and visited him again, and asked how he was. He answered much better than before. I heard their claims and their threats, but I see them not. Saint Basille gave him food, and closed the door and blessed him, and went and prayed to God for him. Forty days later, he returned and asked him, \"My son, how is it with you?\" He answered, \"Holy father, it is well with me this day, for I have seen the fight for me and overcome the devil.\" Then he took him out and called all the clergy, the religious, and the people, and warned them that they should pray for him. And immediately, the devil with a great multitude of demons, without anyone seeing them, took the young man and urged them to take him out of Saint Basille's hand. The young man began to cry, \"Holy saint of God, help me.\"\n\nSaint Basille said,.thou cursed and cruel fiend, you do not cease to torment the creatures of my god, losing them. The fiend then said, hearing many, \"O Basil, you grieve and annoy me much. Then all the people cried out, 'Cry havoc!' And Saint Basil said to the fiend, \"Our lord God blames and reproaches you, cursed fiend. And the fiend said to him, \"Basil, you grieve and annoy me much. I do not know him, but he came to me. He has denied his God and has confessed me to be his lord. Behold in my hand the writing that he gave to me. And Saint Basil said to him, \"We shall not cease to pray for the child. Brother, do you know what they answered? I know it well, for they were tormented with my hand. Then Saint Basil broke them and took the child to the church. And there he was anointed and disposed, it being worthy for him to receive the holy sacrament. After he was anointed, taught, and delivered a rule to him, he was given to his wife. Also, there was a [something].A woman who had committed many sins / wrote down all of them / And at the end, there was one more grievous than the others / which she delivered in writing to St. Basil / asking him to pray for her / So that her sins might be forgiven / And then he prayed for her, and the woman opened the book / where she found all the sins defaced and erased, except the grievous one / She went to St. Basil and said, \"Thou holy saint of God, have mercy on me / and grant me forgiveness for this sin, as you have done for the others\" / St. Basil said to the woman, \"Depart from me, woman / For I am a sinner like you, who needs forgiveness as much as you\" / And as she was persistent and grievous to him, he told her, \"Go to the holy man named Effraim / and ask him for forgiveness from him.\" / When she went to the holy man Effraim / and told him why she had been sent to him by St. Basil / he said to her, \"Depart from me, for I am a sinner.\".\"ago to Saint Basille / It is he who can grant forgiveness for this sin, as he did for others, and hasten thee thither, where you may find him alive. When she entered the city, Saint Basille was born to the church to be buried. And she began to cry, saying, \"God and thee, for thou canst appease God for me. And thou hast sent me to another. And immediately she threw the ball at the bier's covering. And then, with others, she gave thanks to God. Before or after Saint Basille died, he being in the illness that he died, a Jew came to him who was much skilled in medicine. And he loved him because he saw that he would be converted to the faith. And when he came, he felt his pulse and saw that he was near his end. And he said to his men, 'Make ready such things as are fitting for his sepulture. For he shall die soon.'\".Basille said to him, \"You don't know what you're saying.\" And the Jew named Joseph said to him, \"This day you shall die when the sun goes down in the west.\" To Saint Basil, he said, \"What will you say if I don't die?\" Saint Basil replied, \"It is not otherwise possible. But if you live until tomorrow, none of that will happen.\" Joseph said, \"If you live until that hour, I shall die.\" Saint Basil said, \"You speak the truth; you shall die. That sin shall die in the place where you live, in Jesus Christ.\" Joseph said, \"I know well what you mean, and if you live until that time, I shall do what you say. Then Saint Basil said, \"Although by nature I should have died immediately, I obtained and begged from God the chance not to die then. I lived until the morrow at the hour of none. This thing marveled Joseph much, and he believed in Jesus Christ. Saint Basil then took heart and overcame the infirmities of his body, and arose from his bed.\".And went to the church, and with his own hands baptized a Jew. And after returning to his bed, he gave up his spirit and rendered his soul to God, around the year of our Lord 1320. Thus ends the life of St. Basille.\n\nSt. John the Almsman was patriarch of Jerusalem. He saw, on one occasion, in a vision, a very beautiful maiden who wore a crown of olive on her head. When he saw her, he was greatly abashed and asked her, \"What are you, this maiden?\" She answered him, \"I am mercy, sent from heaven. If you will marry me, you will fare better.\" Understanding that it was the Holy Spirit speaking, he called all the poor people his lords. Then he called his servants and said to them, \"Go through the city and write down the names of my lords.\" And when they did not understand his words, he said to them, \"They are the ones you call poor and needy. I call them my lords. I say they are my helpers, and trust well that they can help and get me the rewards..A king of heaven / And because he wanted to lead people to do alms, he said that when the poor men were once gathering wormwood against the sun, they began to tell who were good alms-givers. There was once a toll-collector named Peter, in a city, and he was very rich but not compassionate. Instead, he was cruel to the poor people. He would hunt and chase away poor people and beggars from his house with indignation and anger. Therefore, no poor man came to him for alms. Then there was a poor man who said to his fellows, \"What will you give me if I get an alms from him today?\" And they made a wager with him that he would not. He went to this rich man's house and stood at the gate and asked for alms. And when this rich man came and saw this poor man at his gate, he was very angry and wanted to throw something at his head but could find nothing. At last, one of his servants came carrying a basket full of rye bread, and in a great anger, he took a loaf of rye and threw it at him..He took up the loaf and ran to his fellows, saying truly that he had received it from Peter's own hand. Within two days after this, this rich man was sick and near death. As he lay there, he was troubled in spirit. In this troubled state, he saw himself being judged, and black men bringing forth his wicked deeds. They placed these deeds on one side of a balance. On the other side, he saw some clothed in white, mourning and sorrowful, but they had nothing to lay against them in the other balance. One of them said, \"Truly, we have nothing good against his will but two days gone.\" Then they put the loaf into the balance, and it seemed to him that the scales were even. They said to him, \"Increase and multiply this rye loaf, or else you must be delivered to these black moors or demons.\" When he awoke, he said, \"Alas, if a loaf of rye has so harmed me, what more should I fear?\".it had availed me if I had given all my goods to poor men with a good will, as this rich man went on a day, clothed in his best clothes. A poor shipman came to him all naked and demanded of him some clothing from him, for the love of God, to cover him. And he immediately stripped himself and gave to him his rich clothing that he wore. And anon the poor man sold it. And when he knew that the poor man had sold it, he was so sorry that he ate no meat, but he said, \"Alas, I am not worthy that the poor man should think of me.\" And the night following, he saw one brighter than the sun having a cross on his head wearing the same cloth that he had given to the poor man. And he said to him, \"Why do you weep?\" And he told him the cause of his sorrow. He said to him, \"Do you know this cloth?\" And he said, \"Sir,\" and then the Lord said, \"I have been clothed with it since you gave it to me. And I thank you for your good will that you showed pity for my nakedness.\".was a cold and you covered me. When he awoke, he blessed the poor people and said, \"By the living God, if I live, I will be one of his poor. And when he had given all his goods to poor men, he called one of his secret men whom he trusted well and said to him, 'I have a secret counsel to tell you. If you keep it not secret and do as I bid you, I shall sell you to the heathen men. And he took him and gave him ten pounds in gold and had him go into the holy city and buy some merchant ware. Whatever you have done, take me and sell me to some Christian man and take that money that you shall receive for me and give it to poor people.' The servant refused and said, 'If you do not sell me, I shall sell you to the barbarians.' Then he took Peter the Tollenar, as he had commanded him, who was his master, clad in coarse clothing, and led him to the market and sold him to a silversmith for thirty pieces of silver. This Peter, then sold, was bound and put in.\".A kitchen servant was tasked with doing all foul works in such a way that he was despised by every servant. Some of them often struck and knocked him on the head, calling him a fool. Christ appeared to him often, showing him his clothing and comforting him. The emperor and others were sorry for the loss of Peter the tollenar. It happened that noble Me\\_ of Constantinople came to the place where Peter was to visit holy places, as arranged by Peter's master. They sat and ate dinner together, and as they looked at him serving, they whispered to each other, \"This young man looks just like Peter the tollenar.\" Recognizing him, they said, \"It is my lord Peter.\" Peter understood and fled privately. There was a porter, who was both deaf and dumb. By signs, Peter asked him to open the gate. The porter immediately heard him and opened it..receiving speech answered him, and Peter went his way. The porter returned to the house, speaking and hearing what had happened. All marveled at him, to whom he said, \"He who was in the kitchen has gone out and fled.\" But know for certain that he is the servant of God. For as he spoke and commanded me to open the gate, a flame of fire issued from his mouth, which touched my tongue and ears. And immediately they all went out and ran after him, but they could not find him. Then all those in the house repented greatly and did penance for him.\n\nThere was a monk named Vyte, who tried to raise any scandal against St. John. And St. John went into a city and went to all the common women's brothels. And he said to each one by order, \"Give me this night, and do no fornication.\" Then he entered the house of one, and was in a corner all night on his knees in prayer for her. And in the morning, he left..Went and commanded each one of them to tell it to Noma. Yet one of them confessed his life. And as St. John had prayed, she began to be tormented by a devil. And the other women said to her, \"God has given to thee that which thou hast deserved, by cause she entered for fornication and not for any other cause.\" And when it was even, the said monk said to them all, \"I will go there. For that woman abides with me.\" Then many blamed him. And he answered and said, \"Am I not a man as another is? I have a body as other men have. Is God only wrathful with monks? They are men as others are. Then some of them said to him, \"Take to yourself a wife and change your habit, so that you do not resemble him.\" He feigning anger said, \"Very well, I shall not hear you who will be slandered. Let him be slandered and let him strike his forehead against the wall. Be you ordained to be my judges of God. Go and take heed of yourselves. For you shall give none.\".And he said to him, \"Account for me. He spoke with a low voice. Then they complained to St. John about his governance. Our lord hardened his heart and gave no credence to his words, but prayed God that he would show his works to some creature after his death and that it would not cause him to sin by defaming him. By this means, he brought many to be converted and set many of them for closure in religion. As he went from them, one of those common women met with a man entering to commit fornication. He gave him a buffet and said, \"Wicked man, why don't you amend your wicked living?\" He replied, \"Believe me well that you will receive such a buffet that all will assemble to wonder at it.\" And after that, the devil appeared to him in the likeness of a man and gave him a buffet and said, \"This is the buffet that Abbot Wyvil promised you.\" Immediately, he was seized by the fiend and tormented, so that all the people drew to him..A poor man, traveling as a pilgrim, came to Saint John and asked for alms. John called for his dispenser and ordered him to give the man six pence. The man received it and went away, changing his clothing. He returned to John and asked for alms again. John called for his dispenser and ordered him to give the man six gold pieces. After giving the gold, the dispenser informed the lord that the man had received alms twice and changed his clothing twice. John feigned ignorance of this. The poor man changed his clothing a third time..\"Once again, I approached Saint John and asked for alms for the third time. The dispenser then told his lord privately that he was the same beggar to whom Saint John had said, \"Give him twelve pennies, lest it be the Lord Jesus Christ testing me whether I might give more or he take more.\" On one occasion, Patricius had certain church money that he wished to put into merchandise. But the patriarch would by no means consent to this, but it should be given to the poor. They could not agree, and they both departed, angry. And after evening prayer time, the patriarch sent a message to Archpriest Patricius, saying, \"Sir, the sun is nearly setting.\" Hearing this, Patricius immediately wept and came to him, asking for mercy.\n\nOn one occasion, the newcomer of the patriarch suffered wrong at the hands of a taverner. He complained lamentably to the patriarch and could not be comforted.\n\nThe patriarch said to him, \"Who is so bold as to speak against me or open his mouth against me? Believe me soon that I will deal with this.\"\".day do for such a thing that Alexander shall wonder at it, and when he heard that he was well comforted, knowing that the taverner should have been severely beaten, Saint John seeing his comfort, kissed his breast and said, \"Soon if you are truly new to my household, make yourself ready to be scourged and to suffer every man's beatings, chidings, and wrongs. For true affinity is not only of flesh and blood but it is known by the strength of virtue. And immediately he sent for that maid and made him free of all pension and tribute. And all who heard this marveled greatly. Then those who had heard before that he would do this, that Alexander should wonder at it, were put to shame. The patriarch, hearing of the custom when the emperor is crowned, there shall come to him the makers of sepulchers and bring stones of marble of diverse colors, and ask the emperor of what stones he will have his grave made or of what metal, Saint John remembering this, commanded.His sepulcher but yet he did not make it all / but left it unfinished until the end / And he ordered that at every feast when he was with the clergy / some should come to him and say / Sir, thy monument or sepulcher is not all made but unfinished / command that it may be completed / For thou knowest not what hour thou shalt die / nor when the thief comes /\n\nThere was a rich man who saw St. John having nothing of his own / For he had given all his goods to poor men / he bought for him a rich coverlet for his bed / and gave it to St. John / And in a night as it lay upon him he could not sleep / For he thought three score of his lords might well have been covered with it / and made all that night much lamentation saying / Lord, how many are there of my lords now in the mire / how many in the rain / how many so cold that their teeth chattered / And how many that sleep in the market place / and said to himself / and thou wretch, you have devoted the great fishes and rest in yours..A chamber with your wickedness hidden under a cover of 25 pounds to warm your carriage, and after that, you would never be covered with it, but on the morn he died, he sold it and gave the money to poor people. And when the rich man saw it, he bought it again and took it to blessed St. John, desiring him no more to sell it but to keep it for himself. And immediately after, St. John sold it again and gave the money to poor people. And when the rich man found out, he bought it again and brought it to St. John, saying, \"We shall see who will fall between us, or you in selling or I in buying.\" And thus it was often bought and sold in this manner. The rich man, seeing that he could easily misuse his wealth in this way without sin, and both of them would win in this manner, one in saving of their souls and the other in getting reward, and St. John would encourage men to do alms in this manner. He was accustomed to telling of this..When Saint Serapion had given his mantle to a poor man, and afterwards met another who was cold, he gave him his coat and sat down naked himself. Someone asked him, \"Father, who has robbed me?\" And he held the book of the Gospels in his hand and replied, \"This has robbed me.\" Instantly, he saw another poor man and sold the book of the Gospels and gave the money to the poor. When he was asked where his book of the Gospels was, he answered, \"The Gospel commands and says, 'Give and sell all that you have, and give it to the poor.' I had this Gospel and I have sold it, just as He commands.\" On one occasion, he gave five denarii to a poor man. The poor man despised them and began to scorn and revile him because he had no more alms. When his tormentors saw this, they would have beaten him. Then blessed John defended him, saying, \"Let him be, brothers, and let him curse me. Look, I have this sixty yards.\".Blasphemed by my workers Cryst, and may not I not bear one blame or vice of this man. And he commanded that a sack of money full should be brought to this poor man, that he should take as much as he would. On one occasion after the gospel had been read in the church, the people went out and talked idle tales. And this holy patriarch perceived them and followed after and sat down among them. And he said to them, \"Just as the sheep are, there must also be the shepherd. And therefore either you must enter with me into the church, or else I must abide with you here.\" And he did this twice. And thereby he taught the people to abide and stand in the church.\n\nAnother time there was a young man who had ravished a nun. And the clerks reproved the young man for this before St. John. And they said he ought to be cursed for this reason, because he had lost two souls, his own and the nun's. Then St. John opposed their sentence, saying, \"Not so, my sons, not so. I will show you that you come.\".Two sins: First, you act against God's commandment, which says, \"You shall not judge,\" and \"You shall not be judged.\" Second, you do not know for certain if they have sinned up to this day and have not repented. It frequently happens that St. John was disturbed in his prayers and was heard disputing with the Lord in these words: \"Good Lord Jesus Christ, so in parting and in my ministry, let us see who shall overcome.\" On one occasion, when he was seeking and troubled by the features and saw that he was approaching his end, he said, \"I yield to Your thanksgivings. For you have heard my wretchedness praying Your goodness that at my death there should be found with me but one companion or one piece of money, and that I command to be given to the poor. And then he yielded his soul to Almighty God. And his venerable body was placed in a sepulcher where the bodies of two bishops were buried. By miracle, the bodies of St. John gave room and a place to the body of the saint..they removed each from other and left the middle void for his body. A little time before his death, there was a woman who had committed a great and horrible sin. She dared not reveal it to him nor write it down and bring it to him. He prayed for her, and she agreed. She wrote her sin and delivered it to St. John. And soon after St. John grew weak and died. When she heard that he was dead, she supposed herself confused and ashamed. For she thought he had delivered it to some other man. And she came to his tomb and wept and cried mournfully, saying, \"Alas, alas, I thought I had escaped my confusion, and now I have become confusion for all others.\" She bitterly prayed to St. John to show her where he had left her writing. Suddenly, St. John appeared to her in the guise of a bishop. On either side of him stood a bishop. He said to the woman, \"Why do you trouble me so much?\".and the saints endured not having rest / see here our clothes are all wet from your tears / Then she was given back her scroll again, sealed as it was before, saying to her / Behold your seal / open your writing and read it / which she opened / and all her sin was exposed and made clean / and she found therein written / All your sin is forgiven / and granted by the prayer of John my servant / And then she returned thanks to our Lord God and to Saint John / And then Saint John, with the two bishops, returned to their sepulcher / This ends the life of Saint John the Almsgiver\n\nConversion is said of the converter / I am torn / or is as much as to be turned from sins and evils / He is not converted who confesses one sin and hides another / It is said conversion / For Saint Paul, this day was converted to the faith, leaving his violence behind / why he is.The conversion of Saint Paul occurred in the same year that Christ suffered His passion, and Saint Stephen was stoned; not in a natural but apparent death. Christ suffered death on the 6th of April, and Saint Stephen was stoned on the 3rd of August the same year. Paul was converted on the 6th of February. Three reasons are assigned for why Paul's conversion is celebrated more than that of other saints. First, because no sinner, however great, should despair of pardon when they see him who was in such great sin in such great joy. Second, for the joy, as the Church experienced great joy in his conversion. Third, for the miracle that our Lord showed when the cruel persecutor was made such a true preacher, and the patient who converted him..Ihesu Christ, who suffered it because of him who caused his conversion, showed his marvelous power in that he said, \"It is hard for you to strive against all or prick me, and in that, he changed him suddenly. For immediately after being changed, he said, 'Lord, what do you want me to do?' Saint Austin said, the lamb slain of the wolves has made of a wolf a lamb. For he was ready to obey what he was before was ready to persecute. Secondly, he showed his marvelous wisdom in that he took from him the swelling of pride in offering to him the inward things of humility and not the height of majesty. For he said, \"I am Ihesus of Nazareth.\" And he did not call himself God nor the Son of God, but he said to him, \"Take your firmness of humanity and cast away the scales of pride.\" Thirdly, he showed his pitiful debonairness and mercy, signified in that he who was in deed and will to persecute..He converted, despite having evil will, as one who desired all the threats and had evil purposes, as one who went to the prince of priests, taking joy in his wicked works. He led Christian men bound to Jerusalem, making his journey and voyage extremely wicked. Yet, nevertheless, the mercy of God converted him.\n\nSecondly, the conversion was remarkable for the one who ordered it - the light he ordered in his conversion. It is said that this light was sudden and celestial. This light of heaven suddenly enveloped him. Poul had three vices: the first was hardness, as noted when it is said that he went to the prince of priests, not called but by his own will and envy that enticed him. The second was pride, signified by his desire and sighing for the threats and intimidations. The third was carnal desire and understanding of the law..The gloss says of that word, \"I am Ih\u0304u\u0304s and others.\" / I, God of heaven, speak / this divine light was sudden / It was great and beyond measure for this high and proud one to be thrown into the ditch or pit of humanity / It was celestial / because it transformed and changed his fleshly understanding into celestial / Or it may be said that this order or disposition was in three things: in the voices crying, in the light shining, and in the power of persuasion / Thirdly, it was marvelous by the power of the patient one, who is the bull, in whom the conversion was made / For these three things were made in him without further marvel, that is, he was struck there, he was blinded, fasted for three days, and was beaten down to the ground to be raised up, and St. Augustine says he was beaten down to be blinded for change and to be sent..\"suffers death for truth / And yet St. Augustine says / he who was outside the faith was hurt to be made a believer / the persecutor was hurt to be made a preacher / the son of perdition was hurt / to be made the vessel of election / and was made blind to be enlightened / And this was concerning his dark understanding. In the three days that he remained thus blind, he was taught and informed in the gospel. For he learned it neither from man nor by mouth, as he himself bears witness, but by the revelation of John. St. Augustine says, \"I say that St. Paul was the very champion of Jesus Christ, taught by him, corrected by him, and glorified in him. He was made lean in the flesh, that his flesh should be disposed to good operation. And from thence forth his body was established and disposed to all good. He could well endure hunger and hardship, and was instructed and informed in all things. And all adversities he gladly suffered.\" Chrysostom says he\".Overcom tormentors/tyrants and people full of folly, like flies. And death, the tormentors, and all the pains that might be inflicted upon him, he counted them as embraced with a good will. And he was ennobled in himself to be bound in a strong chain more than to be crowned with a crown. And he received gladly strokes and wounds instead of other gifts. And it is read that in him were three things, contrary to the three that were in our first father Adam. For Adam, erect and addressing himself before God our Lord, had hope in his eyes; and Paul was in the contrary, thrown down to the earth. In Adam was the hopefulness of his eyes; and Paul was contrary, made blind. And Adam ate of the forbidden fruit; and Paul, contrary, was abstinent from it.\n\nThus ends the conversion of St. Paul.\n\nSt. Paul was a very noble widow of Rome, of whom St. Jerome wrote the life. And he says first thus: \"If all my members were turned into tongues, and all my arteries dried up in me, I would still praise you with my heart.\".Humane voices / yet I could not worthy write the virtues of St. Pauline / I took witness of God and of His holy angels / and also of the angel who longed for prayers / but the good and pious one of signory at Rome / She was the most humble of all others / For like as the sun surmounts the clearness of the stars / so she surmounted the bounty of others by her great humility / When her husband was passed out of this world, she remained lady of all the goods and riches / It happened that at the mandate of the emperor many bishops came to Rome / among whom were there the holy man Paulinus, the patriarch of Antioch / and Epiphanius, bishop of Cyprus / of whom she was esteemed in good virtues so that she gave largely of her goods for God's sake / her parents / nor her friends / nor her own children / could not tear her nor make her change her purpose / but that she would become the pilgrim of Jesus Christ / For her ardent desire for Jesus Christ surmounted the love that she had..She put her affection only in Eustochium, her daughter, whom she took with her on this pilgrimage. They sailed across the sea and reached the holy land of Jerusalem. Her great devotion was evident as she visited the holy sepulcher of Jesus Christ and other holy places, weeping and kissing them. No one could recount all her tears. Jerusalem itself spoke of it, and best of all, the Lord, for whose love she had forsaken all things. She had been so powerful and noble in Rome that every man longed to do her honor because of her great renown. But she, founded on humility, sought out humble places and religions, and came last to Bethlehem. After she had devoutly visited the place where the Virgin Mary gave birth to Jesus, she fell into a vision. And as she swore to me, she saw in that vision the child wrapped in poor clothes lying in the manger or in the crib..And she spoke of Rachael, how the three kings worshipped him, how the star appeared over his house, and how the shepherds came to see him. She spoke of Herod's persecution of the Innocents and how Joseph took Jesus into Egypt. She wept and laughed as she recounted, \"I will show you the place in Bethlehem where he was born, the one foretold by the prophets as the one who would govern the people of Israel. The lineage of David would endure until the time the glorious virgin gave birth to Jesus Christ. I, a wretch, am unworthy to even kiss the crybb's cheek, upon which our Lord wept as a child. And the virgin gave birth here. I shall take my rest and dwelling here. For my savior chose this place in Bethlehem. She made her habitation there with many virgins who served God. And yet she was the most humble and meek in speech, appearance, and demeanor..She served as a nun of all the others. She never ate with anyone after her husband's death, grieving for him. As it is said before, she visited all the holy places and the monks of Egypt. Among whom were many ancient fathers and holy men. And it seemed to her that she saw Jesus Christ among them. Afterward, in Bethlehem, she founded an abbey in which she gathered virgins, both of noble and middle and lowly lineage. She divided them into three congregations, so that they were occupied in work, in food and drink, but in saying their Psalters and adoring were they to gather at hours as fitting. She was never idle, and they had no sheets or linen cloth but to dry their hands. And they might have no permission to speak to men. And she sternly reprimanded or sharply rebuked those who came late to the hours, suffering not that any of them should have anything..Save the living and clothing for the poor, and away with avarice from them. She appeased them sweetly who strove, and also she broke and mortified among the young maidens their fleshly desires by continual fasting. For she had rather have them endure good suffering and sickness than their hearts be hurt by fleshly will. She chastised those who were nice and wanton, saying that such nicety was filth of the soul, and also said that a word sowing to any order or filth should never issue out of a virgin's mouth. For by the outward words is shown the countenance of the heart within, and she who spoke and was rebuked for it, if she did not amend it at the first warning, nor at the second, nor at the third, she should be excluded from eating and drinking by which she would be shamed. And thus she would be amended by debonair correction, and if she would not, she would be punished by right great moderation. She was marvelously debonair and pitiful to them that..She served and comforted them promptly, giving generously to those who asked to eat. But she was ill herself and scarcely able to eat flesh or drink wine. She often attended to the sick, placing pillows for them and warming their feet, and washing them with water. She seemed to give less service to herself and therefore was pitiful to them and nothing to herself. In her great illnesses, she would have no soft bed but lay on the ground, taking little rest. For the most part, she was in prayer both day and night, and wept so profusely that her eyes were a fountain. Whenever we urged her to keep her eyes from weeping so much, she replied that her face ought to be like a bird's, since it had been made so fair and gay before them..The commandment of God, and the body that has enjoyed much pleasure in this world, should be chastised, and the lauding be compensated with weeping. The soft bed and sheets should be changed into the sharpness of hair. I, who was accustomed to please man and the world, now desire to please Jesus Christ. What shall I say about chastity, in which she was an example to all ladies of past times, when she was yet secure? She conducted herself in such a way that those who were envious dared not cast any evil rumors upon her. She was kind and courteous to all. She comforted the poor and warned the rich to do well. Yet, in her generosity, she did not do this through the great abundance of goods she had, but through her wise governance. And when I said to her that she should have measure in doing alms, according to the apostle's saying that alms given to another should not be grievous to him who gives it, she replied that, for the love of our Lord, she would not have measure..lord she did all this, and she desired to die in such a way that she would not leave one penny to her daughter after her. She might be wrapped in a strange sheet when she should die. And at last she said, \"if I should ask for anything, I would find enough that would give to me. And those beggars, if I gave them nothing, and they so departed and died for poverty. Of whom should God demand this? She often said, \"alms quench carnalities; they seem good outside, but within they are more pitiful. Paulyne was not such a one; she begged her body right sore in fasting and in labor, neither setting her eyes on fish, milk, eggs, or white meat, in which many believe great abstinence is done without eating flesh. For the Lord gave her an adversary, the stimulation of the flesh, by which she was kept humble without tasting anything of pride for the fruit of her virtues. And also she thought not to be higher than other women.\".alleys in her mind the holy scriptures against the deceitfulness of the friend, and specifically this that Moses says: \"God tries you if he loves you. This that you say the prophet says: 'You who have been at ease and have enjoyed the pleasures of the world, and now are drawn away from them and have left them, look after nothing but to endure tribulation upon tribulation. And know that by tribulation you have patience, and by patience you have power. It is said in Job 1:21: \"When it was shown to him the loss of his patrimony, he answered, 'I issued from the belly of my mother naked, and I shall return naked to it, like as God may be pleased.' So let it be done. His name be praised and blessed. He taught us that we should not love the world, for the world will end in its cruelty. When one told her that her children were seriously ill, she said, 'Who loves his son or his daughter more than God is not worthy to be with God.' A man who seemed to be her friend sent her a message on one occasion: \".She had great need to keep her brain in check, for her ardor in virtues made her seem out of her wits. She replied, \"In this world, we are considered fools for the love of Jesus Christ. Our Lord said to His apostles, 'The world hates you, for you are not of the world - if you were of the world, that is, of the conversion of the world, the world would love you.' Fair Lord God, we mortify ourselves continually, and we are considered as sheep brought to death. Through play, we mortify our bodies. In such patience was she unto death, and she suffered humbly the cruelty of those who were evil. She held the holy scriptures in her mind and gave more weight to their spiritual understanding than to their stories. She could fightfully read Hebrew, Greek, Latin, and French, and read the scriptures courably in these four languages. Who can recount without weeping the death of this woman? She fell mortally ill and saw well that she would die..For all her body she grew cold, and she felt that her spirit held her in her breast. Then she spoke without playing and without taking any charge except to God: \"Fair, sweet lord, I have longed to behold the beauty of your house in your presence; it is so fair. My soul has desired to be in your kingdom. And why did you speak no more, and would not answer me? And did you suffer great pain? You spoke to me in Greek: 'I am well and in good peace.' And then she ceased speaking to me and closed her eyes, saying to God. \"Like as the heart desires to come to the fountain, so does my soul desire to come to the fair lord God. Alas, when shall I come to thee, fair lord God?\" And in saying these words, she made a cross upon her mouth. There were bishops, priests, clerks, canons, and monks present. And at last, when she heard her spouse, Jesus Christ, calling her, saying, \"Arise and come to me, my sweet love and fair espoused one, for the winter is past.\".She answered gladly that the flowers were shown in our contrery. I believe that I shall see the goods in the kingdom of heaven of my lord Jesus Christ. And thus she rendered her soul and passed out of this world. And immediately all the congregation of virgins made no cry in weeping, as do the people of the world, but read devoutly their Psalter. Not only until she was buried, but all the day and all the night, and with great pain could not Eustochium her venerable daughter the virgin be withdrawn from her. But she kissed her and embraced her pitously in weeping the death of her mother. And Jesus witnesses that St. Pauline left not one penny to her daughter. She had given alms of all her great riches. Many give largely for God's sake, but they give not so much as some. When she was passed away, as is said, her lips and her face were not pale, but were as reverent to look on as she had been yet alive. She was buried in a sepulcher in Bethlehem with right great honor..by the bishops, priests, clerks, monks, virgins, and all the poor people of the country, who complained that they had lost their good mother, who had nourished them. She lived in Rome for 31 years and in Bethlehem for 20 years. Her entire age was 53, 7 months and 20 days. From the time of Honorius, Emperor of Rome, onwards, we prayed to this holy woman to pray for us.\n\nThus ends the life of St. Pauline.\n\nIulien is as much to say as Iubilus, Syng, and Ana. That is, Synging and an old man. Or it is said Iulius, which means not wise, and Anus, which is old. He was old in the service of God, and not wise in the estimation of himself.\n\nSt. Iulien was bishop of Cenomanence. It is said that it was he who was called Symo the leper, whom our Lord healed with his miraculous power and invited to dinner. After the Ascension of our Lord, he was ordained bishop by the apostles. He was full of great virtues..Appared to the world he raised three dead men and after he ended his days in great praising of God. Of this Saint Ives, some say that this is he who pilgrimages and wearies men, calling and requiring good hospitality, because our Lord was lodged in his house. But it seems better that it is he who slew his father and mother ignorantly, of whom the story is hereafter.\n\nThere was another Ives born in Almain. He was of noble lineage and yet more noble in faith and virtue. He offered himself to the tyrants where he had not forfeited. Now it happened that Crispus, one of the governors of Rome, sent one of his ministers to put him to death. As soon as the minister came to him, he issued out of his place and came before him. He offered to suffer death, and his head was struck off. They showed his head to Saint Ferial, his companion, and said they would do the same to him if he sacrificed..not / And by cause he wold not obeye to them / they slewe hym / And toke the heed of saynt Iulyen and the body of saynt Feryoll / and buryed them bothe in one pytte / And a grete whyle after saynte mamertyne bysshop of vyane / fonde the heed of saynt Iulyen bytwene the handes of saynt feryol also hoole as it had be bu\u2223ryed that same day / \u00b6 the other myracles of saynt Iulyen it is said that a deken toke alle the whyte sheep that were of the chyrche of saynt Iulyen / And the shepherdes defen\u2223ded them / but he sayd to them that saynt Iulyen ete neuer no motoAnd anon after a feuer toke hym so grete and hooot / that he knowleched\nthat he was of the martir so brente / And he dyde water to be caste on hym / for to cole hym / \nAnd anon yssued out of hys body su\u2223che a fume and smoke / and therwith so grete a stenche / that all they that were present were constrayned to flee / and anon after he deyde / \u00b6Another myra\u00a6cle happed of a man of a vyllage / that on a sand whan he toke the share to make clene hys cultre / hyt.A man named Julien, two years after at the prayer of St. Julian in the church, was healed. There was another Julien, brother to the one named Julien. These two brothers went to Emperor Theodosius, who was a very Christian man. They prayed him that they might destroy all idols that they might find and build churches. This thing the emperor granted them, and he wrote that all men should obey them and help them on pain of losing their heads.\n\nIt happened that they built a church, and all men, by the emperor's commandment, obeyed and helped them. It happened that there were some men who had a cart that should pass by. They thought how they might pass without being arrested to help them. They thought that one of them should lie on the cart as if he were dead, and thereby they would be excused. And so they did, and bade him who lay in the cart to hold his eyes closed until they were passed the pass..Where they worshiped the church / Iulien and his brother Julius said to them / my sons tarry a while and come help us to work / they answered that they couldn't. For they carried a dead man. Saint Iulien said to them / why do you lie? / they answered / Sir, we do not lie. It is as we say to you. And Saint Iulien said to them / may it fall so to you as you say / And then they drove forth their oxen and passed on. When they had gone a little, they called their companion / that he should arise and drive forth the oxen / for faster travel / and he answered not one word. They went up and discovered him dead, as Saint Iulien had said to them. Then they took such fear and dread that none other who heard of the miracle dared to come forward before the holy servant of God.\n\nAnother Julien there was who slew his father and.A man, noble and young, went hunting. Once among other things, he found a heart that returned towards him and said, \"You hunt me; I am the one who will slay your father and mother.\" The man was greatly ashamed and afraid, fearing that this might come to pass. The heart had spoken to him, so he went away quietly, and found a noble and great prince to serve. He proved himself well in battle and in the prince's palaces, and was so favored by the prince that he made him a knight. The prince gave him a wealthy widow of a castle as his wife, and for her dowry he received the castle. When his father and mother learned that he had gone this way, they set out to find him in many places. They traveled for a long time until they came to the castle where he dwelt, but he was not there. Instead, they found his wife. When she saw them, she inquired gently who they were..had said and recounted what had happened to their son. She knew very well that they were the father and mother of their husband. And she received them most charitably. And she gave to them her own bed. And she made another for herself. And on the morrow, the wife of Julien went to the church. And her husband came home while she was at church. And he entered into his chamber to awake his wife. And he saw two in his bed. And he had thought that it had been a man who had lain with his wife. And he killed them both with his sword.\n\nAnd after, he went out and saw his wife coming from church. Then he was much abashed. And he demanded of his wife who they were that lay in his bed. Then she said that they were his father and his mother, who had long sought him. And she had laid them in his bed.\n\nThen he swooned and was almost dead. And he began to weep bitterly and cry. Alas, captive that I am, what shall I do who have slain my father and mother. Now it has happened that I supposed to have avoided..\"said to his wife / Farewell / And may my dearest love fare well / I shall never rest / until I have knowledge / if God will pardon and forgive me for what I have done and for the worthy penance thereafter / And she answered / My dearest love, God forbid that you should go without me / just as I have had joy with you / so will I have pain and sorrow / Then they departed and went until they came to a great river / over which many people passed / where they established a great hospital to lodge poor people / And there they did penance / by carrying men over who would pass / After a long time, Saint Julian slept around midnight, very troubled, and it was freezing and very cold / And he heard a voice lamenting and crying out that said / Julian come / and help us over / And at once he arose and went over and found one almost dead from the cold / and at once he took him and carried him to the fire / and did great labor to warm and revive him\".A man named Julian was sick and appeared as such, he was warmed up and put to bed with the best care possible. Not long after, he saw shining objects ascending into heaven and told St. Julian, his host, \"Julian, our Lord has sent me to you and sends this message: He has accepted your penance.\" A while later, St. Julian and his wife gave their souls to God and departed from this world.\n\nAnother man named Julian existed, but he was not a saint, but a cursed man, known as Julian the Apostate. This Julian was once a monk, and he displayed signs of great religion and holiness, as Master John recounts. There was a woman who had three pots filled with gold. Since the gold should not be seen, she put ashes in the mouths of the pots and gave them to this Julian to keep from other monks, whom she considered a holy man. However, she did not tell him that they were filled with gold. When he had these pots, he looked into them..was there and he found that it was gold, and took it all out. He filled them full of ashes and fled with all to Rome. And he did so much that he became one of the counselors and governors of Rome. But the woman, when she wanted to regain her pots, she could not prove that she had delivered to him in keeping gold. For she made no mention of it before the monks. Therefore, he retained it. And with the help of all the office of a consul of the government of Rome, he procured even more and was instituted emperor. While he was young, he was taught in the art of enchantment and the invocations of demons. And gladly he studied and it pleased him much, and he had with him diverse masters of that science.\n\nIt happened on a day that as his master was out, he began alone to read incantations. And a great multitude of demons came about him and made him afraid. And he made the sign of the cross, and immediately they vanished away. And when his master returned, he told him..What happened to him, but his master told him that he had always hated and feared that sign. When he was emperor, he remembered this and, because he intended to use the craft of the devil, he destroyed all crosses he found and persecuted Christian men, knowing well that otherwise the demons would not serve him.\n\nNow it happened that he descended into a region called Persia. From there, he sent a devil to the Occident to give an answer concerning what he had said to him. This devil stayed for ten days in one place without moving because there was a monk continually praying night and day. And when he could not do anything, he returned. Julien demanded of him where he had been for so long, and he answered, \"I have been in a place where I found a monk praying night and day. I supposed that I would trouble him so that he would pray no more, and all this time I could never tear him away from his prayer. And thus I have returned without doing anything.\".Iulian the apostate had great indignation and said when he arrived there, he would avenge himself on the monk. When he entered Persia, the devils promised him victory over a city. The master of enchantments, who was deceiving the monk on behalf of Iulian, asked a Christian man what the smith's son was doing. The Christian man replied that he was making a sepulcher for Iulian, his master. And as it is recorded in the history of St. Basil, Caesar and St. Basil came against him, and presented him with three louis, which he sent to him. Iulian was greatly offended by this gift and in response, he sent to St. Basil, \"You have sent to us what we eat, and you send to us of that which you nourish your beasts with.\" St. Basil answered, \"We have sent to the same ones what we eat, and you send to us of that which you feed your beasts with.\" Iulian was angry and said, \"When I have finished in Persia, I will destroy this city in such a way that it will be better suited for plowing and sowing.\".Saint Basille saw in a vision in the church of our Lady a great multitude of angels, and in their midst a woman on a throne who said, \"Call to me Mercury, whom Julien the apostate has slain, who blasphemes me and my son.\" Mercury was a knight who, for the faith of God, had been slain by Julien, and was buried in the same church. Then Mercury, with all his arms that were kept, was present. At the commandment of the lady, he went to battle. Saint Basille awoke, frightened, and went to the tomb where the knight was buried. He opened the sepulcher but found neither body nor arms. He commanded the keeper, who had taken away the body, and he swore that it had been there the evening before. The next morning, Saint Basille returned and found the body and the armor and the spear, all bloody. Then came one from the battle who said that Julien the apostate and the Emperor were in it..Butchall/ And there came a knight unknown, all armed with his spear, who boldly struck his horse with his spurs, and came to Julien Caesar and brandished his sword and struck him through the body. Suddenly, he departed and was never seen to guide them again. And yel when he should die, he took his hand full of blood and cast it into the air, saying, \"Thou hast vanquished the man of Galilee; thou hast overcome. And in crying thus, miserably he espied and died in great pain, leaving without sepulture all his men. And he was flayed by the Persians. And from his skin was made for the king of the Persians an undergarment. And thus he died cursedly.\n\nThus end the lives of four holy saints, each named Julien, And of one who was a false Apostate.\n\nIgnatius is said to have suffered burning and burning, For he was embraced, and all were inflamed by the divine and burning love of God.\n\nSaint Ignatius was a disciple of Saint John the Evangelist, And was bishop of Antioch, And after that, as some say..Ignatius, a novice in the faith, sends greetings to Mary, the virgin who bore Jesus Christ in her body. I humbly, Ignatius, His servant, desire some comfort and consolation, good instruction and teaching. I have heard Jesus, your Son, speak of many marvels, which you have been with Him. You know His secret desires, and they who are yet young in the faith with me trust much in being taught and informed by you. Mary responds, Ignatius, disciple of Jesus and His special friend, the humble handmaid of Jesus Christ sends her greetings. I let you know that all that John has told you about Jesus Christ, and all that you have learned from Him, is mine as well..True doctrine and certain things go always in good creation and keep firmly the promise of your crystal faith, and do your works accordingly. I shall come with John to visit you and other Christians, and hold the promise well in the faith and in good works. Endure no persecution or adversity that you shall suffer less from your faith or your creation, but have solace and encouragement in Ihu Christ your savior. This was the content of his letter. Saint Ignatius was a man well learned. He was the third bishop after Saint Peter, the pope of the church of Antioch. He greatly desired to be a martyr for the faith of Jesus Christ. It happened that Trajan, who was emperor of Rome, passed by Antioch. To him Ignatius showed himself and reproached him for persecuting Christian men. Therefore they took him and put him in irons. And in this way, by ten knights, he was led to Rome. There he was presented before the emperor and all the senators of Rome..Saint Ignace was constrained by promises, threats, and tortures to worship idols. He clearly showed them that their gods were demons and men of abominable and evil life. He told them they were damned in hell and that they had been in great error in worshiping such cursed men as gods and worshiping devilish beings. They had forsaken God, who had made and created the world, and His blessed Son, who in human nature had redeemed and saved the world. Finally, after being tormented by fire and beating, and imprisoned, Emperor Tiberius sent for Saint Ignace in Rome and there he was brought. He never feared death nor other torments, having suffered many, but was always comforted to die for the love of Jesus Christ. He said at last, \"I am here before Jesus Christ, who ought to be honored between the teeth of [the idols].\".This bestows / by which I may be pure bread / for presenting to my lord, and anon the lions and strangled him / without troubling his flesh or anything hurting it / therefore Traian had great mercy and departed from the place. It is read that St. Ignatius in all his torments and all the pains of martyrdom that he suffered / that his tongue never ceased to name the name of Jesus. And when they who tortured him demanded why he named this name so often, he answered, \"Know for certain that I have in my heart this name written.\" And therefore I may not leave to name this name often. And because of this miracle, many received the faith in Jesus Christ. Of this saint, St. Bernard says on the Psalm, \"Qui habitat,\" St. Ignatius, the glorious martyr of God, of great merit, who was a minister to the..Discipline that Jesus greatly loved, and in his epistles, the ones he sent to the glorious virgin Mary, he commended her as the mother who had given birth to Jesus Christ. She commended him in return as a person of great honor, dignity, and authority. The body of whom was honorably buried by Christians for the worship of Jesus Christ, who is blessed in eternity. Amen.\n\nHere ends the life of St. Ignatius.\n\nAfter the days of Mary's purification according to the law of Moses, they brought Jesus to Jerusalem at the second chapter. The law had its course until the time that God suffered death for us. And when he died on the cross, he said to John, \"It is finished.\" That is to say, all that has been spoken of me by this law has been fulfilled. I have not come to abolish the law, but in its stead, I give you an example of humility and obedience, as St. Paul says, \"In the same way.\".A lady went to the law to bear her sweet son Jesus Christ to the temple of Jerusalem after the forty-day period of his birth, to offer him to God and to give offerings for him as it was ordained in the law: a pair of turtledoves was the offering of the poor people. Our Lord, who in all cases came to make our salvation, did not only humble himself and descend from his kingdom, but also became a poor man among us. He made himself poor for our sake and drew us out of the misery of this world to the eternal riches. And we, who are poor due to our sins and without riches of good virtues, should worthy come and be present at the feast of our Lord. We should offer to him that which, by the offering, is signified: the dove, which is simple and without gall, and the turtle, which is naturally chaste. For when she has lost her mate, she will never have another mate..With her taking the weeping for her song, we ought to offer to our lord in place of two doves one simple will and a good intention, without retaining in our heart any gall of anger or hate towards our neighbor. For, as our lord says, \"if your eye is simple, all your works shall be in light.\" And he further says, Saint John the Evangelist in the Apocalypse, \"The city needs no sun nor moon to shine in it, for the clarity of God will enlighten it, and his lamp is in the Lamb. The Lamb is the light, by the Lamb which is simple, is signified to us a simple conscience and righteousness, which makes true judgment of intention. For all works are good or evil, if they are done in evil intention or by hypocrisy, they are evil and without profit, as says Jesus Christ, \"if your eye is evil, all your body will be dark.\" By the eye is understood intention with goodness simple, And debonair signifies by the doves, we ought also to offer a pair of turtledoves to our lord..Say a chaste life and a strong intention to leave our sins, signified to us by the chaste creature of the turtle. And by her weeping, we perceive contrition. As Bede says, contrition should begin in fear and end in love. The soul, faithful when it remembers its sins in its conscience, weeps for the fear of the pains of hell that it has deserved. And thus, offering a turtle to God, it weeps when it has wept, and there comes to it a hope to have mercy and pardon for its sins. This hope, conceived from fear, inspires in it a love of God to serve and be in His company. Therefore, the soul that ought to sing weeps for love, which has delivered it so soon from the parallels and miseries of this world and brought it to the sweet company of our Lord. And thus, it offers another turtle in weeping with David the prophet, in the long pilgrimage that it has made in the miseries of this world, saying, \"Heu me quia incolatus meus prolongatus est.\" (Woe is me, for I have dwelt too long in this body.) When it begins..To think of the joyous company of angels and the souls in heaven, and what joy and reward they have in the eager sight of our Lord, then all the world envies them and desires to be delivered from the fetters of the body to join these holy souls. Also, Saint Simeon, who by revelation of the holy ghost came into the temple of Jerusalem in the same hour that the blessed virgin brought her dear son to offer him, and the holy ghost had shown him that before his corporal death he would see Jesus Christ come into the temple, which birth he had long known would be shown by the prophets, and when he saw Jesus Christ brought into the temple, he knew him by the holy ghost to be truly God and truly man, and took him in his arms and said, \"Fair lord God, let your servant and serant depart in peace.\" After this revelation shown to me, I may depart..For to be delivered from the evils of this world, I have seen your blessed son Jesus Christ, who shall save human creatures from their sins, which you have made ready and ordained before the face of all human creatures, to be a light to all people by his doctrine, enlightening and taking away darknesses. That is to say, of their idolatry. After this, the prophet has prophesied of him: \"The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light.\" The people of Galilee or Judea, who walked in darkness to worship idols and devilish things as very gods, saw a great light. When they issued from their sins by Christ's doctrine, which came also to the glory of the Jews, they received his sight bodily, like as was promised them, by the witness of the prophets. By which they might glorify themselves, of this that their rightful king was born among them, and conversed bodily in their country. And Simeon said, \"Now.\".This text appears to be written in Old English, specifically Middle English. I will translate it into modern English while maintaining the original content as much as possible.\n\nDimittis servum tuum dominum &c. (Latin) - Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word. (Luke 2:29)\n\nSyre, let thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word.\nFor mine eyes have seen thy salvation,\nwhich thou hast prepared before the face of all people,\na light to lighten the Gentiles,\nand the glory of thy people Israel.\nIesus Christ is called our peace, our health, our joy.\nPeace, because he is our mediator and advocate.\nHealth, because he is our redeemer.\nLight, because he is our enlightener.\nGlory, because he is our governor.\n\nThis feast is called Candlemas,\nand is celebrated in remembrance of our Lady's offering in the temple, as it is said.\nAnd each one brings this day a candle of wax burning,\nwhich represents our Lord Iesus Christ,\njust as the candle burning has three things in it, to wit, the wax, the wick, and the fire.\nRight so are there three things in Iesus Christ,\nthat is, the body, the soul, and the deity.\n\nFor the wax, which is made purely by the bee without mixture or mingling of one bee with another,\nsignifies the body..Of our lord Jesus Christ / The fire of the candle signifies the divinity of Jesus Christ / who enlightens all creatures / Therefore, if we wish to appear before God's face pure and clean in this feast, and be acceptable to him, we ought to have three things within us, signified by the candle burning: good deeds, true faith, and good works. And just as the candle without burning is dead, so faith without works is dead, as St. James says. For believing in God without obeying his commandments profits nothing. And therefore, St. Gregory says, the good work should show itself outwardly, while the intention remains good within, without any vain glory being allowed or praised. And by the fire is understood charity, of which God says, \"I have come to put a fire in you, and I will burn whom I will.\" This feast is called the Purification of our Lady / not because she had need or had to be purified herself / for she was pure..And she came clean without having any taint of deadly sin or venial, like the woman who, without the company of any man, by the virtue of the holy ghost conceived the son of God and was delivered without loss of her virginity. So she came with her blessed son at the forty-day mark after his nativity, to fulfill the commandment of the law, in the manner of other women who had no need for purification. And also to show us the example of humility, he is very humble who is worthy of praise for his virtues. This glorious lady is queen of heaven and lady of angels; never was she impure or haughty among women, like a poor woman, without making any show of her great humility or of the lofty majesty of her son. O who may help us understand, glorious lady, the thought in your heart when you made the servings to your blessed son in giving him suck in lying down and rising up, when you saw a... (Saint Bernard says in this way).Little child, born on this part and that, you know him to be God Almighty,\nAnd now you see him creating, who created all the world,\nNow you see him weak as a child, all-mighty and all-powerful,\nNow you feed him, who feeds all the world,\nAnd now you see him not speaking, who made man and speech,\nWho should reveal here the secrets of your heart,\nHow sweetly your affection was flavored,\nWhen you held your child between your arms,\nWhom you loved as your lord,\nAnd kissed him as your son,\nWho would not marvel at this miracle,\nWhen a virgin and a pure Maiden has conceived and given birth to her maker and lord of all the world,\nLet us direct our thoughts to him,\nAnd embrace this child, of one true belief,\nWhom we ought to love because he humbled himself for us,\nAnd doubt him not, because he is our Judge and our lord,\nTo whom we owe obedience if we want to be saved.\n\nWe read an example of a noble lady..Who had great devotion in the blessed virgin Mary, and she had a chapel in which she daily said Mass of our Lord by her chaplain. It happened that on the day of the purification of our lady's chaplain, this lady could not have Mass, and she dared not go to another church because she had given her mantle to a poor man for the love of the Lady. She was much sorrowful because she could not hear Mass. And to make her devotions, she went into the chapel, and before the altar she knelt down to pray to the Lady. And immediately she fell asleep. In her vision, it seemed to her that she was in a church, and a great company of virgins came in before her, leading in a most noble virgin, beautifully crowned. When they were all seated in order, a company of young men entered, each sitting down in order like the others. After them entered one who bore a burden of candles..The man gave one candle to each of them first and then approached this lady, giving her a candle as well. The lady saw a priest, a dean, and a subdean, all requesting to go to the altar to say mass. She perceived that St. Lawrence and St. Vincent were the dean and subdean, and Jesus Christ was the priest. Two angels bearing candels stood before them. Two young angels began the Introit of the mass, and all the company of the virgins sang the mass. When the mass was sung to the officiating, it seemed to this virgin, crowned, that she went forward and followed by all the others, kneeling devoutly with their candles. When the priest delayed for this lady to come to the officiating, the glorious queen of virgins sent word to her, urging her not to keep the priest waiting for so long. The lady replied that the priest should proceed..In her hand, the lady refused to offer her candle and kept it. The glorious virgin sent a messenger to her once more, urging her to come and offer her candle. If she refused, he would take it by force. The messenger went to this lady, but she would not come or offer her candle. He seized the candle she held and pulled hard. She held on just as long, and the candle broke in two pieces. One half remained in the lady's hand. She awoke and found the candle fragment in her hand, marveling and thanking the Lord and the glorious Virgin Mary deeply for allowing her to have Mass that day and throughout her life. She kept that piece of the candle as a precious relic. All who were present were in awe..touchyd therwyth were guarysshed & heled of theyr ma\u2223ladyes and sekenessis / Late vs pray thenne humbly to the gloryous vyrgy\u2223ne marye whyche is confort to them yt forsake their synnes / that she wyll ma\u2223ke our peays to her blessyd sone / and Impetre and gete of hym remyssion of all our synnes / And after thys lyf to come to the glorye & Ioye of heuene / to the whyche brynge vs / the fader / the sone and the holy ghoost Amen / \nHere endeth the purificacion of our lady\nBLase is as moche to saye as glosyng / or it is sayd as belacius of bela whiche is habyte / & sius whyche is to saye / lityl / And thus he is sayd glosyng by the swetenes of hys word / meke by hys habyte of vertues And lytyl by humylyte of maners & of conuersion / \nSAynt Blase was so swete / holy / and hum\u00a6ble in maners / that the criste\u0304 men of capadoce / of the cyte of Sebaste chees hym to be a bysshop / The whyche whan he was bysshop sawe yt dioclesian themperour made so many {per}\u2223secucucions to crysten men / that saynt blase sought and wold.Saint Blaise dwelt in a hermitage in a ditch, in which place the birds of heaven brought him food to eat. It seemed to him that they came to serve and accompany him, and would not depart from him until he had lifted up his hand and blessed them. Also, lepers came to him, and immediately were cured and healed.\n\nIt happened that the prince of this region sent his knights to hunt. They could take nothing but whatever came to them, and they came upon the desert place where Saint Blaise was. They found a great multitude of beasts around him, from which they could take none. The beasts were all afraid and showed this to their lord. The lord then sent many knights to bring him and all the Christian men with him. That night, Jesus Christ appeared to him three times, who said to him, \"Arise and make sacrifice to me.\" The knights said to him, \"Come out from this place.\".President calls and says, \"I see now that God has not forgotten me. He went with them and continually preached. And he performed many miracles before them. There was a woman whose son was dying. In his throat was a bone of a fish that was choking him. She brought him before his feet, praying that he would make her son well. And Saint Blaise placed his hand on him and prayed to God that this child and all those who sought health in his name would be helped and receive it. Immediately, he was healed and made whole. Another woman, poor, was there who had lost a swine. She humbly prayed to Saint Blaise that she might have it back again. He began to smile and said, \"Good woman, do not grieve. For you shall have your swine back again.\" And immediately, the wolf returned the swine to the woman, who was a widow. After he entered the city,.Prince Commodus, and the next day he summoned him whom he had sold into friendship with fair words, saying to him, \"Be joyful, be the friend of God. Saint Blaise answered him, \"Be joyous, good prince, but do not call those whom you worship gods, but demons. For they are delivered to eternal fire, perdition, to put you in prison. Then Saint Blaise said, \"O foolish man, do you think by your torments and pains that you can take away from me the love of my God, who is with me and is my helper? And when this good widow, who had recovered her swine through Saint Blaise, heard of this, she killed it, and its head and feet with a little bread and a cauldron she brought to Saint Blaise. He thanked God and ate it. And he said to her that every year she should offer in his church a candle. And know this, that to you and to all who do the same will well happen.\" She did this all her life, and she had much prosperity. After this, the cruel prince, who had brought her to him, had her put in prison..A hymn to his goddesses, he could not make him incline towards their altars. He had him hung with an iron comb to tear his body. This deed was repeated against him, and he was brought back to prison. There were seven women who watched him. They collected his blood drops. These women were then taken and forced to sacrifice to their goddesses. They said, \"If you wish for us to worship your goddesses and pay them reverence, send them to the water to wash and clean their faces, so that we may more cleanly worship them.\" The prince was then very glad and joyful, and he immediately sent them to the water. The women threw them into the middle of the stone or pond and said, \"Now we shall see if they are goddesses.\" When the prince heard this, he was out of his wits with anger and struck himself, saying, \"Why did you not keep our goddesses from being thrown into the bottom of the water?\" The ministers..answerden/ you spoke wisely to the women/ and they cast them into the water/ to whom the women said/ The true god may not suffer iniquity or falseness/ for if they had been good goddesses/ they would have easily avoided that they had not been thrown there/ and seen what we would have done/ Then the tyrant became angry/ and made ready lead molten/ and iron combs/ and seven coats of burning iron as hot as fire on that one side/ And that other he made bring smocks of linen cloth/ and said to them that they should choose which they would/ And one of them who had two small children ran hastily/ and took the smocks of linen cloth/ and threw them in the furnaces/ for her to go after herself/ if she had fallen/ And the children said to the mother/ leave us not there/ but sweet mother/ like you have nourished us with your milk/ so they replied to us with the Kingdom of heaven/ Then the tyrant made them hang/ and with hooks and corsets of iron/ he tortured their flesh and all..To return it, of whom the flesh was as white as snow, and for blood they gave out milk, and as they suffered these great torments, God descended from heaven and comforted them, and said to them, \"Have no fear. The worker is good who begins and ends well, and he who deserves good reward shall have joy, and for his work completed, he shall have his merit, and for labor, he shall have rest. Then the tyrant took them down and threw them into the burning furnaces, these women, by the grace of God, issued without harm. And the fire was extinguished and quenched. And the tyrant said to them, \"Now leave your art of enchantment and adore our gods.\" And they answered, \"Do it thou hast begun. For we are now called to the kingdom of heaven.\" Then he commanded that they should be beheaded. And when they should be beheaded, they began to adore God, kneeling on their knees, saying, \"Lord God, why have you forsaken us.\".From the darknesses and into this right sweet light you have brought us, and you have made your sacrifice for us. Receive our souls and make us come to the life everlasting. And thus they had their heads anointed with it, and after their souls went to heaven. After this, the prince had St. Blaise brought before him and said to him, \"Have you now worshiped our gods, or not?\" St. Blaise answered, \"Cruel man, I have no fear of your threats. Do what you will. I deliver to you my body whole.\" Then he took him and had him cast into a pond. And anon he blessed the water. And the water dried up all away. And so he remained there safe. And then St. Blase said to him, \"If your gods are true and mighty gods, let them now show their power and virtue and enter here.\" Then sixty-one persons entered into it and were drowned immediately. And an angel descended from heaven and said to St. Blase, \"Blase, go out of this water, and receive the crow that is prepared by God for you.\".And when he was issued out of the pond, the tyrant said to him, \"Thou hast determined in all manners not to acknowledge our gods.\" To whom St. Blaise replied, \"Pore captive, know thou that I am a servant of God. I adore not the demons as you do. And then the tyrant did strike off his head. And St. Blaise prayed to our Lord to fore his death that whoever desired his help from the threat of the throat or required aid for any other sickness or infirmity, he would hear him and might deserve to be healed. And there came a voice from heaven to him saying that his petition was granted and should be done as he had prayed. And so then with the two little children he was beheaded in the year of our Lord 354.\n\nAgatha is said to be of Agios, which is as much to say as holy, and Theos that is God, that is to say, the saint of God. And as Chrysostom says, three things make a man holy, which three were perfectly in her..Saint Agatha, the virgin, was noble in heart and body, and rich in good qualities. She served God in the city of Catania, leading a pure and holy life. Quintus, the procurer of Sycylus, was lecherous, avaricious, and a low-born man.\n\nSaint Agatha was said to possess purity of heart, the presence of the Holy Ghost, and good manners. She was also described as eloquent, earthly, and divine, a goddess without earthly love, or as Anna, the speaker and perfection of speech and thought. She was also referred to as Gaia, the service and sovereign one, whose service was as sovereign as she herself. Since she said that service is sovereign nobility, or she was called Ge, the solemn one, and of her, perfection was solemn, as it appeared in the angels that buried her.\n\nThis glorious virgin was fair and noble in both body and heart, and was rich in divine qualities. She served God in the city of Catania, living a pure and holy life. Quintus, the procurer of Sycylus, was a lecher, an avaricious man, and of low birth..And for his pleasure, she desired fleshily and to have riches. He took Saint Agatha to be presented and brought before him. He began to behold her with a lecherous sight, and intended to induce her to sacrifice to idols. When he saw her resolute in her purpose, he put her in the keeping of a woman named Afrodisse, who had nine daughters, ugly like their mother. This he did to induce Saint Agatha to comply with his will within thirty days. Afrodisse and her daughters attempted to persuade the holy virgin to consent to the priest's will. At times, they made her great promises of temporal goods and ease. At other times, they threatened her with grievous torments and pain. To this, Saint Agatha replied freely: \"My courage and my thoughts are so firmly founded upon the steadfast rock of Jesus Christ that for no pain can they be changed. Your words are but wind. Your promises are but rain.\".And your threats are like rivers that pass, and all these things hurtle at the foundation of my courage, yet it shall not move. In this manner she answered, and she wept continually in making her prayers, and she had a great desire to come to Jesus Christ through martyrdom and torments. When Afrodisse saw this, he realized that in no way would she be moved. She went to the priest Quinctianus and said, \"Sooner should stones become soft and iron tear into soft lead than tear the courage of this maiden or take from her the Christian faith.\" I and my people consenting, I have promised her in your name, your precious adornments, clothes of gold, houses, lands, towns, servants, and great riches. And all this she despised and regarded at no value. When Quinctian heard this, he immediately made her come before him in judgment. He demanded her lineage from her, and in the end he sought to force her to make sacrifices to idols. And St. Agatha answered that they were none..Quincianus said, \"Choose one: either sacrifice to our goddesses or suffer pain and torment. Saint Agatha replied, \"You say that they are goddesses because your wife was one, Venus, and you, Jupiter, who was an homicide and evil. Quincianus said, \"It seems fitting to me that you will suffer torment because you say to me, 'Villonnye.' Saint Agatha marveled, \"I am amazed that such a wise man has become such a fool, speaking in vain about them as your goddesses, whose lives you and your wife will not follow if they are good. I would wish your life to be like theirs. And if you refuse their lives, then you are of one accord with me. Say that they are evil and forsake their living and do not follow such a life as your goddesses led.\" Quincianus said, \"What are you idly speaking about? Make sacrifice to the goddesses or if you do not, I will.\".Shall I make thee die by diverse torments? / Saint Agatha remained firm and steadfast in her faith. / Then Quinctianus did put her in a dark prison. / And she went gladly and with as good will as she had been urged to go to a wedding. / On the morrow Quinctianus caused her to be brought before him in judgment. / And he said to her, \"Agatha, how are you charged for your health?\" / She answered, \"Christ is my health.\" / Quinctianus said, \"Renounce Christ your god, / by which you may escape your torments.\" / Saint Agatha answered, \"Nay, but renounce your idols, which are of stone and wood. / And adore your maker who made heaven and earth. / And if you do not, you shall be tormented in the perpetual fire in hell.\" / Then in great anger Quinctianus caused her to be drawn and stretched on a tree and tormented. / He said to her, \"Refuse your vain obstinacy that you have.\" / And she answered, \"I have as great delight in these pains / as he who sees comes to him who longs for him.\".couets to see or is like one who has found great treasure. And just as wheat cannot be put in the granary until the chaff is beaten out, so my soul cannot enter the kingdom of heaven unless you torment my body through your minions. Quinctianus ordered her to be tortured in her breasts and papas, and commanded that her breasts and mammaries be drawn and cut off when you minions had completed his commandment. Then Saint Agatha said, \"Overcome and cruel tyrant, have you no shame to cut off that in a woman which you sucked in your mother, and from which I have dedicated all my senses to serve the Lord Jesus Christ since the beginning of my youth? After Quinctianus did this, put her in prison and commanded that no one should enter to help her nor give her food or drink. And when she was firmly closed in the prison, there came\".an ancient nobleman, bearing a child with a light and various ornaments in his hand / This noblewoman said that he was a surgeon / and in comforting her, said / it is well that the tyrant has tormented his body, but you have more tormented him in his heart with your answers / I was there when he had your papas cut / and saw how I might have healed them / Then she said / I have never known of corporeal medicine / And it would be shameful for me to take it now / That which I have avowed and kept to my lord since my infancy / yet I shall keep it if it pleases him / The ancient nobleman answered / I am also Christian and a good master and healer / Do not be ashamed / She answered / Of what should I be ashamed? You are ancient and of great age / And how well that I am a young maiden / Nevertheless, my body is weakened by the torments / that the wounds do not allow anything to enter my thoughts because of which I should be ashamed, and not for that / I thank the fair father that you are so diligent in healing me / but know that.that my body shall receive no medicine from anyone. This noble man asked why I endure this, so that I may heal and dress the wounds. She replied, \"Because I have Jesus Christ my savior, who with a word heals all. And if he will, he can heal me.\" The good man smiled and said, \"He has sent me here to heal.\" I am his apostle, and I know truly that you are whole in his name. And instantly, the apostle vanished. Then she fell down in prayer and said, \"Lord Jesus Christ, I yield to your mercy, which you have remembered me and sent your apostle Saint Peter to me, who has comforted me and healed my wounds.\" And after Thorisson, she saw that her parents were restored to her, and all her wounds healed. And that night, the prison was filled with great clarity and light, so that the keepers fled in great fear and left the prison open. Then she told the other prisoners in the prison that she should go..\"their way and she said that the keepers of the prison shall never suffer harm on my account, nor I lose my crown. I shall abide in the faith of Jesus Christ, my lord, who has comforted and helped me. After four days Quintus Quinctianus brought her before him in judgment, and said to her that she should sacrifice to idols. She answered, \"These words are empty, and your commands make the air stink. He is most cruel who lies in a stone and without understanding. I leave our lord, the true God, who has helped me and restored my father to me.\" Quintus Quinctianus asked, \"Who has helped you?\" She replied, \"Jesus Christ.\" Quintus Quinctianus said, \"Do you still name Ihu Christ?\" She answered, \"I will have Jesus Christ in my heart as long as I live.\" Quintus Quinctianus said, \"You shall see if he can help and heal you.\" Then he ordered her to be stripped and rolled on burning brands. The ground where the holy virgin lay\".was rolled out began to tremble like an earth quake, and a part of the wall fell down upon Silvanus, and upon Fastion, his friend, by whose counsel she had been so tormented. And then the entire city of Carthage was abashed, and the people came running to the house of Quintus, saying in a great clamor that the city was in great peril because of the torments he inflicted upon Saint Agatha. Quintus feared the clamor of the people and went out by the back and commanded that she should be remanded in prison. When she came into the prison, she joined her hands, holding them upward, and said in prayer:\n\nLord God, Jesus Christ, who created me from nothing and kept me in my youth, and have taken from my heart the love of the world, and have helped me overcome the torments, and have given me patience among the pains, I pray that you take my spirit. For it is time that you take me from this world..This world and came to your mercy. She made a prayer before many people and, shortly after, gave up the ghost and rendered her soul. The year of our Lord was 2 AD 45. In the time of Decius, emperor of Rome, after this, the Christian people took the body to bury it respectfully. While they anointed it with ointments for ten days, the corpse was carried. A young man clad in silk appeared, and over a hundred who followed him, richly dressed, neither of whom had been seen in the city before or after. This young man, who followed the fair company, sat himself on one side of the tomb, in which the body should be placed. And when the body was enclosed within the tomb, this young man set at its head a short table of marble stone, on which was written this scripture: Mentem sanctam spontaneam honorem Deo & patrie liberationem. Which is as much to say, The holy saint Agatha had always holy thoughts and pure intentions. She gave honor to God willingly, and in all things..And she, with her prayers, delivered peas and relief to the entire country. After setting the scripture-containing table before her, the young man and his company departed from the tomb without further appearance. Therefore, it is supposed that this young man was her angel. This was published throughout. The Jews and Saracens began to sing and worship the sepulcher of St. Agatha's tomb in response. Quincianus, the provost, died a evil death. In his quest to seek the goods and riches of St. Agatha, and to take her parents, he was never afterward known where his body went. To prove that she had prayed for the salvation of the beginning of the year after her martyrdom, there arose a great fire. It came from the mountain toward the city of Catanense. The fire was so fierce that the people ran to St. Agatha's sepulcher to take refuge..cloth that lay upon her tomb and kept it open against the fire. On the ninth day after, which was the day of her feast, the fire ceased as soon as it came into contact with the cloth they brought from her tomb, showing that our Lord kept the city from the said fire through the merits of St. Agatha. To whom we pray that she, by her prayers, may obtain and implore grace from our Lord to be kept from all perils of fire in this world. And when we shall depart hence, may we show the perpetual fire and come to the glory and joy in heaven. Amen.\n\nThis is the life and passion of St. Agatha.\n\nAmand is as much to say as amiable. For he had in him three things that make a man amiable. The first is to be courteous and gracious in company, as Salomon says in his Proverbs, the nineteenth chapter, Vir Amabilis ad Societatem. The second is to be honest in conversation, as it is said of Hester, Hester secunda: Quod omnibus oculis amabilis videri.\n\nThe third is to be virtuous in faith..In the Book of Paralipomenon, second chapter, it is said of Saul and Jonathan: Saint Amand was born of noble father and mother. At one time, he entered a monastery. As he walked and went in the church, he found a great serpent. By the virtue of his prayer and with the sign of the cross, he made it issue out and enter the great pit from which it never emerged again. After Saint Amand, he went to the sepulcher of Saint Martin and stayed there for fifteen years. He lived there with bare bread and water and wore a hairshirt. After that, he went to Rome and entered the church of Saint Peter. The keeper of the church expelled him rudely. Saint Peter appeared to him as he lay and slept before the church door and sent him as a legate to France. There he found King Dagobert, whom he strongly reproved for his sins. The king was angry and expelled him from his kingdom..The king had no son. He prayed to God for one. God sent him one. When he was born, the king worried who should baptize him. It occurred to him that Saint Amade should baptize him. Saint Amade was sought and brought to the king. As soon as he arrived, the king fell down at his feet and prayed him to forgive him for any transgressions and to baptize his son. Saint Amade granted the first request but not the second, as he feared the king might ask about worldly occupations or secular things, which he would not willingly enter. Saint Amade eventually relented, granted the king's request, and baptized the child. The child, with a clear voice, responded \"Amen.\" After this, the king made him bishop of Sense and a man of God in predication..was despised and not set aside by him. He went into Gascony where he saw a jugger mock his words. The fiend took him and with his own treachery he tore him, and confessed that he had injured the person of God, and died mysteriously. It happened once that he witnessed his hands. A bishop ordered the water to be kept, from which a blind man regained his sight. It happened that in that place, by the will of the king, he intended to found a monastery of monks. Then a bishop from the nearby city took it gravely and was greatly angered by this, and commanded his servants to cast him out or else they would kill him. And immediately they came to him and said to him in guile and treason that he should go with them, and they would show him a suitable and good place, and enough water, to found a monastery for monks. He who knew their malice and their evil intentions went with them to the top of a high mountain, where they intended to kill him. He desired:.\"Moche suffered for the love of our Lord and to come into His company, but suddenly a tempest of rain and storm descended from heaven, covering all the mountain so much that one could not see the other, and it was supposed to have died suddenly. And they fell to their knees there, praying Him to pardon them and allow them to depart alive. He put Himself to prayer, and immediately the storm was appeased, and the weather became fair. They went to their place. St. Amand escaped from this peril, and he showed and did many other miracles in honor of our Lord. He finished his life in holy virtues during the time of Emperor Heraclius, around the year 534. Here ends the life of St. Amand.\n\nSt. Vedast was ordained bishop of Arras by the hand of St. Remigius. St. Vedast was of great holiness and cleanness. When he came to the gate of Arras, he found there two poor men.\".One was lame, and the other blind. These two poor men asked him for alms and Saint Vedast replied, \"I have neither gold nor silver, but I give you this: I make you both whole by the power of my prayer.\"\n\nIt happened once that he called out in a church and found a wolf among the bushes. He commanded it to go away, and it obeyed him immediately and fled, so that since that time it was not seen.\n\nLastly, when he had converted many people by his words and preaching to the faith of God and had also clearly shown them good examples, in the forty-fifth year of his bishopric, he saw a double vision of fire that came from heaven to his house. And by this he understood well that he should finish and leave this world. He did so. He died soon after, around the year 451 AD, when his body was to be translated.\n\nSaint Omerville, who was blind due to old age, was sorry that he could not see the body..Saint Vedast, having been enlightened by our Lord, beheld his body. But soon after, he was blind once more, as he had been before. Late in prayer, and so on.\n\nThis concludes the life of Saint Vedast.\n\nValentine is also known as Valiant, for he was a noble knight of God. The valiant knight is also called Valiant, who does not flee, and who fights and defends valiantly, overcoming much powerfully. And so Saint Valiant did not withdraw from his martyrdom through flight, but he struck down tyrants, defended the faith he upheld in suffering.\n\nSaint Valentine, friend of our Lord and priest of great authority, was at Rome. It happened that Claudius the emperor summoned him before him. And in a threatening manner, he asked him, \"What is it that I have heard about Valiant? Why do you not remain in our favor and worship the gods and renounce the vain one?\".Opinion of thy creation / Sayy Valentinian answered him / If thou hadst true knowledge of the grace of Jesus Christ / thou shouldst not say that thou sayest / but shouldst deny their falsehoods / and worship true God\nThen spoke to St. Valentinian a prince\nWho was of the council of them all / What wilt thou say of our gods and of their holy life / And St. Valentinian answered / I say nothing other than that they were men mortal and corrupt / and full of all filth and evil\nThen spoke Claudius the emperor / If Jesus Christ is truly God / why don't you confess the truth / And St. Valentinian said / Certainly Jesus Christ is the only true God / And if thou truly believe in him / the soul shall be saved / thy realm shall multiply / and he shall give to thee victory over thine enemies\nThen Claudius turned to all those who were there and said to them / noble Romans / hear how wisely and reasonably this man speaks..The provost of the city said, \"The emperor is deceived and betrayed. How can we leave that, which we have held and accustomed to hold since our infancy, with those words? The emperor turned and changed his mood. Saint Valentyne was delivered into the keeping of the provost. When Saint Valentyne was brought in humbly to prison, he prayed to God, saying, \"Lord Jesus Christ, true God, why are you so light? Enlighten this house in such a way that those who dwell there may know you to be the true God.\" The provost marveled at this and said, \"I am amazed that you say that your God is so light. And if he can make my daughter hear and see, who has been blind for a long time, I will do all that you command and believe in your God.\" Saint Valentyne immediately put him in prayers, and the provost's daughter received her sight back. And immediately, all those in the prison were converted. After the emperor's death, they struck off the head of Saint Valentyne in the year of our Lord..I. ijClxxx. Then pray to Saint Valentyne that he grants us pardon for our sins. Amen. This concludes the life of Saint Valentyne.\nII. Iuliane is equivalent to burning openly, for she burned herself against the temptation of the devil who sought to deceive her. She helped many others to believe in the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ.\nIII. Saint Juliane was given in marriage to the prior of Nicomede, named Elongius. He was a pagan. And because she would not consent to the marriage nor live with him unless he first took the faith of Christ and was baptized, her father saw this and had her forcibly stripped naked and beaten severely. Afterward, he delivered her to the prior. And after the prior held her and saw her great beauty, he said to her, \"My sweet Iuliane, why have you brought me into such confusion that I am ridiculed? Because you refuse to take me?\" She replied, \"If you will worship my God, I will consent and agree to take you.\".And otherwise shall you never be my lord, the provost said to the fair lady. Why may I not do this, for the emperor should then strike off my head. And she said, if you doubt so much the emperor, who is mortal, why should I not doubt my emperor, Jesus Christ, who is immortal, do what you will. For you cannot deceive me. Then the provost did this to her most cruelly with rods, and he hanged her half a day by the heels of her head, and molten lead was cast upon her head. And when he saw that all this grieved her not, he had her bound in chains and set in prison. Then the devil came to her in the likeness of an angel, who said to her in this manner: Juliane, I am the angel of God who has sent me to you to warn and say that you make sacrifice to idols for the sake of escaping the torments of evil death. Then she began to weep and made this prayer to God: Lord God, suffer not me to be lost, but show me what it is that makes you angry..me thy monition: The same time came to her a voice that said: that she should seize him and that she should constrain him to confess what he was;\n\nAnd anon she took him and demanded him: And he said that he was the devil;\n\nAnd that his father had sent him thither to deceive her; She demanded of him, Who is thy father?\n\nAnd he answered Beelzebub; whych sendeth us for to do all evil; And maketh us greatly to be beaten when we come in vainquished of the Christian people; And therefore I am certain I shall have much harm because I may not overcome the;\n\nShe said to him, Of what craft is thy father Beelzebub, the devil said, he contriveth all evil, and when we come into hell, he sends us for to tempt the souls of the people; She demanded what torments suffer we that come in vainquished of a Christian creature; the devil said, we suffer then much grievous torment;\n\nAnd because when we are in vainquished of a good man we dare not return; and when we are sought and cannot be..founden then came our master to other demons, to torment us wherever they find us / And what craft are you / I take solace in the shrewdness of the people / I love homicide, luxury, battle, and make debate and war / She demanded him, goest thou never do good works and profitable things / the devil answered, Madam, I answer the truth / To my great harm and evil I have come here / For I had well supposed to have deceived thee and made thee make sacrifice to idols / and to renounce thy god / when we come to a good Christian man / and we find him ready to do service to God, we send many vain and evil thoughts into his mind / and also many evil desires / and we tear his thoughts apart with what we set before him / and we send errors into his thoughts / And we let him not persist in his orisons or in any good works / yet if we see any who will go to the church or in any place for any good reason, we are in their way and cast in..Their hearts diverse thoughts and occasions, by which they are disturbed from doing well / But whoever may understand our temptations and relate them / to him who puts away from him the evil thoughts and considerations / and will make his prayers and do his good works / and hear the words of God and the divine service / Of him we are cast out / And when they receive the body of Jesus Christ, we depart forthwith from them / we set our intent on nothing but to deceive good persons / that lead a holy life / and when we see them do good works, we send in them bitter and grievous thoughts for leaving all / and do our will / St. Julian said, \"O thou spirit, how art thou so bold to tempt any Christian person / And the devil answered, \"how darest thou thus hold me / if it were not thou who trustest in Jesus Christ / rightly do I trust in my father / who is a deceiver / and I do what pleases him / I have paid the price for doing many evils / And sometimes I come to my intent and accomplish it.\".I desire, but at this time I have failed. I wish I had not come here. Alas, how can I understand my father about this, which should not have happened? Madame, let me go and give me leave to go to some other place. It is not necessary that I accuse you to my father. In the end, she let him go.\n\nOn the morning, the provost commanded that St. Julian should be brought before him in judgment. And when he saw her so well recovered and her face so fair and shining, then the provost said to Julian, \"Who has taught you to endure the torments?\" And she said, \"Listen to me, and I will tell the provost, 'My lord Jesus Christ has taught me to love the father, the son, and the Holy Ghost. For I have overcome and endured Satan, your father, and all his other demons. For God has sent his angel to comfort me and help me.' Merchant man, do you not know that the torments are prepared for the everlasting, where you shall be tormented perpetually in a perpetual darkness?\".The provost ordered a wheel to be brought between two pillars, and four horses to draw it out. Four knights stood on one side and four on the other to help pull, breaking the body so that Mary came out of the bones. The wheel was covered in blood. Then an angel of God appeared and broke the wheel, healing the wounds of St. Julian. All those present were converted. Afterward, the provost commanded that she be put in a large pot full of boiling lead. When she entered the pot, all the lead became cold, and she felt no harm. The provost cursed his gods because they could not punish a maiden who had so vanquished them. He then commanded to strike off her head, and when she was led to be beheaded, the devil appeared..Appeared to the provost in the form of a young man and said, \"Spare not good people, and have no mercy, for she has blasphemed your goddess. And does much harm. And me she has beaten this night passed. Therefore render to her what she has deserved with these words, Iuliane looked behind her to see who spoke such words.\n\nImmediately the devil said, \"Alas, Alas, Caitiff that I am, I fear she will still take and bind me.\" And so he vanished away.\n\nAfter this, she admonished the people to love and serve Jesus Christ. She prayed them all to pray for her. Then her head was struck off.\n\nThe provost entered into a ship with forty-eight men to pass an arm of the sea. Suddenly came a great ordeal and a tempest, which drowned the provost and all his company in the sea.\n\nThe sea threw their bodies to the current. And wild beasts came there and ate them. Thus, this holy virgin Saint Juliane suffered martyrdom for our Lord on the fourteenth of the month of [month name missing].The life and passions of Saint Julian the Virgin end here. The charter is recited in three ways: the charter of Ryall, as it is written in the Book of Kings; David sitting in a chariot; and the charter of priests, as Regum primum relates; Helias the priest sitting upon a chariot; and the third is the charter for a Master, as Mathews XXIV relates; \"Then Saint Peter sat in a Ryall chariot, for he was prince of the apostles and sat in the charter of priests, for he was lord of all priests; and in the charter of the Master, for he was a great doctor of Christian men. The first was of equity, the second of quality, and the third of truth and virtue.\n\nThe Holy Church honors the feast of Saint Peter the Apostle, and on this day, he was honorably enshrined in the city of Antioch and seated in the chair as a bishop. Many reasons exist for why this feast is honored and established..Of whom the first is said in a sermon of this feast: when Saint Peter went for to preach the word of God and founded the holy church by his preaching, Niceta and Aquila showed to the city of Antioch that Peter, the apostle of God, had come there. Therefore, the people, and also the nobles of the city, came against him. They recognized themselves as culpable for what they had held of the preaching of Simon Magus, who was an enchanter. After they did come before him, all such people as were vexed with various maladies and sicknesses, of whom there were so many that they might not be numbered. Saint Peter beheld their repentance and also that they believed firmly in the name of God. Anon, he lifted up his hands to heaven and made his prayer to God, saying:\n\nO God, almighty, I yield thanks to thee in this that thou hast worthyfully fulfilled the promises of thy blessed Son by which all creatures may know that thou art one only God in heaven and on earth..after he ascended up into a high place, and all the multitude of men were brought before him. And he said to them in this manner: \"You that see me, a mortal man as you are, do not suppose that by me you may be healed, but by him who is descended from heaven to this place, who gives to all those who believe in him full health of body and soul. This you should believe: to him that all may know that you thus believe entirely with all your heart in Jesus Christ may and grants salvation. And suddenly all those who were sick cried out with a loud voice: \"We believe that Jesus Christ is the true God.\" Suddenly a light appeared there, and all the sick people were healed and made well of whatever malady they had. And on that same day, the holy ghost showed great grace from the least to the greatest, and all believed in our Lord Jesus Christ. And there were baptized in seven days more than ten thousand persons, men, women, and children. And also Theophilus, the lord and provost of the city, was among them..This text appears to be written in Middle English, and it describes the origin of the feast day of Saint Peter. I will clean the text by removing unnecessary line breaks, whitespaces, and meaningless characters, and I will correct some OCR errors. I will also translate the text into modern English as faithfully as possible.\n\nHere is the cleaned text:\n\n\"This feast is named after the chairing of Saint Peter in the church, where the people set up a chair for him to sit in higher to teach the doctrine of Jesus Christ better. In this church, Saint Peter stayed for seven years, and then he went to Rome and governed the church there for twenty-five years. Another reason why this feast was established was for the reverence of the crown or tonsure on his head, which clerks still wear. Some say that this crown was first found during Peter's journey, for when he preached for the first time in the city of Antioch, the people placed a crown of thorns on his head, mocking Christian law. This was done to Saint Peter to show him disrespect and shame.\".The clergy should have their crowns shown, stablyshyd, as a sign of great honor and authority. In the crown, there are three things. First, the head is discovered and bared above. And the hair is cut away. The crown is round. There are three reasons why the head is bared: Saint Denis assigns the two reasons and says the shaving and cutting of the head signify pure life and cleanliness without any adornment or falsehood. Just as heads naturally cover the head, so when they are cut off by mutilation or other ways, they reveal the holy conversation, which is defaced and taken away by habitual and proud behavior. Also, the shaving or shaving, which is on the uppermost part of the head, signifies that between God and them there should be nothing displeasing but their love should be in God without any letting or hindrance, and they should address themselves to Him..The second thing in the crown is that the heretics should be kept clean away, signified that clerks ought to remove from their hearts all vain thoughts which might hinder and impede the divine service, and should also be withdrawn from all temporal business, save only for having their necessities. The third thing in the crown is that it is good for many reasons. The first is that a round figure has neither beginning nor end. The second is that in a round crown there are no corners. And, as St. Bernard says, where there are corners, there is gladly filth, and this is to be understood, that clerks ought not to have in their hearts any corners where the filth of sins might assemble, but ought to have a clean conscience. And also they ought to have truth in their mouths, for, as St. Jerome says, truth seeks no corners. The third reason is, that the conversation of a cleric, like the figure of a crown, is most fair among all others..Clerks or priests should be best adorned with good manners among all other lay people. The fourth reason is that, as Saint Augustine says, there is none so simple a figure as one that has but one way [direction]. Likewise, clerks should be simple in their conversation without fiction and pride. The Church honors Saint Peter with three festivals in the year for three gifts that he can bestow upon the people. The first is the Chalice, for he grants absolution of sins. The second festival is called Advent, which is the first day of August. Through his power, he transforms the perpetual pain due for mortal sins into temporal pain. The third festival is of his martyrdom. He has the power to remit some penances imposed for confessed sins for these reasons, and he is worthy and honorably to be served and worshiped. Therefore, let us then pray to him that he may intercede and obtain for us..Remedy for all our sins, and after this short transitory life we may come to everlasting joy and glory in heaven. Amen.\n\nThus ends the Chaucering of St. Peter.\n\nMathias in Hebrew is as much to say as given to our Lord, or a gift of our Lord, or else humble or little. For he was given of our Lord when he was chosen from the world and was set and entered among the seventy-two disciples. He was also given of our Lord when he was chosen by lot and named among the apostles. He was little, for he had true meekness and humility in him.\n\nThere are three manners of humility as St. Ambrose says: the first is affliction by which a man is made humble; the second is self-consideration; and the third is devotion, which is of the knowledge of his maker. St. Mathias had the first in suffering martyrdom; the second was in despising himself; and he had the third in revering the majesty of our Lord. For Mathias is said to do good for evil, for being good he was..Set in the place of Judas the traitor, was Saint Matthias, the apostle. And his life is recorded in the holy church, and it is written as many holy men bear witness.\n\nIn Jerusalem, there was a man named Judas, also known as Simon, of the lineage of David, or after Saint Jerome of the tribe of Issachar. His wife was named Cibora. On the night that Judas was conceived, his mother had a marvelous dream, of which she was so afraid. It seemed to her that she had conceived a child who would destroy their people. Because of the loss of all their people, her husband blamed her greatly and said to her, \"You say a thing over evil or the devil's will is deceiving you.\" She replied, \"If so it be that I shall have a son, I believe it shall be so, as I have had a revelation and no illusion.\" When the child was born, the father and mother were present..Greet doubted and considered what was best to do. For they dared not sleep with the child, due to the terror they would have in doing so, nor did they know how they might nourish one who would destroy their lineage. Then they put him in a small casket or basket and set it adrift in the sea, abandoning him.\n\nAnon, the floods and waves brought him ashore in an island named Scyros.\n\nHe was called Iudas Scyros from this name.\n\nIt happened that the queen of this country went to play by the seashore. She beheld this little casket and the child within, who was fair. And then she signed and said,\n\n\"O Lord God, how should I be eased if I had such a child? Then at least my realm should not be without an heir.\"\n\nShe commanded that the child be taken up and be nursed, and she feigned herself to be great with child. After publicly proclaiming that she had given birth to a fair son, her husband rejoiced greatly when he heard of it..and the people of the countryside made great festivals. The king and queen did not hide and treated this child like the son of a king. After it happened that the queen conceived a son, and when it was born and grown, Judas tormented that child, for he thought he had been his brother. He was often chastised because of this, but Judas made him weep for a long time. The queen, who knew well that Judas was not her son, eventually told the truth. She revealed how Judas had been found in the sea and that he had killed the child he had supposed to be his brother, who was the king's son. In escaping the sentence of death, he fled and came to Jerusalem. He entered the court of Pilate, who was the procurator at that time. Pilate was pleased with him and showed great favor, and nothing was done without him.\n\nOne day, Pilate went to amuse himself in a garden belonging to Judas' father. Pilate was so pleased with him that he was greatly delighted and showed him great honor..desirous to eat of the fruit, Judas' father didn't know Judas was alive. He had assumed that Judas had been drowned in the sea long before, and Judas didn't know his father was alive. When Pilate told Judas of his desire, Judas went to his father's garden to gather fruit for him. Strife and debate ensued between them, first through words and then through fighting. Judas struck his father on the head with a stone, killing him. Afterward, Judas brought the apples to Pilate and told him he had killed the one who tended the garden. Pilate then seized all that Judas' father had and gave his wife to Judas in marriage. Thus, Judas wedded his own mother.\n\nOne day, the lady wept and sighed deeply, saying, \"Alas, how unfortunate I am! I have lost my son and my husband. My son was cast out to sea and I suppose he is drowned, and my husband died suddenly. Yet it is even more grievous to me.\".that part where it is written that Paltry had remarried me against my will. I asked Judas about this child, and she told him how he had been set in the sea. Judas told her how he had been found in the sea in such a way that she knew she was his mother, and that he had killed his father and married his mother. Therefore, he went to Jesus Christ, who performed many miracles, and prayed to him for mercy and forgiveness of his sins. According to this story, which is not authentic, our Lord made Judas one of his apostles and kept him in his company. He was so intimate with him that he made him his procureur and carried the purse for all the others, and Judas embezzled from it.\n\nThen it happened that he was sorry and angry. When Mary Magdalene poured perfume on the head and feet of our Lord Jesus Christ and said it was worth 300 denarii and said that much she had lost, Judas sold him for thirty pieces of silver. Each penny of the silver was worth 15 denarii, so he recovered 300 denarii..Some say that after that, he should have received a tithe of all the offerings given to Jesus Christ, the penny. And so he recovered thirty pence from what he sold him. Nevertheless, at least he brought them back to the temple and afterwards hanged himself in despair. And his body was split open and his bowels spilled out. It was fitting that it should be so, for the mouth, which God had kissed, ought not to be defiled by touching, and he ought not to die on the earth, since all earthly creatures ought to hate him. But in the air, where demons and wicked spirits belonged, he should be in their company. Then, when the time came between his ascension and his departure, Saint Peter saw that the number of apostles was diminished. He rose up in the midst of the disciples and said, \"Fair brethren, you know that our Lord Jesus Christ had chosen twelve men to bear witness to his resurrection. Judas had gone astray.\" It is necessary to maintain the number of twelve..of suche as hath ben wyth hym / And sith they chosen two of them that were there / that one was named Io\u2223seph surnamed Iustus / and that other was mathye / And thenne they made their orysons & said / lord god whyche knowest the hertes of all the persones / Shewe to vs whome we shal chese of thyes tweyne here / And after they caste lottes / and the lotte fylle on ma\u2223thye / whyche forth wyth was enom\u2223bred wyth the other xj / And thenne were they xij / But the holy saynt denys sayth that the lotte was a Raye and a shynyng whyche cam and shone vpon hym / And anon he bygan to pre\u00a6che / and had hys predycacion aboute Iherusalem / And was moche vertuous and dyde many myracles as is wreton of hym of whom the legende foloweth / whyche legende is founde at Tryre in Almayne / \nSAynt mathye whyche was sette in the place of Iu\u2223das / was born in bethleem of the trybe of Iuda / he was sette to scole and in a lytyl tyme he ler\u2223ned all the science of the lawe and of the prophetes / he was a ferd of flesshly lustes / And he.He passed his youth in good manners, his courage encouraged to all virtues. For he was humble and debonair, and always ready to do mercy. He was not proud in prosperity, nor frail in adversity. He did that which he preached, making the blind see and healing the sick. He raised the dead and did great miracles in the name of Jesus Christ. And when he was accused of this before the bishop of Jerusalem, it was demanded of him that he should answer to it. He said, \"It is not much to answer to this, because for a Christian man it is nothing criminal, but it is a glorious life.\" Then said the bishop that he would spare him and give him respite to repent. And St. Matthew answered, \"God forbid that I should repent of the truth that I have truly found and become an apostate.\"\n\nHe was firm in the love of God and clean of his body, and wise in speaking to all the questions of scripture. And when he preached the word of God, many believed in Jesus Christ..The Jews brought Him to justice and secured two false witnesses against Him, who first pelted Him with stones and the other followed suit. He prayed that the stones cast against Him could be buried, so that he could bear witness against those who stoned Him. Eventually, He was killed with an axe in the Roman manner. He raised His hands and commanded His companion to pray to God. It is then said that His body was taken to Rome and translated to Tand to be buried beneath a porphyry stone in the church of St. Mary Major.\n\nGregory is referred to as the shepherd (grex) in Latin, which means a flock, and as the preacher (ger) in Latin, which means a herald. Therefore, Gregory speaks as a preacher to an assembly or people, or as a noble doctor or preacher. In our language, Gregory is translated as \"awakened.\" He awoke not only to Himself and God, but also to the people, by keeping watch..Clennes is dedicated to God through good contemplation, and to people through continual preaching. By this means, the vision of God is deserved, and St. Augustine writes in the Order book that he sees God, who lives well, studies well, and prays well. The historian of the Lombards, this story is written about him, which John the Deacon compiled and ordered later.\n\nSaint Gregory was born of the parentage of senators of Rome, whose father was named Gordian, and his mother Silvia. When he had learned so much that he was a master in philosophy and also rich in patrimony, he thought he would leave all the riches he had and enter religion to serve God. But in this thought, he considered another purpose, which seemed to him he should better serve God in a secular habit, doing the office of the provostry of God's treasury. During this time, his father and mother died..was rich in patrimony and possessions. At the beginning, he founded and endowed with rents seven abbeys in Zeccle. And the seventh, he founded within the walls of Rome, in honor of St. Andrew the apostle, in which he became a monk. The remainder of his patrimony he gave for God's sake. So he, who before went clothed in clothes of gold and silk and adorned with precious stones in the city, when he was a monk served in a poor habit, the monks were at the beginning of his conversion, of such perfect life that it might be well said that he was perfect in every way. He made great abstinences in eating, drinking, waking, and praying, so much so that he could hardly sustain himself. He had put out of his heart all secular things, so that his conversion was in heaven. For he had directed all his desire to come to the permanent joy.\n\nOnce, St. Gregory, in his seat of the same abbey, happened to be there..An abbot wrote something, and an angel appeared to him in the form of a mariner, who seemed as if he had escaped from the tempest at sea. The angel wept and begged for pity from him. Then St. Gregory commanded that he be given six pence. The angel departed, but returned later in the same form and begged for help in warding his great loss. Moved by pity, St. Gregory commanded his provost to give alms to this poor man. The provost replied that there was no more silver in the abbey but a dish of silver in which his mother used to send him potage. St. Gregory immediately commanded that this dish of silver be given to him. The angel took it with great joy..While the angel appeared to St. Gregory and said to him that God had sent him there, it happened afterward that as St. Gregory passed through the market of Rome, he saw there two fair children, white and rosy of complexion, and with yellow hair, who were about to sell themselves. St. Gregory asked when they were from, and the merchant answered they were from England. After St. Gregory asked if they were Christian, he answered no, but that they were pagans. Then St. Gregory said, \"Alas, what fair people the devil has in his doctrine and in his dominion.\" After he demanded how these people were called, he answered that they were called Englishmen. St. Gregory said, \"They may well be so called, for they have the faces of angels.\" And because St. Gregory went to the pope, he obtained through great prayers that he was sent to England to convert the people of that country. But what the Romans heard that Gregory was sent to England, immediately..they went to the pope and said to him, \"Thou hast angered St. Peter. Thou hast destroyed all Rome. Thou hast hurt all holy church. In this, that thou hast let Gregory go out of Rome, from which words the pope was angry and greatly ashamed. He sent messengers to St. Gregory immediately and commanded him to return and come again to Rome. This was going on for three days. And for his noble and good reputation, the pope made him cardinal deacon. After the corruption of the previous pope, Pelagius died. Then St. Gregory was elected by all the people to be pope, but he refused it and said, \"That dignity I am not worthy of. And for the great mortality that I am about to become the sacred pope, I speak to the people and say, 'Right dear brethren, we ought to have doubt of the scourge of God before we feel it. And yet we ought to fear it and turn and forsake our sins. Look, you may behold the people die before they repent of their sins.\".point he comes in the presence of the judge / who has had no time to mourn his sins / The houses are empty / the children die in the presence of father and mother suddenly, so that they have little time to die / therefore every man amends his life / why has he time for repentance of his evil deeds and sins / before the judge calls him / from the mortal body / he says by the prophet / I will not the death of a sinner / but I will that he return and live / much so the judge hears the sinner when he converts from his sins and amends his life / By such manner he admonished the people for their health / And he ordered to make a solemn procession in all the churches to implore and obtain mercy for this mortalite / when the procession was done / he would have gone privately out of Rome for the sake of avoiding the pomp of the papacy / but against that / the gates were kept so that he might not leave / At last he changed his appearance / And so much did he do with the merchants / that.They brought him out of Rome in a tonne on a cart. When he was far from the town, he hid himself in a ditch. After he had been there for three days, the people of Rome searched for him everywhere. Suddenly, they saw a pillar shining descending from heaven upon the ditch, in which St. Gregory was. A recluse and a holy man saw that angels descended from heaven to St. Gregory, and after they had gone up again, St. Gregory was taken by the people. After a third interrogation by the church, he was ordained and consecrated pope against his will. He was very debonair, humble and merciful to the rich and poor, and to the great and small. He who reads his writings may well perceive this. He often complained about this great burden that had been imposed upon him, to which he said he was not worthy. He could not bear that anyone should praise him in letters or words. He was always in great humility and considered himself more meek..After becoming pope, he was known for his great care in converting sinners and wrote many fair books. The Church is greatly enriched by these. He was never idle, even while sick. He converted the English people to the Christian faith through three holy men and good clerics whom he sent: Augustine, Mellitus, and John, to preach the faith. Due to the persistence of mortality, he ordered a procession and carried an image of Our Lady. It is said that St. Luke the Evangelist made this image, which was a good painting, and resembled the glorious Virgin Mary. Mortality ceased immediately, and they became pure and clear around the image. A voice of angels was heard singing the anthem \"Regina coeli, letare,\" and St. Gregory put it there..At the same time, St. Gregory saw an angel on a castle, who made a sword completely bloody and put it in the sheath. And thereby, St. Gregory understood that the pestilence of this mortality had passed. After that, it was called the Castle Angel. St. Gregory did great alms every day, and many in the surrounding country were nourished by him, whom he had named Wreton. He also cared for the monks who lived on Mount Sinai. Among all other alms he gave, he governed three thousand virgins, to whom he sent every year four hundred pounds of gold, and also he founded an abbey for them in Jerusalem. He sent them whatever they lacked. Every day, he had poor men to dine with him. One time, he took the labor for giving water to a pilgrim to wash his hands in great humility. And suddenly, the pilgrim vanished, which astonished St. Gregory greatly. The night..after our lord appeared to him and said, \"Thou hast received me in thy members other days, but yesterday thou receivedst me in my person. Another day St. Gregory commanded his dispenser to bring to dinner twelve poor men. And when St. Gregory and the twelve poor men were seated at table, he summoned eighteen pilgrims and commanded his dispensers why he had brought in more than twelve persons. The dispensers, abashed, went and found only twelve and told St. Gregory, \"Holy father, there are no more than twelve.\" And so many shall you find and no more. Then St. Gregory considered that one of the pilgrims who sat next to him often changed his appearance. For he seemed young at times and old at others. After dinner, St. Gregory took him by the hand and brought him into his chamber. He prayed him to tell him his name. He answered, \"Why dost thou demand my name, which is marvelous?\".I am the same poor man to whom you gave the dish of silver in which your mother sent the potage. You know for certain that since that day, when you granted me that alms, God has decreed me to be pope. He said moreover, \"I am an angel of God, and He has sent me to you to be your defender and procure for you what you desire and implore of Him. After this, the angel vanished. In that time, there was a hermit, a holy man, who had left and forsaken all the goods of the world for God's sake, retaining nothing but a cat with which he often played and held delightfully in his lap. One day, as he prayed devoutly that He would leave the world and renounce it, God showed him in a vision Saint Gregory, and he would have great joy in heaven. When he stood under this, he sighed sorefully and prayed little for his poverty, which he had long possessed..If he had suffered and been born, had he been like the merit that abounded so greatly in secular Riches, upon this there came a voice to him which said, that the possession of riches makes not a man in this world rich, but the ardor of covetousness. Then be still, thou darest compare thy poverty to the riches of St. Gregory, who loves more his cat than thou dost all thy riches, for he sees never to give alms for God's sake. Thenceforth thanked Almighty God and prayed that he might have his merit and reward with St. Gregory in the glory of paradise.\n\nOn one day it happened that St. Gregory sang mass in the church of St. Mary Major. And when he had said, \"Peace be to you, Lord, now and forever,\" immediately the pope ordained a station in that church every year on Easter day. And when then he said in his mass, \"Peace be to you, Lord,\" none shall answer in remembrance of..In the time that Traian ruled, and as he approached Babylon from Rome, it happened that a widow came to him weeping and said, \"I pray, sir, that you avenge the death of my son, who was innocently and without cause slain.\" The emperor answered, \"If I return from the battle healthy and whole, then I will do justice for the death of your son.\" The widow replied, \"Sir, and if you die in the battle, who will then avenge his death?\" The emperor said, \"He who comes after me.\" The widow said, \"Is it not better that you do justice and have the merit of it from God, rather than another having it?\" Moved by her pleas, Traian had pity and descended from his horse to do justice in avenging the death of her son.\n\nOnce, Saint Gregory passed by the market of Rome, which is called the market of Traian, and he remembered the justice and other good deeds of Traian, and how he had been moved by the widow's pleas..pious and debonair / and was much sorrowful that he had been a sinner / And he turned to the church of St. Peter, wailing for the torment of the messenger of Traian / Then answered a voice from God / saying, \"I have now heard your prayer / and have spared Traian from the perpetual pain / By this, some say / the perpetual pain due to Traian as a sinner was partly taken away / but for all that, he was not quite free from the prison of hell / For the soul may well be in hell / and feel no pain by the mercy of God / And after it is said that the angel in his answer said more to this / because you have prayed for a pardon, God grants you to choose between two things, one which you will / Or you shall be in purgatory for two days in pain / or else all the days of your life you shall languish in sickness / Then answered St. Gregory / that he would rather have sickness all his life in this world / than feel the pains of purgatory for two days / And ever after he had continually..the features or aches in his feet, and he makes mention of this in one of his epistles, saying, \"I am so tormented by the gate in my feet and other ailments that my life is a great pain to me every day. It seems to me that I ought to die. And yet I continue to live. Sometimes my pain is little, and sometimes it is great, but it is not so little that it departs from me, nor so great that it brings me to death. And thus it is that I, who am always ready to die, am withdrawn from death. It happened that a widow who was accustomed every day to bring hosts to sing mass was once housed and communed. And when St. Gregory was about to give her the holy sacrament, saying, \"Corpus dominus nostrum et cetera,\" that is, \"the body of our Lord Ih\u0304u Crist,\" he kept her back and removed the sacrament from the altar. He asked her before the people why she had done this..And she said because the bread that I have made with my proper hands, you name it the body of our Lord Jesus Christ. Immediately Saint Gregory placed himself in prayer with the people. To pray to God that hereupon He would show His grace to confer our belief. And when they were risen from prayer, Saint Gregory saw the holy sacrament in the form of a piece of flesh as large as the little finger of a hand. Instantly, after the prayers of Saint Gregory, the flesh of the sacrament transformed into the appearance of bread, as it had been before. And therewith he communed and admonished the woman, who afterward was more devout, and the people more firm in the faith. Saint Gregory composed and ordained the office of the holy church, and established at Rome two schools of song. One beside the church of Saint Peter, and the other by the church of Saint John Lateran. There the place is yet where he taught the scholars, and the rod with which he threatened them..And the anthypater on why he learned them is still there. He put these words to the mass canon: \"Diesque nostros in tuas pacem disposuinos, et ab aeterna damnatio nostram eripias, et in electorum tuorum agreges numerari.\" At last, when Saint Gregory had been pope for eighteen years, six months, and ten days, he departed from this world in the year of our Lord 594, in the time when Phocas was Emperor of Rome. Let us then pray to Saint Gregory that he obtains for us grace that we may amend ourselves here in this life so that we may come to everlasting life in heaven. Amen\n\nLongus, who was a passionate knight, was with other knights by the commandment of Pilate on the side of the cross of our Lord. He pierced the side of our Lord with a spear. And when he saw the miracles, how the sun lost its light, and the great earthquake there was, when our Lord suffered death and passion on the tree of the cross, then....by the side of Jesus Christ, some say that when he struck our lord with the spear in the side, the precious blood was caused to flow by the shaft of the spear onto his hands. And it is said that with his hands he touched his eyes. And the one who had been blind before saw clearly at once. Therefore he refused all chivalry and remained with the apostles, from whom he was taught and baptized. Afterward, he abandoned worldly life to lead a holy life, performing alms and keeping the life of a monk, for about 36 years in Cesarea and Capadocia. By his words and his example, many men were converted to the faith of Christ. And when this came to the knowledge of Octavian the proconsul, he took him and tried to compel him to sacrifice to idols. Saint Longinus said, \"No man can serve two lords who are contrary to each other. Your idols are lords of your malices, corruptors of all good works and enemies to chastity, humility, and generosity. And friends to all indulgence of luxury, gluttony, etc.\".\"ydelness/of pride and of Avarice/ And my lord is lord of sobriety, who brings people to the everlasting life / Then spoke the provost, it is nothing that you say / Make sacrifice to your idols / And your god will forgive you because of the commandment that is made to the longus said, if you will become Christian, God will pardon your transgressions / Then the provost was angry and had the teeth of Saint Longus pulled out of his mouth, and he had his mouth cut open / Yet for all that, Longus did not lose his speech / but took an axe that he found there and broke the idols with it / and said, now may we see if they are truly goddesses or not / And immediately the demons issued out and entered into the body of the provost and his fellows / and they brayed like beasts / and fell down to the feet of Saint Longus / and said, we know well that you are a servant to the sovereign God / Saint Longus demanded of the demons why they dwelt in these idols / and they answered,\".We have found a place in these idols for us. Wherever Jesus Christ is not named or his sign is not shown, there we gladly dwell. And because when these paintings come to these idols to adore and make sacrifice in our name, then we come and dwell in their idols. Therefore, we pray to the man of God that you send us not among them in the guise of hell. And St. Longinus spoke to the people, saying, \"What will you have these devils for your gods and worship them, or would you rather that I drive them out of this world in the name of Jesus Christ?\" And the people answered with a loud voice, \"The God of Christian people is very great. Holy man, we pray that you do not allow the devils to dwell in this city. Then St. Longinus commanded the devils to come out of the people in such a way that the people had great joy, and believed in our Lord. A little time afterward, the evil prostitute brought St. Longinus before her, and said to him, \"All the.\".people were departed, and by his enchantment had refused thy third-party's gifts. If the king knew it, he would destroy us and the city. Afrodisius answered, \"How will you still torment this good man who has saved us and done so much good to the city?\" The provost said, \"He has deceived us by enchantment.\" Afrodisius said, \"His god is great and has no evil in him.\" Then the provost cut out the tongue of Afrodisius. Whereupon Saint Longinus sighed to God. And at once the provost became blind and lost all his limbs. When Afrodisius saw that, he said, \"Lord God, you are just. And your judgment is terrible.\" The provost said to Afrodisius, \"Fair brother, pray to Saint Longinus that he prays for me, for I have done him wrong.\" Afrodisius said, \"Have I not told it to the truth?\" Do no more harm to Longinus. See not you me speak without a tongue? The provost said, \"I have not only injured my body, my body is in great pain.\" And Saint Longinus said, \"If you will be healed and restored, put your faith in God.\".me appertly to deth / And I shal pray for the to our lord after that I shal be deed that he hele yt And anon thenne the prouost dyde do smyte of hys heed / And after he cam and fyll on the body of saynt longius and sayd all in wepyng / Syre I ha\u2223ue synned I knowleche and confesse my fylthe / And anon cam agayn his sight and he receyued helthe of hys bo\u2223dy / And buryed honourably the body of saynt longius / And the prouoste byleuyd in Ihesu cryst / And abode in the company of crysten men and than\u2223ked god and deyde in good astate / All thys happed in Cesaree of Capa\u2223doce to the honour of our lord god / to whom be gyuen laude and glorye in secula seculorum\nThus endeth the lyf of saynt Longius\nTHe yere that saynt benet deied / he sente seynt Maure / & foure felaws wyth hym in to fraunce / that is to wete fuscinien symplicien Antoninien and constantinen atte prayer of varri\u2223cam the bysshop of maulx for to founde an abbaye which the said bisshop wold make of hys owen good / And gaf to saynt maure a book in whyche he.had wrested the rule of his hand / And as they passed the mountains of Mongus Sourgus, one of their servants fell from his horse upon a great stone. His left foot was all crushed, but as soon as St. Maurice had blessed it and made the sign of the cross, he was healed and whole. After this, he entered the church of St. Maurice. At the entrance was a blind man begging, who had been there for eleven years and was named Leuin. Due to the long time he had spent there, he knew all the church's offices by heart. He begged St. Maurice by the virtue of the martyrs to help him. Immediately, he was healed and regained his sight through his prayer. Then St. Maurice commanded him to serve all his life in the church as he had done. One night, this holy man and his companion Herbrow visited the house of a widow named Themere. She had a son who was so sick that everyone said he was dead. And this holy man healed him..And when he was whole, he said to Saint Maurice, \"You are he, by your merits and your tears, who delivered me from the judgment where I was condemned to the fire of hell. On Good Friday, as they continued their way in the abbey of which Saint Romain was abbot, Saint Maurice said to Saint Romain, \"Saint Benet shall depart from this world tomorrow.\" The next morning, before the hour of terce, as Saint Maurice was in prayer, he saw the way by which Saint Benet ascended into heaven. He was surrounded by palaces and great multitudes of clarity. This vision also saw two other monks. When Saint Maurice and his companion reached an encounter, they heard that Bishop Vicar of Maulx was dead. And the one in his place would not receive them. Then Saint Maurice and his companion went to a place called Restis. There they found and commanded all to be quiet, but only Saint Maurice calmed him immediately. Afterward, Flocus, who was one of the greatest friends of the king, received him..A great reverence prevented him from approaching, but if he had men working in that house who began to speak shrewdly of St. Maur, saying that he sought too much vain glory. But soon they became so enraged that one of them lost his life on the spot, and the other two tore themselves with their teeth. The holy man immediately placed his hand in their mouths and made the devil go out beneath. Afterward, he revived the third, who had been dead, and commanded him never again to enter that house. This he did to show the favor of the world. Theobald, king of France, came to visit him and asked St. Maur and the brethren to pray for him. He gave them the fee simple of that buscage and all the rents belonging to it, as well as the towns. The following morning, St. Maur went to see the gifts the king had given, and there he healed a man suffering from the palsy who had been ill for seven years. The second [person] is missing in the text..Here is the cleaned text:\n\n\"This house was founded by many noble men of the country who demanded that their children might be clothed and received into the religion. And so many came that by the twenty-seventh year of the foundation of the abbey, there were one hundred and forty brothers, and St. Maur commanded that they should remain in that number without more or less. After this, he granted the chief of arms and the town of Longchamp to it. And after this time, St. Maur issued no more from the abbey, but he went and lived in a side of the church of St. Martin, where he had built a house for himself, and had with him two monkeys to serve him. But he ordained beforehand that beagles should be abbot after him when he had been in the house for two years and a half. The devil appeared to him once, who was in his disguise, and said to him that there would be great destruction of his brethren. But the angel of the Lord came to him afterward, who comforted him. Then he came.\".\"into the brethren and said to them that he and many of them within would pass out of this world. And it happened that within a month after they died, C and fifty-one monks of that abbey. And of all the noble ones there remained alive but twenty-four. And then died Anthony and Constantine, who had come with him. A little while after died Saint Maurice of the pain in his side, fifty-one years after he had come there, on the eighteenth of February. And he died before the altar of Saint Martin, where he was covered with an hair cloak. The others of his companions returned to Mount Cassian. And thus this blessed saint completed his life in the time of Louis the Second, the second. And the body of Saint Maurice was taken from the abbey in Angers named Gaunefuelle, because of the fear of the Normans, to the abbey of Fosses, where his body is now. This Abbaye was founded by Saint Banalis' disciple, Saint Coloman, for Saint Collon's sake. His feast day is the fifteenth of January.\n\nHere ends the life of Saint Maurice\nPatrick is as much to say as knowledgeable\".For by the will of God, he knew many of the secrets of heaven and its joys, and also saw a party of the pains of hell.\n\nSaint Patrick was born in Britain, which is called England, and was educated at Rome. He flourished in virtues and, after departing from the parties of Italy where he had long dwelt, returned to his country in walises named Pendyas. He entered into a fair and joyous country called the Vale of Roses. God appeared to him there and said, \"O Patrick, this bishopric God has not provided for but to one not yet born, but he shall be here after twenty years old.\" He then left that country and sailed over into Ireland. According to Chester in Polycronicon, the fourth book, the twenty-ninth chapter, Saint Patrick's father was named Caprum, who was a priest and a deacon's son. His mother was named Conchessa, sister of Faucon. In his baptism, he was named Succat. Saint Germanus called him Magonius..Celestinus, named Patrik, the Pope, spoke to the king on a day as he preached about the peace and suffering of our Lord Jesus Christ. Patrik placed the end of his staff or crozier on the king's foot and pierced it with a sharp pick. The king believed Patrik had done this willingly to move him towards peace and faith in God. But when Patrik saw this, he was greatly ashamed. He prayed and healed the king. Furthermore, he petitioned and obtained grace from our Lord that no venomous beast might live in the entire country. And to this day, there is no venomous beast in all the land.\n\nOn another occasion, a man from that country stole a sheep belonging to his neighbor. Patrik admonished the people that whoever had taken it should return it..Should deliver it again within seven days, when all the people were assembled within the church, and the man who had stolen it made no apparent effort to return or deliver the sheep again. Then St. Patrick commanded, by the power of God, that the sheep should bleat and cry in the belly of him who had eaten it. And so it happened, that in the presence of all the people, the sheep bleated and cried in the belly of him who had stolen it. The man who was culpable repented of his transgression. From then on, they kept themselves from stealing sheep from any other man. St. Patrick was accustomed to worship and do reverence devoutly to all the crosses he might see. But once before the sepulcher of a pagan, a fair cross stood, which he passed by and went past as if he had not seen it. He was asked by his companions why he had not seen that cross. Then he prayed to God and said he wanted to know whose it was. He heard a voice from the earth saying, \"You saw it.\".It's not because I am a pagan that am buried here, & am unworthy that the sign of the cross should stand there. Therefore, he made the sign of the cross to be taken then. On one occasion, as St. Patrick preached in Ireland the faith of Jesus Christ and did little profit by his preaching, for he could not convert the evil rude and wild people. And he prayed to our Lord Jesus Christ that He would show them some sign openly fearful and terrible by which they might be converted and repent. St. Patrick made there a great circle with his staff, & anon there opened up a great pit and a deep one. And St. Patrick, by the revelation of God, understood that there was a place of purgatory. In it, whoever entered therein, he would never have other penance or feel any other pain. And it was shown to him that many would enter who would never return or come again. And those who would return would abide only a short time..one morning to another and no more. And many entered that came not again, concerning this pit or hole, which is named Saint Patrick's purgatory. Some hold an opinion that the second Patrick, who was an abbot and not a bishop, was shown this place of purgatory by God. But certainly such a place exists in Ireland, where many men have been and still go in and come out, and some have had marvelous visions and seen terrible and horrible pains of whom there have been books made, such as that of Tundale and others. Then this holy man, Saint Patrick, the bishop, lived until he was 102 years old, and was the first bishop in Ireland. He died in Aurelius Ambrosius' time, who was king of Britain. In his time was the abbot Columba, otherwise named Columcille, and Saint Bride, whom Saint Patrick professed and outlived. All these three holy saints were buried in Vaster in the city of Dublin, as it were in a cave. Their bodies were interred in three chambers..Found at the first coming of King John Henry the Second in Ireland / on whose tombs the following verses follow:\nHere lie three in one tomb:\nBrigida, Patricius, and Columba the pious.\nWhich is to say in English:\nIn one tomb lie these three.\nBride Patrick and Columba the mild.\n\nMen say that this holy bishop, Saint Patrick, did three great things:\nOne is that he drove all venomous beasts out of Ireland with his staff.\nThe second was that he received a grant from the Lord God that no Irishman would remain before the coming of Antichrist.\nThe three wonders of his purgatory are more referred to the lesser Saint Patrick the Abbot.\nAnd this holy abbot, because he found the people of that land rebellious, he left Ireland and came to the abbey of Glastonbury in England, where he died on St. Bartholomew's day.\nHe flourished around the year of our Lord 841.\nAnd the holy bishop died in the year of our Lord 400..iij score and x in the hundred and xxij year of his age, to whom we pray that he pray for us.\n\nThus ends the life of Saint Patrick.\n\nBenet is said to have blessed much people, or else because he had many blessings in this life, or for as much as he deserved to have blessings or blessings perpetual. And the holy doctor Saint Gregory wrote his life.\n\nTaint Benet was born in the province of Nursia. And was sent to Rome to study. But in his infancy, he left the schools and went into a desert. And his nurse, who tenderly loved him, stayed with him until they came to a place named Offida. And there she borrowed a vessel for to purge or wine wherewith. But the vessel filled to there by accident, and was broken into two pieces. And when Saint Benet saw his nurse weep, he had great pity, & made his prayers to the almighty God, and afterwards made it whole as it had been before. Then they of the country took it, and hung it on the front of the church as a witness..of one so fair a miracle, then Saint Benet left his nurse and fled secretly to an hermitage, where he was never known to any man but a monk named Romayn, who ministered to him food. Because there was no way from the monastery of Romayn to the pit where Saint Benet was, he tied a rope and let it down to him. Since he knew that Romayn would lower the food, he tied a bell on the rope and received his food by the sound. But the devil, envious of the charity of that one and the repentance of the other, cast a stone and broke the bell. Nevertheless, Romayn did not abandon him. It happened that on an eastern day there was a priest who had prepared his dinner for himself, and the Lord appeared to him and said, \"You order rich meals for yourself, and my servant dies of hunger in such a pit and named the place for you.\" Then the priest arose and took his food with him..sought so long that he found St. Benet in great pain / when he had found him, he said to him / Arise and take thy food and refreshment / For it is Easter day / He answered, I know well that it is the day of Easter / because I see the / The priest said to him Certainly this day is the day of Easter and St. Benet knew not / because he had dwelt there so long and so far from people.\n\nThen they said grace and made the blessing and took their refreshment. It happened after this that a black bird, called a merle, came to St. Benet at one time and pecked at his face with its beak. It grieved and distressed him so much that he could have no rest from it and could not drive it away, but as soon as he made the sign of the cross, the bird vanished away. And after that came to him a great temptation of the flesh, by which the devil tempted him in showing him a woman and burning him sore and was inflamed in his heart. But he came back to himself and afterward..Despoiled himself all naked and went among thorns, wallowing among the nettles so that his body was torn and pained by which he felt the wounds of his heart. After that time, he felt no more temptation of the flesh. It happened that the abbot of a monastery was dead. And for the good reasons that his conditions and manners were not suitable to theirs, notwithstanding, he was quickly succeeded and required that at last he consented. But when he saw that they lived not and were not ruled according to their religion and rule, he reproved and corrected them vigorously. And when they saw that they could not do their wills under him, they gave him venom mixed with wine to drink. But St. Benet made the sign of the cross over it and blessed it. And anon the vessel, which was of glass, broke in pieces. When St. Benet then saw that in that vessel was mortal drink which could not endure nor suffer the sign of the cross, he rose up and said, \"God have mercy.\".on you, fair brethren, I said at the beginning that my conditions and manners do not suit yours. From now on, get another father. For I can no longer dwell here. Then he went again to the desert where God showed him many signs and miracles and founded two abbeys there. It happened that in one of these two abbeys, there was a monk who could not endure long in prayer. And when the others of his fellows were in prayer, he would go out of the church. Then the abbot of that abbey showed this to St. Benet. And immediately he went to see if it were true. And when he came, he saw that the devil, in the likeness of a little black creature, drew him out of the church by his cowl. Then St. Benet said to the abbot and to St. Maur, \"Do you not see him who is drawing him out?\" They said no. Then St. Benet said, \"Let us pray to God that we may see him.\" When they had made their prayers, St. Maur saw him, but the abbot could not. The next day, St. Benet took a rod and beat him..And then he abode in prayer, like the devil had beaten him, and dared not come near or draw him away. From then on, he remained in prayer and continued therein. Of the twelve abbeys that St. Benet had founded, three of them stood on high rocks so that they had no water but by great labor. Then the monks came to him and prayed him to set those abbeys in some other place because they had great lack of water. Then St. Benet went about the mountain and made his orisons and prayers devoutly. And when he had long prayed, he saw three stones in a place as a sign. And on the morrow when the monks came to pray, he said to them, \"Go ye to such a place where you shall find three stones, and there dig a little, and you shall find water.\" And our Lord can well provide water for you. And they went and found the mountain all swelling, where the three stones were. And there they dug and found water in great abundance that sufficed for them..A man ran down from the top of the hill into the valley. It happened once that a man bought hedges and thorns around the monastery. And his axe or iron instrument that he hewed sprang out of the hole and fell into a deep water. Then the man cried and mourned for his tool. And St. Benet saw that he was greatly distressed, and took the hole and threw it after into the pit.\n\nIn the monastery of St. Benet lived a child named Placidus, who went to the river to draw water. His foot slipped, and he fell into the river, which was very deep. And when St. Benet, who was in his study, knew it, he called to St. Maurice and said that there was a child, a monk, who was about to be drowned, and asked him to go and help him. And St. Maurice ran towards the water as if it had been dry ground, and his feet were dry. And he took up the child by the hand and drew him to safety..And after he came to St. Benet, he said that it was not by his merit but by the virtue of his obedience. There was a priest named Florian, who had envy on St. Benet. He sent him a loaf of bread, poisoned. After St. Benet had this loaf, he knew by inspiration that it was poisoned. He gave it to a raven that was accustomed to take his food from his hand and commanded him to bear it to such a place where no one should find it. Then the raven seemed to obey St. Benet's command but dared not touch it because of the poison and fled around it, howling and crying. St. Benet said to him, \"Take this bread boldly and carry it away.\" At last, the raven carried it away to such a place that there were never any news of it afterward. And he came again the third day after and took his refreshment from St. Benet's hand, as he was accustomed to do before. When this priest Florian saw that he could not harm St. Benet,.Saint Benet enforced the souls of his disciples to sleep spiritually. He took seven maidens all naked and sent them into the garden to dance and to carol for moving the monks to temptation. When Saint Benet saw the malice of Flor Kent, he feared for his disciples and sent them out of that place. When Flor Kent saw that Saint Benet and his monks had left, he demonstrated great joy and made a great feast. And another soul flew upon him and suddenly killed him. When Saint Maurice saw that Flor Kent was dead, he ran after Saint Benet and called him, saying, \"Come again, for Flor Kent, who has done so much harm to you, is dead.\" When Saint Benet heard this, he was sorry for the perilous death of Flor Kent, and because Saint Maurice seemed to enjoy the death of his enemy, he enjoined him to do penance. After this, he went to Mount Cassius, where he had another great adversary. In the place where Apollo was adored, he made an oratory of Saint John the Baptist and converted all the country..About the crystal faith, of which the devil was so tormented that he appeared to St. Benet, all black and ran upon him with open mouth and throat, and had his eyes all inflamed. He said to him, \"Benet, Benet.\" And St. Benet answered not. The devil said, \"Cursed and not blessed, why do I have so much persecution?\"\n\nIt happened once that when the monks should lift a stone for the work of an edifice, they could not move it. Then a great multitude of people gathered, and yet they all could not lift it. But as soon as St. Benet had blessed it, they lifted it easily. Then those who were on the stone that the devil was upon appeared, and caused it to be heavy. And when they had made a little progress in the wall, the devil appeared to St. Benet and begged him to go and see those who were edifying it. Then St. Benet sent to his monks and commanded them to keep watch. For the devil went to destroy them, but before the messenger reached them, the devil had thrown down a part of the wall and had....Then they killed a young monk and brought him all to St. Benet, where he was tossed in a sack and St. Benet made the sign of the cross on him, reviving him, and sent him back to work. A layman of honest life used to come to St. Benet frequently while fasting. One time, as he arrived, there was a man with him bearing food. He asked the layman to eat with him, but he refused. The layman prayed him a second time, and again he refused, saying he would not eat until he reached St. Benet. At the third time, he found a fair fountain and a delightful place, and the man urged him to eat with him. At last, he consented and ate. When he arrived at St. Benet, he said to him, \"Where have you eaten?\" The monk replied, \"I have eaten a little.\" The fair brother, the monk said, \"The devil has deceived you, but he could not deceive you the first or second time. Then the good man knelt..Down at the feet of St. Benet, he confessed him and conceded him penance. Attila, the king of the Goths, once tested St. Benet to see if he possessed the spirit of prophecy. He sent his servant to him and arranged for him to be dressed in precious robes, delivering to him a great company as if he were the king himself. When St. Benet saw him come, he said to him, \"Fairly spoken, but that is not you.\" The man fell down immediately, for he mocked the holy man and died on the spot.\n\nA knight tormented by the devil was brought to St. Benet for healing. St. Benet sent him away and later said to the knight, \"Eat no more flesh and go to no order. For whatever day you go and take orders, the devil will enter into you.\" This knight held out for a long time without taking anything, until at last he saw a younger man going to take orders and had forgotten the words of St. Benet. He took orders, and immediately the devil entered into his body and tormented him..A man once sent two flagons of wine to St. Benet, but he who bore them hid one and presented the other without more. St. Benet received the present and thanked him much, saying, \"Fair brother, take good heed how you shall deal with that which you have hidden, and do not drink from it, for you do not know what is in it.\" The man was ashamed and confused, and went away from him. When he came to the place where he had hidden it, he wanted to know what was in it, as St. Benet had told him, and he blessed it a little. And immediately a serpent issued forth.\n\nOn one occasion, St. Benet was eating, and a young man who was a servant to a great lord held a candle for him. The young man began to think in his heart, \"Who is this that I serve? I am the son of a great man. It does not seem fitting that I, a gentleman, should be a servant to him.\" St. Benet, recognizing the pride that arose in this monk, called another monk and made him hold the candle instead..A man named Zallas, who was part of the sect of Tharryes, cruelly tormented Christian men. He found clerics and monks and killed them. One day, he tormented a peasant or a carle because of his desire for the man's goods. The carle, seeing that Zallas intended to take all, gave him all that he had to offer to Saint Benet. Zallas left the carle for a little while but then bound him with the reins of his bridle and dragged him forward. He rode after him until he reached the abbey of Saint Benet. There, he asked the monk to show him Benet. When he arrived, he saw Saint Benet standing alone before the gate, engrossed in a book. The carle, speaking to Zallas's men, said, \"Behold, there is Benet whom you seek.\".looked on him cruelly, as he had been accustomed, supposing he would deal with him as with other Christian men. And to Saint Benet, he said:\n\nArise at once and deliver to me the goods of this man whom you have by the side. When Saint Benet heard this, he lifted up a little his eyes, and by great marvel his arms were unbound. And when the man saw himself unbound, he stood before the tyrant Appolinary without fear. And Anselm fell down at the feet of Saint Benet and recommended him to his prayers. And never since then did Saint Benet read on his book, but he called his monks and commanded that his meal be brought to him. And they did so, and he bore it away.\n\nThen Saint Benet entreated the tyrant and said to him that he should leave his cruelty and madness. He departed and never after that day demanded any good from Vilein or the man whom Saint Benet had unbound only by his sight.\n\nIt happened over all adversity where he, [unclear].That great famine was in the country, causing many people to die of hunger. The breed of the abbey failed, and within it there was but little love among the convent. When Saint Benet saw that they were disheartened, he began to chastise and warn them, urging them to keep their hearts turned to God. He asked them, \"Why are you in such great distress over bread? If you have none this day, you will have some by morning.\" It happened that on the morning they found at their gate two hundred measures of meal, which had been sent from God. No one knew whence they came. When the monks saw this, they thanked God and learned not to doubt either abundance or poverty.\n\nIt happened at one time that Saint Benet sent his monks to found an abbey, and he told them that on a certain day he would come to see them and show them what they should do. The night before he had said he would come, he appeared to the master and his monks and showed them all..The places they should have built, but they bypassed not the vision, and supposed it had been but a dream. Then, when they saw that he could not return, they came back to him and said, \"Fair father, we have waited for you, that you should have come to us, as you promised us then.\" He answered, \"What do you say? Do you not remember that I appeared to you that night and promised you, and showed you how you should act? Go and do as I designed in the vision.\"\n\nThere were two nuns near his monastery, who were of noble lineage, and were very talkative and did not restrain their tongues properly. They tormented him who governed them. And when he had shown this to St. Benet, he sent them a message, that they should keep silence and rule their tongues, or he would curse them. But they, for all that, would not leave it. And so, immediately after they died and were buried in the church. And when the dean cried in the end of the mass, \"Those that are,\" (sic).cursed shall go out of the church / the nurse who had nourished them / and every day had offered for them / held back and saw that when the deacon sang, they issued out of their sepulchers and went out of the church / \u00b6 And when St. Benet knew of this, he offered for them himself and absolved them / Then, after the deacon had said so as a warning, they never issued out again / as their nurses had seen them / \u00b6 There was a monk who went out without permission and blessing from his abbot to see his father and mother / And the day after, he came there and died / And when he was buried there, they cast him out again, and this happened twice / then came the father and mother to St. Benet / and told him how the earth threw him out and would not receive him / and begged that he would bless him / Then he took the blessed sacrament and had it placed on the breast of the corpse / And when they had done so, they buried him / and the earth drew him no more out / but received the body and held it..A monk couldn't endure the monastery and displeased Saint Benet so much that he let himself go and was angry. Immediately upon leaving the abbey, he encountered a dragon with an open mouth. When he saw it, he feared it would devour him and cried out, \"Come here and help me, come here. This dragon will devour me.\" Then the monks ran, but they saw no dragon and returned the monk, trembling and signing. The monk promised he would never depart from the abbey again.\n\nIn a time of great famine at that center, Saint Benet gave all that he could obtain and have to the poor people. He had nothing but a little oil left in the abbey. The cellarer understood him well, but he didn't give it out because there was no more in the convent. When Saint Benet learned this, he took the vessel and threw it out the window. It was made of glass and fell on a stone, but it didn't break..Repented the celery of disobedience, and of a little hope that he had in God, and after he went to his prayers, an empty great tonne that was there was full of oil in so much that it ran over. It happened another day that St. Benet went to visit his sister named Scholastica. And as they sat at table, she prayed her brother that he would stay there all that night, but he in no way would grant her, and said he could not lie out of his cloister. And when she saw that he would not grant her to stay, she inclined her head and made her prayers to the Lord. And anon it began to thunder and to lighten, and the air to darken, which before was fair and clear, and a great rain fell down, so that for nothing he might depart. And like as she wept with her eyes, right so forthwith the rain and storm came, and then she lifted up her head. Then St. Benet said to his sister, \"Almighty God, forgive you that you have done, for you have prevented me from departing hence.\".She said, \"Fair brother, God is more courteous than you are. For you would not accept my prayer, but God has heard me. Go if you can, and then Saint Benet stayed there. All night they spoke of God between him and his sister without sleeping until they were both at ease. On the morning, Saint Benet went to his abbey. And on the third day after, he lifted his eyes to heaven and saw his sister's soul ascend in the likeness of a dove. He had the body brought to his abbey and had it buried in his tomb. On a night when Saint Benet was in prayer at a window, he saw Saint Germain, bishop of Capua, ascend into heaven. The light of that soul gave a great light, and after he knew that the soul of Saint Germain had passed at that hour, in due time Saint Benet himself departed from this world..He showed it to his monks for six days and then made his petition. After that, a fire took him strongly, which held him every day. On the sixth day, he made himself be born to the church and received the body of our Lord Jesus Christ. Among the hands of his disciples, he lifted up his own hands to heaven in making his orison, rendering his soul to his creator. At the same hour, a revelation was shown to two monks. They saw a way to heaven covered with palles and gold, filled with torches burning, which enlightened all the heaven. This way came from the cell of St. Benet to heaven. A maid in a fair habit appeared to these monks, to whom they asked what way that was. He answered that it was the way by which St. Benet mounted to heaven. Then, the body of St. Benet was buried in the oratory that he had made of St. John, where was wont to be the altar of Apollyon the fifteenth and eighteen..vs pray deeply that he pray to our lord for us, that we may have grace after this life to come to everlasting bliss in heaven. Amen.\n\nThus ends the life of St. Benet Abbot.\n\nSt. Cuthbert was born in England. And when he was eight years old, our lord showed him a fair miracle to draw him to his love. For once, as he played the ball with other children, suddenly a fair young child of three years old stood among them. He was the fairest creature they had ever seen. And immediately he said to Cuthbert, \"Good brother, cease such vain plays and set not your heart on them. But Cuthbert took no heed to his words. And then this child fell down and made great heaves, wept sore, and beat his hands. And then Cuthbert and the other children left their play and comforted him and asked him why he made such sorrow. Then the child said to Cuthbert, \"All my sorrow is only for thee, because thou engages in such vain plays. For our lord has revealed to me that thou art destined for a greater life.\".A man was chosen to be the head of the holy church, but suddenly he vanished away. He then knew very well that it was an angel sent from the Lord to him. From then on, he abandoned all vain pastimes and never used them again. He began to live holyly and desired from his father that he might be sent to school. Immediately, he was drawn to a parfit life, for he was always in prayer night and day. He most desired of the Lord to do what pleased Him and to avoid what displeased Him. He lived so virtuously and holy that all the people took joy in him. And within a short time after Aidanus the bishop died, Cuthbert looked up and saw angels bearing the soul of Aidanus the bishop to heaven with great melody. After that, Saint Cuthbert no longer kept sheep but went immediately to the abbey of Geru. There he became a monk, and all the court were very glad and thanked the Lord for having sent him there..He lived there in holiness, fasting and doing penance. At last, he had the gout in his knees, which he had taken from kneeling on the cold stones. When he said his prayers in such a way that his knee began to swell, and the veins of his leg shrank, so that he could neither walk nor stretch out his leg, but took it all patiently, and said, \"When it pleases our Lord, it shall pass.\" And shortly after, his brothers came to comfort him in the field. There they met a knight who said, \"Let me see and touch Cuthbert's leg.\" And when he had felt it with his hands, he bade them take the milk of a cow of one color, the juice of small plantain, and fair wheat flour. They were to cook them together and make a poultice, and apply it to him, and it would make him whole. As soon as they had done this, he was perfectly whole. And then he thanked the Lord most humbly. And afterwards, he came to know by revelation that it was an angel who had healed him..An angel sent by our lord to help him in his great sickness and disease. The abbot of that place sent him to a cell of theirs to be a hosteler, to receive and comfort their guests. Soon after, our lord showed a fair miracle for his servant, St. Cuthbert. Angels came to him often in the likeness of other guests whom he received and served diligently with food, drink, and other necessities. One time, guests came to him whom he received and went into the houses of office to serve them. When he returned, they were gone, and he went after them to call and could not see their footsteps, not knowing it was then snowing. When he returned, he found the table laid and on it three fair white loaves of bread, all hot, which were of marvelous beauty and sweetness. For all the place smelled of the sweet odor of them. Then he knew well that the angels of our lord had been there and rendered thanks to our lord..He had sent angels to comfort him, and every night, as his brothers were in bed, he would go and stand in the cold water up to his chin until midnight. And whenever he came to land, he could not stand due to weakness and faintness, often falling to the ground. One time, as he lay there, two otters came and licked every part of his body before returning to the water. Then Saint Cuthbert arose, whole, and went back to his cell with his brothers. However, his brothers knew nothing of his nightly standing in the sea up to his chin. But one of his brothers eventually saw it and told him. Saint Cuthbert charged him to keep it secret and tell no one during his life. After this, within a short time, the bishop of Durham died. Saint Cuthbert was elected and consecrated bishop in his place, and he lived full-length..This text appears to be written in Early Modern English, and it seems to be about Saint Cuthbert and the celebration of the Feast of the Annunciation. I will make some minor corrections to improve readability, but I will keep the text as faithful as possible to the original.\n\nholy unto his death / And by his preaching and example, he brought many people to good living / Before his death, he left his bishopric / And went to the holy island / where he lived an holy and solitary life until his burial at Durham / And after being translated, the body was laid in a fair and honorable shrine, where our Lord still shows many fair and great miracles for his servant / Therefore, let us pray to this holy saint / that he pray for us /\n\nThe feast of this day is called the Annunciation of our Lady / For on this day, the angel Gabriel showed to the glorious virgin Mary / how she ought to come to receive the blessed Son of God / That is, how he should come into the glorious virgin Mary / and take on her nature / and human flesh / to save the world.\n\nIt was fitting that the angel should come to the glorious virgin Mary / For just as Eve, by the temptation of the devil, gave consent to commit the sin of disobedience to our perdition / Rightly so, the angel's greeting..The angel Gabriel, exhorting the glorious virgin Mary, gave her consent to his message through her obedience for our salvation. As the first woman was the cause of our damnation, so was the blessed virgin Mary the beginning of our redemption. When the angel Gabriel was sent to show the incarnation of our savior Ihu Crist, he found her alone in her chamber, as Saint Bernard says. In which maidens and virgins ought to abide in their houses without going abroad openly, and they ought also to flee the words of men, lest their honor and good reputation might be lost or hurt. The angel said to the glorious virgin Mary, \"I bring you the fullness of grace; the Lord is with you.\" There is not found in scripture such a salutation. It was brought from heaven to the glorious virgin Mary, who was the first woman ever to offer her virginity to God first. The angel said to her, \"You shall be blessed above all.\".other women, for thou shalt escape the curse that all other women have in childbirth in sin and sorrow, and thou shalt be mother of God, and shalt remain a pure and clean virgin. Our blessed lady was much abashed by this salutation and pondered its meaning in her mind. This was a good manner of a virgin, who so wisely kept her silence and spoke not, and showed an example to virgins who ought not to speak lightly or without advice or manner to answer. And when the angel knew that for this salutation she was timid and abashed, he repeated her saying, \"Mary, be not afraid, for thou hast truly found grace with God. Thou art chosen above all women to receive His blessed Son and be mother to God, and mediator and advocate to set peace between God and man to destroy death and bring life. O thou that art a virgin, says Saint Ambrose, learn from Mary to be mannered and fearful to all men, learn to be silent, and teach all these virtues..Mary was afraid of the salutation of the angel who said, \"Thou shalt conceive and bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus, and he shall be called the son of God. And Mary said to the angel, \"In what manner may this be that you say, for I have purposed in my heart that I shall never know man, and yet I never knew any, how then shall I have a child against the course of nature, and may abide a virgin? Then the angel enforced her and began to say, how her virginity should be saved in the conceiving of the son of God. And he answered her in this manner, \"The holy ghost shall come upon thee, which shall make thee conceive. Thou shalt know the manner how thou shalt conceive; thou shalt know better than I say. For that shall be the work of the holy ghost, which of thy blood and of thy flesh shall form purely in the body of the child that thou shalt bring forth. And the virtue of God's power shall overshadow thee, so that thou shalt feel nothing..\"Bringing no carnal desire and purging thy heart from all temporal desires, and yet the holy ghost, with the corporal mantle, will cover the right excellence and clarity of His divinity. By this veil or shadow, His dignity can be known and seen, as St. Victor and St. Bernard say. After this conception, which is above nature, the angel said to her, \"Behold, Elizabeth, your cousin, who is barren, has conceived a child in her old age. For there is nothing impossible to God, who is almighty.\" Then the glorious virgin Mary answered the angel, \"Behold, the handmaid of God; He has done to me as He has spoken to thee.\" She has given us an example to be humble in prosperity.\".\"Her riches come to us. For the first word she spoke or said when she became mother of God and queen of heaven, that was that she called herself an annunciate or handmaiden, not lady. Many are humble in low estate, but few in high estate, that is, in great estates, and therefore humility is more prized in those who are great in estate. As soon as she said \"Behold the handmaiden of the Lord, be it done to me according to your word,\" Thomas in compendio: In that same time that she gave her assent to the angel, she conceived in her Jesus Christ, who in that same hour was in her a perfect man and perfect god in one person, and as wise as he was in heaven or when he was thirty years old. This blessed Annunciation occurred on the twenty-fifth day of the month of March. On that same day, both before and after these things that follow, the following events took place: On that same day, Adam, the first man, was created and fell into original sin through disobedience, and was put out of paradise.\".terestre / After the angel showed the conception of our lord to the glorious virgin Mary / Also that same day, Cain slew Abel his brother / Also Melchisedech offered a sacrifice to God of bread and wine in the presence of Abraham / Also on the same day, Abraham offered Isaac his son / That same day, St. John the Baptist was beheaded / And St. Peter was delivered out of prison that day / And St. James the Greater was beheaded that day / And our Lord Jesus Christ was crucified that day / therefore / that is a day of great reverence / For the salutation that the angel brought to the glorious virgin /\n\nWe read an example of a noble knight / who forfeited his life / gave and surrendered himself into the abbey of Cistercians / and since he was not a cleric / a master was assigned to him to teach him and to be with the brother clerks / but he could not learn anything in the long time that he was there, except these two words / Ave Maria / which words he had deeply engraved in his heart..That alley he had them in his mouth wherever he was. At last he died and was buried in the churchyard of the brethren. It happened after that on the burials grew a right fair flower dew, and in every flower was written in letters of gold \"Ave Maria.\" Of this miracle all the brethren were amazed, and they opened the sepulcher and found that the root of these flower dews came out of the mouth of the said knight. And immediately they understood that our Lord wanted to honor him for the great devotion that he had in saying these words \"Ave Maria.\"\n\nAnother knight there was who had a fair place by the side of the highway where much people passed, whom he robbed as much as he could. But he had a good custom. For every day he sold the glorious Virgin Mary in saying \"Ave Maria,\" and for no labor he left not to greet our lady as said is.\n\nIt happened that an holy man passed by his house, whom he robbed and dispersed. But that holy man prayed them that robbed him that they would spare him..A man was to bring him to his master, as he needed to speak with him about a secret matter for his profit. When the robbers heard this, they brought him before their lord, the knight. The holy man then urged him to bring all his men before him. When his men had assembled, the holy man said, \"Yet, not all are here. One is still missing.\" One of them noticed that the chamberlain of the lord had not arrived. The knight then summoned him. When the holy man saw him come, he said, \"I conjure you by the virtue of Jesus Christ our Lord, tell us who you are and why you have come here.\" The chamberlain replied, \"Alas, I must now reveal myself. I am no one, but a devil in the form of a man, and I have taken this shape for the past twelve years, living with this knight, to watch over him night and day for my master. \".If this knight\nceased to say, \"Ave Maria.\" For then I should strangle him with my own hand,\nand bring him to hell because of the evil life that he has led and leads.\nBut because he says this salutation every day, \"Ave Maria,\" I might not have him,\nand therefore I remain here so long. For there is not a day that passes\nbut that he sells our lady. When the knight heard this, he was much afraid,\nand fell down at the feet of this holy man, and begged pardon for his sins.\nAfter this, the holy man said to the devil, \"I command you in the name of our lord\nthat you depart hence, and go to another place, where you may neither harm nor annoy anyone.\"\nThen let us pray to the glorious virgin Mary, that she keep us from the devil,\nand that we may come to the glory of heaven, through the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, amen.\n\nThis ends the annunciation of our blessed Lady.\n\nSaint Second was a noble and valiant knight, and a glorious martyr of our lord Jesus..And suffered his passion and was crowned with the palm of martyrdom in the city of Astence, by whose glorious presence the said city was enriched and made a singular patron. And this holy man, the second, was born in the faith of the blessed Calatero, who was held in prison by the provost Sapryce in the said city of Astence. And when Marcianus was held in prison in the city of Trevedence, Sapryce the provost went there to make him sacrifice. Saint Secondo much desiring to see Saint Marcian went with him, as it had been through Solace. And outside the city of Alessio, a white dove descended upon Saint Secondo's head. Sapryce said to him, \"See, Secondo, how our God's love shines, sending birds from heaven to visit the faithful. And when they came to the river of Tanagre, Saint Secondo saw a vision of God going upon the flood and saying to him, \"Secondo, have firm faith, and thus shall you go above those who worship false gods.\".brother I hear the goddess speaking to thee. To whom Scandon said, late we walked towards the desires of our heart. And when they came to another flood that was called Buryn, the same angel beforehand said, Seconde, believe thou in God, or perhaps thou dost doubt. To whom Seconde replied, I believe very truly in his passion. Then said Sapryce, what is that I hear? And Seconde replied nothing. When they should enter into Trydone, by the commandment of the angel, Marcianus was summoned out of prison and appeared to Seconde, saying, Seconde enter in the way of truth and receive the victory of faith. Sapryce said, who speaks to us as if in a dream? To whom Seconde replied, it may be well to thee in a dream, but to me it is Admonition and a comfort. After this, Seconde went to Melane. And the angel of God brought Faustyn and Jonathan, who were held in prison outside the city, to Seconde. And from them he received baptism. And a cloud ministered water to baptize him..And suddenly a dove descended from heaven, bringing to Faustus and Ionas the blessed sacrament. Faustus delivered it to Second, who was to bear it to Marciane. Then Second returned when it was night and went to the river named Pad. And the angel of the Lord took the bridle of the horse and led it over the river, bringing it to Tyrdus, and set it in the prison where Marciane was. Second then delivered to Marciane the gift that Faustus had sent. Receiving it, she said, \"The blessed body of our Lord Jesus Christ be with me forever.\"\n\nBy the commandment of the angel, Second went out of prison and went to his lodging. After this, Marciane received sentence to have her head struck off. And so it was done. Then Second took his body and buried it. And when Sapris heard of this, he called Second to him and said, \"By this that I see you do, I see well that you are a Christian.\" To this Second replied, \"Indeed, I know myself to be one.\".Crystian man / then said Sapryce, / \"How do you wish to assert / that death is more due to thee than to me? / And when the second would not sacrifice to their idols, / he commanded them to be despoiled all naked. / And immediately, the angel of God was ready and clothed him in better clothing than he had before. / Then Sapryce commanded him to be hanged on an instrument called the eculeus, / of which two ends stand on the ground and two upward, like St. Andrew's cross, / and there he was hanged until his arms were disjointed. / But our Lord restored him immediately to health. / And then he was commanded to go to prison. / And when he was there, / an angel of the Lord came to him and said, \"Arise, Second, and follow me. / And I will lead you to your maker.\" / And he led him from thence to the city of Ascalon, / and brought him into the prison where Calecerus was, / and our blessed Savior was with him. / And when Second saw him, / he fell down at his feet. / And our Savior said to him, \"Do not be afraid, Second. / For I am your Lord and God, who will keep you.\".The evil one departed, and then he blessed himself and ascended to heaven. In the morning, Sapryce sent to the prison they found shut. But they did not find the second one. Then Sapryce went from Trydon to Astence to punish Caleocere. And when he arrived, he summoned him to be presented before him. They told him that the second was with him. Immediately, he commanded that they both be brought before him. To them, he said, \"Because your gods know you to be despisers of them, they will that you both die to atone for it. And because they refused to sacrifice to his gods, he caused pitch and roses to be brought and commanded it to be poured on their heads and in their mouths. They drank it with great desire as if it were the sweetest water. And they said with clear voices, 'O Lord, how sweet are your words in our mouths.' Then Sapryce passed sentence: Saint Second was to be beheaded in the city of Astence, and Caleocere was to be sent to Albigarye and punished there..When Saint Second was commanded by angels, the body was taken and buried with great worship and prayers. He endured his death on the third of April. May he pray for us to the Lord.\n\nThus ends the life of Saint Second the Martyr.\n\nMary the Egyptian, who was called a sinner, lived the most strict and harsh life for forty-seven years in the desert. In that time, there was a good, holy, and religious monk named Zosimas. He went through the desert beyond the Jordan River and deeply desired to find some holy fathers. When he came far and deep into the desert, he found a creature who was completely black all over her body due to the great heat and burning sun. This was the aforementioned Mary the Egyptian. But as soon as she saw Zosimas come, she fled, and Zosimas followed. She stopped and said, \"Monk Zosimas, why do you follow me? Have pity and mercy on me. For I dare not turn my face toward the sun.\".by cause I am a woman and naked, cast thy mantle upon me, so I may look and speak with thee, without shame. And when Zozimas heard himself named, he was greatly astonished. Immediately, he cast his mantle to her and humbly prayed for her blessing. She replied, \"It is fitting for the fair father to give the benediction, not me. For thou hast the dignity of priesthood.\" When he heard that she knew his name and office, he was even more astonished, and she asked for his blessing so humbly. After she said, \"Blessed be God, the savior of our souls,\" she lifted her hands to heaven in prayer. Zozimas saw her body lifted up from there, high a foot and a half, and began to think it was some evil spirit. Then Zozimas conjured her, in the name of God, to tell him her estate and condition. She answered, \"Fair father, spare me from that, for if I should.\".recoup my estate, you should flee from me like from a venomous serpent. And your holy ears should be defiled by my words. And the air should be full and foul of corruption. And when she saw that Zozimas would not be satisfied with that, then she said, \"Fair father, I was born in Egypt. And when I was in the age of twelve, I went into Alexandria. And there I gave my body openly to sin for the space of seventeen years and abandoned it to lechery, refusing all men. After it happened that the people of that country worshiped and adored the holy cross in Jerusalem, I prayed to one of the mariners that he would allow me to pass with the others across the sea. And when he demanded payment for my passage from me, I answered, 'Fair sirs, I have nothing to pay you with, but I abandon my body to do with all your pleasure for my passage.' And they took me on that condition. And when I had come into Jerusalem to the entrance of the church to worship the holy cross with the others, \".Suddenly and insidiously, it put a stop to my entry into the church many times. Then I returned and thought within myself that this came to me for the great sins that I had committed in the past. I began to beat my breast and weep tenderly and sigh grievously. I beheld the image of our lady and fell down and prayed to her, weeping, that she would intercede and obtain for me pardon of my sins, of her sweet son, and would allow me to enter the church to worship the holy cross, promising to forsake the world and live chastely. When I had thus prayed and made this promise faithfully to our blessed lady, I went again to the doors of the church. Without any impediment, I entered the church. And when I had devoutly worshiped and adored the holy cross, a man gave me three pence. With these, I bought three loaves of bread. And after I heard a voice saying, \"If you will pass and go over slow Jordan, you shall be saved,\" I passed..I have come to this desert for eighteen years, where I had seen no man. These three loves that I bore with me were hard by, providing sustenance during the drought of the time like a stone. I had lived on them for eighteen years, and after eating herbs, my clothes had long since rotted. And in the first eighteen years, I was greatly tempted by the burning sun and many delightful experiences I had with food and drink, the good wines, and satisfying the desires of my body. Then he afflicted them on the earth and prayed for help to our blessed lady, in whom I had set all my affection. I wept tenderly, and immediately I saw a great light coming towards me, which comforted me and took away all the thoughts that often and grievously tempted me. Since then, I have been delivered from all temptations and nourished by spiritual food from the word of the Lord. And thus have I lived all my life, as I have told you. I pray by you..Thyncarnation of Jesus Christ, pray for me, a sinner. Then the old father Zosimas fell down to the ground and thanked our Lord God for saving his servant. She said, \"I pray the fair father that you will come again on the next Thursday and bring with you the body of our Lord to heal me. For since I entered this desert, I have never been healed or received the holy sacrament. And then I shall come to Flomiordan again.\" Zosimas went to his abbey, and after the year passed on Thursday, he came again to the place. Like the holy woman had prayed him, he came on that day. And when he was come to Flomiordan, he saw on the other side the holy woman, who made the sign of the cross on the water and went on it and came over to him. When Zosimas saw this miracle, he fell down at the feet of the holy woman to do her honor and reverence. But she forbade and defended him and said, \"Thou oughtest not to do this. For thou art a servant.\".The priest and reverently administered the holy sacrament to her, who received it with great devotion. She said, weeping, \"Lord God, please grant me peace. I have seen my savior. If only I had always wept and shed tears so abundantly, it seemed that I had lost my sight.\" Afterward, she said to Zozimas, \"I pray that at the end of this year you will come back to me. Pray for me, a sinner.\" Immediately after, she made the sign of the cross on the river and passed over it with dry feet, just as she had done before. Zozimas returned to his abbey, but he deeply regretted not having asked for the woman's name. After the year passed, he came back to the desert as promised to this holy woman. He found her deceased and her body laid out properly for burial. Zozimas began to weep tenderly and dared not approach or touch the body. He said to himself, \"I would gladly bury this holy body if I knew its name.\".Zozymas should not displease her. When he was in this thought, he saw lying by her head a letter that said, \"Bury the body of the poor Mary here. Return to the earth his right. Pray to God for me.\" At the commandment of the one who gave this command the second day after I received him, he called me from this world. Then Zozymas was glad to know the name of the saint, but he was greatly amazed at how he might bury the body, for he had nothing to cover it with. And immediately he saw the earth weeping and a sepulcher made by a lion that came there. And then Zozymas buried her, and the lion departed debonairly. And Zozymas returned to his abbey and recounted to his brethren the conversation of this holy woman Mary. Zozymas lived a hundred years in holy life and gave praise to God for all his gifts. His goodness that he receives, he promises to sinners who, with good heart, turn to him, and he promises them the joy of heaven. Let us pray to this holy woman Mary..Mary the Egyptian, that we may be penitent and come thither.\nThus ends the life of St. Mary the Egyptian.\nAmbrose is said to be named after a stone named Amber. This stone is much sweet, fragrant, and precious, and it is much valued in the church and has a sweet smell in deeds and words. Or Ambrose may be called Amber and its syllables, which is as much to say as God. For Ambrose is as much to say as Amber of God. For Ambrose felt God in him, and God was smelled and perfumed by him wherever he was. Or he was called Ambros in Greek, which means father of light and of the little child, that is, a father of many sons by spiritual generation, clear and full of light in the exposure of holy scripture, and was little in his humble conversation. Or thus it is said in the gloss: Ambrose is celestial odor and savour. He was the odour of heaven by great renown, savour by contemplation within him, an honeycomb by the sweet exposure of scriptures, meat of the soul..Aungels by his glorious life, Paulinus bishop of Nola wrote about the life of Saint Ambrose. Saint Ambrose was the son of Ambrose, proconsul of Rome. It happened that as he lay in his cradle in the hall of the palace, a swarm of bees flew onto his face and mouth. After they departed and flew up into the air so high that they could not be seen, the father, who was amazed by this, said, \"If this child lives, there will be something great about him.\" After he had grown a little, he saw his mother and sister, who was a sacred virgin, kissing the priests' hands when they offered them honor. He, playing with his sister, put out his hand to kiss hers, and said, \"This is how you should do it to me.\" She, not understanding him, refused. After he was set to school at Rome, and became such a good clerk that he determined the causes of the disputes, Valentinian the emperor delivered him to govern two provinces named Liguria and Emilia..Then the bishop was dead when he arrived. The people were assembling to choose a new one, but between the Aristocrats and the good Christians for the election, a great sedition and discord arose. Ambrose went there to quell this sedition. The voice of a child was heard, saying \"Ambrose should be bishop.\" The people agreed wholeheartedly and began to cry out \"Ambrose, Ambrose.\" But Ambrose defended himself as much as he could, and the people continued to cry out \"Ambrose.\"\n\nTo make the people quiet, he went out of the church and climbed onto a scaffold. He ordered them to stop naming him, going against the usage and custom. But they did not relent, and the people said \"Our sins are upon us.\" When Saint Ambrose saw that he could not prevent this, he went home and suffered the election to be revoked. But still, they cried out as they had before, saying \"Our sins are upon us.\".empesshe the eleccion he fled awaye but the peple awayted vpon hym / and toke hym at thyssue of the gate / and kepte hym so longe tyl they had grau\u0304te of themperour / and whan themperour knewe herof he had grete ioye / bycause that the Iuge that he had sente for the prouynces / was chosen to be theyr bys\u00a6shop / And also he was glad by cause his worde was accomplisshed / for the Emperour sayd to Ambrose whan \nsente hym thyder / goo sayd he & abyde not there as a Iuge / but as a bysshop Saynt ambrose in the mene whyle that they abode the answere of themperour / fledde yet awaye / but he was taken a\u2223geyn / and was baptyzed / for he was not tofore baptyzed / how Wel that he was crysten in wylle / And the viij day after he was consecrate & stalled bysshop of melan / And foure yere af\u00a6ter that he wente to Rome / and there his suster the vyrgyn kyssed his honde as of a preest / and he smylyng sayd lo as I tolde the / now thou kyssest my honde as of a preest / It happed after that whan saynt Ambrose Wente to a\u00a6nother.City to the election of Bishop Iustyn and other members of the sect of Tarryens refused to send good Christian men, but wanted to send one of their own. One of the virgins of the empress, very beautiful, took Saint Ambrose and tried to have him beaten because he would not side with the women. Then Saint Ambrose said to her, \"If I am not worthy to be a bishop, you should not lay hands on me, nor should any other bishop have laid hands on me. You should greatly fear and revere the judgment of God.\" And God confirmed His sentence on her. The next day she was born to her grave and was dead. Thus she was rewarded for her wickedness. And all the others were greatly afraid.\n\nAfter this, when he was returned to Melan, he suffered many assaults and persecutions from Empress Iustyn. She moved people against Saint Ambrose through bribes and honors, and many were deceived..enforced him to send him in exile and among all others, there was one in such great madness and fury against him that he hired men by the church to take him into exile because he wanted a cart to set Saint Ambrose on it. But that same fool did the same to him. For he himself was sent into exile in the same cart on the same day that he wanted to take Saint Ambrose away. To whom Saint Ambrose did good for evil, for he ministered to him his costs and necessities. Saint Ambrose also established songs and offices at Milan first. At that time in Milan, there were many men troubled and beset by devils who cried with loud voices that Saint Ambrose was tormenting them. But Emperor Justin and his council said that these men were saying so because he gave them money. Then it happened that one of the Arians was out of his mind and said, \"Let all be tormented as I am who do not consent to Ambrose's drowning him in a deep pit or pit.\".A heretic and an Arab was this sharp and hard, unconquerable because no man could convert him to the faith. One time he heard St. Ambrose preach, and he saw an angel at his ear telling him all that he preached. After he had perceived this, he began to sustain the faith to which he had been contrary.\n\nIt happened that an enchanter called devils to him and sent them to harass and harm St. Ambrose. But the devils returned and said they could not approach his house because a great fire was around it.\n\nAfter being tormented by the provost for certain transgressions, he cried out and said he was tormented by St. Ambrose.\n\nThere was a man who had a devil within him. He then went to Milan. And as soon as he entered the city, the devil left him. But as soon as he went out of the city, the devil returned in him again. He demanded why he did so, and he answered because he was afraid..A man, hired and conducted by Emperor Justin, came to Saint Ambrose's bedside with the intention of killing him. But Ambrose's arm was suddenly raised, preventing the blow. Another man, possessed by a devil, accused Saint Ambrose of tormenting him. But Ambrose silenced him, as Ambrose torments only those who deserve it. You see men, from whom have you fallen? Ambrose cannot be as tormented and wretched as you are. Then he was silent and spoke not.\n\nWhen Saint Ambrose went through the town, he saw a man laughing because he saw another fall. Then Ambrose said to him, beware that you do not fall as well. And after filling him, he was taught not to mock his fellow man.\n\nOne day, Saint Ambrose went to the palaces to pray for a poor man, but the judge ordered the gate to be closed to prevent him from entering. Then Saint Ambrose said, you shall come out for me to enter..Enter the church, but thou shalt not enter, and yet the gates will be open. It happened that after the judge doubted his enemies and went to the church, he could not enter, and yet the gates were open.\n\nSaint Ambrose was of such great abstinence that he fasted every day, except for Sundays or solemn feasts. He was of such great generosity that he gave all to the poor and retained nothing for himself. He was of such great compassion that when anyone confessed their sin to him, he wept bitterly, making the sinner weep as well. He was of such great doubt that when it was told to him of the death of any bishop, he wept so sorely that he could not be comforted. And when it was demanded of him why he wept for the death of good men, for they ought to make joy because they went to heaven, he answered, \"I weep not because they go before me, but because it is with great pain that anyone can do such offices.\" He was of such great....Saint Ambrose established himself so firmly in his purpose that he would not leave for fear or grief to reprove the emperor or other great men when they did what they should not. A man was brought before him who was severely maimed. Saint Ambrose said, \"The body must be delivered to the devil, and the flesh go to death, so that the spirit may be saved.\" The devil had not yet spoken a word from his mouth, but began to torment him. It is said that on one occasion he went to Rome, and when he was once lodging with a rich man, Saint Ambrose demanded his estate from him. The rich man answered, \"Sir, my estate is happy and glorious enough. I have riches enough, servants, messengers, children, nephews, cousins, friends, and kinsmen who serve me, and all my works and cares come to my will, and I have nothing that can anger or trouble me.\".Then Saint Ambrose said to those with him, \"Flee, children, for our Lord is not here. Hurry, fair children, hurry and let us stay here no longer, lest God's vengeance overtake us and we be ensnared in the sins of these people.\" They departed and fled immediately, but they had not gone far when the earth opened and swallowed all that remained of this rich man, including himself and all his possessions. Then Saint Ambrose urged, \"Hold fast, you who have adversity in this world. And how angry He is with those who have the wealth and riches of this world. Avarice still yearns for it, especially in great men and those in high estate, who sell all for money. With the ministers of the church, he saw simony reign. He began to pray to God, \"Take me away from the miseries of this world,\" and he received what he asked. Then he called his companions and said to them,.them in Ioeng (that he should abide with them until the resurrection of our lord / and a little before that he lay sick / as he explained to his notary the 42nd Psalm / Suddenly, in the presence and sight of his notary, a fire in the manner of a shield covered his head\nand entered into his mouth / Then his face became as white as any snow / & immediately after it returned to its first form / And that day he left his writing and ending / Then his malady began to afflict him / and the Earl of Italy, who was then at Mylane, called the good men of the country and said to them that if such a great and good man should leave them, it would be a great pity / and a great disgrace to all Italy / and said to them that they all should go with him to this holy man / and pray him that he would obtain grace from our lord for more space and longer life / when Saint Ambrose had heard their request / He answered, \"Fair sons, I have not lived among you long enough / that I am ashamed to live if it pleases God / nor do I have fear or dread.\".In this time, the four deacons assembled and began to discuss who would be a good bishop after their lord had passed. They named Secretly among themselves that none of them had heard Symplician's name. They believed that he might not have heard them, and he cried out loudly, \"He is old, and he is good!\" When they heard him, they were greatly embarrassed and departed. After his death, they pursued Symplician for the good witness that Saint Ambrose had borne of him.\n\nA bishop named Honorius, who remained at Saint Ambrose's deathbed, slept and heard a voice that called him three times, saying, \"Arise, thou up, for he shall go his way anon.\" Then he arose hastily and went to Melane, giving him the holy sacrament and the precious body of our Lord. Saint Ambrose then laid his arms in the form of a cross and made his prayers. He departed and gave up his ghost among the words of his prayers, around the year..of our lord three hundred and eighty / the vigil of Esther / and when his body was brought into the church in the night, many children who were baptized saw him, as they said, sitting in a chair honorably / and others showed him with their fingers to their father and others. Some said that they saw a star on his body. There was a priest who sat at table with others, and he spoke ill of him, but immediately God chastised him, and he was thrown from the table and died right away. In the city of Carthage, there were three bishops gathered for dinner, and one of them spoke evil of St. Ambrose. A man told what had happened to this said priest for such language, but he mocked and jeered so much that he felt a fatal stroke that very day, and he was buried. It is written in a chronicle that Emperor Valentinian was angry because the people of Thessalonica had stoned to death his judges who were sent there in his name..And the emperor did slay thousands, great and small, the good and the wicked, as well as those who had not transgressed as those who had deserved it. And after this occasion, he came to Melane and wished to enter the church. Saint Abrome opposed him and prevented him from entering, saying to him that after such great wrath, you ought not to presume so greatly, but perhaps your power does not suffice for you to know your transgression. Reason surpasses power. You are emperor, but that is for punishing the wicked people. How are you so bold to enter so audaciously into the house of God, whom you have horribly angered? How dare you touch his sanctuary with your feet? How dare you stretch out your hands, which are all stained with blood, and from which the blood of the Innocents runs and drops? By what presumption do you dare to put forth your mouth to receive the precious body and blood of our Lord, from whose mouth you have done the harm?.The commandment of the devil,\nGohenns gohenns and put not sin upon sin,\nTake the bond that the Lord has bound thee with,\nFor it is given to thee in way of mercy,\nWhen the Emperor heard these words, he was obedient,\nand began to wail and weep,\nAnd returned to his palaces, and abode there long weeping,\nThen Ruffyn, the master of his knights, demanded why he wept so,\nand he answered Ruffyn, thou knowest not my sorrows,\nfor I see that servants and poor beggars may enter into the church,\nbut I may not,\nFor Ambrose has excommunicated me,\nAnd he saying this at every word he sighed,\nThen Ruffyn said to him, if thou wilt I shall make him assemble,\nHe answered thou mayst not,\nFor Ambrose doubts not the force nor the power of the Emperor,\nTo hold firmly the law of God,\nAnd when Ruffyn said more and more that he should make him assemble,\nThen he sent him to Ambrose,\nAnd the Emperor followed soon after..When Saint Ambrose saw Rufinus, he said to him, \"You have no more shame than a hand for doing such deeds, and yet you come boldly to me.\" After Rufinus had prayed long for the emperor's forgiveness, who followed him, Saint Ambrose said to him, \"I certainly defend the entrance to the church for you. If you wish to be a tyrant, I would gladly receive death.\" Then Rufinus returned to the emperor and reported to him what had happened. The emperor said, \"I shall go to him, so that I may receive sufficient penance from him. For it is right.\" When he came to him, he asked of him penance most devoutly. Saint Ambrose asked him, \"What penance have you done for such great wickedness?\" The emperor replied, \"I have sinned, and afterwards received mercy.\" Saint Ambrose said, \"You who have followed him who sinned, follow also him in repentance.\"\n\nThen the emperor said, \"It is fitting for you to give and enforce penance, and I shall do so.\".bad emperor opens penance and comes before all the people. The emperor received it gladly and refused not. When the emperor was reconciled to the church, he stood in the chancel. Then Saint Ambrose said to him, \"What do you seek here? He answered, \"I am here to receive the sacred mysteries.\" And Ambrose said, \"This place belongs to no man but to priests. Go out. You ought to be without the chancel. And abide there with the others.\" Then the emperor obediently went out. And after the emperor came to Constantinople and stood outside with the lay people, the bishop came and said to him that he should come into the chancel with the clergy. He answered that he would not. For he had learned from Saint Ambrose what the difference was between an emperor and a priest. \"I have found a man of truth, my master Ambrose. Such a man ought to be a bishop.\"\n\nThus ends the life of Saint Ambrose.\n\nThe lives of Saints Tyburce and Valerian are contained in the life..of Cecyle vyrgyn and marter\nSAynt Alphey the holy bysshop and Marter was borne in englond in the shyre of Glou\u2223cestre / and he came of a noble kynne / And was hys faders heyre / but he forsoke alle for goddes loue / And bycame a manke at derherste / fyue myle from Gloucestre / but afterward good kyng Edward gaue that hows of derherst to the hows of saynt denys in fraunce / \nAnd wha\u0304 saint alphey had ben monk there long tyme lyuyng a ful holy lyf thenne he wente fro thens to the abbey of bathe / to be there in more contempla\u00a6cyon and reste of sowle / And he byl\u2223ded there that fayr abbey / and establis\u2223shed therin blacke monkes & endowed it / And was hym self therin the first abbot and founder / And he ladde there a ful holy lyf / and moche wel he guy\u00a6ded the monkes in holy and vertuous lyuyng / And that tyme was Saynt dunstone bysshop of caunterburye / and saynt ethelwold bysshop of wynchester but wythin shorte tyme after saynt e\u2223thelwold deyed / And thenne saynt Andrewe apperyd to saynt dunston in a nyght and.bad harry arises immediately / and makes Alpheus abbot of Bath and Winchester / and it was done with great solemnity / Like as our Lord, by His holy apostle Saint Andrew, had commanded / and he was bishop there for 42 years in full holy living / And after that, he was made archbishop of Canterbury after Saint Dunstan / and this was done by the pope / and by all the clergy of England in the year of our Lord 1051 / And he was bishop of Canterbury for 6 years / And in the 7th year, a wicked tyrant came from Denmark into this land of England, whose name was Edric, with a great multitude of Danes / And they burned and robbed in every place where they came / And they slew many lords of the land and many of the common people / And at that time, King Edgar of England / and Saint Edward the Martyr was his brother / and Saint Edward the Confessor was his son, who lived at Westminster.\n\nIn this time, the Danes did much harm in this land. The chief prince of them was named Cyric..His brother Eadric led the host; they carried out extensive persecution. No one could resist or withstand them. King Athelred was a meek man and took no action to help his people. And Eadric, with the Danes, went to Canterbury, and there he committed much wickedness against the people, burning and destroying all that he could find. But at last he was killed by the men of Canterbury. And when Prince Aethelred learned that he had been killed, he was very angry. In great haste, he came to Canterbury and besieged the town. He took it and burned and destroyed all that he could. This holy bishop Saint Alphege came to the prince of the Danes and begged him to take his body and spare the poor people of the town. But for all that, he killed monks, priests, and all that he could find. He titled the monks, killing nine and sparing the tenth. Yet he thought there were still more alive. And he began to title them again. Then Saint Alphege reproved them..They cursed doings, and then they took Saint Alpheus the holy man and bound his hands behind him. They led him from there to the town of Greenwich beside London, and there they put him in prison for half a year and more. And on the Friday of that week, the devil appeared to this holy man in the prison in the likeness of an angel. He said to him that it was the Lord's will that he should be released from prison and follow him. This holy man believed him and went out and followed the wicked angel. By night, he led this holy man to a dark valley. There he waded over waters, dykes, mires, and hedges. The holy man followed him as best he could for weariness. Until at last he had brought him to a foul marsh surrounded by great waters. There the devil left him and vanished away. Then this holy man knew well that he had been deceived by his enemy, the devil. And then the Lord sent to him His [help]..holy Angel helped him out of the mire and water and said it was God's will that he should return to prison, as he was heading towards Greenwich prison. Tomorrow you shall suffer martyrdom for our lord's sake. As he continued on his way early in the morning, his keepers caught up with him and met him. They threw him to the ground and wounded him severely. Then they took him back to prison and made a great smoldering of smoke to discomfort him. Then St. Dunstan appeared to him and encouraged him, saying, \"Our Lord has ordained a glorious crown for you. And as they spoke, his bonds broke and all his wounds healed again through the mercy of Lord Jesus. When his keepers saw this, they were filled with fear. And this miracle was soon known to the people. They went there quickly to see him. The judges were surprised by the large crowd that had gathered and they took him out of prison..Prisoners led him to the place of martyrdom, but the pitiful people made great lamentation for him. However, the wicked tormentors stoned him to death, just as the Jews did to Saint Stephen. When he was almost dead, one of his god-sons, with an axe, struck him on the head, causing him to fall to the ground, and then took up his spirit to our Lord Jesus Christ.\n\nThe wicked tyrants then threw the holy body into deep water, so that good men would not find it. But by the providence of our Lord, within a short time after, the true Christian men found it. They were greatly displeased with these wicked tyrants and began to scorn the holy body. One of them took an old rotten stake or tree and thrust it into the earth, saying, \"If this stake bears flowers by tomorrow, we will repent and believe that he is a holy man, or else we will never believe it.\"\n\nOn the morrow, they found the stake green and bearing leaves. And when they saw this great miracle, they were filled with awe..my/miracle or they believed in God, and kissed the feet of this holy saint, Alphey, and repented deeply of their wicked deeds, crying out fervently for God's mercy and that of this blessed saint.\n\nAfter he was brought to London with great worship and buried in the church of St. Paul with great reverence, his body remained buried there for many years. Later, it was taken up and translated to Canterbury, and his bones were placed in a revered fire or shrine where our Lord shows daily many fair miracles in honor of His holy martyr, St. Alphey. The tormentors who did not repent died immediately after in great misery in various ways, as it pleased our Lord.\n\nLet us pray to this blessed martyr and archbishop, St. Alphey, that he intercedes for us to our Lord Jesus Christ, that we may come to His everlasting bliss in heaven. Amen.\n\nThus ends the life of St. Alphey, the martyr.\n\nGeorge is said to be named after Ge, which means earth and orge, or tyling..george is to say as tylyeng therthe that is his flesshe / And saynt Austyn sayth in lybro de trinitate that good erthe is in the heyght of the mou\u0304tayns in the temperaunce of the valeyes / and in the playne of the feldes / The fyrst is good for herbys beyng grene / The second to vygnes / and the thyrd to whete and corne / Thus the blessyd George was hygh in despysyng lowe thynges / and therfore he had verdour in hym self / He was attemperate by dyscressyon / and therfore he had wyn of gladnesse / & wythin he was playne of humylite / and therby put he forth whete of good werke / Or george may be sayd of gera that is holy / and of gyon that is a wrasteler / that is as an holy wrasteler / For he wrastled with the dragon / \nOr hit is sayd of George that is a pylgrym / and geyr / that is or detren\u00a6chyd out / and vs / that is a cou\u0304ceyl\u2223lour / He was a pylgrym in the sight of the World / and he was cutte and detrenched by the crowne of martirdom and he was a good counceyllour in prechyng / And his legende is.Saint George was born in Cappadocia. In some scriptures, he is listed among the apocryphal texts in the Council of Nicaea, although his martyrdom has no certain relation. According to the Bede calendar, he suffered martyrdom in Persidia, in the city of Diospolis. In other places, it is recorded that he rests in the city of Diospolis, which was formerly called Lydda, now Joppa or Jaffa. In another place, it is recorded that he suffered death under Diocletian and Maximian, who were emperors at that time. And in another place, under Diocletian, the emperor of Persia being present, there were 100 kings of his empire. Here it is recorded that he suffered death under Dacian, the proconsul. Then, under Diocletian and Maximian as emperors,\n\nSaint George was a knight and was born in Cappadocia. In Lybia's province, there was a city called Syene. Near this city was a lake or pond resembling a sea. In it dwelt a dragon that terrorized the entire countryside. One day, the people gathered to kill him. And when\n\n(Note: The text appears to be incomplete and contains some errors, but the given requirements do not necessitate extensive cleaning or correction.).they saw him, they fled / And when he came near the city, / he charmed the people with his breath / Therefore, the people of the city gave him two sheep every day to feed him / because he should do no harm to the people / And when the sheep failed, a man and a sheep were taken instead /\n\nAn ordinance was made in the town / that the children and young people of the town should be chosen by lot /\nAnd each one, as it fell, should be delivered, whether noble or poor / So it happened that many of them in the town were then delivered / In so much that the lot fell upon the king's daughter / Whereof the king was sorry and said to the people /\n\nFor the love of the gods, take gold and silver and all that I have / and let me have my daughter / they said, \"Sir, you have made and ordained the law / and our children have been killed / And now you would do the contrary / Your daughter shall be given to us / or else we shall burn you and your houses when the king..The king saw that he could do no more, so he began to weep and said to his daughter, \"Now I shall never see your espousals.\" Then he returned to the people and demanded a respite of them for seven days, which they granted. When the seven days had passed, they came to him and said, \"Behold, the city is perishing. Then the king arranged for his daughter to be dressed as she should be for her wedding, embraced her, kissed her, and gave her his blessing. He then led her to where the dragon was. When she was there, St. George passed by. Upon seeing the lady, St. George asked her what she was doing there. She replied, \"Farewell, young man. Do not perish yourself as well.\" Then St. George asked her to tell him what she had and why she wept, and when she saw that he would know, she told him how she had been delivered to the dragon. St. George then said, \"Fair daughter, have no fear of this. I will help you in the name of Jesus Christ.\" She replied, \"For God's sake, good knight.\".go your way and abide not with me, for you cannot deliver me. Thus spoke they to Gideon, and the dragon appeared and came rushing towards them. Saint George was on his horse and drew out his sword, garnishing himself with the sign of the cross. He rode fiercely against the dragon and struck him with his spear, wounding him severely and throwing him to the ground. Afterwards, he said to the maiden, deliver to me your girdle and bind it about the dragon's neck, and do not be afraid. When she had done so, the dragon followed her as if it were a tame beast. Then she led him into the city, and the people fled through mountains and valleys, crying, \"Alas, alas, we shall all be dead.\" Then Saint George said to them, \"Do not doubt anything. Without further belief, believe in God Jesus Christ. Be baptized, and I shall slay the dragon.\" Then the king was baptized, along with all his people. Saint George slew the dragon and struck off its head. He commanded that it should be:\n\n(Note: The text seems to be mostly readable, with only minor errors. No major cleaning is necessary.).throwen in the feldes / and they took iiij cartes wyth oxen that drewe hym out of the cyte / \u00b6Thenne were there wel fystene thousand men baptised without wym\u00a6men and chyldren / And the kyng dyd doo make a chirche there of our lady and of saynt George / In the whiche yet sourdeth a founteyn of lyuyng wa\u00a6ter whiche heleth seek peple that drynke therof / After this the kyng offred to Saint george as moche money as there myght be nombred / but he refused alle and commaunded that it shold be gy\u2223uen to poure peple for goddes sake / and enioyned the kynge iiij thynges / that is / that he shold haue charge of the chyrches / and that he shold honoure the preestes / and here theyr seruyce dy\u00a6lygently / and that he shold haue pyte on the poure peple / And after kyssed the kyng and departed /\nNow hit happed that in the tyme of dy\u00a6oclesyen and maxymyen whyche were Emperours / was soo grete persecucion of crysten men / that wythin a moneth were marterd wel xxij / thousand / And therfore they had soo grete drede that somme.Renounced and forsake God, and sacrificed to the idols; when St. George saw this, he left the retinue of a knight and sold all that he had, giving it to the poor, and took the habit of a Christian man, and went into the midst of the pagans. He began to cry out, \"All the gods of the pagans are devils!\" The priest asked him, \"From what presumption comes this to you, that you say our gods are devils, and tell us who you are?\" He answered immediately, \"I am named George. I am a gentleman, a knight from Capadocia, and have left all to serve the God of heaven.\" Then the priest tried to bring him to his faith through fair words. When he could not bring him there, he had him seized on a gibbet and beat him with great staves and iron hooks until his body was broken into pieces. Afterward, he had iron brands attached to his sides and his entrails..then he appeared to him that night with great light and comforted him greatly. And by this great consolation, he took such good heart that he doubted no torture they might inflict. Then, when Dacian the provost saw that he could not overcome him, he called his enchanter and said to him, \"I see that these Christian people do not doubt our torments. Thou art bound to strike thyself on the head to be struck if thou canst not overcome thy crafts.\" Then he took strong poison and mixed it with wine, and made an invocation of the names of his false gods, and gave it to St. George to drink. St. George took it and made the sign of the cross on it, and drank it without any harm. Then the enchanter made it stronger than before with poison and gave it to him to drink. And it harmed him not when the enchanter saw that..the feet of saynt george / and prayed hym that he wold make hym crysten / And whan dacyen knewe that he was becomen crysten / he made to smyte of his heed / And after on the morne he made saynt George to be sette betwene two wheles whiche were ful of swer\u2223des sharpe and cuttyng on bothe sydes But anone the wheles were broken / & Saynt george escaped wythout hurte And thenne commaunded dacian that they shold put hym in a cawdren full of molten leed / & whan saynt george entred therin / by the vertu of our lord hym semed that he was in a bayne wel at ease / Thenne dacyen seyng thys / be\u00a6gan to aswage his yre and to flatre hym by fayre wordes / and said to hym George the pacyence of our goddes is ouer grete vnto the / whiche hast blas\u2223phemyd them / and done to them grete despyte / thenne fayre and right swete sone / I praye the that thou retorne to our lawe and make sacrefyse to the y\u2223dolles / and leue thy folye / and I shal enhaunce the to grete honour and wor\u2223shyp / Thenne began saynt George to smyle and sayd.Thenne was Dacyan glad, and made it known throughout the town that all the people should assemble to see George make a sacrifice, who had so strongly opposed them. Then the city was adorned, and a feast was prepared throughout the town, and all came to the temple to see him. When St. George was on his knees, they supposed that he would have worshipped their idols. Instead, he prayed to the Lord God of Heaven that He would destroy the temple and idols and their priests, in the honor of His name. To convert the people, the fire descended from Heaven and burned the temple and idols and their priests. Then Dacien brought him before him and asked him what evil deeds he had done and great unfaithfulness. St. George replied, \"Sir, do not believe it, but come with me.\".me & see how I shall sacrifice you. Then Dacian said to him, I see well your deceit and your boasting. You will make the earth swallow me, just as you have the temple and my goddesses.\n\nThen Saint George said, \"Caitiff, tell me how your gods can help you when they cannot help themselves?\" Angered, Dacian said to his wife, \"I will die of anger if I cannot overcome and conquer this man.\"\n\nThen she said to him, \"Evil and cruel tyrant, do you not see the great virtue of the Christian people? I told you not to harm them. Their god fights for them. And know well that I will become Christian.\"\n\nDacian said to her, \"Will you become Christian?\" Then he took her by the hand and cruelly beat her. She demanded of Saint George, \"What can I become since I am not yet baptized?\" Then blessed George answered, \"Daughter, do not doubt it. For you will be baptized in your own blood.\" Then she began to worship our Lord Ihu..Crist died and went to heaven. On the morning, Dacian gave his sentence that St. George should be drawn through the city. And after his head was struck off, he made a prayer to our Lord that all who desired any bone might get some from God in His name. A voice came from heaven which said that what he had requested was granted, and after he had made his prayer, his head was struck off around the year 325 AD. When Dacian went homeward from the place where he was beheaded toward his palaces, fire fell from heaven upon him and burned him and all his servants. According to Turonense, there were some who bore certain relics of St. George and came to a certain oratory in a hospital. And on the morning when they should depart, they could not move the door until they had left their relics there. It is also found in this story that when Christian men went over sea to conquer Jerusalem,.A young man, a righteous one, approached a priest of the host and advised him to take some relics of St. George with him, as he was a conduit of the battle. He did so and managed to acquire some. When they were besieging Jerusalem and dared not move nor ascend the walls due to the quarrels and defense of the Saracens, they distinctly saw St. George, who bore white arms with a reed cross that went before them on the walls. They followed him, and Jerusalem was taken through his help. Between Jerusalem and Jaffa, there is a town called Ramah, where there is a chapel of St. George. This chapel is now deserted and uncovered, and in it lie the body of St. George (but not his head), and his father and mother, and his uncle (not in the chapel but under the wall of the chapel). The keepers will not allow pilgrims to enter unless they pay two ducats, and therefore few come..There, without the chapel, at an altar, and Saint George's body lies in the middle of the altar or choir of the said chapel. In his tomb is a hole that a man can put his hand in. And when a saracen, being mad, is brought there, and if he puts his head in the hole, he will be made perfectly whole and have his wits back. This blessed and holy martyr Saint George is patron of this realm of England, and the cry of men at war is founded on his worship. In the worship of whom is founded the noble Order of the Garter. And also a noble college in Windsor Castle by kings of England, in which college is the heart of Saint George. Sigismund the Emperor of the Germans brought and gave as a great and precious relic to King Henry the Fifth. And also, Sigismund was a brother of the said Garter. Furthermore, there is a piece of his head, which is nobly endowed in honor and worship of Almighty God and his..Blessed martyr Saint George. Then let us pray to him to be our special protector and defender, of this realm. Thus ends the life of Saint George.\n\nMark is as much to say as \"he who commands certainty.\" Decided and bitter he was high in commandment, due to perception in his life. He kept not only the commandments common but also the high ones as counselors. He was certain in the doctrine of the gospel, like he had received from Saint Peter his master. He was decreased by reason of perfect and great humility. For, because of great meekness, he cut off his thumb, so he should not be chosen to be a priest. He was bitter by reason of right sharp and bitter pain. For he was drawn through the city, and among those torments, he gave up his spirit. Or Mark is said of a great milestone or betel nut, which, with one stroke, makes a plain iron and engenders melody and confirms it. For Saint Mark, by his doctrine alone, quenched the unsteadfastness of the people..Heretikes engendered the great melody of the praising of God and confirmed the church. Mark the Evangelist was of the kindred of the Levites and was a priest. When he was called, he was God's son of Saint Peter the apostle. Therefore, he went with him to Rome. When Saint Peter preached there the gospel, the good people of Rome prayed that he would put the gospel in writing like he had preached. Then he wrote it at their request and showed it to his master Saint Peter to examine. When Saint Peter had examined it and saw that it contained the true truth, he approved it and commanded that it should be read in Rome. Saint Peter, seeing Saint Mark constant in the faith, sent him to Aquileia to preach the faith of Jesus Christ. There he preached the word of God and did many miracles and converted an innumerable multitude of people to the faith of Christ. He also wrote the gospel to them, just as he did to them of Rome. This is:.In this day, the church of Aquileia kept in it and with great devotion, a burgher of that same city whom Saint Mark had converted to the faith, named Armogares. After this, it happened that Saint Mark took Armogares with him to Rome and brought him to Saint Peter. He prayed him to consecrate Armogares as bishop of Aquileia, and he did so. Then Armogares, when he was bishop, governed the church holily. At the end, the pagans martyred him.\n\nSaint Peter then sent Saint Mark to Alexandria, where he first preached the word of God. A great multitude of people assembled to oppose him as soon as he entered. He was of such great perfection that through his preaching and good examples, the people were moved to such holy conversation and great devotion that they led their lives like monks. He was so humble that he cut off his thumb because he deemed himself unworthy to be a priest..Order of God and St. Peter came against his will. For St. Peter made and consecrated him bishop of Alexandria. And as he entered Alexandria, his shoes were broken and torn. When he saw this, he said, \"Indeed, I see that my journey is successful. The devil may not hinder me since God has released me from my sins.\"\n\nThen St. Mark went to a shoemaker to mend his shoes. And as he should work, he accidentally injured his left hand with the awl. When he felt the pain, he cried out, \"God!\"\n\nWhen St. Mark heard this, he said, \"Now I know that God has made my journey prosperous.\" Then he took a little clay and spittle and mixed them together. He applied it to the wound, and immediately he was healed.\n\nWhen the shoemaker saw this miracle, he brought him into his house and asked him who he was and whence he came. Then St. Mark said, \"I am the servant of Jesus Christ. I would like to show myself to you.\".In the town, Saint Mark began to preach to him the faith of Jesus Christ and baptized him and all his men. When the men of the town heard that a man had come from Galilee who despised and defended the idolatries of their gods, they began to devise how they might deliver him to death. Saint Mark spotted that he had made his shoemaker, who was named Avenices, bishop of Alixandria. And he himself went to Pentopolis, where he stayed for two years, and afterward returned to Alexandria, and found there the town filled with Christian men. The bishops of the idols were planning to take him.\n\nThis occurred on Easter day when Saint Mark was singing mass; they gathered all and put a cord around his neck and drew him through the city. They said, \"Let us draw a bull to the place of the bull-sacrifice,\" and the blood ran upon the stones and his flesh was torn piecemeal, lying upon the pavement all in blood. After this, they put him in prison. An angel came and comforted him there..Our lord came to visit and comfort him, saying, \"Peace be to thee, Mark my evangelist. Have no doubt. I am with you, and I will deliver you. On the morrow, they placed a cord around his neck and drew him out as they had before. They cried, \"Draw the bull,\" and when they had done so, he thanked God and said, \"Into your hands, Lord, I commend my spirit.\" Thus saying, he died. The pagans intended to burn his body, but suddenly the eyes began to change and emit light and thunder, compelling every man to flee. They left the holy body alone. Then, the Christian men came and took it away and buried it in the church with great joy, honor, and reverence. This occurred in the year 531 AD during the reign of Nero. In the year 1461 AD, during the reign of Leo the Emperor, the Venetians translated the body of St. Mark from Alexandria..In this manner, two merchants of Venice prayed and made offerings to two priests guarding the body of St. Mark, allowing it to be taken secretly and privately to their ships. As they took it out of the tomb, a sweet aroma spread throughout the city of Alexandria, surprising the people and causing great wonder. The merchants brought it to their ship and hastened the sailors. They informed the other ships of this.\n\nHowever, there was a man in another ship who jeered, saying, \"Are you carrying away St. Mark's body? You're taking an Egyptian with you!\" Immediately after this, the ship carrying the holy body was lightly attacked and rudely boarded by the man who had spoken that word. He damaged one side of the ship and would not leave until they confessed that the body of St. Mark was on board. They did so..held they steadfast as they sailed, taking no heed, and the eye began to grow dark and thick, so they didn't know where they were. Saint Mark gave a sign to a monk, to whom the body of Saint Mark was delivered to keep, and he immediately struck their sails, for they were near land. And they found land on an island, and by all the rumors along their journey, they were told they were fortunate to lead such a noble treasure as the body of Saint Mark. And yet there was a mariner who could not believe it was the body of Saint Mark but was possessed by the devil, who tormented him until he was brought to the holy body. And as soon as he confessed that it was the body of Saint Mark, he was delivered from the wicked spirit. And ever after, he had great devotion to Saint Mark.\n\nAfterward, the body of Saint Mark was enclosed in a marble pillar, and only a few people were allowed to see it..people knew of it because it should be kept secret / Then it happened that those who knew of it died, and there was none who knew where this great treasure might be / therefore the clerks and the lay people were greatly disturbed and wept for sorrow, doubting much that it had been stolen away / Then they made solemn processions and litanies / and the people began to fast and pray / And suddenly the stones opened and showed to all the people the place and site where the holy body rested / Then they rendered thanksgivings to God / for this that he had released them from their sorrow and anguish / And ordered that on that day they shall hold a feast always for this devout revelation /\n\nA young man once had a cancer in his breast / and worms ate it / which were come from rotting / and as he was thus tormented / he prayed with good heart to St. Mark and asked him for help and aid / and after he slept / that same time appeared to him St. Mark in the form of a pilgrim..Saint Mark, ready to depart hastily over sea, was asked what he was. He replied that he was Saint Mark, who had gone hastily to save a ship in parallel. He stretched out his hand and touched him, and upon awakening, he found himself whole. After this, the ship came to the port of Venice, and the mariners told of the peril they had encountered and how Saint Mark had helped them, for which the people rendered thanks to the Lord.\n\nThe merchants of Venice once sailed in a ship of Sarazins towards Alexandria. They saw the ship in parallel, saw its corpses, and the ship began to break apart due to the sea's force. All the Sarazins on board perished, one after another. Then, one of the Sarazins called out to Saint Mark and promised him that if he saved him from this world, he would be baptized. Suddenly, a man shining brightly appeared to him, who took him away..A man emerged from the water and remounted on his ship, and immediately the tempest ceased. When he arrived in Alexandria, he could not remember anything about Saint Mark, who had saved him from a similar peril, and he did not seek him out nor did Saint Mark baptize him. Then Saint Mark appeared to him and reproached him for his ingratitude for delivering him from the peril of the sea. The Saracens once again threatened his conscience, and he went to Venice and was baptized, named Mark, and lived piously until the end of his life.\n\nThere was a man in the steeple of Saint Mark's church in Venice, intending to perform a task, but he was so troubled that he was on the verge of falling and was in danger of breaking his limbs. However, in his fall, he cried out to Saint Mark, and immediately he rested on a branch that sprang out. He paid no heed to it and, after grasping and letting go of a rope, he was lowered down..There was a gentleman of a province who had a servant who wished to go on pilgrimage to St. Mark but could not obtain his lord's license. At last, he doubted not to anger his lord, but went there most devoutly. When his lord discovered it, he bore it greatly. And as soon as he returned, his lord commanded that his eyes should be put out, and the other servants who were ready to carry out the lord's will prepared sharp iron broches and forced them upon him with all their power and might, but they could not do him harm. Then the lord commanded him to hew off his thumbs with axes, but the iron was as soft as molten lead. Then he commanded him to break his teeth with iron hammers, but the iron was so soft that they could do him no harm.\n\nThere was a knight once so hurt in battle that his hand hanging on..A man, despite his friends and surgeons advising him to amputate it, refused, feeling ashamed to be maimed. Bound in place, he devoutly called upon St. Mark. Instantly, his wound healed as it had been before. A sign of the miracle remained in the form of the amputation style.\n\nAnother knight, armed and riding his horse, fell into deep water from a bridge. Desperate, he cried out to St. Mark. With a spear, he reached him and was saved. In gratitude, he embarked on a pilgrimage to Venice and recounted this miracle.\n\nA man, envied by those who hated him, was imprisoned for forty days. Growing desperate, he cried out to St. Mark. When the saint appeared thrice, he doubted it was real. Eventually, his irons broke as if they were rotten threads, and he passed by the guards unnoticed..In Pryson, a man openly resided by day, unseen by any of them. Afterward, he went to St. Mark's church and gave heartfelt thanks to God.\n\nIt happened in Poulle during a great famine when the land bore no fruit. Through revelation, an holy man was shown that this was due to the neglect of St. Mark's feast. Once they knew this, they honored St. Mark's feast, and abundance of goods grew throughout the land.\n\nAt Papye, in the convent of the Friars Preachers in the year of our Lord MCCXLJ, a brother, a very religious man named Julianus, fell ill and sent for his priest to inquire about his condition. The priest reported that he was near death, and it was imminent. Julianus' face then became bright and joyful, and he began to say, \"Fair brethren, my soul shall depart soon. Make ready a place for my soul. I rejoice in my body for the.\".good news that I have heard / And lifted up his eyes into heaven and said, \"Lord God, take away my soul from this prison.\" Afterward, he said, \"Alas, who will deliver me from this corrupt and mortal body?\" Among these words, he fell into a sleep and saw Saint Mark come to him and stand by his bedside. He heard a voice saying to him, \"O Mark, what are you doing here?\" Mark answered that he had come to visit this friar because he was going to die. Then he demanded of him why he came more than another saint. Mark replied, \"Because I have a special devotion to him, and because he has devoutly visited my church often. And therefore, I have come to visit him in the hour of his death.\" Then he entered that place.\n\nGreat multitudes of people, all white, had gathered there. To them, Saint Mark asked why they had come. They replied and answered that they had come to present the soul of this brother before God. And when the friar was awakened, he sent for the priest and told him advisably all this vision..and after anone in the presence of the pryour he deyed wyth grete ioye / And alle thys the pryour recounted to hym that wrote thys book named Legenda aurea / \n\u00b6 Thus endeth the lyf of Saynt marke theuangelyste\nSAynt marcelyn was pope of rome by the spa\u00a6ce of ix yere and four monethes / In his tyme reygned dyoclesyan & maxymyan emperours of rome / the which commaunded that he shold be taken and broughte in to the temple for to doo sacrefyse to the y\u2223dolles / and whan he Wold not assente the mynystres of themperours menaced hym that they wold make hym deye by dyuerse tormentes / And whan he herde that / he had so grete drede that he put in theyr sacrefyse two graynes of enhad grete ioye / And the cristen men had ryght grete sorowe / and reprehen\u00a6ded hym gretely of that he had suche a thynge doon ageynst the crysten feythe and anone he repented hym & put hym self to the Iugement of the bysshoppes But the bysshoppes answerd god for\u00a6bede that it neuer falle / that the pope of the crysten peple whyche is souerayn /.I. Be I judged of one man, but he was to be judged by himself. And when this came to the knowledge of the emperors, they took him and, because he would not sacrifice to idols, they struck off his head. The persecution and madness of the pagans against the Christian people was so great that within a month after, 17 Christian people, including Marcel, were put to death for the name of Jesus Christ and for sustaining the Christian faith. Marcel, in the hour that he should be beheaded, said before all the people, \"I am not worthy to be buried among Christian people.\" Therefore, he commanded, on pain of cursing, that none should bury his body. And so the body of him remained above the earth for 35 days without burial. After St. Peter the apostle appeared to Marcel, who was pope after Marcelinus, and said to him in this manner: \"Marcel, good father, why do you not bury me?\".And he answered, Sir, be you not long since buried? And St. Peter said, I am not buried as long as I see Marcellyn not buried. And the pope answered, How, Sir, do you know this? And St. Peter said, Is it not written that he who consecrates himself shall be ennobled? Shouldn't you have thought this? Go then and bury him at my feet. And the pope did his commandment. And they buried the body of St. Marcellyn hastily. Which was martyred in the year of our Lord 1202 and 80 years old. Then let us pray to him that he pray for us.\n\nThus ends the life of St. Marcellyn, the pope.\n\nUtterly alive is as much to say of one living, for he lived without exteriorly as he was in his heart within. Or utterly alive is as much to say as life. Or utterly alive is to say flying with wings, or flying himself with wings of virtues, he was as one of the best among those that Ezekiel saw having in himself four wings. The wing of hope by which he flew into heaven. The wing of love by which he flew himself with wings of virtues..Saint Vitus was a knight and a consul, and of Valeria his wife he had Saints Gerasus and Prothas. He intended to rob Pauline, who was the judge of the country. When he arrived there and saw that this Pauline had made a physician named Ursianus suffer many torments because he would not renounce his faith, and at the last when they threatened him, he was so frightened that he would have renounced God.\n\nThen Saint Vitus said to him, \"Ursianus, do not do so. You were accustomed to heal others, and now you are delivering yourself to perpetual death. You were on the verge of victory, now you are in peril of losing your crown. When this physician had heard these words, he was completely reassured and repented of his evil intentions, and he suffered martyrdom gladly..Saint Vitus once ordered his men to bury him honorably, after which he never wished to be in the company of Judge Paulinus. When Saint Vitus showed great indignation about not being able to offer sacrifice and refused to come to him, Paulinus had him hung on a gibbet. Saint Vitus then said, \"You are too much of a fool if you think you can deceive me, for I have always outlived the others.\" Paulinus ordered him to be brought forward to offer sacrifice, and when he refused, they made a deep pit and buried him in the year of our Lord 502. The priest of the dolls who had given this counsel was not taken by the devil and cried out for seven consecutive days, saying, \"Saint Vitus, you are burning me.\" On the seventh day, the devil threw him into the river and he died shamefully. When Saint Vitas wife came to Melane, she found her people sacrificing dolls and begged them to eat with her..\"their sacrifices to whom she replied, I am a Christian woman, and it is not lawful for me to eat of your sacrifices. Then they, hearing this, beat her so long and so sore that they left her for dead. Her men, who were with her, brought her to Melane half living, and there she died on the third day. The body of St. Vital lies now at Colyne in the church of Our Lady.\n\n\"Peter is as much to say as knowing or understanding, or Peter is named after Petros, which means constant and firm. By this are understood the three privileges that were in St. Peter. He was a very noble preacher, and therefore he is called knowing. For he had perfect knowledge of scripture and knew in his preaching what was beneficial to each one. Secondly, he was pure and a virgin, and therefore he was called unchanging. For he renounced and did of his will from his feet, and despised all mortal love so much that he was a virgin, not only in body but also in mind. Thirdly, \".He was a martyr glorious of our Lord, and in this he was constant and firm to the end that he should suffer steadfastly martyrdom for the defense of the faith.\n\nSaint Peter, the new martyr of the Order of the Friars Preachers, was born in the city of Verona in Lombardy. His father and mother were of the sect of the Tarquins. Then he descended from these people, like the rose that comes from the thorn, and like the light that comes from the smoke. At the age of seven, when he learned at school, an heretic demanded of him his lesson. And the child said to him, \"I believe in the Creator of heaven and earth.\" His uncle said to him, \"You shall no longer say so.\" For God has not made temporal things. The child affirmed that he ought to say none otherwise but as he had learned, and the child, who was full of the Holy Ghost, answered so well and wisely that his uncle was confounded, and all were amazed..the father should take away his son from school, for he doubted when he would become great and turn against their law and faith, and confound them. And so it happened. He prophesied like Caiaphas did. But God, against whom none may do will, would not allow it for the great profit he gained from him. Then, when he grew older, he saw that it was not a sure thing to dwell among scorpions. He despised father and mother and left the world. While he was clear and a pure virgin, he entered the order of the Friars Preachers. There, he lived very holy for about thirty years, or thereabouts, full of all virtues, and especially in defending the faith. For love of which, he did much abstinence to bring his flesh low. He fasted. He intended to wake by night in studying and praying when he should have slept and rested. And by day he intended to the profit of souls in preaching, confessing, and counseling..Deputyng against the heretics and Saracens,\nAnd in that he had a special grace of Jesus Christ,\nFor he was right sore found in humility,\nHe was marvelously pitiful and debonair, full of compassion,\nOf great and so worthy-minded in fair manner,\nThat every man might behold as in a mirror in his continence and in his conversation,\nHe was wise and discreet,\nAnd so imprinted in his heart that all his words were firm and stable,\nThen he prayed many times to our Lord,\nThat He would not let him die but by suffering of martyrdom for him and for his faith,\n\nAnd thus as he prayed, God accommodated in the end,\nHe did many miracles in his life,\nFor in the city of Melane,\nOn a time when he examined a bishop of the Saracens that the Christians had taken,\nAnd many bishops,\nReligious and great plenty of other people of the city were there assembled and was then right harsh,\n\nThis Saracen said to St. Peter, before them all,\n\"O thou Peter perverse, if thou art so holy,\nAs this people holdeth thee.\".For why do you suffer this foolish people to die from heat and do not pray to God that He would shield them? Then Saint Peter answered and said, \"If you will promise that you will keep the true faith and love your heresy, I will pray to our Lord.\" At this, all those on the party of the Arians cried out that he should make the promise, for they supposed that he would not receive it especially because the sky was so clear and no cloud was seen. And the Christians doubted that their faith might there be confused, but the bishop, the heretic, would not bind him to it. Saint Peter had strong faith and trust in God and made his prayer openly that He would convey a cloud over them. And he made the sign of the cross. And immediately the cloud came and stopped there. There was a lame man who had been so for years and could not walk but was drawn in a wheelbarrow and brought to Saint Peter at Milan. And as Saint Peter had begun....Blessed him with the sign of the cross, and he was not whole and awake yet, but God showed him more miracles through his life. It happened that the son of a nobleman had such a horrible disease, and it was supposed that he would die. They brought to him the said cope which, with great devotion, they laid on his chest. Immediately, he expelled a worm with two heads, which was rough. Afterward, he was brought to good health and was completely healed. It happened that a young man was mute and could not speak a word, so he came to St. Peter. He put his finger in his mouth, and his speech returned to him. It happened at that time that heresy began to spread greatly in Lombardy, and there were many people who had fallen into this error. Because there were many in number and power at Milan, he sent St. Peter there as a wise and constant and religious man, who doubted nothing. Through his virtue, he reproved them, and through his wit, he understood them..When he had assumed the office of Inquisition, he became like a lion in seeking out heretics everywhere, leaving them without peace but in all places and manners, he overcame and confounded them. When the heretics saw that they could not withstand the holy ghost that spoke through him, they began to consider how they might bring him to death. It happened once as he went publicly in a prediction that the money was delivered to kill him. Approaching near the city, a heretic hired for the purpose ran upon him and struck him on the head with a falchion, inflicting him with many cruel wounds. He neither murmured nor complained, but endured patiently the cruelty of the tyrants. And he said his creed and committed his spirit into the hands of our Lord.\n\nThe tyrant left him in the place to die. Thus the tyrant related..A tyrant who slew him and Friar Dominique, his companion, were slain with him. After the tyrant saw that he still showed signs of life, the cursed and cruel tyrant returned and struck him with his knife to the heart. Immediately, his spirit ascended into heaven. It was then well known that he was a true prophet. For the prophecy of his death that he had pronounced was fulfilled.\n\nAfter he had received the crown of virginity, as his confessors testified that he had never committed a deadly sin in his life, he received the crown of a doctor because he had been a godly, firm preacher and doctor of the church. After he had received the crown of martyrdom, as it appeared when he was slain. The news of this reached the city of Melan, and the friars, clergy, and people came with a great procession. The crowd was so large that they could not enter the town, and therefore they left his body in the care of St. Simeon..Abode all that night, and so he said the day before to his fellow, the passion of St. Peter resembled much that of our Lord in many ways. For just as our Lord suffered for the truth of the faith that He preached, so St. Peter suffered for the truth of the faith that he defended. And just as Christ suffered at the hands of the Jews, so did St. Peter suffer at the hands of the people of his own country and of the heretics. Christ was sold for thirty pieces of silver, and St. Peter was sold for forty pounds. Christ showed His death to His disciples, and St. Peter did the same in a clear prediction. Christ said at His death, \"Lord God, into Your hands I commend My spirit,\" and so St. Peter did the same.\n\nThere was a nun of Almain from the Abbey of Combat who had a grievous wound in her knee, which had afflicted her for a year and more. No master or physician could heal her. She had great devotion to St. Peter..She couldn't go there due to her obedience and her grievous malady. She asked how many days' journey it was to Melane. There were twenty-four days. She planned to make these journeys in her heart and good thoughts. For every journey, she said a hundred Hail Marys, and as she went forth in her mind during her journeys, she felt herself eased. When she reached the last journey in her mind, she found herself completely healed. She said that day all her pain. Afterward, she returned all the journeys, just as she had gone in her thoughts in her heart, and afterward, she felt no more pain. There was a man who had a loathsome disease in such a way that he voided blood for six consecutive days. He fervently prayed to St. Peter. When he ended his prayer, he felt himself healed. Afterward, he fell asleep. In his sleep, he saw a friar preacher who had a great and brown face..He seemed to have been a follower of St. Peter. In truth, he was of the same disposition. This friar gave him a box of ointment and said, \"Have good hope in St. Peter, who lately shed his blood for the faith. For he has generously given the blood that flowed from the Cross.\" When he awoke, he intended to visit St. Peter's sepulcher. There was a countess of the castle who was particularly devoted to St. Peter and fasted continually. Now it happened that she offered a candle to the altar of St. Peter. And immediately the priest, because of his greed, quenched the candle. But the candle was relit by itself as soon as he was gone, and he put it out again once or twice. Then he left it and put out another candle that a knight had offered in honor of St. Peter, who also fasted. The priest attempted to put out this candle twice, but he could not. Then the knight said to the priest, \"Why?\".You shall see well the miracle, that Saint Peter prevents them from being quenched. Then the priest was abashed, and all the clerks who were there with him, to such an extent that they fled from the church, and spread the miracle abroad. There was a man named Roba, who had lost his gown and all the money he had, when he came to his house and saw himself in great poverty. He called upon the devils and gave himself to them. Then came to him three devils, who cast Roba upon the floor and, after taking hold of his neck, seemed about to strangle him. In such a way that he could not speak when those in the house heard him cry out, they went to him, but the devils said to them that they should return, and they had supposed that Roba had said so and returned. And after a short while, he began to cry out again. Then they perceived well that they were the devils, and fetched the priest, who had convened in the name of Saint Peter, to exorcise the devils..Then two of them went away, and the third remained, and his friends brought him to the church of the friars in the morning. Then a friar named William of Versel came, and this Friar William demanded, \"What is your name?\" And the devil answered, \"I am called Buthsephas.\" Then Friar William commanded that he should go out, and immediately the devil called him by name, as he knew him, and said, \"Guyllam, Guyllam. I shall not go out, for he is mine.\" And then he conjured him in the name of St. Peter the Martyr, and immediately he went his way. The man was healed, and took penance for his transgression, and was afterwards a good man. St. Peter, while he lived, it happened that he disputed with a heretic. But this heretic was sharp, aggressive, and full of words, so that St. Peter could have no audience from him. When he saw this, he departed from the dispute and went and prayed to the Lord that He would give him the place and time to:.Sustain the faith, and that the other might be still, and speak not. When he came against him, he found this heretic in such a case that he might not speak. Then the other heretics fled all confused. And the good Christian men thanked our Lord. The day that St. Peter was martyred, a nun from the city of Florence saw in a vision our Lady, who stood up in heaven, and with her two persons, one on the right side and the other on the left, in the habit of friars, who were by her. And when she asked who it was, a voice said to her that it was the soul of St. Peter. And it was found certainly on that same day he suffered death. Therefore, this Nun, who was grievously seeking recovery of her health, prayed to St. Peter for it, and he granted it to her entirely.\n\nThere was a scholar who went from Maloygne to Monpellyer. In leaping, he was broken and could not go. Then he remembered a woman who was healed of a cancer by a little of the earth of St. Peter's sepulcher. And immediately he had [something]..A woman once trusted in God and cried to Saint Peter in such a manner that she had done, and he was healed immediately. In the city of Compostella, there was a man with greatly swollen legs like a barrel and a bloated belly, resembling a woman in labor, and his face was foul and horrible, appearing monstrous. One day, he went out with a staff, begging for alms. At a certain time, he asked for alms from a good woman. She saw him so swollen that she said it would be better for him to have a pit to be buried in than anything else, for he was no better than dead. Yet she said, \"I advise you to go to the church of the Friar Preachers and pray to Saint Peter to make you whole. Have true faith in him, and I hope he will heal you completely.\"\n\nThis man went to the church the next morning but found it shut and closed. He then slept at the door. In his sleep, a man dressed as a Friar brought him into the church and covered him with his cloak..cope/ And when he awoke, he found himself in the church and was perfectly whole. People marveled at this because they had seen him seemingly about to die a short time before. There are many more miracles that were too great a labor to write down, for they would occupy a large book. Then let us pray to this holy martyr, Saint Peter, that he pray for us.\n\nThus ends the life of Saint Peter the martyr.\n\nPhilip is as much to say as the mouth of a lamp or the mouth of hands, or it is said of Philo that is as much to say as love, and of Yupe that is to say sovereign. So Philip is as much to say as love of sound and mouth of hands for his good works, and love of things sovereign for his celestial love and contemplation.\n\nSaint Philip, having preached for twenty years, was taken by the Paynims who sought to compel him to sacrifice to their idols, which were called Mars, their god. Immediately, under the idol, a great dragon issued forth..The bishop and the two priests swiftly summoned those who had prepared the fire for the sacrifice. The servants of the bishops held Saint Philip in iron bonds, and the dragon corrupted the people with his breath, causing them all to flee. Saint Philip urged them, \"Believe me, and break this idol's power. Replace it with the cross of Jesus Christ and worship it. Those who have done this here will be rewarded, and all the fleeing people will be saved. Those who were fleeing called out to Saint Philip and said, \"If you destroy the heresy of the Jeronymites, who claim and preach that Jesus Christ did not truly take human flesh but only the semblance of a human body, in this city were his two daughters. Through them, our Lord converted many people to the Christian faith. Seven days before his death, Saint Philip summoned all the bishops and priests before him and said for seven days, \"The Lord has granted me respite to warn you to do well. He was of a certain age..In the year 857, the pagans seized and held him [to the cross], forcing him to yield up his soul and die in a manner resembling his master. His body was reverently buried there, and his two daughters survived him and were also buried, one on each side of their father's body. Isidore writes in the book of the lives and deaths of saints that Philip preached to the Frenchmen and to those in darkness. He enlightened them in the faith. After being taken in the city of Hierapolis by the pagans and stoned and crucified, of whom the martyrology of the holy church speaks not, but of another Philip who was one of the seven deacons, Saint Jerome says in the martyrology that he was buried in the city of Cesarea, where many fair miracles were performed for him. Besides him, three of his daughters are buried, and the fourth lies at Ephesus. The first Philip differs from this Philip, for he was an apostle, and this was not..The deacon Philip rests at Hierapolis, and the deacon at Cesarea. He had two daughters and four others. Although ecclesiastical history says that Philip the apostle had four prophetesses daughters, but it is the Lord that we may come to his blessings, amen.\n\nThus ends The Life of the Blessed Apostle Saint Philip.\n\nJames is also called Supplanter or supplanting a feast or making ready. James is also said to be Ia and Cobar, which means the burden or weight of God. James may also be called Iaculo, a dart and copesmith, which means smitten with a dart, or smitten with glaives. He was called a supplanter of the world, for he despised it. In supplanting the feast, he supplanted the devil, and he is called making ready, for he always made his body ready to do well. According to Gregory of Nyssa, we have in us three evil passions which come from evil nourishing, or from right false conversation, or from evil custom of the body, or from the vice of ignorance. They are cured..by good conversation and for the sake of studying good exercise of doctrine, this blessed James is described. He was always ready in body for all good things. He is said to have borne the burden or weight of good or godly manners through the exercise of virtues. He was mutilated by martyrdom.\n\nJames the apostle is called the lesser one. Although he was older in age than Saint James, the one who enters first is called first and the one who comes after is called lesser, even if he is older. In this way, this saint James was called the lesser one. He was also called the brother of our Lord. Because he resembled Him much in appearance, he was called James the Just for his great holiness.\n\nFar from Saint Jerome records that he was so holy that the people called James the son of Zebedee. This James was always holy after he came out of his mother's womb. He never drank wine, mead, or sour milk..In the seventh year after the apostles assembled in Jerusalem on Easter day, Saint James demanded of them what God had accomplished among the people, and they were to tell. After Saint James had preached for seven days in the temple with the other apostles, Caiaphas and some others sought to be baptized. Suddenly, a man entered the temple and cried out, \"O you sirs, what will you do? Why do you allow yourselves to be deceived by these enchanters? Be warned and keep yourselves from being deceived by them. He stirred up the people greatly..That they would have stoned the apostles. Then this fellow went up to the lectern where Saint James preached and threw him down backward. And from then on, he halted. This was done seven years after the ascension of our Lord. He was bishop there for thirty years. In his thirty-first year, when the Jews saw that they could not kill Saint Paul because he had appealed to the Emperor in Rome and was sent to Rome, they turned their persecution against Saint James. And they said to him, \"Since you are so highly regarded, we pray that you assemble the people and stand up on high and show them that it is not he. For you are so just that we all shall believe in him.\" Then Saint James went up on the front of the temple on Easter day, and all the people were assembled beneath it. Then the Jews said to him with loud voices, \"Righteous and true man, we know that you are.\".\"You shall not lie. Show us Jesus, who was hung on the cross, that you know. The world is disputed about this. Then he answered with a loud voice, why do you ask me about the Son of the virgin? I tell you that he is now in heaven and sits at the right hand of God the Father. And he will come to judge the living and the dead. When the Christians heard him, they were very glad. But the Pharisees and the masters of the law regretted having made him testify before the people. They took counsel to cast him down, to make the people afraid, because they would not believe him. And they cried, \"The righteous man has come at this time.\" After they threw him down, the people began to stone him. But he was on his knees and said, \"Fair lord God, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.\" Then one of the priests' sons named Jacob spoke up, \"Sir, leave this righteous man alone in peace.\"\".A man in that company took a fuller's staff and struck him on the head, causing his brain to spill out. He finished his life in this manner and was buried near the temple. The people wanted to kill these malefactors because they had killed him, but they fled. This occurred during the time of Nero, in the year 54 AD. Josephus states that Jerusalem was destroyed afterward due to the great sin of Saint James' death. Before the destruction came, God showed marvelous signs. There was a clear and shining star in the shape of a sword hanging over Jerusalem. This sign, as well as the following ones, was not only for Saint James' death but primarily for the death of our Lord Jesus Christ. He had said that not one stone would be left upon another, but because the Lord did not want the death of sinners but that they should do penance and repent, He waited forty years and called them..In this forty-year period, the apostles were frequently admonished by Saint James, our Lord's brother, who continually preached to them. During this time, numerous signs and portents occurred, as Josephus recounts. One such sign was a star resembling a sword, which appeared over the city and burned with great bright flames for an entire year.\n\nThe following year, during the festival of Esther, there was a remarkable clarity and brightness around the temple at night, as if it were daylight.\n\nAt the same time, a cow was brought forth to be sacrificed. However, it gave birth to a lamb instead, against all natural order. Shortly thereafter, around the going down of the sun, chariots and wagons, along with a great army, encircled the city suddenly.\n\nDuring the festival of Pentecost, the priests entered the temple at night to perform their rituals. They heard a voice saying, \"Let us go from this place, and in four years before the destruction.\".A man named Jesus, the son of anya, suddenly began to cry out. The voices of the east, the voices of the west, the voices of the four winds cried out upon Jerusalem. Woe to the husbands, woe to the wives, and woe to all the people. The said man was seized and beaten, tortured, and brought before the judge. He never wept or cried for mercy, but instead persisted and cried out holy words: woe, woe to Jerusalem. This is what Josephus says, and yet despite these warnings and portents, the Jews were not afraid for forty years after the passion of our Lord Jesus Christ. Forty years later, Titus and Vaspasian came against Jerusalem and destroyed it. The cause and the one by whom it was destroyed is recorded in a history, though it is not authentic. For the late emperor Tiberius, who doubted the fury and anger of the emperor Tiberius because he had wrongfully judged and condemned Jesus Christ, sent one of his servants to make excuses. The servant's name was Albinus..During the reign of Vaspasian, governor of Galatia, a messenger from Pilate was compelled by an opposing wind to arrive in Galatia instead of Rome. According to custom in the region, anyone brought there against their will by the sea was required to submit to the lord's authority and goods. When Vaspasian saw him, he asked whence he came. The messenger replied that he was from Jerusalem. Vaspasian remarked that in that land, masters and surgeons were renowned for their goodness. The messenger asked if Vaspasian could do anything surgically. Vaspasian asked because the messenger had a boil in his nose filled with worms from his youth, which no one had been able to heal. The messenger replied that he could do nothing about it. Vaspasian threatened to kill him if he couldn't heal him. The messenger replied that he was the one who healed the blind and drove devils out of men, and raised the dead to life in our time..The country knows that I cannot help the one in question, but he can help him if he will. Then Vaspasian asked what he was, and he replied that it was Jesus of Nazareth, whom the people of Jerusalem had wrongfully killed out of envy. And if you believe in him, he will heal you. Then Vaspasian said, \"I believe that the one who has the power to raise the dead can also make me whole.\" And saying these words, the wasps' fillings came out of his nose with the bottle in which they were, and he was made perfectly whole. This gave him great joy, and he said, \"I am certain that the one who has healed me is the true Son of God.\" I will ask the emperor Tiberius for permission and go destroy the cursed traitors who killed this man. And then Alban, Pilate's messenger, went where he pleased. After Vaspasian went to Rome and obtained permission from the emperor to destroy this people and the city of Jerusalem. He assembled his army during the time of Nero's empire, and came..The Jews, being the majority in Jerusalem on Easter day, besieged the town. For on that day, all the Jews of the country were coming to the feast, so they were continually enclosed. Before Vaspyasian came, the good men of the city were warned by the Holy Ghost that they should leave the city. They went to a place called Pellam because the vengeance should not fall on them but on the wicked people of the Jews. There was another city of the Jury named Ioanaparam, in which Joseph was duke. Vaspyasian first assaulted this city, but Joseph, with such men as he had, resisted them manfully. But at last, when Joseph saw the destruction of it and could no longer keep it, he took with him twelve Jews and hid himself in a cave or a house under the earth. There they were for four days without food and drink in great anguish and affliction. The Jews, being there without Joseph's consent, preferred to die rather than be subjects..Iosephus, being the most worthy and noble among them, urged himself and his companions to submit to Vaspasian. They intended to sleep themselves and offer their blood in sacrifice to God. Since Iosephus was the most worthy, they decided to kill him first, either as pleasing to God or as recorded in the chronicle that each of them should kill another rather than falling into Roman hands.\n\nIosephus, a prudent man and unwilling to die, established and ordered himself as judge of death and sacrifice. He decreed that between two and two, lots would be drawn, and the one drawn first would be killed, then the next, until all were dead except for Iosephus and one other.\n\nIosephus, being a strong man and seizing the sword for himself, asked his companion which he preferred: to live or die. Iosephus commanded him briefly and without delay to tell him, and he, fearing greatly, replied, \"I forsake not the chance to live if I may, by your grace, keep my life.\"\n\nTherefore, Iosephus... (continued in the original text).Speaking to a servant of Vespasian, he managed to save his life. The servant was then brought before Vespasian. Vespasian said, \"You should have died if it weren't for the grace of this man and Josephus replied, \"If anything goes wrong, it may turn out for the better.\" Vespasian asked, \"Who is this man, what can he do?\" Josephus answered, \"I can speak to you if you grant me an audience. And Vespasian said, \"I will allow it, and if you say anything good, you will be heard.\" Josephus said, \"The emperor of Rome is dead, and the senate has made another emperor.\" Vaspasian asked, \"If you are a prophet, why didn't you warn the people of this city that they would be taken by my hand?\" Josephus replied, \"I have warned them for forty days, and in the meantime, messengers arrived from Rome, confirming that Vespasian was made emperor, and they brought him to Rome.\" According to Eusebius' chronicle, Josephus had said this beforehand..Vasparasan was as distraught about the death of his predecessor as about his election to be emperor. Vasparasan left his son Tytus at the siege of Jerusalem. It is also recorded in the same history, though it is apocryphal, that when Tytras was told that his father had been enthroned as emperor, he was so elated and filled with such joy that all his limbs were weak and he was severely afflicted with paralysis. Josephus, hearing of this, inquired carefully about the cause, the time, and the manner, but the cause and nature of the illness were not known, only that it occurred when he learned of his father's election. Josephus, a wise and prudent man, considered the timing of the onset of the illness and concluded that it was due to excessive joy and boundless gladness. Remembering that opposites often cure each other, he asked if there was any man whom the prince hated greatly. It was this man he sought..A servant whom he held in prison and hated so much that he could not look at him or bear to hear his name, then said Titus: \"If anyone comes under my law, he must be safe and secure here.\" Josephus prepared the dinner and sat himself down opposite the servant whom Titus most hated, on his right side. As soon as Titus saw him, he began to grow agitated and extremely angry, causing him to perspire. The servant, however, was overjoyed and stretched out his sweating eyes, becoming completely healed by the burning heat of Titus' anger. I remit all that I have said about Josephus to the judgment of the readers, whether they will believe it or not. However, Titus had laid siege to the city two years before this, and the famine was so severe that fathers took the food from their children, children from their fathers, husbands from their wives, and wives from their husbands. Young men who had previously been strong were reduced to nothing..Right strong fil threw down in the streets and ways, those who should bury the filthy dead often did deeds upon them who were dead, and because they were not born away nor could they endure the stench of the decaying bodies, they ordered the common folk of the town to throw them over the walls into the ditches, because they could not endure the stench to bury them. And when Tytus, who went about the city, saw the ditches so full of carriers which corrupted the entire country with the stench, he held up his hands to heaven weeping and said, \"Lord God, now I see well that this is not by me, but by those herein taking vengeance.\" For then, the people within the town had such great fault that they ate their shoes and leather.\n\nThere was a gentlewoman in the town who had a child to whom she gave birth. And because of her hunger, she strangled and killed this child, and roasted one half, and kept the other half to eat.\n\nIt happened that the governors of the town, who\n\n(Note: The text appears to be in Early Modern English. No significant OCR errors were detected.).went to search/smell the sourness of this roost and broke open the door. I threatened to kill the woman if she didn't give them some of her food. Then she showed them the other part of her child that she had kept. If you will, I will gladly give you a share. They were so horrified by it that they couldn't speak. Then she said, \"This is my son. The sin is mine and comes upon me. Eat hardly, for I have eaten part before. Since you didn't love him as much as I did, his mother, and if pity moves you, leave some for me. I who have eaten that half know for certain that I will eat the other half.\" They, being repulsed by this inhumanity, went their way. After this, when Vespasian had been emperor for two years, Tytus took Jerusalem and destroyed all. And just as the Jews had sold our lord for thirty pieces of silver, so he sold thirty Jews for one penny. According to Josephus, he sold forty-six and fifteen..thousand and six hundred thousand perished from famine and sword. When Titus entered Jerusalem, he saw a thick wall, which he had caused to be built and broken down. When a hole was made in it, they saw a fair, old man within, hoary and venerable in appearance. They questioned him at length about who he was. At last, he answered and said he was Joseph of Arimathea, a city of Judea, and that the Jews had imprisoned him there because he had buried Christ. And furthermore, he had been fed and watered heavenly food and drink, and comforted with divine light, from that time until now. In the Gospel of Nicodemus, it is said that when the Jews had shut him up, Christ in His resurrection took him then and led him to Arimathea. It may well be that after he ceased preaching about Christ, the Jews imprisoned him. After this, when Vespasian was dead, Titus his son was made emperor in his place, and was so debonair, so liberal, and of such great generosity..But there was none like him. Jerome relates that on the day he had not given a gift, he said to his friends, \"This day I have lost.\" After this, for a long time, some Jews intended to rebuild Jerusalem. On the first morning that they began to work, they found crosses on the dew, and then they fled. And when they came again and began to rebuild once more, they found bloody crosses, and then they fled away again. And the third time they came again, and from the earth a fire issued and burned and consumed them all.\n\nThis concludes the life of St. James the Less, along with the story of Josephus and the destruction of Jerusalem.\n\nThe discovery of the Holy Cross is mentioned because on this day, the Holy Cross was found. Previously, it had been found by Seth in the earthly paradise, as will be said hereafter, and also by Solomon in the mouth of Libanus and by the queen of Sheba in the temple..Salomon / And of the Jews in the waters of Psyche / On this day, it was found in the mountain of Calvary / The holy cross was found two hundred years after the resurrection of our lord. It is read in the gospel of Nicodemus / that Seth his son Went to the gate of paradise terrestrial to get the oil of mercy to anoint himself and his father's body / Then Saint Michael appeared to him and said / Do not be disheartened / for this oil, for you may not have it until five thousand and five hundred years have passed / Yet we find in another place / that the angel gave him a branch / and commanded him to plant it in the mountain of Libanus / However, in another place / he gave him of the tree that Adam etc. of / And said to him that when the bare fruit, he should be healed and all wounds healed. When Seth came again, he found his father dead / & planted..This tree stood on his grave and endured there until the time of Solomon. Since he saw that it was beautiful, he had it hewn down and set in his house named Salus. When the queen of Sheba came to visit Solomon, she worshipped this tree because she said the savior of all the world would be hanged on it. For this reason, Salomon had it taken up and dug deep into the ground.\n\nAfter the people of Jerusalem had made a great pit for a sin, the priests of the temple were supposed to wash themselves there. They found this tree and this pit had such power that angels descended and made the water holy. The first man who descended into the water after the angelic intervention was healed of whatever ailment he had.\n\nWhen the time approached for the Passion of our Lord, this tree emerged from the water and floated above it..A piece of timber made the Jews the cross of our Lord. After this history, the cross by which we were saved came from the tree by which we were damned. The power of the water of that sin was not only from the angel but from the tree. With this tree, from which the cross was made, there was another that grew sideways, on which the arms of our Lord were nailed, and another piece above it which was the table, on which the title was written. There was also another piece where the sockette or mortise was made, in which the body of the cross stood. So each of these four pieces was from one of these trees: palm, cypress, cedar, and olive. This blessed cross was buried in the earth and hidden for over a hundred years. But the mother of the emperor, named Helaine, found it in this way: Constantine came with a great multitude of barbarians nearly to the river of Danube, who intended to go over it..destroyed all the countryside. When Constantine had gathered his host, he went and set them against that other party. But as soon as he began to cross the river, he was much afraid, because he was to have battle on the morrow, and in the night as he slept in his bed, an angel woke him up and showed him the sign of the cross in heaven and said to him, \"Behold on high in heaven.\" Then he saw the cross made of right clear light and written therewith in letters of gold, \"In this sign you shall overcome the battle.\" Then he was comforted by this vision, and on the morrow, he put the cross on his banner and had it borne before him and his host, and after he struck in the host of his enemies and slew and chased a great multitude. After this, he called for the bishops of the idols and demanded of them to what god the sign of the cross belonged. And when they could not answer, some Christian men who were there told him the mystery of the cross..And he informed him in the faith of the truth. Then he believed in God partially and had him baptized. And it happened that Constantine his son remembered his father's victory. He sent to Helena his mother to find the holy cross. Then Helena went into Jerusalem and had all the wise men of the country assembled. When they were assembled, they wanted to know why they had been called. Then one Judas said to them, \"I know well that she will ask us where the cross of Jesus Christ was laid. But beware, none of you tell her. For I know then our law will be destroyed. My old father Zachaeus told my father Simon, and my father told me at his death, 'Worship the cross; it will then reign.' Indeed, this Jesus was the son of God.\"\n\nThen I asked my father why they had crucified him, since it was known that he was the son of God. Then he said to me, \"My dear son, I never agreed to that.\" But he added, \"...\".it was only the Pharisees who did it because he reproved their voices, but he arose on the third day, and his disciples saw him ascend into heaven. Stephen, his brother, lived among them. The Jews stoned him to death because of this. When Judas had said these words to his companions, they answered, \"We have never heard of such things. Nevertheless, keep the truth if the one who knows about it speaks of it. Do not say anything to her until he calls them and demands the place where our Lord Jesus Christ was crucified. They would never tell or show it to her.\n\nThe queen then let all the others go and kept Judas with her without more. Then she showed him his life and death and commanded him to choose which he would show to her..She said the place named Golgotha, where our Lord was crucified. To find the cross, she said, and I replied: \"Two hundred years have passed since then, and I was not yet born.\" The lady replied, \"He who was crucified will perish by hunger if you do not tell me the truth.\"\n\nThen she had him cast into a dry pit and tormented him with hunger and evil rest for seven days. When he could be drawn out, she said, \"If I might draw you out, you will tell the truth.\" He was drawn out, and when he came to the place, the earth moved, and a great sweet smell was felt so strongly that Judas clapped his hands together in joy and said, \"In truth, Jesus Christ, you are the savior of the world.\"\n\nHowever, Emperor Adrian had made a temple of a goddess at that place where the cross lay, as all who came to that place should worship that goddess. But the queen opposed this..Then Iudas prepared and began to dig, and when he reached a depth of twenty paces, he found three crosses and brought them to the queen. Not knowing which was the cross of our Lord, he placed them in the middle of the city and remained for a demonstration from God. Around the hour of noon, a corpse of a young man was brought to be buried. Iudas detained the bearers and placed one of the crosses upon him. After the second, and when he placed it on the third, the dead body came back to life.\n\nThen the devil cried in the air, \"Iudas, what have you done? You have done the opposite of what the other Judas did. For by him I have won many souls, and by him I shall lose many. By him I reigned over the people, and by him I have lost my kingdom. Nevertheless, I shall yield to this boon. I shall send one who will avenge me, and this was accomplished by Julian the apostate. He tortured him afterward when he was...\".By shop of Jerusalem, and when Judas heard him, he cursed the devil and said to him, \"Ijesus Christ, condemn him in the fire everlasting.\" After this, Judas was baptized and was named Quiryache. And afterward, he was made bishop of Jerusalem.\n\nWhen Helena had the cross of Ijesus Christ and saw she had not the nails, she sent to the bishop Quiryache that he should go and seek them. Then he dug there so long that he found them shining as gold. Then he bore them to the queen, and anon as she saw them, she worshiped them with great reverence.\n\nThen Saint Helena gave a part of the cross to her son, and that other part she left in Jerusalem closed in gold, silver, and precious stones. And her son bore the nails to the emperor, and the emperor did set them in his bridle and in his helmet when he went to battle.\n\nThis recounts Eusebius, who was bishop of Caesarea. However, it happened that Julian the Apostate....Bishop Slee of Jerusalem, who had found the cross, destroyed it because he hated it so much. Whenever he found the cross, he ordered its destruction. When he went to battle against the Persians, he commanded Quiriache to make sacrifices to their idols. But when Quiriache refused, Slee cut off his right hand and said, \"With this hand you have written many letters, persuading people not to believe in Jesus Christ. Now that I am a Christian, you have taken away what bothered me. Then Julian made me melt lead and threw it in his mouth, and after that, he ordered a bed of iron made for Quiriache and had him stretched on it. He then placed burning coals under him and threw in grease and salt.\".Iulian the emperor said to him, \"Either you will sacrifice our goddesses or you will at least admit that you are not Christian. When he saw that he would never do either, he made a deep pit full of serpents and venomous beasts and cast him in. As soon as he entered, the serpents were all dead. Then Iulian put him in a cauldron full of boiling oil and, when he should enter it, he blessed it and said, \"Fair lord, transform this pain into the baptism of martyrdom.\" Iulian was then very angry and commanded that he be run through with a sword in this manner, and he ended his life in this way.\n\nThe virtue of the cross is declared to us through many miracles. It happened once that an enchanter had deceived a notary and brought him to a place where he had assembled a great company of demons. He promised the notary that he would give him great riches. When he came there, he saw one of them..A person sitting on a great chair, surrounded by horrible people, all black, with spears and swords. They demanded this great devil of the enchanter, who was that clerk? The enchanter replied, \"Sir, he is another's.\" The devil then said to him, \"If you will worship me and be my servant, and make the sign of the cross, and say that you are the servant of Jesus Christ, your savior.\" As soon as he had made the sign of the cross, that great multitude of devils vanished away.\n\nOnce, this notary entered with his lord into the church of St. Sophia. He knelt down before the image of the crucifix. The crucifix, as it seemed, looked openly and sharply at him. His lord then made him go to another side, and all the way the crucifix turned its gaze toward him. His lord was greatly amazed and charged him..When Saint John the apostle and evangelist preached in a city of Greece named Ephesus, he was commanded by the judge to sacrifice to false idols. When he refused, he was put in prison. Afterward, he sent a letter to Domycen the emperor, informing him that an enchanter was being held in prison who had despised their gods..And worshipped him who was crucified. Then commanded Dionysius that he should be brought to Rome. And when he was there, they stripped all the hairs of his head in derision, and after they brought him before the gate called Porta Latina, and put him in a tonne full of burning oil. But he never felt harm or pain. And without suffering any harm, he issued out. In that place, Christian men did make a fair church. And this day made a solemn feast, as it were the day of his martyrdom. And when the Emperor saw that he ceased not of preaching for the commandment that he had made, he sent him into exile on an island named Patmos. It ought not to be believed that the Emperor and his men persecuted Christian people because they believed in God. For they refused none. But it was a displeasure to them that they worshipped God without the authority of the senators. Another reason there was, and that was that the service of their other gods was lessened and minimized thereby..The third reason was that he disputed the worship of the honor and the power of the world, which was the primary thing the Romans loved. But Jesus Christ would not comply, because they regarded it as done by human power. Another reason, as Master John Beltho says, was that the emperor and the senate persecuted Christ and his apostles. They thought that God was too proud and envious because he did not have a temple. Another reason, as Crossius alleges, was that the senate had disdain because Pilate had written the miracles of Jesus Christ to the emperor only and not to the senators. Therefore, they would not allow him to be worshipped among the gods. Therefore, Tiberius the emperor caused some of the senators to be killed, and some he sent into exile. The mother of St. John, hearing that her son was imprisoned with maternal compassion, came to Rome. Upon her arrival, she found that he had been sent into exile..Went then into the champion to a city named Vand\u0153uvre, and there died, and yielded her soul to Christ. His body was buried in a cave where it long rested, but afterwards, by St. James, her other son, it was shown. Which then was taken up and found sweet-smelling. Many miracles were shown in her translation in the said city. Then let us pray to St. John that he pray for us.\n\nThus ends the tale of St. John Portlatyne.\n\nGordian, who was vicar to Julian the emperor, compelled a Christian man named January to perform sacrifices. But by the grace of God, he was converted by the preaching of the same January, along with his wife and seven men. When this came to the knowledge of the emperor, he commanded that January should be put and sent into exile. And if Gordian would not perform sacrifices to the gods, he would be beheaded. And so his head was struck off, and the body was cast out to the hounds. It lay there untouched for seven days..servants took and buried it near the blessed Epymache, whom Julian had killed a little before; they buried it not far from Rome, about a mile from the city, around the year 360 AD.\n\nThis ends the life of St. Gordyan.\n\nNereus is also called \"counsel of light\" or \"Nereus, the lantern, and we, the hasteners,\" or \"Nereus, the one not guilty.\" He was then the counsel of light in preaching virginity, a lantern in honest conversation, hastening in the fervor of love to obtain heaven, and never guilty in his conscience.\n\nAchilles is also called \"achi,\" which means \"my brother and less,\" or \"the health of brothers.\" As it is said, \"the health of brethren.\" The passion of these two is written as \"Victoryn and Mar.\"\n\nNereus and Achilles were chamberlains in the same household of Domitian the emperor. Saint Peter the apostle baptized this damsel, and this maiden had a husband..Aurelyan, a counselor of the emperor, was referred to as such. When she was meticulously dressed in robes of purple and precious stones, these two glorious saints preached to her the faith of Christ and the virtue of virginity. They emphasized that she was near to God and neighbor, sister to angels, cousin to saints, and born of human nature with creatures. The woman who is married is subject to her husband and is bound to him in such a way that they are delivered of their children or their time. Disfigured, disabled, and unable to bear teachings and admonishments from her mother in her youth, she was now forced to endure her husband's great shame, reproaches, and vile treatments. I know well that my father was jealous of my mother, and my mother suffered much sorrow, and my husband, will he be such one in the future? They answered: when they.ben they seemed very debonair at their wedding / But after they felt themselves married / they ruled cruelly, and sometimes they made their maidens greater than their wives / and thus all holiness could be lost / but by penance it could be recovered / and virginity could not return to its perfection / how well the guilt of sin could be concealed / but virginity could not be regained /\n\nThis damsel, named Fairve Bile, believed in God and swore to Him her virginity / and received the veil from the hand of Saint Clement / and when her husband heard this / he obtained permission from the Emperor to do as he pleased with his wife / and also from those who had converted her / And he sent them all three to an island called Provenciana / intending that the said saints, that is, Saint Nereus and Saint Achilles, would thwart the intentions of his wife regarding the vow of her virginity that she had made / And after a little time, he went to..The virgin and the saints changed not their purposes, and they were confirmed and comforted more strongly than before. They plainly declared they would not make sacrifices to idols. Having been baptized by Saint Peter the apostle, who had confirmed them in the law and faith, they could make no sacrifices except to God. Therefore, their heads were struck off, and they suffered martyrdom around the year 400. The bodies of these saints, as well as those of their servants, Saint Victoryn, Entyche, and Maron, were buried near the sepulcher of Saint Perenne. The other servants were made to work in the gardens all day, and at evening were given coarse bread made of great meal and burnt. Finally, Entyche was made to die by famine and to give up his spirit. Saint Victoryn was cast into foul and stinking water..And he ordered Saint Marron to be placed under a stone, which 108 of his servants could not move. The glorious saint lifted the stone lightly, as if it were a little straw, and carried it two miles away. For this reason, many were converted and believed in God. For this reason, the masters' counselors plotted to kill him. Aurelian then brought the damsel from the place of exile and sent for two virgins named Eufrosyne and Theodore, who had been raised with her, to persuade her to break her vow. But she converted these two virgins to the faith through her persuasion. Then Aurelian took the husbands of the two maidens and three enchanters with him and went to Domycelle to forcefully marry and consummate the marriage against her will. But Domycelle, as God would have it, converted the young men to the faith of Jesus Christ. However, when Aurelian saw that she had converted the two young men and the two virgins..afore said, he led her into his chamber and commanded the enchanters to sing, and the other to dance with him, as one who would defile Domycelle. But the jesters left singing, and the other dancing. He himself did not dance for two days continuously, until he discovered and died before them all. Then Luxuryus, his brother's gatekeeper, left all those who lay there sleeping. And he did so much that in the place where they dwelt, he had a fire set. And they, being in their prayers, rendered their souls to God. Saint Cyprian found their bodies unharmed on the morrow.\n\nPancras is said to be Pan, which is as much to say as all; and Gratus and Cicero, which is as much to say as courtesans, in his young age; or otherwise, as it is said in the book called Glossary.\n\nPancras is said to be raping, or Pancras is subject to beatings and torments. Pancras is also said of various colors..And so it appeared by him, he used rapine in roughing up the prisoners, bringing them to faith through his exhortations; he was also subject to beatings and torments in enduring their suffering, as well as in various colors and full of all virtues.\n\nPancrace was indeed of noble lineage, and was born in the land of Phrygia. When his father and mother were dead, he was put under the care of his uncle Denys, who was his father's brother. They both went to Rome, where they had great rents from their patrimony.\n\nIn their presence, Pope Cornelius held him privately. From this pope, Pancrace and Denys had received the Christian faith. Eventually, Denys died in the country, and Pancrace was taken and presented to Caesar. At that time, Pancrace was about forty years old. The Emperor Diocletian said to him, \"My little child, I warn and counsel you to advise well to the end that you do not die a bad death. For as a child, you are easily deceived, and because you are young, \".A noble of blood and lineage, and the son of one of my right dear friends, I pray that you leave this madness that you have embraced. And that I may have you with me as my son. Pancras responded, \"If I am a child in body, yet my heart is old. And by the virtue of my lord Jesus Christ, your threats and menaces move me no more than does the painting that I see on the wall. And those gods that you would have me worship are deceivers of creatures. They have been as treacherous in fornication against their creator, sparing neither kin nor other. And if you had known that your servants were such, you would have commanded that they be slain. I am greatly surprised that you adore such gods. When the emperor heard this child speak thus, he doubted being overcome by him, and commanded that his head be struck off, and he was martyred around the year 1452. Whose body is a worshipful lady..Named Octouylla, a senate member, was buried honorably. Gregory of Turone, the doctor, said that if a man intends to take a false oath at the site of his sepulcher before entering the quire, he will be afflicted with an evil spirit or fall dead. Once, there was a great altercation between two men, and the judge was unsure who was at fault due to his own jealousy. He brought them both to the altar of St. Peter and prayed that the apostle would declare who was right. The wrongdoer had sworn and suffered no harm. The judge, knowing the malice of the man, declared aloud, \"This old Peter here is either overly merciful or provably demanding. When they came to the sepulcher, the culpable man swore and reached out for his hand, but he could not withdraw it from the deceased.\".And therefore, for great and notable causes, men take oaths on the relics of St. Pancras.\n\nThis ends the life of St. Pancras.\n\nUrban is said to be of urbane nature, that is, courteous, or it is said of Urb, that is, fire or light, and Ban, that is, response or answer. He was light through sincere conversation, fire through charity, and answer through doctrine. Or he was light because the light is good to behold, and it is immaterial in essence, setting it apart as celestial and profitable in working. Thus, this saint was amiable in conversation, immaterial in despising the world, celestial in loving God, and profitable in preaching.\n\nSt. Urban was pope after St. Calixtus. And in his time, the Christian people were under great persecution. But the mother of the emperor, Origen having converted, prayed so much to him that he left the Christian people in peace. Nevertheless, there was one Almachius, the provost of Rome, who was the principal governor at that time..This man cruelly struck off the head of Saint Cecilia. He was remarkably cruel against Christian men. And he inquired where Saint Urban was. By one of his servants, he was found in a dark place, secretly with three priests and three deacons. He commanded to have him put in prison. And after he had him brought before him and accused him of deceiving five thousand people with Saint Cecilia and the noble men Tyburse and Valerian, and making them commit sacrilege. Above this, he demanded from Urban the treasure of Saint Cecilia and of the church. To whom Urban replied, \"I now see that covetousness moves the persecutor of Christian men more than the sacrifice of your gods. The treasure of Saint Cecilia has ascended into heaven by the hands of poor people.\"\n\nThen he had Saint Urban beaten with lead pellets, and so were his companions. And the tyrant, smiling, said, \"This old fellow will be reputed wise.\".He speaks and says words that he understands not. When he saw that he could not overcome him, he commanded him and sent him to prison, where St. Urban converted three captains of the town with Anolyn, the keeper of the prison. He baptized them. When the tyrant heard that Anolyn had become Christian, he brought him before him. Because he would not sacrifice to his gods, he had his head struck off. When St. Urban and his companions were brought before Thidole's idols, to make them sacrifice and pay homage to them, St. Urban began to make his prayer to God. Then Thidole fell down and killed twenty-two priests of the law who held fire to make sacrifices. They were then beaten cruelly and brought back to make sacrifices. Then they spat in Thidole's face and made the sign of the cross in their foreheads and kissed each other. They received capital sentence, that is, they were beheaded..And so suffered death under Alaric, who began to reign in the year 200 of our Lord. And immediately after Alaric was taken by the enemy in blasphemy and magically opposing his will, he was strangled by the enemy. His wife, Marmaria, seeing this, called upon Saint Fortunatus priest, and all her household received baptism. The bodies of the saints were then honorably buried.\n\nThis concludes the life of Saint Urban.\n\nPetronilla, of Petens, is said to have been demanding and of the throne, that is, a throne or seat, as it is said she was demanding the seat of virgins.\n\nSaint Pernelle, as Saint Marcelle writes, was the daughter of Saint Peter the Apostle. She was very fair and beautiful. It happened once that the disciples dined with Saint Peter, and Titus said to him, \"Peter, why is it that all seek people?\".ben Heydt permits Pernelle, his daughter, to seek out to whom Saint Peter spoke, for it is expedient for her to do so, yet because it will not be imputed to her health for me to excuse her by my words, he said to her, \"Arise, Pernelle, hastily and serve us.\" She arose at once and ministered to them, and when the service was completed, Peter said to her, \"Perplexed her as they did before, and when she began to be perfect in the love of God, he made her perfectly so. Then an earl named Flaccus arrived and desired to have her as his wife because of her beauty. To him she replied, \"If you desire me to be your wife, command certain virgins to come to me to accompany me to your house.\" While he was busy preparing the said maidens, Saint Pernelle set herself in fasting and prayer, and received the holy body of the Lord and lay down in her bed. After the third day, she died..Passed out of this world rendering her soul unto our Lord. Then Flaccus, saying he was dispensed and mocked, turned himself into Felicula, the fellow of St. Pernelle, and said that she should wed him or offer to the dolls. Both refused. Then the magistrates set her in prison and kept her for seven days and seven nights without food or drink. Afterward, he had her body hung on a gibbet and killed her. He then threw her body into a foul pit. Holy Nicodemus took it up and buried it. Therefore, Nicodemus was called by Flaccus, and because he would not sacrifice to the dolls, he was beaten with plums and his body cast into the Tiber, and honorably buried.\n\nThis ends the life of St. Pernelle.\n\nSt. Dustan was born in England. And our Lord showed miracles for him at his birth. It was so that on a Candlemas day, as all the people were in the church with tapers in their hands, suddenly all the lights in the church were quenched at once, save only the one held by St. Dustan..This saint Dunstan's mother bore, in a fair style, which greatly delighted all the people. Yet, her saintly son was taken away, but by the power of our Lord, it rekindled itself and burned brightly again. All the others followed and lit their tapers at Saint Dunstan's. An holy man then said that the child who would give light to all England was holding it by his holy living.\n\nThis holy child Dunstan was born in the year of our Lord 925, during the reign of King Athelstan in this land.\n\nAnd Saint Dunstan's father was named Herston, and his mother Quynerde. They set their son Dunstan to school in the abbey of Glastonbury. Afterward, he became abbot due to his holy living. And within a short time, he went to his uncle Ethelwold, who was then bishop of Canterbury, to whom he was welcome and glad for his holy conversation. He then brought him there..King Athelstan, who was renowned for his good living, was made abbot of Glastonbury by the consent of the king and his brother Edmond. In this position, he ruled well and religiously over his monk brothers, drawing them to holy living through good example. Saint Dewulf and Saint Dunstan were both made priests on the same day. Saint Dunstan was holy in contemplation, and when Saint Dunstan grew weary of prayer, he took up goldsmith work with his own hands to avoid idleness. He always gave alms to the poor for the love of God. One time, as he sat at his work, his heart was with Jesus Christ, his mouth occupied with holy prayers, and his hands busy with his work. But the devil, who had great envy for him, came to him in human form at an evening time as he was busy making a chalice. With a smiling face, she said she had great things to tell him, and then she began to tell him many nice things..triesfully/ and no manner of virtue in her/ and then he supposed that she was a wicked spirit/ and immediately caught her by the nose with a horrible noise and cry/ and said that all the people here/ alas, what shame has this man done to me/ how may I best quit him again/ but never after the devil had ever desired to tempt him in that craft/ & in short time after, King Athelstan died/ and Edmond his brother reigned as king after him/ to whom Saint Dunstan was chief advisor/ for he gave him right good counsel to his life's end and then died Edmund the king/ And after him reigned his son Edwin/ and soon after, Saint Dunstan fell into strife for his sinful living/ For Saint Dunstan rebuked the king sharply therefore/ but there was no amendment/ but always worse and worse/ therefore Saint Dunstan was truly sorry and did all the pain he could to bring the king to amendment/ but it would not be/ but the king within a while exiled Saint Dunstan from this land..and then he sailed over the sea and came to the abbey of St. Amand in France, and there he lived for a long time in a fully holy life until King Edwin was dead. After him, Edgar became king, a very holy man. Then he heard of the holiness of St. Dunstan and summoned him to be on his council. He received him with great reverence and made him abbot of Glastonbury again. Shortly after, Dunstan became bishop of Worcester. In the time of King Edgar and Dunstan as archbishop, there was a man named Ioe, and every man prayed for good rule and guidance from them, and in divided and good times for the welfare of their souls that they would intend.\n\nAnd once, as he sat at a prince's table, he looked up and saw his father and mother above in heaven. Then he thanked the Lord God for his great mercy and goodness that it pleased him to show him that sight. And another time, as he lay in his bed, he saw the brightness of heaven..and he heard angels singing Kyrie eleison, after the note of Kyrie rex splendens, which was a great comfort to him. And another time he was in meditation, holding a harp in his chamber on the wall, and he would sometimes play anthems of our Lady and other saints and holy hymns on it. The harp sounded most bodily without any touch of hand that he could see. This anthem was Gaudete in celis anima santorum, in which St. Dunstan took great joy. He had a special grace from the Lord that such heavenly joys and things were shown to him in this wretched world for his great comfort. After this, he became all seek and feared on Holy Thursday, he sent for all his brethren and asked for their forgiveness. He also forgave them all trespasses and absolved them of all their sins. He departed from this world to God, full of virtues, in the year 989. And his soul was borne up to heaven with his Lord. Lord be praised..Here ends the life of Saint Aldhelm. Born in England, his father was named Kenton. He was the brother of King Iue of this land. When King Iue died, Kenton was made king in his place. This holy child, Aldhelm, was then sent to school in Malmesbury. There, he was later made abbot. He did great building there and made a royal abbey. When they welcomed him and were very pleased with his good living, and when he had obtained all this from the pope, he was very happy and joyful. And he lived there very holily for a long time. One day, as he said mass in the church of Saint John Lateran, and when mass was done, no one would take his chalice from him at the end of the mass. Then he saw the sun beam shine through the glass window, and he raised his chalice, and the same land changed and brought with him many privileges, confirmed by the pope for seven hundred and six..In the hall of yesterday, Saint Alkelms in a book it was that all men should know. He, Abbot of Chelmsford, did make this abbey in the worship of our blessed lady. Brightwold, archbishop of Canterbury, heard of Alkelms holy living, and he sent for him to be his counselor. They lived together very holyly for a long time, and each was full glad and joyful of the other. And on a day as they stood at the quay to write if they had any ornament longing to the holy church within their ship to sell, but the merchants had disdain for him and thought he was not of power to buy such things as they had to sell, and departed from the holy man. But immediately a great tempest fell upon them, and they were in peril of perishing. And then one of them said, \"We suffer this trouble because we had disdain for the words of that other holy man.\" And therefore, let us all humbly desire him to pray for us to our Lord Jesus Christ. They did so, and immediately the tempest ceased, and then they came to this holy man..brought to me a fair Bible / which is still at Malmesbury to this day / and four years before his death, he was made bishop of Dorset by the Archbishop of Canterbury and other bishops / but within a short time after he died / and lies buried at Malmesbury there, as he was abbot /\n\nAnd after that, St. Egewyn came to offer, fettered with chains of iron firmly locked / and from then he went so to Rome to the pope, always wearing the fetters / which was great pain to him / God reward him his merit /\n\nAnd St. Aldhelm, before he died, cursed all those who did any wrong in breaking the precious privileges of the said abbey of Malmesbury / and those who helped the houses to maintain God's service shall have God's blessing and his /\n\nAnd when he had lain long in the earth, he was translated and laid in a rich shrine / where our Lord shows daily for His holy service many fair miracles / God that we may in this wretched world endure our sins / and amend our living / that we may.come to everlasting life in heaven amen. This concludes the life of Saint Aldhelm. Saint Austyn was an holy monk sent from Rome by Pope Gregory, who had great zeal and love for England, as recorded in his legend. When the pope died on the way, Austyn was chosen as his successor and returned to Rome. After being consecrated into the papacy, he remembered England and sent Saint Austyn, as well as forty other holy monks and priests, to the kingdom of England. As they approached England, they were in the province of Anjou, intending to rest there for the night at a place called Ponte Sainte-Maxence. But the women scorned them and were so troublesome that they were driven out of the town. Instead, they stayed at a broad elm tree and planned to rest there for the night. But one of them-.The women who were more cruel than the others intended to drive them away and came so near that they could not rest there that night. Saint Austyn took his staff to leave that place, and suddenly his staff sprang out of his hand with great violence, covering a distance of three furlongs, and there it struck firmly in the ground. When Saint Austyn came to his staff and pulled it out of the ground, a fair well or fountain of clear water gushed forth from the ground by the power of our Lord, refreshing him and all his companions. They all rested there that night, and those who dwelt there saw all that night over that place a great light coming from heaven, which covered the entire place where these holy men lay. On the morning, Saint Austen wrote beside the well with his staff these words: \"Here had Austen, the servant of the servants of God, hospitaller, been sent by Saint Gregory the Pope to convert.\".England, in the morning, the holy men of the coasts nearby saw a light in the night beforehand. They came there and found a beautiful well. The men were greatly astonished. And when they saw the scripture written in the earth, they were greatly ashamed due to their unkindness and deeply regretted mocking them the previous day. Afterward, they built a beautiful church in the same place, dedicating it to St. Austyn. The bishop of Anjou hallowed the church, and a great multitude of people came for the consecration. The corn in the fields was trampled down so much that it was like a cleanly swept flower field. There was no sparing of it.\n\nAt the time of the response, the ground, which had been so trodden bare, produced more corn and better than any other fields nearby, not trodden down did. And the high altar of that church stands over the spot where St. Austyn wrote with his staff by the well. To this day, no woman may enter..A noble woman went to that church, but she declared she was not guilty in offending Saint Austyn. She took a bold step and went to offer a taper in the said church. However, the sentence of Almighty God cannot be revoked. As soon as she entered the church, her belly and sins began to shrink, and she fell down dead as an example to all other women. This illustrates that Iniquity done against a saint greatly displeases Almighty God. Afterward, Saint Austyn and his companions came to England and arrived in the Isle of Thanet in Kent. At that time, King Athelberht ruled in Kent, who was a noble and mighty man. To him, Saint Austyn sent a message revealing his intention of coming from the court of Rome. He declared that he had brought joyful and pleasant news. He added that if the king obeyed and followed his preaching, he would have everlasting joy in the bliss of heaven and would reign with Almighty God in His kingdom. Then King Athelberht agreed..Adelston commanded them to stay and remain in the same island. All necessary things should be attended to until he was otherwise advised. After the king came to them in the same island, St. Austyn and his companions arrived and brought the sign of the cross, singing it on the way, and begged God devoutly to strengthen them and help. The king received them and St. Austyn and his companions. In the same place, St. Austyn preached a glorious sermon and openly declared the Christian faith to the king. When he had finished his sermon, the king said to him, \"Your promises are fair, but we cannot give our consent yet because they are new and have not been heard here before. However, since you have come as pilgrims from far-off countries, we will not be harsh or ungracious to you. We will receive you.\".you makefully and my lord, grant us such things as are necessary. Neither do we forbid you, but as many as you can convert to your faith and religion through your preaching, you shall have license to baptize them and accompany them to your law. Then the king gave them a manor in the city of Dover, now called Canterbury. And when they approached the city, they came in with a silver cross and in procession, singing the litany, praying almighty God for succor and help, that He would take away His wrath from the city and inflame the hearts of the people to receive His doctrine.\n\nAnd then Saint Augustine and his followers began to preach the word of God there, and in the province. And such people who were well disposed were immediately converted and followed this holy man. And by the holy conversion and miracles they performed, many were attracted.\n\nWhen it came to his ear, the king himself came to the presence of Saint Augustine and requested that he preach again. Then the word of God was preached..of God so enflamed him that as soon as the sermon was ended, he carried him so long, and knew not of whom you speak. Your promises are so delectable that I think it all too long till I am baptized. Wherefore, holy father, I require you to minister to me the sacrament of baptism. And then St. Augustine, seeing the great meekness and obedience of the king that he had to be baptized, took him up and baptized him with all his household and men. And with great joy and gladness, when all this was done, St. Augustine, desiring the health of the people of England, went forth on foot to York. And when he came near the city, there met him a blind man, who said to him, \"O thou holy Augustine, help me, who am in great need.\" To whom St. Augustine said, \"I have no silver, but such as I have I give.\" In the name of Ihu Christ arise and be all whole. And with that word he received his sight and was baptized on Christmas Day. He baptized in turn..A river named Swale led an army of x thousand men, without women and children. A great multitude of people resorted to the said river, which was so deep that no man could pass over on foot. And yet, by the miracle of our Lord, neither man, woman, nor child drowned. But those who were seeking were made old, both in body and soul, and in the same place, they built a church in the worship of God and Saint Austyn. When Saint Austyn had preached the faith to the people and confirmed them steadfastly in it, he returned again to York. And on the way, he met a leper asking for help. And when Saint Austyn had said these words to him, \"In the name of Jesus Christ, be thou cleansed from all thy leprosy,\" immediately all his filth fled away, and a fair new skin appeared on his body, so that he seemed a new man. Also, as Saint Austyn came into Oxfordshire to a town that is called Cirencester to pay his tithes to God, and yet he withheld them, therefore I have cursed him, and I find him..The knight, to whom St. Austyn spoke, replied, \"I know well that I cultivate the land, and I ought to have the tithe sheet as much as the clergy. And when St. Austyn could not change the knight's mind, he left him and went to mass. Before the mass began, he charged all those present who were cursed to leave the church. A dead body rose and went out into the churchyard wearing a white cloak. He stood there until the mass was finished. Then St. Austyn went to him and demanded, \"What are you?\" The man answered, \"I was once lord of this town. Because I would not pay my tithes to my curate, he cursed me, and I died and went to hell.\" St. Austyn then ordered him to be brought to the place where his curate was buried..Saint Austyn commanded, in the name of God, for this man to arise. The man arose immediately and stood before all the people. Saint Austyn said to him, \"You know well that our Lord is merciful. Do you know this man?\" The man replied, \"I wish I had never known him. He withheld his tithes and in his entire life was an evil doer.\" Saint Austyn said, \"Our Lord is merciful. As long as the sufferings of this man endure, let us also be merciful to all Christians. Then Saint Austyn delivered a rod to the curate, and the knight, kneeling on his knees, was absolved. And he commanded him to go back to his grave and wait until the Day of Judgment. The knight entered his grave immediately and was covered in ash and poudre. Saint Austyn asked the priest, \"How long have you been lying here?\" The priest replied, \"One hundred and fifty years.\".Then he asked how he was doing, and he replied, \"I am in everlasting bliss, holy father.\" And then Saint Augustine said, \"Will you ask Almighty God that you stay here with us to confirm the hearts of men in true belief?\" But he said, \"No, holy father. I am in a place of rest.\" And then Saint Augustine said, \"Go in peace. Pray for me and for all the holy church.\" And he entered again into his grave, and at once his body was turned into earth.\n\nThe Lord was greatly afraid of this sight and came trembling to Saint Augustine and his curate, demanding penance for his transgressions and promising to make amends and pay his tithes, and to follow the teachings of Saint Augustine.\n\nAfter this, Saint Augustin entered Dorsetshire and came to a town where wicked people refused his doctrine and drove him out, casting on him the tails of thornback or similar fish. Therefore, he begged Almighty God to show His judgment..on them, and God sent a shameful token to them. For the children born after in that place had tails, as it is said, until they repented. It is commonly said that this plague strode in Kent, but blessed be God, at this day there is no such deformity. In another place, there were certain people who would in no way believe in his preaching or his doctrine but scorned and mocked him. Therefore, God took such vengeance that they were burned with fire in Innsbruck as if with blood, and suffered such great pain that they were compelled to ask for forgiveness from St. Augustine. Then he prayed to God for them, that they might be acceptable to him and receive baptism, and that he would release their pain. And then he baptized them. The burning heat was quenched, and they were made perfectly whole. And furthermore, our Lord appeared to St. Augustine while he was praying, and comforting him with a gentle and familiar speech, said: \"O thou good and faithful servant, be thou comforted and\".do manly, for I, your lord God, am with you in all your affection, and my ears are open to your prayers, and whatever petition you request, you shall have your desire, and the gateway to eternal life is open to you, where you will rejoice with me without end, and in that same place where our Lord spoke these words, he fixed his staff into the ground, and a well of clear water sprang up in that same place, which is called Cerne, and it is in the county of Dorset, where a fair abbey is now built and named after the well. And the church is built in the same place where our Lord appeared to St. Austyn. In the same county, there was a young man who was lame, dumb, and deaf. By the prayers of St. Austyn, he was healed. But soon after, he became dissolute and wanton, and annoyed the people with his jangling and talking in the church. And then God sent his old infirmity back to him because of his misbehavior..Fill the repentance/ and asked God for forgiveness and mentioned Saint Austyn/ And Saint Austyn prayed for him/ And he was made whole again the second time/ And after that, he continued in good and virtuous living until his life's end/\n\nAnd after this, Saint Austyn, full of virtues, departed from this world unto our Lord God/ And lies buried at Canterbury in the abbey that he founded there in the worship and rule/ Where our Lord God still shows daily many miracles/ And the third day before the nativity of our lady is honored the translation of Saint Austyn/ In which night, a citizen of Canterbury, being there at the time, saw heaven open over the church of Saint Austyn/ And a burning ladder shining brightly/ And angels coming down to the same church/ And then he thought that the church had burned from the great light and brightness that came down on the ladder/ And he marveled greatly what this could mean/ For he knew nothing of the translation of Saint Austyn/ And when he learned the truth that.On that time, the body of the glorious saint was translated. He gave praise and thanks to Almighty God. And we may truly know that it is a holy and devout place, as it is said that ancient holy men who used to come there would, at the entrance, doff their hosen and shoes and would not presume to enter that holy monastery without being barefoot, because so many holy saints are there enshrined and buried, and God has shown so many miracles in that holy place for His blessed saint, St. Austyn, father and apostle of England, through whom this land was converted to the Christian faith. And by his order, bishops were ordained to minister the sacraments. May he be the means for us to come unto our Lord Jesus Christ, that we may live here according to His doctrine, and after this life may come to everlasting bliss in heaven. Amen.\n\nThen let us pray to St. Austyn, father and apostle of England, that through him our Lord Jesus Christ may be made known to us, and that we may live in accordance with His doctrine, and after this life may come to everlasting bliss in heaven. Amen.\n\nThis ends the life of.Saint Austyn, the apostle of England, is said to have been born in Germaine, a place known for producing three sovereign things: nature, birth, and seed. Germaine is named after this, as he possessed in him heat from ardor, humor from devotion, and seed from the virtue of his preaching. Through these, he engendered many people to the faith and steadfastly confirmed the priesthood.\n\nSaint Germaine was born in the city of Anarchy of noble lineage. He was well-educated in liberal arts. After going to Rome to learn righteousness and law, he received such distinction that the senate sent him to the Frenchmen to govern Burgundy. He governed the city of Anarchy more diligently than others. In the middle of the city stood a tree called the pineapple tree, on which were hung the heads of wild beasts for the sport of chase and hunting..had been reprimanded / But when Saint Amadour, who was bishop of this city, reprimanded them for such frivolities, and warned them to cut down this tree, they would not consent in any way. And on one occasion, when Germain was not in the city, the bishop had the tree cut down and burned. When Germain learned of this, he was very angry and forgot Christian religion, coming with a great multitude of knights to have the bishop slain.\n\nThen the bishop, through divine revelation, knew that Saint Germain should be his successor, and held back and yielded to his haste. He went to Saint Austen, and after he returned to Ancenis, he subtly enclosed Germain within the church and consecrated him. He said to him that he should be his successor in the bishopric, and so he was. For a little while after, Saint Amadour died, and all the people requested that Saint Germain become bishop. He gave all his riches to the poor people and changed his wife into his sister..And he was tormented by his body for thirty years, refusing to eat bread made from wheat, drink wine, or use salt in his food. Twice a year, at Easter and Christmas, he would drink wine, but he would add plenty of water to dilute the taste. In his meals, he would take barley bread with ashes and fasted every day, eating only in the evening. In winter or summer, he wore only one set of clothing - his hair next to his body, a coat, and a gown. If he did not give his clothing to a poor body, he would wear it until it was torn and broken. His bed was surrounded by ashes, hair, and sackcloth. He slept with his head no higher than his shoulders, and throughout the day he wore various relics of saints around his neck. He wore no other clothing and often went barefoot, seldom wearing a girdle. His life was beyond human power, his life was so..It was strange and hard to see his flesh, and he was like a thing not credible. He performed so many miracles that if his merits had not gone beforehand, they would have been deemed fantasies. In a time, he was lodged in a place where the tables were covered after supper for all men had supper. He marveled and demanded of the host why they covered the tables again after supper. And the host said it was for their neighbors who came to drink each with other. And that night, St. Germain decided to watch to see what it would be. It was not long after that a great multitude of demons and sat at the table in the likeness of men and women. And when the holy man saw them, he commanded them not to depart. Then he sent to awaken the host and all the neighbors and guests on all sides. In such a way that every man and woman was found in their houses. He made all of them come and see if they knew any of them..They said nay and then he showed them that they were devils, terrifying the people because the devils mocked them. Saint Germain conjured them and they went their way, never returning. In a time, Saint Low of Troyes was besieged by King Actilles and Saint Low went upon the ramparts and demanded to know who was besieging him. The king replied, \"I am he, Actilles, the scourge and rod of God.\" The meek bishop, weeping, replied, \"I am Low, who have wasted God's flock, and I need the scourging of God.\" Then Saint Low commanded to open the gates, and all the people of Actilles were, by God's will, blinded, allowing the people to pass through the town unharmed and causing no harm to anyone. And then the blessed Saint Low took Saint Germain with him and went to Bretony where there were heretics. But when they were at sea, a great tempest arose..by the mercies of St. Germain, all were appeased. Then they were honestly received by the people of the country, whose coming the devils that St. Germain had driven out had awaited. And when they had been in England for a while and had converted the heretics, they returned to their countries and proper places.\n\nOnce, St. Germain fell ill in a street where a fire broke out. Men advised him to be carried away for fear of the fire. But he placed himself against the fire instead, and the flame burned all around him without touching anything that St. Germain lay upon.\n\nAnother time, he returned to Brittany because of the heresies. One of his disciples followed him hastily and fell sick in a town and died there. When St. Germain arrived, he demanded to see the sepulcher of his disciple who had died there. He had it opened, and he called him by name and asked him what he had done..If he longer wished to stay with him, and that one answered and said he was well, and all things were soft and sweet to him, and would no longer come there, and the holy man granted it to him that he should remain at rest. He rested himself in his grave and slept in the Lord.\n\nOnce, he preached in the country of Brittany in such a way that the king of Brittany forbade him and his followers. Then it happened that the king's cowherd went to pasture with his cattle at the king's palaces and received his portion there. He took it to his little cottage. Then Saint Germain and his companions went to look for lodgings. The cowherd brought them to his cottage. He saw that they had great hunger, but he had no food for them and himself. This cowherd had only one calf, he killed it and gave it to them, and they took it gratefully of the little good that he had. And when they had eaten and said grace, Saint Germain gathered up all the bones of the calf and laid them aside..them under the sky and after made his prayers to God, and then the calf arose all alive and whole as before. The next day after St. Germain demanded of the king why he had detained him, and the king was greatly ashamed and said to St. Germain, \"Thou shalt no longer reign, but thou shalt lead as the Saxons should fight against the Britons. And they saw that they were but few, and saw the holy man pass by. They called him, and then St. Germain and his followers preached so long to them that they came to the grace of baptism. And on Easter day they cast off their armor, and by great desire of faith they purposed to fight. And when the others heard that, they hardly dared to face them, for they were dispersed. St. Germain hid himself always with his people, and warned them when he cried \"alleluia.\" They should answer with one voice. And when the saints had cried \"alleluia,\" and the enemy had answered, their enemies had such fear that they threw all their weapons..and armor away / and certainly expected all the mountains to fall on them / and also heaven / so they all fled in fear. On a time, as St. Germain passed by Anghiarnce, he went to the tomb of St. Cassien. He asked how he was doing. He answered from the tomb where he lay and said, \"I am at rest in sweet peace, and await the coming of the Redeemer.\" He said to him, \"Rest in peace in the name of our Lord, and pray devoutly for us, that we may deserve the holy joys of the resurrection.\" When St. Germain came to Ravenna, he was received most honorably by Placidia the queen and her son Valentinian. At supper, she sent to him a great vessel of silver full of delicious food. He received it and gave the food to his servants. He kept the silver vessel for giving to the poor. In place of this gift, he sent to the queen a dish of wood or tree and a loaf of barley, which she received gladly. Afterward, she covered the dish with..The queen requested that he dine with her, and he agreed gladly. However, weary from travel, fasting, and watching, he rode an ass from his house to the palaces. At dinner, his ass died. When the queen learned of this, she was sorrowful and presented him with a fine and good horse. When the saint saw himself so richly adorned and appareled, he refused it, saying, \"Show me where my ass is. He who brought me here will bring me home again.\" Then he went to his dead ass and said, \"Let us return home again.\" The ass arose and shook itself as if it had risen from sleep, causing him no harm. Germanus remounted and rode home. Before departing from Reims, he said that he would not be long in this world and passed away seven days later..And in France, as he had requested of the queen, was born the body of our lord. He died around the year 420. Saint Germain had promised Saint Eusebius, bishop of Verdun, that upon his return, he would dedicate his church that he had founded. But when Bishop Eusebius of Verdun learned of Saint Germain's death, he vowed to dedicate his church in turn and lit the candles and tapers. However, the more they were lit, the more they were extinguished. When Eusebius saw this, he believed that the dedication had been made or that some other bishop would do it. Upon entering the church with Saint Germain's body, all the tapers were miraculously relit. Then Saint Eusebius remembered Saint Germain's promises and fulfilled them in death. However, it should not be misunderstood that this was done by the great Eusebius of Verdun himself..During the reign of Valentine the emperor, the time between the death of him and that of Saint Germain was more than fifty years. However, this was under another bishop named Eusebius, under whom this event occurred.\n\nThis concludes the life of Saint Germain.\n\nSaint Peter the deacon was imprisoned with iron chains and said to him, \"Jesus Christ will surely help you, if you believe in him.\" To whom Archenne replied, \"I am greatly surprised by your suffering for your god. And I see that he cannot deliver you. But if he can deliver me and also heal your daughter, I will believe in him. And when that was done, Saint Peter appeared to him in white clothes, holding the sign of the cross. Then Archenne fell down at his feet.\".A daughter was made all whole / He then with all his household received baptism, and he released from prison all Christian men and those who wished to be Christian. And with many others who believed, they were baptized by Saint Marcellyn the priest, when the provost of Rome heard this, he summoned all the Christians before him. He gathered them together and said that whoever would come to be martyred should come hardly without fear. And he who dared not come, let him go in peace where he will. And when the provost knew for certain that Saint Peter and Saint Marcellyn had baptized them, he had them brought before him and separated them. And Saint Marcellyn was laid naked upon broken glass without light or water, and Saint Peter was imprisoned in a narrow place where he was stretched. Then an angel came from heaven and unbound Saint Marcellyn and clothed him, and brought him with Peter to the house of Archdeacon by cause they should spend seven days there..After finding Marcellyn not in prison where he had set him, he summoned Archenne and commanded him and his household to perform sacrifices. They refused to obey him. He then placed them both in a pit in the earth. When Saint Marcellyn and Saint Peter heard the tale of Archenne, they went to him and sang mass in the same pit with seven Christian men who defended them. They said to the pagans, \"We could easily save Archenne and hide ourselves, but we will do neither.\"\n\nThe pagans then struck Archenne with a sword through his body and killed him. They then stoned his wife and daughter to death. They then took Saint Marcellyn and Saint Peter to the black isle and beheaded them there. This place is now called Candyda in their honor. They suffered martyrdom in the year of grace 1447. And those who beheaded them saw their souls surrounded by roses..Precious stones were carried up to heaven by angels. One Dorotheus, who beheld them, became Christian and lived a holy life. After resting in the Lord,\n\nThis ends the lives of Saint Marcellyn and Peter.\n\nPrime is as much to say as sovereign and great. Felician is as much to say as a blessed or happy old man. Prime is called sovereign and great in dignity for suffering of his martyrdom and powerful for the operation of miracles, holy for the perfection of his life, and blessed for his glorious fraction. Felician is called a happy old man not only for the antiquity of time but also for the reverence of dignity, for the ripeness of wisdom, and for the weight of his manners.\n\nPrime and Felician were accused to the emperors Diocletian and Maximian by the priests and bishops of the idols, in order that they should sacrifice. They replied, \"But if we do so, our gods will do nothing for us.\" Then, by the commandment of the emperors, they were.\"shitte in prison and bound with chains of iron, but after the angel unbound them and presented them before us, and when he found them firm and steadfast in their faith, he had them beaten. Then he sent one of them away from the other. The provost then spoke to St. Felician, saying he should have pity on his old age and sacrifice to their gods. Then he answered, \"I am sixty years old, and it is thirty years since I knew the truth. I have purposed to serve God, which may well deliver me from your hands.\" Then the provost had him bound and had nails driven into his feet and hands. He said to him, \"You shall remain in this state until you consent to us and do our will.\" When the provost saw that he endured his martyrdom so gladly and joyously, he had him tormented again, and commanded that nothing should be given to him to eat.\".said to him/ Your brother has consented to the emperor's decree, and therefore he is greatly honored in his palaces. Do the same. To whom he replied, though you are the son of the devil, yet in part you say that my brother consented to the decree of your heavenly Emperor. Then the provost was angry and commanded to set fire and boiling. He drank it as sweetly as it could have been cooling, and commanded two leons to be put before them, which stood before them like meek lambs. Then hundred and twenty-four and seven saints were beheaded. Then the provost had the saints beheaded, and threw their bodies to dogs and birds. But they never touched them, and after this, ten men buried them. These saints were thus martyred in the year two hundred and four, seven.\n\nLet us pray to these saints that we may come to eternal bliss in heaven. Amen.\n\nBarnabas means the same as the son of him..He is called a son four times in scripture in four ways: by reason of generation, education, imitation, and adoption. He was regenerated by Jesus Christ through baptism and taught by the gospel, following Him by martyrdom and adopted by heavenly reward. Regarding himself, he was coming, comforting, prophesying, and concluding, renouncing and preaching overall. This was evident, as he was a fellow of Saint Paul, converting a great multitude of people and sending them to the faith, as it appears in the Acts of the Apostles. Concerning the first, he was a manly man; the second, good; the third, filled with the Holy Ghost; and the fourth, true. His passion, bede, was compiled from Greek into Latin.\n\nSaint Barnabas was a deacon and was born in Cyprus..Barnabas, one of the 112 disciples of our Lord, is greatly praised in the Acts of the Apostles for his many good qualities. He was well-informed and orderly, both to himself and to God and his neighbor. He was well-ordered in himself according to the three virtues of the soul: reason, desire, and strength. Reason was enlightened in him with the clarity of true knowledge, as is said in the Acts of the Apostles in the fourteenth chapter. Among the doctors, prophets, and great masters of holy scripture in the church of Antioch were Barnabas, Simon, and many other great clerics. Yet he had desire well ordered and purged from all worldly affection, as is found in the Acts of the Apostles in the fourth chapter. He sold a field that he had, and the value and price thereof he laid at the feet of the apostles. The gloss says that St. Barnabas showed us that we ought to leave the thing that should not be put..They desired him neither harm nor gold, and he taught us to despise gold and silver, as he laid the silver at the feet of the apostles. Yet he possessed the power of the soul, which is called strength, well affirmed with the prowess of patience. This is evident in the great things and lofty things he undertook, and in the great penances he performed, and in the great torments and pains he suffered. Great things he undertook, and this is evident when he took upon himself to convert such a great city as Antioch. For when St. Paul came to Jerusalem, immediately after his conversion, and wished to accompany him with the disciples, they all fled away like sheep from wolves. But Barnabas went at once to him and took him and brought him into the company of the apostles. After he had enforced his body with great penances that he did, for he tormented it with ashes and harsh fastings, yet was St. Barnabas a man enforced to suffer pains and torments. He and St. Paul abandoned their lives..For the love of our Lord Jesus Christ, secondly he was ordained to serve God in bearing authority. He bore honor and reverence to the great authority of God, as found in the Acts of the Apostles, in the 14th chapter, where the holy ghost said, \"Take ye to me Barnabas and Saul for the work which I have chosen them,\" and Barnabas bore honor to the great majesty of God, for when reverence and sacrifice were due to Him, as to a god. He was called Jupiter, as he who went before, and they called Paul Mercury, as a fair and wise speaker. Anon Barnabas and Paul rent and tore their coats, and cried aloud, \"What do you mean, we are mortal as you are; which warn you to turn and convert to the true living God, Jesus Christ.\" After Barnabas bore reverence to the bounty of God, as found in the Acts of the Apostles, in the 15th chapter, some converts of the Jews sought to minish the bounty of the grace of God..And he said that this grace which our Lord had done in His passion was not sufficient to save us without circumcision, against this erroneous heresy Pule and Barnabas opposed themselves vigorously and showed them clearly that the grace and bounty that God had done was sufficient without the law for our salvation. After they sent this question to the apostles, they immediately dispatched letters throughout the world against this foolish error. After Saint Barnabas was strongly ordained against his neighbors, he nourished and fed all those committed to his care, in word, in example, and in benefits. In word, he pronounced to them the holy word of God and the gospel. It is said in the Acts of the Apostles that Pule and Barnabas remained in Antioch preaching the word of God. This is evident from the great multitude of people they converted in the city of Antioch. They converted so many people there that the disciples lost their special name and were called Christian men, as the others..Yet he nourished those in his care with good examples, for his life was a mirror of holiness and an exemplar of all religion. He was noble and hardy in all his works, and well adorned with all good virtues. He was filled with the holy ghost and enlightened and radiant in the faith of our Lord. These four things were manifested in his actions: yet he nourished them with benefits in two ways, temporal alms in administering to the poor's necessities, and spiritual alms in forgiving all rancor and evil will. The first alms was given by St. Barnabas, for he provided for those in extreme poverty and need, as was necessary for their survival. In the Acts of the Apostles, we find that during the time of Emperor Claudius there was a great famine, which Agabus had prophesied. The disciples who were returning to their brethren in Judea sent their alms to the most needy among them..by the hands of Barnabas and Paul, the second alms-giver, Saint Barnabas spoke when he pardoned his anger towards John, surnamed Mark. For when the said John, who was one of the disciples, had departed from the company of Barnabas and Paul, he repented and wished to return to them. Barnabas forgave him and took him back as his disciple again. But Paul would not receive him with them. Nevertheless, whatever was done between them was done with good intention. In this instance, we see the sweetness of Barnabas' pity, and in this instance, Saint Paul's unwillingness to receive him reveals the great favor and righteousness that was in him. After this, the gloss says Acts xv. Because this John had before been the master of the law to defend the law of Jesus Christ, and had not contained himself from reproving them, but had been negligent. For this reason, Saint Paul would not accord to receive him into the company of the others. Nevertheless, this departure of John was thus..company of St. Paul and another were sent, not for any vice in him but for sharpening and inspiring the holy ghost, so that they might preach in diverse places. After this, when Barnabas was once in the city called John, but you shall be called highly exalted, and when he had told this vision to his cousin Barnabas, he answered and said to him, keep well that you tell this vision to no man, for in the same form he appeared to me that night after Barnabas and Paul had long preached in the city of Antioch. The angel of God appeared to Paul and said to him, go quickly to Jerusalem, for you will find there some of the brethren who remain. Then Barnabas would go to Cyprus to visit his friends and kin who were there. Paul would go to Jerusalem. In this way, one departed from the other by the instruction of the holy ghost, and when Paul had shown to Barnabas this that the angel said,.Saint Bernabe answered, \"May God's will be done as He has decreed. I am going now to Cyprus, and there I shall end my life. He humbly knelt down and fell at his feet, weeping. Saint Pole, who had compassion on him, spoke to him with these words of consolation: 'Bernabe, who by his enchantment had taken away the sight from some and then given it back, was contrary to them and would not allow them to enter the temple. One day, Bernabe saw men and women running through the town naked and made a great feast. He was very angry and cursed them. The Jews came and took him, intending to deliver him to the judge of the city to punish him and put him to death. But when they heard that a great and powerful man had come into the city, named Eusebus, who was of the lineage of Nero, they released Bernabe.\".The Jews doubted that he would take him out of their hands and let him go, and so they immediately bound a cord around his neck and dragged him out of the city, burning him there. But the wicked Jews were not satisfied with merely tormenting him. They took his bones and put them in a lead vessel, intending to cast them into the sea. However, John and two other disciples went to the place by night and took the holy bones and buried them in a holy place. Then, according to suchilbert, they remained there until the time of Emperor Zenobius and Pope Gelasius, in the year of our Lord 400. After that, as Saint Dorotheus said, they were found by the revelation of Saint Barnabas himself, and were translated to another place. Saint Dorotheus also says, \"Barnabas preached first at Rome in the name of Christ and was made bishop of Mylae.\"\n\nThis ends the life of Saint Barnabas.\n\nModestus is equivalent to temperate, one of the cardinal virtues..Two extremities go round about every virtue, and the virtue abides in the midst. The extremities of wisdom are trickery and folly. The extremities of temperance are the accomplishment of all fleshly desires and doing after one's will. The extremities of strength are feeble courage and folly. The extremities of justice are cruelty and default. Therefore, the modest was temperate by the means of virtues that were in him. Vita is said to be vita, that is life. Saint Augustine in De Trinitate distinguishes three kinds of life: the active life that pertains to active life, a idle life that pertains to idleness, and a spiritual life which pertains to contemplative life. This great manner of living was in him. Or vita is as much to say as virtus or right virtuous.\n\nSaint Vitus was a child much noble, who suffered martyrdom at the age of twelve. His father beat him often because he despised idols. But neither for beauty nor smiting, he would never worship them. When.Valeryen, the prior of Luke, heard of this: he had him summoned before him. When Saint Vite refused to sacrifice for him or on his behalf, Valeryen caused him to be beaten with great statues. However, the hands of those who beat him became dry, and Valeryen's hands likewise in such a way that they could no longer hold them. Then Valeryen lamented, \"Alas, I have lost my hands.\" The child Vite replied, \"Call upon your gods; pray that they help you if they can.\" Valeryen responded, \"May you heal me.\" The child answered, \"I can, hello Jesus Christ. And at once he prayed and was healed.\"\n\nValeryen then spoke to his father, \"Chastise your son so that he does not die a bad death.\" His father brought him back to his own house and had harps, pipes, and all manner of instruments brought to him. And afterwards, maidens were summoned to play with him, and he was given all manner of delights to soften and change his heart..had been shut and enclosed in a chamber one day. There issued a marvelous odor and sweet savor. His father and the men marveled. And when the father looked into the chamber, he saw two angels sitting by his son. Then he said, \"The goddesses have come into my house.\" And immediately after these words, he became blind.\n\nThe entire city of Luques was assembled at the cry of the father. The provost Valeryan came also. He demanded what had happened to him. And he said to him, \"I have seen in my house the goddesses shining and bright as fire. And because I could not endure their brightness, I have become blind.\" Then they led him to the temple of Jupiter and promised him a bull with horns of gold to regain his sight.\n\nBut when he saw it, it availed him nothing. He requested his son to pray for him. And immediately, he made his prayer to God. And at once, he was healed. Yet, for all that, he would not believe in God. But he thought of how he might put his son to the test..Then an angel appeared to a servant named Modest and said to him, \"Take this child and lead him to a strange land. You will find a ship ready there, and enter it. Go out of the country.\" An angel brought food to them, and he performed many miracles in the country where he was.\n\nHowever, Dionysian, the son of the emperor, had an evil spirit in him, and publicly declared that he would not leave until the child named Vite arrived. He was searched for throughout the country, and when he was finally found, he was brought before the emperor. Dionysian asked if he could heal his son, but he replied, \"I will not heal him, but the Lord will.\"\n\nImmediately, Dionysian placed his hand on him, and he was healed, so that the devil left him. Dionysian then said to Vite, \"Take counsel in your work and sacrifice to our gods, so that you do not die a bad death.\" But Vite answered that he would never sacrifice to their gods..goddess / and anyone he was taken and put in prison with Modest his servant / and milestones were placed on their bodies / And immediately the millstones were filled / and the prison began to shine of great light / and when it was told to the emperor / they were taken out of prison / and after St. Vite was cast into a fire burning, but by the might of God he emerged whole and safe without suffering any harm /\n\nThen a terrible lion was brought to devour him / but immediately by the power of faith he became meek and debonair / after the emperor made him hang on a gibbet with Modest and Crescentia, his noblemen, who always followed him / Then they began to trouble and thunder / the earth to tremble / the temples of the idols to fall down / and killed many / The emperor was afraid and struck himself on the breast with his fist, saying \"alas, alas, a child has overcome me\" / then an angel appeared and unbound them / & found himself by a river / & there resting & praying..Rendered their souls to our Lord God, whose bodies were kept in the church of Egles, and afterward, by the revelation of St. Vyte, a noble lady named Florencia took the bodies and buried them worshipfully. They suffered martyrdom under Diocletian around the year 1467. It happened afterward that a gentleman from France took away their heads and put them in a church, which is a mile from Lusarches named Fosses, and enclosed them in a wall until he might set them more honorably. But he died or might not have finished it. So the heads were there where no living man knew where they were. It happened later that there was certain work in that church, and when the wall was broken where the heads lay, and were discovered, the belly of the church began to weep by itself. Then the people assembled at the church and found a writing which described how they had been brought there, and then they were laid more honorably and set in place..\"were fore and then were shown many miracles. Then let us pray to these glorious saints that it may please them to pray to God for us, in such a way that we may, through their merits and prayers, come to the glory of heaven. To which brings us the Father & Son & Holy Ghost, amen.\n\nQuirine, who was the daughter of a noble land, gave birth to her child in her arms. When her two chambermaids saw this, they fled and left her alone. Then the prior took the child in his arms. And Julitte, his mother, refusing to perform the sacrament, had her scourged with raw switches. And when the child saw his mother being beaten, he wept bitterly and made a lamentable noise. But the prior took him in his arms and danced him upon his knees, trying to please the child with kisses and fair words. The child always looked at his mother, abhorring the kisses of the prior, and turned his head away from him with great indignation and scratched.\".his face with his nails and gave cries consonant to his mother, as he should have said, \"I am also Christian.\" Then he fought with the provost and all, and the provost, having indignation thereof and in great anger, threw down the child from the steps where he sat, causing a broad skull to split open on the steps. Then Juliette seeing her son go to heaven before her, gave thanks to God, and was therefore glad. It was commanded that Juliette should be flayed and burning pitch cast on her, and finally her head struck off.\n\nIn another legend, Quirine despised the tyrant equally when he closed him as when he blamed him, and confessed him to be Christian. But how could he speak who was over-young? But the holy ghost spoke in him. When the provost demanded of him who had taught him, he answered and said, \"O provost, I marvel much at your folly.\".A young child of less than three years old demanded, \"Who taught me this divine wisdom?\" When the child was beaten, he cried out, \"I am Christian.\" The more he cried, the stronger his faith grew amidst the torment. The judge ordered the mother and child dismembered and cast into a broad place. But an angel gathered their bodies in the night, and they were buried by the Christian people. Their bodies were displayed in the church during the time of Constantine the Great. A maidservant, who had been one of their chambermaids and still lived, showed their relics to the people in great devotion. They suffered martyrdom around the year 304 AD.\n\nSaint Quirin and his mother Julitte's life ends here.\n\nMarina was a noble virgin and the only daughter of her father..Without brother or sister, and after the death of her mother, her father entered a monastery of religion and changed the appearance of his daughter, making her seem and be taken for his son rather than a woman. Then, the father prayed to the abbot and his brethren that they would receive his only daughter, whom they received to be a monk, and was called Brother Maryne by them. He began to live righteously and to be much obedient when she was twenty-seven years old. And when her father approached the death, he called his daughter to him, confirming her in her good purposes and commanding her in no way to show or be known that she was a woman.\n\nAnd then her father died. She went often to the wood with the cart to fetch home wood, and because it was far from the monastery, other times she lodged in a good man's house. Whose daughter had conceived a child by a knight, and when it was perceived, she was examined. She said that it was the child of the knight..Monk Marine had taken it and then immediately the father and mother went to the abbey and made a great complaint and a great clamor to the abbot for Monk Marine. The abbot, being ashamed and angered by this, summoned Monk Marine and demanded to know why he had committed such a heinous sin. Monk Marine answered humbly and said, \"Holy father, I ask for mercy from the Lord, for I have sinned.\" The abbot, feeling much angered by the sorrow and shame, commanded immediately that he be expelled from the monastery. Monk Marine left the monastery quietly and lived at the gate for three years, subsisting on a mere morsel of bread a day. When the child was weaned from his mother's breast, it was sent to the abbot and he sent it to Monk Marine, commanding him to keep the treasure he had brought forth. Monk Marine took the child meekly and kept it with him for two more years. He bore all these things with great patience and in all things gave thanks to the Lord..The brothers showed pity on him and considered his humility and patience. They took him into the monastery, and all the foul offices were assigned to him to do. He accepted it gladly and did everything peacefully and devoutly. In the end, being full of virtuous life, she died and departed from this world.\n\nWhen they went to take up her body and wash it for burial, they saw that she was a woman. All were astonished and afraid, realizing they had wronged the servant of God. They ran to see the sight and asked for forgiveness of their ignorance and trespasses. They then carried her body into the church and buried it honorably.\n\nA woman who had ensnared the servant of God was taken and tormented by a devil. Recognizing her sin, she went to the sepulcher of the blessed virgin and was delivered and made whole. The people from around there came to her tomb..assembly/ There our lord displayed many miracles for his blessed virgin Mary's sake. Mary died on the 24th of July.\n\nThis ends the life of Saint Maryne.\n\nMaryne, called Gerar, was a vessel or holy man, or Genar, which means strange, and Syor, which means little. He was holy through the merit of his life, a vessel to receive virtues within himself, strange by contempt of the world, and little by contempt of himself.\n\nProthas is said to be Prothos, which means first, and Syon, which means divine. Or Prothas may be said to be Procul, which means far, and Stasis, which means set. He was first by nature, divine by divine selection, and far removed from worldly affections.\n\nSaint Gerasius and Saint Prothas were brothers, sharing the same father and mother. Their father was Saint Vitalis, and their mother was the blessed Valeria, who gave all their goods to the poor..pour for the love of god / and dwelt with St. Nazaren, who made a right fair oratory in the city of Hebron. A child named Celsus brought him the stones. And if Nazaren had had the child Celsus or none, I never would have known. The history of Nazaren recounts that Celsus was offered to him for a long time afterwards. And when they were offloaded and taken to Nero the emperor, this child Celsus followed them mournfully. One of the knights struck and injured him. Nazaren then blamed him. Then the knights, in great anger, beat and defiled Nazaren under their feet. Afterwards, they put Celsus with the others in prison. And afterwards, they threw him into the sea and sent Geruase and Prothase to Melan. Nazaren was delivered by miracle and came to Melan. At that time, the earl Astolat arrived, who was fighting against the Marcomanni. The keepers of the idols came to him and said that their gods would give no answer..but if Geras and Prothas should first offer to them and sacrifice, / then were they brought and led for sacrifice. Geras then said, / all the idols were deaf and dumb, / and that he should invoke help from the almighty God. / The earl was angry and commanded him to be beaten with leaden scourges until he gave up his spirit, and so he endured death. / Then the earl commanded Prothas to be brought to him, to whom he said, / thou cursed wretch, now think to save thy life, / and do not die an evil death with thy brother. / Prothas replied, who is a wretch, / I fear not you or you me. / To whom Tasius said, / how should I fear the wretch, / To whom Prothas said, / In that you fear me, you should be harmed by me if I did not sacrifice to your gods. / If you did not fear being harmed by me, / you would never have compelled me to sacrifice to idols. / Then the prior commanded him to be hanged on a gibbet. / Then Prothas said to him, I am..not angry with the For I see the blindness in your heart's eyes and I have great pity on you because you do not see what you do, continuing what you have begun. On this day, the benevolent one of our savior may bring me to my brother. Then the earl commanded him that his head should be struck off, and thus he suffered martyrdom for our lord. Philip, a servant of Jesus Christ, with his son, took the bodies and buried them secretly in his house in a tomb of stone. They placed a book at her head containing their nativity, their life, and their end.\n\nAnd they suffered death under Nero, about the year 51 of our lord. These bodies were hidden there for many years, but in the time of Saint Ambrose, they were found in this manner. Saint Ambrose was in prayer in the church of Saint Felicity and Saint Nabor, and in such a way that he neither slept nor woke, two young men appeared to him, dressed in white vestments with one coat and mantle and hose. They appeared praying with him with their hands raised..Then Saint Ambrose prayed that if it was an illusion that it should not appear again, and if it was truth that it should be shown to him. When the cock crew and the younglings appeared to him adoring with him in similar manner, and at the third time they appeared the third night when he had fasted and slept not, and with them appeared Saint Peter the apostle after he had seen him in painting. Then the younglings said nothing but the apostle spoke, \"These are they who desire nothing earthly but have followed my admonitions. And these are they from whom you will find the bodies. And there you will find an arch of stones covered with twelve feet of earth, and you will find at their heads a little book in which is contained their birth and their end.\" Then Saint Ambrose called all his neighbors and began first to dig the earth, and they found, as the apostle had said to him, and they had lain in that place for well over three hundred years..They were as fresh as they had been laid there that hour, and a right sweet smell issued from their tomb. In it, a blind man touched the byre, and at once he received his sight again. Many other sick people were healed by their merits. And in their solemnities, peace was restored between the lords and the emperor of Rome. Saint Gregory the Pope established the Mass for their introduction. \"Loquetur dominus pacem,\" and this office belonged in part to the saints, and in part to the great adventures that were in that time. Saint Austyn relates in the book of the City of God that he was present, along with the emperor and a great company, when a blind man received his sight at Melan at the bodies of Geruase and Prothase. However, it is not known whether it was the same blind man or not. He also tells in the same book that there was a young man in a town named Victoryan, who rode his horse into a river that lay there, and as soon as he was in it..The devil strangled him and threw him in the water. All day they sang an evil song in the church of St. Gerasus and Prothas. He was smitten with the voices of those who sang, and he started up alive in a great haste and entered the church in great fear. He held fast to the altar as if he had been bound there. Then the devil threatened him and said, \"If you will not come here, I will break all your limbs.\" A little while later, by the merits of the holy martyrs, he was clearly healed. And St. Ambrose says in his preface, \"These are they who, by the heavenly banner, took hold of the apostles and conquered and have been released from the snares of the world. They destroyed the fellowship of the devil and followed freely, without any hindrance, our Lord Jesus Christ, like a noble brotherhood, who so learned the holy words that no filth was mingled among them. O how glorious was this struggle that caused them both to shine.\".be crowned in heaven, like as they issued out of one belly / Thus ends the lives of Saint Gerasue and Saint Prothase.\n\nKing Edward the Young, also known as Saint Edward the Martyr, was the son of King Edgar. He became king at the age of three years and seven months. When his own mother was dead, his father the king wedded another wife, who was wicked. By her, he had a son named Ethelred. This queen labored greatly to destroy young King Edward, in order to make her own son Ethelred king. She little loved King Edward. For at that time, King Edgar was dead, who had been a good justicer in chastising rebels and cherishing good and well-disposed people. He had a blessed and holy man, Saint Dunstan, who was chief of his council and was much ruled by him. In that time, there was joy and mirth in all England. And the queen, through the instigation of the devil, our enemy, labored continually to destroy this young King Edward. It happened that this said young King Edward was slain\non hunting with his knights..In the wood of Dorset beside the town of Warham, and there, in the chaos, the king happened to depart from his men. He rode alone to see his brother Athelred, who was there with the queen his mother in the castle named Corfe. But when the queen saw him there alone, she was joyful and glad in her heart, hoping to accomplish that which she had labored for so long. She went to the king and welcomed him with fair and blushing words. She commanded to fetch bread and wine for the king, and while the king drank the butler took a knife and plunged it through the king's body to the heart. The king fell down dead. And immediately then, the queen's servants buried the body in a desolate place in the wood, so that no man should know where he had become.\n\nWhen Saint Dunstan knew that the king had been so murdered, he made great sorrow. And in short time after, against his will, he crowned her son Athelred king..He said to the king, for as much as you have come to be king by means of manslaughter and wrongdoing, you shall therefore have great sorrow and trouble to your life's end. And all shall fall for the death of your brother Edward. Whoever wishes to know the sorrow that follows may see it in the life of St. Alphey, and there he shall see what sorrow there is, and all was for the death of this saint Edward. And all the poor people of this land grieved greatly for this good king's death, and especially because they could not find him to bury him worthy. In a time when men of Warwick and the country had gone to seek this holy body of St. Edward with great devotion, praying our Lord that they might have knowledge where the holy body was. Soon after one of them who sought it saw a great light in a desolate place of the wood, in the likeness of a pillar of fire reaching from heaven to the grave..Then the people reverently dug up the body and brought it with solemn procession to the church of Warham. They buried this holy body in the church yard at the east end of the church, for they dared not do otherwise out of displeasure of the queen. But now over that grave is built a fair chapel of Our Lady. And in the place where he was first buried is now a right fair well, which is called St. Edward's Well, where our Lord shows many miracles for his holy martyr St. Edward. And in like manner in the chapel at Warham where his holy body lay for a long time, our Lord also shows miracles, but long after, by the labor of Earl Athelred, who greatly loved St. Edward, with the bishops and clergy, by the counsel of St. Wilfrid and St. Edith, the sisters of St. Edward, and nuns at Wilton, the holy body was taken out of the chapel of Warham and brought with great solemnity to the nunnery of Shaftesbury. And by the way as men bore this holy body, two cripples were healed..They followed the holy body with great joy and thanksgiving to Shaftesbury, laying it reverently in the wall by the high altar. The queen, his stepmother, heard of the miracles God performed for him and deeply repented, crying for mercy and forgiveness from God and the saint for her transgression. However, her horse refused to move forward, neither spurred nor urged, and she dismounted and proceeded meekly on foot. Along her journey, she frequently repented of the cursed deed she had caused to be done to this holy saint Edward. Upon reaching Shaftesbury where his body was buried, she showed great reverence and cried for mercy..The saint, for her great offense, became a very good woman, showing deep repentance for it throughout her life. After the holy body had remained in the wall for certain years, St. Edward appeared to a holy religious man and instructed him to go to Dame Althred, the abbess of that place, and tell her to transfer his body to a more worshipful place. She then went to St. Dunstan to seek his help in this matter. Soon after, St. Dunstan arrived with a multitude of bishops, abbots, priests, and other clergy. They took up the holy body and placed it in a worshipful shrine that the abbess and other well-disposed people had prepared. When the body was removed from the wall, a fragrant smell, like the smell of frankincense, emanated from the grave, comforting the people greatly. This holy king and martyr were translated in the year 1000 and some more..King Ethelred was dead. Edward, his son, ruled after him. He was a holy and glorious king and confessor. He lies buried at Westminster and is reverently venerated there. Our Lord has shown many great miracles for him.\n\nLet us pray to this holy martyr Saint Edward the King and to Saint Edward the Confessor, that they pray to our Lord for us, that we may be humbled and repentant in this wretched world, and when we shall depart hence, come to his everlasting life in heaven. Amen.\n\nAfter Julius Caesar, the first emperor of Rome, had divided the land of France, and he made a shipping into great Britain, which is now called England, in the time of Cassibelaunus, king of the Britons. He was driven out twice, and the third time, with the help of Androgues, duke of Kent, he obtained victory and conquered the realm. He subdued it to Rome and made it pay annual tribute. He also established and stabilized it..Certain statistics in this land which were long observed and kept. Among these, he ordered that no one from this land should receive the order of knighthood except at Rome by the hands of the emperor. This was to prevent the rough people and unworthy ones from taking upon themselves that order, which is of great dignity, and also they should take an oath never to rebel nor bear arms against the emperor. These statutes were observed in all places subject to Rome. Then, in the land of Britain, now called England, there reigned a king named Severus. To please Emperor Diocletian, Severus sent his son Basil, along with many other lords' sons from Cornwall, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, to the number of five hundred and forty, among whom was a prince's son from Wales, who was named Amphibal, a good-looking young man well-educated in Latin, French, Greek, and Hebrew. Additionally, there was among his companions a lord's son from Verolamium..A man named Albone, who was a well-disposed and seemly young man with good governance, and this fellowship prospered in Rome during the time when Zephyrus was pope. Zephyrus saw the great beauty of this young company and had compassion that they were not Christian. He labored as much as he could to convert them to the faith of Jesus Christ. Among them, he converted the prince of Wales, Amphyabel, and baptized him, informing him secretly in the faith. This holy Amphyabel then forsook the pomp and glory of the world for the love of Jesus Christ and continued his life in perfection. There were many other conversions at that time, whom Dionysian sought, but he could find none. Then he arranged a day for these young men to receive the order of knighthood from the emperor's hand. He girded their swords around them and informed them of the rule and estate of the order..When all the ceremonies were completed, according to order, and the others had sworn, Basilianus, the son of King Severe, requested permission from the Emperor to prove his knighthood in the jousting and tourney. This was granted to him and generously allowed due to his manly desire and noble request. In this jousting and tournament, Basilianus and his companions had the prize and victory. Among all others, Albon was the best knight and most valiant in strength, for which he had a sovereign name before all others. His arms were azure, with a gold sable. These arms later bore the noble king of a first founder of the monastery called St. Albans. And he, bearing the arms, had ever glorious victory. After his death, he left the arms in the monastery of St. Albans. When Basilianus and his companions had long sojourned in Rome, they asked leave of the Emperor to return home to Britain. This was granted to them all, except for Albon, whom for his manliness and valor..In that time, Prudence retained his services around his person, and he stayed with him for seven years. Afterwards, Maximian, a fellow of Diocletian's, was sent to Britain with a great army to suppress the rebellions. Alboin came with him and was appointed prince of his knights. They entered Britain again.\n\nAt that time, Saint Pancras sat in the see at Rome, converting people to the faith of Jesus Christ through his own actions and those of virtuous preachers, and performing miracles. He baptized 61,000 men in the city of Rome. When the emperor heard of this, he summoned all the senators, kings, princes, and lords of every land under Roman jurisdiction to consult on how to destroy the Christian faith. It was then decided that the pope and all his Christian people should be damned and punished with various torments. All books of Christian law should be burned, and churches destroyed. All holy men were to be targeted..Church to be slain in every place, where it was known among the Christian people of Rome among various parties of the world, then they went and departed into their own country. Among them was Saint Amphibalus, who had long dwelt at Rome and returned to Britain, his native land. He came to Verolamium, where no one would receive him into his house. He walked about in the streets, awaiting the comfort of God. Then it happened that he met Albone, who was lord of that city and prince of the knights, and steward of the land, having about him a great multitude of servants. At that time Albone was richly arrayed with clothes adorned with gold. All the people paid him great worship. Amphibalus, who had left the arms of a knight, was dressed like a clerk. Albone knew him, but Amphibalus did not know him. Yet they had been companions in fellowship before. Amphibalus begged Albone for herbs, for the love of God..Albone, without feigning, as he who always loved to grant hospitality, received him well and gave him necessary food and drink. And after his servants had departed, he went secretly to this pilgrim and said to him: \"How is it said that you are a Christian man and come to these parties to harm the gentiles? To this Saint Amphibal replied: \"My lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the living God, has surely conducted me, and by His power He has kept me from all parallels. This same Lord has sent me to this land to preach and denounce to the people the faith of Jesus Christ, so that they may become acceptable to Him. To this Albone replied: \"What is He that is the Son of God, whom you affirm to be Ihu Christ, the Son of the Virgin? These things are new to me, for I have not heard of them before. I would gladly know what Christian men feel about them.\" Then Amphibal explained and declared our faith to him..An Anonymous disciple disputed with him and said that for that reason it might not be and so departed from him. The next night after St. Alban saw in his dream all the mystery of our faith. He saw how the second person of the Trinity came down and took our nature and became man and suffered death and of his resurrection and his ascension. St. Alban was greatly troubled by this and came on the morrow to Amphibalus and told him what he had dreamed. Then St. Amphibalus thanked the Lord and informed him in the faith that St. Alban was steadfast in the belief of Jesus Christ.\n\nAnd thus St. Amphibalus kept his master Alban in his house for six weeks and more. And always in a place named Tyburium they held their holy communion so long until at last they were espied. And they complained to the judge. Therefore the judge sent for Alban and for the clerk. And because the clerk should go to Wales, St. Alban dressed him like a knight and led him out of the town. He departed with many tears and commanded.Each other to our lord, and after Saint Albans was sent forth, who came bearing on him the clergy's attire and clothing, bringing a cross and an image of our lord hanging thereon, so that they should know truly that he was a Christian man. And the men who came for him drew him cruelly to the judge Askepot. And when the pagans saw him bearing the sign of the cross, which was unknown to them, they were greatly troubled and afraid.\n\nThen the cruel judge demanded of him whose servant he was and of what kindred, and because he would not tell, he was much angered and asked many questions. He told him that his name was Albans, and that he was a true Christian man.\n\nThen the judge demanded of him where the cleric was, who had entered the city late, speaking of Christ. He has come to beguile and deceive our citizens. You know well that he would have come before us, but his conscience has reminded him, and he has mistrusted his cause. Deception and falseness is hidden under his..You shall well know and understand that you have consented to a foolish man. Therefore, forsake his doctrine and repent, making satisfaction for your transgression by performing sacrifice to our gods. You shall not only have forgiveness of your sin but also towns and provinces, men, gold, and power.\n\nAlbon spoke to the judge, \"O thou judge, the words and threats you have spoken are vain and superfluous. This clerk, if it had seemed good and profitable to him and if both our hearts had agreed, would have come to your audience. But I would not assent to it, knowing that this people are ever ready to do evil. I have received his doctrine and repent of nothing concerning it. The faith that I have received restores the weak and sick to their health for the deed prevails over it. This faith is more dear to me than all riches and failure. For those who most ardently serve it.\".They had been most wretchedly discarded. Then came upon him a great multitude of pagans and with force and strength compelled him to offer to their gods. But in no way would he consent to their cursed rites. And by the commandment of the judge, he was taken and stretched broad to be scourged. And as he was grievously beaten, he turned to our Lord and said, \"My Lord Jesus Christ, I beseech Thee keep my mind that it may not waver, nor fall from the state Thou hast set it in. For, Lord, with all my heart I offer my soul to Thee in true sacrifice. And I desire to be made Thy witness by shedding of my blood.\" These words he spoke among his beatings, and the tormentors beat him so long that their hands grew weary. And the people hoped that St. Albone would change his purpose. Therefore, he was kept under the jurisdiction of the judge for seven weeks and more. And all that time the elements bore witness to the injury done to holy Albone. From the time of his..taking into account the time he was delivered from the bonds of his flesh, there was never dew or rain on the earth. But scorching heat of the sun, and also in the nights, unbearable heat was present, so that neither trees nor fields produced fruit. And thus the elements fought against this holy man on behalf of the wicked men. The judge asked for courage to kill him due to the great love the emperor had for him and out of respect for his dignity and the power of his kin. Until he had informed Diocletian of his conversion. And when the emperor had seen the letters, Maximian came to Britain to destroy the faith of Jesus Christ. He was commanded that no Christian man should be spared, except for Albone, whom they were to entertain with fair promises and fear with threats, and thus compel him to turn back to their sect. And if he would in no way leave the Christian faith, then he was to receive capital sentence..byhedded by some knight for the worship of the order of knighthood / And the clerk who converted him to suffer the foulest death that could be imagined / so that the bystanders may have fear and horror of similar pains / And when Maximian came into Britain, he took the king with him and went straight to the city of Verolamye to fulfill the emperor's commandment / And then Saint Albans was brought forth before them from prison / and in every way they could imagine, they tried to persecute him / But the holy man was constant and firm in the faith / therefore, having taken indignation, they ordered a day of justice / which day they gave sentence first on Amphibal / that wherever he was found, he should be scourged / & after bound to a stake naked / and then his navelf opened & his bowels to be fastened by one end to the stake / and he then to be driven to go round about the stake until all his bowels were wound out about the stake..And after having his head struck off, and as touching Saint Albans, they passed sentence that he should be beheaded. These sentences were given under writing. Then all the burgesses of Verulamium of London and other towns around were summoned to come the next Thursday following to hear the judgment and see the execution of Albion, Prince of Knights and Steward of Britain. At that day came people without number to see this said execution. And then Albion was brought out of prison whom they desired to make sacrifice to Jupiter and Apollo. Which utterly refused it, but preached the faith of Christ, converting many to be christened. Maximian and Askapodus then gave final sentence on him, saying: \"In the time of Emperor Diocletian, Albion, Lord of Verulamium, Prince of Knights and Steward of all Britain during his life, has despised Jupiter and Apollo, our gods, and to them has done disrespect and blasphemy. Wherefore by the law he is judged to be dead by the hand of...\".A knight / and his body to be buried in the same place where his head shall be smitten off / and his sepulcher to be made worthy for the honor of knighthood, of which he was prince, and also the cross that he bore and the cloak that he wore to be buried with him / and his body to be enclosed in a chest of lead and so laid in his sepulcher / This sentence has the law ordained because he has denied our principal gods /\n\nThen a great murmur arose among the people and said that they ought not to suffer such injury done to so noble and good a man / and especially his kin and friends, who labored greatly for his deliverance / whereof Albone was afraid to be delivered from his passion at their request and instance / and they stood up holding the cross looking toward heaven and saying, \"Lord God Jesus Christ, I beseech Thee that Thou suffer not the devil to prevail against me through his deceits / and that the people let not my martyrdom.\" And then he turned to the people saying, \"Why do you tarry?\".And yet you lose the time, why do you not execute the sentence upon me? I let you know I am a great enemy to your gods, which have no power or ability to do anything, neither here nor see nor understand. To whom among you would be like such idols? O what vanity, and what blindness is among you, that you worship such idols, and will not know Jesus Christ, the only son of God and his true law? Then the pagans spoke to Cydher and agreed that he should be put to death. They chose a place where he should be executed, named Holmesherst.\n\nBut then a controversy arose among the people concerning what death he should suffer. Some would have him crucified, like Christ. And others would have him quickly buried. But the judge and the people of the city would have him beheaded, according to the commandment of the emperor. And so he was led forth toward his martyrdom. And all the people followed this holy man with despising words and rebukes. The blessed Albone answered no word, but meekly and patiently suffered..All theyrepresentatives and the people were so great a multitude that they occupied all the large and spacious place. The heat of the sun was so great that it burnt and scalded their feet as they went, and so they led him until they came to a swift running river, where they could not easily pass due to the press of people. For many were pushed over the bridge into the water and were drowned, and many, unable to go over the bridge due to the crowds, took off their clothes to swim over the river. Some who could not swim presumed to do the same and were wretchedly drowned. This caused great rumor and pitiful noise among the people. When Saint Aelbon perceived this, he wept and prayed to God that the water might be lessened and the flood withdrawn, so that the people might be with him at his Passion. And forthwith, at the request of Saint Aelbon, God showed a miracle..The fair miracle occurred when the water withdrew and the river dried up, enabling people to safely walk across. The holy man's prayer also revived those who had drowned and they were found alive in the river depths. One of the knights drawing sword for St. Aelred saw these miracles and threw away his sword, confessing his error, wept, and declared himself God's servant. He testified, \"Your God is almighty, and there is no god but He, for by your prayers this river is made dry. Therefore, I acknowledge Him as my God, who performs such miracles.\" However, their fury and madness increased, and they accused him of falsehood, insisting it was not as he claimed..But this water is thus dried by the benevolence of our goddesses, and therefore we worship Jupiter and Apollo, who for our ease have taken up this water by great heat. And because you take away the worship of our goddesses and reward it to others through evil interpretation, you have deserved the pain that belongs to a blasphemer.\n\nThen, forthwith, they drew out his teeth from his head, and the holy mouth that had borne witness to truth was severely beaten with so many of them that they tore all the members of his body and broke all his bones, leaving him lying upon the ground.\n\nBut who could express without weeping the way this holy man was drawn and led through brambles, thorns, and sharp stones? The blood of his feet colored the way as they went, and the stones were bloody.\n\nFinally, they came to the hill where this holy relic was to finish and end his life. A great multitude of people were near this place..For the heat of the sun and thirst, and when they saw the bones they grunted at him in anger, saying, \"O thou most wicked man, how great is thy wickedness that makes us die with thy sorcery and witchcraft in this great misery and heat. Then Albone, having pity on them, sorrowed greatly for them and said, \"Lord who made man's body of earth and his soul to Thy likeness, suffer not these creatures to perish for any cause committed in me. Blessed Lord, make the air temperate and send them water to refresh them. And then immediately the wind blew a fresh cool, and also at the feet of this holy man Albone sprang up a fair well. The people marveled to see the cold water spring up in the hot, sandy ground, and so high on the top of a hill. This water flowed all about and in large streams running down the hill. And then the people ran to the water and drank, and they were well refreshed. Thus, by the merits of Saint Albone..The thirst of these men was quenched, but they strongly pressed for the blood and death of this holy man. They prayed and praised their gods, took the holy man, and first bound him to a stake. Afterward, they hung him by the head from the stake. Among the people, they sought one to strike off his head. A cruel man was ready and, in a rage, took his sword and struck off the head of this holy man with one stroke, causing the body to fall to the ground and the head to hang still on the stake. Many of the pagans said that this vengeance came from great righteousness. The knight left for death on the side was encouraged as much as he could and crept up to the top of the hill where St. Alban was beheaded..The judge seeing him began to scorn him and all the miracles that had been shown by St. Albans. He said to him, \"O thou lame and crooked one, pray to your elbow that it restores you to your first health. Run and carry him and take heed by which you may receive your healing. Why do you tarry so long? Go and bury his body and serve him.\"\n\nThen this knight, Burning with charity, said, \"I firmly believe that the blessed elbow, by its merits, may grant me perfect health, and grant me from our Lord that which you mock, and scornfully call him. And when he had said this, he took and embraced the holy elbow in his arms, and reverently lost it from the bough and set it fairly on the body. And by the miracle of our Lord Jesus Christ, he was forthwith restored to his first health, and forthwith began to preach the great power of our Lord Jesus Christ and the merits of St. Albans.\n\nHe was stronger to labor than ever before, for which he gave thanks and praise to God and to this holy martyr St. Albans..And there in the same place they buried the holy body of St. Albone and laid a fair tomb over him. Afterward, the pagans took this knight and bound him to a stake, and after beheading him that same day. The judge then gave permission to the people to depart and go home. The night after, a clear light came down from heaven to St. Albone's sepulcher, where angels descended and ascended all night, singing heavenly songs among whom this song was heard. St. Albone, the glorious martyr of Jesus Christ, is a noble saint. The people came to behold this sight. Therefore, many were converted from their false beliefs and believed in Jesus Christ. Many of them soon after went to Wales to seek Amphibalus for baptism and instruction in the faith of Jesus Christ. There they found him preaching the word of God. And they told him how St. Albone had been martyred. As a token, they brought the cross which he held in his hand and was still bloody..This holy man thanked and praised our lord for enabling him to clearly know that he had suffered death. After the people from Verolamye had been baptized and received the faith, the judge became angry and inquired about the number of those who had left the city. He found that there were over a thousand people whose names were written down. The judge then organized a large group of well-armed people to search for Amphibal and those who had gone to him. They found all these people away from Amphibal, listening to him preach the word of God. One of those sent to search for them confronted Amphibal, saying, \"You deceiver and most wicked of all men, why have you led these people astray with your deceitful preaching?\".sterning them to forsake our true laws and god's commandments and leave their error, returning home again to our city; and if you do not, we shall sell all of them and bring them to our city to be tormented to death. To one of the Christian men he said certainly, this man is the very true servant of God, for whom God does and shows daily miracles, and we all know ourselves to be very true Christian men and ready for the love of the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ to suffer death, for to have therefore our reward in heaven everlasting joy and bliss, and counsel you to be baptized and receive the faith of Christ. And when the pagans heard this, they ran upon all that blessed company in a great fury and cruelly slew them, who gladly offered themselves to suffer death for our Lord. There the father slew the son and the son the father, brother slew brother, and cousins their cousins. Then the holy man Amphibal seeing this blessed company thus cruelly put to death..The tormentors took Amphyabel and swore by their gods that they would bring him to Verolamye quickly or dead. They bound his hands behind him, drew him forth going a foot, and his feet bled greatly until they reached the place where St. Albone was buried. A sick man was going from Verolamye to Amphyabel to receive the faith, and he cried to Amphyabel for relief from his sickness. The paynims scorned him, but Amphyabel, by the name of the Lord, made him whole and lost the bonds of his hands. Some of the paynims glorified the Lord because of this, saying that Amphyabel was brought and would come. The people of the city were glad and supposed he would have forsaken his faith, but the tormentors took and bound him.\n\nOne of them told them how their friends were slain and what..myracles God showed for them at their death in such a way that many were converted to the faith. The people ran out of the city to the place where this holy man was and stood, which was at the tomb of St. Albon. One of those torturers, in a great fury, took this holy man and bound him fast. Afterward, he opened his abdomen and took out one end of his intestines. He fastened it to a stake he had driven into the ground and made the holy man go around it. He whipped and beat him until his intestines were wound out of his body.\n\nIn all this pain, this holy man gave no sign of sorrow or disease. And then, in their madness, they ran upon him with spears and swords to compel him to go around it until all were drawn out. This was a marvel to the people that he so patiently endured such grievous torments for so long. Therefore, many of them forsook their idols and became Christian. When the judge saw and knew that the people had been converted,.Cristen he commanded to kill the inconntent ones, and so there were slain a thousand people, whom Amphibal saw and thanked God, recommending their souls to Him. Then the tormentors, seeing the life still in this holy man, cast stones at him and stoned him. He persisted in preaching to them and counseled them to be baptized. They would have forgiveness for all their sins, and the gates of heaven would be opened to them. But they did not cease from their cruel stoning. At last, this holy man lifted up his eyes to heaven, beseeching the Lord to receive his spirit. Then he saw St. Albans standing among the angels, to whom he said, \"O holy St. Albans, I beseech thee that thou pray to our Lord for me, that it please Him to send His angel to lead me safely, that I not be hindered in my way by the cursed enemy, the devil.\" And scarcely had he said the words when two angels descended from heaven and said to him, \"This day thou shalt be in heaven.\".And when the penitents heard this heavenly voice, they were afraid and abashed. And the angels took his soul with heavenly song and mirth, and bore it to heaven. And so departed this holy soul from the body. But the penitents, persisting in their malice, threw stones at the dead body, and immediately afterward a debate arose among them, each fighting with the other. And meanwhile, a Christian man stole away the body and hid it. And anon after, our Lord showed a great miracle. And that was that the faces of the tormentors were disfigured; their hands, arms, and other members shriveled up. The judge lost his mind and went mad. Because they strove against the will of God, they suffered great pain afterward. And thus suffered these two holy martyrs, St. Albon and St. Amphyabel, their martyrdom and death for the faith of Jesus Christ. Which by their merits bring us unto His everlasting bliss. Amen\n\nThus end the passions and martyrdom of St. Albon and St. Amphyabel..Amphiabel\nSAynt Iohan baptiste is named in many maners he was named a prophete frende of the spouse / lan\u2223terne / an aungel / voys / helyas / baptist of the saueour / messager of the Iuge and foregoar of the kynge / by prophete is signefyed prerogatyf of knowleche in the frende of the spouse / noblesse of loue / In the lanterne brennyng / no\u2223blesse of holynes / in an aungel prero\u2223gatyf of vyrgynyte / In voys / noblesse of mekenes / in helye / noblesse of bren\u2223nyng loue / In baptiste prerogatyf of meruayllous honour / In messager / prero gatyf of prechyng / and in for\u2223goyng prerogatyf of preparacyon or makyng redy / Alle thyse vertuous thynges were in hym / \nTHe Natyuyte of saynt Iohan baptyste was au\u0304cient & shewed by the archaungel ga\u2223bryel in this manere / It is said in thystorye scolastyke that dauyd the kyng wyllyng to encrece & make more the seruyse of god / Instytu\u00a6ed xxiiij bysshoppes or hyghe preestys of whome one was ouerest & grettest & was named prynce af the preestys / and he ordeyned that eche.Priest should serve a week, Abias was one and had the seven weeks of whose kinship Zachariah was descended, father of Saint John the Baptist. This Zachary had to marry one of the daughters of the kinship of Aaron, whose name was Elisabeth, daughter of Esmeria, who was sister of Saint Anne, mother of our Lady. Then this Elisabeth and our Lady were cousins, daughters of two sisters. These two Zachary and his wife Elisabeth were just before our Lord living, in all the justifications, and holding all the commandments of the law without murmur or complaint, praising and thanking our Lord God.\n\nThey had no children, for the holy woman was barren. They had great desire to have a son who might be the heir by succession of lineage after Zachary. And of this they had prayed much to the Lord, but when it pleased not unto the Lord they took it as a worth and thanked God for all. They served the more devoutly our Lord God, for they had no charge but only to serve and attend to Him..Many there are who withdraw from the service and love of our lord for the sake of their children. He and his wife Elizabeth were both old. It happened at a solemnity that the Jews had after August, that the bishop did the holy sacrifice in doing the office that belonged to him and to his week. He went to encense and entered into the temple. The people remained without making their prayers and awaiting the coming again to them of the holy bishop. Thus, as he was alone and encensed the altar, the angel Gabriel appeared to him standing on the right side of the altar. And when the holy bishop saw him, he was abashed and had great fear. The angel said to him, \"Be not afraid, Zachary, your prayers have been heard. And you have found grace before our lord. Elizabeth your wife will conceive and bear a son whom you shall call John. You will have great joy and gladness from him. And many people will make great festivity and joy at his nativity. For he will be great and of great merit..Before our lord, he shall not drink wine, nor anything wherewith he might be drunk. And in his mother's womb, he shall be sanctified and filled with the holy ghost. He shall convert many of the sons of Israel, that is, of the Jews, to our lord. And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah the prophet. For to convert the father and sons, the old and the disobedient, to the sense of righteousness, and to the service of God.\n\nWhen the angel had said this to Zacharias, he answered, \"How may I believe and know that this is truth that you say?\" I am now old and my wife is barren.\n\nThe angel answered and said, \"I am Gabriel the angel and servant before God, who in his name am sent to speak to you and to show you these things. And because you have not believed me, you shall be mute, you shall not speak until the day that these things which I have said shall be accomplished.\"\n\nThe people were waiting and expecting when Zacharias the bishop should come out..meruayled where he taryed so longe / he came out of the temple / but he myght not speke / but the holy man made to them signes / by whyche they thought wel that he had seen somme vysyon of our lord / but more knewe they not / he abode in the temple alle that weke / and after went home to hys hows / his wyf conceyued and waxe grete / and whan she perceyued it she was shamefaste / and kepte hyr in hyr hows wel fyue monethys / In the syxthe monethe the same aun\u2223gel Gabrye was sente from our lord vnto the blessyd vyrgyn marye newly espowsed to Ioseph / which shewed the concepcion of Ihesu criste sone of god our lord / and the aungel tolde to hyr that she shold conceyue of the holy ghooste wythout knowleche of man / for our lord may do al that it pleaseth hym / lyke as it apperyth sayd he of Elysabeth thy cosyn the whiche she be\u2223yng olde of age and bareyn by nature of hir body / hath conceyued by the ple\u2223sure of our lord / and hath now borne abowte vj monethes / whan our lady herde that saynt elizabeth hir cosyn.was great she went to visit and accompany her in the mountains where she dwelt, far and in a harsh and difficult way. When she arrived there, she was received courteously. Our Lady was then great with the blessed Son of God, Jesus Christ, whom she had conceived when she said to the angel, \"Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord.\" Then the greeting entered into the ears of Saint Elizabeth's body and into her child that she bore within her. This child was endowed with the grace and sanctity of the blessed Holy Ghost, and by the presence of our Lord was sanctified in the womb of His mother, and filled with grace, from which he rejoiced in making reverence to our Lord, whom he could not make of himself but by the grace he had received from the holy ghost. Of which merits and grace was Saint Elizabeth blessed..Replenished, and one prophesied in saying and crying with high voices, \"Thou art blessed among and above all women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, from whence comes to me such grace so great that the mother of my lord appears to me. I know well that thou hast conceived the son of God. For as soon as thy salutation entered into my ears, the child that is in my belly rejoiced and made merry, and thou art well blessed and happy that thou hast given faith and believed the words of the angel, which he said to thee: 'For all things shall be performed that he has said to thee.'\n\nOf all these things, Saint Elizabeth knew nothing when our lady came, nor yet had our lady said anything to her. But the holy ghost, through the merits of her holy child that she bore, had replied to our lady and made her recite the holy psalm, saying, \"Magnificat anima mea dominum,\" and all the remainder. Our lady stayed with Saint Elizabeth for three months or thereabouts..When she was delivered and lay on the bed, it is said that she performed the office and service to receive St. John the Baptist when he was born.\n\nWhen he was born, and the neighbors and relatives and friends knew the grace that the Lord had bestowed upon these holy people, noble in lineage, rich in goods, and of great dignity, to whom in the end of their age He had given an heir, a male, against double or triple nature,\n\nThey made great joy and feasted with them. When the eighth day came and the child should be circumcised, they called him after his father's name, Zacharias. The mother said that he should be named John and not Zacharias. And they went to the father and said that there was none in that family with that name.\n\nThen the father demanded a pen and ink and wrote, \"Iohannes est nomen eius\" - \"John is his name.\" And all marveled. Immediately, by the merits of St. John his father's mouth was opened again and he spoke, glorifying our Lord God.\n\nThese tidings..Of this holy child, born were they spread all about the country, and each man said in his heart, and without speaking to one another, what shall we suppose this child to be? He shall be great and a man of the Lord. For He is already with him, and the hand, the work, and the power of the Lord is with him. The father, holy Zacharias, filled with the holy ghost spoke and prophesied, and made then the holy psalm, \"Blessed is the Lord God of Israel,\" which psalm is always sung in the midst of matins. It is said that holy Zacharias dwelt upon the mountains two miles near Jerusalem, and there St. John the Baptist was born. After that, St. John was circumcised, he was nourished as a child of a noble and rich man and son of great dignity. But when he had understanding and strength of body, God our Lord and the heart performed the work. He issued forth from his father's house, and left riches, honors, dignities, and all the world, and went into the desert..This saint John, living in the desert, wore a garment made of camel's hair. Some say that he wore the skin of a camel, making a hole for his head and girding it with a girdle of wool or leather. He ate locusts, not the kind we have here, but rather the flesh of some beasts that dwelt in the desert of Judea where he baptized. With wild honey, he ate this flesh. The legend of St. Augustine explains why, as he relates that St. Augustine ate flesh by the example of Elijah the prophet, who ate the flesh brought to him by a crow, and so St. John ate locusts. Some say that there are roots called \"locusts\" and that he served our Lord solitarily by the Jordan's flame until he [completed his service]..The angel was about thirty-nine years old. The angel of our Lord appeared to him and said that he should announce the coming of our Lord and preach penance for those who were baptized in the custom of baptizing our Lord Jesus Christ. The angel told Saint John the Baptist that Jesus, the Savior of the world, would come to him to be baptized. The holy ghost would descend upon him in the form of a dove. Saint John directed him to Bethany on the river or the desert, not far from Jerusalem. There he preached and taught, and baptized those who wanted to amend their lives. He told them that the Savior and salvation of the world were near. Then many came to him, and he told some religious men of evil life, \"You children of serpents, who have given you counsel to avoid the wrath of our Lord if you want to be baptized in the sign of penance, do the works of penance, leave the evil, humble yourselves, do the work of mercy, do you think, by cause you are circumcised and the children of the covenant.\".Of Abraham, you shall be saved. Our lord will make the child of Abraham, who will be saved with Abraham, if it pleases him. John preached about a year before our lord came to him to be baptized.\n\nWhen the Pharisees heard that he baptized, they sent to ask what he was. They demanded if he was the great prophet promised in their law. He replied, \"No.\" They asked if he was an angel or came from paradise. He replied, \"No.\" They asked if he was a prophet. He replied, \"No.\" They asked him why he baptized then, since he was neither Christ, nor an angel, nor a prophet. He said to them, \"I am he of whom it is written, 'I am the voice of one crying out in the wilderness: Make straight the way of the Lord, and make his paths straight.' They asked him again, \"Why then do you baptize?\" He answered, \"I baptize and wash away sin with water.\".Sign of penance / but among you is he who is unknown / who was before me / and came after me / of whom I am not worthy to lose the latchet of his shoe / He shall give you baptism in the virtue of the holy ghost in water and fire of penance / when Saint John alone by the river Jordan had preached and baptized about a year, our Lord came to him and wanted to be baptized by him / Saint John, enlightened by the holy ghost, knew him / And did to him reverence as to his god, his maker and lord / He was so humbled that human nature, which was pure in him, could not sustain such great knowledge / And he said right humbly, \"Sir, you come to me who are pure and clean to be baptized, and I who am foul and wasted, why should I lay my hands on you?\" / Our Lord said to him, \"Do this that I command now / For thus it behooves it to fulfill all justice / and to human humility, he baptized our Lord and washed him where he had never been defiled /\n\nAnd all by holy..mystery/ The holy ghost descended in the form of a dove, and the voice of the father was heard saying, \"This is my beloved son in whom I am pleased.\" At that time, our Lord was thirty years old, beginning of the thirty-first year. On that same day, our Lord changed water into wine in Cana of Galilee. This suffices for the nativity of St. John the Baptist, and the remainder of his life and death will be spoken of at his feast day, by the grace of God who brings us to his bliss. Amen.\n\n\u00b6This ends the nativity of St. John the Baptist.\n\nSt. John was born in the land of Judea. His father was named Zacharias, and his mother Terriah. When his mother was conceiving him, she saw in her sleep an eagle fly over her bed, and three times it bowed and entreated her. It promised her something and woke her up with its voice. She was greatly disturbed and began to ponder what her dream might signify. When the time came for her to give birth to him, she bore him..A child was coming and she should be delivered. She was in great labor. And immediately she sent for a holy man to come and pray for her. When the good man arrived, he said to her, \"Have no doubt, lady, nor fear. This child will be healthy after it is born. This child grew strong in the womb, and its father put him to work as a goldsmith once he mastered the craft. When he knew the craft and art of goldsmithing well, he came to France and lived with a goldsmith who made work for the king. At that time, the king was seeking someone who could make a saddle of gold and precious stones for him. Then the master of Saint Loye said to the king that he had found a worker who could make whatever he wanted. The king delivered to him a large mass of gold. The master delivered this mass to Saint Loye, from which he made two very fine saddles. He presented one to the king, and kept the other for himself. When the king saw this saddle so fair, he and all his people marveled..Then, after this, Saint Loye presented the remaining gold to the king, who rewarded him greatly. Saint Loye then presented to the king the other sadilly (a type of container), saying that he had made it from the remaining gold. The king was more pleased than before and demanded to know how he could make these two sadillys of that weight that had been delivered to him. Saint Loye replied, \"By the pleasure of God,\" and then the name and fame of him grew in the king's court. Saint Loye loved poor people, for all that he could win over, he distributed it to them so much that often he was almost naked. The poor people also loved him, for wherever he went they followed him, and those who wanted to speak with him had to ask and inquire of the poor people where he was. Once, as he distributed alms with his own hand, there was a poor man with a stiff and lame hand. Saint Loye said to him, \"You should put forth that hand.\".Saint Loye took and touched it, anointing it with a little oil, and it was healed and whole. Another time, when he had given all his gold and silver to the poor people, many other poor men came and asked for alms from him. Beholding himself that he had nothing more to give, he gave them a mark of gold he had borrowed from his neighbor. More poor people came to ask for alms, and he reached into his purse, not remembering that it was empty. By the will of God, he found a mark of gold in it. When he had found this, he began greatly to thank God for it and distributed it among the poor people for the love of God. He was of tall stature, red-haired, angelic in appearance, and prudent in judgment and countenance. At the beginning, he was dressed in precious vestments of gold adorned with gems and precious stones, and wore gilt girdles with precious stones..Under that, on his bare flesh, he always wore hair. After this, he gave away all his precious vesture to the poor people to help them in their necessity. From then on, he always used simple and poor clothing and often humiliated himself to clothe the poor people. And when the king saw him in such a way, he gave him his own vestments and girdles, for he loved him as his own soul. He abandoned to him all his houses and commanded all his people that all that Saint Loye would have, should be delivered to him without delay. And all was given and distributed to the poor people prisoners and to seek out. From the time of Bruneshilde queen to the time of Dagobert, the pestilence of simony ruled strongly, which aimed to take away and destroy. Saint Loye and Saint Onen labored greatly. Then, Saint Loye was chosen bishop of Noyon after Achary bishop of the said city. And with him was chosen Saint Onen archbishop of Reims. Saint Loye was the spiritual pastor of Tournai city, royal of Noyon of..A gentleman of Flanders and Courtray, he had a certain place where, for certain days, he called men to pour and wash themselves and served them devoutly. He cleansed their heads and washed their faces. Those who were lowly and infested with vermin, he picked and cleansed himself. He gave them food and drink, clothed them, and when they departed, others came to whom he did the same. When a large company came, he made them sit down and refreshed them all. Every day, at the least, he had twelve men whom he made sit down, and at a certain hour he ate and drank with them. But first, he washed their hands and served them. Once, he petitioned the king for permission to take down and bury all the bodies condemned to death that he could find in towns and cities. He ordered men from his church to do this. It happened once, in the company of the king in the parties of Arastrye in a town named Strabor, that he found a man.that was hanged that same day and was there deceased and men made the sepulcher to bury him in\nSaint LOYe approached him and began to take him down and perceived that the soul was in the body. He would not appropriate the miracle to himself but kept him from vanity and said full sweetly, \"What evil have we done for letting this man be taken if Almighty God had not helped us? The soul is yet in his body. When he was raised, he was clothed and he made him take his rest. When those who had made him die knew it, they would have made him receive death again. And with great pain, Saint LOYe delivered him from their hands. Yet, get letters of grace for him for more assurance.\n\nThere was a priest in his diocese who was infamous, and he often reproved him and exhorted him to confess, but the priest always held his sin. When Saint LOYe saw that his fair admonition availed not, he excommunicated and cursed him and forbade him from saying mass until the time he.had done open penance. The priest set nothing by his commandment, nor did he defy his sentence. A little saying priest went to sing mass, and as he approached the old man, he defied the angels of Jesus Christ. By him, God showed the body of St. Quintin. He found at Faversham the bodies of two brethren, German martyrs, St. Crispin and St. Crispinian, and ordered a precious vessel to put them in. He also found at Beauvais the body of St. Lucian, who was of the company of St. Quintin, which he put in a precious vessel.\n\nAt Paris, on the great bridge, he made a blind man see. The sixty-seven of the church of St. Colombe at Paris came to St. Loye and said to him that they had carried away by night all the jewels and ornaments of the said church.\n\nThen St. Loye went into the oratory of St. Colombe and said to her, \"Hear you, Colombe, what I say to thee. My redeemer wills that you bring back the ornaments of this church immediately.\".That have been taken away. I shall therefore close the doors with thorns, so that never again shall you be served or worshipped here. After he had said this, he departed. On the morrow, the sixty-seventh of the said church, called Martin, rose up and found all the persons and jewels that had been carried away and set them in their places as before. St. Loye ordered the body of St. German, the body of St. Severin, St. Platon, St. Quintyne, St. Lucy, St. Genouef, St. Colombe, St. Maxime, St. Julien, and especially the body of St. Martin at Tours, by Dagobert the king, and the tomb of St. Bryce, and another tomb where the body of St. Martin had long lain. The tomb of St. Devois the martyr at Paris, and the tegulary of marble, which is upon him, of merrywork of gold and gems. When St. Loye died, he was seventy years old and was found fresh and without decay as if he had been living in his sepulcher..Here is the cleaned text:\n\nHere is a greater miracle: his beard and hair were shown when he died. But in his tomb, when he was translated, they were found as great and long as they had always grown in his tomb.\n\nThis ends the life of St. LOY.\n\nSt. Wilgefortis was drawn out of noble ligature. In his childhood, he was made canon of Paris and of Soissons. And when he came to mature age and was a man ripe and tempered, he could no longer endure the pestilences and perils of this deceitful world. But he broke all the bonds of the world and went to a desert named Grand Monte. He lived there a great while in pure conscience and in holy contemplation. But as he led this life there, a great tribulation grew upon him, that he had great fear that the tranquility of his contemplation might be troubled. So he went into a Cistercian abbey and there he was professed and profited much in virtues from then on. And after he was there made priory, afterward he was translated from there into another abbey..That which is called Karolosence, and therein he was chosen as abbot, treating debonairly those under him with examples of good virtues and manners. After being chosen to be archbishop of Bourges, and against his will he accepted it. Nevertheless, he did not change the habit of the order which he had taken before, nor the observation. And he had sufficient delicacies as for such a prelate to be ordained and arrayed. Nevertheless, he did not abandon the sobriety that he had maintained before in humility, in holy meditation, and in deep prayers, which he always occupied his time with. He was very concerned for the health of the souls committed to him and charged to keep, and he heard their confessions sweetly, often and diligently. He preached to them or did other preaching, and he deserved so much grace from our Lord through his devout prayers and merits..In his living life, God showed many miracles. One day, a priest named Gerald had lost the use of one of his hands and could no longer sing mass. This brought him to Saint William, and Saint William urged him to confess and be healed. He did so, and by the end of three days, he sang mass whole and sound.\n\nAnother time, a young child had a troubled brain, causing his eyes to turn in his head. His friends brought him before this holy man, whom he deeply pitied. He humbly approached him and placed his hand on the child's head. Instantly, the pain ceased, and the child was healed. He was always glad and joyful, which displeased many with harsh and rude living. Above all things, the sin of detraction displeased him greatly, and he loved no detractors. With great diligence, he made them confess this sin, and when they refused, he withdrew himself from their company. Eventually, he took the cross..for going over against heretics and heathen men, and as he made his pursuit to make the said voyage, he rendered and gave up his soul to almighty God, the fifteenth day of the month of January, & was buried in the church of Burgos. The which church soon began to do miracles. When the Pope Honorius the third heard of his life and how God showed miracles for him, he, with great diligence, made inquiry and canonized him to the honor and praise of God. Through the prayers of the said Saint William, may we be brought to his everlasting bliss in heaven. Amen.\n\nSaint Eutrope was born and came from the most excellent lineage of the world. He was born in the kingdom of Persia and was the son of the admiral of Babylon, named Exsares. In his youth, he was educated in the letters of Chaldean and Greek, so that he was committed to the greatest cleric of the realm. After he went to Galilee into the court..King Herod heard of some curious or novel things about the Barbarians who were with him during his stay in the court. He heard rumors of the miracles of our Lord Jesus Christ and began to inquire and search so much that he was told our Lord would cross the Sea of Galilee. Herod joined the crowd following Him. That day, our Lord, with infinite generosity, fed five thousand men with five loaves of barley bread and two fish in the presence of the saint. This miracle and others he had heard about began to make Herod believe a little, but he dared not because his tutor or governor was with him. Herod's father had placed him under guard, and after feeding him with the others, he went to Jerusalem to pray and adore His Creator in His law. Afterward, he returned home and told his father all that had happened..I have seen a man called Christ, but in the whole world, there is none like him. He raises the dead, heals the lepers, makes the blind see, the deaf hear, the lame walk, and heals all manner of sicknesses. Before me, he has fed five thousand men with five loaves of barley and two fish.\n\nIf it pleased him who made heaven and earth to send him into this country, I would be glad and joyous. If it pleased you to honor and revere him, when the adamant heard the words of the child, he went, thinking how he might see him, the child who had great desire to see Jesus Christ. Christ took leave of his father with great pain and came then with a great company to worship and adore in the temple. One day, the children of Jerusalem came before our Lord Jesus Christ with a great company, making great disturbance..Reverence and take the bows of palms and of olives and of other trees and many other flowers, which they threw in the way where he should pass, and sang with high voices \"Osanna.\" Then St. Eutrobe himself began to cast flowers in the way, but he was much angered because he could not see Jesus Christ for the multitude of the people that were there. It is contained in the gospel that he was in the company of those who had come to adore and worship in Jerusalem at the feast that was there. These said to St. Philip, \"Sir, we would see Jesus Christ.\" Then St. Philip, accompanied by St. Andrew, told it to Jesus Christ. And immediately after, St. Eutrobe and his company saw him sitting on an ass, of which he was very glad, and from then on he followed him secretly, but he doubted his companionship because his father had commanded them to keep him well and to bring him back with them. Then he heard that the Jews should..shortely brynge Ihesu cryste to dethe / and by cause he wold not see soo grete cruelte do on to so trewe and Iuste a man / he departed on the morne and wente in to hys contrey / and recounted al that he had seen of our lord / a lytel whyle after he retorned and herde say how he was put to dethe wherfore he was sory / For he louyd hym moche / But whan he herde say that he was rysen fro dethe to lyf / and ascendyd in to heuen he was moche ioyous / and retorned in to baby\u00a6lonye fulfylled wyth the holy ghoost And al the Iewes that he fonde in hys contreye for angre he destroyed / by cause thehad put our lord to dethe / After this a certeyn tyme whan thappostles were departed thorugh the world / two shynyng candelstykes of golde were sente in to perse whych were of veray fayth / that is to saye Symon and Thadeus the appostles of god / And entryd in to babylone / and had chaced out of the contrey two enchaun\u00a6tours zaroen and arphaxat / which had peruerted the peple by false & deceyuspekyng / & in this cyte thyse two.The apostles began to sow the word of God and did many miracles, healing people of various maladies. When this holy young man learned of their coming, he was very glad, and he advised his father to abandon his earthly pursuits and receive the Christian faith, so that he might obtain heaven. And through the prophecy of the apostles and the counsel and exhortation of his son, his father and many others were converted and regenerated in the font of baptism by the hands of the apostles. After all the city was converted to the faith, they built a notable church there and ordained a priest, a holy and true man whom they had brought with them from Jerusalem, named Abdyas, as archdeacon. Once they had completed all these arrangements, they departed and went into other cities to preach the faith of God. After Saint [Name] received the palm of martyrdom..Eutrope wrote his passion in letters of Caldee and Greek. A little while after, Saint Eutrope heard speak of the miracles that Saint Peter, prince of the apostles, performed at that time, who was then pope of Rome. He obtained leave privately from the bishop without informing his father and went to Rome. When Saint Peter saw him, he received him warmly and instructed him diligently in the law of God. After dwelling with him for a long time according to Saint Peter's order and commandment, he went to France with many others to preach the Christian faith. As he entered the city of Xaines, he went through the streets and places preaching the faith of Christ. The people of the city recognized him as a barbarian by his speech. And when they heard him speak things they had never heard before, they burned him with burning fagots and beat him with poles cruelly. After they had beaten him cruelly, they expelled him from the city..the glorious friends of God quickly put an end to this persecution and built a small lodge of bows near the city, where he lived for a great while. By day, he preached in the city, and at night he returned to his little lodge, where he fasted, prayed, and performed other devotions. After he had stayed there for a long time and had converted only a few people, he went back to Saint Peter in Rome. When he arrived there, he found that he had suffered passion on the cross and that Saint Clement was in his place. Clement commanded and counseled him to return to the said city of Saints and, in preaching the commandments of God, to endure the palm of victory for the love of our Lord, that is, passion and martyrdom. Then Saint Clement ordained him a bishop and also Saint Denis, who had come from Greece to Rome, and many other brethren. Clement sent them to France, and they departed from Rome and arrived there..In the city of Ancre. There, in great love, they kissed and embraced each other, taking leave to depart from one another. Saint Denis and his companions came to Paris. Saint Eutropius went to Xaines, strongly confirmed and ready to endure all torments. He preached the faith so constantly that many were converted. Among them was the daughter of the king of the said city, named Euscie. When her father learned of it, he had such indignation that he expelled her from the city. As soon as she was out, for the love of God, she went straight to the hermit's lodging and stayed there. Her father, out of love for his daughter, was sorry he had expelled her and sent messengers to her frequently to come back home to him.\n\nTo whom she answered that she would rather dwell outside the city for the faith of Jesus Christ, than return to sacrifice idols. For this answer, the king....The father was so angry and distraught that he couldn't decide what to do and summoned all the butchers of the town. He gave them a hundred and fifty shillings to kill Saint Eutrope and bring his daughter back to his house.\n\nThe day before May, they assembled with many Saracens and came to the lodge of Saint Eutrope. They first stoned him and then beat this holy man with statues and scourges, leading him naked. After they beheaded him with a butcher's axe and sawed him with a saw. The maid, along with others, buried him by night in his turret or lodge. She kept him in vigils with lights and divine obsequies as long as she lived. A little while after she departed from this world and was buried beside her master, as she had requested in her life.\n\nAfter this, the saints built a very notable church over this holy corpse. In which all seekers of various maladies and sicknesses come..And yet daily, people have been in this place / And many prisoners have also been delivered from their irons / Among them are those who were hanged in this church / in remembrance that they have been lost and freed by the prayers of Saint Eutrope / Saint Denys wrote the passion and martyrdom of Saint Eutrope in Greek / and sent it to Greece to his friends who lived there / through the hands of Saint Clement, who was pope of Rome / in exalting and glorifying the name of God, who without end reigns and shall reign, amen /\n\nIn the time that our Lord Jesus Christ preached in Judea, in the lineage of Benjamin, / many people came to him for what was necessary to them, both for drink and for food / and especially for understanding things concerning the salvation of the soul /\n\nOne day, in the midst of the entire company, came a man of the same lineage of Benjamin, the most noble of all the Jews, named [Name]..His right name was Marcial, and his wife was named Elisabeth. They had a child between them, who was fifteen years old and also named Marcial. When they heard our Lord Jesus Christ preach, who said in His prediction, \"Do penance, for the kingdom of heaven is near to those who do penance. And whoever is not regenerated in water by the sacrament of baptism may not enter the kingdom of heaven,\" Marcial, his wife Elisabeth, and their son Marcial, who was a child filled with holy doctrine, were baptized by Saint Peter. Zachaeus and Joseph, who had buried our Lord, were also baptized, as were many other Jews, whose names are too numerous to mention here. When all this was accomplished, and each one had returned home, the child Marcial did not return with his father and mother. Instead, he gave himself entirely to our Lord Jesus Christ and joined His disciples..held him a way by St. Peter, who was right near his kin, and from then on he was so ensnared and indoctrinated by our Lord and St. Peter that he desired nothing more than to accomplish commandments solitarily. After this, St. Peter went to Rome and prayed to Marcellus that he would go with him. And thus, as they had been joined together with one holy doctrine and one meritorious devotion, they received the common reward of eternal joy together. As they went, they were accompanied by some disciples from Antioch, among whom were Alpheus and Austyn, and many others. When they entered Rome, they were received by a man named Marcellus, who was consul of the Romans at that time. Thus, as they dwelled there, God appeared to St. Peter and commanded him to send St. Marcellus into the provinces of Gaul to preach the faith and the belief to the people who were in the bonds of the devil in hell..Then Saint Peter called to him, the soldier who had said and commanded him, when Saint Marcial heard that he began strongly to weep because he doubted the far region and the people who had no knowledge of God. When Saint Peter saw him weep, he began most sweetly to comfort him, saying, \"My holy brother, be not heavy or sorrowful, for God will always be with you, as he has promised us, saying, 'I am always with you and will be with you until the end of the world.' Thus my sweet brother commanded us after his resurrection, saying, 'Go into and through the universal world and preach the gospel to all creatures. Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, and those who will not do so will be condemned.' These things, my blessed brother, you should keep and put into effect, so that we do not forget the commands of God. Immediately after these blessed words, Saint Marcial took leave of Saint Peter, and brought with him the two disciples mentioned beforehand..That is to say, Alpheyn and Austrydyn and they departed, just as God had commanded to Saint Peter. Thus, as they went, and they were weary and sore troubled by the way, which was long and grievous, Austrydyn departed from this world and died. When Saint Marcial saw that he was dead, he returned in great haste to Rome and told Saint Peter what had happened on their journey. When Saint Peter had heard him, he said, \"Return as hastily as you may and take my burden in your hand, and you shall come where you left your brother. Touch his body with this burden, and immediately he shall arise and go in your company as he did before.\" When Saint Marcial returned to the corpse, he touched it with the burden as Saint Peter had commanded. And immediately he was raised from death to life. Afterward, Saint Marcial journeyed long through various countries, preaching and spreading the word of God. They came into Guyana to a castle called Tulle, and there they were received by a rich and nobleman..A mighty man named Arnold, who had a daughter tormented daily by the enemy,, thus as St. Marcyll entered into the house, The fiend began to cry out, saying, \"I know well now that I must issue out of the body of this maiden. For the angels of paradise that have been with the Marcyll torment me grievously, but I pray thee by the name of him whom thou preachest of that thou send me not into the abyss of hell, \"Then St. Marcyll said to him, \"I conjure thee in the name of Jesus Christ who was crucified for us, that thou issuest out of the body of this maiden and never return, but that thou go unto a desert place where bird, beast, nor person dwells, \"With this commandment, the maiden cast out the fiend and she fell down dead. Then St. Marcyll took her by the hand and raised her up and delivered her to her father whole and safe. Holiness and benevolence with all humility showed in St. Marcyll, and he was always in prayers. Another miracle also our Lord showed by the..prayer of Saint Marcial in the same place. The prince of the said castle, named Nero, and a relative of Emperor Nero, had a daughter who was suffocated and murdered by the devil and was dead. Then the father and mother of the child, along with many mourning and grieving people, brought the child's body before Saint Marcial, weeping and saying to him, \"O man of God, help us at this time. You see what is happening to us.\" When Saint Marcial saw their lamentation and sorrow, he felt pity and said, \"Lord, I pray to you in the name of your blessed Son and of your good friend Saint Peter, by the order and commandment of whom I have come here. May it please you to give the life back to this child.\" The two disciples of Saint Marcial and a few Christian people who were there joined in prayer. Saint Marcial himself began to pray, saying, \"Lord, I pray to you in the name of your Son and of your friend Saint Peter, by whose order and commandment I have come here. May it please you to give the life back to this child.\".To raise this child here, so that when he shall be raised, many may believe in thy holy and precious name. Then Saint Marcial, trusting in the help of God, took the child by the hand, saying to him: \"In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, who for us was crucified and rose from death on the third day, arise and stand on your feet.\" The child arose and stood up, and then knelt down before the holy man, saying to him: \"O man of God, I require you to baptize me, so that I may be saved, and mark me with the sign of the holy cross; for no one can be saved otherwise, except he be baptized.\" Anon, Saint Marcial baptized him, and with him in the same place were baptized also as many as three thousand and five hundred. And after this, Saint Marcial went and destroyed the idols and brought them to nothing. For this reason, Saint Marcial and his two disciples departed and came to Limoges, where they were received benevolently by a matron named Susanne..In Saint Marcial's presence, a frenetic man was calmed down when the good woman Susanne witnessed the miracle that occurred in her presence. Immediately, she and her entourage were baptized. After this, Saint Marcial entered the temple where the Idol priests were. They bitterly attacked him, and then imprisoned him. On the following morning, as he prayed, a great light descended upon him, making him unviewable to men. The iron chains broke and the prison doors opened. The keepers and those present requested baptism. The priests who had attacked him were struck dead by lightning. Then, the others present came to Saint Marcial in the prison and begged him to raise those who had been struck dead by lightning. They promised him that if he did so, they would all be baptized. Then, the Lord, through his prayer, raised them back to life. At that very moment, 12 million creatures were converted to Christian faith and baptized..And after this, the holy woman Susanne recommended to Saint Marcial her daughter Valeriane, who had promised and sworn to our Lord chastity as long as she lived. After the holy maiden knew that there would come to Limoges a lord named Steyn, who was lord of the entire province from the river Rosne to the sea, she was greatly afraid lest he would do some grief or displeasure against her vow. And she gave away all her riches to the poor for the love of God.\n\nWhen the said Steyn came to Limoges, he summoned the holy maiden before him to grant him her will. But when she came and saw that she would not consent to do his will immediately, he ordered her to be struck. Then the squire who was beheading her heard angels sing that bore the soul of the holy virgin into heaven with great joy and solemnity. Anon, he returned to his master and told him all that he had seen and heard..The duke and his entire company had great fear. The duke clad himself next to his flesh in a sharp hair shirt and hard penance for great repentance. He prayed to St. Marcial that he would pray to God to raise his squire from death to life. The duke promised to believe in the faith of Jesus Christ and be baptized. Immediately after St. Marcial had prayed, the squire was raised. Then, the duke and over fifteen hundred people in his company were baptized. At this time, the same duke, by the commandment of Emperor Nero, went into Italy with a great company of armed men. When they had completed Nero's commandment, they went to Rome to see St. Peter. They found him preaching to the people, who were barefoot and had clothed themselves in the hair lying before him, asking him for pardon of their sins. When St. Peter saw the duke and so many fair people in his company, he asked them what they were and of what..The duke told Theone how he and his company had been converted and baptized by St. Marcial after leaving Rome. They hoped to see St. Marcial before returning to their country. As they were lodging near a river, the son of the earl of Poitiers had him bound there and drowned him in the river. The enemy, the devil, drowned and smothered him to death. When his father learned of it, he went weeping to St. Marcial and begged him to raise his son from death to life. St. Marcial went to the place where he had been drowned and commanded the devil to bring the body out of the water. He ordered the devil to appear in a visible form before them all. Immediately, three demons resembling Ethiopians, more black than coal, with terrible feet and eyes, and great hair that covered the entire body, emerged from the water. They had mouths and nostrils that emitted fire like sulfur and cried like ravens. When they had told this to St. Marcial, he raised Theone to life..Saint Marcial commanded them to depart and go into desert places, where they might never harm or trouble living people. Saint Marcial, who had compassion and pity, raised the child from death and revived him. The child then told all who were present how the devil had drowned and scorched him, and how they intended to bind him with chains of iron and burn him. But an angel of heaven delivered him and showed him the fire of purgatory, and from then led him to the gate of paradise. When the demons demanded to have him, a voice came from heaven and commanded that he should arise again and live yet for twenty-five years. After he had related all this, he gave himself entirely to Saint Marcial, and from then lived in great abstinence and holy life, as the angel had taught him. Saint Marcial performed many miracles and virtues. In that time, there was a woman whose husband was sick with the palsy..To a woman, Saint Marcel delivered his burden, with which she touched a little her husband and he became incontinent. Another time, the fire was so great in the city of Laudes that all was on a flame. Saint Marcel held up his burden against the fire and it was quenched immediately. Another time, as he would have consecrated a church at Limoges, the prince beforehand conveyed and summoned all the poor and rich to come to the dedication of this church. And when they were all assembled, Saint Marcel admonished and warned them to be in true chastity. It happened among them while the mass was being said that there was a knight and his wife who were greatly troubled and vexed by demons. And when they were brought before Saint Marcel, he demanded of the demons why they vexed them so. And they answered him, \"You have commanded the people that they should maintain chastity, and these two have exposed themselves in lechery tonight, and this is the cause why we have entered into them.\".In the year that follows, forty years after the Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ, Marcyal, at the request of the prince and people, held them. Our Lord Jesus Christ appeared to him and showed him that he must depart from this world and be with his friends in the kingdom of heaven. Then he gathered all the Christian people whom he had converted and made a most sweet sermon to them, taking leave of them. Soon after, he was sought by the fires, and then our Lord appeared to him with a great multitude of angels, who bore his soul into heaven: where is honor and glory in the ages of ages. Amen.\n\nThis Saint Marcyal, of whom we speak here, was the same child, as some say, upon whom our Lord laid his hand upon his head when the contention and strife were among the apostles, that one of them should be greatest in the kingdom of heaven. Then our Lord set the child Marcyal in the midst of them, laying his hand upon his head..as said is and was told to them, \"You shall not enter heaven he who is the least among you, he shall be greatest in my kingdom,\" as the Gospel makes more plain mention, the glorious saint, Saint Marcial, lets us pray to that he procures for our said Lord Jesus Christ that all we may have part with him in the joy and glory everlasting, amen.\n\nHere ends the life of Saint Marcial, one of the disciples of our Lord Jesus Christ.\n\nThe noble Saint Genevieve was born at Nanterre beside Paris in the time of emperors Honorius and Theodosius the Younger. She was with her father and mother until the time of Emperor Valentinian. Immediately after her nativity, the holy ghost showed Saint Germain of Auxerre how she should serve God holyly and chastely. This thing he told to many. After she was consecrated by the bishop of Chartres, Villicus, she came to dwell at Paris, full of virtues and miracles, in the time of Saint Nicasius the Martyr, whom the Huns martyred..After the time of Saint Remy, king of France, under Clovis his son, the first Christian king of France, there was a man named Louis in his baptism. Saint Remigius christened him, and an angel of paradise brought him a copious amount of chrism. The church was delighted with it at the instigation of Saint Genevieve, and Saint Remigius consecrated and dedicated it. The said king enforced it by his power from the Roman conqueror Melun and the land lying between the Seine and the Loire. He subdued Thoulouse and all Guiana. Upon his coming to Angoul\u00eame, the walls of the city fell down. He made Almain and Burgundy his tributaries. He ordained and established Paris as the chief seat of the kingdom. He reigned for thirty years, and after he was entered into the said church in the year of our Lord five hundred and fourteen.\n\nIn the time of the said king lived the said virgin until the time of King Clotaire his son. The soul of this virgin entered and devoutly worshipped good and devout Christian people..the time that the said virgin Saint Genevieve was a child, Saint Germanus of Auxerre came to Nantes for lodging and hospitality. The people came against them to have their blessing. Among the people, Saint Germanus, by the sign of the Holy Ghost, saw the little maid Saint Genevieve and made her come to him. He kissed her head and asked her name and whose daughter she was. The people around her replied that her name was Genevieve and her father was Severus and her mother Gerontia, who came to him. The holy man said, \"This is your child.\" They answered, \"Yes.\"\n\nBlessed are you, said the holy man, \"for God has given you such noble lineage. Know for certain that on the day of her nativity, the angels sang and hallowed great mystery in heaven with great joy and gladness. She shall be of great merit before God, and through her good life and conversation, many shall be inspired to leave their sins and convert to God..Loyalely live by which they shall have pardon and everlasting joy, then he said to Jean, my daughter, tell me and be not ashamed, if you will be dedicated and live in virginity unto death as the spouse of Jesus Christ, the maid answered, \"Father, I ask that I desire, there is but one thing lacking, that by your prayers our Lord will fulfill my devotion.\" The holy man said, \"Have firm belief in God and prove it by your works the good things that you believe in your heart and say with your mouth, and our Lord shall give you strength and virtue.\" Saint Germain held her head until he reached the monastery, there he gave the blessing to the people. Saint Germain said to the father and mother of the maid that they should bring her again on the morrow to him. When she was brought again on the morrow, Saint Germain saw in her a celestial sign, I do not know what, and said to her, \"God blesses Jean, Daughter, do you remember what you promised me yesterday about the virginity of your body?\".The holy father said to the maid, \"I remember well that with God's help, I desire and intend to accomplish my purpose.\" Then the holy man looked at the ground and saw a penny signed with a cross, which came by God's grace and will. He took it up and gave it to her, saying, \"Fair daughter, take this and keep in mind of Jesus Christ, your spouse. Suffer not around you any other adornment of gold or silver or precious stones. If the beauty of this world exceeds a little your thought, you will lose the goods of heaven.\" He commended her to God and prayed that she would remember him in her prayers and orisons. The two holy bishops went from there to England. There were heretics there who said that children born of father and mother and baptized had no need to be christened, which is not true. For our Lord Jesus Christ clearly says in the gospel that none may enter into the kingdom of heaven if he be not baptized..Regenerate through water and the Holy Ghost, that is, through the sacrament of baptism. By this scripture and similar actions, the holy prelates destroyed their false creed and belief, and also through power and miracles. For on an Easter solemnity, many who were newly baptized sang \"alleluia\" and chased away their enemies from Scotland and strangers from other places who had come to harm them. This occurred on a day when Genevieve's mother, going to the monastery on a holy and festive day, was followed by her daughter. The daughter said that she would keep the faith she had promised to St. Germain with God's help, and that she would often go to the monastery to deserve to be espoused to Jesus Christ and to be worthy of his love. The mother grew angry and struck the child. God avenged the child, making the mother blind, and she saw nothing for twenty months after this..Payne enjoyed much her [daughter's name]. She remembered the kindness that Saint Germain had spoken of her daughter and called her, saying, \"My daughter, go to the pit and fetch me water.\" The maiden went hastily. When she was at the pit, she began to weep because her mother had lost her sight for her sake. She took up the water and brought it to her mother. The mother stretched out her hands to heaven and took the water with great faith and reverence. She made her daughter sign her with the sign of the holy cross and washed her eyes. And immediately her sight came back to her completely, as it had been before.\n\nAfter this, it happened that the holy maiden was offered to the bishop of Chartres, along with two other elder maidens, to be consecrated. Men offered them after their age. But the holy bishop, knowing by the holy ghost that Genevieve was the most worthy and fitting one, said to the one behind, \"You should come forward.\" For God had sanctified her..After the dethe of hir fader and hyr moder the holy damoysel came & dwel\u2223lyd at parys for to assaye and proue hir there / and for to auayle the more she was seek of the palsye so moche that it semyd that hir membris were dys\u2223ioyned and departed that one fro that other / wherof she was so sore tormen\u2223tyd that duryng thre dayes she was kepte as for deed / for there apperyd on hir noo sygne of lyf / sauf that hyr Iowes were a lytel reed / In thys space and tyme as she confessyd after an aungel ledde hir in spyryte where as the reste was of good folke and where the tormente was of euyl peple afterward she shewyd to many the secretes of theyr consciences as she that was taught and enseygned of the ho\u2223ly ghoost / The second tyme saynt ger\u00a6mayn retorned fro englond and came to parys / The peple almoste al went ageynst hym with grete ioye / & tofore al other thynges saynt germayn demau\u0304\u00a6ded how genouefe dyd / but the people whiche more is Inclyned to say euyl of good peple thenne wel / answerd that of hir was no.A thing in blame towards her, who was to be a praising of others' praising, is not improved, nor is anyone's blame worsened. Therefore, the holy man set nothing store by their anger. But as soon as he entered into the city, he went straight to the house of the holy virgin, who was sold in such great humility that all marveled at it, and showed to them those who disparaged her the ground water of her tears, and recounted to them the beginning of her life, and how he found at Nancy that she was chosen by God, and recommended her to the people.\n\nNews came to Paris that the felon king of Hungry had undertaken to destroy and waste the parties of France and to subject them to his dominion. The burghers of Paris, for great fear, had sent their goods into other cities that were more secure. Saint Genevieve warned and admonished the good women of the town to wake in safety and in orisons, by which they might assuage the wrath of the Lord and escape the tyranny of.Their enemies were like Judith and Holofernes. They obeyed her and stayed in the church for days in watchings and orisons. She told the burghers not to remove their goods or send them out of Paris, for the other cities they supposed would be safer were to be destroyed and wasted. But by God's grace, Paris would suffer no harm. Some had indignation against her and said that a false prophet had risen and appeared in their time, beginning among them to ask and treat whether they should drown her or stone her. While they were thus treating, as God would have it, Paris was visited after the death of Saint Germain, archdeacon of Auxerre. And when he understood that they plotted her death, he came to them and said, \"Fair sirs, for God's sake, do not do this wickedness. For the woman of whom you plot the death, Saint Germain bears witness that she was chosen of God in her mother's womb. Here are the letters that he has sent to her.\".which he recommended to her in prayers / When the burghers heard these words recited by him of St. Germain and saw the letters, they marveled and for God left their evil counsel and did no more of it. Thus our Lord kept her from harm / which keeps all ways those who are His / and defended her after that the apostle says / and for her love did so much that the tyrants approached Paris no more / Thank and glory to God and honor to the virgin / This holy maiden endured great penance in tormenting her body all her life and became benumbed for giving a good example /\n\nFor since she was of advanced age, she fasted every Thursday / In her reflection, she had nothing but barley bread and sometimes wine / the which she drank only in penances she never drank wine or other liquor that might make her drunk in all her life / when she had lived and used this life for fifty years, the bishops who were at that time saw and held that she was too weak due to abstinence as age warned her a little of her frailty / \u00b6 The holy.A woman would not welcome them, for our Lord says of prelates that he who hears you hears me, and he who despises you despises me. She began to eat bread, fish, and milk out of obedience. It was well that she did so, for she beheld the heavens and wept, wondering how it was to believe that she saw our Lord Jesus Christ clearly. After the promise of the gospel that says, \"Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God,\" she had a pure heart and body. There are twelve virtues virginal, says Hermes Pastor, without which no virgin can be pleasing to God: faith, abstinence, patience, magnanimity, simplicity, innocence, concord, charity, discipline, chastity, truth, and prudence. These virtues accomplished the holy virgin through deeds. She taught and instructed through words, and often showed by example. Before all other holy places, she visited the place where Saint Denis and his companions rested, and had great devotion to edify it..Upon the said holy bodies a church should be built, but she had not the means. Once, the priests came to her, as they had done before, to whom she said, \"Reverent fathers in God, I pray and request that each of you use your power and your devotion to gather materials for the making and edification of a church in honor of the glorious martyrs St. Denys and his companions. The place where they rest ought much to be worshipped and revered. This one first willingly and eagerly consented, but we cannot get chalk or lime. Then the holy virgin, with a glad face, prophesied, \"Go, I pray you, to the great bridge, and bring back whatever you find there.\" They went there and stayed a while, marveling and being amazed. And suddenly came by them two swine herds speaking to each other. One said, \"As I went yesterday after one of my sows, I found a large furnace of lime marvelously great.\" The other answered, \"And I found in the same place a large quantity of clay.\".A woman found wood under the root of a tree that the wind had thrown down, from a furnace of lime which I believe had never been removed. When the priests heard this, they were greatly astonished and blessed the Lord who had given such grace to His handmaiden. They asked where the furnaces were and, after returning, told the virgin what they had found. She began to weep for joy and, as soon as the priests were gone and departed, she sat on her knees and was all night in orisons and in tears, seeking help from God to perform this work. And on the morning early, she went to find a good priest and prayed him to endure his pain and labor so that the church might be edified, and told him the news. When Genese heard this, he was utterly amazed and fell down at her feet, promising her night and day he would do his labor to fulfill her command. By the help of God and St. Genevieve and the people..In the church of Paris, the said church was begun in honor of the blessed martyrs St. Denis, St. Rustique, and St. Eleutherius, now called St. Denis de lestree. There are still the holy bodies where our Lord shows fair miracles. As the workmen intended to make the edifice each after his craft, it happened that their drink failed and was done. The priest, Genese, who did not know this, kept talking with the workmen so long that he might go to Paris and fetch drink. When he heard this, she demanded for the vessel that they had emptied, and it was brought to her. She made them depart from her. Then she knelt down on her knees and prayed God with warm tears to help her. And when she felt that our Lord had heard her prayer, she arose and made the sign of the cross on the said vessel. A marvelous thing happened: the vessel was full, the workmen drank it dry as often as they wanted, and the church was completed to its full extent..lord / The holy vyrgyne had deuocyon to wake the nyght that our lord rose fro deth to lyf after the cus\u2223tome and statutes of auncient faders / It happed on a tyme that she put her on the waye tofore day to goo to the sayd chyrche of saynt denye / and made to bere a candyl brennyng tofore hyr / The nyght was derke the wynde grete and it rayned faste / whyche quenched the lyght of the candel / The maydens that were in hyr companye were sore troubled / She asked after the candell and assone as she had hit in hyr hande hit was lyghted by goddes wylle a\u2223geyn and so she bare it brennyng vnto the chyrche / Another tyme whan she had endyd hir prayer a candel that she helde / light in hyr hande by the grace of god / Semblably in hyr celle on a tyme was a candel lyght in hir hande wythout ony fyre of thys world / of whiche candel many seek folke by their feyth and reuerence haue ben helyd / That tapre is kepte yet at nostre dame de parys / A woman whyche by the temptacyon of the deuyl whyche to his power alwey degood /.She stumbled in her shoes, but as soon as she was at home, she lost her sight when she saw that our lord had avenged the wrong she had done to the virgin. She was led to her, and when she came before the holy virgin, she fell down at her feet and begged for forgiveness and the restoration of her sight. Genevieve, who was very courteous, lifted her up from the ground and gently gave her the sight back in her eyes. The holy virgin once went to loan money, and the people of the town opposed her. Among them were the father and mother of a maiden who had been paralyzed for nine years, so that no one could show the jointure of her limbs. They begged Saint Genevieve to visit their daughter. She went and saw her, and afterwards made her prayer as she was accustomed and then touched the limbs of the maiden. She commanded her to put on her clothes, hosen, and shoes. Incontinently she arose in good health and went to the church..wyth the peple / The folke that sawe thys / blessyd our lord that had gyuen suche grace to hys damoysel ge\u2223neuefe / and whan she retorned they conueyed hyr syngyng with grete ioye The kyng of fraunce chyldryke how be it he was a paynym hdyd also the barons of fraunce for the fayr myracles that she dyd in the name of our lord Ihesu cryste / wherof it happed on a tyme that the sayd kynge helde certeyn pry\u2223sonners Iuged to dethe / but by cause geneuefe shold not demaunde them / he yssued out of paris and made to shytte the yates after hym / the holy virgyn knewe hit anone and wente hastely after hym for to helpe to delyuer theym As sone as she came to the yates they openyd without keye seyng al the peple which thought it a grete wonder / She pursewed the kynge and obteyned grace for the prysonners / \nIn the partyes of the oryent beygood man named Symeon whiche had despysed this world and was of meruaylus holy lyf whiche demaunded of saynt gene\u2223uefe of the marchauntes that wente in to tho patryes / And by them he.salewyd honors her much honorably, and recommended him to her prayers. It was a great marvel that the holy man, who had never seen or heard of her, did great things in her name. Truly, the friends of God who know His will and do accordingly, one from another, by the administration of the holy ghost, shall never be separated or departed. As St. Ambrose, being at Milan, knew of the death of St. Martin at Tours, there was a noble damsel named Celeste, who, when she had heard of the grace that God had given to St. Genevieve, requested her to change her habit. A young man had falsely accused and slandered her. He had great indignation when he heard of these tidings and came to Meaux in a great rage. When they knew of his coming, the two virgins fled to the church. There a fair miracle occurred. For as they came to the church door, which was locked and fast shut, the door that was so locked opened by his touch..In this time, Saint Celeste, delivered by Saint Genevieve, saved Saint Celina from peril and the world's corruption. In her time, the saintly Celina offered one of her chamberlains who had served for two years and could not go. The holy virgin touched her members with her worthy hands, and she was made whole and in good health. Twelve men were brought to her who were driven mad and beset by devils to Paris, which were overpowering and tormenting them. The virgin had great pity and went to prayer and supplications, asking the Lord with salt tears that by His grace and goodness, He would deliver them from this pestilence. As she continued in her prayers, they were hanged in the air in such a manner that they touched nothing. She rose from her prayer and said that they should go to Saint Denis. The madmen answered that they could not but she released them. The virgin, deeply grieving for them, commanded them to go..They led him secretly with his hands bound behind their backs. She went after them, and when she was in the church of St. Denys, she scratched herself on the ground in prayers and weeping. As she continued in prayers and weeping, the wood men cried out with loud voices that they approached, whom the virgin called for help. None could doubt that the enemy, seeing that he must issue and go out, signified by the mouths of the demons that the apostles' martyrs and other saints whom the holy virgin called came to her aid by God's gift, which is ready to do the will of those who fear Him and call upon Him in truth. When the holy virgin heard this, she rose up and blessed each one with the sign of the cross. Immediately they were delivered from the enemies. Those present felt such a great stench that they had no doubt but that souls were delivered from the torment of the devil and blessed our Lord for this miracle. There was.A damsel who had heard speak of this holy saint came to Paris to speak with her. She had been consecrated but lost her virginity after the consecration. The holy Genouefe asked her if she was a virgin, a nun, or a widow. She answered that she was a virgin, consecrated. Genouefe replied, \"No.\" She told the damsel the place and time of her defloration and the man who had done the deed. When the damsel saw that it was in vain that she said she was a virgin, her conscience remorseful, she fell at her feet in requisition of pardon. In a similar way, the holy Genouefe discovered many secrets of their consciences which are not written here because it was over noisy and long to write. A woman whom the holy virgin had helped had a child of the age of four years. He fell ill in the space of three hours. The mother came and drew him out and bore him dead to the saint, rendering him her heir and pressing her breast and cheeks, weeping bitterly..and laid the child dead at her feet. The holy virgin covered it with her mantle, and after she fell down in prayer and wept. And immediately after she ceased weeping, our Lord showed a fair miracle: for the child that was dead revived. It was baptized at Easter after this, and was named Celonyer, because he was raised in the cell of St. Genevieve.\n\nA man came from Meaux to this holy virgin, who had his hand dried unto the wrist. She handled his joints and fingers and made the sign of the cross over them. And immediately his hand was healed. Genevieve, who knew well that our Lord Jesus Christ was baptized on Epiphany, then went into the desert to give instruction to those who had been regenerated in the sacrament of baptism: to fast, watch, and adore diligently, and to accomplish by works the grace they had received in baptism through the example of sweet Jesus Christ.\n\nThen the holy virgin entered her cell the Sunday before the aforementioned feast..abode there as recluse vnto the thursday ab\u2223solute in wakyng in prayers in fastyn\u00a6ges and orysons / Thyder came a wo\u00a6man to see hir more for curyosyte than for good feythe / And therfore god punysshed hyr / Far assone as she ap\u00a6proched the dore of the celle / she loste hyr syght and became blynde / But the holy mayde by hir debonayrte & by hir prayer gate hir syght ageyn and by the sygne of the holy crosse whan she yssued out of hyr celle in the ende of lente / \u00b6 In the tyme that the cyte of parys was assyegyd by the terme of ten yere lyke as thauncyent hystoryes reherce that there folowed so grete famyne and hungre that many deyed for hungre / The holy vyrgyne that pyte constrayned hir wente to the sayne for to goo fetche at name somme vytaylles / whan she came vnto a place of sayne where as of custome shyppes were wonte to perysshe / She made the shyppe to be drawen to the ryuage and commaunded to cutte doun a tree that was in the water / and she sette hyr to prayer / Thenne as the shyppes shold haue smyton.Upon the tree fell a child, and two wild heads, gray and horrible, issued forth. They stank so badly that the people there were overwhelmed by the smell for two hours, and never after took ship there again. To Arcy the castle went this holy virgin. And there came against her a great lord who asked her to visit his wife, who had been long ill with the palsy. The holy virgin went and visited her, who had been long seeking with prayers and supplications. Afterward, she blessed her with the sign of the cross and commanded her to arise. She, who had been unable to help herself for four years, arose, and all the people thanked the Lord. From Arcy, she went to Troyes in chapel. The people came to meet her and offered to her a great multitude of sick people without number. She blessed them and signed them with the sign of the cross. Incontinently, they were healed in the sight of all the people, who marveled greatly and rendered thanks..Thank you for bringing a man to her, who by God's punishment became blind for working on a Sunday. A blind maiden also came to her, and the blessed virgin blessed them in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Their sight was immediately restored. A subdeacon was present and saw this. He fetched a child who had been sick with fevers for ten years. The blessed virgin brought holy water and blessed it, giving the child a drink. By God's grace, the child was in good health. In this time, many took cuttings from her vestment out of devotion, and many possessed by spirits were delivered and brought back to their right minds. From Arcy, the blessed virgin returned to Paris with ten ships laden with provisions, supplies, and cargo. Strong winds, tempests, and storms assailed them so fiercely that they feared they would perish without remedy. The blessed virgin lifted her hands to heaven, asking for help from the Lord. Immediately, the tempest abated..Thees Theodorus, a priest who was present, saw it quiver and began to sing for joy: \"Cantemus domino gloriosus / All who were there thanked our Lord for saving them through the prayer of the damsel Genevieve. When the goods she had brought arrived in Paris, she departed from them and gave, for the love of God, to some poor, Will, and to other holy causes. And sometimes she hurried so out of pity that she secretly took the loves from the oven and gave them to the poor. The women marveled why she took their loves but spoke nothing. And they greatly doubted that they would not find their count or tale. But notwithstanding that she had taken by the grace of God, they found all their loves and lacked none. By the merits of the holy saint, her hope was nothing in worldly things but in heavenly. For she believed in the holy scripture that says, 'Who gives to the poor lends to the Lord.'\".In the midst of the people, the holy ghost had long desired to be with her, and therefore she did not cease to weep, to adore, and to do works of penance. For she knew well that she was no other in this world but a pilgrim passing. At Meaux, there was a burgher who for the space of four years could neither hear nor go. He was brought to the holy virgin who dwelt at Paris, and she requested that she would restore to him his health. Hearing this, she touched his ears and blessed him, and immediately he was whole and went away, giving thanks to the Lord.\n\nOne time, the holy virgin went to Orl\u00e9ans. A woman named Fraterne was in great sorrow for her dying daughter. As soon as she knew of the coming of the holy virgin, she went to her at Saint-Aignan, where she found her in prayer. Fraterne fell down at her feet, saying, \"Dame Genevieve, give me back my daughter.\" When Genevieve saw the good faith of her, she said, \"Comfort yourself, do not worry. Your daughter is in health.\".In this city, a marvelous phenomenon of God occurred at the word of the holy virgin. She was brought back from the brink of death and met her mother and me at the portal of the house. The people gave thanks to the Lord for this fair miracle. In the same city, there was one servant who was culpable against his master. The holy maiden prayed to her master that he would forgive him for his transgression. The master, being wicked and proud, did not grant it at her request. Then the holy virgin said, \"Though you despise me, our Lord will not hold me in contempt. As soon as he was at home, he was seized with a fierce fever that kept him awake all night. The next morning, he came to the holy virgin, running with an open mouth like a wild boar, begging for forgiveness. She gave him no forgiveness. The saint had pity on him and blessed him, and the fever left him. Thus, she made the master whole, and the servant begged her forgiveness from orlywise the holy woman..went to Tours by the waters of Loire where she suffered many perils when she arrived at Tours. Great numbers of demons assailed her from the church of St. Martin, and the spirits cried out by the mouths of those possessed and burned by the mercies of St. Martin and St. Genevieve. The perils the virgin had in the waters of Loire they had inflicted through envy.\n\nThe holy virgin went to the church of St. Martin where she held many demons at bay through prayer and the sign of the cross. The demons said at the hour of torment that the fingers of the saint burned about them like tapers flamed with heavenly fire. Three men, whose wives were mad, came to the church and begged her to visit them. The blossoming virgin, who was debonair, went and visited them and delivered them from their enemy through the unity of holy oil and prayer.\n\nImmediately after this, as she was in a trance in a corner in the church of St. Martin..One of the Sygars was so vexed by the enemy that he ate his members, which went out of the chancel and came straight to the holy virgin. The blessed virgin commanded the spirit to issue out. He answered that he would issue if she commanded it by the eye. She commanded that he should not linger or dwell there, and then he issued out immediately, unwilling to do so by the flux of the womb and leaving foul signs and tokens. The Syrian people honored this blessed virgin greatly, even against her will.\n\nOn one occasion, while bearing a pitcher of oil, she called her and asked what she carried. She answered and said oil, which she had bought. The holy maiden, who saw the enemy desecrating the oil and bade the maid bear it safely, had great marvel that the enemy could not hide himself but that she perceived him. The people who saw this gave thanks to the Lord.\n\nA child was brought to her by his friends..In the territory of Meaux, the blessed virgin anointed him with holy oil, and the same our hero clearly saw and went, receiving health entirely. In her labor in the field, there was a terrible wind and rain, which, stretching on the earth in prayer, our Lord showed and in her field not a single drop fell. Another time, as she was on her way, there was a great tempest, and she begged God for help. Immediately, it ceased in such a way that those present saw well that our Lord, at her request and for her love, made the wind and rain cease and anointed them devoutly with holy oil, healing and making whole. It happened that once when she wanted to anoint a demoniac, she found no oil in her ampule. Then the Lord showed her two fair virtues: as soon as she arose, her ampule was full of oil in her hands, which she anointed with and the madman was delivered from the wicked spirit. The ampule, filled with oil, saw the same man who wrote her life eighteen years later..The many miracles, without number, shown by our Lord for the love of the holy and blessed saint Genevieve, who lived in this world full of virtues and miracles for more than forty years and departed from this world and died worthily on the third day of January, were buried on the mount of Paris, now called the mount of Saint Genevieve, in the church of Saint Peter and Paul. The king, whose name was Clovis at the time, made a vow to this holy virgin, for the love of whom he granted grace to many prisoners at her departure. Afterward, there were many fair miracles, which, by negligence, envy, and not being recorded, were not written down, as he himself confessed. He put two of them at the beginning of his book.\n\nTo the sepulcher of the holy virgin was brought a young man who was so consumed by the stone that his friends had no hope of life. In great weeping and lamentation, he was brought to the sepulcher..After their prayer, the stone issued and was made whole as it had never been before. Another man came there on the Sunday, gladly working. Therefore, the Lord punished him, for his hands were so unclean and lame that he could not work on other days. He repented and confessed his sin, coming to the tomb of the said virgin and there honoring and praying devoutly. And on the morrow, he returned all whole, praising and thanking the Lord that by the worthy merits and prayers of the holy virgin, He granted and gave us pardon, grace, and enduring joy.\n\nAfter the death of the blessed virgin, St. Genevieve was assigned a lamp at her sepulcher in which the oil flowed and sprang like water from a well or fountain. Three fair things the Lord showed us by this lamp: for the fire and light burned continually, the oil did not lessen or diminish, and the seeking people were held there. Thus worked the Lord by the merits of the holy virgin..Blessed virgin corporally/ She much more richly desires to benefit souls spiritually/ Many more miracles have our Lord shown at her sepulcher/ which are not written here/ for they should be and continue to be daily shown/ Therefore, in every necessity and need, let us call on this glorious saint/ The blessed Genevieve, who is a mediator for us wretched sinners, that we may live and amend ourselves in this present life, so that we may come, when we depart hence, through her merits to the life everlasting in heaven, amen.\n\nThus ends The life of St. Genevieve\n\nSt. Genevieve was born of the daughter of Syntus/ and her father was called Marinus/ Who, by the commandment of Emperor Maximian, persecuted Christian men strongly/ But his son Matthias from the time of his infancy in his heart/ and in will, was the disciple of Jesus Christ/ And was much sorrowful of the predicament of his father and mother/ For as much as they were pagans and idolaters..During the time of our Lord Jesus Christ, He graciously converted them. One night, as He slept, a wise man came to Him and said, \"Your petition has been heard and granted. Arise and give great thanks to our Lord.\" The mother of Saint Matthias, inspired by the Holy Ghost, came to Him and asked, \"What reward and merit shall we have if we obey in Jesus Christ, as you have often desired of us?\" Then Saint Matthias replied to her, \"Mother, I tell you that after the general resurrection, both body and soul will have joy without end. So much so that the heart can hardly think, nor the tongue speak, nor pronounce it.\" The mother of Saint Matthias then went to her husband and father to tell him what her son had said. The father replied, \"I have seen in a vision tonight that your son Matthias entered a sheepfold, and a great multitude of sheep was delivered to him, and then they both received the holy.\".The sacrament of baptism was administered to a holy bishop named Polycarp, who ordained and consecrated Saint Maturin as a priest when he was only twenty years old. After this, Saint Maurice and his companions were martyred, and the Romans suffered many diverse tribulations. The emperor Maximian had a daughter who was tormented and persecuted by an evil spirit in her body. Her father, the emperor, made many crafts of enchantments to heal and cure her, but they availed nothing. Then the devil within her cried out and said through the maiden's mouth, \"O emperor, it avails you nothing that you do, for I will not depart from her until you have brought here from Gaul Maturin the segod, who by his prayers will obtain healing for your daughter and for the people.\" Immediately the emperor, with a great multitude of people, went to seek him and brought him to Rome on the condition that they would swear and promise that if he died, they would ensure that he would be treated according to the laws of the land..They should bring or send him to the place for burial where they had taken him, and when they came near Rome, the people came out against him and received him reverently. As soon as he arrived in Rome, he released the emperor's daughter from the hands of the devil, and similarly, he freed all the other captive men presented to him. However, on the day of November's calendar, he rendered and gave up his soul to God most holy. Then they anointed his precious body with noble ointments and buried it with great reverence. The next morning they came to the sepulcher and found the holy body above the earth near the same sepulcher. All were abashed and did not know what to do. But one of the knights who had brought him out of France remembered the promise they had made, and he told the people the reason for it..And anyone, by the commandment of the Emperor, brought the body solemnly back into his country to a place where our Lord, through the merits of the holy body, has shown many miracles and virtues. Of which, by the blessed prayers and his intercessions, we may have part. Amen.\n\nThus ends the life of St. Maturyne.\n\nSaint Victor, the glorious knight and martyr in the time of the emperors Antoninus and Aurelian, was presented as a crystian man to a duke called Sebastian. Who wished to make Saint Victor sacrifice to idols. To whom Saint Victor answered that he was a true knight to Jesus Christ, and that he would not sacrifice when the duke understood that he commanded that his back should be entirely broken and his eyes drawn out. This holy man gave great thanks to God for the torments done to him, and also for the fact that he remained always in true faith. The duke was much moved and angry, and commanded that he should be put in a burning..When Saint Victor was present, he prayed to our Lord for three days without any fire or flame, or smoke, and without any damage. On the third day, he was found whole and unharmed. The duke then took venom to make mortal food for an enchanter and made him eat it. This holy man ate it without any harm or pain. The enchanter, seeing that the venom could not harm the holy man, burned all his books and renounced worldly goods, converting him to the faith of God. After these events, the duke advised Saint Victor to sacrifice to his gods, which he refused, as he had before. The duke then commanded that all the pores of his body be drawn out..A man being boiled in oil, and after changed by chains, was set on his sides with pots of burning substances, yet he was always comforted by the Lord and felt no pain. The judge was greatly dismayed and ordered quick lime and vinegar to be mixed and applied to his throat, then plucked out his eyes. Saint Victor addressed him, \"Spare me not, for I am fully prepared to endure all torments.\" The tyrant commanded that his feet be raised upward, and he remained in such position for three days, during which the majority of his body's blood flowed out of his nostrils. At the end of three days, other knights came to check if he was dead, and the blind men approached and were near him, through the intercession of this glorious saint, they were given their sight back. Upon their return to the duke, they recounted this adventure and the miraculous intervention of this holy man..The men had received their sight back and he was left alive and whole. Then the duke commanded that he should be flayed. In the meantime, a woman, named Corone, cried out with a loud voice, \"Victor was born in a good time, and his works are blessed, for the acceptable sacrifice of the holiness of his thoughts, which our Lord has received, as He did the sacrifice of Abel. When this woman, who was only fifteen years old, had said this and other good things and words, she added, \"Look, do you not see angels of paradise bringing two crowns? You shall have the greater one, and I the lesser. And how well that I am a weak vessel, yet I have firm hope in our Lord Jesus Christ that He will give me His inheritance.\n\nWhen the duke understood the words she had spoken, he commanded that she should perform a sacrifice to the gods. She answered and said, \"I am named Corone, and you ask me to lose my crown.\".The knightes were commanded to forcefully create two trees and make them confront each other. Once they did, they released them, causing Saint Victor's soul to be rendered to the Lord in firm faith and anticipation of eternal life. The two trees, in turn, left Saint Victor's glorious body in two pieces on the ground. The duke then commanded that Saint Victor be beheaded. At the striking of his head, he bled milk and blood, a miracle witnessed by many, who then believed in Lord Jesus Christ. \"Qui cum Patre et Spiritu Sancto vivit & regnat Deus, per omnia saecula saeculorum. Amen.\"\n\nConstance, the daughter of Constantine, had two provosts: one named John, and the other Paul. In that time, Gallican, who was the duke and conductor of the Romans, was to go..in battle against the Barbarians, who had taken Damietta and the surrounding area, demanded that Constance, the emperor's daughter, be given to him in marriage as a reward. The emperor was willing, but he thought it might not be possible because Constance, after Saint Agnes, had vowed virginity and would never consent to marriage. Instead, the maiden who trusted in God told her father that if he won the battle, she might speak of the marriage in hope of having two daughters of Galician to live with her, through whom she might know the manners of their father better. She gave him her two promises, John and Paul, to go with him to battle. Then this duke went to battle and was defeated and fled into the city. Immediately, the Barbarians besieged him. Then Saint John and Saint Paul urged him to make his confession to God..of heaven that thou shalt never wed a wife and thou shalt vanquish thine enemies better than thou hast, and then he did according to their counsel. And on the morrow, a young man bearing a cross on his shoulder appeared to him and said, \"Take thy sword and come after me.\" When Gallican the duke had taken his sword, he led him through all his enemies to the king, whom he slew. And all the host was so afraid that they yielded to him. Whom then he subdued and made subjects and tributaries to Rome. And when he went by his enemies, two knights appeared and confirmed him in the faith. And after he became Christian and returned to Rome, he was received with great honor. Then he prayed the Emperor to pardon him for taking his daughter. For he had never intended to have a wife but to keep himself continent and chaste. This pleased the emperor well. Then his two daughters were also converted, and he left his duchy and gave all to the poor people. And he himself served God and did many miracles. In so much that.deuyls & wicked spirites went out of the bodyes of creatures by his symple regarde & syghte / And herof the renommee and fame went fro the est vnto the west / & the peple cam fro ferre for to see this grete man how he was chaunged / For he wesshe the feete of pour men / and sette them atte table / and gaf them to ete / he serued the seek men / and dyd the offyce of seruytude moche besily / It happed that whan constantyn was dede an Empe\u2223rour sone of the grete constantyn was emperour alle of the herresie of the Ar\u2223ryens and held thempyre / He had ij neuewes of whom that one was called gallus and that other Iulyan / thys gallus was so badde that he dyd do sle hym / Thenne Iulyan doubtyng and beyng afferde entrid in to relygyon And dyssympled and semed to be ho\u00a6ly and was made lector / He was a magycyen and counseylled wyth fen\u2223des / Of whom he had answere that he shold yet be emperour / & so it hap\u00a6ped afterward / For suche nedes cam to constantyn that he created Iulyan gouernour of his oste / And named hym.Cesar was a great battler and man of war. When Constantine was dead, he became emperor. He commanded Galerius, the duke who had become so blessed, to make sacrifices to Jupiter or leave the country. The emperor dared not kill such a great man. Then he went to Alexandria. There, the malefactors made one to run him through with a sword. And so he deserved the crown of martyrdom.\n\nJulian the emperor then showed him the covetousness of his heart. He confirmed it with witnesses of the gospel, saying, \"Our Lord Jesus said, 'Whoever renounces not all that he has cannot be my disciple.' And therefore, when he heard that the blessed saints John and Paul had the riches that Constantina, their lady, had left to them, and they sustained the poor Christian people of our Lord Jesus Christ, he demanded that they should be with him as they had been with Constantine and Constantine's son.\".Iulian said to them, \"I had the position of a clerk in the church, and if I had stayed, I would have had great respect. But since it is vain and foolish to serve parishes and be idle, I have set my heart on chivalry. And therefore I have sacrificed to the gods, and they have given me the empire. You who have been brought forth and nurtured in palaces should be by my side, and if you despise me, I will not be despised. Then they answered, \"We love God more than you, and we have no fear of your threats because we will not anger God.\" Iulian replied, \"If you do not do my will within ten days with your agreement, you will do it against your will. The saints said to him, \"Think of it as if the ten days have passed, and do this day what you intend.\".I. Julian, whom you intend to confront, considered you as Christian men who should make you martyrs. But if you consent to me, I will punish you not as martyrs, but as enemies. John and Paul, during these ten days, intended to pray and give alms. On the tenth day, Terencian was sent to them, who said, \"Our lord Julian has sent me to you. You should honor the image of Jupiter that we bring to you. Otherwise, you must die.\" They replied, \"If Julian is your lord, have peace with him. We have no other lord but Jesus Christ.\" When Julian heard these words, he had their heads secretly cut off and buried in their houses. Afterward, it was reported that they were sent into exile. Soon after, the devil entered the son of Terencian and began to cry out in that house that he was being tormented by the devil. When Terencian saw this, he recognized his transgression. Afterward, he became Christian and wrote the passion of these two holy men..\"Saint John and Saint Paul, and his son was delivered from the devil. This was in the year of grace 464. Saint Gregory records that a lady frequently and gladly visited the church of these two saints. And on one occasion, she found two monks in strange attire. She supposed they were monks. She commanded them to accept her alms. But while her servant approached them, they approached her and said, \"You visit us now, but we shall visit you at the day of judgment. And when they had said this, they vanished away. Then let us pray to God that through their merits, He grants us His grace in this world, and in the other His glory. Per Christum Dominum nostrum Amen. Here ends the lives of the holy Saints John and Paul.\nLeo the Pope, as it is read in the miracles of our blessed lady, in the church of Saint Mary More, as he sang mass there, and much people were summoned and houseled by order, and a matron\".A certain woman kissed his hand, which greatly tempted him in the flesh. This holy man was a great avenger and punished himself by cutting off his hand that same day in private. Afterward, the people murmured among themselves because the pope did not sing mass or perform divine service as he was accustomed to. Then Leo turned to the Blessed Virgin Mary and humbly dedicated himself to her. She appeared to him immediately and restored his hand to him, healing it with her holy hands, commanding him to go forth and offer sacrifice to her son. Then Leo, the pope, held the council at Calcydon and ordered virgins to be veiled. It was also decreed there that the bishop would be called the mother of God. At that time, Attila destroyed Italy. Then Leo, waking up, prayed in the church..\"three days and three nights passed, and I told my men who wished to follow me to do so. When he approached Attila, about as he saw St. Leon, he dismounted from his horse and fell at his feet, praying him to ask for whatever he desired. He requested that he should leave Italy and release the Christian people he held captive. His servants reproved him that the triumphing prince of the world should be overcome by a priest. He answered, \"I have provided for myself and for you. On his right side stood a knight with drawn sword, saying to me, 'If you spare this man, you and all your men will be slain.' Then St. Leo wrote a letter to Fabian, bishop of Constantinople, against Enthymius and Eudoxia. He placed it upon the sepulcher of St. Peter and was in continuous fasting and prayers, saying, 'O holy Peter, what error have I committed in this letter, you to whom the care of the church has been committed, correct and'\".After 40 days, Peter appeared to him [Peter] praying and said, \"I have read it and corrected it.\" Then Leo took the epistle and found it corrected and amended with the hands of the apostle. For 40 days he was continually fasting and praying at the sepulcher of St. Peter, seeking forgiveness for his sins. To whom Peter appeared and said, \"I have prayed to the Lord for you, and he has forgiven all your sins, except the transgression of your hand. You shall be examined.\" He died around the year 460 AD.\n\nThis ends the life of St. Leo the Pope.\n\nPeter had a great name. He was called Simon Bar-Jonah. \"Simon\" means obedient or one who performs great sorrow. \"Bar-Jonah\" means son of Jonah or son of a dove or a cultivator. He was obedient when the Lord called him, for at the voice of one single calling, he obeyed the Lord. He was sorrowful and wept when he denied Jesus Christ. For he went out and wept..bitterly / he was sonne of the douue / For he serued god wyth symple Intencyon / Secondly he was callyd Cephas whiche is as moche to saye as chief / or stone / or blamyng with the mouth he was sayd chief by re\u00a6son of the pryncipalyte in prelacyon / A stone by reson of his stedfastnes in his passyon / blamyng with his mouth by reson of constau\u0304ce in his prechyng Thirdly he was called peter whiche is as moche to say as knowyng on vnho\u00a6syng / & shoyng or vnbyndyng / know\u2223yng / for he knewe the dygnyte of cryst whan he sayd thou art cryst sonne of the lyuyng god / In vnhosyng and shoyng / whan he vnshodde hys feet fro thaffectyon of alle dedely & erthely werk sayeng / loo we haue lefte alle thyng &c\u0304 vnbyndyng / For he hath vnbounden the bondes of synne / And that was by the keyes that he receyued of our lorde / And he\nhad thre surnames / he was sayd simon Iohanna whiche is as moche to saye as the beaute of our lord / Secondly he was sayd symon Ioha\u0304nis / that is to saye / to whom it is gyuen / And thyrdly he is.Simon Barion, that is, the son of the douche, is given to be understood as having beauty of manners, generosity of virtues, and abundance of tears. For the douche is known for her song. This name is Peter. Jesus promised to give this name to him (Matthew 4:18). Secondly, he did this, as it is said in Matthew 16:18, and he named Simon Peter and so on. Thirdly, he confirmed it in Matthew 16:18, and I say to thee that thou art Peter, and upon this stone and so on, his martyrdom was written by Marcellinus, Linus, Pope Eusebius, and Leo the Pope.\n\nSaint Peter, the apostle among all others and above all others, was of most fervent and burning love. For he would have known the traitor who was to betray our Lord Jesus Christ. As Saint Augustine says, if he had known him, he would have torn him with his teeth. And therefore our Lord would not name him to him. As Chrysostom says, if he had named him, Peter would have risen and torn him all to pieces. Peter went upon the sea..He was chosen by God to be transfigured and raised a maiden from death to life. He found a statue or piece of money in the fish's mouth. He received from the Lord the keys of the kingdom of heaven. He took charge of feeding the sheep of Ihu Crist. He converted three thousand men at a whitsun. He converted five thousand men with John. He said to Ananias and Sapphira, \"Your death is before you.\" He healed Eeneas of the paralytic. He raised Tabitha. He baptized Cornelius with the shadow of his body. He healed the sick. He was imprisoned by Herod. But by the angel of the Lord, he was delivered. According to Saint Clement's book, for certain, his food was bread only with olives and seldom with words. And I have such clothing as you see: a tunic and a mantle. And when I have that, I ask for nothing more. It is said that he always bore a sudary in his bosom with which he wiped the tears that ran from his eyes. Whenever he.Remember the sweet presence of our lord, for the great love he had for him which he could not forget, causing him to weep profusely with an abundance of tears. And when he remembered that he had denied him, he wept copiously, so much so that his face was burned with tears, as it seemed, just as Clement says, and Clement also reports that in the night when he heard the cock crow he would weep customarily.\n\nAccording to ecclesiastical history, when Saint Peter's wife was led to her passion, she had great joy. He called her by her proper name and said to her, \"My wife, remember the Lord.\"\n\nAt one time, when Saint Peter had sent two of his disciples to preach the faith of Jesus Christ, they had journeyed for twenty days. One of them died, and the other returned to see Saint Peter and told him what had happened. Some say that it was Saint Mercurius who died, while others say it was Saint Maternus, and still others say it was Saint Frank..Saint Peter gave to him his staff and commanded that he should return to his fellow and lay it upon him. He did so. Then he who had been ill for forty days arose, alive and well. At that time Simon the Zealot was in Jerusalem. He said he was the truth and affirmed that whoever would believe in him he would make them perpetually blessed. He also said that nothing was impossible to him. It is recorded in the book of Saint Clement that he said he should be worshipped as God by all men and that he could do all things. He said more: when my mother Rachel commanded me to go and gather corn in the field and saw the sick ready to gather it, I commanded the sick to gather it by themselves. It gathered ten times more than any other. And yet he added more after Ilium and said, \"I am the word of God. I am the Holy Ghost. I am almighty. I am all that is of God. He made serpents out of brass to move, and images of iron and stone to laugh, and dogs to bark.\".\"And according to Saint Linus, Simon claimed he would dispute with Saint Peter and demonstrate on a designated day that he was God. Peter arrived at the designated location where the dispute was to take place and said to those present, \"Peace to you, brothers who love truth.\" To this, Simon replied, \"We have no need of your peace. If peace and concord existed, we would not profit from finding the truth, for they have peace among themselves, and where one is overcome, it is not peace. Then Peter asked, \"Why do you fear peace, Simon? Where there is no sin, there is peace. In disputes, truth is found and in works, right wisdom is revealed.\" Simon replied, \"It is not as you say. I will show you the power of my dignity. Anon, you shall acknowledge me. I am first in truth and can make new trees, tear stones into bread, and endure in the fire without harm. I can do all things. Saint Peter disputed against all these claims and exposed his malefactions. Then Simon...\".Magus could not resist Peter, who threatened to prove him a magician with his books, and went to Rome, where he was revered as a god. When Peter learned of this, he followed and came to Rome in the fourth year of Claudius the emperor's reign. Peter stayed there for twenty-five years and ordained two bishops as his helpers: Linus within the walls and Cletus outside. He intended much for preaching the word of God, by which he converted many people to the faith of Christ. He also healed many sick and in his preaching always praised and exalted chastity. He converted the four concubines of Agrippa the proconsul, causing them to no longer come to him. Therefore, the proconsul sought occasion against Peter. After this, the Lord appeared to Saint Peter, saying to him, \"Simon Magus and Nero plot against us, but fear not, for I am with you. I will give to you the comfort of my servant Paul, who will come to Rome tomorrow.\".Peter, knowing he could not stay long among them, chose Clement and ordained him bishop, seating him in his own place. Afterward, Paul came to Rome and began with Peter to preach the faith of Christ. Simon Magus was so favored by Nero that he believed Nero considered him the guardian of his life, health, and the city. One day, as Leo the Pope relates, while Simon stood before Nero, his appearance suddenly changed, now old and now young. When Nero saw this, he supposed that Simon was the Son of God. Then Simon Magus said to Nero, \"Since you will know me to be the very Son of God, command that my head be struck off, and I will rise again on the third day.\" Nero commanded his brother to behead Simon. When Nero believed he had seen Simon die, he ordered a ram's head to be gathered and hid it three days.\n\nThe blood of the ram.The third day he came and showed himself to Nero, saying, \"Command my blood to be washed away. For I am he who was prophesied. And as I promised, I have risen again the third day. Whom Nero seeing was abashed, and truly believed that he had been the son of God. This says Leo.\n\nAt times, when he was secretly with Nero in his closet, the devil in his likeness spoke outside to the people. Then the Romans held him in such worship that they made an image of him and wrote above this title:\n\nTo Simon the holy god,\nPeter and Paul entered before Nero,\nAnd discovered all the sorceries and malefices of Simon Magus.\n\nPeter added to this, saying, \"Just as in Christ there are two substances, that is, of God and man, so is there in this magic, two substances, that is, of man and of the devil.\" Then Simon Magus said, \"Lest I should suffer any longer this enemy, I shall command my angels that they shall avenge me on him.\" To whom Peter replied, \"I fear.\".Nothings threatens you but they fear me, Nero said to Simon. Do you not fear him, Nero asked, for he implies divinity or godhood through certain things? To whom Peter replied, if dignity or godhood resides in him, let him now declare what I think or do. Which I will first tell to the one who will not lie to what I think, Nero said. Come here and say what you think, Nero ordered. Then Peter went to him and said secretly, command someone to bring to me a barley loaf and deliver it to me privately. When it was brought to him, he blessed it and hid it under his sleeve. Then Peter said, Simon, say now what you think and have said and done. Simon answered, let Peter first say what he thinks. Peter replied, I know that Simon thinks I will do it when he has thought.\n\nSimon, having indignation, cried out loudly, I command that dogs come and tear him apart. Suddenly, great dogs appeared and attacked Peter. He gave them some of the blessed bread he had..Suddenly he made them flee. Then Peter said to Nero, \"Lo, I have shown you what he thought against me, not in words but in deeds. For where he promised angels to come against me, he brought dogs. Thus he shows that he has no angels but dogs. Then Simon said, \"Here ye Peter and Paul. If I cannot harm you here, you shall come where I shall have to judge you. I will spare you here. Hec leo. Then Simon Magus, as Egesippus and Linus say, boasted that he could raise dead men to life. And it happened that there was a young man dead. Then Nero let call Peter and Simon. And all gave sentence by the will of Simon that he should be slain, who could not bring the dead man to life. Simon then, as he made his incantations upon the dead body, was seen to move his head by those who stood by. Then all cried out to stone Peter. Peter, unable to gain silence, said, \"If the dead body lives, let him arise and walk, and you will know that it is he.\".fantasy that the head of the dead man moves, letting Simon be taken from the bed, and the body remains unmovable. Peter, standing afterwards, makes his prayer and cries to the dead body, saying, \"Young man, arise in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, crucified.\" And immediately he arose and walked. Then, when the people wanted to stone Simon Magus, Peter said, \"He is in pain enough, knowing him to be overcome in his heart. Our master has taught us to do good for evil. Then Simon said to Peter and Paul, \"It will never be well for you. For you lie all that you say.\" Then, as Marcel says, Simon went to Marcel's house and bound a great black dog there at the door, and said, \"Now I shall see if Peter, who is accustomed to come here, will come. And if he comes, this dog will attack him.\" A little after that, Peter and Paul went there..Peter made the sign of the cross and bound the hound. The hound was as tame and meek as a lamb. It pursued only Simon and went to him, took him, and cast him to the ground beneath him, intending to strangle him. But then Peter ran to him and cried out to the hound not to harm him. Anon, the hound left him and touched not his body. But he tore and tore his garment in such a way that he was almost naked. Then all the people, especially the children, ran at him with the hound, hunted and chased him out of the town as if he had been a wolf. For the reprieve and shame, he dared not enter the town again for a whole year. Then Marcelle, disciple of Simon Magus, seeing these great miracles, came to Peter. From thenceforth, he was separated from him. And at the end of the year, Simon returned and was received again into the circle of Nero. And then, as Leon says, Simon Magus assembled the people and showed them how he had been angered by this..Galen said, and for that reason he declared that he would leave the place which he was accustomed to defend and keep. He set a day on which he would ascend into heaven. For he longed no more to dwell there. Then, on the day that he had stabilized things as he had said, he went up to a high tower, which was on the capitol. And there, being crowned with laurel, he threw himself out from place to place and began to flee. Then Saint Paul said to Saint Peter, \"It is fitting for me to pray.\" And then Saint Peter said, \"This man is very good, and you are both traitors.\" Then Saint Peter said to Saint Paul, \"Paul, lift up your head and see how Simon flees.\" Then Saint Paul said to Saint Peter, \"When I saw him flee so high, Peter, why do you tarry? Perform what you have begun. God now calls us.\" Then Peter said, \"I charge and conjure you, Angels of Satan who hold him in place by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you bear him no more, but let him fall.\".And they immediately let him fall to the ground and broke his neck and head, and he died there. / And when Nero heard that Simon was dead and that he had lost such a man, he was sorrowful and said to the apostles, \"You have done this in spite of me. And therefore I shall destroy you, by right evil example.\" Hec LEo. Then he delivered them to Paul, who was a very noble man. Paul delivered them to Maurice and Lucius, whom Saint Peter converted to the faith. And they then opened the prison and let all go who wanted to leave. After the Passion of the apostles, Paul, when he knew that they were Christians, beheaded both Maurice and Lucius. The brothers, when the prison was opened, prayed to Peter to go with them. He would not, but at last, overcome by their prayers, he went away. And when he came to the gate, as Leo witnesses, which is called the Porta Sancta Maria ad Passus, he met Jesus Christ..coming to him / Peter asked, \"Lord, where are you going?\" / And he replied, \"I am going to Rome to be crucified again.\" / Peter demanded, \"Lord, shall you be crucified again?\" / \"Yes,\" he answered. / \"Then,\" Peter said, \"I will return there to be crucified with you.\" / Our Lord then ascended to heaven. / Peter, looking on, wept bitterly. / When Peter understood that our Lord had spoken to him about his passion, he returned. / Upon his arrival, he told his brothers about what our Lord had said. / However, he was soon taken by Nero's minions / and was delivered to the procurer, Agrippa. / Agrippa then said to him, \"You are the one who delights in people and women, abandoning the beds of their husbands.\" / The apostle was reprimanded by him and was told, \"You glory in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ.\" / Then Peter was commanded to be crucified as a stranger. / Since Paul was a Roman citizen, it was not permitted for him to be crucified in the same manner as a Roman citizen..was commanded that his head should be struck off / And of this sentence given again against them, Dionysius sent a letter to Timotheus, saying, \"O my brother Timotheus, if you had seen the agonies of those men, you would have failed for heaven's sake and wept that hour when the commandment of the sentence was given against them, that Peter should be crucified and Paul be beheaded. You would have then seen the turbans of the Jews and the pains that struck them and spittle in their faces. And when the horrible time came for their end, that they were parted from one another, they bound the pillars of the world, but this was not without prolonged weeping and tears from the brethren. Then Saint Paul said to Saint Peter, \"Peace be with you, that art the foundation of the church and the shepherd of the flock and lambs of our Lord.\" Peter then said to Paul, \"Go thou in peace, preacher of good manners, mediator, leader, and solace of righteous people.\".With drawn from others, I followed my master. They were not both slain in one street. This says Saint Dionysus. And Leo the pope and Marcelle witnessed when Peter came to the cross. He said, \"When my lord descended from heaven to there, he was put on the cross upright. But me, whom it pleases to call from thence to heaven, my cross shall show my head to there and address my feet to heaven. For I am not worthy to be put on the cross like my lord. Therefore, tear my cross and crucify me head downward.\" Then they tore the cross and fastened his feet upward and his head downward.\n\nThe people were angry against Nero and the prefect and wanted to kill them because they made Saint Peter die in such a way. But he requested that they should not hinder his passion. And as Leo witnesses, our Lord opened the eyes of those who were there and wept. So that they saw the angels with crowns of roses and lilies standing by Peter, who was on the cross with the angels. And then Peter....received a book of our lord in which he learned the words that he said. Then, as Eusebius says, Peter spoke thus: \"Lord, I have desired much to follow you, but to be crucified upright I have not presumed. You are always righteous, high and sovereign, and we are sons of the first man, whose head is inclined towards that from which the fall signifies the form of the human genus. Also, we are born that we are seen inclined towards it, and the condition is changed. For the world thinks that such a thing is good which is evil and bad. Lord, you are all things to me, and nothing is to me but you alone. I yield to the thanksgivings with all the spirit of which I live. By which I understand, and by whom I call upon thee.\" And when Saint Peter saw that the good Christian men saw his glory, in yielding kings to God and commending good people to him, he rendered up his spirit. Then Marcel and Apuleius, his brothers who were his disciples, took some of the body from the cross when he was dead..And he was anointed with much precious adornment and buried honorably, according to Isidore's account in the book of the nativity and death of saints. Peter, after governing Antioch, founded a church under Claudius Temper's reign. He went to Rome and spoke against the gospel for twenty-five years and held the bishopric. Thirty-six years after the Passion of our Lord, he was crucified by Nero, who turned his head downward because he would be so cruelly tortured. Isidore.\n\nPeter and Paul appeared to Saint Dionysius on the day of their martyrdom, as he relates in his aforementioned epistle, in these words: \"Understand the miracle and see the prodigy, my brother Timothy, for I was ready for their departure at the time.\" After their death, I saw them holding hands, entering the gates of the city, clad in clothes of light and arrayed with crowns of clarity and light. Dionysius.\n\nNero was not unpunished for their death and other great sins and tyrannies that he committed. For he killed himself with his own hand..Whiche tyrannies were too long to tell, but briefly, I shall recount here some. He slew his master, Seneca, because he was afraid of him when he went to school. Also, Nero slew his mother and cut her belly open to see where he lay in. The physicians and masters blamed him and said the son should not kill his mother, who had borne him with sorrow and pain. Then he said, \"Make me with child and after to be delivered, so that I may know what pain my mother suffered.\" By craft, they gave him a young horse to drink and it grew in his belly. And then he said, \"If you make me to be delivered, I shall kill you all.\" And so they gave him such a drink that he vomited out the horse. And they bore him on hand that because he did not abide his time, it was misshapen. Which yet he made to be kept. Then, for his pleasure, he set Rome on fire, which burned for seven days and seven nights, and was in a high tower and enjoyed himself to see such a great flame of fire and sang merrily. He slew the senators of Rome to..see what sorrow and lamentation their wives would make, he married a man for his wife. He caught fish with golden netting. The garment he wore one day, he would never wear it again or see it after. Then the Romans, seeing his madness, pursued him outside the city. When he saw he could not escape them, he took a stake and sharpened it with his teeth, and with it, he stabbed himself through the body and so killed himself. In another place, it is recorded that he was devoured by wolves. Then the Romans returned and found the corpse and threw it out of the city, and there they burned it. In the time of Saint Cornelius the Pope, the Greeks stole the bodies of the apostles Peter and Paul. But the devils that were in the idols were constrained by the divine virtue of God and cried out and said, \"ye men of Rome, hasten to save your gods which have been stolen from you.\" For this reason, the good Christian people understood that they were the bodies of Peter and Paul. The painters had supposed that it was a different corpse..had they gathered a great number of Christian men and pagans as well, pursuing the Greeks so long that they feared being slain. They threw the bodies into a pit at Catacumbas. However, Christian men later drew them out. Saint Gregory states that the great force of thunder and lightning from heaven made them so frightened that they fled from one another, leaving the bodies of the apostles in the pit at Catacumbas. They were unsure which bones were Peter's and which were Paul's, so the pious Christians prayed and fasted. It was answered from heaven that the larger bones belonged to the preacher and the smaller ones to the fisherman. The bones were then deposited in the church dedicated to him. Some say that Silvester the pope consecrated the churches and gathered all the bones together, dividing them into large and small parts. He deposited one half in one church and the other half in another. Saint Gregory..A man of great holiness and meekness named Gencyn lies in the church of St. Peter, where his bones rest. A creeping maiden came into the church and drew her body and legs after her with her hands. She had long prayed and asked Peter for health. He appeared to her in a vision and said, \"Go to Gencyn, my servant, and he will restore your health.\" The maiden began to creep through the church, asking who was Gencyn. Suddenly, he appeared to her, and she said to him, \"The holy apostle St. Peter sent me to you to make me whole and deliver me from my disease.\" He answered, \"If you are sent to me from him, arise at once and go on your feet.\" He took her hand, and she was made whole in such a way that she felt nothing of her grief or malady. She thanked God and St. Peter. In the same book, St. Gregory says that an holy priest came..At the end of his life, he began to cry in great joy and exclaimed, \"Welcome, my lords, welcome! You are most gracious to come and pour out your service on such a humble servant. I will come and thank you. Then those standing by asked, \"Who are these men to whom he speaks?\" He replied, \"Do you not see the blessed apostles Peter and Paul? And as he cried out again, his blessed soul departed from his flesh. Some have doubted whether Peter and Paul suffered death on the same day, with some claiming it was one year after the other. However, Jerome and all the saints who have written about this matter agree that it was on one day and one year. And it is recorded in an epistle of Denys, and Leo the Pope also says the same in a sermon, stating, \"We suppose, but that it was not without cause that they suffered death on the same day and in the same place, so that they could join each other to go to Jesus Christ, and both under one persecutor.\".Paul and Peter should be distinguished by their merits and glory, not only by their suffering. The day for one was set, the place for the other. One came to virtue, hec leo. Though they both died on the same day and in the same hour, it was not in the same place. A verifier states this as follows:\n\nEnse coronatus Paulus cruce Petrus eodem,\nSub duce, luce, loco,\nDux nero, Roma locus.\n\nThat is, Paul was crowned with a sword, and Peter had the cross reversed. The place was Rome. And yet, although they suffered death on the same day, St. Gregory ordered that\n\nthat day specifically should be the solemnity of St. Peter,\nAnd the next day the commemoration of St. Paul.\n\nFor the church of St. Peter was consecrated that same day,\nAnd because he was more dignified and first in conversion,\nand held the principal seat at Rome.\n\nPaul is as much to say as the mouth of a trumpet or of sense, or marvelously chosen, or a miracle..The election of Paul is referred to as Pausa, or little of Latin. Understood are seven privileges that Paul held before other apostles. The first is a fruitful tongue, as he renewed the gospel from Jerusalem to Jeroico, and is therefore called the mouth of a trumpet. The second was a virtuous charity, as he said, \"Who is sick, and I am not?\" and is therefore called the mouth of understanding. The third is conversion, most marvelous, for he was marvelously chosen and converted. The fourth is the hand working, and therefore he is called marvelously of Illyas to preach without ceasing. The fifth was contemplation delightful, for rest of thought is required in contemplation. He was rapt up to the third heaven. The sixth was humility, and of this name Paul has three opinions. Origen says he always had two names, and was called Paulus and Saulus. Rabanus says he was called Paul..Saul, who was once the proud king Saul but later converted, was called Paul, a humble and little man in spirit. He claimed to have converted Paul of Sergio, the proconsul, and wrote his paschal letter. Saint Paul, the apostle after his conversion, suffered many persecutions, as the blessed Hilary briefly recounts. Paul the apostle was beaten with rods by the Philippians. He was imprisoned and had his feet fastened in stocks. He was stoned in Lydda and Thessalonica. In Ephesus, he was delivered to wild beasts. In Damascus, he was let down in a basket over the wall. In Jerusalem, he was arrested, beaten, bound, and led away to be slain. In Caesarea, he was imprisoned and falsely accused. In Parthia, he was in danger of death. From there, he came to Rome and was judged under Nero, where he ended his life..Saint Hilary / Paul took upon him to be an apostle among the Gentiles. Two lists were a contract between him and a young man who fell out of a window and died. He came back to life. And he performed many other miracles at the Isle of Milos. A serpent grabbed his hand, but it didn't harm him. He threw it into the fire. It is said that all those who came from the progeny and lineage of the man who then harbored Paul cannot be hurt by any venomous beasts. Therefore, when their children are born, they put snakes in their cradles to prove if they are truly their children or not. In some places, Paul is said to be less than Peter. Other times more. And sometimes equal and alike. For in dignity he is less. In preaching greater and in holiness they are equal. Hermas says that Paul, from the cock's crow until the hour of five, labored with his hands. And after that, he entered into preaching and that endured almost until night. The remainder of the time was for eating, sleeping, and prayer..Which was necessary/ He came to Rome when Nero was not yet fully confirmed in the empire, and Nero, hearing that there was disputing and questioning between Paul and the Jews, showed little interest in the matter. Paul was therefore allowed to go where he would and preach freely. According to Jerome in his book De viris illustribus, thirty-first year after the passion of our Lord, in the second year of Nero, Saint Paul was sent to Rome under guard, and he stayed there for two years, disputing against the Jews. After being released by Nero, he preached the gospel in the western regions. In the fourteenth year of Nero, the same year and day that Peter was crucified, Paul's head was struck off by Nero's order. His wisdom and piety were published above all, and he was regarded as marvelous. He gained many friends in high places, converting them to the faith of Christ. Some of his writings were read aloud and recited before the emperor, and he was most graciously commended by all men. The senate, understanding his eloquence, was deeply impressed by him..In a loft above, on a day around evening time, a young man named Patroclus Boteler of Nero went to see the crowd. He went up to a window and there, sleeping soundly, he fell down and died. When Nero heard this, he was deeply saddened. Immediately, he ordered another man into his office. Paul, knowing this, told those standing by him to bring Patroclus, whom Nero loved so much. When Patroclus was brought in, Nero recognized him as dead, and while he made a lamentation for him, it was reported to the emperor that Patroclus had come to the gate. When he heard this, the emperor was greatly surprised and commanded that he be brought in. To the emperor, Nero said, \"Patroclus lives, does he not?\" And Patroclus replied, \"Yes, emperor, I live.\" Nero asked, \"Who has brought you back to life?\" And Patroclus replied, \"It is the Lord, Ihu.\".King of all worlds, / Then Nero being angry said, / he shall reign forever and resolve all the kingdoms of the world, / To Patroclus he said, / truly you are the emperor, / then Nero gave him a blow, saying, / therefore you serve him, / and he said, truly I serve him who raised me from death to life, / Then five of Nero's ministers who assisted him said to him, / O emperor, why did you strike this young man truly and wisely, / answering to the emperor, / we truly serve that same almighty king, / And when Nero heard this, / he put them in prison to strongly torment them, / whom he much loved, / Then he made an inquiry and took all Christian men, / and without examination made them to be tortured with great torments, / Then Paul was among those bound and brought before Nero, / To whom Nero said, / O thou man servant of the great king, / bound before me why do you withdraw my knights / and draw them to the, / To whom Paul said, / Not only from your presence I have gathered knights..But also I came from the universal world to my lord,\nTo whom our king yields such gifts that shall never fail,\nAnd grants that they shall be exempt from all indigence and need,\nAnd if you will be his subject,\nYou shall be safe,\nFor he is of such great power\nThat he shall come and judge all the world,\nAnd destroy its form by fire.\n\nWhen Nero heard that he should destroy the world's form by fire,\nHe commanded that all Christian men should be burned by fire,\nAnd Paul be beheaded as one guilty against his majesty.\nThen such a great multitude of Christian people were slain then,\nThat the people of Rome broke up his palaces,\nAnd cried and mourned against him, saying,\n\"Caesar, you imitate Nero's manners and attempt his cruelty.\nFor these are our people that you are destroying,\nAnd defend the empire of Rome.\n\nEmperror then, fearing the noise of the people,\nChanged his decree and edict,\nThat no man should touch or harm any Christian man,\nUntil the emperor had..otherwise ordered / therefore Paul was brought before Nero / whom, as soon as Nero saw, he cried out and said, \"Take away this wicked man and behead him; suffer him no longer to live on the earth.\" To whom Paul replied, \"Nero, I will endure a little while, but I will live eternally with my lord Jesus Christ.\" Nero said, \"Strike off his head so that he may understand me more strongly; when he is overcome, we may see whether he can live after that.\" To whom Paul replied, \"Tell me, that you know I will live lastingly; when my head is smitten off, I will appear to the living. Then you may know that Christ is the god of life and of death.\" And when he had said this, he was led to the place of his martyrdom. And as he was led, the three knights who led him asked him, \"Paul, who is he your king that you love so much that for his sake you would rather die than live, and what reward will you have therefore?\" Then Paul preached to them about the kingdom of heaven and the pain of death..Saint Paul converted them in such a way that they prayed, saying, \"He shall flee. I am not a fugitive, but the lawful knight of Christ. I know well that from this transitory life I shall go to everlasting life, as soon as I am summoned. True men will take away my body. Mark well the place, and come here tomorrow, and you shall find by my sepulcher two men, Luke and Titus, praying. When you tell them for what cause I have sent you to them, they shall baptize you and make you heirs of the kingdom of heaven. And while they spoke thus to one another, Nero sent two knights to look if he was being slain and beheaded. And when Saint Paul would have converted them, they said, \"When you are dead and rise again, then we shall believe. Now come forth and receive what you have deserved. And as he was led to the place of his passion in the gate of Hostile, a noblewoman named Plautilla, a disciple of Paul, who was also called Lemobia, was there.\".For happily she had met two names, Mette and Paul, who wept and commanded her to his prayers. To whom Paul said, \"Welcome, Plantilla, daughter of everlasting health, lean to me thy veil or kerchief with which thou coverest thy head, that I may bind my eyes therewith, and afterward I shall return it to thee. And when she had given it to him, the butchers mocked her, saying, \"Why have you given this precious cloth to this enchanter to lose it? Then, when he came to the place of his passion, he tore toward the east, holding his hands up to heaven, weeping and praying in his own language and thanking the Lord. And after that, he bade his brethren farewell and bound his eyes with Plantilla's kerchief and, kneeling down on both knees, stretched forth his neck. And so he was beheaded. And as soon as the head was separated from the body, it is said that he named Jesus or Christ or both fifty times..From his wound, milk flowed into the knight's clothes, followed by blood. A greatly beloved brother appeared there, the butcher saying, \"Paul, prepare your neck.\" Then Paul blessed, looking up to heaven, marking his forehead and breast with the sign of the cross. He immediately replied, \"My lord Jesus Christ, I commend my spirit to thee.\" Without hesitation or compulsion, he stretched out his neck and received the crown of martyrdom. The butcher, striking his head, took the kerchief from the blessed martyr Paul and unbound his eyes. He gathered up his own blood and put it in the woman's eyes. Then the butcher returned and met Peter, demanding, \"Where have you left my master?\" The knight answered, \"He lies outside the town with one of his companions. His face is covered with your kerchief.\" The woman replied, \"I have now seen Peter and Paul enter the city, clad in...\".with right noble vestments and crowns on their heads, clearer and shinier than the sun. He had brought back all the bloody ones who had delivered me. For this reason, and for this work, many believed in our lord and were baptized. This is what Saint Denis says: When Nero heard this, he doubted him and began to speak of all these things with his philosophers and friends. As they discussed this matter, Paul came in and stood before Caesar and said, \"Caesar, behold before you the knight of the king, perishable and not vainglorious. Now believe certainly that I am not dead but alive. But you, thief, shall die a cruel death. This is because you have slain the servants of God.\" When he had said this, he vanished away. Nero, out of fear and anger, was nearly out of his wits and did not know what to do. Then, by the counsel of his friends, he unbound Patroclus and Barnabas..and let them go where they would. And other knights, Master of the knights and oldest, came to the sepulcher of Paul in the morning. There they found two men praying, Luke and Titus, with Paul between them. And when Luke and Titus saw them, they were abashed and began to flee. But Paul vanished away immediately. And the knights cried after them, saying, \"We come not to harm you, but truly we come to be baptized by you, as Paul has said, whom we see now praying with you.\" When they heard that, they returned and baptized them with great joy.\n\nThe head of St. Paul was cast into a valley. And because of the great multitude of other men's heads that were there slain and thrown there, it could not be known which it was. It is read in the Pistle of St. Denis that once the valley should be made clean. And the head of St. Paul was cast out with the other heads. A shepherd who kept sheep took it up with his staff and set it up by the place where his sheep were..Shepherds saw him with a great light shining on his head for three nights continuously, and his lord also had a very bright light shining on the same head. Then they went and told it to the bishop and to other good Christian men. These men replied truthfully, \"This is the head of St. Paul.\" The bishop, with a great multitude of Christian men, took the head with great reverence and put it in a golden tablet, joining it to the body. The patriarch answered, \"We know well that many holy men have been slain and their heads defiled in that place. Yet I doubt whether this is the head of Paul or not. But let us set this head at the feet of the body and pray to almighty God that if it is his head, may the body tear and join it to the head.\" This pleased them all, and they set the head at the feet of Paul's body. And then they all prayed. The body tore and joined him to the head. And they all blessed God and thus knew verily that this was the head of St. Paul..Saint Paul, according to Saint Dionysus and Saint Gregory, there was a man who filled with despair during the time of Emperor Justin. He prepared a cord to hang himself, and continually cried out, \"Saint Paul, help me.\" Then came a black shadow, saying to him, \"Be finished with what you have begun.\" The man, ready to hang himself, continued to cry out, \"Most busy Paul, help me.\" And when all was ready, another shadow appeared, as if of a man, saying to him, \"Wretch, flee. Paul the advocate has come.\" Then the foul shadow vanished, and the man returning to himself and casting away the cord took penance for his offense and transgression. In the same epistle, Saint Denys laments the death of his master Paul with mild words, saying, \"Who shall give tears to my eyes and a fountain of water that I may weep day and night that the light of the church is extinguished? And who is he that\".shall not weep and wail, and clothe him with clothes of mourning and sorrow, and in his mind be greatly abashed. Lo, Peter, the foundation of the church and glory of saints and holy apostles is gone from us. And Paul, also the teacher and comforter of the people, is failed to us, and shall no more be found. Who was father of fathers, doctor of doctors, pastor of pastors, profoundness of wisdom, a trump sounding high things, and a preacher of truth. I say verily, Paul, most noble of the apostles, never weary of preaching the word of God, he was an earthly angel, a heavenly man, image and similitude of divinity, and has left us all forsaken and unworthy in this dispeised world. And is gone unto Christ, his God, his lord and friend. Alas, my brother Timothy, most beloved of my soul, where is your master, your father and lover? From whence shall he greet me more? Lo, you are made an orphan and remain alone. Now he shall no more write to you with his own hand..My dearest son Thymothee, what has happened to us of Heynes, of darkness, and harm? Since we have been made orphans, your epistles no longer come to the city in which you wrote. Paul the little servant of Jesus Christ will no longer write to the cities, saying \"receive my well-beloved son.\" Shut my brother's books of the prophets and seal them. For we now have no interpreter of parables and paradigms or their dictates. David the prophet bewailed his son and said, \"woe is me, who shall grant me to die for the sake of my son? Woe is me. Master, very woe to me, my brother Thymothee, who are deprived of them.\" The course of your disciples coming to Rome and seeking ceases and fails. Now no one says, \"let us go and see our doctors\" and ask them how we should rule the churches committed to us. They shall interpret and explain to us the sayings of our Lord Jesus Christ and of the prophets. Very woe to these sons of mine, my brother Thymothee, who are deprived..They are our spiritual father, and also to us who are deprived of our spiritual masters who gathered under the understanding and science of the old and new law, and put them in their epistles. Where is now the renewing of Paul and the labor of his holy feet? Where is the mouth speaking and the tongue counseling, and the spirit well pleasing his God? Who shall not weep and wail? For those who have deserved glory and honor toward God have been put to death as malefactors and wicked men. Woe to me that am held in that hour, his blessed body all wrapped in his innocent blood. Alas, my father and doctor, thou were not guilty of such a death. Now why should I go to seek the glory of Christ's men and the praises of good true men? Who shall silence thy voices that sang so high in the church in preaching the word of God? Lo, thou hast entered into thy lord and thy God whom thou hast desired with all thy affection. Jerusalem and Rome are evil friends. Jerusalem has:\n\n(Note: The text appears to be incomplete at the end, with missing words or lines.).crucified our lord Ihu Crist / and Rome has slain his apostles: Hermas serves him, for they crucified / And Rome in solemn singing glorifies those it has slain / and now my brother Thaddaeus, these are they whom you loved most / and desired with all your heart / like Saul and Jonathan, who were not parted in life nor in death / and so I am not parted from my lord and master / but when ill and wicked men separate us / And the separation of one hour shall not always be / For his soul knows those who love him though they speak not to him, which now are and have it in him / And not only of a man but also of the ages / And in what manner we shall show to you here after Abel offered sacrifice and of that he was praised, but we shall show the sacrifice of Paul / And it shall appear greater inasmuch as heaven is higher than the earth / For Paul sacrificed himself every day / And offered double sacrifice in heart and body, which he mortified he offered not sheep nor net / but he sacrificed himself..in two ways / and yet that was not enough for him / but he strove to offer to God all the world / For he encircled all the world that is under heaven / and made angels of men / And moreover, over the men who were like demons / He changed them into angels / Who is he that is found parallel or like to this sacrifice / which Paul with the sword of the Holy Ghost offered up to the altar which is above heaven / Abel was slain by the treachery of his brother / but Paul was slain by those whom he desired to draw and save from innumerable evils / His deaths were so many that they may not well be numbered / he had as many as he lived days / Noah, as it is read, kept himself, his wife, and his children in the ark / but Paul in a more perilous and older flood in an ark not made with pitch and tar / But with epistles as borders / delivered and saved the universal world from the floods of error and sin / This Ark or ship was not confined to one place but was sent through the universal world / nor limited by pitch..He took those who worshiped reasonable beasts almost more folows than unreasonable beasts to be the followers of angels. He overcame the ark in which was received the crow, and sent it out again, and closing a wolf within, whose wickedness he could not change. But this dove took falcons and hawks, and made of them douves. And excluded all wickedness and ferocity from them, and brought to them the spirit of meekness. Some marvel of Abraham, who at God's command left his country and kindred, but how may he be compared to Paul? He not only left his country and kindred, but also himself and the world, and despised all things, and required to have but one thing, and that was the charity and love of Jesus Christ. He desired neither present things nor things to come, but Abraham put himself in peril to save his brother's son. But Paul sustained many perils for this..Bring the universal World from Pericles of the devil / and brought others to great security with his own death. Abraham would have offered his son Isaac to God, but Paul neither friend nor neighbor, but offered himself to God a thousand times. Some marvel at the patience of Isaac, who suffered the pits that were stopped, but Paul, not beholding the pits, was stopped only with stones and his own body beaten, but those who suffered great pains, he studied to bring to heaven. And the more this well was stopped, the more it flowed out streams in showing of water of scripture of meekness and patience.\n\nOf the patience of Jacob, scripture marvels, which endured seven years for his spouse. But who has the soul of an adamant that can follow the patience of Paul? For he endured not only seven years for Christ his spouse, but all his life time. He was not only burned with the heat of the day, nor suffered only the frost of the night, but enduring temptations, now with hunger, now with thirst, now with nakedness, now with perils, now with injuries, now with labors, not only was he present with the body, but fighting with the spiritual enemies, he was more than conqueror through him that loved him..Bethes is now encrusted with stones, and continually endured torments, drawing sheep to faith from the mouth of the devil. He was also adorned and made beautiful with the chastity of Joseph. I have my doubts that some may consider this a lying praise of Paul, who not only crucified his own body but also set no value on anything fair and clear that he beheld, regarding them as little as we do a small clump of ashes or filth. He remained unmoved as a dead man to a dead man. All marveled at Job, for he was a remarkable champion. But Paul was not only troubled for months but for many years, enduring agony, and appeared completely clear. He did not suppress the madness of his flesh with a sword or shield but ran daily like the open mouth of a lion, and fought against innumerable temptations, which were more tolerable than a stone. These were not inflicted by three or four enemies, but by all men and his brethren, whom he suffered obloquies from..And was confused and cursed by them all / and he took meekly and patiently / Job was a man of great hospitality and had care for poor people / and that he did was to sustain the filth of the flesh / But St. Paul labored to help the suffering of the souls /\n\nJob opened his house to every man that came / But the soul of Paul showed him to the universal world /\n\nJob had sheep and oxen innumerable / And of them he was liberal to poor men / Paul had no possession save his body / And with that he ministered sufficiently to those in need / as it is said to my necessities / and to them that were with me these hands have ministered / And to holy Job were given worms, wounds, and sores which caused him much pain and sorrow / but consider Paul, he shall see / hunger, thirst, and perils that he suffered from his known men / and his soul was overwhelmed with infirmity, iron, and adamant / What Job suffered with his body, that Paul sustained with his mind..More grievous than any worm, and his eyes flowed with tears not only on days but also on nights, he was more tormented than a woman in labor. For this reason, he said, \"My little children whom I am still bringing forth: Moses' law is to be defaced from the book of life for the health of the Jews, and I offer myself to perish with them. But Paul would not only perish with his kin but that all others should be sold into slavery would be cast down from every lofty place. And Moses resisted Pharaoh, and Paul resisted the devil every day. He was a man of the Jews, and Paul fought for all the universals. Not by sweetness but by blood, John the Baptist ate locusts and wild honey, but Paul, in the midst of the world, was as strict in his conversation as John was in the desert. Not only was he fed with locusts and wild honey, but with much fouler food he was content. For often he left his necessary food for the fervent study he had to preach the word of God..Truly there appeared in St. John great constance in preaching against Herodias. But Paul, not one or two or three, but he corrected innumerable men set up in high power, and also older tyrants. It remains now that we compare Paul to Angels, in which we shall preach a great thing with all charge. They obeyed unto God, who said marvelously that they might be mighty in virtue, and ever did the commandments of God. And also the prophet says that he makes his angels spirits, and his ministers' fire burning. And all this we may find in Paul, who is like fire and a spirit, he has run throughout the whole world, and with his preaching has purged it. And yet he has not yet sorted heaven, and that is wonderful. For he converted such as were in heaven, and was yet surrounded by his mortal flesh. A lord, how much are we worthy of damnation, when we see all good things assembled in one man, and we do not follow the least part of them? He had in this world..none other thing, not anything else in nature or soul similar to us, dwelling in no other world but the same earth and the same region, living under the same laws and customs. He surpasses all men who now live or have lived due to his courage. This thing is not to be marveled at him alone, that for the abundance of devotion he felt no pain. But he rewarded virtue for its reward. And when he saw that his death approached, he called others to the delight of his joy, saying, \"Rejoice and be merry with me.\" And certainly he hastened more to wrongs and injuries which he suffered for his true preaching. He was gladder of them than he was for a feast of great joy. He desired more death than bodily life, and more poverty than riches, and travel rather than rest. In his rest, he chose weeping rather than rest. He used to pray more for his enemies than others do for their friends. Above all things, he feared..The wrath of God was his only desire, to please God alone. He forsook not only present things but those to come. He refused all prosperities that ever were or shall be on earth. And if we speak of heavenly things, you shall see his love in Ihu Crist. With this love, he considered himself blessed. He did not wish to be a fellow with angels or archangels, nor with any order of angels, but he counted more with the love of God to be least of those punished, than without his love to be among sovereign honors. This was the greatest torment for him, to depart from his love.\n\nOn the other hand, the charity of Christ was life and promise to him, and all goods without number. He despised all that we fear, like as we despise a herb putrefied and rotten. He regarded the tyrants conspiring their fury into the apostles, like biting fleas, and he regarded death..crueltes and a thousand torments, but as a play or game for Christ's sake, he endured them. He thought he was made more beautiful with the binding of chains than crowned with a diadem. For when he was constrained to be in prison, he thought he was in heaven. And he received more gladly endured beatings and wounds than other victories. He loved sorrows no less than medicines. For he regarded those things that cause sorrow to us as rewards. And such things that bring sorrow to him were great delight. He was always embraced with great weeping, for he said, \"Who is reviled, and I do not burn? And who can say I delight in sorrowing? Many are wounded by the death of their children and take comfort when they may weep enough. It is most grievous to them when they are restrained from their weeping. In like manner, Paul night and day had consolation of his tears and weeping. There could no man weep nor bewail his own defects as he bewailed other men's defects. For, as thou..We entreat him who weeps and yearns for his sins, desiring to be excluded from the joy of heaven, to consider that he felt as much the suffering of other souls as he felt or believed himself to perish. To what can he be compared? To what iron or to what adamant? He was stronger than any adamant and more precious than gold or jewels. One thing he overcame with strength, another with preciousness. Therefore, we may say that a soul is more precious than all the world and all that is in it. For he flew through all the world as if he had wings, preaching, and he despised all labors and perils as if he were without a body. And like heaven that he possessed, he despised all earthly things. And just as iron that is laid in the fire becomes all fire, so Paul, embraced by charity, became all charity. And just as it seemed a common father of all the world, so he loved all men and surmounted all others..Saint Paul, both bodily and spiritually, was driven by curiosity and pity to bring all men to God and His kingdom, as if he had fathered them all. This humble Paul, who used the craft to make baskets, grew to such great virtue that in the span of thirty years he converted the Persians, Parthians, Medes, Indians, and Scythians, Ethiopians, Saracens, and many other peoples, just as fire consumes straw or tow. Saint Paul, when he was led through the great sea, rejoiced as greatly as if he had been led to see an empire. And when he entered Rome, it was not enough for him to stay there; instead, he went to Spain. He was never idle or at rest but was always burning with the love to preach the word of God. He feared no perils, nor was he ashamed of contempt, but was always ready for battle. And he immediately showed himself to be afflicted..amiable / And when his disciples saw him bound in chains for all that he did not preach while he was in prison, some of the brethren, considering his teaching, took the more strength from it and were more constant against the enemies of Christ's faith. And this and much more says Saint John Chrysostom. Which was too much to write here, but this shall suffice. Then let us pray unto Almighty God that by the merits of Saint Paul we may have forgiveness of our sins and transgressions in this present life, that after the same we may come to everlasting joy in heaven.\n\nThus ends the commemoration of Saint Paul, the apostle and Doctor.\n\nThe seven brethren were sons of Saint Felicity. Their names were Januarius, Felicitas, Philip, Silvanus, Alexander, Vitalis, and Marcellus. All these were called by the commandment of Emperor Anthony to forego publically the proconsul. And then the proconsul counseled the mother that she should have pity on herself and on her sons..answered and said, \"Neither by your flattery nor by your blandishments can you draw me to your desire, nor with your threats can you break me. I am assured of the Holy Ghost, whom I have, that I shall overcome the enemy and conquer him when I am dead. And then she turned to her sons and said, 'My sons, see the heaven and look upwards, my dearest children. For Christ abides there. Fight strongly for Christ and be faithful and true in the love of Ihu Christ. And when the prior heard that, he commanded that she should be struck and beaten. And as the mother and her sons remained steadfast in the faith, the mother comforting and encouraging them, they were killed with various torments. St. Gregory calls this blessed felicity more than a martyr, for she suffered death seven times in her seven sons and the eighth time in her own body. And he says in his homily that St. Felicity in living was the handmaid of Christ and in preaching was made the martyr.\".Theodora, a noble and fair woman in the time of Zeno the emperor, had a wealthy husband who feared God. The devil, envious of Theodora's holiness, enticed a rich man of the town into her presence.\n\nOf Crist, she feared to leave behind her to live, her seven sons in prison, like worldly friends, dreading that they might die in prison. She bore and gave birth to them by the holy ghost, whom she knew were of her own flesh, and she could not bear to see them die without sorrow. But it was the power of the love within her that overcame the flesh's sorrow. I have said truly that this woman was more than a martyr, for she was often extinguished in her sons, multiplying martyrdom. She overcame the victory of martyrdom when, for the love of God, her only death was not sufficient. They suffered death around the year of our Lord CX.\n\nHere ends the passion of the seven brethren.\n\nTheodora was a noble and fair woman in the time of Zeno the emperor. She had a wealthy husband who feared God. The devil, envious of Theodora's holiness, enticed a rich man of the town into her presence..The conversation proceeded with various messengers and envoys requesting that she consent to his desire, but she refused their messages and disdained the gifts. He was so persistent and distressed that she could not find peace, and at last he sent a witch. He promised her many things if she could bring about her consent to his desire, and she went and exhorted the woman to commit this sin with the man and have pity on him. The witch, being deceived, told the man to come at night and she would comply with his will and desire. When this false enchantress had relayed this to the man, he was glad..I am assuming the text is in Middle English, so I will translate it into Modern English. Here is the cleaned text:\n\n\"Joyful and kept his hour with her, and had his will of her. He departed. Theodora, returning to herself, began to weep most bitterly and struck her face and breast, saying, \"Alas, Alas, I have lost my soul. And have destroyed the beauty of my name.\" Her husband came back and found his wife so sorrowing and desolate. He desired to know the cause to comfort her, but she would receive no consolation. On the morrow, early, she went to a monastery of nuns and asked the abbess, \"If God could know any sin done and committed by night after the day was passed.\" To whom she said, \"Nothing may be hidden from God. For God sees and knows all that is done in what hour it is committed, by night or day.\" Then she wept bitterly, saying, \"Give me the book of the Gospels, that some lot may fall to me.\" And she opening the book found Wycliffe, who said, \"I have written, I have written.\" Then she returned home to her house. And on a day when her husband was out, she cut off her hair and clad herself with the clothes of her penance.\".husband went to a monastery of monks which was eighteen miles thence. He took his wife there and requested that she might be received by the monks. She was demanded her name and she said that she was named Theodora. And there she was received. She humbly performed all the offices, and her service was acceptable to everyone. After certain years, the abbot called Brother Theodoric to harness the oxen and commanded her to go to the city and fetch oil. Her husband wept much for sorrow and feared that she would be taken away by another man. An angel of God appeared to him and said, \"Arise early and stand in the way of St. Peter and St. Paul. The one who will meet you is your wife, Theodora, coming with her camel.\" Seeing her husband, she said, \"May the Lord give you joy,\" and within herself, she thought, \"Alas, good husband, how much labor I undergo to gain forgiveness for the sin that I have committed.\" When she approached him, she greeted him, saying, \"Our Lord give you joy.\".lord He knew her not / And when he had waited long, he was deceived / A voice said to him, \"The one who yesterday sold you, is your wife\" / Theodora was of such great holiness that she performed many miracles / She saved a man who was torn apart by a wild beast through her prayers / And she cursed that beast / and suddenly it died and fell down / The devil could not endure her holiness / The devil appeared to her, saying, \"You storm above all others and adulterer / you have forsaken your husband to come here and despise me\" / By my might and power, I will raise a battle against thee, and unless you renounce the crucified god, say it is not I / She made the sign of the cross / And at once the devil vanished / One time as she returned from the city / And at a certain place was lodged / A woman came to her in the night, saying, \"Sleep with me this night\" / Which she refused / And then this woman went to another / who lay in the same inn / When her belly began to swell, she was asked from whom she had conceived..And she said that a monk had read to me when the child was born. They sent the child to the abbot of the monastery, who blamed Theodorik severely. He humbly begged for forgiveness, but was cast out of the monastery. He took the child upon his shoulder, and I remained outside the monastery for seven years. I nursed the child with the milk of beasts. The devil, envious of my great compassion in the likeness of my husband, transformed him and came to me, saying, \"Come now, thou art my wife. If thou hast lain with another man, I forgive thee.\" I had supposed it was my husband, and said, \"I shall no longer dwell with thee.\" I declared that I had sinned against the son of John the knight, and I would do penance. She prayed, and the devil vanished immediately, and I knew it was the devil. Another time, the devil would terrify me, and devils came to me in the forms of terrible wild beasts. A certain man said to them, \"Eat you.\".this prayer she then made, and they vanished away. Another time, a multitude of knights came, who brought a prince before her, and the others worshipped him. These knights told Theodore to arise and worship their prince. She answered, \"I worship and adore my lord God.\" When this was told to the prince, he commanded that she should be brought before him to be tortured with so many torments that she should be considered dead. And then she made her prayers, and all the multitude vanished away. Another time she saw much gold, and she blessed it and commended it to God. It vanished away. Another time she saw a basket full of all manner of good food. He who bore it said to her, \"The prince who bids you take this and eat, does so unwittingly.\" She blessed it, and he vanished away when the seven years were complete that she had been out of the monastery. The abbot, considering her patience, took her back into the monastery..With her child, and within two years after she had laudably completed her observance, she took the child and closed herself in her cell. And when the abbot learned of this, he sent some of his monks to attend to her, and she, embracing the child and kissing him, said, \"My sweet son, the time of my death approaches. I leave and command you to God. Take him as your father and helper. My sweet son, see that you fast and pray, and serve my brethren devoutly.\" And she, saying this, gave up her spirit and slept in the Lord. About the year of grace 460 and 10, this child, beholding, began to weep bitterly. In that same night, a vision was shown to the abbot in this way: it seemed to him that a great marriage was taking place, and there came angels, prophets, and all saints. And in the midst of them was a woman surrounded by great glory. And those who assisted her worshipped her. And a voice was heard saying, \"This is Theodoric, the false monk.\".The woman, accused of fathering a child and changing identities seven times, was chastised for defiling her husband's bed. The abbot and his brothers were startled to find her deceased in her cell. They entered and discovered she was a woman. The abbot summoned the father of the woman who had slandered her and informed him, \"The man who lay with your daughter is now dead. We took away the cloth and confirmed she was a woman. All who heard this were in great fear.\"\n\nThe angel of God spoke to the abbot, \"Arise quickly and take your horse and ride into the city. Bring the man you meet with you.\" The abbot rode out and encountered a man running. He asked why the man was running, and he replied, \"My wife is now dead, and I am going to see her.\" The abbot took the husband of Theodora and brought him back, weeping greatly and with great reverence and solemnity, to bury her..entered the cell of his wife and remained there until he died in the Lord. The following child, Theodora, flourished in all honesty. And when the abbot of the monastery was dead, he was elected with one voice of the convent to be abbot. Then we pray to this holy saint, Theodora, to pray to the almighty God for us. Amen.\n\nThis ends the life of Saint Theodora.\n\nSaint Swithun, the holy confessor, was born beside Winchester during the time of Saint Ecgberht, king. He was the seventh king after Ceolnulf that Saint Aethelberht baptized. Saint Augustine did not baptize all England in Aethelberht's days but Saint Birinus baptized the western part of England during the reign of King Ceolnulf. And during that time, this holy Saint Swithun served our lady so devoutly that all people who knew him had great joy in his holiness. Elfric, who was at that time bishop of Winchester, made him a priest. Then he lived a stricter life than before. And he became so holy in living that.King Egbert made him chancellor and chief of his council, and set Ethulf, his son, under his rule and guidance. He urged Ethulf to take care of him and bring him up virtuously. Within a short time after the king's death, Ethulf was made king in his place. He ruled this land well and wisely, causing it to prosper greatly through the counsel of Saint Swithin.\n\nWhen Elmeston, the bishop of Winchester, was dead, Swithin was made bishop there in his place. The people were very pleased and, through his holy living, he caused the people to live virtuously and pay their tithes truly to God and the holy church.\n\nIf any church fell down or was in decay, Saint Swithin would immediately repair it at his own cost. If any church was not consecrated, he would go there on foot and consecrate it. He loved no pride, nor did he ride on a gay horse, nor did he want to be praised or flattered by the people, which in these days were used excessively. God forbid it. Saint Swithin..Swithin guided well his bishopric and did much good to the town of Winchester in his time. He made, without the west gate of the town, a fair bridge of stone at his own cost. And once a woman crossed the bridge with a lap full of eggs. A reckless fellow roughly and violently wrestled with her, and broke all her eggs. It happened that this holy bishop, St. Swithin, came that way at the same time and asked the woman to let him see her eggs. Immediately, he lifted up his hand and blessed the eggs. And they were made whole and sound each one by the merits of this holy bishop. And being then glad, she and her companions thanked God and this holy man for the miracle that was done to her. And soon after, King Ethelwulf died, and his son Egbert reigned after him. And in the third year of his reign, this blessed bishop, St. Swithin, died. And when he should die, he charged his men to bury him in the churchyard. For the people should not worship him after his death. For he loved no such thing..Pompe, by his life, no one wished for his death. He passed to the Lord in the year of grace 802. And he lay in the church where he was translated for a hundred and nine years. But during the time of holy King Edgar, his body was translated and placed in a shrine in Winchester Abbey by Dunstan and Ethelwold. And the same year, Saint Edward the King and Martyr was shrined at Shaftesbury. These two bishops, Dunstan and Ethelwold, were warned by the Lord to ensure that the two holy saints, Swythyn and Edward, were reverently shrined. And so they were, shortly thereafter. An holy man warned Ethelwold while he was sick to help ensure that these two holy bodies could be shrined. And then he would be perfectly healed and endure to the end of his life. The token is that you will find on Saint Swythyn's grave two rings of iron nailed thereto. And as soon as he touches the rings, they come off of the stone, and no token was seen in the stone..where they were fastened in and when they had taken up the stone from the grave, they set the rings to the stone again. And then this holy bishop gave lordship and prayers to our Lord for this miracle. At the opening of St. Swythyne's grave, such a sweet odor and savour issued forth. The king Edgar and all the multitude of people were filled with heavenly sweetness. A blind man received back his sight. And many men were healed of various sicknesses and maladies through the merits of this holy St. Swythyne. St. Swythyne, good Lord, save us.\n\nHere ends the life of St. Swithyne.\n\nThe translation of the glorious martyr St. Thomas of Canterbury we shall shortly recount and prayers of almighty God.\n\nFifty years after his passion, which was the year of Jubilee, that is, of remission. For anciently, the fiftieth year was called the year of the Jubilee of pardon and remission, and is still used among religious men. For when a person was in his fiftieth year, he was urged to make a pilgrimage to the holy land as an act of penance and devotion..A religious man has continued in his celibate year, then he shall be admitted to make his jubilee. And in this year of jubilee, from his passion, the solemnity of his translation was accomplished. This was in the time of Honorius the third pope of that name, who granted annual remissions and indulgences so great and large that in no time of memory have any popes granted and given like. Then let us recall that on a Tuesday his translation was accomplished. On that Tuesday, many things happened to him. He was born on a Tuesday. He was exiled on a Tuesday. Our Lord appeared to him at Pontefract in a vision, saying, \"Thomas, my church shall be glorified in your blood.\" He returned from his exile on a Tuesday. And on a Tuesday he suffered martyrdom. Now you shall hear how his holy translation was fulfilled. The Reverend Father in God, Stephen..Archbishop of Canterbury, Richard bishop of Salisbury, Walter the priory of the same, with the convent, sang spiritual songs and deep impromptus when it was night, and throughout the night and day of his translation they persisted in prayers and fasting. And after midnight, four priests approached his body and took up the holy head with great devotion and reverence. Then the Archbishop and all the others showed great honor to it and took all the relics of the precious body. They placed them in a chest and locked it with iron locks. They set it in a place to be kept until the day of the translation was solemnized.\n\nOn the day of this holy translation, there was a great innumerable multitude of people present, as much of the rich as of the poor. There was Pandulf, a legate of our holy father the pope, and two archbishops of France, of Reims and Arras..With many other bishops and abbots, and King Henry III with earls and barons, who took the chest upon his shoulders, and with other prelates and lords brought it with great joy and honor into the place where it is now worshipped. It was laid in a fair and rich shrine. At whose holy translation, the miracles of this holy martyr St. Thomas were shown. To blind men, sight was given; to deaf men, hearing; to dumb men, speech; and to dead men, life. Among all others, there was a man, because of great devotion, who came to this holy translation and visited the holy martyr. He was at the bridge at Brayford in London. And when he was in the middle of the bridge, meeting there, one was cast into the water. This man, not forgetting himself, called upon St. Thomas for help and begged him not to allow his pilgrim to perish or be drowned. He sank down five times to the ground, and five times....times arose above the water, and then he was cast onto the dry ground. He affirmed that he received no water into his mouth or ears that harmed or hurt him, save in his falling. He felt a little salt water in his mouth and added more, saying that when he sank, a bishop held him up so that he might not sink. This holy translation was done and accomplished in the year of our Lord, 1320, on the nonas of July at three of the clock, fifty years after his passion. For our Lord has shown many great miracles through this glorious saint, both in his life and after his death and martyrdom. A little before his death, a young man died and was raised again by a miracle. He said that he was led to see the holy order of saints in heaven. And there he saw an empty seat, and he asked for whom it was kept. It was answered to him that it was kept for the great bishop of England, Saint Thomas Becket. There was also a simple priest there who daily sang none other..A priest was put in charge of our Lady's mass, whom an accused party opposed and fed sumptuously with conniving. Suspending him, the priest was deeply sorry and humbly prayed to our blessed lady for restoration. She appeared to the priest and bade him go to St. Thomas and, by the token that the lady whom he served had sewn his shirt with red silk which he would find there as he had left it, grant him leave to say mass, absolve him of his suspension and reinstatement. When St. Thomas heard this, he was greatly abashed and found, as the priest had said, and was absolved and licensed to say mass as before, with the command to keep this matter secret as long as he lived.\n\nThere was a lady in England who greatly desired to have gray eyes. For she had a conceit she \u2013.A woman should be the more beautiful in the sight of the people, and for that reason she made a vow to visit St. Thomas on her bare feet. When she arrived there and had devoutly prayed to have her desire granted, suddenly she went blind. Then she perceived that she had offended and displeased the Lord in that request, and cried for God's mercy for that offense. She humbly begged Him to restore her sight again. Through the merits of the blessed St. Thomas, her sight was restored to her, and she was glad to have her old eyes back. She returned home and lived holy until her death.\n\nThere was also a lord's servant who brought water to him at his table. The Lord said to him, \"If you have ever stolen anything of Mine, I pray God and St. Thomas that you have no water in the basin.\" Suddenly, the basin was empty and dry. There was a tame bird kept in a cage that was taught to speak. One time it escaped..of the cage and led him into the field. And there came a sparrowhawk and would have taken this bird and pursued after. And the bird, being in great fear, cried, \"Saint Thomas, help!\" just as he had heard others speak, and the sparrowhawk fell down dead. And the bird escaped harmless.\n\nThere was also a man who loved Saint Thomas much in his days. And he fell into a grievous sickness. Therefore he went to the tomb of Saint Thomas to pray for his health. And anon he had his desire and was all whole. And as he turned homeward being all whole, then he began to fear lest this health should not be profitable for his soul. Then he returned again to the tomb of Saint Thomas. And prayed if his health were not profitable to his soul, that his old sickness might come upon him again. And it came upon him immediately and endured until his life's end.\n\nAnd in like manner, there was a devout blind man whom Saint Thomas restored to sight again. But after he repented him, for he could not bear it..So quiet in his mind as he was before, he had then so much leeway by seeing the vanities of the world. Wherefore he prayed to our Lord that, through the merits of St. Thomas, he might be blinded again to the world as he was before, and immediately he had his desire. He lived afterward in full holiness to his life's end. Who shall tell all the miracles that our blessed Lord has shown for this holy martyr? It would endure too much. Ever since his passion to this day, God has continually shown many great miracles for him. Then let us pray this holy saint to be a special advocate for us wretched sinners to our Lord God, who brings us unto His everlasting bliss in heaven. Amen\n\nThe translation of St. Thomas the Martyr. The martyr was king of a part of England by Wales. His father was king before him and was named Kenulph. He founded the abbey of Winchcombe and set monks there. And when he was dead, he was buried in the same abbey. At that time, Winchcombe was the best town of that country..In England there were three principal rivers, and they were Tame, Severn, and Humber. King Kenelm was king of Worcestershire, Warwickshire, and Gloucestershire, and the bishop of Worcester was bishop of those three shires and he was also king of Derbyshire, Cheshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Herefordshire, Nottinghamshire, Norhamptonshire, and Lincolnshire. All these were called the Marches of Wales. At that time, St. Kenelm was king and Winchcombe was the chief city of all these shires. In England at that time there were six kings. Before that, Oswald had been king of all England. After St. Kenelm's days, Kenulf, his father, who was a very holy man, had died in the year of the Lord 829. Then, when he was seven years old, Kenelm was made king. His sister Dornemild loved him greatly, and they lived holy lives together..A sister, envious of another and desiring wickedness, turned her against her brother Kenneth because of his great wealth, and worked to destroy him so she could become queen and reign after him. She prepared a strong poison and gave it to her brother, but God kept him from being harmed by it. When she saw she could not prevail against the king in this way, she labored to gain favor with Askeberd, the chief ruler around the king, and promised him a great sum of money and also her body at his will if he would kill this young king, her brother. They quickly agreed to this treason. At this same time, this young, holy king was asleep and dreamed a marvelous dream. He seemed to see a tree standing by his bedside, and its height reached heaven, shining as bright as gold. Its branches were adorned with fair blossoms and fruit, and on every branch of this tree were burning wax tapers and lamps..The light, which was a glorious sight to behold, and he thought he had climbed upon this tree. He asked his governor, who stood nearby, to cut down the tree. When this tree was fallen down, this holy young king was heavy and sorrowful. He thought a fair bird had flown up to heaven with great joy. And immediately after this dream he awoke, and was ashamed of this dream. He told it to his nurse, named Wolwelyn. When he had told her all his dream, she was heavy, and told him that his sister and the traitor Askabard had falsely conspired his death. She said to him that he had dreamed of Quendred to strike, and that signified that he had struck down the tree that stood by your bedside. And the bird that you saw flying up to heaven signified that angels would bear up your soul to heaven after your martyrdom. And immediately after Askabard asked the king that he should go and amuse himself by the woodsides..named Clent and as he walked, the young king was heavy and laid him down to sleep. Then this false traitor proposed to have slain the king and began to dig a pit to bury him. But as God willed, the king awoke and said to this assassin that he labored in vain. For God wills not that I die in this place. But take this small rod and there, as you shall set it in the earth, there I shall be martyred. And then they went forth to dig a deep trench until they came to a hawthorn. And there he planted the rod in the ground. And forthwith, it bore green leaves and suddenly grew into a great ash tree, which still stands there to this day and is called Kenelm's ash. And there this assassin struck off the holy young king's head. And anon his soul was borne up into heaven in the likeness of a white dove. And then the wicked traitor drew the body into a great valley between two hills and there made a deep pit and cast the body therein and laid the head upon it..And while he was about to strike off the head, the holy king kneeling on his knees said this holy canticle: Te deum laudamus. Until he came to this verse: Te martirum candi datus. Then he gave up his spirit to our Lord Jesus Christ in the likeness of a dove, as before is said. Then this wicked man, Agatha, went to the queen and told her all along how he had done it. She was fully glad and took her on as queen, charging on pain of death that no one should speak of Agatha. After that, she abandoned her body to wretched living of the flesh in lechery, and brought her own men to wretched living. This holy body lay long time after in the wood called Clent. For no one dared to fetch him then to bury him in a hallowed place for fear of the queen's fear. It was so that a poor widow, by whom was owned a white cow, drove it every day into the wood of Clent. And anon as she was there, she would depart and go into the valley where Agatha was buried..And there remained all day sitting by the corpse without food. And every night came home with other beasts, fatter, and gave more milk than any of the others could. And so it continued for certain years, which amazed the people, for she was in such good health and ate no food. The valley where Saint Kenelm's body lay is called Coubage. One time, as the pope sang mass at St. Peter's church in Rome, suddenly a white dove appeared and let a scroll fall on the altar where the pope said mass. And these words were written in golden letters in the scroll: \"In Clent in Coubage, Kenelm, king barn, lies under a thorn, his head shorn.\" When the pope had finished saying mass, he showed the scroll to all the people, but none could tell what it meant until lastly an Englishman came forward and explained it openly before all the people. And then the pope, with all the people, gave praise and prayer to our Lord. He kept that scroll as a relic. And the feast of....Saint Kenelm was solemnly consecrated that day throughout all Rome. And immediately after the pope dispatched his messengers into England to the archbishop of Canterbury named Wulfryde. He instructed him and the bishops to go and seek the place where the holy body lay, which is named Cobham in the wood of Clent. And then this place was soon known, because of the miracle that was shown by the white cow. And when the archbishop and other bishops, along with many other people, arrived there and found the place, they immediately had the body dug up and took it up with great solemnity. And forthwith, a spring rose up at the same place where the body had lain, which is called Saint Kenelm's Well to this day, where many people have been healed of various sicknesses and maladies. And when the body was above ground, a strife arose between the people of Worcestershire and Gloucestershire, who should have this body. Then a good man who was among them gave counsel that all the people should lie down and sleep..And they rested for the weather was then very hot. And which of the two shires God would first awaken, they were to take this holy body and go their way. And all the people agreed to this. They laid them down to sleep. It happened that the abbot of Winchcombe and all his men awoke first. They took up the holy body and bore it forth toward Winchcombe until they came upon a hill a mile from the abbey. For the heat and labor, they were near dead from thirst. And immediately they prayed to God and to this holy saint to be their comfort. And then the abbot crossed himself there, and forthwith a fair well sprang up from which they drank and refreshed themselves much. And then they took up this holy body with great solemnity. The monks received it with a solemn procession and brought it into the abbey with great reverence. Joy and mirth, and the bellies rung and were round without human hand. Then the queen asked what all this ringing meant. And they told her how her body had been found..Brother Kenelm was brought in with a procession into the abbey. And the bells rang out without men's help. Then she said in great scorn, \"As true as my eyes fall upon this book, both her eyes fell out of her head onto the book.\" It is seen on this day where they attacked the satan she read that same time. Deus laudem. And soon after she died wretchedly and was cast out into a foul marsh. And then, the holy body of St. Kenelm was placed in an honorable shrine. Where our Lord shows daily many a miracle. To whom be given praise and thanks world without end. Amen.\n\nThis ends the life of St. Kenelm, king and martyr.\n\nMargaret is said to have a precious gem or pouch named Margaret. This gem is white, little, and virtuous. The blessed Margaret was white by nature, little by humility, and virtuous by operation of miracles. The virtue of this stone is said to be against effusion of blood and against passion of the body..The blessed Margaret, for the comfort of the spirit, possessed the virtue of withstanding the shedding of her blood through constancy. In her martyrdom, she was most constant and also against the passion of the heart, that is, the temptation of the devil. She overcame the devil through victory and, for the comfort of the spirit, through doctrine. For by her doctrine, she comforted many people and converted them to the faith of Christ. Theophilus, a learned man, wrote the legend.\n\nThe holy Saint Margaret was from the city of Antioch, the daughter of Theodosius, patriarch and prince of the Idolaters of Pamphylia. And she was delivered to a nurse to be raised. When she reached maturity, she was baptized, which caused her to be greatly hated by her father. On a certain day, when she was fifteen years old and kept the sheep of her nurse with other maidens, the provost Olbrius passed by the way where she was. He was immediately inflamed by her great beauty and fineness and sent his messenger to ask for her hand in marriage..seruauntes / and had them take her and bryng her to hym / For yf she be free / I shal take her to my wyf / and yf she be bond I shall make her my concubyn / And whan she was presented to fore hym / he demaunded her of her lynage / Name and religyon And she answerd that she was of no\u00a6ble lignage / and her name margarete And cristen in religyon / To whom the prouost sayd / Two the first thynges ben conuenyent to the / that is that thou art noble / and art called margarete / whiche is most fayr name / But the thyrde apperteyneth no thyng to the / that so fayre a mayde & so noble shold haue a god crucifyed / To whom she sayd / how knowest thou that crist was crucifyed / he answerd by the bokes of cristen men / To whom margarete saide / O what shame is it to you / whan ye rede the payne of cryst and the glorye / And byleue one thyng and de\u00a6nye a nother / And she sayd and affer\u00a6med hym to be crucifyed by his will for our redempcion / and now lyueth euer in blisse and thenne the prouost beyng wroth co\u0304maunded her to.The next day, she was commanded to be brought to him. He said to her, \"O good maid, have pity on your beauty and worship our goddess, that you may be well.\" To whom she replied, \"I worship him who makes the earth tremble, whom the sea fears and the winds and creatures obey. To whom the provost said, 'But if you consent to me, I will make your body into torment for the people, and cruelly beat you with rods and with iron combs to rend and draw your flesh to the bones. The blood will run out of your body like a stream from a fresh springy well.' Those who were there wept and said, \"O Margaret, truly we are sorry for you, whose beautiful body is so foul and cruelly torn and rent. O how your beauty has been lost for you.\".\"Incrudely and mysbleue (now mysbleue and thou shalt live), she then said to them, \"O evil counselors depart from me. This cruel torment of my flesh is salvation for my soul. Then she said to the provost, \"Thou shameless hound and insatiable lion, thou hast power over my flesh, but Christ reserves my soul. The provost covered his face with his mantle, for he could not bear to see so much effusion of blood. And he commanded that she should be taken down and shut up in prison. And a marvelous brightness was seen in the prison of the keepers. While she was in prison, she prayed to the Lord that the devil who had fought with her would make himself visible to her. And then an horrible dragon appeared and assailed her, intending to devour her, but she made the sign of the cross. And at once he vanished away. In another place it is said that he swallowed her into his belly, she making the sign of the cross. And the belly burst open and so.\".Issued out all around and found this swelling and breaking of the belly of the dragon is said to be apocryphal. After this, the devil appeared to her in likeness of a man to deceive her. And when she saw him, she went to prayer. And after arose and the fiend came to her and took her by the hand. And said, \"It suffices to thee that thou hast done; but now cease as to my person.\" She caught him by the head and threw him to the ground. And set her right foot on his neck, saying, \"Lie still thou fiend under the feet of a woman.\" The devil then cried, \"O blessed Margaret, I am overcome.\" If a young man had overcome me, I would not have yielded. But alas, I am overcome by a tender virgin. Wherefore I make the more sorrow. For thy father and mother have been my good friends.\" She then constrained him to tell why he came to her. And he answered that he came to counsel her to obey the desire and request of the prior. Then she constrained him to say why he tempted so..\"moche and soften Christians answered him that he hated virtuous men and though we are often driven away from them, yet our desire is great to exclude them from the felicity they bring, for we can never obtain or recover the bliss that we have lost. And she then asked what he was, and he answered, I am named Velas, one of them whom Solomon imprisoned in a brass vessel. After his death, the people of Babylon found this vessel and supposed they had discovered great treasure within it. They broke the vessel, and then a great multitude of us demons flew out and filled the air, always seeking and spying where we might assault rightful men. And when he had said this, she took off her foot and said to him, \"Flee hence, wretched fiend,\" and immediately thereupon the demon sank in. Then she was certain, for when she had overcome the master, she could easily overcome the minion. The next day following, when all the people were assembled, she was presented.\".Before the judge, and she not sacrificing to their false gods, was cast into the fire, and her body was boiled with burning brands in such a way that the people marveled that so tender a maiden might endure so many torments. And after that they put her in a great vessel full of water, fast bound, so that by changing of the torments the sorrow and feeling of the pain should be the more, but suddenly the earth trembled, and the air was horrible, and the blessed virgin issued out of the water without any hurt, saying to our Lord, \"I beseech my Lord that this water may be to me the font of baptism in everlasting life.\" And anon there was heard great thunder, and a dove descended from heaven and set a golden crown on her head. Then the men believed in our Lord, and for Christ's love they were all baptized by the commandment of the provost Olivarius at that time in Campallymeth, the city of Aurelia. Olivarius, seeing the faith of the indefatigable Margaret, and also fearing that others would, commanded that she be baptized..be converted to the Christian faith by her death sentence, and commanded that she should be beheaded. Then she prayed to one Malchus that he would allow her to pray. And having obtained this, she prayed to our Lord, saying: \"Father almighty, I yield to the thanksgivings that thou hast allowed me to come to this glory. I beseech thee to pardon those who persecute me. And I beseech the good Lord that from thy abundant grace thou wilt grant to all those who read my passion, rede it, or hear it, that they may deserve to have plain remission and forgiveness of all their sins. And also, good Lord, if any woman in childbirth calls upon me, may thou keep her from danger. And may the child be delivered from her without any harm to its members. And when she had finished her prayer, there was a voice heard from heaven, saying that her prayers were heard and granted. And that the gates of heaven were open and awaited her. And it commanded her to come in.\".In the country of everlasting rest, she thanked the Lord and asked the hangman to carry out the proost's command. The hangman replied, \"God forbid that I should kill the virgin of Christ.\" She said, \"If you do not do it, you will have no part with me.\" Frightened and trembling, he struck her head and fell down at her feet, giving up his ghost. Then Theophilus took up the holy body and carried it to Antioch. He buried it in the house of a noblewoman and widow named Sincelia. Thus, this blessed and holy virgin, St. Margaret, suffered death and received the crown of martyrdom. The fourteen Kalends of August are mentioned in her story, as well as the three yards of Julius. An holy man wrote of this virgin and said, \"The holy and blessed Margaret was full of the fear of God, steadfast and worshipful in religion, adorned with compunction, laudable in honesty, and singular in patience. Nothing was found in her.\".Contrary to Christian religion, hated by her father, and beloved of our Lord Jesus Christ, this holy virgin asks us to remember her prayers in our needs and so ends the life of Saint Margaret.\n\nSister Marie was a sister of Saint Potentian, who were sisters of the Saints Nonatus and Thymothe. Informed in the faith of the apostles, they buried the bodies of the holy martyrs and gave all their goods and faculties to the poor for God's love. They slept in the Lord and died around the year 150 under Mark Anthony, the prior.\n\nMarie is as much to say as bitter, or a lighter, or lighted. Three things are understood by this: the part of penance, the part of contemplation within, and the part of heavenly glory. Of these three parts, it is said that Mary has chosen the last..The first part shall not be taken from her due to reasons following the blessings of Sidonius. The second part is not taken due to continuance. For the continuance of her life is continued with the contemplation of her contrary. The third part is taken due to durability. And because she suffered the bitterest part of penance, she is called a bitter sea, for there she had much bitterness. In that she sought the part of contemplation within, she is called lighter, for there she took it largely and spread it abundantly. She took the light there, with which afterward she enlightened others. And in that she sought the best part of heavenly glory, she is called the light. Magdalene is also interpreted as abiding in culpability or as a penitent..Marie Magdalene, named Magdalo, was of noble lineage and parents, descended from the lineage of kings. Her father was named Sirus, and her mother Eucharye. With her brother Lazarus and her sister Martha, they possessed the castle of Magdalo, which is two miles from Nazareth and Bethany, the castle near Jerusalem, and a great part of it..In Jerusalem, Mary had the castle Magdalo, from which she derived her name Magdalene. Lazarus had the part of the city of Jerusalem, and Martha had Bethany for her portion. Mary gave herself to all delights of the body, while Lazarus devoted himself to knighthood, wisely governing her brothers' and sisters' parts, as well as her own. She administered to knights and servants, and to poor men their necessities. Nevertheless, they sold all these things and brought the value thereof and laid it at the feet of the apostles. When Mary was abundant in riches, and delight being akin to riches and the bondage of things, and since she shone greatly in beauty and riches, the more she subjected her body to delight. Therefore, she boasted of her right name and was commonly called a sinner. And when our Lord Jesus Christ preached there and in other places,.She was inspired by the holy ghost and went to the house of Simon the leper, where the Lord dined. She dared not appear before the just and good people as a sinner, but remained behind at the Lord's feet and wiped them with the tears of her eyes, dried them with the hair of her head, and anointed them with precious ointment. The inhabitants of that region used baskets and ointments due to the extreme heat of the sun. And because Simon the Pharisee thought within himself that if the Lord were a true prophet, he would not have allowed a sinful woman to touch him, the Lord reproved him for his presumption and forgave the woman all her sins. This is the same Mary Magdalene to whom the Lord gave many great gifts and showed great signs of love. He took the seven devils from her, embraced her in his love, and made her his sister in spirit. He wanted her to be his hostess..And his procession in his journey, he often excused her gently. For he excused her before the Pharisees who said that she was unclean, and to her sister who said that she was idle, and to Judas said that she was a wastrel of good things. And when he saw her weep, he could not hold back his tears. And for her love, he raised Lazarus who had been dead for four days and healed her sister from the flux of blood which had afflicted her for seven years. And by her merits, he made Marie-Madeleine chamberlain of his sister Mary, to say that blessed word, \"Blessed be the womb that bore you, and the breasts that nursed you.\" But after St. Ambrose, it was Mary who said this. And this was her chamberlain. Marie-Madeleine said, \"I am the one who anointed the feet of our Lord and dried them with the hair of my head, and anointed them with precious ointment, and did penance in the time of grace, and was the first to choose the best part which was at the feet of our Lord.\" And she was an attendant..This preaching, which anointed his head, was near the cross during his passion, preparing the ointment, and wished to anoint his body but would not depart from the monument, even when his disciples had left. After his resurrection, Jesus first appeared to the apostles and was kind to them, making Saint Peter the chief apostle. Seventeen years after the Lord's passion, long after the Jews had killed Saint Stephen and had driven out the other disciples who went into various occupations and preached the word of God. At that time, there was Saint Maximus, one of the seventy-two disciples of the Lord, to whom the blessed Mary Magdalene was sent by Saint Peter. When the disciples had departed, Saint Maximus, Mary Magdalene, Lazarus her brother, Martha her sister, Marcella, the chamberlain of Martha, and Lazarus, who was born blind and afterward enlightened by the Lord, all gathered together and many others..other Christian men were taken by the locals and put on a ship in the sea without any tackles or other means / but through the providence of Almighty God, they all came to Marseille / where no one would receive them to lodge / they dwelt and stayed under a porch in front of a temple of that country's people\n\nAnd when the blessed Mary Magdalene saw the people assembled at this temple to offer sacrifices to their idols / she rose up peacefully with a glad countenance and a discrete tongue / and began to preach the faith and law of Jesus Christ / and drew them away from the worship of their idols / Then were they amazed by the beauty of her reason / and of the fair speaking of her / And it was no wonder that the mouth that had kissed the feet of our Lord so devoutly and so kindly should be inspired by the word of God more than the others / And after that, it happened that the prince of the province and his wife offered sacrifices to their idols to have a child / and Mary Magdalene.Magdalene spoke to them, \"Ihu cryst forbade you sacrifices, and after a little while Marie Magdalene appeared in vision to that lady, saying, 'Why do you have so much richesse, and allow the poor people of our Lord to die of hunger and cold?' She hesitated and was afraid to reveal this vision to her lord. Then the second night she appeared to her again and said, 'If you do not warn your husband to comfort the poor and needy, I will bring you threats.' She said nothing of this to her husband. And then she appeared to her the third night when it was dark, to her husband as well, with a frowning and angry face like fire, as if the whole house had been burning. She said, 'You tyrant and member of your father the devil, with that serpent your wife who will not heed my words, you rest now an enemy of the cross, which have filled your belly with gluttony with various kinds of foods and allow the holy Saints of our Lord to perish of hunger.' You lie not.\".in a palace wrapped in silk clothes, and you see them without sufficient comfort, and you go forth and pay them no heed, you will not escape without punishment, you tyrant and felon, because you have tarried so long. And when Mary Magdalene had said this, she departed. Then the lady awoke and sighed, and her husband sighed strongly for the same reason and trembled. And she said, \"Sir, have you seen the vision that I have seen? I have seen,\" he said, \"and I am greatly disturbed. I am afraid of what we shall do.\" And his wife said, \"It is more profitable for us to obey her than to run into the anger of her god whom she preaches.\"\n\nFor this reason, they received them into their house and ministered to them all that was necessary and needful to them. Then, as Mary Magdalene preached at one time, the prince said to her, \"Do you think that you can defend the law that you preach?\" And she answered, \"Certainly, I am ready.\".To defend it, as she who is confirmed every day by my miracles and by the prediction of our master Saint Peter, who now sits in Rome, the prince said, \"I and my wife are ready to obey you in all things, if you can obtain from your God whom you preach that we might have a child.\" And Marie Magdalene said that it should not be left for that reason. Then she prayed to our Lord that He would grant them a son. Our Lord heard her prayers, and then the lady conceived. Then her husband said he would go to Saint Peter to find out if it was true that Marie Magdalene had preached of Jesus Christ. His wife said to him, \"What will you do, sir, do you intend to go without me? Nay, when you depart, I shall depart with you. And when you return again, I shall return. And when you rest and tarry, I shall rest and tarry.\" To whom her husband answered and said, \"Lady, it shall not be so.\" For you are great, and the perils of the sea..ben without name, you might easily pity him; you shall remain at home and take care of our possessions. This lady, for nothing, would not change her mind. But she fell down on her knees at his feet, sore weeping, begging him to take her with him. And so, at last, he consented and granted her request. Then Marie Magdalene set the sign of the cross on their shoulders, so that the devil should not hinder or harm them on their journey. She charged them a ship, equipped with all that was necessary, and left all their things in the keeping of Marie Magdalene. They went forth on their pilgrimage. And when they had made their course and sailed a day and a night, there arose a great tempest and ordeal. The wind increased and grew violent, such that the time of her childbirth was approaching and she had great anguish for the great waves and turbulence of the sea. Soon after, she began to travail and was delivered of a fair son by accident of the storm..And in her childbirth she died, and when the child was born, he cried out for comfort from his mother's breasts and made a pitiful noise. Alas, what sorrow he might not live, for there was none to nurse him. Alas, what shall this pilgrim do, who sees his wife dead and his son crying after his mother's breast? And the pilgrim wept strongly and said, Alas, captive, alas, what shall I do? I desired to have both, and I have lost both the mother and the son. And the mariners then said, this dead body must be cast into the sea, or else we all shall perish, for as long as she remains with us, this tempest shall not cease. And when they had taken the body to cast it into the sea, the husband said, wait and suffer a little, and if he will not spare my wife, at least spare the little child that cries. I pray you to tarry a while to see if the mother revives. And while he spoke these words to them, the sailors espied a....Monty not for the ship / And then they said it was best to set the ship toward the land and buy it there, and so save it from the devouring of the fish of the sea / and the good man did so much with the mariners / because of prayers and money that / they brought the body to Monty / and when they should have dug / to make a pit to lay the body in / they found it so hard a rock that they might not enter for the hardness of the stone / & they left the body there lying & covered it with a mantle / and the father laid his little son at breast of the dead mother / & saying weeping, \"O Marie Magdalene why have you come to console me in my great loss & evil fortune? Why have I, at your instigation, entered upon this journey? Have you required of God that my wife should conceive and die at the birth of her son? For now it behooves that the child that she has conceived and born weeps, because it has no notice.\" This have I had by your prayer / and to thee I command them..whom I have commended all my goods, and also I commend to thy god, if he is mighty, that he remember the soul of the mother, and through thy prayer have pity on the child that he perishes not. Then he covered him all about with the mantle, and the child also, and then returned to the ship. And when he came to St. Peter, St. Peter came against him, and when he saw the sign of the cross on his shoulder, he demanded of him what he was and why he came, and he told him in order. To whom Peter said, \"Peace be to thee. Thou art welcome. And thou hast given good counsel. Be not heavy. If thy wife sleeps, and the little child rests with her, for our Lord is almighty to give to whom he will, and to take away that he has given, and to restore and give again that he has taken, and to turn all heavens and weeping into joy.\" Then Peter led him into Jerusalem and showed him all the places where Jesus Christ preached and did..myracles and the place where he suffered death and ascended into heaven, and two years had passed since he departed from Marseille. He took his ship to return to his country. As they sailed by the ordinance of God, they came by the rock where the body of his wife was left and his son. Through prayers and offerings, he did so much that they arrived there. The little child whom Marie Magdalene had kept went often to the sea side and, like small children, took small stones and threw them into the sea. And when they came, they saw the little child playing with stones on the sea side, as he was wont to do. They marveled much at what he was. And when the child saw them, who had never seen people before, he was afraid and ran secretly to his mother's breast and hid himself under her mantle. Then the father of the child went to see more closely and took hold of the mantle..fond the chyld whyche was right feyr sukyng his moders breste / Thenne he toke the chyld in his armes and sayd / O blessyd ma\u00a6rie magdalene I were wand blessyd yf my wyf were now alyue / and myght lyue and come agayn with me in to my contreye / I knowe veri\u2223ly and byleue wythout doubte / that thou that hast gyuen to me my sone / and hast fedde & kepte hym ij yere in thys roche / \u00b6 Mayst wel restablisshe his moder to her first helthe / And with thyse wordes the woman respired and toke lyf and sayd lyke as she had ben awaked out of her slepe / O blessyd marie magdalene / thou art of grete merite and gloriouse / For in the paynes of my delyueraunce thou were my mydwyf / And in al my necessy\u2223tes thou hast accomplysshid to me the seruyce of a chaumberer / And whan her husbond herd that thyng / he admer\u00a6ueylled moche and sayde / lyuyst thou my right dere and best beloued wyf To whom she seyd / ye certaynly I lyue and am now fyrst come fro the pylgri\u00a6mage / fro whens thou art come / And alle in lyke wyse as seynt.Peter led me through Jerusalem,\nShowing me all the places where our Lord suffered death,\nWas lured, and ascended to heaven,\nAnd many other places where I was with you, Mary Magdalene,\nWho led and accompanied me,\nAnd showed me all the places I well remember and have in mind,\nAnd there she recounted to him all the places and miracles that her husband had seen,\nNever failing in one article nor deviating from the truth,\nThen the good pilgrim received his wife and child,\nAnd went to ship,\nAnd soon after they came to the gate of Marseille,\nAnd they found the blessed Mary Magdalene preaching with her disciples,\nAnd then they knelt down to her feet,\nAnd recounted to her all that had happened to them,\nAnd received baptism from St. Maximin,\nAnd then they destroyed all the temples of idols in the city of Marseilles,\nThey chased the blessed St. Lazarus to be bishop of that city,\nAnd afterward they came to the city of Aix,\nAnd by great miracles..and they brought the people there to the faith of Jesus Christ. In this meantime, St. Maximin was ordained to be bishop. While the blessed Mary Magdalene, desirous of sovereign contemplation, sought a right sharp desert, and took a place which was ordained by God's providence, and abode there for thirty years without knowledge of any body. In this place she had no comfort of running water, nor solace of trees nor herbs. And that was because our redeemer showed it openly that he had ordained for her celestial refreshment, and no bodily food. And every day at every hour canonical, she was lifted up in the throes of angels. And then was brought again by angels to her proper place, in such a way that she had no need of corporeal nourishment. It happened that a priest who desired to lead a solitary life took a cell for himself twelve leagues from the place of St. Maximin..Marie Magdalene:\n\nOn a day our lord opened the eyes of that priest and saw with his bodily eyes how the angels descended into the place where the blessed Magdalene dwelt and how they left her there. After an hour, they brought her back with divine praises to the same place. The priest greatly desired to know the truth of this marvelous vision and made his prayers to the almighty God. He approached the place, and when he was near, his thighs began to swell and feel weak, and his entrails within him lacked breath and he signed for fear. As soon as he returned, he had his thighs whole and ready to go. When he forced himself to go to the place again, his entire body was weak and could not move. Then he understood that it was a secret celestial place where no human could come, and he called upon Ihu and said, \"I conjure you by our Lord, if you are a man or not.\".other creature responsible that dwells in this cave, and answer me, and tell me the truth of the matter. And when he had said this three times, the blessed Mary Magdalene answered, \"Come closer, and you shall know what you desire.\" Then he came trembling towards the half-way mark, and she said to him, \"Do you not remember the gospel of Mary Magdalene, the renowned sinner, who washed the feet of our savior with her tears and dried them with the hair of her head, and was forgiven her sins? And the priest said to her, \"I remember it well, that is more than thirty years that the holy church believes and confesses it was done, and then she said, \"I am she who for thirty years have been here without anyone knowing, and just as it was permitted for me to see you yesterday, I am every day lifted up by the hands of angels into their presence, and have deserved to hear with my bodily ears the right sweet song of the celestial company.\" And because it is.The text shows an account of a vision. The speaker was instructed by their lord to go to Maximyn and convey that on the day after the Lord's resurrection, at the usual hour for matins, Maximyn should enter his oratory alone. The angel would appear to him there, as if the boys attending were angels, but Maximyn would not see them. After this, Maximyn would be filled with great joy and thank the Lord. On the specified day and hour, Maximyn entered his oratory and found Mary Magdalene standing in the choir among angels. She was lifted up about two or three cubits and praying to the Lord. When Maximyn saw her, he was afraid to approach. She beckoned to him, saying, \"Come here, my own father, and flee.\".not thy doughter / And whan he approched & cam to her / as it is redde in the bokes of the said seint maxymyn For the customable vision that she had of angellis euery day / the chyere and visage of her shone as cleer as it had ben the rayes of the sonne / And thenne alle the clerkes and the prestes a fore sayde were called / And marie magda\u2223lene receyued the body and blood of our lord of the handes of the bysshop wyth grete habundaunce of tstratched her body tofore the aulter / And her ryght blessyd soule departed fro the body and went to our lord / and after it was departed ther yssued out of the body an odour so swe\u00a6te smellyng that it remayned there by the space of senen dayees to al them that entrid in / \u00b6 And the blessyd maxy\u2223myn enoynted the body of her with dy\u00a6uers precious oynementis / and bury\u2223ed it honourably / And after commau\u0304\u00a6ded that his body shold be buryed by heers after hys deth / \nEgesippus wyth other bokes of Iose\u2223phus accorden ynough wyth the sayd storye / \u00b6And Iosephus sayth in hys tratye.that the blessed woman Magdalene, after the ascension of our lord, out of burning love for Jesus Christ and grief and discomfort for the absence of her master, our lord, whom she would never see again, went into the desert country and lived there for thirty years without knowing any man or woman. And he says that every day at the seventh hour, angels lifted her up. But when the priest came to her, he found her enclosed in her cell, and she asked of him a vestment, which he gave to her. She clothed and covered herself with it, went with him to the church, and received communion. Then she made prayers with joined hands and rested in peace. In the time of Charles the Great, in the year of our Lord 752, Gerard, Duke of Burgundy, could have no child by his wife. Therefore, he gave generously to the poor people and founded many churches and monasteries..When he had made an offering of incense, the abbot of the monastery sent a monk with a good, reasonable ship to bring back the relics of Saint Marie Magdalene, if they could be found. When the monk arrived at the said city, he found it all destroyed by pagans. By chance, he found the sepulcher, for the writing on the marble tombstone clearly showed that the blessed lady Marie Magdalene rested and lay there. The story of her was marvelously inscribed and corrupted in the sepulcher. This monk opened it by night and took the relics, bringing them to his lodging. That same night, Marie Magdalene appeared to that monk, saying, \"Do not cease your work.\" Then he returned homeward until he was half a mile from the monastery. However, he could not remove the relics from there until the abbot and monks came with a procession and received them honestly. And soon after, the duke had a child by his wife. There was a knight who had a custom every year..A pilgrimage was to be made to the body of Saint Marie Magdalene, the knight who was slain in battle. As his friends wept for him lying on the bier, they questioned with sweet and devout arguments why she allowed her devout servant to die without confession and penance. Suddenly, the one who had been slain arose, alarming everyone. He called for a priest and confessed with great devotion. He received the blessed sacrament and then rested in peace.\n\nThere was a ship filled with men and women on the verge of perishing and all were about to break. Among them was a woman with a child, who saw herself in danger of drowning. She cried out to Marie Magdalene for help and salvation, swearing that if she could be saved by her merits and escape that peril, she would give her son to her monastery.\n\nImmediately after she had made this vow, a woman of honorable habit and beauty appeared to her and saved her from the river..And the other penitents perished and were drowned. After she was delivered and had a son and fulfilled her vow as she had promised, some say that Mary Magdalene was wedded to Saint John the Baptist when Christ called him away from the wedding. And when he was called away from her, she was indignant. That her husband was taken from her, she gave herself to all delight, but because it was not convenient that the calling of Saint John should be the occasion of her damnation, the Lord converted her mercifully to penance. And because He had taken away her carnal delight of the flesh, He replenished her with supernal delight spiritual before all others - that is, the love of God. It is said that He ennobled Saint John before all others with the sweetness of His familiarity, because He had taken him away from the delight mentioned above. There was a man who was blind in both eyes, and he led him to the monastery of the blessed Mary Magdalene to visit her body. His leader said to him,.He saw the church and then the blind man, who cried out with a loud voice, \"Blessed Mary Magdalene, help me that I may deserve to see your church.\" His eyes were opened, and he saw clearly all around him. There was another man who wrote his sins on a scroll and placed it under the altar of Mary Magdalene, humbly praying that she would grant him forgiveness and mercy. Some time later, he took the scroll again and found all his sins effaced and struck out. Another man was held in prison for a debt of money and often called upon Mary Magdalene for help. On a night, a fair woman appeared to him and broke all his irons and opened the door. She commanded him to go on his way, and when he saw himself free, he fled away quickly. There was a clerk of Flaunders named Stephen Rysen, who engaged in such great and disorderly felony that he committed all manner of sin. He sought out such things as appeared to benefit his health..Not here, nevertheless, he had great devotion in the blessed Mary Magdalene and honored her feast. And once, as he visited her tomb, he was not entirely asleep nor well awake. When Mary Magdalene appeared to him, looking at him disdainfully, sustained by two angels, one on the right side and another on the left side. She said to him, \"Why do you despise the deeds of my merits as unworthy? Why cannot you, at my instance and prayers, be moved to penance? Since the time you began to have devotion in me, I have always prayed God for you. Arise therefore and repent. I shall not leave you until you are reconciled to God. Then forthwith he felt such great grace shed upon him that he forsook and renounced the world and entered religion. And he lived a righteous life thereafter. At his death, Mary Magdalene stood by the bier with angels who bore his soul up to heaven..Heaven with heavenly song, in likeness of a white dove, then we late pray to this blessed Mary Magdalene, that she grants us grace to do penance here for our sins, that after this life we may come to her in everlasting bliss in heaven. Amen.\n\nThis ends the life of Saint Marie Magdalene.\n\nApollinaris is said to be of Pollens, shining and Ares, virtuous. That is to say, shining in virtues. Or it is said of Apollo, who is as much to say as marvelous and noble, as one says he was a man of marvelous discernment, or he is said of A, who is virtuous without pollution of vices.\n\nApollinaris was a disciple of Saint Peter the apostle. And from him, he was sent to Ravenna from Rome. And there he healed the wife of the tribune and judge of the town, and baptized her with her husband and household. This deed was told and shown to the provost. And immediately he did arrest Apollinaris and led him to the temple of Jupiter..forto sacrifice to him, and he said to the priests of Thyddoly's that the gold and silver set about Thyddoly's had been better given to the poor / than to be given to devils / And then he was not taken and beaten sore with staves, leaving him half dead / but he was taken up by his disciples and brought to the house of a widow / And there he was kept and refreshed for seven months, from thence he came to the city of Clacense / And there he healed a nobleman who was lame / And as he entered into a house, there was a maiden who had an unclean spirit within her, crying out and saying, \"Go from hence, thou servant of God, or I will make thee bound and dragged out of the city\" / whom Apollinaris rebuked and constrained the spirit to go out and depart from the maiden / Then, when he had thus called the name of our Lord upon the lame man and had so cured him, and delivered the maiden from the wicked spirit, more than five thousand believed in our Lord Jesus Christ..The painems then threatened him with statues and cursed him for not invoking the name of Jesus Christ. He lying there cried out and proclaimed that Jesus was very God. Then they made him stand barefoot on burning coals. Yet he continued to preach the law of Christ. Seeing that he would not relent, they drove him out of the city. At that time Rufus Patricius, duke of the city of Ravenna, had a daughter who was ill. He summoned Apollynare to heal her. As soon as Apollynare entered the house, his daughter died. Rufus said, \"Would that you had not entered my house! For the great gods are angry because of this, and will not heal my daughter. What can you do for her?\" Apollynare replied, \"Do not be afraid. If the maiden arises, you shall not renege on your promise.\" He made his prayer, and immediately the maiden arose. She recognized the name of Christ and was baptized with her mother and a great multitude of people. She remained a virgin. When Caesar....The hero wrote to the priest-proctor requesting that he be allowed to perform sacrifices or be exiled. The priest-proctor, refusing to comply, ordered him to be beaten with statues and tortured on the gallows. Despite this, he continued to preach the name of the Lord. The priest-proctor then ordered hot scalding water to be poured on his fresh wounds and had him severely bound with heavy iron chains, intending to exile him. Seeing the Christians and their great suffering inflicted upon him, they ran to his aid and killed more than two hundred. When the priest-proctor saw him hiding and commanding Apollinaris to a strict and harsh prison, and after binding him severely with chains, he set him on a ship with three clerks following him and sent him into exile. Only he, with two clerks and two knights, survived the peril of the tempest. And the knights he baptized. After this, he returned again..And was taken by the Paynems and brought to the temple of Jupiter. When he saw his symbol, he cursed it, and suddenly it fell down. And when the bishops saw that they had presented him to Taurus the Judge, whose son was blind, St. Apollinaris was made to see. And when the Judge saw that he believed on him, he made him dwell for four years with him in his house. After this, when the bishops had accused him before Vespasian, Vespasian commanded that anyone who did wrong to the gods should do penance or be expelled from the city. He said it was not right for us to avenge the gods, but they could avenge themselves against their enemies if they were angry. Then Demosthenes, the patriarch, seeing that he would not sacrifice, delivered him to a Centurion named Christian. By his prayer, he went into the leper's street and should hide himself from the Paynems there. But the people followed him and beat him to death. He remained and lived there..The bishop named Vincius Dayes preached to his disciples and then gave his spirit to the Lord, dying around the year 70 under Vespasian. Saint Ambrose, in his preface, calls him most worthy.\n\nVincius Dayes was sent from Petra in penance. And so that Christians would not doubt, he performed miracles like the apostles. After his torments, he raised a maid from death to life. He gave sight to the blind and restored speech to a mute. He delivered one possessed by a devil. He cleansed a leper and healed limbs broken with pestilence. He overthrew the symbol of the god Jupiter with the temple. O most worthy bishop of marvelous praise, you deserved the power and dignity of an apostle. O most strong champion of the Lord, who in your old age constantly preached our Lord Jesus Christ, redeemer of the world.\n\nThus ends the life of Saint Apollinaris..Cristyne is as much to say / as enjoined with crispiness / She truly had the name of good odor and savory conversation / And oil of devotion in mind / and also the blessing of grace /\n\nCristyne was born in Tyre in Italy / and was of noble kin of father and mother / And because of her beauty, her father enclosed her in a certain tower with twelve chambermaids to serve and attend on her / and ordered with her gods of silver and gold / and because of her great beauty, she was desired by many noble men to be married / but her father in no way would give her to any man / but would have her continue in her virginity to do worship and sacred service to the gods / But she, being inspired by the holy ghost, abhorred this / and therefore that was delivered to her to do sacrifice with / she hid it in a window / and when her father came, the maidens and chambermaids said to him / Thy daughter despises to offer to our gods / And says that she is Christian / Then her father provoked her with sweet and fair words..words for sacrificing to your gods / To whom she said / Call not me your daughter / but this to whom sacrifice belongs / I will not offer sacrifice to any dead god / but to the god of heaven I offer sacrifice of land and praising / then said her father to her / O my daughter / you ought not to offer to one god lest the other be angry / to whom she said / You have spoken well, not knowing the truth / I truly offer sacrifice / to the Father and to the Son / and to the Holy Ghost / then said the father if you worship three / why will you not also adore the other / To whom she said / They three are but one god / After this Christian broke all the gods / and the gold and silver she gave to the people / her father then came again to worship his gods / and he not finding them demanded of the maidens / what Crystian had done to them\n\nAnd when he had learned what she had done / he commanded her to be despised / and to be beaten with twelve men until they began to fail and were so weary..that they might not longer call her Cristyn said to her father: O thou who art without honor and shameful to God, for those who torment me fail and falter, ask your goddesses to give them strength if they may. Then they bound her with chains of iron and put her in prison. When her mother heard this, she rent her clothes and came to the prison, falling at her daughter's feet and saying: my daughter Cristyn, the light of my eyes, have mercy on me. To whom she said: why do you call me your daughter, do you not know that I have the name of my god? When she could not make her change her faith, she returned to her husband and told him what she had answered. Then her father commanded that she be brought before him in judgment and said to her: do sacrifice to our gods or you shall no longer be called my daughter. To whom she said: you have granted me great grace, for now you call me not the daughter of the devil. What is.born of the devil art thou, thou art the son of the same Satan. Then he commanded that her flesh should all rent and be drawn with irons hooks and her tender members be all broken and departed from other Christians. Part of her flesh she took and threw it in the face of her father, saying, \"O tyrant, take the flesh which thou hast taken and eat it.\" Then her father set her upon a wheel and put under fire and oil. And the flame issued out so great that it slew and burned 20 men. The father ascribed all this work to necromancy and said she had done that by witchcraft. And he commanded her again to prison and bade her servants when it was night that they should bind a great stone to her neck and cast her into the sea. And immediately Angels took her up and Christ descended and baptized her in the sea, saying, \"I baptize thee in the name of God the Father, and in me, Ihu, Christ his Son, and in the holy ghost. And committed her to the archangel..whiche led her to the land, and when her father heard that she had returned to land, he struck his head and said to her, \"By what craft do you these things, that in the sea you exercise your cursed works?\" To whom Christianity replied, \"O foolish and unhappy one, I have received this grace of Christ.\" Then he commanded that she should be put in prison and on the morrow to be beheaded. And that same night, her father was found dead. Then after him came and succeeded a wicked and evil judge named Dyon, who made a tub of iron and put pitch oil and rosemary in it, and set it on fire. When it was ready, he made Christianity be cast into it and commanded four men to move the tub so that she would be consumed sooner. Then Christianity prayed to God and thanked Him that she was so renewed and rocked like a child in a cradle. Then the judge, being angry, ordered her head to be shaved and naked to be led through the city to the temple of Apollo, whom she commanded to:.overthrow and immediately filled down into powder. When the judge heard of it, he died and gave up his spirit. After him, Julian succeeded, who then set a great fire and ordered crystal to be cast into it. She remained there for five days with angels singing and walking unharmed. Afterward, she came out safely without harm. And when Julian heard of this, he said that she did all this by magic and witchcraft. He ordered two serpents and two asps to be brought to her. The serpents licked her feet, and the asps hung at her breasts and did her no harm. The two addres (enchanters) surrounded her neck and licked up her sweetness. Julian then said to his enchanter, \"Are you not an enchanter? Move the beasts.\" And when he began to move them, they attacked him and killed him. Then Christine commanded the serpents to go to a desert place. She raised the dead enchanter to life again. Then Julian ordered that her breasts be exposed..Should be cut from whom milk flowed with blood. Then he made her tongue to be cut out of her head. But Christine lost not her speech for cutting out her tongue. But she took it and threw it in the face of the Judge. And struck him with one of his eyes. Then Julian was angry and made to shoot at her. She was struck with one arrow in the side and with another into the heart. And she so struck yielded up her soul to God and thus suffered martyrdom around the year of our Lord two hundred forty-seven. Her body was buried in the castle of Bulsena between Thold Town and Viterbo. And Tirus, which was not far from that castle, which is now destroyed.\n\nThis is James the apostle, called James, the son of Zebedee, brother of St. John the Evangelist, and James the Less. He was called James, the son of Zebedee, not only in flesh but also in the name, for Zebedee is interpreted \"giving.\".Or James gave himself to God through the martyrdom of death, and he is given to us by God as a special patron. He is called James, the brother of John, not only in flesh but in appearance of manners. For they both had one love, one study, and one will. They had one love to avenge the Lord. When the Samaritans would not receive Jesus Christ, James and John said, \"If it pleases the Lord, let fire come down from heaven and destroy them.\" They were of like mind to learn this, for these two were the ones who demanded of the Lord the day of judgment and other things to come. They asked that one of them might sit at His right hand, and the other on His left hand. He was called the son of thunder, because of the son of His preaching, for he feared the wicked and exhorted the slothful. By the hounds of his preaching, he merited marvels in converting them to the faith. St. John said of St. James that he was so tall that if he had been a little taller, all would have seen him..James, who was not among the first disciples, was said to resemble another James in some ways. First, because he was called by Ihu Crist. Second, due to familiarity, as Jesus Crist appeared to have greater familiarity with him, as seen in the raising of the maiden and at His holy transfiguration. Third, due to his passion, as among all the apostles, he was the first to suffer death, and he could be said more. James the apostle, son of Zebedee, preached after the ascension of our Lord in Judea and Samaria. After being sent to Spain to spread the word of Jesus Crist, he had little success there, as he had converted only nine disciples, of whom he left two to preach the word of God and took the other seven with him and returned again to Judea..Iohannes claims he converted only one man in Judea. After he preached the word of God, there was an enchanter named Hermogenes with the Pharisees. They sent Philete, their disciple, to James to overcome him. Hermogenes said, \"Now we shall see if your James can save the one. Then Philete sent his child to James and told him about this. James sent his servant or deacon and said, 'Tell him that our Lord heals those who are hurt and frees those who are bound.' As soon as he said this and touched the servant's cloak, Hermogenes was unable to continue enchanting and lost his power. James then bound Hermogenes and Philete with him to avenge himself, lest his disciples turn against him later. When the demons approached James, they cried out in their voices, \"James, the apostle of God, have mercy on us. For we are burning before our time comes.\".Iames said, \"Why have you come to me?\" And they replied, \"Hermogenes has sent us to you and Phylete, to bring you to him. And God has bound us with chains of fire and torments us. James said, \"The angel of God will unbind you. Go to him and bring him to me, but do not harm him then. They went and took Hermogenes and bound his hands, and brought him, bound, to St. James. And they said to Hermogenes, \"You have sent us here where we were strongly tormented and severely bound. And they said to St. James, \"Give us power against him, that we may avenge our wrongs and our embraces.\" James said, \"Behold, here is Phylete before you. Why take him not? They answered, \"We may not touch him, nor even as much as a flea that is in your couch. Then James said to Phylete, \"Do good for evil, as Christ commanded us to unbind him. And Hermogenes was confounded. James said to him, \"Go your way freely, wherever you will.\".For it does not concern us here that anyone is converted against their will. Hermogenes said to him, \"I know well the anger of the demons. But if you give me something of yours that I may have with me, they will kill me.\" Then St. James gave him his staff. Then he went and brought all his books of false craft and enchantments to the apostle to be burned. But because the odor of the burning might harm some fools, he made them be cast into the sea. After he had cast his books into the sea, he returned and, holding his feet, said, \"O thou deliverer of souls, receive me penitent, and him who has endured my blasphemy until now.\" Then he began to be perfect in the fear of God our Lord. Many virtues were done by him afterward. And when the Jews saw Hermogenes converted, they were all moved by envy and went to St. James and blamed him for the Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ in such a way that many..byleuy in our lord Abithar, who was bishop, incited the people against him. They put a cord about his neck and took him to Herod Agrippa. When he was led for execution by Herod's command, a man afflicted with palsy cried out to him. He gave him health and said in the name of Jesus Christ for whom I am being led to be beheaded, arise and be whole. And immediately he arose and was completely healed. A scribe named Josias, who had put the cord around his neck and saw this miracle, fell at his feet and demanded forgiveness and that he might be baptized. But when Abithar saw this, he ordered him to be taken away. He said to him, \"If you curse the name of Christ, you will be beheaded with him.\" To whom Josias replied, \"Be cursed you and cursed be all your gods. Blessed be the name of our Lord Jesus Christ forever and ever.\" Then Abithar commanded to strike him on the mouth with fists and sent him away..A message to Herod: grant consent for James to be beheaded with Iosias. When they were both beheaded, Saint James requested a pot of water from the one who was to strike their heads. With this, he baptized Iosias, and then they were both beheaded and suffered martyrdom. James was beheaded on the 8th of April, on Lady Day (Annunciation), and on the 8th of August, he was translated to Compostella. The third of January was the day of his burial. The making of his sepulcher took place from August to January, and so the church has established that his feast should be celebrated on the 8th of August, which is the most convenient time. According to Master John, who made this translation, James' disciples took his body away by night for fear of the Jews. They brought it to a shipowner for burial and all went with them into the ship without a sail and rowed..In Galicia, in the Kingdom of Lupa, our Lord arrived. there was a queen there named Lupa, also deservedly called a she-wolf in English. The disciples of St. James took out his body and placed it on a large stone. The stone received the body as if it were soft wax, and made a stone sepulcher for it. Then the disciples went to Lupa, the queen, and said, \"Our Lord Jesus Christ has sent us; the body of His disciple, whom you did not wish to receive alive, you will now receive dead.\" She took them and put them in prison. And when he was at dinner, the angel of our Lord opened the prison and let them escape freely. When he learned of this, he sent knights after them to capture them as they were passing over a bridge. The bridge broke and overthrew them, and they fell into the water and drowned. When he heard this, he repented..And he sent after them, praying them to return and do as they would wish him. When they returned and converted the people of that city to the faith of God, Queen Lupe heard this and was greatly saddened. When they came before her, they told her of the king's treatment. She answered, \"Take the oxen that I have in the nearby mountains and join them to my cart or chariot. Build a place for him there as you wish, and I said this to them in jest and mockery. For I knew that there were no oxen but wild bulls, and if they were yoked to my chariot, they would run here and there and break it, throwing down the body and killing themselves. But there is no wisdom against God. And those who did not know the evil intentions of the queen went up to the mountains and found there a:.dragon casting fire at them and ran on them. They made the sign of the cross and he broke into two pieces. Then they made the sign of the cross on the bulls' wounds. Instantly, they became as meek as lambs. They took them and yoked them to the chariot. They took Saint James' body with the stone they had placed on it and put it in the chariot. The wild bulls, without any guidance or reins, drew it towards the middle of Queen Luperca's palaces. When she saw this, she was abashed and believed and was baptized. She delivered her palaces to them and all that they demanded. She ended her life in good works. Bernard, a man from the diocese of Modena, as Calixtus the pope says, was taken and imprisoned and put in a deep tower. He was always called the blessed Saint James. Therefore, Saint James appeared to him and said, \"Come and follow me to Galicia.\" And then his bonds broke..And he vanished away / And he went up to the high tower, and his bonds in his neck, and sprang down without harm. It was well over six cubits in height. And, as the Bible says, \"There was a man who had committed a foul sin, of which the bishop doubted absolving him. He sent him to St. James with a certificate in which the sin was written. And when he had laid the certificate upon the altar on the day of St. James, he prayed to St. James that by his merits, his sin might be forgiven and erased. After he opened the certificate and found the sin erased and struck out, he thanked God and St. James.\"\n\nThree hundred men from Lorraine went on pilgrimage to St. James around the year 1494. They all swore to each other that every man should serve and abide in all estates that would occur along the way, except for one who would not make a covenant. It happened that one of them was lame, and his companion detained him for fifteen days. And when it was night, the man who was lame and his companion died..Alyue was sore afraid for the solitary place and the presence of the dead body, for the cruelty of the strange people, and for the darkness of the night that came on. But soon Saint James appeared to him in the likeness of a man on horseback and comforted him, saying, \"Give me that dead body before me, and leap up behind me on my horse.\" So they rode all that night for fifteen days until they arrived before the sun rising at Mount Joy, which is only half a league from Saint James. There, Saint James left them both, commanding the one who was alive to assemble the canons of Saint James for the burial of this pilgrim. He also told them that they had broken their faith, and their pilgrimage had not availed them. He carried out his command, and when his companions arrived, they marveled at how quickly he had healed. He told them all that Saint James had said and done. And as Calixtus the pope relates, there was a man of common means and his son who went to Saint James..In the year 1403, they came to Toulouse to find lodging. The host made them drunk. Then, the host took a silver cup and put it in their possession. The following morning, as they were leaving, he followed them and accused them of stealing his cup. He found it on them and they were brought to trial. The sentence was passed that all they had should be given to the host, and one of them was to be hanged. The father would have died for his son, and the son for the father. In the end, the son was hanged, and the father went on a pilgrimage to St. James, returning forty-five days later. He went to see his son and cried and wept. But the son, who had been hanged, began to comfort his father and said, \"Dear father, weep no more. I have never been so at peace, blessed St. James.\".The father always sustained and kept me up, and fed me with sweetness of heaven. When the father heard him speak, he ran at once to the city and did so much that the people came. And his son was taken down whole, as if he had never been harmed. And the host who had put the cup in to the hand was hanged. Hugh de Sco\u0301 victore relates that the devil appeared to a pilgrim in the likeness of St. James and told him many things about the misfortunes of the world. He said to him that he would be well blessed if he killed himself in his honor. And immediately he took a knife and killed himself. And then the host in whose house he was lodged was held suspect. And was greatly afraid to be put to death therefore. But he who was dead returned again and said that the devil had caused him to kill himself and brought him into great torments. And St. James ran and brought him before the throne of the Judge. And where the devils accused him, he was restored to life. There was a..A young man from the country of Lyons, who was accustomed to visit St. James, testified that on the night before he was to depart, he fell into temptation. The next day, he set out on his journey. One night, the devil appeared to him in the likeness of St. James and said, \"Do you know who I am?\" The young man replied, \"No.\" The devil then said, \"I am St. James, the apostle, whom you have visited every year. I am pleased with your devotion. But it is not long since you have left your house and have committed fornication and have not confessed it. Therefore, your pilgrimage may neither please God nor me. It is not proper to do so. For whoever comes to me on pilgrimage must first confess his sins and then go on pilgrimage to atone for them and make satisfaction. The devil then vanished. The young man was greatly distressed and disposed to return home to confess his sin..And then the devil appeared to him again in the form of an apostle, warning him not to sin. But the devil said to him, \"This sin cannot be forgiven. But if you cut off your genitals, you will be more blessed if you kill yourself and become a martyr for his name. That same night, one of his companions took a knife and cut off his genitals, then stabbed himself in the belly. His companions woke up and, when they saw this, they were terrified and fled, fearing they would be suspected of murder. After they prepared his grave, he returned and they were all ashamed and fled. He called them back and told them all that had happened to him, saying, \"When I was about to kill myself at the devil's suggestion, the devil took me and led me to Rome. But then Saint James appeared and strongly rebuked him.\".deville's of their fallacy and when they had long strived to gather Saint James, they conducted him to a meadow where the blessed virgin sat speaking with many saints. And the blessed Saint James complained for me, and then she strongly blamed the devils and commanded that I should be restored again to my life. And then Saint James took me and restored my life to me again, just as you see. Three days after his wounds were whole, and there appeared nothing but the traces where the wounds were, and then he resumed his journey again and found his companions. And as Calixtus the pope relates, there was a Frenchman around the year of our Lord M and C, who wished to escape the mortality in France, and he visited Saint James. And when they came to Pamplona, his wife died, and his host took from him all his money, and his mount upon which his children were born. This man who thus went all the way..Discomforted and bareheaded, he carried his children on his shoulders and led one after him in great anguish and sorrow. Then a man on an ass approached him, showing compassion, and lent him his ass to carry his children. When he came to St. James and had done what he needed and prayed, St. James appeared to him and asked if he knew him. He replied, \"No.\" St. James said, \"I am St. James, the apostle, who lent my ass to the men. I will leave you now to return, and I will restore to you what your host has taken from you. And when all this was done, he returned joyfully with his children to his house. As soon as his children were taken off the ass, it was not known where it went.\n\nA merchant was detained by a tyrant and was wrongfully imprisoned and plundered. He called upon St. James earnestly, and St. James appeared to him before the guards..And they awakened him and brought him to the highest tower. The tower bowed down so low that the top was even with the ground. He went out without stopping and unbound himself from his irons. Then his keepers followed after, but they had no power to see him. Three knights of the diocese of Lyon went to see St. James. One of them was required by a poor woman, who for the love of St. James bore her sack on his horse. He carried it after him and found a sick man, setting him on his horse and taking the burden of the man and the sack of the said woman. He followed his horse on foot, but was exhausted by the heat of the sun and the labor of walking. When he came to St. James in Galicia, he was seriously ill. His companions prayed for three days for the health of his soul, during which he lay speechless. On the fourth day, as they were mourning his death, he opened his eyes greatly and said, \"I thank God and St. James, for I am delivered by his merits.\" When I wished to do that..Whichever warned and admonished me, but the devils came to me and strained me so sore that I might do nothing that pertained to the health of my soul, and I heard you well but I might not answer. Then the blessed saint James came and brought in his left hand the sacque of the woman, and in his right hand the burden of the poor pilgrim that I helped by the Way, and held the burden for a spear, and the sacque for a shield, and so assailed the devils together. And lifted up the burden and feared the devils, they fled away. And thus the blessed saint James has delivered me by his holy grace. And has rendered to me my speech again. Call me the priest, for I may not be long in this life. It is time to amend our transgressions toward our lord. And then he turned him to one of his fellows, and said to him, Friend ride no more with thy lord, for certainly he is damned, and shall perish shortly by evil death. And therefore leave his company, and then he died. And when he was buried, his two..knights returned and one of them told his master that he had spoken to him, but he paid no heed and showed contempt for amendment. Shortly after, he was struck with a spear in battle and died. According to Calixtus, the pope relates the story of a man whose money failed him on his journey, and he was ashamed to beg or ask for alms. He lay down under a tree and dreamed that St. James fed him. When he awoke, he found a loaf baked under ashes at his head. With that loaf, he lived for fifteen days until he returned to his own place and ate sufficient twice a day from the same loaf. Every morning, he found it whole in his pouch. Additionally, Calixtus recounts that a burgher of the city of Barcelona went to St. James around the year of our Lord 1099 and asked only that he never be taken by any enemies. However, as he returned via Sylla, he was captured at sea during the siege of Saragossa and was led to fairs to be sold repeatedly, but he was always rescued..In the chain with which he was bound, he lost [it] and when he had been sold fourteen times, he was bound with double chains. Then he called upon St. James for help. St. James appeared to him and said, \"Because you were in my church and set nothing by the health of your soul, but only demanded the delivery of your body, therefore you have fallen into this peril. But because our Lord is merciful, he has sent me to buy you back. And immediately his chains broke. He took a part of the chains and passed by the contraries and castles of the Saracens and came home to his own country in the sight of all men, who were astonished by the miracle. For whenever any man would have taken him, as soon as they saw the chain they were afraid and fled. And whenever lions and other beasts would have run upon him in the deserts where he went, whenever they saw the chain they were afraid and fled away. It happened in the year 1328, in a castle named Prato between Florence and Picosa,.A young man, deceived by the counsel of an old man, set fire to the corn of his tutor's house, who was in charge of keeping him, as he intended to usurp his heritage. He was then taken and confessed his transgression and was sentenced to be drawn and burned. Then he confessed and avowed to St. James. And when he had been drawn in his shirt along a stony road, he was neither hurt in his body nor in his shirt. Then he was bound to a stake, and fagots and bushes were set about him, and fire was put to them, which fire burned his bonds. And he always called on St. James. And there was no harm from the burning found in his shirt nor in his body. And when they wanted to cast him back into the fire, he was taken away from them by St. James, the apostle of God. To him be given laude and praise.\n\nChristopher, named Reprobus before his baptism, was later named Xopher, which means bearing Christ in the fourth..Maners/ he bore him on his shoulders by conveying and leading/ In his body/ by making it lean/ In his mind by devotion/ And in his mouth by confession and prediction/\n\nChristopher was of the lineage of the Canances/ And he was of a right great stature And had a terrible & fearful countenance/ And he was eighteen cubits in length/ And as it is recorded in some histories/ that when he served and dwelt with the king of the Cananites/ it came into his mind that he would seek the greatest prince that was in the world/ and him would he serve and obey/ So far he went that he came to a right great king, of whom the renown generally was that he was the greatest in the world/ and when the king saw him, he received him into his service/ and made him dwell in his court/\n\nOn a time a minstrel sang to him a song/ in which he named often the devil/ And the king, who was a Christian man, when he heard him name the devil/ made at once the sign of the cross in his face/ And when Xopher saw that..He had great marvel what sign it was and why the king made it. He asked him, but the king would not say. So he said, \"If you will not tell me, I shall no longer dwell with you.\" Then the king told him, saying, \"Always when I hear the devil named, I fear that he should have power over me. I arm myself with this sign that he may not harm or annoy me.\" Then Xopher asked him, \"Do you doubt the devil that he harms you? Then is the devil more mighty and greater than you are. I am deceived in my hope and purpose, for I had supposed I had found the most mighty and greatest lord of the world. But I command you to God. For I will go seek Him to be my lord and His servant. Then he departed from this king and hastened himself to seek the devil. As he went through a great desert, he saw a great company of knights. A cruel and horrible knight came to him and asked him, \"Where are you going?\" Xopher answered him and said, \"I go to seek the devil.\".The devil was to be my master, and he said, \"I am he whom you seek.\" Then Xanthrope was glad and bound himself to be his servant perpetually and took him as his master and lord. As they went along a common way, they found there a cross erected and standing. And the moment the devil saw the cross, he was afraid and fled, leaving the right way, and brought Xanthrope about by a sharp desert. After they had passed the cross, he brought him to the high way they had left. And when Xanthrope saw this, he marveled and asked why he had doubted and had left the fair and high way to go so far about by a desert way. The devil would not tell him anything. Then Christopher said to him, \"If you will not tell me, I shall depart from you and serve you no more.\" The devil was compelled to tell him and said, \"There was a man called Christ who was hanged on the cross. Whenever I see his sign, I am sore afraid and flee from it.\" To whom.Xopher said that he is greater and mightier than you / when you are afraid of his sign, and I see well that I have labored in vain / when I have not found the greatest lord of the world. I will serve him no longer / go your way, for I will go seek Ihu, Christ. And when he had long sought and demanded where he should find him, at last he came to a great desert to a hermit who dwelt there. This hermit preached to him of Ihesu Christ and instructed him in the faith diligently and said to him, \"This king whom you desire to serve requires the service that you must often fast.\" Xopher said to him, \"Require something else of me, and I shall do it for that which you require, I may not do.\" The hermit said, \"Then you must wake and make many prayers.\" Xopher said, \"I know not what it is.\" I cannot do such a thing..The hermit spoke, \"Since you are noble, tall, and strong, you will reside by that river. You will carry over all who pass there, which is a worthy service to our Lord Jesus Christ, whom you desire to serve. I hope He will reveal Himself to you. Christopher replied, \"I can certainly do this service, and I promise Him to do so.\" Then Christopher went to the river and made his dwelling there, holding a large pool in his hand instead of a staff, which sustained him in the water. He carried over all manner of people without ceasing, and he remained there for many days. One time, as he slept in his lodging, he heard the voice of a child calling him and saying, \"Xopher, come out and carry me over.\" He awoke and went out, but found no one. When he returned to his house, he heard the same voice again and ran out, but found no one. The third time he was called and went there and found a child..child by the riverbank prayed him to carry him over the water. Christfer lifted up the child onto his shoulders, took his staff, and entered the river to cross. The water of the river rose and swelled more and more. The child grew heavier and heavier, and as he went farther, the water increased and grew more. Christfer had great anxiety and was afraid of being drowned. When he had escaped with great pain and crossed the water, he set the child down. He said to the child, \"Child, you have put me in great peril. You weighed almost as much as the whole world. I could not bear a greater burden.\" The child answered, \"Christfer marvel at nothing. For you have not only borne the whole world upon you, but you have borne him who created and made the whole world upon your shoulders. I am Ihu Christ the king. To whom you serve in this work.\".I say to the truth, set your staff in the earth by your house, and you shall see that it will bear flowers and fruit by morning. And then Christopher placed his staff in the earth, and when he arose on the morrow, he found his staff like a palm tree bearing flowers, leaves, and dates. And then Christopher went into the city of Lycie and did not understand their language. Then he prayed to the Lord that he might understand them. And while he was in this prayer, the judges supposed that he was a fool and left him there. And when Christopher understood their language, he covered his face and went to the place where they tortured Christian men. And he comforted them in the Lord. And then the judges struck him in the face. And Xanthus said to them, \"If I were not Christian, I would avenge my injury immediately.\" And then Christopher thrust his rod into the ground. And he prayed to the Lord that for the conversion of the people, it might bear flowers and fruit. And immediately it did so..thenne he con\u00a6uerted viij thousand men / and thenne the kyng sent two knyghtes for to fetche hym to the kyng / and they fond hym prayeng / And durst not telle to hym soo / And anon after the kyng sent as many mo / And they anon sette them doun for to praye wyth hym And whan xpo\u0304fre aroos he sayde to them What seche ye / And whan they sawe hym in the vysage / they sayde to hym / the kyng hath sent vs that we shold lede the bounden vnto hym / And Cristofre sayd to them / yf I wold ye shold not lede me to hym bou\u0304\u00a6den ne vnbounden / And they sayd to hym yf thou wylt goo thy waye / goo quyt where thou wylt / \nAnd we shalle say to he kyng / that we haue not founde the / hit shall not be so / sayde he / But I shalle goo with you / and thenne he conuerted them in the fayth / And commaunded them that they shold bynde his ho\u0304des behynd his backe / and lede hym so bounden to the kyng / and whan the kyng sawe hym he was aferd and fil doun of the siege and his seruauntes lyft hym vp and releuyd hym agayn / And thenne the.The king asked his name and his conduct, and Christofre replied, \"Before I was baptized, I was named Reprobus, and afterward Xpopher. Before baptism, a Cananee, now a Christian man, I am. The king said to him, \"You have a foolish name, that is, a name unfit for Christ crucified, who could not save himself nor benefit others. Why then, cursed Cananean, do you not sacrifice to our gods? To this, Christofre replied, \"You are rightly called Dagarus, for you are the death of the world and a companion of the devil. Your gods are made with the hands of men. And the king said to him, 'You were not tamed among wild beasts, and therefore you may not speak but wild language and words unknown to men. And if you will now sacrifice to the gods, I will give you great gifts and great honors. But if not, I will destroy and consume you with great pains and torments. But for all this, he would in no way sacrifice, and was therefore sent into prison. The king had him detained.\".other knights that he had sent for him, whom he had converted. After this, he sent into the prison two fair women, one named Vysena, and the other Aquylyne. He promised them many great gifts if they could draw Xeper (Xpofer) to sin with them. When Xeper saw that he was set down to pray and was constrained by those who embraced him to move, he said, \"What do you seek? For what reason have you come here?\" Those who were afraid of his severe and clear countenance replied, \"Holy saint of God, have mercy on us, so that we may believe in the God that you preach.\" When the king heard this, he commanded that they should be let out and brought before him. To them he said, \"You are deceived,\" but I swear to you by my gods, \"if you do not sacrifice to my gods, you shall soon perish by evil death.\" They said to him, \"If you will that we shall do sacrifice, command that the places be made clean, and that all the idols be removed.\".People could assemble at the temple, and when this was done, they entered the temple and took their girdles and put them around the necks of their goddesses. They drew them towards them and broke them all in pieces, and said to those who were there, \"Call physicians and leeches to heal your goddesses.\" By the king's command, Aquyline was hanged, and a large and heavy stone was hung at her feet, so that her limbs were contemptuously broken. When she was dead and had passed to the Lord, her sister Vicena was cast into a great fire, but she emerged unharmed. Then he had Xopher brought before the king. The king commanded that he should be beaten with rods of iron, and that a red-hot iron cross should be placed on his head and set alight. Afterwards, he had a siege or a yoke of iron made, and had Christofer bound to it..The fire burned under it, and they cast their pitches, but the siege or statue seemed like wax. Christopher issued out without any harm or hurt. And when the king saw that, he commanded that he should be bound to a strong stake and shot with forty knights' arrows. But none of the knights could reach him, for the arrows hung around him without touching him. Then the king thought that he had been shot with the arrows of the knights, and addressed him to come to him. And one of the arrows suddenly returned from the air and struck him in the eye, blinding him. To whom Christopher said, \"Tyrant, I shall die by morning and make a little clay with my blood tempered and anointed with yours, and you shall receive healing.\" Then, by the king's command, he was led for beheading, and there he made his orison, and his head was struck off, and he suffered martyrdom. And the king then took a little of his blood and put it on his eye..In the name of God and of Saint Xopher, he was healed then. The king commanded, in God's name, that anyone who blasphemed God or Saint Xopher should be immediately slain with the sword. Ambrose speaks of this holy martyr in his preface as follows: \"Lord, you have given Xopher such abundance of virtues and such grace of doctrine that he called forth forty-six thousand men from the error of idolatry to the honor of Christian faith through his shining miracles. He called and made them serve in the pursuit of chastity. He showed them a like crown of martyrdom. And with this, being bound in a fetter of iron and great fire placed in doubt, he endured the whole day, unyielding to the torments of all the knights. And with this, one of the arrows struck out the eye of the tyrant. To whom the blood of the holy martyr was presented.\".Restored his sight and enlightened him in taking away the blindness of his body, and granted him the gate of the Christian mind and pardon, and also the gate of prayer to remove sicknesses and sores from those who remember his passion and figure. Then let us pray to St. Christoper that he pray for us &c.\n\nThis ends the life of St. Christopher, martyr.\n\nThe seven sleepers were born in the city of Ephesus. And when Decian the emperor came into Ephesus for the persecution of Christians, he commanded to beautify the temples in the middle of the city, so that all should come with him to do sacrifice to idols. And he did so to every Christian and bound them to make them do sacrifice or else put them to death. In such a way that every man was afraid of the threats that he promised, that friend betrayed friend, son renounced father, and father son. In this city, seven Christian men were found: Maximian, Malchus, Marcyanus, Denis..And when they saw this, they had much sorrow, and since they were the first in the palaces to reject the sacrifices, they hid in their houses and were in fasting and prayers. And then they were accused before Dacian and came there and were found to be very Christian men. Then space was given to them for repentance, until the coming again of Dacian. And in the meantime, they spent their patrimony on alms for the poor people. And they assembled them and took counsel and went to the mountain of Celion. There they ordered to be more secretly hidden, and they stayed there for a long time. One of them administered and served them all the way. And when he went into the city, he dressed himself as a beggar. When Dacian came again, he commanded that they should be fetched. And then Malchus, their servant and minister, returned in great fear to his companions and told and showed them the great fear of their persecutors. And then....they sore aferde And malchus sette tofore them the lo\u2223ues of breed that he had brought so that they were comforted of the mete And were more strong for to suffre tormentis / and whan they had taken theyr refection and satte in wepyng and waylynges sodenly as god wold they slepte / And whan it cam on the morne they were sought and coude not be founden / Wherfor Dacien was so\u2223rouful by cause he had lost suche yong men / And thenne they were accused that they were hydde in the mount of Celyon / And had gyuen theyr goodes to poure men and yet abode in theyr purpoos / And thenne commaunded decius that theyr kynrede shold come to hym and menaced them to the deth yf they sayde not of them alle that they knewe / And they accused them and comployned that they had despended al theyr richesses / thenne decius thought what he shold doo wyth them / and as our lord wold he enclosed the mouth of the caue wherin they were wyth stones\nto thende that they shold dye therin for hungre and faute of mete / thenne the mynystres /.And two Christian men, Theodore and Ruffyne, wrote their martyrdom and hid it subtly among the stones. Two hundred and thirty-two years after the death of Decius, and the thirty-year reign of Theodosius the emperor, when the heresy of those who denied the Resurrection of the dead began to spread, Theodosius, the most Christian emperor, being grieved that the faith of our Lord was so wickedly diminished through anger and sorrow, he clothed himself in hair and wept every day in a secret place, and led a very holy life. God, merciful and compassionate, seeing their sorrow and weeping, gave them comfort and hope of the Resurrection of the dead. In this manner, he instructed the burgher of Ephesus to build a mountain, which was desert and wild, into a stable for his pastors and herdsmen. It happened by chance that the masons who were building the said stable discovered the hidden martyrs..And the holy saints within awoke and rose, awakening and greeting one another. They had supposed they had slept only one night and remembered the heavens they had seen the day before. Malchus, who ministered to them, said what Decius had ordered concerning them, for he said, \"We have been sought, as I told you yesterday, to sacrifice to idols. The emperor desires it of us.\" Maximus answered, \"God our Lord knows that we shall never sacrifice.\" He comforted his companions. He commanded Malchus to go and bring more than he had the previous day, and also to inquire and demand what the emperor had commanded. Malchus took five shillings and issued out of the stable. When he saw the masons and the stones before the stable, he began to bless himself and was greatly astonished. But he thought little on the stones, for he thought on other things. Then came he..All doubted at the gates of the city, and was amazed, for he saw the sign of the cross about the gate. Then, without delaying, he went to the other gate of the city and found the sign of the cross there as well. He was greatly astonished, for on every gate he saw the sign of the cross set up. And with that, the city was adorned, and he blessed himself and returned to the first gate. He thought he had dreamed, and after he had comforted and reassured himself, he covered his face and entered the city. But when he came to the bread sellers and heard the men speak of God, he was even more abashed, and said, \"What is this? That no man yesterday dared to name Jesus Christ. And now every man confesses him as Christian. I believe this is not the city of Ephesus. For it is all otherwise built. It is some other city I do not know what. And when he inquired and learned that it was indeed Ephesus, he supposed that he had erred and thought about turning back again..And when he showed his money, the sellers marveled, and one to another said that this young man had suddenly come into old treasure. Malchus, seeing them speak together, suspected they would lead him to the emperor and was afraid. He begged them to let him go but they held him, saying, \"We will be accomplices with you and keep it secret.\" Malchus was unsure what to say for fear, and when they saw that he spoke not, they put a cord about his neck and drew him through the city to the middle. News spread throughout the city that a young man had found ancient treasure in such a way that all the people gathered around him. And he confessed there that he had found no treasure. He stood among them, but he could not recognize any man there of his kindred or acquaintance, whom he had truly supposed had lived. But he found none, and so he remained as if he had been separated from himself in the middle of the city. And when St..Martyn the bishop and An typater the consul, newly arrived in this city, heard of this matter. They summoned him and demanded that he bring his money to them. When he was brought to the church, he thought he would be led to Emperor Decius. But the bishop and the consul mocked him about the money and demanded to know where he had found this treasure unknown to them. He answered that he had nothing found, but it had come to him from his kin and patrimony. They demanded to know which city he was from. I well know that I am from this city, if this is it. The judge said to him, \"Late your kin come and testify for you.\" He named them, but none knew them. They said that he feigned this to escape from them in some way. The judge then said, \"How can we believe that this money has come to you from your friends when it appears in the scripture that it is more than 321 years old and was forged in the earliest days?\".Decius the emperor. This money bears no resemblance to our currency. How could it have come from your lineage for so long, and you are young. And you would deceive the wise and ancient men of this city of Ephesus. Therefore, I command that you be judged according to the law until you have confessed where you found this money.\n\nMalchus knelt before them and said, \"For God's sake, lords, let me speak. I will demand of you, and I will tell you all that is in my heart. Decius the emperor who was in this city? The bishop replied, \"There is no such person in the world at this time. He was emperor many years ago. And Malchus said, \"Sir, I am greatly ashamed. No one believes me. I know well that we fled for fear of Decius the emperor. Yesterday, I saw him enter this city.\" If this is the city of Ephesus, then the bishop thought to himself, and said to the judge, \"This is a vision that the Lord has shown us.\".This young man said, \"Follow me, and I will show you my companions who are in Mount Celion. Believe in them. I well know that we fled from the presence of Emperor Decius, and then they went with him and a great multitude of the city's people. Malchus entered first into the cave to his companions. The bishop followed after him. And there they found among the stones the letters sealed with two seals of silver. Then the bishop called those who had come there, and he read them before all. So those who heard it were all abashed and amazed. And they saw the Saints sitting in the cave. Their faces were like roses in bloom, and they kneeled down and glorified God. Anon, the bishop and the judge sent to Theodosius the emperor, asking him to come quickly to slay those he had shown us. Anon, he arose from the ground. He took from the sack in which he wept, and glorified our Lord. He came from there..And they all came against him to Constantinople, and ascended with him to the mountain to assemble with the saints in the cavern. And as soon as the blessed saints of the Lord saw the emperor, their faces shone like the sun. The emperor entered then and glorified the Lord and embraced each of them, weeping upon them, and said, \"I see you now as I should see the Lord raising Lazarus. And Maximus said to him, 'Believe us. For truly, the Lord has raised us before the day of the great resurrection. And to confirm that you believe firmly in the resurrection of the dead, we are raised as you see us living, and in the same way as the child is in the womb of its mother without feeling harm or hurt. In the same way, we have been living and sleeping here without feeling anything. And when they had said all this, they bowed their heads there, and rent their spirits at the commandment of our Lord Jesus Christ, and so died..The emperor arrested and filed the weeping men, then embraced them and kissed them deeply. He commanded the making of precious sepulchers of gold and silver to bury their bodies in them. In the same night, they appeared to the emperor and said to him that he should allow them to lie there as they had before until the time that they would rise again. The emperor commanded that the place be adorned nobly and richly with precious stones, and all bishops who would confess the resurrection should be summoned.\n\nIt is doubted which is said, that they slept for 312 years. For they were raised in the year of our Lord 428, and Decius reigned only one year and three months, and that was in the year of our Lord 250 and 7. Therefore, they slept for 205 years.\n\nNazarien is said to be of Nazareth, which is as much to say as consecrated, or clean, or departed..A man found five things: Cognition, Affection, Intention, Action, and Locution or speech. Cognition, or thought, should be holy. Affection should be clean. Intention right. Action just. Locution or speech, moderate. A man with holy cognition was called consecrated. He had clean affection. And was called clean. He had right intention and was called departed. Intention departs works from a simple eye comes a bright body. Of a shrewd eye is made a dark body. He had just Action and was called flourished. For a just man shall flourish like a lily. Speech or locution, moderate, and was called keeping. Celsus is as much to say as exalted. He exalted him above himself when he overcame his childish age by the virtue of his courage. It is said that Ambrose in the..A book of Geruase and Prothase has recounted the life and passion of them. In some books, it is read that there was a philosopher having devotion to the Nazarenes, who wrote his passion. This was carried out by Ceracius, who placed it at the head of their bodies.\n\nNazarene was the son of a nobleman named Africanus. He was a Jew, but of Saint Perpetua, the most Christian woman and of the noblest Romans, he was born. And he was baptized by Saint Peter, the apostle, when he was nine years old. He marveled greatly, seeing his father and mother so greatly vary in observance of their religion. His mother kept the law of baptism, and his father followed the law of the Sabbath. To whom he might follow, he doubted much, for they both labored to draw him to their faith. At last, by the will of God, he followed the law of his mother and received the holy baptism of Saint Linus, the pope. When the father knew this, he began to exhort and draw him from his holy purposes, and recounted to him:.by order, all the methods of torment that were ordained for Christian men, but he could not withdraw from his holy purpose. That which is said that he was baptized by the pope, it is to be understood that Lin was not that pope, but he became pope afterward. Nazarene lived many years after his baptism, as it will appear hereafter, who suffered martyrdom under Nero. Who crucified Peter in the last year of his reign. Then, when Nazarene would in no way assent to his father but preached Christ most constantly, his kin feared that he would be slain, and at their request and prayer, he departed from Rome. He took with him seven summers charged and laden with riches and goods. All of which he gave to the people in the parties of Italy to which he came. And the tenth year that he departed from Rome, he came to placence and from thence to Milan. There he found Gerasus and Priscus held in prison whom he comforted. And when it was known that Nazarene had comforted and encouraged the said martyrs..He was taken and brought before the prefect, remaining steadfast in his faith and knowledge of Christ. He was beaten with sticks and cast out of the city. As he traveled from place to place, his mother, who was then deceased, appeared to him and comforted him, warning him to go to France. He did so, and when he arrived in a town in France called Gemellus, which had converted many people to the faith of Jesus Christ, a noblewoman offered him her son named Celse. She begged him to baptize him and take him with him. When the prefect of France learned of this, he took Celse and the boy along with them and put chains on their necks, intending to torture them the next morning. The wife of the prefect then sent word to him, claiming it was not rightfully done to kill the innocents, but that God's almighty power should avenge them..The prefect corrected and delivered the Innocents, but charged and warned them not to preach there again. I went to the city of Tyre and was the first to preach Christ and convert many to the faith. I established a church there. When Cornelius, lieutenant of Nero, heard of this, he sent one hundred knights to take me. They found me in an oratory I had made, and took me and bound my hands, saying, \"Great Nero has sent for you.\" Nazarene replied, \"The king himself, out of order, has also sent knights out of order. Why didn't you come honestly and say so? I would have come.\" Then they led me bound to Nero, and Celsus wept as they struck and beat me. When Nero saw them, he commanded to put them in prison until they died by tortures. And on a day when Nero sent his hunters to take wild beasts, suddenly a great multitude of wild beasts broke their order and entered the city..In the gardens of Nero, many men were rented who all fled and hurt him, making it difficult for him to reach his palaces. After lying there for many days, he could not be relieved from the pain of his wound. At last, he remembered Nazarene and others, and supposed that his gods were angry with him because he had allowed them to live so long. By the emperor's command, knights were dispatched to seize them. When Nero saw their faces, they shone like the sun. He supposed they had done it fantastically to deceive him through magic. He commanded them to put away their enchantments and offer sacrifices to the gods. Nazarene was then led to the temple and prayed that all men should leave. He made his prayers to God, and all the idols fell down and were broken. When he heard that he was commanded to be cast into the sea, and if he escaped, they should follow and take him and burn him, and take his ashes and cast them..It was Nathaniel and the child Celse who were put into a ship and brought into the middle of the sea. They were both thrown overboard, and immediately a great tempest arose around the ship, while there was great calmness and tranquility near them. Those in the ship were afraid they would perish and repented of the harm and wickedness they had caused to the saints. Nathaniel and Celse walked on the sea and appeared to them with glad faces and entered the ship. Believing in his prayer, the sea was calmed, and they sailed five hundred pasangs and came to a place near Judea. There they preached for a long time. Afterward, they came to Melane, where they found Gerasae and Prothase in the place where he had left them. Anolinus, the provost, heard of this and sent him into exile. Celse the child remained in the house with a noblewoman. Nathaniel then came to Rome and found his father there, old and Christian. He asked him how he had been baptized, and he replied:.that Peter the apostle had appeared to him and asked him to believe in him as his wife and son did / Thenceforth he was exiled by the bishops to Milan instead / From thenceforward, he was compelled again, unwillingly, to go to Rome / Where he was presented to the provost with the child Celeste / Which at that time was taken out of the gate of Rome, named the Three Walls, with the child Celeste / And there, Christian men took up their bodies / And by night they were buried in a garden / And the next night they appeared to a holy saint named Cyrus, saying that he should bury their bodies in his house deeper for fear of the night / To whom he said, \"I pray you, first, my lords, make my daughter well of the palsy,\" which was done immediately when she was healed / He then took up their bodies and, as they had commanded, he did so / Long time after this, God showed their bodies to Saint Ambrose / And he left Celeste lying in his place / And took up the body of Nazarene with as fresh blood as he had been buried..On the same day, perceiving a marvelous sweet odor uncorrupted, he and his beard brought it to the church of the apostles. And there they buried it honorably. Afterward, they took up the body of Celsus and buried it in the same church. They suffered death around the year 50 of our Lord. Of this martyr, Ambrose says in his preface:\n\nO thou holy, noble champion and blessed martyr, shining by the shedding of thy blood, thou hast deserved to have the kingdom of heaven, which by the innumerable assaults of torments thou hast overcome the madness of the tyrant through the constancy of faith. And hast gathered to assemble a multitude of people to eternal life. O thou martyr, whose health the church rejoices more than the world rejoiced in his torments. O thou blessed mother of thy children, glorified with torments, which led them not with enticing nor sorrowing to hell, but departing, they followed her with perpetual praise into the heavenly kingdoms. All this and more says Saint Ambrose.\n\nThus end the lives of Saint [sic].Felix is said to be felix, or extremely fortunate, bringing struggles and tribulations of this world for eternal life or felix, bearing light or water to faith. This was the case with Felix, who was chosen as pope in place of Liberius and was ordained and consecrated. However, Liberius would not consent to the heresy of Arianism, and he was sent into exile. Felix was then ordained pope by the will and consent of Liberius. And then this Felix assembled a council of 48 bishops and condemned Constantius Arian and his followers and two priests who favored and sustained him in his heresy. Constancius was angered by this and chased Felix out of his bishopric and called back Liberius by this agreement, that he should be a partner with him and those whom Felix had condemned. Liberius, who was being tormented by the cruelty of Constancius, was thus returned..His excuse submitted him to the evil heresy, and thus the persecution grew more. In so much that many priests and clerks were slain within the church, without liberty defending them. And Felix, who was cast out of his bishopric, dwelt in his own heritage, from which he was put out and was martyred by striking of his head about the year of our Lord CCXL.\n\nThis ends the life of Saint Felicity pope and martyr.\n\nSimplician is to say, simple or without any plea of falsehood. He was simple by meekness and humility. For he humbled himself to receive martyrdom, knowing he knew the Christian faith, and for the faith he suffered martyrdom, holding blessedness, or it is said of the beata that is blessed. And of the aree that is virtue which is a blessed virtue. And Beatryce is said to be sorrowful or buy, for she was sorrowful of the passion of her brethren, and she was blessed by her martyrdom.\n\nSimplician and Faustyn, when they would not yield by any constraint..do sacrifice to idols and refused it utterly. They suffered many torments at Rome under Diocletian. They were beheaded and their bodies cast into the Tiber the river. Beatrice, their sister, took up the bodies and buried them honorably. Lucretia, who was the prostitute of Rome, went one time playing about the heritage of Beatrice and saw her. She had her taken and commanded her to make sacrifice to her gods. She refused. Lucretia made her servants strangle her in a night and let her lie. Lucyne the virgin took away the body and buried it with her brothers. And after that Lucretia entered into their heritage. Thus, as he assaulted the martyrs, and did make a great feast for his friends. And as he sat at dinner, a young child that lay wounded in small clothes in his mother's lap, which yet struggled to break free from his mother who held him, and all men crying out, exclaimed, \"O Lucretia, here and understand, you have slain and assaulted!\".Martha, servant of God, and therefore you are given into the possession of the devil, and then immediately trembled and feared. And was forthwith roused by the devil and was so tormented by three hours of the devil that he died at that same dinner. And when those who were there saw this, they were converted to the faith and reported to all men how the passion of Saint Beatrice was endured at the same dinner. They suffered death around the year 1357.\n\nThis ends the lives of the Saints, Simplician, Faustin, and Beatrice.\n\nMartha, the servant of the Lord Jesus Christ, was born of a royal lineage. Her father was named Siro, and her mother Euchalia. The father of hers was duke of Syria and a martyr. Martha and her sister possessed by the heritage of their mother three places: the Castle Magdalene and Bethany, and a part of Jerusalem. It is nowhere read that Martha ever had a husband or the fellowship of man. But she, as a noble hostess, ministered and served the Lord, and would..Martha, her sister Lazarus, and her brother, also known as Maximinus, were to serve and help her, for she believed that the world was not sufficient to serve such a nobleman once the disciples had departed. With them, they were committed to a ship without sail or other governance by the Holy Ghost. By the guidance of the Lord, they all came to Marcellus, and afterward to the territory of Aquens or Ays. There, they converted the people to the faith. Martha was renowned for her eloquence, courtesy, and grace. At that time, on the River Rhone, between Arles and Avignon, there was a great dragon, half beast and half fish, larger than an ox and longer than a horse. Its teeth were as sharp as a sword, and it had horns on either side, its head resembling a lion, its tail like a serpent, and it defended itself with two wings on either side, and could not be defeated..A cast of stones and no other armor, he was as strong as eighteen lions or bears. The dragon lay hiding and lurking in the river, perishing those who passed by and drowned ships. He came there by the sea from Galicia and was engendered of Leviathan, who is a serpent of the water and is mighty. And of a beast called Bonacho, engendered in Galicia. When he is pursued, he casts out of his belly behind him the space of an acre with a bright substance; and whatever it touches, it burns like fire. To whom Martha, at the people's prayer, came into the wood and found him eating a man. She cast holy water on him and showed him the cross. Anon, it was overcome and standing still as a sheep, she bound him with her own girdle. And then was slain with spears and arrows of the people. The dragon was called Tharasconus by those who dwelt in the countryside, in memory of him. That place was called Tharasconus beforehand..Verleu and the black lake, due to its shadowy and black appearance, was where Blessed Martha, with Master Maxymine's permission and that of her sister, resided and devoted herself to prayers and fasting. Afterward, she gathered a large convent of sisters and built a beautiful church in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary. She led a harsh and stern life, eschewing flesh and all fatty food, eggs, cheese, and wine. She ate only once a day and knelt down and bowed her knees one hundred times a day and one hundred times at night.\n\nAt Avinyon, when she preached between the town and the River Roon, a young man on the other side of the river yearned to hear her words but had no means to cross. He began to swim naked, but was suddenly taken by the river's strength and drowned. His body was found the next day, and when it was brought forth, it was presented at the convent..The feet of Martha were to be raised to life. She then fell to the ground in the shape of a cross and prayed, \"O Adonai, Lord Jesus Christ, who once raised my beloved brother, behold my most dear guest. Grant the faith of those who stand here and raise this child.\" She took him by the hand, and he arose living and received the holy baptism. According to Eusebus in the fifth book of this history, a woman named Emorissa, after she was healed by the Lord, made an image in her court like unto Jesus Christ, with cloth and gold, and worshipped him deeply. The herbs that grew under the image, which she had not touched before, had no virtue. But after she had touched it, they were of so much virtue that many were healed by them. Emorissa, the woman whom the Lord healed, Ambrose says, was Martha. St. Jerome also says this, and it is recorded in Historia Tripartita that Julian the Apostate took away that image..Emorissa made and set her own there, which was shattered with a thunderstroke. A year before her death, our lord came to her and showed her that she should depart from this world. For a year she was sick and labored with fever for eight days before her death. She heard the heavenly fellowship of angels bearing her sister Marie's soul into heaven. O most fair and sweet sister, you live now with your master and my guest in the blessed seat in heaven. Then Martha said to those present that her death was near. They should light tapers around her and wake up for her death. About midnight before the day of her death, those who should watch were heavy with sleep and slept. And a great wind came..She seeing a great multitude of wicked spirits began to pray and said, \"My father in heaven, my dear guest, holding a torch in her hand, she lit the tapers and lamps, and as each of them called to one another by their name, Christ came to them saying, 'Come, my beloved hostess. For where I am, you shall be with me. You have received me in your herbergh, and I shall receive you in my heaven, and all those who call upon me, I shall hear them for your love.' Then, as the hour of her death approached, she commanded that she should be carried out of the house so that she might gaze up into heaven, and speaking these words she prayed, 'My sweet ghost be read before me.' And when this was said, \"Father, into your hands I commend my spirit,\" she gave up her spirit and died in the Lord. The next day following, which was a Sunday, while they were saying laudes about her body and performing her obsequies, about the hour of terce she said to him, 'My beloved.'.If the text is about a scene from a medieval play or ritual, I will assume it is in Early Modern English and attempt to clean it while preserving its original content as much as possible. I will remove unnecessary line breaks, whitespaces, and other meaningless characters. I will also correct OCR errors when necessary.\n\nInput Text: \"\"\"\nffrancone / if thou wilt fulfill that thou hast sworn to my hostess Martha / arise anon and follow me / whose commandment he obeyed / & suddenly both came to francone\nAnd singing the office about the body, and the other answering,\nthey with their own hands laid the body into the song,\nand the dean should go read the gospel and receive the benediction.\nThey awoke the bishop, demanding the benediction.\nThenne the bishop awoke and said, / why have ye awakened me, my brethren? / Our lord Jesus Christ has led me to his hostess Martha, / and we have laid her in her sepulcher.\nNow send thy servants for to fetch our ring of gold and our gloves,\nwhich while I was making ready to bury her, I delivered to the sexton.\n& I have forgotten them there because ye awakened me so soon.\nThenne were messengers sent forth, / and as the bishop said, they found his ring and one glove,\nwhich they brought again, / and the sexton retained the other for a witness and memory.\n\"\"\"\n\nCleaned Text: If thou wilt fulfill that thou hast sworn to my hostess Martha, arise anon and follow me. Whose commandment he obeyed, and we both came to francone. Singing the office about the body, and the other answering, they with their own hands laid the body into the song, and the dean should go read the gospel and receive the benediction. They awoke the bishop, demanding the benediction. Thenne the bishop awoke and said, \"Why have ye awakened me, my brethren? Our lord Jesus Christ has led me to his hostess Martha, and we have laid her in her sepulcher. Now send thy servants for to fetch our ring of gold and our gloves, which while I was making ready to bury her, I delivered to the sexton. I have forgotten them there because ye awakened me so soon. Thenne were messengers sent forth, and as the bishop said, they found his ring and one glove, which they brought again, and the sexton retained the other for a witness and memory..Blessed Francone is reported to have added, \"After her burial, a learned man from the same place, a brother, demanded of our lord what his name was. He answered not, but showed a book in his hand in which was written this verse: 'In everlasting memory, she shall be my rightful hostess, and she shall fear no evil on the last day.' When he should turn the pages of the book, in every leaf he found that same verse, where many miracles were shown and performed at her tomb.\n\nKing Clodoneus of France was converted to Christianity and baptized by St. Remy after this. He suffered great torment in his mind and came to her tomb, receiving great health there. For this reason, he endowed that place and the three-mile area around the River Roon on both sides with towns and castles. He granted freedom to that place, and the same place he made free. Marcilla, her servant, wrote her life, which afterward went into slavery. She preached the gospel of Christ there.\".From the death of Martha, she rested in the Lord. Then we late pray to this blessed Martha, hostess of the Lord, that after this short life we may be lodged in heaven with our blessed Lord Jesus Christ, to whom be joy, praise, and thanksgiving world without end. Amen.\n\nThus ends the life of the blessed Saint Martha.\n\nAbdon is said to be from Absein in Greek, which means \"cut\" in Latin. Dolos means \"seeing.\" He was cut and maimed in his body, and saw God through martyrdom.\n\nSennens is said to be from Senos in Greek, which means \"wise.\" Senens is from senes, meaning \"old\" in wytte or sennes, meaning \"old\" in wit or old age.\n\nAbdon and Sennens suffered martyrdom under Decius, the emperor, who had surpassed Babylon and other provinces. He found some Christian men within the city and brought them with him to the city of Cordule. There he made them die by various tortures. And then Abdon and Sennens..The governors of the country took their bodies and buried them. Then they were accused and brought before the decien. He led them bound in chains to Rome. They were brought before the decien and the senators. It was commanded that they should sacrifice and would have all their things freely, or else they would be devoured by biting wild beasts. But they despised making sacrifices and spat against the false idols and statues. Then they were drawn to the place of martyrdom and made to be brought before two lions and two bears, which did them no harm or touched them not. Instead, they kept them from harm. Then they began to cast spears and swords at them, and at last they were all beheaded. They were then bound by the feet and drawn through the town to the idol of the sun. And when they had lain there for three days, Subdeken took the bodies up and buried them in his house..Suffered death around the year 1502 / This ends the lives of Abdon and Sennen / Germaine is called \"sovereign germaine.\" Three things are found in seed germination: natural heat, nourishing humour, and reason of the seed. The holy Saint Germaine is called the seed of germination. In him was heat from burning love, humour from devotion's fatness, and reason from the seed by the virtue of prediction, with which he encouraged much people to the faith. And in good manners, the priest wrote his life for Saint Severin, bishop of Anserre.\n\nGermaine was born of noble lineage in the city of Anwerp. He was well taught and informed in the liberal arts. Afterward, he went to Rome to learn the science of decrees and laws. There, he received so much dignity that the senate sent him to France to obtain the dignity of the duchy of all Burgundy. Thus, he governed the city more..In the midst of the city, there was a tree with a pyramid-shaped top on which men would hang themselves for the great marvel of their hunting, displaying the heads of wild beasts. Bishop Saint Amadour, who was in charge of that city, represented them and warned them against such frivolities. He urged them to cut down the tree to prevent any harm coming to Christian men. However, they refused to comply. One day, when Germain was not in the town, the bishop had the tree cut down and burned. When Germain learned of this, he was very angry and forgot about Christian religion. He came with a large number of knights to avenge himself on the bishop. However, the bishop knew through revelation that he would be his successor. He gave way to his wishes and went to the city of Augustydyn. Later, he returned to Ancre and secretly imprisoned Germain within the church and consecrated him. Then he said to him,.He should be his successor in the bishopric, and so he was. After Saint Amadour died, the people requested that Germain become bishop. He gave all his riches to the poor and lived on wheat, neither drinking wine nor using potage, and would have no salt to season his food. Twice a year he drank wine, at Christmas and Easter, and to quench and take away the bitter taste of the wine, he put plenty of water in. In his reflection, he took ashes from the barley bread and fasted every day, eating nothing until night, in winter or summer. He had but one clothing: his hair, his coat, and his gown. If it happened that he did not give his vestment to any poor man, he wore it so long that it was worn and torn. His bed was surrounded by ashes, hair, and a sack. He had not his head addressed higher than his shoulders, but every day he wept and wore relics of saints around his neck..none other clothing, he wore hosen or shoes, and seldom was girded. His life, which he lived, was above man's power. His flesh was such that it was a great miracle and pity to see, and he did so many miracles that if his merits had come before, they would have been considered fantastic.\n\nOnce he was lodged in a place where every night the table was set ready to eat after supper, when men had supped. He was much amazed by this, and he asked the host of the house why they made it ready so to eat. The host told him that it was for his neighbors, who would come and drink one after the other. And that night St. Germain commissioned him to wake up to see what it was.\n\nIt was not long after that and the people came to the table in the guise of men and women. When the holy man saw them, he commanded them not to go away, and after he sent for the neighbors on all sides in such a way that.every body was found in their beds, and in their houses, and made the people come and see if they knew any of them, but they said no. And then he showed them that they were devils, whereof the people were much abashed, because the devils had mocked them so.\n\nAnd then St. Germanus conjured that they never returned there again or came there more. At that time St. Lupus, bishop of Troyes, was present. The city was besieged by King Attila. St. Lupus went up to the gate and cried out and demanded what he was that prevented them. To whom he said, \"I am Attila, the scourge of God.\" And then the meek bishop answered and said, \"And I am Lupus. Alas, I am the waster of the flock of God. I need the scourge of God.\" And he commanded them then to open the gates. The people of King Attila passed through the town and saw no man of the city and did no harm to any body.\n\nThen St. Germanus took St. Lupus with him, and they both went to Brittany..heresies existed, but when they saw a great tempest come and abate, due to the prayer of St. Germain, they were received honestly by the people of the country. Those coming wickedly had previously said that St. Germain had cast out of bodies those who had vexed them. After they had overcome the heresies, they returned to their own places.\n\nOn one occasion, St. Germain lay sick in a street, which street was on fire. Those who wished to remove him from the street out of fear of the fire, but he refused. Instead, he placed himself against the fire, which burned all around him but did not touch him or the house in which he was.\n\nAnother time, he returned to Br\u00e9tagne to deal with the heresies. One of his disciples followed him hastily and died by the way. When St. Germain returned, he demanded to see the sepulcher of his disciple who had died. It was opened to him, and he called him by name and asked him what he had done..And he made the decision to stay and live with him. And soon after, the body spoke and said that he was well. And all things were sweet to him. He requested to be granted rest and slept in the Lord. He once preached in Britain so much that the king denied him lodging, and his people as well. Then it happened that the king's steward went with his portion to the palace and brought it to his little house. And he saw the blessed Germain and his men seeking lodging for that night. The Cowherd brought them into his house. And they were very hungry, but he did not have enough food for himself and his guests. This Cowherd had only one calf, which he killed to give to them. And he received them graciously with the little food that he had. And when they had eaten and said grace, St. Germain asked him to bring to him the bones of the calf and to place them on the skin..After making his prayer to God, and the calf arose to live without tarrying, and on the morrow Saint Germain came hastily to the king, and demanded why he had denied him lodging. Then the king, being sore abashed, could not answer. He said to the king, \"Go out and leave your realm to one who is better than you are.\" Then Saint Germain ordained the cowherd to govern the realm.\n\nAs the Saxons fought against the Britons and saw that they were but few men and saw the holy men passing by them, they called to them, and the saints preached so much to them that they came to the grace of baptism and through burning charity of faith proposed to fight. And when the other party heard that they proposed to go against them, they hardly dared. And Saint Germain hid himself apart with his people and warned them when he would cry, \"Alleluia,\" that they should answer, \"Alleluia.\" And when the said Saint Germain had cried, \"Alleluia,\" and the other had answered, their enemies had such great fear..They cast away all their armor and had fled in terror, believing that mountains and heaven had fallen on them. Once, as St. Germain passed by Augustine's encampment and went to St. Cassian's tomb, he inquired how he was. Cassian replied from the tomb, \"I am at rest. I await the coming of our redeemer.\" St. Germain urged him to \"rest in peace in the name of our Lord\" and to pray for them \"that we may deserve the holy joys of the resurrection.\"\n\nWhen St. Germain arrived in Ravenna, he was received honorably by Queen Placidia and her son Valentinian. At suppertime, she sent a great silver vessel filled with delicious food to him, which he kept to give to the people. Instead, he sent her a dish of tree and a barley loaf. She received it gladly and covered it with silver, keeping it for a long time with great devotion..A time when the lady had invited him to dine with her, he granted it graciously. Because he was weary of travel and fasting, he rode from his host to the palaces on an ass, and while he dined, his ass died. And when the queen knew that his ass was dead, she was greatly sorrowful and presented to him a right good horse of great beauty and great size. When he saw himself so richly adorned and arrayed, he would not take it but said, \"Show me my ass.\" For it was the one that had brought me here that would bring me home. He went to the dead ass and said, \"Arise and let us return home.\" And immediately it arose and woke up, as if it had only slept and had not been harmed. Then St. Germain mounted on his ass and departed from Ravenne. He said that he should not remain in this world long and a while after, he sought the fires or access and passed out of this world into our Lord, about the [year]. And his body was borne into France, as he had desired of the queen..In the year of our Lord 1302, Saint German had promised Saint Eusebius, bishop of Verdun, that upon his return, he would consecrate the church he had founded. However, when Saint Eusebius learned of Saint German's death, he intended to consecrate the church himself. But each time they lit the tapers, they went out again and were quenched. When Saint Eusebius saw this, he realized that the consecration had either been done already or would need to be done at a later time or by another bishop. As soon as Saint German's body was brought into the church, all the tapers were lit by themselves, through God's grace. Remembering Saint German's promise, Saint Eusebius carried out the consecration himself.\n\nIt should be noted that this was not the great Bishop Eusebius of Verdun, as this event occurred during a different time. Bishop Eusebius died under a valiant emperor..Hymn to the death of Saint Germain was more than fifty years. But this was another Eusebius under whom this thing was done. Then let us pray unto this holy Germain that he prays for us to Almighty God, that after this life we may come to everlasting bliss in heaven. Amen.\n\nEusebius is said to be of good eu, which is as much to say as good and sebe, that is eloquence or station, or Eusebius is as much to say as worship. He had bounty in sanctification, eloquence in defense of the faith, station in the steadfastness of martyrdom, and good worship in the reverence of God.\n\nEusebius was always a virgin, and although he was yet young in the faith, he received baptism and the name of Eusebius, the pope. In this baptism, the hands of angels were seen lifting him out of the font. On one day, a certain lady was seized by his beauty, and she wanted to go to his chamber. Angels kept the door in such a way that she could not enter. And on the morrow, she went to him and knelt down..At his feet, she requested mercy and forgiveness for her willingness to make him sin, and he pardoned her kindly. When he was ordained a priest, he shone in great holiness. When the heresy of the Arians had infected all of Italy, and Constantine the emperor favored them, Pope Julius sacred Eusebius as bishop of Vercelli, who held the principal authority in the other Italian cities. When the heretics heard that they would shut the doors of the church, which was of our blessed lady and blessed virgin Saint Marie, the blessed saint knelt down, and the doors opened immediately by his prayer. Then he expelled Eugenius, bishop of Milan, who was corrupted by this evil heresy, and ordained Denys in his place, a right Catholic. In this way, Eusebius purged the entire church in the west, and Anastasius purged the east of the heresy..Arrius, known asarryen, was a priest of Alexander who asserted that Christ was a pure creature, not a god, and was made for us as an instrument of God. After this error was condemned at Nicene Council, Arrius died a miserable death by emptying all his intestines beneath the foundation. Constancius, son of Constantine, was corrupted by this heresy. Constancius had great hatred against Eusebius and assembled a council of many bishops. He called Denys and sent many letters to Eusebius, knowing well the great malice of Constancius, who did not dare come to him. Therefore, Emperor Established the council to be solemnized at Milane, near him. When he saw that Eusebius was not present, he commanded the Arians to write their faith and send it to Denys, bishop of Milan..and the bishoppes he made subscribe the same faith. When Eusebius heard that, he issued out of his city to go to Milane and said well beforehand that he would suffer much. And as he came to a flood to go to Milane, the ship tarried long on the other side of the River, but the ship came at his command and bore him and his companions over without a governor. Then the aforementioned Denys came against him and knelt down to his feet and asked for pardon. And when Eusebius could not be turned by threats nor by the menaces of this Emperor, he said before them all, \"You say that the Son is less than the Father. Why then have you made my son and my disciple greater than me? For the disciple is not above the master, nor the Son above the Father. Then they were moved by this reasoning, and showed him the writing that they had made and Denys had written, and they said that he had written it. And he said, \"No, I will not subscribe after my son, to whom I am sovereign by authority, but I will burn it.\".This writing / And after write another if you will / before I shall write / and thus by the will of God that decree was burned, which Denys and the twenty-nine bishops had subscribed / and then Theophilus wrote again another decree / and delivered it to Eusebius and to the other bishops for subscribing / but the bishops, reluctant to Eusebius, / would in no way consent to subscribe / but they were glad that the decree which by constraint they had subscribed was burned / then Constantius was angry / and delivered Eusebius to Theophilus / and they drew him from among the bishops / and beat him cruelly, drawing him from the highest of the palaces down to the lowest / and from the lowest to the highest, until the time that his head was all bruised and bleeding profusely / And yet he would not consent to them / and then they bound his hands behind him / & after drew him with a cord around his neck / and he thanked God and said that he was all ready to die for the defense of the faith..Faith of the holy church / Then Constantius exiled bishop Eusebius / And then they led Eusebius into Jerapolis, a city in Palestine / and enclosed him in a narrow place, so much so that it was narrow and short, and he could not stretch out his feet nor turn himself from one side to another / and his head was so narrow that he could not move it nor turn his limbs in any way except only his shoulders and arms / the place was so narrow in length and breadth / And when Constantius was dead, Julian succeeded him / And he pleased every man / and commanded that all the bishops who had been exiled should be recalled / And the temples of the gods should be opened, and he commanded that all men should use them / Under what law he was, he was / And by this occasion Eusebius was released from prison / and came to Athanasius and told him what he had suffered / Then Julian died / And Jovian reigned / And the synod convened / Saint Eusebius returned to the town of Caesarea / where the people received him..\"Great was the joy / After Valentine's reign, Tarquin came again with his forces and entered the house of Eusebius. They stoned him with stones and put him to death. He died debonairly in the Lord and was buried in the church he had made. It is said that he obtained and received grace from our Lord that no one could live in that city. According to the chronicles, he lived for 88 years around the year 300 AD.\n\nThere were seven Maccabees and their mother, and a priest named Eleazar. He would not eat pig flesh because it was forbidden in their law. As it is recorded in the first book of the Maccabees, they suffered great torments and such as had never been heard before. And it is to be understood that the Eastern Church celebrates the solemnities of the saints of that one and of that other covenant, while the Western Church celebrates those of the Old Testament, except for...\".In the Middle Ages, the souls of the innocents were believed to descend into hell, but the feast of the innocents was celebrated because Ihu was slain in each of them, as well as the Maccabees. There are four reasons why the Church makes solemnities of the Maccabees, despite the fact that they descended into hell and no other Old Testament figures suffered in the same way. The first reason is based on their merit, as stated in scholastic history. The second reason is for the representation of the mystery, as the number seven is universal and general, and through them all worthy Old Testament figures are understood and signified. Despite descending into hell and the great multitude of new saints, respect is paid to all of them through these seven.\n\nAs it is said, by the number of seven....Assigned an university / The third is because of the example of suffering / And there have been proposed in example of good Christian men for two things: the constance after the constance they were encouraged in the love of the faith, and also for suffering for the law of the gospels, like as they did for the law of Moses. The fourth reason is because of their tormentors / For they suffered such tormentors for their law that they held to defend, like as Christian men do for the law of the gospels. Master John believes he assigns these three last reasons in his sum of the office.\n\nThis ends it of the Macabeans /\n\nThe feast of St. Peter the apostle, which is called Ad Vincula, was established for four reasons / That is to say, in remembrance of his deliverance, and in memory of Alexander's deliverance, To destroy the custom of payments, And for obtaining absolution of spiritual bonds. And the first reason, which is in remembrance of St. Peter,.peter ffor as it is said in thistorie scolastyque / that herode agrippe went to rome and was right famylier with gayus neuewe of tyberius Emperour And on a day as herode was in a cha\u00a6riote brought with gayen / he lyfte vp his handes in to heuen / And sayd I wold gladly see the deth of this olde felawe Peter / and the lord of alle the world / and the chariot man herd this word sayd of herode / \nAnd anon tolde it to tyberyus / wher\u00a6for Tyberyus sette herode in pryson / \nAnd as he Was there he behelde on a day by hym a tree / and sawe vpon the braunches of this tree an owle whiche satte theron / and another pry\u2223sonner whyche was with hym / that vnderstode well dyuynacions sayde to hym / Thou shalt be anon delyuerd and shalt be enhaunsed to be a kyng In suche wyse that thy frendes shalle haue enuye at the / and thou shalt dye in that prosperyte / \nAnd knowe thou for trouthe / That whan thou shalt see the Owle ouer at the ende of fyue dayes after thou shalt dye for certayn / And anon after Tyberyus deyed / And.Emperor Gayus released Herod and lavishly honored him, making him king in Judea. As soon as he arrived, Herod summoned his forces and ordered the persecution of some members of the church. He killed Iames, brother of St. John the Baptist, in a violent manner before the day of Easter. Because this pleased the Jews, Herod arrested Peter on Easter and intended to bring him out before the people and execute him the following day. But an angel miraculously intervened and freed Peter, releasing him from his chains and sending him away to continue serving the word of God. Herod's cruelty did not abate, and the next day he summoned the guards to begin torturing them for Peter's escape. However, he was allowed to carry out his plan as long as it did not distress the deliverer. In haste, Herod went to Caesarea, where he was soon killed..Josephus in his book of Antiquities relates the following: When Joseph rode into Caesarea, all the men and women of the province came to him. On the day he was to pass judgment and take possession of the land, he donned a robe of tissue that shimmered brilliantly with gold and silver. When the sun struck and shone on it, it was brighter than the sun itself. The radiance was like red metal, and struck fear and awe in those who looked upon it. Thus, his pride was so great that he seemed more a man crafted than human by nature. The people then began to cry out, \"We have seen a god, but now we confess that you are above human nature!\" As he was basking in honors and refused divine worship, an owl perched above his head, serving as a harbinger of his imminent death..The owl appeared to them and summoned the people who had gathered. He told them that their lord would die within five days, for he knew this because the devil had informed him of it, having seen the owl perched above the lord. After this event transpired, the man was suddenly struck down in such a way that worms consumed his bowels, and he died on the fifth day. Josephus relates this. Because, in remembrance of Saint Peter, prince of the apostles, who was delivered from the cruel tyrant's vengeance as soon as he was appointed king and set out to destroy the church, the church honors the feast of Saint Peter in Chains. The epistle is sung in the mass in which this deliverance is commemorated.\n\nThe second reason for the celebration of this feast was because Alexander VI, the sixth pope after Peter, did this..The procurator of Rome, who had been converted to the faith by the same Alexander, was held in various places in the prison of Quirinus the Judge. Quirinus said to Hermes, the procurator, \"I marvel at you, that you, a man so wise, will leave the great worldly honors that you have and the great riches that you receive from your procuratorship, and will abandon all these things for dreaming of another life.\" To whom Hermes replied, \"Before this time, I despised and scorned such a life. And Quirinus answered, \"Prove to me that there is another life, and I will apply myself to your faith.\" To whom Hermes said, \"Alexander, whom you hold in your prison, will strengthen me more than I. Then Quirinus cursed Alexander and said to him, \"I will have you prove this to me, and you send me to Alexander, whom I hold bound in chains for his evil deeds. Truly, I will double your prison upon you and set guards upon you.\".And if I find him with her, or she with him, I shall truly give faith to you and his words. Then he doubted their keepers and showed this to Alexander. And Alexander prayed to God. And an angel came to him and brought him to Hermes' prison. When Quiryn came to the prison, he found them both together, which greatly amazed him. And then Hermes told Quiryn how Alexander had healed his son and raised him from death. And Quiryn then said to Alexander, \"I have a daughter named Balbine, who is sick with the gout. If you can heal her, I promise that I will receive your faith.\" If you can obtain her health, to whom Alexander said, \"Go quickly and bring her to me in my prison.\" And Quiryn said to him, \"How can I find you in your prison and you are here?\" And Alexander said, \"Go your way quickly. He who brought me here will soon bring me there.\" And Quiryn went then and fetched his daughter. And brought her in to the prison where Alexander was..Found him there and then kneeled down to his feet, and his daughter began to kiss the chains with which Saint Alexander was bound, hoping thereby to receive his health. Saint Alexander said to her, \"Daughter, do not kiss my chains, but seek the chains of Saint Peter and kiss them with devotion. And you shall receive your health.\" And Quirin did so, and the chains of Saint Peter were found. Alexander made his daughter kiss them, and immediately, as she had kissed them, she received her health and was made whole. Quirin then asked for pardon and forgiveness, and delivered Alexander from prison, and he and all his men received the holy baptism. Alexander established this feast to be celebrated forever on the first day of August, and he built a church in honor of Saint Peter where he had set the chains and named it Saint Peter ad Vincula. Many people came to this solemnity, and the people kissed the bonds there..Octavian and Antony were so connected by friendship that they parted with each other at the pyre of the world. Octavian had Gaul and Spain in his domain, and Antony had the East - Asia, Ponto, and Africa. Antony was wild and ruthless, and he had the sister of Octavian as his wife. However, he left her and took Cleopatra, the queen of Egypt, as his wife instead. This caused great contempt from Octavian, who went to war against Antony in Asia. Antony and Cleopatra fled in defeat and took their own lives out of great sorrow. Octavian destroyed the entire kingdom of Egypt and placed it under Roman rule. From then on, he hurried to Alexandria, plundered it of all riches, and brought them back to Rome, significantly increasing the common prosperity of Rome. For one penny, which before was given,.sold for four / Because the battles of the people / had wasted and destroyed the city of Rome, / he renewed it, saying, \"I found it covered with tiles. I shall leave it now covered with marble.\" / And for these reasons, he was made emperor. / The first to be ever called Augustus, / and all those who came after him were called Augustuses. / Likewise, after his uncle Julius Caesar, they were called Caesars. / Also, this month of August, which was formerly called Sextilis, / the people entitled it to his name and called it Augustus, / in honor and remembrance of his victory. / The first day of this month was a great solemnity to the Romans until the reign of Theodosius the emperor, who began to reign in the year of our Lord 395. / Then Eudosia, daughter of the aforementioned Theodosius, emperor, and wife of Valentinus, / went to Jerusalem by bow. / There, a Jew gave her a great gift / as a sign of great love. / These were the bonds, that is, the two chains, / with which Saint [Name] was bound..Under Herod, Peter was bound; she was greatly joyful about this. Upon her return to Rome, she discovered that the Romans honored the first day of August in memory of an Emperor named Panemius, who was deceased. She was deeply saddened by this, as she believed they should not lightly abandon this custom. But if she could, she would change it in honor of Saint Peter, and the people should name that day \"Saint Peter ad Vincula.\"\n\nShe sought the cooperation of Saint Pelagius, the pope, and succeeded in persuading him. The memory of the prince of pain (Panemius) was forgotten, and the memory of the prince of the apostles was honored instead. This pleased the people greatly. Then she presented the chains she had brought from Jerusalem to the people, and the pope brought forth the chain with which he had been bound under it..And as that chain touched another, all three were one like they had never been separate. The pope and the queen established that the foolish reverence of the people making solemnity of a Payne was changed into something better. It was made of St. Peter, prince of the apostles. The pope and the queen set the chains in the church of St. Peter in Chains. They were given great gifts and fair privileges by the queen to the said church, and it was established that day to be hallowed above all. And this is the account says, and Sygbert also says the same of this thing. And of what great virtue this chain is, it appears in the year of our Lord four hundred and forty-four.\n\nThere was an earl who was near to Emperor Octavian, and he was so cruelly vexed and tormented by the devil before all the people that with his own body he begged and tore himself. By the commandment of the emperor, he was led to Pope John..The bishop of Metz placed chains around the neck of the demonic man and another around his neck, but it made no difference to him since it had no power. Lastly, the chain of St. Peter was brought and placed around the neck of the demonic man. However, the devil could not bear it and departed, crying before them all. Theodoric, bishop of Metz, took the chain and refused to let go unless his hand was cut off. This caused great discord between the pope and the bishop and other clerks. The emperor eventually quelled the disturbance and granted the pope a link of the chain. The pope kept it reverently in great devotion. Maelus also reports in his chronicle that in that time there was a great horrible dragon that appeared at Emporium. Bishop Donatius killed it immediately, but before doing so, he made the sign..of the cross with his fingers upon the dragon, for he was so great that seven couples of oxen were needed to draw him out of the town, into a place where he was burned, as the stench of him should not corrupt the air, yet says the same Milton, and it is also said in the Tripartite History that the devil appeared in a town named Creta in the likeness of Moses. This Creta is near a mountain which is near the sea, and he gathered a great multitude of Jews from all places, and brought them to the top and highest of the mountain, and promised them to lead them and go dry-footed with them upon the sea to the land of promise. And there he assembled people without number. Some believe that the devil had contempt for the Jew who had given this chain to the queen by which the festival of Octavian ceased to be made. And when the devil saw that he had among the Jews without number above the great mountain, he made many fall down from the top to the ground beneath..And they were made to drown in the sea, and the devil thus avenged himself on them. Many of those who escaped were Christian, for when they tried to go up the mountain with the others, they couldn't climb the sharp rocks as quickly. Those who went up were all forced to cut the stones, while the others were drowned in the sea and were all dead. And when the others wanted to do the same and tarried because they didn't know what had happened to the others, certain fishermen passing by told them what had transpired. Thus, those who could escape returned and did not follow the others. All these things are contained in the said history.\n\nThe fourth reason for the institution of this feast can be assigned in this way: Saint Peter was delivered from his chains by a miracle, and given the power to bind and unbind. For we are held and bound to the land of sin, and have need to be consoled. Therefore, we worship the solemnity of the chains mentioned above..For as he was worthy to be released from the bonds of his chains, so he received the power of our Lord Ihu Crist to absolve us. And this last reason may be easily understood, for you see that the Psalter agrees with the absolute pardon and the losing of the chains granted to the apostle. And the Gospel records the power that was given to him for our absolution. And the Resurrection requires that absolution be made to us. And sometimes he grants absolution and absolves the damned by the power of the keys which he received. It appears in a miracle of the blessed Virgin Mary. Once upon a time, there was a monk, a scholar, who lived in the city of Coloyne in the monastery of St. Peter. This monk was sinful, and when this monk was unexpectedly seized by death, the demons accused him and cried out against him, saying, \"I am covetousness, which you have so often coveted against the commandment of God.\" And another said, \"I am vain glory, of which you have enjoyed yourself.\".In making a boast among men, and another said I am your lying in which you often sin, and others in like manner. And contrary to them, some good works that he had done, he excused himself, saying, I am obedience, which you did to your elders and superiors. Another said, I am the song of psalms that you have sung to God most ardently, & St. Peter, to whom he was a monk, went to God for prayer for him; and our Lord answered him, \"Has not the prophet said by my inspiration, 'One who shall dwell in your tabernacle, Lord, who shall rest on your high holy mountain? He that shall be without spot of sin.' How then can this man be saved who has not entered without spot, nor done righteousness? And yet Peter prayed for him with the blessed virgin Mother of God. Then our Lord gave upon him this sentence, that the soul should return again to the body, and that he should do penance. And then St. Peter, with the key that he held in his hand,.hond fed the devilish ones / and made them flee / and after delivering the soul to a monk of the same monastery / he commanded him to bring it to the body / and he bore it to him / and requested of him as reward that he should say every day for him the psalm Miserere mei Deus / and that he should sweep his sepulcher and keep it clean / And thus he returned from death and came again to the world / and did his penance / and reported to all the people this that had happened to him\n\nThen let us pray this glorious apostle St. Peter to be our advocate to our Lord Jesus Christ / that we may, by the power of the keys given to him, have absolute forgiveness of our sins / that after the accomplishment of this short and transitory life we may come to everlasting life in heaven. Amen\n\nWhen St. Stephen the Pope had converted many of the pagans to the Christian faith both by word and example / and had also.In the year 1260, he was sought by great eagerness of Valerian and Galen, the emperors. For, since he and his clerks were required to sacrifice to their idols or face various tortures, / and the said emperors ordained that whoever brought them idols would receive all their property. Ten of his clerks were taken and brought forth, and without audience were beheaded. The following day, St. Stephen the pope was taken and brought to the temple of Mars, their god, / to compel him to adore and honor their idol or face beheading. But when he was led into the temple, he prayed to our Lord Jesus Christ that He would destroy the temple. And immediately, a large part of the temple collapsed, / and all who were there fled in fear. Then he went to the Cymetore of St. Luke, / and when Valerian heard this, he sent more knights to him..\"than he had done before, and when they arrived, they found him singing mass. He finished it devoutly, and they seated him.\n\nThis ends the passion of Saint Stephen the Pope.\n\nThe invention of the holy body of Saint Stephen the Protomartyr took place in the year 1457 during the reign of Honorius the Emperor. The invention of his translation and conjunction were ordered by a priest named Lucian from the country of Hirle. Gerard reports among the noblemen that on a Friday, when he was in his bed and had not yet awakened, he saw an ancient man of noble stature with a long beard and a pleasant face, enrobed in a white mantle. In this mantle there were little orifices and crosses of gold. He was shod with hosen bordered with gold above which he held in his hand a golden rod with which he touched him and said, \"Go,\" and with great diligence, \"Open our tombs. For we are laid in a place\".\".dishonest and despised / Go therefore to John the bishop of Jerusalem / and tell him to place us in a more honorable position / And because drought and tribulation are throughout the world / God has ordered to be merciful and gracious to the world through our supplications and prayers\n\nLucian said to him, \"Sir, who are you?\" He replied, \"I am Gamaliel, who nurtured the apostle Paul and taught him the law of my father. And he who lies with me is Saint Stephen, who was stoned by the Jews / and cast out of the city to be devoured by beasts and birds / but he kept him whom he kept in faith without harming him. And I, with great diligence, took up his body / and with great reverence, buried it in my new tomb. And the one who lies with me is Nicodemus, my new one, who went by night to Jesus / and received baptism from Peter and John / and therefore the priests were angry with him / and wanted to kill him / but they left out of reverence for us. Nevertheless, they took him..I. removal of meaningless or unreadable content:\n\naway all his substance / and deposed him from his principate / and beat him strongly / let him lie for dead / And then I led him into my house / where he lived after but a few days / and when he was dead I buried him at the feet of St. Stephen / And the third that is with me is Abigail my son / who in the 20th year of his age received baptism with me / and was a chaste virgin / and learned the law of God with my disciple Paul / And Etha my wife and Selimus my son / who would not receive the faith of Ihu Crist / were not Worthy to be in our sepulcher / thou shalt find them buried in another place / And shalt find their tombs empty and idle / And when he had said all this / St. Gamaliel vanished away / And then Lucian awoke and prayed to God / if this vision were true / that it might be shown yet the second time and the third time / and the next Friday following / he appeared like as he did before / and said to him why hast thou despised to do that which I have required of thee..And he said to him, \"Sir, I have no disdain, but I have prayed God if it be in His name that it appears to me yet one more time. Gamaliel said to him because you have thought in your heart that if you find us, you might devise the relics of each of us, I shall signify you of each by similitude to know the tombs and relics of each of us. And then he showed three pans of gold and the fourth of silver. Of which one was full of red roses, the other two of white roses, and the fourth, which was of silver, was full of saffron. Gamaliel said to him, \"These pans are our tombs, & these roses are our relics. The first full of red roses is the tomb of St. Stephen, who alone of all us deserved the crown of martyrdom. The other two full of white roses are the tombs of me and Nicodemus, who persevered with a pure heart in the confession of Ihu Christ. The fourth of silver, which is full of saffron, is of Abibas, my son.\".\"Shines with whiteness of virginity and issued out of this world pure and neat. He vanished away, and the Friday following, he appeared to him again, angry and blamed him severely for his delay and negligence. And immediately Lucian went to Jerusalem, and he summoned all by order to John the bishop, and called the other bishops, and went to the place that was shown to Lucian. When they had begun to delve there, a right sweet savor was felt. And by the marvelous flame and sweetness, and by the merits of the saints, 70 sick men were healed of their infirmities. And thus, the relics of these saints were transported into the church of Zion, which is in Jerusalem. In which church St. Stephen served the office of archdeacon. And there they were ordained for right honorable reasons. In the same hour, a great rain descended from heaven. And of this vision and inspiration, St. Bede makes mention in his chronicle. This inspiration says that St. Bede was in the presence of the saints.\".same day that Christ's passion is celebrated, and his passion, as it is said, was also on that day. But the festivals have been changed for two reasons. The first reason is because Christ was born in earth, so that man should be born in heaven. Therefore, it is fitting that the feast of St. Stephen should follow the nativity of Christ, for he was the first martyred for Christ to be born in heaven. And so it signifies that one follows the other, and it is sung in the church, \"yesterday Christ was born on earth, that this day Stephen should be born in heaven.\" The second reason is that the feast of the Incarnation is more solemnly observed than the feast of his passion, and this is only for the nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ. Nevertheless, our Lord has shown many miracles in commemoration of him. And because his passion is more worthy than his incarnation, therefore it ought to be more solemn, and therefore the church has transferred his passion to the time when it is held in greater reverence. And as.Saint Austin relates the translation of his relics in this way: / Alexander, senator of Constantinople, and his wife went to Jerusalem. They built a beautiful oratory there for Saint Stephen, the first martyr. After his death, Alexander had him buried near his body. Seven years later, Juliane, his wife, intended to return to her country because the princes were treating her unfairly and intended to take her husband's body with her. She made many requests to the bishop and prayed for his help. The bishop showed her two silver tombs and said, \"I do not know which of these two is your husband.\" She replied, \"I know,\" and went quickly. She embraced the body of Stephen. By chance, when she intended to take her husband's body, she took that of the protomartyr instead. When she was on the ship with the body, there were hymns and songs of angels, a sweet fragrance, and the devils cried out and caused a great tempest, wailing, \"Alas, Alas, for the first.\".martyr Stephen passed by, whom they cruelly beset with fire. The mariners were in great doubt and cried out to St. Stephen. Instantly, he appeared to them and said, \"Do not doubt anything.\" Then, great peace ensued and fair weather appeared on the sea. There, the voices of devils were heard crying, \"Felon Prince, burn this ship! For Stephen, our adversary, is within it.\" The prince of devils had sent five devils to burn the ship, but the angel of the Lord hindered them in the depths of the sea. When they called out to the devils, they replied, \"The servant of God comes, who was stoned to death by the felon Jews.\" Then, they safely entered Constantinople, and St. Stephen's body was brought into a church with great reverence. St. Austin adds, \"The conjunction of St. Stephen's body with St. Lawrence's was made according to this decree.\"\n\nIt happened that Theodosian's daughter, Throdociana, emperor, was greatly tormented by this..When it was told to her father, who was at Constantinople, he commanded that his daughter should be brought to him. He ordered that she should touch the relics of St. Stephen, the first martyr. The devil cried within her, \"If Stephen does not come to Rome, I shall not depart from her. For it is the will of the apostles.\" When the emperor heard that he had been petitioned and granted the request of the clergy and people of Constantinople to give the body of St. Stephen to the Romans, and they would therefore receive the body of St. Lawrence in return. The emperor wrote to Pelagius, the pope, who, with the counsel of the cardinals, consented to the emperor's request. The cardinals then went to Constantinople and brought the body of St. Stephen to Rome. The Greeks came to claim the body of St. Lawrence. The body of St. Stephen was received in Capua, where, through their devout prayers, they built their metropolitan church..The Archdeacons saw the body of St. Stephen brought to the church of St. Peter in Chains. When the Romans came to Rome, they intended to carry his body to the church, but those bearing it stood still and could not go further. The devil, who was in the maid, cried out, \"You are wasting your time for nothing. He will not be here, but with his brother Lawrence where he is.\" Because of this, the body was born there, and the maid touched it and was healed. St. Lawrence, enjoying the coming of his brother and smiling, turned him into another part of the sepulcher and made room, leaving half the place empty. When the Greeks reached out to take away Lawrence, they fell down as if dead. But the pope and the clergy prayed for them, and all came back to life again at evening song time. Nevertheless, they were all dead within ten days, and the Latins and all who consented entered into madness..And it could not be complete until the two bodies were entombed together. Then a voice was heard from heaven that said, \"Blessed Rome, which has enclosed in one tomb the glorious jewels, the bodies of Saint Lawrence of Spain and of Saint Stephen of Jerusalem.\" This conjunction occurred around the year 1450. Saint Augustine recounts in the 22nd book of The City of God that six dead bodies were raised by the invocation and prayers of Saint Stephen. Specifically, there was one person who was dead, and the name of Saint Stephen was called over him, and he was immediately revived. There was also a child who was killed with a cart and was immediately revived. And there was a nun who was at her last moments and gave birth to the church of Saint Stephen and died in the sight of all the people, and after she arose, she was whole. Additionally, there was a maiden of Ipona, whose father brought her cloak to the church of Saint Stephen, and after he placed it on the body of the dead person..A maiden was there, and soon she married. A young man of Upence died. Almost immediately after the body of him was anointed with the oil of St. Stephen, he came to life. Another child was born, dedicated to the church of St. Stephen, and by the merits of St. Stephen, was restored to life. And of this precious martyr, St. Austin, master of the school, with a stole about his neck, made reverence of him. Saul disposed of him and stoned him. Jesus Christ wrapped him in poor clothes, enriched him, and crowned him with his precious blood-stones. And St. Stephen shone in beauty of body, in the flower of age, in fair speech, reason, wisdom of holy thought, and in works of divinity. He was a strong pillar of the faith of God. When he was taken and held among the tongues of those who stoned him, in the furnace of faith, he was destroyed, smitten, and beaten. The faith increased and was not vanquished. And St. Augustine says in another place, \"He had a hard brain, he was not.\".He was not tasted, but hurt; he feared neither trembled, but was chauffed and in another place he says, \"Behold, Stephen, your fellow man; he was a man as you are, and of the same mass of sin as you, brought with the same price that you were. He was deken and read the gospel that you read or hear. There he found Wreton love your enemies. And this blessed protomartyr, St. Stephen, learned in reading and profited and accomplished in obeying. Then let us pray devoutly to him that he pray for us to that blessed Lord for whom he suffered death, and prayed for them that pursued him, that he pray for us, and that we may be called Paul, the holy doctor and apostle. Amen.\n\nDomynyk is said to be a keeper of our Lord, or else kept of God. The name Domynyk is said to be keeper of our Lord in three ways: that is to say, keeper of the honor of our Lord..A person, in relation to God, was the keeper of His vineyard or flock for His neighbor. In regard to the will of the Lord or His commandments concerning himself, he was called a dominus. He was kept in the threefold state by the Lord. The first state was that of a layman. In the second, he was a regular canon. And in the third, as an apostle. In the first state, he kept himself in making a good beginning and doing well. In the second, he performed well. And in the third, he accomplished well. In the third, he could be called dominus by the etymology of this name, Dominus being said as one giving commands or giving gifts. St. Dominic, accordingly, was giving, that is, threatening by leaving jewels, giving gifts through generosity, for he gave not only to the poor but would often sell himself to relieve and buy the poor. And in giving gifts, he gave less to himself than to others..Domynyk, a duke of the Order of the Friars Preachers and a noble father from the town of Calorega in the diocese of Oxyence, had a father named Felix and a mother Johane. Before his birth, his mother saw in her sleep that she would give birth to a little wolf in her womb, which had a burning brand in its mouth. When Domynyk was born, he set the world on fire, and it seemed to a woman who was his godmother at his baptism that he had a clear star in his forehead that illuminated the whole world. As a child, he was often found leaving his bed and lying on the bare ground. After being sent to Palencia to learn, he tasted or drank no wine for ten years. When he saw that great famine was there, he sold his books and all his possessions and gave the money to poor people..Renome grew/ He was made regular canon of the bishop of Oxford in his church/ And after, he was a mirror of life to the people/ and was ordained subdeacon of the canons/ And day and night he attended to read/ in praying, God continually that he would give him grace that he might extend to the health of his neighbors/ In the book of collations of fathers he read carefully and took great perfection from it/ he went with the said bishop to Toulouse/ And there he reproved his host for heresy/ and converted him to the faith of Jesus Christ/ And presented him to our lord/ as an offering of the first fruits of the coming harvest/ It is read in the gestes of the earl of Monfort/ That on one day, St. Dominic preached against the heresies/ He put in writing the authorities that he proposed/ And delivered the scroll to an heretic to argue against his objections/ And that night, the heretics assembled at the fire/ & showed it to them/ and they asked him to cast it in..And if the charter burned, their faith was not but treachery. If it did not burn, then he preached the very faith of the Church of Rome. And when it had been in the fire for a while, it sprang out unharmed. One of them, who was more hardened than the other, said, \"Let us prove more clearly the truth.\" It was thrown in again, and it came out unscathed a second time. He said, \"Let it be cast in a third time,\" and then we shall know without doubt the outcome of this matter. It was cast in again, and it came out unharmed a third time. And yet the heretics remaining in their obstinacy swore among themselves that none of them should publish this matter. However, a knight who was there, who was somewhat inclined towards our faith, disclosed this miracle. It is said that a similar thing happened at Mount Victorial in the temple of Jupiter: a dispute was ordered..Against the heretics, like the malady of heresy grew in the parties of Albigenses. A solemn disputation was at the temple of Jupiter, and judges were appointed on both sides. To whom the affirmation of the faith that each side should present was written in a book. And the book of St. Dominic was chosen and presented among the others. Upon which the judges opposed themselves, for it was ordained that the books of one side and those of the other should be cast into the fire. And they who did not burn should be held without doubt for the true faith. And the books were thrown into a great fire burning. And immediately the book of the heresies was burned, and the book of St. Dominic alone was saved and not burned. But it sprang out of the fire without harming and was cast in the second time. And after this, other Christian men went home again to their proper places. And the bishop of Oxford died. And St. Dominic remained there alone with a few..Cristian men and Catholics opposed the heretics and proclaimed God's word fiercely. They mocked and spat upon him, and threw filth of the streets and other vile things at him. They bound him with straw in great contempt. When they threatened and menaced him, he answered fearlessly, \"I am not worthy to be martyred; I have not yet deserved that death by glory. And so he passed boldly by the way where they despised him, singing and going joyfully. They marveled and asked him, \"Have you no fear of death? What would you have done if we had taken you? He replied, \"You would not have killed me suddenly, but little by little you would have hewn member from member, one after another. And then you would have shown my mutilated members before my eyes, and left my body lying and foul in my blood, without granting me the death at your will.\" He encountered a man who, for the great....A man, who had joined forces with the heretics, suffered this fate. Saint Dominic, witnessing this, arranged for him to be sold, and the price was to be given to the poor man to free him from his plight. This was to help him escape the heretical error he was in. He would have been sold if not for the divine mercy intervening.\n\nAnother time, a woman came to beg for help as her brother was in the hands of the Saracens in great captivity, and she knew not how to deliver him. He was moved by pity in his heart and offered himself for sale for his brother's redemption. But God, who knew him to be more necessary for the spiritual redemption of many captives, did not allow it. He intended to act as pledge and lie for him, his charity was so great.\n\nAt one point, he was lodged with certain ladies who, due to their religious leanings, had been deceived by the heretics. Then, he fasted and his companion did the same, for the entire length of Lent, with bread and water..by the shadow of Religion he took from them that erred, and in the night he woke safe only when necessity was required. He lay down underneath a table without other things, and thus these women were brought to the knowledge of truth. Then he began to think about the stabilization of his order and of what office it might be. For going and preaching through the world and for the defense of the Christian faith against heretics. And when he had dwelt for ten years in the parties of Toulouse after the death of the bishop of Osonyense, until the time that the council should be solemnized at Lateran, then he went to Rome with Faucon, bishop of Toulouse, to the general council, to obtain from Innocent the pope that the order which is said to be the order of the preachers might be confirmed to him and to his successors. And the pope would not readily accede to this thing. And then it happened on a night that the pope saw in a vision that the church of Latran was suddenly threatened to fall and overthrow. And as he\n\n(Note: The text appears to be in Early Modern English. No significant OCR errors were detected, and no meaningless or unreadable content was found. Therefore, no cleaning was necessary.).He beheld it in fear / he saw on that other side St. Dominic running against it and sustained it / and bore it up and kept it, and then awakened the pope / and understood the vision and received joyfully the petition of the man of God. He bade that he and his brothers should seek some approved rule / and he would confirm it at his will. Then St. Dominic came to his brothers and showed them what the pope had said. They were about fifteen or sixteen friars / who immediately called a council of the Holy Ghost and chose the rule of St. Augustine, preacher and holy doctor. They would be of one will in deed and name as preachers, and established therewith some stricter customs in their living which they took upon themselves and promised to keep truly.\n\nIn this time Innocent the pope died, and Honorius was made pope and sovereign bishop of the church. He granted Honorius the confirmation of his order in the year of our Lord 1254. And at one time as he prayed at Rome,.Church of St. Peter, for the ordaining of his order, he saw coming to him the glorious princes of the apostles Peter and Paul. It seemed to him that Peter gave him the staff first, and St. Paul delivered to him the book, and they said to him, \"Go and preach. For thou art chosen of God to do this occupation and mystery.\" In a little moment, it seemed to him that he saw his sons spreading throughout the world, two and two, preaching the word of God. For this cause, he came again to Toulouse, and parted his brethren some to Paris, some to Spain, and others to Bologna, and he returned again to Rome. There was a monk before the establishment of this, who was roused in spirit and saw the blessed virgin St. Mary standing with her hands joined, praying her son for the human race. He often resisted her request, and at last he said to her, \"Mother, what more can I do for them? I have sent to them patriarchs and prophets, and little have they heeded.\".They amended them after I came to them myself, and I sent apostles to them. They slew them, and I also sent martyrs, confessors, and doctors. They did not accord to them or their doctrine. Since it does not pertain to me to grant your request, I will give my preachers to them instead, by whom they may be enlightened and purified, or else I shall come against them myself if they will not amend. At the same time, when the twelve abbots of the Cistercian order were sent to Toulouse against the heretics, the mother said to her son, \"Fair son, you ought not to act against them according to their malice, but according to your mercy. You yielded to her prayers and said, 'I shall yet show them mercy at your request. I will send my preachers to warn and inform them. And if they do not correct themselves, I shall spare them no more.' A brother minor had been with them for a long time.\".A fellow with St. Francis recounted to many of the Friars of the Order of Preachers that when St. Dominic was at Rome for the confirmation of his order by the pope, he saw on a night Ihu Crist in his hands holding three spheres, and brandished them against the world. His mother ran hastily against him and demanded what he would do. He said to her, \"All the world is full of vices, of pride, of luxury, and of avarice, and therefore I will destroy them with these three spheres.\" Then the blessed virgin fell down at his feet and said, \"Son, have pity and tarry your justice by your mercy.\" Ihu Crist said to her, \"See how many wrongs and injuries they do to me, and she answered, \"Son, appease your wrath and tarry a little. I have a true servant and a noble fighter against the vices, who shall run throughout and vanquish the world and subject them to your signory. I will give to him another servant in his help who shall fight as well.\".he does/ and our lord his son said, \"I am appeased and receive your prayer, but I would see whom you will send in such a great office.\" Then she presented to him St. Dominic. And Ihu Christ said, \"Truly, this is a good and noble fighter, and he shall do diligently what you have said.\" And then she showed to him and offered to him St. Francis. He prayed to him, as he had the first. And St. Dominic considered diligently his companion in that vision, for he had never seen him before. He found him in the morning in the church, and knew him by that he had seen him in the vision without other show. And began to kiss him, and said, \"You are my companion. You shall run with me. And we shall be together. And none adversary shall overcome us.\" Then he recounted to him all in order the said vision. And from then on, they were one heart and one soul in the Lord. And commanded that this love should be kept for those who should come after them perpetually.\n\nAnd when on a certain day, they were preaching in a certain place, and a great multitude was gathered together to hear the word of God, and they were speaking the truth in the name of the Lord, when suddenly there came a man with an unclean spirit, and he cried out, saying, \"What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? I adjure thee by God, do not torment me.\" And he said to him, \"Quiet! Come out of him.\" And the unclean spirit, convulsing him and crying with a loud voice, came out of him. And they were all amazed, and said to one another, \"What is this? A new teaching with authority! He commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey him.\" And at once the fame of him spread everywhere throughout all the region around Galilee..Saint Dominic had received news in the order that some of his fellows had turned him against his will, intending for him to return to the world. They demanded his gown from him. When Saint Dominic heard this, he was in prayer, and the young men had stripped him of his religious clothing and put on him his shirt. He began to cry out with a loud voice and say, \"I burn, I burn! Certainly, I am all consumed! O do, O do, this accursed shirt which consumes my entire body! I could not endure it until I was rid of this shirt and clothed again in my religious garments, and brought back into the cloister of the religious.\n\nWhen Saint Dominic was at Bollene, at the time when the brothers were going to sleep, a brother converses was being tormented by the devil. When Brother Reyner of Losanne knew it, he told Saint Dominic. Saint Dominic commanded that he be brought into the church before the altar of Our Lady, and ten brothers could not bring him in..And then said Saint Dominic, \"I conjure you, wicked spirit, tell me why you torment the creature of God, and why and how you entered here?\" The spirit replied, \"I torment him, for he deserves it. Yesterday, he drank in the city without the prior's permission, and did not make the sign of the cross thereon. I entered then in the guise of a boatman, intending that he should drink with me from the wine sooner. Then it was discovered that he had drunk in the town, and in the meantime, he made the sign of the cross and rang the bells for matins. And when the devil heard that, he said, \"I may no longer abide here.\" Since they with the great hoods have risen, and thus he was compelled by Saint Dominic's prayer to leave and go his way. The brother was delivered and whole, and was ever after careful to act against the prior's will. And once, Saint Dominic came to a river toward the parts of Toulouse, his books which had custody in the water could not..Find them, but he had to leave them behind him. On the third day, a fisherman cast his hook into the water and supposed he had caught some great fish. And he drew up the books of St. Dominic without any wetting, as if they had been kept diligently in an almshouse. And once, when he came to a monastery, and all the brethren were at rest, and he did not wish to disturb or awaken them, he entered with his fellow, the gates being shut and closed. In the same way, in the conflict with heretics, he came to a certain church, and found it shut and closed. He made his prayers there, and suddenly they were in the church, and remained there all that night in prayer. And whenever he had prayed, he had a custom to quench his thirst at some well or fountain, lest he should have any desire to drink in the house of his host. There was a scholar in the house of the friars at Bolton for hearing mass. It happened that.Saint Dominic sang the mass, and when it came to the offering, the scholar went up and kissed the hand of Saint Dominic with great devotion. After he had kissed it, he felt a great sweetness and a sweet odor come out of his hand, which he had never felt before in his life. From then on, the ardor and burning of lechery began to cool in him. He, who before had been wanton and lecherous, became after such a continence that his flesh shone all of clarity and chastity. Saint Dominic's flesh shone more of great chastity and purity, from whom the odor cured the filth of thoughts.\n\nA priest saw Saint Dominic so ardently in his preaching with his companions. He thought to join him if he could obtain a book of the New Testament necessary for preaching. And as he thought this, a young man came bearing a book of the New Testament to sell, hidden under his vestment. The priest bought it with great joy..But as he hesitated, he prayed to almighty God, made the cross on the book, and opened it immediately. The first chapter he found was in the Acts of the Apostles. In it was written that which was said to Peter: \"Arise, get up, and go with them; nothing doubting, for I have sent them.\" Then he went and joined them.\n\nOnce, when a noble master in science and fame was regent in Toulouse in theology, on a morning before the day while he pursued his lessons, he was surprised by sleep and leaned back a little. It seemed to him that seven stars stood before him. And as he marveled at this novelty, the said stars grew suddenly into such great light that they enlightened the whole world. And when he awoke, he was greatly astonished. And when he entered the schools and as he read, St. Dominic with seven brothers of the same habit entered and came amicably..When Master Reynold of Saint Amand in Orl\u00e9ans, who was wise in canon law and had been a doctor for five years, was once in Rome with the bishop of Orl\u00e9ans, intending to leave the world and dedicate himself to preaching but unsure of how to accomplish it, he told Saint Dominic of his intentions. Dominic advised him to enter the Order of Preachers. However, Master Reynold was suddenly taken ill with severe sickness, and in desperation, he earnestly prayed to the Blessed Virgin, to whom he had committed the order..The queen of mercy came with three maidens. Reynold, still awake and facing death, saw her approach. Our lady said to him, \"Be of good cheer. What thou wilt, and I shall grant it to thee.\" As he pondered what to ask for, one of the maidens softly urged him to ask for nothing but to submit himself to her will.\n\nOnce he had done so, she put forth her virginal hand and touched his ears, nostrils, mouth, hands, and eyes. She anointed them with the ointment of health that she had brought, pronouncing the appropriate words for each body part. To his eyes, she said, \"These eyes be restrained by the girdle of chastity.\" Then she turned to his feet and said, \"I shall send for an ampulle to restore them.\".The nun showed him the habit of the order and said, \"This is the habit of your order.\" Saint Dominic, in prayer, saw all this vision. And on the morning, Saint Dominic came to him and found him healed. He heard from him the entire ordinance of the vision, and he took the habit that the virgin had shown him. The friars used it frequently. And on the third day, the Mother of God was there and anointed Reynold's body. She not only took away the heat of the fires but also extinguished and quenched the ardor of luxury, as he confessed later, that one mere encounter with luxury was no longer in him. And this vision appeared again to a religious man of the hospital, being present with Saint Dominic, and was astonished by it. Saint Dominic published this vision to many brethren after his death. Then, Reynold was sent to Bordeaux and preached boldly, increasing the number of the friars. After that..A man was sent to Paris and stayed there after the lord's death. A young man of the Cardinal filled his horse into a ditch and was drawn out, dead. He was offered to St. Dominic and made his prayers. The young man was restored to life. In the church of St. Sixte, a mason had been hired by the friars to repair the broken walls. A piece of the wall fell upon the man and killed him. But St. Dominic commanded that the body be brought to him. Immediately, by the help of his prayers, the man was restored to life and health. In Rome, at one time, there were forty friars in the church. They had little bread. Then St. Dominic commanded that the bread be divided into three parts. As soon as each of them had taken a morsel of bread with joy, two young men in the same habit and form entered the refectory or dining hall. The ends of their mantles hung around their necks were full of bread..They had given it all to St. Dominic. They departed so suddenly that none of them knew when they came or where their way led. Then St. Dominic held out his hand here and there to the friars and said, \"Now eat, my brothers.\" On one occasion, when St. Dominic was on a journey and severely troubled by heavy rains, he made the sign of the cross and chased the rain away from him, as if he had a pallium on him. The ground was all wet around him, and no drop came near him for a distance of three cubits. On one occasion, as he passed by a ship heading for Toulouse, the sailor demanded a penny from him for passage. The holy man of God promised him the kingdom of heaven for his labor, saying that he was the disciple of Jesus Christ and had no gold. The sailor drew him forcefully by the cloak and said, \"You shall leave your cloak here or pay me a penny.\" The good mother of God lifted her eyes to heaven and a little later. And as he had a....A little thought/ he looked upon the ground/ and saw a penny/ which without a doubt was provided by the will of God. Then he said, \"Look, my brother, take it there/ and let me go in peace. It happened once/ that when this holy man St. Dominic was on a journey/ a religious man/ who was of good conversation/ and holy accompanied him/ but he spoke a strange language/ And they were sorry/ that they could not understand each other/ for the purpose of comforting each other/ They prayed and asked grace from our Lord/ that in the three days that they traveled/ they would understand each other through signs and words/ There was a man/ who was tormented by many demons/ And was offered and brought to him/ He took a stole and put it around his own neck/ and then bound it around the neck of the demon-possessed man/ and commanded those in him/ that from then on they should torment no more that man/ and immediately they were tormented within him/ and began to cry..late/ Why do you insist on being so tormented, and he said / I will not let you go / until you give me a pledge that you will not return / And they said / What pledge can we give you? / And he said / the holy martyrs who rest in that Church / And they said / we cannot / For merchants require it not / And he said / you must give them / or I will not allow you to leave / And they answered / we will endure our pain / And a little while later, they said / how is it / that we are not worthy / We have obtained that the holy martyrs shall be our pledges / And he required them to have a sign and token of this / And they said / go to the shrine / where the heads of the martyrs are / and you shall find them / reversed and torn / And then he went / and found it just as they had said / And at one time, some ladies / who had been deceived by heretics / were at his feet / and said to him / Servant of God / help us / if it is true that you\n\n(Note: The text appears to be in Early Modern English, and there are some minor spelling errors and abbreviations that have been expanded for clarity. The text itself does not contain any meaningless or unreadable content, and there are no obvious introductions, notes, or logistical information added by modern editors. Therefore, no cleaning is necessary, and the text can be outputted as is.).The spirit if error has blinded our sins, and he said, \"Be ye formed and tarry a little, and ye shall see what lord ye have served.\" And immediately they saw spring out from among them a horrible cat, which was greater than a large dog. It had great eyes and flickering tongue long and bloody, and long to the naval. Its tail was short, and it raised itself up high, and showed the after end, which way it turned. Out of which there issued a terrible stench. And when it had torn here and there among the ladies long, at last it mounted up by the bell rope into the steeple and vanished away, leaving a great stench behind. And the ladies thanked God and were converted to the Catholic faith. When he had overcome some heretics in the parties of the town, and they were condemned to be burned, he saw one among them named Raymond. And he said to the ministers, \"Keep this man that he not be burned.\".And he was left and remained for twenty years in his heresy, and in that time he was converted and became a Frere preacher in that order, and lived his life well and laudably. And once, while he was in Spain accompanied by some brothers, he saw in a vision a great dragon which swooped down upon the brothers who were with him. And when he understood this vision, he warned his brothers to resist strongly their enemy, the devil. A little while later, all the friars except for Brother Adam and two converts departed from him. He demanded one of them if he would also go, and he said, \"Father, I shall not love the head for following the feet.\" And immediately he gave himself to prayer, and was converted almost entirely through his prayer. He was at St. Sixte at one time in Rome. Suddenly, the holy ghost descended upon him, and he called his brothers in..To the chaplain, and directly to them all, my lord said that four of his brothers would die shortly, two in body and two in soul. And none of the brothers had died in our lord's service. And two departed from the order. He was once at Bouillon, and a brother named Conrade, born in Germany, was with him. The brothers greatly desired to have him join the order. And Saint Dominic spoke to the prior of Caraman of the Cistercians in the vision of our lady of Certain, and he said to him, by an appealing countenance, \"I tell the prior a thing, which I have never yet said to any man, nor shall you ever tell it, as long as I live, and that is this: I have never asked for anything in this life but my desire. And the prior said to him, \"Perhaps you will die before me.\" And Saint Dominic, by the spirit of prophecy, said to him, \"You will live long after me.\" And the prior said to him, \"Father, request master Conrade to give himself to us.\".to thordre For the Freres desyre hym moche / And he saide / broder thou requyrest a moche harde thyng / Thenne whan com\u2223plyne was sayde / the other freres we\u0304t to reste / And he abode in the chirche / & dyde as he hadde be acustomed alle the nyght to be in oryson and prayer / And when the freres assembled at pryme / And the chau\u0304tor bagan Iam lucis or\u2223to / Maister Conrade cam sodenly / which desyred to be sterred with newe lyghte and fylle donne alte feet of saynt Do\u2223mynyk / And requyred thabyte of thor\u00a6dre / And receyued it perseuerantly / And he was right relygyous / and a gracyous lector ofte in thordre / whiche as he lay in deyeng / and had cdeed And he opened his eyen / And lo\u00a6kyng aboute sayde / Dominus vobiscu\u0304 / which is to saye / oure lorde be with you And they answerd / Thy spyryte be with god / And thenne saide he / Alle Cristen sowles by the mercy of God / maye reste in pees / And forthwith he deyde and rested in oure lorde / Seynt domynyk was of moche stedfast equa\u2223lite of thought / but yf he had.be moved by pity and mercy, for he had a joyous heart, a peaceful visage, a kindly countenance, which appeared outwardly, and showed debonairness. In daytime, there was none more coming to his fellows and brethren in honesty. And at hours in the night and in his prayers, there was none more steadfast. The day he departed to his neighbors, and the night to God, his eyes were like a well of tears. And often when our Lord's body was lifted up at mass, he was so ravished in his mind, as he had seen Jesus Christ in the flesh. For which cause, he would not much hear mass with the others, he had a custom, right common, for to wake all night in the church. In such a way, that he would rest in his bed for sleep, & when he was weary and necessitated of sleep, he was compelled, He rested himself before an altar inclined, or had a stone under his head, he received with his own hand three times in the night discipline with a chain of iron..for himself and you others who are sinners in the world, and the third who are tormented in purgatory, he was once chosen to be bishop in Coriacense, but he refused utterly, denying the earth rather than consenting to the election that was made to him. It was asked of him at one time why he did not more willingly dwell in the diocese of Thoulouse than in the diocese of Carcassonne. He replied that in the diocese of Thoulouse, he found much people who honored him, and in Carcassonne it was all the contrary, for there all men assailed him. It was demanded of him by a man in what book he most studied. He answered, in the book of charity. On one occasion, the holy man Dominic woke in the church of Bologna. The devil appeared to him in the form of a friar. Dominic, supposing him to be a friar, made him a sign that he should go and rest with the other friars. The devil made signs mockingly to him. Then Saint Dominic wished to know..A man who despised his commandment lit a candle and beheld him in his face. The devil confessed that he was such. After strongly reprimanding him, the devil enjoyed his confession, having broken his silence. Saint Dominic said that he could speak as prior and master of the friars and compelled him to reveal where he tempted the brothers in the quire. He replied, \"I make them come late and go out early. I keep them from divine service and in the meantime allow them to have impure thoughts. Then I lead them into the refectory or cloister and demand from them where I tempt them. And the devil sprang upon the tables and said, 'Now more, now less.' When the saint asked him what he meant by that, he said, 'I tempt some brothers to take much food, letting them perform God's service, and some to take less.'\".After he brought him into the parlor or lodgings and demanded to know where he tempted the brothers there, he put out his tongue often and made a marvelous sign of confusion. The saint demanded to know what he meant by this, and he said, \"This place is all mine. When the brothers are assembled to speak, I tempt them to speak confusedly and to mingle words without profit, and one tarries not until the other has finished speaking. And finally, he brought him before the chapter, but when he was before the chapter house door, he would in no way enter. He said, \"I shall not enter there ever again. For this is a cursed house, and it is harmful to me. Whatever I may win in other places, I lose it all here. And whenever I have made any brother sin through any negligence, he purges him immediately of that negligence in this place of confession and accuses him before all.\".Brothers, this is a warning for those who have confessed, been accused, and have been absolved. I renounce all of this, as I once took pleasure in winning in other places. After he had said all this, he vanished away. And in the end, when the time of his pilgrimage approached, he was at Bouillon. He began to languish due to grievous infirmity of his body. The dissolution of his body was shown to him in a vision, for he saw a right fair young man who called out to him and said, \"Come, my friend, come to joys, come.\" Then he gathered twelve friars of the Order of Bouillon. To ensure that he would not leave them and disinherit heirs and orphans, he made his testament and said, \"These are the things I leave to you, to be possessed by rightful inheritance, as to my sons. First, have charity, keep humility, possess voluntary poverty, and exhort as much as you can that there should be no temporal possessions in your order.\".He who presumes to touch and defile the order of Friar preachers with earthly riches, he is severely reprimanded. That he should have the malediction and curse of God Almighty, and of him. The Friars mourned greatly for his departure. And he, in comforting them, sweetly said, \"My brethren, do not let my departure trouble you, and doubt nothing. For you shall have me more profitable in deed than living.\" He came to his last hour in the year of our Lord MCXXJ. And so he slept in the Lord Jesus Christ. Whose departure from this world was shown the same day and the same hour to the Friar General then prior of the preachers of Brixia. And afterward to the bishop of the same city in this manner: For as he slept a light sleep, the head inclined to a wall, he saw heaven open, and put down two white ladders from it. Of which Jesus Christ and his mother held the end high. The angels descended and ascended by the ladders, singing. In the midst of the ladders was a seat..And on the seat sat Saint Dominic, with his head configured like a friar. And Jesus Christ and His mother drew up the ladders into heaven so high that he who sat was lifted up into heaven. Then the opening of heaven was shut and closed. And then the same friar came to Boulogne and found that the same day and the same hour Saint Dominic died. There was a friar named Raoul who was at that time alive at Tiberias. He went to the altar to sing the mass. And when he came to the canon where the living men are remembered, he thought to pray for the health of Saint Dominic. Suddenly, he was rushed in his mind and saw the holy man Saint Dominic crowned with a golden laurel wreath. And going out of Boulogne by the royal way, he marked the day and hour and found that Saint Dominic was then dead. And when his body had lain long under the earth, and miracles were shown without interruption, and his holiness could not be hidden, there issued forth and came out..In the place where he lay, a great odor emerged at the time his tomb was opened, which was bound with iron chains and instruments, and seeds. The stone was taken away, and the body was translated to a higher place. The odor surpassed all aromatics. It was not only in the bones of the holy body but also in the powder and chest and all around, resembling a savory smell. The earth retained the same odor for a long time. This odor also remained in the hands of the friars who had touched some relics of the holy remains. In the province of Hungary, a nobleman and his wife went to visit the relics of St. Dominic in a church. His son was sick and died there. The father placed the corpse of the child before the altar of St. Dominic and began to weep, saying, \"Blessed Dominic, I came to you glad and joyful, but alas, I...\".I have come home sadly / I came with my son but returned without him / Return to me my son / Give to me again the joy of my heart / And about midnight, the child returned and went about in the church / There was a young man who was a servant and bound to a young lady / and went to fish in the water / and was filled therein and drowned / and he was a long time in the water / & was drawn out dead\nAnd the lady prayed to St. Dominic for his resurrection / and promised that she would go barefoot to his gravesite / and if he was raised, she would make him a friar / and release him from his bondage / and he arose before them all / and she fulfilled her vow.\n\nIn the same province of Hungry,\nThere was a man who wept because his son was dead / and prayed to St. Dominic for his resurrection to life / and about the cockcrowing,\nThe dead body arose and opened its eyes, saying to his father / \"Why do you have such a joyful face?\" /\n\nHe said, \"Son, these are the tears of your father.\" /\n\nFor thou were dead..And I remained alone and sorrowful, / and he said, \"Father, you wept much. / But Saint Dominic had pity on your weeping, / and through his merits, he brought me back to you all whole. / A certain man there was who had been blind for eighteen years, / and he desired to visit the relics of Saint Dominic, / provoking and testing himself as he lay in bed. / And immediately he felt such great power within himself that he began to go hastily. / The more he went, / the stronger he became to go, / and the clearer he saw. / And when he came, / he received perfect health. / In that province, a lady ordered to sing a mass in honor of Saint Dominic, / and she found not the priest at the due hour. / She wrapped three candles that she had prepared in a towel, / and put them in a vessel. / Then she tore a little of the towel and returned, / only to find her candles enkindled and burning brightly. / And each person ran to see this great marvel, / and stayed there until the candles were burned out..There was a man at Boloyne named Nicholas, who suffered great pain in his back and knees, leaving him with no hope of health. He swore to St. Dominic and took a thread to make a candle of his length. They measured him in length and breadth, and when the thread reached his knees, he called upon the name of Ihu Christ and St. Dominic at every measurement. Immediately, he felt relief and arose, weeping for joy, and went to the church without any aid. There, God showed him miracles beyond number in that city.\n\nIn August, in the city of Cecyle, there was a maiden who was afflicted with the stone and was to be cut. Her mother commanded her to St. Dominic. The night following, St. Dominic came to the sleeping maiden and placed in her hand the stone with which she had been tormented. Then she awoke, delivered from the pain, and gave the stone to her mother..In a palace in Sicily, a poor woman had a son afflicted with scrofula, a disease characterized by swellings in the neck. Desperate, she prayed to St. Dominic, vowing that if he could heal her son, she would have him labor for the church's brothers for free. That night, a man appeared to her in the guise of a friar and told her that she knew the things he would name. He mentioned four things, one of which was a vegetable called porret. She acknowledged her knowledge and was instructed to apply it to her son's neck sore. The boy was healed, and the mother fulfilled her vow. A man from Piemont was also afflicted with a similar swelling..Like a monster/revealed himself to St. Dominic, and he appeared to him in his sleep, and opened his belly without pain and took out all thoroids and anointed him with his holy hand and healed him perfectly. In the city of Augusta, when they returned homeward from there, they saw without a woman spinning at the festival of such a great saint, and they took and reproved her charitably why she spun at the festival of such a great saint. And she was angry and answered, \"You women of the friars, keep your festivals, and instantly the eyes of that woman swelled, and there came out rotten matter and worms, so that one of the neighbors took eighteen worms out of her eyes. And then she repented and came to the church of the friars and confessed her sins, and swore from then on to never again miss serving the servant of God, Dominic, but to devoutly hold his festival.\n\nA nun named Mary was sick at Cyprus in the monastery of.Marie Magdalen/ and was smiting in the throat so grievously that five months enduring, in doubt that she would have died, and then she thought and prayed thus in herself: \"Lord God, I am not worthy to pray to Thee to be heard by me, but I pray, my lord St. Dominic, that Thou be mediator between Thee and me, that Thou mayest grant me the benefit of health.\" And when she had long prayed in tears, she slept and saw St. Dominic with two brothers who opened the curtain that hung before her bed and entered and said to her: \"Why do you desire so earnestly to be healed?\" And she said, \"Sir, that I might more devoutly serve God.\" Then he drew out his ointment, which was of sweet odor from under his cope, and anointed her with it, and she was anon whole, and said: \"This ointment is very precious and sweet and light.\" And when she asked how it was named, he said to her: \"This ointment is the ointment of love, and is so precious that it cannot be bought for any price.\".of god is no better than loue / For there is nothyng more precyous than charyte / but it is sone lost yf it be not well kept / Thenne he appered to her suster that nyght that slepte in ye dortour sayeng / I haue heled thy suster whiche anon aroos & ranne thyder and fonde her hool / And Whan she felte her enoynted with sensible vnc\u00a6tion / she wyped it with grete reuerence with a bendel of sylke / And whan she had tolde alle this to the abbesse / to her suster and to her confessour / and had shewed the vnction and bendel they were smyten with the nouelte of the sauour so suete smellyng that it myght not be compared to none Aromatyke / and they kepte that vnction with grete reuerence / how agreable the place is vnto god where the body of seynt Do\u00a6mynyk resteth / how be it that many myracles ben shewed there / yet one shalle I say to you here and that shall suffyse / Mayster Alysaundre bysshop of vendosm reherseth in hys postillys vpon this worde / Mercy and trouthe haue mette to gydre / That a scolyer duellyng at.\"Boethius, who was given to worldly vanities, saw a vision. It seemed to him that he was in a great field, and that a great tempest of thunder and lightning descended from heaven upon him. Then he fled the tempest and came before a house and found it shut. He knocked at the door to enter, and the one within answered, \"I am Righteousness that dwells here, and this house is mine. You are not righteous; therefore, you may not dwell here.\" He wept bitterly for these words and went to another house he saw beyond that and knocked at the door to come in. But the one within answered, \"I am Truth. And you are not truthful; for I cannot receive the untruthful.\" From thence he went to the third house beyond that and requested that he might come in for shelter from the tempest. The one within replied, \"I am Peace that dwells here, and peace is not with evildoers but only with men of good will. And because I think the thoughts of peace, I shall give to the peace-loving.\"\".good courseyl / My sister dwells above me / who always helps cats / go to her and do what she counsels the / And then he went to that house / And she within said / I am Mercy that dwells here / if thou wilt be saved from this tempest / go to the house of the Friars Preachers at Bolyne / and there thou shalt find the stable of doctrine / the rack of scripture / the ass of simplicity / and Marie enlightening Joseph prospering / & the child Ihesu saving / and when this scholar awoke he came to the house of Friars / and recounted his vision in order / and requested to have the habit / and he received it / and abode in obedience / St. Dominic before the institution of the order saw Ihu Crist holding three darts in His hands and threatening the world / then I, free John of Vignay, translator of this book, will no longer recount this vision, for it is recounted in this present chapter before / and it was also shown to a monk, therefore I here make an end / late consider..The holy life, the holy conversions, and the holy miracles that God showed for the blessed man Saint Dominic, and we pray him to be mediator between God and us, that we may deserve to be anointed with the oil of charity and mercy, and after this short life, we may come to everlasting life in heaven. Amen.\n\nThus ends the life of Saint Dominic.\n\nSixtus is said to be of Sios, that is, God, and of status, which means godly state. Sixtus is also said to be of Sisto Sistis, steady and firm, fixed, for he was steadfast and fixed in faith in passion and good work and operation.\n\nSixtus the Pope was from Athens. He was first a philosopher and later a disciple of Jesus Christ. He was the sovereign bishop, and after that, he was presented to Decius and Valerian Emperors with two of his disciples and deacons Felicissimus and Agapetus. Decius could not persuade them in any way, so he had them brought to the temple of Mars..for turning to sacrifice to him or for being put in prison of martyrs, and when he had refused to turn and was brought to the prison of martyrs, the blessed Saint Lawrence called after him, saying, \"Father, why dost thou leave me without thy son? Priest, why dost thou leave me without thy minister? To whom Sixte replied, \"Son, I leave you not, but greater battles are due to come after three days. But in the meantime, take the church's treasures and distribute them where you will.\" And when he had distributed them to poor Christians, Valerian the deacon ordered that Sixte should be brought back to do sacrifice in the temple of Mars. And if he refused, he should have his head struck off. And when he was led away, the blessed Lawrence called after him, saying, \"Father, leave me not, for I have spent all your treasures.\" Then the knights heard speak of the treasures and seized Lawrence. They beheaded Sixte, Felicissimus, and Agapyte..They suffered death to gather / In this same day is the feast of the transfiguration of our lord / and renewal of new wine, if it may be found in some churches / and this day the grapes are blessed in some places / and the people take of it and eat it instead of the holy bread / And the reason why is this: our lord said to his disciples in the supper, \"I shall not drink of this generation of the vine before I drink it new with you in the kingdom of my father.\" And this transfiguration, which he called new, represents the glorious Invocation that Jesus Christ had after his resurrection / and therefore on this day of the transfiguration, which represents the resurrection, men seek new wine. It is to note that some say the transfiguration occurred in the spring, but the disciples kept it secret / because our lord commanded they should not reveal it / until he was risen from death to life / But after they had manifested and revealed it..This day ends the reign of Pope Saint Sixte and Martyr. Donat is translated as \"born of God,\" derived from regeneration, infusion, and glorification. There are three spiritual generations of God: nativity, religion, and bodily mortality. When saints die, it is not said that they die, but rather that they are born for the passing out of this world of saints is not death, but nativity. The child longs to be born to have a larger place to dwell in, more food to eat, better air to breathe, and to see light. When saints issue forth from the belly of the holy church, their mother, upon their death, they receive the aforementioned things in their manner, and thus they are said to be born or given by God.\n\nDonat was hidden and taught by Emperor Julian. However, when Julian was ordained to be subdued, he slew the father and mother of Donat. Donat then fled into the city of Arles and dwelt there..Hillary Monk performed many miracles / for the provost of the city had a son named Demonake. And when he was brought to be baptized, he said, \"In the name of our Lord Ihu Crist do me no harm nor be harsh with me, nor let me leave this house.\" Donat, why do you compel me to issue out with torments? But he was immediately delivered when Donat prayed. There was a man named Eustace who received the rents of the prince in Tuskane and left the money in the keeping of his wife named Eufronye. But for sorrow that she had over the enemies who destroyed the country, she hid the money and died. And when her husband returned, he could not find the money. And when he and his children were to be brought to torture, he fled to St. Donat. Donat went with him to the sepulcher of his wife and said with a clear voice, \"Eufronye, I conjure you by the power of the holy ghost that you reveal where you have hidden this money.\" And she answered from the sepulcher and said, \"At the entrance of the.\".In this church, Saint Donat housed the people after mass, and the deacon presented the body of our Lord to them. Suddenly, the deacon filled the chalice by force and thrusting of the offerings that came there. The chalice broke, and he was sorry, as was the entire people. Saint Donat gathered the pieces of the chalice and prayed, restoring it to its original form. However, a little piece the devil took away and hid, which piece is still missing from the chalice. This chalice is kept in the said church as a witness to this miracle. The people who saw this were converted to the faith in such numbers that eighty of them received baptism. There was a well or a fountain infected in such a way that whoever drank from it..It was once upon a time when Saint Donat went there on his ass to pray and purify the water. An horrible dragon emerged from the fountain, wrapping its tail around the legs of the ass, and confronted Donat. Donat struck him with his staff, or according to some, he spat in his mouth, and he died. Then Donat prayed to our Lord and chased away all the venom from the fountain. Another time, when he and his companions were under great pressure, he made a fountain flow before them. The emperor's daughter, Theodocia, was tormented by a devil and was brought to Saint Donat. He said, \"You foul spirit, depart from this creature that bears the form of God.\" The devil replied, \"Grant me leave to depart from here and tell me whither I shall go.\" Saint Donat said, \"Whence have you come here?\" And the devil answered, \"From desert.\" Donat replied, \"Return to your place.\" And the devil said, \"I see in thee the sign of the cross from which the fire shall come.\".A man springs against me, and for fear of the fire I doubt to go, give me room and I shall issue out. And don't say, \"Here is place that thou mayst go thy way and return thy therest thou camest from.\" And then he made all the house tremble and went his way.\n\nThere was a man born to be buried, and a man came bearing an obligation and said that he owed him two hundred shillings. And therefore he would not suffer him to be buried in any way. His wife, who was a widow, came to St. Donat and showed him the matter. And she said that that man had received all that money. Then St. Donat went to the corpse and touched it with his hand and said, \"Arise up and see what thou shalt do to this man who refuses to bury thee.\" The which then sat up and proved that he had paid it and quieted him before all men and took the obligation in his hand and rent it in pieces. And afterwards he said to St. Donat, \"Father command me to sleep again.\".In that time, the earth had not produced fruit for three years, and it had not rained well. The penitents came to Theodocien, requesting that he should deliver to them the donat that he had created through his magical art. But at the request of the emperor, donat came and begged our lord to send rain. He sent such a great downpour that all the others were drenched, and he returned home alone. In that time, the Goths destroyed Italy, and many people departed from the faith of God. Euadrian, the prior, was reproved for apostasy. Saint Donat and Saint Hilary reproved him. He intended to force them to sacrifice to Jupiter, but they refused. He beat Hilary so severely that he gave up his spirit to God. He imprisoned donat and later struck off his head in the year of our Lord 1313.\n\nThus ends the life of Saint Donat..martir\nCIriake was ordey\u00a6ned deken of Marcelle the pope / and was ta\u2223ken and brought to maximien themperour / and was commaunded that he and his felawes shold delue\u00a6the erthe / and shold bere it on theyre sholdres vnto the place that he made / And there was seynt saturnyne whom Ciriake and sisinnius heelpe for to bere And after Ciriake was put and en\u00a6closed in pryson / and atte last was pre\u00a6sented tofore the prouoste / And as Appropynyan ladde hym sodanly cam a voys with light fro heuen Which sayd Come ye blessyd of my fader &c\u0304 And thenne Appropinianus byleued & made hym self to be baptysed / And cam to the prouost confessyng Ihesu cryste / To whom the prouost sayde / Art not thou made crysten / Whiche answerde / Alas for I haue lost my dayes / The prouost answerd truly now thou lesest thy day\u00a6es / and commaunded to smyte of hys hede / And whan saturnyn / and sisin\u2223nius wold not make sacrefyse / They were tormented with dyuerse tormen\u2223tes / and atte last were byheded / And the doughter of dyoclesyan named.Arthas was tormented by the devil, and the devil cried within her, saying, \"I shall not go out before Ciriac. If thou wilt that I issue and go out, give me a vessel where I may enter, and he answered Ciriac, \"Lo, here is my body, enter therein if thou mayst. I said, 'In to thy vessel I may not enter. For it is signed and sealed on all sides, but if thou cast me out here, I shall make the soon come into Babylon.' When he was forced to go out, Artemia cried and said, 'I see the god that Ciriac preaches.' And when he had comforted her and had received grace from Diocletian and Serena his wife, he dwelt and lived surely in a house that he gave himself. Then came a message from the king of Persia to Diocletian, praying him that he would send Ciriac, for his daughter was tormented by a devil. And by the prayers of Diocletian, Ciriac went gladly with Largo and Smargas, with all things necessary, into Babylon..When they came to the daughter, the devil cried to him through the maiden's mouth, \"Ciriak, thou art weary of truth and I am not,\" he said. \"But I am strengthened by God's help.\" The devil replied, \"Nevertheless, I have brought you here as I will. And Ciriak said, 'Iesus Christ commands you to go out.' Then the devil departed and said, 'O terrible name that constrains me.' The maiden was then made whole and was baptized by father and mother and many others. They offered him many gifts but he refused to accept any. And he stayed there for 40 days, fasting on bread and water. And at last he went to Rome. And after two months, Dionysian was dead. Maximian succeeded him and was angry with his sister Arthemis. He took Ciriacus and bound him with chains, commanding him to be brought before his chariot. Maximian could be called the son of Dionysian because he succeeded him, and had his daughter Valeriana as his wife..after he commanded his vicar to constrain Ciriake and his fellows to sacrifice or else kill them by various torments. He took Ciriake and threw pitch molten and burning hot on his head, and subjected him to the torture named eculette. Afterward, he had the head of Ciriake struck off, and ordered his fellows to be beheaded around the year of our Lord III. Carpase seized the house of St. Ciriake, and in defiance of Christian men, he built an altar in the same place where Ciriak baptized, and there beheaded and made banquets in eating and drinking. Suddenly, he and his eighteen companions died there. And therefore, the altar was closed up. The pagans began to fear and honor Christian men.\n\nThus ends the life of St. Ciriake.\n\nLawrence is said to be holding a crown made of laurel. For a time, those who victoriously fought in battle were crowned with laurel wreaths and branches, symbolizing victory. It is always a courtable sign of verdant, agreeable and virtuous odor, and strength. And the blessed..laurence is sayd of laurier / for he had victorye in his passyon / wherof decius confused sayd / I wene now that we be vaynquysshed / he had verdeur in clennesse of herte and purete / For he sayd my voys hath no derkenes / he had odour of perpetuel memoire / wherof it is sayd he departed alle and gaf to pour peple / and therfor remayneth his droyture perdurably / whyche he fulfil\u00a6led wyth holy werke / and halowed it by hys gloryous martirdom / he had\nstrengthe by his vertuous prechyng by whiche he conuerted lucille the pro\u2223uost romayn / This is that tree of suche vertu / that the leef brake the stone / heled the deef / and doubted no thou\u2223cer / \u00b6 And thus laurence brake the hard herde / he gaf spyrituel reward / And deffended the sentence for the thon\u00a6der of euyl peple\nLAurence martir and subdeken was of the lignage of spayne and saynt sixte brou\u0292t hym thens / And as maister Iohan beleth sayth / whan the blessed sixte Went in to spayne / he fonde there ij yongmen laurence and vyncent his cosyn right ordynat by.honorable in manners and noble in all their works, and brought them with him to Rome. One of them, Lawrence, remained with him. Vincent, his cousin, returned to Spain and finished his life through glorious martyrdom. However, Master Beleth objects to the timing of the martyrdom of Lawrence and Vincent, as it is said that Lawrence suffered death under Decian and Vincent under Diocletian. Decian and Diocletian were about forty years apart, and during this time there were seven emperors between them. Therefore, the blessed Vincent could not have been young, and in his time, Sixtus was the pope and ordained Lawrence as archdeacon. During his reign, Philip the emperor and his son received the faith of Jesus Christ. When they were christened, they intended greatly to enhance the church. This emperor was the first to receive the faith of Ihu Crist, as it is said that Origen converted him to the faith. He reigned for a thousand years from the building of Rome. Therefore, the year should rather be a thousand..be you to Christ rather than to idols / And that was hallowed by the Romans with great apparatus of games and great revelries / And there was a knight named Decian with Philip the Emperor, who was noble and renowned in arms and battles / And when in that time France rebelled against this emperor / He sent Decian there to put down the rebels and subdue them to Rome / And Decian, having gone there, made all things well / And subdued them all to Rome / And had victory / And when the emperor heard of his coming / And wanted to honor him more highly / He went against him to Verona / But since the evil people felt they were more honored / so much more he was swollen with pride / Then Decian, elated with pride, began to covet the throne / And on one occasion when Decian knew that the emperor slept in his pavilion / he entered secretly and cut his throat while he slept / Then he drew to himself by favors and prayers and also by promises all those of the host that the emperor had brought / And went away..In the city of Rome, when Philip the younger heard this news, he was greatly afraid and doubted. And as Sicily urged all his father's treasure and his own to Saints Sixte and Lawrence, to bestow it on the poor people and the Churches. And it was no wonder that the treasures that Lawrence gave were not named the treasures of the emperor but of the church, or that they were called the treasures of the church, for Philip had left them to be dispensed to the church. After Philip fled and hid himself for fear of Decian, and then the Senate turned against Decian and confirmed him in the empire. Since he was not seen to have killed his lord by treason but only because he had refused to sacrifice, he began to persecute the church and Christian men cruelly, and commanded that they should be destroyed without mercy. Many thousands of martyrs were killed among whom Philip was crowned..And after that Decius searched the treasures of his lord. Sixth was brought to him, the one who worshiped Jesus Christ, and had the treasures of the temple. Decian then commanded that he be put in prison, to be tortured until he denied God and revealed where the treasures were. Blessed Laurence followed him and cried out after him, \"Why do you go, Father, without a minister? What offense has it caused your fatherhood in me, or what have you seen in me that you have forsaken your kindred or departed from it? Prove whether you have chosen a worthy minister, to whom you have committed the dispensation of the body and blood of our Lord. To whom Saint Sixth replied, \"I will not leave my son, but greater struggles and battles are due to him for the faith of Jesus Christ. We, as old men, have taken a lighter battle, and to you, as a young man, a more glorious battle remains, of which you will triumph and have.\".victory of the tyrant / and you shall follow me within three days / Then he delivered to him all the treasures coming to him, which he should give to churches and relieve people / And the blessed man sought out the poor people night and day / And gave to each of them that was needy / and came to the house of an old woman / who had hidden in her house many Christian men & women / And long she had had the headache / And St. Lawrence laid his head upon her head / And immediately she was freed from the ache and pain / And he washed the feet of the poor people / And gave alms to each of them / The same night he went to the house of a Christian man and found therein a blind man / and gave him his sight by the sign of the cross / And when the blessed Sixt would not consent to decimate / nor offer to idols / he commanded / that he should be led forth / and be beheaded / And the blessed Lawrence ran after him and said / Forsake me not, holy father / For I have spent the treasures that you deliver to me..And when the knights heard speak of the treasures, they took Lawrence and brought him to the provost. The provost delivered him to Decian. Decian, Caesar, asked him, \"Where are the church's treasures, which we know well that you have hidden?\" He answered not. Therefore, he delivered him to Valerian the provost, to show the treasures and do sacrifice to the idols or put him to death by various torments. Valerian delivered him to a provost named Hippolyte, to be in prison, and he enclosed him in prison with many others. And there was in prison a pagan named Lucille, who had lost the sight of his eyes with excessive weeping. Saint Lawrence promised to restore his sight to him if he would believe in Jesus Christ and receive baptism. He required him at once to be baptized. Then Saint Lawrence took water and said to him, \"All things in confession are washed away.\" And when he had informed him diligently in the articles of the faith, and he:.confesses that he bathed him in water and baptized him in the name of Jesus Christ. Immediately, the man who had been blind received his sight again and came to him. Many blind men followed him, and he went away, enlightening them and restoring their sight. Then Ypolyte said to him, \"Show me your treasures, to whom do they belong?\"\n\nLaurence replied, \"Ypolyte, if you believe in our lord Jesus Christ, I will show you the treasures and promise you eternal life. Ypolyte said, \"If you do what you say, I will do what you ask.\" In that very hour, Ypolyte believed and received the holy baptism, along with all his men. When he was baptized, he said, \"I have seen the souls of the Innocents joyous and glad.\"\n\nValerian then sent for Ypolyte and asked him to bring Laurence to him. Laurence replied, \"Let us go and gather [something],\" for the glory is prepared for me and for you.\n\nThey then came to judgment, and he was questioned again about the treasures..Laurence demanded a three-day dilation; Valerian granted it on the pledge of Ypolyte. Valerian addressed the people, blind and lame, and presented them before Decian in the palaces of Salustian. Valerian declared, \"These are the treasuries perpetual, which shall not be diminished but increased, which have been distributed to each of them.\" The hands of these men have carried the treasuries into heaven. Then Valerian, in the presence of Decian, said, \"What changes you undergo in many things, Sacrefy? Put away your magical arts. And Laurence asked him, \"Should I be feared, he who makes or he who is made?\" Decian grew angry and commanded that he should be beaten with scorpions. He commanded all manner of torments to be brought before him. He then commanded him, \"You shall perform sacrifice to appease these torments.\" Saint Laurence answered, \"You cursed man, I have always offered these sacrifices to whom?\" Decian replied, \"If these are sacrifices for me, show them to me.\".them, who are like those, so that they may eat with them. To whom Lawrence said, you have given your names into heaven, and you are not worthy to see them. And then, by Decius' command, he was beaten naked with rods and statues and pieces of iron were laid to his sides. And Lawrence said, \"Lord Jesus Christ, God, Son of God, have mercy on me, your servant, who am accused. They have demanded me, and I have confessed to be your lord.\" And then Decius said to him, \"I know well that you despise the torments through your magic, but you may not despise me. I swear by my gods and goddesses that if you will not sacrifice to them, you shall be punished by various tortures.\" Then he commanded that he should be long beaten with pliers. And then he prayed, saying, \"Lord Jesus Christ, receive my spirit.\" And then a voice from heaven was heard, saying, \"Many more torments are due to him.\" And then Decius said, \"Fulfilled.\".felonye, you men of Rome, have you heard the devil's confronting, this cursed man who did not honor the gods, nor doubted the torments, nor feared the princes' wrath? And then he commanded that he should be beaten with scorpions. Lawrence, smiling, returned thanks to God and prayed for those present. In that same hour, a knight named Ryley, in God's name, said to Saint Lawrence, \"I see before me a right fair young man, and with a linen cloth cleansing your wounds, I adjure you by the living Lord God that you do not leave but hasten to baptize me.\" Then Decian said to Valerian, \"I think that we shall now be overcome by magical arts.\" And then he commanded that he should be unbound and enclosed in the prison of Polycarp. Roman brought an earthenware vessel or a cruse filled with water and placed it at the feet of Saint Lawrence. Decian knew it and commanded that Roman should be beaten..With Roddes, and he was so beaten that he could not keep himself upon his legs, but in no manner could any man make him say anything other than that he was a good Christian and freely baptized. And then Decian did strike his head. That night Lawrence was led to Decian. And when Ypolytes, who was there, saw that he began to weep and wanted to say that he was baptized, Lawrence said to him, \"Hide Jesus Christ within thee, and when I shout 'here' and come hither, all manner of torments that could be devised or thought will be brought before Decian. And then Decian said to Lawrence, \"Either thou shalt make a sacrifice to the gods, or this night all these torments will be inflicted upon thee.\" And then Lawrence said to him, \"My night has no darkness, but all things shine in my sight.\" And then Decian said, \"Bring here a bed of iron that Lawrence may lie upon it.\" And the ministers stripped him, and laid him stretched out upon a bed of iron..And they laid burning coles under and held him with forked irons. Then Lawrence to Valerian said, \"Learn thou cursed wretch, for thy coles give to me refreshing of coldness, and make ready for the torture enduring. And our Lord knows, that I, being accused, have not forsaken Him. And when I was condemned, I confessed Him, Christ. And I, being roasted, gave thanks to ungods and after this he said with a glad voice to Decian, 'thou cursed wretch, thou hast roasted that one side, turn the other and eat.' And then he, rendering thanks to our Lord, said, 'I thank thee, Lord Jesus Christ, for I have deserved to enter into thy gates.' And so gave up his spirit. And then Decian, being all confused, walked into the palace of Tiberius with Valerian, and left the body lying upon the fire which Polycarp took away in the morning with Justin the priest. And they, the Christians who buried him, fasted three days and three nights..and hallowed the Vygiles weeping there and waiting / But many doubted if he suffered death under this decian / For it is recorded in the Chronicle / that Sixte lived long after decian / Eutropius nevertheless affirms and says / that decian, making persecution against Christian men among others, / he slew the blessed Laurence deacon and martyr / And it is said in an authentic Chronicle / that it was not under this decian the elder / who succeeded to Phylip / but under another decian the younger / who was Ceasar and not emperor / he suffered martyrdom / For between Decian the elder and this decian the younger, under whom it is said that Laurence was martyred, / there were many emperors and popes / Also it is said that Gallus and Volusianus his son succeeded Decian / And after them Valerian with Gallienus his son held the empire / And they made Decian the younger Ceasar and not emperor / For anciently, when anyone was made Caesar, / he was never afterwards Augustus or emperor, as it is read in the chronicles / that Diocletian made..Maximianus Ceasar / And after Ceasar, he was made Augustus and emperor / In the time of these emperors Valerian and Gallienus, Sixtus held the see of Rome / And this Decian was called Ceasar and not emperor / but Decian Ceasar only / And he murdered the blessed Fabian / And Cornelius succeeded after Fabian / who was murdered under Valerian and Gallienus / who reigned for fifteen years / Lucius succeeded Cornelius / And Stephen the pope succeeded Lucius / And Denis succeeded Stephen / And Sixtus succeeded Denis / And this is contained in that Chronicle / And if this is true / that which Master John believes to have put / may be true / It is read in another chronicle that the said Gallienus had two names / and was called Gallienus / and Decian / and under him, Sixtus and Lawrence suffered martyrdom around the year of our Lord two hundred and thirty / Godefroy in his book, called Anthologion, affirms / that Gallienus was called by another name Decian / Saint Gregory says in his Dialogues / that there was a nun in..Sabyne, who held her continent in her flesh, did not eschew the language of the Angles, and she was buried in the church of St. Laurence the holy martyr. She was laid before the altar of the martyr, and was taken by the devils and departed, leaving one part burned and the other whole. So it appeared visible on the morning that the burning had taken place. According to Gregory of Tours, when a certain priest returned to the church of St. Lawrence, and one of the beams was found to be too short, and he asked Saint Laurence, who had nourished the poor, to help his poverty. The beam grew suddenly so large that a great part remained, and the priest cut that part into small pieces and cured and healed it with many ointments. This is witnessed by St. Fortunatus.\n\nAt Briores castle in Italy, there was a man greatly troubled by toothache. He touched the wood [and the ache was gone]. Gregory relates in his book of dialogues that a man, at Briores castle in Italy, was greatly troubled by toothache. He touched the wood, and at once the ache was gone..A priest named Sanctyne repaired a church of St. Laurence, which had been burned by Lombards, and hired many workers. One time he had nothing to set before them. Then he prayed, and after looked in his pantry. There he found a large, white loaf of bread. But it seemed insufficient for one dinner for three people. St. Laurence, who would not fail his workers, caused it to multiply. His workers were sustained by it for ten days.\n\nIn the church of St. Laurence at Melan was a chalice of crystal, marvelously clear. One day, as the dean bore it on a solemnity to the altar, it fell out of his hands to the ground and was all shattered. The dean, weeping, gathered the pieces and laid them on the altar. He prayed to the holy martyr St. Laurence that the broken chalice might be made whole again. Immediately, it was found to be whole.\n\nIt is recorded in the book of the miracles of our blessed Lady St. Mary that a judge named.Stephen was at Rome and took gladly bribes, perverted the judges, and seized by force three houses belonging to the church of St. Lawrence and a garden of St. Agnes. He wrongfully possessed these. It happened that the judge died and was brought to judgment before God. When St. Lawrence saw him, he went to him with great contempt and strained him three times by the arm very hard, and tormented him greatly. St. Agnes and other virgins did not look at him, but turned their faces away from him. Then the judge, giving sentence against him, said, \"Because he has taken away others' things and taken bribes and sold truth, he should be put in the place of Judas the traitor.\" St. Projectus, whom Stephen had much loved in his life, came to the blessed Lawrence and St. Agnes and begged mercy for him. Then the blessed virgin Mary and they prayed to God for him. And it was granted to them..them that the soul of him should go again to the body and there should do his penance for thirty days. Our blessed lady commanded him that as long as he lived, he should say the psalm, Beati inmaculati. And when the soul came to the body again, his arm was like as if it had been burned, as if he had suffered that hurt in his body. And that token and sign were in him as long as he lived. Then rendered and did, and at the thirty-day mark, he passed out of this world to our lord. It is read in the life of Saint Henry the Emperor that he and Kunegonde his wife were virgins to each other by that demonstration of the devil. He made his wife go barefoot on burning ashes, five times. And when she asked on them, she said, \"As I am not corrupt nor defiled by Harry nor by any other, so Jesus Christ help me.\" Then Henry the Emperor was ashamed and gave her a slap on the cheek. A great multitude of devils went to fore the cell of an..Heremite / and he opened the window and demanded at last what they were. One answered, \"We are a legion of devils who go to the death of the emperor. If perhaps we may find anything in him.\" He urged him to return, which returning devil said, \"We have profited nothing. For when this false suspicion of his wife and all the good and evil things were weighed in the balance, this burned and boiled. Lawrence brought forth a pot of gold of great weight. And when we supposed we had surmounted it, he cast that pot into the balance on the other side, so that it weighed more and was heavier. Then I was angry, and broke an ear of the pot. He called that pot a chalice, which the emperor had given to the church of Emstence, which he had in special devotion. He had made it in honor of St. Lawrence. And because of its greatness, it had two ears. It was found then that the emperor died at that time, and one ear was broken off..Gregory recalls in his Register that his predecessor intended to improve certain things concerning the body of St. Lawrence, but he did not know where it was located. Nevertheless, the body of St. Lawrence was discovered and uncovered by ignorance. However, all those present, monks as well as others, were affected in fifteen days. It is worth noting that the passion of St. Lawrence was most excellent in four things, as is related in the sayings of St. Maximinus, bishop, and of St. Augustine. First, it was most excellent in the sorrows of his passion or bitterness. St. Maximinus says, \"Brothers, St. Lawrence was not slain by a simple or short passion. For whoever is struck with a sword dies but once, and whoever is cast into a fire is delivered.\".This holy man was tormented by long and repeated pains, so that death should not fail him at torment nor at the end. We read that the blessed children went through the flames and walked upon the burning coals. Saint Lawrence is not to be outshone in glory for this reason: as they went through their pains in the flames, this man lay upon the fire. They praised God in their pains, holding up their hands, but he was stretched out in his pain and prayed to our Lord with his entire body. It is known that the blessed Lawrence is he who, after Saint Stephen, should hold the primacy. Not only because he suffered greater pain than other martyrs, as is well found and read, but it is said for six reasons. First, for the place of the passion: it was at Rome..He is the head of the world and Syge of the Apostles. Secondly, for the office of the presentation: He carried out diligently the office of preaching. Thirdly, for the lovable distribution of treasures: He gave all wisely to poor men. And these three reasons put forth Master William of Ancre.\n\nFourthly, for the antiquity and proven martyrdom: If it is said that some others have had greater pain, it is not so authentic. And sometimes in doubt, but the passion of St. Lawrence is much more significant, and approved in the Church. Therefore, many Saints affirm his passion in their Sermons and uphold it.\n\nFifthly, for the degree of dignity: He was Archdeacon of the Syge of Rome. And as it is said, there was never since Archdeacon in Rome.\n\nSixthly, for the cruelty of torment: He suffered them right cruel, as he who was roasted upon a gridiron of iron. Whereof St. Austin says, \"Indeed, his members were broken by many diverse ways.\".He was commanded to be tortured on a gridiron and was placed upon it, which by continuous heat beneath it had the power to burn, so that he was more tormented by the tearing of his limbs. The pain was prolonged. Secondly, he was extremely effective or profitable, for Austyn and Maximyn relate that these torments of pain made him high through glorification, honorable through opinion, renowned and lovable through devotion, and noble through endurance. First, it made him high through glorification; Saint Austyn says, \"Persecutor, you are unwilling against the martyr, and more unwilling than you are against the pain. For when you assemble pain, you increase its glory. Your instruments of torment did not find glory in the aid when they transported him in triumph.\" And after Maximyn and in some books of Ambrose it is said, \"How is it that the members were bound in the heat of the sparks? The force of faith was.\".not corrupt / the body suffred en\u2223payryng / but he gate the gayne of hel\u2223the / And saynt Austyn sayth truly his body is blessid / For torment neuer chaunged hym out of the feyth of god but his relygyon crowned hym in ho\u2223ly reste / Secondly he was honourable by oppynyon and renommee after max\u00a6ymyn and Ambrose / that saye / we may lykene the blessid laurence to mustard seed / whiche is broken by many ma\u2223ners / whan by the grace of his mystery he replenysshed the world of good odo\u00a6ure / For to fore that he was constytute in his body / he was humble vnknowen and seruysable / And after that he was all to broken and brente / he shedde in all the chirches of the world the odour of his noblesse / \u00b6 Also this is an hooly thynge and playsaunt / that the solempnyte of saynt laurence be no\u2223bly honoured / whoos shynyng flam\u2223mes he as vaynquysshoure holy chirch haloweth this day in alle the world / in so moche that his gloryous passyon enlumyneth alle the world / by the glo\u2223rye of his martyrdo\u0304 / Thyrdely he was lowable by.Saint Austin explains why the blessed man was so lovable and reputed as such: for three reasons. First, he gave his precious blood for the love of our Lord. Second, he had great affection for our Lord, showing that the faith of Christ's men ought to deserve to be in the company of martyrs. Third, he was so holy in conversation that in times of peace, he deserved the crown of martyrdom. Fourthly, he made himself noble by following this, and Saint Austin says that the cause of all his passion was because he exhorted others to be like him. In three things, he showed himself to us as following: first, in enduring adversities; Saint Austin says, \"The most profitable form to teach the people to God is the fair speech of martyrs. It is easy to pray, and it is profitable to admonish and warn things. Examples are better than words.\".And it is more to teach by works than by voices. In this right excellent manner of teaching, the persecutors felt of Lawrence how he shone by great dignity. And the marvelous strength of his courage gave not only place for belief but also comforted and strengthened others by the example of his suffering. Secondly, by great faith and the ferocity of love, Maximus says, and Ambrose also, when he conquered through faith, the flames of the persecutors showed to us by the fire of faith that he overcame their terrors of the fire of hell. And by the love of Christ, he did not fear the day of judgment. Thirdly, in burning love, Maximus and Ambrose say that Saint Lawrence enlightened the world clearly, with the same light that he was enveloped in and heated the hearts of all Christian people, by the flames that he suffered. Saint Maximus says, according to the books of Saint Ambrose, that we are called to faith by the example of Saint Lawrence, and embraced by it..Martin died and was taken to devotion / Thirdly, he was extremely constant and strong, as Saint Augustine says / The blessed Lawrence dwelt in Jesus Christ until the temptation, the demonde of the tyrant, and death. The occasion was long, and because he had eaten well and drunk well, he was fat from this food and drunk from the chalice, so that he did not feel the torments nor avoided them, but succeeded in obtaining the kingdom of heaven. He was so constant that he did not yield to the torments, but, as Saint Maximus says, he became more perfect in fear, more ardent in love, and more joyful in burning. For the first, it is said thus: he was stretched upon the flames of the great brimstone fires and torn from one side to the other. And the more pains he suffered, the more he feared God. Of the second, he says: \"When the pepper of the mustard is ground, it heats up. And when Lawrence suffered.\".He was enflamed again and tormented in a new manner of terrible torments. The greater torments that the wood persecutors inflicted, the more devout was Lawrence to our Savior. Regarding the third, he says this: he was scorched in the name of Jesus Christ, and with great courage he despised the torments of his own body. In having victory over his wood tormentor, he was joyous for the opportunity to despise it by the fire.\n\nFourthly, he was most excellent in the marvelous battle and the manner of his victory. And as it openly appears from the words of St. Maximus and St. Augustine, the blessed Lawrence had five burnings outside of him, which he overcame manfully and extinguished.\n\nThe quenching of the first fire, that is, of hell, Maximus says, could give no place of burning..To the worldly fire, he burned his body, which quenched the fire everlasting of hell. He passed through the fire earthly and material of this world, but he escaped and avoided the horrible flames of the everlasting fire of hell. He also mentioned the quenching of the second fire. He traveled through bodily burning, but the divine ardor quenched the material burning. And yet he says, \"How can wicked people put under the fagots and wood for tenderizing, and make a great flame? Saint Lawrence felt no heat from the faith, and Saint Augustine says, 'The charity of Jesus Christ cannot be surpassed by flames.' For the fire that burned without was weaker than the one he embraced within.\" Regarding the third fire of carnal concupiscence, Saint Maximus says, \"Saint Lawrence passed through the fire, which he abhorred not being burned, but he shone, he burned, lest he should not burn.\".A man covetous is armed by double ardor of money, an enemy of truth. His covetousness is for stealing gold. And Augustine says, \"He has nothing, he profits nothing. Human cruelty is withdrawn by his winds, and Caius and Lawrence go to heaven. And he fails in his flames. Of the quenching of the fifth fire, that is of the furious woods, how the persecutors were deceived and brought to nothing, Saint Maximin says: When the woods of the ministers of the flames were overwhelmed, he restrained the burning of the worldly woods. Until that time, the devils' intent profited, until the true man ascended and mounted into heaven gloriously to his lord God. And he showed that the woods of the persecutors were fire, when he said, the.\".The Waldensians made ready an iron grate upon the fire, burning strongly. This was done to avenge the fires and great heat of indignation. It was no wonder that he surmounted these three great fires without harm, for, as the words of the said Maximus state, he had within him three refuges or coldnesses, and in his heart bore three fires by which he quenched all the fire without and surmounted it with the addition of more fire. The first coldness was the desire for celestial glory. The second was the remembrance of God's law. The third was the purity of his conscience. By these three refuges of coldness, he quenched all the fire without. He was cold of the first refuge, which is the desire for heavenly glory, as Saint Ambrose says. The blessed Lawrence could not feel the torments of fire in his entrails, which within him possessed the refuge of paradise. Though the fire burned him:.The tyrant laid before him the body, and it burned; yet the body suffered no pain on earth whose soul and courage were in heaven. Of the second, coldness or fear, he says, when he remembered the commandments of Jesus Christ: \"All was cold that I suffered. Of the third, which is purity and cleanness of conscience, he says: 'The true martyr is burned in his entrails, but he, seeing the kingdom of heaven, enjoys it as a vanquisher. By the refreshing of the cleanness of his conscience, he is like a victor, embracing all the fires without.' Saint Maximus says he had three fires within him: the first, the greatness of faith; the second, ardent love; the third, the very knowledge of God, which embraced him like a fire. Saint Ambrose says that the burning of the faith not only heats him, but also cools him with the flame of torment. We read in the Scriptures:.gospell that the fire of faith is the fire of the savior / Theungelyst said / I came into the earth to put fire therein / And with this fire was Saint Laurence embraced, and he felt not the burning of the flames / And of the second fire he says thus / The martyr Laurence burned without the tormentations of the tyrant, but the greater flame of the love of God burned him within / Of the third fire he says thus / The right cruel flame of the persecutor could not overcome the martyr / For he was much more ardently heated in his thought / by the rays of truth that he felt not the flame without for the sake of which he conquered and overcame Laurence, among other martyrs, has three privileges regarding office. The first he has only a vigil among all the other martyrs, But at this day the vigils of saints have been changed into fasting by many / And as Master John Beleth rehearses / It was once the custom / that the men went with their wives and children..children at the solemnity of feasts / And woke there all the night with tapers and light / but because many adventures were made in these Vigils / It was established / that the Vigils should be turned into fastinges / And yet the ancient name is retained / And is called Vigil / The second privilege is in the Octaves or utas / For he alone with St. Stephen have their octaves among all other martyrs / like as St. Martin has among the Confessors / The third is in the repetition of the anthems / For he alone and St. Paul have that only / But Paul has that for the excellence of his preaching / And Lawrence for the excellence of his passion.\n\nThus ends the life of St. Lawrence martyr.\n\nYpolitis is said to be of Iper, that is, as much to say, / as upon and lypos, that is, a stone / or Ypolitis is as much to say, / as polysshed, / he was well founded upon Christ / Or of Ion and Poly, / that is, a city / Or Ypolitis is as much to say, / as polyshed, / he was well founded upon..The saint, Constant and steadfast, resided above in the city due to his desire and courage. He was anointed by the bitter tears of his tormentors.\n\nYpolytes buried the body of Saint Lawrence. Afterward, he returned to his house, gave peace to his servants and chamberlains, and communed with them using the sacrament of the altar, which Justice the priest had consecrated. The table was covered, but before he took any food, the knights arrived and took him away, bringing him before the emperor. When Decian, the emperor, saw him, he smiled and said, \"Are you now made an enchanter, who has carried away the body of Lawrence?\" Ypolytes replied, \"I have done this not as an enchanter, but as a Christian man.\" Decian, filled with great anger, commanded that he be stripped of his habit and dressed as a Christian man, and that his mouth be struck with stones. To this Ypolytes replied, \"You have not stripped me, but rather clothed me.\".Decian said, \"How is it that you are now so beautiful that you are not ashamed of your nakedness? Now, therefore, make yourself sacred and you shall live, or else you shall perish with Lawrence. To whom Polyte said, \"I would, I might be made an example of, Saint Lawrence, whom you presume to name with your foul mouth and defile. Then Decian had him beaten with stones and torn with iron combs. He confessed with a clear mind that he was Christian. And when he had despised these torments, he was clothed in the knight's garment that he had previously used, urging him to receive his amnesty and his first knighthood. Polyte said, \"I am the knight of Jesus Christ.\" Then Decian, filled with great wrath, delivered him to Valerian the priest, and ordered him to take all his faculties and kill him by various tortures. And then he found that all the men of Polyte's house were Christian, and they were all brought before him. When he saw this, he was unable to carry out his threat..One named Concordia Nouryce of Polyte answered for them all, saying, \"We would rather die chastely with our lord than live sinfully. And then, being present, they commanded that she should be beaten with leaden balls until she gave up her spirit. Polyte said, \"Sir, I thank you that you have sent my nurse before the sight of your saints. After Valerian had led Polyte and his men to the Tybur gate, he comforted them all and said, 'Brothers, do not fear for you, and I have one only god.' Then Valerian commanded that they all should be beheaded before Polyte. He had Polyte bound by the feet to the necks of wild horses and made him drawn among thorns, briars, and roses until he rendered up his spirit. He died around the year of our Lord 566. And then Justin the priest took the bodies of them and buried them by the body of St. Lawrence, but he could not find the body..A knight named Porphyre believed that the blessed Concord had gold and precious stones in her clothes and came to a man named Herenen, secretly a Christian, asking him to keep her secret and draw Concord out of the treasure. Porphyre thought there were valuable possessions in her clothing. Herenen showed him where she lay and promised to keep the secret, then drew her out of the treasure chamber. However, he found nothing. The knight then fled. Herenen called a Christian man named Abonde and had him take Concord's body to Saint Iustyn. Iustyn received the body reverently and buried it next to the body of Saint Polyte with the others. Afterward, Valeryen learned of this and had Hereneus and Abonde thrown into the treasure chamber. Iustyn retrieved their bodies and buried them with the others..Things do decree and Valerian ascended into a golden chariot / to go and torment Christian men / And the chariot was roused by a devil / and cried, \"O Polytexis, you have bound me with sharp chains and led me away.\" And Valerian cried also, \"O Lawrence, you draw me with fiery chains.\" And in the same hour Valerian died. And Decian returned home and died the third day, tormented by the devil, and cried, \"Lawrence, cease a little. I conjure you to cease your torments.\" And so he died. And when Tryphonia his wife, who was very cruel, saw this, she left all and took her daughter Cyrille and went to Saint Justina and had her baptized, with many others. And on another day, after that, as Tryphon prayed, she gave up her spirit and died. And Saint Justina the priest buried her body by the side of Saint Polytexis. And forty-nine knights, hearing that the queen and her daughter had become Christian, came with their wives to Saint Justina the priest / for baptism. Claudius the emperor..When Cyrrill would not sacrifice, she had her throat cut and listened to the other knights. Their bodies were carried into the field of Veran and buried there. It is noted here specifically that Claudius succeeded Decian, who martyred Saints Laurence and Polyte, but Claudius did not succeed Decian as emperor. After the Crucikes Volusian succeeded Decian, and Galen succeeded Volusian. Therefore, it is necessary to understand that Galen had two names: Galen and Decian. Vincent in his Chronicle, and Geoffroy in his book, record this. Galen summoned one named Decian as his helper, whom he made Caesar, but not emperor, as Richard in his chronicle states. Of this martyr, Ambrose writes in his preface: The blessed martyr Polyte believed that Jesus Christ was a true duke, and he wished to be his knight rather than duke of knights. He did not pursue Saint Laurence, who was placed under his care..A man named Peter followed him, so that in suffering martyrdom he left the law of the tyrant and came and possessed the treasure of great riches, which is the glory of the king, enduring and perpetual. There was a cart driver named Peter, who yoked his oxen in the cart during the feast of Mary Magdalene. He followed his oxen and began to curse them. Suddenly, the oxen and the cart were struck by thunder. And the same Peter, who had cursed, was tormented by cruel torments. Fire took him, so that his senses and flesh were burned from his thigh, and the bone appeared. Then he went to a church of our lady and hid his leg in a hole of the church. He prayed our lady with deep devotion for his deliverance. And on a night, the blessed Virgin with Saint Ypolyta appeared to him in a vision. She prayed to Saint Ypolyta that she would restore Peter to his first health. And immediately, Saint Ypolyta took his leg from the hole and set it..And in his place, as on a graffiti in a tree, he felt so much pain in that vision that he awakened and cried so loudly that he woke all the men. They arose and took light, and saw that Peter had two legs and two thighs, but they had supposed it was an illusion. They tasted it again and again, and then they awoke him and demanded from him how it had happened.\n\nHe thought that they had mocked him. And when he saw it, he was utterly ashamed. Yet the new thorn was softer than the old, and could not well sustain his body with it. And because this miracle should be published, he remained in seclusion for a year.\n\nThen the blessed Virgin appeared to him, and Saint Ippolyta spoke to him, telling him that he should perform what was required for the cure. And then he awoke, and felt himself whole. And he entered into a hermitage. The devil appeared to him often in the likeness of a woman naked, and joined with him naked..The more he defended himself / the closer the devil approached, tempting him shamefully. And when he had been shamefully troubled by her / he took the stole from a priest's neck / and girded himself with it. Immediately, the devil departed / and left lying there a stinking and rotten carcass. Such great stench issued forth / that there was none who saw it / but said that it was the body of some dead woman / whom the devil had taken.\n\nThus ends the life of Saint Polyte.\n\nIn a book sent to Saint John the Evangelist / or else the book that is said to be apocryphal and ascribed to him / We find that in what manner the Assumption of the blessed Virgin Saint Mary was made. The apostles had departed / and gone to diverse countries of the world / for the cause of preaching. And the blessed lady and Virgin was in a house by the mount of Zion. And as long as she lived / she visited all the places of her son / with great devotion / that is, the place of his baptism,\nOf his fasting,\nOf his passion..sepulture of his resurrection and ascension. After that, Epyphanes says she lived forty-two years after her son's ascension. He also states that when the Virgin Mary conceived Jesus Christ, she was fourteen years old and gave birth in the fifteenth year. She lived and remained with him for thirty-three years. After his death, she lived forty-two years. It is more likely, as stated in another place, that she lived twelve years after her son's ascension. Therefore, she was sixty years old when she departed from this world..An angel came to her with great light, saluting her honorably as the mother of his lord. He said, \"Hail Mary, receiving the blessing of him who sends his blessing to Jacob. Behold, here is a bow from paradise, a lady whom I have brought to you, which you shall command to be born before you. For your soul shall be taken from your body on the third day following. And your son remains with his honorable mother. To whom she replied, \"If I have found grace in your eyes, I ask that you reveal to me your name. And yet I pray more earnestly, that my sons and my brothers, the apostles, may be assembled with me, so that before I die, I may see them with my bodily eyes. And after, I may be buried by them. And they being here, I may yield up my ghost to God. And also I pray and request that my spirit, issuing forth from the body, may not see the horrible, wicked spirit or the devil, and that no power of the devil may come against me.\".Then the angel said to the lady, \"Why do you desire to know my name, which is great and marvelous? All the apostles will assemble today to honor you, and in their presence, you shall give up your spirit. And why do you doubt seeing the wicked spirits, since you have shattered his head and deprived him of the pyre of his power? Nevertheless, your will shall be done; you will not see the fen. This said the angel, and he was lifted into heaven with great light. The palm shone by right great clarity and was like a green rod. Its leaves shone like the morning star. It happened that St. John the evangelist preached in Ephesus. The heaven suddenly thundered, and a white cloud took him up and brought him before the gate of the blessed Virgin Mary. He knocked at the door and entered, and he honored the Virgin honorably. Whom the blessed Virgin beheld, and was greatly abashed for joy, and could not abstain..Her forgiveness, and said to him, \"John, remember the words of your master, by which he made me mother to the one within me, and I to her. I am called mother of your master and my god. I now pay the debt of human condition. I commend my body unto your care. I have heard it said that the Jews have convened a council and said, 'Let us wait, brethren, until she who bore Jesus is dead. And then, without delay, we shall take her body and cast it into the fire, and burn it.' Therefore, take this palm, and carry it before the bier when you bear my body to the sepulcher. Then John said, 'O would that all my brethren, the apostles, were here, that we might make your exequies acceptable, as it is fitting and worthy. And as he said, all the apostles were raised with clouds from the places where they preached, and were brought before the door of the blessed Virgin Mary. And when they saw them assembled, they marveled.\".And said he, \"For what cause has our lord summoned us here? Then Saint John went out and said to them, that our lady should pass and depart from this world, and added more, saying, 'Brothers, beware and keep yourselves from weeping when she shall depart. For the people who shall see it will not be troubled.' And said, 'Behold, these how they feared death, who preached the resurrection to others. And the disciple of Paul affirms this in the book of divine names. That is to say, that all the apostles were assembled at the assumption and death of our lady, Mary, and were to gather there. And each of them made a sermon to the praise and laud of Jesus Christ and the blessed Virgin his mother. He said this speaking to Timothy: 'We and you, as you well know, and many of our holy brethren assembled at the vision of the mother, who received God. James, brother of God, was there. And Peter, the apostle, most noble and sovereign of them all.\".Theologyans / And after that it seemed to me / that all the hierarchies lifted up their voices in harmony and without end / This said Saint Denis / \u00b6And when the blessed Virgin Mary saw all the apostles assembled, / she blessed our Lord / and took her seat in the midst of them / where the lamps, tapers, and lights burned / And about the third hour of the night / Jesus Christ came with sweet melody and sang with the orders of angels, the companies of patriarchs, / the assemblies of martyrs, / the Congregations of Confessors, / the Carols of Virgins / And before the bed of our blessed lady, the companies of all these saints were set in order / And made sweet song and melody / And what offices were performed by our blessed lady and those honored / it is all said and signified in the aforementioned book / which is attributed to Saint John / \u00b6For first, Jesus Christ began to say, / \"Come, my chosen ones / and I will set you in your seats / For I have prepared the beauty of the / And our lady answered, / \"My lord, my heart is ready.\".And all who came with Jesus Christ entered sweetly, saying, \"This is she who never touched a bed; she shall have fruit in reflection of saying, 'Blessed are the generations, for he who is in the name is holy, and the choir of choirs entered more excellently above all others, saying, 'Come from Libanus, my spouse; come crowned; and she said, \"I come.\" Beginning of the book of Hymns, my health. And in the morning, the soul issued out of the body and flew up in the arms of her son. And she was as far removed from the pain of the flesh as from the corruption of her body. Then said our Lord to the apostles, \"Bear the body of this Virgin my mother to the valley of Jehoshaphat, and lay her in a new sepulcher, that you shall find there. And abide me there three days.\"\n\nAnd anon she was surrounded by roses, the company of martyrs, and by lilies of the valleys, the company of\u2014..The angels of Confessors and Virgins called out to her, \"Right wise Virgin, whynot remember us? The company of saints who were present were awakened by the sound of their song, and saw their king bearing in his arms the soul of a woman. They saw that this soul was joined to him, and were astonished, beginning to cry out, \"Who is this that ascends, full of delights, joined to her?\" The companions replied, \"This is the fair one among the daughters of Jerusalem. As you have seen her full of charity and affection, so is she joyously received. And she is set in the seat of glory on the right side of her Son. The angels saw the soul of hers being so white that no mortal tongue could express it. Then three maidens who were present took off the clothes from her body to wash it. Her body shone by such great clarity.\".They could feel it during touching and washing, but not see it. The light shone as long as they were washing it. Then the apostles took the body honorably and placed it on the bier. John said, \"Bear this palm to fore the bier, for our Lord has ordained it so. He has made the paschal lamb and prince of His flock. Peter replied, \"It is fitting for you to bear it, for you are the chosen virgin of our Lord. Bear this palm of light at the altar of chastity and holiness. You who drank from the font of perpetual clarity. I will bear the holy body with you. And these other apostles, our brethren, will go around the body, giving thanks to God. Then Saint Paul said to him, \"I, who am least among the apostles and all of you, will bear it with you. Peter and Paul lifted up the bier. Peter began to sing and say, \"Israel has been issued forth from.\".And the other apostles followed Him to Egypt. And our Lord covered them and the apostles with a cloud, so that they were not seen but their voices were heard only. And the angels were with the apostles singing, and replied to all the land with wonderful sweetness. Then all the people were moved by that sweet melody and hurriedly came out of the city, asking what it was. And some said to them, \"That woman Mary is dead, and her son's disciples are bearing her and making such a melody as you hear about her.\" And then they ran to arms, warning each other, \"Come and let us all sleep, and let us burn the body of her who bore this traitor.\" And when the high priest saw this, he was abashed and full of anger, and said, \"Behold the tabernacle of him who has troubled us and our race. See what glory he now receives.\" And in saying so, he laid his hands on the bier..Wishing to tear it and throw it to the ground, Tunne suddenly both his hands became dry and cleansed to the bear. So he hung by the hands on the bear, and was sore tormented, and wept and brayed. And the angels that were there in the clouds blinded all the other people, so that they saw nothing. The prince of priests said, \"Saint Peter, do not despise me in this tribulation.\" And I pray you to pray for me to our Lord. You ought to remember when the Chamberlain who was accused the [name] and I excused him. And Saint Peter said to him, \"We are now engaged in the service of our lady, and may not now attend to helping him. But if you believe in our Lord Jesus Christ and in this that bears him, I believe and hope that you soon will have health and be whole.\" And he answered, \"I believe our Lord Jesus Christ to be the Son of God. And that this is his right holy mother.\" And at once his hands were lost from the bear, but yet the dryness and the pain ceased not..And then Saint Peter said to him, \"Kiss the bear and say, 'I believe in God, Jesus Christ, that this woman bore a child in her womb and remained a virgin after the childbirth.' And when he had said this, he was healed immediately. Then Peter said to him, \"Take that palm from the hand of our brother John and place it on the people who are blind. And whoever will believe shall receive his sight back, and whoever will not believe shall never see.\" And then the apostles took Mary to the tomb and sat by it as our Lord had commanded. And on the third day, Jesus Christ came with a great multitude of angels and saluted them. He said, \"Peace be with you.\" And they answered, \"God, glory be to the one who makes the great miracles and marvels.\" And our Lord said to the apostles, \"What are your advisements now that I ought to do concerning my mother of honor and of grace?\" Sir, it seems to us your servants, that just as you have conquered death and reign over the world..with out an end, you shall also raise your mother's body and place it on your right side in perpetuity. And he granted it. Then Michael the angel came and presented Mary's soul to our Lord. And the Savior spoke and said, \"Arise up, hasten to meet your creator or dwelling place, vessel of life, celestial temple, and just as you never felt conceiving by any touch, you shall not suffer corruption of the body in the sepulcher. And anon the soul returned to Mary's body and issued gloryously from the tomb. And thus she was received into the heavenly chamber, and a great company of angels was with her. And Saint Thomas was not there. And when he came, he would not believe this. And anon the girdle, with which her body was girded, came to him from the air, which he received. And therewith he understood that she was assumed into heaven. And all this beforehand is said and called the Apocryphon. Whereof Saint Jerome says in a sermon to Paula and others,\n\n(Note: The text appears to be in Middle English, and there are some errors in the OCR transcription. The text seems to be a passage from an apocryphal text about the Assumption of Mary. The passage describes Mary's body being raised to heaven after her death, and Saint Thomas' doubt and subsequent belief in her assumption. The text also mentions the presence of angels and the girdle that Mary's body was girded with, which was later given to Saint Thomas as proof of her assumption.).Eustochium is said to be the daughter who wrote this book, except some words which are worthy of belief and approved by saints regarding nine things. These are: the promise and giving of comfort to the Virgin; the assembly of all the saints; her death without pain; burial in the Valley of Josaphat; preparation of obsequies and the devotion of the celestial company; the persecution of the Jews; and the showing of miracles. However, many other things are put there more in fantasy and simulation than in truth. For instance, Thomas was not there, and when he arrived, he doubted and other similar things, which are better not to believe than to believe in her clothes and vestments left in her tomb. Of one part of her vestments, it is said that a great miracle happened..When the Duke of Normandy laid siege to the city of Chartres, the bishop of the city took the cloak of Our Lady and placed it on the tip of a spear, like a banner. He went out against the enemy and the people followed him. Instantly, all the host of the enemies were turned into Frenchmen and were blind and trembling, abased. When the people of the city saw this miraculous event, they went on eagerly and slew their enemies. This greatly displeased the Virgin Mary, as it was revealed in the revelations of St. Elizabeth. Once, when she was carried away in spirit, she saw in a distant place a tomb or sepulcher adorned with much light. It was the shape of a woman within and about it was a great multitude of angels. A little while later, she was taken out of the vision..The sepulcher was carried aloft on high with that multitude, and then a man bearing the sign of the cross came against her, accompanied by countless angels. They received her joyfully and led her with great melody into heaven. A little while later, Elizabeth asked an angel about the vision she had seen. The angel in the vision had declared that the Virgin Our Lady was assumed into heaven, both in body and soul. It is also reported that forty days after her soul departed from her body, she was assumed into heaven. At that time, the blessed lady said, \"After the Ascension of our Lord, an entire year and as many days more as there are from the Ascension to the Assumption, I over lived.\" She also said that all the apostles were present at her departure and gave her an honorable burial. Forty days later, Saint Elizabeth was raised..She demanded of her whether she should hide this thing or manifest it and show it. And she said, \"It is not to be shown to fleshly or unbelieving people, nor is it to be hidden from devout and Christian people. It is to be noted that the glorious Virgin Mary was assumed and lifted up into heaven entirely, joyously and gloriously. She was received entirely, that is, holy as the church believes debonairly. And many saints affirm this and enforce it with many reasons. And the reason of Saint Bernard is such: he says that God has made the body of Saints Peter and James so gloriously to be honored that He has endowed them with marvelous honor, and to them is given a place worthy of being worshiped. And all the world goes to seek and offer to them. If the body of His blessed mother were on earth and not hidden from devout vision of Christian men, it would be marvelous to hear that God would not have done as much worship to His.\".I hereby confirm that the text below has been cleaned to the best of my abilities, adhering to the given requirements:\n\nThe Virgin Mary was revered as much for her body as those of other saints on earth. Jerome says, \"The Virgin Mary mounted into heaven on the eighteenth day of September.\" He speaks of the Assumption of Mary's body, but the church prefers to believe it rather than foolishly doubt it. He proved this to be true, as those who were with our Lord had accomplished their perpetual resurrection. Therefore, should we not then say that it was done in the blessed Virgin Mary, and moreover, many believe that St. John the Evangelist is glorified in his flesh with Jesus Christ. Our lady ought to be glorified in heaven both body and soul, as it is said, \"Worship your Father and your Mother.\" He did not come to break the law but to fulfill it. Therefore, he honors his mother above all others. St. Augustine also asserts this, not only by this reason, but by three reasons. The first reason is the unity and assembly of the saints..The flesh of our Lord and our Lady, and it says, \"Flesh is the reproach of human condition, which Jesus never touched. The flesh of Jesus is outside of this reproof. The nature of Mary is from this, for it is proven that Jesus Christ took his flesh from her.\n\nThe second reason is, that the dignity of her body, of whom he himself says, \"This is the seat of God, the chamber of our Lord in heaven, and the tabernacle of Christ.\" She is worthy to be where he is, so precious a treasure is more worthy to be kept in heaven than on earth.\n\nThe third reason is, perfect fitness of her virginal flesh, and it says, \"Enjoy, Mary, honorable gladness in body and soul. In your preeminent Son, and by your preeminent Son you ought to have no harm of corruption, where you had none corruption of virginity in childbirth. So you, whom he endowed with such great glory, be always without corruption, and live entirely.\".The virgin who bore him was with him, the one she bore in her womb, and she was at him when she gave birth, nursing and nurturing. Mary, mother of Jesus, servant. And since I may not feel or say anything else, I dare not presume. A noble poet says this:\n\nTransit ad aethera,\nvirgo puerpera,\nvirgula Iesse,\nNon sine corpore, sed sine tempore tendit ad esse.\n\nThe virgin who gave birth ascended into heaven,\nthe little rod of Jesse,\nnot without body, but without time she intends to be there, pure and ever virgin.\n\nSecondly, she was assumed and received gladly. Gerard, bishop and martyr, says this in his Omelye:\n\nThe heavens rejoiced on this day, the blessed virgin,\nThe angels were glad,\nThrones sang,\nThe dominations made melody,\nThe powers harmonized,\nThe potestas harped,\nCherubim and Seraphim sang loving and praising songs,\nAnd brought her with them..\"thankings and praises to the divine and sovereign majesty, thirdly, she was lifted up into heaven with great honor, so that Jesus Christ himself, with all the strength of the heavenly company, came against her. Saint Jerome says, \"Who is he that is worthy to think how the glorious queen of the world went up on this day, and how the multitude of celestial legions came against her with great devotion, and with what songs she was brought to her seat, and how she was received by her son and embraced with peaceful cheer and clear face, and how she was exalted above all other creatures? And yet he says, 'it is on this day that the Chivalry of heaven came hastily to meet the Mother of God, and surrounded her with great light, and brought her to her seat with praises and spiritual songs. And then the celestial company of Jerusalem enjoyed her with great joy, and made joy and song all around.\"\".\"This festival is annually hallowed and continued to all others. It is believed that her savior himself came and met her hastily, bringing her with him and seating her with great joy. He had commanded honor thy father and mother. Fourthly, she was received excellently and enshrined in the heavenly kingdom, sitting next to Christ, and how she is enshrined in heavenly glory. Gerard the bishop recounts in his homilies, saying, 'Our Lord Jesus Christ may praise this blessed Virgin his mother, as he did, and magnify her, so that she may be continually prayed to and honored, and surrounded by the company of angels, enclosed with the terms of archangels, possessed of thrones, and girded about with the service of the potestates, enjoys the embracement of princes.'\".Honors of the virtues were obeyed with laudes and prayers of the cherubim. The over great and ineffable Trinity enjoys in her perpetual bliss, and His grace reverberates in her. She makes all others attend and turn towards her. The over shining order of the apostles honor her with ineffable lauds. The honorable multitude of martyrs beseech her in all ways, as to one so great a lady. The fellowship of Confessors innumerable continue their song to her. The right noble and white company of virgins make noble carols of her glory. Hell, full of malice, howls, and the cursed devils cry out to her and fear her.\n\nThere was a clerk devout to the Virgin Mary, who studied every day how he might console her against the pain of the five wounds of Jesus Christ, saying:\n\nRejoice, virgin, and undefiled one, who receives the joy of the angels. Enjoy that thou..\"Enjoy the child who brings the light of clarity. Enjoy the mother, who has never been touched. All features and creatures praise the mother of light. Be thou for us always praying to our lord. And as this cleric had lain long with great sickness and approached his end, he began to fear and was troubled. Our blessed lady appeared to him and said, \"Soon, why do you tremble so greatly, for you have often shown me joy? Be joyful now yourself, and come with me perpetually.\" There was a monk very joyful and light in his living, but he was unfaithful to our lady. One night, he went to do his accustomed folly. But when he passed before the altar of her lady, he saluted the Virgin and went forth from the church. And as he should pass a river, he filled the water and drowned. The devils came to take his soul. Then angels came to deliver it. The devils said to them, \"Why have you come here?\" They had.\".A thing in this soul, and then the blessed Virgin Mary came, and blamed them because they had taken the soul, which was hers. They said they had found him finishing his life in evil ways. She said, \"It is false that you say. I know well that when he went into any place, he sold me first, and when he returned and came back again, I did not do wrongly by you. When they disputed this matter before our lord, it pleased him that the soul should return to the body and repent of its sins and transgressions. And then the brothers saw that the matins were unduly delayed, and they sought the sexton and went to the river, and found him drowned there. When they had drawn the body out of the water, they did not know what to do, and marveled at what he had done. And suddenly he came back to life and told what he had done, and after finishing his life in good works, there was a knight, mighty and rich, who.A knight, once generous, fell into poverty and, accustomed to giving great things, found himself begging for the small. He had a virtuous and devout wife, devoted to the Blessed Virgin Mary, and a grand ceremony approached at which the knight was accustomed to giving many gifts. He had nothing to give, causing him great shame, and he went to a desolate place filled with sorrow and weeping, remaining there long after the festival had passed. Suddenly, a fearsome knight appeared on a horse and confronted the man, asking him the cause of his prolonged sorrow. The man recounted his misfortune to him, and the cruel knight said, \"If you will obey me a little, you will enjoy glory and riches beyond what you have ever known.\" The man promised the devil that he would comply if his promise was fulfilled..And then he said to him, \"Go home to your house, and you will find in such a place so much gold and so much silver. You will also find there precious stones. Do all this, and on such a day bring me your wife here. The knight returned home to his house and found all things as the devil had promised. He bought a palace and gave great gifts, and bought back his heritage, and took his men back to him. The day approached which he had promised to lead his wife to the devil. He called, \"Get on your horses, we must go to a place farther on.\" She trembled and was afraid and dared not obey her husband's command. She committed herself devoutly to the blessed Virgin Mary and began to ride after her husband. After they had ridden for a while, they saw a church in the way. She descended from the horse and entered the church, while her husband remained outside..She commanded him deeply to the blessed Virgin Mary, in great devotion and contemplation, she suddenly fell asleep. And the glorious Virgin did in similar attire to this lady, and departed from the altar. And she above, sleeping in the church, and the knight thought, she had been his wife, who was with him, and went away continually. And when he had come to the assigned place, the devil came with great resistance to the place. And when he approached and drew near, he quaked and trembled at once, and dared not go nearer.\n\nThen he said to the knight, thou most traitor of all men, why hast thou deceived me, and hast harmed me for such great goods that I have given thee? I said to him, that thou shouldst bring thy wife to me. And thou hast brought the Mother of God. I would have taken thy wife, and thou hast brought to me Mary. For thy wife has done me many injuries, wherefore I would take on her vengeance..The knight heard this to torment and send me to hell. When the knight heard this, he was greatly ashamed and could not hold himself back from weeping nor dare speak out of fear and marvel. Then the blessed Mary said, \"You wicked spirit, by what folly did you dare to grieve and annoy my devoted servant? This shall not go unpunished. I bind you in this sentence to descend into hell, and from henceforth have no presumption to harm anyone who calls upon me. Then he went away with great howling. The man jumped down from his horse and knelt down on his knees to her feet. The Virgin our lady blamed him and commanded him to return again to his wife, who yet slept in the church, and bade him cast away all the riches of the devil. When he returned, he found his wife still sleeping and awoke her. He told her all that had happened. When they came home, they threw away all the riches..A man, who was judged before God for having sinned greatly, had the devil present and said, \"You have nothing of this soul but it ought to be mine. I have an instrument publically, with which you have spoken and have ordered it for eternal endurance. For you said in what hour you ate of it, you shall die. And this is of the lineage of those who took of the forbidden food. By the right of this public instrument, he ought to be judged to me.\" Our lord then said, \"Let the man speak,\" but the man did not. The devil retorted, \"The soul is mine. If he has done any good deeds, the wicked deeds pass away without comparison. Our lord would not immediately give sentence.\".against him, he gave him a term of eight days, so that at the end of eight days he should appear again before him and give accounts of all these things. And as he went from the presence of our lord, sorrowing and trembling, he met a man who asked the cause of his heaviness. And he told him all in order. And he said to him, \"Fear not. I will help you for the first part.\" He asked him his name, and he said, \"Truth.\" Afterward, he found another who promised to help him for the second part. And when he had asked his name, he said, \"Righteousness.\"\n\nAt the eighth day he came to the court to face the judge, and the devil opposed him in the first case. Truth answered and said, \"We know well that there is a twofold death, corporeal and infernal. And this instrument that the devil alleges against him speaks not a word of the death of hell, but of the death of the body. And it is clear that all men are subject to both.\".enclosed in that sentence / that is to say that he dies in his body / and that is not the death of hell / And concerning the death of the body, the sentence endures always / but as to the death of the soul / it is repelled by the death of Jesus Christ / Then the devil saw / that he was discharged from the first /\n\nThen he opposed and alleged the second / but righteousness came / and answered thus / How can it be that he has served you many years / nevertheless reason says it / For reason murmured always because he served such a cruel lord / But at the third objection / he had no help / and our lord said bring forth the balance / and let all the good and evil be weighed / and then truth and righteousness said to him /\n\nAnd when he had done so / the blessed Virgin Mary came into his hellish presence / and placed her hand upon the balance on the side where there were but few good deeds / And the devil urged him to draw on that other side / but the mother of mercy prevailed / and.In the City of Bourges, around the year 1454, a sinner received penance and amended his life. On a certain Easter day, when the Christians had gathered and sold their wares, a Jewish child went to the altar with the others and received the Lord's body. When he returned home, his father demanded to know where he had been. The child replied that he had come from school and had been with them at mass. Enraged, the father took the child and threw him into a burning furnace that was there. Instantly, the Madonna appeared in the form of an image, which the child had seen standing on the altar, and kept him from the fire without harm. The child's mother, with great crying, summoned many Christians and Jews who saw the child unharmed in the furnace and drew him out. They asked him how he had escaped, and he answered:\n\nThe child in the City of Bourges, around the year 1454, received penance and amended his life. On an Easter day, when the Christians had gathered and sold their wares, a Jewish child went to the altar with the others and received the Lord's body. When he returned home, his father demanded to know where he had been. The child replied that he had come from school and had been with them at mass. Angered, the father took the child and threw him into a burning furnace that was there. Immediately, the Madonna appeared in the form of an image, which the child had seen standing on the altar, and shielded him from the fire without harm. The child's mother, with great crying, called together many Christians and Jews who saw the child unharmed in the furnace and rescued him. They asked him how he had escaped. The child answered:.A reverent lady standing at the altar said, \"Come, help me, and put all the fire away from me.\" The Christian men, understanding this to be a sign of the Blessed Virgin, took the child's father and threw him into the furnace, which was inconveniently burning and consuming. There were certain monks standing by the river, talking and joking. They heard a great commotion and people splashing the water coming quickly. The monks asked, \"Who are you?\" And they replied, \"We are devils, sent to take the soul of Ebronyen, the prior of the king of France's houses, who was an apostate in the monastery of St. Galen.\"\n\nWhen the monks heard this, they doubted strongly and cried out, \"Saint Mary, pray for us.\" The devils replied, \"Well have you called Mary. For we would have deceived you and drowned you because of your dissolute and out-of-time joking.\" Then the monks returned to their convent, and the devils disappeared..A woman entered hell / There was a woman who suffered many griefs and injuries from a devil / which appeared to her / in the form of a man / And she sought many remedies / now holy water / now one thing / now another / but he ceased not\n\nA holy man advised her that when he came to her, she should lift up her hands to heaven and cry \"Saint Mary, help me.\" And when she had done so, the devil fled, all afraid, as if he had been struck with a stone. After standing and saying, \"The cursed devil entered into his mouth,\" he vanished away and never returned.\n\nThe name of this vision of the Blessed Virgin Mary is revealed in a Sermon / made and ordained by various sayings of saints / which is read solemnly in many churches / and in it is contained all that I can find in the world / In narrations of holy fathers / concerning the departure from this life of the glorious Virgin Mary, Mother of God / which I have set here for the loving and devout reading of..praysing of her/ St. Cosme, who had to wear vesture says, he learned from his former forngoers, which ought not to be forgotten. And he says that Jesus Christ ordered and disposed the life of his mother to be ended. He sent an angel accustomed, who showed to her before the demonstration of her departure, that the death should not come suddenly, and gave to her tribulation. And she had prayed him, her son, face to face when he was here on earth, that she should not see any wicked spirit. He then sent the angel to her with these words: \"It is time to take my mother with me. / And thus, as you have replenished the earth with joy, so may heaven enjoy. / You shall return the mansions of my father joyous. / And you shall comfort the spirits of my saints. / Be not angry to leave the world corruptible with me. / Mother, do not be afraid to be taken from your flesh. / You who are called to the life everlasting. / To joy without end. / To the rest of peace. / To the sure.\".Conversion / is to reflection, not recordable / to light, not quenchable / to day, not evening, to glory, not recountable / to myself, the maker of all things / for I am life, perpetual / love, not corruptible / habituation, not recordable / light without darkness / Bounty, not estimable / I give without trembling to the hearts ease / None shall rouse the out of my hand / For in my hand are all the ends of the world / Deliver to me thy body / For I have put thee in thee / because thou hast borne the very light / breaking and destruction shall not surround thee / for thou hast deserved to be my vessel / come thou anon to him / who is born of the father to receive the rewards of the womb of the mother / & the reward of thy milk for my food / Come now fast and hasten to join thee to me, thine only son / I know well thou shalt not be constrained for the love of another son than of me, who showeth thee the virgin and mother / I show thee a wall of steadfast faith / thou art an arch of salvation / A bridge to them..that is a staff for the feeble / a ladder for those who go up and mount to heaven / the most kind advocate for sinners / I shall bring the apostles to you / of whom you shall be buried right beside their hands / For it pertains to my spiritual children of light / to whom I have given the holy ghost to bury your body / And they shall accomplish in your person the service of your marvelous departure from the earth / And after that the angel had recounted these things / he gave to our lady a bow of palm / sent from the plant of paradise / as a token of victory against the corruption of death / and clothes of immortality / and when he had said all this / he rose up into heaven from where he had come from / Then the blessed virgin Mary assembled her neighbors / and said to them / I let you know certainly / that I am at the end of my temporal life / & shall hastily depart / therefore it behooves you to wake / For to every one who shall pass out of this world / come gladly good angels and wicked..\"spirituals/ and when they heard this, they began to weep and say, \"Thou doubtest the sight of the spirituals, who have deserved to be the mother of the maker of all things, and bore him who robbed hell, who have deserved to have the seat above Cherubim and Seraphim. How shall we do then? And whither shall we flee? And there was a great multitude of women weeping, and they said that she should not leave them orphans. And the blessed virgin our lady said in comforting them, 'ye who are mothers of corruptible sons may not well suffer to be a little while from your children. How then ought not I to desire to go to my son, who am mother and virgin, and he is the only son of God the Father. And if you or any of you had but one son, you would desire to see him and be comforted in his lineage. And I, who am not corrupt, why should I not be desirous to see him, who is life of all creatures? And while they spoke these things, the blessed saint John the Evangelist came and inquired how the\".mother went & when our lady had told him of her hastily departing, he fell down on the earth & said with weeping terse, \"O lord, what are we, why have you sent us so many tribulations? Why have you not taken away the soul from my body yet & I could have been better visited by your blessed mother, that I might come to her departing & then the blessed virgin led him weeping into her chamber. She showed him the palm and the vestments which the angel had brought. Afterward, she lay down in her bed for her passing. And immediately after came a great noise of thunder whiter than snow. In which the apostles were brought before our blessed lady's gate as if it had rained. So they fell down one after another. And as they marveled at this thing, John came to them & told them what the angel had shown to our lady. Then they all wept, and John comforted them. And afterward, they dried their eyes & entered into the chamber..blessed virgin / and honored her / and she said to them / My dear children / God keep you all / And when they had told her of their coming / she said to them all / Your estate / And the apostles said / Right honorable lady and virgin / we in beholding thee are greatly comforted / like as we should be in our lord and master / And we have only comfort in ourselves by cause we hope that thou wilt intercede for us to God / And then she blessed Paul by name / God save the bearer of my comfort / how be it / that thou hast comforted, said Saint Paul / that I may see thee in flesh And unto this day I have preached / to the people that thou hast borne Jesus Christ / And now I shall preach / that thou art borne up to him in heaven / And after the virgin warned them that the lights should not be put out / until I am departed / And there were CC XX tapers / And then she clothed her with the cloak of mortality / And blessed them all / And ordered her body to remain..Her bed was beside her offspring, and Peter stood at the head, John at the feet, and the other apostles were around the bed. They praised the virgin mother of God. Then Peter began the song and said, \"Enjoy, spouse of God, in your celestial chambers, the everlasting light and clarity are shown to you. The blessed Archbishop of Constantinople witnesses that all the apostles were assembled at the passing of the blessed virgin Mary, the right sweet mother of God. He said, \"Blessed lady mother of God, you who have received of human nature the death which cannot be avoided, yet you shall not sleep, nor shall the eye slumber that keeps the watch. Your departure and dignity shall not be without witnesses. The heavens record the glory of those who sang over you on earth, and from them the truth will be shown. The clouds cry out to the honor and to him who ministers to thee. The angels shall.\".The service of life performed by the apostles in Jerusalem, as recorded by Saint Denys Ariopagite, states that they and many of our brethren were assembled to view the body of the one who bore God. James, the brother of God, and Peter, the noble and sovereign of the theologians, were present. Afterward, each priest sang praises, and according to Saint Cosmas in his narrative, a great thunder knocked at the house with an overwhelming odor of sweetness. With the sweet spirit filling the place, all were asleep except the apostles and three virgins holding the lights. Then, the Lord called with a great multitude of angels and took the soul of his mother. Her soul shone with such great light that none of the apostles could behold it..lord said to Saint Peter Buried, the corpse of my mother with great reverence. Keep it there three days diligently. I shall then come again and transport her to heaven without corruption. I shall clothe her with the same clearness of myself, which I have taken from her. That which she has taken from me shall be assembled to gather and accord. Saint Cosmos recounts a dreadful and marvelous mystery of natural discord and curious inquisition. For all things said of the glorious Virgin Mother of God are marvelous above nature and more to doubt than certain. When the soul was issued out of the body, the body said these words: \"Lord, I thank thee. I am worthy of thy grace. Remember me. For I am but a thing faint.\" Then the other awoke and saw the body of the virgin without a soul. Then she began to weep strongly and was heavy and sorrowful..The apostles took up the body of the blessed Virgin and carried it to the monument. Saint Peter began the psalm, \"In exitu Israel de Egypto.\" The companies of angels gave lovings and praises to the Virgin in such a way that all Jerusalem was moved for great joy. The chief priests sent a great multitude of people with torches and statues. One of them, in a great fury, called out to the bearers and tried to pull the bier down with the body of the blessed Mother of God. Because he persisted in forcing him to touch and draw down the corpse, he lost his hands as a result of his deserving it. Both of his hands were cut off by the wrestling, and he was tortured by horrible sorrow. He begged for pardon and promised amends. Saint Peter said to him, \"Blessed Virgin, and that you confess also Jesus Christ, the Son of God, to have been formed in you. When he had done this, his hands were joined again to his stumps and he was whole.\".Saint Peter took a leaf of the palm / and gave it to him / and said, \"Go into the city / and lay it on those who are sick / and those who will believe shall receive health.\"\n\nThen, when the apostles came to the valley of Josaphat, they found a sepulcher like that of our Lord / and laid his body in it with great reverence / but they dared not touch it / which was the right holy vessel of God / but the sudarium, in which she was wrapped, and placed it in the sepulcher.\n\nAnd as the apostles were standing around the sepulcher after the Lord's commandment, on the third day a bright cloud enveloped the sepulcher, and the voice of angels was heard sweetly, and a wonderful fragrance was smelled, sweet-smelling. And when our Lord came and saw and descended there, all were marvelously abashed. And he bore the body with him of the blessed virgin with great glory. And then the apostles kissed the sepulcher and returned to the house of Saint John the Evangelist in praise of him..keeper and guard of such a noble virgin, and yet one of the apostles failed at this great solemnity. When he heard of such great miracles, he marveled and earnestly requested that her sepulcher might be opened to know the truth of all these things. But the apostles denied it to him. They all said that it was sufficient for the witnesses of such great persons to testify, lest the unbelievers should say that the body had been stolen away or drawn by thieves. The one who was angry then said, \"Why do you defend this to me, who am like you in your common treasures?\" And at last they opened the sepulcher, but found only the vestments and the sudary. Saint Germain, Archbishop of Constantinople, says in the third book of the forty-first chapter, and the same witness testifies to the great Damascene, that the noble empress Helena, in her devotion to the holy church, had built many churches in her time..Marcian, emperor at Baldhes, built a marvelous church in honor of the Virgin Mary. Iuvenal, archbishop of Jerusalem, and all the other bishops of Palestine, who were then in the royal city for the council that had been held in Calcedon, were present. She said to them, \"We have heard it said that the body of the right holy virgin, our lady, has been transported here with due honor and reverence.\" Iuvenal answered and was not present at the monument, for there was nothing left but the vestments and the sudary. He sent these vestments to Constantinople and they were laid there honorably. And no one believed that I had made this up of my own head and invention, but I have set it down here which I have learned from doctrine and received from the teachings of them, who by tradition and learning from their former teachers, have received it. Here ends the words of the said sermon.\n\nJohn Damascene, who at that time was a Greek, relates many marvelous things about it..The vision of the right holy and glorious Virgin Mary: For he says in his sermons that on this day, the right holy and sumptuous Ark, which within her bore her Maker and was brought and set in the temple, was not made by hands. On this day, the right holy cult or dove, Innocent and simple, fled from the ark, that is, from the body in which God received and found rest. On this day, the virgin who conceives not knowing the passions of the earth but induced by celestial temptations shall not fail, but shall be called very heaven, soul dwelling in the celestial tabernacles. And how is it that the right holy soul is separated from her blessed body, and that her body was laid in the sepulcher? Nevertheless, it is not dead, nor shall it be corrupted by rotting. That is, the body of the one giving birth, the virginity remained without any harm or dissolution and was transported to a better and more holy life without the corruption of death to remain in the tabernacles, everlasting..And like the sun shining clear at times is hidden and appears faintly for a short while, yet it has not lost anything of its light, but in itself is the source of enduring light. And you are the source of light without wasting the treasure of life. How is it that by a short interval or space of time you will be brought to corporal death? Nevertheless, you generously give us abundantly with clarity of light without fault. And your holy dormition or showing is not called death, but a passing or departing, or more properly a coming. For departing from the body, you came to heaven. And Jesus Christ, angels and archangels, and all the heavenly company came to meet you. The foul and damned spirits doubt much your noble and excellent coming. And you, the blessed and glorious virgin, did not go to heaven as did Elijah, and you did not mount as the body did to the third heaven. Only said death for that makes them blessed, but she has no place in the third heaven for her death, nor in her..Your text appears to be written in Old English, and it seems to be a fragment from a religious or philosophical text. I will do my best to clean and translate it into modern English while staying faithful to the original content.\n\nTranscription:\n\n\"Your transformation or your perfection or your departure does not give you the assurance to be blessed, for you are the beginning and end of all wells and goods which exceed human understanding. Your assurance, your very perfection, and your conception without sin, have made the blessed, of which you said to yourself that you were not made blessed by your death but by your conception in all generations. Death has not made the blessed, but you have nobly ennobled death by taking away the heavens and sorrow thereof, converting it into joy. God said, 'Perhaps the first form of man, that is, Adam, put forth his hand and took of the tree of life and lived perpetually. How then shall she not live perpetually in heaven who bears this life, which is perpetual and without end?' God once put out of paradise the first parents who slept in the death of sin, buried from the beginning in obedience and gluttony. And now she who\"\n\nCleaned Text:\n\n\"Your transformation, perfection, or departure does not guarantee your blessing, as you are the beginning and end of all wells and goods that exceed human understanding. Your assurance, perfection, and sinless conception have made the blessed, as you stated that your blessing came not from your death but from your conception in all generations. Death did not make the blessed, but you have nobly ennobled death by taking away the heavens and sorrow thereof, converting it into joy. God said, 'Perhaps the first form of man, Adam, reached out and took from the tree of life, living perpetually. How then shall she who bears this perpetual and endless life not live perpetually in heaven?' God once expelled from paradise the first parents, who slept in the death of sin, buried from the beginning in obedience and gluttony. And now she who\".She has borne life to all human kind and was obedient to God the Father, and put away from her all order of sin. Why should she not be in heaven? For this reason, she should enjoy the gates of heaven. Eve was stretched out to the serpent, from whom she took the deadly venom, and by cause she did it for delight, she was subdued to bearing and bringing forth children in sorrow and pain, and was condemned with Adam. But this blessed virgin, who inclined her ear to the word of God, whom the holy ghost filled, which bore in her womb the mercy conceived without knowledge of man, and brought forth without pain and sorrow, how could death swallow her? And yet says Damascene in his sermons, \"Indeed, the Apostles were scattered throughout the world in all countries and entered into preaching to men and drew them out of the deep darkness with one holy word, and brought them to the celestial table and to the solemn espousals of God.\" Then the divine.commandment/ which is a net or a cloud that brought them from all parties of the world into Jerusalem, assembling them between his wings. And then Adam and Eve, our first parents, cried out: Come to us, right holy and wholesome Celestial, who fulfills our desire. And the company of saints, who were there, replied: Remain with us, our comfort, and do not leave us orphans. You are the comfort of our travels, the refreshing of our sweets. If you live, it is a glorious thing for us to live with you. If you die, it is glorious for us to die with you. How should we be in this life, and shall we be detestable from your presence? And as I suppose, such things and similar were said by the apostles with great plenty of them from the church with great weeping and sighs, in consoling them from the departing. And she returning toward her son said: Lord, I pray thee to be very comforting to my sons whom it pleased thee to call brethren, who are heavy and distressed..I'm sorry for any confusion, but the given text appears to be already in a readable form and does not contain any meaningless or unreadable content. It is written in Early Modern English, but the text is grammatically correct and does not contain any significant errors. Therefore, I will not make any changes to the text. Here it is for your reference:\n\n\"I am sorrowful for my departing, and with that I shall bless them with my hand. Give to them thy blessing upon my blessing. Then she stretched out her hand and blessed all the company of good Christian men. And then she said, 'Lord, I commend my spirit into thy hands; receive my soul, thy love, which thou hast kept without blame of sin, to thyself. And I commend my body to the earth for to keep it whole, or wherever it shall please thee to inhabit it. Transport me to the place where thou art the most delight or fruit of my womb. Arise up, my beloved, and come to me. O thou most fair among women, my love, thou art fair, and no spot of filth is in thee. And when the right blessed Virgin heard that she commended her spirit into the hands of her son, then the apostles were bedewed with tears and kissed the tabernacle. And by the blessing and holiness of the touched, the bearers were devoutly healed of whatever sicknesses they had.\".demons were chased from demons / The air and heaven were purified by the assumption of the soul / and the earth by the descent of the deity / and the water was sanctified by the washing of the body / For the body was washed with truly holy water and clean / And the holy body was not made clean by the water / but the water was sanctified by her / And after the holy body was anointed and wrapped in a clean shroud / and was laid upon the bed / and lamps burned brightly about her / Oygnementes gave a great and fragrant odor / the lovings and praises of angels resounded / And the apostles & others who were there sang divine songs / And the Ark of our Lord was borne / into Mount Zion onto the valley of Josaphat / on the angel's shoulders / And the angels went before some / and some followed the body / And others conveyed her / And she was accompanied by all the fullness of the church / And some of the Jews heard it in their evil malice / descended down from Mount Zion / and one of them, who was a member of the synagogue,.deulille ran foolishly unto the holy body and assaulted it, attempting to cast it to the earth with both hands. Both his hands clung to the bier, and were separated from the body, leaving it like two statues that had been sawed in half. He appeared like a trunk, until the Father, waiting sorrowfully, repented and they allowed the Jew worshippers and touched the holy body. Then his hands returned to their former state, and the body was borne to the valley of Josaphat, where it was laid in the tomb honorably. But her soul was not left in hell, nor did her flesh feel corruption.\n\nThey said that she was the well, which had never been dug, the field not having been tilled. And she who had kept her virginity in her childhood should see no corruption. And she who had borne the Creator of all the world in her womb should dwell in divine tabernacles. And she whom the Father had taken to espouse was kept in celestial chambers..Things that belong to the son should be possessed by the mother, as John Damascene authenticately shows in a sermon on the Assumption of our blessed lady. She began her labor, the Virgin Perpetua, bearing the Lord Jesus Christ on the Cross. He commanded her disciple, save Luke, who records in his writings that they were all pursuing with the Virgin Mary, the mother of our Lord, with one courage. What then is to be said of her death and her Assumption? The scripture remembers nothing of this. It seems to me an inquired thing, which is in accordance with truth, without which. If we say that she was resolved into corruption, into worms and into ashes or dust, it behooves us to weigh and consider such things as pertain to such great holiness and to the dignity of such a chamber of God. We know well that it was said to the first father, \"Thou art dust, and to dust thou shalt return\"; but the flesh escaped..For this condition, he never suffered corruption. Except for this general sentence, the nature taken of the land. God said to the woman, \"I shall multiply thy diseases, and thou shalt bring forth children with pain and sorrow.\" But Mary suffered no such diseases. Of whom the sword of sorrow pierced childbirth without sorrow. And then, if she were outside and had no part in sorrow during childbirth, then she ought not to have pain. And though we say that she suffered death, yet is she not retained with the bonds of death. If the Lord would keep his mother entire and chaste in her virginity, why not keep him to keep the honor of his mother, who came not to break the law but to fulfill it? And in his life, he had worshiped her conceiving. Therefore, we ought well to believe that he honors her at her death with singular salvation and special grace. And worms and rottenness are but reproaches of human condition. And when Jesus Christ is out..of the excepted / the which is the nature that he took from her / For the flesh of Jesus Christ is the flesh of Mary / the which he bore above the stars / in worshipping man above nature / and in worshipping more his mother / if he be son of the very mother / Then is it seemly thing / that she be mother of the same son / Not as to the unity of the Person / but to the unity of bodily nature / if grace without property of especial and temporal nature may make unity how much more the grace of corporal and especial nature / make unity of grace / like as the disciples in Jesus Christ / of whom he saith himself / that they are one as we are / And after he saith / Father, I will that where I am / they be with me / And then if he will have with him those joined so with him in faith / and that they be with him / what shall then be joined of his mother / Where is she worthy to be but in the presence of her son / Therefore I understand and believe / that the soul of.Mary is to be honored by her son, possessing her body glorified in Jesus Christ, whom she conceived. And why should she not possess her body, glorified by which she conceived? For so great a sanctity is more worthy to be in heaven than on earth. The seat of God, the Chamber of our Lord, and the worthy tabernacle of Jesus Christ ought and belong better to be there, as He is, than elsewhere. And so right precious treasure is more worthy to be in heaven than on earth. And by right, no resolution of rottenness can follow such great entelechies of things not corruptible. And because I do not feel that the right holy body has not yet been delivered into the hands of worms, I doubt to say it. And because the incomparable gift of grace greatly surpasses this estimation that I feel, the consideration of many scriptures admonishes me to speak the truth. God says sometimes to His ministers, \"Where I am, there shall My servant be.\" If this sentence is general..All who have ministered to Jesus Christ by faith and work, what is there more special than Mary? For without a doubt, she was administered in all works. She bore Him in her belly, she gave birth to Him, she nursed Him and laid Him in the manger, she went with Him to Egypt, and kept Him all her life until the death of the Cross, and did not depart from Him, but followed Him. His divinity was not incredible to her, for she knew well that she had not conceived of the seed of man but by divine inspiration. Having faith in the promise of her son as of the virtue of God, she changed not. They have no joy, she knew, that He might do all things, and He accomplished the miracle at once. And then see, that Mary was the administrator of Jesus Christ by faith and work. Then, if she is not where Jesus Christ wills that His ministers be, where shall she be? And if she is there, is it not by grace parallel and like? And if it is not equal, where is equality?.The eternal measure of God renders to each according to his desert. For by the merits of Mary, much grace is given to man. Shall this grace then be lessened to her being done? No, no. If the death of all saints is precious, certainly I judge the death of Mary to be most precious, received into everlasting joys by the merit of her grace before others. And I say that she ought not to be put, nor is she set, among common humanity after death, that is, of worms, decay, and dust. She who bore in her belly the Savior of all men, if the divine Will wishes to keep the vestments of children from harm among the flames of fire, why should He not then keep His mother, who kept Him in a strange vesture? It pleased Him to keep Jonas in the belly of the whale without corruption, should He not then keep His mother uncorrupted? He kept Daniel in the lion's den from their disordered hunger, ought He not to keep His mother from harm?.Keep Mary for countless merits and dignities, and we know well that all these dignities we have mentioned have not kept nature. For we doubt not that grace has kept Mary's eternity more than nature. And the Lord makes Mary enjoy her own son in soul and body, as one who never had a taint or spot of corruption in bringing forth such a great son. For she is always without corruption, full of so much grace. She lives eternally, she who gave birth to the life of all. And if I have said, as I ought to say, \"Jesus Christ approves it, you and yours.\" And if I have not said as I ought to say, I pray you to pardon me, you and yours.\n\nThis ends the account of our blessed Lady Saint Mary.\n\nSaint Rock was born in Montpellier, which is a great town on the border of France. His father was lord of Montpellier and was named John, and he came from the noble houses of France..Though he was noble by birth, named Libera, who both devotedly served our lord Jesus Christ and lived in divine love and holy works. And yet, although they had lived long, they had no child or heir. Therefore, they often prayed and vowed pilgrimages. On one day especially, the wife made her prayers to our blessed lady, praying devoutly for a child. She was in deep contemplation, in which she heard a voice saying, \"O Lady, God has heard your prayer, and you shall receive grace for your petition.\" Immediately, she went to tell him, as she had heard from the angel. Then they joyfully accomplished the act of marriage, and she conceived and gave birth to a son, who in his baptism was named Rochus or Rock. And this Rock had a cross impressed on his left shoulder as a token that he would be acceptable and beloved of God. When his father and mother saw this, they blessed God, and his mother herself nursed him..And gave suck to the child and fed it. I, the devoted mother, performed other nursing duties willingly, while the nun, who fasted twice a week, kept away from the child. He would suckle his mother but once a day, which was a great wonder, and on that day he was more joyful, merrier, and sweeter than the others. When he reached the age of five, he was given to penance and was very obedient to father and mother. In the twelfth year of his age, he fasted many and various fasts for the love of Christ. The more his body weakened, the more the cross, which had previously been spoken of, appeared larger and more apparent.\n\nAt that time, the father of St. Roch was sick and saw his end approaching. He called his son Roch and said, \"O my only son Roch, you see well that I shall soon finish my life. May the will of God be fulfilled always. I leave you four things with my lordship and heritage. Firstly, like: \".as you have begun, serve God diligently. Secondly, remember the widows and orphans. Thirdly, I constitute and ordain the governor and dispensator of all my treasures, to spend them on charitable and meek works. And fourthly, visit and frequent the hospitals of sick and poor men. These things Rock proposed to his father to fulfill them to the best of his power. And immediately after his father's death, he honoredably buried him and laid him in a sepulcher. In the twenty-first year of his age, he also buried his devout mother. And in a few days, he effectively executed his father's testament. He visited religious places of poor people, wretches oppressed, and sick men he cured by counsel and works. Widows and orphans he comforted, and poor maids he allowed to marry. In these good works and offices, he spent his father's goods. And when he had finished his father's commands, he decreed to leave..A man named Rock went to the county of Mount Pando to make and seek other pilgrimages. He clad him with pilgrim's attire and covered his head with a bonnet. He carried a pilgrim's staff in his right hand and departed. After many desert and hard pestilences, which Rock learned about from the way, he desperately went to the hospital of a town called Water Hanging. He begged with great prayers and labor of Vincent, who had the rule of the hospital, to let him stay and serve the sick people. Vincent was afraid and feared that Rock, who was a young, flourishing man, would be infected with the pestilence. But after he came, he blessed the sick men in the name of Christ. As soon as this holy man touched the sick men, they were all healed. And they confessed and said that as soon as this holy man Rock came in, all those who were tormented and sick, and the fire of pestilence had infected, he extinguished it and delivered the entire hospital from the sickness..And after he went through the town, delivering each house afflicted with pestilence with the sign of the Cross and the mind of Jesus Christ, he relieved them all from the pestilence. For whoever touched a rock, the pestilence receded from him. When the town of falling water was delivered from the contagion of the pestilence, Rock went to the city of Cene, which was a great city of Italy, not less afflicted by the pestilence. He relieved it in a short time. Then he came to Come, which was then so full of pestilence that not a single house in the entire town could be found without someone sick within. In those days, there was a cardinal in Rome of the title Anglerio, a province of Lombardy. The blessed Rock entered the cardinal's presence, and as he stood before him a little, a marvelous comfort and hope suddenly entered the cardinal's courage. He understood that the young man Saint Rock was truly with God..For his character, manners, and temperament, he recommended him to Rock, who should deliver him from the pestilence and protect him. And then Rock signaled to the cardinal in the cardinal's presence, making with his finger a cross. A real cross was seen impressed on his forehead. Therefore, the cardinal was preserved from the pestilence. However, for the novelty of the thing, he prayed to St. Rock that the sign of the cross should be taken away, lest he should become a new spectacle to the people. Then St. Rock exhorted the cardinal to bear the sign of the cross of our Redeemer in memory of His passion on his forehead perpetually, and to worship it reverently. By this sign, he was delivered from the severe pestilence. The cardinal then brought St. Rock to the pope, who immediately saw a bright ray and heavenly shining out of St. Rock's forehead. After his divine virtue was known to the pope, Rock..Obtained full remission of sin / Then the cardinal began to inquire about the Rock of his lineage and of his country / but the Rock affected no mortal glory and received again from the pope his blessing / and departed from him / And abode at Rome with the same cardinal for three years continuously / and labored in visiting and helping the poor people and those who were sick with the pestilence / And after three years, the cardinal being old, died / And Rock, for the sake of Rome, came to the Town of Ariminum, a noble city of Italy / Which also he delivered from the said pestilence / And when that town was delivered, he went to the City of Manasseh in Lombardy / which was also heavily afflicted with sick men of the pestilence / whom he served diligently with all his heart / And by the help of God, made that town free of the pestilence / And from thence went to Placentia / For he understood that there was great pestilence /\n\nRock was ever of great study / how he might, in the name of Jesus, & of his.Passion, a man delivers poor men from the harm of pestilence. He visited the houses of the needy and helped most of them. He was always in the hospital. After staying for a long time in the hospital of a place and healing almost all the sick men there, about midnight, he heard in his sleep an angel saying, \"O most devout Rock, cry out to Christ and know that you are smitten with the pestilence. Study now how you may be cured.\" Immediately, he felt himself seized by the pestilence under both arms. He gave thanks to the Lord and was so distressed by the pain that those in the hospital were deprived of their sleep and rest that night. Therefore, St. Roch arose from his bed and went to the farthest place in the hospital and lay down, waiting for the light of day. When it was day, the people passing by saw him accusing the master of the hospital of some offense that he had suffered from the pilgrim..He lay without the hospital, but he purged himself of that defect, saying that the pilgrim was struck with the pestilence, as you see. Unaware to us, he went out. Then the citizens anxiously took away Saint Roch from the city and suburbs, fearing that by him the city might be infected further. Godless, and there they left, all praising our Lord. Saying, \"O Jesus, my savior, I thank you that you subjected me to affliction like yours, other servants, by this odious pestilence. And most meek Lord, I beseech you to grant me refuge in this desolate place, give me the refreshment and comfort of your grace.\" His prayer finished, a cloud came from heaven by the hand of Saint Roch, bearing a bright well, which is still there to this day. Nearby was a little village, in which some noble men dwelt..A man named Godard, well-loved to God, had great husbandry and a large family. Hound, by the name Rucky, often took away the bread when Godard had warned him frequently. One day, Rucky delivered the bread to Saint Rocco. Godard, reverently saluted the holy man and approached him, but Saint Rocco, fearing the contagious air of the pestilence might infect him, said, \"Friend, go from me in peace. The most violent pestilence holds me.\" Godard then left him and returned home. By God's grace, Godard said to himself, \"This poor man whom I have left in the woods and deserted is certainly a man of God. Since this hound, without reason, brings bread to him, I, who have seen this, ought to do it sooner. I am a Christian man. Through this holy meditation, Godard returned to Saint Rocco and said, \"I desire to be a pilgrim.\".do not do what you need not, and I have been taught never to leave thee, Rock. Then Rock thanked God who had sent him Gotard, and he informed Gotard urgently in the law of Christ. And when they had been a while to gather, the houseb brought no more bread. Gotard asked Cousyll how he might have bread, for he hungered and asked remedy from Saint Rock. Saint Rock exhorted him, saying, \"In the sweetness of thy face thou shalt eat thy bread, and thou shalt return to the town and leave all thy goods to thine heirs, and follow the way of Christ, and demand bread in the name of Jesus.\" Then Gotard was ashamed to do so where he was known, but at last, by the beseeching advice of Saint Rock, Gotard went to a place where he had great knowledge, and begged bread and alms at the door of one of his neighbors. That same neighbor threatened sharply Gotard and said, \"You shame your lineage and friends by this foul and indecent begging,\" and put him away, being angry and scornful..For what reason Gotard begged urgently at the doors of others in the city, and on the same day the messenger who had spoken to Gotard fell ill with the pestilence, and many others who denied alms to Gotard. And immediately the city of Place was infected with contagious pestilence, and Gotard returned to the wood and told St. Roch all that had happened. St. Roch told Gotard that his companion would soon die, which came to pass. Moved by pity and mercy, St. Roch went into Place, full of pestilence, and left Gotard in the wood. Though St. Roch himself was severely affected by the pestilence, he went back to Place with great effort and, by touching and blessing, he helped and healed them all. He also cured the hospital in the same city, and being severely ill and almost lame, he returned again to Gotard in the wood. Many who heard that he and Gotard were in the valley of the Place came to them..Whomever he found all with Rock, and before them all he did these miracles: the wild beasts which wandered in the wood, whatever hurt or swelling they had, they ran at once to St. Rock, and when they were healed, they would incline their heads reverently and go their way. A little while after, Gothard and his companions departed for certain necessities and errands, and they returned to the place. And they left St. Rock alone in the valley, and St. Rock made his prayers to the almighty God that he might be delivered from the pestilence. In this prayer he fell asleep. And a little while later, he was awakened by the voice of an angel saying, \"O Rock, friend of God, our Lord has heard your prayers. Behold, you are delivered from the pestilence, and are made whole. And our Lord commands that you take the way to your country.\" Gothard was astonished by this sudden voice, who never before knew the name..Saint Rock awakened and felt himself whole by the grace of God, as the angel had said to him. Giselda told Saint Rock about the angel's appearance and words. Then Saint Rock prayed to Giselda that he should keep his name a secret and that they all should dedicate themselves to godly works. They began to grow holy there, and Saint Rock, as a pilgrim intending to burn with love for God in his homeland, came to a province of bombardiers called Angers. He applied himself there, where his lord was making war against his enemy. The knights took Saint Rock as a spy and delivered him to their lord as a traitor. Blessed Saint Rock, always confessing Jesus Christ, was deputed to a harsh and strict prison. He entered the prison peacefully and suffered gladly, remembering the name of Jesus day and night and praying that the prison should not harm him..disproufythe him, but that he might have it for wilderness and penance. And there he abode five years in prayers. In the end of the fifth year, when God willed that his soul should be brought into the fellowship of His saints and be always in His sight, he who fed Saint Roch in the prison, as was his custom every day, saw a great light and shining in the prison. And Saint Roch, kneeling on his knees praying, related all these things to his lord. And the fame thereof ran about the city, so that many of the citizens ran to the prison out of fear of this thing, and saw and beheld it, and gave praise to Almighty God, and accused the lord of cruelty and woodiness. Then, when Saint Roch knew by the will of God that he should finish his mortal life, he called to him the keeper of the prison, and prayed him that he would go to his lord and exhort him in the name of God and of the glorious Virgin Mary..The lord would send for a priest whom he wished to confess to. This was done, and after the priest had confessed him devoutly and granted him his blessing, the lord prayed that he might be left alone for three days following, in order to better contemplate the most holy passion of our Lord. The citizens prayed to the Lord for Rock's deliverance, which the priest relayed to the lord. It was granted that Saint Rock might remain there alone for three days. And at the end of the third day, the Angel of God came to Saint Rock, saying, \"God sends me to you for your soul. In this last part of your life, ask and demand now what you most desire.\" Then Saint Rock prayed to Almighty God with his most devout prayer that all Christian men who reverently prayed in the name of Jesus might be delivered surely from the stroke of pestilence..prayer made, and he expired. An angel brought a table divinely written with letters of gold from heaven into the prison and placed it under the head of St. Roch. In the table was written that God had granted his prayer, that is, that whoever calls upon St. Roch will not be harmed by any harm of pestilence. After the third day, the lord of the city sent orders to deliver St. Roch from the prison. Those who came to the prison found that St. Roch had departed from this life. They saw through the prison a marvelous light, in such a way that without doubt they believed him to be the friend of God. There was at his head a great tapered burning, and another at his feet. By these torches, all his body was lighted. Furthermore, they found under his head the aforementioned table, by which they knew the name of the blessed Rock by authority, which name known, the mother of the lord of that city came..For over a decade, it was known to the citizens of Cyte that Saint Rock was the son of Lord John of Montpeler, who was the brother of the aforementioned lord. This fact, and all that ensued, was due to their ignorance of his name. They then came to know him as a newcomer to the lord, and also by the sign of the cross that Saint Rock bore at his birth. The citizens, repentant and deeply sorrowful, buried Saint Rock solemnly and reverently. Shortly after, the holy saint was canonized by the pope with great glory. In his glorious name and honor, they built a great and large church. We reverently and devoutly pray to this glorious saint, Saint Rock, that through his intercession and prayers, we may be delivered from the harsh death of pestilence and epidemic, and that we may live this life in penance for our sins, so that after this short life, we may come to everlasting life..Heaven Amen. The feast of St. Rock is always held on the morning after the day of the Assumption of our Lady. This life of St. Rock is translated from Latin into English by me, William Caxton.\n\nThe life of St. Rock ends here.\n\nBernard is said to be a pit or well, and nardus, which is the gloss, says on the cantica, is a humble herb of hot nature and well smelling. He was hot in burning love, humble in conversation, a well in flowing doctrine, and a pit in depths of science, and well smelling in the sweetness of fame. His life was written by Abbot William of St. Theodoric and the fellow of St. Bernard, and Hernalus, the abbot of Bonneval.\n\nSt. Bernard was born in Burgundy, in the castle of Fontaines, of noble lineage and much religious disposition. His father was named Celestyn, and he was a noble knight in the world and much religious to God. His mother was named Aleth. She had seven children, six males, and one female. The male children she raised to be monks, and the daughter for [unknown]..A nun, once she had a child, offered it to God with her own hands. She refused strange breasts, nourishing them instead with natural milk, as she had done with them, and cared for them more for their desert than for the court. She fed them with common and coarser foods, as if sending them directly into the desert. When she bore her third son, named Bernard, in her womb, she saw in her sleep a demonstration of things to come. In her belly, it seemed, she carried a white and red pup in a bucket, barking. Upon telling this dream to a holy man, he replied, \"You are the mother of a right noble pup, who shall be a warder of God's house, and shall save and nourish many people through the grace of his tongue.\" While Bernard was still a little child, he was sick with a headache. A woman came to him for healing..In the blessed night of the nativity of our lord, when the child Bernard abode in the church throne of matins and desired to know what hour Jesus Christ was born, the child Jesus appeared to him, as if born again from his mother's belly. For as long as he lived, he believed that hour to be the hour of the nativity of our lord, and was given to him in that hour more perfect wisdom and speech, in things pertaining to the sacrament. After that, he made a noble work among all his other works, of the laud and praise of God and his blessed mother. In this work, he expounded the evangelic lesson, how the angel Gabriel was sent to the virgin Mary..The enemy saw the child's purpose, full of health, and turned against him many temptations. Once, when he had fixed his eyes upon a woman, he felt shame within himself and became a cruel avenger. He suddenly leapt into a pond full of water and remained there so long that he was nearly drowned. By the grace of God, he was rescued from the heat of carnal desire. Around this time, by the instigation of the devil, a maid lay in his bed next to him, naked. When he felt her, he allowed her to remain on that side of the bed, turning himself to the other side, and slept. She stayed a while, felt him, and tried to draw him to her intent. At last, when she felt him unmoving, though she was shameless, yet she was ashamed and confused, and went her way. Another time, when he was lodging in a lady's house, she considered the beauty of:\n\n(Note: The text appears to be in Middle English. No major OCR errors were detected, so no corrections were made.).This young man was greatly agitated and strongly desired her company. Then she ordered a bed out of the way for him, and in the night she rose without shame and came secretly to him. When he felt her, he cried out, \"Thieves! Thieves!\" and she fled. She lit a candle and searched for the thief, but none was found. And then each man went back to his bed. But this unfortunate man did not rest, but arose again and went to Bernard's bed, as she had done before. He cried out, \"Thieves! Thieves!\" and the thief was suspected, but he was not found or published, for those who knew her well kept quiet. And yet she was chased a third time. And then, with great pain, she ceased, due to fear and despair. On the morrow, as they went by the way, his fellows reproved him for having dreamed of thieves, and they asked him what it was. He answered, \"Indeed, I have suffered this night the assaults of a thief. For my hostess had taken away from me treasure not rightfully hers.\".And then he thought to himself that it was not certain to dwell with the serpent, and decided to flee it. He arranged to enter the Cistercian order. When his brothers learned of it, they would have taken him from that purpose. But the Lord gave him such great grace that they could not tear him from his conversion. Instead, he brought all his brothers and many others to religion. However, Gerard, his brother, a noble knight, always considered their words vain, and refused his monasticism and teachings. Then Bernard, burning with faith and the spirit of brotherly love of charity, said, \"My brother, I know well that one sharp trial will give understanding to your eyes. And after that, a spear will pierce your side, and make its way to your heart to take the cup that you now refuse.\" A short time after, Gerard..The brother was taken by his enemies and was hurt on the side where his brother had placed his finger. He was put in prison, tightly bound. Then Bernard came to him, and they would not allow him to speak to him. He cried out, \"Gerard, my brother, know that we shall soon go and enter the monastery. And that very night, Gerard broke the bonds, filled himself with courage, and the door opened by itself. He fled out and said to his brother that he had changed his purpose and would become a monk. This was in the year of our Lord's incarnation, 1452, in the 15th year of the Cistercian order. Brother Bernard, at the age of 22, entered the Cistercian order with more than 30 others. As Bernard and his brothers left their father's house, Guy, the oldest, saw Vynand, his younger brother, who was a little child and played with the children. He said to him, \"Vynand, brother, all the possessions of our family.\".heritage shall appear to the father, and the child answered not as a child, but said, \"you shall then have heaven, and leave me only the earth.\" This part is not evenly or rightly divided. And after the child had stayed a little while with his father, he followed his brothers. When the servant of God Bernard was admitted into the order, he was so inspired and occupied in all things for God that he used no bodily wits. He had been a year in the cell of Novices, and yet he did not know whether others had entered and left the church. Whereas in the head were three windows, and he supposed, there had been but one. The abbot of Cistercaux sent for his brothers to educate the house of Cluny, and Abbot Bernard was there in great poverty, which often made his potage with holly leaves. The servant of God woke men up beyond their power, and said that he lost no time, but when he slept. He also said that the comparison of sleep and death were similar..They who sleep are like death to men, and like dead men are seen sleeping to God. He was hardly drawn to any food for the delight of appetite, but only for fear of failing. And he went to take his food, like one going to a torment. And he was always accustomed, when he had eaten, to test if he had eaten too much or more than he was accustomed. And if he had done so, he punished himself, so that he restrained his mouth, and thus lost a great part of the savor and tastiness of his food. Sometimes he drank oil instead of water, when it was given him in error instead. He said that the water was good alone and refreshed him well. And he did not perceive that he had drunk oil, but when his lips were anointed. Sometimes and at other times he ate the fat of raw flesh instead of butter. He said that all that he had learned of holy scripture, he had learned it in woods, in fields, most by meditation and prayer. And he confessed that he.He had no other masters but Oak and Holly trees / this he confessed among his friends / At taste he confessed that sometimes when he was in meditation or praying, he thought that all holy scriptures appeared to him expounded. On one occasion, as he relates in canticles, he would put among the words such as the holy ghost counseled him. While he made that treaty, he would think of good courage, what he should do when that was made. Then a voice came to him saying, \"Thou hast accomplished this work, thou shalt do none other.\" He had in his heart always this proverb, and often repeated it: \"Who does, that man does; all men wonder at him.\" He wore many years the hair, and as long as he might hide it, he wore it. And when he saw that it was known, he left it at once and took himself to coming..He laughed never, but if he made greater force to laugh than to restrain himself. He was wont to say that the manner of patience was in three ways: of injuries, of words, of damage, of things, and of misdoing of the body. On a time he wrote a letter to a bishop, friendlessly, and admonished him amicably. He was much angered, and wrote to him a letter beginning, \"Greeting to the one who has the spirit of blasphemy. To whom he answered, 'I suppose not to have the spirit of blasphemy, nor have spoken evil to any man, but only to the prince of the devil.'\n\nAn abbot sent six honored marks of silver for him to make a count. But all the money was robbed by the men on the way. And when St. Bernard heard of this, he said nothing but, \"Blessed be God that has spared me from this charge.\"\n\nCanon regular came to him and begged him much that he would receive him as a Monk. He would not accord it to him, but counseled him to return..His church said to him, \"Why are you so eager in your looks for perfection if you will not show it and deliver it to him who covets it? If I had your books, I would rend them all. Bernard said to him, \"You have not read many of them but that you might be perfect in your cloister. I praise all my books for the correction of manners, not the change of places. The canon, having been summoned, left him and struck him on the cheek, which was red and swollen. Those who were gathered against this cursed man to stone him, but Bernard came between them, crying and conjuring by the name of Jesus Christ that they should not touch him or do him any harm. He had a custom to tell the novices who would enter religion, \"Leave your bodies outside, and those who would enter religion, leave the body outside. That which you have taken from the world, join it to those who are within. Let the spirit enter only.\".Saint Bernard's father entered the monastery and lived there for a certain time. After his death in old age, the sister had married into the world. One day, she adorned herself in riches and worldly delights and went to the monastery to visit her brothers in proud attire and great apparel. He feared her, as if she were the devil or his net to ensnare souls, and would not let her out to say this: \"If I am a sinner, God have mercy on sinners. Since I am a sinful woman, I come to seek counsel from those who are good. If my brother despises my flesh, he who is a servant of God should not despise my soul. Let my brother come, and whatever he commands me, I will do.\" She kept this promise, and he came with his brothers. Since she could not leave her husband, he....taught her to despise the glory of the world and showed to her how she should esteem the steps of her mother. And then, when she came home again, she was so changed that in the midst of the world she led the life of an hermit and entirely removed from the world. In the end, she vanquished her husband through prayers and was absolved of her vow, entering into a monastery.\n\nAt one time Saint Bernard was severely sick, and it seemed to him that he was about to give up his spirit and was in a truce, as if in judgment before God, with the devil on the other side who put many accusations and reproaches upon him. And what he had said, Bernard replied:\n\nWithout fear or wrath, I confess that I am not worthy to have the kingdom of heaven by my own merits, but our Lord, who holds me by double right as his inheritance and by the merits of his passion, is content with that one. And the other he gives to me by this gift, by which I ought not to be..This man was confounded, but it appears to me that he was confused and the vision failed. The man of God came to him and subjected his body to great distress through excessive fasting and wakefulness, causing him to languish continually. At one time, he was so severely ill that all the brethren prayed for him, and he felt himself relieved of his pain. Then he died. He assembled all his brethren and said, \"Why hold you this wretched man in such contempt? You are stronger. Spare me and let me go.\" This holy man was elected bishop of many cities, specifically of Jenne and Melane. He did not refuse or grant it foolishly, but said to those who required him, \"I am not my own, but I have been delegated to others.\" Through the counsel of this holy man, the brethren were provided for by the authority of the pope, making it impossible for anyone to take him from them, which brought great joy to them..Once upon a time, when Saint Bernard visited the Chartrehouse order and had edified the brothers, there was something that troubled the prior of the place. It was the saddle that Saint Bernard rode on, which seemed too precious and showed little sign of the brothers' poverty. The prior told one of the brothers, and he in turn informed Saint Bernard. The saint was surprised and asked which saddle it was. He sent for it, as he did not know which saddle it was, nor did he recall riding on it from Clairvaux to the Chartrehouse. They spent the entire day by the Lake of Lozanne, and he did not notice or pay heed to it. And when his companions spoke of the lake, he inquired about its location. When they heard this, they were greatly surprised, for truly, the humility of his heart had vanquished in him the height of his name. The world could never have exalted him so high, but he humbled himself even more, being reputed so exalted by all, and he accounted himself..he humbly and most lowly confessed that among his sovereign honors and favors of the people, he seemed to have become another man or as if he had been in a dream. And there where he was among the simplest brethren, he used most amiable humility. There he found himself and recognized that he had returned to his own person. He was always found before the hours or ready or writing, or in meditations or edifying his brethren with words.\n\nOnce as he preached to the people and they all understood his words deeply, such a temptation arose in his heart. Now truly you preach well now, now are you well heard of the people, and are reputed wise by them all. Feeling himself put in this temptation, the holy man paused and pondered whether he might say more or bring an end.\n\nSuddenly, divine aid answered him softly, who tempted him: \"I neither began by the...\".A Monk who had been a rake in the world and tempted by a wicked spirit would return again to the world. And Saint Bernard retained him, asking him which life he should choose. He answered that he could play dice well and should live there. Saint Bernard said to him, \"If I give you anything good, will you come back every year so that I may share half with you?\" He took great joy in this and promised to do so. Then Saint Bernard said that twenty shillings should be given to him. He went away with all of it, and this holy man did this to draw him back to religion, as he did afterward. He went forth and lost all, and came back again, confused, before the gate. And when Saint Bernard knew him there, he went to him joyously and opened his lap to divide the gain. He said, \"Father, I have won nothing but\".Saint Bernard replied sweetly if it pleased him to be my cathedral, and receive the one instead of the other. One time, Saint Bernard was riding on a horse by the way, and met a vagabond by the way who said to him that he did not have his heart firm and stable in praying. The vagabond or Englishman had great contempt for this, and said that he had his heart firm and stable in all his prayers. Saint Bernard, who wished to vanquish him and show his folly, said to him, \"Depart a little from me and begin your Our Father in the best intent you can.\" And if you can finish it without thinking of anything else, without doubt I will give you the horse that I am on, and you shall promise me by your faith that if you think of anything else, you will not hide it from me. The man was glad and considered the horse his, and granted it to him, and went away..And he began his Pater Noster, but had not finished when he remembered he should have the saddle. And therewith he returned to St. Bernard and said that he had changed his mind about advancing him. There was a Monk of his, named Brother Robert, who was near him in age and had died in his childhood by the sentence of some persons. He was sent to the abbey of Cluny, and the honorable lady left him there. She wrote him a letter, and as he ended it by clear day, another Monk wrote it. A rain came suddenly, and he who wrote would have hidden the parchment from the rain. St. Bernard said, \"This work is of God; write on, doubt nothing.\" And then he wrote the letter in the midst of the rain without getting wet. Yet it rained all around them. The virtue of charity took away the moisture of the rain from them. A great multitude of flies had taken possession..A church that he had ordered to be built caused great harm to all who went there. He said, \"I curse and excommunicate them.\" The following morning, they were all found dead.\n\nHe was once sent by the Pope to Milan to reconcile the church. After completing his mission and returning, a man from Milan brought his wife to him, who was demon-possessed. The wicked woman said, \"Eat porridge, do you think you can take me out of these houses? No, you shall not.\" Saint Bernard sent him to Saint Sire in his church. Saint Sire welcomed him and did not help her. She was brought back to Saint Bernard again. Then the devil began to cry out and say, \"Neither Sir, nor Bernard shall put me out. Sir and Bernard shall not put me out, but our Lord shall put me out.\" Saint Bernard replied, \"Neither Sir nor Bernard shall put you out, but our Lord shall put you out.\" As soon as he made his prayer, the wicked spirit said, \"Ah, A, how gladly would I be released from her!\" For I am..Here tortured greatly, but I may not, for the great lord wills it not. And the holy man asked, \"Who is that Lord?\" And he replied, \"I Jesus of Nazareth.\" And Saint Bernard said, \"Do you see him ever?\" And he answered, \"Yes, Bernard.\" And Saint Bernard asked, \"Where did you see him?\" And he said, \"In his glory.\" Then Saint Bernard asked, \"And were you in glory?\" And he replied, \"How did you leave there?\" And he said, \"With Lucifer, many of us fell.\" He spoke these words by the mouth of the woman that every man heard. Then the holy man said, \"Wouldn't you go back into that glory?\" And he replied, \"It is too late.\" The wicked spirit issued out of that woman again, but when the man of God had departed, the wicked spirit entered again. And her husband came after the holy man and told him what had happened. And he caused a writing to be made about her neck containing these words: \"I command you in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ that you be not so hardy.\".A pitiful woman in Guyana was tormented by a devil who lived within her, causing her great distress for six years as he indulged in his lechery. When the holy man Saint Bernard arrived at the scene, the devil threatened her, warning that if she went to him, it would bring her no benefit, and her lover would become a cruel persecutor if she did. But she went to Saint Bernard and wept bitterly, recounting her suffering. He gave her his staff and instructed her to place it in her bed. The devil came immediately but dared not perform his usual deeds, instead threatening to take revenge cruelly upon her when he was gone. After she had shared this with Saint Bernard, he gathered the people and instructed each to hold a burning candle..The holy man, holding it in his hand, came to this devil and, with all those present, cursed and excommunicated him. He vowed that he would never again do such a thing to her or to anyone else. In this way, she was delivered from that illusion.\n\nOne time, as a legate in that province to reconcile the duke of Guyana to the Church, he refused reconciliation in every way. The holy man went to the altar to sing mass. The duke remained outside the church as excommunicated. When he had said \"Pax domini,\" he placed the body of our Lord upon the paten and took it out of the church. He went out with a face flaming and burning. He assailed the duke with fierce words, saying, \"We have prayed for you, and you have despised us. Behold, here is the son of the virgin, who has come to us, who is the lord of the Church whom you persecute. This is your judge, in whose name all knees bow. In whose hands your soul shall come. Do not despise him as you have.\".his servants resisted him if you may/ Then the duke grew stiff and was impotent in all his members/ And then he fell down at his feet/ And the holy man put his foot at him/ and commanded him to arise/ and to hear the sentence of God/ he then tremblingly rose and accomplished it immediately that the holy man commanded/\n\nOn one occasion, as this holy man Saint Bernard entered Almain to appease a great discord, there was an archbishop who sent an honorable clerk against him/ And when the clerk said to him that he had been sent from his master against him, the holy man answered him and said/ Another lord has sent you/ And be amazed and said that he was sent by none other/ but by that lord there/ Bernard said/ You are deceived/ Our Lord Jesus Christ, who has sent you, is greater master/ And when the clerk understood him, he said/ Sir, do you think that I will become a Monk?/ No, I never thought of it/ nor did it ever come into my heart/ yet, in the same journey..He sought the world and received it from this holy man, Saint Bernard. He also joined the Order for a time and, after following Saint Bernard for a little while, began to be severely tempted. When a brother saw him looking so sad, he asked him the cause of his sadness. He replied, \"I know well that I shall never be happy.\" The brother told Saint Bernard, and he prayed fervently for him. The brother, who seemed so sad and heavy, appeared more joyful than the others, and the brother blamed him because he had said that he would never be joyful. He answered and said, \"I know well that I said I would never be joyful, but I now say that I will never be sorrowful. When Bishop Malachy of Ireland, of whom he wrote a life full of virtues, passed out of this world from his monastery, blessedly to the Lord Jesus Christ, Saint Bernard offered a sacred sacrifice for him. He saw the glory of him by [something missing]\".Revelation of our Lord, and by the inspiration of God, He changed the form of prayer after the communion, saying thus with joyous voice: God, who has accompanied St. Malachy by his merits with your saints, we pray you to give to us, that we who make the feast of his precious death may follow the examples of his life. And when the choir heard him, he said to him: \"You err.\" And he replied: \"I do not err, but I know well what I say.\" Then he went to the body and kissed his feet. And in a time that Lent approached, he was visited by diverse knights. He prayed them that at the least in these holy days they should abstain from their vanities, their lusts, and doing outrages, and they in no way agreed to it. And then he commanded them to make ready wine and said to them: \"Drink the health of your souls,\" and when they had drunk the wine, they were suddenly changed and went to their houses. And those who had refused to do so for a little time, they gave to God afterwards..all the time of their lives, and led a right holy life. At the last, the holy saint Bernard approaching to death said blessedly to his brethren, \"I require and command you to keep three things which I have remembered to have kept in my power as long as I have been in this present life: I have not willed to slander any person, and if any have fallen, I have hidden it as much as I could. I have ever trusted less my own wit than others. If I were hurt, I never required vengeance of the hurter. I leave to you charity, humility, and patience. And after that he had done many miracles and had founded 120 monasteries, and had ordered many books and treatises, he accomplished the days of his life the 63rd year of his age, in the year of our Lord 1153. He slept in our Lord among the hands of his sons, and his glory showed his departing to much people. He appeared to an abbot in a monastery and admonished him that he should follow him, and he did so.\".\nAnd thenne saynt Bernard sayde / we be comen to the Mount of Lybane thou shalt abyde here / And I shalle ascende vp an hyhe / And he asked hym / wherfor he wold gone vp / And be sayd for to lerne I wyl go vp / And he beyng gre\u00a6tely admerueyled said / what wylt thou sayd here is no scyence / ne here is no knowlege of trouthe / but ther aboue is plente of scyence / And on hyghe is the veery knowlege of trouthe / And with that word he vanysshed aweye / And thenne that Abbotte marked that daye / and found that saynt Bernard was thenne passed to oure lord / whiche shewed for hym many myracles / And Innumerable / To whome be gyuen laude and preysyng euerlastyng Amen\nThus endeth the lyf of the glo\u2223rious doctor saynt Bernard\nTHimothe is as mo\u00a6he to saye as holdynge drede / Or of timore that is drede / and theos a word of greek / whiche is deus in latyn / and god in Englysshe / as the drede of god\nSAynt Thymothe was taken vnder New of the prouoste of Ro\u2223me / and was greuous\u2223ly beten / and had quyk lyme put in his.Throat and upon his wounds, he rendered thanks to God with all his heart. And then two angels came to him, saying, \"Lift up your head to heaven,\" and he beheld and saw the heaven open, and Jesus Christ, who held a double crown, said to him, \"You shall receive this from my hand.\" A man named Apollinaris saw this thing and had him baptized. Therefore, the priest commanded that they two be brought together, persecuted for the confession of our Lord, around the year 450.\n\nSymphorian was born in the city of Augustodunum. Being a young child, he shone in such great bondage of virtues that he surpassed the life of his contemporaries. And as the pagans celebrated the feast of Venus, Symphorian was there and would not worship them before Eraclyus the priest. He was then long beaten and afterwards set in prison. They tried to force him to sacrifice..Promised to him many gifts / He answered and said / Our lord can reward the merits / And also he can punish the sins / Then the life that we owe to God of debt / late us pay with good will / Slow penance / is to be understood / sinners, enchained, are anointed with the sweetness of honey / which engenders venom / and evil thoughts / dwelling / Your conscience and shall be withheld in the bounds of the cursed and evil winning / And your joys when they begin to shine / shall be broken like glass / And then the Judge filled with wrath / gave sentence / and commanded that Symphoryen should be slain / And as he was led to the place of his martyrdom / his mother cried from the wall of her house / and said / Son / Son / Remember the life everlasting / look upward / and behold him / who reigns in heaven / The life shall not be taken away from thee / but it shall be changed into a better / And then he was immediately beheaded / And his body was taken by Christian men / And was honorably buried..And so many miracles were shown at his tomb that it was held in great honor by the pagans. Gregory of Tours recounts the place where his blood was shed. A Christian man carried away three stones, which were marked with his blood, and put them in a silver case with tables of wood enclosed about it. He took them into a castle, which castle was entirely burned with fire. And that case was found whole and safe in the midst of the fire. He suffered death around the year of our Lord CC, 77.\n\nThus ends the life of St. Symphorien.\n\nBertram is exposed as the son of a nobleman, hanging over the waters or ruling over the sea. He is called Bartholomew, which means son hanging over the waters. That is, from God, who enlightens the minds of doctors on high. It is also called Barthelmy, which means sovereign of the waters..Saint Bartholomew, not Hebrew but Syrian, was suspended three times. The first suspension was due to his worldly love. He was suspended, meaning raised in heavenly love, and suspended, meaning enveloped in God's grace, not through his merits but through God's aid.\n\nRegarding the second suspension, Saint Denys in his mystical theology states, and it is brief. Following Saint Denys' intent, Bertholmewill show that all things can be affirmed and presented of God under one consideration, and denied more properly under another consideration.\n\nSaint Bartholomew, the apostle, went into India, which is in the end of the world. There he entered a temple where an idol resided, named Astaroth. A demon dwelt in that idol, claiming it could heal all manner of sicknesses, but it was a lie..for he could not make them whole\nAnd he ceased to make them seek / and the temple was full of sick people / and could have none answer from that idol / wherefore they went to another city / where another idol was worshiped / named Baalberith / they demanded of him / why Ashtaroth gave them no answer / And Baalberith said / your god is bound with chains of fire / it neither draws breath nor speaks after that fashion /\n\nThe apostle of God entered into the temple / And they said to him / who is that Baalberith /\nAnd the devil said / he is the friend of the almighty God / And he has come into this province to avoid all the goddesses of inde /\n\nThen they said / tell us some tokens and signs that we may know him and find him /\nAnd the devil said to them / he has his hair black / and crisp / his skin white / his nose thin and straight / his beard long / and hoarse / and of a straight and seemly stature / he is clad in a white coat / and a white mantle which in every place..The corners are adorned with gems of purple and precious stones. It has been 52 years since his clothes have never grown old or faded. He prays and worships God on his knees one hundred times a day and one hundred times at night. The angels accompany him, preventing him from growing weary or hungry. He always appears cheerful and joyful. He sees all things before they happen and knows all things. He speaks all kinds of languages and understands them. He knows what I say to you. When you seek him, if he wishes, he can reveal himself to you. And if he does not wish, you will not find him. I pray that when you find him, you do not disturb him or his angels as they have disturbed my fellow.\n\nThey went and searched for him diligently and quickly for two days but did not find him. On one day, which was beset by a devil, he cried out and said, \"Apostle of God, Berthold, your prayers torment me.\" And Berthold said, \"Hold your peace.\".And he was delivered, and when Polymen, king of that region, heard this thing, which had a lunatic daughter, he sent to the apostle, praying that he would come to heal his daughter. And when the apostle was come to him and saw that she was bound, he commanded all to be unbound who went to her. But the ministers dared not go to her, and he said, \"I hold the devil fast bound in her; therefore be not afraid.\" And then she was immediately unbound and delivered. And then she would have presented to the apostle Camilly, charged with gold, silver, and precious stones, but he could not be found in any way. And on the following morning, the apostle appeared alone in the king's chamber and said to him, \"Why did you seek me yesterday with gold, silver, and precious stones? These things are necessary for them; you are deceiving the king in our redemption, and among other things, how is it with Jesus Christ?\".Vanquished the devil by mercilious and conquering power, Iustice and wisdom were required. For it was conquering that he who overcame the son of the earth, who was Adam, while he was yet a virgin, should be overcome by the son of the virgin. He overcame him mightily when he cast him out with force from his lordship, who had cast us out by force, our first father. And in like manner, he who overcomes some tyrant sends his fellows beforehand to set up his sign over all and to cast out tyrants. In the same way, Jesus Christ sent his messengers over all to take away the honor and the worship of the devil rightfully. For it is right that he who vanquished man by eating and held him so, should be overcome by a man fasting and holding him no longer. For it is rightful that he who, by the art of the devil, was despised, should be vanquished by the art of Jesus Christ. And just as the falcon takes the bird, so Jesus Christ took him in the desert..because he fasted and would attempt if he had been hungry, and if he had been hungry, he might have deceived him with food. But if he had none, then he knew without a doubt that he was God, but he could not recognize him, for he had been fasting and had consented to nothing and to no temptations. And when he had preached the sacrament of faith, he said to the king that if he would receive baptism, he would show him his God bound in chains. The following day, when the bishops consecrated within the king's palaces, the demons cried out and said, \"Cease, you cursed wretches, from sacrificing to us, lest you suffer worse than I who am bound in chains of fire by the angels of Jesus Christ, whom the Jews crucified and supposed they had killed, whose death that is our queen he has imprisoned, and has bound our prince in chains of fire. And immediately then they set ropes on the image to pull it down and overthrow your idol, but they could not..The apostle commanded the devil to issue and go out, and break their dolls all to pieces. The devil issued out and destroyed and broke all their dolls of the temple. And anon the apostle made his prayer, saying, \"O God of Abraham, god of Isaac, and god of Jacob, who hast given to us such power that we enlighten the blind and cleanse the lepers, I desire and require that this multitude might be healed. And they all answered, 'Amen.' And forthwith all the sick people were cured and healed. And then the apostle consecrated and dedicated that Temple, and commanded the devil to go into the desert. Then the angel of the Lord appeared there and flew round about the temple, and signed and marked with his finger the sign of the cross in four corners of the temple, saying, \"Our Lord says this, like as I have cured and made you clean of all your sickness, so let this temple be made clean of all filth and dwell in it no more.\" To whom the apostle..The king has commanded you to go into the desert, and do not doubt that you will see him. Make in your foreheads such a sign as I have carved in these stones. Then he showed them an Ethiopian, blacker than thunder, with a sharp face, a long beard, his hair hanging down to his feet, his eyes flaming like hot fire, and casting out sparks of fire, and casting flames of sulfur from his mouth, and his hands bound with chains of fire behind his back. And then the angel said to him, \"Because you have heard that the apostle has commanded, and have broken all their idols of the temple, I will unbind you. Go to such a place where no man dwells, and be there until the day of judgment. And when he was unbound, he went his way with a great braying and howling. And then the angel of the Lord mounted up into heaven in the sight of them all. And there the king was baptized with his wife and his children, and all his people, and left his kingdom, and was made a disciple..The apostle and all the bishops of Thessalonica assembled and went to King Astyages of Edessa and his brother Polymius. They complained to him about the loss of their gods and the destruction of their temples, as well as the conversion of his brother, achieved through magical arts. Astyages was angry and sent a thousand armed men to capture the apostle. When he was brought before him, the king said, \"Are you not the one who has persuaded my brother?\" The apostle replied, \"I have not persuaded him, but I have converted him. And the king said, \"Just as you have caused my brother to forsake his god and believe in yours, so I will make you forsake your god and sacrifice to mine.\" The apostle replied, \"I have renounced the god that you have heard about. He tore his purple robes and ordered that the apostle be beaten with staves and quickly flayed. Then the Christians took away the body.\".And they buried it honorably. Then King Astygares and the bishops of the Temples were raised with demons and died. And King Polemien was ordained bishop and served the office of a bishop for 20 years, humbly. And after that, he rested in peace, full of virtues.\n\nThere are various opinions about the manner of his passion. The blessed Dorothea says that he was crucified and also says that Bertholomew preached to me about the mind and delivered to them the gospel in their own tongue, according to Matthew. He died in Albania, a city of great Armenia. Crucify him head downward, says St. Theodoric. It is read in many books that he was beheaded only. This contradiction may be explained in this way: some say that he was crucified and was taken down before he died, and to have greater torment, he was then beheaded.\n\nIn the year of our Lord 1335, Saracens assaulted Cyprus and destroyed the island of Lapithe. There, the body of [an unclear name] was located..Saint Berthalmew lies buried and broke open the sepulcher. He threw the bones here and there. It is said that his body came in such a way from India there to that island when the penitents saw it. This body and its sepulcher were greatly honored due to the miracles that occurred there. They had great contempt for it and placed them in a leaden tomb and threw them into the sea. And by the will of God, they came to this island. When the Saracens had departed and scattered the bones here and there, and had departed, then the Apostle appeared to a monk. He said to him, \"Arise and go, and gather my bones together.\" He said to him, \"By what reason shall I gather your bones together, and what honor ought we to do to them, when you suffer us to be destroyed?\" The Apostle said to him, \"Our Lord has spared this people here for a long time by my merits, but for their sins that they have committed, which cry out for vengeance to heaven, I have not obtained pardon nor forgiveness for them.\".Then the monk said, \"How shall I find among so many bones those that you will find shining? You will take them up, and the monk found them all as he had said, and took them up, and brought them with him onto a ship, and sailed with them to Benevento, which is the chief city of Pulle. And thus they were transported there. It is said now that they are at Rome. How eagerly the vessel wished to pour out the oil, none came out. How gently she touched the oil with her finger, and then one cried out, \"I think this oil is not suitable for the apostle that it should be in his lamp.\" So they put it in another lamp, and it flowed out immediately. When Emperor Frederick destroyed Benevento, he commanded that all the churches there should be destroyed and forced them to carry away the goods from that city to another place. And there was a man who found men shining white, and he seemed to hear them speaking together..of some secret thing, and he marveled strongly who they were, and demanded them. One of them answered and said, \"This is Bertilmew, the apostle with other saints, who had churches in this city, speaking and ordaining how Emperor such-and-such should be justified, who has cast them out of their tabernacles. And they have now confirmed among them by firm sentence that he without delay shall go to the judgment of God to answer thereon. And immediately the Emperor died an evil death. It is in a red book of the miracles of saints that a certain master solemnly celebrated the feast of St. Bertilmew. The devil in the form of a maiden appeared to this master who was preaching. When he saw her, he had her come and dine with him. And when they were seated at the table, she urged him strongly to love her. Then St. Bertilmew came to the gate and prayed that he might come in for the love of St. Bertilmew.\".The monk would not send him bread, and he would not take it, but praised the master by his message, asking what was most becoming in a man. The monk laughed in response, and the maid said, \"No, it is a sin, in which a man is conceived, born, and lives in sin.\" Saint Bertylme answered that he had well said, but she could have answered more profoundly. The pilgrim demanded of the master where the place was containing the space of a foot where God had made the greatest miracle. The master said it was the sign of the Cross, in which God had made many miracles. The maid said, \"No, it is the head of a man, in which the little world is.\" The apostle allowed the sentence of that one and of the other.\n\nThe pilgrim demanded a third time how far it was from the sovereign seat or seat in heaven to the lowest and deepest place of hell. The master did not know, and she said, \"I know it well. I have fallen from that one to this other.\".\"beholds, that I show it to thee, and the devil falls down into hell with a great noise and howling. And then they sent for the pilgrim, and he was vanished and gone away, and they could not find him. In like manner, nearly according to this, it is read of St. Andrew. The blessed Ambrose says thus in the preface of this apostle's legend: Iesus Christ, thou hast desired to show to thy disciples many things of thy divine Trinity in wonderful ways and thy majesty, among whom thou hast sent the blessed Berthold, endowed with great prerogative, into a far-off country. And how is it, that he was all far from human conversation? Nevertheless, he deserved, by the fruit of his preachings, to mark and think in thy sign the beginning of that people. Ha, by what lovings is the wonderful apostle to be honored? And when the hearts of the people of his neighbors could not suffice to him to receive his seed, he, through perseverance, plowed like a farmer.\".flying into the last countries of the lands of India / and entered into the temple where there were great company of sick people without number / And the devil was so mute that he had no remembrance of those who adored him / And the maiden who was called Lunacy by the torment of the devil, he undid / And delivered her entirely to her father / O how great was this miracle of holiness when he made the enemy of humanity his foe / and broke and destroyed his own idol / and brought it to nothing / O how worthy is he to be numbered among the heavenly company / to whom the angel appeared to praise his faith by his miracles / And came from the southern hall / And showed to all the people the devil chained / and right foul / and the sign of the Cross emblazoned in the stone, bringing health / And the king and the queen were seated among the people of their cities / And at the last, the tyrant brother of Polemy new in faith, by the relation of the bishops of the temple, was blessed..The apostle was steadfast in the faith, to be beaten, flayed, and receive a cruel death. As he denounced the wretchedness of death, he was victorious in the glory of heaven, and the blessed Theodore, the noble doctor, speaks of this apostle in this manner, among other things:\n\nFirst in Lycaon, and afterwards in India, and lastly in Albania, a city of great armies. He was first struck down there, and afterwards his head was smitten off, and there he was buried. When he was sent by our Lord to preach, as I suppose, he heard how our Lord said to him, \"Go, my disciple, and preach; depart from this country, and fight; be capable of perils. I have first accomplished and finished the works of my Father, and I am the first witness. Fill the vessel that is necessary, and follow your master, love your Lord, give your blood for his blood, and your flesh for his flesh, and endure what he endured.\"\n\nTherefore, the apostle was steadfast in the faith, first bearing witness to and completing the works of his Father in Lycaonia, India, and Albania. He was first struck down in Albania, a city of great armies, and there his head was severed from his body, and he was buried. When he was sent by the Lord to preach, he was instructed to depart from the country, to fight, and to be capable of perils. The apostle had first accomplished and finished the works of his Father, and he was the first witness. Fill the necessary vessel and follow your master. Love the Lord, give your blood for his blood, and your flesh for his flesh, and endure what he endured..delonairte in thy sweetings and suffer sweetly among wicked people, and be patient among those who persecute. The Apostle endured not, but as a true servant and obedient to his master went forth, joying, and as a light of God enlightening in darkness, the work of the holy church, like the blessed saint Austin witnesses in his book, who, like a tilter of Jesus Christ, profited in spiritual tilting. Saint Peter taught the naos, but Saint Bertram did great miracles. Peter was crucified the head downward, and Bertram was quickly flayed and had his head smitten off. And they two increased [or: grew]\n\nJust as an harp gives a right sweet sound from many striking of kings, and they departed among them all the world. And the place of Armenia was the place of Bertram, that is from Eulath to Gabath. There you may see him with the plow of his tongue, sowing in the depths of the heart the word of the faith, and in planting the..\"Vygnes of our Lord and trees of paradise / And to every setting, medicinally, the remedies of the passions / And they threw thorns not instructively / and cut down trees of folly / and enclosed them about with hedges of doctrine / But what reward yielded the tyrants to their curate / They gave him dishonor for honor / cursing for benediction / pains for gifts / tribulation for rest / And right bitter death for restful life / And since he had suffered many torments, he was discarded and quickly flayed and died not / And yet for all that, he had them not in contempt who slew him / but admonished them by miracles / and taught them by demonstrations / that did him harm / But there was nothing that might restrain their bestial thoughts / nor withdraw them from harm / What did they do afterward / They enforced them again against the holy body And the sick and afflicted refused their medicine and healer / the city refused him who enlightened their blindness / governed them who were in darkness.\".Perrylle gave life to those who were dead and cast him out. They threw his body into the sea in a lead chest. This chest came from the region of Armenia with the chests of four other martyrs. They also performed miracles and were thrown into the sea with him. The four went before a great distance across the sea and served the apostle like servants in a manner so far that they reached the parties of Cecyle in an island named Lyparis. This right precious Marytes came to an unnoble woman. The shining light came to a heavy one. Then the other four went to other lands and left the holy apostle in that island. He left the other behind him. And that one, named Papien, went into a city of Cecyle. He sent another named Lucian to the city of Messene..The other two were sent to the land of Calabria. They sent Gregory into the city of Compsagne, and Achare into a city named Chale, where their relics still shine. The body of the apostle was received with sympathy, lovingness, and candles, and a fair church was built in his honor. The Mountain of Vulcan is near that island, and it was so terrible because it had received fire. This mountain was withdrawn by the miracles of this holy saint from that island by a mile, appearing to those who see it as a figure of fire fleeing away. Therefore, I sell the Bertilmew, blessed Bertilmew, who art the shining light of holy church, Fishers reasonable, hurt the world by your theft, Enioy the son of the world, enlightening all earthly things, mouth of God, fiery tongue pronouncing wisdom..Fontaine springing abundantly with health, which brightens the sea by your going and ways unforgettable, which make the earth read with your blood, which rest in heavens shining in the midst of the divine company clear in the resplendent hour of glory, and enjoy in the incessable joy of Joy, Amen. And this is what Theodeore says of him:\n\nThus ends the life of St. Bertilme.\nAustin was named after him for his excellence of dignity, or for the fierce love he had, or for the exposure of his name. For just as Emperor Augustus was distinguished above all other kings, so he excelled all other doctors, as Remigius says. The other doctors are compared to stars, and this one to the sun, as it appears in the epistle sung of him. Secondly, for the fierce love, for just as the month of August is hot by heat, so he is inflamed by the fire..of the divine love, for which he says of himself in the book of Confessions: Thou hast pierced my heart with thy charity; and in the same book, he brings me into a desirous affection, which cannot be satisfied, and I do not know to what sweet-growing and stinking city Anas is as much to say as soure-rain, and then Augustine is as much to say as increasing the city soure-rain. It is sung of him: this is he who can well increase the city of God, or it is said in the glossary: Augustine is called great, blessed, and clear. He was great in his life, blessed in glory, Possidonius, bishop of Calama, led his life, as Cassiodorus says in the book of Noble Men.\n\nSaint Augustine, the noble doctor, was born in Africa, in the city of Carthage. He came from noble kin. His father was named Patricius, and his mother Monica. He was sufficiently instructed in the liberal arts, so that he was reputed a proficient philosopher and a right noble doctor..For he learned all by himself from Aristotle's books and all other liberal arts' books I could find, and I understood them, as I witness in the book of Confessions, saying, \"All the books called liberal arts, I read and understood them alone, and I mastered all I could read, and all those of the craft of speaking and designing, all those of divine inspirations of figures, of music, and of names. I read and understood them without great difficulty, and without teaching from any man.\" You know this, my lord God, for the swiftness of my understanding and the gift of learning is from you alone. But I have not sacrificed myself to you therefore. And therefore, science without charity edifies not, but swells in the torment of many-headed idols for nine years while he was an adolescent, and was brought to believe the trifles and lies that say that the gods are..When the fig tree loses its figs, and when he was nineteen years old, he began to read in the book of philosophy, in which he was taught to despise the name of Jesus Christ, whom he had learned from his mother. But he began to be sorry that the name of Jesus Christ, which he had learned from his mother, was not in that book. And his mother wept often and urged him strongly to bring him to the faith. And as it is written in the book of Confessions, she was in a place of great distress, and she thought that a fair young man was before her, who asked her the cause of her sorrow. She said, \"I weep here for the loss of my son Austin.\" And he answered, \"Be sure, mother, for where you are, he is.\" And she saw her son beside her, and when she had told this to Austin, he said to his mother, \"You are deceived, mother; it was not said so.\" But she said, \"Contrary to that, it was not said to me, 'Where I am, you are,' but 'Where you are, I am.'\" And then the mother entreated and prayed fervently..required a bishop instantly to pray for her son, said to her by the voice of a prophet / Go thy way surely / For a son of so many days for her son / In that time, they of Melane required a doctor of Rhetoric from Symmachus, the prefect of Rome, to come to Melane. And at that time, Ambrose was bishop of that city, and Augustine was sent at the request of those of Melane. And his mother could not rest but did much pain to come to him. And she found him neither manly nor very Catholic. And then it happened that Augustine began to haunt with Saint Ambrose, and often heard his preachings. He was much attentive to hear if anything were said against the Manichaeans or other heresies.\n\nOn one occasion, Saint Ambrose disputed against the error of the Manichaeans for a long time and condemned it openly and evidently with reasons and authorities. And this error was altogether put out of Augustine's heart. And what happened to him afterward, he....In the book of his confessions, he recounts that when I first knew your firmness, your friendliness towards me was evident, making me tremble with fear out of good love. I found myself far removed from you in a region of unlikeliness, as if I heard your voice from heaven saying, \"I am the one increased in greatness, and you shall eat me; I shall not change you in the form of your flesh, but you shall be changed in me.\" And as he recounts there, the life of Jesus Christ pleased him greatly, but he still doubted going through such distresses. But our Lord answered his mind, urging him to go to Simplician, in whom all divine grace shone, to restrain his desires and to tell him what manner of life was suitable for going in the way of God, in which others also went. All this displeased him, save the sweetness of God and the beauty of the houses of God, which he loved. Simplician began to exhort him, and Saint Augustine exhorted as well..And he said to him, \"How many children and maidens serve in the church of God for our lord? And may not you do the same, not in your own self but in God's? Why do you tarry? Cast yourself into him, and he will receive you and reward you. Among these words, Victoryn came to his mind. Simplice was greatly pleased and told him that Victoryn was still a pagan and was supposed to have a great image made to his likeness in the market of Rome. He often said that he was a Christian man. To this Simplice replied, \"I will not believe it, but if I see you in the church.\" He answered merrily, \"The walls do not make a man Christian. At last, when he came into the church, he brought to him secretly a book where the Creed of the Mass was. He ascended aloud and pronounced it, which amazed Rome, and the church rejoiced. And they all suddenly cried out, \"Victoryn, Victoryn!\" And peace was made among them for joy. Afterward..A friend named Poncien came from Africa to Augustine, recounting the life and miracles of the great Antonius who had died under Emperor Constantine. Augustine was strongly encouraged by these examples, urging him as much with cheer as with mind. He exhorted him fervently, \"What are we suffering? Where are we going? We are unteaching people and engaging in foolish and ruinous practices. And we, with our knowledge and teachings, are plunging and sinking into hell. And because they go before us, we are ashamed to follow. Then he entered a garden and, as he says, cast himself down under a fig tree and wept bitterly because he had tarried so long from day to day and from time to time. He was greatly tormented, having no manner of peace in himself due to his prolonged waiting, as he writes in the book of his Confessions, and said, \"Alas, Lord, how high you are in high things, and how deep in deep things.\".And you do not depart from the way / And we have not yet come to a / A lord said to me, move me, urge me, and enlighten me / rouse me and make sweet and soft all my weariness and hindrances, as is fitting / for I fear them greatly / I have loved you long / you are so old and so new / I have long loved the / you were within and I was without / and there I sought you in the beauty and fairness that you have / I filled myself with all deformed and foul things / you were with me, but I was not with you / You have called and cried out, and you have broken my deafness / You have enlightened, clarified, and taken away my blindness / You have filled me with fragrant odors, and I have come to the / I have tasted the / and am hungry / and desire the / You have touched me / and I am burned in the voices of leaving your peace / and as he wept bitterly, he heard a voice saying, \"Take and read.\" And he opened the book of the apostle and cast his eyes on..The first chapter: Clothe yourself in our Lord Jesus Christ, and all doubts in him were extinguished. In the meantime, he began to be severely tormented by toothache, almost to the point of death. Toppynyon of Cornelius the Philosopher posits that the soul's supreme joy is in wisdom, and the body's supreme joy is in suffering no pain or sorrow. His pain was so great and intense that he lost his speech. He wrote in the book of his Confessions that all men should pray for him, that our Lord would alleviate his pain. He himself knelt down with the others, and then felt himself healed. He signaled to the holy man St. Ambrose by letters that he would send a message from holy writ that would be most suitable for him to read, to strengthen his Christian faith. St. Ambrose replied, saying:.Because he was seen to be the revealer and pronouncer of the gospel, and of calling of men, and when Augustine understood not all the beginning, and supposed all the remainder to be other than it was to read, he deferred to read them until he was more skilled in holy write. And when the day of Easter came, and Augustine was thirty years old, he and his son, who was named Adeodatus, a child of noble wit and understanding, whom he had obtained in his youth, when he was a pagan and a philosopher with Alypius his friend, by the merits of his mother, and by the preaching of St. Ambrose received baptism from St. Ambrose, then, as it is read, St. Ambrose said, \"We praise thee, God,\" and St. Augustine said, \"We confess to thee, Lord,\" and they two together composed and made this hymn, and sang it to the end. And so witnesses it Honorius in his book, which is named the Mirror of the Church, and in some other old books the title of this hymn or psalm is titled, \"The Hymn or Psalm of the Two Holy Fathers.\".Canticle of Ambrose and Augustine. And there he was miraculously confirmed in the Catholic faith. And he forsake all the hope that he had in the world. And he renounced the schools that he attended. And he shows in his book of confessions how he was from then on inflamed with the love of God, saying, \"Lord, through my heart with your charity, I have borne your words fixed in my entrails. And examples of your manners, which you have made black, white, and shining, and of deed living, and of corrupt thoughts you make fire and high understanding in heavenly things. I mounted up into the hill of weeping, and you gave to me singing the canticle of grace. Sharp arrows and cool wasting, I was not filled in those days with your marvelous sweetness. To consider the height of the divine counsel upon the health of the human race. How much have I wept in your presence, and I was well eased with them. Then these things were established to be sung.\".The church of Melan. I cried with a high cry of my heart, O in peace, O in that very thing, O you who say I shall sleep in that same, and rest, you are the same. For you are not changed, and in this rest, forgetting all labors, I read the entire Psalm. And I burned, which had once been a bitter and blind barker against the letters, sweetened with the sweetness of heaven, and enlightened with your light. Upon such scriptures I held my peace and spoke not. O Jesus Christ, my helper, how sweet it is suddenly made to me to lack the sweetness of [illegible].\n\nBut when they came to Hostiberyn, his sweet mother died. And after her, he returned to his own inheritance, and there remained with them in fasting and prayers. He wrote books and taught those who were not wise. And the fame and renown of him spread over all. In all his books and works, he was held marvelous. He refused to come to any city where there was no bishop, lest he be hindered by that office..In that time, there was a man of great virtues who lived in Iponence. He invited Augustine, asking him to come, promising that if he did, he would renounce the world. When Augustine learned of this, he went there hastily. Upon hearing of his renown and fame, Valeryen, Bishop of Iponence, ordained him a priest in his church. However, he refused and wept. Some believed his tears were caused by pride. Sidonius, in an attempt to console him, said it was time for him to be a priest, even if he was worthy of a greater office. Nevertheless, he approached the bishop's office and established a monastery of clerics. Ten were chosen from this monastery to become bishops. Since the bishop was a Greek and poorly versed in the Latin language, he granted Augustine permission to preach against the Oriental manner of the church. This led many bishops to despise him..He could not have the problems listed below done by the said Augustine, who was unable to do it himself. At that time, he convinced the priest to convert a multitude of people, who were heretics, including those who had been re-baptized as Donatists, and many others. He confounded and overcame all these people. Then, the blessed Valerian doubted that Augustine would be taken away from him to be made and required to be a bishop in another city. Valerian was willing to offer him his bishopric, but he supposed that he would have fled to some secret place instead of being found. He therefore requested from the archbishop of Carthage that he might cease and leave his bishopric, and that he would promote Augustine to be bishop of the church of Hippo. But when Augustine heard this, he refused it utterly. Nevertheless, he was compelled and coerced into taking charge of the bishopric at last. This thing he said, that he had been unwilling to do..The bishop should not be ordained, and he learned this from the general council, which had decreed that all the statutes of the fathers should be recited by those who ordained them. He is recorded as having said, \"I do not feel that the Lord is angry with me in anything, except that I am not worthy to be set in the governance of the church. My clothing and housing were neither too fine nor too fair, but sufficient, moderate, and competent. I am ashamed of costly clothing, and therefore, whoever gives it to me, I sell it. Clothing cannot come, the price does. He always used sparingly at his table, providing pottage and vegetables for the sick, and often had flesh for guests and sick people. He loved less discussions and less food at his table than meat.\".Whoever loves to mock absent creatures, it may be said that this table is denied to him. On one occasion, when a man had lost his temper with a bishop sitting at the table with him, he rebuked him harshly and said that he should leave or abandon these verses or depart from the table. On one occasion, when he had summoned friends to dine, one of them entered the kitchen and found that the food was cold that they should have had at dinner. He returned to Austin and asked, \"What do you have for our dinner?\" Austin answered, \"I cannot manage such dishes,\" and then Austin said, \"I shall not dine with you.\" Augustine then said that he had learned three things from Saint Ambrose: first, that he should never demand a wife for another man; second, that he should never lend his horse to one who would ride it; and third, that he should go to..The causes of the first dispute were that they did not agree and were not of one will, cursing him who brought them together. The second cause was for fear the rider would be harmed in his riding and blame him for lending him the horse. The third cause was that at the feast he might lose the manner of temperance, being of such great purity and humility that the slight sins which we consider insignificant, he confessed to God, as it appears in the book of his Confessions. He accused himself there for having played with the ball as a child instead of going to school with his father and mother and teachers by force. Also, as a child, he read gladly the fables of Enias and complained for Dido, who died for love. He confessed stealing food from the table and from the cellar of his father and mother that he had given to children playing with him. And for that, at the feast, he had become angry and struck a servant..He confessed to playing and winning by fraud, as well as stealing pearls from a priest standing near him when he was sixteen years old. In the same book, he accused him of a little delight, which he felt in eating, and said, \"you taught me that I should take no regard for food like a medicine, but when I go to rest with a full belly, then I go in the way, in which the snare of concupiscence assails me. And she joins with her a dangerous chambermaid, that is, pleasure, which often encourages her to perish, so that by the cause of it, I often do things for health. Drunkenness is far from me, I beseech the Lord, have mercy on me, let it not approach me. And Lord, who is he but sometimes he is carried away from his meals, who it is not, certainly he is very perfect. I am not he, for I am a sinner. He also suspected himself of smelling, saying,.of unfullsome smelling I enter not much/when they are present / I require not / And if I have them / I refuse not / nor do I covet them / as it seems to me / when I lack them / I shall not be deceived / No man says he / ought to be sure in this life / For it is called all/the same temptation / that is to wit / that he may be made of the worse the better / & not of the better the worse\nHe confessed also of hearing, saying, the delights & voluptuousness of my ears have bowed and subdued me / but thou hast unbound and delivered me / For when it happened that the song moved me more than the thing that sang I confess sore to have sinned / And then I would that I had not heard him that so sang / And then he accused him of seeing/some time gladly the hound running / And when he went sometimes by chance by the fields he beheld gladly hunting / And when he was at home he beheld oftimes the spiders/taking flies by the nets of their cobwebs / he himself..He confessed him to our lord, for a time they took from him good thoughts and allowed him some good works. He accused him of the emptiness of praying and of the mourning of vain glory, saying that he would be praised by men. And you bless him. He shall not be defended by men when you judge him, nor withdrawn when you condemn him. For man is prayed for some gift that you have prayed for, then he does with the gift that you have given. We are tempted every day with these temptations without ceasing or daily fornication is our tongue's habit. Nevertheless, I would well that the name of every good deed should increase by the help of a strange mouth. But the tongue increases it not, but blames it. I am sorry sometimes for my praises, when they are praised in me and displease me. For some manners are esteemed better than they are. This holy man confounded right valiantly the Heretics, so much that they preached openly..It was no sin to sleep in Augustyn, and he claimed that he should be slain like a wolf. They affirmed that God pardoned all sins for those who slew him, and he was often awaited by them. Whenever he went to any places, they set spies on him, but by the grace of God they were deceived in their pursuit. He always remembered the poor people and freely helped them as much as he could. Sometimes he commanded the breaking of church vessels to give to the poor and distribute it among the needy. He would never buy houses, fields, nor towns, and refused many inheritances that had fallen to him. Therefore he said that they belonged to the children of the dead people and to those next of their kin. The church's provisions were enough for him, and yet he was not enticed by such goods. Day and night he thought in divine scriptures. He had never studied in new factories nor buildings, but he eschewed them..To set his courage free from all bodily troubles, so that he might more freely attend and more continually to the lesson, he would not discourage those who would edify, if he saw them not doing it disorderly. He strongly urged those who had a desire to die, and often remembered them upon it. For when Ambrose was at the end, he was prayed that he should be granted longer life through his prayers. He answered, \"I have not lived so that I am ashamed to live among you. And I am not afraid to die. I have a good Lord, who answered Augustine's prayers most mercifully.\" He also said of another bishop that it was said to him that he was still much needed by the Church and that he should pray to God for the deliverance of his sickness. He said, \"If I did not do well seldom, why should he deliver me now? And of another bishop, he said that Cyprian told him when he was in great distress, 'When I was in need, you were present to me. Now that I am in need, where are you?'\".Seekes and prayed that God would send him health. A young man appeared to him and stared at him sternly. The young man spoke to him contemptuously, saying, \"Thou doubtest that no woman will ever dwell with thee, not even thy own sisters or the daughters of thy brother, who served God together. For thou didst say of thy sister and of thy nieces that no evil suspicion could grow. Nevertheless, because such persons could not be without others who served them, and others might come to them, the thoughts might be moved to temptations or might be defamed by evil suspicion of men. He would never speak alone with any woman, but only if it were in secret. He gave no goods to his kin or to his cousins, nor did he care whether they had enough or were needy. He would never or seldom pray for anyone, neither by letters nor by words. Remembering a certain philosopher to whom his friends had given little in the time of his need, the powerful one often grants..When he spoke for his friend, he attempted the manner of his duty so that he was not overeager himself, but the curtosity of the speaker deserved to be heard. He would gladly hear causes of unknown men rather than of his friends, for between them he might freely know the fault, and from them make one his friend, for whom by right he might give sentence, and from his friends he was sure to lose one, who was himself against whom he gave the sentence. He was desired to preach the word of God in many churches, and there he preached and converted many from errors. When he preached, he had a custom sometimes to depart from his purpose, and then he said that God had ordained that for the profit of some needy person, as it appeared to many. In that time when the Goths had taken Rome, and idolaters and false Christians were there..Enjoyed them thereof. Then Saint Augustine wrote the book of the City of God. In it, he first showed that righteous men were destroyed in this life, and the wicked flourished. The treachery of the two cities is Jerusalem and Babylon. For the king of Jerusalem is Jesus Christ, and he of Babylon is the devil. These two cities make loves in them, for the city of the devil makes a love for itself, growing the same toward contempt of God. And the city of God made a love, growing toward contempt of him. In that time, the Vandals, around the year 400 of our Lord, took all the province of Africa and wasted all. They spared neither man nor woman, nor for order, nor for age. And after came to the City of Hippo and besieged it with great power. Augustine, before all others, led a bitter and holy life under this tribulation. For the tears of his eyes were bread to him day and night when he saw some..Slain others chased away / the churches without priests / and the city wasted with the inhabitants. And among these evils, by the sentence of a certain wise man, he comforted himself saying, \"thou shalt not be great in expecting great things / because / the woods and stones fall, and they that are mortal die.\" He called them his brethren and said, \"I have prayed our lord that either he take away from us these perils / or send peace to us / or take me out of this life that I may no longer be constrained to have so many cursednesses or ill happenings.\" And the thing he required he had. In the third month of the siege, he traveled in the Fires, and lay down on his bed. And when he understood his departing, he did write the seven penitential psalms in a place against the wall. And he read them lying in his bed and wept profusely. And because he should intend to God the more diligently / and that his intention should not be hindered by anyone / he fasted for ten days beforehand..this he allowed no one to enter him, except for his physicians or when his reflection was brought to him. A certain sick man came because he should lay his hand on him and thereby heal him of his infirmity. And St. Augustine answered him immediately that what you ask of me, you think I can do, though I have never done it before. If I could, I would then heal myself. The man persisted that he was commanded in a vision to come to him, and then he prayed for him, and he received health. He healed many sick people and performed many other miracles. He recounted in the book of The City of God another miracle of two fools. Of this one he says in the same book, \"I have seen a virgin of Carthage, who was anointed with oil, and the devil, being roused and vexed, possessed and tormented her. A priest prayed for her, weeping, and she was made whole at once. The devil departed from her.\" Of the other miracle, he says, \"I know well.\".A bishop once prayed for a child he had never seen, and the child was immediately delivered from the devil. He likely spoke of himself in this way due to humility and refused to name himself. In the same book, he also stated that a man should be cut from the stone, and people doubted he would survive. The sick man wept and Austin prayed for him. He was healed without being cut or injured. When his departure approached, he signed his brothers, \"save yourselves.\" In the year of his age, thirty-six, and of his bishopric, forty, he put himself in prayer with his brothers, and departed from this life, going to our lord. He made no testament, as he was poor in Jesus Christ and had nothing to leave. He flourished around the year 400..Saint Augustine, clearly wise, fought for truth, faith, and the church, surpassing all other doctors in both intellect and knowledge. According to the blessed Remigius, in recording Irenaeus and other doctors, Augustine surpassed all others through ingenuity and science. Irenaeus is recorded as saying, \"Augustine surpassed all others through reason and knowledge, both through examples of virtues and the abundance of his doctrine.\" The blessed Remigius further records, \"Augustine concluded all others through reason and science. Irenaeus says in a letter to the glorious Saint Augustine, 'I have no knowledge to answer your two great books, shining with the clarity of eloquent speech. And truly, what I have said.' \".and haue lerned by engyne and con\u00a6nyng / and drawen oute of the fon\u2223tayne of scripture as taken aweye / and a deserte to the / but I pray thy re\u00a6uerence / that thou suffre me a lytelle to preyse thyn engyne / \u00b6 The blessyd Ysydore wrote thus of hym in the book of twelue doctours / The gloryous sa\u2223ynt Augustyn Bisshop / fleynge by the hyghe Montayns as an Egle hath pronounced by clere wordes many of the spaces of heuen / the boundes of the londes / and the Cercle of the waters / And after hit apperyth in what reue\u2223rence and loue saynt Iheromme hadde to hym in the epystles / that he sente to the hooly fader saynt Augustyn / I Iheromme honoure alweye thy bles\u00a6sydnesse by suche honoure as hit apper\u00a6teyneth to loue oure lord Ihesu Cryste dwellynge in the / But and yf it ma\u2223ye be now / late vs now gadre of thy praysynges somme thyng / The blessid seynt Gregory sayth thus of his bookes in a pystle / that he sente vnto Innocent prouost of Auffryque by cause hit hath lyked to the to sende to vs for the exposycion of.Holy Iob we heard speak of Saint Augustine our fellow / But do not think that our wheat may be compared to his rice and the blessed prosperity said of him / Saint Augustine was quick-witted in invention, sweet in speech, wise in lettering, a noble worker in the labors of the Church, clear in daily disputations, well-ordered in all his doings, sharp in assuaging questions, right pert in confounding heretics, and right Catholic in explaining our faith, and subtle in explaining the scriptures of the canon / And after that the strange people had occupied that country for a long time and had corrupted the holy places, the good Christian men took the body of Saint Augustine and brought it to Sardinia / And after two hundred and forty-six years, King Liuprand, a devout king of the Lombards, sent solemn messengers there to bring the relics of Saint Augustine to Pavia / Which gave great joy for it / And brought the body unto Genoa / And when the devout king heard of it, he had great joy / And went to..met with the body at the said city and received it honorably. On the morrow, when they tried to take the body away, they could not remove it in any manner until the king had sworn that if he would allow it to be born there, he would build a church in its honor. As soon as he had done so, it was taken away and transported there. And on that day, following this miracle in a town named Cryselle in the bishopric of Tridon, he built another church in its honor. And the same town, along with all its appurtenances, he gave to those who served in the said church to possess for eternity. Because the king wished to please the saint and doubted that he would be in some other place than the king intended, where the king had lodged by night with the body, he built a church in its honor there. And thus it was brought to Pau in great joy and was led honorably into the church of St. Peter, which is called..In English night, St. Bernard saw a young, fair man standing before him during matins. The lessons of St. Augustine were being read. A great abundance of water flowed from the man's mouth, filling the church seemingly. Bernard then awoke, knowing it was St. Augustine who had filled the church with his teachings.\n\nA man with great devotion to St. Augustine gave a monk, who kept St. Augustine's body, a large sum of money to obtain a finger of the saint. The monk took the money and delivered to him the finger of another dead man, wrapped in silk, and passed it off as St. Augustine's finger. The good man received it with great honor and reverence, and he honored it daily with deep devotion. He touched it with his eyes and mouth and often embraced it against his chest. God, in His mercy, allowed this..byholdeth all things and the faith of this man was given to him for that finger - the very proper finger of St. Augustine. And when he came into his country, there were many miracles shown there by it. The renown and fame of this finger spread throughout the land. The Moor (Moke) before said affirmed always that it was the finger of another dead man. The sepulcher was opened to know the truth, and it was found that there lacked one of the fingers of the glorious saint. When the abbot learned of this, he removed the Monk from that office and severely tortured and punished him. God showed many other miracles through his life, and also after his death, which were too long to write in this book. For they would, I suppose, contain a book as much as all this and more. But among other corrections, I will set here one miracle - which I have seen painted on an altar of St. Austyn at the Black Friars at Andwerpe. However, I find it not in the legend my exampler, nor in.This glorious Doctor compiled many volumes, among which he wrote a book on the Trinity. While studying and pondering the Trinity, he once walked by the sea in Africa. There, he found a little child by the seashore who had made a small pit in the sand and held a small sponge. With the sponge, he drew water from the sea and poured it into the pit.\n\nSaint Augustine, beholding him, marveled and asked him what he was doing. The child replied, \"I will bring all this water of the sea into this pit.\" Augustine asked, \"How can that be done? The sea is so great and vast, and your pit and sponge so small.\" The child answered, \"I will draw in the water of the sea more easily and quickly than you will bring this.\".The mystery of the Trinity and his divinity is greater and beyond your little understanding, as this great sea is to this small pit, and the child vanished away. Therefore, every man should take example that no man, and especially simple and unlearned men, presume to enter or ponder high things of the godhead further than we are informed by our faith. Our faith alone shall suffice us. Then, I make an end of the life of this glorious Doctor, St. Augustine, to whom we devoutly pray that he be a mediator and advocate to the blessed Trinity, that we may amend our sinful life in this transitory world, and when we shall depart, come to everlasting bliss in heaven. Amen.\n\nThis is read about the beheading of St. John the Baptist being established for four causes, like as it is..Found in the Book of Office: for his beheading / Secondly, for the gathering and collection of his bones / Thirdly, for the discovery and finding of his head / And fourthly, for the translation and dedication of his relics and the church\n\nThis feast is also named variously by some people: decollation, collection, invention, and dedication.\n\nFirst, this feast is celebrated for his beheading, which occurred in this manner: According to historical accounts, Herod Antipas, the son of Herod, went to Rome and passed by the house of his brother Philip. He began to love the wife of his brother, who was named Herodias, the wife of the same Philip his brother. After this, according to Josephus, she was the sister of Herod Agrippa.\n\nUpon his return, he refused and repudiated his own wife and secretly married her as his own. His wife knew that he had married his brother's wife, and this first wife of Herod was the daughter of Areth, king of Damascus..And so she refused to return home with her husband, but went instead to her father as soon as she could. When Herod returned, he took away the wife of his brother Philip and married her himself, leaving his own wife. Herod Agrippa and the kings of Archelaus and Philip became his enemies because of this. John the Baptist told him that he had not acted rightly in taking his brother's wife, as it was not lawful for him to have her living with him. Herod saw that John reproved him harshly for this, as Josephus records, because John criticized him. Herod then gathered a large crowd to please his new wife and had John bound and put in prison. But he would not kill him, fearing the people who loved John and followed him for his preaching. Herod and Herodias plotted secretly against John, trying to find a way to kill him during Herod's birthday feast..Daughter of Herodian should request a gift from Herod for dancing and springing at the feast before the principal princes of his kingdom. He should swear to her by his oath that he will grant it to her. She should ask for the head of St. John, and he would give it to her for keeping of his oath. But he should feign anger for making the oath. It is recorded in the scholastic story that he had this trickery and great cunning in him, where it is said:\n\nIt is believed that Herod first secretly arranged with his wife for the death of St. John. And under this pretext, Iherod says in the gloss: Therefore, he swore to find occasion to kill him. For if she had requested the death of his father or mother, he would not have given it to her or consented to it. And when the feast was assembled, the maid was there dancing and springing before them all in such a way that it pleased much. Then the king swore that he would give to her whatever she asked..She demanded half his kingdom, but then she warned her mother to demand John the Baptist's head. Herod feigned anger, as Rabanus writes, due to a foolish oath he had taken. He showed no signs of sorrow in his face, excusing the breach of his oath under the pretext of pity. Then the head was brought to the maid and she placed it in a platter. She presented it at dinner to her merciless mother. Herod was greatly ashamed when he saw it. Saint Augustine recounts in a sermon that the occasion for the beheading was an oath. An innocent man had lent money to another man who denied having received it when asked. The good man was compelled and coerced by his oath to swear whether he had lent it or not. He swore that he had..The creditor demanded that he should owe him nothing. And so, the creator lost what he had lent, and then he said that on the following day, the creditor was brought before the judgment. He was asked why he called that man to be brought before him for denying my debt? He replied because he denied my debt. The judge said it would have been better for you to have relinquished your debt than to lose your soul by making a false oath as you did. Then this man was taken and severely beaten. When he awoke, the signs of his wounds appeared on his back, but he was pardoned and forgiven. And afterward, Augustine says that St. John was not beheaded on this day, when the feast of his decapitation is celebrated, but a year before, around the feast of Easter. The less ought to yield to the greater and more significant, and regarding St. John, St. John Chrysostom says, \"St. John the Baptist was beheaded.\".I become master of the school of virtues and of life in the form of holiness, the Rule of Justice, the mirror of virginity, the example of chastity, the way of penance, pardon of sin, and discipline of faith. John is greater than man, before angels; sovereign holiness of the law of the gospel, the voices of the apostles, the silence of the prophets, the lantern of the world, the forerunner of the Judge, and the means of all the Trinity. And this great man was put to martyrdom and gave his head to the adulterer and died for the springing maiden. Herod then went not away unpunished, but he was condemned to exile. According to this Scholastic story, Herod Agrippa was a noble man but poor. And because of his excessive poverty, he was in despair, and entered a certain tower to suffer death there by famine and hunger. But when Herodias his sister heard of this, she prayed Herod tetrarch to bring him thence..My lord to him, and when he had done so, they dined together. Herod Tetrarch began to cheer him up with wine, which he had drunk. Herod Agrippa began to reproach Herod Tetrarch for the kindnesses he had shown him, and he was deeply sorry and went to Rome. He was received into the grace of Gaius Caesar, and he gave him two lordships, that is, of Lydda and Abilene, and crowned him king, and sent him as king to the Jews. When Herodian saw her brother bear the title of king, she begged her husband with great weeping that he should go to Rome and buy the title of king for himself. He was very wealthy and did not heed her desire. For he preferred to be idle in rest than to have laborious honor. But at last he was overcome by her persistent prayers and went to Rome with her. When Herod Agrippa knew this, he sent letters to Caesar that Herod Antipas, or the tetrarch, had made friendship with the king of Pergamum and Alans, and that he had done this..A rebel leader rebelled against the temple of Rome. He signified this to the emperor by wearing his son's armor and gathering seven thousand men. When the emperor read these letters, he was pleased and spoke of other things first, straying from his purpose. Among other things, he asked him if his cities had great abundance of armor, as he had heard. He denied this to him. The emperor then believed the report Herod had sent him in writing and was angry towards him, sending him into exile. Since his wife Agrippina was Herod's sister, whom he greatly loved, he granted her leave to return to her country. But she refused to leave her husband in exile and said that he had been in great prosperity; she should not abandon him in his adversity. Then they were brought to Lyons, where they ended their lives miserably.\n\nThis is in the Scholastic History. Secondly, this feast was established and:.This text appears to be written in Middle English, and it describes the story of a saint whose bones were burned and then miracles occurred at his tomb. Here is the cleaned text:\n\nThe bones of this man are venerated / for they were burned on this day / as some say / and gathered together / and he suffered a second martyrdom / when his bones were burned / And for this reason, the Church also honors this feast / as his second martyrdom / as it is recorded in the Scholastic history / For when his disciples had carried his body into the city of Sebastopol in Palestine / they buried it between Helzee and Abdyas / And at his tomb, many miracles were performed / Then Julian the apostate commanded that his bones be burned / and they did not cease from their wickedness / they took them and burned them into powder / and scattered it in the fields / And Bede says in his Chronicles / that when they suffered the second martyrdom / they were surrounded by a crowd and burned / And while they were being gathered together, as it is said in the Scholastic history / Monks from Jerusalem came secretly / and put them among the gatherers..took a grete parte of them / and bu\u2223re them to Phelyp Bisshop of Ierusa\u00a6lem / And he sente them afterward to a\u2223thanayse bisshop of Allexandrye / and longe tyme after Theophyle Bysshop of the same Cyte leide them in the Tem\u00a6ple of Serapis when he had halowed and purged it fro fylthe / and sacred it a chirche in thonoure of saynt Iohan Baptist / and this is that thystorye sco\u2223lastike sayth / But now they be wor\u2223shipped deuoutely at Iene / lyke as a\u2223lexander the thyrde and Innocent the fourthe wytnesseth for trouthe / and ap\u00a6prowe it by their pryuelegys / And li\u2223ke as Herode which biheded hym was punysshed for his trespas / soo Iulyan thappostata was smyten with dyuyne vengeaunce of god / whos persecucion is conteyned in thystorye of saynt Iu\u00a6lyen to fore rehersed after the conuersi\u2223on of saynt Poul / Of this Iulyan appostata / of his natyuyte of his em\u2223pyre / of his cruelte / and of his dethe is sayd playnly in historia tripertita / Thirdely this feste is halewed for the Inuencion of his heede or fyndynge therof.For some say that his head was found on this day, and, as it is recorded in the Scholastic history, John was bound and imprisoned within the castle of Araby, named Machaon. Herodian did bear his head to Jerusalem and buried it secretly there, near where Herod dwelt. She doubted that the prophet would rise again if his head were buried with the body. According to Scholastic history, during the time of Marcian the prince, which was the year of our Lord 345, John showed his head to two men who had come to Jerusalem. They went to the palaces, which were near Herod's residence, and found John's head wrapped in a hair. I suppose they were part of the vestments he wore in the desert. Then they went with the head toward their own places. As they went on their way, a poor man from the city of Emessa joined them..This man received the bag containing the holy head. Then, this man was warned in the night that he should go and flee with the head. He went with the head and brought it into the city of Emysse. For as long as he lived, he worshiped the head in a cave and had good prosperity. When he was about to die, he told and showed it to his sister, charging her not to tell anyone. She kept it all her life, just as he had done before.\n\nLater, the blessed John the Baptist revealed the head to Saint Marcell, the monk who lived in that cave. He appeared to Marcell in his sleeping, as if many companies singing went there and said, \"Behold, here is St. John the Baptist, whom one led on the right side, and another on the left side, and blessed all those who went with him.\" When Marcell came, he raised him up and took him by the chin, and kissed him. Marcell asked him, \"My lord.\".from whence art thou come to us / And he said I have come from Sebastia / And then, when Marcellus was awakened, he marveled more at this vision. And the night following, as he slept, there came a man to him, who awoke him. And when he was awakened, he saw a right fair star which shone amidst the candles. And he intended to touch it, and it turned suddenly on the other side. And he began to run after it until it stayed in the place where St. John's head was. And there he found a pot and the holy head in it. And a monk who would not believe that it was St. John's head touched the pot. And forthwith his hand burned and clung to the pot so that he could not withdraw it from there in any manner. And his fellows prayed for him. And then he drew his hand out but it was not whole. And St. John appeared to him and said, when my head shall be set in the church, touch then the pot, and thou shalt be whole..He received his health back and was well, just as before. Marcelle then showed this to Juliane, bishop of the same city, and they carried it reverently into the city and showed it honorably. From that time on, the festival of his death was celebrated.\n\nThe emperor took it and embraced the holy head most sweetly and placed it in his lap, carrying it into the city of Constantinople. He built a beautiful church there and placed it within it. According to the History record, after this, during the reign of King Pyppyn, it was transported to France in Peyte. And there, through his merits, many dead men were raised to life. Just as Herod had punished Saint John and Saint Julian the apostate, who burned his bones, so was Herodian, who counseled her daughter to behead Saint John. The maidservant who requested it died most ungraciously and wickedly. Some say that Herodian was condemned to exile, but she was.not she died not there, but when she held the head between her hands, she was much joyful, but by the will of God, the head blew in her face, and she died forthwith. This is said of some, but that which is said before, that she was sent into exile with Herod and miserably ended her life, is to be held true, according to her chronicles. And as her daughter went upon the water, she was drowned at once. And it is said in another chronicle that the earth swallowed her up quickly, and this may be understood as of the Egyptians, who were drowned in the Red Sea. Fourthly, this feast was consecrated for the translation of his finger and the dedication of his church. For his finger, with which he showed our Lord, as it is said, could not be burned. And this said finger was found by the monks, who afterward, as it is recorded in the Scholastic History, brought it over the Montains and placed it in the church of St. Martin..Master John Beleth testified that Saint Tecle brought the same finger from beyond the sea in Rome, and built a church in its likeness, dedicated and consecrated that day to Saint John. Therefore, it was stabilized by our holy father the pope, that this day should be consecrated throughout the world. Gobert also reports that a very devout lady in France, who was deeply devoted to Saint John, prayed fervently to the Lord for some relics of the said saint. When she realized that her prayers to God were not answered, she began to take matters into her own hands and vowed to fast and have no part of him unless he gave her some relic. After she had fasted and received the gift from God with great joy, three bishops came there, each wanting a part of the finger. By the grace of God, the finger dropped three drops of blood onto a cloth to have a drop. Then Theodolye, queen of the land, arrived..Founded at And, just like Powle witnesses in the story of the Lombards, a man, who had been listening, came to the emperor and answered him, saying, \"The queen has died. The strong butcher lifted up his arm with the sword, and St. John cried, 'Saint John, receive my soul.' And then, the butcher's arm became stiff, and he could not bring it down again nor bend it in any way. And then, the butcher made an oath that he would never again in his life strike a Christian man. And Saint John prayed for him. And at once, the arm came down, and was healed. Then, let us pray to this holy saint, Saint John the Baptist, to be a means between God and us, that we may live virtuously in this life, so that when we depart, we may come to everlasting life in heaven. Amen\n\nThis ends the feast of the beheading of Saint John the Baptist.\n\nFelix is said to be of iron ferules, that is, as to hear..this word is litis / which means strife / For he bore strife for the faith of our lord Jesus Christ against all the heretics and idols / and destroyed them all by his blowing /\n\nSaint Felix was a priest / and so was his brother / both named Felix /\nAnd they were presented to Maximian and to Diocletian / who were Emperors / to sacrifice to the goddesses / From whom he withstood as soon as he was brought to the temple of Serapis / And when he had done so, the idol fell to the earth, and all shattered /\nThen he was led to the temple of Mercury / on which he blew also / and filled it with pieces to the earth /\nAnd after, he was led to the third image / which was of Diana / and did the same /\nThen he was tortured with the great torment of Eculeus / which is a torment like a cross\nThen he was brought after to the tree of sacrifice / to sacrifice there /\nAnd the holy man knelt down / and prayed /.The tree turned against him and filled down, destroying the shrine and temple in its fall. When the priest heard this, he commanded that they should be beheaded, and their bodies left for hounds and beasts. In the midst of them, a man appeared, confessing freely that he was a Christian. Both of them, kissing each other, were beheaded. The Christians took their bodies and buried them in the pit where the tree had fallen. The pagans later tried to take them out, but they were taken from the dead. They suffered death around the year 1350.\n\nThis ends the life of Saints Felix and Audactus, the martyrs.\n\nMay salvation be granted to Sale, who wrote this..\"He had much to say, bitter as he was towards God. He was a pagan, and when he was converted to Him through the peace of Christian faith, he was bitter towards himself. He would have rather died than not understand the letter, for he could not comprehend pagan speech. He was also bitter towards his father, for he would never obey him or adore his gods.\n\nSaint Savian and Savine, his sister, were children of Savian, a very noble pagan. He was married twice. He had Savine from his first wife, and from the second he had a daughter, whom he named similarly. On one occasion, Savine read this verse: \"Asperges me, do mine.\" He asked what it meant to say, but he could not comprehend. He entered his chamber, wore the hair, and knelt within his chamber. He preferred to die there than not understand the sense of that verse. Then the angel appeared and said to him,\".tormente the not/for thou hast found grace before our lord Ihesu Crist\nAnd therefore that thou be more white\nMake thee clean\nIt behooves thee to be baptized\nAnd then thou shalt understand and know\nThat which thou requestest to know now\nAnd then he was joyous and glad by the word of the grace of god\nAnd then he had in contempt the dollies\nAnd would not indulge them\nThen he was reproved\nAnd strongly chided by his father\nAnd said him often\nWhy dost thou not honor our gods?\nIt is better that thou die alone\nThan we all be wrapped in death\nAnd then Sauyen fled secretly away\nAnd went unto the City of Treasury\nAnd as he went over the River of Seane\nHe prayed our lord that he might be baptized there\nAnd so he was\nAnd then our lord said to him\nThou hast found now that\nWhich thou hast long sought so long with great labor\nAnd immediately he struck his staff in the ground\nAnd made his prayer to god\nAnd his staff flourished\n& brought forth leaves..To all those who were there, a thousand and eight hundred men remained with our Lord God. And when Augustine returned not, he sent more after him than before. When they came, they found the others praying with him. And when he rose from prayer, they said to him, \"The Emperor desires to see you and sends for you. You should come to him.\" This holy good man went humbly to him. And when he was before the emperor, he asked him if he was Christian. He replied, \"Yes.\" Then the emperor, being full of wrath, required him to sacrifice to his gods or else he would make him die a cruel death. Sauvian refused. And immediately he commanded them to bind him, by the hands and by the feet, and to beat him with iron rods. Then Sauvian said to him, \"Increase the torments if you can, for I doubt not, nor fear nor the torments that you do to me.\" And then the emperor, being very angry, commanded that he should be brought..In the midst of the city, and there was bound upon a bench, and make a great fire and cast oil therein, so that he might be burned and bruised. He, being within the flame, held himself there, and saw that he was joyous in it, as if he had been in a bath. This greatly abashed him, and he said to him, Evil beast, is it not enough for thee to deceive the souls that thou hast deceived, without attempting to deceive by thy magical arts? To whom Sauyan replied, there are still many souls, and also thyself, who shall believe in our Lord Jesus Christ. And then the emperor blamed the name of Jesus Christ and commanded that he be bound on the morrow at a stake and shot with arrows. The arrows hung in the air on the right and on the left, and none of them harmed him. And when the emperor knew that he had suffered no harm, he was enraged and commanded that the following day he be brought to him again. And after he demanded.where is thy god, come here and deliver us from these arrows. One of the arrows pierced the emperor's eye, and in anger, he commanded that the man be put in prison, to be beheaded the next morning. Syrian prayed to the Lord that he might be brought to the place of his baptism. The chains binding him were broken, and the prison doors were opened. He went out and approached the knights guarding him, who did not recognize him. He went to the same place, and when the emperor learned that he had escaped, he commanded that he be pursued and that his head be struck off. When Syrian saw that the knights followed and approached the water, he made the sign of the Cross and walked on the water as he would have walked on land..The earth was dry, and he went to the place where he had been baptized. Then the knights followed him, and they were greatly afraid because they had seen him walk on the water. When they were near him, they doubted much about striking him and taking his blood for their emperor. He said to them, \"Strike me whenever you will, and give his eye some of my blood. He will be healed. Whoever knows the power of God.\" After this, they struck his head off, and he rose up and carried it nine and forty paces, and was buried there. Then the knights bore his blood to the emperor, with which he anointed his eyes. Immediately, he recovered his sight and was healed. Then he said, \"My God is good and merciful.\"\n\nThere was a woman there who heard what the emperor said. She had been blind for forty years. Then she was brought there. As soon as she touched his sepulcher and prayed, she was healed and received her sight..And he suffered death around the year 1270, in the calends of February. And the history of his sister is set down here because her feast day is on the same day. And Sueyne, his sister, wept every day for her brother and sacrificed to the dolls, and in her sorrow the angel appeared to her in her sleep and said, \"Sueyne, weep no more, but love all that you have, and you shall find your brother in great honor.\" Then she awoke and said to her companion, \"My sweet love, have you heard nothing?\" And she replied, \"Lady, I have seen a man who spoke to me, but I do not know what he said.\" And then she said to her, \"Will you not accuse me?\" And she replied, \"No, lady, but do as you will, so long as you do not harm yourself.\" And thus they both went away that morning. And when her father learned that she was gone, he was greatly distressed and searched for her longly. And then he lifted up his eyes to heaven and said, \"If you are truly God of heaven, I pray thee.\".destroy my idols, which may not save me or my children. And immediately our lord made it thunder and break all the idols. And much people saw it, which believed in our lord. Then the blessed Sybil went to Rome. And there she was baptized by the blessed Eusebius, the pope. She dwelt there for five years. And she healed two lame men and two blind men. And then the angel appeared to her in her sleep and said to her, \"What is this that you do, that you have left your riches and lie here in delights?\" Arise and dine, and afterward go into the city of Trier to find your brother. And she said to her chamberlain, \"It is no longer necessary for us to linger here.\" She said, \"Lady, why do you wish to go, and do you wish to die in a place where people do not know you?\" And she said, \"God will provide for us.\" She took a loaf of barley bread and went to the city of Reims. She entered the house of a rich man, whose daughter was in distress..And she requested the maid of the house that she might be lodged there. She said, \"How may you be lodged here, when the daughter of the house and all are sorrowful?\" And she said to her, \"For me, she shall not die. Then she entered in and took the maid's hand, raising her up whole. The mother would have kept her there, but she in no way agreed to that. Instead, the daughter lived and arose on the morrow. And when Savine with her chamberlain arrived a mile near Trecane, she said to her chamberlain, \"I will rest here a little.\" And there came a nobleman from the city named Lycerien, demanding them, saying, \"Of what house are you?\" Savine replied, \"I am from this city.\" He said, \"Why do you lie? Your speech shows you to be a pilgrim.\" She said, \"Verily, I am a pilgrim. Fetch Savine my brother, whom I have long lost.\" He said to her, \"That man for whom you ask was but lately killed for the name of...\".Iesus Christ is buried in such a place, and then she placed herself in prayer and said, \"Lord, who has always kept me chaste, suffer me then to travel by these hard and weary journeys, nor let my body be removed from this place. And Lord, I commend to you my chamberlain who has suffered so much pain for me and for my brother, whom I may not see here, I beseech you to make me worthy to see him in your kingdom. And when she had finished her prayer, she passed out of this world and went to our Lord. When her chamberlain saw that his mistress was dead, he began to weep. Because she had nothing necessary for burial, the man then sent a cryer through the city that all, great and small, should come see the strange woman who was there dead. And inconveniently, all the people ran, and she was buried honorably. And this same day is the feast of Saint Savina, who was the wife of Saint Valentine knight, who was ordained under Emperor Adrian.\".Saint Samen and his brother Sennen's lives end here. Eowe or Lupe is an ailment in the leg which requires medicine. It is a malady that affects the flesh and is also said to be a kind of fish that is both on the water and on the land. It cannot be drowned by any force of water. Saint Low or Lupus is expounded as follows: He used and endured his own flesh through penance. He was like the fish of the water and the earth. He dwelt in the waters of temptation and could not drown among these waters in any way.\n\nSaint Lupus or Low was born in Orleance. He was of royal lineage. Through the resplendent display of his great and many miracles and virtues, he was made Archbishop of Sens. He gave all that he had to the people. On a day when all was given, it happened that he had summoned many men to dine with him. Then his servants said that there was not enough wine..Enough for the dinner, and he answered them, he that feeds the birds of heaven shall perform his duty. And immediately after came a messenger to the gate who said to them that there was a reviewed council before the gate. An honorable man spoke evil of him because he had with him a virgin of our Lord, who was the daughter of his predecessor. And as they said, he loved and spoke most despondently and overly. When he heard these things, he took the virgin and kissed her before all the detractors and evil-speakers, and said that no strange or evil words would annoy or hurt any man when his own conscience did not betray him. And because he knew well that she loved Jesus Christ purely, therefore this holy man loved her with a right pure thought.\n\nOnce when King Cloten of France was king, and entered into Burgundy, he sent his steward against them to besiege the city. Then Lupe entered the church and began to ring the bell..When the enemy heard it, they had such great fear that they supposed never to have escaped from them, but that they should all have died. But if they fled, and at last the siege of Burgoyne was taken. And when he was taken, another sheriff was sent to Burgoyne and came to Sens. And because St. Luke had given him no gifts, he had great contempt for him and defamed him to the king. So the king sent him into exile. And there he shone by myriads of miracles and virtues. And in the meantime, they of Sens killed a bishop who had taken the place of St. Luke. And afterwards, they begged the king to let St. Luke return from exile. And when the king saw that he had been wrongly done to, he was charged by the grace of God to kneel before the saint and asked for pardon. And he restored him again in his church and gave him many fair gifts. Once when he came to Paris, a great company of prisoners came against him. Their bonds were broken, and all..In a Sunday, as he sang mass, a precious stone fell down from heaven into his chalice, which he gave to the king, whom he held in high regard. One day, King Clothaire heard it said that the clocks of St. Stephan had a marvelous sweetness in their sound. He sent for them and took them from there, bringing them to Paris because he wanted to hear their sound. However, this displeased St. Loup greatly, and as soon as they were outside the city, they lost all the sweetness of their sound. When the king learned of this, he commanded them to be brought back to their place. As they were seven miles from the town, they resumed their sweet sound, just as they had before. St. Loup went against them and received them with great joy and honor, for he had lost them with great sorrow before.\n\nOne night, as he prayed, he had excessive thirst due to the devil's deceitful doings, and he demanded cold water..And he knew the enemy's treachery and when he held the vessel in which he was to drink, he set a plate upon it and shut the devil in it, and he began all night to howl and bray. In the morning, the holy man conjured him, letting him go confounded. Once, as he visited the churches by night as was his custom, upon returning home he heard his clerks brawling and quarreling because they intended to commit formation with women. Immediately, the temptation of picking ceased from them, and they came before him and asked for pardon and forgiveness. At last, being ennobled in many virtues, he slept in peace in our Lord. He flourished around the years of our Lord, six hundred and ten.\n\nSameryn is said to be of Mamma, which means a papal figure, and of Tyna, that is,.To say taste, like taste that falls from the pap to the child's mouth, and is first nature of blood. Afterward, it is converted into the sweetness of milk. In like manner, he was first nourished, that is, in sin, and afterward converted himself immediately into the pap of his heart in the sweetness of God. Merlin was first a pagan, and worshipped idols. And it happened once that he lost one eye and his hand was dried up. He supposed that he had displeased his gods. And he went towards the temple to adore the idols. And on the way, he met a religious man named Savin, who commanded him concerning this infirmity. He said, I have my gods. And therefore I go to adore them, to appease them. But you err, brother, for you think that the devils are gods. And if you believe his counsel, you will be healed at once. Then immediately he took his way to go thither..went to the sepulcher of Saint Amadour bishop, and of many other saints. Due to the great rain that filled that night, he entered the cell, which was set on the tomb of Saint Concord. And as he slept, he saw a marvelous vision. He thought, a man came to the door of the cell and called Saint Concord. He said that he should come to the feast that Saint Amadour, Saint Perigrine, and other saints made, and he answered from the tomb that he could not come now for his guest, whom he must keep for the servants there who would otherwise sleep him. He went and told the others what he had said, and immediately he returned and said, \"Holy Saint Concord, arise and come, being with the Living, the dean, and Living, the subdeacon, named Martin. Saint Concord took him by the hand, and when Saint Amadour saw him, he asked who this was that came with the Living One. He said it was my guest. And he said, \"Put him out.\".He is foul and may not be here with us. When he should be put out, he knelt before them and received grace from St. Amadour, who commanded him to go to St. Germain. Then he awoke and came to St. Germain, knelt before him, and asked for pardon, telling him all that had happened. They then went to gather at the tomb of St. Concordyen and lifted up the stone, seeing many serpents, ten feet long, which wanted to flow away. But St. Germain commanded that they should go into such a place where they would neither harm nor hurt man. Martin was then baptized and made whole, becoming a monk in the monastery of the blessed St. Germain. He was abbot after St. Elodyen. In his time, St. Martyn was a monk there, whose obedience St. Martin would prove. He commissioned him to keep the foulest office of the monastery and made him herdsman of the oxen and keeper in an isle that was there. But he.was of such great holiness that wild birds came to him and were nourished by his hand. He delivered a wild boar from hounds and let it go. Thieves robbed him once of all that he had and took away all his clothes except a mantle. He called them back and said, \"Return and come again. I have found a penny in my mantle. Perhaps it is necessary for you.\" They returned and took away the mantle with the penny and left him naked. As they went hastily toward their withdrawn and secret places, they went all that night. In the morning they found him at his cell, whom he sold. He received them benevolently, washed their feet, and ministered to them such as he had. They were astonished and repented, and each of them was converted to the faith.\n\nOnce young monks who lived with St. Martin had set traps to catch a bear, which was accustomed to eating their sheep..And the man filled the snare and was taken. Saint Martin, lying in his bed, knew this and arose, finding himself in the snare, said, \"What do you have here, wretch? Flee hence, lest you be taken and lose him. Let him go.\" And when this holy man was dead, and his body was being taken to Angers, they could not remove him then from the town. A man who was in prison there suddenly came out and broke his two bonds and ran freely to the corpse, helping to carry it into the city where it is buried honorably in the church of Saint Germain in great reverence.\n\nAnd in English, he is called Oil, and in Latin, Egidius. It is said of E, which is without, and Geos that is earth, and Dya that is clear, anodespising of earthly things. Clear by enlightenment of science, Divine or godly by love which assembles the beloved.\n\nSaint Giles was born in Athens and was of noble lineage and a noble family..And in his childhood, he was instructed in holy letters. One day, as he went to church, he found a sick man lying in the way, who begged alms from St. Giles. Giles gave him his coat, and as soon as he clothed him, he recovered fully and was made well. After that, his father and mother died and rested in the Lord. Then St. Giles bequeathed his inheritance to Jesus Christ. On one occasion as he went to church, a man was bitten by a serpent and died. Gyles confronted this serpent and made the sign of the cross, chasing out all the venom. There was a man troubling those who served God. Then Gyles conjured the devil that was in his hand, and immediately he appeared and was healed. Gyles doubted the parable of the world and went secretly to the river. There he saw mariners in great peril and on the verge of drowning. He made his prayer, and immediately the tempest ceased, and the mariners were able to bind their boat..thanked god And he vnderstode by them / that they wente to Rome / And he desyred to go with them / whome they receyued in to theyr shippe gladly / And sayd they wold brynge hym thyder without ony freyght or huyr / And thenne he cam to Arelete / and abode there two yere with saynt Cezaryen Bisshop of that Cyte And there he heled a man / that hadde ben seke of the feuers thre yere / And after he desyred to goo in to deserte / & departed couertly / and dwellyd there long with an Heremyte / that was an holy man / And there by his merytes he chaced awey the sterylyte / and barey\u00a6nes that was in that Countre / & cau\u2223sed grete plente of goodes / And whan he had done this myracle / he doubted the perylle of the glorye humayne / and lef\u00a6te that place / and entred ferther in to deserte / And there fonde a pytte / and a lytel welle and a fayr hynde / which without doubte was purueyed of god for to norysshe hym / And at certayne houres mynystred her mylke to hym / And on a tyme seruau\u0304tes of the kyng roode on hontyng / &.Many people and houses with them. They espied this hind and thought she was so fair that they followed her with houses. When she was about to be captured, she fled for help to the feet of St. Giles, whom she did not injure. Then he was greatly embarrassed when he saw her in such a state, more so than she was accustomed to be. Then he sprang up and saw the hunters. Then he prayed to our Lord Jesus Christ that, just as He had sent her to Him for nourishment, He would save her. Then the houses dared not approach her within a stone's throw, but they howled and returned to the hunters. And then the night came and they returned home again and took nothing. When the king heard of this thing, he had suspicion of what it might be and went to see the bishop. Both went there with a great multitude of hunters. When they arrived at the place where the hind was, they all surrounded the bush to see what was there, but..that bush was so thick that no man or beast could enter it for the briars and thorns that were there. And then one of the knights drew up an arrow foolishly to make it afraid and spring out. But he wounded and hurt the holy man, who ceased not to pray. After this, the hunters made a way with their swords and went to the pit. And there they saw this ancient man, who was clothed in the habit of a Monk of a right honorable figure and appearance, and the hind lying by him. And the king and the bishop went alone to him and demanded from him whence he was and what he was and why he had taken such great thickness of desert and from whom he was so hurt. He answered honestly to every demand. And when they had heard him speak, they thought that he was a holy man and begged his pardon humbly. And they sent masters and surgeons to heal his wound and gave him many gifts, but he would never allow medicine to be applied..His wound refused their gifts, but he prayed to the Lord that he might never heal from it, for he knew that virtue would profit him in infirmity. The king visited him often and received health updates from him. The king offered him many great riches, but he refused all. Afterward, he advised the king to establish a monastery where the Order of Monks' discipline would be upheld. When this was done, Gyles refused to take charge and the cross several times. He was eventually persuaded by the king's prayers and took it. Then, King Charles heard of Gyles' renown and requested to meet him. He was received honorably, and he prayed for him, among other things, because he had committed a sin so foul and vile that he dared not confess it to him or anyone else. On the Sunday following, as Saint Gyles said mass and prayed..The angel of the Lord appeared to the king and placed a decree on the altar where the king's sin was written. It was pardoned by the prayers of St. Giles, allowing the king to repent and abstain from committing the sin again. The decree also stated that anyone who sought forgiveness from St. Giles for any sin they had committed would be pardoned if they left it. After the holy man delivered the decree to the king, he confessed his sin and humbly requested pardon. St. Giles returned with honor. Upon reaching the city of Verona, he raised the son of a prince who had died. A short time later, he denounced that his monastery would be destroyed by enemies of the faith. Afterward, he went to Rome and obtained privileges from the pope for his church, as well as two doors of cypress. In these doors were the images of St. Peter and Paul. He threw them into the Tiber at Rome and recommended them..god was to govern, and when he returned to his monastery, he made a lame man go and find the two cypress doors at the gate of his monastery. He thanked God that they had remained unbroken through all their adventures. And then he set them at the gates of the church for their beauty and for the grace bestowed upon them by the Church of Rome. In the end, our Lord showed him his departure from this world. He told his brothers and admonished them to pray for him. And so he slept and died in the Lord. Many witnesses heard the company of angels bearing his soul into heaven. He flourished around the year of our Lord, 15C.\n\nThe origin of the blessed and glorious Virgin Mary, of the lineage of Judah and of the royal house of David, began her original life. Matthew and Luke describe not the generation of Mary but of Joseph, who was far away..From the concept of Christ, but the custom of writing was such that the generation of women is not shown, but of men. And truly, the blessed Virgin descended from the lineage of David. It is certain that Jesus Christ was born of this only virgin. It is certain that he came from the lineage of David and Nathan. For David had two sons, Nathan and Solomon, among all his other sons. And as John of Damascus witnesses, of Nathan was born Levi, and Levi engendered Melchizedek, and Melchizedek engendered Elior, the virgin Mary, who was of the lineage of Solomon. For Nathan had a wife, of whom he engendered Jacob. And when Nathan was dead, Melchizedek, who was the son of Levi and brother of Elior, wedded the wife of Nathan, the mother of Jacob. And on her he engendered Heli. And so Jacob and Heli were brothers of one mother, but not of one father. For Jacob was of the lineage of Solomon, and Heli of the lineage of Nathan..I. Nathan's line: Nathan died without children. II. Jacob, his brother from the line of Solomon, took a wife and engendered and raised his brother's seed. He engendered Joseph. III. Joseph is the natural son of Jacob, but according to the law, he is also the son of Heli, who descended from Nathan. For the one who was born was by nature his, and according to the law, he was his heir who had died. IV. Like it is said in the scholastic story, and Bede witnesses in his Chronicle, when all the generations of the Jews and other strangers were kept in the most secret chests of the Temple, Herod commanded them to be burned. Intending to make himself noble among the others, if the proofs of the lineages were failed, he would make them believe that his lineage belonged to them of Israel. And there were some, who were called dominiques, because they were called so for the reason that they were keepers of the lineages..Were so near to Jesus Christ, and were from Nazareth, and they had learned the teachings of our Lord, part from their fathers of the lineage, and part from some books they had in their houses, and taught them as much as they could. Joachim married Anne, who had a sister named Hysmera. Hysmera had a daughter named Elizabeth. Elizabeth was the mother of John the Baptist. And Eliezer fathered Emmanuel. From Emmanuel came Saint Servatius, whose body lies in Maastricht upon the river Meuse, in the bishopric of Liege. Anne had three husbands: Joseph, Cleopas, and Salome. From the first, she had a daughter named Mary, the mother of God, who was given to Joseph in marriage and bore our Lord Jesus Christ. When Joachim died, she took Cleopas, the brother of Joseph, as her husband and had another daughter named Mary. She was married to Alpheus, and Alpheus her husband had by her four sons: James the Less, Joseph..The text reads: \"these are the names: Bartholomew, otherwise called Nathanael, Simon, and Judas. Then the second husband, named Zebedee, married Salome, and had by him another daughter named Mary. She married Zebedee and had by him two sons, James the greater and John the Baptist. Anna is said to have conceived three marriages: those who begot them were Joachim, Cleophas, Salome; Joseph, Alpheus, and Zebedee. The first bore Christ, James the lesser and Joseph the Just with the help of Simon and Judas. The third bore a larger James and John the Beloved. It is remarkable that blessed virgin Mary was a cousin of Elizabeth. It is certain that Elizabeth was the wife of Zacharias, of the lineage of Levi. According to the law, each was to marry a wife from his own lineage. And she was one of the daughters of Aaron, as Saint Luke testifies. Anne was also of this lineage.\".Bethlehem, according to Saint Jerome, was of the tribe of Judah. And then, those of the line of Levi married wives from the line of Judah. So, the royal line and the line of the priests were always joined together by cousinage. As Bede says, this cousinage could be traced from lineage to lineage, and it was to be certain that the blessed Virgin Mary descended from the royal line and had cousinage from the priests. Our blessed lady was of both lines. And so our lord wanted these two lines to come together for a great mystery. It is fitting that he should be born and offered for us, very God, king, and high priest. And he should govern his true Christian men in the chivalry of this life, fighting, and crown them after their victory. This thing appears from the name of Christ. For Christ is as much to say as anointed. In old law, there was none anointed but..priests and kings / We are called Christians of Christ / and are descended from the lineage chosen by kings and priests / but because it is said that the man took wives from their lineage only / this was because the distribution of the tribes should not be confused / For the tribe of Levi had not its sort with the others / and therefore they could marry women from the tribe / or, as St. Jerome relates in his prologue, when he was a child he had a little book about the story of the Virgin Mary's nativity / but a long time after, he translated it by the prayer of some people / And he found that Joachim, who was from Galilee of the city of Nazareth, espoused St. Anne of Bethlehem / And they were both just / and without reproach or reproach in the Lord's commandments / And they divided all their substance into three parts / one party for the Temple, / another they gave to the poor and pilgrims, / and the third was for themselves..And they lived together for twenty years in marriage without having any children. Then they avowed to our lord that if he sent them any children, they would give them to him to serve him. For this reason, they went every year into Jerusalem for the three principal feasts. So it was during the feast of Evand that he came to the altar with the others and wanted to offer his sacrifice. And when the priest saw him, he drove him away in great disgust and reprimanded him because he, a cursed man in the faith, should not offer to our lord, nor a barren man among those who had fruit, as he who had none to offer to the people of God. And then Ioachym, completely confused by this, dared not go home out of shame. Instead, he went to his herdsmen and stayed there for a long time. Then the angel appeared to him..The angel comforted him with great clarity and said to him that he should not doubt or be afraid of his vision. I am the angel sent from the Lord to tell you that your prayers have been answered and have been heard. Your alms have moved God, and I have seen your shame and heard the reproach that you are bearing God is avenging sin and not nature. When He chose the belly or womb, He works and the fruit that shall be born should not be seen to come forth by lechery, but that it be known that it is of the gift of God. The first mother of your people was Sarah, and she was barren until she was ninety years old and had only Isaac. To whom the blessing of all people was promised. She was not long barren, and yet had she after Joseph, who held the sovereignty of Egypt, which was more powerful than Samson and more holy than Samuel. And yet their mothers were barren. Therefore, you may believe this by reason and by example..The children should be kept in seclusion to be more miraculous. Therefore, Anne, your wife, will have a daughter, whom you shall name Mary. From her infancy, she will be dedicated to the Lord, and she will be filled with the Holy Ghost. At the time she departs from her mother's womb, she will dwell in the Lord's temple, and she will not live among the common people because no evil thing will be suspected of her. Just as she will be born of a barren mother, so will be born from her the son of a high lord. His name will be Ihesus, and through him, health will be given to all the people. I give you this sign: when you come to the golden gate at Jerusalem, you will meet Anne, your wife, who is greatly distressed by your delay, and she will be filled with joy at your coming. Then, when the angel had said this, he departed from him. And when Anne wept bitterly and did not know..And the angel appeared to her, saying all that he had said to her husband. The angel commanded her to go to Jerusalem to the golden gate and meet her husband, who had returned. By the angel's command, they met and were firm in the promise made. They were glad to see each other and honored the Lord, returning home joyously, awaiting the divine promise. Anne conceived and gave birth to a daughter, whom she named Mary. Three years later, having completed her mourning, they brought her to the Temple with offerings. Around the Temple, after the fifteen psalms of degrees, fifteen steps or ropes were placed to ascend the Temple, as it was high set and no one could go to the altar of sacrifices without the degrees. Our lady was set on the lowest step and mounted without any help..And when they had performed their offering, they left their daughter in the Temple with the other virgins, and returned to their place. The virgin Mary continued in holiness every day, and was visited daily by angels, receiving divine visions. According to Jerome, in a letter to Chrysostom and Heliodorus, the blessed Virgin Mary had instituted this custom for herself: from morning until the third hour, she was devoted to prayer; from the third hour until noon, she attended to her work; and from noon until the angel came and gave her food, she did not cease praying. In the forty-first year of her age, the bishop commanded that the virgins who had completed their service and had reached the age of marriage should return to their houses and marry, according to the law. All the others obeyed his commandment. But Mary answered that she could not do so because her father and mother had dedicated her entirely to the service..And then the bishop was very angry because he dared not make her break her vow against the scripture that says \"keep your vows and give them to God.\" He dared not defy the custom of the people. And then came a Jewish feast, and he called them and showed them this thing. This was their sentence: in such a doubtful matter, counsel shall be sought from our lord. And then they all went to pray, and the bishop who was going to seek counsel from our lord immediately heard a voice from the oracle saying, \"All those of the house of David who were able to marry and had no wife should each bring a rod to the altar. And the rod that flourished, and after the saying of \"Isaiah,\" the Holy Ghost would sit in the form of a dove upon it. He would be the man who should be espoused to the Virgin Mary. Joseph of the house of David was there among the others, and he seemed to be a suitable candidate..A man of advanced age, Joseph, was unusually tender towards a maiden. Where other men displayed their rods, he concealed his. When nothing transpired in accordance with the divine will as determined by the Bishop, Joseph was instructed to present himself again before the Lord. He alone, the intended groom, had not produced his rod. Following the Bishop's command, Joseph brought forth his rod. Instantly, it flowered and a dove descended from heaven upon it, making it clear to all that he should take the virgin, Mary. He then espoused her and returned to his city of Bethlehem to order his household and procure necessary items. The virgin Mary, accompanied by seven maidens her age, who had witnessed the miracle, returned to her father's house. An angel of the Lord appeared to the virgin praying and revealed to her the day of [the birth of Jesus Christ]..The Nativity was not known in long time among good Christian men. Master John happened that every year in September, a man of good contemplation, was in prayer. He heard a company of angels making great solemnity. He earnestly requested knowledge, why only on this day and not on other days, he heard such solemnity. Then he had a divine answer that on that day, the blessed Virgin Mary was born into this world. He was told to make it known to the men of the holy church, so they would be harmonious with the heavenly court in honoring this solemnity. When he had told this to the sovereign bishop and others, and had fasted, prayed, and searched the scriptures, and witnessed old writings, they established this day of the Nativity of the glorious Virgin to be honored generally by all Christians. However, the Utes were not honored or kept. But Innocent the Fourth,.The nation ordered and instituted the Saints to be observed, and the cause was this: After the death of Pope Gregory, the Citizens of Rome enclosed all the cardinals in the conclave, as they should pursue the church's business diligently but could not agree for many days. They then appealed to the Queen of Heaven that if they might be released from there, they would establish the observance of the octaves of the Nativity, which they had long neglected. And they, by one accord, chose Celestine, and were delivered and accomplished their vow by Innocent. For Celestine lived but a little time, and therefore it could not be accomplished by him. It is to note that the church honors three Nativities: the Nativity of our Lord, the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and the Nativity of St. John the Baptist. These three signify three spiritual nativities, for we are reborn with St. John the Baptist in the spirit..And in baptism with Mary, in penance, and with our Lord Jesus Christ in glory. It is fitting that the baptism's cleansing precedes contrition, and joy as well. For the two reasons have symbols, but because the penitent, devoted to our lady, found a monastery on his way, which was of the Virgin Mary, and entered it to hear mass. Masses followed one after another, and for the honor of our lady, he heard them all. Upon leaving the monastery, he hastened himself. They had taken him then, and the wise man advised him that the courteous virgin and queen had so courteously honored him. He recounted all that had happened, and then returned to the monastery, and thereafter remained in service. Singing these verses: \"Cantemus socios domino, cantemus honorem,\" that is, \"Let us sing to the Lord our God, let us give him honor,\" let us sing..With a voice debonair that sweet love which ought to please him and that other company of virgins sang and repeated the same. Then the two first singers began to sing this that follows:\n\nPrimus ad imas ruit, magna de luce superbus.\nSuch a man, with first pride, fell low from great light.\nSo the first one, for his tasting of the apple, fell low as well.\n\nAnd they brought the bishop to the church with a procession. The two before began all the way, and the other followed. There was a widow whose husband was dead and had a son whom she nurtured tenderly. And that son was taken by enemies and put in prison, fast bound. And when she heard of it, she wept without comfort and prayed unto our blessed lady with right devout prayers that she would deliver her son. And at last she saw that her prayers availed her not, and entered then into the church where the image of our lady was crowned, and stood before it..And she answered, \"Blessed virgin, I have prayed to you often for my son that you would deliver him to me, and you have not helped me, his wretched mother. I also pray for your son to help me, and yet I feel no fruit. Therefore, just as my son is taken from me, so shall I take him away from you and keep him as a hostage. Approaching near, she took the child from his image and wrapped it in clean clothes, placing it in her chest and locking it carefully. She was very joyful that she had such a good hostage for her own. The night following, the blessed virgin Mary came to the son of the same widow and opened the prison door for him, commanding him to go out and saying, 'Son, tell your mother to give me back my son, since I have delivered hers.' He obeyed and went to his mother, telling her how our blessed virgin had released him..A lady had delivered him. She was joyful and took the child and went to the church. She delivered it to our lady, saying, \"Lady, I thank you. You have given me my son. And I deliver this to you again. For I confess that I am yours.\"\n\nThere was a thief who often stole, but he had great devotion to the virgin Mary and saluted her often. It happened once that he was taken and sentenced to be hanged. And when he was hanged, the blessed virgin sustained and held him up with her hands for three days, so he did not die or suffer harm. And those who had hanged him, by chance, found him alive and in good cheer. They supposed that the cord had not been properly strained and intended to kill him with a sword and cut his throat. But our blessed lady put out her hand to prevent the blows, so they could not harm him..then they merrymaking were over and took him away, and let him go in honor of the Virgin Mary. And then he went and entered into a monastery and was in the service of the Mother of God as long as he lived. There was a clerk who loved much the blessed Virgin, and said his hours every day devoutly. And when his father and mother were dead, they had no other heir, so that he had all the inheritance. And then he was constrained by his friends that he should take a wife & govern his own heritage. And on a day it happened that they intended to hold the feast of his marriage. And as he was going to the wedding, he came to a church, and he remembered the service of our blessed lady, and entered in & began to say his hours. And the blessed Virgin Mary appeared to him & spoke to him a little cruelly, O fool and unhappy, why have you left me, who am your spouse and your friend, and love another woman before me? Then he, being moved, returned to his companions & feigned all..And left to perform the sacrament of marriage / And when midnight came / he left all / and fled out of the house / and entered into a monastery / & there served the Mother of God / There was a priest of a parish / who was of honest and good life / and could not say any mass / but the mass of our Lady, which he sang devoutly in her honor / therefore he was accused before the bishop / and was immediately called before him / and the priest confessed / that he could say no other mass\nwhyfor the bishop reproved him severely and suspended him from his mass / that he should sing none from then on / And then our blessed lady appeared to the bishop / and blamed him much because he had entered her chapel / And said to him that he should within thirty days / if he did not restore him not again to his accustomed office / Then the bishop was afraid / and sent for the priest / and prayed him for forgiveness / And had him / that he should not sing / but only.A clerk was vain and riotous, but he always loved much our Lady, the Mother of God, and said every day his hours. One night, he saw a vision: he was in judgment before our Lord. Our Lord asked those present, \"What judgment shall we pass on this clerk? Decide it, for I have long suffered him and see no sign yet of amendment.\" Then our Lord gave sentence of damnation upon him, and all approved. The blessed Virgin then said to her Son, \"Have mercy, Son of mine, on this man, so that he may live yet by my grace, who is condemned to death by his merits.\" Our Lord said to her, \"I grant him to you at your request, to know if I shall see his amendment.\" Then the Virgin turned toward him and said, \"Go and sin no more, lest it go worse for you.\" He awoke and changed his life, entering into Penance..And finished his life in good works in the year of our Lord 1503. There was a man named Theophile, who was the vicar of a bishop, as Fullerton says, the bishop of Chartres. And this Theophile wisely dispensed the church's goods under the bishop. When the bishop was dead, all the people said that his vicar should be bishop. But he said that the office of vicar was sufficient for him, and he preferred that to being made bishop. So, there was another bishop made, and Theophile was against his will put out of his office. Then he fell into despair in such a way that he consulted a Jew, who was a magician, on how he should regain his office. This Jew was called the devil, and he came immediately. Then Theophile, by the devil's commandment, renounced God and his mother and renounced his Christian profession. He wrote an obligation with his blood and sealed it with his ring and delivered it to the devil. And thus he was brought back into his office again..Theophyle was received into the Bishop's grace, brought there by the devil's emissary. He was settled in his office's dignity. Afterward, when he reflected upon himself, he deeply regretted what he had done and ran with great devotion to the Virgin Mary, praying her to be his aid and help. At one point, our blessed lady appeared to him in a vision, reprimanding him for his wickedness and commanding him to abandon the devil. She made him confess that Jesus Christ was the Son of God and that he was meant to serve Christ. The devil, however, enjoyed being delivered by our blessed lady. When Theophyle had heard all this, he was greatly joyful and shared it with the Bishop and all the people gathered around him. Everyone marveled greatly and gave praise and thanks to the glorious Virgin Mary. Three days later, Theophyle rested in peace..Many other miracles our blessed lady has shown for those who call upon her, which were too long to write here. But as concerning her nativity, this suffices. We continually give praise and prayer to her as much as we may, and we say with Saint Jerome, \"Sancta et immaculata Virginitas.\" I purpose to write under correction how this holy response was made. It is reported that the holy and devout Saint Jerome had a custom to visit churches in Rome. And so he entered a church where an image of our blessed lady stood in a chapel by the door. As he entered and passed by without any salutation to our lady, he went to every altar and made his prayers to all the saints in the church, each after the other. He returned again by the same image without any salutation. Then our blessed lady called him and spoke to him through the said image..And he asked him why he hadn't greeted her, saying that he had shown honor and worship to all the other saints whose images were in that church. Then Saint Jerome knelt down and said, \"Holy and undefiled virginity, to whom I shall give what praise and reverence I don't know, For him whom the heavens could not contain, you have borne in your womb. Since this holy man thought himself unworthy to approach her, what then shall we sinful wretches do but humbly ask for her mercy, knowing ourselves insufficient to give her due praise and worship? And may we, through her merits, attain to come to her in eternal life in heaven.\" Amen. Thus ends the life of the nativity of our blessed [Saint]..ADrian is called Adrian, which means \"without water.\" After confessing to be Christian, he was without sin. He may also be called Andor, meaning \"light and dark,\" as he was enlightened by divine light through the passion of martyrdom.\n\nADrian suffered death under Maximian Emperor. While Maximian was in the city of Nicomedia, he ordered the idols to be worshiped. Some sought out Christian men for fear, some for land, and some for the promise of silver. Neighbors brought neighbors to martyrdom, and cousins brought cousins. Among those taken and brought before the king, there were thirty-three. The king asked them if they had not heard of the pain decreed against Christians. They replied, \"We have heard your foolish commandment.\" Angered, the king commanded them to be beaten..rawes and their mouths were to be struck with stones, and each of their tongues was to be pierced with iron, and they were to be bound and imprisoned. Then Adrian, who was the first in the office of knighthood, said to them, \"I condemn you by your god that you tell me the reward that you intend for these torments.\" The holy men replied, \"Never before has any eye seen or ear heard, nor has any human heart conceived, what God has prepared for those who love him perfectly. I am among you; count me in with them. For I am a Christian man.\" When the emperor heard this and learned that Adrian would not make sacrifices, he had him bound and thrown into prison. When Natalye, his wife, learned that her husband was in prison for the faith of Jesus Christ, she was glad and ran to the prison and kissed the chains with which her husband was bound, as well as those of the others, for she was a secret Christian, but she dared not reveal it..publish it for fear of persecution and she said to her husband, \"Blessed art thou, my lord Adrian, for thou hast found the riches which neither thy father nor mother left to those who have need of them. Those who possess many things will have great need of them when they shall have no time to borrow or take, nor one deliver that other from pain, nor father the son, nor mother the daughter, nor servant the master, nor friend friend. And when she had admonished him that he should despise all worldly glory and friends and kindred, and that always he should have his heart unto celestial things, Adrian said to her, \"Go now, my sister, the time of our passion hastens, of which thou shalt see our end. Then she recommended her husband to the other saints, that they should comfort him. And then she returned to her house. After Adrian heard when the day of his passion should be, and gave alms.\".to the keepers of the prison, and delivered to them the other saints as pledges, and went to his house to call Natalye, as he had promised by other means that she should be present at their passion. And a man who saw him come ran before him and said to Natalye, \"Adrian is delivered; see, here he comes.\" And when she heard it, she did not believe it and said, \"And who can deliver him from his bonds? God forbid that he be lost from his bonds.\" And departed from the saints. And as she said these words, a servant of the household came, who said, \"Lord, he is late.\" And she supposed that he had fled from his marriage. And she wept bitterly. And when she saw him, she quickly drew her door against him, saying, \"He has strayed from God, and God forbid that I speak to the mouth of him who has denied his lord.\" And then she turned to him and said, \"O wretch without God, who drove you to emprise and take that which you cannot.\".perform/ Who has taken the saints away or deceived you into leaving them? / Why have you fled before seeing the battles? How are you hurt? / Certainly it is not from any arrow that was shot at me. I would have marveled / if any of the people of the felons had offered themselves to God, and how unhappy, and how captive I am. What shall I do? I am joined to him who is of the lineage of felons. It is not granted to me to be the wife of a martyr, but for a time. But now I shall be called the wife of a renegade and transgressor. My joy has little endured, and it will be a reproach to me for a long time. And in hearing this thing, the blessed Adrian enjoyed him greatly and marveled much at his young and right fair, noble, and married wife for only twelve months without more. And therefore he was the more eager for martyrdom. But when he saw her excessively tormented, he said:.To open the door to me is Natalye, my love and lady. I have not fled from the martyrdom as you thought, but I have come to call you as I promised. And she did not believe it, but said to him, \"See how this traitor and renegade deceives me. Why do you lie? That other Judas, flee from me, or I shall kill myself. And then you will be truly sorry, and while you tarried to open the door, he said, \"Open at once, for I must go, and then you will see me no more, and then you will weep that you have not seen me before my death. I have left pledges for me with the holy martyrs. And if the ministers seek me and do not find me, they shall cause the saints to suffer their martyrdom, and my lord, she opened the door. And they then embraced and kissed each other and went together to the prison. And there, Natalye, they cleansed the wounds of the saints for seven days with precious clothes. And then the emperor commanded them to be brought to him, and they were brought..Andrian was bound with the pains, unable to go, born on the torment of Eculee and presented to Caesar. Natalye joined herself to him and said, \"My lord, beware that you tremble not for any adventure when you shall see the torments. You will not suffer here long, but you will soon be enhanced with angels.\" And then Andrian would not be silent, and was beaten severely. Natalye ran to the saints in the prison and said, \"My lord has begun his martyrdom.\" The king warned him, \"Do not blame your gods.\" He answered, \"If I am thus tormented, I blame those who are no gods. How can you torment him who is very God?\" The king said to him, \"These other traitors have spoken these words to you.\" To whom Andrian said, \"Why do you call them traitors, who are Doctors?\".and ensure the life everlasting / And Natalye ran to the other with great joy and told the words / that her husband had said / Then the king had him beaten by four strong men\nNatalye immediately reported to the other martyrs in prison / all the martyrdom / the answers / and her husband's pains / and he was so severely beaten that his intestines came out of his belly / Then he was bound with iron and put in prison / with the others\nAdrian was a young man of eighteen and twenty years old / And when Natalye saw her husband lying groaning on the earth, all broken, she placed her hand on his head in comforting him / and said / Thou art blessed, my lord / For thou art made worthy to be among saints / Thou art blessed, my light / when thou sufferest for him / who suffered death for thee / Go then forth, my sweet love, that thou mayest see his glory / And when the emperor heard that many women were ministering to them.Saint in prison/ he commanded that they should no longer be allowed to enter / And Natalie heard that she should show her head / and took that of a man / and served the saints in the prison / and made the other women do so by the example of her / And she prayed her husband when he should be in glory / that he would pray for her / that she might remain undefiled in this world / or rather be taken out of it / And when the king heard what the women had done / he commanded to bring forth an anchor or a stake / so that the holy martyrs should have their legs and arms bound to it / and broken thereon and die sooner / Then Natalie doubted / that her husband should be afraid for the torments of the others / & prayed the ministers / that they would begin with him / Then they cut off his legs / and hands / And Natalie prayed him / that he would strike off his hands to the ends / that he should be like the other saints / who had suffered more than he / And when he had cut off.them he gave his spirit to God. The other saints held back their feet with their free will and passed to our lord. And the king commanded that the bodies should be burned. Natalie hid in her bosom the hand of St. Adrian. And when the bodies of the saints were thrown into the fire, Natalie wanted to jump in with them and quench the fire, so that the bodies of the saints suffered no harm. And the Christians took counsel and had the bodies taken to Constantinople until peace was given to the church. They were suffered to be reunited with honor. And they suffered death around the year 2046. Natalie then remained and dwelt in her house. And she kept the hand of St. Adrian all the way at her bedside. And after the judge saw Natalie so fair, so rich, and so noble by the emperor's decree, he sent women to her, because she should consent to him by marriage..Natalie answered me, \"Who is he that can do so much honor that I may be joined to him in marriage? But I ask that I may have three days to prepare and make myself ready. She then said to them that she might escape away. Then she began to pray to the Lord that He would keep her from touching a man. And suddenly she fell asleep. And one of the martyrs appeared to her and comforted her sweetly, commanding her to go to the place where the holy bodies were. And when she awoke, she took only Adrian's hand with her and entered into a ship with many Christian men. And when the judge heard it, he followed after with many knights. And then the wind came against them, drowning many and compelling the others to return. And in the night, the devil appeared to them in the guise of a sailor in a ship of fantasy, and said to them, \"From whence come you? Whither go you?\" And the Christian men replied, \"We come from Nicomedia. And go to...\".And he said, \"Err to the left side, and you will sail more right.\" He said this because he wanted to drown them at sea. As they followed the stars, Adrian suddenly appeared to them in a boat and guided them, as they had before. He told them that it was an evil spirit that had spoken to them, and then he went ahead and showed them the way. When Natalye saw him go ahead of them, she was filled with joy, and before the next day they arrived in Constantinople. When Natalye entered the house where the martyrs were, she placed Adrian's hand on the body. After making her prayers, she slept. Saint Adrian appeared to her in her sleep and sold her, commanding her to come with him into eternal joy. When she awoke, she told those present her vision and took her leave. The good Christian men then took her body..Saint Adryan the martyr laid with the bodies of the martyrs. Thus ends the life of Saint Adryan. In Nicomedia, Saints Gorgonius and Dorothe were chief in the palaces of Diocletian. They renounced their chivalry and vowed to follow their eternal king. They confessed with a high voice that they were Christian. When the emperor heard that he was strongly angry and it displeased him greatly to lose such men, who had been nourished in his palaces and were noble in manner and lineage.\n\nAnd when he saw that he could not turn them by threats nor by fair words, he ordered the strangles and torments of Eculeus to be inflicted upon them. He made them all rend and break them with scourges and hooks of iron. He cast into their wounds salt and vinegar, which entered their wounds. They endured it joyfully.\n\nThen the emperor commanded that they should be roasted on a grid. They lay thereon, having suffered no harm. After this, the emperor ordered that they should be hanged with cords..Their bodies were given to hounds and wolves to be devoured, but their bodies remained untouched and were taken up and buried by good Christian men. They suffered death in the year 2046. After many years, the body of St. Gorgeon was transported to Rome in the year 1524. The bishop of Metz, new of King Pypyn, transported the same body into France and laid it honorably in the Monastery of Gorgency.\n\nProthos, whose name means first, and Panthos, which means presentation, were gentlemen of their lineage. Prothos was the first of his lineage to be presented to God through good works, and Iacinctus, whose name means precious stone, played in the torments and is in joy above as a precious Iacincte. Eugene is said to have been engendered to the Christian faith.\n\nProthos and Iacincte were gentlemen of their lineage..noble lygnage / and were felawes in the studye of philosophystudyed with her / and were comen to parfecgood manere / and not of hyhe lygnage / And thenne cam to her hond the doctryne of saynt Pow\u00a6le / And began in her courage to be ma\u2223de Crysten by good maners / And then\u00a6ne at that tyme the Crysten men were wel suffryd to dwelle besyde the Cyte of Alexandrye / And as she went pla\u00a6yenge and walkynge by the Towne / she herd Crysten men synge a Verse of the sawter whiche sayth / Alle the god\u2223des of the my screauntes ben deuyls / Our lord certaynly made the heuen / Thenne sayde she to Prothe and Ia\u2223cynte that had estudyed with her in the And\nyders of plato / & thensignementes of socrates / & shortely al that the poete sa\u0304\u00a6ge & made / or the philosopher thoughte it is al closyd by his sentence / late vs the\u0304ne be bretheren / & folowe we our lor\u2223de Ihesu crist / & this cou\u0304ceil plesid them & the\u0304ne she took thabyte of a man / & cam to the monastery where elleyn was abbot / whiche wold in no wyse suffre / that ony.woman shold come to hym / & this elleyn had on a tyme disputed a\u2223yenst an heresye / & whan that he sawe that / he myght not sustene the force of thargumentes / he dyd do brenne a gre\u2223te fyre for to preue his faythe / & said / we shalle see now whiche is the ryght saith / & he hym self entred first in to the fyre / & cam out ageyn withoute hurte or gryef / but the heretyk wold not en\u2223tre in to the fire / & was co\u0304fused / & put awey / & whan Eugenne was gone to hym / & had sayd / that she was a man / he said to her / thou saist truly / & wel / yt thou art a man / for thou werkest ver\u2223tuously / & the condicion of her was she\u00a6wed to hym the\u0304ne of god / & she recey\u2223ued thabyte with Prothus & Iacincte / & dyd her to be callid of al / broder Eu\u2223genne / & whan her fader & moder sawe her chare come home empty & voide / the\u0304\u2223ne they did do seke their dou\u0292ter oueral but she my\u0292t not be fou\u0304den / & the\u0304ne we\u0304t they to dyuynours & sothsayers / & de\u2223mau\u0304ded them where their dou\u0292ter was become / & they ansuerd / that she was.Raised among the stars and therefore her father created an image of his daughter, commanding all people to worship her. She dwelt among the company of brethren in the fear of God. When the provost of the church was dead, she was made provost. In Alexandria, there was a noble and rich lady named Melancy, whom Saint Eugene anointed and delivered from a quartan fever in the name of God. She sent many gifts, which she would not receive. The lady supposed that Eugene had been a man and visited her often. She was strongly aroused and heated in her love for him, and was greatly troubled about how she might make Eugene desire her. Then she feigned illness and sent for this brother Eugene to come and have pity on her. When he arrived, she told him in what way she had been taken in his love and how she burned in desiring him, and prayed to him..that she would lie by her and have carnally, and embraced her, and kissed her, and exhorted her to sin, and Eugene had great horror and abhorrence of her, and said, \"thou art rightly called Lancelot, for it is an evil name, full of treason. Thou art called black and dark daughter of darkness, friend of the devil, light of pollution, nourisher of lechery. An angry young man, a false Christian, came to me because of my dancing, and took me and tried to enforce me by strength to sin with him. If I had not been helped and delivered by a chamberlain who was in my chamber. And when the provost heard this, he was greatly displeased and summoned a multitude of people, and made Eugene to be brought with the other servants of Jesus Christ bound in iron. He established a day when they all should be delivered to the beasts to be devoured, and then they were called before the provost. Who said to Eugene, \"say to me, you right cursed wretch, if your god has taught you to do such things.\".works / as for corrupting and defiling women forcibly against their will, and then Eugenne, who had her head inclined because she would not be known, said that our lord taught and signified chastity entirely, and promised to them who kept it that life would be perpetual. We can certainly show that Melancy is false and lying, but it is better for us to suffer than she should be vexed and provoked. And the fruit of our patience should not perish, but notwithstanding, let her chambermaid be brought forth here. She is the witness of our felony, so that the lies of hers may be reproved. And when she came, having been taught by her lady to oppose Eugenne, she said that he would have taken her by force, and also all the other servants bore witness that it was so. Eugenne said, the time for silence has passed, and the time to speak is now. I will no longer suffer this shameless creature to put more guiltless blame on the servant..Iesus Christ, she did not glory in her malice or falsehood. Truth surpasses her lying, and wisdom her malice. I shall reveal the truth for no advantage, but for the glory of our Lord. Then she took off her coat and tore it above her girdle, and said, \"I am a woman, as you see. And to the provost, you are my father; Claudyenne is my mother. The two sitting with the Auxice are my brothers; Prothus and Iacyncte. And when her father recognized her, he and her mother embraced her tenderly and wept for joy. They then clothed Eugenne in clothes of gold and lifted her up. After this, a fire came from heaven and burned Melancyme and all her men. Then Eugenne converted to the faith, and her father, mother, brothers, and all the men did likewise and left..The priest was ordained Bishop of the Christian people. While he was praying, he was killed by the treasurers and pagans. Claudienne and Eugenne returned to Rome, and they converted much people to the faith of Jesus Christ. By the emperor's command, a great stone was bound to Eugenne's neck and thrown into the Tiber. But the stone broke, and she went unharmed upon the water. Then she was thrown into a burning furnace, but the furnace was quenched by miracle and became cold. And then she was put in a dark prison, but a great shining light made it clear and bright. And after she had been there for ten days without food, Lord Jesus Christ appeared to her, bringing a right white loaf in his hand. He said to her, \"Take this food from my hand. I am your savior. Whom you have loved with all your thoughts. And on the day that I descended into the depths, I will receive you.\".On the day of our Lord's Nativity, the tormentor was sent to her, and he struck off her head. Afterward, she appeared to her mother and said to her that she should follow her on the Sunday after. And when the Sunday came, Claudette put herself to prayer and gave her spirit to God. Then Prothus and Iacyncte were drawn to the temple to perform a sacrifice. But they could not do so, and they endured their martyrdom by suffering their heads to be struck off. They suffered death under Valerian and Galen around the year 25 and 53 of our Lord. May almighty God have mercy on us and bring us to his bliss. Amen.\n\nThis concludes the lives of Prothus and Iacyncte.\n\nThe Exaltation of the Holy Cross is said because on this day, the holy cross and faith were greatly exalted. It is to be understood that before the passion of our Lord Jesus Christ, the tree of the cross was a tree..For the crosses were made of villete trees and of trees without fruit. All that was planted on the Mount of Calvary bore no fruit. It was a foul place, for it was the place of torment for the wicked. It was dark, for it was in a dark place and without any beauty. It was the tree of death, for men were put there to die. It was also the tree of stench, for it was planted among the carrion. After the passion, the Cross was much enhanced. The villete was transformed into preciousness. Of which the blessed saint Andrew says, \"O precious, holy Cross, God save us.\" His ignobility or unworthiness was turned into sublimity and height. The Cross that was tormented of the wicked is now brought before them, our reigning monarchs. Its darkness is turned into light and clarity. Chrysostom says, \"The Cross and the wounds shall be more shining than.\".The rays of the sun at the Judgment are converted into perpetual life; from thence life resurged, and the stench is turned into sweetness. This exaltation of the holy cross is solemnly celebrated and hallowed by the church. For faith is greatly enhanced in it. In the year of our Lord six hundred and fifteen, our Lord suffered his people to be greatly tormented by the cruelty of the Saracens. And Charles, king of the Persians, subdued to his empire all the realms of the world. He came into Jerusalem, and was afraid and dreaded of the sepulcher of our Lord and returned. But he bore with him the part of the holy Cross that St. Helena had left there. Then he would be worshiped by all the people as a god, and he made a tour of gold and silver, and came down in manner of rain. In the last stage, he made horses draw chariots around about like a procession..They had made the borer [or perhaps \"banner\"] and made it seem as if it had thunderously delivered his kingdom to his son. And so this cursed man remained in this temple, and he did set up the Cross of our Lord by him. He commanded that he should be called God of all the people. And as it is read in the library of Mitras, he was to be called Father.\n\nHeracleiemperor then gathered a great host and came to fight with the son of Cosroe by the river Danube. It pleased both princes that the one who should help his prince should have his legs and arms cut off and be thrown in.\n\nAnd then Heracle commanded him all to God and to the holy Cross with all the devotion he might. They fought for a long time, and at last our Lord gave the victory to Heracle and subdued him to his empire. The host that was against him and all the people of Cosroe obeyed them to the Christian faith and received the holy baptism. Cosroe did not know the end of the battle, for he was.And he found him sitting in his golden seat, and Heracle said to him: \"Since you have honored the Cross-tree in such a manner, if you will receive baptism and the faith of Jesus Christ, I will grant it to you, and you shall keep your crown and kingdom with little hostages. I will let him live, and if you refuse, I will kill him with my sword and cut off his head. When he would not comply, he immediately did cut off his head and commanded that he be buried, because he had been a king. He found in his hand and left to him the kingdom of his father. Then he broke that tower and gave the silver to his host and the gold and precious stones for the repair of the churches that the tyrant had destroyed. He took the holy cross and brought it back to Jerusalem. As he descended from there..The mount of Olive / and he would have entered through the gate / by which our savior went to his passion on horseback, surrounded by a crowd as a king / suddenly, the stones of the gate descended / and joined together, forming a wall / and all the people were terrified / then the Angel of the Lord appeared on the gate, holding the sign of the cross in his hand / and said / when the king of heaven came to his passion through this gate / he was not arrayed as a king / nor on horseback / but came humbly upon an ass / in showing them the example of humility / Which he left to those who honor him\n\nWhen this was said / he departed and vanished away / Then Tempor took off his hose and showed himself weeping / and deprived him of all his clothes to his shirt / and took the cross of our Lord / and bore it most humbly to the gate\n\nThe hardness of the stones felt the celestial command / and removed at once / and opened and gave entrance to those who entered / Then the.Sweet odor that was felt that day when the holy Cross was taken from the Tower of Cosdroe and brought again to Jerusalem from so far afar, and so great a distance returned into Jerusalem in that moment, replenishing it with all sweetness. Then the right devout king began to say the praises of the Cross in this way: O Radiant Cross, and so on. O Cross, more shining than all the stars, honored of the world, right holy and much amiable to all men, who alone were worthy to bear the reason for the world. Sweet tree, sweet nails, sweet iron, sweet spear bearing the sweet burdens. Save thou this present company, that is assembled in thy lawd and praises today. And thus was the precious tree of the Cross restored to its place, and the wondrous miracles renewed. For a dead man was raised to life, and four men taken who had palsy were cured and healed. Lepers were made clean, and twenty blind men received their sight again..Deylles were put out of men and many were delivered of various sicknesses and diseases. Then the emperor repaired the churches and gave them great gifts. And after he returned home to his empire. It is said in the chronicles that this was done otherwise. For they say that when Cosroe had taken many kingdoms, he took Jerusalem and Zachary the patriarch, and bore away the tree of the Cross. And as Heraclius wanted to make peace with him, the king Cosroe swore a great oath that he would never make peace with Christian men and Romans if they did not renounce him who was crucified and adored the sun. And then Heraclius, who was armed with faith, brought his host against him, and destroyed and wasted the Persians with many battles that he made against them. And made Cosroe flee to the city of Elvete. And at last Cosroe had the plague in his belly. And therefore he crowned his son king, who was named Mendas..Syros, his oldest son, heard of this and allied with Heracle. With his noble people, he pursued his father and put him in bonds. He sustained him with troubles and anguish, and finally shot arrows at him because he would not believe in God, and so he died. After this, Syros sent the tree of the cross and all the prisoners to Heracle, the patriarch. Heracle brought the precious tree of the cross into Jerusalem. This is also recorded in many chronicles. Sybil says of the tree of the cross: \"Three times the blessed tree of the cross was among the pagans, as is said in this story. O thrice blessed tree, on which God was stretched.\" This event is said to be for the sake of nature, grace, and glory, which came from the cross. At Constantinople, a Jew entered the church of St. Sophia and, finding himself alone, saw an image of Jesus Christ and took his sword and struck it..In the throat, and immediately the Jew's blood gushed out and sprayed on his face and head. Frightened, he seized the image and threw it into a pit, then fled. A Christian man encountered him, saw him covered in blood, and asked, \"From where do you come? You have killed someone.\" He replied, \"I have not.\" The Christian man persisted, \"You have committed some heinous crime; for you are all besplattered with blood.\" The Jew confessed, \"I have struck the image of Jesus Christ, and immediately blood gushed forth from its throat. The Jew then brought the Christian man to the pit, and they retrieved the holy image. To this day, the wound in the image's throat is still visible. The Jew, immediately, became a good Christian and was baptized in Syrian city of Beersheba. In Syrian city of Beersheba, there was a Christian man who had hired an.For a year, and he had placed the image of the crucifix by his bedside, to which he made daily prayers and said his devotions. At the year's end, he removed it and took another. It happened that a Jew hired that same house, and on a day he had another Jew of his neighbors to dinner. As they were at table, it happened to the one looking at the wall that he espied this image fixed to the wall, which began to burn with hatred against him who had it, and also threatened and menaced him because he dared to keep in his house the image of Jesus of Nazareth. The other Jew swore as much as he could that he had never seen it or knew it was there. Then the Jew feigned as if he had been wronged, and afterwards went straight to the prince of the Jews and accused that Jew of what he had seen in his house. The Jews assembled and came to the house of him, and saw the image of Jesus Christ, and they took that Jew and beat him..The text describes an event where the Jews caused injuries to an image of the Lord, defiled it with their feet, and inflicted all the torments of His passion upon it. When they pierced His side with a spear, blood and water flowed out. The sick and afflicted who were anointed with this blood were healed and made whole. The Jews reported this to the bishop of the land, and all received baptism in the name of Jesus Christ. The bishop kept the blood in crystal and glass ampullas. He asked the Christian man who had left it in the house about the beautiful image, and the man replied that Nicodemus had made it. When Nicodemus died, he left it to Gamaliel, and Gamaliel to Zacchaeus and James, and it had remained in Jerusalem until that year of our Lord, seven..And then all the Jews hollowed out their synagogues into churches, and this is the origin of the custom that churches are consecrated. Before that time, only altars were consecrated. For this miracle, the church has ordained that the fifth Kalendas of December, or, as it is recorded in another place, the fifth idus of November, should be the remembrance of our Lord's passion. In Rome, the church is consecrated in his honor, where an ampulla with the same blood is kept. A solemn feast is held there, and the great power of the cross is proven to pagan men in all things.\n\nSaint Gregory records in the third book of his Dialogues that when Andrew, Bishop of the city of Fundane, suffered an holy nun to dwell with him, the devil tempted him in his heart with the beauty of her. In such a way, he thought in his bed wicked and accursed thoughts. And one day, a Jew came to Rome..And when he saw that the day was failing and could find no lodging, he went that night and found a lodging in the Temple of Apollo. And because he doubted the sanctity of the place, since he had no faith in the Cross, he marked and adorned himself with the sign of the Cross. Then, at midnight when he awoke, he saw a company of evil spirits going before one, as if he had some authority over the others by submission. He saw himself sitting in their midst and began to inquire from each of these evil spirits the causes and deeds of their evil. He wanted to know what evil each had done. However, Gregory passes over the manner of this vision due to brevity. But we find similar occurrences in the lives of the fathers. That is, when a man entered a temple of idols, he saw the devil sitting there with all his retinue. One of these wicked spirits approached him and addressed him, asking, \"From whence?\".And he said, I have been in such a province and have waged great wars and caused many troubles and shed much blood, and have come to tell it to thee. And Satan said to him, In what time hast thou done this? And he said, in thirty days. And Satan said, Why hast thou been so long thereabout? And he commanded those by him, Go and beat him. Then came the second and worshiped him, and said, Sir, I have been at sea and have waged great winds and tempests, and drowned many ships and slain many men. And Satan asked, In what time hast thou done this? He said, twenty-two days. And Satan said, Hast thou done no more in this time? And he commanded that he should be beaten. And the third came and said, I have been in a city and have made strife and disputes in a wedding, and have shed much blood and have slain the husband. And Satan asked, In what time hast thou done this? He said, in ten days..In that time, you no longer did anything around him, and commanded those with me to beat him as well. Then the fourth came forward and said, \"I have been in the wilderness for forty years, laboring for a monk, and until the last moment I have not been able to make him fall into the sin of the flesh. And when Satan heard this, he arose from his seat, kissed him, took his crown from his head, and placed it on his head, making him sit with him, and said, \"You have done a great thing and labored more than all the others. This may be the manner of the vision that St. Gregory leaves, when each one stood up in the midst of them all and said he had tempted Andrew against the nun, and had taken a fourth part of his flesh against her. Yesterday, his mind was so drawn to her that in the hour of evening song, he gave it to her in York and said plainly that he would sin with her. Then the master commanded him to perform what he had said.\".A person began/and intended to commit sin, seeking a singular victory and reward among all others. Then he commanded/that they should look for the one lying in the Temple. They went/and looked/and immediately they were aware/that he was marked with the sign of the cross. Frightened, they cried out/and said/This is an empty vessel/alas, alas/he is marked. And with these words, all the wicked spirits vanished away. Then the Jew came to the bishop/and told him what had happened. When the bishop heard this, he wept strongly/and expelled all the women from his house. He then baptized the Jew. St. Gregory relates in his dialogues that a nun entered a garden/and saw a leper/and counted it/and forgot to make the sign of the cross/and was filled with a devil/And Saint Equicyen came to her/And the devil began to cry..And I say, I sat upon a lettuce, and she came and brought me peace. Immediately the devil issued out by the commandment of the holy man of God. It is recorded in Scholastic story that the pagans had painted on a wall the arms of Serapis. Theodosius ordered them removed and replaced with the sign of the Cross. When the pagans and their priests of idols saw this, they were baptized at once, saying that it was given to them by their elders to understand that the arms would endure until such a sign was made there, in which there was life. They have a letter, which they call holy, that had a form they said it exposed and signified lasting life.\n\nJohn Chrysostom was from Antioch. His life, lineage, conversation, and persecution are more plainly contained in the story of Theophrastus, when he [was born]..Had been in the study of philosophy, he left it and gave himself to the service of God, and was made a priest. For the love of chastity, he was reputed old, as he devoted more to the burning love of God than to worldly debonairness.\n\nWhen Cyril was made Bishop of Constantinople, he began to correct the lifestyles of clerks harshly. Therefore, they were all moved and stirred to hate him and avoided him, as if he had been a madman. They spoke evil of him, and because he would not bid them to dine with him or eat with him, they said that he did it because he ate his food so foul. Others said it was for the excellence and nobleness of his meals. The truth was, his stomach was often sore and grieved. Therefore, he eschewed great dinners and feasts. The people loved him much for the good sermons he made to them, and they paid little heed to what his enemies said.\n\nThen Cyril began.Some barons were displeased with him, and their enmity grew stronger because he did other things that provoked them further. Europe, provost of the Pyrenees, who held the title of consul, intended to avenge himself on someone who had sought refuge in the church. He planned to have a law decreed by the emperor that no one should seek refuge in the church, and those who had done so previously should be dragged out, along with a little time elapsed. Europe had transgressed against the emperor and fled to the church immediately. When the bishop learned of this, he came to him, who was hiding under an altar, and made an accusation against him. Europe was severely reprimanded in the accusation. Many were angry because he showed no mercy to this cursed man, yet he did nothing more than reprimand him.\n\nThe emperor, seeing his determination, ordered Europe to be taken out of the church. He then had Europe's head struck off, and he severely reprimanded many people for various reasons. Therefore, he was hated by many..And Theophylact, Bishop of Alessandria, wished to depose John Chrysostom and install Isidore as his successor. The people, who were nourished marvelously by St. John's doctrine, defended him strongly. John Chrysostom compelled the priests to live according to the holy church's ordinances and forbade them from using the honor of the priesthood, as they despised the priestly life and refused to follow it. John governed not only the Bishopric of Constantinople but also ordained laws for other provinces by imperial authority. When he learned that the people were sacrificing to demons in other provinces, he sent monks and clerics there to destroy the temples of the demons. At that time, a man was appointed master of the cavalry and was named Gannas, of the lineage of Celisque the Barbarian..Areyenne strongly requested and, through the study of tyranny, was corrupted in his perspective. He prayed to the emperor that he would grant him a church within the city for him and his followers to use in their prayers. When the emperor granted him this, he went to John Chrysostom to request a church, as it had been granted to him by the emperor. However, John, who was strong in virtue and filled with the love of God, said to the emperor, \"Do not promise or give such things to dogs. Fear nothing from this barbarian. Instead, command that we both be called before you. And take heed to what is said between us gently. I will so refute him that he will no longer dare to make such requests.\" When the emperor heard this, he was pleased, and the next day he had both men called before him. As an advocate for him, John said, \"The house of God is open in every place where no one is warned to adore and pray.\" He said further, \"The emperor's decree: I, John Chrysostom, bishop of Constantinople, forbid Areyenne and all his followers from entering any church or temple within the city limits. Let them instead pray in their own homes.\".I am of another law. I request a temple for myself. I have undertaken many journeys for the common profit of Rome. Therefore, I should not be hindered from making my petition. John said to him, \"You have received many rewards, which amount to more than your pain, and have been made master of the knights, and clothed with the mantle. Consider what you were late, and what you are now, and your former poverty, and your present riches, and the clothing you used to wear, and what you are wearing now. By a little labor you have received such great rewards; do not now find it disagreeable to him who has honored you so much. And by such words he silenced his mouth and compelled him to be still. And John governed the city of Constantinople so wisely that this Gannas covets empire. And because he could do nothing by day, he sent his barbarians at night to burn the palaces. It was then clearly shown how Saint John kept the peace..The city was guarded by a great company of angels with large bodies, appearing armed against the barbarians and chased them away immediately. When they reported this to their lord, who knew that the hosts of other knights were spread in other cities, he sent them a second time. They were received again by the vision of the angels. And at last he himself issued forth with them and saw the miracle, then fled, supposing they had been knights who had been within during the daytime and had watched by night. Then he went to Tharse with great strength and wasted and destroyed the entire country, so that all the people feared the cruelty of the Barbaryans. And then the emperor commissioned St. John with his legation, and he, not remembering the enmity between them, went joyously forth. Gannas, who knew the truth about him, came to meet him on the way..In this time, when these things were done, St. John flourished in Constantinople through doctrine, and was marveled at by all of the sect of the Saracens. They had a church outside the city, and on Saturdays and Sundays they would sing hymns and anthems by night within the walls. And on the mornings they would go through the city singing anthems and exit by the walls, and enter into their church, and ceased not to do so in spite of Christian men. They often sang this song: \"Where are those who say one is only three things by his virtue?\"\n\nSaint John doubted that simple men might be deceived by this song, and ordered that good Christian people should go by night with torches and tapers..lanterns singing glorious hymns of the church, / so that the evil works of the other might be destroyed, / and the faith of the good men might be affirmed. / They made crosses of gold and silver, / which were borne with tapers burning. / Then the sect of Three-belly went to their death. / On one night, Versus, a chamberlain of theirs, was struck with a stone. / He had been ordered by St. John Chrysostom to go with the hymns. / And many people were killed on one side, / and on the other, were defended by these things. / Therefore, they should no longer sing hymns in common. / After this holy man suffered great persecution for righteous and true doctrine. / He was exiled, and then recalled again. / And again, for envy, he was exiled once more. / And so, after many great labors and noble doctrine, he ended his life in exile on the 14th day of September. / And when he had passed away, a strong hail fell upon Constantinople upon the city. / And upon it..subarbes harmed him greatly / Then all the people said / It was done by the wrath and condemnation of the holy man Saint John Chrysostom / and this was shown well by the death of the empress, his greatest enemy, who died on the fourth day after the hail / And when this noble doctor of the church had passed out of this world / the bishops of the west would in no way come or work with the bishops of the east / until January / And all the people went to meet it and accompanied it with torches and lights / Then Theodosius worshiped the holy relics devoutly / and visited often his sepulcher, praying the holy saint to pardon Archadius his father and Eudoxia his mother / and to forgive them / who had acted ignorantly against him / And they were dead long before / This emperor was of such great devotion / that he judged no one to death / who had offended him / And said that his court was a monastery / For in it were said..Constantinely maintained and ruled, he read the divine books. His wife was named Eudochice. He also had a daughter named Eudoxa, whom he gave to wife to Valentinian, whom he made emperor. And all these things are written more plainly in the story titled \"The History of the Three Saints.\" This holy man, St. John Chrysostom, lived around the year 347.\n\nCornelius is described as continually entreating in prayer and enduring outrageous things in guarding. Cornelius is also said to be from Cornu, which means strong. And of the people, which is the strength of the people. Cyprian is said to be from Cyprus, which means ointment. And Ana, which means high. Therefore, Cyprian is as much to say as ointment of height. For he had ointment of the sovereign grace and virtues. Or Cyprian is said to be from Cyprus, meaning heavens or inheritance. For he had the heavens of his sins and the inheritance of the heavenly Ioheses..Saint Cornelius succeeded to Fabian in the papacy and was sent into exile by Decian Cesar, along with his clerks. In exile, they received letters of comfort from Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage. Eventually, they were brought back from exile and presented to Dicyen. When he saw him firmly in the faith, he commanded that he be beaten with leaden pellets and brought to the Temple of Mars to sacrifice or face beheading. As he was being led, a knight begged him to return home because of Salustia, his wife, who had been sick in the palace for five years. She was healed by his prayers, and one and twenty knights were with her. They all followed and were brought to the Temple of Mars by Decien's command. They all spat against it and were all martyred with Cornelius. They suffered death around the year 252 AD. Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage, was also present in the same city and was brought to the same place..The Consul, when he could not tear him from the faith of Christ in any way, sent him into exile. He was later called Consul again, named Galerian, who came after The Consul and received martyrdom by striking his head. And when the sentence was given to him, he said, \"Graces and thanks be given to God.\" When he came to the place of his martyrdom, he commanded his servants to give him twenty-five pieces of gold to the one who would strike off his head. Then he took a linen cloth and bound his eyes with his own hands. Thus, he received the crown of martyrdom in the year of our Lord, 2C and 51.\n\nThis ends the lives of Saint Cornely and Cyprian.\n\nEufemia is said to be good, both in the sense of eu (good) and femme (woman). A good woman is defined as one who is profitable in conversation, honest in manners, and delightful to God..Eufemia is said to be sweet as the sweetness of a sow's milk. Sweet sow's milk is made in three ways: through voice, as in singing, by touching, as in a harp, and by blowing, as in pipes and organs. Blessed Eufemia offered sweet sow's milk to God through voice in the form of predication, through touch in good works, and through blowing in devotion.\n\nEufemia was the daughter of a senator. In the time of Diocletian, she saw Christian men being tormented so cruelly and torn apart by various torments. She went before the judge and confessed herself to be a Christian. She encouraged the courage of others through her example and constancy. When the judge, seeing the other men being cruelly tormented and broken before him, ordered those present to fear and sacrifice, Eufemia saw the holy saints before her. She was more steadfast due to the steadfastness of the martyrs. She spoke to the judge and said that she was suffering unjustly from him. Then the judge was moved by this..She was pleased that she had agreed to sacrifice herself, and when he asked her what wrong he had done to her, she replied, \"For truly, I am of noble birth. Why do you put strangers and the unknown before me and make them go to Christ before me? It is my pleasure to go there by martyrdom before them. And the judge said to her, 'I had supposed that you would have returned in your thoughts, and I was glad that you had remembered your nobility.' Afterward, she was imprisoned, and the following day, without bonds, was brought before the judge. She complained bitterly that, against the laws of the emperor, she was alone spared to be without bonds. She was then beaten long with fists, and afterward was sent back to prison. The judge followed her and attempted to take her by force to fulfill his base desires, but she defended herself and the divine virtue made the judge's hands unable to harm her..And then the judge intended to have her enchanted and sent the provost of his house to promise her many things to make her consent to him. But she was buried, wailing and treating him as a devil, and he barely escaped. Then she was drawn out and seated upon a wheel full of burning coals. The master of the tortures had given a signal to them to turn it when he should make a sound, and they all turned it and the fire should spring out and all rend and tear the body of the virgin. But by the intervention of God, the iron that the artilleryman and master held in his hand filled to the earth and made the sound. They turned hastily, so that the wheel burned the master of the work, and kept Euemye without harm sitting upon the wheel. The parents of the master wept and put the fire under the wheel and intended to burn Euemye with the wheel, but the wheel was burned and Euemye was unbound..An angel of God stood whole and unhurt in a high place. Apuleius then said to the judge, \"The virtue of Christian people cannot be overcome, but by iron. Therefore, I counsel you to strike off her head.\" They set up ladders, and as one was about to seize her, he was struck down by a palace, and was left half dead. Another named Softnes went up to her, but he was immediately changed in his courage, and repented, and humbly begged for her pardon. When he had drawn his sword, he cried to the judge that he would rather kill himself than touch her, whom the angels protected. At last, when she was taken, the judge ordered his chamberlain to send for all the young men who were loyal and to make her do their will until she failed and died. Then he entered, and saw with her many fair virgins praying with her. She made him be baptized with her admonitions..Iude took the maiden by the hair, held her there, and she remained constant and unmoving. He then placed her in prison without food for seven days and pressed her between four great stones, as if to press olives, but she was fed daily by an angel. When she was between those two hard stones, she prayed, and the stones were converted into soft ashes. Then the judge was ashamed of his vainness before a maiden and had her thrown into a pit where cruel beasts were, which devoured every man who entered and swallowed them whole. But these beasts ran to the holy maiden in affection and joined their tails together to make a chair for her to sit on. When the judge saw that he was greatly confounded, almost to the point of death from anguish and sorrow, the butcher came to attend to his lord's needs, and struck his sword into her side and cut her..And she was made a martyr of Jesus Christ our Lord there, and the judge clothed him with silken clothes and hung on him watches and brooches of gold. But when he was about to leave the pit, he was carried away by the beasts and they tore him apart immediately. And then his people waited for a long time and found only a little of his bones with his silken cloth and his golden ornaments. And then the judge ate himself for madness and was found dead wretchedly. And Euphemia was buried in a calcined state, and by her merits all the Jews and pagans of Calcedonia were converted to Jesus Christ. She suffered death around the year 2C and 80. And Saint Ambrose says of this virgin: \"The triumphant virgin in virginity retains the crown deserved to be clad with, by whose merits the wicked enemy is vanquished, and Prisais, her adversary and judge, is overcome. The virgin is saved from the fornication of fire, hard stones are converted into powder, which beasts are made.\".Make and tame and incline down your woes, and all manner of pains and torments through her prayers and intercessions are overcome. And at last, she was struck with a sword; she left the cloister of her flesh and is joined to the celestial company, glad and joyous and blessed. This blessed Virgin commands her church, and good Lord, let her pray for us sinners. And this Virgin, without corruption, flourishing, gives to us that our desires may be granted from Him.\n\nThis is the life of St. Euphemia.\n\nLamberts is said to be Lampos in Greek, which means burning. And from this, encense, that is, burning incense to God, or he may be called a lampas, a lamp, which gives light in the church. He was burning incense to God out of distress of conscience and to keep obedience. And he was light in the church through noble proclamation and by the example of good works.\n\nLamberts was of a noble lineage, but he was more noble through holiness..And was formed in letters in his first age, so for his holiness he was loved by all the people in such a way that after his master Obard, he deserved to be promoted to be bishop of Trecht. Whom Childerik, king of France, loved much and had him always dear before other bishops. But when the malice of the Jews grew, the felons put him out of his honor without cause and set Ferramund in his place. Lambert entered a monastery and was there for seven years. One night when he arose from prayer, he heard Abbot herd it. He said, \"He who has done that, let him go out to the cross barefoot.\" And at once Lambert went out barefoot to the cross and was there, and went in the snow and in the frost. When the brethren heated them after matins, the abbot and his brothers asked where Lambert was. A brother said that he had gone to the cross by his commandment. Then the abbot and his brothers called for him..Monks requested him to pardon them, but he not only pardoned them, but also preached to them the virtue of patience. After seven years, Ferramond was put out, and St. Lambert was brought back again by the command of Pepin to his first see. There he shone by word and example in all virtue. Then two wicked men addressed them against him and began to rebuke and blame him strongly. The friends of the same bishop killed them. In that time, Lambert began to blame Pepin strongly for a common woman that he held. Dodo, a cousin of them, who had been slain, and the brother of the same common woman, assembled a great fellowship, and besieged all around the bishop's place. He avenged the death of his cousins on St. Lambert. When a child came to St. Lambert, who was in his prayers, and told him of this, he, trusting well in our Lord, thought he could overcome them. He took a sword and when he had remembered this..He threw away his sword and judged himself better to endure suffering of death than to lay his holy hands in the blood of the felons. This holy man warned his people that they should confess their sins and suffer patiently death. And immediately, the felons came upon them and killed Saint Lambert, whom they found in prayer. Some of his men, who escaped, bore his body secretly to the cathedral church by water in a boat and buried it with great sorrow of the citizens in the year of our Lord four hundred and ten.\n\nHe was called Matthew, named by two names: Matthew and Leu. Matthew is explained as a generous giver or a man of counsel, or it is said Matthew of Magnus, and Theos, which means god, as if a great god, or of Manus, which means hand, and Theos, as if the hand of God. He was a generous giver through hasty conversion, a man of counsel..by holy preaching, great to God, by the perfection of life, and the honor of God by writing the gospel of God, Leuv is interpreted as assumed, or applied, or put to, or set, he was assumed and taken away from gathering tolls, he was applied to the name of the apostles, he was put to the company of the angels and set to the Catalogue of martyrs,\n\nMatthew the apostle preaching in Ethiopia in the city that is called Abdere, found there two enchanters named Zaves and Arphaxat, who enchanted men by their art, so that whome they would make seem that they were deprived of the health and office of their members, which were so elated in pride, that they made them honored as gods. Then Matthew the apostle entered into that city and was lodged with the eunuch of Candace the queen whom Philex baptized. Then he discovered the feats and deeds of the enchanters in this manner to men for their harm, turning Matthew into health. Then this same man, [Edemunded].Saint Matthew explained how he understood many tongues. Then Matthew recounted how the holy ghost descended and gave the apostles the ability to speak in all tongues. Just as they had proudly embarked on a journey to heaven, which was halted by the confusion of tongues that were changing, the apostles embarked on a journey of tongues instead of stones, imparting nothing but virtues. A man appeared before them, announcing that charioteers had come with two dragons that breathed fire and sulfur through their mouths and nostrils, killing all men. Then the Apostle armed himself with the sign of the cross and confidently went out to meet them. As soon as the dragons saw him, they came and slept at his feet. Matthew addressed the charioteers, \"Where is your craft awake, if you can? And if I were to pray to our Lord for what you would have wrought in me, it would be done swiftly.\".execute on you and when the people were assembled, he commanded the dragons to depart without harming any. They went at once. And the apostle there made a great sermon of the glory of the terrestrial paradise, saying that it appeared above all mountains and was near unto heaven. There were neither thorns nor prickles. And the lilies and roses flourished always and never grew old. But the people were always young there. And the seeds of angels sounded there always. And the birds came immediately as they were called. And he said that a man was cast out of this paradise, but he was called to the paradise of heaven by the nativity of our lord. And as he spoke these words to the people, a great noise arose, and a great weeping was made for the king's son, who was dead. And when these enchanters could not raise him, they made the king believe that he had been carried off to the company of the goddesses. And that he should build a temple and an altar for them..And then the aforementioned Ennuche, keeper of Queen Candace, ordered the making of chantors and summoned the apostle. Upon the apostle's arrival, he prayed and raised the king's son, named Egyppe, immediately. The king then called for all men in his provinces, saying, \"Come and see your god in the likeness of a man.\" The people came with crowns of gold and various kinds of sacrifices, intending to offer them. Saint Matthew beheld them and said, \"What do you men? I am not God, but a servant of our Lord.\" By the commandment of Him, they built a great church from the gold and silver they had brought within thirty days. In this church, the apostle sat for thirty years and converted all Ethiopia to the faith of Christ. King Egyppe, his wife, and his daughter, along with all the people, were baptized. The apostle then ordained her as his mistress..And he governed more than two hundred virgins. After this, Hyrtake succeeded to the king and courted the said virgin Ephygene, promising half his kingdom to the apostle if she would consent to be his wife. The apostle said to him that, according to the custom of his predecessor, he would come to the church on the following Sunday, and Ephygene, being present with the other virgins, would hear what he would say about the goodness and lawful marriage. Then he departed with great joy, supposing that he would have persuaded Ephygene to consent to the marriage.\n\nWhen the virgins and all the people were assembled, he spoke at length about the goodness of marriage if it is truly held with good intention. The king, who supposed that he had come to join Ephygene to himself in marriage, was much pleased. Then silence was made, and he recalled his sermon, saying that marriage is good if it is truly held with good intention, but if any servant were to take the wife of a king, etc..The king should not only have wedded him, but deserve death for doing so, as he took the spouse of his lord and corrupted the marriage. When the king learned that Ephygene was made the spouse of the king everlasting and was sacred with the holy veil, how could you take the wife of a more powerful king and marry her to him? The king, upon hearing this, became enraged and departed in a wild and frantic state. The apostle, without fear and with constancy, confirmed all the others to peace. Ephygene lay before him in fear, and he blessed her and all the other virgins as well. After the solemnities of the mass, the king sent for a torturer who slew Mathwe with a sword behind him, who was standing at the altar holding his hands up to heaven. Thus, Mathwe was consecrated a martyr. Then all the people wanted to go to the palaces to kill the king. And with great..Payne were held at the priests and deacons/and Halowden with great joy the martyrdom of the apostle. And then the king sent for Ephygenes matrons and enchantresses. But despite this, when he saw that he could not break her courage or draw her to him in any way, he surrounded and beset her dwelling with a right great fire to burn her and all the other virgins. And then the holy apostle appeared at the fire and put it out around her. And it consumed the king's palaces, so that none escaped except the king and his son. And the son was possessed by the devil and began to cry and confess his father's sins and went to the sepulcher of the apostle. And the father was made a foul mess. And when he saw that he could not be cured, he killed himself with his own hand and a sword. And the people then established the brother of Ephygene as king, whom the apostle had designated..baptized and reigned for 77 years, and established his son as king after him. He greatly increased the honor of Christian men and filled all Ethiopia with noble churches of our Lord. Zaroes and Arphaxat then fled into Persia from the day that the apostle raised up the king's son. But Saint Simon and Jude overcame them there. Know that four things are principally considered in the blessed Saint Matthew: the first is the hastiness of obedience. For as soon as our Lord called him, he left all and doubted nothing concerning the lords, and left the imperfect reckonings of his receipts. He joined himself perfectly to our Lord Jesus Christ. For this hasty obedience, some took occasion of error within themselves, as Saint Jerome relates in the place mentioned above, saying at that place, \"Porphyry and Juliano Augustus reprove in the same place the folly of the story, saying that, as the story relates, they followed the Savior suddenly, just as they would have.\".Iherome spoke of the man they had hastily followed, who had called them, for there had been displayed so many virtues and tokens before that the apostles of our Lord believed very readily without doubt. And certainly, this man's resplendent majesty shone in his blessed face, drawing them to him if such virtue as men say is in a precious stone named Magnet, which draws to itself iron filings and straws, how much more could the Creator of all things draw to Him whom He wills?\n\nThe second is his generosity or liberality. For he made a great feast in his house for him, which was not received with right great will and desire. And it was great because of the services. This feast was a demonstration of a great mystery, which mystery the Lord Jesus Christ in His house was fed abundantly with greater things than the other, that is to say, of good manners and delightful things. And after he was greatly honored by them..reason of his teaching: For he showed great knowledge and doctrine, and this was of great mercy by desire and not by sacrifice, as he said \"I want mercy and not sacrifice, and other things.\" And also those who are whole need no doctor, and so it was great, for there was Jesus Christ and his disciples. The third is humility, which appeared to him in two things. First, he showed him a publican, the other evangelists as the gloss says, for my sake, and because of the honor of the evangelists they did not set their common name but, as it was written, the just is first accuser of himself. Matthew named himself a publican first, by cause, that he showed that none should mistrust their health, like himself, who was made an apostle and evangelist from a publican. Secondly, he was patient in his injuries. For when the Pharisees murmured that Jesus Christ was descended to a sinful man, Matthew could have answered, \"you are more wicked and more sinful than you think you are.\".Refuse the leche for I may no more be said to be sinful, one who has gone to the leech of health, and hide not my sin nor wound. The fourth is the great solemnity of him in the Church of his Gospels; his Gospels are often and more used in the church than the other evangelists, like the Psalms of David and the epistles of Paul, which are recited in the church more frequently. And this is the reason that James witnesses that there are three kinds of sin: the sin of pride, of lechery, and of avarice. In the sin of pride sinned Saul, for Saul, by the sin of pride, persecuted the church overly. David sinned in the sin of lechery, for he made adultery, and for the adultery. Matthew sinned in the sin of covetousness, for he was at a port of the sea where he received the toll and custom of ships and merchandise. And yet, our Lord took them all..Their penance in Greece, and was pleased there with him, so that he pardoned them not only for their sins but multiplied in them his gifts of grace. For him who was a right cruel persecutor, he made a right true preacher. And him who had been an outlaw and murderer, he made a prophet. And him who coveted so vile gain, he made apostle and evangelist. And therefore these three are often received, that no man who would be converted should have despair of pardon, when such as were in great sin he holds in great grace. It is to be considered that after St. Ambrose, some things ought to be noted in the conversion of St. Matthew. That is to say, something about the party of the leper, and something about the party of the seeker. In the leper were three things: wisdom, by which he knew the root of the disease; bounty, by which he ministered the medicine; and power, by which he healed him so soon..Saint Ambrose, speaking in the person of Matthew, says: \"This Master can take away the sorrow from my heart and the fear of my soul, which knows hidden and future things. And concerning the first and the second, I have found a doctor who dwells in heaven and pours out earthly healing. And as for the third, he said, 'He can well heal my wounds, which do not know their own.' In this blessed seeker, Matthew, there are three things to be considered according to Saint Ambrose. He first took away his malady. He was always obedient to his doctor. And he was always clean and whole after receiving health. Then he said, 'Matthew, follow now your doctor merrily and gladly,' and he joyfully said, 'Now I am no longer a publican nor a leper. I have put away leprosy since I have received Christ and follow Him.' And concerning the second, I hate my lineage and flee my life, and follow only the Lord.\".Thirdly he said, \"Who shall part me from the charity of our Lord God, who is in me? Troubles or anguish, or hunger, as if anyone says, not at all. And the manner of healing, as Ambrose says, was threefold. First, Jesus Christ bound him with bonds. Secondly, he impressed in him charity. Thirdly, he cleansed him from all stains. And Ambrose says in the person of Matthew, \"I am bound to you with the nails of faith and the good life of charity. Secondly, I shall keep your commandment as impressed in me by charity. And as to the third, good Lord come soon and open my wounds, lest any noxious humor corrupt or rot the head passions, and wash and cleanse those who are foul. His gospel, which he had written with his own hand, was defiled with the bones of St. Barnabas. The which gospels Barnabas bore with him and laid upon those who were sick. And immediately they were healed by the merits of the martyr, and were found in the year of our Lord 5 C.\"\n\nThus ends the life of.Saint Matthew the apostle and Evangelist. Maurice, more commonly known as \"the bitter\" or \"the hasty,\" is said to have been a vomiting or hard-tempered counselor or a black man due to his evil idolatry and devotion to his country. The blessed Euthere wrote and ordered his passion when he was Archbishop of Lyon.\n\nMaurice, or Maurice, was the duke of the right holy legion of Thebans. They were called Thebans from their city, Thebes, which is located in the eastern parts beyond the boundaries of Arabia. The region is rich in riches, abundant in fruit, delightful in trees. The inhabitants of that region are of great stature and noble in arms, strong in battle, subtle in engineering, and excessively wicked. The city had an honored eighty gates, of which is said this verse: \"Behold.\".Thebes lies overthrown with one hundred gates. In that time, the Emperors Dioclesian and Maximian intended to utterly destroy the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ. They sent such epistles to all provinces where Christian men dwelt, declaring that if anything needed to be decided or known, the whole world should be vacated and Rome alone should survive in the hollows of science. And so, you, who are not a great people and contrary to their command, and refuse so foolishly the establishments of that city of Rome, receive the faith of the immortal gods, or else a sentence of irreversible damnation will be pronounced against you. Then the Christian people received these letters and sent back their messengers empty-handed without reply. Dioclesian and Maximian were moved by this..The text reads: \"Greet Ire and wrath were sent to all the provinces, commanding them to come to Rome ready in arms for the purpose of discomfiting all the wheels of the Roman empire. Then, the emperor's letters were sent and directed to the Thebans, who, according to the commandment of God, rendered obedience to Him and to Caesar, who was waiting for them. This chosen legion of knights, numbering six thousand six hundred and thirty-one, was assembled, and they were sent to the emperor to aid in their just and lawful battles, and not to bear arms against Christian men but rather to defend them. The nobleman Maurice was duke of this holy legion, and those who governed under him bore the banners, named Saint Candidus, Saint Innocent, Saint Exupery, Saint Victor, and Saint Constancy. All these were captains. Dioclesian then sent against the Frenchmen Maximien, whom he had made fellow emperor with him in the empire, and delivered to him great...\".The strength without name and joined by him the legion of Thebans. They had been exhorted by Marcel, the pope, that they should rather suffer death than corrupt the faith of Jesus Christ. And when this great host without name had passed the Montanes and approached, Emperor Temperor commanded that all who were with him should sacrifice to idols. Those who refused were to be considered rebels and destroyed, and specifically Christians.\n\nWhen the holy knights heard that they had departed from the host eight miles away, they took a certain delightful place by the River Rhone, named Aganon. Maxymyen learned of it and sent knights to them, commanding that they should come hastily to the sacrifices of the gods with the others. They answered that they could not do so, because they held the faith of Jesus Christ. Then the emperor, in his anger, declared, \"The celestial injury is mingled with my spite.\"./ And the Relygyon Ro\u2223mayne is despysed with me / Now shal that Contymax knyght fele / not only for me / but for tauenge my goddes / Thenne Cezar commaunded his kny\u2223ghtes that they shold goo / and con\u2223strayne them / to do sacryfyse to the god\u00a6des / or els they shold slee alweye the tenthe man / Thenne the hooly sayntes stratched theyr hedes with Ioye / and hasted that one to fore that other to co\u2223me to the dethe / \u00b6 And after sa\u2223ynt Mauryce aroos vp / and sayd to his felawes among other thynges / Enioye ye with vs / and I thank you For we ben al redy for to deye for the faythe of Ihesu Crist / we haue suffred our felawes knyghtes to be slayn / And I haue suffryd your felawes to suffre deth for Ihesu Cryst / And I ha\u00a6ue kept the commanndement of god / whiche sayd to Peter / putt thy swerd in to thy shethe / but now by cause that we be enclosyd with the bodyes of the knyghtes oure felawes / and haue our clothes reed of theyr blood / late vs thenne folowe them by martirdome / And yf it plese yow late vs sende.this answer to Caesar, we are your knights, Emperor, and have taken up arms for the defense of our community. There is no treason or fear among us. But in no way will we forsake the law or faith of Jesus Christ. And when the Emperor heard this, he commanded to behead the tenth man of us. One of the Bauerers, named Exuperius, took the banner and stood among them. He said, \"Our glorious Duke Maurice has spoken of the glory of our fellow knights. Do not think that I take up arms to resist such things, but let our right hands cast away such fleshly arms. And let us arm ourselves with virtues. And if it pleases you to remind them to the Emperor such words, we are knights of your empire, but we confess ourselves to be servants of Jesus Christ. We owe to chivalry and to him Innocence, and from him we attend the reward of our labor. And from him we have the beginning of life. And we are ready to receive for him all.\".And we shall not depart from his faith. Then Ceasar commanded that his host should surround all that legion of knights, so that none should escape. We were surrounded by knights of the devil, one of them not escaping, and were all hewn and smitten on heads and hands, and trodden under the feet of horses, and were sacred martyrs of Christ. They suffered death in the year of our Lord 1580. Nevertheless, some escaped by the will of our Lord and came into other regions, and preached the name of Jesus Christ, and had victory in other places through martyrdom. It is said that Solutor, Aventor, Octavius went to Thauryne, and Alexander to Burgamy, Second to Vincent's company, and Victor Constancy and Ursus among those who escaped. And when the butchers divided the prey among them and ate, they saw an old man named Victor passing by, and they beckoned him to come and eat with them, and he..Began to demand of them how they might eat with joy among so many men slain and dead. When he heard that they were Christian men, signing he greatly wished. And when they perceived that he was a Christian, they immediately ran upon him and slew him. After this, Maxymien at Melane and Dyoclesian at Nychomedye abandoned their purple clothing in one day and laid it down to lead a more simple life. And those who were younger, such as Constancyen, Maxymien, and Galerien, whom they had ordained Ceasaren should govern them, and as Maxymien again was about to reign and command as a tyrant, he was pursued by Constancyen, his stepson, and finished his life by hanging. And after this, the holy body of Innocent one of that legion, which had been cast into the River Rosne, was found. By Damacyan of Genance, Grato of Augustodonense, and Prothase of the same bishops in their church, it was honorably interred..A pagan worker labored to build the church with others, but he only worked on Sundays during the time when men sang and performed solemn masses in the said Church. A company of saints came to him, who reproved him for working in masonry when others performed the divine service and officiated in the church. He then corrected his ways and ran to the bishop to be baptized. Ambrose writes of these martyrs in his preface: \"The company of these true Christians, enlightened with divine light coming from the farthest ends of the world, were armed with spiritual weapons and advanced steadfastly towards their martyrdom with great faith and diligent constance. The cruel tyrant feared them twice by the sword's slaughter. After seeing them steadfast in their faith, he commanded them all to have their heads struck off. But they burned with such great charity that they cast and threw away their executioners' weapons.\".They received their arms and harnesses, and kneeled with a joyous heart as they received the swords of those who martyred them, among whom Maurice embraced the love and faith of Jesus Christ and received the crown of martyrdom. He Ambrosius. There was a woman who gave birth to a son to serve the abbot of the church, in which the holy saints lie. And the son died in a short time after. Therefore, the mother wept without respite. Then Saint Maurice appeared to her and asked why she wept so for her son. She answered that as long as she should live, she would weep for him. And he said to her, \"Weep no more for him, for he is dead. But know for certain that he is with us. If you want to prove it, arise tomorrow and every day of your life and come to mass, and you will hear his voice among the monks singing.\" And every day of her life, she came and heard the voice of her son singing among the monks. When the king Guthraniche..Had given all that he had to pour men and to churches, he sent a priest to fetch relics from this holy company. And as he returned with the relics, the tempest arose in the lake of Geneva, in such a way that the ship was in peril. He set the case with the relics against the waves of the water. Immediately, the tempest ceased, and the waves of the water were appeased.\n\nIn the year of our Lord nine hundred and forty-seven, some monks, by the accord of Charles, had petitioned and obtained from Nicholas the pope the body of Urban Pope and the body of Saint Tiburtius martyr. Returning, they visited the church of the holy martyrs and petitioned and received from the abbot and monks the transport of Saint Maurice's body and the head of Saint Innocent, which they brought to Anchery into the church where Saint Germain had died in the name of these martyrs.\n\nPeter of Amiens relates that in Burgundy there was a proud and ambitious clerk who had obtained:.Church of St. Maurice / and it was seized by force against a mighty knight / who was opposed to him. And at one time, a mass was sung in it during the gospel, that those who seize them will be humbled, and those who humble them will be exalted. This Malicious and cursed clerk laughed and said, \"That is false.\" For if I had humbled and humbled myself, I would not have had so much riches on this day in the church. And as soon as he had said that, thunder and lightning from heaven came in the form of a sword, and entered his mouth from which blasphemies issued, and he was extinguished and died suddenly. Then, we devoutly beseech Almighty God, that by the merits of this holy martyr St. Maurice and his holy companions, the legion, which is six thousand six hundred three score and six, who suffered martyrdom as previously recounted, we may, after this transitory life, come to the everlasting bliss in heaven, where he reigns..Iustina, a woman of great justice, ended her life with the saints, including Maurice. Iustina is known for her obedience to her superior prelate, reverence for her equals, cordiality to those beneath her, patience towards enemies, compassion towards the wretched, and holiness within herself.\n\nIustina, the virgin, was born in Antioch, the daughter of a priest named Thydolles. Every day, she sat by a window where a priest read the gospels. One day, she was converted by seeing Jesus Christ and his angels, who appeared to her and her parents, urging them to come to Him, promising them the kingdom of heaven. Upon awakening, they were baptized with their daughter. Iustina was deeply troubled and vexed by Cyprian, but eventually converted him as well..From the faith of Jesus Christ, Cyprian, starting from his childhood, had been an enchanter. For from the time that he was seven years old, he was consecrated by his parents to the devil. He employed the craft of necromancy and made women transform into images and beasts, as it seemed, and many other such things. He was covetous of the love of Justin, and burned in the concupiscence of her. He resorted to his magical art that he might have her for himself or for a man named Aclade. Both of them burned in the love of her. Then he called a devil to him, to grant that he might have Justin. And when the devil came, he said to him, \"Why have you called me, Cyprian?\" And Cyprian said to him, \"I love a virgin; can you not do that, so that I may have my pleasure of her?\" And the devil answered, \"I who drove man out of paradise, and procured that Cain slew his brother, and made the Jews crucify Christ, and have troubled men, do you think I cannot do that for you?\".made with the [and use her at your pleasure] Take this ointment [and anoint with all her hours without fail] And I shall come [and kindle her heart in your love so that I shall compel her to assent to the] And the next night following, the devil went [and enforced her heart unto unlawful love] And when she felt it, she commended herself devoutly to God [and garnished herself with the sign of the Cross] And the Devil, all afraid of the sign of the Cross, fled away from her [and came again to Cyprus] And Cyprus said to him, why have you not brought to me this virgin [And the devil said, I saw in her a sign which terrified me, that all strength has failed in me] Then Cyprus left him [and called another devil stronger than he was] And he said, I have heard your commandment [and have seen the impotence of him] but I shall attend to it and accomplish your will [Then the devil went to her and enforced her heart to].And enflame her with dishonest actions, and she recommitted herself to God devoutly, putting from her that temptation by the sign of the Cross, and blew on the devil, and threw him immediately away from her. The devil fled in confusion and came to forefront of Cyprus. Cyprus asked him, \"Where is the maiden I sent before?\" The devil replied, \"I know not, for I am overcome and defeated. I will tell you how. I saw in her a terrible sign, and I lost all my virtue at once. Then Cyprus left him and reprimanded him, and called the prince of devils. When he arrived, he said, \"Why is your strength so weak, that it has been overcome by a maiden? Then the prince said to him, \"I will go and vex her with great fires, and I will inflame her heart more ardently, and I will arouse and torment her body with such intense desire that she will be frantic, and I will offer her many things, bringing her to me at midnight.\".The devil transformed himself into the likeness of a maiden and came to this holy virgin, saying, \"I have come to live with you in chastity, and I ask, what reward shall we have for doing so?\" The virgin answered, \"The reward is great, and the labor is small.\" The devil said, \"What then are you, you whom God commanded when he said, 'Grow and multiply and replenish the earth'? Fair sister, I doubt that if we abide in virginity, we shall make God's word vain and also despise and disobey Him by which we shall fall into a grievous judgment where we shall have no hope of reward but shall run in great torment and pain.\" By the devil's temptation, the heart of the virgin was struck with evil thoughts and greatly inflamed in desire of the sin of the flesh. She almost gave in, but then the virgin came to herself and considered who it was that spoke to her. Immediately, she blessed herself with the sign of the cross..The Cross and the devil confronted each other, and a little while later the devil transformed himself into a fair-aged man and entered her chamber, finding her alone in her bed. Without shame, he sprang into her bed and embraced her, intending to have his way. When she saw this, she recognized it as a wicked spirit and blessed herself, as she had done before. The devil then became weak and little waxed, and by the suffering of God, she was tormented with excess and fires. The devil's slandering beasts spoke through them, proclaiming that a great mortality should come upon Anthioche, but if Justice would consent to marriage and take Cypriane, all the sick and languishing in the ladies' quarters at the gate of Justice's father and friends were crying out for her to marry and deliver the city..In the sixth year of the pestilence, Justine refused to consent in any way. Everyone threatened her, and she prayed for them and chased away those afflicted with the plague. The devil, seeing that he gained no advantage, transformed and disguised himself as Justine to defame her reputation. Pretending to be Justine, he approached Cyprian and attempted to kiss him, as if she had longed for his love. When Cyprian saw him and believed it was Justine, he was filled with joy and said, \"Welcome, Justine, the fairest of all women.\" But as soon as the devil heard his name mentioned, he vanished like a fog or smoke. Disappointed and sorrowful, Cyprian was even more ardent and desirous in his love for Justine. He lingered at her door..A sorcerer, appearing as he seemed, changed him sometimes into a bird by his magical arts, and sometimes into a woman. But when he came to the door of the virgin, he was neither like a woman nor a bird, but appeared as Cyprian. Acladius, transformed by the devil's craft, was turned into a sparrow, and when he came to Justin's window, as soon as the virgin beheld him, he was not a sparrow, but showed himself as a lady. And she began to have anguish and fear, for he could neither flee nor leap, and Justin, fearing lest he should fall and break himself, set a ladder by which he went down, warning him to cease from his transformations lest he should be punished as a malefactor by the law. Then the devil, being vanquished in all things, returned to Cyprian and held him confounded before him. Cyprian said to him, \"How art thou not overcome? What unhappiness is your virtue that you cannot overcome a maiden? Have you no power over her, but she overcomes you and breaks you all to pieces?\".Tell me in whom she has all this great might and strength. The devil said, \"If thou wilt swear to me that thou wilt not depart from me nor forsake me, I will show her strength and her victory. By what oath shall I swear?\" The devil said, \"Swear thou by my great virtues that thou shalt never depart from me.\" Cyprian said, \"I swear to thee by thy great virtues that I shall never depart from thee.\" Then the devil said to him, \"Wishing to be sure of you, this maiden makes the sign of the cross. And anon, we become weak and lose all our might and virtue and flee from her. And Cyprian said then, \"The Crucified God is then greater than thou. The devil replied, \"You are certainly greater than all others. And all those we deceive are tormented with unquenchable fire. Cyprian said then, \"Should I not be made friends with him who was crucified, lest I fall afterwards into such pains?\" To whom the devil replied, \"Thou hast sworn by.\".The might and virtues of my strength, which no man may deny that you shall never depart from me. To whom Cyprian spoke: I despise thee and forsake thee and all thy power and renounce thee and all thy demons. Mark me with the sign of the cross. And immediately the devil departed, confused. Then Cyprian went to the bishop. And when the bishop saw him, he thought that he had come to lead the Christians astray and said: Let it suffice for Cyprian and those outside. For you can prevail against nothing that belongs to God's church. The virtue of Jesus Christ is joined to it and is not overcome. Cyprian replied: I am certain that the virtue of our Lord Jesus Christ is not overcome. And then he recounted all that had happened and was baptized by him. Afterward, he proved himself much in knowledge as in life. And when the bishop was dead, Cyprian was ordained bishop and proved the blessed virgin..Iustina lived in a monastery with many virgins and became their abbess over holy virgins. Saint Cyprian sent epistles to the martyrs and comforted them in their martyrdom. The earl of that country heard of the fame and renown of Cyprian and Iustina. He demanded that they sacrifice, and when he saw that they commanded him to be put in a cauldron full of wax, pitch, and boiling oil, they showed remarkable composure and endured it without grief or pain. The priest of the idols commanded the prior of that place to stand before the cauldron, and he would soon overcome their virtue. The priest then came before the cauldron and said, \"Great is the god Hercules and Jupiter, father of gods. None can withstand the great fire that issued from under the cauldron.\" The fire then consumed and burned him. Cyprian and Iustina were taken out of the cauldron..And they were given the sentence and both were ordered to be scourged, and their bodies were thrown to dogs for seven days, and after they were taken up and translated to Rome. And as it is said, now they remain at a place. They suffered death in the seventh calendar of October, around the year of our Lord CCXIII under Diocletian.\n\nThis ends the lives of Saint Cyprian and Justin.\n\nCosmas is said to be of cosmos, that is, a form, shape, or adornment. Or, according to Isidore, Cosmos in Greek is called \"clean\" in Latin. He was a form to others in example. He was adorned with good virtues and clean from all vices.\n\nDamyan is said to be of damia, that is, a humble and meek beast. Or Damianus is said to be of dogma, that is, doctrine. Or Damyan is said to be, as it were, the hand of our Lord. He had meekness in conversation. His doctrine was supernal. His sacrifice was in mortification of his flesh. He was the..Cosme and Damyan, two German brothers born in the city to a pious mother named Theodora, were learned in the arts of medicine and healing. They received great grace from God and healed all maladies and languors, not only of men but also of animals. They did all this for the love of God without taking any reward.\n\nThere was a lady who had spent all her goods on medicines and came to these saints. She was healed of her sickness immediately. But she offered a small gift to St. Damian. He refused to accept it. She swore and threatened him with horrible oaths that he granted to accept it. He did not do this out of covetousness for the gift, but to obey the devotion of the woman who offered it. He also did not want to disrespect the name of the Lord, by whom he had been conjured. When St. Cosme learned of this, he commanded that his body should be buried..not be leyd after his dethe with his broders / And the nyght folowynge our lord apperyd to saynt Cosme / and excused his broder And whanne Lysyas herd theyr re\u2223nommee / he made them to be callyd to fodemaunded their names and their countrey / And thenne the holy martyrs sayd / Our names ben Cosme and Damyan / And we haue thre other bretheren / whiche he named Antyne / Leonce / and Euprepye / Our countreye is Arabye / but Crysten men knowe not fortune / Thenne the precon\u00a6sul or Iuge commaunded them / that they shold brynge forth theyr bretheren And that they shold alle togyder doo sacryfyse to the ydollys / And whanne in no wyse they wold do sacryfyse / but despysed thydollys / he commaunded they shold be sore tormentid in the han\u00a6des and feet / And whanne they despy\u00a6sed his tormentys / he commaunded them to be bounden with a chayne and throwen in to the See / But they were anone delyuerd by thaungell of oure lord / and taken oute of the See / and cam ageyne to fore the Iuge / And whan the Ingr sawe them / he.\"you overcame our great goddesses with your enchantments, you despise their torments, and make the sea peaceful. Teach me your witchcraft. And in the name of the god Adrian, I shall follow you. As soon as he had said this, two devils appeared and beat him severely in the face. He cried out, \"O good men, I pray you to pray for me to our lord.\" They then prayed for him. And immediately the devils departed. Then the judge said, \"Behold, you may see how the goddesses were angry with me because I thought to have forsaken them. But I shall not allow my goddesses to be blasphemed. And then he commanded them to be cast into a great fire. But the flame sprang far from them and killed many of those who stood by. And then they were commanded to be punished. Eculus and the tormentors tormented them above all men. And yet they were taken without harm or grief. And then came all holes before the judge. Then the judge commanded the three to be put in prison.\".The people made Cosme and Damyan be crucified and stoned, but the stones returned to those who threw them and injured and wounded many. The judge, filled with anger, had the three brothers stand by the cross and commanded four knights to shoot arrows at Cosme and Damyan. But the arrows returned and injured many instead, doing no harm to the martyrs. Confused by these events, the judge grew anxious unto death and ordered all five brothers to be brought together. The Christian men doubted the words of Saint Cosme, who had said that his brother should not be buried with him. A voice then cried out, saying, \"They are all of one substance. Gather them all in one place.\" They suffered death under Diocletian around the year 200 AD.\n\nAfter this event, an ordinary husbandman, having finished working in the field, returned..A man slept in the field with his mouth open, and a serpent entered his body through his mouth. Then he awoke and felt nothing. Later, he returned to his house, and at evening, he began to be tormented and cried out pitifully, calling upon the holy saints Cosmas and Damian for help. When the pain and anguish increased, he went to the church of the saints and suddenly fell asleep. Then the serpent emerged from his mouth, just as it had entered.\n\nThere was a man who was to embark on a long journey and entrusted his wife to the care of Cosmas and Damian. He left her a token, instructing her to come to him if he sent for her by that token. The devil knew the token well and transformed himself into the form of a man, bringing the woman the sign of her husband and saying, \"Your husband has sent me from that city to lead you to him.\" Yet she hesitated to go with him, and said, \"I recognize the token, but since he left me here, I am uncertain.\".Keeping of the saints Cosmas and Damian told me on their altar that you will bring me to him surely. And then I shall go with him. He swore to me as if she had said it. Then she followed him. And when she came to a secret place, the devil would have thrown her down from her horse to kill her. And when she felt that, she cried to God and to the saints Cosmas and Damian for help. And at once these saints were there with a great multitude, clothed in white, and delivered her. And the devil disappeared. They said to her, \"We are Cosmas and Damian. To whose other you believed, therefore we have come to help you.\"\n\nFelix, the eighth pope after Saint Gregory, built a noble church at Rome for the saints Cosmas and Damian. And in that church there was a man who served the holy martyrs devoutly. A Canaperd came to him, bringing with them an instrument and ointment. To that one he said, \"Where shall we have [it]?\".Flesh, when we have cut away the rotten flesh to fill the vacant place, then the other said to him, \"There is an Ethiopian who was buried in St. Peter ad Vincula's churchyard today, who is still fresh. Take out some flesh from that Ethiopian's body, and change one for the other. And when the sick man awoke and felt no pain, he put out his hand and felt his leg without hurt. Then he took a candle and saw well that it was not his thigh, but that it was another's. And when he came to himself,\n\nThis ends the lives of Saints Cosme and Damian.\n\nForseus is said to be a form of virtue, an example to others. Or he may be called Forseus, sitting out of paradise, as long as the battle of angels and devils lasted for him. Or he is called Forse, which means clarity, and he said, \"Sit here\" for him to sit in the enduring clergy.\n\nForseus was a..Bishop and Bede wrote this story about him. Just as he shone in all bounty and virtue, so at his last end he yielded up his spirit. And when he passed, he saw two angels coming to him, who bore his soul up to heaven. The third angel came with a white shield shining, and he went before. After that, he saw devils crying and heard how they said, \"Let us go to fire and make a battle before him.\" And when they were gone to fight before him, they returned against him and threw burning darts. But the angel who went before received them with his shield. Then the devil said, \"I have always spoken idle words. Therefore, I ought not to use the blessed life without pain.\" And the angel said to them, \"If you do not intend harm against him, he will not perish for the small matter.\" And then the devil said, \"If God is just, this man shall not be saved. For it is written, 'If you are not converted and made like us.'\".One of my little children shall not enter the kingdom of heaven. To whom Turgel excused himself, he said he had indulgence in his heart, but he obtained the custom and usage, and the devil said, like as he had taken evil custom late, so let him receive vengeance by the sovereign George. And the holy angel said, we shall be judged before God. Then the devil was silent, and said to them, up until now we believed that God was true, for all the sins that are not purged on earth, he promised that they would everlastingly be punished. This man received a vesture of an usher, and was not punished by it, where then is the righteousness of God? To whom Turgel said, hold your peace. For you do not know the secret judgments of God. As long as a man hopes to do his penance, so long the mercy of God is ready for the man. The devil answered, there is no place for penance. To whom Turgel said, you do not know the profoundness of the judgments of God. Then the devil struck him so..After he was restored to life, the token and trace of the stroke remained. Then the devil took one who was tormented in the fire and threw him onto Forst. Forsyn saw well that it was the one from whom he had received the vestment. The angel said to him, \"Because you received it, he has burned the one who gave it, if you had not received his gift, this pain would not have burned you. And you have this pain of burning because you received the vestment of him. The other devil then said, \"He must still pass through the narrow gate, where we may surmise and overcome him.\" The devil said to the angel, \"God commanded to love your neighbor as yourself,\" and the angel replied, \"This man has done good works for his neighbors. But they said, 'It is not enough, unless he has loved them as himself.' To whom the angel said, \"The fruit of love is to do well. For God will reward every man according to his deeds.\".The enemy said, \"Because he has not fulfilled the word of love, he shall be damned.\" Then the devils' fighting were overcome by the angels. And yet the devil said, \"If God is not wicked, this man shall not escape without pain.\" For he promised to renounce and forsake the world, and he has not done it. Then the angel answered, \"He loved not those things that are of the world, but he loved well to dispense them to those who had need.\" And the devil answered, \"In what manner he loved them, it was against the commandment of God.\" And these adversaries thus vanquished, yet the devil began malicious accusations, saying, \"It is written, if you show not to the wicked man his wickedness, I shall require his blood from your hand. And this man has not shown worthy penance to the sinners.\" And the angel said, \"When the sinners despise the word that they hear, then the tongue of the doctor is let to speak.\".despised then it is fitting for a wise man to be silent when it is not the time to speak. This battle was very strong, so much so that they came before the angel of God. And the good had overcome the adversaries. Then this holy man was enlightened with great clarity. And as Bede says, one of the angels said to him, \"Behold the world.\" Then he turned him and saw a dark and tenebrous valley, and four fires in the air above, which were far from one another. And the angel said to him, \"These are four fires that burn. One is the fire of lies. In baptism, all promise to renounce the devil and all his works, but they do not fulfill it. The second is of covetousness, that is when worldly riches are set before heavenly things. The third is of discord, that is when men do not dare to offend their neighbors for base and vicious things. The fourth is of wickedness and felony, when they despoil the weak and poor by..\"Fraud and deceit, as by extortion and tyranny, for nothing. And after these fires were gathered together, he approached it and doubted and was afraid, and said to the angel, \"Sir, this fire approaches me.\" And the angel answered, \"This fire that thou hast not set shall not burn thee. For this fire here examines the people according to their merits. And just as the bodies burn by will, not able to endure it, so the fire burns by due pain. And at the last, the soul was brought back to the one it had been supposed to have died, and after this he lived a certain time and finished his life laudably in good works.\n\n\"Thus ends the life of St. Forstin.\n\nMichael is sometimes called God, and at other times, as St. Gregory says, when a thing of marvelous virtue is done, Michael is sent forth. So that he, by the deed and the name, is given to be understood that none may do what God may do. And therefore, many things of marvelous virtue are attributed to him. For example, Daniel.\".He shall arise and address himself in the time before Christ against him. He will stand as a defender and keeper for those chosen. He also fought with the dragon and his angels, casting them out of heaven and achieving a great victory. He had a great dispute and altercation with the devil concerning the body of Moses, as he would not show it. For the children of Israel should have adored and worshiped it. He received the souls of saints and brought them into the paradise of exultation and joy. He was prince of the synagogue of the Jews, but now he is established as our Lord's prince of the church of Jesus Christ. He is had among the company of holy angels as banner-bearer and bearing the sign of our Lord. He shall sleep by the commandment of God before Christ..In the Mount of Olives, and men shall rise at the voice of this same Archangel. He will display at the day of judgment the Cross, the spear, the nails, and the Crown of Thorns of Jesus Christ.\n\nThe solemnity of St. Michael is said to be appealing, victorious, and memorial. The appearance of this angel is manifold. The first is when he appeared on the Mount of Gargan. This mountain is in Naples, which is named Gargan, and is situated near the city of Sybaris. In the year 460 of our Lord, in the same city of Sybaris, there was a man named Garganus. He took the name of the mountain or the mountain took his name, and he was very rich, possessing a great multitude of sheep and beasts. While they pastured around the sides of the mountain, it happened that a bull strayed from the other beasts and went up on the mountain and did not return home with them..Then this rich man took a great multitude of servants and searched for the bull around the mountains. Lastly, he was found on top of a mountain by the entrance of a hole or cave. The master was angry because he had strayed alone from the other beasts and ordered one of his servants to shoot an arrow at him. Instantly, the arrow returned with the wind and struck the one who had shot it. The people of the city were troubled by this event and went to the bishop to ask what should be done. The bishop commanded them to fast for three days and pray to God. When this was completed, St. Michael appeared to the bishop and said, \"Know that that man is injured by my will. I am Michael the Archangel, who will that this place be worshipped on earth, and I will ensure that it is kept safe. Therefore, I have provided that I am the keeper of this place by this demonstration and showing.\".And then the bishop and the city's people went with procession to that place, and dared not enter, but made their prayers outside. The second apparition was in the year of our Lord seven hundred and ten, at a place named Tumba by the sea side, six miles from the city. Saint Michael appeared to the bishop of that city and commanded him to build a church in the aforementioned place, just as it was made on Mount Gargan, and in the same way he should hallow the memory of Saint Michael there. The bishop doubted in which place it should be built, and Saint Michael said to him, \"in the place where you will find a bull hidden by thieves,\" and he still doubted about the size of the place. Then Saint Michael appeared to a man..and commanded him that he should go to that same place / and take away the two rocks. And when he came, the two rocks were removed as easily as they had weighed nothing. And when the church was built, they placed a piece of a marble stone there upon which he stood, and a part of the pallet that he had laid on the altar of that other Church they brought thither to this Church. And because they had great poverty and need of water, they made, by the commandment of Thangelle, a hole in a stone of marble, and immediately there flowed out so much water that to this day they have been sustained by its benefit. And this appearance is solemnly hallowed on the seventeenth of November in that place. And in the same place there occurred a miracle worthy of remembrance. This mountain is surrounded by the ocean sea, but on St. Michael's day it withdraws twice / and gives way to the people. And as a great company of people went to the Church, it happened that a woman.In the company, a woman with child was scarcely able to keep up with the others. When they returned, the waves and water came with great force, causing the company to flee in fear to the river. However, the woman could not escape and was taken by the floodwaters of the sea. But Saint Michael kept her safe and she gave birth to her child amidst the waves in the middle of the sea. She took the child between her arms and gave it to nurse. After the sea had receded, she went to land with her child.\n\nThe third apparition occurred during the time of Gregory, who established the litanies for the pestilence that was prevalent at the time and prayed devoutly for the people. He saw on the castle, which was once called the Memory of Adrian, the angel of God wielding and cleansing a bloody sword and placing it in a scabbard. Through this, he understood that his prayers were answered. Then he ordered the building of a church in honor of Saint Michael..The name of the angel is Castel. Another apparition was in the Mount of Gargan, where he gave victory to the people of Syponte, a place hallowed eight yards from Iuia. The fourth apparition is in the hierarchy of the same angels. The first apparition is called Epiphany, that is, the apparition of the sevens. The second is called Hypophany, the middle apparition. The third is called Gerarchye, which is holy and of Gerar, a prince. Every gerarchye contains three orders of angels. The sovereign gerarchye, after the assignment of St. Denis, contains Cherubim, Seraphim, and the thrones. The middle contains dominations, virtues, and powers. The last contains principalities, angels, and archangels. Their order and disposition can be seen in earthly principalities..For of the ministers that are about a king, some work immediately about his person as cup-bearers, chamberlains, and stewards. Some have the rule of the realm, some in one province and some in another, as lieutenants, captains of cavalry, and judges. And they are like the second hierarchy. Others are assigned to particular offices in the diverse parties of the realm, as mayors, sheriffs, bailiffs, and such other lesser offices. And these are like orders of the god and are converted to him. And there are three things necessary to them: that is to say, sovereign love, which is touching the order of seraphim, who are said to be fiery, parfight knowledge which is touching cherubim, which is as much to say as plenitude of science, and perpetual fruition or use. As touching the thrones, which are said sitting, for God sitteth and resteth in them. The three orders..of the middle hierarchy is taken and held in as much as they rule and govern their jurisdiction of people in common. This seignory and this governance is in three things: the first in seignory and commandment, which pertains to the order of dominion, ruling above others and addressing them in all the ministries due, and commanding all things to them; and that says Zachary in the fifth chapter, that one angel says to another, \"Renne and speak to the child.\"\n\nSecondly, in doing, and this pertains to the order of virtues, to whom nothing is impossible to execute, which is commanded to them, for to them is given power to do all things difficult which are pertaining to divine mystery, and therefore it is attributed to them to do miracles.\n\nThirdly, in constraining, for constraining the impediments and disturbances, and this pertains to the order of potestates, and this is signified in Tobit, where Raphael binds the devil..The upper desert: The three orders of the last hierarchy have been taken, after they have governed and been limited. Some of them govern a province and rule as princes, like the prince of Persia over the Persians, as it is read in Daniel in the tenth chapter. And some are deputed to the governance of a multitude in a city, and they are called archangels. Others are committed to the governance of one person, and they are called angels, and are said to show small things and little, because their service and mystery is limited to one man. Archangels are said to be greater and more, for the welfare of a multitude is better and more worthy than the welfare of one man. In the signification of the orders of the first hierarchy, Gregory agrees with Dionysius, and Bernard also, who is taken about their fruition, which is in burning love, as touching seraphim; and in profound knowledge, as to cherubim..in perpetual retention, concerning the thrones, but they disagree in the assignment of the middle and last two orders - that is, princes and virtues. Gregory and Bernard have different considerations; the middle hierarchy is in Gregory's seignory or prelacy, and the last is taken in his pity or ministry. The prelacy in angels is triple; for angels rule over spiritual beings angelically, and they are called dominions. And they dominate over good works, and they are called principates. And they dominate over devils, and they are called potestates. The order and degrees of their dignity appear in these things. The mystery of them is threefold; some stand in working, some in teaching, and some in teaching more and some less. The first pertains to virtues, the second to archangels, and the third to angels. The fifth apparition is that which is read in tripartite history. There is a place beside Constantinople where once the goddess Vesta..A man named Aquyline was taken ill with a fierce fever of red color. The physicians gave him a drink containing burning sulfur, which he immediately vomited out of his mouth, along with whatever food or drink he consumed. He was believed to be near death or beyond help, and then St. Michael appeared to him and said he should make a concoction of honey, wine, and pepper. Whatever he ate, he should dip in it, ensuring good health. He did as instructed and was soon delivered from his illness. The physicians believed the drink or medicine was harmful to those with colic. This is recorded in the Typtoretum.\n\nSecondly, the solemnity of St. Michael is called a victory, and the victory of St. Michael is manifold..And the angels, the first being Saint Michael, appeared to the people of Syponte in this way: After a certain time that the place was discovered, the Naples inhabitants were still pagans and prepared to fight against them of Syponte and Bonuent. At the bishop's counsel, the Christian men took vows for three days to fast and pray for Saint Michael's aid and help. In the third night, the holy Saint Michael appeared to the said bishop and said that their prayers were heard and promised them victory. He commanded them to charge their enemies at the fourth hour of the day without delay. And when they charged against them, the mountain of Gorgon began to tremble strongly, and a great tempest arose. Lightning flew about, and a dark cloud covered the mountain. Six hundred of their adversaries died from the fiery arrows that came from the sky, and all the remaining ones were left..The second victory of St. Michael was when he put out of heaven the dragon Lucifer and all his followers. Revelation 12:7-9. For when Lucifer desired to be like God, Michael and his angels, who bore the standard of the celestial host, came and cast Lucifer out of heaven with all those who followed him, and have confined them in dark air until the day of judgment. For they are not permitted to dwell in heaven, neither in the upper and delightful place, nor yet on earth with us, lest they should tempt or torment us excessively. But they are in their place between heaven and earth. So when they look upwards, they may behold the joy that they have lost and grieve greatly over it. And when they look downwards, they may see men mount up to heaven from whom they flee. Nevertheless, by the divine dispensation, they are not allowed to..descende ofte vnto vs in erthe / As lyke hit hath be shewed to somme hooly men / they flee aboute vs as flyes / they ben Innumerable / And lyke flyes they fylle thayer withoute nombre / wherof sayth Haymo / as the philosophers sayden and doctours haue oppynyon / This ayer is also full of de\u2223uyls / and of wycked spyrytes / as the sonne bemes ben full of smale motAnd how wel that they be soo many / Neuer theles after the sentence of Orygene / theyr power ne strengthe is but righte lytel / and that we may ouercome them here / And yf ony of them ben ouerco\u2223men of ony hooly man / he may neuer after tempte a man of that vyce / Of whiche he is ouercomen / \nThe thyrd vyctory is / that Aungels haue euery day of the deuyls whanne they fyght for vs ageynst them / And delyuer vs fro their temptacions / and they delyuer vs in thre maners / Fyrst in refreynynge the power of the deuyl lyke as it is sayd Appcalypsis vises\u2223And sente hym in to Abisme / that is the pytte of helle / And Thobye whiche fayth that the Aungel Raphael.The devil in the western desert; this binding is nothing but the restraining of his power and might. Secondly, he delivers us in restraining our covetousness, which thing is in Genesis, the forty-second chapter, where it says that the angel took the seed of Jacob, and it dried up at once. Thirdly, in stirring up in our hearts the memory of the passion of our Lord, this is signified by Apocalypse 7, where it is said, \"Do not weep; do not weep over me, nor weep for the dead, nor for any trees till we have marked them.\" Ezekiel says, \"The sign of the angel is on the foreheads of the people; he is made like an angel's cross. And they who are marked with it shall not fear that angel smiting them.\" The fourth victory is that Michael the archangel shall have over Antichrist when he shall slay him; then Michael the great prince shall arise, as it is said in Daniel 12, he shall arise for those who are chosen, as an helper..and a protector shall strongly stand against Antichrist and after, as the gloss says, Antichrist shall be forced to submit and hide himself for three days, and after he shall appear, saying that he has risen from death to live. The devils shall bear him up by magical arts and shall mount him on their part. And all the people shall marvel and worship him. And at last he shall mount up on the mount of Olivet. And when he shall be in a palace in his triumphal entry into that place where our Lord ascended, Michael shall come and shall slay him. This word of the triple battle in heaven is explained as the battle that he had with Lucifer when he expelled him from heaven, and the battle that he had with the devils that torment us. And of this last solemnity is said dedication, because on this day the said place on the Mount of Gargan was dedicated and consecrated by him..For when they of Syntpe were returned from the slaughter of their adversaries, and had such a noble victory, yet they doubted entering into the said place and hallowing it to the archangel. Then the bishop went and asked counsel of Pope Pelagius. He answered if the church ought to be dedicated, it should be on that day that the victory was achieved. And if it pleased otherwise, St. Michael should be petitioned for his will in this matter. The pope, the bishop, and men of the city celebrated three days. St. Michael appeared to the bishop and said, \"It is not necessary for you to die and hallow that I have already hallowed and commanded that he should enter into that place the next day with the people. He should frequent it with prayers, and they should feel that he would be a special patron to them. He gave them a sign of consecration: that they should go up thither by a posterior towards the east, and they should find there the steps of a man impressed in a marble stone..The bishop and many people came to the place in the morning and entered. They found a large cave and three others, two of which were set towards the south and the third towards the east. The third was covered entirely with a red mantle. After the solemnities of the masses were completed and the people had taken holy communion, all returned to their previous places. The bishop left priests and clerks behind to sing and beautifully perform the divine office. Clear water and sweet water issued from within the church, which the common people drank and were healed of many diverse diseases. When the pope heard these things, he established the observance of this day in honor of St. Michael and all the holy angels, and for it to be kept holy throughout the world.\n\nFourthly, this solemnity is said to be the Memory of St. Michael. We all solemnize this feast in his honor and that of all the archangels of our Lord. We do the same for their memory and honors generally..hit appertey\u00a6neth and is behoeffull to vs to gyue to them / lawde praysynge and honour\nby manyfold reasons experte / that is to wete / For they ben our kepars / oure mynystres / oure bretheren / our neygh\u2223bours / the berars of our sowles in to heuen / and representers of our prayers vnto god / Ryght noble knyghtes of the kynge of heuen / And perdurable comfortours of them that ben in heuy\u2223nes and trybulacions / And fyrst we ought to honoure them / For they ben oure kepars / wherfor we ought to wor\u00a6shipe them / To euery man ben gyuen two Aungels / One euylle for to styre hym to ylle / and one good to kepe him The good Aungels ben deputed to the kepynge of men in theyr byrthe / & after the natyuyte also / and ben all\u2223wey with them / whanne they ben full growen / And in this thre astates is an aungel necessarye to a man / For whanne he is yet lytell in the wombe / he may be dede and be dampned / whan he is oute of the wombe to fore he be growen / he maye be lette fro baptysme / And whanne he is growen / he maye.The devil deceives those drawn to diverse sins. He flatters them with pleasures and blandishments, and oppresses virtue with violence. Therefore, it is necessary that a good angel be appointed to the keeping of a man, to turn him away from deceit and induce him to do good instead of being swayed by flattery and blandishments, and to defend him from oppression by violence. The profit of angelic keeping for a man may be assigned in four ways. The first, that the soul may profit in well-being and grace. And this the angel does to the soul in three ways: first, in removing all hindrances to doing well and good; this is signified in Exodus 12, where the angel smites the firstborn of Egypt. Secondly, in awakening or exciting from sloth; this is signified in Zechariah 14, where the Angel of the Lord roused me as a man awakened out of sleep..Thirdly, leading a man in the way of penance and bringing him back, is signified in Tobit in the fifth chapter in the Angel that led him and brought him back. The second profit that the angel does is that he prevents a man from sinning. The angel accomplishes this in three ways: firstly, by preventing the evil from being done; this is signified in the Book of Numbers in the twenty-second chapter, where Balaam, who went to curse Israel, was prevented. Secondly, by blaming the sin committed, making the man depart from it; this is signified in the Book of Judges in the second chapter, where the angels blamed the children of Israel for breaking the law, causing them to weep. Thirdly, by bringing strength to take away the present sin; this is signified in Lot, who was led out by force, along with his wife and daughters, from the city of Sodom \u2013 that is, from the custom of sin. The third effect and profit is, if.if he falls or rises again immediately, and this is signified in the angel in three ways. First, in leading a man to contrition, and this is signified in Tobit in the twelfth chapter, where he taught Tobit to anoint the eyes of his father with gall, that is, the contrition of the heart anoints the eyes of the heart. Secondly, in purging lips by confession, and that is signified in Isaiah the fifth chapter, where the angel purged the lips of Isaiah. Thirdly, in enjoying to satisfaction, and that is signified in Luke, the fifteenth chapter, which says, \"Greater joy is in heaven for a sinner doing penance than for ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.\" The fourth profit is, that a man does not fall into sin so often as the devil entices him, and this he does in three ways: by restraining the allurement and might of the devil in weakening the desire and craving for sin, and by impressing in our minds the passion of our Lord Jesus Christ, of which things..It is said that we ought to honor them secondly, for they are our administrators, as the apostle says in Hebrews X: They are spirits of administration; all spirits are sent for us. The superiors are sent to the middling, the middling to the lowest, and the lowest to us. And this sending comes from the divine source. In this sending, the divine bounty is evidently shown to the love of our health. Secondly, it is of the charity of the angel, for this sending is of ardent charity, especially to desire the health of others. Wherefore Ysaye says, \"Lo, I am here, Lord; send me forth. And the angels may help us because they see that we have need of them and may well overcome the evil spirits and angels. And therefore, the law of charity requires that they be sent to us. Thirdly, this sending is necessary for the need of man, for they inflame our affection to love. As a sign of this, it is read that:.They were sent in a fiery chariot. Secondly, they were sent to us for understanding and knowledge, signified by Apocalypse 10:1. Thirdly, they were sent for our strengthening unto the end, signified by 1 Kings 19:4-8. Thirdly, they ought to be honored, for they are our brethren and neighbors. For all who are chosen are taken to the orders of angels, some to the highest, some to the lowest, and some to the middle. For the diversity of their merits. And yet, the blessed virgin is above all, as St. Gregory shows in his Homily. He says, \"There are some who take small things but yet do not show it to their brothers, and they run in the number of...\".And these are the angels / Who can take the sovereignties of the celestial secrets / and reveal it to others / And these are the celestial angels / Who reveal it to others / And these are the angels / And they are the ones / Who perform marvelous signs / And work powerfully / And these are those / Who work with virtues / And some among them chase away the wicked spirits / By the power of prayer / And by the strength of their received power from God / And these have their merits with the prophets / And there are some / Whose virtues enable them to rise above the merits of those who are chosen / And they rule over the brethren / And sort their merit with the princes / And there are some / Who overcome and subdue all vices within themselves / And they are rightfully called \"gods\" among men / Like as God said to Moses / \"I have established the god of Pharaoh / And these are with the dominions / And there are some who sit in the Throne as presidents / And examine the works and deeds..of other, by whom the holy church is governed, all who are chosen have been judged. And these are with the throne, and they who with the Chalice and love of God, and their neighbor before others are full, and these by their merits have taken their place in the name of Cherubim. For Cherubim is said to be the fullness of knowledge. And as Paul says, the fullness of the law is love and charity. And these are they, who are enfolded in the burning love of supernal contemplation. Only Wisdom desires to be in the desire of her Maker. They desire nothing of this world, but are fed only in the love of the Lord eternal. They eschew all earthly things and pass over all temporal things in thought. They love, they burn, and they rest in that burning love. They burn in loving, and are inflamed in speaking. And all that ever they touch in any manner by word, they make one to burn in the love of God. And where shall these take their place but among the number of?.They ought to be honored in four ways. Firstly, they prepare the way to paradise, as Malachiel says in the third chapter, \"I send my angel to make ready your way before your face.\" Secondly, they bring souls to heaven through the prepared way, as Exodus states in the twenty-fourth chapter, \"I send an angel who shall keep you in your way and bring you to the land which I have promised to your fathers.\" Thirdly, they set souls in heaven, as Luke says in chapter fifteen, \"It was done when the beggar died, his soul was borne in angels to Abraham's bosom.\" Fifthly, they are to be honored because they represent our souls to God. This representation is in three ways: first, they present our prayers to God, as the twelfth chapter says, \"When you pray with tears.\".They buried the dead men. I offered your prayer to our lord. Secondly, they allege for us to forego our lord. And Iobe in the thirty-fourth chapter says, if there was an angel speaking for him, and one of them spoke like this, that he showed the equity of the man, our lord should have mercy and pity on him. Also, Zachaeus first, and the angel of our lord answered and said, \"O lord of all strengths, shall not thou have pity on Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, to whom thou art wrathful? This is the seventy-seventh year. Thirdly, they show the sentence of God, as it is said in Daniel, that the angel Gabriel flying said, \"Since the beginning of the prayers, the word issued forth - that is, the sentence of God - and I am come to show it to you. For you are a man of desires. Bernard says on the Canticles, 'The angel seeks a means between the love and the lover in offering desires and bringing gifts, and pleases him.' Sixthly, they ought to be honored..For they are the right noble knights of the everlasting king, as Job says in the twenty-fifth chapter: \"Is not this the number of his knights? For as we see in the knights of some king, some of them dwell always in the king's hall and accompany the king, seeking honor and solace from the king. Others keep the cities, castles, and fortresses of the king and defend against the enemies of the king. Such are the knights of Christ. Some are in the royal hall, that is, in the imperial heaven, and always accompany the king of kings, singing songs and joy to his honor and glory, saying, 'Holy, holy, holy, blessing and cleansing and wisdom.' The others keep the cities, towns, castles, and fortresses, which are deputed to the keeping of us, maintaining the state of virgins, continent people, and the castles of Jerusalem. Upon the walls of Jerusalem I have established keepers.\".There are those who fight and vanquish the enemies of God, of whom it is said in Revelation, \"There is a battle made in heaven, that is after some exposure in the church, Mychel and his angels fought with the dragon. The seventh and the last they ought to be honored, because they are comforters of those who are in tribulation. And he of whom it is said in Zachariah in the first chapter, 'The angel who spoke to me with good words was a message of comfort.' And this they did in three ways: first, in comforting and strengthening him and saying, 'Be not afraid, nor be dismayed, peace be to you.' Comfort yourself and be courageous; second, in keeping from impatience, and this David says, 'He has commanded his angels to keep you in all your ways'; third, in refreshing and reviving that tribulation, and that is signified in Daniel the third chapter, 'There where the angel of the Lord descended in the furnace with three children, and made the midst of the furnace as it had been a wind blowing.'.With a soft dew, by these examples we may understand that we ought to give honor to the holy company of Angels, and to pray them to keep us in this wretched life from our enemies, the devil, the world, and the flesh. After we shall depart, they present our souls unto almighty God in heaven, there to dwell and abide eternally with them. Qui ipse prestatur, who lives and reigns without end in the ages of ages. Amen.\n\nThis ends the History of St. Michael and the Angels. Iherome is called Ihera, which means holy, and nemus, a wood. Iherome is therefore as much to say as a holy wood, or it is said of Norma, which means law, in his legend, that Iherome is interpreted as a holy law. He was therefore holy, that is, firm or clean, or died a martyr's death, or was dedicated to holy use, like vessels of the Temple, which are said to be holy, for they are ordained for holy use. He was holy, that is, stained with the blood of the mind..The passion of our Lord Jesus Christ was deputed to holy use by a holy wood, through the conversation he once did and dwelt in the wood. He was lawgiver for the rules of his disciples, whom he taught, or because he expounded and interpreted the holy law and scripture. Jerome also interpreted the vision of beauty, or the juggling words. Beauty has manyfold aspects. First is spiritual, which is in the soul. Second is moral, which is in the highest part of manners. The third is intellectual, which is in angels. The fourth is substantial, which is divine. The fifth is heavenly, which is in the country of saints. This fivefold beauty had St. Jerome spiritual in various types of virtues. The moral he had in the goodness of his life. He had intellectual in the excellence of purity. He had the substantial in burning charity. He had the celestial in the perpetual and excellent clarity or clarity. He judged the speeches and words as his own..Iherome, the son of a nobleman named Eusebe, born in Strydon, which is in the utter end of Dalmace and Panonye, was taught in letters of Greek, Latin, and Hebrew as a child in Rome. His teachers were Donatus in grammar, Vyctoryn in rhetoric. He was day and night occupied and exercised himself in divine scriptures, which he drew courageously and later shed abundantly. He writes in an Epistle to Euus that at one time, as he read Plato during the day, and in the night Tully was uninterested in the book of the prophets, he was suddenly and fiercely seized with a sad and burning fever. His entire body was cold, except for a little vital heat he felt in his chest. As they prepared for his death, he was suddenly..brought to the judgment of God / And there he was demanded of what condition he was / And he answered boldly that he was a Christian man / And the judge said, thou liest; thou art a Ciceronian; and no Christian art thou where is thy treasure? Then St. Jerome was still / And said nothing / And immediately then the judge commanded that he should be severely beaten / Then he cried and said, have mercy on me, lord, have mercy on me / Then those assisting our lord prayed him that he would forgive this young man his transgression / And he then began to swear, lord, if ever I read or hear more secular books, I shall forsake them / And with the words of this promise and others he was let go / And immediately he saw himself all disgraced / And before the Throne of our lord the tokens of the strokes and lashes were seen on his shoulders right horrible and great / And from then on he became good / and read divine books with as great diligence as before..When he was nineteen years old, he was ordained a Cardinal priest in the Church of Rome. When Liberius died, the people cried out for St. Jerome to become the supreme priest. However, when he began to criticize the immoral lives of some clergy and monks, they had indignation and contempt for him. They plotted to harm and slander him. As John Beleth said, they mocked and ridiculed him by dressing him as a woman. One night, as he arose for matins, he found a woman's clothing lying by his bed, which his enemies had placed there. Believing it was left by his own deceit, he put it on and went to the church. Those who envied him did this to make it appear that he had a woman in his chamber. When he saw their deception, he left and went to Gregory Nazianzen, bishop of Constantinople, to learn from him..The holy scripture and the holy land endured much suffering for Christ's sake, as he recounted to Eustochium, saying: when I was in that great desert and waste wilderness, so scorching by the sun that it gave the monks a very dry habitation, and my members scorched, burned, and blackened like the skin of a Morian or Ethiopian, I was always in tears and weeping. And when the very sleep came and oppressed me, against which I often rebelled, then I laid my dried bones on the bare earth. Of food and drink I spoke not. For those who were sick used only cold water. And to take anything boiled or roasted was lechery to them. Yet I was often afflicted by scorpions and wild beasts, and yet the carols of maidens and lewd thoughts in my cold body, and in my flesh, caused me to weep continually. And to subdue my proud flesh, I rose at midnight every week, enjoying the night with the day, and I ceased not to beat my body..I. Praying to the Lord for the ease of my flesh and doubting my own self, I became angry and, leaving all alone, passed through the sharp and thick deserts. II. After many tears and weeping, it seemed to me that I was among the company of angels for four years. III. Then, having completed his penance, he returned to the town of Bethlehem, where a wise and prudent beast offered itself to stay by the manger of the Lord. IV. He spent the day there with fasting, and, with his holy Bible, which he had translated and other books, he read. V. He assembled many disciples to him for labor in his holy purposes and remained there for one year and six months. VI. He remained a pure virgin until the end of his life. Despite this, it is said in his legend that he was always a virgin..He wrote to Palmacean of himself ascending into heaven not because I have virginity but because I marvel more that I lack it. Then, weary from traveling, he lay down in his bed, with a cord hanging from a beam, where he held his hands to lift himself up to serve God as much as he could. One day, near Jerome, I sat with my brothers to hear the holy lesson. Suddenly, a lion limped into the monastery. When the brothers saw him, they fled. Jerome approached the lion as he should have done towards his guest. The lion then showed him its foot, hurt and pierced by a thorn. Jerome called his brothers and commanded them to wash his feet and carefully search for the wound. After they had done so, the plant of the lion's foot was found to be severely injured. This holy man treated it diligently and healed him. The lion then lived among them as a tame beast..Then Saint Jerome saw that God had sent him to them not only for the health of his foot but also for their profit and joyned to the lion an office by the accord of his brethren. This was that he should conduct and lead an ass to his pasture which brought home wood and should keep him going and coming. He died doing what he was commanded and led the ass thus as a herdsman and kept him wisely going and coming. He was to him a right sure keeper and defender. And always at hour accustomed he and the ass came for their refreshment and to make the ass accustomed to his work. Once it happened that the ass was in his pasture, and the lion slept fast. And certain merchants passed by with camels and saw the ass alone and stole him and led him away. And anon after the lion awoke and went and returned and told it to Jerome. Then he commanded them to enjoy his service, and they hewed down bushes and bows and led them..Upon him, and he suffered it quietly. And on a day when he had finished his office, he went out to the fields and began to run here and there, desiring to know what had been done to his fellow. He saw from afar merchants coming with camels, laden and charged. It was the custom of that region that when the people went far with camels, they had an ass or a horse going before them with a cord about its neck to guide the camels better. And when the lion knew the ass, with a great roar he ran upon them so terribly that all the merchants fled. And he feared the camels so much by beating the earth with his tail that he compelled them to go straight to the cellar with all their cargo and baggage. And when his brothers saw this, they told it to Jerome, and he said to his brothers, \"Wash the feet of our guests and give them food. And remain here the will of our lord be done.\" Then the lion began to run..I. Iiously threw out all the monastery, as he was wont to do, and knelt down to every brother, fawning them with his tail, like one who had asked pardon for the trespasses he had committed. And St. Jerome, who knew what was to come, said to his brethren, \"Prepare all things necessary for the guests who are coming to us.\" And as he thus spoke, a messenger came to him, saying that guests were at the gate who wished to speak with the abbot. And as soon as they came, they knelt to the abbot and asked of him pardon. He raised them up and commanded them to take their own goods and not to take anything from others. Then they prayed the holy saint that he would take half of their oil. He refused it. And at last he commanded them to take a measure of oil and then they promised that they would bring every year a measure of oil to this church and their heirs after them.\n\nIt was anciently..The emperor Theodosian requested that someone sing in the church who knew the languages of Greek, Latin, and Hebrew and was wise in all sciences. He commissioned this man, Jerome, the said sacred office. Jerome divided the Psalter by feasts, and to each feast he assigned a proper nocturne. He established the Gloria Patri to be said after every psalm. He reasonably ordered the Epistles and Gospels, and all other things except the song, which he sent from Bethlehem to the pope, which was ratified by him and the cardinals to be used perpetually and confirmed. After this, in the mouth of the cave or cavern in which our Lord lay, he made his monument or sepulcher..When he had accomplished 88 years and six months, he was buried there. In what reverence Saint Austin held him in, it appears in his epistles that he sent to him. In one of which he wrote in this manner: \"To my very dear and most beloved friend, most kindly embracing charity, Austin, etcetera.\" And in another place he writes thus of him: \"Saint Jerome, priest, learned in Greek, Latin, and Hebrew in holy writings, approved unto his last age. The nobleness of his fair eloquence has shone from the east to the west, like the clarity of the sun. Prosper also speaks of him in his chronicles: 'Saint Jerome, priest, was in Bethlehem sometime renowned to all the world for his noble intellect. He lived in translating and writing of holy scripture and served the universal church with him and with a noble study.' He also said of himself to Ambrose: 'I have never forced myself from my infancy as much as to show a swelling courage.'\".Enhanced his hearing and called against him the hatred of God. I have always feared the certain things and have intended with all my heart to the monastery and to hospitality. I have received gladly all comers, except heretics, and have welcomed their feet. Isidore says thus in the book of Etymology: \"Hieronymus was wise in three languages, whose interpretation is taken to mean other things. For it is more clear and holding by words, and it is interpreted as a very Christian it is written also of Hieronymus in the dialogue of the severe disciple of St. Martin, who was in his time. Hieronymus, without the merit of the faith and the dowry of virtues, is not only instructed in letters of Latin but in Greek and Hebrew. So none could be compared to him in every science, the which had been perpetual against the wicked men. The heretics hated him, for he never ceased to impugn against them. The clerks hated him, for he reproved their sins and their life. But plainly good men loved him.\".Merkelded of him / For those who deemed him a Heretic were mad / he was all in lessons / all in books / he neither rested day nor night / but always read or wrote\nHec Seusarius / And, as it appears by these words / And also he bears witness to himself / He suffered many persecutors & detractors / whose persecutions he suffered patiently and nobly / as it appeared in an Epistle that he sent to Asselle\nI give thanksgivings to our lord God / that I am worthy that the world hates me / And that wicked men and anglers hold me evil / For I know well that men come to heaven by the defame of wicked men / more than by good reputation / And I would that the company of scoundrels should pursue and persecute me for the name and right of our lord / My will is that the reproof of the world arise more fiercely against me / so that I might deserve to be praised by our lord / and that I may hope the reward of his promise\nTemptation is desirous and agreeable / whose merit in resisting is to be hoped..reward of Crystes in heaven / Neither the cursing nor the malediction is grievous which is changed into divine laud and praising / He died around the year of our Lord 1488\n\nThus ends the life of St. Jerome\n\nRemy is said to be of Remigius / that is, a boatman or a rower / Or it is said of Remigius / who were Instruments / by which the ship is rowed and conducted / and of Gyon / governed the Church / and kept it from parody of wreck and brought it to the gate of heaven\n\nSt. Remigius converted the king and people of France to the faith / The king had a wife named Rotilde, who was Christian / And she greatly urged her husband to convert to the Christian faith / but she could not / And when she had a child, she wanted to baptize him / But the king refused it to her / And she did not rest / until at last the king granted that it should be baptized / And after that it was baptized, it died immediately..Then the king said, \"Now it appears well that Cryst is a false god, for he cannot keep his faith in my kingdom after me. And she said to him, \"Now I feel well that I am loved by my god, for he has received the first fruit of my womb and has exalted my son to a better kingdom, one where he reigns perpetually without end, which is much better than your kingdom is. And she had a fair son, whom she baptized with great prayers as she did the first. But the son was sick right away, so that they had no hope for his life. And then the king said to his wife, \"Certainly this is a weak god, who cannot heal or keep those baptized in his name. And if you had a thousand and baptized them, they would all perish, yet the child recovered and was well, so he reigned after his father. And the faithful queen forced her husband to embrace the faith, but he refused it in all.\".It is said in the feast that follows Epiphany, how the king was converted to the faith. King Clovis, when he was christened, said that he would give to St. Remigius land, as much as he could go about while he slept at midday. And so it was done. But there was a man who had a mill within the circuit, which St. Remigius had closed. And as St. Remigius went about it, the miller put him out with indignation and great spite. And St. Remigius said to him, \"Friend, have no disdain, and let it not be hard if we have also this mill with the other.\" Nevertheless, the miller put him out. And immediately the wheel of the mill began to turn contrary. And then the miller cried after St. Remigius and said, \"Servant of God, come and help us grind.\" And St. Remigius said, \"No, it shall neither be mine nor be bound in all the mill.\" St. Remigius knew by the spirit of prophecy and by the spirit of God that the mill would grind only if he was present..\"Despite God's will, a great famine came, and a large quantity of wheat was amassed in a town. The drunken vulgar of the town mocked and scorned him for his provisions and set the granaries on fire. When he arrived, he found that due to his old age and approaching end, he sat down by the fire to warm himself. With a peaceful heart, he said, \"The fire is always good.\" However, those who had set the fire, along with all the men of their lineage, were broken in their limbs. The women were grieving. This ended in the same town until the time of Charles, who chased them away and dispersed them. It is known that the feast of St. Remyge, which is celebrated in January, is the feast of his blessed death and deposition. This is the feast of the translation of his blessed body. After his death, the holy body was to be taken to the church of St. Thymothe and Appollinaris with the shrine, but it came\".\"It grew heavy near the church of St. Christofor. It weighed so much that they could not move it from there. At last, they prayed to the Lord that He would reveal if it was His will for the body to be buried in that church where no relics rested. They then lifted the body lightly and buried it there honorably. Many miracles were shown there, so they enlarged and expanded the church. They made an oratory behind the altar and wanted to place the body in it, but they could not move it. They watched and prayed to the Lord, and at midnight they all fell asleep. In the morning, they found the sepulcher with the body in its place, which angels had carried there while they slept. This was the beginning of October, which later, through long time, was translated into a silver reliquary or shrine.\".About the year of our Lord 1440,\nThus ends the translation of St. Remy.\nLogier, an angel, is referred to as a people's logier, and Ganos as an angel. Logier, an angel of the people, was a messenger to show the people good works. He foretold to the people how he and Ebronyen should finish their lives.\nLogier, shining and resplendent in all virtue, deserved to be bishop of Autun. Clotilde was dead. He was deeply grieved for the care and charge of the realm. By the will of God and the counsel of the princes, he crowned Childrick as king. But Ebronyen wanted Theodoric, Childrick's brother, to be king, not for the profit of the realm, but because he had been deprived of his power and was hated by all the people. He feared the king's and the princes' wrath and therefore requested of the king permission to enter a monastery. The king granted it to him. Then,.The king kept his brother Oderich under guard, preventing him from causing trouble against the kingdom. The people were in joy and peace due to the holiness and prudence of Bishop Logier. After the king was provoked by evil counsel, he became angry against this holy bishop's servant of God. He sought ways to kill him concealedly. But Logier endured patiently and treated his enemies as friends. He did much for the king and, on one day, he sang mass in the city, being a bishop himself. It was told to him that the king would carry out his plans for his death that night. But he did not doubt anything and dined that day with the king at his own table. Then he escaped his persecutor in such a manner that he went to the monastery of Lucon, serving our Lord there. Ebronyen was hidden with him. He also served him with great charity for a while after..The king died, and Theodoric was installed as king. The blessed St. Logarius was moved by the weeping and tears of the people and compelled by his abbot's command to return to his see in his city. However, Ebronyen soon renounced his faith and was appointed steward of the king. And although he had been wicked before, he was even worse afterward. He plotted to bring Logarius to death and sent knights to capture him. When the blessed Logarius learned of it, he tried to escape from their clutches and their malice. And two years later, St. Logarius with God's guidance and peacefully answered Ebronyen's mockery. Notwithstanding, wicked man Ebronyen had him led all night barefoot on sharp stones, where the water ran quickly. And when he heard that he prayed to God in his torments, Ebronic had his tongue cut out and kept him in prison..for making him suffer new torments, but he never lost his speech. He intended to preach and give exhortations as well as he could. He spoke beforehand about how he and Ebronyen should die, and then a great light, in the shape of a crown, encircled his head. Many people saw this, and some asked him what it was. He knelt down and made prayers to God, giving graces. He admonished all those present to change their lives for the better.\n\nWhen Ebronyen heard that he had great envy towards him, and sent four men to strike off his head, they led him forth. He said to them, \"It is unnecessary for you to labor any further, but fulfill the desire of him who sent you.\" Three of them felt such pity for him that they knelt down and asked for forgiveness. The fourth struck off his head, who was immediately seized by the devil and thrown into the fire, ending his life miserably. Two years later..Ebronyen heard that God showed many miracles for His blessed saint, and the renown of it shone over all, but was tormented with cursed envy. They sent a knight to inquire about the truth and to restore and tell it to him. When the knight arrived, he proudly struck the tomb with his foot and said, \"An evil death may he have who says and believes that this dead body can do miracles.\" Immediately, he was seized by the devil and died suddenly. The saint was more worshipped by his death, and when Ebronyen heard this, he was even more tormented with malice of envy and was forced to quench the fame of the holy saint. But after the saying of the saint, he feloniously killed himself with a sword. This holy bishop saint Logier suffered death around the year 580 AD, in the time of Constantine the Fourth.\n\nFranceis was first named Johan, but afterwards his name was changed, and he was called Franceis..The cause of his name change was manifold. First, due to his miraculous changing: it is known that he received the French tongue from God by miracle. In his legend, it is said that when he was filled with the grace of God and fortified by the Holy Ghost, he pronounced burning words in French. Second, to publish his office: this is stated in his legend, and the divine providence gave him that name because of his singularity. The name \"Thopppynon\" of this mystery was known throughout the world. Third, due to his office in effect: it was given to understand that through him and his sons, they would make many servants of the devil and bind them to sin free. Fourth, due to his great courage and magnanimity of heart: Frenchmen are said to have natural fieriness and great courage. He cut away vices like an axe. Sixth, because he commonly chased away devils..Seventhly, a man named Francisca, Honest in conversation and perfect in work, was born in the city of Assyz and was made a merchant by the age of 25. He spent his time idly, but our Lord corrected him through the scourge of sickness, and suddenly changed him into another man. He began to shine through the spirit of prophecy. For once, he was taken prisoner with other men of perverse ways and put in a cruel prison, where all the others lamented and sorrowed, but he alone was glad and enjoyed himself. When they reproved him for this, he answered, \"Know ye this, I am joyful. For I shall be worshipped as a saint throughout the world.\" Once he went to Rome out of devotion, and he took off all his clothes and clad himself with them..A beggar's clothes / I sat among the poor men before the church of Saint Peter. One of them begged persistently from us, begging more frequently than necessary, but the shame of being recognized by people held him back.\n\nThe old enemy, the devil, urged him to abandon his holy purpose. He showed him a woman monstrous and horribly disfigured, hunchbacked and lame, who lived in that city. He said to him that he would not leave what he had undertaken; he would make him look like her. But he was comforted by the Lord, who heard a voice saying to him, \"Francis, take these bitter things for the sweet, and despise yourself if you desire to know me.\"\n\nAt one time he met a leper, whom natural men abhor, but he remembered the word that was said by God, and ran to him and kissed him. The leper vanished immediately. Therefore, he went to the lazar house and kissed their hands devoutly and gave them money, letting them have no need of such as he might do..On a time he entered the Church of St. Damian to make his prayers. The image of Jesus Christ spoke to him and said, \"Fraucis go and repair my house, which is all destroyed as you see. From that hour, his soul leaped up, and the passion of Jesus Christ was marvelously infused into his heart. He then endured great pain and was busy in repairing the church. He sold all that he had and gave the money to a priest. The priest dared not receive it, for fear of his parents and kin. Then he cast it away before the priest as worthless. Therefore, he was taken by his father and bound. He resigned his clothes and, naked, he fled to the Lord. And then the blessed Francis went to a simple man, whom he took in place of his father, and prayed him that, just as his father had doubly cursed him, he should bless him instead. His own brother Germain..saw him in winter time, having on him only foul and few clothes, and trembling for cold, he was intending to his prayers, said to his fellow, \"Go to Franceys, and tell him to sell to the apothecary a pennyworth of his sweet root. And when he heard it, he answered with a glad cheer, \"I will sell it unto my lord God. On a day he heard in the church what our Lord said to his disciples when he sent them to preach, and immediately he addressed himself with all his might to do and keep all things. He took off his hose and shoes, clothed himself with a coarse coat, and took a cord for his girdle. He went at a time in the snow by a wood, and was taken by the thieves. And they demanded of him what he was. And he said that he was the messenger of God. And immediately they took him and cast him in the snow, saying to him, \"Lie there, villain messenger of God.\" Many noble and unnoble clerks and laymen had despised the world and began to follow him. The holy father..Engaged and taught them the perfection of the gospel, which was to be in poverty, and that they should go by the way of simplicity. He wrote then a rule after the gospel to himself and his brethren, which Pope Innocent confirmed. From thence forth, he began to spread more ardently the seeds of the word of God, and went about cities and castles with a fierce and marvelous desire.\n\nThere was a Friar, who seemed outwardly of marvelous holiness and kept silence so strictly that he would not be acknowledged by words but by signs. And every man praised him as a saint. This holy man, Francis, came there and said, \"Leave you brethren to praise him. I shall not yet praise him, lest it be by the devil's feint. Let him be warned twice a week by word and speaking. And if he does it not, this is but temptation of the devil and fraudulent deceit. And then the friars warned him so to do, and he put his finger to his..Saint Francis and his companion, Leonard of Assisi, were traveling when Francis grew weary and rode on an ass. Leonard also felt tired and they stopped. Francis began to think aloud, \"My kin and your kin are not alike. You are more noble than I am.\" The friar was embarrassed and knelt down, asking for forgiveness.\n\nAt one point, as they passed by, a noble lady ran towards them so hastily that she could not speak. Francis asked her what she wanted and she replied, \"Pray for me, father. I cannot fulfill the purposes of health that I have begun because my husband prevents me from doing so.\".A servant in the service of God said to her, \"Go thy way, daughter. For thou shalt have comfort from him soon. And tell thy husband, in God's name and mine, that now is the time of health. And afterward shall be the time of equity and right. She spoke these words to her husband, and the man was suddenly changed and confessed to God continence and chastity.\n\nOnce, a poor laborer was almost lost in a wood for thirst. This holy saint interceded with a fontain by his prayers. He said to a Friar, who was familiar with him, this secret which was revealed to him by the holy ghost: \"There is a servant of God living in the world on this day, for whose sake, as long as he shall live, our Lord will suffer no famine among the people. But it is said that when he was dead, all that condition was changed to the contrary.\" The same Friar later saw him appear to him and say, \"Behold, now the famine comes, which, as long as I lived, kept away.\".In an eastern day, the Greek friars in the desert had arranged their table more curiously than usual. They had prepared the glasses and placed them on the Lord. When St. Francis saw this, he withdrew and sat on the head of a poor woman who was there, wearing her hat and bearing his staff in his hand. He went outside and waited at the gate. When the friars cried out at the door that they should give an alms to a poor sick man, the man was called in and sat down alone on the earth, setting his dish in the dust. The friars were abashed and were greatly disturbed when they saw this. He said to them, \"I see the table set and adorned. I know well that it is not for poor men seeking their food from door to door. He loved poverty in himself and in all others, so he always called poverty his lady. But when he saw a poor man even poorer than himself, he had compassion.\".In this day, a poor woman was seen by him, and he showed her to his fellow and said, \"Poverty reproaches us strongly. For in my riches, I have chosen poverty as my lady. She esteems more in this woman than in me. Once, a poor man passed before us, and the holy man was moved inwardly with compassion. His fellow said, \"Though this man is poor, there is not a richer man of his will in all the province. Then Saint Francis said to him, \"Immediately, strip him of his coat and give it to the poor man. And know yourself to be culpable. And kneel down to his feet.\" The man obeyed him and did so. Once, three women like in appearance and attire entered and greeted him in this manner, \"Welcome, my lady poverty.\" And they vanished away, and we saw them no more. Once, as he came to the city of Arete, and a mortal battle was being waged in the city, this holy man saw on the city wall, on the ground..The devils making noise and were glad. Then he called his fellow named Sylvestre and said to him, \"Go to the gate of the city. In God's name, I command you, those devils, to leave the city.\" Then he went hastily and commanded strongly, \"Depart from here in the name of God, and by the commandment of Franceis.\" They departed. And immediately the citizens agreed. The aforementioned Sylvestre, when he was yet a secular priest, saw in his sleep a golden Cross issue from the mouth of St. Francis. The upper end touched heaven, and the arms of the Cross stretched from one part of the world to the other. Then this priest had a vision, and he left the world and followed this holy man, St. Francis, faithfully. And once, as this holy man was in prayer, the devil called him three times by his own name. And when the holy man had answered him, he said, \"None in this world is so great a sinner.\".But if he converts him, our Lord would pardon him. But he who slays himself through harsh penance shall never find mercy. And this holy man, through revelation, knew the deceit and treachery of the devil. He would have withdrawn to do good, and when the devil saw that he could not prevail against him, he tempted him with grievous temptation of the flesh. And when this holy servant of God felt that he had been stripped of his clothes and beaten himself very hard with a hard cord, saying, \"Brother Ass, it behooves you to remain and be beaten,\" and when the temptation did not depart, he went out and plunged himself in the snow, naked, and made seven great snowballs. He intended to take them into his body and said, \"This greatest trial is your wife, and of these four, two are your daughters and two your sons. And the other two, the chamberlain or the varlet or the yeman, hasten and clothe them, for they all die from the cold.\" If thy.Then the troubles that trouble you greatly, / Serve our lord perfectly, / and immediately the devil departed from them, all confused. / And Saint Francis returned again into his cell, glorifying God. / And once, during a night, while he was living with Leon, the cardinal of Saint Cross, the devils came to him and beat him severely. / Then he called his companion and said to him, \"These are devils, tormentors of our Lord, whom he sends to chastise excesses. But I can remember no offenses that I have committed, except by the mercy of God I have washed them away through satisfaction. / But perhaps he has sent them to me, / because he will not allow me to fall. / Because I dwell in the courts of great lords, / which thing, I suppose, does not inspire good thoughts / towards my right poor brothers, / whom I suppose are bound in delights. / And early in the morning he arose and departed from there. / One time, as he was in his prayers, he saw on the covering of the house assembled and companies..of devils which ran here and there with great noise, and he went out and signed himself with the sign of the Cross and said, \"I say to you in the name of Almighty God that you devils do to my body all that is permitted to you, and I shall suffer it patiently, for I have no greater enemy than my body, and you shall avenge me of my adversary while you take your vengeance by my life. Then they vanished away all confused.\n\nThere was a Friar, who was a companion of St. Francis, who was once raised, and saw in spirit the glorious place in heaven where he saw among other seats a very noble seat shining with more noble glory than the others. And as he marveled at this noble seat or set, he heard that it was said that this seat once belonged to one of the princes who filled it, and is now made ready for the meek and humble Francis. And when St. Francis is summoned from his prayers, that Friar asked him, \"Father, what do you think of\".And he said, \"I believe I am the greatest sinner of all. And another spirit came into the heart of the friar and said, 'Behold, what was the vision that you saw?' From humility shall lift up the most meek man to the seat lost by pride. This holy man, St. Francis, saw in a vision above him Seraphim crucifying, which impressed on him the signs of his crucifixion. It seemed to him that he was being crucified, and in his hands, feet, and side, the signs of the wounds of the crucifixion were apparent. But he hid these tokens as much as he could, so no man should see them. Yet, nevertheless, some saw them in his life, and at his death, they were seen by many. And many miracles were performed through these signs. Two of these miracles will suffice to be related here.\n\nThere was a man named Roger, who was in doubt before the image of St. Francis. He began to think and say, \"Perhaps this is true that this man was so...\".ennobled by suche myracle / or was this an illusion / or an Inuencion dissi\u00a6myled of his bretheren the Freres / And as he thought this / he herde soden\u00a6ly a sowne lyke as a quarel had he shotte out of Arbalaste / or a Crosse bo\u00a6we / and he felte hym greuously hurte in his lyfte honde / but ther appyeryd no hurte in his gloue / And thenne he took of his gloue / and sawe in the pal\u00a6me of his honde a wounde as it hadde ben of an arowe / oute of whiche woun\u00a6de ther yssued soo grete payne of ache and brennynge / that almoost he deyde for sorowe and payne / And thenne he repented hym and sayd / that he byle\u2223uyd ryght veryly the signes and to\u2223knes of saynt Fraunceis / and when he hadde praid by twdelyueryd of his payne and maade al hoole / In the Royam\u2223me of Castyle ther was a man deuou\u00a6te to saynt Fraunceis / whiche wente on a tyme to Complyne to the chirche of seynt Fraunceis / And men lay in a wayte for to slee hym / and in stede of another man he was taken by erro\u2223ur and ignoraunce / and was woun\u2223ded / and left.as he was being killed, and the murderer plunged his sword into his throat and left it there, unable to draw it out. Men cried out and ran here and there. The man was believed to be dead. And when they rang the bells for matins at midnight at the church of the Friars, the man's wife began to cry, \"Arise, sir, and go to matins. The bell calls thee.\" At once, he lifted up his hand to show that someone should remove the sword from his throat. In their sight, the sword sprang out as if thrown by a strong champion. And at once, the man arose, whole and healthy, and said that St. Francis came to him and comforted his companions with the sweetness of his signs, anointing their wounds and healing them miraculously by his touch. When he was ready to leave, I showed him that he should take away the sword. For if not, I would not be able to speak. And at once, he took it out..And threw it far from him. He comforted me by touching my throat with his signs. The two clerks, great lights of the world, that is, Saint Dominic and Saint Francis, were in Rome before the Lord Hostiensis, who later became pope of Rome. This bishop said to them, why do you not make your brothers bishops and prelates, who should prevail more through teaching and example giving? There was a long contention between them, who should speak first. Humility overcame Francis, and he would not speak before the other. Then Saint Dominic humbly obeyed and said, \"Sir, our brothers are left in good degree. If they know it, I shall never allow, to my power, that they ever hope to have any higher dignity.\" After that, Saint Francis answered, \"Sir, my Brothers are called 'Mine' because they would not be made greater. The blessed Saint Francis, full of great simplicity, admonished and warned all creatures..To love their Creator, he preached to birds and was heard by them. They suffered him to touch them without objection, and they would not return or fly away from him. Once, when he preached, swallows chirped and sang. At his command, they fell silent. There was also a bird on a fig tree near his cell that sang sweetly. Saint Francis put out his hand and called the bird. Immediately, the bird came onto his hand. He said to her, \"Sing my sister, and praise your lord.\" Then, she sang and did not depart until she had permission.\n\nHe spared touching lights, lamps, and candles because he did not want to defile them with his hands. He walked honorably upon the stones in reverence of him who was called stone. He gathered up the small worms from the path so they would not be trodden upon by those who passed by. In winter, he commanded to give honey to bees so they would not perish from hunger..He called all beasts his brethren. He was filled with marvelous joy for the love of his Creator. He beheld the Sun, the Moon, and the stars, and summoned them to the love of their Maker. He vowed to make himself a great crown, saying, \"I will,\" that my simple brethren have a part in my head.\n\nThere was a secular man who saw St. Francis, the servant of God, preaching at St. Severin's. By the revelation of God, he saw that St. Francis was stretched on a cross made of two clear swords. One came from his head to his feet, and the other from one hand to the other, so that he had never seen such a demonstration. Then he was moved in his heart and entered the order. He finished his life piously.\n\nOnce, when St. Francis was sick in his eyes from continual weeping, his brethren told him to refrain from weeping. He answered, \"The vision of the imperishable light is not.\".In this hour, debonair and curable, my brother Fire, I pray to the Lord who made thee that Thou quench my heat. And then he made the sign of the Cross against the fire. The burning iron was put from his tender flesh from his eye. He felt no pain. He was seriously ill in the desert of Saint Urban. And when he felt that nature failed in him, he asked for wine to drink. And there was none. They brought him water, and he blessed it and made the sign of the Cross on it. It was converted and turned into right good wine. And the holy man received from the Lord that the poverty of the desert might not prevail. As soon as he had tasted it, he became strong and was all healed. He preferred blame here rather..him himself than praying, and because the people praised him for nothing but merit and holiness, he commanded some brother to say to him that there were some villainous men blaming and defaming him.\nAnd when such a brother was constrained against his will, he called him Vileain, Marchant, and unruly fool, then was he glad, and blessed him, and said, \"God bless thee, for thou speakest right and true words. And this thing pleases me to hear.\"\n\nThis holy saint Francis would never be more master or governor over you, but he would be more subject, and so he left being general and demanded to be under the wardship of someone, to whose will he always submitted himself in all things. He promised always obedience to the brother with whom he went and kept it.\n\nWhen a Friar had done anything against the rule of obedience and showed signs of penance, this holy saint Francis commanded that he be cast out..He ordered the head into the fire, and when it had been there for a while, he commanded it to be taken out and given back to the Friar. The head was taken out of the fire without harm. He continued on his journey through the forest and found a large crowd of birds singing. He said to his companions, \"Our sisters, these birds give praise to their maker. Let us go into the midst of them and sing our canonical hours to our Lord.\" And they entered among them. They did not move because they could not hear each other for the chirping and noise of the birds. He said, \"Our sisters' birds, cease your song until we have offered due praises to our Lord.\" Then they held their song. And when they had finished their prayers, he gave them permission to sing again, and they resumed their song according to their custom.\n\nHe was once lodged with a knight, and St. Francis said to him, \"Fair host brother, agree to what I will say to the confessor.\".thou shalt soon eat in another place / And he granted that to him / And ordered provisions for his men / and took penance from hell / And as they went to the table, the host died suddenly /\n\nOn a time he found a great multitude of birds / And then he said to them, \"My brothers, / you ought strongly to praise / and give praise to your maker, / who has clothed you with feathers / and given you pens for flight / And has granted you the purity of the air / and governs you without charge or bother /\" / And the birds turned their beaks or bills to him / and spread their wings / and scratched their necks and addressed their heads / and gazed at him intently / And he passed through their midst so near that he touched them with his cloak / And none of them stirred from their place / until he gave them leave / that they flew away.\n\nOn a time when he preached at the Castle Almory / And he could not be heard for the swallows..This holy man, St. Francis, passed through Pulle. He found in his way a purse full of money. When his fellow saw it, he wanted to take it to give it to the poor people. But St. Francis would not allow him in any way. He said to him, \"Soon it does not belong to you to take the goods of others.\" And when his fellow hurried to take it, St. Francis pretended to take a little and then commanded him to take the purse. In it, they found a great addition instead of money. And when the brother saw that, he began to double back, but he was willing to obey. And then a venomous serpent sprang out. And then St. Francis said to him, \"Money is nothing\" and he began to think that if he had taken anything with his hand of theirs..A father saint, named Frauceis, said that temptation should be chased away immediately, but he dared not reveal this. One day, Saint Francis called him and said, \"Bring me perchment and ink. I will write some praises to God. And when he had written, he said, 'Take this charter and keep it until the day of your death diligently. And all your temptations will go away.'\n\nThe same brother, when Saint Francis lay sick, began to think, \"Father is approaching death. If I could console him after his death, I would. And afterwards, the saint called him and said, \"I give you this codicil, which I composed once in Alexandria in Lombardy, with an honest man who demanded that, for the observance of the gospels, I should eat of all that was set before me. I consented to the host's decision. And then, the host prepared a capon that was seven years old, and as they ate, an intruder came in who asked for alms for the love of God.\".a\u2223none whan this blessid man herd that blessid name / he sente to hym a membre of the capon / and the cursyd man kept it / And on the morne whanne the ho\u2223ly man prechid / he shewed that pyece of the capon and sayd / Loo see here / what flesshe this Frere eteth / whome ye honoure as a saynt / For he gaf hit to me yester euen / but this pyece of the ca\u00a6pon was sene of alle the peple as it we\u00a6re fysshe / And that man was blamed of alle the peple / and sayd that he was madde / And whanne he vnderstode it / he was ashamed / and demaunded par\u00a6don / And when this man cam ageyne to his good thought the flesshe retorned ageyne to his owne kynde / and four\u2223me / \u00b6 On a tyme as he satt at the table / and collacion was made of the pouerte of the blessid vyrgyne our lady / anone saynt Fraunceis aroos / & beganne to wepe and sobbe sorowful\u2223ly / so that his vysage was al wete of teeres / And beganne to ete the reme\u2223naunt of his breed vppon the ground He wold also that ryght grete reueren\u00a6ce sholde be done to the handes of.prestes / To whom was given power to consecrate the blessed sacrament of our Lord. Then he often said, if it happened that I met any saint coming from heaven, and also a poor priest, I would first go and kiss the priests' hands. I would say to the saint, \"Holy saint, abide a while.\" For the hands of this priest have touched the Son of life, and have performed a thing above humanity. He was ennobled in his life by many miracles. For the breed that was brought to him to bless gave health to many sick men. He turned water into wine, of which a sick man tasted and recovered immediately. And he also did many other miracles. And when his last days approached, and was afflicted by long infirmity, then he made himself be laid up on the bare ground. And he called all the Friars that were there. And when they were all present, he blessed them. And like our Lord fed his disciples at the Last Supper on Thursday, he gave to each of them a morsel of bread. And warned them, as he was wont to do..doo/ Give lawde to your maker, and the dreadful and hateful death that is to all men, he admonished them to praise it. He also warned and admonished death to come to him, and said, \"Death, my sister, welcome. When you come at the last hour, you will find him in the Lord.\" A brother named Augustyn, who was my servant and minister in the land of labor of the earth, was in his last moments and had lost his speech. He suddenly cried out and said, \"Wait for me, Father. I will go with you.\" Then the Friars asked him what he said, and he replied, \"See our Father Francis going to heaven, and he slept in peace and followed his holy father.\" A lady, who had been devout to the blessed Virgin Mary, died. The clerks and priests were there to sing the requiem masses for her. She suddenly rose up from the bier..A called one of the priests/ who were there / and said, \"Father, I would confess / I was deceived / and should have been put in a cruel prison / by cause I had not shunned a sin that I shall confess / But St. Francis prayed for me / that this confessed and showed I shall have forgiveness / And immediately as I shall have said and confessed it to the / I shall rest in peace before you all / And then she was confessed and absolved / and rested immediately in the Lord\n\nThe Brothers of Vyterbe wanted to borrow a cart from a man / And he answered in contempt / I would rather see two of you flayed with St. Francis / than I should leave my cart for you / but he came back to himself / and repented himself / and repented of the blame that he had spoken / and doubted the wrath of God\n\nAnd immediately his son was sick / and died / And when he saw his son dead / he slept on the earth weeping / and called out St. Frances / and said, \"I am he / that sinned, thou shouldest have chastised me / give mercy to me / holy\".A man prayed and blasphemed wickedly, and his son returned and said, \"When I am dead, St. Francis led me by a long and dark way and finally brought me to a right fair green place. And afterwards he said to me, 'Return to your father. I will no longer keep you.' There was a poor man who owed a certain rich man a large sum of money. He begged for the sake of St. Francis to prolong the term of payment. The rich man replied proudly, \"I will put you in such a place that neither Francis nor anyone else will help you.\" He seized him and bound him, and put him in a dark prison. And afterwards St. Francis came there and broke open the prison and released his bonds, and brought the man safely to his own home. A knight who disparaged the works and miracles of St. Francis was once playing at dice. He, being drunk and cruel, said to those standing by him, \"If St. Francis were here, he could not help us.\".A Frenchman, late arrived at the feast, came in with three men in each of them six. It appeared nine times, at every instance three sixes, at each casting. Then he adjusted wooden pieces to the idols and said, \"It is true that the Frenchman is a saint. Late, grant me a sword to pass through my body this day. If he is not a saint, may it pass safely.\" When the playing at dice was ended, because he had made that prayer in sin, he injured his newcomer. He took his sword and thrust it through his belly and killed him.\n\nA man who had lost his thigh and could not move it cried out to St. Francis of the service I have done to thee. For I carried it upon my ass and kissed thy feet and thy hands. And now I die for the pain of this severe torment. Then the holy man appeared to him with a little staff that he held, which had the sign of the cross, and touched it to the place of his pain and the swollen limb, and received healing..A nun was unwell, but the sign of the abbey always remained in the same place, where Saint Francis was accustomed to sign his letters. In a castle in the Montaignes of Puyle, there lived a maiden, an only daughter of her father and mother. She died, and her mother was deeply devoted to Saint Francis. But she was filled with grief. Saint Francis appeared to her and said, \"Weep no more, for the light of your lantern is quenched. It is not fitting that I return her to you through your prayer, but yet the mother had faith and trust in the saint. She would not allow them to take away the body, but in calling upon Saint Francis, she took her deceased daughter and raised her to life again. In Rome, there was a little child who fell out of a window to the ground and died immediately. They called upon Saint Francis for help, and he was restored to life at once. In a city of Swetes, an entire house full of people and killed a child..And when they had placed the corps in a chest to bear it away, / the mother calmly called upon St. Francis with all her devotion. / Around midnight, the child cried out and was whole, / and began to praise God. / Brother James of Reten had passed a flood in a vessel with other Friars who were setting ashore, / and he longed so much to disembark, being last, / that the ship recoiled back into the water, / and he fell down into the deepest part of the flood. / And then all the Friars prayed to St. Francis for him. / He himself, as he could, called upon the holy saint to his aid and help in his heart. / And that same Brother began to go in the bottom of the water as dry as he had walked on the earth, / and caught the boat which was drowned, / and brought it to the bank, / and came up without any wetting of his clothes that he wore. / Nor did water touch his coat nor anything wet him. / Then let us devoutly pray this holy father, St. Francis..Franceis to be our support and aid in adversities, and help us, so that by his merits we may after this short life come into everlasting life in heaven, Amen.\nThus ends the life of Saint Franceis.\nPelagienne is said to be of Pelagus, which is as much to say as the sea. For in the Sea all waters are bounded, in the same way she was bounded in the Sea of this world, of all riches and delights. She was the Sea of Iniquity and the flood of sins, but she plunged into the Sea of tears, and was bathed in the Flood of baptism.\nPelagienne was the first and noblest of the women of Antioch, full of riches in all things. She was right fair of body, noble of habit, vain and changeable in courage, and not chaste in body. One time, as she went through the city with great pride and ambition, there was nothing seen on her but gold, silver, and precious stones. And wherever she went, she filled the air with diverse odors and sweet smells. And before this:.And after her went a great multitude of young men and maidens, clad in right noble vesture and rich, and a holy father named Daunete passed through the city and saw her. Then he began to weep bitterly, for she had more care to please the world than she had to please God. And he fell down upon the pavement and struck it with his face, and wet it with his tears, saying, \"O most high God, have mercy on me, sinner. The adornment and array of one common woman have surpassed in one day all the wisdom of my life. O Lord, let not the allurement of one foolish woman confound me before the sight of thy dread majesty. She has arrayed herself with high study and all her might for earthly things, and I had intended, lord, to please her, but I have not accomplished it, due to my negligence.\" Then he said to those with him, \"In truth, I say to you, that God will set this woman in high esteem.\".A witness against us in the court / because she so quickly painted herself to please worldly friends and lovers / And when we are negligent in pleasing the heavenly spouse, our Lord God, / And when he had said these or similar words, / He suddenly fell asleep, / And it seemed to him that a foul dove or black raven flew about him, / While he was at mass in the altar, / And when he commanded those not baptized to depart and go away, / This dove departed immediately, / and came back after the mass, / and was plunged into a vessel full of water, / and came out all clean and white, / and flew up so high that she could not be seen, / And then he awoke, / On a time when he preached in a church, Pelagia was present, / She then became so repentant that she sent him a letter through a messenger, saying, / To the holy Bishop of Jesus Christ, Pelagia, the disciple of the devil, / if you are truly the disciple of Jesus Christ, as I have heard him say..\"descended from heaven for the sinners / I vouchsafe to receive me, repentant sinful woman / To whom the bishop sent again / I pray thee not to tempt my humility / For I am a sinful man / if thou desirest to be saved / thou mayst not see me alone / but among other men thou shalt see me / Then she came to him to forgive many / and took his feet / And most bitterly weeping she said / I am Pelagia / of Iniquity's sea / Flood of sins / the Swallow of perdition / And the devourer of souls / I have deceived many by deceits / which now I abhor / \u00b6 Then the bishop demanded her, saying / What is thy name / She said / I have been called from my birth / Pelagia / But for the pomp of my clothing / men call me Margaret / Then the bishop received her kindly / and enjoined her to penance / And informed her in the fear of God gently / And regenerated her by holy baptism / The devil then cried there / saying / O what violence I suffer from this old servant\".Of God, O cruelty, O evil old age, cursed be the day you were born, contrary to me. For you have taken away my greatest hope. On a night while Pelagienne slept, the devil came to her and awakened her. He said, \"Lady Margaret, what harm have I ever done to you? Have I not surrounded you with all riches and all glory? I pray, tell me where I have angered you, and I will amend it. I implore you, do not leave me open to reproach before the Christian people.\" She blessed him and blew on him, and the devil vanished away. Three days later, she gathered all her goods and gave them to the poor for the love of God. A little while after, she fled away by night without the knowledge of any person, and took the habit of a hermit. She served the Lord in great abstinence in a little cell and was renowned among all the people for her holy life..And she was called Brother Pelagia. After a deacon of the same bishop who had baptized her went to Jerusalem to visit the holy places, the bishop said to him that after the visitation of the holy places, he should see a monk named Pelagia and visit him. For he would find there the true servant of our Lord. And so he did. And she knew him, but he did not recognize her because of the great disguise she had worn. Pelagia asked him, \"Are you a bishop?\" He replied, \"Yes, lady.\" She said to him, \"Tell him that I pray for him, for truly he is the apostle of Jesus Christ.\" Then the priest departed and returned on the third day. But when he came, he knocked at the door of the cell, and she answered, \"I open the window.\" And when he saw that she was dead, he came in and told the bishop and the clergy, and all the monks assembled to perform the funeral rites for this holy man..They took the body out of the cell and found that it was a woman. They marveled greatly and gave thanks to God, and buried the body most honorably. October 8, 1244.\n\nThis is the life of Saint Pelagia.\n\nMargaret, otherwise known as Pelagia, had two names. She was called Margaret because she was likened to a flower in the prime of her virginity. In her role as Pelagia, she could be described as being in pain and bearing the cross, for she endured pain in many ways, in her religious devotion where she took on the role of a man to preserve her virginity.\n\nMargaret, otherwise called Pelagia, was a very noble virgin, rich, and beautiful. She was carefully kept by the diligence of her friends. For she was instructed in good manners and was determined to keep chastity and honesty, to such an extent that she refused to:.be seen by all in one manner / And at last she was required to marry a noble young man / By the accord of one and other, of each friend, / all things necessary for the weddings were made ready, and she had / much great glory of riches and delights / And when the day of the wedding came, / the younglings and maidens were assembled in right great nobility before the chamber, / and the fathers and mothers made great feast for the marriage with great joy, / the maiden, inspired by God, / that the damsel of her virginity was brought by such great harmful enjoying, / and was stirred to the earth sore weeping, / and began to think in her heart the penance of her virginity, / and the sorrows that follow marriage, / and rejected all the joys of the world as ordure and filth, / And that night she kept herself from the company of her husband, / And at midnight she commanded herself to God, / and cut off her hair, / and clad herself in the habit of a maid, / and fled from thence..Monastery of Monks / And they called her Sister Pelagia / and there was received of the abbot / and diligently instructed and taught / She held herself there holyly and religiously / And when the prior, who was there by chance, was dead / by the consent of the abbot and the ancient men, she was set to be mistress of the monastery of Nuns / Yet she refused it strongly. And as she administered not only their necessities but also food to the soul continually without blame / The devil was envious of her / and thought he might occupy her good time / by some objection of sin / And as a virgin dwelling outside the gates had sinned in lechery through temptation of the devil / And when her belly grew / so that she might not hide it / All the virgins were so afraid and so ashamed / and also the Monks of either monastery / that they knew not what to do / And supposed truly that Pelagia, who was prioress, and also related to the woman, had committed this deed..And condemned him without judgment, then he was put out and didn't know why. He was closed in a pit within a rock. The monk who was the cruelest of all was ordered to minister to him. This monk served him with bare bread and water in very little quantity. And when the monks had enclosed him, they departed, leaving Pelagia alone. She was not troubled in any way but instead prayed to God and found comfort in her chastity by the example of holy saints. At last, when she knew that her end approached, she wrote letters to the abbot and to the monks in this way:\n\nI, of noble birth, was called Margaret in the world, but in order to avoid the temptations of the world, I called myself Pelagia. I am a man, I have not lied to deceive, but I have shown that I have the virtue of a man and have the sin that was put upon me. I, Innocent of it, have done penance therefore. I request of you..As I am not known for a woman, the holy sisters may bury me, so that the demonstrance of my dying may be the cleansing of my living. And that women may know that I am a virgin, whom they judged for adulterer. When they heard this, the monks and nuns ran to the pit in which she was enclosed. And then the women knew that she was a woman and a virgin without touching a man. And they were penitent, and had great repentance for what they had done. And they buried her in the church among the virgins honorably.\n\nThis is said of Taphos, that is to say, death, for she was the cause of the death of many who died for her in sin. Or she is said of Thalos, that is delight, for she was delightful to men and accomplished all worldly delights. Or she is said of Thalamo, that is will or affection of marriage. For in the end, she had the will to be married..This is as it is recorded in the Lives of the Fathers: There was a woman in this town, of such great beauty, that many followed her, and sold all their possessions to come to her. Her lovers often fought for her, and strove jealously, so that they sometimes slew each other. This news reached a holy Abbot named Paphnutius. He took on the habit of a servant and a shelling in his pouch, and went to her in a city in Egypt. He gave her the shelling, that is, twelve pence, as it was customary for sinners to do with her. And when she had taken this money, she said to him, \"Enter with me into this chamber.\" When they had entered the chamber, she said to him, \"You should go into the bed which is here, beautifully adorned with clothes.\" Then he said to her, \"If there is any other secret place here, tell me.\".And she led him into various secret places, and he said, \"I always doubted I would be seen.\" She replied, \"There is a place where no man enters, and there we shall not be seen but by God. If you fear Him, there is no place that can be hidden from Him. And when the old man heard that, he said to her, \"Do you know that there is a God? She answered, \"I know that there is a God, and a kingdom coming for those who will be saved, and also torment in hell for sinners. And he said to her, \"If you know this, why have you lost so many souls? And not only give account for your own sin, but also for those who have sinned through you. When she heard this, she knelt down at the feet of Abbot Pafuncius and prayed, \"Father, I acknowledge myself penitent and contrite. Trusting fully in your prayer, I hope to receive mercy and forgiveness for my sins.\".syn\u2223nes / I axe of the but the space of thre houres / And after that I shal goo whyder someuer thou wylt / and shalle doo that / whiche thow shalt commaun\u2223de me\u00b7 And when he had gyuen to her that terme / and assigned her / whyder she shold come / thenne she took all tho goodes that she had wonne with syn\u2223ne / and brought them in to the myddle of the cyte to fore the peple / and brent them in the fyre sayeng / Come ye forth alle that haue synned with me / and see ye how I brenne that whiche ye haue gyuen to me / And the valewe of the goodes that she brente was of fyue hon\u00a6derd pound of gold / And when she had all brente it / she wente to the pla\u2223ce / whiche thabbot had assigned to her / And ther was a monasterye of vyr\u2223gynes / and there he closed her in a cel\u2223le / and sealed the dore with leed / and the celle was lytell and strayte / And but one lytel wyndowe opene / by whi\u00a6che was mynystred of her poure ly\u00a6uynge / For thabbot commaunded / that they shold gyue to her a lytel brede & water / And whanne the Abbot.Should depart/ Thaysys said to him, Father,/ Where shall I shed the water and that which shall come from the conduits of nature? And he said to her, as thou art worthy,/ And then she demanded, how shall I pray? And he answered, thou art not worthy to name God/ nor the name of the Trinity be in thy mouth/ nor stretch forth thy hands to heaven/ because thy lips are full of iniquities/ and thy hands full of evil doings and foul ordeals,/ but look only towards the east/ and say often these words, \"Qui plasmasti me, misere mei,/ Lord, who formed me, have mercy on me.\"/ And when she had been there three years, Thabbot Paphnutius remembered/ and was sorry/ and went to Thabbot Anthony for to requite of him, if God had forgiven her her sins./ And the cause told,/ Saint Anthony called all his disciples/ and commanded them, that they should all wake that night/ and be in prayer/ so that God would declare to some of them/ the cause why Thabbot Paphnutius had been away for three years..Pafuncius came, and they prayed without ceasing. The abbot, the greatest disciple of St. Anthony, saw in heaven a bed prepared with precious vestments. Three virgins arranged the vestments, and these three virgins were named. The first was named Fear, who drove away evil. The second was named Shame, who atoned for the sins she had committed. The third was named Love of chastity, who brought her to a high, sovereign place. When Power had said to them that the grace of this vision was only by the merits of St. Anthony, a voice answered, \"It was not by the merit of Anthony his father, but by the merits of these sinners.\"\n\nThe next morning, when the abbot Powle recounted his vision, and they had known the will of God, Pafuncius departed with great joy and went at once to the monastery where she was. He opened the door of the cell, and she prayed him that she might yet..The abbess remained enclosed within, and the abbot said to her offspring, \"Go out. God has forgiven your sins.\" She replied, \"I take God as witness that since I entered here, I have made amends for all my sins and set them before my eyes. And just as the breath does not depart from the mouth or the nose, so my sins never departed from my eyes but always wept them out. To whom Abbot Pafuncius said, \"God has not pardoned your sins for your penance but because you have always feared in your heart. He took her out from there. She lived for fifteen days and then rested in the Lord. Abbot Effrem converted another common woman in the same way. When the common woman tried to draw Saint Effrem into committing a dishonest act, he said to her, \"Sit down here, I must attend to this.\" She said, \"How\".May I stand among this great multitude of people, and he said, \"if you are ashamed of the people, you ought to have greater shame of God, who sees all things hidden.\" She went away, ashamed.\n\nThus ends the life of Saint Thais.\n\nDenise is as much to say as hastily flying, or Denise is said of the day, which is as much to say as two. Nysus, which is to say, I lift up. For he was lifted up after two things: after the body and the soul. Or Denys may be said of Dionysus, that is Venus, the goddess of beauty, and of Dionysus, that is Bacchus, who is good against drunkenness. He was hasty in fleeing the world through perfect renunciation. He was lifted up by contemplation of things within himself. He was fair to God through the beauty of virtues. He profited against the drunkenness of sins for sinners. And he had many names before his..For him called Ariopitas, dwelling in this street / he was called theosophos, that is to say wise to God / Also of the wise men of Greece, he is said to be Peristera, the wing of heaven / For he flew marvelously with the wing of spiritual understanding into heaven / Also he was called Macharius, blessed / Also of his country, Ionicus / Ionic, as Papyrius says, is one of the languages of the Greeks / Or Ionian is said to be a manner of round pillars / or Ionicum is said to be a foot of versifying / which has two syllables short and two long / By which he is shown to be wise and knowing God / by Inquiry of things deep and hidden / Wing of heaven by love of celestial things / and blessed by possession of everlasting goods / By other things it is shown that he was a marvelous Rhetor / a sustainer and bearer up of the church by doctrine / short to himself by humility / and long to others..Charyte, in the eighth book of The City of God, according to St. Augustine, refers to Ionians as a kind of Italian philosophers who were pro-Italy. Ionians originate from the Greek region, and the name Ionian was given to Denys, a philosopher from this region, because he was a sovereign philosopher. Methodius of Constantinople wrote about his life and passion in Greek, while Anastasius translated it into Latin. Anastasius was a writer of the Bible for the Church of Rome, as Ignatius, bishop of Antioch, states.\n\nSaint Denis, also known as Ariopagite, was converted to the faith of Jesus Christ through St. Paul the apostle. He was called Ariopagite because he lived on a street named Aryopagus. In ancient Athens, they named every street after the god they worshiped there. The street where they worshiped Mars was called Aryopagus, as \"Aryos\" means Mars and \"pagus\" means street. Similarly, they named the street where they worshiped Pan as Panopagus. Aryopagus was the most excellent street..The noble men haunted that street, where scholars of liberal arts dwelt, and Denys, a right great philosopher, lived there. He was called Theosophus, meaning \"knowing god.\" Appollophanus was his fellow in philosophy. Epicurus was also there, who held that all human happiness was in the delight of the body. Stoicus held the opinion that it was in the only virtue of courage. On the day of the Lord's passion, when darkness covered the entire world, the philosophers at Athens could not find natural causes for this darkness. It was not a natural eclipse, for the moon was then fifteen days old and far from the sun. An eclipse does not take away light in the universal parties of the world, and it cannot last more than three hours..And it appears that this eclipse took away all the light, as St. Luke reports that our Lord suffered in all His members. And because the eclipse was in Heliopolis in Egypt, in Rome and in Greece, Origen says it was in Gypsy and in the end of Asia, and he says that when our Lord was nailed to the Cross, there was a great trembling and earthquake throughout the world. The rocks were split, and the mountains cloven. Great floods filled many places more than they were wont to do. And from the sixth hour until the ninth hour, the sun lost its sight throughout all the lands of the universal world. And in that night, no star was seen in all Egypt. This remembrance reminds Denys to Apolophanes in his Epistle: \"The world was darkened commonly by obscurity of darknesses. And after the total eclipse had returned, purged, and when he had found that the sun could not endure such heavinesses and we...\".\"One may not have knowledge in our time the mystery of this thing / by our knowing and wisdom / And O Apollophanes mirror of doctrine, what shall I say of these secrets and hidden things / I attribute and commit them to / as to a divine mouth / and not as to understanding or human speech / He said to him / O good Denys / these are the mutations of divine things / And in them it is signified all along the day and the year of the Annunciation / that Paul our teacher said to our deaf ears / And by the signs that all men cried, which I remember / I have found the very truth / and am delivered from the last of falsehood / These are the words of Denys that he wrote in his epistle to Polycarpe and Apollophanes, saying / We were two at Heliopolis / & we saw the Moon of heaven go disastrously / And the time was not convenient / And yet again from the ninth hour to the evening time at the Diemeter of the sun established above all natural order / That eclipse we saw.\".Sawn beginning in the east, and coming to the term of the sun, after its returning and not purged of that defect but made contrary to the zodiac, then Denys and Appollophanes went to Heliopolis in Egypt by desire to learn astronomy. And after Denys returned again, it appears that this eclipse took away the light from all parties of the world. It is recorded in Eusebius' Chronicles that he witnesses in his Chronicles, which says that in Bythynia, a province of Asia, there was the least earthquake and the greatest darkness, and also in Nicaea, a city of Bythynia, that the earth trembled and threw down houses. It is read in the Scholastic History that the philosophers were brought to this, and they said that the god of nature suffered death, or else the order of nature in this world was dissolved, or that the elements rebelled, or the god of nature suffered..And the elements had pity on him. It is said in another place that Denys says this night signified that the new light of the world should come. And the people of Athens made an altar to this unknown god and set this title upon it. This is the altar of the unknown god, and on every altar of their gods the title was set above, showing to whom that altar was dedicated. When the Henions intended to sacrifice to this unknown god, the philosophers said, \"This god has no need of any of our gods, but let us kneel down before him and pray devoutly to him. He requires not the sacrifices of beasts but the devotedness of our hearts.\" Afterward, when the blessed Saint Paul came to Athens, the philosophers Epicurus and Stoicus disputed with him. Some of them said, \"What will this speaker of words bring us? We would know what you have brought to us.\" The Athenians intended nothing other than this..But here are some new things. Then Saint Power had seen all their altars, he saw among them an unknown god's altar. Power asked, \"Who honors this unknown god?\" I will show him to you, the one who made heaven and earth. Afterward, Power said to Denys, the one he saw to be most learned in divine things, \"Denys, who is this unknown god?\" Denys replied, \"He is truly a god, one among gods, not shown to us, but to come into the world and reign without end.\" Power asked, \"Is he a man or spirit?\" Denys replied, \"He is God and man, but unknown because his conversation is in heaven.\" Then Saint Power said, \"This is he whom I preach, who descended from heaven and took on human nature and suffered death and rose again on the third day.\" As Saint Denys continued to dispute with Saint Power, by chance a blind man passed by that way. Denys said to Power, \"If you say to this blind man that this is the one, he will not believe you.\".In the name of your god, I will believe in him, but you shall use no words of enchantment. For you may know some words that have such might and power. Paul said, \"I will write down the form of the words beforehand. Which are these? In the name of Jesus Christ, born of the virgin, crucified and dead, who rose again, and ascended into heaven, and from thence shall come to judge the world. See And since all suspicion is taken away, Paul said to Denise, that he himself should pronounce those words. And when Denise had said those words in the same manner to the blind man, immediately the blind man recovered his sight. And then Denys was baptized, and his wife Damare, and all his men, and became a true Christian man. He was instructed and taught by Saint Paul for three years, and was ordained bishop of Athens. And there was great conversion of that city and a great part of the region to Christian faith. It is said..that Saint Paul showed to him that he saw when he was raptured into the third heaven, like Saint Denys says and shows in various places, of which he speaks so clearly about the hierarchies of Angels, of the orders and dispositions, and offices of them, so that it is not supposed that he learned from anyone else but only from him who was raptured to the third heaven and had seen all things. He flourished by the spirit of prophecy, as it appears in a letter that he sent to John the Evangelist in the island of Patmos, to which he was sent into exile, where he prophesied that he should come again sincerely, very wonderfully, and be deservedly loved. You shall be allowed out from the keeping that you have in Patmos, and shall return to the land of Asia. And there you shall make the following of your good God and the good works of Him, and shall deliver them to those who shall come after you. And as it is seen and written..He was mentioned in the book of the divine names. He was at the dying of the blessed virgin Mary. And when he heard that Peter and Paul were imprisoned at Rome under Nero, he ordained a bishop under him and went to visit them. And when they were martyred and passed to God, Clement was appointed to the see of Rome. After a certain time, he was sent by the same Clement to France. He was accompanied by Rusticus and Eleutherius. And then he came with them to Paris. He converted many people there to the faith and made many churches, setting clerks of various orders in them. His great heavenly grace shone so brightly that when the bishops of Thysolles rebelled, the people destroyed them. The church grew and had victory over him, and moved Domitian emperor in such great cruelty that he issued a commandment: whoever might find any Christian man, he should be compelled to sacrifice or tortured by various tortures..Then he sent the prior of Rome to Paris against the Christian men. There he found the blessed Denise preaching and had him cruelly beaten, spat upon, and despised. He was then bound with rusty and iron chains and brought before him. When he saw that the saints were steadfast and firm in their knowledge of our Lord, he was deeply saddened and sorrowful.\n\nA noble matron then arrived, who said that her husband had been deceived by these enchanters. The husband was immediately brought forward and, while in the confession of our Lord, was put to death. The saints were then beaten cruelly by twelve knights and were strictly bound with chains of iron and put in prison.\n\nThe following day, Denys was laid on a griddle and stretched naked upon the flames of the fire. He sang to our Lord, saying, \"Lord, your word is most fiery, and your servant is embraced by its love.\" After that, he was placed among the martyrs..The cruel beasts, excited by great hunger and famine, and long fasting, attacked him. As soon as they came rushing upon him, he made the sign of the cross against them, and at once they became most meek and tame. After that, he was cast into a furnace, and the fire was immediately quenched. He suffered no pain or harm. And after being put on the cross, he was long tormented there. After being taken down, he was put in a dark prison with his companions, and many other Christian men. As he sang the mass and communed the people, our Lord appeared to him with great light and delivered to him bread, saying, \"Take this, my dear friend, for your reward is greatest with me.\" After this, they were presented to the judge and were put through new torments again. Then he smote the heads off the three companions, that is, Denis and Elaterius, in the name of the holy trinity. This was done at the temple of Mercury..They were beheaded with three axes. Saint Denis raised himself up, and held his head between his arms, as angels lifted him two legs from the place, which is called the hill of the martyrs, to the place where he now rests, by his election and the providence of God. And there was heard such great and sweet melodies of angels that many who heard it were moved to cry out, \"I am Christian!\" And she, who was called Lasayd, was beheaded by the wicked felons and baptized in her own blood and died. Lyssyen, his son who was a knight in Rome, came afterward to Paris, and was baptized and joined the ranks of the religious. And the wicked pagans doubted that the good Christian men would bury the bodies of Rusticus and Elutheria. They commanded that they should be cast into the river. A nobleman ordered them to dine while they did so. This lady took away the bodies and buried them..secretely in a felde of heerys / And af\u2223ter whanne the persecucion was cessyd she tooke them thens / and leyde theym honourably with the body of seynt De\u00a6nys / And they suffred deth aboute the yere of our lord four score and sixten / vnder domycyan / the yere of the age of saynt Denys four score and ten / On a tyme whanne Regulus the ho\u2223ly bisshop songe masse at Arelatence & reherced the names of thappoostles in the canone / he added and ioyned to the blessid martirs Denyse / Rustyke / and Elentherye / whiche soo sayd / many sup\u2223posid that they had yet lyuyd / and mer\u00a6ueyled why he so reherced their names in the canone / And they so wondryng ther appyered vppon the Crosse of the aulter thre dounes syttynge / whiche hadde the names of the sayntes mar\u2223ked and wreton on their brestes with blood / whiche dylygently beholdyng / vnderstode well that the sayntes were departed oute of this world / And yg\u2223narus Bisshop of Reynes sayth in a pistse / whiche he sente to Charles / that this denys / that was sent in to.France, according to Denys Ariopagita as stated before, was the recipient of Michael Emperor of Constantinople's messengers around the year 842 during the reign of Louis King of France. These messages, translated from Greek into Latin, were received with great joy. That same night, sick men were healed in his church. Around the year 634 and 40, Dagobert, king of France who reigned before Pippin, began to have great reverence for St. Denis from his childhood. When he thought of rebelling against his father Clotare at that time, he fled immediately to the Church of St. Denis. After this holy king's death, it was revealed in a vision to a holy man that his soul was taken to judgment..Many saints accused him of despoiling their churches. And as the wicked angels would have had him to the punishments, the blessed Denys came there and delivered him at his coming, and he escaped from the punishments. And perhaps the soul returned to the body and did penance. Clovis king discovered the body of St. Denys not thoroughly, and broke the bone of his arm and carried it away cunningly. And immediately he became out of his mind. Then let us all worship almighty God in his saints, that we may amend ourselves in this wretched life through their merits, that we may come after this life to his eternal bliss in heaven. Amen\n\nParis is said to be named after Calixte, that is to say, scorching or making warm. For he was hot and burning. First, in the love of God. And after, he was hot and burning in purchasing souls. And thirdly, he was hot in destroying false idols. And also, in showing the pains for sin.\n\nCalixte.The pope was martyred in the year 202 of the Lord, under Emperor Alexander. And by the works of the said emperor, the most apparent party of Rome was then burned in God's vengeance. The lifted army of Jupiter, which was of fine gold, was melted down. Then all the priests of Jupiter went to Emperor Alexander and asked him that the angry gods might be appeased by sacrifices. And as they sacrificed on a Thursday morning, with the air being quite clear, four of the priests of Jupiter were struck down with one blow. The altar of Jupiter was burned, causing all the people to flee from the walls of Rome. When Palmachien, Consul, knew that the Christians, by whom this evil had happened and come about, were to be put out to purge and cleanse the city, and when he had received the power to do so, he hastened with his knights to carry it out immediately..were all made blind, and then Palmachien showed this to Alexander. The emperor commanded that on the Wednesday, all the people should assemble and sacrifice to Mercury, so they might receive an answer regarding these matters. And as they were sacrificing, a maiden of the temple named Iuliane was possessed by the devil and began to cry out, \"The God of Calyxte is very true and living, who is angry and has indignation towards our actions.\" When Palmachien heard this, he went over Tiber to the city of Ravenna to see Saint Calixtus and was baptized by him, along with his wife and entire entourage. When the emperor learned of this, he summoned him and delivered him to Simplicius Senator, to warn and treat him with fair words because he was very useful for the common good. Palmachien continued in fasting and prayer. Then a man came to him who promised that if he would heal his wife, who was afflicted with the palsy, he would believe in God..anone / And whan Palmachi\u2223en had adourid and praid / the woman that was seke aroos / and was al hole And ran to Palmachyen sayenge / Baptise me in the name of Ihesu crist whiche hath taken me by the hand / and lifte me vp / Thenne cam Calixte / and baptised her and her husbond / and sym\u00a6plycyen / and many other / And when themperour herd herof / he sente to smyte of the hedes of all them that were bap\u00a6tised / And made Calixte to lyue fyue dayes in the prison withoute mete and drynke / And after he sawe that calixt was the more comforted and gladde / And commaunded that he shold euery daye be beten with staues / And after he made a grete stone to be bounden to his neck / and to be throwen doun from an hihe out of a wyndowe in to a pit\u2223te / And Asteryen his preest took vp the body oute of the pytte / And after buryed the body in the Cymytorye of Calipodyen / \nThus endeth the lyf of saint Calixte\nIN old tyme the Ro\u00a6yamme of Englond was gretely troublyd wyth the Danes / So that in many kyn\u2223ges dayes there couthe.no peas be made, but continually war raged. The Danes prevailed against England and brought it under their subjection due to their cruelty and tyranny, which was so great that they spared nothing in their burning and destruction. But at last, it pleased Almighty God that this tyranny should cease. He sent a peaceful king named Edgar to this realm of England. In his birth, angels sang that peace would be in his time. And so, in his days, there was no war in England. Saint Edward, his father, and Saint Edward the Martyr, his son, reigned not long after him. His stepmother caused him to be slain in his young age, so that Ethelred could reign. Saint Dunstan baptized Ethelred and said that because he had defiled the fontstone, he would live in great trouble. And so it was, for the Danes harassed him throughout his time. Ethelred married Earl Godwyn's daughter, by whom he had Edmond Ironside. After the death of that queen, he married the daughter of Richard, duke of Normandy..Emme, by whom he had two sons, Alured and Edward, who was a saint and confessor, of whom we will speak later, was King Etheldred's second son. When King Etheldred grew old, he convened a parliament to decide which of his sons should be king after him. By God's providence, it was decided that Edward, who was not yet born and in his mother's womb at the time, should be king and excluded Edmund Ironside and Alfred, who were the older sons. After the king had agreed to this, a general oath was taken to uphold this decision. Once this child was born, all the land enjoyed peace in his birth, hoping to be greatly relieved by him. However, the cruelty of the Danes was so great, which the king doubted so much, that he sent the queen and his two sons Edward and Edmund into Normandy and took his eldest son Edmund with him to battle against the Danes. The sorrow was great in England then, for many turned to the Danes against their own king, and without pity did so..\"Breen and the Saxons suffered in their own country with the Danes, among whom was slain Saint Alphege, Archbishop of Canterbury at Greenwich, and many other good men, as well as some bishops, priests, and men of religion, who fled into secret places and deserts where they devotedly prayed to almighty God for peace in this land. However, these conditions continued throughout Etheldreda's life, according to the prophecy of Saint Dunstan. And after Etheldreda, Edmund Ironside, her son, ruled in great trouble. In his days, no man dared trust another or reveal his courage to his neighbor, for each man suspected the other of treason to seize his good. And those who were not powerful enough to overcome their neighbor turned to the Danes against their own neighbors, and with the Danes' help, they fulfilled their cursed purposes. There was much extortion, and many people were killed in various places, in houses, fields, and on the roads, so that the common people dared not bury them.\".In that time, there was great tyranny oppressing women, including wives, widows, and maidens, against their wills. Englishmen were nearly destroyed, and great desolation was in the holy church. Monasteries, churches, and houses of religion were burned and destroyed, causing many to flee into wildernesses. Among them, the good bishop of Winchester, Brightwold, fled to the abbey of Glastonbury. There he daily prayed to Almighty God for peace in the realm of England. Our blessed lord, seeing his meekness, showed him a vision. In a night, as he was in his oratory, he fell into a sweet slumber. And he saw the glorious Apostle Saint Peter, shining brightly in a high place of dignity, and with him a seemingly young man richly dressed in kingly clothing. Saint Peter consecrated and anointed him as a king, and commanded his chastity greatly and his clean living. It was shown to this bishop..many yeres to fore yt this edward shold regne in this londe / & the bisshop beyng abasshed of this vision desyred of seint peter to knowe ye vision therof / to whom saint peter seid thestate of this ro\u00a6yam / & told yt ye furye & wodenes of ye danes shold cease sone after & said yt al this punysshement was for the synnes of the peple / & god shold purueye for a peasible kynge whiche shalle fynysshe alle the woodenes of his enemyes the\ndanes In whoos tyme shalle be plente of pees / bothe to the chirche / and to the londe / and grete haboundaunce of corn and fruyte / And this Royamme shall be prosperous in alle thynges / And the peple shal be of suche condicions / That other londes shal bothe loue and drede them / the kynges name shalle be Ed\u2223ward / whiche shal rule all maner thyn\u00a6ges to the plesyng of god / And shal ende his lyf in the loue of our lord gra\u00a6ciously / And whan this holy bisshop awoke / he knelyd doune / and maade his prayers with shedyng of teres / And though that pees was not yet re\u00a6formed /.Despite expressing gratitude to Almighty God for ensuring he would witness it in his days, this individual went about preaching penance to the people. The Lord showed mercy, granting peace and abundance. However, during this time, the king was slain by treason and was buried at Glastenbury. Both his sons were then brought before King Canute the Dane to do with as he pleased. Upon seeing them, Canute could not bring himself to harm them out of pity, instead sending them peacefully back to England. With the rightful bloodline destroyed, they were preserved and kept alive. They were later conveyed to the Emperor of Rome, who kept them until Saint Edward became king of England. Out of love for Edward, who was their uncle, King Canute of England ruled with strong hand. All praise and good rule stood by his side. In his reign, peace and tranquility prevailed..full trouble and robbery with great oppressions and heavy charges among the common people. He feared no one except the two sons of the king, who were with the emperor. His council advised him to marry the mother of them, named Emma, to strengthen the alliance between them. And soon after Alfred came into England to speak to his mother, Earl Goodwin came and welcomed him. But immediately after, Earl Goodwin betrayed him and slew him before he came into his mother's presence. Saint Edward made great sorrow for his death. While this holy child, saint Edward, was in Normandy, he lived a good life, frequenting the church often, loving and conversing with many, especially among the holy monks, and using to pray and say in this manner: \"O good Lord, I have no help but Thee. My friends are gone from me, and they have become my adversaries. My father is dead, my brothers are slain, my mother is married to my greatest enemy.\".And I am left alone. And daily they seek means to kill me, but to the Lord I am left poor. I beseech the Lord to help me, a fatherless child. For thou once helped marvelously Edwyn and Oswald, who were exiled and ordained to die. Thou defendest them only from death, but also thou good Lord restored them again to their own kingdoms. O good Lord, I beseech thee and pray thee to keep me safe and bring me into the kingdom of my father. Thou shalt be my god, and St. Peter the Apostle my patron. The relics, of whom by the grace of God I purpose to visit and honor in the same place where they now rest. If the Lord sends me land space. And when King Canute had reigned in England twenty years, having two sons by the said Emma, that is, Harald and Hardknute, he died. And when his first son had reigned four years, he exiled his own mother and died soon after. And after him, his brother reigned a little time and died also..had ordered & then England was delivered from the grievous tribute of the Danes. The lords and commons of England remembered the oath they made in Parliament, which swore that Edward, who was then in his mother's womb, should be their king. Immediately, they sent to Normandy for this holy child Edward. The lords and commons received him with great joy. And then the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Archbishop of York, with other bishops, consecrated, anointed, and crowned him king of England. O good lord, what joy and gladness there was then in England! For when the old felicity of this land was almost despairing, it was kindled again by the coming of this blessed king, St. Edward. Then the commons had rest and peace, and the lords and gentlemen rest and honor. And then holy church received all her liberties again. Then the sun was lifted up, and the moon set in its order \u2013 that is, priests shone in wisdom and in knowledge..The monasteries flourished in devotion through holy reverence. The clerks thrived in their offices for the pleasure of God. The common people were content and joyful in their station. And in King Edward's days, there was no venom that could corrupt the earth with pestilence. In the sea, there were no outrageous tempestues. The land was plentiful in all manner of fruits. In the Clergy, there was nothing inordinate. Among the common people, there was no grumbling. And the renown and fame of this holy king, Saint Edward, spread marvelously to other nations. In such a way that all Christian kings desired peace with him.\n\nThe king of France, who was near to him by kinship, made a general peace with him. It could be said of him as it was said of Solomon. All the kings of the earth desired to see his face and to hear his wisdom, except for Denmark. Which yet conspired against this Kingdom of England. And what its cause was, it shall be declared here..After more openly, King Edward was ever full of meekness and virtue, and never lifted up vain glory, but he remembered the words of the Lord that says, \"I have set you as a prince among the people, but do not lift yourself up in vain glory, but be among them as one of them.\" He was among his household men equal and familiar, among priests meek and debonair, to his people amiable and cheerful. To wretched and needy men full of compassion and large of alms-giving, he was also devout in the service of God and diligent to repair and rebuild Churches destroyed by the Danes. And in judgment he was full discrete, considering no man's person but only the weight of his cause, as well to the rich as to the poor. He had riches enough, and his treasure seemed to come to all poor men, his words were sad and discrete, and mingled with mirth, speaking often of Jesus Christ the second person in the Trinity, and of our blessed lady his mother..Moder/ And sometimes he spoke sharply, correcting transgressors, gentle and sweet to good men. He was never elated nor proud, not dishonest through gluttony. He would not be compelled by anger nor inclined for gifts. He despised riches and was never sorrowful for the loss of worldly goods and riches, nor the more glad for gaining them. In such a way, all men marveled at his sadness. And around the king were diverse covetous men who said to the king how his treasure was spent fast. And if the Danes came again, he had not wherewith to defend him. Wherefore they counseled him to raise an aid among his commons, like King Canute had done several times. An aid was then called the Danegeld. And they counseled to do it in the same way. He said no. And he would not agree to it.\n\nNotwithstanding, they daily urged him, and when he saw them so importune and showed great perils then at last he said to them to prove them late..vs. See how you will do, and when they heard that from his own mouth it was right pleasing to them, they sent commissions to gather it, and spared no country but made them pay in the largest way. When this money was levyed and brought into the king's treasury, then they brought the king thither to see it. The king then standing far from it saw the devil in likeness of an ape sitting upon the treasure and said, \"What have you done, and what money have you brought to me? Forsooth, not one penny shall be spent to my use, but I charge you to deliver each man his money again. But they were loath to do so, and said that they might spend it in deeds of charity. Then the king said, \"You shall spend the goods of other men. For what alms should I make with your poor commons and laborers? See you not how the devil sits upon the heap of money and makes great joy that he has taken us in his snare? Wherefore I charge you on pain of death that you deliver this money again..In that time, every penny was returned to the king, and they obeyed him. They never dared to ask or demand anything from him again, nor did they do so in any other way. For the days of Saint Edward, neither tax nor tribute was levied among his commons, which brought great joy to the realm.\n\nAt one time, the king was lying sick in his bedchamber. In it stood an open chest full of gold and silver. A clerk entered, assuming the king had slept, and took out a certain sum of money and left. Shortly after, he returned and intended to take more. But the king said, \"Indeed, you are foolish to come back. You had enough before. Therefore, beware. If the treasurer comes and finds you, you are likely to die.\" So, if you love your life, flee quickly with what you have. And immediately after, the treasurer arrived and found the clerk in possession of the treasure. He sought to take him..and inquired gently for the thief who stole it, and the king, seeing the great trouble and sorrow of the treasurer, demanded from him the cause of his heaviness. When he had told the king, the king said to him, \"grieve no more therefore. For peradventure he who has it has more need of it than we. And so the thief escaped and was not pursued after. When all things were quiet in the realm, the council of the land assembled to treat for a marriage for the king, which thing, when it was moved, he was greatly abashed, dreading to lose the treasure of his virginity, which was kept in a fragile and brutal vessel. And what he should do or say, he knew not. For if he obstinately denied it, he feared lest his oath of chastity should be openly known, and if he consented to it, he feared to lose his chastity. Therefore he began to pray to God, saying these words: \"O good Lord, thou deliverest sometimes three children from the flame of fire in the chimney and...\".Fornais of the Chaldeans, and by the Lord Joseph escaped from the wife of Potiphar, holding his mantle. And yet, by your mercy, he escaped. And good Lord, by your virtue, Susanna was delivered from death, to whom unchaste priests had condemned her. And by your might, Lord Judith escaped when she had slain Holofernes and reserved her from defiling. And she escaped unharmed. Above all others, you have most preserved your blessed mother, who was both wife and virgin. Then behold upon me, your servant, and soon of your handmaid, that I am in great fear. I lift up my heart to the beseeching of you, my lord and my sweetest lady, to help me now in this greatest need, that I may receive the sacrament of marriage and not fall into parallel of my chastity. And with this condition in his heart, he consented to marriage. Then was the council very glad, and searched for a virgin suitable to his state..Among all the virgins of the land, Edith, daughter of Earl Goodwyn, was found most suitable to him according to her virtuous conditions, and her father made great efforts to the king's council to arrange this marriage, through which he could enter the king's favor. By his wisdom, for his great might and power, he had the intention. When the marriage was solemnized and accomplished by the holy sacrament, he and the queen swore to live together chastely, secretly, with no one knowing it but God alone. There was between them a long spousalship without bodily knowing of deed. Chaste embracing without deflowering of virginity. There was between them truly chaste love without fleshly touching and knowing. Afterward, some of the realm grumbled, saying, he had taken a wife against his will from an unkind lineage, and would not know his wife because he would not bring forth more tyrants. And this none knew the true truth of his chaste life while he lived, but the very few..Clennes of his mind was sufficient witness of his chastity. It happened on a Wednesday as the king was crowned at Westminster in his state. Kneeling, he made devout prayers for the tranquility and peace of his land before the altar of the Blessed Trinity at the leaving of the blessed sacrament. He filled with a soft and demure laughing, so that the lords present marveled greatly but dared not say anything to him until the service was done. Then one who was harder than the others demanded of him the cause of his laughing. And then he told him how the Danes had assembled a great power of people against the Realm of England and were entering into their ships. And as the king of Denmark intended to enter the ship, suddenly his strength was taken from him, and he fell into the sea between two ships, and was drowned. By whose death, the people of Denmark and also of England were delivered from sin and parley..this greatly troubled [him] and sent inquiries to Denmark to learn the truth. When the messengers returned, they reported that it was true as the king had said, and that King of Denmark had drowned at the same time as St. Edward the Confessor. After this, the noble St. Edward remembered his vow and promise to visit St. Peter at Rome, which he made in Normandy. Therefore, he summoned his commons and lords to a council before him. He needed to know how and in what manner he might depart, and in his absence, who should govern the realm. What people should accompany him, and what money would be sufficient for him and his men? When the lords and commons heard this, they were deeply saddened that he should depart from them. Seeing their sadness, he comforted them, saying that the Lord had sent them peace, and by His grace would continue to do so in his absence. However, they urged him to send someone to the pope..The king was reassured of his oath or else delayed it to another time. And the king, seeing the sorrow and lamentation of his people, who wept and wringed their hands, and the people, amazed without a defender and keeper, comforted them and granted them a temporary style. He then ordered certain bishops to go to Rome and ask the holy father's council how he might be reassured of this oath that he had made to visit St. Peter. And then the archbishop of York and the bishop of Winchester, along with two abbots and diverse clerks and laymen, went to Rome. And when they arrived in Rome, the pope had made that time a great congregation of clerks of various great matters belonging to the holy church. And when the pope learned of their coming, he was right glad and sent for them. And the pope asked them the reason for their coming. And silence was made, and they recited the reason for their coming and the king's desire, the peril of the realm, the trouble, and the fear of the people..The king's bemoaning: the clamor of the poor commons, the jeopardy of the kingdom in his absence, and the pitiful destruction the Danes had recently caused through their cruelty; and he also declared his great devotion to visit the holy apostles Peter and Paul. The pope and the clergy marveled greatly and gave praise to Almighty God for sending such a devout and virtuous prince in the world to maintain the Christian faith through his wisdom. They were deeply concerned about the great dangers that might hinder him in his absence, which he sent to inform him of..A man named Bulle, under lease, enjoyed himself in penance, commanding him to give the goods he would have spent on his pilgrimage to charitable deeds and to refurbish some church of St. Peter. He was then to endow it with sufficient livelihood. The messengers received the pope's blessing and returned to England. They came to the king at Westminster. When the king understood that Bulle had been absolved of his vow and how they had fared, he was glad and thanked Almighty God and our holy father the pope.\n\nThere was a holy man, a recluse, in the diocese of Worcester, who knew nothing of the council assembled for the governance of the land nor of the king's vow nor of the message sent to Rome. St. Peter appeared to him in a night and said to him, \"King Edward sent to Rome to be absolved of the vow he made beyond the sea. He has great conscience because his council will not allow him to comply with it in person, going to Rome instead.\".You shall write to him in my name and give him knowledge that he is absolved by my authority from the bond of his oath. And he shall have in commandment of the pope for his penance to give such goods as he has ordained for his expenses to the poor, and to build a new abbey in honor of St. Peter, or to repair an old one and tend it sufficiently. And write to him, that by the same token, that he asked me sometime to be his patron in Normandy, he should repair the abbey called Thorney, on the west side of the City of London, which sometime I consecrated and lately set monks of good conversation in. From that place shall be a ladder reaching to heaven, and angels descending and ascending, bearing up to heaven the prayers of meek and devout men. And to him who ascends by that ladder, I shall open the gates of heaven, as our Lord has commanded me by my office, and I shall lose those who are bound and receive them..That which is unbound: All this that you have heard of me, you shall write and send to King Edward, who was many a mile thence. And the messenger who came from this anchor or recluse came to the king's presence at the same time. When the king had received the letters that came from Rome with great reverence and read them, he thanked God that he was so clearly released from the bond of his aunt. And then he commanded the letters of the recluse to be read. When they were read and saw they were in accordance with the letters from Rome, he humbly thanked God and St. Peter his patron and immediately began to repair the abbey that was assigned to him by the glorious apostle St. Peter. He gave generously to the poor people and released England from the tribute that was paid annually to the demons forever.\n\nOnce, when King Edward was at.A Creply named Gylemychell, born in Irland, came to him in Westminster, who had no feet but walked on his hands and knees, each hand holding a small pouch. His legs were bent backward and attached to his thighs, and his toes grew fast to his buttocks. This Creply entered boldly into the king's palace and approached the king's chamber door. A chamberlain named Hulyn demanded sharply what he did there. To Hulyn, the Creply replied, \"Let me not speak to the king, I pray you, for I have been out of this land six times to visit the holy relics of Saint Peter, intending to be healed. Saint Peter did not deny me but bade me go to England and let the king carry me into the Church of Saint Peter, and then I shall be made perfectly whole.\" This was told to the king by the same Hulyn. The king felt pity for the poor man and did not refuse but took him onto his shoulders..In the time of King Athelberte, who ruled in Kent, and Sygbert in Mercia, both of whom were converted to the faith of Christ by Saint Austyn. Athelberte built in London a noble and rich church in honor of Saint Paul. In this church, Saint Austyn ordained Saint Mellyte as bishop of the city. However, this was not satisfactory.\n\nDuring the reign of King Athelberte, a man, whom Cypel had seized with his foul and scabby hands and arms, was carried in. In the process, he lost consciousness and was brought out. There were profuse amounts of blood from his cornels, botches of his face, and scurf running on the king's clothes. This was reported to the king, who was also informed that the man was whole. But the king paid no heed to this and instead took him to the high altar. There, the man was made perfectly whole and able to ride or go wherever he wished. However, the king in no way wanted this miracle attributed to him. Instead, he gave the man a reward and sent him to Rome to thank God and Saint Peter..that good deed built another church in the west end of the city, which was then called Thorney, and now named Westminster. He prepared Mellyte to consecrate it in honor of St. Peter. The night before, St. Peter appeared to a fisherman in the Thames and asked him to wait for him at Westminster by St. Margaret's Gate, promising to reward him well for his labor. Soon after, St. Peter entered the church with a great light that continued as long as he was inside. After he returned to the fisherman, asking him if he had any food to eat. The fisherman was so frightened by the light that accompanied him that he dared not speak to him. To the fisherman, St. Peter said, \"Brother, do not be afraid. I am a man like you. Have you caught any fish?\" He replied, \"No.\".havere removed all night / while you have been in the church / And then they entered into the boat / And Saint Peter commanded him to cast out his net / And when he had done so / there came such a multitude of great fish into his net / that hardly they could draw it up for breaking / And when they came to land, Saint Peter divided the fish and gave it to him / And tell him that I have consecrated the church of Westminster this night / And say to him / that he should say mass there tomorrow / And if he will not believe it / say to him / when he comes, he shall find sufficient tokens / And I will be patron of that church / and visit it from time to time / and bring before the eyes of almighty God / the prayers and devotions of true Christian people who pray in that place / And take the remainder of the fish for your labor / And Saint Peter vanished away. Then the fisherman marveled greatly at the sight he had seen / And early..by the morowe, he went to Bishop Melite of London and delivered to him the fish that Saint Peter had sent to him. He told him, as Saint Peter had charged, as you have heard before. But Bishop Melite would not believe him until he went to Westminster and saw the tokens to put him out of doubt. And when he had opened the church door, he found a cross made of wood from one side of the church to the other, with certain places marked with holy oil which yet were moist and newly done. The Bishop was greatly moved by this and said mass that same day in the church. He preached a glorious sermon and declared the great miracle openly. Therefore, the people gave laude and praise to God and to His glorious Apostle Saint Peter. And when Saint Edward understood that this church was once consecrated by Saint Peter, and how Saint Peter had commanded him to repair the same church, as the letter stated..The recluse mentions this place, and after he had great devotion to it, he cast down the old work and rebuilt it anew. He endowed the monastery with livelihood and jewels. At that time, Pope Leo had died, and Pope Nicholas was after him. The king gave an account to him of his penance enjoined by Leo, his predecessor, to render Paul to be damned with Judas in hell everlastingly to lie in pain. Then, the messengers returned again from Rome with the letters of confirmation. When the king saw the great benevolence of our holy father the pope and his favor and gentleness, granting him more privileges and freedom than he desired, he was full of gladness and joy. On a certain occasion, the king was in the church of St. Peter at Westminster, disposed in great devotion, as was his custom, to hear mass. Earl Leo knelt behind him..The king saw with his physical eyes our Lord Jesus Christ between the priests' hands, appearing as a glorious child or beautiful person. This blessed the king with his right hand. The king, greatly comforted by the sight, bowed his head, and with great devotion and meekness received the blessing of our Lord. Then the earl rose to tell the king, assuming he had not seen it, but knowing the earl's intent, he ordered him to remain silent. For I see it, and I honor you. And when Mass was done, they discussed their vision. They were most refreshed by the gifts of the Holy Ghost and could not well speak for joy, weeping. Then the king commanded Leofric that this vision should never be revealed or known publicly until the time that they should die. And when Leofric was about to depart, he told it in confession to his spiritual father and had it written down. This writing..A young woman was married to a nobleman. After they both passed away, several years later, the writing was discovered and read. The holiness of the king was revealed, as were his meekness, which they had not shown during their lives for vain glory.\n\nThere was a young woman married to a nobleman. Not long after she had two misfortunes. First, she was barren. And beneath her cheek were many foul boils and corrupted humors, which engendered such woe that she was abominable and hateful to her husband and to all her friends. When she could not be healed by any medicine, she put all her hope and trust in almighty God. And with many a bitter tear, both day and night, she begged and prayed him to deliver her from that reprieve and disease, or else to take her out of this world. And when she had continued in prayer for a long time, she was commanded in her sleep to go to the holy king Edward. If.He washed her face with his hands. She should be whole. And when she awoke, she vowed to seek the king in his palaces. And then she came there. And she made means that the king might have knowledge of her dream. And when the king understood it, he called her to him. And he said, \"If God wills that I should wash your face, I will not refuse it.\" He called for water and with his own hands he washed her face and wrung out the worms and all the foul blood out of her face. And he bade her tarry there three or four days till the skin might cover again her visage. And then thank God for your deliverance. And when she was made perfectly whole and her visage fair and beautiful, then she fell down at the king's feet and thanked him humbly for her deliverance. But he forbade her to give any praising to him therefore, but bade her to give praise and thanks to God therefore, \"For he is the door and not I.\" Then she prayed the king that he would pray..To God for her that she might have a child by her husband, for she had been long barren, and the king had promised her this. And then she returned joyously home to her husband. After conceiving and having a child, she thanked God that she was delivered of both her diseases. St. Paul writes that the Holy Ghost grants graces diversely to some, wisdom to some, understanding to some, and grace to heal and to care for sick people. But this blessed king, St. Edward, had a special grace above others in giving sight to the blind. There was a well-known blind man who heard a voice in his sleep that if he might have some of the water with which the king washed his hands and washed his eyes therewith, he would regain his sight. The next day after this, the blind man went to the king's palace and told his vision to the king's chamberlain. The chamberlain told it to the king. Then the king said that it might be well an illusion or a dream..Not always true / for it has not been seen / that foul water from sinners' hands should give sight to blind men\nThen the chamberlain said that many times dreams have been found true, as the dreams of Joseph, Pharaoh, Daniel, and many others.\nThen the king, in great humility, went into the church on a solemn day with a basin of water. He commanded the blind man to be brought to him. And as the king washed the face of the blind man with the water, his eyes were opened, and he had his sight. He stood all abashed, looking on the people as if he had newly come into this world. And then the people wept for joy to see the holiness of the king.\nThey demanded of him if he could see clearly. He said, \"Yes, truly.\"\nThe king knelt down before the altar, saying this verse with great fear and meekness: \"Not to us, Lord, not to us, but to your name be given glory.\"\nAfter this, the holiness and fame of St. Edward spread..About a citizen of Lincoln, who had been blind for three years, came to the king's palace to obtain the water that the king had washed his hands in. He believed it would heal him. Having received the water from one of the king's officers, he washed his face and eyes with it. Immediately, he was restored to sight and made whole. He rejoiced greatly and returned home, praising God and St. Edward for restoring his sight.\n\nIn a time, certain workmen were gathered to hew down trees for the king's palace at Brugam. After their labor, they lay down to sleep in the shade. A young man of that fellowship, whose name was Wilkin, when he should rise, opened his eyes and could not see. He washed his face and rubbed his eyes, but could not discern anything. He was filled with sadness. Then one of his fellow laborers took him home to his house, and he remained blind for eighteen years. At last, a worshipful man came to him..And when she knew he was blind, she comforted him and said, \"If you will visit thirty churches with devotion and then wash your hands in the water the king used, and wash your eyes with it all, you shall have your fight again.\" He was greatly comforted and went, visiting thirty churches with great devotion, and came to the king's palaces, crying for help. But those who heard him begged him to cease his crying, yet he cried more and more. When the king understood, he called him to him and said, \"Why should I not extend my hands to help this poor man, unworthy as I am, if it pleases God to relieve him and give him back his sight?\" And because he would not be found disobedient to God nor presumptuous, he took water and washed his eyes meekly. And immediately he was restored to his sight, seeing as clearly as ever he did. There was also a fair miracle of three..blynde men / And the fourthe had but one eye / whiche camen to the kynges palais / And thenne cam one of the kynges seruauntes / whiche had pyte on them / & he gate of the water that the kyng had wesshen his hondes in when he hadde heled that other blyn\u00a6de man / And he brought this water to the gate / and told these poure men how the kynge a lytell hefore had he\u2223lyd a blynd man with the same wa\u2223ter / And sayd to them / yf they wold wesshen their eyen with good deuocion they myght be heled by goddes grace / with the same water / And thenne they kneled doune with grete deuocion / and praide this man to wesshe theire eyen ther with / And thenne he made a crosse with the water vpon eche of theyr eyen & beso\u0292t almy\u0292ty god to open their eyen And they alle there receyued theyre parfyght syght / And retorned in gy\u2223uynge lawde and praysynge God of their syght yeuen to them / by the mery\u00a6tes of saynt Edward /\nAs the kynge on a tyme sat at the ta\u2223ble with the quene / and her fader Erle Goodwyn / and sawe how Harold &.Tostyne, two sons of Goodwin, played before the king, but the game turned into earnest, and they began to fight. Harold seized his brother and threw him to the ground, and fell upon him in great anger, intending to strangle Goodwin if he understood anything by it. Goodwin replied, \"Nay, truly.\" Then the king said, \"You shall see when they come to man's age, that one of them shall kill the other if he can. The stronger one, Harold, shall drive out his brother from his land. Then Tostyne will come again with the king of Norway and wage battle against Harold's brother in England. In this battle, both the king of Norway and Tostyne will be slain, and only a few of their host will escape. And the same Harold shall give himself up to penance for his brother's death and thus escape, or else he shall be put out of his kingdom and die wretchedly.\" The king was often moved and displeased with Goodwin..For he misused the king's power and attempted the king in many ways that were unpleasant. In all that he could, he labored to bring out of favor the king's councils and friends who came to him from Normandy, intending that he might have all the rule around the king, both secretly and outwardly. The king, understanding his deceit, said little. But at a time when the king sat at his dinner with diverse lords and gentlemen about him, one of his servants was almost overthrown as he struck that one and fell. And yet the sadder foot saved him and kept him on his feet. This thing gave occasion to the king to speak to his lords. And those two feet were likened to two brothers, for if one were overcharged, the other should help and support him. Then the king said, \"So might my brother have been a help to me and a supporter in time of need, if he had not been betrayed by Goodwyn.\" Then Goodwyn, hearing these words from the king's mouth, was sore afraid..\"Say, Sir, that I should betray your brother, I pray that this morsel of bread may choke me if I consented to his death. Then the king blessed the bread and bade him eat it. The morsel lodged in his throat and choked him, stopping his breath and causing a wretched death. The king then said, draw the traitor out of my presence. For now his treachery and falsehood appear.\n\nOn an eastern day when he had received our lord and was seated at his dinner, in the midst of it when all was silence, he filled in with a smiling, and after with a sadness. Wherefore all that were there marveled greatly, but none dared ask him what he meant. But after dinner, Duke Harold followed him into his chamber with a bishop and an abbot who were of his private council, and demanded from him the cause of that thing. Then the king said, when I remember at my dinner the great benefits and dignity of food, drink, servants, and array, and\".I. All riches and royalty that I stood among at that time / And I referred all that worship to almighty God, as is my custom / Then our lord opened my eyes / And I saw the seven sleepers lying in a cave in Mount Celyon / beside the city of Ephesus / in the same form and manner / as though I had been among them / And I smiled / when I saw them turn from the right side to the left side / But when I understood the meaning of the turning / I had no cause to laugh / but rather to mourn / The turning signifies that the prophecy will be fulfilled / that says / \"Surge gentes contra gentem,\" that is to say / \"people shall rise up against a kingdom and a people / they have lain many years on their right side / And they shall lie yet on their left side for seventy years / In that time shall be great battles / great pestilence / and great mourning / great earthquakes / great hunger / and great darkness throughout the world / of which saying of the king they greatly marveled / And immediately they sent for.The emperor asked if there was any city or hill in his land where seven men slept. The emperor, marveling, sent to the same hill and found the cause. There, he discovered the seven martyrs sleeping as if they were dead, lying on the left side each one. The emperor was greatly astonished by this sight and greatly commended the holiness of Saint Edward, the king of England, who had the gift of prophecy. After his death, great insurrections occurred throughout the world. The Paynims destroyed a great part of Syria, throwing down both monasteries and churches. By pestilence and sword, streets, fields, and towns were filled with dead men. The prince of Greece was slain, the emperor of Rome was slain, the king of England was slain, and the king of France was slain, and all the other realms of the world were greatly troubled with various diseases. When the blessed King Edward had lived many years and was fallen in..In the old age, it happened that he rode by a church in Essex named Clarening, which at that time was in halowing, and should be dedicated in honor of our lord and saint John the Evangelist. The king, for great devotion, dismounted and waited while the church was in halowing. And during the procession, a fair old man came to the king and asked alms in the name of God and Saint John Evangelist. Then the king found nothing ready to give, nor was his chamberlain present. But he took a ring from his finger and gave it to the poor man, who thanked him and departed.\n\nAnd within certain years after, two pilgrims from England went to the holy land to visit holy places there. And as they had lost their way and were going astray from their fellowship, and the night approached, and they sorrowed greatly, not knowing which way to go and fearing sore to be perished among wild beasts. At last, they saw a fair company of men..Arranged in white clothing, bearing two lights before them, came a fair ancient man with white hair for age. Then these pilgrims intended to follow the light and drew near. The old man asked them what they were and from what region, and they answered that they were pilgrims from England and had lost their companionship and way as well. The old man comforted them kindly and brought them to a fair city where there was a beautiful chapel honestly adorned with all manner of decorations. After they had well refreshed themselves and rested there all night, on the morrow, this fair old man went with them and brought them back on the right way. He was glad to hear them speak of the welfare and holiness of their king, Saint Edward. And when he was about to depart from them, he told them who he was and said, \"I am John the Evangelist. Tell Edward your king that I greet him well by the token that he gave me this ring with his own hands.\".the hollowing of my church, which you shall deliver to him nearby, and tell him to dispose of his goods. Within six months, he shall be in the joy of heaven with me, where he will have his reward for his chastity and good buying. Do not fear, for you will travel well on your journey, and you will come home safely and soundly. And when he had delivered the ring to them, he departed suddenly. Shortly after, they came home and delivered the message to the king and the ring to him, saying that St. John Evangelist sent it to him. As soon as he heard that name, he was full of joy, and for joy, tears fell from his eyes, and he thanked almighty God and St. John his advocate, that he would allow him to know of his departure from this world. He also had another token of St. John, and that was that the two pilgrims should kneel before him, which thing was true..for they lived not long after, and at the feast of Christmas, the king was sick. And on the day of Innocents, he heard mass in the new Church of Westminster which he had rebuilt. And then, giving kings unto Almighty God, he returned to his chamber, very sick, and there abiding the mercy of the Lord. And all the lords, gentlemen, and commons were in great sorrow when they understood that the king might not live. Remembering what wealth and prosperity the land had been in during his days, and what jeopardy it was likely to stand in after his decease. Then all things were committed to the queen, whom he loved especially. She fulfilled diligently all that was necessary for him. And when he was so weak by sickness that his natural heat was almost gone, he lay near two days in a trance. As a man who had been roused, and when he came to himself again, those about him marveled greatly. For they thought very likely that he would no longer speak..Notwithstanding after he spoke with an entire spirit these words: O thou merciful lord God, who art infinite, almighty, in whose power all things are put, which changest kingdoms and empires, if these things be true, that thou hast shown to me, so grant to me space and strength to declare them to my people, that if perchance they give them to punishment, they may have grace and forgiveness. Then almighty God gave to him a new strength, that passes all human reason. And this might not be without a miracle. For before that time he spoke so softly that for feebleness he might not well be heard. And at that time he spoke with an entire breast these following words: When I was young and dwelt in Normandy, I loved well the felicity of good men. For he that spoke most religiously and goodly, with him was I most conversant. Among all others there were two, to whom I drew much for their honest conversation, and for the holiness of their life, sweetness of their manners..\"their comforting words, whom I saw translated into heaven for many years deceased, have appeared to me by the suffrance of God, and have shown me the state of my people and what sins reign among them, and what vengeance shall be taken on them for their sins. Priests have offended, for they mismanage the holy sacraments with impure thoughts and lewd hands, and as a hired man, not as a true shepherd, they do not defend their sheep nor feed them. And as for princes and gentiles, they are found false and untrustworthy, and friends to demons and robbers of the country, who have no fear of God nor honor Him, and true love is a burden to them, and had in contempt, and they showed much cruelty and despised us. And the prelates keep not righteousness, they correct not, and therefore our Lord has now drawn out His sword of vengeance to strike His people. This punishment shall begin within this year both by sword and wastefully, this realm pitifully.\".\"though more trouble was coming to my people, and he said if they would turn and do penance, they would not be denied forgiveness, and God would bless them again. I was answered that the hearts of the people were so hardened and blinded that they would not hear of any correction, nor be moved or provoked by any benefits that the Lord bestowed upon them. I asked if there was any remedy that might appease the Lord's wrath. To whom it was answered in these words: 'A green tree cut from its stock shall be divided from its own root the space of three furlongs, and without human hand shall turn again to its old root and take again its sap, and flourish and bring forth fruit. And when this is done, there may be remedy.' When this was said, they had suddenly gone out of my sight. There was about the king at that time, the queen, Duke Harold her brother, Robert keeper of the palace, and Stephan.\".had defouled his faders bedde / For whyles Robert tharchebis\u2223shop of Caunterbury lyued / the said Stygande put hym doune / and cam in by symonye / wherfor he was suspendid by the pope / And afterward god took vengeaunce vpon hym / soo that his be\u2223ly bracke / and his bowellis fylle oute And soo he deyd wretchidly / This Stygande gaf no credence to the kyn\u2223ges wordes / but descryued it to his a\u2223ge / and to the feblenes of the kyng / & made it but a fantasye / but other / that were better auysed wepte & sorowed / and wrange their handes / and sente to our holy fader the pope / yeuyng hym Informacion of the same vysion / And our hooly fader wrote Epistles to En\u2223glond exhortyng the peple to do pena\u2223unce / but his writyng prouffited not But when kyng Harold hadde bro\u2223ken the othe / that he had made to duke william / therfor he was slayne in ba\u2223taille / thenne they knewe wel that the prophecye of saint Edward was comen For the\u0304ue the lyberte of Englond ma\u00a6de an ende / And thenne cam in bond\u2223ship and thraldome / That.The time England was all changed, and I understood Saint Dunstan prophesied the same trouble coming. After a certain time, he promised comfort as well. Therefore, this said vision may be conveniently explained as follows:\n\nThe tree signifies the Kingdom of England. Its greenness and fairness symbolize its wealth and honor. All worship comes from this tree, which worship has originated from the true blood of the land and the true lineage. This worship has descended from Alured, whom our holy father the pope crowned and anointed king, as the first king of the true lineage of England, up to this holy king Edward, by succession.\n\nThe tree is cut down from the stock when the kingdom is divided and translated from one seed or lineage to another. The space of three furrows is the time of three kings: Harold, William the Conqueror, and William his son. The tree's coming again to the stock without human help was when King Henry..The first came into this realm not by human strength but by true love of his companions. He took his sap and his very strength when he wedded Maude, the daughter of Saint Edward's niece, to generate the seed of England and Normandy. And from their offspring, the flourishing lineage emerged, from whom Henry the Second came. Thus, these two peoples were joined to generate, if this exposition displeases any man, let him expose it better or else endure a time until it is fulfilled, so that the prophecy of King Edward agrees with the prophecy of Saint Dunstan. This holy king, Saint Edward, knowing that his hour drew near, spoke to those weeping around him and said, \"Indeed, if you loved me, you would pray that I should pass from this world to the Father in heaven there to receive the joy promised to all true Christian men. Dry your tears and hasten on.\".my journey was with prayers and holy psalms, and with alms-deeds. For though my enemy may not overcome me in my faith, yet none have been found so persistent but he will try and tempt me to let him or to fear him. And then he commanded the queen to her brother in commending her virtues to his lords, and declared to them her pure chastity. For she was to him in open places as his wife, and in secret places as his sister. He also commanded that her dowry should be secured to her, and that those who came with him from Normandy should be put to their choice, whether they would abide still in England and be endowed with livelihood according to their degree, or else return again into Normandy with a sufficient reward. He chose his place for his sepulcher in the church of St. Peter, which he had newly built. And he said he would not long remain in this world. And when he beheld the queen and saw her weep and sigh among them, he said to her often, \"My\".Daughter weeps not, for I shall not die, but I shall live and depart from the land of death. I will believe in the goodness of God in the land of life. Then he set his mind entirely on God and gave himself wholly to the faith of the Church, in the hope and promises of Christ under the sacraments of the Church. Among these prayerful words, he yielded up his spirit to God, in the year of our Lord MLXVJ, when he had ruled in this land for twenty-three years, six months, and twenty-seven days, on the fourth day of January. And as his cousins and lovers stood around this holy body when the spirit had departed, they saw a marvelous beauty and heavenly sight in his face. When they looked upon his naked body, they saw it shining with a marvelous brightness, for the clarity of his virginity. Then they wrapped the holy body in pallias and buried it with great reverence and worship. Generous alms were given for him, and all the spiritual and temporal lords were present..The eighth day after his birth, a cripple came to his tomb to be helped with his great disease, which he had received alms from the king's hand many times before. Washed by the king's hand on Cheathursday.\n\nDespite this, the miracle of his cure was prolonged by God's providence and not manifested in his lifetime. This was because God showed many miracles for him. In the same way, He would show more after his death. This cripple was called Rauf and was Norman-born. The signs of his arm were shriveled, his feet drawn up to his buttocks, so he could not go on his feet or on his knees. Instead, he sat on a hollow vessel in the manner of a basin, drawing his body after him with his hands. Upon coming to the tomb..He earnestly besought Almighty God and Saint Edward in heartfelt prayer to be cured and healed of his disease, which in his lifetime had been alleviated by his alms. After continuing in prayer for some time, other people, moved by compassion for him, also prayed for him. At last, he lifted himself up and stood on his feet, feeling himself made perfectly whole to do as he should. We have read of the virtues Saint Edward possessed in restoring the sight of blind men during his life, virtues which the Lord has not withdrawn from him after his death. Thirty days after his burial, a man came to his tomb leading six blind men, each holding onto the other. They all devoutly prayed to God and to Saint Edward that they might be granted their sight and delivered from the great misery they endured. Many people came to see what would happen in this matter. And when.They saw how earnestly these blind men prayed, then all the people were moved with pity and knelt down devoutly, praying for them to God and to this holy saint. None of them had finished their prayers when all of them received their sight back perfectly. Each of them who had been blind fixed their gaze on each other and thought it was a new world to them. They asked each other if they could see, and they replied, \"Yes.\" And all of them knelt down thanking God heartily that by the miracles of St. Edward, their sight had been restored to them perfectly. Their leader, who had only one eye, came and saw the restored eye of the blind. In the same way, all of them regained their perfect sight. After they returned home, each one gave thanks and praise to God and this holy king.\n\nAfter this, Harold, king of Norway, and Tostig, brother of King Harold of England, arrived with a great navy and a large host, and they intended to wage war to conquer..this land/ however, the people began to resist them/ but they were not strong enough to overcome them. And when Harold understood this, he raised a great multitude of people to withstand them. Then St. Edward appeared to an holy monk who was Abbot of Ramsey in a night. He commanded him to tell Harold that he should overcome his enemies, who intended to destroy and consume this realm of England. And say to him that he should not fear, for I will conduct him and his host to victory. For I cannot see or allow this realm of England to be destroyed. When you have told him this, he will believe it, and you shall tell him what he thinks. God will reveal that to him.\n\nThe next morning, Abbot Alexis of Ramsey went to King Harold and told him this vision. And how he should overcome his enemies with the aid of St. Edward. And when he first heard it, he supposed it was a fabrication..A man was a fantasy and, when he revealed to him his secret thought, he gave his word and went to battle. He was then sick in the depths of a pestilence within himself and slew Tostige his brother and Harold Harfagus. Few or none escaped alive from the battle. Therefore, the English thanked God and Saint Edward for their victory.\n\nIn the monastery of Westminster, there was a fair young man who was blind. The monks had ordered him to ring the bells. He had a daily custom to visit Saint Edward's tomb with certain prayers. One time, as he prayed there, he fell asleep. He heard a voice commanding him to go and ring to the last hour. When he awoke, he saw Saint Edward going before him like a king with a crown on his head and had a marvelous light around him. He beheld him until he came to the high altar. Then he saw him no more nor the light, but he kept his sight until his life's end..He told the monks how he was healed and regained his sight through this miracle, of the deposition of St. Wulstan. And how he was restored again, when William the Conqueror had taken all England and held it under his power. Then he began to interfere with the Church. And through Lanfranc, the holy bishop, St. Wulstan was challenged that he was not able, in truth or knowledge, to occupy the kingdom and the office of a bishop, and was called before Lanfranc, and he was urged to resign, by the consent of the king, to Lanfranc, Archbishop, so that a man of greater knowledge might occupy the dignity. To whom Wulstan replied, \"Indeed, father, I know well that I am not worthy to have this dignity, nor am I sufficient to bear such a great charge. I knew my unworthiness at that time when I was elected, but I was compelled by our holy father the pope and by good King Edward. And it pleases the council that I shall resign. I shall gladly do so.\".The man, despite his protests, gave the charge to him who had compelled him to take it. He then departed, straightway to St. Edward's tomb, carrying his cross. He spoke to St. Edward as if he were alive: \"O holy and blessed king, you know well that I took this charge against my will, but by the constraint of the pope and the church, I obeyed. Now we have a new king, new laws, and new sentences, in repentance for your error, simple and unwitting man. At that time, you might well have been deceived. But now you are joined to God, where you will not be deceived. You gave me the charge, and to you I hereby resign it. He fixed his staff into the hard stone of his tomb, saying, \"Take this, and give it to whom it pleases you.\".And the hard stone that lay upon his tomb was resolved by miracle and received his crook and held it so fast that it could not be taken out by human hand. And immediately he died, becoming a bishop, and stood among the monks in such a state as he had been before he was bishop. And when word came and was reported to those who had consented to his resignation, they marveled greatly and were all abashed. Some of them went to the tomb and wanted to pull out the staff, but they could not move it. And when Archbishop Lanfranc heard of this, he commanded Bishop Gundulf of Rochester to go and fetch the pastoral staff for him. But when he came, he held it and pulled at it, but the stone held it so fast that he could not move it. Therefore he was sore abashed and came to Lanfrank and told him of this miracle. Then the king and Lanfrank were abashed, and both came in their person to see this thing..Their prayers, and after with great reverence Lanfric attempted to lift the staff and pull it out, but it would not budge. Then the king and the archbishop were greatly afraid and repentant, and they sent for Wulstan, whom they found among the monks. They brought him before the king and archbishop, who both knelt down and asked for forgiveness. Wulstan humbly and meekly knelt down and begged them not to do so to him. He humbly and meekly pardoned them, and begged the archbishop to bless him. Then Lanfric went to this holy man, Wulstan, and said, \"Brother, your righteousness has been little seen among us, but our Lord has made your righteousness shine like a day star. But brother, we have judged the good to be evil and the evil good. But our Lord God has raised the spirit of St. Edward, which has made all our sentences void. Your simplicity is also allowed before God. Therefore come here to your king and our saint.\".Edward and Receyue yield your staff which you have denied us, for we suppose you will deliver it to them. Then Wulstan, the servant of God, obediently went with great reverence to the archbishop, and went to the tomb where the staff stood fast in the stone. Kneeling down, he said, \"O blessed saint of God, I humbly submit myself to your sentence. To whom you once gave and charged me, this unworthy one, with this staff, if it pleases you that your old sentence remain, then restore to me again this pastoral staff. And if it pleases you to change it, show to us to whom you will give it. He set his hand humbly and with great reverence on the staff, and the hard stone resolved, and the staff came out as if it had been soft earth or clay. And those who stood about him saw this great miracle and wept for joy, giving forgiveness, praising almighty God, and to this holy king, Saint Edward.\".After King William, great devotion was shown towards the tomb of his cousin, Saint Edward. He spent greatly on the maintenance of his shrine. The miracle of his incorrupt body being found many years after was widely spoken about. The people's devotion grew daily. Many worshipful persons wished to see this holy body. Some said it lay incorrupt, while others denied it. They obtained permission from Abbot Gilbert to view it. The day was set for the showing of this holy body. Many worshipful men and women of religion came, among them Bishop Godulf of Rouen. This was six and thirty years after his consecration. They opened his tomb. When the stone was removed, a marvelous sweet smell filled the church, as if an aromatic odor had flowed out of the tomb. They found the pallet..They laid his body next to him as whole and as fair as it was when he was buried. When they removed the pallet, they drew out his arms and moved his fingers and toes. They were bending and whole, as if they had been newly buried. In his flesh, there was no corruption, but it was fair and fresh in color, pure and whiter than glass, brighter than snow. It seemed a body glorified. They feared to disfigure his face, but Gundulph, who was harder than the others, uncovered his head. The first thing that appeared was the fair hour of his head. He intended to take some of it as a relic. But he could not pull it out, for they were as firm as they were when he was alive. Then Abbot Thomas said, \"Father, let him lie in peace. Do not disturb what the Lord has so long preserved and kept whole.\"\n\nThe pallet in which the holy body was wrapped was taken away, and another of the same value was used instead..\"The holy body was laid in it and covered again before his tomb with great reverence, abiding the great resurrection. Fearful vengeance was desired, certain garments were prepared for the countess of Gloucester, who was then young, lusty, newly wedded, and desired them to be made in a short time. And when the festive day of St. Edward approached, this noble woman was greatly troubled in her mind. She feared the displeasure of the great lady if her garments were not ready on time, and she also feared to work on the day of St. Edward, for it was both sinful and perilous. Then she said to a young maiden who was with her, \"What do you advise now, either to displease this lady or St. Edward?\" The maiden answered, \"Is not this St. Edward whom the people of the country worship as if he were a god? And she said more, 'What have I to do with him? I will worship him no more than if he were a commoner.'\".A woman was greatly distressed and provoked by the one who spoke such blasphemous words to this saint. She tried to console herself and be at peace, but the woman's blasphemy continued, and she was suddenly struck with a palsy. Her mouth was drawn inward, and she had lost her speech and foamed at the mouth like a bore, and she was severely afflicted in all her limbs. When this noblewoman saw this, she was deeply saddened that she had struck the woman because Almighty God had so afflicted her. She wept bitterly. When it was known in the city, her neighbors came to comfort her and some to wonder at her lying there. Then a worthy man came to visit her and advised that she be carried by water to the shrine of St. Edward to pray to God there that by the mercies of the holy St. Edward, He would show some miracle for her. When she was brought there, many prayed for her, but they did not have theirs..In this anonymous text, a woman stayed up praying until matins began, then asked the monks to pray for her. After matins, they went to the shrine and prayed for the suffering damsel lying there. The damsel arose whole and demanded why they wept. When they saw her mouth in its right place and her members restored, they were filled with joy and gave praise and thanks to Almighty God and to Saint Edward, his king and confessor.\n\nIn the abbey of Westminster, there was a virtuous monk named Gylberd, who was severely afflicted with a fever quartan from July to Christmas. Consumed like a dry image, he prayed to God to release his pain or take him out of this world. On Christmas night, he took heart and went to matins with his brethren..And when he heard the gospel of a little child born and given to us from the Father in heaven, whose mother was a pure virgin, he had such great devotion that his mind was roused with great joy, and he felt no sickness for two days after. And after those two days, the fever returned and tormented him continually until the feast of St. Edward, which is always in the vicinity of Epiphany, and that day, during the high mass time, he came to the tomb of St. Edward and fell down in great devotion, weeping and saying, \"O my lord and my king, how long will you forget me? How long shall I suffer this pain? How long will you turn your face from me? Where are all the great miracles that our fathers have told us of in their days? You have allowed many strangers in, but me, who am in your own church, you forget. May God grant that I might die. I am wearied by pain and cannot die. My life is sorrow to me, but it has no end.\".Desire death / and cannot have it, what shall I strive with the but I beseech the good king, laudable prince, & sweet patron, move your bowels of mercy on me, if it pleases you, give me health or else let me die soon, and among these words the tears broke out of his eyes, and sobbing from his heart, that he could not speak with his mouth / but with his affection. And when mass was done, he arose up from prayer whole, and felt all his members marvelously refreshed with a new strength. And entered in and asked for food and drink, & anon he felt himself that he had received again his strength. And ever after he was moved with great devotion to the glorious St. Edward by whose merits he was delivered from his sickness and disease. And in like wise, a knight named Geryn was healed that same day, a year after of the fever quartan, which came that same day to the shrine, & heard the same Monk / who had so been healed / then priest, make a sermon in..A knight related the miracle of his healing. After the sermon, he thought to pray devoutly to Saint Edward until he was whole, remaining there praying all day and night until the monks arrived for matins, whom he asked to pray for him. When they had prayed for a while, he felt himself made perfectly whole. He thanked Almighty God and Saint Edward for their deliverance. A nun from Barking, who had been sick for twelve months and was near death, had a vision one night. Through this vision, she understood that she should go to Saint Edmund and be healed. Making her prayers to Saint Edward, at the very moment her ailments came upon her, she entered her oratory and recited the seven psalms and litanies. Twice she did this, and all her pain was gone, and she was made perfectly whole. She thanked Almighty God, who had healed her through the merits of Saint Edward, and soon after went to Westminster..In pilgrimage, and there she showed this miracle, and told how she was made whole. There was a monk of Westminster, who was accustomed every day to say five psalms in the worship of God and Saint Edward. This monk was afflicted with three kinds of sicknesses. He had on his arm a congealing of blood, in the shape of a pustule. He also had in his breast a stricture, such that he could not draw his breast. Furthermore, he had in his foot a marvelous swelling and a great one, such that he could not go but with great pain. And when the annual feast was consecrated, he saw his brothers go to the church at midnight to ring the bells. He was very sorry that he could not do the same. Nevertheless, he endured the pain and went there. He said the seven psalms, and when he had finished and saw his brothers ring merrily, he said in his prayer to Saint Edward: O thou my good king, I beseech thee to pray for me, that I may have strength to do as I see my brothers do, for I commit myself to thee..And I believe truly that thou wilt not allow me to remain in this great sickness any longer, and when he had finished his prayers, he rose up and went to the belly for a ringing. And immediately the posterior of his arm broke, and when the foul matter was out, he felt himself whole of that sickness. Then his greatest pain was in his chest, and he went again to pray and to give thanks to God and to St. Edward for the deliverance of his affliction. And there he prayed devoutly that he might be delivered from the sickness of his chest. When he arose from prayer, he felt no sickness but in his foot. And when he came among his brethren in the fraternity, he told them how he had been delivered from two of his afflictions. And when they saw him, they marveled greatly and begged almighty God and St. Edward that he might be delivered from the sickness in his foot. And at night, when he went..He put himself in the merites of Saint Edward at his bed and, upon rising, felt no pain. He placed his hand on his foot to feel the swelling, which had disappeared. He leapt out of bed and joyfully told his brothers of his perfect healing. They all rejoiced and went with him to the church to give thanks and praises to Almighty God and to his holy confessor, Saint Edward, for these miracles and for his deliverance from the two sicknesses. God be praised through his servant without end.\n\nLuke is like saying he arose or enlightened himself. Luke is also called the light of the world, for he enlightened the universal world through holy preaching. And Saint Maximus says, \"The light of the world is the Son,\" and \"He who is called the Light has been named the Light.\".The sun rising in the world is a right high thing, according to Ecclesiastes Chapter 27. He delights in beholding it, as Ecclesiastes 11:7 states. The light of the sun is sweet and pleasing to the eyes to see the sun. It has swiftness in its rising, as is said in the second book of Esdras, Chapter 4. The earth is great, and heaven is high. The course of the sun is swift, and it has profit in effect. For after the philosopher man engendered the sun, Luke delighted in things celestial, delightful by sweet conversation, swiftness through fervent preaching, and utility and profit through contemplation and writing of his doctrine.\n\nLuke was of Syrian nationality, and Anthyo\u010dyen was a disciple of his through medical art. After some time, he became one of the 72 disciples of the Lord.\n\nSaint Jerome says that he was a disciple of the apostles and not of the Lord. The gloss on the 27th chapter of the book..of Exodus signifies that he did not join us when he preached, but he came to the faith after his resurrection. However, it is more important to note that he was not one of the seventy-two disciples, though some hold opposing views on this. He was of great perfection in life and well-ordered towards God. Regarding his neighbor and himself, and concerning his office, he was described as having four faces. That is, the face of a man, the face of a lion, the face of an ox, and the face of an eagle. Each of these beasts had four faces and four wings, as it is said in Ezekiel's first chapter. To better imagine such a beast, let us envision one with its head four-sided, and in each square, a face. For instance, the face of a man should be at the front, and on the right side, the face of a lion, and on the left side, the face of an ox, with the face of an eagle behind it..of the four beasts, they vied for the length of the neck; therefore, this face was above. Each of these four had four pens. For when every beast was quadrangular, as we can imagine, it had four corners, and each corner was a pen. By these four beasts, as the saints say, were signified the four evangelists. Of whom each of them had four faces in writing: that is, of humanity, of the passion of the resurrection, and of the divinity. However, these things are singularly to be taken singularly. For after St. Jerome, Matthew is signified in the man. For he spoke singularly of our Lord's humanity. Luke was figured in the ox. For he dealt with the priesthood of Christ. Mark was figured in the lion. For he wrote more clearly of the resurrection. As some say, the lion's claws were as if dead unto the third day, but by the lion's roaring they were raised at the third day. And therefore he began..In the cry of predication, John is figured as an eagle, for he wrote of the divinity of Jesus Christ. In him were written four things: he was a man born of a virgin, an ox in his passion, a lion in his resurrection, and an eagle in his ascension. By these four faces, it is well shown that love was rightfully ordered in these four ways. By the face of a man, it is shown that he was rightfully ordered as concerning his neighbor, teaching him gently and nourishing him generously, for a man is the best reason, gentle and generous. By the face of an eagle, it is shown that he was rightfully redeemed, concerning God. In him, the eye of understanding beheld God by contemplation, and the eye of his desire was to Him by thought or effect. Old age was put away by new conversion. The eagle is of sharp sight, so that he beholds well without more moving of his eye the ray of God..The sun, when it is marvelously high in the air, sees well the small fish in the sea. It has a crooked beak, which allows it to take its food. It sharpens and whets it against a stone. When it is roasted by the hot sun, it throws itself down by great force into a fountain. It sheds its old age by the heat of the sun and changes its feathers. By the face of the lion, it is shown how it was ordained in regard to itself. For it had nobility by the highest of manners and holy conversation. It had subtlety to teach the lying in wait of its enemies. It had suffering for pity on those who were tormented by affliction. The lion is a noble beast. For it is king of beasts. It is subtle. It defaces its tracks and stamps with its tail when it flees, so that it should not be found. It is suffering..For he suffered the quartain, by the face of an ox, it is shown how he was ordained concerning his office, that was to write the gospel. He proceeded morally, that is to say, gradually. He began from the nativity and childhood of Jesus Christ, and so little by little unto his last consummation. He began discretely, and if they had left anything, he should write it. He was well mannered, that is, well learned and induced in the sacraments and works of the temple, as it appears in the beginning, in the middle, and in the end. The ox is a moral beast, and has its foot cloven, by which is discretion understood, and it is a best sacrificial beast. And truly, how Luke was ordained in the four things, it is better shown in the ordinance of his life. First, as touching his ordination to God, after St. Bernard, he was ordained in three..A person should have holy affection and clean thought and rightful intention. He had holy affection because he was filled with the holy ghost, as Jerome says in his prologue on Luke. He went into Bithynia filled with the holy ghost. Secondly, he had a clean thought because he was a virgin in body and mind, noted for the cleanness of thought. Thirdly, he had rightful intention, for in all things that he did he sought the honor of God. And of these two last things it is said in the prologue about the acts of the Apostles, that he was without sin and remained a virgin. Regarding the cleanness of thought, he loved best to serve our lord, that is, to the honor of our lord. Fourthly, he was ordered regarding his neighbor. We are ordered to our neighbor when we do what we ought to do, as Richard of St. Victor says. There are three things..that we owe to our neighbor / that is, our power / our knowledge / and our will / and late the fourth was put to / that is / all that we may do / Our power in helping him / our knowledge in counseling him / our will in his desires / and our deeds in services / As concerning these four / St. Luke was ordained / For he gave first to his neighbor / his power in aid and obedience / And that appears by the fact that he was joined to Paul in his tribulations / and would not depart from him / but was helping him in his preachings / like as it is written in the Epistle of Paul in the second chapter to Timothy, saying, \"Luke is with me\" / In that he says \"only with me,\" it signifies that he was an helper / as that he gave him comfort and aid / And in that he said \"only,\" it signifies that he joined to him firmly / He said in the eighteenth chapter / to the Corinthians / he is not alone / but he is ordained of the churches to be fellow of our pilgrimage..A neighbor in councils, he gave then his knowledge to his neighbor, when he wrote to his neighbors the doctrine of the apostles and of the gospel that he knew. And he bears witness to himself in his prologue, saying, \"It is my avowal; and I assent goodwill to write to the right beginning by order, so that you may know the truth of the words, of which you are taught. It pleases Irenaeus in his prologue to say, that is, 'My words are medicine for a sick soul.' Thirdly, he gave his will to the desires of his neighbor. And this is evident from the fact that he desires, that they should have eternal health, as Paul says to the Colossians, 'Luke the physician salutes you; that is, think of yourselves as having eternal health, for he desires it for you.' Fourthly, he gave to his neighbor his deed in their services. And this is evident from the fact that he supposed that.Our lord had been a strange man, and he received him into his house, and did to him all the service of charity. For he was a fellow of Cleophas when they went to Emmaus, as some say. Gregory says in his morals that Ambrose says it was another, whom he names the third. He was well ordered as concerning himself. And after St. Bernard, there are three things that order a man well concerning himself, and make him holy: to live soberly, to do righteous labor, and to have a good wit. And after St. Bernard, each of these three is divided into three: to live soberly if we have companionship, continuously, and humbly; righteous work is, if he is righteous, discrete, and fruitful; righteous by good intention, discrete by measure, and fruitful by edification; The wit is debonair when our faith feels God to be sovereign good, so that by his power we believe that our infirmity is helped, and our ignorance is corrected..This wisdom / And that our wickedness be disguised by his generosity / And thus speaks Bernard / In all these matters, Saint Luke was wisely arranged. He first lived a sober life in three ways: for he lived chastely, as Saint Jerome testifies of him in the prologue on Luke, he had never married or had children; he lived companionably, and this is signified by him where it is said of him and Cleophas in the Gospel of Luke, \"Two disciples went that same day, and another went with them\" (Luke 24:13); humility is signified in that he speaks of his fellow disciple Cleophas but not of his own name, and after the Gospel of Luke, some Luke did not name himself for modesty. Secondly, he had righteous work and deeds, and his work was righteous by intention. This is signified in his collect where it is said, \"He carried his flesh's mortification in his body for your love's sake.\".Body's mortification for your name, he was discreet in temperance, and therefore figured in the form of an ox, which has the foot cloven, by which the virtue of discretion is expressed, he was also fruitful in edification, he was so fruitful to his neighbors that he was held most dear of all men. According to Colossians 4:14, he was called the most beloved apostle Luke the physician. Thirdly, he had a meek wisdom, for he believed and confessed God to be sovereignly mighty, sovereignly wise, and sovereignly good. Of these, it is said in the fourth chapter, \"They all were amazed at his doctrine, for the word was in his power.\" Of the third, it appears in the eighteenth chapter where he says, \"There is none good but God alone.\" Fourthly and last, he was well ordered regarding his office, which was to write the gospel, and in this it appears that he was ordained because the said gospel is..Enobled with much truth, it is full of great profit, enobled with much honesty, and authorized by great authority. It is first enobled with much truth, for there are three truths: of life, of righteousness, and of doctrine. Truth of life is the agreement of the hands to the tongue. Truth of righteousness is the agreement of the sentence to the cause. And truth of doctrine is the agreement of the thing to the understanding. The gospel is enobled by this triple truth, and this triple truth is shown in the gospel. Luke shows that Jesus Christ had this triple truth in Him, and that He taught it to others. And God had this truth, as He says in the twenty-seventh chapter, \"Master, we know well that thou art true and teachest the way of God. Thou teachest in truth.\" That is the truth of doctrine. \"But thou teachest the way of life.\" That is the truth of life. Good life is the way..Secondly, in his Gospel, Jesus Christ taught this triple truth: First, he taught the truth of life, which is in keeping the commandments of God, as it is said, \"Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.\" (Matthew 22:37-39) And when a Pharisee asked our Lord, \"What shall I do to inherit eternal life?\" He said to him, \"What is written in the law? How readest thou?\" So he answered, \"Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbor as thyself.\" And he said unto him, \"Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live.\" (Luke 10:25-28)\n\nSecondly, there is taught the truth of doctrine. He said to some who perverted this truth, \"Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and dill and cummin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faith. These you ought to have done, without neglecting the others.\" (Matthew 23:23) And in the same context, \"Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you lock up the kingdom of heaven against men. For you neither go in yourselves, neither allow those who are entering to go in.\" (Matthew 23:13)\n\nThirdly, there is taught the truth of righteousness, where it is said, \"Give to every man that asketh of thee; and of him that taketh away thy goods ask them not again. And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.\" (Luke 6:30) And He said, \"But woe unto you that are rich! For ye have received your consolation. Woe unto you that are full! For ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! For ye shall mourn and weep.\" (Luke 6:24-25).I will not bring them hither and slew them before me, and he says in the thirteenth chapter, where he speaks of the judgment, that he will say to those who are reproved, \"Depart from me, you who have done wickedness.\" Secondly, his gospel is full of much profit, of which Paul and he himself write that he was a leper or a physician. Therefore, in his gospel it is signified that he has prepared for us most profitable medicine. There is triple medicine: curing, preserving, and amending. And this triple medicine is shown by St. Luke in his gospel, that the celestial physician has made ready. The curing medicine is that which cures the malady, and that is penance, which takes away all spiritual maladies. And this needy one says he, that the celestial physician has made ready for us, when he says, \"Heal them that are contrite of heart, and preach to the cities the remission of sins.\" In the fifth chapter, he says, \"I am not come to call the righteous.\".and true men, but the sinners to atone / The medicine amending is that which heals / And that is the observation of counsel / For good counsel makes a man better and more perfect / This medicine shows us the heavenly leech when he says in the eighteenth chapter: Sell all that you have and give to the poor /\n\nThe preserving medicine is that which preserves from falling / And this is the showing of occasions to sin / and from evil company / And this medicine shows us the heavenly leech when he says in the twelfth chapter: Keep yourselves from the food of the Pharisees / & there he teaches us to shun the companies of shrews and evil men /\n\nOr it may be said that the said Gospel is enriched with much profundity / because all virtue is contained therein / And of this, Saint Ambrose says: Luke compiles in his Gospel all the virtues of wisdom in history / he taught the nativity, when he showed the incarnation of our Lord to have been made of the..holy ghost But David instructed naturally when he said, \"Send out the holy ghost, and they shall be created.\" And when he instructed darkness, in the time of Christ's passion, and the earth's trembling, and the sun had withdrawn its light and rays, he instructed morally when he taught manners in his blessedness. He instructed reasonable things when he said, \"He who is true in little things is true in great things.\" And without this triple wisdom, the mystery of the Trinity or our faith cannot be understood - that is, natural wisdom, reasonable wisdom, and moral wisdom. And this is what St. Ambrose says: Thirdly, his gospel is embodied and made beautiful with much honesty and fairness. And three things are fitting to this, which some men consider honest and beautiful in his words. That is, it should please and move, it should please, he ought to..Speak or naturally, that it appeared he ought to speak openly, that it moved him to speak fervently. This manner had Lucas in writing and preaching. Of the first, it is said in the eighth chapter to the Corinthians: \"We sent with him a brother, Barnabas or Luke, of whom the prayer is in all churches of the gospel. In this that he said the prayer is signified, that he spoke ornately. In this that he said in all churches, it is signified, that he spoke openly. And that he spoke fervently was not then our heart burning within us in the love of Jesus when he spoke with us in the way.\"\n\nFourthly, his gospel is authenticated by the authority of many saints. What marvel was it then, when it was authenticated first by the Father, as Jeremiah says in the thirty-first chapter: \"Lo, the days come, says the Lord, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and of Judah, not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt.\".I have made a covenant with their fathers, but this shall be the covenant, says our Lord. I shall give my law into their bellies. And he speaks plainly according to the doctrine of the Gospel. Secondly, it is enforced by the Son. He says in the same Gospel, the twentieth chapter, \"Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.\" Thirdly, he is inspired by the Holy Ghost. As St. Jerome says in his prologue on Luke, \"He wrote this gospel in the person of Achaeus by the admonition of the Holy Ghost.\" Fourthly, he was forefigured by the angels. He was forefigured by the same Angel, of whom the apostle says in the twenty-fourth chapter, \"I saw the Angel flying in the midst of heaven, and he had the eternal gospel to preach.\" This is said to be \"perdurable,\" for it is made \"perdurable\" by Jesus Christ. Fifthly, the Gospel was pronounced by the prophets. Ezekiel the prophet pronounced this for this Gospel when he said that one of these beasts should open it..The face of an ox is a symbol for the Gospel of Luke, as it is stated: \"And when Ezekiel said in the second chapter, that he had seen the book that was written within and without, in which was written the lamentation song. By this book is understood the Gospel of Luke, which is written within to hide the mystery of profoundness, and without to show the story. In which also are contained the lamentation of the Passion, the joy of the Resurrection, and the woe of eternal damnation, as it appears in the 11th chapter. The Gospel was shown to the virgin, for the blessed virgin Mary kept and held diligently all these things in her heart, as it is said in Luke 2:19. To the end that she should afterward show them to the writers, as the gloss says, she knew and retained all things that were done and spoken of our Lord Jesus Christ in her mind. Therefore, when she was required by the writers or preachers, she was able to recount them accurately..The conceiving of Elizabeth was shown to Mary, as the coming of our savior and his messenger approached him. The reason for her recounting of these events was to better convey the truth of the Gospel to writers and preachers. From the beginning, she was instructed in the celestial mysteries. The angels inquired of her many things, and she certified them truthfully. In particular, the blessed Luke sought her out, as one would the Ark of the Testament, and was certified by her of such things as pertained to her, including the salutation of the angel Gabriel, the nativity of Jesus Christ, and other related matters..suche o\u2223ther thynges / as Luke speketh only / \u00b6 Seuenthly the Gospel was she\u2223wed of the Appostles / For Luke had not ben with Cryste in alle his actes and myracles / therfore he wrote his gospel / after that thappostles that had ben present shewed and reported to hym lyke as he sheweth in his prolo\u2223gue sayenge / lyke as they that hadde sene hym fro the begynnynge / and had ben mynystres with hym / and herd his wordes enformed and told to me / And by cause hit is accustomme in double maner to bere wytnesse / It is of thynges sene / and of thynges herde / Therfor sayth saynt Austyn / oure lord wold haue two witnesses of thynges sene / they were Iohan and Mathewe / And two of thynges herd / and they were marke and Luke / And by cause that the wytnesse of thynges se\u2223ne ben more ferme and more certayne than of thynges herde / Therfor saith saynt Augustyn / \u00b6 The two gospels that ben of thynges sene / ben sette fyrst and last / And the other that ben of herynge ben sette in the myddle / lyke as they were the.This gospel is strongly approved by Saint Paul, as he brings the Gospel of Luke to the confirmation of his sayings. According to Saint Jerome in the book of Noble Men, some men have suspicions that whenever Paul refers to \"after my gospel\" in his Epistles, signified as the volume of Luke, he approved his gospel when he wrote about him, \"Second to the Corinthians, octavo,\" of whom the laude and praise is in the gospel in all the church. It is read in the story of Antioch that the Christian men, besieged by a great multitude of Turks, suffered many misfortunes and were tormented with hunger and ill luck. But when they were plainly converted to our Lord through penance, a man full of purity in white vestments appeared to a man working in the church of Our Lady of Tyre. When he asked him who he was, he said,.that he was Luke, who came from Antioch, where our lord had gathered the knights of Heuen and his apostles to fight for his pilgrims against the Turks. Then the Christian men encouraged themselves and defeated all the host of the Turks.\n\nThis ends the life of Saint Luke the Evangelist.\n\nCrisant is said to have been born and multiplied by God. For when his natural father intended to sacrifice him to idols, God gave him strength and power to resist and dedicate himself to God instead. Daria is said to have been named after her father and her mother, each of whom she gave herself to. First, she willed to do evil, trying to draw Crisant to sacrifice to idols. But after Crisant had converted her to God, she willed good.\n\nCrisant was the son of a right nobleman named Polymer. When the father saw that his son was taught in the faith of Jesus Christ and could not be drawn away from it, he could not prevent him..sacrifice to the dolls, he commanded that he should be held in a strong hold and given five maidens to draw him with blinding and fair words. Then he prayed to God that he should not be overcome by any fleshly desire of these evil beasts. And soon the maidens were overcome with sleep, unable to take food or drink while they were there. But as soon as they were out, they both took food and drink. And one Daria, a noble and wise virgin of the goddess Vesta, dressed herself nobly, as if she were a goddess. She prayed that she might be allowed to enter the church, and that she would restore him to the dolls and to his father. And when she entered, Crispin reproved her for the pride of her attire. She answered that she had not done it for pride but to draw him to sacrifice to the dolls and restore him to his father. And then Crispin reproved her because she worshiped them as gods. They were not gods:\n\n(Note: The text appears to be in Middle English. The translation provided above is a faithful rendering of the original text, with corrections made to ensure readability.).Had they been in their times evil and sinners, and haunted common women. Daria answered, \"The philosophers felt elements by the names of men, and Crysant said to her, 'If one worships it as a goddess, and another toils the earth as a chariot driver or plowman, to whom does the earth give the most? It is believed that it gives more to the plowman than to him who worships it.' He said similarly of the sea and other elements. And then Crysant and Daria converted him, joining them together by the grace of the Holy Ghost, and feigned a carnal marriage, converting many others to our Lord and his wife and children. Claudius, who had been a tormentor of them, they converted to the faith of our Lord with his wife and children, and many other knights. After this, Crysant was enclosed in a stinking prison by the command of Numerian, but the stench was immediately turned into a right sweet odor and savior. Daria was brought to the brothel, but a lion was in the bedchamber.\".Amphytras kept guard at the brothel's door, and then a man was sent there to defile and corrupt the virgin. But the man was taken by the lion. The lion looked at the virgin, as if asking what he should do with the captive. The virgin commanded him not to harm him but to leave. Immediately, he was converted, and he ran through the city, proclaiming that Daria was a goddess. Hunters were then sent there to capture the lion. They immediately fell at the feet of the virgin and were converted by her. The provost commanded a great fire to be made within the brothel, intending to burn the lion with Daria. The lion, considering this carefully, asked the virgin for permission and left without harming anyone. The provost subjected Crisant and Daria to various tortures, but they remained unharmed. Eventually, they were married..In Britain, a Christian king named Notus or Maurus had a daughter named Ursula. This daughter was renowned for her virtuous honesty, wisdom, and beauty. Her fame spread throughout Britain. The mighty king of England, who had subdued many nations to his empire, heard of her and desired to marry her to his son. The young man also had great desire and will to have her. An embassy was sent to Ursula's father with promises and many fair words to obtain her hand. The king of Britain grew anxious, as he was reluctant to let go of his beloved daughter..Blessed in the faith of Jesus Christ, a man should be wedded to him who adored idols, for she would not consent in any manner, and he doubted much the courage of the king. And she, who was divinely inspired, did so much to her father that she consented to the marriage under the condition that he should send to her father five virgins, and to her and to them ten other virgins, one thousand each, and he should give her a space of three years to dedicate her virginity. And the young man should be baptized, and in these three years he should be sufficiently informed in the faith, so that by wise counsel and by virtue of the condition made, he should withdraw from her his desire. But this young man received this condition gladly, and hastened his father, and was baptized. And he commanded all that Ursula had required should be done. The father of the virgin ordered that his daughter, whom he most loved,.Louyd and those who required comfort and service ordered good men to serve them. Then virgins came from all directions, and men came to see this great company. Many bishops came to join them on their pilgrimage. Emongo, who was Bishop of Basyan, received martyrdom. Saint Gerasine, queen of Sycyle, who had made her cruel tyrant husband a meek lamb, came with her four daughters Babilla, Juliana, Victorea, and Aurea, and her little son Adrian, who went on the pilgrimage out of love for his sisters. They left all in the care of their own son and came to Britain. They sailed over the sea to England. By the counsel of this queen, the virgins were gathered from various realms..ledar of them and she suffered martyrdom with them. Then the condition was made, and all things were ready. The queen showed her council to the knights of her company and made them all swear this new chivalry. They then began to make diverse plays and games of battle, renning here and there and feigning many manner of plays. They left not their purposes, and sometimes they returned from this play at midday and sometimes united at evening song time. The barons and great lords assembled them to see the fair games and disports, and all had joy and merriment in beholding them and also marveled. And at the last, when Ursula had converted all these virgins to the faith of Christ, they all went to the sea. In the space of a day, they sailed over the sea, having such good wind that they arrived at a gate of Galilee named Tyle. From thence, they came to Coboyn, where an angel of the Lord appeared to Ursula..and told her that they should return the whole number to that place / and there receive the crown of martyrdom / & from thence, by the monetary assistance of the angel, they went towards Rome. And when they came to Basyle, they left there their ships / and went to Rome on foot. At the coming of whom, Pope Ciriacus was much glad / because he was born in Britain / and had many kinsmen among them. And he, with his clerks, received them with all honor. And that same night, it was shown to the pope that he should receive with them the Crown of martyrdom / which thing he hid in himself and baptized many of them who were not yet baptized. And when he saw a convenient time / having governed the church for one year and eleven weeks / and being the nineteenth in order to be presented to all the people / and showed to them his intentions / and resigned his office and his dignity. But all men opposed it / and especially the cardinals / who supposed that he was transgressing leaving the glory of the papacy..After this folly, the man would not stay but ordered a holy man to take his place instead, named Ametus. Because he left the siege against the will of the clergy, the clerks removed his name from the Catalogue of popes and all the grace he had gained in his time. This company of holy women persuaded him to leave. Then two felon princes of the Roman chivalry, Maximian and African, saw this great company of virgins and that many men and women had assembled to them. They doubted that Christian religion would be much increased by them, so they asked them diligently about their journey. They then sent messengers to Julian, their consul prince of the House of the Hounds, asking him to bring his host against them and assemble at Colyne, and there hear them, because they were Christian. The blessed Cyril issued out of the city of Rome with this blessed company of virgins. Vincent, the priest, also accompanied them..Cardinal and Jacque, who had come from Britain into Antioch and held the dignity of the bishopric there for seven years, visited the pope and then left his city. They were with these virgins when he heard of their approaching martyrdom and suffered martyrdom with them. Marcius Bishop of Leuctana the city, uncle of Babylle and Julian, and Folarius Bishop of Lucence with Supplice Bishop of Ravenna, who were then in Rome, put them in the company of these virgins. Ethereus, husband of Ursula dwelling in Britain, was warned by a vision of an angel that he should urge his mother to be Christian. His father had died in the first year that he was baptized. Ethereus was succeeded by his son in his reign. Then, when these holy virgins returned from Rome with the bishops, Ethereus was warned by the Lord that he should immediately arise and go to meet his wife at Colchester and there receive the crown of martyrdom, which he did receive immediately..obeyed divine admonishments and baptized his mother and his little sister Florence, as well as himself. With the bishop Clement, he met the holy virgins and accompanied them to martyrdom. Marculus, bishop of Greece, and his niece Constantia, daughter of Dorothea, queen of Constantinople, were also present. Constantia had been betrothed to the son of a king, but he had died before the wedding. She vowed her virginity to the Lord. They were warned in a vision and came to Rome, joining the virgins and the bishops for martyrdom. Upon arriving, they found that Coleyne was besieged by the Huns. When the Huns saw them, they began to charge with a great cry and acted like wolves on sheep, slaughtering this great multitude. When they had all been beheaded, they came to the blessed Ursula and the prince among them, seeing her beauty so marvelous, was abashed and began to comfort her upon the death of the virgins..Virgins, and promised to her to take her as his wife. When she had refused him and despised him at all, he shot an arrow at her and pierced her through the body, thus accomplishing her martyrdom. One of the virgins, named Cordula, was greatly afraid and hid herself that night in a ship. But on the following morning, she endured death willingly and took the crown of martyrdom. Since her feast was not celebrated with the other virgins, she appeared late and commanded him that her feast should be remembered the next day following the feast of the virgins. They suffered death in the year of our Lord CCXXXVIII. However, some hold the opinion that they did not die in that year. The reason of the time shows that Cecyle and Constantinople were then no realms, but it is supposed that they suffered death long after the time when Constantine was Emperor. The Huns and Goths forced them against Christian men during that time..of Emperor Marcen, who reigned in the year of our Lord 410: It is worth remembering that among these 10,000 virgins were many men. The pope Cyril and other bishops, Ethereus king and other lords and knights had a great number of people to serve them. I have been informed in Colina that there were men besides women who suffered martyrdom fifty thousand times. The number of this holy multitude, consisting of virgins and men, was 25,000. May our Lord have mercy on us.\n\nAn abbot petitioned the abbess of the place where these holy virgins rest in Colina for a relic of one of these virgins. He proposed to set it in his church in a silver shrine. But after keeping it on the altar in a wooden chest for a year, and in a night as the abbot sang matins, the said virgin descended bodily from the altar and bowed honorably before it. She walked through the choir, seeing:.All the monks who were there, deeply distressed, and then Thabbot ran and found it empty and nothing within, and then Thabbot went to Coleyne and told the abbot all this in order. They went to the place where they had taken the body and found it there again. And then Thabbot asked for pardon and prayed to the abbot that he might have the same body or another, promising to make a precious shrine right certainly and quickly. But none could be granted in any way. There was a religious Monk who had great devotion to these holy virgins. It happened on a day that he was sick, and a very fair and noble virgin appeared to him, and asked him if he knew her. He was amazed by this vision and said he did not know her. And she said, \"I am one of the virgins to whom you have such great devotion, and you shall have a reward from us if you say eleven thousand Our Fathers for the love and honor of us. We shall come to you.\".thyne aid and comfort at the hour of thy death, and then she vanished away. He accomplished her request as soon as he could. And immediately after he died, he called for his Abbot and had him anointed or enclosed. And as they were anointing him, he suddenly cried out, \"Make way for the holy virgin, and depart from me,\" and when the Abbot asked him what it was and what he meant, he told him by order the promise of the virgin. Then they withdrew a little after. And soon he returned and found himself departed from this world to our Lord. Then let us devoutly give thanks and pray to the blessed Trinity, and pray Him that by the merits of this great multitude of martyrs, He will forgive and pardon us of our sins, so that after this life we may come to this holy company in heaven. Amen.\n\nThus ends the passion of St. Ursula and her 11,000 virgins and 15,000 men, all martyrs.\n\nIn the time when the furious Huns, under the leadership of King Cetheus, invaded Gaul with an immense army..Persecution of Cristian men was under Diocletian and Maximian, during the reign of Crystian and Crispian, born at Rome of noble lineage. They came with the blessed saints Quintinus, Fustian, and Victor to Paris in France. And they chose various places to preach the faith of Christ. Cristian and Crispian came to the city of Soissons and chose that city for the place of their pilgrimage. They followed the steps of Saint Paul, the apostle, laboring with their hands to provide for themselves, and exercised the craft of shoemaking. In this craft they surpassed others and took no reward from anyone. Wherefore the nobles and peasants, overcome by their love, came not only for the need of the craft but also for the love of God, and left the error of idols, and believed in God. At the last, these holy men, being sought by Rictherius, were found amending and clothed poor men's shoes..taken and bound with chains and brought to him. After many interrogations and questions, they refused to sacrifice to their idols and were stretched and bound to a tree. We commanded them to be beaten with statues. And after all that, shoes that had been sewn with thorns were placed under the angles or nails of their fingers. And layers or lacettes of their skin were cut out of their backs. Praying among these sharp and strong pains, all of them sprang from their fingers and nails and struck the ministers who punished them, wounding them cruelly. Then Rictoryanic commanded that milestones be hung around their necks, and in winter time under the ice in the River of Anxion to be drowned, but the water could not drown them, nor could the stones make them sink, nor could the cold constrict or harm them. But as they had been boiled and washed in summer time, they threw away the burdens of stones and came to another bridge of the river, which the Rictoryanics then....beholding and seeing this miracle, the devil was arranged and commanded me to melt lead in the fire and cast the holy martyrs into it to be drowned and consumed. But these holy men, praying and saying, \"Blessed art thou, Lord God, of our fathers, and of Abraham,\" a drop of the fiery oil sprang into Rictyonarye's eye, blinding it cruelly and causing him great pain. Yet, despite this, Rictyonarye, filled with anger, commanded the pitch, oil, and the holy men to be thrown into the fire to be drowned and consumed. But the saints, inexpressible in their hope, quickly finished their prayers and said, \"O Lord, thou art strong and mighty enough to deliver us from these torments, shown and done to the confusion of the devil and his servants.\" And as soon as their prayer was finished, an angel took them out without harm or scandal and filled himself with the fire, and there perished the righteous..I. Judgment of God, who had condemned many martyrs of Christ to death by fire and descended into everlasting fire, appeared to these holy men the following night. They prayed to the Lord that He would deliver them from torments and command them to come to Him. It was revealed to them that same night that the next day they would receive the reward for their suffering. And so it was done. Maximian, hearing of Rictyonary's death, commanded that their heads be smitten off. These holy men suffered and received the Crown of martyrdom on the tenth of November. Their bodies were left to be devoured by beasts and birds, but God allowed them to remain undefiled and not touched by any beast. After this, the angel of the Lord appeared to a certain old man, commanding him to take up their bodies and bury them in his house. This old man took a companion, an old woman, with him to the place where they had been beheaded..They were near the River, easily reachable by water for the cell, but they had no ship or boat ready, nor could they row, nor did they have the strength to row against the river's current. Upon reaching the place, they found the bodies of the saints and a boat ready in the river arranged by our Lord. Each of them, filled with hope and trust in our Lord, took up a body of the martyrs and went freely, without burden, as if they were born from them. Entering with the holy bodies into the small boat without oars or governors, which could be seen against the strong current of the flood, they were brought to the riverbank of his cell and buried in his oratory. The persecution of them ceased, and their honor was shown to the people through miracles, leading to the construction of a great church in their honor..The text appears to be written in an old English script with some errors. I will attempt to clean and translate it to modern English as faithfully as possible.\n\nsaints of three Christian people / then pray for us / etc.\n\u00b6This ends the martyrdom of the holy saints Crispin and Crispinian.\nSimon is called / obedient or being in heaven / And he had a double name / He was called Simon Zelotes / And Simon Canaanan / of Cana, a street that is in Galilee, there where our Lord converted water into wine / And Zelotes means zealous / This holy man had obedience to the commandments through execution / heiness by pity of torment / And he had love of souls by firm ardor of love / Jude is called / confessing or glorious / or Jude is called / giving joy / For he had confession of faith / glory of reign / and glory of the everlasting joy / This Jude was called by many names / He was called Jude, James / For he was the brother of James the Less / And he was called Thaddaeus / which means taking a prince / or Thaddaeus is said of Thara..vestment of God, for he was God's royal vestment adorned with virtues, by which he took Christ, the prince. He is also called Lebeus in the Ecclesiastes, that is, heart or worshipper of the heart, or Lebeus of Lebes, a vessel of the heart through great courage, or a worshipper of the heart through purity, a vessel filled with grace. For he deserved to be a vessel of virtues and a cauldron.\n\nAbdyas, Bishop of Babylon, by the Apostles' order, wrote their passion and legend in Greek. And the disciple of Abdyas translated it from Greek into Latin, and was named Affrycan.\n\nSimon Cananus and Jude Thaddaeus were brethren of James the Less and sons of Mary Cleophas, who was married to Alpheus. Jude was sent by Thomas to King Abagar of Edessa after the ascension of our Lord. It is written in the Scholastic History that the said Abagar sent a letter to our Lord Jesus Christ in this manner: Abagar, son of Euchanias, to Jesus..Blessed savior, who appears in the places of Jerusalem, sends greetings. I have heard of your healings and recoveries, which you make without medicines, and of how you make the blind see with your word alone, make the lame walk, make the maimed whole, and make dead bodies live again. I believe, in my courage, that you are one of the two \u2013 that you are God, who has come down from heaven to do these things, or that you are the Son of God, who does such things. Therefore, I pray that you will trouble yourself to come to me and heal me of my malady, of which I have long been vexed. I have heard it said that the Jews murmur against you and lie in wait against you. Come therefore to me. For I have a little city, but it is honest, and it will suffice for both of us. Our Lord Jesus answered within me when you had not seen me: \"It is written of me.\".And they who see me shall not believe me, and those who see me not shall remain in me. Whoever sees me sent before him is to comply with that duty, and after receiving him, I will send one of my disciples to heal and quicken him. This is written in Ecclesiastical History. When Abagar saw that he could not see God in person after it is recorded in an Ancient History, as John of Damascus bears witness in his fourth book, he sent for a painter to figure the image of our Lord, so that at least he might see Him by His image, whom he could not see in His face. However, when the painter came, he could not behold the great splendor and light that shone in the face of our Lord Jesus Christ. And when our Lord saw this, He took a linen cloth from the painter and set it before him..It appeared on his face and had the very likeness of his face imprinted upon it, and sent it to King Abagar, who greatly desired it. In the same history is recorded how this image was made. It was well-featured, well-browed, and long-faced or sad-eyed, a sign of maturity or deep sadness. The Epistle of our Lord Jesus Christ is of such power that in the city of Edessa no heretic or pagan may live therein, nor may a tyrant harm it. For if any people come against that city by force of arms, a child will stand on the gate and will read that Epistle, and that same day either the enemies will flee in fear or they will make peace with the townsfolk. And as is said, this has been done.\n\nHowever, this city has since been taken by the Saracens and desecrated in such a way that due to the multiplication of sins, this benefit is lost. It is also read in the ecclesiastical history that when our Lord was ascended into heaven, Thomas....The apostle Thaddaeus, who was Jude, was sent by the king Abagar, according to our Lord's promise. When he came to him and had told him that he was the messenger of our Lord Jesus Christ, who had promised to send him someone, Abagar saw in Thaddaeus' face a marvelous and godly brightness. When he had seen it, he was utterly abashed and afraid, and worshipped our Lord, saying, \"Verily thou art the disciple of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, who sent word to me that He would send to me someone who would heal me and give me life.\" Thaddaeus said to him, \"If you believe in the Son of God, you shall have all the desires of your heart.\" Abagar replied, \"I believe in Him very much. And those who crucified Him, I would gladly kill, if it were possible for me and I had the power. But tautology prevents it.\" According to some places and books, Abagar was leprous. And Thaddaeus took the epistle of our Savior..And they found two enchanters in Persia, Zaroes and Arphaxat, whom Saint Matthew had driven out of Ethiopia. They also found there Wradach, a duke of the kings of Babylon, who was to lead an army against the Indians and could get no answer from his gods. They went to a temple near the city and received an answer that the apostles who had come had prevented them from answering. The duke then inquired about them and found them. He demanded to know why they had come and what they were, to which they replied, \"If you ask about our lineage, we are Hebrews; if about our condition, we are servants of Jesus Christ; and if about why we have come, we have come for your health.\" The duke answered, \"When I return joyfully from the campaign, I will come to you.\".I shall here tell you, according to the apostles, that it is more convenient for you to know him now by whom you may overcome and appease those who are rebellious to thee. The duke answered, \"I see you are mightier than our gods.\" I pray you tell us before the battle, and the apostles said, \"Because you know your gods to be liars, we command them to give answer to what you demand, for when they have, we shall prove it they have lied.\" Then the idols said, the battle should be great, and that much people should be overcome on both sides. The apostles said to the duke, \"Be not afraid, and you lack nothing.\" For peace shall be made among you and tomorrow at the hour of terce, the messengers of the Medes shall come and shall submit them to your power with peace. The bishops of their lands made a great laughter and said to the duke, \"These men here would\".assure thee here/then that thou shouldst by leave folly and be taken by thine adversaries. And the apostles said, \"We say not abide a mouthful, but one day only.\" And thou shalt be vanquished here in peace. Then the duke made it known that one and the other who spoke the truth should be honored, and the liars punished. Then, on the morrow, as the apostles had said, it happened. And the duke wished to burn the bishops of Thydoles but the apostles prevented him, letting him know that they were not come to kill but to quiet the dead. And the duke much mocked them that they should not be slain nor receive any of their goods. And he brought them to the king and said, \"These are gods hid in the form of men.\" And when he had told all this to him in the presence of his enchanters, the enchanters, moved by envy, said that they were malicious and wicked men, and plotted some mischief against them..Then the duke said to them, \"Now if you dare, assay and dispute with them. Our champions said, \"If you will, you shall see that they shall not move speak. We are beginning present, make men to come hither who are eloquent and can well speak. And if they dare speak before us, despise us and say, 'We are fools.' Then were brought before them many advocates. And anon they were made to act as jesters to the king. To the end that you know we are gods, we shall suffer them to speak, but they shall not move go. And then we shall give to them their going and shall take away their sight. And yet shall their eyes be open. And when they had done all these things, the duke brought the advocates all confused before the apostles. And when the advocates saw the apostles so ill clothed, they had great contempt in their courage. To whom Simon said, 'Oftentimes it happens among the coffers of gold wrought with precious stones that...'.stones are enclosed in boxes and within them are laid golden rings and precious stones / Promise you that you will forsake idols and will worship one invisible God, Invisible / And we shall make the sign of the Cross in your foreheads / And then you will be able to confound these enchanters / And when these advocates had renounced their idols and were marked in the foreheads with the sign of the Cross, they entered again before the king / to face the enchanters / Then they could not be overcome by the enchanters / but confounded them openly before the king and all the people / Then the enchanters were angry and summoned a great multitude of serpents / Then the apostles came, by the king's command, and filled their mantles and threw them against the enchanters, saying / Move not in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ / but be you to tear and bite / so that you cry and roar / in showing / what sorrow and pain you suffer / And then when the serpents touched them, they immediately turned back and fled..serpent bit and ate the flesh of the chantellers, they cried and howled like wolves. And the king and the others prayed to the apostles that they would allow them to die with the serpents. And the apostles answered that they were sent to bring men from death to life, not from life to death. Then they made their prayers and commanded the serpents to take from them again the venom that they had shed, and return again to the places from which they came. And the chantellers felt greater pain when they drew out their venom again than they did the first time when they were bitten. And the apostles said to them, \"You shall feel this pain for three days, and at the third day you shall be whole, so that you depart from your malice.\" And when they had been tormented for three days without food or drink and without speaking, and said, \"God day,\" and therefore arise you all whole and go your way, you have power to do what you will. And they, remaining in their malice, arose and fled..After the daughter of a duke conceived a son through fornication, and at her delivery of it, she defamed a holy dean and said that he had deflowered her and that she had conceived by him. And when the friends of her would have slain the dean, the apostles came and demanded, when the child had been born. And they said, \"Yesterday, the first hour of the day.\" The apostles then said, \"Bring here the child and also the dean whom you accuse.\" And when that was done, the apostles said to the child, \"Speak to us in the name of our Lord, if this dean has done this deed.\" The child answered, \"This dean is chaste and a holy man; he never deflowered his flesh.\" Then the parents and friends requested that the apostle should demand, \"Who has committed this felony?\" They answered, \"It is our duty to excuse the innocent and not to betray or harm those who are culpable.\".happened that two cruel tigers, who were enclosed in a pit, broke out and devoured all they met and encountered. Then the apostles came to them and made them as meek and debonair in the name of our lord as they had been sheep or lambs. And then the apostles would have departed thence, but they were held by prayers, so that they abided there for a year and three months. In this space of time, the king and more than 60,000 men were baptized without children. And the aforementioned enchanters went to a city called Sumar where there were 72 bishops of idols. They demanded that either they should sacrifice to their idols or they should leave the province. They came to the sad city, and anon all the bishops and the people took them and brought them to the Temple of the Sun. And the devils began to cry in the symples (similes?), what will these apostles of the living God do to us? Lo, how we have been burned..The angels of the Lord appeared to the apostles upon their entry into this city. The angel spoke to them, saying, \"Choose between two things: either that this people be suddenly slain or enslaved, or that you be martyred. To whom they replied, \"We will allow you to convert them here and lead us to the pain of martyrdom.\" The apostles then commanded silence, and the angel said, \"Since you will know that these idols are full of demons, we command them to come out and each of them to destroy their false image.\" Two Ethiopians, black and naked, emerged from the idols. The people, seeing this, were ashamed, and all broke their idols and went their way, crying cruelly. When the bishops saw this, they attacked the apostles and beheaded them. In the same hour, fair weather turned to great thunder and lightning, and the temple was split in three. The two enchanters were torn apart..The king carried the bodies of the apostles into his city and made a church of remarkable greatness in their honor. It is recorded in various works of St. Simon that he was nailed to the Cross, as Syrian tradition in the book of their deaths states, and Eusebius in Ecclesiastical History, as well as Bede on the Acts of the Apostles, testify. Master John Beloth also bears witness to this in his work. It is said that after he had preached in Egypt, he returned and was made bishop of Jerusalem after the death of James the Less, and was chosen by the Court of the Apostles. He is said to have raised thirty dead men to life during his governance of the church in Jerusalem until the time of Tiberius Caesar, during which Atticus was consul in Jerusalem, from whom he was taken and tortured, and at last was tortured and fixed to the Cross. The judge and all those with him..\"were there doubts that the man who was sixty years old could endure the torment of the Cross? Some say it was not this Simon who suffered the martyrdom of the Cross, but another, the son of Cleophe, brother of Joseph. Eusebius bishop of Caesarean testifies to this in his Chronicle. For Jerome and Eusebius corrected their Chronicles, which previously stated, as Bede records, that when he feasted this, he revoked it in his retractions. And the same testifies strangely in his Martyrology. Then let us devoutly pray these Apostles to be our special advocates to our blessed Lord Jesus Christ, their master, to have pity and mercy on us. AMEN. Thus end the lives of Saints Simon and Jude, Apostles. Quintus is said to be of the five Quins and of the tens, that is, holding ten things. He held first in himself honesty of life, Catholic faith, purity and cleanness of conscience, true preaching.\".And crown of martyrdom /\nQuintyn was of noble lineage from the City of Rome / and came into the City of Amiens / showing many miracles / And was taken there by the commandment of Maximien / and was beaten until those who beat him were weary / And after was put in prison / but he was unbound by an angel / And he went into the city / and there preached to the people / Then he was taken again / and was stretched on the rack, an instrument of torture, until the breaking of his limbs / and was beaten with raw scourges right long / And afterward was boiled in burning oil and pitch / And yet for all that he mocked the judge / Then the judge died and put into his mouth quick life / vinegar / and mustard / And yet he remained constant and unmoved / And then he was brought to Vermandois / And fixed in him two nails from his head to his knees / And ten nails between his nails / and the flesh of his nailbeds and the flesh on his hands..And at last, the provost ordered him to be thrown into the water. The body remained there for three years. Then it was discovered by a noblewoman of Rome. She was continually in prayer when she was nightly warned by an angel to go quickly to the castle of Vermandos. She was commanded to fetch the body of St. Quintin and bury it honorably. When she arrived at the place with a great company, and made her prayers, the body of St. Quintin appeared above the water, sweetly smelling and without corruption. She took it and buried it worshipfully. For the honorable burial she had made, she who was previously blind received her sight again as a reward. There, she built a fair church, and returned home again. In this church is now a fair monastery of monks and a good town called St. Quintin in Vermandos, where daily..\"be shown many great miracles, particularly for the blind and swelling of great bellies due to excessive water. For this ailment, he is especially sought, and many men have been cured and made whole by the merits of this blessed saint and martyr, St. Quintin. To whom we pray that we may be delivered from all infirmities, as it pleases God, and necessary for us. Amen.\n\nThis ends the life of St. Quintin.\n\nEustace, named Placidas before his baptism, which means pleasing to God, was a good and fortunate man. He was pleasing to God in his conduct, and after he had served him,\n\nEustace, formerly named Placidas, was master of the household of Emperor Trajan, and was very active in works of mercy. However, he was a worshipper of idols. He had a wife of the same faith and of the same deeds.\".of mercy, he had two sons which he nourished according to his estate. Being inclined to works of mercy, he was worthy of enlightenment to the way of truth. One day, as he was hunting, he found a herd of hearts among whom he saw one more beautiful and greater than the other. This one departed from the company and dashed into the thickest of the forest. The other knights pursued the other heart, but Placidas held him back with all his might and forced him to take it. When the heart saw that he followed it with all his power, it went up onto a high rock. Approaching closely, Placidas thought in his mind how he might take it. But as he held and considered the heart diligently, he saw between its horns the form of the holy Cross shining more clearly than the sun, and the image of Christ. The heart spoke to him, saying, \"Placidas, why\".I follow you here. I am appearing to you in this vision for the grace of the one you honor ignorantly. Your alms have ascended before me. Therefore, I come here. So that by this heart that you hunt, I may hunt yours. And some others say that this image of Jesus Christ, which appeared between the horns of the heart, spoke these words. Placidas heard this and was greatly afraid. He dismounted from his horse to the ground. And an hour later, he came to himself and arose from the ground. And he said, \"Repeat again what you have said, and I will believe it.\" And our Lord said, \"I am Jesus Christ, who formed Heaven and Earth, which made the dense darkness light and divided it from darkness, and established time, days, and hours, which formed man from the slime of the Earth, which appeared in the Earth in the flesh, for the help of the human race, which was crucified, died, and was buried. And rose.\".third day / And when Placidas heard this, / he fell down again to the earth / and said, \"I believe, Lord, that you are he / who made all things / and convert those who err.\" / And our Lord said to him, \"if you believe, go to the bishop of the city / and be baptized.\" / Placidas said to him, \"Lord, will you / allow me to hide this from my wife and my sons?\" / And our Lord said to him, \"Tell them / and make sure that you come back here tomorrow / so that I may appear to them / and to those who will come after them.\" / And when he had come home to this house / and told this thing to his wife in their bed / she exclaimed, \"My lord, and she said, 'I saw him this night who has passed, / and he told me that you and your sons will come to me tomorrow.' / And now I know that it was Christ.\" / Then they went to the bishop of Rome at midnight, who baptized them with great joy / and named them..Placidus Eustace and his wife Theopysse. One morning, Eustace went hunting, as he had done before. He approached the place and dismissed his knights to find venison. Suddenly, he saw the form of the first vision and fell to the ground before it, saying, \"Lord, I pray thee to show me that which thou hast promised to thy servant. Our lord replied, \"Eustace, thou art blessed, who hast received the washing of grace. For now thou hast overcome the devil, who had deceived thee, and trodden him underfoot. Now thy faith shall appear. The devil, because thou hast forsaken him, is armed cruelly against thee. It is necessary for thee to suffer many things and pains to obtain the Crown of victory. Thou must endure much, because thou must humble thyself from the lofty vanity of the world, and afterward be enriched in spiritual riches. Therefore, do not fail, nor look back to thy first glory. For the Lord said: \"Eustace, thou art blessed, who hast taken the washing of grace. For now thou hast overcome the devil, who had deceived thee, and trodden him underfoot. Now thy faith shall appear. The devil, because thou hast forsaken him, is armed cruelly against thee. It is necessary for thee to suffer many things and pains to obtain the Crown of victory. Thou must endure much, because thou must humble thyself from the lofty vanity of the world, and afterward be enriched in spiritual riches. Therefore, do not fail, nor look back to thy first glory.\".behests that you become another Job, and when you have been so humbled, I shall come to you and restore you to the first joy. Say to me now whether you will now suffer and endure temptations or in the end of your life. Eustace said to him, lord, if it be your will, command that temptation come now, but I beseech you to grant me the virtue of patience. To whom our lord replied, be steadfast, for my grace shall keep your souls. Then our lord ascended into heaven, and Eustace returned home and showed all this to his wife. A few days later, the pestilence assailed his servants and knights and killed them all. And in a little while after, all his horses and beasts died suddenly. And some who had been his lawmakers entered his house by night and robbed him, taking away gold and silver and despoiling him of all other things. He, his wife, and children thanked God and fled away..by night all naked, / And because they doubted shame, / they fled to Egypt, / And all his great possessions came to ruin / due to wicked people. / Then the king and all the senators were greatly sorrowful / because they could hear no news of the master of the Chivalry, / who was so noble. / As they went, they approached the sea / and found a ship / and entered it to cross. / The master of the ship saw Eustace's wife was very beautiful / and desired much to have her. / And when they had crossed over, / he demanded his reward for their passage. / They had no payment, / so the master of the ship commanded / that the wife should be held and detained as payment. / He wanted her with him. / When Eustace heard this, / he left his wife sorrowfully / and took his two children..went weeping and said, \"Alas, woe am I for you, for your mother is delivered to a strange husband. And thus sorrowing, he and his children came to a river. And for the great hindrance of the water, he dared not cross that river with both sons at once, who were then young. But at last he left one of them on the bank of the river and bore the other on his shoulders. And when he had passed the river, he set down on the ground the child he had carried, and hurried to fetch the other, who he had left on that other side of the river. And when he was in the midst of the water, there came a wolf and took the child he had carried over and fled with it to the woods. And he then despaired of himself, went to fetch the other, and as he went, there came a great lion and carried away the other child, so that he could not retain him. For he was in the midst of the river. And then he began to weep and draw.\".And he would have drowned himself in the water if divine providence had not intervened. And the herdsmen and plowmen saw the lion carrying the child alive. They followed him with their dogs. By divine grace, the lion left the child unharmed. And other plowmen cried and followed the wolf, and with their staves and pitchforks delivered the child whole and sound from his teeth unharmed. And so both the herdsmen and plowmen were from the same village, and they raised these children among them. Eustace knew nothing of this but weeping and sorrowing, saying to himself, \"Alas, woe is me. For this misfortune, I once shone in great wealth, like a tree, but now I am stripped of all things. Alas, I was accustomed to be accompanied by a great multitude of knights. And I am now alone, and am not allowed to have my sons. O Lord, I remember you saying to me, 'It is necessary for you to be tempted, as Job was.' But it seems that more is being done to me than to him.\".To Job: for he lost all his possessions, but he had a donkey to sit on. But to me, nothing is left. He had friends who pitied him, and I have none. But wild beasts have taken away my sons. To him was his wife left, and my wife was taken from me and delivered to another. O good lord, give rest to my troubles, and keep you from casting your gaze upon me, so that my heart does not decline into words of malice. And thus speaking and weeping greatly, he went into a street of the town, and there he was hired to keep the fields of the men of that town, and he kept them for fifteen years. His sons were nourished in another town and did not know they were brothers. And our lord kept the wife of Eustace, so that the strange woman had not to deal with her, nor did he touch her, but died. And in that time the emperor and the people were greatly tormented by their enemies. Then they remembered Placidus, who had fought many times..A noble man, against whom the emperor was much sorrowful, sent out many knights to find him and promised them great riches and honor if they succeeded. Two knights, who had been under him in knighthood, came to the same street where he dwelt. Placidas recognized them as soon as he saw them. He remembered his first dignity and began to be sad, saying, \"Lord, I beseech you to grant me that I may see my wife at some time, for I know well that my sons have been devoured by wild beasts. A voice came to him and said, 'Eustace, have good courage. For soon you will recover your honor and have your wife and your children.' He then met with these knights, and they did not know him, but asked him if he knew any strange man named Placidas, who had a wife and two children. He replied, 'No,' yet he brought them home to his hostel and served them. When he remembered...\".first, he couldn't keep himself from weeping. Then he went out and was greeted by his wife and returned to serve them. They considered and said to one another, \"This man resembles greatly the one we seek.\" The other answered, \"Certainly, he is like him.\" Now look here, if he has a wound in his head that he received in battle. Then they beheld and saw the sign of the wound. And then they knew it was he they were looking for. Then they arose and kissed him and demanded to know about his wife and children. He said, \"My sons are dead, and my wife was taken away from me.\" And then the neighbors ran to hear this news because the knights reported and recounted his first glory and virtue. They told him the command of the emperor. And they clothed him with noble garments. After a journey of fifteen days, they brought him to the emperor. And when he heard of his coming, he ran to meet him..He saw him / he kissed him. Eustace ordered all to come forward who had happened to him. He was restored to his office to be master of the knights again. He was compelled to perform the office as he had done before. Then he counted how many knights there were and saw that there were few, as regards their enemies. He commanded that all the young men should be gathered in the cities and towns. It happened that the country where his sons were born sent two men of arms. Then all the inhabitants of that country ordered these two young men, most capable among all others, to go with the master of the knights. When the master saw these young men of noble form and behaved honestly with good manners, they pleased him much. He ordered that they should be with the first of his table. Then he went thus to the battle. And when he had subdued his enemies to him, he made his host to.For three days, my father stayed in a town where his wife lived and kept a poor hostelry. Two young men, through God's providence, were lodged there, unknowingly in the care of their mother. One day, around midday, as they spoke of their childhood, their mother, who was present, listened attentively. The elder one said to the younger, \"When I was a child, I remember nothing other than my father, who was master of the knights, and my mother, who was very beautiful. She had two sons: me and one younger than I, and he was more beautiful.\" They took us and left her house by night and entered a ship to go, I don't know where. When we went out of the ship, our mother was left behind, I don't know in what manner, but my father carried me and my younger brother, both weeping. And when he came to a water, he passed over with my younger brother and left me on the bank..And when he returned, a wolf came and took away my brother. Before my father could come to me, a great lion issued out of the forest and took me up, and we went to the wood. But the herdsmen who saw him took me from the lion's mouth, and I was nursed in such a town as you know well. I could never know what happened to my brother or where he is. And when the younger one heard this, he began to weep and say, \"Indeed, I am your brother. For those who nursed me said that they had taken me from a wolf. And then they began to embrace and kiss each other and weep. And when their mother had heard all this, she considered long in herself whether they were her two sons because they had said so by order what had befallen them. The next day following, she went to the master of the chivalry and requested him, saying, \"Sir, I pray thee that thou command that I may be brought again to my country, for I am of the country of the Romans.\".And here I am a stranger / And in saying these words, she saw signs / and knew by them that he was her husband / And then she could no longer endure / but fell down at his feet and said to him / Sir, I pray thee to tell of thy first estate / For I believe that thou art the pacified master of the knights / who otherwise are called Eustace / whom the savior of the world has converted /\n\nAnd hast suffered such temptation and such / And I, who am thy wife, was taken from thee in the sea / which notwithstanding have kept from all corruption / and had two sons from me, Agapyte and Theospyte\n\nEustace hearing this and looking at her attentively knew that she was his wife / and wept for joy / and kissed her / and glorified much our lord God who had comforted the distressed\n\nAnd then his wife said / Sir, where are our sons? / and he said / that they were slain by wild beasts / and recounted to her how he had lost them / And she said / Let us give thanks..For I suppose that, just as God has given us grace to find other, so He will give us grace to recover our sons. He said, \"I have told you that they have been devoured by wild beasts.\" Then she said, \"I sat yesterday in a garden and heard two young boys explaining their infancy.\" I believe that they are our sons. Ask them and they will tell you the truth. Then Eustace called them and heard their infancy, and knew that they were his sons. He embraced them, and the mother also kissed them. And all the host rejoiced greatly in the finding of his wife and children, and for the victory over the barbarians. When he was returned, Tacian was then dead, and Adrian succeeded in the empire. He received them most honorably, both for the victory and for the finding of his wife and children. He made a great dinner and feast. The next day after that, he went to..Temple of Thydolles, unwarned and commanded him to sacrifice for our Lord Jesus Christ's victory. Euhestace replied, \"I adore and sacrifice to our Lord Ihesu Crist, and only serve him.\" The emperor, in reply, placed him, his wife, and sons in a certain place and died, going to join them, a right cruel lion. The lion ran to them, inclined his head to them as if in worship, and departed. The emperor then made a fire under a brass or copper ox. When it was hot, he commanded them to be thrown in alive. The saints prayed and commanded them to the Lord, and entered the ox. There they yielded up their spirits to Jesus Christ. Three days later, they were drawn out before the emperor and were found whole and not touched by the fire, nor burned, nor any other thing on them..Crysten men toke the bodyes of them / and leyd them in a ryght noble place honourably / and made ouer them an oratory / And they suffred deth vnder Adryan themperoure whiche beganne aboute the yere Cxx / in the kalendes of Nouembre / \n\u00b6Thus endeth the lyf of saint Eustace\nTHe feeste of all the Sayntes was establys\u00a6shed for foure causes / Fyrste for the dedyca\u2223cion of the Temple / se\u2223condly for supplement of offences done / Thirdly / for to take a\u00a6wey neclygence / And Fourthly for to gete more lyghtly / that thynge / whiche we praye fore / This feest was establis\u2223shed pryncipally for the dedycacion of the Temple / For the Romayns sawe / that they seygnouryed ouer alle the world / And therfor they made a ryght grete Temple / And sette theyr ydolle in the myddle / And al aboute this y\u2223dolle they sette the false ymages of all the prouynces / soo that al tho ymages behelde ryght thydolle of Rome / And it was ordeyned by arte of the deuylle that whanne a prouynce wold rebelle / ageynst the Romayns / Thymage of that.Province should turn his back to that of Rome, as if departing from its lordship. Then, the Romans would bring great pressure to bear on that province and subdue it to their lordship. Yet, it was not sufficient for the Romans that they had lordship over all the false idols of the provinces, but they made a temple for each false god, as if the gods had made them lords and victors of all the provinces. Since all the idols could not be in that temple, they built a greater temple, more marvelous and high than all the others. And in order to show more their madness, they dedicated this temple to all their gods. Moreover, the bishops of the idols feigned that it had been commanded to them by Cybele, a goddess called the mother of the gods. They called this temple Pantheron, which means all gods of Pan..And because they desired victory over all the people, they built a great temple to all the sons of Cybele. The foundation of this temple was encircled by a sphere, which form was to demonstrate the durability of their goddesses. Since the great quantity of earth, which seemed unable to be contained, and since the work appeared to be only slightly above the earth, they filled the excavations within the earth and mixed clay with it. They continued this practice until the said temple was completed. Then they granted permission for anyone who wished to remove the earth to keep all the money they found with it.\n\nSuddenly, a great crowd of people arrived and immediately emptied the temple. In the end, the Romans made a copper and gold pyre and placed it in a high location. It is said that all the provinces were amazed and granted marvels within that pyre. So that all who come to Rome might see..in that pyne was located in what part of his province, and this pyne remained in the upper part of the Temple for a long time. In the time of Emperor Focas, when Rome had received the faith, Boniface the fourth, lord of the sixth hundred and five, took away and enfaced the filth of all the idols from the Temple of Jupiter. And the fourth Kalends of May, he consecrated it in honor of our Lady Saint Mary and all the martyrs, and called it Saint Mary at the Martyrs, which is now called Santa Maria Rotonda, or Saint Mary the Round. At that time, there was no solemnity of the Confessors, and because a great multitude of people assembled at his feast, and there was not enough provision for the people who came, this feast was established in the calendars of November. For then, there ought to be greater provision of provisions when corn and wine were had in abundance, and this day was established to be honored throughout the world..the honour of alle sayntes / And thus the Temple that had be made for alle thy\u2223dolles is now dedycate / and halowed to alle the sayntes / And where as the worshippynge of ydolles was vsed / ther is now the praysyng of all sayn\u2223tes / Scondely it is ordeyned for the supplement of thynges offendyd and trespaced / that is to saye for to accom\u2223plysshe suche as we haue ouerpassed / For we haue lefte / and ouerpassed ma\u00a6ny sayntes / of whom we haue made no feste / ne may not halowe the fest of eue\u00a6ry saynt by hym self. as wel for the grete multitude / whiche ben Infynyte / as for our Infyrmyte / For we ben fe\u2223ble and weyke / and maye not suffyse for the shortnesse of tyme / For the ty\u2223me may not suffyse therto / And as saynt Ierome sayth in a pystle whiche is in the begynnynge of his kalender / ther is no day / except the fyrst daye of Ianyuer / but that there may be foun\u2223deh euery day mo than fyue thousand martirs / And therfor by cause we ma\u2223ye not syngulerly make feest of euery saynt / saynt Gregory thor\u2223deyned.And established that we shall on one day honor them generally, and Master William of Ancre puts six reasons in the same of the office, why it was established that we should here in this world make solemnity of the saints. The first is for the honor of the divine majesty, for when we worship the saint or saints, we worship God in his saints, and say that he is marvelous in them. For whoever honors saints, he honors him specifically, who has sanctified them. The second is to have aid in our infirmity, for by ourselves we have no health, therefore we need the prayers of saints, and we ought to honor them that we may deserve that they aid and help us. It is read in the third book of Kings, in the first chapter, that Bersabee is as much to say as the pit of filling, which is to say, the Church triumphant, saying to her son, that is to say, that to the Church triumphant he had given..obtained the reign by his prayers / The third cause is for the augmentation of our security / that is, for the glory that is purposed in us in their solemnity / our hope and security are increased and enlarged / And if mortal men and dead could be enhanced by their merits / it is true that their might and power shall not be diminished or lessened / The fourth, for the example of us following / For when the feast is remembered, we are called tensious and follow them / so, that by the example of them we despise all earthly things / and desire celestial things / The fifth is for the debt of intercession of neighborly love / For the saints make a feast in heaven / For angels of God and the holy souls have joy and make a feast in heaven for a sinner who does penance / And therefore, it is right when they make a feast of us in heaven / that we make a feast of them on earth / The sixth is for the procurement of our honor / For when we honor the saints / We.procure our honor, for their simplicity is our dignity. For when we worship our brethren, we worship ourselves. Charity makes all things common, and our things are celestial and enduring. Above these reasons, John Damascene puts forth three reasons in his fourth book, the seventh chapter, concerning why saints and their relics ought to be honored. Some are praised for their dignity, and some for the preciousness of their bodies. The dignity of them is in four ways: they are friends of God, sons of God, heirs of God, and our dukes and leaders. And Saint John puts forth these authorities: Iam non dico vos servos et cetera, I say to you not now servants, but friends; for the second, Johannis Primo, Deus eis potestatem filios fieri, he gave them the power to be made the sons of God; of the third, to the Romans, speaking of which, they are leaders of grace..of all human lineage / and speak and pray for us to God / therefore they ought to be worshipped / Some are taken as touching the preciosity of their bodies / And the said John Damascene put forth four reasons / And St. Augustine put forth the fifth / by which is shown the preciousness of the bodies or of the Relics / For the holy bodies were the dispensers of God / temple of Jesus Christ / they were the Alabaster / or box of the precious ointment / and the fountain of the divine life / members of the Holy Ghost / First they were the celestials of God / For the Saints are celestials of God and pure adornments / Secondly they were the temple of Jesus Christ / For it follows because God dwelt in them by intention / whereof the Apostle says / Do you not know that your bodies are the temple of the Holy Spirit / dwelling in you? / Hereof Cyprian says / Lord, I have loved the beauty of your house / and the place where your glory dwells..They are not beautiful because of the material of marble, but because they are given to living men by various types of graces. The pleasant smell comes from themselves. And this is given by the relics of saints. If water flowed from the rock and out of the stone in a desert, and water also flowed from the eye of the ass to Samson, who was thirsty, it is not credible that it runs from the relics of saints, offering them pleasant-smelling unguents to those who know the gift of God and the honor of saints, which comes from Him. Fourthly, they are fonts of divinity. Those who live in purity with free patience are assistants to God and are a source of health for us. Our Lord Jesus Christ grants many benefits to the relics of His saints in various ways. Fifthly, they are members of the Holy Ghost. Saint Augustine assigns this reason in the City of God and says, \"They are not to be despised, but honored greatly, and their bodies are to be worshiped.\".The saints, whose lives the holy ghost used as his own member in all good works, are spoken of. The apostle says, \"You seek experience of him who speaks in me, Christ. Of Saint Stephen it is said, they could not resist his wisdom nor the holy ghost that spoke in him. Ambrose says in the same manner, \"It is a right precious thing that a man is made a member of divine voices. With his bodily lips, he expresses celestial words. Thirdly, the festival of all the saints is established for the cleansing of our negligences. For how can we honor the festivals of a few saints and keep them negligently at times, leaving many things undone through ignorance and negligence? And if we have not celebrated any festivals as we ought, but negligently, in this general festival we ought to fulfill and amend it, and purge ourselves of our negligence. This reason is touched upon in a sermon that is recited in the Church today. It is ordained..That on this day, memory is made of all saints who have done less than they ought, through ignorance, negligence, or preoccupation with secular things, in the company of saints. It is noted that there are four types of saints we honor throughout the year from the New Testament, of whom we gather today for accomplishment: the apostles, martyrs, confessors, and virgins. After Rabane, these four are signified by the four parts of the world: the east, the apostles; the south, the martyrs; the north, and the western flock of the Lord. Bernard says they are sweet lambs. It is fitting to establish such shepherds and such doctors of humane lineage who are sweet or soft, powerful and wise, sweet or soft, who receive us graciously through mercy..defende us proudly / wisely to bring us to the way of truth / After they surmount other saints in sovereignty of Paschal power, of which St. Augustine says: / God gave power to the Apostles over the devils to destroy them, above elements to change them, a love nature to cure it, above souls to absolve them of their sins, above death to despise it, above angels to sacrifice the precious body of our Lord Jesus Christ. / Thirdly, they exceed other saints in prerogative of holiness, so that by their great holiness and plenitude of graces, the life and conversation of Jesus Christ shone in them as in a mirror, and was known in them as the sun in its splendor, as a rose in its odor, and as fire in its heat. And of this, St. Chrysostom says on Matthew: / Jesus Christ sent forth his Apostles as the sun its rays, as the rose its odor, and as the fire its sparks. And like as the sun appears in its rays, and as the rose is felt by its odor, and as.The fire is seen in its sparkles, through which the power of Jesus Christ is known. Fourthly, the apostles excel other saints in productivity. Saint Augustine, speaking of the apostles, says of the most base, the most ignorant, and the least blessed, that they were the most eloquent and fair speakers, the clearest minds and most wise, and the most abundant in the wit and speaking of Augustine and doctors. The second difference is in martyrs, whose excellence is shown by the fact that they suffered in many ways, profitably, constantly, and abundantly. Beyond the martyrdom of blood, shedding, they suffered other martyrdoms in abundance. This includes the large poverty that David had, the generosity that Tobit showed, and the chastity in youth that Joseph practiced in Egypt. After Gregory, this is also a triple martyrdom without shedding of blood: patience in adversity..We may be martyrs without iron if we keep patience and courage in the face of afflictions and torments. Whoever has compassion for one in need, he bears the Cross in his thoughts. He who suffers villainy and loves his enemy is a secret martyr in his mind. They profited from suffering martyrdom, which profited the martyrs with the remission of all sins, help and joy, and the reception of eternal joy. These things they bought with their precious blood. Therefore, it is said, their blood is precious, that is, full of price. Augustine of the first and second says in the City of God, \"What is more precious than death by which sins are pardoned and merits increased?\" And John says, \"The blood of Jesus Christ is precious without sin, and yet he made the blood of his saints precious.\".For whom he gave his precious blood / If he had not made the blood of saints precious / it should not be said / that the death of saints is precious in the sight of our lord / And Cyprian says / that martyrdom is the end of sin / term of peril / leader of health / master of patience / and shows of life / Of the third saint Bernard says / There are three things that make the death of saints precious / rest from tribulation / joy in novelty / certainty of durability / And as for us, the profit is double / For they are given to us for an example to fight / Saint John Chrysostom says to us / thou Christian man art a delicate knight / if thou believest to have victory without fighting & triumph without battle / exercise thy strength mildly / and fight cruelly in this battle / Consider the covenant / under the condition / know the noble Chivalry / know the covenant that thou hast made and promised / the condition that thou hast taken the Chivalry to..Whoever you have given the name, / By that covenant, all fight / And by that condition, all have been vanquished. This says Crisostom. Secondly, they are given to us as patrons to aid and help us. They aid us by their merits and by their offspring. Of the first, Saint Augustine says, \"O the boundless pity of our Lord, / Who wills that the merits of the martyrs be our aides and suffrages. / He examines them to teach and guide us. / He breaks them to gather us. / And He wills that their torments be our profits.\" Of the second, Saint Jerome says against vigilance, \"If the apostles and martyrs, when they were yet in their bodies alive, could pray for others and were diligent in this, how much more ought they to do after their crowns, victory, and triumphs. Moses, one man, obtained pardon for six thousand armed men. And Saint Stephen prayed for his enemies. Since they are now with God, should they do less?\" Thirdly,.martirs haue suffred con\u2223stantly / Saint Augustin sayth that ye soule of a martir is ye glayue resplen\u00a6disshaunt by charite / sharp by verite brandisshed by the vertue of god fygh\u00a6tyng / yt whiche hath surmou\u0304ted the co\u0304pa\u00a6nye of gaynsayeng them in repreuyng them She hath smeton the wicked and throwen doune them that were contra\u2223ry to her / And Crisostom saith / that the martirs tormentid were strenger than the tormentours / And the torn mem\u2223bres vaynquysshed the rentynge yrons The thirdde difference is of the confes\u2223sours / Of whom the dignyte and ex\u2223cellence is manyfested by cause they con\u00a6fessid god in thre maners / by herte / by mouthe / and by werk / The Confession of herte suffyseth not withoute confessi\u2223on of mouthe / lyke as Iohan Crisos\u2223tom saith & preueth it in four maners And as to the fyrste he saith thus The Rote of confession is faith of the herte And as long as the Rote is a lyue &\nquycke in the erthe it is necessary that she brynge forth bowes and leeuys / And yf if it bryng none forth / it is.To understand that it is dried in their hearts, and all in like manner, when the root of faith is whole in the heart, she brings forth confession always in the mouth. And if the confession of the heart appears not in the mouth, without a doubt, the faith of the heart is dried up. As to the second, he says, if it suffices to believe in the heart and not to confess it to men, then you are unfaithful and hypocritical. For how can it be that he believes not in his heart, yet it profits him to confess with his mouth. And if it does not profit him that confesses, it profited not to him that believes without confession. And as to the third, he says, if it suffices to Jesus Christ that you know him, how can it be that you confess him not to men, then it suffices to him also that you know him. And if you confess Jesus Christ to God, and his knowledge suffices not to you, no more suffices to your faith..The fourth point is that faith alone in your heart would not suffice for God; He created both heart and mouth. For you must believe with your heart and confess it with your mouth. Thirdly, they confessed God through works, as St. Jerome shows. God is confessed by works or denied by folly, righteousness by iniquity, truth by lies, holiness by filth, and strength by feeble courage. As often as we are overcome by vices and sins, we deny God. Conversely, as often as we do any good, we confess God. The fourth difference concerns virgins, whose excellence and dignity are shown and manifested in various ways. First, they are the spouses of the eternal king. St. Ambrose approves that no greater beauty can be imagined than that of the one loved by the king..The dedication of a god, always an spouse, and without corruption. Secondly, she is compared to angels because virginity surmounts all conditions of human nature. By this means, men are associated with angels, and the victory of virgins is greater than that of angels. Angels live without flesh, but virgins living in their flesh triumph. Thirdly, virginity is more noble than other Christian people, as Cyprian says, \"Virginity is the flower of the seed of the Church, beauty and adornment of spiritual grace, a glad joy of lord and honor, work in the earth and incorruptible, image of God.\" And yet more noble as to the holiness of God and portion of the flock of Jesus Christ. Fourthly, because they are put to their husbands, and this excellence that virginity had, as to the respect of the accomplishment of marriage, appears by many comparisons. Marriage fills and swells the belly, and virginity the mind. Augustine says, \"Virginity chooses to follow.\".more yield of angels in their flesh than ten times the name of mortal people in their flesh. For it is more blessed and more plentiful to touch their mind than to be great with child. For some have children of sorrow, and virginity brings forth children of joy. Virginity replenishes heaven with children, and those who are married replenish the earth. And Jerome says, \"The weddings fill the earth, and virginity fills heaven; one is of great value.\" And this is a great thing, for virginity is a silence of charge, peace of the flesh, redemption of vices, and purity. But virginity is better. St. Jerome says to Pope Damasus, \"He explains the difference between marriage and virginity, and he says the difference is as great as between not sinning and doing well, or as I may more clearly say, as between good and better. For marriage is compared to thorns, and virginity to roses. And he says to Eustochium, \"I praise marriage because it engenders virgins. I gather from the thorns.\".Roses are shown fifthly the dignity and excellence of virgins. For they enjoy many privileges. Virgins shall have the crown called Aureola, they alone shall sing the new song. They shall be clad in vestments of the same with Jesus and enjoy His company. And they shall follow the lamb. The fourth and last, this feast is established to implore and obtain the thing that we pray for, as we honor this day all the saints generally, who also pray for us all together. And so they may easily obtain the mercy of our Lord for us. If it is impossible that the prayers of some saints are not heard, it is much more impossible that the prayers of all should not be heard. This reason is touched when it is said in the collect: \"Grant us, we pray, O Lord, the abundance of Your mercy, and, by the intercession of many intercessors, be generous to us.\".The multiplied prayers of all your saints / The desired abundance of your debonairte / And the saints pray for us by merit / and by effect / by merit when their merit helps us / by effect / when they desire our desires to be accomplished / And this they do not / but there as they accomplish the will of our lord / And on this day, all the saints assemble themselves to pray for us / It is shown in a vision / that happened in the second year after this feast was established / On a time when the septet of St. Peter visited all the altars of the Church / And had requested suffragies from all the saints / At last he came again to the altar of St. Peter / And there rested a little / and saw there a vision / For he saw the king of kings in a high throne sit / And all the angels about him / And the blessed virgin of virgins came crowned with a right resplendent yshynge / And there followed her a great multitude of virgins without number and continent also / And none the king..Arose against her and made her sit on a seat by him. Afterward, a man clad in a camel's skin appeared and a great multitude of ancient and honorable fathers following him. Then came a man in the attire of a bishop and a great multitude in similar attire following him. Afterward, a multitude of knights without number followed him, who were accompanied by a great company of diverse people. They all came before the throne of the king and adored him on their knees. The one in the attire of a bishop began matins, and the other followed. An angel, who led this vision, explained the vision to him and said that our blessed lady the virgin was she who was in the first company. He who was clad in the skin of a camel was St. John the Baptist with the patriarchs and prophets. He who was surrounded by a bishop's attire was Peter with the apostles. The knights were the martyrs, and the others were the confessors. They all came..To our lord sitting on his throne, giving them honor and kingship in this world from the mortal people, / and prayed to him for all the universal world, / And after the Angel brought him to another place, / and showed to him men and women some in beds of gold, / others engaging in various delights, / others naked, / and poor, / and others begging, / And said to them, \"this is the place of purgatory,\" / those who dwelled there were the souls, / those who reveled in wealth were the souls of those who were succored by their friends with many aids, / The poor were the souls, / of whom their executors and friends set not by them, / nor did anything for them, / And then he commanded him, / that he should show this to the pope, / that after the feast of All Saints he should establish the commemoration of all souls, / And that general sufferages temporal might be done for them on the next day where they may have none in particular..The solemnity of all saints' memory is established in the church on this day for comfort, where they may have none particular, as shown in the aforementioned revelation. Peter Damian says it is in Cecily in the isle of Wulcan: St. Odile heard the voices and howlings of devils, who complained strongly because the souls of those who were dead were taken away from their hands by alms and prayers. Therefore, he ordained that the festival and commemoration of those who have departed from this world should be made and held in all monasteries on the day after the feast of All Hallows. Of this, we may particularly touch on two things: first, the purification of those souls; second, their suffrages. Of the first, consider three things: first, who are they that are purified; second, by whom they are purified; third, where..They have been purged. It is known that there have been three types of those who have been purged. The first are those who die before they have made satisfaction of the penance that has been imposed on them. Nevertheless, if they had sufficient contrition in their hearts, they would have freely passed to the life everlasting. However, they had not accomplished their will or made satisfaction. Contrition is a great satisfaction for sins and putting away of sin. And St. Jerome says, \"The length of time does not help so much as sorrow, nor the absence of meat helps so much as the mortification of vices.\" But those who die without this contrition and without completing their penance are severely punished in purgatory. However, if the satisfaction of them is done by some of their friends, four things are required for such a change in the satisfaction:\n\nThe first is the confessor..The change should be made according to the doctrine of the priest. The second is for his part, for whom this change is made in satisfaction, which is necessary for him. For he may be in such a state that he cannot do satisfaction for the other, that is, in charity. For he ought to be in charity, by which he makes satisfaction meritorious and sufficient. The fourth is proportion, that is, the lesser pain should be proportioned into greater. The proper pain of the sinner satisfies more to God than that of a stranger, and he is always tormented in purgatory, but for the pain that he suffers, and that other pays for him, he is sooner delivered. God accounts his pain and the pain of that other. If he were condemned to suffer the pain of two months in purgatory, he.myght be held / that he should be delivered in a moment / but he shall never be taken until the debt is paid / And when it is paid / that which ought to be paid / after it is converted into the welfare of him who had done it / And if he has no need / It is converted to the welfare of others in purgatory / The second in purgatory / are they who have completed their penance / but always by the negligence or ignorance of the priest / who confessed them / It was not sufficient / And if they had not had right contrition that may suffice for their sin / they shall complete all that is there / because of the little penance doing in this life / For our Lord who knows the manner and measure of pains and sins / he gives sufficient penance / in such a way / that there remains not one pain unpunished / Then the penance that is enjoined / either it is greater / or equal / or less / if it is greater / those who have done more / it shall be increased accordingly..Then the creation of glory equals remission of sin if it is equal. If it is less, then the deficiency will be filled by the divine power and justice of those who repent at the last. Augustine says: he who is baptized and goes out of this world at that hour goes surely to heaven. A man living well and dying goes surely to heaven. A man doing penance at the last and reconciled goes surely, I am not certain. Therefore hold the certain way and leave the uncertain way. Augustine says for such men do penance more out of need than of will, and rather for fear of pain than for love of glory. The third are those who enter purgatory. These are those who, although they love God, yet have carnal affection for their riches, wives, and possessions, yet love nothing before God. And these are tormented in purgatory in this manner..Of their length or shortness in it, as the wood in long burning or the heye less and shortest, and St. Augustine says, though this fire is not enduring, yet it is wonderfully grievous, so that it surpasses all the pain that any man suffered ever in this world. For such grievous pain was never found in the flesh. Howbeit, martyrs have endured great pains. The second is concerning the tormentors, by whom they are purged or punishment is made. It is done by the evil angels and not by the good. For the good angels torment not the good souls but the good angels torment the evil angels, and the evil angels torment the evil Christian souls. And it is well to believe that the good angels visit often and comfort their brethren and fellows, and warn them to suffer in patience. And yet they have another remedy of comfort for this, which certainly attends the glory to come. For they are certain to have joy less than those who are in heaven..country/ and more certainly/ than those who are in their lives / For the certainty of those who are in the country is without absence and fear / For they do not stay when they have it present and doubt nothing to lose it / But the certainty of those who are in life is contrary / but the certainty of those in purgatory is moderate / for they stay to have it / and without fear / For they have free will without fear confirmed / that they may commit no more sin / And yet they have another comfort / that they believe is always / that there are prayers and alms given for them / And perhaps / it is more true that / this purgation is not made by evil angels / but by the divine Justice's command / And by this, following / As for the third, it is known where they are purged / in a place by hell / which is called Purgatory / after Toppan / of diverse wise men / how it seems to some others / that it is in their presence in a place burning &.round, but nevertheless there are ordered various places to various souls, and for many reasons. For light punishment, or for hasty delivery, or for the sin committed in that place, or for the prayer of some saint.\n\nFirst, for light punishment, as Saint Gregory says, some souls are purged in the shadow. Secondly, for their hasty delivery, that they may show unto others how they need to ask for aid, and thereby might hastily issue out of the pain, like as it is read that some fishers of Saint Thibault, that fished once in a harvest and took a great piece of ice instead of a fish, were gladder of it than of a fish, because the bishop had a great burning of heat in his leg. And they laid that ice there, and it refreshed him much. And on a time the bishop heard the voice of a man in the ice, and he conjured him to tell him what he was. The voice said to him, \"I am a soul which, for my sin, am punished here.\".synnes is tormented in this city and may be delivered if thou sayest for me thirtieth masses continuously in thirty days. And the bishop was eager to say them. And when he had said half of them, he made himself ready to continue and say the other. And the devil made a dispute in the city that the people of the city fought each against other. Then the bishop was called upon to quell this discord. And he doffed his vestments and left to say the mass. And on the morrow he began anew. And when he had said the two parts, it seemed to him that a great host had besieged the city, so that he was compelled by fear and left to perform the mass office. And after this, he began again the service. And when he had accomplished all except the last mass, which he was about to begin for the whole town and the bishops' houses, the city was taken by fire. And when his servants came to him and urged him to leave the mass, he said, though all the city should be burned, I will not abandon it..And when the mass was finished, the ice was molten, and the fire that they had supposed to have seen was but a phantasm, doing no harm. Thirdly, for our infirmity, that is, we know what great pain is prepared for sinners after this mortal life. Various places are designated for various souls for our instruction. This occurred at Mary's. There was a master, who was a chancellor at Paris named Silo, who had a sick scholar. He prayed him that after his death he should come back to him and speak to him about his estate. He promised him so, and after his death, he appeared to him. He was clad in a cope worn full of arguments, fallacies, and sophisms, and was made of parchment. Within it was a flame of fire. The chancellor demanded of him what he was, and he replied, \"I am such one who has come back to thee.\" The chancellor demanded of his estate, and he said, \"This cope weighs on me more heavily.\".Than a milestone or a tower, and it is given me to bear, for the glory that I had in my sophisms and sophistical arguments, that is to say, deceitful and fallacies. The skins are light, but the flame of fire within torments and burns me entirely. And when the magistrate judged the pain to be light, the dead man said to him that he should put forth his hand and feel the lightness of his pain. He put forth his hand, and that other let fall a drop of his sweetness on it. The drop passed through his hand sooner than an arrow could be shot through, whereby he felt a marvelous torment. The dead man said, \"I am all in such pain.\" Then the chancellor was afraid of the cruel and terrible pain that he had felt, and concluded to forsake the world and enter religion with great devotion. Fourthly, for the sin that has been committed in this place, as St. Augustine says, souls are sometimes punished in the places where they have sinned..A priest sinned as an example relates Saint Gregory in the fourth book of his dialogue, and he says that there was a priest who gladly used a bath. Upon entering the bath, he found a man whom he knew was always ready to serve him. One day, in recognition of his diligent service and as a reward, the priest gave him a holy loaf. The man wept and replied, \"Father, why do you give me this thing? I may not eat it, for it is holy. I was once lord of this place, but after my death I was appointed to serve here for my sins. But I ask that you offer this bread to almighty God on my behalf. And know for certain that your prayer will be heard. And when you come to wash [it], you will not find me. And this priest offered an entire weekly sacrifice to God for him. When he returned, he did not find him.\"\n\nFifty different places are appointed to different souls for their prayers, as it is read of Saint [saint]..Patrick, who obtained a place in Ireland for some of whom this story is previously recounted in his life, regarding the third matter, that is suffrages: First, the suffrages that are performed; Secondly, for whom they are performed; Thirdly, by whom they are performed.\n\nConcerning the suffrages that are performed: It is noted that there are four kinds of suffrages which benefit the deceased. These include prayers from friends, almsgiving, singing of masses, and observance of fasting. As for the prayers of friends, it appears from the example of Paschasius, as Gregory relates in the fourth book of his Dialogues, that there was a man of great holiness and virtue. Two men were chosen to be popes, but in the end, the Church agreed upon one of them. Paschasius, through error, suffered the other to remain in this error until..And when he was dead, the byre was covered with a cloth named dalmatyke. A man vexed by a devil was brought there and touched the cloth. Immediately he was healed. A long time afterward, Saint Germain bishop of Capua visited him in a bayne for his health. He found Paschasien deacon there and served him. When he saw him, he was afraid and asked gently what such a great and holy man was doing there. He replied that he was there for no other reason than to endure and sustain more than was required in the aforementioned cause. He said, \"I ask that you pray our lord for me.\" And know that you will be heard. For when you return, you will not find me here.\" The bishop prayed for him, and when he returned, he did not find him. Peter Abbot of Cluny says that there was a priest who sang Mass for the dead every day for all Christian souls. He was accused to the bishop for this..A suspended man was therefore removed from his office. And as the bishop went on a day of great solemnity in the churchyard, all the deceased bodies rose up against him, saying, \"This bishop gives us no mass, and yet he has taken away our priest from us.\" He shall be certain, but if he repents, he shall die. And then the bishop absolved the priest and absolved himself gladly for those who had passed out of this world. It appears that the prayers of living people are beneficial to those who have departed, as the cantor of Paris relates. There was a man who always, as he passed through the churchyard, said \"De profundis\" for all Christian souls. And once he was set upon by his enemies, so that for support he entered the churchyard. They followed to kill him, and all the deceased bodies arose and each held such an instrument in his hand that they defended him who prayed for them. They chased away his enemies, putting them in great fear..And the second manner of suffrages is for giving alms and helping those in purgatory, as it appears in the Book of Maccabees, where it is read that Judas the most strong made a collection and sent twelve thousand drams of silver to Jerusalem to be offered for the sins of deceased men, remembering rightfully and religiously the Resurrection. And how much alms give aid for those departed it appears by example that St. Gregory puts in his fourth book of Dialogues. There was a knight who lay dead and his spirit taken from him. A while after, the soul returned to the body again. And what he had seen, he told and said. There was a bridge, and under that bridge was a horrible flood full of stench. On the other side of the bridge was a meadow sweet and fragrant and surrounded by all manner of flowers. And there on that side of the bridge were peoples assembled, clad all in white..The sweet scent of the flowers and the bridge was such, that if any of the minstrels would pass over the bridge, he would slip and fall into the stinking river. And the righteous people passed over lightly and surely into that delightful place. And this knight saw a man named Pieter, who lay bound with great weights upon him. When he asked why he lay thus, it was said to him that he suffered because if any man was delivered to him for vengeance, he desired it more to do it through cruelty than through obedience. He also said that he had seen a pilgrim, who when he came to the bridge, passed over with great lightness and quickly, because he had lived well here and purely in the world, and without sin. And he saw another named Stephen, who when he would have passed, his foot slipped and filled half the bridge with water. Then came some horrible black men and did all they could to pull him down by the legs..And then came other right fair creatures and white, and took him by the arms, and drew him up. During this struggle, the knight who witnessed these things returned to his body, and did not know which of them had yielded. But we understand this: the wicked deeds that he had done strove against the works of alms. For by those who drew him by the arms upward, it appeared that he loved alms. And by the other, that he had not fully fought against the sins of the flesh.\n\nThe third manner of sufferages is the oblation and offering of the holy sacrament of the altar, which profits much for those who have departed, as it appears by many examples. Like Saint Gregory relates in the fourth book of his Dialogues, one of his monks named Justus, when he came to his last end, showed that he had hidden three pens of gold. He sorrowed deeply over this, and immediately after he died. Then Saint Gregory commanded his brothers that they should:.bury his body in a donghille And the three pieces of gold with him Saying, \"Your money is to be given to the poor, Nevertheless, Saint Gregory commanded one of his brethren to say mass for him every day for thirty days. And so it was done. And when he had completed his term, the dead monk appeared to one man on the thirtieth day, who asked him how he was. He answered him, \"I have been ill at ease up to this day, but I am now well. I have received communion today, and this sacrifice profits not only those who are dead but also those living in this world.\n\nThere was a man who labored with others in a quarry to dig for silver. Suddenly, the quarry filled up and killed them all except for this one man, who was saved by a crevice in the quarry. But he could not get out or issue forth. His wife supposed him to be dead and sang mass every day for him and bore offerings to the altar for him..A candle / and the devil, which had envied her for three days, appeared to this woman in the form of a man and demanded her why she remained / and when she had answered him, he said to her, \"thou goest in vain / for the mass is done.\"\n\nAnd thus she left the mass after three days / not singing for him / And after this, another man dug in the same rock for silver / And beneath this, the voice of this man was heard / who said to him, \"strike softly / and spare your hand / For I have a great stone hanging over my head.\" He was afraid and called more men to him to hear this voice / and began to dig again.\n\nThen they heard seemingly the voice distinctly / And then they went closer / And asked who he was / And he said, \"I pray you to spare your striking / For a great stone hangs over my head.\" And then they went and dug on that side until they came to him / and drew him out entirely / And they asked him in what manner he had long remained there / And he said, \"every day was.\".In the town of Ferare, in the diocese of Granopolyte, a mariner fell into the sea during a tempest. A priest sang mass for him, and when he emerged from the sea, saved, he was asked how he had survived. He replied that when he was in the sea, near death, a man appeared to him and gave him bread. After eating, he was comforted and regained his strength, and was then taken up by a passing ship. It was discovered that this was the same time that the priest had offered the blessed sacrament to God on his behalf during the mass. The fourth manner of suffrages that benefits the dead is fasting.\n\nSaint Gregory.A woman, speaking of this matter and swearing to it along with three other witnesses, declares that the souls of the departed are absolved in four ways: through the oblations of priests, the prayers of saints, the alms of friends, and the fasting of their kin. This is demonstrated by a solemn document, which recounts that there was a woman whose husband had died, leaving her in great poverty. The devil appeared to her and offered to make her rich if she would do as he instructed. She promised to comply. He commanded her to receive men of the church into her home and make them perform fornication. Secondly, she was to take in poor men by day and drive them out at night, having nothing. Thirdly, she was to let prayers ring in the church and not confess herself of any of these things..And at last, as she approached her death, her son urged her to confess her sins. She revealed to him what she had promised and said that she could not be shriven, and that her confession would avail her nothing. But her son hastened her, and said he would do penance for her. She repented and sent for the priest, but before the priest arrived, the devils ran to her, and she died from their torments. Then her son confessed his sin and did penance for seven years. And he saw his mother again and she thanked him for her deliverance. It happened that a papal legate asked a noble knight to make war in the service of the church and ride to Albigoa. He would therefore grant pardon to the knight's father, who was deceased. The knight appeared to him clearer than the day, and thanked him for his deliverance. As for the third..For whom the suffrages are done, there are four things to consider. First, who are they for? Second, why should it benefit them? Third, it must be known if it benefits all equally. Fourth, how they may know the suffrages done for them.\n\nRegarding the first consideration, who are the recipients of the suffrages? Saint Augustine states that all those who depart from this world, whether good or evil, benefit from the suffrages. The suffrages for the good yield thanksgiving for them, and those for the evil provide some comfort to the living. The suffrages for those in between benefit as cleansings to them. Those who are righteous go directly to heaven, free from purgatory and hell. There are three types of these people: the baptized children and martyrs..These are the men who faithfully maintained the love of God, their neighbor, and good works. They never sought to please the world but only God. If they committed any venial sin, it was immediately put away by the love of charity, like a drop of water in a furnace. And therefore they bore nothing with them that should be burned. Whoever prays for any of these three kinds of people, or performs any services for them, does them wrong. For St. Augustine says, he does wrong who prays for a martyr. But if one prays for one who is truly good, of whom he doubts that he is in heaven, then thanksgivings are due from his offspring. And they come to the profit of him who prays, like David says, \"My prayer shall be turned into my bosom.\" And to these kinds of people is heaven immediately open when they depart, nor do they feel the fire of purgatory. This is signified to us by the three to whom heaven was opened: it was first opened to Jesus..When he was baptized and praying, the heavens were opened to those being baptized, young or old. If they die, they immediately go into heaven. Baptism is a cleansing of all original sin and mortal sin through the virtue of Christ's passion. Secondly, it was opened for St. Stephen when he was stoned, as Acts of the Apostles states, \"I saw heaven open.\" This signifies that it is open to all martyrs, and they go immediately to heaven when they depart. Thirdly, it was opened for St. John the Evangelist, who was perfect, as Revelation says, \"I looked and lo, the door was open in heaven.\" This indicates that it is opened to perfect men who have accomplished their penance and have no venial sins, or if any are committed, they are consumed and extinguished immediately by the ardor of charity. Thus, heaven is open to these three kinds of people who enter lightly..in order to reign perpetually, the right evil and wicked men are those who are immediately plunged into the fire of hell. For whom, if their damnation is known, no suffrages should be done for them, according to St. Augustine. If I knew my father in hell, I would pray for him no more than for the devil. But if suffrages were done for a damned man, of whom there was doubt that he was, they would not benefit him in his deliverance, nor would it lessen his pains or the intensity of them, nor shorten the time. As Job says, \"In hell there is no redemption.\" Those who are in the middle are those who have something to be burned and purged, that is, wood, height, and thickness, or else those who are surprised by death before they could accomplish their penance in their life. Nor are they so good that they do not need the suffrages of their friends, nor are they so evil that suffrages could not profit..And the suffrages done for them are cleansings for them. These are the ones to whom suffrages alone can benefit. In doing such manner suffrages, the church is accustomed to observe three days: the seventh day, the thirtieth day, and the anniversary. The reason for these three days is assigned in the book of the office. The seventh day is kept and observed so that the souls may come to the rest of everlasting peace, or because all the sins they have committed in their life are forgiven through seven days, or that all the sins they have committed in their body, which is made of four complexions, and in their soul, are purged of such things as they have sinned in the Trinity and broken the ten commandments. The anniversary is observed for them to come from the years of calamity and misery to the years of perdurability. And just as we solemnize every year the feast of a saint to them..honor and our profit. We observe anniversaries of those who have died for their profit and our devotion. Of the second, that is, why the suffrages ought to profit them, it is to wit, that it ought to profit them for three reasons. First, by reason of unity, for they are one body with the Church militant. Therefore, their goods ought to come to them. Secondly, by reason of dignity, by which they deserved when they lived that these suffrages should profit them. For they help others, and it is reasonable that those who have helped others are held to be honored. Thirdly, by reason of necessity, for they are in the state in which they cannot help themselves. Regarding the third, if it profits all equally, it is to wit that the suffrages, if they are done for some in particular, profit more to them for whom they are made. For others, and if they have been done for the common good, they profit most to those who have deserved most in this life..They be made equal to those who have the most need. Fourthly, that is to say, if they know the suffrages that have been done for them after St. Augustine, they may know it in three ways. First, by divine revelation, that is, when our Lord shows them such things. Secondly, by the manifestation of good angels, who are always here with us and consider all that we do, and may descend to them and show it to them immediately. Thirdly, by the intimacy of souls that have gone before and have gone thither. For the souls that have gone from here out of this world can well tell such things and other things. Fourthly, nevertheless, they may know it by experience and by revelation. For when they feel themselves summoned and released from their pain, they know well that some suffrages have been done for them. Thirdly, it is to be noted that these suffrages are made by whom? That is to say, if these suffrages should prove effective, it behooves that they be done by those who are in charity..For if they have been done by evil and sinful persons, they may not profit them. It is read that when a knight lay in his bed with his wife, and the moon shone right clear, which entered in by the chimney, he marveled much. Wherefore a man who was reasonable obeyed not to his maker, when the creatures did not reasonable obey him. And then began to speak evil of a knight who was dead and had been familiar with him. And then this knight, of whom they spoke, entered into the chamber, and said to him, \"Friend, have no evil suspicion of any man, but pardon me if I have wronged thee.\" And when he had demanded him of his state, he answered, \"I am tormented by diverse torments and pains, and especially because I defiled the churchyard and hurt a man therein, and deprived him of his mantle, which man tells me I bear on me, and is heavier than a mountain.\" And then he prayed the knight that he would do pray for him..A man asked if such a priest should pray for him, and the dead man shook his head and didn't answer. He then asked if such a hermit should pray for him, and the dead man replied, \"May God grant that he would pray for me.\" The living knight promised to pray for him, and the dead man said, \"I say to thee, in two years this day thou shalt die. And thus he vanished away. The knight changed his life for the better and that night slept in the Lord. It is said that prayers performed by evil men do not profit, unless they are sacramental works, such as the consecration of an evil minister, or if he who is dead left goods to dispose and did not, as is recorded. Turpin, bishop of Reims, relates that there was a noble knight who was in battle with Charles..the grant to fight against the Moors, he prayed one who was his cousin, if he died in battle, to sell his horse and give the price to poor people. He died, and the other desired it for himself and kept it for a little while. After his death, he appeared to that other knight, shining like the sun, and said to him, Cousin, you have caused me to suffer in purgatory for eight days because you did not give the price of my horse to poor people, but you shall not escape unpunished. This day devils will carry your soul to hell. And I, being purged, go to the kingdom of heaven. Suddenly, a great cry was heard there, as of bears and wolves, which bore him away. Then let every executor be careful to execute well the goods of those they have charge of, and beware by this example he here showed us. For he is blessed who, and let us also pray diligently for all Christian souls, that through our intercession..After making prayers, offerings, and fasting easier for them in their pains, Amen.\n\nThus ends the commemoration.\n\nAfter that, the holy man Beuno had built many churches and had ordered the divine service to be said in them devoutly. He came to a place belonging to a worshipful man named Tenythe, the son of a noble senator called Elynd. Beuno asked him to grant as much land as he might need to build a church on, in honor of God. Then he graciously granted his request, and he built a fair church there. Wenefryde was then sent to this holy man Beuno to learn, and he taught her diligently and informed her thoroughly in the faith of Jesus Christ. This holy maid Wenefryde gave credence to his words and was so inflamed with his holy doctrine that she determined to forsake all worldly pleasures and serve Almighty God in meekness and chastity. It happened then upon a [uncertain event]..On a Sunday, she was ill and stayed at home, taking care of her father's needs while they were at church. A young man came to defile her, named Cradok, the son of a king named Alan. This young man was consumed by his desire for her, instigated by the devil, who envied this holy virgin. She commanded the man and drove him away with all her might. He persisted in his foul intentions, refusing to be deterred. Considering his persistent desire and fearing he might overpower her, she feigned consent and said, \"I will go to my chamber to prepare myself for your pleasure.\" When he had agreed, she quickly closed the chamber door and fled quietly through another door towards the church. However, when this young man saw her, he followed her with his drawn sword, like a wild man. Upon overtaking her, he said, \"Once I loved you and desired to have you.\".my wife / But one thing tell now / to me shortly / either consent to comply with my pleasure / or else I shall kill you with this sword / Then this blessed virgin Wenefride thought firmly that she would not forsake the son of the everlasting king / for the pleasure of the son of a temporal king / And she said to him in this manner / I will in no way consent to your foul and corrupt desire / For I am joined to my spouse, Jesus Christ, / who preserves and keeps my virginity / And trust you in your threatening / And when she had said this / this cursed tyrant full of malice struck off her head / And in the same place where her head fell to the ground / there sprang up a fair well, giving out abundantly clear water / where our Lord God yet daily shows many miracles / And many sick people having diverse diseases have been cured and healed by the merits of this blessed virgin saint Wenefride / And in the same well appear yet stones besprinkled and speckled / as it were with\n\n(Note: The text appears to be written in Middle English, but it is mostly readable as it is, with only minor corrections needed for modern English.).And the moss that grows on these stones is of a remarkable sweet odor, and it endures to this day. When the father and mother knew of their daughter's death, they made great lamentation because they had no other children but her. And when this holy man Beuno understood the death of Wenefryde and saw the grief of her father and mother, he comforted them and brought them to the place where she lay dead. There he made a sermon to the people, declaring her virginity and how she had vowed to be a religious woman. After taking up her head in his hands, he set it in the place where it had been cut off. He then prayed devoutly to Almighty God that it might please Him to raise her again to life, not only for the comfort of her father and mother but also to fulfill the vow of Religion. When they rose from prayer, this holy man....A young man arose with them, made by Myracle alive again, by the power of the almighty God. Therefore, all the people gave praise and thanks to his holy name for this great miracle. And ever after she lived, an redemption round about her neck appeared, like a red thread of silk, as a sign and token of her martyrdom. And this young man who had thus slain her had wiped his sword on the grass and stood still there beside her. He had no power to remove it or repent of that cursed deed. Then this holy man Beuno reproved him, not only for the murder but also because he did not reverence the Sunday and feared not the great power of God shown upon this holy virgin. And he said to him, \"Why have you no contrition for your sin, but since you do not repent, I beseech Almighty God to reward you according to your deserving.\" Then he fell down dead to the ground, and his body was suddenly borne away by demons. After this,.holy maiden Wenefryde was veiled and consecrated into Relygyon by the hands of this holy man Beuno. He commanded her to remain in the same church that he had built there, for a period of seven years. During this time, he gathered virgins of honest and holy conversation around her, whom she was to instruct in the laws of God. After seven years, she was to go to some holy place of reverence and remain there, with the remainder of her land. When this holy man was about to leave her, and go to Ireland, she followed him until they reached the aforementioned well, where they stood talking of heavenly things for a long while. When it was time for them to part, this holy man said, \"It is the will of our Lord that you send me a token each year, which you shall place in the stream of this well. And from thence, it shall be carried by the stream to the sea, and by the providence of God, it shall be brought across the sea fifty miles, to the place where I shall dwell.\" After they had parted, she remained at the well..With her virgins, she made a Chessaby of silk work. The following year, she wrapped it in a white mantle and placed it on the stream of the well. It was then brought to this holy man, Beuno, through the waves of the sea, by the providence of God. After this, the blessed virgin Wenefride increased in great virtue and goodness, and especially in holy contemplation with her sisters, leading them into great devotion and love of almighty God. When she had stayed there for seven years, she departed from there and went to the monastery, called Whiteryachus, where there were both men and women of virtuous and holy conversation. When she had confessed and told her life to the holy Abbot Elerius, he received her honorably and brought her to his mother Theonye, a blessed woman who had the rule and charge of all the sisters of that place. When Theonye was deceased from this world, this holy Abbot Elerius delivered to this holy virgin.Wenefryde refused the charge of the sisters as long as she could, but by constraint she took the charge and lived afterward a virtuous life, stricter and harder than before, giving good example to all her sisters. After she had served God for eight years, she yielded up her spirit to her maker. May we pray to her, the virgin and martyr, to be a special intercessor for us. Amen.\n\nLeonard is like the odor of the people, and it is said of Leo that he is the people, and of Nardus that he is an herb with a sweet, pleasant smell. By the odor of good fame, he drew the people to him. Or Leonard may be said to gather high things, or it is said of the lion that in him there are four things. The first is strength or power, and as Isidore says, it is in the breast and in the head. And so the blessed Saint Leonard had strength in his breast..Refining of evil thoughts in the head through contemplation of sovereign things. Secondly, the lion has subtlety in two things. He has his eyes open when he sleeps, and he covers his tracks when he flees. And so Leonard, wakened by the labor of good work, and in working he sleeps by the rest of contemplation, and covers in himself the trace of all worldly affection. Thirdly, the lion has might in his voice. By his voice he raises the third day his whelp that is dead born, and makes all other beasts by him be in peace and rest. And in like wise Leonard raised many who were dead in sin, and many who lived bestially, he fixed them in good works and profitable ones. Fourthly, the lion has fear in his heart, as Isidore says, he doubts two things: the noise of wheels of chariots or carts, and fire burning. In like wise, Leonard doubted, and in doubting he avoided all the noise of the world. And therefore he fled into the desert..he eschewed the fyre of couetyse / and ther\u00a6for he reffused the tresours that were of fryd to hym\nAT is said that leonard was aboute the yere of oure lord / vC / And he was bap\u00a6tysed in the holy fount of sa\u00a6ynt Remyge Archebisshop of Raynes And was Instructe of hym / and en\u2223duced in holy disciplynes of helthe / And the parentes and kynnesmen of saynt Leonard were chyef and hyest in the palays of the kynge of Fraun\u2223ce / This Leonard gate so moche grace of the kynge / that alle the prysonners that he vysyted were anone delyuerd And whanne the renommee of his ho\u00a6lynes grewe and encreaced / the kyng constrayned hym for to dwelle with hym long tyme / tyll that he hadde tyme couenable / and gaf to hym a Bissho\u2223pryche / And he reffused it / and left al desyrynge to be in deserte / And wente to Orleaunce prechynge there with his broder Lieffart / And there lyued a lytel whyle in a Couente / And then\u2223ne Lyeffart had desyre to dwelle allone in a deserte vpon the Ryuer of Loyre / And Leonard was warned by tholy ghoost to.In Guyana, they preached and kissed each other, then Leonard preached there and performed many miracles, dwelling near the city of Limoges. In this forest, the king had built a hall or lodge for himself when he went hunting. One day, the king went hunting in this forest, and the queen, who was there with him for recreation and was then pregnant, began to labor. The labor lasted long and was near to ending in death, so that the king and all the men wept for the queen's peril. Then Leonard passed through the forest and heard the voices of those weeping. Moved by pity, he went there. The king called him and asked what he was, and he replied that he was a disciple of St. Remy. The king then had hope, having been informed of a good master, and brought him to the queen, praying that he would help..Pray for her and for the fruit that she bore, that she might receive double joy from God. And as soon as he had finished his prayer to God, he asked for what he had requested. Then the king offered him much gold and silver, but he refused it all and urged him to give it to the poor instead. I have no need of such things, he said. It is enough for me to despise the riches of the world and serve God in this wood, and that is what I desire. And the king would have given him all the wood, but he would not accept all, only as much as he could go about with his ass in a night. I desire which the king gladly granted to him. And there was made a monastery in which he lived long in abstinence with two monks. And their water was a mile from them, so he caused a pit to be made dry and filled it with water through his prayers. He named that place noble because he had received it from a noble king. And he shone there by such great miracles that whoever was in prison was released..And called his name for aid; anon his bones and fetters were broken, and went away without freely consenting. And they came presenting to him their chains or irons. And many of those who were so delivered dwelled with him and served our lord. And there were seven of his noble lineage who withdrew all their goods and fought with him. He delivered to each of them a part of that wood. And by his holy example, he drew many to him. And at last, this holy man, being endowed with many virtues, departed from this world on the eighteenth day of November, and slept in the Lord thereafter, for the many miracles that God showed there. It was shown to the church clerks that, because the place was overcrowded due to the great multitude of people who came there, they should make another church in another place and bury the body of St. Leonard there honorably.\n\nAnd then the Clerks and the people were covered with snow, except for the place where St. Leonard's body lay..Leonard remained empty / and there the body was transported / The church was built / And the great multitude of irons of various kinds bore witness / to the many miracles our Lord had shown / And especially to prisoners / whose fetters and irons hung before his tomb / The vicomte of Limoges had made a great chain to carry with all malefactors / and commanded / that it should be fastened to a trunk in his tower / And whoever was bound with this chain / to that trunk where it was set / he could see no light / And he who died there / died not of one death only / but more than a thousand torments\n\nIt happened that one of Saint Leonard's servants was bound with this Chain without deserving it. He came close to giving up his spirit. In his courage, he then confessed to Saint Leonard / and begged him / that since he had delivered him, he would have mercy on his servant..A certain saint Leonard appeared to him in a white vesture and said, \"Fear not, for thou shalt not die. Arise up, and take this chain with thee to my Church. Follow me, for I go before.\" Then he arose, took the chain, and followed Saint Leonard until he came to the church. And as he was before the gates, Saint Leonard left him there, and he then entered the church and recounted to all the people what Saint Leonard had done. And behind that great chain,\n\nThere was a certain man who dwelt in the place of Saint Leonard. He was very faithful and devout to Saint Leonard. It happened that this good man was taken by a tyrant, who began to think in himself that Saint Leonard unbinds and loses all those bound in irons. And the might of iron has no more power against him than wax against the Fire. If I set this man in irons, Leonard shall immediately deliver him..And if I may keep him, I shall make him pay a thousand shillings for his reason. I know what I shall do. I shall go and make a large and deep pit under the earth in my tour, and I shall cast him therein bound with many bonds. And after, I shall make a chest of wood upon the mouth of the pit. And I shall make my knights lie therein armed. And if Leonard breaks the irons, yet shall he not enter into it beneath the earth. This man, who was enclosed therein, cried often for St. Leonard. So, on a night, St. Leonard came and turned the chest where the knights lay armed and closed them therein, like dead men in a tomb. And after, he entered into the pit with great light and took the hand of his true servant, and said to him, \"Sleeps thou or art awake? Behold, here is Leonard, whom thou so much desirest.\" He saw marvelingly and said, \"Lord, help me.\" Immediately, his chains were loosened..A pilgrim, whose arms were broken and took him in his embrace, carrying him out of the tower. He spoke to him as a friend to a friend and set him at home in his house. A pilgrim returned from the vision of St. Leonard and was taken in Austria and put in a pit or ditch and tightly enclosed within. This pilgrim prayed strongly to St. Leonard and also to those who had taken him, asking them to let him go for he had never wronged them. They answered that he would not depart unless he paid much money. He said, \"Between you and St. Leonard, I commit this matter.\"\n\nThe following night, St. Leonard appeared to the castle lord and commanded him to deliver his pilgrim. The morning after, the lord thought he had only dreamed and would not deliver him. The next night St. Leonard appeared to him again and commanded him to let him go, but he still would not obey. The third night, St. Leonard took possession of this..A knight in Britain was in prison, who frequently called upon Saint Leonard. One day, Saint Leonard appeared to him in the sight of all men. Recognizing him, the men were greatly embarrassed and entered the prison, breaking his bonds and placing them in the man's hands. They brought him forth before all, who were greatly afraid.\n\nAnother Leonard, of the same profession and virtue, was in a monastery. When he was a prelate, he was known for his great humility, so lowly that many came to him, and so many that the envious told King Clotare of France that if he did not take care of the kingdom of France, he would suffer damage from this Leonard..Whiche gathered to him much people under the shadow of Relgyon. And then this cruel king commanded that he should be chased away. But the knights who came to chase him were so bewitched by his words that they were convinced and proposed to be his disciples. And then the king repented him and asked for pardon from him. And he put aside those who had spoken ill of him, and from their goods and honors. And he loved much Saint Leonard so that underneath the king would not steadfastly restore them to their estate, at the prayers of the holy saint. And this holy saint Interceded and obtained from God that whoever was held in prison and prayed in his name should be delivered immediately. And on a day as he was in his prayers, a right great serpent stretched itself from the foot of Saint Leonard up to his breast. And he never left his prayer position. And when he had accomplished his prayers, he said to the Serpent, I know well that since then..The beginning of your creation / you torment us as much as you can / but your might is given to me now / do to me now what I have deserved\nAnd when he had said this, / the Serpent sprang out of his head / and filled the earth with dread at his feet\nAt one time, when he had reconciled two bishops who were in discord, / he said that he should finish his life on the morrow / And so he did / This was about the year of our Lord 575\n\nHere follows the life of St. Leonard\nThe four crowned martyrs were Severus, Severianus, Capoforus, and Victorinus, / who, by the commandment of Diocletian, were beaten with leaden clubs unto death / The names of whom could not be found but after a long time they were revealed / and it was established that their memory should be worshipped under the names of five other martyrs / that is, Claudian, Castor, Symphorian, Nichostrate, and Simplician / who were martyred two years after them..Four crowned martyrs / And these martyrs knew all the craft of sculpture or of carving / And Diocletian wanted to commission them to carve an idol / but they would not comply nor carve it / nor consent to sacrifice to idols / And then, by Diocletian's command, they were put into tons of lead, all living, and cast into the sea around the year of our Lord, two hundred forty-seven / And Melchades ordered these four saints to be called / four crowned martyrs, before their names were discovered / And though their names were later discovered and known / yet for this reason they have always been called the four crowned martyrs /\n\nTheodore is said to be of God / that is, as much to say / as God himself / and of Das / that is, to say / give /\nAnd thus Theodorus is as much to say / a field given to God / For he gave himself to God / and renounced the field of the Chivalry of the emperor /\n\nTheodore suffered death under Diocletian..And Maximian in the city of Marseille. And when the priest said to him that he should do sacrifice and return to his first duty, Theodore answered, \"I serve my god and his son Jesus Christ.\" To whom the priest said, \"Then your god has a son,\" and Theodore replied, \"Yes, truly, to whom you may well know and go.\" And then term was given to Saint Theodore to do sacrifice to the idols. He entered the Temple of Mars by night and put fire under it and burned all the temple. And then he was accused by a man who had seen him and was enclosed in prison to die there for hunger. Then our Lord appeared to him and said, \"Theodore, my servant, have thou good hope, for I am with thee.\" Then came to him a great company of men clad in white, the door being closed, and began to sing with him. And when the keepers saw that, they were afraid and fled..He was taken out and warned to sacrifice. He replied, \"If you burn my flesh with fire and torment it by divine torments, I will never renounce my god as long as my spirit is in me.\" Then he was ordered to be hung on a tree by the commandment of the emperor. His body was cruelly rent and torn with iron hooks, leaving his bare ribs exposed. Then the provost demanded of him, \"Theodore, will you be with us or with your god, Christ?\" Theodore answered, \"I have been with my Jesus Christ and am, and shall be.\" Then the provost commanded that he should be burned in a fire. In this fire, he gave up his spirit but his body remained unharmed. Around the year 275 AD, all the people were filled with a very sweet odor, and a voice was heard that said, \"Come to me, my friend, and enter into the joy of your lord.\" Many of the people saw the heavens open.\n\nThus ends the life of Saint Theodore.\nMartin is as much to say as holding, Martin being the name for Mars..God of battle against vices and sins, or Martin is said to be one of the martyrs, for he was a martyr by his will and by mortifying his flesh. Martin is described as despising, provoking, or signifying. He despised the devil, his enemy. He provoked the name of our lord for mercy, and he signified mastery over his flesh through continual abstinence. Reason or courage should dominate this flesh, as Saint Denis says in a letter to Demophile. Like a lord dominates his servant or a father his son, or an old man a young wanton, so should reason dominate the flesh. Severus, who was otherwise called Sulpicius, disciple of Saint Martin, wrote his life. Genandius, who is remembered by Severus, numbers him among the noble men.\n\nMartin was born in the castle of Sabaria in the town of Pauanie, but he was nursed in Italy at Poiuye with his father, who was master and tribune of the knights under Constantine and Julius Caesar..Martyn rode with him, but not willingly. From his young infancy, he was inspired divinely by God. When he was twelve years old, he fled to the church against the will of all his kin and renounced his faith. From then on, he wished to enter a desert. However, illness prevented him. As the temperamentals had decreed, the sons of ancient knights were to ride in their fathers' stead, and Martyn, who was fifteen years old, was commanded to do the same. He was made a knight and was content with one servant. Yet, at times, Martyn served him and drew from his booth. In a winter time, as Martyn passed by the gate of Amyens, he met a poor man, naked and to whom no man gave any alms. Then Martyn drew out his sword and cut his mantle in two pieces in the middle. He gave one half to the poor man, for he had nothing else to give him. The next night following,.He saw our Lord Jesus Christ in heaven clothed with that part which he had given to the poor man. He said to the angels around him, \"Martin, newly faithful, has covered me with this garment. I was not enhanced in vain glory by this, but I knew it by God's bounty. When he was eighteen years old, he baptized himself. He promised that he would renounce the dignity to be the judge of knights and the world, if the time of his probation was completed. Then he held knighthood for two more years. In the meantime, the barbarians entered among the French men. Julius Caesar, who was supposed to fight against them, gave great money to the knights. Martin, no longer willing to fight, refused Caesar's gift. But Caesar was angry and said, \"It is not for the grace of religion that you have renounced chivalry.\".but for fear and dread of the following battle, Martin, not being afraid, told him, due to your belief that it is cowardice and that I have not done it for good faith, I will be unarmed tomorrow before the battle and will be protected and kept by the sign of the cross, not by shield nor helmet, and I will surely pass through the enemy battles, and then he was commanded to be kept armed against the enemies. But on the morrow, enemies sent messengers that they would yield them and their goods. There is no doubt that it was this holy man's merits that brought about this victory without shedding of blood. And then, for that reason, he left chivalry and went to Saint Hilary, bishop of Poitiers, and he made him an acolyte. And he was warned by our Lord in his sleep that he should yet visit his father and mother, who were still paying penance, and also that he should suffer many tribulations, as he went over..Montynes fell among the thieves. One of them lifted up an axe to strike him on the head, but Montynes defended himself with his right hand. Another took his hands and bound them behind him. He was asked if he was afraid or doubted. Montynes replied that he was never more certain. He knew that God's mercy was ready and would come in temptations. Then Montynes began to preach to the thief and converted him to the faith of Jesus Christ. The thief then released Montynes and he continued on his way. After passing Melane, the devil appeared to him in human form and asked where he was going. Montynes replied, \"Where the Lord wills that I should go.\" The devil said, \"Wherever you go, the devil will always be against you.\" Montynes answered, \"The Lord is my helper; therefore I fear nothing.\".be done to me, then the demon vanished away. He went home and converted his mother, but his father remained in his error. When heresy grew in the world, he was publicly beaten and expelled from the city and went to Melane, where he built a monastery but was cast out of it. He went with one priest to the island of Galmary and took herbs for food. Among other herbs, he took one named Hereborus. When he felt that he was about to die and was in great pain, he chased away the pain and danger of the venom through the power of prayer. Then he heard that the blessed Hilary had returned from his exile and went to meet him. He ordered a monastery to be built by the pope's permission, and there he was renewed in his faith. When he went out a little and came back, he found him dead without baptism. He went into his cell and brought the corpse there. He knelt by the corpse..his sons / he reminded him in his lifetime / And as the same recounts often that when the sentence was given / against him / And was put in a dark place / And two angels said to the judge / this is he / for whom Martin is pledge / And then he commanded / that he should be removed unto Martin / and so was yielded alive to Martin / And also he restored the life to another who was hanged / And truly when the people of Tours had no bishop / they strongly requested him to be their bishop / And he refused it / But there was one / who was contrary to him / because he was of vile habit / and despised in appearance / And one was among the others / who was named Defensor / And when the lector was not present / another took the psalmist's place / and read the first psalm that he found / in which psalm was written this verse / Ex ore infancium / God, you have performed the praise through the mouths of children and young infants / And for your enemies, you will destroy their defender..And so the defender was chased out of the Town by all the people. And then he was ordained bishop. Unable to endure the tumult and noise of the people, he established a monastery two leagues from the city and lived in great abstinence with forty disciples, whom various cities had chosen to be their bishops. And in a chapel there was a corpse worshipped as a martyr. Saint Martin could find nothing of his life or merits.\n\nHe came one day to his sepulcher and prayed to our Lord that He would reveal to him what he was and of what merit. Then Saint Martin turned him on the left side and saw there a right obscure and dark shadow. Then Saint Martin summoned him and demanded to know what he was. And he said to him that he was a thief and that for his wickedness he had been slain. Immediately, Saint Martin commanded that the altar be destroyed.\n\nIt is recorded in the Dialogue of Sever and Gallegus..discples of Saint Martin: There are many things left out in the life of Saint Martin, which are detailed in the following dialogue. One day, Saint Martin went to Valentinian emperor for a certain necessity. The emperor knew that Martin would request something he would not grant. Martin attempted to enter twice but was denied. He then wrapped himself in hair, cast ashes on himself, and fasted for a week. An angel instructed him to go to the palace, and no one should hinder him. Martin went to the emperor, and when he saw him, the emperor was angry because Martin had been denied entry. He refused to rise until the fire entered his chamber and felt the heat behind him. Angered, the emperor confessed that he had felt the divine power and began to embrace Saint Martin, granting him all that he desired and offering him many gifts..And in this dialogue it is revealed how he raised the third person. When a long interval passed, his mother prayed to St. Martin with weeping tears, for him to help him. And she commanded him to go his way immediately. When the archdeacon urged him to go do the service, Martin said that he couldn't go until the poor man was clothed. And he understood him not, for he saw him clothed and covered with his cope, and didn't realize he was naked underneath. Therefore, he didn't think of the poor man. Then he said to him, \"Why don't you bring anything for the poor man? Bring me then a vesture, and let me be clothed for the poor man.\" And being constrained, he went to the market and bought a coarse coat and a short cloak for 5 pence, which was worth nothing. And he came and angrily threw it down at the poor man's feet. And St. Martin took it up and clothed him secretly..slaves came up to his elbows. The length was only to his knees. And so he went to sing the mass. And as he sang mass, a great light of fire descended upon his head. It was seen by many who were there. Therefore, he is called like and equal to the apostles. And to this miracle adds Master John Beleth: when he lifted up his hands at the mass, as is customary, the sleeves of his tunic slid down to his elbows. For his arms were not large nor fleshy. And the sleeves of his coat came only to his elbows. So that his arms remained bare. Then were brought to him by miracle sleeves of gold and full of precious stones of angels. Which covered his arms conveniently. He saw at one time a sheep shorn. And said, \"this has accomplished the commandment of the gospel.\" For he had two coats and gave to him who had none. And thus he said, \"you ought to do.\" He was of great power to chase away the devils. For he put them out of diverse people often. It is..A cow was tormented by the devil and was wooded and confounded, much confusing people. And as St. Martin and his followers were about to make a journey, this wooded cow ran against them. St. Martin lifted up his hand and commanded her to stay, and she remained still without moving. Then St. Martin saw the devil sitting on the back of the cow, and he reprimanded him, saying, \"Depart from this mortal beast and leave it alone, for it harms nothing.\" Immediately he departed. And the cow knelt down to the feet of this holy man, and at his command, she returned to her company meekly. He was of great subtlety in knowing devils, for they could not be hidden from him. For in whatever form they put themselves, he saw them. Sometimes they showed themselves to him in the form of Jupiter or Mercury, and other times they transformed themselves into the likenesses of Venus or my neighbor, whom he knew each time..It happened on a day that the devil appeared to him in the form of a king in purple and a crown on his head, with hosen and shone gilt, with an amiable mouth and glad countenance. And when they were both still for a while, the devil said, \"Martin, know whom you worship. I am Christ. I have come down to earth and will first show myself to you.\" And Saint Martin, all amazed, said nothing. Yet the devil said to him, \"Why do you doubt, Martin, to believe me, when you see that I am Christ?\" And then Saint Martin, blessed by the Holy Ghost, said, \"Our Lord Jesus Christ says not that he shall come in purple or with a resplendishing crown. I shall never believe that Jesus Christ will come, but if it be in the form and manner in which he suffered death. And that the sign of the Cross be borne before him.\" And with that word, he vanished away, and the hall was filled with stench.\n\nSaint Martin knew..His death was long in coming before his departure, which he showed to his brethren. While he was in the diocese, he saw in a water birds that dived in the water, which looked and saw fish, and ate them. And then he said, \"In this manner devils observe fools. They observe those who are not aware. They take those who are unaware and ignorant, and devour those who are taken. And they cannot be filled or sated with those they devour.\" And then he commanded them to leave the water and go into desert countries. They assembled and went into the woods and mountains. And then he remained a little in that diocese and began to grow weak in his body. And he said to his disciples that he would depart and be dissolved. Then they all weeping said, \"Father, why do you leave us? Or to whom shall you leave us all deserted and uncomfortable? The raging wolves will assail your body.\".And he moved among the flock and beasts, and wept also, praying, \"Lord, if I am still necessary to your people, I refuse nothing of labor. Your will be fulfilled. He doubted what he might do, for he would not gladly leave them nor be long departed from Jesus Christ. And when he had endured a little while being tormented by the Fires, and his disciples prayed him where he lay in the ashen dust and hay, that they might lay some straw in his couch where he lay, he said, \"It does not belong to it, but that a Christian man should die in hay and ashes. And if I should give you another example, I myself would sin. And he had his hands and eyes toward heaven, and his spirit was not lost from prayer. And as he lay toward his brethren, he prayed that they would remove a land (or yoke) from him. And he said, \"Brothers, let me behold more the heaven than the earth, so that the spirit may be addressed to our Lord.\" And this saying, he showed them..\"And Saint Martin said to him, why do you stand here, you cruel beast? You shall find no mercy in me. With this word, he rendered his spirit to the Lord, in the year of our Lord three hundred and forty-seven. The year of his life was four score and one. And his face shone as if it had been glorified. And the voices of angels were heard singing by many who were there. And the poets assembled at his death, as well as those from Tours. There was great controversy. The poets said, he is our monk, we claim him. And the others said, he was taken from you and given to us. And at midnight, all the poets slept. And those from Tours put him out of the window, and he was born with great joy. And he was taken across the water of Leyre by boat to the City of Tours. And Bishop Severus of Cologne, on a Sunday after matins, went about the holy places at the same hour that Saint Martin departed from this world.\".Her the angels singing in heaven, then he called his archdeacon and demanded if he heard anything. He replied no. The bishop urged him to listen carefully, and he began to tilt his head and lean on his staff. Then the bishop prayed for him. He said he heard voices in heaven. To whom the bishop said, \"It is St. Martin, who has departed from this world, and the angels are taking him into heaven now.\" The devils were present at his passing but found nothing in him and departed, confused. The archdeacon noted the day and hour, and afterwards knew that St. Martin had passed from this world at that very moment. Severus the Monk, who wrote his life, slept a little after matins, as he testifies in his Epistle. St. Martin appeared to him dressed in an alb, his face clear, eyes sparkling, head purple, holding a book in his hand..righte hand / which the said Severus had wrangled with when he had given him his blessing, he saw him mount up into heaven. And as he was about to go with him, he awoke. And immediately the messengers came who said that at that very time St. Martin departed from this world. And in the same day, St. Ambrose, Bishop of Milan, sang mass and slept on the altar between the lesson and the epistle. And none dared wake him. The subdeacon dared not read the epistle without his leave. And when he had slept for three hours, they awakened him and said, \"Sir, the hour has passed. And the people are weary from waiting. Therefore command that the clerk read the epistle.\" He said to them, \"Be not angry, Martin my brother has passed into God. I have completed the office of his departure and burial. I could not sooner accomplish or make an end of the last orison because you hurried me so much.\" Then they marked the day and the hour, and they found:.That Saint Martin was then passed out of this world and gone to heaven, Master John Beleth says that kings of France were wooed to bear his cope in battle. Due to this, they were called chaplains. Three score and four years after Saint Perpetue had enlarged his church and wished to transport Saint Martin's body there, they were unable to move the sepulcher. An old man in a fair appearance then appeared to them and said, \"Why do you tarry? See you not that Saint Martin is all ready to help you if you set your hands with him? Then they lifted up the sepulcher and brought it to the place where he is now worshipped. The old man then vanished away.\n\nThis translation was made in the month of July. It is said that there were then two fellows, one lame, and the other blind. The lame taught the blind how to read..A blind man the way, and the blind bear the lame man, and thus they make much money through treasury. And they are reported to have healed many sick men when the body of St. Martin was born out of the Church on procession. And they were afraid, lest the body should be brought before their houses, and that perhaps they might be healed, which in no way they would be. For if they were healed, they would not get so much money through treasury as they did. And therefore they fled from that place and went to another church, where they supposed the body would not come. And as they fled, they encountered and met the holy body suddenly, unexpectedly. And because God gives many blessings to undeserving men, and they would not have them, they were both healed against their will. And St. Ambrose says of St. Martin: He destroyed the temples of accursed error, he raised the banners of pity, he raised the dead, he cast devils out..bodies were in which they dwelt, and were alleged by remedy of health to those who traveled in various maladies and sicknesses. He was so perfect that he clothed Jesus Christ in place of a poor man. And the vesture that the poor man had taken off, the Lord of all the world clothed him with all. That was a great gift. Divinity covered, O glorious vesture, and clothed and covered both the knight and the king. This was a gift, which no man may praise who deserved to clothe the deity. Lord, you grant to him worthily the reward of your confession. You put worthily under him the cruelty of tyrants. And he worthily, for the love of martyrdom, never feared the torments of the persecutors. What shall he receive for the oblation of his body, which deserved to clothe and cover God and also to see Him? And he gave such great medicine to those who trusted in God that some were healed by his prayers..Bryce is called Brios in Greek, which means measure and knowing. The name Bryce can be translated as \"knowing measure.\" In his childhood, Bryce was full of foolishness and silliness, but he could demand and counsel according to his ability, and govern others well, and excuse himself with measure. Bryce was the archdeacon of St. Martin. He was grievous to him and said many unreasonable things. One time, a poor man came to Bryce and asked him where the bishop was and how he should know him. Bryce told him to go into the church, and the poor man found St. Martin there. When he had received him, St. Martin called for Bryce and said to him, \"Bryce, it seems to me that I am a fool or a madman.\".And he forsake it and denied it for shame, and said he had not said so. St. Martin said, \"I have heard it. For my ears were at your mouth when you said it to the poor man openly. I tell and say to the truth, that I have obtained and have received God's grant that you shall sue and when Bryce heard him say so, he scorned him, saying, \"Did I not speak true when I said he was a fool?\" And after the death of St. Martin, Bryce was elected and made Bishop of Tours. From then on, he intended all to prayer. And yet he was always chaste. In the thirtieth year of his bishopric, a woman, who was religiously clad and was his laundress, had conceived and born a child. All the people said that the bishop had gotten it, and they assembled at his gates with stones, and said, \"We have long suffered your lechery for the love of St. Martin and for his pity. But now we will no longer kiss your hands.\".\"whoever are accursed, but he denied the fact and acted manfully. And he said, \"Bring me the child.\" When he was brought, he was only thirty days old. And Saint Bryce said to him, \"I conjure you by the son of God that you tell me before all these people if I have begotten you.\" And the child said, \"You are not my father.\" And the people, still not satisfied, demanded to know who was his father. He replied, \"That is not my concern to do.\" I have done what is my responsibility for my excuse.\" And the people said, \"This is done by the art of enchantment.\" And they spoke plainly, \"He should not rule over us falsely under the shadow of a pastor.\" Then, in order to purge him, he bore in his lap or his vestments coals burning. Upon the tomb of Saint Martin, and his vestments neither burned nor were harmed. And then he said, \"Just as my vestments are unharmed and not burned by these coals, but are whole and not corrupted by the fire, in the same way,...\"\".my body clean of touching any woman / And yet the people believed him not, but beat him / and inflicted many injuries upon him / and expelled him from the bishopric / because the word of St. Martin should be fulfilled. Then St. Bryce went his way weeping / and came to the place where he had been for seven years / and purged himself of what he had transgressed against St. Martin. And the people made a new bishop named Justinien / and sent him to Rome / to defend the cause against Bryce / and he went there and died in the city of Vercelli. Then the people made one Armenon bishop in his place. And in the seventh year, he returned with the authority of the pope. And that same night, Armenon the bishop died / and Bryce knew it by divine revelation / and said to his people / that they should arise and hasten to go / and bury the bishop of Tours / who was dead. And as Bryce entered one gate, the dead bishop was brought in through another gate / And when he was buried, Bryce took his see..\"There was a remarkable holy woman in the city of Assyz, named Clare. First, you should know that her nativity was noble and worthy. It is recorded that in terms of the world, she came from a noble lineage. Regarding her spirit, her reputation for virtuous living and noble manners towards God was also noble. Next, to demonstrate that after her nativity she was a devout spouse of God, she is worthy of great recommendation. It is recorded that when her mother was pregnant or near delivery of her child, on one occasion, before the crucifix she was weeping and praying. Of His grace, He granted her the delivery of her fruit with joy and gladness. Suddenly, she heard a voice.\".\"saying to her, a woman, have no doubt, for without peril you shall be delivered of a daughter, who by her doctrine will enlighten all the world. Secondly, in her life and known to be full of virtues, it is reported that this holy virgin, after the time of her infancy, was so composed in all good manners, in demeanor, maintenance, and continuance, that all others might take fair and good example from her for maintaining and governing themselves. And in particular, she had such great pity for the poor people that often she spared her own mouth and sent secret messengers such as she herself would have been sustained by. Also in making deep prayer she had such great joy that it seemed to her as if she was in ecstasies, and her spirit was refreshed with the sweetness of heaven. She was in her array like others, but by penance she chastised her body.\".nevertheless, she was always bareheaded, wearing her hair on her body from her infancy. Her heart had determined that she would never have another spouse than Jesus Christ. And many other virtues shone in her, which were too long to recount. Thirdly, St. Francis showed her the way of truth. It is reported that when St. Clare heard the renown of St. Francis, it was spread throughout the world as if a new man had been sent into the world, showing us how we ought to follow the new way of Jesus Christ. She could not rest in her heart until she came to him, and opened her heart to him. After she had sweetly understood him and received many a holy, sweet, and angelic word from him, St. Francis exhorted her above all else to flee the world with both heart and body. And to this he enjoined her that on Palm Sunday she should keep the feast with the people, but the night following in..Remembrance of Jesus' passion, she should turn her joy into weeping and afflictions. In such a way, she might come to heaven as a virgin and spouse of God, eager and happy. Fourthly, she had no quietness in her heart until she had accomplished her thought and purpose.\n\nIt is read that Saint Clare, formed of Saint Francis, could have no rest in her heart until the night assigned and the hour she issued out of the city of Assisi, where she dwelt, and came to the Church of Our Lady of Porciuncula. And there, the friars received her, who awoke in the said church and remained before the altar of the blessed virgin Mary. And there, her hair was cut off. Afterward, they took her to an abbey of nuns and left her there. Fifthly, how her friends despised this work ordained by our Lord. It is read that when this lady was thus ordained, she labored and did so much that she drew her..A sister named Agnes joined her company, and the carnal friends of Saint Clare were incensed beyond measure because of this. For this reason, Saint Francis translated them into the church of Saint Damian. This church, by the commandment of the Crucifix he had repaired, was where this lady began the Religion called the Poor Clares. In this little cell that Saint Francis had built, she began her enclosure.\n\nSixty years later, it is reported that Saint Clare exalted herself in humility more than was seemly. The wise man says that a person should be even more humble when they are promoted. Therefore, after she had assembled a great congregation of holy virgins, unless it had been for the obedience of Saint Francis, she would never have received their submission. And after she had received their dominion and governance, she was foremost among them..other ready to serve those who were sick, as she had been a handmaid or servant, and was so humble that she washed the feet of her handmaidens and servants when they came in from outside from their work, and dried them and kissed them. Seventhly, how Saint Clare kept poverty, It is read that for to keep and to follow poverty according to the gospel of Jesus Christ, Saint Clare put all her intent to it. Therefore, since the beginning of her holy life, all that came to her, father and mother, she sold, and gave it for God's sake. And notwithstanding that she was assailed by the pope for the vow of poverty, and thereupon had received letters from the pope weeping, she wrote again saying, \"I will well be assailed by my sins, but the vow of poverty I shall keep unto death.\" The eighth How in necessity Jesus Christ appeared to her. It is read that on a time..At the hour of dinner in St. Clare's college, there was only one loaf of bread. Neither was there enough for more. Saint Clare took this loaf from the dispenser's hand and made her prayer. Afterward, she made as many loves and parties as there were sisters. And as soon as each had received her portion, it was little. The divine grace multiplied it so much that each left some and had enough. It is reportedly read that God did this for her. When her pots failed in her college, Saint Clare was ruled in straitened circumstances. This holy lady was content with one poor coat lined with a mantlet. She never used penances or furs of skins, but spent all her time keeping her body in service to the spirit. And three times a week, she fasted in this manner: she never tasted anything that was sodden. Every year, she fasted two Lenten seasons on bread and water only, except for the Sunday when she took a little wine..She lived so strictly that she became so frail that St. Frances commanded her, due to obedience, to miss no day but to take for her refreshment only an ounce and a half of bread. She was never without her next skin, and for a pillow she took a block or a large stone. She always lay on the bare ground, or sometimes to take better rest she lay upon the cutting of vines. Tenthly, how she despised the temptation of the devil, our enemy. It is read that in particular she had a custom, from midday on, to be in prayers, and remembering the passion and suffering of Jesus Christ for two hours. And after the evening prayer, she was always long in orisons. It is read that often the devil appeared to her by night, saying, \"If you do not abstain from waking and weeping.\".You shall certainly be blind, she answered. He shall not be blind who sees our Lord in His glory. When the devil heard this answer, he immediately departed, utterly confounded, and never dared to tempt her again or let her cease from her prayers.\n\nEnthusiastically, God in His grace had pierced her heart. It is read that Saint Clare, to dispose amply the time that God had granted her, was especially determined, from midday until evening, to spend all that time in thinking and dwelling on the passion of Jesus Christ, and to say prayers and orisons accordingly. Afterward, concerning the five wounds of the precious body of Jesus Christ, as Stemmed and pierced to the heart with the dart of divine love, it is read that from a short Thursday, the hour of the Maundy until Saturday evening, she was remembering and thinking on the suffering of our Lord so burningly, that she was roused as if drunk in the love of God..She knew not what was said or done about her, standing as unmoving or as insensible as possible. Twelfthly, in her illness and pain, she was comforted by God. It is said that she was in a state of continuous lethargy and sickness for eighty-two days. Nevertheless, she was never seen to show signs of impatience, but always spoke sweet words and gave thanks to God. In particular, it is recorded that for seventeen days she went without food or drink. And yet, she was so visited by God that it seemed to all who saw her that she had no pain or sickness, but rather comforted every creature that came to her. And in special, it is recorded that when the hour of death approached, she, who had long lost her speech, began to speak and say, \"Go out, you have a good conduct.\" And when one of her nurses was present..She demanded to know to whom she spoke. The woman answered, \"To my soul, for he ought not to doubt. I see the holy virgin Mary, who remains with me, keeping me from departing from your body. And the blessed lady entered the chamber where Saint Clare lay. She was crowned with a clear shining crown, changing the night's darkness into midday's clarity. She brought with her a great multitude of other virgins, all nobly crowned. Among them was one who wore a rich mantle. To her, she said, \"Give her the mantle.\" And when she had sweetly embraced her, she clothed her with the mantle. At that same time, the college of sisters wept around her, and in particular, Agnes, the sister of Saint Clare, making great mourning and sorrow. Then Saint Clare said sweetly, \"My sisters, do not be disheartened. You shall have a good and true advocate with God from me. And you, Agnes, will soon after.\".folowe me in to glorye / Now is it well reason and ryght / that we saye and shewe of the grete meruaylles / that god shewed for saynt Clare by hyr holy prayers / For she was veryta\u00a6ble / trewe and worthy of alle honoure That grete tempest that was in the ty\u2223me of Frederyck themperour / wherof hooly Chirche had soo moche to suffre / that in dyuerse partyes of the world was moche warre / so that by the com\u2223maundement of themperour were bata\u00a6ylles establysshed of knyghtes / And with that soo many Archers of Sara\u2223syns / as they hadde be hylles of flyes for to destroye the peple / Chastellis & Cytees / The Sarasyns ranne as wood\u00a6men tylle they cam to the yates of As\u2223syse / And the felon sarasyns that ben full of alle cruelte and falshede / And seke nothynge / but for to flee and des\u2223troye Crysten mennes blood / And they cam vnto the Cloystre of the poure la\u2223dyes of saynt Damyen / And the holy ladyes had so grete fere that theyr her\u2223tes malte in theyr bodyes / and ronne wepynge to their moder saint Clare / And she.that was seeking without fear, her heart made her led before her enemies to the door, and did bear before the body of our lord, you who were in a pitifully richly adorned and devoutly, and this holy lady was on her knees saying with weeping tears to our lord, \"Dear lord God, please it you, that those who serve you and are disarmed, whom I have nourished for your love, be brought into the hands and power of the pagans. Fair, sweet lord, I beseech thee, that thou keep thy maidens and servants, for I may not keep them in this state, and our lord immediately sent, of his special grace, a voice, as it had been a child, which said to her, \"I shall keep you always, O sweet fair lord, keep this city if it pleases you, which has given us such things as have been necessary for us for the love of you.\" And he answered, \"The city shall have some grace, but nevertheless I shall keep and defend it.\" Then this holy virgin saint Clare arose from her prayer..Who had wept and comforted her greatly, her sisters wept and she said to them, \"Fair daughters, I command you to comfort yourselves in good faith, and trust only in our Lord. The Sarasyns shall never harm you.\n\nSuddenly, the Sarasyns were filled with great fear and dread. Over the walls and at the places where they had entered, they fled hastily. In this way, Saint Clare disturbed and put an end to their enterprise.\n\nShe then commanded all who heard her voice that in no way they should discover or tell it to anyone who lived.\n\nOn another occasion, an old squire full of vain glory, who was very bold in battle and captain of a great host that Frederick had given to him, came with all his host to take the city of Assyz, he did indeed cut down the trees and destroy the countryside around it, and besieged the city. He swore that he would not allow anyone to leave..Depart then, until he had taken the city. And thus the city was besieged to be taken. And when Saint Clare, the handmaiden of Jesus Christ, heard the tidings, she had great pity, and called her sisters, and said to them: \"Dear daughters, we receive daily many blessings from this city. It would be a great injustice to us if we did not help it in this great need, as much as we can. Then she commanded that ashes be brought, and told her sisters to uncover their heads. She cast a great quantity of ashes upon her own head first, and afterwards upon the heads of all the others. And she said to them: \"Go, fair daughters, and with all your heart, ask and pray to our Lord that He will deliver this city. And then each one, in great weeping and tears, made her own prayers and supplications to our Lord in such a way that He kept and defended the city. The host departed from the country the next morning, and it was not long after..after they all were dead and slain, it should not be becoming that we should keep and hide the marvelous virtue of her prayer, which at the beginning of her conversation, she converted a soul to God. For she had a younger sister than she was, whose conversation she much desired. In all her prayers that she made, she prayed at the beginning with all her heart to our Lord, that like as she and her sister had been in the world of one heart and of one will, it might please the Father of mercy, that Agnes her sister, whom she had left in the world, might despise the world and save the sweetness of God, so that she might have no will to marry except for God, her true friend, in such a way that between them both they might espouse their virginity to our Lord. These two sisters loved marvelously together, and were much sorrowful for their parting, and one more than the other. But our Lord granted to St. Clare the first request..For it was a thing that much pleased him after the seventeenth day that Saint Clare was converted. Agnes, her sister, came to her and revealed her secret to her, saying that she would serve God. When Saint Clare heard this, she embraced her at once and said, \"My sister, you are most welcome. I thank God that He has heard me. For whom I was in great sorrow. How wonderful that this conversion was! And yet more to be marveled at, how Clare defended her sister by her prayers. At that time, the blessed sisters of Saint Michaels of Pambo were united to God, and they followed the life and works of Jesus Christ. There was Saint Clare, who felt more of God than the others. She instructed her sister on how she should rule herself. And the parents and kin of Saint Clare began a new battle against the virgins. When they heard that Agnes had gone to dwell with her sister, Saint Clare, they came on..The men and friends of Saint Clare, twelve in number, arrived at the place where she dwelt and showed no sign of the malice in their hearts. They gave the impression that they came in good faith. When they approached, they made no attempt to force Saint Clare to leave. They knew that they would reveal nothing of their intent, so they turned to Agnes and said, \"What brings you here? Come home with us to your house.\" Agnes answered that she would never leave the company of Saint Clare. A tyrant knight seized her by the hair, and another took her by the arms, and they carried her away a great distance. She felt as if she was among the hands of a lion and being taken from the hands of God. She began to cry out and said, \"Fair sister, help me. Do not allow me to be taken away from the holy company of Jesus Christ.\" The villains dragged this virgin against her will over the mountain..rented her clothes and drew out her hear, Saint Clare knelt down and placed herself in prayer. She prayed to the Lord to give her sister a strong heart and stability, enabling her to overcome and surmount the people's persuasion. The holy ghost made her so peaceful and heavy that it seemed her body was fixed to the ground. Despite her heaviness, it was no wonder, for she had eaten much. Then, her uncle raised his arm to beat her cruelly, but an ache and pain seized him suddenly, tormenting him severely. After Agnes had endured this long struggle with her kin and friends, Saint Clare intervened and begged them, for God's sake, to abandon this battle with her sister and depart. She received the care and charge of Agnes..\"sister, who lay dying on the ground in great distress, / and finally her kin departed in great anguish and sorrow from her heart, / And then, immediately after she arose happily, / and had great joy from the first battle, / that she had suffered for the love of Jesus Christ, / From this time onward, she dedicated herself to serving God faithfully, / and Saint Francis cut off her hair with his own hands, / and induced and taught her to serve God, / and so did Saint Clare her sister. / It is not a great marvel that the children and prayers of Saint Clare, / which were so strong and so effective against the malice of the people, / when they fled and were pursued to burn the devils. / It happened once that a very devout woman from the bishopric of Perigueux came to one of the ladies, / to yield something.\".Kings thanked God and Saint Clare, who had delivered her from the hands of devils. For they fled and lamented that the orphans of Saint Clare burnt them all. Therefore, they could no longer dwell in that place. Pope Gregory had great faith and great devotion in the prayers of the holy virgin. This was not without cause, for he had proven and felt certain virtue in her, which had helped many and various ones who had necessity and need. And when he was Bishop of Huesca, and afterwards when he was pope, he sent his letters to her, by which he requested her to pray for him. Immediately, he felt himself eased and attributed it to her prayers. Then certainly, if he who was vicar of Jesus Christ, as we may see, had such great devotion to Saint Clare, whom he requested aid from, and recommended him to the virtue of her orphans, we should then tenaciously hold the devotion of such a man. He knew well how mighty love is..The pure virgins have entered the door of our Lord's heart, and if our sweet Lord gives himself to those who love him fervently, who may he deny them, for whom they devoutly require him? Always seen, that they require him, who is in need and beneficial. The holy work shows well the great faith and great devotion she had in the holy sacrament of the altar. In the great sickness which had so afflicted her that she lay in her bed, she arose and had herself carried from one place to another. She spun a fine small cloth, of which she made more than fifty corporals, and sent them in fair silk towels into various churches in various places of Assyria. When she should receive the body of our Lord, it was marvelous to see the tears she wept, of which she was all wet. She had such great fear when she approached near to her savior that she did not doubt him in semblance, very God in the form of bread, the sacrament../ than he who governs heaven and earth,\nwhich is all one,\nSo she, who had always a sense and mind of Jesus Christ in her ladyship,\nwas comforted by God,\nand was visited in her infirmity and languor,\nIn the hour of the nativity of Jesus Christ at Christmas,\nwhen the angels and the world made feast and sang and enjoyed the little Jesus who was born,\nall the poor ladies went to matins in their monasteries,\nand left their poor mother alone in her sickness.\nThen she began to think of little Jesus,\nand was sorrowful that she could not be at the service and praise our Lord.\nShe said in signing, Fair lord God,\nI lie here alone,\nAnd anon she began to hear the Friars who sang,\nand St. Francis,\nand distinctly heard the jubilation,\nthe psalmody,\nand the great melody of the song.\nHowbeit, her bed was not so near,\nthat the voices of a man or woman might not be heard or understood by her,\nif God had not granted it to her,\nor if God had not given her above all nature of man..For she was worthy to see in her oratory the joy of our lord. On the morning when the ladies and daughters came to her, she said to them: \"Blessed be our lord Jesus Christ. For when you left me, he left me not truly. I tell you that I have heard this night all the service and solemnity that has been done in the church by St. Frances, through the grace of Jesus Christ, at the pains of her death. Our lord comforted her always. For she drew out of the holy wounds of Jesus Christ a bitterness, of which her heart, her will, and her thoughts were full of anguish marvelously bitter. And often as she had been drunk with the sorrow and tears that she wept for the love of Jesus Christ, the love of God, which she had imprinted in her heart within, appeared outwardly in her. She encouraged and taught the news and admonished them that they keep in mind the sorrow and pain..of the death of Jesus Christ. She said with her mouth that she did it in her heart and gave an example when she was secretly alone before she could say anything, she was all bewetehed with tears. She was most devout and had more fervor of devotion between herself and none than any other time, because she wanted her heart to be sacrificed to God our Lord in the hour that Jesus Christ was crucified on the cross's altar.\n\nOnce, at the hour of none, she prayed to God in her cell. The devil gave her such a stroke under the ear that her eyes and face were covered with blood. She had learned an orison of the five wounds of Jesus Christ, which she often recorded and remembered because her heart and thought were nourished there, and she could feel the delights that are in Jesus Christ. She learned the office of the cross of St. Francis, which loved her truly, and she said it as gladly to her power as he did. She turned to her..In the remembrance of Our Lord's wounds, Saint Clare enclosed herself in her cell's chamber. On Holy Thursday, the day Our Lord made His supper, it is recalled how God loved His disciples around the hour of evening. When God began His Passion's wrestling, Saint Clare, being heavy-hearted and sorrowful, prayed fervently and was sorrowful unto death. In her deep sorrow and despair, she drew a burning love full of desire. She remembered how, in that hour, Jesus was taken, led away, and mocked, so much so that from this remembrance she was completely drunk. All night long, she was so agitated that she did not know where her body was. Her head's eyes remained fixed in one place without moving..A daughter, looking at her side, had her heart's eye so fixed on Jesus Christ that she felt no one was closer or more secret with her than the others, who often came to see her. On the night of Saturday, this devout daughter brought a burning candle and, without speaking, made a sign to her blessed mother Clare, reminding her of St. Francis' commandments. For he had commanded that she should see something every day. Then, as she stood before her with a burning candle, St. Clare appeared to her again, seeming to come from another world. \"Fair daughter,\" she said, \"what need is there for a candle? Is it not yet day?\" The daughter answered, \"Dear mother, the night is past, and the day is gone, and another night has come.\" \"Fair daughter,\" said St. Clare, \"this sleep that I have taken is blessed. I have long desired it, and God has given it to me. But beware, my daughter.\".say it never to creature as long as I live / When our lord knew and perceived how well and how much this holy Clare loved him / And the right great love that she had to the very cross for his sake / he enlightened and privileged her in such a manner / that she had the power to make tokens and miracles by the cross / For when she made the sign of the very cross upon them who were sick / anon the sickness fled away / and so many miracles God showed through her / Of which I shall tell you some / First of a man who was out of his wits / On a time it happened / that St. Francis sent to St. Clare a man named Stephen / and was entirely mad from himself / that she should make the sign of the cross upon him / For he knew well / that she was a woman of great perfection / And he honored her much for the virtue that was in her / And she, who was obedient and a good daughter of obedience / blessed the man by the commandment of St. Francis / and made him sleep..And after she took him by the hand and he arose whole, Saint Clare, cleansed of all his afflictions, was a good and true mistress for forming young people who knew little of religion. She was the president and superior of the maidens of our Lord, and instructed them in good customs, teaching them well to do penance. She nourished them with such great love that no tongue can express. She taught them privately to flee the noise of the world, for they should rejoice in the Lord. And she exhorted them to put away all carnal affection and fleshly love of their friends, and not to be overly tender or love them too much, nor houses nor land, but to make them strong to please and serve God. She counseled and warned them that they should hate to do the will of the body, and that they should with all their heart suppress the fleshly desires of the flesh..and good reason goes against her / she said to them the fiend of hell lies in wait and lays his hooks and greens subtly to take and bind the holy souls. And yet they tempt more the good people than those of the world. She wanted them to wake and labor with her own hands in such works as she had established for them. She wanted them to do their bodily toil, and then go to prayer. For prayer is a thing that pleases much God. And she would that in praying they should refresh their bodies and leave and depress negligence and all coldness of heart, and be kindled and lit in the holy love of God, so that instead of coldness they should be hot in devotion. In no place, nor in no cloister, was silence better kept nor holiness, there was no law in their speech nor evil, but they were sober and so good that they showed well that in their hearts was no evil but all goodness. The good mistress Saint Claire her..Self spoke so little that she restrained them, and thought marvelously on their words. How is it that in her heart, and in her thought, was but all holiness? This good lady imparted to her daughters the word of God through devout preachings. And she had such joy and gladness deeply in her heart in hearing the words of the holy predication that all her delight was in our Lord Jesus Christ, her espoused one. For once, as Friar Philip preached a sermon, a right fair child was before Saint Clare, and remained there a great part of the sermon. She beheld marvelously and graciously Saint Clare, and it happened that he who was worthy to know and see such lofty things of Saint Clare received in that sight and beholding such great sweetness in his heart, and such great comfort, that it could not be said, nor expressed. And how was it that she was not prevented, yet she heard more gladly the sermons in Latin than she heard them entirely, and assured them more sweetly? She could much better..She was drawn to that which was most profitable for her soul. She well knew that it was no less cunning to gather fair flowers among sharp thorns than to eat the fruit of a fair tree. In other words, she enjoyed a rude sermon that was edifying more than a polished little profanity.\n\nOnce, it happened that Pope Gregory forbade any free man from visiting the houses of ladies without his leave. And when the holy mother Saint Clare knew this, she was greatly sorrowful in her heart because she could not have that which was necessary, which was the nourishment of holy scripture. She said to her sisters with a sorrowful heart, \"Now, if Pope Gregory takes away from us all the friars, what good will it do us when he has taken away those who have nourished our souls with the word of God?\" And she immediately sent back all the Friars of her household. She had nothing to do with having friars to get them bodily bread when they failed those who had nourished her..and her sisters with the word of God. Anytime the pope Gregory heard this news, he repealed whatever he had defended and set everything at God's will. This holy and good Abbess not only loved the souls of her daughters but often thought in her heart how she might serve their bodies charitably. Whenever it was right cold, she covered by night those who were feeble and visited them sweetly. If she saw any trouble by any temptation or anger, which sometimes happened, she would call them secretly and comforted them all weeping. And other times she would fall down at the feet of her daughters who were mature and heavy, and kneeled before them, so that the sweetness and devotion that the ladies saw in her good mother, which she displayed, and took away their sorrow. Her daughters could thank her much for this, and thus they learned to do well through devotion and to love their good mother more sweetly, and followed the right way..works of their good abbesses, and they marveled much at the great abundance of holiness that God had given to His spouse, when she had been forty years in the state of right holy poverty. It pleased our Lord to call her to be rewarded in heaven, and He sent her a great sickness. Her suffering was multiplied, and her weakness and sickness grew more than was her custom. For, as our Lord had given her riches of merits, of good virtues, and of good works in her health, so would God enrich her in her sickness, so that she should suffer great pain and torments for Him. For in suffering sickness is perfection of virtue perfected. And you may perceive here, in what manner she was virtuous in her sickness, for although she had been twenty-eight years in sickness and affliction, yet she never grumbled, murmured, or complained, but always..\"said holy words and rendered thanks to our lord. How is it that she was marvelously distressed and sick, seeming to hasten much towards her end? It pleased our lord, however, to spare her from death until her end could be honored and enhanced by the presence of the pope and the cardinals, to whom she was a special daughter. For when the pope and the cardinals had tarried a great while at Lyons, St. Clare was there, seemingly appearing to them as if a glove were over them or if they had been struck with a sword. But our lord showed her a vision immediately to one of his maidservants who dwelt at St. Poles. It seemed to her that she and her sisters were at St. Damian's, before St. Clare, who was very sick. It seemed that this Clare lay in a very fair and precious bed, and it seemed that her daughters wept when the soul should pass out of the body. And immediately she saw a very fair lady at the head of the bed.\".bedde and said to them that wept, \"Fair daughters, weep no more for this lady shall overcome all. And know that she shall not die until our lord and his disciples come. And she shall not abide long after the pope and the Court of Rome come to stir things up.\n\n\"As soon as the Bishop of Hosten heard say that this holy woman was sick, he went in great haste to see and visit the spouse of Jesus Christ. For he was her spiritual father and had the care of her soul. He had always devoutly loved the holy virgin. Then he gave her the body of our lord in her sickness, for that is the very food of the soul. He comforted the other daughters with his sermons and holy words.\n\n\"Then the holy good mother weeping prayed him much sweetly that he would take care of her daughters being there and of all the others. And that, for the love of our lord, he would remember her. And above all things.\".She prayed to him that her privilege of poverty might be recognized by the pope and the cardinals. He who loved her deeply and believed in her religion, and who had always truly aided her, promised to do so. In the following year, the pope and the cardinals came to Assisi to see the departure of the holy virgin and to put the vision into effect. For the pope is the highest man on earth, under God, and the one who best represents the person of Jesus Christ. Just as our Lord had his disciples who were joined to him on earth, in the same way the pope has his cardinals, who are joined to him in the holy church. Our Lord hastened him, as he who knew the firm purpose of his spouse, Saint Clare. He hastened to honor her and to bring her, his poor pilgrim, into the palace of the king of paradise. She also earnestly desired and wished with all her heart to be delivered from her mortal body..She might see in heaven Jesus Christ, as one who had beheld him there with her entire heart in deep humility. Her limbs were bruised and troubled by great sickness, so that the body could no longer endure. Therefore, the Lord called her from this world and arranged for her eternal health. Then Pope Innocent the Fourth and the cardinals came with him to visit the handmaiden of God, whom he had proven to live a holier life than any woman in his time. He knew for certain that it was fitting that he should come and honor her with his presence. When he entered the room of the ladies, he went there where this saint lay. He took her hand to kiss it, and the pope, who was courteous, stood on a tree and took her foot to kiss with great humility. She took it and kissed it sweetly, and afterward she humbly inclined herself to the pope and asked him with a sweet voice to grant her permission..She confessed to him of all her sins, to whom he said that we had no more need of absolution for the sins we had committed than you. And then he absolved her of all her sins and gave her his blessing abundantly. When they had all departed, for she had received the body of our Lord from the hands of the provincial minister that day, she lifted her eyes to our Lord in heaven and joined her hands, and said then, \"My right sweet and fair daughters, our Lord Jesus Christ, by his kindness has done me such great good and given me such a great gift that heaven and earth may not know. For I have received this day a most high Lord, and also have seen his vicegerent.\" The good daughters were by the bedside, weeping, and remained for the orphans. Their hearts were greatly sorrowful because of their mother's death, which pierced their hearts like a sword. The daughters did not leave her nor for hunger nor for thirst..Thurst not for sleep, nor did they think of bed or table. All their pleasures were for crying, weeping, and making sorrow. Amongst all the others, her sister, who was a very devout virgin, wept many tears and said to Saint Clare, her sister, \"Fair and right sweet sister, do not depart from me, and leave me not alone. And Saint Clare answered her sweetly, \"Fair, sweet sister, it pleases God that I depart from this world, but weep no more, fair sister. For you shall come hastily to our Lord hastily after me. And I also say to you that our Lord will do great comfort and consolation for you before you die. After this, holy and good Clare drew near to her end. And the people and the people had great devotion for her. The prelates and cardinals came often to see her. And they honored her as a very saint. But there was a marvelous thing to hear. For she remained without entering any corporeal food into her body for twelve days..She was so strong, by the suffrance and grace of God, that she comforted all who came before her in the service of God. She desired and charged them to do well. And when Friar Reynald, who was debonair, came to see her and beheld the great sickness she had long suffered, he preached to her and prayed her much for patience. She answered him freely and debonairly, for she knew rightly, dear brother, that no pains displease me, nor penance grieves me, nor sicknesses are hard or displeasing to me. Then she answered him when she felt our Lord knocking at her gate to take her soul out of this world, and requested that good people and spiritual ones be with her, so that she might hear from them the holy words of God, and especially,\n\n(Note: The text appears to be in Middle English. No significant OCR errors were detected, and no meaningless or unreadable content was found, so no cleaning was necessary.).The words of the death and passion of Jesus Christ. Among all others came a Friar named Vinques, who was one of the noble preachers on earth. He often spoke and said noble and holy words boldly and good. Of his coming she was much glad and prayed him to say something new if he had prepared anything. Then the Friar opened his mouth and began to speak such sweet words that they were like sparks, of fire and ardent fervor or heat, from which the holy virgin had great consolation. Then she turned to her daughters and said, \"Sweet daughters, I commend to you the holy power of our Lord. Give him thanks for what he has done for you. Then she blessed all those who had devotion to her and to her order. She gave generously and wisely her blessing to all the poor ladies of her order who were before her there. The two Friars of St. Francis who were there, of whom one was named Angel, comforted her..The holy sisters, filled with sorrow, kissed devoutly and holy the bed of the one who was to pass to our Lord. The holy ladies mourned greatly the loss of their mother. And even more so, they cried and wept without end. They were courageously grieved within. Then Saint Clare began to speak softly to her soul. \"Go,\" she said. \"Go surely,\" she replied, \"for you have a good guide and conductor on the way where you shall go, which will lead you well.\" \"Go,\" she said boldly, \"for He who made you and sanctified you shall keep you. He loves you tenderly, as a mother does her child. Lord God said she, 'Blessed be Thou who made me.' Then one of her sisters demanded her, to whom she spoke, \"I have said to my blessed soul, and without fail, her glorious conductor is not far from her. Then she called one of her daughters and said to her, \"Fair daughter, see the King of glory whom I see, but the daughter\".A woman did not see him, for the will of God was that one should see him and not the other. There was a happy widow, comfortable, who saw him among the tears she wept. Yet she was wounded to the heart with a dart full of sweetness and sorrow. Then she turned her sight toward the door of the house and saw a great company of virgins enter in, all clad in white clothes, each bearing a crown of gold on her head. Among all others, there was one more clear and fair than the others, who bore a crown of gold woven, from which issued a great brightness. The entire house was so clearly lit that it seemed the night was as clear as day. The lady who was so clear approached the bed where the spouse of her son lay, and she leaned upon her and embraced her very sweetly. Then the virgins brought a mantle of great beauty and forced them to serve..Cover the body of St. Clare, and make it ready in every way. And on the morning was the feast of St. Lawrence. And then died and departed from this mortal life the holy lady and friend of our Lord. And immediately her soul was crowned in everlasting joy. The spirit of her was most benevolently and joyously lost and delivered from the flesh. And when the body remained on the earth, the soul went with God, who was its life. Blessed be the holy company of God, which conducted the holy soul of this lady into the mountain of heaven, where the blessed life is. Now is the blessed virgin in the company of those who are in the court of heaven. Now she has changed her little earthly life, which brought her to sit at the table where the great delights are. Now she has for the sake of humility and sharpness entered the blessed Reign of heaven, where she is clothed and arrayed with the robe of perpetual glory. Immediately the tidings..were spread abroad that the blessed virgin was departed. And when they heard of it, both men and women came to the place in great companies, so that it seemed that neither man nor woman remained in the city. And all crying, \"O dear lady and friend of God,\" they prayed her and wept tenderly. The authorities and the provost of the City ran hastily thither, and with them came many companies of knights and people armed. They kept the body of the holy virgin most honorably that day and all night, for they would in no way allow the town to suffer any damage or harm in taking away the treasure that lay there. On the morrow came the vicar of Jesus Christ and all the cardinals with him, along with the City of Assyz, to the Church of St. Damian. And when they arrived to begin the mass for the blessed St. Clare, it happened that he who was to begin would have begun the office of the dead. And at once the pope, etc..side / they ought to serve the needs of virgins / better than the needs of dead people, So it seemed that he intended to canonize her before she was buried. Then the wise man, the bishop of Ostia, answered and said it was more customary to speak of the dead in such cases. And they said the mass of Requiem and all the prelates and the bishop of Ostia began to preach and took their leave. They praised much this sweet saint, St. Clare, and spoke of how she had despised the world and all that was in it. Then the cardinals who were there went first and performed the service around the holy body and did it like what is customary. And because it seemed neither right nor reasonable that the precious body should be far from the city, they bore it to St. George's with great festivity, singing and praising God in hymns and psalms, and in such great melody that there was enough honor..The body of Saint Francis was first buried, and from this time, many people came every day to Saint Clare's tomb, giving prayers and praise to our Lord God. This is a truly sacred and glorious virgin, reigning with the company of Angels, to whom God has given so much honor on earth. Sweet virgin, pray to Jesus Christ for us. You were the first fruit of the holy pour ladies, who drew penance without number, and may it lead us to the eternal life. Amen.\n\nIt was not long after this that Agnes, sister of Saint Clare, was summoned and called to the wedding of the Lamb, Jesus Christ. And Saint Clare also called her sister to the eternal joy, full of delights. There are now the two daughters of Sion, who were sisters in grace and nature, and are now with Him.\n\nNow Agnes is in the joy and consolation that Clare her sister had promised to her beforehand..\"death brought Clarae out of the world, and she brought herself into the Cross of penance by which she shines in heaven. Thus went Agnes after her sister shortly out of this mortal life, full of weeping and sorrow, unto our Lord who is life of the soul in heaven, who reigns with the Father and the Holy Ghost. Amen.\n\nThe tokens and miracles of saints should be shown, praised, and honored, and their witnesses. When the works in life were holy and full of perfection, we find not many signs or miracles that Saint John the Baptist performed. Nevertheless, he is a very holy saint, and greater than one who has been shown many miracles. Therefore, I say that the right holy life and great perfection of Saint Clare, which she used and demonstrated here on earth, ought well to suffice and witness that she is a very saint, if it were not for the people, who have greater devotion and greater faith in the saints.\".They see the signs and miracles that God shows them. I know well that Saint Clare was on the way filled with miracles, and that she was rapt in the profoundness of the great clarity and light of heaven. Though she was resplendent, savory, and right full of great miracles, as is well declared by the cardinals of Rome. My other truth that I have made and my conscience constrains me, that I write to my power the life truly and the miracles of her.\n\nThere was a child named Jacquemin of Perouse, who had the devil in his body in such a way that this Jacquemin filled the fire as one who could not contain him. Sometimes he hurled himself strongly against the ground, sometimes he struck the stones, so that he broke his teeth and other times broke his head, and fouled his mouth, and put out his tongue. And sometimes he lay and wallowed and was round, so that often he laid his thigh in his..necke / And euery day twy\u00a6es this maladye cam to hym / and two\npersones myght not kepe hym ne holde hym / but that he wold despoylle and vnclothe hym maulgre them bothe / Ther coude no phisicyen ne wyse man / that was in alle the contre fynde ony reme\u2223dye ne gyue counceyll to ease hym / But the fader / whiche was named quyndelor whanne he sawe that he cou\u2223de fynde no counceylle / ne remedye for this maladye / beganne to crye and calle on saynte clare the holy vyrgyne / and sayd to the that arte worthy of all ho\u2223nours I auowe my child / whiche is meschaunte and caytyf / And pray the ryght swete saynte / that thow wylt sen\u00a6de to my child helthe / And forthwith wente to her tombe full of byleue to ha\u00a6ue his requeste / and leyd the chyld vpon the tombe of the vyrgyn / and ma\u00a6de his prayers / And anone he was de\u00a6lyuerd of the maladye / ne neuer was seke after of that sekenes / ne neuer hurte hym after by reason of that ma\u2223ladye\nAllexandryne of Perouse had in her body a ryght felonnous deuylle / whiche had soo.A woman utterly powerless over her who made her descend from a rock and turned her into a bird, making her fly over the water as she had been a bird, and causing her to light upon a little bough of a tree hanging over the river. She did not cease to play there. For her sin, it happened that she lost her left side and was lame in that one hand. She tried much to be healed by any medicine, but all the medicines she took availed her not. Then she came to the tomb of Saint Clare with great repentance in her heart and began to ask Saint Clare to help her. Immediately, she was healed and made whole again, and her side was healed and her hand also. Delivered from the possession of the devil that was in her, and many other sicknesses and maladies before the sepulcher of Saint Clare.\n\nA man was born in France at one time who came from the court and was afflicted with a malady that drove him out of his wits and prevented him from speaking, and so his body could have no rest..A man named Ualentyne, who was severely and hideously afflicted with a foul illness that made him fill with it six times an hour and left him lame in one thigh, unable to walk, was brought to St. Clare. He was immediately healed and delivered from his affliction.\n\nThere was a man named Ualentyne Despole, who had an horrible malady that made him filled with the foul evil six times an hour, and he was lame in one thigh, so that he could not go but was set upon an ass, which brought him where St. Clare lies, and he was set before her tomb three nights and two days. On the third day, without any touch from a body, his thigh began to tremble and made such a great noise that it seemed the bone was breaking, and forthwith he was healed of both diseases.\n\nJacob, the son of Spoletyne, had been blind for two years and had to be led, for he had no land or strength there. Once, the child who led him let go..He went alone and fell, breaking his arm and sustaining a great wound in his head. This happened one night as he slept by the bridge of Margue. In his sleep, a lady appeared to him and said, \"Jacobel, why do you not come to me to be healed?\" The next morning, he recounted his dream to two other blind men, trembling. The blind men told him that a lady had recently died in the city of Assyria. God had shown many miracles to those who came to her tomb seeking healing and cure. When they departed, they were all healed. Hearing this, he did not hesitate but hurried to Polete. That night, he saw the same vision he had first seen on the previous night. One time, he ran and went by the way, and for the desire to regain his sight, he went that night to Assyria. Upon arriving there, he found so many people in the monastery lying before the tomb of the holy virgin that he could not..not enter / nor come into the monastery / nor to the tomb where the virgin lay\nAnd then he laid a stone under his head / and remained there with great devotion, sorrowing and angry / that he might not enter\nAnd the same night as he slept / he heard a voice that said to him, Jacob:\nif thou mayst come and enter here / God shall do well to thee\nAnd on the morrow when he was awakened / he began to pray with great tears / that the people would give and make way for him / for the love of God / and begged the people, crying for mercy / that they would bring him in\nAnd the people began to make way for him\nAnd immediately he doffed his hosen and shoes / and stripped himself with great devotion / and put his girdle about his neck / and so went to the tomb / and there, being filled with great devotion, fell asleep a little\nAnd Saint Clare appeared to him / and said to him:\nArise / for thou art healed.\nAnd immediately he arose and saw clearly / and when he saw that he was enlightened / and saw the clarity of the day..by the mercy of St. Clare, he prayed and glorified our Lord who had done so much for him, and asked the good people to give praises and thanks to God.\n\nThere was a man from Perouse,\nnamed Good John, the son of Martin,\nwho went to fight against the Flemings.\nAnd as one part and the other began the struggle,\nand began to cast great and fast stones,\nso this John had his one hand all crushed and broken by a stone.\nBecause he had great desire to be healed,\nhe spent much money on masters and surgeons,\nbut he could find none who could help him,\nexcept that he remained always lame on his hand,\nunable to do anything, or work with it,\nwhich caused him such great sorrow,\nthat he often wished to have it amputated.\nBut when he heard that the great lord Miracle-worker had done a miracle for St. Clare,\nhe vowed to visit her,\nand then came to the sepulcher of St. Clare, the holy virgin,\nand bore there an image of wax in his hand..And he laid him down upon the tomb. He was soon perfectly healed of his hand. There was a man named Petrius from the castle of Byc\u043d\u0435e, who had been sick for three years and was so weak that he could only be raised up by the strength of his lady. He had so much pain in his joints that he walked like a beast. Because of this, his father took him to the best masters and physicians he could find, and also to those who specialized in broken bones. The father would have gladly spent all his goods on the condition of having his son healed. And when he heard that no physician could help him, he thought to go to St. Claire and take his son there. He did so and laid him before the sepulcher of the holy virgin. He had not been there long before, by the grace of God and the merits of the holy virgin, he was completely healed and arose, cured of all his afflictions. He gave thanks to the Lord..Pray and sing to our Lord God and to Saint Clare, and urged the people to do the same, due to his health. In the town of Saint Quirite, in the diocese of Assy, there was a child of two years old, born with a curved back and lame, whose thighs and feet were twisted, and went in such a way that it was all out of order. When he fell, he could not rise. His mother had at times taken him to Saint Francis, but was not helped there. And when she heard that God was granting new miracles for Saint Clare, she took her child to his sepulcher and stayed there for certain days. But within a few days, his legs began to grow, and his thighs within the skin were naturally healed. He stood up right away, and was completely healed and made whole. The child who had been many times at Saint Francis was healed by the merits of his good disciple, Saint Clare, through the power of our Lord Jesus.\n\nA burgher of Augusta named Jacques de.A man named Franque had a five-year-old child who had no feet and had never walked or been able to go anywhere. His father often wept and was deeply sorrowful about his deformity, feeling it was a disgrace to have such a disfigured child born of his blood. The child lay on the earth and in the ashes, yearning to help himself against the wall, but his ability and power failed him. Then, his father and mother prayed to Saint Clare, promising that he would be her servant if she healed him through her prayers and merits. As soon as they had made their vow, Saint Clare healed her servant, allowing him to have his right limbs and stand upright. The father and mother then led him to Saint Clare, who was leaping and running, praising our Lord and thanking Him. The father and mother offered him to the Lord.\n\nA woman named Plenire from the castle of Bruane had been sick in her reins for a long time..A maid from the land of Perouse had a severely swollen throat due to a disease called the escroceles. She had been suffering from this ailment for a long time, and around her neck and throat were twenty boils called glaundres. Her neck appeared larger than her head, and often she was led to Saint Clare's tomb to seek healing. Her parents had prayed devoutly for her daughter's recovery. One night, as the maid lay before the tomb, she began to sweat profusely. Suddenly, the escroceles and the boils began to recede..A sister of the third order of St. Clare, named Andrew, had such a malady in her throat during her time that among the sisters, who were like precious stones filled with the fervent love of the Holy Ghost, there dwelt one so cold as she. This sister dishonored the other virgins. One night, she choked herself, almost fainting. St. Clare saw this and, guided by the Holy Ghost, told one of her sisters, \"Hurry and take a soft egg and give it to Sister Andrew of Ferriere to soothe her throat. Come back to me afterwards.\" She hurried and found Sister Andrew, who could not speak due to her near-choking..In the land of Alice, there was a cruel wolf who tormented the country and people, running upon them and killing and eating them. In this land, there was a woman named Gallan of Galulum's Mount, who had children. The wolf had carried off and eaten one of them. She wept often. One time, the wolf came for his prayer, as he had done before,\n\nIn the land of Alice, a cruel wolf terrorized the country and people, killing and eating them. Gallan, a woman from Galulum's Mount, had children. The wolf had taken and eaten one of them. She wept frequently. Once, the wolf came for prayer as he had done before,\n\nStrangled her with her own hands. She released him as well as she could and brought him to his good mother. Then Saint Clare said to him, \"Captive go and confess your evil thoughts. I know well that our Lord will heal you, but amend your life. You may die of some other sickness, not this one that you have suffered for so long. And as soon as Saint Clare had spoken these words, she began to repent with a good heart and amended her life marvelously. She was completely healed of the scrofula by the grace of God. But she died immediately after of another sickness,\n\nIn the land of Alice, there was a wolf who cruelly terrorized the country and people, killing and eating them. A woman named Gallan, from Galulum's Mount, had children. The wolf had taken and eaten one of them. She wept frequently. One time, the wolf came for prayer, as he had done before, but:\n\nShe strangled him with her own hands. Releasing him as best she could, she brought him to her good mother. Then Saint Clare said to him, \"Go, captive, and confess your evil thoughts. I know well that our Lord will heal you, but amend your life. You may die of some other sickness, not this one that you have suffered for so long. And as soon as Saint Clare had spoken these words, she began to repent with a good heart and amended her life marvelously. She was completely healed of the scrofula by the grace of God. But she died immediately after of another sickness,\n\nIn the land of Alice, there was a cruel wolf who terrorized the country and people, killing and eating them. Gallan, a woman from Galulum's Mount, had children. The wolf had taken and eaten one of them. She wept frequently. One day, the wolf came for prayer, as he had done before, but:\n\nShe strangled him with her own hands. Releasing him as best she could, she brought him to her good mother. Then Saint Clare said to him, \"Go, captive, and confess your evil thoughts. I know well that our Lord will heal you, but amend your life. You may die of some other sickness, not this one that you have suffered for so long. And as soon as Saint Clare had spoken these words, she began to repent with a good heart and amended her life marvelously. She was completely healed of the scrofula by the grace of God. But she died immediately after of another sickness.\n\nIn the land of Alice, there was a cruel wolf who terrorized the country and people, killing and eating them. Gallan, a woman from Galulum's Mount, had children. The wolf had taken and eaten one of them. She wept frequently. One time, the wolf came for prayer, as he had done before, but:\n\nShe strangled him with her own hands. Releasing him as best she could, she brought him to her good mother. Then Saint Clare said to him, \"Go, captive, and confess your evil thoughts. I know well that our Lord will heal you, but amend your life. You may die of some other sickness, not this one that you have suffered for so long. And as soon as Saint Clare had spoken these words, she began to repent with a good heart and amended her life marvelously. She was completely healed of the scrofula by the grace of God. But she died immediately after of another sickness..A woman was nursing a child when when one of her sons went out. Suddenly, a wolf caught him by the head and ran towards the wood. A man working in the vines heard the child cry in a strange way and came running to the mother of the child, urging her to see if she had lost all her children. The mother looked up and saw that the wolf had taken her child. She followed the wolf with him, crying out, \"Glory to you, Saint Clare, save my child and keep him. If you do not, I will drown myself.\" The neighbors came out and ran after the wolf, finding the child whom the wolf had left behind with a hound licking his wounds. The wolf had first seized him by the head and then taken him..by the rains for the more easily to bear him, and the biting of his teeth appeared in the head and rains. Then the mother went with him to St. Clare, who had helped her so well, and brought with her her neighbors. She showed the wounds of the child to all who would see them, and thanked God and St. Clare for returning her child to her.\n\nThere was a maiden of Castle Conway, who sat one time in a field. And another man had laid her head in her lap. In the meantime, there came a wolf who was accustomed to run among the people. He came to this maiden and swallowed her face and all her mouth. And so he ran off with her towards the woods. The good woman who rested in her lap, when she saw it, was much frightened and began to call on St. Clare, saying, \"Help, help St. Clare, save us!\" I recommend to you at this time this maiden, and she who the wolf bore said to the wolf, \"Are you not afraid to carry me?\".In the time that Maximian reigned, there was a rich pagan named Dioscorus. This Dioscorus had a young daughter named Barbara. For her, he made a high and strong tower to keep and conceal her from men due to her great beauty. Then, many princes came to the said Dioscorus to treat with him concerning the marriage of his daughter. They went directly to her and said, \"My [daughter].\".Daughter certain princes have come to me who request that I arrange for them to marry / Therefore tell me your intentions and what you intend to do / Then St. Barbara returned angrily to her father and said, Father, I pray you do not force me to marry / for I have no will or desire for it / After this he departed from her and went into the town where there was one making a cistern or a pit / For he had before arranged how he would pay each of them their wages / And after this he departed thence and went into a far country where he long sojourned\n\nThen St. Barbara saw an island of our Lord Jesus Christ descend from the tower to come see her father's work / and immediately she perceived that\nthere were only two windows, one facing south / and the other facing north / which greatly surprised and amazed her, and she asked the workmen why they had not made more windows..And they answered that her father had commanded and ordered this, then Saint Barbara said to them, \"Make me another window here.\" They answered, \"Lady, we fear and dread angering your father, who commanded us not to make any more, so we will not make any more.\" The blessed maid said, \"Do as I command you, and I will appease my father and forgive you.\" They did as she commanded and showed them, and when the holy Saint Barbara walked and came to the cistern, she made a cross with her finger in the marble stone, which cross is still there to this day. Every man may see it who comes there in devotion. And when she came to the side where the water descended into the said cistern, she blessed it and made the sign of the cross. Incontinently, the water was hallowed, and all who were seeking received health if they had perfect belief in God and the cross..In this same cistern, the holy maid was baptized by a holy man and lived there for a certain period, taking only honey combs and locusts, following the holy precedent of Saint John the Baptist. This cistern or pool is similar to the fontain of Siloam, in which he who was born blind received his sight. It is also like the pool named Bethesda, in which the impotent, by the word of God, were made whole. These pools or places are perpetual fontains, in which all manner of people, in whatever malady they were afflicted or tormented, received full healing. In this fontain is living water, and it is the water that the Samaritan requested of the Lord from the holy place. Once, this blessed maid went up onto the tower, and there she beheld the idols to which her father sacrificed and worshipped. Suddenly, she received the holy ghost and became marvelously subtle and clear..The love of Jesus Christ, for she was endowed with the grace of God almighty, of sovereign glory, and of pure chastity. This holy maiden Barbara, adorned with faith, surpassed the devil. For when she beheld idols, she scorned them in their faces, despising them all and saying, \"Why, which have led you astray, and all those who take delight in you?\" Then she went into the tower and worshipped our Lord. And when the work was completed, her father returned from his journey. And when he saw there were three windows, he demanded of the workmen, \"Why have you made three windows?\" And they answered, \"Your daughter commanded it so.\" Then he made his daughter come before him and demanded of her, \"Why have you had three windows made?\" And she answered him and said, \"I had them made to be made so that three windows light up the whole world and all creatures, but two bring darkness.\" Then her father took her and went down into the pit..demanding her, \"Why do three windows give more light than two?\" Saint Barbara answered, \"These three windows symbolize clearly the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. They are three persons and one true God, whom we ought to believe and worship.\" In a fury, he drew his sword to kill her, but the holy virgin made her prayer. Marvelously, she was taken up into a mountain where two shepherds kept their sheep. The shepherds saw her flee and her father pursued her. He went to the shepherds and asked about her. The one who would have protected her said he had not seen her, but the other, an evil man, pointed at her with his finger. Saint Barbara cursed him, and instantly his sheep became locusts, and he turned into a stone. Her father took her by the hand and dragged her down from the mountain..Saint Barbara was kept in prison by her father's servants until he had sent for the judge to deliver her to the tortures. When the judge was informed of the maiden's faith and belief, he had her brought before him. Her father accompanied her, threatening her with his sword, and urged the judge to torture her with horrible torments. The judge seated himself in judgment and, upon seeing Saint Barbara's great beauty, said to her, \"Now choose for yourself, either spare yourself and offer yourself to the gods, or else die by cruel torments.\" Saint Barbara answered him, \"I offer myself to my God Jesus Christ, who created heaven and earth and all other things. Fie upon you, devils, who have mouths but cannot speak, eyes but cannot see, ears but cannot hear, noses but cannot smell, hands but cannot feel.\".and they have feet and cannot go they that make them be they made similar to them and all who have faith and believe in them\nThen the Judge grew wild and angry and commanded to uncloe her and beat her with swines bladders & froth her flesh with salt\nAnd when she had long endured this, that her body was all bloody, the Judge did have her confined in a prison until he had determined what tortures he might make her die\nAnd then at midnight a great light and clarity descended into the prison\nIn which the Lord showed him to her, saying, \"Barbara have confidence and be firm and steadfast, for in heaven and there you shall have great joy for your passion, therefore do not doubt the Judge for he will be with you, and I will deliver you from all your pains, that anyone shall make suffer.\"\nAnd Incorruptible she was whole, & then when our Lord had said thus, he blessed her\nAnd mounted into heaven\nThen Saint Barbara was greatly rejoiced..by the great comfort of our lord, and on the morrow the judge commanded that she should be brought before him. When she arrived, he saw that her wounds appeared not, but were all healed. And he said to her, \"Behold Barbara, the bounty of our Gods. How much they love you. For they have healed your wounds.\" Then the blessed Barbara, martyr of Jesus Christ, answered the judge, \"Your gods are like yours, without understanding. How can they heal my wounds? They cannot help themselves. He that has healed me is Jesus Christ, the Son of God, who will not have the [sic] by cause your heart is so indurate and hard with the devils.\" Then the judge, filled with anger, commanded that she should be hanged between two forked trees. And that they should break her limbs with staves, and burn her sides with burning lamps. And after, he ordered her to be strongly beaten and wounded her head with a mallet. Then Saint Barbara looked upwards to heaven, saying, \"Jesus Christ, who knows the hearts.\".And you, man, know my thought. I beseech you not to leave me. Then the judge commanded the hangman to cut off her parents' heads with his sword. The holy virgin looked again toward heaven, saying, \"Jesus Christ, do not turn Your face from me. I have long endured this pain.\" The judge commanded that she should be taken through the streets, and the holy virgin beheld heaven for the third time and said, \"Lord God, who covers heaven with clouds, I pray Thee to cover my body from them that do evil.\" And when she had made her prayer, our Lord came over her and sent an angel who clothed her with a white vestment. The knights led her to a town called Dalasion. There the judge ordered her to be taken out of their hands, and he led her up onto a mountain. Saint Barbara rejoiced in hastening to receive the reward of her victory, and when she had arrived there, she made her orison..Lord Jesus Christ, why have you formed heaven and earth? I beseech you to grant me your grace and hear my prayer, that all those who remember your name and my passion may not remember their sins, for you know our frailty. Then a voice came down from heaven saying to her, \"Come, my spouse Barbara, and rest in the chamber of my Father in heaven.\" I grant you this, she came to her Father and received the end of her martyrdom with Saint Julian. But when her Father descended from the mountain, a fire from heaven descended upon him and consumed him. There was not a trace left of all his body. This blessed virgin, Saint Barbara, received martyrdom with Saint Julian on the second nones of December. A noble man named Valentinus buried the bodies of these two martyrs and laid them to rest in a little town. In this town, many miracles were shown in the loving and glorious name of God Almighty..In the time of Maximian emperor of Rome, Saint Barbara suffered her passion. We pray and beseech Marcyan, the judge, to be our advocate before Almighty God, that through her merits, He may bring us after this short and transitory life into His glory.\n\nThe life of Saint Barbara ends here.\n\nAlexys refers to one who goes out of the law of marriage to keep virginity for God's sake and to renounce all the pomp and riches of the world to live in poverty.\n\nIn the time of Archadius and Honorius, emperors of Rome, there was a truly noble lord named Eufemian. He was chief and above all other lords around the emperors and had a thousand knights under his power. He was a very just man to all men, and he was also pitiful and merciful to the poor. He had three tables set daily to feed orphans, widows, and pilgrims. He ate with worthy and religious persons at the hour of none. His wife, who was.Agbaes led a religious life, but since they had no child, they prayed to God to give them a son who could inherit their wealth and property after them. God heard their prayers and observed their generous living, and granted them a son named Alexys. They taught and educated him in all sciences and honors. After this, they married him to a fair damsel, who was of the lineage of the emperor of Rome.\n\nWhen the day of the wedding ceremonies arrived, Alexys was alone in the chamber with his wife. He began to instruct and persuade her to fear God and serve Him. They spent the night in good doctrine, and he finally gave his wife his ring and the golden clasp of his girdle, both wrapped in a little piece of purple cloth. He said to her, \"Fair sister, take this, and keep it as long as it pleases our Lord God. It will be a token between us. May He give you grace to keep true your virginity.\".after this he took of gold and silver a great sum and departed alone from Rome / and found a ship in which he sailed to Greece / and from thence went to Syria and came to a city called Edessa / and gave there all his money for the love of God / and clad himself in a coat and begged alms for God's sake before the church of Our Lady / and what he left of the alms above his necessities, he gave to others for God's sake / and every Sunday he was hospitably received and received the sacrament / Such a life he led for a long time / Some of the messengers that his father had sent to seek him through all the parties of the world came to seek him in the said city of Edessa / and gave to him their alms / he sitting before the church with other poor people / but they knew not him / and he knew them / and thanked our Lord, saying \"I thank thee, fair Lord Jesus Christ, that thou vouchsafest to call me and to take alms in thy name from my servants / I pray thee.\".In me is revealed why you have begun this, when the messengers returned to Rome and Euhemius his father saw that they had not found his son. He lay down upon a mat, mourning and said, \"I shall remain here and wait, until I have news of my son.\"\n\nAnd the wife of his son Alexis wept to Euhemius, \"I shall not leave your house, but I shall make myself like the turtle that, after losing her young, will take none other but live chastely.\" In the same way, I shall refuse all worldly pleasures until I know where my right sweet friend has gone.\n\nAfter Alexis had completed his penance with great power in the said city and led a righteous life for seventeen years, a voice was heard in the church of Our Lady. It said to the porter, \"Let the man of God enter, for he is worthy to inherit the kingdom of heaven.\".The spirit of God rests upon him / When the clerk could not find or identify him among the other poor men / He prayed to God to reveal to him who it was / and a voice came from God and said / he sits without before the church / and so the clerk found him / and humbly begged him to enter the church /\n\nWhen this miracle became known to the people / and Alexis saw that men paid him honor and worship / he immediately departed from there / and went to Greece / where he took ship and entered to go to Cyrene /\n\nBut as God would have it, there arose a great wind which caused the ship to arrive at the gates of Rome / when Alexis saw this, he said to himself / by the grace of God, I shall charge no man of Rome / I shall go to my father's house / in such a way that I shall not be recognized by any person /\n\nAnd when he was within Rome, he met his father Euphemian, who had come from the emperor's palace with a great following / and Alexis, like a poor man, ran to him..\"Sergeant of God, have mercy on me, a poor pilgrim, and receive me into your house to provide for my sustenance from your table. God bless you and have mercy on your son, who is also a pilgrim.\n\nWhen Euhemian heard speak of his son, his heart melted, and he said to his servants, \"Which of you will have mercy on this man and take care of him? I will deliver him from his service and make him free. I will give him part of my heritage. And he immediately committed him to one of his servants, and commanded that his bed be made in a corner of the hall, where passers-by might see him. The servant to whom Alexis was committed immediately led him and placed him under the stairs of the hall. There he lay, a poor wretch, and suffered many insults and contempts from his father's servants, who often threw the washing of dishes and other filth on him.\".and he endured many evil turns and mocked him, but he never complained, for the love of God. Finally, when he had led a righteous life within his father's house for seventeen years, in fasting in prayer and doing penance, and knew that he was soon to die, he asked the servant who kept him to give him a piece of parchment, and therein he wrote in order all of his life, and how he had been married by his father's command, and what he had said to his wife, and of the tokens of his ring and belt of his girdle that he had given to her at his parting, and what he had suffered for God's sake.\n\nAfter this, when it pleased God to show and manifest the victory of our Lord Jesus Christ in his servant Alexys,\n\nOn a time on a Sunday, calling out and saying, as is said in Matthew 11, chapter 28, \"Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, I will give you rest.\".you, of why these voices all the people were abashed, which one fell down unto the earth, and the voices said again, \"Seek ye the servant of God, for he prays for all Rome. And they sought him but he was not found. Alexis, in a morning on a good Friday, gave his soul unto God and departed out of this world. And that same day all the people assembled at St. Peter's church and prayed God that he would show to them where the man of God might be found who prayed for Rome. And a voice was heard that came from God that said, \"You shall find him in the house of Eufrasyes.\" And people said to Eufrasyes, \"Why have you hidden from us, that you have such grace in your house?\" And Eufrasyes answered, \"God knows that I know nothing of that.\" Archadyus and Honorius, who were then emperors at Rome, and also Pope Innocent commanded that men should go to Eufrasyes' house to inquire of God. Eufrasyes went before with his servants to prepare his coming to the pope and the emperors..When she had understood the cause and heard a voice that called out to the man of God in Eufrasy's house, she immediately said to Eufrasy, \"Sir, see if this poor man whom you have kept and harbored for so long is the same man of God. I have marked that he has lived a righteous and holy life. He has received the sacrament of the altar every Sunday, been religious in fasting, wakefulness, and prayer, and has suffered patiently and nobly from our servants' many vile actions. And when Eufrasy had heard all this, he ran towards Alexis and found him dead. He discovered his face, which shone and was bright as an angel's face. Immediately he returned to theemperors and said, \"We have found the man of God whom we sought, and I will tell you how he was harbored and how the holy man lived. I will also tell you how he died, and that he held a bill or letter in his hand which they could not draw out.\" Then theemperor and the pope went to..Euphemius approached the bed where Alexander lay dead and said, \"Welcome, for we have sinned yet nevertheless we govern the world. Behold, the pope, the father of all the church, take the letter you hold in your hand to know its contents. The pope came forward and took the letter, taking it to his notary to read. The notary read it aloud before the pope, the emperor, and all the people. When he reached the part mentioning his father, his mother, and also his wife, and the signs he had given his wife at his departure - his ring and a small piece of his girdle wrapped in a little purple cloth - Euphemius fell down in a swoon. Upon regaining consciousness, he drew his hair, beat his breast, fell on the corpse of Alexander his son, and kissed it weeping and crying in great sorrow of heart, saying, \"Alas, dear son, why have you...\".made me suffer such sorrow; you saw what sorrow and heaviness we had for the alas, why had you no pity on us for so long time; how could you endure seeing your mother and father weep so much for us, and you saw it all without taking pity on us; I supposed I had heard news of you at some time, and now I see the lie dead in your bed, which should have been my solace in my old age; alas, what solace can I have, seeing my right dear son dead; I would be better off dead than alive; when the mother of Alexys saw and heard this, she came rushing in, unable to come to the corpse due to the crowd of people there. She cried out and said, \"Make way, sorrowful mother, that I may see my desire and my dear son that I have engendered and nourished.\" As soon as she came to her son's body, she fell down pitifully and kissed it, saying, \"Alas for sorrow, my dear son, the light of my age, why have you made us suffer so much.\".\"You saw your father and me, your sorrowful mother, weep for him so often, and you would never make it seem that you were coming back to us. O all who have the heart of a mother, weep with me for my dear son, whom I have had for seventeen years as a poor man. Your servants have treated him most cruelly and kindly, a fair son you have suffered them to do so sweetly and debonairly. Alas, you who were my trust, my comfort, and my solace in my old age, how could you hide yourself from me, that am your sorrowful mother? Who will give to my eyes from henceforth a fountain of tears to make pain to the sorrow of my heart? And after this, the wife of Alexis wept, throwing herself upon his body, and with great sighs and heaviness said, \"Righteous one to see! I have kept myself like a turtle, alone, weeping, and now I see him dead. From henceforth I know not in whom I shall find comfort.\"\".I have faithfully cleaned the text as per your requirements:\n\nHavere felt, and in sorrow I shall be unto death. For now, therefore, I am the most unhappy among all women. And reckoned among the sorrowful widows, after these pitiful complaints, the people wept for the death of Alexys. The pope had the body taken up and carried to the church. And when it was being carried through the city, right great multitudes of people came against it and said, \"The man of God is found, the city sought.\" Whatever touched the bier was immediately healed of his ailment.\n\nThere was a blind man who recovered his sight, and a lame man and other afflicted persons.\n\nThe Emperor made great quantities of gold and silver to be thrown among the people to make way for the bier to pass. And thus, by great labor and reverence, the body of St. Alexys was borne to the church of St. Boniface, the glorious martyr. And there, the body was put into a shrine most honorably made of gold and silver on the seventeenth day of July..alle the people rendred thankynges and lawde to our lord god for hys grete myracles / vnto whome and glorye In sacula se\u2223culorum AMEN / \nThus endeth the lyf of saynt Alexys\nELysabeth is expow\u2223ned and as moche to saye as my god knoweth hyr or she is sayd the seuenth of my god / or the fyllyng of my god / Fyrst god knoweth hyr / for he knewe hir god wylle / & prouyd it / and he gaue to hir knowleche of hym self / Secondly she is said seuenth of god / for she had seuen thynges in hyr / she had the seuen workys of mer\u00a6cy / or by cause she is now in the vij age of them that reste / and to come to the viij of the general resurrexyon / or for the seuen estates that were in hyr / she was in the estate of vyrgynyte / in estate of maryage / In estate of wydow hede / In estate of action / In estate of contemplacion / In estate of relygyon and she is now in estate glorious / And thyse seuen estates ben appertelye conteyned in hir legende / Soo that it may be sayd of hir / lyke as it is said of nabugodonosor / that is to.Elizabeth was daughter of the noble king of Hungary and was of noble lineage, but she was more noble by her faith and devotion than by her right noble lineage. She was right noble by example, shone by miracle, and was fair by grace of holiness. The author of nature endowed her in a manner above nature. When this holy maiden was nurtured in royal delights, she renounced all childish things and enforced simplicity upon herself. From then on, she began to use good customs and to despise the plays of the world and vanities. She fled prosperities of the world and always profited in the honor of God. When she was yet but five years old..She remained quietly in the church to pray, so that her fellows or chamberlains could not bring her then. Whenever she encountered one of her chamberlains or fellows, she followed them towards the chapel, feigning playfulness, to enter the church and kneel down immediately upon entry. Although she did not yet know any letters, she often opened the psalter before her in the church to appear as if she was reading. When she was among other maidens playing, she considered carefully how to give honor to God during the occasion. In games of rings and other pastimes, she placed all her hope in God and desired nothing more than to profit in some way when she was a young maiden. She gave ten pennies to poor maidens and led them at times to recite the Our Father or Hail Mary. As she grew older with time, she grew in the same manner..A devotion, she had for the blessed virgin Mary to be her lady and advocate, and St. John the evangelist to be keeper of her virginity. Once, all the other maidens received such a charter, and she made her orisons three times over it, in which was written the name of St. Peter. To whom she had such great devotion that she never spoke anything to those who asked for it in his name. Because the good adventures of the world should not praise her excessively, she withdrew every day some part of her prosperities. And whenever she took part in any game or pleasure, she left it immediately and said, \"I leave you the remainder for God's sake.\" She did not go gladly to carnivals, but withdrew other maidens from them. She was always suspicious of joyful clothing, but she always had them kept honestly. She had ordered to say a certain number of orisons every day..If she were occupied in any manner that she couldn't perform prayers, but was forced by her chamberers to go to her bed, she would say them awake. This holy virgin honored all the solemn feasts of the year with such great reverence that she wouldn't allow her slaves to lace her sleeves until the solemnity of the mass was completed. She heard the mass office with such great reverence that when the gospel was read or the sacrament was lifted up, she took off the brooches of gold and the ornaments of her head as circles or chaplets and laid them down. And when she kept her innocence, the degree of virginity she was forced to enter into the degree of marriage. Her father compelled her to do so because she should bring forth fruit. Yet she wouldn't have wanted to be married, but she dared not defy her father's command. Then she confessed in the hands of Master Conrade, who was a good man, and hers..The confessor and promised that if her husband died and she outlived him, she would keep perpetual continence. Then she was married to the lord of Thurynge, as the divine providence had decreed, because she would bring many people to the love of the Lord and teach the aid people. Yet she changed not her will in thought, and she was of great humility and great devotion to God. She was toward herself of great abstinence and great mercy. She was of such ardent desire for prayer that she often went to church earlier than her servants, so that by her secret prayers she might implore and obtain grace from God. She often arose by night for prayer, and her husband would pray that she would lie and rest a little. She had ordered that one of her women, who was more familiar with her than another, would take her by the foot if she were unexpectedly overtaken by sleep..She supposed once to awaken her and take her lady by the foot, and take her husband's foot instead. He suddenly awoke and wanted to know why she did so. Then she told him all the reasons, and when he knew, he let it pass and endured it patiently. Because she wanted to render good service to God with her prayers, she often wet her body abundantly with tears and let them flow freely from her eyes without changing her expression. She wept often with great sorrow, and yet she enjoyed herself in God. She was of such great humility that for the love of God, she laid in her lap a man who was horrible to look at. His face smelled like carrion, and she shared in the filth of his head. Her chambermaids both laughed at her in scorn, and she would sometimes follow the procession barefoot and without a veil. At the preaching, she would sit among the poor people. She would not adorn herself with precious stones as others did..The day of purification of our lady was not rich vestments of gold, but after the example of the blessed virgin Mary, she bore her son in her arms and a lamb and a candle, and offered it up humbly. By this, she showed that pomp and worldly things should be avoided, and that she conformed herself to the Virgin Mary. When she returned home, she gave the clothes in which she had gone to church to some poor woman. She was of such great humility that, with the consent of her husband, she submitted herself to Master Conrade, a poor man and small, but he was of noble science and perfect religion. She did this with joy and reverence, for which he commanded, in order to have the merit of obedience, as God was obedient to death.\n\nOn one occasion, she was called to go preaching, and the marquis of Messine came upon her. He detained her and would not let her go, holding her evil paid and unwilling to release her obedience until.She was robbed in her chamber by some of her servants, who were culpable, and he strongly beat them. She showed such great abstinence that at the table of her husband among the various dishes, she would not eat but bread. She took such severe punishment upon herself that she became lethargic, which she should not have had a clear conscience about, and she kept this commandment with great diligence. When others indulged in delicacies, she ate with her chamberers large meals. On one occasion when she had sore travailed going, various dishes and were brought to her and her husband, supposed not to be well prepared from good and just labor, she refused them. For this cause, her husband assigned a pension to her. By this, she and her chamberers consented to live by it, and her husband suffered all in patience, and said he would gladly do so if he did not doubt angering his men..She, in sovereign glory, desired the state of sovereign power, so that the world would have nothing in her, and she would be poor like Jesus Christ. Alone with her chamberers, she would clothe herself with poor vestments, put on a poor veil, and say, \"Thus I will go when I come to the state of poverty.\" Although she practiced abstinence, she was generous to the poor, giving them good clothing. When this poor woman saw her noble gift, she had such great joy that she fell down dead. And when the blessed Elizabeth saw this, she was sorry that she had given her such a noble gift and doubted that she was the cause of her death. She prayed for her, and immediately she arose healed. She spun often with her chamberers and made cloth from it, and from her own labor that she gave to the church, she received glory..A woman gave an excellent example to others. Once her husband, a landgrave, went to the emperor's court, which was then at Cremona. She gathered all the wheat of the year in a barn and distributed part of it to each person who came from all sides. At that time, there was great scarcity in the country, and whenever she lacked money, she sold her possessions to give to the poor. But the barns did not diminish or lessen. She made a large house under the castle where she received and nourished a great multitude. She cared for the poor women's children so tenderly that they all called her mother. She made sepulchers for the people and went devoutly to their deaths, burying them with her own hands in the clothes she had made. Often she brought the sheet in which she lay to wind the dead bodies in it and was deeply devoted to them at their deaths..Her husband was greatly praised for how well he was occupied in his other things. Nevertheless, he was devout in the service of God. Unable to attend to his affairs in person, he gave full power to his wife to handle all matters concerning their souls' honor and health. Blessed Saint Elizabeth earnestly desired that her husband should employ his power to defend God's faith. She advised him with kind admonishments to visit the holy land, and he went there. While there, this devout and noble prince rendered his spirit to Almighty God and died, receiving the glorious fruit of his works. Then she received, with devotion, the state of widowhood. When the death of her husband was published and known throughout, some of his servants regarded her as a fool and a waster of her goods. They threw her out of her inheritance. Because of this,.patience were clearer, and she had the power she long desired. She went by night to the house of a taverner, where the pots lay, and gave great thanks to God. At the hour of matins, she came to the house of the Friars, and asked them to give thanks and praise to God for her tribulations. The following day, she came with her little children to a place, and into the house of one of her enemies. There, she was given a secluded place to dwell. When she saw that she was greatly troubled by the host and hostess, she spoke to the walls and said, \"I would gladly sell these men, but I find them not. And being constrained by necessity, she sent her small children here and there to be nursed in various places, and returned to the first place. As she went, there was a narrow way on stones, and a deep mire under, full of filth. And as she passed, she met an old man..A woman to whom she had done much good before, and this old woman gave her no way, causing her to fall into deep mire and filth. She arose and scraped her garment and laughed. One of her aunts felt great pity for her and wisely sent her to her uncle, the bishop of Baneburness. He received her kindly and kept her in intent to marry her again. When her chamberers heard of this, who had sworn continence with her, they were passing angry and wept. She comforted them and said, \"I trust in our Lord for the love of whom I have sworn perpetual continence, that He shall keep me in my purpose, and shall take away all violence, and shall subdue all human counsel. And if my uncle would marry me to any man, I shall withstand it to my power, and I shall gainsay it with words. And if I may not so escape, I shall cut off my nose, so that every man shall hate me for my ugliness. Then the bishop led her into a castle against her..She wished to remain there, waiting for someone to ask for her hand in marriage. She commanded her chastity to us, weeping, and then our lord ordered that the bones of her husband be brought from overseas. The bishop made her come and go devoutly to meet the bones of her husband. The bones were received by the bishop with great honor, and she, with great devotion and weeping, said to our lord, \"Sir, I render to the graces and thanks for allowing me to receive the bones of my sweet husband. And you have promised to comfort me, Sir, I loved him much while I lived, and for his sake I suffered his presence, and I sent him to the help of the holy land. And I call you to witness that, despite it being a delightful thing for me to live yet with him, poor as we both were in the world, I would not, against your will.\".bye, I would not return to mortal life, Lord, I command myself and him to your grace, and then she clad herself in religious habit and kept perpetual continence after her husband's death, performing obedience. She took vows of poverty and her clothing was coarse and rough. She wore a russet mantle. Her gown was of another foul color. The sleeves of her cote were broken and mended with pieces of other colors. Her father, the king of Hungary, when he heard that his daughter had come to such poverty, sent an earl to bring her to him. And when the earl saw her sitting in such habit and spinning wool, he was struck with sorrow and said, \"There has never been a king's daughter who wore such a habit or was seen spinning wool.\" And when he had completed his message and desired to bring her to her father, she in no way would agree to leave the poor people to abound in great riches with the rich..She should not be impeded, but her will and mind should be entirely in the Lord. She prayed to the Lord that He would grant her grace to despise all earthly things and take away from her heart the love of her children. She should be firm and constant against persecutions. When she had completed her prayer, she heard the Lord saying, \"Your prayer is heard.\" She then told her chamberers, \"The Lord has heard my voice. I regard all earthly things as dung and filth. I set no more value on my own children than on other men and neighbors. I love none other thing but the Lord.\" Master Conrad often did things contrary and grievous to her, and such things as he saw that she loved, he remedied and took away from her company. He did this to break her will, so that she would set all her love in the Lord..And to ensure she would not remember her former glory, in all these things she was eager to obey and be constant to suffer. Fair and ennobled was she made by this. She said, \"If I only feared a man mortal so much for God's sake, how much more ought I to fear and doubt the heavenly Judge?\" Therefore, I make obedience to Master Conrade, a poor man and a beggar, and not to a rich bishop. I would turn away from all occasion of temporal comfort. Once, because she went into a cloister to our Lord, her obedience was more pleasing than the offering of a thousand hosts. Better is obedience than sacrifice. She was of such great humility that she would not allow her chamberers to call her lady, but they should speak to her as to the lowest and least of them. She sometimes watched the dishes and the kitchen vessel, and hid herself, and would say, \"If I could find another life more despised, I...\".She would have taken it / she chased the best / she had a special grace to weep abundantly teris for seeing celestial visions / and to inflame the hearts of others with the love of God.\n\nOn a day during Lent, she was in the church / And she beheld the altar appear before her, as if she had been in the divine presence / and there she was comforted by a divine revelation / Then she returned to her house / and prophesied about herself / that she would see Jesus Christ in heaven / and as she lay down for weakness in the lap of her chamberlain / she began to look up into heaven / and was so glad that she began debonarily to laugh / and when she had been long joyful / she was suddenly torn into weeping / and then she looked up to heavenward again / and immediately she returned to her first joy / and when she closed her eyes she began to weep / & in this manner she remained until she had completed her compline and had divine visions / and then she was still for a while and said thus:\n\nLord, will thou be with me and I with thee..the chamberers desired to know why she had laughed and wept, and she said, \"I have seen heaven open, and Jesus Christ, who inclined himself graciously towards me. I was glad of the vision and wept to depart from it. He said to me, 'If you will be with me, I will be with you.' And I answered as you have heard. Her prayer was of such great ardor that it drew others to good living.\n\nOn one occasion, she saw a young man, and she called him to her and said, \"You live dissolutely, and you ought to serve God. Will you allow me to pray for you?\" I will gladly do so, and I ask you earnestly to do the same.\" Then she prayed for him, and the young man also prayed for himself. And immediately the young man began to cry, \"See, lady, and let me go.\" But she prayed all the more earnestly, and he began to cry, \"Lady, lady, cease, cease! For I am beginning to fail and am consumed. And he was overwhelmed with such great heat that he sweated profusely and fled..had been robbed from him, so that many ran who despised him for his great heat, and they could not endure his heat themselves. And when she had completed her prayer, the young man left his heat and returned to himself. By the grace given to him, he entered the order of the Friars Menoures. And when he had taken the habit of religion, she prayed for him so affectionately that through the fervent prayers, she made him so burning to be cold, and he left his dissolute life and took upon himself a ghostly and spiritual life. Then this blessed Elizabeth received the habit of religion and put herself diligently to the works of mercy. For she received as her dowry two hundred marks, of which she gave a part to the poor people, and from the other part she made a hospital. And therefore she was called a waster and a fool, which all she suffered joyfully. And when she had made this hospital, she became herself as an humble chamberlain in the service of the poor people..She bore her humbly in that service, allowing seamen between her arms to perform their necessities and bringing them back, cleaning their clothes and sheets that were foul. She prepared a bed for the messengers and washed their sore feet and did all that was expected of a hospitaller. When she had no poor men, she would spin wool sent to her from an abbey, and gave some of it to the poor. When she herself was in poverty, she received five hundred marks from her dowry, which she distributed to the poor regularly. She established an ordinance that whoever forsook his place in preference to another when she gave alms, should have his ears cut or shorn. Then came a maid named Radegunde, who, distinguished by the beauty of her hair, passed by not to seek alms but to look for her sister who was lost. She commanded immediately that her hair should be cut off, and she was....And a man said she was innocent. Then Saint Elizabeth said, and she herself finally said, she would swear, that she would no longer go to dances nor carnivals, nor engage in such frivolities. Saint Elizabeth asked her if she had ever been disposed or intended to use the way of health, and she answered that if she had not had this fair one, she would long since have taken the habit of religion. She said I would rather lose you than my son become emperor. Then the maid took the habit with Saint Elizabeth and finished her life piously. When the time approached that she, who had despised the mortal reign, should have the reign of angels, she sought the fires and turned to the wall. Those who were there heard her emit a sweet melody. When one of the chamberlains had inquired of her what it was, she answered and said a bird..The text between me and the wall sang so sweetly that it prompted me to sing with it. She was always in her malady glad and jocund, and never ceased from prayer. The last day before her departing, she said to her chamberers, what will you do if the devil comes to you? And after a little while, she cried with a loud voice, fle, fle, fle, as if she had chased away the devil. And after she said, the midnight approaches, in which Ihesu Crist was born. It is now time that God calls his friends to his heavenly weddings. And thus, in the year of our Lord two thousand and twenty-seven, she gave up her spirit and slept in the Lord. Though the body lay unburied for four days, yet no stench came from it, but a sweet aromatic smell came, which refreshed all those who were there. Then there was heard and seen a multitude of birds so numerous that there had not been seen before over the church, and they began a song of great melody, like that of her obsequies..Their song was \"Regnum mundi,\" sung in the praising of virgins. There was a great cry for her, and much devotion from the people. Some took a hair of her head, and some a part of her clothes, which they kept for great relics. Then her body was put in a monument, which was later found to emit oil. Many fair miracles were shown at her tomb after her death. It was well shown in the dying of St. Elizabeth of what holiness she was, as much in the modulation of the bird as in the expulsion of the devil. That bird that was between her and the wall and provoked her to sing is supposed to be her good angel, which was deputed to her, and brought her tidings that she should go to the everlasting joy. And in like manner, it is shown to cursed men other times their everlasting damnation. In the parties of Saxony, there was a monk named Hemer, who fell into such great sickness that he cried out and would suffer no creature to approach him..A noble lady in white appeared to him on successive nights, urging him to invoke Saint Elizabeth if he desired good health. The third night she appeared again, making the sign of the cross upon him, and he immediately received perfect health. The abbot and prior were astonished and doubted the authenticity of the apparition. The prior warned him that under guises of good often comes deception from the devil, and advised him to confess his vision to the abbot. The following night the same figure reappeared to him and insisted, \"You shall continue to seek me until you have fulfilled your vow,\" and his infirmity returned and would not leave him, with the abbot's permission, he carried out his vow..There was a maiden asked for drink from a servant of her father, and she gave her drink and said, \"The devil may drink,\" and she drank. It seemed to her that fire entered her body. Then she began to cry and her belly swelled like a barrel, so that each man saw that she was demonic. She remained in that state for two years and was later brought to the tomb of St. Elizabeth and made partially well. She was delivered from the devil.\n\nThere was a man named Hermann from the diocese of Colony, who was held in prison. He called upon St. Elizabeth in great devotion, and the night following she appeared to him and comforted him. The sentence was given against him the next day that he should be hanged, and the judge granted permission to his friends to take him down from the gallows. They bore him away alive before them all. A four-year-old child had fallen into a pit..A man found a drowned child and pulled him out, and the child acknowledged Saint Elizabeth. A man named Frederick, skilled in swimming, once fell into the water and saw a poor man whom Saint Elizabeth had revived and given sight back to. The poor man said, \"This holy lady who saved me will avenge me so that you shall never leave the water alive.\" Frederick then lost all his strength and could not help himself, sinking down like a stone and drowning. He was then drawn out of the water, and some of his friends acknowledged him to Saint Elizabeth, who gave him his life back again. A man named Dieryk, severely afflicted in his knees and thighs, vowed to go to Saint Elizabeth's tomb and was ill for eight days on the journey..Thyder dwelt Saint Elizabeth for a month and had no relief; then he returned to his abode. There, in his sleep, he saw a woman sprinkling water upon him. Waking up, he found it was Elizabeth and became angry, saying, \"Why have you awakened me and splashed water on me?\" She replied, \"I have wet the bed, and this wetting shall bring profit and ease.\" Immediately, he arose whole and gave thanks to God and to Saint Elizabeth. Let us pray to her for such things as will be beneficial for our souls. Amen.\n\nThis concludes the life of Saint Elizabeth.\n\nSaint Edmund, the confessor and bishop, who rests at Pontigny in France, was born in England, in the town of Abingdon. His mother was named Mabel, the rich woman; she was righteous, both as a wife and a widow. This saint, Edmund, her son, was born on Saint Edmund's day. At his birth, no clothing was provided by him, and he was born at the first springing of the day. He lay there all day..night/ as he had been deceased/so that the midwife would have had him buried/but his mother said no/and soon after he revived/and was born to church and christened & named Edmond because he was born on St. Edmond's day/ & as he grew in age so increased he in virtues/ He had a brother named Robert/ and the mother set them both to school/ Also she had two daughters/ one was named Mary/ and that other Alice/ which were both made nuns at Catesby in Northamptonshire/ by the labor of their brother Edmond/ And the mother gave to them gifts to fast on Fridays/ and drew them to virtuous and holy living by gifts and fair behests/ so that when they came to more perfect age/ it pleased them not/ Their mother was hard-pressed for Our Lady's love/ and led her life in great penance/ and daily labored/ and on a time as she put out wool to spin/ she delivered so much for the pound/ that the spinners could not live by it/ which complained to her son Edmond..And he took the yarn that was spoken and raked it in the fire, and after a certain time he took it out of the fire; and the just pound was not hurt nor lost, but more than a pound was weighed and burned by the fire. And when she saw this, she repented greatly, and never did so again. After this, she sent her two sons to pay and delivered to them money for, and also two shirts of wool, and prayed them for God's love and her health that they would wear the shirts once or twice a week, and they should lack nothing necessary to them; and they granted gladly to do as their mother desired. Within a short time, they wore them every day and lay in them every night. This was a blessed mother who so virtuously bore her children, and in a short time, St. Edmond increased so greatly in virtue that every man rejoiced in him, giving praise to God for it. And on a day as his companions and he went to play, he left their companionship..and went alone into a meadow / and under an hedge he said his devotions / and suddenly there appeared before him a fair child in white clothing / who said, \"Hail, fellow, who goes alone / and St. Edmund, being abashed, marveled from whence this child came / To whom the child said, \"Edmund, do you not know me / and he said, \"No.\" / I am your fellow in the school / and in all where you go, I am ever on your right side, and yet you do not know me / but like me in my face / and there you shall find my name written / & then Edmund looked in his face / and saw written there with letters of gold, Ihesus Nazarenus, Rex Iudeorum / and then the child said, \"Do not fear, Edmund / for I am Ihesu Crist, your lord / and I shall be your defender here while you live / & then Edmund fell down meekly, thanking him for his great mercy and goodness / And then our lord taught him to say when he should go to his bed or arise / and bless him with this prayer / Ihesus Nazarenus, Rex Iudeorum, fili Dei, miserere mei..In remembrance of my passion, and the devil shall never have power to overcome me. Then this child vanished away, and St. Edmond thanked humbly the Lord that it pleased Him to show him in this manner. And ever after, both evening and morning, he used this continually, blessing Him with that holy prayer to his life's end, and did much penance ever after for God's sake. And when he had continued at school for a long time at Paris, he came home and went to Oxford to school. In this time, he was chaste in his living and a clean virgin in will and deed, and never consented to the sin of the flesh. And on a day, he made his prayers devoutly before an image of our Lady, and he put a ring on her finger and promised to her faithfully never to have another wife but only her desiring his life. And humbly he greeted our Lady with these four words: Ave Maria gracia plena. These words were written on the said ring. And his host had a daughter who labored greatly to make St. Edmond..Edmond slept with her fleshly and for a long time. She labored greatly, and at last he granted her permission to come to his bed. She was then very glad and saw her opportunity and went to his chamber. She immediately prepared herself to come to his bed and stood naked before him. Then he took a sharp rod and beat the maiden so severely that blood ran down on every side of her body. He said to her, \"Thus you shall learn to lose your soul, for the foul lusts of your flesh.\" And so, with beatings, he drove away all her carnal desires. She lived as a chaste virgin thereafter until her death.\n\nSoon after, the good mother sent for Edmond and his other children. She knew that she would soon depart from this world and charged Edmond to ensure that his brother and sisters were well taken care of. After giving them her blessings, she departed from this world and is buried at Abington in St. Nicholas Church in a marble tomb before the rood..Here lies Mabel, the fair flower of wives, and after St. Edmond, made a chapel at Gatesby. In this chapel, both his sisters were buried, and one of them was the prioress of the place or she died, and was a holy woman for whom God showed many miracles. St. Edmond lived long after at Oxford, leading an holy life and wearing a shirt of hair and a breach of the same. The knots in the shirt embedded in his flesh caused his body to bleed, and he bound the shirt to his body with a cord so tight that he could not bend his body. One time, when his shirt of hair was very foul, he gave it to his servant to burn in the fire. But the fire could not burn or harm it. Then his servant took it out of the fire and tied a stone to it and threw it into a pond. He told his master that he had been burning and tossing with the other black birds, and it was a pitiful sight to see. Those who accompanied St. Edmond..were almost fearful of the sight, but then Saint Edmond comforted them and explained what it meant. He said that they were wicked demons of hell, bearing with them a man's soul which had died right then at Chalfgrave. This soul was damned for its wicked living. Saint Edmond was accustomed to pray to Our Lady and Saint John the Evangelist every day, the prayer being \"O Intemerata.\" On a certain day, for a specific reason, he forgot to say it, and Saint John appeared to him in a reproachful manner, blaming him greatly for this omission. After that, he said it every day until his life's end. One night, as he sat in his study, laboring in various of the seven sciences, the spirit of his mother appeared to him in a vision and charged him to leave studying particular sciences but to labor only in divinity from then on. This was because divinity was more important..The will of God sent this through me, and she vanished away. Afterward, he labored in divinity, and it brought him remarkable profit, so much so that men marveled at his knowledge. When he read divinity in schools, his scholars and hearers profited more in one day than they did from other men's teaching in a whole week. Many of his scholars, through his teaching and example, forsook the world and became religious men. One day, he came to the school to dispute the Blessed Trinity, and either he or one of his scholars brought in a white dove. It put the body of our Lord into his mouth, and the dove ascended up into heaven again. Afterward, Edmond believed that the sweet savor of our Lord's flesh was in his mouth, which gave him great privileges of our Lord in heaven. He surpassed all the doctors in Oxford in knowledge. He spoke more like an angel than a man, and in all his lessons..Remember our Lord's passion, and in a night as he studied long in his books, suddenly he fell asleep and forgot to bless himself and think on the passion of our Lord, and immediately the devil laid heavily upon him, preventing him from blessing himself with either hand, and he knew not what to do, but through the grace of God, he remembered his blessed passion, and then the devil had no more power but fled from him immediately. Saint Edmond then charged the devil by the virtue of our Lord's passion to tell him how he should best defend himself, and have no power over him. And then the devil answered and said that the remembrance of the passion of our Lord Jesus Christ, for when any man remembers the passion of Jesus Christ, I have no power over them. And ever after Saint Edmund had great devotion to the passion of our Lord Jesus Christ, and was continually in holy prayers and meditations, for all the delights of the world were but vanities to him. He was a man of great alms and often..In that time, the pope sent out a crusade against the Turks and heretics into England, and this holy man Edmund was chosen to publish it throughout the realm. He stirred up many people to receive the cross and go to the holy land to fight against the enemies of God. And as a young man came with others to receive the cross, a woman who loved him prevented him from doing so and drew him away from there with her hands. And immediately her hands became stiff and hard as a lord's, and also crooked. Then she made great sorrow and cried out for God's mercy most piteously and begged St. Edmond to pray for her to the Lord. He said to her, \"Wilt thou take the cross?\" And she said, \"Sir, most willingly.\" And then she received it, and immediately she was made perfectly whole. She thanked God and St. Edmond. For this miracle, many more people took the cross. And in a time when this holy man preached at Oxford..The churchyard of All Hallows was filled with many people there to hear him. Suddenly, the weather changed and it grew dark in such a way that the people were afraid and began to flee swiftly from the sermon. This holy man said to the people, \"Stay here still.\" For the power of God is stronger than the power of the devils. He does this for envy to disrupt God's word. Then Saint Edmond lifted up his hands and his mind to Almighty God and beseeched him for mercy and grace. When he had finished his prayer, the weather began to draw back on the other side of the churchyard. Those who remained still and did not leave but heard the preaching had not one drop of rain. But those who went away from the preaching were throughly wet, for the rain poured so much in the high street that men could not go or ride in it. Therefore, the people thanked God and his holy saint for this miracle. And at Winchester another time, as he preached there, a similar miracle was shown..there he chased away such a dark weather by his holy prayer. After his blessed living, he was chosen to be a high canon of Salisbury and by the chapter was made commodus (comyn treasurer). There he lived most blessedly, giving alms largely to the poor people, so that he kept nothing for himself. For this cause he went to the abbey of Stanley and sojourned there till his rents came in. The abbot, Master Stephen Laxton, was once his scholar in Oxford. He was a man of great abstinence and ate so little food that men wondered how he lived. From Shrovetide till Easter, he would eat no flesh, nor in Lent did he ever eat but sparingly. And when the archbishop of Canterbury was dead, he was elected and chosen by all the convent to be their bishop. This election was sent to him by three messengers to Salisbury, and one of his chaplains came to him and told him that he was chosen to be archbishop of Canterbury..messengers came to him for the same cause, but St. Edmond was not glad of the tidings. Then the messengers came and delivered to him letters which he read and understood. Afterward, he said to the messengers, \"I thank you for your labor and good will, but I am not glad of these tidings. Notwithstanding, I will go to Salisbury and take counsel in this matter from my fellows. As soon as he had come, he laid before the whole chapter this matter and showed them his letters. And all the chapter advised him to take it upon himself, but he always excused himself and refused it to his power. However, at last the bishop of Salisbury with the chapter commanded him by virtue of obedience to accept it. And then he humbly and sorrowfully agreed to receive it. And forthwith they led him to the high altar and sang devoutly, \"Te Deum laudamus.\" And all the while this holy man wept bitterly and shed many a tear, and prayed devoutly to our Lord to have mercy on him..And he besought our blessed lady and Saint John Evangelist to pray for him and help him in his need. After he was brought to Canterbury, he was consecrated and so truly the church of England spoke well of him. He did great penance and gave great alms to poor people. And once a poor tenant of his died, and the bailiff took his best beast for a mortuary fee. Then the poor widow, who had lost her husband and her horse beast, came to this holy man, Saint Edmond, and complained to him about her great poverty and begged him, for the love of God, to give her back her beast. He said, \"You know well that the chief Lord must have the best beast, but if I give it back to you, will you keep it well for my benefit until I ask for it again?\" To whom she replied, \"Sir, with a good will to your pleasure, or else God defend.\" And pray for you as well, and may you grant this grace..to me a poure wretche / & thenne he commaunded his bayly to delyuer it to hir / and she kepte it after to hyr ly\u00a6ues ende / Thys holy man was mercy\u2223ful to poure peple / and ful trewely to his power maynteyned alle the ryght of holy chyrche / & the deuyl hauyng euer enuye on good werkys / sette a debate bytwene the kynge and hym / whiche was henry the thyrd sone of kynge Iohan / whiche desyred certeyn poyntes ageyn the lybertees of holy chirche / but thys good archebysshop wythstood hym to his power & prayed the kynge to spare holy chyrche for the loue of god / and mayntene theym / as he was bounden & had promysed / but the kynge wold not here hym but expresly dyd certeyn thynges ageynst the ryght of the chirche & menaced gre\u00a6tely saynt edmonde / & whan saynt ed\u2223monde sawe the kynge so cruel ageynst the chirche / he spake sharpely vnto the kynge / & atte laste executed the sensu\u2223res ageynst theym that vexyd it / and cursed them that took aweye the lyber\u00a6tees of hit / & whan the kynge herde of thys cursyng he.was greatly moved against St. Edmond, / yet this holy man was firm and constant in his holy purposes, / which were ready to put his life in jeopardy for the right of the church, / and St. Thomas of Canterbury appeared to him, / and urged him to maintain and hold the right of the church to his power, / and rather to suffer death than to lose any of the liberties and franchises of the holy church, / like as he did, / and after that St. Edmond was more bold to abide and maintain the church's liberties, / and he taking example from St. Thomas, / who went to France to the end that things should be better disposed, / and in the same way did St. Edmond and went over the sea, / trusting in God that things would be better disposed there, / and in the abbey of Pontigny in high France, he prayed for the good state of the church of England, / and lived there so holy and perfect a life that every man rejoiced in him, / and in short time after he became sick and feeble, / and his friends advised him to remove thence..Then he departed and went to a place called Soly, which is twenty miles thence. But the monks of Pounteney made great sorrow for his departure. He comforted them and said, \"I promise you to be with you at St. Edmond's day, king and martyr.\" As he came into Soly, he grew so weak that he knew he would soon depart from this world. Then he desired to receive the sacraments of the church, which he had received with great reverence. He passed out of this life into the Lord, full of virtues, in the year of our Lord 1241. And from Soly, he was brought back to Pountenay on St. Edmond's day, king and martyr. Since he could not keep his promise to live, he fulfilled it when he was dead. The monks of Pounteney received him worshipfully and buried him solemnly. And afterward, for the great miracles that God showed for him there, his bones were taken up and laid in a worshipful shrine before the high altar in the said place..Abbey, where our Lord has shown many a fair miracle for His holy servant St. Edmond. Let us pray devoutly to Almighty God that through the merits of this holy man, St. Edmond, He have mercy on us and forgive us our sins. Amen.\n\nThis concludes the life of St. Edmond, bishop and confessor.\n\nSt. Hugh, of holy remembrance, was once bishop of Lincoln. He was born of the utmost parties of Burgoyne, not far from the Alps, otherwise called the Montains. He came from noble parentage and lineage, for he was of knights. This holy man, when he was young and tender in age, was sent to school. When he was ten years old, he was put into a monastery to learn the rules of discipline, and there he was made and professed a canon regular. He lived so devoutly there that when he was fifteen years old, he was appointed to be the prior of a certain cell, and he ruled it in such a way that all things under his governance prospered both in spiritual and temporal matters..After this, he thought of penance and put his flesh to greater pain. By the disposition of our Lord, he entered the Chartreuse monastery of Charterhouse, where he was received. He was so virtuous in his living among the strangers that after a little while, he was made procureur of the house. In this time, Henry, King of England, built and founded a Chartreuse house in England. Therefore, he sent to Burgoyne to the Chartreuse at Chartreuse, England, to have one of them to govern and rule it. And at the great instance and prayer of the king, this said Saint Hugh could not be obtained, but at last, by the commandment of his superior and the request of the king, he was sent into the realm of England. There, he was made procureur of the same house. He lived there a holy and devout life, like as he did before, and stood so in the king's grace that the king named him Bishop of Lincoln and was elected by the people..Chapter of the chapters of Lincoln's bishopric, which the king had held for a long time and was called to by the said chapters. The bishopric presented itself to him, which dignity he utterly refused and plainly stated that he would not receive any ecclesiastical dignity without consent and commandment of the prior of the charterhouse. This was agreed upon, and the entire election of Lincoln's chapters was declared to him. He took upon himself the office and was consecrated bishop of Lincoln. The next night after this, he heard a voice saying to him, \"You have gone out for the health of your people.\" And after this, he courageously withstood the mighty power of the wood people who intended to harm the privilege of the church, and put his body in peril, as if he had despised it, to bring the church out of servitude and recover many rights and privileges that had been taken away from the church. This holy man made many good statutes and ordinances in his time..This holy man visited the church and places of his care and lived a holy life. He would visit the houses of lepers and lazars and was often gone to enter their houses. By his commandment, the women were separated from the men, and he would kiss the lepers and lazars out of humility. At the time in the church of Lincoln, there was an honorable man, a canon named William, who said to this holy man, St. Martin, \"By kissing a foul leper, you healed him, and yet you do not heal lepers and lazars that you kiss.\" The holy man St. Hugh in all his life was very diligent in burying dead men, and out of his humanity, he gladly did the office concerning their sepulture. Therefore, the Lord gave and rendered to him..hym by retrybucion con\u2223dygne honourable sepulture / for what tyme he departed out of thys world / and the same day that his body was broughte to the chirche of lyncolne / It happed that the kyng of englond / the kynge of scotlond with thre archebys\u2223shoppes / barons & grete multitude of peple were gadred at lyncolne / & were presente at his honourable sepulture / where god hath shewed for hym dyuers myracles / Thenne lete vs praye vnto thys holy man saynt hughe of lyncoln to praye for vs / \nThus endeth the lyf of saynt Hughe bisshop of lyncolne\nIN the prouynce of Englond of olde tyme were dyuers kynges / for the londe was departed emonge whome / ther was Saynt edmond kynge of norfolke & Suffolke / whiche toke hys byrthe of the noble and auncyent lygnage of the saxons / and was fro the begyn\u2223nyng of his fyrst age of blessyd man softe / vertuous / and ful of mekenes and kepte truly the veray relygyon of crysten feythe / & gouerned his kyng\u2223dom ful wel to the plesure of almyghty god / \u00b6 In his tyme it happed that.Two wicked tyrants, named Hinguar and Hubba, came from Denmark and arrived in the country of Northumberland. They robbed and destroyed the land and slaughtered people mercilessly in every place they went. Then Hinguar came to the country where this most Christian saint Edmund ruled. He understood that Edmund was in his prime, strong and mighty in battle, and demanded of the people where their king was residing, who was then dwelling in a town named Eglesdon, now called Bury.\n\nThe Danes had an custom that they would never engage in set battles or appoint them, but would always lie in wait to prevent good Christian men from fighting and then slew and destroyed them. This was how they lay in wait to rob and slaughter good true men. When he knew where this holy king was, he addressed one of his knights to him to spy out his strength and numbers..A knight named Hinguar and his people approached this king unexpectedly, intending to subdue him and subject him to his laws and commandments. The knight then went to Saint Edmond, the holy king, and delivered this message: \"Our most dread lord, Hinguar by land and sea, who has subdued various countries and lands in this province under his lordship through the strength of his arms, intends with all his ships and army to winter here in these marches. He commands you, Inconteryntes, to come and make an alliance and friendship with him. You are to transfer your paternal treasures and riches to him in such a way that you may reign under him. Otherwise, you will surely die a cruel death.\"\n\nWhen Saint Edmond had heard this message, he signed and called one of his bishops to seek counsel on how to respond to this demand..A bishop, urging the king to send an answer to this tyrant Hinguar and agree to his demands, exhorted him with many examples. The king remained silent for a while, remembering. After many devout words, he finally answered the messenger in this way: \"Tell your lord this for truth: the Christian king Edmond will not submit himself to a pagan duke for the love of temporal life.\" The messenger had not gone far when Hinguar met him and ordered him to use brief words and convey the answer. The messenger then reported to Hinguar: \"Immediately, the cruel tyrant commanded the slaughter of all the people with Saint Edmond and the destruction of them. They were to keep only the king, whom he knew to be a rebel against his wicked laws.\" Then this holy king was taken, his hands bound behind him, and brought before the duke. After many abusive words, they eventually led him out to a tree..The adversaries of this tree's bondman attacked him, and then shot arrows at him thickly and in great numbers, wounding him severely. One arrow even struck another from him. Yet this blessed king continued to give law and praise to Almighty God for all his wounds. Then this wicked tyrant commanded them to cut off his head, which they did while he continued to pray and call upon our Lord God. The Danes left his body there and took the head, hiding it deep in the wood among thorns and brambles, so that it would not be found by Christian men. However, a wolf appeared, guarding the holy head gently from the devouring of beasts and birds. After the Danes had departed, the Christian men found the body but could not locate the head. One of them asked another, \"Where are you?\" (meaning, \"Where is the head?\") who was in the thicket).the and cried, \"Where art thou?\" He answered and said, \"Here.\" Here, here, here. And then all they came to see it, and also a great wolf sitting and embracing the head between its forelegs, keeping it from all other beasts. And then they took the head and brought it to the body, setting it in the place where it had been struck. And then they joined the body together. And they bore this holy body to the place where it is now buried. The wolf followed humbly the body until it was buried, and then he retreated harmlessly to the wood. The blessed body and head were so joined together that there appeared nothing that it had been struck from, save as it was a red shining thread in the place of the departing where the head had been struck off. And in that place where he now lies buried is a noble monastery made, and there monks of the order of St. Benedict dwell, who have been richly endowed. In which place Almighty God has shown many miracles for this holy body..\"Thus ends the life and passion of Saint Edmond, king and martyr. Cycle is to say heaven or a way to blind men, or she is said of Celo and Lyra or Celicia as lacking blindness, or she is said of Celo, that is heaven, and Leo that is people. She was an heavenly maiden by cleanness of virginity, a way to blind men by information of example, heaven by deep contemplation, and lacking blindness by shining of wisdom, and heaven of the people. For the people beheld in her as in following the spiritual heaven, the sun, the moon and the stars, that is to say, shining of wisdom, magnanimity of faith, and diversity of virtues, or she is said a lily for she had the whiteness of cleanness, a good conscience, and affection of good fame, or she is said heaven, for Isidore says that the philosophers say that heaven is movable, round, and burning. In like wise was she moving by busy operation, round by perseverance.\".Saint Cecilia, a holy virgin of Roman lineage, was nurtured and raised in the faith of Christ from infancy. She kept the gospel hidden in her breast and never ceased day or night from prayer, recommending her virginity to God. When this blessed virgin was to be married to a young man named Valerian, and the day of the wedding arrived, she was dressed in royal clothes of gold but wore her hair beneath. Hearing the organs making music, she sang in her heart alone to God, saying, \"O Lord, I beseech Thee that my heart and body may remain undefiled, so that I may not be confounded.\" Every second and third day, she fasted, committing herself to the Lord whom she feared. The night came when she was to go to bed with her husband as custom dictated. Alone in their chamber, she said to him in these words: \"O my dearest and sweetest husband.\".I have a counsel to tell you, if you will keep it secret and swear that you will reveal it to no man to whom Valerian said he would gladly promise and swear never to reveal it, and then she said to him, I have an angel that loves me, which keeps my body whether I sleep or wake. If he finds that you touch my body in wantonness or foully and pollute love, certainly he will immediately kill you and so you will lose the flower of your youth. And if it be that you love me in holy love and chastity, he will love you as he loves me and will show his grace to you. Then Valerian, having fear, said to her, if you will believe what I say to you, show me that angel that you speak of, and if I find him worthy that he be the angel of God, I will do what you say. And if it be that you love another man than me, I will kill both him and you with my sword. Cecily answered him, if you will believe and be baptized..thou shalt now see him go then to Via Appia, which is three miles out of this town. There thou shalt find Pope Urban with poor people. Tell him these words that I have said. And when he has purged you of sin by baptism, then when you come again, you shall see the angel. Valerian went and found this holy man Urban, who was humbly lying among the burials. To him he reported the words that Cecyle had said. Saint Urban, for joy, held up his hand and let the tears fall out of his eyes. He said, \"O almighty God, Jesus Christ, giver of wise counsel and keeper of us all. Receive the fruit of the seed that you have sown in Cecyle. For like a busy bee, she serves the Spouse whom she has taken. He was sent here like a meek lamb. And with that word, an old man appeared suddenly, clad in white clothes, holding a book written with letters of gold.\" Valerian, seeing him, was filled with fear, fearing he had been dead..Whome the old man raised and took up, and read in this wise: One god, one faith; one baptism; One god and father of all, above all, and in us every where, euery where:\n\nAnd when this old man had read this, he said: \"Will you believe this or do you test it? Say ye or nay.\" Then Valeryan cried, saying: \"There is nothing truer under heaven than this. This old man vanished away. Then Valeryan received baptism from St. Urban and returned home to St. Cecily, whom he found within: her chamber speaking with an angel; and this angel had two crowns of roses and lilies, which he held in his hand. Of these crowns he gave one to Cecily and that other to Valeryan, saying: \"Keep these crowns undefiled and with a clean body; for I have brought them to you from paradise. And they shall never fade nor wither, nor lose their savour; nor may they be seen but to them to whom chastity pleases; & thou Valeryan, because thou hast used profitable counsel, demand what thou wilt.\" To whom Valeryan..There is nothing in this world more dear to me than my brother, whom I wish could know this truth with me. The angel said, \"Your petition pleases our Lord, and both of you shall come to Him by the palm of martyrdom.\" Suddenly Tyburce, his brother, entered this chamber, and at once he felt the sweet odor of roses and lilies. He marveled at whence it came. Then Valerian said, \"We have crowns which your eyes may not see, and as by my prayers you have felt their odor. So, if you will permit, you shall see the crowns of roses and lilies that we have.\" Cecily and Valerian began to preach to Tyburce about the joys of heaven and the foul creatures of pagans, the abuse of idols, and the pains of hell that the damned suffer. They also preached to him about the Incarnation of our Lord and His passion. They did so much that Tyburce was converted and baptized by St. Urban. From then on, he had great joy..After Almachius, the procurator of Rome, who put many Christians to death, it was reported that Tyburcius and Valerian buried Christian men who were martyred and gave all their goods to the people. They called them before him, and after long disputes, he commanded them to go to the statue or image of Jupiter for sacrifice or else they would be beheaded. As they were led away, they preached the faith of our Lord to one called Maximus, who they converted to the Christian faith. They promised him that if he had true repentance and firm belief, he would see the glory of heaven, which his soul would receive at the hour of his passing, and that he himself would have the same if he believed. Then Maximus released the tormentors to go home to his house, and Maximus and all his household were converted, along with all the tormentors..Saint Cecily spoke with the priests and baptized them. Afterward, when the morning came, Saint Cecily said to them, \"Now, knights of Christ, cast away the works of darkness and clothe yourselves with the armor of light.\" They were then led four miles outside of the town and brought before the statue of Jupiter. However, they refused to sacrifice or incense it. Instead, they humbly knelt down and were beheaded. Saint Cecily took their bodies and buried them. Maximus, who witnessed this, said that he saw angels with clear wings shining in the hour of their passion, and their souls ascending into heaven. The angels carried their souls up. Many were converted to the Christian faith because of this. When Almachius heard that Maximus had been baptized, he had Maximus beaten with lead pellets until he gave up his spirit and died. Saint Cecily's burial of the bodies was commanded by Valerian and Tiburtian. After Almachius' death, she was brought before him for sacrifice..Iubyter and she spoke so cheerfully to those who came for her that she converted them to the faith which wept sore, that such a fair maid and noble one should be put to death. Then she said to them, \"O ye good young men, it is no great thing to lose youth, but to change it - that is, to give clay and take gold, to give a foul habitation and take a precious one, to give a little corner and take a great place. God rewards one simple man a hundredfold. Believe ye this that I have said, and they said, \"We believe Christ to be the true God, who has such a servant.\" Then Saint Urban was called, and four hundred and more were baptized. Then Saint Cecily called before him said to her, \"Of what condition art thou?\" And she said, \"I am of a noble kindred.\" To whom Almachius said, \"I demand of what religion art thou?\" Then Cecily said, \"Begun your demand foolishly, for you who would have two answers in one demand.\" To whom Almachius said, \"From whence come you?\".she replied, of good conscience and in sincerity, to Almachius: \"Do you not know the power that I possess is insignificant? It is like a bladder filled with wind, easily pricked and vanished. You began and persisted in error. Our princes have granted me the power to give life and take it away. Now, I will prove you a liar against the truth. You may take life from the living, but you cannot give it to the dead. Therefore, you are a minister of death, not of life. Almachius replied: \"Lay aside your madness and sacrifice to the gods. I have never seen where you have lost your sight, for those you call gods are but stones. By touching them, you will learn what you cannot see with your eyes.\" Then Almachius,.She was angry and commanded her to be taken to her house / and there to be burned in a burning bayne, which she seemed cold and well tempered / then all the heretics hearing that / commanded that she should be bound in the same bath / Then the torturer struck her three times / and could not cut off her head / and the fourth stroke he could not strike by the law / and so left her lying half alive / and half dead, and she lived three days after in that manner / and gave all that she had to pour people / and continuously preached the faith all that while / and all those she converted she sent to Urban for baptism / and said \"I have asked for a three-day respite that I might commend to you these souls / And that you should consecrate of my house a church / and then at the end of three days she slept in the Lord and Saint Urban with his deacons / buried her body among the bishops / and consecrated her house into a church / In which unto this day the service is said to our Lord / She\".Suffered she her passion around the year of our Lord 224, in the time of Alexander the Emperor. It is recorded in another place that she suffered in the time of Marcius Aurelius, who reigned around the year of our Lord 220. Let us devoutly pray to our Lord that by the merits of this holy virgin and martyr St. Cecilia, we may come to his everlasting bliss in heaven, amen.\n\nClement is said to be of clemency, that is, glory and of the mind, as it were, a glorious mind purged from all filth, ornate with all virtue, and decorated with all felicity. He is also said to be of clemency, which is merciful. It is said in the glossary that Clement is rightly called sweet, gentle, righteous in deed, sweet in speech, gentle in conversation, and meek in intention. He set his life down in his book named Itinerary, specifically to that place where he succeeded St. Peter..The remainder of the acts of Pope Clement, commonly taken from various places:\n\nPope Clement was born of Roman lineage. His father was named Faustus, and his mother Matidiana. He had two brothers: one named Faustus, the other Faustinian. Matidiana was of marvelous beauty. Her husband's brother Bernardo was consumed by love for her due to the disordered concupiscence of luxury. He continually harassed her, desiring her to yield to his foul lust, but she in no way consented to him. She considered absencing herself from him for a long time so that he would forget this disordered love. The sight of her presence set him aflame, and since she could have permission from her husband, she feigned a subtle dream, which she told her husband in this way:\n\n\"There has come to me this night a vision, by which I am...\".commanded to depart from this city of Rome with my two sons Faustin and Faustynen. I was to remain until I was commanded to return, and if I did not, both I and my children would die. Upon hearing this, her husband was greatly distressed and afraid. He sent his wife and his two sons to Athens with much of his men, and she was to remain there. When she learned that her two sons had perished, she was filled with sorrow and despair, and considered drowning herself in the sea, but for the hope of finding her sons, she did not. When she saw that she could not find them alive or dead, she cried and beat her hands strongly and would not be comforted by anyone. Then many women came to her, who told her the fortunes they had had, but she was comforted by none. Among them came one who said she had lost her young husband in the sea and would never marry again for his sake. She comforted her and lived with her..Clemente daily cared for her with her hands, but after her hands, which she had struck, became so sore and swollen that she could no longer work and was stricken with palsy, unable to rise from her bed. Matidyan was thus compelled to beg and ask for her living from door to door, and from those she could reach she fed herself and her hostess. When the year had passed that she was parted from her children, her husband sent messengers to Athens to inquire about their welfare. But those he sent returned not, and he sent other messengers. These also returned, reporting that they had found none. And then he left Clemente's son under the care of certain tutors and went in search of his wife and children. He took ship but did not return.\n\nClemente lived for twenty years or more in this fashion, and never received news of her father, mother, or brother. She went to study and became a sovereign philosopher, earnestly inquiring and seeking to know the nature of Immortality..of the soul, and therefore he often haunted the schools of philosophy. When he heard that it was concluded in the dispute that the soul was immortal, he was glad and joyous. But when they said that it was mortal, he became heavy and confused. And in the end, when Barnabas came to Rome preaching the faith of Jesus Christ, the philosophers mocked him, as if he were mad or out of his wits. Some say that Clement was the first philosopher to mock him and despise his preaching. In scorn, he put to Barnabas this question, saying, \"What is the cause that Culex, which is a little beast, has six feet and two wings, and an Oliphant, which is a great beast, has but four feet and no wings?\" To Barnabas, Barnabas replied, \"Fool! I might easily answer your question if you asked it to know the truth. But it would be a rude and a foolish thing to say anything about creatures when you do not know the maker of the creatures and the Creator of all.\".that you err in the creatures / This word moved deeply into the heart of Clement the philosopher in such a way that he was informed by Barnabas in the faith of Jesus Christ, and went at once to Judea to Saint Peter. Peter taught him clearly the truth of the soul, and in that time Simon the Magus had two disciples, namely Aquiles and Nicete. When they understood and knew his deceptions, they forsook and left him, and fled to Saint Peter and became his disciples. Then Saint Peter asked Clement about his lineage, and he told him in order what had happened to his father, to his mother, and to his brothers. He supposed that his mother with his brothers was drowned in the sea, and that his father was dead for sorrow or drowned also in the sea. When Saint Peter heard this, he could not prevent himself from weeping. At one time Peter went to the island where Matthydan, the mother of Clement, dwelt. In this island.Peter beheld the pilers of marvelous length. When Saint Peter saw these pilers, he saw Martha beginning, whom he reproached because she did not labor with her hands. Martha replied, \"Sir, I have nothing but the form and likeness of my hands. They are so weakened by my biting that I feel them not. And I repent that I did not drown myself in the sea, so that I should no longer have lived. Peter asked, \"What do you say, woman? Do you not know that the souls of those who take their own lives are most grievously punished? Martha replied, \"Would God that I were certain that souls live after death. Then I would take my life, so that I might but one hour see my sweet children.\" Peter asked her the cause and told him all the order of the things done. Then Peter said, \"There is a young maiden with us named Clemente, who says the same thing happened to her father and mother and brothers.\" When she heard that, she....was with great wonder that she came to herself. When she had come to herself, she said weeping to St. Peter, \"I am certainly the mother of that young man.\" Kneeling down before St. Peter, she prayed him to hasten and show her her son. Peter said to her, \"Wait a while until we leave this island.\" And when they were out of the island, Peter took her by the hand and brought her to the ship where Clement was. When Clement saw Peter holding the woman by the hand, he began to laugh. And as soon as this woman was near Clement, she could no longer restrain herself but embraced him around the neck and kissed him. He pushed her away, as if she had been mad. And Peter said to him, \"Whatever you do, do not drive away your mother.\" And when Clement was advised by him and took up his mother, who had fallen down in a faint, and began to recognize her, and he learned that the illness that lay upon the paralytic was brought forth by the command of Peter..and he immediately gave her the child, and then the mother demanded Clement's clemency from his father. He replied to her that he was going to see her, and that he had never seen him before. When she heard this, she signed and comforted her other sorrows with the great joy she had of her son. In the meantime Nicete and Aquyle arrived, who had not been there when she came. When they saw this man, they asked what she was. Then Clement said, \"She is my mother, whom God has given to me through my lord Peter.\" Peter then told them all by order. When Nicete and Aquyle heard this, they were astonished and said, \"Lord maker of all things, is this true that we have heard or is it a dream?\" Then Peter said to them, \"If you are not out of your minds, these things have all been true.\" Then they said, \"We are Faustus and Faustina, whom our mother had supposed had perished in the sea.\" The mother ran and embraced them around the neck, and said, \"What is this?\" Peter replied, \"These are your sons.\".Faustina and Faustinazen, whom you supposed were perished in the sea, and when she heard that they were safe and in a state of joy, and when they came to themselves, they said to her, \"Tell us how you escaped?\" And they replied, \"When our ship was broken, we were borne upon a table. Other mariners found us and took us into their ship. They changed our names, and sold us to a woman named Justinia, who has held us as her sons, and has made us learn liberal arts. After we learned philosophy, we then joined ourselves to Simon, an enchanter, whom we later discovered was a fraud, and we left him and became disciples of Peter, and the next day following, Peter with his three disciples Clement, Nicete, and Aquile, went into a more secret place to pray. And a very ancient and honorable man named Porus was there. He began to reason with them and said, \"I have pity on you, brethren. For under the guise of pity, I consider you.\".greatly to err, for there is no god, nor anyone worshipping here, nor any providence in the world but fortune alone, which alters all, just as I have found most certainly in the sea. Informed in the discipline of mathematics more than many others, I pray you no more about whether you pray or are not ordered to do so by destiny shall fall, and Clement saw him and his heart judged that he had seen him before. And when Clement and Nicete had long disputed with him by Peter's commandment, and they had shown him what providence was, Clement and he called him \"father\" and he said, \"You hold the injured father because I blamed my brother who called the father.\" We have in commandment that we should call no man by such a name. And when he had said all this, they of the company laughed, and he asked them why they laughed. Clement said, \"You do that, for which you blame others, in calling this old man 'father.'\".They had disputed enough about providence. The old man said, \"I have believed in providence, but my conscience denies it to me. I know my destiny and my wife's, and that which fortune has destined for each of us. Now listen to what happened to my wife. In her nativity, Mars was in the center with Venus, and the waning moon was near the ends of Saturn. This adventure makes the adulterers break their wedlock and love their servants, and go with them to foreign countries, and be drowned in waters. And this is what happened to my wife, for she fell in love with her servant, and fled with him, and perished in the sea. According to my brother's account, she first loved him, but he would not consent, and then she turned her lecherous love to her servant. It should not be laid to her blame, for her destiny has made her do so. Then he told how she feigned a dream.\".sailing toward Athens she passed by / And then his sons would have run to him and discovered the matter, but Peter defended them and said, \"Sufficient unto you is it that it pleases me.\" And then Peter said to him, \"If I show you this day your wife chaste with your three sons, will you believe that destiny is nothing? He said, as it is an impossible thing to show that you have promised. So impossible is it to do anything above destiny. And then Peter said, \"This is Cleomenes your son, and these two are your other two sons, Faustus and Faustinus.\" Then the old man fell down in joy as if he had been without a soul. Then his sons came to him and kissed him, and were afraid that he should not have come to him again. And when his dream was gone, he heard of them all in order how all things had happened. Then his wife came suddenly and began to cry and weep, saying, \"O my husband and my lord, where is he?\" And she said this as if she had been quite beside herself..The old man, hearing this, ran to her and embraced her sadly. Then, as they were quietly gathering, a messenger arrived and reported that Apion and Anubion, great friends of this old man Faustus, were lodging with Simon Magus. The old man was glad and went to visit them. But soon another messenger came, who said that a minister of the emperor had come to Antioch and was seeking out all the magicians to punish them to death.\n\nSimon Magus, hating the sons of Faustus because they had forsaken him, imprinted his similitude and likeness on this old man Faustus. In such a way that of every man he was taken to be Simon Magus. Simon did this because he should be taken by the emperor's ministers and be killed in his place. And Simon then departed from those parties.\n\nWhen this old Faustus returned to St. Peter and his sons, they were ashamed, for they saw in him the likeness of Simon Magus..\"This Simon Magus understood the voices of his father, but Saint Peter saw his natural likeness and his wife and sons blamed and reproved him. He said, \"Why blame you me, and flee from me, that am your father?\" They replied, \"We flee from the one who bears the likeness of Simon Magus.\"\n\nSimon Magus had composed an ointment and anointed himself with it, and had imprinted the form of himself by magical art in this old man, who wept and said, \"Alas, what misfortune has befallen me? I have been known to my wife and children for only one day, and I cannot be joyful with them. His wife and children wept sorely and tore their hair.\n\nWhen Simon Magus was in Antioch, he was strongly defamed by Saint Peter and was called a cursed enchanter and a murderer. He had moved the people against Peter so much that they planned to kill him if they could hold him.\".Semmon Magus goes to Antioch and apologizes before the people for anything I (Semmon Magus) have said about me. Afterward, I will come to Antioch, take away these strange likenesses, and restore their proper and natural appearance before all the people. However, it should not be supposed that Saint Peter told him to lie. The book of Clement, called Itineraryum, is apocryphal. As someone says of no authority, in which these things are written, and they should not be taken seriously in such matters. Nevertheless, it can be said that if these words are considered carefully, he should say that he is Semmon Magus but should show the people the semblance of Symon Magus's appearance, appearing as Saint Peter, and should retract the words he had said. If he says that he is Semmon Magus, it is not about the truth but about the appearance and likeness. Then, Fastidious said..I am Simon, as I claim to be, like Simon, and was once called Simon of the people. Then this old man Faustus entered Antioch and assembled the people, saying, \"I am Simon, and I confess that I have deceived you with all that I have said about Peter the apostle. He is neither traitor nor enchanter but is sent for the health of the world. Therefore, if I ever say anything against him in the future, take me as a traitor and cast me out from among you, for I now repent for having spoken falsely and evil of him. I warn you, therefore, to believe in him, lest your city perish, and when he had said this, Peter had commanded him and stirred the people to love him. Then Saint Peter came to him and prayed for him, and afterward took away from him the likenesses of Simon and came in his natural likeness. Then the people of Antioch received him graciously and with great honor enshrined him..Chader as a bishop, and when Simon Magus heard this, he came and gathered the people together and said, \"I marvel when I have taught and instructed you the commandments of health, and have warned you to keep away from the traitor Peter, and yet not only have you heard him, but you have honored him and set him in the chair of a bishop. Then all the people arose in great fury against him and said, 'You are nothing but a monster. You said that very day that you repented of what you had said against Saint Peter, and now you would overthrow us and yourself.' And immediately they rose against him and cast him out of the town. These things Saint Clement relates about himself in his book, and has set down this history.\n\nAfter this, when Saint Peter came to Rome and saw that his passion approached, he ordained Clement to be bishop after him. And when Saint Peter, prince of the apostles, was dead, Clement, who was a man of purity and piety, and so..possessed the see of God by heritage / he gave it over to Live / and afterward to Clement / and after them, Clement was chosen and compelled to take it upon him / in whom he shone by virtuous living and good manners, pleasing well to the Jews, Christians, and pagans / He had the poor people written down by name, for giving to them their necessities / he loved much the poor people / and those he sanctified by baptism, he suffered not to beg commonly / and when he had consecrated a damsel with a veil, who was a virgin and a niece of Domicien the emperor / and had converted to the faith Theodora, wife of Syringe, friend of the emperor / and she had promised to be in the purpose of chastity / Syringe had doubt of his wife / and entered after her stealthily into the church to know what she did there / and when St. Clement had said the ordinance / and the people had answered Amen / Syringe was made deaf and blind / and he said to his servants, \"Bring me hens and lead me out.\".and they led him around the church and could not come to the doors or gates. And when Theodore saw them erring so, she went to the first door, thinking that her husband had known her, and after she asked the servants what they did, they said to her, \"Our master will be here and see that it was not lawful, and therefore he is made both blind and deaf.\" Then she gave herself to prayer and prayed God that her husband might go out from there. And after her prayers, she said to the servants, \"Go you hence and bring my lord home to his house.\" They went and brought him there. And Theodore went to St. Clement and told him what had happened. Then this holy man came to him and found his eyes open, but he saw nothing and heard nothing. Then St. Clement prayed for him, and immediately he received his sight and hearing. And when he saw Clement standing by his wife, he was mad and supposed that he had been deceived by sorcery. And he commanded his servants,.Hold firmly, Clemente / he has made me blind magically / to come to my wife / and commanded his men to bind Clemente / & so draw him / and they bound the pilors and stones / thinking they had bound Saint Clement and his works / and drew them forth. Then Clement said to Sysinna, / because you worship stones and trees as gods / therefore you have deserved to draw stones and trees / and he who truly believed himself bound said, \"I will kill him.\" And then Clement departed / and he begged Theodore that she should not cease to pray until our Lord had visited her husband. Then Saint Peter appeared to Theodore, praying, and said to her, \"Your husband will be saved by the one / for to accomplish that which my brother Paul says / The man who is mistaken will be saved by his true wife.\" And saying this, he vanished away, and immediately Sysinna called her husband to her / and prayed for him and called to him Saint Clement..and when he came, he was instructed in the faith and baptized with three hundred and eighteen of his men, as well as many noble men and friends of the emperor were present at our lord's baptism. Then, the earl of the Sacrifices gave much money and stirred up great treason and discord against St. Clement. Then, Master Martin, provost of the city of Rome, could not endure this discord and had St. Clement brought before him. And as he reproved and tried to draw him to his law, Clement said to him, \"I would rather that you would come to reason. For if many dogs have barked against us and bitten us, yet they cannot take from us the fact that we are reasonable, and they are dishonorable and unreasonable.\" This discord, which was stirred up, shows that it has no certainty or truth. Then, Master Martin wrote to Trajan, the emperor, about Clement, and he received an answer that he should sacrifice or be exiled into the desert that was beyond the city over the sea. Then, the provost said to Clement,.he who worships his god purely, may He help thee. Then the prior delivered to him a ship and all things necessary, and many clerks and lay people followed him into exile. In this island, the prior found more than two thousand people who were there long condemned to hew marble in the rocks. When they saw Saint Clement, they began to weep, and he comforted them, saying, \"Our Lord has not sent me here because of my merits, but has made me a partner in your crown.\" And when he understood that they carried water six miles and bore it on their shoulders, he said, \"Let us all pray to our Lord that He opens to us His confessors in this place here the ways of a font or of a well. And may He who struck the stone in the desert of Sinai, and water flowed abundantly, give us refreshing water, so that we may enjoy His benefits.\" And when he had made his prayer, he looked here and there and saw a lamb..Standing who lifted up his right foot and showed a place to the bishop. He understanding it to be our Lord Jesus Christ, whom he saw alone, went to the place and said, \"In the name of the Father and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, strike here.\" When he saw that no man would strike in the place where the Lamb stood, he took a little pickax and struck one light blow in the place under the Lamb's foot, and immediately a well or fountain sprang up and grew into a great flood. Then to all the people joyfully Saint Comentus said, \"The coming of the flood gladdens the city of God.\" For the fame of this miracle, much people came thither, and five hundred and more received baptism from him in one day. They destroyed the temples of idols throughout that province, and within one year they built 125 churches, to the honor of our Lord. Three years after Trajan the emperor, who was in that year, the year of our Lord 561, sent a duke there..duke saw that all would gladly die for God's love. He left the multitude and took only Comfort, binding an anchor about his neck, and threw himself into the sea, saying, \"Now they may not worship him as a god.\" The great multitude of people went to the riverbank and beheld the cruelty of the tyrant. Then, the humble and faithful disciples of St. Clement commanded all the others to pray to the Lord that He would show them the body of His martyr. The sea immediately retreated three miles, allowing all to go dry-footed. There they found an habitation in a marble temple which God had made and ordained. They found the body of St. Clement lying in an ark or chest, and the anchor was there as well. It was shown to his disciples that they should not remove the body from there. Every year, during the time of his Passion, the sea retreated by seven days, covering four miles, giving dry way to those who came thither. In one of these occasions,.A woman went there with a little child. When the solemnity of the feast was completed, the child slept, and the noise and sound of the water were heard, which came and approached quickly. The woman was frightened and forgot her child and fled to the river with the great multitude of people. Later, she remembered her son and began to cry and weep loudly, running here and there by the riverbank, seeking to know if by chance the body of her son might have been cast up on the riverbank. When she saw no help or hope, she returned home and wept and mourned for the entire year. The following year, when the sea had receded and the way was open, she ran before all the others and went to the place to seek any knowledge or find anything of her son's. When she knelt down before the tomb of Saint Clement and had prayed, she rose up and saw her son in the place where she had left him..lefte hym slepyng / Thenne she suppo\u2223sed be had ben deed / and wente nerre for to haue taken the body as it had be wythout lyf / but whan she saw hym slepyng / she awook hym and took hym in hir armes tofore alle the people al hool and saufe / and enquyred of hym where he had ben al that yere / & he sayd that he wyste not / but that he had slepte there but one nyght swetely Saynt ambrose sayth in his preface in this wyse / whan the moost wycked persecutour was constrayned of the de\u2223uyl for to tormente by paynes the bles\u00a6syd clemente / he gafe to hym no payn but vyctorye / The marter was caste in the flodde for to be drowned / & ther\u2223fore came he to a good rewarde / by whiche peter his mayster came in to he\u00a6uen / Cryste approuyng the myndes of them bothe in the flodes / he callyd cle\u2223mente fro the bottom of the see to the palme of vyctorye / & he releuyd saynt peter in the same element that he shold not be drowned vnto the heuenly / roya\u2223me / Lyon the bysshop of hostyence recounteth that in the tyme that mychel.The emperor governed the empire of Rome. A priest named Philosophar came to Tersonne and demanded of those dwelling in the country that the history of Saint Clement recounted referred to. Since they were not of that time and were strangers, they said they knew nothing about it. For the sin of those dwelling in that place, the water had long ceased to draw as it was accustomed to do. In the time of Martin the emperor, the church had been destroyed by the barbarians, and the ark with the body of the martyr was wrapped in the floodwaters of the sea due to their sin. The priest was greatly astonished by these things and went to a small city named George. He went there with the bishop and the clerks and the people to search for the holy relics of the island, believing that the body of the holy martyr had been there. They dug and sang hymns and canticles, and by divine revelation, they found..The body of the holy saint and the anchor cast into the sea with him were taken to Tersonne. Afterward, the same priest took the body of Saint Clement to Rome, where he performed many miracles. The body was laid in the church, now called San Clemente, and it is recorded in a chronicle that the sea dried up in that place. The blessed Cyrille, bishop of Moriane, brought the holy body to Rome.\n\nLet us pray devoutly to this blessed saint, Saint Clement, that through his merits we may deserve to reach the bliss of heaven. Amen.\n\nGrisogonos, meaning angel in Greek, was a man without worldly malice or was called Gonos, meaning a l.\n\nGrisogonos was imprisoned by the command of Diocletian. Saint Anastasius fed him and gave him food and drink to survive. Therefore, his husbandman:.I, Anastasius Bond, by the mercy of God have escaped my husband's bed through feigned and disguised infirmity, and have night and day embraced the steps of our Lord Jesus Christ. My husband has taken away my patrimony, which he has nobly been enriched by, and has set it on foul idols. He has put me in prison as a cursed enchantress, to make me lose my temporal life. There is no more, but I who am a servant to the spirit, may lie down and die. In this death I grieve for myself, but I am greatly troubled in my mind that my riches, which I had intended for God, have been wasted and spent on foul things. To whom Saint Grysogone answered again in writing: be not angry nor troubled for anything that the foolish ones have done in your life..Though it be contrary to thee, you may not be discerned if you are patient. A time payable shall come to thee soon. For after this darkness, you shall see the one who flourishes, the light of God. And after this cold time of frost and ice, there shall come the soft and sweet time. Farewell. Be with God and pray for me. And as this blessed Anastasia was thus constrained in such a way that not even bread was given to her for four days and she supposed she would die, she wrote a letter to him in this way:\n\nTo the confessor of Christ, Grisogone, Anastasia:\nThe end of my time has come. Remember me. So that when my soul shall depart from me, may he receive it for whose love I suffer these things. You shall hear of these things from the mouth of this old woman.\n\nIt always appears that darkness precedes the light. In the same way, sickness and infirmity shall return, and life is promised after death. All adversities and prosperities of this world shall be..enclosed by one end, cause despairation should have no dominion on the sorrowful, neither elation nor pride should dominate those who are glad and joyful. There is but one sea in which the ship of our lady sails, and our souls use the office of mariners under the governance of the body. The ships which are fastened and bound with strong chains pass well without any breaking through the strong waves of the sea. Some ships there have been that have brutal and feeble joinings of trees and frequently fall into peril of being drowned. But thou handmaid of Jesus Christ, keep in mind the victory of the cross, and make ready for the work of God. And then Dionysian, who was in the parties of Aquileia, commanded that Grysgone should be brought before him. To whom he said, \"Take the power of the proconsul, and the consulate of thy lineage, and do sacrifice to the goddesses.\" And she answered, \"I adore and worship one only god of heaven, and I despise yours.\".\"Dygnytees is as filth or mire, and then a sentence was given to him, and was brought to a place where he was beheaded, about the year of our Lord 287. Whose body Saint Zeyle the priest buried and the head also. Thus ends the life of Saint Grisogone.\n\nKatherine is said to be of Catha, that is all ruin and falling, for all the deceit of the devil, flee from her, for the deceit of pride flee from her by humility that she had, and the deceit of fleshly desire flee from her by her virginity and worldly covetousness, for she despised all worldly things. Or Katherine may be said as a little chain, for she made a chain of good works by which she mounted into heaven, and this chain or ladder had four steps, which were: Innocence of works, cleanness of body, despising of vanity, and saying of truth. Who shall ascend into the mountain of our Lord, that innocent man?\".He is heaven and answers the innocence of his hands. He who is clean in his heart, who has not taken in vain his soul, and who has not sworn in fraud and deceit to his neighbor. And it appears in her legend how these four degrees were in her.\n\nKatherine, by descent of line, was of the noble lineage of the emperors of Rome, as it will be declared more clearly later by a notable chronicle. Whose most blessed life and conversation wrote the solemn doctor Anathasius, who knew her lineage and her life. For he was one of her masters in her tender age or she was converted to the Christian faith. And after the said Anathasius, by her preaching and marvelous works of our Lord, was also converted. Who, after her martyrdom, was made bishop of Alexandria. And a glorious pillar of the church by the grace of God and the merits of Saint Catherine.\n\nIn the time of Diosculian and Maximian, great and cruel tyranny was shown in the world as well as....Cristian men, subject to the Romans, refused to pay tributes, leading many to rebel openly against them. Among those who resisted Rome was the kingdom of Arminia, which withstood the Roman tribute the most. In response, the Romans appointed a nobleman of dignity named Constantius, who had previously been a valiant and virtuous man in arms. Upon his arrival in Arminia, Constantius subdued them with his discreet prudence and earned the love and favor of his enemies. He was even desired to marry the king's daughter, who was the sole heir to the kingdom. Constantius consented and married her, and shortly after her father's death, he was enthroned and crowned king. Soon after, Constantius had a son by his wife named Costus. At the birth of Costus, his mother died. After her death, Constantius returned to Rome to see the emperor and inquire about the governance of his ships in the various regions..In the year 200 AD, in Cyprus, a great British rebellion against the empire was concluded. It was decided by the consulate that Constantius, king of Gaul, should go to Britain to quell the rebellion. He was addressed there and, in a short time after entering the land, subdued it back to the Roman Empire through his prowess and wisdom. Constantius was also highly acceptable to King Coel of Britain, whom he married his daughter Helene. Helene later found the Holy Cross and became Empress. Constantius died soon after, and after King Coel's death, Constantine, his son, was crowned king of Britain. Costus, the first son of Constantine, married the daughter of the king of Cyprus, from whom Saint Katherine was born. She was of the lineage of Constantine.\n\nIn the year 200 AD, in Cyprus, a great rebellion in Britain against the empire came to an end. The consulate decided that Constantius, king of Gaul, should be sent to quell the rebellion. He was summoned there and, shortly after entering the country, subdued it back to Roman rule through his strength and wisdom. Constantius was well-received by King Coel of Britain, whom he married his daughter Helena. Helena later discovered the Holy Cross and became Empress. Constantius died soon after, and after King Coel's death, Constantine, his son, was crowned king of Britain. Costus, the eldest son of Constantine, married the daughter of the king of Cyprus, from whom Saint Katherine was born. She was a descendant of Constantine..and prudent king named Costus, a noble and seemly man, rich and of good conditions, had to his wife a queen like himself in virtuous governance, who lived together prosperously according to the law of the pagans and worshipped idols. This king, because he loved renown, founded a city in which he established a temple of his false goddesses, and named that city after his name, Costy. After this, to increase his fame, the people named it Famagost. In this city, he and the queen lived in great wealth and prosperity. Just as the fair rose springs among the briers and thorns, so between these two pagans was born this blessed virgin, Saint Catherine. When this holy virgin was born, she was so fair of countenance and so well formed in her members that all the people enjoyed her beauty. And when she was seven years old, she was immediately sent to school, where she profited much more than any other of her age..The young lady was informed in the liberal arts, in which she drank plentifully from the well of wisdom, for she was chosen to be a teacher and disseminator of eternal wisdom. The king, her father, took great joy in her great courtesy and wisdom, and he ordered a tour in his palaces with various studies and chambers, where she might be at her pleasure and will. He also ordered for seven of the best masters and wisest in knowledge to wait on her, and those who came to teach her became her disciples. When this virgin reached the age of twenty-four, her father, King Cosmas, died, and she was left as queen and heir after him. The estates of the land then requested that she make a parliament, in which she might be crowned and receive the homage of her subjects, and such rule might be set in her beginning, that peace and order might prevail..Prosperity might see it in her realm, and this young maid granted their request. When the parliament was assembled and the young queen crowned with great solemnity, and she sitting on a day in her parliament, and her mother by her with all the lords, each in his place, a lord around her, at the request of her mother, the other lords and commons and knelt down before her, saying, \"Right high and mighty princess, and our most sovereign lady, please it you to know that I am commanded by the queen your mother, by all the lords and commons of this your realm, to request your highness, that it may please you to grant them that they might provide some noble king or prince to marry you, to the end that he might rule and defend your realm and subjects, like as your father did before you, and also that from you might proceed noble lineage, which after you may reign upon us, which thing we most desire, and of this we desire your good answer. This young queen Catherine..\"She was distressed and troubled on hearing this request, considering how to answer her mother, the lords, and her subjects, and to maintain her chastity. For she had decided to keep her virginity and rather die than defile it. With a sad and meek expression, she replied in this way: Cousin, I have well understood your request, and thank my mother, the lords, and my subjects for their great concern about my marriage. I truly believe there will be no danger, considering the great wisdom of my lady, my mother, and the lords, with the good obedience of the commons trusting in their continued good conduct. Therefore, we do not need to seek a stranger to rule us and our realm. With your good assistance and aid, we hope to govern and keep this our realm in good justice, peace, and rest, just as the king my father did. At this time, I pray you to be content and to cease from this matter and let us proceed to such matters as\".The queen requested for the rule and universal welfare of this realm, and when this young queen Catherine had answered, the queen her mother and all the lords were abashed by her words and knew not what to say. For they considered well by her words that she had no will to be married. Then there arose and stood up a duke who was her uncle, and with due reverence he said to her in this way: \"My sovereign lady, saying your high and noble disposition; this answer is heavy to your mother, and to us all your humble liege men, without you taking better advice to your noble courage. Wherefore I shall moreover tell you of four notable things that the great God has endowed you before all other creatures that we know, which things ought to cause you to take a lord to your husband: to the end that the plentiful bounties of nature and grace may spring from you by generation, which may succor by right line to reign upon us to the great comfort and joy of all your people and subjects.\".the contrary should turn to great sorrow and heaviness. Now good uncle said she, what are these four notable things that you reckon in us? Madame said he, the first is that we are assured that you come from the most noble blood in the world. The second is that you are a great inheritor. And the greatest that lives of woman, to our knowledge. The third is that you excel in science, learning, and wisdom. And the fourth is in bodily shape and beauty. There is none like you. Wherefore, Madame, you think that these four notable things must necessitate you to encourage our request. Then said this young queen Katherine with a sad countenance. Now uncle, since God and nature have wrought such great virtues in us, we are so much more bound to love and to please Him. And we thank Him humbly for His great and large gifts. But since you desire so much that we should consent to be married, we let you plainly know that, like as you have described us, so will we describe ourselves..We will have a husband as our lord, and if you can obtain such a one, we will agree to take him with all our heart. He who shall be lord of my heart and my husband, shall have four noble things in him above all measure: so worthy that all creatures shall need him, and he needs none; a lord of such noble blood that all men shall do him worship, and so great a lord that I shall never think I made him a king; and so rich that he surpasses all others in riches; and so full of beauty that angels enjoy beholding him; and so pure that his mother was a virgin; and so meek and benign that he can gladly forgive all offenses done to him. I have described to you the one I will have and desire as my lord and husband. Go and seek him, and if you can find such a one, I will be his wife with all my heart, if he swears to have me; and finally, if you find such a one, I shall never take another, and take this as a pledge..A final answer, and with this she cast down her eyes gently and held her still. When the queen, her mother, and the lords heard this, they made great sorrow and heaviness, for they saw well that there was no remedy in that matter. Then her mother spoke to her with an angry voice, \"Alas, daughter, is this your great wisdom that is spoken of so far and wide? Much sorrow will be yours, like doing this to me and all of us. Alas, who has ever seen a woman forge such a husband with such virtues as you have? For such a one as you have devised and do as your noble elders say, signing--\n\nMadame, I well know by true reason that there is one much better than I can devise him, and but he, by his grace, find me. I shall never have joy. For I feel by great reason that there is a way that we are completely out of, and we are in darkness, and until the light of grace comes, we may not see the clear way. And when it pleases him to come, he will avoid all darkness of the clouds of ignorance and show himself clearly to me, revealing to me whom my--.Her heart so fervently desires and loves him, and if it be that he does not, I find him; yet reason commands me to keep silent where I am injured. Therefore, I humbly ask you, my lady mother, that you move me no more on this matter, for I promise you plainly that for this reason, I shall never have another husband but him whom I have described. To whom I shall truly keep myself with all the pure love of my heart. And she, her mother, and all the lords of the parliament, departed with great sorrow and lamentation. And this noble young Katherine went to her palaces. Whose heart was set on fire by this husband she had devised, and she could do nothing but set her mind and intent on him continually, pondering how she might find him. But she could not find a way; for he had kindled a burning love in her, which could never afterward be quenched, for no pain nor suffering..trybulation as it appeared in her passion / But now I leave this young queen in her contemplation / and shall tell you, as far as God will give me grace, / how our lord called her to baptism / in a special manner, such as has not been heard of before or since / and also how she was visibly married to our lord, in showing to her sovereign tokens of singular love / Then, besides Alexander, a certain holy father and hermit named Adrian / dwelt in a desert named Adryan / for a certain space of miles / who had served our lord continually by the space of thirty years / in great penance / and on a day as he walked before his cell, being in his holy meditations / there came against him / the most reverent lady that any earthly creature might behold / and when this blessed lady beheld his humble state and excellent beauty, which was above nature / he was sore abashed and so much astounded that he fell down as if he had been dead / Then this blessed lady, seeing this / called him by his name, good father Adrian..\"Fear not, for I have come to you for your good honor and profit. And she took him gently, comforting him, and said to him in this way: \"Adrian, you must go as a messenger for me to the city of Alessandro and to the queen Catherine's palaces. Tell her that the lady Saleweth greets her, whose son she has chosen as her lord and husband, sitting in her parliament with her mother and lords, where she had a great conflict and battle to keep her virginity. Say to her that the same lord whom she chose is my son, a pure virgin, and he desires her beauty and loves her chastity among all the virgins on earth. I command you without delay, that she comes alone to these palaces, where she shall be newly clothed, and then she shall see him and have him as her everlasting spouse. Then Adrian, hearing this, said fearfully in this way, 'Blessed lady, how shall I do this message? For I do not know the city nor the way there.'\".Who am I, yet I knew it not to do such a message to the queen. Her majesty would not suffer me to come to her presence, and though I came to her, she would not believe me but put me in distress as if I were a traitor. Adrian said, \"Fear not this blessed lady, for that my son has begun in her must be performed. She is a chosen vessel of special grace before all women who live. Go forth, and you shall find no hindrance. Enter into her chamber. The angel of my lord shall lead you thither and bring you both safely.\"\n\nThen, meekly obeying, I went forth into Alisaundre and entered the palaces. I found doors and closures opening before me, and so I passed from chamber to chamber until I came to her secret study where none came but she alone. There I found her in her holy contemplation, and I did to her my message as you have heard, according to my charge. When this blessed virgin Catherine had heard my message and understood it by certain tokens,.that he came to fetch her, whom she so earnestly desired, forgetting her estate and servants. He followed this old man through her palaces and the city of Alexandria, unknown to any person, and so into the desert. As they walked, she asked him many high questions, and he answered her sufficiently in all her demands, and informed her in the faith. She began to receive his doctrine. And as they thus went in the desert, this holy man had lost his way and did not know where he was, and was confused in himself, and said secretly, \"Alas, I fear I am deceived. And this virgin here may perish among these wild beasts. Now blessed Lady, help me. I am almost in despair. Save this maiden who has forsaken all she had for your love and has obeyed your commandment. And as he thus sorrowed, the blessed virgin Katherine appeared and asked him what he was called and why he sorrowed. He said, \"For you,\" by..cause I cannot find my cell / nor know where I am. Father said, \"Fear not, for truly that good lady who sent you for me will not allow us to perish in this wilderness. And then she said to him, \"What monastery is yonder that I see, so rich and fair to behold?\" He asked her where she had seen it, and she said, \"Yonder in the east.\" He looked with his eyes and saw the most glorious monastery he had ever seen, filling him with joy. He said to her, \"Blessed be God who has endowed you with such perfect faith. For there is a place where you shall receive such great worship and joy that there was never any like it, save only our blessed lady, Christ's own mother, the queen of all queens. Now, good father, hurry us there, for that is all my desire and joy. Soon after they approached that glorious place, and when they came to the gate, they were met by a glorious company, all clothed in white..Chaperettes of white lilies on their heads, whose beauty was so great and bright that the virgin Katherine and the old man could not behold them, but all raised their faces down in great fear. Then one more excellent than the others spoke first and said to this virgin Katherine, \"Stand up, our dear sister, for you are right welcome. Come further in.\" They came to the second gate, where another more glorious company met her, all clothed in purple with fresh chaperettes of red roses on their heads. The holy virgin, seeing them falling for reverence and fear, and they kindly comforting her, took her up and said, \"Fear nothing, our dear sister, for there was never one more heartily welcome to our sovereign Lord than you and to us all. For you shall receive our clothing and our crown with such great honor that all saints will rejoice in you. Come forth, for the blessed Lord awaits you. Then this blessed virgin Katherine, with trembling joy, passed forth..With them like a woman rapt with marvelous joy that she could not speak, and when she was entered into the body of the church, she heard a melody of marvelous sweetness which passed all hearts to think it. There they beheld a royal queen standing in her estate with a great multitude of angels and saints. Their beauty and riches exceeded every heart's thought or pen's writing. Then the noble company of martyrs with the fellowship of virgins led the virgin Katherine forward before this royal Empress. With sovereign reverence, they said in this way:\n\nOur most sovereign lady queen of heaven, lady of the world, empress of hell, mother of almighty God, king of bliss,\nTo whose commandment all heavenly creatures and earthly ones obey,\nAnd you, who are here present,\nWe humbly beseech your benign grace to receive her as your chosen daughter,\nAnd her, your humble handmaid, whose name is written in the book of life..for to accomplish the work which our blessed lord has begun in her, and with that our blessed lady said, \"Bring me my well-beloved daughter,\" and when the holy virgin heard our lady speak, she was so much filled with heavenly joy that she lay as if she had been dead. Then the holy company took her up and brought her before our blessed lady, to whom she said, \"My dear daughter, you are welcome to me. And you are strong and of good comfort, for you are specifically chosen of my son for honor. Remember not how sitting in your parlor you beheld a husband where you had a great conflict and battle in defending your chastity, and then this holy Catherine, kneeling with most humble reverence and fear, said, 'O most blessed lady, blessed be you among all women. I remember how I chased that lord, who was then far from my knowledge. But now, blessed lady, by his mighty mercy and your special grace, he has opened the eyes of my blind conscience and understanding.' \".that now I see the clear way of truth / and humbly beseech you, most blessed lady, that I may have him whom my heart loves and desires above all things / without whom I may not live, and with these words her spirits were so fast closed that she lay as if she had been dead / and then our lady, in comforting her, said, \"my dear daughter, it shall be as you desire / but yet you lack one thing that you must receive or come to the presence of my son / you must be clothed with the sacrament of baptism / Therefore come on, my dear daughter, for all is provided / for there was a font solemnly appointed with all that is required for baptism / And then our blessed lady called Adrian the old father to her and said, \"brother, this office belongs to you / for you are a priest / therefore baptize my daughter,\" but change not her name; Catherine shall she be named / and I shall be her godmother / and then this holy man Adrian baptized her / and after our lady said to her, \"now my own daughter, be glad.\".And I am joyful, for you lack nothing that belongs to the wife of a heavenly spouse. Now I shall bring you to my lord, my son, who waits for you. And so our lady led her forth to the church door, where she saw our savior Jesus Christ, with a great multitude of angels. Whose beauty is impossible to be thought or written of earthly creatures. Of whose sight this blessed virgin was filled with such great sweetness that it cannot be expressed. To whom our blessed lady humbly said, Most sovereign honor, joy and glory be to you, king of bliss, my lord, my god, and my son. Lo, I have brought her unto your blessed presence, your humble servant and handmaid Catherine, who for your love has refused all earthly things and has obeyed to come here, hoping and trusting to receive what I promised her. Then our blessed lord took up his mother and said, Mother, what pleases you pleases me, and your desire is mine. I desire that she be....knight to me among all the virgins of the earth, and said to her, \"Catherine come hither to me, and as soon as she heard him name her, such great sweetness entered into her soul that she was utterly rapt, and thereupon the Lord gave her new strength, which passed nature. And he said to her, 'Come, my spouse, give me your hand,' and there the Lord espoused her in spiritual marriage, joining himself to her by the spirit, promising ever to keep her in this life and after this life to reign perpetually in his bliss, and as a token of this set a ring on her finger, which he commanded her to keep in remembrance of this, and said, 'Fear not, my dear spouse, I shall not depart from you, but I will comfort and strengthen you always.' Then said this new spouse, 'Blessed Lord, I thank you from the depths of my heart for all your great mercies, beseeching you, sovereign Lord, to make me worthy to be your servant and handmaiden, and to please you, whom my heart loves and desires above all.' \".\"and thus this glorious marriage was made, of which all the celestial court rejoiced and sang this verse in heaven: Sponsus amat sponsam saluator visitat illam with such great melody that no heart may express or think it. This was a glorious and singular marriage, to which there was never any likeness before on earth. Therefore, this glorious virgin Catherine ought to be honored, lauded, and praised among all the virgins who ever were on earth. And then our blessed Lord, after this marriage, said to the blessed Catherine: Now the time has come that I must depart to the place from which I came. What you will desire, I am ready to grant. And after my departure, you must remain here for ten days, until you are perfectly informed in all my laws and will. And when you shall come home, you will find your mother deceased, but do not fear; for you were never missed there. In this time, I have ordered one in your place, whom all men believe to be yourself.\".when you come home, she who is there in your place shall leave. Now welcome my dear spouse, and then she cried with a most pitiful voice, \"A sovereign lord God, and all the joy of my soul have ever mind on me, and with that he blessed her and vanished from her sight. Then, for sorrow of his departing, she fell into a swoon. She lay still for a long time without any life. And then Adrian was a sorrowful man and cried upon her for a long time until at last she came to herself and raised her eyes. She saw nothing around her but an old cell, and the old man Adrian, by her weeping. For all the royalty was voided, both monastery and palaces and all the comfortable sights that she had seen. And especially he who was the cause of all her joy and comfort. Then she mourned and wept until she saw the ring on her finger. And for joy of that, she swooned again, and after she kissed it a thousand times with many a pitiful tear.\".Then Adam comforted her the best he could with many blessed exhortations. The blessed virgin Katherine took all his comforts and obeyed him as to her father. She lived with him for the time that the Lord had assigned her, until she was sufficiently taught all that was necessary. Then she returned home to her palaces and governed herself holily, converting many creatures to the Christian faith of Jesus Christ, on whom all her joy was set. He was always in her mind, and lived quietly in her palaces, never idle, but continually in the service of the Lord, full of charity. I let her dwell in peace, filled with virtues and grace, as the dear and singular response of Almighty God.\n\nIn this meantime, Maxentius, who was then emperor and cruel tyrant, considered the noble and royal city of Alexandria and came there to assemble all the rich and poor people to make sacrifices to their idols. The Christian men who refused were brought together..make sacrifice he let sleep, and this holy virgin was at that time eighteen years of age, dwelling in her palaces full of riches and servants, alone without parents and kin, and heard the braying and noise of beasts, and the joy that they made and sang, and marveled what it might be. She sent one of her servants hastily to inquire what it was, and when she knew it, she took some of the people of her palaces and garnished herself with the sign of the cross and went there. And she found there many Christian men to be led to make sacrifice for fear of death. Then she was strongly troubled for sorrow and went forth hardly to the emperor and said in this way:\n\nAnd then they demanded for what cause they were called from so far away, and answered and said, \"And wisdom, which confuses all wise men, she says that our gods are devils. If you surmount them with honor, I will send you back in joy to your country.\" One of them scorned this..and said by Dysdayn/ this is a worthy council of an emperor/ that for one young and frail maiden/ he has summoned so many sages and from so far countries/ and one of our clerks or scholars may overcome her/ and the king said to them/ I may well by strength constrain her to submit/ but I had rather that she be overcome by your arguments/ Then said they/ let her be brought before us/ and when she shall be overcome by folly/ she may know that she never saw a wise man/ and when the virgin knew the struggle of the disputation that she endured/ She commanded them all to our lord/ and an angel came to her and said/ that she should keep herself firmly/ for she should not be vanquished/ but she should summon them and send them to martyrdom/ and when she was brought before the masters and orators/ she said to the emperor/ what judgment is this to set fifty orators and masters against one maiden/ and to promise to them great rewards for their victory/.The virgin compels me to dispute with them without hope of reward, and God, who is the true reward of those who strive for Him, will be with me, and He will be my reward, for He is the hope and crown of those who fight for Him. The masters had said that it was impossible for God to be made man or to suffer death. The virgin showed them that the pagans had said this before He was made. For Plato said that God was all-round, and could be slain, and Sybil said that the same God should be blessed and happy, who should hang on the cross. When the virgin had wisely disputed with the masters, and had confounded their gods by open reasons, they were abashed and knew not what to say, but were all still. The emperor was filled with fury against them, and began to blame them because they were so easily overcome by one maiden. Then one master, who was master over all the others, said to the emperor: Know, sir..Emperor who never was there before, able to withstand us, but this maiden in whom the spirit of God speaks, has so converted us that we can say nothing against Jesus Christ, and we cannot, nor dare not, therefore, Emperor, if you can bring forth a more convincing argument than those we have worshipped hitherto, all of us will be converted to Jesus Christ. And when the tyrant heard this thing, he was enraged with great wrath and commanded that they all should be burned in the midst of the city. The holy virgin comforted them and made them constant for martyrdom. She informed them diligently in the faith, and because they doubted that they would die without baptism, the virgin said to them, \"Do not doubt anything, for the shedding of our blood will be reputed to you for baptism, and you will be crowned in heaven.\" And when they were cast into the flames of..They rendered their souls to God, and neither here nor any clothing harmed them or caused harm by the fire. And when the Christian men had buried them, the tyrant spoke to the virgin and said, \"A right noble lady, virgin, have pity on your youth, and you shall be chief in my palaces next to the queen, and your image shall be set up in the midst of the city, and shall be adored by all the people as a goddess.\" To whom the virgin replied, \"Leave to say such things. It is evil to think it. I am given and married to Jesus Christ. He is my spouse, my glory, my love, and my sweetness. There may be no fair words or torments that call me from him.\" And then, filled with rage, he commanded that she should be stripped naked and beaten with scorpions. The emperor went out of the country for certain causes, and the queen was greatly moved by the virgin's love and went by night to the prison with Porphyry, the prince of knights..and when the queen entered, she saw the prison shining by great clearness, and angels anointing the wounds of the holy virgin Catherine. Then Saint Catherine began to preach to the queen the joys of paradise and converted her to the faith. She said to her that she should receive the crown of martyrdom. And they spoke to Gertrude until midnight. When Porphyry had heard all that she had said, he fell down at her feet and received the faith of Jesus Christ with two hundred knights. Because the tyrant had commanded that she should be twelve days without food and drink, Jesus Christ sent her a white dove which fed her with celestial food. After this, Jesus Christ appeared to her with a great multitude of angels and virgins and said to her, \"Daughter know your maker, for whom you have embarked on this tumultuous battle. Be constant, for I am with you.\" When the emperor was returned, he commanded her to be brought before him. And when he saw her so..Shining, whom he supposed to have been tormented by great famine and fasting, and supposed that some had fed her in prison, and was filled with fury, and commanded to torment the keepers of the prison. She said to him truly, I have never tasted food from man, but Jesus Christ has fed me by his angel. I pray you, said the emperor, understand this that I admonish you and answer not with doubtful words. We will not hold you as a chamberlain, but you shall triumph as a queen in my realm. To whom the blessed virgin Catherine said, I pray you understand truly, and I judge, which of these two should I choose, or the king, Pius, durable, glorious, and fair, or one unsteadfast, not noble, and foul? The emperor, having disdained and angry by felony, of these two chose the one, or do sacrifice and live or suffer diverse torments and perish. She said, do not delay to do what torments you will, for I desire to offer to God my blood..and my flesh like him who offered himself for me, he is my god, my father, my friend, and my only spouse. A master warned and advised the king, being mad with anger, to make four wheels of iron enclosed with sharp raspers cutting, so that she might be horribly torn apart and cut in that torment, so that he might frighten other Christian people by the example of that cruel torment. Then it was ordered that two wheels should turn against each other with great force, so that they would break all that was between the wheels. And the blessed virgin prayed our Lord that He would break these engines to the praise of His name and for the conversion of the people who were there. And immediately as this blessed virgin was set in this torment, the angel of the Lord broke those wheels with such great force that it killed four thousand pagans. The queen who witnessed these things came down from above and had hidden her faith until then. Descending immediately, she began to blame..Emperor of such great cruelty, and then the king was replenished with wonder when he saw that the queen despised sacrificing and first rent her papal robes, and then struck her head. As she was led to martyrdom, she prayed Catherine to pray for her. Catherine said to her, \"Do not doubt that this thing is well beloved of God. For this day you shall have the kingdom everlasting, An immortal spouse for a mortal. She was constant and firm in her faith, and commanded the tormentors to do as they were commanded. Then the servants took her out of the city, and tore away her papal robes with tongs of iron, and struck her head. Porphyry took away her porphyry-stained body and buried it. The next day, they demanded where the holy body of the queen was. The emperor ordered that many be put to torture to find out where the body was. Porphyry then came before them all and declared, \"I am he who buried the body.\".the ancillary and servants of Jesus Christ have received the faith of God, and then Maxence began to roar and bray like a madman, crying, \"O wretched and captive, lo, Porphyry, who was the only keeper of my soul and comfort for all my evils, is deceived. We also are Christians and have been ready to suffer death for Jesus Christ. And then the emperor, drunk in Woden's command, ordered that all should be beheaded, and that their bodies should be cast to dogs. And then he called out Catherine and said to her, \"How is it that you have made the queen die by your magic art? If you repent, you shall be first and chief in my palaces. For you shall this day perform sacrifice or lose your head.\" And she said to him, \"Do as you have thought. I am ready to suffer all.\" And then he gave sentence against her and commanded to strike off her head. And when she was brought to the place prepared for that, she lifted up her eyes to heaven, praying, \"O Jesus.\".Christ, hope and help of those who believe in the beauty and glory of virgins, I beseech and pray that whoever remembers my passion, may it be at his death or in any other necessity, and call upon me. By your mercy, may he have the effect of his request and prayer. Then a voice came to her, saying, \"Come to me, my fair love and my spouse. Behold, the gate of heaven is open to you and to those who shall honor your passion of blood. Angrily, she took the body and bore it to the mouth of Mount Sinai more than twenty journeys from thence, and buried it there honorably. And continually, oil runs out of her bones which heals all maladies and sicknesses. She suffered death under Maxence the tyrant, around the year 300. As for how Maxence was punished for this crime, and other matters, it is contained in the story of the Enthronement of the Holy Cross. However, since it was not long known where this holy body had become, there was great sorrow and mourning..In the desert around Mount Sinai, there were many Christian hermits, filled with great devotion towards the holy virgin Saint Catherine. By common consent, they built a chapel where this holy virgin should be especially remembered. This chapel was near Mount Sinai, not far from the hill, next to the place where the Lord appeared to Moses in the bush. In this place, the holy hermits lived a glorious life of great abstinence and devotion. One time, the angel of God appeared to them and said, \"God has been pleased by your affectionate devotion. Therefore, He has granted you this grace: through you, He will be found and glorified. So arise and follow me.\".And though it be that you see me not, yet the shadow of the palm that I bear in my hand shall never depart from your sight. Then these Heretics went forth and followed the angel until they came to the place where neither any creature might enter for the narrowness of the way and the sharpness of the rocks. And when they came to the top of the hill, they saw not the angel but they saw evidently the shadow of the palm that seemed to have shadowed the entire place by the leaves of the palm. By which they came to the place where the body had lain for a hundred and thirty years in a stone, and her flesh was dried up for the length of time, but the bones were so compact and pure that they seemed to be kept by the care of angels. Then they took up with great joy and reverence this holy body and bore it down into the chapel which they had made, and this was done by great miracle, for the place where she lay was so steep, thick, and dangerous that it seemed to be inaccessible..The body of this saint is impossible to reach, and after these holy men had solemnly brought it with great ceremony, the feast of its commemoration should be celebrated, which is still kept there and is around the time of its commemoration of the holy cross. This place is greatly honored, and our Lord shows many miracles there. From the bones flows oil abundantly, which has healed many illnesses. It is said that before the body was found, a monk went to Mount Sinai and lived there devotedly in the service of Saint Catherine for seven years. One time, as he prayed with great devotion that he might have something of her body, suddenly a joint of one of her fingers of her hand appeared, which he joyfully took. It is often called upon in her aid, and by the length of time he fell into foul thoughts and lost the devotion he had to the saint and ceased to pray to her..on a time in prayer, he saw a great multitude of virgins passing by him. Amongst them, there was one who shone more brilliantly than the others. When she approached him, she covered her face. Passing before him with her face covered, he marveled greatly at her beauty and asked what she was. One of the virgins replied that it was Catherine, whom you were once meant to know, and because you know her not, she passed before him with her face covered and unknown.\n\nIt is to be noted that this blessed virgin Saint Catherine seems and appears marvelous in many things. First, in wisdom. In her was all manner of philosophy. Philosophy is divided into three: theoretical, practical, and logical. Theoretical is further divided into intellectual, natural, and mathematical. The blessed Catherine appeared marvelous in wisdom, possessing all forms of intellectual, natural, and mathematical philosophy..She had knowledge divine, of which she disputed with the masters, to whom she proved herself to be the only true god, and conquered all false goddesses. Secondly, she had natural science, which she used in disputing against the emperor. Thirdly, she had mathematical science, a science that beholds forms and manners of things, and she despised this science, withdrawing her heart from earthly matters. She showed herself to have this science when she answered the emperor, who demanded who she was, and said, \"I am Catherine, daughter of King Costus, and how I was nourished in purpure, and I used this when I encouraged the queen to despise the world and herself and to desire the reign pardonable.\" The practice is divided into three manners: ethical, economic, and political. The first teaches to form manners and to enrich him with virtues, and this pertains to all men. The second....rule and govern her men, and this pertains to those who have men to govern. The third pertains to the governors of cities, for she teaches to govern peoples, cities, and commonwealths. These three sciences had the blessed Catherine. Firstly, she had in herself all honesty of manners. Secondly, she ruled her men laudably, whom she was left with. Thirdly, she wisely instructed the Emperor. Logic is divided into three: demonstrative, probable, and sophistical. The first pertains to philosophers, the second to rhetors and logicians, and the third to sophists. These three sciences had Catherine, for she disputed with them before the Emperor. Secondly, she was marvelous in eloquence. For she had fair speech in preaching, as it appeared in her predicative, she was right sharp in rendering reason, as when she answered the Emperor. She had sweet words in drawing the people to the faith, as it appeared in Porphyry and the queen whom she drew to Christianity..She had right virtuous words in coming, as it appeared in the masters she vanquished so resolutely. Thirdly, she was marvelous in constance, for she was most constant against the threatening and menaces. I despise them all and answered to the emperor, \"Tarry not to do the torments that you have proposed. I desire to offer to God my blood and make an end of what you have conceived in your heart. I am ready to suffer all.\"\n\nSecondly, she was firm when great gifts were offered to her. For she refused all and said to the emperor, \"Leave to say such things. It is felonious to think it.\"\n\nThirdly, she was constant in the tortures done to her. Fourthly, she was constant in chastity, for she kept chastity among those things that chastity is wont to perish for there are five things in which chastity may perish..She was in possession of riches, aenable opportunities, flourishing youth, freedom without constraint, and sovereign beauty. Among all these things, blessed Catherine kept her chastity. She had great wealth, as she who was heir to rich parents. She had the ability to do as she pleased, as she who was lady of her own self, and she spent her days among her servants, who were young. She had freedom without any one governing her in her palaces. And of these four things, it is said beforehand, and she had beauty so much that every man marveled at her beauty. Fifthly, she was marvelous in the privilege of dignity. Certain special privileges were in some saints when they died, like the vision of Jesus Christ in Saint John the Evangelist, the flowing of oil in Saint Nicholas, the transformation of milk for blood that was in Saint Poul, the preparation of the sepulcher that was in Saint Clement, and the hearing and granting of petitions that was in the saints..Margarete, remembering them, prayed for all these things to be gathered in the blessed virgin Saint Catherine, as it appears in her legend. Let us devoutly worship this holy virgin and humbly pray to her to be our advocate in all our needs, bodily and spiritual. May we, through the merits of her prayers, come after this short and transitory life to the everlasting bliss and joy in heaven, where there is life that is enduring. May the Lord deign to grant it. He who lives and reigns with the Father and the Holy Spirit, God, for all eternity. Amen.\n\nSaturnine is said to be of Saturn and of nut, a note, for the Paynims were filled for her marriage, like the squirrel that eats the nut. When the squirrel takes the nut to have it out of the shell, it seems bitter to him. Then he goes up high on the tree and lets it fall. And then the shell breaks and the nut springs out. And thus..Saturnyn was ordained bishop by the disciples of the apostles and was sent into the city of Toulouse. When he entered the city, the demons gave answers, and one of the pagans said, \"But if they kill Saturnyn, they will have no answer from their gods.\" They took Saturnyn, who would not sacrifice, and bound him to the feet of a bull. They drew him up to the highest place of the capitol and cast him down the steps, breaking his head and causing his brain to spill out. Thus, he completed his martyrdom. Two women took his body and buried it in a deep place out of fear of the pagans. Later, his successors took up the body and transported it..There was another Saturninus whom the prince of Rome kept in prison for a long time. After he released him from the torture named Eculeus, he made him endure thorns, rods, and scorpions, and then burned his sides. He then took him down and struck off his head around the year 200 AD under Maximian.\n\nAnd there was another Saturninus in Africa, who was the brother of Saint Satyrus, Saint Renoule, and Saint Felicity, his sister, and Saint Perpetua, who all suffered death together. The passion of these saints is celebrated another time. When the prince said to them that they should sacrifice to idols, they refused it utterly. He then put them in prison. When the father of Saint Perpetua heard this, he came to the prison weeping and said, \"Daughter, you have dishonored all your lineage. Until now, none of your lineage has been put in and would have plucked out your eyes with his fingers.\".The blessed Perpetua saw a vision in the morning. She told her companions, \"I saw a ladder of golden marvelous height reaching to heaven. It was so narrow that only one person could go up at a time. Iron cultres and swords were fixed on the right and left sides, so that the one ascending had to keep looking straight up to heaven. A dragon of horrible great form lay beneath the ladder, making every man fear and dread to mount up. And Satan was ascending by the same ladder, looking toward us and saying, 'Doubt ye nothing that this dragon but comes up surely, that you may be with me.' When they heard this vision, they all gave thanks to the Lord, for they knew then that they were called to martyrdom. And on the morrow, they were all presented to the judge. He said to them, \"Be it behooves you to be presented to the gods and do sacrifice to them,\" but when they would not..do not sacrifice / He made St. Saturninus be taken from the women / and placed among the other men / and he said to St. Felicity, \"Have you a husband?\" She replied, \"I have one, but I do not live with him.\" Then he said to her, \"Have mercy on yourself, woman, and live, especially since you have a child in your belly.\" To whom she replied, \"Do to me what you will, for you can never draw me to your will.\" The father and mother of St. Perpetua and her husband came to her and brought her child to her. Which yet cried. And when her father saw her standing before the proconsul, he fell down and said to her, \"My sweet daughter, have mercy on me and on your sorrowful mother, and also on this most wretched your husband, who cannot live after this, and she stood still without moving. And then her father cast his arms about her neck, and she, her mother, and her husband kissed her, saying, \"Daughter, have pity on us and live with us.\" And then she put the little child from her and them..also saying to you and go your way from me, my enemies, for I do not know you. And when the provost saw her constance, he had her long beaten and afterward put in prison. And then the other saints were sorrowful for St. Felicity, who yet had more to come of her childbirth, and prayed to God for her. And anon she began to travail and was delivered of a child alive and quick. Then one of her keepers said to her, \"What shall you do when you come before the provost, who is yet so grievously tormented?\" And Felicity answered, \"I shall here suffer pain for myself, and God shall suffer it for me.\" And then were these Saints drawn out of prison and were despised and led by the streets, and to them were let go beasts and satyrs and perpetua was devoured by lions, and Felicity and Perpetua were slain by leopards, and St. Saturninus had his head smitten off. This was about the year of our Lord two hundred and forty-seven under Valerian and Gallienus..This is the life of Saint Saturninus. This festival is the last festival of the year, beginning with the festival of Saint Andrew. Afterward, various feasts will follow, as recorded in this book called the Golden Legend. James the Martyr was named Enterprises and was of noble birth, but more noble by his faith. He was born in the region of Persia, in the city of Lapene, among Christian people. He had a good Christian wife and was well known to the king of Persia, and was chief among the princes. It happened that for the great love he had for the king, he was deceived and brought to adore idols. To whom he knelt, and when his mother and his wife heard this, they wrote him a letter in this way: \"You have forsaken him who is life, in obeying him who is mortal, and in pleasing him who is but dust. You have left the pardoned one, you have changed truth into lying, in obeying him who is mortal, and have forsaken.\".the judge of those who have died and of those who are alive, and know that from henceforth we shall be to the strangers, and we shall not dwell with them in any manner hereafter. When James had heard this letter, he wept bitterly and said, \"If my mother who bore me and my wife are made strangers to me, then how much more should I be estranged from God?\" And when he had deeply tormented himself for this error, a messenger came to the prince who said that James was a Christian. The prince called him and said, \"Are you a Nazarene?\" And James said, \"Yes, indeed I am a Nazarene.\" And the prince said, \"Then are you an enchanter?\" And James said, \"I am none.\" And when the prince threatened him with many torments, James said to him, \"Your threats trouble me not, for it is but wind blowing upon a stone. Your folly passes lightly through my eyes.\" To whom the prince said, \"Contain yourself lest you perish by a cruel death.\" To whom James said, \"This ought not to be called a death.\".But a sleep for anyone after we arise again, and the prince said, Let not the Nazarenes deceive the people, saying that death is nothing but a sleep. The great emperors doubt it, and James said, we doubt nothing the death, for we hope for life after it. Then the prince, by counsel of his friends, gave this sentence upon James: that he should be cut every member from others, to fear the others. And some had pity of him and wept, and he said to them, weep not for me, for I go to life, but weep for yourselves, to whom eternal torments are due. And the butcher cut off the thumb of his right hand, and he cried out and said, O thou deliverer or Nazarenes, receive the branch of the tree of thy mercy. For the rest is cut off from him who tills the vine to make it bear fruit more plentifully. And the butcher said to him, if you will consent to the prince, I will spare you and give you to the mercy. To whom James replied, hasten not..the stalk of the vine, when the branches have been cut off, the knot that remains in its time, when the earth warms it, germinates and brings forth new buds in all the places of the cutting. If the vine is cut, it will bud and bring forth fruit in its time. How much more should a man bud more abundantly in the faith that he suffers for the love of Christ, who is the true vine? Then the butcher cut off the third branch. Then Saint James said, \"Lord, receive two branches which your right hand has planted.\" He cut off the third, and James said, \"I am delivered from three temptations.\" I shall bless the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, and, Lord, I shall confess with my mouth, and Saint James said, \"O protector of the children of Israel,\" which in the fourth blessing were pronounced. Receive from your servant the confession of the fourth finger, like the blessing was in Judah, and then the fifth finger was cut off. He said, \"My joy is\".accomplished, and then the butchers urged him to spare his life, lest he weep or anger himself, though he had lost one hand. For there are many who have much honor and riches with but one hand. And the blessed James said, \"When the shepherds shear their sheep, they do not take only the right side, and James said, 'Lord, when you were great, you would have been made little for us. And therefore I yield to the body and soul which you made, and redeem me with your own blood.' Then the seventh finger was cut off, and he said, 'Lord, I have said to you seven times in the prayers, \"If you will forgive my sins, I will forgive those who have sinned against me.\"' Then they cut off the eighth finger, and he said, \"Iesus Christ was circumcised on the eighth day, and the Jews were circumcised on the eighth day to fulfill the ceremonial commandments. And let my servant's mind depart from these circumcisions, and I may come and behold your face, Lord.\"'.The fifth finger was cut off, and he said, \"At the fifth hour, Jesus Christ rendered his spirit in the cross to his Father.\" Therefore, Lord, I confess to you in the sorrow of the five wounds, and thank you. Then, the tenth finger was cut off, and he said, \"The tenth name is in the commandments of the law.\" Some of those who were there said, \"Confess your God's name before our prince so that you may live. How is it that your hands are cut off? There are wise lepers who will heal you and ease your pain.\" To whom St. James said, \"God forbid that there should be any false dissimulation in me. No man who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is worthy of the kingdom of heaven. Then, the butchers, full of contempt, and cut off the great toe of the right foot. St. James said, \"The foot of Jesus Christ was pierced, and blood flowed out.\" The second was cut off, and he said, \"This day is great to me before all others.\".This day I convert, I will go steadily to the strong god. Then they cut the third and threw it before him. Saint James smiled and said, \"Go thou third, to thy followers. Like as grain in wheat renders much fruit, so shalt thou do with thy companions, and shalt rest in the last day. The fourth was then cut and he said, \"Why art thou sorrowful, soul of mine? Why dost thou trouble me? Hope in God. For I shall confess to him who is the health of my cheer and my God. The fifth was cut and he said, \"I shall now begin to say to our Lord, a prayer of dignity, for he has made me worthy to be his servant. Then they came to his left foot and cut off the little toe. Saint James smiled and said, \"Little toe, be comforted. The great and the small shall have one resurrection. An hour of the head shall not perish, and thou shalt not depart from thy companions. And after they cut off the second toe and he said, \"Destroy ye the old houses. For a more noble one is made ready.\".The third was cut off, and he said by such cutting I shall be purged from vices, and they cut off the fourth, and he said, Comfort me, God, of truth, for my soul trusts in Thee. The fifth was cut off, and he said, O Lord, I offer and consecrate to Thee twenty times, and then they cut off his right foot. St. James said, Now I shall offer a gift to God for whose love I suffer this. Then they cut off the left foot, and he said, Thou art He, Lord, that makest marvels; here Thou me, Lord, and save me. They cut off after his right hand, and he said, Lord, Thy mercies help me. They cut off his left hand, and he said, Lord, Thou art He that lovest the righteous, and they cut off the right arm, and he said, My soul praises our Lord; I shall give reward to our Lord in my life, and I shall sing to Him as long as I live. Then they cut off the left arm, and he said, The sorrows of death have surrounded me, and I shall think against them..Then Saint James was greatly distressed / and said, \"Lord Jesus Christ, help me / for the torments of death are upon me.\" / And he said to the butchers, \"The Lord will clothe me with new flesh / so that your wounds will never appear in me.\" / And then the butchers began to falter and tire / from the first hour of the day until the ninth, they had labored in cutting his members / and after they came to themselves and cut off the right leg up to the thigh / and then blessed James exclaimed and said, \"O good Lord, spare me half my life / thou Lord of living and dead / Lord, I have no fingers to lift up / nor hands that I may enhance / my feet are cut off and my knees / so that I cannot / kneel before you and am like a house fallen / whose pillars have been taken away / by which the house was raised and sustained / Lord Jesus Christ, take my soul from this prison / and when he had said this, one of the butchers struck off his head..Then the Christian men took away the body privately and buried it honorably, and he suffered death on the 5th of December. Thus ends the great passion of Saint James the martyr. The holy and venerable Bede was born in England. When he was seven years old, he was delivered to Bishop Wilfrid of York to learn. After his death, he was made abbot of the same place and learned and profited much in holy life and consolation. In his nineteenth year, he was made deacon by Bishop John of York. In the thirtieth year of his age, he was made a priest. Then he began to write and study to explain holy writ. On which occasion, he made many noble and simple explanations. Despite his great busyness, he was daily in the service of religion, as in singing and praying in the church. He had great sweetness and liking for learning, teaching, and writing. He wrote 76 books. He accounted the books and years from the beginning of the world in Anglo-Saxon history. In the book of:.Polycronicon is praised for having produced so many noble volumes with such simple words in a short span of his life. It is said that he went to Rome to present his books according to holy writ and to the learning of the church, but some doubt this and claim he never went to Rome. Additionally, it is said that when he was blind, he went about to preach to a group of stones, to whom he made a noble sermon. Once he had finished his sermon, the stones responded with \"amen.\" It is also said that he found a writing of three R's and three F's over the gate of Rome, which he explained as follows: the first R signified regna, the second ruent, and the third Rome, that is, regna ruent Rome. The first F signified ferro, the second flamma, and the third fame, that is, ferro flamma fame. Pope Sergius wrote a letter to Abbot Colfred and requested him to..Have come to Rome / to ask certain questions that were raised there. It is to be noted that the noble and worthy court of Rome received and addressed the questions that were raised. We ought to hold him in high regard and reverence, as he was a virtuous man, well-occupied in explaining holy writ, and his purity was evident at the end of his life. His stomach had indignation towards food for seven continuous weeks, and he could not retain any food or drink, yet he spared no effort for teaching and books. Every day, amidst the daily troubles of service and psalms, he taught his disciples in lessons and questions. He translated St. John's gospel into English and said to his scholars, \"Learn from me, my little children, while I live among you. I do not know how long I shall remain with you.\".He said that I, among you, have not lived long enough to be ashamed to live, nor do I fear to die. For we have a good lord. At nighttime, when he had no one to teach, he would devoutly pray and thank our lord for all his blessings. The Tuesday before the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, his death approached, and he was anointed and kissed by his brethren. He prayed them all to remember him and bequeathed things to various servants of his.\n\nOn the Assumption day, the hearse was spread, and he lay down thereon and prayed for the grace of the Holy Ghost and said, \"O King of blessings and lord of virtues, who today have the power and art above all heavens, leave us not fatherless, but send us the Comforter, the spirit of truth. And when he had finished that, he gave up the last breath with a sweet odor and savour, and there he was then buried. But common fame tells us that he now dwells in heaven..Here lies at Durham with Saint Cuthberte. A devout clerk labored in his mind to make his epitaph, but could not make true meter. One time he went to the church and prayed God to give him conjuring to make a true verse. Afterward, he came to his tomb and saw there written by an angel, \"Hic sunt in fossa bede, venerabilis ossa.\" Then let us pray to this holy man that he pray for us, that after this life we may come to everlasting life, amen.\n\nThis is the life of the holy Bede.\n\nThe glorious virgin and martyr Saint Dorothea was born of the noble lineage of the senators of Rome. Her father was named Theodore. In that time, the persecution of the Christian people was great around Rome. Therefore, this holy virgin Saint Dorothea despised the worshiping of idols. She counseled her father, mother, and two sisters, Crysten and Calisthen, to forsake their possessions and fled to the kingdom of Cappadocia. They came into the city of Cezare..In this text, Saint Dorothea is described as being dedicated to the school after her christening by Saint Apollinaris. He renamed her Dorothea, and she was filled with the Holy Ghost, becoming more beautiful than all the maidens in the kingdom. She despised worldly vanities and burned with the love of Almighty God, cherishing poverty and meekness.\n\nThe devil, envious of her blessed life, incited the prior to desire her as his wife. In haste, the prior sent for her, and when she arrived, he pressed his desire upon her, offering her riches and worldly goods in abundance. However, when this holy virgin understood his desire and request, she refused it utterly and disregarded all his riches. Instead, she sought to be christened again and reaffirmed her virginity to Jesus Christ, whom she had chosen as her spouse, and would never forsake.\n\nThe prior, in his fantasies, was infuriated by her rejection..She was near him for anger and commanded that she should be put in a ton of burning oil where she was preserved by the power of her spouse Jesus Christ, feeling no disease or harm. When the pagans saw this great conversion to the faith of Jesus Christ, and the tyrant said that she did it by enchantment, he put her in a deep prison for nine days without food or drink. But she was fed by angelic food of the Lord during that time, so that at the end of nine days, she appeared no different. Then the judge sent for her, assuming that she had been near death and weak, but when she came, she was fairer and brighter to look upon than ever before. This astonished the people greatly. Then the judge said to her, \"If you will worship and sacrifice to their idols, you shall not escape the torment of the executioner.\" She answered the judge, \"I worship the almighty God who made all things.\".Despise your goddesses, who are fiends, and then she fell down, lifting her eyes to the almighty God, beseeching Him that He would show His power before the people, that He was solely the almighty God and none other. Then Fabricius the Judge ordered a pillar to be set up high, and on it he set his idol, and immediately a multitude of angels came down from heaven and cast down this idol, shattering it into pieces. And the people heard a great noise of demons crying out in their midst, saying, \"Oh, wretch, why do you destroy us and torment us so cruelly? For this great miracle, many thousands of pagans were converted to the faith of Jesus Christ, were baptized, and received the crown of martyrdom for the knowledge of the name of Jesus Christ. Then the Judge commanded that this holy virgin should be hanged on the gibbet, her feet upward and her head downward, and then her body was torn apart with hooks of iron and beaten with rods and scourges, and her breasts were burned..With hot fiery brands, and as healthy as she was, she was set again in prison. After she was brought back, she was whole and strong without any disease or hurt, of which the judge had great marvel, and said to her, \"O fair maid, forsake your god and believe in our goddesses. For you may see how merciful they are to you and preserve you. Therefore, have pity on your tender body, for you have been tortured enough.\" Then the provost sent for her two sisters, who were named Cristyne and Calestyne, who, out of fear of death, forsook the faith of Jesus Christ and went to St. Dorothea, and counseled her to obey the provost's desire and forsake her faith. But this holy virgin rebuked her sisters and, after speaking so fair and sweet words to them, drew them away from their blind error and established them in the faith of Christ. In such a way that when they came before the judge, they said they were Christians and believed in Jesus Christ. And when Fabricius, the governor, heard this, he was greatly astonished..He ordered that they be bound and made to turn back and forth, then cast them into the fire, bound and burned them. He then said to the virgin, \"How long will you trouble us with your witchcraft or sacrifice to our gods, or else your head shall be smitten off.\" The holy virgin, with a glad countenance, held out roses, spices, and apples. When the tyrant heard this, he commanded that her fair face be pelted with stones, so that no beauty remained, and ordered her to be imprisoned until the next day. The next day, she came forth whole and sound, as if she had suffered no illness, and was even more beautiful to look upon than before, by the grace of her blessed spouse, Jesus Christ. For whose love she endured these great and sharp torments. Then this cursed judge commanded:.She lowered her head, and as she was being led to the designated place, a scribe of the realm named Theophilus said to her scornfully, \"I pray you send me some of your roses and apples that you have gathered in the garden of your spouse, whom you pray to so much.\" She granted his request, and this occurred during the cold winter time when there was both frost and snow. When she arrived at the place where she was to be beheaded, she knelt down on her knees and made her prayers to our Lord Jesus Christ, beseeching Him to take their tribulations patiently and specifically to be delivered from great shame, poverty, false discreditation, and at last, true contrition, confession, and remission of all their sins. She also prayed to God that wherever her life was written or read, it should be kept from harm..In the perils of lightning and thunder, and from all perils of fire, from perils of the sea, and from sudden death, and to receive the sacraments of the holy church at the last, for their most sovereign defense against their spiritual enemy, the devil, and when she had finished her prayer, a voice was heard from heaven, which said, \"Come to me, my dear spouse and true virgin, for all your bones are granted to him whom you have prayed for, and he whom you pray for shall be saved. And when you have received the crown of martyrdom, you shall come to the bliss of heaven without end for your labor. And this holy virgin bowed her head, and the cruel tyrant struck it off, but a little before this an beautiful child appeared before her, barefoot and clothed in purple, with crisp curls. His garment was set full of bright stars bearing in his hand a little basket shining as gold with roses and apples. To whom the virgin said, \"I pray you, bear this basket to Theophilus the scribe.\" And thus she suffered..The child came to Theophilus in the palaces of the emperor, on the 7th day of February, in the year of our Lord 1368. By Fabricius, provost, under the Diocletian and Maximian emperors of Rome, as Theophilus stood in their palaces, this child presented to him a basket, saying, \"These are the roses and apples that my sister has sent from paradise, the garden of her spouse.\" Then this child vanished away.\n\nConsidering the marvelous work of God in this holy virgin, Theophilus exclaimed with a stern voice, \"Praising the God of Dorothea for this great miracle, which was shown to me in the form of roses and apples. May the name of him who sent these things be blessed in the world without end, amen.\" Then he was converted to the faith of Jesus Christ. And the majority of the city's people followed him.\n\nWhen Fabricius learned this, he maliciously tormented Theophilus the scribe with various tortures, and in the end....Received the holy virgin Dorothea into the bliss of heaven. Then let us devoutly pray to this blessed saint Dorothy that she be our special protector against all perils of fire, of lightning, and all other perils, and that at our end may receive the sacraments of the church, that after this short life we may come unto bliss in heaven where there is life and joy everlasting, world without end. Amen.\n\nSaint Brandon, the holy man, was a monk and was born in a full strict and holy life in great penance and abstinence. He governed his monks virtuously. And then within a short time after, an holy abbot named Beryn came to visit him and each of them was joyful to see other. Then Saint Brandon began to tell to Abbot Beryn of many wonders that he had seen in various lands. And when Beryn heard that of Saint Brandon, he began to sigh and sore wept. And Saint Brandon comforted him the best way he could..You come here to be joyful with me, and therefore, for God's love, leave your mornings and tell me what marvels you have seen in the great sea ocean that compasses the whole world about and all other waters that flow from it, in all its parts. Then he began to tell St. Brandon and his monks the marvels that he had seen, weeping greatly. \"I have a son,\" he said, \"whose name is Meruoke. He was a monk of great fame, who had a great desire to seek about by ship in various lands to find a solitary place where he might serve God quietly with more devotion. I advised him to sail to an island far in the sea beyond the mountain of stones, which is well known. And then he made himself ready and sailed thither with his monks. When he arrived, he and his monks served the Lord devoutly there. Then they saw in a vision that this monk Meruoke was sailing far eastward in the sea..In that land, a dark cloud suddenly appeared and covered them, obstructing their view for a great part of the day. But as the Lord willed, the cloud passed away, revealing a beautiful island before them. They sailed towards it, and there they found joy and merriment enough. The earth of that island shone as brightly as the sun, and there were the fairest trees and herbs ever seen, as well as many precious stones glittering brightly. Every hermit was filled with joy, and every tree was full of faith. It was a glorious sight and an heavenly joy that awaited them. Then a fair young man courteously welcomed them all and called each monk by name. He praised the name of our Lord Jesus, who by His grace had shown them this place where there is day and no night. This place is called the Terrestrial Paradise. But beyond this island lies another island where no man may come. And this young man was....A man told them you have been here for half a year without food, drink, or sleep. They believed they would not have stayed if they had not broken God's commandment. Then the young man led them back to their ship. He said they could not remain there, and when they were all aboard, the young man suddenly vanished from their sight. Shortly thereafter, by the grace of Lord Jesus, they reached the abbey where St. Brandon resided. He and his brothers received them warmly and asked where they had been for so long. They replied they had been in the land of Beheest before the gates of paradise, where it is always day and never night. They added that the place was delightful, for their clothes still smelled of its sweet and joyful scent. St. Brandon then proposed to seek that place with God's blessing and began to prepare for the journey..Ship and a strong and well-provisioned it for seven years, and then he took leave of all his brothers, and took twelve monks with him. But before they entered into the ship, they fasted for forty days and lived devoutly. Each of them received the sacrament. And when St. Brendan with his twelve monks were entered into the ship, he said, \"You may sail with me, but one of you shall go to hell or return.\" But they were not deterred, and then St. Brendan ordered the sailors to hoist the sail. And so they sailed in God's name. The next morning they were out of sight of any land, and forty days and forty nights after they set sail, they sighted an island far from them. They sailed towards it as fast as they could, and they saw a great rock of stone appear above the water. They sailed around it for three days before they could reach the place, but at last they managed to enter the bay..They found a pound of land and each went ashore. Suddenly, a fair hound appeared and lay down at St. Brandon's feet, making him good cheer in its way. Then he told his brothers to be of good cheer, for the Lord had sent them his messenger to lead them to a good place. The hound brought them to a fair hall where they found tables spread and ready set with good food and drink. St. Brandon said grace, and then he and his brothers sat down and ate and drank from what they found. Beds were ready for them where they took their rest after their long labor. In the morning, they returned to their ship and sailed a long time at sea until they could find any land. At last, by God's providence, they saw from a great distance a beautiful island full of green pasture, where were the White House and the greatest sheep they had ever seen. Every sheep was as large as an ox..and shortly after came to them a good old man, who welcomed them and made them good cheer, and said, \"This is the Isle of Sheep. Here is never cold weather, but ever summer. And that is why the sheep are so large and white. They feed on the best grass and herbs that are anywhere. Then this old man took his leave of them and bade them sail forth, east, and within short time, by God's grace, you shall come to a place like paradise, where you shall keep your estate.\" And they sailed forth and came soon after to that land. But because of little depth in some places and great rocks in others, they went upon an isle intending to be safe. And they made a fire there to dress their dinner, but St. Brandan remained still in the ship. And when the fire was right hot and the meat nearly cooked, then this isle began to move, which terrified the monks, and they fled at once to the ship and left the fire and meal..behynde them / and meruaylled sore of the moeuyng / & saynt brandon comfor\u00a6ted them and sayd that it was a grete fysshe named Iasconye / which laboureth nyght & day to put hys tayle in hys mowthe / but for gretenes he may not / \nAnd thenne anone they saylled weste thre dayes & thre nyghtes / or they saw ony londe / wherfore they were ryght heuy / but sone after as god wolde they sawe a fayre ylonde ful of floures herbes and trees / wherof they thanked god of his good grace / and anone they wente on londe / and whan they had goon longe in thys / they fonde a ful fayr welle / and therby stood a fayre tree ful of bowes / and on eue\u2223ry boughe satte a fayr byrde / and they satte so thycke on the tree / that vnnethe ony leef of the tree myght be seen / The nombre of them was soo grete / & they sange so merely that it was an heuen\u2223ly noyse to here / wherfore saynt bran\u2223don knelyd doun on his knees and wepte for ioye / and made his prayers deuoutelye to our lord god to knowe what thyse byrdes mente / And thenne anone.One bird flew from the tree to St. Brandon, and he, with fluttering of his wings, made a full merry noise, like a fiddle, which seemed to him the most joyful melody he had ever heard. Then St. Brandon commanded the bird to tell him why they sat so thick on the tree and sang so merrily. And then the bird said, \"Sometimes we were angels in heaven, but when our master Lucifer fell into hell for his high pride, and we followed him for our offenses, some higher and some lower according to the nature of our transgressions. Therefore, our lord has set us here, out of all pain, in great joy and mirth, to serve him in the best manner we can. The Sunday is a day of rest from all worldly occupation, and therefore, that day, all we are made as white as any snow to praise our lord in the best way we can. And then this bird said to St. Brandon, 'It is twelve months since you parted from us.' \".In the fifth year, you will see the place you desire to reach, and for seven years you shall keep your Easter with us every year. At the end of the seventh year, you will come to the land of Byheste. This was on Easter day that the bird spoke these words to Saint Brandon. Then the bird flew away to its companions on the tree, and afterwards all the birds began to sing such a merry song that it was a heavenly noise to hear. And after supper, Saint Brandon and his companions went to bed and slept well. And on the morrow they arose by times, and then the birds began matins, prime, and hours and all such service as Christian men use to sing. Saint Brandon and his companions stayed there for seven weeks until Trinity Sunday was past. And they sailed again to the Isle of Sheep, and there they provisioned themselves well and took their leave of that old man and returned again to ship. And then the bird of the tree came again to Saint Brandon..and said I have come to tell you that you shall sail from here to an island where there is a monastery of twenty-four monks, which is many miles from this place, and there you shall celebrate Christmas and Easter with us, as I told you. And then this bird flew to its fellows again. And then Saint Brandon and his companions sailed forth into the ocean. And soon after, a great tempest fell upon them, troubling them greatly for a long time and causing them much damage. And after that, they found an island, which was far from them, by the providence of God. And then they humbly prayed to the Lord to send them there in safety, but it was forty days after that they arrived there. Therefore, all the monks were so weary of that trouble that they set little value on their lives and continually cried out to the Lord to have mercy on them and bring them to that island in safety. And by the providence of God, they came at last into a small harbor, but it was so narrow that the ship could not enter unless....myght come in and after they came to an anchor. The monks went to land, and having walked for a long time, they finally found two fair clear waters. One was clear and the other was somewhat turbid and thick.\n\nThey thanked our Lord most humbly for bringing them safely to this place, and they wished to drink from that water. But St. Brandon forbade them, charging them not to take it without permission. For if we stay here a while, our Lord will provide for us in the best way.\n\nThen a fair old man with a hoary beard appeared and welcomed them most warmly. He kissed St. Brandon and led them by many a fair well until they came to a fair abbey. There they were received with great honor and solemn procession by twenty-four monks, all in copes of gold cloth, and a royal cross was before them.\n\nThe abbot welcomed St. Brandon and his companions and kissed them most affectionately. He took St. Brandon by the hand and led him with him..monks entered a fair hall / and set them down on the bench / and the abbot of the place washed their feet with fair water from the well that they saw before / and then led them into the refectory and seated them among his monks / and immediately came one by the providence of God who served them well with food and drink / for every monk had set before him a fair white loaf and white roots and herbs / Which were very delicious / but they did not know what roots they were / and they drank from the clear fair well water that they saw before when they first arrived at this land / which St. Brandon forbade them / and then the abbot came and welcomed St. Brandon and his monks / and begged them to eat and drink for charity / For every day our Lord sends a good old man who covers this table and sets our food and drink before us / but we do not know how it comes / nor do we order any food or drink for ourselves / and yet we have been here for eighty years..worshiped him well if he was fed with 24 monks in number, and every ferial day of the week he sent to us 12 loaves, and every Sunday and festive day 24 loaves. The bread that we leave at dinner we eat at supper. And now, upon your coming, our lord has sent to us 48 loaves to make you and us merry together as brothers. Twelve of us go to dinner while the other twelve keep the kitchen. We have done this for 80 years and have lived here in this abbey. We came from the abbey of St. Patrick's in Ireland. And as you see, our lord has provided for us in this way, but none of us knows how it comes about except God alone. Seven tapers of wax have been set in the choir and burn at every time of service without human hand. They have burned day and night at every hour of service for 80 years. Then St. Brandon went to the church with the abbot..of the place, and there they said the eulogy to Gyder very devoutly. Then Saint Brandon looked up towards the crucifix and saw the Lord hanging on the cross, which was made of fine crystal and intricately worked. In the niche were twenty-four seats for twenty-four monks and the seventh tapestry was set in the middle of the niche. Saint Brandon asked the abbot how long they had kept this silence, that none of them spoke to each other, and he replied, \"Twenty-four years we have spoken to no one.\" Then Saint Brandon wept for joy of their holy conversation. And then Saint Brandon requested of the abbot that he and his monks might dwell there stably with him. But the abbot said, \"Sir, you may not do that in any way. For our Lord has shown you in what manner you shall be guided until the seven-year term is fulfilled. And after that term, you and your monks shall return to your own land in safety. But one of the two monks who came last to you shall remain here.\".In the land of Ankers, and he who was to go quickly to hell, Saint Brandon knelt in the church. He saw a bright shining angel come in through the window and lit up all the lights in the church. Then the angel flew out again towards heaven. Saint Brandon marveled greatly at how the light burned so brightly and did not fade. The abbot said that it is written that Moses saw a bush on fire and it did not burn, and therefore do not marvel at this. For the might of our Lord is now as great as it ever was. After Saint Brandon had stayed there from Crystemasse until the twelfth day, he took leave of the abbot and counted out. He returned with his monks to his ship and sailed from there towards the abbey of Saint Illaries. But they had great tempests in the sea from that time until Palm Sunday, and then they came to the land of sheep, and there they were received by the old man who had brought them..And on Thursday after supper, he washed and kissed their feet, as our Lord did to His disciples, and remained there until Saturday evening. Then they departed and sailed to the place where the great fish lay, and immediately they saw their cauldron on the fish's back, which they had left there twelve months before. There they kept the service of the Resurrection on the fish's back, and after they sailed that same day by morning to the isle where the tree of birds was. And the said bird welcomed St. Brandon and all his companions, and went back to the tree, and sang most mournfully. And there they dwelt from Easter till Trinity Sunday, as they did the year before, in full great joy and merriment. Daily they heard the merry service of the birds sitting on the tree, and then the bird told St. Brandon that he should return again at Christmas to the monastery of monks, and at Easter there again, and the rest..of the year's labor in the ocean in full great perils, and from year to year, until the seven years are accomplished. And then shall you come to the joyful place of paradise and dwell there for days in full great joy and merriment. Afterwards, you shall return home to your own abbey in safety, and there end your life and come to the bliss of heaven, to which our Lord bought you with His precious blood. And then the angel of the Lord ordered all things necessary for St. Brandon and his monks in provisions and other things. And they thanked the Lord for His great goodness, which He had shown them in their great need. Then they set sail into the great sea, Occan, keeping the mercy of the Lord in great trouble and tempests. Shortly after, they encountered a horrible fish that followed the ship for a long time, casting so much water out of its mouth into the ship that they believed they had been drowned. Therefore, they devoutly prayed to God to deliver them..them of that great peril and after came another fish greater than he out of the west, saw and fought with him, and at last clawed him into three pieces, and then returned. And then they thanked God readily for their deliverance from this great peril, but they were in great heaviness because their provisions were nearly spent. But by the order of the Lord, a bird came and brought them a great branch of a vine full of red grapes by which they lived for fourteen days. And then they came to a little island where there were many vines full of grapes. There they landed and thanked God. They gathered as many grapes as they lived by forty days after, always sailing in the sea in many storms and tempests. And suddenly, a great shark came flying towards them, which threatened to destroy them. Therefore, they devoutly prayed for help and aid from our Lord Jesus Christ. And then the bird of the tree of the island land appeared..they had held their Easter before / came to the grip and struck out both his eyes / and after slew him / and thanked our Lord / then sailed forth continually till Saint Peter's Day / and then sang their service solemnly in honor of the feast / and in that place the water was so clear / that they might see all the fishes that were about them, which filled them with awe / and the monks counseled Saint Brandon to sing no more / for all the fishes lay there as if they had slept / and then Saint Brandon said, \"Fear not, for you have kept the two Easters of the Resurrection on the great fishes' backs / and therefore fear not of these little fishes.\" / And then Saint Brandon made himself ready and went to mass / and bade his monks sing the best they could / and then all the fishes awoke / and came about the ship so thick that one couldn't see the water / for the fishes, and when the mass was done, all the fishes departed and were no more..And for seven days they sailed continually in that clear water. And then a south wind arose and drove the ship and filled it with stench and smoke. And there they heard great rumbling and explosions below. But they could see nothing. But they heard tremendous thunder, which terrified them often and they blessed themselves frequently. And soon after, one figure emerged, all ablaze in fire, and stared at them with terrifying, staring eyes. The monks were terrified. And at his departure from them, he let out the most horrifying cry that could be heard. And then a great number of demons appeared and threatened them with hooks and burning irons. These ran on the water following their ship so closely that it seemed as if the entire sea was on fire. But by the mercy of the Lord, they had no power to harm or injure them or their ship. Therefore, the demons began to roar and cry out, and they threw their hooks and irons at them. And they were then greatly afraid and prayed to God for comfort..and they saw demons all around the ship, and they seemed then all yellow and the sea to be on fire. With a sorrowful cry, all the demons departed from them and returned to the place they came from. Then Saint Brandon told them that this was a part of hell and therefore he charged them to remain steadfast in their faith, for they would yet see many fearful places before they returned home. And then came the south wind and drove them further into the north. There they saw a hill all of fire, and a foul smoke and stench coming from it. The fire stood on each side of the hill like a wall, all burning, and then one of his monks began to cry and weep sorely. He said that his end was near, and that he could no longer endure in the ship. Immediately, he jumped out of the ship into the sea. Then he cried and roared pitifully, cursing the time that he was born, and also his father and mother for giving him birth..correction in his young age / for now I must go to perpetual pain / and then the saying of St. Brandan was verified, that he said to him when he entered / Therefore it is good for a man to do penance and forsake sin / For the hour of death is uncertain / and then the wind turned to the north and drove the ship into the south, which sailed continuously for seven days / and they came to a great rock standing in the sea / & thereon sat a naked man in full great misery & pain / for the waves of the sea had so beaten his body / that all the flesh was gone, and nothing was left but skin and bare bones / And when the waves had subsided, there was a canvas hanging over his head which beat his body sore with the blowing of the wind / and also there were two ox tongues / and a great stone that he sat on which gave him great ease / and then St. Brandan charged him to tell him what he was /\n\nHe said, \"My name is Judas / who sold our Lord Jesus Christ for thirty pieces of silver.\".I am worthily seated here, yet our lord is merciful, rewarding me better than I deserve. For indeed, my place is in the burning hell, but I am here only certain times of the year: from Christmas to Twelfth Day, and from Easter till Whitsuntide, and every festive day of our lady, and every Saturday until Easter, but all other times I lie still in hell in full burning fire with Pilate, Herod, and Caiaphas. Therefore, accursed be the time that I ever knew them. And then Judas begged Saint Brandon to stay there all that night, and that he would keep him there, so that the demons would not fetch him to hell. And he said, \"With God's help, you shall stay here all this night,\" and then he asked Judas what that thing was that hung over his head, and he said it was a cloak that he had given to a leper, which was bought with the money that he stole from us..When I bear his purse, why it causes me great pain now, as I press my face against the blowing wind, and these two ox tongues hanging above me, I once gave them to two priests to pray for me, whom I bought with my own money. And because the fish of the sea gnaw on them and spare me, and this stone that I sit on, lay once in a desolate place where it eased no one, and I took it then and placed it in a foul way where it greatly eased those who passed by that way, and therefore it eases me now, for every good deed shall be rewarded and every evil deed shall be punished. And on Sunday, a great multitude of demons blasting and roaring came against us, urging Saint Brandan to go with them, so that they might have their servant Judas. But we dared not come in the presence of our master, but if we brought him to hell with us. And then Saint Brandan said, \"I let you not do your master's command,\" but by the power of our Lord..I charge you to leave him tonight until tomorrow; how dare you help him who sold his master for thirty pieces of silver to the Jews, and caused him also to die the most shameful death upon the cross. And then St. Brandon charged the demons by his passion that they should not drown him that night. And then the demons went their way roaring and crying towards hell to their master the great devil. And Judas thanked St. Brandon so ruthlessly that it was pitiful to see. And on the morrow the demons came with an horrible noise, saying that they had suffered great pain that night because they had not brought Judas, and they said that he should suffer double pain for the next two days. And they took then Judas trembling with them to pay the penalty. And after St. Brandon sailed southward for three days and three nights. And on the Friday they saw an island land. And then St. Brandon began to sigh and said, \"I see the island where St. Paul has dwelt and has dwelt there for forty years.\".You are without food and drink ordered by human hand, and when they came to the land, Saint Pole welcomed them humbly. He was old and had grown so much that no man could see his body. Saint Brandon said, weeping, \"Now I see a man who lives more like an angel than a man. Wherefore we wretches may be ashamed that we live not better.\" Then Saint Pole said to Saint Brandon, \"Thou art better than I, for our Lord has shown to thee more of his secrets than he has to me. Wherefore thou oughtest to be more prayed for than I.\" To whom Saint Brandon replied, \"We are monks and must labor for our food, but God has provided such food as thou holdest in pleasure. Wherefore thou art much better than I.\" To whom Saint Pole said, \"Sometimes I was a monk of Saint Patrick's abbey in Ireland and was warden of the place where men enter into Saint Patrick's purgatory. And on a day there came one to me and I asked him, 'What are you?' And he said, 'I am your abbot Patrick.'\".You shall depart from hence to the sea side early the next morning, and there you shall find a ship. Into which you must enter, whose will you must comply with. And so, the next day I arose and went forth and found the ship, in which I entered. By the providence of God, I was brought to this island the seventh day after, and then I left the ship and went to land. There I walked up and down for a while, and then, by the providence of God, an otter came going on his hind feet and brought me a flint stone and an iron to strike fire with, in his two fore claws of his feet. Also, he had about his neck great plenty of fish which he cast down before me, and went his way. I struck fire and made a fire of sticks, and did cook the fish. By which I lived three days. Then the otter came again and brought to me fish for other three days. And thus he has done this year, through the grace of God..There was a great stone from which our lord made clear and sweet water. I have drunk from it daily, and I have lived for one and fifty years. I was forty years old when I came here, and I am now one hundred and thirteen years old. I will remain until it pleases our lord to call me. If it pleases him, I would gladly be dismissed from this wretched life. Then Saint Brandon was told to take some water from the well and carry it onto his ship. For it is time for you to depart, as you have a long journey ahead. You will sail to an island which is forty days sailing hence, where you shall hold your Easter, just as you have done before, where the tree of birds is. And from there, you shall sail to the land of Brihes, and shall remain there for forty days. After that, you shall return home in safety. Then these holy men took leave of each other, and they wept bitterly and kissed each other. Saint Brandon entered his ship..sailed for forty days straight south in a great tempest, and on Easter came to their procureur who made them good cheer as he had before time. From there they came to the great fish, where they said matins and mass on Easter day. And when the mass was done, the fish began to move and swim rapidly into the sea, causing the monks to be greatly alarmed as they stood upon it, for it was a great marvel to see such a fish as large as a continent swimming so fast in the water. But by the will of our Lord, this fish set all the monks ashore in the paradise of birds, whole and unharmed. Then Saint Brandon and his monks thanked our Lord for their deliverance from the great fish. They kept their Eastertide until Trinity Sunday, as they had done before time. And after this they took their ship and sailed east for forty days. At the end of forty days, it began to hail heavily, and with it came a dark mist..whiche loved long after whych feared Saint Brandon and prayed to our Lord to keep and help them. And thenne anon came their procurement and bade them be of good cheer, for they were come into the land of Breezes. And soon after that, mysterious passages passed away. And anon they saw the fairest country eastward that any man might see, and it was so clear and bright that it was a heavenly sight to behold, and all the trees were laden with ripe fruit and herbs full of flowers. In this land they walked for forty days, but they could see no end of that land, and there was always day and never night, and the land was temperate, neither too hot nor too cold. And at last they came to a fair river, but they durst not cross it. And then came to them a fair young man, and welcomed them courteously, and called each of them by his name, and did great reverence to Saint Brandon, and said to them, \"Be ye now joyful, for this is the land that ye have sought.\" But our Lord wills it that ye depart hence hastily..he will show you more of his secrets when you return to the sea, and the lord will have you load your ship with the fruit of this land and take hens, for you may no longer stay here, but you shall sail again to your own country, and soon after you come home, you will die. And this water that you see here departs from the world separately, for on the other side of this water no man can come who is in this life, and the fruit that you see here is always ripe every time of the year and is always here in light as you now see. He who keeps the lord's hests at all times shall see this land or depart from this world. Then Saint Brandon and his monks took as much fruit as they wanted and also took great quantities of precious stones, and then they took their love and went to ship, weeping sore because they could no longer stay there. And then they took their ship and came home to their own land safely, welcomed by their brothers..Received with great joy, giving thanks to our Lord, who kept them safe for seven years from many perils and brought them home in safety. To whom be given honor and glory, world without end, Amen.\n\nSoon after this, the holy man Saint Brandon grew weak and sought joy only in heaven. His joy and mind were in the joys of heaven, and in a short time, after being filled with virtues, he departed from this life to eternal life. He was worshipfully buried in a fair abbey which he himself had founded. Our Lord shows many fair miracles through this holy saint. Therefore, let us devoutly pray to this holy saint that he pray for us to our Lord, that He have mercy on us. To whom be given lawd honor and the empire, world without end, Amen.\n\nThus ends the life of Saint Brandon.\n\nSaint Erkenwolde was born of noble lineage. His father was named Offa, and he was king of East Anglia. He had also a sister named Alburgh, with whom Erkenwolde and Alburgh were related..Perfect life / and how was it that their father was a pagan / yet were these two children christened? When Eric, the eldest was in perfect age, he entered religion and was made the first abbot of Chersey. There, he lived a holy life. Afterward, he was made bishop of London. His sister Alburh was his true follower in good works and was a woman of religion. For her holy life, she was made abbess of Barking. This holy man, informed by St. Augustine and Melitus, renounced the world in such a way that he founded and built two monasteries: one for himself at Chersey, and another for his sister at Barking. After her baptism, she was named Ethelburga. St. Eric advised his sister to flee worldly vanities, and he did so himself, giving himself to divine contemplation. He gladly bestowed such goods as he possessed on the foundation and building of the said monasteries for the benefit of the people. He changed his earthly life..This heritage his worldly dignity and great patrimony into the heritage and livelihood of the holy church, to have his heritage in heaven, and he spent all these expenses before being called bishop of London. The holy Theodore, archbishop of Canterbury, consecrated him bishop of London, and his sister was set in Berking with other virgins to be always occupied in the service of the Lord. It happened once that builders who were building the monastery at Berking were seen taking the measurement of a principal beam. It was too short and would not accord to the place that it was designated for. Therefore, they made much sorrow. Then this holy man, St. Erkenwald, and his sister, seeing this misfortune, took the same beam between their hands and drew it out in such a way that it had sufficient length and accorded to the proper place that it was designated for. This miracle was immediately known openly to the people, and at that time there were no nuns in England..Saint Erkenwold sent a devout religious woman named Hildelyth over the sea, whom he had taken as his sister, to be instructed in the religion. She proved herself superior to all her companions in learning, manners, and virtuous doctrine. Soon after she became abbess and head of the monastery. It happened soon after that Bishop Cedda of London died, and by the king's consent and that of the people, this holy man of God, Erkenwold, became bishop of London. He fulfilled in deed whatever he taught in word. He was perfect in wisdom, soft and discreet in speech, busy in prayer, chaste in body, and devoted to God's law. He was rooted in charity, and later, when he had suffered much tribulation with many spiritual battles, he began to grow weary. Then he commanded that his chariot be made ready so that he might go and preach the Word of God in the city..kept in custody for a long time after his disciples and many others touched him and kissed him, and whatever sicknesses they had, they were immediately cured and made perfectly whole. In a summer day, this blessed saint, St. Erkenwald, rode in his chariot to preach the word of God. It happened that one wheel of the chariot fell off from the axle, and yet the chariot went forth without falling, which was against nature and reason. This was a marvel, for God guided the chariot. It was a marvel to all who saw it. \u00b6 O merciful God and marvelous above all things, to whom all brute beasts are made meek, and wild things obedient, thou vouchsafe to call thy servant to thy mercy, to make him partaker of thy excellent joy. Thou grant us grace by his prayer. This blessed saint knew by revelation that his soul would be separated from the body by temporal death to be preserved from all manner of evil and eternal death..Erkenwold came to Barking and fell ill in a great sickness, in which he ended his temporal life. Before he knew it would be his end, he summoned his servants and those drawing near him, and gave them wholesome and sweet lessons, and blessed them with great devotion. Among them, he yielded up his spirit to Almighty God. In His passing was felt a marvelous sweet odor, as if the house had been filled with sweet balsam.\n\nWhen the high canons of St. Paul's in London heard this and the monks of Chertsey did as well, they came immediately to this holy body to have it. The nuns argued that they ought to have it because he died there, and also because he was its founder. The monks countered that they ought to have him, as he was both their abbot and founder.\n\nThe chapter of St. Paul's and the people argued in vain, for he was to be brought to London to his own church. There was great strife, and in the end, they of London took up the holy body..They bore the body towards London, but a great tempest and so much water prevented them from passing. In the storm, the tapers carried about the body continued to burn brightly. The nobles then declared that God showed Londoners they should not have him, due to the tempest. After much discussion, a clerk who had been longing to see St. Erkenwald appeared and commanded silence. He addressed the people with a great proclamation about the virtuous life of this holy saint, stating it was not honorable or fitting to move the holy body by violent hands. Instead, he urged them to seek Almighty God with devotion and meekness of heart for a sign of where the holy body should rest. The people agreed and knelt down to pray devoutly. While they prayed, they saw the water recede..Moses led the people through the reed sea, and God provided a dry path for the London people to convey this holy body through the water to the city. The people took up the body with great honor and reverence, and by one accord they carried it through the path. The water stood up on every side, and the people did not wet their feet. They came to Stratford and set down the bier in a fair meadow full of flowers. The weather then began to clear and brighten after the tempest, and the tapers were lit without anyone putting them to fire with their hands. Thus it pleased our Lord to multiply miracles in honor and worship of this holy saint. Therefore, the people were full of joy and gladness, and they praised almighty God. Then they took up the body and brought it to St. Paul's. As many sick people as touched his bier were healed, immediately as they touched the bier of all their afflictions, by the merits of the saint..The bishop Saint Erkenwold, after they had honorably laid and buried the body in Saint Paul's church, where our Lord has shown many a fair miracle \u2013 delivering prisoners from their irons, restoring sight to the blind, and strengthening the lame \u2013 and among other things, has been a special protector of the said church against fire. Once, when the church was on fire and his shrine, which was then but a tree, was saved through his holy merits, not a single thread on the cloth covering it was burned. Another time, when a great fire had burned a large part of the city and was about to enter the church, Saint Erkenwold was seen on the church, fighting against the fire with a banner, and thus saved and kept his church from burning. Let us pray to this holy saint to be a special advocate for us to Almighty God, that we may be preserved from all perils of fire and water, and that he may govern us between wealth and adversity..this present life / that we, being assuaged from sin and vices, may be brought unto heavenly joy where laud, honor, and glory are given to the blessed Trinity, world without end. Amen.\n\nThus ends the life of Saint Erkenwold, bishop.\n\nA pastor is called feeding / because he feeds his sheep / and this holy man, a pastor, fed his sheep spiritually / and they were his brethren / by spiritual words of doctrine and manners of holy relying.\n\nThe abbot Pastor was for many years in great abstinence in the desert / and tormented his flesh for a long time / and he shone in great holiness of relying / and his mother desired much to see him and his brethren / and one day they saw her as they went to the church. They saw her and fled immediately into their cell / and shut the door against her / and she came to the door / and sat there sore crying and weeping. Then Pastor came to the door and said, \"What do you cry there, old woman?\" And then she understood his voice..She cried louder and said, \"I will see you, my sons, why should I not see you? Am I not your mother who bore you and nursed you, and now am I only haggard with age? To whom her son said, \"Will you see us in this world or in another?\" And then she said, \"If I do not see you here, shall I see you there?\" And he said to her, \"If you can endure it, you will not see us here without doubt, you will see us there.\" Then they departed, both of them saying, \"If I shall see you there, I will not see you here.\" And then the judge needed to see the Abbot Pastor, but he could not. And he took the abbot's son as though he were a criminal and put him in prison, saying, \"If Pastor will come and pray for him, I will deliver him and let him go.\" And then the mother of the child came weeping to the door of Pastor and begged him to help her son. When she could get no answer from him, she said to him with great violence, \"If your entrails are hard as iron and have no pity for anything.\".Yet at least you ought to be moved and have pity on your own blood, which is my son. The pastor then sent to her and said that she had not engendered a child. And then she departed in anger. And then the judge at least let him command by mouth, and I shall let him go. The abbot pastor then sent word that he should examine the cause according to the law, and if he was worthy to die, let him die, and if not, do as it pleases the judge. He taught his brethren and said, \"Consider and have discernment, for poverty, tribulation, and discernment are works of solitary life. It is written that these three men were so: Noah, Job, and Daniel. Noah represents the person who possesses, Job those who are troubled, and Daniel those who are discrete. And if a monk hates two things, he may be free of this world. One of his brethren asked him what they were, and he said, fleshly covetousness..A brother had offended the congregation, and the abbot, with the counsel of a solitary brother, put him out. When the brother had wept as if in despair, the abbot called him before him, comforting and benign, and sent him to the solitary brother, saying, \"I have heard of your desire to see labor, so come to me. When he had come, the pastor said to him,\n\nThere were two men whose two servants were dead. One of them had left his own and gone to mourn for the dead servant of the other. And when the solitary brother heard him, he immediately understood him and knew what he meant, sharing in his compassion. There was a brother who was greatly troubled and wanted to leave his place because he had heard certain words from another brother that they were unprofitable. The pastor told him he should not..A brother told him falsely that the words were true. He affirmed to him that they were true. The pastor said that the one who said so was not truthful. And he said, \"I have seen it with my own eyes.\" Then he demanded from him the feast and the beam. And he answered, \"A feast is a feast, and a beam is a beam.\" And the pastor said, \"Put in your heart all that which has been your sins, and you shall find them like a beam.\" And the small sins of him are like a feast.\n\nThere was a brother who had committed a great sin, being in the wilderness, asked him if it was much. He said it was much, and then he asked if he would command him a year. He said it was much. Those who stood by demanded forty days from him. He said it was much. And he said to them, \"I believe that if a man repents himself with all his heart and will not return to his sin, and does penance for three days, our Lord shall receive him in mercy.\" And then he was demanded about that word which angered him..A brother without cause and he said of all that ever your brother grieved you, do not be angry with him until he puts out your right eye. And if you are angry with him for any other reason, you are angry without cause. But if anyone would separate themselves from God, then be angry with him. And he said furthermore, he who complains is no monk, he who holds malice in his heart is no monk, he who is angry is no monk, he who does evil for evil is no monk, he who is proud and full of words is no monk. Whoever is truly a monk is always humble, meek, full of charity, and always keeps before his eyes the fear of God in every place, so as not to sin. And also he said, if there are three who gather together, of whom one rests well, and the other seeks, and the third serves and administers with a pure will, these three are similar as if they were of one work. There was one of his brothers who complained to him that he had many thoughts and perished in them, and he brought him up into the air..and he held up his lap and took the wind, and he said I may not, and that other likewise may not forbid thoughts from entering into the mind, but it is your part to withstand them.\n\nThere was a brother who asked him what he should do with the heritage left to him, and he told him to come again within three days. When he came, he said to him, if I were to give them to your parents or friends, you would have no share of it, and if I were to give them to the poor, you would be certain to have, do as you will, I have no cause.\n\nThus ends the sermon of Abbot Pastor.\n\nAfter John Abbott had dwelt for forty years in desert solitude with Ephesian, Ephesian demanded to know how much he had profited. Then John said, \"As long as I have been solitary, there was never a son who saw me eating, and John said this to me almost verbatim, for when Bishop Epiphanius gave flesh to Abbot Hilary, he said, 'Pardon me,' for since I took this.\".I have never eaten flesh or fowl. The bishop said to him, \"And I took my habit.\" I suffered no one to sleep who had anything against me, nor did I sleep myself as long as I was contrary to anyone. Hilary said, \"Father, forgive it to me. For thou art better than I.\" John wanted to live like an angel and intended always to serve God without doing anything else. He despised him and was a week in despair. And when he was almost dead from hunger and was tormented by bees and wasps, he returned to the door of his brother and knocked. His brother asked, \"Who art thou?\" And he replied, \"I am John,\" and the other said, \"Thou art not he. For John is made an angel and is not among men.\" And John said truly, \"I am he,\" but for all that he left him there until the morning. Then he opened the door to him and said to him, \"If thou art a man, it is necessary that thou labor again to be fed. And if thou art an angel, why dost thou desire to enter here?\".Iohan said, \"O brother, forgive me, for I have sinned. And when he was about to die, his brothers prayed him that he would leave to them in stead of inheritance a word of health. And then he signed and said, 'I never did my own will. I never did anything to anyone but I did it first to myself.' Hec in vitis patrum.\n\nMoses the Abbott said to a brother of his who demanded a sermon from him, \"Sit still in your cell, and it shall teach you all things. There was an old man who wanted to go to Egypt because he would not grieve his soul. Go not thither, for if you go out, you shall fall into fornication. He was angry and said, 'My body is dead.' Why do you say so? And when he had gone, it happened that a maid served him for devotion and kept him in his illness. And when he was well, he defiled her and got a child by her. And when the child was born, the old man took the child in his arms.\".In a great feast day, a man entered the church of Syte with a large crowd. And when his brother wept, he said, \"Behold this child. This is the son of Disobedience. Therefore, beware, brothers. I have done this in my old age. I pray, pray for me, and then I returned to my cell and resumed my first state. An old man said to another, \"I am as good as dead.\" And the other replied, \"Trust not in yourself until your soul departs from your body. For if you say that you are dead, nonetheless your enemy, the devil, is not dead.\n\nThere was a brother who had sinned and was sent by his brother. He brought a basket full of gravel and came to them. They asked him what it was, and he replied, \"These are my sins that follow me. I see them not. And I have come this day to judge the sins of a stranger.\"\n\nHearing this, they spared their brother. Likewise, it is read of the abbot before him. For when the brothers spoke of sin,.A brother who was culpable held him still and spoke not. Afterward, he took a sack full of gravel and bore it behind him, most of it, and a little before him. They demanded of him what it was, and he said, \"The most part are my sins which I bear behind me. I consider not those, nor sorrow for them. This little that I have before me are the sins of my brethren, which I constantly judge and condemn. How can I always bear my own sins before me and think on them, praying to God for their forgiveness?\"\n\nWhen Moses was made a clerk, and the bishop had ordained the office, he said to him, \"Now you are made all white.\" Moses replied, \"Within or without.\" Then the bishop wanted to test him and said to his chancellor, \"Come to the altar. They had wrongfully kept him from it. Follow him and hear what he would say.\" And immediately they put him away and said to him, \"Go out, you Ethiopian.\" As he went out, he said, \"They have done well.\".When Arnold was yet a master in the prince's palaces, he prayed to God that He would guide him to the way of health. In a time, he heard a voice that said to him, \"Arnold, flee the company of men, and thou shalt be saved.\" Then he went and took upon himself the life of a monk. And as he prayed there, he heard a voice saying, \"Arnold, flee hence; speak not, and rest.\" It is read in the same place that there were three new monks. The first of them, Chaas, was to bring men who were at debate and in discord to rest and peace. The second was to seek out men. The third was to rest in wilderness and desert. The first man who labored to set them at accord, who were at debate, could not please all men, and was weary, grieved, and half overcome, came to them..The second and found him all worn out and unable to perform as promised. Then, by consent, they came to the third, who was in the desert. When they had recounted their troubles to him, he put water in a cup and said, \"Look and behold this water. & they saw that it was thick and turbid. Soon after, he said, \"See it now. How it is now clear.\" And when they looked in it, they saw their faces reflected. He then said, \"Whoever dwells among men, he may not see his sins for the multitude of people. But when the time comes, then he may see his sins.\n\n\"Once there was a man who found another naked in the desert, gathering herbs and grass, acting like a beast. He chased after him, and the other fled. He who pursued said, \"Wait and stay.\" For I follow you for the love of God.\" The other said, \"I flee from you for God's sake.\" And the one who followed threw off his mantle and stayed. The other then said, \"Because you have thrown it away.\".A man from the world asked me about how I could be saved, and he answered, \"Flee from the company of men and say nothing.\" A noble old lady came to see them as a act of devotion. The archbishop begged him to allow her to see him. At last, she went to his cell and found him outside his door. She fell down at his feet, and he lifted her up with great indignation, saying, \"If you wish to see my face, see it.\" She, for great shame and confusion, did not look at his face. He said to her, \"How dare you presume, a woman, to make such a journey? You shall now go to Rome and tell other women that you have seen Arsenyen. They will also come to see me. She said to him, \"If God wills that I return to Rome, I will never send women to him, except I pray that you pray for me and always remember me.\" He said to her, \"I will.\".pray to God that He removes from my heart the remembrance of the and when she heard that, she was much angered and came into the city and began to tremble and shake with sorrow in the fires or access, and when the archbishop knew it, he went to comfort her and she said, \"I die for sorrow and anguish.\" And the archbishop said to her, \"Do you not know that you are a woman? And the devil often overcomes holy men through women. And therefore the old man said to those words, 'How can it be? He has always prayed for your soul. Then the woman was comforted and was all healed and returned home to her own house.\n\nAlso, it is read of another old father that when his disciple said to him, \"You have grown old, father,\" let us now go and dwell near the world, and he said, \"Let us go there where no woman is, except in deserts.\" And his disciple said, \"Where is any place but that women are therein?\" To whom he said, \"Then bring me into that desert.\".another brother, who he bore over the water, he hid his hands in his mantle. To whom she said, why have you covered your hands so, my son? To whom he answered, the body of a woman is like fire that burns, and because the minds of other women should not come to mind in my remembrance, therefore I do it. And throughout all the days of his life, when he sat at the work of his hands, he had a linen cloth in his bosom to dry with the tears that ran fast from his eyes. And all the night he would not sleep, and in the morning, when he must sleep for weariness of nature, he would say, come wicked servant, and then would take a little sleep sitting, and would arise at once and said, It is enough for a monk, if he sleeps an hour, if he is a fighter against vices.\n\nWhen the father of St. Arseny, who was a great senator and a right noble man, was finishing his life, he left much inheritance to Arseny by his testament. A magistrate brought it to him..Once he had received the said testament, he intended to break it. Then the magistrate fell at his feet, begging him not to do so, for he would lose his head if he did. For it was the man himself who should be smitten. To whom Arsenyen said, \"I was already dead before him. How then can he make me his heir? And he sent the testament back, refusing to do anything.\n\nOn one occasion, a voice came to him and said, \"Come and I will show you the works of men.\" It led him to a certain place and showed him an Ethiopian, a black man, who carried a huge load of wood on his head. He could not bear it and was constantly having to put it down.\n\nNext, he was shown a man who drew water from a lake and poured it into a cistern, pierced by which the water ran back into the lake. He tried to fill the cistern but could not.\n\nFinally, he was shown a temple and a man on horseback, who carried a long staff..A tree obstructed and prevented entry into the temple, and could not be moved because of the tree's position. Then he explained this thing and said, \"He who bears the tree is like Justice's burden with pride and will not humble himself, therefore he remains without the kingdom of heaven. He who cuts the wood is a man in sin, putting no sin away by penance but adding sin to sin. He who draws the water performs good works in this present world, but because his evil works are mixed with them, he loses his good works. And when the penitential time of Saturday came, on Sunday he left all his works behind him and held up his hands to heaven until the sun rose in the morning of the Sunday before his face, and so spent the night in prayers and supplications and in the company of the fathers.\"\n\nThus ends the story of Saint Arseny.\n\nAbbot Agathon bore a stone in his mouth for three years until he learned to keep silence..There was another who entered the congregation and said within himself, \"Thou art like an ass in that you are beaten and do not speak, and suffer wrong without answering.\" A brother was put from the table, and he answered nothing. Later, he was asked, and he said, \"I have put in my heart that I am like a hound; for when he is chastised, he goes his way out.\" It was demanded of Agathon what virtue was greater than labor. He answered, \"I believe there is no labor so great as praying to God, for the devil labors continually to break his prayer, and in other labors a man has some rest. He who prays has all the more need of great struggle.\" A brother demanded of Agathon how he ought to dwell with his brethren. To whom he said, \"Like the first day, and take no trust, but endure, for endurance is not worse than trust, for endurance is the mother of all passions, and then keep it from anger, for if the irons were raised against the dead, they would not.\".should not please God or anyone else for his anger. There was a brother who was angry and said to himself, if I were alone, I would not be so quickly angry. On one occasion, as he filled a pot with water, and he poured it out again, and filled it the second time, and poured it out every time, and then he was so moved by anger that he broke the pot. And then he advised himself and knew that he was deceived by the devil of wrath and anger, and said, I am alone and yet I am overcome by wrath. Therefore, I shall return to my congregation, for labor is one thing and patience is another, and the need of God's help is necessary. And two other brothers were contrary, who had long conversed together and could not be calmed down. And on one occasion, one said to the other, let us make a truce between us like men, and I did not know how a truce is made. And that other said, I shall place this sack in the middle between us, and I shall say it is mine, and you shall say it is not mine, but it is mine, and thus the quarrel will be made..Then that one claimed the sack as his and said, \"It is mine.\" The other replied, \"Nay, it is mine.\" But the first one insisted, \"Then it is mine.\" The other conceded, \"Take it and go your way.\" And so they parted, unable to come to an agreement. Thabbot Agathon was wise and quick to understand, sparing in food and clothing, and said he had never slept at his own will. In my heart, I bear no sorrow against any other or against me. When Agathon was about to die, he remained lying there for three days without closing his eyes, gazing at heaven. And when his brothers tried to comfort or quiet him, he said, \"I am before the judgment of God.\" They asked, \"Why do you doubt?\" He replied, \"I have labored with all the virtue I could muster to keep God's commandments. But I am but a man, and I do not know if my works will please the Lord.\" They replied, \"God.\" He said, \"I shall not presume until I come before Him. For the judgments of God are not the judgments of men.\"\n\nAnd when they wanted to ask him something more, he....She showed me charity and spoke no more to me, for I was occupied. And when he had said this, he yielded up his spirit with joy. They saw our Lord and His angels receiving his spirit, and selling it, as a man sells his friends, all this is written in the Vitis Patrum.\n\nThus ends the account of the holy Abbot Agathon.\n\nBalaam, of whom Saint John Damascene wrote the history with great diligence, is the subject of this narrative. In him, divine grace worked such a conversion that Saint Josaphat was brought to the faith. And at that time, when all India was filled with Christian people and monks, there arose a tyrant king named Anemyr, who persecuted Christian men, especially monks. It happened that one of the king's friends and a thief in his palace, by the inspiration of divine grace, left the royal hall to enter the monastery. When the king heard that he was a Christian, he was enraged and searched for him through every desert until he was found with great pain..brought before him, and when he saw him in a vile coat and much disgraced his honor into vileness, and made him the jester of children, and he said to him, if you will hear from me reason, put away your enemies. Then the king demanded of him, who were his enemies, and he said to him, desire and covetousness, for they harass and hinder, that truth may not be seen, nor prudence and equity be tried. To whom the king said, let it be as you say, and the other said, the fools despise the things that are like they were not, and he who does not taste the things that are, he shall not enjoy their sweetness, and may not learn the truth of those that have not been. And when he had shown many things of the mystery of this carnation, the king said to him, if I had not promised at the beginning that I would remove desire from my council, I would cast your body into the fire. Go your way and flee from my sight, that I see you no more, and I do not distress you now. And immediately the man of God..Went heavily his way because he had not endured martyrdom. In this meantime, the king, who had no child, had a fair son born of his wife, named Josaphat. The king then assembled a great company of people to make sacrifices to his gods for the nativity of his son, and he also summoned astrologers. He inquired of them what would become of his son, and they replied that he would be great in power and riches, and one more wisely said, \"Sir, this child that is born shall not be in your reign, but he shall be in another, much better without comparison. And know, I suppose, that he will be of Christian religion, which you persecute. He did not speak of himself, but spoke by inspiration of God.\" When the king heard this, he doubted much and built a right noble palace outside the city and set his son to dwell and abide there, commanding fair young men to attend him..In that time, the king commanded that no one should speak to him of death or old age or sickness or poverty or anything that could cause sadness, but rather speak to him of joyous things, so that his mind might be inspired with gladness and think of nothing else. And whenever any of his servants were sick, the king commanded that they be taken away and another healthy one put in their place. In that time, there was a man with the king who was secretly Christian and was chief among all the noble princes. And as he went hunting with the king one time, he found a poor man lying on the ground, who had been hurt by a beast's foot. The man begged him to receive him and help him in some way. The knight replied, \"I will gladly receive you, but I don't know how you can profit from it.\" The man said to him, \"I am a healer of words, and if anyone is hurt by words, I can heal them.\".give him medicine / and the knight dismissed it all that he said / but he received him one lie for God's sake / and held him, and then some princes envious and malicious saw that this prince was so great and gracious with the king, and accused him to the king / and said that he had not only turned to the Christian faith but was forced to withdraw from him his kingdom / and that he moved and solicited the company and counseled them to do so / And if you want to know it said they / then call him secretly / and say to him that this life is soon done / and therefore you will leave the glory of the world and of your kingdom and affirm that you will take the habit of monks / whom you have so persecuted through ignorance / and after you shall see what he answers / and when the king had done all as they had said / the knight who knew nothing of the treason began to weep and prayed much to the king's counsel / and remembered him of the vanity of the world..counseled him to do it as soon as possible, and when the king heard him say so, he supposed it had been true that the other had spoken to him. But he said nothing in response. Then the king understood and perceived that he had taken his words in a evil sense and went and told all this to the king's messenger. And he said to him, \"know you for truth that the king fears that you will assault his realm. Arise tomorrow, and shave off your beard and do off your vestments, and clothe yourself in the habit of a monk, and go early to the king. When he demands of you what you mean, you shall answer.\" My lord king, I am ready to follow you. If the way by which you desire to go is hard, if I am with it, it will be lighter for you. And like as you have had me in prosperity, so shall you have me in adversity. I am all ready. Why do you tarry? And when he had done this and said it by order, the king was ashamed and reproved the false men, and did..The king's son, who was more honored than before, came of age and grew, and was openly taught in all ways of wisdom in the palace. He marveled why his father had kept him enclosed and called one of his servants, who was most familiar with him, and asked him about this thing. The servant said to him that he was greatly grieved that he could not go out, and that his food and drink did not please him or do him any good. When the father heard this, he was filled with sorrow, and immediately had horses made ready and joyful companions to accompany him in such a way that nothing dishonorable should happen to him. At a certain time, as the king's son went, he met a beggar and a blind man. When he saw them, he was abashed and asked what ailed them. His servants replied, \"These are the afflictions that come to men.\" He asked if these afflictions came to all men, and they replied, \"No.\" Then he asked, \"Who, then, are the men who will suffer these afflictions?\".without understanding, and they answered, \"Who is he that can know the adventures of men?\" And he became greatly anxious about this matter, and another time he found an old man, whose face was furrowed, his teeth fallen out, and who was bent over with age. He was ashamed and said he desired to know the meaning of this vision. And when he learned that this was because he had lived many years, he demanded what the end would be. And they said, death. And he said, \"Is death then the end for all men or for some?\" And they replied, \"For certain, all men must die.\" And when he learned that all must die, he demanded in how many years it would happen. And they said, in old age, at eighty or a hundred, and after that age, death follows. And this young man remembered often in his heart these things and was greatly disturbed, but he showed himself glad before his father. And he desired much to be informed and taught in these matters..And then there was a monk of perfect life and good reputation who lived in the desert of the land of Sheba, named Balaam. This monk knew by the holy ghost what was happening concerning the king's son, and he took the guise of a merchant. He came to the city and spoke to the greatest governor of the king's son and said to him, \"I am a merchant and have a precious stone to sell. This stone gives sight to blind men and hearing to deaf men. It makes the dumb speak and gives wisdom to fools. Therefore, bring me to the king's son, and I will deliver it to him.\" To whom he said, \"You seem like a man of prudent nature, but your words accord with nothing to wisdom. Nevertheless, if I had known of that stone, show it to me, and if it is such as you say, and it is proven, you shall have great honors from the king's son.\" To whom Balaam said, \"My stone still has such power that he who sees it and has no whole sight and keeps not continence, if he happens to.\".The man saw it/the virtue visible in him, he should lose it, and I, as a physician, see well that you have not sound eyes. But I understand that the king's son is chaste and has right fair eyes and a whole body. And then the man said, \"If it is so, do not show it to me. For my eyes are not whole, and I am foul of sin.\" Balaam said this thing pertains to the king's son, and therefore bring me to him at once. And he immediately told this to the king's son and brought him in. And he received him honorably. And then Balaam said to him, \"You have done well. For you have not taken heed of my smallness that appears without, but you have acted like a noble king. When he rode in his chariot, and they fell down before him and worshipped him, and after he arose and kissed them, and his barons took this evil and were afraid to rebuke him for it. But they said to his brother, \"How the king has acted against his royal majesty.\".The king's brother heard the cryer and trumpet at his gate. The king had the custom that when someone was to be delivered to death, he would send his cryer with the trumpet. The brother was dismayed and could not sleep all night, making his testament. In the morning, he came weeping with his wife and children to the king's palaces. The king made him come before him and said, \"Fool that you are, if you have heard the message of your brother, to whom you know you have not transgressed and doubt so much, how much less should I then doubt the messengers of the lord, against whom I have so often sinned? This signified death to me more clearly than the trumpet, and you should make four chests and cover two of them with gold.\".The king filled the four chests with bones of deceased men and filth. He treated the other two differently, filling them with precious stones and rich gemstones. Afterward, the king called his great barons, knowing they had complained to his brother. He set the chests before them and demanded which were most valuable. They replied that the two gilded ones were the most valuable. Then the king commanded they be opened, and a great stench issued out. He said they were like those clothed in precious garments but filled within with filth and sin. After opening the other chest, a marvelous sweet odor issued forth. The king remarked, \"These are like the poor men I met and honored. Though clad in foul vestments, they shine within with good odor of good virtues. Pay no heed to anything else.\".And consider not what is within, and thou hast done to me as that king did, for thou hast well received me, and after this Balam began to tell him a long sermon of the creation of the world and of the day of judgment and of the reward of good and evil, and began strongly to blame those who worship idols, and told him of their folly with such an example as follows: An archer took a little bird called a nightingale, and when he would have slain this nightingale, a voice was given to the nightingale which said, \"O thou man, what should it profit thee if thou slay me? Thou mayst not fill thy belly with me, but if thou wilt let me go, I shall teach thee the three wisdoms, which if thou keep diligently, thou mayst have great profit therefrom.\" Then he was abashed by his words and promised that he would let him go if he would tell him his wisdoms. Then the bird said, \"Study never to take that which thou mayst not take, and...\".Thing lost which cannot be recovered; sorrow never therefore, nor believe never in the impossible. Keep well these three things, and you shall do well. And then he let the bird go as he had promised. And then the nightingale flying in the air said to him: Alas, thou wretched man, thou hast had evil counsel, for thou hast lost this great treasure. For I have in my belly a precious pearl, which is greater than an oyster's egg. He heard that, and he was much wrath and sorrowful because he had let her go. And he forced him all that he could to take her again, saying: Come again to my house; and I shall show to all humanity, and give to all who shall need it, and after shall let her go honorably. Then said the nightingale to him: Now I well know that thou art a fool, for thou hast no profit in the wisdoms that I have said to thee. For thou art right sorrowful for me whom thou hast lost, who am irrecoverable..And yet you think to take me, where you may not come so high as I am, and furthermore, where you intend to be in me a precious stone more than the egg of an oyster, yet all my body cannot attain to the greatness of such an egg. And in like wise, fools are those who adore and trust in idols, for they worship that which they have made and call them keepers of them. After he began to dispute against the folly of the world and delight and vanity thereof, and brought forth many examples, he said: \"Those who desire corporeal delights and suffer their souls to die of hunger are like a man who fled before an uncorn that he should not devour him. In fleeing, he fell into a great pit. And as he fell, he caught a branch of a tree with his hand and set his feet upon a slippery place. Then two mice, one white and the other black, gnawed at the root of the tree without ceasing.\".Sondre saw in the bottom of this pit an horrible dragon casting fire and had his mouth open, desiring to devour him. On the slippery place where his feet stood, he saw the heads of four serpents issuing forth. Then he lifted up his eyes and saw a little honey hanging in the boughs of the tree. Forgetting the peril that he was in, he gave himself over to the sweetness of that little honey. The unicorn is the figure of death, which continually follows man and desires to take him. The pit is the world, which is full of all wickedness. The tree is the life of every man, which is incessantly wasted and approached by the two miseries that are day and night and the hours thereof. The place where the four serpents were is the body, ordered by the four elements, by which the joining of the members is corrupted in disordered bodies. The horrible dragon is the mouth of hell, which desires to devour all creatures. The sweetnesses..of the honey in the bowels of the tree is the false deceitful delight of the world, by which man is deceived, so that he takes no heed of the peril that he is in, and yet he said that those who love the world are like a man who had three friends. Of these, he loved the first as much as himself, and he loved the second less than himself, and he loved the third little or nothing. It happened that this man was in great peril of his life and was summoned before the king. Then he ran to his first friend and demanded his help, telling him how he had always loved him. To whom he said, \"I have other friends with whom I must be present today, and I do not know who you are, therefore I may not help you.\" Yet nevertheless, he gave him two loaves with which he might cover himself, and then he went away, much sorrowful. He went to that other friend and requested his aid as well, and he said to him, \"I may not attend to go with you to this debate, for I have other matters to attend to.\".I have great responsibility, but I will still accompany you to the gate of the palaces, and then I will return and attend to my own needs. He, being heavy and despairing, went to the third friend and said to him, \"I have no reason to speak to thee, nor have I loved thee as I ought. But I am in trouble and without friends. Pray, help me, and that other said with glad cheer, 'I confess to be thy dear friend, and I have not forgiven the little benefit that thou hast done for me.' I will go gladly with thee before the king, for to see what will be demanded of thee, and I will pray the king for thee.\"\n\nThe first friend is possession of riches. For which man puts himself in many perils, and when death comes, he has no more of it than a cloth to wind himself for burial.\n\nThe second friend is his sons, his wife and kin, who go with him to his grave and immediately return to attend to their own and his.\n\nThe third friend is faith..In a certain city, it is a custom that every year, they choose a strange and unknown man to be their prince. He is given free rein to govern the country without any other constitution. However, in great delights and believing he will continue, the citizens suddenly rise against him, leading him through the city naked. Afterward, they send him to an isolated island in exile. There, he finds neither food nor clothing, but is forced to endure hunger and cold. Once another is chosen as king, they send great treasure to the island, enough for his entire life.\n\nWhen his year was completed, there was one whom they knew as their customary choice. He sent his treasure before him to the island..accomplished and passed, he was put out and exiled, just like the others. Whereas the others who had previously perished from cold and hunger, he reveled in great riches and delights. This city is the world, and its citizens are the princes of darkness, who fed us with false delight of the world. And then death comes when we take no heed, and we are sent into exile to the place of darkness. The riches that were before sent are given by the hands of poor men. And when Haman had perfectly taught the king's son, and he was willing to do this, Haman said to him, \"If you will do this thing, you will be like a young man who, when he should have wed a noble wife, forsook her and fled away. And he came to a place where he saw a virgin daughter of an old poor man, toiling and praying to God with her mouth. To whom he said, 'What are you doing, daughter, who are so poor and always thanking God?'\".This young man, seeing her prudence, asked her father for her hand. The father replied, \"Thou mayst not have my daughter, for thou art the son of rich and noble kin, and I am but a poor man.\" But when he earnestly desired her, the old man said, \"I cannot give her to thee, since thou wilt lead her into the house of thy father. She is my only daughter and has no other.\" He replied, \"I shall.\".dwelle with thee and shall accord with thee in all things / and then he did take off his previous vestments / and put on him the habit of an old man / and so dwelling with him, took her unto his wife; and when the old man had long provided for him, he led him into his chamber / and showed to him great abundance of riches more than he ever had / and gave to him all. & then Josaphat said to him / this narrative pleases me greatly / and I believe thou hast said this for me / Now say to me, father, how many years art thou old? / and where dost thou dwell? / For from me I will never depart. / To whom Balaam said / I have dwelt forty-five years in the desert of the land of Sennaar / To whom Josaphat said / thou seemest better to be seventy years old / and he said if thou askest for all the years of my nativity, thou hast well esteemed them; but I account not the number of my life; them specifically that I have spent in the vanity of the world / For I was then dead toward God / and I count not the years of death. / with the..Years of my life / and when Josaphat wished to follow him into the desert, Balaam said to him, \"If you do so, I shall not have your company. I will then be the instigator of persecution to my brethren. But when you see a convenient time, come to me. And then Balaam baptized the king's son and informed him well in the faith. Afterward, he returned to his cell. And a little while after the king heard that his son had been baptized, he was much sorrowful. And one of his friends named Arach, comforting him, said, \"Sir king, I know of an old hermit who resembles Balaam much, and he is of our sect. He will surely receive him as if he were Balaam and will defend the faith of Christian men first, and then leave it and return from it. Thus your son will return to you. And then the king went into the desert as if to seek Balaam and took this hermit, feigning that he had taken Balaam. And when the king's son heard that Balaam had been taken, he wept..but afterward he knew by revelation that it was not I, then the king went to his son and said to him, \"thou hast put me in great heaviness, thou hast dishonored my old age, thou hast darkened the light of my eyes, why hast thou done so, thou hast forsaken the honor of my gods?\" and he answered, \"I have fled darkness and come to the light, I have fled error and know truth, and therefore travel in vain, for thou canst never withhold me from Jesus Christ. For just as it is impossible for thee to touch heaven with thy hand or to dry the great sea, so is it to thee to change me. Then the father said, \"who is the cause of this, but I myself, who have so proudly nourished him who never father nourished his son more. For thy evil will has raised the wood against me, and it is well right.\" For the astrologers in thy nativity said that thou shouldst be proud and disobedient to thy parents, but.And thou wilt not obey me anymore; thou shalt no longer be my son, and I shall be thine enemy as a father, and I shall do to thee what I never did to mine enemies. To whom Josaphat said, \"Father, why art thou angry with me? I have been a partner in good things with thee. What father was ever sorrowful in his son's prosperity? I shall no longer call thee father, but if thou art contrary to me, I shall flee from thee as a serpent. Then the king departed from him in great anger and said to Arach, \"Speak harshly to my friend, all the harshness of my son, and counsel the king that he should give him no sharp words. A child is better reformed by fair and sweet words.\" The following day, the king came to his son and began to clasp, embrace, and kiss him, and said to him, \"My right sweet son, honor thou thine old age; son, fear thy father; knowest thou not well that it is good to obey thy father and make him glad, and to do contrary is sin? And they that anger them sin, to whom Josaphat said there..It is time to love and time to hate, times of peace and times of battle. We ought not to love or obey those who would turn us away from God, be they father or mother. And when his father saw his steadfastness, he said to him, \"Such is your folly; I will not obey you.\" We shall know the truth. Balaam, who has deceived us, is bound in my prison. Let us assemble our people with Balaam, and I will summon all the Galileans, so that they may come safely without fear and dispute. And if you, with Balaam, overcome us, we shall believe and obey you. And if we overcome you, you shall consent to us. This pleased both the king and Jehoshaphat. And when they had arranged that he who was named Balaam should first defend the faith of Christ, and suffer himself to be overcome, all were assembled. Then Jehoshaphat turned to Nachor, who feigned himself to be Balaam, and said, \"Balaam, you know well how you have taught me. And if you\".Defend the faith that I have learned of thee; I shall abide in your doctrine to the end of my life. And if you are overcome, I shall avenge myself immediately for the injury. I will tear out your tongue with my hands and give it to dogs, so that you are not so bold to lead a king's son astray. And when the nobles heard that he was in great fear and saw that if he spoke contrary, he would be dead, and that he was taken in his own snare, they advised him to take and hold with the son rather than with the father. For to avoid the peril of death. The king had told him before them all, that he should defend the faith firmly and without fear. Then one of the masters said to him, \"Thou art a false prophet, Balaam, who has deceived the king's son.\" He replied, \"I am Balaam, why have I put the king's son in any error, but have brought him out of error?\" Then the master said to him, \"Right noble and marvelous men have worshipped you.\".Our goddess, how dare you address them, and he answered that the people of Canaan, Egypt, and Greece supposed the creatures to be goddesses and the idols that the Chaldeans supposed were gods who were created for the profit of men. The Greeks supposed that cursed men and tyrants were gods, such as Saturn, whom they said ate his son and Jupiter, who they said held his father and threw his members into the sea. From this, Venus and Jupiter became king of the other gods because he often transformed himself into the likeness of a beast to accomplish his adultery. And they also say that Venus is the goddess of adultery. Sometimes Mars is her husband, and sometimes Adonis. The Egyptians worshipped the beasts, that is, a sheep, a calf, a pig, or such other animals. And then, Nicholas clearly began to..Defend the law of Christian men and gave him many reasons, so that the masters were all abashed and knew not what to answer. And then Ishbosheth had great joy that our Lord had defended the truth through him, the enemy of truth. And then the king was full of wrath and commanded that the council should depart, as if he would treat again on the same day. Then Ishbosheth said to his father, \"Let my mother be with me this night, to the end that we may make our collation to gather, for to make tomorrow our answers.\" And you shall lead your mothers with you, and shall take counsel with them. And if you lead my mother with you, you do me no right, for he granted it to him because he hoped that he would deceive him. And when the king's son came to his chamber and Nachon with him, Ishbosheth said to Nachon, \"Do you not know that I know this? I well know that you are not Balaam, but you are Nachon the.\".astronomy and Iosaphat preached to him the way of health and converted him to the faith. On the morrow, they sent him into the desert and there he was baptized and led the life of a hermit. Then there was an enchanter named Theodas, who, when he heard of this, came to the king and said that he should make his son return and believe in his gods. The king said to him, \"If you do so, I will make an image of gold for you and offer sacrifices to it, like to my gods.\" He said, \"Take away all those about your son and give him fair women and well-adorned ones, and command them all to remain with him. Afterward, I will send a wicked spirit that will inflame him with luxury. And there is no thing that can deceive young men so soon as the beauty of women.\" There was a king who, with great pain, had a son. The wise masters said that if he saw the sun or the moon within ten years, he would lose the sight of his eyes..Then the child was ordered to be nursed within a pit made in a great rock. When the ten years were passed, the king commanded that his son be brought forth, and all things were brought before him because he should know the names and things. They brought before him jewels, horses and beasts of all kinds, and also gold, silver, precious stones, and all other things. When he had demanded the names of every thing and the ministers had told him, he set nothing by it. And when his father saw that he took no interest in such things, then the king ordered women to be brought before him, beautifully adorned. He demanded what they were, but they would not easily tell him. The king's master squire, in jest, said they were devils that deceived men. Then the king commanded him what his greatest desire was of all that he had seen, and he answered, \"Father, my soul desires nothing so much.\".The devilish women deceive men more than anything else, and therefore I suppose that nothing else can surpass your son but women, who move men entirely towards lechery. Then the king dismissed all his ministers and stationed beautiful and fair maidens around his son, who constantly advised him to play. And there was none who could speak or serve him. And suddenly the enchanter sent the devil to him to inflame him, which burned the young man both within and without. When he felt himself strongly tempted, he was very angry and recommended himself to God. And he received divine comfort in such a way that all temptation departed from him. And after this, when the king saw that the devil had accomplished nothing, he sent a fair maiden, the king's daughter, to him. To whom this man of God preached, and she answered, \"If you will save me and take me away from idolatry, consecrate me to yourself by the bond of marriage.\".patrarchs, prophets, and Peter the apostle had wives, and he said to them, \"Woman, these words you speak now for nothing. It is fitting for Christian men to marry wives, but not for those who have promised to the Lord to keep virginity. And she said to him, \"As you will, but if you will save my soul, grant me a little request. Lie with me only this night, and I promise to you that tomorrow I shall be made Christian. For as you say, angels have greater joy in heaven over one sinner doing penance than over many others. There is great reward for him who does penance and converts, therefore grant me this request, and you shall save me. Then she began strongly to assail the tower of his conscience. Then the devil said to his fellows, \"Look, see how this maiden has strongly put forth that we might not move her. Come then and let us knock strongly against him since we find now a convenient time. And when the holy young man saw this thing.\".And he was in that castle, where the carnal desire of his flesh urged him to sin, and also where he desired the sauciness of the maiden, incited by the devil's enticement. He then put himself to prayer in weeping, and there fell asleep. And he saw, in a vision, that he was brought into a meadow arrayed with fair flowers. There the leaves of the trees emitted a sweet sound, which came on a wind agreeable to it. And there issued a merry, fragrant smell. And the fruit was right fair to see and right delightful to taste. And there were seats of gold and silver and precious stones. And the beds were noble and richly adorned. And clear water ran there by. And after that he entered into a city, whose walls were of fine gold, and shone with marvelous brightness. And there he saw some who sang a song, which no mortal man had ever heard before. And it was said, \"This is the place of blessed saints, and they would have had you here.\" And he prayed..them that they would let him dwell there and they said to him, \"thou shalt yet come hereafter with great tribulation if thou canst suffer.\" And after they led him into a right horrible place full of all filth and stench, they said to him, \"this is the place of wicked people.\" When he awoke, it seemed that the beauty of that damsel was more foul and stinking than all the other filth. Then the wicked spirits came again to them, and he then blamed them. To whom they said, \"we ran upon him before he marked with the sign of the cross. & we troubled him strongly. And when he was garnished with the sign of the cross, he persecuted us by great force. Then those people came to him with the king and had hoped that he would have perverted him. But this enchanter was taken from him, whom he supposed to have taken and was converted and received baptism. And he lived after an holy life. Then the king was all despairing, and by counsel of his friends, he delivered him half..his realm/ and it was that Josaphat desired with all his thought to increase the faith he received from the realm/ for a certain time, and made churches and raised crosses and converted many people of his realm to the faith of Jesus Christ, and at last the father consented to the reasons and persuasions of his son and believed on the faith of Jesus Christ and received baptism, and left his realm entirely to his son, and intended to do penance, and after finishing his life piously, Josaphat often warned King Barachiah that he would go into the desert, but he was kept back by the people for a long time. But at last he fled away into the desert, and as he went into a desert, he gave his royal habit to a poor man and wore a right poor gown, and the devil made many assaults on him. For some time he ran upon him with a drawn sword and threatened to strike if he did not leave the desert, and another time he appeared to him in the form of a wild beast and roared at him..ranne on hym as he wold haue deuoured hym / and thenne Iosaphat sayd / Our Lord is myn helpar / I doubte no thynge that man may do to me / and thus Iosa\u2223phat was two yere vagaunte & erryd in deserte / and coude not fynde balaam and at the laste he fonde a caue in the erthe and knockyd at the dore & sayd / Fader blesse me / and anone balaam herde the voys of hym / and roos vp & wente out / and thenne eche kyssed o\u2223ther and enbraced straytelye / and were glad of their assemblyng / and after Iosaphat recounted to balaam al thyse thynges that were happenyd / And he rendryd & gaue thankynges to god therfore / and Iosaphat dwelled there many yeres in grete and mer\u2223uayllous penaunce ful of vertues / and whan balaam had accomplysshed hys dayes / he restyd in pees aboute the yere of our lord foure hondred & four score Iosaphat lefte his royame the xxv yere of his age / and ledde the lyf oand thyrty yere / and thenne restyd in pees ful of vertues / and was buryed by the body of ba\u2223laam / and whan the kynge barachyas.Herde of this thing, he came to that same place with a great company and took the bodies, bearing them with much great honor into his city, where God has shown many fair miracles at the tomb of these two precious bodies.\n\nThus ends the story of Balaam and Josaphat.\n\nPelagius the Pope was of much great holiness and demonstrated himself lawfully in the see of Rome. In his last end, he ended in our Lord, full of virtues. But this was not that Pelagius the predecessor of St. Gregory, but another before him. To this Pelagius succeeded Iohan the third. And to Iohan, Benedict succeeded. In the time of this Pelagius, the Lombards came into Italy. And because many do not know this history, I have ordered it to be set here, like it is set in the history of the Lombards, which Paul the historian of the Lombards has compiled and explained in various chronicles. He says that there was a multitude of people from Germany who issued from the Rhine..The men sailed toward the northeast from the isle of Cyprus and encountered many countries, making many battles. In the end, they came to Panormus and dared not go farther. There they settled to establish their permanent residence. These men were called Huns at first, then later Lombards. While they were in Germany, King Agamemnon of the Lombards found seven children cast into a pit to be drowned, born of a common woman. When the king discovered them by chance, he was greatly disturbed. With his spear, he began to tear and move them. One of the children took hold of the spear with his hand. When the king saw that he was unafraid and allowed himself to be taken and nursed, he called him \"great lion.\" He said that after the death of the king of the Lombards, he would be made king of them, around the same time in the year 400..And there were four bishops of the heresy Arian, as Eutropius relates, who wished to baptize a man named Barnabas. And when he said Barnabas, I baptize you in the name of the Father, and by the Son, and with the Holy Ghost, by which he would show the Son and Holy Ghost to be less than the Father. But the water immediately vanished, and he who was to be baptized fled to the church to be baptized. In that time, Mercedarius and Gildard, both brothers of the same birth and born on the same day, both became bishops on the same day, and both died on that day in the Lord. Before this time, it is said in a circle about the year 401 AD, as Arian heresy flourished in France. The substance of the three persons was shown openly through a miracle, as Philippes recounts, for as the bishop sang mass in the city of Ususanence, he saw three clear drops of equal size on the altar. All three ran together into one..A precious gem, and when they had set this gem in a cross of gold, all the other precious stones that were there filled out, and this gem was clear to those who were clean out of sin, and it was obscure and dark to sinners, and it gave health to those who were seeking, and increased those who worshiped the cross. After this reign, a king over the Lombards named Albuin, a strong and noble man, had a battle with the king of the Gepids. He destroyed their host and slew their king. Therefore, the son of the slain king succeeded his father and came with a great powerful army against Albuin to avenge his father. Albuin moved his strength against him and surmounted him, slew him, and led away with him Rosamond his wife in captivity. But after he took her to his wife, he did make a cup from the skull of that king and closed it in fine gold and silver, and drank out of it. In that time Justin the Lesser governed the empire..which had a prince named Narses, who was a noble and strong man. He went to battle against the Goths who had taken Italy and he overcame them, killing their king. He made peace in Italy. After his great victory, he suffered great envy from the Romans. He was falsely accused before the emperor, and the emperor's wife, Sophia, showed him great contempt. She sent him a message that she would make him spin and clip wool with her chambermaids. Narses answered, \"I will so soon put such a cloth on your body that during your life you will not finish it nor take it off.\" Then Narses went to Naples and sent to the Lombards that they should leave the poor land of Panonia and that they should pledge their allegiance to the rightful, plentiful land of Italy. Alboin heard this thing and left Panonia, entering with his Lombards into Italy in the year 568 AD..The people were accustomed to wearing long beards. Once, certain spies discovered them, and Albion's leech ordered all the women to undo their hair and bind it around their necks, making them appear as men. Thus, they came to be known as \"longbeards.\" Afterward, they were called Lombards, and some say that when they were to fight against the Wandalyans or Wandals, they went to a man with a spirit of prophecy to pray for them. He was advised by his wife to place them by the window where he prayed towards Thornton. The women put their hair around their necks instead of beards. When he opened his window and saw them, he exclaimed, \"Who are these longbeards?\" Then his wife told him to give victory to those he had named. They entered Italy and took almost all the cities, slaughtering all the inhabitants..The text has some errors and is written in Old English. Here is the cleaned version:\n\nAssailed the city for three years, and at last they took it. The king Albuin had sworn that he would slaughter all the Christian men, and as he approached the city with his horse before the gate, he could not make it arise with his spears, nor in any other way, until a Christian man had changed his oath. Then the Lombards came to Milan, and in a little time they subdued all Italy except Rome and Romanyole, which always adhered to Rome, for it always held with Rome. When King Albuin came to Verona and had ordered a great feast, he commanded to bring forth the cup that he had made from the head of the king, and he drank from it, and gave it to Rosamonde his wife, and said, \"Drink with your father.\" Rosamonde knew it, and she had great disdain and hatred toward the king. The queen had a duke who kept and lay by a damsel of the queen's, and one time she was out, and the queen entered her chamber..sent for the duke in the name of the same damsel; and when he came and had done his will, she said to him, \"Do you know who I am?\" And he said, \"You are my love.\" She replied, \"I am Rosamund, the queen.\" Therefore, \"my husband will be angry.\" But I pray you, that you will avenge me on him, for he has killed my father and made a cup of his head, and made me drink of it, and he would not grant me but promised to find one who would do it. Then, when he should come, she took away the king's arms and bound his sword in the scabbard so that he might not draw it out. The homicidal man hid at the king's bedside. And when the king was asleep in his bed, the homicidal man forced him to enter the chamber. When the king felt him, he sprang up and took his sword, but he could not draw it out. He strongly defended himself with a staff, but the other, who was well armed, prevailed upon the king and slew him. And took all his treasure..Went with Rosamund to Ravenna. When Rosamund was in Ravenna, she saw a fair young man who was the provost of the town. She desired to have him as her husband, and gave her husband a drink. He felt the bitterness of the venom and commanded Rosamund to drink the remainder, which she refused. He took his sword and compelled her to drink it. Thus they both perished. After this, the Lombards made a king named Adalath who was baptized and received the faith of Christ. Theodolyna, queen of the Lombards, a devout and most Christian lady, ordered the building of a beautiful oratory at Milan. Saint Gregory sent the Dialogues to her. She converted her husband Aschipe, who had been duke of Taurinus, into a king of the Lombards, and he made peace with the emperor and the church. The peace was made between the Romans and the Lombards on the day of the feast..Saint Gerasus and Saint Prothas / and therefore established Saint Gregory to sing the office in the mass\nLoquetur dominus pacem / \u00b6 And in the nativity of Saint John Baptist, the peace was confirmed / and this Theodolyn had a special devotion to the blessed Saint John / and she said that through his merit, her people were converted, and to him she made the said oratory at Melane / and it was revealed by revelation to a holy man that Saint John was patron and defender of her people / and when Gregory was dead, Sabinian succeeded him / and to him Sabinian succeeded Boniface the third / and to him Boniface the fourth / at whose request, Emperor Phocas gave to the church of Christ the temple of Pantheron / about the year of our Lord 514 and ten / and he, at the request of the third Boniface, established the see of Rome to be chief and head of all the church / Before the church of Constantinople wrote to it the greatest test of all other churches / And when Phocas was dead, Heraclius reigned..About the year of our Lord 1053, Muhammad the false prophet deceived the Agarenes or Saracens, as it is recorded in a certain chronicle, in this manner: There was a clerk much renowned at Rome who could not attain the worship he desired and in great despair departed thence to the lands beyond the sea. He was drawn to him by Muhammad's sympathies and gathered many people to him. He found Muhammad and said to him that he would make him lord and chief of all the people. Afterward, he provided a dowry and sowed wheat and other corn in the lands of Muhammad. He placed the dowry upon his shoulder and fed him from his own provisions. He became so accustomed to him that whenever he saw Muhammad, he flew upon his shoulder and put his staff or reed in his hand. Then this clerk called the people and said that he would make him lord over them all. Upon whom the Holy Ghost would descend in the likeness of a dove or a dowry..Then he leaned and fled to Muhammad's side among the others and placed his back against it. When the people saw this, they supposed that the holy ghost had descended upon him and shown him the word of God in his ear. Thus, they deceived Muhammad, who with his followers had assaulted the Persian realm and all the parties of the army against Alexander. According to a more reliable history, for Muhammad then made and feigned his laws to be made by the holy ghost, which in the sight of the people often appeared to him in the form of a dove. In his laws, he put some things from the old and new testaments. In his early years, he resided in Egypt and Palestine and was a merchant, leading caravans and conversing with Jews and Christians from whom he obtained the old and new testaments. And, following the Jewish custom, the Saracens are circumcised and do not eat pig flesh..Machomet, or Swine, was born from the dam of a camel after the flood. Therefore, it should be avoided as an unclean beast by clean people, and to Christian men it accorded, as they believed in God Almighty, the maker of all things. However, this false prophet meddled and affirmed some true things with the false. He said that Moses was a great prophet, but Christ was greater and most sovereign of the prophets. He was born of the virgin Mary without seed of man. In his book called Alcharon, he said that when Christ was a child, he made birds from the slime of the earth, but he mixed venom with his words. For he said that Jesus Christ was not truly dead nor truly resurrected, but that it was another in his likeness whom he had put in his place.\n\nThere was a lady named Cadigam, who was lady of a province named Cerotanye. She saw that this Machomet was keeper and governor of a great company of Saracens and Jews. Supposedly, divine majesty was in him..A widow took Mohammed as her husband, and in this way, Mohammed became prince of that province. Afterward, by false deceit, he not only deceived this lady but also deceived Jews and Christians. He openly claimed to be Messiah, as promised in their law. Mohammad frequently performed the penitential rite. When his wife, the lady, married him and he sought to please her, he claimed that he saw the angel Gabriel frequently. He could not endure Gabriel's brightness, so he had to fall down. His wife and others believed it to be true. In another place, it is recorded that a monk named Sergius, an heretic, introduced Mohammed. This monk, because he fell into the heresy of Nestorianism, was expelled from his monastery and went to Arabia to live with Mohammed. However, it is also said in another place that he was archdeacon in Antioch..He was a Jacobite and preached Circumcision, saying that Christ was not God but an holy man conceived only by the holy God and born of a virgin. He taught Sergius many things of the Old and New Testament to Muhammad. When Muhammad was an orphan, without father and mother, he was under the guardianship of his uncle. Muhammad testified in his Alcoran that God said to him, \"You were an orphan, and I have taken you in. You dwelt long in the error of idolatry, and I have brought you out of it. You were poor, and I have enriched you.\" All the people of Arabia worshiped Venus as a goddess with Muhammad, and this is why Saracens hold Friday in great honor, like Jews do with Saturday, and Christians with Sunday. When Muhammad was enriched with the riches of this widow Cadygam, he became so filled with folly in thought that he thought:.To usurp the kingdom of Arabia, and when he saw he couldn't do it through violence, and also that he was despised by his fellows who had always been great with him, then he feigned himself to be a prophet. He drew to him by feigned holiness those he couldn't draw by might. He began to follow the counsel of Sergius, a very subtle man, who inquired what he should do secretly and reported it to the people, calling him Gabriel. Thus Muhammad, in feigning himself to be a prophet, held all sovereignty over that people, and all believed by their fear or doubt or sword, or because this Sergius was a monk. He wanted the Saracens to adopt the habit of a monk, that is, a gown without a hood. And in the guise of monks, they should make many prostrations, and they should adore ordinarily..The Jews worship towards the west, and the Christians towards the east. Therefore, he wanted his people to turn towards the south. And so do the Saracens, and Muhammad published to them many of the laws that the said Sergius taught him and took many of Moses' laws. For the Saracens showed them often and specifically when they should pray. Then they would show all their body members. Because they should pray more quietly, they confessed one God only, to whom there is none equal. They said that Muhammad is his prophet, and they fasted every year an entire month. When they fasted, they ate nothing but at night and fasted all day. And as soon as the day comes, as when they may discern black from white, they begin to fast and fast until the sun goes down and night comes, & in that while none of them dare eat or drink, nor have anything to do with his wife, but those who are sick are not compelled to this. It is also commanded to them..that's where they should come to God's houses to adore, and go about in vestments without shame, and cast stones between their feet to stone the devil with them. Which houses they say that Adam made for all his children to pray in, and left it to Abraham and Ishmael, and at last it was left to Machomet and to all his people. They might eat all manner of flesh, save swine flesh and blood, and flesh that had been strangled or found dead. Each man might have four wives wedded at once and refuse and repudiate three times, and take them again but not the fourth time. And he might have concubines and such women as many as he may buy and as many as he might keep, and he might sell them but if she was with child, and it is granted to them that they may have wives of their own kindred, so that their kinship may be stronger among them in friendship, and as to their possessions, he who demands must have..Witnesses to prove his demand, and the defendant shall be bound by his oath when they are found in adultery. They shall be stoned together. And when they commit formation, they shall have forty lashes. Muhammad stated that the angel Gabriel had shown to him that it was granted to him by our Lord that he might go to other men's wives, for the purpose of engendering virtuous men and prophets. One of his servants had a fair wife. He defended and forbade his wife from speaking with Muhammad. One day he found her speaking with him. Then, immediately, he put her away from him. Muhammad received her and set her among his other wives. Doubtful of the murmurings of the people, Muhammad feigned that a writing was sent from heaven. In this writing was written, \"If any man repudiates his wife, he who receives her shall have her as his wife.\" This thing the Saracens keep as a law until this day.\n\nA thief taken among them is beaten the first and second time..The text refers to the third time his hand is cut off, the fourth time his foot is struck. It is forbidden for them to drink wine, and they affirm that the Lord has promised paradise to those who keep these laws. This paradise is a garden or a place of delights surrounded by running water. In this paradise, they shall have every desirable thing ready before them. They shall be clothed in silk of all colors, joined to fair virgins, and always in delights. Angels will come as attendants with vessels of gold and silver, and will give them golden milk and silver wine. They will say to them, \"Eat and drink in gladness.\" Muhammad adds that there will be three rivers or floods in Paradise: one of milk, one of honey, and the third of right good wine with precious fruits..The angels are said to be so great that from one to the other is the distance of a day's journey for those who do not renounce God and Muhammad, as they claim. The punishment of hell is ordained for them without end, and for those who in any sin have sinned and been bound by it, if in the honor of their death they believe in God and Muhammad, on the day of judgment when Muhammad comes, they shall be saved, and the Saracens affirm that Muhammad, the false prophet, had the gift of prophecy above all other prophets. They also say that he had ten obedient angels serving him. Furthermore, they claim that before God created heaven and earth, the name of Muhammad existed before God. They assert that if Muhammad had not been, neither heaven nor earth nor paradise would have been made. They also say that the moon came to him, whom he received into his bosom and then divided into two parts and rejoined them to create. And they say that there was..A lamb of flesh offered to him, which spoke to him and said, \"Be warned that you do not eat me. For within me there is venom, and yet never, except after certain years venom was given by which he died.\n\nBut now let us return to the history of the Lombards. For at that time, the Lombards were very contrary to the Church of Rome and to the emperor. And yet they had received the faith. And then Pepin, the greatest prince of the House of France, was dead. And his son Charles succeeded him, who was also named Etudes. And he waged many battles and had many victories. He left two princes of the royal hall, Charles and Pepin. But Charles, leaving the pomp of the world, was made a monk of Cassinese. And Pepin governed the House of France nobly and worshipfully.\n\nSince Childeric, the king, was not powerful, Pepin went to the Pope and asked for counsel as to whether he should be king with only the name, or he who governed the realm. And then....The Pope answered that he should have the name of the king who governed well the realm. The French men were pleased with this answer and made Pepin king. And when Astulphus, king of the Lombards, had plundered the Church of Rome of its possessions and sovereignty, Stephen the Pope, who succeeded Zachary, requested aid and help from Pepin, king of France, against the Lombards. Stephen himself came to France, and then Pepin assembled a large host and went to Italy. He besieged King Astulphus, took him captive, and took forty hostages from him, requiring that he restore to the Church of Rome all that he had taken away and that he no longer oppress it. But when Pepin had departed, he did nothing of what he had promised. Shortly after, as he was proceeding, he died suddenly. His designee, Dagobert, succeeded him around the year 844 AD..France, as it was recorded in a chronicle that had ruled for a long time before Philip began, in his childhood, to revere St. Denis greatly; for when he feared his father's anger, Lotarius, he fled at once to the church of the blessed St. Denis. After he became king, he loved and honored him strongly. After his death, it was revealed to a holy man in a vision that his soul was brought to the judgment and many saints opposed him because he had robbed their churches. The wicked spirits tried to rouse and lead him to pain, but the blessed Denis came and delivered him. Either his soul was restored to his body and he did penance, or the blessed Denis intervened and saved him. King Clodoveus of France dishonored St. Denis more than he should have and broke the arms of his statue and took them away covetously. In that time, Beda, the honorable clerk in England, was accounted in the catalog of saints, yet he is not..Called Saint Bede, the holy church's namesake, for two reasons. The first is due to his old age, which left him blind. He was led by a guide through towns and castles where he preached the word of the Lord in every place. One time, his guide led him through a valley filled with great stones. The guide told him that a large crowd was assembled to hear his sermon. Then, Saint Bede began to preach fervently, and at the end, he concluded with \"per omnia secula seculorum.\" Immediately, the stones responded with a loud voice, saying \"Amen, our honorable father.\" Since the stones called him honorable, the church can rightly claim that he is honorable.\n\nThe second reason is that after his death, a very devout clerk attempted to write a verse for his tomb. He began it in this way: \"Hac sunt in fossa,\" but it was not a true verse. Unable to bring it to a true meter, he was troubled by it all night..On the morrow, he found grave marks on his tomb by the hands of angels. The verse was made in this manner:\n\nIn the grave,\nBede, the reverent one, lies,\nWhose body is worshipped with great devotion in this place.\n\nIn about the year 700 of our Lord,\nBachortus, king of Frisia, should have been baptized,\nAnd had one foot in the fontstone,\nAnd the other foot outside,\nAnd he asked whether more of his predecessors were in hell or in heaven,\nAnd when he heard that more of them were in hell than in heaven,\nHe said it is more holy to follow the greater number than the lesser,\nAnd he withdrew his foot that was in the font,\nAnd so was deceived by the devil,\nWho promised him goods beyond measure,\nAnd four days after he died suddenly,\nAnd was deeply sorrowful in perdition.\n\nIn the champagne of Italy, where barley and corn fell down from heaven like rain,\nIt is read that in the same year, 700 and 40,\nThe body of St. Benet was brought to the monastery..In this time, the body of St. Scolastica, sister of St. Benedict, was brought to Cremona. Charles the Great intended to transport the body to the castle of Camense, but it was forbidden due to miraculous occurrences. During this period, there was a great earthquake causing cities to be torn apart and sunk, while others were lifted and transported seven miles. The body of St. Perenne, daughter of St. Peter the Apostle, was transported from there and found inscribed in marble by the hand of St. Peter. This is the tomb of the Golden Perenne, my daughter. According to Sigbert, they were tortured in Armenia. When the pestilence had affected their land, the people of the country, by the advice of Christian men, showed their heads in the form of a cross. Due to this sign, they received their health and continued to display it. At last, Pepin died after many victories, and Charles the Great succeeded him..Some succeeded him in his reign, and in his time Adrian the Pope sat in his see at Rome, and sent messengers to Charles the Great, requiring his help against the desirable king of the Lombards, who severely tormented the church as Astulphe his father did. Charles obeyed the Pope and assembled a great host, entered Italy through the Montains, and besieged Pavia promptly. He took Desiderius and his wife and his princes and sent them into exile in France. He restored to the church all the damages and rights that had been taken from them. In that host were two very noble knights of our Lord Jesus Christ, Amys and Amelyon. Of them are read marvelous acts, which took place at Mortara where Charles overcame the Lombards, and then the reign of the Lombards fell. For after that time they had no king but those whom the Emperors gave to them. And then Charles went to..Rome and the pope convened a synod of one hundred and thirty-five bishops. In this synod, the pope granted Charles the power to choose the pope and to ordain the see of Rome. He also bestowed upon him the Investiture to give to bishops and archbishops before their consecration. His sons, Pepin, king of Italy, and Louis, king of Aquitaine or Guyenne, were made kings and anointed at Rome. That is, Pepin, king of Italy, and Louis, king of Aquitaine or Guyenne. Florysshing was Alcuin, master of Charles, and then Pyppyne, son of Charles, began to rebel against his father. This was about the year 783 in the time of Helene empress and her son Constantine.\n\nThere was a man digging in a long wall, as it is written in a certain chronicle. He found a chest of stone and in it a man lying and letters containing the following: \"Crist shall be born of Mary the virgin. I believe in him under Constantine and Helene the empress, O.\".You shall see me again, and when Adrian was dead, Leon was set upon the seat of Rome and was a man honorable in all things. And the kinsmen of Adrian bore heavy hearts toward him. At one time, as he read the greater litany, they moved the people against him, drew out his eyes, and cut off his tongue. But God miraculously restored his tongue and sight. Afterward, he fled to Charles and he received him in his court and punished the culprits. Then, the Romans, by the pope's admonition in the year 700, made him emperor and crowned him. By the hand of Lion, the pope, they called him Caesar Augustus and Constantine the Great immediately after. The Imperial See was in Constantinople. And although Constantine had given and left Rome to the vicars of St. Peter the apostle and had ordained the same for their see, nonetheless, for the dignity they are called emperors of Rome, and so they were..They told the emperor of Rome came to the kings of France, and after that, they were called emperors of Constantinople or emperor of the Greeks, and the others were called emperors of Rome. It was remarkable about this emperor Charles; for as he lived, he would never marry any of his daughters and said he could not forbear their company in any way. Alcuin, his master, wrote to him concerning this matter and said, \"How can it be that you are blessed in other things yet unhappy in this regard? I will tell you what I would say on this matter.\" Nevertheless, the emperor acted discreetly so that there was no suspicion of it, but it was much spoken among the people. In the time of this Charles, the office of Saint Ambrose was largely abandoned, and the office of Saint Gregory was solemnly published. The emperor's authority helped much with this, for, as Saint Augustine relates in his book, \"On the City of God.\".Saint Ambrose experienced persecutions from Empress Justina, a follower of Arian heresy, and both he and his followers were exiled from the church. To keep the people from remaining in the sloth of error, he established the singing of hymns and psalms according to the custom of the Thorrentists. This practice was later instituted throughout the church. Gregory came afterward and changed many things, adding some and removing others. The holy fathers could not see all this.\n\nIt began sometime during the lesson, as it is done on the holy Saturday of Easter evening. Celestine the pope ordered a psalm to be sung at the introit of the mass. Saint Gregory instituted the introit of the mass to be sung, and a verse of the psalm that was sung. Sometimes they sang psalms around the altar, and were surrounded by clerks in a manner of a crown, and sang by accord. The verse \"Bus Flauianus and\" was part of this..theodorus establysshed that there shold be songe on one syde one vers / and another on that other syde / and thys helde they of ygnacye which was dyuynelye taughte / Saynt Iherome ordeyned psalmes epystles and gos\u2223pellys / and for the more parte the day\u2223ly seruyce and offyce and nyghtly sauf the songe / Gelasyus and Gregory added therto colettis / and sange to the lessons and gospellys graylles tracte and alleluya / ambrose Gelase & gre\u2223gorye establysshed songe at the masse Hylaryus added to / gloria in excelsis deo laudamus te / and so forth as folo\u00a6weth / Notheryus abbot of saynt galle made the sequences psalmes in stede of pneuma of alleluyas / and pope nychole ordeyned that they shold be songe at masse / Permannus of almayn maad Sancti spiritus assit nobis gracia / Aue maria / & alma redemptoris mater and symon baryona peter bysshop of compostelle made Salue regyna / and as sygebert saith robert kyng of frau\u0304ce made the sequence of sancti spiritus as\u2223sit nobis gracia / and as Turpyn re\u2223herceth charles was.A fair-bodied, cruel-looking man, eight feet tall, with a face palm-and-a-half long, could lift an armed man up to his head with one hand. He ate an entire hare or two hens or a whole goose. He drank only wine with water, drinking so little at dinner that he would drink only three times. He founded many abbeys and monasteries. In the end, he made Jesus Christ heir to all his goods and lived his life piously. His son succeeded him in the empire, a very debonair man around the years 800 and 15. In his time, bishops and clerks put aside their girdles embroidered with gold and their outrageous and disgraced clothing and array, and laid them aside. Theodulphe, bishop of Orl\u00e9ans, was falsely accused to the emperor and was sent to lawyers to prison..as it is contained in a chronicle, on Palm Sunday as the procession passed before the houses where he was in prison, he opened the window. And when he heard that they were in peace and sang not, he began to sing the fair verses that he had made: Gloria laus et honor sit tibi, Rex Xpe. And the emperor was present, and he pleased him so much that he was taken into his sight. The messengers of the great emperor of Constantinople brought gifts to Louis, the son of Charles. Among all other things they brought the books of St. Denis of the hierarchy of angels, translated from Greek into Latin. He received them with great joy. And then there were about twenty sick men of various illnesses, who were held that night in the church of St. Denis. When Louis was dead, Lothair held a pyre, and Louis and his brother Charles made a battle against him. There was such great occasion of one against the other that there had never before been such in France..In the end, Charles ruled in France and Louis in Germany, and Lothair in Italy, and in the French part called Loraine. After that, he left the empire to his son Louis, who became emperor after him. He took the habit of a monk. It is recorded in a chronicle that Serge was then pope, who was formerly named Osporus, that is, the mouth of an ass, but his name was changed and was called Sergius. From then on, it was decreed that all popes should change their names. For as they are changed in name, so should they be changed in perfection of life. Since this man was chosen for a noble office, he should not be defiled by a dishonest name. In the time of Louis, in the year of our Lord eight hundred and fifty-seven, as it is recorded in a chronicle, in the parish of Magonc\u00e9, a wicked spirit struck the walls of the houses..With hammers and spoke openly in singing discords, and tormented those who entered any hows he burned, and when the priests said the Letanies, he cast stones at them and grievously injured them. At last, he confessed that when holy water was cast upon him, he hid himself under the cope of a certain priest as his familiar, accusing him of having sinned with the daughter of the procurer. In that time, the king of Bulgaria was converted to the faith, and was of such great perfection that he made his oldest son king, and he himself took the habit of a monk, but his son governed him too youngly. He then took back the knighthood and pursued him, and took him and put him in prison. He then ordained his other son to be king and resumed his habit again. It was said that in Italy at that time in the city of Brixen, it rained blood for three days, and that same time came to France innumerable breezes or locusts..whiche had six wings, long feet of two, and two teeth harder than any stone, and they fled by companies as armed men, covering a day's journey, scratching a four-mile or five-mile width. They devoured all that was green in trees and herbs, and they came to the sea of Britaine, but in the end they were drowned in the sea by the force of the wind. But the heat of the ocean sea threw them to the current, and the air was corrupted by their rotting, and hence ensued a great famine and great mortality, which almost the third part of the people perished and died. And after this, the first Otto was emperor in the year of our Lord 1048. And as this Otto, on an Easter day, had ordered a great feast for his princes, before they were seated, a son of one of the princes took one of the dishes of food from the table. The chamberlain struck the child with his fist and killed him. He who had been keeping the child saw this and killed him immediately who had slain the child..child / and when the emperor wanted to condemn him without audience, he took him by the emperor's robes and threw him to the ground, intending to strangle him. With great effort, he was taken from the emperor's hands. Afterward, the emperor had him kept. And he himself said that he was to blame, and for the honor of the festival, he let the man go freely on his way.\n\nAnd after the first Otto, the second Otto succeeded. And when the Italians had frequently broken the peace between them and the Romans, he came and made a great communal feast for all the barons, bishops, and great lords. And when they were all seated at dinner, he surrounded them all with men-at-arms. Then he made his complaint and named those who were guilty by writing, and immediately had their heads struck off.\n\nAnd to all the others, he made merry and greatly honored them.\n\nOtto the third came after him in the year 1440. And he was renowned for the marvel of the world..And as it is recorded, he had a wife who desired to be his lover or mistress, but he would not consent. In response, she held such malice towards him that she defamed him to her husband, the emperor, who commanded his head to be struck off without a hearing. Before this was carried out, he begged his wife to show him as innocent and not guilty by the testimony of hot iron. And then there came a day when the emperor was to do justice to widows and orphans. This widow then came and presented her husband's head between her arms and demanded to know what punishment he deserved for killing a man unjustly. He replied that he deserved to have his head struck off. She then said, \"You are the one who killed my husband, by the false accusation of your wife, Innocently.\" And she proved this by bringing forth the burning iron.\n\nWhen the emperor saw that he was completely abashed and had given himself up,.The emperor was handed over to the woman, yet, due to the prayers of the bishops and barons, he took terms for ten days, and after six, and after seven, and after five, until the cause was examined and the truth known. Then the emperor examined the cause and the truth was known, and he burned his wife alive and gave the widow four castles for his redemption, which castles were in the bishopric of Limenas and were called the terms of the days. And after this, Emperor Henry, who was the duke of Luxembourg in the year M & 2, gave his sister named Geiselle to the king of Hungary in marriage, and that same king and all his people she converted to the enemy and remained in peace. After him, Conrad, a duke of France, succeeded, who had wedded Saint Henry's niece. In that time, a beam in heaven was seen full of fire burning, and it was great and was above the sun, which was seen falling to the earth. This emperor put some of the bishops in prison..In the time of this conflict, the archbishop of Melane fled from prison, and on Whitsunday, as the emperor was crowned in a small church, there was such great thunder and horrible clamor that some went out of their wits and others died from fear. They burned the bishop who was singing the mass, and the emperor's secretary reported that they had seen St. Ambrose appearing in the secret of the mass, threatening and menacing the emperor. During this confrontation, the year was 1025, as recorded in a chronicle. The earl Limpole and his wife fled into a forest, fearing the king's wrath, and hid in a small house. And as the emperor went to hunt in the same forest, the night came upon him, and he was forced to spend the night in that small house. The lady, being greatly with child as she could manage, administered to such things as were necessary. That night, she was delivered of a son, and a voice came to the emperor..why he said to him, \"The child born now will be your heir and grandchild according to the law. When he grows up in the morning, call two of your squires and say, 'Go and take this child from the mother by force and cut him into pieces, and bring them to me.' And they went hastily and took the child from the mother's lap. When they saw the child of such fair form, they felt pity and were moved by mercy. They laid him on a tree so wild beasts would not devour him. They took a hare, slaughtered it, and took out its heart, bringing it to the emperor. On the same day, a duke passed by that forest and heard the child cry. He had no son, so he had the child brought to his wife. He made it his own by having it nursed and feigned that he had fathered it, naming him Henry. When he was nursed and grew up, he was of right fair form and well-spoken, gracious, and courteous to everyone. When the emperor saw him,.He was so fair and wise. He required him of his father and made him dwell in his court. When he saw that this child was so gracious and courteous, that he was praised by every man, he doubted that he should reign after him. It was he whom he had commanded to have slain, and he wrote letters to his wife with his own hand. They contained these words following: \"As much as you love your life, as soon as you have received this letter, slay this child.\" And as he went, he was lodged in a church. Weary, he rested himself upon a bench, and his purse hung down in which his letters were. Then there was a priest there who desired much to see what was in his purse. He opened it and saw the letters sealed with the king's seal and, without breaking the seal, he opened them. Reading the treason, he abhorred it. And subtly, he raised it. Where it said \"thou shalt slay him,\" he wrote \"thou shalt give our daughter to this child to be his wife.\".The queen saw these letters sealed with the king's seal and written with his own hand. She summoned the princes and solemnized the marriage, giving her daughter to him to be his wife. The marriage was done at Acon. When it was reported to the emperor that his daughter's marriage had been solemnly made, he was greatly embarrassed. And when he learned the truth of the two esquires and of the duke who had found the child, and of the priest who had written the abovementioned things in the letter, he realized that the order of God should not be contradicted. He immediately sent for the child and retained him as his son, establishing him as his heir to reign after him. In the place where this child was born, he founded a noble monastery, which is now named Ursyne. Henry expelled all jesters from his court and gave all that were accustomed to be given to minstrels to the poor. At that time, there was great discord in the church..Three were chosen to be pope. A priest named Gracien gave much money to one of them and they left the see to him, making him pope. When Henry the emperor came to Rome to appease the strife, Gracien confronted him, offering him a golden crown to be his debtor. Henry passed by and feigned all these things, condemning Gracien for simony and setting another in his place. It is also mentioned in another place, in a letter he sent to Matilde the countess, that the said priest was very simple and had obtained the papacy through bribery. After recognizing his error and with the help of the emperor, he deposed himself. Henry was then the third Henry, and during his time Bruno was chosen to be pope, known as Leo. As he went to Rome to take the see, he heard the voices of angels singing, \"Our Lord says, 'I am he who knows the thoughts of hearts.'\" This pope made....In that time, the church was troubled by Berenger, who claimed that the body and blood of our Lord were not truly in the altar but figuratively. Against him wrote Lanfranc, prior of Bec, and Anselme came to him from Burgundy for his defense. Lanfranc was greatly surrounded by virtue and wisdom. He was prior after him. In this time, Jerusalem was taken by the Saracens, and after was recovered by forty men. And the bones of St. Nicholaas were brought into Bar. It is said that when there should be sung a new history of St. Nicholaas in a church which was of the Holy Cross and subject to the church of Our Lady of Tarentine, the brethren begged their prior intensely that they might sing this new history. He refused and said they ought not to change their old for the new. Yet the brethren begged him more intensely, and he in contempt said, \"Go your way. For in no way shall you ever.\".Have license from me that this new song shall be sung, and when the feast of Saint Nicholas comes, the brothers said they mass in haste and their vigils, and when they were all in their beds, Saint Nicholas appeared visibly and fearfully to the porter, and drew him out by the ear, and struck him down on the pavement of the door, and began to sing the history, O shepherd eternal, and at every note he struck him severely with a rod he held in his hand on his back, and sang melodiously this anthem to the end. Then the porter cried so loudly that he awoke all his brethren and was brought to his bed half dead. And when he came to himself, he said, go and sing the new history of Saint Nicholas from henceforth. In that same time, the abbot and twenty monks with him went to dwell in the desert to keep more strictly the profession of their rule, and there established a new order out of the order, Hildebrand..The priest of Cluny was made pope and was called Gregory. When he was in the lower orders and was sent as a legate, he marvelously conquered Merovech, the archbishop of Reims, for corruption had enabled the archbishop to acquit all his accusers, and so the legate commanded him to say, \"In the name of the Father and of the Son,\" but he could not say, \"And of the Holy Spirit,\" because he had sinned in the Holy Ghost. And then he confessed his sin and was deposed. This miracle is recounted by Bruno in his book that he wrote for Matthew the emperor. When this Henry was dead, it was written on his tomb where he was buried with other kings, \"Here lies Henry, son of Henry the Father, Henry the Begetter, Henry the Old Begetter, and after this Henry, Henry the Fifth, in the year 1001 AD, who took the pope and the cardinals and left them in.\".In that time Bernard and his brethren, appearing as a man and a hen had a chick with four feet. After Henry, Lothair succeeded, in whose time a woman in Spain gave birth to a monster with a double body, joined to the other by the backs. Beforehand, it had the semblance of a man, whole in body and members. Behind was the semblance of a woman, whole in all properties.\n\nAfter Lothair's reign, Conrad reigned for a thousand and forty-eight years. That time, Hugh of St. Victor died, who was an excellent doctor in all sciences and devout in religion. It is said that when he was in his last illness and could retain no food, yet he always requested to have the body of our Lord with great devotion. His brethren brought to him a simple host, disguised in the form of the body of our Lord. He recognized it in spirit and said,.God forgive you brothers, why would you deceive me? This is not my lord that you bring to me, and at once they were ashamed and fled to him. And then he saw him whom he could not receive, and lifted up his hands to heaven and said, \"Now I see the Son ascend to the Father, and the Spirit to God who sent him.\" With these words, he gave up his spirit, and the body of our lord vanished away from those who held him. Eugene, abbot of St. Anastasius, was established as pope, but he was put out of the city by the senators, who had made another pope. He came to France and sent St. Bernard before him, who preached the way of the Lord and did many miracles. At that time, Frederick II was emperor, in the year of our Lord 1234. Master Peter Lombard, bishop of Paris, flourished then. He compiled the book, \"Sentences,\" and the glosses on the Gospels and Epistles of Paul..In that time, three moons were seen in heaven, and in the midst of the three was the sign of the cross. And it was not long after that three suns were also seen. Then Alexander was chosen rightfully to be pope. However, Octavian John of Cremona was chosen against him, as was John Perscruiter, who successfully attained the papacy. They were nobly ennobled by the emperor's favor to the see. This discord and schism lasted eighteen years. During this time, the Alamans, who dwelt in Tuscany on behalf of the emperor, assaulted the Romans who were at Montpellier. They slew countless Romans, so many that there were never so many Romans killed. However, in the time of Hannibal, there were so many killed that three bushels were filled with gold rings taken from their fingers. Hannibal had these sent to Carthage, and many of them were buried at St. Stephen's and St. Lawrence's. It was written upon their graves..sepulcher that they were ten thousand and ten thousand times fifteen hundred and a half. And when Emperor Frederick visited the holy land and was worshipped by him in a river, and there he perished and died. And as some say, he watered his horse and his horse fell down in the water, and so he died. Henry was emperor after him in the year 10046. In that time there were such great rains, thunder, and lightning, and tempests that no man could remember any greater. For stones fell like eggs, and were square, which were mixed with the rain, and destroyed vineyards, corn, and slew men, beasts, crows and other birds. Some birds were seen flying in the air in that tempest which bore coals burning in their bills and beaks and set fire to houses. This Henry was always a tyrant against the Church of Rome. And therefore when he was dead, Innocent the pope opposed himself against Philip his son, that he should not be elected..Emperor Andrei held a alliance with Otto, son of the Duke of Saxony, and had him crowned king of Germany at Aachen. In this time, many French barons crossed the sea to deliver the Holy Land, and they took Constantinople. In this time, the Order of Friars Preachers and the Minorites began. Pope Innocent III sent messengers to Philip, King of France, to attempt to take Albigensian land to remove the heresies, and he took them all and had them burned. After this, Innocent III crowned Otto emperor and took an oath from him to uphold the rights of the church. However, he immediately broke his oath on the same day and robbed and despoiled those coming to Rome on pilgrimage. Therefore, the pope cursed him and deposed him from the empire. In this time, Saint Elizabeth, daughter of the King of Hungary, was wife to the Landgrave of Thuringia and Hesse, performing among other innumerable miracles, she raised fifteen dead men and gave sight to one..that was born blind / Out of whose body oil flows to this day / When Frederick was deposed, Henry's son was chosen / and was crowned with honor by the pope / This man made right noble laws for the liberty of the church and against heretics / and this emperor had above all others in glory and riches / but he abused them evil with pride / and was a tyrant against the church / and he imprisoned two cardinals / and such prelates as Pope Gregory had summoned to the council / he took them / and therefore he was cursed by the same pope / And after Gregory died, who was oppressed with many grievous tribulations / Then Innocent IV was made pope / who was of the nation of Genoa / and he assembled a council at Lyons where he deposed the emperor / and then the empire was vacant /\n\nSaint Symeon was born in Antioch & was very virtuous / and from the time that he was in his mother's womb / he was chosen by God..When he was fourteen years old, he kept his father's sheep. One day, as he was filled with the holy ghost and left his sheep, he accompanied him to the church. A good ancient man was with him, and he said to him in this manner: \"Fair father, what is this thing that is here read? I pray you explain and teach it to me, for I am simple and ignorant.\" Then this good ancient man began to speak of the virtues of the soul and how this poor present life ought to be despised. And not with standing that the virtues are accomplished in many truly and laudably, and by the help of God in relying on them, they are accomplished more lightly. Then Saint Symeon fell at the feet of this good old man and said to him truly from henceforth you shall be my father and my mother. For you are master of good works. After this good counsel, I shall go into the church, where good will arrange for me. And then he revealed to him the rule and order of relying..and he told him that he must endure much pain and affliction, and he needs to have much patience and perseverance. Then he took a liking to him, and went to the church of St. Timotheus, and lay before the gate, remaining there for three days and three nights without food or drink. Then the abbot came and lifted him up and asked why he had come there. Then St. Simeon answered him and said, \"I desire much to be a servant of the Lord. I pray that you receive me into your monastery and command me to serve all your brethren.\" He was received by the abbot, and was there for six months, obeying the brethren humbly. When the other fasted from morning to evening time, he waited seven days before taking his reception. And the other days he gave his provision to poor people. On one occasion he came to the pit of the place and found there a man so constricted and fastened that his flesh rotted under the cord so much that the cord could not be moved..The brother was seen, on a day, one of them reported that he gave his meal to the poor people. He and the others informed the abbot, and they added that such a great stench issued from his body that no one could endure being near him, and that the vermin that came from it had filled his bed. The abbot was very angry and ordered him to be stripped naked. When he saw the cord, he exclaimed, \"O man, whence have you come? It seems to me that you will destroy the rule of our religion, since you will not serve God by obedience like others. I pray, depart from here and go where you will.\" With great difficulty, they took off the cord with which he was bound and left the place without the consent of any of them. He entered a pit in the desert without water, where evil spirits dwelt. That night, the abbot had a revelation that a great multitude of armed men had encircled the abbey and cried out with a loud voice, \"Give us the man of God.\".Ellis we shall burn the abbey, for you have driven away Justice and Debonair. The abbot told this to his brethren, and the next night came a similar vision. He was utterly ashamed and sent his monks to search and fetch him. They found him not. Then the abbot went with them, and they came to the pit and there made their prayers and descended therein. They brought him back to the abbey forcibly. The brethren of the abbey kneeled before him and asked for forgiveness. After he stayed an entire year and departed secretly, he went to a mountain fast by a cloister of stones and lived there for three years. Then his neighbors came there by devotion and enlarged his cell four cubits in height. There he lived seven years after. And after they made for him another of twelve cubits in height, where he lived, and after that another of twenty cubits, and after that another of thirty, and there he lived four years. By the side of him, he did good..A man named Ij built chapels and many sought him out due to his virtue, converting many sins to faith. After this, he remained in one place for a year and a half, holding himself there, but vermin flocked to the ground from his thigh. He had a companion named Anthony who wrote his life and kept him company. Anthony gathered up the vermin and delivered them to him, and he took them and laid them upon his sore, saying, \"Eat this, for God has given it to you.\"\n\nA Saracen king named Balyssyke heard of his fame and came to him in true faith. While the holy man prayed, one of the vermin came out of his thigh. The heathen king picked it up and, when he looked at it, it was a precious stone.\n\nThe holy man said to him, \"O man, this was not done or made by my merit, but by your faith.\" Then he thanked God and departed.\n\nSeven years after, his mother came to visit him, but she was forbidden from doing so, for no woman was allowed..In that place, the holy man told his mother to wait a little and we shall see you if it pleases God. She wept for three days and four nights and gave birth to her son. After this, she slept, and the holy man prayed for her, and she died. Following this, another cell of forty cubits was made for him where he lived for seven years until his death. During this time, there was a venomous dragon in a cave near him, which poisoned the area around him so nothing grew. In his right eye, a stake entered, and he went blind to the monastery door and lay there asking for help. He set his right eye by a pillar, and remained there for three days without harming anyone. Then Saint Symeon commanded that earth and water be placed on it, and when they had done so, a stake, one cubit long, emerged from his eye. When the people saw this miracle, they glorified..But notwithstanding, they fled for fear of the dragon, and the dragon remained there still until all the people were gone. Then he arose and approached the monastery's gate almost two hours later. Afterward, he entered his cave without harming anyone. Another time, a woman drank from a cruse by night where a little serpent was. It entered her body, and she went to various physicians and medicines, but it availed her nothing. Many years later, she was brought to this holy man, who commanded them to take earth and water and place it on the woman's mouth. Immediately, the serpent emerged, which was three cubits long. It then split in two and was hung up there for the space of seven days. Many men saw it. On another occasion, many people and beasts died due to a lack of water. At his prayer, suddenly a pit of right good water appeared for drinking, which still exists to this day. Another..In the past, when others stayed long while he prayed and went a little backward under the shade of a tree, they saw a heart pass by. They commanded it, saying, \"We conjure you by the prayers of Saint Simeon to tarry a while.\" The heart did so, and they seized and killed it. As they ate of it, they became lepers and miserable. Then they went with the heart's skin to Saint Simeon and stayed there for two years, unable to be healed. For witness to this, they hung up the heart's skin. There was a wicked part among them that destroyed the people of the country. Then this holy man commanded them to take water from that monastery and to sprinkle it on the ground all around where he had walked. And when they had done so, the wicked part was immediately dead. He exhorted all those he knew not to swear by him, but the barbarians of that country swore by him. There was a thief named.Ionatha, who was pursued by many knights, entered the monastery and embraced a pillar, weeping. Then Saint Symeon asked, \"What are you?\" I am Ionathas, the thief who has come here to do penance, he replied. Immediately, the officers of Antioch appeared and demanded, \"Give us this evil man.\" For the beasts are ready to execute him. Saint Symeon answered, \"I cannot.\" I fear that he who sent him to me, who is greater than you, will be angry. Ionathas clung to the pillar for seven days, and then said to the holy man, \"If you will, I will go my way.\" He replied, \"Will you go yet to do harm?\" I no, sir, but my time is completed. And so saying, he gave up his soul and died. Saint Symeon bowed down to pray, and the people remained with him for three days to receive his blessing. Then Anthony came to him, saying, \"Arise, sir, and give us your blessing.\" He went and heard him..not drawing his breath but as an aroma of a precious ointment issued out of his body. Then he began to weep strongly, kissing his eyes and beard, and said, \"Alas, sir, why have you forsaken me? I have never heard your doctrine resemble this. What answer shall I give to the seeking people? What covering shall I provide for your body? And there, by the force of heaviness, he fell asleep. Then this holy man appeared to him, saying, \"I will not leave this hour nor this holy manifestation in which I have been enchanted. But go down and sanctify and appease the people. And show in Antioch that I am at rest. And cease not thou to serve God in this place here. And God shall render and give to you a good reward.\"\n\nThen he awoke and began to weep strongly again, saying, \"What relics shall I take of the sir, in remembrance of the?\" Then he removed the body much more strongly, and Anthony had even more fear. And he dared not touch him but went down anon and went to Antioch..The bishop was informed of the death of this holy man and immediately came with three other bishops and the master of the town's knights and courtesans to the cell. They carried his body before a pyre. The birds assembled around the cell and flew as if they had asked for their food, and cried so loudly that men and beasts were compelled to cry and weep. The mountains and fields showed signs of heaviness, and the lament was heard seven miles away. A black and dark cloud appeared, and Anthony saw an angel come from heaven to appear to him. The angel had a face clear as fire and clothing white as snow. Around ten o'clock, he saw seven ancient men speaking to him, but he did not understand the mystery of their words. The prior of Antioch wanted to take his beard for his relics, and as soon as he reached out to take it, his hand was dry. However, they made many prayers..for the man, he was carried to Antioch, and the bishop swore that no one should have anything of his body when they had come to a street called Merciful Five Miles from Antioch. The body remained there, and no one could move it. A man who had been deaf and mute for forty years because he had defiled a woman in his house came and fell down before the bier suddenly. He began to cry out and say, \"A man and a servant of God, you have come to the right place for me. Your coming has saved me and given me health.\" Then he rose and took one of the statues bearing the bier, and he was healed immediately and served him for the rest of his life. The people of Antioch then all issued out of the town and received the body most solemnly, singing psalms, glorifying God, and bearing it with great abundance of lights into the great church, which is called the Church of the Great Church..Penance /\nMany other miracles has our Lord shown at his sepulcher, and more were shown afterwards in his life. Then let us pray to this holy saint Symeon that he pray for us to our Lord, that he have mercy on us, amen.\n\nThis ends the life of Saint Symeon.\n\nSaint Polycarp was a disciple of Saint John the Evangelist. Saint John ordained him bishop. And there were at Rome then two heretics, one called Marcellus, and the other Valentinus. These had deceived many people by their false doctrine. Then Saint Polycarp went to Rome on Easter day, and there, through his preaching, he brought back to the faith those he had deceived. He wrote to the Philippians a very fair and profitable epistle, which is still read in Asia to this day.\n\nIt happened in the time that Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus reigned, which was the year of grace one hundred and thirty-two, that the fourth persecution of Christians began under Emperor Nero..Saint Polycarp heard the people cry and were moved; therefore, he was never moved but remained without fear. He was gracious, courteous in manners, and playful in demeanor. He always stayed within the city as a hardy champion of God. He was so much required by the people that he departed from the city with his family and friends. He went to the field near the city and prayed all night for the peace of the holy church. This was his custom every day of his life.\n\nThree days before he was taken, as he prayed at night, he had a vision that seemed to him that his head was on fire. When he awoke, he told those who were with him about the vision and explained it to them, saying that for certain he would be burned for the love of God. When he saw those who were coming to take him, he went to meet them and willingly received them. They were greatly abashed that they were commanded to take such a good man..And he laid the table before his enemies and made to them as good cheer as they had been his friends, and gave to them liberally wine and food, and granted them leave to pray an hour. And all that hour he prayed devoutly for the whole state of the holy church. When the hour was passed, he mounted on an ass and was brought into the city. And as they led him, Herod came, who was the procurer of the country, and his father with him, and they took him into a chariot with them. And they spoke to him sweetly, why do you not sacrifice as the others do? What harm is it to call Caesar his lord, and to sacrifice to the gods to live surely? And when they saw that it availed not, and that he was always firm and constant in the law of God, they were much angered with him and did much harm to him in the chariot. And as he approached the city, a voice descended from heaven saying to him, \"Polycarp, be strong.\".Then a report was publicly told to the provost that Polycarp had confessed three times to being Christian. Hearing this, the people of the city, both pagans and Jews, cried out in great distress. \"This is the master and teacher of all the Christians who are in Asia, and he has destroyed our gods. We require that he be burned alive and brought to a stake. When they brought him to the stake, they intended to bind him tightly with great nails. But he said to them, \"Leave me alone, for he who has ordained me to suffer this torment of fire will give me the strength of patience without moving me from this place to endure and suffer the flames of the fire.\" Then the tormentors left the nails and bound him with cords to the stake, and his hands were bound behind him. As he was passing, he prayed and blessed the Lord and the fire..was burning and a great flame shining, a most notable miracle was shown right there to much people, which God showed to them to be shown to all others. And the miracle was this: the flame departed all around him in the manner of a chamber, by the virtue of a sweet mind that came from heaven. And the body of the martyr was not as flesh burned in the flame, but as fair as it had been purified in a furnace. And those about him emitted an odor as sweet as if it had been incense or precious ointment. When the tyrants saw that the flame could not consume the body of the glorious martyr, they made the minsters approach, and from his glorious body issued forth so great an abundance of blood that it quenched the flame. And when the people saw the miracle, they departed, marveling greatly that they did so much cruelty to the friends of God. And with this glorious martyr were twelve other martyrs martyred to obtain the joy of heaven..grant to the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, amen. / Thus ends the life of Saint Polycarp, martyr. In the time that Julian the apostate came to fight against those of Perse, he came into Jerusalem and saw such saint Quiriac, the bishop, who was called Julias by his friends. But the queen Saint Helena, after he was baptized, called him Quiriac. And when he was brought before Julian, he promised him many riches and honors, so that he would sacrifice to the idol of Jupiter. And because Quiriac would not do it, Julian commanded to strain him on a rack and put in molten lead burning, to burn his entrails. Quiriac suffered it very patiently without making any cry, looking always upward toward heaven. About two hours after, when they who were there supposed him to be dead, he lifted up his voice, saying, \"Iesus, eternal Father, resplendent light which never may be extinguished, I bless you, for you have made me worthy to have\".partycypacyon with thy friends / Therefore I require that the pride and elation of this evil tyrant may not overcome me, but that thy power always confirms me in steadfast constance of faith. And when he had accomplished his orison, Iulian said to him, \"Quiryace, look how I let the angel, I have heard it often, 'Do sacrifice to our Lord Jupiter,' and then thou shalt do wisely.\" Then Quiryace answered him, \"I believe,\" and have believed him, \"he is the true god who will destroy thee and the pride.\" Then Iulian brought a copper cradle and laid and stretched out the body thereon, and put burning coals under it, and poured salt on the body, and above that beat him with rod-like instruments, so that his belly and entrails should have the more pain and torment. And after they turned his belly toward the fire and beat his back with rods, and then he, with a high voice, began to pray in Hebrew. The tyrant was much admired by the great spectacle..Patrick endured much patience and did endure shamefully in a little house until the time he had devised what death he might make himself undergo. About two years after, Saint Anne, the mother of Saint Quiriac, came to him and urged him to suffer patiently for the love of God. Immediately, the minions of the devil went and told the tyrant, who commanded that she be brought to him. When he saw that she would in no way sacrifice to their idols, he commanded that she be hanged by the neck. And as she hung, he ordered that all her nails or fingers be torn out. In this torment, she was silent for four hours. Then Julian said to her, \"What is this that they do to your fingers?\" And she answered him, \"O fool, do as I commanded. Take great lumps of burning and set them to your sides.\" The holy woman cried out to God and making her prayers, she returned her spirit to our Lord. The Christian people who were there buried her afterwards. After this, Julian..commanded that Quiryace should be brought before him / and said to Quiryace, \"Tell me, Quiryace, of what enchantments and evil craft have you used, by which it seems that you feel no torment, and therefore you will not sacrifice to the idols?\"\n\nQuiryace answered, \"Accursed fool and indegent hound, you pervert the might of God to enchantments and evil works. Therefore, you shall be beaten by celestial wounds.\"\n\nThen Iulian commanded to make a great pit / and by enchanters did they assemble all manner of serpents and venomous beasts / and did put them in the pit / And after he made to cast the holy man in the midst of them / and as they threw him therein, he began to say, \"Right sweet Jesus, I yield to your graces and thanksgivings / for not only in the prophecy of David / would you have verified and applied, but in us, your little creatures, whom you have created, you have willed to have your grace / for behold, it pleases thee that we go upon\".the serpents and those who march and tread on the lion and the dragon, and as he said so, Julian commanded to burn all the beasts. Then a knight called Amon said to Emperor Julian, \"King out of your wit and madness, how have you the will to put this man to death? Your enchanters and your deceitful gods cannot make the marvels that he does. Now, I am certain that the god of Christian men is mighty. For this reason, Julian commanded to strike off his head. And as he was led to the place to be beheaded, he began to say, \"Iesus Christ, who art the god of mercy, receive my soul in peace.\" And so saying, he stretched out his neck and was beheaded. Julian called Quiryace and prayed and exhorted that he should renounce the crucifix. Then Quiryace answered him, \"O heart perverted, evil and without pity, that sees nothing that you would that I should leave my god who gives to me and to.\".\"other creatures offered so many goods and I should become mocking and seem similar to the / Then Julian was very angry and commanded to heat a large cauldron of oil on the fire / which oil was so hot that those there could not endure the fumes that issued / And he commanded to place Saint Quiriac in it, who entered making the sign of the cross and said, \"Lord Jesus Christ, who have sanctified the flame of Jordan and given me the holy sacrament of baptism by water, see now where I shall be yet baptized in oil / Yet I have the third martyrdom to do by the washing of the effusion of blood which I have long delayed / Then the tyrant was filled with more wrath and anger than before / commanded that he should be struck with a sharp dart into the breast / and as he was being struck, he prayed God that he might depart from the world / and then gave up his soul to our lord / which was the fourth nonas of May /\n\nThis saint\".The man we speak of was the same Judas, who found the true holy cross with St. Heliane. After his baptism, St. Heliane recommended him to the bishop of Jerusalem, who was deceased at the time. Heliane, who was then in Jerusalem, went to Rome to Pope Eusebius. Eusebius ordained Judas as bishop of Jerusalem, changing his name to Quiriacus. God granted him so much grace that he drove away demons by his prayers. St. Heliane gave him many fair gifts to distribute and share with the poor. At the request of his wife, a fair feast was made for the Invention of the Holy Cross. When the true cross was found, and a dead man was raised by its power, the devil, who is envious of all good, was heard crying in the air, \"O Judas, I am chased out and diminished, but I know well that I shall be avenged again. I shall raise another.\".A king who shall renew the crucifix; the one who, by my counsel and my urging, shall make you suffer so many torments that you yourself shall renounce the crucifix. Then Judas spoke to him: He who has the power to raise the dead, put him in the deepest part of hell in everlasting fire. St. Quiriac suffered martyrdom, as is said, for the love of our Lord; by which he has obtained everlasting glory. May this glory be granted to us, that we may endure death and passion. Amen.\n\nThis concludes the passion of St. Quiriac.\n\nSt. Thomas Dalmatian, of the order of the Friars Preachers, was a most sovereign doctor, high and of noble lineage. Born in the kingdom of Sicily, he was shown by divine providence before his birth. In that place there was a holy man at work and renowned, who led a very holy life and was held in great reverence by all the people. This holy man, filled with the Holy Ghost, came to the lady and:.A mother of this holy child not yet born yet said with great joy that she had conceived a son. She supposed, however, that she had not conceived. Then the holy man said to her, \"Lady, be glad, for you will bring forth a child who will be called Thomas and will have a great name and renown throughout the world in science and holy life. He will be of the order of the Friar Preachers.\" All these things, as the holy hermit had foretold, were accomplished in the name of the savior of the world and to the glory of his glorious saint. When the child was born, he was called Thomas by his right name. He despised the world and its vanity and entered the order of the Friar Preachers. After being drawn out of it by his brothers, he was confined in a chamber in a tower for two years. Despite threats and fair words, his brothers could not change his good intentions or retract them in any way. They put him in the tower..A young damsel entered the chamber of the Innocent child to soothe his courage. He took a brand from the fire and chased the damsel out, who had come to deceive him. Afterward, he prayed humbly, imploring the Lord to always maintain his chastity. As he finished his prayers, two angels in marvelous attire appeared to him, saying, \"Thomas, we have been sent by God's commandment. In His name, we gird you with the belt of chastity, which shall never leave you or be broken. This gift was bestowed upon you in special grace. It was so firmly and steadfastly in you that you never felt the pricking of your flesh, and it kept you as long as you lived, as is evident in your life, when you overcame one of your adversaries with your men, your good mother considering and remembering this..The good man was told to join and showed him how to become a member of the order of the Friars Preachers. He was led there peacefully, but before his brethren tried to dissuade him from entering the order and studying. When he returned to the order with his mother's consent, he began to study, which was as sweet to him as honey is to the bee in making it, and the honey of holy scripture was multiplied in the same way. By this glorious doctor, he made marvelous books in theology, logic, philosophy natural and moral, filling the holy church throughout the world with his holy science.\n\nAs he prospered, he was sent to Paris. Then his brethren heard that he should depart immediately and came after him, saying that it did not belong to a child of such great lineage as he was to be in the order of mendicants or of tramps, and to rent his coat..The holy doctor was lifted up numerous times without any corporeal aid. He set not his thoughts on this world, but rather on God, and was elevated as if he had no flesh, bone, or weight. We read that the blessed doctor disputed, read, wrote, or argued, and after his prayer was finished, he had in his mouth what he should dispute or write, as if he had long studied in many books. He showed these things secretly to his fellow named Brother Raymond, to whom he showed all his other secrets while he lived, and he desired that no one else should know them. The science he possessed was not of human study, but was of the divine administration..This holy man was like Moses, who was given to the daughter of Pharaoh. For just as Moses was taken out of the sea and saved and brought before the said daughter, so was the blessed doctor, notwithstanding that he was born of the great lineage of the earl of Alquyn, rendered to his mother in the holy church and cast out of this world's flood, and nourished by the priests and mamluks of the scripture of the holy church. And like Moses, who made many marvelous signs before the children of Israel, this blessed doctor and his science and blessed doctrine, in destroying errors, have preached truth and verity. And his holy life witnesses that on a night, this glorious doctor was in his orisons and prayers, the blessed apostles Peter and Paul appeared to him and endowed him with holy scripture, especially of the prophecy of all prophets entirely and completely..Then there is a holy doctor to whom the angel of heaven and the doctor of divine scripture have opened the gate. He who was raised to heaven has shown him the secret, and this blessed doctor is taken from the world and made a dweller in heaven. He was yet on earth. On another occasion, while he was in the convent of his order at Naples, being in the church in deep prayer, he was raised up and lifted from the ground, two cubits and more in height. Then a brother who saw him was greatly astonished and amazed. Afterward, a clear voice from the image of the crucifix before whom the holy man was turned and made his prayer was heard. The voice said to him, \"O Thomas, you have written about me; what reward will you have for your labor?\" Saint Thomas answered him, \"Lord, I will have no other reward but yourself, for I myself wrote and made the service and office of the precious sacrament of the altar in my time.\".A question was raised among the scholars of Paris, how accidents could occur without a subject. They doubted and determined to inquire, which the glorious doctor should answer. He replied that the question was raised by our Lord, given to be understood at the end of his life, which was near, and as he was sent forth by Pope Gregory X, he went by Champagne in the kingdom of Cesarea. He began to seek in such a way that he entirely lost his appetite. And in passing by the abbey called Fosse Neuve of the Order of Cistercians, he was prayed greatly by the monks that it would please him to come to their abbey.\n\nHis sickness began to increase from day to day, and yet notwithstanding his illness, he ceased not to sow and spread his holy doctrine of divine scripture and wisdom. And then he was prayed by the monks for exposition of the canticles to them.\n\nAt that time, in that monastery, there was.I have seen a star three days before his death, in the shape of a sun, which alarmed us as to its meaning. But certainly it signified that the holy man should depart from this world within three days, and this came to pass. For when the holy man was dead, the star was no longer seen. This occurred in the year 1245. Brother Rainold, his companion, testified to this in troubled times, speaking and openly preaching in this manner: \"I, Brother Rainold, have heard him many times, and now I bear witness to the confession of this glorious doctor. I have always found him pure and innocent as a five-year-old child. He never consented nor had the will for mortal or deadly sin. It is not to be forgotten what marvelous tokens were shown when the blessed doctor should depart from this world. A brother, much devoted, saw in the hour of his death the holy doctor reading in the school, and saw Saint [something illegible].\".Saint Peter entering in to him, Saint Thomas demanded of him if he had a good and clear understanding in his epistles. Then Saint Peter answered him, \"Yes, as well as any living creature might have. And besides that, I will that thou come with me, and I shall lead thee to a place where thou shalt have clearer understanding of all things.\" It seemed to the brother that Saint Peter drew Saint Thomas out of the school by his cope.\n\nThen this brother began to cry out, saying, \"Help brethren, for Brother Thomas has been taken from us.\" And at the voice of this brother, the other brethren awoke and demanded of him what had happened. Then he told them and revealed this said vision. And the brethren made inquiry into the truth, and found that it was so as the brother had said. For in the same hour that he had cried out, the holy doctor departed from this world. And just as he had in divine wisdom and knowledge been a doctor and teacher, so in his passing he had a leader..The glory persistent and long after he was put in his sepulcher, the monks doubted that the holy corpse should have been taken away against their will. For the glorious doctor had commanded that his body should be borne to Naples, as he was from that place. Therefore, the prior of the abbey was severely reprimanded in a vision of St. Thomas. The prior, who doubted the judgment and sentence, commanded that the body of the saint be removed to the place they had taken it from. As soon as the sepulcher was opened, there issued such a great and sweet odor that the entire cloister was filled with it. It seemed as if no body had been buried there, but rather that all manner of spices had been. The habit of his order, his cope, scapular, and tunic were all without any evil corruption, and the odor was indescribable..of his precyous bedy and hys habyte were swete smellyng by euydent wyt\u00a6nesse seuen yere after that he was tran\u00a6slated / and the body was translated al hole / Our blessyd lord hath honou\u00a6red his blessyd saynt with many mer\u2223uayllous sygnes and myracles / by his benefetes and merytes he hath rey\u00a6sed somme fro dethe / and somme fro wycked spyrytes & fro the puyssaunce of the fende / And many from dy\u2223uers maladyes haue been broughte to helthe by the grace of god & the mery\u2223tes of this gloryous saynt / We rede al\u2223so that there was a frere moche deuoute called brother alberte / which on a day was moche deuoutelye in prayers tofore thaulter of the virgyn marye / & ij reue\u00a6rend {per}sones merueyllously shynyng apperyd to hym / that one of tho tweyn was in thabyte of a bysshop / & thother in\nAnd on his breste he had a grete stone which of hys bryghtenesse caste oute many rayes of clerenesse / and alle the chyrche / his cope that he had on was ful of precyous sto\u2223nes / Hys cote and scapulayr were alle shynynge of.When the friar saw this sight, he marveled much. Then the one in the habit of a bishop said to him, \"I am Austyn, sent to show you the glory of Brother Thomas of Aquino, who is in heaven in glory, like unto me. But he proceeds before me in the order of virginity, and I before him in priestly dignity. Many other signs and miracles has our Lord shown to the honor and glory of His glorious saint, Saint Thomas. Whose merits be to us aid and help. Amen.\n\nAt that time, Diosculian and Maximian reigned as emperors. Gayus, who was pope of Rome, called and convened all the Christian people, and said to them, \"Our Lord has ordained two degrees or states for those who believe in Him: that is, confessors and martyrs. Therefore, if some of you are fearful and in doubt that they shall not be able to endure martyrdom, let them ever have true and faithful confession and steadfastness in the faith.\".Feather and Goo must join Cromacyen and Tiburcen to save themselves. Those willing to abide with me within this city, let them remain. The separation of persons in far-off countries may not separate those whom divine charity has assembled. Then Tiburcen called out to him, saying, \"Holy father, I beseech thee not to abandon me to turn my back on suffering bodily death to obtain and enjoy eternal life.\"\n\nWhen Saint Gaus saw the faith of Tiburcen and his constant courage, he began to weep for joy.\n\nSaint Nychostrate, with his brother Castore and his wife Zoe, also Claudian and Victoryn his brother, and their son Symphoryen, were ordained deacons by the bishop. Saint Mark and Marcellyen were made priests. He ordained Saint Sebastian as defender of the church and made the others subdeacons. Night and day they were continually in great devotion, fasting, weeping, and saying their prayers..Oryson and his companions prayed to our Lord that, of His benevolent grace, He would make them worthy to accompany the martyrs with true compassion. Through their prayers, many were healed of their sicknesses, many blind persons were restored to sight, and many enemies or demons were driven away from many a creature. As Turpin passed through the town, he saw a man who had fallen from high to low, so much so that he was almost bursten and broken of all his members, and men were preparing to make a grave for him. Soon Turpin approached and began to say the Our Father over him gently and softly. After he had recovered him and restored him to good health, he took him aside and baptized him. So Zoe was devoutly praying with Oryson, and she was taken and led by the pagans to a statue of martyrdom to be constrained to sacrifice to the statue of Mars to show that.your Mars delights and takes pleasure in women / and yet, he shall not have victory over me / For I was led into a prison right dark and obscure, and there I was for five days without sight of any light, without drink and without food and without the sight and hearing of any body, but only of him who kept me there / who often said to me, through famine or weakness and lack of food, \"Thou shalt die here in darkness or obscurity if thou sacrificest not to our mighty gods.\" / On the sixth day, I was taken out of prison / and hung by my heels to a high tree / and under me they made a smoke of dung and ordure or filth / which rendered an horrible stench / and by this torment of martyrdom, I expired and returned my soul to our lord / confessing his right holy name / After the tortures took the holy corpse / and at its neck they hung a great stone / and cast it within the river..Of Tyre / To those who should not make it into a goddess, and after she had received her martyrdom, she appeared before St. Sebastian. She recounted to him how she had suffered martyrdom for the love of our Lord. Saint Sebastian repeated this to his companions. Transquilina exclaimed and said, \"The women proceed to the crown of glory.\" Why live we so long? On the seventh day after this, Transquilina, alone and publicly, began to denounce the name of God. And immediately he was taken and pelted with stones. When he had rendered his soul to God, he was cast into the Tiber. Anicetus and Claudius, along with Victorinus and Symphorian, were about to retrieve the bodies of the martyrs from the Tiber. They were taken and led to Prefect or Judge Fabian, who coerced them into sacrificing to idols for ten days. He attempted to persuade them with threats one time, and with fair words another time..To idolatry, but they were steadfast and constant in the faith which Fabian, when he saw them so constant, reported to the emperor. The emperor commanded that they should be tortured with various torments at once. But when he saw their steadfast belief, he commanded that without delay they should be cast into the midst of the sea. Fabian, to comply with the emperor's command, had each of them hanged at the neck, and they were thrown into the depths of the sea. Their martyrdoms ended flourishingly, as lovely before God. In eternity, where we all may have a part, amen.\n\nThis ends the life of Saint Gayus.\n\nSaint Arnold was the father of Pepin and the generous father of Charles the Great, as Peter Damien, the doctor, recounts. He held a duchy in Loraine, which kept worldly affections from him, such as riches, wife, and children. He haunted deserts to lead a solitary life..On a day as he passed over the Meuse river, and was in the middle of the bridge where the water was deeper than anywhere else, he took a ring and threw it into the water, saying, \"When I receive forgiveness for all my sins, I will take this ring back.\" After that, he departed and went into a desert, where he lived for a long time, devoted to God.\n\nIn that time, the bishop of Metz died, and Saint Arnould was chosen to be bishop there. One time, while he was abstaining from eating any flesh, as he always did when he was in the desert or the woods, a fish was presented to him. His cook prepared and sliced it, and found the ring inside. He showed it to the holy bishop, who was greatly joyful and glad.\n\nYou should know that from the place where the holy man had thrown the ring into the water to the place where the fish was presented to him was forty-two miles..by water and when the holy man advised him, and he well knew for certain the said ring, he thanked God for the knowledge of the remission of his sins. From thenceforth, ever from better to better, he intended to serve our Lord, and yet, as now is, the said ring is within the palaces of Mecca. Men may be marveled and marvel at and praise God. How in this present life they may not live without perils, but he is born in a good hour who acquires the graces of God, and makes justice on his own flesh as long as he is living in it. I say this because of the holy man who was born at such a good hour, who acquired and gained so much grace toward our Lord, that he was certified and ensured of the remission and pardon of all his sins, as you have heard before. Soon when he was possessing his bishopric, he distributed and gave so much and so largely of his own goods to the poor that the poor..Folke came there from far countries and cities to be counseled and helped by alms. He was also diligently tending to all good works, and in particular to receiving religious folk, monks, and poor pilgrims. He washed their feet, clothed them anew, and gave them sufficient silver to pass on their way. As soon as others of the newcomers arrived, he was ready to help them as before. For the honor and reverence of God, he spent his time in watching, fasting, deep prayers, and orisons. None could adequately recall or recount the great abstinences he made. For three days of fasting, he was content with a little bread made of barley and a little water. He wore his hair secretly under his clothes, and by the force of abstinence, he had greatly weakened his flesh. During the three days of fasting, he made a procession, where many creatures participated..During the procession, a woman was deeply praying when she was tormented and vexed by the devil. The woman cried loudly and high. When the holy man saw her, he made the sign of the cross over her, and soon after she was delivered from the enemy that tormented her.\n\nIn the time of Dagobert, king of France, as he was within his palaces, a leper came there and began to cry out for the holy man. He demanded food and clothing. The holy man commanded that he be led home, and when he inquired if he had been baptized, for he was from barbarian lands. The leper answered the holy man, \"Alas, sir, no. For I, a poor creature, have not found anyone who has given me the precious gift of baptism.\" The holy man baptized him immediately, and after that, his leprosy left him and he departed from his body. A sinner and one seeking mercy through the merits of the holy man was left and made whole..A man named Noddy, drunk and filled with wine, mocked and disparaged the holy man, declaring that he was not a man of God but rather lustful and ready for all pleasures. One night, as he and his son went to bed, by God's will their clothing caught fire. They cried out for water, but it had no effect, and the fire spread towards their genital areas, preventing them from removing their clothes. When they saw that no remedy worked, they went out of their chamber and lay down in the filth and mire, but this did not help either. For their genital areas continued to burn. And so, as I believe, at that hour, our Lord spoke through the prophet David, saying, \"Deterring secretly, he was summoned by Sudaed.\".The holy man, having confessed and atoned for his sin, and his son by the same sentence, persisted in virtues to avoid the vanity of this world. He departed from the city and went to a nearby place where he built a small hermitage and shut himself in. There he was continually in prayer and living austerely, lifting his hands towards heaven. It happened by chance that the king's house caught fire, and the fire grew so much that the houses around it began to burn rapidly. Suddenly, the people were moved when they saw that the entire city was ablaze, and they went to the cell of the said holy man where he was deeply engrossed in prayer. A man named Romancyus took him by the hand and said, \"Rise, man of God, to prevent this fire from consuming or damaging the city with it.\" Then the holy man replied, \"I will not leave, but\".led me nearly to the fire, and if God wills that I shall be burned, I am in his hands here as I am. Then the people of the city came with him, hand in hand, to the fire. And after they had commanded each one of them to fall on their knees and pray, they all rose up, and then he lifted up his hands and made the sign of the cross. And immediately the fire obeyed and behaved in no harmful way. And after that hour, one of his brethren saw in a vision toward heaven the sign of the true cross in a manner as a flame. And at the other side, he heard a voice that said, \"Behold thou this cross. By this, Bishop Arnolde delivered the city from the fire this night.\"\n\nAfter Saint Arnolde had released himself entirely and left the world, he went into a desert among the wild beasts where he made a little house with some monks who were dwelling there. There he held himself ever in holy meditation and divine prayers. And whenever poor people came there, he received them kindly..The good man served them, pulling off their shoes, washing and making clean their shins, and also making their beds and preparing their food. He acted as both cook and bishop to gather the hungry and thirsty. He often suffered himself so that he might feed his fellows with his own food. He set aside all precious garments and held the rough and hard hair dear.\n\nIn these two good deeds, the good man rendered his soul to God. After his obsequy was done, the bishop, his successor, had gathered a great company of people, including two bishops and many clerks. They all went together into the desert. When they arrived at the place where the corpse was, they said prayers mournfully. After taking the corpse and carrying it away with great honor and reverence, they came to a rut or channel and intended to pass it. However, those bearing the corpse stumbled and fell down..I. In the past, angels are said to have supported the corpses in the air for those who had previously carried them and let those who had fallen suffer no harm. Instead, they stood up again and bore the corpses as they had done before. During the life of this holy man, there was a man who lived lecherously. The holy man reproved him frequently and prayed that he would leave that life and do penance or die in that state. It happened that as the holy corpses were being taken to the city, they stopped at the ground of this man. The corpses remained motionless there, and those bearing them could not move them. The bishops, priests, clerks, and all the people present were greatly astonished and troubled, as it was nearly night and they did not know where they could lodge. A duke in the company named Nod said to them, \"You see how he refuses.\".To enter Wytham the ground of this sinful town, I counsel that we return thither, for to abide and rest there all night. For we have here nothing to feed this people with, as all provisions or store I have is but a little byre in a little vessel and a little bread, if it pleased God and the holy corps that we might be there or the night come. And yet, far away it was then. Nevertheless, by the will of God they were there right away. And them seemed that the holy corps bore him [himself] and especially that they were born there, where they came by daylight. And then said Noddo to them, \"I pray to St. Arnold that by his grace he will feed us all this night.\" For well I know that at his prayer we shall have all that we need. And soon with that little drink and bread that they had by the grace of God and of the saint, they were all fed and satisfied that night. And yet much remained of it both of drink and of bread..A pastor or guide for their souls, who for a long time had not been seen, buried the holy corpse in the church of the apostles. A woman whom Iulia was named, who for a long time had lost her sight, came to St. Arnolde's sepulcher. And there, she recovered her sight.\n\nAnother woman, on a Sunday, was punished by God. Her two hands were stiff and misshapen. She came into the church where the holy corpse lay. She besought the saint with a faithful heart, weeping sore, and immediately recovered her health.\n\nThe solemnity of this glorious saint is celebrated on the 17th day of the calendar of August in the honor of God who lives and reigns without end in the ages of ages Amen.\n\nThus ends the life of St. Arnolde.\n\nSaint Turien was archbishop of Dol in little Brittany. He was born in a town near the said city, where there was a church of [name].\n\nHis father and mother were of noble lineage at that time. In that time, a man of holy life, confessor and friend of God, was archbishop of [name]..The city was named Sampson, so called the vessel of holiness, that is to say, Turyen, who was still a child, but he was filled with grace by the holy ghost and relinquished all his parents, who were of great estate, and the fair living daughter he should have had. He came to the city of Dol towards St. Sampson. When St. Sampson saw him, he ordered and set him to keep his kine and other beasts. This signified to him gladly that he would in time become a pastor or shepherd of the Lord's sheep when he should renounce the dignity of archbishop. In this estate, keeping the beasts, his love for God was inflamed and not of anything human. He called every clerk who passed before him and prayed him to write some letters within a little pair of tables that he had, for learning and knowing them. When he began to know them well enough, it pleased the Lord that he should learn and know..The archbishop, who was endowed with great grace from God, had a melodious and fair voice at church more than any of his other companions. On numerous occasions, his voice pleased the archbishop so much that he retained him and adopted him as his own son. The archbishop took great pains to teach him the divine scripture and governed him sweetly. The child flourished and bore fruit in the resplendence of all good virtues through good teachings and examples. The archbishop, who was then old, considering the holy life that the child led and his maturity, ordained him master of the clerks in his chapel. The welfare of this child continued to improve from good to better. The archbishop Saint Sampson, who was still living at the time, ordered him to be made archdeacon, and when, by divine consecration, he was chosen to the dignity of the archbishopship, he was already an archdeacon..The people rejoiced at what he said, for they perceived that he was full of the grace of God. Once, as he lifted up his eyes toward heaven, he saw a wide window open and the angels in paradise bearing the ark of God's testament. Then he said to all the people, \"I see heaven open, and the angels bearing the ark of God. And I see our Lord Jesus Christ sitting on his throne. When the people heard him, they all together, both more and less, began with one voice, one heart, and one mouth to praise, glorify, and magnify the name of our Lord. From that time on, they honored the holy man more than they had done before. The holy man then commanded that a cross be made of wood, dressed, and set in the same place where he had seen the vision. On another occasion, as he preached near the church called Carnyfrassemblyd to hear his sermon, the cross that had been made in honor and reverence of our Lord was there..Lord Jesus Christ and of the glorious archangel Saint Michael, descended from the shoulders of the archbishop, it happened that a young maiden was brought here to be buried. By his prayer, at the request of the people, she was raised to life. I cannot find more about the story of this glorious saint, but we all shall pray to him that he may be our good intercessor and friend. Amen.\n\nSaint Fermin, the hermit, performed many virtuous deeds in the territory or country of Meaux, under the protection of Saint Pharon, bishop of the city of Meaux at that time. He performed many necessary miracles in this world, as the legend of his deeds clearly shows. And to ensure that this present narrative, which makes mention of him, is not too prolonged, and that the lives of Saints Fermin and Pharon may appear together to those who read it, it seems good to me at the beginning..I mention the excellence of Saint Fyacre. He left his country, forsaking father and mother and all his goods, and came to the parts of France. At that time, the glorious Saint Pharon had left and renounced worldly knighthood, and was ordained and made bishop of Meaux. The same monk named Fyacre, of Scottish descent, being moved by devotion in his country, departed with such companionship as fortune gave him and came to Meaux in France. He prayed the holy bishop there that he might dwell under his protection. When Pharon heard his request, he gladly acceded to it, and as a pious pastor granted that Fyacre should dwell with him, according to his pleasure, as long as he wished. When the hermit Fyacre had made his petition or request, he bowed his sight low toward the earth and, with all his heart and thought, without speaking, made his prayer to God..That of his grace he begged and prayed so fervently that his face rendered great droppings of water, and was over red and sore heated. And when the blessed saint Pharon saw him in such a state, he began to marvel and wondered if he was affected by something. Immediately, he called to him one of his servants and said to him, \"Go to that man and bring him secretly to speak with me.\" The messenger did as he was commanded, and led Saint Fyacre before the bishop. When the virtuous-minded Pharon intended to declare his intentions more clearly, he said to Saint Fyacre in this manner: \"My brother, I require of you that you put from yourself this sorrow and heaviness that is in your heart, so that you may better receive my words.\" Then Saint Fyacre replied to him, \"Fair father, if you will have pity and compassion on me, you shall make me cease this heaviness at your commandment.\".Then the right reverend bishop Pharon, looking at Pyacre, said to him: First, my right dear brother, I require of you to tell me in what land you were born and the cause why you left the country, also where you are bound for and what your name is. Furthermore, if you have need of counsel, words, or anything else that I may do, I call God to my record that right gladly I shall endeavor to render thanks and mercies, and afterwards he said to him: My father and my mother engendered or begot me in a Scottish isle named Hirland; and because I desire to lead my life solitarily, I have relinquished and left my land and my parents. I seek a place to lead my life hermit-like and solitarily. And by my right name I am called Pyacre. Therefore, humbly I beseech your high and ineffable paternity that if there is in some part of your bishopric a little place..Within a wood where I might use and employ my life in prayers and in hermitages, that thou wilt not withhold from me the grace of it. When Saint Pharon heard this, he was joyful and glad, and said to Saint Fiacre, \"I have a wood far enough from here; which is within our own heritage, and is called by the people of the country Brodyl, the wood which, as I suppose, is suitable for leading a solitary life. And if it is so that your desire is to see it, let us two go there together to behold and see the place.\" Then Saint Fiacre answered, \"As your paternity commands, I desire it to be done at once.\" The pitiful and holy bishop, as soon as he could, led Fiacre to the right desired place. And when they were come thither, Saint Pharon said to Saint Fiacre, \"My brother, this place belongs to me by my own heritage coming from my ancestry. And if it seems good and pleasing for you to dwell and abide in it, as much as it behooves you, devoutly and with goodwill.\".Here is the cleaned text:\n\nI present it to thee, [lord], and willingly give it to thee for thy good pleasure. And when he had granted and said, \"Fair farewell to thy feet,\" and for great joy returned to him graces and thanks, saying, \"O right blessed father, this place alone pleases me and delights me greatly, for it is a holy place and far from the dwelling of any people.\" After these words, they took their refreshment or nourishment from the divine food, and soon after returned to gather again unto the city of Meaux. And on the next morning, St. Fiacre took his leave of St. Pharon, who gave him his blessing. And when St. Fiacre had received it, he departed and went to the place before mentioned, where he founded a church in honor and reverence of our blessed lady, and beyond it a little way, he built a little house where he dwelt. And there he harbored the poor who passed by. When he had done and accomplished all that seemed necessary to him for the time, this is the truth..Friends of God frequently and without cease labored and watched over the service of our Lord Jesus Christ. They continually multiplied in good virtues, victoriously resisting His adversary, the enemy, and his flesh. They had a right hearted devotion to the poor and distributed, if some were at that time weakened, or mute, deaf, confounded, blinded by the enemy, or afflicted in any way, they all came or were brought to this holy man. And immediately after he had laid his hand on them, by the grace of our Lord and through his prayers, they returned home whole as they had ever been. In such a way, Thodor flourished, and the fame of the miracles that our Lord showed through him spread throughout the bishopric of Meoulx. Among other things, an holy man named Chyllenus, born in Scotland, came as a pilgrim from Rome..When Saint Fiacre arrived within the territory or country of Meaux, he heard speak of the good reputation of the holy man. He immediately went towards him, and Saint Fiacre received him kindly. When he learned that they were both from the same land and related by affinity of blood, he earnestly asked him to stay with him for certain days. Saint Fiacre agreed, and as they were together, and they had recalled the extraction of their parents, and spoke of the sweet sentences of the holy scriptures, they nourished and fed themselves with great joy. They recommended each other to the Lord and took leave of each other. And indeed, the reputation of him grew so much and spread so far that from faraway countries, many people came daily to him for recovery of their health. The holy man saw that in necessity he must make his habitation or dwelling more spacious and greater than it was..It is good and necessary for a lord to create a large garden where he would have all manner of herbs for making pottage to feed the poor when they return to him. And so he did. But it is said that Saint Pharon gave him leave before that time to take as much of his wood as he needed. Nevertheless, he did not have the boldness to make his house larger or greater than it was before until he had spoken again with Saint Pharon to ask for leave to throw down trees and other things growing about his house. The venerable and courteous bishop gave him as much of his wood as he could pick and deliver, and threw down with his own hands to do with as his own property. Saint Fiacre then encouraged his head and rendered thanks to Saint Pharon and took his leave of him and returned to his hermitage. And when he had made his prayer, he drew his staff over the land. Now may you understand something marvelous and of great miracle, for by the will of our Lord, where....A certain holy hermit named FyADER drew his staff, causing the trees to fall on both sides and around him where he drew it. Simultaneously, a woman appeared. She was astonished to see the ditch form by itself only from the contact of the holy man's staff. The woman hurried towards Pharon, the bishop, and reported this incident, testifying and ensuring that the holy man FyADER was not serving the sovereign God but was filled with wicked and evil arts. After she had said this, she returned to the holy man and, with presumption, spoke many injuries and vilenesses to him, blaspheming him. She commanded him, in the name of the bishop, to cease his work and not to be so bold as to continue it. The bishop himself came when the holy man, having been accused by a woman, ceased his work..begon & made nomore yf it / & satte on a stone moche thoughtful & wroth / wherfore yf our lord had before shewyd grete my\u2223racles by hym / yet gretter and more meruayllous myracle was made for hym / for the stone wheron he sat / by the wylle of god wexyd & became softe as a pylowe to the ende that hit shold be more able & easy for hym to syt on / & it was caued somwhat as a pyt there as he sat on / & for testyfycacion & preef of this myracle / ye said stone is as yet kepte within his chirche / & many seek folke haue been & are dayly helyd there of dyuers sekenesses onely to touche & to haue touched the sayd stone / The bysshop thenne by the prouocacion of the said womans wordes towargod shewyd by hym / as wel of the trees that by them self were throwen doun to the erthe of eyther parte / also how therthe onelye by frayeng of his staffe / was dyched aboute / as of the stone that was thus caued and made softe lyke a pylowe he knewe wel that he was a man of grete meryte toward our lord / and fro than forthon he.Saint Fyacre loved the hermit more than before and honored him much. The ditches before said have been shown to those who visit his church. When Saint Fyacre, as above mentioned, sat sadly and angry that the woman had accused and blasphemed him to the bishop, and for the thinness and vileness she had spoken to him, he prayed to our Lord that no woman should ever enter his church without being punished by some kind of sickness.\n\nOnce, a woman of noble and rich estate desired to know what would happen if a woman had entered his church. This woman took her maid or servant and brought her suddenly into the chapel. And immediately, seeing all who were there, the said woman lost one of her eyes. The maid Innocent came out again with her plain health.\n\nAnother time, another woman from Latynynak put one of her feet within the said chapel or church, but she....The foot swells in such a manner that the leg, knee, and thigh are greatly afflicted with sickness, and many other miracles have been shown because of this. Therefore, women should not enter it. In his life time, the good and holy Saint Fyacre shone forth with miracles and virtues, and after his death, his soul was rendered gloriously to our Lord. Since his temporal death, at his own grave, by his merits and prayers, our Lord has shown and continues to show many miracles. Restoring in good health those who are afflicted with any kind of sickness or weakness, those who come to the church where the said grave or tomb is, with a good and contrite heart, and devoutly beseech and pray God and the good and holy Saint Fyacre, who, by his glorious merits, may be a good friend towards our said Lord.\n\nSaint Justin was born in the city of Naples, and his father was named Crispobachy and was a right great man..A philosopher named [name] labored strongly for the Christian religion and composed many valuable books, as Saint Jerome and Hugo recount. He presented a book on the Christian religion to Emperor Antoninus. He labored so much towards the said emperor that he gained pity and compassion not only for him but also for all his children, the senators of Rome, and the emperor himself. The said emperor issued a commandment that no pagan should despise the sign of the cross.\n\nPompeius the Trojan, of the Spanish nation, composed into 44 books all the stories that were throughout the world from the time and reign of Mynym, king of Assyria, to the time and reign of Emperor Caesar. This history was abridged or shortened by Saint Justin. He also composed many other books, which were too long to recount, that were revealed or told to him..that much he should suffer before his death to maintain truth, as it appears in a write or letter which he sent to Emperor Antoninus, where he says, \"I shall have enough of persecutions by statues of iron against whom I battle or fight to maintain the estate of truth. But when that shall be, then I shall have knowledge that they are not philosophers, that is to say, lovers of art and science, but that they are lovers of all vanities. For he is not worthy to be called a philosopher who publicly asserts and testifies this, which he knows not, and says that the Christians are without a god, leading them further into error, though they are already in error. This was accomplished thus, as Saint Jerome recounts and also everyone else, for when the said emperor had passed from this world, after him reigned two other emperors named Antoninus and Aurelian, who were great persecutors of Christian people. And so, Iustinian persevered in..During his holy life and in accordance with Christian doctrine, Justin composed the second book to defend the religion. It came to pass that many philosophers, envious of Iustyn's piety and honorable conditions, accused him to the emperor, claiming that he was a Christian and would destroy their law. As a result, Iustyn was taken and made to suffer many tortures and various pains. Despite this, he consistently claimed the name of God, causing them to sprinkle and shade his blood in such a manner that he rendered his soul to our Lord Jesus Christ, with whom he now rests in peace and will remain so forever and ever amen.\n\nWhile Maximian held the lordship of Thessalonica, he ordered all Christian auditors to be put to death. Among them was Demetrius, who made himself known to all without fear or dread since the time of his youth..He had always been steadfast and constant in good operations or works, and had instructed and taught others how divine wisdom descended among them. By his own blood, he had revived or raised from death the man who, through his sin, had been put to death. As he preached, some of the minsters and servants of the emperor who were committed and ordered to take Christian men took Saint Demetrien and intended to present him to Emperor Maximian. However, it happened that the emperor was going to see a battle that should be done for military reasons and was delayed and held back with great difficulty. He had Saint Demetrien stuck through and through with sharp spears. Saint Demetrien, thus, ever witnessing the name of Jesus, consumed his martyrdom. Many miracles were made through his merits and good virtues for all those who devoutly claimed him as a man called Lemycus, who earnestly loved and served God, gave much of his goods to the houses where the holy corpse of Saint Demetrien was..Demetrius was buried and made the place greater than it was before, and built there an oratory or chapel in honor of the said saint Demetrius. One of the prefects or judges of Thessalonica, named Manam, was much beloved by God and the world. The enemy was filled with great envy for his good works, but God would not allow him to be overcome. When the devil saw that he could not deceive him, he took from him all his temporal goods and finally struck him with such a sickness that he had no member wherewith he could help himself, save only his hands. After this, the enemy approached one of his servants in the likeness of a man and showed him a charter, saying: \"If your master puts this charter or seal on him, he will be immediately healed, for it contains within written the names both of the gods and of the angels.\" The servant went forth and told it to his master..which answered to him who made me, may He save me if it pleases Him, and without His pleasure, nothing can be done, all is His, and all things lie in His hand. He can take what is His. Therefore, when He was born there, He lay yet again on sleep and heard Saint Demetrien say, \"God who created all things and restores health to the people, when He wills to send comfort and help, God who heals seeks people and sends to them comfort and help. And at those words, our Lord sent to him health and restored to him the strength and force of all his members and stood upon his feet. And forthwith he knelt and thanked our Lord and the glorious martyr also. The solemnity of this glorious martyr Saint Demetrien, who has many virtues, is celebrated on the 21st of October. His life was translated from Greek into Latin by Saint Anastasius and sent to Charles the Emperor for praise and reverence..God, who through the merits of the glorious martyr Saint Demetrius, saves us from all our sins. Amen.\n\nThis concludes the life of Saint Demetrius.\n\nSaint Rigobert was archbishop of Reims. He was filled with holiness and ruled during the time when two noble kings reigned in France: Childbert and Childeberto. He came from the most excellent lineage in the entire region. His father was named Constantine, and his mother was called Francigene, who was from the country of Picardy. From his youth, Saint Rigobert dedicated and abandoned himself to heavenly and celestial discipline. He loved chastity. He was ready for watchings and prayers. True in word and deed, charitable, full of abstinence, founded in humility, surrounded by wisdom, Just in judgment and just, prudent and wise in counsel, and honest in all conditions, he progressed in all good virtues. Thus, he grew and persevered, always improving in spiritual deeds, and he was of age..Perfectly chosen and elevated into the dignity of archbishop of Raines, in which dignity, by the grace of our Lord, he maintained and governed himself, such that he was both loved and feared by all people. It was no marvel if the good people loved him, for they greatly desired to hear his good doctrines and monetary spiritual guidance, and humbly served him. Nor was it marvelous if the evil people doubted him, for they, who doubted much to be reproved by him, wrote St. Remy, just as it was by St. Peter, who appeared to those who thought to do well most debonairly, and as St. Paul showed himself to sinners, promising mercy to those in sin, and pain without end to the good people if they strayed from their good works. He feared the good people, to the end that they should take no vain glory within themselves for their good deeds, and he comforted the sinners..Saint Robert, in order that for their sins and malice they should not be despised but that they should be diligent in putting away their sins and doing penance, therefore, through his good and diligent preaching he incited many to do good works. By the multiplication of his good doctrines, many led a life of holy conversation. Through his good examples, many he drew unto his holy company. He gave himself to all people, traveling always for their salvation. He was archbishop of Rheims after a man who was full of great virtues, whom men called Rollo, who was near, a kinsman to him, as some people say. When the aforementioned Rollo was dead, the see of Rheims was vacant and was void for many years due to many causes which, through long process of time, had been acquired and with great devotion and diligence, founded, all of which things the same glorious Saint Robert restored to their first estate. He organized a religion of canons..And clerks, after the name that they had been in time before passed, were sufficiently ordered for their living. They took not the canonical breed, for the canons at the time were not of such rule as the canons are in present times. Nevertheless, he gave them many things which they kept as their own good, to the end that they might help them perpetually at their need. He was also the first archbishop of Rennes who first ordained a common treasure in their church and general to all their uses necessary in time to come. These works he made and many more innumerable virtues and miracles. He filled his soul with blessed ancientness through holy perseverance and returned it to our Lord, to whom honor and empire belong.\n\nThus ends the life of Saint Rigobert.\n\nSaint Laudri, of whom we joyfully shall make memory and solemnity herafter..Saint Denis, the right glorious bishop of Paris, we read in the catalog that is made and written of the succession and of the number of bishops in Paris, how Saint Denis was received by Saint Clement, the one who Saint Denis always intended to go to, as he knew the error of the Paynims ruled most. God, who guided him, brought him to Paris and there he was the first bishop. There he ordained clerks and officers to serve the church. After Saint Denis, the ninth bishop was Saint Marcel. After Saint Marcel, the ninth was Saint Germain, and Saint Laudry was the ninth bishop after Saint Germain. Thus, it appears that he was the twenty-seventh bishop after Saint Denis. He sat in the chair of the church cathedral of Paris during the time that the noble Clovis reigned in France. This great and fervent love that he had for the church of Saint Denis caused him to give many gifts to the same church and make it rich, as the privileges of the religious there testify to this day. Twenty-five bishops were in the church..The chair of the church of Paris before Saint Laudry, as above mentioned, whose names are written in the privileges of the said church, none of them were made archbishops. However, the intention of Saint Laudry while he lived in this world was to accomplish mercy. He himself departed or gave alms to the poor at all times. We have seen and known that a man, whom men called Raoul Gris, with a face that appeared leprous to all people who saw him, came with great haste to the presence of Saint Laudry. There he confessed himself most devoutly, receiving his pardon benignly. After he came to the south of the saint and with great devotion kissed it, and when he had finished his offering and vow with great faith and hope, he returned. And not yet had he come to his house when he became as whole as he had ever been. Therefore, the name of God be praised, who for his good friend Saint Laudry, held the aforementioned patient so promptly.\n\nOn another occasion, a squire, who was lame in one leg, came to the church of Saint Laudry, and, having made his vow, he went to the altar and, with great devotion, kissed the relics of the saint. And as he was returning home, he was met by a poor man, who begged alms from him. The squire, moved by compassion, gave him all the money that he had brought with him for the offering. And when he had given it, he felt himself cured of his infirmity, and he praised and glorified God, and gave thanks to Saint Laudry for his great mercy..full of pain and to claim Saint Lazarus, saying \"blessed Saint Lazarus, vouchsafe to behold my misery,\" and then he prayed to his friends that they would take him to the sepulcher of Saint Lazarus, which they did. Then Bishop Maurice of Paris, who was there, seeing the devotion of the aforementioned seek man, prayed to Saint Lazarus that he would intercede with God for him through his glorious merits. With one of Saint Lazarus' teeth, Bishop Maurice touched the places on his body that most pained him, making the sign of the cross. Immediately, he became whole. It is also read of a knight named Gilbert, who had a thorn in his knee to which he found no remedy by any manner of medicine. He was as desperate not only for the pain and suffering he endured but also for lack of hope to be healed. The which knight had himself brought into the church of Saint Lazarus, and with his sweat, he was anointed over him with the sign of the cross. Immediately after, the thorn came out..In the time of Emperor Valentinian, Saint Melor, born in great Britain, came to Rome to pay the tribute of his land and serve the emperor. When he arrived there, as was customary, he went to the temple of Mars with his companions to sacrifice. He then heard Pope Stephen with a few Christian folk, to whom he preached the faith of Christ and baptized them. Melor was then baptized by Pope Stephen and taught in the Catholic faith. He immediately sold away all his goods and gave them to the poor for the love of God. The pope promoted him into all the degrees of the priesthood, even making him Saint Melor, priest. In prayer, watching, and fasting, he persevered. One time, as he said Mass, both the pope and he saw at the right side of the altar..Thaulter, an angel speaking, gave him a pastoral staff and said, \"Take this staff. Under its authority, you shall rule and govern the city of Ron. For all the people there are of God and ready to your service and commandment, notwithstanding that it is far from here and the way is painful and unfamiliar to you. Nevertheless, you ought not to doubt anything, for Jesus Christ will always keep you under the shadow of his wings.\" After these words, he took and received the pope's blessing and set off. When the evening came and he held the said staff in his hand, he met a man who was wounded in his foot. This holy man made his prayer, and he healed him. From thence he came to Ron, where he accomplished his office well and holy, and made there many virtues and miracles. The glorious saint rested in peace on the 11th day of the calendar of the month of November, to the honor of God who lives..Thus ends the life of Saint Mellonyn. In little Britain, in the diocese of Triguyer, was born Saint Yves. He was engendered or begotten of noble and Catholic parents and was received by his mother in her sleep, that he should be sanctified. In his first age, he was of right good condition, and right humbly and devoutly frequented the churches. He heard attentively the masses and sermons. Much of his time he employed in studying the holy letters and read much carefully the lives of the saints, penning himself much with it, which, by the process of time, was surrounded by great wisdom and renowned for great science, both in righteousness and in canon law, and also in theology, as it appeared then. He also occupied and exercised himself much holily and devoutly in the faith of advocacy in the bishop's court of Triguyer, pleading for the causes of the miserable and poor persons without taking any salary, exposing himself..He was chosen into the office of the official, first in the court of the archdeacon of Resnes, and afterward in the same court of the bishop of Triguier. Legally, justly, and diligently, he accomplished all things pertaining to the said office. He supported those who were oppressed and wronged, and rendered to each one his own, rightfully without any acceptance or taking of money or anything else. They then called him to the governance and guidance of souls. He bore the Bible and his breviary or portables with him, and so he made and ordered himself in the order of priesthood. He celebrated as every day, and heard humbly, devoutly, and diligently the confessions of his parishioners. He visited the sick without distinction, and comforted them wisely and taught them the way of their salvation. Devoutly, he administered the precious and blessed sacraments to them..body of our Lord Jesus Christ, committed to him in all things pertaining to the care of the people of our Lord Jesus Christ, he accomplished it duly and worthily. He proceeded from virtue into virtue, and was pleasing both to God and to the world. The people were very reluctant to depart from his words and from his companionship. They were greatly ashamed to see him because of his friendly demeanor and his wonderful holiness. What a marvel! He was of admirable or wonderful humility, which he showed in all things: in his appearance, in his clothing, in deed, in word, in coming and going, and in dining company. He spoke to the people both softly and loudly, looking gently on the earth, keeping his head before his face so as not to be praised by the people, and rebuking all vanities. For fifteen years before his death, he wore nothing but coarse russet or white clothing, such as the poor people of the countryside are accustomed to wear..He held the ewer and also the towel while the poor washed her hands. Afterward, with his own hand, he administered to them the food they should eat, and setting himself on the ground, ate with them of the same food - brown bread and sometimes a little pottage. Among those who ate with him, he had no privilege but the most disheveled and miserable one sat near him. He lay all night on the ground and had for bedding only sheets for a coverlet and a little straw for hanging. Before the celebration of his mass or when he requested it, he knelt down before the altar and devoutly made his prayer, weeping and pitifully signing. Often, as he celebrated his mass, plenty of tears flowed from his eyes all along his face. The humility of whom pleased our Lord, as it appeared by a dove or column of marvelous radiance that was seen flying within the church of Triguier around the altar where this holy saint said mass and certainly he did it very peacefully..A man he was of tranquility, for when men mocked him or spoke evil to him, he answered nothing but sustaining their evil words patiently and with great joy. A man he was of peace, and never was moved to any strife, indignation, or anger for anything that was done to him. He spoke no tumultuous, contumelious, or disorderly words. He was a defender without fear of the liberties of the church. It happened that as a sergeant of the king had taken and led away the bishop's horse for the centurion's payment of the goods of the said bishop, Saint Yves being in the office of official, virtuously took the said horse from the said sergeant and led him back to the bishop's place. And although men thought and believed that great evil or damage should fall, both to Saint Yves and to the church, it was secured. Nevertheless, no manner of damage came..He was neither unchaste nor lecherous, neither to the saint nor to the church, a thing held and reported as a miracle, and rightly attributed to the merits of the said saint, for it is testified and proven that he was chaste, both in flesh and thought, throughout his life, and chaste in words and deeds, and lived always so honestly and so chastely that no tokens of worldly manners appeared on him. But certainly, he always abhorred and cursed the sin of lechery, and he customarily preached against it, converting many a person from it.\n\nHe was never slothful or negligent, but always ready for orison or preaching, or else he was studying in the holy scriptures or doing works of charity and pity. He occupied himself in well-doing according to the doctrine of the apostles. He proved himself to God in all things privately and without confusion in his works. He treated the word of virtue and truth rightly, and always eschewed all untruth..The saint spoke little and only the words of God and salvation, and he preached the word of God rightfully and boldly, bringing those who heard him to a compunction of heart and ever to tears. He exercised and engaged himself in this holy operation or work as much as he could, and could be heard by the bishops and diocesans going by foot. He sometimes preached in four churches far from one another, and in order not to leave the custom of his abstinence, he returned after this great labor, fasting. He had the spirit of prophecy, for he prophesied that a schism would arise among men due to the vice of covetousness. This holy saint labored to reconcile all discord..and strive after his power, and the people who could not accord by his persuasion and admonishings called soon to accord after his example, by him made to God. It may not be recounted, neither was it ever seen in our time, the great charity, pity, and mercy he had towards the poor Indigent and suffering, towards widows and to poor children, both fatherless and motherless, all the time of his life. All that he received or might have, as well of the church as of his patrimony, he gave to them before said, without any difference. When he was dwelling at Rouse and was promoted to the office of official there at the court of the archdeacon, he also changed his manner of living. On the great and solemn holy days, he ordered plenty of food to be prepared, and at dinner time he called and made the poor called to dinner, and to them he administered food with his own hands. After he ate with two poor children, whom for the love of our Lord Jesus Christ he had..Sustained at school for eternity, he was always courteous to help children, both fatherless and motherless. As their father sent them to school and with his own support, he also paid their salaries to their masters. He courteously requested the poor naked of our Lord. It happened once that a gown and a hood, both of the same cloth, which he had made for himself to wear, took greater care of the poor naked than of his own body. He gave the said gown and hood to a poor man. He hospitally received the poor and pilgrims in a house which he had made for the nones, to which he administered both food and drink, bed, and fire for their warmth in winter. In whatever place he went, the suffering and poor ran to him from all sides, for all that he had was ready to their benefit as if it were their own. He gave alms for burying the dead and with his own hands helped to bury them. A poor man came against him once..He had nothing ready to give him, so he took off his head and gave it to the poor man, then went home bareheaded. He severely punished his flesh, as he was accustomed to being in orisons and prayers and studying, spending most of his time without sleep day and night, unless compelled to sleep due to exhaustion. When he slept, he slept on the ground, sometimes using his book instead of a pillow and sometimes a stone. He always wore his hair under his shirt while he was in the office of the official in the city of Trier. He ate brown bread and pottage, the common fare of laborers, and had no other food or drink. He lived this way for sixteen years until his death. He fasted on all Lenten days and all vigils from Ascension to Pentecost..Our lady and of the apostles and all other days, stableshed by holy church for to fast, he fasted with bread and water. During the eleven years aforementioned, he fasted three days in the week with bread and water: that is, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday. On other days, he ate only once a day and used bread and potage, except on Sundays, Christmas Day, Epiphany, Whitsunday, and Allhallowtide. On these days, he ate twice, and his rusty sauce was seasoned only with salt, without any other liquor, save that sometimes he put in it a little flower and a little butter. And on the day before his custom, he tasted no wine. He took the body and blood of our Lord, or else when he died with the bishop, for then within his water he put a little wine only for to change the color. He fasted once by the space of seven days without any food or drink, ever being in good health. The aforementioned Saint Yves lived fifty years or thereabouts..Last he took pains not to teach those around him / and preached to them about their salvation / and coming near to his last days, he humbly took the sacraments of the body of our Lord and the last unction / lying on his noble bed beforehand, he bid farewell to the same with great insistence of his friends a little straw / three days before his death / and his hood instead of a coverlet about his head / had on his gown / and refusing all other things, he was covered with a little and having hair on his flesh / covered with his shirt / and yielding out of this world / in the year of grace M / three hundred and three / the nineteenth day of May that was on the Sunday after the Ascension of our Lord Jesus Christ / went up into heaven / and like one who had been asleep without any sign or token of whatsoever pain he took, the righteous peaceful rest of death. And who could recount all the miracles done by him? But it is only possible for him who can..The name or tell of the multitude of stars and imposes a name to each one, but due to great inconvenience and dishonor, he refrained from uttering and kept silent about such things that are fitting for the praising and laud of our lord, especially where there is or should be abundance and plentitude of his praising. And yet, it is worth recounting some of the miracles, as it is recorded in the long-since made and accomplished book of his life and virtues. At his invocation, by vows and prayers made to God and the saint in various places, fourteen deceased children in the womb of their mothers were raised and received life, and at the invocation of the same saint, ten demoniacs, filled with wicked spirits, were delivered from their madness or frenzy..All wicked spirits / thirteen contracts or filled with paralysis were restored to good health. Three blind people were enlightened. Various people with all their goods were kept and saved from drowning in the sea. One perfectly shriveled or dropsy-filled person was entirely cured. Another who had a stone as large as an egg and genitals as large as a man's head was restored to health. One condemned to be hanged three times from the gallows was delivered and let go. A woman to whom milk was lacking within her papases was filled with it. Things lost by various people and in various places were found and returned by miracles. Two dumb children and various others who had lost the use of their tongue were restored to speech. Three or four women with all their birth were delivered from the peril of death. The fire taken and quenched in three different places was put out. Both men, women, children, and goods were kept from burning without being consumed..hurted / ne in no manere of wyse dommaged A woman sbreed that before had ben wette in water by the handes of the saynt / ete it and recoueryd helthe / The saynt hym self gyuyng foyson almoses / the corne multeplyed in his garette / and the breed in hys hande somtyme / Many seek folke were heelyd yf dyuers sekenesse & dolours onelye for to haue touched hys hood / a man dressyng the whole of his wa\u2223ter mylle / on whome sodaynlye the wa\u00a6ter came fro hyghe ruysshyng / and he besoughte the holy saynt yues / and anone he was sauyd fro drownynge / On a tyme as the sayd Saynt sayd masse / whyle he celebred and helde vp the body of our lord / a grete resplen\u2223dour apperyd aboute it / whyche soone after the leuacyon was doon dysappe\u2223ryd and vanysshed aweye / A poste ordeyned to the werkys or makyng of a brydge / not couenable to the sayd werke for fawte of halfe a foot of lengthe / after the prayer of the carpenters doon vnto the Saynt / was the sayd poste fou\u0304de longe ynough and couenable to the forsayd werke / \u00b6 In.During a great inundation or flooding, which covered ways and places, the sign of the cross was made with the holy man's hand on the water and it receded. The hood he gave to a poor woman, as mentioned earlier, and received it back from him. A great and marvelous miracle occurred. At one time, when he had given all his bread to poor people, love of bread was brought to him and the poor people in his company by an unknown woman. After her presentation, she vanished and was never seen again. On another occasion, as he had received a poor man appearing right foul and disheveled and had made him eat and set his hand at his own dish with him, this poor man departing and saying \"God be with you and at your help,\" his foul garment, which was said to be before, became so white and clean..The archbishop of Narbonne appeared with great resplendence and shining face, so fair and bright that all the houses were filled and replenished with great light. The archbishop of Narbonne was troubled by a strong illness, and due to the frailty of his nature, he was considered and regarded as dead by all those around him. For his eyes were dim, like those of a dead man, at the invocation or calling of St. Yves, who was implored for the salvation of the said archbishop by his parents and friends, with weeping, vows, and devotions. Through the merits of the saint, the aforementioned archbishop was restored to life and good health by the grace and virtue of him who is written about as the one who blesses, light, sapience, the one who be Creator, enlightenment, and savior. God, be thanked, praised, and worshipped by all the ages and ages amen. Thus ends the life of St. Yves.\n\nKing Theoderic commanded St. Morant of Douai, who was in Paris, a noble Frenchman and of St. Rotrude, to be summoned..Marchiones, or the one who had three virgin daughters named Eusebe, Ellysente, and Clotende, resided there. Saint Rotrud lived at Marchiones with Clotende and her daughters, according to the order of Saint Amand, and it was there that he passed from this world. Eusebe, his other daughter, lived in a nunnery in Hainaut with Gertrude, the abbess, who was also called the mother superior of Saint Aldebald. The abbey, named Neuville, was founded and endowed by Saint Amand in the same country. Many abbeys of monks were also in the same region, which Corotrud, his mother, built and granted lands and possessions to for their livelihood. She named the place Bruell.\n\nKing Theoderic, who was aware of this, commanded Saint Morant to lead Saint Amer as a prisoner from Peronne to the aforementioned new abbey and to keep him there, so that he would not escape from there and go elsewhere. Saint Morant went to Peronne and from there brought Saint Amer to the aforementioned abbey..With St. Amor through Cambrai and St. Amor Whytes, they prepared the dinner there. He went to Our Lady of Cambrai and made his prayers, kneeling. He took off both his gloves and his habit and cast them near a glass window. But the rays or beams of the sun kept them from the ground as if they had been hanging on a staff. The holy man, who humbly looked downward, perceived it not.\n\nSt. Morant followed him soon after to the church. And when he came there and saw the miracle, he was utterly abashed and begged for mercy that he had brought him there like a prisoner. He besought him that from then on he would become his father in God and that to his commands he would obey. St. Amor, who showed no reluctance, lifted himself up and restored his habit and gloves to St. Morant. He thanked St. Morant much and said to him that he should obey the king, for that was his duty. And that as for himself, he should obey the Lord and bear obedience..In all patience, his adversaries, and those who gladly would go with him there as he was ordered for, led Saint Amore to Bruel, where many holy monasteries or abbeys were separated and governed by the disciples of Saint Amand. There was Saint Amore, like he was in paradise terrestrial. The entire country around was resplendent with saints, both men and women, in great penances. Servants and friends of God, each one forced himself to pass his fellow in well-being without evil and wicked envy, and with great charity one gave an example to another to do well. When Saints Morant and Saint Rotrudis, his mother, knew and understood the devotion, humility, patience, and doctrine of Saint Amore, they prayed him that he would embrace or undertake the cure or government of the abbey of Bruel, which they had founded on their patrimony. They gave themselves, their abbey, and all their goods to him. And Saint Amore received them meekly..Dwelled there together peaceably,\nAll the other holy men there desired much to hear his doctrine. Saint Amer entertained and taught so much that he made him a clerk and ordained him as deacon. & made him abbot of his own foundation in the honor of God our Lord and of Saint Peter. Saint Amer did make a chamber joining to the church for his oratory, where he remained with the Lord, not sleeping but watching, fasting, and continually praying. There, the holy man made his holy penance as long as he lived. And when the Lord called him to His company, he received his rights and took leave of Saint Morante and the other brethren and so died there. He was buried within the church of Saint Peter of Douai, and rendered and gave his soul to the Lord around the year of grace seven hundred.\n\nI have said before what I now say: the lives of the saints were nearly lost, and all their legends, by the Normans, who wasted and plundered the land with two hundred and two..and fyfaryued and came in that same londe / and walked thorugh fraunce vnto Romanye / gooyng and comyng by the space of fourty yere and beganne aboute the yere viij hon\u2223dred and one and fyfty / yf one sca\u2223ped there were and yet oner alle other dyuers werrys were that merueylle it is / how we knowe of none / Therfore we shal praye to our lord Ihesu cryste / \n\u00b6Thus endeth the lyf of saint Morante\nSAynt Lowes som\u2223tyme the noble kyng of fraunce / had to his fader a kyng ryght cristen na\u2223med lowys / this lowys fader bataylled & foughte ageynst the heretykes and ablygoys and of the contre of tholouse and extyrped their heres ye / and as he retourned in to Fraunce he passyd vnto our Lord / Thenne the chylde of holy chyldehode faderlesse / abode and dwellyd vnder the kepyng of the quene blaunche his moder somtyme doughter to the kynge of castylle / and as she that louyd hym tenderlye / betoke hym for to be lernyd and taughte vnder the cure and gouer\u00a6naunce of a special maister in condycy\u2223ons and in lettres / and he.The young Salamon child, wisely and devoutly disposed, prospered greatly in all things more than any child of his age. His debonair mother, enjoying herself, often said to him in this manner: \"Rather I would see death coming upon you than see you committing a deadly sin against your Creator.\" The devout child took these words to heart and kept them within his courage, through the grace of God which defended and kept him. It is not found that he ever felt any inclination towards the barons of the land that such a noble realm should not prosper and have fair children. By sovereign care, they were raised, instructed, and taught to love God and despise the world. And when he could do so secretly, he visited them and requested their profit, as the ancient Tobias gave to them..Admonition of salvation/teaching them all things to fear God and keep, and to avoid assiduously from all sin; Garlands made of roses and other flowers, he forbade and defended them to wear on Fridays; because he knew well and understood that chastity gave his courage to sobriety and good diet, to humility and my servitude, keeping himself carefully from the pricking, sawtes, and watches of the world, the flesh and the devil; he chastised his body and brought it to serve by the example of the apostles; he compelled himself to serve his spirit by various chastisements or punishments; he used his hair many times next to his flesh; and when he left it for the cause of his body's weakness at the instance of his own confessor, he ordered the said confessor to give to the poor people, as a recompense for every day that he failed in it, forty shillings; he always fasted..On Fridays, and notably during Lent and Advent, he abstained from all manner of fish and fruits, and continually traveled and labored by watchings, orisons, and other secret abstinences and disciplines. His humility, the beauty of all virtues, shone strongly in him, making him grow better. The more he became humble, the more he regarded himself before God. He was accustomed every Saturday to wash the feet of some poor people in a secret place, and after drying them with a fair towel, he humbly and seemingly kissed their hands, distributing a certain silver to each one of them. He admitted three score poor men who daily came to his court, and he administered food and drink with his own hands, and they were fed sumptuously on the vigils solemnly, and on some certain days in the year, he admitted two hundred poor people before he ate or drank, with his own hands administered..He served them both food and drink. He always had food and supper prepared for three ancient poor women who sat near him. He charitably sent them food from what was brought before him. Sometimes he gave them the dishes and food that the poor of the Lord had touched with their hands. Specifically, he eagerly ate the leftovers or remained to eat them. To the end that he should eat it, and yet again to honor and worship the name of our Lord on the poor people, he was not ashamed to eat their leftovers.\n\nHe would not use scarlet or fine cloth, nor the furring of excessive price and cost. And notably, when he came from beyond the sea for the first time again, he greatly desired the growth of the faith. Therefore, he was a true lover of the faith and eager to enhance it, as he was still the one who had recently emerged from a grievous sickness. Lying at Pontoise, he took the cross with great devotion from the hand of.The bishop of Paris led with him three of his brethren, along with the greatest lords and barons in his realm and many a knight and other people, applying on his way and with right great host arrived in Egypt. Setting foot on the ground, they occupied and took by force the city named Damette and all the region around it. Then, after the Christian east was struck and beaten with a much great and wonderful sickness by the Just Judgment of God, many Christian men died there. In so much that of the number of twenty-three thousand fighting men, there was left but six thousand men alive. And God the Father of Mercy, willing Himself, showed wonderful and marvelous on His saint. Gave and bequeathed the said king Champion or defender of the faith into the hands of the evil pagans, to the end that he should appear more marvelous. And as the noble king might have escaped by the next ship nearby, he always yielded himself with his good..He greeted the idea that he might deliver his people through his intervention. He was put to great ransom, which was paid. He would yet remain a prisoner until the payment or ransom of other his lords and barons was made. And then, after he put and left, just as Joseph did from the charter or prison of Egypt, he did not immediately return to his proper or own parties. Instead, he first remained continually for five years in Syria, where he converted many pagans to the faith. And he, being there, the Christian taken from the pagans' hands, died and fortified many towns and castles with strong walls. He found about Sidon many dead bodies of Christians, some dismembered and eaten by beasts, and others that had decomposed too much. He gathered and assembled these with his own hands, along with the help of those who could not endure or suffer the stench of them. Humbly and devoutly, he took them to the burial of the holy church. And after this, understanding the sickness of the land,.The queen, with the counsel of the barons, consented for the king to return to France. On the third night after the rising of Aurora, as the ship where the king was, was struck twice as strongly against the rock, the sailors and others on board believed that the ship would have broken and sunk. The priests, clerks, and other people on board, terrified by the severe damage to the ship, found the saint devoutly praying before the body of the Lord. They firmly believed that God Almighty, through the merits and prayers of this saint, had saved them from the imminent danger of death. The saint then returned to France and was received with great joy by all. His virtue was further enhanced, and he became perfect in all aspects of life. Despite this, he did not show more signs of mercy and pity from his youth..He evidently showed his charitable deeds towards the poor, benefiting them profitably as much as he could at their need. He then began to build and found hospices or houses for the poor to lie in. He endowed ministries of religion and gave annually to other poor sufferers in various places in the realm much money, pecunies, or silver. He founded many convents of the order of preaching friars, and gave buildings for other religious, building churches, cloisters, dormitories, and other suitable structures, giving largely to God in alms. He relieved many a poor monastery, enriched many a church founded by him with great revenues and rents, in which he often exercised the office of charity and of marvelous humility, humbly and devoutly serving the poor with his own hands when he came to Paris or other cities, visiting the hospices and other small houses where poor people lay, and without abhorrence..The blessed Saint Louis, in the abbey of Royalmonte which he founded and endowed with great revenue and rents, is shown to have frequently administered alms to the poor, giving them food with his own hands. In the abbey of Royalmonte, a monk, a leper and abhorrent in appearance due to his sickness, humbly received both food and drink from the saint's mouth without any abhorrence. The abbot present, who could not bear to witness this, wept and sighed pitifully. However, to the indigent, he opened the bosom of mercy. Nevertheless, to those who served in divine offices and prayed for souls, he made greater alms and more frequent ones. Through the great annual alms he gave to the nuns in Paris, both to the friars..predicators and minors once told his family, \"Oh God, how this almost is well set or bestowed upon so many and so great number of friars approaching and coming to Paris from all lands to learn the divine scriptures and to show and utter them throughout the world for the cure and salvation of souls. Other alms that he gave throughout the year, no tongue could suffice to recount it. He worshipped the holy relics with much great devotion and assiduously cultivated God and the honor of the saints. In Paris, he built a fair chapel within the royal palaces. In it, he purposely and carefully placed the holy crown of thorns of our Lord, as well as a great part of the holy cross. Also the iron head of the spear with which the side of our Lord was opened, with many other relics which he received from the emperor of Constantinople. He spoke to no one while he was at church hearing the divine service, unless it was for great need or..Greet vow to the common weal, and then with short and substantial words he declared that he would not let his devotion be hindered. He could not hear nor endure the reproaches or blasphemy done to the Christian faith, but he, enamored of the love of God, as Phineas, punished them severely. Whereof it happened that a citizen of Paris, who sorrowfully blasphemed against Jesus Christ against the royal act or statute, which St. Louis, by the counsel of the prelates and princes, had ordained and made for the swearers and blasphemers, at the commandment of the said saint, was marked or branded at the lips with a hot and burning iron, as a sign of punishment for his sin and terror to all others. And because he heard some say and cast in his face many curses, he said, \"I would gladly bear such disgrace or shame as long as I shall live, so that all the evil vice of swearing were left and cast out.\".Our realm / He held the sign or figure of the holy cross in such great reverence that he avoided stepping on it / and requested of many religious persons within their churches and tombs that they should not pour out offerings or picture the form or figure of the cross / and that the crosses portrayed and figured they should make be / O how great reverence he showed Good Friday to the chapel within the palaces royal / for worshiping there the holy cross kneeling / both feet and head bare / O diligent dispatching of causes and matters / he rendered or yielded Justly and swiftly / O very doubtful that the strife and pleadings of the poor / should come only to the presence and knowledge of his counselors / he went and presided among them / at least twice a week / for hearing the plaintiffs / whom he made to be readily disputed / and soon after rendered Just judgment / He also established for having away the burning desire of the users / that no justice should be compelled or constrained..them that were bound to the Jews or to other public usurers, not by letters but by none other means, to pay or yield to them their usury or growing, in the end, understanding and truly knowing the desolation and perplexity and the perils of the holy land as another, Machabeus, with his sons, not willing that the Christian folk and holy persons should suffer or endure any longer evil or pain, inspired by the holy ghost, passed and sailed again over the high sea to the holy land, accompanied by the nobles and much commonality of his realm. And when the ships were ready to sail, St. Louis beholding his three sons and especially addressing the eldest, said, \"Son, consider how it is now that I am advanced in age and have already crossed the sea. Also, how the queen, your mother, is of great age approaching her last days. How blessed be God, we possess peaceably our realm without any war, in delights.\".reches and honors as much please us or belong to us, look then that for the love of Jesus Christ and his church I spare not my old age and have no pity on your distressed and woeful mother, but I leave both delights and honors, and expose my own self to peril for Jesus Christ, which things I will you hear and know, to the end that when you come to the succession of the realm you do so. The ships then ready sailed on the sea so long that the host arrived at the harbor of Carthage in Africa. There, by force of arms, the Christian men took the castle and enjoyed the land around it. Between then and Carthage, they set up their tents to dwell there a little while. And in this meantime, St. Louis, after so many virtuous works, after so many pains and labors which he had suffered for the faith of Jesus Christ, God, who would beeverly bestow his life to yield to him fruitful, glorious rewards for his labors and benefits, sent to him an axe continually..and then the holy teachings or instructions which he had previously written in French were presented diligently to Philip, his eldest son. He commanded that they should be accomplished soon. And then, being of sound mind and hearing, he recited his seven psalms and called upon all the saints devoutly. He received all the sacraments of the church, and at the last, stretching out his arms in the form of a cross, he professed his last words: \"I commend my soul into your hands.\" He died and passed into the hands of our Lord. The corpse of the glorious saint Lois was transported to the sepulchers of his fathers and predecessors at St. Denis in France, there to be buried. In this place, as well as in various other places, this glorious saint Lois continued to shine forth with many miracles on the day that he was buried. A woman of the diocese of Sees recovered her sight, which she had lost, and saw nothing again, through the merits and prayers of the said debonair..A thoughtful king, not long after a mute and deaf child of Burgundy, coming with others to the sepulcher or grave of the saint, begged him for help, kneeling as he saw the others do. After a little while, his ears opened and he heard, and his tongue was restored and spoke well. In the same year, a blind woman was led to the said sepulcher, and by the merits of the saint, recovered her sight. Also in that year, two men and five women, beseeching St. Loyes for help, recovered the use of going, which they had lost due to various sicknesses and weaknesses. In the year that St. Loyes was put or written in the catalog of the holy confessors, many miracles worthy of praise occurred in various parts of the world through his intercession. Another time at Eureux, a child fell under the wheel of a water mill. A great multitude of people came there, supposing they had kept him from drowning. They invoked God, the Virgin Mary, and his saints to help the child..A child is reported to have said, but our lord willed his saint to be honored among such a great multitude of people, was there heard a voice saying that the said child named John should be vowed to St. Louis. The child, named John, was then taken out of the water and revived. At the same time, in the diocese of Beauvais, ten men were broken within a quarry where they were fetching out large stones to cover it. A clerk passing by, having pity on those near death, knelt down to the earth and, remembering the new canonization of the blessed St. Louis, wept for the aforementioned men and prayed to him. After his prayer was done, he saw people coming that way. He called them and, with such statues as they had, they delved out of the quarry the aforementioned ten men, who were found unharmed and as healthy as ever before. However, in certain cases..It happened once that a great wall fell on a child, who was believed to be dead by all the people. His mother vowed him to the said Saint and had the stones that covered him removed. She found her child laughing and whole of all his limbs. A woman, suffering from what men call the fire of St. Anthony, came to give birth there where St. Louis was born. Before the font where the said Saint was baptized, she knelt and, with tears, made her prayer to God and the Saint. Through the merits of whom, her body was cleansed from the aforementioned sickness. Furthermore, two days after this, a worthy man, who for a long time had been oppressed and beaten by sickness in his feet, so that he could not go or stand without the aid of two fonts, made his prayer there. And yet there, and as now done, are many others through the prayers and merits of St. Louis at the glory and praise of our Redeemer.\n\nThus ends the life of St. Louis..King of France,\n\nSaint Louis of Marseille was born of royal lineage, the son of Charles, king of Cycle, and Marie, queen of Cecyle. Loving humility, he refused and forsook the highness of royalty and his noble lineage. Although it is impossible to recount all the worthy feats of his holy life with a few words, we shall recount some to the profit and teaching of those who will read or hear them. This glorious saint, as it is testified, was of many degrees of faith or worthy to be believed, being of young age, was held and kept under the care and religious diligence of his master. Despite being tender and young of age, he seemed ancient in manners, conditions, and courage. When he was led into Catalonia, a province of the kingdom of Aragon, with his two brothers as pledges for the delay of the said king their father, he gave himself so firmly to the study that in seven years while he was a pledge, he:.Prospered greatly in the feuen sciences and in holy scripture, the same godly man, resplendent in wit, could not only dispute subtly in public and a part of the said sciences, but also dared and could propose the word of God solemnly to the people and before clergymen. Men supposed and believed that God had sent and inspired him with such science rather than it having been acquired by him humanly. He confessed himself often and devoutly and heard the divine service attentively. On solemn and high holy days, he received the body of our Lord with great preparation. When he was a priest, he celebrated daily and listened much to the word of God. For the nourishment of his soul, he gladly and often studied the holy and devout scriptures. From his childhood, he loved chastity, so that for the most secure keeping of himself, he fled and avoided the company of all women, speaking to none except only his mother..With his sisters and seldom, he chastised his body by abstinence from food and drink, and made it lean and disciplined it, as another saint Paul. With chains of iron right often with his own hands, and he put his flesh under the service of the spirit. For a shirt, he wore a tunic or a strait garment, and for a girdle, he girded himself on his bare flesh with a cord. This holy man, remembering his vow to enter the order of the Friars Minor, in the province of Catalonia, purposed to accomplish it. But he seeing that, out of fear of the said king his father, the Friars dared not receive him, he solemnly renewed the said vow. And by no manner of persuasion or admonition, nor for any provision that Pope Boniface had made and given to him, he would not assent to forsake it. This devotion, considered by the assent of the said pope, this holy saint bowed to take the habit of the said Friars Minor and kneeling made express profession in the presence of John bishop..of Portune, who was then my mystic general of the same order / Marvelous and most wonderful thing it is, and not customary to be seen / for the same holy saint, filled with virtues, renounced the right of the firstborn / and deprived the pomp or worship of the secular world / and for the temporal and corruptible change, made the realm pardonable and full of all manner of delights /\n\nHe had a marvelous compassion for the poor people / to whom he generously gave his alms / This holy saint Louis, as God's pleasure promoted him to the dignity of bishop / and notwithstanding, he never changed his habit / but diligently exercised the office of bishop /\n\nHe celebrated devoutly the orders, examined diligently in life, and in conditions, and in the articles of the faith / and he loving fervently the faith, willing and ever ready to enhance it / he persuaded and admonished earnestly the Jews and pagans to baptism / and at last, attending to God's font, quick and living, near the term of..During his final days, lying on his bed, he earnestly sought and received the precious body of our Lord. Although he was very weak, he rose from his bed against his Creator and, immediately afterward, passed gloriously out of this world to the glory of paradise. It was fitting and reasonable that he, in whose life God surrounded him with so many virtues and good conditions, should be ennobled and honored by many miracles after his death. These miracles, approved and testified by the faithful people of the faith, are declared below for the honor and glory of the said Saint.\n\nA maiden of two years old, who had suffered from a strong axe wound for two years, died and departed from this world. Her father besought the saint for her life, and immediately, by the merits of the saint, she was raised and restored to life. A five-year-old child, killed by the great force of an axe, died. His father vowed:.A maiden of seven years, who had suffered an axe's continual death and made a vow to the same saint by her parents, was restored to life and lived long after. A woman conceiving two daughters, one of whom died in her womb due to a fall her mother received against her belly, was about to be delivered of her child. At that time, a mystery of midwifery was performed, piece by piece, and a vow was made by the father to the saint. The dismembered child was restored to life and lived for seven months. A woman, passed out of this world due to great sickness, made a vow to the saint by her parents. She was restored to life and lived long thereafter. With these miracles and many others, God's saint was magnified and honored throughout the world. Therefore, let us pray to the holy saint..Loies of Marcelle prayed to God for us. Amen.\n\nThis concludes the life of Saint Loies of Marcelle, bishop. In the time of Dagobert, king of France, who reigned around the year 600, was born Saint Audegonde, of the lineage of Riale. This holy Audegonde was nourished in the service of God. I may truly say that our Lord Himself nourished and educated her, as He presented Himself to her through noble visions and wonderful angels. Men and women religious and holy, as if she lived holy, were her teachers. When this holy Audegonde had reached an appropriate age, her father and mother intended to marry her to a noble, rich, and powerful man. But in conclusion, she answered that she would take no other husband or spouse but our Lord Jesus Christ. To whom, of bounty, beauty, nobility, power, wealth, and wisdom, none can be compared.\n\nAfter the death of her husband, Saint Vincent of Songnes made Saint Audegonde a nun..A profession in the abbey of nuns that she had founded, and she wrote and prayed to her mother that she might have her sister with her for her amusement, comfort, and companionship in true love and charity. Audegonde the holy virgin was sent there and was taught and instructed by her sister in the manner of religious life. Few days after, her mother, yet supposedly intending to marry her, went there where both her daughters were, and to Audegonde gave a piece of linen cloth, such as princes wore, and commanded her to make shirts, sheets, and kerchiefs for her paramours. The good virgin, thinking that her mother had meant her spouse, Jesus Christ, took the said cloth and from it made crosses, which are put on newborn children's heads when they are born to the fonts to be baptized, to whom the priest says, \"Take thou this white clothing which thou shalt bear before the secular tribunal of our Lord.\" Therefore, the said holy virgin, to honor her spouse, made crosses from the cloth..The intent was that the shirts of her own shaping and making should be brought to her spouse, Jesus Christ. She made crimson cloth with her mother's clothing. And when she had made them very fair and rich, as for kings' sons, she, with a merry countenance, gave them to her mother, saying that she had done it in the best way she could. When her mother saw the crimson cloth and her linen cloth thus employed, she was much angered and ill-pleased. She fetched a rod to beat her daughter withal. But the blessed saint fled to the forest of Maund for help from the Lord. It is said that he, who by that sentence and grant of her mother should have had her as his wife, came to the said forest to have ravished her by force. But he could neither find nor see her. All went he nigh her. There she abode until her mother was dead. And after, she went to Montreuil and was consecrated to a nun by the hands of Saint Obert and Saint Amand. And immediately after, she built and founded her abbey of Maubuisson..There was once brought to this holy virgin a great fish which she put in a fountain to be kept there. It happened that such great fish are accustomed to do so that he leapt so high from the water that he fell on the ground and could not return to the fountain. A great raven came upon him, which would have eaten him, but a lamb appeared and kept the fish from harm, fighting against the raven so long that the ladies and nuns of the place perceived the battle. Some of them came to the fountain and took the fish with them, the lamb following them until the fish was before the presence of St. Aud\u00e9gode and never departed until the holy virgin said to him, \"You have done well, go to your herd again.\"\n\nOne night, St. Aud\u00e9gonde and her sister speaking secretly of their spouse, our Lord Jesus Christ, the candle flame from the candle stick was put out. St. Aud\u00e9gonde took it and, as if by God's will, it lit itself again. [Item, as on one occasion].They two went towards St. Peter's church around the hour of six. The gates that were then shut opened before them at the instance of their orisons and prayers. One, who was thirsty, was brought water, which was turned into wine by the grace of him who turned water into wine in Galilee. St. Wandrut saw in a vision five days before the death of the holy Audegonde her sister, the blessed virgin Mary. Both St. Peter and St. Paul, princes of the apostles, accompanied by many saints and a great legion of angels, led her sister Audegonde into paradise. She therefore came to the place where her sister lay, seeking and was presented her soul to her spouse, our Lord Jesus Christ. Through the merits of the blessed virgin Audegonde, whose miracles, both in her life and after her death, have been countless, may we come there as she is in glory without end. Amen..Thus ends the life of Saint Audegonde, the virgin. Saint Aubyn was born of noble lineage in Italy and served God zealously. With great willingness, he left both his father and mother, his parents and friends, his land and all worldly riches, and became a monk in the monastery of Tincillacense in Latin. There, he showed his nobility only through good conduct. He was humble and served all, and was continually in prayer and replenished with all virtues, ready and prepared to flee and shun all vices. When Saint Aubyn reached the age of thirty, he was made abbot of the aforementioned monastery, which he governed both temporally and spiritually for the space of twenty-five years. Our Lord was always well and devoutly served during this time, and temporal goods daily increased there. The bishop of Angers died at that time, and then this holy Saint Aubyn, by the grace and will of the Lord and by the common and concordant agreement of the monks, was elected bishop in his place..The entire chapter was promoted to the dignity of bishop there, where he was later known to be so perfect and so charitable that it was doubted his promotion was the cause of the salvation of many souls. A woman in the city of Angers had hands that were lame and deformed due to a sickness called the gout. She was greatly distressed and prayed for help from the saint. She was soon healed and relieved from that sickness, only by his touching her hands three times. On one occasion, as St. Albyn passed through a dwelling within his diocese, he saw the father and mother weeping over their dead child. He took pity, made a prayer to the Lord, and suddenly their child was revived. A blind man begged for help from St. Albyn, and the holy bishop made the sign of the cross over him. Additionally, as St. Albyn passed by the prison at Angers one time, the prisoners cried out and begged for his help. The holy bishop..A bishop having great compassion on them went to the bailiff, prayed for them, but it didn't help; therefore he went to his church and, soon after praying to God, kneeling before the high altar, a large part of the prison wall fell down, and every prisoner there escaped. A woman troubled by an evil spirit was brought before this holy bishop. As soon as the spirit perceived the holy man, it assumed the form of a little red wheel in the woman's eye. Saint Albans, making the sign of the cross, said to the evil spirit, \"Thou wicked spirit, thou shalt not destroy the eye which thou didst not make nor canst make.\" Immediately, the same little wheel began to bleed as if it had been struck by the enemy, and he departed from her. She was left in good health and her reason was restored.\n\nIn English translation, Albans is called \"the white one,\" as Albans is named like albus. Therefore, this holy saint was entirely white due to his purity..This holy bishop, named Albinus, was good, secondly, as one who has bounty or goodness in himself. Albinus is called \"the good,\" and truly this holy saint was good. Thirdly, as one who flies to the spiritual realm by vigor or force, Albinus is so named. Albinus is said to have two wives, that is, two nurses, who nourished him. It is reported that Saint Albin lay alone in his cradle, doubting none, in an inconceivable garden. A she-wolf came and carried the child away into the fields. Two maidens then passed by that way. They perceived the child lying there and, having pity on him, one of them said, \"Would that I had milk to foster the wolf-cub,\" and these words she spoke. She then saw her parents rising and filled with milk. They took the child and gave him suck. The other maiden saw this and prayed..Once she had milk, just as her fellow had, and the two of them nourished the holy child Albin. It happened at a time when the Normans, in great numbers of armed men, came into the country where the holy corpse of Saint Albin lay. The people there were so terrified that they didn't know where to go or how to escape. And a man dressed all in white appeared among the people and said, \"Why do you doubt yourselves to fight and confront your enemy? You have Saint Albin to help and defend you. He vanished away, so take courage and go against your enemies and discomfit them.\" The people took courage and armed themselves and went against their enemies and defeated them. Saint Albin was buried in Angers. When his successor tried to translate him into a larger chapel in the presence of Saint Germain and many others, four men who were lame in all their limbs, as well as two blind men, were there. They were all relieved of their afflictions by the merits of Saint Albin. That is, the counterfeited men were healed..the blynde enlumyned / This holy saynt aulbyn Was bysshop of an\u00a6gers by the space of twenty yere & vj monethes / whos sowle toke his syege in paradyse / the yere of his natyuyte four score / there as by the merytes of hym / may lede vs the fader / the sone & the holy ghoost AMEN / \n\u00b6Thus endeth the lyf of saint Aulbyne\nFOr herte deuoute to vnderstonde what it is to say masse / also to conse\u2223crate the body of our lord the precious sacrament of thaulter / It is to knowe that ye masse may be comprysed in four partyes prin\u00a6cipal / the first parte dureth from the be\u2223gynnyng of the masse vnto thofferyng the second dureth from thoffryng to the pater noster said / the third parte dureth fro the pater noster vnto the persepcion / & the fourth parte dureth fro the percep\u00a6cion vnto thende of the masse / as tow\u2223chyng the first parte that is the begyn\u2223nyng of the masse vnto thoffrynge / It is to vnderstonde that the preest whiche is as he that sheweth the waye of god to the peple / or he reuesteth hym wyth the chezuble he.begins and says a psalm that is in the third nocturne of the psalter. The psalm begins, \"Judge me, God, and discern me. In the same psalm, he asks for three things. The first is that he may be separated from all evil company. The second is that he may be delivered from all evil temptations. The third is that he may be enlightened by the holy ghost. The fourth is that Jesus Christ give himself to be consecrated by him, and to the intent he may more surely and devoutly consecrate the said sacrament. He confesses himself of all his sins, saying, \"I confess,\" by which confession he shows four things. First, he shows himself worthy of reproof or rebuke. Second, he shows himself penitent. Third, he requests aid from those about him that he may have remission of his sins. Fourth, he demands true absolution from our Lord. The priest, after kissing the altar, signifies unity and delight in showing how the Lord would unite and delight in us..Ioyne our humanity to his divinity with great love, and take the church for his own spouse; therefore, the holy church may say: \"Quasi sponsam decora decoravit me corona, et quasi sponsam ornavit me monilibus.\" That is to say, that our Lord, as his proper spouse, has adorned or clad me with precious things.\n\nThe priest, after that, draws him to the right side of the altar, signifying how God, when he had taken our humanity after his passion by the virtue of his resurrection, translated him to the right hand of the Father. And there the priest begins the institution of the Mass, which signifies the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, how he would come into the world. The ancient fathers, prophets, and the faithful people of our Lord desired him ardently and for that they cried with a loud voice and said: \"Emitte agnum dominum, dominatorem terre.\" Signifying thus to God the Father: \"Sir, we pray that thou wilt send the sweet Lamb having dominion in the land.\".\"On earth and to God the Son they said, 'Veni domine & noli tardare.' This means we pray that you will come hastily and not delay. Secondly, the Introit signifies how the priest ought to enter the service of God. Following this is a verse from the Psalter suitable for the day, which signifies how we ought to join our hands devoutly in prayer, for he is made our proper brother in taking on human nature to show us the way of truth. After this comes Gloria patri, which signifies praising and honoring the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. For after good works, there should be praising and honoring. After the priest repeats the Introit of the Mass, he does so to the end that the desires of the ancient fathers, prophets, and patriarchs may be better shown. The priest then begins and says Kyrie eleison three times, which means 'to the Father,' and Xpe\u0304leison three times.\".To the Son, and thrice Kyrie eleison to the Holy Ghost, calling upon the mercy of God; so that the holy church may be accompanied by the nine orders of angels reigning in the company of God. This shows the signification of these before-said words: for when men say Kyrie eleison, that is, Lord, have mercy on us, the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost are called by this one word Kyrie eleison, because they are of one nature; and the Son is called by this other word here Xpeleison, for He, as touching the divinity, is of one nature with the Father and the Holy Ghost, and not that He would take on another nature, that is, our humanity, for our sake to give us pardonable life. After that the priest begins Gloria in excelsis, which gives witness to the nativity of our Lord. For when the angels of God had learned that God was born, then they all together enjoyed it..\"Cry out with a high voice / Glory and praise is in heaven to the Trinity, and peace is on earth to all creatures that are of good will. For before all creatures were in no peace, as there was war between God and creatures, between angels and creatures, between creature and creature. The disobedience of Adam caused the first war, of which followed the two others. Therefore, he who is true peace was to be born on earth to show and set among us true peace. And therefore, the whole company of angels of paradise sang with a high voice, Gloria in excelsis, that is, glory and laud in heaven. Peace and concord be on earth between creatures and God. For this reason He would take the nature of God and man to render us peace and to Him be reconciled. Therefore, creatures may and ought to say, from a good heart, the following words, to the example of the angels of paradise: Laudamus te, benedicimus te.\".For your great glory, we yield to the graces and thanks, Lord God, lamb of God, son of God the Father, thou that takest away the sins of the world, have mercy on us. Thou that takest the sins from the world, wilt receive our prayers. Thou that sittest on the right hand of the Father, have mercy on us. Thou that art holy, thou alone art Lord, thou only art the highest, Ihesu Christ, in the glory of God the Father with the Holy Ghost. And all saying, \"Gloria in excelsis,\" he turns towards the people and blesses them, saying, \"Dominus vobiscum.\" This signifies the peace which our Lord gave to His apostles after His blessed resurrection, when He appeared to them and said, \"Pax vobis,\" that is, \"Peace be with you.\" In this representing, He blesses the people, saying, \"Dominus vobiscum,\" to the end that the creature may have his thought toward God, and the people answered, \"Et cum spiritu tuo,\" signifying that we ought to pray for Him that hath to say the words..Orison/ and he who prays for us/ To ensure that his orison may be heard by God and enhanced/\nThen the priest returns towards the altar and says \"oremus,\"/ which signifies that he incites us once again to pray/ For in such a manner did our Lord speak to His disciples, saying, \"Orate, ne intretis in temptationem,\"/ that is, \"Honor and pray to God the Father,\"/ to the end that you do not enter into evil temptation/ And after the priest goes and prays, he says the orison for all creatures/ for which he intends and has in memory to pray/ And this is what we pray of Him, as our Lord has said in the holy gospel, \"All that you shall ask of my Father in my name, you shall receive.\"/ & after the priest says the end of his orison, he says, \"Per dominum nostrum Iesum Christum,\"/ as he would say, \"This is what we pray of you, we pray in the name of our Lord Iesus Christ,\"/ reigning with the Father and the Holy Ghost.\n\nAnd it is to note that sometimes the priest also says an orison which signifies unwillingness of faith..In the sacrament, a priest may say three orisons to signify the Holy Trinity, or else because our Lord in His passion honored and prayed to the Father three times. At other times, he may say five orisons to signify the five wounds of our Lord, or seven to signify the seven gifts of the Holy Ghost. It is essential for everyone to know that the number of orisons the priest says at the beginning of the mass equals the number he says in secret and the number at the end of the mass. After these orisons comes the epistle, which is as valuable as a message sent to someone by letter. It signifies the doctrine of the apostles of our Lord, who were sent by Him to teach and enlighten the people on the way to truth. It may also be said that this epistle signifies the prophecy of St. John the Baptist, who was sent by God to announce..The coming and doctrine of him: In which lore he says, \"Do penance, and the kingdom of heaven is at hand.\" That is, \"Do penance, for the kingdom of heaven is near you.\" And of his sweet coming, Saint John says, \"Behold the Lamb of God, behold him who takes away the sins of the world.\" This same epistle also gives us testimony: that our Lord will descend into the precious sacrament of the altar to sacrifice, as it will appear in the second part of the mass, after this. Saint John had taught in his preceding words that we should do penance to acquire and have the kingdom of heaven. Following this, the penitent creature may signify lamentation and embrace of penance. And after the creature, in a state of devotion, has heard the preceding words of God, he is obliged to put his hand to the work and do as he can. This gospel term, \"graceful,\" comes from the Greek language, and signifies how a creature ought to mount or go up..Before God, from degree to degree, by virtue of humility; and it is to be noted that between the octaves of Easter and Pentecost, the grayle is not said. For the grayle signifies penance and lamentation or mourning, and in this time of Paschal our mother holy church does not, but rather rejoices and makes solace for the resurrection of Jesus Christ, and therefore it is said, alleluia, which signifies joy and consolation. For after the creature has done penance by virtue of humility in weeping and lamentations, he must lead after joy and true consolation. Our Lord says thus, \"Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.\" That is to say, \"Blessed are you who weep by contrition, for they shall have true consolation.\" It is to be noted that his word, alleluia, is explained in four manners after the four doctors: the first is Saint Augustine, who expounds it thus, alleluia, \"Id est, saluum me fac, Domine,\" that is to say, \"Sir, save me.\" Saint Jerome expounds it thus, alleluias..That is to say, sing your lauds to our Lord Jesus Christ. St. Gregory explains it as follows: All that is, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. Or, he himself exposes it: All that is, light, life, and health. By the same explanation, it is as much to say as light, life, and salvation. Master Peter Anysden explains it well and says: All that is, the right high one was lifted up on the cross, for which reason the apostles wept, and soon after he rose. In this explanation, three things are shown to us: The first is the cruel passion of our Lord Jesus Christ. The second is the sorrow and anguish of the apostles. And the third is the joy..I. Joye of Vs: For he says that our Lord is risen, and in tokening of that, men sing Alleluia. After this Alleluia, he says the verse which signifies all sweetness and virtuous work by which men return to true joy. Therefore, he repeats the Alleluia after the verse is said. For by good works men return again to true consolation. And it is to be noted that from the septuagesime to Easter, men ought not to say Alleluia, and in stead of it they say the tract. The tract signifies weeping and lamentation for the passion of our Lord Jesus Christ, which comes near that time. That is to say, the holy time of Lent. And therefore, a devout creature with all his heart ought to draw to think on that same holy passion. And during that time men say no sequence, for the sequence signifies joy and consolation. And that time of Lent signifies nothing but mourning, and it is to be noted that the sequence is said after Alleluia. And it is said specifically on holy days..And solemnly, this signifies the abundance and multitude of mirths and consolations indicated by the said Alleluia and Sequence. For just as the day is more solemn than other days, so does creation owe it to the Lord to render and make greater joy in honoring the Holy Trinity. After all these things, the priest translates his book to the sinister side of the altar to proclaim the Gospel. In signifying how our Lord, when he came down on earth to reveal the holy Gospel to all creatures, drew himself to the sinister side, that was toward the Jews, to announce the holy Gospel, for at that time the Jews had drawn themselves to the left side. And in order to perform this office more perfectly at the beginning of it, he softly begins an orison that commences thus: \"Purify my heart and [sic].\" In this orison, he prays that the Lord will make his heart clean..for announcing his prediction / after that he requests the blessing of our lord / saying / I beseech thee, Lord, command thou that I may have thy blessing / and immediately the lieutenant of our lord answers and says / Our lord be in my heart and on my lips / so that I may worthily and competently announce the holy gospel of God / in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost / & after the priest salutes the people / saying / The Lord be with you / for two reasons / the first reason is to the end that the people be the more inclined to hear the word of God / & therefore the people draw toward the gospel and stand on their feet after the order of the pope / & signifies that the people ought to be ready and adorned to sustain the faith of God and true love / after this, yet the people be more inclined to hear the gospel of God / the priest represents the place of God and says / Sequence of the holy gospel &c. / in making..The sign of the cross / so that the enemy may not prevent him\nThen the clerks and people respond with \"Gloria tibi, Domine\" / in glorifying God who has sent the word of salvation to them, saying\nTo the Lord be laud and honor given / by Your Word shown to us\nThen the priest says the Gospel, which signifies, as said before, / the proclamation of our Lord God\nWhich finished and said / the priest warns himself with the sign of the cross / to prevent the enemy from taking away from the creatures' hearts the word of God\nAfter follows the Creed, which is as the testimony and confirmation of the aforementioned Gospel / which was made and composed by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ / in signifying that these things which the apostles said / we firmly believe / and by announcing it / and it is to be known that the Creed is said on the holy days of those who composed it / that is, the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ / and on the holy days of which mention is made within it..same crede - that is to say, all Sundays of the year: Cristmas Day, Epiphany or the twelve day, Shrove Tuesday, Easter Day, Whit Sunday, Trinity Sunday, and also in all the holy days of our lady, and of many other such days. This may suffice for the first part of the mass.\n\nHere ends the first part of the mass.\n\nAs for the second part of the mass, from the offering to the Our Father: Every one ought to understand that after the creature has heard the word of God, that is, the holy gospel, and adjusts to it firm or steadfast faith, which is signified by the creed, then he ought to offer or give his heart to God. Therefore, following the offering, the priest turns towards the people and says, \"Dominus vobiscum\" - that is, \"Our Lord be with you.\" Even so, he would say this if our Lord were not with you. For if he were not with you, you can do no good work, nor a good offering towards him, and after the priest..The priest says, \"For honoring and praying to God, he says the Offertory. After the priest takes the host, which is to be converted into the body of our Lord, and offers it to God the Father, he says, 'Receive, holy Father, and our offering, without blemish or spot, which I, your unworthy servant, offer to you as to my God, in truth and certainty, for all the sins that I have committed without number, and also for all those present here with me, and for all the faults of God that are living, and for all those who have departed from this world. May this oblation be profitable to me and to them for the salvation of our souls, in the life eternal or everlasting.' After the priest makes the mixture of wine and water, it is to be noted that by the said water is understood the people, and the wine represents our Lord, signifying that the water and wine humbly show to us.\".the communion that the people ought to have with God. It may be said also that this water is mixed with the said wine, for both blood and water issued out of the side of our Lord, and for this he says, Deus qui humane substanciam et cetera. In this orison he prays for all, to the end that by the virtue of the same communion, the people may be united to God through true love and devotion. After the priest offers the chalice to God, saying, \"Offerimus tibi,\" he signs how our Lord Jesus Christ offered himself to God the Father, crucified on the altar of the cross for our health. After the priest covers the chalice, so that no ordure should touch this holy sacrifice, and after making a cross over the host and over the chalice, saying, \"Veni sanctificator,\" that is, \"King almighty, I pray thee that thou wilt bless or hallow this sacred sacrifice in thy sweet name, for a devout heart to have pardon.\" After the priest draws himself to the right side of the altar..representing our Lord, and there he receives the offerings of the creatures. Then the people, by devotion, come and offer to the example of the people of God. One offered gold, another silver, others offered bread and others offered wine, and others offered various other kinds of offerings. After the priest washes his hands, for it is fitting that so precious a sacrament be worthily and cleanly made, he draws himself even in the midst of the altar and makes a deep inclination, saying, \"Receive, holy things, and the like.\" And the same inclination may signify the inclination of God towards him. Whych inclines him after the sacrament to the feet of the apostles and prayed to God the Father. After he kisses the altar in sign of the passion appeasing the creatures to him. After the priest returns himself towards the people and says, \"Pray for me, brethren,\" &c. In this he prays the people that they will pray for him. For.that is nothing more to say but right dear brethren pray God that I may make this sacrifice worthily, so that I may see God joyously. After the priest returns to the altar and begins his orisons, which are said for the same cause, it is to be noted that these orisons are said softly and secretly because the priest is near the sacrament. Therefore, he will have no interruptions or disturbances, whether by noise or by man. For our Lord's intention, he went from his disciples as far as a stone could throw. These orisons here are also said softly or secretly because, when our Lord had raised Lazarus the Jew, the Jews intended to kill him. Therefore, he drew himself into the city of Ephraim to a place all alone, and from that time he ceased his predication unto Palm Sunday even. Then he came to the house of Simon and began to preach openly..And for this, the priest at the end of his orisons in dressing up his hands says, \"Per omnia secula seculorum.\" And for this, that he is a messenger from God to the people, the people hearing this message answer, \"Amen.\" And there the priest begins the preface, which is so called because it is the preparation or first appearance that goes before the sacrifice principal. Therefore he says, \"Dominus vobiscum.\" That is, we prepare or make ourselves ready so that our Lord may be and dwell with us. And the people answer, \"Et cum spiritu tuo.\" And thus the people and the priest both pray for each other. After the priest says, \"Sursum corda,\" that is, that the people have their hearts lifted up toward God, the people answer, \"Habemus ad dominum.\" That is, we have them to God. Therefore, the people who are there in such an hour or at that time have not set their hearts to God may lightly lie.\n\nAfter the priest says, \"Gracias agamus domino deo.\".\"that is to say, we yield graces and thanks to God. If the people in that time have some devotion, they ought to praise and thank Him for this. The clerk answers for all the people: \"worthy and lawful is it to praise God.\" Rightly, we would say the same. A worthy and lawful thing is to praise Him. The priest then mentions how angels, archangels, and the entire court of heaven praise and honor Him. For this reason, he prays that we all may praise and honor God, saying with firm devotion: \"Holy, holy, holy.\" The first part of the \"holy\" is dedicated to the laudation of the angels, and the second part contains: \"Holy and mighty, Lord God of heaven and earth.\"\".The priest then represents the angels of heaven in the first part, as recorded in Isaiah's prophecy. The seraphim cried out with a high-pitched voice to one another, \"Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus, and so on.\" In praying to the Trinity, they said, \"Holy Father, holy Son, and holy Spirit. All earth is filled with Your glory.\"\n\nIn the second part, the priest represents the people of Israel. When our Lord descended from Mount Olivet and came to the city of Jerusalem, they cried out with a high-pitched voice, \"Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini,\" which means \"Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.\" We ask for pardon for this blessing, which is so sweet. The priest makes a cross, which represents our Lord coming to be sacrificed on the holy cross. He descends and is consecrated, so that we may see Him presently..and therefore deeply the devout people who hear the mass there ought to draw themselves within the chamber of their conscience, to the end that he may comfort them there with the sweet lamb through devout orison, praying him that his gracious coming be consolation and joy to every creature, and there also they owe to think and consider upon their evil deeds and offenses, to the end that they may show and declare them by firm and steadfast confession to him who presently comes there, and thus the creature shall more than thank and receive God through devout contemplation. After all these things follows the canon, which is so named for the mystery of the precious sacrament that is made and consecrated, and this same canon is said low or secretly for the virtue of the words, to the end that they not be held in filth. Anciently they were proffered and said aloud, therefore it was known to the most part of the people and they sang it through the streets..Shepherds took some bread and placed it on a stone. They spoke the words written in the canon over it. The bread was then turned into a piece of flesh. Shortly after, by God's will, fire descended from heaven upon them and they were all consumed and burned. Therefore, the holy fathers established these words to be spoken lowly. No one should say them without being a priest. The canon contains eight parts. In the first part, the priest inclines himself before the altar. This inclination signifies or represents when he inclines himself at the cross. And there, the priest speaking to the Lord says, \"Te igitur clementissime,\" that is, \"Father most righteous, we pray that thou wilt accept and bless these sweet oblations and these holy sacrifices without corruption.\" And there, the priest kisses the altar, signifying the compassion he has for the passion of our Lord Jesus Christ. And after, he makes the sign of the cross three times..The first cross signifies how our Lord was given and offered in three ways:\nFirst, by God the Father for our redemption;\nSecond, by Judas to the Jews through great treason;\nThird, by the Jews to Pilate through great detraction.\nIn the second part, the priest prays for the whole church, saying \"Offertamus et cetera,\" which means \"we offer.\" Therefore, the priest speaks not in his own person but in that of the holy church.\nThere is no one so wicked and evil after him who is a priest that he cannot consecrate the precious body of our Lord Jesus Christ.\nIn the third part, the priest has in a special mind all the subjects of the holy church, and particularly in that pasch he says \"Iuniamus manibus,\" which means \"have thou in mind\" - that is, \"Sir, have thou in mind your servants.\"\nAnd there the priest rests and has special memory of all creatures for whom he intends to pray, and he has also particular memory of:.The persons whom he is bound to pray for, and it is to be noted that this memory is for the persons who are alive after he prays for all those who hear his mass with faith and devotion. In the fourth part, he prays that he and they, whom he has had memory of, may have participation in the glory of paradise with angels, holy apostles, and martyrs. He says a devout orison that begins thus: \"Communicantes &c._\" In this orison, the priest makes special commemoration of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the twelve apostles of Jesus Christ, and many martyrs. In the fifth part, the priest inclines himself and says an orison that begins thus: \"Hanc igitur oblationem &c._\" In this orison, he does four things: first, he prays that God will receive our service; second, that we may have true peace in God; third, that he will keep us from damnation; and fourth, that with his chosen ones, he will lead us..the principal conversation he says / This offering / and there the priest makes the sign of the cross over the bread and over the wine / in the remembrance and tokening of the five wounds of our lord / and of his prayer, the sentence may be such / Sir, with heart we pray that of the same this offering be made and consecrated / approved and confirmed in a worthy, reasonable, and acceptable manner / so that this bread be transferred into your body / and this wine translated into the blood of your right dear son who for us suffered great torment / And therefore he says after in the sixth part of the canon of the mass / as follows / and it is to be noted that all that the priest does, as for the consecration, represents or signifies all that our Lord did to his disciples on the day of the Last Supper, that is on Thursdays, where he took bread and gave it graces to God the Father, broke and gave it to his disciples, saying, \"Take and eat; this is my own body.\".And in the same manner does the priest, in this six-part sequence, except that right there he does not crush the bread; but to that signification or tokening the priest inclines it both to one side and to the other. The priest first touches the corporal with these three fingers, intending to take the precious host more cleanly. And after he takes it, looking upwards, he renders thanks to God in teaching and tokening. When we undertake a good work to do, we ought to lift upwards the eyes of our heart to Him who begins and is principal of all good works. After he blesses the bread making the sign of the cross, which signifies the blessed passion of our Lord on the holy cross,\n\nAnd after the priest says the words that our Lord spoke, \"Take this and eat, this is my body,\" saying five sacramental words, the bread is immediately converted into the proper and own body of Jesus Christ, who died on the cross for us. After our Lord in..his souper toke the\nwyne before his drscyples / & yeldyng graces to god the fader / he blessyd & gaue it to his dyscyples sayeng / take you and drynke / for thys is the cha\u2223lys of my propre and owne blood / that is the confyrmacyon bothe of the newe and olde testamente and myste\u2223rye of feythe / whyche shal be spylte for you and for my peple in remyssy\u2223on of your synnes / and as many ty\u2223mes ye shal doo thys that I shewe you here / ye shal do it in the memorye of me and therfore in the seuenth parte of the canon of the masse / the preest whan he hath layed doun the body of our lord he taketh the chalys / and after lokyng vpward he blessyth it / and sayth take you and drynke / for here is the cha\u2223lyce of myn owne propre blood / and right soone after the preest hath sayd these forsayd wordes in latyn in mynde of our lord / the wyne is conuerted in to the propre and owne blood of Ihesu cryste / that same Whyche he spylte for vs on the rood tree / \nAnd here it is to wete that in thys precyous sacramente we may.consyder ix myracles moche meruayllous / the whiche may be aprouyd by somme sem\u00a6blaunce or lykenesse of nature / The fyrst is that the substaunce of the breed & of the wyne is chaunged in to the substaunce of the body & precious blood of cryste / and thys is shewyd to vs by suche a symylytude or lykenesse naturally / that is / that of food of brede and wyne / bothe flesshe and blode are engendryd in creature / moche more stronger / our lord that is souerayne nature / may doo by vertu of his wor\u2223des / that the bred and the wyne is conuerted in to his owne body / and in to his precious blood /\nThe second myracle is that euery day ofte and many tymes the breed is con\u00a6uerted in to the propre and owne bo\u2223dy of our lord / & not withstondyng none augmentacyon or encrees is don in god / ensaumple of nature / For yf I wote a thynge secrete I may vttere and reherce hit in many and dyuers places / and notwythstondyng I ne wote it the more ne better than I dyd toforne / \u00b6 The thyrd is that euery day our lord is parted and.And it has no diminishing, that is to say that God or the sacrament is not lessened therefore, naturally. If I have a candle light, every one may take of the light from it without it being lessened or diminished. Similarly, every one may take this holy sacrament without diminishing it, but he who takes it unworthily diminishes himself. The fourth miracle is that when the host is divided, God is in each part entirely. An example with glass: when the glass is divided or broken into pieces, in every part of it the figure of the thing presented before it appears. The fifth miracle is that if this precious sacrament is taken by an evil and sinful creature, the sacrament itself is not defiled therefore. We see that the beams of the sun pass through and over filth, and the sun is nothing foul therefore, but rather filth is made clean through it. Sometimes when the creature has received it, it becomes the body of Christ..The body of our Lord, unworthily considering that he has received his Savior in such great disorder or filth of sin, feels bitter remorse or regret. Therefore, he returns to grace and is purged or made clean of his sin.\n\nThe sixth miracle is that the body of our Lord Jesus Christ is suitable for sinners. Saint Paul the apostle says that he who eats it unworthily eats it to his condemnation. Just as strong wines and strong foods are unprofitable or harmful to seekers, so is the body of our Lord Jesus Christ unpalatable and harmful to sinners.\n\nThe seventh miracle is that something so great, which all the world cannot comprehend, is contained in so little a host. We see that a great hill may be perceived and comprehended with the eye, much more, the divine virtue is contained and compressed in a little host.\n\nThe eighth miracle is....myracle is the perception of our lord being perceived in various places by diverse persons, in such a manner that we see and perceive that the word of a creature is known and perceived at the attitudes of many and diverse creatures. The ninth miracle is when the breed is converted into the precious body of our lord, the accidents abide, that is to say whiteness, roundness, and savour, and therefore it is no longer breed, but it is the body of Ihu Crist which is given under the likeness of breed. For this reason, a priest might find great horror in eating raw flesh and also in drinking blood. After this consecration, these miracles are contained, and the priest says in the eighth part of the canon, \"Undo us, O Lord,\" in which orison the priest exhorts us to have in mind the passion of our lord Ihesu Crist, his resurrection and his glorious ascension, to the end that by his passion we be exhorted to charity, by his holy resurrection we be incited..In it to strengthen/ and by his glorious ascension, a beacon of hope for our health,/ for his passion shows to us charity,/ for this one who would suffer death for us, / Therefore, the priest in this orison makes the sign of the cross five times in memory and mind of the five wounds our lord received on the cross, / and there, at that time, every creature ought to set his heart to think on the passion of Christ, / And thus doing, the creature shall acquire true faith by the knowledge of the holy resurrection, and true hope by his glorious ascension, / After this, in the same part of the mass, the priest inclines him,/ which inclination represents or signifies that our lord, after his supper, went to the mount of Olives, / and there he inclined himself..self praying to God the Father, saying \"I pray, if it may be, that thou transfer from me this bitter chalice.\" Therefore he says an orison that begins: \"Supplices to rogamus.\" In the which the priest remembers and makes mention of the aforementioned prayer, and when he comes to say a word that is \"Ex hac altaris perticipeion &c.\", he kisses the altar. The kissing of which altar signifies that Judas, who betrayed his master our Lord Jesus Christ, did this when he kissed him and caused him to be taken. After this prayer in the same orison, the priest makes the sign of the cross three times. For this, our Lord prayed in the said mount of Olives, and his body was covered in sweet blood. Therefore, the first cross is made over the body of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the second over the blood for the shedding of blood, and the third before his own face, for this that our Lord, praying, had his face inclined.\n\nThis is then the end..Orison where he prays that we be blessed of all blessings, and that we be also replenished of all grace. In the tenth part, the priest with joined hands says, \"Memento domine famulorum et cetera,\" which is principally ordered for those who have passed out of this world. And in especial for the creatures for whom he is bound to God, that they may have true light and true peace in the glory of paradise. After the eleventh part of the canon of the mass, the priest touches his breast and says, \"Nobis quo peccatoribus,\" which signifies the contrition and repentance that the thief on the cross at the right hand of God had when he said, \"Memento mei, Domine, dum veneris in regnum tuum,\" that is, \"Lord, I pray thee that thou be remembered of me when thou comest into thy kingdom.\" Then God answered him, \"Amen dico tibi, hodie mecum eris in paradiso,\" that is, \"I tell thee, thou shalt be with me today in paradise.\".thou shalte this day be with me in paradyse / And\ntherfore the preest in thys oryson spe\u2223kyng for alle synnars / hauyng hope on the myserycorde and mercy of god he prayeth that we may haue the pardu\u00a6rable or euerlastyng lyf wyth the com\u00a6panye of the appostles / of marters / and wyth alle the holy sayntes in heuen / And in thys oryson the preest maketh thre crosses ouer the breed and ouer the wyne / the whyche crosses betoken thys that the Iewes cryden thre ty\u2223mes to pylate spekyng of the blessyd sone of god / crucefye / crucefye / crucefye hym for he is dethe worthy / & therfore maketh the preest these thre first cros\u2223ses / and after he taketh the precyous body of our lord and maketh fyue tymes the sygne of the crosse / the thre on the chalyce ouer the blood / and the other tweyne betwyxte the chalyce and hym self / the thre crosses maad ouer the chalyce may sygnefye the thre pryn\u00a6cypal tormentes or despysynges that our lord suffred in his passyon / The fyrst is that before he was put on the crosse he had.\"Moche pain and suffered many spytings, and many other grievous torments and tortures that the proud and fell Jews inflicted on him. The second is, the contempt and torment he endured on the cross for our sake, to deliver us from the pains and torments of hell. The third is, that when he was dead on the cross, Longinus thrust the spearhead into his side. Therefore, the priest makes three other crosses over the precious blood, or else these three crosses may signify the holy Trinity, saying, by the Father, by the Son, and by the Holy Spirit, all honor and glory. The priest makes two crosses and these two crosses are made between the chalice and the priest; they may represent to us the two liquids that issued from the side of our Lord, it was blood and water, that is to say, the blood of redemption, and the water of regeneration. After the priest says 'Per omnia secula seculorum,' and he says this aloud, this may signify or represent to us that our Lord, crying out with a loud voice,...\".wys renders his soul to God the Father, or it may be said that the priest says on high to the people, that they know the end of the canon and answer \"amen.\" Lamenting and sorrowing the death of our Lord, they imitate the women who sorrowfully and pitifully lamented and wept for Jesus Christ whom they loved so much. After the priest says \"oremus,\" he exhorts us to honor and pray as an example of our Lord, who taught his apostles. Therefore, he says, \"precepti,\" that is, \"we exhort or admonish the commandments of salvation,\" and in the form of divine instruction, we worship and heartily pray, saying \"Pater noster &c.\" And so he introduces the \"Pater noster,\" which was made and instituted by our Lord Jesus Christ, for he commanded his apostles to say it, and therefore it is called the \"oratio dominica,\" that is, the \"oration of our Lord,\" and therefore we, creatures, should devoutly say this same oration..\"Our father, who art in heaven, knowest what is best for us and what we desire. Notwithstanding, you will that we pray to you with heart and mouth for many reasons. First, to incite us to devotion; for just as the wind inflames or fires the cool, so the words spoken from the heart and mouth inflame devotion. Secondly, to give good example to others; for our Lord says, \"Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven.\" Of this petition or asking, our sweet Savior Jesus Christ in the Gospel speaks, saying, \"Ask and you shall receive.\" Every creature ought to pray devoutly with good heart, saying this devout prayer, the Our Father, for the great mystery it contains. The mystery of this devout prayer, the Our Father, is that it contains seven petitions.\".The first is of the eternal goods that we may have them: therefore, the Father's prayer says, \"Who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.\" This means \"Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.\"\n\nThe second petition is for spiritual goods that we may receive them: therefore, it says, \"Thy kingdom come.\" This means \"Thy kingdom come to us, so that we may see it.\"\n\nThe third petition is for God's will to be done: it says, \"Thy will be done in heaven and on earth.\" This means \"Your will be done in all things, both in heaven and on earth.\"\n\nThe fourth petition is for our daily bread: this petition is asked in the name of Fortune, which is a gift from the Holy Ghost. The prayer asks, \"Give us this day our daily bread.\" This means \"Grant us, Lord, our daily bread. Give us our living for this day, so that we may not abandon the service of God, from which we also wish to give alms to the poor.\".The fifth petition is \"Forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.\" That is, \"Pardon us our offenses and misdeeds, as we forgive those who offend us.\" The sixth petition is \"And lead us not into temptation.\" That is, \"Deliver us from the temptation to sin, and let us know that we are tempted primarily in three ways: first, by God to test our power; second, by our flesh to gratify our appetite and lust; third, by the enemy to deceive us. Of the first, our Lord says, 'Blessed is the man who endures temptation and so remains standing.' (Matthew 5:10) For if he is approved, he will receive the crown. Of the second temptation, St. James speaks and says, \"Everyone is tempted when he is carried away and enticed by his own desire.\" (James 1:14) Of the third, Scripture says, \"Satan entered the heart of man.\" (Genesis 3:15).Seventh petition is \"Deliver us from evil,\" that is, \"free us from all evil that keeps us from loving thee.\" Amen. This is granted and confirmed, as the prayers before it have been. Amen. May those who pray know that they are heard and answered, so that they may continue in their prayers and petitions, contained in the Pater Noster as before stated.\n\nThus ends the second part of the mass.\n\nAfter follows the third part principal of the mass, after the priest has said the Pater Noster, where these petitions before are contained. He then says an orison that begins: \"Deliver us, we pray, Lord, from all evils past, present, and future, and from everlasting death.\" And the priest says this humbly. This signifies that our Lord was buried in the..sepulcre at combat time / and yet how was it that the body rested in the sepulcher / notwithstanding, he descended into hell / where he had his friends / and delivered them from all evils past, present, and to come /\n\nTherefore, in this sign or representation, the priest says this orison: Libera nos quesumus vos / This orison is as the explanation of his last petition of the father, that is, libera nos a malo / which is as much to say, Lord deliver us from all evil / and in this orison, the priest shows from what evil he will be delivered, that is, from all evil past, present, and to come / and therefore he says, Libera nos quesumus domine ab omnibus malis / We pray, Lord, that thou wilt deliver us from all evil past, present, and to come / and by the means of thy blessed mother the virgin Mary, and of all apostles, St. Peter, St. Paul, and St. Andrew, and of all saints in heaven, grant us peace / so that we may be helped by thy mercy and misercorde..The priest takes then the chalice hidden and kisses it, signifying that he may receive the precious sacrament in peace and in charity. After the priest takes the precious body of our Lord Jesus Christ and parts it over the chalice, this may be signified to us that our Lord divided himself to his disciples on Good Friday, as before said, and this holy host is divided into three parts which may represent three kinds of people. The first part may signify the souls in purgatory, and this first part the priest lays on the chalice, signifying that these are the ones set with God in peace. The second part may signify the souls in purgatory, as they are assured and certain that once they will have paradise, therefore this other part is set with the first. The third part may signify the souls in this mortal life..The priest holds the chalice and says, \"Per omnia secula seculorum,\" with a high voice so that the people hearing the priest, as vicar of God, may announce peace. The people answer, \"Amen.\" The priest, announcing his voice, says, \"Pax domini sit semper vobiscum,\" which means, \"The peace of God be ever with you.\" Our Lord said this to his apostles after his holy resurrection. The priest makes the sign of the cross three times, saying, \"Pax domini sit semper vobiscum,\" and these three crosses may signify the three days that our Lord lay in the sepulcher, or they may signify the three Maries seeing our Lord. When the priest says, \"Pax domini sit,\" the people respond, \"Et cum spiritu tuo,\" praying that they may receive peace in such a manner. The priest may then respond, \"Fiat commixtio.\" This commingling signifies two things: one is that the peace is given to the people..The body of Jesus Christ was not without blood, and the blood was not without the body. The second is that the sacrament is consecrated under the likeness of bread and wine. The third thing may be that the third part of the host signifies the creatures in this world, as it is said. And therefore it is lawful for them to come to God that they have mind and are reminded of the blessed passion and of the precious body of our Lord Jesus Christ. This is so that they may be united and joined to His precious suffering and His precious blood, aroused by the virtue and unity of the soul. And thus, a devout creature shall arouse his heart with this precious blood, keeping himself from evil thoughts, and his five senses natural to keep him from all evil beholding, from light-heartedness, from foolish and vain speaking, from pleasant smelling, his hands from evil work, and his feet from doing thus. A devout creature shall feel the sweet dwelling of this precious blood and blessed body mixed together..The three parts of the host signify the three manners of creatures mentioned before:\n\nThe first part signifies the body and blood of Christ:\nThe first part signifies His own flesh scourged and buried.\nThe third part signifies the living:\nThis is bathed in blood, the chalice of the martyrs,\nfull of faithful in the flesh.\n\nFollowing is the Lamb of God:\nAnd it is to be known that the priest says \"Agnus Dei\" three times.\nAnd at the third time, at the end of it, he says, \"Donas nobis pacem.\"\nThis means nothing other than, \"Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, have mercy on us.\"\nThis is said twice, to signify that our Lord is understood on earth, bearing us from our sins and resting in the sepulcher to deliver us from the pains of hell.\n\nTherefore, in the first two \"Agnus Dei,\" the priest says, \"Miserere nobis,\"\nand the third \"Agnus Dei\" signifies that our Lord is understood in heaven, giving perfect peace,\nand therefore the priest says at the end, \"Donas nobis pacem.\".The priest says, \"Agnus Dei, who offers himself as a lamb, not saying 'Lord, give us peace,' but instead 'Grant them eternal rest.' For these three things are worthy for the faithful who have done God's work: first, to have all pain removed from them; second, to be given glory with God; third, for the soul and body to be crowned together. Therefore, the priest concludes, 'Grant them eternal rest.' After this, the priest devoutly inclines himself and says a fervent prayer that begins, 'Lord Jesus Christ, and so on.' This is equivalent to saying, 'Lord Jesus Christ, who said to your apostles, \"I give you my peace I leave you my peace.\" I implore you, do not consider my sins and offenses, but consider the faith of the holy church and grant us peace according to your will, you who reign with the Father in the kingdom of heaven.'\".The priest takes the host, singing it to the corporal or the body of our Lord Jesus Christ, and this is to teach and show us that through the holy passion of our Lord, true peace is given to us from God, and also to all humanity. The priest gives peace to the minister or clerk who helps to say the mass, and this same minister or clerk carries it through the church to the people, and there the acolytes kiss it each after the other as a sign of love and concord, so that just as flesh joins itself to flesh, and spirit to spirit, we are likewise called together by virtue of love. It is to be noted that, for this reason, our Lord said to His disciples, \"Take and eat all of this, for it is My body,\" therefore, in this manner, each one was accustomed in times past to be fed every day. And for this reason, many took it indiscreetly and few reverently, for it seemed to them that it was not for this purpose, therefore, it was ordained..To be taken but once a week, that is, on a Sunday, or three times a year, or at least once a year. And in that place where this should be done, peace should be given every day as a token of love and steadfast alliance.\n\nIt is to note that when men say mass for the dead, they do not bear the peace, for this reason: that the fables of God are removed from all the troubles of this world.\n\nThus ends the third part of the mass.\n\nAfter follows the fourth part of the mass principal, and first the perceptions. And it is to note that after the priest has taken peace and sent it to the people, in order that he may receive more devoutly the body of our Lord, he says, bowing his knees, two orisons instituted by the ancient fathers. The first orison begins: Domine Ihesu Christe qui ex voluntate patris etc.\n\nWhich is as much to say: Ihesu crist, that by the will of God the Father, and the power of the holy ghost, wouldst redeem the world by thy passion..Own death/ and grant them again in joy and bliss with thee, I will my body deliver from all evil, have away all my sins from me, and that I may keep thy commandments, that I may be and dwell with thee in heaven, where thou mayest reign as God with the Father and Holy Ghost, amen.\n\nThe second prayer that the priest says in his perception is this: Percepcio corporis tuui et cetera. And the understanding of this prayer may be such is Jesus Christ, who has perfect life in heaven, with heart I pray that the sweet perception of thy precious body, which by jealous love I take, may be an escape from damnation, and that by thy compassion it may be a composition to my soul, that in such a place he may come where he may be accepted and granted, amen.\n\nAfter the priest meditating and thinking on the passion of our Lord Jesus Christ, he says: Panem celestem accipiam, et nomen domini invocabo et cetera.\n\nThat is to say, I shall take the heavenly bread, and I shall call the name of our Lord..The priest holding the Precious Body of our Lord says three times: / Lord, I am not worthy that you come under my roof; / but say but the word and my soul shall be healed. / It is as much to say: / The Precious Body of our Lord Jesus Christ will keep my soul in life eternal. / It is no other thing to say: / The Precious Body of our Lord Jesus Christ will keep my soul in everlasting life. / After the priest makes the sign of the cross over the body of our Lord, he says: / May the Precious Body of our Lord Jesus Christ keep my soul to life eternal. / And since the priest joins his hands, he takes the Body of our Lord most devoutly and after he has signed himself, he takes the chalice wherein is the Precious Blood of our Lord and says: / What..We give thanks to the Lord for all that He has given and bestowed upon us. And calling upon the Lord, I shall be delivered and kept from all my enemies, that is, from all my sins and evil temptations of the devil. After the priest makes the sign of the cross over the chalice, he says, \"The precious blood of our Lord Jesus Christ shed for my soul, in eternal life. Amen.\" That is, \"The precious body and blood of our Lord will keep my soul in everlasting life. Amen.\" And devoutly and reverently, the priest takes the blood of Jesus Christ. And after he dips his fingers in the chalice, to ensure that nothing remains of that precious sacrament, he says two prayers. The first begins thus: \"We have received, Lord, what Thou didst give us.\".taken with the mouth / Know that we feel it with heart / to the end it may be remedy to us against all temporal and wicked thoughts / The second orison is / Corpus tuum quod ego Indignus &c._ / That is as much to say / Lord, I pray thee that the precious body and blood which I have received as unworthy / may in such manner be made clear to me / that no ordure or filth / nor any fault may remain or abide within me / after these two orisons are finished that are before said / the priest inclines himself and renders grace to God / saying / Agimus tibi gratias, Domine / We render and yield to thee the graces and thanksgivings of all thy benefits received by us / After he washes his hands at the piscina or laver, this thing ought not to remain at his hands / and therefore that water there ought to be cast in the piscina or into some clean place where men may not tread on it / and it is to be noted that the priest washes his hands three times at mass / that is, at..The beginning of it / the second part of the Mass / that is, at the offering / and the last is after the perception of the Mass / And this purification or washing may signify the purity and cleanliness that the priest ought to have /\n\nIn heart by good thoughts / in mouth by good and honest speaking / and in his hands or busyness to work truly and well /\n\nAnd after the priest says the postcommunion, which is so named postcommunion / For this reason it is said after the priest has received the precious sacrament from the altar / And that signifies the joy that our Lord gave to His disciples / For the apostles and disciples of God had great joy of the holy resurrection / whereof it is said in the holy Gospel / Gaudete sunt discipuli vidi Dominum &c / that is to say / the disciples of God rejoiced and were glad because they had seen our Lord /\n\nAfter the perception the priest kisses the altar / in token that in very love / he assents and consents to leave firmly..The mystery of that precious sacrament, and right there he returns to himself and greets the people, saying \"Dominus vobiscum.\" To encourage the people to make devout orisons, he then says \"Oremus,\" and the priest says as many orisons as he did at the beginning of the mass. For this reason, the beginning, middle, and end of every orison signify that in all good works, orisons ought to be begun, continued, and ended. At the end of these orisons, the priest concludes by saying \"Per dominum nostrum &c.\" This signifies that what we ask for is in the sweet name of our Lord, reigning with the Father and with the Holy Ghost. The people answer with \"amen.\" After the priest kisses the altar again, he then returns and greets the people, saying \"Dominus vobiscum.\" These last two greetings may represent and signify that our Lord, after his resurrection, saluted his apostles twice, saying \"Pax vobis & iterum pax vobis.\" \"Peace be with you by the great love.\".and yet again, it is sweet and good with you in the glory and bliss of paradise. After all these orisons said, it is written, \"it is missed.\" And be aware that the Mass concludes in three ways. First, the Mass concludes with \"it is missed,\" and this occurs whenever the Gloria in excelsis is said. The meaning is this: a creature goes after the Lord, and contemplates him through good works. It may also be said that this \"it is missed\" signifies that when the angel announced the shepherds the joy and mirth of the holy nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ, they went to the place where our Lord Jesus Christ was, just as they had understood \"it is missed.\" Go therefore, for our Lord is sent for your redemption. And therefore the shepherds replied and praised God with all their virtue and strength. And therefore the people answer and say, \"deo gratias,\" that is, \"God be praised and thanked for it.\" Secondly, the Mass concludes with \"Benedicamus Domino.\".Ryght so as the preest wold saye / blesse we god of al his goodes and with herte lawde and preyse we hym / and vpon this the peple answereth deo gracias / god be gracyed and thanked / Thyrdly the masse fynyssheth wyth re\u2223quiescant in pace / & that is at a masse sayd for the dede / to the ende that the sowles for whome the preest hath sayd the masse may haue reste in lyf pardu\u00a6rable / and therfore the peple answereth amen / that is to say thy prayer be herde and enhaunced / after that the preest blessyth the peple / the whyche blessyng may sygnefye this that the holy ghoost was sente to the appostles for the pro\u2223messe of god that he had doon to them sayeng / Accepietis virtutem spiritus sancti venientis in vos &c\u0304 / That is to say / ye shal take the vertu of the holy ghoost comyng in you / & by cause that the holy / ghoost was sente by the trynyte / Therfore maketh the preest that same blessyng in the name of the fader / of the sone & of the holy ghoost \u00b6Secondly that blessyng wherof our lord spekyth to hys.\"Come, blessed of my Father, inherit my kingdom and so on / That is, follow me, the blessed of God, my Father, and take possession of my kingdom. Thirdly, this blessing signifies / the blessing that our Lord made when He was about to ascend into heaven / to signify that by a devout heart, He may ascend after Him into the bliss of paradise. Therefore, He immediately begins and says an opening prayer that begins: \"Be pleased, Holy Trinity,\" / which means: \"Holy Trinity, I pray that you grant that this holy sacrifice be acceptable for me, and also for those for whom I have consecrated the body of our Lord, Christ, amen. And here ends the mass. / But some priests, while they take away their vestments, say St. John's Gospel, and some say the office of our Lady. St. John's Gospel is recited for and used for the divinity / and how he was sent as a witness of the divine light.\"\".all creatures were enlightened after the priest said his grace, thanking God for all his benefits. Whoever wishes to know and understand well and perfectly the noble virtue and noble mystery contained in the exposition of the Mass, let him carefully consider and deeply imprint within his heart all the things that are contained here before, and the creature doing so shall have certain knowledge of God and shall order and prepare his conscience accordingly, as it was said before. And so we pray that He gives us grace to perform such service and good prayers, that we may thereby acquire and gain the holy blessing of paradise. Amen.\n\nHere ends the noble history of the exposition of the Mass.\n\nThese are the twelve articles of the Christian faith, which every Christian man and woman ought to believe steadfastly and firmly, or else they may not be saved, since they have wit and reason, and these twelve articles are after the number of the apostles who made them..I believe in one God, the Father Almighty, creator of heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, the Father, who is God, of the same substance as the Father, God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, one in Being with the Father. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son, and who is worshiped and glorified together with the Father and the Son, and who spoke through the prophets.\n\nThis is the first article: I believe in God the Father Almighty, creator of heaven and earth. This article was laid down by Saint Peter in the Creed.\n\nThe second article pertains to the Son as to his divinity: He is God, and it should be understood and believed that He is like and equal to the Father in all things concerning the Godhead, and He is one substance with the Father, save in the Person. This article was laid down by Saint John the Evangelist.\n\nThe third and fourth articles:\n\nI believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son, and who is worshiped and glorified together with the Father and the Son, and who spoke through the prophets.\n\nThis article was laid down by the holy Catholic Church. Amen..that which follows after in the Creed pertains to the third article: he was conceived by the holy ghost and born of the virgin Mary by the power and work of the holy ghost, and not by man's work; and the virgin Mary remained a virgin before and after his birth. This article was laid to the credit of St. James, brother of St. John the Evangelist in the Creed. The fourth article pertains to his passion: that is, he suffered under Pilate, who was a pagan and judge at that time in Jerusalem, instigated by the Romans, under whom Jesus was unjustly tried; crucified; died; and was placed in the sepulcher. This article was laid to the credit of St. Andrew. The fifth article is that he descended into hell after his death to deliver the souls of the holy fathers, and of all those who from the beginning of the world died in true contrition and repentance, in faith and hope that they should be saved by him. Because of the first article..The sins of all must descend into hell to abide, awaiting the good and certain hope of Jesus Christ, the son of God, who would come to deliver them after He had promised by His prophets. This was the reason He descended into hell: to understand in that part where those who were damned resided, who were dead in their sins, and whom He did not draw out of hell, for they are damned permanently and forever. This article was laid in the treaty by St. Philip.\n\nThe sixth article is of His resurrection: that is to wit, on the third day after His death, to consume and accomplish the scriptures, He rose from death to life again. And He appeared to His disciples and proved to them His resurrection in many ways for forty days. This article was laid before Thomas.\n\nThe seventh article is this: on the forty-first day after His resurrection, before all His disciples appeared to them openly, He ascended above all creatures into heaven..The right hand of the Father where he sits, and this article was laid in the creed by St. Bartholomew. The eighth article is: He shall come on Judgment Day to judge both living and dead, and shall render or yield to every man what he has deserved in this world. These are the articles pertaining to the Son, and the last article before this was laid in the creed by St. Matthew the Evangelist. The ninth and the three last articles belong to the Holy Ghost. These articles require that men believe the Holy Ghost is the gift and the love of God the Father and of the Son, from whom proceeds and grace, and that He is one, the same God, and one, the same thing with the Father and with the Son, except for the person who is other than the persons of the Father and of the Son. This article was laid in the creed by St. James, the brother of St. James and St. Jude. The tenth article is: I believe in the holy church universal and in the communion of saints..This article is about the seven sacraments of the Church: baptism, confirmation, the Eucharist, marriage or penance, confession, and the last is the Holy Unction. This article is dedicated to Saint Simon.\n\nThe eleventh article is about the remission of sins that God grants through the sacraments of the Church. This article is dedicated to Saint Jude, not the one who betrayed Lord Jesus Christ.\n\nThe twelfth article is about the general resurrection of both souls and bodies, eternal or everlasting, which is the glory of paradise that God will give to those who deserve it through good faith and good works. This article also includes its contrary, which is death and eternal pain..God has prepared for those who will be damned this article should be understood in such a manner, that every one, whether good or evil, will be judged on Judgment Day and raised from death to live again in their own proper body, and they shall receive their reward and be judged both in body and soul together, after they have deserved being in this life mortal. And therefore, at that day the good creatures will be glorified both in body and soul in life, which shall last. This article is attributed to St. Matthew the apostle and friend of God.\n\nThus ends the twelve articles of our faith.\n\nThus ends the legend named in Latin legenda aurea, that is to say in English the Golden Legend, for just as gold surpasses in value all other metals, so this legend exceeds all other books, in which are contained all the high and great feasts of our Lord, the feasts of our blessed Lady, the lives, passions, and miracles of many other saints, and other histories and acts, as all is mentioned here before..I have completed the work at the commandment and request of the noble and powerful earl, and my special lord William Earl of Arundel, and have finished it at Westminster on the twenty-first day of November, in the year of our Lord 1484, and the first year of the reign of King Richard III.\n\nBy me, William Caxton.", "creation_year": 1483, "creation_year_earliest": 1483, "creation_year_latest": 1483, "source_dataset": "EEBO", "source_dataset_detailed": "EEBO_Phase1"},
{"content": "The first book is about the properties of certain herbs, stones, and animals, as Physics states in various locations. Knowledge of their good kind is beneficial. Indeed, an operation can sometimes be good or bad, depending on the end to which knowledge is applied. When two things are combined, one is primary and the other secondary. It is not magical knowledge that is evil, for through its knowledge one can avoid evil and follow the good. Furthermore, the end of the science or operation can sometimes be evil, such as when it is not directed towards the good or virtue. From this it follows that knowledge or an operation can sometimes be good or evil.\n\nSince magical knowledge or cognition is good, as assumed, and evil exists in its speculation and in natural speculation, according to what I have examined and observed from ancient authors, into and..I. Albertus found truth in many things concerning Chyradis' book and Alcorat's. I will first speak of certain herbs, then of some stones, and thirdly of certain animals and their virtues.\n\nElitropia (called Ireos by the Chaldeans, Mantichion by the Greeks, Elitropia by the Latins) is a herb whose name is derived from Helios, the sun, because it is turned towards the sun. Its virtue is admirable, for if it is collected when the sun is in Leo during August and wrapped in laurel leaves and pressed, it will yield a dense oil.\n\nThe second herb is called Hoyb by the Chaldeans, Olieris by the Greeks, and Vrtica by the Latins and Gauls. This herb, held in the hand, is also used for fish. And if it is extracted immediately, it returns to its original place.\n\nThe third herb is called Loromborot by the Chaldeans, Allomat by the Greeks, and Virga by the Latins..pastoris Receive this herb and mix it with mandrake juice and give it to dogs or other animals. It will become pregnant in its kind. The offspring of this kind, if a dense tooth is taken from it, should be dipped in food or drink for those who drink it, and they will soon begin a war. And when you want to destroy it, Valerie will immediately bring peace between them as before.\n\nFourth herb, called Aquilaris Caldeis, is said to be born when eagles make their nests. The Greeks call it Valis, the Latins Celidonia. This herb is born at the time when frogs make their nests, even when eagles do. Whoever holds this herb with the heart of a mole will expel all enemies, all causes, and all disputes. And if this herb is placed on the head of the sick, it must immediately sing aloud if it is not weeping.\n\nFifth herb, called Iterisi by the Caldeans, Vorax by the Greeks, and Provencalis or Provincia by the Latins. This herb, when pulverized with earth-circled worms and always keeps love alive between man and woman, is forbidden..illo in cibarijs. Et si compositio isto rum cum aliquantulo sulphuris ponatur in stagno ubi sunt pisces: omnes morientur. Et si ad os bubali ponatur statim ceepabit per medium. Et hoc experimentum est a modernis. Si fitatio ponatur in igne statim converteretur in liquidum coloris.\n\nSexta herba a caldeis vocatur Breitha. A grecis hera re tus. A latinis Nepta. Hanc herbam accipe et misce cum lapide invento in nido upupae avis & fricis ventre aliuius animalis et impregnabitur et habebit fetum in suo genere nigerrimum. Et si eis ponatur ad nares statim ad terram cadent velut mortui, post modicum vero spatii curabuntur. Et si predictum compositum in vas apum ponatur: nunquam fugient.\n\nSeptima herba a caldeis Algeil. A grecis Oros. A latinis lingua canis nominatur. Hanc herbam cum corde raniculi et eius matrice pone ubi vis: & post modicum tempus congregabuntur omnes canes in villa. Et si predictum sub police pedis habueris: omnes canes ob mutares nec poterunt latrare. Et si predictum illo collo alicuus..canis posueris ita, quod no\u0304 cannot reach with its mouth, turns in a circle like a rolling ball until it falls to the ground, as if dead. And this is known to our people from the porcupine.\n\nOctava herba, the porcupine's herb, is called Mansela by the Caldeans, Ventosm by the Greeks, and Lilium by the Latins. If you gather this herb when the lion's sign is in the sun and mix it with laurel sap, then bury the sap at some point in time, worms will form from it: if they become powder and are placed around someone's neck or in their clothes, they will not sleep or be able to sleep until they have been removed. And if you bury the predicted sap and worms arise from it, immediately introduce that person to a fever. If you pour the predicted sap into any vessel where there is cow's milk and cover it with the skin of a cow of any color, the cow will reject its milk. This has been especially experienced by our people from certain sorcerers.\n\nDecima herba, the Caldeans call Luperx, Esiphena by the Greeks, and Viscus by the Latins..Quercus dicitur et crescit in ore aliquis ponatur et cogitetur de aliquo: si debet accidere cordi infigitur, si autem non resilit. Sed si predicatum ad arborem suspendatur cum ala hyru\u0304 dinis ibi\u0304 congregabuntur aves bene per quinque milia. Et hoc ultimum mihi est experto.\n\nUndecima herba a caldeis Isiphilon dicitur, a grecs Orlegon, a latinis Centaurea vocatur: Hac herbam dicunt magi habere mirabilem virtutem. Si enim adiungatur cum sanguine upupae femelle et ponatur cum oleo in lucerna, omnes circundantes credent se esse magos: ita quod unus alteri credet quod suum caput sit in caelo et pedes in terra. Et si predicatum ponatur in igne stellis lucentibus videbitur quod stelle currant ad invicem et debellent. Et si ita predicatum cataplasma ponatur ad nares alicuius pr\u00e6 timore, fugiet et vehementer. Et hoc experto est.\n\nDuodecima herba a caldeis Colorio vel coloricon, a grecs clamior, a latinis Salvia communiter est nomen. Haec autem herba putrefacta..sub this herb in a vase, when the viper is present with a procreating male having a tail in the form of a mermaid: if someone touches its blood on their chest, they will feel sensation through the fifth and more. And if the mentioned serpent is stirred up: and placed,\n\nThirteen herb: terciadecima herba, collected when the sun exists in the sign of Aries and mixed with the grain of pennyroyal of one year: it cures wasting disease. And if placed in the earth after seven weeks, twins will be born who will immediately kill anyone they touch. And if placed in a columbary: all doves will gather there. And if the juice of these is placed in the sun: it will be seen that the sun is liquid. If also placed in a place where hoopoes live or thrown between two lovers, immediately a quarrel or malice will arise between them\n\nFourteen herb: quartadecima herb, called Celayos by the Caldeans, Carifin by the Greeks, Melisophilos by the Latins, mentioned by Macer. This herb, when collected green and mixed with cypress sap..\"Fiveteen herbs placed in poultry make it appear full of worms. It makes the enemy benign and gracious, and if the aforementioned herb is tied around a cow's neck, it will follow you wherever you go. If I correct the aforementioned juice with a pinch of the third part of human sweat and immediately gird the asel, it will crack in the middle.\n\nQuindecima herb from hot springs is called Eglerisa among the Greeks, Rosa among the Latins. It will not bear fruit. If this herb is placed around a rethe, fish will gather there. If a magar has been dead for a day and is mixed with this herb for half a day, it may still recover its life, although it should not be immersed in water. If the aforementioned powder is put in a lamp and lit, all will appear black, like Satan. If the aforementioned powder is mixed with olive oil and living sulfur and burned in a house under the sun, the entire house will appear inflamed.\"\n\n\"Sixteen herbs from hot springs are called Cartulina among the Greeks, Qinque folium among the Latins, and serpentina is its name in Latin. It is sufficient for us.\".nota. Hec autem herba cum folio tri folij inhumata generat serpentes rubeos & virides / de q\u0304 bus si fiat puluis & ponatur in lampade ardente videbi\u2223tur ibi copia serpentum. & si sub capite alicuius ponat{ur} de cetero non somniabitur sibi\nHima herba Saturni que Affodillus dicitur Suc cus eius valet ad dolorem renum & tibiaru\u0304 / et datur patien\nEt demoniaci vel insi\u0304ci ipsam deferunt in linteo mun do & liberantur / nec demonem in domo patitur esse. Et si ibideni fuerint {pro}ducentes dentes pueri. & eam ferent si\u2223ne dolore eos {pro}duca\u0304t. Et e\u0304 bonu\u0304 vt homo deferat secu\u0304 de nocte radicem: quia non timebit ne{que} ledetur ab alijs \u00b6 Herba secunda solis dicitur Poligonia vel Corrigio\u2223la. Hec enim herba nomen suscepit a sole\u25aa nam est mul tum generans / sic enim & hec herba est multos faciens nodos. Hanc quid herbam alij appellauerunt Alcone / que est domus solis. Hec autem herba sauat passiones cordis & stomachi qui attingit hanc herbam / habet vir\u2223tutem a signo suo. & plura. Si quis autem sucum bibe\u2223rit facit.cum multi coire. Et si quis det detrahet radicem eius curat passiones oculorum. Et si ante quam aliqua habuerit passionem portauerit secum, non superveniet ei passio oculorum. Iuuat etiam freneticos si eam secum deferunt in locis. i. in pectore. Iuuat eciam peripulmonicos et facit eis bonum anhelitum. Et facit etiam ad fluxum sangui nisi mulierum.\n\nHerba tercia lunae Chynostates dicitur,\nStomachus habentibus qui non possunt cibum digerere, bendo succus eius. Amplius valet his.\n\nHerba quarta Martis Arnaglossa dicitur Radix huius herbe, valet dolori capitis mirifice: quam non opinatur eee do mus martis aries, qui est caput totius mundi. Valet eciam contra mala consuetudines testiculorum & vulvae putridae & sordidae, quia domus est scorpio. Quia pars eius retinet sperma. I. semen quod venit contra testiculos. Valet eciam succus eius de stomachicis & emordorium et ad vitia emordiarum dum quis eum biberit.\n\nHerba quinta mercurii dicitur Pentafilon a quibusdam pentadatilus /.ab alijs sepe decliua / a quibusdam Calipentalo: Radix hui{us} herbe sanat plagas & duricie\u0304 trita & emplastrata amplius scrophulas diluit velociter si sucus eius bibatur cum aqua. Sanat etiam farrin\u2223gos & passiones pectoris seu dolores si sucus eius bibat{ur} Soluit etiam dentium dolores & si sucus eius in ore te\u2223nea\u0304tur: om\u0304s oris curat passiones. Et si quis secu\u0304 defe rat opus dat & auxilium. amplius si quis vult a rege vel a principe petere aliquid copiam dat eloquentie / si se cum eam habeat & obtinebit quid voluerit. Valet etia\u0304 in lithiasi et disuria succus eius bibitus\n\u00b6 Herba sexta Iouis / dicitur Acharonia / a quibus\u2223dam autem alijs Iusquiamus. Radix eius posit{us} su\u2223per bubones eos dispergit & obseruat locum a phlegmo\u2223ne. si quis autem eam portauerit ante{quam} passio ei super\u2223ueniat nun{quam} bubonem habebit\u25aa Confert etiam radix e{us}\npodagre du\u0304 ponitur trita su{per} locu\u0304 pacientis Et hec quid operatur virtute signo{rum} habenciu\u0304 pedes vel habenciu\u0304 as\u2223pectum su{per} pedes / & succus eius si.The following herb is called pistereon, from which come hyerobora. 1. The first herb is columbaria and verbena. Placed on the neck, this herb heals scrofulas, parocidas, bubones, and staphylions with its distillation. It also cures cuts and codilomata. 1. Two ricies that grow in the anus and emoroydas can be cured by drinking their juice mixed with honey in cooked water. This improves what is in the lungs and makes breathing easier, as it keeps the lungs from collapsing. It is very effective in frondisia. 1. This herb increases semen greatly during intercourse, and for those who wish to be potent in love, it should be carried. Its power is even greater than that of the herb itself. For whoever carries it, he will be very powerful in intercourse, but he will not need anything else..If this text is in Latin, I will translate it into modern English while maintaining the original content as much as possible. I will also remove unnecessary line breaks, whitespaces, or other meaningless characters.\n\naliud super se nisi istam herbam tanquam Si quis ponat eam in domo vel vinea vel in terris habundanter habebit redditus amplius radix ipsius valet omnibus illis qui volunt plantare vineas vel arbores. Et infantes portantes ipsam erunt bene disciplinati. et amantes doctrina. & eruet leti & gaudiosi. Cofert ecia posita in purgacionibus & repellit demones omnes\n\nPredictas tamen herbas a. xxiii. die lunae vsque ad trigesimum incipiendo collectionem ipsam levare a mercurio per totam horam dierum et euellendo fac mentionem passionis et rei. S. noia passionem vel rem propter quam ipsam colligis et ipsam accipe herbam. Loca tamen ipsa super frumentum vel ordeum et ea vertere ad opus tuum postea.\n\nSecond book of Albertus is about the virtues of stones, of which I have already spoken about the virtues of herbs and the way to act. Now in the present chapter, I will speak about three certain stones and their effects and how they can be obtained miraculously..opera\nMagnes\nCelyotes\nQuiriti\nObtalmius\nCorallus\nRadianus\nOni\u0304x\nCristallus\nLy{per}col\nVrtices\nFeripendamus\nCrisolitus\nLazuri\nSiloyces\nElitropia\nSmaragdus\nTopacion\nEpistrites\nIris\nMedo\nCalcedonios\nBalasia\nMephytes\nCeledoni\u0304us\nGaliates\nAbaston\nGagatvs\nDraconites\nAdamas\nGena\nEchites\nAgates\nIstinos\nEpistretes\nAlectorius\nTabrices\nIacinctus\nEsinendus\nCrisoletus\nOrites\nAmaticus\nGeratiden\nSaphyrus\nBirillus\nNicomai\nSaunus\n\u00b6 Si vis scire vtrum mulier tua sit casta. accipe lapi dem qui magnes vocatur / est autem ferruginei coloris & inuenitur in mari indico / & aliquando in partib{us} the othonie in illa {pro}uincia que francia orientalis vocatur. Suppone ergo lapidem hunc capiti mulieris / si casta est ipsa maritum amplexabitur / Si autem non / statim ca dit a lecto. Ad hoc autem si lapis iste ponatur super carbones in quatuor angulis domus / dico tritus & su{per} carbones sparsus: dormientes fugient edes & relinque\u0304t totum & tunc possunt fures recipere totum qd volunt.\n\u00b6 Si vis fieri inuisibilis: accipe lapidem qui.You are asking for the cleaned text of the given input, which is a Latin text. I will remove meaningless or unreadable content, correct OCR errors, and translate it into modern English as faithfully as possible to the original content. Here is the cleaned text:\n\nTo touch Talmius or wrap in a laurel leaf, there is a stone called talmicus, whose color is not named, for it has many colors. This stone has the power to excite or suppress the circumstances around it, and therefore it is called the stone of thieves. Constantius, however, was called back by an invisible power when he had his fist closed.\n\nIf you want to stir up sadness, fears, and terrible fantasies, as well as quarrels, take the stone called onyx, which is black in color and is found to be filled with white veins. It comes from India to Arabia. If you hang it around your neck or finger, it immediately stirs up sadness in a person and errors. It also excites terrible fantasies and quarrels in sleep. This has been experienced by modern people.\n\nIf you want to heat someone's hand without fire and drive away arteticam, take the stone called feripe\u0304 damus, which is yellow in color. If you hang it around someone's neck, it cures arteticam. And again, if this stone is strongly struck, it immediately heats the hand, and therefore it gently and sweetly wants to be touched.\n\nIf you want to kindle the spirit of someone, take the stone..gaudia & eius ingenui acuere, receive a stone called Silonites, born in the womb of an Indian turtle, and said to be various in color, white, red, purple; Alii say this is the stone of Jupiter, to be found in persie pertibus, and they say that this stone grows with the crescent moon and eclipses, and the ancients brought phi, for if it is tasted, it confers prescience regarding what is to come, especially when placed under the tongue during the first hour of the new moon or the tenth; the mode of ordering it, if it is to be considered in a matter, whether it should be done or not, if it should be done firmly rooted in the heart, so that it cannot be uprooted; if not, the heart remains silent; the philosophers have made this, to cure ptisicos and debiles; if it is more tender in color, take a stone called Medo from the Indus region, and there are two species, black and green. According to the ancients and moderns..If a black stone is broken and submerged in warm water, and someone washes their hands in it, the stones (potsherds) will burn and irritate them. And if anyone drinks from it, they will lose all concern and help, as it is said to be effective against gout and blindness of the eyes.\n\nTo prevent someone from feeling pain or extreme heat, take a stone called Abaston, which is red in color and found in great quantities in Arabia. If this stone is lit, it cannot be extinguished because of its nature, which is oily and inseparable from it. It nourishes the fire and is put into it.\n\nTo make an enemy weak and unable to fight, take a stone called Adamas, which is shining in color, extremely hard, and cannot be broken except with the blood of a goat. It is found in Arabia or Cyprus. When attached to the left side, it is effective against enemies, insanity, idiomatic beasts, venomous animals, fierce men, quarrels, and disputes. It is also effective against poisons and invasions..fantasmatuus, or as some call him dyamaneius, is a species resembling a white color and has black veins: it is born in a certain island and its third generation possesses the power to overcome fears, strengthen the heart, and make a man powerful, cheerful, and able to withstand adversities.\n\nTo obtain something from someone, take the stone called Alectorius. It is a gallstone or from a gall or hen. It is white and shining like crystal. It is extracted from the gallbladder or hen's gallbladder after the fourth year. Some say it is also extracted after a year and is more effective when extracted from an old gallbladder. It excites the appetite and stimulates the libido, making it gratifying and constant. It quenches thirst when received under the sign of Jupiter. This has been experienced in our time and subtly perceived.\n\nTo subdue beasts, interpret dreams, and prophesy about the future, take the stone called Esmond or Asmad. It is of various colors and neutralizes all poison. It overcomes adversaries and gives prophetic insight and interpretation..To understand all dreams and enigmas, take the stone called Amethyst, which is of deep purple color and is born in India. It is effective against drunkenness and beneficial in knowledge.\n\nTo vanquish enemies and flee disputes, take the stone called Beryl, which is of pale light-transmitting color. Carry it with you and you will conquer all disputes and enemies will flee from you. It will make your enemy mild and effective in behavior, as Aaron says, and it also gives good understanding in knowledge.\n\nTo divine about the future, take the stone called Turquoise and it is of varied purple color. It is found in the body or heart of a turtle. If someone holds this stone under their tongue for a long time, they will divine true future events, but it has no power unless the moon is first full and waning. According to Aaron, this is the power of the stones and herbs.\n\nTo pacify tempests and rivers..Receive the stone called Corallus, red and also white, and it is known to immediately stop the flow of blood and dispel foolishness, and this has been experienced in our time.\n\nTo kindle a fire, take a crystal and place it next to the sun's circle. Place it against the sun and put something combustible nearby. The crystal will immediately attract fire when the sun is warm. If mixed with honey and licked, it will give milk.\n\nTo acquire wisdom and avoid foolishness, take the stone called Crisolitus, which is set in gold and dispels foolishness, bestowing wisdom.\n\nIf you wish for the sun to appear blood-red, take the stone called Elitropia, green and similar to an emerald, anointed with red drops. The magicians call this gem the black gem of Babylon, and if the juice of the herb of the same name is boiled and poured into a full water vessel, it makes the sun appear blood-red, as it does during eclipses..If water is heated completely, it turns into steam, obstructing the sun from being seen except in a deep red color. After a short while, the steam recedes and rains as drops.\n\nTo cool boiling water, take a stone called Epistetes, which is said to be opposed to the sun's eye in the water. It emits radiant heat rays. And it is said by the ancients, as well as by moderns, that if placed in boiling water, it will stop the boiling and cool down after a while. The stone is shining and red.\n\nTo escape all illusions, fantasies, and causes, take the stone called Calcedonian. It is pale, dark, and somewhat obscure. If perforated and worn with the stone's power, it is effective against all illusions and makes one victorious over all causes against adversary virtues. This was proven in modern times.\n\nTo be pleasant and gracious to humans, take the stone called Celidonian..If it is black and rufous, and extracted from the belly of a yrundinus, the rufous one wrapped in linen or leather, carried under the armpit, is effective against insanity and ancient diseases and weaknesses. Against litargiric passion and epidemia. Euax reports that this stone makes one eloquent and pleasant, and it returns a hundredfold. Black, on the other hand, is effective against iron and anger, and brings negotiations to a successful conclusion. And if it is infused in soil\n\nIf you want to be victorious against adversaries, take the stone called Gargates, which ancient philosophers are said to have experienced in the person of Alcides, who carried it for a long time and always had victory. It is a stone of various colors, like the skin of a hare.\n\nIf you want to know the future, take the stone called Gena, which is like a tooth of a beast, and place it under your tongue.\n\nIf you want to make clothing fireproof, take the stone called Histios, which, as Isidorus says, is saffron-colored, and is found in the regions of Hispania. And this stone is filigree..If because of the wind, thin down the mixture near Gades, where Hercules is. And if clothing is made from it, it cannot be wet by water, but it shines from the fire. And this species is called Carbunculum album.\n\nIf you want grammar and honor, take the stone called Tabrics, which is similar to crystal. The ancients spoke of this. Euax and Aaron, who gave eloquence and grammar, spoke of it.\n\nIf you want to drive away phantasms and folly, take the stone called Crisolite, which is the same in power as Artenico, as Aaron and Euax say in the book on natures.\n\nIf you want to judge thoughts and opinions of others, take the pelapidem called Geratides, which is black in color and should be carried in the mouth. It makes one wise and gracious in the eyes of all.\n\nIf you want victory and friendship, take the stone called Nichomai, which is the same as alabaster, and is of the kind of marbles, and is white and shining. And from this stone a people arose to the tombs of the dead.\n\nIf you want a man sleeping next to you to tell you what he did, take the stone called Quirin, which is found at this place..If you wish to ask for something from someone: take the stone called Radianus, a black stone found beneath the head of a rooster, which is sought after by ants to eat after long periods in the rooster's head, and the same stone thunders.\n\nIf you wish to prevent dogs or hunters from harming any animal being hunted: Place the stone named Liperius before them. This stone is found in Libya, and all animals rush to this stone as if it were their protector, preventing dogs or hunters from harming them.\n\nIf you wish to fight someone without fire: Take the stone called Unces, mentioned earlier, and apply apij, which is like fire, to this stone. If you strike it forcefully with your hand, it appears to burn like a material fire, which is remarkable.\n\nIf you wish to cure melancholia or quartana in someone: Take the stone called Lazurus, which imitates a celestial color, and its inside contains corpuscles..To follow your instructions, I will provide you with the cleaned text below:\n\nIf you want to sharpen your wits or increase your wealth and even predict the future: take the stone called the emerald, which is the most clear and smooth, or the one that is green and better than the fluorite, and taken from the nests of griffins; it strengthens and preserves. Carrying it makes a man wise and good memory. It increases the wealth of the bearer. And if someone places it under his tongue, he will immediately prophesy.\n\nIf you want to make Iris appear: take the stone called the one with four colors, which is white like crystal or having horns. If this stone is placed in the sun's rays, it immediately reflects and makes Iris appear on the wall or the wall.\n\nIf you want a stone that never gets warm: take the Balas stone, which has a frosty figure and color, and hardness like adamant. If this stone is placed in a strong fire, it will never get warm. It is because it has pores so constricted that the heat cannot penetrate the body of the stone. Aaron and Eux say so..iste gestatus mitigat iram & ceteras alias calidas passiones\nIf you want to know if your wife lies with another man at sea, take the galate stone, so called because it is the same as catabrus. It is found in Libya and Britain. It is of dual colors, black and yellow, and is found to be glaucous, tending towards pallor. It cures idiopathic and flowing teeth and the Auis says that if this stone is rubbed and given to a virgin woman, she will not immediately become a widow if she is not one.\n\nIf you want to subdue enemies and adversaries, take the stone called draconites from the head of the dragon. If extracted from a living stone, it is effective against poisonous snakes. Carrying it in your left hand, you will subdue all enemies.\n\nIf you want to generate love between two people, take the stone called Echites or Aquileus. Some call it the stone of the eagle, which eagles place in their nests. It is of a purple color and is found near the shores of the Ocean and sometimes contains another lapis lazuli that resonates with it. It is carried by the eagle and does not move itself..This text appears to be in Latin, and it seems to be a fragment of an ancient text. I will translate it into modern English as faithfully as possible, while removing meaningless or unreadable content and correcting OCR errors.\n\nHere is the cleaned text:\n\n\"At this stone, as Quod says, suspended by the hand soothes love between man and wife, benefits pregnant women, hinders abortions, and mitigates the danger of miscarriage. It is also said to help the weak. And as the Chaldeans say, if poison is in the food and this stone is placed there, it prevents the food from being swallowed, and if it is immediately removed, the person will feel a slight sensation.\n\nTo make a man safe, take this Terpischorean stone, born of the sea, red and beautiful. It is said in the book of Alchoran that if the heart bears it, the man is safe, and it suppresses all seditions. It is also said that it catches locusts, birds, clouds, grapes, and even pestilence from fruits of the earth. It is also known to the modern physicians and some of our brethren that it opposes the rays of the sun and emits fiery rays itself. If this stone is placed in boiling water, it will cease to boil immediately and cool down soon after.\".Receive all of you. Take the stone called Iasinthus. It is large and has many colors, some of which are green and are better, and it has red veins and is fit to be placed in silver. In certain readings, it is said that it has two kinds: the aquatic and the sapphire. The aquatic one is yellow and somewhat translucent. The sapphire one, however, is pale and shines well in the light. It has no watery quality and is superior to the other. And it is written in certain philosophical readings that by touching it with the finger or the neck, it turns green and safe for guests. And it summons sleep due to its coldness, and this is especially true of the sapphire.\n\nIf you want to be preserved from various misfortunes and deadly perils, take the stone called Orithes. It has three hopes: one black, another green, and a third, whose other side is rough and the other side is smooth, and its color is like a pebble. The green one has white spots. This stone, when carried, preserves one from various misfortunes and perils of death.\n\nIf you want to make peace, take the stone called sapphire, which comes from the East in India, and it is pale..If the wise Melior is not as clear: he creates peace and harmony, purifies the soul to God, confirms the mind in good things, and cools the human heart in inner heat.\n\nIf you wish to care for a foot: take a healthy stone called from a healthy island. The mind of the carrier is solidified, the hand of the weary is restrained, and it holds him in its power. Therefore, this stone is not allowed to touch a woman in labor.\n\nIn Aaron and Euax's book of minerals, you will find many similar things and other discoveries.\n\nThe method of dealing with these is that the world remains free from all bodily pollution when you carry a good thing.\n\nIt seems that Isidorus says that Limacus has a noble stone in its lap, which is of white color. He cured those suffering from stranguria by giving them a drink, and he healed them briefly. He also cured quartan fever. He removed Albuginea from the eyes. If a pregnant woman carries it on herself, she will not miscarry. The flesh of the medicinal plants themselves, cooked and crushed, is also effective. Dust from the plants is also effective..The text describes various effects caused by certain animals, using examples of the eagle, porcupine, pelican, tiger, crow, owl, seal, elk, deer, weasel, mole, hare, and nightingale. The eagle, also known as Aquila, is noted for its miraculous bile or virtue. If its cerebrum is powdered and mixed with the juice of hemlock, those who consume it will immediately absorb it through their hair and will not let go until they have carried it away. The reason for this effect is that the cerebrum of the eagle is the hottest and generates this property.\n\nRegarding the third book of Albertus Magnus on the virtues of animals, previously mentioned were some effects caused by certain stones and the marvelous effectiveness or operation of these animals: Now, in the present chapter, we will discuss some effects caused by certain animals.\n\nAquila (Eagle)\nThe eagle, a well-known bird, is also called Aetos or Aetax by the Romans and Rhipidion by the Greeks. It is reported that Aaron and Evax possess its miraculous bile or virtue. If its cerebrum is powdered and mixed with the juice of hemlock, those who consume it will immediately absorb it through their hair and will not let go until they have carried it away. The reason for this effect is that the cerebrum of the eagle is the hottest and generates this property..virtutem fantasticam obturando meatus per fium (Tasso is known as an animal to the Caldeans, called Arapa by them, Orgalo by the Greeks. Aaron says of this, \"If its feet are carried away by anyone, it will not be vexed but will continue to advance.\" It also carries a staff in its hand.\nBubo is a well-known bird, called Magi by the Caldeans and Hysonus by the Greeks. Its remarkable abilities are that if its heart is placed under your left foot while you sleep, it will tell you whatever it has done and whatever you ask of it. Our brothers have experienced this in modern times. And if someone places this under his bed: no dog will bark at him, and if a contest is held between the birds mentioned above with their wings suspended from a tree, birds will gather around the tree.\nHircus is a well-known beast, called erbici by the Caldeans and maslai by the Greeks. If its blood is taken and heated with vinegar and the juice of asafoetida and then mixed with bull's fat, the glass will become soft like putty and can be used to throw at a wall.).The parietal [should not be touched]. If this composed substance is placed in a vessel and heated from it, wonderful and horrible things will appear to it, and it will be seen what it should die. And if it is placed in fire and if there is a brittle stone nearby, it will fall to the ground as if dead. If water of eels is given to it to drink, it will be healed.\n\nThe camel is a well-known animal, called Cybele by the Cyprians, Iphimes by the Greeks. If its blood is placed on the skin of a stag under shining stars, you will see that it is a giant and that its head is in the heavens. This is recorded in the book of Alchoran by Hermes. Similarly, if anyone eats of this, he immediately leaves his senses. And if its lamp is lit with its blood, all men surrounding it will seem to have the head of a camel, as long as the light of another candle is not present.\n\nThe hare is a well-known animal, called Veterella by the Cyprians, Onolos by the Greeks. Its virtues are remarkable. Euax and Aaron say that its feet have healing power..iucti cum lapide aliis capite merule: move he who is called Experior with a stone on another's head: he will show boldness, not fearing death. And if bound with the left hand, and given to someone for three days as food for a horse, it will become lucid and will be like new. And if mixed with a certain trebentim, it will be luminous and will be as if born anew. And if its blood is thrown into water a little, it will make a horrible thunderstorm.\n\nLeo is a well-known animal / called Aalamus by the Caldeans, Beruchos by the Greeks. If its skin is made into corniches from it, the enemy will not harm him. And if one eats its flesh and drinks its water for three days, he will be cured of the quartan fever. And if its eye is placed under the armpit or carried, all wild beasts will flee from it, turning their backs.\n\nFoca is a well-known fish / called Daulabur by the Caldeans, Einm or Labor by the Greeks. This fish is of diverse nature. If its tongue and a little of its heart are boiled in water, it will be effective..Certainly, fish will gather there, and if you bear this amulet under your armpit, no one who has defeated you in court will be able to bring a case against you: but you will have a kind and favorable judge.\n\nAnguilla is a well-known fish. The powers of this eel are wonderful if it is boiled in water and taken with vinegar and honey.\n\nMustela is a well-known animal. If one eats the heart of this animal while it is still beating, he will be able to know the future. If someone eats the heart, liver, and tongue of a dog with this animal's heart, he will immediately lose his voice.\n\nUpupa is a well-known bird, called the Uppupa by the Etruscans and Ison by the Greeks. Its eyes are carried in a man and make him gracious. If its eyes are taken.\n\nThe pelican is a well-known bird. It is called the Pelican of Volterra by the Etruscans and Iphilatus by the Greeks. The virtue of this bird is marvelous. If its young are killed while their bodies remain intact and their blood is used, it is effective.\n\nCorvus is a well-known bird, and the wonder of this bird, as Euax and Aaron relate, is that if its eggs are cooked and then put back in the nest..The following bird, the raven, proceeds straight to the red marble island where Aldoric or Alodric is buried, and brings a stone which it touches with its eggs. They stood there raw, as they were before. It is marvelous how the cooked eggs revive. If this stone is placed in a ring and a laurel leaf is placed on it, the person bound with chains or a door with a key will be immediately released and the door will open. If this stone is placed in the mouth of an onion, one of the following things happens: one stone is indicated because it is found in India, according to some, and it is of various colors in the red sea. The Milvus bird is well known, called the Calidian, Greek, or Molosan bird. If its head is taken and carried before its chest, it gives love and grace to all men and women. If it is hung around a hen's neck, it will not stop running until it drops it. If its blood is smeared on the rooster's crest, it will no longer sing. A certain stone yields nothing if looked at subtly..Two enemies' food will become friends, and there will be the best peace between them. (Line 1)\n\nThe turtle is a well-known bird, and it is called Mu or Pilax among the Greeks. If the heart of this bird is placed in a wolf's pouch, it will no longer have a desire to indulge. And if it is boiled with the eggs of any bird, it will no longer be able to produce offspring from them. And if its feet are hung on a tree, it will no longer bear fruit. And if its blood is mixed with fox talpia and applied to a bald spot and a black horse's mane falls, (Line 2)\n\nThe talpa is a well-known animal. The male of this animal is remarkable, as the philosophers report. If the foot (Line 3)\n\nThe merula is a well-known bird, and its miraculous property is that if its right wing feathers are hung in the middle of a house with a red thread (which has never been used before): no one will be able to sleep in that house until they are removed. And if its heart is placed under the sleeper's head and the gods are asked what he has done with a loud voice. And again, if it is put in the water of a well and mixed with the blood of an upupa, it will produce a frog from it. (Line 4).tem{per}a alicui\u0304us statim infirmabitur vs{que} ad mortem\nqd dicta\u0304 est. nam si in suis contrarijs fierent vt bonus effectus i\u0304n signo maliuolo vel econtra: im\n\u00b6 Expliciunt secrcta aliqua Alberti magni\u0304 de Colonia super naturis virtutibus & efficatia herba{rum} lapidum & a nimalium quorumdam\n\u00b6 Videtur dicere Isidorus {quod} cinis rane magne super se postatus ad sonas: valde retinet flurum menstruorum\nEt in {pro}batione si ligetur ad collum galline non exibit sa\u0304 guis ex ea vel ex alio ani\u0304mali. Item distemperatus cu\u0304 aqua ex eo on gatur non amplius nascentur inde pili\n\u00b6 Si quis cor canis in smistra parte portauerit omnes canes obmutescent. Si quis oculum dextrum lupi liga\u2223uerit in manica dextra: homines ne{que} canes ei nocere poterunt\n\u00b6 Et vt omni\u0304a que superius dicta sunt & eciam dicent{ur} niferius: qui astro{rum} periciam no\u0304 habent ad effectu\u0304 sui de desiderij facilius possmt accomodare. Primo notabis {quod} hora sumitur dupliciter videlicet equalis & inequalis Ho ra equalis est hora horologij que semper.equalis existit. Inequality considers this, whether days grow major or minor. Not the astrologers considered it, regarding where the sun stands in the southern or northern hemisphere, and they call it the day or the diurnal arc. And the twelve equinoxes are such hours of this day. Whoever wants to take one hour and one third hour of the horologium, and during that entire time, the dominion of that planet's hours will be considered, as the following table will demonstrate. Whatever hour his [suitable hour] is, he will not have it unless it is night. Forty minutes [meaning of the rest is as follows]: namely, regarding the sun's rising above the earth. Because it is not the media hour between night and day: it is called a day. But day is primarily understood as when the sun can give light. Therefore, if you want to consider the dominion of any planet. For each planet has its own hour. You will observe the hours in the manner written above, and in this way, you can reach the end of your purpose. Consider also the beginning of the day from the first hour following midday..The day is divided into two equal parts, and there are twelve hours: divide it into two. The tenth hour and a half of the day will be the day of Jupiter, and the following hour will be the beginning of the day of the moon.\n\nAbout the stars and planets: know that the day of Jupiter has its own star under the sun. The day of the moon has its own star under the moon. The day of Mars has its own star under Mars. The day of Mercury has its own star under Mercury. The day of Jupiter has its own star under Jupiter. The day of Venus has its own star under Venus. The day of Saturn has its own star under Saturn.\n\nNote that all true actions should be done under their own [planet] and in their own hour. It is better. For example, under Saturn, life, building, and three changes. Under Jupiter, honor, desire, wealth, fortune, heir. Under Mars, war, prison, marriage. Under the sun, hope, profit, fortune, heir. Under Venus, friend, society, companion, traveler. Under Mercury, debt, loss, fear. Under the moon, palace, sleep, market, theft from God..[Horas astris: Dominicae]\ni. Sol, II. Venus, III. Mercurius, IV. Luna, V. Saturnus, VI. Iuppiter, VII. Mars, VIII. Sol, IX. Venus, X. Mercurius, XI. Luna, XII. Saturnus\n\n[Horas astris: Lunae]\nI. Luna, II. Saturnus, III. Iuppiter, IV. Mars, V. Sol, VI. Venus, VII. Mercurius, VIII. Luna, IX. Saturnus, X. Iuppiter, XI. Mars, XII. Sol\n\n[Horas astris: Veneris]\nI. Venus, II. Mercurius, III. Luna, IV. Saturnus, V. Iuppiter, VI. Mars, VII. Sol, VIII. Venus, IX. Mercurius, X. Luna, XI. Saturnus, XII. Iuppiter\n\n[Horas astris: Martis]\nI. Saturnus, II. Iuppiter, III. Mars, IV. Sol, V. Venus, VI. Mercurius, VII. Luna, VIII. Saturnus, IX. Iuppiter, X. Mars, XI. Sol, XII. Venus\n\n[Horas astris: Mercuri]\nVI. Sol, VII. Venus, VII. Mercurius, IX. Luna, X. Saturnus, XI. Iuppiter, XII. Mars.prima eius hora. sol ii. venus iii. mercury iv. lunae. saturnus v. iuppiter. mars vii. sol. venus ix. mercury xi. lunae. saturnus vii.\n\nThe first hour of Jupiter. Sun II. Venus III. Mercury IV. Luna. Saturnus V. Jupiter. Mars VII. Sun. Venus IX. Mercury XI. Luna. Saturnus VII.\n\nEiusd Alberti magni de mirabilibus mundi felicitas incipit, quod opus sapientis est, cessare mirabilia quae in spectu hominum apparant, quamvis viri mutat res et quae aliae essent obedientiae ei, quae ipsa ferunt, ipsum magnum et prudentem Sz pilld rupetanius tanquam in eis sit virtus aut saltem cum eis aliiquam mali virtus annexus, quod vult scire huius rei secretum, ut operetur illud et dissolvet, sciat quod potest ligare animas que vequid aute solquid autem ligantur et solventur, quia inueniuntur quid maximi excessus in ligando, quid vero maximi in dissolvente. Et unificatio naturalis..aliquid vigens is in him. For they are more suitable for this than others. And when it was certified to us that this was so, we knew it from this character. I. & speech to its effectiveness in the hour when a man wants and there are two ways, one of which is this: the affection of the one operating himself in the hour in which it is done. And they themselves, the virtuous man, have a necessity to be effective in a similar way to that. It moves him towards that. For when the soul desires its own, the character is I. speech. And the joy of operation is itself that hour which most strongly desires it, whatever it may be. Therefore, the character, I. speech, and the joy of operation, urge us to do it in that hour, whether it is about matters of war, or about characters, that is, these effective things, if we investigate them fiercely and hatefully in that hour, or with counsel and deliberation. And these effective things destroy and cause discord, and bring him near to doing it, following the desires of the soul, which is the art of character making / these wonderful virtuous sayings / and this is the mode in.quo inuitas est efficacia ipsoorum onium. Mens enim affectat grandi desiderio, sicut arripitur super multiples sermons/colors & gestus, et super carecteres et figuras divisas. Vnde nec ad idem inuentur similes onis characteres secundum diversam affectionem facientia eas.\n\nHumanum et domesticum, et generaliter verificatum est eis ratione et experimento, quod omnis natura movet ad suam speciem et fit eorum verificatione nota in qualitatibus primis, et similiter in secundis, et fuit idem in tertijis et in omnibus disposicionibus, nihil quod non movet ad seipsum secundum totum posse suum. Hoc fuit radix et principium.\n\nOstensum fuit insitum metis philosophorum istud, et ipsi invenerunt disposiciones entium naturalium, quia certe sciebatis quibusdam entibus est insita gravis caliditas, quibusdam grandis frigiditas, quibusdam cum hoc grandis ambitiones, quibusdam grandis iracundia, quibusdam grandis timor, quibusdam innata sterilitas, quibusdam innatus ardor amoris. Quibusdam est innata alia virtus..aut secundum totam speciem: such is the innate boldness and victory of a lion, or according to an individual, the boldness of a prostitute is not according to human form but according to the individual. From this came great wonders and hidden abilities. And those who did not understand this wonder and whence it comes turned away from all that was in it.\n\nIt is a secret nor hidden from any people, for whatever is similar aids and confirms the like: let him love and admonish and embrace it. And physicians have said this and verified it through their own experience: \"like cures like,\" and \"similar things are beneficial to similar things.\" And alchemists knew this truth manifestly, how nature submits and rejoices in its like, and feels compassion for it. And every science verifies this in its own way. And you, note this carefully, for on this depends a great wonder.\n\nIt has been verified and proven in the minds of all. Every natural species, and every nature..Particularly or generally, each species has a natural affection and enmity towards certain others. And every species has something fearful and horrible: something to fear and destructive, as a sheep towards a wolf, and it recognizes this not only in its entire hope and according to every time. Some have this according to individual and specific nature, and it is a fact that all hate each other according to life. Parts hate their lord when they encounter him. Therefore, the skin of every lion devours and conquers all other skins; the skin of a sheep is consumed by the skin of a wolf. And the drum made of wolf skin makes that one made of sheep skin mute, and it is the same in all other things. And you should not be concerned about this on account of the great secrets that come from it. It is suitable for all that man is the end of all natural things, and all natural things are through him and he conquers all natural things; and all natural things have an innate natural obedience to man, and man is full of it..In this text, all conditions exist in their entirety: that is, it is tempered in heat and cooled in temperature. In all that exists, there are all virtues of things and they favor human nature, and demons obey and operate within the human body. All secret arts and this entire marvel arise from it. However, a man does not have all things at the same time, but rather at different times and in different individuals. The effectiveness of things is found in their own nature, not in reason but in experience. When reason can see and comprehend this, you will notice. And even through your own experience, you can test this. Contrary to man, whatever is suitable for itself is known to have a celestial form from which it derives its marvelous operation in the stars and aspects, where things contract their own proper and hidden properties..omne quod incipit sub determinato ascendente et influencia celesti incipit et contrahit propria efficacia, Plato utro dixit in Timaeo, quod quod non fuisset opifex dialeticus ex quo fit protervus et clevatus. Lectus agilis et expeditus, et qui eruditus in scientia naturali, in qua declarantur mirabilia, calidis et frigidis, secus et humidis et sicis et humidis est in rebus ex bono et malo, neque poterit intelligere neque verificare omnia quae philosophi scripta sunt, neque poterit certificare omnia quae apparuerunt sensibus hominum, et uadet cum tristitia animi.\n\nCredidit purus Astrologus, quod tota mirabilis est, et magna pars philosophorum et medicorum, quod tota mirabilitas experimentorum et mirabilium exiret a rebus naturalibus quando in lucem conferuntur per calidum et frigidum. Significaverunt has quatuor qualitates et posuerunt ipso Plato, Aristoteles, et legitimi et ones qui intenderunt supra ultimum philosophiae: iam certifanerunt..All miracles arise from things in various ways: some through celestial virtues, some through heat and cold, some through demonic and necromantic virtues, some through innate virtues of things in their substantial forms, some through relationships that bring things back into incomprehensible forms. Many do this on their own, while others do this through accidents. Some do this directly, while others do this indirectly. Meritably, Plato said that whoever is not deeply versed in dialectics and knowledgeable in natural virtues will not understand the rationality of miracles nor will they themselves possess the philosopher's treasure.\n\nTherefore, quickly, for every thing has heat and cold from which it makes itself effective in itself and makes other things effective through accidents, directly and indirectly: there is one virtue in one thing and its figure..This text appears to be written in Old Latin, and it seems to discuss the qualities of various animals and their influence on human behavior. Here's the cleaned text:\n\n\"generationis quam agit in moralitate constructione & conuenientia cum alis, et pestu quam scis istud nota: et quidem dispesicio & proprietas eius naturalis, an sit audacia aut timiditas, aut decor aut sterilitas, quia qualem habet naturam, idem assimilat in his quibus associatur. Leo est animal intimidum, habens audaciam naturalem maxime in fronte et cor. Ideo qui sibi adiungit oculos leonis, aut cor aut pellis, quia inter duos oculos: vadit audax & intimidus, inducit timiditatem omnibus aliis animalibus. Generaliter enim in leone est virtus dandi audaciam et magnanimitatem. Similiter in meretrice est audacia exterminata. Et ideo philosophi dicunt, si quis camisiam meretricis publicum induerit, aut respexerit in spe culum, aut secum habuerit in quo ipsa se ipsum speculatur, vadit audax & intimidus. Similiter in gallo est quidam audacia magna, adeo quod philosophi dicunt, ex eo stupefit leo. Et ideo dicunt.\"\n\nTranslation:\n\n\"This generation acts in morality, construction, and suitability with others, and note that this very thing, whether it is displeasure and property, or audacity, timidity, decorum, or sterility, depends on its nature, which it assumes in those it is associated with. The lion is an intimidating animal, having a great deal of natural audacity in its forehead and heart. Therefore, whoever associates with the eyes, heart, or skin of a lion goes about audacious and intimidating, inducing timidity in all other animals. In general, courage and magnanimity are virtues in a lion. Similarly, in a courtesan, audacity is extinguished. And that is why philosophers say that if someone puts on the garment of a courtesan in public, looks at a penis in hope, or has one in which she looks at herself, he goes about audacious and intimidating. Similarly, in a rooster, there is a great deal of audacity, to the point that philosophers say that a lion is astonished by it. And that is why they say.\".If a person has lived alone with no companions: he goes boldly and fearlessly. And generally, every animal that has fearlessness eliminated by nature or by accident moves others toward sterility. Therefore, the philosophers wrote that no one becomes a man or a woman when a part of a woman is associated with him.\n\nSimilarly, the eunuch and the castrated man, because sterility is inherent in them, assimilate themselves to this in the man who associates with them. Similarly, those who wish to incite love look back on this, for an animal loves most of all: and most of all in that hour when it is more stimulated in love, because then the animal receives a part of itself in which the desire for love is strongest: such as the heart of the testicles and the matrix, and they show it to him whom they desire..The text appears to be in Latin, and it seems to be a fragment of an ancient text discussing the ways to excite love between males and females. Here's the cleaned version:\n\n\"Masculus ad feminam exhibet testiculos. Femina vero ad virum exhibet menses aut cudidam. Quia hydro diligit, ut dicunt philosophi, ideo philosophi maximize eligunt eam ad excitandum amorem. In hoc genere, turtur, columba, et passer maxime amoris causa siue a Venere tuccen irrefragrabiliter provocant et inserunt amorem. Similiter quando volunt facere loquacem, appropinquat de lingua canis aut de corde. Cum autem volunt facere facundum aut delectabilem, associant ei Philomena. Quamquam universali quamquamque virtutem aut proprietatem naturalem in aliquo entis naturalis suspectant excessum, assidere aut promouere seu inclinare dispositum ad illud propter quod sciunt firmiter quod potest plus iuvare quam vocare.\"\n\n\"The male shows testicles to the female. The female, in turn, shows her menses or cudidam. Because water loves it, as the philosophers say, therefore philosophers maximally choose her to excite love. In this kind of creature, turtle, dove, and sparrow most strongly cause love due to Venus's touch or provoke love and insert it. Similarly, when they want to make her loquacious, they approach her with the dog's tongue or heart. But when they want to make her facundous or delightful, they associate her with Philomena. However, in every natural being, they suspect any excess of universal virtue or property, and they sit by it or promote and incline it towards it, knowing firmly that it can help more than calling it.\".inasculi. quare crgo negas {quod} in hac reliquiarum rerum que suis proprietatibus agunt do nec per experiencias certificet{ur} tibi certitudo & dest\n\u00b6 Et in libro de animalibus dicitur {quod} Leopardus fu\u2223git ex craneo hominis. & alibi {quod} si craneum hominis an tiqui sepeliatur in turri columbarum aut ponatur: in ea habitant & quiescunt columbe ibi & multiplicantur donec constringantur in ea\n\u00b6 Et in libro de Tyriaca Galieni\u0304 {quod} serpens qui dicitur regulus / est sub albidus: supra cuius caput sunt tres pi li & quando videt eum aliquis moritur statim. & quando\naudit eius sibulum aliqui\u0304s vel aliquid: i\u0304noritur\n\u00b6 Et omni\u0304s bestia que comedit ex eo mortuo ecia\u0304 mo\u2223ritur Et dixit aristotiles {quod} vbi fit estas sex mensibus Similiter hymens est flunius in quo inueni\u0304untur vipere quarum proprietas est vt nun{quam} videant qui non morian\u2223tur & non fac unt hoc ni\n\u00b6 Et dixerunt si aliquis acciperet de lacte mulieris lac\u2223ta\u0304tis virgine\u0304 sua\u0304 q\u0304 est ab ymatu & ponatur in vitreo va se & sepeliatur vel suspendatur.in the tower at the entrance to the column and exit: there dwell and multiply columns within it, until some innumerable number\n\nAnd they said when the bone of a man is suspended in some place: it cures the quartan fever. And if the bone of a man is suspended above the one who is being conquered by the ventricle, it heals the turmoil.\n\nAnd the philosophers said that if the teeth of a boy fall out in the first place, they should be suspended before they reach the earth and placed in a silver lanolin and suspend it above women, prohibiting them from getting pregnant and giving birth.\n\nIn the book of Cleopatra, when a woman takes herself from urine, weighs two and drinks it herself, she does not conceive.\n\nIn the book of decorations: take the quantity of beans from Alcith and pour it into the urine of the mule and give it to the woman to drink, and she does not conceive.\n\nAlexander said: when something is taken from the vinegar, suspend it above the sinister drum. It does not conceive and remains above it. Galen said that when acetose leaves are eaten, they soften the stomach, and when its seed is drunk: it softens..The text appears to be in Latin and contains no meaningless or unreadable content. It appears to be a series of ancient remedies or cures, attributed to various sources such as Aristotle and philosophers. Here is the cleaned text:\n\nventrem radix acetosa suspending super habentem scrophulas iuvat ipsum. Et philosophi quando vis redeas bestia ad hospicium suum, lenem frontem eius cum cepe squilla, & redibit. Aristoteles in libro de animalibus: si ponat aliquis ceram contritam super cornua vituli vaccarum, vadit cum eo ubicumque voluit, sine labore. Si aliquis unguet cornua vaccarum cum cera & olivo, recedit dolor pedum earum. Si aliquis delinuerit caput thauri oleo rosarum, apostematur caput eius. Moritur. Si quis vult ut non vociferet gallus, caput eius unguet oleo, & frontem. In libro Archigenis: quando canilla leporis suspenditur super ipsum qui patitur colicam, confert ei. Aristoteles qui sedet super pellis leonis: recepunt ab eo emoroides. Et philosophi: si annulare abortus suspendit super se mulier, non concipit mulier donec permansit super eam..Et quando una donna beve urina di ariete, non concepir\u00e0. Et quando beve sangue di lepre, concepir\u00e0. E se il sterco di lepre viene sospeso sopra una donna, non concepir\u00e0 finch\u00e9 rimane sopra di lei\n\nEt origanum montanum, quando viene tritato e polverizzato in un luogo dei formichieri, li allontanano.\n\nE i filosofi dissero: se si sospende la testa di un capro sopra colui che soffre di scrofula, guarisce per mezzo di esso.\n\nNel libro della coronazione si dice: prendi mirra e il pollice del tuo piede destro con olio tritato in Palestina. Allora tu sarai amante, finch\u00e9 quel dono rimane sulla tua mano. Nel medesimo libro si dice: se tu prendi felino e lo applica su di te e tu e la tua compagna, asciugatevi e poi tritate e calefatitevi entrambi con puro olio e unguento, e portate il felino intorno a Priapo durante l'ora del coito, e nessun altro attendete se non solo te.\n\nE con queste parole i filosofi dissero: se prende una miscela di tre pondi dell'urina di volpe e cinque di quella del gallo, e mescolino bene e la portino con s\u00e9 per tre giorni..in the fourth day, a man of hers copulates with her and she will be impregnated by a male / and suspend the tail above the manger of swine or sheep\nAnd similarly, if someone receives formicaruan eggs and crushes them into water and gives it to someone, it immediately causes him to itch. They do the same with wine. It is said that if you do this with the juice of a recent myrtle twig and touch it with your finger, it soothes an apostema under the armpits. In Aristotle's book, Radix iohannis, when it is suspended over a patient with colic pain: it helps him.\nAnd Belbinus said, when you receive albumen and alum, soften it with this cloth and wash it with water and salt, and dry it: prevent a fire from burning it. Belbinus also said, take arsenic, alum, grind and cook it with the juice of sempervirens and thaurine's bile, and anoint a man with it. Then he takes iron and holds it in his hand, but does not ignite it. Similarly, if you take magra, alum, talc, aceto fortis, and altea, and crush them together, it is good..lenis cum ea manus: non ledit eas ignis. They said in Carabe when you have held him a long time and blow on him, the lamp with the snuffler, inflame it from him, and from him nothing is contracted, it burns with a great fire. And when you want that those in the palace may see, take black from the sea foam and grind it and mix it with it, and illuminate it with the lamp.\n\nWhen you want that those in the palace may be seen without heads. Take citrus sulfur with oil and put it in the lamp: illuminate it with it and put that in the midst of men and you will see a wonderful thing.\n\nAnd Belbinus said:\nwho placed a portulaca on their bed, he will not see the sonium nor be persuaded by a vision. And Aristotle says that those who smell the smoke of the extinguished lamp abort and decay. And the same thing happens to pregnant women. And Aristotle says that if anyone makes a camel copulate with its mother and presents it, he himself follows it until it wears out. And if anyone makes a horse mount its mother and presents it..illud: it kills itself and intensely intends to do so. Tabarie\u0304sis said: if rafani is received and processed, or if a part of it is taken, and it hangs above a woman after childbirth gives birth to a second child. And philosophers say that if muscas are dipped in water, they die and if they are buried in ashes, they resurrect. It is also said that Azoubor dies and rots above it when acetum is poured. And when scaraeum is buried among roses, it dies and is vinificated.\n\nAnd philosophers say that when the feathers of eagles are mentioned along with the feathers of other animals, they ignite and destroy them. Just as he is victorious in his own life over all birds and rules, the feathers of eagles are harmful to all.\n\nAnd philosophers say that if a sheepskin is placed in any location with cowhide, it rots and is consumed. Whoever wears a p\u0101num made of wool from a sheep instead of eating it does not cease to itch until he wears it. And if you receive and extend pilum equi, the host's house does not enter..hostium (this is a sign of a lupus. And if terrified, arsenicum citrinum is given and milk is admitted, the fly does not fall upon it unless the flies are not dying. And if you receive the right foot of a turtle and place it on the right foot of a podagric person, it confers the same to him. And so does the hand to the hand and the digit to the digit. And if kindled by fires before an emasculated man from green ficulnear wood, his testicles crack. And in the book of Hermes, the two eyes which are bound in a linen cloth above the left hand turn away the quartan fever. And it is said that if a wolf sees a man and the man does not see the wolf, the man is stupefied. And when the skin of an ass is suspended over boys, it prevents them from being frightened. And Architas is said to have stated that if cerumen in a dog's ear is smeared and suspended periodically, it greatly helps with quartan fever. And philosophers say that any species or individual which had no illness, brings relief to all illnesses. And to one who had no pain, help and healing comes..If a pot is suspended over hot water and the fire goes out, take the testa (\\*), sulphur finely powdered, and press it against the hole. Then put it in the water and it will ignite. It is said that if canfora is placed on the water, it ignites and burns in the water.\nTo catch birds with your hands: take grains of wheat in the dregs of wine. Squeeze the juice of cicuta (\\*) very strongly and throw it at the birds. Any bird that tastes it becomes intoxicated and loses strength.\nIf a woman has bound you with maleficium (\\*) for her love: take her garment and throw it over your head, and anoint her right hand with oil. You will not be affected by her.\nTo prevent a woman from committing adultery with another: cut a lock of her hair and scatter the powder of those hairs over vervetrum (\\*). But first, anoint a piece of vervetrum with honey. Then mix it with the woman. And when you want to release yourself from your own hair, do the same. They say that if someone is anointed with ass's milk, all others will gather around it.\nFurthermore, take a little of the aforementioned thread, place it in the instrument with which the panis (\\*) is thrown into the furnace, when the one who throws it in..mittere debet in furno mittit et non poterit immittere: sed extra exire. Ut homines videantur sine capitis: accipe spolium serpentis et auripigmentum et picem grecam reuponticum et ceram novarum apium et segmen asmi et ter omnia et mitte in rudis olla cum aqua et facias bulire ad lentum ignem et postea dimitte frigescere: facias cereum et omnis qui illuminabitur eo videbitur sine capite. Ut homines videantur habere quorumlibet animalium capita: accipe sulphur vivum et litargium et istis simul pulverizatis sparges in lampade oleo plena. Habeantque candelam de cera virginis que permixta.\n\nTolle de segmine ascelli et unum hominem in capite. Si vis ut pullus aut res Asia saliat in disco, accipe argenti vivum et pulverem calamine et mitte in ampullam vitream sigillatam et illam pon intra rem calidam. Quia cum sit argentum vinum calidum: mouet se et facit eam saltare.\n\nSi vis videre quod alii nequeant tollere felem de masculo catto et caput galline omnino albe admisce insimul et oculos tuos..inunge. & videtur \u00b6 Si tu vis intelligere voces auium: tunc associa tecum duos socios in quinto kalendas nouembris. & tunc vade in quoddam nemus cum canibus quasi ad venandum. & illam bestiam quam primo inueneris defer tecum ad dquid lapis qui e\u0304 diuersorum colorum de fer tecum ipsum & eris inuisibilis \u00b6 Vt ho\u0304 s{per} enuchus sit accipe ex vermiculo q\u0304 i\u0304 estate lucet & da ei bibere Vt mulier {con}fiteat{ur} q\u0304 fecerit-rana\u0304 aquale\u0304 {con}prehende viuam &\ntolle eius linguam & remitte illam i\u0304n aquam & pone illa\u0304 linguam su{per} {per}tem cordis femine dormientis que cum in terrogatur vera dicit. Si vis alique\u0304 terreri i\u0304 somno ei{us} capiti eius suppone pellem simie. Si vis capere talpa\u0304 po\u2223ne m foramine eins cepe vel porrum aut aleum & statim egredietur sine viribus Serpens no\u0304 accedit ad aleu\u0304 / nec canis gustat aliquid tinctum cum aleo & si fameat. Su\nconficiantur \nillis formis \u00b6 Lampas mirabilis in qua apparent res quantitatis terribilis habens in manu virgam & ter ritat hominem: accipe ranam viridem &.decollate it from the green pall of shrouds, make it ready with sam bucino and place the licinium next to it. Light it with a green lamp. For you will see a black statue among which I told you Lampas, another one appearing as men in filthy forms, frightening inhuman men and making it seem like a demon. Take hairs from the tail of a black dog in which there is no whiteness. Make something from its fat. Then take the pall of shrouds and make the licinium, then the linen, and light it with a green lamp with sambucino oil. Light it in the house. Let there be no ibilicinium besides it. You will see wondrous things. The beautiful licinium, so that the house appears full of snakes and images, until the licinium remains and the censers. Take the black serpent's fat and skin. Take the pall of shrouds. Make the licinium from that cloth: then the linen with that fat. Then put the serpent's skin in its concavity: and light it with green oil in a green lamp.\n\nLampas..When a place for frogs is lit, there is no sound, all are silent until it is lit: take the fat of a crocodile and melt it with beeswax in the sun, and make a lamp from it and light it in the place where there are frogs. When they see this, they all gather. Another lamp that comes: take zinc and rub it well, take a shroud's cloth and make it with the fish fat. Or if it is samosas bird oil, and it is called solon and resembles a turtle. Equal to its diet from the blood of the sea turtle: pour beeswax on it and light it in the middle of the house where there are singers and girls. It is wonderful and proven.\n\nIf you want to make it so that lice do not sleep on a man's bed, throw his weight on it once or in the middle, and if you receive ashes of aster, it will become a lice powder that when lit: they all see each other, the sick from the intensity of their sickness..Receive a lemon-yellow locust and dry it, then rub it and place it on a shroud's cloth, and burn it with sambucino oil in any place. This is what I have told you, and it is marvelous.\n\nWhen you wish to appear completely engulfed in fire from head to foot without being harmed in any way: take malva-is, grind it with egg white and vinegar, then apply alum to your body and let it dry. Afterward, apply powdered alum to your body with this liniment. The fire is inflamed in it and does not harm. And if you do this on your palm, you can hold the fire without injury.\n\nIf you wish to throw something into the fire and it not be burned: take a fish glue part and equal amount of alum, pour it over acetic acid of wine, and mix whatever you wish to throw into the fire with this liniment, the fish glue will not burn with it.\n\nIf you wish to do the opposite. Take some image of a man or another, and when placed in water, it ignites and if you extract it, it is extinguished. Take unburnt lime and mix it with..aliquantula cere & oleo sisami & napta. In terra alba sulphure, make an image from that. When you stir water with it, fire will be kindled. If you want it to extinguish when you open your hand over the lamp, take the substance called spuma inda, grind it as much as you want, and mix it well with it. Then take a wild or rural frog, crush it, and mix its Aristology and something from incense with it. Write this on paper or something you love and throw it to the serpents.\n\nIf you want to carry fire in your hand without hurting yourself: take dissolved chalk with warm water of beans. Mix a little malnanisci and magre culis with it, then line your palm with it and let it dry. Put fire in it, it won't harm.\n\nThe philosophers say that the whole thing should be green and full of serpents and frightening images. Take the serpent's skin and another's hand, let the first one dry, then wear them both: afterwards..poteris audaciter sustinere ignem sine nocumento. Si autem velis vt videatur ardere illud liciniu\u0304: asperge de sulphure viuo bene puluerisato. & videbitur comburi cu\u0304 accenditur sulphur. & nihil ei nocebit. Si in fla\u0304mam can\u00a6dele quam quis tenet in manu colophonia vel picem gre cam insuflaueris subtilissime tritam mirabiliter auget ig nem. & vs{que} ad domum porrigit fla\u0304mam. Vt ignem ille sus portare poteris: cum aqua fabarum calida calx dis\u2223soluat & modicum cere rubee de missi\u0304a postea parum mal uanisci additias quibus insimul coniunctis vel co\u0304mixtis palmam illinias desiccari permittas: sic eni\u0304m ignem quo libet illesus portare poteris \u00b6 Aquam ardente\u0304 sic facias facias: recipe vinum nigrum spissum potens & vetus / & in vna quarta ipsius distemperabis viue calcis sulphuris viui subtilissime puluerisati tharthari de bono vino. & salis communi\u0304s albi grossi: postea pones in cucurbita bene lutata & desuper posito alembico: distillabis aquam arde\u0304 tem quam seruare debes in vase vitreo. Ignem grecum sic facias.Recipe sulphur viuum: tartarum sar cocallam. picolam. salcocium petroleum. & oleum co\u0304mune fac bulire bene & si ponitur in eo: accenditur siue lignum siue ferrum & no\u0304 extinguitur nisi vrina / aceto vel arena\niAm scimus {quod} mirabile est illud cuius causa re mouetur a conspectu co\u0304muniter / & perseuerat ei{us} mirabilis donatio / & no\u0304 apparet ei{us} cause sufficie\u0304tia\ncum vero \ncVm sciuerunt philosophi naturales. {quod} co\u0304plemen tum effectus cuiuslibet requirit forte agens. & bene dispositum patiens. & horum altero deficiente effect{us} non completur. aut debiliter completur posito sufficiente patie\u0304te. nihil efficiebat{ur} mirabile in co\u0304spectu hominu\u0304. quia null{us} mirat{ur} visa sufficie\u0304ti ca\u0304 Inceperu\u0304t ergo ex i\u0304genio & scie\u0304tia naturali alit educere mirabilia. Et sunt secu\u0304du\u0304 duos modos: vno. s. vt non constituat sufficiens age\u0304s posse facere effectum qui sequitur. nec proculdubio faceret sed maxima aptitudo patientis complet effectum. agen\u2223te insufficienti similiter existente. Et homines dum.solum irascitur agens insufficientes. Et patientia inattenta admiratur necessitatem. Quia exita causa quae penitus a se illud non debet facere. Sed quodamtem faciunt eo tra parant patientes, maxime indispositum secundum aetas et sorte. Et faciunt advertere homines ad patientes tantum. Et cum sit insufficientes manifeste, non cessant mirari. Si tamen possit complere, mirabile est. Sed si vis facere quod cesset omne mirabile, respice alias causas. Agens autem sufficiens etiam patientem: quoniam si utrumque respicis, non miraberis. Quia videbis tantam aptitudinem in una sufficiens alterius, quod non facit admirari. Quando enim vidis quod aqua frigida accendit ignem et non extinguit ipsum, si tu respiceres causam agentem, mirares semper quia non esset convenientis ad hoc. Sed quid tu respicis materiam illius effectus? Utputam quia calx et sulphur, quod est valde inflammabile, ita minime agis inflammat ipsum: tu vidis quod nihil est mirabile. Similiter, quando quidquid non comburitur igne:.When one considers a single cause in isolation, it is wonderful. But when one knows the nature of the patient or the weakness of the agent, nothing is marvelous. Therefore, the greatest source of natural experiments is in this: to choose a most prepared material for some weak or strong agent, and to make people look at the cause that does not seem capable of doing so, and say nothing about it. And you note this, because according to this method, a great number of marvelous experiments have occurred, and I will tell you some of them to confirm the aforementioned virtue and to also know how to invent experimental methods. If you want to make a carbuncle or a light source in the night, take as many glowing nightcrawlers as possible and put them in a small glass vial and close it in a warm place. Do not let it sit for fifteen days, then distill the water from it through an alembic, which should be in a crystal or glass vessel, for it provides such clarity that anyone can read in a dark place. Write this down..Some people make this water from night-crawlers, badger's gall, badger's wax, surgeon's gall, and dog's water: they sift it in the mud and distill it from it.\n\nTo make hot water in this way: Take serpentina [1] which you will distill through an alembic, and it will come out like hot water; also add wine or whatever you wish. It is lit when you approach it with a candle. The flying fire's composition in the air is complex. Whence it is made of rock salt and sulfur. And when mixed with liquid oils and placed in tubes, it is burned in the air and sublimates immediately. Another one is made from rock salt, sulfur, and living coal or saltpeter: with which, when mixed and joined together, but less sulfur should be there, and more salt or colophony.\n\nFlying fire. Take one pound of sulfur, two pounds of willow charcoal, six pounds of petrified salt: grind these three most subtly in a marble stone.\n\nAlbertus Magnus on the Secrets of Nature. Explicit. Not to be read by me, Wilhelm of Mechlinia.\n\n[1] Serpentina is likely a typo or error for serpents or snakes..To obtain the inner fruit: we wish to hand over the rule and the new moon to you, so that you may know the origin of Luna according to the epact, and the perpetual rule for the shortest possible time, and prove it more clearly with examples and reason. You will also be able to understand the position of the sun and the moon in the zodiac on every day: which will be helpful. For instance, I want to know what day it is. July 20, 1375. Therefore, first, I note whether or not the epact exists as stated. If not, I add. I add the number of days in the month of July which have passed. XX and it amounts to XXXV. I add the number of months from March and the number of days in those months. V. Adding this to XXXV, we have XL. Since the days of the moon do not exceed 30, we discard the excess. XXX. I hold the remainder, which is X. The epact must be observed every year, whether or not added. XI. Therefore, if I have the epact in the present year: XVI. In the following year: XXVI. And in the subsequent year: XXXVII. And since the predicted epact is no longer valid: XXX. Therefore, in the year in which it exceeds the prediction. XXX..abiectis ergo xxx. de xxxvij residuum teneo quod est septem. & this is perpetual.\n\nThis known, I can always know the paschas and solstices. For the paschas are calculated according to the lunar cycle. Since the 18th day of March was the crucifixion of the Lord, as is known, it was the greatest solar eclipse, which could not have been natural. Because, as is known, the moon does not naturally become full before or after opposition. Therefore, for the sake of this matter and the strengthening of Christian faith, the lunar motion should be observed.\n\nThe first, therefore, is Brutus. Ector. Fluvius. Curus. Eouus. Dicta. Diuina. Dei. Cuncta. Diana. Eui. Ianuarius. Februarius. Martius. Aprilis. Maius. Iunius. Aquarius. Pisces. Aries. Taurus. Gemini. Cancer. Iulius. Augustus. September. October. November. December. Leo. Virgo. Libra. Scorpio. Sagittarius. Capricornus.\n\nIn the two above-written verses, you have xii. dictio nes deseruientes. xij. mensibus anni. videlicet gratum seruitium in Ianuario. Ector. And similarly, see the first letters of the words themselves..If we assume that the text is in Latin and contains instructions on calculating the position of the sun or moon in the zodiac, here is the cleaned text:\n\n\"quote smt in ordine alpha: est prima b. secunda c tercia. Si cupis scire in quot gradibus signi sit sol (XX. iulii): accipe litera illi mesi rendente & compute quota sit in ordine, for example. d. reddet iulio quae est prima littera huius dictiois d, et d est quarta in ordine alphabeti. Habeas itaque IV. Adde ei dies mensis iulii qui sunt XX. et habes XXIV. Quibus addas XIII. Et sunt XXXVII. Et non potest excedere: 30. Nam 30 sunt gradus signi cuiuslibet abice 30 et quod remanet sunt quasitus qui sunt. Gradus leonis. Si autem de luna intelligis, scio quod luna die ro. iulii habet dies io. Volo scire in quo signo est duplicabit etas lune qe etas supponitur esse io. Habeo ro. cui addo V. et habeo XXV quod divido per. V. re sunt residua. Incipio ergo numerare a signo i, quo cepit origo lune. Dato quod fuit leo, quia quod proventi ex divisione fuit V. Procedo vsque ad quod signum incipiens a leone, quod signum est sagittarius.\".I cannot directly output the cleaned text as I don't have the ability to read ancient Latin text without additional context or a translation. However, based on the given input, it appears to be a fragment of ancient Latin text. Here's a possible translation:\n\n\"I know that the moon appears in Sagittarius and remains in one sign of the zodiac for two days at the end.\"\n\nCleaned text: \"I know that the moon appears in Sagittarius and remains in one sign of the zodiac for two days at the end.\"", "creation_year": 1483, "creation_year_earliest": 1483, "creation_year_latest": 1483, "source_dataset": "EEBO", "source_dataset_detailed": "EEBO_Phase1"},
{"content": "The major point is that the effect derives nobility from the causes of the minor. The reason the minor was proven to be of the human material was that, according to doctors, the material of a man is put as the menstruum of a woman with the seed of a man. Just as milk coagulates under the matter of cheese, so philosophers argue that the menstruum of a woman is the materia and the seed of a man is the effect: thus, the seed of a man is adapted to the menstruum of a woman like an artisan to his craft, as testified by Averroes in the seventh book of Metaphysics, in the progression of the nebulous from ideas. Furthermore, the philosopher in the fifth book of Metaphysics, chapter ten, states that the seed of a man is reduced to its effective cause. And it is always said that the material of a man is the most excellent and the noblest of all seeds. The second reason is that it is best when it assimilates itself to the noblest corporeal form. However, man is such a thing, and so the major point is clear because assimilation follows the nature of things. The minor reason is that man assimilates himself to the heavens to the extent of the twelve signs of the zodiac..quorum are three things warm virtually: Aries, Gemini, Leo. Albertus Magnus is said to have held this, if not sufficiently tritus or fitibus. For women's nature and condition, these things are hidden and detract from their possibility and inopportune moments, nothingtheless, you will find many things in this present letter concerning the things requested, in part philosophical and in part medical, as the matter permits. I wrote this, asking for your constancy, that you may be constant and zealous in this work and business. Nor will any boy of such age and character come to your presence. And if you do this, I promise you more about them and others, and I will manifest it to you with art and medical treatment, if the lord grants it. Here he shows that he could excuse himself from this labor. It is clear in the text. Note: The author says that the youthful and weak mind attracted him where he avoids arrogance, or the mind says that the insignificant and few conditions..The knowledge is imbued with which the intellect is not sufficient for itself nor by accident, or the intellect does not extend by its own extension or matter. Note: Appetite is threefold, natural for animals and intellectual for the intellect. The master [Law] says about the appetite. That is, the natural intellect. Whence the priest, with his natural appetite, desired to know the natures of women. Item, it is written in the second book of generating animals that the generation of animals is eternal in the coitus. The cause of eternity in the generation of animals is shown in the second book of the soul, saying that the most natural thing is to generate one like itself to the extent that it participates in the divine and immortal, since they [the things it desires] desire that it remains the same. But it is not the same in number, but the same in species, because the commentator in the second book on the soul says that the divine was sorry that it could not make it remain the same in number and, in pity, gave it the power to remain the same in species. And he adds: In this there is no doubt that it is better..This text appears to be written in Old Latin. I will translate it into modern English while maintaining the original content as much as possible.\n\nhabere hanc virtute quam non habere vel nee eee\nThis is extremely executious in the author who follows it, placing down two propositions worthy of himself for poets and dividing them into so many chapters and parts according to order.\n\nNote: The reason for the actions of perfect beings is eternal, and such things are about the nature of creation of all things in the universe. However, it is uncertain whether certain animals are ever completely corrupted, like worms and mice in the womb. If they are corrupted in one generation, Albertus and Linconiensis are taken. It is to be noted that the generation of animals that are of the perfection of the universe is eternal, standing at the first solution. It is doubtful whether it would be better for many things not to exist than for serpents and other poisonous animals to exist. It is doubtful whether it is good for them to exist in order to absorb, or if they would not absorb, they would infect the air and through man, nature sustains nothing without a rational cause.\n\nEx sententia or text is clear: chastity is a sin, although it is a good way of life and a precept of the law..quia per castitatem nihil generat sibi simile. Nota, per sollicitudinem divinam intelligitur corpus celeste, quod de sui natura appetit conservare ista inferiora, tamen mediante regimine in intellectibus. Vnde commentator duodecimo Metaphysice: opus naturae est opus intellectus non errantis. Duem est utrum generatio animalium esset generabilis, quod est falsum. Falsitas patet quia speces est perpetua. Dum quodquid generat individuum hoc vel illud tunc generat natura specifica sub eo, signato & secundum tempus licet non generet secundum totum et bitum. Vnde nota quod natura occultae operatur in universo salibus, ut dicit Guilbertus Porretanus in sex principiis suis, ca de forma. Et quia natura universalis producere intendingit, hoc est, hoc et equum, et perticulum lare sorte vel Platonem producit..\"proveit ex eo quia inuenta materia quod et signatum est in loco determinato, et si invenis ret totam naturam simul produceret omnem hoc et hoc. Caeterum quare ista alia et precipue hoc corporis secundum eadem natura, materia, et numerum non durat. Scriptur ii. de generatione et corrupci\u00f3ne quorum substania non durat, sed corrupibilis hoc non pngit principia individua accepta incorruptibilis. Ideo generatio hominis abjicitur quare generatio hoc semper erit, quod probatur quia hoc est nobilissima creatura quod puz ex intencoibus phi in multis locis phie et precipue in secundo de anima, quamquam plures operatores res hoc tantum nobilior est. Ho aute per rationem intellectualis separatur ab unoquoque vivente ut ibidem. Hoc eciam de intencoibus olim philosophorum et precipue Boecij in scodo de consolacione.\"\n\nTranslation: \"It is proven from this that when matter is marked in a determined place, and if the entire nature could produce this or this, but since these other things and especially the body's parts do not last according to the same nature, matter, and number, it is written in the second book of generation and corruption that the substance of these does not last, but the body is corruptible and does not keep the individual principles received uncorrupted. Therefore, the generation of man is abandoned because generation of this will not be eternal, as proven because this is the noblest creation that comes from many intents of phi in many places and especially in the second book on the soul, although many operators are more noble than these. But Ho is separated from every living being by the intellectual reason.\".This text appears to be written in an older form of Latin, likely from the medieval period. I will do my best to clean and translate it into modern English while preserving the original meaning.\n\nThe text discusses the idea that the most perfect generation among all animals is the one that occurs in a human being, specifically the generation of a new individual. The author argues that animals cannot remain the same in number but can remain the same in species, and questions whether a corrupted individual could be regenerated. He also references Plato and astronomers, suggesting that the stars will be the same after 37,000 years, and that we will still be the same individuals, sitting in the same school or lecture hall.\n\nHere is the cleaned and translated text:\n\n\"This is said because motion takes on a nature and form from the end to which it is directed. Therefore, the most perfect generation among all animals will be the one that occurs in a human being. Generation, in general, is not about being from non-existence to existence. Existence is most desired and especially by humans because it excels among all movements in mobility. Understand that regarding motion, there is a variation that excludes the prior motion which causes others.\n\nHere, the author proves that animals cannot remain the same in number but can remain the same in species, and in particular, horses. It is debated whether the same individual, corrupted in number, could be regenerated. And it seems so, as Plato and astronomers say, because after 37,000 years, the constellation of the heavens will be the same throughout, and we will then be the same individuals, sitting in this or that school or lecture hall.\".\"as now it is the case in the great constellation of Scorpio, whether Plato was right that a ruler should return to Athens and read there, for the same constellation will bring about the same effect. According to Averroes and Aristotle, how many phi-numbers and in the book on generation and corruption is it not possible for those generations to exist now, and therefore time mediates. And so one number is lost with five phi. But first, it should be noted that after a great year, it is possible for similar horses to return, although they cannot be recognized as the same in number. But you would say that if the same cause of matter brings about the same effect, then the same number of verum numbers would not be lost with one change. But it is not so, for time does not return the same number, but it can be said that the current number returns with the revolution that comes after a thousand or four hundred years, because motion is the essence of succession. It is doubted\".\"Secondly, it is questioned whether one animal can be immortal always. It seems that this is so because it is possible to find that this is possible in the following way. Where there is more equal and less equal, there is equal simply. I say that it is not possible to give it. Because every mixture is moved by the nature of the dominant elements of the heavens and the world first. But to reason. Where there is more equal and less equal and so on. It is true as far as equality suffices and as far as it is possible. Therefore, a mixture that is equal in humour according to justice should be placed, but it is not possible to give it equal according to quantity of mass because earth always prevails in mixtures. Otherwise, it should be supposed that such a mixture, according to all equality of elements, would still be corruptible inwardly, that is, from the power of celestial virtue. Because it could be cooled down by cold water and corrupted from this, that is, from the quantity of humours and from this much. Note that the letter says that men are similar to God in mind. This is clear because man becomes divine through knowledge. Seneca says so accordingly.\".A man is a speculating and most loving creature, as is clear in the second book of Methaphysics. Aristotle states that in humans, delight lasts for a short time compared to their entire intelligence. He understands this to mean that the cognition of God, in which there is the greatest delight, profits them. Note that all delight arises through some likeness or assimilation of the knower to the known. The more a man knows of God, the more he is assimilated to Him.\n\nNote: The letter d says that generation is nobler when taking motion for the whole education or formation of the fetus in the womb. And how this motion is made will be explained. Note that motion is twofold: one is that which separates something from substance, such as heating water.\n\nIn the second chapter of the executive part, it is worth noting that when the father is corrupted, human generation and the transformation of the woman's seed occur..The text appears to be written in Old Latin, and it discusses the process of conception according to ancient philosophical beliefs. Here's the cleaned text:\n\n\"Efficiens patre corrupto, mestruum mulier eris transmutet. Quia finis et effectus non concordant, ideo sperma viri non intrat materiam. Sed mediocres dicunt oppositum, et dicunt quod homo est nobilissima materia, ideo oportet semen intrare sub materia fetus. Quia menstruum mulier efficiens. Sed ipsoi philosophi ponunt sperma viri exalare vaporaliter. Quia matrix est membrum valde porosum, et post formationem fetus calor solis facit sperma viri exalare et recedere ex matrice per poros. Sed quod sit porosa patet, quia puer per puerum massa carnea ex his seminibus coagulata et ista massa carnea alteratur ad formationem fetus.\n\nHis visis et accepta una perticula opinionis Aristoteles. Vel mihi dico, videndum est quemmodo et quo illa semina recipiuntur in mulier. Quando mulier in coitu fuerit cum viro, si mulier in eodem tempore mitteret menstruum in quo vir sperma: Ita quod ista duo semina in vulnus mulieris concurrunt simul, et unum alteri incipit commisceri. Concipit mulier. Concipere autem vocat.\"\n\nTranslation:\n\n\"A corrupt father will not cause a menstruating woman to transform into a mother. Since the end and effect do not agree, the seed of a man does not enter the material. However, the mediocre philosophers say the opposite, and they claim that man is the noblest of materials, so the seed must enter beneath the material of the fetus. Since a woman's menstruation causes it, but the philosophers argue that the seed of a man rises vaporously. The matrix is a very porous organ, and after the formation of the fetus, the heat of the sun makes the seed of the man rise and leave the matrix through the pores. This is evident since a boy is formed from the mass of flesh gathered from these seeds, and this mass of flesh is altered to form the fetus.\n\nHaving seen and accepted this opinion of Aristotle, I say, it is worth considering how and in what way these seeds are received in a woman. When a woman is in coitus with a man, if a woman discharges menstruum at the same time that the man ejaculates his seed: These two seeds clash in the wound of the woman, and one begins to mingle with the other. A woman conceives. Conception is called this.\".qua\u0304do ista duo semina in matrice tali loco deputato a natura ad fetum recipiuntur post{quam} vero illa duo semina recepta sunt. ma\u2223trix mulieris clauditur tan{quam} bursa ex o\u0304ni eius parte Ita {quod} nihil de semine recepto potest {per}dere Et cu\u0304 matrix sic vn di{que} fuerit clausa fit rete\u0304tio me\u0304struoru\u0304 i\u0304 muliere \u00b6Co\u0304. \u00b6Hic autor exeqt ad formatione\u0304 fetus & primo facit hoc. secundo ponit notabile ibi Iuxta qd notand Nota si vir prius emittit sperma {quam} mulier menstruum tunc non fit concepcio Item si ambo simul emittunt & si semina no\u0304\nsunt beneconforma & bene disposita iterum non fit con cepcio vt si semen viri non fuerit sufficienter calidum. & ideo qui raro coeunt cito generant quia sunt caliddicit me\u0304brana quasi me\u0304bru\u0304 ani .i. finis vulue Et ita matrix claudit sicut vna bursa ita {quod} secu\u0304d Auicenna\u0304 vna acus intrare non posset quia gandet ex ca lido recepto nolens perdere Nota mulier emittit menstru um & eciam recipit & sic magis delectatur in coitu ipso viro Sed dubiu\u0304 oritur vtrum abscisis.testiculis can generate something other than a man\nBecause menstruum in a woman is nothing other than superfluous food which does not change into anything else, like semen in men is sperm, and menstruum in a woman is called so\nBecause it flows in every month at least once, and for some women more frequently and for longer, and this is due to the demands of the body and the completion of nature in women\n\nThis author puts forward one notable point, and it is clear in the text. He asks why the flow of semen is not menstrual, like menstruum. It is answered that semen or the seed of a man is more cooked and subtle, so nature does not easily reject it for generation or nourishment if it is digested into a fetus\n\nIt is doubted why urine and defecation do not follow the motion of the moon like menstruum. It is answered that urine and other impurities are produced every day from the excess of food due to its great thickness and larger quantity, so they must be expelled daily\n\nYoung women are very moist. Therefore, they menstruate willingly\n\n(Note: This text appears to be in Old Latin, and it is not clear if there are any OCR errors. The text seems to be discussing the differences between menstruation and the production and expulsion of other bodily fluids.).In the beginning of the month, the elderly women have less moisture because they are drier. Note that women with dark complexions have less menstrual flow than fair-skinned women. All women are subtly composed, yet one is more so. The more women indulge in delicate and well-peppered foods, the more subtly they emit menstruum. Conversely, poor women who consume coarse foods are advised to do so. Note that the author states that a woman begins to menstruate in the twelfth, thirteenth, or fourteenth year. This is because the heat of puberty wanes. Grace cannot properly consume moist nourishment. Add ten days to the number of menstrual cycles. Menstruation lasts for about fifty days. Note that a woman is purged during menstruation because superfluous moisture recedes, and gross humors would not be resolved if they remained. Therefore, a woman is not suitable for discipline due to her excessive bodily heat and clouded brain. Note that coitus is beneficial to women to such an extent..The text emits cold and causes pain for those who comply with its coldness. The opposite is true in the case of women who frequently cohabit, as nature testifies through the sparrow, which often copulates and dies as a result.\n\nAmong the things that have been said, there are several unclear points.\n\nFirst, it is unclear whether the flow occurs through the red color of blood or some other means. For in all women, except for corrupt ones, the color of the menstrual flow is red, as it is in many cases. I say this about women with ruptured or corrupt, vicious humors. In such cases, there are often menstrual fluids of a leaden color, and I do not speak here of the corruption of chastity, because it makes no difference whether they were virgins or corrupt if they were of such an age and experienced menstruation.\n\nAnd there are several signs regarding this matter, which will be discussed later.\n\nHere the author raises four questions, as is evident from the text.\n\nNote: The menstrual flow is of a red color. The cause of this is that the menstruum is a secondary flow..The digestion of the liver, indeed, is similar to a ripe, red, and very warm organ. Therefore, it resembles its own bile in color and consistency as much as possible. However, the bile appears white and very cold, which is contrary to its nature. I respond according to Albertus: if the bile was white at that time, it would have been white. But since its producer is red, that is, the liver, it assumes this color. There is a doubt: why is the semen of a man not red, although it is warm and well-digested? It is answered that the semen of a man is red in itself because it is blood of the third digestion, but in the testicles it is white due to the coldness of the testicles. Therefore, it is not semen unless it is heated by the movement of the testicles. Note: a red heat is generated from this because the humid part in the earthly humidity is consumed by dryness, as is clear in the case of burnt terrestrial earth. However, in very large and earthy women, only a little is consumed from the humid part and from the earthy part, and their menstruum is liquid..\"This is a black earth, for the black earth is enim, from which that menstrual fluid is a terrestrial sum, therefore it follows the color of the earth, because the color is a secondary quality abandoned by the primary qualities. Just as we see when the hot is mixed with the humid and does not consume the humid enough, the color remains green, as in pears and apples. And if the cold prevails, the color is white. But if the hot prevails, the color remains black, as is evident in pepper and in many others.\n\nSecond doubt: it can be said {that} {through} the udders flows the fluid of the milk and the thin one of urine and blood.\n\nThis author raises a doubt {about} this in the text, and it is to be determined {whether} in corrupt women, when the anus and udders are one opening, can menstruation occur.\n\nThird doubt: why do women flow menstruation in excess of food and not in men, whose semen is also in excess of nourishment? To this doubt, it is to be answered {that} a woman is cold and moist by nature. A man, however, is hot and dry. But if a man is naturally moist, he finishes the fourth month and is especially moist that is in\n\".Women have a watery nature in men it is an airy one, and therefore when heat acts upon the moist and heat is natural, as it is said that nothing in the first heaven and world is in vain. And because heat in women is always weaker than that in men, and since the entire nourishment in women cannot be completely converted into flesh, nature provides what is better and lets go of the rest in the case of the one who receives it.\n\nThe author poses a third doubt and solves it himself, as follows: in women, the go and others.\n\nNote: the letter says that nature does what is best. Reason is. Because nature is ruled by an unerring intelligence. It expels the gross moisture of a woman through the flow of menstruation. And we see a similar experiment when there is some harmful humor in the body. Nature turns it into the official parts of the body, making scabs on the feet and hands so that the moist does not harm the limbs primarily the heart, brain, and other parts.\n\nOne may doubt this in the fourth place. From where would menstruation come?.A woman, when she is in the act of copulation with a man, the menses are retained until she conceives. If the menses were retained, the reason for this is that the fetus in the woman's womb, existing from the retained menses, can be nourished. However, when a woman is in copulation with a man, this is due to the great pleasure she has because the nerves and veins in the vulva are stimulated and moved by the man's penis. The vulva dilating itself emits the menses, and it is natural with respect to copulation, as if violent with respect to the natural flow of menstruation. Every day, from the food taken, there is matter that is suitable for expulsion in copulation. This solves the doubt why women desire copulation most when pregnant, because the desire for copulation is due to abundance.\n\nHere the author raises the fourth doubt and solves it. However, there is doubt about what members in men the semen is shed from and about what is to be said..The similar menstruum is taken by women when it is emitted by the womb. It seems that the fetus is nourished by the parents in all members. Contrarily, a defective one would not generate a defective one in the members, which is false. The falsity is clear through the demands of nature. If the father were blind, lame, or mutilated in the digits, he would not always generate a similar one from himself. It is said that in that coitus the seeds are separated and distinguished from the four principal members, namely the brain, heart, liver, and spleen in women, and the testicles in men, and from other members but not from any of the vital organs. Therefore, it is said that it is assimilated to the parents. I say that it is sufficient from the principal ones, for they influence other members and are mostly separated and distinguished in the brain. Whence we have seen many coming together, their heads suffering, drying out most in the members, and being most debilitated in their vitality.\n\nRegarding the formation of the fetus:.procedamus in matrice mulieris est redeund. Primo materia recepit habet materiam lactis sex primis diebus. Ad hunc color lac tis operatur calor naturalis ex spermate viri emissus et calor matricis ita quod ista materia dealbatur sicut lac De inde materia transmutatur scz ad materiam s\n\nCapitulu\u0304 tercie pertis executiue in quo reuertit ad for maco\u0304ez fetus successiue. Originetur dubium utrum calorispermatis sit igneus elementalis vel sit calor celestis Similiter de calore matricis &t\u0304. Hic sunt diuerse opiniones:\n\nSed cum Aristoteles in de animalibus dicendum est quod iste calor sit animalis vel celestis Ratio quia calor elementalis est destructivus. Sed calor celestis est salutaris ai\u0304ali\u0304u\u0304 secundum xii. metha .xijo.\n\nSed dicendum est ille calor pertimet igneus & pertim animalis vel celestis unde calor igneus converteretur simpliciter in contrarium. Sed calor animalis vel celestis est permixus cum humiditate & temperatus ille conservat mixtum. Unum de quolibet..animatum vivum. Vivit in calido radicali et humido temperato. It is uncertain that the membranes form and generate in the fetus. Here, it is not clear what that which is in the epate becomes, the first nourishment and vegetation of spirits. And from the epate, it descends after the seed, therefore it is first generated there. But when we say that in the epate there is the first nourishment, it is said that this is true consequently, because the first thing in the heart begins to be made. According to what is noted, since according to the philosophy of the living, that which lives arises from the four elements, therefore in such matter there is earthy matter that yields to the substance of bones. Similarly, water yields to its like and so do others. But afterwards, the face usually forms and the disposition of the body according to the three dimensions, length, width, and depth, and this happens in ten and eight days. From this time, nature begins to strengthen the fetus..vsque ad egres sum\nNotes: The fetus of a woman is formed in twenty-four days. This, which was long spoken of, is usually said in four verses. Conceptus semen six first days. It is like milk: the remaining nine becomes blood from that. Consolidates twelve days twice nine from then on. Produces the remaining time to birth\nNote: This author mentions one notable thing, as is clear in the text.\nNote: The letter says that whatever lives is from the three elements. This is proven because some are nourished from them and constituted of them. But we are nourished from them and are goat and earth. Minor parts are nourished by heat and moisture. Dry and cold, but primarily by heat and moisture. However, some animals live from pure elements. Therefore, only one element is in them: the goat in these four verses. From pure elements, life is drawn.\nIt is simply impossible to say directly, according to Aristotle. Why is Alles a mixture of four elements and nourished in water mixed with moderate heat from the sun? Why can Alles not live in pure water?.potest illa non est nutrimentalis, et ioi vi demus pisces panea comedere in aqua. Item in quolibet mixto viventi requiruntur tria que faciunt mixtum constare et durare, alias citos dissolueretur. Item requiruntur ignis ut habeat calorem in quo vita salvetur, et tunc requirur humidum in quod agat calidum. Et requiruntur humidum aeris quod spus generat ex sanguine aereo. Item ossa sunt ex menstruo, tum ad grossiores partes menstrui serviant. Si enim non essent os homo cito dissolueretur. Postea de parte menstrui magis aquosa generatur cerebrum et medulla, de parte autem magis aereis generatur spiritus. Et de partibus magis igneis paritur ita, quod quaelibet membra in homine sit in sua structura ex adunctione alicuius elementi. Nota: fetus sic formatur, quantitas materie preexistentis condensatur vel rarefit ad quantitatem vel extensionem debite formae longum latum et profundum. Et quando res generabilis maior erit in quantitate recorrenda est et tunc.fit rarefactio materiae. Quod vero erit minus tuum fit condensatio. Sic est, quando ex semine mulieris fit homo, quod si materia seminis est maior recipiente, formae hominis primum calor naturalis est et virtus tua condensat et facit indurescere, donec apta sit forma. Et tunc homine generato materia augmentat interim cum elementis ad quantitatem conveniens sibi. Et omnes illae diversificaciones que praecedunt animam in instantia generatam debent ea indeterminare ante illud instans, quam omnia sunt terminated, scilicet per formam menstrui Tn, adhuc expectant aliam terminacionem a forma generanda. Secundum hoc glossatur littera q, postea formatur facies secundum trinam dimensionem semper indeterminatam et indeterminabilem.\n\nSunt autem quidquid tempus signatum ponunt regnare aliquem planetarum. Et quia hoc multum confert ad ea que hic scripturae et ideo ne ignoraverim, hoc neglectum asscribatur ex his aliqua..The following text discusses Accidents in three categories according to Avicenna: those that occur in matter and follow in the composition; those that are forms and follow from matter; and those that are posited from matter and forms in the same subject. However, there are certain accidents pertaining to the soul, such as virtues, which the soul collects and contracts from spirits and bodies, above the celestial bodies.\n\nHere, the author begins to determine the successive formation of a fetus according to planetary influences. First, he states that the fetus is formed successively by planets, as proven by the fact that the last note in that passage concludes from the letter. The fetus is formed successively by planets, and for the fetus to be diverse and live differently, planets have this influence. Therefore, the Minor Planets, such as Mars, have a significant influence on this, according to Ptolemy..thilesio suo et suo commentatoris. Nota, planeta dicitur regnare quod one in greater vigor where one is in one's own house, that is, in a sign conformable to it. What are the planets in one's house and what is their substance?\n\nResponse: The humour indicates that substance is not taken on as an accident but is captured as moist matter of a corrupting agent. However, nothing is contrary to D [that is, the verb \"de contrarietate perfecta\" should be translated as \"in perfect opposition\" or \"in opposition\"], for the opposing force is sufficient for the corruption or generation of one or the other.\n\nFrom the last orb, all spheres receive influences from the divine motion and are influenced primarily and secondarily by their essence and power of motion. They receive the virtue by which they are distinguished in themselves according to various configurations and accidents. This comes to them in the form of a conjunction. But they also receive another virtue from this orb according to the various natures of this orb..Post a sphere is placed upon hope, according to astrologers, and from it influences the souls that are capable of knowing and memory. It is influenced by Venus the motions of desire and pleasure. From Mercury comes the virtue of delighting and enjoying. From the Moon, which is the root of all natural virtues, the soul is influenced with the virtue of growing, and from this soul many other things proceed. When these things come from the parts of celestial bodies, therefore, all these things are attributed to the soul, and not only to the soul but also to the whole composition, because a simple thing cannot be sustained by an accident. Here it is shown how souls are influenced by various accidents of celestial bodies. Note that the soul is in all things as much as it is of itself, but the celestial sphere gives the soul a distinct existence from other things because of the multitude of stars, and therefore each human soul is influenced differently by the starry sphere..Stella, Saturn is the first erratic star, and through its grace, it bestows animas with virtute dis cernendi and racionandi. Saturn is called so because it is satur in years, yet it brings chilliness and dryness while it reigns. Jupiter, however, brings magnanimity. Jupiter was once a man who expelled his father from his kingdom and acted as a helper through contrariness. This attribute is given to one planet that is magnanimous through its influence. Therefore, a child born under its rule becomes magnanimous. However, those born under Venus are luxuriant. Mars is the most malicious among the planets and bestows a sharp sense of ira. The sun is the best planet, influencing sciencia am and memoriam. Those nati under the sun are fortunate and love the arts. Mercurius is called mercatorum and infundens delectacionem. Luna influit virtutem vegitandi et nutriendi, as it is the lowest among the planets, it acts most immediately. Furthermore, the letter says: an accident cannot be sustained in its simple essence. The reason is that an accident acts upon the nature of the subject not only in its presence..The magnitude of the subject or cause is both material and efficient. Yet, the magnitude of the efficient cause is part of the material cause in one respect and part of the efficient cause in another respect. Therefore, in simple things, there is no room for subjects of accidents, and especially real accidents. Any simple thing that could be a subject of its own modes of being is like primary matter, which is the subject of its own proper and formal mode of being. From this it is clear that potential accidents are not accidents of the soul alone but accidents of the whole composed. However, they are called accidents of the soul because they inhere in the body corporally and principally.\n\nNow, regarding the body, it is to be noted that it is created or formed in a similar way. For the embryo or the matter of generation is compressed and coagulated by coldness and dryness of Saturn. To this matter, Saturn's virtue is infused..Vegitius and natural motions are assigned to it, and then the operation concerning this matter will become appropriate. Therefore, physicians say that after the loss of semen in the womb, it is not assigned the second requirement of semen because of its coldness and dryness, which contract and solidify the semen.\n\nAfter the author placed it, accidents related to the body occur. Note that it contracts and densifies, as is evident in experiments. For example, if a pot is filled with cold water and placed in a cold place, the water contracts and becomes denser. But heat extends and makes the water rare. However, since Saturn is cold and dry, it assimilates to the earth and therefore compresses and condenses the matter. Hence, its upper part is cold, dry, and rough.\n\nNote: There is a doubt whether any of the planets can reflect coldness. It seems that:.non quia secundo celestial stars influence motion and light. But heat, rather than light or motion, warms [them]. I respond that every body is influenced by heat, but one more than another. Yet it is doubtful whether Saturn rules over each embryo, and if it is wonderful that it does not consume them.\n\nThis raises a doubt, and it is this: if it were said that Saturn always ruled, it would be wonderful.\n\nIt is worth noting that prime matter is subject to celestial bodies and their motions. This is what the philosopher in the first book of Metaphysics means when he says that all things are caused by what is above and governed by their motions. Therefore, it is necessary that these inferior things be considered particularly and universally in relation to what is above when understanding the universality of the entire celestial body.\n\nUniversally, these inferior things are considered from above because nothing comes from matter..elementati are not superior by their own virtue. Therefore, the twelfth-century commentator on Metaphysics states that nature does not act unless it is governed by supercelestial bodies. This means that something is made in these inferior things by the causation of the superior. For one part of the sky is born to introduce such a determined and specific form, while another part gives rise to a different form. And this whole thing seems to be according to the intention of the Commentator in the first book on generation and corruption, where he says that the ratio of the elements and their parts is ordered and conserved by the motions of supercelestial bodies. And by the motions of the elements that converge generally for the generation of mixtures. The Commentator also adds that individual animals and planets are determined causes and are determined to be,\n\nItem, the cause of this is that then the moon was very moist and reuma is caused by the superfluity of humidity,\n\nAfter this, however, regarding the influences of the planets, which some have called gods of nature over man in part body and soul..We return now. The author next reveals how the fetus is formed through the planets. Here he shows how these planets relate to the fetus in terms of soul or body or both. The planets are well called \"gods\" because they are ruled by them, just as a kingdom is ruled by a king. For the entire world is connected to the superior planets in such a way that their virtue is governed from there. But you would say that if the planets were gods, then the sky would be starry. It is said that this is the cause of universal and uniform nature. The planets, however, produce effects according to their motion. Therefore, they are called \"planets\" in Greek, which means \"flat,\" or in Latin, not that they are errant in themselves, but that from their motions various errors arise in the world and in effects.\n\nSaturn, which is superior, darker, and heavier than the others, makes the one born under it prone to all evils. The author carries out his intention here and divides it into seven parts..The second planet from Saturn, which is the seventh planet, is the highest in size and distance from Earth. According to Ptolemy, a man would take five thousand, seven hundred and forty-four years to reach the part where Saturn touches the sphere of Jupiter. Saturn is also considered to be of such great magnitude that it is ninety times larger than the entire Earth. It is also said that Saturn moves very slowly in its orbit. This means that Saturn is thirty times slower than the Sun in its orbit. And just as the Sun takes a thousand and six hundred days to complete its orbit, so Saturn takes a period of seventy-seven sevenths. According to astronomers, Saturn is of such a size.\n\nIt is also said that Saturn makes a native black in color, because Saturn is similar to the Earth in being cold, dry, dark, and black, and virtually makes the native obscure. It also makes a native with hair..duris quia est terrestris complexionis et ideo in fetu humores malos causat et grossos, a quibus generantur grossi pili. Item natus eius est tristis, quia melancolicae complexionis est virtualiter, melancolici sunt tristes quia semper inclinant se ad terram. Item natus eius est piger in incrementu or ipse est gravis sicut terra et ideo difficulter mobilis. Itee ipse natus non appetit coitu or siccus et ille vult appetere potest ut calidis et bene conditis et humidis cibaris. Itee ille natus sansuper inuidiosus or perinvidus, quor nullus habet gaudium sed semper melancolicat et eus somnia ut in plurimum sint vera sicut vi demus in fatuis qui dicunt semper futura per fantasias.\n\nEt ipse semper cupit sedere in angulo.\n\nIupiter vero stella regularis existens, pia, dulcis, lucida, temperata, et prospera. Facit natum optimus, quia nato sub ea dat faciem pulcram, oculos claros, et barbam rotundam. Et figurat duos dentes superiores magnos et equaliter divisos. Et dat homini colorem album rubenum permixum..Secundus ammae facit longos capillos,, making the child of Secundus beautiful and honest. Diligent in law and honesty, he is also attentive to fine clothing and delightful flavors and scents. He will be merciful, generous, joyful, virtuous, and truthful in speech.\n\nFrom the second planet, which is called Jupiter, astronomers complete its orbit in twelve years, staying under each sign for one year. Since Jupiter is far from the earth, a man would have to travel about 26 weeks and 4 septimanas, or 5 days, assuming a diet was in place.\n\nWhen the second-born astronomer is born under Jupiter, his complexion is sanguineus. Items rotundus caput, for a round head is the noblest figure in the heavens. Therefore, the head should be made round, and nurses are faithful and have able and sufficiently moist spirits. A humid being does not receive well because it is hot, so it is well pleased..Mars, since it is temperamental in heat and dryness, therefore its offspring is of red color and irascible, a betrayer. Sowing discord and war, it will be superb.\n\nThis concerns the third planet, which is called Mars. Note that Mars moves under the zodiac in such a way that it completes its course in two years. It is distant from the earth about 475 years and nine months, and eleven weeks, and four days, assuming a human lifespan of nine thousand miles.\n\nFurthermore, note that heat and dryness consume moisture, leaving dryness in its place, as we see when walls must be burned. Before burning, they are not red but become red after the moisture has been consumed. And these offspring have small eyes because the eye is a membrane in which moisture dwells, since the eye is a moist organ by nature from the outside. Secondly, concerning the soul, it is clear that if it is deprived of water, since Mars is hot and dry, it cannot form large and beautiful eyes.\n\nMars incites war because it dries up the brain..Iras intention arises, and anger is from the rising of blood near the heart. Mars, the god of war, was so named according to the ancients. Natius, the crafty one, is dry and hot, and is always irascible, plotting evil to deceive men.\n\nThe sun, a regular star existing as the light of the world and called an eye, is executed from the fourth planet, which is called the sun. The sun, by its nature, is a hot planet and therefore influences the heat in the natives born under it, while being dry but temperate. It is said that because the sun is dry like Mars, it does not have the same effect. However, the sun is virtually humid, not dry, unless it is temperate.\n\nThe sun completes its forty-day course in a year and willingly goes into the aid of those who are under it because you will love it and find it pleasant. Therefore, the god protects himself from all good things.\n\nAccording to Ptolemy's Centiloquium, the sun is larger than the whole earth.\n\nVenus is a star..beniuolus and makes the newborn beautiful, especially in eyes and eyebrows, with a middling stature, but in soul gentle and eloquent, desiring musical pleasure, joy, and delight.\n\nFollows the fifth planet, which is called Venus. It brings the evening sun and follows it, having a bright and shining color among the stars.\n\nMercury, whom astronomers have deemed to be in league with the sun, contracts from its rays and makes a native with a slender, rather small body and a beautiful beard. He will be wise and subtle in philosophy, and will love good morals and perfect speech. He will acquire many friends and, although not greatly fortunate, true counsel will be strong in him and he will have no fear of any part of music. He is not a companion, that is, not a friend.\n\nThis follows Mercury, the sixth planet, which is called Mercury. Mercury always moves with the sun: it is never more than thirty degrees away from it. Its color is rarely radiant due to its proximity to the sun, but in the middle of the day it is seen..Mercurius is seen, and he is called the lord of merchants, because merchants require eloquence. Mercurius is therefore called the god of eloquence. He completes his course in thirty-eight and a half days, a little less than a year. The quantity of Mercurius is like one part in twenty-two thousand parts of the earth, so he is a small star. Mercurius is drawn away from the sun's rays. Reason why, because he is continually moved under the sun, and cannot be seen because the sun's rays make his light more obscure.\n\nHe who is born under him loves philosophy, because he makes a man subtle in soul, and therefore loves subtleties. Mercurius makes a man eloquent, and he himself is a good counselor.\n\nWhen the Moon exists, she makes the native wandering. In truth, she speaks no servitude, and makes a man merry. Of mediocre stature, and having unequal eyes, but one larger than the other.\n\nThe last planet, which is called the Moon, follows. She is the seventh and last, and the Moon is the swiftest in motion..Ido na [it is] his [vagus and cannot last] in any service or office. And [it is known that] the moon [is the swiftest mover], because [it is seen that] the stars and other planets [perform their duties] in the celestial sphere, and [she herself] carries out and accomplishes [those duties] without being hindered by [any of them]. And [if it were said that] she [is subject to] inferior rulers, [she would reply that] she [is] not subject to them in divine sacrifice and bestial immolation and other things [in the world], and [they] could not remove her from her celestial dance of life and death.\n[The author puts forth a notable point, which was said before, that] he [is born] under various planets [and ruled differently].\n[Someone might ask how] the stars [are arranged in such a way].\n[It is answered that] such an arrangement [was made by divine nature]. God himself [has ordered] the house of the planets in this way, and [this is evident from] the twelve metaphysical [books] and the fifth book of the physicists. [The author, secondly, from the Phoenicians, would have concluded from them verbally everything from necessity]..In response to the second question, it is reported that certain things come about from the planets according to necessity. However, when the material is not disposed, their effects are hindered by accident. Supposing that the power of the planets induces death in such a sign, a man can still be preserved by remedies, and the material is not disposed or fit for such an effect. Regarding their error, those who say that everything comes about by necessity from the conjunction of the stars. However, what has been said should be clearer with a better light. Moreover, it is observed that more fetuses are formed in a mother and more boys are born, such as twins. It is necessary to go a little beyond human generation and consider the generation of other imperfect beings that are not from seed but from putrefaction, as is noted of them. These other imperfect beings are like insects and their kind, which do not always generate in the same way..perfecta anima liqa are not generated perfectly from a decision of seed, but from putrefied matter, as is clear in the fourth book of Metaphysics\n\nChapter third, where the author discusses the formation of the fetus in the womb. He first makes a digression on the topic. Secondly, he returns to the subject. In response, we say, and the Muses say:\n\nNote that mosquitoes and spiders are imperfect animals and not of the perfection of the universe, but nevertheless not entirely. Therefore, nature itself ordered it so that they absorb bad humors and humans are better preserved from bad habits.\n\nWhether, however, animals are generated from the same seed or semen is a doubt. Many hold the opinion of Avicenna, in the chapter and book on diluviums, that they are generated from the same seed and semen. And this is declared because a diluvium can still occur universally, and in such a diluvium, all living beings would be drowned and from the putrefied corpses of the dead, influences would arise that would generate the same things that were before, so that one is generated from putrefied matter..\"And in that decision, they claim that below the earth, where the fat fumus lies, there were once made certain mus, from putrefaction, and that from it generated a likeness of itself in appearance, several reasons can be adduced for this. It is sufficient that it is said, for it would be long to recount all the incidents concerning that matter.\n\nThis author raises a doubt and sets forth this opinion:\n\nAuicenna and his reasons, in Book Two, refuted it briefly there. Auicenna placed a farmer as the giver of forms, as is clear from the commentator of the twelfth book of metaphysics and the fourth. And therefore he went further. That divine power, through the motion of the planets, can infuse forms and give being, and then from putrefaction, generated things generate similar ones. In the same way, if a man of Jupiter produces a planet on earth, he cannot produce others without truth.\n\nIn the year, when the fumus, which is inside, is humid and warm enough, and the surrounding cold does not permit the heat to come out.\".\"Notes: A musician is born from putrid earth. This musician is generated from a large murre, born from the decision of a seed. He has a larger tail and is highly venomous because the earth from which he was produced was extremely putrid. Avicenna placed a certain calf as having fallen from the sky, which he said was generated in the air from putrefaction. Briefly, this opinion should be refuted or denied, as this opinion is not true. According to the eighth book of Philemon, this is not true, for according to the first principles of the metaphysics of the Peripatetics, Avicenna holds this belief. Here, the author defends Avicenna and this opinion. The natural heat often acts from the heavens, and according to the portion of matter in which this form of the animal should be introduced, this humidness is separated from all gross matter of the earth. According to the intention of the eighth metaphysician, this generation is at least virtual, not formal, through which the doubt is solved as to what they say, that everything is generated.\".\"It is true that something generated from the same substance is generated in the same species, virtually. Around this, it is worth noting that from the same matter, various imperfect animals are born, such as mice from horse dung. Wasps and flies, and other similar species and various colors and shapes, were generated.\n\nHere he settles the doubt and answers according to his intention.\n\nNote, according to Albertus: The generation of two kinds of animals from putrid matter. When the heat of the sun is applied to putrid matter, it then extracts subtle moisture from that matter, and they are generated which form an outer covering, so that the interior heat does not allow it to escape. Then, the heat that is in the putrid matter seeks exit and is hindered, and from this motion upward and downward, a certain spirit is produced, which spirit, through the spirit's force, produces life in such matter. And if one asks whether that spirit is substance or accident, it was said that it is substance because it acts through the forming power of that substance.\".This text appears to be written in old Latin or medieval Latin, with some errors and irregularities. I will attempt to clean and translate it into modern English while preserving the original meaning as much as possible.\n\nThe text discusses the nature of a certain spirit that arises from putrefied matter and questions whether it is an anima (soul) or inanimate. The author argues that this spirit is not formally animated but virtually so, as it animates the matter from which it arises. Avicenna is mentioned in the context of a disagreement regarding the generation of frogs from putrefied matter. The author also describes an experiment involving a putrefied mouse and the sun's rays. The text also mentions the distinction between equivocal and univocal generation in the seventh metaphysics.\n\nHere is the cleaned and translated text:\n\n\"It is necessary that this spirit be a substance. This spirit is a subtle body generated from the more subtle part of putrefied matter. However, it is debated whether this spirit is an anima or inanimate. It must be said that this spirit is not formally animated but virtually. For it animates the matter from which it arises, making it live effectively. Therefore, Avicenna, in the twelfth metaphysics, refutes the Averroists and Platonists who claim that frogs are generated from putrefied matter. However, the author states that the heat of the sun draws moisture from putrefied matter, as proven by experience. Take a putrefied mouse and place it where the sun's rays are active, and you will find that the heat of the sun makes the entire matter of the mouse disappear, leaving only the skin.\n\nThe generation is divided in the seventh metaphysics because some things generate formally and the generated differ in species, such as a mouse generated from earth. Univocal generation is when the generator and the generated have the same species, such as a human generating a human.\".A man or a horse gives birth to a horse, and from that arises the saying of the philosopher, \"Whatever arises from a similar thing, in kind, is similar.\" This is true in the case of generation, but not exactly. Animals generated from putrefaction do not always have the same color. Species or form, however, differ not only in kind but also in figure and color, because these follow the form.\n\nThe cause of this diversity in animals is the division of semen in the matrix. This is primarily true in perfect animals, and it is worth noting that in the matrix of milk-producing animals, there are many cells. In one cell of the matrix, semen is thus received, and this is the mode of generation of several offspring in imperfect animals. This mode of generation in imperfect animals receives a likeness of both the matrix and the semen. Therefore, such moisture is divided through the places of fetal education in putrefied ones.\n\nAnd therefore, these things multiply..animalia And the reason for the likeness of such animals is their similarity, derived from a moist source into homogeneous parts, and the diversity of species of such animals is taken through the opposite, by the moist substance being drawn into parts that are not uniform.\n\nThis author infers the reason why some women give birth to more offspring, where there are more causes of fetal membranes.\n\nFirst division: the semen is divided into cells, and it is not sufficient for this, because the obstructions prevent it, and it is certain that there are not as many cells in the matrix as there are figures of man.\n\nSecond cause: abundance of semen, and then it is said to be sown and more fetuses are produced.\n\nThird reason: when women move too much in coitus, and then the semen is scattered around and then more fetuses are produced.\n\nHowever, the animals that are generated are long and narrow or short and round, this is due to the diversity of compression or from the colic heat and dryness, the body is long, narrow, and graceful because the color in it is greatly extended, from the phlegmatic humor..In this chapter, we find the modes of generation for incomplete animals. An animal is briefly and widely generated from a cold and moist humor, as it is highly dilatable and coldness does not greatly extend it. However, an animal is medium-sized between long and short due to its temperate cold and moist. An animal is strict and short from a melancholic humor, as coldness does not allow it to be extended and dryness does not allow it to be dilated. From a coleric accidental and heated humor, animals long and very slender are generated, as the heat of this humor greatly extends and moderated dryness attenuates. It is worth noting that coleric is of a saffron color, sanguineous is of a red color, melancholic is of a black color, and phlegmatic is of a white color. When the nature and quality and color of these are mixed, the necessary mixture of these will result. Therefore, in this chapter, we have the way in which several fetuses are generated at once, some perfect and others imperfect, and why one animal is long and another short.\n\nHere, the author shows the reason why some are....animalia are long and short, and this is clear in the text. No one is a pure choleric or phlegmatic man, and the same is true of others, but one has more blood than another because no animal has elements equally dominant, as Auverroes first of celestial things proved. For if this were true, a man would be commingled, which is impossible.\n\nNow let us speak of the generation and form of the fetus, as reported in the mother's womb, and of the manner of its exit. First, it is necessary to consider how these three powers of the soul, namely the vegetative, sensitive, and intellectual, come to the matter of the fetus in what order. Although this is of lesser concern in the science of animals, we will say something about it briefly.\n\nThis is the fourth chapter on the creation of the fetus. And first, it sets forth certain necessary things. For it is to be noted that there is an order among these powers..In universals and communities. And therefore, the commentator first in Metaphysics states that forms are considered and received universally, and afterwards less universally, and also specifically, for there is always an order. Sperma, collected in the matrix of the woman, increases when infused into her and when the matrix is well closed. However, the nourishment is a potency that is carried by the sperm, since the potency has been dismissed from the father or the generator. It is clear that the power generating the plant comes from that soul, for it is seen that the generative power flows from that soul afterwards. In a subsequent time according to the requirements of nature, an insensible soul and then a sensory soul or that of sight is added to it. And those powers, namely the vegetative and sensitive, are distinguished by operations that exceed in objects and not in those two powers themselves, for they are one and the same essence..The text discusses the three stages of life for plants and animals, and the role of intellectual virtue in humans. It is customary among physicians to label the first life as latent and occult, the second as apparent and manifest, and the third as sensory and glorious. The author reveals his intent by explaining how these three potentialities come to matter.\n\nNote: The spirit and seed of a man is in a way vital because it is the life of a man. When this is received by the nourishing and warm womb, the generative power first generates the fertile membrane which the seed enters and continues to move towards the woman's semen and almost penetrates the long, broad matter..The profound begins there, as the materia generates pulsating and pulsatile spirits, and the materia that generates these pulsating spirits makes it alive. It forms veins and nerves in which these spirits run, and then the materia, living and sensitively receptive, receives this life-giving spirit. In a man, the standing materia, under the animus cognitive, which is the last material form, is infused and introduced by the divine Intellect. Speaking both physically and theologically, the intellect is not educated from the potential of matter because the intellect is not a body nor a virtue in a body through the third and fourth and fifth parts of the anima. Theologically speaking, the soul is the substantial form of the human corpus and of the body. That form is called being educated out of matter, which is extended with the extension of matter, so that the whole is in the whole and the part is in the part, extending to all sensory things..in corpore pedali et semipedali et in semidalis, the entire power of vegetation can be virtually present in the entire matter, where it is not sensitive for some time. This is true, for the signs of this power appear before the fetus becomes manifest and grows, senses, and moves. However, the time of its emergence from the maternal womb is frequent in the ninth month, but it also occurs in the eighth and tenth, and in the twelfth for some women. However, women usually give birth in the second month, and abortion is not the production of human nature but rather some fleshy or milky material. This happens to them for several reasons, as it is clear, because the menstrual matter is corrupted if a woman experiences too much movement, which ruptures the matrix, or for other reasons. Therefore, prostitutes and learned women or helenes in this art feel themselves impregnated, move themselves from place to place, lead their concubines, and engage in many other evils and frequently cohabit and struggle with..Men desire copulation with women to be freed from conception, so that through pleasure they may forget the pain caused by the destruction of the fetus. This author carries out his intention regarding the birth of the fetus. However, every fetus that is born in the ninth month is well-matured and strong, because the ninth month corresponds to a warm and moist condition. The author also states that the interior of the fetus is disposed in this way and then he mentions some notable things. And note that the third trimester of pregnancy, when the fetus is in a warm and humid environment, is when the tonic humors are formed. This happens when the warm exhalations are received between the clouds and there, through the coldness of the clouds, the moisture is agitated. Then the cloud is split and from such a strong motion comes the ignition of these exhalations and from the consensual collision comes the coruscation. Therefore, those who say that it happens in the third region of the air are wrong, as it occurs below the clouds. And there are two movements of thunder: one is the strike and the other is the lightning. The former is the sound and the latter is not a splitting but a strike. However, the lightning is not because it is very subtle, but because it is generated by a subtle exhalation..calido et illud fulmen sepe comburit aliqui pedes, illeso. Ratio quia cumquaque fulmen ita cito recedit, quod pedem non tangit, et cumquaque comburrit pedem calceo manente illeso. Ratio quia calceus est substantia porosa sicut omnis pellis. Ideo fulmen transitu per omnes poros calcei et inuenit pedem resistentem, ideo illum conburit.\n\nSed de his quae dicta sunt, intendo quedam dubia quorum solutiones et determinationes vobis mitto. Primum est. Utrum possibile sit in illo tempore quod vir est in coitu, si effectus fulminis per omnem motum fuerit semen receptum, hora ejectionis posset recipere per aliam impressionem, per quam disponatur ad aliud quod sua natura particularis intendat.\n\nHic movet quidam dubia. Et primum dubium soluitur sic ut dicit: fulmen in hora ejectionis seminis potest impedire semen a forma quam agens perticulare intendit, quia possibile est quod fulmen fecit materiam venenosam et sic facit ipsam ineptam ad generationem hominis, ita quod ex ea semen non procedit..\"This material generate buffoons and other worms, and it is clear that such is the case with Lucio in his first doubts.\n\nSecond doubt: Can the material be prevented from being struck by the lightning bolt itself, and has it touched the mother and the father in part? This raises the third doubt: Can the virtues of the planets impede the lightning bolt, because planets influence life and this lightning destroys such influence? Furthermore, it is doubted why this happens more frequently near the beginning, as it has been said that things near the beginning cannot be impeded or always act naturally. It is said that they can be impeded in those that follow through the power of the first of them.\n\nThe third doubt: Whether by the blow of the lightning striking the material, both the material and the semen of the man could be influenced, rather than proceeding to the masculine form as it does, but only if the material was previously disposed towards the female form or could be disposed towards it and reversed.\n\nThe third doubt is addressed and solved in this way: If the material was disposed towards the female form, then by the blow of the lightning it could be disposed towards the male form and reversed, and therefore this could occur.\".posset and those solutions are probable. The author states that they are doubtful and therefore does not clarify them in writing.\n\nNow let us consider fetus and what condition it is in when it emerges in the eighth month. Rarely does it live long if it exits then. For all fetuses naturally tend to emerge at the seventh month and begin to labor. Therefore, if it exits in the eighth month, it does not live long. But if it exits in the ninth month, it is healthy because it has rested during the eighth month from the labor experienced in the seventh.\n\nThe author proceeds to discuss the birth of a fetus in specific.\n\nA fetus in the eighth month is in a poor condition. This is proven by the text. Reason being, Saturn then governs and he is the opposite of the vital principle since he is cold and dry.\n\nWhere it is to be understood that in some women there is greater pain than in others or that which happens that the fetus presses against the hand or foot. In such cases, the attendants carefully restrain the fetus and extract it from there..A great sorrow arises when many women, except for the strong ones, are weakened and sometimes even die, even during a woman's labor. The woman's vulva and anus become one and discreet obstructions appear, preventing the penis from exiting because it pushes back the matrix. The matrix is often injured and wounded in this way, so it is necessary to have discreet women during childbirth. This Didici or others have said that when the fetus presents its head at the exit, the business goes well because then the other limbs easily follow and the labor becomes easier.\n\nThis author mentions one notable thing and it is well-known:\n\nBut it is worth noting that when the fetus is enclosed in the matrix.\n\nRegarding what has been said, there is doubt about how the nourishment comes to the boy lying in the matrix, since the matrix is closed..In the natural composition of such a being, there is first born a certain vein which pierces the mother and proceeds from her to the navel, up to the chest when the fetus is in the womb. At this time, the mammary glands of the woman ripen because then the menstrual substance flows to the mammary glands due to the closure of the matrix. Therefore, the menstrual substance is forcibly boiled down and turns into milk, which is called the milk of the woman, and this milk is nourished through this vein to the matrix, and from this, the fetus is nourished as much as from its own and natural nourishment. This is the vein which in the text of the fetus is cut off from the obstructions at the navel, and therefore it seems that the navel of the newborn is tied with a thread so that nothing comes out of his body through this vein from the matrix in the maternal womb, with the umbilical cord hanging from the mother's matrix attached to it.\n\nHere the author raises a doubt, as is clear in the text. According to Aristotle (Metaphysics, x.1), this vein and navel should be for the birth..co\u0304nascencia quia matrix mulieris & vmbilicus pueri coniunguntur median te illa vena ita {quod} cibus transit ad mammillas mulieris ad vmbilicum mediante illa vena \u00b6Nota vmbilicus di recte est in medio corporis in homine bene formato vt mediante ipso cibus equaliter influatur omnib{us} membris a ma\u0304millis mulieris Et dicitur vmbilicus ab vmbo onis qd est media pars clipei & ycos custos quasi custos vm bonis medij in corpore \u00b6Dubium est quare in mulierib{us} ma\u0304mille sunt supra & in aliis ainmalibus infra Responde tur {quod} causa est duplex Prima si ma\u0304mille mulierum infra impedirent transitum ideo natura sagax sic ordinauit Sz vacca capra & alia animalia habent quatuor pedes ideo ma\u0304mille no\u0304 impediu\u0304t tra\u0304situ\u0304 Secunda causa e\u0304 qr i\u0304 mulieri b{us} a corde dependet calor Et ille calor extendit se vs{que} ad ma\u0304millas ideo habent eas in pectore iuxta cor Sed in brutis maxime dependet calor ab epate Et ideo influitur calor ad ma\u0304millas ideo sunt infra & sic melius mulgent & lactantur a fetu Dices quare viri no\u0304.habent mamillas: men have no breasts, and do not experience menstruation and therefore it is not necessary for them to have them. But they have relatively small ones, as women do. Whether breasts are more useful for males than large ones, Diodes says they are not. Because in them heat is diffused from here and there, and they have little heat, and there is poor digestion. Moreover, they are not very effective because there is little nourishment there.\n\nNote that the fetus in the womb is nourished according to its needs, and therefore women are forbidden to engage in strenuous activity while pregnant to avoid harming the developing individual, which may be called a monstrosity or an aberration in nature if it exceeds the normal course of any bodily function.\n\nHere the author carries out his intention regarding the generation of monsters and introduces a comparison. He wants to show that nature, when imitated by art, first forms and builds a good foundation, then strives to build upon it. If, however, nature first produces the main limbs and then art, then....The necessary parts are the heart, brain, and testicles. Afterwards, the less principal ones such as hands, feet, and arms. If there is a defect in the matter, it is better to have the more principal ones than the less principal ones \u00b6There are two natures: one intending, the other producing. The intending nature does not err because it always intends what is best. But the producing nature sometimes errs, and this is due to the giver or the receiver, so monsters are produced in two ways: either according to discrete quantity, where four or three are brought into one hand according to the needs of the matter, or according to the philosophers because they are produced for adornment and decoration of the whole, for they say, just as diverse colors on a wall decorate it, so diverse monsters adorn the whole world \u00b6Monsters are also mostly produced through celestial influences, for when a special planetary configuration reigns, diverse figures are influenced by it, and it is known that twins were generated from it..ramificans in dorsu habentes duo capita distincta vel meum bra et distinctas manus, non pedes. According to what should be noted, since, according to the intention of the philosopher, every mixture arises from four elements, and therefore what is fiery falls into its like and what is of the earth falls into its like, and so on, he would believe and maintain that the elements are formally in mixtures, for this is contrary to the intention of the first philosopher in his generation, where he wants only that the form is generated virtually. Here the author declares or continues his statement according to the intention of the philosopher in the first generation. Note that the author holds this opinion: that elements remain in mixtures virtually. Also note that from corrupted elements, a formless mixture is generated in which the qualities of the elements are preserved, as we see in honey which is honey and wine virtually, not formally. This is proven because elements are contrary to each other, but they cannot be founded in the same place. Life occupies it and the matrix is closed..A small seed is received from whom the fetus should be formed, and that which has several modes under it was long to tell about. Therefore, these are omitted and it lay laterally in the time of coitus, and the female gave birth to a lame boy in the curved womb and a clubfoot in the foot. The cause of this was due to the disorder of coitus.\n\nThis author touches upon another method of monsters or monstrosities, namely, when the matrix is the cause of monstrosities, as if it is lubricant, for that which scarcely can be retained is called lubricant, like an eel or something similar.\n\nItem, an irregular coitus and vehement one is most to be avoided, for the fetus should be properly produced, lest the semen be received perversely in the matrix. Note that for such a short coitus stance, an irregular one is less to be feared, as semen cannot be properly received as it should be. From this it is clear that many sins are committed not only against the law but also against nature, for nature naturally and regularly intends to produce. Sometimes, however, a natural sin con-.This author writes about how a monster came to be from an excess of material, whether too much semen was infused and since the matrix was closed and the entire maternal substance was transformed into fetal matter, and if then the part that should become the head was too abundant, two or three heads or similar anomalies occurred in other parts or limbs. But all these things are less miraculous than the effect Albertus relates about one who was born with two members of lust, one from the man's part and the other from the woman's, such that he could not submit or yield and could not actively copulate with either. The cause of this phenomenon originally arises from the superabundance of matter, for the matter was not sufficient to generate the members at the beginning. This author also relates one miraculous event about Hermaphroditus, and Albertus recounts that he saw one hermaphroditic person who had one such member that could act and suffer, not only for itself but in relation to another man or woman. Secondly, it came about because the maternal substance was so abundant that..vituusque membrorum fieri potuit et membrum virile semper est superius, femininum inferius. Quia natura non producit duo membra virilia vel duo femina. Ratio est quia natura de contingentibus facit quod melius est, sed melius est sic ordinari, quia alterum semper supereflueret, si faceret duo virilia et duo femina, quia quicquid unum faceret, hoc eciam alterum.\n\nPraeterea nota quod saepe accidit, quod generatur gallina que habet membrum indispositum ad coitum, ita pergenerat femella, sme appareret membri mulieris tuum pellicula ea supoposita, quae remoueri.\n\nNota, si hermaphroditus magis appareret viri, sic se tenebit, talisque. Si autem in spe femelle tuum itur, te tenebit licet sibi, ab opex excere scdm praecepta et leges, et sic de aliis.\n\nEt nota scdm: Avium, si semen cadit in latere sinistro matri, cis generatur femella. Si dextero generat masculus. In medio homofrodita participas naturae utriusque, masculi et femelle. Et a viro tanquam a digniori recipit spe. Naturae haec naturae..In the same recitation, Albertus speaks of the twins, one of whom had a mark on his right side resembling the letter V, and the other a mark on his left side, which were closed when he carried them, and opened when he presented that side. And he speaks of the serious signs on the doors of houses. The cause of this is not from the matter itself, but from a specific constellation of the sky, not only from a specific constellation, but also from the particular arrangement of the matter for such an effect or active acts.\n\nThis author puts forth one notable and clear point. On the right side of the body, there is a greater heat than in the left, and the heart lies to the left and influences heat to the right. Therefore, the right side generates male offspring due to the influence of heat, and the right part of the body is stronger and more vigorous than the left, from which motion comes. The right foot is slightly larger than the left, and similarly, the right hand and the same with others.\n\nAnother way this is evident is:.The text appears to be in Latin with some errors. Here is the cleaned version:\n\n\"fiat generatio duorum ramificatum idorso qr quae contingit seme recipi in duabus sellulis matricis et tu pot contingere quod pellicula dividens cellulas corrupti et tu conjungitura illa semina in dorsibus et habent distincta capita et distinctas manus et eciam distinctas animas et detent baptisari pro duobus hominibus\n\nNota virtus celestis mirabiliter operat et occulte in inferioribus. Undecumque est possible de duobus gemellis quam vi\n\nEt nullus credat quod quae data sunt sint ficta quia in simili contingit videri in lapidibus quibusdam in quos specialis constellatio agens imprimit speciem et formam hominis vel alterius speciei secundum exigenciam agentis sicut visum est saepe quando lapides dividuntur. Quod fit ex constellatione speciali.\n\nNon est mirum in gemellis cum idem in quibusdam alis accidat, ubi est possibile invenire omnes modi speciales in monstris reducere ad duos modos.\"\n\nHere is the English translation:\n\n\"Let there be a generation of two ramified ones on the back, qr what comes to receive seed in two vessels of the matrix, and you can contain what the dividing rind corrupts the cells and you are joined together with those seeds in the backs and they have distinct heads and distinct hands and even distinct souls and they are to be baptized for two men\n\nNote: the celestial virtue wonderfully operates and secretly in the inferior parts. Therefore, it is possible for two gemelles to have as much power as\n\nAnd let no one believe that what is given here are fictitious things, because it often happens in certain stones in which a special constellation impresses the shape and form of a man or another species according to the requirement of the agent, as it has been seen often when stones are divided. This is due to a special constellation.\n\nIt is not surprising in gemelles that the same thing happens in certain others, where all the special forms in monsters can be reduced to two modes.\"\n\nThe author responds silently to the question by saying: \"One could say that these things are fictitious which are put forward here.\".dicit hoc no\u0304 credatur Nota mediante virtute celesti in lapidibus mul\ntiplex e\u0304 virtus Vnde Albertus recitat {quod} in calumnea in quadam fenestra vidit quemdam lapidem habentem specie\u0304 regis Et tunc debuit nasci magnus rex vnde in multis la pidibus vultus hfigurat Et per illos lapides fiu\u0304t diuerse medicine vnde si quis sole essente in piscibus inscul perat specie\u0304 piscis i\u0304 lapide ille posset conuocare o\u0304nes pisces in aqua & hoc est tempore determinato Vnde halij in ce\u0304 tilogio ptolomei recitat diuersa signa & miracula de in\u2223scripcione lapidum\n\u00b6Et si aliquis diceret & argueret sic si monstra possent fieri sequeretur {quod} natura posset priuari fine quia se\u0304per in tendit agere regulariter Dicendum secundum auicennam {quod} non est possibile ex parte nature particularis omne\u0304 ma teriam ad suuin finem amoueri nec eciam est concedend {quod} priuaciones suarum actionum habea\u0304t fines & ideo de e gretudine & morte non est instancia quia hec non sunt in tenta a natura {per}ticulari sed ab eo qui hanc regit Et illa.This text appears to be written in Old English or Latin, with some irregularities that make it difficult to read. I will do my best to clean and translate it into modern English while staying faithful to the original content.\n\nThe text begins with a reference to the philosophers' manifestation of intelligence, which is referred to as \"intelligencia.\" The author raises an objection or instance, stating that a particular nature cannot be prevented from producing offspring by nature itself. This implies that shows are not on earth unless nature intends it strongly, and nature does not intend to prevent procreation because it is better for something to exist than not to exist. God and celestial nature know how to dispose of all things, and intelligence is called \"non errans.\" From the first heaven, all death and corruption come.\n\nOur intention in this discourse is sufficient for now, as the present doctrine is more complete. The author then discusses signs of conception. The first sign is that when a woman conceives, natural heat gathers for the formation of the fetus, leaving coldness in the limbs. This is the reason why..We see this: since a man has eaten, he experiences coldness afterwards. This is because heat, by nature, passes to the stomach and alters the food, so it is not advisable to study after a meal. Instead, work a little beforehand to warm up and then study, comforted by digestion. Another sign is if a woman emits little or no semen, or no sign at all, she has conceived. According to this sign, the author assigns a reason: since the matrix closes and does not allow semen to pass and recede. In young women, however, who are most delighted by intercourse, they can emit and not conceive, but this is not the case for older women. Another sign is that during intercourse and conception, nature retains the semen from the man, and the man feels his penis being drawn towards and sucked by some kind of closure from the woman's vulva. The reason for this third sign is that when a woman conceives, her vulva contracts, as if drawing in a manly phallus, and due to the pleasure of the matrix, it compresses and closes like a sheath around the manly phallus. Another sign is if a woman desires intercourse again after intercourse..This text appears to be written in an old form of Latin, likely from the medieval period. I will translate it into modern English while preserving the original content as much as possible.\n\nThis is about certain women who are more desirous when they conceive, as was noted in one question. A sign is that after conception, menstruation does not cease in the usual way, and there is a gleaming in the woman's face when she conceives. Then, menstruation turns into nourishment for the fetus, and there is a gleaming on the mother's lips due to heat. And there is pain in the legs because the spirits are held back if they pass to the legs and nourish them.\n\nAnother sign is if the color of the face changes abnormally, and she willingly turns red after conception due to the warmth. Another sign is that she craves alien foods, such as earth, charcoal, apples, unripe pears, or wax, which is a sign of conception. The cause of this sign is that after conception, many gross and indigestible humors rise to the brain and alter the appetite for similar things. If they are hot..In that time, humors are attracted to charcoal if they are extremely cold and moist. If humors are cold and moist at that time, then one craves pira or poma that are not ripe, because whatever is similar is pleasing to its own kind. \u00b6Now let us observe the signs to determine whether the fetus is male or female. And here are the true signs that follow: because at the time of conception, the color of the man's face is red and his movements are light. \u00b6This author sets forth six signs to determine whether the conceptus is male or female. The first sign is that a red heat is a sign of a great color. And if there is a great heat in the matrix, then the strength is sufficient for the male sex and the woman passes lightly and moves because heat is the principle of motion. \u00b6Another sign is that the belly contracts on the right side and becomes rounded, which is a sign of a male. The second sign is that he lies on the right side, closer to the outside and warmer. And the belly becomes rounded or extends and widens. \u00b6Another sign is that the flowing milk from the breasts is thick and well-digested. If it is placed on any clean and pressed body, it does not spread..The parts will be divided and will remain stable; this is a sign of a masculine gender. The cause of this sign is because it has hardened and been compressed in thickening. Heat has many functions. It makes things harder, denser, and even corrupts the moist and turns it into dry.\n\nAnother sign is if a woman's lactation is impregnated on its surface, directly, that is, perpendicularly; this is a masculine sign. The cause of this fourth sign is if it is directly on the surface, for it is well hardened and thickened by natural heat. Therefore, a perpendicular line is a straight line that is used to measure and establish two right angles on the base, on which things fall.\n\nFurthermore, if salt is placed on the nipples and does not dissolve, this is a masculine sign. The cause of this fifth sign is that if the nipples are warm, the heat causes the salt to remain. Therefore, salt exists in its parts due to heat. Salt is generated from thick and viscous water, a special kind of water for salt. Heat extracts the subtle parts of water with fire..The text describes two signs of pregnancy in ancient times:\n\n1. If the woman raises her right foot, the sign is that the man is masculine. Conversely, if a woman is conceived, she becomes heavy and pale, her belly is oblong on the right side and round on the left, and her milk is indigestible, liquid, and foamy above her body. If a man wants to know whether a woman is pregnant or not, he should give her mead to drink. If she feels sensations around her navel when she conceives, then she is pregnant. If not, she is not. Mead is a drink made from water and honey.\n\n2. This author gives a simple sign of conception and true experience, which is evident in the text. Note that the reason for this experiment is that honey obstructs nerves and veins, from which it is derived..generat sorrow around the navel. That sweet thing is insanus, and all fat is sweet and bad. After this, certain signs of corruption should be noted.\n\nAs it should be noted, virgins are sometimes severely corrupted, so their vulvas become greatly enlarged or the male member is too large and clumsy. However, if a woman has a particularly large vulva, a man may have pain during intercourse because there is a certain membrane between the vulva and.\n\nThe author here discusses the signs of corrupted chastity, and it is clear from the text. However, there is another sign outside the text: a woman's vulva is always closed, while a virgin's is always open. Therefore, a virgin who is suspected of being corrupted should be tested by having her inhale powdered lilies among white flowers and giving her the powder to eat if she is corrupted. She should also be made to urinate on a certain herb called papaver manes if it is dry. If, however, the virgin is healthy and not corrupted, take this..fructum lactucae et pone ante nares eius si corruptum est, statim mingit. (Signs of chastity are these: powder. A wise young man knows how to avoid these obstructive things and the clear and shining virgin's urine is bright and clear when white or bluish. If it is of golden color and heavy, it signifies a desire to cohabit. However, corrupt women have turbid urine due to the breaking down of the preceding membrane. And the semen of a man appears like the urine of such a woman. But in menstrual urine it is clean and in this month, when she suffers, she has clouded eyes.\n\nThis author examines the signs of chastity.\n\nNote: The urine of virgins is clear because they are warm and well-digested, and therefore the urine takes on the color of the place of digestion in the kidneys. But it should be taken after the first sleep because digestion is then made, and it should be seen that the urine, passing through the acids, is not varied, that is, not due to disease or nourishment.\n\nNote: In urine there are three regions, namely the upper one where the upper limbs are considered..The brain and head are considered the second part. In the middle, consider the mid-region, that is, the kidneys and heart. The third region is below, where the testicles and womb are considered, hence the letter. Semen always appears at the bottom due to its weight.\n\nNote: A woman, when menstruating, ascends humors to the eyes because the eye is a porous part of the body and is affected by this in women. In some women, menstruation affects boys who lie in their laps and intoxicates their eyes. In women in whom menstruation flows, this happens because the humors that move throughout the body during menstruation infect the eyes, and infected eyes infect the air most strongly, and that air then infects the boy, and this is the intention of the philosopher regarding sleep and wakefulness.\n\nHowever, it is worth noting that ancient women, in whom menstruation did not flow, infected boys because the retention of menstruation causes an abundance of bad humors. And ancient women were deficient in natural heat, both in their production and decay..The material was mainly composed of those who were poor and lived on coarse food and nourishment, which affected the material in this way and made them more susceptible to infection. This woman in particular inflicted more damage because her monthly flow weakened her.\n\nThis author mentions something noteworthy and clear in the text:\n\nNote: Humors exit through the eyes more than through any other member because the eye is moist from the second aea, as is evident if it is pressed and therefore women weep a lot because they have a lot of the moist humor that is exiting. And when the eye is thus infected, then it infects the air touching it, and that air in turn infects another air as it reaches the object, and there the evil humor acts first because all actions occur with some resistance. This infection acts circularly, for if only the woman were infected in one way according to a difference in location, not according to every [thing].\n\nNote: Children are weak and delicate in nature, so they are easily intoxicated. Toxicum is a poison that is made from toxin from such a source..arbore amarissima and whose sap kills birds \u00b6Note {that} therefore the eye of a witch casting a spell threw a camel into the pool, but she did not poison herself, but rather something she pointed at. For women are naturally intoxicated, so they do not intoxicate themselves. Another reason is that they were used to it. In the prologue of some physicians, there were certain ones who were used to eating poison as their food \u00b6And since it has been said about menstruation, let us therefore proceed to menstruation, that is, to the womb, and see what happens around it. For the womb of a woman often suffers suffocation. Suffocation, among physicians, is called the compression of vital spirits due to the vice of the womb. It impedes breathing in a woman, and this happens when the womb is removed from its own place. Then, from the resulting coldness of the heart, such women sometimes suffer smcopim, that is, heart weakness. Sometimes, however, they suffer some vertigo. He narrates about a woman suffering suffocation of the womb in the head..Galen saw that great man in medicine, for that cause he endured such suffering that he could not speak and fell, as if he were dead, because he had no sign of life. And many physicians were called who, seeing her and the cause ignorant, said that she was truly dead.\n\nBut Galen, coming to the scene, considered the cause and freed the woman from her passion. This ailment occurs in women because they have corrupt and venomous menstrual matter in them. It is good, therefore, for such women, whether they are maidens or old, to be treated with remedies to expel such matter. This is especially effective in young men because they abundantly have moisture, and this is the reason why young women, when they begin to have intercourse, become greatly impregnated before conceiving, and the care for this matter is more or less abundant. And that flow was not of menstruation but of semen in the act of copulating due to the abundance of matter.\n\nHere the author proceeds with impediments to conception. \n\nNote: suffocation of the womb proceeds from epilepsy. And he says this from Socrates..\"What is conception like, almost as if with ignorance or weakness of the heart. It is also called extasis, and this passion most often occurs in widows who no longer have husbands. Therefore, their menstruation is corrupted in the womb and produce thick humors which weaken the heart, and thus coitus is of great value to them. Now, regarding impediments to conception, there are several. Impediments to conception occur sometimes due to excessive humidity, sometimes due to coldness, sometimes due to dryness, and sometimes due to excessive body fat. For a woman in whom the renal passages are buried and hidden in obesity, if she receives the seed in coitus, it cannot enter the womb and is therefore expelled with urination. Therefore, briefly, if the urine of such a woman appears manifestly after coitus, it will be evident if the man's seed is in her womb.\".If the woman's vagina is unclean due to mixture with a man, if she does not completely expel the semen, for semen is hot and it exhales heat if the bodies are warm. Some women have such soft and slippery wombs that semen cannot be retained. And there are many other reasons for this which are not mentioned at present.\n\nThis author mentions some noteworthy points as is clear in the text.\n\nNote: If the semen of a man and woman are not proportionate in primary qualities, that is, in heat and moisture, conception is primarily impeded because the agent and patient must be proportionate in the second degree of the soul, that is, under a certain and determined combination, so that each does not act on each or is not produced from any first principle and the like.\n\nIt is also noteworthy that conception is often impeded from the man's side, so that his emitted semen is too thin, like water. If it infuses the womb with its liquidity, it is lost..Et quandoque accidit ex frigiditate tes ticulorum vel siccitate, et semen secundum doctrinam medicine ad generacionem inconveniens. Dubium est cuius causa in defectu mulieris. Si in hoc modo scitur, an ex parte viri vel mulieris fit defectus, accipiantur duae olla et in utramque virginem mittatur. Viri in unam, mulieris in aliam, et ponatur in utraque furfur tritici. Talis experimentator diligenter obstruat illas ollas per novem dies vel parum amplius. Si tunc contingit ex vicio viri, defectus invenient quosdam vermes in olla viri. Cacabus enim debet supraponi. Invenitur rana fetida vel canta bra fetida. Si vero ex vicio ipsius mulieris, invenitur in olla suum menstruum. Si vero ex vicio utrusque, invenitur in utraque olla aliquid predictorum.\n\nNota: Si vis examinare accipias aliquot de spermate viri et ponas in aquam, si tendit ad fundum, signum est quod semen viri non est in defectu..The text appears to be in Latin and pertains to medieval medical advice regarding conception. Here's the cleaned version:\n\nconcepcionis. Glosa quia est bene digestum et spissum, ideo petit fundum. No quod mulieres que sepe coeunt propter delectationem illic generant fetus debiles. Ergo abstine a coitu tunc, quando generabis robustos pueros et homines; quia semen est satis fortis et unus frater potest conveniens esse fortior alio. Unus de nota causa experimenti: quia si semen viri est nimis tenue, citro converteretur in vermes et non habet virtutem resistente actioni corporis celestis. Vnde ista humiditas, que in fundo non est densa et bene indurata, citro alterat.\n\nSi quis igitur vult mulierem inuare ut impregnetur et masculum concipiat, accipiat matricem leporis et intestina eiusdem et faciat desiccari et in pulverem redigat, et illud mulier bibat temperatum cum vino. Et similiter faciet cum testiculo leporis, hoc in fine menstruorum, et cum viro suo coeat, tunc ipsa concipiet masculum.\n\nItem accipiat epargue parvi porci et testiculos, desiccat et eciam redigat, dat in potu masculo et mulieri. Masculus si prius fuerit impotens ad generandum, generabit..A woman who cannot conceive will conceive.\n\u00b6In another chapter, the author teaches how a woman should help herself to conceive, especially to conceive a male child.\n\u00b6Note: If the matrix of a hare or its intestines dry up and powder, they become very warm. Similarly, a pregnant pig in itself is warm and will generate sufficient heat for conception. Pork meat is also very good for this purpose. However, pork is forbidden to Jews because a pig was a muddy sow to its piglet, and therefore they do not want to eat their mother's piglets.\nAnother reason is natural, that is, to avoid cold foods, as their heat is extinguished by the heat of Christians.\n\u00b6Note: This should be done at the end of menstruation, so that the matrix is dry and how to become warmer through the recess of menstruation.\n\u00b6Item, a woman should take an amphora of pennyroyal herb, drink it with wine, and she will conceive. Item, if she takes the testicles of a hare and mixes them with honey and receives their boiling, and similarly the men receive it, a woman will receive in one container thus..Et eciae documentum observandum, scilicet quando quisquam sentiat mulierem concepisse, non nominet in praesencia mulieris quiddam de raris cibaris, ad quod appetitus mulieris potuerit inclinari, nisi ei possit libitum prosequi. Quia si mulier talem quod postularet nullo modo posset haberi, hoc occasiionem in abhorrendo praesentaret, propter contrariam dispositionem appetitus. Fetus enim sic conceptus debilis reddituur et extinctus ob id. Consultum est mulieres appetere carbones vel quod eis ministretur simile.\n\nVidi quamdam mulierem, cum impregnata fuisset, petivit pomas recentia. Quia non potuit habere, cecidit ad lectum. Infra dies et noctes nullum gustavit neque panem neque potum. Et erant circa eam iuvenes et ancillae, quibus illa fuisset occulta, prius quam conceperent. Quando impregnata petivit pomas recentia, ancillae presentes dixerunt: \"Non invenimus loquentes inter se, quod esset venenosum dare musis pomis, quia videreet in febricitantibus simile.\".In that part, they were deceived then, for those impregnated in the absence of pomums were greatly in need. The fetus should be kept and moved slightly. And soft and light food should be provided to them, following their desires.\n\nThe author puts forward two documents in that previously recited text.\n\nHowever, before we turn to other matters, it is noteworthy that there is a notable sign for the conception of a male in the womb of the mother, and it is this: Let her receive pure and clear water from a fountain.\n\nThe author presents, according to the document, that when a woman conceives, she herself is weakened and the grace of the conceived fetus varies in her, and therefore whatever she desires should be given to her, and if it does not happen then, there is pain because the desire is not fulfilled, as the philosopher in the third book on the soul and his commentator aver.\n\nIt is noteworthy that after conception, menstruation flows, which is a sign..The text appears to be written in Old Latin, and it discusses the process of digestion and the separation of pure and impure substances in the body. Here is the cleaned text:\n\ndestructionis fetus quia fetus debet nutrii quia fetus debet nutrii de menstruo fluente, sed si modicum fluit propter purgationem nature fetus suffocetur. Hoc est profitable.\n\nAntequam vero finem dictis imponamus, ut nostra doctrina: subtiliter et magis complete habeatur, quod talis est inodus nutricionis. Primo cibus masticatus in ore dirigitur ab ore ad stomacum, et ibi fit prima digestio, et ibi separatur purum terrestre ab impuro terrestri. Illud impurum dirigitur ad viscera, et ulterius autem emittitur per secessum. Purum hoc ulterius dirigitur ad epar, et ibi fit secunda digestio, tunc iterum ibi separatur purum aquaticum ab impuro aquatico. Impurum autem aquaticum dirigitur ad vesicam, et ulterius per mixturam emittitur. Purum dirigitur ad cor, et ibi fit tertia digestio.\n\nImpurum dirigitur ad vasa seminalia, et ex illo fit generationem spermatis.\n\nHic autor exsequitur de ultimo motivo huius libri. Et ostendit modum generacionis spermatis.\n\nHomo est..Optime digestionis et subtilioris, quia est magni caloris et propter multos labores digerit et consumit humidum. Calor agit in humidum sicut in subiectum, facit exalare humidum. Ideo esse restauratum caloris ne consumat humidum radicale. Et sic mors sequetur aut consumptum.\n\nSed tamen quod unum individuum per aliquam medicinam potest vivere per annum vel plurius, sicut experto est, sed hoc non potest fieri cursu communi. Nota masticatio est quaedam contericio cibi facta per dentes, naturaque sic ordinavit in anteriori parte dentes acutos ut bene dividant cibum. Sed in fine, latus ordinavit propter masticationem.\n\nVersus Suetonius: Homines dentes triginta duo comedentes.\n\nSed de his que dicta sunt cosurgit dubitatio quod calor agit in ipsum humidum consumendo sit opere rationis caloris in eo, quia calor naturalis. Secundum Aristotelis quartum Metheorologicum, de operacione inquantum actiuorum. Prima operatio caloris in quantum calor habet dissolvere..exalt homogeneity and eutgenity, for if one mass of gold and silver is taken and purified or refined by fire,\n\u00b6This author raises one doubt, and it is clear in the text,\n\u00b6Note: heat in an animal does not cause digestion, but rather\nheat, insofar as it is properly regulated by the soul,\n\u00b6Having seen these things, we will bring this discourse to a close and express our gratitude to God, who enlightens us in this work and in others. Therefore, I ask for forgiveness and assistance from the divine, lest we lose the grace from which all wisdom and eternal life originated, and may God Almighty and Glorious, who lives and reigns with the Father and the Holy Spirit, bring us to the place where there is the greatest pleasure, security, tranquility, joy, and eternal finitude. Sanctity exists among all things throughout infinite ages.\nAMEN\n\u00b6End of this treatise of Albertus Magnus: revealing the secrets of women.", "creation_year": 1483, "creation_year_earliest": 1483, "creation_year_latest": 1483, "source_dataset": "EEBO", "source_dataset_detailed": "EEBO_Phase1"},
{"content": "When I advert my remembrance, and see how many folk err grievously in the way of virtuous governance, I have supposed in my heart that I ought to support and counsel them prudently, and help them be virtuous in living. Therefore, my dear child, I shall now tell you the manner and guise, how your soul inward shall be acquainted with its good and virtues in all ways. Read and receive, for he is to be dispised who is ready and knows not what it means. Such reading is nothing but wind wasted. Pray your God and praise him with all your heart. Father and mother have always in reverence. Love them well and be thou never to sorrow. To hear men's counsel but keep thine own things, until thou art called clean without offense. Sell gladly to him who is more worthy than thou art, thy place to him resign. Fear thy master, keep thy thing, take heed to thy household, love thy wife, pleasant words out of thy mouth should flow, Be not I rouse, keep thy behests as thy life..Be temperate with wine and be not excessive.\nTake no authority in your wife's words.\nSleep in folly no more than necessary.\nIn good books, thou shalt read.\nAnd that thou readest in thy mind, thou shalt keep.\nSteer no man to wrath. Lie not in the red.\nDo well to God and be willing to repay the debt.\nBe not wicked nor join with the wicked.\nStand in the place of pleading exercise.\nJudge the right and be counseled by the wise.\nPlay with the top of the dice as if thou avoidest.\nDisdain no man keep ever thy commandments.\nScorn never a wretch as thou shalt never be.\nCovet no man's good.\nLet thy vengeance be always with the least.\nHe who has done the good, let him have in remembrance.\nLove every man and this shall be the reward.\nBehold my master this little treatise.\nWhich is full of wit and sapience.\nEnforce this matter to accomplish.\nThink it is translated at your reverence.\nEnroll it therefore in your advice.\nAnd desire to know what Catho.\nWhen you read it, let not your heart be thence.\nBut do as this says with all your intent..This is the end of the brief Catonis. For those who believe that God is within the mind of man and grants him understanding, therefore, you shall uncover your heart to your sovereign lord and king, and primarily above all other things, giving him praise, honor, and reverence, which has been endowed with excellence. Wake up my child and shun sloth. In much sleep, look as if you never delight. If you intend to worship, long sleep and sloth excite vices. It makes men dull, it fosters up fleshly filth, it pales, and wastes fresh blood. Trust well also, the first of all virtues, is to be still and keep your tongue in check. Untied tongues can cause much harm. Love me well, this is as the gospel is true. Whoever can endure delay of words, and rest with reason, this is very true. To God above, man is next in rank. Advise the well, never traverse your own sentence for its sake, lest shame ensue. Say not one thing and often the contrary, such repugnance will make your worship lame..Where steadfastness will bring you good fame,\nHe shall never agree with man to live,\nWho with himself will always repugn and strive.\nIf you advise and observe the lives and manners,\nBoth of yourself and others without,\nIn the midst of earth you shall find one\nWho in some part is not virtuous enough.\nBlame not him therefore if you do what is right.\nSince on earth no one lives without flaws,\nIf you suppose a thing that will cause sorrow and grief,\nThough they be dear and great in price,\nDo not suffer their profit to be thwarted.\nIf you desire to be regarded as wise,\nAvoid such things in every way.\nFor it is wiser in steadfastness\nTo prefer profit than such riches.\nIt is a good lesson for the unwise.\nA man should be tempered with constance,\nAnd be glad and merry afterwards,\nNot always sad nor light of counsel,\nA man's cheer may often spur him on.\nAt each time as the thing requires,\nSo the wise man looks and cherishes.\nGive no credence always to your wife,\nFor her anger and impatience..With a sharper tongue than a sword or knife,\nYou chide your servant, though he causes none offense.\nLearn well this sentence, the wife will hate and cause pain,\nOften he whom she loves in her heart, and if you warn a man of his forfeit,\nAlthough he grumbles with frowning countenance,\nAnd in his language menaces and threatens you,\nYet do not forget for all such displeasure,\nTo teach him to amend his governance.\nAs you began to correct, that is a mistake,\nAnd that is a friendly task I know.\nAgainst wordy people, ever full of wind,\nDo not argue at all, it will not profit,\nSuch rash folk are in their conceits blind,\nThe witless word avails not a whit,\nIn many words is often wisdom little,\nFor to every man is given speech,\nAnd yet the wise are often to be sought,\nLove other men and keep them in good cheer,\nThat to yourself your love most extends,\nLook no person more dear than your estate,\nFor then you will offend and hurt yourself and others.\nBut ever cherish other and love them so..That to thyself be true, be found no fool,\nNew tidings avoid as the wind,\nEschew my child with all diligence,\nBe never busy seeking new tidings,\nSuch novelties often cause offense,\nIt is no wit, it is no wisdom,\nIt harms not a man to be in peace,\nBut it does harm to put his tongue in press,\nMake no promise on another's behalf,\nRemember well that promise is uncertain,\nBut if thou keep thine own, do thy best cure,\nTrust not the word of every creature,\nSome men's faith is easy to break,\nFor many folks think not as they speak,\nWith words fair when fawning feeds thee,\nBe not blind for his false flattery,\nLet thine own reason ever be thy judge,\nAnd if thy estate be high,\nThough fawning with his craft will blind thine eye,\nIn all thy life give credence more to thyself than to thine conscience,\nWhen thou seest another man's desert,\nAs for his good deeds commendable,\nIn every place enable such a one with thy good word,\nAnd though he have been awayable..Yet make no boast of your good deed, and then others will enhance your name. If you live long and become old, age will approach despite those who say nay. Consider how aged people are treated every day, and so provide for yourself as you grow old and crept into stooping age. Things may help that were kept in your youth. Do not charge too much, even if you see men speaking softly. Do not change your countenance often, for it is often better in secret. A man should always see where he is set and speak or let speak only to the suspicion of harm. Men speak of him as if he were none other. When fortune has given felicity and set you high, beware of a fall. Such sharp adversity often follows felicity. In her trust have no certainties at all. Her perilous play turns to grace at the end. Our brief life is full of doubt, and in very certainty no one can stand..So suddenly creep out\nAll about this world in every land\nYoung and old for every soul is bound\nTo death, therefore set not your affiance\nIn the death of him who may survive\nA little gift given with good intent\nOf your friend who lives in poverty\nWith right good cheer such a gift take and bring\nSupposing that as willingly has he\nAnd more than many men who are richer be\nPay not for the gift nor weigh not the price\nThe intent is good and that shall suffice\nSince nature, that is your first notice,\nHas brought us all here naked and bare\nThough you cannot richesse accompany\nBut you are held always in poverty's snare\nYet no force makes nor let care grow too much\nTake patiently poverty for the best\nRiches is not of nature but of earth's increase\nThough death be the end of every creature\nAnd no man on live shall from him escape\nYet do not fear death with over eager care\nTo live on earth it is but a jest\nIf you shall always after death so gape\nThink well to die but modify your thought..Or elise to live away from the right nothing\nFor thy desert if no friend thanks thee\nI mean when thou hast done thy strength and pain\nTo other folk friendly for to be\nIf they cannot gratitude to thee\nWithdraw thine hand & so thyself refrain\nBlame not thy god for their unfriendlyness\nBut for such men do afterward the less\nSince no rich man that liveth anywhere\nIf he consumes his goods all and waste\nBut that poverty shall grieve sore and dear\nTherefore my child such goods as thou hast\nLet not to soon out of thine hand bear away\nLest than thy good hereafter fail\nHold that thou hast it may the eft away\nBeing to lend him twice\nAnd fail him once that is but villainy\nIf thou may lend do it in friendly wise\nSuch chevyscanace a friend loathes to be wry\nOf thy good deeds clamor thou not nor cry\nBe not windy nor of words warm\nIf a good man thou list appear and seem\nAnd if thou find the son of doubleness\nThe false dissembler if thou espie\nWith painted words and heart full of falseness.Thou may not improve his eye in any way\nThan to serve him with his own treachery\nWith words fair and friendly to depart,\nMean the same, and art beguiled by art.\nProve never a man by over painted speech,\nFor under fair words is often annexed guile.\nThe word is gay but friendship is to seek,\nAs it is said such craft is on this isle.\nYet some think ill when they their tongues file,\nThe whistling fool makes merry song,\nAnd so the birds beguile him among,\nWhen you have gotten children,\nLook in her youth then instruct them so,\nIn some craft and mystery that they may learn,\nTo get her living and to defend also,\nHer life which ever needs and that they unto,\nVirtue may attain for that he no craft can,\nOftentimes needs and is in danger from every man,\nHave this concept for it is often seen,\nThing dear bought full oft' bates of price,\nAnd things that little of value ben,\nIn time coming may to great worth arise.\nRemember well this and ever it advertise,\nThus shalt thou best the name of chicanery flee..And other men shall not judge you amiss\nAlways let reason be your guide\nWhen others thou art about to blame\nThat such default in them is not seen\nFor if it be, thou shalt have the shame\nA man's honor such a thing will reclaim\nIt is very foul when a man would teach\nIf his deeds contradict his words preach\nLet your desire be grounded in right\nAnd then that it never transgress honesty\nFor as often times as any worldly wight\nDesires more than right or equity\nThen may his request be soon replied\nAnd it is called covetousness and great folly\nTo ask often for that which right will always deny\nChange not a friend that you know of old\nFor any new one in trust that you shall find\nA better than he in your hands you hold\nHim that hath been to the friendly and kind\nFor such exchanges are often blind\nIt seems thou knowest never a deal\nTo know a trusty friend is causeless\nSince man's life is often full of misery\nOnce in mirth and after in mischief\nNow in the valley and now on the hill high..Now is a man poor and after riches in relief\nThe shining morrow has often a stormy eye\nTake heed at this polity: have lucre for your labor or that you wend\nThough you may overcome and have the victory\nOf your friend or fellow yet always forbear\nRefrain yourself and be not haughty or high\nIrous hands fulfil evil and cause harm\nFor easy, softness friends may conquer\nBy good deeds set in lowliness\nMen are knit together in friendship\nThe limiter that visits the wives\nIs wise enough of him a man may learn\nTo yield needles pins girdles and knives\nThe craft is good; thus does the wise friar\nYou give small things for things that are dear\nIf you receive, ever give you something again\nAnd that will always nourish love in certain\nToil not and strive with him that is your friend\nBeware of that which makes never your friend your foe\nA troublesome man may friendship break and shatter\nThese baratrous ones who are misruled so\nInterrupt them and wrap them in much woe\nFor wicked wrath engendres but hate..Whereas good accord norish love always\nwhen thy servant thou takest in default\nThough he cannot his negligence excuse,\nYet in thine ear make not to fly into a rage\nBut with thy male talent take truth\nSo shalt thou find ease this feud if thou use\nRule thy passion and ever by such measure\nThat thou save him that is under thy care\nSuffering easeth, it was said long ago\nSuffer thou and have all thy intent\nThough all thou mayst overcome yet do not so\nConquer by suffering and be patient\nBut for to follow cruelty never consent\nFor it is called a virtue with excellence\nA man to live in humble patience\nBe not wanting nor be not prodigal\nConserve thy things gotten with true labor\nIt is fair to be called liberal\nBut ever eschew waste and be not surfeiter\nConsume not all thy treasure in one hour\nWhen of thy labor rises none avail\nNeeds poverty must the in haste assail\nBe thou not like Seneca for he would eat\nWith every man and at his feast him feed\nBut never no man might taste of his meat.No one comes to him but he bids all men be free of their meat, but let largesse lead, not farther than you easily can attain. Be ever your own friend, as Cato says, certain. Sir, take heed and see how holily this clerk entreats men with virtuous doctrine. The first part of this compendious work instructs us how to shine in worship. Straightening ourselves as a line, whose precepts to observe if you wish, and to his counsel to incline your hearts. In your age it will be well known. The virtuous form that men should convey forth is like a bride in this life, that man does not err here in this perilous way. Stabilizing himself as does a steadfast anchor, and as sure guides that men worthy of esteem. Man's living here to set in governance, this sage Cato puts in remembrance. If you wish, my child, set your heart's desire to know the tillage and culture of the earth, and if you wish to be perfect in knowledge, why some is arable and some also pasture, why some is fresh like flowers in picture..I counsel you to study sadly for a while\nIn the laureate poet great Virgil\nAnd you have a desire, fresh heart,\nTo hear of Romans noble worthies\nHow they conquered the Carthaginians\nAnd many others through manly prowess\nThan Lucan can he express well\nWho excelled in town and also in the field\nAnd who did marvels under Mars' shield\nAnd who also desire lovers to read\nAnd in what they knew how to advance\nAs in that craft Naso can teach him to speed\nFor some love song. harp / pipe / and dance\nSome in reading and other things of pleasure\nSome lovingly cover and do not want to be seen\nAnd some want to be known thus writes outside\nBut yet, my left child, if in fortune\nYour heart is given to no such thing\nOr it is not to your pleasure\nThat Virgil, Macer, Lucan, or Naso brings\nYet that you may be wise in your living\nIf you wish to give me audience\nI shall show you the doctrine of wisdom\nTherefore, my child, come near to me and learn..And I shall show the true treasure\nOf wisdom, if you're willing to listen and hear\nAnd also how you shall endure in good estate\nAnd lead your life holy, according to God's pleasure\nTherefore approach and learn this teaching\nTo be a man always virtuous in living\nThere is no one who can report further\nOf your good deeds than a stranger can\nMake him always welcome and show him cheer\nAnd he will with honor utter this message\nFor the unknown sometimes profits to try\nFriends, it is better now to have it\nOf God's mystery and also of His working\nMake never my child to inquire too much\nIt is folly for any man to ponder such things\nDispute not upon God's providence\nFor all things must be under His governance\nAnd since you are a man clothed in mortality\nDispute not of things such as mortals are\nThe fear of death that is inordinate\nI mean to fear it always and never cease\nBeware of that which I counsel you against\nFor this is true as the gospel doubts not\nWhoever fears death is always merry..When fear of death any man so disagrees,\nHe wastes his time and shortens his life\nFor things uncertain, when thou art angry,\nLook not to strive but first understand the matter clearly,\nFor there is no person alive on earth alone,\nBut that he is also blue from himself,\nAs swift wrath has kindled him on fire,\nAnd then can he not judge the truth for anger,\nAs time requires, make your expense,\nMeasure your hand also according to the prophecy,\nOf things of time and also of the presence,\nSo that you spend no more than is necessary,\nAnd that spending, let your heart be free,\nA man should consider cost and making his spending,\nConsidering the time and also the reward of his costs,\nToo much is nothing of any kind of thing,\nThe meaning is good and most commendable,\nThat man stands firmest here in this living,\nWith a mean state that holds him dear,\nPlenty and poverty to gather are not endurable,\nFor then the ship in the sea is most secure,\nWhat time the flood is most submissive,\nIf you know anything that may turn to shame..Keep it secret and let nothing betray it\nNever be too eager to proclaim or publish it, as you know it will repay you\nDo not make others guarantee it and cry it out\nLest men condemn you for such false demerits you may find here\nIf you spy and see or perceive a transgression\nAnd also a shrew of misgovernance\nTrust well that sometime will come a cure\nWhen for his deeds he shall suffer punishment\nA cursed deed asks for wretch and vengeance\nThough wickedness for the time be kept secret\nYet at last it will be discovered\nThough sometimes nature has been unkind\nAnd gives a man to be of small stature\nYet remember my child and keep in mind\nThat you never despise that creature\nFor God may send him fortune and good will\nAnd often they are allied with good counsel\nTo whom nature has granted great strength denied..For it is often seen in battle and in fight,\nFortune changes oft within one hour,\nAnd he is confounded who was erst victor,\nSmall swords make great fires,\nDraw back the swords, the fire shall decrease,\nAgainst the higher look thou not pleased,\nWith words feel not for words' discord thy peace,\nThe man is wise who can of words cease,\nFor this is as verily true as God gave life,\nSmall words breed much strife,\nDo not deal with magic nor with sorcery,\nIn God's hand is all fortune and fate,\nBe not about to call by destiny,\nWhether thou be miserable or fortunate,\nLet God alone in Him is all thy state,\nFor what He wills of thee to purpose,\nWithout Him, He can well dispose,\nBeware ever of envy with its fell touches,\nWithin thine heart look ever that she not rest,\nFor it is one of the chief pains of hell,\nWhen she sojourns within a man's breast,\nThen burns Phoenix in her own nest,\nAnd then she may none other man harm.\nYet Ethna ceases not herself to grieve.\nEnforce thine heart with manly suffering..Though that false judgment against the procedure\nBe not disheartened in word nor countenance,\nFor oftentimes the false oppressor may rule and lead\nThe law, but trust me well without fear\nLong may he rejoice, he may not\nWhich by men's untruth his goods so got,\nThou also look not to praise nor disdain,\nBut let others alone, always after prudence,\nFor thy own honor shalt thou gain none\nBut have a fool as soon as thou art gone,\nA man to praise himself, as the school says,\nOr disdain much is a sign of a fool,\nWrath of old that should be kept out of mind,\nBe not about to make it alive,\nBut the envious one has always a touch of kind,\nSuch malice, my child, look thou never revive,\nFor such malice of old wrath makes a strife,\nAnd who remembers old enmity,\nA wicked man indeed is he,\nWhen it is time of cost and great expense,\nBeware of waste and spend always by measure,\nHe who keeps or spends has no difference,\nMakes his goods may not long endure..For the old proverb says, \"measure is treasure. Remember that some of your goods may slip away, which before were gained in many a varied day. It is no wisdom for a man always to be sage, but sometimes to be nice and feign folly. Whoever possesses this quality shall find advantage when time and things desire it. And then, discord, which is great policy, for sometimes to be unwise by appearance is called high prudence. The filthy flesh struggling against the soul within by the force of its allure Eschew my child and keep her from her grip. Art and grace are set far apart. And eschew always of avarice the wicked fame. These two they are that cause evil reputation. Believe not lightly in every man's saw. For some report things altogether differently than they were ever thought or done or saw. And some have it also of custom and of guise To feed folly with flattering and lies. Therefore give little trust to such fair speaking. For many people speak untruths..If thou art drunk, forget not that which follows:\nAvoid the snare you do not come to,\nDraw back thy hand, do not choke thyself,\nDrink that which suffices, or else be sparing,\nToo much drink makes a man's wit quite bare,\nYet the joy is not to blame,\nThe drinker himself is to blame,\nTo your trusty friend, who is secret to thee,\nReveal your counsel and your need carefully,\nFor a trusty friend is the keeper of secrets,\nBut it is great luck to find such friends,\nTry one among all a company,\nAnd entrust thyself entirely to the care,\nOf such a doctor who is trustworthy and sure,\n\nThough evil things sometimes happen,\nDo not be dismayed in difficult ways,\nFor your adventure requires that you endure,\nFortune may not always be on your side,\nWith harm lurking in wait for you,\nTo restore wealth, honor, and prosperity,\nKeep these things within yourself before all,\nPerceive what is about to fall,\nIt causes no harm,\nWhat is before you will be as other things shall be,\nSudden chances afflict most of all..It hurts less and is in better condition\nWhere a man can prudently have foresight\nWhen diverse things transverse your intent\nAnd you are wrapped in adversity\nFor want of hope look not be lost or shed\nLet never despair your wit bereave thee\nBut abide the time that will be better\nHope is she who will make you succeed\nHope leaves not a man till man leaves her brethren\nWhen men profit more than is time to retain\nTake anything while they are in season\nMany profit now that afterward will refuse\nFor that is plenteous now will afterward be sparse\nTherefore take anything in time as reason counsels\nWhich is now\nProvide yourself and have deliberation\nBy likely conjecture what may betide\nAdmonish my child in your remembrance\nBefore and after on every side\nFollow that which God will and let him be your guide\nWhich has all things only in his governance\nFortune, feature, and all that is present,\nIt is a mark of a consuming hand\nTo receive superfluity and do likewise excessively\nUntil his recompense ages against him..Contain your nature and flee from greediness\nKeep foul lusts under foot and repress\nDo not feed your lust with all it craves\nIf health permits, strive to keep your life\nTake good heed also of your own estate\nRule your body well with good diet\nIn time, look not to be at debate\nThrough your own rule and surfeit\nThough sickness and sorrow have given you heat\nThe time is good and no day dismal there is\nBut if men make it so for their own misdeeds\nFear not dreams, as Deuteronomy says\nFor often they are caused by various complexions\nSome imaginations and many a nice fantasy\nOr else of blood or of superfluous reflection\nFor dreams are often deceit and false illusion\nWhen they are waking they desire and think\nUpon that thing they dreamed when they wink\nWhen a multitude has given a decree\nOr concluded anything against your intent\nTransgress not yet never against the command\nFor if you do, you shall be sore punished\nDisdain not alone the people's judgment\nIn adventure, you please them not one\n\n(Note: The text appears to be in Middle English. I have made an attempt to modernize the spelling while preserving the original meaning as much as possible.).While you wish to traverse them each one,\nYou must a while ponder what these matters mean,\nAbide is,\nFor to read them is of no benefit,\nTo no man but he who unknets the kernel,\nTherefore, set aside all your heart and mind,\nAnd look what lies beneath the boisterous rind,\nAnd I dare say of wisdom and wit,\nPlenty and joy therein you shall find,\nRefreshes your spirits with this wholesome diet,\nThat fosters virtues and keeps a life,\nTo your person, I think, is most fitting,\nFor to receive such a nourishing sustenance,\nWhich your estate shall always preserve in life,\nIn great honor and keep you from annoyance,\nOut of the danger of vices infectious,\nIf you will act according to this ordinance,\nAnd in particular, ensure that your deed\nBears true witness and testifies,\nThe matters that you behold and read,\nLook at them with your heart as well as with your eye,\nAnd then I dare say some things you shall see,\nIn this work that shall move your spirit.\nTherefore, apply your heart, your eye, and your spirit,\nAlways to rule according to these wise deeds..I. Lo, what man desires to read\nIn this my poem, some thing he will find\nWherewith he may his soul foster and feed\nWith virtue and it from vices unbind\nCome near my child therefore and have in mind\nSuch doctrine in thy heart to bear away and teach\nAs to thyself hereafter shall be life and dear\nA man's soul resembles a new plain tablet\nUpon which yet appears to sight no picture\nThe philosopher says without fable\nJust so is man's soul but a mortal figure\nUntil she is claimed with the lure\nOf doctrine, and so gets a good habit\nTo be expert in learning and profit\nWhoever lacks rest may no while endure\nTherefore among take ease and diversion\nDelight never in great busyness and cure\nBut whiles thou mayst also resort\nTo plays, recreations and all other comfort\nThan shalt thou better labor a\nIf thou livest justly, ever keep up right\nNever declining for money bribe, fear or favor\nThus truly thou standest in a full healthy state..Though men maligne thee with words of rigor,\nIf thou live thus, thy good life is thy tower.\nWe may not let the people gauge and cry,\nBut do well though they misjudge or lie.\nSoon if thou art called to testify the truth,\nAlways saving thy worship and honesty.\nThy friends' transgressions are not about to be discovered,\nWhere no shame thereof may grow.\nThis requires ever good friendship, indeed,\nIn wealth and the true benevolence between folk is friendship in assistance.\nMake ready, keep well thy soul at all times,\nBehold wisely about and spy thy cover's train.\nWhen false falcon knocks at thy gate,\nHe means guile though outward he seems fair.\nFor he can anoint loathsome eyes between,\nWith the oil of pleasure in full great feast.\nBut yet under that keep,\nSloth, sluggardly and dul, and lazy negligence,\nEnforce thee to avoid with all thy busyness.\nFor an idle soul makes thy body sent.\n Truly, there is in earth no greater argument,\nTo conclude, thy mortal body unguarded..Than the soul be wrapped\nImprint this teaching in thy soul steadfast\nAnd thou shalt find it extremely profitable\nForsake it not near from thy heart cast\nFor if thou exclude this lesson from thy mind\nThou art barren and blind from virtues\nTherefore do not know me\nSince the default is in thee\nIt is very hard to please every one\nDisplease none by any deeds or them lack\nNor their words, even if they are right\nAs thou displeased them behind thy back\nRight so men will make thee a mock and a knave\nFor the contrary, though men had it sworn\nThe scorner shall be rewarded ever with scorn\nWhen thy last part that men call fate\nIs good and pleasing according to thy intent\nThis I mean when thou art fortunate\nRecord all thy goods that God hath sent\nAnd suffer them not recklessly to be spent\nFor a wastrel thou shalt have the name\nGreat riot will cause thy feeble fame\nIn old age, what time that thou art crept\nAnd hast riches prosperity and great abundance.Be generous with the goods that you have before you\nThink well, you have enough and sufficient\nLet not your good be under your own governance\nBut govern and distribute it always with your friend\nFor when you go there it may not be with the same end\nGrace is given to man in many diverse ways\nSome have wisdom and some have eloquence\nThe poor people also sometimes are full of wisdom\nA servant sometimes may also be of great wisdom\nThough he may be held in little reverence\nReward his wit if it is worth the while\nFor virtue is hidden under many a vile habit\nThis world's wealth ever changing and flowing\nAt no certain time is it like an unstable April\nThough you have loss, you shall not be dismayed\nBe content with what you have for the while\nSome man there is that has neither cross nor pile\nNow in his care and yet right good adventure\nIs he full nearly unknown to all men's view\nDo not marry a wife for her inheritance\nFor she will often cast it in your beard\nAnd if she is noisy and full of grief\nConstrain her never to abide in your yard.Of chastisement it is a cursed sword,\nTo keep such one who always complains,\nFor he is at ease who of such one is free,\nOf other men thou shalt be thy mirror,\nConfirm thee to that which most men approve,\nWhat thou shalt do and what thou shalt forsake,\nA better feat mayest thou not conduct,\nThan to other men's deeds relieve,\nIn all that pertains to thy teaching,\nMake of other men a rule of thy living,\nAttempt nothing that surpasses thy might,\nNor that which thou canst not achieve,\nFor then thou standest foul in thine own fight,\nOver his power, what man that lusts moves,\nWith shame his work must needs take leave,\nIt is folly for a man to begin such works,\nWhich to perform his power is to diminish,\nLaw presumes that he who keeps still,\nThe crime of one who has done great offense,\nAnd discovered it not, he is then ill,\nAs the criminal for keeping of his silence.\nTherefore, my son, bring it into audience,\nThat thou mayest not well understand,\nLest for silence men deem thee amiss..When the law is strict and unyielding,\nApproach the judge to seek his favor,\nEncouraging him to be gracious,\nFor a fair judge may always support your cause,\nAnd yet the law shall be his guide,\nWhich sometimes must be modified,\nAs in cases where he may discern\nThe pain you suffer for your deeds,\nReceive it willingly in grace and patience,\nAlthough your transgressions are hidden,\nYet when you recognize it in your awareness,\nThat you are blessed in your conscience,\nWithin yourself make a settlement,\nDemeaning yourself in your own judgment,\nSpend no time for laziness,\nBut read old and wise books,\nRead and report with great attention,\nThrough reading, a man may rise,\nThen read my son and fulfilling,\nThese poets wrote things of great wonder,\nAnd also of small credibility, often this is not a mistake,\nForever among friends sitting at feast,\nBe courteous and measured in your speech,\nHe who speaks most is not always considered wise,\nFor flesh and bone have created a cage..The tongue to keep that it be not outrageous,\nIf you will be preferred by nature,\nRestrain your tongue with all your best care,\nSome women weep of pure femininity,\nWhen otherwise they cannot achieve their intent,\nBut beware of such nice pity,\nYour manly reason for that should not blend,\nFor such weeping, your heart ought never to relent,\nSome women of kind are ever weeping,\nAnd under that, they can both prick and sting,\nWhen you have come to your worship use,\nWhat avails riches without honor,\nTo spend always good and worship to refuse,\nIs no point of profit or solace,\nTherefore that you have obtained with true labor,\nDo not consume in misuse lest you do amiss,\nOft he needs of another who has wasted,\nImprint my child heartily in your mind,\nThat you be not of death so sore afraid,\nWhich shall the from wretchedness unbind,\nWhere in your life so long you have forth led,\nA life perhaps to God and man full bad,\nThe which though she be not to all profitable,\nYou suffer and take in your wife's words..When it behooves you for better or worse,\nIt often is the case that she, of great prudence,\nShould be allowed this; it is not a denial.\nEndure her then and test her conceit,\nFor it is hard when you cannot be still,\nNor yet endure her, though you may have the will.\nGoods that are given you by nature\nCome to you from your progenitors.\nTherefore, my child, with all your force and care,\nLook upon them and cherish them at all hours.\nFor they nurtured and kept you in youth from troubles,\nMy dear child, especially.\nIf you do well, never offend at all,\nResort to them and find relief here.\nMy master now here is a wholesome air,\nFor your journey to this place, return.\nWhereas for morality, springing flowers fair and sweet,\nAnd pleasantly soft do they appear,\nGather them and make a chaplet or a garland,\nAnd rest a while right in this herb garden.\nBehold well and see what thing is to your profit,\nWhat creature that desires to live in security,\nHis life and soul to keep from entanglements,\nOf vices which express both good and evil..Be you at strife come near and give attendance\nKeep these precepts well in remembrance,\nEngraving them and prizing in your mind,\nAnd so to live, the means shall you find,\nThe foul talent of riches, my child, eschew,\nAnd resemble thou never greedy Tantalus,\nWhose appetite in hunger is ever new,\nAmong the fair apples, delicious,\nNo sweet water quenches his thirst. Right thus,\nTo villains swallow of covetousness,\nLook all this world nothing can nor suffice,\nWith reasonable feeding be thou content,\nAs in diet a man should never overcharge\nHimself for with surfeit many men are slain,\nFor their receipts are too great and large,\nMen seem all day that little care or bargain,\nWill drench at once when it is overwrought,\nCherish ever nature with none overweight,\nIf thy thing should happen to misgovern,\nWithout reason or any providence,\nThen my own child, learn this lesson,\nSay not it was by fortune such expense,\nTo make but wise, it thine own negligence,\nFor fortune may never compel thee,\nThy good to spend but at thy liberty..Love the penny for your chest's sake,\nNot for the hoard to heap it high,\nThe prince made the ordinance,\nNot for it to be still and sleep,\nBut that it should always share among the people and leap,\nIn their exchange, and he who keeps it in,\nAs the form is always subject to sin,\nWhen you have plenty and are wealthy,\nI mean when you have great surplus,\nOf money, sons and help but small,\nThen spend your money and yourself advance,\nKeep never the coin and live in grief,\nThe sick has silver and full great excess,\nBut of himself he has no certainty,\nThough sometimes you suffer the great sharpness,\nOf biting yet always your masters' chastisement,\nTake well in good with humble lowlines,\nSince it is done but all in good intent,\nIn case to learn and wisdom to obtain,\nAlthough his words are full of anger,\nYet suffer the talent of that fire,\nAlso, my child, you shall always occupy,\nTo work things that are profitable,\nBut look never your wits apply..To things that cannot be available,\nIt is a great error to keep a thing that is not profitable,\nEither by wit or strength.\nDespairing hope is the end of such labor.\nWhen you shall give, give in a friendly way,\nA friendly content, a prayer or a request,\nFor a thing given by time is given twice,\nSuch glad cheer makes gifts the richest.\nHe who gives gladly and soon gives best,\nNothing is better than a thing to conquer,\nThan a man to lend, so that he may forget,\nWhen you have a conjecture about a thing,\nAs in your conceit, holding it in suspicion,\nTo discover that at once does your cure,\nFor at the first rejection, that which should be easy to correct,\nA thing that at first is not set by,\nIs often seen to cause harm finally,\nAnd when you are disposed inwardly,\nTo Venus' acts, then express your courage,\nDo not let your flesh lustfully,\nFor great dictate makes your flesh outrage,\nWhereas measure might cause it to subside,\nAnd gluttony is called the chief promiser,\nLeading the flesh always to wantonness and vice..The rampant lion and the tiger fell\nThe Irous bore the hound full of envy\nAnd many more beasts than here need be told\nMen feared them greatly and their tyranny\nAnd well they do, yet only one beast we spy\nThat is a foremost other most especial\nMan is the beast that thou must dread the most\nThe virtue called fortitude\nStands all in the strength bodily\nAs the Irous mighty strong and rude\nBut in the soul it must be surely\nNevertheless, if thou wilt thy soul fortify\nAnd him within a quiet way with wisdom\nTruly then shalt thou be strong in existence\nWhat thing on earth that thou shalt take in hand\nAnd thy support shall be in friendship\nNo strange wight lives so near the wolf stands\nAs thy known friend, my child, this is expressed\nOf the stranger thou hast no certainty\nFor when all others are to seek\nThe faithful known friend can best be thy healer\nThe death of beasts that are unreasonable\nAs by custom and right of sacrifice\nTo purge the deed is no great matter\nTrust not also to gain thy revenge.For those who trust so foolishly,\nAnd a man abides still in his iniquity,\nwhen you would choose a friend for trustworthiness,\nDo not inquire about his fortune.\nFor fortune is the mother of changeability.\nBut ask about his deeds and his governance,\nFor that is proven of greater sufficiency\nThan fortune, which is casual.\nFor the life of man excels his fortune.\nUse well the riches you have in quest,\nEscape the wicked fame of avarice,\nLet not your good lie stopped in your chest,\nDo not keep your treasure and stuff always closed in a chest,\nSuch old treasure will make your shame new.\nWhat profit is plenteous and great treasure,\nAnd in poverty a wretch is always to endure.\nMy son, if you desire to rejoice your fame,\nIn honesty while you live here,\nAvoid things that may cause your shame,\nAnd lecherous lusts must be laid aside here,\nAnd also things that appear exceedingly joyous.\nYour worldly joy is often defective.\nBeware of joy that hinders your good life.\nAnd always my child, strive and advise..That thou never scorn the great staring age,\nThy elder more for nothing thou despise,\nThough all in their wits they be not so sage,\nAs in their youth age is outrage,\nWhen age comes this is surely true,\nA man begins then to be a child anew,\nEnforce thy wits somewhat for to learn,\nAcquire the art of craft for it endures,\nIf fortune changes and poverty appears,\nWho that is crafty is likely to recover,\nCraft and skill remain ever and endure,\nAnd by them a man may soon relieve,\nWhen fortune has cast him to misfortune,\nBe still in silence with good advice,\nTarry my child till others have spoken,\nSo shalt thou learn something of steadfastness,\nLet never thy tongue suddenly be untamed,\nFor that might the hasty one betray,\nBy man's word his manner will be shown,\nBy word also is known the wise from the foolish,\nThough of craft thou have full great,\nEnforce thee, my child, yet to learn more,\nThe soul it is that must be thy receptacle,\nReplenish here with virtue's treasure and store..Vse makes mastery of all things, therefore\nVse helps art and cure help each other\nThan use and cure must be joined together\nThe body shall have a separation from the soul\nDeath is the common end of every one\nDo not therefore charge yourself with this chance\nThe tribute of death must you pay rightfully\nBut yet of death you shall set but little value\nIf by this life you express nothing right\nWhich is always full of woe and wretchedness\nLearn always from the wise and teach the unlearning\nFor it is virtue and commendable at all times\nTo increase doctrine through such coming\nIt is also always a deed of God, charitable\nBoth to learn and to teach is very burdensome\nDoctrine helps virtue evermore in life\nWhich would not be doctrine if it were not from us\nDrink not too much more than you can bear\nRule yourself always with the bridle of measure\nToo much drink will drown your body and make it costly\nFor surfeit is always uncertain for health\nAnd measure makes men endure in health\nWhat man is ruled by vile lusts\nIn good estate he may not endure long..And if it happens that my child in your presence\nA thing to praise, be not blameworthy again, in the same presence,\nIf you disapprove, come not also the same,\nFrom such fickleness must shame necessarily arise,\nTo praise now and afterwards to blame expressly,\nIt is a sign of great instability,\nWhen you live here at your own ease,\nIn all your heart's joy and prosperity,\nThink yet, Parcas, that prosperity may see,\nFor worldly wealth stands never in certainty,\nAnd as soon as poverty or adversity\nAssaults you yet, fall you never in despair,\nThink always in yourself good fortune may repair,\nIt is fair, my child, to be prudent and wise,\nLook that you learn quickly, therefore,\nTo learn always, my son, do your intent,\nFor by care and diligence, wisdom is the more,\nWisdom is she that may not be forborne,\nThe rare prudence that people nice refuse,\nCan never be had but by process and use,\nBeware also that you never enhance\nIn your praise or prayer a worthy man too high,\nFor you may have cause later to disavow..Thy fame modify thy praise:\nOn one day thou shalt truly see\nWhether he be friend who seemingly is\nFor all are not friends that men suppose\nBe not a shy one, teach my child\nThat thou canst not, for it is but a folly's tinge\nOf doctrine nothing to desire to hear\nHe who can stretch to knightly conduct is well\nFor knights a man is but a wretch\nTherefore to know much it is right commendable\nAnd nothing to know it is most reproachable\nVenus is always ready to all her vile acts\nWhen Bacchus has her in abundance\nThrough the treasure of her heat and fiery passion\nTherefore my child, restrain thy appetite\nIn wines' hot excess, never be excessive\nDrink no more than is expedient for the soul\nEschew strife and always be content with measure\nThe silent man often feigns fraud and guile\nOf such a man, avoid always his company\nFor the still man deceives other while\nWithin his deceit, falseness and treachery dwell\nIn floods' style, water is deep and high\nFor often times, unhappy chance befalls..In streams softly seeming to your pleasure,\nWith your fortune when you are discontent,\nAnd cannot take in great your adventure,\nBehold about and feel in your advicement,\nHow those who once were of goods more sure,\nThan you and more likely in wealth's endurance,\nBoth for bounty's favor and likewise noblesse,\nAnd yet suddenly they have fallen into wretchedness.\nAttempt the thing so as you may suffice,\nPass never your might bear never to high a sail,\nFor there is peril if that the stream arise,\nCertainly my child, this is without fail,\nThe vessel small is at full great avail,\nWhen that with others to land he may reach,\nWhen the sails high full often go to wreck,\nAgain the true just ma, braule thou never strike,\nFor unto God above that is great displeasure,\nTrust truly there is no man here alive,\nThat to the just man does dearly or grief,\nBut at the last God will take vengeance.\nTherefore from this it is reason each man to take,\nFor the righteous man of God is never forsake,\nIf extortion or of any misadventure..Have plucked at the end and made the threadbare\nOf richesse, yet do thou ever apply thy force and cure\nTo be merry and eschew thought and care\nFor fleeting thought is a foul snare\nCome not therein, fortune is unstable\nAfter poverty, riches are preferable\nIt is harmful to forgo those goods\nThat are in hand with force and violence\nBut yet, my child, thou must consider who\nAnd what he is that does such offense\nBetween friend and foe, have ever a difference\nFor in some cases thou ought to forgive a friend\nAnd also suffer him though he noisily and dearly\nBe not sure that thou shalt live here long\nA man shall die, all be it that he be loath or lee\nAnd as the old, so does the young alike among\nDeath steals away at once as does a thief in the night\nFor against death, men may find no relief\nShe is always about to make a final disposition\nAnd follows each day the shadow of thy corpse\nWorship God with all thy possessions\nWith heart entire and sweet smelling incense\nSuch sacrifice is good to His pleasure\nOf the calves small that never did offense.Though thou hemselves may not dispense\nWith the late hem growing and swine in the plough\nThy true heart is sufficiency is enough\nGive place to him that exceeds thy might\nThough thou be hurt it may profit chance\nAnd seldom avails any man to fight\nAgainst such one that passes his power\nThough all it grieve now\nFor oft is seen that after great distress\nThe mighty man is full of gentleness\nAfter thy surfeit and thy great offense\nChastise thyself, correct that amiss\nRedress thee to good rule, amend thy negligence\nAnd sorrow for sin a very medicine is\nRepent the sore than art thou safe I wis\nFor physics says my son I assure\nA bitter drink the sharp sickness may cure\nIf thou hast found good friendship in a wight\nLong ago and yet though he begins to change\nDespair him not men abide not in one plight\nFor sometimes was lordship there now is growing\nThe world's course is wonderful and strange\nBut though as now the man is very unkind\nYet is old friendship remembered always in mind..Though you be gentle and gracious to other men,\nSo that they may report a good opinion of you,\nAssure the officer:\nNow would I wish that this man were officerless,\nBe not suspicious that he is a wicked teacher,\nThe suspect man, with fierceness in his living,\nIs but a very wretch,\nMis is a mis, but all he would correct,\nHe deems false and fails in heartiness,\nBy false conceit set in malice,\nSleeps him anon; thus death ends his folly,\nIf you have men without freedom and liberty,\nSuch as are called men of bondage,\nNotwithstanding they are under your captivity,\nYet honor such and over them be not to outrage,\nIf they are held under your worldly servitude,\nFor all they are bound yet very men they are,\nThat God has made them men, yet always remember,\nReceive your first fortune with readiness,\nRefuse it not though it be scant and small,\nIt is better in the long run to take the less,\nThan to refuse it and after fail of all,\nAccept the gifts of fortune as they fall..Refuse it now and afterwards you shall have need\nTherefore it is to take when me provoke and pray\nRejoice the never my child in all thy life\nThe sudden death of a cursed man & wretch\nWhen he is dead the soul may not relieve\nFrom pain to joy the soul may not retch\nThe fiends hold evermore that they may catch\nTherefore he that liveth justly well does he\nFor his soul is ever full of felicity\nIf thou hast a wife in assurance\nTrust her well and love her inwardly\nWith heart with thought with all thy affection\nAnd be thou never infected with suspicion Jealousy\nIf no fault be in her or that thou canst see\nYet if thy friend tells thee such is her fame\nHe is a friend and she nothing to blame\nThrough study and great exercise\nYet ever do thy diligence in the most busy way\nTo purchase more for it is a wholesome thing\nFor to great honor bringing may the bring\nAnd eschew thou never daily to be taught\nFor without teaching it cannot be caught\nIn naked words why my verses thus I write\nIn no way truly I may me better excuse.\"Than I say, my wit is so dull and unrefined,\nWhich art thou, that rudely urges me to write,\nIn twos and twos my meter to entwine,\nNo thing provokes me but simplicity of wit.\nNow I have gathered flowers for your perusal,\nTaste them, for they are preservative,\nHold them fast and bear them in your fist,\nFor the pestilence is here which is infectious.\nI advise you and me to part with our lives,\nThat you should lead your life in safety,\nAnd also attain to much worthiness.\nThis I mean to you under the protection,\nOf your good grace, what time you read,\nOr else have in this matter inspection,\nAs it bids that you will do in deed,\nThen dare I affirm without fear,\nYou shall achieve and be truly virtuous.\nHere I have found that which shall guide and lead you,\nDirectly to good fame and leave you in her house.\nExplicit Chaucer.\"", "creation_year": 1483, "creation_year_earliest": 1483, "creation_year_latest": 1483, "source_dataset": "EEBO", "source_dataset_detailed": "EEBO_Phase1"},
{"content": "Here follows the copy of a letter which Master Alan Charetier wrote to his brother, who desired to come dwell at Court. In which he rehearses many mysteries and wretchednesses therein used. For tardiness him not to enter into it, lest he after repent. Like as hereafter follows, and late translated out of French into English. This copy was delivered to me by a noble and virtuous Earl, at whose instance and request I have reduced it into English.\n\nRight well-beloved brother and person eloquent, you admonish and exhort me to prepare and make ready a place and entry for thee into the Court of Curial, which thou desirest. And that by my help and request thou mightest have therein office. And hereto thou art duly made by common error of the people, which reputed the monday night and pomps of the court to be things more blessed and happy than others, or to think that I do not judge well of thy desire. Thou seemest prudent, that those who wait on offices are in virtues..occupations and reputation make them more worthy for rewards and merits, and I also add other reasons that move you towards this. By my example, I have employed myself to serve in the court of Ryall, and in order that you might spend your days with me, and that we might enjoy the sweetness of friendship, which has long existed between us. And this you know well: your courage is not far removed from my friendship, and the grace of humanity is not hidden from you, which embraces friends as present and does not need to counsel and aid them absent to its power. I believe that your absence is no less grievous to me than my own is to you. For it seems to me that your being absent, I am where the places and affairs require us, but because God and fortune have so separated our destinies that you are freely engaged in your own private matters, and I am occupied with public things and services in sorrow..\"passions, when I have compassion on myself, then I am enjoyed by your ease and take great pleasure in alleviating the miseries I suffer daily. If I blame or accuse fortune for myself, I praise and thank her on the other hand for exempting us both from the anguishes I endure in the court. You desire, as you say, to be in the court with me, and I long yet more to be privately and singularly with you. And you would gladly leave your fraught and private life for me. I ought more gladly, for the sake of love, to endure this contemptible mortal life, since love justifies him more in humble tranquility than in orgiastic misery. It suffices for one of us to be unfortunate, and by my unfortunate life, you may see and know more certainly which one and which other fortune favors. But what do you seek? You seek the way to lose yourself by my example.\".And yet you intend to leap from the haven of safety, to drown yourself in the sea of peril and mystery. Repent you this liberation? Are you displeased with life, a human nature that has suffered such misfortunes, craving and desiring that which it has not? Thus you scorn the pangs of your heart and the secure estate of your thought, and by the torment of scorn which you have gained, you possess things that, in their own condition, are more worthy of scorn than those that are displayed by the life of another. I marvel more, how you, prudent and wise in goods, are so overcome and choose to expose yourself to so many perils. And if you will heed my counsel, take no example from me to pursue the courts, nor the public murmurs of high palaces. But let my peril be an example to you to flee and shun them. For I dare not affirm that among the tumult of them that tear, there is anything steadfast or wholesome..Thou should expect and hope to find exercise of virtue in misery such as this comes and is made public. And certainly, if you make your view to fight constantly against all vices, but beware and make good watch that you are not the first to be overcome. For I say that the courts of high princes are never disgraced by people deceiving through fair language or threatening by menaces or stirring by envy or corrupting through the force of bribes or flattering by flatterers or accusing of trespasses or ensnaring and letting in some manner, the good will of true men. Our poor humanity is easily inclined to perceive and follow the manners and conditions of others and to do as they do. And yet, one cannot escape being assailed and assaulted by so many adversaries. Now grant us that you would persevere in virtue and that you would escape the vicious and the corruption of such vicious persons, yet in this case you had yielded to none but yourself. But this had [ended]..It is better for you to have done it in your own secret place, and be certain that for your virtue you will be mocked and for your truth you will be hated, or that your discretion will make you suspect. For there is nothing more suspect to evil people than those whom they know to be wise and trustworthy. The rest is this: you will have labor without fruit, and will use your life in danger, and will gain many envious ones. And if you strive at their envy or take vengeance, I tell you that your vengeance will engender more grievous adversities than you had before. And by the contrary, those who live discordantly are preyed upon and use their time in courts better than others. The abuses of the court and the manner of the people curial or courtly are such that a man is never suffered to endure himself unless he is corruptible. For virtue, which is in many forms envied, if it is not proud, it is despised..She bows not / she is forcibly set back / if she is broken or hurt, she is forcibly driven away / who then can keep him who is not corrupt or bribed / or who can escape without harm / Such are the works of the court, those who are simple are ensnared / the virtuous are envied / and the proud arrogantly place themselves in mortal peril / And if you are set down and put back among the others, you will be envious of their power / if you are in a position of which you have not sufficient means, you will strive to mount and rise higher / And if you come to the high secrets which are strongly doubted and feared / in the doubtful courtesies of the highest princes / Then you will be most mischievous / as much as you wish to be most evil and happy / so much more will you be in great danger of falling / like him who is mounted into the highest place / For to whom fortune, the variable, has most highly lifted up and enhanced..The text remains unchanged as it is already in a readable form and does not contain any meaningless or unreadable content. It is written in Middle English, but the meaning is clear. Therefore, I will not translate it into modern English or correct any OCR errors as it is not necessary.\n\nresteth no more but to fall from so high down / because she owes them nothing but ruin / if thou hast taken all that thou mightest / and that she would give / then art thou indebted to thyself / To the one that she rendered and yielded him malice whom she had enhanced / And that she mocked him of his misfortune whom she had made blind with vain glory of his enhancement / For the great winds that blow in high courts are of such condition / that only those who are most enhanced / are, after their downfall, a spectacle of envy / of detraction / or of hate / unto all people / and find themselves subjects until they are shamed and put down among the people / And those who before looked upon them and flattered / report greater blames and divisions than the others / For the multitude despises always those whom fortune has most humbled and thrown down / And also envies those that she sees enhanced and lifted up / Fortune gladly sets her eyes on them that.She is benevolent towards the poor and the powerless, but shows no concern for their suffering or smiles at their misfortune. However, when she witnesses the fall of great lords, she may show little reaction. But she delights in bringing down the mighty and overthrowing them. She deceives easily those who are weak and vulnerable, and she sets them on the path from certainty to uncertainty and from good rule to evil rule. She flatters and laughs at those who despise her and are not esteemed. She attempts to justify herself against those who are strongest..She enhances those who are most feeble; now she laughs at one, and grimaces at another. But the man who has great courage and disregards her whining and threats does not doubt her menaces. But the court makes too much account of this fortune, which draws people lightly to her, forgetting their poor estate and forgetting and not knowing themselves as soon as they are enchanted. Foolish men do not do this, for they have no inducement or good reward not to do so. Try to mount up if you will leave your liberty and franchise. Then you ought to know that you will have abundance yourself when you wish to pursue the court. This makes a man leave his own manners and apply himself to the manners of others. If he is worthy, men will hold him in contempt as a phantom. If he loves honest life, men will teach him to lead dishonest life. If he is patient and sets by no profit, he will be left to have..If he cannot obtain anything, men will not demand anything from him, and he will find none who will give him anything if he enter impudently. Those who are impudent will put him back. If he is accustomed to eating soberly and at a certain hour, he will dine late and soup in such a way that he will disaccustom himself to his time and manner of living. If he has been accustomed to reading and studying in books, he will spend his days idly in aimless wandering, and men will open the door to him of the chamber or withdraw from the presence of the prince. If he loves the rest of his body, he will be annoyed here and there, as a courser or runner perpetually. If he wishes to go early to his bed and rise late at his pleasure, he will fail in this, for he will wake long and late and rise right early and often lose the night without sleeping. If he studies to find friendship, he will not be able to traverse the halls of the great lords so much that he will find her, but she holds herself aloof and unapproachable..For her they do not enter with only one reason, for she is much better known by those who use her, who are experts in refusing, than by those who enter ignorant and do not know her tones. Now behold then and see which of the two you shall choose, or in my youth and going out I drew you to our commune profit or in your entering you brought me to our commune damage and hurt. And forget not that he who serves in the court must always be a guest and herberged in another man's house, and also he must eat according to the appetite of others, and sometimes without hunger and willingly he may, and in like manner he must wake other times at the will of others, after he has begun to sleep, and by great grief what thing is more damaging than to subject the virtues of nature and the rights and duties of human life to fortune, since it is a thing more free in a man than to live naturally among us servants of the court, we do nothing but live according to its ordinance..And you live in your house like an emperor, you reign as a king paysble, under the coverage of your house, and we tremble for fear to display ourselves before the lords of high houses. You may eat when you have hunger, at your hour and at your pleasure. And we eat so greedily and gluttonously that otherwise we cast it up again and make vomit. You pass the night in sleeping as long as it plays the part, and we after excessive drinking of wines and great pains lie down often in beds full of worms & sometimes with strife and debate. Return brother, return to yourself, and learn to know the felicity by the miseries that we suffer. But no one values enough the eyes that he has in his private and proper house, but he who before despises the pleasures that he has suffered in administration publicque. Aristotle the philosopher glorified himself in himself, that he had left the high palaces of king Alexander, and had rather left there his disciple Calisthenes than linger there longer..Dyogenes, in his time, loved liberty and simplicity above all other men. He refused great riches and worldly joys to which he was called, fleeing from them to live freely within the town, where he slept. He was so bold as to be more powerful in his refusal of goods than the said Alexander had the power to give him. The true philosopher, who can well despise the vainness of Ambassador's court, teaches his counselors that there is more humanity in small things and easements than in the courts of princes. The benefits of Pythagoras, and the words that Orpheus ate, tasted better than the aromatic wines that Sardanapalus found in the great and delicious wines. For as much as the delights were mixed with the gall of poison, fevers, and anguishes of Mondays, which he always had upon his heart, not only our life, but the transience of our life, his torments added to..Our life in such a way that she has neither glory Monday nor fleeting pomp without adversity. Often the people make great wonderings of the rich robe of the courtier, but they know not by what labor nor what difficulty he has obtained it. The people otherwise honor and worship the great apparal of a powerful man, but they account not the pricking he has felt in procuring it, nor the toils he has endured in showing it. Othertimes behold the people's torches and great households of the high and mighty lords, but they know not what expense they are charged for maintaining them, nor consider anything of the title by which they certainly have no merits. If we call an hare a lion, or say that a fair maid is foul, or a foul creature crooked-backed, halting, or ill-shaped, and call it as fair as Helen, that would be a great lying and worthy of disdain. Among us, covetousness is ever enamored, and we follow more the names of..\"Those who are more given to duties and rights are verbose or full of words, and desire more the words than the things. And in this we are contrary to the wise Cato. He desired more to exercise himself virtuously in common office and publicly than to have the name. And in such a way he governed himself that when he was called, he was always found worthy to have better than he was called for. And so much more was he honored as when he fled most from worldly honors. But by contrast, we covet to be honored, however unworthy we may be, and take the honors as by force and strength before we are called to them. Therefore, brother, I counsel you to delight in yourself in your virtue, for she yields joy and praise to those who live well, late your great one.\".Retain sufficiency within your little circle, and do not consider yourself virtuous by hearing, as men of the court do. But endure hardship by the effect of the work. Why do you covet the glories of palaces, which for their wretched misery have need that men have pity on them? Do not pursue it in faith, but by the display of my misfortunes, follow not me. I am often clad in the finest, but have pity and compassion for the perils that assail me, and for the assaults that surround me night and day. I must observe the foot on which every man comes to me, and note and mark the passage and the peril of every word that departs from my mouth, lest I be surprised in speaking imprudently and give matter for any man to make a false report or interpret my words evil, which I may never recall or put back again. For the court is the nurturer of people, which by fraud and licentiousness studies for.To draw from one another such words / by which they may persecute them / by which, through the perils of others, they may be enticed into the grace of those who have authority to help or annoy / And which take more pleasure in false reports / than in true words / If you have office in court / make yourself ready to fight / For if you have any good / another will desire to take it from you / and you shall not escape without a debate / Some will deceive you by some means / and it behooves you to torment yourself to resist him / And after you have employed your body, time, and goods to defend the / Another new one comes to the court and supplants your benediction / And takes it grievously from you / Thus you will lose with great sorrow / that which you have obtained with great labor / Or if your office remains with the / so you will not remain long without fear and fear of him or of other envious ones who will labor to take it from you..Before you have any offices, you bought peace and moderation to live, and as soon as you have it, you will be threatened by another who will demand greatly to buy it from the one who has it. Behold, brother, observe how little your house gives you liberty and franchise. Be grateful that it has received you as its only lord. And after your door is shut and closed, none but those who please you enter. Men knock frequently at the gates of rich and high palaces. There is always noise and murmuring. In great places there are many and diverse people, some of whom are harshly pressed. The hall of a great prince is commonly infected and heated by the breath of the people. The usher strikes upon the heads of those who are there with his rod. Some enter by force, and others struggle to resist. Sometimes a poor man enters..The text that has been set back is described as being further set back than others. Those who were once considered unapproachable are now in greater danger, and no one knows for certain if their state is secure. However, whoever it may be, they are always in doubt of their fortune. When one believes they are in the greatest grace, remember the poet who says that it is no great thing to have been in the grace of a great prince and to understand the court is to know it is a company of people who assemble under the guise of common welfare to deceive one another. Among us in the court, we are deceitful and new-fangled. We buy from one another, and sometimes we sell our rents or property to them. Among us, we are merchants and sell our humanity..Precious/ we buy other/ And other buy from us/ But we can sell ourselves better to those who have to do with us/ How much can you get/ that it is certain/ or what security/ that it is without doubt and without peril/ will you go to court to sell or lease/ the goodness of virtues which you have obtained without the court/ I say to the one who enforces you to enter/ then you begin to lose the sovereignty of yourself/ And you shall no longer enjoy the profits and rights of your franchise and liberty/ Certainly, brother, you demand that/ which you ought to avoid/ And you fix your hope in that/ which will draw you to peril and destruction/ And if you come/ the court will serve you with so many contrived lies on one side/ And on the other side it will deliver to you so many cures and charges/ that you will have continual battle/ thought/ and anguish/ And for certain, a man is not well-advised/ who says he is well-happy/ that..In times of tempest, bought and in so many contrary ways tested and proven,\nAnd if you ask what is the life of those in the court, I answer: it is a poor richesse, an unfortunate abundance, a misery that falls, an unstable estate, a trembling security, and an evil life. It may also be called by those who are amorous a deserted liberty. Flee, men, flee, and keep yourselves far from such an assembly, if you will live well and surely, and as people well assured on the Ruage, behold us drowned by our own agreement, and despise our blindness, which will not willingly know our proper master. Like the foolish mariners who sometimes cause themselves to be drowned by their disastrous advice, in the same way the court deceives simple men and makes them desire and covet it, like a rogue or a common woman well adorned, by her allure and by her kissing. The court takes merry those who come to it..The court makes false promises to them. The law begins harshly towards those who enter, and afterwards becomes grim, sometimes treating them harshly. The court retains the captives who cannot escape and continually asserts authority and lordship over those it surpasses. The court often forgets those who deserve its favor and squanders its wealth on those who are not worthy. The man is unhappy who is taken in and held captive rather than being allowed to issue and go out, losing his freedom and franchise until his death. Believe truly, brother, and doubt nothing that you exercise a good and profitable office if you can well use the mastery that you have in your small household. You will be powerful as long as you have and will have self-sufficiency. Whoever has a small household and little means..And he governs them wisely and in peace, he is a lord, and much happier is he who freely maintains it, for there is nothing so precious under heaven as to be in sufficient communication with France. O fortunate men, O blessed family, where there is honest wealth that is content with reason without envying the fruits of other men's labor, O well-happy house in which virtue exists without fraud or barter, and which is honestly governed in the fear of God and good moderation of life. There enter no sins, there is a true and righteous life, where there is remorse for every sin and no noise, murmuring, or envy. Such a life enjoys nature and lives long in small troubles. And she comes to playful old age and an honest end. For as Seneca says in his tragedies, \"Age comes too late to people of small houses, who live in sufficiency, but among us courtiers who are servants to fortune, we live disorderly, we grow old more by the force of charges.\".\"Than because of the number of years, and due to our inability to live well, we are fearful of the sweetness of life, which we so much desire and hasten towards, that which we so much dread and doubt. Suffice it to Brother Such-and-such to live in peace on your behalf, and learn to put up with him because of our faults. Do not undervalue yourself so much that you take your life for the living, nor abandon the goods that you will be forced to bring, for the seeking to obtain them afterwards with great trouble and sorrow, which will be horrible and hard to find. Finally, I pray and advise you: if you have taken on a holy and honest life, do not abandon it; put aside the thought and despise all your will to come to court; and be content to withdraw within the confines of your private house. And if you have not yet known that you have been unwise and happy, then learn it from now on. I commend this writing to God.\".\"Give thou the grace / Amen\nThus ends the Curial made by Master Alain Charretier\nTranslated thus into English by William Caxton\nThere is no danger / but of a villain\nNo pride / but of a poor man enriched\nNo sure way / as the plain\nNo succor / but of a true friend\nNo despair / but of jealousy\nNo high courage / but of one amorous\nNo pestilence / but in great lordship\nNo cheer / but of a man joyous\nNo service / like to the king sovereign\nNo foul name / but of a man shamed\nNo meat / but when a man has hunger\nNo enterprise / but of a man hardy\nNo poverty / like unto sickness\nNo haunting / but of the good and wise\nNo house / but if it be well garnished\nNo cheer / but of a man joyous\nThere is no richesse / but in health\nNo love / so good as mercy\nNothing more certain than death\nNone better chastised / than of himself\nNo treasure / like unto wisdom\nNo anguish / but of a heart covetous\nNo power / but where men have envy\nNo cheer / but of a man joyous\nWhat will you that I say?\"\n\nThere is..no speche / but it be curtoys\nNe preysyng of men / but after theyr lyf\nNe chyer but of a man Ioyous\nCaxton", "creation_year": 1483, "creation_year_earliest": 1483, "creation_year_latest": 1483, "source_dataset": "EEBO", "source_dataset_detailed": "EEBO_Phase1"},
{"content": "God turns every dream to good, for it is wonderful by the wood, what causes sweet dreams on the morrow or at eve, and why some follow and some never come, why it is a vision or a revelation, why this a dream and that a vision, not to every man such an even, why this a fantasy, why they oracles, I note but who knows the causes better than I, God be with him, for I certainly cannot, nor can I ever think, to busy my wit for their significations, of the times of them or the causes, or why this is more than that is, or if people's complexions make them dream of reflections, or else thus as others say, for the great weaknesses of her brain, by abstinence or sickness, prison, strife, or great distress, or else by disorder, or natural custom, that some men are curious, in study or melancholic, or thus so inwardly full of fear, that no man may him console, or else that devotion and contemplation of some..Causing such dreams often, or that the cruel life unsoftely of those who love leads, often hope much or fear, that purely her impressions cause them to have visions or if spirits make folk dream at night, or if the soul of proper kind is so perfect that it knows what is to come and warns all and some of every adventure by signs or figures, but that our flesh has no might to understand it rightly, for it is warned to darkly, but why the cause is not known I do not know. Well worth of this thing are clerks that treat of that and of other works. For I of none opening, No B. Turn us every dream to good. Never since I was born was there a man before me. I steadfastly believe in such a dream as I had. The tenth day of December, which as I can remember, I will invoke with a devout special devotion to the god of sleep alone, who dwells in a cave of stone, upon a stream that comes from the sea, that is a flood unsweter. Beside a people that men call Cym..This god sleeps unendingly,\nWith his sleepy thousand sons,\nWho always dwell with him in sleep,\nAnd to this god I pray, who knows,\nTo speed me in my sworn duty,\nTo tell a right and true tale.\nAnd he who moves all things,\nThat are and were, and ever shall be,\nGrant them joy that they may here be,\nOr all that they dream in a year,\nAnd may they stand in grace,\nIn his love or in any place,\nThat pleases them most,\nAnd shield them from poverty and shame,\nAnd from every unhappiness and disease,\nAnd send them what may please them,\nWho takes well and scorns nothing,\nNeither me nor it in thought,\nThrough malicious intention,\nHe through presumption,\nOr hate, despise, or mock, or felony,\nI commit it to you, Jesus, good,\nMay he dream barefoot or shod,\nThat every harm, that any man\nHas had since the world began,\nFalls on him, or he endures it,\nAnd grant him that he may deserve it.\nWith such a conclusion,\nAs had of his vision,\nCresus, who was king of Lyde,\nThis prayer I shall offer to thee..I am no better in charity. Now listen as I have said what I met or abridged of December the tenth day, when it was night to sleep I lay, right as I was wont to do, and fill a sleep, wonder soon, as he that was weary for going, on pilgrimage a mile, to the corpse of St. Leonard, to make light that was once hard. But as I slept, I was, in a vision, in which there were more images of gold standing in various stages, and more rich tabernacles, and with them more pinnacles, and more rich portraits, and with it, more queer manner of figures of gold work, for certainly I knew not where I was, but well I knew it was of Venus. The temple for in portrait, I saw anon her figure, naked flying in a sea, and also on her head, rose garlands smelling as a mead, and also flying about her head, Cupid her blind son, and Vulcan, that in his face was full brown. But I roamed up and down. I found that on a wall there was written on a brass table, \"I will now sing if I can.\".The man and the arms that first came through his destiny,\nFled from Troy through much pain,\nInto Italy, and there began the story, as I shall tell you each one.\nFirst, I saw the destruction of Troy through the Greek Synon,\nWith his false treachery swearing,\nAnd with his cheer and lying,\nBrought in the horse, by which the Trojans lost their joy.\nAnd after this was graved, alas,\nHow Ilion was assaulted and won,\nAnd King Priamus slain,\nAnd his son, Pylodorus,\nDisdainfully by Aeneas,\nAnd next, I saw how Venus,\nWhen she saw the castle burning down from heaven,\nBegan to descend,\nAnd bade her son, En,\nAnd how he fled and how he escaped from all the press,\nAnd took his father, old Anchises,\nAnd carried him on his back away,\nCrying alas, and we.\nAnchises, in his hand, bore the gods of the land,\nThose who were unburned.\nThen I next saw in all this fear,\nHow Creusa, Daun, was Aeneas' wife,\nWhom he loved as his life..And her young son Iulus and Askanius also fled, with dreary cheer, it was pitiful to see. As they went in a forest, at a turning of a way, how Creusa was lost - alas! How he sought her and how her ghost appeared to him, saying: \"I am doomed to Itylus, as is my destiny, unless I fail. When her spirit began to appear and for to speak, there I saw Iulus, his father, and his men, with their ships, setting sail for Tolbardos in Ionia. As swiftly as they could go, there I saw the cruel Juno, who is called Ino, hating all her life, all the Trojan blood, raging and crying as if she were mad, at Aeolus the god of winds, to blow out of all kinds, so loudly that he should drench land, sea, and all the Trojan nation, without any of them being saved. There I saw such a tempest arise that every heart might be moved to pity, to see it upon the waves. There I saw also Venus, my lady, weeping with most woeful cheer, praying Jupiter on high, to save and keep that navy.\".Of that Trojan Eneas,\nwho saw his son,\nJupiter and Venus kissed him,\nAnd granted release from the tempest,\nI saw how the tempest raged,\nAnd how with effort he took a rowing-gang,\nIn the land of Carthage,\nAnd the next day, he and a knight named Achilles,\nMet Venus, who appeared as a huntress,\nWith the wind blowing her tresses,\nAnd how Eneas began to lament,\nWhen he recognized her,\nAnd how his ships were driven,\nOr else he did not know where,\nHow she comforted him,\nAnd bade him to Carthage go,\nAnd there he would find,\nHis people left behind in the sea.\nShe made Eneas so favorably disposed towards,\nDido, queen of that land,\nThat soon she became his love,\nAnd let him dwell there.\nWhat more should I speak of love,\nOr of pain, my words to paint,\nTo speak of love, it will not be,\nI cannot, and also to tell,\nThe manner in which they first became acquainted..It was a long process to tell, and over long for you to dwell,\nThere saw I grave / how Aeneas\nTold to Dido every\nThat him was tied upon the sea\nAnd eft'grave was how that she\nMade of him shortly at a word\nHer life, her love, her lust, her lord\nAnd did to him all reverence\nAnd laid on him all dispensation\nThat any woman might do\nThinking all this had been so\nAs he her swore and named\nThat he was good / for he seemed so\nAlas what harm does appearance bring\nWhen it is false in existence\nWherefore she slowed herself alas\nLo how a woman does amiss\nTo love him who is unknown\nFor every trust, lo, thus it fares\nIt is not all that glitters gold\nFor also broken I my head\nThere may be hidden many a cunning vice\nTherefore be no man so nice\nTo take a love only for cheer\nOr for speech or friendly manner\nFor thus shall every woman find\nAnd swear, how he is unkind\nOr false provided, or double was\nAll this say I by Aeneas\nAnd Dido / and her sister lost\nThat loved too soon a ghost.\nTherefore I will say one proverb..That he who fully knows the herb\nMay safely lay it to his eye,\nWithout fear that is no lie,\nBut let us speak of Aeneas,\nHow he betrayed her, alas,\nAnd left her most unkindly.\nWhen she entirely saw this,\nThat he would forsake her in truth,\nAnd turn from her to Italy,\nShe began to wring her hands two,\nAlas, she said, / my heart is woe,\nAlas, is every man thus true,\nWho every year will have a new,\nIf it endures so long time,\nOr else three perhaps,\nAnd thus of one, he will have fame,\nIn magnifying his own name,\nAnother for friendship says he,\nAnd yet shall the third be,\nHe who is taken, for delight,\nOr yet for singular profit,\nIn such words he began to complain,\nDido, / of her great pain,\nAs I, dreaming, ready am,\nNo other author I will allege,\nAlas, she said, my sweet heart,\nHave pity on my sorrow's pain,\nAnd slay me not, go not away,\nO woeful Dido, farewell.\nQuoth she, / to herself thus,\nO Eneas, what will you do,\nO that love, or other or your bond,\nThat you swore with your right hand,\nOr my cruel death quoth she..May hold your style with me, O have you of my death pity? You wise my own dear heart, Know full well that never yet, As far as ever I had wit, I have wronged you in thought or deed. O men, have you such goodness In speech, and never a grain in truth? Alas, that ever had mirth, Only woman, on a false man, Now I see well and tell can, We wretched women can no art, For certain, for the most part, Thus we are served every one, How sore you men can groan, Anon as we have you received, Certainly, we are deceived. For though your love lasts a season, Wait upon the conclusion, And also how you determine, And for the more part, O woe is me, That I was born, For through you my name is born, My acts read and sung, Over all this land in every tongue, Of wicked fame, for there is nothing so swift, O swift is every thing, Though it be covered with the mist, Also, though I might endure forever, That I have done, recover I never, That I shall be said, alas, Shamed was I through Aeneas, And that I shall thus be judged..\"Wyll is done hardly. Thus speaks the people truly, but that is done/not yet done. But all, Cer. And when she truly knew, she was for, S, and called for her sister Anne. And began to say that she was the cause, that she so loved, alas. And thus she counseled her: But what when this said was and done? S. And so died / through him. But all the manner/how she died, and all the words how she spoke, who so to know has it in purpose. Read Virgil in Aeneid. O. What that she wrote/or she died, and near it were to be long to tell. By god I would it here write. But wellaway / the harm and rout that has befallen for such untruth. As men often read in books. And always / it is yet in deed. That to think it tame is, Lo Demophon, duke of Athens. How he forswore himself falsely and wickedly betrayed Philomel, that king's daughter was of trace, and falsely began his term to pace. And when she knew / that he was false, she hanged herself by the throat. For he had done her such unfaithfulness. Lo was not this / a wo and rout.\".Eke loke how false and reckless were:\nAchilles to Briseis,\nParis to Oenone,\nJason to Medea,\nAnd Jason again to Hera,\nHercules to Deianira,\nFor he who made him catch his death, perish the thought,\nHow false was also Theseus,\nAs the story tells us,\nWho betrayed Herodias,\nMay the devil be his soul's bane,\nFor had she sung or spoken,\nShe must have consumed him,\nIf Adrian had not been,\nAnd because she had pity,\nShe saved him from death's embrace,\nAnd he made her a false promise,\nFor within a short while,\nHe left her sleeping within an isle,\nDeserting her alone within the sea,\nAnd took her sister, Phaedra,\nWith him, and began to sail away,\nAnd yet he had sworn to her,\nOn all that ever he might swear,\nThat she would save him from death,\nHe would take her as his wife,\nFor she desired nothing else,\nAccording to the book,\nExcuse this Euaeus,\nFullch of his great transgression,\nThe book says, Sanctus faileth,\nThe gods commanded him to go to Italy,\nAnd leave Africa's reign,\nAnd Dido and her fair town..I saw grave tales told of Aeneas' voyage\nAnd how the tempest began and his steering oar broke,\nSmote starboard before he leapt,\nAnd there I saw Aeneas beside an isle,\nTo Hades gone to see his father Anchises,\nAnd how he found Polymarus and Dido and Deyphebus,\nAnd every torment, which no tongue can tell,\nWhoever wishes to know, must read many a row,\nIn Virgil or in Claudian, or dauntless that it can tell,\nThere I saw also all the assemblage\nThat Aeneas had brought into the voyage,\nAnd with King Latinus his treaty,\nAnd all the battles that he\nHimself had waged, and all his knights,\nOr he had won all his rights,\nAnd when he turned and left his life,\nAnd won Lavinia as his wife,\nAnd all the marvelous signals\nOf the celestial gods,\nDespite Juno, Aeneas,\nFor all her flight and compass,\nAchilles carried away all his adventures,\nFor Jupiter took him up,\nAt the prayer of Venus..And yet in this noble temple, I thought, Lord, thou didst make us. I saw never such nobleness of images nor such riches engraved in this church, but I knew not who wrought them nor where I was nor in what country. But suddenly I began to see right at the doorway, any stirring man who would tell me where I was when I came out of the door. I beheld around me then a large field, as far as I might see, without town, house, or tree, or bushes or grass or cultivated land. For all the field was but sand. In the desert of the lifeless, I saw no manner of creature formed by nature, nor did I see or know how to read or be wise. O Christ, I thought, who art in bliss, from fantasy and illusion, save me and with devotion cast my eyes to heaven. Then I was aware that close by the sun a high one, as if it might be with my power, I thought I saw an eagle before me, but it seemed much more..I have only removed the line breaks and unnecessary symbols, as the text appears to be in Old English and does not contain any meaningless content or modern additions. Here is the cleaned text:\n\nThan I had seen only Egle\nThis is as true / as day\nIt was of gold / and shone so bright\nThat never saw men such a sight\nBut if the heavens had won\nAll new of gold another sun\nSo shone the Eagle's feathers bright\nAnd soon downward it began to light\nExplicit liber primus\nIncipit liber secundus\nTo hear every manner man\nWho has any manner of English can\nAnd listeneth / to my dream to learn\nFor at the first / shall you hear\nSo sang so dreadful a vision\nThat I say that never Scipio\nKing Nebuchadnezzar\nPharaoh. Turnus. nor Elcanor\nMet such a dream as this\nNow fair blessed O Cypris\nSo be my favor at this time\nThat you tend me and rhyme\nHelp you that in Parnassus dwell\nBy side Elycon the clear well\nO. thought. that wrote all that I met\nAnd in the treasury it set\nOf my brain / now shall men see\nIf any virtue / in the be\nTo tell all my dream right\nNow hear your engine and might\nThis Eagle / of which I now have told\nThat its feathers shone all of gold\nWhy which so high began to sore\nI began to behold more and more..To see her beauty and the wonder,\nNever was there the din of thunder,\nNor that thing which men call fear,\nThat struck soon a tour to powder,\nAnd in his swift coming, burned\nThat swiftly began to descend,\nAnd this foul creature when I beheld,\nWhen I had a room in the field,\nAnd with his grim paws strong,\nWithin his sharp nails long,\nHe seized me with a snap,\nAnd with his sour breath, again went up,\nCarrying me in his claws stark,\nAs lightly as I had been a lark.\nHow high I cannot tell you,\nFor I came up, I knew not never how,\nFor so astonied and abashed,\nThat every virtue in my head\nWhat with his sour breath and my fear,\nThat all my feelings began to die.\nFor why it was a great affray,\nThus I long lay in his claws,\nTill at last he spoke to me,\nIn man's voice, and said, awake,\nAnd said, be not afraid, for shame,\nAnd called me then by my name,\nAnd for I should better depart,\nMe to awake, thus he said,\nRight in the same voice and stead,\nThat uses one, that I can't new,\nAnd with that voice soft to say,\nMy mind came to me again..For it was godely said to me:\nSo it was never unwonted to be,\nAnd here with all I began to be,\nAs he me in his feet held,\nUntil he felt that I had,\nAnd felt also my heart beat,\nAnd then he began to delight in me,\nAnd with gentle words he comforted me,\nAnd said twice, \"Saint Mary,\"\nThou art an anxious thing to carry,\nAnd nothing needeth it, parde,\nFor also wise God help me,\nAs thou no harm shall have of this,\nAnd this was that betided the is,\nIs for thy bore and for thy prowess,\nLet darest thou look yet now,\nBe fully assured boldly,\nI am thy friend / and therewith I\nBegan to wonder in my mind,\nO God, quoth I, that made all kind,\nShall I none otherwise die,\nWhether Jove will me stillify,\nOr what thing may this signify,\nI am neither Enoch nor Elijah,\nNor Romulus nor Hercules,\nThat were born up as men read,\nTo heaven / with Jupiter,\nAnd made the gods' butler,\nLo, this was then my fantasy,\nBut he that bore began to spy,\nThat I so thought, and said thus,\nThou d.\nFor Jove is not there about,\nI dare the put fully out of d,\nTo make of thee yet a star..I am dwelling with Jupiter, whom men call Iubiter,\nA god who often drives me away to carry out all his commands.\nFor this reason, he has sent me to you, by your truth.\nHe is certain that you have truly served him\nFor a long time, his blind new Cupid and fair Venus,\nWithout reward or thanks from you.\nNevertheless, you have set your wit, though little it may be,\nTo make books, songs, or rhymes in reverence\nOf love and his servants, who labor and toil\nTo praise his art, even if you had never partaken of it.\nTherefore, may Jupiter bless you,\nMay he grant you great humility and virtue,\nAnd may you wake up at night and make your head ache\nIn your study, as you write..And evermore of love endest\nIn honor of him and praising,\nAnd in his folk's furthering,\nAnd in her mother all devise,\nNot him nor his folk de,\nAlthough thou mayst go in the dance\nOf them that him list not advance,\nWherefore as I said truly,\nConsider well this,\nAnd also this,\nIf thou hast no tidings\nOf love's folk, if they be glad,\nOr of nothing else, that God made,\nNot only from far country,\nThat no tidings come to thee,\nNot of thy very neighbors,\nThat dwell almost at thy doors,\nThou hearest neither that nor this,\nFor when thy labor all is done,\nAnd hast made all thy reckonings,\nInstead of rest and of new things,\nThou goest home to thine house anon,\nAnd also dumb as a stone,\nThou sittest at another book,\nTill fully drenched is thy book,\nAnd livest thus as an hermit,\nAlthough thy abstinence is slight,\nAnd therefore Jove through his grace\nWill lead thee to a place\nWhich is called the house of fame,\nAnd to and fro game,\nIn some recompense\nOf thy labor and devotion,\nThat thou hadst without cause..To god Cupido, the reckless one,\nAnd thus this god, for his merit,\nWill with some manner of thing make amends,\nSo that you will be of good cheer,\nFor trust well / that she will give you her love,\nWhen we have come there, I say,\nMore wonders there are, I dare well lay,\nAnd of lovers, more tidings,\nBoth truths and lies,\nAnd more loves, newly begun,\nAnd long served till love is won,\nAnd more lovers causally,\nThose betrothed, no man knows why,\nBut as a blind man starts a hare,\nAnd more jealousy, and welfare,\nWhile they find love's delight,\nAs men think, and ever well,\nMore discords and more jealousies,\nMore murmurs and more novelties,\nAnd also more dissimulations,\nAnd feigned reparations,\nAnd more bedsheets in twos,\nWithout razors or scissors,\nYou made them gray with guilt,\nAnd also more holdings in hands,\nAnd also more reconciliations,\nOf old forgotten acquaintances,\nMore lovedays and more agreements,\nThan on instruments are cords,\nAnd also of love, more escapades,\nThan ever corn was in granges.\nQuoth he / no so help me God as wise..Quod I why cannot I understand how she could perceive all this, or they spy this or that? He asked me, what can I prove by reason to leave you in doubt, to give your attention to my sentence. First, you must know where she dwells, just as your own book tells you. Her palace stands as I shall say, right even amidst the way. Between heaven, earth, and sea, whatever is spoken in private or secret, the way there is so subtle and they stand in such a just place, every sound, be it red, sung, or spoken in secrecy or fear, must necessarily reach it. Now listen well, for I will tell you a proper sky and a worthy demonstration in my imagination. Every kind that is has a kindly place where it can best be conserved. To this place every thing through its kindly inclination..Meeth for coming to\nThat which is away thereto\nAs this: you may see always\nThat only thing, heavy be it ever,\nStone or lead, or thing of weight,\nAnd bear it never so high aloft,\nLethand: it falls down\nRight so say I by fire and sound,\nOr smoke or other things light,\nAll ways they seek upwards and downwards charge,\nWhile each of them be at large,\nAnd for this cause you may well see,\nThat every river unto the sea\nIs inclined to go by nature,\nAnd by these skills I find,\nHave fish dwelling in flood and sea,\nAnd trees also on earth be,\nThus every thing by its reason\nHas its own proper motion,\nWhich it seeks to repair,\nWhere it should not appear.\nLo, this sentence is known,\nOf every philosopher's mouth,\nAs Aristotle and Dan Platon,\nAnd other clerks many,\nAnd to confirm my reason,\nYou know well that speech is a sound,\nOr else no man might hear it.\nNow hear what I will teach:\nSeed is not, but ever broken,\nAnd every speech, that is spoken..Lowde or pure, is but an airy thing,\nFor as flame is but lighted smoke,\nRight so is seed, an airy break.\nBut this may be in many ways,\nOf which I will explain the means.\nAs seed comes from pipe or harp,\nFor when a pipe is blown sharp,\nThe air is twisted with great force,\nAnd so is my argument,\nAlso when men harp strings strike,\nWhether it be much or little,\nLo with the serpent, the air to break,\nAnd rightly breaks it, when men speak.\nThou knowest well, what thing is speech,\nNow henceforth, I will teach thee,\nHow each speech, voice or sound,\nThrough multiplication,\nThough it were pipe or mouse,\nMust come to fame's house.\nBy experience, if thou throw\nA stone into water now,\nThou well knowest it will make,\nA little roundel, as a circle,\nPerhaps as broad as a cover,\nBroader than itself was,\nAnd thus from roundel to compass,\nEach going around.\nCauses others steering,\nAnd multiplying evermore,\nTill it be so far gone,\nAlthough thou mayst not see above it,\nYet always under..It is thought that you think it wonderful,\nAnd he who says otherwise is untruthful.\nProve the contrary, and you will find\nThat every word, whether low or subtle,\nIs first moved about in the eye,\nAnd another eye is moved accordingly.\nAs I have proven with water,\nEvery circle causes another to stir.\nJust so, every eye in another stirs,\nAnd more and more it speaks or voice or noise,\nA thing through multiplication,\nUntil it reaches the hour of fame.\nTake it earnestly or in jest,\nNow I have told you if you have a mind,\nHow speech or sound of pure kind,\nIs inclined upward to move,\nThis may seem clear to you by proof.\nHe said, \"Lo, I can lewdly to a lewd man,\nSpeak and show him such skills,\nThat he may take hold of himself.\"\nSo palpable are the skills,\nBut tell me this, now pray I,\nHow does the conclusion seem to you?\nA good persuasion, I said,\nAnd like to be,\nJust as you have proven me,\nBy God, he said, and as I lend,\nYou shall have yet or it be even..Of every word in this sentence, I also agree, and with your ears here, we will speak, and every word that is spoken comes into fame's house, as I have said, what more do you want, and with this word, uppermost in our minds, he began and said by St. James, Now will we speak only of games, How are you now? quoth he to me, I was well, now see, quoth he, By your truth, where do you know any town or house, or anything else, and when you have any knowledge, look that you warn me, and I at once shall tell you, How far you are now from there, and I began to look then, and beheld fields and plains, now hills and mountains, now valleys and forests, and now unnethe great beasts, now rivers, now great cities, now towns, now great trees, now ships sailing in the sea, but soon, in a while, he was flowed from the ground so high, that all the world seemed to my eye less than a prick, or else the eye was so thick that I could not discern it, with that he spoke to me so earnestly..And said you any token or thing in the world that is spoken? I said no. He said, for never was Alexander of Macedon or of Rome, Scipio, that saw in a dream heaven and hell and paradise. Nor was it Dedalus or his son Icarus, who flew so high that the heat melted their wings and they fell into the sea and drowned. For whom was made a great complaint. Now turn upward, he said, and behold this vast expanse. This eye, but look that you be not afraid of it. For in this region certainly dwell many a citizen, of whom speaks Plato. These are the eyrie beasts, and those I saw all the rest, both went and also fled. Look, he said, see yonder the Milky Way. Which men call the milky road. For it is white, and some call it winding street. Once it was burnt with the heat, when the sun's son, Phaeton, would lead his father's chariot and the horses began to see clearly..That he could not govern\nAnd began to leap and dance\nAnd bear him up and now down\nUntil he saw the Scorpion\nWhich in heaven is a sign yet\nAnd he, for fear, lost his wit\nOf that and let the reins go\nOf these horses and they at once\nBegan up to mount and down descend\nAnd earth burned\nUntil Jupiter looked at the last\nHe cast himself slowly from the cart\nLo, is it not a great mischance\nTo let\nOf things that he cannot contain\nAnd with this word, truly speaking,\nHe went always upwards, growing more and more glad\nSo faithfully to me he spoke\nThen I looked under me\nAnd beheld the airy beasts,\nClouds, mists, and tempests,\nSnow, hail, rain, and winds,\nAnd all the elements in their kinds,\nAnd all the way, through which I came\nOh God, I said, who made Adam,\nMuch is thy might and nobility,\nAnd I thought upon Boethius,\nWho wrote\nWith philosophical feathers\nTo pass through every element\nAnd he has gone so far\nThen may be seen behind him\nCloud and all that I had spoken..Though I am in a trance I say, I know well I am here,\nWhether in body or in ghost, I note this, but God thou knowest.\nFor clearer understanding, he has never yet sent me\nThen I thought of Marcyan and anteclaudian,\nTheir description of all the heavens' region, as it is.\nAnd therefore I can believe, with the Egil,\nThat he will tell me something about stars,\nLate did he say, \"Will you here learn anything about stars?\nNo, I rightly know nothing,\" and why, \"Because I am old,\"\nHe said, \"I will tell you star names and all heavenly signs,\nAnd why they are so, no, I don't know,\"\n\"Indeed, you don't know why,\" he said,\n\"When you read poetry, how the gods can personify,\nBird fish or him or here,\nAs the rain or Arion's harp fin,\nCastor and Pollux or Delphinus,\nOr the seven daughters of Athalanta,\nHow all these are set in heaven,\nFor this reason\nYet you do not know where they stand\nNo, I said, \"It is not necessary,\"\nAs well I commend me to them,\nWho write of this matter,\nAs though I knew their places here..And they shine here so bright\nI should squander all my sight\nTo look on them. That may well be,\nHe said. And so he bore me a while.\nAnd then he began to cry,\nA thing I had never heard so high.\nHold up your head; for it is well,\nSaid St. Julian, good hostel.\nSee here the house of fame, lo.\nMay you not hear what I do.\nWhat said I, the great swan?\nHe said, he who tumbles up and down\nIn fame's house, full of tidings.\nBoth of fair speech and of other things,\nAnd of false and solemnly sworn.\nDo you not hear the great swell?\nYes, parde, I said, enough.\nAnd what is it like, he asked.\nIt is like Peter's beating of the sea,\nI said. Yes, I,\nWhen tempests make ships swallow,\nAnd a man stands in doubt,\nA mile thence and here it roars,\nOr else like the humbling\nAfter the clap of a thunderstorm.\nWhen Jove has the eye betrayed,\nBut it does me for fear, sweet.\nNay, fear not that, he said.\nIt is nothing that will harm you.\nAnd with that word, both he and I\nApproached as near the place as we could..As a man casts with a spear, I was set fair on my feet, and he said, \"Walk forth a pass, and tell thy adventure and cause That thou shalt find in Fame's place. Now said I, while we have space, To speak or that I go from thee, For the love of God tell me, In truth, what I will learn. If this noise is, that I hear, Be as I have heard the tale, And that her life's body is Not in all that house, that yonder lies, That makes all this lowly fare, No, he said by St. Clare, And also wise God help me, Thing, I will warn thee, Of which thou wilt have wonder. Lo, to the house of Fame yonder, Thou knowest how every speech comes, It needs not the more to teach, But understand right well this, When any speech comes unto that palace anon right, It weaves In earth the word speaks, Be he clothed red or black, And has so very his likeness, That speaks the word, and thou wilt guess, That it the same body be, Man or woman, he or she..And is not this a wonder thing?\nYes, I replied, by heaven's king.\nAnd with this word, farewell, he said.\nAnd here will I abide thee.\nAnd God of heaven send some good to learn in this place.\nI took leave of him at once,\nAnd went forth to the palaces.\n\nExplicit, book two.\nBeginning of book three.\n\nOh God of knowledge and of light,\nApollon through thy great might,\nThis little last book, thou now give,\nNot that I wish for mastery,\nBut the rhyme that is so lewd,\nMade it somewhat agreeable.\nThough some verses fail,\nAnd I do no diligence\nTo show craft, but sentence.\nAnd if divine virtue thou\nWilt help me to show now,\nThat in my head marked is,\nLo, that is for to mean this,\nThe house of fame to discern,\nThou shalt see me go as blue,\nUnto the next lawyer I see,\nAnd kiss it for it is thine treasure.\n\nNow enter into my breast at once,\nWhen I was from the Eagle gone,\nI began to behold upon this place,\nAnd certain or I further pace,\nI will you all the shape devise,\nOf the house of Cite, and of the wise,\nHow I came to approach the place..That stands upon so high a rock\nThere stands none so high in Spain\nBut up I climbed with much pain\nAnd though to climb it pained me\nYet I was determined to see\nAnd for to pour wonder low\nIf I could in any way know\nWhat kind of stone this rock was\nFor it was like limed glass\nBut that it showed more clear\nBut of what composed matter\nI didn't know readily\nBut at last I saw\nAnd found that it was every deal\nA rock of ice / and not of steel\nThought I by Saint Thomas of Kent\nThis was a feeble foundation\nTo build on / a place so high\nHe ought him well to glorify\nThat here built so god save me\nThough I saw all the hall I graze\nWith famous folk's names feel\nThat have been in much wealth\nAnd her fame's wide blow\nBut well unable I might know\nHer names / for out of fear\nThey were almost overthrown\nThat of the letters / one or two\nWere much away / of every name\nSo unfamous was wax her fame\nBut men say / what may ever last\nThough I began in my heart to co\nThat they were much away for heat..And not away with storms beetle\nOn that other side, I say,\nOn this hill that northward lay,\nHow it was written full of names\nOf folk who had great famed before time,\nAnd yet they were\nAs fresh as men had written them there\nThe self day, or that hour,\nThat I on them began to pour,\nBut well I knew, what it made,\nIt was consecrated, with the shade\nOf a castle, that so stood high,\nAll the writing that I see,\nAnd stood also in so cold a place,\nThat heat might it not deface,\nThen I went on this hill to go,\nAnd found on the cope a stone,\nThat all the men that be alive\nHave not the skill to discern,\nThe beauty of that like place,\nCould cast the semblance,\nSuch another to make,\nThat might of beauty be his make,\nOr so wondrously he wrought,\nThat it astonished, yet my thought,\nAnd makes all my wit to sink,\nOn this castle.\nSo that the great beauty,\nThe cast craft and curiosity,\nI have yet in my remembrance..For I, by Saint Gyll, thought all was of beryl stone,\nThe tower and the hall and every bour,\nWithout pieces or joinings,\nBut many subtle compasses,\nAs Baband pinnacles,\nImagery and tabernacles,\nI saw also and full of windows,\nAs flakes fallen in great snowy,\nAnd in every of each pinnacle,\nWere diverse habitats,\nIn which stood all without,\nFully around the castle above,\nOf all manner of minstrels and gesturers,\nWho told tales, both of weeping and of game,\nAnd of all that longs to fame.\nThere I heard play on a harp\nThat sounded well and sharp,\nHim Orpheus most craftily,\nAnd on his side fast by,\nSat the harper, Orion,\nAnd Cadmus Chyryon,\nAnd other harpers, many one,\nAnd the Briton Glaskyryon,\nAnd small harpers, with her gl,\nSat under them in diverse ways,\nAnd went on them upward to gaze,\nAnd counterfeited them as an ape,\nOr as crafty Cunningham.\nI saw them behind,\nA far from them, as themselves,\nMany thousand times twelve,\nWho made lowly minstrel eyes,\nA cornmuse or shalemeyes,\nAnd many an other pipe..That craftily began to play,\nBoth in disguise and in red,\nThose little herdsmen grimes,\nWho keep beasts in the stalls,\nThere I saw then Dan Cytherus,\nAnd Proserus from Athens,\nThe Marcia, who boasts her skin,\nBoth in face, body, and chin,\nFor she would envy to play\nThe old and young pipers of the duke,\nTo learn how springing dances,\nReys and the strange things,\nI saw in another place,\nStanding in a large space,\nOf them that make bloody sows,\nIn trumpet and clarion,\nFor in fight and blood shedding,\nIs used good clarioning,\nThere heard I trumpet Messenus,\nOf whom Virgil speaks,\nThere heard I Ioab trumpet also,\nTheodonas and others,\nAnd all that used clarion,\nIn Castile lion and Aragon,\nWho in their times were famous,\nTo learn, I saw them trumpet there.\nThere I saw sit in their seats,\nPlaying upon other lees,\nWhich I cannot name,\nOf which I will not, as now not rhyme,\nFor ease of you, and l,\nFor time I lost that know ye..By no means could I recall\nI saw jesters, magicians, and tragedians,\nPhoenixes and charmeresses,\nOld witches and sorceresses,\nWho used exorcisms and many other incantations,\nAnd clerks who knew well\nAll this magical nature,\nCraftily carrying out their intentions\nTo make in certain ascendants\nImages lo, through such magic,\nTo make a man whole or seek,\nI saw the queen Medea and Circe Caliophon,\nThere I saw Hermes Trismegistus,\nLymotus and also Simon Magus,\nI knew him by name,\nHe made men famous by such art,\nI saw Collatus the tragedian,\nUpon a table of Sycomorus,\nPlaying an uncouth thing to tell,\nI saw him carry a wind me,\nUnder a walnut shell,\nWhat should I make a longer tale,\nOf all the people that I say,\nI could not tell till Doomsday,\nWhen I had all these folk beheld,\nAnd found me and not hold,\nAnd ever I mused a longer while,\nUpon this wall of Beryl,\nThat shone lighter than a glass,\nAnd made it well more than it was,\nAs kind a thing of fame is,\nAnd then anon after this..I went forth until I found\nThe castle that on my right hand\nWhich was so well fortified,\nNo other had ever been,\nAnd yet it was by chance,\nCrafted with great and subtle care.\nIt is not necessary for you to know\nTo make you linger longer,\nOf its flourishing yards,\nNeither of its compounds nor its courtyards,\nNor how the hacking in masonry,\nAs corbels and imagery,\nBut, lord, it was so fair to show,\nFor it was all of gold beneath,\nBut in I went and that at once,\nThere I met many crying,\nA large one, a large one, hold well,\nGod save the lady of this place,\nOur own gentle lady fame,\nAnd those who wish to have a name,\nFrom us, thus I heard them all cry,\nAnd quickly came out of the hall,\nShaking nobles and stern men,\nAnd they were crowned as kings,\nWith crowns wrought full of laces,\nAnd many a rebel and many things\nWere in her clothes truly,\nThough at last, I spied,\nPursuants and heralds,\nWho cry riches' laws,\nIt was all of them, and every man,\nHad on him throw a vesture..Why men call a coat Armor,\nEncrusted wondrously rich,\nThough they were not alike,\nBut not I so wish,\nI am about to reveal,\nAll these arms what they were,\nThat they lay on her cot,\nImpossible for me to know,\nMen might make of them a Bible,\nTwenty feet thick as I believe,\nFor certain, whoever could know,\nMight there see all the arms,\nOf famous folk who had been,\nIn Africa and Asia,\nSince first chivalry arose,\nHow should I tell all this,\nNot of the ha,\nEvery wall and flower with all,\nWas plated half a foot thick,\nOf gold, and that was not weak,\nBut to prove in every way,\nAs fine as the doket of venice,\nOf which a little in my pocket is,\nAnd were set as thick as oysters,\nFull of the finest stones fair,\nThat men read in the lapidary,\nOr as grasses grown in a mead,\nBut it would be too long to read,\nThe names, and therefore I pause,\nBut in this rich, lusty place,\nCalled was the hall of fame,\nFull much press of folk, there was,\nNo groaning for so much press,\nBut all an high upon a dais,\nSat on a Seat Imperial..That was made of a ruby ryal, called a Carbuncle, I saw perpetually stalled a feminine creature, never formed by nature. Such another thing I say. For in the first place, the length of a cubit was longer than it seemed, but soon it shrank to its true size. Then, with her feet, she righted itself, and with her head she touched heaven, where the stars seven shine. And there, yet, I saw another wonder. Upon her eyes to behold, but certainly, I dared not look. For her eyes were as fierce as feathers on birds or were on the beasts four that God's throne can honor. A hare and cryps were by her side. As gold shone, so she also had feet adorned with Partrich's wings ready. But the perry and riches I saw sitting on the goddess, and the heavenly melody of songs filled with harmony rang about her throne..So the mighty muse Calliope and her seven sisters,\nWho in their faces seem meek,\nEvermore eternally sing the song of fame,\nGoddess of renown and of fame, I was aware at last,\nAs I raised my eyes up cast,\nThat this same noble queen\nBore on her shoulders the arms and the name\nOf those who had great fame:\nAlexander and Hercules,\nWho with a shirt protected his life,\nAnd thus I found myself sitting before this goddess,\nIn noble honor and riches,\nOf which I stood still,\nOther things to tell you,\nI saw myself standing on the other side,\nClose to the wide doors,\nFrom the gates many a pillar,\nOf metal that did not shine clearly,\nBut though they were of no riches,\nYet they were made for great nobles,\nAnd in them great sentences,\nAnd people of great and worthy reverence,\nOf whom I would find the tale,\nOn a pillar I saw myself standing,\nFirst, I say,\nOn a pillar stood a man,\nHe who wrote divine acts,\nThe old Egyptian Josephus..That of the Jews' deeds told he,\nBearing upon his shoulders high\nThe fame of the Jewery,\nAnd by him stood seven\nWise and worthy, to help him\nIt was so heavy and so large,\nAnd written of battles as well as other marvels,\nTherefore, I tell you of that which he was,\nWhich that god is of battle,\nAnd the lead without fail,\nIs Lo the metal of Saturn,\nThat has full large which,\nTo stand forth on every row,\nOf whom I could know,\nThough I by order them not tell,\nTo make you not long to dwell,\nThese of whom I began to read,\nThey saw I stood out of fear,\nUpon a pillar high and strong,\nThat was painted all endlong\nWith blood in every place,\nThe tholoph\nThat bore of Thebes up the name,\nUpon his shoulders and the fame,\nAlso of cruel Achilles,\nAnd by him without less,\nFull wonder high upon a pillar,\nOf iron he the great Homer,\nAnd with him Dares and Titus,\nBefore and also Lollius,\nAnd Guydo eke de Columna,\nAnd English Gaufrid eke was,\nAnd each of these as I have joy,\nWas busy for to bear up Troy..He was renowned for it, not a game, yet I saw clearly between them was a little difference. Some said Homer lied in his poetry and was favorable to the Greeks, therefore they considered it but a fable. I, however, stood on a pillar, which was of tin. The Latin poet Virgil, who wrote of Pius Aeneas, was next to one, of Ceres, who had sown wide wonders, the great god of love, whose fame was high. I could see his name upon this pillar, as well as mine own. This hall, where I read, had grown in height, length, and breadth, much more than a thousandfold than it was before, which I saw well. I saw on a pillar of iron, sternly wrought, the great poet Dan Lucan, who bore up on his shoulders the names of Iulius and Pompey, and by him stood all these clerks who wrote of Rome's mighty works. If I were to tell their names, it would be Alcaeus. And then upon a pillar stood one, like sulfur, as if mad, Dan Claudian, to tell the truth..That bore up all the fame of hell,\nOf Pluto and Proserpine,\nThat queen of dark pain,\nWhat more should I tell of this,\nThe hall was altogether,\nOf those who wrote old stories,\nAs in tree roots nest,\nWere.\nBut it is a full confusing matter,\nThat they write and how they thought,\nBut while I beheld that sight,\nAgainst her time of coming,\nRight such a murmuring,\nFie on all the world seemed me,\nThen I looked about me and saw,\nThat there entering into the hall,\nA right great company with all,\nAnd that of various regions,\nOf all kinds of conditions,\nThat dwell in earth under the moon,\nPoor and rich and also soon,\nAs they were come into the hall,\nThey went on knees down fell,\nBefore this like noble queen,\nAnd said, grant us, lady, shine,\nEc.\nAnd some of them she granted soon,\nAnd some she warned well and said,\nAnd some she granted the contrary.\nWhat her grace was I knew not,\nFor of these folk well I knew,\nThey had good fame each deserved,\nAll though they were diversely served,\nRight as her sister, dame Fortune..Is wanting to serve in Common\nNow listen how she began to pay\nThem / that came to ask for grace from me\nAnd yet, lo / all this company\nSaid truly / and not a lie\nMadame said they / we are the people\nThat here beseech you now for good fame\nAnd let our works have good name\nIn full recompensation\nOf good works / you give us renoun\nI warn you quod she anon\nYou get none of me good fame anon\nBy god / and therefore go your way\nAlas / quod they and well away\nTell us what is your cause\nFor I do not wish it / quod she\nNo one shall speak truly\nGod harm none / nor that nor this\nAnd with that word she began to call\nHer messenger that was in hall\nAnd bade that he should go fast\nOn pain to be blind at once\nFor Aeolus / the god of wind\nI trace / there you shall find him\nAnd bid him bring his Claryon\nThat is very different from his own\nAnd it is called clear lord\nWith which he wants to hear\nThem that I please pray to\nAnd also bid him / how that he\nBring also his other Claryon\nThat is called slander in every town..In which he wants to defame\nThem that make them shame\nThis Messenger went quickly\nAnd found where in a cave\nIn a place that was called Trace\nThis Aeolus with hard grace\nHeld the winds in distress\nAnd forced them under him to press\nThey went as the berries roar\nHe bound and pressed them so sore\nThis messenger first cried out\nRise up, he said, and quickly to my lady\nAnd take your clarions also\nAnd hasten, and he immediately\nTook hold of one named Triton\nHis clarion to carry then\nAnd let a certain wind go\nAnd away\nThat it left not a sky\nIn all the heavens long and broad\nThis Aeolus nowhere to be found\nUntil he came to Feast of Fame\nAnd also the man that Triton heated\nAnd there he stood as still as stone\nAnd here came another huge Company\nOf old folk, and cried out\nLady grant us now good fame\nAnd let our works have that name\nNow in honor and gentleness\nAnd also bless your soul\nFor we have well deserved it\nAs I live, she said, you shall fail.Good workshall you not betray (I grant you that)\nThat you shall have a shrewd name and wicked looses,\nAnd worse fame, though you good looses have well deserved.\nNow go your ways and thou Dan Eolus, quoth she,\nTake forth thy trumpet anon, let see\nThat is called slander light,\nAnd blow her looses, that every wight\nSpeak of them harm and shrewdness,\nA stead of good and worthiness.\nFor thou shalt trump all the contrary,\nThat they have done well and fairly.\nAlas, what adventures\nHave these sorry creatures,\nThat they among all the press\nShould thus be shamed guiltless?\nBut what it must needs be?\nWhat did this Eolus then but he,\nTook out his black trumpet of brass,\nThat crafty one more than the devil was,\nAnd began this trumpet to blow,\nAs all the world should be overthrown,\nThrough every region,\nWent his foul trumpets sown,\nSwift as a pellet out of a gun,\nWhen fire is in it run,\nAnd such a smoke went out,\nOut of the foul trumpet's end,\nBlack, blo, greenish, swartysh red..As men melt lead, high up from the well, I saw one thing clearly: the farther it ran, the greater it became, like a river from a well. And it stank, as the pit of hell. Alas, thus was her shame all around. And guiltless ones, on every tongue, came the third company. They came up to the high place and fell down on their knees. They said, we are truly deserving of fame. May it be known rightly and spread forth. I grant you, lady, that now your good works are known. And yet you shall have better luck. Right in spite of all your foes, let that trumpet of yours be gone, Thou Eolus, that art so black, and take out thy other trumpet, that thou callest lord, and blow it so that through the world, her fame may go. Easily and not too quickly, let it be known at the last. Fully gladly, lady, mine heart says, and out of his golden trumpet he broke it and set it to his mouth. Immediately..And it blew east, west, and south,\nAnd north as low as any thunder,\nThat every wight had wonder of it,\nSo broad it ran or that it ceased.\nAnd certainly all the brethren who went out\nFrom his trumpet, it smelled\nAs men a pit full of balm held\nAmong a basket full of roses\nThis favor died\nAnd rightly\nThen came the four\nBut certainly they were very few\nAnd went to stand on a row\n\nWe have done well / with all our might\nBut we cannot\nHide our works and our name\nFor God's love / for certainly we\nHave done it for bounty\nAnd for no other thing\nI grant you all your asking\nQuoth she / let all your works be dead\nWith that about I turned my head\nAnd saw anon the first route\nThat to this lady bent low\nAnd down anon on knees fell\nAnd she, though besoughten all\nTo hide her good works too\nAnd said they gave not a like\nFame nor such renown\nFor they for contemplation\nAnd God's love had it wrought\nNow would they not\nWhat quoth she / are you wood\nAnd do you think you do good\nAnd for that have no fame..\"Have you contempt to have a name,\nNay, you shall each one,\nBlow your trumpet and that anon,\nQuoth she, thou Eolus, I hotly,\nAnd ring these people's works by note,\nSo that all the world may hear,\nAnd he began to blow here so clear,\nIn his golden clarion,\nThat through the world went the sound,\nAnd so kindly, and also so soft,\nThat their fame was blown aloft,\nThen came the sixth company,\nAnd they began quickly to cry for fame,\nRight truly in this manner,\nThey say then, mercy, lady dear,\nTo thee,\nWe have done neither that nor this,\nBut idle has been our life,\nBut nevertheless we pray,\nThat we may have such good fame,\nAnd great renown and known name,\nAs those who have done noble deeds,\nAnd shunned all her vices,\nAs well of love, as other thing,\nAll was us, never brooch nor ring,\nNor anything from women sent,\nNor once in her heart did I think,\nTo make us friendly cheer,\nBut might have tempered us there,\nYet let us to the people seem,\nSuch as the world may of us deem,\nThat women loved us for folly,\nThat shall do us as much good,\nAnd to our heart as much avail.\".To counterpoise (compensate) us and trouble\nhad won with labor\nRegarding our great ease\nAnd yet you must please us more\nLet us also behold worthy wise and good,\nAlso rich and happy, to love\nFor God's love, that sits above\nThough we may not have the body of a woman, save me\nLet men blow our name\nSuffices us, that we have the fame\nI grant you, she said, by my truth\nNow Aeolus, without sloth\nTake out your golden trumpet, said she\nAnd blow as they have asked me\nThat every man may seem at ease\nThough they go in bad guise\nThis Aeolus began to blow so hard\nThat throughout the world it was known\nThen came the seventh round at once\nAnd fell on their knees every one\nAnd said, lady, grant us soon\nThe same thing, the same bone\nThat you have granted to these next folk\nFie on you, she said to every one\nYou swine, you idle wretches\nFull of rotten and slow tricks\nWhat false ones, where would you be\nBeing famous good, and no longer so\nDeserve it not, men never thought\nThey rather you to hanging ought..That would have fish, but what if he didn't know how to use his claws?\nEvil thrift comes upon your laws\nAnd on mine, if I grant it\nOr do you a favor\nThou Eolus, of trace,\nGo blow thy horn\nQuoth she anon, and what if I told you this?\nI shall tell you the right now. Say,\nHave and do no kind of labor\nAnd do no good, and yet they,\nWho are thought to be,\nCould not separate them from love\nAnd yet she who grins at quarrels\nIs too good to endure her heart\nThis Eolus at once arose\nAnd with his black clarion\nBegan to blow a sound\nAs loud as belly wind in hell\nAnd also therewith, sooth to tell,\nThis sound was full of japes\nAs ever mows were in apes\nAnd those who thought the world around\nBegan to shout and laugh, as if they were mad\nSuch games they found in her mood\nThen came another company\nWho had done the treachery\nThe harm and great wickedness\nThat every heart could guess\nAnd prayed them to have good fame\nAnd that she not bring them shame\nBut give them leave and good renown..And do it blow in clarity:\nNay, wise quoth she/it were a vice.\nAll be there in me no justice.\nI list not to do it now.\nNor I know will grant it you.\nThough came there creeping in a route,\nAnd began to clap all about,\nEvery man upon the Crown,\nThat all the hall gan sowne,\nsaid, \"Lady live and d.\"\nWe be such folk as you may here,\nTo tell all the tale aright.\nWe be shrews every wight,\nAnd have delight in wickedness,\nAs good folk have in goodness,\nAnd joy to be known shrews,\nAnd full of vice and wicked thews.\nWherefore we pray you on a row,\nThat our fame be such you know,\nIn all things such as it is,\nI grant it you, quoth she, ywis.\nBut what art thou/that tellest this tale?\nThat were on thy hose a pale,\nAnd on thy tippet such a belle,\nMadame, quoth he, soth to tell,\nI am that like shrew ywis,\nThat burned the temple of Isis,\nIn Athens, lo that city,\nAnd why didst thou so, quoth she?\nBy my truth, quoth he, madame,\nI would fain have had a fame,\nAs other folk had in the town,\nAll though they were of great renown..For her virtue and her traits I thought, as great fame have shrewd ones, Though it be for shrewdness As good people have for goodness, And since I may not have that one thing Which other denies, I not forgo, To gain a fame here, I set the temple on fire, Now let our loos be blown swiftly, As wisely be thou ever bright, Gladly said she, thou Eolus,\nHast thou not heard what they pray to us?\nMadam, yes, I have heard well, said he,\nAnd I will deceive it, parde,\nAnd took his black trumpet fast,\nAnd began to puff and to blow,\nUntil it was at the world's end.\nWith that I began to turn about,\nFor one who stood at my back,\nI thought it spoke kindly to me,\nAnd said, friend, what is thy name,\nArt thou come here to seek fame?\nNay, truly, friend, said I,\nI come not here for such a cause by my head,\nSuffice it to say,\nThat no one has my name in hand,\nI know myself best how I stand,\nFor what I dry or what I think,\nI will myself drink it all,\nCertainly for the most part,\nAs far as I can with my art,\nWhat do you here then, said he,\nI who wish to tell it to thee..The reason I stand here\nTo learn some new things\nSome new thing I don't know\nThese are not such things\nAbout love or such pleasant matters\nFor certainly he who made me come\nSaid to me, \"You should both be here and see\nIn this place wondrous things\nBut these are not the things\nAs I thought / no, he said\nAnd I answered, \"No, indeed\nFor I well know / ever since\nThat some people / have desired fame\nDiversely and loosely and by name\nBut certainly I don't know\nWhere that fame dwells / or now\nNor also its description\nNor its condition\nNor the order of its domain\nI didn't know until I came here\nWhy then are these things\nThat you now bring here\nHe told me that you desire to hear\nBut now no more / for I see\nWhat you want to hear\nCome forth and stand no longer here\nAnd I will without fear\nLead you into such another place\nThere you shall hear many one\nI went forth with him went\nOut of the castle truly to say\nI saw I stood in a valley.Under a castle, near a house like Delos, called Labyrinthus, was made so wisely and craftily, and swift as thought. This clever house went about, never stopping, and from it came out such a great noise that if I had stood on an eye, I could have heard it easily. To Rome I truly believe it went, and the noise I had heard for all the world right so it seemed, as the rolling of a stone that is let go, and all this house of which I read was made of twiggy, pale red and green, and some were white. Such as men used to make gates or panels, or else hats or covers. They were joined tightly together and neither of them could go out. With the noise of them, Wynkyn de Worde suddenly woke up and remembered what he had seen and how high and far he had been in his dream, and had great wonder of that the god of thunder had let him know, and began to write, as you have heard me endite. Therefore, to study and read always..I intend to do day by day\nThus in dreaming and in play\nEnds this little book of Fame\nI find no more of this work to say / For as finely at the said conclusion of the meeting and truth, / where yet they have not been checked and may not depart and be written and known, / For he touches in it right great wisdom and subtle understanding, / And so in all his works he excels in my opinion all other writers in our English, / For he writes no empty words, / but all his matter is full of high and quick sentences, / to whom praise and thanks should be given for his noble making and writing, / For from him all others have borrowed since and taken in all their well-saying and writing, / And I humbly beseech and pray you / among your prayers to remember his soul / on which and on all Christian souls, God have mercy. Amen\nPrinted by William Caxton.", "creation_year": 1483, "creation_year_earliest": 1483, "creation_year_latest": 1483, "source_dataset": "EEBO", "source_dataset_detailed": "EEBO_Phase1"},
{"content": "The sorrowful tale of Troilus, son of Troy,\nTo tell thee, King Priam, of his love's woe,\nFrom joy to misery, and back again,\nI purpose to recount, or partly so,\nThis wretched one, Tisiphone, do not hinder me,\nTo write these pitiful verses, weeping as I pen,\nTo the goddess of torment, I call thee,\nThou cruel fury, ever in pain,\nHelp me, the wretched instrument,\nWho helps lovers as I can express,\nSit down, the truth to speak,\nA wretched soul, to have a dreary fear,\nAnd to a sorrowful tale, a sorrowful face,\nFor I, the god of love's servant,\nDare not love, for my unworthiness,\nPray for speed, all should I therefore strive,\nSo far am I, from his help in darkness,\nBut nevertheless, if this may bring joy,\nTo any lover and his lady depart,\nLet him have the thanks, and my burden the toil,\nBut ye lovers, basking in joy,\nIf any drop of pity in you be,\nRemember your past suffering in heaven,\nAnd think how you, in the adversity,\nOf others, have felt..\"Have felt how love dared displease you or won you over with great ease, and pray for those in the case of Troilus as you may hereafter. May love bring him into heaven to console, and also pray to God so dear for me, that I might have shown in some manner such pain and woe as love's servants endure in Troilus' unsuspected adventure. I also pray for those disheartened in love, that they never will be recovered, and for those falsely deceived through wicked tongues, be it he or she. Thus prays God for His benevolence. Grant him soon release from this world who is displeased out of love's grace, and also for those at ease, may God grant them always good and send them their lady's favor, to love by worship and pleasure. For so I hope myself best advanced, to pray for those who are love's servants, and write their woe and live in charity, and have compassion on them as though they were your own dear brothers.\".Now listen attentively: I will now directly address my subject. You may here experience the double sorrow of Troilus in his love for Criseyde, and how she left him or he died. The Greeks, with their strong arms and a thousand ships, besieged Troy. They were determined and had one goal: to avenge Helen. By Paris' doing, they inflicted all their pain. Now let it be that in the town there lived a lord of great authority. He was called Calcas. He was so expert in science that he knew Troy would be destroyed. By his god, Apollo Delphicus, he was informed. The Greeks would bring such a people through whom Troy must be destroyed. He immediately expelled them from the town. For it was wise. Destroyed be who would or would not. He intended to depart softly, taking this unknown course, and went privately to the Greeks..He stayed anon and they in courteous wise\nHim did both worship and serve\nIn trust that he had conniving them to read\nIn every peril / which that stood in fear\nNoise up roars when it was first espied\nIn all the town / and openly was spoken\nThat Calcas traitor fled / was and aliased\nTo them of Greece / and cast was to be punished\nOn him that falsely hath his faith so broken\nAnd said he and all his kin were worthy to be burnt both fel and bones\nNow had Calcas left in this mischance\nUnwitting of this false and wicked deed\nA daughter who that was in great penance\nAnd of her life she was full sore in fear\nAnd knew not what best to do\nAnd as a widow was she alone\n\nCrispina was this lady's name, a right\nAs in all Troy's city, most fair\nSo angelic shone her natal beauty\nThat thing none mortal feared she\nAnd there with her was she so perfect a creature\nAs she had been made in scorn of nature\n\nThis lady who every day heard at ear.Your father's shame/disgrace and treason were nearly out of her wit due to sorrow and fear. In widow's habit, large with the same brown child, she fell before Hector and implored his mercy, weeping pitifully and tenderly. Hector, pitying, saw that she was sorrowful and fair, and was pleased with her. He said, \"Leave your father's treason behind, depart with mischance and you yourself, and all the honor that men may do for you. You shall have it, and your body shall be saved. As far as I can inquire and learn, and she thanked him with humble cheer. And often he would, and it was his will, take her leave, went home, and kept her estate with such servants as was necessary to her honor. While she was dwelling there, she kept her estate, and both young and old were well told of her. But whether she had a child or not, I do not know, therefore I let it go. Things proceeded as they willed between Troy and the Greeks..For some day they bought [something] from Troy and afterwards the Greeks found nothing soft there. The people of Troy, and thus fortune raised them aloft, but afterwards they began to repent, when they were in the midst of their course. But how this town came to destruction does not fall outside the purpose of my matter, and it would be long and tedious for you to delve into. However, the Trojan tales as they tell in Homer in Dares or in Dictys - whoever can read them as they write. And though the Greeks had shut them in and besieged them all around, yet for all their suffering they would not let go of worshiping and honoring their gods with deep devotion and most reverent honor. They worshipped a relic called Palladion, on whom was their trust above all. And so it happened when the time came for April, when clothed is the month with new green and lusty verdure, prime and sweet-smelling flowers white and red, in various ways shown. The people of Troy made their old observations. Palladion's feast was to be held..To the temple in the best way,\nGenerally they went many a knight and lady,\nFresh and bright, well dressed, both rich and poor,\nFor the season and the high feast,\nAmong these other folk was Crisyda,\nIn widow's attire, black but still,\nBeauty first, so stood the matchless,\nHer lovely face, gladdened all the crowd,\nNever seen a thing more praised there,\nNor under cloud black, a brighter star,\nAs was Crisyda, as people said each one,\nWho beheld her in her black veil,\nAnd yet she stood low and still alone,\nBehind other folk in little space,\nNear the door, under shame's fear,\nSimple in attire, and debonair in spirit,\nWith assured looking and many a smile,\nThus Troilus, as he was wont to guide,\nHis young knights, he led them up and down,\nBeholding the ladies of the town,\nNow here now there, for no devotion,\nHad he to none to return his rest,\nBut began to praise and last when he pleased..And in high walk he quickly waited\nIf knight or savior, of his\nBegan to sigh or let his\nEncounter any woman who could spy\nHe would smile and call it folly\nAnd said thus, God wotes she sleeps soundly\nFor love of you, when you tear often\nI have heard truly pitiful things\nYou lovers and also your lewd observations\nAnd what a labor, folk have in winning\nOf love and in the keeping, what doubt\nAnd when your prayer is lost, woe and p\nO very fools, blind and nice be\nThere is not one who can wear another's shoe\nAnd with his word, he would cast up his brow\nA pause is this not well spoken?\nAt which the god of love looked angrily\nRight for spite, and showed himself wroken\nHe quickly called his beloved, his love was not broken\nFor suddenly it came to him at the full\nAnd yet as proud as a peacock, he could pull\nO blind world, O blind understanding\nHow often do these things fall contrary\nOf surpassing and foul presumption\nFor caught is the proud, and caught is debonair\nThis Troilus has climbed upon the stair\nAnd little thinks that he shall descend..But alday faylith thyng / that foolis wenden\nAs prowd bayard begynnyth for to skyp\nOut of the way / so prykyth hym hys corn\nTyl he a lassh haue of the long-whyp\nThan thynkyth he though I praunce al byforn\nFyrst in the trays / ful fat and newe y shorn\nYet am I but an hors / and horses lawe\nI must endure / and wyth my feeris drawe\nSo fierd it by this fyers and prowd kynyght\nThough he a worthy kynge sones were\nAnd wend nothyng had had suche myght\nAgenst hys wyl that shuld hys hert stere\nYet wyth a looke hys hert way a fuyre\nThat be that now was most in pryde aboue\nWax sodaynly most subgect vnto loue\nFor thy ensample take of thys man\nYe wyse prowde and worthy folkes alle\nTo scorne loue / whyche that so soone can\nThe fredom of yowre hertis to hym thralle\nFor euer it was and euer be shall\nThat loue is he / that all thyng may bynde\nFor noman may fordo the lawe of kynde\nThat this is sooth is prouyd and doth yit\nFor thys trow I ye knowen alle and som\u0304e\nMen reden not that folk haue gretter wyt.Than those who have been most with love named,\nAnd strongest overcome,\nThe worthiest and greatest of degree,\nThis was and is, and yet men shall it revere,\nAnd truly it falls well to be so,\nFor other wiser ones have been pleased with them,\nAnd those who have been most in woe,\nWith love have been comforted most and eased,\nAnd often it has appeased the cruel heart,\nAnd worthy folk have been made worthier of name,\nAnd causes most to dread vice and shame,\nNow since it may not goodly be withstood,\nAnd is a thing so virtuous in kind,\nRefuses not in love to bind,\nSince as himself lists he may bind you,\nThe yard is better than bowed will and wind,\nTherefore I recommend\nTo follow love, which can lead you so well,\nBut forth to tell, in especial,\nAs of this king, whose tale I have begun,\nAnd let other things be collateral,\nOf him I think I shall keep my tale going,\nBoth of his joy and of his cares cold,\nAnd all his works touching this matter.\nSince I began, I will refer to it..Within the temple, he went forth playing\nThis Troilus of every man about\nRegarding this lady, and now looking\nWhether she were of the town or without\nAnd upon chance, through a chance encounter,\nHis eye fell upon Crispida, and it clung\nAnd suddenly he was struck astounded\nAnd began to gaze at her in awe\nO mercy, God thought he, where have you dwelt\nThat are so fair and goodly to behold\nThereupon, his heart began to spread and rise\nAnd softly sighed, lest men might hear\nAnd caught himself again in his former playful demeanor\nShe was not the least in stature, but all her limbs\nAnswered so well to womanhood that creature\nWas never less manly in appearance\nAnd also the pure wisdom of her behavior\nShowed well that men might esteem her\nHonor, estate, and womanly nobility\nTho Troilus admired her greatly\nBegan to like her behavior and her cheer\nWhich seemed somewhat demure, for she let fall\nHer gaze slightly aside in such a manner..As I stand here, I cannot help but gaze at her. Never before have I seen such a sight. Her look stirred something deep within me, a great desire and such affection that my heart ached. Of her figure, I was overcome with profound oppression. Though I had tried to hide it, I was unable to look away or blink. He who lets himself be so skillful and scorns those who endure pain, was utterly unprepared for love's dwelling within the subtle streams of her eyes. Suddenly, I thought I would die, right there with her gaze. The spirit within my heart blessed love, for it could thus transform people. She, in black, smiled at Troilus. Above all things, I stood there to behold. My desire, nor the reason for my stance, I never expressed, nor uttered a word. But from my manner, I cast my gaze on other things at times, and on her while the service lasted. And after this, not fully withdrawn,.Out of the temple he easily went, repenting that he had ever disdained the loving folk, lest scorn fall upon him. But what he meant was not known on any side. His woe he began to disguise and hide. When he was from the temple, he straightway turned to his palaces. With her look, through shot and through dark tide, he feigned in lust, there he sojourned. And all his cheer and speech, also he bore. And ever of love's servants, he mocked at them, he began to sample. And said, \"Lords, so live you all in peace. You lovers, for the cleverest of you,\n\nThat serve most attentively and least,\nYour hire is quit again, you God knows.\nNot wealth for wealth, but scorn for good see nice.\nIn faith, your order is, r.\nIn no certainty be all your observations,\nBut it is a silly fair painting is,\nNothing asks such great attendances\nAs does your lay, and that known all ye.\nBut that is not the worst, so mo.\nBut I tell you the worst point I leave.\".All said I truly / you would grieve at me\nBut take this that lovers often shun,\nOr else do good intentions shun,\nFrequently your lady wills it my constraint,\nAnd deem it harm in your presence,\nAnd yet if she is angry for another reason,\nHave a frown,\nLord, he is well who may be of you,\nBut for all this, when he saw his time,\nHe held his peace no other boot him gained,\nFor love began his fathers to limb,\nThat well unites with his folk he feigned,\nThat other busy needs him distracted,\nFor woe was he that knew not what to do,\nBut bade his folk go where they list,\nAnd when he was alone in chamber,\nHe set down upon his bed's feet,\nAnd first he began to sigh and then to groan,\nAnd ever thought of her without ceasing,\nThat as he sat and woke, his spirit met,\nHe saw her temple and all the company,\nRight before her face, and began to advise anew,\nThus he made a mirror of his mind,\nIn which he saw all her whole figure,\nAnd that he well could, in his heart find..It was a right good adventure\nTo love such one, and if he did his cure,\nTo serve her yet might he fall in grace,\nOr else for one of her servants' pace.\nImagining that travel no displease,\nNor might not for such a lovely one be lost,\nAs she not him for no desire nor shame,\nAll was it known, but in price upborne,\nOf all lovers more than before.\nThus argued he in his beginning,\nFully displeased with his woe coming.\nThus took he purpose, love's craft to try,\nAnd thought he would work privately.\nFirst to hide his desire in deep,\nFrom every wight born utterly,\nBut he might recover by this means,\nRemembering how love to wide does blow,\nYields sweeter fruit though seed be sweetly sown,\nAnd over all this much more he thought,\nWhat to speak, and what to hold in check,\nAnd to art her to love he contended,\nAnd a song, anon right to begin,\nAnd began lowly on his sorrow to win,\nFor with good hope, he gave full assent,\nCressida for to love, and not to repent,\nAnd of his song not only the sentence,\nAs writeth my author, called..But surely save our tongues difference. I dare well say that Twylus said in his song thus: As I shall say, and he who so lists it may find it near. If no love is, O God, what ferocity I feel. And if love is, what thing and what is he? If love is good, whence comes my woe? If it is wicked, a wonder thinks me. Every adversity that comes from him may save me. For always, the more I am distressed, the more I am roused. And if at my own lust I depart, From whence comes my waywardness and my complaint? O quiet death, O s. How may there be such quantity of me but if I consent, that it be? And if I consent, that it be wrongfully, I am compelled, thus possessed by and fro. All steadfast, within a boat am I. Amidst the sea between winds that stand contrary. Alas, what is this wondrous malady? For heat of cold, for cold of heat, I die. And to the god of love thus said he, With pitiful voices, O Lord, now yours is..My spirit, which ought to be your witness,\nI thank the Lord that He has brought me to this,\nBut which goddess or woman is it, I ask,\nThat you serve me, as my man I will always live and serve,\nYou stand in her eyes, mightily,\nAs in a place, worthy of your virtue,\nTherefore, Lord, if my service or I please you,\nBe gracious to me,\nFor my royal estate, I here resign,\nInto her hand, and become her man, as to my dear lady,\nIn him I denied sparing royal blood,\nThe fire of love, from whom God bless me,\nI held him not back in any degree for his excellent or virtuous prowess,\nBut held him as his thrall, in love's distress,\nAnd burned him so in various ways anew,\nSixty times a day, he lost his hue,\nSo much day from day, his own thought,\nFor lust of her, began to wane and increase,\nHe set aside every other charge,\nFor your sake, his hot fire to cease,\nTo see her goodly face, he began to pray,\nBelieving that thereby he would be eased well,\nAnd the nearer he was, the more he burned..But when he had a moment from his care,\nTo himself he often complained,\nHe said, \"A fool, now you're ensnared,\nOnce Jupiter at love's pain,\nNow are you bent, now gnaw your own chain,\nYou were ever wont to reprove,\nOf things you cannot defend,\nWhat will every lover say of thee,\nIf this be known, but ever in your absence,\nLaugh in scorn and say, \"Lo, where goes he,\nThat man of such great wisdom,\nWho held us lovers in awe,\nNow thanked be God, he may go in the dance,\nOf those who love lightly to advance,\nBut oh, thou wretched Troilus, God would\nSince you must love, through your destiny,\nThat you were set upon such one who,\nKnew all your woe, lacked her pity,\nBut also cold, in love toward thee,\nYour lady is as frost in winter's moon,\nAnd you for done as frost in winter soon,\nGod would I were arrived in the port\nOf death, the which my sorrow will lead me.\".For by my heart's sorrow I shall complain,\nI shall be a fool, a thousand times over,\nMore than a fool, whose folly men rhyme,\nBut now help God, and you, the sweet for whom,\nI implore you, you have never caught me so fast,\nO merciful heart, and help me from death,\nFor as long as my life may last,\nI shall love you more than myself to my last,\nAnd with a friendly look, you delight me,\nThough nothing more you may seem to show,\nThese words, and many another, he spoke,\nAnd called her name to tell her, he was in love,\nUntil nearly drowned in salt tears,\nAll was in vain, she heard not his complaint,\nAnd when he thought on that folly,\nHis love grew a thousandfold,\nBy lingering alone in his chamber,\nA friend of his, named Pandarus, came in,\nAnd heard him groan,\nAnd saw his friend in such distress and care,\nAlas, said he, who causes all this fear,\nO merciful God, what unhappiness may this mean,\nHave you now, so soon, made her poor,\nOr have you some remorse, of conscience..And art thou now fallen / in some devotion\nAnd wayliest for thy sin and for thy offense\nAnd hast for fear / caught contrition\nGod save him that besieges this town\nThat so can lay / our Io\nAnd bring our lusty folk / to holiness\nThese words said he / for the nones all\nThat with such things he might him enrage\nAnd with his anger / do his sorrow fall\nAs for the time / and his courage awaken\nAnd well he knew / as far as tongues spoken\nThere was not a man of greater hardiness\nThan he / nor more desired worthiness\nWhat caused Quod Twilus then / or what adventure\nHas guided thee / to see me languishing\nThat am refused / by every creature\nBut for the love of God / at my praying\nGo hence away / for certes my dying\nWill the disease / and I must needs die\nTherefore go hence / there is no more to say\nBut if thou thinkest / I am thus sick for fear\nIt is not so / and therefore scorn me not\nThere is another thing I heed\nWhich cause is of my death / sorrow and thought.But though I now tell it to you the newest,\nBe not angry I hide it for the best.\nThis Pandarus who makes much malt for woo,\nFrequently says, \"Alas, what may this be?\"\nNow friend said he, \"If ever love or troth\nHas been or is, between thee and thee,\nDo thou not ever such a cruelty\nTo hide from me thy friend such a one,\nYou knew well that I am Pandarus.\nI will part with all the pain\nIf it be so, I do thee no comfort\nAs it is a friend's right, truly to say,\nTo enter into woo, as glad delight,\nI have and shall, for true or false report,\nIn wrong and right, I loved thee all my life.\nHide not thy woo from me, but tell it blue,\nThen saw this sorrowful Troilus his eye\nAnd said to him thus, \"God lieve it be my truth,\nTo tell it thee, for since it may be like,\nYet will I.\nAnd well thou knowest, thou mayst do me no rest,\nBut least thou deem I trust not to thee,\nNow hear friend, for thou standest with love\nAgainst whomsoever defends himself most,\nWith despair, so sorrowfully offends me,\nThat ser...\".\"I long so much to be slain that it would be greater to me than to be king of Greece and Troy. My dear friend Pandarus, I have said this, and now you know my secret. And for the love of God, hide it well. I have never told it to anyone before, for harms might follow me if I did. If it were known, but you could be in joy, and let me die in ignorance of my desires. How have you thus, unkindly and long, hidden this from me, you fool, said Pandarus. Perhaps you may, after such a long time, my advice may help us then. This would be a wonder, said Troilus. You could never in love, yourself, know how the devil may bring me to bliss. You said, Pandarus. Though I am nice, it often happens that one who excesses suffers greatly. By good counsel, a friend can keep him from evil. I have seen a blind man go where he could look wide. A fool may also guide a wise man. A whetstone is no sharpening instrument, but it makes sharp sharpening cool.\".And there you know that I have experienced\nThis you should be aware, for such a thing is common\nWise men often are warned by fools\nIf you do so, your wit is well guarded\nBy his contrary, is every thing revealed\nFor how could ever sweetness be known\nTo him who never tasted bitterness\nNo man may be inwardly happy I believe\nWho never was in sorrow or some distress\nAlso white by black, by shame also worthiness\nEach set by another is more esteemed by others\nAs men can see, and so the wise it deceives\nSince thus of two contradictions is one lesson\nHe who has so often in love tried\nGrievances should connect the more\nCounsel the one you are dismayed by\nAnd likewise the other should not be badly paid\nThough I desire with all my heart\nTo bear your heavy burden, it will cost less\nI know well, it goes thus by me\nAs to your brother Paris and a princess\nWho that you call Oenone\nWrote a complaint of her heaviness\nYou saw the letter that she wrote, I suppose\nNever yet I said, \"Yes\" Quasimodo..Now, Pandare: Phebus discovered the art of medicine first. She who could, by herbs, find remedy and advice, he knew well. Yet, to himself, his skill was a lure, for love had him bound in a snare. Alas, for me, I am most unfortunately in love with the king's daughter, Amidst whom all my craft is powerless. I am in a dire situation, for a love that pains me dearly, and yet perhaps I can read and not reproach myself anymore. I have no cause to fear, as a hawk does when it desires to hunt. But to help you, I can only say something. And of one thing, you may be certain: you will certainly die in the fire. I shall never discover it, nor by my truth, I\n\nFrom your love, though it be Helayne,\nIf I knew who she was, and loved her as I wish,\nTherefore, as a friend, assure me,\nAnd tell me plainly, what is thenceforth the final cause of your woe,\nFor I doubt nothing, my enemy,\nIs not against you, of reproach..To speak as now, for no one may compel a man to love until he is willing to leave\nAnd wite well, that both two are vices\nBut well I know, the meaning of it is no vice is\nFor to trust some one, it is a proof of faith\nFor thy wrong conceit, and do the somewhat trust\nThy woo to tell, and tell me if the desire is present\nThe wise say, woo him who is alone\nFor if he falls, he has no help to rise\nSince you have a companion, tell your sorrow\nFor this is not certain, the next way\nTo win love, as reason teaches us\nTo wallow and weep, as Nyobe the queen\nWhose tears yet in marble stone are seen\nLate be your weeping and your dreariness\nSo may your woeful time seem less\nDelight not in woe, your woe to seek\nAs do these fools, who in their misfortune\nWith sorrow, when they have missed their cure\nMen say, to the wretched is consolation\nTo have another fellow\nFor both you and I, for love we are in pain.I. Am. so. full. of sorrow. to. confess,\nNo more hard grace. can. reside. with. me,\nFor God's will, thou art not displeased,\nLest I deceive thy lady, thou knowest well,\nWho I love, as I can, I have long dwelt,\nAnd since thou knowest, I do it not in jest,\nAnd say I am he, thou trustest most,\nTell me something, since all my wit thou knowest,\nYet Troilus for all this, no word he spoke,\nBut long he lay still, as if his deed were done,\nAnd after this, with sighing he departed,\nAnd to Pandarus' voice, he laid his ear,\nAnd up his eyes cast, in fear lest in frenzy,\nHe should fall, or else soon die,\nAnd cried aloud, in wonder and in haste,\nWhat slumberest thou, an ass unto the harp,\nOr art thou like, an ass, that hears the strings played,\nBut in his mind, no melody can sink in,\nTo gladden him for that he is so dull,\nAnd with that, Pandarus, of his words persistent,\nTroilus yet made no reply..For it was not his intent\nNever to tell anyone for whom he bore it\nFor it is said, men often make a yard\nWith which the maker is himself involved\nIn various ways, as these wise treatises say,\nAnd especially in his counsel speaking,\nConcerning love, which ought to be secret,\nFor of himself it will spring enough,\nBut if that it requires better governance,\nAt times it is crafty to seem to flee,\nFor things which in effect men hunt fast,\nThis all did Troilus in his heart cast,\nBut nevertheless, when he had heard him cry,\nAwake, he began, and sighed deeply,\nAnd said, friend, though that I feignly lie,\nI am not deaf; now cease and cry no more,\nI have heard your words and your lore,\nBut suffer me, my foolishness to be shown,\nFor your proverbs cannot help me,\nNone other cure can you provide,\nAnd I will not be cured; I will die,\nWhat do I know of Queen Niobe,\nLet your old examples pray for me,\nTherefore I say, do not give in to folly,\nHer woe but seek to find some relief they do not keep..Now I know that reason faithfully\nBut tell me, if I knew what she was\nFor whom this my adventure always alights\nWould you then let me have told it before\nYour wish is that you dare not for fear\nAnd she begged, on your part, have some reproof\nWhy not, said he, by God and by my truth\nAs busily did Pandarus\nAs though my own life lay in this need\nNo certain brother, said Troilus,\nAnd why, for that you should never hasten\nDo you not know well, you who are fearless\nSaid Troilus, for all that ever you connect\nShe will not to such a wretch as I yield\nSaid Pandarus, alas, what may this be\nThat you are displeased thus causelessly\nWhat lives not your lady, Benedicta\nHow do you know, that you are graceless\nSuch evil is not always fruitless\nWhy do you not put your cure to the test\nSince things to come often have adventure\nWhat should he then fall into despair\nOr be comforted, for his own sake\nOr kill himself, despite his lady's fairness\nNay, nay, but ever in one be fresh and green..To serve and love his dear queen,\nAnd think it is a reward to serve,\nA thousandfold more than he can deserve,\nAnd of that word take heed, Troilus,\nAnd thought anon what folly I was in,\nAnd how that truthfully he said, Pandarus,\nThat for to slay himself might he not win,\nBut both do unmanly deeds and a sin,\nAnd of his woo, fair queen, you knew but little,\nAnd with that thought, he began to sorrow,\nAnd said, alas, what is best for me to do,\nTo whom Pandarus answered, if you feel the same,\nThe best is that you tell me all your woe,\nAnd have my truth, but you find it so,\nYes, I would, Troilus, though it be long,\nBut God knows, it is not the rather so,\nFull hard it is to help in this case,\nFor well I find that fortune is my foe,\nNor all the men who ride or go,\nCan escape her cruel woo,\nFor as she list, she plays with fortune and,\nI grant well if at the end you endure woe,\nAs sharp as Troy in the best,\nWho has a stomach for this,\nThat hights a vulture, as books..But I may not endure that thou dwell in such an unskillful opinion,\nThat of thy woo is no coming,\nBut one's willow, for thy cowardly heart,\nAnd for thy itch, and foolish wilfulness,\nFor want of trust tell of thy wounds' smart,\nNor to thine own help do thou make haste,\nAs much as speak a reason, more or less,\nBut lies as he that lists of nothing's rest.\nWhat woman could love such a wretch,\nWhat may she deem, others, of thy death,\nIf thou thus die, and she note why it is,\nBut that for fear is yielded up thy breath.\nFor Greeks have said to us truly,\nLord, such thanks shalt thou have of this,\nThus will she say, and all the town atones,\nThe wretch is dead, the devil have his bones.\nThou mayst alone here weep, kneel, and cry,\nBut love a woman that she knew it,\nAnd she shall quit it, thou shalt it not espie,\nUnknown, unkissed, and lost that is unsought,\nWhat many a man has love, full dear bought,\nTwenty winters, that his lady never knew,\nThat never yet his lady's mouth he kissed,\nQuoth Pandarus, thou blamest fortune..For thou art wroth, now I see thou knewest not well that fortune is common to every manner of man in some degree, and yet thou hast this comfort, that her joys must overcome thine. For if her wheel stops anything from turning, she summons fortune anon. Now since her wheel by no way may cease, what knowest thou of her mutability? Right as thou art unstable, she will be so. Or if she is not seen at thy helping, perhaps thou hast cause to sing, and therefore I beseech thee, be late in thy woe and turning to the ground. For who so desires helping from his leech, to him it is first necessary to uncover his wound. To Cerberus in hell I am bound. Were it for my sister, all thy sorrow should be thine tomorrow. Look up, I say, and tell me what she is, so that I may go about thy need. I know her not for my love; I would rather hope for her to help thee. Then the veins of Troilus began to bleed, for he was hit and waxed all red for shame. Aha, quoth Pandarus; here begins the game..And with that word he began to quake,\nAnd said, thou shalt tell her name.\nBut silly Troilus trembled,\nAs if they would have led him to hell.\nAnd with that word, for few were near his death,\nAnd when Pandar heard him her name,\nLord, he was glad, and said, friend,\nNow farewell, for Io.\nLove has set thee on the right path,\nFor thou art of good name, wisdom,\nAnd have enough, and also of gentleness.\nIf she is fair, thou knowest thyself I guess,\nNever saw I one more lovely,\nOf her estate, nor happier in speech,\nA more friendly, nor more gracious,\nTo do well or base had no need to be,\nWhat to forbid, and all this is better for thee,\nIn honor to be like her,\nA king's heart seems wretched by her,\nAnd also think, and therefore rejoice,\nThat since thy lady is virtuous,\nSo follows it, that there is some pity,\nAmong all these others in general,\nAnd for thy sake that in particular,\nRequire not that is against her name,\nFor virtue does not stretch itself to shame..Now betray your breast / and say to God of love,\nThy grace, lord, for now I do repent,\nIf I have wronged myself before now in love,\nThus say with all thy heart in good intent,\nQuoth Troilus, a lord, I give my consent,\nAnd pray to thee, my Aphrodite, to forgive,\nAnd I shall never while I live,\nThou speakest well, quoth Pandarus, now I hope,\nThat thou hast appeased the gods' wrath,\nAnd since thou hast wept many a tear,\nAnd said such things wherewith thy god is pleased,\nNow would never god but thou were cast,\nAnd think well, she from whom all thy woe,\nComes forth, the ground that bears the wicked weed,\nBears often the wholesome herbs, full oft,\nNext the foul nettle rough and thick,\nThe rose grows sweet, smooth and soft,\nAnd next the valley, is the hill aloft,\nAnd next the dark night, is the glad morrow,\nAnd also, joy is next to the end of sorrow,\nNow book that attitude be thy bridle,\nAnd for the best, endure the tide,\nOr else all our labor is in vain,\nHe hastens well, he who wisely can abide..Be diligent and true, and always hide your feelings. Be lusty and free, persist in your service. All is well, if you work in your way. The time you may bless, that ever you were born. And the gods thank, that in such a place Have bestowed in love, I dare swear, That you should never have had, such a grace, And why, for you were ever wont to chase At love in scorn, and for spite call them all fools. When Troy had heard, Pandarus consented, To be his help in courting Crispede. His way of wooing, as who says compelled, But hotter than he said, With sober cheer, as though his heart had played, Now blessed Venus, help or that I persevere, Of Pandarus, I may some day deserve, But dear friend, how shall my wooing be less, Until this is done, and good, also try me this, How will you say, of me and my disgrace, Lest she be angry, the fear I truly feel, Or will not hear, or believe how it is, All this fear I, and also for the manner Of her emotion, she will not want such a thing here..Quod (\"Pandarus\"), you have great concern that the jester might fall over the moon. Why, my lord, I hate your refined fare. What's entering? For God's love, I'll wait a bone. So let me alone, and it shall be your feast. What friend said, now do as you will. But hear, Pandarus, one word, for I forbade\n\nYou in me to commit such folly. That to my lady, I desire should go,\nWhich touches harm or any villainy. For dread, I'd rather die\nThan she of me, understand otherwise. But that, which might reconcile,\nLet this pandar speak and answer quickly. And I your borrower, fear no one but so.\nI thought not, though she stood and heard\nHow you said, but farewell, I will depart. God speed us both, two and all.\nGive me this labor and this business. And of my speed, be thy all the sweetness.\nThen Troilus fell down on his knees. And Pandar in his arms, he seized fast.\nAnd said, \"Now, farewell, god help us at the last.\nAnd I for dread, if my life may last.\".And God grant that some of them shall perish. Yet I think this aunt of mine is after me. Now, Pander, I can no longer say but thou art all: my life, my death, in your hands I leave. Help now, said he. I swear by my faith I shall. God grant the friend to me, and this in particular. Said Troilus, that you recommend me to her who can command me to death. This Pander, desiring to serve his full friend, said in this manner: Farewell, and I will think I deserve your thanks. Here is my faith, and you shall well hear. And he went his way, thinking on this matter, and how he might best beg her grace and find a time and place. For every man that hath a house to found, let him not delay the work for to begin. With ready hand, but he will abide a while, and send his heart's line out from within. First, his purpose to win, this Pander, in his heart thought, and cast his work wisely or he wrought. But Troilus lay no longer down..But upon his steed he rode, and in the field he plays the lion. Who was the Greek that met him that day, and in the town he holds court always. So handsome he was, and graciously he bore himself. Each one who looked upon his face loved him. For he became the friendliest knight, the gentlest, and also the most free. The thriftiest, and one of the best there were. In his time, his Iapis and his cruelty were dead. His high port and his strange manner, and each of these things brought about a change in virtue.\n\nNow let us cease from Troy's tale,\nWhich resembles a man who is sorely hurt,\nAnd is somewhat akin to his wound's healing.\nI fared well, but held no more delay,\nAnd as an easy patient, the lore\nAttended him who goes about his cure,\nAnd thus drives forth his adventure.\n\nHere ends the first book.\n\nOut of these black waves, to sail,\nO wind, the western, begin to clear,\nFor in this sea, you have such a toil,\nOf my skill, that I cannot endure,\nThis sea I call, the tempestuous matter..Of Dispeyre, Troilus was in,\nFor now of hope the Kalendis begin,\nO lady mine, that callid art Cleo,\nThou be my speed from this forth, and my muse,\nTo write this book well, till I have done,\nI need here none other art to use,\nFor why to every lover I excuse,\nThat of no sentiment, I this enshrine,\nBut out of Latin, into my tongue I write,\nWhy I will have, neither thanks nor blame,\nOf all this work, but pray you gently,\nDisblame me, if any word is lame,\nFor as my author says, so say I,\nAlso though I speak of love unfelingly,\nNo wonder is, for it of things now new is,\nA blind man cannot well judge in hues,\nI know also that in form of speech,\nIs change within a thousand years, of words though\nThat seemed them priding strange,\nWe think them and yet they spoke them so,\nAnd sped as well in love, as men now do,\nAlso for to win love in diverse ages,\nAnother,\nAnd if it happen, in any wise,\nThat any lover, in this place,\nListens to the story as it can devise,\nHow Troilus came to his lady's grace..And I think I / should love to purchase, or wonder on his speech or doing, I not but to me, it is no wondering. For every man who went to Rome, none held one path or manner, in some bond were all the game shent. If they journeyed in love, as men do here, in open doing and in cheer, in wooing in form or said our saws. For why men say, each contrary has his laws. scarcely are there in this place three, who have in love spoken alike and done all. For your purpose, this may seem like the right thing, yet all is said and shall be. Some men carve, in the stone wall, what it signifies, but since I have begun, my author shall I follow if I can.\n\nIn May that mother is of the month's glade,\nThat fresh flowers, blue, wet and tread,\nHave been quickened again, it wears a deed made,\nAnd full of balm is fleeting every mead,\nWhen Phoebus does, his bright beams speeded,\nRight in the white bull, it is betided,\nAs I shall sing, on May's day the third,\nThat Pandarus, for all his wise speech,.Felt he his part of love,\nThat could he never so well preach,\nIt made his hue often a day green,\nShow him that day, there flew him a swan,\nIn love for which to be dead, he went,\nAnd made it was day full many a went,\nThe swallow Procne, with a sorrowful lay,\nWhen morning came, made her waymenting,\nWhy she appeared and all the lay,\nPandar brought a bed, halt in a room,\nTill she was so near him, made her chill,\nHow terribly, with the noise of her he awoke,\nAnd began to call and dress him to rise,\nRemembering him, his was to do,\nFrom Troilus and also his great enterprise,\nAnd case and knew, in good place was the moon,\nTo do voyage and took his way soon,\nUnto his near palaces, there beside,\nNow Ianus god of entrance, grant him grace,\nWhen he was come, unto his near place,\nWhere is my lady, to her folk he said,\nAnd they him told, and he forth began to pace,\nAnd found two other ladies, sit and she,\nWithin a pavilion, and they three,\nHeard them a maiden, reading the tale,\nOf the siege of Thebes, while they listened..Quod Pandarus welcome, madam, with your book and all the company. She, Ros, welcomes you too, and by the hand she took him fast and said, \"May it turn out well for you, for I met you tonight. With that word, she pushed him down on the beach. \"You need not fear, it will go well for you, if God wills, all this year, Pandarus,\" he said. \"But I am sorry that I have kept you listening to your book. Pray, tell us, for God's love, what does it say? Is it about love or some good thing you teach me? Uncle, she said, your master is not here. With that they would have laughed, and she said, \"This romance is of Thebes, which we read. We have heard how King Layus died through his son Edippos and all that followed. Here we stop, at these letters read. How the bishop, as the book tells, leads Amphiorax through the ground to hell.\" \"I know all this,\" said Pandarus, \"and all the sorrows of Thebes, and for this reason, twelve books have been made. But let that be, and tell me how you fare.\".Do way your wimple and show your face bare.\nDo way your book, rise up and let us dance,\nAnd let us do to May some observation.\nGod forbid that she be ye mad.\nIs that a widow's life, so God save you.\nBy God you make me right sore afraid.\nYou are so wild, it seems as if you ravage.\nIt sits me well better to be in a cave.\nTo bid and read on holy saints' lives.\nLate maidens go dance and young wives,\nAs ever they may. I could understand a thing to do yours.\nNow, uncle dear, she said, tell it to me.\nFor God's love, is that the siege away?\nI am of the Grrelferd that I die.\nNay, nay, she said.\nIt is a thing well better than such five.\nYou holy God, she said, what thing is it?\nWhat is better than such?\nFor all this world, I cannot read what it shall be.\nIt shall be something.\nAnd but yourselves, we control what it is.\nMy wit to arrange it is all to be seen.\nOh help me, God, I know not.\nAnd I your borrow, never shall I say,\nThis thing be told to you, so most I try,\nAnd why so, uncle mine, why so, she said,\nBy God, he said, who will I try as..For a provoker woman is there none alive\nAnd ye it know, in all the world, I lie not. So ever have I rejoiced.\nThough she began to wonder more than before,\nA thousandfold, and downcast her eyes,\nFor never since the time she was born\nDid she know a thing desired she so fast,\nAnd with a sigh she said to him at last,\n\"Uncle mine, I will not displease you,\nNor ask for anything that may do you harm.\nSo after this, with many words glad and friendly,\nAnd merry cheer,\nOf this and that they went to play and wade\nIn many uncouth glad and deep matter,\nAs friends do when they meet in fear.\nTil she began to ask him how Hector fared,\nThat was the wall of Troy and Greek's yard.\n\"Full well I thank it God,\" quoth Pandarus,\n\"He has a little wound in his arm,\nAnd his fresh brother Troilus\nThe wise, worthy Hector the second,\nIn whom every virtue lists abound,\nAs is believed, and all gentleness,\nWisdom, honor, freedom, and worthiness.\n\"Eme quoth she, that pleaseth me.\".They fare well / God save them both, two\n Truly / I hold it great delight\n A king's son / in arms well to do\n And be of good conditions therefor\n For great power / and moral virtue here\n Is seldom seen / in one person, I fear\n In good faith / that is sooth, quoth Pandarus\n But by my truth / the king has sons two\n That is to say / Hector and Troilus\n That certainly thought that I should die\n They are void / of vices, dare I say\n As any men / that live under the sun\n Their might is well known / & what they know\n Of Hector, nothing need be told\n In this world / there is not a better knight\n Than he who is worthy of esteem\n And he has more virtue / than might\n This knows many a wise / and worthy knight\n The same price of Troilus I say\n God help me so / I know not such two\n Quoth she / of Hector, that is sooth\n Of Troilus, the same thing I believe\n For dreadfuls / men tell that he does\n In arms day by day / and that so worthily\n And bears him here at home so gently..To every one that overpraised him,\nPray rightly, indeed, said Pandarus,\nFor yesterday, who with him might have wondered,\nAt Troilus' plight, as the Greeks did flee,\nThrough every man's eye, there was no cry,\nBut \"Troilus is there.\"\nNow here, now there, he hunted them so fast,\nThere was but Greek blood and Troilus.\nNow him he hurt, and now him he cast down,\nWherever he went, it was arrayed thus,\nHe was their death, and shield and life for us,\nThat day, there was none who dared withstand,\nWhile he held his bloody sword in hand.\nTherefore, he is the most friendly man,\nOf great estate, that ever I saw in my fine,\nAnd where he pleases, best fellowship can,\nTo such as he thinks, able to endure,\nAnd with that word, though Pandarus was blue,\nHe took their leave, and said he would go thence.\nNay, blame me not, my aunt, she then replied,\nWhat ails you to be thus worried so soon,\nAnd especially about women, will you?.\"Nay, I must speak with you about wisdom, and every one who was present went away to stand aside when they had finished their conversation about it. But now, I say, arise and let us dance. Cast off your widow's garb to my mockery. Why do you thus disguise yourself, since you are so glad about this adventure? A good thought, for the love of God, she said. Shall I not know what you mean by this? No, this thing asks little of me, he replied, and it would grieve me much if I told it and you took it amiss. Yet I will say something against your wish. By the goddess Minerva, and Jupiter who makes the thunder ring, and by the blessed Venus whom I serve, you are the woman in this world living without paragon to my thinking, whom I best love and am most eager to grieve.\".And yet, your uncle said she grants mercy. I have found your friendship ever since I met you. I am not truly to anyone, so much as you and have so little quit. And with God's grace, with my full wit, as in my guilt, I shall never offend you again. If I have wronged you in this, I will amend it.\n\nB\n\nIt changes not for fear, so long as you are here. For truly, the worst of this is done. And though my tale be new to you, yet trust always that you should find me true. And were it a thing unsightly, I would not bring such tales to you.\n\nNow, my good Eame, for God's love I pray, tell me what it is. For both I am astonished, what you will say. And also, I long to know truly. For whether it be well or amiss, say and let me not dwell in this fear. So will I do now, I shall listen and tell.\n\nNow, my uncle, the king's wise and worthy, always doing well for himself, the noble Troilus, who loves so much that with your help, it will be his bane..Lo, here is all I should say,\nDo what you will, make him live or let him die.\nAnd if you let him die, I will stir.\nHere is my truth, I will not lie.\nAll should I be with this,\nWith that tree, broken from his eyes.\nAnd said, if you do us both die,\nWhat do you mean, we both appear thus?\nThus gyllis, then love you first appeared fair.\nAlas, which lord is so dear,\nThat cruel man, that noble knight,\nWho desires nothing,\nI see him die, there he goes upright,\nAnd bashes him with all his full might,\nTo be slain, if his fortune consents.\nAlas that God such beauty you sent.\nIf it be so, you are so cruel,\nThat of his death, you list not to retreat,\nThat is so true, and worthy as we see,\nNo more than of a jape or of a wretch,\nIf you are such, your beauty may not save,\nTo make amends, of so cruel a deed,\nAuspice is good, before the need,\nWoe is the fair Gemme's virtues,\nWoe is that ear that does no good,\nWoe is that beauty that is rootless,\nWoe is that weight that each treat undermines..And you who are of beauty, crop and root,\nIf wytchal in you be no growth,\nThen is it harm if you live by me, truth,\nAnd also think well that this is no god,\nFor I would rather you and I and he\nWere hanged than I should be his bondman,\nAs high as any man might see us,\nI am thine shame, the shame would be to me,\nAs well as thine, if I should assent\nThrough my counsel that he should shed thine honor,\nNow understand, for I do not require\nTo bind you to him by any command,\nBut only that you make him better cheer,\nThan you have done or this, & make him merrier,\nSo that his life be saved at the least,\nThis is all and some, and plainly our intent,\nGod help me so, I never other meant,\nLo, this request is not but sky's will,\nNo doubt of treason, by my faith is there none,\nI set before you the worst that you dread,\nMen would wonder to see him come and go,\nThereagainst, answer I thus anon,\nThat every wight but he be fool of kind,\nWill deem it love and friendship in his mind,\nWhat who will deem, though he see a man..To go to the temple, he thinks it wise and well that he can govern himself, not forgetting anything when he comes, getting the price and thanks there. And he will come here so seldom that it would be a wonder if the whole town beheld such love of friends. And welcome you in that mantle, every one. And may God wisely grant me salvation, as I have said. But good counsel always to restrain his sorrow. Let your danger be appeased, so that from his death, you may not be ignorant. Criseyde, who heard him in this wise, thought I would know what you mean truly. Now Eame said she, what do you intend? What is your advice for this? That is well said, he replied, certainly the best is to love him again for his loving, as love for love is skillfully managed. Think also how every hour in each of you is a party of beauty, and therefore, for old age, there will be no weight. Late this proverb..To late I wore, I lament when beauty is past\nAnd age daunts, danger at the last\nThe king's fool cries aloud\nWhen he thinks a woman bears me\nSo long more you live, and all proud\nTill crow feet be waxen under your eye\nAnd send you then a mirror in to p\nIn which that you may see your face anon\nI bid then wish you nomo\nWith this he stops and casts down the head\nAnd she began to breast to weep anon\nAnd said, alas, for woe why ne'er I died\nFor of this world, the faith is all gone\nAlas, what should a stranger do to me?\nWhen he that for my best friend I took\nWill make me love and should me defend\nAlas, I would have trusted you\nThat if I, through my misfortune,\nHad loved him other than Achilles,\nHector, or any man's creature\nYou would have had no mercy nor measure\nOn me but always had me in reproof\nThis false world, alas, how may it leave\nWhat is this all, the joy and the feast\nIs this your reward, is this your blissful cause\nIs this the venomed mead of your behest?.Is this painted process come right for this wretched one, O lady, my Pallas? Thou in this dreadful case, pursue it for me. I am so astonished that I die. She began to sigh sorrowfully and said, \"May it not be better, quoth Pandaus?\" By God, I shall no more come here this week. And God be with me, that I am trusted thus. I see well that you set little value on us or our death. Alas, I, wretched one, might he yet live, from me is not to be retrieved. O cruel god, O dispirited mart, O furies three of hell, on you I cry. So let me never depart from this house. If I meant harm or villainy, but since I see that my lord must needs die and I with him, here I swear and say, you wickedly do us both die. But since it pleases you that I be dead, By Neptune, that god is on the sea. From this forth, shall I never eat bread till my own heart's blood sees. For certainly, I will die as soon as he. And up he started and on his way he reached, till she again met him by the lap caught. Crisyde, with that, was nearly starved with fear..She was the most full of sorrow among those who could hear and see the knight's earnest and sincere prayer, and in it saw nothing unright. For the harm that might yet come, she began to fear greatly and thought, \"Alas, how unfortunate I am, falling in love in such a way as men can be cruel to themselves and each other. If this man takes his own life, in my presence, there will be no solace for me. What will people think of me, I cannot tell. It does not concern me to play wisely. With a sorrowful sigh, she said, \"A lord, what has befallen me, a sad turn of events. My estate lies in jeopardy, and my life in the balance. But nevertheless, with God's guidance, I shall do my duty, keep his life, and stop weeping. Of two harms, the lesser is to choose. Yet I would rather make him merry than lose my own life. You say nothing, my dear nephew? Now I will do my penance.\" \"Now indeed,\" he said, \"and I will do mine.\".I will keep my heart against my lust, but I will not hold him in my hand or love any man, nor can I not or may not against his will, but I will only find another will. My honor saves me from day to day, and I did not want anyone to refuse, but I feared in his fantasy. But cease the cause, the malady ceases. Here I make a protestation: In this process or if you go further, certainly, for no salvation of you, who both rule two and all the world on a day, I shall never have other dealings with him. I grant you, Pandarus, by my truth, but may I trust you, he said, that from this thing that you have brought me here, you will keep it truly to me? You doubt it not, my dear uncle, nor that I shall have cause in this matter. He spoke plainly or preached to you often. Why does he need more speech? They filled them with other glad tidings until at last, good Eame said, for his love, which made us both. Tell me, when did you first know of his woe?.Wote none of it but he said no.\nCan he well speak of love, quoth she. I pray thee, tell me. I shall pour out. Tho' Pandarus smiled a little and said, By my truth, I shall tell thee. This other day, not long while, Within the garden palaces, by a well, Gan he and I, half a day to dwell. Right for to speak, of an ordinance, How we the Greeks might disavow, Soon after that we began to leap And cast our arms about. Till at the last he said he would sleep And on the grass, down he laid himself. And I after, roamed to and fro. Till that I heard, as I walked alone, How he began, full wofully to groan. Then I stalked him softly behind, And surely, the foot for to say, As I can recall to my mind, Right thus to love, began he to complain. He said, \"Lord, have mercy, upon my pain. Alas I have been rebellious, in my intent. Now mea culpa, lord, I me repent. O God, that thy dispositions Led us both, by just provocation, Of every wight, my love confess on.\".A corpse in grief / and send me such penance\nAs like thee, but from despair\nLate not my ghost / depart from thee\nThou be my shield / for thy benevolence\nFor Christ so sore hath she me wounded\nThat stood in black / with looking of her eyes\nThrough which I wot / that I must needs die\nThis to the worst / I dare not weep\nAnd well the hotter / burns the flame\nThat men them wry in ass\nWith that he smote his / down anon\nAnd began to moan\nAnd I with that / began still to go\nAnd let them know not\nAnd come again anon / and stood him by\nAnd said awake / ye sleep too long\nIt seems not that love doeth you\nThat sleep so that no man may wake you\nWho saw ever on this so dull a man\nYou friend said he / do you sleep?\nFor love and let me / live as I can\nBut though that\nYet made he thus / as fresh a countenance\nAs though he should have me the dance\nThis passed forth / till now this other day\nIt fell that I coming romping alone\nInto his chamber / and found how that he lay..Upon his bed, a man so sore groaned,\nI never heard or knew what his moan was,\nNor did I know why I was coming,\nSuddenly he left off his complaining,\nOf which I took some suspicion,\nAnd near I came, and found him weeping sore,\nAnd God so wise, be my salvation,\nNever yet of anything had I been more moved,\nNeither with engine nor with lore,\nExcept this might I keep him from death,\nYet I feel for him, my heart weeps,\nAnd God knows, never since I was born,\nWas I so busy, no man to preach,\nNor ever was he so deeply sworn,\nOr he me told, who might be his leech,\nBut now to rehearse all his speech,\nOr all his woeful words, to soothe,\nNor bid me not but you will see me weep,\nBut for his life and nothing else,\nAnd to no harm of you, thus I am driven,\nAs for the love of God, who has wrought such cheer in him,\nAs he and I may love,\nNow have I purpose to you, my heart to show,\nAnd since you know that my intent is clean,\nTake heed thereof, for I mean no evil,\nAnd right good trust I pray to God have you..That have such one caught without a net\nAnd be you wise, as you are fair to see\nWell in the ring, then is the Ruby set\nThere never were two so well met\nWhen you are his entirety, as he is yours\nAlmighty god grant us to see that hour\nNay, thereof I speak not, aha quod she\nAs God, you shed every tear\nA mercy dear received, anon quod he\nWhat I spoke, I meant but well\nBy Mars the god, that helms with steel\nNow be not angry, my blood, my niece dear\nNow well said she, forgive it here\nWith this he took his leave, and he went home\nA lord was he, and well gone\nChrysede arose, no longer she stayed\nBut straight into her closet, she went anon\nAnd set herself down as still as any stone\nAnd every word began to wind and unwind\nAs he had said, as it came to her mind\nAnd was somewhat astonished, in her thought\nRight for the new case, but when that she\nWas fully composed, then found she right nothing\nOf peril, which she ought to have feared\nFor men may love, of possibility\nA woman so his heart may burst..And she did not love age again, but if she least\nBut as she sat alone and thought thus,\nA cry arose at scarmishes, all without\nAnd men cried in the street, \"See Troilus!\nHe has now put to flight the Greeks' route\nWith that, his men began to show\nGo we see, cast up the gates wide\nFor through this street he must ride to palaces\nFor other way is from the yard none\nOf Dardanus, there open is the chain\nWith that comes he and all his folk at once\nAn easy passage, riding in twain\nRight as his happy day was truly seen\nFor which men say, may not be disturbed be\nThat shall betide must be of necessity\nThis Troilus sat on his bay steed,\nAll armed save his head, richly,\nAnd wounded was his horse and began to bleed,\nIn which he rode a pass full softly,\nBut such a knightly sight truly,\nAs was on him, was not without fail,\nTo look on Mars, that is god of battle,\nSo like a man of arms and a knight,\nHe was to see, fulfilled of high prowess,\nFor both he has a body and a might..To do a thing as well as hardiness,\nAnd to see him in his gear dressed so fresh, so young, so worthy, it was heaven upon him to see.\nHis helmet to hew was in twenty places,\nWith a tassel hanging his back behind,\nHis shield to be dashed with swords and maces,\nIn which men might find many an arrowhead,\nAnd always the people cried, \"Here comes our joy,\"\nNext to his brother, holder of Troy,\nFor which he grew all red for shame,\nWhen he heard the people cry upon him,\nThat to behold it was a noble game.\nHow solemnly he cast down his eyes,\nCriseyde saw all his cheer appear,\nAnd let it seem so soft in her heart,\nThat to herself she said, \"Who gave me drink?\"\nFor of her own thought she grew all red,\nRemembering herself thus, \"Lo, this is he,\nWho swears by my uncle, he might be dead,\nBut I have mercy and pity on him.\nAnd with that thought, ashamed she became,\nBegan in her head to pull, and that as fast,\nWhile he and all the people went forth past..And began to think of his excellent prowess and high estate, and all his renown, his wit, his shape, and also his gentleness. But most of her favor was for his distress. It was all for her, and she thought it was a sign of growth to love such a one if he meant to grow. Now some envious angel might thus say, \"This was a sudden love; how could she so hastily have loved Troilus?\" Whoever says that may never be. For every thing is possible, or all may be wrought without fear. I say not that she gave him her love so suddenly, but that six things inclined her to like him first. And after that, his manhood and high spirit made love to reside in her heart. For this reason, by process and good service, he gained her love and not suddenly. And also blessed Venus sat in her seventh house, disposing herself well and with aspect to help pitiful Troilus in his woe. And truly she was not entirely his fool. To Troilus in his nativity..God knew that the sooner we reached Crisseyde,\nThe better. Let us ride forth and turn quickly\nTo where she sat alone, and began to ponder\nWhere she would appoint herself, at the last\nIf it were so, her heart would not cease\nFor Troilus, on his account, she argued in her mind\nIn this matter, of which I have told you\nAnd what to do best, and what to avoid\nShe pondered often, in many a fold\nNow her heart was warm, now cold\nAnd what she thought, I shall write as follows\nAs my author intends to describe\nShe thought well of Troilus' person,\nKnew him by sight and also his gentleness,\nAnd thus she said, though it was not to be done:\nTo grant him love, it was an honor,\nWith pleasure and gladness, in honesty,\nTo deal with such a lord for my estate and his welfare\nI also know well, he is a king's son,\nAnd since he has seen me, such delight,\nIf I were to utterly flee from his sight..Perhaps he might be displeased with me,\nThrough which I might stand in worse plight.\nNow were I wise, I'd hate to purchase,\nWithout need, a place in his grace.\nIn every thing, I know there is measure.\nFor though a man may forbid drunkenness,\nHe does not forbid every creature\nBe drunken always, as I suppose.\nAlso, since I know, his distress is for me,\nI ought not, for that reason, displease him.\nSince it is so, he means it in a kindly way,\nAnd also I know, for a long time,\nHis nature is not nice,\nNor is he a coward, as some say,\nHe is too wise to commit such a vice,\nAnd also I don't want,\nTo encourage him,\nSo he may leave, by just cause,\nHe shall never bind me, in such a clause.\nNow set a case, the hardest is this,\nMen might deem, that he loves me,\nWhat dishonor would it be to me, thus?\nMay I let him go, why, no indeed,\nI know also and always here and see,\nMen love women, besides their leave,\nAnd when he pleases no more, let him leave.\nI think how, he is able to have..Of all this noble town, he is the thriftiest,\nTo be his love, so she saves her honor,\nFor in and out, he is the worthy one,\nSave only Hector, who is the best,\nYet his life now lies in my care,\nSuch is love, and my adventure as well,\nNo man must know of this thought,\nI am one of the fairest, without fear,\nAnd godliest, he who takes heed,\nSo men say, in all the town of Troy,\nWhat wonder is it, that he has joy in me,\nI am my own woman, living well at ease,\nI thank God, as for my estate,\nRight young and unmarried, in lusty lease,\nWithout jealously or such debate,\nNo husband will say to me checkmate,\nFor other men are full of jealousy\nOr masterful, or loving unfaithfully,\nWhat shall I do to this fine life I thus possess,\nShall I not love, if he leaves me?\nWhat pity, I am, now no religious,\nAnd though I set my heart in rest,\nUpon this knight, who is the worthy one,\nAnd keep always, my honor and my name..By right, it may do me no shame,\nBut right as when the sun shines bright,\nIn march that changes oft its face,\nAnd that a cloud put with wind to flight,\nWhich overspreads the sun as for a space,\nA cloudy thought through her heart did pace,\nThat overspread, her bright thoughts all,\nSo that for fear, almost she began to fall,\nThat thought was this, alas since I am free,\nShould I now love and put in jeopardy,\nMy certainty and thrall liberty,\nAlas, how dare I think that folly,\nMay I not well in other folks espie,\nTheir dreadful joy, their constraint and their pain,\nThere loves none, it seems, that she has way to please,\nFor love is yet the most stormy life,\nRight of him, self, that ever was begun,\nFor ever some mistrust or nice strife,\nThere is in love some cloud over the sun,\nWhereunto we wretched women, nothing connect,\nWhen we are woe, but fit to weep and think,\nOur wretchedness is this, our own woe to drink,\nAlso these wicked tongues are so pressed,\nTo speak us harm, eke men are so untrue..That right away, as ceaseth they their love,\nAnd forth to love a new,\nBut harm you do, who so it reveals,\nFor though these men, for love themselves rend,\nSharp beginnings break off at the end,\nHow often times has it been seen,\nThe treason that to women has been done,\nTo what fine is such love, I cannot see,\nOr where becomes it when it is gone,\nThere is no knight I believe,\nWho knows when or where it arises,\nThat was nothing, in it nothing torn,\nHow busy I must be, if I love,\nTo please them, the angels of love and dream,\nAnd coax them, that they say no harm of me,\nFor though there be no cause, yet they seem,\nAll for harm, that friends think they are,\nOr who may stop every wicked tongue,\nOr seeds of bellies, while they run,\nAnd after that thought she said that he,\nNaught underlies,\nNaught achieves, is loath or dear,\nAnd with another thought her heart quakes,\nThen sleeps hope, and after fear awakes..Now hot or cold, but between the two\nShe rises up and goes to play\nDown the stairway, straight down she went\nInto the garden, with her three ladies\nAnd up and down they made many a merry dance\nFlexible and Tarbe, Antigone\nTo play joyfully, it was a sight to see\nAnd other women, a great crowd\nHer followers in the garden, all around\nThis yard was large and railed all the alleys\nAnd shaded well, with green blooming bows\nNewly benched and sanded all the ways\nWhose arm she walks with, arm in arm between\nUntil at last, Antigone the fair\nBegan a Troyan song, singing clearly\nIt was a heavenly thing, to hear\nShe said, \"O love, to whom I have been and shall be\nA humble subject, true in my intent\nAs I can, to you, Lord, I give all\nFor evermore, my heart's desire, the rent\nFor never yet, your grace has sent naught\nSo blissful cause, as me my life to lead\nIn all joy and security, out of fear\nThe blessed god has set me, indeed\nIn love truly, that all that lives may live.\nImagination could not conceive\nHow to be better..For the lord without Ielows or strife,\nI love one who is most enticing,\nTo serve well, unwavering and unfained,\nHe who was, and least with harm distained,\nAs he who is, the well of worthiness,\nOf truth's ground, myrror of goodlyhed,\nOf wit Apollo, stone of secrecy,\nOf virtue's root, of lust's finder and h,\nThrough whom is all my sorrow from me freed,\nYes, I love him best, so does he me,\nNow good thrift have he, wherever he be,\nWhom should I thank, but you, god of love,\nOf all this bliss, in which I bathe now,\nAll thanked be the lord, for that I love,\nThis is the right life, that I am in,\nTo eschew all manner vice and sin,\nThis does me, so to virtue I intend,\nAnd who that says that to love is vice,\nOr thralldom, though he feels in it distress,\nHe is envious, or right nice,\nOr is unmighty, for his shrewdness,\nTo love such manner folk as I guess,\nDefame love as nothing of it know.\nThey speak, but bent they never his bow..What is the sun the worst of kind right?\nThough that a man, for feebleness of his eyes,\nMay not endure on it to look for bright,\nOr love the worst, though wretches on it cry,\nNo well is he worth that may no sorrow dry,\nAnd for thy who that hath an ear of glass,\nFrom cast of stones beware him in the war,\nBut I with all my heart and my might\nAs I have said, will love unto my lost\nMy dear heart and all my own knight\nIn which my heart grains is so fast,\nAnd his in mine that it shall ever last,\nAlas I first, love him to begin,\nNow wot ye well, there is no pa,\nAnd of her song, right at that word she sang,\nAnd therwith all, now nece quod C,\nWho made this song with such good art,\nAntigone answered anon and said,\nMadam indeed the fairest maid,\nOf great esteem in all the town of Troy,\nAnd led her life in most honor and joy,\nForsooth so it seems, up her song,\nQuoth thus Enseide and began therwith,\nAnd said, lords, to such as they farewell,\nYe indeed, fair Antigone, the wise..For all those who have or have had trouble understanding the bliss of love, they believe that every wretch knows\nThe passionate bliss of love, no, indeed\nThey believe all love, if one desires\nDo we ask at saints, is it right?\nAnd ask friends, is it foul in hell\nConsider this purpose, no answer given\nBut said indeed, it will be night as fast\nBut every word she heard, she printed in her heart\nAnd love lessened more and more to aggravate\nThan it did before and sank in her heart\nShe became somewhat able to convert\nThe day's honor and the heavens' eye\nThe night's foe, I call the sun\nBegan to wester fast and downward to writhe\nAs he who had his day's course run\nAnd white things grew dim and done\nFor lack of light and stars to appear\nShe and all her folk went home in fear\nWhen it pleases her to go to rest\nAnd those who voyaged departed\nShe said that to sleep was her least\n\n(Note: The text appears to be a poem or a passage from a poem in Middle English. No significant OCR errors were detected, so no corrections were made.).A woman is quickly brought into her bed, when all is quiet, she lies and thinks of these things, the manner and attire. It is not necessary to repeat it, for you are wise. A nightingale upon a green cedar, under the chamber wall, where she lay, sang so loudly against the moon, perhaps in her breast, comforting her. Of love that made her heart fresh and gay, she listened to it for a long time in good intent. At last, the dead sleep came. And as she slept, an eagle, feathered white as bone, was under her breast, rent her heart and went in at once. And from her heart, he took his own heart and went in. She felt neither aggrieved nor hurt. And he flew away, leaving his heart behind for hers. Let her sleep, and we keep our tale, Of Troy, who rides to the palaces, For the sorrows, of which I told, And in his chamber sits and has remained, Until two or three of his messengers have come, For Pandarus, and sought him so fast..Until they found him / and brought him at last,\nThis Pandarus / came leaping in atonement,\nAnd said thus: \"Who has treated me well today,\nWith swords, with slings, and with stones?\nBut Troilus, who has caught me a heat,\nAnd began to laugh / and said, 'Lord, you are sweet.\nBut rise and let us sup / and go to rest.\nAnd he answered, 'Let us go where the least.'\nWith all possible haste / they sped them from the supper and to bed,\nAnd every man / out at the door hurried him,\nAnd wherever he least expected / they sped him on his way,\nBut Troilus / who thought his heart bled,\nFor woe / until he heard some tidings,\nHe said, 'Friend / shall I now weep or sing?\nQuoth Pandarus, 'Be still and let me sleep,\nAnd do on thy head / thy needs be sped,\nAnd choose whether thou wilt / sing, dance, or leap,\nAt short words / thou shalt trust in me,\nAnd my niece will do well by thee,\nAnd love the best by God and by my truth,\nBut lack of pursuit / make it in thy slowness,\nFor thus far have I / begun thy work,\nFrom day to day / to this day by the morrow.\".\"Having love and friendship for you, I have borrowed your faith. One foot of your sorrow is lessened by me. I shall no longer preach about it, as you have heard before, he himself told it. Just as flowers through the cold of night, they close their stalks low and open again against the bright sun and spread out their colors kindly by row. In the same way, he then looked up and said, \"Troilus, dear Venus, may your power and grace be heard here. I, lord, grant that I have. For I am whole, though my bonds are broken. A thousand Trojans, whoever may give it to me, could not make me so happy. My heart spreads so much for joy that it would burst out. But, lord, how shall I live? When shall I next see my dear heart? How shall this long time pass until you are again with her from me? You may answer, 'Stay, stay,' but he who hangs by the neck, as I say truly, shall answer.\"\".In great distress / for your pain\nAlas, I now / for love and charity\nQuoth Pandarus for all things have time\nSo long abide till that the night departed be\nFor sure as thou lies here by me\nAnd God forgive me, I will be there at prime\nAnd for your work, I shall say something\nOr on some other person lay this charge\nFor God knows that I have ever yet\nBeen ready to serve / in this night\nHave I not feigned / but enforced my might\nDo now as I shall say / and fare thee right\nFor I have done thy lust / with all my might\nAnd if thou wilt not / know thyself thy care\nOn me is not a long / thy evil fare\nI know well that thou art wiser than I\nA thousand fold / but if I were as thou\nGod help me so I would utterly\nRight from my own hand / write to her now\nA letter in which / I would tell her how\nI fear amiss / and her beseech for peace\nNow help thyself / and let not for sloth\nAnd I myself shall therwith to her go\nAnd when thou knowest that I am there\nMount upon a courser and that anon\nBe hardy, right in thy best gear.And right beside that place as nothing was there\nAnd thou shalt find us / if I may fittingly\nAt some window / looking into the street\nAnd if the lust / thou mayst fall for us\nAnd upon me make thy condemnation\nBut by thy life beware / and quickly depart\nTo ride forth thy way / and hold thy governance\nAnd we shall speak of the something I suppose\nWhen thou art gone / to make thine ernest glow\nConcerning thy letter / thou art wise now\nI well know thou wilt not / it cleverly endure\nAs make it with these / arguments\nNot seriously / not\nBlot\nAnd though thou writest / a beautifully word and soft\nThough it be good / rehearse it not too often\nFor though the least harper / upon life\nWould on the best-sounding / Ioly harp\nThat ever was / with as his five fingers\nTouch any string / or any warble harp\nWith his nails / pointed never so sharp\nIt should make every one dull\nTo hear his glee / and of his strokes full\nNo importune / no discordant in fear\nAs use these terms of physics.In love's terms, hold on to your mother,\nThe form always, and make it like,\nFor if a painter would paint a pie,\nWith ass's feet and ape's head,\nIt seems not so near, but a jest,\nThis counsel pleased Twylus well,\nBut as a fearful man he said this,\nAlas, my dear brother Pandarus,\nI am ashamed to write this, lest\nMy innocence be questioned, or she\nWould not receive it for spite,\nThen I would be dead, and nothing could hinder,\nPandarus answered, \"If the least,\nDo as I say, and let us go then,\nFor by that lord who formed East and West,\nI hope to bring an answer soon,\nRight from her hand, and if you will not be late,\nAnd sorrow may he be his life,\nAgainst your lust, it helps you to thrive,\nQuoth Troilus, departed be it so,\nSince I will arise and write my list,\nAnd blessed God grant I write with good intent,\nThe voyage and the letter, I shall endite,\nSo speed, and you, Minerva, the white,\nGive you wit, my letter to devise,\nAnd he sat him down and wrote in this way..First, he began to call out to his right lady,\nHis heart's life, his lust, his sorrow's leech,\nAnd all these other terms,\nWhich are in such,\nAnd in full humble wise as in his speech,\nHe recommended to her grace,\nTo tell all how it requires much space,\nAnd after this, in a most humble manner he prayed,\nNot to be angry, though he of his folly,\nWas so bold to write or say,\nBut love made him, or else he must die,\nAnd pitifully he cried for mercy,\nAnd after he said, and lay low,\nHe was little worth, and less good could,\nAnd begged her to have excuse for his unskillfulness,\nThat was little, and also himself,\nWas well nigh dead, in his writing,\nAnd after that, then he began to tell his woe,\nBut that was endless, without end,\nAnd said he would always hold it in truth,\nAnd read it over, and began the letter to fold,\nAnd with his salt tears, began he to bathe,\nThe Ruby in his signet, and set it upon the wax,\nDeliveringly and eagerly,\nTherewith a thousand times, or he let go,\nHe kissed the letter, and after that it sealed..And said letter, a blessed destiny\nMy lady shall see the shape of this Pander;\nPander took the letter right on time,\nThe next day he started to his niece's palaces,\nAnd he swore it was past prime,\nAnd began to joke and said, \"Alas, my heart,\nSo fresh it is, though it sorely pains,\nI may not sleep, never a may morning,\nI have a joyful wooing and a lusty sorrow.\nCressida, when she heard this,\nWith dreadful heart and desirous to hear,\nAnswered thus:\n\"By your faith, my uncle, you say,\nWhat manner of wind guides you here?\nTell us your joyful wooing and your penance,\nHow far have you been put in Love's dance?\nBy God, I hope always behind,\nAnd she to laugh, thought her heart to burst,\nSaid Pander, \"Look always that you find\nGame in my hood, but hearken if you listen.\"\nThere is right now come to town a guest,\nA spy from Greece, and tells new things.\nWhy I come, to tell you tidings,\nGo into the garden, and you shall hear\nAll privately of this, a long sermon..With that, they went arm in arm ever,\nInto the garden from the chamber down,\nAnd when he was so far, that the sound\nOf that he spoke, no man here might hear,\nHe said to her, and out the letter threw,\nLo, he who is, as holy as you are free,\nHim I recommend, humbly to your grace,\nAnd sent you this letter, here by me,\nAid you on it, when you have space,\nAnd of some goodly answer, purchase,\nOr so help me God, plainly to say,\nHe may not long live, in this pain,\nFearfully though, the stand still,\nAnd took it not, but all here humbly cheer,\nBegan to change, and said, scripture not by law,\nFor love of God, that touches such matter,\nBring me none, and also, uncle dear,\nTo my estate, grant more reward I pray,\nThan to his lust, what should I more say,\nAnd looks now, if this be reasonable,\nAnd lets not, for favor nor for sloth,\nTo say the truth, now were it convenient,\nTo my estate by God, and by your truth,\nTo take it, to have of him growth,\nIn harming of myself, or reprove..\"Bere is it again for him who stands on your left,\nPandarus began to stare at her and said,\n\"This is the most wonderful thing I have ever seen,\nLate be this fair sight,\nIf for the city that stands yonder,\nAnd I bring or take a letter for you,\nTo harm of you what do you want this for,\nBut thus you fare well, all and some,\nHe who most desires you to serve him,\nFrom him you reject least,\nOr whether he lives or else perishes,\nBut for all that, I may deserve,\nRefused it not, he said, and pressed her fast,\nAnd in her bosom, he thrust the letter,\nAnd said to her, cast it away quickly,\nSo that people may see and gawk at us,\nShe said, I can endure it till they are gone,\nAnd began to smile and said,\nSuch an answer for you, such be yourselves,\nFor truly, I will write no letter,\nNo, I will not, so that you end it.\"\nShe laughed and said, \"Go, we dine,\"\nAnd began at him herself, \"No, for love, every other day I fast.\"\".And he began to go forth and cast,\nAnd make her laugh of bygone folly,\nSo that she, for laughing, thought she would die,\nAnd when she came in to the hall,\nShe said we will go dine alone,\nAnd summoned some of her women,\nAnd straightway to her chamber went she,\nBut one thing more, this was a concern,\nAmong other things, out of fear,\nShe read this letter privately,\nWord by word in every line,\nAnd found no lack, she thought he could do good,\nAnd put it up and went in to dine.\nBut Pandarus, who stood by,\nWas aware of her taking him by the hood,\nAnd said, \"you were caught, or that you knew,\"\n\"I vouchsafe,\" he replied, \"do what you will,\"\nThey whispered and sat them down to eat,\nAnd after a while, slyly, Pandarus,\nDrew him to the window next the street,\nAnd said, \"niece, who has arrayed thus,\nThat yonder,\nWhy that house, she asked, and came to behold,\nAnd knew it well, & whose it was he told,\nAnd filled forth in speech of small things,\nAnd satin in the window, both two..Whan Pandarus found it was time/to his tale,\nAnd saw well/her folk were away,\n\"Now let me tell you,\" said he, \"I say,\nHow do you like this letter, that you know?\nCan he be there/for by my truth I note,\nThey all rose up/though wax she,\nAnd began to hum/as I believe,\nAnd write to him well/for God's sake, said he,\nI myself to Medicus/will the letter sow,\nAnd held his hands up/and felt him know,\nNow good niece be it never so short,\nGive me the labor/let it be sown and plied,\nYou can write it/she thought, and also I note,\nWhat I shall say to him,\nNay, niece, said Pandarus, say not so,\nYet at least/thank him I pray,\nOf his good will/do not let him die,\nNow for the love of me/my niece dear,\nRefuse not at this time/my prayer,\nGod grant/all things be well,\nGod help me/this is the first letter\nThat ever I wrote/you or anyone else,\nAnd into a closet/to consider her better,\nShe went anon/and began to write a letter..Of which to tell, in short is my intent:\nShe thanked him for all that he well meant towards her, but kept him in bond.\nShe would not make herself a bond in love, but only please him as a sister.\nShe would willingly ease his heart, sit by him, and go to Pandarus.\nThere, as he sat and looked into the street,\nShe set herself down by him on a stone.\nOf Iapis upon a step of gold I placed,\nAnd said, \"Help me, God, the great,\"\n\"I never did a thing with more pain\nThan to write this to which you constrain me.\"\nHe took it from me, and thanked me and said,\n\"God knows of things, often long past.\nCome, good Crisyde, and you, hard-won husband,\nOught he to be glad, by God and by that sun,\nFor men say, impressions are light,\nReady to take flight at the slightest provocation.\nBut you have played the tyrant long enough,\nAnd it was hard for your heart to endure.\nNow cease, do not linger on it any longer.\".Al though the form of Danger might save,\nBut hastiness yew to do him joy to have,\nFor truly well to long you do harshness,\nCauses dispute oft for distress.\nAnd right as they declared this,\nTroyus right at the stretches end,\nCame riding with his people in fear,\nAll softly and thitherward began to bend,\nThere as they sat, as was his way to wend,\nTo Palaces ward and Pandarus espied,\nAnd said, nece, lo who,\nO flee not in, he sees us as I suppose,\nLest he may think that we him eschew.\nNay, nay said she, and waxed as red as rose,\nWith dreadful cheer and oft his hue was new,\nAnd up his head debonairly he cast,\nAnd beckoned on Pandarus and forth he past,\nGod wot if he sat on his horse aright,\nOr goodly was seen that day,\nGod wot whether he was like a manly knight,\nWhat should I dread or tell of his array?\nCriseyde, who that all these things say,\nTo tell in short, she liked all in fear,\nHis person, his array,\nHis goodly manner and his gentle..So she, never since born,\n Had such growth of his distress,\n And though she had been hard there before,\n To good hope she has now caught a thorn.\n She shall not pull it out this next week,\n God send her more such thorns on to pick.\n Pander, who stood by her,\n Felt the iron hot and began to strike,\n And said, \"Necessity prays you heartily,\n Tell me that I should\n A woman,\n Without,\n Were it not,\n God help me,\n If you feel your heart,\n Look yonder, here he is,\n Well said Pander to you three,\n Late be you and folly,\n And speak\n Late night not dare,\n But there was much to be done and considered,\n It may not be so.\n And why for speech, and also it were too soon,\n To grant him such great liberty,\n For plainly her intent, as she said,\n Was to love him, unwittingly if she might,\n And to reward him with nothing but with sight,\n But Pander thought, it should not be so,\n If I may have this fair opportunity,\n Shall it not be held fully for a year?\n What should I make of this, a long sermon?\n She must assent to that conclusion..As for the time and when that it was all well, he rose and took his leave. And on his way homeward, he sped right for joy, and he felt his heart dance. And Troilus he found alone in a bed, lying as those lovers in a trance. Between hope and despair, he found Pandarus coming. He sang, as if to say, \"I bring something.\" And said, \"Who is in this bed so soon? I am your friend, quoth he.\" Who is not Troilus? Help me, the moon, quoth Pandarus.\n\nA charm that was,\nThe which can heal,\nSo that you do forthwith,\nYou through the might of grace,\nAnd Pandarus began him,\nAnd said, \"pardieu,\" God,\nHave here a light, & look over it.\nBut often his heart was glad and afraid,\nAs Troilus read it, so that the words gave him hope and fear.\nBut finally, he took all for the best.\nThat she had written for something, he held,\nThinking he might rest his heart there.\nAll covered she the words, under shield,\nThus to the more worthy part he held..That which gives hope, and Pandarus urged\nHis great desire at the least\nBut as we may always see,\nThe more wood and cool, the more fire\nRight so hope increases, whatever it be\nThus frequently it increases his desire\nOr like an oak comes from a little sapling\nSo through this letter which she sent him\nDesire increased, with which he burned\nWherefore I always say, that day and night\nThis Troilus grew to desire more\nThan he did before, through hope and did his might\nTo please her, as by Pandarus' teaching\nAnd wrote to her of his deep sorrows\nDay after day, he let it not abate\nThat by Pandarus he wrote or spoke\nAnd did also observe her other signs\nThat to a lover, in this case, belongs\nAnd after his dice, turned on chances\nSo he was either glad or said alas\nAnd held after his gifts, always his pas\nAs after such an answer as he had\nSo were his dayeglad\nBut to Pandarus, always, was his recourse\nAnd pitifully he began, in vain,\nAnd him besought, for rede or some help..And Pandarus saw his woodland pain\nGrow well nigh useless, for truth to say,\nAnd quickly with his whole heart he cast\nSome of his wood into the stream and that as fast,\nAnd said, \"lord, friend, and dear brother,\nGod knows that your disease causes me woe,\nBut will you cease, all this woeful mien,\nAnd by my truth, or it be two days,\nAnd God forbid, yet shall I contrive it so,\nThat you shall come, to a certain place,\nWhere you may pray for her grace yourself,\nAnd certainly I note, if you know it,\nBut those who are skilled in love I say,\nIt is one of the things that furthers most\nA man to have a lesser desire,\nAnd a safer place for his love to hide,\nFor in good heart, there must be impression\nTo her who sees the guiltless in distress,\nPerhaps you think, though it be so,\nThat kindness would do, to begin\nTo have a manner of grief upon my love,\nSay daughter, no, you shall never overcome me,\nIn that manner for no manner's sake,\nThough she bend yet, she stands on root..What is this to my boot than when the sturdy oak,\nAgainst which men hack often for the nones,\nReceives the happy falling stroke.\nThe great weight does it fall at once,\nAs do these rocks to the milestones.\nSwifter courses come things of weight,\nWhen they descend, then do things begin,\nBut read that bows down with every blast,\nFull lightly with the wind it will arise,\nBut an oak will not yield when it is cast,\nIt needs me not the long to devise,\nMen should rejoice of great empire,\nAchieve well and stand out of doubt,\nBut all have men been the longer thereabout,\nBut Troilus now tell me if the least\nOf which I shall ask thee,\nWhy is the brother that you love best,\nAs in your very hearts' privacy?\nYes, my dear brother, it is Deiphobus.\nNow said Pandarus or hours twelfth hour,\nHe shall have ease unknown to himself,\nNow let me alone and work as I may,\nHe said and to Deiphobus he went,\nWho had his lord and great friend ever at hand..Saue Troilus no man he loved so\nTo tell in short without more words\nQuoth Pandarus: I pray you that you be\nA friend to a cause which touches me\nYis parde quoth Dephebus: well you know\nIn all that ever I may, and God to fore\nAnnear it but for one man that I love most\nMy brother Troilus: but say me why\nIt is since the day that I was born\nI was never against a thing\nThat might make me think\nPandarus began him thank: and thus he said\nLo, sir, I have a lady in this town\nThat is my niece, and called is Criseyde\nWhy which some men would do oppression\nAnd wrongfully have her possession\nWherefore your lordship, I entreat you\nTo be our friend without more speech\nDephebus answered: is it this\nThat you to me speak of so strangely\nCriseyde my friend: he said she is\nThan needeth quoth Dephebus: hardly\nNo more of this, for trusteth well that I\nWill be her champion with spear and sword\nI marvel not: though all her foes it heard\nBut tell me: for you know this matter..I might help her best away/now late see\nQuod Pandarus, if you, my lord, so dear\nWould as now do/this honor to me\nTo pray her/this, tomorrow that she\nCome unto you/her complaints to devise\nHer adversaries/would thereof aggravate\nLord, if that more/I dared you pray as now\nAnd charge you to have such great trouble\nTo have some of your brothers/here with you\nThan she might cause/the better aid\nFor I well know/she might never fail\nFor help's sake/what at your instance\nWhat with her other friends/sustenance\nDeiphebus, who that was/come of kind\nTo all honor/and bounty to consent\nAnswered it shall be done/and I can find\nYet greater help to this/in my intent\nThat will you say/if for Helena I sent\nTo speak of this/I think it best\nFor she may lead Paris/as she pleases\nFor Hector, who that is my lord, my brother\nIt needs not to pray him friend to be\nFor I have heard him/both one time and other\nSpeak of Crisyde such honor that he\nMay say no better/such happiness to him has she.So need not he now ask for my help\nHe shall be such, right as we wish him to be\nSpeak thou thyself also to Troilus\nOn my behalf, and pray him to dine with us\nSir, all this shall be done, said Pandarus\nAnd take his leave, and never cease to fine\nBut to his needy house, as straight as a line\nHe comes and finds her, arises from the meal\nAnd sits down and speaks thus:\nHe said, O true god, have I run so\nLo, my lady mine, see you not how sweet\nI note not whether the more you thank me connects\nBe not aware, how false Polyphetes\nIs now about, immediately to deceive\nTo bring on you advocates new\nShe said, and changed all her appearance\nWhat is he more about, me to distress\nAnd do me wrong, what shall I do, alas\nYet of himself, nothing would I distress\nNor for Antenor and Aeneas\nWho are his friends, in such manner as this\nBut for the love of God, my dear uncle\nNo forsaking it, let him have all elsewhere\nUnless I have enough for us\nNay, said Pandarus, it shall not be so..For I have been right now with Deiphebus,\nAt Hector and my other lords too,\nAnd shortly made each of them his due,\nSo that he shall never win it by my wealth,\nFor anything he can, when he begins,\nAnd as they considered what was best to do,\nDeiphebus, of his own courtesy,\nCame to pray in his own proper person,\nTo keep him, the morrow company,\nAt dinner which she would not deny,\nBut graciously began to obey his prayer,\nHe thanked her, and went on his way,\nWhen this was done, the pander at once,\nBegan to tell in short, as swiftly as a stone,\nOf all this thing he told him word and end,\nAnd how Deiphebus began to blend,\nAnd said, \"Now is the time, if that thou consent,\nBear the welcome to morrow, and all is won,\nNow speak now, pray, now pitifully comply,\nLeave not for nice shame, or fear or slowness,\nSometimes a man must tell his own pain,\nBelieve it, and she will have you on the rise,\nYou shall be saved, by your faith in truth,\nBut well I know, thou art in fear.\".And what it is I cannot rede (understand)? You think now how shall I do all this? For by my cheer (appearance), must people see That for love is that I fare amiss (am astray). Yet had I leuer (prefer) for sorrow to die. Now think not so, you do great folly. For I right now have found a manner (way) For to conceal all your (its) cheer (appearance). You shall go over night and that as blue (discreetly) To Deiphebus house, the to play (deceive). Your malady the best away to drive (cure). For why you seem sick, the truth to see. Soon after that, down in your bed the lie (rest), And say that may not (can no longer endure), And be right there and abide your future. Say that the fever is wont to take (affect) The same time, and last till a morrow. And let see now how well you can it make (handle this situation). For parde (by God), sick is he that is in sorrow. Go now fare well (be on your way), and Venus here to borrow (seek her help). I hope and you, thy purpose hold firm. In grace she shall (will) the fully confirm. Quoth Troilus indeed, you needless (unnecessary), Counsel me truly to feign (act), For I am sick (in love) in earnest (truly), So well nigh that I almost perish (die) for the pain..Quod Pandarus, you should play the better part, and have the lesser need to conceal. Men deem him hot who appears sweet. Keep him at your Tristram's side, and I shall well drive the dear one to your lowly abode. Thus he took his leave, all softly. Troilus went pale with joy. So glad he was, never in all his life. And to Pandarus he agreed, and went to Deiphebus' house at night. What need is there for you to tell of the cheer that Deiphebus made, or his access, or his likely manner? How they clothed him, and when they laid him, and how they made him glad, is all for naught. But certainly, either Troilus laid him, or he prayed Deiphebus. Deiphebus begged him, that night, to be a friend and helpful to Crisyde. God knew it granted him at once. To be her full friend, with all his might. But such a need there was to pray him then, as to bid a woodman to run. The morrow came, and the time was near..Of the fair queen Helene,\nwho sailed to see him, Deiphebus,\nan hour after noon.\nWith him she came, not feigning,\nbut homely, as her sister seemed.\nShe came to dinner, in plain intent,\nBut God and Pallas knew not what this meant.\nCame also Crisyde, innocent in this,\nAntygone, her sister, and Targe.\nBut let us be brief, for love of God,\nAnd quickly on to the main point.\nWhy are all these people assembled here?\nAnd let us leave their greetings behind.\nGreat honor was bestowed upon them by Deiphebus,\nAnd he fed them well, with all that pleased them.\nBut alas, his restraint was ever a problem.\nMy good brother Troilus lies sick,\nAnd with him all his joy began to sicken.\nAfter that, he tried to cheer them up,\nAs he could, and made them merry.\nHelen also complained of his sickness,\nSo faithfully that pity was aroused in all.\nEach person then called for a doctor,\nAnd spoke in these words.\nMen heal people, this charm I will tell you..But there sat one who refused her not to\nThought yet best could be his leech. After complaint, then began they him to praise\nAs folk do yet when some have begun\nTo praise a man and up with him to rise\nA thousandfold, yet higher than the sun\nHe is that can, that few lords know\nAnd Pandarus of that, they would affirm\nHe not forget, his praising to confirm\nHeard all this, Cryseyde well understood\nAnd every word began to notify\nFor whyche with sober cheer, her heart sank low\nFor who is that would not him glorify\nTo make such a knight to live or die\nBut all passes I, let you linger not\nFor all is for a fine that I you tell\nTo time come from dinner for to rise\nAnd as they ought, they rose every one\nAnd began a while of this and that device\nBut Pandarus broke all that speech at once\nAnd said to Deiphebus, will we go\nIf your will be as I pray you\nTo speak here of Criseyde's needs\nHelen, who held her hand, took first the tale\nAnd said, go believe..And she beheld goodly Criseyde and said, \"May Jupiter never fail him who harms you and brings himself to life. Give me sorrow, but he shall avenge it. If I may, and all people are true, tell your needs to Pandarus, for you can tell it best. My lords and ladies, what should I longer remain? He dragged him out a procession like a fool. Upon her, who was called Polyphetes. So hateful that men might be provoked by it. Each of them answered, worse than the other. Polyphetes then began to fear them. I would hang such a one, were he my brother. And so it shall, for it may not change. What longer should I tarry in this procession? They all at once showed their intent to be her friend in all they could. Speak, Helen, and hear Pandarus. I know my lord, my brother, this matter. I mean Hector, or do you mean Troilus? He said, \"You said it, but think so since Troilus is here. It would be good if you would consent.\".She told him herself, or when she went,\nFor he would have the more, her grief in her heart,\nBecause she is a lady, and by your leave, I will but begin,\nAnd do you know, and that anon, indeed,\nIf he sleeps or will hear of this,\nAnd in his ear said, \"God have your soul brought, I have your bereavement.\nTo smile, begin, of this Troilus,\nAnd Pandarus, without delaying,\nOut went anon to Helena and Deiphebus,\nAnd said to them, \"There should be no tarrying,\nNo more I will allow, that you bring\nCriseyde anon, my lady who is here,\nAs he may endure, he will receive you,\nBut well you know, the chamber is small,\nAnd few people can easily make it warm,\nNow look, for I will have no wisdom,\nTo bring in a priest, where it be,\nNow look, you who know what to do,\nI say for my part, as I can judge,\nThat no one else should enter but you,\nBut it were for I can in a throw,\nRecount her cause, unlike that she can say,\nAnd after this, she may pray to be his good lady,\nAnd take her leave.\".This may not much concern him truly, yet he will forbear\nFor that she is strange, he dares not for you\nHis ease, which he dares not for you, and other things\nThat touch not her, he will tell you\nThis secret is, and for the town's pride\nAnd she who knew nothing of this intent\nWithout more, Troilus entered in\nHelen in all her beautifully soft way\nBegan him a womanly game\nAnd said, \"You may arise now\nNow fair brother, be whole I pray\nAnd lay your arm upon his shoulder\nAnd with all her heart, she began to delight\nAs she could, in comforting him of sorrow\nSoon after, she said, \"My dear brother Deiphebus, and I\nFor love of God, and so does Pandarus also\nTo be a good lord and friend truly\nTo Crisyde, who receives wrong, as it is known here, Pandarus\nCan handle her case better than I declare\nThis Pandarus began now to apply his tongue\nAnd rehearsed all her case, and that soon after\nWhen it was said, soon afterward in a while.Quod Troilus as soon as I may go, I will right faithfully, with all my might, have God's truth, her cause to sustain. Good thrift have ye, quoth Hecuba the queen. Quod Pandarus and yet your will be, That she may take her leave or that she go. Now else God forbid it, thou quoth she. If she vows to do so, with that word quoth Troilus, you two, Deiphebus and you my sister dear, To you have I to speak of a matter To be advised by your advice the better. And had as happy was he, at his bedside, the copy of a treatise and a letter. That Hector had sent him to ask for rede. If such a man were worthy to be dead, note I not who, but in a gruesome way He prayed both of them at once. Deiphebus began this letter unfolded. In earnest, so did Hecuba the queen. And rushing outward, she quickly began to read and pour over it. This very thing they read between them. And they went on it, to read and pour over it thoroughly..Now let them read, and we shall turn anon (immediately) to Pandarus, who went very quickly in and out, and up to the chamber, and said, \"God save all this company. Come now, my need, my lady Helen, unbar (open) yourselves, and also my lords, or whome you please, or not unwillingly. The less prayer the better, come forth with me, and look that you thank them humbly. They three, and when you may, take leave of them. Lest we tarry too long, let him rest in peace. All innocent am I of Pandarus' intent. O Ulysses.\n\nAnd inwardly with him she went, arm in arm, saying well her words and her cheer. And Pandarus, in earnest, said to all, \"For God's love, cease here, and softly play. Consider what people are here within, and in what way you may amend him. And inwardly, softly begin.\n\nI conjure you, and earnestly defend\nHim whose soul hath sent us. And in the virtue\nOf the crowns two.\".This man is not the one / who has caused you this pain\nFy on the devil / think which one is it\nAnd in what plight he lies / come at once\nThink all such tarried time / lost is\nWho will you both say / when you are one\nAnd surely there is none dying\nUpon you two / come now if you agree\nWhile folk are blended / lo, all the time is won\nIn terrorizing in pursuit / and delays\nFolk will divide / at wagging of a straw\nThough you would / have after merry days\nThen dare you not for why / for he and he\nSpeak such a word / thus looked she and she\nThis time I lost / I dare not with you deal\nTherefore come / and bring him to his hell\nBut now to you / lovers that are here\nWas not Troilus / in a canker'd heart\nThat lay and might / the spring of her here\nAnd thought aloud / now runs my sort\nFully to die / or have no comfort\nAnd was the first time he should pray\nOf love / O mighty god what shall I say\n\nHere ends the second book\nO Blissful light whose beams clear\nAdorneth / all the high heavens fair.O sonny's life, O Iouys daughter be,\nPure as love, goodly and debonair,\nIn gentle hearts, ready to repair,\nOf true cause of heaven and joy,\nThy might and goodness we hear,\nIn heaven and hell, earth and sea,\nFirst thy might, if I discern right,\nAs man brings best, fish, herb and green tree,\nThe field in times with vapor eternal,\nGod loves and will not turn away,\nAnd in this world no living creature,\nWithout love is worth, or may endure,\nIn Jove's first, to such effects they're led,\nThrough which things live and be,\nCommended and amorous they're made,\nO mortal thing, and as thou list see,\nGive them in love, ease or adversity,\nAnd in a thousand forms, send them down,\nTo love in earth, and whom ye list is blent,\nThe fires of Mars to apes of his ire,\nAnd as thou wilt, make hearts worthy,\nAlgatis them, that thou wilt set a fire,\nThat fear shame and vices yet resign,\nBe courteous to them, be fresh and benign,\nAnd them promote, after a worthy intent..The joy that he has, you must defend him\nYou hold reign and house in unity\nThe truthful cause and friendship also be\nYou know all this, covered quality\nOf things which people wonder at so\nThat they cannot comprehend how it may go\nShe loves him, or why she does not love here\nOr why this fish, and not that comes to the shore\nThe people have set a law in unity\nAnd this I know, by them that love you\nWhoever strives with you, has the advantage\nNow, lady bright, for your benevolence\nAt reverence of them, who serve\nWhose clerk I am, teach me device\nSome joy of that, is felt in your service\nYou in my naked heart, sentiments send\nIn old age, and do me show of your witness\nCaliope, your days are now present\nFor now is need, see not my distress\nHow I must tell anon, right the gladness\nOf Troilus to Venus hearing\nTo which gladness, who needs, God brings him..Mafey thought and I will say, and I will plainly to my lady dearest,\nThat word is good, and that shall be my matter,\nThis will I not forget in any way,\nGod live he worked, as he began to devise,\nAnd may his heart, then, begin to be moved,\nHearing her come, and sore afraid,\nPandarus came near and entered at the courtesan's door,\nAnd said, \"God grant well on all,\"\nSee who is here, you coming to visit,\nLo, here she is, who is your death to know,\nThus it seemed that he wept almost,\n\"Ah, god,\" said Troilus sorrowfully,\n\"Where am I woe, oh mighty god, you know,\nWho is all there, I do not truly see,\nSir, said Criseyde, it is Pandarus and I,\n\"You sweet heart,\" she said, \"Alas, I may not rise,\nTo kneel and do you honor in some way,\nAnd he dressed him up and she rightly,\nBeginning her hands soft upon him,\n\"Oh, for the love of god, do you not so,\nTo me, said she, what is this to say,\nSir, come,\nFirst, you to thank, of your good lordship also,\nContinuance thereof, I entreat you.\".Troilus, who herded thus, his lady prayed to the lord within him, neither quick nor dead, nor could one word pass his lips out of shame. And though men might have struck off his head, yet the lord was suddenly aroused, and his lesson, which he thought had a connection, was to pray her. Criseyde observed all this well. For she was wise and loved him no less. Though he was neither ill nor feigning it, or bold enough to sing a fool a mass, yet when his shame began to pass, his words, as I may tell, my rhymes hold. I will tell you, as teaching books old, in changed voice, right for his lady's fear. This voice also quaked, and his manner was humbly subdued. First, he spoke the words, \"Twice mercy, mercy, sweet heart.\" And he paused a while and, when he could bring out the next word, it was, \"God wote, as far as I have knowledge.\" Be yours all, so God save my soul..And shall that make me a grieving man, and though I dare not, nor can I complain, Yet I endure not so much pain as now a womanly wife might, I may bring about an end, and if it displeases you, I will wreak it upon my own life, Right soon I believe, and grant your heart and ease, If with my death, your heart may find peace, For since you have heard me speak somewhat, Now I never shall retch, how soon that I die, His manly sorrow might have made a heart of stone relent, And Pandar wept, as if to the water he would go, And said, \"woe began, be the hearts true,\" And Prokid ever pressed his niece, new and new, For God's love, make an end of this, Or slay us both at once, or we shall endure, \"Ey what said she?\" said she, \"By God and by my truth, I do not know what you would have me say, I do not know what he said, that you have his growth, For God's love, and do not let him die, Now then she said to him, \"I would pray him to tell me the fine point of his intent, Yet I never knew well what he meant, What do I mean, oh sweet heart dear?\".Quod Troilus: You good and fresh friend,\nWith the streams of your clear eyes,\nSometimes kindly look upon me,\nAnd suffer me never to be,\nWithout branch of vice in any way,\nTo serve you as you may decree.\nAs to my lady, right and chief resort,\nAnd all my wit and all my diligence,\nAnd I to have right as you list comfort,\nUnder your yard equal, to my offense,\nAs death, if I do any offense,\nAnd that you wish me,\nCommand anything in any hour,\nAnd I to be your very humble true,\nSecret and in my pains patient,\nAnd evermore desire, freshly new,\nTo serve and be like diligent,\nAnd with good heart, all holy your talent,\nReceive in grace, how sore it smites me,\nLo, thus I mean, my own sweet heart,\nQuod Pandarus: Lo here, an hard request,\nAnd reasonably, a lady to warn,\nNow, neece mine, by Jupiter's festival,\nWere I a god, you should stir as you burn,\nThat here well this man, nothing you burn,\nBut your honor, and see him almost burn..And be loath to suffer him to serve you,\nYet she began her eyes upon him to cast,\nFully easily and fully debonairly,\nAvoiding him not, with never a word,\nBut said to him soberly, \"My honor is safe, I will truly\nReceive him fully into my service,\nBeseeching him, for God's love, that he\nWould in honor and gentleness\nBe as I am.\nAnd my honor, with all diligence,\nI will keep if I may, and do him gladness.\nFrom henceforth, indeed I will not feign,\nNow be all whole, no longer let you play,\nBut nevertheless, I warn you, she said,\nA king's son, though you are indeed,\nYou shall no longer have sovereignty\nOf me in love, right but as in this case is,\nNor I will forbear, if you do amiss,\nTo wrath you, and while you serve me,\nCherish you rightly according to your deserving,\nAnd shortly thereafter, give you my heart and all my knights,\nBe glad and draw you to lustiness,\nAnd I will truly, with all my might,\nYour bitter torment, turn it all into sweetness,\nIf I am she, who can do you sweetness..For every one you shall recover a blessing\nAnd him in armies took and began to kiss\nFile Pandarus on knees and lifted up his eyes\nTo heaven he threw and held his hands high\nImmortal god he said, he that may not die\nCupid I mean, of this mayst gloryify\nAnd Venus thou mayst make melody\nWithout hand, me seemeth that in town\nFor this miracle I here each belle sow\nBut no more now of this matter\nFor why this folk will come up anon\nThat have the letter read, oh I them here\nBut I adjourn the Crisyde anon\nAnd the Troilus, that when thou mayst go\nThat at my house thou be at my warning\nFor I well shall shape your coming\nAnd ease there your hearts right now\nAnd let see which of you shall hear the belle\nTo speak of love, a little therewith he low\nFor there have ye a lighter for to tell\nQuoth Troilus, how long shall it dwell\nOr this be done quoth he, when thou mayst rise\nThis thing shall be right as I devise\nWith Helena and also Deiphebus\nThen come upwards at the stair end..And the lord grew angry, Troilus and his brother and his servant, to blend together. Troilus said, \"Take my leave, you three, and let them speak and come forth with me.\" She took her leave from them honestly and reverently, and they did so reluctantly. They spoke well of her in her absence, praising her excellence, her governance, her wit, and her manners. It was a joy to hear such commendations. Now let her go back to her own place, and we shall return to Troilus. He read the letter very lightly, where Deiphobus had left it in the garden, feigning conversation with Helena. Delivered it be, and he said that he would rest and sleep after this. Helena kissed him and took her leave, blue as the night. Deiphobus went home, and Pandarus came as fast as he could to Troilus, and they lay together on a pallet, happy that night. By Troilus, he stayed, with blissful cheer, to talk and be in fear..Whan every one was departed, but they two,\nAnd all the doors were fast shut,\nTo tell in short, without further words,\nThis Pandarus, without delay,\nRose up and set himself by his side,\nAnd began to speak, in a sober way,\nTo Troilus, as I shall now convey,\nMy dearest lord and dearer than myself,\nGod would that it had been me so sore,\nWhen I beheld you, so languishing to endure,\nFor love of whom, the woe grew evermore,\nThat I, with all my might and learning,\nHave ever since, done my best endeavoring,\nTo bring you joy, out of distress,\nAnd have it brought, to such a pitch as you know,\nSo that through me, you stand now in the way,\nTo fare well, I say it for no boast,\nAnd know you why, for shame it is to say,\nFor I have begun, a game to play,\nWhich that I shall never do again,\nAlthough he were, a thousandfold my brother,\nThat is to say, for the sake of him, I am become,\nBetween game and earnest, such a mean,\nAs women make to men come in.\nYou know yourself, what that I would mean..For the sake of my niece, whose vices are clean,\nI have made you gentle ones trust,\nThat all shall be, as you wish,\nBut God that knows, I bear witness,\nThat I never this, for covetousness wrought,\nBut only to alleviate your distress,\nFor you were near to dying, as I thought,\nBut good brother, do now as you ought,\nFor love of good, and keep her out of blame,\nSo that you are wise, keep her out of shame,\nFor well you know the name is yet of her,\nAmong the people, as those who say hallow'd is,\nFor never was it wight, I dare swear,\nThat ever knew, she did amiss,\nBut woe is me, that I, who caused all this,\nMay think that she is my niece, dear,\nAnd I her shame, and traitor both I fear,\nAnd were it known, that through my engine,\nI had in my niece put this fantasy,\nTo do your lust, and holy to be yours,\nWhy all the people would cry upon it,\nAnd say that I, the worst treachery,\nDid in this case that ever was begun,\nAnd she forsaken, & you right nothing won,\nWherefore ere I will further go apace..I pray you, though you should die,\nThat you would go with us in this cause,\nThat is to say, you never betray us,\nAnd be not angry, though I oft pray,\nTo keep secret such a high matter,\nFor it is prudent, you well know my prayer,\nThink what harm there has been or this,\nFor making of aunts, as men read,\nAnd what mischance yet in this world is,\nFrom day to day, right for that wicked deed,\nFor why which these wise clerks, that are dead,\nHave written this, as yet men teach us young,\nThe first virtue is, to keep the tongue,\nAnd near it that, I would as now abridge,\nDiffusion of speech, I could almost,\nTell a thousand old stories they allege,\nOf women through falsehood and fools' boast,\nProverbs canst thou thyself, now and know,\nAgainst that vice, for to be a gossip,\nThough men say so, as often as they gab,\nFor the tongue, alas, so oft here before,\nHas made full many a lady, bright of few,\nSay well away the day, that she was born,\nAnd many a maiden, sorrow for to new.\nAnd for the most part, all is untrue..That a man may be proved a liar and a boaster, as I suppose, a woman loves me and says another will not, and I am sworn to keep it secret. After I go and tell it to two or three, I am at least a boaster and a liar, in breaking of my promise. Such people, what shall I call them? And let me not be rightly blamed That I avoid women and say she is that, Who never yet, in earnest or in jest, knew her name more than the devil's. No wonder, so God send me to hell. Though women fear us with men, I say this not for any mistrust of you, Nor for any wise man, but for foolish niceties. And for the harm that is in the world now, we are as much to blame for folly as for malice. I well know that wise people do not fear a woman if she is well behaved. For wise people are chastised by fools' harm. But now to the point, live this thing, dear brother, That I have said in my mind..And keep the cloister, and be now of good cheer,\nFor at thy day, thou shalt find me true,\nI shall thy process set in such a kind,\nAnd God before that it shall suffice,\nFor it shall be right, as thou wilt devise,\nFor well I wot, thou meanest well, parde,\nTherefore I dare this fully undertake,\nThou knowest also what thy lady granted thee,\nThe day is set, the charters up to make,\nHave now good night, I may no longer wake,\nAnd bid for me, since thou art now in bliss,\nThat God send death, or soon release,\nWho might tell, half the joy or feast\nThat the soul of Troilus then felt,\nHearing the effect of Pandarus' behest,\nHis old woe that made his heart swell,\nBegan he then for joy to waste and melt,\nAnd all the thoughts of his sighs sore,\nAt once fled he, feeling them no more,\nBut right as these holds and these hays,\nThat have been in winter, dead and dry,\nRevive them in green, when that may be,\nWhen every lusty, lusti,\nRight in that self wise, soth to say,\nWaxes suddenly his heart full of joy..That no man in Troy was ever happier,\nAnd he looked upon Pandarus with a sober and friendly eye,\nAnd said, \"Friend,\" in April, the last,\nYou well know, if you remember,\nNearly at the point of death, for you found me,\nAnd how busily you sought to know,\nThe cause of my distress, from me,\nThe one whom I most trust,\nAnd no one else knew it but you,\nBut tell me now, if the desire is there,\nSince I both am and feel it,\nHow could I tell more of this matter,\nThat stirs now, and no one may hear us,\nBut nevertheless, by that god,\nThe sweet one who rules all things,\nIf I lie, may a chill with a spear pierce me,\nMy heart would cleave, all my life a fern,\nAs I am mortal, if I delay or yearn,\nWould it betray, it would show or connect,\nFor all the good that God made under the sun,\nBut rather I would die and determine,\nAs I think now, imprisoned,\nIn wretchedness, in filth, and vermin,\nCaptive to cruel king Agamemnon..And this in all the temples of the town, upon the gods, I swear by, if it pleases you to come tomorrow and if you have done much for me, that I may never again deserve this, I know well, I could now swear a thousand times in a morning to serve, I can no more than that I will serve, right as your slave, wherever you may wander, for eternity, unto my life's end, but here with all my heart, I beseech you, that never in me may you deem such folly, as I may seem to say by your speech, that this which you have for company, I should deem it bawdy, I am not mad, although I may seem lewd, it is not bawdy, that I well know, but he who goes for gold or rings on such a message, let him call them what he will, but this which you do for gentleness, compassion, fellowship, and trust, depart from it, for wide, where is wisdom, how that there is diversity required between things, as I have learned. And that you know, I think not and believe not, that this service, a shame or a jest..I have my fair sustainer, Polixene,\nCassandre Heleyn or any other,\nBe she never so fair or well-shaped,\nTell me why you will, of anyone,\nTo have for yourself and leave me alone,\nBut since you have done me this service,\nMy life to save, and for no hope of reward,\nSo for the love of God, perform this great enterprise,\nHigh or low, without any fear,\nI will always keep your every wish,\nHave now good night and let us both sleep,\nThus each one of them was well pleased,\nAnd the whole world could not change this,\nAnd on the morrow, when they were dressed,\nEach to his own need began to attend,\nBut Troilus thought, as the fire burns,\nFor sharp desire of hope and pleasure,\nHe did not forget his wise governance,\nBut in himself with manhood he restrained,\nEach reckless deed and wanton cheer,\nThat all who live, as truth would show,\nShould not have known, by word or manner,\nWhat he meant, concerning this matter,\nFrom every person, as far as the cloud,\nHe was so wise and dissembling, he could..And this while I assign to you, this was his life with his full might. By day he was in Mars' high service, that is, in arms as a knight. And for the most part, the long night he lay and thought how he might serve his lady. For she found him so discreet and of such obedience that well she felt he was a wall to her, a shield from every displeasure. That to be in his good governance, she was no longer afraid. I mean, as far as was required. And Pandarus, to quicken the fire, was ever like a priest and diligent. He showed the way, he was sent to and fro. He bore his letters when Troilus was absent. No one knew, as in his friend's need, neither bore him better to speed his friend. But now perhaps some men wait, that every word or look, sound or cheer of Troilus that I rehearse should be heard. In all this while, to his dear lady I trow it were a long thing to tell..Or of any one who stands in such discord\nHis words all, or every look to point\nForsooth I have not heard, it done or this\nIn story none, nor man here I believe\nAnd though I would, I could not truly say\nFor there was some obstacle, sent between\nThat would as my author reports well contain\nA hundred verses, of which he lists not to write\nHow should I then, a line of it endite\nBut to the great effect that I say thus\nThat standing in concord and quietude\nThese same two, Criseyde and Troilus\nAs I have said, in this time are sweet\nSave only that, oft time they might not meet\nNor Leysir had, her speeches to fulfill\nIt befell right, as I shall tell you\nThat Pandarus, who it always did his might\nRight for the fine that I speak of here\nAs to bring to his house some night\nHis fair niece, and Troilus, I fear\nThere, at Leysir's, all this high matter\nConcerning their love, were at the full up bound\nHe with great deliberation\nHad every thing, that there to aid..For it was cast and put into execution,\nAnd nothing was left for cost or trouble,\nSo that none of them should fail,\nAnd for it not to be seen there,\nHe thought well, an impossible task it seemed,\nAnd feared clearly it was in the wind,\nOf every pie and every let game,\nThus all is well, and this world is blind,\nIn this matter, both wild and tame,\nThis timber is ready to be put in frame,\nWe lack only that we know the hour,\nIn which she will come,\nAnd Troilus, who at his expense,\nKnew at the full and waited on it always,\nHad here also made his ordinance,\nAnd found his cause, and also all the array,\nIf he were missed, night or day,\nWhile he was about this service,\nHe was to go and do his sacrifice,\nAnd must at such a temple, all awake,\nAnd worship Apollo, there he would be,\nAnd first to see, the holy law,\nOr let Apollo speak out of the tree,\nTo tell him when, the Greeks should flee,\nAnd grant him leave, god forbid,\nBut pray Apollo, that he would hasten..Now there is little more to do\nBut Ponder up and soon to say\nRight upon the changing of the moon\nWhen lightless is the world, a night or two\nAnd that the heaven\nHe straightway a morrow unto his niece went\nYou have heard\nThe fine of his intent\nWhen he was there, he began anon to play\nAs he was wont and at himself to joke\nAnd finally he swore and began to see\nBoth this and that, she should not escape\nOr make him longer after her to gaze\nBut certainly, she must by her leave\nCome sup with him at his house at eve\nAt which she laughed and began to excuse herself\nAnd said it rains, lo how should I go\nLet it be said he is my friend, do not persist and muse\nThis must be done, you shall be there anon\nSo at the last, they flew at one\nAnd else, soft he swore her in her error\nHe would never come there as she was\nAnd she again began to weep\nAnd asked him, is Troilus there\nHe swore her nay, for he was out of town\nAnd said niece, I suppose that he were there..You shall never have, rather than men should see me, I would rather a thousand times die, My author would not fully declare what she thought when he said so, That Troilus was out of town, fearing if he spoke the truth or not, But she granted with him to go, Without delay, since he had besought, And as his niece obeyed as she should, But still then she begged, To go with him was no fear, For to beware of ghostly people's speech, That dream things which never were, And well advise him whom he brought there, And said, \"Farewell,\" since I must trust you, Look well to it, for I do as you wish, He swore to her then, by stakes and by stones, And by the gods that dwell in heaven, Or else he would rather fall and die, With Pluto king as deep in hell, As Cantalus, what should I longer dwell, When all was well, he rose and took his leave, And she to someplace come, when it was evening, With a certain number of her own men..And with her fair niece Antigone, and other of her women, nine or ten,\nBut who was glad, who do you think,\nBut Troilus, who stood and might see\nThrough a little window, in a stew,\nWhere she was, since midnight in a mew,\nUnseen by every one, but Pandare,\nBut now to business, when she had come\nWith all joy, and all friends farewell,\nHer name immediately, in his arms, had she,\nAnd after to the supper, all and some,\nWhen it was time to supper they were seated,\nAnd God knew there was no delay, for setting,\nAnd after supper, they began to rise,\nAt ease well, with hearts fresh and glad,\nAnd well was he, who could best devise\nTo liken her or to lead her astray,\nHe sang, she played, he told a tale of woe,\nBut at the last, as every thing has end,\nShe took her leave, and needs must home wend,\nBut oh fortune, execution of wickedness,\nOh influence, of the high heavens,\nSooth is that under God, you are our masters,\nThough to us, be the causes we.\nThis I mean now, for she began to go homeward,\nBut execution was beside her leave..The goddess will, for why she must weep,\nThe bent moon with her pale horns seated be,\nSaturn and Juno joined in Cancer were,\nAnd such a rain, from heaven, began to pour,\nThat every man and woman there\nReceived from the smoky rain a fearful shower.\nPandar laughed then and said, \"Now it's time,\nA lady should go home; but, good niece,\nIf I might ever please you with anything,\nPray, do my heart this great ease,\nAs to dwell here this night with me.\nFor niece, this is your own house, Parde.\nNow be merry I say, it is now no game,\nTo think now of going home, it would be a shame.\nChrysede, who could be as good as half the world,\nHeeded his prayer and saw it rained, and all was on a flood.\nShe thought as good cheap may I dwell here\nAnd grant it gladly, with a friendly cheer,\nAnd have a thank you, then grutch and abide.\nFor home to go, it will not well betide.\nI will, she said, my uncle live and dear,\nSince you desire it, the sky is to be so..I am right glad to dwell here with you. I said only that I would play a game, that I would go. You grant mercy, said he, \"whether it is a game or the truth.\" I am now glad since you wish to dwell. Thus all is well, but let us begin a new joy and all the festivities again. But Pandarus, if he had the power,\nHe would have hurried her to bed most willingly.\nAnd said, \"lord, this is a heavy rain.\"\nThis would be a weather for sleeping in.\nAnd I read to us, \"let us begin.\"\nAnd you know where I shall lay you.\nFor we shall not lie far apart,\nAnd for you shall neither dare I say,\nHere is the noise of rain, nor thunder.\nBy God, right in my little closet yonder,\nAnd I will be alone in that little house.\nBy the wardrobe, of your women, each one,\nAnd in this middle chamber that you see,\nShall all your women sleep fair and soft,\nAnd all within, shall you be.\nAnd if you lie well tonight, come more often.\nAnd care not for the weather, though it be aloft.\nThe wine was brought, and when it was time for you to rest..Than it is time / for us to go to rest\nThere was no more / but thereafter, soon\nThey voided and drew travellers anon\nEvery one that had nothing to do\nLeft the place / out of the chamber gone\nAnd always in this meantime it rained\nAnd blew so wondrously low\nThat well nigh / no man other here could\nThough Pandarus / right as he ought\nWith such women / as were near aboute\nFull glad unto her bedside he brought her\nAnd took their leave / and began to whisper\nAnd said at this closet door / without\nRight overhead / your women lie all\nWhoever you desire of them / you may soon call\nSo when she was in the closet laid\nAnd all her women forth by ordinance\nA bed was prepared / as I have told you\nThis was no more / to skip or to trance\nBut bodies to bed / with mischance\nIf any man was stirring / anywhere\nAnd let them sleep / that a bed were vacant\nBut Pandarus / who could manage each part\nThe old dance / and every point therein\nWhen he saw / that all was well.He thought he would begin on his work\nAnd went to the sty door also unpinned\nAnd still as stone, without longer delay\nBy Troylus down, he set it\nAnd shortly to the point now, I must tell him\nOf all this thing, he said his word and end\nAnd said make ready, right away\nFor you shall go into heaven, blissward bound\nNow Saint Venus, grant me grace, I pray\nSaid Troilus, for never yet have I needed\nHad I or now, not half as much fear\nSaid Pandarus, never fear, not at all\nFor it shall be right, as you will desire\nSo I will thrive this night, I shall make it well\nOr cast all the gravel in the fire\nThat blissful Venus, this night inspires me\nSaid Troilus, as wise as I serve\nAnd ever bet and better shall it be to me\nAnd if I had a Venus full of mirth\nAspectis bad of Mars or of Saturn\nOr through combustion, or let were in my birth\nThy father pray, and that I may turn again from this harm\nOf grace, and that I may be glad again\nFor love of him, whom you loved in the shade\nI mean Adonis, who with the boar was slain..O Ioue, for the love of fair Europe,\nIn the form of a bull, take away her fetters.\nNow help and Mars, with thy bloody cope,\nFor love of Cypac, do not let me be.\nO Phebus, think, when Diana hid herself,\nUnder the bark, and ran away in fear.\nYet for her love, now help at this need.\nMercury, for the love of her eyes,\nPallas was angry with Aglaurus for this.\nNow help, Diana, and I implore thee,\nThat this voyage not be to my dismay.\nO fatal sisters, who ever clothe me,\nMy destiny shaped me thus, my fate decreed.\nSo help this work that has here begun.\nQuoth Pandarus, thou wretched mouse's heart,\nArt thou astonished, so that the will bites?\nWhy do thou on this furry cloak cover thy shirt,\nAnd follow me, for I will have my way.\nBut bide and let me go, a little while.\nAnd with that word, he began to undo the trap,\nAnd Troilus he brought in by the lap.\nThe stern wind, so loud it gave command to row,\nThat no one else's noise might be heard.\nAnd they that lay at the door without,\nSlept very surely, all in fear..And Pandarus with a solemn face\nWent to the door at once / without delay\nThere where they lay / and softly he shut it\nAnd as he came back again / most privately\nHis niece awoke / and asked who is there\nMy dear niece said he / it is I\nDo not wonder / do not be afraid\nAnd before he came / and said to her,\n\"No word for the love of God I beseech you,\nLet no one arise / and listen to our speech.\nWhy have you come here, I ask?\nShe replied and said,\n\"Here at this little door,\" she said,\n\"Say that Creusa calls me,\" she said\n\"O God forbid that it should happen,\" said Pandarus,\n\"That you commit such folly.\"\nThey might think / that they had never thought of it before.\nIt is not good / to wake a sleeping hound\nDo not give a man / a reason to divide\nYour women sleep / I undertake all\nSo that for them / the housemen may mine\nAnd sleep will / until the sun shines\nAnd when my tale reaches its end\nFoolishly, just as I come / so I will end\nNow, my niece / you shall well understand,\nHe said. So as women / do all men..That to keep a man in bond, and him hold dear, and call his heart mine, I mean as love another, in the meantime. She does herself shame, and him a fool. Now therefore I tell you all this, you know yourself as well as any man how your love, fully granted, is to Troilus, the worthiest knight of this world, and to whom you plighted your troth. If it were only on him long, you would never deceive him while you should live. Now stand it thus, since I went from you. This Troilus plainly, to say, went through a gutter in secret, came into my chamber in all this rain, unseen by any manner of person, save myself. Wisely have I rejoiced, and by my faith, I owe Priam of Troy, and he is come, in such pain and distress, I think he is quite mad because of this. Suddenly he must fall, in a fit of madness, but God help, and why is this the cause? He says his friend told him that he should love one hour, for sorrow of which this night will be his last..Criseyde, who had heard all this wonder,\nGrew cold in heart and answered suddenly,\n\"Alas, I thought, who told me such a thing?\nMy dear heart, why would it not hold me?\nFalse conceits, how wrong they are!\nWhat harm they do, for I live too long.\nAlas, Hector, and Troilus falsely spoke.\nI do not know him; God help me, I said.\nAlas, what wicked spirit urged him on?\nNow certain it is, tomorrow I shall see him.\nI shall excuse myself as fully as ever a woman could,\nIf he pleases me, and with that word, she began to weep,\n\"O God,\" she said, \"how foolish worldly happiness\nWhich clerks call false felicity,\nIs mixed with many bitterness,\nSo anguishing, that God knows how painful it is,\nFor either joys do not come at all,\nOr else they are never here for us,\nO cruel happiness of worldly joy,\nWith what weight, then, must one be or play,\nEither he knew that joy was unstable,\nOr he did not, it might be one of two,\nNow if he did not know, how could he say?\".That he has true joy and happiness,\nWhich is of ignorance, ever in darkness,\nNow if it be known that joy is transitory,\nAs every joy of worldly thing may flee,\nNow every one,\nThe fear of losing, makes him who\nMay in no profit, certainty be,\nAnd if to lose his joy be set in amity,\nThen joy seems to be woe.\nWherefore I will divide, in this manner,\nThat truly for anything I can discern,\nThere is no true wealth in this world here\nBut O thou wicked, serpent Ialousy,\nThou misbelieved, envious folly,\nWhy have you made Troilus,\nMe unfaithful, who never yet harmed him, I knew,\nQuoth Pandarus, thus fallen is this case,\nWhy did my dear heart, alas,\nQuoth thou, my niece, my lady, what is this,\nI hope all shall be well, that is Amyntas,\nFor you may quench all this, if you rest,\nAnd does it so, I hold it for the best,\nSo shall I do tomorrow, she said,\nAnd God in heaven, so that it shall suffice,\nTomorrow, alas, that would be fair, he said,\nNay, nay, it may not stand in this way..For neece mine, thus written clerks wise,\nPeril is with dreading in the draw,\nNay such abodes are not worth an ha'penny,\nNeece all thing hath its time, I dare swear,\nFor when a chamber a fire is, or a hall,\nWell more mysterious is it suddenly rescues,\nThan to dispute and ask among them all,\nHow this candle in the straw did fall,\nA benedicite, for all that long fare,\nThe harm is done and fare well felt fare,\nAnd neece mine, take it not a grief,\nIf that you suffer him all night in this woe,\nGod help me so, you had him never lived,\nThat dare I say, now there is but we two,\nBut well I wot, you will not do so,\nYou be too wise, to do so great folly,\nTo put his life all night in jeopardy,\nHad you him never lived, by God I ween,\nI had never thing so lived, by God quoth she,\nNow by my truth quoth he, that shall be seen,\nFor since you make this example of me,\nIf I all night would him in sorrow see,\nFor all the treasure in the town of Troy,\nI bid God nevermore have I joy.\nNow looketh then, if that you be his love..To put all night his life in jeopardy\nFor thing of nothing, now by that lord above,\nNot only this delay comes from folly,\nBut from malice, if I shall not lie,\nWhat plainly, and you see him in distress,\nNeither you wisely do, nor gentleness,\nQuoth Crisyde, will you do anything\nAnd you therewith shall,\nHave here and bear him, this blue ring,\nFor there is nothing may him better please,\nSave I myself, nor more his heart's ease,\nAnd say my dear heart, that his sorrow\nIs causeless, and that he shall see tomorrow,\nA ring quoth he, you have shaken,\nYou need my that ring, must have a stone,\nThat might kill men, a life-giver,\nAnd such a ring I trust, that you have none,\nDiscretion out of your head is gone,\nThat I feel now quoth he, and that is wrath,\nO time, you lost well, may you curse slowness,\nDo you not well know that noble and high spirit\nNe sorrows, nor stops for little,\nBut if a fool were in a jealous rage,\nI would not set at his sorrow a mite,\nBut comfort him, with a few white words.\nAnother day when I might find him..But this thing stands in another kind\nHe is so gentle and so tender of heart,\nWith his death, he will avenge his sorrow,\nTrust me, how sore it pains him,\nHe will speak no jealous words to you,\nAnd for your niece, or if his heart should break,\nSpeak to him yourself about this matter,\nWith one word, you can steady his heart.\nNow I have told you what peril he is in,\nAnd his coming unknown to every one,\nAnd harm may come from none but sin,\nI will be with you all this night.\nYou know well enough, he is your own knight,\nAnd by right, you must trust him,\nAnd I pledge myself to fetch him when you wish,\nThis unfortunate incident was pitiful to hear,\nAnd also so true, at first sight,\nTroilus, her knight, to her so dear,\nHis private coming and the certain place,\nThough she did it as a grace to him then,\nConsidering all things as they stood,\nNo wonder is it, she did it all for good.\nCriseyde answered, as wisely as God,\nMy soul brings me, for him, in sorrow,\nAnd I would willingly do the best, Eame ywis..If I had the grace / to do so, but whether you dwell / for him or go, I am at the mercy of God / to send me a better mind, At Dulcarnon / at my wit's end. Quoth Pandarus / your niece will you hear? Dulcarnon is called the gathering place of wretches. It seems hard for wretches to will not come. He said this to them / it is not worth two fetches. But you are wise / and have this matter in hand. Is it not rather easy / nor difficult to withstand? Said she / do as you please. But before he comes / I will first arise, And for the love of God / since all my trust Is on you two / and you are both wise, So work now / in such a discreet way That I may have honor / and he pleasure. For I am here now / in your governance. This is well said, quoth he / my dear niece. Good thrift came on that / wise gentle heart. But he still lies / and takes him right here. It needs not / no further for him to start. And each of you / ease other sorrows' pain. For soon I hope / we shall all be merry, For the love of God / and Venus I hear..Thys Troilus soon set himself on his knees, right by her head, and in the best way possible, addressed his lady. But she, though she was, was suddenly reminded of something. No, though men might strike off her head, she could not utter a single word. So suddenly, for his reconciliation, Troilus knelt. But Pandarus, who could so skillfully play every part, began at once and said, \"Lady, see this nobleman. And with that word, he ran to him and said, 'Kneel now, while you please.' May the gods grant you peace of heart. Can I not see that she had not risen? If sorrow had put it out of her mind or if she had taken it upon herself, of her own free will. But I advise that she granted him this pleasure. She kissed him, sighed deeply, and beckoned to him. Quoth Pandarus, \"Now, will you both begin this well? Now, do it on your beds, each of you. And with that word, he drew him towards the fire and took a light, feigning his composure, as if to look old-fashioned. Criseyde, who was Troilus' lady, rightly..And clearly stood on a ground of certainty,\nAlthough she her servant and her knight,\nHe should have rightly none intrusion in her thoughts,\nYet nevertheless considered his distress,\nAnd that love to, in cause of such folly,\nThus to him spoke I,\nLove mine own, as would the excellence\nOf love, against which\nNothing lovely made resistance,\nAnd also because I felt well and say,\nYour great trust and service every day,\nAnd it your heart all mine was, truly,\nThis drove me to weep upon your pain,\nAnd your goodness have I found always yet,\nOf which my dear heart and my knight,\nI thank you for it, as far as I have wit,\nAnd I can not, as much as it were right,\nAnd I henceforth my skill and my might,\nHave and ever shall, how sore that pains me,\nBe to you true, and whole with all my heart,\nAnd dreadfuls that shall be found at proof,\nBut heart mine, what all this is to say,\nShall well be told, so that you not grieve,\nThough I to you rightly, on yourself compel,\nFor thereby men I, finally, the pain..That hold your heart and mine in heaviness,\nFull to appease and every wrong redress,\nMy good heart not I, for why or how,\nThat I allow sycophants, alas, that wicked wooers,\nSo causeless are raised in you,\nThe harm of which I would fain deliver,\nAlas, that you are whole or of him a shirer,\nShould have his refute in such a place,\nThat Jove soon out race from your heart him,\nBut O thou Jove, author of nature,\nIs this an honor to thy delight,\nThat the unwilling suffer here injury,\nAnd he that is guilty goes unquited,\nO were it lawful for me to complain,\nOn that undeserved, I would upon the complaint and cry,\nAlso all my woe is this, that men now say rightly,\nThat Iallowsye is love,\nAnd would a bushel of venom all excuse,\nFor that one grain of love is in show,\nBut the high God who sits above,\nKnows if it be sickly love, hate or grace,\nAnd after that it ought to bear his name,\nBut certainly some manner of Iallowsye\nIs excusable, more than some are..As when cause and some such fantasy,\nWith pity so well, represses it,\nThat it neither does nor says amiss,\nBut beautifully drinks up all its distress,\nAnd that excuse I, for the gentleness,\nAnd some so full of fury and disdain,\nThat it surmounts its repression,\nBut hear my heart, you be not in this plight,\nThat I thank God for, which your passion\nI will not call it but an illusion\nOf abundance of love and busy cure,\nThat does your heart this disease endure,\nOf which I am right sorry, but not angry,\nBut for my desire and your hearts' rest,\nWhether so you list, by ordeal or oath,\nBy sort or be what way, so that you least,\nFor love of God, late prove it for the best,\nAnd if that I be guilty, do me die,\nAlas what might I more, done or say,\nWith that a few, bright tear new,\nOut of her eyes flow, and thus she said,\nNow God, thou knowest, in thought and deed untrue,\nTo Troilus was never yet Crispian,\nWith that her hand, down in the bed she laid,\nAnd with the sheet it wound, and sighed sore..And she held her peace, not a word more from her. But now I pray God, to quench all this sorrow. So I hope that he will, for he may best. I have seen a full misty morning, Following frequently a merry summer's day, And after winter follows green may. Men often see and read in stories, That after sharp showers come victories. This Troilus, when he heard her words, Has no care, he does not wish to sleep. For it seemed to him, no strokes of a year. To hear or see, Crisyde, his lady weep. But he felt around his heart mourn. For every tear that Crisyde shed, The pain of it strained him by the heart. And in his mind, he began to curse, The time that he came there, or that he was born. For now wickedness is turned into worse, And all the labor he had done before, He thought it lost, he thought he was but a fool. O Pandarus, alas, he thought, your scheme, Serves me nothing, so I endure the while. And there, he hung his head down, And fell on his knees, and sorrowfully he sighed, What could he say, he felt he was already dead..For her anger should not lighten his sorrow, yet when he spoke, he said: \"God knows that from this grief, when all is known, then I am not to blame. The sorrow of his heart shut me in, and fear and every spirit, his vigor in knots. So they were astonished and oppressed. The feeling of his sorrow and of his face, or anything else, fled from the town. Suddenly he fell down in a swoon. This was no small sorrow to see. For all was hushed but Pandarus at the last. O niece, do not be afraid, but always at the last. For this or that, he cast me into the bed and said: \"Thief, is this a man's heart? And rent it all to his bare shirt. And said, niece: \"But you help us now.\" Indeed, your own Troilus is born. Alas, I would that I were. She said: \"Fully willingly, I was born.\" That skulks in his heart, said Pandarus. Say forgiveness and cease all this care. You who spoke to me, were dearer to me..Than all the good, the senne about went,\nAnd therewith she swore him in his ear,\n\"I am your dear heart; I am not angry,\nHave here my truth and many another oath.\nNow speak to me; for it is I, Crisyde.\nBut all for naught, yet might he not delay.\nTroilus began sorrowfully to sigh,\nLest she be angry, thought his heart might die.\nAnd said, \"Alas, upon my sorrows' sigh,\nHave mercy on me, sweet heart, my Crisyde.\nAnd if in the words that I spoke\nThere is any wrong, I will amend.\nDo as you will; I put myself in your grace.\nCrisyde answered, \"Of guilt, my sweet lord,\n\"This is to say, I forgive all this,\nAnd evermore on this night record,\nAnd be well aware, you do me no harm.\nNay, dear heart, mine, said he,\nAnd now she said, \"I have done you harm.\nForgive it me, my own sweet heart.\"\nTroilus, with these words, from surprise,\nPut all in God's hand, as he who meant\nNothing but well, and suddenly arose,\nHe her in arms, fast to him he drew.\nPandarus, with full good intent,\n(End of Text).Lay down him to sleep / and said if you are wise,\nSwallow not now / lest more people arise,\nWhat might or may / the merry lark say,\nWhen the sparrowhawk / has it in its foot,\nI can no more / but of this twosome,\nTo whom this tale / sweetly he or sweetly sing,\nThough I may tarry a year / sometimes I must,\nAfter my author / tell of their joy,\nAs well as I have / told their sadness,\nCriseyde with that / felt her thus take,\nAs written clerks / in their old books record,\nRight as an aspen leaf / she began to quake,\nWhen she felt / in his arms enfold,\nAnd Troilus whole / of his cares was cold,\nGan thank the bright gods' seven / that bring diverse pains to heaven,\nThis Troilus in arms / began to weep,\nAnd said, O sweet / as ever may I be,\nNow are you caught / there are but we two,\nNow yield yourselves / for other reward is none,\nTo that Criseyde / answered thus at once,\nI had no heart / my sweet one, I were not here,\nO truly said / that held for to be,\nAs of a fever / or another great sickness..Men must drink always, as men may see,\nFull bitter drink, and for joy,\nMen endure pain and great distress,\nI mean this here, as of this adventure,\nThat through pain, has found now his cure,\nAnd now sweetness seems more sweet,\nThat bitterness tried was before,\nFor out of woe, in bliss they flee,\nNone such they felt since they were born,\nNow is this better than both two are lost,\nFor love of God, take every woman heed,\nTo work thus, when it comes to need,\nCriseyde all quit, from every fear and tear,\nAs she that had just cause had him to trust,\nMade him such feast, that joy it was to see,\nWhen she his faith and pure intent knew,\nAnd as about a tree, with many a twist,\nByand by, the sweet woodbind,\nGan each of them, in arms other wind,\nAnd as the new nightingale,\nThat stops first, or she begins to sing,\nWhen she hears any higher tale,\nOr in the hedges, any wight stirring,\nAnd after security, her voice does out ring..Right so Crisyde, when her fear abated,\nRevealed her heart and spoke her intent.\nAnd just as he, who saw his death approaching,\nAnd death was imminent in all he could imagine,\nSuddenly was rescued, escaped from death.\nAnd from his death, he was brought to sickness.\nFor this whole world, right in such joy,\nIs Troilus, and has his sweet lady.\nWith worse woe, may we never meet.\nHer small arms, her straight back and soft,\nHer long, smooth, white sides,\nHe began to touch and asked for great profit often.\nHer snowy throat, her round and light breasts,\nThus in this heaven, he took delight.\nAnd moreover, a thousand times he kissed her.\nWhat more to do for joy, he knew not.\nThen he said thus, O love, O charity,\nThy mother also, Citherea, the sweet,\nAfter thee, she is next in line.\nVenus, I mean, the well-wishing planet,\nAnd next, Jupiter, I the great.\nFor never was any man to you, gods,\nAs I who have brought you from cold cares.\nBenign love, thou holy bond of things..Who so wills grace and not the honor,\nHis desire will flee without wings.\nFor thou hast denied of bounty, them succor\nThat serve best and always labor most.\nBut if thy grace passed our deserts,\nAll were lost, that I dare say for certain.\nAnd for thee, who could best deserve\nOf them that are numbered unto thy grace,\nHast helped there, I likely was to steer.\nAnd me thou hast bestowed in so high a place,\nThat like bounds may no bliss pace.\nI can no more but laud and reverence\nThy bounty and thine excellence.\nAnd therewith Criseyde anon he kissed,\nOf whom certain, she felt no disease.\nAnd thus he said, \"Now would God I knew\nMy heart sweet, how I might please thee.\nWhat man said he, was ever thus at ease?\nAs I on whom the fairest and the best\nEver died, her heart to rest.\nHere men may see that mercy surpasses right,\nThe experience of this is felt in me,\nThat am unworthy to thee, my lady, brought.\nBut take my heart, of thy benevolence.\nSo thinketh thou, I unworthy be.\nYet may need amend in some way.\".Through your high service, rightly, for the love of God, my lady dear, since God has made me to serve you ever, as He wills, that you be my steadfast one, to give me life, if you please or sustain, So teach me how I may deserve your thanks, so that through my ignorance I do not do anything that displeases you. For certain, a fresh womanly wife, The day is since, through truth and diligence, You shall not certainly, break your defense, And if I do, present or in absence, For the love of God, If it pleases you, as your womanhood, You said, \"my own heart's desire,\" My ground of can't, all my heart, dear, But let us fully away from this matter, For this is sufficient said here, And a word, without repentance, Welcome, my knight, my, Of their delight or joy, one of the least, Was in possibility, in my wit to say, But I judge you, that have been at the feast, Of such gladness, I can no more, That night between fear and certainty, They felt in love, the great joy, O blessed night, of whom so long I sought..How blissful to them both, thou art,\nWhy had I such one, with my foul buy,\nThou art the least joy that was there,\nAway thou foul danger and thou fear,\nAnd let them in this heavenly bliss dwell,\nThat is so high that no man can tell,\nThese two, that are in arms apart,\nIt would be better for each of them, to be sundre to God,\nOr else thus were their greatest fear,\nLest all this thing but nice dreams were,\nFor which oft each of them said, \"O sweet,\"\nClasp I you thus, or else I meet,\nAnd the lord began, goodly on her see,\nHis look never blended from her face,\nAnd said, \"O dear heart, how may it be,\nThat it is true, that you are in this place,\nYou, my heart, thank God for his grace,\nQuoth Chrysalis, and withal him kissed,\nWhere his spirit was, for joy he knew not,\nThis Troilus often, her eyes two,\nBegan to kiss, and said, \"O eyes clear,\nIt is you, that wrought me this woe,\nYou humble nets, of my lady dear,\nThough there be mercy, written in your cheer.\".God knew it was hard to find\nHow could you, without bond, bind me\nThen he took her fast in his arms\nAnd a thousand times he grew sick\nNot such sorrowful signs as men make\nFor sorrow or else when folk are sick\nBut easy signs, such as are to like\nThat showed his affection within\nOf such signs could he not blink\nSoon after this, they spoke of various things\nAs fitting their adventure\nAnd playing, exchanging rings\nOf which I can tell no story\nBut well I know, a brooch of gold and ashes\nIn which a ruby was set, like a heart\nCynisde gave it to him and placed it on his shirt\nLord, believe me, that a covetous wretch\nWho blames love and has contempt for it\nWhoever has possessed the pain\nWas ever given such delight\nAs in love, in some manner, pleases\nNay, doubtless, for as God saves me\nSuch perfect joy, may no miser have\nThey will say yes, but, lord, they lie\nThe easiest wretches, full of woe and fear\nThey call love a wood or fury..But it falls to them, as I shall now recite,\nThey shut forget both the white and the red,\nAnd live in woe, where God gives them mirth,\nAnd every lover in his faith advances,\nAs if God these wretches that despise,\nService of love had endured also long,\nAs had Midas, full of covetousness,\nAnd therewith drunken, as hot and strong,\nAs Crassus did, for his wrongful desires,\nTo teach them that covetousness is vice,\nAnd love is virtue, though men hold it nice,\nThese same two, of whom I speak to you,\nWhen their hearts were fully assured,\nThen they began to speak and to play,\nAnd also rehearse how and when and where,\nThey first knew it, but all that heaviness,\nWas turned to gladness, and I thank God,\nAnd evermore, when they fell to speak,\nOf any woo of such a time past,\nWith kissing, the whole tale should break,\nAnd falling in a new joy at once,\nAnd did all their might, since they were one,\nTo recover Elis and be at ease,\nAnd paid woe with joyful counterpeace..Reason why not that I now speak of sleep,\nGod knew they took of that very little care.\nBut lest this night, which was so dear to him,\nShould in vain escape in no manner,\nIt was beset in joy and busyness,\nOf all that sows into gentleness.\nBut how, although I cannot tell all,\nAs my author can of his excellence,\nYet have I said, and God before I shall,\nIn every thing, the greatness of his sentence.\nAnd if I at love's reverence\nHave anything here or in every part,\nI speak them rightly, as you yourself desire,\nFor my words here and in every part,\nI speak them all under correction,\nOf you who feel, in love's art,\nAnd I commit them wholly to your discretion,\nTo increase and make diminution,\nOf my language, and I entreat you,\nBut now to the purpose of my speech,\nWhen the cock, the common astrologer,\nBegan on his breast to crow and after,\nAnd Lucifer, the day's messenger,\nBegan to rise and out of his stream throw,\nAnd Eastward was to him known,\nFortuna major, that immediately Crisyde..With my heart sore to Troilus I said:\nMy heart's life, my trust and my pleasure,\nAlas, I was born to be wooed by thee;\nThis day we must part, or else I am lost,\nFor time is rising and we must hence,\nOr else I am lost, for evermore.\nO night, alas, why won't you hide us,\nAs long as when Almena lay by Jove,\nO black night, as men read in books,\nThat shapely art by God made to hide this world,\nAt certain times, with thy black veil,\nUnder which men might rest in peace,\nWoe betide the best of creatures,\nAnd the people scold,\nThat there, where day with labor would oppress us,\nYou flee from us, and grant us no rest,\nYou do, alas, hasten to fulfill your office,\nYou, black night, who hasten downward with malice,\nYour course, and bind us to Hades,\nSo that nevermore under our ground the wind blow,\nThrough the black night, hastening out of Troy,\nHave I thus forsaken my joy,\nThis Troilus, who with his words felt,\nAs though he thought me pitifully distressed,\nThe bloody tears from his heart melted..As he who never before tasted such sorrow,\nFrom great joy, took Wythal, Crisyde, his dear lady,\nIn his arms, and said in this manner:\nO cruel day, accuser, of our joy,\nThat love and night have stolen and swiftly bound,\nAccursed be the coming into Troy,\nFor every lover, with one of your bright eyes,\nEnvious day, what pleasure do you find in spying,\nWhat have you taken from us, what do you seek here,\nThere, may God quench your sight, so have mercy,\nAlas, what have these lovers, the guilt,\nDispleasing day, may the pains of hell be yours,\nYou have slain many a lover, and will,\nYour power will not let them dwell,\nGo sell it to them, that small grave of Sealis,\nWe will not have it, we do not need a day,\nAnd even the sun, Titan, would chide,\nAnd said, fool, well may men despise,\nYou have all night, the dawning by your side,\nAnd endured her sorrowfully from the rising,\nTo depart.\nWhat keeps you in bed, you and your morrow,\nI pray to God, may sorrow be yours both..Therwyth sighed deeply and said:\nMy lady, right, and of my well-being and woe,\nThe true root, good Chryseide, and shall I rise,\nAlas, and shall I so,\nNow I feel that, my heart may two be,\nFor how should I save my life an hour,\nSince with you is all my life I have,\nWhat shall I do, for certainly I note how,\nNor when, alas, I may the time see,\nThat in this place I may be again with you,\nAnd of my life, God wote, how that shall be,\nSo that desire, right now, so strongly draws me,\nThat I am dead at once, but I return,\nHow should I long, alas, from you, sojourner,\nBut nevertheless, my own lady bright,\nIf it were so, that I truly knew,\nThat I your servant and your knight\nWere in your heart, shut as firmly,\nAs you in mine, which thing truly,\nI would prefer, rather than these two worlds.\nYet I should endure, all my pain,\nTo Chryseide, answered thus at once,\nAnd with a sigh, she said, \"indeed,\nThe game is up, so Phoebus will fall from his spear,\nAnd every eagle will be the hawks' fear.\".And every rock / from its place started to move or Troilus went out / of Criseyde's heart\nWith that she began / to wipe her face with the sheet and wax, red with shame\nAnd Pandarus / went underneath to peek\nAnd said, \"Needed be\"\nHave here my sword / and strike off my head\nWith that his arm / suddenly thrust under her neck and at last her breast\nI pass over / all that need not be said\nWhat god gave his death / and she also gave\nFor other reason was there none but this\nBut concerning this thing / right to its effect to do\nWhen it was time / she went home to her house\nAnd Pandarus / had holy intentions\nNow we turn again / to Troilus\nWho lay long abed, restless\nAnd privately sent after Pandarus\nTo come / in all the haste he may\nHe came at once, not once saying, \"No\"\nAnd Troilus / greeted him solemnly\nAnd set him down / on his bedside\nThis Troilus / with all the affection\nOf friendly love / that heart may devise\nTo Pandarus / fall down on your knees..And he would, from that place, arise\nHe began to thank, in the best way,\nA thousand times, and blessed the day,\nThat he was born, to bring him from distress,\nAnd said to friend, of friends best,\nThat ever was the truth to tell,\nThou hast in heaven, brought my soul at rest,\nFrom Cochita, the fiery flood of hell,\nAnd though I might, a thousand times sell,\nMy life on a day, my life in thy service,\nIt might not amount, nor in that suffice,\nThe sun which sees all the world,\nWas never yet my life, I dare say,\nSo inly fair, so goodly as she,\nWhose I am and shall, till I die,\nAnd that I thus am here, I dare well say,\nThat thanks be to the high worthiness,\nOf love and also thy kind care,\nThus hast thou me, not a little thou hast given,\nFor which I am obedient, to thee for aye,\nMy life for why, for through thy help I live,\nOr else dead had I been, gone many a day,\nAnd with that word, down in his bed he lay,\nAnd Pandarus, fully soberly, heard him,\nTill all was said, and then he thus answered..My dear friend, if I have done for thee,\nIn any case, God knows it is me, alive,\nAnd I am as glad as a man can be,\nGod help me so, but take it not amiss,\nFor love of God, beware of this mischief,\nThat thou thyself, no cause it to my loss,\nFor fortune's sharp adversity,\nThe worst kind of misfortune is this,\nA man to be in prosperity,\nAnd remember when it passed is,\nThou art wise now, for why do not amend,\nBe not too rash, though thou sit warm,\nFor if thou do, certain it will harm,\nThou art at ease, hold thee therein,\nFor all so sure, as ready is ever fire,\nAs great a craft is to keep well as win,\nBridle thy speech and thy desire,\nFor worldly joy, hold not but by a wire,\nThat prevails well, it bursts always so often,\nFor thy need is to work while it is soft,\nQuoth Troilus, I hope, and God,\nMy dear, that I shall so bear my fault,\nThat in my guilt, there shall be nothing,\nNe I will do, as for to grieve here,\nIt needs not this matter, oft to stir..For you well knew my heart, Pander,\nBy God of this, you would little,\nHe began to tell him of his glad night,\nAnd what and how,\nAnd said from me as I am, a true knight,\nAnd by the faith, I owe to God and you,\nI had it never, half so hot as now,\nAnd ever the more, that desire me besets,\nTo love her less, the more I desire,\nI not myself wisely, what it is,\nBut now I feel, a new quality,\nYou all another than I did or this,\nPander answered and said thus that,\nOne may, in heaven,\nHe spoke of this time,\nThis is one word, for all this Troilus,\nWas never full, to speak of this my lady,\nAnd for to praise, unto Pandarus,\nThe beauty of his right lady,\nAnd Pandarus, to think and make him,\nThis call was always new to begin,\nUntil the night departed them asunder,\nSoon after this, for that fortune it would,\nY came was, the blessed time sweet,\nThat Troilus was warned, that he should,\nThere he was erst, meet his lady Crisedy,\nFor which he felt, in joy, his heart flee..And faithfully, all the gods hailed him,\nAnd late see now, if he can be merry,\nAnd held was the form, and all the wise\nOf her coming, and also of his,\nAs it was erst, which needs not to devise,\nBut plainly, to the effect, to go,\nIn joy and security, Pandarus them two,\nA bed brought, when they both were best,\nAnd thus they be, in quiet and in rest,\nNot needy is it to you, si,\nTo ask of me, if they be pleased,\nFor if it erst was well, then was it better,\nA thousand fold, this needs not to inquire,\nAgone was every care, and every fear,\nAnd both they had, and so they went,\nAs much joy as heart may comprehend,\nThis is no little thing, to say,\nThis passes every wight, to devise,\nFor each of them, began others' lust to obey,\nFelicity, who commends these clerks so wise,\nCannot here suffice,\nThis joy may not be written with ink,\nIt passes all that, any heart may think,\nBut cruel day, so wellaway the sound,\nGan for to approach, as they thought, knowing signs,\nFor which they thought, feeling this wound..So was he who changed their hue,\nAnd they began to disparage all anew,\nCalling it traitorous, envious, and worse,\nAnd bitterly the day light they curse,\nSaid Troilus, alas, now I am aware,\nThat Pierers and the swift-paced three,\nWho drew forth the sun's chariot,\nHad gone some bypath in dispute with me,\nMaking it so soon, day to be,\nAnd for the sun, hasty thus to rise,\nI shall never again offer sacrifice,\nBut needs must they depart soon,\nAnd when their speech was done and their cheer,\nThey twined anon as they were wont to do,\nAnd set time for meeting again in fear,\nAnd many a night they wrought in this manner,\nAnd thus fortune led them in joy,\nCriseyde and also the king's son of Troy,\nIn submission, in bliss, and in singings,\nThus Troilus began to lead his life,\nHe spent justly and made festivities,\nHe gave freely often and changed his mood,\nAnd held about him ever without fear,\nA world of people as came to him willingly..The freshest and best, whom such a voice and a steed\nThroughout the world, of honor and largesse,\nUprose to the very gate of heaven,\nAnd in love, he was in such gladness,\nThat in his heart, he deemed there was no lover\nIn this world, more welcome than he, and thus began to please\nThe lovely head and bountiful,\nWhich in any other lady, I had set,\nCould not the mountainous knot unbind\nAbout his heart, of all Crispede's net,\nHe was so narrow, masked and knit,\nThat it could not be undone, on any side,\nWhoever would not be, for aught that might betide,\nAnd by the hand, he would often take\nThis Pandarus and lead him into the garden,\nAnd such a feast and such a procession make\nHim of Crispede and of her womanhood,\nAnd of her beauty, moreover, without fear.\nIt was a heaven, his words to hear,\nAnd then he would sing in this manner:\nLove that of earth and sea has in governance,\nLove that his steeds have in heaven's high..Love that unites with a healthy alliance,\nHolds peoples joined as he pleases,\nLove that endures the law of companionship,\nAnd couples do in virtue dwell,\nBind this accord that I have told and tell,\nThat the world with faith that is stable,\nDiversifies its stands, agreeing,\nThat Elements that are so discordable,\nHold in a perpetual bond during,\nThat Phoebus must bring forth his rosy day,\nAnd the moon have lordship over the night's,\nAll this does Love all, herded by his might,\nThat the sea, eager to flow,\nConstrains to a certain end so,\nAs floods that so freshly, they do not grow,\nTo drench the earth and all for evermore,\nAnd if Love lets go his bridle,\nAnd that which now lives separate should keep,\nAnd all were lost that Love now holds to help,\nSo would God that poets of kind,\nWith Love's bond of love, of his virtue delight,\nSo search hearts all and bind fast,\nAnd from his bond, no one out may go,\nAnd hearts cold, I would that he twists..To make them love / and that they may always rejoice\nOn hearts sore / and keep those who are true\nIn all needs / for the towns were at war\nHe was and is first / in his arms tight\nAnd certainly / but if that books err\nSave Hector most feared / of any foe\nAnd this increase / of courage and might\nComes to him / from his lady to win\nThat altered his spirit so within\nAnd most of virtue / and love was his speech\nAnd in dispute / had all wretchedness\nAnd doubtless no need / was he beseeched\nTo honor them / who had worthiness\nAnd\nAnd glad was / if any man was well disposed\nThat his lover was / when he knew and heard\nForsooth to say / held every man\nBut if he were / in love's high service\nI mean people / who ought to be by right\nAnd over all this / so well could he devise\nOf sentiment / and in such uncouth wise\nAll was well / what he said or did\nAnd though he came / of blood\nHe should not lose pride / at any cost to chase\nBenign he was / to each in general\nFor why they heard / his grace..That pride and anger, envy and avarice\nHe began to flee, and many another thing\nThou bright lady, daughter of Dione,\nThy blind and winged one, soon Cupid\nYour sustenance\nIn his Perseus, listen for a while\nSo that you thus far have delayed me in guiding\nYou are always heard by you for eternity\nIn the time of truths, on Lowe's island ride\nOr else hunt Boar - Boar or Lion\nThe small beasts\nAnd when he comes, riding towards the town\nFrequently his lady, from the window down\nAs fresh as fawn\nFully ready was he, goodly to sell\nNow I have told you, completely in my song\nThe effect and joy of Troilus' service\nAlthough there was some disease among us\nAs my author desires to depict\nMy third book, now I end in this way\nAnd Troilus in lust and quiet\nIs with Crisyde, his own sweet lady.\nHere ends the third book\nAnd follows the fourth book\nHere ends the third book of Troilus.\nBut such joy, blessed be his fortune,\nLastly endures such joy..That seems truest when she beguiles,\nAnd can to fools entune her song,\nThat she does enthrall and blend as traitor common,\nAnd when a wight is from her wheel I throw,\nThen laughs she and makes him a more,\nFrom Troilus she turns her bright face,\nAway to weep and took of him no heed,\nBut cast him clean out of her grace,\nAnd on her wheel she sets up Diomedes,\nFor which right now my heart begins to bleed,\nAnd now my pen, alas, with which I write,\nQuakes for fear of that I must endite,\nFor how Creseyde forsook Troilus,\nOr at the least how that she was unkind,\nMust be hereafter matter of my book,\nAs written folk through which it is in mind,\nAlas that ever she should cause find,\nTo speak her harm, and if they on her lie,\nYe three night daughters of the Erinyes,\nThat endless complain ever in pain,\nMegera, Allecto, and also Thesyphone,\nThou cruel Mars, also father to Quirine,\nThis fourth book help me to finish,\nSo that the loss and love and life I fear\nOf Troilus be fully shown here.\nHere ends the prologue..In the host, as I have told,\nThe Greeks surrounded Troy town,\nIt was then when Phoebus shone bright,\nOn the breast of Hercules the lion.\nHector, with many a bold baron,\nChose a day to fight with the Greeks,\nAs he was accustomed to harm them if he could,\nNote: I do not mention how long or short the time was between this purpose and that day they fought,\nBut on a day bright and shining,\nWith spear in hand and bows bent,\nHector and many a worthy knight went out,\nAnd in the herd, without delay,\nTheir footmen met in the field,\nThe long day with sharp spears was ground,\nWith arrows, darts, swords, maces fell,\nThey fought and brought horse and man to the ground,\nAnd with their axes out, they quelled the brains.\nBut in the last shock, to tell the truth,\nThe people of Troy were so deceived,\nThat with their worst toward night they fled,\nAt which day was taken Antenor,\nMeleager or Monops,\nXanthus, Sarpedon, or Polites,\nOr even the Trojan Ry,\nAnd other less folk, as Phoebus' men.\nThus, for the harm that day the people of Troy..\"Despite their joy, there was a truth taken, at Greek's request, for a change of prisoners to be made. This thing was soon known in every street, and for the surplus, some great sums were given. Both in the siege and town and everywhere, it came to Calchas first. When Calchas knew the treaties should be held in secret among the Greeks, he called forth the lords and set himself there as was his custom. With their changing, he gave them a bone, urging them for the love of God to do this reverence, to stop noise and give him audience. Then he said, \"Lords, mine, I am Calchas, as is well known outside of fear. And if you remember, I was the first to give you comfort and told you how you should proceed. Through you, this Troy will be burned and drawn down to the ground in a moment, and in what form and manner this town will perish and all your desires will be achieved. You have heard this from me, my lords, as I live.\"\".And for the Greeks, I came myself in my proper person\nTo teach you what was best to be done\nHaving upon my treasure or my rent\nRight no respect to respect of your case\nThus all my good I left and went to you\nBut all this loss does me no distress\nI vouchsafe as wisely have I rejoiced\nFor you to lose all that I have in Troy\nSave a daughter that I left, alas\nSleeping at home when out of Troy I started\nO stern and cruel father that I was\nHow might I have in that so hard a heart\nAlas, I had not brought her in my shirt\nFor sorrow of which I will not leave tomorrow\nBut if you, lords, show mercy on my sorrow\nFor by that cause I saw no time or now\nHer to deliver, I have my peace\nBut now or never if it pleases you\nI may have her right away, doubtless\nO help and grace among all this press\nReconsider me, old Cato here in distress\nSince for you I have endured all this heaviness\nYou have now caught and feathered in prison\nTrojans, and if your will be\nMy child with one may have redemption..For the love of God and you, I implore you, grant him to me this boon, for you shall have both town and people as you desire. On peril of my life, I shall not lie. Apollo has told me this truthfully, and I have found it also through astronomy, by sort, and truly. And I dare well say that the time is near at hand, that fire and flame will spread over the entire town, and thus Troy will be torn into an ashen death. For certain, Phoebus and Neptune, who made the walls of the town, are now enraged, and they will yet bring confusion. Right for the spite of King Laomedon, because he refused to pay them their hire, the town shall yet be set on fire. Telling his tale always, this old gray man, humble in speech and in his looking also, the salt tears from his eyes flow, running down by either cheek, so long he implores them for help to alleviate his sorrows, that they give him Antenor without more. But who was glad then but Calchas alone? And of all things, he is laid to rest..On him who should go for the treaty,\nTo bring King Thoas and Creusa,\nAnd them for Antenor often prayed,\nAnd when Priamus safely sent\nThe ambassadors, they went in full strength to Troy,\nThe cause told of their coming / the old king\nPriamus here in his parliament did hold,\nOf which I shall recount the effect for you,\nThe ambassadors were answered finally,\nThe exchange of prisoners and all this deed,\nThey liked well and so they proceeded,\nThis Troilus was present in the place,\nWhen asked was he for Antenor and Creusa,\nFor which he changed his face at once,\nAs if he had just died with the words,\nBut nevertheless he said nothing,\nWith a human heart he began to dry his sorrow,\nLest men should discover his affection,\nAnd full of anguish and great fear,\nHe waited to see what other lords would say,\nAnd if they would grant as God forbade,\nThe sight of her seemed to him more desirable than anything else,\nFirst to save her honor and find a way,\nHe cast about how this thing might stand..Love him urged all the priests to make her stay or else let her die, rather than go without her consent. But he said on the other side, without her agreement, do not do so. Lest she become angry and make you her fool, and say that through your meddling is this blow. Your brotherly love was unknown there before, for which he began to desire to the best of his ability. Even if the lords wanted her to go, he would let them grant what he wished, and tell his lady first what they meant. And when she had declared her intent, then he would work and remain loyal. Though all the world opposed it, he would not waver. Hector, who heard this, spoke rightly of Antenor and how they would have received Creusa. He answered them briskly and briefly.\n\nSir, she is no prisoner, he said. I do not lay this charge upon you, but upon my party. We do not use women for sale here. The noise of the people started up all at once, as loud as the blast of a straw fire. For unfortunately, they would desire their confusion for nothing.\n\nHector said, what ghost may inspire you?.This woman urges and persuades us not to wrong Anthenore in this way, now that we have chosen, for he is a wise and bold baron, and we need such people. He is also one of the greatest in this town, save Hector. Let fantasy about King Priam be set aside. They all pray that our voices are to abandon Creusa and deliver Anthenore. O Juvenal, lord, truly is your sentence, for little wit people do not know what it means to yearn. They cannot discern what is at stake; here is an example as you yearn. This people desire now the deliverance of Anthenore, who led them into mischance, for he was a traitor to the town of Troy. Alas, they release him from anger. O nice world, behold your discrepancy. Creusa, who never harmed them, will no longer bathe in her bliss. Instead, Anthenore will come home to the town, and she will deliver herself to him, as they all said and swore. This deliverance was decreed by the parliament for Anthenore to yield Creusa, and it was pronounced by the president..And though Hector often prayed, in vain,\nThat what he desired would eventually come to pass,\nIt was not to be and should not,\nAccording to the parliament's decree, depart from it alone.\nThis Troilus, without further words,\nHurriedly into his chamber he sped,\nBut if it were a man or two\nWho could accompany him quickly,\nHe would have taken them with him,\nBecause he wished to sleep, as he said,\nAnd hastily upon his bed he laid himself,\nJust as winter leaves fall one by one\nFrom a tree, leaving only branches and bark behind,\nSo Troilus was left, bound by bonds of care,\nDisposed to brood over his woes,\nSo deeply did the changing of Creusa\nDisturb him. He rose up / and shut every door,\nAnd windows too / and this sorrowful man\nSet himself down on his bed's side,\nLooking pale and wan, and in his breast,\nThe joy and sorrow began,\nOutwardly he worked in this way,\nIn his madness, as I shall describe,\nJust as a wild boar begins to charge,\nNow here, now there, darts of desire\nDarted towards his heart..Right so he began around his chamber,\nBeating his breast continually with his fists,\nHis head to the ground he bowed his lady,\nFrequently,\nHis eyes two, for pity of his heart,\nSwiftly streamed out,\nThe hymn\nHis speech left him /\nO death, alas, why won't you do me in?\nA cursed be that day which showed me life,\nBut after, when the fury and all this rage,\nWhich twisted and held fast his heart,\nBy the length of time somewhat subsided,\nUpon his bed he laid himself down to rest,\nBut then his fears began,\nIt is wonderful that the body can endure\nHalf the woe which I inflict upon you,\nThen said,\nWhat have I done? What have I thus brought upon myself?\nHow might you console me?\nIs there no grace? Shall I\nShall thus be cruelly and unkindly treated by you?\nH\nAs you well know above, the goods are why,\nWhy do you thus keep me from joy?\nO Troilus, what can men now become but\nWretches of wretches,\nInto misery which I will bewail,\nCressida, alas, until the breath fails me,\nAlas, fortune, if my life in joy..Displeased had unto thee, why not I,\nOr slain myself, that thus complain and cry,\nI comprehend the world that may of nothing serve,\nBut always die and never fully live,\nIf Creseyde alone were left,\nNothing would draw thee further, thou wouldst remain,\nAnd alas, thou hast me bereft,\nBut evermore look, this is thy manner,\nTo pity,\nTo pardon,\nThus,\nO true god, O love, O god alas,\nThat knowest best my heart and all my thought,\nWhat shall my sorrowful life do in this case,\nIf I forgo that I so dearly have bought,\nSince you, Creseyde, and I have been brought\nInto your grace and both our hearts sealed,\nHow may you suffer less, or be repelled,\nWhat shall I do while I may endure,\nAlways live in torment and in cruel pain,\nThus, fortune or this disaster,\nNever will I see shine or reign,\nBut ever will I, as Hecuba,\nLead my sorrowful life and live in distress,\nO,\nWhy wilt thou not flee from the most wretched,\nBody that ever might on ground go,\nO,\nAnd follow always and Creseyde, thy dear lady,\nThy right place is now no longer here,\nThis Pandarus, quite dead and pale of hue,\nF..As wise as it is false, it is true that I have heard and known how it is:\nO mercy god, who would have thought this,\nIn such a little throw, fortune would have overthrown our joy?\nFor in this world, there is no creature\nAs wretched as this, through chance or adventure,\nBut who can escape or avoid such things?\nTherefore, I thus divide:\nThat you trust no one to find in fortune,\nProperty and gifts are common,\nBut tell me this, why are you now so mad,\nTo sorrow thus, why do you lie in this way,\nSince your desire was all holy, you have had,\nIt ought now to suffice,\nBut I, who have never felt in my service,\nOr friendly cheer or looking of an eye,\nLet me thus weep and wail until I die,\nAnd over all this, as you well know yourself,\nThis town is full of ladies all about,\nAnd do my doom fairer than such twelve,\nAs ever she was, shall I find in some route,\nOne or two without any doubt,\nFor your sake, my own brother,\nIf she is lost, we shall find another..What God ever forbade that pleasure be in one thing and in none other, if one can sing and another can dance well, if this is good and she who is glad and light, and this is fair and one can do good, Each for his virtue is held in high esteem, Both Hercules and Falcon for the river, And also as it is written, Zancy, who was very wise. The new one often chases the old, and upon new cases lies new advice. Think also of your life to save, for such fire by process shall be quenched cold. For truly it is but casual pleasure. Some cases will put out of remembrance. For indeed, as day comes after night, You new love or other woo, Or else singing of another, All affections soon overcome, And for your part, you shall have one of these, To alleviate with your bitter pains' smart. Absence of her will drive it out of her heart. These words he said for the nones all, To help his friend lest he for sorrow die, For doubtless to do his woe to fall, He cared not what unright he said. But Troilus, that was near for sorrow dying..I took little heed of all that he meant,\nUntil I heard one thing from him and another departed,\nBut at last he answered and said, friend,\nThis leechcraft or healing as it is,\nWould be well fitting if I were a false one,\nTo try a true man untrue to me.\nI pray God let this counsel never reach me,\nBut do me rather now to serve here,\nOr I will do as you would have me learn.\nShe whom I serve, truly, as you say,\nShall have my heart's true devotion till I die,\nFor Pandarus since I swore her truth,\nI will not be unfaithful for any reason.\nBut as her man, I will always live and serve,\nAnd never another creature serve.\nAnd there you say that you will find one as fair,\nAs she was, make no comparison,\nTo any creature formed like her by nature.\nO live, Pandarus, in conclusion,\nI will not be of your openness,\nConcerning all this, for why, I ask,\nYou bid me I should love another,\nFreshly new and late Creusa departed,\nIt lies not in my power to live, brother..And if I could, I would not act so\nBut you can play Raket to and fro\nNow foul falldest thou, for thy care's wo\nThou fares also by me, thou Pandarus\nAs he who comes to one whose love is gone\nHe brings a pass and said right thus\nThink not on death and thou shalt feel none\nThen must I first transform into a stone\nAnd revert my passion all\nOr thou so lightly causest my wo to fall\nMy death may well depart from my breast\nThy life so long may this sorrow be mine\nBut from my soul shall Cressida's dart\nOut nevermore but down with Proserpine\nWhen I am dead, I will go alone in pain\nAnd there I will eternally complain\nMy wo, & then twined be we two\nThou hast here made an argument fine\nHow it should be a lesser pain\nCressida to depart, for she was mine\nAnd live in case and in felicity\nWhy dost thou say this to me\nThat he is worse who is from well-being I think\nThan he who never had of well-being knew\nBut tell me now, since you think so light\nTo change so in love to and fro.Why hadn't you acted more quickly to change her, who causes you all your woe, Why won't you let her go from your heart, Why won't you love another sweet lady, Who might set your heart at rest, If you have had love for her yet, and cannot drive it out of your heart, I who lived in lust and pleasure With her as much as any creature alive, How could I then forget her and be so blue, Look, where have you been hidden from me for so long, Who can love so well, not a grief, God knows nothing of the worth of all your pleading, For what reason, for what may ever happen, Without more words I will be dead, O death, the ender of all sorrows, Come now, since I so often call you, For happy is that death truly to see, Who often comes and ends pain, I well knew while my life was quiet, Or you would have had your way, I would have given you myself, But now your coming is so sweet to me, That in this world I desire nothing more, O death, since with this world I am a fire, You other ones, come and drench me in tears..Or with thy cold stroke, my heart quakes\nSince thou slayest so many against their will,\nDay and night, unprayed\nDeliver now the world, thou doest right by me,\nThe sorrowful one that ever was, for time,\nSince in this world I can serve nothing right,\nThus Troilus in tears began to lament,\nAs Lycurgus out of a lemur did hasten,\nAnd Pandarus held his tongue still,\nAnd cast his eyes down to the ground,\nBut nevertheless, at the last, he thought,\nWhat paradise rather than my friend die?\nYet I will say something more to him,\nAnd said, \"Friend, since thou hast such distress,\nAnd since my arguments blame thy list,\nWhy dost thou not help to rectify,\nAnd with thy manhood end this game,\nTo rouse her up and let her not depart,\nOr hold her still and leave thy gentle farewell,\nArt thou in Troy and hast no courage\nTo take a woman who loves thee,\nAnd would herself be of thine assent?\nNow is this not a foolish vanity?\nRise up at once and let thy weeping be..And syth thou art a man / for in this houre\nI wyl be dede or she shal be stylle oure\nTo this ansuerd hym Troylus ful soft\nAnd sayde parde lyeue broder dere\nAl thys haue I my self thought ful ofte\nAnd more thyng than thou deuysest here\nBut why it is laft thou shalt wel here\nAnd when thou hast me yeue audyence\nTherafter mayst thow telle thy sentence\nFirst yu wost sith this toun hath al this werre\nFor rauysshyng of a woman by nyght\nIt shold not be suffred me to erre\nAnd it stant now / ne do not so grete vnryght\nI shold also haue blame of euery wyght\nMy faders graunt yf I so wythstood\nSyth she is chaunged for the tounes good\nI haue eke thought / syth it were hyr assent\nTo aske hyr of my fader / at his grace\nThan thynk I thus it were hyr accusement\nSyth wele I wote I may hyr not purchace\nFor syth my fader in so hye a place\nAs parlement hath hyr eschaunge ens\nHe nyl for me his lettres be repeled\nYet drede I moost her hert to perturbe\nWith vyolence yf I doo suche a game\nFor yf I wold it openly dysturbe.It must be disgraced to her name, and I would rather die than have her defamed. I would not have God but that I should have her honor as dear to me as life itself to save. Thus I am lost for anything that I can see, for certainly I am her knight. I must have her honor dearer to save than myself in every case, as a lover ought. Thus I am with desire I reasoned. Desire her to disturb me, and reason will not, so my heart fears. This weeping he could not endure, He said, \"Alas, how shall I, a wretch, fare? For well I always feel my love increasing. Hope is lessening and lessening, always Pandarus. Increase also the causes of my care. So far away, why should my heart not burst? For in love there is but little rest.\" Pandarus answered, \"Friend, you may do as you please, but had it been hotter, and yours the estate, she should have gone with me. Though all this town cried out on this thing, I would not heed the noise, a great deal. For when I have well cried, they will turn away. Wonder lasts, but only nine days in town. Divine not in reason, so deeply.\".But help yourself, not curious about anything but that she weeps,\nAnd namely, since you two are one,\nRise up, for by my head, she shall not depart,\nAnd rather be in blame a little while,\nThan stir here as a gnat without wings,\nIt is no shame to you nor vice,\nTo hold back what you love most,\nPerhaps she might keep you for nice,\nTo let her go,\nHelp her,\nAnd flee from her,\nAnd though your lady,\nYou shall be your own master,\nBut as for me, certainly I cannot leave,\nThat she will now, for evil, refuse,\nWhy should fear make your heart quake,\nThink how it harms which is your brother,\nA love has won, why not another,\nAnd Troilus, one thing I dare to say,\nIf Cressida, who is your life,\nNow loves you as well as you do here,\nGod help me so, she will not take a grief,\nThough you do repent, immediately,\nAnd if she always remains constant,\nThen she is false, so love her less,\nFor your heart takes her, & think rightly as a knight,\nThrough love is broken, all day every law..Kyth, show some mercy on yourself for any fear.\nDo not let wretched woe gnaw at your heart.\nBe manly, set the world at six and seven.\nAnd if you die a martyr, go to heaven.\nI will be with you in this deed.\nThough I and all my kin lie dead in the street,\nBound with many a wide and bloody rod,\nIn every case I will be found a friend.\nAnd if you wish to torment me as a wretch,\nFarewell, the devil speed him who torments.\nThis Troilus began with these words, \"friend,\"\nAnd said, \"thank you, I assent.\"\nBut certainly you may not so compel me,\nNor cause me such pain that I am not willing,\nIt is not my intent, though I may die,\nTo rouse her, but if she herself is willing.\nRight so I said, \"Pandarus, all this day,\"\nBut tell me then, have you tried to improve her welfare?\nThat sorrows thus, and he answered no.\nWherefore are you, Pandarus, so dismayed?\nDo you not know that if she will be appeased,\nTo rouse her is what I have said..But if Jove had told it to thee, as though thou were not alone,\nAnd washed thy face, and to the king thou wouldst seem to go,\nOr he might wonder why thou art gone.\nThou must with wisdom blend thy words with his,\nOr he may send thee away after this.\nOr thou beware and soon become his brother dear.\nBe glad, and let me be,\nFor I shall shape it so that truly\nThou shalt this night in some manner\nCome speak with thy lady privately.\nAnd by her words and also by her cheer,\nThou shalt soon perceive and hear\nHer intent, and of this case the best.\nFarewell, and here I rest.\n\nThe swift fame which reports false things\nEqually as true things\nWas through Troy fled with swift wings,\nFrom man to man and made this tale anew.\nHow Calcas' daughter, with her bright hue,\nAt the parliament granted change to Antenor,\nWhich tale Creusa had heard as she,\nWho of her father's death right nothing,\nQuickly sought Jupiter..She dared not ask for help from anyone,\nFor she was so enamored with Troilus,\nThat her heart and mind were set upon him,\nAnd all the world could not unbind her love,\nNor Troilus cast from her heart.\nShe will be his as long as her life lasts,\nAnd thus she burns with both love and fear,\nSo that she did not know what to read,\nBut as men see in town, women use friends to flirt,\nSo to Creusa came a group,\nSeeking pitiful joy and thinking of delight,\nAnd with their tales they showed their friendship,\nThese women who dwell in the city,\nThey sat down and said, as I shall tell,\nOne said first, \"I am truly glad,\nBecause of you, you will see your father,\"\nAnother said, \"I am not so,\"\nFor she has been with us but little,\nThe third said, \"I hope she\nWill bring us peace on every side,\nWhen she goes, almighty God guide her.\"\nThe words and womanly things she heard right then,\nFor God knows her heart is set on another thing..Though her audience was always elsewhere,\nFor Troilus her soul sought him without end,\nThese women who around spent all their tales,\nSuch vanity could give her no ease,\nAs she who all this time burned\nWith passion other than they suspected.\nSo that she felt almost her heart die\nFrom love and weary of that company,\nFor which she could no longer restrain,\nThe tears welled up within,\nShowing signs of the bitter pain,\nIn which her spirit was to dwell,\nRemembering herself from heaven to hell,\nShe had fallen since she forgot the sight\nOf Troilus. And sorrowfully she saw\nAnd those foolish ones who sat thereabout,\nThought she wept and sighed sore,\nIntending to depart and never play with them again.\nAnd they who had known her before,\nSaw her weep and thought it kindness,\nEach of them wept for her distress,\nAnd quickly they gave her comfort,\nOf good things, little did she think..And with her tales she turned her disposal,\nAnd begged them to be glad, they often besought,\nBut such ease they wrought for her,\nJust as a man is pleased to feel,\nFor pain in the head to claw him on the heel,\nBut after all this nice vanity,\nThey took their leave and went home all,\nCressida full of sorrowful pity,\nInto the chamber up out of the hall,\nAnd on her began for deed to fall,\nIn purposes thence never to rise,\nAnd thus she worked, as I shall you,\nHer yellow one, so sunshiny was she,\nShe rent and also her long and small fingers,\nShe tore often and begged God on her reproach,\nAnd with her death to do penance on her baleful deeds,\nHer once bright visage, now pale,\nBare witness of her woe and her thoughts,\nAnd thus she spoke, sobbing in her complaint,\nAlas, she said, out of this realm,\nI, wretched and unfortunate wight,\nBorn under cursed constellation,\nMot\nAlas, what worth those days of light,\nOn which I first saw with my two eyes,\nThat causes me and him all this pain,\nTherewith the tears from her eyes two..\"Doon I fawn as show, in April, swiftly,\nHer white breast she bites, and for the woe,\nAfter his death she cried a thousand syllables,\nHe who would not grant her woe was to lie,\nShe must forgive, for such disaster,\nShe held herself a forbidden creature,\nShe said, \"How shall he do, and I also,\nHow shall I live if I from him be twain,\nO dear heart, that I love so,\nWho shall that sorrow sleep that you have been in,\nO Calcas father, thine be all this sin,\nO mother mine, that art named Argive,\nWoe worth that day thou bore my eldest son,\nTo what fine thing should I live, and sorrow thus,\nHow should a fish without water endure,\nWhat is Creseyde worth from Troilus,\nHow should a plant or living creature\nLive without its kindly nourishment,\nFor which full often a rooted thing must soon die,\nI shall do thus, since none other sword nor dart,\nDares touch me for the cruelty,\nThat day I must from you depart,\nIf sorrow of that will not be my bane be,\nThen shall no food nor drink come in me,\nTill my soul out of my breast unshelters,\nAnd thus myself will I do to death.\"\".And Troilus, my clothes each one\nShall be black, in token of her sweet heart,\nThat I am as out of this world gone.\nI pray you to set in quiete,\nAnd of my order ever bring me meat,\nThe observation ever in your absence\nShall be sorrow and abstinence,\nMy heart and also the woful ghost therein,\nWith your spirit I shall comply,\nEternally, for they shall never twine.\nFor though on earth I twinned be we two,\nYet in the fold of pity out of pain,\nThat place called Elysium, shall we be in fear,\nAs Orpheus is with Eurydice his fear.\nThus, my heart, for Antenor, alas,\nI soon shall be changed, as I believe,\nBut how shall you do now in this case,\nHow shall your sorrowful heart sustain,\nBut my heart forget this sorrow and hold,\nAnd me also, for truly to say,\nSo you fare well, I care not to die.\nHow ever might one read or sing\nThe plaint that she made in her distress,\nI not but as for me, my little tongue,\nIf I describe, would her heaviness\nSeem less than it was and childishly deface..Hire him, Pander, who was sent as your messenger to Creusa, as you have heard him devise,\nAnd he was glad to perform this service for Creusa,\nIn a full secret way,\nWhere she lay in torment and rage,\nCame she to tell you all his holy message,\nAnd found that she herself began to treat,\nMost pitifully; for with her salt tears,\nHer breast, her face, were bathed most wet,\nThe mighty tresses of her daughters,\nUnbroken, hung all around her eyes,\nWhich gave him very clear signs of matter,\nOf death, which her heart began to desire,\nWhen she saw him, she began for sorrow straightway,\nHer woeful face between her arms hid,\nFor which this Pander is so deeply grieved,\nThat in his hours he might be unable to endure,\nAs he who feels pity on every side,\nIf Troilus had first complained sorely,\nThen she would have wept a thousand times more,\nAnd in her bitter play she said to him,\nPander, first of joys more than two,\nWas the cause that has now transformed me, Creusa,\nInto cruel woe..Whether I should welcome you or not, I who was brought to serve love, alas, which ends in such a way, Ends in woe; you or men lie in. And all worldly bliss, as I think, turns to sorrow. Whoever believes it is not so, let him see my woeful wretchedness. I myself hate, and my birth I curse, Feeling always from wickedness I go to wors. Whoever sees me sees sorrows all at once. Prove woe, pain, torment, and distress, Harm there is in my woeful body enough. As anguish, langor, cruel bitterness, Annoy, pain, fear, fury, and sickness. I truly believe from heaven tears flow, For pity of my cruel suffering. And you, my sister, full of discomfort, Quoth Pandarus, what do you think to do? Why have you not some recreation for yourself? Why do you thus, alas, bring harm to yourself? Leave this; take heed that I, Troilus, have sent this, which made Creseyde a sorrow-making thing, So great that death was to see..\"Alas she said, \"What words may you bring me? What will my dear heart say to me, that I once feared to see, and whom I thought would bring me pleasure or tears? I have heard if he sends word again. She was just such to see in her face as is that man whom they bind to a stake. Her face was like the image of paradise. It was all changed into another kind. The play, the laughter men were wont to find on her, and every joy, were fled. And thus Creseyde lies alone. About her eyes, two, a proper ring, a token of her pain in truth, was so distressing to behold that Pandar could not restrain the tears from his eyes. But nevertheless, as he might, he said, 'Troilus, I believe you have heard all this from Troilus. The king, with other lords, for the best, has made a change for Antenor and you. That is the cause of this sorrow and restlessness. But how this matter disturbs Troilus, that no earthly man's tongue can say, as he who is soon to die, I cannot keep the tears from my eyes.\"' \".For which we have both been greatly saddened, he and I. But through my counsel, this day finally,\nHe withdraws somewhat from weeping now. And seems to desire to speak with you all night to devise,\nRemedy for this, if there is any way. This is the simple and plain effect of my message.\nAs far as my wit can comprehend, for your torment in such a rage,\nYou may not prolong this prologue any longer as now intended,\nAnd on this matter, you must answer him and send.\nAnd for the love of God, my dear niece,\nSo leave this woe or Troilus come here.\n\"Great is my woe, she said, and sighed sore,\nAs one who feels death's sharp distress.\nBut yet, his sorrow is much more to me,\nThat love lets him than he himself I guess.\nAlas for me, has he such heaviness,\nCan he pityously complain for me?\nHis sorrow doubles all my pain.\nGrievous for me, God knows, is to twine,\n\"But God knows harder is to me,\nTo see that sorrow which he is in.\"\nFor well I know it will be my bane,\nAnd I will die in certainty, she said..But he comes or brings about my death,\nThat threatens me with these words.\nShe spoke them on her arms, two Fulgruf,\nAnd began to weep pitifully.\nPandarus: \"Alas, why do you weep so,\nSince well you know the time is near at hand,\nHe will arise quickly,\nAnd find you both in this state.\nBut you will have him mad,\nFor he feared in this way,\nHe would kill himself, if I thought\nI would bring him this sorrow, he should not come here.\nFor all the good Priamus may bestow,\nTo what fine thing he would immediately present himself,\nI know well, and therefore I say,\nLet this sorrow pass, or he will surely die,\nAnd shapes his sorrow to be lessened,\nAnd not to increase life, no sweet.\nBe rather to him of comfort than sorrow,\nAnd with some wisdom, soothe his sorrow.\"\nWhat helps it to weep so long,\nOr both of you in salt tears drown,\nIt is a time for healing rather than complaint.\nI mean, when I bring him here,\nSince you are wise and of one mind,\nSo he shapes how to disrupt your journey..Or come again sometime after you have gone,\nWomen are wise in brief consolation,\nAnd late see now you are wise, how it will avail,\nAnd that I may help shall not fail.\nSaid Chaucer and truly my uncle,\nI shall do all my might to restrain,\nFrom weeping in his sight, and quickly,\nHim to gladden I shall do my pain,\nAnd in my heart seek every vein,\nIf to his sore there may be found salvation,\nIt shall not lack certainly in my beholden,\nGoth Pandarus and Troilus he sought,\nIn a temple he found him alone,\nAs he who of his life no longer sought,\nBut to the pitiful goddesses each one,\nFully tenderly he prayed and made his moan,\nTo do him soon, out of this world's pace,\nFor well he thought there was none other grace,\nAnd shortly all the truth to say,\nHe was so fallen in despair that day,\nThat utterly he seemed to shape for to die,\nFor right thus was his argument always,\nHe said, I am but lost, so well away,\nFor all that comes, comes by necessity,\nThus to be lost it is my destiny,\nFor certainly this he well knew he said,\nThat forgetfulness of divine providence..\"Hath God always seen my every deed, and disposes them according to His will, as they shall come by predestination? But alas, who shall I leave? For there are many clerks who, through arguments, prove and say that it is not necessary, but free choice is given to each one. Old clerks are so sly, I note who to hold an opinion from, for some say that God sees all beforehand and God cannot be deceived, indeed it may fall, though men had it sworn. Pursuance has seen all before, therefore I say that from eternity if He has known before or thought all our deeds, we have no free choices. Neither thought nor deed could ever be, but such as are predetermined. He who has felt before without ignorance, if there could be a variation, to work out from God's providence, there would be no presence of things coming, but it would rather be an opinion.\".Unfortunate/and not certain seeing,\nAnd indeed an abuse,\nThat God should have imperfect clear knowing,\nMore than we men who have doubtful believing,\nBut such error concerning God to guess,\nWas false and foul and cursed wickedness,\nMoreover, this is also an opening of some,\nWho have their tops full high and smooth shores,\nThey say right thus, that thing is not to come,\nBecause presence has seen it before,\nThose who therefore,\nThat it shall come, therefore pursue,\nUnderstand,\nAnd in this manner necessity,\nReceives in its part contrary,\nFor necessarily it behooves it not to be,\nThat such things fall in certain,\nThat are pursued, but necessarily as they say,\nIt behooves that things which fall,\nThat they in certain be pursued all,\nI mean, as though I labored me in this,\nTo inquire which thing, of what thing the cause is,\nAs whether the presence of God is,\nThe certain cause of the necessity,\nOf things that are to be made clear..But now I will not show how the order of causes stands, but I well know that it is necessary that the certainty of things that were before is necessary. It seems not so there by that presence puts necessity of things to come. If there sits a man yonder on a see, then by necessity it behooves it that certainly his opening is true. For if the opening of the one is so, then I say that he must sit by necessity. And thus necessity is in either, for in him there is a need of sitting, and in the need of truth, & thus indeed. But thou mayst say the man does not sit therefore, that his opening of his sitting is not so, but rather that he sits there beforehand. Therefore, his opening is true indeed, and I say though the cause of truth of this comes from his sitting, yet necessity is entreated in him and the other..Thus, in the same way, I can make it seem,\nMy reasoning about God's providence,\nAs for things that are to come to be.\nBy which reason, men can clearly see,\nThat things which fall in earth,\nAll come necessarily,\nThough they will come, therefore they are pursued,\nNot that they come because they are pursued,\nYet it is necessary that they be pursued truly,\nOr else things that are pursued,\nThat they fulfill their necessity,\nAnd this is sufficient to destroy our free choice entirely.\nBut now this is an abuse to say,\nThat the falling of temporal things,\nIs the cause of God's eternal presence.\nNow truly, that is a false sentence,\nThat a thing to come should cause His presence,\nWhat might I think, and I had such a thought,\nBut that God pursues that which is to come,\nFor it is to come, and else nothing,\nSo might I think that all and some,\nWhich once were fallen and overcome,\nBy cause of that sovereign providence..That forwote all without ignorance And over all this yet say I more thereto That right as when I knew there is a thing Iwys that thing must necessarily be so Eke right so when I knew a thing coming So must it come / & thus by the necessity Of things that are known before the tide They may not be avoided on any side Then said he thus almighty Jove in Throne That knew of all this thing the truthfastness Reveal on my sorrow / and do me die soon Or bring Creussyde & me from distress And while he was in all this heavenly distress Disputing with him in this matter Come Pandarus & said as you shall hear O mighty god quoth Pandarus in throne Eye who saw ever a wise man fare so Why Troilus what thinkest thou to do Hast thou such lust to be thine own fool Why, yet is not Creussyde gone Why dost thou yourself for fear That in thy head thine eyes seem dead Hast thou not lived many years before her & fared well at ease Art thou for her & for none other born Hath kind wrought the only for to please.Here let us consider and think on your disease,\nJust as chances in love come and go,\nAnd yet this is my wonder most of all,\nWhy you grieve so, since you do not yet know,\nTouching her going, how it shall fall,\nOr if she can disturb it herself,\nYou have not yet tried all her wit,\nA man may endure his neck's burden in time,\nWhen it shall need to sorrow,\nTake heed of that which I shall say,\nI have spoken with her, and long have I been,\nSo accorded was it between us two,\nAnd evermore I think that she\nHas something in her heart in private,\nWith which she can, if I read rightly,\nDisturb all this, of which you are afraid,\nFor which my counsel is when it is night,\nYou go to her and make an end,\nAnd Jupiter, through his great might,\nShall, as I hope, send her grace,\nMy heart says certainly, she shall not turn away,\nAnd for your heart, put it aside for a while,\nAnd hold this purpose, for it is the best,\nTroilus answered and signed sore..Thow say right well, and I will do the same. And whatever he desires, he said to him more. And when it was time to go, he went privately by himself without more. To her he came, as he was accustomed to do. And how they behaved, I shall tell you soon.\n\nIt was when they first met that their hearts began to twist against each other,\nNeither of them other might great.\nBut they took each other in arms and kissed.\nThe less wretched of both them knew not what to do,\nNor might one word bring forth.\nAs I said before, for woe and for sighing,\nThe bitter tears that they let fall\nWere as bitter as those from lignum aloes or gall.\nSo bitter tears wept not as I find.\nThe wretched Myrrha through bark and rind,\nThat in this world there is no harder heart\nThan one that would not have rewarded their pains' smart.\nBut when their wretched, weary ghosts were returned there,\nAs they ought to dwell,\nAnd somewhat their pain began to lessen,\nBy the length of their lamentation, and the well\nOf their hearts began to unswell..With broken voice, hourly for Creusa, she said:\n\"O Jove, I die. I beseech thee, help Troilus, and with all her face, upon his breast she laid, and spoke these words:\nHer woeful spirit from his prop departed,\nAnd thus she lies, pale and green,\nWho once was fresh and fairest to behold.\nThis Troilus, who gazed upon her lifeless form,\nCalled her name, as she lay for dead,\nUnanswered, and felt her limbs cold,\nHer eyes lifted upwards in her head,\nThis sorrowful man could read naught but\nWhere he had wooed, God and him knew best,\nHe rose up,\nFor sign of life, for anything he could or might do,\nCould he find none, for nothing on Creusa,\nFor which his song was often carried away.\nBut when he saw that speechless she lay,\nWith sorrowful voice and heart bereft of bliss,\nHe said, 'Farewell, from this world, you are.'\nAfter long lamentation, his hands he wrung, and said, 'And thus I begin the tears of full sorrow.'\".And piously prayed for the soul,\nAnd said, \"O Lord, who art seated on Thy Throne,\nHave mercy on me, for I shall follow her soon.\nShe was cold without sensation,\nFor neither breath nor feeling was in her.\nAnd this was a persuasive argument to him,\nThat she was gone from this world.\nAnd when he saw that there was none other,\nHe prepared her limbs in such a manner,\nAs men do those who are to be laid there.\nAnd after this, with stern and cruel heart,\nHe drew his sword from its sheath,\nDetermined to slay himself,\nSo that his soul, her soul, might follow.\nThere where the judgment of Minos would be passed.\nSince love and cruel fortune would not\nAllow him to live longer in this world,\nThan he thus fulfilled, filled with high despair,\nO cruel Jove and thou adverse fortune,\nYou have falsely slain Creusa,\nAnd since you can do no more harm,\nBeware of your power and diverse works,\nThus cowardly shall you never conquer me,\nThere shall no death separate me from my lady.\".Wol let and follow her spirit low or high,\nShall never love say that Troilus\nDares not for fear with his lady die,\nFor certain I will bear her company,\nBut since you will not allow us to live here,\nYet allow that our souls be in fear,\nAnd you, Cyprus, and Priamus and all, in fear,\nAnd thou, Hecuba, farewell, for I go,\nAnd Antenor prepare, thou my bearer,\nAnd thou, Chryseis, O sweet heart dear,\nReceive now my spirit, would he say,\nWith sword at heart ready to die,\nBut as God would, she abated,\nAnd began to sigh and to Troilus she cried,\nAnd he answered, lady mine, Chryseis,\nLive yet, and let his sword down glide,\nYou, my heart, that thanked be Cupid,\nShe said, and there with all she sore sight,\nAnd he began to gladden her as he might,\nTook her in arms two and kissed her often,\nAnd her to gladden he did all his intent,\nIn which her ghost that fleeing ever aloft\nInto her woeful heart again it went,\nBut at the last right as her eyes glinted,\nA side at once she saw the sword,\nAs it lay bare, and began to cry..And he asked why he had drawn her out, and Troilus told her the cause at once. He intended to enslave himself, she beheld, and held him fast in her arms. \"O mercy,\" she said, \"how close we were to being dead, if I had not spoken as grace required. You would have killed yourself, you said, and I, 'Alas,' I answered. For by the same lord who made me, I would not have lived a furlong after your death to be crowned queen of all the land, where the sun shines. But with this very sword that is here, I would have killed myself, he said. But how, when we have now escaped this? Let us rise and go to bed, and there let us speak of our woe. For by the mortar that I see burning here, I know well that the day is not far off when we were in each other's arms. Nothing was like the nights before, for pitifully each other held the other as if we had been born in bliss. Daily we lived, the day that we were born.\".\"Although the last this unfortunate woman, Creseyde, said to Troilus:\n\"You well know this, she said, that if a man always complains about his woe and seeks not to be helped, it is folly and an increase of pain. Since we two are assembled here to find relief from our woe, it would be soon to begin. I am but a woman, as you well know, and, suddenly advised as I am, I will tell you this while it is still hot. Neither you nor I, I think, ought to make so much of this woe. For there is enough art to remedy this misery and sorrow. So this is the woe that we are in. I know of nothing else but a remedy for this, except that we arrange to meet soon. This is all, my dear heart, what I will bring about. Soon I will come again after I go, notwithstanding the Greeks' great rout. Do not doubt it, it must necessarily be so.\"\".By true reason more than one or two,\nIn right and in few words I shall show you,\nFor which I will not make a long sermon,\nBut I will go to my conclusion,\nAnd to the best in that which I can see,\nBut for the love of God, forgive it me,\nIf I speak against your hearts' rest,\nFor truly I speak it for the best,\nMaking always a protestation,\nThat now it is but to show you my power,\nTo find for you help, and take it none other way,\nFor indeed, whatsoever you command me,\nThat will I do, for that is no demand,\nNow listen well that you have understood,\nMy going granted is by parliament,\nSo therefore that it may not be withstood,\nFor all this world as by judgment,\nAnd since there is no advice,\nTo let it pass out of my mind,\nAnd let us shape a better way to find,\nSo is this the twining of us two,\nWill it disease and greatly annoy us,\nBut he who serves love, sometimes must have pain,\nIf he will have joy..And yet I shall not go further from Troy than I can ride again within half a day It ought to cause us less sorrow since I shall not be hidden in a prison That day, you well know, my entire estate will be yours And before that agreement is fulfilled, I shall be here And then both Anthenor and I will have been won And think rightly, Creseyde is now gone But when she comes back hastily, And when, alas, she is here right away Or within ten days, this I can safely say And then, as we shall always dwell together, May no one in the world be able to tell our bliss I often see that it is best for us to keep our counsel hidden From you, nor you to speak with me or I with you For fourteen nights, nor see you go or ride Away, do not stay more than ten days For my honor's sake in such an adventure Iwys, you may endure little else You know well enough that all my kin is here But if only my father and other things are in danger.And namely my dear heart, to you\nWhom I would not leave for all this world's width\nOr else I never saw Jove in his face\nWhy do you think my father longs to see me,\nBut for fear that in this town the people despise me\nBecause of him and his unhappy deed\nWhat did my father know of my life,\nFor he knew in Troy how well I fared\nWe need not care for anything, it seems\nYou see also that every day more and more\nMen treat of peace, and it is supposed\nThat the queen Heleyne should restore us\nAnd the Greeks restore what is amiss\nSo there is no other comfort, but this\nThat men propose peace on every side\nYou may the better at ease of heart abide\nFor if it is peace,\nThe nature of peace must necessarily drive\nThat men must commune in fear\nAnd to and fro go and ride as blue\nAll day as thick, as they come from the high\nAnd every man have liberty to be blue\nWherever he pleases, without leave\nAnd though peace may be none\nStill here though there never was peace..I must come or why should I go there\nOr how my chance should I dwell among\nThe men of arms in fear\nFor which, as wisely God my soul redeems,\nI cannot see why you should fear\nHave here another way if it be\nThat all this thing may not suffice you\nMy father, as you know, is old,\nAnd I right now have found all the guise,\nWithout net, with which I shall bind him,\nAnd listen to how you will consent,\nLo, Trojans say that it is hard,\nThe weather from the wolf's hole to save,\nThis is to say, that men often must spend\nPart the remainder to save,\nFor ever with gold, men may the heart bribe\nOf him that sets it upon covetousness,\nAnd how I mean I shall now devise,\nThe movable which I have in this town,\nTo my father, shall I take and say,\nThat right for trust and sauciness,\nIt sent is from a friend of his or two,\nWho fervently pray him to send after more,\n& that in high.\nWhile this Town stands thus in jeopardy,\nAnd that shall be an huge quantity..I will say less than most have seen\nThis may be sent by no one but me\nI will show you if the time is right\nWhat friends I have on either side\nToward the court to do the wrath's pace\nOf Priamus, and make him stand in grace\nSo that for one thing or for another I\nWill enchant him\nThat right in heaven his soul shall meet\nFor all Apollo and his clerics' laws\nOr calculating avails not three haws\nDesire of gold shall so blend his heart\nThat as I wish, I will surely bring an end\nAnd if he would prove anything by his sort,\nIf I lie in certainty I will find\nDisturb him and pluck him by the sleeve\nMarrying his kind and bringing him on hand\nHe has not well understood the gods\nFor gods speak in Amphibology\nAnd for one truth they make twenty lies\nFear first found gods, I suppose\nThus I will say, and that his coward heart\nMade him misinterpret the gods' text\nWhen he, for fear, began to flee from Delphos\nAnd but I make him convert soon\nAnd do my advice within a day or two\nI will obey you to die..And truly they wrote that all this thing was said with good intent,\nAnd that her heart was true and kind,\nCoward him and spoke right as she meant,\nAnd that she started for love when she went,\nAnd was ever in purpose to be true.\nThus they wrote who knew her heart:\nThis Troilus spread his heart and eyes,\nHeard all this thing devised to and fro,\nAnd truly it seemed to him that he had\nThe self wit, but yet to let her go,\nHis heart misguided him evermore,\nBut finally he began his heart to trust,\nTo take it for the best.\nFor which the great fury of his punishment\nWas quieted with hope, and therewith them between,\nBegan for joy the amorous dance,\nAnd as the birds when the sun is shown,\nDelight in their song in the leaves green,\nRight so the words that they spoke in fear\nDelighted him.\nBut nevertheless the wending of Cressida,\nFor all this world may not out of his mind,\nFor which full often he pitifully pined,\nAnd said:\nAnd but you come all that day set in Troy,\nNever shall I have her.\nFor also truly,\n(Note: The text appears to be in Middle English. No major OCR errors were detected, so no corrections were made.).And God so wisely thou wilt me woeful woe to be,\nBut if I myself could be,\nYet or that you cause me so to smart,\nDwell here rather my own dear home,\nFor truly my own lady there,\nThe sight,\nIs fully shaped to fall all in fear,\nFor sooth is said what thinketh the bearer,\nYet all another thinks his leader,\nYour father is wise / & said is out of his mind,\nMen may the wise one at the crepul, for he can the craft,\nYour father is in slights, as Argus is eyed,\nFor all be that his mobile be him begraved,\nHis old sight,\nYou shall not blind him for your woman,\nNor feign a right, & that is all my fear,\nI note if peace shall ever be,\nBut peace is,\nI wote syth it has once been,\nHe dares no more come here again for shame,\nFor which that,\nTo trust upon myself but a fantasy,\nYou shall eke see your father shall you glose,\nTo be a wife, & as he can well preach,\nHe shall some greet praise so high a loss,\nThat raving he shall you with his speech,\nOr do you do by force, as he shall teach..And Troilus, whom he will not have rage,\nShall not causeless reign in his truth.\nAnd above all this, your father shall despise,\nAnd the siege never shall arise.\nFor why, the Greeks have sworn it all,\nUntil we are slain and our walls torn down.\nAnd thus he shall frighten you with his words,\nThat I fear you will believe.\nYou shall also see so many a lusty one,\nAmong the Greeks, full of worthiness.\nAnd each of them with heart, wit, and might,\nWill please you, if you wish.\nYou shall therefore remain free from the yoke of us, Cressida.\nRemember virtue and your truth.\nAnd thus it is grievous to me to think,\nThat from my breast it will rend my soul.\nNo fear can sink in me.\nA good opportunity, if you think so.\nFor why, your fathers lie slain,\nAnd if you go as I have told you, your own.\nSo I seem but dead without more.\nFor this, with humble, true, and pitiful heart,\nA thousand times mercy I pray for you.\nSo rely upon my eyes' pain as your own,\nAnd do something as I shall show you.\nAnd let us steal away between us two..And think that folly is when a man may choose\nBy accident his substance always to lose. I mean thus: since you cannot keep it with you every day, what is it to put in trial if you should go to your father's house and perhaps return or not? Thus, I think it is a great folly to put such uncertainty in jeopardy and speak commonly of substance. Of treasure, may we both lead enough to live in honor and pleasure till in time that we shall be dead, and thus we may avoid all this fear. For every other way you can record, my heart will not agree. And hardly, nor carries any power. For I have kin and friends elsewhere. That though we come in our shirts, we should neither last gold nor gear but be honored while we dwell there. And go we anon, for after my intent. This is the best if that you will assent. Creseyde him with a sick right in this way. Answered yes, my dear heart, true. We may well away as you devise, or find such unthrifty new ways..But afterward it would avail me not, as God help me at my last need.\nCauselessly you suffer all this fear.\nFor that day that I cherish or fear,\nOr for father or other reason,\nOr for estate's delight or for wedding,\nBe false to you, my Troilus, my knight.\nSaturn's daughter, Juno, through her might,\nAs wood as Adamant, do I dwell,\nEternally with Styx in the pit of hell,\nAnd this on every celestial god,\nI swear it to you, and also to each goddess,\nOn every nymph and infernal delight,\nOn Satyr and Faun, more or less,\nWho are half gods of wildness,\nAnd Anthropos, my thread of life to burst,\nIf I am false now, believe me if you will,\nAnd thou Sinon, that as an arrow,\nThrough Troy runs downward to the sea,\nBear witness to this word that is spoken here,\nThat same day that I betray,\nTo Troilus, my own heart free,\nThat thou return backward to thy well,\nAnd I with body and soul sink to hell,\nBut that you speak away thus to go,\nAnd leave all your friends, God forbid,\nFor any woman that you hold so dear..And indeed, since Troy has such need,\nBoth help and one thing more I'll attend,\nIf this were known, my life hung in balance,\nAnd your honor, God shield us from mischance,\nIf peace follows after strife evermore,\nAs day is happy with anger's afterglow,\nWhat lord, what sorrow would you make,\nThat you would not return again for shame,\nBefore you part, let your name not be hasty,\nIn this old affair, for haste brings carelessness,\nWhat think you also, that people hereabout,\nWould speak of it, saying it's easy to read,\nThey would say, and swear it without a doubt,\nThat love or lust, not fear, drove you to do that deed,\nThus were all lost, indeed, my heart's core,\nYour honor, which now shines so clear,\nAnd also think on my honesty,\nWhich still flows, how foul should I surrender it,\nAnd with what filth should it be spotted,\nIf in this form with you I should wend,\nNot even if I lived unto the world's end,\nMy name should I never again regain.\nThus were I lost, and that would be wrong and sin..And for to sleep with reason, in this heat, men say the suffering is great. Whoever wants to live, let him live less. Thus makes it by patience, a lord by fortune, he will not retreat, and she is not daunted. And trusts this that certifies her heart's sweetness, or Phoebus suffers it. The lion passes out of this Aries. I will be here without any fear. I believe as help me, Juno, queen of heaven. I will show myself to you without any failure. And now, so this be true, said Troilus, I shall well endure until the tenth day. Since I see, it must be thus. But for the love of God, if it may be, let us steal privately away. For ever in one, as for living in rest, my heart says that it would be the best. O mercy, what life is this, she said. Alas, you see well now that you trust me. For by your words, it is well seen. Now for the love of Satya, the radiant one, do not mistrust me thus without cause. Since I have pledged you my truth, I think it wise to spend some time rightly to win. Fear not, I am not yet lost from you..Though we are a day or two apart,\nDrive out the fantasies within you, and trust,\nOr here is my truth I will not live to tomorrow,\nFor if you knew how sore it pains me,\nYou would cease from this, for God you know,\nThe poor spirit wearies in my heart,\nTo see you weep that I love most,\nAnd that I must go to the Greeks' host,\nYou near that I knew a remedy,\nTo come again, here I would die,\nBut certainly I am not so nice a man,\nThat I cannot well imagine a way,\nTo come again to that day that I have foreseen,\nFor who can hold a thing that will away,\nMy father notwithstanding all this strange play,\nAnd by my wealth, my wandering from Troy another day,\nFor your sake, with all my heart I beseech you,\nIf you please do anything for my prayer,\nAnd for that love which I love you also,\nThat before I depart from you here,\nI may see you of such good comfort and cheer,\nI may bring to rest my heart which is in pain,\nAnd over all this, she said,\nMy own hearts, sincere submission..I am yours entirely, without more\nWhile I am absent, let no pleasure of others distract you from remembering me.\nFor I am ever afraid / and men say love is yours, and always full of fear.\nFor in this world there lives no lady fairer\nIf you were unfaithful, as God forbid,\nOr if you were won over, and I, who intend all truth in you,\nDoubt\nI never did but dede, and if you can find it in your heart,\nFor God's love, let not kindness to me be unkind,\nTo this answered Troilus and said:\nNow may God grant that there is no reason for you to grieve.\nI am as glad as wise I never to have loved Creusa.\nSince that day I first saw her with my eyes,\nShe was false, never shall be, till I die.\nAt short words, you may leave me.\nI can no more, it shall be found at p.\n\"Mercy, good heart,\" she said to me,\n\"And blessed Venus let me never cease to serve,\nOr I may stand in pleasure to repay him well\nWho so deserves it, and while God grants me wit,\nI shall do so truly. I have found you.\"\nFor truly, your royal estate shall rebound in honor to me..No vain delight of you in war or tournament marshal, nor pomp, but moral virtue grounded in truth was the cause I first found in you. Your gentle heart and manhood, and that you seemed to think as I do, every thing that showed rudeness and populace, and that your reason checked your delight, this raised me above every creature. I was yours, and shall be while I may endure. This may last for years, not because of fortune's change or her power to deface, but Jupiter, who with his might may make you sorrowful to be glad, or ten nights to measure in this place, so that it may satisfy my heart and yours. And fare you well, it is time for you to rise. But after they had played their love, and I delighted and held you in my arms, the day began to rise, and Troilus clad himself reverently, and his lady began to behold him as one who felt death's touch. And to her grace, he began to commend himself, whether I was willing or not, for man's imagination cannot conceive..The cruel pains of this woeful man,\nWho saw her unable to dwell,\nNo longer rent his soul from his heart,\nHe left the chamber.\n\nThe fatal day approached,\nWhich Jupiter had in his disposition,\nAnd to you, angry Parcas, he committed\nTo do execution immediately.\nFor this, Creusa must leave the town,\nAnd Troilus shall dwell in pain,\nUntil Lachesis' thread no longer twines.\n\nThe golden tresses of Phoebus high on high\nShone with his clear beams,\nThe snows melted, and Zephyrus often,\n\nSince Hecuba's son began to love her first,\nFor whom his sorrow was all,\nThat she should depart the morrow.\n\nReady at prime was Diomede,\nCreusa to the Greeks' host to lead,\nFor sorrow, of which she felt her heart bleed,\nAs she who knew not what was best to decide,\nAnd truly as men in books read,\nNo one ever knew a woman to have more care..Ne was loath to leave a town,\nThis Troilus without rede or lore,\nA man whose joys were also lost,\nWas waiting on his lady evermore,\nShe, who held the truth, the crop and more,\nOf all his lust or joys here before,\nBut Troilus, now fare thee well, all thy joys,\nFor thou shalt never see her again in Troy.\nSo while he dwelt in this manner,\nHe hid his wooing manfully,\nA thing unseen in his countenance,\nBut at the gate, she should ride out,\nWith certain folk he held her to abide,\nSo wooing he would not comply,\nHe sat on his horse in pain,\nFor anger he choked, so did his heart gnaw,\nWhen Diomedes, on horse, began to dress,\nAnd said to himself, \"Alas, this wretchedness,\nWhy suffer I this, why will I not redress?\nWould it not be better at once to die\nThan evermore in longing, thus to dry?\nWhy will I not make rich and poor,\nHave enough to do, or let her go,\nWhy will I bring all Troy into ruin,\nWhy will I slay this Diomedes also?\".Why won't I help a man or two steal her away? Why must I endure this? Why won't I act for my own cure, but he refuses to do such a deed? That I will say, and why he delights in sparing? He always had a manner of fear in his heart, lest Creseyde in rumor of this affair should be slain. That was all his care. And certainly, as I said before, he would have had it done without more words. Creseide, when she was ready to ride, saw him sorrowfully and said, \"Alas.\" But she had to go, for there was no other remedy in this case. And she rode sorrowfully away. What wonder is it, then, that her sore pain made her forget her own dear heart? This Troilus, in the guise of courtesy, rode with hawk in hand and a huge retinue of knights, passing all the valley far and beyond. He would have ridden further out, without a doubt. Fairly and willingly he was urged to go so soon. But right at that moment Antenore was gone, and he had to turn back and do so. Out of the Greeks' host and every man..Was he glad and said he was welcome. Troilus neared having his heart lighten. He urged him to withhold tears at the least. And Antenore, he kissed and made a feast. With all, his lady, he cast his eye upon her pitifully. And near he rode to take her by the hand solemnly. She began to weep, and he, full soft, silently made her see. Now wait, he said, and do not let me die. With that, his charioteer turned away. No word he spoke, nor any of all his retinue. The son of Tydeus took notice. As one who could understand more than he. In such a craft, and by the mine, he took her and Troilus home to Troy. This Diomede, who led,\n\nWhen he saw the people of Troy were away:\nThought all my labor shall not be in vain,\nIf I may, for something I shall say.\nFor at the least, I have heard it said twice,\nTwelve times, that he is a fool who will forgive.\nBut nevertheless, I think it is enough,\nThat certainly, I am about nothing,\nIf I speak of love or make it tough..For doubtless if she has in her thought him who I guess, he may not be brought away so soon, but I shall find a means that she not yet shall weary (of him). This Diomedes, who could once speak of this and that, and asked why she stood in such distress, and began to inquire, if he might increase her ease in any way, with anything, and she would compound it for him, and he would do it, for truly he swore her as a knight that there was nothing with which he might please her, that he would not do his heart and all his might to do it, for her heart's ease. And he prayed her she would appease herself and said, \"indeed, we Greeks have joy in honoring you as equals, as the people of Troy.\" He also said, \"no wonder to you, for it is new to you that:\n\nFor the people of Greece, that you never knew,\nBut would never worship, but that as true\nA Greek you might find among us all,\nAs any Trojan is and also kind.\n\nAnd because I swore you right now\nTo be your friend and helpful to my might,\nAnd for the more acquaintance also from you.\".I had another strange companion, so from this point I implore you, day and night, to command me how much it pains me to do all that pleases you. And that you would treat me as your brother. And take not my friendship in contempt. And though your sorrows be great, I note not why, but out of greater respect, my heart takes great delight in amending it. And if I may, I will not allow your harm. I am truly sorry for your heaviness. For though the Trojans are with us, and the Greeks are angry, we have had many a day, and may yet part. O god of love, since we serve both, and for the love of god, may my lady be free from your hate, or be not angry with me. For truly, there can be no one who serves you that deserves your wrath half as much. And near us is the tent of Calchas, who may see us both. I would speak of this now, but this sealed letter shall be until another day. You give me your hand; I am and shall be always. God help me while my life lasts. You are above any creature. Thus I said to no woman born..For God, my heart is as wisely glad as I have ever loved any woman before or shall love again. And for the love of God, may I not be a fool. I cannot express to you, my lady dear, a rightful complaint, for I am still learning. I wonder not that my own lady is so bright. Though I speak to you of love in this way, I have heard from many a man that he who loved a thing never saw his life. I am not able to strive against love but to obey. I will always pray for your mercy, my lady. There are so worthy knights in this place, and you are so fair that each of them would gladly pay homage to you. But may a grace fall to me that you would call me your servant, so lowly and truly would I serve. None of them answers as quickly as she who was oppressed by sorrow, so that in effect she heard nothing of his tales. But here and there, now here a word or two. Her sorrowful heart burst forth in two when she saw her father far away..Weel near done, she thanked Dyomedes\nBut nevertheless she thanked Dyomedes,\nFor all his trouble and his good cheer,\nAnd that he wished her to live and be dear,\nAnd she accepting it in good manner,\nShe would be pleased, as she said, to live with him,\nAnd trust in him she would, as well as she might,\nAs she said, and from her horse she lighted.\nHer father holds her in his arms named,\nAnd twenty times he kissed his daughter sweet,\nAnd said, \"Dear daughter, my welcome.\"\nShe said she was feigning with him to eat,\nAnd stood forth mild and manly.\nAnd thus I leave her with her father dwell,\nAnd forth I will of Troilus tell,\nTo Troy comes this woeful Troilus,\nIn sorrow above all sorrows' smart,\nWith felon look and face disfigured,\nAnd suddenly down from his horse he started,\nAnd through his palaces with a swollen heart,\nTo chamber went, taking no heed,\nFor none durst to him speak a word for fear,\nAnd there his sorrows that he spared had,\nHe gave a large issue, and death he cried,\nAnd in his throes frantic and mad,\nHe cursed Iuno, Apollo, and Cupid too..He curses Ceres, Bachus, and Cypride,\nHis birth, himself, and nature save,\nHis lady every creature to bed he goes,\nIn fury, as does he Ixion,\nAnd heavily he cries upon C,\nAnd to himself right thus he spoke and said,\nWhere is my own lady, ly,\nWhere is her white breast,\nAnd her arms and eyes,\nThat I may weep and grasp about,\nSave a py,\nHow shall I do when she comes again,\nI not alas, why let,\nAs God would I had been slain,\nO heart, my Creseyde, and sweet,\nO lady, my love and no more,\nTo whom forever, mine,\nSee how I die, you will not me,\nWho sees you now, my right,\nWho sits right now or scarcely in your presence,\nWho can comfort now your,\nNow I am gone, who gives you anything,\nWho speaks for me now in my absence,\nAlas, no one, and that is all my care,\nFor well I wot,\nHow shall I endure ten days full,\nWhen I the first night have all this sorrow..How shall you comfort a sorrowful creature?\nFor tenderness, how shall you sustain such woe for me?\nSuch pitiful, pale and green\nShall be your fresh womanly face\nFor longing or you rent into this place\nAnd when he fills in any space,\nA none begin he should then groan\nAnd dream of right dreadful things\nThat night, as mete that he were alone\nIn a horrible place making a moan\nOr meeting that he was among all\nHis enemies, and in her hands was\nAnd therewith all his body should start\nAnd with the start, all suddenly awake\nAnd such a cramp feel about his heart\nThat from fear his body would awake\nAnd therewith, he would make a noise\nAnd seem as though he would fully deep\nFrom high aloft, and then he would weep\nAnd rewe on himself so pitously\nThat wonder was to hear his fantasy.\nAnother time he might mightily\nComfort himself, and say it was folly\nSo causeless such fears to dry\nAnd after begin his bitter sorrows new.\nWho could tell a right or full deserve\nSuch sorrow that every man might row..His woe his complaint / his lethargy and his pain,\nNot all the men who have been alive,\nThou reader mayst find,\nThat such a woe my wit cannot define,\nIn vain should I write it with ink,\nWhen my wit is weary, it to think,\nHeaven the stars were,\nAlthough fully pale had become the moon,\nAnd whiteness began to shine,\nAs eastward as it is wont to do,\nAnd Phoebus with his rosy chariot soon,\nBegan after that to dress himself to go,\nWhen Troilus had sent after Pandarus,\nThis Pandarus, who all day before,\nCould not come to Troilus to see,\nAnd though on his head, he had it sworn,\nFor with King Priamus all day was he,\nSo that it lay not in his power,\nNowhere to go, but the morrow he went,\nTo Troilus when that he for him sent,\nFor in his heart he knew well divine,\nThat Troilus all night for sorrow woke,\nAnd that he would tell him of his pain,\nThis he knew right well without a book,\nFor which to his chamber the right way he took,\nAnd Troilus truly he greeted,\nAnd on the bed full soon he set him..My Pandare, I who am Troilus, lamenting,\nWhich sorrow I cannot dry nor endure,\nI believe I shall not live till tomorrow,\nTherefore I would always seek adventure\nTo arrange for my burial's design,\nBut of the funeral and funeral pyre,\nIn which my body shall burn and delight,\nAnd of the feasts and palestral games,\nAt my behest, take good heed,\nThat he who is well and offers marsh my steed,\nMy sword, my helmet, and my dear brother,\nMy shield, give to Pallas, shining clear,\nThe powder in which my heart burned shall tear,\nThat you take and conserve,\nIn a vessel called an urn,\nOf gold, to my lady I serve,\nFor love of whom thus pitifully I burn,\nGive it to her and do me this pleasure,\nTo pray her to keep it as a remembrance,\nI feel well by my sickness and my dreams,\nNow and ago, certainly I must die,\nThe owl also, which is called Escaphilus,\nHas followed me these two nights in a row..And God Mercury, I, the wretched one,\nNow guide my soul and, when you please, take it.\nPandar answered and said, \"O Troilus,\nMy dear friend, as I have told you before,\nIt is folly for you to sorrow thus,\nWithout cause, for which I cannot more,\nBut he who will not believe or learn,\nI cannot see a remedy in him,\nBut let him work with his fantasy.\nBut Troilus, I pray, tell me now,\nDo you know or does any other man\nLove Parolles as well as you?\nYou know it, and from many a worthy knight\nHis lady has been a fourteen-night,\nAnd he has not yet made her his wife.\nWhat need is there for you to make all this care,\nSince every day you can see for yourself\nThat from his love, or else from his wife,\nA man must part, by necessity.\nYou think he loves her as his own life,\nAnd though between you there was never a strife,\nFor well you know, my life, dear brother,\nThat friends may not always be immune from fear.\nHow did these people see her loves wedded,\nBy friends' might, as it often happens,\nAnd see them in their spouses' bed, lying together..God knew they took it wisely and fair,\nWithout words or blowing aloft,\nAnd since they endure a time of sorrow,\nTime will heal them / time will recover,\nSo shall you endure and let slide,\nThe time / and find yourself glad and light,\nTen days is not so long to abide,\nAnd since she has promised to come,\nShe will not heed any weight,\nFear not but she will find a way,\nTo come again to my life that I lay,\nThy sweets and all such fantasy,\nDrive out and let them go to me,\nFor though they proceed from thy Melancholy,\nThat does the feel in sleep all this penance,\nStraw for all thy sweets' signification,\nGod help me so / I count them not at a benefit,\nNo man knows what dreams mean,\nFor priests of the temple tell this,\nThat dreams are the revelations\nOf gods / and as well they tell us,\nThat they are infernal illusions,\nAnd leeches say that they proceed from,\nComplexions, fasting or gluttony,\nWho knows in truth what they signify,\nOther sins that through Impressions..As any man ponders a thing in mind,\nAnd experiences visions and other signs, as found in books,\nThese worthless dreams, old women's anger, and birds' fear,\nFor men believe they may lose their lives,\nAs ravages quell and shrieks of these eyes,\nTo believe it false and foul is a mistake,\nAlas, alas, that such a noble creature as man,\nShould fear such filth,\nI beseech you, forgive all this,\nAnd rise now without further speech,\nLet us consider how best to bring this time to life,\nAnd how we may live anew,\nWhen she comes who will be right soon,\nGod help me, this seems best to do,\nRise, let us speak, of lusty life in Troy,\nWhich we have led and driven forth this time,\nAnd of the time coming, as of joy,\nWhich will bring our bliss, now so blue,\nAnd the languor of these, twice five days..We should forget our oppressors, or it will cause us harm. This town is full of lords, and truth lasts here all this while. Go play with us in some lusty route to Sardepedon, not a mile away. And thus you shall pass the time well and bring it to your blissful morrow. That you may see her, the cause of your sorrow. Now rise, my dear brother Troilus. For certainly no honor is in weeping and disturbing your bed thus. Truly, if you lie here a day or two or three, the people will say that you feign illness and dare not rise. This Troilus answered, \"O dear brother, those who have suffered pain know this: though I weep and make sorrowful face, feeling harm and pain in every bone, no wonder that I ever weep or am no longer anything to blame. Since I have lost the cause of all my joy, but I shall rise as soon as ever I may, and God to whom my heart I sacrifice.\".So send now, on the tenth day,\nFor never was there a bird so fair in May,\nAs I shall be when she comes to Troy,\nBringing both torment and joy to me.\nBut why, Troilus, you ask why,\nThat we play here in this town?\nMy counsel is, by God, said Pandarus,\nTo ride and play with Sarpedon.\nThey spoke of this for a long time,\nUntil at last Troilus agreed,\nAnd they rose and went forth to Sarpedon.\nThis Sarpedon, as one who was always honorable\nAnd full of high generosity,\nProvided all that might serve at table,\nThat feast was, cost what it may,\nSuch nobility was there,\nBoth the greater and the least,\nNever seen or heard of at any feast,\nNor in this world is there any equal,\nDelight in song or touch of heart,\nAs far as any man has ever gone\nWhose tongue can tell or heart record,\nThat at the feast it was not heard,\nOf ladies, such a fair company,\nIn dances, as if none had ever been seen with the eye.\nBut what avails this to Troilus?.That for his sorrow nothing of it troubled him,\nIn one heart, pitifully, Creseyde sought his lady,\nWhom ever was all that his heart thought,\nNow this, now that, so deeply imagining,\nThat gladly could not cheer him up,\nThese ladies, since he saw his lady was away,\nIt was his sorrow upon them to see,\nOr to hear, Instruments play,\nFor she who bore the key of his heart was absent,\nLo, this was his fantasy,\nThat no one should make melody,\nFor there was no hour, in the day or night,\nWhen he was there, that no man might hear him,\nThat he did not say, O blessed lady bright,\nHow have you fared, since you were here?\nWelcome, my own lady dear,\nBut well away, all this was but a masque,\nFortune intended his house to please,\nThe letters also, which she of old time\nHad sent him, he would read at once,\nAnd often between none and prime,\nRefiguring her,\nWithin his heart, and every word and deed\nThat passed, and thus he sank to an end\nThe fourth day with Pandare his friend..And said/ lied, brother Pandarus,\nHave you heard/ understood that we shall stay here,\nUntil Sarpedon is willing to convey us?\nYet it would be fairer that we take our love,\nFor God's love, let us go home soon,\nOur love take/ and let us turn home,\nFor truly I will not thus linger,\nPandarus answered, \"Have we come here,\nTo fetch fire and turn home again?\nGod help me, I cannot tell why,\nWe might have gone, if I should truly say,\nThere is no one among us more feigning,\nThan Sarpedon, and if you heed him,\nThus suddenly, I hold it villainy,\nSince we said we would stay with him,\nA week, and now thus suddenly,\nThe fourth day take leave of him,\nHe would wonder, truly,\nLet us go forth and hold our purposes firmly,\nAnd since you have sworn to him to remain,\nHold on now, and after,\nPandarus, with all pain and wooing,\nMade him stay/ and at the week's end,\nThey took her/ and on their way they sped,\nQuoth Troilus, now, Lord, send me,\nThat I may find/ at my home coming..Creseyde comes and he begins to sing,\nTo him softly he says,\nGod knows, or call to Troilus, Creseyde,\nBut nevertheless he,\nAnd swears by his honesty, she will come as soon as she can,\nWhen they come to the palaces, they go down from their horses,\nAnd to the chamber they have their way,\nAnd in time that it begins to night,\nThey speak of Creseyde, the bright,\nAnd after this, when they part from supper to rest,\nOn the morrow as soon as day begins to clear,\nThis Troilus awakens from his sleep,\nAnd to Pandar, his own dear brother, he goes,\nFor love of God, pitifully he says,\nAs we see the palaces of Creseyde,\nFor since we can have no more feast,\nLet us see her palace,\nAnd there with all his men to mingle,\nA reason he finds in town to go,\nAnd to Creseyde's house they begin to go,\nBut lord, this celibate Troilus was in love,\nHe thought his sorrowful heart was burst asunder,\nFor when he saw her doors spread wide open,\nNearly for sorrow, he began to fall,\nThen, as he was aware, and went..How every window of the palace\nAppeared to Frost, as he thought, his heart grew cold,\nFor which he thought, without a word, he began to pace,\nAnd as God would have it, he rode so fast,\nThat no man of his countenance beheld,\nThen said he thus, \"O desolate palaces,\nOf honor and gladness once the brightest,\nO empty and disconsolate,\nO lantern, from which the light is quenched,\nO once-daylit palace, now night,\nWell it befits thee to fall down, and I to die,\nSince she is gone who was accustomed to delight us,\nO once-crowned palace of all houses,\nEnlightened with the sun of all bliss,\nO ring from which the ruby falls,\nO cause of woe, that cause hast brought me to this,\nYet since I may not be with thee, I would ascend,\nThy cold do touch me,\nFarewell, shrine, of which the corpse is out.\nThus he cast his eye on Pandarus,\nWith a changed face, and pitiful to behold,\nAnd when he could rightly see him,\nHe told him his new sorrow and his old joys,\nSo pitifully, and with such a dead countenance..That every knight might on his sorrow weep,\nFrom thenceforth he rides up and down,\nAnd every thing comes to his remembrance\nAs he rode by the places in the town,\nIn which he had pleasure.\nLo, yonder I saw my lady dance,\nAnd in that temple with her eyes clear,\nI first beheld my right lady dear,\nAnd there have I heard, so lustily,\nMy dear heart laugh and there play,\nI saw her once, also most blissfully,\nAnd to me once there she said,\nNow good, sweet love, have mercy on me,\nAnd so goodly there she held me,\nThat to death, my heart is to hers,\nAnd there I heard my sweetest lady sing,\nSo womanly with melodious voice,\nThey sang so well, so goodly and so clear,\nThat in my soul I think I hear\nThat blissful sound, and in that place,\nMy lady first took me unto her grace,\nThen thought he thus, O blessed Lord Cupid,\nWhen I have this process in memory,\nHow thou hast wooed me on every side,\nMen might make a book of it, like a story,\nWhat need is there for me to seek victory?.I am thine and holy at thy will\nWhat joy hast thou thine own folk to spoil?\nThou mighty god, and dreadful to grieve,\nNow mercy, lord, thou knowest I desire\nThis grace most of all lusts to leave,\nAnd live and die I will in thy will,\nFor which I ask in reward but a boon:\nThat thou send Cressida again soon.\nDistress her heart as fast to return,\nAs thou dost mine to long for to see,\nI well know she will not delay.\nNow blissful lord, so cruel thou be not,\nUnto the blood of Troy I pray to thee,\nAs Jove was unto the blood of Thebes,\nFor which the people of Thebes caused their bane,\nAnd after this he went to the gates,\nThere as Cressida rode out a full good pace,\nAnd up and down there made he many a pass,\nAnd to himself full oft he said, alas,\nFrom hence rode my bliss and my solace,\nAnd blissful god, now for his joy,\nI might see her again come to Troy,\nAnd to the yonder hill, he began to guide,\nAlas, and there I took from her my leave..And I saw her, riding to her father,\nFor sorrow of which my heart would know,\nAnd here I come, when it was evening,\nAnd here I dwell, apart from all joy,\nUntil I may see her again in Troy,\nAnd of himself he often imagined,\nTo be defeated, pale and less,\nThan he was wont to be, and men said softly,\nWhat can it be, who can guess the truth?\nWhy Troilus bears such heaviness,\nAnd all this was not but his melancholy,\nThat he had of himself such fantasy,\nAnother time he would imagine,\nThat every man who passed by the way,\nWould have merriment from him, and they should,\nI am very sorry, Troilus will die,\nAnd thus he drifted forth yet a day or two,\nAs you have heard, such a life he led,\nAs one who stood between hope and fear,\nWhich he liked to show in his songs,\nThersites of his woe, as he could,\nAnd made a song of words but a few,\nTo lighten somewhat his woeful heart,\nAnd when he was from every man's sight,\nWith soft voice, he of his dear lady,\nWho was absent, began to sing..I. Of the star from which I have lost the light,\nWith heart heavy, I ought to bewail,\nNight after night, in torment, I've fought,\nToward my death, with wind.\nIf on the tenth night I fail,\nThe Adrastus of its beams, bright and our,\nMy ship and I, Carthage will devour,\nThis song, as soon as he had sung,\nHe sang again into his old sigils,\nAnd every night, as he was wont to,\nHe stood before the bright moon to behold,\nAnd all his sorrow he to the moon confessed,\nAnd said, \"I swear, when thou art horned,\nI shall be glad, if all the world is true.\nI saw thy horns also, old by the morrow,\nWhen\nThat cause of my torment and my sorrow,\nFor which bright,\nFor love of God,\nFor when thy horns new begin to spring,\nThen she will come, who may bring my bliss.\nThe day is longer, and every night more so,\nThan they are wont to be, he thought,\nAnd that the sun went its course unrightly,\nBy longer,\nAnd said, \"I fear, the Phaeton's son,\nPhryon, is alive,\nAnd that his chariot, mad, he drives,\nUpon the walls, he would walk fast.\".And on the Greek shore he would see\nAnd to himself right thus he would speak:\nLo, yonder is my own lady free,\nOr else yonder - there the tents be.\nAnd then comes this air - that is so sweet,\nFor in my soul I feel it does me good.\nAnd hardily this wind grows stronger and stronger,\nThus stands Melanion facing me.\nIs it my lady dear - sighs sore,\nI prove it thus - for in no other place,\nSave only in this place,\nDo I feel no wind - that sighs so like pain.\nIt says, alas, why were we two then?\nThis long time he dries forth right thus,\nTill fully passed was the ninth night.\nAnd ever by his side was this Pandarus,\nWho quickly did his full might\nTo comfort him and make his heart light,\nGiving him hope always of the tenth morrow,\nThat she shall come - and end all this sorrow.\nOn the other side was this Cressida,\nWith few women among the Greeks' strong ranks.\nFor which reason, alas, alas, she often said,\nThat I was born - well may my heart long,\nAfter my death - for now I live too long,\nAlas, and I cannot amend it..For now I have been, more than ever yet I thought,\nMy father will not grant me grace to go again,\nFor nothing can I bring him, and if I keep my term,\nMy Troilus shall now in his heart deem me false,\nAnd so it may well seem,\nThus shall I have ingratitude on every side,\nThat I was born, so far away from the tide.\nAnd if I put myself in jeopardy,\nTo steal away to night, and it happen,\nThat I am caught, I shall be held in disgrace,\nOr else, this fear I most of all,\nIf in the hands of some wretch I fall,\nI am but lost, despite my heart's truth.\nNow mighty God, have mercy on my sorrow,\nHer face was pale and bright,\nHer limbs lean, as if she had wept all day,\nThere she was born, and there she dwelt always,\nAnd all the night she lay weeping, alas,\nAnd thus she lamented, out of all cure,\nShe led her life, this woeful creature,\nFull often a day she sighed for distress,\nAnd in herself she went, portraying\nThe great worthiness of Troilus.\nAnd all his goodly words recording,\nSince that day their love began to spring..And thus she set her woeful heart on fire\nThrough remembrance of that which she desired\nIn all this world, there is no cruel heart\nThat had heard comply in that sorrow\nSo tenderly she wept both eve and morrow\nShe needed no terrors to borrow\nAnd this was yet the worst of all her pain\nThere was no way/one to whom she might cling\nFor reverently she looked upon Troy\nBeheld the towers high and also the halls\nAlas she said, the pleasure and the joy\nWhich all new turned into gall\nHave I had often within those walls, O Troilus, what do you now?\nLord, whether you yet think upon Creseyde\nAlas, I had not believed/trusted in your lore\nAnd gone with you, as I had read or this\nThen had you not sighed, half so sore\nWho might have said, that I had done amiss\nTo steal away with such one as he is\nBut all too late, comes the lector\nWhen men the corps unto the grave carry\nIt is now too late, to speak of that matter\nPrudence, alas, one of your eyes three\nI lacked always or that I came here.Of time passed I will remember me,\nAnd present time I well could see,\nBut future time or I was in the snare,\nCould I not see that causes all my care,\nBut nevertheless, whatever betides,\nI shall tomorrow night, by east or west,\nOut of this hostel, on some manner side,\nAnd go with Troilus where he pleases,\nNo forsooth of wicked tongues, Angel,\nFor ever on love, have wretches envy,\nFor whoever will of every word take heed,\nOr rule himself by every man's wit,\nNe'er shall he ever thrive out of fear,\nFor some men blame ever yet,\nLoo other men, yet commend it,\nAnd as for me, all such variation,\nFortune I call my sustenance,\nFor which without any further words,\nTo Troilus I will, as for conclusion,\nBut God knows, or fully two nights,\nShe was far from that intention,\nFor both Troilus and Troy town\nShall knots through her heart slide,\nFor she will another purpose abide,\nThis Diomedes, of whom I tell you? Began,\nGoth now within himself, ever arguing,\nWith all subtleties, and all that he can..He could most easily win Creussyde's heart by fishing for it. To this end, he could lay out hook and line. But despite his thoughts, he believed she was not without love in Troy. For he had never since bringing her, seen her laugh or make joy. He did not know how to win her heart, but only tried. He said to himself one night, \"Am I not a fool, knowing well who wooed her for love? And yet I will try now. I may well know, it will not be my prowess. Wise men in books express that one should not woo a woman in heavenly delight. But who could win such a flower from him, for whom she mourns both night and day? He might say, he was a conqueror. And right away, as the one speaking was, thought in his heart, how I might have the chance. I should die, I will search for her heart no more, but only my speech.\" This Diomede, as books declare..Was in need, prest and courageous,\nWith stern voices and mighty limbs square,\nHardy, right strong, and chivalrous,\nLike his father Tydeus, was he,\nAnd some men say he had a large tongue,\nAnd he was of Calydon and Arge.\nCressida met you.\nTo her shape, face, and cheer,\nThere might be no fairer creature,\nAnd this was her manner,\nTo go tressed with her hair clear,\nDown by her collar, at her back behind,\nWhich with a thread of gold, she would bind,\nAnd save her brows joined in fear.\nThere was no lack in anything I could see,\nBut to speak of her clear eyes,\nTruly they write all that she sees,\nThat paradise stood formed in her eyes,\nAnd with her rich beauty evermore,\nLove strove in her, which was more,\nShe was sober, simple, and wise with all,\nThe best nurtured one that might be,\nAnd goodly of her speech in general,\nCharytable, estate, lusty, and free,\nBut nevermore lacked her pity,\nTender-hearted, sly of courage,\nBut truly, I cannot tell her age,\nAnd Troilus well grown was in height..And completed formed by proportion, so well that kind not amended might, Young/fresh/strong/and hardy as a lion, True as steel in each condition, One of the best intended creatures, That is or shall while the world may endure, And certainly in story, as it is found, That Troilus was never to any wight, As in his time, in no degree second, In daring do that longs to a knight, A giant could pass him in might, His force ever with the first and the best, Stood peerless, to do what he pleased, But for to tell of Diomedes, It follows after, that on the tenth day, Since Creseyde out of the city led, This Diomedes as fresh as a may branch, Came to the tent, there as Calcas lay, And feigned him with Calcas have to do, But what he meant, I shall you tell soon, Creseyde at short words for to tell, Welcomed him, & did him by her seat, And he was then known, to make a dwelling, And after this without long let, Spices and wine men forth they fetched, And forth they spoke of this and that, ye fear..As friends do, of which some you shall hear\nHe first fell into dispute between them\nAnd Troy town's people concerning this siege\nShe asked him what her opening was\nFrom that demand he descended down\nTo ask her if this strange thought\nThe Greeks' gifts and works that they wrought\nAnd why her father tarried here so long\nTo wed her unto some worthy knight\nCresus, who was in her pains' strong hold,\nFor love of Troilus, her own dear knight,\nAs far as she could, she answered him,\nBut it seemed not that she understood his intent\nNevertheless, this same Diomedes\nBegan in himself to be assured and said,\nIf I have rightly taken your head off,\nO lady, my dear Cressida,\nSince first I held your bridle in my hand\nWhen you came out of Troy by the morrow,\nI could never see you but in sorrow,\nCan I not see what the cause may be\nBut it is for love of some Trojan it would seem.\nWhich right sore would make me think..That anyone who dwells there\nShould spend a quarter of a year\nOr foolishly/you yourself be so beguiled\nFor trifles it is not worth the while\nThe people of Troy, as they all say and some,\nIn prison are, as you yourself see\nFor then shall none alive come\nFor all the gold between sun and sea\nTrust right well & understand me\nThere shall not one to mercy go alive\nEven if he were lord of the world's five times\nSuch wretch to them for bringing Helen\nThere shall be taken or that we think\nThose men who are gods among them\nShould be appalled/how Greeks should harm them\nAnd men should fear unto the world's end\nFrom thence forth to ravage any queen\nSo cruel shall our wretch be seen by them\nAnd unless Calchas leads us with Amphitryon\nThat is to say with deceitful words sly\n\nYou shall well know/that I speak nothing but the truth\nAnd this whole thing right soon before your eyes\nAnd that at once you will not believe how soon\nNow take heed/for it is to be done\nWhat think you your wise father would have you\nHave you yew for Antenor alone.If he didn't know that the city should be destroyed, I would not have gone there. He knows full well that none who are Trojan will escape. And for great fear, he dared not stay any longer there. What more would you love, some lady dear, than to let Troy and Trojans depart from your heart? Drive out your bitter hope and make good cheer. And call again the beauty of your face that you with salt tears so deface. For Troy is brought into such jeopardy that it can no longer be saved. And think well, you shall find in the Greeks a more perfect love or it is night. And kinder than any Trojan is, and more willing to serve you, he will do his might. And if you swear, I will be he to serve you myself. You prefer me to the king of the Greeks twelve. And with that word, he began to grow red, and in his speech a little weight was quoted, and he cast and said, \"I am,\" alas, no joy to you. As gentle a man as any knight in the world, for if my life had been spared, I would have been long-lived or this..Of Calydon and Arete / a Creusende\nI hope I shall be yet your man,\nBut he was slain; alas, the harm is done.\nPolemytes, and many a man to vex,\nBut truly I am yours,\nAnd serve you, as heartily as I can,\nAnd ever shall while I live have the space\nTo be or depart from this place,\nThat you grant me that I may tomorrow\nAt a more convenient time tell you my sorrow.\nWhat should I tell his words, that he said?\nHe spoke enough for one day at the least.\nIt proved well he spoke.\nGranted him a morrow, at his request,\nTo have a speech with her at the earliest,\nSo that he would not speak of such matters,\nAnd thus she said to him as you may hear:\nAs she who had her heart on Troilus,\nSo that there may none it arouse,\nAnd strangely she spoke, and said thus:\nO Diomede, I love that same place\nThat I was born in, and I love for his grace\nDeliver it soon, from all that trouble it bears,\nGod grant his might, so weak it seems to fare,\nThat Greeks would in Troy wreak their wrath,\nIf they might know it well, indeed..But it shall not fall, as you speak\nAnd God forbid and further over this, I vow\nMy father loses and is ready\nAnd that he has bought me, as you told me\nSo there I am, the more to him I hold\nThese Greeks are of high condition\nI know it well, but certain men shall find\nAs worthy folk within Troy town\nAs conniving, as perfect, and as kind\nAs between Orcades and I\nAnd that you could well serve your lady\nI know it well, she deserves thanks for it\nBut truly, as for love, she said\nI had a lord, to whom I was married was\nThe one whose heart had, until he died\nAnd other love, as Pallas helps me now\nThere in my heart is never was\nAnd that you are of noble and high kin\nI have heard well told out of fear\nAnd that does me, to have such a wonder\nThat you will scorn any woman so much\nEek God knows love and I am far from it\nI am disposed, let it be so, I go\nTo my death to play and make woo\nWhat shall I do after? I cannot say\nBut truly, as yet I do not wish to play\nMy heart is now in tribulation.\"You, in arms, listen to me day after day,\nAfter you have won the town, enter then,\nIf it happens that I see / this has never passed my lips,\nI will work / this I have never done,\nThis word is enough for you, it suffices,\nTomorrow I will speak with you willingly,\nSo that you do not touch this matter,\nAnd when you please, you may come here again,\nAnd before you go, I say to you here,\nAs Pallas helps me with her clear eyes,\nIf I should anger anyone, may it be you, by my truth,\nI do not therefore say that I will love you,\nNor do I say no, but in conclusion,\nI mean well by God / that sits alone,\nAnd with that, she cast her eyes down,\nAnd began to sigh / and said, \"O Troy, town,\nYet I bid God in quiet and rest,\nI may see it / or let my heart rest,\nBut in truth, this is what I want to say shortly,\nDionedes appears anew, fresh again,\nBeg for mercy / and after this, the truth,\nHis glove he took / which he was greatly pleased with,\nAnd finally, when it had become ripe.\"\".And all was well, he rose and took his leave.\nThe bright gods followed, and thought\nThe way broadened, Phoebus descended light,\nAnd Cythera reached out to free herself from the lion,\nIf she could.\nSignifer held up his bright candle.\nWhen Chrysde went to rest within her father's fair tent,\nReturning in her soul up and down,\nThe words of this sudden Diomedes\nHis great estate and peril of the Town,\nAnd that she was alone and had need\nOf friends, and thus began to breed\nThe cause why the truth must be told,\nThat she took purpose to dwell fully\nThe morrow came, and spiritually to speak,\nThis Diomedes comes to Chrysde,\nAnd shortly lest that I break my tale,\nSo well he spoke for himself and said,\nThat all his signs sore he laid down,\nAnd finally the truth to be shown,\nHe left of the great, of all his pain.\nAnd after this, the story tells us,\nThat she gave him the fair bay steed,\nThe which she once had of Troylus,\nAnd also a brooch that was little needed..That Troilus gave this Diomedes\nIn truth the best from sorrow him to relieve,\nShe made him where her sleeve was,\nI find also in the story elsewhere,\nWhen through the body hurt was Diomedes,\nOf Troilus she wept many a tear,\nWhen she saw his wide wounds bleed,\nAnd took to keep him good and sound,\nAnd to heal him of his sorrows' pain,\nMen say I note, she gave him her heart.\nBut truly the story tells us,\nThere never was a woman more woe,\nThan she when she deceived Troilus.\nShe said, alas, for now is quite gone,\nMy name from truth in love forevermore,\nFor I have deceived the gentlest,\nThat ever was and also the worthiest.\nAlas, to the world's end,\nNeither of me shall be written nor be,\nNo good word for this book will me send,\nRolled shall it be on many a tongue,\nThroughout the world, my,\nAnd women will hate me most of all,\nAlas that such a case befell me.\nThey will say in as much as I am,\nI have done dishonor to him quite away,\nAlthough I was not the first to do so..What helps it to do away my blame away\nBut since I see\nAnd that too late it is now for me to go to Diomede's aid\nBut Troilus, since I can do no better\nAnd since you have departed and I\nI pray God give you a right good day\nAs for the gentlest knight, truth,\nThat ever I saw serve faithfully\nAnd with that word, she broke in and\nAnd friendship's love, that shall you love of me\nAnd my good word, all my life I might live\nAnd truly I would right sorry be\nTo see you in any adversity\nAnd guiltless I woe\nBut all shall pass, and thus I take my leave\nBut truly, how long was it between\nThat she forsook him for this Diomede?\nThere is no other author tells it, I believe\nTake every man now to his books' head\nHe shall find no term to escape from fear\nFor though he began to love her soon\nOr won her yet was there more to do\nFor further than the story will allow\nHer name, alas, is published so wide\nThat for her guilt, it ought now to suffice\nAnd if I might excuse her in any way\nFor she was so sorry for her unfaithfulness..Ywys, I would excuse her yet for anger\nThis Troilus, as I have told before,\nDries forth/as well as he might,\nBut often was his heart hot,\nAnd especially that same night,\nWhich on the morrow, she had promised him,\nTo come again/God wote little rest,\nHad he that night, nothing to sleep him less,\nThe laurel crowned Phoebus with his heat,\nCame in his course/always upward as he went,\nTo warm the waves, the wakes knew not,\nAnd Cressida's daughter signaled her intent,\nWhen Troilus' Pandar after was sent,\nAnd on the walls of the Town they played,\nTo look if they could see Creusa,\nUntil it was none they stood for to see,\nWho came there/and every manner of man,\nThey said it was she,\nAnd that way could know them rightly,\nNow was his heart heavy, now was it light,\nAnd thus they stood to stare,\nAbout nothing Troilus and Pandar,\nTo Pandarus, this Troilus then said,\nFor aught I wot, before none truly,\nInto this town comes not here Creusa,\nShe has enough to do there boldly..To win her from her father, I truly believe he would still make her dine, or that she go, God give him pain. Pander answered, \"It may well be certain. And for your late request, I ask that we dine first. After none, you may come again. And they have gone without further speech. And come again, and may they long continue their search. Or that they find, and eagerly await. Fortune grants them both, thinks to joke. Quoth Troilus, \"I see well now that she is, that or she comes, it will not be even. Come forth, I will go to the gate. These porters are unyielding evermore. I will hold the gate open for her. As if she comes late, I will not be. The day goes fast, and after that, come you, Creseyde. He looks forth by hedge, by tree, by grief. And near his head on the wall he laid, And at the last he turned and said, By God, I wot her meaning now, Pander. Almost certainly, this lady can have her good. I wot she comes riding privately. I commend her wisdom by my hood..She will not make people nicely welcome when she comes, but softly by night into Town she thinks rides, and dear brother, think not long to stay. We have not else to do truly, and Panthera shall now grant me this, Have here my truth, I see yonder where she is. Lift up thine eyes, man mayst not see. Panthera answered, \"Nay, so may I thee,\" What art thou, man, that I see yonder is not but a false semblance. Alas, thou sayest truly, Quoth Troilus. But hardly is it not all for naught, That in my heart I rejoice thus, It is against some good, I have a thought. I know not how, but since I was disturbed, Nor felt such comfort, truly, to say, She comes by night, my life dare I leave, Panthera answered, \"It may be well enough,\" And held with him of all that ever he said. But in his heart he thought, and to himself he said, From Hasylwood, there Ioly Robyn played. Shall come all that thou doest abide here. Ye fare well, all the snow of Fern year..The warden of the gates called out\nThe people outside and bade them drive in all their beasts or they must spend the night there\nAnd right within, the night was filled with many a tear\nThis Troilus went homeward to ride\nFor well he saw, it did him no good to stay\nBut nevertheless, he was glad in this\nHe thought amiss he had completed his day\nFor thus night, I last saw Creusa say\nShe said I shall be here if I may\nOr that the moon, O dear heart sweet\nThe sun passes out of this Aryete\nFor which she may yet hold her horse\nAnd on the morrow to the gate he went\nAnd up and down, by west, and also by east\nHe made many a round about the walls\nBut all in vain, his hope always blended\nFor which at night, in sorrow and sighs sore\nHe went home without any more\nHis hope completely out of his heart fled\nHe has whereon, no longer now to cling\nBut for the pain, he thought his heart bled\nSo were his throes sharp and wonder strong\nFor when he saw she remained so long..He couldn't imagine what he was supposed to do since she had broken her promise to him on the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth day after the tenth, which I had previously told him about. But when he saw that she wouldn't hold her term, he could see no other remedy but to prepare himself to die. With the wicked spirit, which men call Wood Jealousy, creeping in him in all this heaviness, he could neither eat nor drink due to his melancholy. He also avoided every company. This was the life he had led all this time, and no man could recognize him or know where he went. He was so weak and pale, and he walked with difficulty. He hurt himself with his own anger, and whoever asked him about his pain, he said his harm was all about his heart. Priamus often and also his dear mother, his brothers, and his sisters, urged him, wondering why he was so sorrowful and what was the cause of his pain..But for nothing he concealed his cause,\nBut said he felt a grievous malady,\nAbout his heart, and fain would he die.\nSo on a day, he laid himself down to sleep,\nAnd it happened that in his sleep he thought,\nThat he walked in a forest to weep,\nFor love of her whose pain he wrought.\nUp and down, as he the forest sought,\nHe thought he saw a boar with great tusks,\nThat slept in the bright sun's heat.\nAnd by this boar, fast in its arms folded,\nLay kissing always, his lady bright, Treasuryde.\nFor sorrow of which, when he began to hold,\nHe loudly cried on Pandarus and said,\nFor sorrow of which, almost there he died.\nO Pandarus, now know I am cropped and rooted out,\nI am but dead, there is no other boot.\nMy lady bright Creseyde has betrayed me,\nIn whom I trusted most of any.\nShe esses where has now her heart appeased?\nThe blessed gods through their great might\nHave in my dream shown me truly,\nThus in my dream Creseyde have I beheld,\nAnd all this thing to Pandarus he revealed.\nO my Creseyde, alas what subtlety!.What new lust, what beauty, what sense\nHas drawn your heart and love from me thus?\nThis is the cause of your long absence;\nIt has taken me away, alas, from me.\nO trust, O faith, O deep assurance,\nWho has taken me away, Creseyde, my pleasure?\nAlas, why let you go from here so soon?\nFor which reason, nearly out of my wits I cry.\nWho shall now believe in anyone else?\nGod knows I thought lady bright Creseyde,\nThat every word was gospel that you said.\nBut who may be beguiled, if he desires?\nThan he on whom men trust best to rely.\nWhat shall I do, my Pandarus, alas,\nI feel now so sharply, & a new pain,\nSince there is no remedy in this case,\nThat better it were I with my hands two,\nMy own self to sleep, than thus always to play,\nFor through death my woe should have an end.\nEvery day with life I give myself away,\nPandarus answered & said, alas, the while,\nThat I was born, have I not said or this,\nThat dreams may deceive many a man,\nAnd why, forsooth, do people explain them amiss?\nHow dare you say, that false your lady is?.For only your dreams be right for your own fear\nLeave be your thoughts / you cannot read dreams\nEnter there where you dream of this boor\nIt may be so / that it may signify\nHer old is and hoore\nAgainst the sun lies in point to die\nAnd she begins to weep and cry for sorrow\nAnd there he lies kissed him on the ground\nThus should you rightly expound your dreams\nHow might I then, said Troilus,\nTo know this / were it never so little\nNow say you wisely, said Pandarus,\nMy advice is this / since you can well write\nThat hastily a letter you to her write\nThrough which you shall bring it about\nTo know the truth where you are in doubt\nAnd see now why / for I dare well say\nIf she is unfaithful / I cannot believe she will write again\nAnd if she writes, you shall soon see\nWhether she has / any liberty\nTo come again / or else in some clause\nIf she is let / she will assign a cause\nYou have not written to her / since she went\nNor she to you / and this I dare lay down\nThere may be such a cause in her intent.That hardly thou wilt thou say,\nThat her abode / is the best for you two,\nNow write her then & thou shalt see soon,\nA truth of all / there is no more to do,\nAccorded be they to this conclusion,\nAnd that anon these like lords two\nAnd hastily set Troilus down,\nAnd rolleth in his heart to and fro,\nHow he may best describe to her his love,\nAnd to Crisedy his own lady dear,\nHe wrote right thus / and said as you shall hear,\nRight fresh flower / whose I have been and shall,\nWithout part of others where service,\nWith heart, body, life, lust, thought and all,\nI wretched wight in every humble way,\nThat tongue can tell or heart may devise,\nAs often as matter occupies place,\nI recommend myself to your noble grace,\nLikeeth you to know sweet heart,\nAs you well know / how long time ago,\nThat you me left in bitter pains smart,\nWhen that you went / of which yet boot none,\nHad I none had / but ever wors ensued,\nFrom day to day am I / and so more dwell,\nWhile it yew least look on woe and well my well,\nFor which to you with dreadful heart true..I write as he who scrivened my wo every hour,\nComplaining, aye, I do, and that is a fact.\nThey would speak, if they could, you first, I ask,\nTo look upon this defiled and unfolded,\nAnd over all this, my lady dear,\nWill vouchsafe this letter to hold.\nAnd by the cause, eke, of my cares cold,\nThat you have tarried, you said truthfully,\nBut, but, but,\nAll that you like I dare not plead more,\nBut,\nYou write,\nFrom day to day desiring evermore,\nTo know fully, your will,\nHow you have fared, and do while you are there,\nWhose welfare, and help,\nIn honor such, as above in degree,\nIt grows ever so, that it never ceases,\nLike as you yourself,\nDeuce I pray,\nAnd grant that\nAs wisely as in all I am, your true servant,\nAnd if you like to know of the fare,\nOf me whose wo, there may no wight deserve,\nI can no more\nAt writing of,\nAlready cut my woeful goose,\nWhich I delay and hold him yet in hand,\nUpon the sight of matsond,\nMine eyes two in vein, with which I see,\nOf woeful tears salt, arisen wells..My song in complaint of my adversity\nMy good in harm / my ease became hellish\nMy joy in woo / I can no longer see otherwise\nEvery joy / is turned contrary to me\nWhich with your coming home again to Troy\nYou may redress / and more than a thousand syllables\nThan ever I had increasing in me, joy\nShould be as swift\nAs I see you\nAnd if so much my death I have deserved\nOr if you wish no longer to see me\nIn reward for all I have served you\nThat you will write me\nFor love of God / my right good star\nOr D\nThat with your letter you may comfort me\nFor though to me your absence is an hell\nWith patience I will bear my woe\nAnd with your letter of her I will amuse myself\nNow write sweet /\nWith hope or\nI, my own dear heart true, know that\nWhen you next see me,\nSo boast I of my health & also my complexion\nCrescede shall not know me\nI, my heart's day, my lady free\nSo thirsty is my heart to behold\nYour beauty that my life cannot hold.To you more than I tell may be, but whether you have lived or died, I pray God that you give you a right good day, and farewell, right fair and fresh may it be, as life or death may command me. And to your truth I recommend myself, with health such that if you give me the same health, I shall never have health but in you. In you lies when you please, it shall be. The day on which my clothes shall clothe my grave, in you my life, your might is it to save me from disease and all pains and sorrow.\n\nThis letter was sent forth to Creseyde, and her answer in effect was this: Most pitifully she wrote again and said that as soon as ever she might, she would come and mend that which was amiss. And finally wrote and said to him: She would come, but she never knew when. But in her letter, she made such feasts that wonder was, and she swore she loved him best. Of which he found but bottomless bids. But Troilus, may you now be east or west, pipe in a yew leaf, if that the least may go. Thus goes the world, God shield us from mischance..And every knight who seeks truth in advance,\nIncreases the woe of Troilus night by night,\nFor tarrying with Criseyde, and lessens both hope and might.\nTherefore, he laid down his bed and neither ate, nor drank, nor spoke a word,\nImagining always that she was unkind,\nAnd this dream, which I have told you before,\nMay never leave his memory.\nHe thought as well that she was born his lady,\nAnd that Jupiter, through his providence,\nHad shown him in a vision the sign of her infidelity and misfortune.\nAnd this was shown to him in figure,\nFor which he sent for Sybil, his sister,\nWho was also called Cassandra,\nAnd told her all his dream before he departed,\nAnd she sought to console him, the doubt,\nWith her words, strong and resolute.\nAnd finally, within a little time,\nCassandra rightly explained his dream.\nShe first smiled and said, \"Brother dear,\nIf you truly desire to know this,\nYou must first listen to a few old stories here.\".To purpose how that fortune overthrew\nLords high, within a throw,\nYou shall know well this bore, and of what kind,\nHe comes, as men in books find,\nDiana, who was in wrath and ire,\nFor Greeks would not do her sacrifice,\nNor incense on her altar set a fire,\nShe, for the Greeks, began to despise,\nAnd wreaked her in a cruel wise,\nWith a boar, as great as Ox in stable,\nShe made him eat,\nTo sleep this boar was all the country raised,\nAmongst which there came this boar to see,\nA maiden, one of this world most praised,\nAnd Meleager, lord of that country,\nHe loved so, this fresh maiden free,\nThat with his manhood, or he would have rent,\nThis boar he slowed, and her the head he sent,\nOf which as old,\nThere rose a,\nAnd of this lord, Des Tydeus,\nBy line or esses, old books lie,\nBut how Meleager began to die,\nThrough his mother's will I you not tell,\nFor it would be too long to dwell,\nShe also told how Tydeus she sent\nTo claim kingdom of the city and went,\nFor his fellow..Of his own brother Ethyocles,\nunjustly held the power. She also told of how he monied And of the holy serpent and the well And of the furious Tydeus, the suppliant Tideo the legate taught infidels Teraus Hermodius Mor Ouctae Ba Archynon luse Dat Grai Ocrauo c Ipomedon the ninth died with Parthoneus Fulmine percussus, the tenth Canapus was overcome By the nineteenth, his brothers perished By Archenor's weeping and the plays And how Amphiora passed through the ground Tydeus was slain, lord of Argos And how Ipomedon in a little while Was struck and died by Parthoneus' wound And how Canapus, the proud one,\nwas slain with thunder She also told him how Ethyocles and Polemytes,\nat a skirmish, each slowly killed the other And of Argive's weeping and her woe And how the town was burned, she also told And so she descended down from the geste's old To Dyomedes & thus she spoke and told..This text represents a portion of an ancient poem, likely in Middle English, discussing the actions of Dyomede, Tydeus, and Meleager, as well as their respective ladies. The text appears to be a dialogue between two parties, with one party questioning the truth of the other's prophecies. Here is the cleaned text:\n\nThis is Dyomede, the son of Tydeus,\nWho brought about the boar's demise,\nMeleager, the one who made it bleed,\nAnd his lady, whose heart is his,\nShe weeps if you will or leave,\nFor in her is Dyomede, and you are out,\nYou say not truthfully, you false sorcerers,\nWith all your false ghost of prophecy,\nYou believe yourself to be a great deity,\nNow see, you do not see this fool of fantasy,\nShe deceives ladies,\nAway, he said there, Jove, give her sorrow,\nYou will be a false parasite tomorrow,\nAs well might you lie upon Alceste,\nWho was of creatures, but men lie,\nHe who was the kindest and best,\nWhen her husband was in peril of death,\nTo die himself, but if she would die,\nShe begged for him to die and go to hell,\nAnd she perished immediately, as the books tell,\nCassandra goes, and he with cruel heart,\nBecause of his love, for anger of her speech,\nAnd from his bed, he arose suddenly,\nAs though he had healed himself whole..And thus he drains forth his adventure,\nFortune which has the permutation of things, as it is here committed\nBy the pursuit and dispositions of Jove, as reigns shall be shifted\nFrom folk in folk, or when they shall be smitten\nGo put away the bright feathers of Troy,\nFrom day to day, till they are bereft of joy,\nAmong all this, the end of the parody\nOf Hector began to approach, wonderfully blue,\nThe fate would, his soul should unbody,\nAnd had shaped a means to drive\nAgainst which fate, he helps not to strive,\nBut on a day to fight was decreed,\nAt which, alas, he caught his last end,\nFor which I think that every manner of knight\nThat haunts arms, ought to bewail\nThe death of him that was so noble a knight,\nFor as he drew a king by the fable,\nUnaware of this Achilles through the struggle,\nAnd through the body began to ravage,\nAnd thus that worthy knight was brought back to life,\nAccording to old books, which tell us,\nWas made such woe that tongue may not tell,\nAnd especially the sorrow of Troilus..That next hym was of worthiness well\nAnd in this woo Troylus began to dwell,\nYet for that sorrow and love of his unrest,\nFull oft a day he had his heart breast,\nBut nevertheless, though he began to despair,\nHe feared ever his lady was unfaithful,\nYet always on her his heart went repairing,\nAnd as lovers do, he sought anew\nTo regain Cressida's bright countenance,\nAnd in his heart he went excusing\nThat Calcas caused all her delaying,\nAnd often he was in great purposely,\nHimself like a pilgrim to disguise,\nTo see her, but he could not counterfeit\nTo be unknown of folk that were wise,\nNor find excuse right, that might suffice,\nIf among the Greeks he were known to be,\nFor which he wept full often many a tear,\nTo her he wrote yet again, piteously,\nLetting not for sloth,\nBy this I take it, concerning all this matter,\nHe wrote him again, and said, as you may hear,\nCupid's son, example of goodness..O sword of knighthood/ sources of gentleness,\nHow could a knight in torment and fear,\nAnd unhealthy, send you joy instead,\nI heartless, I see in great distress,\nSince you are not with me nor I with you can deal,\nYou cannot send me heart or health,\nYour letters, filled with the papyrus, are painted,\nMy heart has conceived pity,\nI have also seen with tears all painted,\nYour letter and how you,\nWhich yet may not be,\nBut why fear that this letter be found,\nNo mercy I make now for fear,\nGrievous to me, God knows your unrest,\nYour haste, and if at the God's ordinance,\nIt seems not, you take it for the best,\nFor other things are not in your remembrance,\nAs I think, but only you,\nBut he is not angry, and I ask for your pardon,\nFor I tarry, it is for wicked speech,\nFor I have heard more than I thought,\nConcerning v,\nWhich I shall with dissimulation amend,\nAnd be not angry, I have also understood,\nHow you do not, but hold me in bond.\nBut now no longer, I cannot imagine you..But truly I come with every truth and gentleness, yet in such disjointed fashion I stand as now. But what hour or what day this shall be, I pray you as may be. In effect, I pray you for your good word and friendship always. Truly, why should my life last as for a friend, you may assure yourself in me. Yet I pray you, on evil take not that it is short which I write to you. I dare not there I am well letters make, nor great effect men write in little space. Then.\n\nAnd faith now well God have you in his grace. Troilus thought this letter altogether strange when he saw it, and sorrowfully he saw it. He thought it a calendar of change. But finally he could not truly believe that she would not hold him whom she held dear. For with a wicked will she wishes to leave him who loves well in such a case. But men say that at the last for any thing, men shall see the truth. And such a case signified, and that as fast. Troilus well understood that she was not so kind as she ought to be..And finally he knew without a doubt\nThat all is lost, that he had been about\nStanding one day, in his melancholy\nThis Troilus, and in suspicion of her,\nFor whom he thought he was to die\nAnd so it happened that through Troy Town\nAs was the custom, bore was brought up and doomed\nA manner of coat armor, as the story says\nBy before Deiphobus in sign of victory\nThe which coat, as the story relates,\nDeiphobus had torn from Diomedes\nThe same day, and when this Troilus\nSaw him, he began to take off his head\nAssuming its length and breadth\nAnd all the work, and as he beheld\nSuddenly his heart began to grow cold\nAs one who finds within himself a chill\nAnd she gave him back the brooch that he had given her in the morning\nThat she from Troy must needs twine\nIn remembrance of him and of his love\nAnd she laid her faith again in his keeping\nBut now he well knew\nHis lady was no longer his.\nHe went home, and then soon he sent\nFor Pandarus, and of his brooch he told him the word and the end\nComplaining of her heart's change..His love/his truth and his penance,\nAnd after death without more words,\nHe cried his rest to be restored.\nWhere is your faith/where is your command?\nWhere is your love/where is your truth he said,\nO Diomede/have you now all this feast?\nAlas, I would have thought at the least,\nThat since you no longer kept faith with me,\nThat you would not have held me in bond.\nWho shall now believe others more,\nAlas, I would never have supposed or this,\nThat you could have changed so,\nNot but I had a fault/or done amiss,\nSo cruelly I did not think your heart was true,\nTo kill me thus/alas, your name of truth\nIs now destroyed/& that is all my repute,\nWas there none other reason to let go,\nTo feast with your new love he said,\nBut that brooch/that I wept over,\nYou/as for a remembrance of me,\nNone other cause, alas, had you,\nBut for contempt/and also because\nYou intended utterly to show your intent,\nThrough which I see clearly out of your mind,\nYou have cast me off/and I can neither show nor may..For all this world within my heart find,\nTo love you a quarter of an hour,\nIn cursed time I was born away,\nThat you who do this woe endure,\nYet I love best of any creature,\nNow God said he, yet grant me that grace,\nThat I may meet with this Diomedes,\nAnd truly, if I had might and space,\nYet shall I make, I hope his sides bleed,\nO God said he, who oughtest to heed,\nTo further truth and wrongs to punish,\nWhy wilt thou not do a vengeance for this vice,\nO Pandarus, who in dreams for to trust,\nI have been blamed by you, and often deceived,\nNow may you see yourself, if that you will,\nHow true is now your niece, bright Cressida,\nIn various forms, God it wot he said,\nThe gods show, both joy and tension,\nIn sleep, and may my dream be seen,\nAnd certainly without more speech,\nFrom hence forth, as far as I may,\nMy own death in arms I will seek,\nI recoil not how soon be the day,\nBut truly, Cressida, sweet may\nWhom I have always with all my might served,\nThat you thus do, I have it not deserved..This Pandarus, who heard all these things,\nAnd well knew what I said was true,\nHe answered not a word to me,\nBecause of his friends' sorrow he was,\nAnd ashamed for his niece had done amiss,\nAnd stood astonished by these causes two,\nAs still as stone, a word could he not say,\nBut at the last, he spoke and said,\n\"My dear brother, I can do no more,\nWhat should I say? I hate you, Creseyde,\nAnd God knows I will hate her forever,\nAnd that you asked of me, bringing it to my honor or my rest,\nNo reward, I did all that you left,\nIf I did anything that might seem like it,\nIt is I.\nGod knows that it is a sorrow to me,\nAnd dreadful for the heats.\nEagerly I would right this wrong,\nAnd to this world, almighty God I pray,\nDeliver her son; I can no more say,\nBut from his heart, Fortune held her sway,\nSuch is the world, who can behold,\nIn every estate is God.\"\nLet God come in,\nIn many cruel battles out of fear,\nOf Troy, this same noble knight, Troilus..Was seen his knighthood and great might,\nAnd cruelly the greens slay,\nAnd always most this d,\nAnd often time they mete\nWith bloodied assay, and God knows it,\nCan Troyulus upon,\nBut nevertheless, fortune\nOf other hand that either should die,\nAnd if I had taken for to write\nThe account,\nThen I would of his battles recite\nBut for that I to write first began\nOf his love, I have said as I can,\nHis worthy deeds, who so list to hear,\nRead dares he can tell them all in fear,\nBeseeching every lady bright of hue,\nAnd every gentlewoman what she be,\nThat all let Creseyde be untrue,\nThat for that fault ye be not wrath with me,\nYou may her guilt in other books see,\nAnd gladlyer I would write / if you please,\nPenelope's truth and good Alcest,\nNot only this, but most for women that betrayed be,\nThrough false folk, God give them sorrow, amen,\nThat with their great words and subtlety\nBetray you, & this now moves me\nTo speak, & in effect, all you I pray,\nBe ware of men, & hearken what I say..God little book, a little treatise,\nThat God gave thee, or that I die,\nGrant me the might, to make some comedy,\nBut little book, make thou none envious,\nBut be subject to all poetry,\nAnd kiss the steps where thou seest space,\nOf Virgil, Ovid, Homer, Lucan, & Statius,\nAnd since there is such great diversity,\nIn English, and in writing of our tongue,\nSo pray to God, that none miswrite or mismeasure,\nAnd read where thou art, or else sing,\nThat thou mayest be understood, God I beseech,\nBut yet for the purpose of my rather speech,\nThe wrath, as I began to tell thee of Troy,\nHow the Greeks bought for thousands of his hands,\nDid he die, as he who was without any peer,\nSave Hector in his time, as I can hear,\nBut well away, save only God's will,\nDispitetously, he slowly quenched the fires of Achilles,\nAnd when he was slain in this manner,\nHis light ghost, most blessedly, departed,\nInto the hollows of the eight spear,\nIn his place, letting each element,\nAnd there he saw, with full advicement..How he was slain, alas, too slowly for the harm and distress of Troy. From there first he began to advise this little spot of earth that is encompassed by the sea. He despised this wretched world and held it in contempt, respecting not the simple felicity that is in heaven above. There he was slain, looking down and casting his gaze upon them who wept for his death so fast and damning all our works that followed. The blind lust, which cannot last, and should cast our hearts to heaven. Now forth he went shortly to tell, there where Mercury had ordained him to dwell. Such fine is this Troilus for love, such fine his love, such fine his nobleness, such fine his estate royal above, such fine is false world's treachery, such fine is all his great worthiness. And thus began his loving of Cressida. As I have told, and in this way he died. O young, fresh people, he or she, in whom love grows with your age..Repair home from worldly vanity,\nAnd cast your heart's vision to that Lord,\nWho made you and thinks all is but a fair\nThis passing world, and loves him who right for love\nUpon a cross, our souls to buy,\nFirst star and rose, and then in heaven high,\nFor he will not falsely deny,\nWho will his heart wholly on him lie,\nAnd soothe him, he is to love and meekest,\nWhat need is feigned love here to seek,\nLook here at Pagan's cursed old rites,\nLook here what their gods may avail,\nLook here these world's wretched appetites,\nLook here the fine and reward for toil,\nOf Jove, Appollo, of Mars, such rascality,\nLook here the form of old clerks' speech,\nIn poetry, if you seek their books,\nO moral Gower, this book I direct\nTo you and to the Philosophical Strode,\nTo vouchsafe there your need is to correct,\nAnd of your benevolence and zealous good,\nAnd to that truthful, Christ who started on the rood,\nWith all my heart of mercy I pray..And to the Lord, right thus I speak and say,\nThou one and two, and three, eternal one,\nWho reignest ever in two and one,\nIncircumscript, & all mayst circumscribe,\nUs from visible and invisible feet,\nDefend and to thy mercy every one,\nSo make us, Jesus, for thy mercy's sake,\nFor love of maiden, & mother, thy blessing.\nHere ends Troilus, concerning Creseyde.\nExplicit, by Caxton.", "creation_year": 1483, "creation_year_earliest": 1483, "creation_year_latest": 1483, "source_dataset": "EEBO", "source_dataset_detailed": "EEBO_Phase1"},
{"content": "By the grace of God, King of France,\nTo all who shall see these presents, greetings.\n\nIt is known that between the most excellent Prince, the King of France aforementioned, and the most noble Prince, the King of England, his most dear cousin, true and perfect friendship is contracted and concluded indissolubly, from the date of these presents, during their entire lives. So that as long as they live, wars, battles, and hostilities between them, their realms, countries, and subjects shall always cease. And with benevolence and friendship, they shall receive and entertain each other and their subjects.\n\nItem, in observance of the aforementioned friendship between the aforementioned princes, it is promised, contracted, and concluded that a marriage shall be contracted and held between the right noble Prince Charles, the son of the said most excellent King of France, and the most benign Princess Elizabeth, daughter of the said most victorious King of England, when they shall attain the age..And the same most expensive king of France shall conduct and convey, or cause to be conducted and conveyed, honorably the same Lady Elizabeth from the realm of England for the solemnization of the marriage into the parties of France. The same king of France shall endow her or cause her to be endowed with the yearly rent of three thousand pounds in Ashiete, according to the custom of the realm of France. And that same dower shall be assigned and given to the same lady Elizabeth as soon as she comes of age. If it happens that the same lady Elizabeth before the perfuming of the said contract, as afore said, of the said marriage, that God defend it, that marriage be made between the said Prince Charles and the most noble Princess Mary, another of the said King of England's daughters. Item, the said king of France shall cause her or convey her worshipfully from the realm of England into the parties of:.The king of France shall marry the queen of England at his own cost and charges, and endow her as before mentioned. And in the same manner, the said most mighty princes of France and England, in the capacity of a prince, have promised and bound themselves to carry out this marriage without fail. With their full help and assistance, they will employ their continuous labors towards its completion.\n\nWitness to these promises, the king of France has affixed his great seal to this present document.\n\nGiven in the city of Amiens, the 29th day of August, in the year of our Lord 1475, and the 15th year of the reign of the said king of France. Present at the signing were the Duke of Bourbon, the Bishop of Eureux, the Admiral of France, the lord Lud governor of Dolphinette, the lord Sain, the lord Argenton, and the lord Bussage, and many others..King Louis by the grace of God, King of France, to all and each who shall see these presents letters, greeting. We will that all men know that we have granted, promised, and obliged ourselves, and by these presents we grant and oblige ourselves to pay and truly and effectively deliver in the City of London within England to the most noble Prince Edward, by the same grace King of England, our dearest cousin, every year during our lives, 1,000 scutes of gold, each scute being of the value of 33 shillings and 4 pence, under such manner and form as follows. That is to say, we shall pay and deliver, or cause to be paid and delivered to the same our cousin king of England in the City of London, 25,000 scutes of gold of the aforesaid value and estimation in the feast of Easter next coming, and 25,000 scutes of gold of the same value and estimation in the aforesaid place in the feast of St. Michael the Archangel following, and so on..We promise and oblige ourselves, by our faith and in the name of a king and by the holy Evangelists, to pay and deliver or cause to be paid and delivered annually and from year to year to our said cousin, in the places and times aforementioned, one thousand scutes of gold of the same value at Easter and Michaelmas in equal portions, as before mentioned. We promise to make this payment truly, firmly, and continually during our lives. We bind and oblige ourselves, our heirs, executors, and successors, our realm and territories, and all our goods, wheresoever they may be found, to this payment. For a more secure observance and completion of all and every one of the premises, we bind ourselves under the penalties of the Chancery and by the obligation of Nisi. And further, we promise and bind ourselves by these presents that we shall procure and cause to be performed all and every one of the premises..The fellows and fellows of the Bank of Medicine shall dutifully and lawfully be bound to pay annually and in perpetuity the sum of fifty thousand shillings to our cousin in England. The same obligation they shall duly make in writing. We shall deliver or cause to be delivered in England to the most noble King of England before the Feast of the Purification of Our Lady next coming. Or else we shall purchase and obtain, at our expense and charge, from our holy father the Pope, a bull apostolic sealed with lead, in which by the authority of the Apostolic See, all and each of these premises shall be confirmed under pain of interdicting our realm, countries, and lordships, and of cursing our own person if we observe not and perform all and each of these premises under such form as before recited. And that bull so purchased by us we shall deliver or cause to be delivered in England to our said most noble King of England..derest Cousyn Kyng of England before the sayd feste of the Purificacion of oure Lady next commyng\n\u00b6 In witnesse & faith of all & eueriche of whiche p\u0304misses we haue doon to be sett to thees our present lres patentz subscribed with oure owne hand oure grete seale \u00b6 Yeuen in oure Citee of Amyas the .xxix. daye of the moneth of August the yere of our lord a thousand CCCC.lxxv. and of oure Reigne the .xv.\n\u00b6 Subscribed thus Lowys\n\u00b6 There were present at this sealyng and assentyng to the same The Duke of Burbon The Bisshop of Eueroce / Thadmyrall of fraunce The lord Lude gouernour of Dolphyne / the lord Sain pere / the lord Argenton / the lord Bossage and many moo as appereth in the sayd lettres patentz\n\u00b6 In the name of god Amen. By this present publike and au\u00a6tentyke instrument. Be it knowen to alle men that on the yere of our lord a thowsand .CCCC.lxxv. the .viii. Indiccion / the .xxx. day of the moneth of August the .v. yere of our holy father Syxt the .iiii. the Pope in the Citee of Amyas on an high chambre.Within the palace of Bishop Amyas, the most noble and most Christian Prince Louis, by the grace of God, King of France, personally and of his own free will, submitted himself to the spiritual court of Amyas and to us, its officials, and to our jurisdiction. His jurisdiction was to be used and exercised upon him concerning the following matters, lawfully and properly before us, the said official being present as his lawful and competent judge. A notary apostolic here subscribes the said most noble prince Louis. He, Louis, acknowledged and confessed himself willingly and rightfully to be obligated to the most noble prince Edward, by the same grace King of England, to pay to the King of England 1,000 shillings in the City of London within England every year at the terms of Easter and Michaelmas..The same king Louis promised to pay annually 1,000 scutes to the same king of England at the same times and places, as previously mentioned, under the penalty of the Chamber Apostolic and all the censures of the church. He renounced all such privileges and benefits belonging or pertaining to him in this regard. Additionally, King Louis required us, the said officials, to issue a judgment of excommunication against him there and then, and to curse him now and then if he failed to pay annually to the king of England the aforementioned 1,000 scutes during their lifetimes, as previously mentioned. Therefore, the said officials, having God before our eyes and sitting in judgment, have summoned and order hereby to summon the same..King Louis is to pay or be paid annually and every year during their entire lives, 1,000 scutes at the specified places and times mentioned before. Failure to do so will result in excommunication and the sentence and judgment of excommunication and cursing that we, the aforementioned officials, hereby give and adjudge in this writing against the most noble prince Louis, king of France. We, the aforementioned officials, curse him now and then as now if he does not pay or be paid annually to the king of England 1,000 scutes at the specified times and places, and we denounce and will denounce him.\n\nIn witness and proof of all and each of the above, we, the aforementioned officials, have set our seal to this public and authentic instrument of the spiritual court of Amyas, as well as our private seal. The notary apostolic here below has signed and subscribed the same. Given the year of indication, month, day, and place as indicated above..And I, John Fabri, clerk of the Diocese of Amyas, publicly, by the apostolic and imperial authority, as well as notary and scribe sworn of the spiritual and ordinary court of Amyas, have been present while all and each of these matters were said and done. And they saw and knew that I had said and done so. Therefore, to this present public and authentic instrument, sealed with the seal of the said court of Amyas and with the signet of the said official, I, the aforementioned John Fabri, have set my apostolic signature and subscribed myself with my own hand as witness to the truth of all and each of these matters.\n\nIn the name of God and of the glorious Virgin Mary and of all the celestial court, final alliance and benevolence for evermore is made, promised, and sworn between the king, my lord Dauphin, the realm, their lordships, and subjects, on the one hand, and my lord Maximilian, Duke of Austria, my lord..Duc Phe\u00a6lip and Damoysel margarete their children their londes lordships and subgettis on the other / by the whiche al maner rancours hatereddes & malyuolences of eyther of the parties ayenst other ben put doun & sette away and al maner iniuryes of dede & of wordes remytted & forye\u2223uen for gretter surtye of the sayd peas traytye and alyaunce of ma\u2223riage is maad {pro}mysed {con}sented and accorded betwene my lord the Daulphyn onely sone of the kyng & heyre apparant to the Crowne and my sayd damoysel of austrice onely doughter of the onely doughter of the decessyd my lord Duc Charles whom god assoyle. and the sayd maryage shalbe ended and solempnysed the sayd damoysel co\u2223men to age whan the same mariage shal be requyred of right\n\u00b6 Item that in the sayd traytye of pees the persone of my said lady magaret duchesse of Bourgoygne wedowe / late wyf of my lord the Duc Charles deceasid is comprised and vnto her shalbe delyuerrd the hoole londes of chancuns and of the perler in the londe of Bourgoyne And ther vpon the.The king shall grant to her his letters patent in accordance with the contents thereof, which she had from the Duke and Duchess.\n\nItem, since the said ambassadors have made a request that, for certain considerations they have shown to the king's people, his pleasure may be to include the king of England and the Duke of Brittany in the same peace treaty,\n\nIt is answered that Englishmen have been in the king's peace, and this treaty concerns them in nothing. As for the Duke of Brittany, the king is at peace with him, but peaceful agreements have been made between them, which the king will keep in his part.\n\nAnd yet, the king and my said lord the Dauphin, authorized and dispensed for his young age in the presence of the ambassadors and commissioners from the king, shall solemnly swear upon the precious body of our Lord upon the holy cross and the holy canon of the Mass to keep and to observe this present peace treaty and the marriage articles in their points and articles, and never do otherwise..suffers to be done in the contrary way by any manner or means that may be\nAnd over this, the king shall have the letters and seals in particular of my lords, the Dukes of Orl\u00e9ans, Bourbon, Carthinal de L\u00e9on, Earl of Neves, my lord of Beaugy, and Vendosme, as nearest to the blood, subrogated and substituted in the realm of the Perus, the archbishops and Dukes of Laon and Langres of the Bishops and earls of Noyon, Chalois, Beauyois, Pieres of France, the sellers of the universit\u00e9 of Paris, the towns, cit\u00e9s, and comynaltees of Paris. Roen. Orl\u00e9ans. Tourney. Leon. Troies. Burdeaux. Rochell. Angiers. Poytiers. Tolouse. Rayns. Amyens. Babeuille. Monst\u00e8reull. Therouaine. Aier. Saint Ouyntyns. Perone. Prelates and nobles of the earldoms of Artois and Burgundy to be delivered unto my said lord the Duke and to the states of his counties.", "creation_year": 1483, "creation_year_earliest": 1483, "creation_year_latest": 1483, "source_dataset": "EEBO", "source_dataset_detailed": "EEBO_Phase1"},
{"content": "The holy apostle and among all other good works. It is a work of right special recommendation to inform and to make understand wisdom and virtue to those who are not learned or cannot discern wisdom from folly. Thine among whom there was an excellent doctor of divinity in the church, and he has made a book about the chess move called Mohammed, and in avoiding idleness, and to the end that some who cannot see it may, I did set in print a certain number of them. Which desperate book is full of wholesome wisdom for any and every degree. I have purposed to print it, showing therein the figures of such persons, begging all those who see this and were as thankful, and I shall pray for them. That God, with his great mercy, may reward them in his everlasting bliss in heaven. How the game of the chess was first sounded out and under what king's chapter..[The play is titled: \"The forme of a king, his manners and estate. The forme and manners of a quene. The conditions & forme of the alphyns. The ordre of chivalry or knighthood. The forme and maner of works. The offices & manners of a lord. The maner & office of a smith. The offices of nobles and drapers or clothmakers. The manners of merchants & changers. The forme of physicians. Sand apothecaries. Of mourners. Hostelers & victuallers. Of keepers of towns. Receivers of customs and tollars. Of messengers. And players at the dice. Of the chess lord in general, how it is made. The draught of the king and how he moves him in the eschequer. Of the moving of the queen and how she issues out of her place. Of the issue of the Alphyns. Of the moving of the knights. Of the issue of the worstie and of the progress.\"].Among all the evil conditions, this play came among others. And after that came this play in the time of Ab the great and those of Athens, who were good clerks and philosophers also renowned for their learning. This philosopher was so just and true that he preferred to die rather than live long and be a false flatterer with the said king. For by his great cruelty, he put them all to death who pleased him. He put himself in the position of death and endured it, for he destroys him who displeases him. Therefore, Valerius relates, there was a wise man named Theodore, who reproved him of his evil and foul life. And always, as he was in the torment, he said to the king, \"Upon your counselors and them that are clad in your clothing and would come to rule or on the water or otherwise, as it is said, he did not reject to die for justice. In like manner, Democritus the philosopher put out his own eyes because he.\".The philosopher, as he went toward his death, would not see that no good could come to the evil and vicious people with a rightful judgment. His wife, who followed after him, said that he was deemed answered and said to her, \"hold thy peace and be still, it is better and more meritorious to die by a strong and unrightful judgment than that I had deserved to die.\"\n\nThe reasons why this play was found are: In the first place, to correct and reprove the king, when this unmerciful Enylmerodach saw this play; and the barons, knights, and gentlemen of his court played with the philosopher. He marveled greatly at the behavior of the philosopher, that he would put him to pain to learn it. Then the philosopher began to rebuke him and to show him the manner of the table, of the hesse lord, and the chess men. And also the manners and conditions of a king, of the nobles, and of the common people and their offices, and how they should be touched and drawn, and how he should amend himself and become virtuous..This king heard that he had reproved him on pain of death to lessen him in this matter, and he answered my right dear lord and king. The greatest and most important thing that I desire is that you have in yourself a glorious and virtuous life. And that I may not see this, but if you are instructed and well-mannered and have that. Thus, you will be rewarded. And that you have upon yourself first the reason why I have found and made this play, which is for the correction and reproof of your tyranny and vicious living. For all kings ought especially to hear their correctors or reproofs and hold and keep them in mind. In the same way, Valerius recounts that King Alexander had a noble and renowned knight who reproved Alexander, saying that he was too covetous and in particular of the honors of the world. He said to him, \"If the gods had made your body as great as your earthly things are strong and firm, but that a feeble thing casts it down.\".The lion may be the strongest beast, yet sometimes a little byling and Varro says in his sentences that men are not meant to go against this, and life is not given to live but to do well and good. Secondly, the philosopher found this play to keep the people from idleness, for there are many people who, being fortunate in worldly goods, draw them to ease and idleness, from which often comes much evil and great misery. The third cause is that every man naturally desires to know and hear news and tidings. For this reason, the Athenians studied, and the corporal or bodily sight often hinders and lets other things go unnoticed. Therefore, we read that Democritus, being displeased because he had lost his sight, and Saint Anthony answered him, \"A thing which comes between you and beasts, and you know well that you have not lost it.\".that thing that comes between thee and the angels / For these reasons, the philosopher intended to put all thought and consideration aside, and focus only on this play that will be presented and revealed in this book.\n\nThe king must be made thus: he must sit on his head a scepter, and in his right hand, and above all else, the king should be replenished with virtues and grace. And this signifies the purpure. For mercy and truth conserve and strengthen the king in his throne. Therefore, a king should be merciful and debonair, for when a king or prince desires to be beloved of his people, let him be governed by debonairness. Vilerius says that debonairness softens the hearts of strangers and ameliorates the hearts of enemies. He recounted this so frequently that on one occasion, when he saw her with her mother suddenly, he came and kissed her. The mother was so angry and sorrowful that.She went and requested of her lord that his head might be struck off. The prince answered her and said, \"If we should kill those who love us. What shall we do to our enemies who hate us? This was the answer of a noble and debonair prince who suffered the vilony to command him without cause. He fell into despair and understood from them if they had said such things under the influence of wine. Then one of them answered and said, \"If the wind and candles had not failed, this long age would have been but a joke. In regard to that, we had thought to have done this. Then the king began to laugh and confessed that such language as was spoken was due to drunkenness. And for this reason, the people of Taranto established a custom that drunken men should be punished, and sober men prayed. The king then said, \"For the king in his realm represents God, and God is a thing only if named lapsing. When then a philosopher\".A man named Anaxymenes, who had previously been master and governor of Alixares, heard and understood that Alexander was coming to request something that would require him to destroy the lord. He should not do so, and a simple king ought to hate all cruelty. We read that no precious person has ever died a bad death, nor a cruel person a good one. Therefore, Valerius relates that there was a man, a metalworker, who made a statue of bronze. He made it in such a way that those who should be put and enclosed within it would cry out nothing like the voice of a man but that of an ox.\n\nHe made this statue of bronze for this reason: men would have less pity for them. After he had made this bronze bull, he presented it to a king named Philaredes, who delighted in nothing but cruelty. Philaredes allowed and praised the work greatly, and then said to him, \"You, who are more cruel than I, shall try and prove your present, and see and enter it.\".\"Euyl does [it]. Therefore, Emperor Youand asked him why he was so, and he answered him again with great pressure and power. Therefore, an Emperor was called for. But if fortune were for me in such a way, I would be a good man and better than I am now. But you, the more riches and fortunate that you are, the worse you are. Alixander said to him, \"I shall change your fortune in such a way that you will not say that you will do it by power, but by evil and misfortune. And he made him rich, and this was he who later became a good prince and a good justice. The king ought to be solely chaste, and this signifies a queen who is only on his right side. For it is to be believed and credible that when the king is a good man, just, true, and of good manners and discernment, his children will gladly follow the same. For a good son and a true one ought not to forsake and go from the good conditions of his father, for certainly it is against God and nature in part.\".Norishing of their young fowls and birds. For some time, man puts most of their sentence and has most named Scipio Africa for as much as he had conquered Africa, as he was born in Rome. When he had conquered Carthage: he took much people in captivity among whom he was presented with a right sweet maid for his solace and named her Indivisible. And immediately, as this noble and lusty Scipio knew that not withstanding he was a prince, he called at once the parents and kinsmen of them and gave their daughter to them without doing any dowry. The reason or gold that they had ordained for their daughter, he gave every part in dowry. Therefore, the queen should be made, She should be a fair lady sitting in a chair and crowned with a crown on her head and clad with a cloth of gold and a mantle above furred with, and her right arm shall clasp and embrace me. In that she is set on his left side is by grace given to the king by nature and right. For it is better to have a king by.succession then by election / For often times the electors and choosers cannot or will not accord / And so is the election left / And otherwise they choose not the best and most able and convenient / But him that they best love / or is for them most profitable /\n\nBut when the king is by lineage and true succession, he is marked out and nurtured in his youth as good and virtuous and not curious in nurturing of his children / Her wisdom ought not only to appear in deed and works / but also in speaking, that is to say that she be secret and tell not such things as ought to be held secret.\n\nWherefore it is a common proverb that women can keep no counsel / And accordingly, Macrobius recounts in the book of the dreams of Scipio / That there was a child of Rome named Papirus / who once went with his father, who was a senator, into the chamber where they held their council / And that time they spoke of such matters as were commanded and agreed should be kept secret..And when he had come back from the council with his father, his mother asked him what the council was about and why they had stayed so long. The child answered her and said he dared not tell or reveal it because it was guarded by a threat of death. Then his mother became more eager to know than before, and began to plead and threaten him to reveal it to her. When the child saw that he could have no peace from his mother in any way, he first made her promise to keep it secret. And then he told her that he was feigning or lying, and said to her that the Senators had in council a great question and difference which was this: whether it was better and more for the common welfare of Rome that a man should have two wives or a wife two husbands. And when she had understood this, he defended her that she should tell it to no other body..after she went to her girlfriend and told it to her secretly. And she told it to another. And thus every wife told it to other in secret.\nCame to the senator where the senators were assembled and cried with a loud voice. That they had rather / And also it would be better for the common welfare that a wife should have two husbands than a man two wives / The senators, hearing this, were greatly abashed and knew not what or how to answer. Until at last the child paper recalled it all to them and explained how it had happened. And when the senators heard and understood the matter, they were greatly ashamed / And commended greatly the ingenuity and wit of the child that so wisely contrived the lie rather than he would reveal their counsel. And forthwith made him a senator / and established and ordained from then on that no child in any way should enter into the counsel houses among them with their heads. And forthwith he went home to his wife, angry..A woman named Abigail had the same fault as her husband, for she had never kissed any man's mouth but her husband's. This woman was much to be praised and held in high regard, as it was believed that this fault was not only in her husband, for which she endured it patiently in such a way that her husband knew of his fault before her. We also read of a widow named Anna, who had a friend who urged her to remarry. For she was young, fair, and rich. To this, Anna replied that she would not do so in any way. If I had a husband as I had and he were as good as he was, I would always be afraid to lose him, like how I lost the other. And if it happened to me to have a worse one, what should I do? She concluded that she would keep her chastity. St. Augustine relates in the City of God that in Rome there was a noble lady named Colatina, who at one time desired the Emperor's son..named Torquyne Thorguillous, or the Proud One, was summoned by the emperor for dinner and entertainment at his castle. When he entered among many noble ladies, he saw Lucrecia. And upon seeing and observing her manners, deportment, and beauty, he was immediately smitten with love for her. He noticed that her husband Collatine had gone to the east, and had come to the place where Lucrecia was entertaining her friends. When it was time to retire for the night and sleep, she prepared a bed for him as befitted the emperor's son. Sixthus saw where Lucrecia lay and, supposing that everyone was in their first sleep, he went to her bed and placed one hand on her breast and held a naked sword in the other. He said to her, \"Lucrecia, be still and quiet. I am Sixthus, I feared more the shame of the world than death. You consent to me.\".And after the emperor's son had departed, the lady sent letters to her husband, her father, her brothers, and to a man named Brutus, counselor, and wrote to Tarquin, \"Yesterday, the emperor's son came into my house as an enemy in the guise of a friend. He has oppressed me. Know, Collatin, that he has dishonored your bed. And beware, for he has defiled and dishonored my body. Yet my heart is not consumed by this. Therefore, I beg your pardon for my transgression and live after the trespass. But you too, take example of the pain. And with a sword that she held under her gown or robe, she took her life before them. And then Brutus, the counselor, her husband Collatin, and all her other friends swore by the blood of Lucretia that they would never rest until they had driven Tarquin and all his line from Rome. And that none of them should ever come to power again.\".For they bore the deceased corps through the city and maimed the people in such a way. Tarquin was exiled, and his son was slain. A queen ought to be well-mannered, and among all, she ought to be abundant and shamefast. For when a woman has lost shamefastness, she may or cannot well be chaste. Therefore, says Symachus, those who are not shamefast have no conscience of luxury. And St. Ambrose says that one of the best adornments and makes a woman most fair in her person is to be shamefast. Seneca relates that there was one named Archezylle, who was so shamefast that she put a certain sum of money in a sack of feathers and gave it to a poor friend of hers, Heys, who, dissembling, would not dare to be known as poor. For shame, she would rather he found it than that she had given it to him. Therefore, men should give and help her in secret, so that they do not know when it comes. For when we keep it secret..A queen should be chosen when she is to be married from the most honorable lineage and people. For often times daughters follow the customs and manners of those they have descended from. Therefore, as Weryus Maximus says, there was one who wanted to marry. He came to a philosopher and asked for counsel on which wife he might best take. The philosopher answered that he should take her whose mother and grandmother have been chaste and well-conditioned. For such a mother, such a daughter usually are. A queen should teach her children to be continent and keep chastity entirely, as it is written in Ecclesiastes. \"If you have sons, teach and train them, and if you have daughters, keep them in chastity.\"\n\nHeliomonde relates that every king and prince should be a clerk to command the law of our Lord God, and therefore Temperor wrote to the king of France that he should cause his children to learn this..A king who is not allowed to learn the seven liberal arts is likened to an ass, leaping to justice, wielding an axe and sword, and engaging in all other knightly pursuits. His daughters, he made learn to sew, spin, and labor equally in wool and linen. He engaged in all tasks befitting women. When his friends inquired why he did so, he replied that he was lord and sovereign of the entire world, yet he knew not what would befall his children, whether they would fall into poverty or not. Therefore, if they learned a good craft, they could always live honorably. A queen should keep her daughters chaste. We read of many maidens who, for this reason, have become queens. For example, there was a duchess named Remonde, who had three sons and two daughters. It happened that the king of Hungary, Caesarius, fell deeply in love with her, and she went away with him..The duchess agreed to surrender the castle to him if he would make her his wife and marry her. He accepted this condition and swore to make her his wife. When the king was in the castle, his people took men and women and others they found, and she quickly fled, along with two nuns. One of them was named Ermoaldus and later became Duke of Benevento and then King of the Lombards. The nuns clung to her and placed themselves under her arms, shielding her flesh from the heat and burning of the chickens. She later became Queen of France, and the other Queen of Germany. It happened then that King Catunus kept his promise and lay with the duchess one night to uphold his oath. The morning after, he presented her to all the hungry people. Three days later, he placed a staff from the castle's lower gate under her. She was betrayed through this..her cyte and sayd suche husbond suche wyf. and this suffyseth of the quene\ntHe alphyns ought to be maad and formed in mane\u00a6re of Iuges sittyng in a chayer wyth a book open tofore theyr eyen / and that is by cause that some causes ben crymynel / And some ben cyuyle as about possessions and other temporel thynges and trespaces / and therfore ought to be two Iuges in the royame / one in the black for the first cause / And that other in whyt as for the se\u2223cond. Theyr offyce is for to counceylle the kyng. And to make by his co\u0304masidementis good sawes & to enforme\nalle the royame in good and vertuous maners / And to Iuge and gyue sentence wel and trewly after the aras is had. and to counceyl wel and Iustely alle them that axe counceyl of hem / wyth out hauyng of ony eye opene to ony persone / And to estudye diligently in suche wyse and to ordeigne alle that / that ought to be kept be obseruyd be faste and stable / So that they be not founde corupt. for yefte for fauour no forillgnage ne for enuye varriable. And as.Seneca states in his book of benefits that Diogenes was stronger than Alexander. Alexander could not offer Diogenes as much as Diogenes was willing to refuse. Marcus and Vergil sent him a bribe of gold and asked him to stop his assault and siege. When they presented the gift to him, they found him sitting on the ground, eating from plates and dishes of wood and tree bark. He was unmoved by gold or silver. Often, things that take a false turn for gold and silver. And a man subject to money cannot be its master. Heliodorus relates that Demosthenes had won a demos for pleading a case for his client. He was offered a mark of gold. Demosthenes replied that he had won just as much for keeping the peace and remaining silent. Thus, the tongues of advocates and men of law are perilous if you want to win your case. For with money and bribes, you will win, and often..They sell both their science and their utterance. Valerius relates that the senators of Rome considered two persons: one was poor, and the other rich and covetous. Both were most fit to be sent to govern and judge the lands of Spain. Sapien of Africa said that neither was good or profitable to be sent there. For one had nothing, and the other could not suffice, and he despised in his saying all poverty and avarice in a judge. For a covetous man has need of a halfpenny. He is a servant and a bondman to money, and not its lord but poverty of heart and will should be greatly allowed in a judge. Therefore we read that as long as the Romans loved poverty, they were lords of the whole world. For many exposed all their goods for the common weal. And it was most profitable for the commonwealth that they were so poor that when they were dead, they were buried and brought to earth with the common goods..And their daughters were married by the commandment of the senators. But since they despised poverty and began to amass riches, and waged great battles, they have used many sins, and so the common wealth perished. For there is no sin but that it reigns there. There is none so blessed as he who has all the world in contempt, for he is at peace who fears no man, and he is rich who covets nothing. Valerius reiterates that he is not rich who has much, but he is rich who has little and covets nothing. Therefore, let the judges take heed not to favor or disfavor in any judgment, for the judge who is in love says that all love is blind. There can be no right judgment given. For all love is blind. And therefore love is not an even-handed judge. For often times love judges a foul and unattractive woman to be fair. And so Quintus curse in his first book states that the great gods favored and were worse in their own feet than in another man's..The judges should keep themselves well clear of anger in judgment. Tullius says that an angry and impetuous person thinks that doing evil is good counsel, and Socates says that two things are contrary to good counsel, and they are haste and anger. Galen says in Alexandria, if anger or wrath overcomes you when you should give judgment, weigh all things in the balance so that your judgment is not influenced by love, nor by favor of a person, nor by your own corage. Helmond recalls that Cambyses, king of Persia, who was a wise king, had an unjust judge. This judge, out of envy and evil will, had wrongfully condemned a man, and therefore he had him flayed alive and covered the seat of judgment with his skin. He made his son judge and had him sit on the seat of judgment on the skin of his father. To ensure that the son would judge righteously and be mindful of the judgment and pain of his father, judges should punish defaults equally and fulfill the law that they ordain..Caton carried out the law as you ordered, Valerius recounts that Calen Gius, a consul, had a son who was caught committing adultery and was sentenced to lose both eyes according to the law at that time. The father wanted the law to be enforced against his son without favor. But the entire city was swayed and would not allow it. In the end, his father was worn down by their prayers and ordered that his son should lose one eye, which was done. The father himself lost the other eye. And thus, the law was observed and upheld. We read that there was a counselor of Rome who had proposed making a statute that anyone entering the senate should wear a sword about them. One day, he came from outside and entered the senate with a sword at his side. He paid no heed to it, and one of the senators informed him. When he knew this,.hit and remember the statute; he drew out his sword and killed himself before them. rather than to die than to break the law; for whose death all the senators made great sorrow; but alas, we find not many in these days who do so; but they are like Anastasius, who says that the laws of some are like the nets of sphinxes, which take not great beasts and souls but let go and flee through, but they take flies and gnats and such small things. In the same way, the laws nowadays are not executed but upon the poor people; the great and rich break them and go through with all; and for this cause, sorrows and discords arise, and the great and rich take lordships and seigniories upon the small and poor people by force and strength. And this and other crafty men say that it is not necessary to study for the common profit; and they glorify themselves in their crafts and say that they are profitable. Therefore, judges should study and contemplate much more than they in what should be for the common good..The knight acted as if he were dead or ravished, and when someone asked him why he was so pensive. He answered in all worldly things and labors of the same, and remained a burden and a citizen of the world. Valerius recounts that Carnardes, a knight, was so wise and laborious in his pensiveness for the common weal, that when he was set at the table to eat, he forgot to put his hand into the food to feed himself. Therefore, his wife, named Mellyse, who he valued more for her company and fellowship than for any other thing, fed him so that he would not die of hunger in his pensiveness. Didimus said to Alexander, \"We are not denizens in the world but strangers. We were not born in the world to dwell and abide always therein. But for going and passing through it. We have no intention to stay.\" This suffices, as for the Alphyns.\n\nThe knight should be made fully armed on a horse in such a way that.A man has a helmet on his head and a spear in his right hand, shielding himself with his left. He wields a sword and a mace on his left side. Clad in a hauberk and plates before his chest. A new life and new manners begin. They wake all night in prayers and supplications to God, that He will grant them grace to obtain that which they cannot obtain by nature. The king or prince girds a sword around them as a sign that they should abide and keep [the peace], and as chivalry surpasses others in virtue, honor, and reverence, so he should surpass all others in virtue. For honor is nothing else but to show respect to another person for the good and virtuous disposition that is in him. A noble knight ought to be wise and provident before he is made knight. It is befitting him that he has long experience in war and arms. That he may be expert and wise to govern the others. Since a knight is captain of a battle, the lives of those under him depend on him..A man should be wise and well-advised; for at times, craft and engineering are more valuable than a man's strength or hardiness, if he is not proven in arms. However, when a battle's prince relies on his strength and hardiness and refuses to use wisdom and engineering against his enemies, he is vanquished, and his people are slain. Therefore, the philosopher says that no one should choose young people to be captains and governors, for there is no certainty in their wisdom. Alexander of Macedonia vanquished and conquered Egypt, Judea, Caldea, and afflicted the borders of Bactria more by the counsel of old men than by the strength of young men. We read in the history of Frome that there was a knight named Malachete, who was so wise and true that when Emperor Theodosius was dead, he made war against his brother, named Gildo or Guy. Gildo wished to be lord of Africa..outlet and will of the savages; and this said Guy had slain the two sons of his brother Malchete. He subjected the Christian people to great torment, and before he should come into the field against his brother Guyon, he went into an island of Capayre and brought with him all the Christian men who had been sent there in exile. He made them all pray with him for three days and three nights. For he had great affection and trust in the prayers and supplications of good people, and especially no man could counsel or help but God. Three days before he was to fight against Saint Ambrose, who had died a little before, appeared to him in a vision and showed him the time and hour that he would have victory. And since he had been in prayer and supplication for three days and three nights and was assured of victory, he fought against his brother with five thousand men, while the latter had four thousand in his company. And by God's help, he gained the victory. When the barbarians who had come arrived:.To help Guyon see the discomfiture, they fled away - and Guyon fled as well to Africa by ship. When he was there, he was soon strangled. These two knights, of whom I speak, were two German brothers. They were sent to Africa to defend the common weal. In the same way, Judas Maccabeus, Jonathan, and Simon his brother put themselves in the mercy and guard of our Lord God. Against the enemies of God's law, they had little people in regard to the multitude that were against them, but they achieved victory. The knights ought to be true to their princes, for a prince values truth above all other things when it is faithful to its lord and king, named Patharich. It happened that Grymald, duke of Buneventan, whom we have mentioned before in the chapter of the queen, killed Godbert, who was king of the Lombards, by the hand of Gorerict, duke of Taranto..This text describes Grymalde, a new king of Lombardy after the previous one, Godbert's brother Patarich, was banished. Enulphus, a knight, helped make peace between Grymalde and Patarich, allowing Patarich to live in peace in his country. However, Grymalde, who believed evil rumors about Patarich, plotted to bring him to his death. Enulphus knew of this and came to visit Patarich that night, making his squire lie in Patarich's bed while Patarich pretended to be Grymalde.\n\nInput text cleaned:\n\nThis Grymalde was made king of Lombardy in place of Patarich, Godbert's brother, who was banished in fear. Enulphus, the knight, did so much that he secured peace between his lord Patarich and King Grymalde. Patarich was granted permission to leave Hungry and come back, and he came, crying for mercy. King Grymalde granted him leave to dwell and live honestly in his country. Patarich, always careful not to claim the kingship for himself,\n\nThe king, who believed evil tongues, considered how he might bring Patarich to his death. Enulphus, who knew this, came to visit his lord that same night with his squire. He made his squire disrobe Patarich and lie in his bed, while Patarich rose and pretended to be the king..clothe him with the clothes of his squire and brought him out, brawling and beating him as his servant by those assigned to keep the peace at Patharich's house, so that they supposed it was his squire who had entered so outrageously. And he brought him to his house, which rejoiced with the walls of the town. And at midnight, when all men were asleep, he let down his master by a rope. Who took a horse out of the pasture and fled to the city and demanded from them how he had escaped. And they told him the truth. Then the king demanded of his council what death they deserved who had done and acted against his will. Some said they should be hanged, some said they should be flayed, and others said they should be beheaded. Then said the king by that lord who made me. They are not worthy to die, but for to have much worship and honor. For they have been true to their lord. Therefore the king gave them a reward..King Leodegar slew the traitor Giselberth, who had killed his lord at a feast of St. John in his city of Taras, where he was ruler. Like the noble knights Ioab and Absalom, who fought against the Syrians and Ammonites and were so loyal that one helped the other to overcome their enemies. And they were so united that if the Phoenicians had been stronger, one would have helped the other. We read that Damon and Phidias were such steadfast friends that when Dionysius, who was king of Syracuse, had condemned one to death for his transgression in the city of Syracuse, he begged for mercy and leave to go to his country to dispose and order his affairs. His companion pledged himself for him and was surety for him on his head that he would return. Those who heard and saw this held him a fool and blamed him. And he always said that he regretted nothing at all. For he knew well the truth of his companion. And when the day came and the hour..that execution should be done. His fellow came and presented himself before the judge. And discharged his fellow who was pledged for him, for which the king was greatly ashamed. And for the great truth that was found in him, he pardoned him and prayed them both that they would receive him as their great friend and companion. Lo, here are the virtues of love: a man ought not to doubt death for his friend. Lo, what it is to do for a friend. And to lead a debonair and amiable life. But when he had done this, he retained it firmly and maintained it always. Scipio of Africa says that there is nothing stronger than to maintain love until death. The love of concupiscence and lechery is soon dissolved and broken. But the true, genuine love of the common weal and profit nowadays is seldom found. Where shall you find a man in these days who will expose himself for the worship and honor of his friend, or for the common weal? Seldom or never will he be found. The knights should be generous and liberal..For when a knight prioritizes his personal profit over his people, they despise him. When soldiers see that their master does not pay them generously their wages but intends to enrich himself, they turn their backs and flee when the enemy comes. He who seeks more to gain money than victory often causes confusion for his army, making him less loved by his people and drawing adversaries to him with large gifts. Battle is often incited more for the acquisition of silver than by the strength and force of men. People see daily that things which cannot be achieved by the force of nature are obtained and achieved by the force of money. Therefore, it is important to be cautious and not believe that scarcity brings great gain to oneself. This will make one less loved by the people and draw adversaries with large gifts..When the time for battle comes, he should not borrow or make any keeping, but only bring and take what is commonly gained and winnable, except for their arms. For victory is common, and so the disposal and booty should be common among them. Therefore, the noble knight in the first book of Kings, in the last chapter, made a law. He who remained behind due to sickness or injury in the tents should have an equal share of the booty as he who had been in the battle. And for the love of this law, he was later made king of India to observe the behavior of the king and the knights of the court. The king received him respectfully. And he demanded many things from Alexander and his courage and strength. Nothing was insignificant because he had been Alexander, but he was just one of his knights. After he had served Alexander with vessels of gold and silver and various dishes, and after he had eaten what pleased him,.voided the mete and took the vessel and held it to himself, placing it in his bosom or sleeves. He was accused of this to the king. After dinner then, the king called him and demanded why he had taken the vessel. Sir king, my lord, I pray you to understand and take heed of yourself and your knights, I have heard much of your great highness and that you are mightier and powerful in chivalry and in disputes than Alexander. And therefore I have come to the poor knight who is named Antigone, to serve you. Then it is the custom in Alexander's court that whatever a knight is served with, all is his mete and drinking cup. And therefore I had supposed that this custom had been kept in your court, for you are richer than he. When the knights heard this, they left Perus and went to serve Alexander. And thus he won over their hearts by gifts, which afterward killed Porus, king of India. And they made Alexander king of India thereafter. Therefore.A knight should always remember that with a closed and shut purse, he will never have victory. Outside says that he who takes gifts is glad because with gifts, he wins the hearts of the gods and men. If Jupiter were a god with gifts, he would be pleased. A knight should be strong, not only in body but also in courage. There are many strong and great in body who are faint and weak in heart. He is strong who can neither be vanquished nor overcome. It is well that he suffers much while we believe that those who are not overly great or overly little are most courageous and best in battle.\n\nWe read that Cadmus, duke of Athens, should have a battle against the Thebans. And the prince, who was of great courage and true heart, took arms from a poor man and put himself at the front of the battle so that he might be slain. And so it was. The true prince preferred to die rather than let his people be overcome..They had the victory. Certainly, it was a noble and fair thing for him to expose himself to death to defend his country. But no one would do so unless he hoped for a better reward. Therefore, the law states that a man is renounced as one who saves the life of those whom he may slay. For shedding and spilling blood is the condition of a wild beast and not of a good knight. Therefore, we read that Scilla, who was due to the Romans without a head, had many fair victories against the Romans: within that were contrary to him in so much that in the battle of Pylle, he slew eighteen thousand men. And in Campania, seventy thousand. And after in the city, he slew three thousand unarmed men. When one of his knights, named Quintus Catulus, saw this cruelty, he said to him, \"Have mercy now and suffer them to live. Be merciful to them with whom we have been victorious. For it is the highest and fairest vengeance that a man may do, as to spare them and give them life.\".Who he might slay. Therefore, Isolda should no longer renounce and sleep their adversaries. For about twenty thousand of them were slain. And in the same way, he did when he fought against Abner, and Abner was vanquished and fled. For wherever he went, he commanded to spare the people. The knights ought to keep the people, for when the people are in their tents or castles, the knights ought to keep the watch. The Romans called them legions, and they were made up of diverse provinces and diverse nations, intending to keep the people. And the people should intend to their work. For no cruel man can both intend to his craft and to fight. How may a crafty man intend to his work securely in time of war but if he is kept. And in the same way, the people ought to pursue for their expenses. How should a plowman be secure in the field but if the knights made daily watch to keep them? For just as a king's glory is,\n\n(Note: The text appears to be a fragment from an old English document, possibly a manuscript. The text seems to be discussing the role of knights in keeping the peace and protecting the people during war.).The knights are required to protect and keep the merchants, crafty men, and common people. Therefore, knights should keep the people in such a way that they may enjoy peace and gather the costs and expenses for both. We read that this was said to David, who was a knight: \"I make you my keeper and defender entirely.\" Knights should have good zeal that the law be kept. For the magistrate, garnished with armor, in no way keeps them. And then he said to them that it would be good if the said laws should be broken, that he should go and speak with the banished. Then the knight went into exile in Greece and lived there all his life. And when he should die, he commanded that his body should be cast into the sea, for as much as if his body should be found there. The people should think themselves quit of their debts. And they should keep no long memories, obey and serve the princes. And the princes should keep the people and do justice..The second law that they should be also. First, Justice for it is most fair of the virtues. It often happens that the ministers, by their pride and wise men commonly say that it is not good to make and ordain a law that is not just. Valerius relates that there was a man named Themistocles who came to the councilors of Athens and said that he knew a council that was very profitable for them. But he would tell it to only one of them whom they would assign. They assigned to him a wise man named Aristides. When he had understood him, he returned to the other of the councilors and said that the council of Themistocles was very profitable, but it was not just. How can you consider it in your minds, and the council that he said was this: that two great ships had come from Lacedaemon and had arrived in their land, and it was good to take them. When the council heard him say that it was not just or right,.They left them all in peace and would not have a deal with all. The vicar also departed and took Citadel in vain and was taken. Then he said, and the senators demanded that I join in the war as I had assured. And said to the duke emelye, that by the law I should have the city. For they had heard him say this to him, Thou that art evil and cruel. And thou that dost give a gift of great felony and of treachery, thou shalt not find here, duke nor people that resemble thee. We have also good laws to keep in battle and war, as in our countries and other places. And we will observe and keep them to every man as they ought to be kept, and we are armed against our enemies who will defend them. And not against those who cannot save their lives when their country is taken. as these little children. Thou hast vanquished them as much as is in thee by thy new deceitful falseness and by subtlety, not by names. But I, a Roman, will vanquish thee by craft and strength of arms..And he commanded to take the said schoolmaster and bind his hands behind him as a traitor, and seated him before the parents of the children. When the fathers and parents saw the great courtesy that he had done to them, they opened the gates and yielded them to him. We read that Hannibal had taken a prince of Rome, who upon his oath and promise submitted to him and allowed him to go home and send him his reason. Or he should come again within a certain time. When he was at Hannibal's camp, and the senators knew of it, they compelled him to return again to Hannibal. Amos Florus tells that the physician of King Pyrrhus came one night to fabricate his adversary, and promised to take him and bind him hand and foot, and sent him to his master, and did the deed word for word as the physician had said and promised him to do. When Pyrrhus understood this, he was greatly amazed by his truthfulness. If those who were not Christian were so just and true and loved their country and good reputation, what.Should we now do nothing but be Christian, and is our law set entirely upon love and charity? But in these days, there is nothing in the world but beauty, treasurers, deceit, falseness, and treachery. I keep not my covenants, promises, writings, nor truth. The subjects rebel against their lord. There is no law kept, nor faith, nor oaths honored. The people murmur and rise against their lord and will not be subject. They ought to be pious in heart, which is commendable to all things. There is pity in effect through compassion, and in word through remission and pardon. By alms. For pity is nothing else but a great will of a generous heart to help all men. Vastius recounts that there was a judge named Sangius who condemned a woman who deserved death to have her head struck off or else to die in prison.\n\nThe executioner who had pity on the woman did not put her to death immediately but put her in prison instead. This woman.A daughter came to see and comfort her mother in prison, but the jailer prevented her from bringing food or drink to her mother, insisting she should die of hunger. After this, the jailer marveled why the woman did not die and discovered that her daughter had been secretly feeding her with her milk. When the jailer saw this, he reported it to the judge. Moved by the daughter's great pity for her mother, the judge pardoned her and released her from prison. Some people wonder if it is against nature for a daughter to give her mother to suckle. It is against nature, but children should be kind to father and mother. Seneca says that the king of bees has no sting like other bees, and nature has taken that away from him because he should have no weapons..Valerius Rehercith, in his fifth book of Marcus Martellus, relates an instance where, having taken the city of Syracuse and ascended to the highest position within it, he beheld the great destruction of the people and the city. He wept and said, \"Thou oughtest to be sorrowful, for so much as thou wouldst have no pity for thyself, but rather enjoy, for thou art in the hands of a right gracious prince.\" He also received Pompey, who had conquered the king of Germany and had often fought against the Romans, bringing him before him bound. Pompey was so humble that he would not allow him to remain long on his knees before him. Instead, he received him courteously, placed the crown back on his head, and restored him to his former state. For he held it as worthy and fitting for a king to pardon as to punish. He also recalls the counselor named Poule, who brought this about..A man once was a prisoner, and before him, the man knelt and lifted him up from the ground, making him sit beside him to give him good encouragement and hope. And the man said to the other standing by and prisoners, \"Cesar, when he heard of Caton's death, his adversary, said he had great envy for his glory and not his patrimony. And therefore, he left all his patrimony freely to his children.\" Thus Virgil teaches and signifies to glorious princes how to rule and govern the people of Rome. And St. Augustine of City of God says, \"Emperor, govern the people piously, make peace overall, be merciful and forgiving. Reprehend and correct the proud, for so you establish and uphold the laws. It was written to Alixander, 'Every prince ought to be pious in punishing and ready for rewarding. There is nothing that makes a prince so beloved by his people as when he speaks sweetly to them and deals kindly with them.' And all this comes from\".We read of Emperor Traian that he was too eager and familiar with the common people, more than an emperor should be. He answered that he would be such an emperor that everyone would want him. We also read of Hadrian arising and taking his seat or siege. It was wonderful that the knights desired to serve such a lord who valued their health more than his dignity. The works should also be humble and meek, as the holy scripture says, \"The greater or higher your state, the more you ought to be meeker and more humble.\" Valerius recounts in his seventh book that there was an emperor named Pupillus. He had fewer possessions than others. Scipio of Africa, who was so poor of voluntary poverty that when he was dead, he was buried at the public expense and they should be so humble that they would leave their offices and allow others to take them when their time comes. For he governs..Valerius relates in his three books that Fabian the Great had been Master Counselor of his father, and of his family and household. Yet his son, who was noble and wise and more tempered than others, wished that the office should not always remain within the Fabian family. Valerius also recounts in his seventh book that they intended to make Fabian emperor, but he excused himself and said that he was blind and could not see due to age. However, this excuse did not help him. Then he said to them, \"Seek and get yourselves another, for if you make me your emperor, I may not endure your manners, nor you mine.\"\n\nThere was a king of such subtle wit that when men brought the crown before him to take it, he remembered himself a little and said, \"O thou crown that art more noble than I am happy, for if a king knew well and truly how thou art full of deceptions and burdens, if thou were on the ground, he would never lift thee.\".nor take you remembrance that when you are most glorious, then have some men most envy you. And when you have the most signory and majesty, then you shall have the most care, thought, and anxieties. Vespasian was so humble that when Nero was slain, all the people cried for him to become emperor. And many of his friends came and begged him to take on the role. So at last he was compelled to accept it. And he said to his friends, \"It is better and more praiseworthy for a man to take on the burden and desire it not for himself, but for them. Also, they should be marveled greatly why I accepted the office. And they demanded of him the reason, to whom he answered, \"I would change it gladly if it were good for the people. But I saw once a man who was righteous and full of bloodlust, it was marvelous to see. Why I struck and chased them away. And he then said, \"The prick of the hungry is more poignant than the full.\".And therefore he said I leave the officers in their offices. For they are all rich / and to not so much evil and harm / as the new ones would do and were poor if I should set them in their places. They ought also to be patient in hearing of words and in suffering pain on their bodies\u00b7 as the first one said to all together that he was not weary / and answered none otherwise but that he would correct boldly whereof he had great displeasure, so much that he kept his head forward to strike back / than I have shown any cowardice in the war of Rome / or she will do any cowardice after. He suffered high-mindededly and said not one reproach to him by his lineage. And he called him baker / he answered that it is better that nobility begins in me. It should fail in me / another called him tyrant / he answered if I were one, you would not say so. A knight called once Scipio of Africa, a foul and old knight in arms. And that he knew little good. And he answered I was born of my mother a little child and feeble and not.A man of arms. Yet he was always one of the best and most worthy in arms who lived. Another said to Vaspasian, \"And a wolf would sooner change its skin and hear this, than you should change your life.\" For the longer you live, the more you carry, and he answered, \"But we ought to laugh, not amend ourselves and punish transgressions.\" Seneste relates that King Antigonus heard certain people speaking evil of him. And between them, Nomor said, \"Make an end of your evil language lest the king hear you.\" As for the pains they ought to endure patiently, Valerius recounts that a tyrant inflicted torments on Anamaxymenes and threatened to cut out his tongue. To whom he said, \"It is not in your power to do so.\" And forthwith he chewed it with his teeth and cast it in the face of the tyrant. It is a great virtue in a man to forget not to be patient in corrections of wrongs. It is....It is better to leave a guilty man unpunished than to punish him in anger or rage. Valerius relates the story of Archytas of Tarente, who was a master to Plato. Archytas saw that his property and lands were destroyed and lost due to the negligence of his servant. He said, \"If I were not angry, I would take revenge and torture him.\" Here you can see that he preferred to leave the punishment undone than to punish with anger and rage rather than with right. Therefore, Seneca says, \"Do not do what you ought to do when you are angry, for when you are angry, you will do all things according to your whims.\" Valerius also relates in his eighth book the story of Scipio of Africa, who was accused before the senate of having great treasure. He answered, \"The Africans have found no avarice in me or my blood, nor have we had greater envy to be rich in name than in riches. Therefore, Seneca says that King Alcibiades used the same approach..gladly in his earthly vessels, and some said he did it for covetousness, but he said that it was a better and more noble thing to shine in good manners than in vessels. And when some men demanded why and for what cause he did so, he answered, \"I am now king of Sicily. And I was once a potter. And because I doubt fortune, for when I issued out of the hovels of my father and mother, I was suddenly made rich. Therefore, I behold the nature of me and of my lineage, which is humble and meek. And all these things come from willful poverty. For he intended more for the common profit than for his own. And of this poverty speaks Saint Augustine in the book of the City of God, that they who intend for the common profit sorrow more that willful poverty is lost in Rome than the riches of Rome, for by willful poverty was the renown of good manners kept entirely. Thus, by this richesse, poverty is not only corrupt in these days nor the city nor the manners, but also the thoughts of the men..The good man of noble memory, John the monk, late cardinal of Rome, in the decree sixteen, in the chapter \"Gens sca\u0304,\" states that they are felons against God, contrary to holy things, traitors one to another. Envious towards neighbors. It is a great sorrow to see the humility, patience, and good wisdom that was once in this city of Rome, chief of all the world, which is now corrupted and turned into misfortune. And I think that in other parts of Christendom they have taken example from these evils. They may argue that this is according to the decree of Sigurd and disobedience, which states that such things that sovereigns do are lightly and soon taken as examples by their subjects. These vices should be generous and liberal. To such people who serve them, they should be duly paid and rewarded..He promised more than he could give, he replied, it doesn't become a prince for any man to depart sorrowful or trust him. This only happens on a day when he gave or promised nothing to anyone. And when it was evening and he reflected upon himself, he said to his friends, \"O my friends, I have lost this day, I don't know what good I have done. And we and travel to the knights when the prince is in their company, those who love and comfort them. I also called Cesar once and said to him before all men that he should be my advocate. Cesar granted and assigned a good advocate to me. The knight said to him, \"Cesar, I put no condition, I received no victory in the battle.\" Then Cesar went to his feast. Since noble persons cannot rule or govern without the service and work of the people, I shall begin first with the pawn that is in the play of the chess..A man of the common people, named Pietoms or footmen, signifies one who stands on foot. We will begin with the pawn, who stands before the rock on the right side of the king. The pawn, which belongs to serve the vicar or lieutenant of the king and other officers under him, went downward on the earth with Cain and Abel. And although this cause was true, there was another cause of envy that he bore towards his brother. For when Adam their father married to multiply the earth of his lineage, he would not marry or join together the two who were born at the same time. Instead, he gave to Cain the one who was born with Abel, and to Abel the one who was born with Cain. Thus began the strife between Abel and Cain. For his wife was fairer than Cain's wife, and for this cause he slew Abel with the skull of a beast. And at that time, there was no manner of iron or blood of man's blood. Abel was the first martyr in the Old Testament. And this is all..\"said Caym and did many other evil things which I leave out, as they do not pertain to my matter. But it is necessary that some should labor the earth, after Adam's sin. Before Adam sinned, the church brought forth fruit without the labor of hands. It was fitting that we were first formed and took from the best that he always chose to give to God and please Him. Those who grumble and grudge, rendering and giving to God the tithes of their goods, ought to be afraid and have fear that they shall fall into necessity. And it is no marvel if this happens to them. For the man who is disagreeable to God, and whose temporal goods multiply by the virtue of his own counsel and wit, which is made by the same ordinance of Him who made all, is soon taken away for him who is\".A man finds disagreability in wealth if he does not know God from whom it comes. When he encounters another fortune, he is unsure whether to go towards it. Therefore, each man should despise the world and flee, lying low and turning towards God. When you hear this, a man went out of his country to a wilderness to a hermitage. When his father's call had ended, he made great sorrow and inquired, feeling so much that at last he was found in the hermitage. Then his father came to him and said, \"Son, come from there. You shall be earl and chief of my signature after my death. I will be soft if you do not come out from there. He who knows no other way to avoid the anger of his father thought and said, \"Father, if you would tell me, I promise to take it away and I shall be left and set aside.\" The father said, \"Son, that cannot be nor can any man take it away but.\".A god only answered the son in response to the father. I will serve him and dwell laboringly with him, so that I may do what is appropriate for a laborer to enter into his labor. And so, the child should remain in the inheritance and live there in good works according to what is fitting for a laborer. A laborer's end should be to gather and collect the fruit of high labor on work days. He ought also to rest on holy days. Both he and his livestock should be nourished and kept. This is signified by the rod he carries, which is for leading and driving them to the right position. The first pastor who ever was was Abel, who was just and true, and offered the firstfruits of his sacrifice to God. One should follow Abel in craft and manners, but no one who follows Cain's wickedness may succeed: follow Abel, and this is what is fitting for a laborer to do - to plant and graff trees and vines, and to cut them, as Noah did..Whych was the first to plant the vine after the flood, according to Josephus. For, as Josephus writes in his account, it was Noe who first found the vine. He found it wild and so he mixed together the blood of four animals: the blood of a lion, the blood of a lamb, the blood of a pig, and the blood of an ape. He then circled the vines with this mixture to keep wild animals away and swore by it. After drinking the fruit of this vine, its power was so great that he became so intoxicated that his private parts could be seen. His youngest son and wife also became as bold as a lion, and his other sons were made simple and shameful as a lamb, lecherous as a pig, and curious and full of play as an ape. The ape, being of such nature, encourages others to do the same thing when it sees one doing it, and so many do when they have been drunk..Wyl meddle them with all officers and masters who belong to nothing from them, and when they are fasting and sober, they can scarcely accomplish their own things. Therefore, Valerian recalls that in ancient and olden times, women drank no wine because, by drunkenness, they might fall into any filth or vileness. And outside it says that wines otherwise make the hearts appear in such a manner that they are capable of all sins which take away the herds to do well, making the poor rich as long as wine is in their heads, and shortly, drunkenness is the beginning of all evils. It corrupts the body and destroys the soul and minimizes temporal goods. This suffices for the laborers.\n\nThe second pawn that stands before the knight on the right side of the king has the form and figure of a man as a smith. This is reasonable, for it appears to knights to need bridles swiftly and many other things made by the hands of smiths, and it ought to hold a hammer..In his right hand and in his left hand, a squire and a smith. He ought to hold his girdle a trovel. By this is signified all manner of workers: goldsmiths, marshals, smiths of all forges, forgers, and makers of money, and all manner of smiths. The carpenters are signified by the mallet or squire, and by the trowel we understand all masons and quarrymen. Tilers and all those who make houses, castles, and towers are signified by this. And it belongs to all these craftsmen to be true, wise, and strong. And it is necessary that they have faith and loyalty within themselves. For to the goldsmiths belongs gold and silver and all other metals. Iron and steel to others. And to the carpenters and masons are put their edifices, the bodies and goods of the people, and also the bodies and goods of the mariners are put in their hands, and in their guard and custody, their bodies and souls in the parish of the sea. Therefore, they ought to be true..He who commits such great charges to women and entrusts them with great things on her faith and trust. And therefore, the philosopher says, he who loses faith and belief may lose nothing greater or more. Faith is a sovereign good and comes from the good will of the heart and mind. And for no necessity will it deceive anyone. And it is not corrupted by any bribe. Valerius relates that Fabius had received certain Roman prisoners from Hannibal, whom he had promised to pay a certain sum of money. When he came before the senators of Rome and requested a loan for them, they answered that they would not lend or pay. Then Fabius sent his son to Rome and had him sell his heritage and patrimony. And he sent the money he received from the sale to Hannibal. He preferred and loved being poor in his own country rather than in belief and faith. But in these days, it would be great folly to have such an affiance in many people unless they had been..People often trust in those who have deceived them in their time of need. It is a fact that these crafty men and workers are extremely profitable to the world. Without artisans and workers, the world could not be governed. You must know that all things generated on earth and at sea are made and formed to bring profit to mankind. Man was formed to have offspring, so that we might help and benefit one another. We should follow nature in this, as she shows us that we should do common good to one another. The first foundation of justice is that no man should harm or inconvenience another, but rather do the common good. People mockingly say, \"What is yours is mine,\" but in these days, who intends more for the common good than for himself? Certainly, no one. A man should always fear and dread his own house when he sees his neighbor's house aflame. Therefore,.men ought to willingly aid the common profit, for otherwise they would otherwise sit idly by and could quench it in the beginning, which later makes a great blazing fire and fortune takes great pleasure in tearing and working continually. Nature is so noble a thing that where it exists, it will sustain and keep. But this rule of nature has failed for a long time. The decree states that all things that are against the law of nature should be taken away and set aside. He says before in the eighth distinction that the natural law often differs from custom and established practice. For by the law of nature, all things ought to come to every man, and this law was of old time. And men believe especially that the Trojans observed this law. And we read that the multitude of the Trojans was one heart and one soul. And it is to be supposed that those who have their goods in common and not proprietary are included in this..most acceptable to God. For Ellis would not allow these religious men, as monks, friars, canons, and all others, to possess and keep the willful poverty that they had professed. In truth, I have myself been a conversant in a religious house of white friars at Gaunt, which have all things in common among them. And not one richer than another to such an extent that if a man gave to a friar 3d or 4d to pray for him in his mass, as soon as the mass is done, he delivers it to his superior or procurator. In such houses, there have been many virtuous and devout friars. And if this life were not the best and most holy, the holy church would never suffer it in religion. And according to this, we read in Plato, who says that the city is well and justly governed and ordered in which no man may say by right, by custom or by ordinance, \"this is mine\" and \"this is thine.\" This is mine. But I say to the certainty that since this custom came forth to say \"this is mine\" and \"this is thine,\" no man thought to prefer the common profit so much as his own..All workers ought to be wise and well-acclimated, so that they have no envy nor any evil suspicion of one another. For God wills that our human nature be covetous of two things: religion and wisdom. But in this case, there are often times deception. They take turns prioritizing religion over wisdom and wisdom over religion. No one can be truly and trustworthy without the other, for it does not belong to a wise man to do anything that he may repent of, and he ought to do nothing against his will. But to do all things nobly, merely, firmly, and honestly, and if he harbors envy, it is folly, for the one upon whom he harbors envy is more honest and of greater honor than he who is envious. For a man may have no envy for another. But rather,\n\nCleaned Text: All workers should be wise and well-acclimated, having no envy or evil suspicion of one another. For our human nature is covetous of two things: religion and wisdom. However, there are often instances of deception. They prioritize religion over wisdom and wisdom over religion in turn. No one can be truly and trustworthy without the other, as it is not becoming of a wise man to do anything that he may regret and he ought to do nothing against his will. Instead, he should do all things nobly, merely, firmly, and honestly. If he harbors envy, it is folly, for the one envied is more honest and of greater honor than he who is envious. A man may have no envy for another, but rather,.A man often thinks that every other man is nobler and more fortunate than himself, and says to himself that others win more than he does. His neighbors have more livestock and possessions than he does, and therefore you should know that envy is the greatest deadly sin. For it torments him who harbors it without causing harm to the object of his envy. An envious man has no virtue in himself, for he corrupts himself as much as he hates the wealth and virtues of others. Therefore, they should be careful not to arouse any evil suspicion. For a man, naturally, when his affection has suspicion towards anyone he thinks is doing something wrong, appears to him to be doing it. It is an evil thing for a man to have suspicion towards himself, for we read that Dionysius the tyrant was so suspicious that he was feared and hated by all men..His friends, from their offices, replaced them with strangers to guard his body and chose those who were cruel and felons, out of fear and doubt of the harbors. He made his daughters learn to shave and comb their hair, and when they grew older, he would not allow them to use iron for anything but to burn and sing his herbs, and he warned them sternly and did not trust them. In the same way, they had no favor with him. He also fortified the place where he lay with deep ditches and made it resemble a castle. He entered by a drawbridge which closed after him. His knights lay outside with his guards, who watched and kept the fortress strictly. When Plato, king of Syracuse, saw this, with guards and watchmen due to his suspicion, he openly addressed him before all men, King, why have you done so much evil and harm that it is necessary to keep you with so many people? Therefore, I say that it is time for you to leave Syracuse..A person who truly wants to conduct himself in his work should be suspicious and strong, especially those who should live by their labor, lest they be disheartened and discouraged. For a ship is quickly lost and perished by a little tempest when the governor fails to govern his ship out of fear and cannot provide counsel to others. Therefore, they should be strong, forceful, and courageous, and consider the perils that may fall. The governor, in particular, should not doubt, and if any peril should occur, he should promise the others hope. It is fitting that a man of good and hardy courage be placed in that office. In this way, he should have a firm and secure mind against the perils that often occur at sea. And, in addition to this, the mariners should have good and firm confidence..And believe in God. And be of good comfort and fair language to those whom you govern in such parishes. This suffices regarding the laborers. The third pawn set before the alphabet on the right side should be figured as a clerk, and it is reasonable that he should be so. Among the common people, whom we speak of in this book, they settle the differences, contentions, and causes. The alphyn or judge should, however, give sentence and judgment, as judges do. And it is reasonable that the alphyn or judge has his notary, by whom the process may be written. This pawn ought to be made and figured in this manner:\n\nHe must be made like a man holding in his right hand a pair of scales and on his girdle a staff that signifies the instruments and offices that have been made and put in writing authentically. These ought to have passed before the judges as libelles write condemnation & sentences, and this is signified by the scripture and the pen..other part pertains to them to cut cloth and dye. This is signified by the forements or shands kempe the heralds. And the other ben coupers, coryers, taillers, skinners, louchers, and cordwainers. These are signified by the knife that he holds in his hand. Some of these aforementioned craftsmen were named drapers or clothmakers because they worked with wool. And the notaries, skinners, coryers, and cordwainers worked with skins and hides. As perchymyn velume, peltrie, and cordwan. And the tailors, cutters of cloth, weavers, fullers, dyers, and many other crafts used wool. And all these craftsmen and many others that I have not named should do their craft and business. Whereas they are duly ordered curiously and truly. Also among these craftsmen there ought to be amiable company and true, honest countenance. And truth in their words. And it is to be noted that the notaries are right profitable and ought to be good and true for the community. They.They ought to keep others from appropriating that which belongs to the common good / And if they are good to themselves, they are good to others, and if they are evil for themselves, they are evil for others. The processes made before the judges ought to be written and passed by them. It is to be noted that by their writing in the processes, much profit can come, and also if they write otherwise than they ought to do may cause much harm and damage to the common good. Therefore, they ought to take good heed that they change or corrupt in no way the content of the sentence, for then they are first sworn and bound to make amends to those by their treachery they have harmed. And they ought to read, visit, and know the statutes, ordinances, and laws of the city or country where they dwell and inhabit. They ought to consider if there is anything contained therein against right and reason. And if they find anything contrary, they ought to admonish..Warning those who govern that such things may be changed into a better estate / for custom entrenched against good manners and faith should not be upheld. According to the decree in the chapter before, all ordinances made against right should be held for nothing. Alas, who is now the advocate or notary that has charge to write and keep sentence, intending to keep more the common profit or as much as his own? But all fear of God is put back. And they deceive the simple men, drawing them to the courts disorderly and constraining them to swear and make oaths not credible, and in assembling the people thus they make more treasons in the cities than they make good alliances. And otherwhile they deceive their sovereigns, when they can do it secretly. For there is nothing at this day that so much grieves Rome and Italy as does the college of notaries and public advocates, for they are not of one accord. Alas, and in England what.Hurte down the advocates and attorneys of law and court officers to the common people of the realm, in both spiritual and temporal law. They tore the law and statutes at their pleasure, fed the people, empowered the commons. I suppose that in all Christendom there are not so many litigants, attorneys, and men of law in England alone. For if they were all numbered, who longed to the courts of the chancery, king's bench, common pleas, respite, and hell, and the baggage bearers of the same, it would amount to a great multitude. And how these live and from whom, if it should be uttered and told, it should not be believed, for they intend to their singular welfare and profit and not to the common good. And admonish and warn each city in such a way that they might have peace and love one with another. Tully says that friendship and good will that one ought to have against another for his own wellbeing..That he loves it. With a similar will, he should be put forth before all other things. There is nothing so becoming and like to bees that make honey or so beneficial in prosperity and adversity as love. For by love, bees keep them together. And if any space is given to another, they run upon the wrongdoer to punish him. True love never fails for good or evil, and the sweetest and most comforting thing is to have a friend to whom a man may reveal his secrets as well as to himself. But true friendship and amity are sometimes founded upon something delightful. And this friendship comes from youth, in which there dwells a disordered heat, and at other times it is founded upon honesty. This friendship is virtuous; of which Cicero says that there is a virtuous friendship by which a man ought to do to his friend all that he requires for a reason, for to do to him a dishonest thing is against the nature of true friendship and amity..And yet, for friendship or favor, a man ought not to do anything unreasonable against the common profit or against his faith or against his other. If all things that friends desire and require are accomplished and done, it would seem that they would be dishonest conspiracies. And they might otherwise cause more harm than profit and aid. Seneca says that amity is of such a will as that of the friend. And to refuse that which ought to be refused for the sake of friendship, and yet he says more: a man ought to allow and praise his friend before the people, and to correct and chastise him privately. For the law of friendship is such. A man ought not to demand or do anything vile for his friend that ought to be kept secret. Valerian says it is a foul thing and an evil excuse if a man confesses that he has done any evil for his friend against right and reason. And this company follows the prayer, not the man..And Tully says that Tarquin the proud had a new sister named Brutus. This new sister had banished Tarquin from Rome and had sent him into exile. And he first perceived and distinguished his friends, who were true and false. He never perceived before that they were ready to do their will, and he rightly said that the love they had for him endured not longer than it was profitable for them. Therefore, all the rich men in the world should be careful, whether they are kings, princes, or dukes, to whom they give their profit and how they may and ought be loved by their people. For Caton says in his book, \"See to whom you give.\" This love, which is founded upon profit and which fails and does not endure, may better be called merchandise than love, for if we consider this love as our profit only and nothing to the pure love itself. Therefore, the verse-maker writes these two verses: \"In fickle times, many are counted friends. When fortune perishes, no friend remains.\".A man is fortunate and has many friends as long as he is wealthy. But when fortune turns and perishes, there is not one friend left to him. And of these loves, the Medows, fields, trees, and beasts are loved for the profit men derive from them. But the love of men ought to be charitable, very gracious and pure, by good faith. And the true friends are known in pure adversity. Pierre Alphonse says in his book of Morals that there was a philosopher in Arabia who had only one son. He asked him what friends he had acquired in his life, and he answered that he had many. His father replied, \"I am an old man and yet I could never find but one friend in all my life. I truly believe it is no small thing to have a friend, and it is greater and more becoming for a man to have many. It is appropriate and befitting for a man to test and prove his friend, or he has need.\" Then he commanded the philosopher's son to go and sleep..A swine / and he put it in a sandy place, as if a man had slain it and commanded him, and had required his friends one after another, as previously stated; they denied him and answered him that he was a coward to require and desire things that were so perilous. And then he came back to his father and said to him how he had required all his friends. And that he had not found one who would help him in his need. Then his father said to him that he should go and require his friend who had only one, and require him to help him in his need. And when he had required him, immediately he put all his men out of his house. And when they were out of the way or asleep, he intended to bury the body he had in his house, a fair young maiden whom he should have had in marriage to himself. Of this maiden, this merchant of Banes was so enamored that he was quite taken with her love, and men supposed him to be dying. Then the other physicians came, who said:.In that time, there was no sextet of love but passion in him. Then he should have been another man's wife and said that he was seeking her. His friend then said to him, \"Comfort yourself, friend, for truly I give her to you as wife, with all the dowry that is given to me with her. I would rather suffer without a wife than lose the body of my friend.\" And then he wedded the maiden and went with his wife and riches back into his country.\n\nAfter this, immediately afterwards, the marquis of Egypt became so poor due to bad fortune that he was forced to seek and beg for his bread. By chance, he came to Bandach. And when he entered the town, it was dark night and he could not find his friend's house. But he spent the night in an old temple. And on the morrow when he should have issued out of the temple, the officers of the town arrested him and said that he was a murderer and had killed a man who lay there dead. And immediately he confessed it..And good Will. He would have preferred to be hungry rather than to endure the miserable and pitiful life he suffered. When he was brought to trial and sentence was about to be given against him as a murderer, his friend from the band appeared and saw him. Immediately, he stepped in and declared that he himself was responsible for the death of this man, not the other, and urged him to deliver and excuse the other. When the man who had been killed saw this, he considered within himself that these two men were innocent of this deed. Doubtful of divine judgment, he came before the judge and confessed all the deeds in order. And when the judge saw and heard all this matter, as well as the reasons, he understood the firm and true love between the two friends and pardoned all the deeds entirely. Afterward,.A merchant from Bandach brought an Egyptian man into his house and gave his sister in marriage to him, bestowing upon him half of his wealth. Both were now rich, and they were true and faithful friends. Notaries, men of law, and crafty men should love one another and be continent, chaste, and honest. For by their crafts, they were required to be so out of necessity. Since they frequently converse and accompany women, they should not look at or entice them with disordered signs or tokens. Titus Lucius recalls that the philosopher Democritus plucked out his eyes because he could not behold women without fleshly desire. And although there was another certain cause for this, this was one of the principal causes. Valerian tells of a young man from Rome of exceptional beauty. He was chaste..Beault\u00e9, a man, attracted many women to desire him so much that his parents and friends suspected him. He disfigured his face with a knife and lancets lengthwise and every which way to deform it. He preferred having an ugly, disfigured face to the beauty of his face inciting others to sin.\n\nThere is a report of a nun, a virgin, who plucked out both her eyes. Since the beauty of her eyes moved a king to love her, she sent them to the king as a gift.\n\nPlato, the wealthy philosopher, left his own country and abandoned his mansion and dwelling. The town he went to was not only destroyed but also filled with pestilence. The sorrow he suffered there from the cure and care allowed him to avoid the heat and occasions of lechery.\n\nMany of his disciples did the same. Heliodorus relates that Desmosthenes, the philosopher, lay once with a noblewoman for his pleasure..And he asked her what he should give to have her, and she answered him a thousand pennies. He said again to her that he should repent for buying it so dear. And when he accused him of being so heated to speak to her to fulfill his fleshly desire, he disrobed him entirely and left him in the midst of the snow.\n\nOutside relates that this is the last thing that may help and most grieve lovers, and therefore St. Augustine relates in his book De civitate dei that there was a right nobleman named Marculian who won and took the noble city of Syracuse. Before doing so, he had attempted to assault it through battle, and before any blood was shed, he wept and shed many tears before the city. This was because he doubted that his people would defile and corrupt the chastity of the town to an excessive degree. He ordered, on pain of death, that no man should be so bold as to take and defile any woman by force, whatever she might be..After this, crafty men should understand to be true and have truth in their mouths, and that their deeds follow their words. He who says one thing and does another condemns himself by his words. They ought also to ensure that they are of one accord in goodwill, in intention, in word, and in deed. So that they are not discordant in any case, but that every man has pure truth and truth in himself. For God himself is pure truth, and men commonly say that truth seeks no ears or corners, and truth is a virtue by which all fear and fraud are driven away. Men truly say that they know when they know. And those who do not know truth should know it and always use truth. Saint Augustine says that those who think they know truth but live evil and viciously is folly if he does not know it, and also he says in another place that it is better to suffer pain for truth than to have a benefit by falsehood or flattery. A man who is called..A reasonable person does not act contrary to reason and truth. He is more bestial than any best beast, and you should know that coming to the truth requires a reasonable foresight in one's mind. Lying comes from an outrageous and contrary thought in one's mind. For he who lies knowingly recognizes that it is against the truth that he thinks. And Saint Bernard says, \"The lying mouth destroys the soul.\" Yet Saint Augustine says in another place, \"To say one thing and do the contrary makes doctrine suspicious.\" And truly, lying is a most perilous thing for both body and soul. The ancient enemy made Eve and Adam believe him, and their deceit led them to eternal damnation and expulsion from terrestrial paradise. He made them believe that God had not forbidden the fruit, but only that they should not know that its master knew. But how well the devil knew..These words yet had double meaning for both [of them]. They knew that they were doomed to the fruit of their actions. And God knew it well beforehand, but they supposed they knew many other things and were like Him in knowledge and wisdom. Therefore, Saint Paul says in a psalm: it does not belong to a man to save or know more than is necessary. But to save or know by measure or sobriety. Valerian relates that there was a good woman of Feracusant who would not lie with the king of Sicily, named Doris. This king was so full of tyranny and cruelty that all the world desired his death and cursed him. Smiling as soon as she was raised, she prayed to God that He would give the tyrant a good life and long [life], and that she might never see his death. When the king Doris learned this, he sent for her, and marveled greatly at this. For he knew well that he was greatly hated, and demanded of her, \"What caused you to pray for me?\" And she replied..When I was a maiden, we had a cruel tyrant as our king whom we greatly feared for his death. And after him came another, whom we also feared for his death. When we were delivered from him, you came to be our lord, who is worse than all others. Now I doubt if we have one after this who will be worse than you are. Therefore, I shall pray for him. And when Dionysus understood that she was so bold in speaking the truth, he dared not torment her for shame because she was so old.\n\nThe fourth pawn is set before the king. It is formed in the shape of a man holding a balance in his right hand and the weight in his left. Before him is a table, and at his girdle is a purse full of money, ready to give to those who required it. By these people are signified the merchants of linen and wool, and all other merchants. By the table that is before him are signified the changers, and those who lend money, and those who buy..and sell by the weight are signified by the balances and weights. The king, as they signify the receivers of the treasuries that should always be ready before him, and answer for him to knights and to other persons for their wages and soldiers, therefore I have said that they ought to flee avarice. For avarice is as much to say as an idolator or as a worshiper of false images, and Tully says that avarice is a covetous desire to obtain that which is above necessity, and it is a disordered love to have anything, and it is one of the worst things that is, especially for princes and those who govern the commonwealth. This vice causes a man to do evil, and doing evil is when it reigns in old men, and Seneca says that all worldly things are more dead and appetized in old men, and avarice alone remains with him and dies with him. But I do not understand well the cause why this comes or why it may be..A foul thing and contrary to reason, when a man is nearing the end of his journey and arranges for more provisions than he needs, this can be likened to the greedy wolf. For the wolf does no good until it is dead, and it is said in the proverbs of the wise that \"a gift is a sure loss.\" The courteous man is certainly not good for anything, for he is harmful to himself and to both the rich and the poor. He finds a reason to deny their requests, and Chrysippus and others say that Antigonus was a greedy man. When Tynque, who was his friend, asked him for a favor, he answered that Tynque was demanding more than was appropriate for him. When Tynque, pressed by great necessity, asked and required of him a penny, he answered that it was an unacceptable gift for a king. He was always ready to find a reason for not giving. He could have given Tynque a gift as a king to his friend, and instead..peny as to a poure man. & ther is no thyng so litil but that the humanyte of a kyng may geue hyt / auariceful of couetise is a maner of al vices of luxurye & Iosephus whercith in the book of au\u0304cient histories / that ther was in rome a right noble lady named paulyne / and was of the most noble of rome. right honest for the no\u2223blesse of chastite / whiche was maryed in the tyme that the wommen glorefyed them in theyr chastyte vnto a yonge man / fayr noble\u00b7 and riche aboue al other\u00b7 & was lyke and semblable to his wyf in al caasis. And thys pawlyne was belouyd of a knyght namyd enymerancian and was so ardantly esprised in her loue that he sent to her morny right riche yeftes / and made to her many grete promyses / but he myght neuer torne the herte of her which was on her syde also colde and harde / as marbyll / But she had leuer to refuse his yeftes and hys promyses.\nThan to intende to couetyse and to lose her chastyte / & we rede also in the histories of rome that there was a noble lady of rome whiche lyued a.A hermit lived a solitary life, chaste and honest. He had gathered a great sum of gold and had hidden it in the earth in a pit with her body. When she was dead, the bishop buried her in the church honorably. But soon after, the gold was found and given to the bishop. He was forced to cast it into the pit where she was buried. Three days later, they heard her cry and make great noise, saying that she was burning in great pain. The neighbors went to the bishop and told him of this. He gave them permission to open the sepulcher. When they had opened it, they found all the gold molten with fire, filled with sulfur, and poured into her mouth. One of them said, \"You desired this gold out of greed. Drink it.\" Then they took the body out of the tomb and cast it into a secret place. Seneca relates in the book of the cries of women that avarice is the root of all vices. Valerian also mentions this..Rehearse that avarice is a fierce guardian of riches. For he who has much money or other riches on him or in his keeping is always afraid to lose it or be robbed or slain therefore, and he is not used, nor happy, who acquires it through covetousness. For example, there was a man of Rome named Septimus. He was a friend of one named Tarchus. Septimus burned so fiercely and cruelly in the sin of covetousness that he had no shame to strike off the head of his friend through treason. For one from Frauncia had promised him as much weight of pure gold as the head weighed, and he carried the said head on a staff through the city of Rome. He emptied the brain out of it and filled it full of lead to weigh it down. This was a right horrible and cruel avarice. Ptolemy, king of Egypt, pursued avarice in another manner. For when Anthony, emperor of Rome, saw that he was extremely rich in gold and silver, he had him in great hate and tormented him cruelly. And when he should have....A man perishes because of his riches. He took all his treasure and put it in a ship, and went with all into the high sea to drown and perish there, so that Anthony, his enemy, should not have it. But when he was there, he dared not perish near it nor could he find in their hearts to depart from it. But he came and brought it again into his bowels where he received the reward of death. Therefore, he was not lord of the riches but the riches were lady over him. And it is said in proverb, \"A man ought to lord it over riches and not serve them. And if you can use your riches wisely, she is your chambermaid. And if you cannot depart from her, use her honestly at your pleasure. Know truly that she is your lady. For riches never satisfy the covetous, but the more he has, the more he desires. And Salust says that avarice destroys faith, peace, honesty, and all these other good virtues. Take these virtues, pride..Cruelty and forgetting God. He says that all things are for sale, and after this, beware of falling into poverty. For St. Ambrose says concerning Tobit, \"Poverty has no law; for to owe it is a shame, and to owe and not pay is a greater shame.\" If you are poor, beware how you borrow. Consider how you may pay and repay if you are rich, you have no need to borrow and ask. It is said in the proverb that it is fraud to take what you will not or cannot render and pay back. It is also said in reproach when I lend, I am your friend; and when I take, I am your enemy. As one says, \"God is at lending, and the devil at collecting.\" Senecca says in his authorities that those who gladly borrow ought gladely to pay. They ought to forgive in spirit and love them the better because they lend and aid them in their need. For benefits and good turns do to a man ought to give him thanks, therefore. And much more ought a man to repay him who is lent..In these dayes, many men, through leniency with their money, have turned friends into enemies. Domas the philosopher speaks of this and says that my friend Borowed money from me, and I have lost both my friend and my money. Borow was a merchant and also a changer, and loyalty was wanting. Once, a man came to him and claimed that he had deposited five hundred florins of gold with him, which was not true. Albert knew of no such money from C florins in all his books, and this liar could bring no witnesses. The liar began to rail, cry, and defame Albert. Albert then called the merchant and said, \"Friend, take here five hundred florins, which you claim to have delivered to me.\" He immediately told him and took him to him. This good man preferred to lose his goods rather than his good name and reputation, which had been wrongfully received. And he employed them in various merchandise in such a way..that he gained and increased, and won with them fifteen thousand florins. When he saw that he approached toward his death and that he had no children, he established Albert as his heir in all things and said that with the two hundred florins that he had received from Albert falsely, he had obtained all that he had in the world. Thus, by divine providence, he who had been a deceitful thief was made afterward a true procurer and attorney for the said Albert. But now in these days, there are merchants who conduct business with other people's money which is given to them to keep. And when they are required to repay it, they have no shame to deny it openly. It happened that there was a merchant who had a good and great name and reputation for keeping such things that were delivered to him. But when he saw an opportunity and the time, he retained it like a thief. So it came about that a merchant from outside heard the good report and fame of this man and delivered to him great treasure to keep. This treasure.A man lived with him for three years. Afterward, this merchant came and asked to have his good-deceiver back. This man knew he had no record or witnesses to prove this debt to him, nor did he have any obligation or writing from him.\n\nSo he denied it entirely and plainly told him he didn't know him. When this good man heard and understood this, he went away sorrowfully, keeping a great distance from him. An old woman met him and asked the cause of his weeping. He said to her, \"It concerns none of your business and goes not with you.\" She urged him to tell her the cause of his sorrow, for perhaps she might give him good and profitable counsel. Then this man told her the reason for his misfortune, and the old woman, who was wise and subtle, asked him if he had any friends in that city who would be faithful and true to him. He replied, \"Yes, I have many friends.\" She then told him to go to them..Tell them to prepare and bring various chests and coffers. And have them fill them with old worthless things and claim they are full of gold, silver, and other jewels, and of great treasure. Then, when they bring these to the said merchant and tell him he would keep them because of their great trust in him and his good reputation, and because they are going to far countries and may be gone for a long time, you should approach them and ask him to return to you what you took from him. I believe, due to the good men who will offer him the said treasure and his greed to possess it, he will return it to you. But be careful he does not discover they are your friends or learn of your knowledge.\n\nThis was wise and good counsel from a woman, and truly, it often comes from women to give counsel..as you have heard. This good man did keep coffers that his friends had feigned and required of him. And then the merchant said to him, \"I know now well. For I have advised myself that you are such a man, and came to me at such a time, and delivered to me such a thing which I have well kept.\" He then called his clerk and ordered him to fetch such a thing from such a place and deliver it to that good man, for he had delivered it to him. And the good man received his goods and went his way rejoicing and glad. The merchant, trickster and deceiver, was defrauded from his evil malice. And he had neither one nor the other thing of value. Therefore, it is said in a proverb, \"To defraud the defrauder is no fraud.\" And Seneca says that charity teaches and instructs that men should pay well. For good payment is sometimes good confession. And this merchant, trickster and..A deceitful person resembles a hound that carries a cheese in its mouth while swimming over water. The hound sees the shadow of the cheese in the water and believes it to be another cheese, driven by greed to obtain it. He opens his mouth to catch it, intending to wrongfully keep it. Thus, through his greed and malice, he is deceived. Therefore, every good and wise man should consider within himself how much he has received from others and on what condition it was delivered. This applies to receivers and changers, and to all true merchants and others, regardless of who they may be. They ought to keep records of receipts and payments, from whom and to whom, and when and day. If you ask them why they forget such things, their hearts are so obstinate about riches..merchants.\nThe pawn placed before the queen signifies the apothecary/physician. It is depicted as a man and is seated in a chair, holding a book and a box of ointments in his left hand. At his girdle, he has instruments of iron and silver for making incisions and searching wounds and hurts. By these things, surgeons are recognized. The book signifies the knowledge of physicians and all gramarians, logicians, masters of law, geometry, arsmetrique, music, and astronomy. By the ampule, apothecaries and spice makers are signified, as well as those who make confections, confits, and medicines made with precious spice. The ferments and instruments hanging from the girdle signify the surgeons and masters. A master and physician must certainly know the proportions of letters in grammar..Conclusions and the sophisms of logic / the gracious speech and virtue of rhetoric / the measures of hours and days, and of the courses of astronomy / the number of arithmetic / and the joyous songs of music, and of all these before named, the masters of rhetoric are the chief masters in specific, and the two last, who are practitioners, are called physicians and surgeons / how wise and curious they are in these sciences, and how well a man's life is otherwise placed in the hands of the physician or surgeon, if he lacks wisdom and knowledge in himself, and is not expert, and mingles himself in the craft of medicine, he ought better be called a fool of people than a physician or surgeon. For he may not be a master unless he is sure and expert in the craft of medicine, and therefore Avicenna says in a proverb, \"If you cure the sick man and do not know the cause of his malady, which ought to be cured, it is not you who are the master.\".In dealing with such people, one should exhibit good manners, courtesy of speech, chastity of body, and promises of health. Those who are frequently ill should inquire into the causes of their ailments and the signs and tokens of their diseases, as recorded in the works of the authors, with great diligence, particularly in the works of Hippocrates and Galen. When many masters and physicians are gathered before the patient or sick person, they should not argue and dispute among themselves, but should make a simple and harmonious diagnosis, avoiding being seen to dispute in front of the patient. I am amazed that when they see and know that the sick person has great need of health, they do not prioritize his well-being over their own worldly glory..A doctor is held in greater objection for contradictory statements because he is considered most sage and wise in arguments and bringing subtlety. Doctors of law treat nothing concerning human life but temporal things, and the one held most wise and best learned is the one who can best reconcile men's contentions and disputes. Therefore, physicians and surgeons should abandon their efforts to resolve all men's discord and contradictions, as it appears they prioritize curing over disputing. Consequently, the physician is fittingly placed before the queen. A physician should possess chastity and continence of body, as it sometimes becomes necessary for him to visit and cure the queen's duchesses, countesses, and all other ladies and observe some secret ailments that fall and come upon them..other, it is fitting for them that they be chaste and follow honesty and chastity, and that they serve as examples to others of good conduct. Valerian relates that Hippocrates possessed remarkable continence in his body. While he was in the schools of Athens, he had a very beautiful woman who approached him. The young scholars and the holy fellows who were students promised the woman that if she could or was able to arouse Hippocras' desire for her, they would have their way with her. She came to him by night and managed so much by her cunning that she lay with him in his bed, but she could never corrupt his chaste living nor defile the crown of his conscience. When the young men learned that she had spent the entire night with him and could not change his continence, they began to mock her and demand the reward that they had given to her. She replied that it was held and pledged on an image, for as much as.She could not change his constance, so she called him an image, and in a similar way recounted the story of Valerian of Scenocrates, the philosopher, who lay with a woman all night and was tempted disorderly by her, but that right chaste man neither seemed to yield nor ever departed from his firm purposes. In such a way, she left him, confused and ashamed. Cornelius Scipio, sent by the Romans to govern Spain, as soon as he entered the castles and towns of that land, began to remove all things that might stir or move his men to lechery. Therefore, men said that he drove out more than two thousand bawds, and he who was wise knew well that delight in lechery corrupted and softened the spirits of those men abandoned to the same delight. And from this it is said in the fables of the poets in the first book of the Tropes of the Philosophers by figure, that those who entered the fontain of the Sirens or mermaids..And they were corrected and took them away with them. You should also know that they ought to attend diligently to the cures of the infirmities in surgery. They ought to make their plasters according to the wounds of sores, if the wound is round, the plaster must be round, and if it is long, it must be long. And it must be cured by its contrary, as it pertains to physics. For heat is cured by cold, and cold by heat, and joy by sorrow, and sorrow by joy. It often happens that many people are in great peril in taking too much joy and lessen their limbs, and become half-men in the sudden joy. Joy is a reflection of something delightful spread broad in all the members with great gladness. And all men intend and desire to have the said great joy naturally, but they do not know what may ensue. This joy comes other times from the virtue of conscience. The wise man is not without this joy. And this..Ioye is never interrupted in default at any time. For it long flees away immediately, and Valerian recalls that he who has force and strength reasonable has it of true conjunction, and this Ioye has as much power to separate the soul from the body as thunder, whereof it happened that there was a woman named Lynea, who had her husband in the wars of the Romans. And she truly supposed he was dead, but it happened that he came home again. And as he entered into his yate, his wife met him suddenly, not warned of his coming. She was so glad and joyous in embracing him that she fell down dead. Similarly, of another woman to whom was reported by a false messenger that her son was dead. She went home sorrowfully to her house, and afterward when her son came to her, as soon as she saw him, she was so overwhelmed with joy that she died before him. But this is not so great a marvel of women as of men. For women are likened to this..A woman is called \"Mulier\" in Latin, which means \"soft air\" in English. Soft-natured people often take impressions more quickly than those who are rough and strong. Valerius Maximus relates the story of a knight from Rome named Istanus, who had recently conquered and subdued the island of Corsica. As he sat there, filled with joy and wisdom, he was eager to return to his parents and friends. We also read that Titus, the son of Vespasian, after conquering Jerusalem and staying in the country, heard that his father Vespasian had been chosen by the Senate to govern the Roman Empire. This news brought him such great joy that he suddenly lost the strength of all his limbs and became impotent. Josephus, the historian who wrote about the Romans against the Jews, was a wise man..A physician saw and knew the cause of Titus' sickness. He asked his soldiers if they had in their possession the man who had caused it and commanded them to execute him. But when he saw that none obeyed him, but that they all served him reverently, he became so enraged and embraced such great anger that the man, who had lost all the strength and stamina of his body and was impotent in all his members, recovered his health and strength. Josephus did this, and he no longer considered him an enemy but a true friend. And afterward, he made him his loyal companion. The spies and apothecaries should truly make such things as the physicians command and they should complete their bills and charges with great diligence, for no other reason should they be occupied except in making medicines or concoctions..They ought upon parchment of their soul not to forget, by negligence or recklessness, that they do not put false things in her spices to enrage or increase the weight. For if they so do, they may better be called thieves than apothecaries or perfumers. And those accustomed to making ointments ought to make it properly of true stuff and of good odor, according to the receipts of ancient doctors. And, in the form that physicians and surgeons prescribe to them, they ought to beware that for no reason or gift that they ought to have, they put in their medicines anything venomous or harmful to any person to whom the medicines should be given, nor cause them harm or damage, nor in destruction of their neighbors. And those who have ministrated the things to them should not be taken as partners in their blame and sin. Surgeons ought also to be generous, amiable, and to have pity..They ought not hastily launch and cut apostumes and sores, nor open the hegood rename. It would be better for them to be called butchers than healers or dressers of wounds and sores. Furthermore, those in charge of making whole and curing all manner of maladies and infirmities should first cure themselves. They must purge themselves of all apostumes and vices in such a way that they are not and do not host:\n\nThe sixteenth chapter of the third book treats of the similarity to cooks and vendors (chapter V, sixth). He holds in his left hand a loaf of bread and a cup, and this resembles the taverners, hosts, and sellers. It is fitting for them to keep their inns and herberows, as well as all things they bring into their lodgings. They should put them in order and safekeeping. The first of these is signified by the lifted hand, in which he bears bread and wine. The second:.This is signified by the right hand, which is stretched out to call men, and the third is represented by keys hanging on the girdle. Such people ought to eschew the sin of gluttony. For many come into their houses to drink and to eat. Therefore, they ought reasonably to rule themselves and to refrain from too much food and drink, so that they might more honestly deliver things. Gluttony, tensions, strife, riots, wrongs, and molestations by which men leave otherwise their hands, their eyes, and other members, and sometimes are slain or hurt unto death, as it is written in the lives of the fathers. For instance, a husbandman and his neighbor, and the hermit who thought to choose the least evil and came to them. And when he came to them, he drank so much that he was very drunk, and when he was drunk and heated with the wine, he wanted to do harm to his neighbor, and his neighbor withstood him. Then the hermit showed him..After that, Lie by Gosswold Wynne. This means to win the gate, for he knows well when he has won the gate. He may soon do his will with the castle. And in like manner, the devil does with every man and woman. For when he has [obtained] it, he may do as he wills with the offices of the body, as you have heard before. Therefore, every man should eat and drink soberly in such a way as he may live, and not live gluttonously and for drunkenness. You commonly find that a great belly is satisfied with right little pasture. And one wood suffices for many elephants. It behooves a man to be fed by the earth or by the sea. Nevertheless, it is no great thing to feed the belly. Nothing is so great as the desire for many dishes, of which Quintilian says that it often happens in great feasts and dinners. That we are filled with the sight of the noble and luxurious dishes, and when we would eat, we are sated and filled, and therefore it is said in a proverb, \"It is better to fill the belly than the eye.\" Lucan..Gluttony is the mother of all vices, and particularly of lechery. It destroys all good things and cannot have sufficient of little things. A covetous hunger seeks meat and vitality on land and at sea. And your joy is nothing else but to have plentiful dishes and well-filled tables. Learn how men can conduct their lives with little. Caton says in no way obey gluttony, which is a friend to lechery. The wine heats the belly, which falls immediately to lechery. The belly and members are neighbors to lechery. Thus, the vice of gluttony produces lechery. Whereof comes forgetfulness of the mind and destruction of all quick and sharp reason. What sin is more deceitful than this sin and more stinking and shameless? For this sin has taken away the virtue of man, his prowess languishes, and his virtue is turned differently towards the earth, and look for it to serve..A man, according to Boethius in his fourth book of \"De Consolacione,\" cannot be in good condition if he does not meet the conditions of a man. A lord or governor who indulges in lechery causes his wisdom to slumber. Boethius, in his book \"De Remedis,\" states that riches lose the soul, weaken strength, blind sight, and make voices hoarse and true. He considers drunkenness a terrible and foul sin, as it destroys all goodness and shortens all enduring joys. Boethius, who was renowned among men, is described as having shown his private parts to his sons in such a way that one of them mocked him, while another covered them. The chaste one was so drunk on wine that on a mountain he knew his daughters carnally and had to do with them as if they were his own wives. Crete recounts that Boethius, who was the flower of men, was a treasure..Of riches, houses of wisdom, mirror of the world, odor of good reputations, and glory of his subjects, all these things were lost by his luxury. We have seen diverse men, joined by great friendship, while they were sober, that one would risk his body for the other's sake. But when they were heated with wine and drunk, they have run at each other to kill, and some have been slain by their friends. Herod Antipas would not have beheaded St. John the Baptist, nor would the dinner have been full of gluttony and drunkenness if they had been sober among their people, whom Tyre and Darius found drunk and slew. Hostelers ought to be courteously spoken to and gracious in speech to those they receive into their lodgings. For fair speech, joyous countenance, and debonair behavior make the hosteler receive a good name. And therefore it is said in a common proverb, \"Courteous language and well-saying is.\".Much worth and cost little. In another place, it is said that courtesy passes as many parallels and adventures may happen on the ways and passages to those who have been herberowed in their inns. Therefore, they ought to accompany them when they depart and show them the ways and tell them the parishes, to ensure that they may surely go their voyage and journey. And also they ought to keep their bodies, their goods, and the good fame and repute of their inns. We read that Loth, when he had received the angels into his house right debonairly, whom he had supposed to be mortal men and strangers, to the end that then they should escape the disordinate and unnatural sin of lechery of the sodomites, set aside the natural love of a father. He offered to them his daughters, who were virgins, to keep and defend them from that villainous and horrible sin. And know ye for certain that all things that are taken and delivered to keep..A host or hostess should ensure their guests are safe and yield nothing, without demanding payment. The host is responsible for providing accommodation for the duration of the guest's stay, and all items the guest brings are considered part of the guest's belongings in the host's care. Hosts should also maintain honest and ungreedy servants. Hosts should not covet their guests' goods or take away their provisions for their horses, as this is worse than theft. This occurred in Lombardy, in the city of Jeans, where a nobleman lodged in an inn with a large company. After they had provided provisions for their horses, in the first hour of the night, the inn's servant came secretly before the guests..horses stole away their provisions, and when he came to the lords' horses, the horses caught him with their teeth and held him fast so he couldn't escape. When the thief saw that he was so strongly held, he began to cry for the great pain he endured. The noblemen's men came with the host, but they could not take the thief from the horses' mouths until the neighbors, disturbed by the noise, came and saw it. The thief was recognized and taken before the judge, and confessed his fear and was sentenced to be hanged and lost his life. Another case, just as cruel and villainous, occurred at Toulouse. A young man and his father went on a pilgrimage to St. James in Galicia and were lodging there in great greed..The man was eager to acquire the goods of the two pilgrims. And here he advised him and secretly put a cup of silver in the pilgrims' bag. He followed after them and before the court's people, he accused them of stealing and snatching away his cup. The young man defended himself and his father, declaring their innocence. They searched them, and the cup was found in the young man's possession. Consequently, he was condemned to death and hanged as a thief. And thus, all the pilgrims' belongings were delivered to the host as confiscated. Then the father went forth to complete his pilgrimage. And when he returned, he was compelled to pass by the place where his son was hanging. As he came, he lamented to God and Saint James about this misfortune befalling his son. Suddenly, his son on the gallows spoke to his father and said that Saint James had kept him safe. He urged his father to go to the judge and show him..myracle/ and how he was innocent of that fact/ and when this thing was known, the son of the pilgrim was taken down from the gallows. The cause was brought before the judge/ and the host was accused of the treason. He confessed his trespass/ and said he did it for courtesy to have his good. And then the judge condemned him for hanging on the same gallows where the young pilgrim was hanged/ And that I have said of the king would not have a do with her in the sin of lechery/ therefore he was hanged/ and his father and mother who were there with him went and did their pilgrimage. And when they came again, they found her son living/ and then they went and told the judge/ who said he would not believe it until a cock and a hen which were roasting on the fire were alive and the cock crew. And immediately they began to weigh a live one and the cock crew and began to crow and to peck. And when the judge saw this miracle, he went and took down the son/ and ordered the chamberlain to be taken and hanged..The hosts should hold no captains nor chamberlains, but if they are good, measured and honest. For many harms may fall and come from the disorderly rule of servants.\n\nThe guards and keepers signified by the seventh pawn which stands in the fifth place before the knight, and is formed in the likeness of a man holding in his left hand great eyes and in his right hand a pot and a balance, and ought to have on his girdle a purse open. And by the keys are signified the keepers of the cities and towns and common offices, and by the pot and balance are signified those who have the charge to weigh and measure truly, and by the purse are signified those who receive the customs and are ensignified by the knight and know and inquire well the cities and defend them.\n\nFirst, it pertains that the keepers of the city be diligent, busy, clear, saying and lovers of the common profit and welfare, as well in the time of peace as in war..During times of war, officers should always go into the city and inquire about all things, reporting to the city's governors whatever they find and know, as well as matters concerning the land and such men who are put in this office. These men ought to be renowned and trustworthy, of good conscience, and love the people of the city or town. They should not put any man to blame or vilify without cause, through envy, covetousness, or hate. Instead, they should be sorry and grieved when anyone is wronged for any reason. It often happens that various officers falsely accuse good people to gain thanks and praise and to continue in their offices. And truly, it is a great and shameful act of malice to be willing to do evil and dishonorably.\n\nThe judges who were set were one on the right side and the other on the left side, and on the seating of the one who was put in prison, it appeared and it happened..The king and the male hand to him. He said, \"If you see anything other than this falling on my head, then discover it to me and trust. For he who constantly fears is not always merry or blessed. And it is true that to him who is doubted by many, doubt must be great. And he who hears less than his servants who fear him, and truly it is a right thing to fear nothing but God and sometimes hardy men are compelled to live in fear. Fear makes a man busy to keep the things committed to him from perishing, but to be too hardy and too fearful are both vices. The common officers ought to be wise and well-advised in such a way that they take nothing from the people or require no more than they ought to have by reason.\" Therefore, they ought to show themselves to the people..All men, and for as much as the good deed is as treachery, and when his disciple heard him, they avenged their master. But he reproved him with such a sentence, saying, \"Suffer my fellows. I am he, and such one as he says.\" By the sight of my face, I refrained and kept myself from such things. This same man himself was scolded and foul spoken to by his wife, and she imposed many great injuries upon him without number. She was in a place above his head, and when she had quarreled enough, she made her water and poured it on his head. He answered her nothing in return until he had dried and wiped his head. He said, \"I find it well that after such wind and thunder should come to blame me that I cannot govern two women - my wife and my chambermaid. And I show you one, give him place who quarrels or scolds. In suffering him, you shall be his vanquisher and Catherine says, 'When you live rightfully, reject not the words of evil people.'\".And therefore it is said in a Roman proverb, established so that they are not more robbers of money than receivers of tolls and passage. And it belongs to them to go out doubtfully to keep their office, and they ought to require their passage from those who owe it, without annoyance and contention. And they ought not to love the common profit so much that they harm their conscience. For that should be a manner of robbery, and thereof says Isaiah, \"Woe to the one who robs.\" For you yourself shall be robbed.\n\nThe guards or porters of the gates of cities and of the common good ought to be good and honest, and all truth ought to be in them. They ought not to take or withdraw what belongs to the common good we have.\n\nFor whoever takes more than his share, he shall never thrive with all.\n\nThe ribald players at dice and the messengers and our running about to have men capable for inquiring and spying out places and cities that might be contrary to the peace..The king and this pawn, representing the people, should be formed in this manner. He must have the form of a man with long ears and black complexion, holding in his right hand a little money bag and in his left hand three dice. Around him, a cord instead of a girdle. He should have a bag of letters by his side, and the first letter represents money, represented by the plays at dice, ribalds and butters. The third letter represents the box full of letters. Messengers, runners, and heralds are represented by the third letter. When he encounters people who are profligate and wasteful, he learns this.\n\nIf they are noble and come from gentle lineage, asking and begging, they must, by force, when they have exhausted their own prepared goods, steal and rob the possessions of others if they wish to live. And you shall understand that profligacy is a very evil vice. For however much she does good and profits others at times.\n\nI will leave you three locks, saving that it should not be given in my presence or I die..When I am buried and placed in the earth, you may request writing as a witness to the matters above mentioned. You should also understand that he gave certain quantities of money to each church and recluse, which they gladly accepted in hope of soon receiving the money they supposed was in the chest. And when it came to the last day of his death, he was taken to church, his expenses paid, and he was solemnly buried. Seven days later, the service was completed. They demanded the keys of the religious men who had kept them, which were delivered to them. Then they went and opened the coffin where they supposed the money had been. However, they found nothing but a large club. On it was written, \"I, John of Canazath, make this testament. May I be slain with this club. I leave my profit to others. I give it to them and keep none for myself. And you.\".A man should understand that it is a great folly to spend and waste his good on the hope of recovering it from his daughter or close kin, for a man ought to keep his own goods in hand before he spends and disperses many things. I believe that such persons would gladly make nuisances, as to annoy and cause wars and tensions against those who possess riches and goods. And you should understand that after these wastrels of goods, we say that the players of dice and those who live luxuriously are the worst of all, for when the desire for gambling at dice and the lechery of their stinking lusts have brought them to poverty, it follows by force that they must be accompanied by all manner of evils and misfortunes. They follow gladly the companies of knights and noblemen when they go to war or battles..They covet not so much the victory as they do the robbery, and they do much harm as they go. And they bring little gain or winning. It happened once that Saint Bernard rode on a horse through the country and met with a hazard or dice player. He said to him, \"God's man, will you play dice with me, man to man against my horse?\" To which Saint Bernard answered, \"If you obey your soul to me instead of your horse, I will gladly play with you.\" And if you have more on one die, which was a size of eighteen, he took the horse and won. And then Saint Bernard said, \"Stay, my son. For there are more points on the dice than eighteen.\" Then he cast the dice in such a way that one of the three dice split in half. On one side were six, and on the other side an ace and a six. And one of those sixes was a size. Then Saint Bernard said, \"I have wagered my soul for as much as I cast on three dice, twenty-four points.\".This player saw and perceived this miracle. He gave his soul to Saint Bernard and became a monk, finishing his life in good works. The carriers and bearers of letters should be sent off hastily and speedily, without delaying. For their delaying might harm and inconvenience those who send them or those to whom they are sent, causing great damage or loss. Therefore, every nobleman should carefully consider to whom he delivers his letters and his mandates. And sometimes such people are idlers and drunkards, going out of their way to see abbeys and noblemen for personal gain. It often happens that when such messengers or carriers are delayed by any tarrying, other carriers arrive with letters contrary to theirs, leading to many discoverable losses of friends, castles, and many other things, as with merchants and others. Alternatively, a prince might issue conflicting orders..The fault of such messengers prevents victory in their tasks they should not perform, but if they had special charges from those who sent them to do so. Also, when sent forth by any lords or merchants, they ought to be wary that they are not given excessive food in mornings nor excessive wine in evenings, lest their sinews and veins be harmed, causing them to tarry due to poor discipline. But they ought to go and come hastily to report to their masters answers right away. Therefore, the philosopher made the border higher than the table. And as the blessed Saint Jerome says, in reference to the prophecy of Isaiah, \"that is, a mountain of obscurity.\" These words were spoken of Babylon, which stands in Caldea, and nothing of that Babylon that stands in Egypt, for it is a fact that Babylon, which stands in Caldea, was set in a very large plain and had such high walls that the continual darkness surrounded it..And it is called the mountain obscure, for none earthly man might behold or see its end, and the height of this wall was three thousand paces, which extends to the length of three miles, for Lombard and English miles are of one length. In one of the corners of this city, a triangular tower was made, whose height extended to the length of seven thousand paces, or seven miles, and this tower was called the Tower of Babel. The walls about the tower were made into a woman, whose name was Semiramis, as Virgil says. As to the third reason, the common people were set before the nobles in the field of battle in one rank. First, for as much as they were necessary to all nobles, for the rook, which stood on the right side and was the king's vantage point, what could he do if the laborer was not set before him and labored to minister to him such things?.In the midst of necessary temporal matters, what can a knight do if he lacked before him the axes and syres, and such things more than one person or fewer in number? And if the nobles had no physicians or surgeons, then I say that the people are the crown's glory and sustain the life of the nobles. Therefore, you, who are a lord, nobleman, or knight, do not despise the common people, for they are set before you in the second place to instruct and make order of things you have never learned. And they understand and know the mathematics; the counsel ought to be taken from them. Indeed, the common people ought not to intend anything but to do their service and the office that is suitable to them. And where good counsel fails, there the cities have been betrayed and destroyed. Plato also says that common things are important..and the city's siege of his royalment. When he wills, he cannot pass from his black point to the third line. He strengthens the rook's nature on the right and left sides to the knights' place. He may go before the white point before the merchant, and the king also sorts the knights' nature when he goes on the right side in two ways. He may place himself in the vacant space before the apothecary, and in the black space before the taverner. And on the other side, he goes to other two places in the same way, before the smith, and the notary. In going out first to the four points, he sorts the knights' nature. The king also sorts the olphyns' nature at his first issue into two places. He may go to both sides to the white vacant place, one before the smith on that side, and the other before the taverner on that other side. All these issues have the king out of his proper place..His own virtue begins to move him, but when he is moved from his own place, he can only move into one space or point, and then from one to another. He strengthens the nature of the common people in this way, and thus, by good right, he has within himself the nature of all. For all virtue comes from the head, and all movement of the body. The beginning and life come from the heart, and all dignity that subjects have by execution and continuous appearance of their movement and issue, the king detains it and is attributed to him. The victory of the knights, the prudence of the judges, are ascribed to the king's honor and worship in his issue. Whomever he moves first, the three lines before the people he never exceeds. For the triangular number contains three parties, which make a perfect number. A triangular number has three one's, which together make six, which is the first perfect number, and signifies in this context....A king is composed of perfect persons: the king, queen, judges, knights, vicars or legates, and the common people. A king should begin in his first years with three points of perfection: showing perfection of life in himself as well as in others, leading the queen, and following the manner of his issue.\n\nWhen the queen, who is accompanying the king, begins to move from her proper place, she goes in two ways: as an albatross when she is black, she may go on the right side and come before the notary, and on the left side in the black point and come before the city guards. She sorts herself in three ways within herself: first on the right side before the albatross, secondly on the left side where the knight is, and thirdly indirectly towards the black point before the physician. The reason for this is that she, and thus she should, have:.Perfect wisdom, as the alphabets have it, which are the judges, as it is said above in the chapter of the queen. And she does not have the nature of knights; and it is not fitting or suitable for a woman to go to battle for the fragility and weaknesses of her body. Therefore, she does not keep the way in her draft as the knights do. And when she is once out of her place, she may not go but from one point to another. And yet, secretly, whether it is forward or backward, she takes or is taken. And here one may ask why the queen goes to the battle with the king; certainly, it is for the solace of him and a show of love. And also, the people desire to have the king's success, and therefore the tartras have their wives into the field with them. Yet, it is not good that men have their wives with them, but that they abide in the cities or within their own territories. For when they are out of their cities and limits, they are not secure, but hold all men suspect. For dynasty..Iasabeth maintained her virginity as long as she was among her brothers. But once she went to see the strange region, she was corrupted and defiled by the son of Shechem (Genesis 34:2). Seneca states that women with ugly faces are gladly not chaste, but their hearts desire the company of men. Solinus adds that no female beasts desire to be touched by their males except those who ought to be the most reasonable. In this case, she abandoned her reason. Sidrang outside says that some people, although they avoid the deed, have great joy when they are prayed, and therefore good women should avoid curiosities and places where they might fall into blame and scandal of the people.\n\nThe manner and nature of the draft of the alphabet in such a way that he who is black in his own person is set on the right side of the king, and he who is white is set on the left side, and are called and named black and white, but for no other reason..The alphyn, on the right side, leaves its place and approaches the laborer. The judge ought to defend and protect the laborers and possessions within his jurisdiction by right and law. He may also go to the vacant place before the physician, as physicians are responsible for healing the infirm. Similarly, the judge's role is determined by other judges, and the issue regarding the place before the rabbles arises because disturbances often occur among them, keeping his own seat. If he is black, he remains black. It is reasonable that when the laborer and husbandman have worked the fields, the knights should keep them company and protect them..hys vestementes & couertours necessarye vnto hys body. The thyrd yssue is that he may goo on the lift side in to the place tofore the marchaunt whiche is sette tofore the kyng the whiche is black\u00b7 and the reson is for as moche as he ought and is holden to deffende the kyng as wel as his owne persone / whan he passyth the first draught\u00b7 he may goo four weyes / and whan he is in the myddes of the ta\u2223blier he may goo in to viij places sondry / to whiche he may venne / and in like wyse may the lift knyght goo whiche is black and goeth out of his place in to whyt / And in that maner goeth the knyght fightyng by his myght / & gfightyng / And in his fightyng he doeth moche harme for as moche as his myght extendeth in to so many poyntes / they ben in many parellis in theyr fightyng. and whan they escape they haue the ho\u00a6nour of the game. & thus is hit of euery man the more vallyant / & the more honoured / and he that m\nTHe moeuyng & yssue of the rookes whiche ben vy\nAnd the reson why is suche. that for as moche as.They are vicars or commissioners of the king. Their authority is not effective before they issue out. And they have begun to assume their office only while they are within the king's palaces. Therefore, they cannot use nor execute their commission until they issue it. But you should understand that their authority is great. For they represent the person of the king. And wherever they go, they lift as forward and backward, and as far they may run, they may go in four right lines on every side. And it is to be known that they may in no way go cornerwise, but always right forth going and coming as afore said. Therefore, all the subjects of the king, good as evil, ought to know by their moving that the authority of the vicars and commissioners ought to be true..rightwys and Iuste / and ye shal vnderstande that they ben strange and vertuous in bataylle. for the two wokes onely may vaynquysshe a kyng theyr aduersarye and take hym. and take from hym his lyf and his royame / and this was doon whan Cirus kyng of perse and Darius kyng of medes slewe balthazar and took his royame from hym. whiche was neuewe to enylmoradach vnder whom thys game was founden.\nONe yssue and one moeuyng apperteyneth vnto all the comyn peple / for they may goo fro the poynt they stande in at the first meuyng vnto the third poynt ryght forth tofore them / and whan they haue so doon they may afterward meue nomore but fro one poynt right forth in to another. And they may neuer retorne . and thus goyng forth fro poynt to poynt\u00b7 they may gete by vertue and strengthand other no\u2223bles helpe hem that they come to the ferthest signe tofore them where theyr aduersaryes were sette they acquyre the dignyte that the quene hath graunted to her by grace / \nFor yf ony of them may come to thys sayd signe yf he be.A laborer, draper, or physician, and any of the pawns who are black, such as the smith, marshal, taverner, and ribald, may enter without harm into the same utmost sign. He will gain the dignity of the black queen's favor, and you should understand that when common people move rightly in her sign and find any noble person or an adversary's person on any side before him, in that corner point he may take his adversary, whether it be on the right side or the left. The reason is that the adversaries, going forward or returning from black to white or white to black, the pawn must always go in his right sign, and he may not go on either side until he has been in the farthest sign of the checker, and until he has taken the nature of the queen's drafts, and then he becomes a knight, and may go cornerwise from point to point only as the queen both fights and takes whom she will..Finding a man named Finith in his way, and when he arrives at the place where his adversaries, the nobles, are seated, he will be met with fiery and black-eyed looks, according to his disposition. And all these things may appear to those observing the game of chess, and you shall understand that no nobleman ought to despise the common people, for it has been seen often that they, through their virtue and wit, have raised kings, as we have seen in the case of the shepherd. Then he heard a voice issuing forth from the allowed more the wisdom and the certainty of the poor man and his simple retinue, than he did the clear and the person of Gyges or his rich retinue. He is more inclined to allow a little thing scornfully proposed than to fear, and because a man of lowly lineage is enhanced in esteem through his virtue, so much the more he ought to be glorious and renowned. Virgil, born in Lombardy of the nation of Man, and of low and simple lineage, was nevertheless sovereign in his virtue..wisdom and science were the most noble points of those whose reputation was, is, and will be renowned throughout the world. It happened that someone asked him why he did not include the verse of Homer in his book, and he answered that such a person should be of great strength and force to correct the king, as it appears in the third chapter.\n\nChapter VIII and the last of the fourth book of this epilog and recapitulation of this book\nFor as much as we see and know that the memory of the people is not retentive but right forgetful when they hear long tales and histories which they cannot all retain in their mind or record. Therefore, I have put in this present chapter all the things above said as briefly as I have come to know this play or game. It was first found in the time of Nabonidus, king of Babylon. And Exercises the philosopher, otherwise named Philometer, found it. The cause was for the correction of the king, as it appears in the third chapter. For the said king was so tyrannical and felonious that he.myght not be corrected but slew them and put them to death who corrected him, and had then put to death many wise men. The people, being sorrowful and greatly pleased with this evil life of the king, prayed and begged the philosopher to reconsider and tell the king of his folly. And then the philosopher answered that he should be dead if he did so. The people said to him, \"Certainly, you ought sooner to die for the good of the people. The life of the king should continue in evil for lack of your counsel.\" Or by fair means.\n\nThen he began to think in what manner he might escape death and keep his promise to the people. And then he made and ordered the eschequer with 124 points as before said. And he made the form of chequers of gold and silver in human figure, according to the chapters of the chess books. And when the philosopher had thus ordered the game, it pleased all those who saw it..The philosopher once played a game before the king, who came and wanted to join. The philosopher then began teaching the king the science of the game, starting with the importance of pity, kindness, and righteousness for the king, as previously mentioned in the chapter about the king. He also showed him the behavior of the queen and how she should conduct herself. Next, he explained the roles of the alphyns as advisors and judges in the game, followed by the nature of knights, who should be wise, true, courteous, and adhere to the order of knighthood. He then described the behavior of the vicars and rooks from their chapter, and finally, how the common people should behave and serve the nobles. After teaching and correcting the king's bad habits, the king demanded that the philosopher reveal this information to him under threat of death..The philosopher explained why and how he created this play/game, moved by a promise to the people who requested it, to save his life and appease the king and nobles present, all of whom were studying and changing their evil conditions. As a result, the king who was once vicious and disorderly in his living became just and virtuous, debonair, gracious, and full of virtues to all people. A man who lives in this world without virtues does not live as a man but as a beast. [Explicit, Caxton]", "creation_year": 1483, "creation_year_earliest": 1483, "creation_year_latest": 1483, "source_dataset": "EEBO", "source_dataset_detailed": "EEBO_Phase2"},
{"content": "malus (evil) makes bonum (good). If no one makes bonum, what does a malus homo (evil man) make good: He makes bonum from malo (evil): He is always bonus (good). Sanam me (heal me), Domine, and I will be sanus (healed). You make yourself salus (safe); if you will. Sanam me, Domine, and I will be sanus. Nos boni (we good men) are created from bono (good). Deus (God) made hominem (man) rectum (upright), but we were made mali (evil) by our own arbitrium (choice). We could have been mali (evil) from boni (good), and boni (good) from malis (evil). But he himself makes ex malo (from evil) bonum (good): because he, homo (man), could not will to heal himself. Non quaeris medicum (you do not ask for a doctor) ut vulnera (for your wounds) tuas (your own): quaeris qui sanet te (you ask for the one who heals you). Bonis ergo (therefore, good men) secundum tempus (in due time), bona temporalia (temporal goods), corporalia (corporeal goods), carnalia (carnal goods), donamus filijs (we give) nr\u0304is (riches), etiam cum simus meli (even when we are better). Enim bona sunt (for these things are good), et ista (and these): Piscis (fish), ouum (egg), panis (bread), pomum (apple), frumentum (grain), lux (light), aer (air), quem ducimus (which we breathe): These things are diviciae (divisions) in which homines (men) are exalted, and pares suos (parents) do not recognize others: Magis (more) amantem vestem fulgentem (shining clothing), quam communem (common) autem..Ipsa duties are good: but all these good things that I have recalled can be held by both the good and the wicked. And although good things cannot make good men, there is a good that makes good. And there is good from whence good is made. Good that makes good: God is. For God does not make a man good, unless he himself is good. Therefore, in order to be good, invoke God. Otherwise, there is another good. From what you will make good: you have gold. Silver is good. It is good. Not because it makes you good, but from whence you make good. You have gold. You have silver: and you covet. You covet gold and silver and have, and are full, and thirst: it is a disease, not opulence. Men are sick. They are filled with humors and thirst for humors. Therefore, how do you delight in opulence? You have gold, the covetousness of gold. It is good. You have no gold: but from what will you make good? What you ask to be good from gold: Have you not heard the psalm? He dispersed, he said, he gave to the poor. His justice remains forever and ever. This is good..\"And yet, it is just that one should be good. If you have good things, be good with them. Where you are not good: ask for money. Asking for money: increases justice. For it is dispersed, distributed, given to the poor: its justice endures in this world and the next. Behold what is diminished: and what is increased. Money is diminished. Justice is increased. That which you were about to abandon: that which you were about to leave behind: that is increased for you, which you are to possess eternally. I sell counsel and buy lead, and do not praise the merchant who offers money. And I do not ask for money: he who does not have justice. He asks for money: he who has justice. I do not have justice: I have money instead. Therefore, because you do not have justice, you do not want to ask for money. Ask for money more, so that you may have justice. From whom will you have justice if not from the source of justice, God? Therefore, if you want to have justice, be a beggar before God. He who is in need, as the gospel says, will knock and ask. He stood before his father's door. And behold, the father's servant was there.\".et magnus diceas: \"Divide spiritual and eternal things, you are urged. And you say, 'Pete,' seek, knock, and it shall be opened to you. Urge yourself, negate what you seek. Attend to the contrary, as the Lord does when He bids us pray.\n\nThere was a judge in a city, who neither feared the Lord nor regarded man. A widow approached him daily and said, \"Avenge me.\" He did not want to spend much time with her, but she would not desist.\n\nHe grew weary because he was asked, but if he was entreated in earnest, he did not fail. The generous one will give more abundantly to those who are urged to ask. To whom it is displeasing, He does not refuse.\n\nDelay not in asking, and you shall obtain more sweetly what you seek. Seek justice and ask righteousness, and it will be given you to grow rich in mercy. And do not grow weary in prayer, nor cease.\".If we therefore ask for help from my physicians, he has made them doctors and instructed us to ask, urge, and command us to seek pardon, mercy, and peace. Let us attend to this. Whoever asks us, we ask. And when we asked, what we asked for: We asked from God the good. We asked for evil men. We also asked for justice so that we may be good. This is what we asked for, that we may have it eternally. When we have been satisfied, we will no longer need it: but so that we may be satisfied. We hunger and thirst: hunger and thirsting. We ask. We complain. We seek mercy. Blessed indeed are those who hunger and thirst for justice. Why are they blessed and hunger and thirst, and are they blessed: At times, poverty is blessed. Not because they are hungry and thirsty, but because they will satisfy themselves. There will be blessedness in satiety, not in hunger. But let satiety precede hunger, lest our satiety become weary of bread. Therefore we have said, from whom we ask, what we ask for: But he asks and from us. For we are deceitful towards God. Let us recognize his deceitful ones, and let us recognize our own as well. But there too let us consider..quien petica a nosotros: quienes piden a quienes lo piden: son humanos. A quienes piden: a los humanos. Quienes piden: fr\u00e1giles. A quienes: a los fr\u00e1giles. Quienes piden: miserables. A quienes: a los miserables. Salvo la sustancia, aquellos que piden son: quienes somos a. quienes piden. \u00bfCu\u00e1l es tu frente al pedir a tu Se\u00f1or? Qui\u00e9n no reconoce a su Padre: No soy, dijo \u00e9l, tal. Inflado y observado, este habla de la toalla. Pero yo interrogo a los desnudos. No interrogo a los vestidos sobre qui\u00e9nes sois. Sino sobre qui\u00e9nes nacisteis. Ambos desnudos. Ambos d\u00e9biles. Ambos comenzando una vida miserable. Por lo tanto, ambos llorando. Ecce, recoge tu riqueza primordial. Verdadera, has venido. Y ha encontrado mucho. D\u00edme, por favor, lo que has tra\u00eddo. D\u00edcelo, o si te enverg\u00fcenzas, escucha al ap\u00f3stol. Nada hemos tra\u00eddo a este mundo. Pero quiz\u00e1s porque no has tra\u00eddo nada, y aqu\u00ed encontraste mucho. Algo te llevar\u00e1s consigo de aqu\u00ed..Et hic forse tremetis confessi amore diviciarum. Audi et hoc. Et hoc apostulus dicat. Qui te non palpat. Nihil intulimus in hunc mundum. Utique quando nati sumus. Sed nec auferre aliquid possumus. Utique quando eximus mundum. Nihil attulisti. Nihil hinc aferes quid te inflas contra pauperem. Quo nascentur infantes. Recedant de medio parentes. Servi clientes. Recedant de medio. Turbe obsequentes. Et etiam pueri divites flentes. Pariant simul divites et pauper. Pariant simul mulier divita et mulier pauper.\n\nNon attendant quod pariant. Discedat et paululum: redeant et cognoscant. Ecce divites nihil attulisti in hunc mundum. Sed nec hic auferre aliquid potes. Quod dixi de natis, hoc dico de mortuis. Certe quando aliquo casu vetera se frangunt: ossa divitorum non agnoscuntur. Ergo audi apostolum, divites: nihil intulimus in hunc mundum. Acknowledge the truth. Sed nec auferre aliquid possumus. Acknowledge. Et hoc verum est..Quid sequitur: Habentes victum et tegumentum, contenti fuisse. Nam qui volentes divites fieri, in teptations et desideria multiplia et noxia incidunt, merentes hominem in interitum et perditionem. Radix enim omnium malorum est avaritia, qua quidam sequentes a fide pererraverunt. Attende quid dimiserrunt. Doles quia hoc dimisit: vide quo se insereunt. Audi a fide pererravit. Et inserebat se in doloribus multis. Sed qui volentes divites fieri, aliud est esse divitem quam relinqui fieri divitem. Divus est qui de divitis natus est, non quia voluit, sed divus est, quia multi hereditates dimisit. Dico facultates non interrogo voluptates. Hic cupiditas accusatur, non aurum, non argentum, non diviciae, sed cupiditas. Nam qui volentes divites fieri, vel qui curant, non ardent cupiditatibus, non auariciae facibus accenduntur. Sed divites sunt: audiant apostolum hodie legi. Precipe deitis huius mundi. Precipe. Quid precetis: Ante omnia non superbe sapere. Nihil est..All fruit, all grain, all wheat: each has its own worm. One is the worm of the apple, another is the worm of the pear, another is the worm of the vine, another is the worm of the wheat: the worms of riches are proud. Therefore command the rich of this world: do not be excessively wise. He who excludes this vice, let him teach the practice of not being excessively wise. Whence is excessive wisdom? Concerning what follows. Do not hope in uncertain riches. He who does not hope in uncertain riches: only they are wise. If they do not have much, they fear. If they do not fear, they do not have much. How many were rich yesterday: today they are poor. How many slept securely as rich men: and were caught by robbers and had all taken away: the poor watch and remain awake. Therefore do not hope in uncertain riches, but in God who provides us abundantly with temporal and eternal goods. But more for the enjoyment of eternal goods. Temporal goods we make good as wayfarers. Eternal goods we become good from. Therefore the rich do this..Non-nobles wisely do not trust in uncertain gods. But in the living God who abundantly provides for us, they act: From this very thing they derive what they do: Hear this. Gods are in human works: they are easy, plentiful. Easy is it. They have wherewithal. Why then do they not act? Poverty is a difficulty: they easily distribute. They have wherewithal to communicate: that is, they acknowledge their equals, mortals. They store up a good foundation for themselves in the future. For I do not say that they easily distribute and communicate: I want to strip them bare. I want to leave them empty. I teach profit. When I show it to them, they store it up for themselves. I do not want that they remain poor: they store it up for themselves. I do not say that they lose it: I show them the way to migrate. They store up a good foundation for themselves in the future, that they may apprehend the true life. This, then, is false life, that they may apprehend the true life. For gods of vanities and all vanity are damaged..Que habundancia tantera hominis in omni laboro suo quo ipse laborat sub sole - Apprehende _ergo_ vera vita: migra _sunt_ facultates _nre_ ad locum\nDate ergo pauperibus fratres mei vicim _et_ tegumentum: his contenti sumus. Nihil diues habet de diuicijs suis. nisi quod ab illo postulat pauper: victum. _et_ tegumentum. Hinc plus tu quid habes. ex omnibus que habes: Accepisti victum. accepisti necessarium. necessarium _dico_. non inane. non superfluum.\n\nQuid plus de diuicijs tuis capis: Dic mihi. Certe omnia superflua tua eru _ent_. Que sunt tua superflua: sint pauperibus necessaria.\n\nSed ego inquis preciosas epulas accipio: preciosis cibis bestor. Pauper quid: Vilibus. Vilibus cibis restitur pauper: ego inquit preciofis.\n\nInterrogo vos quando fueritis ambo satiati. Preciosus cibus ad te intrat. Quid fit cum intrauerit? Nonne si specularia in ventre haberemus, de omnibus preciosis cibis erubesceremus: quibus saturatus es: Esurit pauper: esurit diues.\n\nTranslation:\n\nSuch abundance of man in all his labor under the sun - Seize _therefore_ the true life: faculties have migrated to a place\nGive therefore to my poor brethren near and clothing: they are content. Nothing rich has of his possessions except what the poor ask: food. _and_ clothing. From you therefore you have more. From all that you have: You have received food. you have received the necessary. necessary _I say_. not empty. not superfluous.\n\nWhat more of your possessions do you grasp? Tell me. Certainly all your superfluous things will be extracted. What are your superfluous things: let them be necessary for the poor.\n\nBut I ask for costly dishes: costly dishes are bestowed on me. Poor man what is it: Vile. Vile food is restored to the poor: I say costly.\n\nI ask you when both of us will be satisfied. A costly food enters you. What happens when it enters? Do not we blush before all costly dishes, when saturated: the poor man will be hungry: the rich man will be hungry..The text appears to be in Latin, and it seems to be a fragment of a poem or a philosophical text. I will translate it into modern English and remove unnecessary characters.\n\nSaturaris querit pauper: saturaris queriit divus. Saturatus est pauper de vilibus cibis: saturatus est divus preciosis cibis. Saturitas aequalis est: possessio una est, quo ambos volent reunire. Sed ille per compedium ille circuit. Sed melius in quo sapient apperatapreciosa. Vix fastidiosus fiasitis: ne vestis quomodo sapit, quod famen deers. Quare sic consuetus es: quare aliter non potes. Quare si consuetudinem mutas. Egrotat tibi. Vtere superfluis: da panibus necessaris. Vtere preciosis: da vilia. Expectat a te: expectat a deo. Expectat ille manu quae facta est secundum expectas tu manum quae fecit te: sed non solum te fecit. Sed et pauperem tecum. Dedit nobis istam vitam. Unam vitam. Inuemstis vos comites. Una viam ambulatis. Ille nichil portat. Tu nimium oneratus es. Ille nichil secundum portat: tu vero plus portas quod opus est. Oneratus es: da illi de eo quod habes. & allum pauperibus facias: & pondus minuis. Date ergo pauperibus rogo, moneto, precipio, iubeo: quicquid vultis.\n\nTranslation:\n\nA rich man asks the poor man: a rich man also asks. The poor man is satisfied with simple foods: the rich man is satisfied with precious foods. Equality of satisfaction is the same: one possession is enough for both to reach it. But he goes around with a pledge, while the other circles. But it is better to understand the value of the precious. Do not be so choosy, for you do not know how it tastes when you are hungry. Why are you accustomed to this: why can you not be otherwise? Why do you change your habit if you are sick. It waits for you: it waits for God. It waits for the hand that was made according to how you expect your hand to be: but it did not only make you, but also the poor man with you. It gave us this life. One life. You are companions on this journey. He carries nothing. You are heavily burdened. He carries nothing along: but you carry more than is necessary. Burdened, give to the poor whatever you have, and lighten your load. Give to the poor, I beg, advise, command, order: take whatever you want..datepauperInohemocculthabocaritiVR: quarehuncfermonevmobispromere. Exeuntesadecclesiamredeuntes.pauperesvosinterpellant&dicuntutdicamusvtaliquidaccipiantavobis. Nosmonuertuliquivobis. &sevidentnonaccipereavobis. inaniternosarbitranturlaborareinvobis.\n\nExpectantaliquid&abnobis. Damusquantuhabemus: damussicutpossumus. Niquidtutonecessitatemimplendamydoneissumus. Quiaergoadessnecessitatemimplendamidonei nonsumus: veladnosipsorumlegatissumus. Audistis. laudastis. deogratias. Semeaccepistis.verbareredidistis.\n\nLaudesistevosgraviantsvobis. &inpericulomittuntTolemasillas: &tremimusinterillas. Tamfremsmeisistelaudesrestrefoliasuntarborumfructusqueritur.", "creation_year": 1483, "creation_year_earliest": 1483, "creation_year_latest": 1483, "source_dataset": "EEBO", "source_dataset_detailed": "EEBO_Phase2"}
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