* * Signifieth to forsake . What new thynge ys it , that I se ? doo I nat see Ogygyus my neybur , whom no man could espie of all thes sex monthes before ? yt was a sayng that he was deed , It is euen he , except that I be ferre deceyuyd . I wyll go to hym , & byd hym good morow . Good morow * * was faynyd of an old kynge of Thebanes . Ogygyus . Good morow to you Menedemus .

I pray you frome what contray do you come to vs ayen so saffe . For here was a great comunicacyon that you dyd sayle streght to hell .

No , thankyd be god , I haue faryd as well syns I went hens , as euer I dyd in all my lyffe .

Well , a man may well perceyue that all suche rumours be but vanytye . But I pray you what araye is this that you be in , me thynke that you be clothyd with cokle schelles , and be laden on euery ●yde with bruches of lead and tynne . And you be pretely garnyshyd with wrethes of strawe & your arme is full of * * Signifyeth bedes . Walsyngam ys callyd para thalass●● by cause it is ny to the see . snakes egges .

I haue bene on pylgremage at saynt Iames in Compostella , & at my retourne I dyd more relygyously vysyte our lady of Walsyngam in England , a very holy pylgremage , but I dyd rather vysyte her . For I was ther before within this thre yere .

I trowe , it was but for your pleasure .

Nay , it was for pure deuocyon .

I suppose you learnyd that relygyon of the Grecyanes .

My mother in law dyd make a vowe that if her doughter shuld be delyueryd of a man chyld alyue , than that I shuld go to saynt Iames on pylgremage , and ther to salute and thanke hym .

Dyd you salute saynt Iames alonly in your name , and your mothers .

No , in the name of all owre house .

Nothynge at all . But whan I dyd offre , me tought he dyd lawghe vpon me , and becke at me with his hedde , & dyd reche to me this cokleshell .

Wherfore dothe he gyue rather suche schelles , than other thynges .

For the see , whiche is nye vnto hym dothe mynystre plenty of suche .

O holy saynt Iames , that bothe is a mydwyffe to women with chyld , and also dothe helpe his pylgrymes . But I pray you what new kynd of makyng vowes is that that whan a man is ydle he shall put the burden apon an other mannes bakke ? In case that you doo bynd youre selffe with a vowe , that yf the matter chaunche happyly whiche you haue in hande , that I for you shall fast twyse in on weke , do you beleue that I can fulfyll youre vow ?

No , I doo not beleue it if that you dyd vowe it in youre awne name . It is but a sport with yow to mokke sayntes . But this was my mother in law , I must nedys obey her , you know womenes affectyones , & I must obaye heres.

If that you had not perfourmyd your vowe , what ●opertye had you be in ?

I graunt , he could not haue had an accyon ayenst me in the law , but he myght fromhensforthe be deafe to my vowes , orels pryuyly send some calamytye or wretchednes amongste my housholde , yow know well enuffe the maneres of great men .

Tell me now what that same honest man saynt Iames dothe , and howe he farythe .

Moche colder than he was wontyd to do .

What is the cause of it ? His age ?

Oh you scoffer , yow know wel enoghe that sayntes wax nat olde . But this new learnynge , whiche runnythe all the world ouer now a dayes , dothe cause hym to be vysytyd moche lesse than he was wontyd to be , for if any doo come thay salute him alonly , but they offre lytle or nothynge , and say that theyr monaye may bettre be disposyd amongste pore people .

O a wykyd comunicacyon .

Ye & so great an Apostle whiche was wontyd to stand all in precyous stones & gold , now standythe all of wodde hauynge before hym skaresly a wax candle .

If it be trew that I here , it is great ioperdy lest that same chance to all the rest of the sayntes .

I thynk it wel , for ther is an epistle abrode whiche our lady dyd wryte apon the same matter .

What lady ?

☞ ☞ Our ladi of stone in Raurachia whiche is a certayne cuntre . She that hathe her name of a stone .

I trawe it is in Raurachia .

That same is it .

yow tell me of a stony lady , But to whome dyd she wryte ?

The epistle dothe playnely shew his name .

By whome was it sent ?

No dowbt but by an angell , whiche dyd lay the wrytynges apon the aultre , wherof he prechythe to whome it was sent . And lest there shuld be any suspectyon of crafty conuayence in you , you shall se the epistle wryten with his owne hande .

Do you know so well the hand of th angell whiche is secretary to our lady ?

Yee why nat ?

By what argument ?

I haue redde that * * Is a scripture wryten on a graue . Epithaphe of Bede which was grauyd of the angell : and the letteres agre in all thynges . I haue redden also the obligacyon whiche was sent to saynt Gyles as dothe aper . Dothe not thes argumentes proue that mater to be good enoghe .

May a man loke apon them ?

ye and if you wyll swere to kepe it preuy .

Oh you shall speake to a stone .

Ther be stones now a dayes of that name very ●lawnderous , that wyll hyde nothynge .

you shall speake to a domme man , & yow trust nat a stone .

Apon that condycyon I wyll tell it , loke that you here with bothe youre eyares .

So I doo . The epistle of our Lady .

Mary the mother of Iesu to * * Glaucoplutus desirus of ryches . Glaucoplutus sendythe gretynge . Insomoche as you folowe Luther , you nobly perswade , that it is but in vayne to call apon sayntes , do ye well know for that to be grettly in my fauore . For vntyll thys day I haue almost be slayne with the importunate prayers of men . Of me alone they askyd al thynges , as who shuld say my sone were alway a babe , because he is so faynyd and payntyd apon my breste , that yet he wold be at my commaundement and durst nat denye my petycyon , dredynge that if he denye my petycyon , that I shuld denye hym myte ate whan he is a thurst : and veryoft thay requyre that of me , whiche a shamfast yongman dare scantly aske of a Bawde , yee they be suche thynges as I am ashamyd to put in wrytynge . Now comythe the marchauntman and he redy to sayle into Spayne for a vantage , dothe commytte hys wyues honesty to me . Than commythe thet lytle preaty Nunne and she castythe away her vayle redy to runne away , she leuythe with me the good name of her vyrgynytye , whiche shortly she entendythe to take monay for . Than cryeth the wykyd soudyer purposyd to robbe & saythe , blessyd lady send me a good praye . Now commythe the vnthryfty dyasser and cryethe , send me good chance Lady & thow shalt haue parte of my wynnynges : and if the dyasse runne ayenst hym , he blasphemes , and cursythe me , bycause I wyll nat fauor his noghtynes . Now cryeth she that sellythe her selffe for fylthye lukre & saythe , swete lady send me some costomers , & if I denye it , they exclame ayenst me & say , thou arte not the mother of marcy . Moreouer the vowes of some women be no lesse wykyd than folishe . The mayd cryeth & saythe , O swet Mary send me a fayre and riche husbond . The maryed woman saythe send me goodly chylderen . Now laborythe the woman with chyld , and cryeth dere lady dylyuer me of my bondes . Than commythe the olde wyffe , and saythe flowre of all women send me to lyue longe withowt coghe and drynes . Now crepythe the dotynge oldman & saythe , lady send me for to wax yonge ayen . Than commythe forth the phylosopher and cryethe send me some argumentis that be insoluble . The great prest cryethe send me a fat benefyce . Than saythe the bysshope kepe well my churche . Than cryethe the hye Iustyce shew me thy sone or I passe out of this worlde . Than saythe the Cowrtyer send me trwe confession at the howre of my deathe . The husbondman saythe send vs temperate wether . The mylke wyffe cryethe owt blessyd lady saue our catell . Now if I denye anythynge by & by I am crwell . If I commytte it to me sone , I here them say , he wyll what so euer you wyll . Shall I than alone bothe a woman and a mayd helpe maryneres , sawd yeres , marchantmen , dyasseres , maryedmē , women with chyld , iudges , kynges , and husbondmen ? ye and this that I haue sayd is the least parte of my payne . But I am nat now so moche trobled with soche busynes , for that I wold hartely thanke you , but that this commodytye dothe brynge a greater discōmodytye with hym . I haue now more ease , but lesse honor & profett . Before this tyme I was callyd quene of heuen , lady of the world , but now any man wyll skarsly say a●e Maria or hayle Mary . Before I was clothyd with precyous stones and gold , and had my chaunges , and dayly ther was offeryd gold and precyous stones , now I am skarsly coueryd with halffe ● gowne and that is all beeyten with mysse . My yerly rentes be now so smalle that I am skarsly able to fynde my pore quere kepar to light a wax candle before me . Yet all this myght be sufferyd , but you be abowt to pluke away greater thynges , you be abowt ( as they say ) that what so euer any saynte hathe in any place , to take hyt frome the churches , but take hede what you doo . For ther is no saynte without a way to reuenge his wronge . If you cast saynt Petre forthe of the churche , he may serue you of the same sauce , and shite vp heuyngates ayenst you . Ye saynt Paule hathe his sworde . Barthylmew is nat without his great knyffe . Saynt wyllyam is harnysyd vnder his monkes cloke , nat withowt a greate speare . What canst thou doo ayenst saynt George whiche is bothe a knyght & all armyd with hys longe spere and his fearfull sword ? Nor saynt Antony is nat withowt hys weapenes for he hathe holy fyre with hym . Ye the rest of the sayntes haue theyr weapones or myschefues , whiche they send apon whome they liste . But as for me thou canst not cast owt , except thou cast owt my sone , whiche I hold in myne armes . I wyll nat be seperat frome hym , other thou shalt cast hym owt with me orels thou shalt let vs bothe be , except that you wold haue a temple withowt a Christe .

These be the thynges that I wold yow shall know ymagyne you therfore what shal be your answer . For this thinge pleasythe me very well . Frome oure stony churche the calendes of Auguste , the yere frome my sonnes passyon a M. CCCCC . xiiij . I stony lady subscrybyd thys with myne owne hande .

Trewly that was a soro and fearfull epistle , I suppose that Glaucoplutus wyll beware frōhēsforthe .

Ye & if he be wyse .

Wherfore dyd nat that good saynt Iames wryte to that man of the same mater .

I can nat tell , except it be bycause he is so ferre of , and now a dayes men be moche searchyd for suche maters , & in theyr iornaye theyr lettres taken frome them .

I pray you , what god dyd send you into Englond ?

I saw the wynd maruelouse prosperouse thyderward , and I had almoste promysyd this to that blessyd lady of Walsyngam that I wold seke her within .ij. yere ,

What wold yo● axe of her .

No new thyngꝭ at all , but suche as be comen , as to kepe saffe and sownd my housholde , to encreasse my goodes , and in thys world to haue alonge and mery liffe , and whan I dye euerlastynge lyffe in another worlde .

May nat owr lady grante the same at home with vs ? She hathe at Antwarpe a moche more lordly temple than at Walsynganie .

I denye nat but it may be so , but in dyuers places she grantes dyuers thynges , wether it be her pleasur so to do , or bycause she is so gentle , that as concernynge this purpose , she wyll gyue her selfe to our affectyōes .

I haue harde oft of saynt Iames , but I pray you describe to me the kyngdome of Walsyngam .

Uerely I shall tell you as shortly as I canne . Yt is the most holy name in all England , and you may fynde some in that y●e , that suppose thayr substance shal nat prospayre except they vysyte her with thayr offerynge euery yere ones as thay be able to gyue .

Wher dothe she dwell ?

At the vttermost parte of all England betwyxt the Northe and the Weste , nat vary ferre frome the see , skarsly iij myles , the towne is almost susteynyd by the resort of pylgrymes . The college is of Canōes , but thay be suche as hathe thayr name of the Laten tonge and be called Seculares , a kynd betwyxte monkes & Chanones .

What you tell me of ☞ ☞ Amphybyanes be thynges doutfull . Amphybyanes , suche as the monstre * * Fyber is abeste of the see & the land . Fyber is .

No thay be rather suche as the * * A Cocatrice wil kyll a man with a loke , Cocatrice . But withowt dissimulation , I shall put you owt of this dowte in thre wordes . To them that thay hate , thay be Chanones , and to them that thay loue thay he Monkes

Yet yowe doo nat open thys redle .

O new partakeres , I wold to god they wold take away my wyffe .

But to come to our purpose , the college hathe skarsly any other * * Renttes . emolumentes but of the liberalite of our lady . For the great offeryngis be kepyd stylle , but if ther be any litle some of monaye offerid that goith to the comens of the company , & the mayster whome thay call pryoure .

Be thay of a vertuous lyffe ?

Nat to be dispraysyd , thay be more vertuous than ryche of thayr yerely renttes . The temple ys goodly & goregious , but oure Lady dwellythe nat in it , but that was purchasyd for the honor of her sone . She hathe her owne temple , that she may be of the ryght hand of her sone .

Apon the righthand ? Whiche way dothe her sonne loke than ?

It is well remembryd . Whan he lokythe to te West , his mother is apon his right hand , but whan he turnythe hym to the Este she is apon the lefte hand . But yet she dwellythe nat in that churche , for it is nat yet buyldyd all vpe , and the wynde runnythe thorow euery parte with open wyndowes & dowres , and also nat ferre of is the Occiane seye father of all wyndes .

what doo yow tell me wher dothe she dwell than ?

In the same churche whiche I told you was nat all fynyshyd , ther is a lytle chapell seelyd ouer with wodde , on ether syde a lytle dore wher the pylgrymes go thorow , ther is lytle light , but of the taperes , with a fragrant smell .

All these be mete for religyon .

Ye Menedemus if you loke within you wyll say that it is a seate mete for sayntes , all thynges be so bright with gold , syluer , and precyous stones .

You almost moue me to go thyther also .

It sh●l nat repente you of your iornay .

Spryngithe ther no holy oyle ?

I trowe you dote , that spryngythe nat but owt of the sepulchres of sayntes , as saynt Andrew , & saynt Kateren , owr lady was nat beried .

I graunt I sayd amysse , but tell on your tale .

So moche more as thay persayue youre deuocyon , so moche larger reliques wyl thay shew to you .

Ye and peraduenture that thay may haue larger offerynges , as is sayd that , many lytle offerynges makythe a heuy boxe .

Her chaplenꝭ be alway at hand .

Be thay of the Chanones ?

No , thay be nat permyttyd to be with her , lest that peraduenture by occasyon of that religyon , thay shuld be plukkyd frome thayr owne religyon , and whylst thay kepe that virgyne , thay regard very lytle thayr awne virgynyte , alonly in that inner chapell whiche is our ladyes preuy chambre , ther standithe a certayne Chanon at the autre .

For what purpose ?

To receyue and kepe , that whiche is offeryd .

dothe any man gyue ayenst hys wyll .

No , but many men hathe suche a gentle shamfastnes , that thay wyll gyue some thynge to hym that standythe by , other thay wyll offre more largely , whiche that wold nat doo perauenture if that he were absent , that standithe there .

You tell me of mannes affectiones , whiche I my selffe prouyd very ofte .

Ye trewly there be some so gyuen to our blessyd lady , that whan thay apere to putvpe thayr handes to offre , with a propre conuayance , thay stayl that whiche other men hathe gyuen .

Than lett no man be there ; wyll nat oure Lady shote her thonderbowlte at suche .

Wherfor shuld our lady rather doo so , than God hymselffe , whom thay be nat affrayd to pluke owt hys robes , & breake the churche walles therfore .

I am in a great doubt whether I shuld , rather maruayle apon th ayre wykyd boldnes , or Goddys great gentlenes and longe sufferynge .

Apon the Northe parte ther is a certayne gaate , but lest that you should make a lye , it is nat of the churche , but of the pale that compassithe a bowte the churche yarde , and that hathe a lytle wykyt , suche as be in great mennes gaates , that who so euer wyll entre , must fyrst putin hys legge , nat withowt some ioperdie , and than bowe downe hys hedde .

It is ioperdie to goo thorow suche a dore , to a mannes enemye .

So it is , the sexten dyd tell me that ther was ones a knyght whiche fleeynge hys enemye , than aprochynge , dyd ride thorow the wykyte , and than the wretche dispayrynge in hym selffe , apon a soden motion , dyd commend hymselffe to the blessyd virgyne , whiche was than at hand . But now commythe the myrakle . By and by that knyght was all in the churche yarde , and hys aduersary was ragynge at the dore withowte .

And dyd he tell you so maruylous a myrakle for a trewthe ?

No dowte .

But I suppose that he could nat so lyghtely doo that to you so a great a philosopher .

He dyd shewe to me in that same wykytte in a plate of coper , the ymage of the knyght fastenyd with nayles and with the same garmentes that the Englishmen were wontyd to wayre at that tyme , as you may see in that olde pictures , whiche wylnat lye , Barbourꝭ had but lytle lyuynge at that tyme : and dieres & websteres gotte but litle monay .

Why so ?

For he had a berd like a goote , and his cote had neuer a plyte , & it was so litle , that with strayte gyrdynge it mayd hys body to apere lesse than it was . Ther was another plate , that was in quantyte and fourme like to a cheste .

Well now it● is nat to be doubtyd apon .

Under the wykyte ther was a grate of yrne , that no man can passe theryn but a footeman , for it is nat conuenyent that any horsse shuld tread after apon the place , whiche the knyght dyd consecrate to owr lady .

Nat withowt a good cause .

Frome that parte toward the Este , there is a litle chapell , full of maruayles and thyther I wente , ther was I receyuyd of another of our ladyes chaplenes , ther we knelyd downe , to make our litle prayeres . By & by , he broght for the the ioynte of a mannes fynger , the greatyste of thre , whiche I kyssyd , & askyd whose relyques thay were , he dyd say that thay were saynt Petres . What th apostle sayd I. Ye sayd he . Than I dyd better beholde the ioynte , whiche for hys greatenes myght well haue be a Gyantes ioynte , rather than a mannes . Than sayd I , saynt Peter must nedys be a great man of stature . But at that word , ther was one of the gentlemen that stode by , that could not forbere lawghynge , for the whiche I was very sory . For if he had holden hys pease , we had sene all the relyques , yet we metely well pleasyd mayster Sexten , with gyuynge hym .ii. or .iij. grotes . Before that chapell there was a litle howsse , whiche he sayd ones in wynter tyme whan that there was litle rowme to couer the reliques , that it was sodenly broght & sett in that place . Under that house there was a couple of pittes , bothe fulle of water to the brynkys , and thay say that the sprynge of thos pittes is dedicate to our lady , that water is very colde , and medycynable for the hede ake and that hartburnynge .

If that cold water wyll hele the paynes in the hede and stomake , than wyll oyle putowte fyre from hensforthe .

It is a myrakle that I tell , good syr , orels what maruayle shuld it be , that cowld water shuld slake thurste ?

This may well be one parte of your tale .

Thay say that the fowntayne dyd sodenly sprynge owte of the erthe at the commaundement of our lady , & I dilygently examenynge al thynges , dyd aske hym how many yeres it was sythe that howsse was so sodenly broght thyther . Many yeres agone saythe he . Yet , sayde I , the wallys doo nat apere so old . He dyd nat denay it . No mor thes woden pyleres . He cowld nat denay but that they were sette there nat longe agoo , and also the mater dyd playnly testyfye the same . Afterward , sayd I , thys roffe whiche is all of rede dothe apere nat to be very olde , & he grantyd also , thes greete bemes whiche lye ouerthwerte , and these rafteres that hold vpe that howsse were nat sett longe agone . He affyrmyd my saynge . Well sayd I seynge that no parte of the housse is lefte but all is new , how can yow say that this was the house whiche was broght hyther so longe agoo .

I pray you how dyd the howskeper , auoyde hymselffe frome your argument .

By & by he dyd shew to vs the mater by the skyne of a bayre whiche had hangyd be the rafteres alonge season , and dyd almost moke the symplenes of owre wyttes that could nat perceyue so manyfeste an argumente we beynge perswadyd by this argument , askid pardon of our ignorance , and callid into our communycacyon the heuenly mylke of our lady .

O how like to the sone is the mother , for he hath left to vs so moche blood here in erthe , & she so moche mylke , that a man wyl skarysly beleue a woman to haue so moche mylke of one chylde , in case the chyld shuld sukke none at all .

Thay saye the same of the holy crosse , whiche is shewyd in so many places bothe openly , and pryuately , that if the fragmentes were gatheryd apon one heape , they wold apere to be a iuste fraghte for a shipe , and yet Christe dyd bere all his crosse hymselffe .

But do nat you maruayll at this ?

It may welbe a strange thynge , but no maruayle , seynge that the lord whiche dothe encreasse this at hys pleasure , is almyghty .

It is very gently expowndyd , but I am afrayd , that many of thes be faynyd for lukre .

I suppose that God wold nat suffre hymselffe to be deludyd of suche a fasshion .

Yis , Haue nat you sene that whan bothe the mother , the sone , the father , and the holy ghoste hathe be robbyd of thes sacrilegyous theues , that thay woldnat ones moue , or styre nother with bekke or crakke wherby thay myght fray away the theues . So great is the gentles of God .

So it is , but here out me tale . This mylke is kepyd apon the hye aultre , and in the myddys ther is Christe , with his mother apon hys ryght hand , for her honor sake , the mylke dothe represente the mother .

It may be sene than ?

It is closyd in crystalle .

It is moyste than ?

What tell you me of moystenes , whan it was mylkyd more than a thowsand and fyue hunthrithe yere agone , it is so congelyd , that a man wold saye that it were chalke temperyd with the whyte of a egge .

Ye , but do thay sette it forthe bare ?

No , lest so holy mylke shuld be defowlyd with the kyssynge of men .

You say well . For I suppose that ther be many that kysse it , whiche be nother clene mouthyd , nor yet be pure virgynes .

Whan the sexten sawe vs , he dyd runne to the aultre , & put apon hym his surplese , & his stole about his nekke , knelyd downe relygyously , and worshipyd it , and streghtforthe dyd offre the mylke to vs to kysse . And at the ende of the aultre we knelyd downe deuoutly , & the fyrste of all we salutyd Christe , & than after we callyd apon our lady with thys prayer , whiche we had mayd redy for the same purpose . O mother & mayde , whiche dyd gyue sukke with thy virgynes teates the lorde of heuen and yerthe , thy sone Iesus Christe , we beynge puryfyed thorowe hys precyous blode , do desyre that we may attayne , and come to that blessyd infancye of thy colombynes meknes , whiche is immaculate without malice , frawde , or diseyte , and with all affectyon of harte dothe couett and stody for the heuenly mylke of the euangelicall doctryne , to go for the and encrease with it into a perfaycte man , into the mesure of the plentefulnes of Christe , of whos company thou haste the fruycyon , togyther with the father , & the holy ghost for euermore , so be it .

Uerely thys is a holy prayer . But what dyd she ?

Thay bothe bekkyd at vs , excepte my eyes waggyd , and me thought that the mylke daunsyd . In the meanseson the sexten came to vs , withowt any wordes , but he held out a table suche as the Germanes vse to gather tolle apon bridges .

By my trothe I haue cursyd very ofte suche crauynge boxes , whan I dyd ryde thorowe Germany .

We dyd gyue hym certayne monay whiche he offeryd to our lady . Than I axyd by a certayne yonge man , that was well learnyd , whiche dyd expownde and tell vs the saynge of the Sexten , hys name ( as fere as I remembre ) was Robert alderisse , by what tokenes or argumentes he dyd know that it was the mylke of owr lady . And that I very fayne , & for a good purpose desyred to knowe , that I myght stope the mowthes of certayne newfanglyd felowes , that be w●tyd to haue suche holy relyques in derysyon and mokage . Fyrst of all the Sexten with a froward cowntenance wold nat tell , but I desyryd the yong man to moue hym more instantly , but somwhat more gently he so courtesly behauyd hymselffe , that and he had prayd owr lady herselffe after that fashion , she wold nat haue be dysplesyd therwith . And than this mystycall chapleyn , as and if he had be inspyryd with the holy ghoste , castynge at vs a frounynge loke , as & if he wold haue shote at vs the horryble thonderbolte of the greate curse , what nede you ( saythe he ) to moue suche questyones , whan yow see byfore your eyes so autentycall & old a table . And we were afrayd lest that he wold haue cast vs out of the churche for heretykes , but that oure monay dyd tempre hys grea , te furye .

What dyd you in the meaneseason ?

What suppose you ? We were amasyd as and if a man had stryke vs with a clube , or we had be slayne with a thonderclape , and we very lowly axid pardon of oure folishe boldenes , and gote vs frome thens . For so must we entreate holy thynges . Frome thens we went in to the howse where owre lady dwellithe , and whan we came there , we sawe another Sexten whiche was but a noues , he lokyd famylarly as and if he had knowen vs , and whan we came a litle further in , we sawe another , that lokyd moch after suche a fashion , at the last came the thyrd .

Perauenture thay desyryd to descrybe you .

But I suspecte another mater .

What was it ?

There was a certayne theffe that had stole almost all owr ladyes frontlet , and I supposyd that they had me in suspycyon therof . And therfore whan I was within the chapell I mayd my prayers to ourlady after thys fashion . Oh cheffe of all women Mary the mayd , most happy mother , moste pure virgyne , we vnclene , and synners , doo vysyte the pure & holy , and after our abylytye we haue offeryd vnto the , we pray thy that thy sone may grante this to vs , that we may folow thy holy lyffe , and that we may deserue thorow the grace of the holy ghoste , spirytual●y to conceyue the lord Iesus Christ , & after that conceptyon neuer to be separat frome hym , Amen . This done I kyssyd the aultre , and layd downe certayne grotes for myne offerynge and went my waye .