¶
Hereafter
foloweth
a
mornynge
remembraunce
had
at
the
moneth
mynde
of
the
noble
prynces
Margarete
countesse
of
Rychemonde
&
Darbye
moder
vnto
kynge
Henry
the
.vii.
&
grandame
to
oure
souerayne
lorde
that
nowe
is
vppon
whose
soule
almyghty
god
haue
mercy
.
¶
Dixit
Martha
ad
Ihesum
.
THis
holy
gospell
late
red
/
conteyneth
in
it
a
dyalogue
that
is
to
saye
a
comynycacyon
betwyxt
the
woman
of
blessyd
memory
called
Martha
and
our
sauyour
Ihesu
/
whiche
dyalogue
I
wolde
applye
vnto
this
noble
prynces
late
deceased
/
in
whose
remembraunce
this
offyce
&
obseruaunces
be
done
at
this
tyme
.
And
thre
thynges
by
the
leue
of
god
I
wyll
entende
Fyrst
to
shewe
wherin
this
noble
prynces
may
wel
be
lykened
&
compared
vnto
the
blessyd
woman
Martha
.
Seconde
how
she
may
complayne
vnto
our
sauyour
Ihesu
for
the
paynfull
dethe
of
her
body
/
lyke
as
Martha
dyde
for
the
dethe
of
her
broder
Lazarus
.
Thyrde
the
confortable
answer
of
our
sauyour
Ihesu
vnto
her
agayne
.
In
the
fyrst
shall
stonde
her
prayse
&
commendacyon
.
In
the
seconde
our
mornyng
for
the
losse
of
her
.
In
the
.iij.
our
confort
agayne
.
Fyrst
I
saye
that
the
comparyson
of
them
two
may
be
made
in
.iiij.
thynges
.
In
noblenes
of
persone
/
in
dyscyplyne
of
theyr
bodyes
/
in
or
deryng
of
theyr
soules
to
god
/
in
hospytalites
kepynge
&
charitable
dealing
to
their
neybours
.
In
whiche
.iiii
the
noble
woman
Martha
(
as
say
the
doctours
entreatynge
this
gospell
/
&
her
lyfe
)
was
syngulerly
to
be
commended
&
praysed
/
wherfore
let
vs
consyder
lyke
wise
whether
in
this
noble
countesse
may
ony
thyng
lyke
be
founde
.
Fyrst
the
blessyd
Martha
was
a
woman
of
noble
blode
to
whom
by
enheritaunce
belonged
the
castel
of
bethany
/
&
this
noblenes
of
blode
they
haue
which
descended
of
noble
lygnage
.
Besyde
this
there
is
a
noblenes
of
maners
/
withouten
whiche
the
noblenes
of
bloode
is
moche
defaced
/
for
as
Boecius
sayth
.
Yf
oughte
be
good
in
the
noblenes
of
bloode
it
is
for
that
therby
the
noble
men
and
women
sholde
be
ashamed
to
go
out
of
kynde
from
the
vertuous
maners
of
theyr
auncetrye
before
.
Yet
also
there
is
another
noblenes
/
whiche
aryseth
in
euery
persone
by
the
goodnes
of
nature
/
wherby
full
often
suche
as
come
of
ryght
pore
and
vunoble
fader
and
moder
/
haue
grete
abletees
of
nature
/
to
noble
dedes
.
Aboue
all
these
same
there
is
a
foure
maner
of
noblenes
/
whiche
may
be
called
an
encreased
noblenes
/
as
by
maryage
and
affynyte
of
more
noble
persones
suche
as
were
of
lesse
condycyon
maye
encrease
in
hyer
degre
of
noblenes
.
In
euery
of
these
I
suppose
this
coutesse
was
noble
.
Fyrst
she
came
of
noble
blode
lyneally
descendynge
of
kynge
Edwarde
the
.iij.
with
in
the
.iiij.
degre
of
the
same
.
Her
fader
was
Johan
duke
of
Somerset
her
moder
was
called
Margarete
ryghte
noble
as
well
in
maneres
as
in
bloode
.
To
whome
she
was
a
veray
doughter
in
all
noble
maners
/
for
she
was
bounteous
&
lyberall
to
euery
persone
of
her
knowlege
or
aquayntaunce
.
Auaryce
and
couetyse
she
moost
hated
.
And
sorowed
it
ful
moche
in
al
persones
But
specyally
in
ony
that
belonged
vnto
her
.
She
was
also
of
synguler
casynes
to
be
spoken
vnto
/
&
full
curtayse
answere
she
wolde
make
to
all
that
came
vnto
her
/
Of
meruayllous
gentylnesse
she
was
vnto
all
folkes
/
but
specyally
vnto
her
owne
/
whom
she
trusted
and
loued
ryghte
tenderly
.
Unkynde
she
wolde
not
be
vnto
no
creature
/
ne
forgetefull
of
ony
kyndnes
or
seruyce
done
to
her
before
/
whiche
is
no
lytel
parte
of
veray
noblenes
.
She
was
not
vengeable
/
ne
cruell
/
but
redy
anone
to
forgete
and
to
forgyue
iniuries
done
vnto
her
at
the
leest
desyre
or
mocyon
made
vnto
her
for
the
same
.
Mercyfull
also
&
pyteous
she
was
vnto
suche
as
was
greuyd
&
wrongfully
troubled
And
to
them
that
were
in
pouerty
or
sekenes
or
ony
other
myserye
.
To
god
&
to
the
chirche
full
obedyent
&
tractable
serchynge
his
honoure
&
pleasure
full
besyly
.
A
warenes
of
herself
she
had
alwaye
to
eschewe
euery
thynge
that
myght
dyshonest
ony
noble
woman
/
or
dystayne
her
honour
in
ony
condycyon
.
Tryfelous
thynges
that
were
lytell
to
be
regarded
she
wolde
let
passe
by
/
but
the
other
that
were
of
weyght
&
substaunce
wherin
she
myghte
prouffyte
she
wolde
not
let
for
ony
payne
or
laboure
to
take
vppon
hande
.
These
&
many
other
suche
noble
condycyons
lefte
vnto
her
by
her
auncetres
she
kepte
&
encreased
them
with
a
grete
dylygens
.
The
thyrde
noblenes
also
she
wanted
not
whiche
I
sayd
was
the
noblenes
of
Nature
/
she
had
in
maner
all
that
was
praysable
in
a
woman
eyther
in
soule
or
in
body
.
Fyrst
she
was
of
singuler
wysedome
ferre
passynge
the
comyn
rate
of
women
she
was
good
in
remembraunce
&
of
holdyng
memorye
A
redy
wytte
she
had
also
to
conceyue
all
thynges
.
Albeit
they
were
ryght
derke
/
right
studyous
she
was
in
bokes
whiche
she
hadde
in
grete
nombre
bothe
in
Englysshe
&
in
Frensshe
/
&
for
her
exercyse
&
for
the
prouffyte
of
other
she
dyde
translate
dyuers
maters
of
deuocyon
out
of
Frensshe
in
to
Englysshe
.
Ful
often
she
complayned
that
in
her
youthe
she
had
not
gyuen
her
to
the
vnderstondynge
of
latyn
wherin
she
had
a
lytell
perceyuynge
specyally
of
the
rubrysshe
of
the
ordynall
for
the
sayeng
of
her
seruyce
whiche
she
dyde
wel
vnderstande
.
Here
vnto
in
fauour
/
in
wordes
/
in
gesture
/
in
euery
demeanour
of
herself
so
grete
noblenes
dyde
appere
/
that
what
she
spake
or
dyde
it
meruayllously
became
her
.
The
.iiii.
noblenes
whiche
we
named
a
noblenes
goten
or
encreased
she
had
also
.
For
albeit
she
of
her
lynage
were
ryght
noble
/
yet
neuertheles
by
maryage
/
&
adioynyng
of
other
blode
it
toke
some
encreasement
For
in
her
tendre
aege
she
beynge
endued
with
so
grete
towardnes
of
nature
/
&
lyklyhode
of
enherytaunce
many
sued
to
haue
had
her
to
maryage
.
The
duke
of
suth
folke
whiche
than
was
a
man
of
grete
experyence
moost
dylygently
procured
to
haue
had
her
for
his
sone
and
heyre
.
Of
the
contrary
parte
kinge
Henry
the
.vi.
dyd
make
meanes
for
Edmonde
his
broder
then
th
erle
of
Rychemonde
.
She
whiche
as
then
was
not
fully
.ix.
yeres
olde
/
doutfull
in
her
mynde
what
she
were
best
to
do
asked
counsayll
of
an
olde
gentylwoman
whome
she
moche
loued
&
trusted
/
whiche
dyde
aduyse
her
to
commende
herselfe
to
saynt
Nycholas
the
patron
&
helper
of
al
true
maydens
/
&
to
beseche
him
to
put
in
her
mynde
what
she
were
best
to
do
.
This
counsayl
she
folowed
&
made
her
prayer
so
full
often
/
but
specyally
that
nyght
whan
she
sholde
the
morowe
after
make
answer
of
her
mynde
determynatly
.
A
meruaylous
thing
that
same
nyghte
as
I
haue
herde
her
tell
many
a
tyme
/
as
she
lay
in
prayer
callynge
vpon
saynt
Nicholas
/
whether
slepynge
or
wakyng
she
coude
not
assure
/
but
aboute
.iiii
of
the
clocke
in
that
mornynge
one
appered
vnto
her
arayed
like
a
bisshop
/
&
naming
vnto
her
Edmonde
had
take
him
vnto
her
husbande
.
And
so
by
this
meane
she
dyde
enclyne
her
mynde
vnto
Edmonde
the
kinges
broder
&
erle
of
Rychemonde
.
By
whom
she
was
made
moder
of
the
kinge
that
deed
is
/
whose
soule
god
pardon
/
&
grandame
to
our
souerayne
lorde
kyng
Henry
the
.viii.
whiche
now
by
the
grace
of
god
gouerneth
the
realme
.
So
what
by
lygnage
what
by
affinite
she
had
.xxx.
kinges
&
quenes
within
the
.iiii.
degre
of
maryage
vnto
her
.
Besyde
erles
/
markyses
/
dukes
/
and
princes
.
And
thus
moche
we
haue
spoken
of
her
noblenes
.
SEconde
the
blessyd
Martha
is
praysed
in
chastysynge
her
body
by
crysten
dyscyplyne
/
as
in
abstynence
/
fastyng
/
sharpe
clothes
werynge
/
chastite
with
other
.
Whiche
thing
albeit
necessary
to
euery
crysten
persone
wyllynge
to
be
saued
/
yet
it
is
moche
more
to
be
praysed
in
the
nobles
/
hauyng
this
worldy
lyberte
As
it
was
in
this
noble
prynces
late
deceased
whome
my
purpose
is
not
vaynly
to
extol
or
to
magnyfye
aboue
her
merytes
/
but
to
the
edefyenge
of
other
by
th
example
of
her
.
I
wold
reherce
somwhat
of
her
demeanyng
in
this
behalue
/
her
sobre
temperaunce
in
metes
&
drynkes
was
knowen
to
al
them
that
were
conuersaunt
with
her
wherin
she
lay
in
as
grete
wayte
of
herself
as
ony
persone
myght
/
kepinge
alway
her
strayte
mesure
/
&
offendyng
as
lytel
as
ony
creature
myght
.
Eschewynge
bankettes
/
reresoupers
/
ioncryes
betwyxe
meales
.
As
for
fastynge
for
aege
&
feblenes
albeit
she
were
not
bounde
yet
tho
dayes
that
by
the
chirche
were
appoynted
she
kept
them
diligently
&
sereously
/
&
in
especyall
the
holy
lent
thrugh
out
that
she
restrayned
her
appetyte
tyl
one
mele
&
tyl
one
fysshe
on
the
day
/
besyde
her
other
peculer
fastes
of
deuocion
/
as
saint
Anthony
/
mary
Maudeleyn
saynt
Katheryn
with
other
.
And
thorowe
out
al
the
yere
the
fryday
&
saterday
she
full
truely
obserued
.
As
to
harde
clothes
wering
she
had
her
shertes
&
gyrdyls
of
heere
/
whiche
whan
she
was
in
helth
eueri
weke
she
fayled
not
certayne
dayes
to
weare
somtyme
that
one
/
somtyme
that
other
/
that
full
often
her
skynne
as
I
herde
her
say
was
perced
therwith
.
As
for
chastyte
thoughe
she
alway
contynued
not
in
her
vyrgynte
yet
in
her
husbandes
dayes
longe
tyme
before
that
he
deyede
she
opteyned
of
hym
lycence
&
promysed
to
lyue
chast
/
in
the
handes
of
the
reuerende
fader
my
lorde
of
London
/
whiche
promyse
she
renewed
after
her
husbandes
dethe
in
to
my
handes
agayne
/
wherby
it
may
appere
the
dyscyplyne
of
her
body
.
THyrdly
the
blessyd
Martha
is
commended
in
orderynge
of
her
soule
to
god
/
by
often
knelynges
/
by
sorowfull
wepynges
/
&
by
contynual
prayers
&
medytacyons
wherin
this
noble
prynces
somwhat
toke
her
part
.
Fyrst
in
prayer
euery
daye
at
her
vprysynge
whiche
comynly
was
not
longe
after
.v.
of
the
clock
she
began
certayne
deuocyons
/
&
so
after
theym
with
one
of
her
gentylwomen
the
matynes
of
our
lady
/
whiche
kepte
her
to
then
she
came
in
to
her
closet
/
where
then
with
her
chapelayne
she
sayd
also
matyns
of
the
daye
.
And
after
that
dayly
herde
.iiij.
or
.v.
masses
vpon
her
knees
/
soo
contynuynge
in
her
prayers
&
deuocions
vnto
the
hour
of
dyner
/
whiche
of
the
etynge
daye
was
.x.
of
the
clocke
/
&
vpon
the
fastynge
day
.xj.
After
dyner
ful
truely
she
wolde
go
her
stacyons
to
thre
aulters
dayly
.
Dayly
her
dyryges
&
commendacyons
she
wolde
saye
.
And
her
euensonges
before
souper
bothe
of
the
daye
&
of
our
lady
/
besyde
many
other
prayers
&
psalters
of
Dauyd
thrugh
out
the
yere
.
And
at
nyght
before
she
wente
to
bedde
she
faylled
not
to
resorte
vnto
her
chapell
/
&
there
a
large
quart
of
an
hour
to
occupye
her
in
deuocyons
.
No
meruayl
though
al
this
long
tyme
her
knelynge
was
to
her
paynfull
/
and
so
paynfull
that
many
tymes
it
caused
in
her
backe
payne
and
dysease
.
And
yet
neuertheles
dayly
whan
she
was
in
helth
she
faylled
not
to
say
the
crowne
of
our
lady
whiche
after
the
manere
of
Rome
conteyneth
.lx.
and
thre
aues
/
and
at
euery
aue
to
make
a
knelynge
.
As
for
medytacyon
she
had
dyuers
bokes
in
Frensshe
wherwith
she
wolde
occupy
herselfe
whan
she
was
wery
of
prayer
.
Wherfore
dyuers
she
dyde
translate
oute
of
Frensshe
in
to
Englysshe
.
Her
meruayllous
wepynge
they
can
bere
wytnes
of
whiche
here
before
haue
herde
her
confessyon
whiche
be
dyuers
and
many
/
&
at
many
seasons
in
the
yere
lyghtly
euery
thyrde
daye
/
can
also
recorde
the
same
tho
the
were
present
at
ony
tyme
/
whan
she
was
housylde
whiche
was
ful
nye
a
dosen
tymes
euery
yere
:
what
flodes
of
teeres
there
yssued
forth
of
her
eyes
/
she
myght
wel
saye
.
Exitus
aquarum
deduxerunt
oculi
mei
.
And
more
ouer
to
th
entente
all
her
werkes
myght
be
more
acceptable
and
of
gretter
meryte
in
the
syght
of
god
suche
godly
thynges
she
wolde
take
by
obedyence
whiche
obedyence
she
promysed
to
the
fore named
fader
my
lorde
of
London
for
the
tyme
of
his
beynge
with
her
.
And
afterwarde
in
lyke
wyse
vnto
me
whereby
it
if
may
appere
the
dylygent
ordre
of
her
soule
to
god
.
FOurthe
the
holy
Martha
is
magnyfyed
for
her
godly
hospytalyte
and
charytable
dealynge
to
her
neyghbours
.
Moche
besynes
there
is
in
kepynge
hospytalyte
.
And
therfore
oure
lorde
sayd
vnto
her
.
Martha
martha
solicita
es
&
tbarꝭ
erga
plri
.
The
housholde
seruauntes
muste
be
put
in
some
good
ordre
.
The
straungers
of
honeste
whiche
of
theyr
curtesy
resorteth
for
to
vysyte
the
souerayne
must
be
consydered
.
And
the
suters
/
also
whiche
cometh
compelled
by
necessyte
to
seche
helpe
&
socoure
in
theyr
cause
muste
be
herde
.
And
the
poore
&
nedy
/
specyally
wold
be
releued
&
conforted
.
Fyrst
her
owne
houshold
with
meruayllous
dylygence
&
wysdome
this
noble
prynces
ordred
prouydynge
reasonable
statutes
&
ordynaunces
for
them
/
whiche
by
her
offycers
she
commaunded
to
be
redde
.iiij.
tymes
a
yere
.
And
oftentymes
by
herself
she
wolde
soo
louyngly
courage
euery
of
them
to
doo
well
.
And
somtyme
by
other
meane
persones
.
Yf
ony
faccyons
or
bendes
were
made
secretely
amongest
her
hede
offycers
/
she
with
grete
polycye
dyde
boulte
it
oute
and
lyke
wyse
yf
ony
stryfe
or
contreuersy
/
she
wolde
with
grete
dyscrecyon
study
the
reformacyon
therof
.
¶
For
the
straungers
/
o
meruayllous
god
what
payn
what
labour
she
of
her
veray
gentylnes
wolde
take
with
them
to
bere
them
maner
and
company
/
&
intrete
euery
persone
.
And
entertean
them
accordynge
to
theyr
degre
and
hauour
/
&
prouyde
by
her
owne
commaundement
that
nothynge
sholde
lacke
that
myght
be
conuenyent
for
them
/
wherin
she
had
a
wonderfull
redy
remembraunce
&
perfyte
knowlege
.
¶
For
the
suters
/
it
is
not
vnknowen
how
studyously
she
procured
Justyce
to
be
admynystred
by
a
long
season
so
longe
as
she
was
suffred
.
And
of
her
owne
charges
prouyded
men
lerned
for
the
same
purpose
euenly
&
indyfferently
to
here
all
causes
/
and
admynystre
ryght
and
Justyce
to
euery
party
/
whiche
were
in
no
small
nombre
.
And
yet
mete
and
drynke
was
denyed
to
none
of
them
.
¶
For
the
poore
creatures
/
albeit
she
dyd
not
receyue
in
to
her
house
our
sauyour
in
his
owne
persone
as
the
blessyd
Martha
dyde
/
she
neuertheles
receyued
theim
that
dothe
represent
his
persone
.
Of
whome
he
sayth
hymselfe
Quod
vni
ex
minimis
meis
fecistis
michi
fecistis
.
Poore
folkes
to
the
nombre
of
.xij.
she
dayly
and
nyghtly
kepte
in
her
house
/
gyuynge
them
lodgyng
/
mete
&
drynke
&
clothynge
/
vysytyng
them
as
often
as
she
conuenyently
myght
.
And
in
theyr
sykenes
vysytynge
them
&
confortynge
them
/
&
mynystrynge
vnto
them
with
her
owne
handes
.
And
whan
it
pleased
god
to
call
ony
of
them
out
of
this
wretched
worlde
she
wolde
be
presente
to
se
theym
departe
and
to
lerne
to
deye
.
And
lyke
wyse
brynge
them
vnto
the
erthe
/
whiche
as
Bonauenture
affermeth
is
of
gretter
meryte
than
yf
she
had
done
all
this
to
the
selfe
persone
of
our
sauyour
Ihesu
.
And
the
other
seruauntes
and
mynystres
of
our
lorde
.
Whom
she
herde
were
of
ony
deuocyon
&
vertue
ful
glad
she
was
at
al
tymes
whan
she
myght
gete
theym
to
whome
she
wolde
lyke
wyse
shewe
the
comforte
that
she
coude
.
Suppose
not
ye
that
yf
she
myghte
haue
goten
our
sauyoure
Ihesu
in
his
owne
persone
/
but
she
wolde
as
desyrously
and
as
feruently
haue
mynystred
vnto
hym
as
euer
dyde
Martha
/
whan
thus
moche
she
dyde
vntyll
his
seruauntes
for
his
sake
.
¶
Thus
it
maye
appere
some
comparison
of
the
blessid
Martha
&
of
this
noble
prynces
whiche
was
the
fyrst
promysed
.
FOr
the
seconde
that
is
to
saye
for
the
complaynynge
&
lamentacyon
that
the
soule
of
this
noble
prynces
myghte
make
for
the
dethe
of
her
only
body
.
It
is
to
be
consydered
that
oftentymes
in
scrypture
the
vertuous
and
holy
faders
maketh
lamentable
exclamacyons
agaynste
almyghty
god
/
for
that
he
semeth
to
be
more
indulgent
and
fauourable
vnto
the
wycked
persone
then
vnto
the
good
lyuer
.
The
prophete
Dauyd
sayth
in
this
maner
.
zelaui
super
iniquos
:
pacem
pctōrum
videns
.
Quia
non
est
respectus
morti
eorum
nec
firmamentum
in
plaga
eorum
.
That
is
to
saye
it
perceth
my
stomacke
to
se
the
rest
&
case
that
synners
often
haue
It
is
not
loked
for
the
deth
of
them
/
nor
none
abydynge
stroke
or
punysshemente
falleth
vpon
them
.
The
prophete
Iheremy
sayth
also
complaynynge
vpon
god
.
Quare
via
impiorum
prosperatur
bene
est
oimbus
qui
preuaricantur
et
inique
agunt
.
Why
dothe
the
wycked
persones
prospere
in
theyr
way
.
wele
it
is
with
al
them
that
breke
the
lawes
/
and
do
wyckedly
.
The
prophet
Abacuc
sayth
lyke
wyse
cryenge
vpon
god
.
Quare
respitis
contemptores
et
taces
conculante
nupio
iustiorem
se.
why
lokest
thou
fauourably
vpon
them
that
dyspyse
the.
And
suffrest
a
synner
to
bere
downe
him
that
is
more
ryghtwyse
than
he
is
.
And
the
holy-man
Job
.
Quare
ergo
impii
viuunt
subleuati
sunt
confortati
qm
diuitiis
.
why
then
be
the
wycked
persones
suffered
for
to
lyue
.
They
be
set
alofte
/
and
they
be
comforted
with
rychesse
.
¶
The
reason
that
moueth
them
thus
to
murmure
&
complayne
may
be
this
.
There
is
in
almyghty
god
.ij.
vertues
specyally
commended
&
magnyfyed
thorowe
out
al
scrypture
.
That
is
to
say
mercy
&
ryghtwysnes
And
bothe
these
sholde
moue
hym
rather
to
be
fauourable
vnto
the
good
than
vnto
the
badde
.
Fyrst
his
mercy
sholde
moue
him
therto
haue
pyte
and
compassyon
where
is
the
gretter
cause
of
pyte
but
the
greuaunce
trouble
and
vexacyon
of
the
good
persone
hath
gretter
cause
of
pyte
and
is
moche
more
pyteous
than
of
the
euyll
persone
.
wherfore
it
may
be
thought
that
almyghty
god
whiche
of
his
owne
proprety
is
mercyful
and
redy
to
gyue
mercy
.
Deus
cui
proprium
est
misereri
.
He
sholde
rather
shewe
his
mercy
vpon
the
good
than
vpon
the
badde
.
And
here
vnto
his
ryghtwysnes
also
sholde
enclyne
hym
/
for
of
his
ryghtwysnes
he
sholde
gyue
vnto
euery
persone
accordynge
to
his
deserte
.
But
the
good
deserueth
rather
by
theyr
goodnes
to
haue
fauoure
shewed
vnto
them
then
the
badde
.
Wherfore
the
holy
faders
seynge
in
this
world
the
wycked
in
prosperyte
And
the
good
in
trouble
&
aduersite
make
these
complayntes
and
exclamacions
aboue
rehersed
agaynst
almyghty
god
and
some
crye
vpon
hym
as
though
he
were
a
slepe
.
Exurge
qua
re
obdormis
domine
.
Some
other
threpe
that
he
hathe
forgoten
theym
.
Quare
obliuisseris
in
opie
nostre
/
&
tribulationis
nostre
.
Some
thynke
there
is
noo
god
at
all
.
Dixit
incipiens
in
corde
suo
non
est
deus
.
Some
weneth
at
the
leest
he
is
absente
&
asketh
where
he
is
.
Ubi
est
deustuus
.
In
thys
condycion
was
the
blessyd
woman
Martha
.
She
knew
that
our
sauyour
Ihesu
was
so
good
and
mercyfull
/
And
shewed
his
goodnes
generally
to
al
persones
/
she
byleued
faythfully
that
yf
he
had
be
present
at
the
dethe
of
Lazarus
her
brother
whom
for
his
goodnes
he
loued
so
moche
he
wolde
not
haue
suffred
hym
to
deye
.
And
therfore
she
sayd
vnto
him
.
Domine
si
fuisses
hic
frater
meus
non
fuisset
mortuus
.
That
is
to
saye
Syr
yf
thou
had
ben
presente
my
brother
had
not
ben
deed
.
And
in
lyke
maner
the
soule
of
this
noble
prynces
whiche
had
the
body
adioyned
vnto
it
in
fauour
&
loue
as
syster
&
brother
it
myght
complayne
for
the
dethe
of
the
body
/
syth
euery
parte
of
that
same
body
had
ben
so
occupyed
in
the
seruyce
of
god
before
.
Her
eyes
in
wepynges
&
teares
somtyme
of
deuocion
somtyme
of
repentaunce
/
hereares
herynge
the
worde
of
god
&
the
dyuyne
seruyce
whiche
dayly
was
kept
in
her
chapell
with
grete
nombre
of
preestes
/
clerkes
and
chyldren
to
her
grete
charge
&
cost
/
her
tongue
occupyed
in
prayer
moche
parte
of
the
daye
/
her
legges
and
fete
in
vysytynge
the
aulters
and
other
holy
places
goynge
her
stacyons
customably
whan
she
were
not
let
/
her
handes
in
gyuynge
almes
vnto
the
poore
and
nedye
/
and
dressynge
them
also
whan
they
were
syke
and
mynystrynge
vnto
them
mete
and
drynke
.
These
mercyfull
and
lyberall
handes
to
endure
the
moost
paynful
crampes
soo
greuously
vexynge
her
and
compellynge
her
to
crye
.
O
blessyd
Ihesu
helpe
me
.
O
blessyd
lady
socoure
me
.
It
was
a
mater
of
grete
pyte
/
lyke
a
spere
it
perced
the
hertes
of
all
her
true
seruauntes
that
was
aboute
her
&
made
theym
crye
also
of
Ihesu
for
helpe
&
socoure
with
grete
haboundaunce
of
teares
.
But
specyally
whan
they
sawe
the
dethe
so
hast
vpon
her
and
that
she
must
nedes
departe
from
them
/
and
they
sholde
forgo
so
gentyll
a
maystrts
/
so
tender
a
lady
then
wept
they
meruayllously
/
wepte
her
ladyes
and
kynneswomen
to
whom
she
was
full
kynde
/
wepte
her
poore
gentylwomen
whom
she
had
loued
so
tenderly
before
/
wept
her
chamberers
to
whome
she
was
full
deare
/
wepte
her
chapelaynes
and
preestes
/
wepte
her
other
true
&
faythfull
seruauntes
.
And
who
wolde
not
haue
wept
that
there
had
ben
presente
.
All
Englonde
for
her
dethe
had
cause
of
wepynge
.
The
poore
creatures
that
were
wonte
to
receyue
her
almes
/
to
whome
she
was
alwaye
pyteous
and
mercyfull
.
The
studyentes
of
bothe
the
vnyuersytees
to
whome
she
was
as
a
moder
.
All
the
lerned
men
of
Englonde
to
whome
she
was
a
veray
patronesse
.
All
the
vertuous
and
deuoute
persones
to
whom
she
was
as
a
louynge
syster
/
all
the
good
relygyous
men
and
women
whom
she
so
often
was
wont
to
vysyte
and
comforte
.
All
good
preestes
and
clerkes
to
whome
she
was
a
true
defenderesse
.
All
the
noble
men
and
women
to
whome
she
was
a
myrroure
and
exampler
of
honoure
.
All
the
comyn
people
of
this
realme
for
whom
she
was
in
theyr
causes
a
comyn
mediatryce
/
and
toke
ryght
grete
dyspleasure
for
them
/
and
generally
the
hole
realme
hathe
cause
to
complayne
&
to
morne
her
dethe
.
And
all
we
consyderynge
her
gracyous
and
charytable
mynde
.
So
vnyuersally
&
consyderynge
the
redynes
of
mercy
and
pyte
in
our
sauyour
Ihesu
may
saye
by
lamentable
complaynt
of
our
vnwysdome
vnto
him
.
Ah
domine
si
fuisses
hic
Ah
my
lorde
yf
thou
hadde
ben
present
and
had
herde
this
sorowfull
cryes
of
her
thy
seruaunte
with
the
other
lamentable
mornynges
of
her
frendes
&
seruauntes
thou
for
thy
goodnes
wold
not
haue
suffred
her
to
dye
But
thou
wolde
haue
take
pyte
and
compassyon
vpon
her
.
It
foloweth
in
the
gospell
by
the
mouthe
of
Martha
.
Sed
et
nunc
scio
quia
quecumque
poposceris
a
deo
dabit
tibi
deus
.
That
is
to
saye
what
so
euer
thou
wylt
aske
of
god
thy
fader
I
knowe
wel
he
wyll
graunte
it
vnto
the.
who
may
doubte
but
the
sone
of
god
of
whome
saynt
Poule
sayth
.
In
diebus
carnis
sue
preces
et
supplicationes
/
offerens
exauditus
est
pro
sua
reuerentia
.
That
is
to
saye
in
the
dayes
of
his
mortalite
whan
he
was
mortall
here
in
erthe
yet
neuertheles
he
was
herde
of
almyghtye
god
in
his
prayer
and
askynge
/
his
fader
for
his
reuerente
behauoure
.
Who
may
doubte
but
moche
rather
now
he
shall
be
herde
whan
he
is
in
soo
gloryous
maner
aboue
in
heuen
.
And
there
presente
before
the
face
of
his
fader
for
our
cause
as
sayeth
saynt
Paule
.
In
troiuit
ipse
celum
vt
appareat
vultui
dei
ꝓ
nobis
.
He
hathe
entred
the
heuen
to
appere
before
the
vysage
of
his
fader
for
vs
/
to
shewe
the
woundes
whiche
he
dyde
suffre
for
the
delyueraunce
of
vs
from
syn
Yf
in
his
mortall
body
he
prayed
&
asked
forgyuenes
for
his
enmyes
that
crucefyed
him
and
cruelly
put
him
vnto
the
dethe
.
And
yet
neuertheles
he
opteyned
hys
petycyon
for
them
.
Moche
rather
it
is
to
suppose
that
he
shal
opteyne
his
askynge
her
that
had
so
often
compassyon
of
his
blessyd
passyon
/
and
dyd
bere
it
so
often
in
her
remembraunce
as
dyd
this
noble
prynces
.
Than
for
his
mortal
enmyes
whiche
were
many
and
but
vylaynes
/
he
prayed
vndesyred
of
only
/
he
let
not
so
to
do
by
the
greuous
paynes
of
dethe
whiche
he
there
suffred
Nowe
therfore
he
beyng
in
so
grete
glorye
aboue
and
at
all
lyberte
.
Yf
all
we
call
&
crye
vpon
hym
prayer
for
this
one
soule
of
this
moost
noble
prynces
whiche
was
his
faythfull
&
true
seruaunt
.
Who
maye
thynke
but
that
he
for
his
infynyte
goodnes
wyll
haue
mercye
there
vpon
.
We
wyll
not
craue
vpon
him
that
he
shal
restore
the
body
agayne
to
lyfe
/
as
he
dyde
the
body
of
lazarus
/
we
muste
be
contente
with
the
dethe
of
it
/
&
lerne
therby
to
prepayre
our
owne
bodyes
to
the
same
poynt
within
shorte
tyme
.
But
we
shall
with
moost
entyer
mindes
beseche
hym
to
accepte
that
swete
soule
to
his
grete
mercy
to
be
parteyner
of
that
euerlastynge
lyfe
with
hym
&
with
his
blessyd
sayntes
aboue
in
heuen
/
whiche
I
pray
you
al
nowe
affectually
to
praye
/
&
for
her
now
at
this
tyme
moost
deuoutly
to
say
one
Pater
noster
.
FYrst
ye
haue
herde
the
goodly
condicyons
of
this
noble
prynces
whome
we
dyde
resemble
vnto
the
blessyd
woman
Martha
.
Ye
haue
herde
also
in
the
ij
.
place
a
pyteous
complaynt
of
the
parte
of
her
soule
for
the
dethe
of
her
body
made
vnto
our
sauyour
Ihu
Nowe
wyll
I
rememembre
the
comfortable
answer
of
our
mercyfull
sauyoure
agayne
vnto
her
wherof
we
all
may
be
gretely
comforted
&
take
cause
&
matere
of
grete
reioysynge
.
It
foloweth
in
the
gospell
.
Dixit
ei
iesus
resurget
frater
tuus
.
That
is
to
saye
in
Englysshe
.
Ihesu
sayd
vnto
her
/
thy
broder
shal
ryse
agayne
.
I
said
before
that
consyderynge
the
loue
and
amyte
that
is
betwyxe
the
soule
&
the
body
they
maye
be
thought
to
be
as
broder
and
syster
.
A
trouthe
it
is
the
soules
that
be
hens
departed
out
of
theyr
bodyes
/
haue
neuertheles
a
natural
desyre
and
appetyte
to
be
knytte
&
ioyned
with
them
agayne
/
whiche
thinge
not
onely
the
theologyens
wytnesse
/
but
the
phylosophers
also
.
A
grete
comforte
then
it
is
vnto
the
soule
that
hath
so
longynge
desyre
vnto
the
body
to
here
that
the
body
shal
ryse
agayne
.
And
specyally
in
that
maner
&
forme
of
rysynge
/
wherof
saynt
Poule
speketh
in
this
wyse
.
Se
minat
in
corruptione
:
surget
in
incorruptione
.
Seīatur
in
ignobilitate
:
surget
in
gloria
.
Seīatur
in
infirmitate
:
surget
in
vtute
.
Seīa
tur
corpus
aīale
surget
corpus
spūale
.
Foure
condycyons
the
body
hathe
whan
it
dyeth
&
is
put
in
to
the
grounde
.
Fyrst
it
anone
begynneth
to
putrefye
&
resolue
in
to
foule
corrupcyon
.
The
ayre
dothe
alter
it
:
the
grounde
dothe
moyste
it
/
the
wormes
dothe
brede
of
it
&
fede
also
.
Seconde
it
is
vyle
&
lothely
to
behold
&
ryght
vngoodly
to
the
syght
.
Thyrde
it
is
vnweldy
/
&
not
of
power
to
styre
itself
or
to
be
conuayed
from
place
to
place
.
Fourth
it
is
so
grosse
that
it
occupyeth
a
row
me
&
kepeth
a
place
&
letteth
other
bodyes
to
be
present
in
the
same
place
.
Agaynst
these
four
the
bodyes
of
them
that
shall
be
saued
shall
take
at
theyr
rysynge
agayne
.iiij
other
excellent
gyftes
.
Agaynst
the
fyrste
it
shall
be
in
that
condicion
that
neyther
the
ayre
/
ne
the
water
/
ne
fyre
/
ne
knife
/
nor
wepen
nor
stroke
/
nor
sekenes
shall
anoye
it
.
Agaynst
the
.ij.
it
shall
ryse
bryght
&
gloryous
and
in
the
moost
goodly
&
beauteous
manere
.
Agaynst
the
thyrde
it
shall
be
more
nymble
&
more
redy
to
be
conuayed
to
ony
place
where
the
soule
wolde
haue
it
then
is
ony
swalowe
.
Agaynst
the
.iiij.
it
shall
be
subtyle
that
it
shall
perce
thorowe
the
stone
walles
without
ony
anoyaunce
of
them
.
This
shall
be
a
farre
dyfference
&
a
grete
dyuersyte
of
her
body
as
she
had
it
before
/
and
as
she
shall
in
conclusyon
receyue
it
agayne
.
But
yet
me
thinke
I
se
what
the
soule
of
this
noble
pryncesse
may
answere
agayne
somwhat
to
lesse
&
to
mynysshe
this
dysconfort
after
the
same
maner
that
Martha
dyde
answere
vnto
our
sauyour
Ihesu
.
Scio
ꝙ
resurget
in
resurrectione
in
nouissimo
die
.
That
is
to
say
I
knowe
well
that
it
shall
ryse
agayne
in
the
laste
daye
of
the
general
resurreccyon
/
but
that
is
farre
hens
/
that
is
long
to
come
.
Et
spes
que
diffentur
affligit
animam
.
And
the
hope
of
a
thynge
delayed
tormenteth
the
soule
in
the
meane
tyme
.
Therfore
our
sauyour
more
comfortable
answereth
to
her
agayne
&
sayth
in
this
maner
.
Ego
sum
resurrectio
&
vita
.
That
is
.
I
am
sayth
he
the
veray
cause
of
raysynge
of
the
body
.
And
I
am
also
the
veraye
cause
of
lyfe
vnto
the
soule
.
As
who
saye
tho
the
rysynge
of
the
body
be
delayed
for
a
season
/
the
soule
neuertheles
shal
for
the
meane
tyme
haue
a
pleasaunt
&
a
swete
lyfe
.
A
lyfe
full
of
comfort
a
lyfe
full
of
ioye
&
pleasure
/
a
lyfe
voyde
of
all
sorow
&
encombraunce
/
a
lyf
not
lyke
vnto
the
lyfe
of
this
wretched
world
whiche
is
alway
entermelled
with
moche
bitternes
/
eyther
with
sorowes
/
eyther
with
dredes
or
elles
with
perylles
.
In
hoc
mundo
non
dolere
non
timere
non
periclitari
impossibile
est
.
Sayeth
saynt
Austyn
.
It
is
impossyble
to
lyue
in
this
worlde
&
not
to
sorowe
/
not
to
drede
/
not
to
be
in
peryl
.
This
same
noble
prynces
yf
she
had
contynued
in
this
worlde
she
sholde
dayly
haue
herde
&
sene
mater
&
cause
of
sorowe
as
well
in
herselfe
as
in
her
frendes
parauenture
.
Her
body
dayly
sholde
haue
waxen
more
unweldy
/
her
syght
sholde
haue
be
derked
/
and
her
herynge
sholde
haue
dulled
more
and
more
/
her
legges
sholde
haue
faylled
her
by
&
by
.
And
all
the
other
partyes
of
her
body
waxe
more
crased
euery
daye
/
whiche
thynges
sholde
haue
ben
mater
to
her
of
grete
dyscomforte
And
albeit
these
thinges
had
not
fallen
vnto
her
forth
with
/
yet
she
sholde
haue
lyued
alwaye
in
a
drede
and
a
fere
of
them
.
Dare
I
say
of
her
she
neuer
yet
was
in
that
prosperyte
but
the
gretter
it
was
the
more
alwaye
she
dredde
the
aduersyte
.
For
whan
the
kynge
her
sone
was
crowned
in
all
that
grete
tryumphe
&
glorye
/
she
wepte
meruayllously
.
And
lyke
wyse
at
the
grete
tryumphe
of
the
maryage
of
prynce
Arthur
.
And
at
the
laste
coronacyon
wherin
she
had
full
grete
Joye
/
she
let
not
to
saye
that
some
aduersyte
wolde
folowe
/
so
that
eyther
she
was
in
sorowe
by
reason
of
the
present
aduersytes
/
or
elles
whan
she
was
in
prosperite
she
was
in
drede
of
the
aduersyte
for
to
come
.
I
passe
ouer
the
perylles
&
daungers
innumerable
whiche
dayly
&
hourly
myght
haue
happed
vnto
her
wherof
this
lyf
is
ful
And
therfore
saynt
Gregory
sayth
.
Uita
hec
terrena
eterne
vite
comparata
mors
est
potius
di
cenda
quam
vita
.
And
for
that
cause
who
that
ones
hathe
tasted
the
pleasures
of
that
lyfe
/
this
is
vnto
them
a
veray
dethe
for
euer
after
.
Example
of
Lazarus
whiche
after
that
he
was
restored
to
the
myseryes
of
this
lyfe
agayne
/
he
neuer
lough
but
was
in
contynuall
heuynes
and
pensyfnesse
.
Now
therfore
wolde
I
aske
you
this
one
questyon
.
Were
it
not
suppose
ye
al
this
considerd
a
meetly
thyng
for
vs
to
desyre
to
haue
this
noble
princes
here
amongest
vs
agayn
to
forgo
the
ioyous
lyfe
aboue
to
wante
the
presence
of
the
gloryous
trynyte
whom
she
so
longe
hathe
sought
&
honoured
to
leue
that
moost
noble
kyngdome
to
be
absent
frome
the
moost
blessyd
company
of
sayntes
&
sayntesses
&
hether
to
come
agayn
to
be
wrapped
&
endaungered
with
the
mysteres
of
this
wretched
worlde
/
with
the
paynfull
dyseases
of
her
aege
/
with
the
other
encomberaunces
that
dayly
happethe
in
this
myserable
lyfe
.
Were
this
a
reasonable
request
of
oure
partye
/
were
this
a
kynde
desyre
/
were
this
a
gentyl
wysshel
that
where
she
hathe
ben
so
kinde
&
louyng
a
maystresse
vnto
vs
/
all
we
sholde
more
regarde
our
owne
prouffytes
then
her
more
synguler
wele
&
comforte
.
The
moder
that
hathe
so
grete
affeccyon
vnto
her
sone
that
she
wyll
not
suffre
hym
to
departe
from
her
to
his
promocyon
&
furtheraunce
but
alway
kepe
hym
at
home
/
more
regardynge
her
owne
pleasure
than
hys
we
le
/
were
not
she
an
vnkinde
&
vngentyl
moder
/
yes
verayly
/
let
vs
therfore
thynke
our
moost
louyng
maystres
is
gone
hens
for
her
promocyon
/
for
her
grete
furtheraunce
/
for
her
moost
wele
&
prouffyte
.
And
herin
comforte
vs
/
herin
reioyse
ourselfe
&
thanke
almyghty
god
whiche
of
his
infynyte
mercy
so
gracyously
hathe
dysposed
for
her
.
But
ye
wyll
say
vnto
me
.
Syr
yf
yf
We
were
sure
of
this
we
wolde
not
be
sory
/
but
be
ryght
hertly
glad
&
ioyous
therfor
As
for
suerte
veray
suerte
can
not
be
had
but
only
by
the
reuelacyon
of
god
almighty
.
Neuertheles
as
farre
as
by
scrypture
/
this
thynge
can
be
assured
in
th
ende
of
this
gospel
folowingly
iz
made
by
our
sauyour
a
stronge
argument
almost
demonstratyue
of
this
same
thynge
/
the
argument
is
this
.
Euery
persone
that
putteth
theyr
full
truste
in
cryst
Ihu
Albeit
they
be
deed
in
theyr
bodyes
yet
shall
they
neuertheles
haue
lyfe
in
theyr
soules
/
&
that
lyf
that
neuer
shall
haue
ende
.
But
this
noble
prynces
she
put
her
ful
truste
in
cryste
▪
Ihesu
verayly
byleuynge
that
he
was
the
sone
of
god
&
came
in
to
this
worlde
for
the
redempcyon
of
synners
/
wherfore
it
must
necessaryly
folowe
that
albeit
her
body
be
deed
her
soule
is
in
that
ioyous
lyfe
that
neuer
shall
cease
.
The
fyrste
parte
of
this
argument
foloweth
in
the
gospell
.
Qui
credit
in
me
etiam
simortuus
fuerit
viuet
.
That
is
to
say
who
that
fully
trusteth
in
cryst
Ihu
/
albeit
they
be
deed
in
theyr
bodies
/
they
neuertheles
shal
lyue
in
theyr
soules
.
But
yet
we
wante
a
lytell
I
sayd
more
than
this
.
I
saw
that
lyfe
shall
neuer
haue
ende
/
&
for
this
also
it
foloweth
.
Et
omnes
qui
viuit
&
credit
in
me
non
moriet
ineternum
.
That
is
to
saye
euery
persone
that
hathe
this
lyfe
&
this
full
trust
in
Ihesu
shall
neuer
dye
.
So
here
appereth
well
that
fyrst
parte
of
our
argument
.
For
the
.ij.
part
now
that
this
noble
prynces
had
full
fayth
in
Ihesu
cryste
it
may
appere
yf
ony
wyll
demaunde
this
questyon
of
her
that
our
sauyour
demaunded
of
Martha
/
he
sayd
to
her
/
Credis
hoc
.
Byleuist
thou
this
?
what
is
that
/
that
this
gentylwoman
wolde
not
byleue
/
she
that
ordeyned
.ij.
contynual
reders
in
bothe
the
vnyuersytes
to
teche
the
holy
dyuynyte
of
Ihesu
/
she
that
ordeyned
prechers
perpetuall
to
publysshe
that
doctryne
&
fayth
of
cryste
Ihesu
/
she
that
buylded
a
college
royall
to
the
honour
of
the
name
of
crist
Ihesu
/
&
lefte
tyll
her
executours
another
to
be
buylded
to
mayntayn
his
fayth
&
doctryne
.
Besyde
al
this
founded
in
the
monastery
of
westmynster
where
her
body
lyeth
thre
prestes
to
praye
for
her
perpetually
.
She
whom
I
haue
many
tymes
herde
saye
that
yf
the
crysten
prynces
wolde
haue
warred
vpon
the
enmyes
of
his
faith
she
wold
be
glad
yet
to
go
folowe
the
hoost
&
helpe
to
wasshe
theyr
clothes
for
the
loue
of
Ihu
/
she
that
openly
dyde
wytnesse
this
same
thynge
at
the
houre
of
her
dethe
/
whiche
saynge
dyuers
here
presente
can
recorde
how
hertly
she
answered
whan
the
holy
sacrament
contaynynge
the
blessid
Ihu
in
it
was
holden
before
her
/
&
the
questyon
made
vntyl
her
whether
she
byleued
that
there
was
verayly
the
sone
of
god
that
suffred
his
blessyd
passyon
for
her
&
for
all
mankynde
vpon
the
crosse
.
Many
here
can
bere
recorde
how
with
all
her
herte
&
soule
she
raysed
her
body
to
make
answere
there
vnto
/
&
confessed
assuredly
that
in
that
sacrament
was
conteyned
cryst
Ihesu
the
sone
of
god
that
dyed
for
wretched
synners
vpon
the
crosse
in
whom
holly
she
put
her
truste
&
confydence
/
these
same
wordes
almoost
that
Martha
confessed
in
the
ende
of
this
gospell
.
Ego
credidi
quia
tu
es
christus
filius
dei
qui
in
mundum
venisti
.
That
is
to
saye
I
haue
byleued
that
thou
art
cryst
the
sone
of
gad
whiche
came
in
to
this
worlde
.
And
so
sone
after
that
she
was
aneled
she
departed
&
yelded
vp
her
spyryte
in
to
the
handes
of
our
lorde
/
who
may
not
nowe
take
euydent
lyklyhode
&
coniecture
vpon
this
that
the
soule
of
this
noble
woman
whiche
so
studyously
in
her
lyf
was
occupyed
in
good
werkes
/
&
with
a
faste
fayth
of
cryst
/
&
the
sacramentes
of
his
chirche
was
defended
in
that
houre
of
departynge
out
from
the
body
was
borne
vp
in
to
the
countre
aboue
with
the
blessyd
aungelles
deputed
&
ordeyned
to
that
holy
mystery
.
For
yf
the
herty
prayer
of
many
persones
Yf
her
owne
contynuall
prayer
in
her
lyf
tyme
.
yf
the
sacramentes
of
the
chirche
orderly
taken
.
yf
indulgences
&
pardons
graunted
by
diuers
popes
/
yf
true
repentaunce
&
teeres
/
yf
fayth
&
deuocyon
in
criste
Ihesu
/
yf
charyte
to
her
neyghbours
/
yf
pyte
vpon
the
poore
/
yf
forgyuenes
of
iniuries
/
or
yf
good
werkes
be
auaylable
/
as
doubtles
they
be
/
grete
lyklyhode
&
almoost
certayne
coniecture
we
may
take
by
them
/
&
all
these
that
soo
it
is
in
dede
.
Therfore
put
we
asyde
all
wepynge
&
teeres
/
&
be
not
sad
ne
heuy
as
men
withouten
hope
/
but
rather
be
we
gladde
&
ioyous
/
&
eche
of
vs
herin
con●ort
other
.
Alwaye
praysynge
&
magnyfyenge
the
name
of
oure
lorde
/
to
whome
be
laude
and
honoure
endlesly
Amen
.